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october 2011 Release Date: October 11, 2011 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 Contents Nobuyuki Tsujii The Flemish Polyphony Sebastian Knauer Apollo’s Fire

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Since its founding in 1995, British independent label SOMM Recordings has captured listeners’ imaginations with its aim of sharing the joy of classical music and the delight of discovering fresh repertoire performed by artists of talent and scholarship. SOMM’s recordings—of the highest quality, style, and originality—receive frequent accolades from collectors, music lovers, and critics. In addition to an unusual, ever-growing catalog of British music, SOMM and its artists constantly work together to uncover new corners of repertoire in a variety of genres, styles, and periods, from the unique to the extraordinary and the early to the avant-garde. The SOMM catalog also boasts The Beecham Collection, which includes rare premiere recordings of live performances conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, and BBC Symphony Orchestras between 1932 and 1956. These are being released in collaboration with Lady Beecham and the Sir Thomas Beecham Trust in aid of the Scholarship Fund.

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Solo Records, founded in 1999 by Mark Swartzentruber and Mary Bradbury, is an independent label dedicated to producing state-of-the-art recordings in fine natural acoustics, using the best producers, engineers, and technicians. All of the label’s releases to date have received high praise for their musical and technical quality.

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Arioso Classics

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Cheng-Chow Trio Three Pianists

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Angela Cheng, Alan Chow, Alvin Chow: pianos BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, Books 1–5 • MOZART/GRIEG: Sonata in C, K. 545 • MILHAUD: Scaramouche • COPLAND (tr. Bernstein): El Salón México • CORIGLIANO: Gazebo Dances • RAVEL: La Valse • BIZET: Carmen • BERNSTEIN (arr. Duarte): West Side Story Medley “[Alan Chow] is a pianist without fear, and his horizons are vast.” — Los Angeles Daily News “Angela Cheng is a powerful performer, technically gifted and endowed with a sensitive, romantic temperament.” — Washington Post Three pianists, all multi-international competition winners with established solo careers, come together for a stunning collaboration. The artists perform in different combinations on two pianos and in spectacular arrangements of Carmen and West Side Story, featuring all three at the same piano. Beautiful, exciting, and always compelling, this exquisite recording has something for everyone.

Upcoming Performances October 1 Toledo, OH – Stranahan Theater October 11 Montreal, QC – National Arts Center October 16 Chicago, IL – Harper College November 4 Evanston, IL – Northwestern University

Challenge Classics

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor: conductor, violin Ilia Korol: violin Jan Krigovsky: viola Norbert Zeilberger: organ, harpsichord Hubert Hoffmann: lute, percussion Jan Preivoznik: percussion FUX: Partitas (9) A superb musical imagination is explored in the magnificent, in-depth interpretation of these works by the passionate and skillful musicians of Ars Antique Austria. Says conductor Gunar Letzbor, “In Fux’s music even the melodies of the most complex counterpoint forms are jewels in themselves. Many melodies of a simpler configuration are all radiant with a certain sublimity and would leave a unique impression even without being harmonized. There are no clichés; each melodic arc is freshly invented and springs from the superb musical imagination of a master.”

Johann Joseph FUX Partite a 3

Cat # CHR 72381 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Michael Gees: piano SATIE: Crépuscule • Gnossiennes Nos. 1, 4, 5 • Danses de travers Nos. 1, 2, 3 • Sévère réprimande • Seul à la maison • Sur une lanterne • Gymnopédies No. 1, 2 • Danse cuirassée • GEES: Die Nachtigall Michael Gees is an acclaimed pianist and composer/improviser, best known for his collaborations with Christoph Prégardien. The duo was awarded the 2009 MIDEM Vocal Award and MIDEM Record of the Year Award for Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin, also available on Challenge Classics. ImproviSatie is Gees’ statement of music as an ‘ex tempore’—art that always changes, never staying the same. In Gees’ view, improvisation should not only be used with new pieces but also with existing masterpieces! Playable in all CD players. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Erik SATIE ImproviSatie

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SCHUBERT Die Schöne Müllerin Cat # CHR SACD 72292 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Challenge Classics

Modest MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

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Nobuyuki Tsujii: piano MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition • LISZT: Un Sospiro • Rigoletto: Paraphrase de Concert “Explosive publicity has surrounded the phenomenon of Tsujii, whose concert requests worldwide are piling up faster than he can honor them … [he] displayed a control of the keyboard that would be impressive from any pianist; that he did so entirely by muscle memory boggles the mind … virtually note-perfect all afternoon.” — Washington Post “The Classical Beat” The second album for Challenge Classics from the Japanese pianist—this time a solo album! Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii was joint Gold Medalist of the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and since then the blind pianist has become a worldwide sensation.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES Touring during Winter 2011, Nobuyuki will perform at Carnegie Hall on November 10, 2011. also available

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 Cat # CHR 72371 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Challenge Classics

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Anneke Scott: French horn Kathryn Cok: fortepiano VON KRUFFT: Sonata in E • BEETHOVEN: Sonata in F, Op. 17 • HAYDN: Largo, after the “Rider” Quartet • LEIDESDORF/BELLONCI: Sonata in E-flat, Op. 164 An extraordinary collection of 19th-century works for horn and fortepiano! The brilliant tone and superb virtuosity of the famous Anneke Scott and the refined, balanced accompaniment of her duo partner Kathryn Cok make this record unique. Scott is currently principal horn of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Révolutionnaire et Romantique and English Baroque Soloists, Harry Christopher’s Orchestra of The Sixteen, and the Avison Ensemble.

Anneke Scott

Sonatas for Horn and Fortepiano Cat # CHR 72515 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Ricercar Bernard Foccroulle: organ BÖHM: Praeludium und Fugue in C, A minor, and D minor • Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her • Nun biten wir den Heiligen Geist • Vater unser im Himmelreich (2) • Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht • Wen nur den lieben Gott lâsst walten (Partita) • Auf meinen lieben Gott Bernard Foccroulle continues his exploration of North German organist composers with a recording of the works of Georg Böhm, a composer with whom J.S. Bach had come into contact at the end of his adolescence. The Schnitger organ of the Grote Kerk in Alkmaar lends itself particularly well to this repertoire, thanks to the power and quality of its solo registers.

Georg BÖHM Organ Works

Cat # RCE 319 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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J.S. BACH Complete Organ Works Cat # RCE 289 Price Code: 10E (SRP $79.99) Number of Discs: 16 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ricercar

Release Date: October 11, 2011

The FIAMMINGHI The Flemish Polyphony

Cat # RCE 102 Price Code: 8G (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 8 Special Box Set; Box Lot unknown

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Capilla Flamenca, Cappella Pratensis, Continens Paradisi, Diabolus in Musica, and more Motets, songs & sacred works by Grenon, Franchois, De Lantins, Dufay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Josquin, Brumel, Pipelaere, Obrecht, Priorius, Compere, Brassart & De la Rue A splendid production consisting of a 200-page color book on one side and 8 CDs on the other! The composers known collectively as the Fiamminghi made their mark in Europe during the 15th century. This collection is devoted to the leading composers, from those of the first generation and the great master Johannes Ockeghem, to Josquin Desprez and Pierre de La Rue, two musicians taught by Ockeghem who laid the foundations of the Ars Perfecta during the Renaissance. Also included is Jacob Obrecht, the only composer of this school whose career was based essentially in his native Flanders. Every genre of sacred and secular music of the time is represented here.

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A Guide to Period Instruments Cat # RCE 100 Price Code: 8G (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 8 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Reformation and Counter-Reformation Cat # RCE 101 Price Code: 8G (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 8 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Ensemble Correspondances Sébastien Daucé: virginals, organ, conductor BOËSSET: L’Archange et le Lys (The Archangel and the Lily)—selections from the Deslauriers manuscript Boësset’s repertoire for high voices, transmitted by the precious Deslauriers manuscript, is the only surviving musical evidence of the religious output of one of the most influential French composers of the 17th century. Bearing witness to a miraculously preserved and somewhat mysterious musical world, this precious recording reveals a repertoire at once sober and poetic, which invites us into the gates of those convents that attracted a public enthralled by their angelic voices and animated by a single authentic faith that further increased the powerful appeal and mystery of their singing.

Antoine BOËSSET L’Archange & le Lys Cat # ZIG 110801 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Amandine Beyer: violin J.S. BACH: Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo Nos. 1–6, BWV 1001–1006 • PISENDEL: Sonata for Violin Solo Amandine Beyer presents her vision of Bach’s Sonatas & Partitas coupled with the solo sonata of Pisendel, the best-known German violinist of his generation, who met Bach at Weimar.

J.S. BACH

Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001–1006

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Cat # ZIG 110902 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20

VIVALDI The Four Seasons Cat # ZIG 80803 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Sebastian Records

Release Date: October 11, 2011

J.S. BACH

Cello Suites 2, 4, 6 BUZZ ALERT

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Sara Sant’Ambrogio: cello J.S. BACH: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 2, 4 & 6, BWV 1008, 1010, 1012 Cover Sticker: “A miracle of sound.” — Gramophone Volume II of the Bach Suites for Solo Cello by cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio! Sara earned rave reviews for her earlier Bach CD, and these recordings are even better. The pieces represent the Mount Everest of the cello repertoire, and are masterpieces of the Baroque style.

Upcoming Performances October 7 Hattiesburg, MS – Southern Arena Theatre October 11 Nashville, TN – Nashville Public Library also available

J.S. BACH Bach 1, 3, 5 Cat # SEB 631 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Berlin Classics

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Joseph HAYDN

Cello Concertos 1 & 2 Jens Peter Maintz, Dávid Adorján: cellos/German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C • Cello Concerto No. 2 in D • KRAFT: Cello Sonata in G, Op. 2, No. 2 Jens Peter Maintz and the German Chamber Philharmonic of Bremen provide an ideal partnership for the cello concertos by the pioneer of Viennese Classicism. These works are coupled with a highly virtuosic cello sonata by nearly-forgotten cellist and Haydn pupil Anton Kraft, played by Jens Peter Maintz together with Dávid Adorján. Cat # BER 300262 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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W.A. MOZART

Harlequin Seeks Columbine Sebastian Knauer: piano/Gudrun Landgrebe: narrator [in German] MOZART: Rondo in D, L. 485 • Sonata in C, K. 309 • Rondo in F, K. 494 • Fantasie in C minor, K. 475 • Sonata in C minor, K. 457 • 12 Variations on “Ah vous dirai’je, maman,” K. 265 A delightful and thought-provoking program under the heading “Words and Music.” Pianist Sebastian Knauer and actress Gudrun Landgrebe take a close look at the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the perspective of his patron, the Baroness von Waldstätten. Cat # BER 300263 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Roman Trekel Lieder

Roman Trekel: baritone/Burkhard Kehring: piano MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen • FORTNER: Vier Gesänge • MARTIN: Sechs Monologe aus “Jedermann” • WOLF: Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo One of the most fascinating singers of recent years, in an impressive Lieder recital. The baritone brings out the somber mood of these songs with rich, sensitive singing that gives a true sense of deeply-felt emotions. Cat # BER 300264 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Release Date: October 11, 2011

Berlin Classics

Franz LISZT

Années de Pèlerinage BUZZ ALERT

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Ragna Schirmer: piano Amarcord Ensemble LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage (complete) • GESUALDO: Madrigals • MARENZIO: Madrigals Franz Liszt’s “years of pilgrimage” are more than a journey through Switzerland and Italy—they are also a musical journey through time and, ultimately, through the composer’s own self. Outstanding German pianist Ragna Schirmer pays respectful visits to these individual places with profound affinity for the complicated spiritual world of the Abbé Liszt. Links to the Renaissance are underscored by the madrigals of Gesualdo and Marenzio, sung by the Amarcord Ensemble.

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HANDEL Keyboard Suites Cat # BER 16452 Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) Number of Discs: 3 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

BRAHMS Piano Works Cat # BER 16652 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Col legno

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Cat # CNO 20299 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Cat # CNO 20303 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 28

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Marino FORMENTI

Gustav MAHLER

Marino Formenti: piano

Franui

FORMENTI: Studies 1–29

MAHLER: 14 songs

Somewhere between Alexander Rodchenko, Jackson Pollock, and Charles Ives lies Marino Formenti’s piano studies, based on an installation by Florian Pumhösl.

This new album concludes the Franui ensemble’s inspiring trilogy about the art of the Lied in the 19th century.

Night Studies

Mahlerlieder

Berlin Classics

Cat # BER 300194 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Cat # BER 300195 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Various Artists

Peter Rösel, Rolf-Dieter Arens: pianos/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Heinz Rögner: conductor/and more

Rosamunde Quartet/Johannes Walter, Werner Tast: flutes/Jutta Zoff, Katharina Hanstedt: harps/C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra/ Helmut Haenchen: conductor/and more

Winter Classics: Tender Classics

REGER: Träume am Kamin (sel.) • RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (exc.) • MUSSORGSKY: Scherzo in C-sharp minor • VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in A minor (exc.) • BRAHMS: Intermezzo, Op. 119, No. 1 • IBERT: Flute Concerto (exc.) • MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 • DVORÁK: Symphony No. 7 (exc.) • L. MOZART: A Musical Sleigh Ride A perfect soundtrack to complement a roaring log fire and a cup of eggnog—selected classical pieces to warm your heart and make you feel snug as a bug in a rug!

Winter Classics: Sensual Classics

DEBUSSY: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp • SCHUBERT: String Quartet in A minor, D. 804 “Rosamunde” (xc.) • MOZART: Concerto for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 299 (exc.) • RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances (exc.) • TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings (exc.) • and more The perfect choice for a cozy winter night—piano works and tranquil orchestral compositions create just the right atmosphere for a few hours of snuggly togetherness.

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Berlin Classics

The BACH Family Bach & Sons

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Sebastian Knauer: piano Zurich Chamber Orchestra Roger Norrington: conductor J.S. BACH: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 • Keyboard Concerto in E, BWV 1053 • C.P.E. BACH: Keyboard Concerto in E, H. 417 • J.C. BACH: Keyboard Concerto in E-flat, Op. 7, No. 5 The idea of contrasting Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons through their clavier concertos exerts a particular fascination—high Baroque and early Classical confront one another within two generations of a single family. Sebastian Knauer is accompanied by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Sir Roger Norrington, absolute specialists in historical performance practice on modern instruments. This is something special!

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MENDELSSOHN Pure Mendelssohn Cat # BER 16372 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

SCHUBERT Sonata Oubliee Cat # BER 16162 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

CAvi-music

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Julian Steckel: cello Paul Rivinius: piano POULENC: Cello Sonata • FAURÉ: Papillons, Op. 77 • Sicilienne, Op. 78 • Aprés un rêve • DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata • BOULANGER: Trois pièces • SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata, Op. 32 An exploration of interesting French cello works from one of the most important young cellists in central Europe, winner of first place in the 2010 ARD Competition and a member of Claudio Abbado’s Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

Julian Steckel

French Cello Works

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MENDELSSOHN Works for Cello & Piano Cat # AVI 8553139 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Cat # AVI 8553230 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Christian Immler: baritone Helmut Deutsch: piano SCHREKER: 2 songs • GÁL: Five Melodies, Op. 33 • GOLDSCHMIDT: 2 songs • EISLER: 3 songs • Ballad Book, Op. 18 (sel.) • KORNGOLD: Songs of the Clown, Op. 29 • ZEMLINSKY: Songs from 12 Lieder, Op. 27 • GROSZ: Baenkel and Balades, Op. 31 (sel.) “Cultivated and alert bass singing.” — Gramophone Most of these Lieder are on CD for the first time! Many Austro-German composers of the 19th century followed Franz Schubert in elevating the Lied to a status of almost equal significance to that of the symphony or string quartet. This program presents an extraordinary variety of Lied composers.

Christian Immler & Helmut Deutsch Modern Times

Cat # AVI 8553229 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recordings

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CORO

Robert Quinney: organ J.S. BACH: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1–6 “Alongside his impeccable performances, Quinney’s greatest achievement is to produce music-making that really communicates itself to the listener.” — Gramophone Royal Wedding organist Robert Quinney records his first solo disc of Bach Trio Sonatas for CORO! Continuing its work with the rising stars of the early music world, CORO is delighted to release a brand-new recording by one of The Sixteen Orchestra’s principal members. The disc was recorded at The Queen’s College, Oxford, on the beautiful Frobenius Organ (one of the most notable instruments of its kind in the country).

J.S BACH

Trio Sonatas for Organ Cat # CRO 16095 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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DOREMI St. Lawrence String Quartet Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Leonard Ratzlaff: conductor CZERNY: String Quartet in E minor • String Quartet in D minor • Allegro Fugatos, Op. 177, Nos. 1 & 2 • Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 148 • Overture in E • Five Lieder • Piano Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 399, No. 10 • Offertorium, “Benedicat nos Deus,” Op. 737 • Grand Overture in C minor, Op. 142 • Grand Trio No. 2 in A, Op. 166 • Grande Serenade concertante in E minor, Op. 126 • Variations brillantes pour un Piano-Forte à 6 mains concertantes, sur un thème de l’Opera Norma de V. Bellini, Op. 297 Carl Czerny, well known as a composer for piano studies, was actually a prolific first-class composer. His genius is demonstrated on this special set of live performances from the world’s first Carl Czerny Music Festival, held in 2002. Nearly all items on this set are world premiere recordings!

Carl CZERNY

A Rediscovered Genius

Cat # DHR 66013 Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Set; Box Lot 10 World premiere recordings

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EXTON

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Afflatus Quartet Roman Novotny: flute, piccolo Jana Brozkova: oboe Vojtech Nydl: clarinet Ondrej Roskovec: bassoon IBERT: The Little White Donkey • Deux Movements • Cinq Pièces en Trio • BOZZA: Sonatine • Trois Pièces pour une musique de nuit • DEBUSSY: Golliwog’s Cakewalk • The Little Shepherd • GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette • TOMASI: Concert Champêtre • FRANÇAIX: Quartet for Wind Instruments The Afflatus Quartet derives from the Afflatus Quintet, winner of one of the most prestigious chamber music competitions in the world—the ARD Competition (1997). With horn player Radek Baborak taking a “vacation” from the ensemble, the four remaining members present their debut featuring French repertoire.

Afflatus Quartet Esprit

Cat # EXN 176 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

CRYSTON Afflatus Quartet Roman Novotny: flute, piccolo Jana Brozkova: oboe Vojtech Nydl: clarinet Ondrej Roskovec: bassoon BEETHOVEN (arr.): String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1 • Adagio and Allegro for Musical Clock, WoO 33 • MOZART (arr.): Fantasie in F minor, K. 608 • Andante in F, K. 616 • Adagio and Allegro in F minior, K. 594 The Afflatus Quartet’s second album features classical repertoire by Beethoven and Mozart. The distinguished ensemble members create a rich, full sound on this wonderful disc.

Afflatus Quartet Classical

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NYC Music

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Tali Roth: guitar Pablo Aslan: double bass Humberto Ridolfi: violin PIAZZOLA: Retrato de Milton • Milonga del Angel • Nightclub 1960 • La Muerta del Angel • Otono Porteño • Verano Porteño • Primavera Porteña • Café 1930 • Bordel 1900 • Acentuado • Compadre “A marvelous classical guitarist.” — New York Times Guitarist Tali Roth presents a selection of Piazzolla’s works, in their original versions and in new, challenging arrangements for solo guitar; guitar and violin; or guitar, violin, and double-bass. Described as “extraordinary” by Classical Guitar magazine, Tali’s engagements include recording all of the classical guitar pieces for the Woody Allen film You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, released in 2010. Since her Carnegie Hall debut she has performed as a soloist throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Japan, and her native Israel, appearing at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall (with violinist Midori) and the Alvin Ailey Theater, among others.

Astor PIAZZOLLA Tango Nuevo

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Summit Records ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Timothy Russell: director The Ahn Trio: strings Donald Berman: piano Christopher THEOFANIDIS: Concerto for Piano & Chamber Orchestra • Yenn-Chwen ER: Shan Shui (Mopuntain Water) • Roberto SIERRA: Serenata • Mark O’CONNOR: March of the Gypsy Fiddler “With their multicultural assortment of composers and a huge talent, [The Ahn Trio has] a modernist, fusion sensibility that is perfect for our age. Their take on chamber music is intimate yet grand, innovative yet classic.” — Seattle Times “Donald Berman is a first-rate pianist … he has a polyphonic mind to go along with the polyphonic fingers, a springing sense of rhythm, a sense of humor and of awe at the wonder of things.” — Boston Globe This stunning new release from the award-winning ProMusica Chamber Orchestra features four world premieres, including the world premiere of Mark O’Connor’s “March of the Gypsy Fiddler.” The disc features the Ahn Trio, known for breathing new life into the standard piano-trio literature with commissioned works from visionary composers such as Michael Nyman, Pat Metheny, and more. The trio’s latest CD, Lullaby for My Favorite Insomniac (Sony), landed at #8 on the Billboard Classical Charts for 26 weeks. The disc also features American pianist Donald Berman, recognized as one of the chief exponents of new works by living composers, overlooked music by 20th century masters, and recitals that link classical and modern repertoires.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra

Resounding

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Release Date: October 11, 2011

Orlande de LASSUS St. Matthew Passion

Ex-Cathedra Consort/Jeffrey Skidmore: conductor/Nicholas Mulroy: tenor/Greg Skidmore: baritone LASSUS: Passio secundum Matthaeum (St. Matthew Passion) • Ave verum corpus a 6 • Vide homo a 7 • Musica Dei donum a 6 “Vigorously shaped, powerfully directed singing that hits you right between the eyes.” — Gramophone

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Orlande de Lassus’ St. Matthew Passion was recorded approximately 17 years ago by the Hillier Ensemble, and there has not been another recording since. Groundbreaking choral ensemble Ex-Cathedra celebrates their founder and conductor Jeffrey Skidmore’s 60th birthday with this very special tribute.

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Ian VENABLES

Piano Quintet Op. 27 Coull Quartet/Roger Coull, Philip Gallaway: violins/Gustav Clarkson: viola/Nicholas Roberts: cello/ Mark Bebbington, Graham J. Lloyd: pianos VENABLES: Piano Quintet, Op. 27 • Three Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 11 • Elegy for Cello & Piano, Op. 2 • Soliloquy for Viola & Piano, Op. 26 • Poem for Cello & Piano, Op. 29 “Highly expressive music … Venables moulds his rich textures with real sensitivity and I must remark on how glowing Somm’s recording itself comes over.” — International Record Review Cat # SMM 101 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT world premiere recordings

Ian Venables (b. 1955) is considered one of the finest song composers of his generation, and his songs have been performed by internationally acclaimed artists. However, the quality of his chamber music is no less impressive! This wonderful selection includes three world premiere recordings.

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Sir Thomas Beecham

Music by Wagner, Delius & Schubert Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham: conductor WAGNER: Rienzi Overture • DELIUS: In a Summer Garden • SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944

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“Thank goodness for the Sir Thomas Beecham Trust and SOMM Recordings. Sir Thomas’s performance of Schubert’s Ninth is fascinating and often gripping, but the highlight of the program is Delius’ In a Summer Garden, which is pure magic from beginning to end.” — Gramophone Editor’s Choice Live recordings from the Royal Festival Hall in December 1956; Usher Hall, Edinburgh Festival in August 1956; and Royal Festival Hall in 1955. This is the first release to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Thomas Beecham. Sir Thomas never recorded it commercially, and this live performance of the Schubert Ninth is the only recording that exists.

Release Date: October 11, 2011

SOMM Recordings

Orchestra of the Swan David Curtis: conductor Heather Shipp: mezzo-soprano MAHLER (arr. Stein): Symphony No. 4 • BERLIOZ (arr. Matthews): Les Nuits d’été (premiere) “[Features] top-flight instrumental playing (you won’t hear much better anywhere) and the spellbinding vividness of Heather Shipp’s darkly gorgeous mezzo-soprano voice.” — Classic FM “Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été benefits greatly from David Matthews’ re-instrumentation. Matthews took the cue from Berlioz to use a harp in four of the songs and the result, I think, is wonderfully true to the spirit of the original, weightless and suggestive.” — Gramophone This CD continues SOMM’s close collaboration with the Orchestra of the Swan under its charismatic conductor, David Curtis. This live recording was made during the orchestra’s first concert season as Resident Chamber Orchestra at Birmingham’s prestigious Town Hall. The CD contains the chamber version of Mahler’s 4th Symphony arranged for chamber ensemble by Schoenberg’s pupil Erwin Stein, coupled with a premiere recording of Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été arranged for voice and chamber ensemble by well-known British composer David Matthews, sung here by distinguished mezzo-soprano Heather Shipp.

Gustav MAHLER

Symphony No. 4 arr. for Chamber Ensemble Cat # SMM 245 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recordings

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Leon McCawley: piano CHOPIN: Waltz in D-flat, Op. 64, No. 1 • Trois Ecossaises, Op. 72 • Four Mazurkas, Op. 6 • Four Impromptus • Two Nocturnes, Op. 27 • Four Mazurkas, Op. 17 • Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 “This is Chopin playing of a kind rarely encountered these days. Understated and subtle, its poetry unfolds in an atmosphere of hushed intimacy.” — International Record Review “Commanding technical authority and a shining, enriched tone.” — The Guardian Last December, prizewinning British pianist Leon McCawley appeared in the prestigious International Piano Series in London’s South Bank, also featuring Mitsuko Uchida, Yevgeny Sudbin, and Pierre-Luarent Aimard—and SOMM’s special Chopin Recital CD was released to coincide with his sold-out recital. Leon leapt into prominence at the age of 19, when he won First Prize in Vienna’s Ninth International Beethoven Piano Competition and Second Prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition, building on his early success as BBC Young Musician of the Year. His early studies took him from the famous Chetham School of Music in Manchester to the Curtis Institute of Music with Eleanor Sokoloff. He broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3, in recital and with many of the BBC orchestras, and he has performed with Cincinnati Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and many others. His wide-ranging discography includes two Gramophone Editor’s Choice Awards and a Diapason d’Or for his set of the Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano Music

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Avie Records

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Daniel-Ben Pienaar: piano J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations • 14 Canons, BWV 1087 • Bist du bei mir “The most completely satisfying survey of this still-undervalued music ever committed to disc.” — The Sunday Times “One to blow your socks off.” — Classic FM Editor’s Choice Pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar opened the eyes and ears of the classical music world with his release of Mozart’s complete Piano Sonatas, earning plaudits such as the Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award and CD of the Week from The Sunday Times. His recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is destined to do the same. Pienaar’s probing intellectual interpretation combines with his dazzling finger work and perfect pianistic touch to deliver a classic recording of Bach’s evergreen Goldbergs. As a bonus, he includes Fourteen Canons BWV 1087, based on the first eight bass notes of the Goldberg’s Aria, and Bist du bei mir from Bach’s Anna Magdalena Notebook, where the Aria from the Goldberg Variation first appeared.

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations Cat # AVR 2235 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Joyce Yang: piano D. SCARLATTI: Sonatas, K. 9 & K. 141 • CURRIER: Scarlatti Cadences • Brainstorm • DEBUSSY: Estampes • LIEBERMANN: Gargoyles • SCHUMANN: Carnaval • CHOPIN/LISZT: My Joys “Poetic and sensitive pianism … capable of hurling thunderbolts.” — Washington Post “Glittered and roared … feisty and even witty.” — Dallas Morning News

Joyce Yang Collage

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In 2005, Joyce Yang became the youngest-ever medalist of the Van Cliburn International Competition, and in 2010 she was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant. She now makes her recording debut for Avie with a collage of pieces that illuminate each other in arresting ways: Sebastian Currier’s Scarlatti Cadences reflect the repetitious melodic motifs of Scarlatti’s Sonatas, Lowell Liebermann’s Gargoyles echo the esoteric timelessness of Debussy’s Estampes, and Liszt’s transcription of Chopin’s song My Joys opens a window onto Schumann’s Carnaval. Appropriately, the repertoire Joyce chose for this recording is inspired by vivid imagery, and the striking artwork is the result of a collaboration with artist Joan Snyder, whose colorful paintings are featured throughout.

Upcoming Performances September 8 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

Avie Records

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Apollo’s Fire Jeannette Sorrell: conductor VIVALDI (arr. Sorrell): La Folia • Summer from The Four Seasons • VIVALDI: Concerto in B minor for 4 Violins, Op. 3, No. 10/Rv 580:2 • Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos, Rv 531 • J.S. BACH (tr. from Vivaldi): Concerto in A minor for 4 Harpsichords, BWV 1064 • René DUCHIFFRE: Concerto in D minor for 2 Violas da Gamba “Tango” Cleveland-based baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire has made an indelible impression since launching on Avie last year, making their Billboard Classical Chart debut in the Top 10. Vivaldi & Friends presents concertos by the Red Priest with a twist: two authentic concertos—one for four violins, the other for two cellos—interspersed with J. S. Bach’s transcription of Vivaldi’s A minor concerto for four harpsichords and Jeannette Sorrell’s own transcription of “Summer” from the ever-popular Four Seasons. In this unique version, she performs the original violin parts on the harpsichord. The album ends with an enigmatic Tango Concerto by contemporary composer René Duchiffre, written in the idiom of Bach and Vivaldi for the unusual combination of two violas da gamba. Vivaldi & Friends is released to coincide with the group’s extensive tour with star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky.

Upcoming Performances October 26 Durham, NC – Duke University October 28 Los Angeles, CA – UCLA October 30 Berkeley, CA – Cal Performances November 3 Ann Arbor, MI – University Musical Society November 5 Boston, MA – Boston Early Music Festival November 6 Storrs, CT – University of Connecticut

Antonio VIVALDI

Vivaldi & Friends

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Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd: conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 “Pastoral” • Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 “Gutsy, powerful, vivid—this Mancunian Beethoven is something quite special.” — Gramophone Editor’s Choice “Athletic, authenticity-conscious Beethoven … a performance that combines dazzling agility with a properly Beethovenian truculence.” — The Daily Telegraph Manchester Camerata lodges the latest release in its acclaimed Beethoven Symphony cycle. Like the previous releases, these live recordings capture the spirit and freshness of these remarkable, genre-busting works as well as the excitement, atmosphere, and energy of the chamber orchestra under Music Director Douglas Boyd. Manchester Camerata has become one of the finest, most innovative chamber orchestras in the UK, and Douglas Boyd has proven to be an eminent Beethovenian. After he conducted the composer’s Fidelio at the 2009 Garsington Opera Festival, The Times noted “his grasp of Beethovenian idiom” and “pungent underlining of orchestral detail,” praising the musical performance as “sublime and exultant.” This is the penultimate release in the Douglas Boyd-Manchester Camerata Beethoven Symphony cycle.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Symphonies 6 & 8

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Klassic Cat

Release Date: October 11, 2011

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Joaquim CASSADÓ

Isaac ALBÉNIZ

Marta Matheu: soprano/Mac McClure: piano

Marisa Martins: mezzo-soprano/Mac McClure: piano

CASSADÓ: Pour une larme (2 settings) • Zerka tango • Le petite boîte de musique • Zorida (Chanson d’Orient) • Toujour • Adieu des Oiseaux au Printemps (Alborada catalane) • Cançons dels mesos (Songs of the months) • Gavotta

ALBÉNIZ: Quatre mélodies • Deux mélodies • Il en est de l’amour • RAVEL: Histoires naturelles • DEBUSSY: Proses lyriques • FAURÉ: La parfum impérissable • Arpège • FALLA: Trois Chansons

Pour une Larme

The French Connection

The piano pieces recorded on this CD are an excellent representation of the piano music of Joaquim Cassadó, from the sensual Pour une larme and the typical “Catalan Habanera” Zerka to the waltz Toujour and the elegant salon piece Adieu des Oiseaux au Printemps.

All of the music on this CD was written between 1895 and 1909, the year of Albeniz’s death. It is a remarkable document, for it shows the great variety of styles and colors that composers were using at the time. The sublime music seduces listeners with its sensual and subtle use of color.

Licanus

Cat # LIC 824 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Capella de Ministrers

Capella de Ministrers/Carles Magraner: director/Ensemble Akrami/ Mohamed Amin El Akrami: director

Capella de Ministrers/Carles Magraner: director

Al-Hadiqat Al-Adai’a (The Lost Garden)

Feminae Vox

Sel. from the Codex la Huelgas Sel. of Moorish poetry & music in medieval Spain Capella de Ministrers offers a magical journey into the Moorish world of poetry and music in Medieval Spain. The rich cultural heritage of the Moors, who invaded Spain in the 700s and brought with them a rich culture of music and poetry, was at its height in the 12th and 13th centuries. These influences are a magical contrast to the music styles so popular in northern Europe at the time.

The so-called Codex las Huelgas, named after the famous Cistercian monastery of Burgos where it is kept, is probably the best musical-liturgical book of the Medieval Hispanic era. Compiled in the early 14th century for the daily use of the offices of that religious community, is a truly exceptional piece.

Tactus

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Roberto Fabbriciani: flute Massimiliano Damerini: piano ROTA: 5 pezzi facili • Elegia • Allegro veloce • Sonata • 3 pezzi • Fantasia su temi da films In addition to Franz Liszt and Gustav Mahler, the year 2011 celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nino Rota’s birth. Although he achieved worldwide success, mainly due to his great soundtracks, the composer counts a vast and eclectic output that remains largely unknown. In its usual work in support of great Italian repertoire, Tactus aims to fill part of this void by presenting a series of works for flute and piano. Flute virtuoso Roberto Fabbriciani was a friend and partner to Rota, and here he pays homage to one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

Nino ROTA also available

Flute Works

Roberto Fabbriciani The Flute in the 21st Century Cat # TCT 950601 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Tactus

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NBE Live

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Ensemble Korymbos

Netherlands Blazers Ensemble

Ensemble Korymbos/Alessandra Fiori: director

Netherlands Blazers Ensemble/Jan Limberger: violin/Storro Limberger, Martin Limberger: guitars/Biske Limberger: double bass

Exit Rosa: Chants for the Nuns from Manuscript Q.11 of Bologna

23 selections from Manuscript Q.11 of Bologna Despite its small format and unadorned appearance, Manuscript Q.11 of the Museo della Musica in Bologna constitutes an important legacy of medieval culture; it is one of a very limited number of sources of monodic and polyphonic music for female voices that are known to us in Europe, and the only one in Italy. The manuscript comprises 26 sheets, whose content was written between the end of the 13th century and the start of the 14th.

Oud? Live at the Concertgebouw CD+DVD

Paranoid Android (2) • Meuk • Low End Hifi • El Cascabel • Time Warp • Modern Times • Pentru unchiul urel • Monajat • Vintage • Ashegh Shodam Man • Manha de Carnaval • Back in the Days • Intermezzo No. 4, Op. 116 • Vision Apocaliptica IV • Let me play • L’ Oli Ruza • Music for Queen Mary • Hora de Mare A great new CD+DVD set from the Netherlands Blazers Ensemble presents a live concert from Amesterdam’s famous Concertgebouw!

Toccata Classics

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Vicky Yannoula, Jakob Fichert: pianos SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9, Op. 70 • Suite, Op. 6 • Concertino, Op. 94 • Merry March, Op. 84b • Tarantella, Op. 97b • Ballet Suite No. 2 • Polka • Unity, Op. 95 • Waltz • Korzinkina’s Adventures, Op. 59, No. 3 “The Chase” • The Gadfly: “People’s Holiday” Much of Shostakovich’s orchestral music was first heard in versions he prepared for piano four hands or two pianos—but most of these transcriptions have languished unheard since those early performances. This series uncovers all the transcriptions prepared by Shostakovich himself, coupling them with all of his original music for piano duo and duet. It begins with the first recording of his four-hand version of the Ninth Symphony.

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH

Complete Music for Piano Duo and Duet Volume One Cat # TOC 34 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recordings

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Elena Artamonova: viola Nicholas Walker: piano VASILENKO: Viola Sonata, Op. 46 • Lullaby • Four Pieces on Old Lute Music, Op. 35 • Sleeping River • Oriental Dance, Op. 47 • Suite Zodiacus I.A.S. • Four Pieces Russian composer Sergei Vasilenko (1872–1956) was influenced by the 19th-century nationalist school, by his teacher Taneyev, and by Scriabin, adding an interest in Symbolism and hints of early modernism. The discovery of the seven viola compositions on this CD—most of them unknown before now—expands the repertoire of the instrument and points to the courage of a composer who spent his life treading the tightrope between his own musical interests and the demands of Soviet “socialist realism.”

Sergei VASILENKO

Complete Music for Viola and Piano Cat # TOC 127 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recordings

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Release Date: October 11, 2011

Toccata Classics

Russian Conservatory Chorus Nikolay Khondzinsky: conductor SHEBALIN: Five A. Pushkin Choruses, Op. 42 • Three M. Lermontov Choruses, Op. 47 • Three A. Sofronov Choruses, Op. 44 • Six M. Tank Choruses, Op. 45 • Four M. Isakovsky Choruses, Op. 50 • Four Moldavian Choruses, Op. 52 • To my Grandchildren: Four choruses for children, Op. 57 • In the Forest Clearing: Seven choruses for children, Op. 59 • Home Guards’ Chorus, “Oh my Dawn!” Siberian-born Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963) is best known for his instrumental music, which includes five symphonies and nine string quartets. Some of these have been heard on CD, but this is the first recording of the eight delightful, and very Russian, choral cycles he wrote from 1949. Shebalin had to endure much hardship; along with friend & colleague Shostakovich he was one of the composers condemned in the infamous 1948 Party congress in Moscow, and in later life he fought to overcome a series of crippling strokes. However, he faced these tribulations with understated but unshakable optimism, as these touching choruses reveal.

Vissarion SHEBALIN

The Complete A Cappella Choral Cycles

Cat # TOC 112 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recordings

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Stephen Gosling: piano RAMEY: Suite • Two Short Pieces • Toccata Giocosa • Slavic Rhapsody (The Novgorod Kremlin at Night) • Burlesque-Paraphrase on a Theme of Stephen Foster • Bagatelle on “Dies Irae” • Djebl Bani (A Saharan Meditation) • Blue Phantom • Piano Sonata No. 6 (Sonata-Fantasia) The piano music of American composer Phillip Ramey (b. 1939) is rooted in the motoric athleticism of Prokofiev and Bartók and then seasoned with sober lyricism, spicy modernist dissonance, and a fresh approach to the grand Romantic gesture. Covering a span of half a century, this third Toccata Classics album includes the vivacious early Suite, the sparkling Toccata Giocosa, the atmospheric Slavic Rhapsody, the parodistic Burlesque-Paraphrase on a Theme of Stephen Foster, and the exotic Djebel Bani (A Saharan Meditation), concluding with the virtuosic, highly dramatic Sixth Sonata.

Philip RAMEY

Piano Music Volume Three: 1960–2010

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Delphian Records

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge Choir of King’s College, London Geoffrey Webber, David Trendell: directors Clare Wills: oboe SHCHEDRIN: The Sealed Angel “The Sealed Angel is a work of great beauty and profundity, which I’d strongly urge collectors to experience for themselves in this splendid performance.” — MusicWeb-International Disc of the Month “A splendid disc of a multifaceted, many-layered modern masterpiece.” — Gramophone Editor’s Choice

Rodion SHCHEDRIN The Sealed Angel

Cat # DPH 34067 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Two of Britain’s finest collegiate choirs join forces and cross a continent to take on the sublime expressiveness of Rodion Shchedrin’s ‘Russian liturgy,’ an astonishing statement of faith composed in the early days of perestroika. Shchedrin’s choral tableaux juxtapose tenderness with bracing sonic impact, and are shadowed throughout by the plangent voice of a solo oboe representing the soul of the Russian people. This groundbreaking choral partnership committed the work to disc following acclaimed UK premiere concert performances at the Spitalfields and Oundle festivals in the summer of 2008. The booklet notes include a fascinating interview with the composer.

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Timothy Byram-Wigfield: organ MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur • Offrande au Saint Sacrement • Prélude • L’Ascension • Diptyque • Messe de la Pentecôte • Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace “The organ of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle evidently has the power and the range of colour that Messiaen regarded as prerequisites in his music, all captured in a vibrant recording that is magnificent for CD. Timothy Byram-Wigfield bristles with energy in the dynamic movements and exudes calm for Messiaen’s slow out-pourings of lyricism.” — BBC Music magazine

Olivier MESSIAEN

Complete Organ Works Vol. IV Cat # DPH 34078 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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The final volume in Delphian’s survey of Messiaen’s complete organ music takes in his earliest published works in which, in the composer’s own words, the “abundance of technical means allows the heart to overflow freely.” The British Harrison instrument in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle reveals a surprising capacity to speak with a French accent in this music, and Timothy Byram-Wigfield’s combination of virtuosic majesty with a compelling and loving faith has already captured the imagination of reviewers of the first volume of the series. The booklet includes a 3,000-word essay by acclaimed Messiaen biographer Nigel Simeone.

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Delphian Records

Irene Drummond: soprano Iain Burnside: piano MACMILLAN: Three soutar Settings • MCGUIRE: The Web • Five Love Songs • MCLEOD: 3 Poems of Irina Ratushinskaya • BINGHAM: The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi • FORBES: Two songs from Songs: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect • MELAOR: Between Eternity and Time • TRAD.: Two songs from Lesses Love and Life • A Red, Red Rose “Irene Drummond sings endearingly … and, at the piano, Iain Burnside handles everything with aplomb and insight.” — The Sunday Times “A coherent collection, awesomely performed, and a landmark achievement by Paul Baxter’s record company … another national treasure.” — The Herald For many years Irene Drummond has been the leading exponent of contemporary song in Scotland. With her partner Iain Burnside—peerless in this music—she offers a fascinating snapshot of her repertoire on this recording. From the rarified sparseness of James MacMillan, to the sustained luminosity of Paul Mealor and the emotionally charged dramatic outbursts of John McLeod, The Shadow Side explores a world of half-lights and visceral intensity.

Irene Drummond

The Shadow Side

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Colin Blamey: clarinet Helen Bywater: clarinet Marianne Rawles: clarinet Lenny Sayers: clarinet BARTÓK: Ostinato (arr. Gregor Blamey) • SAYERS: Three Klezmer Melodies • FARKAS: Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century • BARTÓK: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (arr. Gregor Blamey/Andrew Sparling) • HUDEC: Rapsodia per Quattro • SAYERS: Mazel Tov! • TUCAPSKÝ: A Little Afternoon Music • FARKAS: Scenes from Hungary • SAYERS: Raisins and Almonds “Great sound this, four clarinets, each fitting nicely into a warm overall texture and matching their styles to the varieties of ‘rhapsody’ on offer. Sydney Fell, a fine soloist himself and a respected teacher, was their founding inspiration and if the Quartet’s performances here are anything to go by, he can be proud that they bear his name.” — Gramophone The Fell Clarinet Quartet’s journey through Eastern Europe takes in sophisticated reworkings of Bartók and earthy re-imaginings of klezmer, introducing some unfamiliar names along the way. The four clarinets lend a wonderfully suggestive reediness to these laments and dances, which enhances the music’s rustic tone. With the Fell Quartet as your guide, this whirlwind tour of Eastern Europe is seductive, virtuosic, and not without moments of real grit.

Fell Clarinet Quartet Bohemian Rhapsodies

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Alpha

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Le Poème Harmonique Vincent Dumestre: director Claire Lefilliâtre: soprano Isabelle Druet: mezzo-soprano BRICEÑO: Pieces for Lute • BERXES: Pieces for Lute • ANON.: Pieces for Lute Luis de Briceño’s arrival in France was marked by a wave of enthusiasm. The Spaniard was at the heart of a polemic that questioned the supremacy of the lute, an instrument cherished by French music lovers at the beginning of the 17th century. Our rekindled interest lies not in this controversy, but in the beauty of Briceño’s compositions and the freedom they offer the musicians who play them. On this album, we discover Le Poème Harmonique in a repertoire bearing the marked touch of popular Spanish music, accompanied by the delightful song of Isabelle Druet and Claire Lefilliâtre.

Luis de BRICEÑO El Fenix de Paris

Cat # APH 182 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

François Salque: cello Eric Le Sage: piano FAURÉ: Romance, Op. 69 • Première Sonate, Op. 109 • Elégie, Op. 24 • Deuxième Sonate, Op. 117 • Sérénade, Op. 98 • Papillon, Op. 77 • Berceuse, Op. 16 • Trio, Op. 120

Gabriel FAURÉ

Works for Cello and Piano Cat # APH 600 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Following the successful edition of Schumann’s complete works, Eric Le Sage and Alpha have decided to produce a new series of five CDs dedicated to Gabriel Fauré’s complete works for chamber music with piano. This series constitutes a milestone in Alpha’s development, as it is a line devoted to music from the post-Mozart period. Each volume will be placed in the literary context of the time in which it was created through fragments taken from novels, poems, or the correspondence of artists. Eric Le Sage will work on this series together with François Salque, with whom he shares a great musical affinity. Soundman Jean-Marc Laisné (who recorded the integral works of Schumann) will record the pieces in the auditorium of Grenoble, a hall famous for its acoustics. Through the combination of their talents, the men will breathe new life into these well-known pieces.

Release Date: October 11, 2011

æon

Brentano String Quartet Mark Steinberg, Serena Canin: violins Misha Amory: viola Nina Maria Lee: cello BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 127 & Op. 131 Founded in 1992, the New York-based Brentano String Quartet is known for its interpretations combining perfect technique and matchless musicality. Those qualities are even more obvious in this series of late Beethoven quartets, with this first volume bringing together the Opp. 127 and 131.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

The Late String Quartets Op. 127 & Op. 131

Cat # AEN 1110 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Fuga Libera Alexander Kniazev: cello Plamena Mangova: piano FRANCK (tr. Delsart): Sonata in A • Nocturne • YSAŸE: Berceuse • Poème élégiaque After years of fruitful cooperation with Evgeni Kissin, Nikolaï Luganski, and Boris Berezovski, Alexander Kniazev has found in Plamena Mangova a worthy partner for this tribute to the Franco-Belgian school, and in particular to the outstanding violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. The composer, to whom the César Franck Sonata was dedicated, enjoyed playing the cello—and did so very competently—when he played music at home with friends. His warm and powerful sound gave the Franck Sonata the feel of a cathedral, and very soon the Sonata was published in a version for cello authorized by the composer and carried out by Jules Delsart. In his turn, Alexander Kniazev proposes his vision of a few other pages by Franck and Ysaÿe, among which the magnificent Poème élégiaque, source of Chausson’s Poème, is a premiere on disc in a beautifully suited new form.

César FRANCK

Works for Cello and Piano

Cat # FGL 587 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Ronan O’Hora: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra CHOPIN: Works for solo piano

Frédéric CHOPIN

Born in Manchester in 1964, Ronan O’Hora studied with Professor Ryszard Bakst at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he won several awards including the Dayas Gold Medal and the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. In 1985, he won the Stefania Nickrasz Prize, awarded every five years to an outstanding exponent of Chopin. Today, he is firmly established as one of Britain’s leading pianists. He has performed extensively in the US, Europe, Canada, and South Africa, performing with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. His performances have been broadcast many times on television and radio, including a televised recital at the Chopin Society in Warsaw, a performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra for the Dutch TV series Young Artists on the Concert Platform, two televised concerts of Mozart chamber music for BBC TV, and countless performances with BBC Radio 3.

Works for Solo Piano Vol. II Cat # RPM 28970 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Alexander Gibson: conductor BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini • Les Franc-Juges • Le Corsaire • Beatrice & Benedict • Waverley • King Lear

Hector BERLIOZ Overtures

Cat # RPM 28840 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Sir Alexander Gibson was renowned for his work in Scotland, although he spent six years with Sadlers Wells Opera in the fifties, becoming its youngest Music Director. In 1959 he was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He was the first Scotsman to hold the post, and under his direction the orchestra’s prestige grew steadily, enhanced by foreign tours, major festival appearances, and many recordings. In 1984, he became Honorary President of the RSNO in recognition of his services to the orchestra and his immense contribution to the musical life of Scotland. Sir Alexander appeared regularly in the US since his debut there in 1969 with the Detroit Symphony, and in 1974 he conducted the first American performance of Monteverdi’s II Ritorno d’Ulisse in Washington DC. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1981 to 1983, and conducted the orchestras of Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Jose, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Saint Louis, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh. Two tours of the US and Canada with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra brought acclaim for both orchestra and conductor.

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Columna Musica

Academia 1750 Orquestra Històrica del Festival de Torroella Farran James: director BAGUER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor • Concerto for 2 Bassoons & Orchestra in F • Symphony No. 15 in E-flat • Symphony No. 16 in G This CD contains recordings of Catalan composer Carles Baguer’s extensive catalog of symphonies. The disc includes a symphony by an anonymous composer, attributed to F. Joseph Haydn and later to a Catalan composer, probably Baguer.

Carlos BAGUER

Symphonies

Cat # CMO 210 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Smalls Records Frank Hewitt: piano Ari Roland: bass Jimmy Lovelace: drums Strictly Confidential • Tune Up • Blues For Lovelace • Once and Forever • I Remember You • Polka Dots and Moonbeams • I’ll Remember April • That Ole Devil Called Love • Ghost of a Chance “Exceptionally talented.” — Ben Ratliff, New York Times “The greatest unrecognized jazz pianist of our time.” — The Absolute Sound A jazz/classical crossover release by a pianist of unparalleled grace, widely known as the jazz world’s greatest posthumous discovery in decades. These newly remastered recordings include prime unreleased material!

Frank Hewitt

Salience

Cat # SRC 52 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Etcetera

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Reinbert de Leeuw: piano SATIE: Prélude de la Porte héroïque du Ciel • Sonneries de la Rose + Croix • Le Fils des Étoiles • Danses Gothiques The works recorded on this CD belong to a highly specific yet enigmatic period of Satie’s life and work; they were composed between 1891 and 1895, and stand somewhat apart from the rest of his compositions. Reinbert de Leeuw studied theory and piano under Jaap Spaanderman at the Vereniging Het Muzieklyceum in Amsterdam, and composition under Kees van Baaren at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Hague. He is well known as a pianist and conductor of contemporary music, and was one of the founders of the Dutch Charles Ives Society (1968). He has devoted himself to the performance of music by lesser-known modern composers such as Satie and George Antheil, and to developing alternative ways of performing chamber music.

Erik SATIE Uspud

Cat # ETC 1427 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

La Suave Melodia Frans Berkhout: bassoon Pieter Dirksen: harpsichord VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in G minor, Rv 531 • Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, Rv 501 “La Notte” • Bassoon Concerto in A minor, Rv 498 • Bassoon Concerto in G minor, Rv 106 • Bassoon Concerto in C minor, Rv 480 • Bassoon Concerto in G, Rv 545 • Bassoon Concerto in G minor, Rv 496

Antonio VIVALDI

Concerti With Bassoon II Cat # ETC 1428 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Antonio Vivaldi is by far the most prolific composer of concertos in musical history; around 475 of his concertos have survived. As a celebrated virtuoso violinist, it is not surprising that he composed mainly for violin, either as soloist or in the concertante group. But Vivaldi also demonstrated a keen interest in other melodic instruments of the period, enriching their repertoire with imaginative and virtuosic compositions. His second choice of solo instrument is, surprisingly, the bassoon. His 39 concertos for bassoon with strings and continuo remain somewhat of an enigma. They are the first such works in history, and there is no indication for whom they are written nor why there are so many. It is possible that they were written for a student virtuoso at the Ospedale della Pietà, where Vivaldi served intermittently throughout his career, and one visitor indeed listed the bassoon among the instruments he heard there, but there are no records of a bassoon teacher nor of the purchase of any such instrument. Furthermore, the instrument is conspicuously absent even among those typical Pietà showcases of rare instruments, such as the oratorio Juditha Triumphans of 1716.

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Etcetera

Jan Vermeulen: fortepiano Christine Busch: violin France Springuel: cello Paul de Clerck: viola Jan Buysschaert: double bass SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 • Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 “Trout” “This series continues to be most impressive. Vermeulen must be the ideal Schubert player, and the instrument, a superbly restored Streicher und Sohn of 1826, has an astonishing range of dynamics from a powerful fortissimo to an especially beautiful pianissimo, and it has a wonderful clarity of articulation.” — Early Music Review In the works recorded here, Schubert reveals himself as a master when it comes to the exploitation of melodic and harmonic possibilities. A particularly fine example of this can be heard in the Adagio of the Arpeggione Sonata; the intense melody is supported by harmonies that are extremely penetrating, and the opening movement of the Trout Quintet also bears witness to Schubert’s taste for unorthodox harmony. Schubert delights in giving his harmony form in inventive accompanying passages; the double bass plays a crucial role in this respect in the Trout Quintet. Schubert’s preference for dance and folk music also trickles through, as we can hear in the final movements of the Arpeggione Sonata and the Trout Quintet.

Franz SCHUBERT

Arpeggione Sonata & Trout Quintet Cat # ETC 1431 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Tetraktys Kees Boeke: director 9 selections from the Codex Chantilly The Chantilly codex is the most sumptuous of the manuscripts transmitting the fascinating polyphonic songs of the late 14th-century France in a style known as the “ars subtilior,” the “more subtle art.” In the songs of this period, composers exerted themselves to express ever more complex rhythms, inventing new notational symbols to express them. The expression of the musical rhythm through notation was such a hot-button issue that a number of songs in the manuscript actually take it on as a topic, becoming self-referential essays about musical composition. In addition, the composers of this music worked in the great courts of Europe, and politics and political events invariably made their way into the song repertory.

Tetraktys

Codex Chantilly II Cat # ETC 1905 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Nimbus Records

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Malcolm Bilson: piano American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford: conductor MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F, K. 37 • Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, K. 39 • Piano Concerto No. 3 in D, K. 40 • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, K. 41 • Symphony No. 14 in A, K. 114 • Piano Concerto in D, K. 107

W.A. MOZART Piano Concertos

Malcolm Bilson has been at the forefront of the period-instrument movement for over 30 years. A member of the Cornell Music Department since 1968, he began his pioneering activity in the early 1970s as a performer of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert on late 18th- and early 19th-century pianos. Since then, he has proven to be a key contributor to the restoration of the fortepiano to the concert stage, and to fresh recordings of the mainstream repertory. In addition to an extensive career as a soloist and chamber player, Bilson has toured with the English Baroque Soloists with John Eliot Gardiner, the Academy of Ancient Music with Christopher Hogwood, the Philharmonia Baroque under Nicholas McGegan, Tafelmusik of Toronto, Concerto Köln, and other orchestras around the world. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bard College, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Cat # NIM 2579 Price Code: 2P (SRP $33.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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John Lill: piano BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka: conductor RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 12 • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor • Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 • Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 • Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 “John Lill is, without a doubt, one of the finest pianists at work today and his undemonstrative appearance on the stage belies a fiercely passionate and romantic temperament.” — Seen and Heard International

Sergei RACHMANINOV The Piano Concertos Cat # NIM 1720 Price Code: X (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 3 Multi Box; Box Lot 10 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Arguably Britain’s most well-known pianist, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday with a series of concerts throughout the UK, John Lill first came to international attention when he won the coveted Tchaikovsky award in Moscow in 1970. Known for his aristocratic interpretations of Beethoven and the great masters of the 19th and 20th century piano repertoire, Lill performs all over the world and was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year’s Honors List.

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Nimbus Alliance

Atalante Erin Headley: director Nadina Balbeisi: soprano Theodora Baka: mezzo-soprano ROSSI: Passacaglia del Seigneur Louigi • Spargete sospiri • Pianto della Maddalena • Peccantum me quotidie • Conclusion of Oratorio per la Settimana Santa • MARAZZOLI: Elena invecchiata • Lamento d’Artemisia • PASQUALINI: Perché dolce Bambino • MAZZOCCHI: Piangete occhi, piangete Erin Headley’s sensational new group Atalante is named in honor of Leonardo da Vinci’s friend and pupil Atalante Migliorotti, inventor of the lirone. That magic and ethereal bowed instrument has been Headley’s domain for the past 30 years, through an astonishing number of performances and recordings that have been acclaimed worldwide.

Atalante

Lamentarium

Cat # NIM 6152 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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British Music Society Raphael Wallfisch: cello Raphael Terroni: piano LEIGHTON: Partita for cello and piano, Op. 35 (1959) • Elegy for cello and piano, Op. 5 (1950) • Sonata for cello solo, Op. 52 (1967) • Alleluia Pascha Nostrum for cello and piano, Op. 85 (1970) Kenneth Leighton wrote his first work for solo cello as a 20-year-old student at The Queen’s College, Oxford. Completed on New Year’s Eve of 1949, the piece was a sonata in three movements in F minor. Though it unfortunately does not remain intact, it was the provenance of the earliest work on this disc, the Elegy for cello and piano, Op. 5. Leighton would continue to write for the cello on a regular basis, with a plethora of compositions that include the instrument in various guises: as a solo instrument, with piano, in a concerto role, in various chamber permutations, and within an orchestra. This particular collection focuses on the substantial contribution of solo works (including those with piano) that Leighton made to the cello repertoire.

Kenneth LEIGHTON

Complete Chamber Works for Cello

Cat # NIM BMS 439 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Querstand

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Ulrike Fulde: soprano Manja Raschka: mezzo-soprano Nico Eckert: tenor Felix Plock: baritone Sarolta Boros Gyevi: piano Members of the Meistersextett Leipzig HILLER: 5 songs from Neue Gesänge, Op. 100 • 3 songs from Hiller-Album, Op. 111 • 3 songs from Hiller-Album, Op. 129 • 3 songs from Vier Gesänge, Op. 41 • 3 songs from Neuer Frühling—Liederkreis in zwölf Gesängen von Heinrich Heine, Op. 16 • Song from Vier Gesänge, Op. 85 • Song from Sechs Gesänge, Op. 46 • 3 songs from Acht Ritornelle aus Paul Heise’s italiänishem Liederbuch, Op. 118 • 3 songs from Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, zwei Tenor- und zwei Basstimmen ohne Begleitung, Op. 25

Ferdinand HILLER Lieder/Songs

Cat # QUE 1013 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

The fourth volume in the Jubilee Edition series, which aims to commemorate the anniversaries of both known and unknown composers! This production celebrates the 200th birthday of Ferdinand Hiller with a rediscovery of the forgotten composer that contains the first-ever compositions for the rather inventive line-up of soprano with accompanying male quartet. Hiller was closely related to Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann, and was famous for the organization of musical life in Cologne over a period of three decades in the second half of the 19th century.

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Barry Jordan: organ J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 549 • Partite divere sopra il Chorale “Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen,” BWV 770 • Trio in C minor after Johann Friedrich Fasch, BWV 585 • Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 • KREBS: Trio (adagio) in F, Krebs-WV 446 • KUHNAU: Biblical Sonata No. 3 • BÖHM: Partite “Christe, der du bist Tag und Nacht” • WALTHER: Concerto in C minor of Signor Telemann, LV 136 This new CD commemorates the 400th anniversary of the organ built by Heinrich Compenius the Younger in Niederndodeleben. The restoration of the instrument from 2000–2002 resulted in the reconstruction of the Johann Georg Hartmann organ of 1750/51, plus two more stops. This recording by splendid organist Barry Jordan comprises a colorful selection of North German and Central German baroque music.

Barry Jordan Himmelsklänge

Cat # QUE 1101 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Piano 21

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Cyprien Katsaris

Shanghai: October 2, 2007 (DVD) Cat # P21 35 Price Code: 2I Number of Discs: 1 Amaray; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

BUZZ ALERT

Cyprien Katsaris: piano AGUILAR: 4 Preludios Incaicos • BARRIOS: Chôro de Saudade • VILLA-LOBOS: Coral • Aria • Alma Brasileira • NAZARETH: Odeon • Turbilhâo de Beijos • Nove de Julho • Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho! • CERVANTES: Soledad • Adiós a Cuba • GINASTERA: Danza Argentina No. 2 • PIAZZOLLA: La Misma Pena • Milonga en Ay Menor • Guardia Nueva • Chiquilin de Bachin • Milonga del Ángel • MATOS: La Cumparsita • ELORDUY: Tropicales • FLACCHEBBA: Danza Criolla • PONCE: Intermezzo • CAMPOS: 6 Popular Airs • Cancion Mexicana • El Aguanieve • La Paloma • Cielito Lindo • Son Michoacano This DVD, an initiative of internationally renowned French-Cypriot pianist Cyprien Katsaris, illustrates the universality of musical language. It features his recital of Latin American music (from Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mexico) in Shanghai on October 2, 2007, an original program presented in French and English from the stage with Chinese interpretation. Inspired by the need for international reconciliation, especially between peoples in conflict, Cyprien Katsaris audio-dubbed an additional ten languages: Hebrew/Arabic, Greek/Turkish, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian, Russian/German, and Japanese: in sum, twelve languages spoken by Cyprien Katsaris, plus Chinese and Korean by two interpreters! DVD specs not provided.

Globe

Release Date: October 11, 2011 Camerata Trajectina SCHUYT: 10 madrigals Cornelis Schuyt was the organist and church composer of the Pieterskerk in Leyden, the Netherlands. He traveled to Italy and was influenced by the music of the Italian Renaissance madrigal composers. His madrigals are settings of poetry from such famous Italian poets as Petrarca and Tasso. Camerata Trajectina performs these madrigals in lush settings with six singers, six gambas, and six recorders. One of the books are settings to Dutch poetry; these are reconstructions since two of the original six voices were lost.

Cornelis SCHUYT

Madrigali, Padovane & Gagliarde Cat # GLE 6068 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Gramola Wolfgang Dimetrik: accordion Anton Hubert: viola Works by Rihm, Huber, Denhof, Stroppa & Rojko Accordion player Wolfgang Dimetrik, born in Austria in 1974, has recorded several CDs devoted to both old & modern composers. Together with violist Anton Huber, he has now recorded contemporary compositions for the rare combination of accordion and viola.

Wolfgang Dimetrik & Anton Hubert Titty Twister: Accordion meets Viola Cat # GLA 98922 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Oxford Philomusica

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Marios Papadopoulos: piano

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas 9, 10 & 11

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Op. 109–111

Judging by the critical acclaim Marios Papadopoulos’ recitals and recordings have received, his position among the great pianists is widely recognized. His recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas have been set on a level with those of Schnabel, Brendel, Barenboim, and Kempff.

Marios Papadopoulos has all the attributes of one of the world’s greatest piano players, and his recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas have been set on a level with those of Schnabel or Kempff. “His performances are full of personality and intelligence … the performances command attention.” — The Daily Telegraph

Piano Sonatas 9, 10 & 11

Piano Sonatas Op. 109–111

Netmark

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Camille SAINT-SAËNS

Gustav HOLST

Nettle & Markham: pianos/Jeremy Nicholas: narrator

Nettle & Markham: pianos

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals (verses by Jeremy Nicholas, in English, premiere of verses) • IBERT: 5 Histoires (piano duet, premiere of transcription) • POULENC: Babar the Elephant (words by Jean de Brunhoff, in English, premiere of transcription)

HOLST: The Planets (composer’s two-piano version)

Carnival of the Animals

This imaginative and entertaining animal-themed CD for young and old includes the world premiere of new rhyming verses for Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals as well as the world premiere of Nettle & Markham’s two-piano transcriptions of “Babar” and Ibert’s “Histoires.”

The Planets

The composer’s own original two-piano version, completed before orchestration! This European recording of the two-piano version of The Planets brings new light to the orchestral masterpiece and won the Music Retailers’ Association Award for Best Chamber Music Record.

Verso

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Cat # VSO 2077 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Cat # VSO 2086 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Elena López Jáuregui

José Luis GRECO

Elena López Jáuregui: soprano/Norberto Broggini: piano

Mondriaan Quartet/Elena Gragera, Magdalena Llamas: mezzo-sopranos

18 sacred works by Fray Agustín de Echeverria, Fray Domingo de Aguirre, Fray Juan Baustista de Telleria, José Lidón, Bartolomeo Lustrini, and anonymous composers

GRECO: Mudas • Trouble • Celosías

Treasures of Aránzazu Vol. 1

Gardens of the night

The archive of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aránzazu at Oñate is one of the most outstanding centers for the study of sacred music from the 16th–19th centuries. A good portion of the works recorded here date from the 18th century, when the chapel reached its maximum splendor under the guidance of such outstanding composers as Fray Agustín de Echeverria, Fray Domingo de Aguirre, and Fray Juan Baustista de Tellería.

José Luis Greco (b. 1953) is one of the notable composers in the current panorama of serious music in this country. His masterly string quartet Trouble was clearly influenced by Schnittke, composed to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Mondriaan Quartet. The two works that complete this program, both for string quartet and mezzo-soprano, are rooted in Spanish texts by Lorca, Machado, and Bécquer.

Cat # VSO 2089 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Manuel de FALLA

Rodrigo Jarabo

Azumi Nishizawa: piano

Rodrigo Jarabo: theorbo

FALLA: Nocturne • Mazurka • Serenata andaluza • Canción • Vals-Capricho • Cortejo de Gnomos • Serenata • Allegro de Concierto • Cuatro piezas españolas • Fantasía Baetica • Canto de los remeros de Volga • Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas

LULLY/DE VISÉE: Ouverture de la Grotte de Versailles • Entrée d’Apollon from Le Triomphe de L’Amour • Que devant Vous tout s’abbaisse et tout trembles from Atys • Air du Grand Ballet du Roi from Ballet de L’Impatience • Assez de Pleurs from Belérophont • Que ces Lieux ont d’attraits from Isis • DE VISÉE: Piezas en “Futfa” incl. “La Mutine” • PICCININI: Partite variate sopra la folia aria Romanesca • Toccata V • Gagliarda III • Corrente IIII • CASTALDI: Spagnola Corrente • Arpesca Gagliarda • Un bocconcino di fantasia

The Complete Piano Works

The twelve piano pieces on this disc represent all of Manuel de Falla’s output for this instrument alone. They also comprise one of the less-familiar facets of the work of this maestro from Cadiz, perhaps because some were composed during his youth and then consigned to obscurity by the critics of the time—even by the composer himself, who called them “nonsense.” Now, they are considered among the most emotive of Falla’s works.

La Mutine: Pieces for Theorbo

A new disc by brilliant theorbist Rodrigo Jarabo.

Stradivarius

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Cat # STV 33866 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 33

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Guido Alberto FANO

Various Artists

Sara Mingardo: contralto/Aldo Orvieto: piano

RAI National Symphony Orchestra/Roberto Abbado: conductor/ Jens McManama, Jean-Christophe Vervoitte: French horns/ Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez: conductor/String Quartet of Turin

La mia sera

Milan Music Festival Live Vol. 5

FANO: Il sogno della vergine • Nebbia • La mia sera • Lungi lungi • Passa la nave mia • Vere novo • Ad Annie • “Genere umano addio” Sara Mingardo is one of the very rare authentic contralto voices on today’s music scene; last year she won the prestigious Premio Abbiati 2010 for Best Italian Singer. Here, she interprets some lyrical pieces for voice and piano by Guido Alberto Fano, with Aldo Orvieto at the piano.

FRANCESCONI: Rest • FEDELE: Duo en Résonance • VERRANDO: Quartet No. 2 Stradivarius & Milano Musica proudly present chapter five of the Milan Music Festival collection. The work “Rest,” dedicated to Luciano Berio in memoriam, was composed by Francesconi in 2003 and commissioned by the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI.

Cat # STV 33893 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Cat # STV 33897 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 38

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Aureliano CATTANEO

Georg MUFFAT

Petra Hoffmann: soprano/Carlos Gil: trombone/Ensemble Espai Sonor/Voro Garcia: director

Stefano Rossi: violin/La Concordanza/Irene De Ruvo: harpsichord, director

CATTANEO: Trazos • Trio • Concertino

MUFFAT: Concertos Nos. 8, 9, 11 & 12 • Sonata for Solo Violin

The first album from young Italian composer and pianist Aureliano Cattaneo, who studied with Gérard Grisey and Mauricio Sotelo, engages with the great Spanish poetry of Cervantes, Góngora, Alcázar, Polo de Medina, Villegas, and Hurtado de Mendoza to offer a varied succession of images in which the dominant theme of love is placed at the service of a game of language based on an eccentric, witty mixture of the banal and the sublime.

Muffat’s Concerti Grossi were first inspired in Italy, in the Roman literary salons in which Corelli and Pasquini used to perform. This CD also includes the Sonata for violin solo, which clearly includes affects of the Italian manner, alternating melodic movements, rhythms, and sections in a stylus phantasticus.

Trazos, Trio & Concertino

Propitia Sydera & Concerti Grossi

BGS

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Cat # BGS 117 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # BGS 112 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Eden-Stell Guitar Duo

Mark Eden, Christopher Stell: guitars

DODGSON: Promenade • HOWELLS: Finzi’s beast • BALL: Music for an Island • LENNON/McCARTNEY: The Fool on the Hill • Penny Lane • BOWERS: Fantasy on an Old English Melody • MAXWELL DAVIES: Farewell to Stromness • RYAN: Generator

DYENS: Côté Nord • KOSHKIN: Concertino • BROUWER: Per Suonare a Due • BOGDANOVIC: Tombeau de Purcell

Music for an Island

Per Suonare a Due: New Music for Two Guitars

The prize-winning Eden-Stell Guitar Duo takes a new direction with the release of Music for an Island. The diverse program covers the length and breadth of the British Isles, from the Orkney Isles to the seaside promenade of Eastbourne, taking in the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, leafy Sherwood Forest, and the Beatles’ Liverpool along the way.

Dusan Bogdanovic’s Tombeau de Purcell was commissioned for the Eden-Stell Guitar Duo by Stour Music. This CD includes comprehensive booklet notes in three languages.

Cat # BGS 113 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # BGS 114 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Tom Kerstens

Tom Kerstens: guitar

BROUWER: Paisaje cubano con tristea • CASHIAN: Talvi • Black Venus • 4 Dances for guitar • McPHERSON: Study in moto perpetuo (Brevity can save the Nation) • RILEY: Barabas • SKEMPTON: Five Preludes • SWAYNE: Solo, Op. 42 • TAKEMITSU: Equinox for guitar • WALLEN: Three Ships

BROUWER: Danza del altiplano • Guajira criolla • Danza caracteristica • PIAZZOLLA: Verano porteño • VILLA-LOBOS: Choros No. 1 • FALLA: Homenaje “pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy” • Cancion del fuego fatuo • Danza del Corregidor • Danza del Molinero • TARREGA: Pepita (polka) • Vals • Gran Vals • PUJOL: Guajira • STRAUSS: Seven Little Waltzes • VARIOUS COMPOSERS: Suite: The Music of Dance

Black Venus: New Music for Guitar

Tom Kerstens is a major figure in the guitar world, highly regarded as a versatile performer on modern and period instruments and an influential champion of the guitar. An acclaimed solo performer, he has also collaborated with many leading UK orchestras and ensembles. He recently formed his own ensemble, G Plus, which is dedicated to performing specially commissioned new works.

Danza

Indulge in the more light-hearted side of guitar repertoire! The elegiac undercurrents of this program save it from being just “entertainment.” There is plenty of excitement here, with sexy, bluesy, introspective, and witty playing from acclaimed guitarist Tom Kerstens.

Quartz

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Cat # QTZ 2010 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # QTZ 2054 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 3 Double Jewel; Box Lot 12

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Roman Mints

Johannes BRAHMS

Roman Mints, Timur Yaubov: violins/Dmitri Bulgakov: oboe/ Ksenia Bashmet: piano/Ed Bennett, Artem Vassiliev, Alexander Raikhelson, Taras Buevsky: electronics

Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra/Owain Arwel Hughes: conductor

Game Over

Complete Symphonies

BENNETT: Sometimes It Rains • String Factory • VASSILIEV: Story I • Game Over • RAIKHELSON: Criptophonic Piece • BUEVSKY: Largo Recitare

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 • Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 • Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 • Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 • Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a • Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 • Tragic Overture, Op. 81 A wonderful set of Brahms’ complete symphonies.

An album of interesting sounds and textures using electronics and violin.

Cat # QTZ 2070 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # QTZ 2040 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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James ALLSOPP

Frédéric CHOPIN

James Allsopp: saxophone

Llˆyr Williams: piano

ALLSOPP: The Wooden Moon • Mouse Practice • Plastic Sun • Goose Creature

CHOPIN: Preludes, Op. 28 (complete) • Nocturne, Op. 48, No. 1 • Ballade, Op. 52 • Scherzo, Op. 31

Improvised saxophone pieces from James Allsopp.

The complete piano Preludes of Chopin.

Plastic Sun

Complete Preludes

Solo Records

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Essential stock items in all instrumental retail sections! “A pianist as responsive to revelry as to reflection, to dazzling wit as to reverie.” — Gramophone

Cat # SLE 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Domenico SCARLATTI Piano Sonatas

Mark Swartzentruber: piano D. SCARLATTI: Piano Sonatas, K. 11, 454, 455, 132, 133, 426, 427, 490, 491, 492, 27, 9, 544, 545, 69, 513, 54 & 141

Cat # SLE 2 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Robert SCHUMANN

Mark Swartzentruber: piano

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, Op. 567 • “Appassionata” in G, Op. 79 • in C minor, Op. 111

SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 • Etudes Symphonique, Op. 13 & Appendix, Op. posth.

Piano Sonatas

Kreisleriana & Etudes Symphoniques

Cat # SLE 4 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # SLE 5 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Joseph HAYDN

Claude DEBUSSY

Mark Swartzentruber: piano

HAYDN: Sonatas Nos. 62, 54, 44, 41 & 53

DEBUSSY: L’Isle joyeuse • Images Book I • Ballade • Estampes • Rêverie • Pour le piano

Piano Sonatas

Piano Works

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Attacca

Robert NASVELD Hanging Around

Wyneke Jordans, Leo van Doeselaar, David Bollen, Pascal Meyer, Robert Nasveld: pianos/ Mattijs van de Woerd, Olle Persson: baritones/Osiris Trio/Ellen Corver: piano/Peter Brunt: violin/Larissa Groeneveld: cello/Ensemble Insomnio/Ulrich Pöhl: conductor NASVELD: Traumblätter (Dream Leaves) • Trois Chansons • Frozen Blues • Hanging Around • Six Cavafy Songs In the composer’s own words: “My music often makes high demands on the rehearsal process. Nods and secret signals between the musicians are often necessary to master the music and reach the finish line together. This time I wanted to try another tack and write a piece that would be simply fun to rehearse. In this piano trio the musicians can steal the march on each other in a rewarding manner, play tag and unconcernedly enjoy their supple ensemble technique. Work becomes fun!”

Cat # ATC 210123 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Louis ANDRIESSEN Anaïs Nin (DVD)

Cristina Zavalloni: soprano/Nieuw Amsterdams Peil ANDRIESSEN: Anaïs Nin (complete opera) “Stylish rather than beautiful [and] its resonance is profound and disturbing … showed the Dutch composer at his searching best.” — The Guardian HHHH Andriessen’s new piece of music theatre, Anaïs Nin (2009/10) had its world premiere at Teatro dei Rozzi. The opera, based on texts by Anaïs Nin, was commissioned by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena and by the London Sinfonietta. DVD specs not provided.

Cat # ATC 2011127 Price Code: R Number of Discs: 1 Amaray; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Robert ZUIDAM Suster Bertken

Katrien Baerts: soprano/Hubert Claessens: baritone/Asko-Schönberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw: conductor ZUIDAM: Suster Bertken (complete opera) This new opera, based on the writings of 15th-century anchoress Suster Bertken, premiered on December 4, 2010 at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The recording features the Asko-Schönberg Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw along with soprano Katrien Baerts and baritone Hubert Claessens. Cat # ATC 2011126 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Challenge Classics

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Richard WAGNER Parsifal 4CDs+DVD

Cat # CHR 72519 Price Code: 4R (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 5 Digibox; Box Lot 10

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Klaus Florian Vogt, Brenden Gunnell, Jeroen de Vaal, Pascal Pittie: tenors Falk Struckmann, Thilo Dahlmann, bass-baritones Ante Jerkunica, Robert Holl: basses Krister St. Hill: baritone Katarina Dalayman, Julia Westendorp, Martina Rüping, Victoria Joyce, Ute Ziemer: sopranos Cécile van de Sant, Anna Stephany, Barbara Kozelj: mezzo-sopranos Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Jaap van Zweden: conductor WAGNER: Parsifal (complete opera) Jaap van Zweden, chief conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, is one of the world’s leading conductors. Concurrently with his post in Dallas, van Zweden’s other titled positions include Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras (2005–2012) and Chief Conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra of Belgium (2008–2012). This sublime version of Wagner’s Parsifal is a live recording of a memorable concert at the Concertgebouw in December 2010. DVD is NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, German (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 81 min. Subtitled in English.

Opera d’Oro

Release Date: October 11, 2011

Luciano Pavarotti

A Passion for Pavarotti: The Barcelona Recital (Live) Cat # OPD 6007 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Jewel; Box Lot 15 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Works by Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Massenet, Respighi, Mascagni, and more A lavish performance by one of the world’s greatest tenors! This exclusive DVD+CD set provides an opportunity to see and hear one of the greatest tenors the world has ever known. The concert covers a wide range of musical offerings, from very well-known works to lesser-known arias and sonnets. Viewers are introduced to Pavarotti through behind-the-scenes interviews and outtakes from the original concert recording that give rare insight into the planning and hard work that go into the creation of such a production. Recorded live in concert in the exciting, vibrant, and colorful Spanish city of Barcelona, this DVD features Pavarotti performing in front of an international audience held spellbound as his dazzling, excitingly powerful voice fills the auditorium. The set also includes a BONUS CD of 20 unforgettable live performances celebrating over 25 years of Pavarotti’s legendary career.

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