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Sharon Kam Mozart

Clarinet Concerto & Quintet PG 9

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Licanus

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The label of the Capella de Ministrers ensemble, founded in 1987, brings together three key factors: historical rigor, musical sensibility, and an uncontrollable desire to communicate with listeners. The ensemble, directed by Carles Magraner, has developed an important investigative and musicological task in favor of the musical Spanish patrimony, from the medieval times up to the 19th century.

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Created in 2001 by José Miguel Martínez and Pilar de la Vega, Verso boasts a select catalog featuring more than 70 titles focused on little-known Spanish Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and post-Romantic music. The label is also unequivocally committed to the most avant-garde musical creation of our times, drawing not only on the great names but also the composers of the so-called “Generation of 51,” including José Manuel López López, Ángel Arteaga, María Teresa Prieto, and Eduardo Morales-Caso.

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Founded in 2010, Klassic Cat is a dynamic new label from Barcelona created by Mac McClure, Albert Moraleda, and Maya Rolando with the goal of promoting Spanish and Catalan music that history and special circumstance have not allowed to be recorded until the present. The label aims to find historical recordings from Spain and document the music of that country during the 20th century, while also promoting the talented musicians that study, investigate, and promote the music of Spain and Catalonia.

Columna Música

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The main purpose of Columna Música is to recover a Catalan and Hispanic musical heritage that offers excellent and surprising material. The label places a special focus on the work of composers from the 19th and 20th centuries who are still relatively unknown, achieving this through previously unpublished high-quality recordings performed by renowned artists.

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Release Date: September 13, 2011

Ecstatic Records

Michael TORKE Tahiti

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Ensemble 10/10 Clark Rundell: conductor TORKE: Tahiti • Fiji “Some of the most optimistic, joyful, and thoroughly uplifting music to appear in recent years.” — Gramophone Two recent works from Michael Torke, written for the Liverpool Philharmonic’s new music group, evoke the humidity, perfume, and leisure of the South Pacific islands. The techniques used here have their antecedents in earlier works like Rapture, Adjustable Wrench, and Four Proverbs, as well as Torke’s continuing exploration of melodic development from the past 10 years.

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CAvi-music

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Rachel Roberts: viola Lars Vogt: piano BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 • Viola Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120, No. 2 • SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder, Op. 113 Rachel Roberts is an up & coming viola soloist from the UK and a member of the Dante Quartet, which plays regularly at London’s Wigmore Hall. Lars Vogt will tour the US with Christian Tetzlaff October 23–30, 2011. October 23 Atlanta, GA October 25 Princeton, NJ October 26 New York, NY October 27 Philadelphia, PA October 28 Hanover, NH October 29 Durham, NC October 30 Baltimore, MD

Johannes BRAHMS & Robert SCHUMANN Viola Sonatas

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CORO The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor HANDEL: Coronation Anthem • Tune your harps to cheerful strains, from Esther • Worthy is the Lamb & Amen from Messiah • BYRD: Laudibus in sanctis • MACMILLAN: A Child’s Prayer • A new song • TALLIS: Spem in alium • TAVENER: Today the Virgin • CORNYSH: Ave Maria Mater Dei • CARVER: Benedictus from Missa Dum sacrum mysterium • PURCELL: One charming night & Hush, no more from The Fairy Queen • BRITTEN: Hymn to St. Cecilia • TIPPETT: Nobody Knows from A Child of Our Time • SHEPPARD: In media vita (exc.) “Let these glorious sounds fill your ears and lift your spirits.” — Gramophone

The Sixteen

Great British Choral Works Cat # CRO 16092 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Since they were founded in 1979, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new collection, CORO presents a selection of their most celebrated recordings of music by British composers. From Tallis’s monumental Spem in Alium and Sheppard’s In Media Vita to the delights of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and MacMillan’s powerfully emotive A Child’s Prayer (written in memory of the Dunblane tragedy), this disc provides a superb collection of works from some of Britain’s most eminent composers. The disc features stellar soloists including Michael Chance, Michael George, and Mark Padmore.

CORO

Release Date: September 13, 2011

W.A. MOZART Requiem

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Elizabeth Watts: soprano Phyllis Pancella: mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy: tenor Eric Owens: bass-baritone Robert Nairn: double bass Handel and Haydn Society Harry Christophers: conductor MOZART: Requiem, K. 626 • Ave verum corpus, K. 618 • Per questa bella mano, K. 612 Following the success of the Mozart Mass in C minor last year, CORO is delighted to announce the release of its second recording with Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society. In addition to the Requiem, the CD features Mozart’s Ave verum corpus and his concert aria Per questa bella mano for bass voice and solo double bass obligato—a piece famed for its fiendishly difficult double bass part, performed superbly on this recording by Robert Nairn. Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society will perform at Boston’s Symphony Hall September 23 & 25, 2011. also available

MOZART Mass in C minor Cat # CRO 16084 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

TRITON

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Sergei Edelmann: piano LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 • SCHUBERT: Fantasia in C, D. 760 (Op. 15) “Wanderer” This disc performed by Sergei Edelmann, a pianist of musical maturity and splendid virtuosity, features two big masterpieces for solo piano by Liszt and Schubert. Both are the unified whole of parts, either consisting of a single movement or multiple movements played continuously without breaks, and both composers dedicated their utmost determination to complete them, requiring the highest virtuosity from the performer. Playable in all CD players. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Franz LISZT & Franz SCHUBERT

Piano Sonata in B minor & Fantasia “Wanderer” Cat # EXN TRI 38 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Sergei Edelmann: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat, Op. 7 • Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight” • Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” This is one of a series of new recordings by Sergei Edelmann, a renowned pianist who has returned to the recording industry like a shooting star. The disc features some of Beethoven’s most important sonatas, including the popular “Moonlight” and “Appassionata.” Playable in all CD players. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonatas Op. 7, “Moonlight,” “Appassionata” Cat # EXN TRI 5200 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Avie Records

Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Stephen Darlington: director HANDEL: Zadok the Priest • WALTON: Set Me As a Seal • TALLIS: Salvator mundi • PURCELL: O God thou art my God • PARSONS: Ave Maria • BRITTEN: Shepherd’s Carol • HOWELLS: Like as the hart • TAVENER: The Lord’s Prayer • TAVERNER: Christe Jesu • GRIER: My breath lies quiet • WARLOCK: Bethlehem down • RUTTER: Canticle of the Heavenly City • BYRD: O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth • DARLINGTON: Jacob’s ladder • GIBBONS: Great Lord of Lords • GOODALL: Veni, sancte spiritus • WEELKES: Hosanna “A disc to send the spirits soaring. Glorious beyond words.” — Gramophone “Best of 2009” [AVR 2167] A beautiful and accessible album that will appeal to the millions of people who were inspired by BBC America’s The Choir! Treasures of Christ Church is a special, newly recorded collection spanning 500 years of English choral music, performed from original manuscripts, that uncovers the unique history of music at Christ Church, Oxford. All of the composers on Treasures had an association with Christ Church (whose hallowed halls were famously seen in the Harry Potter films), stretching back to the tenure of John Taverner; through Tallis, Handel, Purcell, and Byrd; to present-day world premiere recordings of works by John Rutter and Howard Goodall. The packaging features striking visuals, with photographs of original manuscripts on pristinely preserved parchment and leather-bound, gold-embossed scores. The promotional video will take viewers through the unrivalled archives and include interviews with Stephen Darlington as well as the composers.

The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Treasures of Christ Church

Cat # AVR 2215 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT world premiere recording

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Nicholas Phan: tenor Myra Huang: piano BRITTEN: Winter Words, Op. 52 • Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 “Vocally and dramatically at the level of the finest international artists.” — Chicago Sun Times Winter Words is the solo debut release by American tenor Nicholas Phan. The recording was made in the wake of a recital tour in 2010–11, which culminated in his Carnegie debut at Weill Hall. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and an alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera studio, Nick has performed with the opera companies of Los Angeles and Seattle; symphony orchestras of Atlanta, St. Louis, and San Francisco; and the Marlboro, Ravinia, and Edinburgh Festivals, among others. He sang in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Pierre Boulez, which won a Grammy Award. Nick will support this release with an extensive fall recital tour of this repertoire and a launch event at WQXR’s Green Space in New York.

Upcoming Performances September 13 Los Angeles Philharmonic @ Hollywood Bowl September 24 Buffalo Philharmonic September 26 Washington, DC National Symphony Orchestra October 7 Tryon, NC Fine Arts Center November 4 Philadelphia Chamber Music Society November 18 & 19 Birmingham Alabama Symphony Orchestra December 15 Carnegie Hall w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Benjamin BRITTEN Winter Words

Cat # AVR 2238 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: September 13, 2011

the newest series from berlin classics sensual soundtracks perfect for summer

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Various Artists

Works by Debussy, Berlioz, Schumann, Mahler, Wagner, and more

Works by Schumann, Haydn, Vivaldi, Poulenc, Bizet, and more

Sensual Classics: Desire

Sensual Classics: Romance

Cat # BER 300256 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Various Artists

Works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bizet, Schubert, Franck, and more

Works by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Danzi, and more

Sensual Classics: Escape

Sensual Classics: Reverie

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Various Artists

Works by Verdi, Mendelssohn, Hindemith, Janáˇcek, Ravel, and more

Works by Schumann, L. Mozart, Ravel, Debussy, and more

Sensual Classics:Vision

Sensual Classics: Children’s Symphony

Berlin Classics

Release Date: September 13, 2011

W.A. MOZART

Clarinet Concerto & Quintet BUZZ ALERT

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Sharon Kam: clarinet, conductor Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé: violins Volker Jacobsen: viola Gustav Rivinius: cello Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra MOZART: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 • Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 “Stadler” “A supernova in the clarinet heavens.” — Fono Forum “A dazzling recital of miniatures played with panache and kaleidoscopic colour.” — Gramophone [BER 16342] Mature masterworks full of inspiration, and the concerto in particular is one of the most popular works for the clarinet. Sharon Kam records the concerto on a basset clarinet, conducting the Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra; this is coupled with the quintet featuring an eminent quartet of musicians. also available Sharon Kam Souvenirs Cat # BER 16342 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

WEBER/BRUCH The Romantic Clarinet Cat # BER 16202 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

BRAHMS Sonatas & Trios Cat # BER 16382 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Challenge Classics

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Alexei Volodin: piano SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 • RAVEL: Miroirs • SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 5 Alexei Volodin is a modest virtuoso. This seems contradictory, but it simply means that using virtuosity to “show off ” is not his thing. Being technically brilliant is fine, but feeling, warmth, and true connection with the composer and the music are more important. Volodin is a true musical talent; a world-renowned master pianist who gives his signature to a new, unique document featuring works by Ravel, Schumann, and Scriabin!

Alexei Volodin

Miroirs: Piano Works by Schumann, Ravel & Scriabin Cat # CHR 72508 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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CHOPIN Piano Works Cat # CHR 72354 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Al Ayre Español Eduardo López Banzo: conductor Maria Espada: soprano DE NEBRA: Que contrario, Señor • Alienta fervorosa • Sonata in E minor • Entre cándidos, bellos (cantada al Santisimo) Llegad, llegad, creyentes (Cantada al Santisimo) This famous early music ensemble was awarded the “2004 Premio Nacional de Música” by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The group has recorded for Almaviva, Fidelio, Harmonia Mundi, and Ambroisie/Naïve. Playable in all CD players. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

José DE NEBRA

Esta Dulzura Amable: Sacred Cantatas Cat # CHR 72509 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Challenge Classics

Ensemble Caméléon MENDELSSOHN: Sinfonia for strings No. 10 • KORNGOLD: String sextet in D, Op. 10 • ROSSINI: Sonata a quattro No. 6 Mozart was a great idol for all three of the composers featured here, and all three were compared to him. The disc features works from three musical child prodigies: Erich Korngold (1897–1957), Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), and Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868).

Ensemble Caméléon

Young Hearts On Fire: Music for Strings

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Motéma Music Kelvin Sholar: piano Jonathan Robinson: bass Jaimeo Brown: drums Greg Osby: saxophone Carl Craig: electronics SHOLAR: The Phoenix–Bird of Fire (Suite): I–Enter the Garden of Shadows • II–The Phoenix’s Promise • III–Twirling Princesses • IV–The Phoenix’s Song of Sleep • V–Dancing King of Shadows • VI–Awakening and Rejoicing • Sacred Spring–Rebirth of the Goddess (Suite): I–Earth Worship • II–Trancing Nubiles • III–Spring Cycles • IV–The Sacrifice • V–Mystical Nubiles • VI–Invoking The Ancients • VII–Sacrificial Dance • VIII–Sleep of the Chosen One “A modern Renaissance man, an endangered species in our modern times of careerism and hyper-focused resumes.” — All About Jazz An exquisite, impressionistic, and richly contemporary interpretation of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Rite of Spring as conceived & performed by multi-award winning pianist/composer Kelvin Sholar. The disc features his remarkably intuitive ensemble featuring rising-star jazz drummer Jaimeo Brown, jazz bassist Jonathan Robinson, electronica star Carl Craig, and celebrated sax man Greg Osby.

Kelvin Sholar

Rites of Fire: Visions of Stravinsky Cat # MTM 70 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 40 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Fuga Libera

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Jan Van der Crabben: baritone Inge Spinette: piano DEBUSSY: 28 selected songs, including Clair de lune, Beau soir, Mandoline, En sourdine, Trois Ballades de François Villon, Les cloches, and more Jan Van der Crabben’s art has seduced the most demanding lovers of French melody. This is because, in the line of Bernard Kruysen or José Van Dam, he also has a rich experience as a soloist in baroque and classical music—namely with La Petite Bande and Sigiswald Kuijken—that nourished his musical thinking in a new and refined way. His previous CD with Fuga Libera, devoted to Fauré, demanded a follow-up. In this recital, covering 30 years of creation dominated by Verlaine and the wonderful Fêtes galantes, the Belgian baritone is ideally accompanied by Inge Spinette, whose delicate colors equal the intelligence of the conception.

Claude DEBUSSY The Musician of Love Cat # FGL 583 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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FAURÉ Melodies Cat # FGL 510 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ramée Marie-Céline Labbé, Marion Treupel-Franck: traverso flutes MONTÉCLAIR: Six Concertos for two transverse flutes without bass The Concertos for two transverse flutes without bass make up part of a thread begun in 1709 with the Suites of Pieces for two transverse flutes by Michel da La Barre, who was both a composer and the first great French flute player. Particularly popular in France during the first half of the 18th century, this genre inspired many composers. This CD aims to fill an unfortunate void in current recordings of Montéclair’s music, and to encourage further interest in his compositions.

Michel Pignolet de MONTÉCLAIR Six Concertos

Cat # RME 1102 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digibox; Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT world premiere recording

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Ricercar

La Morra Michal Gondko: director Diabolus In Musica Antoine Guerber: director CICONIA: 10 Motets • 11 Italian Secular Works • 2 French Secular Works • 2 Canons • Settings of the Ordinary of the Mass Active in Venice and Padua at the beginning of the 15th century, Johannes Ciconia was undoubtedly the most important composer of this transitional period. Born in Liège and trained in the principles of the French and Italian Ars Nova, he played a considerable role in the musical development that led to the Renaissance. His works are in all the forms current for the period: French chansons, Italian ballades and madrigals, and Latin motets for particular occasions, as well as individual movements from the Mass that proclaim the arrival of the form’s golden age in the 15th century. This recording of his complete works has been entrusted to two remarkable ensembles that are no strangers to Outhere’s catalogue: La Morra for the secular music, and Diabolus In Musica for the sacred works and the motets for particular occasions.

Johannes CICONIA

Complete Works

Cat # RCE 316 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digibox; Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Arcana La Compagnia del Madrigale 27 Madrigals by da Reggio, di Lasso, Byrd, de Wert, Pallavicino, de Rore, Ruffo, Verdelot, Tromboncino, Ferrabosco, Striggio, Palestrina, A. Gabrieli, and Cambio From its first appearance in 1516, Ludovico Ariosto’s knightly epic poem Orlando Furioso has represented one of the most successful works of Italian literature. This recording, fruit of a meticulous and sensitive musical selection, offers a survey of expressive styles and trends that characterized the musical settings of Ariosto’s poem during the period of its greatest musical popularity. With the sole exception of the frottola by Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1517), the musical selections consist entirely of madrigals published between 1541 and 1588. One of the preeminent madrigal ensembles of the early music scene, La Compagnia del Madrigale makes its recording debut and launches its collaboration with Arcana.

La Compagnia del Madrigale

Orlando Furioso: Madrigals on Ludovico Ariosto’s Epic Poem Cat # ACA 363 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Netmark

Release Date: September 13, 2011 David Nettle, Richard Markham: pianos ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto • GRAINGER: Country Gardens • English Waltz • Handel in the Strand • Lisbon • The Brisk Young Sailor • The Lost Lady Found • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves • WALTON: Popular Song • Tango-Pasodoble • Old Sir Faulk • Swiss Yodelling Song • Polka • NICHOLAS: Quiet Peace No. 1 • DRING: Fantastic Variation on Lilliburlero No. 1 • BRIDGE: Sally in Our Alley • COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon • BLAKE: Slow Ragtime • Folk Ballad • GAY: The Lambeth Walk • SCOTT: Lotus Land • LAMBERT: Siesta • BRITTEN: Mazurka Elegiaca • WARLOCK: Pavane “Nettle & Markham offer a wonderfully eclectic and imaginative selection.” — Classic FM

Nettle & Markham

Nettle & Markham in England

A kaleidoscopic range of short, popular English two-piano pieces plus Nettle & Markham’s classic transcription of “Warsaw Concerto.” This recording features contrasting tracks of two-piano music associated with England in a large variety of styles: 14 different composers, including a generous content of Percy Grainger; original compositions; and a selection of Nettle & Markham’s own unique arrangements.

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David Nettle, Richard Markham: pianos MILHAUD: Scaramouche • FAURÉ: Berceuse • SATIE: Gymnopédie No. 1 • Grand Ritournelle • Cancan “Grand-Mondain” • CHAMINADE: Le Matin • IBERT: Le petit âne blanc • BIZET: Marche • Berceuse • Impromptu • Galop from Jeux d’enfants • POULENC: Elégie • L’Embarquement pour Cythère • DEBUSSY: Prélude, Cortège et Air de Danse from L’Enfant Prodigue • HAHN: Pour bercer un convalescent No. 2 • RAVEL: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes from Ma Mère l’Oye • INGHELBRECHT: Sur le pont d’Avignon • SAINT-SAËNS: Fossiles & Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des Animaux • BARCELLINI: Souvenirs de “Mon Oncle” • FRANCAIX: Baiao from 8 Danses Exotiques • CANTELOUBE: 4 Chants d’Auvergne, incl Bailèro “The French collection by the UK’s classiest two-piano team … [is a] delicious program.” — Classic FM

Nettle & Markham

Nettle & Markham in France Cat # NTK 300 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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A unique collection of 28 tracks of light French two-piano classics, including the ever-popular “Scaramouche.” This disc features a comprehensive selection of the best of French music for two pianists in a wide range and variety of styles: 14 different French composers, original two-piano pieces, and Nettle & Markham’s own unique arrangements.

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Oxford Philomusica

Marios Papadopoulos: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1 • Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 • Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3 “Performances that make numerous interesting interpretive points, casting new light on No. 1 and charting the desolate course of No. 3’s pre-Romantic Adagio with obvious commitment. Papadopoulos is an estimable player.” — Classic FM Critics’ Choice Marios Papadopoulos has all the attributes of one of the world’s greatest players. Judging by the critical acclaim his recitals and recordings have received, his position among today’s great pianists is now widely recognized. His recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas have been set on a level with those of Schnabel, Brendel, and Kempff.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas, Op. 2

Cat # OXF 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Marios Papadopoulos: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1 • Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2 • Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3 “Papadopoulos believes that Beethoven came in like a lion with his early music, and the playing makes no attempt to impose 18th-century good manners on these products of 1796. [He] has a full range of dynamics and tone colours to lead to the climaxes, and his performances are full of personality and intelligence … the performances command attention.” — Daily Telegraph Marios Papadopoulos has all the attributes of one of the world’s greatest players. Judging by the critical acclaim his recitals and recordings have received, his position among today’s great pianists is now widely recognized. His recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas have been set on a level with those of Schnabel, Brendel, and Kempff.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas 5, 6 & 7 Cat # OXF 2 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yuri Simonov: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite • Swan Lake Suite Yuri Simonov studied at the Leningrad Conservatoire with Rabinovich, and assisted Mravinksy at the Leningrad Conservatoire conducting The Mermaid by Dargomizhsky. Following first prize in the 1968 Saint Cecilia Conductors Competition in Rome, he was invited to make his debut at the Bolshoi Opera (Aida) in 1969 and was almost immediately appointed Chief Conductor—the youngest and longest serving in history. In recent years, Simonov has appeared with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Warsaw National Philharmonic. In 2004–05 he made his debuts with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and led the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra on tours to the US, Japan, and the Czech Republic. He has toured Spain, the UK, and Korea and conducted a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the Hungarian Opera House, Budapest. In 2006–07 he led the Moscow Philharmonic on tours to Japan and Germany, and conducted a five-performance-cycle of Queen of Spades with the Budapest Opera.

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVKSY The Nutcracker & Swan Lake Cat # RPM 28060 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Cooke: conductor Works by Elgar, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Wood, Arne, and Parry Sir Henry Joseph Wood was born in London in 1869 and died in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in 1944. He conducted his first Promenade Concert August 10, 1895, at the Queen’s Hall, London. Since that time, the concerts have transferred to the Royal Albert Hall and developed into a regular, riotous, and much-respected music festival. This recording presents some of the best-loved popular classics that have become associated with “The Proms.”

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ultimate Last Night of the Proms Cat # RPM 28740 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Robert Winn: flute Aline Brewer: harp David Campbell: clarinet Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jonathan Carney: conductor MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp • Clarinet Concerto Born in 1960 in Yorkshire, Robert Winn studied the flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London, subsequently winning the Anna Innstone Capital Radio Award in 1982. He took up the position of Principal Flute with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1985, and has appeared as a soloist with them and with the Philharmonia Orchestra. He has been widely regarded as one of the foremost flute teachers in the world. Aline Brewer has appeared as the Principal Harpist with the Philharmonia Orchestra and is much in-demand both as a soloist and chamber music player. Winner of many prizes and competitions, she studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department with Daphne Boden for six years, and was awarded a Foundation Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, first with the late Renata Scheffel-Stein, and then with Marisa Robles. David Campbell is internationally known as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, described by Jack Brymer as “the finest player of his generation.” He has appeared as soloist with many leading orchestras including the English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, London Mozart Players, English String Orchestra, and many more. Since 2002, David has served as Artistic Director of MusicFest Aberystwyth.

W.A. MOZART

Concerto for Flute & Clarinet Concerto Cat # RPM 28890 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Mackerras: conductor SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 • Karlia Suite • Finlandia Sir Charles Mackerras was born in the United States of Australian parents. He studied in Sydney and Prague, and made his debut in opera at Sadler’s Wells. Early engagements include first conductor with the Hamburg State Opera. From 1970 to 1977, he was music director of Sadler’s Wells (later English National Opera). In 1993, he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a post held until 1996. He also acted as Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, he served as the President of Trinity College of Music, London and as Music Advisor to City Opera of Vancouver. Sir Charles Mackerras passed away July 14, 2010, having suffered from cancer.

Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

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Gramola

Release Date: September 13, 2011

W.A. MOZART

Works for 1 and 2 Pianos Paul Badura-Skoda, Jörg Demus: pianos MOZART: Sonata for 2 Pianos in D, K. 448 • Larghetto and Allegro for 2 Pianos • Variations in G for Piano 4 Hands, K. 501 • Fantasia in C minor, K. 396 • Fantasia in D minor, K. 397 • Fantasia in C minor, K. 475

Cat # GLA 98900 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

On this new recording, two legendary Viennese pianists devote themselves to works for solo piano, four-handed piano, and two pianos, such as the well-known D major Sonata for Two Pianos KV 448. The two pianists play on historical Walter fortepianos, and wrote the insightful notes found in the booklet.

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Schola Resupina

Canticum Amantissimi Schola Resupina/Helene von Rechenberg: organ ANON.: Selections of Gregorian Chant • Organ works of Hofhaimer, Frescobaldi & Cabanilles

Cat # GLA 98907 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

The Schola Resupina ensemble, founded by Isabell Köstler in 2004, is devoted to expressing the wealth of Gregorian chant in all its opulence—the message is to become palpable in terms of logic, theology, and emotion. The singers do this both in international concert performances, and by holding regular masses in Viennese churches. Besides Gregorian chants from the mass and the officium, this CD also offers early Baroque organ pieces by Hofhaimer, Frescobaldi, and Cabanilles, interpreted by Helene von Rechenberg.

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Franz LISZT Piano Works

Donka Angatschewa: piano LISZT: Mephisto Waltz • Liebesträume Nos. 1, 2 & 3 • Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8 • Dante Sonata Bulgarian-born pianist Donka Angatschewa studied in Bulgaria and Vienna, and has won national and international competitions both as a soloist and a chamber musician. She is a founding member of the Trio D’Ante, with which she has recorded two CDs. On her latest solo venture, she devotes herself to Franz Liszt. Cat # GLA 98924 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Release Date: September 13, 2011

Fryderyk Chopin Society

Howard Shelley: piano CHOPIN: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 4 • Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 35 • Piano Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 58 For the first time in The Real Chopin series, Howard Shelley presents three Sonatas—in C minor, B flat minor, and B minor—adjusting the sound of the piano to the nature of various parts of the Sonata.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Sonatas in C minor, B minor, and B-flat minor

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Indésens Magnifica Brass Quintet Shikego Hata: soprano VIVALDI: Alleluia, Motet, Rv. 626 • Domine Deus, from Gloria • HANDEL: Let the bright Seraphim, from Samson • Ombra mai fu (Largo), from Xerxes • Eternal source of light divine, from Birthday Ode for Queen Anne • CATALANI: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally • PUCCINI: Un bel di vedremo, from Madama Butterfly • Tu che di gel sei cinta, From Turandot • MASCAGNI: Ave Maria (Intermezzo), from Cavalleria rusticana • J.S. BACH: Bist du bei mir • GRIEG: Solvejg’s Song, from Peer Gynt • CACCINI: Amarilli • Ave Maria • FAURÉ: Pie Jesu from Requiem The union of voice and brass instruments creates a subtle alchemy full of emotion in these gems of vocal repertoire, from Handel and Vivaldi to Grieg and Puccini.

Magnifica Brass Quintet

Eternal Source of Brass Divine Cat # IDS 32 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Editions Hortus

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Benjamin Alard: harpsichord REINCKEN (tr. J.S. Bach): Sonata in minor, BWV 965 • Praeludium in C, BWV 966 • VIVALDI (tr. J.S. Bach): Concerto in G, BWV 978 • J.S. BACH (tr. W.F. Bach): Sonata in D minor, BWV 964 Benjamin Alard won the 2004 Bruges International Harpsichord Competition, awarded the 1st Prize and the Audience Award. His first CD, recorded in 2006, was favorably received by Goldberg, Crescendo, Le Monde de la Musique, Diapason, Classica Répertoire, and more. Transcription, long considered secondary to composition or even discredited as damaging the “purity” of a work, is now seen as a major means for the circulation of ideas and styles in the baroque period. Benjamin Alard reveals all its imaginative richness, and shows us a little-known side of the most famous 18th-century composer.

J.S. BACH

Harpsichord Transcriptions Cat # HOR 50 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Vincent Genvrin: organ MOZART (tr. Genvrin): Gran Partita for Winds Mozart’s Gran Partita for wind instruments has a surprising affinity with the French organ world of the Age of Enlightenment, as exemplified by Vincent Genvrin’s transcription and performance. The ca. 1783 composition was recorded on a famous 1777 Clicquot instrument.

W.A. MOZART

Gran Partita (tr. for organ) Cat # HOR 71 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Release Date: September 13, 2011

Querstand

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt: conductor BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D minoo, WAB 101 (original version) The fifth installment of the Bruckner cycle with Herbert Blomstedt and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra contains the original version from 1873, which has been somewhat rarely performed. The same version was presented to the public at the inauguration concert of Herbert Blomstedt as Gewandhauskapellmeister in 1998.

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No. 3 in D minor (original version)

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Wind Quintet 5 Beaufort Irma Boßler: flute Hermès Quartet Bernhard Kastner, Mi Na Park: pianos Julie Kaufmann: soprano Hellen Elisabeth Weiß: violin BOßLER: Piano Trio (1962) • 3 Lieder on Texts of Bertolt Brecht • Kapriziöse Musik for flute & piano • Der Blick, for soprano, flute & string quartet • Piano Sonata Four Hands (1954) • 3 “Lieder zur Ermutigung” • Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon (1968) In celebration of the composer’s 100th birthday in July 2011, flutist Irmela Boßler (daughter of Kurt Boßler) and pianist Bernhard Kastner present their second release on the Querstand label.

KURT BOßLER

Lieder and Chamber Music Cat # QUE 1119 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Phaedra

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Encantar Sarah Abrams: soprano Lieselot de Wilde, Kerlijne van Nevel: mezzo-sopranos Soetkin Baptist: alto Sofie vanden Eynde, Floris de Rycker: lutes Hannelore de Vaere: Renaissance harp JOSQUIN: Proch dolor: DE LA RUE: Tous les regretz • Tous nobles cuers • Pour ung jamais • FESTA: Lamentation 1 • Regina coeli • SPINACINO: Riciercare • SPINACINO/JOSQUIN: La Bernardina for lute duo • AGRICOLA: Ave maris stella • O crux ave • Basse danse: La Spagna • WILLAERT: Ricercare a tre voci • LOYSET COMPÈRE: Paranymphus • GHISELIN: La Algonsina • ANON.: Triste suis • Dulces exuviae

Encantar

The Encantar ensemble was founded at the end of 2006 by four young singers who intended to study the rich polyphonic repertoire of the 14th–16th centuries, and to introduce them to the public in a deliberately contemporary fashion. Encantar’s programs are mainly devoted to religious works by Flemish, Spanish, and Italian polyphonists, as well as works by French and English composers of the same period.

The Many Faces of Women Cat # PHA 92069 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Syrius Roberto Mucci: organ Works by Bossi, D’Andrieu, Frescobaldi, Gentili, Handel, Marcello/Bach, Morandi, Padre Davide, Vierne & Tiraboschi With unparalleled skill, the first organist and director of the Pueri Cantores at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo Alta presents a lovely disc of organ works.

Roberto Mucci Treasures of Italy

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Release Date: September 13, 2011

JCL Records

Kevin Kyle: tenor Daniel Grimwood: piano Carl Herring: guitar VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silent Noon • QUILTER: Now sleeps the crimson petal • Come away death • Music when soft voices die • Oh mistress mine • Go lovely rose • SCHUMANN: Am Leuchtenden Sommermorgen • Aus alten Märchen winkt es • Hör ich das Liedchen klingen • SARTI: Lungi del caro bene • HAHN: À Chloris • HANDEL: Silent worship • ALLAIN: Sonnet • SATIE: Sylvie • DIBDIN: Tom Bowling • FINZI: The Sigh • BRIDGE: E’en as a lovely flower • DOWLAND: Flow my tears • LEONCAVALLO: Mattinata “Kyle has a lovely tenor voice that is extremely light in color and weight … he phrases with sensitivity and shades with subtlety … this is singing that invites you in … I recommend it for its lovely singing and interesting and varied mix of repertoire.” — Fanfare Kevin Kyle’s beautiful debut album featuring European songs from the 19th to the 21st century. Kevin is rapidly developing his career as an international singer, and has performed throughout the UK and Europe for the Longborough Festival Opera, Carl Rosa Opera Company, Opera Works, the Early Music Company, Le Concert d’Astree, and the Armonico Consor.

Kevin Kyle

Songs

Cat # JCL 515 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Tactus

Cat # TCT 616901 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Barbara STROZZI

Giovanni SGAMBATI

Tadashi Miroku: countertenor/Silvia Rambaldi: harpsichord

Francesco Caramiello: piano

STROZZI: 9 Ariette for solo voice, Op. 6 (1657)

SGAMBATI: Quattro pezzi di seguito, Op. 18 • Fogli volanti, Op. 12 • Serenata dalla Prima Sinfonia, Op. 16 • Scherzo dal Quartetto, Op. 17 for piano 4 hands • Fantasie alpestri

Ariette a voce sola, Op. 6, 1657

This program presents some Ariette, enriched by short pieces for solo harpsichord. The harpsichord introductions to the Ariette come from the 17th-century manuscript Chigi Q.IV.27, preserved in the Biblioteca Vaticana in Rome.

The Complete Piano Works,Vol. 3

The third volume in a series of Sgambati’s complete works for piano.

Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Cat # NIM 6144 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

London Symphony Orchestra/Yondani Butt: conductor

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 “Eroica” • The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 • Fidelio Overture, Op. 72 • King Stephen Overture, Op. 117 • Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 “Pastoral” • Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

Since 1983, Yondani Butt has held the position of Resident Conductor of the Victoria International Festival, creating the highly successful Concerti Extravaganza series. Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, he has recorded and performed in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.

Symphonies 6 & 7

Yondani Butt has conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, American Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic of Canada, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico, Singapore Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Japan Gunma Symphony, and Het Gelders Orkest, among many others.

Cat # NIM 6140 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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David JEPHCOTT

J.S. BACH

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Clark Rundell: conductor

David Juritz: violin

JEPHCOTT: Adagio for Strings • The Blue Nile • The Ludlow Air • Glencoe • The Egyptian Suite • The Prairie Whistler • The Refugees’ Lament • The Phantoms’ Waltz • Plain Sailing

J.S. BACH: Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo, BWV 1001–1006

A Different View: The Music of David Jephcott

David Jephcott began composing music as an antidote to the stresses of his commercial and academic life in the 1990s. He is entirely self-taught as both pianist and composer, and uses modern music technology to produce beautiful melodies.

Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo

“During his lifetime Bach never traveled further than 250 miles from his place of birth. I count myself exceptionally fortunate to have been able to spend an extended period traveling around the world with him as my constant companion.” — David Juritz

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Nimbus Alliance

Cat # NIM 6150 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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ELF Trio

Dave Lee

David Lee: French horn/Geoff Eales: piano/Andy Findon: flute

Dave Lee: French horn

TRAD.: Folk in a Boat • When the Boat Comes In • Brigg Fair/ Scarborough Fair/Greensleeves • Molly on the Shore • Ian HUGHES: Reflections • LLOYD WEBBER: Phantasia • NYMAN: If • Geoff EALES: Elf Dance • Song for My Mother • Farewell Patagonia • COREA: Spain • Doing Bird • ZAWINUL: Birdland • SHEARING: Lullaby of Birdland • Charlie PARKER: Ornithology

Ewan MacCOLL: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face • NYMAN: Suite from the film “The Ogre” • Psalm (Celan Songs) • Jaco PASTORIUS: Table e Trompa • WEILL: Mack the Knife • STRAYHORN: Blood Count • MAXWELL-DAVIES: Sea Eagle • SATIE: Gymnopédie No. 1 • PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel

Reflections

Under the Influence

Truly a meeting of musical minds! Everything goes into the mix—classical, folk, jazz, rock, Latin, musicals, and more.

Dave Lee has performed as principal horn for all the world’s principal conductors, including Barbarolli, Boult, Kempe, Solti, Haitink, and Guilini.

Nimbus Records

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Johannes BRAHMS

Carl CZERNY

Misha Dichter: piano

Martin Jones: piano

BRAHMS: Waltzes, Op. 39 • Fantasias, Op. 116 • Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24

CZERNY: Sonata No. 10 in B-flat, Op. 268 • Rondino No. 6 on an original theme in E-flat, Op. 42 “Les jours passées” • Sonatine in G, Op. 251 • Gran Capriccio in C minor, Op. 172 • Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 57 • Andante and Allegro • Romance No. 13, Op. 755 • Capriccio à la Fuga, Op. 89 • Sonata No. 4 in G, Op. 65

Handel Variations, Waltzes & Fantasias

Now in the fifth decade of an illustrious international career, Misha Dichter traces his musical heritage to the two great pianistic traditions of the 20th century: the Russian Romantic School as personified by Rosina Lhevinne, and the German Classical style that was passed on to him by Aube Tzerko, a pupil of Artur Schnabel.

Piano Sonatas,Volume 3

A torchbearer at Beethoven’s funeral, Carl Czerny is almost forgotten today except as the author of a long-influential piano method. But like his peers, he carried on the torch of the late-classical style into the early years of the age of Romanticism.

Quartz

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Cat # QTZ 2028 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Robert FUCHS

Johannes BRAHMS

Gould Piano Trio/Lucy Gould: violin/Alice Neary: cello/ Benjamin Frith: piano

Gould Piano Trio/Lucy Gould: violin/Alice Neary: cello/ Benjamin Frith: piano/David Pyatt: horn/Robert Plane: clarinet

FUCHS: Trio No. 1 in C, Op. 22 • Trio No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 72

BRAHMS: Trio in E-flat for piano, violin & horn, Op. 40 • Piano Trio in C, Op. 101 • Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet & cello, Op. 114

Piano Trios

Trios

Wonderful recordings by the Gould Piano Trio. Brahms’ Trios played by one of the UK’s most respected trios.

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J.S. BACH

Arvydas MALCYS

Jacob Katsnelson: piano

Roger Arve Vigulf: clarinet/Harmut Rohde: viola/Camila Holtenga: flute/Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra/Robertas Servenikas: conductor

Music of Bach

J.S. BACH: Suite in A minor • Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992 • 15 Sinfonias, BWV 787–801 • Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 Bach’s music performed by one of the most promising pianists of his generation.

Vox Clamantis in Deserto

MALCYS: Concerto for Clarinet & Chamber Orchestra • Cleaved Silence • In perpetuam memoriam—Concerto for Viola & Chamber Orchestra • Milky Way • Vox Clamantis in Deserto—Concerto for Flute & Chamber Orchestra The first Western release of works by this modern composer.

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Stradivarius

Cat # STV 33861 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 43

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Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVKSY & Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Trios

David Trio/Claudio Trovajoli: piano/Daniele Pascoletti: violin/ Patrizio Serino: cello

Joseph HAYDN

Quartets, Op. 76 for flute & string trio Quartetto Modus/Roberto Pappalettere: flute/Claudio Maffei: violin/Fabrizio Merlini: viola/Carlo Benvenuti: cello HAYDN: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 2, 3 & 5 (tr. flute & string trio)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Trio in A minor, Op. 50 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 This young, accomplished Italian trio plays two Russian chamber masterpieces, quite different in style but similar in that they both express the need of mourning to commemorate the deceased.

Quartetto Modus, born in 2003 and consisting of talented soloists of La Spezia’s Conservatory, specializes in traditional repertoire and in performing transcriptions of quartets originally written for strings.

Cat # STV 33890 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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György KURTÁG & Salvatore SCIARRINO Geremia VINATTIERI Milan Music Festival Live Vol. 4

Drummaturgo

Hiromi Kikuchi: violin/Ensemble Recherche/Petra Hoffmann: soprano

Geremia Vinattieri: percussion/Mohsen Namjoo: vocals/ Christopher Knowles: guitar

KURTÁG: Hipartita, Op. 43 • SCIARRINO: Aspern Suite VINATTIERI: Drummaturgo Fourth chapter in the series that Stradivarius, in collaboration with RAI Radio 3, dedicates to one of the most important Italian festivals devoted to contemporary classical music.

The latest musical offering from FABRICA, Benetton Group’s communication research center, is the fruit of creative research by young Italian drummer Geremia Vinattieri.

Stone Records

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Cat # SNR 80086 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Hugo WOLF

Frederick DELIUS

Sophie Daneman: soprano/Anna Grevelius: mezzo-soprano/James Gilchrist: tenor/Stephan Loges: baritone/Sholto Kynoch: piano

Mark Stone: baritone/Stephen Barlow: piano

The Complete Songs,Vol. 1

The Complete Delius Songbook,Vol. 1

DELIUS: Twilight Fancies • Young Venevil • Hidden Love • The minstrel • The birds’ story • Cradle song • The homeward way • It was a lover and his lass • So white, so soft, so sweet is she

WOLF: Mörike-Lieder, Part I Stone Records is delighted to announce its first Oxford Lieder Live release, a unique collaboration with the famous Oxford Lieder Festival.

Meridian Records

The first CD in a two-disc series that will comprise the first-ever complete recordings of the songs of Frederick Delius (1862–1934) for voice and piano.

Soundbrush Records

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Camille SAINT-SAËNS

The New York Virtuoso Singers

Christine Croshaw: piano/Christina Shillito: cello

Susan De Camp: oboe/The SUSM Festival Players/New York Virtuoso Singers/Harold Rosenbaum: conductor

Music for Piano and Cello & Piano

SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato, Op. 70 • Mazurka, Op. 21 • Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32 • Allegro Appassionata in B minor, Op. 43 • Suite, Op. 90 • Album for Piano, Op. 72 • Étude en forme de Valse in D-flat, Op. 52 Meridian Records is proud to announce the release of Music for Piano and Cello & Piano by one of the most fascinating and extraordinary geniuses of his era, Camille Saint-Saëns.

In the Divine Image

Miguel CHUAQUI: Salmo • Roger DAVIDSON: Father Who Art in Heaven • Massimo LAURICELLA: Lux Aeterna • John D. WHITE: The Divine Image • Ulrika EMMANUELSSON: Manniska—Human Being • Michael WIENER: Major Autem Ex Hic Est Caritas • Anatoly KOROLYOV: On the Threshold • Mark KILSTOFTE: Peace Recorded at the 2008 and 2010 Festival of Universal Sacred Music in New York, these choral works were selected among hundreds that were submitted for participation.

KAIROS

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Morton FELDMAN For Samuel Beckett

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Wolfgang RIHM

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Toshio HOSOKAWA

Gejagte Form

Koto-uta

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Helmut LACHENMANN

Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern

Georg Friedrich HAAS In Vain

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Enno POPPE Interzone

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Helmut LACHENMANN String Quartets

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Release Date: September 13, 2011

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Tomás Luis de VICTORIA

Capella de Ministrers

Capella de Ministrers/Carles Magraner: director

VICTORIA: 14 selections of liturgical music for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

Selections of Troubadour music in the Kingdom of Aragon in the 12th–13th centuries

Celebrate the fourth centenary of the composer’s death with his music for liturgies of the Advent and Epiphany. Capella de Ministrers will be on tour in the US during October 2011.

Troubadour repertoire in the Kingdom of Aragon (12th–13th centuries).

Canticum Navitatis Domini

Amors e Cansó

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Capella de Ministrers

Antonio LITERES

Capella de Ministrers/Lluis Vich Vocalis /Carles Magraner: director

Capella de Ministrers/Carles Magraner: director

Selections of sacred polyphony in the Kingdom of Aragon, 13th century

LITERES: Los Elementos

Ad Honorem Virginis

Sacred polyphony in the Kingdom of Aragon (13th century).

Los Elementos

Antonio Literes occupies a very important place inside the dramatic Iberian repertory at the beginning of the 18th century. Los Elementos is one of his principal works.

Verso

Release Date: September 13, 2011

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Jerónimo DE CARRIÓN

Lluís Claret

Capilla Jerónimo de Carrión /Alicia Lázaro: director

Lluís Claret: cello

DE CARRIÓN: Battle Mass on the 8th Tone, and other works

Solo cello works by Cassadó, Enric Casals, Guinjoan & Brotons

The work of Jerónimo de Carrión (1660–1721) constitutes one of the finest examples of mid-Baroque music in Spain.

Renowned for his splendid Bach interpretations, Lluís Claret offers an exceptional overview of some of the most outstanding cello works of several generations of Catalan composers.

Ah de los elementos

Works for Solo Cello

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Luis DE LOS COBOS

Regina Iberica Ensemble

Symphony Orchestra of Castille & León/José Luis Temes: conductor

Regina Iberica Ensemble/Laura Casanova: director

DE LOS COBOS: Cursus Vitae • Jungla • Agonía recurrente

Vocal works by Hidalgo, Serqueira de Lima, Arañés, de Nebra, and anonymous

Complete Works for Orchestra

José Luis Temes, conducting the Castile-Leon Symphony Orchestra, offers an excellent labor in recovering the Spanish musical legacy of the 20th century.

Es el amor, ay, ay

The pieces recorded on this disc cover a wide range of musical styles and forms, from a selection of the Turin Songbook by an anonymous composer to magnificent works from the pens of Juan Hidalgo, José Marín, and Sebastián Durón.

Klassic Cat

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Rosa Mateu: soprano Mac McClure, Marco Evangalisti: pianos CASALS: Pàgina Íntima • Instantánea • 4 Romances without Words • Tres Preludis Orgàniques • 10 songs World premiere recordings of piano pieces and songs from internationally world-renowned cellist Pablo Casals.

Pablo CASALS

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Alart Quartet Katia Mitchel: piano Josep Colomé: violin CASALS: String Quartet (premiere) • Sonata for violin & piano World premiere recording of Pablo Casals’ String Quartet, which he performed in his early years for the Queen of Spain. The program also includes his Sonata for violin & piano, which was used to mark the centenary of the composer’s birth within three tribute concerts, two of which were held in the Palau de la Música Catalana and the third in El Vendrell.

Pablo CASALS Chamber Music

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Inès Moraleda: mezzo-soprano Mac McClure: piano COMELLAS: Sonatas de Paris The Sonatas de Paris are divided into two books. Comellas began the series in early 1952, and finished in 1955. As with most of his works, he composed without a plan to premiere them, so upon completion he simply filed them away. Ocassionally his close friend Jordi Giro would read through the pieces, or Anna Ricci would sing his songs, but very little of his music was performed during his lifetime.

Joan COMELLAS

Sonatas de Paris

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Inès Moraleda: mezzo-soprano Mac McClure: piano COMELLAS: Tonadas de Ultramar The two volumes of Tonadas de Ultramar reflect a special time in the history of Spain, when all that came from Cuba was in vogue and melodies from the Spanish colony were quite popular.

Joan COMELLAS

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Columna Música

Release Date: September 13, 2011 Various selections of music of the Jesuit missions in Latin America This disc marks the first time this music has been recorded using indigenous instruments such as jerures (wind instruments), bajones (Renaissance wind instruments), chononos (rattles and shakers), and percussion instruments made from a toucan’s beak!

Sphera Antiqva

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Exaudi Nos Joan Grimalt: conductor PUJOL: Missa sexti toni This CD is devoted entirely to Joan Pau Pujol, master of Barcelona Cathedral and a European-style composer who was able to combine the great polyphonic tradition of 16th-century Spain with new baroque styles from Italy.

Joan Pau PUJOL Missa sexti toni

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Columna Música

Richard WAGNER Lohengrin

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Victoria de los Ángeles, Franz Crass, Fritz Uhl, Christa Ludwig, Carlos Alexander: vocal soloists Teatro Colón Chorus & Orchestra Lovro von Matacic: conductor WAGNER: Lohengrin (complete opera) This triple CD contains a historical recording (Buenos Aires, October 1964) featuring Victoria de los Ángeles in a theatre where the soprano was far more recognized than in her native country. The recording has been remixed and remastered, and the booklet includes—in addition to the libretto—exhaustive notes on the soprano’s Wagnerian performances compiled by Manuel Capdevila.

Berlin Classics

Release Date: September 13, 2011

The festival season is just around the corner—get in the mood with these new sets of the most famous overtures, arias & operettas! Various Artists

Famous Overtures Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatskapelle: orchestras/Bernhard Klee, Fran Konwitschny, Hans Vonk, Herbert Kegel, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Kurt Masur, Marek Janowski, Rudolf Kempe, Willi Boskovsky: conductors

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MOZART: Overtures to Le nozze di Figaro, Magic Flute & Così fan tutte • BEETHOVEN: Fidelio & Leonore No. 3 Overtures • SUPPÉ: Die schöne Galathée & Light Cavalry Overtures • WAGNER: Rienzi Overture • many more

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Various Artists Popular Arias

Theo Adam, Grace Bumbry, Walter Berry, Anneliese Rothenberger, Sándor Kónya, Annelies Burmeister, Wolfgang Anheisser, Brigitte Fassbaender: vocal soloists Arias from Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Pasquale, Rigoletto, La traviata, La forza del destino, Aida, Tosca, Turandot, Carmen, Tales of Hoffmann, Manon, The Bartered Bride, Rusalka, Boris Godunov & Eugene Onegin [NOTE: all sung in German] Cat # BER 300250 Price Code: 2D (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 3 Digipak; Box Lot 14 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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The Operetta Collection Highlights from: OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld • J. STRAUSS, JR.: The Gypsy Baron • MILLÖCKER: Der Bettelstudent • LEHÁR: The Merry Widow • KáLMÁN: Die Csárdásfürstin • KÜNNEKE: Die Vetter aus Dingda

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Opera Australia

W.A. MOZART

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Ludovic Tézier, Barbara Frittoli, Luca Pisaroni, Isabel Rey: vocal soloists Jesús López Cobos: conductor MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro (complete opera) “An incontestable success … full of Sevillian atmosphere. [Tézier] is in exceptional vocal shape and the role suits him perfectly.” — MusicWeb-International From the opening notes of the overture to the final curtain, Emilio Sagi’s classic, triumphant production brings to life all the elegant wit and theatricality of Mozart’s comic masterpiece. A continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville, set several years later, The Marriage of Figaro explores the intricate relationships between men and women of different social classes, weaving passion and humor with genuine dramatic tension. Leading baritone Ludovic Tézier shines as the lustful Count Almaviva who attempts to obtain the favors of Figaro’s bride-to-be Susanna (Isabel Rey), while Luca Pisaroni gives a feisty performance as Figaro. Conductor Jesús López Cobos masterfully captures the enchanting score. A witty yet profound tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness!

Opera d’Oro

Release Date: September 13, 2011

Modest MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov

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Nicolai Ghiaurov, Alexei Maslennikov, Sena Jurinac, Kim Borg: vocal soloists Herbert von Karajan: conductor Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera) Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) was a unique genius who had spotty formal musical training but enormous imagination and creativity. For decades many regarded him as a diamond in the rough, whose ideas needed polishing by other hands. Among other works treated similarly is his operatic masterpiece, Boris Godunov, which Mussorgsky himself produced in two different versions. It was long heard mostly in a later revision by Rimsky-Korsakov, though others, including Shostakovich, have tinkered with it as well. The opera was completed in 1869, but had to wait until 1874 for its premiere. Like Pushkin’s play on which it is based, its subject matter gave the censors fits—though Boris was well received by the public if not by critics. Rimsky published his own edition in 1896 with an update in 1908, after which it began to take its place in the standard repertoire. There are many today who consider Boris Godunov one of the most theatrical, powerful, and profoundly moving operas ever written, despite being strikingly unlike most repertoire operas. The performance recorded here uses the Rimsky orchestration, but slightly changes the order of some scenes. A number of cuts were made by the conductor in order to make this very long opera fit a normal theatrical evening. “Soaring, magnificent music.” — Ayn Rand

Release Date: September 13, 2011

CAvi-music

Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Lucio Gallo: vocal soloists Città Lirica Chorus & Orchestra Alberto Veronesi: conductor PUCCINI: La fanciulla del West (complete opera) This Puccini work has been rarely recorded, but is very much in demand. The recording, from 2005, presents Daniela Dessì and Fabio Armiliato in the title roles and is an authentic production in cooperation with Torre del Lago Performances.

Giacomo PUCCINI La fanciulla del West

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