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September 2015 Release Date: September 4, 2015 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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Jake Heggie the moon’s a gong, hung in the wild

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Jake HEGGIE

The moon’s a gong, hung in the wild CD: AVR 2349 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT 8 d

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Angelika Kirchschlager: mezzo-soprano Maurice Lammerts van Bueren: piano HEGGIE: Henry Moore: Reclining Figure of Elmwood • Picasso: Head of a Woman, 1932 • Winged Victory: We’re Through • Once More – To Gloriana • Euclid • The Haughty Snail King • What the Rattlesnake Said • The Moon’s the North-Wind’s Cooky • What the Scarecrow Said • What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said • Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be • Looking West – Sweet Light from Winter Roses (2004) • White in the Moon (1990) • Advent • Darkness • Music • He’s gone away • Barb’ry Allen • Danny Boy American composer Jake Heggie has penned some of the most beautiful vocal music of our day, and his operas and songs have been championed by some of today’s foremost artists including Joyce di Donato, Susan Graham, and Frederica von Stade on the acclaimed AVIE release Passing By. On The moon’s a gong, hung in the wild, Grammy®-nominated Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager is joined by the great Dutch lieder pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren, a devotee of Heggie’s music who has given numerous premieres of the composer’s work. This sublime collection — from the song cycles Statuesque, Songs to the Moon, The Breaking Waves, and Folk Songs — is by turns rhapsodic, humorous, and nostalgic.

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Antonio VIVALDI The Four Seasons

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La Serenissima Adrian Chandler: director, violin VIVALDI: The Four Seasons (Manchester version) • Concerto in D major, RV 221 (premiere) • Concerto for Maestro dè Morzin in G minor, RV 496 • Concerto in G major, RV 313 (premiere) • Concerto La Notte in B flat major, RV 501 “Elegant and expressive.” — New York Times (AVR 2308) Adrian Chandler, who founded the period-instrument ensemble La Serenissima 21 years ago, has produced a dozen enlightening, acclaimed, and award-winning albums for AVIE. After many years of anticipation, Ade turns his attention to the touchstone of Vivaldi’s concerto output, The Four Seasons. As one has come to expect, he brings something unique to an interpretation brimming with vitality and originality. Putting this most popular of classical works into context, Ade rounds out the recording with Vivaldi concertos for bassoon, including the famous La Notte, and world premiere recordings of two concertos for the violin in tromba marina, a hitherto obsolete instrument that was used during Vivaldi’s lifetime.

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Sacred Music: Monteverdi in Mantua ­— The Genius of the Vespers (Special Edition)

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Simon Russell Beale: presenter Harry Christophers: conductor The Sixteen SPECIAL EDITION INCLUDES: DVD Documentary Program • 2 CDs features The Sixteen’s 2014 recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 “The interplay of music, image, and appealingly-elaborated context creates a rich polyphony of its own.” — BBC Music Magazine Broadcast on BBC 2 in April 2015, Monteverdi in Mantua tells the story of a Renaissance duke and the composer who worked for him — and how their volatile relationship would create one of the most revolutionary and beautiful collections of music ever published: the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610. The program is presented by Shakespearean actor and former St. Paul’s Cathedral chorister Simon Russell Beale, whose enthusiasm for choral music is matched by his gift for storytelling. Together with conductor Harry Christophers and his virtuoso choir The Sixteen, Simon explores Monteverdi’s early career in Mantua, where he wrote the Vespers under the slave-like regime of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga, a man addicted to sex, luxury, and art. Using the remarkable legacy of 127 surviving letters, Monteverdi is revealed as the first of a new breed of dramatic composer: straddling the worlds of the secular and sacred, whose bold experiments would change the way music sounds forever.

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Challenge Classics

Linus Roth

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Linus Roth: violin José Gallardo: piano Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn HARTMANN: Concerto funebre • WEINBERG: Concertino, Op. 42 • Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op. 47, No. 3 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Unfinished Sonata for violin and piano (premiere) “Very impressive!” — The Strad A new disc by Linus Roth, after his acclaimed Britten/Weinberg Violin Concertos release! This new disc is very thoughtfully composed, containing four works that span only a decade (1939–1948), by composers whose poetics have great affinities. It also contains the world premiere recording of the torso of a Violin Sonata by Dmitri Shostakovich, published in 2012.

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Challenge Classics Mayke Rademakers: cello J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major • Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor • Cello Suite No. 3 in C major • Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major • Cello Suite No. 5 in G minor • Cello Suite No. 6 in D major • GUBAIDULINA: Prelude Con sordino senza sordino • KURTÁG: Message-consolation • PENDERECKI: Per Slava • BRITTEN: Tema Sacher • SCHNITTKE: Klingende Buchstaben • IMPROVISATIONS: Constant • Distant Of this interesting new recording, which combines Bach’s cello suites with contemporary composers and improvisations, Mayke Rademakers says: “These days, there exists a tremendous focus upon ‘historic’ performance practices.

Besides the positive and most valuable lessons that we have learned regarding instrumentation, articulation, and musical editions, one tends to forget that today’s listener hears within a completely different sphere as those who lived 300 years ago. An authentic listening experience is, despite what we would all like to believe, simply not possible. It is for this reason that I have strived to make a connection with today’s world, by pairing the suites with works by contemporary composers, setting them in an unusual and incisive perspective.

This is designed as a modern reflection, with the hope and expectation that we will hear these suites in a different and more genuinely ‘authentic’ manner.”

J.S. BACH

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Fryderyk Chopin Institute Maria João Pires: piano Orchestra of the 18th Century Frans Bruggen: conductor BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 (premiere recording on historical instruments) DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English & Polish w/ English Sub (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 86 min.

The world’s first recording on historical instruments of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring a sensational performance given by Maria João Pires with the Orchestra of the 18th Century under the baton of Frans Bruggen, during the “Chopin and his Europe” festival in 2012.

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Fryderyk Chopin Institute

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Martha Argerich: piano Orchestra of the 18th Century Frans Bruggen: conductor BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 (premiere recording on historical instruments) DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English & Polish w/ English Sub (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 92 min.

“Perhaps the most lionized soloist on the current circuit … both an impulsive player who sent sparks from the piano, and a marvelous lyricist who shaped a melodic phrase with utmost suppleness and a tone so luminous it all but glowed in the dark.”

— LA Times (live performance review, February 2015) The world’s first recording on historical instruments of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring a sensational performance given by Martha Argerich with the Orchestra of the 18th Century under the baton of Frans Bruggen, during the “Chopin and his Europe” festival in 2012.

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Winter & Winter

Various Artists

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Uri Caine: piano Lorenzo Ghielmi: organ Teodoro Anzellotti: accordion WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Basel Chamber Orchestra Arditti String Quartet Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra European Art Orchestra L’Instant Donné YASUDA: Death Sentiment I • Rain Choral • Accordion Concerto: Nostalgia • CAINE: Caprice 6 • KAGEL: Tantz Schul I - Entree Folie d’Espagne - Trionfo Di Bacco - Il Dolzor • Rrrrrr… Ragtime Waltz • PÄRT: Trivium • ABRAHAMSEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra: Adagio, Innovente E Semplice • GERVASONI: descdesesaef • BERIO: Sequenza XIII • SCIARRINO: Scarlatti, Vivo L. 446 Music of our time is often said to be solely intellectual, inharmonious, and inaudible to human ears. It is due to ignorance and prejudice that contemporary classical compositions are living an unjustly shadowy existence. This new album offers the opportunity to get acquainted with music around the turn of the millennium. Mauricio Kagel, famous for his visionary sounds, condenses the atmosphere of our times into new sonorities in an enjoyable, humorous, and sometimes satirical way. A form of new romanticism is the keyword for Fumio Yasuda’s work, and Hans Abrahamsen is counted among the representatives of the new simplicity. This album is not made for specialists of new music; rather, it is an invitation to overcome a fear of the unknown!

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Somerset

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor VERDI: La Donna È Mobile (Rigoletto) • Libiamo Ne’lieti Calici (Brindisi) (La traviata) • PUCCINI: Nessun Dorma! (Turandot) • DONIZETTI: Una Furtiva Lagrima (L’elisir D’amore) • PUCCINI: Che Gelida Manina (La bohème) • LEONCAVALLO: Recitar! - Vesti La Giubba (Pagliacci) • PUCCINI O Soave Fanciulla (La Bohème) • VON FLOTOW: M’appari (Martha) • PUCCINI: Recondita Armonia (Tosca) • STRAUSS: Di Rigori Armato Il Seno (Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59) • PUCCINI: E Lucevan Le Stelle (Tosca) • MEYERBEER: Mi Batte Il Cor … O Paradiso! (L’africaine) This inspiring collection of Luciano Pavarotti’s essential performances features “Nessun Dorma!,” one of his most recognizable and moving pieces, as well as the popular “La Donna É Mobile” and “O Soave Fanciulla.”

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Nimbus Records Martin Jones: piano Adrian Farmer: piano ROGER-DUCASSE: Barcarolle • Six Preludes • Prelude Avec beaucoup de fantaisie • Etude en G minor, moderate • Quatre Etudes • Variations sur un Choral • Etude en Sixtes • Presque vite et avec une excessive fantaisie de rythme • Rythmes • Etude en La majeur Presque lent • Arabesques • Esquisses for Piano • Arabesques No. 2 • Sonorités • Barcarolle No. 2 • Barcarolle No. 3 • Impromptu • Chant de l’aube • Romance • Petite Suite for piano 4 hands • Prélude d’un Ballet • Interlude “Au jardin de Marguerite” • Etudes a quatre mains, pour un Commençant • Livre I • Livre II • Livre III • J. S. BACH: Passacaglia, BWV 582

Jean ROGER-DUCASSE The Complete Piano Music CD: NIM 5927 Price Code: X (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Set, Box Lot 10

Jean Roger-Ducasse was born in Bordeaux on April 18, 1873. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1892, and in 1895 — along with Ravel — he joined the composition class of Gabriel Fauré. Roger-Ducasse’s compositions include several songs, two string quartets, numerous orchestral and choral pieces, two stage works, and a sizeable group of piano pieces. Contrary to the music of Ravel and Debussy, Roger-Ducasse’s style is not impressionist but descends from Chopin and more closely aligns with Fauré. The piano music, composed from 1906–1923, is typical of his musical language: complex and chromatic, but perfectly formed. It is now high time to revisit the works of this unjustly forgotten talent!

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Nimbus Alliance Ransom Wilson: flute Peter Frankl: piano SCHUBERT: Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blumen” from Die schöne Müllerein, D. 802 • BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D major, Op. 41 • SCHUMANN: 3 Romances, Op. 94 • 3 Lieder Franz Schubert’s only significant work for flute is an offshoot of his famous song-cycle Die schöne Müllerin, completed in November 1823. In January 1824 he took the melody of the eighteenth song, “Trockne Blumen,” and made it the basis of his Introduction and Variations in E minor on “Trockne Blumen” for flute and piano.

Ransom Wilson Music for Flute

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Beethoven’s only mature and substantial contribution to the instrument’s repertoire is the Serenade, Op. 25 for flute, violin, and viola, written in 1801. In 1803, the Bohemian composer Franz X. Kleinheinz (1772–1832) arranged this work for flute (or violin) and piano. The arrangement was obviously carried out with Beethoven’s full approval, as he is known to have checked it over and sanctioned it before it was printed in December, 1803.

Robert Schumann wrote no original pieces for flute. However, it is but a small leap for flautists to include the 3 Romances, Op. 94 in their repertoire. They were written in 1849, for oboe, but with the composer’s indication that they were suitable for either clarinet or violin.

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Lyrita Owen Gilhooly, Matthew Buswell, Pippa Goss, Rhian Lois: vocal soloists Simon Lepper: piano Ulster Orchestra George Vass, Ronald Corp: conductors HURD: The Aspern Papers • The Night of the Wedding The Aspern Papers is an opera in three acts, from the novella by Henry James with a libretto by the composer (Ms. dated May 25, 1994). It is the year 1880. Harry Jordan, a handsome young American biographer, is researching the life and work of the poet Jeffrey Aspern, who died in tragic circumstances in 1822. He has discovered that Juliana Bordereau, Aspern’s last mistress, is living in poverty in Venice with her niece and companion, Miss Tina. Miss Bordereau is said to own certain unpublished manuscripts relating to Aspern. With the help of his friend Mrs. Prest, Jordan hopes to rent rooms in Miss Bordereau’s decaying palazzo and so gain access to the coveted Aspern papers. This disc also includes the chamber opera The Night of the Wedding, based on Frank Witney’s Nuit de Noces.

Michael HURD

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EM Records Richard Jenkinson: cello Benjamin Frith: piano SCOTT: Sonata for cello and piano (premiere) • Lullaby Op. 57, No. 2 • VENABLES: At Malvern, Op. 24a • Elegy, Op. 2 • The Moon Sails Out, Op. 42 • It Rains, Op. 33a • Poem, Op. 29 • GURNEY: Sonata for cello and piano in E minor (premiere)

Ian VENABLES

This EM Records release of British cello music performed by the Jenkinson Frith Duo presents music by Ian Venables alongside world premiere recordings by Cyril Scott and Ivor Gurney. Cyril Scott’s Cello Sonata was composed in 1958, when the composer had just turned 70; despite being a late work it is in no way autumnal, but is instead a dramatic four-movement piece that displays all the composer’s mature fingerprints. Ivor Gurney’s mantle as one of England’s finest composers of art songs is now extending to his orchestral and chamber music, of which this sonata is a fine example. Ian Venables, like Gurney, has not only made song a central part of his output but has also composed chamber works of equal beauty and intensity. As well as the early Elegy and the later Poem, the other three works featured on this disc are transcriptions of two of his most evocative songs and a rhapsodic paraphrase of the song “The Moon Sails Out.”

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Avanti Classic Matt Herskowitz: piano Philippe Quint: violin Mat Fieldes: bass David Rozenblatt: drums Lara St. John: violin J.S. BACH, arr. Herskowitz: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude • Cantata No. 208 “Sheep May Safely Graze,” BWV 208 • Erbarme dich (from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244) • Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: Vivace • Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: Andante • Duetto No. 1 in E minor, BWV 802 • Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria • English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: Prelude

J.S. BACH

Bach XXI [Hybrid SACD] CD: AVA SACD 1050 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

BACH XXI is a pure musical hybrid. Pianist/arranger Matt Herskowitz reimagines eight works of the master in contemporary settings, incorporating rhythms, grooves, and harmonic voicings from jazz, Latin, Arab, Jewish, and contemporary classical styles into the original scores. Featuring internationally acclaimed classical violinist Philippe Quint and anchored by Matt’s famed trio, BACH XXI invites you to rediscover all the genius of Bach in a unique modern voice. Features a special guest appearance by renowned virtuoso Lara St. John on the Double Violin Concerto.

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Cold Blue Music Tasha Smith Godínez: harp BYRON: In the Village of Hope “Byron creates maximalist effect out of minimalist means.” — ClassicalNet “Immediately comprehensible and beautiful.” — San Francisco Bay Guardian This wonderfully restless, virtuosic harp solo, performed by Tasha Smith Godínez, is unlike anything else in the solo harp repertoire. The composer writes: “This is a piece of unabashed virtuosity. Its complex temporal structure and intricate counterpoint vie for the listener’s attention … With a sound reminiscent of wind chimes … individual notes diverging and merging to form a delicate fabric of sound.” Byron is a long-time associate of the Cold Blue label; his music has appeared on four of the label’s previous CDs. In the Village of Hope is a specially priced 23-minute CD EP.

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In the Village of Hope

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Cold Blue Music Sarah Cahill: piano GARLAND: After the Wars “Garland’s music seems to be about the sheer expressive power of sound itself.”

— Fanfare “Garland’s … compositions exist entirely on their own terms.”

— Signal to Noise This strangely beautiful and sometimes clangorous four-movement piano solo is performed by the much-lauded pianist and new music champion Sarah Cahill, who commissioned the work. The composer writes about the piece: “Each of the transparent and self-contained movements takes as inspiration a Chinese poem or Japanese haiku … Each movement is like a single image, simply stated with relatively little temporal or thematic development—very much like the poems they are based on.” Garland is a long-time associate of the Cold Blue label; his music has appeared on five of the label’s previous CDs. After the Wars is a 20-minute CDEP.

Peter GARLAND

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Chas Smith: metal sound sculptures, steel guitar SMITH: Twilight of the Dreamboats “Smith’s pieces are music of experiment and discovery: a way of enabling the physical world to ‘speak’ by investigating, harnessing and organizing its sonic properties.” — International Record Review “With Smith’s music, the sounds are as compelling as his concepts and instruments.” — The Wire This new work by composer/performer Chas Smith — an instrument designer/builder and steel guitarist — is both intimate and darkly brooding.

As the quietly monolithic music slowly unfolds, it explores the unique timbres of his metal sound sculptures, blended with tones from his steel guitar. Smith is a long-time associate of the Cold Blue label; his music has appeared on four of the label’s previous CDs. Twilight of the Dreamboats is a specially priced 25-minute CDEP. Press Service to reviewers, and to NPR, PRI, and all appropriate radio stations.

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Chas SMITH

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CAvi-music Armida Quartet Martin Funda: violin Johanna Staemmler: violin Teresa Schwamm: viola Peter-Philipp Staemmler: cello W.A. MOZART: String Quartet No. 9 in A major, K. 169 • String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464 • String Quartet No. 21 in B flat major, K. 589 Since its spectacular success at the ARD International Competition in 2012 — at which the Armida Quartet received first prize, audience prize, and six other special awards — the young Armida Quartet has been turning into a major classical force in Europe. Founded in Berlin in 2006, the quartet takes its name from an opera by Haydn, “father of the string quartet.”

W.A. MOZART

String Quartets K. 169, 464, 589 CD: AVI 8553318 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Ayros Mitchell Sandler: bass-baritone Contrasto Armonico Stefan Plewniak: violin Enrique Gómez-Cabrero Fernández: violin Aliona Kalechyts: violin Pierre-Augustin Lay: cello Marco Vitale: harpsichord, director HANDEL: Spande ancor a mio dispetto, HWV 165 • Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV 102 • Nell’Africane selve, HWV 136 • Cuopre tal volta il cielo, HWV 98 • CORELLI: Sonata Op. 4, No. 5 • Sonata Op. 4, No. 3 Marco Vitale’s project to record all of Handel’s cantatas is thrilling. The continuo cantatas have never been recorded in full, and many have never been recorded at all. Thus, this project will bring to life largely unknown music by one of the world’s greatest composers. Further, performance all the cantatas will place the larger, instrumental works in the musical context of their creation. This is the second volume presented by the Ayros recording label, and features bass-baritone Mitchell Sandler, who has been featured in other CD productions of Contrasto Armonico. The CD also contains two trio sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli.

Georg Friedrich HANDEL Cantatas Vol. 2

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Quartz Records Joseph Tong: piano SIBELIUS: Kyllikki, Op. 41 • Five Pieces the Trees, Op. 75 • Five Pieces the Flowers, Op. 85 • Five Romantic Pieces, Op. 101 • Five Esquisses, Op. 114 • Two Rondinos, Op. 68 • Finlandia, Op. 26 With the possible exception of the early Sonata in F, Kylikki, Op. 41 is probably Sibelius’ most significant large-scale piano work, presented here by eminent pianist Joseph Tong.

Jean SIBELIUS Piano Works Vol. 1

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Cantar Alla Viola Fernando Marín: vihuela de arco, lyra-viol Nadine Balbeisi: soprano DE CASTRO: Desde las torres del alma • Del cristal de Mancanres • Estabase el aldeana • Porque alegre venga el sol • Si tus ojos divinos • Ansares y Menga • A coronarse de flores • Ya no les pienso pedir • Sale la blanca aurora • Para todos alegres • Si a la fiesta de San Juan • Entre dos Alamos verdes • Tus imbidias me habian • Ojos negros que os mirais • Alamos del solo, adios • Desiertos campos, arboles sombrios • Tienes nina en tus ojos • Que hermosa fueras, Belilla • Desata el pardo octubre • Tan triste vivo en mi aldea There are very few recordings of this composer, making this a unique and attractive release.

Blas DE CASTRO

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SOMM Recordings Philip Martin: piano MAYERL: Insect Oddities • White Heather • Nimble-fingered Gentleman • Song of the Fir-tree • Jasmine • The Big Top Suite • Pianolettes (Book 2) • Three Japanese Pictures, Op. 25 • Three Syncopated Rambles “This is the first volume in a series in which the sequels cannot arrive too soon. The principal joy resides in Billy Mayerl’s music — British piano pieces that are syncopated and melodious … Philip Martin (he is joy number two) leaps through the repertoire with clean and infectious élan.”

— BBC Music Magazine HHHH The second CD of music by the legendary Billy Mayerl, one of the most successful and brilliantly gifted composer-pianists of his generation! He played the Grieg Piano Concerto at London’s Queen’s Hall when only seven years old, and gave the British premiere of his friend George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in the composer’s presence. The success of the first volume (SMM 124) has shown that there is a new and growing market for Mayerl’s syncopated music, and Philip Martin is equally charismatic and compelling in this second volume.

Billy MAYERL

Piano Music Volume Two

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Summit Records The King’s Brass Tim Zimmerman: trumpet, director SPIRITUALS: Be Thou My Vision • Higher Ground/I Have Decided • Calvary Covers It All • God of Wonders/This is my Father’s World • Be Still and Know • I Love to Tell the Story • Jesus Loves Me • Achieved is the Glorious Work from the “Creation” • As The Deer/Holy, Holy, Holy • Our Great Savior • For by Grace/Grace Greater than our Sins • The Savior is Waiting • What a Friend We Have in Jesus • The Lord Bess and Keep You • 10,000 Reasons • Old-Time Religion

Tim Zimmerman & The King’s Brass Hope

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Three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, percussion, keyboards, and special guests — King’s Brass is back with a program of spiritual favorites/hymn classics with a contemporary flair. The group has been incredibly successful touring their brand of spiritual music, with their rich flugelhorns and warm low-brass sound, across the country. The King’s Brass, formed over three decades ago, is comprised of professional musicians from across the country who desire to use the instruments they love to lead others in praise and worship. Based out of Fort Wayne, IN, the group plays over 150 concerts per year from coast to coast.

Stone Records Kasparas Uinskas: piano RACHMANINOV: Sonata No. 2 • CHOPIN: 12 Études, Op. 25 • DEBUSSY: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut • Ondine • Reflets dans l’eau • Clair de lune “Kasparas Uinskas has all the ingredients of a great pianist and musician … in his New York recital debut, he offered much evidence of the talent that has garnered his impressive start on an international career.”

— New York Concert Review This debut CD from a stunning new talent features some of the most well-known romantic works for solo piano, all played with great passion and virtuosity. Kasparas Uinskas’ live performances have already been received with great acclaim, and this recording announces the arrival of a great talent.

Kasparas Uinskas

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Pilar Vázquez: mezzo-soprano Elisa Rapado: piano WAGNER: Wesendonck Lieder • MAHLER: Fünf Rückert lieder • GRANADOS: Amor y odio • El mirar de la maja • La maja dolorosa No. 1 • La maja dolorosa No. 2 • La maja dolorosa No. 3 • La maja y el ruiseñor This debut CD from acclaimed operatic star Pilar Vázquez and pianist Elisa Rapado is a wonderful combination of the most dramatic and powerful Lieder of Wagner and Mahler, combined with the fiery and passionate songs of Granados. The disc was conceived in conjunction with the Fundacion Cerezales Antonino y Cinia’s program, and is very close to the hearts of both artists, something that is clear from their deeply felt and stylistic performances. This is a fantastic comparison of the song styles of two European cultures — a highly imaginative and rewarding program, performed with great style and passion.

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Pilar Vázquez

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Resonus Classics Chamber Domaine Thomas Kemp: conductor, violin BRITTEN: Introduction and Allegro for piano trio (premiere) • The Moon for violin and piano (premiere) • Allegro for piano (premiere) • Suite for violin and pianoforte, Op. 6 • Sinfonietta, Op. 1 • BRIDGE: There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, arr. for 12 instruments by Britten (premiere) Acclaimed ensemble Chamber Domaine, with director Thomas Kemp, returns to the Resonus label with an exciting program of early works by Benjamin Britten, including four significant world premieres. The disc explores works written while Britten was a student at London’s Royal College of Music, culminating with the Suite for Violin and Pianoforte, Op. 6 and Britten’s arrangement of There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, composed by his teacher Frank Bridge and heard on disc here for the first time. Further world premieres include the substantial Introduction and Allegro for piano trio, The Moon for violin and piano, and Allegro for solo piano. Britten’s Opus 1, the Sinfonietta — heard here in its rarely-played original version — completes the program, offering a glimpse into the lesser-known early output of this celebrated composer.

Benjamin BRITTEN

Journey to Aldeburgh:Young Britten

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Fantasticus

Amadè Players

Fantasticus/Rie Kimura: violin/Robert Smith: viola da gamba/ Guillermo Brachetta: harpsichord

George Clifford: violin/Dominika Fehér: violin/Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge/Amadè Players/Nicholas Newland: conductor

Bound to Nothing: The German Stylus Fantasticus

BUXTEHUDE: Sonata V • Praeludium and Fugue • ERLEBACH: Sonata II • Sonata III • KRIEGER: Sonata X • WALTER: Capriccio • KÜHNEL: Sonata VIII Following on from the unanimous acclaim for their first two albums, Amsterdam-based Baroque trio Fantasticus returns with their third ensemble recording.

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Forgotten Vienna

VON DITTERSDORF: Double Violin Concerto in C major (premiere) • D’ORDOÑEZ: Sinfonia in C major (premiere) • WANHAL: Symphony in A minor (premiere) • Violin Concerto in B flat major (premiere) • Requiem (premiere) Young London-based period ensemble the Amadè Players make their commercial debut with an album of premiere recordings of works from the early Classical period.

Meridian Records Marsyas Trio Helen Vidovich: flute Valerie Welbanks: cello Fei Ren: piano FIRSOVA: Homage to Canisy, Op. 129 for cello and piano (premiere) • Lost Vision, Op. 137 for piano solo (premiere) • A Triple Portrait, Op. 132 commissioned by Marsyas Trio (premiere) • Night Songs, Op. 125 for mezzosoprano, flute and cello (premiere) • Spring Sonata, Op. 27 for flute and piano (premiere) • For Slava, Op. 120 for flute and piano (premiere) • Meditation in the Japanese Garden, Op. 54 for flute, cello and piano (premiere) • Three Poems of Osip Mandelstam, Op. 23 for soprano and piano (premiere) • Tender is the Sorrow, Op. 130 for flute, string trio and piano (premiere) Composer Elena Firsova belongs to the post-WWII generation of Soviet composers that emerged in the 1970s. These composers were at the forefront of compositional developments as the Iron Curtain gradually fell, and their music began to reach an international audience. This CD is dedicated to Firsova’s 65th birthday, celebrating her role in both British and Russian music of the 20th and 21st centuries. All works are previously unrecorded, including A Triple Portrait, commissioned by the Marsyas Trio in 2011.

Elena FIRSOVA A Triple Portrait

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Smekkleysa

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South Iceland Chamber Choir

Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra

South Iceland Chamber Choir/Hilmar Örn Agnarsson: conductor

L. MOZART: Sinfonia di Caccia in G major • Sinfonia da Camera in D major • Concerto in E flat major • Concerto in D major

ANONYMOUS: ú Guð míns lífs • Ef ég gæti flogið • Tunga mín vertu treg ei á • Crucifixus • Sorgin gleymir engum • Til Máríu • Gloria • Ég á þig eftir Jesú minn • Á flæðiskeri • Yfir hverri eykt á jörðu • Í nótt mig dreymdi hamingjuna • Rauður þráður

Concertos

Til Máríu

An exceptionally fine CD in all respects; the performances and recorded quality are both excellent.

The South Iceland Chamber Choir comprises both professional and amateur musicians from the south of the country. It was founded in 1997 by Hilmar Örn Agnarsson, who has been its conductor from the outset.

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Priory Records Kerry Beaumont: organ LEMMENS: Fanfare • HOLST: Mars from The Planets • MENDELSSOHN: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37 • J.S. BACH: Come sweetest death • HANDEL: For unto us a Child is born • WALTON: Orb and Sceptre • MESSIAEN: Jesus accepte la souffrance • BOELLMANN: Toccata from Suite Gothique • BEETHOVEN: Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement) • BREWER: Triumphal Song • DAVIES: RAF March Past • DURUFLE: Prelude and Fugue sur le nom d’Alain • CHOLLEY: Rumba sur les Grands Jeux For the 13th issue in Priory’s best-selling “Grand Organ Series,” the superb Harrison and Harrison Organ takes the spotlight in a recital with a theme of the damage to the city in World War II, and the reconciliation thereafter.

Recorded in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound. Bonus features include a full demonstration of the organ, a demonstration of the two chamber organs in the cathedral, and a split-screen talk through of the Cholley Rumba and registrations.

DVD+Blu-ray Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English (5.1 Surround), Not Rated, Run Time: 75 min.

Kerry Beaumont

The Grand Organ of Coventry Cathedral

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Kevin Bowyer: organ MESSIAEN: Offrande Au Saint Sacrement • Prelude • Monodie • Verset Pour La Fete De La Dedicace • Les Corps Glorieux I–VII “For a way to focus on the excellence of the performance and the notes, themselves without a monolithic French instrument taking center-stage, this is a disc worth hearing.” — Choir and Organ HHHH There have been a number of highly distinguished cycles of the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen. This CD is perfect for the casual listener to delve into the world of this composer, whose music is both technically demanding and challenging. Kevin Bowyer is an ideal champion, playing Les Corps Glorieux and other smaller-scale works on the Willis III organ in Glasgow University Memorial Chapel.

Olivier MESSIAEN

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Regent Records Winchester Cathedral Choir Andrew Lumsden: director Simon Lenton: trumpet George Castle: organ Jonathan Hope: organ Fine Arts Brass Ensemble HARRIS: Faire is the heaven • Bring us, O Lord • BRITTEN: Agnus Dei (taken from the War Requiem, Op. 66) • GUEST: For the Fallen • HOLST: Turn back O man • IRELAND: Greater love hath no man • ELGAR: Nimrod (taken from Enigma Variations, Op. 36) • HOWELLS: Take him, earth, for cherishing • BLATCHLY: For the Fallen • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lord, thou hast been our refuge • ŁUKASZEWSKI: Nunc dimittis • MOORE: At the round earth’s imagined corners (premiere) Acknowledged as one of the foremost cathedral choirs in the UK, Winchester Cathedral Choir presents a beautiful selection of music for Remembrance, and to commemorate the start of the First World War. In addition to works regularly associated with Remembrance Sunday and the Festival of Remembrance, held annually at the Royal Albert Hall, the recording also includes both of William Harris’ great eight-part anthems, Herbert Howells’ magnificent motet on the death of President Kennedy, Łukaszewski’s exquisite Nunc dimittis, and the first recording of Philip Moore’s major concert work, At the round earth’s imagined corners, with nine-part brass and percussion, originally written for the Southern Cathedrals Festival.

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Truro Cathedral Choir Christopher Gray: director Luke Bond: organ STANFORD: For lo, I raise up • WALFORD DAVIES: A Short Requiem • PARRY: Songs of Farewell • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lord, thou hast been our refuge “Outstanding performances.” — Gramophone A collection of intense and powerful English choral works all written during, or shortly after the end of, the First World War. Each work reflects its composer’s response to the conflict, from the turbulent start of Stanford’s For lo, I raise up, written shortly after the start of the war, to Vaughan Williams’ paean of thanksgiving Lord, thou hast been our refuge, written for a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1921. This recording, beautifully sung by the choir of boys and men of Truro Cathedral, includes the rarely-recorded A Short Requiem by Walford Davies, written “in sacred memory of all those who have fallen in the war.” Also included are Parry’s six magnificent Songs of Farewell, largely written during 1914–1915, but not performed in their entirety until 1919, a year after Parry’s death.

Truro Cathedral Choir Blow out, ye bugles

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LAWO Classics Bergen Barokk Domestic Bach Bergen Barokk

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J.S. BACH: Trio Sonata, adapted from BWV 1039 and BWV 1027 • Choral “Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier”, BWV 731 • Andante from Organ Trio, BWV 527 • Choral “Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme”, BWV 645 • Menuet, BWV Anh. 114 • Aria “So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife”, BWV 515a • Polonaise, BWV Anh. 116 • Menuet, BWV Anh. 116 • Marche, BWV Anh. 122 • Polonaise, BWV Anh. 125 • Aria, BWV 515 • Musette, BWV Anh. 126 • Sarabande from BWV 1013 • “Warum betrübst du dich”, BWV 516 • Rondeau, BWV Anh. 183 • Canon a 2 per Tonos “Ascendenteque Modulationis ascendat Gloria Regis” from Das Musikalische Opfer, BWV 1079 • Fuga canonica in Epidiapente from Das Musikalische Opfer, BWV 1079 • Choral praeludium “Jesus, meine Zuversicht”, BWV 728 • “Bist du bei mir”, BWV 508 • Choral “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”, BWV 691 In this first collaboration between Bergen Barokk and LAWO Classics, the distinguished Early Music ensemble focuses its attention on the Bach family’s domestic musical activities. This recording offers music that was composed with a view to teaching and entertaining, everything written down in the famous “Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach,” but also transcribed versions of, for example, the organ music of father Johan Sebastian.

Johannes BRAHMS

Mit Vierzig Jahren: Songs by Johannes Brahms Håvard Stensvold: bass-baritone/Tor Espen Aspaas: piano

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BRAHMS: Treue Liebe Op. 7, No. 1 • Von ewiger Liebe Op. 43, No. 1 • Der Gang zum Liebchen Op. 48, No. 1 • Vergebliches Ständchen Op. 84, No. 4 • Spannung Op. 84, No. 5 • Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen Op. 32, No. 2 • Verzagen Op. 72, No. 4 • Salamander Op. 107, No. 2 • In den Beeren Op. 84, No. 3 • Mondnacht • Wie rafft’ ich mich Op. 32, No. 1 • Schön war, das ich dir weihte Op. 95, No. 7 • O kühler Wald Op. 72, No. 3 • Der Überläufer Op. 48, No. 2 • Verrat Op. 105, No. 5 • Sapphische Ode Op. 94, No. 4 • Sommerabend Op. 85, No. 1 • Muss es eine Trennung geben Op. 33, No. 12 • Mit vierzig Jahren Op. 94, No. 1 Håvard Stensvold and Tor Espen Aspaas release their second album on the LAWO Classics label, offering up the songs of Johannes Brahms with their original German texts.

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Arvid Engegård & Knut Erik Sundquist Duo Brilliante

Arvid Engegård: violin/Knut Erik Sundquist: double bass/Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Terje Boye Hansen: conductor WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise Brillante No. 2, Op. 21 • BOTTESINI: Grande Allegro “Alla Mendelssohn” • Gran Duo Concertante • SVENDSEN: Romance for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 • BORGSTRØM: Romance for violin and orchestra, Op. 12

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Arvid Engegård and Knut Erik Sundquist are two seasoned veterans in the world of Norwegian classical music. Their new release on the LAWO Classics label, Duo Brilliante, is a tribute to the Italian double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini and his remarkable work, Gran Duo Concertante.

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VANITAS Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts La Reverencia/Andrés Alberto Gómez: conductor RAMEAU: First Concert in C minor • Second Concert in G major • Third Concert in A major • Fourth Concert in B flat major • Fifth Concert in D minor

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In 1741 Rameau published his Pièces de clavecin en concert. In these pieces he includes the flute, viola da gamba, and harpsichord as three independent instruments playing together. Structured in five concerts, these pieces can be performed in quartet simply adding a violin. This version recorded by La Reverencia is based on this idea, offering a different and powerful sonority.

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Cobra Records Johannes BRAHMS

String Quartets Op. 51, Nos. 1 & 2 Cuarteto Quiroga/Aitor Hevia: violin/Cibrán Sierra: violin/Josep Puchades: viola/Helena Poggio: cello BRAHMS: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 1 in C minor • String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2 in A minor

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This CD is not only a recording, it is the story of a fascinating journey: the solitary journey of a man who was able to preserve his identity and his artistic freedom bringing the string quartet as a genre — after a very difficult pilgrimage of struggle — to a summit from which one may behold the heritage of Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn, whose manuscripts of the Opus 20 string quartets belonged to Brahms’ private library.

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Aliud Records Georg Frederic HANDEL Six Trio Sonatas [Hybrid SACD]

Ensemble Amalthée/Joris Van Den Hauwe: oboe/Caroline Chardonnet: violin/Godefroy Vujicic: cello/Olivier Chardonnet: organ HANDEL: Sonata No. 1 in B major, HWV 380 • Sonata No. 2 in D minor, HWV 381 • Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, HWV 382 • Sonata No. 4 in F major, HWV 383 • Sonata No. 5 in G major, HWV 384 • Sonata No. 6 in F major, HWV 385 CD: AUC SACD 85 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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In all likelihood these sonatas were written by Handel when he was around 11 years old, in 1696. At the time, he readily wrote for the oboe, which was, by his own admission, his favorite instrument; consequently, these sonatas were long considered to be works for two oboes. Yet, the use of double strings in the first movement of the third sonata leads us to believe that the handwritten composition was for oboe and violin, two richly contrasting voices with complementary tones.

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Discovery Music & Vision Gerald BARRY

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant Rayanne Dupuis: soprano/Mary Plazas: soprano/Stephanie Marshall: mezzo-soprano/RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Gerhard Markson: conductor BARRY: The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a love story: ecstatic, moving, gripping, obsessive, funny, heart-breaking, and filled with tenderness, hatred, jealously, and compassion. It is a witty tragedy of lovesickness. In 2005 the stage premiere was given at the English National Opera, and the German language premiere was given at the Basle Opera in May 2008.

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Atoll Records Phil DADSON

Sound Tracks: Solo Improvisations Phil Dadson: gloopdrum, nundrum, long-string zitherum, ostifans, songstones, voice DADSON: Gloop (gloopdrum) • Obliquely (nundrum) • Ecliptic (voice and looping pedal) • Laced Cool (long-string zitherum) • Peel the Unseen (zitherum and ostifans) • Waipiro (songstones) • To a Circular Mirror “Live Sydney ’03” (songstones, looping pedal, zitherum, nundrum, ostifans) • Gloop 2 (gloopdrum) • Airborne (zitherum) CD: TOL 104 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Sound Tracks maps a sequence of solo improvisations on a range of invented instruments, with track titles as intriguing and evocative as the instruments themselves!

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Anthony RITCHIE Remember Parihaka

Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes: music director RITCHIE: Remember Parihaka • Flute Concerto • Double Concerto for bass clarinet and cello • Coming To It For their debut disc, the ACO and Music Director Peter Scholes have recorded four of Anthony Ritchie’s smaller-scale orchestral works. In addition to the title work, the CD features Alexa Still in Ritchie’s popular flute concerto, a moving cello and bass clarinet concerto, and iconic NZ poet Sam Hunt.

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Lindoro Ensemble La Boz Galana ¡En fiesta tan alegre!

Ensemble La Boz Galana DURANGO: Hola, Ah de los bajeles • Pues mi Dios ha nacido • Tota Pulchra est • Ay Dulce Amor • Toca la Flauta • Navecilla que sales al Puerto • Alerta, alerta • Cante el Ruiseñor • ¡En Fiesta tan Alegre! • Salve de Romance • DE HUETE: Pasacalles de Quinto Tono • Canarios • DE HEREDIA: Tiento de Octavo Tono • RIBAYAZ: Xácaras por Primer Tono CD: LDO 3027 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

Matías Durango was born in Falces (Navarra) in 1636. He was a choirboy in the cathedral of León during the 1640s, and was the disciple of Tomás Micieces (1624–1664), along with fellow disciples Miguel de Irízar (who would become chapelmaster of Segovia), and Pedro Ardanaz (who would become chapelmaster of Toledo around 1660).

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Phaedra Mephisto Piano Duo

Music for Piano Four Hands Mephisto Piano Duo/Katrijn Simoens: piano/John Gevaert: piano ROENTGEN: Suite in E flat minor, Op. 16 • ROSSEAU: H2O, Op. 22 • TINEL: Sonata in G minor, Op. 15 These composers began as child prodigies. Contemporaries Tinel and Röntgen wrote the compelling works on this CD in the same year, 1876. Both were great admirers of Brahms.

Rousseau’s composition is impressionist and atmospheric, replete with colorful harmonies.

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Querstand Antonio SCANDELLO In Heaven and on Earth

Chordae Freybergenses/Susanne Scholz: conductor

CD: QUE 1503 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

SCANDELLO: Selections from Newe Teutsche Liedlein mit Vier und Fünff Stimmen/welche gantz lieblich zu singen/und auff allerley Instrumenten zugebrauchen. Nuremberg, 1568: X Habe fiduciam in Domino, ex toto corde tuo • VII Wenn wir in höchsten nöten sein/und wissen nicht wo auss noch ein • IX Christ ist erstanden/von der marter alle • V Lobet den Herrn denn er ist sehr freundlich • I Ein Kindelein so löbelich/ist uns geboren heutt • XI Nach dir mein Gott verlanget mich • XII Lasset die Kindlein zu mir kommen • From: El primo libro de le Canzoni Napolitane a IIII voci, Nürnberg, 1572: XVI Lobe den Herrn alle Heiden • XVI Donna crudel XII Sia maledet Amor • IX O dolce, o dolce • VI Haveva na ga • XXIII Io segua chi me fugge • VIII Quanto debbe allegrarse • XVIII Preparati Madonna • XIIII Voria che tu cantass’una • XXII Bona sera come stai

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This recording features reproductions of five violins from the angels putti of Freiberg Cathedral, given to ancient music specialist Susanne Scholz.

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