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JANUARY 12, 2010

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Omara Portuondo World Village• 479021

Omara Portuondo’s Gracias wins Latin GRAMMY® Award

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IN THE PRESS Omara Portuondo, the world-renowned vocalist who began her career in her native Cuba in the 1940s, made history in October when she became one of the first Cubans in six years to receive a travel visa to perform in the US. Then in November, her latest release Gracias was named Best Contemporary Tropical Album at The Latin GRAMMY® Awards.

Omara will return to tour the US in February 2010 for concerts in Boston, New York and Washington DC. For more information see the concert calendar (p.35).

harmonia mundi distribution receives 16 GRAMMY® Nominations harmonia mundi received nominations for releases by Stile Antico, Conspirare, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and David Lang’s The Little Match Girl. New label Mariinsky totaled four between its releases of Shostakovich’s The Nose and Symphonies 1 & 15, while SFS Media landed three for their recent Mahler 8. World Village received nominations in the Jazz, World and Latin categories. Susan Graham scored a nomination for Best Classical Vocal for her most recent Onyx disc and the Tallis Scholars grabbed one for Gimell. The 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards will be held on January 31, 2010, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

Tinariwen wins UnCut Magazine Award for Best Album of 2009 Tinariwen’s fourth album, Imidiwan: Companions, has won a coveted Uncut Music Award. It was unanimously chosen by a distinguished panel of key industry figures to be the most inspirational and rewarding album of 2009. It won over some very stiff competition from artists such as Kings of Leon, Bob Dylan and Wilco, among others. Tinariwen will tour the US and Canada in February and March. For more information see the concert calendar (p.35).

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NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS

New this month on the harmonia mundi label is a disc of Bartók’s folk-inspired Duos for two violins, featuring Angela & Jennifer Chun (p.9). Jordi Savall explores the music and traditions of Turkey’s capital city on his new Alia Vox album Istanbul (p.3). Three new labels join our family this month. Aparte debuts with an album of cello transcriptions featuring cellist Ophelie Gaillard (p.4), Frémeaux debuts with music of Claude Bolling (p.8) and FRA Musica debuts with a new DVD of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with Les Arts Florissants (p.7). New from Hyperion is a disc of choral music by Rautavaara (p.11), while LSO Live offers Valery Gergiev’s Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet (p.14) and James Ehnes plays Paganini on Onyx (p.15). Crossover artist Ludovico Einaudi is back with a new solo album called Nightbook (p.18). On the popular front, World Village has two major releases — Gilzene & the Blue Light Mento Band plays music of Jamaica’s countryside (p.22) and the great Martá Sebestyén debuts on the label with I Can See The Gates Of Heaven (p.23). Last but far from least, Cape Verdean legend Cesaria Evora returns with a new album for Lusafrica (p.25).

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Stile Antico presents a Tudor master For their fourth recording, Stile Antico spotlights the work of the neglected Tudor master John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558). The program displays his genius across the range of genres in which he composed, including Catholic liturgical responds and hymns alongside simple English-texted anthems written in the reign of Edward VI. As its centerpiece, the great antiphon Media Vita is a reflection on the frailty of human life and the hope for salvation.

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A musical portrait of Istanbul alia vox

Istanbul Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723) The Book of Science of Music and Music from the Sephardic and Armenian Traditions Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9870

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Following up on the huge success of Orient-Occident and Jerusalem, prepare yourself to cross borders.

This new release is mainly based on ‘The Book of Science of Music,’ published in 1710 by the Moldavian prince Dimitrie Cantemir, after many years spent in Istanbul. This unique manuscript enables us to discover rare jewels of Turkish traditional music. Jordi Savall already included some of the pieces from this collection in his album Orient-Occident (AVSA 9848), but he decided to explore it further in order to reveal the magic of the incredible city of Istanbul. This city portrait wouldn’t have been complete without selections from the fascinating Armenian and Sephardic repertoire that was also familiar in Istanbul during this time. Once again, Maestro Savall sheds new light on a Golden Age of cultural dialogue, with the help of Hespèrion XXI and outstanding Turkish and Armenian guests musicians. The result is a ‘Jordi Savall experience’ that goes beyond far beyond music.

“Jordi Savall resuscitates old music with the scholarly care of an archaeologist, then presents it as a vibrant, living tradition.”

— LOS ANGELES TIMES

Also available Ali Vox • AVSA 9848 (7619986398488)

“The vibrancy and variety of their playing leaps across the centuries.”

— CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Jerusalem

Alia Vox • AVSA 9863 (7619986398631)

“A revelation... haunting and beautiful.”

— SONGLINES

January 2010

Orient-Occident

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Romantic cello transcriptions Dreams

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Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Timothy Redmond Aparte • AP 001

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“Every delicate note played by Ophélie Gaillard has a touch of delightfully old-fashioned romanticism.”

— LE MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE

A winner of numerous international awards as a producer of both pop and classical recordings, Craig Leon also leads a successful career as a composer and arranger. His album for Joshua Bell of transcriptions for violin and orchestra (Romance of the Violin, Sony) was unanimously acclaimed.

Quite naturally, this prompted Leon to turn to the cello, an instrument whose sound has been described as being the closest to that of the human voice. It was then that he met Ophelie Gaillard — first of all through MySpace, then in London, where she was giving a concert at the Wigmore Hall. Leon decided to create some arrangements for her — an experience that has given Gaillard the opportunity to revive the long standing tradition of cellists, from Gregor Piatigorsky to Pablo Casals, who have played crowd-pleasing transcriptions of great works. Accompanied by the rich sound of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, she weaves an elegant tapestry of favorite classics. Dreams, the debut album from brand-new label Aparte (a project from the creator of Ambroisie) was recorded in London’s famous Abbey Road Studios.

January 2010

TRACK LISTING

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Debussy: La Fille aux cheveux de lin Dvorak: Song to the Moon Grieg: La Chanson de Solveig Bellini: Ah, non credea mirarti Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima Puccini: O Mio Bambbino Caro Chopin: Mazurka Op.67 No.4, Nocturne Op.9 No.2 Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale Op.51 No.6 Rachmaninov: Vocalise Satie: Gymnopédie No.3, Gnossienne No.1 Fauré Pavane Op.50, Après un rêve Op.7 No.1

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MUSSORGSKY The Power of the Orchestra Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bare Mountain

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, René Liebowitz APO • CAPC 2659 SA

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Recorded at Kingsway Hall and engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson, this record couples Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with Night on Bare Mountain and has long been considered among the greatest sounding records ever made. Perhaps most stunning thing is the effortless dynamics, which have been reviewed and raved about ever since its first release on RCA. Nuance, a holographic soundstage, emotion to spare — this one has it all and is a true reference recording.

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Valerie Tryon (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trory APR • APR 5640

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MOZART Piano Concertos Nos.24 & 25

To celebrate Valerie Tryon ‘s 75th birthday, APR offers a disc of concertos by the composer perhaps closest to her heart. Here is a disc, more than any other, which shows what a hidden treasure we have in the pianism of this neglected artist. As an added bonus, Tryon plays the premiere recording of Godowsky’s cadenza to the C minor concerto. The disc concludes with the charming Rondo K386, a work for which the original ending was long thought to be lost.

However, the missing pages recently came to light and this recording features the complete version of this work.

January 2010

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Rameau’s first comic opera RAMEAU Platée

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Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Bruce Brewer, Gilles Ragon (tenors), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Ensemble Sagi arius, Ensemble Vocal du Centre National d’Insertion Professionnelle d’Art Lyrique de Marseille, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire Calliope • CAL 9424

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First performed in 1745, Platée was Rameau’s first comic opera. The plot involves an ugly water nymph who believes that Jupiter, the king of the gods, is in love with her. It was written for the wedding of Louis, Dauphin of France to the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain, who, according to contemporary sources, like the title character, was no beauty. Instead of getting the composer into trouble, the entertainment at Versailles seems to have been well received and a few months later, Rameau was appointed to the position of Composer of the King’s Chamber Music with a sizable annual pension.

German salon music

January 2010

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Sehnsucht

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The Gents, Béni Csillag, Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Thom Janssen (piano) Channel Classics • CCS SA 30109

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The nineteenth century was a golden age for choral singing in Germany and Austria. Singing clubs, and later on, choral societies, shot up all over this part of the world. With its goal of stimulation and promotion of German poetry and music, this movement produced a wealth of wonderful vocal music. On Sehnsucht, The Gents offer a broad selection of music from this unique musical repertoire. The album also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the group and is their first recording with new conductor Béni Csillag.

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PURCELL Dido & Aeneas

FRA Musica • FRA 501

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Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Judith Van Wanroij (soprano), Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie FRA Musica • FRA 001

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All zones/ 66 minutes/ Dolby Digital Stereo DTS 5.1/ Format HD/ English A genius with the ability to combine French and Italian influences in an art that transported the English language, Purcell is one of William Christie’s favorite composers. This production of Dido & Aeneas, featuring a superb cast of soloists, was overwhelmingly acclaimed when created at the Wiener Festwochen in 2006 and once again when repeated at the Opéra Comique in 2008.

Perfect in form and balance, of a density only equaled by the intensity of its psychological scope, Dido & Aeneas lends itself to a wide range of options, never ceasing to appeal to a wide audience.

With brilliant stage direction by Deborah Warner and elegant production for television by François Roussillon this performance combines various time spaces of the 17th century with the present day in a depth of field taken to even greater heights by subtle lighting schemes.

— THE INDEPENDENT

January 2010

“Spare and intimately conversational, yet generating huge power, Les Arts Florissants hit the mark unerringly. They can breathe and sigh as one instrument, and they can fragment into a medley of angrily contending voices; their line is pure, with only the merest hint of vibrato; with them, meaning is all.”

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The timeless music of Claude Bolling

BOLLING Suite for Violin & Jazz Piano Trio

BOLLING Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio

Pinchas Zuckerman (violin), Claude Bolling (piano), Max Hediguer (double bass), Marcel Sabiani (drums) Frémeaux & Associés • FA 442

Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Claude Bolling (piano), Max Hediguer (double bass), Marcel Sabiani (drums) Frémeaux & Associés • FA 443

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BOLLING Concerto for Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio Alexandre Lagoya (guitar), Claude Bolling (piano), Michel Gaudry (double bass), Marcel Sabiani (drums) Frémeaux & Associés • FA 444

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Bolling’s music combines unity and diversity. The unity stems from an original harmonic style and evocative strength. The diversity is shown through the tonal mobility and harmonic details, forever situated between the written score and improvisation.

Winner of a 1976 Grammy Award and a fixture on the Billboard chart for a staggering 530 weeks, Bolling’s Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio was a true revolution in the classical world in the US. His brilliant blend of jazz and classical music literally coined the term ‘crossover.’ What is less commonly known is that Bolling’s music was a key factor in an explosion of interest in American jazz masters in Europe. Bolling went on to create several sequels, including the two other discs presented here.

Violinist Pinchas Zuckerman and guitarist Alexandre Lagoya commissioned Claude Bolling for their own recordings, which became hits in their own right.

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“Claude Bolling occupies, by the reflection of his persona and accomplishments, the role of roving French ambassador of jazz throughout the world. He is of the same class and school where came the other two grand French masters of jazz, Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli.”

— ALLABOUTJAZZ.com

Bartók’s charming violin duos harminia mundi

BARTÓK 44 Duos for 2 Violins

Angela Chun (violin), Jennifer Chun (violin) harmonia mundi • HMU 907501

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Rather than mere technical studies, Béla Bartók’s 44 Duos for 2 Violins are études in musicianship and the integration of folk song into the composer’s personal idiom. All but two of the themes are traditional — culled from the ‘peasant’ tunes Bartók had gathered in his fieldwork. For this recording, Angela and Jennifer Chun have prepared a new grouping of these colorful miniatures.

“Are the Chun sisters telepathic? They certainly play as though they are.”

—THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

Also available harmonia mundi • HMU 907444 (093046744427)

“It’s been a long time since a violin-centered chamber music recording, owing to its compelling performers and intriguing repertoire, called out so demandingly from its package, “Play me! Play me!”

— CLASSICS TODAY

January 2010

Fantasy

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The great impressionist quartets hyperion

DEBUSSY String Quartet RAVEL String Quartet, Violin Sonata No.2 in G major Dante Quartet Hyperion • CDA 67759

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“The Dante Quartet are superb.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE The Dante Quartet continue their award-winning exploration of the French string quartet with this disc which includes two of the greatest works of this genre. Both quartets dazzled and disturbed at their first performances. Debussy’s fantastic, spiraling variations, resisting orthodox ‘development’ of ideas, is described as reminiscent of Monet in recording the variations of light on the façade of Rouen Cathedral.

Traditionalist commentators were shocked, but the exotic beauty of the writing excited many, including the young Ravel. Ravel’s quartet is to some extent an homage to Debussy, but, typically, also a work of startling originality. Also included is Ravel’s second violin sonata, an intriguing, jazz-influenced work, energetic but with a dark undertow of pain. It was written, as Ravel said, with the aim of, “exploring the basic incompatibility of violin and piano.”

January 2010

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Faure & Franck: String Quartets

Hyperion • CDA 67664 (034571176642)

“Vigorous and tender and with an impressive variety of expression… playing of great accomplishment.”

— GRAMOPHONE

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RAUTAVAARA Choral Music

Schola Cantorum of Oxford, James Burton Hyperion • CDA 67787

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“The Schola Cantorum under James Burton radiates in performances that could not be bettered.”

—GRAMOPHONE

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Once Sibelius’s protégé, Einojuhani Rautavaara’s is considered to be one of the greatest living Finnish composers. Over his long career, Rautavaara has achieved success in a great number of musical genres, particularly that of opera. But it is his choral works that have made him a household name, both in his native country and internationally. Recorded here is a fascinating selection of works, including the Suite de Lorca (one of the most popular Finnish choral works of all time) and all demonstrating the unique style forged by the composer on his travels through the musical fashions of the twentieth century. Rautavaara’s rich and sonorous neo-Romantic textures have a steely modernist edge and the resulting voice is one that is deeply attractive and approachable, yet endlessly captivating.

The Schola Cantorum of Oxford, led by James Burton, was described in The Times as, “Oxford’s classy intercollegiate choir.” Their previous recordings for Hyperion have received worldwide acclaim.

Hyperion • CDA 67679 (034571176796)

“Schola Cantorum’s program is nothing less than a treasure-trove.”

January 2010

Thompson: The Peaceable Kingdom

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CESTI Le disgrazie d’Amore

Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata Hyperion • CDA 67771

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Cesti was one of the most illustrious representatives of the seventeenth-century Venetian school of opera composers. He had an eventful and successful life and, like the murdered Stradella, he died in murky circumstances (probably by poisoning). The work recorded here dates from his period at the Viennese court, and is characteristic of Viennese opera’s synthesis between comedy and parody and the moral, edifying dimension inherent to court opera.

Price Code: 2A19 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $39.98)

Herrick’s Buxtehude cycle BUXTEHUDE Organ Works Vol.2

Christopher Herrick (organ) Hyperion • CDA 67809

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Christopher Herrick’s acclaimed series of Buxtehude’s complete organ works continues with a selection of his praeludia, toccatas, ostinato works, and canzonas, interspersed with chorale preludes and variations.

For this disc he turns to the magnificent organ of Trondheim Cathedral in Norway, originally built by Joachim Wagner (1690-1749) and restored to its former baroque glory in 1994.

Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

Paderewski’s 150th anniversary January 2010

PADEREWSKI Symphony in B Minor “Polonia”

BBC Sco ish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk Hyperion • CDH 55351

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Previously Available as CDA 67056 (034571170565) Deleted July 2008 2010 will no doubt see much celebration of the 200th anniversaries of both Chopin and Schumann.

Amidst all this, it is likely that the 150th anniversary of Paderewski will be overlooked. Here Hyperion offers a reissue of the definitive recording of his only symphony.

Upon its original release the Sunday Times called it, “Utterly original and well worth investigation.”

Ohlsson’s Chopin now available singly CHOPIN Complete Etudes

Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55384

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CHOPIN Complete Waltzes

Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55381

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55380

CHOPIN Chamber Music

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CHOPIN Complete Mazurkas Vol.1

Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55391

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CHOPIN The Great Polonaises

Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55382

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CHOPIN Complete Mazurkas Vol.2

Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55392

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CHOPIN Preludes & Impromptus

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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson’s complete Chopin project, originally recorded for the Arabesque label and reissued on Hyperion as a 16-CD boxed set. These discs include some of the finest contemporary Chopin playing and include definitive performances of the complete etudes and mazurkas.

January 2010

Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55383

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Prokofiev’s spectacular ballet music PROKOFIEV Romeo & Juliet

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev LSO Live • LSO 0682

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Price Code: 2A13 (2 SACD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $27.98) SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD LSO Live celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2010 and the label’s first release of the year features Prokofiev’s spectacular score for the ballet Romeo & Juliet conducted by Valery Gergiev. Gergiev is a tireless champion of Prokofiev’s music. His complete cycle of the composer’s symphonies with the LSO won a 2004 Gramophone Award. Shortly afterward, Gergiev was named Principal Conductor of the orchestra and spent much of 2008 and 2009 touring Prokofiev’s symphonies with the LSO in Europe, Japan and the USA. Gergiev’s forthcoming LSO Live releases include a Rachmaninov symphony cycle as well as music by Ravel, Stravinsky, Debussy and Strauss.

CONCERT REVIEW

“The strings were supple and radiant... The brass, much used by Prokofiev, were tirelessly accurate, and the woodwind especially characterful, with some of the orchestra’s younger members playing out of their skins. The best ballets contain music almost too good to be wasted on dancers. Freed from the need to adopt dance tempi, this wonderful music swaggered, sparkled and shimmered as it rarely does in the theatre.”

— THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

January 2010

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Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle

LSO Live • 0685 (822231168522)

“For the perfect introduction to Bartók’s Bluebeard look no further… Gergiev comes into his own when delving among Bluebeard’s treasures.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Ehnes plays Paganini onyx

PAGANINI Caprices

James Ehnes (violin) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4044

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Advance review

“James Ehnes delivers a revelatory recordings… [a] daring bold approach, relying on exceptional technique to deliver an inner vision of each piece…

He really is a top-class violinist, and it's a joy to hear such difficult pieces sounding so completely comfortable and unfettered." — THE SUNDAY TIMES

James Ehnes revisits the most demanding work in the violin repertoire, and delivers an astonishing new interpretation, focusing on the lyrical rather than the pyrotechnics in the Caprices — though there is ample virtuosity on display here! These works have never been exceeded in the challenges they present for the performer and as such are the ultimate studies for solo violin. Upon hearing Paganini play the Caprices for the first time, Liszt had serious doubts about his own abilities as a composer. In contrast, they inspired Schumann to abandon his chosen career as a writer and take up composition. The disc includes an insightful booklet essay by Ehnes on the composer and the music.

Ehnes has a string of highly acclaimed releases on Onyx, including a Gramophone Award winning recording of the Elgar concerto.

Also available Onyx • ONYX 4038 (880040403821)

“One of the most amazing recordings of violin music ever made...”

— GRAMOPHONE

Elgar: Violin Concerto

Onyx • ONYX 4025 (880040402527)

“James Ehnes’s reading of Elgar’s Concerto deserves a place among the most prepossessing.”

— FANFARE

January 2010

Homage

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A Rossini soirée opera rara

ROSSINI Songs — Il Salo o Vol.13

Mireille Delunsch (soprano), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto), Lawrence Brownlee, Mark Wilde (tenors), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Nicholas Bosworth (harmonium), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Opera Rara • ORR 247

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If a time-machine could take us back through the centuries, which musical occasion might we choose to attend? Surely a soirée at Rossini’s Parisian home would be high on anyone’s list. Some of the most famous singers of the day would be performing, and the guestlist would read like a who’s who of the French capital at that time.

And of course, there’d be the chance to hear something new by the great master himself. For though he abandoned operatic composition in 1829, Rossini went on to compose hundreds of short vocal and piano pieces to tickle the musical palates of those lucky enough to be invited to his famous Saturday evening salons. This release presents a selection of these fascinating works and is accompanied by a fully illustrated booklet with notes by Rossini specialist Richard Osborne.

January 2010

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Ricci: Corrado d’Altamura

Opera Rara • ORR 246 (792938024622)

“A sizzling plot and sizzling music…”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Two Philip Glass world premieres Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98)

Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies Orange Mountain • OMM 0061

Orange Mountain Music presents the world-premiere recording of Philip Glass’ seventh symphony, the Toltec, performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. Written in 2004, the symphony is Glass’ dedication to the Toltec civilization that lived in Mesoamerica from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. The work is comprised of thee representations (movements) of this Wirrarika culture’s, sacred trinity: The Corn, The Hikuri (Sacred Root) and The Blue Deer. The piece was originally commissioned and performed by Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra.

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GLASS Symphony No.7 — Toltec

GLASS A Madrigal Opera

Ooppera Skaala Orange Mountain • OMM 0062

Orange Mountain Music presents the world premiere recording of Philip Glass’ A Madrigal Opera performed by Finland’s Ooppera Skaala. Glass’ second opera after the landmark Einstein on the Beach, A Madrigal Opera contains no narrative or subject matter. It is a work composed for future writers and directors to create in and around Glass score. It is structured like a traditional madrigal, with six voices and violin and viola accompaniment. Written in 1979, the work represented a huge musical step for the composer as he moved toward a more expressive idiom which later produced works like Satyagraha and Koyaanisqatsi.

January 2010

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The mysterious music of Ludovico Einaudi ponderosa

EINAUDI Nightbook

Ludovico Einaudi (piano) Ponderosa • CD 068

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“A minimalist, one with classical training, and at the same time… a deeply romantic sensibility.”

— THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

“A night-time landscape. A garden faintly visible under the dull glow of the night sky. A few stars dotting the darkness above, shadows of the trees all around. Light shining from a window behind me. What I can see is familiar, but it seems alien at the same time. It’s like a dream — anything may happen.” This is how composer Ludovico Einaudi describes his latest release, Nightbook. Following on the huge international success of his previous album, Divenire, the ideas for Nightbook came together while Einaudi was on tour. The album is rich with unique colors obtained through the close blending of the piano with strings and percussion and from the use of electronics that amplify the sound of the piano, projecting it like a shadow in all directions. Each CD contains a personal access code for the Nightbook website, where listeners can access an archive of notes, alternative versions and videos of the recording sessions.

January 2010

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Einaudi: Divenire

Ponderosa • CD 035 (8030482000351)

“A beautiful CD from start to finish.”

— FILM SCORE MONTHLY

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MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons RCO Live • RCO 09004

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD This special mid-priced release on RCO Live features Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in the orchestrated version by Maurice Ravel.

Recorded live at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra display magnificent technical virtuosity and produce a dazzling palette of colors and sonority.

“Jansons’ grasp of the relative importance of individual ideas within the competing hierarchies of thematic material is as impressive as his marrying of a properly measured opening pulse with a strong yet unforced forward motion.”

Recently released

—GRAMOPHONE

RCO Live • RCO 09002 (5425008376868)

“The performances of both symphonies by the Royal Concertgebouw are serious and weighty, befitting an orchestra with a noble Bruckner tradition… an imposing grandeur it’s difficult not to admire.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

January 2010

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4

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Music from the Keeping Score series Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series — it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony’s almost century-long commitment to bringing the joy of classical music to people of all ages and musical backgrounds. The series provides innovative, thought-provoking classical music content on PBS television, National Public Radio, the web and through an education program that is a national model for classroom arts integration for K-12 teachers. As companions to the DVD releases on SFS Media, these speciallypriced CDs offer complete performances of works featured in each of the acclaimed television programs.

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • SFS 0030

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BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • SFS 0031

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January 2010

STRAVINSKY Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite (Excerpts) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • SFS0032

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BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • SFS 0033

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IVES Holidays Symphony COPLAND Appalachian Spring

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • SFS 0034

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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • SFS 0035

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Giulini’s romantic Bruckner Price Code: A20 (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini Testament • SBT 1437

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BRUCKNER Symphony No.7

This performance of Bruckner’s seventh symphony was recorded live for radio broadcast at the Philharmonie in Berlin in 1985. Carlo Maria Giulini leads the Berlin Philharmonic in a quintessentially romantic interpretation that drives the incessant melodic stream across breaks, only held back at the great formal caesuras such as at the start of the recapitulation. But there are some exceptions, including the deliberate change of tempo in the Trio of the Scherzo and more particularly in the Finale, the disjointedness of which Giulini contrasts dramatically with the continuity of the preceding movements.

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Recital — Royal Festival Hall, London 1959

Van Cliburn (piano) Testament • SBT2 1445

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January 2010

After 23-year-old Van Cliburn of Texas won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, taking with him both the hearts of the Russian people and his jury (which included such luminaries as Shostakovich, Kabalevsky, Richter and Gilels), he went on to achieve a celebrity and charisma unknown since the days of Liszt and Paderewski. But Cliburn’s only London solo concert, given at the Royal Festival Hall one year later, was a no less remarkable event. A capacity audience (including a bevy of Hollywood stars) witnessed playing of a wholly extraordinary communicative character and power.

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WORLD Jamaica’s best-kept secret Sweet Sweet Jamaica

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Gilzene & the Blue Light Mento Band World Village • 479037

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January 2010

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File in: World / Caribbean / Jamaica Formed in the rural backwater of Trelawney in 1986, the Blue Light Mento Band is one of the best-kept secrets of Jamaican popular music. Prime exponents of mento, a distinctly Jamaican form of traditional folk music, the group has long been acclaimed on the island for its mastery of the genre. On this debut recording, the group makes it clear why mento is so beloved by devotees. Their sound is unadulterated by urban influences, retaining the country feel that has always defined mento’s original form. The album holds just the right amount of rawness, yielding an honesty that is lacking in most of the island’s contemporary musical product. In the best mento tradition, the fifteen songs cover a range of topics, featuring folk favorites, suggestive ditties and songs examining the finer points of human relationships. The band’s adaptation of Toots and the Maytals’ “Sweet And Dandy” recasts the reggae hit as a mento country stomp, with none other than Toots himself contributing the vibrant harmonica solos. The album was recorded at the legendary Harry J studio by renowned engineers Stephen Stewart and Sam Clayton Junior.

WORLD

Márta Sebestyén debuts on World Village I Can See The Gates Of Heaven…

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Márta Sebestyén World Village • 450009

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Advance review

“One of Europe’s finest singers has gone back to her roots...The result is an album that constantly changes mood and pace, from the gently spooky chanting and sturdy balladry on ‘Heritage,’ to the upbeat dance songs on ‘Driving Away Sorrow’ or the mixture of stately, drifting themes on ‘Invocation.’”

— THE GUARDIAN

January 2010

File in: World / Europe / Hungary Márta Sebestyén is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful artists in world music. Best known for her Oscar® winning contribution to the soundtrack of “The English Patient,” Sebestyén has also won a GRAMMY® for her album with Deep Forest and recorded several albums with Muszikás (winners of the WOMEX Special Award in 2008) for the Hannibal label. Most recently she appeared on Peter Gabriel’s Big Blue Ball album. On I Can See The Gates Of Heaven, Sebestyén sings songs personally chosen from the extensive Hungarian folk and religious repertoire — songs that have close personal resonance for her and that reflect the proud cultural heritage of the Carpathians. Her accompanying musicians are two of Hungary’s finest: Balazs Dongo Sokolay on bagpipes, flutes, saxophone and tarogato and Matyas Bolya on lute and zither. In the informative sleeve notes, Sebestyén introduces the album and the background to each song and leading Hungarian folklorist Ferenc Szabó provides further detail.

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WORLD piranha

A Balkan dance party BalkanBeats — A Night in Berlin Robert Soko Piranha • PIR 2338

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January 2010

Piranha • PIR 2338 LP

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File in: World / Europe / Balkans DJ Robert Soko has been throwing parties in Berlin since 1993. He was the first to coin the term BalkanBeats to try and define his mix of music. BalkanBeats are Serbian Gypsy brass and folk melodies reinterpreted, given electronic beats and blended with western styles such as ska and rock. BalkanBeats parties rave all the way from Frankfurt and Vienna to New York and Melbourne. At Soko’s first parties, he played Yugo and celebrated socialist holidays, and the mood was a mix of irony and nostalgia. Soko was surprised to see how many people came, and the parties grew in popularity. Then, after years of listening and playing western-derived rock, punk and ska, Soko found himself returning to his ethnic Balkan music roots. It was a sensation. The press took notice, and the rest is history.

Piranha’s enhanced CD features a photo slide show that takes the viewer through a BalkanBeats night in Berlin with music by Fanfare Ciocarlia.

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Advance review

“A great accompaniment to the heat that circulates around Soko’s parties, with some unexpected tracks from the nether regions of Eastern European sound.”

— THE HUFFINGTON POST

WORLD Cesaria Evora is back Nha Sentimento

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Cesaria Evora Lusafrica • 562502

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Advance review

“With who knows how many albums made in her 45-year career, famously melancholy Cape Verdean diva Cesária Évora sounds almost perky on this new offering. Concentrating on the uptempo coladera rhythm, the music gains an unusual, but interesting feel from the use of an Egyptian string section, and despite a stroke last year, the velvet-voiced Évora sounds in fine form.”

— THE TELEGRAPH

“Cesaria Evora really only sings two ways: well or magnificently.”

January 2010

File in: World / Africa / Cape Verde Cesaria Evora’s has overcome poverty, a revolution and even a recent stroke to become a national treasure of Cape Verde and uphold her reputation as an increasingly adventurous icon of world music. On her latest album, Nha Sentimento, Evora ventures further afield than ever before, twisting Arabic musical traditions into bluesy, sinuous compositions from some of Cape Verde’s best songwriters. Evora found a collaborator and an admirer in Fathy Salama, a former conductor of the Cairo Orchestra who arranged the three tracks on the album. Salama brought Egyptian instrumentalists into his studio in downtown Cairo to add a new texture to the music, largely written by fellow Cape Verdeans Manuel de Novas and Teofilo Chantre. The music of Cape Verde is diverse and New World-y, incorporating guitar, violin, and soprano saxophone into its Latin scales and rhythms.

Egypt’s reedy pipes, edgy percussion, lush strings and the crystalline sound of the kanun (Arabic zither) feel right at home.

— ROLLING STONE

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WORLD African electronica cantaloupe

Paspanga

Burkina Electric Cantaloupe • CA 21057

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File in: World / Africa / Burkina Faso Paspanga is the debut album from Burkina Electric, a group of musicians from Africa and Europe led by composer Lukas Ligeti, son of famed Hungarian composer. Their music draws from the tradition and rhythms of Burkina Faso while incorporating contemporary electronic elements. Ligeti explains Burkina Electric’s formation by saying, “In the mid-90s, [we made] our first attempts at creating what could be called African electronica. On our travels to Burkina Faso we met the singer Maï Lingani and guitarist Wende Blass. Soon, we invited two dancers to help us draw audiences into our unusual rhythms and celebrate the continent’s unseverable connection between music and dance.”

Network at 30 network

World Ballads

Various Artists Network • 495130

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January 2010

File in: World / Collections This new deluxe boxed set is released to celebrate the Network label’s 30th anniversary. It provides the listener a chance to unwind and relax with a broad selection of balladry drawn from the label’s extensive catalogue. The set features artists from many corners of the globe, including the likes of Youssou N’Dour, Djivan Gasparyan, Esma Redzepova, Gigi, Paulinho da Viola and many more.

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WORLD Two worlds, one voice worldvillage village world

Sube Azul

So a Koutsovitis World Village • 498035

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Reminder / Resolicitation File in: World Music / South America / Argentina Argentinean-born singer Sofía Rei Koutsovitis is considered one of New York’s most passionate, charismatic and inventive vocalists.

On Sube Azul, her World Village debut, the listener is treated not only to the depth and fullness of a riveting voice but also to her formidable skills as a songwriter and arranger.

The album is a collection of mostly original Spanish-language songs that reflect Koutsovitis’ immersion in modern and progressive jazz while also responding to the pull of ancestry and the appeal of organic, panmusical connections. She brings to bear the folkloric traditions of Argentina and its regional neighbors, tying together diverse influences in a program full of complexity, melody and romance. Just as Sube Azul reconciles the artist’s worlds, her North and South American homes, the album strikes other balances in turn — the polish and professionalism of a seasoned artist, the hunger and wide-eyed energy of youth and the simple, sensual qualities that can spring only from the heart.

“As the Argentine singer Sofía Rei Koutsovitis led her multinational band the passion and clarity with which she assayed a tricky mix of South American rhythms and jazzinflected harmonies made clear why she has been embraced by New York City audiences from Carnegie Hall to the hippest downtown haunts.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES January 2010

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WORLD Bulgarian folk electronica asphalt tango

Opa Hey!

Ko arashky Asphalt Tango • ATR 2609

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File in: World / Europe / Bulgaria Kottarashky is a 21st-century digital master musician with his hands sunk deep in the past. In his music, vintage Balkan field recordings, classic jazz and blues, psychedelic sounds, club beats and extraordinary, archetypal Gypsy voices, guttural shouts and lyrical laments are all molded and thrown into new shapes. The songs of his debut album, Opa Hey! hit you like a panoramic puzzle of sounds collected and put together from a night’s walk through the streets of Sofia.

Balkan brass masters piranha

Devla

Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar Piranha • PIR 2339

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January 2010

File in: World / Europe / Balkans Clad in a suave white suit, it’s not impossible to imagine why urban legends credit gypsy trumpet king Boban Markovic with getting his homeland out of a recent jam. Markovic’s music is rumored to have so impressed Bill Clinton that he called off NATO bombing of Serbia. True or not, one thing is clear: Markovic and his son and protégé Marko are the bomb in Balkan brass dance music. Their latest album flies effortlessly between echoes of the Ottoman Empire and down-and-dirty grooves that would make P-Funk’s jaws drop.

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WORLD Lebanese explorations Wassim Soubra Institut du Monde Arabe • 321086

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File in: World / Middle East / Lebanon Sonates orientales is an album of instrumental music performed by Lebanese pianist and composer Wassim Soubra. Is it classical music? Jazz? World music?

No matter what, it deserves further investigation, for Soubra writes using the grammar of classical music (harmonies, counterpoint) combined with the sounds of his childhood, and the result is a western composition that tells an eastern, Lebanese story.

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Sonates orientales

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Aïcha Redouane, Ensemble Al-Adwar Ocora • C 561020

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Aïcha Redouane

File in: World / Africa / Egypt On this new Ocora disc, Aïcha Redouane and the Ensemble Al-Adwar rediscover the art of wasla (a musical suite performed by a chamber orchestra — qanun zither, oud lute, kaman violin and riqq percussion), which reached its apogee in Cairo in the 19th century. It is a repertoire and a vocal technique that once seemed completely lost. Redouane, born in Morocco and raised in France, is a leading exponent of Arabic and Arabo-Andalusian music.

January 2010

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SOUNDS OF NATURE frémeaux

Sounds of nature — past and present Whale Songs — Recordings from the Deep

Nature Sounds Frémeaux & Associés • FA 651

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Jurassic Soundscapes — A Scientific Interpretation

Jean-Luc Herelle Frémeaux & Associés • FA 652

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USA & Canada — A Selection of Common Bird Songs

January 2010

Nature Sounds Frémeaux & Associés • FA 658

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File in: Sound Effects / Nature Sounds These three discs run the gamut of natural sounds, ranging from the ocean (whales) to the sky (birds) to a scientist’s interpretation of what dinosaurs may have sounded like. The whale songs disc features the songs and calls of five different species of whales collected by the Marine Mammal Fund in San Francisco.

The bird song disc is a sound guide that helps the listener to recognize 62 species of common NorthAmerican birds from their voices. At first blush, the idea that anyone can re-create the sounds of Jurassic dinosaurs might seem a little ridiculous. However, the disc’s sounds are based on recent scientific findings, particularly on the relationship between dinosaurs and today’s birds, and relies on information collected from dinosaur replicas produced by paleontologists.

JAZZ New jazz from Plus Loin Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

Elisabeth Kontomanou, Orchestre National de Lorraine, Jacques Mercier (conductor), Thomas Bramerie (double bass), Laurent Courthaliac (piano), Donald Kontomanou (drums) Plus Loin • PL 4520

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Siren Song — Live at Arsenal

File in: Jazz Elisabeth Kontomanou has sung in Paris and New York, as well as in Sweden.

Acclaimed by the critics for her two latest recordings, she was awarded the Vocal Jazz Award at the Victoires du Jazz competition in 2006. Since then, preferring an intimate style to an extrovert one and depth to superficial effects, she has performed widely in the most prestigious venues. With her latest album, Siren Song, recorded with the Lorraine National Orchestra, Kontomanou once again immerses herself in the great standard numbers that made jazz famous.

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French Suite

Thomas Savy Plus Loin • PL 100

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January 2010

File in: Jazz Following on the release of his widely acclaimed first album Archipel (Nocturne) in 2006, French clarinetist Thomas Savy went back in studio in June 2009 with his bass clarinet to record French Suite with Bill Stewart (drums) and Scott Colley (double-bass), at the legendary Systems Two Studios in NYC. The result is an album filled with energy and contrasts, both sensual and poetic. Savy transfigures his artistry here, pushing the boundaries instrument as he explores its full range and exploring the many nuances of composition and improvisation.

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JAZZ frémeaux

Swing vocals & Manouche favorites Pop in Swing

Pink Turtle Frémeaux & Associés • FA 503

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File in: Jazz Pink Turtle uses the ingenuity of jazz and effectiveness of swing to interpret the greatest pop hits from the last thirty years. This is a refreshingly fun album, far from stereotyped intellectual jazz, which takes us back to the essence of swing — true entertainment.

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Django à la Créole

Evan Christopher Frémeaux & Associés • FA 505

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File in: Jazz Ahmet Ertegun proclaimed that, “Evan Christopher is, in my estimation, not only the greatest jazz clarinetist alive, but one of the greatest of all time.”

On this album, Christopher is joined by guitarists Dave Blenkhorn and Dave Kelbie and bassist Sebastien Girardot in a selection of tunes by Django Reinhardt.

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Live in Le QuecumBar

January 2010

Angelo Debarre Frémeaux & Associés • FA 513

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File in: Jazz The foremost Gypsy guitarist in the world and a legend amongst European Gypsies, Angelo Debarre has astonished audiences with his virtuosity. Formed in 2000, the Angelo Debarre Quartet has been stunning audiences Europe wide with their cutting edge approach to the later period of the Reinhardt repertoire.

JAZZ A New Orleans music sampler frémeaux

Sound of New Orleans 1992-2005

Various Artists Frémeaux & Associés • FA 5223

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January 2010

File in: Jazz This is a two-CD compilation that cherry picks the catalog of Gary Edwards’ Sound Of New Orleans label. S.O.N.O. has always been very much a blue-collar label. Their roster doesn’t really have any high profile artists, the CDs don’t sport any “arty” covers and they’ve never had anything that resembles a hit. Often, artists’ sales from the bandstand amount to more than what regular retail sales amount to. However, Edwards managed to release some damn good CDs until Katrina sucker-punched him and his label. He literally lost everything. Because of the concept of this 40-track collection, it has a shotgun approach. There are lots of different artists and different styles of music. There are recognizable names including the Zion Harmonizers, Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. and Tommy Ridgley, but there are also artists that even in the household of a New Orleans music buff, are totally unknown. There is a conscious effort here to assemble songs strongly associated with New Orleans, i.e. “Go to the Mardi Gras,” “Hey Pocky Way,” “Sick and Tired,” etc. In iTunes terminology, if there was a “New Orleans Party Shuffle” playlist, this CD would fit the bill. Lots of listenable stuff here and a nice tribute to a guy who never got the credit he deserves.

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Concert Calendar • CLASSICAL January 2010

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Sir Colin Davis James Ehnes Bernarda Fink Marc-André Hamelin

LSO Live Onyx Classics harmonia mundi Hyperion

Angela Hewi Steven Isserlis

Hyperion Hyperion

Mariinsky Orchestra; Valery Gergiev

Mariinsky

Viktoria Mullova

Onyx Classics

Jon Nakamatsu

harmonia mundi

Garrick Ohlsson

Hyperion

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

RCO Live

Christine Schäfer Yeol Eum Son

Onyx Classics harmonia mundi

Takács Quartet

Hyperion

Tokyo String Quartet

harmonia mundi

Pieter Wispelwey Haochen Zhang

Onyx Classics harmonia mundi

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World Village

Zakir Hussain Shujaat Husain Khan Klezmatics

Network World Village Piranha

Kayhan Kalhor Gary Lucas Masters of Persian Music

World Village World Village World Village

Susan McKeown Ana Moura

World Village World Village

Christopher O'Riley

World Village

Omara Portuondo

World Village

Catherine Russell

World Village

Tinariwen

World Village

Marta Topferova

World Village

So Percussion Omara Sosa

Cantaloupe Otá

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