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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Valery Gergiev SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphonies Nos. 2 & 11

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To close out 2010, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra return to Shostakovich. This time, they tackle the revolution-inspired second and eleventh symphonies (p.7). The previous release in their cycle was nominated for two GRAMMY® awards. Also of note are a lovely Christmas CD from the Gloriae Dei Cantores choir (p.5), an album of Baroque music for countertenors on Mirare (p.8) and the reissue of the King’s Consort’s complete Purcell Odes on Hyperion (p.6.). On the non-classical side, the month’s key title is the World Village release of Guia by fado singer Antonio Zambujo (p.13). Zambujo’s interpretation of fado has a decidedly contemporary twist. Also, Lusafrica reissues the lovely Nha Sentimento by Cesaria Evora (p.15) featuring Egyptian collaborator Fathy Salama and Cape Verdeans Manuel de Novas and Teofilo Chantre. The CD includes a bonus duet track with Lura entitled “Moda Bô.”

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Byrd: Infelix Ego The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood Hyperion • CDA 67779

RECORDING OF THE YEAR Hyperion’s latest Byrd release with The Cardinall’s Musick and Andrew Carwood was awarded both Recording of the Year and the Early Music award.

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This year, the harmonia mundi label received two awards. Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis received the Solo Vocal award for their disc featuring Schubert’s Winterreise and Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov won the Chamber award for their set of the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas.

Schubert: Winterreise

Mark Padmore, Paul Lewis

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Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 2 Kristian Bezuidenhout harmonia mundi • HMU 907498

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Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart cycle continues Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout continues his multi-disc survey of Mozart’s music for solo keyboard. Volume 2 features an instrument by Paul McNulty, modelled on a Viennese original by Anton Walter & Sohn (c.1802).

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Il Canto delle Dame LEONARDA Ave suavis dilectio, Sonata VII a tre DEL BUONO Canone sopra l’ave Maris stella F. CACCINI Chi è costei, Maria, dolce Maria, Lo mi distruggo, Lasciatemi qui solo ASSANDRA Duo seraphim, Canzon a 4, O quam suavis, O salutaris hostia STROZZI Hor ch’apollo Serenata con violini, Arie a voce sola, Op.8 Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes Ambronay • AMY 025

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The genesis of Concerto Soave is closely bound up with the music of 17th-century Italian composers. The ensemble was the first, some 15 years ago, to devote a recording to the Sacri Musicali Affetti of Barbara Strozzi. However, the great Venetian woman composer is not the only one who deserves the honor of recording. Most of the female composers on Il Canto delle Dame came from the ranks of the aristocracy; some consecrated themselves to God. In both cases, they found the wherewithal not only to compose and to achieve recognition from their peers, but also to publish their output. Maria Cristina Kiehr has established a reputation with press and public alike as one of the leading interpreters of baroque vocal music. She is capable of combining the smoothness of her unique timbre with fervent respect for the poetic texts she champions with humility and warmth.

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

Ambronay • AMY 022 (3760135100224)

“An ideal realisation of Purcell’s tight-knit masterpiece, with young voices, a small instrumental ensemble, lively tempi and transparent textures.”

— THE OBSERVER

December 2010

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Famous masses by Josquin JOSQUIN Messes de l’Homme armé

Métamorphoses, Maurice Bourbon Calliope • CAL 9441

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L’homme arme is a Renaissance melody that provides the underpinning for many vocal works. Thought to be inspired by the crusades, a rough translation of its text is, “Fear the armed man; word has gone out that everyone should arm himself with chainmail coat of iron.” It is not clear exactly when Josquin wrote his masses, but both the Missa L’Homme armé super voces musicales and the Missa sexti toni were written for the Pope’s chapel and were printed by the Venetian printer Petrucci in 1502. Maurice Bourbon and the vocal ensemble Métamorphoses plan to record the complete masses of Josquin Desprez.

December 2010

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The art of the cello concerto

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Milestones Six Cello Concertos Spanning 200 Years

Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Florilegium, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Richard Togne i, Lawrence Renes, Jac van Steen Channel Classics • CCS SEL 1498

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Previously released September 2001 and Deleted December 2007 Cellist Pieter Wispelwey’s many excellent Channel Classics recordings have won the artist many fans. Milestones, a specially priced collection of cello works spanning 200 years, is being offered again at a special price. The set features both concertos by Haydn, coupled with concertos by Schumann, Dvorák, Elgar and Lutoslawski. Filler works include Haydn’s symphony No.104, Dvorák’s Silent Woods, Tchaikovsky’s Andante cantabile as well as chamber works by Schumann, Vivaldi and Hindemith.

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Keeping Christmas Beloved Carols and the Christmas Story

Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth Pa erson Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 050

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The great mystery of Christmas is explored on Keeping Christmas, the latest release from Gloriae Dei Cantores. A beloved holiday tradition on Cape Cod, the singers of Gloriae Dei Cantores celebrate the joys of the season with a traditional candlelit service of readings and carols held at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, Massachusetts. This retelling of the stories of Christ’s birth will stir memories and inspire hope for peace and goodwill toward others.

Recently released Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 122 (709887012228)

“Its sparkling bells create a timeless holiday ambiance.”

— CHRISTMASREVIEWS.COM

December 2010

The Bells of Christmas

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Purcell revisited

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PURCELL Complete Odes & Welcome Songs The Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King Hyperion • CDS 44031

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REMINDER ONLY — Originally Released in December 1992 Strictly speaking this is not a new release, but as the original issue of this important and unique set has been out of stock for almost two years, a reminder is justified. The need to create new artwork caused a hiatus in repressing, but it also gave Hyperion the opportunity to re-think the packaging.

The set is now contained within a slim, clamshell-style box with cardboard inner sleeves (rather than the original, large box containing eight standard jewel cases with individual booklets for each disc).

There is now one substantial and fully updated 72-page booklet, which contains all the texts and a trilingual note. This is the only complete recording of Purcell’s Odes and Welcome Songs and, as such, one of the treasures of the Hyperion catalogue - it makes a very welcome return.

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TRACK LIST Arise, my muse Welcome to all the pleasures Now does the glorious day appear Hail! bright Cecilia Who can from joy refrain?

Fly, bold rebellion Sound the trumpet, beat the drum Celebrate this Festival Ye tuneful Muses Celestial music did the gods inspire From hardy Climes and dangerous Toils of War Welcome, welcome, glorious morn Great Parent, Hail to Thee!

The summer’s absence unconcerned we bear Love’s goddess sure was blind Raise, raise the voice From those serene and rapturous joys Of old, when heroes thought it base Swifter, Isis, swifter flow What shall be done in behalf of the man?

Come ye sons of Art, away Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty King Why, why are all the Muses mute?

Shostakovich’s revolutionary symphonies mariinsky

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos.2 & 11

Mariinsky Orchestra, Mariinsky Chorus, Valery Gergiev Mariinsky • MAR 0507

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The debut release in Valer y Gergiev’s Shostakovich symphony cycle with the Mariinsky Orchestra was nominated for two GRAMMY® awards. The latest chapter in the series features the second and eleventh symphonies, which were both inspired by Russian revolutions. The eleventh, subtitled “The Year 1905,” marks the bloody revolution of that year. It is an astonishingly atmospheric symphony of cinematic breadth, especially in the second movement, which depicts the “Bloody Sunday” massacre in St. Petersburg. The second symphony was written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution and even at only twenty minutes in length, it has no shortage of drama. Dismissed by the composer later in his career as an experiment, it remains an important step in the development of one of the greatest symphonists. Both works receive definitive performances here, enhanced by stunning surround-sound.

“Valery Gergiev and this orchestra have music like this in their DNA.” — CLASSICAL MUSIC SENTINEL

Also available Mariinsky • MAR 0502 (822231850229)

“In Gergiev’s hands, it’s a confident, life-affirming, outgoing expression of youthful genius.”

— THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

December 2010

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15

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London’s Baroque masters mirare

BLOW Odes & Songs PURCELL Odes & Songs

Carlos Mena (counter-tenor), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot Mirare • MIR 109

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There is no record of how Pu r c e l l ’s u n p r e c e d e n t e d youthful genius was received by his contemporaries at this time, though it seems logical that it must have caused considerable wonder in the musical world centered around Westminster. The reality of London musical life was in fact difficult, frenetic and grossly underfunded, and, along with the whole city, was thrown into confusion with the outbreak of the plague, the war with the Dutch and a catastrophic fire. In the midst of this chaos, a lifelong friendship developed with Blow, who relinquished his post as organist at Westminster Abbey to the twenty year-old Purcell in 1679. Was it an act of simple generosity alone — or was it also recognition of a bewildering superiority and the inevitable need to stand aside? The listener can decide with this selection of odes and songs by both composers. Countertenor soloists Carlos Mena and Damien Guillon are backed by the stylish and adept accompaniment of Philippe Pierlot and his Ricercar Consort.. These two remarkable singers present a deeply emotional program to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Purcell’s birth.

December 2010

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Stabat Mater Mirare • MIR 50 (3760127220503)

“Deeply sad but incomparably beautiful... highly recommended.”

— EARLY MUSIC NEWS

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Henri Demarque e (cello), Brigi e Engerer (piano), Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Joseph Swensen Mirare • MIR 108

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SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto, Carnival of the Animals, Cello Sonata No.1, Romance and Serenade

Mirare’s release of Henri Demarquette playing the cello music of Saint-Saëns includes all the major works for cello solo as well as the beloved Carnival of the Animals, which features the instrument prominently. The composer, apparently concerned that the piece was too frivolous, suppressed performances of it and only allowed one movement, “Le cygne,” (for cello solo) to be published in his lifetime. Saint-Saëns did, however, include a provision which allowed the suite to be published after his death. It was first performed in 1922, and it has since become one of his most popular works. Joined here by one of his favorite accompanists, Brigitte Engerer, Demarquette plays a cello built

by Italian luthier Goffredo Cappa in 1697.

Mendelssohn’s homage to Beethoven

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MENDELSSOHN String Quartets Opp.13 & 80, Capriccio

Modigliani Quartet Mirare • MIR 120

December 2010

Though Mendelssohn was still a teenager when he wrote his second quartet, Op.13, he was already an experienced composer of chamber music. He wrote the work two years after Ludwig van Beethoven published his last quartets. Mendelssohn was fascinated by them, carefully studied the scores and included many quotes from Beethoven’s quartets in his own opus 13. His sixth and final quartet, Op.80, was composed after the death of his sister, which was a devastating blow to Mendelssohn. The quartet was also his last major composition, as he died only two months after its completion. The Modigliani Quartet offers thoughtful and inspired performances of these cornerstone works.

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The poetry of Bach’s music phil.harmonie frémeaux

BACH Partitas for Solo Violin Nos.2 & 3

Kolja Blacher (violin), Frank Arnold (speaker) Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06007

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German Baroque poets produced works of astonishing quality that were essential to the intellectual climate in which Johann Sebastian Bach grew up. The purpose of this CD is to draw attention to the link between the associations and ideas that informed the poets of the baroque era and the music of J.S. Bach, and so inspire listeners to explore the interaction of music and text in greater depth. Featured works are two of the solo violin Partitas - some of the most eloquent music Bach wrote - played by Kolja Blacher. Completing the concept, Frank Arnold offers evocative poetry readings interspersed between movements.

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Quartet favorites on SACD HAYDN String Quartets Op.54 Nos.1-3

Párkányí Quartet Praga • PRD 250272

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December 2010

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Haydn’s opus 54 quartets fit the archetype of the Classical quartet, but expand the emotional and harmonic language in fascinating ways. The usual wit, humor and drama are in evidence as always, but here Haydn introduces new moods - offering music that is at times seductive and mysterious. The Párkányí Quartet delve deep into this expanded palette, bringing out every nuance. The quartets of opus 44 were written at the height of Mendelssohn’s career.

MENDELSSOHN String Quartets Op.44 Nos.1 & 3, Four Pieces for String Quartet Op.81 Nos.1 & 2 Zemlinsky Quartet Praga • PRD 250269

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Their radiant, virtuoso allegros and singing slow movements tinged with nostalgia are brilliant examples of the composer’s knack for eloquent musical communication. The Four Pieces for String Quartet were among Mendelssohn’s final works. The acclaimed Zemlinsky Quartet bring out all the joys and sorrows present in these quartets.

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Guarneri Trio Prague Praga • PRD 250273

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BRAHMS Piano Trios Vol.2 - Op.87 & Op. Posth.

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The Guarneri Trio Prague returns to Brahms with a second volume of his Piano Trios.

The trio number two, opus 87, was completed in the summer of 1882 and is a richly romantic work, full of soaring melodies. The A major trio, opus posthumous, is likely from the early 1850s. Its attribution is not certain. This ‘sturm and drang’ trio is one of the most mysterious components of the composer’s legacy, originally culled from a collection of musical manuscripts by musicologist Ernst Bücken in 1924.

Orchestral rarities Price Code: 3A13 (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $41.98)

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The Capitol Recordings

Ventsislaw Yankov (piano), NWDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Tahra • TAH 694

This welcome re-issue features rarities from Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt’s recordings for the Capitol label. Serious listeners, as well as members of the conducting profession, have long searched for these rare performances. The set includes music by the conductor’s favorite composer, Mozart, as well as symphonies by Haydn, Brahms and Schubert. Beethoven is represented by the third piano concerto, and the set concludes with opera excerpts from Schubert’s Rosamunde and Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

December 2010

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WORLD A star of New Flamenco chant du monde

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Martirio Chant du Monde • 2741859

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December 2010

File in: World / Spain With this live album, made over three nights in Barcelona in October 2008, the Spanish singer Martirio celebrates an amazing 25 year performing career. Usually dubbed a flamenco singer, Martirio has proved herself to be far more than that, seamlessly blending flamenco with tango, guaracha, bolero, son, tumbao and jazz. She is accompanied here by her son Raul Rodriguez on guitar and Jesus Lavilla on piano on an intimate and personal selection of some of the best-loved songs from her repertoire.

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WORLD Fado fusion Guia

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António Zambujo World Village • 479049

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File in: World / Portugal Born in the southern Portuguese town of Beja in 1975, António Zambujo has matured into a major voice in a new generation of fado singers. After early clarinet studies, he began singing following success in a regional fado contest at age sixteen. Zambujo turned professional once the renowned composer Mario Pacheco invited him to sing in Lisbon’s Clube de Fado. But what propelled him into the national limelight was his role as Francisco da Cruz in the musical “Amalia,” based on the life of Amalia Rodrigues. Guia is Zambujo’s fourth album, following 2007’s Outro Sentido, which was a Songlines Top of the World selection. His music merges “cante Alentejano” (a unique traditional style from the Alentejano region) and fado — a daring fusion the singer has pulled off with aplomb.

Also available World Village • 479024 (794881905720)

“Outro Sentido is António Zambujo’s coming of age as a great singer. The highlights on this CD are just too many to mention: it is one not to be missed.”

— SONGLINES

December 2010

Outro Sentido

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WORLD Gnawa blues Number One Bus

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Nuru Kane Iris • 3002012

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December 2010

File in: World / Senegal Senegalese singer Nuru Kane left Dakar in the late 1990s. He migrated first to London, then to Paris. In those cities, his multiinstrumentalism as a guitarist, bass player and singer put him in high demand. However, it was a trip to Morocco that exposed him to the music of the Gnawa, and it became a turning point in his musical career. Kane left Morocco with a Guimbri and returned to Paris where he formed a band. Overall, his music reflects the meeting between North and West African musical styles. Number One Bus looks back over his years in London. Its urban theme comes from observing people over three years taking the same bus from his neighborhood in Bermondsey in South London. While remaining faithful to Gnawa music, key to his artistic identity, this album adds a pronounced blues touch to his work.

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WORLD Special bonus-track reissue Nha sentimento

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Cesaria Evora Lusafrica • 562552

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Previously available as 562502 (3567255625022) Deleted October 2010 File in: World / Cape Verde Cesaria Evora 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. Her latest album, Nha Sentimento, ventures further afield than ever before, twisting Arabic musical traditions into bluesy, sinuous compositions from some of Cape Verde’s best songwriters. This special re-issue includes a bonus duet with Lura entitled “Moda Bô.”

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

— ROLLING STONE

Also available “Radio Mindelo is a collection of assured and memorable recordings from the early 1960s... She was a prodigy, already infusing the material with emotional experience that seemed beyond her years.”

— SHEPHERD EXPRESS

December 2010

Radio Mindelo

Lusafrica • 562202 (567255622024)

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WORLD frémeaux ocora

Traditional music recordings Kazakh Songs and Epic Tradition of the West Various Artists Ocora • C 583051

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File in: World / Mongolia Through songs by the Kazakh nomads (accompanied on the dombra lute, with rhythms inspired by the different paces of the horse) and the millenary art of the epic passed on by the bards (for important occasions or to accompany the hunters), this recording shows two aspects of traditional music from Mongolia.

Music from Entre Douro e Vouga Various Artists Ocora • C 600021

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December 2010

File in: World / Portugal Entre Douro e Vouga – a region of northern Portugal – has produced music of great musical variety. A large stock of polyphonic songs associated with religious practices (prayers, hymns, songs for Lent, Christmas carols) duel singing and also brass bands, groups of cavaquinhos, guitars and accordions give evidence of a strong local identity that has helped keep its traditions alive.

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A Gypsy jazz rarity

JAZZ

Impromptu

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Angelo Debarre Quartet Frémeaux • FA 522

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File in: Jazz The arrival of a n e w re c o rd by Angelo Debarre always cheers up fans of the gypsy-jazz school. Rare indeed are the musicians who can maintain the same perfection of form - and constantly renew its richness - while sweeping across such a vast spectrum: from swing that kicks to lilting waltzes and lyrical gypsy ballads. Originally produced by Dave Kelbie’s Lejazzetal setup in London to immortalize some remarkable studio-sessions, Impromptu was never distributed outside of an intimate circle of swingenthusiasts. This marks the album’s first commercial release, so Djangophiles can finally get another taste of the exceptional qualities of Debarre’s London quartet.

Also available Frémeaux • FA 513 (3448960251327)

“Debarre’s quartet play gypsy jazz with skill and élan. These guys are the real deal.”

— THEJAZZMAN.COM

December 2010

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JAZZ Oliver Nelson’s jazz masterpiece The Blues and the Abstract Truth

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Oliver Nelson Sextet APO • CIPJ 5 SA

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December 2010

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo File in: Jazz As Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he is less well-known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. The Blues And The Abstract Truth is his triumph as a musician, and literally defines the sound of an era. For this masterpiece, Nelson assembled one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever. Lead trumpeter Freddie Hubbard is at his peak of performance, while alto saxophonists Nelson and Eric Dolphy (Nelson doubling on tenor) team to for an unlikely union that was simmered to perfection. Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Roy Haynes (drums) can do no wrong as a rhythm section.

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JAZZ Swing with the Count on SACD Count Basie & The Kansas City 7

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Count Basie APO • CIPJ 15 SA

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo File in: Jazz For many fans, the equation Count Basie = Big Band Jazz is indisputable. Upon listening to these eight numbers, a new equation becomes equally clear - less is more when it comes to swing. Bob Thiele, Impulse producer, came to the conclusion that even with a meager budget, a whole lot of music with a terrific sound could be squeezed into the grooves. As always, the great soloists of the Basie big band are on top form. First and foremost is Frank Wess, who demonstrates why the flute is so popular for its sound-coloring and as a solo instrument. Thad Jones on the trumpet is outstanding in all the numbers – and is equally important as composer and arranger. On this disc, carefully remastered for SACD by APO, the Count, delivers one adrenaline-like thrill after another.

December 2010

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JAZZ A Roy Haynes favorite, now on SACD Out of the A ernoon

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Roy Haynes Quartet APO • CIPJ 23 SA

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December 2010

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo File in: Jazz Out of the Afternoon is a 1962 set from the Roy Haynes Quartet – which, at the time, consisted of Haynes, Henry Grimes on bass, Tommy Flanagan on piano and Roland Kirk on saxes, manzello, stritch and flutes. The album is a delightful mix of technique in arrangement and performance, with all of the musicians delivering terrific work – Haynes’ drumming is absolutely wonderful here, lightly dancing around the other instruments. Flanagan’s piano playing is equally light and delicate, and Grimes’ bass work is outstanding.

There’s not much that can be said about Kirk’s fluid sax and flute work that hasn’t already been said a hundred times.

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JAZZ An Ellington classic Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

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Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins APO • CIPJ 26 SA

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo File in: Jazz Collaborative albums such as this one have always been something of a stunt on the part of the record label, with the artists themselves usually stuck with too little time to work out something that would easily act as a functional compromise. Many of these albums, then, have faded away with time. Impulse, however, had more than its share of solid collaborations. This one is a lot of fun, whether it’s the daffy cut-up of “Limbo Jazz” or the slow New Orleans smoke of “Wanderlust.” All present turn in nice performances on this set of Duke Ellington numbers.

December 2010

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Concert Calendar • CLASSICAL December 2010

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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