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harmonia mundi usa NEW RELEASES

JANUARY 11, 2011

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MOZART Keyboard Music Vol. 2

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The harmonia mundi label rings in the New Year with discs from two excellent ongoing series — volume five of Matthias Goerne’s Schubert Edition, Nacht und Träume, (p.4) and volume two of Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart keyboard music cycle (p.5). Also from the label are Trio Wanderer’s moving new recording of Smetana and Liszt trios (p.3), and J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue (p.6) played by the always inventive Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Hyperion offers the final volume in Lawrence Power’s Hindemith series (p.17) while LSO Live launches Sir Colin Davis’ new cycle of Nielsen’s symphonies (p.22). Onyx welcomes 2011 with RimskyKorsakov’s Scheherazade and Russian Easter Festival Overture (p.23) with Charles Dutoit and his new orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic. Also featured on Onyx is James Ehnes’s recording of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (p.25) with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Also of note this month is the launch of Helicon, the label of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (p.16) and on the non-classical side, the release of five more titles on the brand-new SmallsLIVE jazz label.

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“If you want ‘original’ instruments, this set fully lives up to the highest expectations.

Of its kind, there is none better.”

“Splendidly varied and expressively wide-ranging, and the performances are absolutely stunning... the music is all so delightfully done...

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Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 2 Elizabeth Watts, The English Concert harmonia mundi • HMU 807550

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Elizabeth Watts sings J.S. Bach with The English Concert Winner of the 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Award and the 2007 Cardiff Song Prize, soprano Elizabeth Watts makes her harmonia mundi début in a luminous programme of Bach cantatas and arias, deftly supported by The English Concert led by Harry Bicket.

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Elegiac works for piano trio harmonia harmoniamundi mundi

SMETANA Piano Trio LISZT Elegies

Trio Wanderer harmonia mundi • HMC 902060

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This resolutely elegiac disc offers an opportunity to discover, through their chamber music, the dark side of two composers who are not often associated. Smetana’s primary purpose was to give utterance to a cry of pain at his daughter’s death through the medium of the piano trio. In the Liszt pieces, elegies and funeral gondolas remind us of the deeply human and tormented nature of a composer haunted by death and who, more than any other, was capable of expressing its icy smile.

The Trio Wanderer realize all this in deeply moving performances.

“There’s no question that the Trio Wanderer are a very classy ensemble.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Fauré: Piano Quartets

harmonia mundi • HMC 902032 (794881941124)

“This is their best thus far...”

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Goerne’s epic Schubert lieder harmonia frÊmeaux mundi

Ma hias Goerne Schubert Edition Vol.5 SCHUBERT Nacht und Träume Ma hias Goerne (baritone), Alexander Schmalcz (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902063

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“When the Goerne Edition is complete it will stand as a great monument to the most important and still far from appreciated part of Schubert’s output.� — FANFARE

The latest release in harmonia mundi’s Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition features a selection of songs on the topics of Nacht und Träume (night and dreams), and the connection between them and the oblivion of death. Poems by Rßckert, Schiller and Shakespeare combine with Schubert’s uncanny word painting to create a recital of deep emotional weight and intensity.

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Schubert: Heliopolis

harmonia mundi • HMC 902035 (794881924929)

“His exquisite readings are unsurpassed.�

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Bezuidenhout’s sparkling Mozart harmonia harmonia mundi mundi

MOZART Keyboard Music Vol.2 Piano Sonatas K330 & 457, Rondos K485 & 511, Adagio K540

Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) harmonia mundi • HMU 907498

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Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout continues his multi-disc survey of Mozart’s music for solo keyboard. Volume 2 features an instrument

by Paul McNulty, modeled on a Viennese original by Anton Walter & Sohn (c.1802).

“A prince of the fortepiano.”

— THE TIMES

Also available harmonia mundi • HMU 907497 (093046749729)

“Bezuidenhout rises with real aplomb and with refreshingly understated bravura.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

January 2011

Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol.1

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A masterpiece of counterpoint harmonia frémeaux mundi

J.S.BACH The Art of Fugue

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin harmonia mundi • HMC 902064

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“One of the most exciting period-instrument ensembles.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE Since Bach was more than cryptic in indicating the instrumentation of what is often regarded as his musical testament, The Art of Fugue has been subjected to an infinite variety of arrangements for all sorts of instruments. This recording follows a series of performances in which the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin tested a highly unusual concept: rather than play uniformly one after the other the contrapuncti and canons that Bach left us, they have made great efforts to diversify both the instrumentarium and the macrostructure - to the point where we end up, to our delight, experiencing their interpretation as an exciting musical game for several players.

January 2011

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Vivaldi: Four Seasons

harmonia mundi • HMC 902061 (794881942725)

“This disc is a stunner.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Budget-priced reissues Dances of the Renaissance

Previously Available as HMA 1951610 (794881672721) Deleted November 2006

Price Code: A08 (Suggested Retail Price: $8.98)

Chorale Sofia, Dimitre Rouskov harmonia mundi • HMA 195641

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BARTÓK Romanian Dances, Sonata, Suite, Improvisations, En Plein Air

Claude Helffer (piano) harmonia mundi • HMA 1951094

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JOSQUIN Stabat mater, Motets

Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe harmonia mundi • HMA 1951243

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Previously Available as HMC 901243 (3149021312437) Deleted August 2008

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Previously Available as HMA 1901094 (093046868123) Deleted August 2002

Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès harmonia mundi • HMA 1951148

Hk948 1c(*#&@]T Hk948 1c(*$)@WM Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

Previously Available as HMA 190641 (794881478125) Deleted December 2010

Ecole de Notre Dame – Mass for Christmas Day

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Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic harmonia mundi • HMA 195610

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Cantiques de l’Orient – Canticles from Lebanon

Sister Marie Keyrouz, Ensemble de la Paix harmonia mundi • HMA 1951577

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French music for clarinet & piano

Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) harmonia mundi • HMA 1951596

Previously Available as HMN 911596 (794881373727) Deleted June 2009

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XENAKIS Pléiades

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Les Percussions de Strasbourg harmonia mundi • HMA 1955185

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Previously Available as HMA 1905185 (794881342525) Deleted August 2010

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ROSSINI Péchés de Vieillesse – Sins of Old Age

Frederic Chiu (piano) harmonia mundi • HMA 1957102

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Previously Available as HMU 907102 (093046710224) Deleted March 2001

MAHLER Symphony No.1, Blumine

Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd harmonia mundi • HMA 1957118

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Previously Available as HMX 3957118 (713746711825) Deleted February 2007

BRAHMS Piano Sonata No.3, Fantaisies

Jon Nakamatsu (piano) harmonia mundi • HMA 1957339

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Previously Available as HMU 907339 (093046733926) Deleted February 2010

A fresh look at Saint-Saëns favorites Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

Daniel Roth (organ), Jean-François Heisser (piano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth Actes Sud • ASM 04

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SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No.3, Piano Concerto No.4

Conductor François-Xavier Roth formed the chamber orchestra Les Siècles in 2003, bringing together a generation of young musicians from the finest French ensembles.

Actes Sud continues their series of recordings with these exceptional artists with a disc featuring works by Saint-Saëns. The evergreen Organ Symphony (with the conductor’s father as soloist), is paired with the fourth piano concerto played by Jean-François Heisser.

The Swedish Radio Choir debuts on Channel Classics Price Code: A21 (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD

Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra Channel Classics • CCS SA 29910

January 2011

When composing for choir, Sven-David Sandström (1942–) does not hold back in terms of expression or technical demands. This contributes toward a powerfully emotional tonal language, to which the ‘Nordic sound’ of the Swedish Radio Choir is perfectly suited.

Composer and choir have worked together for years and their close relationship is evident in the excellent performances heard here. Channel’s usual superb multi-channel recording provides the perfect ambience to allow the music to speak.

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Nordic Sounds SANDSTROM Lobet den Herrn, Ave Maria, Hear my prayer O Lord, Es ist genug, A new song of love, Laudamus Te, Agnus Dei, Singet dem Herrn

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BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations, Bagatelles

Gary Cooper (fortepiano) Channel Classics • CCS SA 29110

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD In his extensive liner notes, based on many letters and historical documents, Gary Cooperwonders why Beethoven chose to continue composing after the onset of deafness.

He writes, “I cannot imagine that I am alone in feeling both puzzled & amazed by this, as well as gratitude that he did so, since many of his very finest, most sublime works stem from this later period. The key word here is imagination: while we imagine Beethoven should be pitied, I also imagine he pitied others since, through deafness, he was no longer prey to the prosaic nature of general conversation which he abhorred above all else; and in this new-found world of profound silence, his fecund imagination created nothing but unadulterated music, without reference to anyone but himself, and his maker.”

January 2011

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Haydn: Late Piano Works

Channel • CCS SA 26509 (723385265092)

“Stylish and characterful.”

— STEREOPHILE

A major Boughton premiere Price Code: 2A22 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $45.98)

Joan Rodgers (soprano), Elizabeth Weisberg (soprano), Patricia Orr (mezzo-soprano), Heather Shipp (mezzo-soprano), Peter Wilman (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), Philip Tebb (bass) New London Orchestra, London Chorus, Ronald Corp Du on Laboratories • 2CDLX 7256

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BOUGHTON The Queen of Cornwall

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the composer Rutland Boughton (18781960), Dutton Epoch presents the world premiere complete recording of Boughton’s opera The Queen of Cornwall. Based on the play of the same name by Thomas Hardy, Boughton’s glorious, lyrical score is vividly realized. Included in this deluxe 2-CD set is a 32-page booklet containing the full libretto text, plus rare pictures from the Boughton family archive showing the original 1924 Glastonbury Festival production.

Rarities from Bate and Arnell

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BATE Symphony No.4 ARNELL Symphony No.7

Royal Sco ish National Orchestra, Martin Yates Du on Laboratories • CDLX 7255

January 2011

The third volume of Dutton Epoch’s Stanley Bate series features the powerful Fourth Symphony, dating from the mid-1950s and possibly the most rewarding Bate discovery thus far. Martin Yates and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra couple it with Yates’ own completion of Richard Arnell’s Seventh Symphony, a heroic and affirmative work celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela. This remarkable program presents major finds, which all CD collectors will want to explore. All are world premiere recordings.

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21st-century English concertos PATTERSON Violin Concerto, Viola Concerto, Cello Concerto

Tamás András (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Alice Neary (cello), Orchestra Nova, George Vass Du on Laboratories • CDLX 7257

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Composer Paul Patterson was present at the sessions for this recording of his three string concertos - one each for violin, viola and cello. With soloists Tamás András (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) and Alice Neary (cello) sympathetically directed

by George Vass, this is involving and approachable music of the new century that will appeal to a wide audience.

Stunning Elgar transcriptions ELGAR (arr. Farrington) Concert Allegro, Symphony No.2, Two Piano Improvisations

January 2011

Iain Farrington (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, George Vass Du on Laboratories • CDLX 7259

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The brilliant pianist and organist Iain Farrington features as soloist in this revelatory new recording of his piano and orchestra transcription of Elgar’s Concert Allegro for piano. Written in 1901 for Fanny Davies as a ‘Concerto (without orchestra)’, the work was long forgotten until it was rediscovered in 1969. The disc is completed by another Farrington transcription, this time of Elgar’s Second Symphony for piano solo.

All are world premiere recordings.

Light music by John Foulds Price Code: A22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98)

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FOULDS Orchestral Music Vol.2 Music-Pictures Group VI: Gaelic Melodies, The Florida Spiritual, La Belle Pierre e: Intermezzo Impromptu, Darby and Joan: An Old English Idyll, Music-Pictures Group IV: Suite for String Orchestra, Strophes from an Antique Song, Indian Suite, Henry VIII

BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp Du‹on Laboratories • CDLX 7260

Volume two of Dutton Epoch’s John Foulds series contains many more light music suites and encores, coupled with the invigorating Indian Suite. Dutton Epoch’s first pioneering recording of the music of John Foulds with the BBC Concert Orchestra directed by Ronald Corp was a delightful discovery for admirers of Foulds’ serious music and light music buffs alike. In this further selection almost none of this catchy and engaging music has been recorded before.

Bold concertos by David MaŠhews

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MATTHEWS Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2, Oboe Concerto, Ažer Sunrise

Philippe Graffin (violin), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Nova, George Vass Du‹on Laboratories • CDLX 7261

Dutton Epoch’s Matthews series reaches its fourth volume with this disc featuring his two Violin Concertos played by Philippe Graffin. These works are coupled with Matthews’ Oboe Concerto in which Nicholas Daniel is the soloist with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The program is completed by Matthews’ evocative tone poem After Sunrise.

January 2011

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Edwardian tone poems BOUGHTON Love and Spring, Troilus & Cressida, A Summer Night BAINTON Paracelsus, Pompilia, Prometheus Royal Sco ish National Orchestra, Martin Yates Du on Laboratories • CDLX 7262

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Also marking the Boughton anniversary, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Martin Yates offer world premiere recordings of three of Boughton’s romantic Edwardian tone poems. Surprisingly, this entrancing music has gone unplayed for a century. The program is made even more attractive by being coupled with three similar Edwardian-era tone poems by Boughton’s friend Edgar Bainton. If you like gorgeously scored, tuneful music, this disc is for you.

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Historic recordings by Sir Adrian Boult 1956 Nixa-Westminster Stereo Recordings Vol.2 SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos.1-4 BERLIOZ Waverly, Béatrice et Bénédict, Le Roi Lear, Rob Roy, Le Corsaire, Benvenuto Cellini, Le Carnaval romain

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Price Code: 3A19 (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $59.98)

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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult First Hand • FHR 07

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This significant historical recording follows on from First Hand’s acclaimed first release this series. All the Schumann symphonies and the complete Berlioz overtures – some receiving their CD debuts - are presented here in a fabulously packaged three disc set. These 1956 Nixa-Westminster recordings have been faithfully remastered at Abbey Road Studios from original analog tapes held in the EMI and Universal archives. The sound quality is quite astonishing, especially considering they were made over fifty years ago. Sir Adrian Boult is featured, conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in works he would never return to again in the studio.

Gounod’s charming Mireille Price Code: 2A21 (2 DVD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $43.98) All Zones; 152 minutes; Bonus Material 27 minutes; DTS 5.1; Format 16/9

Inva Mula (soprano), Charles Castronovo (tenor), Franck Ferrari (baritone), Alain Vernhes (baritone), Paris National Opera Orchestra, Paris National Opera Chorus, Marc Minkowski FRA Musica • FRA 002

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GOUNOD Mireille

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Price Code: A37 (Suggested Retail Price: $37.98) All Zones; 152 minutes; Bonus Material 27 minutes; Format HD; DTS 5.1

This exceptional production features Gounod’s largely forgotten o p e r a Mi re i l l e .

Performed at the Opéra National de Paris, it was a great triumph for conductor Marc Minkowski and attracted more than a million viewers when broadcast on French television. In 1859, the young Provençal poet Fredéric Mistral wrote Miréio, a vast epic love poem.

Gounod read Mireille shortly after publication and went to SaintRémy de Provence to meet Mistral. Gounod was charmed by the originality of the work, the story being much less contrived than many of those on the operatic stage at the time. The opera has had a difficult career and was revised and altered several times. In 1939, Guy Ferrant and Henri Busser, disciples of Gounod, restored the work to its original five acts. There is no competition on either DVD or Blu-Ray.

Recently released FRA Musica • FRA 004 (3770002003060)

“This is a fine performance… Picture and sound, as well as direction for the small screen, could not be better.”

— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

January 2011

Bizet: Carmen

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New from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

BLOCH Avodath Hakodesh – Sacred Service J.S.BACH Cantata BWV140 Talia Or (soprano), Douglas Purcell (tenor), Klaus Häger (baritone), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Rachel Frieder (narrator), Collegiate Chorale, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9623

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BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos.5 & 6, Creatures of Prometheus Overture Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9628

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BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem

Chen Reiss (soprano), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Gary Bertini Israeli Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9629

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New to the harmonia mundi usa distribution catalog, Helicon is the house label of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. From the day of its first concert, the orchestra has become a flagship of the classical music scene in Israel and a cornerstone of cultural life in the country. The IPO appears as Israel’s “ambassador of goodwill” all around the world, wherever there is love and appreciation for music. As one of the world’s foremost orchestras, the IPO is a source of attraction for great conductors and soloists from all over the world. These three initial releases cover a wide range of repertoire and demonstrate the orchestra’s immense skill and keen musical insight. All feature the orchestra’s beloved principal conductor and music director, Zubin Mehta.

Hyperion’s Hindemith series concludes hyperion

HINDEMITH Complete Viola Music Vol.3 Konzertmusik, Der Schwanendreher, Trauermusik, Kammermusik No.5 Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Sco ish Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton Hyperion • CDA 67774

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Vi o l i s t L a w re n c e Pow e r’s revelatory Hindemith series concludes with this disc of music for viola and orchestra.

Throughout the series, Power’s vivid and eloquent performances have left critics and the listening public with no doubt that the somewhat ‘difficult’ reputation of the composer is ill-deserved. The works recorded here include Der Schwanendreher, Hindemith’s only concerto for viola and full orchestra. Also included is Trauermusik, one of Hindemith’s most celebrated works, written (in haste) especially for a BBC broadcast of his music. King George V had died the day before and funeral music had to replace the planned program. It is a shining example of an ‘occasional composition’ that far transcends its occasion and makes a distinct contribution to the general repertoire.

“Not since the days of William Primrose have I heard Hindemith’s viola music played with such warmth and conviction.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67721 (034571177212)

“Vital performances.”

— FANFARE

Hindemith: Complete Viola Music Vol.2

Hyperion • CDA 67769 (034571177694)

“An absolutely stunning demonstration of viola playing.”

— THE STRAD

January 2011

Hindemith: Complete Viola Music Vol.1

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New Liszt discoveries frémeaux hyperion

LISZT New Discoveries Vol. 3 Leslie Howard (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67810

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Price Code: A19 (2 CDs for the Price of 1, Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

2 CDs for the Price of 1 Liszt was born 200 years ago in 1811. To begin his bicentenary birthday celebration, Hyperion presents a disc of works that have been recorded, and indeed heard here, for the first time. Leslie Howard has long been acknowledged as the foremost Liszt scholar and performer in the world today and this disc is a perfect example of his tireless work on behalf of the composer.

January 2011

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Romancero espagnol Two Pieces from the oratorio Christus Magnificat Trois Chansons Album-Leaf ‘Andantino in A flat major’ Album-Leaf in G major Variations ‘Tiszántuli szép léany’ Lyubila ya de Wielhorsky - Romance Schlummerlied Valse-Impromptu

Lyubila ya de Wielhorsky - Romance Marche des pèlerins chantant la prière du soir de la Symphonie d’Harold [en Italie] composée par Berlioz Einzug der Gäste auf Wartburg - Marsch aus Richard Wagners Tannhäuser Adagio non troppo Album-Leaf ‘Andantino in E flat major’ Album-Leaf ‘Andante in E flat major’ Album-Leaf in C major ‘Lyon’ Album-Leaf ‘Quasi mazurek in C major’ Album-Leaf ‘Adagio - religioso in C major’ Album-Leaf ‘Agitato in G major’ Album-Leaf ‘Andante religiosamente in G major’ Album-Leaf ‘Tempo di marcia in E flat major’ Album-Leaf ‘Fugue chromatique’ - Allegro in G minor Album-Leaf in E flat major Album-Leaf in G minor

Album-Leaf ‘Langsam in C sharp minor’ Album-Leaf ‘Moderato in D flat major’ Album-Leaf ‘Vivace ma non troppo in D flat major’ Album-Leaf ‘Larghetto in D flat major’ Album-Leaf ‘Schlusschor des entfesselten Prometheus’ Album-Leaf ‘Magyar in D flat major’ Prozinsky Fragment for piano Album-Leaf ‘Allegretto in A major’ Album-Leaf in A major Album-Leaf in E major Album-Leaf ‘Andantino in E major’ Album-Leaf ‘Purgatorio’ - Andante in B minor Album-Leaf ‘Aus dem Purgatorio des Dante Sinfonie’ Album-Leaf ‘Introduction to the Grande Étude de Paganini No 6’ Cadenza Album-Leaf ‘Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke’ Wilde Jagd - Scherzo

Colorful organ music by Flor Peeters Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

D’Arcy Trinkwon (organ) Hyperion • CDA 67825

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PEETERS Organ Music

Flemish composer-organist Flor Peeters, organist of St Rombout’s Cathedral in Mechelen, was celebrated in his lifetime with a very successful concert career. Trained as a Catholic church musician, Gregorian chant and the medieval modes remained a lifelong inspiration for his music. Peeters was an almost exact contemporary of Maurice Duruflé, who shared his love of plainsong. But where Duruflé created impressionist soundscapes from his modal language, Peeters preferred sharper contours and brighter colors — Van Gogh, perhaps, compared with Duruflé’s Monet. This disc includes a wide selection of his works for organ.

The Brabant Ensemble sings Clemens

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CLEMENS NON PAPA Requiem, Penitential Motets

Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice Hyperion • CDA 67848

January 2011

The latest disc from the Brabant Ensemble under their director Stephen Rice features the extraordinary compositional gifts of Clemens non Papa and his Requiem and a selection of motets on a pentitential theme. Despite the popularity of the composer’s music during his lifetime, Clemens is a somewhat marginal figure today and many of these motets have never been recorded before. Yet, listening to this music today, one is immediately enthralled by its opulence and harmonic lushness.

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Mid-priced Helios series reissues The Spirits of England & France Vol.5 Missa Veterem hominem and other fi eenth-century English music Gothic Voices, Christopher Page Hyperion • CDH 55285

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Previously Available as CDA 66919 (034571169194) Deleted August 2006 This latest reissue from Gothic Voices features the Missa Veterem hominem, an anonymous English Mass from around 1440. It is a work of intricate detail and great significance as one of the earliest examples of a composition for what we would regard today as a ‘standard’ four-part choir. It is performed here with captivating vigor and commitment. Also included are hymns from the Sarum chant books.

SCARLATTI Salve regina in A Major, Su le sponde del Tebro HASSE Salve regina, Infirmata vulnerata, O di Betlemme altera

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The King’s Consort, Robert King Hyperion • CDH 55354

January 2011

Previously Available as CDA 66875 (034571168753) Deleted August 2008 In the eighteenth century, the cantata was considered to be the supreme test of a composer’s artistry. On this disc, three fine examples by Alessandro Scarlatti are joined by settings of the Salve regina by Domenico Scarlatti (Alessandro’s sixth son) and Johann Adolf Hasse (a pupil). The work by Hasse is distinctly operatic with florid vocal and instrumental lines, and the younger Scarlatti similarly finds himself drawn away from religious deference to a more flamboyant style.

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The artistry of Katia & Marielle Labèque Labèque

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Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano) KML Records • KML 1126

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Price Code: 5A09 (5 CDs plus Bonus DVD, Suggested Retail Price: $49.98) Bonus DVD: All Zones, 47 minutes; Includes 2 posters This specially-priced collection of the Labèque sisters’ recordings for their own label, KML Records, offers the listener an excellent, wide-ranging survey of the duo’s prodigious talents. Selections include music of Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Schubert and Mozart, as well as a flamenco-inspired set with singer Mayte Martin. The deluxe box includes a bonus DVD and posters of the performers.

CONTENTS CD 1 CD 2 CD 3 CD 4

CD 5

Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole, Ma Mère l’Oye Stravinsky: Concerto; Debussy: En blanc et noir Schubert: Fantasy in F minor D 940, Andantino varié in B minor D 823; Mozart: Sonata in D major for two pianos, K 448 Satie: Trois Gymnopédies, Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire, Trois Gnossiennes, Gnossiennes 4-6, Trois petites Pièces montées, Embryons Desséchés, Avant-dernières Pensées, Sports et Divertissements, Véritables Préludes Flasques pour un chien De Fuego y de Agua (with Mayte Martin & Joan Albert Amargós)

January 2011

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LSO Live begins a Nielsen cycle frémeaux lso live

NIELSEN Symphonies Nos.4 & 5

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis LSO Live • LSO 0694

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Despite having been an admirer of the music of Danish composer Carl Nielsen for many years, Sir Colin Davis has rarely conducted any of his works. Now, at the age of 83, Sir Colin embarks on a complete cycle of the composer’s symphonies. Although Nielsen is frequently compared to his near contemporary Jean Sibelius, each composer’s music is equally individual. Both were celebrated symphonists, but used the potential of an orchestra in different ways. Despite giving titles to the majority of his symphonies, Nielsen was often vague about the specific themes for each work. However his music is always direct, dynamic and lyrical. Sir Colin’s traversal of the symphonies began in concert in 2009. He will conduct the remaining symphonies in 2011 with two further LSO Live releases following in 2012.

“I doubt whether I shall ever hear an orchestra and conductor achieve a closer rapport.”

— THE TIMES

January 2011

Recently released

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Verdi: Otello

LSO Live • LSO 0700 (822231170020)

“Davis gets the LSO, in shattering form, to play chords like cannon shots. The two male leads are superb: Simon O’Neill is the most complete Otello since Domingo… Gerald Finley’s debut as Iago is also a great reading - the most chilling I have ever heard.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Dutoit and the RPO debut on Onyx onyx

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Russian Easter Festival Overture

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit Onyx Classics • ONYX 4064

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This release contains two of the greatest orchestral showpieces in the repertoire - Rimsky-Korsakov’s superbly scored and dramatic orchestral suite based on stories from “The Arabian Nights,” and his colorful depiction of the Russian Orthodox Easter festival, combining both traditional tunes with liturgical chant. Charles Dutoit is one of the greatest exponents of this repertoire, and together with his new orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, delivers performances of great passion and exhilaration. This is the first of a series of recordings from Dutoit and the RPO to be released by Onyx.

“Keenly propulsive conducting.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

January 2011

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Karabits conducts Khachaturian frémeaux onyx

KHATCHATURIAN Spartacus & Gayaneh Excerpts

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits Onyx Classics • ONYX 4063

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January 2011

Kirill Karabits is without doubt one of the most exciting conductors of the younger generation. Now principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, his reputation over two seasons has continued to spread around the world and the steady stream of great artists working with him and the BSO is testament to his artistry and huge talent. This CD is the first release in the new partnership between the BSO and ONYX. Khachaturian’s vividly colorful and deliciously tuneful ballet scores have been popular as orchestral showpieces ever since the ballets had their premieres. Kirill has made his own selection from the score, and those who want the famous Adagio from Spartacus and the Sabre Dance from Gayaneh will not be disappointed.

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Ehnes and Ashkenazy partner in Mendelssohn onyx

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto, Octet

James Ehnes (violin), Sea le Chamber Music Society, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy Onyx Classics • ONYX 4060

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Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto is one of the composer’s greatest works and one of the most popular concertos in the repertoire. Making his first recording of the work, James Ehnes is partnered here by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra, recorded live. The astonishingly precocious Octet, written when Mendelssohn was just 16, is given a sparking and vivacious performance by James and his friends from the Seattle Chamber Music Society.

“Effusively lyrical, hair-raisingly virtuosic.”

— THE GUARDIAN

Also available Onyx Classics • ONYX 4044 (880040404422)

“A revelatory recording.”

January 2011

Paganini: Caprices

— GRAMOPHONE 25

Jansons and the RCO return to Mahler frémeaux rco live

MAHLER Symphony No.2

Bernarda Fink (soprano), Ricarda Merbeth (mezzo-soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Mariss Jansons RCO Live • RCO 10102

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD; Bonus DVD Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle with this set of the second and third symphonies. Jansons performed the works during the 2009–10 season as part of a full, chronological series of concerts to commemorate his 150th birthday and the 100th anniversary of Mahler’s death. Once again, Jansons stands out in these performances with his astonishingly keen eye for the smallest details. Like no other, Jansons possesses the ability to integrate all this beautiful detailing into the virtually infinite overarching climaxes that can make listening to Mahler’s symphonies such an exciting experience.

January 2011

Also available Mahler: Symphony No.5

RCO Live • RCO 08007 (5425008376349)

“One of the more romantic performances of this symphony.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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A multimedia music exploration Price Code: A23 (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98)

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Spectral Strands

Garth Knox (viola), Brian O’Reilly (visuals) Wergo • WER 2062

All Zones; 57 minutes Viola virtuoso Garth Knox, in concert with well-known video artist Brian O’Reilly, created Spectral Strands - an unique audiovisual program that features compositions by Giacinto Scelsi, Salvatore Sciarrino, Gérard Grisey, Michael Edwards and Kaija Saariaho. Although the rainbow is a familiar object, the discovery that ordinary light can be split into a spectacular spectrum of color remains a source of wonder. In ‘spectral music’ same concept is been applied to sound, and the resulting sound colors, obtained with the help of electronics, are no less spectacular and have excited a whole generation of composers.

Music from within

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nach innen - toward the inside

MusikFabrik Wergo • WER 6856

Price Code: A23 (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98)

January 2011

A tendency to focus on internal processes has emerged in the music of the last few decades.

This disc features compositions on that theme by Mark Andre, Kaija Saariaho and Ian Willcock. Andre was seeking existential sonic situations on his path “toward the inside” (or nach innen, to quote the written-out title of his piece “ni”). Like Andre, Saariaho has also delved into the internal nature of sound. Her rich variety of spectral harmonies tells an old story in a new way: a violin concerto that portrays the legend of the grail. Willcock’s piece visits the discoverer of the unconscious, Sigmund Freud, on his deathbed. Freud’s glimpses of the “inside” showed that sometimes there is more to be found there than the truth.

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WORLD

An important Flamenco debut

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A Tiempo

Rosario La Tremendita World Village • 498038

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January 2011

File in: World / Spain Rosario La Tremendita is one of the most promising figures in flamenco today. She uses her powerful voice and keen sense of rhythm to search for the roots and meanings of this art, which she interprets afresh at each performance. Rosario La Tremendita has performed with top artists such as BelĂŠn Maya, El Pele, Carmen Linares, Fernando Terremoto, Agujeta, Aurora Vargas and Miguel Poveda. A Tiempo is her first record, a collection of self penned songs and popular tunes.

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WORLD

Global troubadours of the 21st century Roots Travellers

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Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan World Village • 450014

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Bonus DVD: All Zones, 30 minutes File in: World / India Having performed over 600 hundred concerts in 40 countries worldwide over the last six years, the Dhoad Gypsies are the undisputed cultural ambassadors of Rajasthan. The group is a collective of consummate musicians and vocalists, both young and old, wise and spirited, and their music is enjoyed the world over for its emotive and rousing style and its unparalleled rhythmic complexity and speed. Their heritage reaches back seven generations through a rich and celebrated musical legacy. They perform a diverse repertoire of traditional Rajasthani folk music and semi-classical North Indian compositions on tabla, harmonium, dholak and castanets. Dhoad Gypsies’ new album Roots Travellers manages not only to capture the effervescent spirit of the group, but also bring centuries of tradition into the present.

January 2011

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WORLD le maquis frémeaux

An amazing anthology of African music Free Africa

Various Artists Le Maquis • LM 54176

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File in: World Music Collections On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the independence of several African countries, Free Africa pays tribute to the continent’s rich musical traditions with a selection of 50 essential tracks performed by a stunning array of great artists and featuring powerful and unforgettable music. From rumba to the mandingue, from afro beat to goumbé (not to mention blues, jazz and rock), the selections on this deluxe four disc set span the full range of African music from the sixties to the current day.

January 2011

TRACK LIST

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Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

Disc 4

Miriam Makeba Pata Pata Franklin Boukaka Pont sur le Congo Super Eagles Mandal Ly Kante Manfila & Sory Bamba Tira Kaba Cesaria Evora Mar Azul Grand Kalle & African Team Lagrimas Negras Orchestre National A du Mali Janfa Mulatu Astatké Yekermo Sew Rochereau & Orchestre Afrisa Sebene 182 Rail Band de Bamako Mali Tebaga Mogoma Bella Bellow Rockia Samuel Belay Qeresh Endezawa Amadou Balake Super Bar Konon Mousso

Manu Dibango Soul Makossa Muluqen Mèlèssè Tenesh Kelbé Lay Moussa Doumbia Samba Super Biton de Ségou Saajuru Alemayehu Eshete Haméta Étoile de Dakar Hombre Mysterioso Bonga Sodade Super Diamono Maaduleen Bembeya Jazz Beni Barale Yene Felagote Tlahoun Gèssèssè Assumukan Ambassadeurs du Motel Boulmamine Orchestra Baobab Balla et ses Balladins Keme Bourama

Djelimady Tounkara & Trio Manding du Mali Djiguiya Zao Ancien combatant Ernesto Djedje Behido Number One de Dakar Jangaake Hirut Bèqèlè & Police Orchestra Ewnetegna André Marie Tala Hot Koki Mahmoud Ahmed Tezeta National Badema Ciro Alpha Blondy Rasta Poue Ifang Bondi Xalel dey mag Salif Keita Cono Ismael Lô Natt

Boubacar Traoré Mariama Kaba Baaba Maal Bamba Mory Kanté Mbalou Wassis Diop African Dream Angélique Kidjo Batonga Tiken Jah Fakoly Françafrique Amadou & Mariam Mon amour, ma chérie Ba Cissoko Likhirin Vieux Farka Touré Diallo Bassekou Kouyate Musow (For Our Women) Massak Anywhere Trouble Mamadou Barry Africa Five

WORLD

A unique musical tradition The Source

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Master Musicians of Jajouka Le Maquis • LM 54181

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January 2011

File in: World / Morocco The Master Musicians of Jajouka hail from a village near Ksar-elKebir in the Ahl Srif mountains of northern Morocco. Jajouka is home to Sufi trance musicians who maintain one of the oldest and most unique musical traditions known on the planet. After many years of dedicated training, the musicians finally become ‘Malims’ or Masters. They possess baraka, the blessing of Allah, which gives them the power to heal and the endurance required to play some of the most intense and complex music ever written. Led today by Bachir Attar, the Master Musicians of Jajouka are most famous for their connections with the Beat Generation (Burroughs famously dubbed them “A 4,000 year old rock band”) and Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones, who introduced the unique sound of the Master Musicians of Jajouka to much of the Western world. The Source was produced

by Brian Jones a month before his death in 1969. The band has subsequently recorded several unforgettable albums on their own and has been featured on albums by Ornette Coleman, the Rolling Stones, Randy Weston, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. The music on The Source manifests the musical and ritual force of a local, influential and endless art.

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JAZZ

Jazz liberation

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The Tide Has Changed

Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble World Village • 450015

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File in: Jazz Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon formed The Orient House Ensemble in 2000. The Londonbased quartet was named in honor of the national headquarters of the Palestinian people in Jerusalem. In the last decade, the group has toured frequently across Europe and the UK, recorded six albums, won many awards and received world-wide critical acclaim.

The group’s aim is to forge a new musical language, one that aims to elevate the cry of the oppressed into the roar of liberation.

A rare jazz collectable

January 2011

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Fat Doggie

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Greg Alper Band First Hand • FHR 08

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File in: Jazz Remastered at Abbey Road Studios using the original Adelphi Records source masters, Fat Doggie is a uniquely eclectic album - a genre-defying fusion of jazz, funk, disco, soul and Latin music. Think Tower of Power, Maceo Parker, Albert Ayler, Average White Band and Fred Wesley & the JB’s. The album’s original release received rave reviews from the press and features top session players including Richie Morales, Chuck Loeb and Ray Anderson.

In recent years, this hard-to-find album has become something of a cult collectable with groove spotters, DJs and jazz-funk disciples the world over.

New jazz recordings West Side Story

Ludovic de Preissac Septet Frémeaux • FA 516

Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98)

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File in: Jazz Frémeaux presents a brand-new, swinging version of Leonard Bernstein’s classic West Side Story arranged and orchestrated by Ludovic de Preissac. The album is a tribute to Bernstein, the creator of this immensely successful work - a milestone of the 20th century. Ludovic de Preissac’s arrangements recall the great trio adaptations of West Side Story by Oscar Peterson, as well as the “West Coast” combo adaptations of the Sixties.

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Just a Gigolo

Sir Ali’s Girls Frémeaux • FA 532

Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98)

January 2011

File in: Jazz Sir Ali’s Girls started on the stage of the Eléphant Blanc, the hip club within a club downstairs at the Bains Douches in the mid-1980s. The idea was simple: good fun, good music and a good show. A joyful concept, without complexes and not easy to categorize, that played around with the standards to create unexpected musical cocktails full of humor. They created a music that was both accessible and aware and a large repertoire and arrangements that could be adapted according to the setting or the venue, whether for jazz crowd (the New Morning) or Latin (the Chapelle des Lombards).

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JAZZ Romane plays Gypsy jazz waltzes frémeaux

Impair & Valse

Romane Frémeaux • FA 536

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File in: Jazz Impair & Valse is 100% gypsy waltzes. These bravura pieces, full of balance and finesse, are pure products of the musette tradition that reigned in the popular dancehalls of Paris before the war. First released in 1999, Romane’s album gives us the chance to hear some of the diamonds in the crown of the six-string guitar. Driven by the same master-class approach he’s used in teaching hundreds of musicians, Romane has made the scores of these waltzes an integral part of his repertoire.

Classical jazz fusion from Michiel Borstlap

January 2011

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Solo 2010

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Michiel Borstlap Gramercy Park • GPM 01

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Price Code: A19 (CD plus Bonus DVD, Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Bonus: DVD: All Zones; 79 minutes; Format 16:9 File in: Jazz Award winning Dutch pianist Michiel Borstlap has built himself an enviable reputation as one of the foremost jazz pianists of the last decade. Borstlap embraces the rich pianistic heritage of his heroes Glenn Gould, Sviatoslav Richter, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett & Joe Zawinul. Borstlap has worked with some of the greatest musicians in the world including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and Les Paul. On his new CD SOLO 2010 featuring compositions for solo piano, Borstlap mixes jazz with classical music.

JAZZ Taking jazz in new directions Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

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Opus One

Shauli Einav Plus Loin • PL 4534

File in: Jazz Saxophonist Shauli Einav is at the forefront of NYC’s Jazz scene. He has played on prestigious stages such as the Red Sea Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, Smalls, the Knitting Factory and the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival. Though deeply rooted in be-bop and post-bop, he aims to take jazz in new directions by combining the musical jargon of his Mediterranean heritage with the traditional western jazz standard form. Opus One proves that Shauli has come a long way from being “just another” bebop virtuoso – this, his first opus, is composed of the music tattooed on his soul from twenty-seven years of life.

Jimmy Greene: Top notch tenor Price Code: A14 (Suggested Retail Price: $14.98)

January 2011

File in: Jazz Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Jimmy Greene has emerged as a positive young presence in the creative music world. Tony Hall of Jazzwise Magazine calls Greene, “without doubt one of the most striking young tenors of recent years.” As a composer, Greene has received several recent honors including the prestigious 2005 ASCAP / IAJE Commission in honor of Ornette Coleman. He was also named one of the 25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz

by DownBeat Magazine in 1999. The Jimmy Greene Quartet “Live At Smalls” features a top-notch group of veteran New York players including Xavier Davis and Ugonna Okegwo (both of Tom Harrell’s group) and drum legend Gregory Hutchinson.

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Live at Smalls

Jimmy Greene Quartet SmallsLIVE • SL 0012

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JAZZ A Philadelphia jazz prodigy smallslive

Live at Smalls

Ari Hoenig, Punk-Bop SmallsLIVE • SL 0013

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File in: Jazz As a drummer, Ari Hoenig’s success has been unprecedented. A native of Philadelphia, he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen, he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb’s Jazz Haus. Ari is also a composer, arranger and pianist/keyboardist and In 2005, in affiliation with the National Endowment for the Arts, he was awarded a “Meet the Composer” grant to perform his compositions with his own group. Currently Ari leads the group “Punk Bop,” featuring Will Vinson on alto, Jonathan Kreisberg on guitar, Tigran Hamasyan on piano and Danton Boller on bass. His regular Monday night gig at Smalls is a generally sold out affair of young, enthusiastic fans.

A poet of the bass Live at Smalls

Omer Avital Group SmallsLIVE • SL 0014

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January 2011

Price Code: A14 (Suggested Retail Price: $14.98)

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File in: Jazz Omer Avital is a poet of the bass, widely hailed by international musicians, critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation. His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music. Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim, Omer made his way to New York City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman. He performed, recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly. The Omer Avital Group’s album for SmallsLIVE is an energetic and lively set of originals featuring the virtuoso work of trumpeter Avishai Cohen, tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, pianist Jason Lindner and drummer Johnathan Blake.

JAZZ The well-honed swing of Ben Wolfe Price Code: A14 (Suggested Retail Price: $14.98)

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Live at Smalls

Ben Wolfe Quintet SmallsLIVE • SL 0015

File in: Jazz Wynton Marsalis said, “Ben Wolfe swings with authority.” Downbeat Magazine says, “He hews to the aesthetic of group interplay and the rhythms of bebop, and displays a wellhoned sense of sonic narrative.” Early on in Wolfe’s career, he formed a duo with Harry Connick Jr. and went on to record over a dozen albums and soundtracks. He then joined the Wynton Marsalis Septet and remained there until joining Diana Krall’s touring band. For his SmallsLIVE release, Wolfe is joined by tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland and Lincoln Center bandmate Ryan Kisor on trumpet. In the rhythm section is Luis Perdomo on piano and Gregory Hutchinson on drums. The set is all originals and the delight of the crowd is clearly heard and for obvious reasons.

Spike Wilner: a visionary jazz pianist

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Spike Wilner SmallsLIVE • SL 0016

Price Code: A14 (Suggested Retail Price: $14.98)

January 2011

File in: Jazz Manhattan born pianist Spike Wilner was inspired to play ragtime at a young age after seeing a docudrama on the life of Scott Joplin. This led to a life-long passion for piano playing, ragtime and jazz music in general. Spike made his performance debut at the age of fourteen playing Joplin at the St. Louis Ragtime Festival. Wilner has since performed with and has led many bands in New York City at many famous jazz clubs including The Village Gate, The Angry Squire, Visiones, Augies, The West End Gate and The Village Corner.

He also toured with The Artie Shaw Big Band, The Glen Miller Orchestra and Maynard Ferguson. His new SmallsLIVE album shows the depth and keen intellect present in all his performances.

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Concert Calendar • CLASSICAL January 2011

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Anonymous 4 Kristian Bezuidenhout Borodin Quartet Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer Cuarteto Casals

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Colin Currie Helmut Deutsch Danny Driver James Ehnes

Onyx Classics harmonia mundi Hyperion Onyx Classics

Gerald Finley Alban Gerhardt

Hyperion Hyperion

Marc-André Hamelin

Hyperion

Stephen Hough

Hyperion

Steven Isserlis Paul Lewis

Hyperion harmonia mundi

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Robert McDuffie

LSO Live Orange Mountain

Alexander Melnikov Jon Nakamatsu

harmonia mundi harmonia mundi

Orlando Consort Prazák Quartet

harmonia mundi Praga

Takács Quartet

Hyperion

Tokyo String Quartet

harmonia mundi

Shai Wosner

Onyx Classics

Joyce Yang

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World Village

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World Village

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World Village

Septeto Nacional

World Village

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World Village

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