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MAY 10, 2011

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BIRTHoAMERICA Songs and Ballads from Washington to Lincoln

JOEL

FREDERIKSEN ROSE OF SHARON

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Leading off our May releases, the harmonia mundi label presents Rose of Sharon (p.5), a program featuring songs and ballads from America’s first 100 years performed by the Ensemble Phoenix and Joel Frederiksen. Stories – Berio and Friends, a new disc from harmonia mundi artists Theatre of Voices, is a fascinating contemporary choral collection with works by Berio, Berberian, Frank, Cage and others. May’s top release on Hyperion is the final disc by the acclaimed Florestan Trio, featuring Shostakovich’s two Piano Trios (p.10). Cinquecento, Hyperion’s Gramophone award nominated vocal ensemble, offers a disc of rarely heard music by Schoendorff (p.11). Mirare presents a majestic new recording of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion (p.15) performed by the Ricercar Concert, directed by Philippe Pierlot. New to the harmonia mundi family, MN Records debuts with the worldpremiere recording of Michael Nyman’s intriguing opera Facing Goya (p.17). Rounding out our classical highlights, up-and-coming ensemble Brooklyn Rider performs the complete string quartets of Philip Glass for Orange Mountain. On the non-classical side, cult favorites the Penguin Cafe Orchestra are back in a new guise with a new release and three reissues on their own new label (p.22). World Village artists Le Trio Joubran return with As Fâr (p.26), and sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan debuts on the label with a genre-bending release entitled Samaagam (p.27). Last but not least, don’t miss Ladino singer Mor Karbasi’s gorgeous new Chant du Monde album Daughter of the Sea (p.29).

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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations Paul Lewis harmonia mundi • HMC 902071

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“These are commanding readings… another triumph for a quartet that has established itself in the forefront of chamber music ensembles.”

Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations

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Published in June 1823 and dedicated to Antonie Brentano, Beethoven’s Op.120 Variations were described by Diabelli himself as, “a great and important masterpiece, worthy to be ranked with the imperishable creations of the old Classics [and to occupy] a place beside Sebastian Bach’s famous masterpieces of the same type.” And, indeed, like the immortal Cantor of Leipzig, Beethoven revolutionized the genre.

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Jacobs conducts a Haydn favorite harmonia harmoniamundi mundi

HAYDN Die Schöpfung

Julia Kleiter (soprano), Maximilian Schmi (tenor), Johannes Weisser (baritone), RIAS-Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC 902039

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IMPORT • REISSUE: Replaces HMC 992039 (794881935628) Deleted March 2011 If one believes an anecdote from the early 1790s, it was with his oratorio Die Schöpfung (The Creation) that Haydn, in the autumn of his years, hoped to perpetuate his fame for posterity — even though he was already the most celebrated composer in Europe.

Not surprisingly, the work’s first public performance in 1799 was a huge triumph. A sequel to his highly acclaimed recording of Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), this set finds René Jacobs and his handpicked cast of soloists on top form. Previously released in a limited edition package with a bonus DVD, Jacobs’ Creation is a definitive performance that is not to be missed.

Also available Haydn: The Seasons

harmonia mundi • HMC 901829 (794881751624)

“Top-drawer playing and signing...

It’s an exhilarating experience... like a walk in the countryside.”

— STEREOPHILE

May 2011

“A marvelous performance of Haydn’s oratorio. With its lightness, bounce and good humour, it sounds as fresh as the new Earth’s flora and fauna, so deliciously described in the music.”

— THE TIMES

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The many colors of the human voice harmonia frémeaux mundi

Stories — Berio and friends BERIO A-Ronne BERBERIAN Stripsody FRANK As I Was Saying CAGE Story MARSH Not a Soul but Ourselves…

MAC LOW The Turtle Assymetries

Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier harmonia mundi • HMU 807527

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Paul Hillier leads Theatre of Voices in a fascinating program centered on the artistic milieu of the contemporary composer Luciano Berio. Hillier says, “Although not all these composers actually knew each other, I think of them as a group of mutual friends with shared interests and predilections. If there is a link between them it is perhaps the influence of John Cage, though it could almost equally have been the personality of Cathy Berberian.”

“A flexible, fluent group capable of both power and purity.”

— LOS ANGELES TIMES

May 2011

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Stockhausen: Stimmung

harmonia mundi • HMU 807408 (093046740863)

“Hillier and his forces cover themselves in glory, spinning their own brand of beautiful, terrible, mind-bending magic.”

— TIME OUT NEW YORK

Music from the birth of America harmonia mundi

Rose of Sharon 100 Years of American Music — 1770-1870

Joel Frederiksen (bass), Ensemble Phoenix, Munich harmonia mundi • HMC 902085

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“What Frederiksen does is not so much song recital as musical storytelling, a forgotten fireside art.”

— LONDON EVENING STANDARD

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IMPORT On Rose of Sharon, Joel Frederiksen and the Ensemble Phoenix present a program of rarely heard American vocal music from the 18th and 19th centuries. The release takes its name from a passage in the Song of Solomon that was set by William Billings in his 1778 book “The Singing Master’s Assistant.” Billings is widely considered the father of American choral music. In his day, singing schools spread all over New England and played an important role in the development of an independent music tradition in America. With songs by the Quakers, Shakers and the Moravian Brethren as well as selections from the collections “The Sacred Harp” and “Southern Harmony,” the music on Rose of Sharon spans the years between the Declaration of Independence to the end of the Civil War — a crucial period in the political and cultural birth of a new nation.

harmonia mundi • HMC 901983 (794881847723)

May 2011

The Elfin Knight — Ballads & Dances

“A glorious feast of early music.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE 5

A new look at a medieval tradition ad vitam

L’Orient des troubadours Ensemble Beatus Ad Vitam • AV 110115

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IMPORT Ziryâb, a Persian musician at the 9th Century court of Abd al-Rahman II in Cordoba, is sometimes credited with the invention of Andalusian Classical music. By the 11th century, Moorish Spain and Portugal had also become a center for the manufacture of instruments.

Both their music and instruments were exported to Provence, thus influencing French troubadours and trouvères and eventually reaching the rest of Europe. The Western lute, rebec, guitar and tympani derive from the Arabic oud, rabab, qithara and naqareh. On this fascinating disc, Ensemble Beatus performs the repertoire of the Troubadours using ornamentation and improvisation styles derived from the Arabic traditions that formed the style’s roots.

May 2011

aparté

Nuits d’été: in its original version

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Jardin Nocturne Mélodies de Berlioz, Fauré, Hahn, Halphen, Massenet & Poulenc Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano), Johanne Ralambondrainy (piano), Christian Pageault (speaker) Aparté • AP 013

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IMPORT Mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet was voted ‘Vocal Discovery of the Year’ at France’s Victoires de la Musique Classique awards in 2010 and won second prize at the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Competition in 2008. For her first recital disc, Druet has chosen a program of French mélodies with nocturnal themes. The anchor of the collection is Berlioz’s Nuits d’été, performed in its original version for voice and piano. Druet and her accompanist Johanne Ralambondrainy complete the program with works by Fauré, Hahn, Halphen, Massenet & Poulenc. In an unusual twist, Druet asked actor Christian Pageault to join her as narrator, reciting some sections of the poems.

A Baroque opera première aparté

LULLY Bellérophon

Cyril Auvity (counter-tenor), Céline Scheen, Ingrid Perruche (sopranos), Jennifer Borghi (mezzo-soprano), Robert Getchell (tenor), Evgeniy Alexiev (baritone), Jean Teitgen (bass), Chamber Choir of Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset Aparté • AP 015

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ADVANCE REVIEWS “The recording is sensational. Cyril Auvity, sexy and heroic, is stupendous as Bellérophon...”

— THE GUARDIAN

“The performance could hardly be bettered: Rousset delights in Lully’s dancing rhythms and soulful melodies... A feast of baroque that will make you want to dance.”

— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

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IMPORT This world première recording is the fruit of lengthy musicological research by Christophe Rousset. Together with a cast of great talent and breathtaking individual performances from Cyril Auvity and Céline Scheen, Rousset invites us to rediscover Jean-Baptiste Lully’s opera Bellérophon. First performed on January 31, 1679, it ran for nine months at the Palais Royal. It is not surprising that the work immediately endeared itself to the king. It features an adaptation of a mythical story that describes a hero who practices restraint and moderation toward the foes he vanquishes — a none-too-subtle reference to the Sun King’s recent victories over the Dutch, the Spanish and the Holy Roman Emperor. The set features deluxe, CD-Book packaging and a full libretto with English and German translations.

Aparté • AP 005 (794881970520)

“Any new recording would be hardpressed to equal this one.”

May 2011

Handel: Scipione

— FANFARE 7

channel classics

Powerful works for string ensemble BRAHMS String Quartet Op.51 No.1 (arranged for string orchestra) SCHÖNBERG Verklärte Nacht

Amsterdam Sinfonie a, Candida Thompson Channel Classics • CCS SA 30411

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD • IMPORT To illustrate the progressiveness of Brahms’ harmonic style, Arnold Schönberg often cited his C minor String Quartet, Op.51. Brahms’ innovative variation technique and phrase structure were clearly among the key influences on Schönberg’s sextet Verklärte Nacht, an intensely emotional work inspired by a Richard Dehmel poem that caused great controversy at the time because of the sexual nature of its subject matter. The Amsterdam Sinfonietta performs Schönberg’s arrangement of the work for string orchestra, paired with an arrangement of Brahms’ Op.51 by Marijn van Prooijen.

May 2011

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Programmatic quartets by Smetana & Sibelius

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SMETANA String Quartets Nos.1 & 2 SIBELIUS Voces intimae Op.56 Dante Quartet Hyperion • CDA 67845

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IMPORT Interestingly, Smetana and Sibelius, both renowned for their skillful dealing with symphonic forces, turned to the intimacy of the string quartet form at specific points of crisis in their lives. Smetana’s first quartet, subtitled ‘From my life,’ musically chronicles his youth, loves and vocation, culminating with the onset of his deafness. The turbulent second quartet serves as a sequel. The musical language is adventurous and unusual, speaking movingly of the composer’s loss of his hearing. Voces intimae is an intense precursor to Sibelius’ tormented fourth symphony, written at a time of profound depression. On this CD, BBC Music Magazine award winners the Dante Quartet are featured in their third recording for Hyperion.

Martin’s operatic masterpiece hyperion

MARTIN Der Sturm

Robert Holl (bass), Christine Buffle (soprano), Ethan Herschenfeld (bass), Josef Wagner (baritone), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Thierry Fischer Hyperion • CDA 67821

Aa34571c!&*@!+U Price Code: 3A19 (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $59.98)

Also available “A recording of arresting immediacy and musical richness.”

May 2011

Martin: Mass

Hyperion • CDA 67017 (034571170176)

IMPORT This recording is a particularly significant addition to the Hyperion catalogue. Not only is Frank Martin’s wonderful three-act opera Der Sturm the first full-length live opera recording on the label, it is also a rarely staged important twentieth century masterpiece. Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, this groundbreaking performance was given by the impressive Netherlands Radio Philharmonic under the baton of Thierry Fischer. The orchestra unfailingly matches the energy and passion of the recording’s impressive cast. Written towards the end of his life and taking almost three years to complete, Der Sturm emerges as one of Martin’s most inventive works. This set offers a rare opportunity to hear the full opera in its original language and is not to be missed.

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 9

The Florestan’s poignant valedictory recording hyperion

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2, Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok Susan Gri on (soprano), Florestan Trio Hyperion • CDA 67834

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“The Florestan is the ultimate in gentility and grace... every note, every phrase, every balance is beyond criticism.”

— FANFARE IMPORT After sixteen years of exceptional achievement and vast critical acclaim, the career paths of the members of The Florestan Trio are diverging. Sadly, the trio will disband at the end of this year and this disc marks the end of their studio career. For their final recording, the trio performs an allShostakovich program comprising the two piano trios and the Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, for which they are joined by soprano Susan Gritton. Written in 1923, the first trio was an astonishing achievement for a seventeen-year-old student. The second, one of the composer’s greatest masterpieces, was premiered some twenty years later. The romances were the response to a request by Mstislav Rostropovich for repertoire he and his wife could perform together. As always, The Florestan Trio displays the impeccable interpretative judgment and musicianship that have been the hallmark of their many recordings for Hyperion.

May 2011

Also available Smetana & Martinu: Piano Trios

Hyperion • CDA 67730 (034571177304)

“Exemplary accounts... it is difficult to imagine them surpassed.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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More Renaissance discoveries from Cinquecento hyperion harmonia mundi

SCHOENDORFF The Complete Works

Cinquecento Hyperion • CDA 67854

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IMPORT This month, Gramophone award nominees Cinquecento add another glorious recording to their Hyperion discography. The group, comprised of six professional singers from five European countries, is rapidly becoming one of today’s most admired early music ensembles. Their profound collective and individual musicianship, mellifluous phrasing, perfect intonation and commitment to their chosen repertoire are clearly apparent in this gem of a disc. Here, the group uncovers the complete surviving works of Philipp Schoendorff. Schoendorff, originally a pupil of the illustrious Philippe de Monte, was a successful choirmaster at the Prague court of the Emperor Rudolf II. Also included are a Magnificat by his teacher de Monte and the two motets on which his pupil based his masses. No fan of Renaissance polyphony should overlook this outstanding recording.

“One of the great ensembles specializing in Renaissance vocal polyphony...”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67749 (034571177496)

“Possibly no one’s yet succeeded in putting the case for this major master — until now.”

May 2011

Willalert: Missa Mente tota, Motets

— GRAMOPHONE 11

Florian Boesch sings Loewe frémeaux hyperion

LOEWE Songs & Ballads

Florian Boesch (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67866

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IMPORT In his lifetime, the German composer Carl Loewe was often referred to as the ‘Schubert of North Germany.’ He is frequently credited with developing the romantic ballad into a powerful art form and his prolific output of ballads and songs amounts to some four hundred works. Loewe’s treatment of long narrative poems in a clever and powerful mixture of dramatic and lyrical styles has been a template for many subsequent composers and many of the ballads on this disc are masterpieces of their genre. Performed here by Austrian baritone Florian Boesch in his Hyperion debut, these refined performances make it clear why Boesch has been labeled as ‘one of the finest interpreters of Lieder of his generation.’ Loewe’s daring and imaginative accompaniments are played here by the incomparable Roger Vignoles.

May 2011

Also available Schumann: Heine Lieder

Onyx • ONYX 4041 (880040404125)

“There is much to enjoy in his dramatic, intensely ‘lived’ performances.”

— GRAMOPHONE

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“Florian Boesch is the alpha male of new generation Lieder singers, with a wide and secure vocal and expressive range.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Helios series reissues

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Lisa Milne (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55355

Price Code: A11 (Suggested Retail Price: $11.98)

Previously Available as CDA 67174 (034571171746) Deleted February 2009

hyperion

HAYDN Songs

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“There can’t be many more delightful ways of spending an hour than in the company of these songs.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

STRAUSS Prelude to Capriccio BRUCKNER String Quintet; Intermezzo

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Raphael Ensemble Hyperion • CDH 55372

Previously Available as CDA 66704 (034571167046) Deleted February 2009 IMPORT

“Easily takes first place within the exiguous competition.”

— FANFARE

VICTORIA Missa Trahe me post te, Magnificat, Alma redemptoris mater, Ave regina caelorum, Regina caeli laetare, Salve regina

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“Stunning examples of Victoria’s most expressive and dramatic writing... my heart is uplifted.”

May 2011

Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’Donnell, Iain Simcock (organ) Hyperion • CDH 55376

Previously Available as CDA 66738 (034571167381) Deleted May 2009

— GRAMOPHONE 13

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Baroque music from Poland MIELCZEWSKI Virgo Prudentissima

Les Traversées Baroques, Etienne Meyer K617 • K 617226

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IMPORT The new French period instrument ensemble Les Traversées Baroques has a name that evokes voyages and discoveries. Led here by conductor Etienne Meyer, the group presents a selection of the music of Marcin Mielczewski, a 17th-century Polish composer whose scores have lain neglected in the archives of central Europe. His music, at once sensuous and sparkling (and often reminiscent of Monteverdi) rewards exploration. Although Mielczewski was one of the prominent musical figures of Poland in the first half of the 17th century, we know very little about him. His contemporaries considered him a first-rate composer and his output was both broad and extensive, but only two of his works were printed. A curious fact is that one of his works contains the first instance of a mazurka in art music.

May 2011

mirare

Hirosé plays romantic concertos

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SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Op.54 LISZT Piano Concerto No.2

Etsuko Hirosé (piano), Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn, Fayçal Karoui Mirare • MIR 135

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IMPORT A major 18th-century genre, brought to the peak of perfection by Mozart, the concerto was obliged to find new solutions in the Romantic era. Schumann, a celebrated critic married to a great pianist, and Liszt, the international virtuoso, conceived some of the most innovative examples of the period. On this CD, pianist Etsuko Hirosé plays both of Schumann’s works for piano and orchestra and Liszt’s second concerto. Hirosé has won numerous awards including the Moscow Chopin Competition in 1992, the Viotti International Competition in Italy in 1995, the Munich International Competition and the International Martha Argerich Competition in Buenos Aires in 1997.

The Ricercar Consort perform an Easter favorite mirare harmonia mundi

JS BACH St John Passion

Helena Ek (soprano), Maria Keohane (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Jan Börner (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor), Ma hias Vieweg (baritone), Stephan McLeod (bass), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot Mirare • MIR 136

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Price Code: 2A15 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $31.98)

“Pierlot has already proved to be a sensitive and stylish Bach interpreter.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORT A new recording from Ricercar Consort is always special and this one is no exception. The enterprising Mirare label presents the group’s powerful new recording of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion. Although not as popular as the St. Matthew Passion, the St. John is equally rich with the invention and beautiful melodies that Bach is famous for. The soloists here are on top form and their truly wondrous performance will surely elicit raves from critics. Last year’s Bach Magnificat with similar forces received excellent reviews including a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and a BBC CD Review disc of the week.

Also available Mirare • MIR 102 (3760127221029)

“A wonderfully vibrant and telling account... vitally conceived and multi-dimensional.”

May 2011

Bach: Magnificat

— GRAMOPHONE 15

frémeaux mirare

Corboz conducts sacred music

by Gounod GOUNOD Requiem, Messe Chorale

Charlo e Müller-Perrier (soprano), Valérie Bonnard (alto), Christophe Einhorn (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz Mirare • MIR 129

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IMPORT According to Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod ought to be better known for his church music than for his operas. This gives some idea of the unprecedented quality of his sacred works, to which he devoted not only his unwavering faith but also the highest degree of his musical skill. Gounod’s Requiem in particular foreshadows Fauré, Duruflé and Poulenc and constitutes one of the masterpieces of the genre. On this new disc from Mirare, Michel Corboz and the Ensemble Vocal et Instrumentale de Lausanne offer insightful and reverential performances of both the Requiem and the Messe Chorale.

A tale of two Viennas Wien 1925 BERG Kammerkonzert STRAUSS/WEBERN Schatwalzer STRAUSS/SCHOENBERG Rosen aus dem Süden

May 2011

Marie-Josèphe Jude (piano), François-Marie Drieux (violin), Orchestre Poitou-Charentes, Jean-François Heisser Mirare • MIR 133

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IMPORT This program presents the provocative (yet logical) juxtaposition of two musical worlds and two Viennese Schools. The first is represented by Berg’s Kammerkonzert, a key work of the twentieth-century, the second through modern arrangements from Schoenberg and Webern of Strauss’s Zwei Walzer, one of the greatest successes of Romantic Vienna. Performed here

by Orchestre Poitou-Charentes conducted by Jean-François Heisser, this disc features soloists Marie-Josèphe Jude on piano and François-Marie Drieux on violin.

A Michael Nyman world première mn records

NYMAN Facing Goya

Marie Angel, Winnie Böwe (sopranos), Hilary Summers (contralto), Harry Nicoll (tenor), Omar Ebrahim (baritone), Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman MN Records • MNRCD 121

F0yp21qc!$) ( s IMPORT Includes Bonus Nyman Opera Sampler CD Facing Goya puts science on the cultural stage t h ro u g h t h e m u s i c o f Michael Nyman and the inspiration of one of the world’s greatest painters.

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one woman’s passionate search for the 18th Century Spanish artist Goya’s missing skull. Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping, gene therapy, cloning and humankind’s follies as seen through Goya’s paintings, etchings and captions.

The idea for the opera arose from Nyman’s fascination with the insidious study of craniometry that developed in the 1870s. Goya was regarded as one of the greatest painters of his time. Buried in Bordeaux, legend has it that he asked friends to ensure his head was removed prior to burial to prevent the early craniometrists and researchers of eugenics from getting hold of his brain. Facing Goya asks the question, “If Goya’s skull was found, and if indeed, Goya was cloned, what would happen?”

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Price Code: 2A13 (2 CDs Plus Bonus Sampler, Suggested Retail Price: $27.98)

“There is something strangely compelling about the way Nyman takes the simplest chord progressions, sets them at odd acute angles to each other, and animates them with pounding rhythms.”

Available soon MN Records • MNRCD 101

“The playing of Nyman’s own ensemble is tenderly expressive.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Nyman: Love Counts

MN Records • MNRCD 111

“The bass Andrew Slater and the soprano Helen Williams give heroic performances — Nyman now writes with real affection for the human voice.”

— THE GUARDIAN

May 2011

Nyman: Man and Boy: Dada

— THE TELEGRAPH

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The Kuss Quartet debut with Viennese masterworks SCHUBERT String Quartet D877 BERG String Quartet Op.3

Kuss Quartet Onyx Classics • ONYX 4066

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IMPORT Schubert’s late masterpiece, the 15th and final String Quartet, was composed in 1826.

Although its first movement was performed at a Vienna Musikverein concert devoted to his music, he could not find anyone to publish it. It displays an almost Beethovenian profundity, and is a dramatic departure from the two previous song-based quartets that had proved popular. The writing is assured and the harmonies audacious. It is a dark, rather introverted work, full of passionate outbursts and drama. Berg’s Quartet Op.3 was premiered in 1911 towards the end of his studies with Schoenberg. It was badly received and baffled listeners and performers alike. Like the Schubert G major, it displays daring harmonies and a remarkable technical assurance. This is the Kuss Quartet’s debut on Onyx.

Schumann’s piano trios SCHUMANN Piano Trios Nos.1-3

May 2011

Ilya Gringolts (violin), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4072

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IMPORT Following their widely praised recording of Schumann violin sonatas, Ilya Gringolts and Peter Laul present Schumann’s three piano trios. Written over a short four-year period, the first two were composed just a few months apart in 1847. The first is often regarded as the strongest work of the three, and although it was conceived as a pair with the second, they differ markedly in tone. The first has a much darker, and more brooding quality in comparison to the sunnier second. Schumann’s third and final piano trio was written in 1851, soon after the composer and his family had moved to Dusseldorf. It was not a happy period, as Schumann was beginning to experience symptoms of the mental decline that would lead to his committal to a mental hospital in 1854, and his eventual death two years later.

Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass orange mountain

GLASS String Quartets Nos.1-5, Suite from Bent

Brooklyn Rider Orange Mountain • OMM 0074

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DOMESTIC On this new set from Orange Mountain, the fast-rising New York-based ensemble Brooklyn Rider performs the complete works for string quartet by Philip Glass. The set includes the world première recording of a suite from Glass’ score to Sean Mathias’ 1997 film Bent, which starred Mick Jagger, Clive Owen and Ian McKellen. Most of Glass’ string quartets are programmatic in nature. The second quartet was written for the Samuel Beckett play Company and the third accompanied Paul Schrader’s film on the life of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The fourth is an elegy in remembrance of artist Paul Buczak. Glass’ remarkable first quartet was an early work, written in 1966.

“Forgive the hyperbole, but I’ve seen the future of chamber music and it is Brooklyn Rider, which is to say that this New York–based foursome has the musical ability, the good sense to select great new works, and the artistic vision required to place itself in the same league as the Kronos or Turtle Island quartets.”

— STRINGS MAGAZINE

Also available Orange Mountain Music • OMM 0069 (801837006926)

“Both performances are superb: the musicians give the Schoenberg the exuberance of virtuosic youth. It’s not possible for me to imagine a better performance of the Glass.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

May 2011

Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht

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MTT explores the man behind the legend

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Also available in Blu-Ray SFS Media • 60042

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All Zones / Disc 1: 113 Minutes, Disc 2: 111 Minutes / 5.1 surround sound or 7.1 Dolby TrueHD / Subtitles in English (captions), Spanish, French, German, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean DOMESTIC

May 2011

Recently released

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Mahler: Songs with Orchestra

SFS Media • 60036 (821936003626)

“Tilson Thomas is as good a Mahler conductor as is currently alive... able to pull the essence out of this composer as no one else.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

Keeping Score MAHLER Origins and Legacy

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • 60041

From the sounds outside his bedroom window — a kind of sonic goulash of military marches, ethnic dance bands, church bells and nature itself — Gustav Mahler created an entire universe of emotion in music. In an astonishingly productive twenty-five years, he fashioned ten symphonies and 45 songs of cosmic scale, great beauty and jarring emotional twists and turns. And he did it all in the brief moments he could spare from his day job as one of Europe’s preeminent conductors. On Gustav Mahler: Origins and Legacy, the latest release in the PBS Keeping Score series, Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the provincial Austro-Hungarian city of Mahler’s childhood and bears witness to his grand achievements, great sorrows and daring musical explorations into the depths of the human soul. Join MTT and the San Francisco Symphony as they trace Mahler’s rise as a young conductor, his career-crowning appointments in Vienna and New York, his turbulent marriage and the sudden, tragic death of his daughter — and show how his stormy inner life inspired new and ever-more heartbreaking heights of creativity. SFS Media’s two-disc set includes the documentary accompanied by a second disc with concert performances by the San Francisco Symphony including the first symphony, selected movements of the fifth, seventh and ninth symphonies and the complete Songs of a Wayfarer with baritone Thomas Hampson.

Chamber music by Israeli composer Chaya Czernowin wergo

CZERNOWIN Shiªing Gravity

Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble Nikel, Ascolta, Ensemble Courage, Ipke Starke (electronics), Eric Daubresse (electronics), Titus Engel (conductor), Jonathan Stockhammer (conductor) Wergo • WER 6726

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IMPORT Wergo presents first recordings of chamber music by the acclaimed Israeli composer Chaya Czernowin. Shifting Gravity is a collection of works that combines the three sections of Anea Crystal with the compositions Sheva and Sahaf. The second part of the CD consists of the cycle Winter Songs III for 10 instrumentalists and electronics.

Wergo’s recording shows a different side of Czernowin, who, up to now, has been appreciated mainly for her stage works, in particular for the music theatre play Pnima ... Ins Innere or her adaptation of Mozart’s Zaïde / Adama. The instrumental works heard here were all created after the music-theatre plays, and focus on metaphysical themes of paralysis, adherence and proliferation.

May 2011

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POP/ROCK

May 2011

new label

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Rediscover the Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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Union Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra Penguin Cafe • DPC 098

Concert Program

Penguin Cafe Orchestra Penguin Cafe • DPC 099

Piano Music

Simon Jeffes Penguin Cafe • DPC 100

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The Penguin Cafe Orchestra is arguably the ultimate word of mouth group. But those who manage to stumble upon their richly melodic and utterly uplifting music invariably respond by asking, “where has this music been all my life?” quickly followed by, “which album should I buy first?” This month, three completely remastered gems from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s discography make a welcome return to the active catalog and a new lineup of the group, Penguin Cafe, makes its debut. Union Cafe is a sprawling, diverse album that could be the Penguins’ ‘White Album.’ Concert Program includes most of the group’s best-known pieces. It was conceived as a ‘live’ album that would be recorded in a studio — a concert without an audience. Simon Jeffes, the leader of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, was an English classically trained guitarist, composer and arranger. Most of the pieces on his solo album Piano Music are previously unreleased material found on tapes after his untimely death in December 1997. The other fourteen pieces were played and recorded by Jeffes at various times and places.

POP/ROCK

Introducing Penguin Cafe — a new band for a new century A ma¬er of life...

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Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe • DPC 101

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“Penguin Cafe prove how well his music has survived in the new century.”

April 2011

File in: Pop / Rock Thirteen years after Simon Jeffes’ death, his son, Arthur, has started playing his music again. Performing under the name Penguin Cafe, the younger Jeffes — along with a new group of musicians — is re-visiting his father’s music and starting a new chapter in the story of this unique and strange creative world. Their sound is at once familiar and new, combining acoustic power and a beguiling, feisty charm.

The Penguin Cafe’s first year, 2009, saw them playing the Acoustic stage at Glastonbury, the main stages at Big Chill and Bestival among many other adventures. In 2010, one major highlight was playing at the Albert Hall at their own BBC Late Night Prom. Over these first two years, Arthur has been writing new material to compliment and respond to the old. A love-letter to the original music, A Matter Of Life... is the result of this endeavor and is one of the most startling, beautiful and extraordinary records of the year.

— THE GUARDIAN 23

POP/ROCK A new look at the Fab Four B for Bang Rewires The Beatles

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B for Bang KML Records • KML 2120

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IMPORT File in: Pop / Rock On their second album, experimental rockers B for Bang return to The Beatles, exposing twelve more of the Fab Four’s works to a firestorm of modern styles. Classic songs collide with the worlds of drum ‘n’ bass, trip hop, alternative rock and contemporary classical music to form a 21st century forest fire of sound. This album represents a kind of musical alchemy, from the fast-running euphoria of “Get Back” to the infectious offbeat tangle of “When I’m Sixty-Four.” Performers include alternative rocker David Chalmin, bassist Massimo Pupillo, contemporary classical maestro Nicola Tescari, electronic wizard Fabio ‘Reeks’ Recchia, drum ‘n’ bass pioneer Marque Gilmore and avant-garde virtuoso Katia Labèque, whose resonant grand piano roots this medley of styles.

May 2011

Also available Katia Labèque: Shape of My Heart

KML Records • KML 2119 (8033712872193)

“A crossover album that achieves a very wide appeal.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

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WORLD Music from the Basque country Kalakan

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Kalakan KML Records • KML 2123

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IMPORT File in: World / Spain Iturri zaharretik edaten dut, ur berria edaten, beti berri den ura, betiko iturri zaharretik (I drink from the old fountain, from a source that is always new, in a source that is always old). This poem by Joxean Artze opens the doors to the Kalakan universe. Children of tradition, Thierry, Paxkal and Jamixel assert their Basque identities. They sing in Euskara (the Basque language) as a way to connect with their roots. Kalakan (a Basque word meaning “chatting”) believes that the first language of humans is music. Kalakan chooses the essentials: percussion, voices, rhythm and melody.

These are starting points leading to the future and eventually back to themselves.

Also available World Village • 468085 (713746808525)

“A record that takes you to musical places as magic and other-worldly as they are recognizable and real.”

— SONGLINES

May 2011

Oreka Tx: Nömadak Tx

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WORLD Inventive oud from Trio Joubran As Fâr

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Trio Joubran World Village • 479055

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IMPORT File in: World / Palestine Le Trio Joubran are the worthy inheritors of a rich tradition. For the Joubrans, music is a family affair. The trio’s parents, Hatem Mbadda Joubran, stringed-instrument maker emeritus known throughout the Arab world, and Ibtisam Hanna Joubran, a singer, both come from families where music is transmitted from generation to generation. On this astonishing new studio album, the three brothers have created a unique blend of hypnotic grooves and tight interplay. As Fâr is a vibrant masterpiece of an album that will take you along on a fascinating Middle Eastern journey.

“Among the most inventive musicians in the Arab world.”

— THE GUARDIAN

May 2011

Also available A l’ombre des mots

World Village • 479036 (794881933228)

“Utterly spine-tingling in its intensity.”

— SONGLINES

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WORLD An elegant and powerful fusion of East & West Samaagam

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Amjad Ali Khan, Sco ish Chamber Orchestra, David Murphy World Village • 468102

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“When Amjad Ali Khan performs, he carries with him a deep human spirit, a warm feeling and a sense of caring.”

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama

May 2011

IMPORT File in: World / India In the Sanskrit language, the word samaagam translates as, “a confluence or flowing together.” The Sikhi Wiki website describes Samaagam as, “an important gathering or meeting... to celebrate, announce or exchange ideas of great communal value.” These definitions offer insight into the music on Samaagam, an exquisite new recording teaming Indian sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Murphy.

This stunning collaborative work suggests by its very nature a powerful and significant unification. While many musicians have attempted to forge East-meets-West connections, rarely have they been as successful in creating as seamless and exhilarating a bond.

For Khan, this album is a dream fulfilled. An admirer of European classical music, Khan long harbored a desire to fuse the magnificence of the Western orchestra with the traditions of the raga.

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WORLD The ageless music of Greece La femme qui marche

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Élisa Vellia Chant du Monde • 2742017

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IMPORT File in: World / Greece After Anharia, an album of her own compositions, Élisa Vellia and her harp present La femme qui marche — a fresh approach to Greek traditional music. From Asia Minor to the islands in the Aegean Sea, in the wake of oral tradition, all these songs seem tailor-made for her instrument. The ageless oral tradition has been handed down from mother to daughter from Asia Minor right through to modern-day Greece.

May 2011

Also available

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Ahnaria

Chant du Monde • 2741580 (794881882823)

“Greek, Scottish, and Breton music with a dash of African spice, a shake of Klezmer, some café jazz moodiness, and a hint of New Age calm.”

— SING OUT!

WORLD Beguiling Ladino songs Daughter of the Spring

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Mor Karbasi Chant du Monde • 2742025

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“One of the great young divas of the global music scene.”

— THE GUARDIAN

IMPORT File in: Jewish Music Israeli singer Mor Karbasi burst onto the global world music scene in 2008 with the release of her first album, Beauty and the Sea, and has continued to capture audiences internationally with her gorgeous, exceptional voice. Her music is influenced by several cultures — Persian, Moroccan, Spanish and of course Israeli. Karbasi sings in Ladino, Hebrew and Spanish. She explains, “to me, Ladino is the most beautiful, melodic and magical language I can imagine. I hope to bring its richness to many people. Ladino is a language full of vitality... It is a perfect vehicle to express every aspect of being a woman.” Karbasi’s second album, Daughter of the Spring, continues her exploration of the Ladino repertoire, taking it in new and exciting directions while staying true to the music’s traditions and heritage.

ADVANCE REVIEW — FROOTS

May 2011

“Encourages repeated listens to reveal all the detail, and the beguiling range of variety... but throughout it’s once again Karbasi’s wonderful voice — a truly expressive, electrifying instrument with a huge but superbly controlled range of tones, decorations and expression — that cements it all together.”

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WORLD Classic noubas from Beihdja Rahal institut du monde arabe

In the Mood for the Nouba

Beihdja Rahal Institut du Monde Arabe • 321079

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IMPORT File in: World / Algeria The performance of the M’djanba and Mazmûm noubas presented here require warmth of the soul. The crystal-clear tones of Beihdja Rahal ring out in her radiant interpretation of these classical pieces from the Andalusian-Algerian repertoire. Accompanied by traditional instruments such as the târ (percussion), the darbûka or goblet drum, the lute, the violin, the kwîtra (stringed instrument) and the qânûn (zither), this genre demands total respect of its rules, its harmony, rhythms and melody. The recording as a whole offers the listener an intense emotional experience.

Visionary world grooves

May 2011

piranha

Radio Babel

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Watcha Clan Piranha • PIR 2543

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IMPORT File in: World / France The biblical city of Babel and its infamous tower provide the inspiration for the Watcha Clan’s latest release. Radio Babel is the sound of one world singing and dancing together.

On this new album, they are joined by a multi-cultural cast featuring producer/keyboardist Suprem Clem, bassist Matt Labesse and vocalist/guitarist Nassim Kouti. Connecting the European and Middle Eastern worlds has been the band’s calling card for a decade. Watcha Clan has always exhibited a visionary spiritual eclecticism in its sound, stretching from Gnawa trance and drum ‘n’ bass to hip-hop, Balkan brass and Sephardic folk, with thriving bass-heavy pulsations countered by Sista K’s show-stopping vocals.

JAZZ The best in new American jazz from SmallsLIVE smallslive

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Live at Smalls

Jazz Incorporated SmallsLIVE • SL 0017

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DOMESTIC File in: Jazz jazz incorporated is a collective ensemble co-led by Jazz drum legend Louis Hayes and trumpet player Jeremy Pelt. This contemporary hard-bop quartet plays repertoire from the legacy of their drummer as well as standards and originals. The energy during these sets was electric and the house was packed. Louis Hayes demonstrates the authoritative swing that has established his legend. He has been the driving force behind bands led by Cannonball Adderly, Horace Silver and Freddie Hubbard. Jeremy Pelt plays with an effortless majesty and true jazz conviction to each phrase. Pianist Anthony Wonsey delivers impeccable accompaniment and some sparkling solos. Dezron Douglas makes his second SmallsLIVE appearance proving why he is rapidly becoming the first call bassman for the top-shelf groups. The music is exciting, accessible and full of life.

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Cyrille Aimée & Friends SmallsLIVE • SL 0018

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May 2011

DOMESTIC File in: Jazz Cyrille Aimée has consistently proven herself to be an unstoppable, undeniable talent in the modern age of jazz. Her culturally rich background has supplied her with the driving force of Dominican rhythm and the incredible swing of the French Gypsies. Taking these natural abilities with her across the world, she has received rave reviews and a loyal following in each country she graces with her voice. She was a finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition of 2010, performing in front of a jury of Al Jarreau, Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater. In 2007, Cyrille won both the first and public prize in the Montreux Jazz Festival Competition. For her SmallsLIVE debut, she is accompanied by jazz legend Roy Hargrove as well as tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm. The rhythm section consists of pianist Spike Wilner, bassist Phil Khuen and drummer Joey Saylor.

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JAZZ The best in new American jazz from SmallsLIVE Live at Smalls

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Bruce Barth Trio SmallsLIVE • SL 0019

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DOMESTIC File in: Jazz Jazz pianist and composer Bruce Barth has been sharing his music with listeners the world over for more than two decades. Deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, his music reflects both the depth and breadth of his life and musical experiences. In addition to traveling widely and performing his own music, he has also performed with revered jazz masters, and collaborated with leading musicians of his own generation. The Star-Ledger writes, “No one sounds quite like Barth. His solos are characterized by robust swing, his ability to tell a story, and by his rich, beguiling sound.”

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The Flail SmallsLIVE • SL 0020

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May 2011

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DOMESTIC File in: Jazz The Flail is a New York City-based jazz quintet. The members met while attending the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and quickly became friends. From its inception in 2001, the Flail has focused on developing a group sound; as such, there has never been a ‘leader’ of the band — every member has an equal voice, musically and otherwise.

This attitude is woven through all aspects of their music. The Flail’s repertoire is mainly comprised of original compositions written by all the members of the band. Some of these compositions were inspired by direct experiences the band has gone through together.

Others were written with the personalities and musical sound of the members in mind.

JAZZ Smokin’ Gypsy jazz

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Live in Paris

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Angelo Debarre Chant du Monde • 2741742

DVD: All Zones / 49 Minutes / Dolby Stereo 5.1 / 16:9 IMPORT File in: Jazz

Also available on DVD Chant du Monde • 9741743

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Angelo Debarre is one of the greatest Gypsy guitar players in the world — an outstanding instrumentalist and an unusual personality. This concert, recorded during the Les Nuits Manouches Festival, gives us an opportunity to experience the art of this singular musician. Debarre began playing at age eight and has headlined several significant Romani and jazz festivals, including Birdland’s Django Festival. He is currently one of the most active and requested Gypsy guitar players in the world. Live in Paris features Debarre and friends in a red-hot live performance. The recording is offered both as a CD+DVD combo and a separate DVD.

Also available Chant du Monde • 2741772 (794881940325)

“His time-honored Hot Club format hits cruising speed on a debonair mixture of covers and originals...

Music to banish the blues.”

— THE TIMES

May 2011

Gipsy Unity

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JAZZ

Legendary reed man Claude Tissendier Django’s Dream

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Claude Tissendier, André Bonnin, Luc Desroy, Romain Brizemur Chant du Monde • 2742021

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May 2011

IMPORT File in: Jazz Claude Tissendier is a multi-talented performer, composer and arranger. His clarinet and alto saxophone sound has been described as a mixture between the styles of Benny Carter and Charlie Parker and he has made frequent radio and television appearances over his more-than-20 year career. On his new CD Django’s Dream, Tissendier and friends remind us of the clarinet’s contribution to Django’s music as a whole, as well as recalling the vital and very special role played by Hubert Rostaing, one of the great masters of the instrument.

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JAZZ Jazz meets Flamenco Mi Camino con el Flamenco

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Raphaël Faÿs Chant du Monde • 2741889

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IMPORT File in: Jazz Coming in the wake of his previous albums Andalucía and Extremadura, Mi Camino Con El Flamenco is Raphaël Faÿs’ third opus entirely devoted to the flamenco style. Since 1987, he has been devoting all his time and energy to carving out a path for himself in a particularly demanding musical tradition marked by the heritage of various unusual personalities.

Faÿs wants to bring his own modest contribution to a style that is undergoing constant change, and rather than play at being a follower or an imitator, he has developed his own individual style.

It combines the three main traits of Faÿs’ music — the melodic richness of each composition, his impeccable instrumental technique and the expressive quality of his jazz playing where only the essential comes through.

Also available Chant du Monde • 2741886 (794881976324)

“Their playing of these Django classics is electrifying.”

May 2011

Loeffler, Laffont & Faÿs: Django et Rein d’Autre

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION 35

JAZZ Bach transcriptions for jazz sitar first hand

Out of Genre

Jonathan Mayer First Hand • FHR 09

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IMPORT File in: Jazz Out of Genre, the solo debut album from distinguished sitarist Jonathan Mayer, spans world, jazz and classical genres. Featuring jazz trumpet legend Kenny Wheeler, the program includes the premiere recording of sitar transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach. Son of the late composer and co-founder of Indo-Jazz Fusions John Mayer, Jonathan studied sitar with Clem Alford (the first ever European sitar player), Pandit Subroto Roy Chowdhury of Senia Gharana and Wajahat Khan (direct descendent of Mia Tansen the great musician, one of the nine jewels in Moghul court of Emperor Akbar). He also studied composition with his father and later with Andrew Downes at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Out of Genre also features the first ever recording of the newly invented pygmy sitar.

The sophisticated jazz vocals of Wendy Nieper First Flight

Wendy Nieper First Hand • FHR 10

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IMPORT File in: Jazz One of the leading jazz vocalists in the UK, Wendy Nieper is a very versatile, sophisticated jazz vocalist and a gifted scat singer. Her rich vocal colors are complemented by wonderful phrasing and great musicality. Her wide experience as a singer includes being a member of the Swingle Singers with whom she recorded five albums. She has appeared on numerous albums both as a classical and jazz singer and has toured extensively around the globe.

On this album, Nieper is accompanied by a great band including the talented composer/ pianist Roland Perrin and the jazz legend Digby Fairweather. First Flight is an explosive mix of styles from Cuban to jazz and pop to funk. If you like Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, Claire Martin then we are sure you will love First Flight.

JAZZ Bach improvisations by Francis Lockwood Round about Bach

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Francis Lockwood Frémeaux • FA 529

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IMPORT File in: Jazz The goal of Round about Bach is to embrace the music and soundworld of Johann Sebastian Bach and blend it with the spice and freedom of jazz improvisation. In all humility, and with great respect for those who have preceded him, Francis Lockwood’s new album is a bantering tribute that shows not only Lockwood’s love for the master, but also his consummate skill at the keyboard (as early as 1987, Jazz Hot rated Lockwood one of the five greatest pianists in Europe), a shared passion that binds these old and new worlds together.

May 2011

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Concert Calendar • CLASSICAL May 2011

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Kristian Bezuidenhout Christine Brewer Bernarda Fink

harmonia mundi Hyperion harmonia mundi

Alban Gerhardt Ma hias Goerne, Christine Schäfer Ma hias Goerne Susan Graham Bernard Haitink

Hyperion harmonia mundi harmonia mundi Onyx Classics LSO Live

Marc-André Hamelin

Hyperion

Angela Hewi Alina Ibragimova Olga Kern

Hyperion Hyperion harmonia mundi

Paul Lewis London Symphony Orchestra Jon Nakamatsu Paul O'De e

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Philip Glass Ensemble Jordi Savall

Orange Mountain Alia Vox

Tallis Scholars Tokyo String Quartet

Gimell harmonia mundi

Elizabeth Wa s Shai Wosner

harmonia mundi Onyx Classics

Joyce Yang

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C.J. Chenier

World Village

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