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MARIUSZ KWIECIEN Slavic Heroes

JANUARY 10, 2012

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The harmonia mundi label rings in the New Year with the highly anticipated solo début by baritone Mariusz Kwiecien. A rising star in the opera world, Kwiecien's Slavic Heroes (p.5) offers a selection of Polish, Russian and Czech arias. Also on harmonia mundi are an album of choral works by Janácek (p.3) with Daniel Reuss and the Cappella Amsterdam and volume three of Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart keyboard music series (p.4). New from Alia Vox is Mare Nostrum (p.8), Jordi Savall’s survey of the influence of the Mediterranean on the Western world's musical and cultural development. Channel Classics offers an album of vocal and chamber works by Vivaldi featuring soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and Florilegium (p.11). Key releases from Hyperion include volume eleven in the Romantic Violin Concerto series (p.19) with Tanja Becker-Bender and Fauré Cello Sonatas (p.21) played

by Alban Gerhardt and Cecile Licad. Also of special note, MN Records presents a deluxe reissue of the groundbreaking recording Michael Nyman (p.24), James Ehnes and Vladimir Ashkenazy team up for an album of Tchaikovsky (p.25), Jonathan Biss begins a Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle (p.27) and Testament debuts a previously unreleased disc with the young Maurizio Pollini playing Chopin Etudes (p.31). In non-classical titles, Omar Sosa partners with Paolo Fresu on Alma (p.35) for Otá Records and renowned Balkan artists including Fanfare Ciocarlia perform on Piranha’s Brass Noir (p.38).

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In Memoriam Montserrat Figueras • 1942–2011 Renowned Catalan early music soprano Montserrat Figueras has died aged 69. Along with her husband, viol player and conductor Jordi Savall, Figueras greatly enriched the early music scene.

Followers of her artistry were rewarded with thrilling performances rich in emotion, scholarship and inventiveness.

She will be greatly missed.

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Catherine Russell's fourth album for World Village, Strictly Romancin' is a paean to natural attractions: to a lover, an art form, to one's family heritage. Our faithful heroine explores love's foibles, failures and bliss, from amorous to humorous. This acclaimed vocalist embodies the lost art of song savvy, inhabiting the lyric, and allowing each melody to shine.

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Czech choral music harmonia mundi

JANÁCEK Choral Works — Six Moravian Choruses (a er Dvorák)

Thomas Walker (tenor), Philip Mayers (piano), Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss harmonia mundi • HMC 902097

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“The Cappella Amsterdam display a sound that is magnificently smooth and seamless.”

— THE BUFFALO NEWS

IMPORT Janácek’s choral works draw on an extremely rich repertory of folksongs and folk tales. The composer employed idioms from Bohemian and Moravian traditions, with their characteristic folk dances and rustic nursery rhymes, and on the recently published Moravian Duets of his compatriot Antonín Dvorák, to convey a mixture of emotions, forever shifting between cheerfulness and melancholy. Daniel Reuss and Cappella Amsterdam are joined by tenor Thomas Walker and pianist Philip Mayers in this recording of rarely heard vocal music.

Also available harmonia mundi • HMC 902056 (794881942923)

“It is hard to imagine a better performance than this sensitive and elegant account...”

January 2012

Martin: Golgotha

— THE NEW YORK TIMES 3

More Mozart from Kristian Bezuidenhout harmonia frémeaux mundi

MOZART Keyboard Music, Vol.3

Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) harmonia mundi • HMU 907499

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IMPORT On volume three of his widely acclaimed traversal of Mozart’s music for solo keyboard, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout performs on a modern reproduction of an 1805 Viennese instrument by Anton Walter.

The program includes the much loved Sonata in F major K.332, alongside Mozart’s very last composition for piano, the Variations K.613.

“Kristian Bezuidenhout has a lively interpretive imagination, razor-sharp technique and fresh ideas...”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

January 2012

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Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol.1 harmonia mundi • HMU 907497 (093046749729)

“These interpretations — excellent to outstanding — are interpretations of today.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol.2 harmonia mundi • HMU 907498 (093046749828)

“This is Mozart playing of such intimacy and tenderness, on an instrument able to respond with similar subtlety and nuance.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

An auspicious operatic début Slavic Heroes

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Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz harmonia mundi • HMW 906101

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IMPORT Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien has won over audiences in many of the world’s greatest opera houses with his powerful interpretations (not to mention his rugged good looks). For his first solo recital recording and harmonia mundi début, Kwiecien employs his mellifluous and burnished voice to great effect in a fascinating selection of favorite Polish, Russian and Czech arias. The result is a winning collection of operatic gems, both familiar and rare.

Kwiecien is accompanied by the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lukasz Borowicz on the first release from harmonia mundi’s new production office in the United Kingdom.

“A once-in-a-generation baritone.”

— THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

January 2012

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The Century series returns With the Century series, harmonia mundi’s finest artists invite listeners on a thrilling voyage of discovery of music through the ages. Reissued by popular demand, the first ten single discs in the series are available once again, featuring repertoire from Antiquity to the late Renaissance. Performers include Ensemble Organum, Soeur Marie Keyrouz, Alfred Deller, Paul Hillier, Anonymous 4, Clemencic Consort, Huelgas-Ensemble, Dominique Visse, Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs and Paul O’Dette.

Century Series Vol.1 — Music of the Ancient World

Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908163

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Century Series Vol.3 — A Thousand Years of Gregorian Chant

Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908165

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Century Series Vol.2 — Chant of the Early Christians

Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908164

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Century Series Vol.4 — Troubadours & other Courtly Arts Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908166

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A voyage of musical discovery Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908167

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Century Series Vol.6 — The Century of the Ars nova: A Revolution in the Late Middle Ages

Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908168

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Century Series Vol.7 — Ars subtilior: Dawn of the Renaissance

Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908169

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Century Series Vol.8 — Sacred Music of the Renaissance: Masses & Motets (1500-1600)

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Century Series Vol.5 — The Birth of Polyphony

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Century Series Vol.9 — Songs & Madrigals of the Renaissance

Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908171

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Century Series Vol.10 — The Rise of Instrumental Music (1450-1650)

Various Artists harmonia mundi • HMX 2908172

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Music of the Mediterranean alia vox

Mare Nostrum Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Lior Elmaleh (vocals), Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9888

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Mare Nostrum (Latin for “Our Sea”) was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea, one of the most important focal points of cultural, political and intellectual growth and exchange and dialogue in the history of humankind. In this lavishly illustrated CD-book, Jordi Savall and the musicians of Hespèrion XXI invite us to explore the facts, myths and legends of the Mediterranean and the sway it has had over many peoples and cultures — from Morocco to Israel, from Spain to Lebanon.

Also featured on the recording are soprano Montserrat Figueras and Israeli singer Lior Elmaleh, one of the leading representatives of the new generation of performers of Andalusian music.

“Few artists today are as committed to exploring the fusion of musical cultures through history and the lessons that has for our own fractured age.”

— GRAMOPHONE

January 2012

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La Sublime Porte

Alia Vox • AVSA 9887 (7619986398877)

Balancing the sacred and the profane Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

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Ferveur & Extase

Stephanie d’Oustrac (mezzo-soprano), Amarillis Ambronay • AMY 027

IMPORT The sumptuous music on this album contrasts the sacred and profane — from the fervor of cult of the Virgin Mary to the passion and ecstasy of Dido, Queen of Carthage. Focusing on works by 17th century Venetian Baroque composers, the album’s selections include Cavalli’s Lamento di Didone and Scarlatti’s Didone delirante (long thought lost) and a previously unrecorded cantata by Faggioli.

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie d’Oustrac, accompanied by the ensemble Amarillis, offers powerful performances that evoke passion and virtue, worship and desolation.

Beethoven favorites Price Code: 2A15 (CD+DVD, Suggested Retail Price: $31.98)

Les Dissonances, David Grimal Aparté • AP 023

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BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5, Creatures of Prometheus Overture

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IMPORT The second Beethoven recording by David Grimal and the orchestra Les Dissonances is a benefit album for the homeless. It features Beethoven’s fifth symphony coupled with the Creatures of Prometheus overture and is presented in a special package that includes a DVD video focusing on preparations for the group’s October 2011 tour. Available only in PAL format, this DVD may not be playable on some home video players, but can be viewed on any computer with a DVD drive. The audio disc features exciting, exhilarating interpretations of these timeless masterpieces.

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Music for trumpet On the Road

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Wim Van Hasselt (trumpet) Channel Classics • CCS SA 31811

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & multi-channel/ DSD Jack Kerouac’s On The Road was released in 1957 and went on to become the textbook of the beat generation. To be forever-on-the-road was a new attitude in life, a present-day interpretation of the Bohemian type, and it came to inspire generations of pop musicians. For the arts, borders have always been irrelevant. Bach and Mozart sought inspiration in the music of all the countries around them.

Bartók travelled endlessly. The works on the present CD were written by composers from nine European countries and the selection is nothing less than a journey through the trumpet repertoire of Europe.

Wim Van Hasselt plays trumpet in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

January 2012

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I was like Wow Jörgen van Rijen (trombone) Channel • CCS SA 26909 (723385269090)

“The leading recording artist for his instrument... strong and beautiful readings... gorgeous, rich in tone, and full of life.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Vivaldi concertos and vocal music Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Florilegium Channel Classics • CCS SA 32311

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VIVALDI Concerto Madrigalesco RV129, Laudate Pueri RV601, Concerto Il Gran Mogul RV431a, Motet Nulla in mundo RV630, Concerto in B flat RV547

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & multi-channel/ DSD The chamber concerto was a popular genre with German and French Baroque composers. However, Italian composers, who concentrated on opera, sacred and secular music for voice, appear to have ignored it — with the exception of Vivaldi.

Our modern image of the “Red Priest” is primarily that of a secular composer, yet much of his work was intended for performance in church. The importance of sacred music for solo voice in the oeuvre of Vivaldi emerges with a bold statistic: of his fifty or so extant sacred vocal works, thirty are for solo voice. This disc featuring soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and the English ensemble Florilegium pairs three popular chamber concertos with the Laudate Pueri and the motet Nulla in Mundo.

“Florilegium have the Midas touch. Whatever they play sounds precious.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Also available Channel Classics • CCS SA 29810 (722385298109)

“The singing and playing are superb. This disc ranks with the best versions available.”

— FANFARE

January 2012

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

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Widor piano concertos WIDOR Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Fantaisie

Martin Roscoe (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates Du on • CDLX 7275

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IMPORT Following on the success of their recording of Benjamin Godard’s piano concertos, Dutton offers up the delightful piano concertos of Charles-Marie Widor, stylishly played

by Martin Roscoe. Written during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Widor’s concertos were performed by several of the finest French pianists of the day, yet for some unaccountable reason have dropped from the standard repertoire. The first concerto is lyrical and soloistic, exhibiting an almost Chopinesque pianism, while in the second, the composer more closely integrates soloist and orchestra. All in all, this is a memorable and multi-faceted musical journey.

Charming light music from Bournemouth Dan Godfrey Encores

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp Du on • CDLX 7276

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IMPORT Dutton presents a survey of encores and light music once championed by conductor Dan Godfrey and the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra in the period between the Wars.

The album’s mix of short symphonic works and the sort of tuneful light music conductor Godfrey favored is striking and makes for a delightful program. World premiere recordings include Armstrong Gibbs’ tuneful ballet music from The Betrothal and Ina Boyle’s Baxian tone poem The Magic Harp. Ronald Corp and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra capture the élan and charm of this music perfectly.

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HOLBROOKE Aucassin and Nicole£e – Ballet for Orchestra Op.115, Saxophone Concerto Op.88 BENNETT Seven Country Dances

Amy Dickson (saxophone), Royal Sco ish National Orchestra, George Vass Du on • CDLX 7277

IMPORT The third volume in Dutton’s pioneering Holbrooke series features Amy Dickson in the Saxophone Concerto — the first British concerto for the instrument — and the ballet Aucassin and Nicolette, the latter forgotten since its run at Golders Green Hippodrome before the War. In both these sunny scores, we forget the grim, operatic Holbrooke evoking dark Celtic legends and revel in tuneful music that reminds us that he enjoyed considerable success as a composer of light music. The coupling is Richard Rodney Bennett’s delightful Seven Country Dances.

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CONVERSE Song of the Sea, Festival of Pan Op.9, American Sketches

BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart Du on • CDLX 7278

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IMPORT Composer Frederick Shepherd Converse was a leading name in American music up to the Second World War. It was Converse who composed the first American opera. Yet despite being widely heard in his day, after his death in 1940 he was soon eclipsed by the new generation of Copland, Harris and Barber. Featured here are his American Sketches, the Festival of Pan and the Song of the Sea, a tone poem after Whitman. These fascinating world premiere recordings are stylishly performed by Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart leading the BBC Concert Orchestra.

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Scintillating string concertos BENJAMIN Violin Concerto, Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola & Orchestra, Elegy, Waltz and Toccata for Viola & Orchestra

Lorraine McAslan (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Royal Sco ish National Orchestra, John Gibbons Du on • CDLX 7279

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IMPORT This recording of music by Arthur Benjamin brings the composer’s three string concertos together on one disc for the first time. Featured works include the Violin Concerto, Elegy, Waltz and Toccata and the Romantic Fantasy for violin, viola and orchestra. Violinist Lorraine McAslan and violist Sarah-Jane Bradley are the featured soloists, accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra led by John Gibbons.

English choral music CORP And All the Trumpets Sounded HURD The Shepherd’s Calendar

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Mark Stone (baritone), Roderick Williams (baritone), London Chorus, New London Childrens’ Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp Du on • CDLX 7280

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IMPORT Conductor-composer Ronald Corp couples two supremely engaging choral works, pairing his own cantata And all the Trumpets Sounded with Michael Hurd’s appealing choral symphony The Shepherd’s Calendar. Both are world premiere recordings. Featured soloists are baritones Mark Stone and Roderick Williams, accompanied by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp.

World premières from Martin Yates Price Code: A22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98)

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MOERAN Sketches for Symphony No.2, Overture for a Festival IRELAND Sarnia

Royal Sco ish National Orchestra, Martin Yates Du on • CDLX 7281

IMPORT It has long been known that Moeran left sketches for an unfinished Second Symphony. At last, conductor Martin Yates has realized and completed the sketches of Moeran’s symphony.

Brilliantly played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Yates’s baton, this is an exciting discovery that all lovers of British music will want to hear. The equally fascinating pairing is Yates’ orchestration of Ireland’s piano suite Sarnia: an island sequence. Both are world première recordings.

Gripping Romantic concertos

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BATE Piano Concerto No.2, Sinfonie£a No.1 REIZENSTEIN Piano Concerto No.2

Victor Sangiorgio (piano), Royal Sco ish National Orchestra, Martin Yates Du on • CDLX 7282

January 2012

IMPORT Dutton’s fourth recordings of music by Stanley Bate features the second Piano Concerto and the first Sinfonietta. It is coupled with yet another discovery, the music of Franz Reizenstein — whose second Piano Concerto is grippingly played by Victor Sangiorgio. Reizenstein was one of the many composers and musicians who were forced to leave Germany when the Nazis came to power. The disc celebrates the centenary of the birth of both composers.

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Neapolitan choral music PROVENZALE Requiem

La Cappella de’Turchini, Antonio Florio Eloquentia • EL 0710

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IMPORT Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704) was a key figure in Italian music, standing squarely between Monteverdi and Scarlatti and filling an important role in the development of the Neapolitan style. His Missa defunctorum (Requiem mass) was likely composed on the death of Phillip IV of Spain in 1666. Its conservative style must have seemed archaic to listeners in 1666, reminiscent of the music of the great Flemish composers of the early Renaissance.

This disc features performances by Antonio Florio and the Cappella de’Turchini.

Bach’s evergreen violin sonatas BACH Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

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Florian Deuter (violin), Philippe Grisvard (harpsichord), Balázs Máté (cello) Eloquentia • EL 1131

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IMPORT Bach likely wrote his six Violin Sonatas while employed as Capellmeister in Cöthen. The sonatas realize a glorious synthesis between the severe style of German music and the flexible and melodic writing of Italian music. This recording from Eloquentia features violinist Florian Deuter, formerly concertmaster of Music Antiqua Koln and now concertmaster of the Musiciens du Louvre and founder of the chamber music group L’ Harmonie Universelle. He is joined by harpsichordist Philippe Grisvard and cellist Balázs Máté.

Live recordings from the Israel Philharmonic helicon

BRAHMS Symphony No.4 SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No.3 ‘Organ’

Alexander Gorin (organ), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9646

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MAHLER Symphony No.7

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9647

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Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, his last, was completed in 1885 — twelve years before his death. It is particularly notable for its finale, a rare example of a symphonic chaconne that is adapted from the closing movement of Bach’s cantata Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich. Saint-Saëns’ Third Symphony is popularly known as the “Organ Symphony,” even though only two sections out of four feature the instrument. Zubin Mehta leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in taut and colorful performances, recorded live in Tel-Aviv in 2006-07.

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Mahler’s Seventh Symphony is sometimes referred as the “Song of the Night,” however this nickname was not Mahler’s own and he disapproved of it. In 1904, Mahler was enjoying great international success as a conductor, but he was also, at last, beginning to enjoy international success as a composer. The symphony was written during his annual summer holidays at his lakeside retreat over the course of two years. This performance featuring Zubin Mehta leading the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was recorded live in 2007.

January 2012

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DOHNÁNYI The Complete Solo Piano Music Martin Roscoe (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67871

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IMPORT Erno von Dohnányi was one of the most extraordinary Renaissance men in musical history.

In addition to being a composer and virtuoso pianist, he was director of the Franz Liszt Academy, conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and music director of Hungarian Radio. He was revered as a teacher — anyone who was anyone in Hungary was taught by him, among them Georg Solti. As a pianist-composer, his music grew out of the traditions of Liszt and Brahms, but his command of instrumental color and rhythmic élan is all his own. This volume, the first of a complete survey from Martin Roscoe, encompasses nearly half a century of Dohnányi’s composing life, from the trenchant virtuosity of the Four Rhapsodies to the wit of the late Three Singular Pieces.

January 2012

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Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.6

Hyperion • CDA 66684 (034571166841)

“Roscoe’s superbly authoritative performances are majestic and glittering as required.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Reger’s lyrical music for violin Tanja Becker-Bender (violin), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek Hyperion • CDA 67892

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The Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.11 REGER Violin Concerto in A major, Two Romances

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IMPORT Reger is one of those composers more talked about than listened to — caricatured as a prolific writer of organ music with a penchant for dense musical textures. However, he certainly was not averse to a good tune: the two Romances abound in lush lyricism, while the magnificent Violin Concerto shows him continuing in the tradition of Beethoven and Brahms. No less a figure than Adolf Busch championed it — first performing it when he was just sixteen. The young German violinist Tanja Becker-Bender, who has already made such an impact in recordings of Schulhoff and Paganini, is joined here by Lothar Zagrosek and the Berlin Konzerthausorchester.

“Becker-Bender outshines most with her musical insights.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67838 (034571178387)

“Graffin plays superbly, with all the fire and tenderness required, and with glorious tone.”

January 2012

Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.10

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 19

Pastoral English songs by Michael Head hyperion

HEAD Songs

Ailish Tynan (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67899

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January 2012

IMPORT Who is Michael Head? His name may be largely forgotten, but Head’s compositions form part of the rich fabric of English song in the manner of those by Quilter, Gurney and Warlock. Born in 1900, Head worked modestly as a singer, pianist, teacher, broadcaster and adjudicator — writing his first song (“The ships of Arcady”) at age 19 while studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Songs were at the center of Head’s composing life. He used to perform them as a kind of one-man band, accompanying himself at the piano. This disc presents a choice selection of his songs, setting poets such as Walter de la Mare, John Masefield and Christina Rossetti, many of them focusing on the many pleasures of England — its flora and fauna, its changing seasons and pastoral landscapes. They are sung by three of the brightest stars in today’s vocal firmament — Ailish Tynan (making her Hyperion debut), Catherine Wyn-Rogers and Roderick Williams, accompanied by pianist Christopher Glynn.

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FAURÉ Cello Sonatas

Alban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67872

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“No praise is too high for Alban Gerhardt’s musicianship, commitment and technique...”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

IMPORT Following their triumphant Casals encores disc, Alban Gerhardt and Cecile Licad are reunited for a disc of music by Fauré. His two cello sonatas are among the masterpieces of the cello repertoire, looking back to the 19th century but also with an edginess that may well reflect the time in which they were written — during and immediately after the First World War. Remarkably, Fauré was in his seventies by the time he wrote them. There is some debate as to how fast the last movement of the first sonata should go — so Alban Gerhardt has recorded two versions, to be programmed to the listener’s taste. Alongside the sonatas are some of Fauré’s most seductive bon-bons, including the Sicilienne, Élégie and the Papillon (so-named at his publisher’s insistence, much to Fauré’s annoyance as he hated fluffy titles).

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67831 (034571178318)

“This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication and bold imagination.

Casals, I feel sure, would have approved.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

January 2012

Casals Encores

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Helios Series reissues

The Earliest Songbook in England Gothic Voices, Christopher Page Hyperion • CDH 55297

Handel in Hamburg HANDEL Selections from Almira, Nero, Rodrigo, Daphne & Florindo

Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman Hyperion • CDH 55324

January 2012

Schubert Ensemble of London Hyperion • CDH 55427

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SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A flat Major ‘Trout’ HUMMEL Piano Quintet in E flat Major

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MONTÉCLAIR Le Retour de la Paix CLÉRAMBAULT La Félicité, L’isle de Délos

Dorothée Leclair (soprano), Le Parlement de Musique, Martin Gester K617 • K 617230

IMPORT The overarching themes of this interesting collection of French Baroque concerts royaux and cantatas are war and peace. Composers Montéclair and Clérambault evoke the sounds of war with symphonies of trumpets, fifes and drums, and a mood of peace with the dulcet tones of musettes. Martin Gester and his ensemble Le Parlement de Musique offer colorful and incisive performances of this fascinating repertoire. Both the title work, Montéclair’s Le Retour de la paix and Clérambault’s cantata L’isle de Délos feature the exciting young soprano Dorothée Leclair.

Neuburger in concert Price Code: A21 (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98)

January 2012

IMPORT This dramatic virtuoso recital by pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, recorded in January 2011 at the Cité de la musique in Paris, evokes the excessive, sensual and imaginative worlds of such Romantic poets as Lamartine and Lautrémont. At the heart of the program, the large, two-movement Sonata by Jean Barraqué was directly inspired by the then 24-year-old composer’s admiration for Beethoven and Debussy. Neuburger’s own composition Maldoror and Liszt’s Funérailles, performed in the first part of the recital, display the piano in all the demiurgic violence of which it is capable. A selection from Debussy’s Images II closes the program.

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Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano) Mirare • MIR 145

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NYMAN Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman MN Records • MNRCD 123

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IMPORT The year 1981 saw the release of Michael Nyman, the first Michael Nyman Band recording and a groundbreaking record that presented Nyman’s unique take on minimalism and experimental music. Long out of print, the album has been a rare and sought-after collectable for many years. This 30th anniversary CD reissue features a retro-look black vinyl CD in a replica gatefold LP-style sleeve. The album was originally produced by Nyman’s ex-Maidstone Art School student, David Cunningham, founder of the Flying Lizards and producer of every Nyman recording for the following ten years. Much of the music is material from the early films of Peter Greenaway, but the album also includes In Re Don Giovanni, Nyman’s classic deconstruction of the “Catalogue Aria” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Michael Nyman was a turning point in the composer’s career, marking the beginning of a new style and direction that ultimately shaped nearly all of the composer’s future works.

January 2012

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Nyman: Facing Goya

MN Records • MNRCD 121 (5060211140099)

“Facing Goya is a fascinating example of post-opera at the turn of the 21st century.”

— GRAMOPHONE

“One of the most interesting composers of the last few decades.”

— MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL

Ehnes plays Tchaikovsky onyx

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto, Valse-Scherzo, Serenade melancolique, Souvenir d’un lieu cher

James Ehnes (violin), Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy Onyx Classics • ONYX 4076

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IMPORT As a follow-up to his acclaimed recording of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, James Ehnes once again collaborates with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony for an all-Tchaikovsky program, recorded live in Sydney. The disc contains the composer’s complete works for violin and orchestra, from the beloved Violin Concerto to the less frequently heard Valse-Scherzo. It also includes a delightful bonus — the Souvenir d’un lieu cher with Ashkenazy at the piano. This is a must-have disc for all lovers of violin music. Ehnes is a major talent who is finally getting his well-deserved time in the spotlight.

“Effusively lyrical, hair-raisingly virtuosic.”

Also available

— THE GUARDIAN

Onyx • ONYX 4060 (880040406020)

“This is absolutely up there with the best of them.”

January 2012

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

— GRAMOPHONE 25

The Peasant Girl sessions onyx

The Making of the Peasant Girl Viktoria Mullova (violin) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4087

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IMPORT All Zones/ 65 minutes Viktoria Mullova’s charmingly eclectic CD The Peasant Girl has received strong critical acclaim and significant media coverage. A world tour for the album is now underway. This DVD charts the making of the recording at London’s prestigious Abbey Road Studios, and the camera catches Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble performing complete tracks and relaxing and talking between sessions. The documentary is a moving insight into the Peasant Girl project, defining why and how it all came together.

Songs of longing, loving and melancholy Stimme der Sehnsucht — Lieder by Pfitzner, Strauss & Mahler

January 2012

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Breinl (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4075

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IMPORT Stimme der Sehnsucht, Christianne Stotijn’s recital of lieder by Pfitzner, Mahler and Strauss, confronts powerful emotions — longing, loving, grief, and a desperate wish to turn the clock back to happier times. The collection is dominated by the theme of night, an exploration of dreams, restlessness and darkness. It is a thoughtful and moving program from one of the outstanding mezzos of our time, sensitively accompanied by Joseph Breinl.

Stotijn’s previous recordings for Onyx have received high praise, including a 2010 BBC Music Magazine Award for her disc of Tchaikovsky Romances.

Jonathan Biss débuts on Onyx harmonia mundi

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol.1 Piano Sonatas Nos.5, 11, 12 & 26

Jonathan Biss (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4082

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IMPORT One of the most exciting pianists of the younger generation, American Jonathan Biss is widely regarded for his artistry, musical intelligence and deeply felt interpretations, winning international recognition for his orchestral, recital and chamber music performances and for his award-winning recordings. He performs a diverse repertoire ranging from Mozart and Beethoven, through the Romantics to Janácek and Schoenberg as well as works by contemporary composers. This marks the debut release in Biss’ complete cycle of Beethoven’s piano sonatas for Onyx. The first volume features three works from Beethoven’s early period and one from the middle — the famous ‘Les Adieux,’ Op.81a in E-flat major. This fascinating program illustrates how Beethoven’s sonatas developed from the early, virtuosic works of the 1790s to the assured compositions of his middle period.

— CHICAGO SUN TIMES

January 2012

“A young virtuoso and poetic pianist of the first order...”

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piano classics

Sverdlov plays Russian favorites MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition BALAKIREV Islamey

Vladimir Sverdlov (piano) Piano Classics • PCL 0023

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IMPORT Vladimir Sverdlov was born in 1976 into a family with a long tradition of producing great artists. His grandfather David Ashkenazy, a formidable composer and pianist, and his famous uncle Vladimir Ashkenazy, were highly influential in his development. Sverdlov is a controversial pianist. His playing is full of extreme contrasts and deep emotions and often has a profound impact on his audience. This recording featuring Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Balakirev’s Islamey is not for the faint of heart. Prepare for some unexpected (sound) effects.

Babayan’s Scarla­i sonatas SCARLATTI Sonatas

January 2012

Sergei Babayan (piano) Piano Classics • PCL 0024

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IMPORT Armenian pianist Sergei Babayan studied in Moscow with Mikhael Pletnev before settling in the US in 1989. He was a prizewinner in several important competitions — the Hamamatsu Competition in Japan (where he won first prize), and the Queen Elisabeth and Busoni competitions. A wonderful interpreter of the great Romantics Rachmaninoff and Liszt, he is equally at home with Bach and Scarlatti, of whom a generous selection of sonatas is recorded on this CD, formerly issued on the Pro Piano label. It is a stunning display of clarity, elegance, virtuosity and heartfelt emotion.

Katsaris plays Liszt Price Code: 2A13 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $27.98)

Cyprien Katsaris (piano) Piano Classics • PCLD 0025

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LISZT Mephisto Waltzes, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude: Bagatelle sans tonalité, Mephisto Polka BEETHOVEN/LISZT Symphonies Nos.4 & 5

IMPORT Cyprien Katsaris is without doubt one of the most remarkable pianists of the 20th Century. His almost limitless technique enables him to produce fascinating flights of invention and imagination, spreading dazzling colors and magical sound effects. One of the highlights of his extended discography are his performances of Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven symphonies (numbers 4 and 5 are included in this set). His close affinity for Liszt’s music is also shown in Katsaris’ devilish rendering of the Mephisto Waltzes and a transcendental interpretation of the Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude.

The immortal Sergio Fiorentino

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The Berlin Recordings — Fiorentino Edition Vol.1

Sergio Fiorentino (piano) Piano Classics • PCLM 0033

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January 2012

IMPORT “He is the only other pianist,” said the legendary Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998). How is it that one of the greatest musical geniuses of the 20th century is still so unknown? The answer points to the self-effacing personality of the artist — Fiorentino was no career-hunter, lacked a big ego and was always focused on serving the music instead of himself. This ten disc set presents the recordings Fiorentino made between 1994 and 1997 in the Siemens-villa in Berlin. It is a fitting tribute to the talent of this a great musical mind and formidable virtuoso. The set features works by Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Bach.

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Haitink conducts Shostakovich SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.15

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink RCO Live • RCO 11003

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel / DSD The concerts given by Bernard Haitink in his capacity as honorary conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra are considered high points of the Amsterdam concert season. In March 2010, Haitink made a guest appearance with the orchestra to conduct Shostakovich’s Fifteenth Symphony. That concert performance is presented here on RCO Live in Super Audio CD format for the pleasure of music lovers everywhere. Haitink’s Shostakovich cycle from the 1970s has long been acclaimed as one of the finest made, and this new version will only add to the conductor’s reputation as a specialist in this repertoire.

The Concertgebouw’s Horizon series Horizon 4

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra RCO Live • RCO 11001

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD This fourth release in RCO Live’s ongoing Horizon series continues the label’s survey of new music and key composers from the live concerts given by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The two disc set features music by Mahler, Shchedrin and Berio coupled with works by Geert van Keulen, Detlev Glanert, Willem Jeths, Joey Roukens and Matthew Hindson. Conductors include Lothar Zagrosek, Markus Stenz, Ed Spanjaard, Susanna Mälkki and David Robertson.

Pollini’s ‘lost’ Chopin recording testament

CHOPIN Études Opp.10 & 25

Maurizio Pollini (piano) Testament • SBT 1473

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IMPORT This outstanding recording featuring Maurizio Pollini performing the complete Chopin Études is being offered for the first time by Testament. It was made by EMI at Abbey Road a few months after Pollini had won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Peter Andry, who produced the recording, later recalled Pollini’s play-through of the first set as a spine-tingling experience. “This was pianism of the very finest kind,” he said. “Rarely had I heard such perfection.

He seemed to play these demanding works effortlessly. I remember the occasion even now as one of my greatest musical experiences.”

The recording reproduces with striking immediacy and clarity a performance that captures the 18-year-old pianist’s sensitive and sympathetic emotional response to these works. This is a superb addition to Pollini’s extensive recorded catalogue and shows this great artist at the very beginning of his professional career as a musician of the highest caliber.

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

January 2012

“His playing is powerful and precise, driven by a probing intellect and executed with steely, virtually infallible fingers...”

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Keilberth in concert BRUCKNER Symphony No.9 BERG Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture

Christian Ferras (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth Testament • SBT2 1472

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IMPORT If both the Bruckner ninth and the Schubert overture that opened this 1960 concert with the Berlin Philharmonic were Joseph Keilberth regulars, the Berg Violin Concerto was a newcomer to his repertoire. It became a personal favorite; it was also his first-ever Berg score. Keilberth prepared it for the first time in December 1955 for a Hamburg State Opera concert with André Gertler. “It’s really coming together now,” he noted, “but much still sounds as if it’s wrong.” A little later Keilberth wrote to his son Thomas, “I’m pleased that the Berg concerto now means more to you. For me, it’s the only 12-tone work that I like.” The performance on this specially-priced set features violinist Christian Ferras.

January 2012

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Exploring the music of Ustvolskaya

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USTVOLSKAYA Composition No.2 ‘Dies Irae,’ Sonata No.6, Grand Duet

Rohan de Saram (cello), Marino Formenti (piano), Laura Mancini (wooden cube), Fabrizio O aviucci (piano), Ludus Gravis, Stefano Scodanibbio Wergo • WER 6739

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IMPORT At the beginning of her career, Galina Ustvolskaya was regarded as an outsider in the Association of Composers in the former USSR. Today she is considered one of the greatest female composers in Russia. The fact that she mainly composed for the desk drawer in those early years, however, was not only due to the repressive ignorance surrounding her, but also due to creative psychological reasons. “My work routine is considerably different from that of other composers,” Ustvolskaya says. “I write when I get into a state of grace.

Afterwards, the work is left to rest for a while, and when its time has come, I will release it. When its time doesn’t come, I destroy it.” This collection of works offers the listener a fascinating sampling of the results of this thoughtful creative process.

Beyond classic: Getz/Gilberto on SACD

JAZZ

Getz/Gilberto

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Stan Getz, João Gilberto APO • CVRJ 8545 SA

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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File In: Jazz Previous to this Super Audio CD reissue, the original master tapes for the classic Verve Getz/Gilberto album had not been used since 1980.

In the process of Analogue Productions’ remastering of the album, they discovered that nearly every version of this title released to date (including the original from 1963), had had the channels reversed. In addition to correcting this error, the present recording features the kind of restorative sonic magic one has come to expect from APO. Little needs to be said about this amazing album, which made the bossa nova style a permanent part of the jazz canon. The stellar performances of Stan Getz, João Gilberto and his wife Astrud Gilberto have made it one of the defining recordings of the genre and of jazz in general.

January 2012

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JAZZ black saint/soul frémeaux note

The latest Black Saint/Soul Note reissues

The Complete Remastered Recordings

Lee Konitz Black Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1011

January 2012

Anthony Braxton Black Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1012

The Complete Remastered Recordings

Steve Lacy Black Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1013

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The Complete Remastered Recordings

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File In: Jazz Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. He was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound in the 40s, when Charlie Parker exercised a tremendous influence on other players. Konitz’s association with the Cool Jazz movement of the 1940s and 50s includes participation in Miles Davis’ epochal Birth of the Cool sessions. Composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s. Braxton’s music is difficult to categorize, and because of this, he likes to reference his works as simply “creative music.” Saxophonist and composer Steve Lacy came to prominence in the 1950s as a progressive Dixieland musician and went on to a long and prolific career. He worked extensively in experimental jazz and dabbled in free improvisation, but Lacy’s music was typically melodic and tightly-structured.

Sosa, Fresu & Morelenbaum

JAZZ

Alma

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Omar Sosa, Paolo Fresu Otá • OTA 1023

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DOMESTIC File In: Jazz Alma is a collaboration between six-time GRAMMY®-nominated Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa and celebrated Italian trumpet and flugelhorn player Paolo Fresu, with guest cello contributions on four tracks by noted Brazilian conductor, arranger, producer and cellist Jaques Morelenbaum. The compositions are all written by Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu, except for “Under African Skies”, a version of the popular track from Paul Simon’s Graceland. The music on Alma (soul) is generally melodic and medium-paced, except for a fiery version of Omar’s composition “Angustia.”

Fresu’s flugelhorn work is sweet and warm and the rich and playful musical connection between Fresu and Sosa is evident throughout the recording.

“One of the truly magnificent contemporary world-jazz artists...”

— BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

Also available Otá Records • OTA 1023 (616444102226)

“One of the most beautiful piano recordings of the year.

Quiet, sparse and meditative.. Calma should be heard start to finish, as a complete work. It’s just that beautiful.”

— DOWNBEAT

December January 2012 2011

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BLUES The acoustic Muddy Waters Folk Singer

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Muddy Waters APO • CAPB 1483 SA

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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File In: Blues There are a handful of landmark albums in any genre. In the blues, one of them is Muddy Waters’ Folk Singer. Originally released in 1964, Folk Singer was the only acoustic album Waters ever recorded, thus becoming the first and perhaps best blues concept album ever.

Waters of course started out playing acoustic blues in the Delta, and he’s clearly very comfortable in this return to his roots, which was designed to appeal to the mid-1960s surge of interest in folk music. His supporting cast includes a very young Buddy Guy on guitar, Willie Dixon at the upright bass and Clifton James on drums.

The recording has enormous presence with ample room for Waters’ booming voice to resonate. APO’s remastered Super Audio CD includes two bonus tracks.

ROCK Pink Floyd’s multi-channel masterpiece apo

Wish You Were Here — 35th Anniversary Edition

Pink Floyd APO • CAPP 33453 SA

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January 2012

DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD File In: Rock This deluxe SACD reissue from APO of Pink Floyd’s masterpiece Wish You Were Here was mixed for both 5.1 surround sound and 2-channel stereo from the original analog master tapes by Pink Floyd’s Producer/Engineer James Guthrie. On its release in 1975, Wish You Were Here topped the album charts in both the UK and the U.S. Reflecting the band’s thoughts of the time on the music business and exploring themes of absence, the album contains the classic cut “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” a tribute to founding band member Syd Barrett. As they did with their previous release, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd made great use of studio effects for this, their ninth album overall. The record’s winding soundscapes are perfect for the canvas of multichannel SACD. Wish You Were Here was selected by Rolling Stone for their list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

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WORLD The best of Balkan brass Brass Noir

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Various Artists Piranha • PIR 2546

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IMPORT File In: World / Europe / Balkans Brass Noir presents some of the most renowned artists of the Balkan region, selected by DJ Robert Soko — founder of the popular BalkanBeat Party. Featured artists include the Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar and Fanfare Ciocarlia, following on the success of their internationally successful album Balkan Brass Battle. The Balkan’s Autoput is like Germany’s Autobahn. Initiated by Marshall Tito in the 50s as the “Road of Brotherhood and Unity,” in the 60s and 70s it became the much frequented holiday route for tourists and exhausted lorry drivers heading for the Orient. Today you can drive along it in peace, but Brass Noir is the ideal soundtrack to cruise on your own trans-Balkan highway, between love and disaster, violence and melancholy, romance and abyss.

January 2012

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Luso Noir

Piranha • PIR 2441 (826863244128)

“Delightful”

— SONGLINES

WORLD The Red Army Choir sings Russian favorites Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98)

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Historical Recordings Vol.1

Red Army Choir, Boris Alexandrov Frémeaux • FA 5356

IMPORT File In: World / Europe / Russia Like the Bolshoi Ballet, the prestigious Red Army Choir is the cultural reflection of eternal Russia, and the extraordinarily powerful impression left on the listener by both soloists and chorus, who combine classical arrangements with spectacular showmanship, has earned the choir international fame. Here we have the recordings made by the son of Alexander Alexandrov, founder of the choir. They still prove to be one of the most potent forms of popular expression — regardless of their ideology — in the whole of the 20th century.

Earthy, sophisticated Afropop from Sia Tolno lusafrica

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My Life

Sia Tolno Lusafrica • 562682

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January 2012

IMPORT File In: World / Africa / Guinea Sia Tolno is one tough singer. With a velvet and gravel voice reminiscent of the great Miriam Makeba, Tolno has triumphed over war, abuse, exile and migration. She’s defied deadly conflicts and immigrant woes, filled with a fiery sense of right and wrong and with a deep love of music that bursts out of every twist and moan of her compelling voice.

With songs that spring from her hard-earned wisdom and experience, Tolno shares My Life — arranged by French prog-rock legend François Bréant. The album blends Afropop, delicate moments of soul and rock, and traditional instruments to match Tolno’s earthy sophistication.

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WORLD frémeaux ocora

New deluxe ethnic music collections from Ocora

Benin — Yoruba Music — Voices of Memory Various Artists Ocora • C 560237

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Zimbabwe — Ndebele Songs Insingzi Ocora • C 560239

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Korea — Ritual Music for the Royal Ancestors

Various Artists Ocora • C 560242

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Recorded in Benin in 1958, 1969 and in 1996-1999, the pieces on this album and the various photographs (since before 1950 to 2009) exemplify the richness and the diversity of Yoruba singing and musical instruments. Through ritual and entertainment music, voices of memory rise unchanged for many decades. The three singers of Insingizi perform traditional Ndebele songs, warrior chants, as well as political and revolutionary songs from Zimbabwe. The group says, “The insingizi is a rain bird. The female has a different song to the male, so when they sing together, they sound like a chorus. We like to think our own sound is as beautiful as these birds.” The Jongmyo Jeryeak refers to a combination of vocal and instrumental music and dances performed once a year at the Jongmyo royal shrine. For about 600 years, this solemn and majestic ritual music has been performed in honor of the royal ancestors of the Korean Joseon dynasty.

WORLD New deluxe ethnic music collections from Ocora harmonia mundi ocora

France/Corsica — Canti & Musica — Profane Songs & Music Various Artists Ocora • C 560234

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Czech Republic — Music from Wallachia, Hornacko & Kopanice Various Artists Ocora • C 600024

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Russia — The Tradition of Wind Instruments Various Artists Ocora • C 600025

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January 2012

In Corsica, the voice reigns supreme — from the polyphonic intensity of paghjella and the poetic invention of chjama è rispondi, to lullabies, laments and funeral orations. However, the island also has a rich and varied instrumental repertoire. It includes music for the pifana pastorale flute, pirula flute, the powerful cialamedda, the cetera and more recently adopted instruments like the violin, guitar, mandolin and accordion. Songs, flutes, bagpipes, guimbards, fiddles and cimbaloms display the diversity of the music from Walachia, Hornacko and Kopanice. This collection of lullabies and Carnival, work, wedding, shepherd and bandit music is an invitation to listen to musical traditions as they are still performed today. Finally, Ocora’s album of Russian music for wind instruments features Boris Efremov leading the Moscow Chorus of Horn Players and the Folk Ensemble Ulitsa in a fascinating suvey of the genre.

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Yefim Bronfman James Ehnes

Helicon Onyx Classics

Bernarda Fink Gerald Finley

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Fretwork Vivica Genaux Ma­hias Goerne Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau Marc-André Hamelin

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Angela Hewi­

Hyperion

Yossif Ivanov

Aparté

Olga Kern

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Dejan Lazic

Channel Classics

Robert McDuffie Davi­ Moroney Nash Ensemble Garrick Ohlsson

Orange Mountain Hyperion Onyx Classics Hyperion

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Miah Persson harmonia mundi Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Richard Egarr harmonia mundi Yeol Eum Son

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Maurice Steger

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Takács Quartet

Hyperion

Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier

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Tokyo String Quartet Shai Wosner Joyce Yang Haochen Zhang

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State

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C.J. Chenier

World Village

Zakir Hussain

Network

Kayhan Kalhor

World Village

Klezmatics Ana Moura

Piranha World Village

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

World Village

Catherine Russell

World Village

Sierra Maestra

World Village

Talvin Singh Marta Topferova

World Village World Village

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