harmonia mundi distribution • new releases April 2012

ARVO PÄRT

APRIL 2012 NEW RELEASES

Creator Spiritus

Paul Hillier

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CLASSICAL APO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 Dutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Gloriae dei Cantores . . . . . . . Page 5 harmonia mundi . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Helicon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Hyperion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 K617 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16 LSO Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 17 Mirare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 18 Onyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 21 PBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23 Radio France . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 24 Tahra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 24 Wergo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 25

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POPULAR R & B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 26 Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27 World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30

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Stellar reviews of recent releases

“ Outstandingly played and conducted... her collaboration with Abbado is inspired.... a glorious disc.”

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Ahmad Jamal Jazz Village • JV 570001

— THE INDEPENDENT (UK)

— THE TIMES (UK)

COMING NEXT MONTH

Steven Osborne plays Beethoven’s Bagatelles Following his highly acclaimed disc of Beethoven sonatas, Gramophone-award-winning artist Steven Osborne turns his talents to the composer’s complete Bagatelles. On this polished album, Osborne lends his remarkable artistry to everything from the Six Bagatelles of Op 126, which at times occupy the same rarefied spiritual world as the late quartets, to the composer’s most famous stand-alone piano piece, the mysterious work known to all the world as Für Elise.

“Steven Osborne [has] that very special ability to make music that you thought you knew inside out seem fresh and totally alive.”

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“At 81 years of age pianist Jamal sounds close to his 1950s Chess Records best...

The title track is an absolute masterpiece.”

“ This is one of the earthiest, most pagan accounts of the ballet around… before you play it, warn the neighbours.”

— THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK)

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Blue Moon

Isabelle Faust, Orch. Mozart, Caudio Abbado harmonia mundi • HMC 902105

■ Berg, Beethoven : Violin Concertos

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Steven Osborne Hyperion • CDA 67879

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NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS

The acclaimed collaboration between composer Arvo Pärt and conductor Paul Hillier continues this month with a new collection of choral, chamber and organ music from harmonia mundi entitled Creator Spiritus (p.9). Also new from the label are a disc of music by Schmelzer featuring the Freiburger BarockConsort (p.6), a fabulous disc of Dvorák songs and duets with Bernarda Fink and Genia Kühmeier (p.7) and the latest volume of Schubert lieder with Matthias Goerne (p.10). Hyperion stars Danny Driver and Stephen Layton offer key new releases with discs featuring piano concertos by Chisholm (p.13) and choral music by Howells (p.15). Rounding out our classical priorities is LSO Live’s recording of the Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances with Valery Gergiev (p.17). Of special note are Nicholas McGegan’s Handel Atalanta (p.23) and the Ricercar Consort’s Couperin Apothéoses (p.19). From our non-classical releases, the key title is Ravi Shankar’s latest album of improvisations entitled The Living Room Sessions (p.33). Also of special interest is the debut release on Chant du Monde of jazz artist Clara Ponty, daughter of the great Jean Luc Ponty (p.29).

Stravinsky : Firebird, Rite of Spring Budapest Festival Orch., Iván Fischer Channel Classics • CCS SA 32112

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An audiophile classic apo

RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances, Vocalise

Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Donald Johanos APO • CAPC 34145 SA

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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Donald Johanos conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on this audiophile classic. During his eight-year tenure as conductor, Johanos made notable recordings with the DSO, including this 1967 rendition of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. He also appointed Paul Freeman associate conductor, one of the first blacks to serve in such a post in the Southern US, prompting threats to both conductors. The tape recording was made at a speed of thirty inches-per-second and a specially developed constant-velocity recording curve was employed for improved signal-to-noise ratio. The lacquer masters were made directly from the original tape, thus avoiding further transfer degradation. The result is a recording of exceptional clarity.

Also available APO • CAPC 2659 SA (753088265969)

“Exactly everything one comes to expect from a reference caliber recording.”

April 2012

The Power of the Orchestra

— Positive-Feedback.com 3

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Mid-priced historic reissues Eduard van Beinum Conducts Haydn, Brahms & Ravel

Marguerite Long plays Ravel, D’Indy & Beethoven Marguerite Long (piano), Colonne Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray Dutton • CDBP 9815

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum Dutton • CDBP 9812

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Igor Stravinsky Performs Stravinsky

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Wilhelm Furtwangler Conducts Weber & Tchaikovsky Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler Dutton • CDVS 1920

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Walther Strarham Concerts Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky Dutton • CDBP 9814

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Clemens Krauss Conducts Richard Strauss Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens Krauss Dutton • CDBP 9816

Richard Strauss Conducts Don Quixote Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Strauss Dutton • CDBP 9813

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Moving choral music by Herbert Howells gloriae dei cantores

HOWELLS A Sequence for St. Michael, Requiem, Take Him, Earth for Cherishing, Te Deum Laudamus

Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth Pa erson Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 053

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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD In the vast choral repertoire of the twentieth century, the music of Herbert Howells stands apart: unmatched in its color and expressivity and unfailing in its ability to move hearts. In this collection of choral favorites, Gloriae Dei Cantores perform the Sequence for St. Michael, Requiem, Take Him, Earth for Cherishing, and Te Deum Laudamus.

This recording was made with generous support from the Herbert Howells Trust.

“This group has become an elite choir…”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Recently released Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 052 (709887005220)

April 2012

Hovhaness: From the Ends of the Earth

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Charming Baroque chamber music harmonia mundi

Barockes Wel heater SCHMELZER Serenata con altre arie, Polnische Sackpfeiffen, Sonata amabilis a 4, Balle o di Pastori e Ninfe, Sonata a due in D, Balle o primo di Spoglia di Papagi, Sonata IV a 6 in A, Variationen über La bella pastora, Balle o di Zeffiri, Sonata a due Violini scordati, Sonata (Ba aglia) a 7 Freiburger BarockConsort harmonia mundi • HMC 902087

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IMPORT On this fascinating disc, the Freiburger BarockConsort has chosen to illustrate the compositions of Johann Heinrich Schmelzer as elements in a “world theatre.” This is an ideal concept for exploring the multiple facets of one of the great masters of 17th-century Austrian instrumental music, whose sonatas and dance suites had such influence both at the Habsburg court for which they were written and with the composers who followed in his footsteps (notably Biber).

ADVANCE REVIEW “Schmelzer’s folk-influenced music is full of invention and easy charm and the superb Freiburger Barock Consort make it spring to life.”

— THE GUARDIAN

April 2012

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Telemann: Paris Quartets

harmonia mundi • HMA 1951787 (794881833825)

“These exceptional offerings belong on the shelf of every Baroque music lover, as they unquestionably transcend the content of the printed page.”

— FANFARE

Gypsy songs and duets harmonia mundi

DVORÁK Zigeunerlieder - Songs & Duets

Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Berner (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902081

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IMPORT In 2004, Bernarda Fink released a recording of Dvorák songs that created a genuine sensation, winning numerous awards including a Diapason de l’Année. Now, eight years later, she returns to the music of Dvorák, this time teaming up with young soprano Genia Kühmeier for an album of solo songs and duets. Kühmeier takes the lead in the Gypsy Melodies, songs that blend a striking range of color with a subtle use of the folk idiom. A highlight of the disc is a selection of thirteen of the Moravian Duets, works that brought the young Dvorák fame far beyond his homeland. Completing this vocal portrait are Fink’s solemn interpretations of the Biblical Songs, possibly Dvorák’s finest effort in the genre.

“A musician of an older and more dignified school, valuing refinement, subtlety and sensibility over fireworks, and she never sings louder than lovely.”

— THE GUARDIAN

Also available harmonia mundi • HMC 901824 (794881736324)

“Fink captures to perfection the composer’s intimate, confessional vulnerability.”

April 2012

Dvorák: Lieder

— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE 7

Trio Wanderer at 25 harmonia mundi

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Trios

Trio Wanderer harmonia mundi • HMC 902100

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IMPORT To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Trio Wanderer presents a complete set of the piano trios of Ludwig van Beethoven. Already established within Viennese culture by Haydn and Mozart, the trio genre was taken to new limits by the inexhaustible imagination of Beethoven’s genius. The piano trios span much of Beethoven’s compositional output, from the early works of WoO 38 and 39 to the glorious Archduke Trio, written late in the ‘middle’ period.

April 2012

Also available Schubert: Piano Trios Opp.99 & 100

harmonia mundi • HMC 902002 (794881875221)

“Delicate, refined, intelligent and colourful... brilliantly and feelingly executed.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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“What so impresses about this group is its command of the emotional panorama of the music.”

— THE STRAD

The ethereal music of Arvo Pärt harmonia mundi

PÄRT Creator Spiritus

Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier harmonia mundi • HMU 807553

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“As Pärt’s longtime friend and collaborator, Hillier’s interpretations are about as definitive as you can get.” — GRAMOPHONE

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Creator Spiritus is the latest collaboration between GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Paul Hillier and celebrated Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The disc features a carefully selected collection of Pärt’s choral and instrumental chamber music, drawn from different periods in the composer’s career. Leading his celebrated vocal ensembles Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen and joined by the NYYD Quartet and long-time collaborator organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Hillier produces another powerful recording of ethereal sacred music.

Also available harmonia mundi • HMU 907182 (093046718220)

Pärt: I Am the True Vine harmonia mundi • HMU 907242 (093046724221)

Pärt: Da Pacem Domine harmonia mundi • HMU 907401 (093046740122)

April 2012

Pärt: De Profundis

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Schubert’s swan songs harmonia mundi

SCHUBERT Schwanengesang, Piano Sonata D960 Ma hias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902139

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IMPORT Matthias Goerne’s ongoing survey of Schubert lieder for harmonia mundi has further confirmed his reputation as one of the most gifted exponents of the song repertoire. Goerne does not ‘interpret’ Schubert; he lives each lied from the inside and invites the listener to share this poetic and musical intimacy. The sixth volume in the series focuses on Schubert’s monumental Schwanengesang. This posthumous collection was named by its first publisher, who presented it as Schubert’s final musical testament. Also included as a bonus is an unforgettable performance of Schubert’s other swan song, the piano sonata D.960, played by one of the baritone’s favorite partners, Christoph Eschenbach.

“Matthias Goerne is fast becoming the Fischer-Dieskau of his generation, the standard-setting singer of the central lieder repertoire.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

April 2012

Previous release in the series Schubert: Nacht und Träume

harmonia mundi • HMC 902063 (794881982929)

“From the first bars of Nacht und Träume it is clear that we are in the presence of two artists in deep sympathy both with the music and with each other.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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Tchaikovsky’s chamber music Price Code: 2A15 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $31.98)

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TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartets Nos.1-3, Souvenir de Florence

IPO Richter String Quartet Helicon • 02.9639

IMPORT On this two disc set featuring Tchaikovsky’s complete String Quartets and the Souvenir de Florence, the IPO Richter String Quartet tackles some of the most important works of the period. “It is a terrible irony,” wrote Vladimir Ashkenazy, “that so much suffering and torment bequeathed us so much wonderful music.”

In 1875, following the death of Ferdinand Laub (the violinist who had led the first performances of his two previous quartets) Tchaikovsky experienced a creative surge that led to the third quartet, and arguably one of his greatest contributions to the repertoire.

Gems from the vaults BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzosoprano), David Kuebler (tenor), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Denis Sedov (bass), Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Gary Bertini Helicon • 02.9648

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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9649

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Price Code: 2A15 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $31.98) IMPORT These two discs resurrect gems from the vaults of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s library of live recordings. More than any other musician, Gary Bertini brought Israeli music-making to a standard that could readily bear international comparison. On this set, Bertini conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a live recording of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust from 1996 coupled with music from Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé recorded live in 1974. Released to celebrate the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s 75th anniversary, this two disc set features a collection of twenty-two key tracks excerpted from the Helicon Classics catalogue.

April 2012

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75th Anniversary: Great Moments

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Choral music of Chilco CHILCOTT Requiem, Salisbury Motets, Downing Service, Pilgrim Jesus, The Nine Gi s, Jesus, springing

Laurie Ashworth (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Nash Ensemble, Wells Cathedral Choir, Ma hew Owens Hyperion • CDA 67650

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IMPORT Composer and conductor Bob Chilcott (born 1955) has been steeped in the British choral tradition since he was a boy chorister. A former member of The King’s Singers, he is now one of the UK’s most prolific and creative choral composers. His Requiem is characterized by a gentle atmosphere clearly modeled on Fauré, with a crystalline, reflective Pie Jesu at the emotional heart of the work. This collection of first recordings is beautifully performed

by Matthew Owens leading the Wells Cathedral Choir, The Nash Ensemble and two superb young soloists.

Hyperion’s Debussy cycle continues DEBUSSY Songs - Vol.2

April 2012

Lorna Anderson (soprano), Lisa Milne (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67883

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IMPORT Acclaimed sopranos Lorna Anderson and Lisa Milne, two of Britain’s leading exponents of French song, join pianist Malcolm Martineau for the second volume of Hyperion’s overview of Debussy’s haunting, mercurial songs. The French composer’s output in this genre spanned his whole life, from adolescent attempts to set Paul Verlaine’s Fêtes galantes to the Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé, written five years before his death. All inhabit a universe of shifting colors and impressions, from the sensual Chansons de Bilitis to the Proses lyriques, which foreshadow the dreamlike atmosphere of Pelléas et Mélisande.

Lyrical concertos by Erik Chisholm harmonia mundi hyperion

CHISHOLM Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Danny Driver (piano), BBC Sco ish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald Hyperion • CDA 67880

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“Driver’s playing is always beautifully measured and marked by an exquisitely deft precision.”

— INTERNATIONAL PIANO

IMPORT Erik Chisholm was a fascinating musical polymath — a composer, conductor and performer as well as a collector of folk music from his native Scotland. Born in Glasgow in 1904, his attitude to music was progressive, looking towards central European modernism (he was dubbed ‘MacBartók’). Chisholm’s understanding and mastery of the piano is evident in his two concertos. The first, Pìobaireachd (bagpipe music), uses sinuous traditional Scottish themes to thrilling effect in a work that is both exotic and lyrical. The Hindustani concerto was inspired by Chisholm’s posting to the Far East during the Second World War and friendship with Sorabji. Rising star Danny Driver is the soloist alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Rory Macdonald in these captivatingly original works.

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67659 (034571176598)

“Danny Driver’s pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen’s considerable demands.”

April 2012

Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos.3 & 4

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 13

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The Nash Ensemble play Turina TURINA Chamber Music Piano Quartet in A minor, Violin Sonata No.2, Escena andaluza, Piano Trio No.1, La oración del torero The Nash Ensemble Hyperion • CDA 67889

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IMPORT The colorful folk melodies and infectious rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentiethcentury French compositional sophistication in Joaquín Turina’s chamber works. Born in Seville, Andalucia, the young composer went to study in Paris in 1905, where he was greatly attracted to the forward-looking style of the likes of Debussy. However, his musical course was altered when he encountered countrymen Falla and Albéniz, who encouraged him to write in a style that fully embraced his Andalucian musical heritage. Later in life, the composer himself explained, “my music is the expression of the feeling of a true Sevillian who did not know Seville until he left it.” On this release, the acclaimed Nash Ensemble demonstrate what a satisfying artistic homecoming he made.

A celebration of spring Lo Sposalizio Music by Giovanni & Andrea Gabrieli and others The King’s Consort, Robert King Hyperion • CDD 22072

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IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 67048 (034571170480) Deleted July 2010 Starting in the eleventh century, Venetian mariners gathered together once a year to offer prayers to San Nicolò, the patron saint of sailors, asking for his continued protection.

Initially the service was a simple benediction in which the Adriatic Sea was blessed with holy water. However, by the late-sixteenth century the ceremony had evolved into one of the most lavish and important dates in the Venetian calendar. Ascension Day now launched a large spring festival which was headed by the symbolic wedding of Venice to the Adriatic: the Sposalizio. Robert King and The King’s Consort recreate this glorious event in the grandest style.

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HOWELLS Requiem, A Hymn for St.Cecilia, Salve Regina, Gloucester Service, Take Him Earth for Cherishing, St.Paul’s Service, Michael

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 67914

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IMPORT Herbert Howells was acutely sensitive to the transience of life, having witnessed the loss of friends and contemporaries in the First World War and encountered deep personal tragedy when his son Michael died of polio at the age of only nine. As a result, a mood of elegiac yearning inhabits much of his choral music. This flavor is exemplified by the austere Requiem and the elegant Take him, earth, for cherishing, commissioned to commemorate the death of President John F. Kennedy. And yet Howells could write magnificently thrilling music too, as demonstrated by the fresh brilliance of A Hymn for St. Cecilia and the spine-tingling grandeur of the St. Paul’s Service. All of these works are lovingly performed here by the young voices of Trinity College Choir, Cambridge led by Stephen Layton.

“Layton’s choral scholars sing…with absolute purity of tone, perfection of intonation, and depth of feeling.”

— FANFARE

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67832 (034571178325)

“Here is music making of the highest quality... an album that will repay repeated listening for years to come” — CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE

April 2012

Beyond all Mortal Dreams

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Mid-priced reissues from Hyperion

BYRD Mass for five voices

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill Hyperion • CDH 55348

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L’Album des Six The complete works of ‘The Six’ for flute and piano Emily Beynon (flute), Andrew West (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55386

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JANÁCEK Choral Music

New London Chamber Choir, The Critical Band, James Wood Hyperion • CDH 55398

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A due Cembali Caprices...

Aline Zylberajch (harpsichord), Martin Gester (organ) K617 • K 617233

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IMPORT On A due Cembali, keyboard players Aline Zylberajch and Martin Gester give us a sample of what might have been heard in an 18th-century salon. The capricious program of this disc features works by Italian, Austrian, German and Spanish composers that are rich with such programmatic effects as birdsongs and musical clocks. These solos and duets, played on harpsichords and positif organs, display glowing orchestral textures, wild Hispanic rhythms and crazy Viennese waltzes, tender serenades and of course, delirious counterpoint.

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RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev LSO Live • LSO 0688

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Following his acclaimed LSO Live recording of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 (a Gramophone E d i t o r’s C h o i c e ) , Va l e r y Gergiev offers an equally thrilling performance of the composer’s Symphonic Dances. The Symphonic Dances, an orchestral suite in three sections, was the last work Rachmaninov completed, and proved one of his most popular compositions. It is characteristically lyrical with vivacious rhythmic sections, reminiscent of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and the composer’s own Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Gergiev couples the Symphonic Dances with another work in three movements by a Russian émigré to the USA. Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements was written between 1942-45 and was the first work the Stravinsky completed after his arrival in America.

“Gergiev is a man who works by instinct. Music that thrives on heart and soul — above all the Russian romantics — brings out the best in him.”

— THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Also available LSO Live • LSO 0677 (822231167723)

“Breathtakingly beautiful string playing. I greedily anticipate the release of the other symphonies in due course.”

April 2012

Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 17

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SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concertos Nos.1&2

Sayaka Shoji (violin), Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Liss Mirare • MIR 166

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IMPORT The two violin concertos on this recording occupy a major place in Shostakovich’s output and document especially difficult periods in his life. The condemnation of his music in 1948 and the subsequent “wilderness years” are shown in the Concerto No.1 and the incessant health problems Shostakovich endured after 1963 are echoed in the Concerto No.2, a work that marked his first dodecaphonic experiments. Violinist Sayaka Shoji offers brilliant and virtuosic readings of these powerful masterpieces, characterized by their somber emotional hues, sarcastic outbursts of the fast movements, and the fiendish difficulties of the cadenzas.

April 2012

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— GRAMOPHONE

Bach & Reger: Works for Violin Solo Mirare • MIR 128 (3760127221289)

“Shoji isn’t merely a superb technician, she’s a deeply engaging performer.”

— GRAMOPHONE

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“A formidable musician, able to draw on huge reserves of stamina and the unflinching equal of everything thrown at her.”

Masterworks of the French Baroque mirare

COUPERIN Apothéoses REBEL Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully

Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot Mirare • MIR 150

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ADVANCE REVIEW

“The consort’s performance is superbly stylised, from the disarming simplicity of Corelli’s ‘sleep’ to the delicate cross-rhythms of a gentle Lullian ‘air.’ The programme is excellently recorded in a glorious acoustic.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORT Philippe Pierlot and his superb Ricercar Consort present the two Apothéoses by François Couperin, written in the memory of Arcangelo Corelli and Jean-Baptiste Lully respectively. Behind them is an aesthetic concept — they are a plea for the mixture of the Italian and the French style, or the so-called goûts réunis. Couperin’s Apothéoses are in the tradition of the tombeau, and therefore the Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully by Jean-Féry Rebel is a perfect pairing to complete this disc of French Baroque masterworks.

Also available Mirare • MIR 136 (3760127221364)

“Pierlot’s direction gives the whole work a distinct feeling of purpose and shape.”

April 2012

Bach: St. John Passion

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 19

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Art’s triumph over oppression

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BACH Goldberg Variations Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano) Mirare • MIR 048

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.32 SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No.23

Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano) Mirare • MIR 157

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BACH Partitas BWV825-830

April 2012

Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano) Mirare • MIR 156

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Offered in coordination with the release of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei’s heartbreaking and heartwarming new book, this disc from Mirare exemplifies the unique and compelling musicianship of a special artist. The Secret Piano (ISBN 978-1611090772 released March 6, 2012) is the incredible true story of one woman’s survival in the face of unbelievable odds — and in pursuit of a powerful dream. A child prodigy, Xiao-Mei was just ten years old when she began a rigorous course of study at the Beijing Conservatory. But when the Cultural

SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, Kinderszenen Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano) Mirare • MIR 158

Zhu Xiao Mei’s MEMOIR MEMOIR now available

Revolution began, art schools were closed, and Xiao-Mei was sent to a labor camp in Mongolia, where she would spend the next five years. When the Revolution ended, it was the piano that helped her to heal. Today, Xiao-Mei deliberately keeps her concerts few and far between. She appears in public only to perform especially demanding works, ‘mountains of the soul’ which she judges essential, in interpretations matured over a long period of gestation. Her worldwide success is especially amazing given that her career very nearly never took place at all.

A Russian recital from the Kuss Quartet onyx

Thème Russe

Kuss Quartet Onyx Classics • ONYX 4090

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IMPORT The Kuss Quartet’s Onyx debut of Schubert and Berg was praised by reviewers worldwide. With Theme Russe, the group offers listeners an enchanting program of Russian music for string quartet. The multiple-composer Variations on a Russian Folk Song has composers such as Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov and Lyadov rub shoulders with lesser-known names such as Vitols, Blumenfeld, Ewald, Winkler, Sokolov and Artsybuschev — each composer contributing one variation. Selections from Tchaikovsky’s Album for the Young are followed by two 20th-century works — Stravinsky’s effervescent Concertino, and Schnittke’s spare and somber Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky.

Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular first String Quartet concludes this ingenious recital.

“Provocative, driving, impassioned playing... the purity of sound was almost heavenly.”

— THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Also available Onyx Classics • ONYX 4066 (880040406624)

“The players’ engaging sensitivity, fleet-fingered command and textural sleights of hand grip the imagination.”

April 2012

Schubert & Berg: String Quartets

— GRAMOPHONE 21

A Baroque music discovery onyx

Affetuoso PIANI Violin Sonatas Op.1 GEMINIANI Violin Sonatas Op.1 HANDEL Violin Sonata HWV371

Emilio Percan (violin), Oriol Aymat-Fusté (cello), Luca Quintaville (harpsichord) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4099

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April 2012

IMPORT Macedonian violinist Emilio Percan makes his recording debut with this album of Baroque music for violin for Onyx. Also premiering here are the Sonatas of Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678–1760), one of the most important violinists of the Baroque. Piani’s reputation as a composer rests solely upon these twelve Sonatas, published in 1712 (all his other works are lost). In an unusually long and detailed preface, Piani provided highly detailed instructions on bowing, fingering, dynamics, ornamentation and tempi. In effect, this is the most detailed instruction manual for students of the Baroque violin and the performance practice of the day. These fascinating works are paired with music by Piani’s better-known contemporaries, Handel and Geminiani. Percan’s sparkling performances will be of interest to anyone who loves Baroque music.

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McGegan conducts Handel Dominique Labelle (soprano), Susanne Rydén (soprano), Cécile van de Sant (mezzo-soprano), Michael Sla ery (tenor), Philip Cutlip (baritone), Corey McKern (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque • PBP 04

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HANDEL Atalanta

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DOMESTIC In its first year of performance, Handel’s 1736 opera Atalanta, recently revived for the first time since the 18th century, concluded with a spectacular display of fireworks. The fireworks on this live recording from 2005, featuring the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra led by Nicholas McGegan, are definitely of the vocal variety. The San Francisco Chronicle raved, “Magnificent... the most vibrant, exhilarating stretch of musical showmanship this organization has offered in many a long season. Not since a decade ago have Philharmonia audiences witnessed a performance so deep, so affecting or so rich in musical splendor...

The music is inventive and beautiful throughout… McGegan, a consummate master of this style, led a performance that was at once tender and vivacious, brisk and rhythmically free. .. Even in a cast without a weak link, soprano Dominique Labelle stood out for the grandeur and pathos of her singing in the title role… a breathtaking performance.”

Also available Philharmonia Baroque • PBP 01 (852188003010)

“In the stately long lines of Handel she is unmatched...”

April 2012

Handel & Berlioz: Vocal Works

— THE NEW YORK TIMES 23

radio france

Stravinsky’s fascinating Les Noces STRAVINSKY Les Noces, Étude pour Pianola

Choeur de Radio France, René Bosc Radio France • FRF 012

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD IMPORT The gestation of Les Noces was the longest of all the works written by Igor Stravinsky. In 1917, he finished the drafting of the musical material, but it took six years to complete the final orchestration. This fascinating recording offers the listener a chance to compare the 1919 original version (which may be considered by some to be more ‘authentic’) with the final version from 1923. Performed by the Choir of Radio France conducted by René Bosc, this SACD also includes a bonus of Stravinsky’s Étude pour Pianola, which was also written in 1917.

tahra

Ferenc Fricsay in concert The Art of Ferenc Fricsay MOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No.1, Variations on a Theme of Haydn

April 2012

Hans Schmitz (flute), Irmgard Helmis (harp), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), RIAS Sinfonieorchester, Luzerner Festspielorchester, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay Tahra • TAH 732

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

IMPORT This two disc set from Tahra features live recordings from the 1950s and 1960s. The repertoire includes Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, Brahms’ Symphony No.1 and the popular Variations on a Theme of Haydn. Fricsay conducts the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Symphony Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

A treasure-trove of contemporary music wergo

Sound Art @ Het Apollohuis Excerpts of Concert Recordings 1980-1995 Various Artists Wergo • WER 2069

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TRACK LIST

IMPORT Between 1980 and 1997, artists presented a panoply of exhibitions, installations, performances and concerts, and engaged in lively debate on art theory at Het Apollohuis in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Under the direction of founders Paul and Hélène Panhuysen, the building became an important center for an avant-garde that bridged the visual arts and music. Since 2009, the archives of Het Apollohuis have been located at ZKM in Karlsruhe, where scholars are examining, documenting and preserving this valuable store of sound, text and pictorial materials. This CD presents excerpts from previously unpublished concert and performance recordings of important artists who appeared during the lifespan of Het Apollohuis.

April 2012

Max Eastley Performance Judy Dunaway Balloon March Z’EV Sound Performance Akio Suzuki with Junko Wada Ougi Jackson MacLow with Anne Tardos The Black Tarantula Hugh Davies Concert Shelley Hirsch Zang Alvin Lucier Music for Solo Performer Mark Trayle Basic Harmony Pt. Jim Pomeroy Celestial Mechanix Paul DeMarinis with Laetitia Sonami From Olmstead: A Journey Through Texas Chris Mann Tout après maintenant Paul Panhuysen Kanary Grand Band Jaap Blonk Obbele Boep ’m Pam Bob Ostertag Burns Like Fire Thomas Köner Swimming in a Pool of Sounds Petr Kotik Cheap Imitation (John Cage, 1982) David Moss with Axel Otto & Frank Schulte The Day We Forgot Ron Kuivila Loose Canon Phill Niblock with James Fulkerson Concert Arnold Dreyblatt & his European Orchestra of the Excited Strings Propellers in Love David Dramm with Ann LaBerge Bolero The Michael Gordon Philharmonic Erlkönig (Franz Schubert, 1815) Rolf Julius Bericht aus Berlin

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R&B / S0UL

The definitive soul singer The Best of Sam Cooke

apo

Sam Cooke APO • CAPP 2625 SA

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD DOMESTIC File In: R & B / Soul Groundbreaking soul music pioneer Sam Cooke influenced generations of singers that followed. Between 1957 and his death seven years later, Cooke recorded an average of one top-ten single every four months.

We all know the songs, and we all know they are great. But until now, nobody has known just how incredible these recordings actually sound. Now with every detail tended to and no expense spared, APO presents The Best of Sam Cooke on hybrid SACD. In most cases this was the first — and often only — Sam Cooke album people owned. Although there are more ambitious collections that show Cooke’s remarkable range and diversity, this is still the best starting place. These are Cooke’s biggest commercial hits and the “message in a bottle” that brought his gifts to millions of people.

“He had an incomparable voice. Sam Cooke could sing anything and make it work. But when you’re talking about his strength as a singer, range is not relevant. It was his power to deliver — it was about his phrasing, the totality of his singing.”

April 2012

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— Van Morrison

Night Beat

APO • CAPP 2709 SA (753088270963)

“A welcome opportunity to experience the soul master doing less flashy blues based material in a small studio soundstage setting.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

JAZZ

Classic jazz from Black Saint/Soul Note

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Price Code: 2A15 (4 CDs for the Price of 2, Suggested Retail Price: $31.98) IMPORT File In: Jazz

Mal Waldron - The Complete Remastered Recordings

Mal Waldron Black Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1014

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Jimmy Giuffre Black Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1016

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Price Code: 2A17 (7 CDs for the Price of 2, Suggested Retail Price: $35.98) IMPORT File In: Jazz

World Saxophone Quartet - The Complete Remastered Recordings World Saxophone Quartet Black Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1015

Don Pullen Black Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1017

Zurich, Live at the Brooklyn Academy and Moving Right Along.

Jimmy Giuffre’s set includes the albums Dragonfly, Quasar, Liquid Dancers and Conversations with a Goose. The Don Pullen box includes the albums Capricorn Rising, Healing Force, Warriors, Milano Strut, The Magic Triangle, Evidence of Things Unseen and The Sixth Sense.

April 2012

Here are four more specially-priced boxed set from Black Saint/ Soul Note focusing on jazz greats. Mal Waldron’s set includes the albums The Git Go — Live at the Village Vanguard, The Seagulls of Kristiansund, Crowd Scene and Where Are You?. The World Saxophone Quartet set includes the albums Steppin’ With The World Saxophone Quartet, W.S.Q., Revue, Live in

Don Pullen - The Complete Remastered Recordings

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JAZZ

A new voice in Gypsy jazz chant du monde

Sonny Day

Sonny Amati Schmi Chant du Monde • 2742179

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IMPORT File In: Jazz Sonny Amati Schmitt, son of Dorado Schmitt, is only sixteen — but his reputation as a Gypsy jazz guitarist has already spread around the world. He appeared alongside his father in the Jazz in Vienne Festival in 2010, and for six days of the Django Reinhardt Festival he played at New York’s Birdland Club (where he was congratulated by Leonard Di Caprio, who’d gone there especially to hear him). Several of the well-known jazz strongholds have programmed him, including the Festivals of Lyon, Monaco, and Colmar and the New Morning in Paris. For his first solo album, Sonny Amati Schmitt is accompanied by his brother Bronson on rhythm guitar, Xavier Nikq on double bass and Dorado Schmitt on Peruvian cajón and the violin. The tracks on Sonny Day are a deft combination of waltzes, swing, bossa and ballads in the purest Reinhardt tradition.

April 2012

frémeaux

Remembering François Chassagnite

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Chat-ssagnite

François Chassagnite Frémeaux • FA 564

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IMPORT File In: Jazz François Chassagnite was one of the greatest French jazz trumpeters. He toured around the world and sat in with many of the greats, from Chet Baker to Canadian Gil Evans and Malian Salif Keita. He was a regular organizer of the famous Marciac Jazz Festival’s master classes, where he used to invite Wynton Marsalis and other great US jazz players like Terence Blanchard. Chassagnite passed away last summer and this album was his last recording session. Chat-ssagnite is a fitting homage to this major figure in European jazz. In the November 1983 issue of Jazz Hot, Chet Baker was asked if he heard a lot of good trumpeters in the new generation. He said, “Oh, not a lot. But there is that young Frenchman, François Chassagnite.”

JAZZ

Enchanting jazz from Clara Ponty Into The Light

chant du monde

Clara Ponty Chant du Monde • 2742026

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ADVANCE REVIEWS “Combining a classical sensibility with world and ethnic musical influences, Clara Ponty creates songs that are evocative and reverie producing.”

— COSMIKDEBRIS.COM

“Ponty has a fun album on her hands that’s as positively sunny as the upbeat album cover pic of her.

— MIDWEST RECORD

“Not many musicians in any genre come with such extensive credentials or musical genes, but Clara Ponty fully lives up to both.”

— WIND AND WIRE

IMPORT File In: Jazz Clara Ponty is one of those rare artists whose enticing voice and virtuoso level playing fuses her classical heritage with jazz and pop rhythms into a seamless stream of captivating sounds. The seductive musical universe of the singer and pianist unfolds in this enchanting jazz album that displays Ponty’s unique style of writing. Into The Light is co-produced by Stuart Bruce (Frankie goes to Hollywood, Yes, Loreena McKennitt, Kate Bush) and Clara Ponty and is the first to feature her mainly as a singer. Guest artists including Nigel Kennedy, Vincent Segal, Damien Smitt and her father Jean-Luc Ponty add their talents to this album. Clara Ponty’s songs cover a wide range of subjects including her own spiritual path, her view on our modern life, and personal life experiences. These eleven gems feature refined arrangements filled with charm and memorable melodies.

April 2012

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WORLD

The roots of the rumba Black Bazar

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Black Bazar, featuring Modogo & Sam with Souleymane Diamanka, Douleur Douala and Niuver Lusafrica • 562982

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IMPORT File In: World / Africa / Congo Award-winning French writer Alain Mabanckou is the driving force behind the band Black Bazar. For this project, he challenged his musicians to take rumba back to its roots, rejecting the machines and programming that have done so much to water down today’s Congolese (and African) music. Mabanckou’s goal was to restore a genre that was originally intended not only to be great dance music, but also to be a delight to listen to. The band’s front men, Modogo Abarambwa and Sam Tshintu (veterans of Koffi Olomide’s Quartier Latin and the band Académia) are joined here by a variety of stellar guest artists. Both the band’s name and album title are taken from Mabanckou’s novel Black Bazar, published by Le Seuil in 2009. The book was intended to be the first part of a trilogy that would be completed by a music album (this release, produced by Mabanckou) and a film, written by Mabanckou, to be produced in the next months and released in 2013. The novel will be published in English by Serpents Tail in May 2012.

WORLD

IMPORT File In: World / Europe / Russia Following on the success of Frémeaux’s first release of the Red Army Choir’s historic recordings, the label now offers a second volume devoted to great traditional Soviet melodies.

The repertoire on the disc includes the National Anthem of the USSR, which was composed by Alexander Alexandrov, the founder of the Red Army Ensemble and the father of the conductor featured in these recordings.

Historical Recordings - Vol.2

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The Red Army Choir, Boris Alexandrov Frémeaux • FA 5362

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Hora Kota

Bonga Lusafrica • 562772

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IMPORT File In: World / Africa / Angola This is Bonga’s thirtieth album — his fifth on the Lusafrica label — featuring eleven faultless new songs reporting on the state of his native Angola. There is power and soul in his musical message, and Hora Kota is a remedy for the blues. This title replaces the previously solicited version. All backorders have been cancelled.

Dorsaf Hamdani Accords Croisés • AC 144

frémeaux

Princesses of Arab Chant

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IMPORT File In: World / Africa / Tunisia Oum Kalsoum, Fairouz and Asmahan — whether one calls them princesses, queens or empresses, these three hold court above all in the categories of glory, power, legend and splendor. What female Arabic singer has never contemplated measuring herself against these Himalayas of her culture? On this richly satisfying disc, Dorsaf Hamdani offers a fitting tribute to all three.

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WORLD

Moussu T live Empêche-Nous!

chant du monde

Moussu T et lei Jovents Chant du Monde • 2742039

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IMPORT File In: World / Europe / France Blending the music and flavor of the Occitan tradition with the music of today, Moussu T e lei Jovents are re-inventing the music of Marseilles to spread the message of Provençe, a harbor turned towards the sea, cosmopolitan and proud of its history. The members of Moussu T e lei Jovents include Massilia Sound System’s founder (Tatou) and guitarist (Blu) and the famous Brazilian percussionist Jam Da Silva. Their music draws on the sounds of Marseilles in the 1930s, with its mixture of Provençal songs Vincent Scotto’s operettas and the then-new sounds of blues, jazz, Caribbean and Brazilian music. Empêche-Nous! is the band’s first live album and it includes the most famous songs of their very rich repertoire.

“Their easy-going material echoes anything from country and folk styles through to music hall, jug-band music and the blues.”

— THE GUARDIAN

April 2012

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Putan de Cançon

Chant du Monde • 2741877 (794881972920)

“Moussu T e lei Jovents have always been quirky, charming and original, but now they are adding a new sophistication to their songs.”

— THE GUARDIAN

WORLD

Ravi Shankar at home The Living Room Sessions - Part 1

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Ravi Shankar East Meets West • EMWM 1006

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DOMESTIC File In: World / Asia / India In October 2011, at the seasoned age of 91, Ravi Shankar invited his long-time tabla accompanist, Tanmoy Bose, to his home in Encinitas, California for an informal recording session. Over four days, they worked in Shankar’s living room, recording seven different ragas. The resulting music is pure Shankar — a pairing of deep musical experience and brilliant technique performed with the energy and passion he brings to his live concerts. The first of two releases, The Living Room Sessions, Part 1, holds four tracks that span a wide range of Indian classical styles. As with his live performances, the emotion in the sitar maestro’s playing as he and Bose exchange improvisational phrasings is powerful. Both intimate and masterly, The Living Room Sessions, Part 1 is an invitation into the home and musical genius of Ravi Shankar. Release of a second disc is scheduled for the fall of 2012.

Recently released East Meets West • EMWM 1004 (666449738623)

Nine Decades - Vol.3

East Meets West • EMWM 1005 (666449738722)

April 2012

Nine Decades - Vol.2

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Concert Calendar • CLASSICAL April 2012

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Kristian Bezuidenhout Jonathan Biss

Onyx

Yefim Bronfman Danny Driver Concerto Köln James Ehnes

Helicon Hyperion harmonia mundi Onyx

Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov Freiburger Barockorchester Ma hias Goerne

harmonia mundi harmonia mundi harmonia mundi

Marc-André Hamelin

Hyperion

Angela Hewi

Hyperion

Stephen Hough

Hyperion

Alina Ibragimova

Hyperion

Steven Isserlis

Hyperion

Olga Kern

harmonia mundi

Mariusz Kwiecien Paul Lewis

harmonia mundi harmonia mundi

Nicholas McGegan Paul O'De e Philharmonia Baroque Orch., Nicholas McGegan

Philharmonia Baroque harmonia mundi Philharmonia Baroque

Sandrine Piau Stile Antico

harmonia mundi harmonia mundi

Takács Quartet

Hyperion

Tokyo String Quartet

harmonia mundi

Shai Wosner

Onyx Classics

Haochen Zhang

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Stanford Sacramento La Jolla Chicago Omaha Chicago Baltimore Philadelphia New Orleans Los Angeles Miami Baltimore San Francisco New York Los Angeles San Francisco Saint Paul Kalamazoo Beverly Hills New York Washington New York Amherst Morrow Baltimore Salem Sea le Corpus Christi Washington St. Louis San Francisco Indianapolis New York San Francisco San Francisco Phoenix Phoenix Los Angeles New York Chicago Napa Middlebury Atlanta Appleton Atherton San Francisco Berkeley New York St. Louis Los Angeles Cleveland New York Hanover Durham New York Baltimore Dallas Boulder Boulder Lakewood New York Philadelphia New York St. Paul St. Paul Kansas City New York Sea le Carmel Fort Worth Longview

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Memorial Church Trinity Episcopal Cathedral St. James-by-the-Sea Symphony Center Joslyn Art Museum Symphony Center Music Center at Strathmore Verizon Hall Dixon Hall Walt Disney Concert Hall Wertheim Auditorium Strathmore Herbst Theatre Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall Walt Disney Concert Hall Herbst Theatre Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Dalton Center Recital Hall Seligman Performing Arts Center Carnegie Hall Terrace Theater Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Buckley Recital Hall Spivey Hall Shriver Hall St. Pauls Episcopal Church Meany Hall Texas A&M Performing Arts Center Kennedy Center Powell Hall Herbst Theater Hilbert Circle Theater 92nd Street Y Herbst Theatre Herbst Theatre Symphony Hall Sco sdale Center for the Arts Los Angeles Philharmonic Kaufmann Concert Hall Symphony Center First United Methodist Church Mahaney Center for the Arts Symphony Hall Lawrence University, Harper Hall Center for Performing Arts Herbst Theatre First Congregational Church Zankel Hall Concert at Cathedral Basilica St. John's Episcopal Cathedral St. John's Cathedral Church of St. Mary the Virgin Spaulding Auditorium Johnson Theatre Zankel Hall Shriver Hall Caruth Auditorium Macky Auditorium Grusin Music Hall Lakewood Cultural Center 92nd Street Y Independence Seaport Museum Lincoln Center Wooddale Church St. Paul's United Church of Christ Folly Theatre Zankel Hall S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium The Studio Theater Bass Performance Hall S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center

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Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar C.J. Chenier

Asphalt Tango World Village

Huun Huur Tu Ahmad Jamal New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

World Village Jazz Village World Village

Catherine Russell

World Village

Sierra Maestra

World Village

Tinariwen

World Village

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Cleveland New Orleans Louisville Augusta Ridgefield Reston Big Bear Lake Bethlehem Los Angeles Champaign-Urbana Sco sdale New Orleans Minneapolis Washington New Paltz Syracuse Monterey Madison Napa Santa Cruz San Francisco Los Angeles Albuquerque Taos Santa Fe Manchester Philadelphia New York San Francisco

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Gartner Auditorium New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest Louisville Street Faire Pete Gagne Memorial Park Ballard Park Reston Community Center Swim Beach Amphitheatre ArtsQuest Blast Furnace Blues Festival Hollywood Bowl Krannert Center Virginia G. Piper Theater New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Orchestra Hall Kennedy Center Jazz Club Mohonk Mountain House Palace Theatre Monterey Jazz Festival Shanghai Jazz Napa Valley Opera House Moe's Alley SF Jazz Skirball Center National Hispanic Cultural Center KTAOS Solar Center The Lensic Saint Anselm College: Dana Center Calvary Church Town Hall Herbst Theatre

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