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Daniil Trifonov TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1

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■ New Release Highlights In one of the most exciting releases of the year, young Russian virtuoso Daniil Trifonov is accompanied by his mentor Valery Gergiev on a new recording from the Mariinsky label featuring Tchaikovsky’s powerful Piano Concerto No.1 and a selection of recital pieces (p.20). Trifonov, winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition, was hailed by the New York Times as having “scintillating technique and a virtuosic flair.” Key titles from harmonia mundi include an album of rarely-heard choral works by Samuel Barber with the American ensemble Conspirare (p.11), the second volume in Isabelle Faust’s traversal of Bach’s solo Sonatas and Partitas (p.9) and new recordings of Schubert quartets and Beethoven sonatas by the Cuarteto Casals and Javier Perianes. Hyperion’s three priorities for September include a recital of French piano music by Stephen Hough (p.13), a fourth volume in the label’s series of the complete songs of Brahms (p.17) with baritone Robert Holl and a new addition to the Romantic Violin Concerto series featuring violinist Anthony Marwood playing works by Schumann (p.15).

Conductor Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra return to the works of Gustav Mahler with a new multi-channel recording of the Symphony No.1 for Channel Classics (p.5). Music of the great Austrian composer is also featured in the latest release from Onyx Classics. The acclaimed baritone Wolfgang Holzmair performs songs from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn accompanied by pianist Charles Spencer (p.22). In non-classical releases, the latest offering in APO’s series of SACD remasterings of jazz classics presents Dave Brubeck’s Time Out, which includes the all-time favorite “Take Five.”

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Mozart: La finta giardiniera

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“ A thrilling, often revelatory performance, alive to every intense and modernistic gesture.

First-class sound and presentation.”

— TIME OUT LONDON

★★★★ “ An absolute joy... there is a tremendous musicality on display...

Every one of the 16 tracks is a delight.”

— SONGLINES

Coming Next Month René Jacobs returns to Mozart

La finta giardiniera was long one of the least-known operas of the young Mozart, perhaps because the original Munich version, sung in Italian, quickly disappeared from the repertoire until it was revived in German from 1779 onwards. The posthumous version from 1796 recorded here by René Jacobs and his stellar cast displays a skillful reorchestration, extremely ‘symphonic’ and typical of late Mozart ­— to such an extent that numerous specialists have thought they detected the composer’s own hand.

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Music of the hunt Les Trompes de Chambord Ad Vitam • AV 120615

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Musique de Vènerie — Hunting Music

IMPORT The hunting horn is the French folk instrument par excellence. In its way, it is as exotic to foreigners as Scottish bagpipes, the Russian balalaika, or the bandonéon of the Argentine tango.

The hunting horn also played a crucial role in Baroque classical music during the reign of Louis XV. Today, too often reduced to being used in the field and in hunting ceremonies, its great emotive power deserves to be appreciated by a wider audience. This disc, featuring the ensemble Les Trompes de Chambord, will appeal both to hunting enthusiasts, who appreciate the game’s special pageantry and traditions, and to classical music lovers who are curious about the instrument’s connections to Western music history.

Savall’s tribute to Armenia Price Code: A24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98)

September 2012

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD This album is a tribute to Armenia and to the Armenian musicians who have played alongside Jordi Savall and his wife Montserrat Figueras over the past several years. The repertoire, culled from Hespèrion XXI’s fascinating live programs, ranges from lively to contemplative.

All of the unique and powerful music on Armenian Spirit is beautifully played using traditional instruments including the duduk, an ancient double-reed instrument with a deeply moving sound quality. Jordi Savall illuminates this music with a faultless musical flair, driven by his endless curiosity and supreme musicianship. The disc is accompanied by a lavishly documented and richly illustrated booklet.

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Armenian Spirit

Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9892

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Florilegium’s charming Bach transcriptions channel classics

BACH Organ Trio Sonatas BWV 525-530 — Arranged for Multiple Instruments Florilegium Channel Classics • CCS SA 27012

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Advance review IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The wealth of secular and sacred music Bach produced in his lifetime stands in stark contrast to the dearth of existing (or surviving) music for chamber ensemble. This deficit has been addressed by the English early instrument ensemble Florilegium with this disc from Channel Classics featuring the group’s charming and colorful arrangements of the master’s six organ Trio Sonatas. Adapting these pieces for varying combinations of instruments fits comfortably within the canon when one considers Bach’s own interest in transferring styles and idioms from other works to a solo or group of instruments, and viceversa, something which he explored particularly during his years of employment at the ducal court in Weimar.

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Bach: Cantata BWV 209

Channel Classics • CCS SA 27208 (723385272083)

“Few can match Florilegium’s interpretative flair and technical accomplishment in this repertoire.”

— THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK)

“ It is a measure of Florilegium’s success that anyone who does not know the organ originals would hardly guess that these trios were not conceived for flute, strings and lute or harpsichord continuo.

Unreservedly recommended.”

— THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK)

Fischer’s gripping Mahler channel classics

MAHLER Symphony No.1

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer Channel Classics • CCS SA 33112

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Advance review “Immediately gripping and very special... brilliantly transparent, as if the conductor is shining a strong torchlight on every corner of the score.”

— THE OBSERVER

“The first movement alone confirms Fischer’s growing credentials as a major Mahler interpreter.”

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Written when the composer was only in his late twenties, Mahler’s first symphony is a study in optimism. ‘In full sail’ (his original title for the second movement) could be a motto for the whole work. In this vast symphony, we hear his love of nature and beauty, Mahler’s childhood memories, fragments of distant military music, birdsong and even Yiddish folk tunes as they blend together into a paean to life and hope. The work’s tribute to Beethoven is seen in its architecture, as it takes cues from his idol’s famous ninth symphony. The fact that Mahler’s first was débuted in the Hungarian capital Budapest gives Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra a unique connection to its history. This new Super Audio CD recording from Channel Classics brings out all the nuances and colors of the work, from its softest whispers to its most thundering climaxes.

— GRAMOPHONE

Also available Channel Classics • CCS SA 22905 (723385229056)

Mahler: Symphony No.2

Channel Classics • CCS SA 23506 (723385235064)

Mahler: Symphony No.4

Channel Classics • CCS SA 26109 (723385261094)

September 2012

Mahler: Symphony No.6

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Rare Vaughan Williams VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Folk Songs of the Four Seasons — Suite, Bucolic Suite, Dark Pastoral, Serenade in A minor 1898

Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates Dutton • CDLX 7289

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IMPORT The unplayed early works of Ralph Vaughan Williams have been a tantalizing might-have-been for fans of his music. Now, building on the success of their recording of the impressive Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue, Dutton couples world première recordings of Vaughan Williams’ delightful Serenade in A minor and Bucolic Suite. These tuneful discoveries are presented together with some lesser-known scores from his maturity. David Matthews completed and orchestrated the slow movement of the unfinished cello concerto that Vaughan Williams was writing for Casals in the 1940s as the haunting Dark Pastoral, championed here by cellist Guy Johnston, whilst the orchestral suite from Vaughan Williams’ 1949 choral setting Folk Songs of the Four Seasons gives us a succession of delightful tunes. Featured artists are the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Martin Yates.

Music of John McCabe MCCABE Les martinets noirs, Caravan, Rainforest I & II

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Angela Whelan (trumpet), John McCabe (piano), Retorica, Orchestra Nova, George Vass Dutton • CDLX 7290

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IMPORT On this collection of world première recordings, composer John McCabe’s musical connections with the natural world stretch from high summer in England, via the deserts of Arabia, to the sub-tropical rainforests of Australia. Les martinets noirs is the French name for swifts — a bird similar to the barn swallow. McCabe describes them as “acrobatic Pucks of the air,” adding that one of his annual delights in summer is to watch them swooping around the treetops and chimneys. The violin duo Retorica excel as the acrobatic swifts, while trumpet soloist Angela Whelan personifies the spirit of the rainforest in Rainforest II. In Rainforest I, members of the Orchestra Nova are joined by John McCabe on piano in a large-scale work redolent of the sights and sounds of the rainforests of Queensland. The recording is rounded off with Caravan, a short work for string orchestra inspired by the sight of a caravan approaching in the Arabian desert.

Enchanting music by Godard Price Code: A22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98)

Victor Sangiorgio (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates Dutton • CDLX 7291

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GODARD Piano Concerto No.2, Fantaisie Persane, Jocelyn Suites Nos.1 & 2, Ouverture des Guelfes

IMPORT Following the remarkable success of Victor Sangiorgio’s recording of Benjamin Godard’s delightful first Piano Concerto for Dutton, the label now offers another album of world première recordings of Godard’s music, including the even more tuneful second concerto of 1893 and the colorful Fantaisie Persane, both of which are essential listening for Godard fans. Conductor Martin Yates completes the program with orchestral music from two of Godard’s operas — the powerful overture to Les Guelfes and the orchestral suites from Jocelyn, until now only remembered for the enchanting Berceuse, here played by Aleksei Kiseliov in its version for cello and orchestra.

The many facets of Cecilia McDowall

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MCDOWALL Shipping Forecast, Theatre of Tango, Crossing the Bridge, Rain, Steam and Speed, Great Hills

Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), Madeleine Easton (violin), Kathryn Thomas (flute), Joanna Shaw (flute), Tamás Kocsis (violin), Andrew Hobday (narrator), Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Ulster Orchestra, Orchestra Nova, George Vass Dutton • CDLX 7292

September 2012

IMPORT George Vass conducts the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, the Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra Nova in Dutton Epoch’s fifth CD devoted entirely to the music of Cecilia McDowall.

The featured works, all recent and receiving their world première recordings, range from a sultry setting for soloists baritone Jeremy Huw Williams and violinist Tamás Kocsis of darkly evocative poems by Seán Street celebrating the tango, to a lively and inventive orchestral response to a painting by Turner depicting a train steaming across Maidenhead Viaduct. Also included in this richly diverse program is the atmospheric choral tribute Shipping Forecast and Crossing the Bridge, an evocative depiction of bridges in Central Europe, London and New York.

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Keith Lockhart conducts Chadwick CHADWICK Adonais — Elegiac Overture, Cleopatra — Symphonic Poem, Pastoral Prelude, Sinfonietta BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart Dutton • CDLX 7293

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IMPORT George Chadwick (1854-1931) was a leading American composer of his day. On this Dutton Epoch series recording, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in a selection of world première recordings, ranging from the delightful, affirmative Pastoral Prelude written when Chadwick was 36, to the gorgeous, impressionistic symphonic poem Cleopatra of 1904 with its “lush and amorous” tune for Cleopatra and “big clashing battle scene.” Also included are the Sinfonietta in D major of 1904 (effectively the composer’s fifth symphony) and the Shelley-inspired ‘elegiac overture’ Adonais of 1899. This is immediately approachable and lyrical music, containing some of Chadwick’s most memorable melodies.

York Bowen’s chamber music BOWEN Chamber Music Vol.2

September 2012

Endymion Ensemble Dutton • LXBOX 2012

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IMPORT From CDLX 7115 (765387711528) Deleted December 2007 & CDLX 7129 (765387712921) Remains Available With this attractively priced 2-CD boxed set reissue, Dutton offers a second collection of music by English composer York Bowen. This set repackages the label’s two superb recordings of Bowen’s chamber music featuring the Endymion Ensemble. These outstanding performances were hailed by critics upon their initial release. The Horn Quintet and Horn Sonata played by Stephen Stirling are highlights, but the Sonatas for flute, oboe and clarinet are glorious as well, while the two trios (Rhapsody Trio and Trio in Three Movements) are consummately satisfying neo-romantic music.

Isabelle Faust plays Bach harmonia mundi

BACH Sonatas & Partitas Vol.2

Isabelle Faust (violin) harmonia mundi • HMC 902124

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IMPORT Isabelle Faust has gone back to the original manuscript sources to offer us her personal vision of these iconic masterpieces of the violin repertoire. In Bach’s time, music for solo instruments was still little explored territory, and his Sonatas and Partitas immediately established themselves as a benchmark, technically challenging and brimming with creativity. On the second and final volume of the set, Faust plays the “Sleeping Beauty” Stradivarius of 1704, kindly loaned to her by the L-Bank Baden-Württemberg.

“A poetic player with an irresistably warm sound, a tightly controlled vibrato and an athletic technique.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Also available harmonia mundi • HMC 902059 (794881943821)

“Faust’s wonderfully focused playing pulls you right inside the music.”

— THE TIMES (UK)

September 2012

Bach: Sonatas & Partitas Vol.1

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Schubert’s glorious string quintet harmonia mundi

SCHUBERT String Quintet Op.163

Arcanto Quartet, Oliver Marron (cello) harmonia mundi • HMC 902106

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IMPORT Composed during the final weeks of Schubert’s life, the Quintet in C major for two violins, viola and two cellos ranks among his greatest accomplishments. Schubert’s decision to use a second cello (rather than the second viola as in Mozart’s quintets) adds to the overall richness of the piece and gives it a darker, more melancholy timbre. In its day, Schubert’s Quintet was truly a revolutionary work. It is truly symphonic in scope, with ‘orchestration’ that mimics motifs characteristic of writing for winds and brass. This new recording from the Arcanto Quartet and cellist Olivier Marron (2004 first prize winner at the international Johann Sebastian Bach competition in Leipzig, Germany) illuminates the colors and decodes the complexities of this timeless masterpiece.

“Absolutely stunning virtuosity and depth, so relentlessly powerful you didn’t dare move for fear you might get hurt.”

— THE WASHINGTON POST

September 2012

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Debussy, Ravel & Dutilleux: String Quartets

harmonia mundi • HMC 902067 (0794881966929)

“The playing has muscle, incisiveness and drive, tempered by delicacy of nuance... a riveting disc.”

— THE TELEGRAPH

The choral works of Samuel Barber harmonia mundi

Samuel Barber — An American Romantic BARBER Twelfth night, Op.42 No.1; To be sung on the water, Op.42 No.2; The virgin martyrs, Op.8, No.1; Let down the bars, O death, Op.8 No.2; Reincarnations, A stopwatch and an ordnance map, Op.15; Sure on this shining night, Op.13 No.3; Agnus Dei, Op. 1; The Lovers, Op.43; Easter Chorale

Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson harmonia mundi • HMU 807522

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“Conspirare has become renowned for expanding the boundaries of choral performance.”

— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

IMPORT / SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD On their new recording Samuel Barber — An American Romantic, Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare honor the great composer with a selection of some of his finest choral works. Barber’s lyrical melodies and unabashed romanticism have earned him a cherished place in the pantheon of 20th-century composers. Featured here are the beloved Agnus Dei (choral version of the famous Adagio for Strings) and other favorites such as Reincarnations and Sure on this Shining Night. The recording also presents two world premières. Barber’s Easter Chorale and the sensual, passionate The Lovers on poetry by Pablo Neruda are heard here in new versions for chamber ensemble and choir prepared especially for Conspirare by composer Robert Kyr.

Also available “ Conspirare offer a recording that elevates the genre of the spiritual to an entirely new level of art music.”

— CHORAL JOURNAL

September 2012

Sing Freedom!

harmonia mundi • HMU 807525 (093046752569)

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Javier Perianes plays Beethoven harmonia mundi

Moto perpetuo BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos.12, 17, 22 & 27 Javier Perianes (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902138

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IMPORT Man’s fascination with the theory of perpetual motion dates back thousands of years. Musical expressions of the concept span from Franco-Flemish polyphony to modern-day minimalism. Beethoven used the virtuoso technique several times in his piano sonatas, as illustrated by the collection of works assembled here. The acclaim accorded to the pianist Javier Perianes by audiences and critics alike confirms his status as one of Spain’s most exciting new artists. He has a growing international reputation and has also received rave reviews for his recordings for harmonia mundi, which include Schubert’s Impromptus and Mompou’s Música Callada.

— PIANO MAGAZINE

September 2012

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“ Structurally, dramatically, psychologically, rhetorically, his playing betrays a keen perception and intelligence.”

Falla: Noches en los jardines de España

harmonia mundi • HMC 902099 (3149020209929)

“This is a disc to lift the spirits. Whether the music is sultry, strenuous or sunny, Javier Perianes plays with an infallible ear for style, atmosphere and colour.”

— GRAMOPHONE

A Stephen Hough Recital Stephen Hough’s French Album

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Stephen Hough (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67890

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TRACK LIST

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Bach

Chabrier Chaminade Debussy

Delibes

Fauré

Liszt Massenet Poulenc

Ravel

La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer Toccata & Fugue in D minor, (arr. Alfred Cortot & Stephen Hough), Keyboard Concerto No.5, Arioso (arr. Alfred Cortot) Pièces pittoresques, No.2 Automne Clair de Lune Sylvia - Pizzicato (arr. Stephen Hough) Nocturne No.6, Improvisation in C sharp minor, Impromptu No.5, Barcarolle No.5 Réminiscences de La juive - Fantaisie brillante Crépuscule (arr. Stephen Hough) Mélancolie, Nocturne No.4, Improvisations, No.8 Alborada del gracioso

IMPORT Stephen Hough presents an enchanting program of French music, played with the filigree perfection and total command of the music’s expressive world that make him one of the most admired pianists of today. In typical Houghian style, this recital is full of surprises and lesser-known gems from the repertoire, as well as works by the masters Fauré, Ravel, Debussy and Poulenc. A particular delight is Hough’s own arrangement of the Massenet song “Crépuscule,” a ravishing exercise in creative yet faithful transcription. This release is both a tribute to the lyric genius which flowered in nineteenth- and twentieth-century France, and a glimpse into the musical mind of a great pianist.

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67267 (0034571172675)

“What all these very varied pieces demonstrate is Hough’s profound love of keyboard sound and textures.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Stephen Hough’s Spanish Album

Hyperion • CDA 67565 (0034571175652)

“I cannot imagine many piano lovers failing to fall for this delectable and all-too-brief collection.”

— GRAMOPHONE

September 2012

Stephen Hough’s English Album

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Respighi’s chamber music RESPIGHI Violin Sonatas, Cinque Pezzi, Valse caressante, Serenata Tanja Becker-Bender (violin), Péter Nagy (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67930

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IMPORT Respighi’s orchestral music is loved for its lavish, operatic fireworks and its pomp and circumstance. This recording of his music for violin and piano demonstrates a more tender and intimate side to the composer, and also shows what a master he was of melody. Respighi had many influences from all over Europe and an enthusiasm for German music which perhaps explains the pleasing echoes of Brahms and Schumann among others. The sonatas, especially the later in B minor, are important works of nineteenth-century chamber music, and gems such as the Valse caressante and the Serenata are suffused with lyrical elegance which is perfectly carried off by the wonderful violinist Tanja Becker-Bender.

Howard Shelley plays Spohr & Onslow SPOHR Piano Sonata in A flat Major, Rondoletto in G Major ONSLOW Piano Sonata in C minor, Six Pièces, Toccata in C major

September 2012

Howard Shelley (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67947

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IMPORT Howard Shelley continues his appraisal of a composer who in his lifetime was classed with Mozart and Beethoven, and enjoyed international fame and admiration. Shelley is a master of the Classical-Romantic style and in his hands the music of Spohr, heard very little today, reveals a freshness and excitement that is utterly beguiling. Spohr’s Piano Sonata and Rondoletto are paired with works by George Onslow, Spohr’s exact contemporary. Both composers wrote very little piano music and this release comprises all their major works for the instrument. Again, music to charm and delight is rediscovered through Shelley’s expert performances.

Marwood’s surprising Schumann hyperion

The Romantic Violin Concerto — Vol.13 SCHUMANN Violin Concerto in D minor, Violin Concerto in A minor, Phantasie in C Major

Anthony Marwood (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Boyd Hyperion • CDA 67847

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IMPORT Hyperion presents the thirteenth volume in their ongoing Romantic Violin Concerto series. Although more often featuring virtuoso showpieces by the composer/violinists of the nineteenth century, this collection also highlights works of great musical interest which for one reason or another have not entered the standard repertoire. The present disc collects all of the works for violin and orchestra by Robert Schumann. Although the composer’s concertos for piano and cello are among the most beloved works in classical music, none of these works for violin has enjoyed the same success.

That result will be surprising to the listener after hearing them played here by violinist Anthony Marwood in performances brimming with panache and brilliance. Included are the Violin Concerto in D minor, the Phantasie and the Violin Concerto in A minor (an arrangement of the cello concerto). Marwood is accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Douglas Boyd.

Previous release in the series “Golden tone and surefire musicianship.”

— THE WASHINGTON POST

The Romantic Violin Concerto — Vol.12 Hyperion • CDA 67878 (0034571178783)

“Rhythmically taut, meticulously executed performances.”

— GRAMOPHONE

September 2012

About the soloist

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The glories of medieval France hyperion

Conductus Vol.1 — Music & Poetry from Thirteenth-Century France

John Potter (tenor), Christopher O’Gorman (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Hyperion • CDA 67949

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IMPORT Hyperion has long been a champion of music from the Medieval era. Combining the highest levels of scholarship with brilliant musicianship and award-winning recordings, Hyperion has helped open the ears of a generation of listeners to the musical riches of the Middles Ages. On this intriguing release, John Potter, Christopher O’Gorman and Rogers Covey-Crump offer a selection of music from the Ars antiqua period. Focusing on a genre of sacred vocal works called the Conductus, the singers explore Western music’s first experiments in polyphony. Extensive booklet notes by musicologist Mark Everist probe into the intricacies of performance practice as well as analyzing the music and poetry in context.

September 2012

Other titles of interest

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Magister Leoninus Vol.1 Hyperion • CDH55328 (0034571153285)

“Absolutely stunning.

Lost music re-born.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Magister Leoninus Vol.2 Hyperion • CDH55338 (0034571153384)

“Highly recommended.”

— FANFARE

Hyperion’s Brahms Song cycle continues hyperion

BRAHMS The Complete Songs, Vol.4

Robert Holl (bass-baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) Hyperion • CDJ 33124

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IMPORT With this release, pianist Graham Johnson’s latest project for Hyperion, the complete songs of Johannes Brahms, reaches its fourth volume. Brahms may be considered a giant of the Romantic era, but his songs and vocal works are far less familiar to listeners than much of his other music. However, there is so much to discover and enjoy in the beautiful, often elegiac melodies and characteristic piano writing present in his songs. The present recording features the songs of Op 94, as well as the Vier ernste Gesänge of Op 121. The singer is bassbaritone Robert Holl, who has been widely acclaimed for his live performances and recordings and is considered one of the most profound artists of the genre.

“Holl’s ability to embody not only the particular musical presence of each song, but also the emotional effect of every word, is unique.”

— THE TIMES (UK)

Also available in the series Hyperion • CDJ 33121 (0034571131214)

“A highly desirable disc.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol.2

Hyperion • CDJ 33122 (0034571131221)

“Imaginatively planned.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

“A fine sense of artistry.”

September 2012

Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol.1

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol.3

Hyperion • CDJ 33123 (0034571131238)

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Mid-priced Helios series reissues SUK Piano Quartet, Four Pieces for Violin and piano, Piano Quintet Nash Ensemble Hyperion • CDH 55416

Aa34571c!%$!^+U Price Code: A11 (Suggested Retail Price: $11.98)

IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 67448 (034571174488) Deleted April 2010 The music of Josef Suk, pupil of Dvorák and married to the elder composer’s daughter, is only now beginning to be recognized for its true worth. On this recording the Nash Ensemble presents three relatively early works, brimming with youthful enthusiasm but already showing considerable individuality and occasionally, a touch of the melancholy introspection which was to inform many of the composer’s later works. A talented violinist, Suk lends to his chamber compositions a true understanding of the genre, while his thoroughly Czech musical upbringing ensures strong representation for the folk and dance influences to be found in the music of many of his contemporaries.

CHABRIER Briséïs

September 2012

Joan Rodgers (soprano), Kathryn Harries (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Michael George (bass), Scottish Opera Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce Hyperion • CDH 55428

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Aa34571c!%$@*WM Price Code: A11 (Suggested Retail Price: $11.98)

IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 66803 (034571168036) Deleted December 2010 Chabrier’s extraordinary, if incomplete, opera Briséïs is surely a precursor to Salome and approaches even that most lurid work in the gloriously opulent sensuality of its music.

Performed at the Edinburgh Festival by some of the greatest singers of the day and recorded live by Hyperion, this thrilling performance stunned critics and public alike. Under the baton of Jean-Yves Ossonce, Joan Rodgers and Mark Padmore lead the brilliant cast, supported by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Opera Chorus. A genuinely wonderful discovery, now available at mid-price.

The Talich Quartet play Debussy & Ravel la dolce volta

DEBUSSY String Quartet RAVEL String Quartet

Talich Quartet La Dolce Volta • LDV 08

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IMPORT Until Claude Debussy’s remarkable string quartet of 1893, a Germanic model had defined the genre.

Debussy’s was the first quartet that sounded utterly and completely French. In it, modal thematic elements and parallel chord progressions characteristic of Impressionism are paired with a coloristic finesse and thematic development that are as breathtaking as the work’s visceral beauty. Ravel’s quartet, written almost a decade later, took the form’s transformation a step further. Using classical forms and structures, Ravel deftly combined the old and the new to create a work that is timelessly modern. The famed Talich Quartet is featured on this new recording for the La Dolce Volta label of these two cornerstones of the French repertoire.

“Scrupulous balances, spot-on intonation and an understated eloquence.”

— THE WASHINGTON POST

Also available La Dolce Volta • LDV 100 (3770001901503)

“ The kind of gracious musicality that never precludes the necessary expressive intensity.”

— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

Mozart: String Quintets

La Dolce Volta • LDV 109 (3770001901527)

“ The playing is all one could wish for.

Not to be passed up.”

— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

September 2012

Mozart: String Quartets

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Daniil Trifonov débuts with Tchaikovsky mariinsky

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1, Un poco di Chopin LISZT Schubert & Schumann Lieder Transcriptions Daniil Trifonov (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Mariinsky • MAR 0530

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Daniil Trifonov, winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, is probably the world’s most exciting young pianist. On his first Mariinsky recording, he joins Valery Gergiev for a scintillating performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1. Trifonov also presents a selection of recital repertoire including music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Liszt transcriptions of Schubert and Schumann lieder. In 2011, Trifonov gave his début with the London Symphony Orchestra and has since performed with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Orchestra, as well as touring throughout the USA, Europe and the Far East. In the coming season he will make débuts with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and Chicago Symphony orchestras, as well as performing recitals at Salle Pleyel, Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall and Wigmore Hall.

“Mr. Trifonov has scintillating technique and a virtuosic flair. He is also a thoughtful artist and, when so moved, he can play with soft-spoken delicacy, not what you associate with competition conquerors.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

September 2012

Also available

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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos.4, 5 & 6 (DVD) Mariinsky • MAR 0513 (0822231851325)

“These are keenly voiced performances of plentiful character, intrepid incident and abundant temperament.”

— GRAMOPHONE

“ With a clutch of competition successes behind him, and a diary bulging with international dates ahead of him, Trifonov is very hot property.”

— THE TIMES

“ The way Daniil Trifonov played, you’d say he was a mature master, rather than a mere 20-year-old. Power in spades, crystalline passagework, and a pearlised singing tone: he’s already got it all.”

— THE INDEPENDENT

Rameau transcriptions for 2 harpsichords mirare

RAMEAU Symphonies for Two Harpsichords

Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), Skip Sempé (harpsichord) Mirare • MIR 164

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IMPORT The numerous instrumental pieces or symphonies found in the dramatic works of Rameau are remarkably effective when played on the harpsichord. The composer himself, with his transcription of Les Indes Galantes, invited other musicians to continue this tradition. Seizing on the formidable array of material available in his operas, including Platée, Dardanus and Les Paladins, Pierre Hantaï and Skip Sempé take obvious pleasure in revealing, through their two harpsichords, the immense richness of this music, which is full of surprises and imagination.

“Hantaï’s playing is wonderfully responsive to the wealth of expressive nuance.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

“Skip Sempé is known for a love of spontaneity, which informs his solo performances and enlivens the duos.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Also available Mirare • MIR 027 (3760127220275)

“Persuasive and winning performances.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Scarlatti: Duende

Paradizo • PA 9003 (5425019979010)

“If you buy just one Scarlatti disc... make it this one.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

September 2012

Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin

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Holzmair sings Mahler onyx

MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Charles Spencer (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4100

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IMPORT Wolfgang Holzmair is one of the great word-painters of our time and one of the foremost interpreters of Mahler’s songs. This new recording from Onyx of songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn was made to mark the artist’s 60th birthday. Holzmair’s interpretation of this music draws upon many years of experience and brings a deep insight to these wonderful songs. The piano-writing is remarkable for its almost orchestral complexity and imitation of orchestral effects and indeed, Mahler would eventually score twelve of the songs for orchestra. The poems’ appeal to Mahler is easy to understand — nature, yearning, love, farewells, night and death all combined with the fertile imagination of the composer to produce some of the greatest songs written by any composer.

“Never mannered or vulgar, he wields a clean, sweet, high-lying baritone which is delicately responsive to the nuances of phrase and colour.”

September 2012

— THE INDEPENDENT

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“I have heard Holzmair many times over the last decade.

If anything, his voice has gained even more in its intensity and sense of compelling magnitude.”

— THE WASHINGTON POST

Superstars play Shostakovich concertos

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SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1; Piano Concerto No.2; Violin Concerto No.1

David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Leonard Bernstein (piano), Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy Praga • PRD 350059

Price Code: A22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98)

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Offered together for the first time, this new SACD remastering from Praga features historic recordings of three acclaimed concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by the soloists who made them famous. David Oistrakh is heard in the first Violin Concerto, the earliest work of the trio, dating from 1947. Mstislav Rostropovich, backed by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, is soloist in the first Cello Concerto. The album’s centerpiece is a performance of the lighthearted second Piano Concerto featuring Leonard Bernstein as soloist, conducting the New York Philharmonic from the keyboard.

Historic Wergo recordings now on CD Siegfried Palm (cello), Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks, Baden-Baden, Ernest Bour, Radio-SymphonieOrchester Berlin, Hans Zender Wergo • WER 6776

Price Code: A24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) IMPORT

In the early 1960s, Wergo launched a series that would become a legend in the history of contemporary music recordings. Studio Reihe Neuer Musik featured some of the most important and cutting-edge compositions of the modern era. Some of these seminal recordings have never been released on CD and some have been unavailable in any form for many years. On the occasion of the label’s 50th anniversary, Wergo is releasing a selection of these gems from the early days of its 50-year history. The series starts with recordings of works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Christian Wolff.

Christian Wolff (flute), Gordon Mumma (french horn), John Nash (violin), David Behrman (viola), Frederic Rzewski (piano), David Tudor (piano) Wergo • WER 6777

E0q02wic^& &@)s Price Code: A24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) IMPORT

September 2012

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WOLFF For Piano I, For Pianist, Burdocks

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ZIMMERMANN Cello Concerto, Photoptosis, Tratto II

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Holly Cole on SACD Temptation

Holly Cole APO • CAPP 048 SA

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Don’t Smoke In Bed

Holly Cole Trio APO • CAPP 049 SA

Hk5308 c$)$(^WM

September 2012

Over the past decade, new talents such as Cassandra Wilson, Patricia Barber and Holly Cole have redefined the world of female jazz vocals. Offered here in a SACD remastering by APO, Cole’s Temptation, a 1995 Blue Note release, is the artist’s musical tribute to the writings of Tom Waits. Standouts include a catchy version of “Jersey Girl” and a rendition of “The Briar and the Rose” augmented by the Canadian Brass.

On Don’t Smoke in Bed, Cole’s second album, she explores a number of styles. Ranging from pop, blues, country and a French ballad to her standard, low-key jazz, Cole demonstrates that not only does she have impeccable taste, but she has the talent to make all of the material sound convincing. A longtime audiophile favorite, APO present the album in a remastering for SACD that further clarifies just what a fine recording it is.

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Price Code: A40 (Suggested Retail Price: $40.98) DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File in: Jazz

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Brubeck’s classic Time Out now on sacd Time Out

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Dave Brubeck Quartet APO • CAPJ 8192 SA

Hk5308 c*!(@^VL Price Code: A40 (Suggested Retail Price: $40.98)

DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File in: Jazz Virtually all serious and even casual music lovers ought to be familiar with (or at least are likely to have heard) the Dave Brubeck Quartet, even without realizing it — for the quartet’s best-known hit “Take Five” has graced the soundtracks of multiple films, including Mighty Aphrodite, Pleasantville and Constantine. The piece is famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody, as well as its use of unusual 5/4 time — so distinctive, it’s a rare jazz track that became a pop hit. Including the monster hit “Take Five,” the Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out is a jazz and audiophile classic. The accompanying booklet gives listeners a glimpse inside the creative process via notes written by Dave Brubeck and the quartet’s alto saxophonist, Paul Desmond, who penned “Take Five.” Also included are fantastic photos shot during the recording session at Columbia’s famous 30th Street Studios.

Also available LSO Live • LSO 0011 (5030820022321)

“Dave Brubeck is unique among jazz’s elder statesmen. While most have remained locked in eternal competition with their past, struggling to approximate heroic statements made in their prime, Brubeck has waited for audiences to catch up with him.”

— DAILY TELEGRAPH

September 2012

Live with the London Symphony Orchestra

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JAZZ

Jazz transcriptions of chart-topping hits frémeaux

À la Mode

Pink Turtle Frémeaux • FA 570

D44ioy0c@%&)@ s Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98)

IMPORT File in: Jazz Pink Turtle are transformers — the quick-change artist kind, not the planet Cybertron kind. Their gleeful transformations plunder some of pop music’s greatest hits, giving them a swing-disguise that is all jazz. After five years, two albums and more than 300 concerts, these enfants terribles continue celebrating the 21st century with a pop & roaring-twenties twist. On À la Mode, the group’s third album, Pink Turtle perform songs by the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Dire Straits, Supertramp and Bob Marley in re-interpretations that honor the originals while still making them all their own.

Indian jazz fusion

September 2012

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Hati — sur les bords du Gange

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Nicolas Genest Plus Loin • PL 4550

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IMPORT File in: Jazz One of the most highly-regarded musicians in France today, jazz trumpeter Nicolas Genest has enjoyed a rich career, from live performances to solo recordings and movie soundtracks.

Over the past ten years, Genest’s many collaborations and journeys around the world with various groups have renewed his inspiration and his musical freshness. Genest’s new album, Hati — sur les bords du Gange, brings together an all-star group of musicians in a celebration of the many colors and facets of Indian music, blending them into a jazz sound that is both genre-bending and absolutely unique.

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Geoff Love times two dutton

Big War Movie Themes; Big Concerto Movie Themes

Geoff Love & His Orchestra Dutton • CDLK 4468

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Mountain Fire; Beyond the Mountains

Price Code: A22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) IMPORT File in: Nostalgia/Easy Listening

Manuel & The Music of the Mountains Dutton • CDLK 4476

Hk65387c$ &^@ZP Price Code: A22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) IMPORT File in: Nostalgia/Easy Listening

Geoff Love was a British easy listening orchestra leader. Under his own name, he recorded many albums for EMI’s Music For Pleasure label, often featuring film or television themes or other instrumental music. In addition to working as an arranger for artists such as Johnny Mathis and Connie Francis, Love also was a composer, writing the theme music for the ITV sitcom Bless This House. On this disc comprising the albums Big War Movie Themes and Big Concerto Movie Themes, Love offers a collection of music from films including Ron Goodwin’s Where Eagles Dare and Maurice Jarre’s Lawrence of Arabia. Big Concerto Movie Themes has a more serious tone, focusing on the influence of classical composers on the cinema. Recording under the name Manuel & The Music of The Mountains, Love released several LPs on EMI’s Studio 2 Stereo record label. This Dutton recording collects two of Love’s ‘Manuel’ albums on one disc.

September 2012

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Ethnic music collections from Ocora ocora

Japan: Classical and Courtly Songs of the Ryukyu Choichi Terukina, Shinjin Kise, Masaya Yamauchi Ocora • C 560244

D14opw8c)!*#@%s Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98)

IMPORT File in: World / Asia / Japan The Okinawa archipelago (formerly the independent kingdom of Ryukyu) is situated at a crossroads of cultural influences (Japan, China and South East Asia). Blending these elements, Okinawa developed an original musical style, demonstrated here with a collection of classical and courtly songs accompanied on the sanshin lute. Performers include National Living Treasure Choichi Terukina, as well as Shinjin Kise and Masaya Yamauchi.

September 2012

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Korea: Gayageum Sanjo — Choi Ok-Sam School

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Kim Hae-Sook, Yoon Ho-Se Ocora • C 560247

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IMPORT File in: World / Asia / Korea This set featuring instrumental compositions from the Korean peninsula focuses on zither music of the Choi Ok-Sam School. The performers offer a selection of sanjo — improvisational compositions derived mostly from traditional pansori singing that form a structured instrumental suite. Accompanied by Yoon Ho-Se on the buk drum, Kim HaeSook plays the twelve-string gayageum zither with virtuosic serenity, painting a musical landscape of exaltation and restrained emotion.

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Fado’s newest rising star Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98)

IMPORT File in: World / Europe / Portugal A powerful new voice on the fado scene, Claudia Aurora is the genre’s newest rising star.

Silêncio, the singer-songwriter’s début album, is the first collection of original fado songs to be recorded in the UK since the great Amália Rodrigues recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1952. Originally from Oporto, Portugal, Aurora has been based in Bristol, UK since 2003 and has built a reputation as a stunning live performer. She has organized numerous fado events in the UK, adding live Portuguese poetry to create complete cultural celebrations. Silêncio is a showcase for both her powerful voice and her unique songs.

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Silêncio

Claudia Aurora World Village • 450020

Rossell’s tribute to Moustaki

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Canta Moustaki

Marina Rossell World Village • 498051

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

September 2012

IMPORT File in: World / Europe / Spain Catalan superstar Marina Rossell presents Canta Moustaki — a new studio album that pays tribute to the great French singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki. Produced by Eduard Iniesta, Canta Moustaki includes a selection of Moustaki’s greatest hits, performed in collaboration with a who’s who of guest artists including Roger More, who sings on “El Cartero” and Paco Ibáñez, who joins Rossell for “Le Métèque.” However, the disc’s true highlight is “Marmara,” a previously unreleased track on which Rossell is joined by Georges Moustaki himself. To complete the tribute, the album’s booklet includes drawings by Moustaki.

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Salem

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Olin Hall

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First Presbyterian Church of Durham St. Mary's Catholic Church Faye Spanos Concert Hall Pasquerilla Spiritual Center ZACH Topfer Theatre Klett Performing Arts Center St. Martin's Lutheran Church Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage State Theatre in New Brunswick Chicago Symphony Hall Chicago Symphony Hall Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center Union College Metropolitan Opera House Oakland University, Varner Recital Hall Library of Congress Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage Symphony Center Alice Tully Hall University Auditorium Jones Hall Abravanel Hall Plymouth Church Rackham Auditorium Nazarian Center, Rhode Island College Markham Theatre The Menil Collection Tulane University Southern Oregon University Mizel Arts Center Carnegie Music Hall Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Blue Ridge Conference Hall Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater Alice Tully Hall Gerding Theatre Middlebury College Avery Fisher Hall Hill Auditorium Prudential Hall Memorial Hall Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage Hollywood Bowl Prudential Hall Weill Recital Hall Jordan Hall Cleveland Museum of Art Town Hall Roxy Grove Hall Jemison Concert Hall University Auditorium Carnegie Music Hall Kimmel Center: Perelman Theatre Weill Recital Hall Maverick Hall Stude Concert Hall Acadiana Center for the Arts Lincoln Middle School Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival Fletcher Opera Theater Corning Museum of Glass Walton Arts Center Tulsa Performing Arts Center Zankel Hall Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Sandusky State Theatre Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall Longy School of Music Pickman Hall Symphony Hall Orchestra Hall

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Joyce DiDonato Augustin Dumay Bernarda Fink

Eloquentia Onyx harmonia mundi

Gerald Finley Joel Frederiksen

Hyperion harmonia mundi

Valery Gergiev

Mariinsky

Marc-André Hamelin

Hyperion

Pablo Heras-Casado Alina Ibragimova Jerusalem Quartet

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Richard Kaufman

LSO Live

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie Paul Lewis

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London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

LSO Live Mariinsky

Denis Matsuev

Mariinsky

Marlis Petersen Jordi Savall

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Tai Murray Takács Quartet

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Alexandre Tharaud Tokyo String Quartet

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Daniil Trifonov

Mariinsky

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Fanfare Ciocarlia

Asphalt Tango

Huun Huur Tu

World Village

Ahmad Jamal

Jazz Village

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

World Village

Fernando Otero Catherine Russell

World Village World Village

Septeto Nacional

World Village

Tinariwen

World Village

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Bedford Bluesfest Lake Snowden ArtsQuest Blast Furnace Blues Festival Freedom Hall Schimmel Center for the Arts Duke University Brillo Box City Winery The Cedar Great American Music Hall Millpond Music Festival Hollywood Bowl Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall The Cedar Krannert Center Segerstrom Center for the Arts Van Duzer Theatre Montalvo Arts Center Shangri La Harold K.L. Castle Theater Stern Auditorium Minneapolis Convention Center Symphony Space Palmer Square ArtsQuest Blast Furnace Blues Festival Catalina Jazz Club Harlow's Monterey Jazz Festival Filoli Estate Jazz Alley Tusten Theatre Buskirk-Chumley Theater Mountain Stage Shanghai Jazz Jewish Community Center of San Francisco The Crown Richmond Folk Festival Richmond Folk Festival One Longfellow Square Paradise Rock Club Tupelo Music Hall Narrows Center for the Arts World Cafe Live The ArtsCenter Pollak Theatre Wexner Center for the Arts Stuart's Opera House Covenant Fine Arts Center Dakota Jazz Club

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