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RenĂŠ Jacobs

MOZART La finta giardiniera

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street date: october 9, 2012

New Release Highlights The fall season gets off to a fantastic start with this month’s strong selection of new releases. At the top of the list is René Jacobs’ latest foray into the operas of Mozart for harmonia mundi. Written when the composer was only 18, La finta giardiniera sparkles under the baton of Maestro Jacobs (p.11). The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge débuts on the label with an album of choral music by Imogen Holst, daughter of composer Gustav Holst (p.13). Other key releases from harmonia mundi include Paul Lewis playing Schubert (p.12), Maurice Steger’s recital of music from Naples (p.10) and Jirí Belohlávek conducting Smetana (p.9). Hyperion’s October highlights include Alina Ibragimova playing Mendelssohn (p.15), Angela Hewitt’s Debussy recital (p.17), Schumann lieder with Gerald Finley (p.18) and Christmas favorites by Britten with Stephen Layton (p.19). The holiday theme continues as the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge launches their own new label with a recording of the beloved Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (p.21). Other key classical releases include The Tallis Scholars’ new release of music by Mouton (p.7), Valery Gergiev conducting Tchaikovsky’s first three symphonies (p.23) and Anne Schwanewilms singing late-Romantic lieder (p.25). Non-classical priorities include the début of Philippe Petrucciani on Jazz Village (p.32), a new album from the Malian desert blues band Terakaft (p.37) and the long-awaited release Cinema El Mundo from the veteran French band Lo’Jo (p.41).

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IRR OUTSTANDING “ A tour de force and easily the most satisfying disc of piano music I’ve encountered so far this year” — INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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— SONGLINES

Coming Next Month TSQ, Manasse (clarinet), Nakamatsu (piano) harmonia mundi • HMU 807558

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Brahms: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet

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The Tokyo String Quartet pairs with Manasse & Nakamatsu The Tokyo String Quartet is joined by pianist Jon Nakamatsu and clarinettist Jon Manasse in these Brahms masterpieces dating from two very different periods in his life: the tumultuous Piano Quintet, Op.34 ­– the work of an ambitious young man – and the Clarinet Quintet, Op.115, an autumnal serenade by an experienced master. The journey between these two milestones was one marked by criticism, soul searching and ultimately, triumph.

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Pianos & pianists: historic & modern Price Code: A19 (2 CDs for the Price of 1, Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

Irene Scharrer (piano) APR • APR 6010

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Complete Electric & Selected Acoustic Recordings

2 CDs for the Price of 1 IMPORT Irene Scharrer, though perhaps the least remembered of the major Matthay pupils, was the earliest to record, beginning in 1909 at the age of 21. She excelled in such works as the Chopin Études and in other brilliant pieces such as those by Scarlatti and Liszt, but the poise and refinement of her Chopin Nocturne reveal another side to her playing that is sadly underrepresented on disc. Her final recording, of the Litolff Scherzo, was also her most famous; in its day it was a best seller and was responsible for putting that work on the musical map. This set reissues for the first time all Scharrer’s electrical recordings and examples of every work she recorded in the acoustic era (pre 1925).

Price Code: 2A21 (2 SACD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $43.98)

Paolo Giacometti (piano) Channel Classics • CCS SA 31612

October 2012

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Pianist Paolo Giacometti presents a fascinating new recording of music by Maurice Ravel played on both modern and authentic instruments. Although trained on modern pianos, Giacometti has long been a proponent of period keyboards. Giacometti’s desire to share the interpretive revelations he gained from playing these pianos was the inspiration for this unique project, which features Ravel’s Sonatine, Gaspard de la Nuit, Menuet antique and Le Tombeau de Couperin. The new instrument used for the recording is a Steinway and the authentic instrument is an Érard — one of the most celebrated makers of the nineteenth century. Ravel frequently gave his recitals on a Steinway, while at home he used an Érard when composing.

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Nordic choral music Nordic Sounds Vol.2

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Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra Channel Classics • CCS SA 32812

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Following on the success of their 2011 release Nordic Sounds, Peter Dijkstra and the Swedish Radio Choir return with a second volume in the series, this time focusing on the use of traditional Swedish folk songs in contemporary choral music. The disc’s repertoire ranges from Jan Sandström’s arrangements of improvised folk songs of the Sami people — whose singing is among the earliest continuing vocal traditions of Europe — to recent works such as the sixteen-part Kosijat by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, one of the best-known contemporary composers in Finland. The disc concludes with Anders Hillborg’s twelveminute Muoayiayaoum which explores a phonetic sequence of vowels that open and close.

The level of vocal virtuosity that Dijkstra elicits from his singers is breathtaking and the choir’s performances are a lesson in vocal precision.

October 2012

Also available Nordic Sounds Vol.1

Channel Classics • CCS SA 29910 (723385299103)

“The singing of the Swedish Radio Choir under chief conductor Peter Dijkstra will leave you slack-jawed in amazement…”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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Gershwin arrangements that sing channel classics

GERSHWIN The Gents Sing Gershwin

The Gents, Béni Csillag, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Haags Saxophone Quartet, Michel Ponsioen (percussion) Channel Classics • CCS SA 33312

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Widely acclaimed for their recordings of English Renaissance and German Romantic choral music as well as twentieth-century works from France, The Gents now venture across the ocean to the new world with a CD that takes them to the bright lights of Broadway. Jetse Bremer has specially arranged a selection of compositions by George Gershwin for soprano soloist, choir and instruments that takes full advantage of the vocal flexibility and homogeneous sound of The Gents. Soprano soloist Johannette Zomer lends an element of classical flavor to the program, creating a blend that balances Gershwin’s wide-ranging musical inspirations to perfection.

“A rounded, unforced sonority, refined chording and balance, and near-perfect intonation…”

— GRAMOPHONE

Also available Channel Classics • CCS SA 23306 (723385233060)

“They obviously find great joy in singing these tunes, making even overly familiar ones such as Londonderry Air take on a fresh and earnest cast that keeps up a listener’s interest.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

October 2012

In Love

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The best of Rachel Podger Rachel — The Music I Love

channel classics

Rachel Podger (violin), Pavlo Beznosiuk (viola), Joan Rodgers (viola), Gary Cooper (fortepiano), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Arte dei suonatori, Brecon Baroque, Holland Baroque Society, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Channel Classics • CCS SEL 6212

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IMPORT For this specially-priced, two-disc retrospective of Channel Classics recordings by violinist Rachel Podger, the label asked the artist to pick a selection of favorite tracks from her remarkably rich catalog. With music ranging from solo works by J.S. Bach to sonatas by Mozart to concertos by Vivaldi and Haydn, this collection is a perfect introduction to the amazing artistry of this talented young violinist. Accompanying artists include harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock, violist Jane Rogers, fortepianist Gary Cooper and the ensembles Brecon Baroque and Holland Baroque Society.

“Here is an artist whose musicality transcends technical difficulties and takes you straight to the heart of the music.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

October 2012

Also available

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Vivaldi: La Cetra

Channel Classics • CCS SA 33412 (723385334125)

“Podger plays with her customary beauty of tone, purity of tuning and lively variety of articulation... these are brilliant, energetic performances, full of genuine Vivaldian spirit and excitement.”

— GRAMOPHONE

The lyrical music of Jean Mouton gimell

MOUTON Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées

Tallis Scholars Gimell • CDGIM 047

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IMPORT W h e n Ta l l i s S c h o l a r s conductor Peter Phillips discovered the music of Jean Mouton, he was struck by the composer’s unique musical language. Mouton was employed for most of his life at the French courts.

His compositions underpin an incredible lyricism and sweetness of tone with music of the utmost in mathematical complexity. This combination was almost unparalleled and led Mouton to be routinely compared with Josquin in his lifetime. The most substantial work on the CD is Mouton’s Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées. This piece stands out from the composers’ other fourteen masses by having an Agnus Dei scored for three basses alone. There is no other music from the Renaissance period that we know of that was scored this way. The disc also includes the motet Quis dabit oculis, written as a funeral motet for his patron Queen Anne of Brittany and a work that stands out for its simplicity.

“The rock stars of Renaissance vocal music.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Also available Gimell • CD GIM 044 (755138104426)

“Miss a single note and you’re all the poorer. An essential buy from a team who never put a note wrong.”

October 2012

Josquin: Masses

— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE 7

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Joyful brass for Christmas Christmas in Brass

Gabriel V Brass Ensemble Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 054

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REISSUE DOMESTIC Nothing heralds the majesty of Christmastime quite like the brilliance and radiant beauty of music for brass instruments. On this remastered reissue of a classic holiday favorite, the Gabriel V Brass Ensemble presents a special collection of music for Christmas written by a variety of masters of the genre including Rolf Smedvig, Anthony DiLorenzo, Morten Lauridsen and William Berry. From the overflow of joy in J.S. Bach’s Wie will ich mich freuen to the cinematic soundscape of DiLorenzo’s Baltazar (A King’s Journey) to the rosy-cheeked romp of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, each piece adds new luster to your celebration of this glorious season.

The pristine beauty of Gregorian chant The Chants of Mary

Glorae Dei Cantores Men’s Schola Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 055

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October 2012

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

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DOMESTIC Music written to honor the Virgin Mary is the focus of this Super Audio CD of Gregorian chants performed by the rich voices of the Gloriae Dei Cantores Men’s Schola.

Theotokos, the Star of the Sea — while history’s names for her are as varied as the traditions that surround her, one thing remains constant — she is an icon of faith for millions of Christians around the world. This recording features a wide selection of chants including the Stabat Mater, the Marian antiphons for Compline, selected propers from the Feasts of the Immaculate Conception, the Nativity of Mary, the Annunciation, the Visitation and the Assumption.

Smetana’s dark comedy harmonia mundi

SMETANA The Bartered Bride

Dana Burešová (soprano), Thomas Juhas (tenor), Jozef Benci (bass), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Jirí Belohlávek harmonia mundi • HMC 902119

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

IMPORT Although for nearly 150 years Bedrich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride has triumphed in opera houses all over the world, the work’s road to success was not an easy one. The opera was categorically rejected at its 1866 premiere by a Czech public clamoring for a genuine national opera. Four versions of the work later, after addressing many critical complaints (sometimes it was found too long, sometimes too short), a final version was completed and premiered in 1870. The musical world quickly recognized that Smetana had produced work that was destined for immortality. This recording features an all-Czech cast accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus led by Jirí Belohlávek.

“Few conduct Smetana as well as Belohlávek...”

— THE GUARDIAN

Also available October 2012

Martin: The 6 Symphonies

Onyx Classics • ONYX 4061 (880040406129)

“Belohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are now my top recommendation for the Martin symphonies…”

— GRAMOPHONE

GRAMMY NOMINEE

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Steger plays Neapolitan treasures harmonia mundi

Una Follia di Napoli Concerti and Sinfonie per Flauto Anno 1725

Maurice Steger (recorder & direction), Anaïs Chen (violin), Fiorenza de Donatis (violin), Andrea Rognoni (violin), Stefano Marcocchi (viola), Mauro Valli (cello), Vanni Moretto (bass), Brigitte Gasser (violetta, viola da gamba & lirone), Naoki Kitaya (harpsichord & organ), Daniele Caminiti (theorbo, baroque guitar & archlute), Margit Übellacker (psaltery) harmonia mundi • HMC 902135

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Price Code: A19 (CD+DVD, Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) INCLUDES BONUS DVD IMPORT Among the many pilgrims who journeyed to Naples in the ‘holy year’ of 1725 was a certain Johann Joachim Quantz, who would later become the most famous flautist of his time thanks to his patron Frederick the Great. Quantz’s visit to the city coincided with a burst of musical creativity. Works premiered in that year included sonatas and concertos composed by the great Alessandro Scarlatti and a host of works by his talented contemporaries and successors. On this recording, recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger brings a selection of these musical treasures back to life, drawing on a Neapolitan manuscript collection dating from 1725. The performers accompanying him on the recording include some of the leading specialists in music of the period, and the bonus DVD offered with the CD features musical commentary and performances from the recording sessions.

“Maurice Steger could disarm the most recorder-adverse listener with a single phrase. He combines a startling level of technical bravura with an ability to breathe sincerity and purpose into even the most floridly decorative phrase.”

— THE BALTIMORE SUN

October 2012

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Venezia 1625

harmonia mundi • HMC 902024 (794881910625)

“Steger draws on his dazzling virtuosity, his zephyr-like timbre and his range of expression to vivify a corpus of music that has so far remained relatively unexplored.”

— THE TELEGRAPH

René Jacobs’ revelatory Mozart harmonia mundi

MOZART La finta giardiniera

Sunhae Im (soprano), Sophie Karthaüser (soprano), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Michael Nagy (bass), Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC 902126

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Price Code: 3A15 (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $47.98)

IMPORT Following on the remarkable and unprecedented success of his recordings of Die Zauberflöte, Idomeneo, La Clemenza di Tito and the three Da Ponte operas, conductor René Jacobs leads an all-star cast in a performance of Mozart’s La finta giardiniera, written in 1774 when the composer was only eighteen.

Always an iconoclast, Jacobs chose to use a posthumous version of the score dating from 1796.

Discovered in the music library of Count Heinrich Wilhelm Haugwitz in the Czech town of Náměšť nad Oslavou, the score includes additional wind parts and displays skillful re-orchestration. While the arranger’s name remains a mystery, in view of the score’s elegance and sensitivity, scholars agree he was a connoisseur of Mozart’s style. Jacobs’ strong cast stars British tenor Jeremy Ovenden as Count Belfiore and soprano Alexandrina Pendatchanska (aka Alex Penda) as the vengeful Arminda.

“René Jacobs’ Mozart opera recordings are among the most hotly discussed classical sets of recent years. Revelations are everywhere.”

— THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Also available harmonia mundi • HMC 902068 (794881966721)

“Full of surprises, Jacobs’s account is a real game-changer: we will never listen to this multifaceted masterpiece in the same way again.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

October 2012

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

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Paul Lewis plays Schubert harmonia mundi

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata D845, Wanderer Fantasy D760, Impromptus D935, Moments Musicaux D780 Paul Lewis (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902136

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

IMPORT Acclaimed British pianist Paul Lewis returns to the music of Franz Schubert with another two-disc collection of works for solo piano.

His fifth release in the series, this set features the great A minor Piano Sonata D.845, the Impromptus D.935, the Moments Musicaux D.780, the Allegretto D915 and the always-popular Wanderer Fantasy D.760. This release features some of Schubert’s most popular and highly regarded compositions for piano and will undoubtedly further enhance Lewis’ growing reputation as a specialist in this repertoire and a true heir to the great Alfred Brendel.

October 2012

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Schubert: Piano Sonatas, Impromptus, Klavierstücke harmonia mundi • HMC 902115 (3149020211526)

“Time and again, you marvel at the confidence and sureness of Lewis’s playing, combined with the finesse and musicality that he has always displayed.

It’s the kind of playing, in fact, where comparisons cease to matter.”

— GRAMOPHONE

“Lewis is his own man as a Schubert interpreter. The curly-haired Briton brings his own keen insights and sensibility to this repertory, and his feeling for the composer’s special lyricism is there for all to admire.”

— THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

The unique music of Imogen Holst harmonia mundi

HOLST, Imogen Choral Works BRITTEN Rejoice in the Lamb (arr. I.Holst)

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross harmonia mundi • HMU 907576

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ADVANCE REVIEW “Imogen Holst was a unique and much loved figure in English musical life.. this disc shows the high craftsmanship by which she set store, but also a voice of her own, honest, unpretentious, fresh, a touch eccentric... [the works] all receive admirably committed performances...”

October 2012

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

IMPORT British composer Imogen Holst (1907-1984) was the only child of Gustav Holst. She was brought up in London and educated at the St. Paul’s Girls’ School, where her father was director of music. She studied composition with George Dyson and Gordon Jacob and harmony and counterpoint with Ralph Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music. In the autumn of 1952, Benjamin Britten invited Holst to come to Aldeburgh to help with his opera Gloriana.

She stayed in Aldeburgh for the rest of her life, working as Britten’s assistant for twelve years and artistic director for the Aldeburgh Festival from 1956 to 1977. Languishing in the shadow of both her father and Benjamin Britten, Holst’s own compositions have not received the recognition they deserve. Graham Ross conducts the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and the instrumentalists of The Dmitri Ensemble in these world première recordings of a selection of Holst’s choral works ranging from 1927 to 1972, three of which have not been heard since their first performance. Also included is the first recording of her imaginative and skillful orchestration of Benjamin Britten’s cantata Rejoice in the Lamb, made at Britten’s own request.

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The Orlando’s Medieval Gardens — available again The Rose, the Lily & the Whortleberry Medieval Gardens in Music Orlando Consort harmonia mundi • HMU 907398

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IMPORT REISSUE - Originally released 3/14/06 Available again by popular demand, the Orlando Consort’s The Rose, the Lily and the Whortleberry explores the inventiveness of European composers from the 13th — 16th centuries who used floral imagery to illustrate both earthly and heavenly love. The disc’s selections effortlessly switch between enchanting representations of horticulture and sentiments that would make any gardener blush. The set includes complete song texts as well as full-color garden illustrations. As a special bonus, Christopher Bradley-Hole, one of the world’s top garden designers, contributes a Medieval garden plan with a contemporary twist.

October 2012

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Full-blooded Haydn from Zubin Mehta

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HAYDN Die Schöpfung

Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Chris Merritt (tenor), José Van Dam (bass), Choeur de l’Orchestre de Paris, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9657

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Price Code: 2A19 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $39.98)

IMPORT If one believes an anecdote from the early 1790s, it was with his oratorio Die Schöpfung that Haydn, in the autumn of his years, hoped to perpetuate his fame for posterity — even though he was already the most celebrated composer in Europe. Not surprisingly, the work’s first public performance in 1799 was a huge triumph. This glorious live recording from 1986 features Maestro Zubin Mehta leading the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a decidedly old fashioned reading of this majestic score, eschewing the authentic performance practice approach in favor of a more romantic and lyrical sound.

Charming Mendelssohn from Alina Ibragimova hyperion

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concertos

Alina Ibragimova (violin), The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski Hyperion • CDA 67795

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IMPORT The young violinist Alina I b r a g i m ov a i s a l re a d y established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven’s violin works. She appears on this latest release with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Vladimir Jurowski (in his Hyperion premiere) in a program which includes a classic of the concerto repertoire — Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. Ibragimova’s is a glittering, knife-edge performance, her playing a portrayal in itself of the music’s passion held in control through exquisite craft. The Violin Concerto in D minor — an unusual and welcome pairing — is an early work, written when the composer was only thirteen. As with Mendelssohn’s other juvenile works it is extraordinarily accomplished and exceedingly charming.

“Alina Ibragimova is a player of great musical imagination and intelligence and this combined with superb technique - produces some exceptional results…”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67547 (034571175478)

“Ibragimova tosses off the music’s often-dissonant difficulties as if they were nothing.”

— DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Roslavets: Violin Concertos

Hyperion • CDA 67637 (034571176376)

“Poetic and compelling…

Ibragimova once more plays like a dream…”

— GRAMOPHONE

October 2012

Hartmann: Concerto funebre

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Byrd’s English church music BYRD The Great Service

The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood Hyperion • CDA 67937

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IMPORT Andrew Carwood and the Cardinall’s Musick have recorded the complete Latin church music of William Byrd, the final volume of which won a Gramophone Record of the Year award. Now they turn to Byrd’s English church music, a genre that shows the composer treading a path between his Catholicism and the requirements of the reformed Church of England. But far from sublimating Byrd’s genius, this difficult situation gave rise to one of his most fertile periods. Written for ten voices, the Great Service is gorgeously lavish and grand — very different to the simple, unmelismatic style demanded by the Anglican clerics.

A virtuoso cello recital Lieux retrouvés ADÉS Lieux retrouvés LISZT Romance oubliée, Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, Die Trauergondel Price Code: A19 FAURÉ Cello Sonata No.2 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) JANÁCEK Pohádka KURTAG For Steven - Im Memoriam Pauline Mara; Pilinszky János - Gérard de Nerval; Schatten; György Kroó in memoriam

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Thomas Adès (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67948

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IMPORT Cellist Steven Isserlis, one of Britain’s best-loved instrumentalists, joins forces with composer and pianist Thomas Adès for an intriguing recital of chamber music. The program includes three of Liszt’s arrangements for cello and piano, Janácek’s Pohádka and Fauré’s passionate Cello Sonata No.2. The mystery and sadness of Kurtág’s four miniatures for cello and piano lead the listener into the 21st century and to the title track of this disc, which Adès wrote especially for Isserlis. Lieux retrouvés is a characteristically thrilling tourde-force, displaying influences from all the composers previously featured and many more.

Angela Hewitt plays Debussy hyperion

DEBUSSY Solo Piano Music

Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67898

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IMPORT Angela Hewitt’s previous f o r a y s i n t o t h e Fre n c h repertoire have been praised for their tenderness, Gallic wit, verve, and — the most important ingredient of all — charm. These qualities are very much to the fore in this new disc of music by Claude Debussy featuring some of the composer’s most sunlit, delightful and popular works.

Children’s Corner was written for Debussy’s beloved daughter (though not, as Hewitt explains, for her to play immediately). Hewitt embraces the music’s humor, artful references and gentle beauty. The atmospheric Suite bergamasque includes the famous “Clair de lune.” Also included are the tragic Masques and gorgeously exuberant L’isle joyeuse. Hewitt and Debussy are a perfect match.

“Hewitt’s enviably proficient technique and musicianship are complemented by a rare vividness and romantic empathy.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67515 (034571175157)

“Hewitt’s freshly minted, sharply honed interpretations will inspire recitalists to dust off these unsung treasures…”

— CLASSICS TODAY

September 2012

Chabrier: Piano Music

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Finley & Drake return to Schumann hyperion

SCHUMANN Liederkreis Opp.24 & 39 Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67944

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IMPORT Gerald Finley and Julius Drake return to Schumann, following a magisterially intense Dichterliebe which won them a third Gramophone award. Here they focus on the two contrasting Liederkreis (song-circle) cycles based upon texts by Heine and Eichendorff. Heine’s poetry in Schumann’s Op.24 contains extremes of elation and despair that call all of Finley’s considerable dramatic powers into play. Eichendorff ’s seductive, crepuscular ‘night-songs’ of Op.39 require the velvety tone for which this singer is equally revered.

Separating these two great works are the Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers, which find Schumann in more homespun, folksong-influenced vein.

October 2012

Also available Schumann: Dichterliebe

Hyperion • CDA 67676 (034571176765)

“Finley’s performance gives huge pleasure and insight.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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“The team of Finley and Drake continues to produce some of the finest recordings of songs. Both artists are at the top of their game.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Britten’s beloved music for Christmas BRITTEN

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A Ceremony of Carols, Saint Nicolas Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Holst Singers, Temple Church Choristers, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 67946

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IMPORT Stephen Layton leads the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Holst Singers in two of Benjamin Britten’s most popular choral works for Christmastide. The cantata Saint Nicolas tells the story of the original Santa Claus, a fourth-century saint whose altruistic acts led to his canonization as patron saint of children and sailors. Britten’s lively setting is distinctly operatic, full of atmosphere and color. The part of Nicolas (here sung magnificently by Allan Clayton, already acclaimed as the heir to Peter Pears and Anthony Rolfe Johnson) is one of Britten’s great heroic tenor roles. A Ceremony of Carols is a setting for treble voices and harp of some of the Medieval texts that Britten loved so much, and is heard every Christmas in cathedrals, churches and concert halls throughout the world. This fresh, sparkling performance completes a thoroughly festive release.

Praise for The Choir of Trinity College “One of the best mixed choirs of their kind... highly trained and disciplined young voices of outstanding quality.”

Also available Hyperion • CDA 67800 (034571178004)

“Likely to claim a place among the best... absolutely first-class.”

— PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Rutter: Music for Christmas

Hyperion • CDA 67245 (034571172453)

“The performances by both choir and orchestra are ideal in tone, style and accomplishment…

A Christmas treat.”

— GRAMOPHONE

October 2012

Handel: Messiah

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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Mid-priced Helios series reissues VIVALDI Concerti con molti istromenti

The King’s Consort, Robert King Hyperion • CDH 55439

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IMPORT REISSUE - Previously Available as CDA 67073 (034571170732) Deleted December 2010 Robert King leads his King’s Consort on this reissue of colorful and imaginative concertos

by Antonio Vivaldi. The term con molti istromenti (Vivaldi’s own) refers not so much to the literal number of instruments involved as to their variety and unusual deployment. For an Italian concerto of the period to use wind instruments at all would be unusual; Vivaldi combines recorders, oboes, chalumeaux, horns and bassoons alongside a wide-ranging complement of strings, itself including viole all’inglese and the even more obscure violins in tromba marina.

Advent at St. Paul’s

Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott Hyperion • CDH 55463

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October 2012

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

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IMPORT REISSUE - Previously Available as CDA 66994 (034571169941) Deleted October 2012 Every year on Advent Sunday, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London holds a special Carol Service.

This welcome reissue featuring the Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral led by John Scott captures the mood and structure of this event, presenting a selection of the music that might be performed in its liturgical order. The program begins in contemplative mood with the plainchant processional Laudes Regiae and the famous Mattins Responsory and comes to an end with a joyous arrangement of the great hymn O come, O come, Emmanuel.

An evergreen Christmas favorite from King’s College Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury King’s College • KGS 0001

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IMPORT With a TV and radio audience of millions, the annual broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols is an essential Christmas tradition for families all over the world.

The debut album from The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge’s own label features a specially recorded performance that faithfully recreates the service, from the opening with a lone treble singing Once in royal David’s city to the choir’s closing with the rousing carol Hark! the herald angels sing. Each year, the choir’s Director of Music Stephen Cleobury commissions a new carol, several of which are included on this album. In addition, John Rutter was commissioned to write a new carol All bells in paradise especially for this album.

“The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, under Stephen Cleobury, is on terrific form at present.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

“A new recording by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge offers unadulterated pleasure.”

The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge — GRAMOPHONE Brand Extension Logo

“I would happily sit in King’s College Chapel listening to this choir for the rest of my days. “ — THE TIMES

Final Logo 06.27.12

October 2012

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la dolce volta

Mendelssohn’s chamber music for cello MENDELSSOHN Works for Cello and Piano

Gary Hoffman (cello), David Selig (piano) La Dolce Volta • LDV 05

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IMPORT Canadian Gary Hoffman is one of the outstanding cellists of our time, combining instrumental mastery, beauty of sound, and a poetic sensibility. Hoffman gained international renown upon his victory as the first North American to win the Rostropovich International Competition in Paris in 1986. Combining forces with pianist David Selig on this new project for La Dolce Volta, Hoffman presents the works for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn. In addition to the two Cello Sonatas, the disc includes the Variations Concertantes, the Albumblatt and the Song without words in D Major.

Debussy’s atmospheric Préludes DEBUSSY 24 Préludes

October 2012

Philippe Bianconi (piano) La Dolce Volta • LDV 07

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IMPORT First prize winner at the 1981 Cleveland International Piano Competition and silver medalist at the 1985 Van Cliburn Competition, French pianist Philippe Bianconi studied at the Nice conservatoire with Simone Delbert-Février and later with Gaby Casadesus in Paris. Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 1987, Bianconi has performed in major concert halls and festivals around the world. The interpretation of French music has always been of great importance in his repertoire, both in the concert hall and the recording studio. This new disc of Debussy Préludes for La Dolce Volta displays Bianconi’s profound attention to detail and irresistible poetic imagination.

Gergiev and the LSO play Tchaikovsky lso live

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies Nos.1-3

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev LSO Live • LSO 0710

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ºPrice Code: A24 (2 SACD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $24.98)

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD IMPORT Tchaikovsky’s early trio of symphonies have long lived in the shadow of the three that followed. Following his acclaimed Mariinsky DVD of the final three symphonies, Valery Gergiev conducts outstanding performances of these early works with the London Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s early symphonies are full of rich expressive melodies — something for which he had a natural talent. They contain influences of Russian nationalism and folk tunes, particularly in the second (Little Russian) and the first (Winter Dreams), which hints at a Russian landscape. The choreographer George Balanchine exploited the dance-like nature of the third by using it as the basis for the final part of his ballet masterpiece, Jewels. Gergiev will visit the USA in October with the Mariinsky Orchestra and conduct gala performances with the World Orchestra for Peace in New York and Chicago.

“Valery Gergiev is one of the most exciting conductors recording today.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

Also available Mariinsky • MAR 0530 (822231853022)

“Trifonov scrapes away the bombast and the posturing from a score that’s regularly performed — and listened to — on autopilot.”

October 2012

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1

— THE BOSTON GLOBE 23

Biss & the Elias play Schumann chamber music onyx

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet Op.44 DVORÁK Piano Quintet No.2 Op.81

Jonathan Biss (piano), Elias String Quartet Onyx Classics • ONYX 4092

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IMPORT S c h u m a n n’s Piano Quintet was one of the earliest examples of the combination of piano with a string quartet. It instantly became one of Schumann’s most popular works. It was composed at a time of almost feverish industry — along with the quintet, he composed his three String Quartets Op.41, the Piano Quartet and a set of Fantasy Pieces for piano trio, all in 1842. Dvorák’s Op.81 Piano Quintet stems from his attempt to revise an earlier work in A major from 1872. Dissatisfied with the earlier version, he set upon composing a new one — the result composed in September 1887 is one of his most beloved works. Jonathan Biss is one of the most exciting pianists of the younger generation, widely regarded for his artistry and deeply felt interpretations. Formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the Elias String Quartet have quickly established themselves as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of their generation.

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

— CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

October 2012

Also available Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.1

Onyx Classics • ONYX 4082 (880040408222)

“What is sure to be a distinctive and absorbing cycle.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 24

Schwanewilms sings late Romantic songs Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Charles Spencer (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4103

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Das Himmlische Leben Songs of Liszt & Mahler

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IMPORT The great German dramatic soprano Anne Schwanewilms makes her début on Onyx with a recital of lieder by Liszt and Mahler.

Schwanewilms is renowned internationally for her interpretations of Strauss and Wagner. An eminent lieder singer, Schwanewilms works closely with leading lieder accompanists of our time — Charles Spencer, Roger Vignoles and Malcolm Martineau — with whom she has appeared in concert halls around the world. Her recording of songs by Richard Strauss was nominated by BBC Music Magazine as Vocal Recording of the Year 2008. On this disc, joined by Charles Spencer, Schwanewilms offers a selection of fourteen songs by two of the finest lieder composers of the late Romantic period.

“One of the most electrifying singers of our time.”

— BBC RADIO 3 October 2012

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opera rara

Rare Rossini ROSSINI Aureliano in Palmira

Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Catriona Smith (soprano), Silvia Tro Santafé (mezzo-soprano), Ezgi Kutlu (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Foster-Williams (bassbaritone), Vuyani Mlinde (bass-baritone), Julian Alexander Smith (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurizio Benini Opera Rara • ORC 46

Hk92938c) $^@YO Price Code: 3A25 (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $77.98)

IMPORT One of Rossini’s rarest scores, the dramma serio Aureliano in Palmira was written during his miraculous 21st year (1813), when Rossini produced four operas in all. On the way to the opera’s inevitable happy ending, there is plenty of extreme emotion to fire-up some exciting vocal writing. A great success in its day, Aureliano promises to thrill another generation of listeners in this new studio recording under Maurizio Benini. The set includes a lavishly illustrated book including a complete libretto with an English translation by Jeremy Commons and a synopsis by Richard Osborne.

October 2012

orange mountain

A Philip Glass recital

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Massimo Mercelli and I Virtuosi Italiani perform Philip Glass GLASS Chaotic Harmony, Taoist Sacred Dance, Façades, String Quartet No. 3

Massimo Mercelli (flute), Carlo Boccadoro (piano), I Virtuosi Italiani Orange Mountain • OMM 0079

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DOMESTIC Virtuoso flutist Massimo Mercelli teams up with I Virtuosi Italiani and pianist Carlo Boccadoro to present a recital of works by Philip Glass. This recording features two world premières including Chaotic Harmony and Taoist Sacred Dance. Widely known in Europe, Mercelli is artistic director and founder of the Emilia Romagna Festival and tours regularly as a soloist, including two tours with I Virtuosi Italiani. Pianist, conductor and composer Boccadoro is a long-time champion of new music and has released prominent recordings of music by Glass and Michael Nyman.

Glass’ passionate oratorio orange mountain

GLASS The Passion of Ramakrishna

Janice Chandler Eteme (soprano), I-Chin Feinblatt (alto), Nicholas Preston (tenor), Christopheren Numura (baritone), Kevin Deas (bass), Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair Orange Mountain • OMM 0080

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DOMESTIC Orange Mountain Music presents the world première recording of Philip Glass’ The Passion of Ramakrishna. Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony and premiered in 2006 during the opening of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, Glass’ 45 minute oratorio, written for soloists, chorus and large orchestra, is a passion play and a tribute to 19th Century Indian spiritual leader Sri Ramakrishna. The work portrays his death with the chorus taking up the voice of Ramakrishna himself and the soloists are those of his loved ones, doctor and disciples. Maestro Carl St.Clair, a longtime champion of the music of Philip Glass, leads the Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale and soloists Christopheren Numura, Janice Chandler Eteme, Kevin Deas, I-Chin Feinblatt and Nicholas Preston.

Also available Orange Mountain • OMM 0078 (801837007824)

“Music and action move steadily from subdued formality to unsettled intensity... the conclusion seems almost matter-of-fact — ­ an expert piece of composer’s stagecraft.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

October 2012

Glass: In The Penal Colony

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McGegan conducts Brahms’ lively Serenades philharmonia baroque

BRAHMS Serenades

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque • PBP 05

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DOMESTIC Mu s i c D i r e c t o r Ni c h o l a s McGegan and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra bring to life the depth and brilliance of Brahms’ two orchestral Serenades on this disc, recorded live at First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California. In the late 1850s, Brahms took on the post of choral director at the court of Lippe-Detmold.

The position provided him access to an orchestra, and Brahms took full advantage of his good fortune.

The two orchestral Serenades were the great composer’s first efforts in the genre, and in the tradition of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, they are light-hearted, lyrical and sunny. The second is notable for scoring that excludes violins. In both works, color, charm, wit (and a nod to Classical formal traditions) are present in abundance.

“McGegan’s 25-year nurturing of the San Francisco-based period-instrument Philharmonia Baroque is evident in the crisp ensemble and subtle dynamic shadings…”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

October 2012

Also available

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Haydn: Symphonies Nos.88, 101 & 104 Philharmonia Baroque • PBP 02 (852188003027)

“Fresh and vital…”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

GRAMMY NOMINEE

Celebrating John Cage at 100 John Cage Wergo • MV 08065

John Cage 100 CAGE Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano; Piano Concerto, Introduction to the play 1982; An Alphabet; Atlas Eclipticalis; Variations II; Eight Whiskus; Music for Two; Ryoanji; Etudes Boreales; Harmonies; 10’40.3’’

E0q02wic)*)^%)s Price Code: A24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) IMPORT All Zones; 73 Minutes; Mono, In English with German Subtitles

In celebration of the John Cage’s 100th birthday, Wergo presents two major new releases. The first features the world première DVD release of BirdCage: 73’20.958” for a composer. The legendary film collage, created in 1972 on the occasion of Cage’s 60th birthday, paints an extraordinary picture of Cage the artist, exploring his musical and extra-musical thinking, his character and his remarkable oeuvre. Released here in the unabridged original version for the first time, the film was a collaboration between the composer and writer Hans G Helms. Wergo was one of the first labels to recognize the avant-garde genius of Cage and offered the début recordings of some of his most important works. Wergo presents this specially-priced anniversary boxed set containing five collector’s item discs featuring a selection of Cage’s key works.

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CAGE BirdCage: 73’20.958’’ for a Composer

Joshua Pierce (prepared piano); Joseph Kubera (piano), The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Petr Kotík (conductor); Klaus Reichert (narrator); John Cage and Friends, Klaus Schöning (direction); Malcolm Goldstein (violin), Matthias Kaul (percussion, glass harmonica); Friedrich Gauwerky (cello), Mark Knoop (piano) Wergo • WER 6951

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Price Code: 3A24 (5 CDs for the Price of 3, Suggested Retail Price: $74.98) IMPORT Contains Previously Released Material

5 CDs for the Price of 3

Also available Wergo • WER 6740 (4010228674026)

“Liebner never sounds like she is playing it safe; irregular passages are almost gleefully disjunct, isolated notes chime, and clusters splash and reveal more thrust as they accumulate and grow knottier from etude to etude.”

— FANFARE

October 2012

Cage: Etudes Australes

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JAZZ

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Jazz from off the beaten path

Caravan de Santino Mayo Hubert Frémeaux • FA 572

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October 2012

Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) IMPORT File in: Jazz

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Origines

Patrick Favre Frémeaux • LLL 333

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Contrapunctus

Cesarius Alvim Frémeaux • LLL 334

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Gypsy jazz guitarist Mayo Hubert is probably best known for accompanying Tchavolo Schmitt.

What is less known, however, is that he is also a formidable soloist. Hubert’s Caravan de Santino is an album full of red-hot playing and the very best of Manouche style. Hubert is joined by Laurent Maur on harmonica, an instrument not often heard in Gypsy jazz. Jazz pianist Patrick Favre began his professional career in 1989 performing with bassist Louis Petrucciani and saxophonist Charles Tyler. His latest release, Origines offers a selection of nine originals in which Favre tells the story of his life in a kind of musical fresco. The multitalented Cesarius Alvim’s album Contrapunctus presents a selection of duos for bass and piano where Alvim plays both parts. Alvim’s recent albums for Frémeaux have featured Alvim playing both piano and bass, paired with such stars as Eddie Gomez and Eric Le Lann.

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The genius of Freddy Cole dutton

One More Love Song; Right from the Heart

Freddy Cole Dutton • CDSML 8495

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IMPORT File in: Jazz Freddy Cole’s life was destined to be a musical one. Born in Chicago in 1931 into a family of musicians, Lionel Frederick Cole was the youngest of five children.

His three elder brothers each followed their own paths into the music business. One of them — the legendary Nat King Cole — achieved went on to become an icon in twentieth century popular music. Although Freddy Cole has established and sustained a successful career that stretches back to the 1950s, he has never received the recognition he truly deserves. This audiophile-remastered Dutton disc, which brings together his 1978 album One More Love Song and his 1980 release Right from the Heart, may help bring about a reassessment of Cole’s work. Recorded in the UK with orchestras consisting of some of Britain’s leading jazz and session musicians, these albums present Cole’s renditions of modern pop numbers backed by sophisticated, jazzy arrangements.

“Freddy has an impeccable sense of swing... he is, overall, the most maturely expressive male jazz singer of his generation, if not the best alive.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Also available HighNote • HCD 7225 (632375722524)

“There is an easy going swing, an attitude of style and elegance all while remaining warm and accessible.”

October 2012

Talk to Me

— CRITICALJAZZ.COM 31

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Philippe Petrucciani’s poetic jazz guitar Este Mundo

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Philippe Petrucciani Jazz Village • JV 570008

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October 2012

IMPORT File in: Jazz A rhythmic genius, clever composer of melodies and member of an illustrious musical dynasty, jazz guitarist Philippe Petrucciani (who often wrote for his brother Michel), is the personification of a poetic kind of swing that stems from a multitude of sources. The tracks on Este Mundo evoke the atmosphere of Wes Montgomery, South America and standards written by the Gershwin brothers, Thelonious Monk and even French chanson. Several tracks on the disc feature the seductive voice of Nathalie Blanc, a regular collaborator with Petrucciani.

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POP

Norah Jones SACD reissues Feels Like Home

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Norah Jones APO • CAPP 043 SA

Hk5308 c) $#^?K Price Code: A43 (Suggested Retail Price: $43.98)

— LOS ANGELES TIMES

DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD / REISSUE File in: Pop - Rock Norah Jones took the world (and the GRAMMY® Awards) by storm with her 2002 début album Come Away With Me. On Feels Like Home, her second album, Jones again teamed up with producer Arif Mardin, engineer Jay Newland and her close-knit touring band. And her pop, jazz, and country-tinged sound has never sounded richer than on this spectacular SACD remaster from Analogue Productions. The 2004 album includes originals and covers of tunes by Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan and Duke Ellington. Jones plays piano, Wurlitzer electric piano and pump organ and the album features her stripped-down core group of guitar, background vocals, bass and drums.

October 2012

“Since the birth of recorded music, America has known and adored its share of popular female voices, the kind we refer to on a first-name basis.

Bessie, Billie, Ella, Aretha, Barbra, Nina, Diana and Cassandra... All have tapped into a river of inspiration nearly as old as the country. Norah Jones is the most recent version, a singer who has internalized the building blocks of the country’s sounds — blues, jazz, country and western, Tin Pan Alley, popular song and rhythm & blues — to present her embodiment of an American musical archetype.”

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POP

Norah Jones SACD reissues Not Too Late

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Norah Jones APO • CAPP 044 SA

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October 2012

DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD / REISSUE File in: Pop - Rock On top of the musical world since her spectacular 2002 début album Come Away With Me, Norah Jones’ 2007 release Not Too Late is considered by some critics to be the best showcase of her true vocal talents. The album was her first for which she wrote or co-wrote every song, and according to her, some of them are much darker than those on her previous albums. Not Too Late was mostly recorded at Jones’s home studio and is her first album without producer Arif Mardin, who had died in the summer of 2006. Upon its release, the album reached the No. 1 position in twenty countries and has now reached gold, platinum or multi-platinum status in 21 countries This audiophile SACD remastering from Analogue Productions offers listeners the best sonic quality possible.

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“ Jones may actually be one of the most eclectic artists around, although her low-key persona undersells her range and accomplishments.”

— PASTE

POP

A new project from Arthur Jeffes Insofar

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Sundog Penguin Cafe • DPC 103

IMPORT File in: Pop - Rock The band Sundog, consisting of Arthur Jeffes of Penguin Cafe on piano and Oli Langford on violin, is based around and elaborates on the ideas first aired in some of the tracks on Penguin Cafe’s 2011 album A Matter Of Life. On Sundog’s début album Insofar, mathematically intricate and precise rhythms thrown against warm and emotive melody create a direct and striking intensity. Jeffes is working towards the idea of transparent music that can be both intellectually satisfying and quietly touching, music which, because of its origin, can work happily under any number of names: classical, minimalist, chamber, or electronica. Combining Langford’s virtuoso violin-playing and Jeffes’ extended techniques on the piano and Rhodes to get as many different textures as possible, Sundog creates electro from real sounds; building up epic cinematic landscapes using only real instruments, electrical circuitry and amplification.

Also available Penguin Café • DPC 101 (5060259350009)

“A convincing musical statement from Jeffes. Good to hear the café’s still open.”

— SONGLINES

October 2012

A Matter of Life...

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POP

A funk flashback Father’s Children

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Father’s Children Dutton • CDSML 8488

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October 2012

IMPORT File in: R & B An eight-strong soul group whose roots lay in the Washington DC area, Father’s Children released just one album, their eponymously titled debut, recorded for the Mercury label in late 1978. Produced

by The Crusaders’ Wayne Henderson, for these sessions he augmented Father’s Children’s line-up with, among others, Bobby ‘The Genie’ Lyle (synths) and backup vocalists Augie ‘AJ’ Johnson, Gregory Matta and Miki Howard from the Henderson-produced group Side Effect. The album that resulted really is the definition of the term “rare groove.” Overlooked at the time of its original release in 1979, it later became a cult classic on the underground soul circuit thanks to its high steppin’ rhythms, tight, funky arrangements and, of course, Father’s Children’s gorgeous gospel-influenced vocal harmonies.

Dutton’s CD reissue includes two bonus tracks culled from the group’s Mercury single of July 1979.

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“Those vocal harmonies keep these bleak funk songs alive. It’s the sound of a band searching for hope in a Washington that must have felt hopeless.”

— THE WASHINGTON POST

WORLD

The best in desert blues Kel Tamasheq

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Terakaft World Village • 479070

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“About as good as Tuareg desert blues gets.”

IMPORT File in: World / Africa / Mali In the language of the Sahara the name of the group Terakaft, founded in Mali in 2001, means caravan and Kel Tamashek refers to those who speak Tamashek, referring to the Tuareg people. Electric riffs swirl, twirl and prance through these songs that, far from stereotypical clichés, recount the story of an authentic people. British guitarist and producer Justin Adams captures the trance-like motion that feeds Terakaft’s blues soaked desert-rock, music that is also the hallmark of Africa’s last remaining nomads.

— FROOTS

Also available Aratan N Azawad

“A masterclass in dense intricate playing. An authentically loose, organic strand of desert blues, embroidered with precise guitar runs and buoyed by gritty, unpolished vocals...”

“Of all the Saharan musicians to surface in the past decade... this three-man Tinariwen spinoff are the catchiest and most hypnotic.”

— Mojo

World Village • 479052 (794881994724)

— MSN Music

October 2012

Akh Issudar

World Village • 468084 (713746808426)

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A leading light of Guinean music lusafrica

Innovation

Sékouba ‘Bambino’ Diabaté Lusafrica • 662102

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IMPORT File in: World / Africa / Guinea Born in 1964, Sékouba “Bambino” Diabaté is a leading light of Guinean music. Diabaté won the Best Guinean Singer Award in 1979 and was asked to join Bembeya Jazz. The nickname Bambino came from his need to distinguish himself from Sékou Bembeya Diabaté, the group’s guitar virtuoso. After embarking on a solo career, Diabaté had his first major success with his 1992 album Le Destin. With Innovation, Diabaté’s life experiences and wide ranging influences come together in a dance-friendly album that never forsakes his roots

A original voice from Senegal

October 2012

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Diabel Cissokho World Village • 450021

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IMPORT File in: World / Africa / Senegal For the last few years, Diabel Cissokho has played in his family’s band Bannaya and alongside some of Africa’s greatest talents. Now his time has come, and Cissokho presents Kanabory Siyama (Don’t run from your ethnicity), recorded with a cast of superb musicians in Dakar and London. With a soulful sound of mesmeric Manding melodies, rooted in the musical traditions of Senegal and Mali, Cissokho’s original songs express his thoughts on life, family and the hardships and afflictions suffered across the world. Producer Justin Adams described his music as, “Groove, melody and soul, and those voices hitting you like an Atlantic wave, it’s irresistible.”

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Music of the Nile Price Code: 2A21 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $43.98)

IMPORT File in: World / Africa At 4,130 miles, the Nile is the longest river in the world. It runs through ten countries as it wends its way from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean sea. Water, the source of life, is also the lifeblood of human civilization. The music that emerged from the many countries through which the Nile courses echoes the rich diversity of the diverse cultures that developed. This fascinating, lavishly illustrated and informative set offers an overview of the musical life of this region.

Over 22 tracks, it finds connections and contrasts between Western-influenced urban, modern traditionalist and folkloric styles — all of which have vibrant exponents in today’s Africa.

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The Nile - Song of the Rivers

Abdel Gadir Salim, El Tanbura, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hamza El Din, Alemayehu Eshete, The Musicians of the Nile Accords Croisés • AC 139

Preserving the traditions of Martinique Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais, Loulou Boislaville Frémeaux • FA 5387

October 2012

IMPORT File in: World / Caribbean / Martinique Loulou Boislaville (1919-2001) was a musical legend from the island of Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean. As part of his work on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he led the Grands Ballets Martinique and the Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais.

These two groups served a dual purpose of helping to preserve the island’s rich traditional heritage as well as promoting tourism. Boislaville’s long and rich musical career included numerous appearances in movies, films and television. This collection of recordings from 19671973 features Boislaville leading the Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais in a selection of eighteen tracks of traditional Caribbean music.

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Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais

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The many flavors of French music

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Portraits d’Hommes Têtes de Chien Frémeaux • FA 571

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IMPORT File in: World / Europe / France The remarkable young a-capella French vocal quintet Têtes de chiens combines techniques inherited from classical music with a deep understanding of the long history and many flavors of traditional music in France. Their fifteen songs on their first album, Portraits d’homme, deal with balancing tradition and modernity. The music’s amalgam of old and new is rich, witty and virtuosic — spanning styles from classical polyphony to urban trance.

Russian patriotic songs

October 2012

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The Red Army Choir Vol.3

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Red Army Choir Frémeaux • FA 5377

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IMPORT File in: World / Europe / Russia After two previous volumes devoted to historic recordings by the Red Army Choir, this new set continues to explore the annals of Russian popular, military and traditional music.

Once again, the listener is captured by the vocal power of the Choir’s 120 singers, whose patriotic songs — the emblems of eternal Russia — carry us to the shores of the Volga and sing the praises of brave Cossack horsemen.

Lo’Jo continues to break the mold

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Cinema El Mundo

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Lo’Jo World Village • 479068

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ADVANCE REVIEW Songlines: Top of The World “Lo’Jo have created a unique, instantly recognizable sonic signature by absorbing a myriad of influences... none of their songs are formulaic, yet there’s no self-conscious striving to make each one different either. Even an average Lo’Jo album shimmers with atmosphere and originality - and this one is no exception.”

— SONGLINES

IMPORT File in: World / Europe / France One of France’s greatest musical exports over the course of their thirty year existence (and still going strong) musical polyglots Lo’Jo are back with their thirteenth album, which just happens to be one of their very best. Cinema El Mundo is a motion picture performance of life — a unique and memorable production with subtle sound engineering by Jean Lamoot who captures the glow of the melodies, the warmth of the rhythms and the tenderness of the lyrics, both profound and poetic. Guest artists on the album include Robert Wyatt, Vincent Segal, and Ibrahim Ag Alhabib from Tinariwen.

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“Listen and understand where the buzz comes from.”

— GLOBAL VILLAGE IDIOT

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“It’s unstoppable.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

October 2012

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First Presbyterian Church of Durham St. Mary's Catholic Church Faye Spanos Concert Hall Pasquerilla Spiritual Center Ritz Carlton New Orleans State Theatre in New Brunswick Chicago Symphony Hall Chicago Symphony Hall Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center Union College Metropolitan Opera House Metropolitan Opera House Oakland University, Varner Recital Hall Library of Congress Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage Symphony Center Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Alice Tully Hall Evan Auditorium University Auditorium Carnegie Music Hall Jones Hall Hayes 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 Alice Tully Hall Alice Tully Hall Gerding Theatre Middlebury College Avery Fisher Hall Hill Auditorium Prudential Hall Memorial Hall Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage Prudential Hall Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage Americas Society Herbst Theatre Weill Recital Hall Jordan Hall Gartner Auditorium Town Hall Mahaney Center for the Arts Richardson Auditorium Mandel Hall Margaret Comstock Hall Libby Gardner Hall Ace Gallery Herbst Theatre Grusin Music Hall Peabody Conservatory Grusin Music Hall Weill Recital Hall 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 Avery Fisher Hall Longy School of Music Pickman Hall Symphony Hall Hilbert Circle Theatre Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall

Danny Driver Augustin Dumay Bernarda Fink

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Gerald Finley

Hyperion

Joel Frederiksen

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Valery Gergiev

Mariinsky

Alban Gerhardt Marc-André Hamelin

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Pablo Heras-Casado Stephen Hough Jerusalem Quartet

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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 Nicholas McGegan Paul O'Dette Mark Padmore Marlis Petersen Jordi Savall

Mariinsky Philharmonia Baroque harmonia mundi harmonia mundi harmonia mundi Alia Vox

Takacs Quartet

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Alexandre Tharaud Tokyo String Quartet

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Daniil Trifonov

Mariinsky

Shai Wosner

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Kayhan Kalhor

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New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

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Fernando Otero Catherine Russell

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Septeto Nacional

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Tinariwen

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Freedom Hall First Unitarian Church 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 Tusten Theatre Kaye Playhouse Jazz at Lincoln Center Space Buskirk-Chumley Theater Red Skelton Performing Arts Center Mountain Stage Shanghai Jazz chge Napa Valley Opera House Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Old Town School of Folk Music Dakota Jazz Club The Crown Musical Instrument Museum 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 Old Town School of Folk Music

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