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DECEMBER 2013 | NEW RELEASES

Stephen HOUGH BRAHMS Piano Concertos

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2013 closes out with a superb selection of recordings that will excite both gift-givers and critics alike.

The month’s top release is one of the most highly anticipated titles of the year – Stephen Hough’s Brahms Piano Concertos for Hyperion. Offered at a special price, this set features the label début of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth (p.9). Testament offers one of the most important releases of the Britten centenary year – a live recording from May 1962 of the first-ever performance of the War Requiem, recorded in Coventry Cathedral by the BBC (p.18). There’s still more Britten from LSO Live, with a powerful rendition of the composer’s opera The Turn of The Screw led by Opera North conductor Richard Farnes (p.15) and from Delphian with a two disc set of choral works featuring the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (p.6). Popular ongoing cycles moving forward include a new release in Iván Fischer’s Mahler cycle for Channel (p.4), volume four of Angela Hewitt’s Beethoven Piano Sonata series for Hyperion (p.11), Onyx’s second Schubert song cycle featuring Florian Boesch (p.17) and a second volume of Orient-Occident from maestro Jordi Savall on Alia Vox (p.3). Top titles in non-classical music include jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf’s Illusions (p.23) and a duo album from world music artists Bijan Chemirani and Kevin Siddiki entitled Imaginarium (p.27).

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Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande Philharmonia Orchestra, Ingelbrecht Testament • TESBT3 1484

Alia Vox Channel Delphian harmonia mundi Hyperion La Dolce Volta LSO Live Mirare Onyx Testament Wergo CONCERT CALENDAR

“It reflects Ingelbrecht’s own honest, vibrant response to the score and his conviction, borne out of each moment, that this is a drama of character.”

“Astatke’s latest triumph confirms that there are few more innovative and distinctive voices in both modern jazz and world music.”

—OPERA NEWS

—SONGLINES

“World-class choral performances... honors the traditional yet is far from ordinary... don’t miss this.”

—CLASSICS TODAY

COMING NEXT MONTH Handel: 8 ‘Great’ Suites Richard Egarr harmonia mundi • HMU 907581

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Richard Egarr plays Handel

Printed in 1720, the 8 ‘Great’ Suites HWV 426-433 were the first set of keyboard pieces that Handel chose to present to the London public. Performed here by Richard Egarr, this magnificent collection demonstrates Handel’s unique ‘orchestral’ keyboard style and grand sweep, combining Italian virtuosity and the French ‘style brisé.’

Tel: (800) 634-0674 X209 Email: media-usa@harmoniamundi.com Editor-in-Chief: Matthew Owen Design: Stephanie Jacobson

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Orient-Occident II

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The first volume of Orient Occident – released in 2006 – turned out to be a landmark in Jordi Savall’s discography. For the first time, the maestro explored non-European repertoire, demonstrating the same musicological expertise he had shown with composers like Marin Marais. The album soon became a best seller. The second volume in this exploration focuses on Syria, alternating instrumental and vocal pieces. Musicians from Syria, Lebanon and Israel play alongside Hespèrion XXI and illustrate the artistic and humanist process we have come to expect from Jordi Savall.

“As always, Savall and his musicians find in their magical musical discoveries the unbroken soul of a people, the rhythms of their music and the vivid, seductive sounds of their instruments.”

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— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

Also available Orient-Occident Alia Vox • AV 9894 (7619986098487)

“The vibrancy and variety of their playing leaps across the centuries, bringing out the shared impulses that united different cultures during the Middle Ages…”

— CHICAGO TRIBUNE 3

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Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XXI Alia Vox • AVSA 9900

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] MAHLER Symphony No.5

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer Channel Classics • CCS SA 34213

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Following up on his highly acclaimed recordings of Mahler’s first, second, fourth and sixth symphonies for Channel Classics, Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra offer a new vision of the Symphony No.5. Its famous Adagietto is one of the most intimate pieces that Mahler ever wrote for orchestra. According to Fischer, the fifth is “the most Jewish of all Mahler’s symphonies.

The first movement takes us to the unmistakable mood of Jewish lamentation, the finale to the childlike vision of messianic joy.”

“Confirms Fischer’s growing credentials as a major Mahler interpreter.”

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—GRAMOPHONE

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Previous release in the series Mahler: Symphony No.1 Channel Classics • CCSSA 33112 (723385331124)

10/10 “The playing on this disc is so beautiful that it will take your breath away...”

—CLASSICS TODAY 4

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Old, New & Blue

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue” is part of a Price Code: A21 traditional English bridal rhyme. It refers to gifts (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) of little things given to the bride to bring good luck. Its message is not to marry on the spur of the moment. However, some choose to throw caution to the wind and still succeed. The “marriage” between Holland Baroque Society and trumpeter Eric Vloeimans exemplifies both approaches. The ensemble represents traditional thought and preparation. The trumpet, constantly improvising, represents the mercurial element. On Old New & Blue, trumpet, bandonéon and historical instruments combine to create a colorful present for all listeners, like the icing on a wedding cake.

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IMPORT In 2014, Merton College in Oxford celebrates its 750th year. For this disc, Benjamin Nicholas and Peter Phillips have created a program that Price Code: A19 journeys through three quarters of a millennium (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) of choral repertoire. Not just a demonstration of this accomplished ensemble’s versatility, the recording also provides a bird’seye view of some important moments in musical history, and features two composers – John Dunstaple and Lennox Berkeley – associated with the college as well as three works specially commissioned for the anniversary celebrations.

The choir, a relatively recent addition to this illustrious college’s complement of treasures, gives stylish and committed performances in the famous acoustic of Merton’s chapel.

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The Merton Collection DUNSTAPLE Veni Sancte Spiritus/Veni Creator PÄRT The Woman with the Alabaster Box VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Valiant-for-truth Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips Delphian • DCD 34134

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Eric Vloeimans (trumpet), Marc Constandse (bandonéon) Holland Baroque Society Channel Classics • CCS SA 35613

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Vicky Lester (harp), James Sherlock (organ) National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Ben Parry Delphian • DCD 34133

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD In the thirty years since the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain were born, they have continued to blossom and flourish. New director Ben Parry was quick to notice they share their birthday in 2013 with Britten’s centenary, and the result is this celebratory double album. Over the course of a year, Delphian has followed the various choirs on their courses, and for the first time all eight groups appear on disc: 600 singers and eight conductors in three different venues.

The vast range of Britten’s choral output encompasses work to match the character of each of the different choirs, from the fresh-faced eagerness of the Training Choirs to the maturity and sophistication of the elite National Youth Chamber Choir.

Also available Mike Brewer’s World Tour Delphian • DCD 34080 (801918340802)

“For choirs everywhere, Mike Brewer’s World Tour is like a memo: please listen, and realise what’s possible.”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 6

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A Festival of Britten BRITTEN Fancie, Festival Te Deum, A Hymn of St. Columba, Hymn to St. Peter, Three Two-part Songs, A Hymn to the Virgin, Jubilate Deo in C, Hymn to St. Cecilia, Te Deum in C, The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, Deus in adjutorium meum, Antiphon, Jubilate Deo in E flat, A Ceremony of Carols, Rejoice in the Lamb

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DECEMBER 2013 HAYDN Flute Trios

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DA FIRENZE Narcisso Speculando

CAMPRA Messe de Requiem

Mala Punica Pedro Memelsdorff harmonia mundi • HMG 501732

La Chapelle Royale Philippe Herreweghe harmonia mundi • HMG 501251

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BRITTEN Sacred and Profane RIAS Kammerchor Marcus Creed harmonia mundi • HMG 501734

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BEETHOVEN Christus am Ölberge Rundfunkchor Berlin DSO Berlin, Kent Nagano harmonia mundi • HMG 501802 Previously Available as HMC 901802 (794881719426) Deleted September 2007

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Konrad Hünteler (flute) Christophe Coin (cello) Patrick Cohen (piano) harmonia mundi • HMG 501521

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BRUCKNER Symphony No.4

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Orchestre des Champs-Élysées Philippe Herreweghe harmonia mundi • HMG 5019211

Werner Güra (tenor) Christoph Berner (piano) harmonia mundi • HMG 5018427

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Huelgas-Ensemble Paul Van Nevel harmonia mundi • HMG 5019226

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LANDINI The Second Circle Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi • HMG 507269 Previously Available as HMU 907269 (093046726928) Deleted June 2007

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SCRIABIN Piano Works Alexander Melnikov (piano) harmonia mundi • HMG 501914

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] BRAHMS Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

2 CDS FOR THE PRICE OF 1

IMPORT On this stunning recording of the two piano concertos of Johannes Brahms, Stephen Hough is joined by the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and conductor Mark Wigglesworth in their Hyperion debut. These works are among the greatest in the genre. Separated by twenty-two years and widely differing in their reception (the first was scorned and the second a huge success), they are monumental in scale, impassioned and truly romantic, forward-looking in form and requiring both great virtuosity and intimacy from the pianist. After performing them in concert for many years (to ecstatic acclaim), Hough’s deep connection to these beloved works can now be appreciated and enjoyed by a much wider audience.

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“Introspective (but never lost in introspection) one minute, of the most refined bravura the next, he expresses a personality all his own...”

—GRAMOPHONE

Also available Grieg & Liszt: Piano Concertos Hyperion • CDA 67824 (034571178240)

“The scores were so thoroughly scrutinized, understood and then imaginatively realized that they have yielded fresh riches.”

—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 9

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Stephen Hough (piano) Mozarteumorchester Salzburg Mark Wigglesworth Hyperion • CDA 67961

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DECEMBER 2013

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis, Mathis der Maler, Konzertmusik

IMPORT This album contains Hindemith’s most popular orchestral works, including the Balanchinechoreographed Symphonic Metamorphosis, Price Code: A19 performed with lapidary precision and great (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) empathy by Hyperion regulars the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, who have proved themselves consummate interpreters of this composer. Countermanding his reputation as a composer of grim, gritty music, this is Hindemith at his most genuinely enjoyable – as Gavin Plumley writes in his informative booklet notes, “Hindemith’s music is both intelligible and intellectual, as entertaining as it is finely wrought.”

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Conductus Vol.2 John Potter (tenor), Christopher O’Gorman (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Hyperion • CDA 67998 IMPORT Hyperion presents a second volume of music from the Conductus repertory – the least-known genre of medieval music – performed by tenors Price Code: A19 John Potter, Christopher O’Gorman, Rogers (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Covey-Crump, three singers who combine expert knowledge of the music with voices of unearthly beauty. This album contains poems set to music from thirteenth-century England and France. The subjects range from straightforward exhortations to the Virgin Mary to criticisms of the Papal Curia and a depiction of the student riots in Orléans in 1236.

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion • CDA 68006

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67974 IMPORT Angela Hewitt’s acclaimed series of Beethoven sonatas has delighted her fans worldwide, and undoubtedly increased their ranks. Volume four features the little-known Piano Sonata No.11, Op.22 (the last of Beethoven’s ‘early’ sonatas), the Piano Sonata No.18, Op.31 No.3 (nicknamed ‘The Hunt’) and the Piano Sonata No.28, Op.101, the first of the series of Beethoven’s ‘late’ sonatas, when his music became more personal, more intimate, and exploring a new realm of freedom and fantasy.

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“Angela Hewitt’s Beethoven is like no one else’s … ” —INTERNATIONAL PIANO MAGAZINE

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Previous release in the series Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.3 Hyperion • CDA 67797 (034571177977)

“Hewitt reaches her pinnacle here and gives the music a vernal freshness that is totally captivating.”

—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE 11

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BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol.4 – Piano Sonatas Nos.11, 18 & 28

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DECEMBER 2013

COUPERIN Trois Leçons de Ténèbres, Magnificat, Motets

IMPORT Couperin’s Trois Leçons de Ténèbres are amongst the small amount of the composer’s sacred music that was published during his lifetime.

Price Code: A11 They are intensely personal, depicting the (Suggested Retail Price: $11.98) prophet Jeremiah’s bitter anguish in settings that are quite unique. Also included on this mid-priced reissue are Couperin’s joyful motets Laetentur caeli and Venite, exsultemus Domino, and a remarkable Magnificat.

Countertenors James Bowman and Michael Chance are celebrated not only as great soloists but matchless duettists.

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SIBELIUS Songs Katarina Karnéus (soprano) Julius Drake (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55471 IMPORT The songs of Jean Sibelius are a treasure trove and one of music’s best-kept secrets. The composer wrote a surprisingly large number Price Code: A11 of songs throughout his life, and anybody who (Suggested Retail Price: $11.98) responds to the Nordic spirit and subject-matter of the symphonies and other orchestral music will find much to please them here. They are tuneful, passionate and evocative of the northern latitudes. On this mid-priced reissue, the delightful Swedish soprano Katarina Karnéus, winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, captures the spirit of these works perfectly.

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James Bowman (countertenor), Michael Chance (countertenor) Mark Caudle (viola da gamba), Robert King (organ) Hyperion • CDH 55455

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Menahem Pressler (piano) La Dolce Volta • LDV 12 IMPORT Menahem Pressler is a living legend of the piano. A founding member of the famed Beaux Arts Trio, Pressler’s career was launched in 1946 when he won first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition. After working as a soloist for a decade, he then became one of the world’s most famous chamber musicians, playing with the Beaux Arts Trio for 53 years. This solo album celebrates Pressler’s 90th birthday with a collection of music from the Viennese Classical tradition. It pairs Schubert’s Piano Sonata No.18 with Beethoven’s Bagatelles and a remarkably poignant A minor Rondo by Mozart. The music here encompasses the full range of emotions, and Pressler has honed his sonority to the point where it resembles a vocal timbre. His sound is infinitely warm, pure and tender, like a fine vintage wine. This disc is a true event, giving listeners the sensation of being transported back to a lost era.

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“A poet, time and again revealing unexpected depths in works that have been endlessly plumbed and surveyed.”

—The New York Times

“He is a national treasure.”

—Los Angeles Times

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SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No.18 MOZART Rondo in A minor K511 BEETHOVEN Bagatelles Op.126

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DECEMBER 2013

CHOPIN Préludes Op.28, Piano Sonata No.2

IMPORT On this remarkable disc, after a 33-year haitus, pianist Jean-Philippe Collard returns to the music of Chopin. Over the years, he has Price Code: A23 developed and refined the perfect balance of (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) interpretative options. He sees this disc as both a break from the past and a renewal. A change of labels and repertory has enabled him to escape a certain routine, to put himself on the line. There are countless benchmark versions on this repertory, but the French pianist has not sought to measure himself against them. Collard’s approach to the composer is honest and totally sincere. Recording Chopin represented a genuine challenge, which he has conquered in a style that is his alone.

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13 Valses Aldo Ciccolini (piano) La Dolce Volta • LDV 13 IMPORT The waltz has inspired many composers.

Featuring works ranging from the Romantic era to the twentieth century, this collection from pianist Price Code: A23 Aldo Ciccolini offers a fascinating survey of (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) the genre. Of course, he reserves a special place for music of French composers, both famous and less well known, a repertoire that has been both a specialty and a passion since the start of his career. With thirteen works by thirteen composers, this recital is organized around two pillars, the most extended pieces on the program: Fauré’s third Valse-Caprice Op.59 and Gabriel Pierné’s suite Viennoise. Ciccolini says of the collection, “It amused me to mix and match all these different pieces, some of them serious, others very tuneful and even popular.”

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Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) La Dolce Volta • LDV 09

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DECEMBER 2013

[PRIORITY RELEASE] BRITTEN The Turn of the Screw

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD In celebration of the Britten anniversary year, Richard Farnes, Music Director of Opera North, conducts an all-English cast in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw – his most ingeniously crafted opera. Soloists include Andrew Kennedy, Sally Matthews, and 11-year old Michael ClaytonJolly in the role of Miles. Originally scheduled to be conducted by Sir Colin Davis, Farnes was the natural replacement, having been mentored by the late conductor. Premiered in 1954, Britten’s opera sets Henry James’s remarkable ghost story about a governess and a housekeeper who vow to protect two children from the strange happenings that occur in the grounds of their home.

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“Farnes, the cast and the orchestra were fully aware of the pressure to pull this one off in Sir Colin Davis’ memory. Happily, I think it was a performance of which he would have been proud.”

—BACHTRACK

Price Code: 2A17 (2 SACD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $35.98)

“I have never, ever, heard such a coruscating account of the score from any band, or such a massively accurate, sonorous one from the soloists.”

—OPERA-BRITANNIA

Also available Britten: War Requiem LSO Live • LSO 0719 (822231171928)

“The LSO and the London Symphony Chorus are the performance’s rock: they start on top form and stay that way. Another essential recording.”

—THE TIMES 15

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Sally Matthews (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra Richard Farnes LSO Live • LSO 0749

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DECEMBER 2013

In Tempore Nativitatis BACH Christmas Cantatas – BWV 63, 110 & 151

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Maria Keohane (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Stéphan MacLeod (bass) Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot Mirare • MIR 243 IMPORT Just in time for Christmas, Philippe Pierlot and the Ricercar Consort present a collection of Cantatas for the season by Johann Sebastian Price Code: A23 Bach. In these evergreen holiday favorites, flutes, (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) oboes, trumpets, timpani and voices are used to express the comfort and joy inspired by the Nativity. The result is nothing short of magical. The Ricercar Consort was founded in 1980 by harpsichordist and director Philippe Pierlot. They have made a significant discography, especially on the Mirare label, where their recordings have met with consistent acclaim and respect, in particular for their exceptional Bach Magnificat.

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SCHUBERT String Quintet Op.163 Kuss Quartet, Miklós Perényi (cello) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4119

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IMPORT Schubert’s last great chamber work, his String Quartet in C of 1828, remained unperformed and unpublished for at least twenty years after his Price Code: A19 death. It is now regarded as one of the pinnacles (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) of chamber music, and seen by performers as one of the great challenges to their artistry. Its writing shows the composer in a light-hearted mood, successfully combining weight, profundity, melodic charm with breathtaking technical assurance. On this recording the Kuss Quartet are joined by cellist Miklós Perényi.

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] SCHUBERT Die Schöne Müllerin

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Florian Boesch (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4112 IMPORT Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau continue their journey through the Schubert song cycles with Die Schöne Müllerin, composed in 1823 to poetry by Wilhelm Müller. The words are simple but depict powerful human emotions and vivid images of nature. Schubert’s imagination was seized by the opportunities the poems offered, and his music captures the dramatic conflicts and character portraits in a way he never achieved in his operatic works. The same team’s recording of Winterreise was warmly received by critics, with The Guardian calling it, “unquestionably superb,” and Gramophone Magazine hailing it as, “inspired and quite unforgettable.”

“Boesch’s chief — and excellent — effects are an unflagging legato and an almost unimaginable range of pianissimo singing.”

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—OPERA NEWS

Also available Schubert: Winterreise Onyx • ONYX 4077 (880040407720)

“Bring[s] some new insight to every single song.”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 17

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DECEMBER 2013

[PRIORITY RELEASE] Heather Harper (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Boys of Holy Trinity, Leamington, Boys of Holy Trinity, Stratford, Coventry Festival Choir, Melos Ensemble, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra John Cooper (organ) Meredith Davies Benjamin Britten Testament • SBT 1490

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IMPORT Testament presents what will undoubtedly be hailed as one of the most important releases of the Britten centenary – the première performance of the War Requiem, recorded live in Coventry Cathedral in May of 1962. The performance is shattering, the sound, surprisingly clear and dynamic. The deep emotion of Wilfred Owen’s poetry is portrayed here with a power and sincerity that has rarely – if ever – been matched in modern recordings. For the opening performance, it was intended that the soloists should be Galina Vishnevskaya (a Russian), Peter Pears (an Englishman) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (a German), to demonstrate a spirit of unity. However, in an ironic twist, the USSR did not permit Vishnevskaya to travel to Coventry for the event. With only ten days’ notice, Heather Harper stepped in and performed the soprano role brilliantly. Fischer-Dieskau wrote in his autobiography, “The first performance created an atmosphere of such intensity that by the end I was completely undone; I did not know where to hide my face.

Dead friends and past suffering arose in my mind.”

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Antheil the Futurist

Guy Livingston (piano), Philippe Keler (piano), Stephane Leach (piano) Wergo • WER 6762

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IMPORT Early in 1920, the brash young American composer George Antheil decided to leave his home country and conquer the concert halls of Europe as a pianist. Born in Trenton, New Jersey as a son of German immigrants, Antheil spoke German at home. At ease with the language and the culture, he arrived in Germany in 1922 wellprepared to dazzle Europe with his daring compositions and bold pianism. Most of his experimental piano music was composed in Berlin. Thanks to new discoveries and scholarly research, many of these works can be heard together for the first time on this recording performed by Guy Livingston. Livingston is one of the world’s foremost exponents of Antheil’s music.

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Also available Don’t Panic! 60 Seconds for Piano Wergo • WER 6649 (4010228664928)

Antheil: The Lost Sonatas Wergo • WER 6661 (4010228666120)

10/10 “Sheer fun, enthusiasm, and fearless virtuosity...”

“Livingston is shown at his dazzling best...”

—LE MONDE

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ANTHEIL Piano Sonatas Nos.1-5, Sonatina for radio, Valses Profanes, Golden Bird, after Brancusi, Swell Music, Little Shimmy, For Merle, Overture & Tango, Suite for Piano fourhands

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DECEMBER 2013

CAGE Solo for Piano

IMPORT In the 1950s, John Cage tried to make the genesis of his compositions dependent on random processes. Several years later this randomness Price Code: A24 of the compositional process was reflected in (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) the indeterminacy of the performance, with the aim of separating the compositional design from the interpretive result. Solo for Piano comprises 63 pages with 84 different types of graphical structures, which, due to their shape, are reminiscent of musical notation, but on the other hand, represent no clearly reproducible notes. Here, the notation is modified into a kind of “proposal” for the performer; thus, all kinds of implementation of the score are infinitely possible. On this disc from Wergo, pianist Sabine Liebner presents her own unique interpretation of Cage’s musical proposal.

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STOCKHAUSEN Amour, Der kleine Harlekin, Wochenkreis Michele Marelli (clarinet, basset horn) Antonio Pérez Abellán (synthesizer) Wergo • WER 6785 IMPORT Stockhausen’s Amour is a series of five pieces for clarinet based on short poems written as gifts for women whom the composer was deeply Price Code: A24 connected to. The most complex and hypnotic (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) of these is Die Schmetterlinge spielen (The Butterflies Playing). Der kleine Harlekin (The Little Harlequin) is probably the best known of Stockhausen’s theatrical works. The clarinetist faces a musically demanding score while wearing a costume and performing a range of dance movements precisely indicated in the score. Wochenkreis (Circle of the Week) describes an initiatory journey from birth to ascension to God, accompanied by the electronic sounds produced by the synthesizer player who has the role of the antagonist Lucifer.

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Sabine Liebner (piano) Wergo • WER 6768

BLUES

DECEMBER 2013

Keep It To Ourselves

DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Previously available as CAPB 036 (753088003622) Deleted June 2002 File in: Blues An American harmonica player, singer and songwriter from Mississippi, Sonny Boy Williamson was one of the greatest bluesmen ever. All his records are classics, but this one is truly unique – it is the cream of two rare, acoustic albums cut in Denmark in 1963. Gentle, personal blues with brilliant harmonica, accompanied by only Matt Guitar Murphy and Memphis Slim on piano. The original LP was listed on Stereophile’s Record 2 Die 4 list. Analogue Productions’ SACD transfer presents these recordings in the best possible audio quality.

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“Regularly voted amongst the best blues album of all time by virtually everyone...”

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Sonny Boy Williamson APO • CAPB 036 SA

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DECEMBER 2013

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The Young Bloods

Lights Out

Jackie’s Pal

Phil Woods, Donald Byrd APO • CPRJ 7080 SA

Jackie McLean Quartet APO • CPRJ 7035 SA

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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Mono/ DSD File in: Jazz On Young Bloods, an early hard bop date, altoist Phil Woods and trumpeter Donald Byrd are billed as co-leaders. However, Woods contributed four of the six tunes and consistently takes solo honors on the record. Pianist Al Haig, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Charlie Persip offering stimulating accompaniment. A perpetual favorite among Jackie McLean’s earlier recordings, Lights Out finds the hard-swinging alto saxophonist still very much under the wing of Charlie Parker. Yet McLean was beginning to find ways out of the seductive artistic security of Bird imitations. For one thing, he was working with Charles Mingus, and Mingus’s genius as a leader included forcing musicians to look deeply into their most cherished stylistic practices. Jackie’s Pal highlights the perennially underrated Bill Hardman, a star of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, where he shared the front line with McLean and Johnny Griffin. All three recordings have been transferred to SACD by Analogue Productions and are offered in unique “mini LP jacket” packages.

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DECEMBER 2013

[PRIORITY RELEASE] Illusions

IMPORT After his remarkably successful acoustic album Wind, Ibrahim Maalouf returns with a more electric sound on Illusions. It is an album born out of, and designed for, performance on stage. It not only features the members of his regular band, Frank Woeste on the keyboard, François Delporte on the guitar, Xavier Rogé on the drums and Laurent David on the bass, but also adds three more quarter-tone trumpeters (Youenn Le Cam, Yann Martin and Martin Saccardy) to bring a even higher level of dynamism to the sound. Maalouf says, “I wanted this album to be festive and full of positive energy… it starts with the most tragic view of the world: cynicism. It then gradually evolves towards light and hope.”

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“A startling new voice in contemporary jazz...”

—THE GUARDIAN

Also available Wind M’ister Productions • IBM 4 (3149028029826)

“The moods range from poignant calm to loping menace to watchful languor, and the band sounds alert and supple at every turn.”

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Ibrahim Maalouf M’ister Productions • IBM 7

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DECEMBER 2013

Andrew Cyrille The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note

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David Murray The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol.2 David Murray Black Saint • BXS 1024

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Art Farmer The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Art Farmer Black Saint • BXS 1025

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Andrew Cyrille Black Saint • BXS 1023

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DECEMBER 2013

Oliver Lake The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note

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Paul Bley The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Paul Bley Black Saint • BXS 1027

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Giorgio Gaslini The Complete Remastered Recordings on Dischi Della Quercia Giorgio Gaslini Black Saint • BXS 5001

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Oliver Lake Black Saint • BXS 1026

JAZZ

DECEMBER 2013

Les Fils du Vent

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IMPORT DVD All zones/ 96 minutes/ 4:3 aspect/ English Subtitles File in: Jazz

This film is a landmark in gypsy jazz, offering portraits of artists perpetuating the venerable legacy of Django Reinhardt. It was praised by critics and public alike when it was released in French cinemas in October 2012.

Director Bruno Le Jean spent eight years filming the guitarists Angelo Debarre, Moreno, Ninine Garcia and Tchavolo Schmitt. His film portrays everyday music handed down orally from one generation to the next – from the federating of gypsies, Romanies and Tziganes into one great family, to the permits and expulsion of Roms – and treats all those themes with humanity, poetry and realism. The Sons of the Wind in the film’s title convey the rich treasures of this community, and their contribution to western culture, especially jazz, is immeasurable.

World Musette Les Primitifs du Futur Frémeaux • FA 593

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Catching world music of the 80s and 90s on the wrong foot, not to mention its pop crossovers, Les Primitifs du Futur decided to do things the other way and feature some real values: the earthy odor of background roots. On World Musette, the band’s third album, accordions, ouds, violins, banjos and ukuleles can be heard in tune with the odd Chinese Waltz or Musette Fox-Trot. This collective adventure led

by Dominique Cravic brings musicians and connoisseur-collectors together around the same passion, with just one aim – to restore the music’s prestige.

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Angelo Debarre, Moreno, Ninine Garcia, Tchavolo Schmitt Frémeaux • FA 4024

WORLD

DECEMBER 2013

[PRIORITY RELEASE] Kevin Seddiki Bijan Chemirani World Village • 479083 IMPORT File in: World / Middle East Fresh from his success working with Alexandre Desplat on the Oscarwinning film Argo, the versatile and talented Persian musician Bijan Chemirani joins forces with French guitarist and percussionist Kevin Seddiki, whose diverse projects include collaborations with Al Di Meola, Paolo Pandolfo, Dino Saluzzi and Yasmine Hamdan, for an album of acoustic duets entitled Imaginarium. The album’s mesmerizing improvisations transport the listener far from reality and the virtuosic dialogue between Seddiki and Chemirani weaves a colorful musical tapestry that stimulates the imagination.

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“This record is a simple idea, brilliantly acheived thanks to the skill and sensitivity of the musicians involved.”

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WORLD

DECEMBER 2013

Hâfez & Goethe / Divân

IMPORT File in: World / Middle East The 19th century’s fascination with all things Eastern produced a real artistic excitement. This Price Code: 2A13 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $27.98) enthusiasm had a deep and permanent influence on the West, especially in its poetic and literary production. Notably, works by the great Persian poet Hafez inspired Goethe in the creation of one of his last works, the West-Eastern Divan. It is this seemingly unlikely poetic connection that inspired Abed Azrié’s latest musical opus, Hâfez and Goethe / Divân, which explores this surprising artistic bridge between cultures from a decidedly 21st Century perspective.

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Qawwali Flamenco

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IMPORT Previously Available as AC 114 (794881811229) Deleted September 2013

File in: World Fusion This recording brings together two legendary Price Code: 2A21 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $43.98) and powerful musical forces –the Pakistani Sufi tradition of Qawwali and Spanish Flamenco.

Recorded live at the Fes Festival of Sacred Music, Morocco, in June 2005, and originally released in 2006, this special two-disc set is available once again. On it, the great Faiz Ali Faiz and his Qawwali Ensemble blend their art with that of Flamenco singers Miguel Poveda and Juan “Duquende” Cortes and guitarist Juan “Chicuelo” Gomez.

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WORLD

DECEMBER 2013

Souleymane

IMPORT File in: World / Africa Debademba is a group formed from the magical encounter of two fellow musicians: guitarist and Price Code: A18 inventive beat master Abdoulaye Traoré from (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98) Burkina Faso and Malian singer Mohamed Diaby, a charismatic griot. These colorful characters are, like the other members of the group, Parisian Africans who are very prominent on the capital’s cosmopolitan live music scene. The kind of music they make is modern and explosive, drawing from afrobeat, highlife and mbalax styles, with hints of Mandinka music mixed in, all combined with strong blues elements and the occasional nod to rock.

Souleymane is a powerful manifesto and an invitation to celebrate.

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Brut de Bratsch – 1973-2013 Bratsch World Village • 479085

3 CDs for the Price of 2 INCLUDES BONUS DVD

IMPORT File in: World / Gypsy To celebrate Bratsch’s fortieth anniversary, World Village has compiled a superb anthology Price Code: 2A18 (3 CDs for the Price of 2 + Bonus DVD, that includes not only the band’s most famous pieces but also many rarities. In addition Suggested Retail Price: $37.98) to the set’s three CDs and fascinating and comprehensive booklet, there is also a bonus DVD included, filled with unpublished performances and other archival materials. Brut de Bratsch explores two key aspects of the band’s musical vision. They are both pioneers of world fusion and an independent, militant group for whom music and commitment have always been at the center of their art.

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