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SEPTEMBER 2014 | NEW RELEASES

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Anyone familiar with the immortal 1967 EMI recording of Fauré’s Requiem by The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge knows the group has a longstanding affinity with this glorious work. The choir’s latest account of the Requiem features a reconstruction of the original performance (p.19). From The Imperial Court, a fascinating new release from the superb chamber choir Stile Antico, focuses on music written for the house of Hapsburg (p.9). Violinist James Ehnes is joined by members of the Seattle Chamber Music Society for an album of music by 20th century American composers (p.23). Two chamber groups make their harmonia mundi débuts this month. Camerata Pacifica performs music by American composer John Harbison (p.10) and the ensemble Gli incogniti plays French Baroque music

by Couperin (p.8). Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras returns to the spotlight with a set of the complete sonatas of Beethoven (p.7). Stephen Osborne, one of Hyperion’s unbeatable lineup of star pianists, plays sonatas by Medtner and Rachmaninov (p.15). Cello and piano are also featured in two concerto recordings, with cellist Natalie Clein playing Saint-Saëns (p.16) and pianist Simon Trpceski playing Tchaikovsky (p.22). Valery Gergiev also completes his Brahms symphony cycle for LSO Live (p.20).

On his third release for Jazz Village, the great Ahmad Jamal, joined by his old friend Yusef Lateef, is featured in a live double album and DVD (p.29). Brazilian Márcio Faraco’s Cajueiro marks his first release for World Village (p.33). Just in time for the film’s fall release, Howe Records presents the soundtrack to David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, featuring a score written by composer Howard Shore (p.27).

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IN THE PRESS Vaughan Williams: Blake Songs Mark Padmore, Britten Sinfonia harmonia mundi • HMU 807566

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Monteverdi: Madrigals Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion • CDA 68019

Donizetti: Belisario BBC Symphony, Sir Mark Elder Opera Rara • ORC 49

Accent Delphian Dutton Frémeaux harmonia mundi Hyperion King’s College LSO Live Mirare Onyx Orange Mountain Praga Testament

“This Belisario is an impressive achievement.”

—OPERA NEWS

“Beautifully blended performances of rich sonority and smoothness.”

“Mark Padmore is an interpreter who illuminates mainstream repertoire...”

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COMING NEXT MONTH Tony Allen’s Film of Life Film of Life Tony Allen Jazz Village • 570032

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For his tenth album, Tony Allen, the prince of Afrobeat, has pulled out all the stops. At his side are French producers The Jazzbastards and fellow worldclass musicians including Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, The Good the Bad & the Queen, Blur). With Film of Life, Allen has has produced an album that has the ring of a true self-portrait, offering an overview of his rich and exemplary career that brings together bebop, Afrobeat jazz and psychedelic pop.

Tel: (800) 634-0674 x1509 Email: media-usa@harmoniamundi.com Editor-in-chief: Matthew Owen Design: Stephanie Jacobson

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TELEMANN Concertos & Suites

IMPORT Given the frequency of performances and recordings of his music today, it is hard to imagine that prior to 1970, Telemann’s music was not held Price Code: A22 in high esteem. It is thanks to the pioneering work (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) of groups like La Petite Bande that listeners today can enjoy the rich bounty of Telemann’s music. This recording of a varied selection of his concertos and suites with recorder features soloist Bart Coen.

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Bart Coen (recorder) La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken Accent • ACC 24288

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Serenissima Music from Renaissance Europe on Venetian Viols

IMPORT The Rose Consort of Viols took their inspiration for Serenissima from viol-maker Richard Jones’s reconstruction of a Venetian instrument by Price Code: A19 Francesco Linarol. On it they trace a path from the (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) viol’s northern Italian origins to England, where it found a particularly welcome home at the turn of the 1600s. During this period, a work by one composer might become the subject of ingenious contrapuntal treatments and exciting new dance genres emerged.

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Rose Consort of Viols Delphian • DCD 34149

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DAMASE Symphonie, Piano Concerto No.2, Concertino, Flute Concerto

IMPORT The charming music of French composer JeanMichel Damase has been unjustly neglected. Martin Yates’s exploration of his music for Dutton is a Price Code: A22 triumph, revealing an appealing composer in the (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) vein of Poulenc and Honegger. Ashley Wass plays the Piano Concerto No.2 and Concertino, and Anna Noakes plays the melodic and graceful Flute Concerto. Completing the disc is the Symphonie of 1952.

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SULLIVAN On Shore and Sea, Kenilworth Sally Silver (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Nico Darmanin (tenor), Donald Maxwell (bass-baritone), John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Northwest, Richard Bonynge Dutton • CDLX 7310 IMPORT Arthur Sullivan’s cantata On Shore and Sea and the earlier masque Kenilworth are two scores all lovers of Gilbert & Sullivan will revel in. Already the master Price Code: A22 of the charming aria, catchy number and delightful (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) chorus, we can share with Sullivan’s first audiences the rare pleasure of early works by the future superstar of Victorian music. Under the authoritative direction of Richard Bonynge, Sullivan’s music is vibrantly restored.

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Ashley Wass (piano), Anna Noakes (flute) BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates Dutton • CDLX 7309

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Light Music Vol.4 FOULDS The Vision of Dante Prelude, Saint Joan Suite, Lento e Scherzetto, Puppet Ballet Suite, Hippolytus Prelude, Carnival

IMPORT The fourth volume of Dutton’s exploration of John Foulds’s light music led by conductor Ronald Corp contains many delightful discoveries. It features Price Code: A22 the surviving two movements of his second Cello (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) Concerto, the première recording of the Prelude from his Wagnerian epic The Vision of Dante, the atmospheric suite from George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan and the Prelude to Euripides’s tragedy Hippolytus.

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MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto in E (completed by Martin Yates) CHOPIN Grand Concerto (Piano Concerto No.1) Orchestrated by Balakirev Victor Sangiorgio (piano), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates Dutton • CDLX 7312

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo Dutton’s first recording with the Royal Northern Sinfonia features pianist Victor Sangiorgio in Price Code: A22 two Romantic concertos. However, there is a twist (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) to both: one is Martin Yates’s realization of the surviving fragments of Mendelssohn’s unfinished Piano Concerto in E and the other is Balakirev’s orchestration of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1. Not surprisingly, Balakirev brings a decidedly Russian flavor to Chopin’s sound-world.

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BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp Dutton • CDLX 7311

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BOLLING Cinéma Piano Solo 21 Classiques de Claude Bolling

IMPORT Claude Bolling, best known in America for his crossover hits including the Billboard chart topping Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano, is also a major figure in Price Code: A19 European jazz and a man whose highly original film (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) scores have left an indelible mark on the repertoire.

This retrospective features the composer at the piano, playing a selection of music from his scores to Borsalino, Lucky Luke, Le Magnifique and Les Brigades du Tigre.

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Claude Bolling (piano) Frémeaux • FA 8508

BEETHOVEN The Complete String Quartets

IMPORT For over forty years, the world-famous Tokyo String Quartet (1969-2013) was at the forefront of chamber music-making and set the standard Price Code: 2A19 for small-ensemble performance. With some forty (8 SACDs for the Price of 2, landmark recordings to their name, the quartet’s Suggested Retail Price: $39.98) discography culminated in this now legendary final cycle of the complete Beethoven string quartets. This elegantly packaged set of Super Audio CDs is offered at a special low price.

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Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi • HMU 807641

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902183

IMPORT This collection of the complete works for cello and piano by Beethoven featuring cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexander Melnikov includes works that offer a taste of each of the composer’s three stylistic periods. The first sonata and the delightful variations on themes by Handel and Mozart represent his ‘early’ period style, whereas the Op.69 sonata typifies the ‘middle’ period. The two sublime sonatas of Op.102 herald the unprecedented stylistic freedom of the composer’s final decade.

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“Queyras is a commandingly secure and articulate soloist.”

—GRAMOPHONE

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“Melnikov’s pianistic range is something else.”

—HI-Fi News

Also available Beethoven: Piano Trios Opp.70 & 97 harmonia mundi • HMC902125 (3149020212523) “A captivating performance… ” —INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 7

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BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Violoncello & Piano

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Gli incogniti Amandine Beyer harmonia mundi • HMC 902193

IMPORT The ensemble Gli incogniti, led by Amandine Beyer, makes their harmonia mundi début with this album of chamber music by François Couperin. When he published his twin Apothéoses in memory of two great masters of music in 1724-25, Couperin was asserting his desire to promote a meeting of the French and Italian styles – from a very Gallic point of view, naturally. But, far from blindly imitating his idols, Couperin takes inspiration from these styles and arrives at a blend that takes the best from both.

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“Beyer’s playing is outstanding for her consistently sensitive delivery - finely chiselled in details but always organic with a keen ear for the music’s broader harmonic direction.”

—GRAMOPHONE

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COUPERIN Apothéoses

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Stile Antico harmonia mundi • HMU 807595

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Whether they are performing at the BBC Proms or alongside rock icon Sting, the members of Stile Antico blend musical passion with a clarity and technical finesse that never disappoints. The Hapsburgs, who at their peak ruled much of Europe and established the first truly global empire, are the inspiration for the group’s latest release entitled From the Imperial Court. The story of this powerful dynasty is told through works by composers including Gombert, Lobo, Isaac and Morales.

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ADVANCE REVIEW “A beautiful disc. Their voices are seamless.”

—THE BUFFALO NEWS

Also available The Phoenix Rising harmonia mundi • HMU 807572 (093046757267) “A beautifully sung program of Tudor church music...”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES 9

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From the Imperial Court Music for the House of Hapsburg

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Camerata Pacifica harmonia mundi • HMU 907619

IMPORT John Harbison is one of the most celebrated and wide-ranging American composers of our time. This collection from harmonia mundi, performed by the American chamber ensemble Camerata Pacifica, explores several facets of Harbison’s music. His abiding interest in jazz, folksong and hymns is exemplified by Songs America Loves to Sing. It is paired with the Four Songs of Solitude for solo violin and the world premiere recording of his String Trio, which was commissioned by Camerata Pacifica.

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“Internationally sourced musicianship, smart programming, daring experimentation, and culled renewed inspiration from neglected canonical corners.”

—THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

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HARBISON String Trio, Four Songs of Solitude, Songs America Loves to Sing

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Les Arts Florissants William Christie harmonia mundi • HMX 2908700 IMPORT This specially-priced boxed set from harmonia mundi celebrates the great French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau on the 250th anniversary of his death. Rameau’s music continues to fascinate the musical scene the world over, as is witnessed by numerous recent productions of his operas. But Rameau also owes a good part of his current popularity to the passionate advocacy of William Christie. This deluxe boxed set includes all the Rameau recordings Christie made for harmonia mundi with his ensemble Les Arts Florissants in the 1980s and 1990s. Many are still benchmarks, and together they stand as a fitting monument to both composer and conductor.

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“Without Christie, it is unlikely that the perfume, the drama, the eloquence of French music of the ancien régime would be appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic in the way it is now.”

—THE FINANCIAL TIMES 11

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RAMEAU Les Indes galantes, Castor & Pollux, Pièces de Clavecin, Nouvelles Suites de pièces de clavecin, Anacréon, Pygmalion, Nélée & Myrthis

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a new series from harmonia mundi

CAVALLI Giasone

MENDELSSOHN Elias

MONTEVERDI Selva morale

Concerto Vocale René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMY 2921282

Chapelle Royale Philippe Herreweghe harmonia mundi • HMY 2921463

Cantus Cölln Konrad Junghänel harmonia mundi • HMY 2921718

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Heritage...

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Heritage offers a new lease of life to a careful selection of recordings of major productions that have helpd to establish the sterling reputation of the harmonia mundi label. Featuring major artists such as René Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe, Heritage releases will include operas, oratorios and large-scale projects of every kind, presented in full. Available at a exceptionally low prices, these elegantly packaged sets will have online-only access to sung texts and libretti.

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Freiburger Barockorchester René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMY 2921742

Freiburger Barockorchester René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMY 2921796

Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe harmonia mundi • HMY 2921831

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HANDEL Arias

IMPORT Hyperion presents a vocal tour-de-force from one of today’s finest mezzo-sopranos, Alice Coote.

Accompanied by The English Concert and Harry Price Code: A19 Bicket (in their Hyperion label début), Coote (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) performs a selection of Handel’s greatest arias. She employs an extraordinary range of vocal and dramatic color to produce triumphant and moving interpretations of these masterpieces. Handel’s Italian operas are represented by Alcina, Ariodante, Radamisto and Giulio Cesare. Coote’s performances of selections from the English oratorio Hercules are a special highlight.

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BYRD The Three Masses, Ave verum corpus The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker Hyperion • CDA 68038

IMPORT This new recording from Martin Baker and the Westminster Cathedral Choir features the three masses of William Byrd, paired with the Latin Price Code: A19 hymn Ave verum corpus. The album celebrates (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Byrd’s Catholic liturgical music in two ways. Most obviously, it addresses great and timeless works. But at the same time it reminds us that the revival of Byrd’s music in the late nineteenth century was pioneered by Roman Catholic church choirs. The recording celebrates a revival of Catholic choral traditions no less than it celebrates the works themselves.

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Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) The English Concert, Harry Bicket Hyperion • CDA 67979

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Steven Osborne (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67936 IMPORT Steven Osborne has become increasingly admired for his performances and recordings of Russian Romantic piano music. Here he presents an impressive selection from two masters who lived and worked contemporaneously. Medtner’s Sonata Romantica was the twelfth of his fourteen piano sonatas. It stands as a virtual manifesto for the composer’s art. The recording’s other major work, Rachmaninov’s Piano Sonata No.2, is a great Romantic showpiece. Osborne’s interpretation brings out all the work’s power and majesty.

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“Each new Steven Osborne release seems to guarantee world-class pianism, intelligent musicianship, and interpretations that never take composers for granted.”

—CLASSICS TODAY

Also available Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition Hyperion • CDA 67896 (034571178967) “Osborne never takes a work into the studio until he truly has something to say about it – and that’s markedly the case here.”

—GRAMOPHONE 15

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MEDTNER Sonata Romantica, Skazki RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No.2, Variations on a Theme of Corelli

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Natalie Clein (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze Hyperion • CDA 68002 IMPORT On volume five of Hyperion’s impressive Romantic Cello Concerto series, Natalie Clein performs works for cello and orchestra by Camille SaintSaëns. The first concerto has always been one of Saint-Saëns’s most popular pieces. It is a gloriously playful piece that carries the listener along on a melodic and emotional roller coaster. The second concerto is less familiar to most listeners. Extremely difficult for the soloist, Clein surmounts its challenges with the marvelous technique, musicianship and the passion for which she has become so well known.

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“Natalie Clein is an exceptionally polished player and a highly sensitive, musically intelligent artist.”

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—FANFARE

Previous release in the series The Romantic Cello Concerto Vol.4 Hyperion • CDA 67906 (034571179063) “Alban Gerhardt is an unfailingly charismatic soloist... and the orchestral support is first-rate.”

—GRAMOPHONE 16

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The Romantic Cello Concerto Vol.5 SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2, La muse et le poète, Allegro appassionato, Le cygne

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) Hyperion • CDJ 33125

IMPORT Graham Johnson is both accompanist and curator of this series that presents the entire piano-accompanied songs and vocal works of Johannes Brahms. Each recital disc represents a different journey through the repertoire (and thus through Brahms’s life). This fifth volume presents the songs of Op.33, the composer’s only true song cycle.

A full exploration of this intriguing music is to be found in Graham Johnson’s erudite booklet notes. The vocal soloist is the winner of the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Christopher Maltman.

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“He’s the possessor of one of the most gorgeous baritones around, and an interpreter of real sensitivity.”

—OPERA NEWS

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Previous release in the series Brahms: The Complete Songs Vol.4 Hyperion • CDJ 33124 (034571131245) “Holl’s voice is rich, true and resonant. He uses it simply, without self-conscious artifice.”

—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 17

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The Complete Songs Vol.5 BRAHMS Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone Op.33

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CATOIRE Piano Music

IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 67090 (034571170909) Deleted July 2010 This mid-priced Helios series reissue features Price Code: A11 pianist Marc-André Hamelin performing music (Suggested Retail Price: $11.98)

by Russian composer Georgy Catoire. Catoire was one of a large number of composers who flourished in pre-Revolutionary Russia at the turn of the twentieth century.

Primarily a miniaturist, most of his pieces can be described as mood pictures, using sophisticated harmonic structures that give his style an especially cosmopolitan feel.

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WALLACE Creation Symphony, Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Prelude to The Eumenides BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion • CDH 55465

IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 66987 (034571169873) Deleted July 2013 Prior to the making of this recording in 1997, no one Price Code: A11 had performed Wallace’s Creation Symphony for nearly (Suggested Retail Price: $11.98) a hundred years. In the history of the symphony in Britain, the work, which guides listeners through the first few verses of the Book of Genesis, is unprecedented in its scope and daring.

Wallace’s Pelléas and Mélisande Suite is a work of heart-on-sleeve passion, and yet both this suite and the equally rewarding Prelude to The Eumenides remain virtually unknown.

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Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55425

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FAURÉ Requiem, Messe Basse, Cantique de Jean Racine Tom Pickard (treble), Gerald Finley (baritone) The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Stephen Cleobury King’s College • KGS 0005 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Under the direction of Stephen Cleobury, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment present the first recording of Marc Rigaudière’s reconstruction of the first complete liturgical performance of Fauré’s Requiem. Their performance faithfully recreates the 1889 premiere, even using the same organ stops as those available at the Cathedrale de Ste. Madeleine in Paris. Baritone Gerald Finley and treble Tom Pickard are the vocal soloists. Also included are the Cantique de Jean Racine, heard here in its original version for choir and organ, and the Messe Basse for high voices, sung by the sixteen choristers of the choir.

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Also available Mozart: Requiem King’s College • KGS 0002 (822231700227) “Eminently recommendable.”

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] BRAHMS Symphonies Nos.3 & 4

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD With this release, Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their acclaimed Brahms cycle. Brahms is often associated with the idea of abstract music, free of programmatic content. However, the Symphony No.3 is in many ways his most personal symphony. Brahms was a fifty-year-old bachelor who declared himself to be Frei aber froh, “Free but Happy.” A motto comprising the notes F–A–F can be heard throughout the work. His Symphony No.4, composed at a mountain retreat in 1884, employs sophisticated Baroque contrapuntal and harmonic techniques and modal harmonies.

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“Valery Gergiev strides on stage, throws down the gauntlet, and accomplishes a coup, declaring himself a major new Brahms interpreter to be contended with.”

—FANFARE

Also available Brahms: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 LSO Live • LSO 0733 (822231173328) “Gergiev continues to impress and surprise.”

—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION 20

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London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev LSO Live • LSO 0737

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SCRIABIN Complete Études, Piano Sonata No.7 ‘Messe blanche’ Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) Mirare • MIR 218

mirare IMPORT Grouped together in a number of collections, Scriabin’s Études mark out each stage of his life Price Code: A23 and display both his technical relationship to (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) the keyboard and the evolution of his harmonic language, from the influence of Chopin to atonalism. The seventh of his ten sonatas, entitled Messe blanche, is a high point of his entire output, looking far ahead into the sound world of the 20th century.

On this recording, these fascinating works are offered in probing and virtuosic performances by Andrei Korobeinikov.

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TELEMANN Paris Quartets Les Ombres Mirare • MIR 255

IMPORT After two recordings with Ambronay Editions (which received numerous awards), the baroque ensemble Price Code: A23 Les Ombres makes their début on the Mirare label (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) with an album dedicated to Telemann’s Paris Quartets.

The unusual instrumentation of flute, violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo gives these quartets a unique sound unlike other works of the time. They feature and inventive combination of French dance rhythms and forms, memorable themes and extensive but subtle counterpoint.

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

IMPORT This disc featuring piano concertos by Tchaikovsky marks the Onyx Classics début of Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski. In both his concert appearances and his recordings, Trpčeski has received enthusiastic responses from critics and the public alike. His solo début on EMI received both the Editor’s Choice and Debut Album awards from Gramophone magazine. Also making their first recordings for Onyx are the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vasily Petrenko, who will embark on an Elgar cycle for the label starting in early 2015.

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“There is nothing show-offy about Trpčeski... just a sense of complete command, understanding and enjoyment.”

—THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

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Simon Trpčeski (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko Onyx Classics • ONYX 4135

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] James Ehnes (violin), Seattle Chamber Music Society Onyx Classics • ONYX 4129 IMPORT James Ehnes and friends from the Seattle Chamber Music Society hit the road on a fascinating journey through chamber music by some of the giants of 20th- century American classical music. Aaron Copland’s masterful Violin Sonata, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful and vibrant Piano Trio, and Samuel Barber’s B minor String Quartet with its famous Adagio slow movement (known the world over as Barber’s Adagio) are joined

by Elliott Carter’s haunting Elegy from early in his long career and the otherworldly Largo by that great maverick Charles Ives.

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“A remarkable, penetrating and communicative talent...”

—GRAMOPHONE

Also available Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos.7 & 8 Onyx • ONYX 4121 (880040412120) “Ehnes quite holds us spellbound...”

—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION 23

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American Chamber Music BARBER String Quartet Op.11; BERNSTEIN Piano Trio CARTER Elegy; COPLAND Violin Sonata; IVES Largo

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Landestheater Linz, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies Orange Mountain • OMM 0097

DOMESTIC Philip Glass’s opera Spuren der Verirrten (The Lost) was first performed in April 2013 at the opening of the new Musiktheater am Volksgarten Linz.

The opera is based on a play by the same title by Peter Handke. The production team included Artistic Director Rainer Mennicken, Maestro Dennis Russell Davies and the renowned Bruckner Orchester Linz.

The New York Times described Glass’s score as, “a richly colorful, flowing tapestry of sound.”

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Also available Glass: Galileo Galilei Orange Mountain • OMM 0091 (801837009125) “A first class production in every way...”

—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION 24

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GLASS Spuren der Verirrten (The Lost)

CLASSICAL

SEPTEMBER 2014

JANÁCEK String Quartets Nos.1 & 2, Concertino

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD This exciting and varied program of chamber music by Janácek features the talents of the world Price Code: A24 renowned Prazák Quartet, who are joined by a (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) quartet of their friends to perform the composer’s beloved Concertino. The main works on the album are the two String Quartets, which not only incorporate the tonalities of Czech folk music, but also reflect the rhythms of speech in the Czech language. This super-audio recording from Praga allows all the nuances of the music to be heard with crystal clarity.

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BRAHMS Rhapsodie, Zwei Gesänge, Vier Ernste Gesänge MAHLER Kindertotenlieder GLUCK “Che puro ciel!’ from Orfeo ed Euridice Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter Praga • PRD 350109 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Bi-channel Stereo/ DSD In 1946, the great contralto Kathleen Ferrier made her stage debut at the Glyndebourne Festival in the Price Code: A23 première of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. A year later (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) she made her first appearance as Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. As her reputation grew, Ferrier formed close working relationships with major musical figures, including Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Bruno Walter and the pianist Gerald Moore. This SACD from Praga offers a diverse sampling of her supreme artistry.

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Prazák Quartet Milan Polák (clarinet), Lukás Korínek (bassoon), Jan Voboril (french horn), Slávka Pechoková-Vernerová (piano) Praga • PRD 250301

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SEPTEMBER 2014

WAGNER Die Walküre

IMPORT This release featuring an historic 1961 live performance of Die Walküre at Covent Garden marks the first appearance of Georg Solti on Testament as an opera conductor. It documents the first new production at the Royal Opera House conducted by Solti following his appointment as Musical Director. The recording’s outstanding cast includes Anita Välkki as Brünnhilde, Hans Hotter as Wotan, Claire Watson as Sieglinde and Jon Vickers as Siegmund.

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“Solti was always a dynamic maestro, but it is good to be reminded how deft and flexible he could be.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Claire Watson (soprano), Anita Välkki (soprano), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Georg Solti Testament • SBT4 1495

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SEPTEMBER 2014

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Maps to the Stars Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Howard Shore Howe Records • HWR 1014

DOMESTIC File in: Soundtrack The 2014 film Maps to the Stars connects the savage beauty of writer Bruce Wagner’s Los Angeles with the riveting film making of director David Cronenberg and a stellar ensemble cast to take a tour into the darkly comic heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. The result is a modern Hollywood Gothic at once about the ravenous 21st Century need for fame and validation. Howard Shore’s breathtaking score emphasizes the yearning, loss and fragility that lurk in the shadows underneath.

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Also available Cosmopolis - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Howe Records • HWR 1008 (899158002086) “Alluring and apprehensive, Cosmopolis is an engaging listen.”

—ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PRESS 27

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JAZZ

SEPTEMBER 2014

Phil Woods Quartet Analogue Productions • CPRJ 7018 SA

DOMESTIC Hybrid SACD/ Mono/ DSD File in: Jazz Alto saxophonist Phil Woods had recorded with Price Code: A40 (Suggested Retail Price: $40.98) Jimmy Raney and with his own quintet featuring trumpeter Jon Eardley but this was the first date where he was carrying the load as the lone horn. On Woodlore, Woods is backed by pianist John Williams, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Nick Stabulas. The quartet offers four standards plus a pair of Woods’s originals - “Strollin’ with Pam” and “Woodlore.”

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Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis Quintet Analogue Productions • CPRJ 7129 SA

DOMESTIC Hybrid SACD/ Mono/ DSD File in: Jazz In 1956, the Miles Davis Quintet played two nowPrice Code: A40 (Suggested Retail Price: $40.98) legendary studio sessions that produced four classic albums - Cookin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet, Workin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet and Relaxin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet. The intent was to document the group’s vast live-performance catalog in a studio environment. This elegantly packaged audiophile SACD remaster from Analogue Productions offers listeners the best possible sound quality.

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SEPTEMBER 2014

[PRIORITY RELEASE] Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef Jazz Village • JV 570053

IMPORT 2 CDs + 1 DVD (104 minutes) File in: Jazz This set documents an historic concert that took place in Paris on June 27, 2012. The great Ahmad Jamal, enjoying a return to the jazz charts thanks to his recent releases on Jazz Village, began by playing selections from his album Blue Moon. Then the pianist was joined on stage by the equally legendary Yusef Lateef, who had played with Jamal in the glory days of the Atlantic label. These two artists channeled the past and reinvented the future as they worked their musical magic. The album features two audio discs and a DVD of the complete concert.

“Jamal’s not playing the way he did 60 years ago, now that he’s finished warming up.”

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Also available Saturday Morning Jazz Village • JV 570027 (3149027002325) “Personal, lyrical, interpretive and wonderfully original.”

—JAZZ WEEKLY 29

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Live at the Olympia - June 27, 2012 The Music and The Film of the Complete Concert

JAZZ

SEPTEMBER 2014

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Rodney Green Quartet Live at Smalls

David Berkman Live at Smalls

Frank Lacy Live at Smalls

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DOMESTIC File in: Jazz The son of a Philadelphia preacher and organist, drummer Rodney Green was raised on gospel music. He soon discovered his calling was to play jazz, and has worked with such luminaries as Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis and Herbie Hancock. This release from Smalls Live features Seamus Blake on tenor sax, pianist Luis Perdomo and Joe Sanders on bass. Pianist David Berkman’s live set includes renditions of Johnny Green’s “Body and Soul” and John Lewis’s “Milestones” as well as three tracks penned by Berkman himself. He is backed here by Tom Harrell on trumpet, Ed Howard on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums. After performing countless Tuesday evenings at the club, Frank Lacy makes his long overdue début on Smalls Live. The legendary trombonist and composer is joined by Josh Evans on trumpet, Stacy Dillard on tenor sax, Theo Hill on piano, Rashaan Carter on bass and Kush Abadey on drums. The set includes three songs by Lacy as well as tunes from Freddie Hubbard, George Cables and Charles Fambrough.

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SEPTEMBER 2014

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Peter Bernstein Solo Guitar Live at Smalls

Scott Hamilton Live at Smalls

Johnny O’Neal Live at Smalls

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DOMESTIC File in: Jazz Smalls Live presents the first solo album from Peter Bernstein, hailed by Downbeat as one of the 15 Best Jazz Guitarists in the World.

Recorded over two nights in October, 2012, the album highlights Bernstein’s arrangements of Porter, Monk, Coltrane, Vernon Duke and more. Tenor Scott Hamilton hit the scene on the 70s, playing in the classic style of Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins. In 1977, he recorded his début album for Concord Records, with whom he would have a long recording career. Backed by Rossano Sportiello on piano, Hassan Shakur on bass and Chuck Riggs on drums, this set from Smalls Live is one of Hamilton’s best. Detroit-born pianist and vocalist Johnny O’Neal has owned the Sunday night slot at Smalls Jazz Club for years. This live set features Paul Sikivie on bass and Charles Goold on drums.

It includes classics such as “The More I See You” and “Tea For Two.” O’Neal is a veteran of the New York scene, having worked with jazz greats ranging from Dizzy Gillespie to Nancy Wilson.

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SEPTEMBER 2014

Masters of Flamenco Vol.21

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Masters of Flamenco Vol.22

IMPORT La Paquera de Jerez possessed an agile, powerful voice with a special quality called laína, a falsetto style that is colorful, vibrant and typically Andalucían. As she sings her songs, she invites both new listeners and aficionados to enter an uncontrolled world, like a comet transmitting its energy. Through her songs she offers a fragment of her life story, and a whiff of Jerez, her native city.

La Paquera de Jerez Chant du Monde • 2742359

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Masters of Flamenco Vol.23

IMPORT Canalejas de Puerto Real was a star of the Flamenco scene from his professional début in 1934 until his death in 1966. He played a considerable part in the growth and evolution of flamenco, notably in enhancing the cante por bulería. He follows in the footsteps of great cantaores such as Niño Medinas, Bernardo el de los Lobitos, Manuel Vallejo and La Niña de los Peines.

Canalejas de Puerto Real Chant du Monde • 2742360

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Masters of Flamenco Vol.24

IMPORT With a soft voice and superb vocal range, Pepe Pinto’s image is that of a popular singer. However, even if he is not the embodiment of a pure flamenco singer, he did help to introduce this music to a wide audience. There is an especially theatrical dimension to his performances, whether of flamenco classics, his own compositions or of sentimental songs.

Pepe Pinto Chant du Monde • 2742361

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Porrina de Badajoz Chant du Monde • 2742358

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IMPORT Unquestioned master of the cante gitano, Porrina de Badajoz (born José Salazar Molina) was a prophet only in his own country. He refused to perform anywhere other than in the land of his birth. Porrina had a particularly original approach to the cante, and his singing remains inimitable in its virtuosity, its fullness of tessitura and the range of its vocal palette.

WORLD

SEPTEMBER 2014

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Cajueiro Márcio Faraco World Village • 479100

IMPORT File in: World / South America / Brazil On his album Cajueiro, French-Brazilian Márcio Faraco captures the spirit of the times in words and music - singing to us not only of the realities of the world, but also of his passions and his outlook on life in general. Accompanied by musicians from both France and Brazil, Faraco regales us with tales of his native Brazil, of his beloved Paris and of the ebb and flow of time. Illuminated by flashes of milonga, samba, jazz and xote, his melodies radiate with an air of timeless beauty.

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“Being able to improve on a long-standing tradition requires a lot of courage and artistry. Márcio Faraco seems to have been born with that innate ability.”

—JAZZ TIMES

Also available O Tempo Chant du Monde • 274200 (794881990528) “His talents in crafting words and music are prodigious.”

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