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AUGUST 2015 | NEW RELEASES

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One of the world’s top harpsichord and fortepiano performers, Andreas Staier’s musical mastery has made an indelible mark on the interpretation of baroque, classical and romantic repertoire. This month, Staier is the featured soloist on a revelatory new recording from harmonia mundi of Harpsichord Concertos by J.S. Bach. Concertos by Henri Herz are the focus of the latest installment (volume 66!) of Hyperion’s unflaggingly popular Romantic Piano Concerto series. These delightful works are performed

by Howard Shelley, who leads the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard. On his second recording for harmonia mundi, Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko plays Piano Concertos by Grieg and Saint-Saëns. Following up on his Delphian recording of solo works by Britten, cellist Philip Higham’s latest release features the six unaccompanied suites of J.S. Bach. Beethoven is on the program for both Angela Hewitt, who offers listeners volume five in her acclaimed series of Beethoven Piano Sonata recordings for Hyperion, and for the Jerusalem Quartet, who have recorded the String Quartets of Op.18 for harmonia mundi. The wonderfully pure voices of the Orlando Consort are heard in a new Hyperion recording of works by Renaissance composer Loyset Compère. Contemporary music lovers will appreciate harmonia mundi’s new release of works by Peruvian composer Jimmy Lopez and SFS Media’s recording of works by American composer John Adams. Non classical releases are headlined by a CD and DVD set featuring Ravi Shankar’s farewell concert, recorded live in Bangalore, India.

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COMING NEXT MONTH Schumann: Piano Concerto & Trio Alexander Melnikov harmonia mudi • HMC 902198

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Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico Rachel Podger Channel • CCS SA 36515

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Naked Lunch – Soundtrack Howard Shore Howe Records • HWR 1017

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Volume Two of HM’s Schumann Trilogy On volume two in this series of complete recordings of Schumann’s concertos and trios, pianist Alexander Melnikov offers interpretations that respect the subtleties and transparency of the composer’s writing. Pablo Heras-Casado guides the Freiburger Barockorchester through a fresh approach to one of the finest concertos in the repertory and uncovers music as poetic as it is moving.

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SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire

Belvedere • 10130 IMPORT 91 Minutes/ Region 0/ Dolby Digital 5.1/ 16:9 Aspect The 2011 Salzburg Festival hosted pianist Mitsuko Uchida, actress Barbara Sukowa and a hand-picked international ensemble, who performed Schönberg Pierrot Lunaire for its centennial with exemplary energy and finesse, acclaimed as a climactic moment by the audience and critiques alike. Along with the live concert recording, a documentary film was made during the rehearsals at Schloss Elmau an in Salzburg on the work’s historical, contextual and musical exegesis.

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Recently released Wagner: Die Feen Belvedere • 10129 (4280000101297) 3

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Barbara Sukowa (vocals), Marina Piccinini (flute), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Mark Steinberg (violin), Clemens Hagen (cello), Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

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BRAHMS Die schöne Magelone Op.33

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Peter Schreier (tenor), András Schiff (piano), Gert Westphal (speaker) Belvedere • 08001

IMPORT Brahms’s 1869 song cycle Die Schöne Magelone is based on a quasi-medieval novella by Ludwig Tieck about a Provençal knight- and his love Price Code: 2A17 for the beautiful maiden Magelone. As the (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $35.98) songs alone leave much of the story untold, this version employs a speaker to place each one in context. Originally recorded in September 1997, this set features the great tenor Peter Schreier, accompanied by pianist András Schiff. Speaker Gert Westphal expresses the innocence of the fairy tale and captures the flavor of Tieck’s archaic literary language perfectly.

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IMPORT Gramophone Magazine wrote that David Wilde’s playing on Volume 2 “scorns all easy facility,” presenting Chopin not as the familiar Price Code: A19 salon dandy but as “an epic, gnarled and rugged (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) genius shaking his fist at the universe with all the defiance of King Lear.” Wilde’s extraordinary Chopin journey continues with Volume 3. On it, his Chopin playing is the radical expressive outcome of a lifetime’s involvement with this inexhaustible composer.

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CHOPIN Wilde Plays Chopin Vol.3 David Wilde (piano) Delphian • DCD 34159

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] BACH Suites for Solo Cello

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IMPORT Philip Higham’s début recording of Benjamin Britten’s three solo suites won acclaim across the board, including Disc of the Month accolades from both Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine.

For his recording of the Bach Suites, Higham returned to Anna Magdalena Bach’s manuscript copy of the works, recently the object of some controversy. For Higham, however, the manuscript is not a provocation to speculation over authorship but to return to interpretations that are broadly and deeply conceived. Not afraid to question received wisdom, Higham’s thoughtful yet daring approach also leads him to combine elements of period and modern style both in his playing and in his choice of instruments – a 1697 cello for the first five suites and a 2013 five-string instrument to bring out the extraordinary range of colors with which Bach invested the crowning Sixth.

“His formidable mastery is lightly worn, and he exudes an invigorating sense of freedom.”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Also available Britten: Suites for Solo Cello Delphian • DCD 34125 “Listening to Higham playing these suites is like looking through a clear pane of glass at the music...”

—THE STRAD 5

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Philip Higham (cello) Delphian • DCD 34150

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Jerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi • HMC 902207

IMPORT “Only now have I learnt how to write quartets properly.” So wrote Beethoven in 1801, having just finished his first set of string quartets at the surprisingly advanced age of 30. The competition of Haydn and Mozart must have been intimidating for the young composer.

Performed here by the Jerusalem Quartet, these six String Quartets Op.18 already display much boldness and originality, from the dramatic echoes of Romeo & Juliet in No.1, to the astonishing programmatic finale of No.6, “La Malinconia.”

“This group plays everything well.”

—PS TRACKS

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Also available Janácek & Smetana: String Quartets harmonia mundi • HMC 902178 (3149020217825) “The Jerusalem Quartet has ample reserves of poison as well as poise… An imposing release.”

—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 6

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BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op.18

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Freiburger Barockorchester harmonia mundi • HMC 902181

IMPORT J.S. Bach’s seven fabulously inventive concertos for solo harpsichord and orchestra mark a key stage in the history of the concertante form.

The set was compiled during Bach’s Leipzig years, when he directed the city’s Collegium Musicum, and requires unfailing virtuosity and imagination of its performers. In the interpretations of Andreas Staier and the Freiburger Barockorchester, these works come alive again in joyful readings that are sure to delight.

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“It’s ironic how it often takes an old instrument to give you a new perspective on familiar music, especially when Andreas Staier’s in charge.”

—CLASSICS TODAY

Also available C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Concertos harmonia mundi • HMC 902083 (794881984626) “The performances are deliciously crisp, stylish, and full of spirited dialogue...”

—HERALD-TRIBUNE 7

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BACH Harpsichord Concertos

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Vadym Kholodenko (piano) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya harmonia mundi • HMU 907629 IMPORT 2013 Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko is the featured soloist in this spectaular recording of the Grieg Concerto in A minor and the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2. Kholodenko is partnered with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

“The guts of a true superartist.”

—SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE

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Also available 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Gold Medal harmonia mundi • HMU 907605 (093046760526) ”It’s easy to hear how Vadym Kholodenko’s extrovert temperament and big technique earned him first prize.”

—GRAMOPHONE 8

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GRIEG Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.2

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Jesús Castro-Balbi (cello) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya harmonia mundi • HMU 907628

IMPORT Award-winning composer Jimmy López was recently hailed by The Chicago Sun-Times as, “one of the most interesting young composers working anywhere today.” On this exciting release from harmonia mundi, Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in América Salvaje, Synesthésie, Perú Negro and Lord of the Air — a 2012 cello concerto featuring Jesús Castro-Balbi.

All four orchestral works included here are being commercially released for the first time.

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“López is one of the most interesting young composers anywhere today.”

—THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

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LÓPEZ Perú Negro, Synesthésie, Lord of the Air, América Salvaje

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BACH St. Matthew Passion

DELALANDE Complete Symphonies

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Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe harmonia mundi • HMY 2921155

Simphonie du Marais Hugo Reyne harmonia mundi • HMY 2921337

Concerto Vocale René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMY 2921515

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Heritage series

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

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VISÉE Complete Works for Guitar

Cappella Coloniensis Andreas Spering harmonia mundi • HMY 2921826

Concerto Köln René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMY 2921877

Rafael Andia (guitar) harmonia mundi • HMY 2928464

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68086

IMPORT Angela Hewitt has been much praised in her earlier recordings of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and now turns her passion and scholarship to four more works spanning the composer’s career, the Piano Sonatas Ops.2, 10, 78 and 110. As ever, Angela’s accompanying notes provide fascinating insights into both the music and her performances.

“Few greater ongoing ways exist to encounter Beethoven’s piano world than Hewitt’s series.”

—THE BUFFALO NEWS

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Also available Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.4 Hyperion • CDA 67974 (034571179742) “Intelligent passion and decisive clarity.”

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BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol.5 Piano Sonatas Opp.2, 10, 78 & 110

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Howard Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Hyperion • CDA 68100 IMPORT Henri Herz was a phenomenon in 1830s Paris and 1940s America, but today his music is mostly forgotten. He wrote eight piano concertos, one of which was lost. Concertos 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 appear across two previous volumes of the Romantic Piano Concertos series. Here, Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra put on their finest dancing shoes to complete the cycle with Piano Concerto No.2 (the one with which Herz conquered America in 1846) and three extended fantasies.

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“A brilliant pianist and consummate musician...”

—FANFARE

Previous release in the series Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.65 Hyperion • CDA 67918 (034571179186) “Impeccably recorded, all the performances by Melani Mestre and the BBC Scottish Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins are of an unfaltering fluency and stylistic command. An irrepressible performance.”

—GRAMOPHONE 13

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Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.66 HERZ Piano Concerto No.2, Grande Fantaisie Militaire, Variations on the March from Rossini’s ‘Otello,’ Grande Polonaise Brillante

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] COMPÈRE Magnificat, Motets & Chansons

IMPORT The Orlando Consort’s third recording for Hyperion turns to the music of Loyset Compère, a composer the group first investigated some twenty years ago. In the intervening decades musicological research has elevated this composer from also-ran outsider to something of a trailblazer. For example, the wonderfully complex Magnificat recorded here, is now thought to predate the masterworks of Josquin by some fifteen years. A gorgeous selection of motets and chansons further charts this period of radical musical experimentation.

“The artistic merits of the Orlando Consort are legendary...”

—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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Also available Machaut: The Dart of Love Hyperion Records • CDA 68008 (034571280691)

“One marvels at their trademark exquisite balance and their ability to reveal even the most complex of Machaut’s structures with enviable agreement and ensemble.”

—EARLY MUSIC TODAY

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Orlando Consort Hyperion • CDA 68069

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Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies Orange Mountain • OMM 0101

DOMESTIC Orange Mountain Music presents the world première recording of Philip Glass’s Symphony No.10 performed by the Bruckner Orchester Price Code: A19 Linz under the direction of Dennis Russell (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Davies. Following the grand sweep and large canvas of Glass’s Symphony No.9, this work is set in five shorter movements, and is a compact tour-de-force. The composer’s 2012 Concert Overture was written as a celebratory piece to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The rousing overture is featured here in its world première recording.

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The Kitchen Improvises 1976-1983 The Kitchen Archives Vol.6 Various Artists Orange Mountain • OMM 0088

DOMESTIC The Kitchen Improvises 1976-1983 (Kitchen Archives Vol.6) continues the Orange Mountain Music label’s series of archive recordings from Price Code: A19 The Kitchen. The disc features music by Earl (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Howard, Gerry Hemingway, Roscoe Mitchell, Oliver Lake, George Lewis and more.

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GLASS Symphony No.10, Concert Overture

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Ludovico Einaudi Ponderosa • DVD 04

IMPORT DVD PAL; 68 Minutes; Stereo; All zones; 16:9 Aspect Ludovico Einaudi’s album In A Time Lapse was composed over a period of two years and recorded in October 2012 in a monastery near Verona. Epic and emotional as his best-selling album Divenire, experimental and adventurous as Nightbook, In A Time Lapse goes further by incorporating baroque and Italian folk music, late romantic strings textures, and a wide variety of colors through percussion and electronics. This live DVD (available in PAL format only) is taken from Einaudi’s 2014 album tour. It returns both music and composer to Verona, where this glorious music was born.

“It’s not hard to understand why Ludovico Einaudi is one of the world’s most successful living composers.”

—THE INDEPENDENT

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Also available Einaudi: In A Time Lapse Ponderosa • CD 105 (8030482001167)

“The Italian composer strikes gold once more with a haunting combination of dreamlike piano tunes and busy orchestral soundscapes.”

—CLASSIC FM

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EINAUDI Live In Verona In A Time Lapse Tour

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Emil Gilels (piano) Praga • PRD 250309 IMPORT Pianist Emil Gilels, like his countryman Sviatoslav Richter, enjoyed visiting Mozart’s beloved city of Prague. Here they felt free to set Price Code: A24 aside their Slavic repertoire in order to pay him (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) tribute. In this latest addition to Praga’s Genuine Stereo Lab series, Gilels plays a Mozart sonata coupled with Brahms’s early Ballades and late Fantasias.

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BRAHMS Symphony No.4 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky Praga • PRD 350111

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD This release in Praga’s Reminiscences series of SACD remasterings of classic recordings features Price Code: A23 the great Russian conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) leading the Leningrad Philharmonic in recordings of two masterpieces of the Romantic repertoire. Brahms’s refined and intellectually complex Symphony No.4 is paired with the rich, heart-onsleeve passion of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 – one of the composer’s best loved works.

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] ADAMS Absolute Jest, Grand Pianola Music

DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony join forces with America’s most-performed living composer John Adams for an album featuring two works written for the San Francisco Symphony. In the world première recording of Absolute Jest, we hear Adams’s inspired and witty take on Beethoven’s spirited scherzos and in Grand Pianola Music, led here by John Adams, we revel in tongue-in-cheek allusions to Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto. Both works speak to the deeply personal and vital relationship of some of the top musicians of our time.

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“Adams is one of those contemporary voices we all need to hear and keep hearing.”

—THE GUARDIAN

Also available Adams: Harmonielehre, Short Ride in a Fast Machine SFS Media • SFS 0053 (821936005323) “The performance finds Thomas and the orchestra at their most powerful and sure-footed...”

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San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, John Adams SFS Media • SFS 0063

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WAGNER Götterdämmerung Act III

IMPORT On September 6th, 1963 the Proms presented a concert to mark the 150th anniversary of Wagner’s birth that included the entire third act of Price Code: A20 Götterdämmerung. Georg Solti led the Orchestra (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) of the Royal Opera House for what was in effect a dress rehearsal for a new production of the complete Götterdämmerung which was to be staged at the Royal Opera House a few days later. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, this performance of Act III featured Birgit Nilsson as Brunhilde and Wolfgang Windgassen as Siegfried.

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Piano Works by Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky & Rachmaninov Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano) Testament • SBT3 1509

IMPORT Pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch won the Anton Rubinstein Prize when he was just 9 years old.

He captivated audiences with his elegance Price Code: 2A19 and virtuosity. This three disc set contains (3 CDs for the Price of 2, Suggested Retail Price: $39.98) performances of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.21, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and more. But the real gem here is the disc of previously unpublished interviews given during the 1950s including the audio from a televised interview on Words and Music with Jack Payne that includes a performance of Chopin’s Ballade No.3.

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Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Georg Solti Testament • SBT 1506

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PELZEL Sempiternal Lock-in Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke Sylvian Cambreling, Peter Hirsch Wergo • WER 6415

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KREISLER Complete Works for Piano Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Andreas Reiner (violin), Sherri Jones (piano) Wergo • WER 7317

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VASKS Sala, Musica appassionata, Credo Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Atvars Lakstigala Wergo • WER 7323

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IMPORT These three discs exemplify both the quality and the imagination of the contemporary music label Wergo. The first, featuring music

by Swiss composer Michael Pelzel played by the Austrian ensemble Klangforum Wien, explores the composer’s unique and colorful sound world. The second release presents classical music by the legendary cabaret performer Georg Kreisler, better known for his unparalleled catalog of chansons. Completing the trio of releases is a selection of orchestral music by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks performed by the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Atvars Lakstigala.

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Olivier Ker Ourio Bonsaï • BON 150501

IMPORT File in: Jazz Hailed by critics as the successor to Toots Thielemans, Olivier Ker Ourio is not only a Price Code: A22 sought after soloist but also a brilliant composer (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) and inspired leader. Expressive and warm, his music emphasizes emotion and goes straight to the heart. Originally from Reunion island, Ker Ourio’s music blends local flavor with elements of traditional jazz. L’Orkès Péï explores the opulent multicultural traditions of the Indian Ocean, mixing instruments, melodies, rhythms and memories from Africa, Europe and the Americas.

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Raphaël Imbert Jazz Village • JV 33570085

IMPORT 180 Gram Vinyl (10”) File in: Jazz Providing a foretaste of his album Music Is My Price Code: A15 Home, Raphaël Imbert offers listeners Prologue, (Suggested Retail Price: $15.98) a 10’’ collector’s edition vinyl EP. Alongside emblematic musicians (Big Ron Hunter, Alabama Slim, etc.) and young upcoming French stars (first and foremost Anne Paceo), the saxophonist takes on the role of a top-notch ethno-musicologist, escorting us along the roads of the American deep south. With an unparalleled knowledge of groove, he comes within touching distance of the roots of blues, jazz and soul.

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Music is my Home, Prologue

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Upriver

IMPORT File in: Jazz Having already carved out a niche for himself on the French jazz scene (working with Sandra Nkaké, Henri Texier and others), pianist Armel Dupas has flung open the doors to his universe. His début album reads like a personal diary in which, swathed in subtle electro sounds, the pages are made up of pastel melodies, minimalist motifs and snatches of the soundtrack to imaginary films. Not just an inspired performer, Dupas is also a composer of rare talent, possessed with strong improvisational skills and a deep sense of emotion.

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Also available featuring Armel Dupas Gotta do it Bonsaï • BON 120502 (3149028020021)

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Armel Dupas Jazz Village • JV 570086

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Angel’s Blows

IMPORT File in: Jazz Saxophonist Dimitri Grechi Espinosa’s solo album Angel’s Blows is the fruit of many years of study on the relationship between sound and space, and on the spiritual significance of their connection.

Espinosa recorded his “prayers in sound” live at the Baptistery of St. Giovanni, in one of the most spiritually significant piazzas in Christendom. The Baptistery is, in fact, the perfect acoustic architectural setting for bringing music back to its original function of “dialogue” with the sacred, without distinctions of creed or culture. Through his music Espinosa promotes awareness of oneself and others, in the presence of the unity that holds the cosmic order together.

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“One of the most original musicians.”

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Dimitri Grechi Espinosa Ponderosa • CD 129

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar East Meets West • EMWM 1014

DOMESTIC File in: World / India On February 7, 2012, two months before his 92nd birthday, Ravi Shankar performed with his daughter Anoushka at the sold-out Bangaluru Palace Grounds in Bangalore, India. They played for over three hours to the delight of an enthralled audience. Captured here on DVD and CD is the final and breathtaking Indian concert performance of the man who brought the cultural riches of the East to the West.

“His unique legacy and immense contribution to the history of Indian music is destined to outlast us all.”

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east meets west

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar – Live In Bangalore

WORLD

AUGUST 2015

A Voz de Ouro

IMPORT File in: World / Cape Verde In celebration of the life of Ildo Lobo (1953-2004), the great voice of Cabo Verde, Lusafrica is proud to present his three most acclaimed albums – Nós Morna (1996), Intelectual (2001) and Inconditional (2004) – together in one boxed-set. Ildo Lobo was descended from a long line of musicians and vocalists. Born in Pedra de Lume on the island of Sal in 1953, Lobo passed away in 2004, at his home in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. He will be remembered as a giant of Cape Verdean music.

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BOXED set of 3 acclaimed albums

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Ildo Lobo Lusafrica • 762252

WORLD

AUGUST 2015

Musiques Métisses – 40 ans de Festival d’Angoulême

lusafrica

Tony Allen, Bonga, Cesaria Evora, Salif Keita, Lo’Jo, Mahotella Queens, Orquesta Aragón, Omara Portuondo, Boubacar Traoré, Rokia Traoré Lusafrica • 762292

IMPORT File in: World / Collections Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Musiques Métisses Festival d’Angoulême, this three Price Code: 2A19 disc set presents a panorama of the Festival’s (3 CDs for the Price of 2, Suggested Retail Price: $39.98) lineups both past and present. Exploring four decades of music history, this collection features performances from Salif Keita, Orquesta Aragon, Omara Portuondo, Bonga, Rokia Traoré, Cesaria Evora, Tony Allen, Lo’Jo, Mahotella Queens, Boubacar Traoré and many more.

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Norrspel

IMPORT File in: World / Sweden This collection of traditional wedding tunes features the Swedish polska alongside the Price Code: A19 Norwegian springar and hailing. Kjell(2 CDs for the Price of 1, Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Erik Eriksson’s violin is partnered with the Norweigian hardingfele, a violin enhanced with sympathetic strings, and the Swedish nyckelharpa, a bowed instrument with keys dating from the 14th century, in moving performances of these rich, ancient melodies.

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ocora

Kjell-Erik Eriksson (violin), Jon Holmén (violin), Leikny Aasen (hardinfele), Vidar Underseth (hardinfele), Magnus Holmström (nyckelharpa) Ocora • C 560260

WORLD

AUGUST 2015

Daniel Medina de la Rosa Orange Mountain • OMM 7013

DOMESTIC File in: World / Mexico Kukai Mari is a collection of fourteen songs by Daniel Medina de la Rosa, who hails from the region around Real de Catorce in the remote mountainous area of central Mexico. Medina de la Rosa last collaborated with Philip Glass on the recent album Concert of the Sixth Sun which was also released by Orange Mountain Music.

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“All three musicians play and chant from the depths of their souls...”

-The world music report

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orange mountain

Kukai Mari

WORLD

AUGUST 2015

Verlaine Gisant

IMPORT File in: World / France John Greaves, founder of the legendary British pop group Henry Cow (alongside Fred Frith and Robert Wyatt) has explored a variety of musical worlds through both collaborations and solo efforts. The singer and songwriter’s most recent project has been setting texts by the poet Paul Verlaine. This release features a song cycle inspired

by Les derniers jours de Paul Verlaine by Gustave Le Rouge with lyrics by Emmanuel Tungny. With disarming ease, Verlaine Gisant combines dazzling compositional virtuosity with improvisational finesse and outstanding performances.

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Also available Chansons Le Chant du Monde • 2741261 (794881734023)

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John Greaves Signature • SIG 11096

POP/ROCK

AUGUST 2015

Ka Nis Za

IMPORT File in: Pop / Rock The power trio Lunatic Toys’s vocabulary is based on pop and rock and delivers Price Code: A21 improvisations inspired by jazz culture with (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) themes that are poetic, funny and dark at once.

Their compositions leave an open space for a great freedom of expression for the three musicians; sound is the key to this trio committed to creating rich textures and contrasting acoustic climates. Lunatic Toys blends its frenetic keyboards, hypnotic sax and apocalyptic drums in an orgy of pulsating rock and trance jazz. They are a group that throws scores to the wind to serve us songs without words, touched with hazy melodies and shaken rhythms.

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Lunatic Toys Signature • SIG 11089

CHILDREN’S Une histoire d’Aucassin et Nicolette [In FRENCH]

IMPORT File in: Children’s Aucassin et Nicolette is an anonymous medieval French chantefable, or combination of prose and Price Code: CA15 verse. The story satirizes courtly love, turning it (Suggested Retail Price: $15.98) upside down. It tells of the impossible love of two adolescents. Aucassin, thwarted by his father, decides to take Nicolette and flee by sea. After a storm, they find themselves on the Isle of Torelore, a magical land where everything is reversed: the king is pregnant and the queen has gone off to war. Fortunately, everything ends well. Combining tradition and modernity, the story (in French only) portrays essential truths about tolerance and acceptance of differences.

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little village

Zina Tamiatto, Marie-Emmanuelle Remires, François Morel Little Village • LVC 69020007

Concert Highlights

Jul 19 Jul 29 Jul 30 Aug 2-3 Aug 6-7 Aug 22

New York Albuquerque Santa Fe Santa Fe Boulder Aspen

NY NM NM NM CO CO

The Kaye Playhouse Simms Auditorium New Mexico Museum of Art New Mexico Museum of Art Colorado Music Festival Aspen Music Festival

Jul 26 Jul 30 Jul 31

Woodstock Rockport Rockport

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Maverick Hall Rockport Opera House Union Hall

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Teton Village Cuyahoga Falls Jacksonville Chicago Santa Fe

WY OH OR IL NM

Grand Teton Music Festival Blossom Music Festival Brit Festival Grant Park Music Festival Lensic Performing Arts Center

Marc-AndrĂŠ Hamelin Hyperion Records

Trio Latitude 41 Eloquentia

James Ehnes Onyx Classics

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New York New York Akron Cleveland

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Kaplan Penthouse Alice Tully Hall Bath Church Cleveland Institute of Music

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The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Calvary Episcopal Church St. George’s Episcopal Church The Cathedral of St. Philip Church of the Incarnation First Plymouth Congregational Church

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Jazz Alley Jimmy Mak’s Lincoln Harbor Park Jazz at Lincoln Center Payomet Performing Arts Center Bayside Arts & Jazz Festival

Alina Ibragimova Hyperion Records

Stephen Layton Choir of Trinity College Hyperion Records

Catherine Russell Jazz Village

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