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ALINA IBRAGIMOVA
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APRIL 2016
NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS Please note that we now have multiple street dates for each month, clearly indicated on each page. Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien first met in 2005 as members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. From the outset, a rare interpretive and personal rapport developed. This month's Hyperion release of a two-disc set of Violin Sonatas by Mozart further confirms their status as one of the finest duos on stage today. Sonatas are also the focus of Canadian violinist James Ehnes's new release for Onyx, which includes works by Elgar, Debussy & Respighi, and duo violinists Angela and Jennifer Chun perform music of Glass and Muhly on a new harmonia mundi release. Star British pianists Stephen Hough and Paul Lewis are the soloists in recordings of concertos by Dvorák, Schumann and Brahms, and harmonia mundi's trilogy of Schumann concertos concludes with Jean-Guihen Queyras's performance of the composer's Cello Concerto. Onyx embarks a complete cycle of the symphonies of Vaughan Williams with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic led by Andrew Manze. Choral fans will not want to miss Stephen Layton's Hyperion disc of Howells's Collegium Regale sung by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Not surprisingly, harmonia mundi's new recording of Bach's immortal St. John Passion is but the latest in a string of triumphs by maestro René Jacobs. The label also welcomes the return of William Christie and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants with a new title and a selection of key back catalog reissues. Jazz label Edition offers two key releases in April. Trumpeter Gerard Presencer, famous from his cameo on US3's "Cantaloop (flip fantasia)," is accompanied by the Danish Radio Big Band on his new album Groove Travels. Parallax, the latest from jazz ensemble Phronesis, continues their run of highly successful titles for Edition.
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COMING IN MAY LEYLA MCCALLA DEBUTS ON JAZZ VILLAGE A Day For the Hunter, A Day for the Prey, the follow up to singer and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla's critically acclaimed Vari-Colored Songs, is a musical exploration of two cultural identities — one sprouted in the United States and the other firmly planted in Haiti. McCalla alternates between cello, tenor banjo and guitar, and sings in English, French and Haitian Creole. Whether she tackles fresh versions of traditional pieces or original compositions, there is a timelessness to all of her songs. A Day for The Hunter, A Day for the Prey Leyla McCalla Jazz Village • JV 570116
Henk Neven Journeys to spain
Dutch baritone Henk Neven and pianist Hans Eijsackers join forces for their third Onyx Classics recording, entitled Rêves d'Espagne (Dreams of Spain). This superbly crafted recital journeys to Spain for a program that features Don Quixote songs from Ibert and Ravel, a selection of songs by 15th & 16th century Spanish composers and Shostakovich's rare 6 Spanish Songs. Pianist Eijsackers has two moments to shine in the Spanish sun as well with solo pieces by Albéniz and Granados. Rêves d'Espagne Henk Neven, Hans Eijsackers Onyx Classics • ONYX 4132
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Beethoven Symphony No.3, Coriolan Overture Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9916
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Beethoven’s Symphony No.3, subtitled 'Eroica,' was revolutionary in many ways. From the depth and density of its thematic content to its powerful emotional effect on listeners, the symphony was one of the most groundbreaking works of the Romantic period. This reissue from Alia Vox presents a classic performance by Jordi Savall, leading his ensemble Le Concert des Nations. SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD
CLASSICAL A15 $21.98 / US ONLY
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also available Les Éléments Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9914 (8435408099141) $49.98 / US ONLY
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C.P.E. Bach Cello Concerto, Harpsichord Concerto, Sinfonias, Cello Sonata Ophélie Gaillard (cello) Francesco Corti (harpsichord), Pulcinella Orchestra Aparté • APA 118
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was one of the most influential composers active during the transitional period between the baroque and the classical and romantic eras that followed. His personal approach, highly expressive and often turbulent, applied the principles of rhetoric and drama to musical structures. On their second volume of C.P.E. Bach's music, Ophélie Gaillard and the Pulcinella Orchestra offer a selection of Concertos and Sinfonias, as well as the composer's virtuosic Sonata for cello piccolo and keyboard.
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C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos Vol.1 Ophélie Gaillard, Pulcinella Orchestra Aparté • AP 080 (3149028042221) $21.98 US / $22.98 CA
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Bach Keyboard Suites Fabrizio Chiovetta (piano) Aparté • APA 126
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Swiss pianist Fabrizio Chiovetta presents a rich and varied program of Bach's keyboard works. His delicacy of touch, variety of color, freedom in phrasing and melodic sense bring a fresh perspective to these works. The music takes on an almost improvisational quality that extends beyond the formal framework. This is a Bach that seems to speak to us directly, allowing us to truly explore his genius.
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Un vie de Rossini Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano) Ensemble Les Forces Majeures, Raphaël Merlin Aparté • AP 121
Karine Deshayes, Victoire de la Musique Classique's "Best Lyrical Artist of the Year" for 2016, is one of the finest Rossini singers on the international opera stage. The talented French mezzo-soprano's first solo album features excerpts from some of Rossini's most beautiful works, in a program that traces the different stages of the composer's life. Deshayes is accompanied by Raphaël Merlin leading Les Forces Majeures, a collective bringing together musicians from prestigious chamber ensembles and top-flight orchestras.
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also available Après un Rêve Karine Deshayes, Ensemble Contraste Aparté • AP 106 (3149028059823) $21.98 US / $22.98 CA
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Dvořák Symphony No.9 'From the New World' MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons Belvedere • 08015 (DVD) Belvedere • 08016 (Blu-ray)
CLASSICAL A33 / CA35 $33.98 US / $35.98 CA
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also available Dvořák: Stabat Mater (DVD) Bavarian Radio Symphony, Mariss Jansons Belvedere • 08013 (4260415080134) $33.98 US / $34.98 CA
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Pairing evergreen works by Dvořák and Mussorgsky, this superb video from Belvedere featuring the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the incomparable Mariss Jansons is a musical feast. Ever since its world première at New York's Carnegie Hall on December 15, 1893, Dvořák's American-flavored Symphony No.9 has been a cornerstone of the orchestral repertoire. Similarly, thanks to Ravel's superb orchestration, Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is a perennial audience favorite.
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83 Minutes/ Stereo/ 16:9/ NTSC/ Region 0
APR Mozarts Costa-Violine MOZART Violin Sonatas K454 & 526, Andante & Fugue K402 SCHUBERT Violin Sonatas D384 & 385 Esther Hoppe (violin), Florian Birsak (fortepiano) Belvedere • 10145
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This live recording from Mozart Week features violinist Esther Hoppe performing on Mozart's Costa Violin. Made by Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa in 1764, the instrument was donated to the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation in 2013. It is believed that Mozart owned and played the violin during the years he lived in Vienna, which makes these performances of his Violin Sonatas K454 & 526 and the Andante & Fugue K402 a historical treat.
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A Moveable Feast Music of Vaughan Williams, Ravel, & De Falla Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble Channel Classics • CCS 36916
CLASSICAL A21 / CA23 $21.98 US / $23.98 CA
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The music on this disc has a very specific location and time at its heart: Paris in 1907. The Englishman Ralph Vaughan-Williams and Spaniard Manuel de Falla both came to study there and both were accepted into Maurice Ravel’s close circle of friends (Vaughan-Williams as Ravel’s student). This program is built around the tantalizing thought that these three very different artists were all in Paris at the same time discussing music and inspiring one another. All works are beautifully performed by the Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble.
Apasionado Music of Lalo, Sarasate, Ravel, & Waxman Ning Feng (violin) Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov Channel Classics • CCS 37916
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also available Bruch: Scottish Fantasy Ning Feng Channel • CCS SA 34913 (723385349136) $21.98 US / $21.98 CA
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This program, aptly titled Apasionado, is full of virtuoso fireworks and romantic lyricism. Featuring works by Lalo, Sarasate, Ravel and Waxman, this music lives where the borders between Spain and France fade and passion takes over. Recorded at the Auditorio Palacio in Oviedo, Spain, it showcases violinist Ning Feng, whose masterful technique is paired with a glowing tone of unsurpassed sweetness and purity. He is backed by the world-renowned Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias led by Rossen Milanov.
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SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1 WEINBERG Cello Concerto Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Michał Nesterowicz Channel Classics • CCS 38116
German/French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is renowned for creativity and versatility in his captivating performances of repertoire on both gut and modern strings. Recipient of the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2010, he makes his Channel Records début with this contemporary program featuring three composers living in the shadow of WWII. Michał Nesterowicz conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in Cello Concertos by Shostakovich and Weinberg and Lutosławski's Mala Suita, embraced in Stalinist Poland as an exemplary model of realism.
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BRAHMS Complete Piano Sonatas François-Frédéric Guy (piano) Evidence • EVCD 022
CLASSICAL 2A13 / 2CA15 $27.98 US / $31.98 CA
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Following up his recent Beethoven project, pianist Francois-Frederic Guy turns his focus to the music of Brahms. This two disc set from Evidence features the complete Piano Sonatas. This is a landmark recording from one of the major pianists of our time.
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Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano Xavier Phillips, François-Frédéric Guy Evidence • EVCD 015 (3149028078725) $27.98 US / $29.98 CA
APR ISAAC Missa Virgo Prudentissima Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard Evidence • EVCD 023
CLASSICAL A21 / CA23 $21.98 US / $23.98 CA
also available Vellard: Cantica Sacra Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Vellard Evidence • EVCD 009 (3149028068320) $31.98 US / $33.98 CA
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Since founding the group in 1979, Dominique Vellard has spent 35 years inspiring the Ensemble Gilles Binchois to create some of the essential contributions in the field of medieval music and the Renaissance performance. This new recording gives us the opportunity to discover the vocal music of composer Heinrich Isaac, whose brilliant compositions are both generous and captivating. Vellard leads the Ensemble Gilles Binchois in Isaac's Missa Virgo Prudentissima, performed using a manuscript preserved in the Dome of Florence.
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BACH St. John Passion Sunhae Im (soprano), Benno Schachtner (countertenor), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Werner Güra (tenor), Johannes Weisser (baritone), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Staats-und Domchor Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC802236
Bach revised his Johannes-Passion several times over a period of 26 years, from 1724 until his death. Following acclaimed live performances in Paris and Berlin, the great Belgian maestro René Jacobs conducts the RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in a definitive performance of this choral masterpiece. The familiar 1739 version of the score is heard on the multi-channel SACDs in the package, which also includes a 'making of' DVD. The 1725 version is also included with the set as a bonus hi-res download.
CLASSICAL 2A16 / 2CA17 $33.98 US / $37.98 CA
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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Includes bonus DVD 72 minutes/ Stereo/ Region 0 Includes bonus Hi-res download
2016 CONCERT PERFORMANCE AUG 18
New York, NY
Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival
also available Bach: St. Matthew Passion RIAS Kammerchor, AMM Berlin, Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC 902156 (3149020215623) Price Code: A22 - SRP: $22.98
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SCHUMANN Cello Concerto, Piano Trio No.1 – Trilogy Vol.3 Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado harmonia mundi • HMC 902197
CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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previous release in the series Schumann: Trilogy Vol.2 Freiburger Barockorchester, Heras-Casado harmonia mundi • HMC 902198 (3149020219829) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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This final installment in harmonia mundi's Schumann trilogy pairs the composer's Cello Concerto with his first Piano Trio. Despite being championed by Clara Schumann, the concerto was not premièred until after the composer’s death. The hugely expressive work, by turns poetic and stormy, exemplifies Schumann's interest in pushing boundaries in compositional forms and structures. The first two of his three Piano Trios is youthful in spirit, with rich tone colors and singing melodies. The soloists here, as with the other volumes, are cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov. Teamed up with Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leading the Freiburger Barockorchester, these exceptional artists have created three amazing recordings that will change the way we listen to Schumann forever.
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LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G minor (orch. Schoenberg) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya harmonia mundi • HMU 807668
On his fourth recording for harmonia mundi, GRAMMY®-nominated conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in an all-orchestral program featuring Witold Lutosławski's Concerto for Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms's Piano Quartet No.1. With its use of folk melodies to generate tremendous momentum and dramatic impact, the Concerto for Orchestra established Lutosławski as Poland’s leading contemporary composer. Harth-Bedoya couples this powerful and complex score with Schoenberg's rich and colorful arrangement of one of Brahms's most popular chamber works. CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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Bien que l'amour... Airs sérieux et à boire Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8905276
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Les Arts Florissants returns to harmonia mundi Launch of an extensive new collaboration Accompanied by key catalog reissues
With this anthology of airs sérieux and airs à boire of the Grand Siècle, Les Arts Florissants launches a new series on harmonia mundi. This recording alternates between invocations to Bacchus and invitations to love. From the harpsichord, William Christie leads his musicians and five singers in a program that takes us from the intimacy of the salons to the liveliness of court banquets. These airs, models of refined skill, make light of the paradoxes of our hearts.
CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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MOULINIE Le Cantique de Moÿse Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8901055
A08 / CA10 • $8.98 US / $10.98 CA
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MONTECLAIR La Mort de Didon Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8901280 A08 / CA10 • $8.98 US / $10.98 CA
CHARPENTIER Les Arts Florissants Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8901083
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ROSSI Oratorio per la Settimana Santa Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8901297
A08 / CA10 • $8.98 US / $10.98 CA
ROSSI Un peccator pentito, O cecità
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RAMEAU Pygmalion, Nélée et Myrthis Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8901381
A08 / CA10 $8.98 US / $10.98 CA
CAMPRA Cantates Françaises Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8901238
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Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF 8901091
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GLASS In the Summer House, Mad Rush MUHLY Four Studies, Honest Music Angela Chun (violin), Jennifer Chun (violin), Nico Muhly (keyboards) harmonia mundi • HMU 907599
The music on this recital was specifically written or arranged for duo violinists Angela and Jennifer Chun. It highlights the personal and professional connections between Philip Glass and Nico Muhly, a longtime colleague and admirer of Glass's work. Glass's miniaturist works, Mad Rush and In the Summer House, create a maximum effect when paired with Muhly's minimalist Four Studies and Honest Music.
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also available Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins Angela Chun, Jennifer Chun harmonia mundi • HMU 907501 (093046750121) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1, Ballades Op.10 Paul Lewis (piano) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding harmonia mundi • HMC 902191
Following his highly acclaimed surveys of the piano works of Beethoven and Schubert, British pianist Paul Lewis turns to the romantic period and Brahms’s mighty D minor Piano Concerto. Lewis performed the work across Europe in 2014 and in the US for his New York Philharmonic début. In a review of that concert, New York Times critic Anthony Tomassini praised Lewis for his, "majestic and insightful performance," adding, "I have seldom heard the contrasting theme, which sounds like an affirming chorale, played with such elegant shaping of inner voices." For this new recording, Lewis is accompanied by Daniel Harding leading the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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2016 CONCERT PERFORMANCE APR 7 Princeton, NJ APR 10 Vancouver, ON APR 12 Napa, CA APR 14 San Francisco, CA AUG 5 Highland Park, IL *featuring Mark Padmore
Richardson Auditorium Chan Centre* First United Methodist Church* Herbst Theatre* Ravinia Festival Pavilion
also available Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Paul Lewis harmonia mundi • HMC 902096 (3149020209622) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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O mysterium DU MONT Motets & Elévations pour la Chapelle de Louis XIV Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé harmonia mundi • HMC 902241
CLASSICAL A21 / CA22 $21.98 US / $22.98 CA
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Cultivated at the height of the French baroque, Henry Du Mont’s Grands Motets were written for the court of Louis XIV and published posthumously in 1684. Alongside Lully, Du Mont is credited as the creator of the form – an opulent style of church composition for soloists and choir. On O Mysterium, Sébastien Daucé leads the Ensemble Correspondances in a program of Du Mont 's Motets & Elévations pour la Chapelle de Louis XIV.
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Le Concert Royal de la Nuit Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé harmonia mundi • HMC 952223 (3149020222379) $27.98 US / $29.98 CA
WOLF Kennst du das Land? Lieder nach Goethe, Mörike & Eichendorff Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902245
CLASSICAL A21 / CA22 $21.98 US / $22.98 CA
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Renowned soprano Sophie Karthäuser is among the most popular recitalists and concert soloists active today. She is partnered on this recording with pianist Eugene Asti in a program of lieder by 19th century Austrian composer Hugo Wolf. Included here is his setting of Goethe's Mignons Gesang Kennst du das Land? as well as a selection of songs based on the poems of Eduard Mörike and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff.
also available Poulenc: Mélodies Sophie Karthäuser, Eugene Asti harmonia mundi • HMC 902179 (3149020217924) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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DVOŘÁK Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons Hyperion • CDA 68099
This release presents two rich piano concertos played by the unparalleled Stephen Hough, accompanied by the City of Birmingham Symphony. Schumann and Dvořák each wrote just one piano concerto, the latter being performed here in its fearsomely challenging original version. This recording also marks the Hyperion début of conductor Andris Nelsons.
CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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2016 CONCERT PERFORMANCES MAR 15 MAR 17 MAR 19 MAR 20 MAR 23 APR 8-10
New York, NY Newark, NJ New Brunswick, NJ Newark, NJ New York, NY Los Angeles, CA
also available Scriabin & Janáček: Sonatas & Poems Stephen Hough Hyperion • CDA 67895 (034571178950) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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92nd Street Y New Jersey Performing Arts Center State Theater New Jersey Performing Arts Center 92nd Street Y Walt Disney Concert Hall
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HOWELLS Collegium Regale Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 68105
In spite of being a relative outsider, Herbert Howells provided the church with one of its greatest choral masterpieces. The Collegium Regale is truly one of the glories of the Anglican repertoire. Stephen Layton and his award-winning Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge recorded the 'Coll Reg' in the glorious acoustic of Coventry Cathedral. The program also features a selection of other choral works including two the composer's Psalm settings.
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also available Howells: Requiem Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 67914 (034571179148) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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BRUCH Piano Quintet in G minor, String Quartet No.1, Swedish Dances Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68120
CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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New recordings from the Goldner String Quartet are always a treat. Here, once again, they are joined by pianist Piers Lane for the intriguing Bruch Piano Quintet. This program pairs it with his youthful String Quartet No.1 and a catchy set of Swedish Dances for violin and piano.
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Pierné & Vierne: Piano Quintet & String Quartet Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane Hyperion • CDA 68036 (0345712803630) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
BARTók Mikrokosmos Book 6, Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs Suite Op.14, Out of Doors, Three Burlesques Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68123
CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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The remarkably gifted French pianist Cédric Tiberghien turns to the music of Béla Bartók in a wide-ranging program that includes the famous Op.14 Suite and the sixth book of the Mikrokosmos project. This final book is the most ferocious in its technical demands, but Tiberghien readily meets is demands.
also available Szymanowski: Piano Music Cédric Tiberghien Hyperion • CDA 67886 (034571178868) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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MOZART Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68091
Mozart’s Violin Sonatas span his entire career. The early ones are billed as piano sonatas with optional violin accompaniment, and they develop over the years into the first triumphs of the modern genre. Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien have been enthralling audiences worldwide with these works, now available on this specially priced two CD set – the first volume of an ongoing series.
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also available Schubert: Complete Works for Violin & Piano Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien Hyperion • CDA 67911 (034571179117) $39.98 US / $41.98 CA
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TALLIS Lamentations & other sacred music The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood Hyperion • CDA 68121
The centerpiece of the sixth and penultimate volume in The Cardinall’s Musick's series of recordings of Thomas Tallis is the composer's glorious Lamentations of Jeremiah. One of the glories of the English Renaissance, the Lamentations are a powerful expression of Tallis's Catholic faith. The Gramophone Award-winning ensemble completes the program with a selection of other sacred works. Director Andrew Carwood’s typically inspiring commentaries further enhance an album to savor.
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previous release in the series Tallis: Ave Dei patris filia The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood Hyperion • CDA 68095 (034571280950) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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SMETANA Czech Dances, On the Seashore Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68062
CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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Smetana’s two sets of Czech Dances – the first comprising four Chopinesque Polkas, the second exploring other dance forms more associated with Dvořák – provide the ideal vehicle for the understated pianism of Garrick Ohlsson. The evocative tone poem in miniature On the Seashore completes the program.
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Debussy, Bartók & Prokofiev: Etudes Garrick Ohlsson Hyperion • CDA 68080 (034571280806) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
LISZT The Complete Songs Vol.4 Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68117
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This fourth volume in Hyperion's scholarly compendium once more charts Liszt’s life through song. It includes three settings, spanning as many decades, of a portentous love-letter the composer received in 1841. Series maestro Julius Drake welcomes the talented mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke to Hyperion for this installment.
previous release in the series Liszt: The Complete Songs Vol.3 Gerald Finley, Julius Drake Hyperion • CDA 67956 (034571179568) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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CHOPIN Polonia – Polonaises Op.26, 40 & 44, Fantaisie Op.61 Pascal Amoyel (piano) La Dolce Volta • LDV 25
Voted Solo Instrumental Discovery of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique in 2005, over the past decade French pianist Pascal Amoyel has established himself on the forefront of the classical music scene. In 2010, his recording of Chopin's complete Nocturnes was awarded Grand Prix du Disque by the Warszawa Fryderyk Chopin Society. He follows that benchmark recital with this program featuring Chopin's Polonaises Op.26, 40 and 44 and his Fantaisie Op.61.
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bach-isoir Transcriptions Michel Bouvard (organ), François Espinasse (organ) La Dolce Volta • LDV 26
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These Bach transcriptions for solo organ by André Isoir take us from the church to the Collegium Musicum, from the Sinfonia of the Cantata BWV129 to the Concerto for four harpsichords, shedding new light on some of the Cantor’s most famous pieces. The performances by organists Michel Bouvard and François Espinasse, professors at the Conservatoires Nationaux Supérieurs de Musique of Paris and Lyon, are presented as a musical tribute to their former teacher.
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Bach: The Organ Works André Isoir La Dolce Volta • LDV 153 (3770001901633) $75.98 US / $79.98 CA
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bach Toccatas & Fugues André Isoir (organ) La Dolce Volta • LDV 201
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On this specially priced release, which comes complete with a 2016 La Dolce Volta catalog, famed organist André Isoir performs a fantastic collection of Toccatas and Fugues by Bach. Selections include BWV 538, 540, 564 and 565. They are paired with the Fantaisie & Fugue BWV 542.
also available Bach: The Art of the Fugue André Isoir La Dolce Volta • LDV 200 (3770001901664) $23.98 US / $24.98 CA
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SCHUMANN Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2 Trio Karénine Mirare • MIR 311
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Winner of the ARD International Competition in 2013, Trio Karénine has been highly praised for their musical integrity and technical prowess. For this recording, they perform Schumann's Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2. Written in a two-week period in 1847, Piano Trio No.1 is justly famous and possibly inspired by Mendelssohn’s piano trio in the same key. Composed only a few months later, Piano Trio No.2 has an immense spirit and a beautiful lucidity. Both works are given dazzling performances by this young trio.
APR Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord) Mirare • MIR 285
CLASSICAL A23 / CA25 $23.98 US / $25.98 CA
also available Scarlatti: Sonatas for Harpsichord Vols.1-3 Pierre Hantaï Mirare • MIR 273 (3760127222736) $35.98 US / $38.98 CA
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SCARLATTI Sonatas Vol.4
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Domenico Scarlatti was born in 1685 – the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Only a small fraction of his compositions were published during his lifetime; his 555 keyboard Sonatas were published long after his death. These virtuosic single movement works display remarkable harmonic originality. Pierre Hantaï is recognized as one of the most notable harpsichordists of his generation. The previous three volumes of his dazzling cycle of Scarlatti Sonatas received strong critical acclaim. This long-awaited fourth volume continues to set a new standard for these works.
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Violin Sonatas Works by Elgar, Debussy & Respighi James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4159
After the rapturous critical reception for their Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas, violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong turn their attention to three works from the World War I era. Sir Edward Elgar wrote his Violin Sonata in 1918 at the country house in West Sussex that Lady Elgar had acquired to aid in her ailing husband's recuperation. Debussy's Violin Sonata was one of very few works he composed during the war. Respighi’s Violin Sonata inhabits a heroic late romantic world, seemingly unscathed by the devastation.
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also available Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong Onyx Classics • ONYX 4141 (880040414124) $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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vaughan Williams A London Symphony, Symphony No.8 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze Onyx Classics • ONYX 4155
In 2012, conductor Andrew Manze's BBC Proms performances of several of Vaughan Williams's symphonies were a highlight of the season, drawing strong critical acclaim. On this new disc, he leads the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in the first release in a complete symphony cycle for Onyx Classics. Included here are A London Symphony and the Symphony No.8. A London Symphony was first performed in 1914. The original score for the work was lost during the first world war, but was reconstructed and modified by the composer. The Symphony No.8 of 1955 is a tightly written, brilliant and innovative work that shows the composer's creativity at full stretch. CLASSICAL A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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GLASS The Symphonies Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies Orange Mountain • OMM 0104
This eleven CD box set from Orange Mountain contains Philip Glass's complete symphonies performed by five world-class orchestras. Glass's long term collaborator, Dennis Russell Davies, conducts all ten symphonies, beginning with the Basel Symphony Orchestra's recording of Symphony No.1 from 1992 and concluding with the Bruckner Orchester Linz's recording of Symphony No.10 from 2012. This beautifully packaged collection is a must-have for any Philip Glass collector.
CLASSICAL 4A18 / 4CA19 $75.98 US / $79.98 CA
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also available Glass: The Perfect American Teatro Real Madrid, Dennis Russell Davies Orange Mountain • OMM 0102 (801837010220) $25.98 US / $27.98 CA
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shostakovich String Quartets Vol.1 Borodin Quartet Praga • PRD 250323
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Although Shostakovich entrusted the world premières of his String Quartets to the Beethoven Quartet, it was the Borodin Quartet that earned the works worldwide acclaim. This release (the first in a series) is taken from the Borodin's first stereo recordings of the quartets, recorded for Melodiya in the late 60s and early 70s. Carefully remastered as part of Praga's Genuine Stereo Lab series, this disc features the first, second and fifth quartets.
Boulez - Young composer & conductor Various Artists Praga • PRD 250332
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Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) started conducting in order to perform his own music and to champion major 20th century composers such as Debussy, Bartók and Stravinsky. He ascended to great heights in the classical world performing the grand repertoire of Wagner and Mahler (but avoiding Brahms). These recordings offer a foretaste of his conducting genius and allow us to remember a great artist the world recently lost.
SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos.3 & 7, The Swan of Tuonela DEBUSSY Nocturnes Nos.1 & 2 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky Praga • PRD 350106 CLASSICAL A24 / CA26 $24.98 US / $26.98 CA
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Sibelius's Symphony No.3 was composed in 1907. It is the link between the romantic intensity of his first two symphonies and the more cold complexity of his later symphonies. Symphony No.7 was completed in 1924 and is notable for having only one movement. The Swan of Tuonela is a tone poem based on the Kalevala epic of Finnish mythology. The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and Yevgeny Mravinsky pair these with Debussy's Nocturnes Nos.1 & 2. SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD
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L'Arte Della Variazione - Paganini & Beyond, Critic's Choice Michael Rabin (violin), Artur Rubinstein (piano) and more Praga • PRD 250338
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Paganini's Caprice No.24 was written as a showcase for the composer's own prodigious talents. It inspired many other composers to write variations on its theme. Featured here are a selection of masterpieces based on Paganini's famous theme – for solo piano by Liszt and Brahms, for violin and piano by Szymanowski, for piano and orchestra by Lutoslawski and Rachmaninov and for symphony orchestra by Blacher. Artists include violinist Michael Rabin and pianist Artur Rubinstein.
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.3, The Bells Op.35 Van Cliburn (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin Praga • PRD 350123
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At the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow during the height of the Cold War, the gold medal went to the young American pianist Van Cliburn. "Is he the best?" Khrushchev asked a nervous jury in 1958, "Then give him the prize." On his return to New York, he was carried aloft through the streets in triumph. Conductor Kyrill Kondrashin, who is no stranger to such acclaim, met with a similar success when he came to New York in 1962. The two join forces on this disc for Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.3. SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos.5 & 12 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky Praga • PRD 350121
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Shostakovich's Symphony No.5 was given its première in 1937. It was outwardly in compliance with the ruling party, but the public heard a message of suffering in Shostakovich's masterpiece and it was an unprecedented triumph. Symphony No.12 "The Year 1917" was dedicated to Vladimir Lenin. Both works were premiered by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yevgeny Mravinsky. The performances featured here were recorded in December 1965. SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD
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Nox Tape Nox.3 Jazz Village • JV 570099
Jazz Village is proud to present the winners of the 2015 RĂŠZZo FOCAL Jazz in Vienna. Anchored in the new millennium, the music of Nox.3 is intriguing and captivating. Not content with simply reinventing the formula of the trio, this young group creates their own unique aesthetic. They used as their guidelines the notions of expressing freedom and developing a sound world worthy of wizards.
JAZZ A18 / CA20 $18.98 US / $20.98 CA
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Groove Travels Gerard Presencer, Danish Radio Big Band Edition • EDN 1065 (CD) Edition • EDN LP 1065 (Vinyl)
Groove Travels is the highly anticipated new album from British trumpeter, arranger and composer Gerard Presencer. Featuring the Danish Radio Big Band, Groove Travels is without doubt his most ambitious and wellexecuted solo recording to date and it will happily stand alongside the leading voices in contemporary jazz. Over the past 25 years, Presencer has carved out a formidable reputation as one of the most respected trumpeters. He exploded onto the international scene at age 18 when US3 asked him to play the solo part on "Cantaloop (flip fantasia)," and it became one of the biggest selling jazz records of the 1990s. Sophisticated and exciting, Groove Travels is as good as big band jazz gets. JAZZ A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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Dream Keeper André Fernandes Edition • EDN 1066
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Dream Keeper is a high-class and innovative set of originals that marks the first major international release from Portuguese guitarist and composer André Fernandes. Since 2002, Lisbon-born Fernandes has generated a wave of glowing reviews for appearances with some of the finest international musicians. Dream Keeper is a career-defining album that draws together Fernandes's strengths as composer, player and bandleader, with the help of a stellar cast of musicians, into one coherent and well-executed album.
Amorandom Aki Rissanen Edition • EDN 1067
JAZZ A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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Over the last few years Aki Rissanen has quietly been building a name in the international jazz world both as a leader and as a sideman. With Amorandom, he delivers his most authoritative work to date. There's a fluidity in his playing and a boldness in his composing that deserves widespread praise and real recognition for being one of the finest young pianists. Described by Downbeat as a 'rising star', Amorandom is the work that will introduce Rissanen’s startling new talent to a global audience.
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Let's Dance Per Oddvar Johansen Edition • EDN 1068
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Per Oddvar Johansen has played a huge part in Norwegian music over many years and has worked extensively with such groundbreaking figures as Helge Lien, Christian Wallumrød and Petter Wettre. He brings his own imaginative drive to everything he does and his solo debut album, Let’s Dance, shines the spotlight on a musician who has deserved the attention for a long time.
Northern Edition Fiona Talkington Edition • EDN 1069
JAZZ A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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Recently described as 'one of the most vital record labels in jazz music' by the York Post, Edition has released albums by a wealth of international musicians with a particular focus on Scandinavian artists. With Northern Edition, BBC radio presenter and authority on all things from the North Fiona Talkington curates a snapshot of some of the most captivating, meditative, sublime and beautiful music from the Edition catalogue.
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Parallax Phronesis Edition • EDN 1070 (CD) Edition • EDN LP 1070 (Vinyl)
In their decade of existence, multi-national piano trio Phronesis has received numerous critical accolades, including Jazzwise's album of the year, two MOBO nominations, The London Awards for Art and Performance's Jazz Award and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival’s Young Spirit Award. On their sixth album, recorded at Abbey Road, the trio sound more energized and more focused than ever before. Parallax is defined as the difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight. It is an apt analogy for this trio who constantly shift emphasis and swap viewpoints, generating huge excitement, both live and on record. JAZZ A19 / CA21 $19.98 US / $21.98 CA
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Life To Everything Phronesis Edition • EDN 1050 (50650015305480 $19.98 US / $20.98 CA
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Held Jason Rebello Edition • EDN 1071
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Bursting onto the scene in the early 90’s with a string of critically acclaimed albums, today Jason Rebello is regarded as one of the most talented, inventive and intuitive pianists in jazz. Known for his with electronic keyboards in his own groups (as well as with Sting and Jeff Beck), he has decided it’s time to say something on the instrument he loves. Held is his début solo piano album, featuring mostly original compositions inspired by the people and places that have been important in his career. In this solo format, the intensely lyrical quality always evident in Rebello's music comes to the fore and, allied to his formidable technique and maturity as an artist and musician, ensures that on Held, he is creating some of the most compelling and beautiful music of his career.
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