[PIAS] harmonia mundi usa • new releases May 2016

MAY 2016

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[PIAS] ANNOUNCES US EXPANSION Harmonia Mundi included in RED distribution deal Los Angeles office names new General Manager [PIAS], one of the world’s leading independent music companies, announces expanded operations in the US, including the launch of a Los Angeles base, and a new agreement with RED for sales and distribution.

Following the recent acquisition of independent classical, jazz and world music group Harmonia Mundi, [PIAS] now has dedicated offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Matthew Owen has been named as General Manager of the Harmonia Mundi team in Los Angeles with the West Coast office becoming a hub for the company’s Classical and Jazz repertoire.

As part of this new deal harmonia mundi's warehouse operation in Los Angeles will close and sales & distribution will move to RED for the USA and Canada as of May 1st 2016.

Alongside the Harmonia Mundi classical label - one of the most respected brands in classical music - and in-house labels Jazz and World Village, the LA based team will look after a selective roster of independent classical labels including Alia Vox, Channel Classics, Hyperion and Onyx Classics. They will also continue to develop a growing jazz label roster and continue collaborations with award winning composer Howard Shore’s Howe Records and Ponderosa, the home of Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi.

Harmonia Mundi USA was launched 30 years ago by René Goiffon and Robina Young. Both will continue to consult for the company providing A&R and relationship management expertise, with a focus on continuing to develop the company's US artist roster.

Edwin Schröter, Managing Director of [PIAS] said, “The US expansion of [PIAS] including our new West Coast office, a growing label roster and a new team in LA reinforces our commitment to sensibly grow our presence in North America.”

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NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS Please note street dates indicated in the red boxes Singer-songwriter Leyla McCalla is best known for her work with the GRAMMY® winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops. Deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun and Haitian music, as well as by American jazz and folk, her music is at once earthy, elegant, soulful and witty. McCalla's solo début, Vari-Colored Songs, was named 2013’s Album of the Year by the London Sunday Times and Songlines magazine. Her new album, A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey, continues to explore the themes of social justice that marked Vari-Colored Songs, and includes guest appearances by legendary guitarist Marc Ribot and Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Tim Garland is one of the most versatile musicians in the UK. Highly skilled as an instrumentalist, composer and bandleader, Garland has developed a highly original voice, with a marriage of diverse influences combined with unique and varied line-ups. On Garland's latest album, One, the sax maestro has dug back into his past and reexamined his early interest in jazz-rock styles. Virtuoso keyboard playing is the highlight on new solo albums by harpsichordist Richard Egarr and pianist Steven Osborne. Egarr tackles Bach's French Suites, while Osborne plays contemporary American music by Crumb and Feldman. Legendary pianist Marc-André Hamelin joins the Takács Quartet for César Franck's deeply emotional Piano Quintet, and awardwinning vocalist Matthias Goerne, accompanied by pianist Christoph Eschenbach, offers a new album of Brahms lieder.

MESSAGE TO CUSTOMERS In 2015, the harmonia mundi group was purchased by [PIAS] — one of Europe’s top independent music companies.

Integration of harmonia mundi's existing operations into [PIAS] has been happening behind the scenes since last May. This month marks the US office's official re-launch, and with it comes a totally new look and a renewed focus on our core strengths — the fantastic labels and artists we represent and our unconditional love of music.

Newly-branded as [PIAS] harmonia mundi usa, we've entered into a partnership with RED to handle our sales and distribution. The Los Angeles office will complement RED’s efforts, helping to market and promote key releases and artists as well as maintain and build their industry and media presence.

The revamping doesn't stop there. To allow us to focus more effectively on important projects and developing artists, our label roster has also been reduced. We’ll now be representing only 27 labels — 6 from the harmonia mundi family and 21 partner labels. We're wholeheartedly embracing the wisdom of 'less is more.' The revised list of our label partners through RED is available on our website, www.pias-hmusa.com.

Some things will remain unchanged. For those of you who have come to depend upon our data support and asset delivery, those services will continue to be provided by the LA office. We’ll also maintain our existing website and continue to keep everyone apprised of press and promotions. And of course, our top-notch publicity and media service department will keep doing what it does best.

Some of you may not be familiar with RED. An award-winning division of Sony Music Entertainment, RED is widely recognized as an industry leader in music distribution and artist development. If you're already a RED customer, a sales rep will be calling on you soon. If you're not, RED's contact information is listed below and the LA office is ready to provide assitance in getting your new accounts established. For our Canadian customers, RED will be providing service to you via Sony's distribution system. You'll need to be a Sony customer to place orders.

RED DISTRIBUTION 345 HUDSON ST 6TH FL NEW YORK, NY 10014 (917) 421-7601 www.releases.red

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APARTÉ

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Webern Langsamer Satz Beethoven String Quartet No.11 Yun Quartet No.1 Novus Quartet Aparté • AP 125

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD21 SRP: $21.98

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The Novus String Quartet was founded in 2007 at the National University of the Arts in Seoul. After critical success in Korea, they moved to Germany in 2011. This début album sits at the crossroads of their Korean and German influences. Demonstrating prodigious technique at the service of exceptional musicality, their versions of Werbern's Langsamer Satz and Beethoven's String Quartet No.11 stand up to any comparisons.

Isang Yun's Quartet No.1 integrates Korean musical folklore with dazzling colors in the style of Bartók.

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CHANNEL CLASSICS

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VIVALDI Sinfonias RV125 & 169, Laudate pueri RV600 and other vocal works Johannette Zomer (soprano) Tulipa Consort Channel Classics • CSS 38216 CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD21 SRP: $21.98

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In 2013, Dutch soprano Johannette Zomer founded her own ensemble, the Tulipa Consort. Here they make there recording début with a selection of lesser-known works by Antonio Vivaldi. Zomer says the idea for this program came together several years ago while singing Laudate Peri in Montréal. She felt Vivaldi was too often only associated with the Four Seasons and the Gloria, while there is so much more. This beautiful vocal recital is a showcase for the 'other side' of Vivaldi.

also available Handel: Arias Johannette Zomer Channel • CCS SA 29209 (723385292098) RED Price Code: CD21 • $21.98

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HARMONIA MUNDI

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BACH 6 French Suites Richard Egarr (harpsichord) harmonia mundi • HMU 907583

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD29 SRP: $29.98

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Noted for his idiosyncratic and probing performances, British keyboard player and conductor Richard Egarr continues his traversal of the works of J.S. Bach with the complete French Suites. These captivating readings are full of freshness, vitality and a sense of adventure.

also available Bach: The English Suites BWV806-811 Richard Egarr harmonia mundi • HMU 907591 (093046759124) RED Price Code: CD31 • $31.98

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HARMONIA MUNDI

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BRAHMS Vier ernste Gesänge Op.121, Lieder und Gesänge Op.32, Vier Lieder Op.96 Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902174

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD18 SRP: $18.98

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In the world of German lieder, Brahms is often overshadowed by Schubert and Schumann. After completing his highly acclaimed series of Schubert lieder recordings, about which Gramophone magazine said, "he touches greatness as a Schubertian," German baritone Matthias Goerne turns to the deeply expressive songs by Brahms. Partnered with Christoph Eschenbach, these two exceptional collaborators reunite for another thoughtfully chosen program.

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New York, NY Sonoma, CA Berkeley, CA Princeton, NJ Highland Park, IL

Alice Tully Hall Weill Hall First Congregational Church Richardson Auditorium Ravinia Festival

also available Schubert: Winterreise Matthias Goerne, Christoph Eschenbach harmonia mundi • HMC 902107 (3149020210727) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98

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HARMONIA MUNDI

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Beethoven Piano Sonatas No.29 & 30 François-Frédéric Guy harmonia mundi • HMA 1951639

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD8 SRP: $8.98

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François-Frédéric Guy has established himself as one of the most fascinating pianists of his generation. He is widely regarded first and foremost as a specialist of the German romantics and above all of Beethoven. Originally released in 1998, this album of Beethoven sonatas was his second disc for harmonia mundi's Les Nouveaux Interprétes series.

HARMONIA MUNDI

Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano Xavier Phillips, François-Frédéric Guy Evidence • EVCD 015 (3149028078725) RED Price Code: CD27 • $27.98

BACH Violin Concertos BWV1041 & 1042, Concertos for 2 Violins BWV1043 & 1060 Andrew Manze (violin) Rachel Podger (violin) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin harmonia mundi • HMA 1957155

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD8 $8.98

also available Biber: Rosary Sonatas Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr harmonia mundi • HMG 507321 (093046632120) RED Price Code: CD17 • $17.98

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Originally released in 1997, this recording of Bach violin concertos features the three well-known pieces (BWV1041, 1042 & 1043) alongside another D minor work (BWV1060). Usually heard in a version for violin and oboe, here, it is treated as a double concerto for two violins. Andrew Manze, soloist in the A minor and E major Concertos, directs the Academy of Ancient Music and he is joined by the incomparable Rachel Podger for the double violin concertos.

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HYPERION

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Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Debussy String Quartet in G minor Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Takács Quartet Hyperion • CDA 68061

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD19 SRP: $19.98

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Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet follow up their 2016 Grammy nominated recording of Shostakovich with a program featuring Franck’s Piano Quintet and Debussy’s String Quartet. These authoritative performances make an unusual yet apt coupling as each work respectively is the composer’s only, unsurpassable, contribution to a genre.

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Kansas City, MO Stanford, CA Philadelphia, PA Richmond, VA Morrow, GA Gainesville, FL New York, NY Washington DC Boulder, CO

Folly Theater Stanford University Kimmel Center Modlin Center Spivey Hall University of Florida Carnegie Hall Kennedy Center Grusin Music Hall

also available Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, String Quartet No.2 Marc-André Hamelin, Takács Quartet Hyperion • CDA 67987 (034571179872) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98

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HYPERION

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Feldman Palais de Mari, Intermission 5, Piano Piece 1952, Extensions 3 Crumb A Little Suite for Christmas, Processional Steven Osborne (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68108

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD19 SRP: $19.98

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The extraordinary soundscapes conjured by Morton Feldman and George Crumb are like nothing else in the whole of twentieth-century music, and Steven Osborne is the most sympathetic of guides to these rarefied worlds. This meticulously crafted program features Feldman's last solo piano work, Palais de Mari, and Crumb's A Little Suite for Christmas, which traces the life of Jesus Christ.

also available Schubert: Impromptus, Piano Pieces Stephen Osborne Hyperion • CDA 68107 (034571281070) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98

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HYPERION

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LOBO Lamentations, Missa Maria Magdalene, Regina caeli, O quam suavis est, Domine; Guerrero: Maria Magdalene et altera Maria Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker Hyperion • CDA 68106

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD19 SRP: $19.98

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Alonso Lobo may be remembered principally for the great funerary motet Versa est in luctum, but his setting of the biblical Lamentations must also be counted among the masterpieces of Renaissance polyphony. No choir has a more distinguished tradition in such music than Westminster Cathedral Choir, led here by Martin Baker on this heavenly recording.

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HYPERION

Music for Remembrance Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker Hyperion • CDA 68020 (034571280202) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98

English Romantic Madrigals Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough Hyperion • CDA 68140

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD19 $19.98

also available Clausen: Calm on the listening ear Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough Hyperion • CDA 68110 (034571281100) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98

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The church music of Victorian England has retained a secure foothold in music history. Secular partsongs written during this period were not so lucky. Written to complement the Elizabethan madrigals that were then being rediscovered and performed, this unjustly neglected corner of the English vocal repertoire is revitalized by Rupert Gough and Royal Holloway Choir in these idyllic performances.

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MIRARE

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Chopin Fantaisie Op.49 Mozart Piano Sonata K.284 Liszt Après une lecture du Dante, Danza Sacrée S.436 Yulianna Avdeeva Mirare • MIR 301

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD23 SRP: $23.98

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The first woman to win the Warsaw Chopin Competition since Martha Argerich in 1965, Yulianna Avdeeva follows her notable début recording with a recital of works by Chopin, Mozart and Liszt. Recorded at the marvelous Reitstadel of Neumark concert hall in Germany by legendary sound engineer Andreas Neubronner, the youthful Avdeeva deploys a sensational piano technique coupled with a vivid, expressive and poetic palette. The program includes Chopin's Fantaisie Op.49, Mozart's Piano Sonata K284, Liszt's Après une lecture du Dante, and his transcription of the Danza Sacrée from Verdi's Aida.

also available Piano Works by Chopin & Schubert Yulianna Avdeeva Mirare • MIR 252 (3760127222521) RED Price Code: CD29 • $27.98

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ONYX CLASSICS

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Rêves d'Espagne Songs by Dørumsgaard, Ibert, Ravel, & Shostakovich Henk Neven (baritone) Hans Eijsackers (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4132

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD19 SRP: $19.98

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The Sea - Songs by Faure, Schubert & Debussy Henk Neven, Hans Eijsackers Onyx Classics • ONYX 4102 (880040441021) RED Price Code: CD21 • $21.98

Dutch baritone Henk Neven and pianist Hans Eijsackers join forces for their third Onyx Classics recording, entitled Rêves d'Espagne (Dreams of Spain). Neven's highly individual timbre is unlike that of any other lieder interpreter. He sings with astonishing technical finesse, verbal acuity and sense of wonder. 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 (arranged

by Arne Dorumsgaard) and Shostakovich's rare 6 Spanish Songs Op.100.

Pianist Hans Eijsackers has two moments to shine in the Spanish sun as well with solo pieces by Albéniz and Granados.

Bartók Violin Concerto No.2, Concerto for Orchestra Augustin Dumay (violin) Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano Onyx Classics • ONYX 4138

CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD19 $19.98

also available Beethoven: Violin Concerto Augustin Dumay Onyx Classics • ONYX 4154 (880040415428) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98

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Bartók's Violin Concerto No.2 was commissioned in 1936 by the eminent Hungarian violinist Zoltán Székely, a personal friend and frequent recital partner of the composer. It is a work that takes the virtuosity and melodic richness of the Romantic concerto tradition and recasts it in the terms of Bartók's own, highly personal idiom, with all its contradictions - spiky yet warm, bold and yet contained. The violin concerto is paired with the Concerto for Orchestra, a work that embodies a perfect synthesis of all the elements of Bartók's mature style. By virtue of its accessibility, it brought him a far wider audience than he had previously known. French violinist Augustin Dumay is the soloist in the violin concerto, joined by Kent Nagano leading the Montréal Symphony Orchestra.

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PRAGA

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Shostakovich Symphony No.15, Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, Novorossiysk Chimes Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eduard Serov, Frantisek Vajnar, Arvid Jansons Praga • PRD 250334 CLASSICAL RED Price Code: CD23 SRP: $23.98

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Ever the humorist, Shostakovich delighted in placing allusions in his works.

The Symphony No.15 is particularly rich with these references. In addition to the cryptic hints to his own music, it includes an outburst of Rossini's William Tell Overture, allusions to Mikhail Glinka and Gustav Mahler and the use of Richard Wagner's Fate leitmotif from the Ring Cycle. It is featured here in a program that includes Shostakovich's Suite on Verses of Michelangelo and his Novorossiysk Chimes.

also available Shostakovich: In the Wake of WW II Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdeněk Košler Praga • PRD 250319 (3149028072525) RED Price Code: CD23 • $23.98

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EDITION

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One Tim Garland Edition • EDN 1072

JAZZ RED Price Code: CD19 SRP: $19.98

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One is the new, highly energetic and unifying studio album from Tim Garland. Working with his regular collaborators Jason Rebello, Asaf Sirkis and Ant Law, the sax maestro has dug back into his past and reexamined his early interest in jazz-rock styles. Instrumentalist, composer and bandleader, Garland is a versatile musician. A marriage of diverse influences combined with unique and varied line-ups has created a truly original voice in jazz. One is a career defining album that unifies the influences that have guided Garland from the beginning.

also available Songs to the North Sky Tim Garland Edition Records • EDN 1051 (5065001530555) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98

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JAZZ VILLAGE

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A Day for The Hunter, A Day for the Prey Leyla McCalla CD: Jazz Village • JV 570116 Vinyl: Jazz Village • JV 33570116

FOLK RED Price Code: CD15 SRP: $15.98

FOLK RED Price Code: LP27 SRP: $27.98

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A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey, the follow up to 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 Hati. 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 and perceptivity to all of her songs, which ask big questions and demand big answers.

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Mandeville, LA New York, NY Arlington, VA Philadelphia, PA Cambridge, MA Lafayette, LA New Orleans, LA New Orleans, LA Durham, NC Dallas, TX Chciago, IL Des Moines, IA Black Mountain, NC

Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall Rockwood Music Hall Jammin' Java Tin Angel Atwood's Tavern Festival International de Louisiane New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival Old U.S. Mint Duke Gardens Gaston County Museum Millenium Park Des Moines Social Club Pisgah Brewing

1117 Chestnut Street, Burbank, CA 91506 • (818) 333–1500 www.pias-hmusa.com