OCTOBER 2017
KYLE EASTWOOD
OCTOBER 2017
Although Kyle Eastwood's film music – including scores for Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino – may be more familiar to listeners, his work as a jazz bassist and bandleader is closest to his heart. In Transit is Eastwood's third album for Jazz Village. It blends classics and originals ranging from hard bop grooves to tracks with a more contemporary flavor. Also new in jazz, Edition Records artists Girls in Airports return with the release of their fifth album and jazz keyboardist and drummer Gary Husband reinterprets the music of legendary guitarist John McLaughlin. Classical releases for the month are headlined by superstar violinists. Rachel Podger plays Italian Baroque music on Channel and James Ehnes partners with conductor Andrew Manze in Beethoven's Violin Concerto on Onyx. Fans of piano music will welcome volume 73 in Hyperion's unquenchable Romantic Piano Concerto series as well as a disc of Chopin solo works featuring Cédric Tiberghien. Chamber music releases for October include the Ragazze Quartet playing Beethoven and Mendelssohn on Channel and the Borusan Quartet playing contemporary repertoire on Onyx. The harmonia mundi label focuses on vocal music with Les Arts Florissants singing early Italian music and Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion performing Luigi Rossi’s opera L’Orfeo. Hyperion expands their already enviable roster of choral artists with the label début of the Yale Schola Cantorum – one of America's finest chamber choirs. Conductor David Hill leads the group in a sublime performance of Fauré's Requiem.
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COMING IN NOVEMBER RENE JACOBS PERFORMS MOZART'S LAST WORK The harmonia mundi label presents an exciting new recording of Mozart's beloved Requiem. It features a new completion of the famously unfinished work. Based on the well-known version by Süssmayr, a new edition was created by French composer Pierre-Henri Dutron. It was championed by René Jacobs, who performed it across Europe to great acclaim. A world première recording, the physical release includes a bonus DVD. MOZART Requiem REAS-Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMM 902291
RED MERGES WITH THE ORCHARD The Orchard and RED, two of the three largest independent distributors in the US, have merged into one global company operating under the Orchard brand. This move comes on the heels of The Orchard's recent acquisitions of UK distributor Essential, Germany's Finetunes and Norway's Phonofile. The Orchard is now the world's largest indie distributor, with over 300 employees in thirty local offices. For [PIAS] customers, there will be no reduction in service or staff. In addition to other improvements, look for an updated website in the coming months with additional functionality.
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ALIA VOX
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Alfonso X El Sabio Cantigas de Santa Maria, Strela do dia La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA9923
CLASSICAL Price Code: CDSA18 $18.98
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also available Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA9919 (8435408099196) RED Price Code: CDSA24 • $24.98
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The Cantigas de Santa Maria are 13th Century poems with musical notation written during the reign of Alfonso X El Sabio (the wise) and often attributed to him. They make up one of the largest collections of monophonic songs from the Middle Ages and are characterized by mention of the Virgin Mary in every song. Instrumental and vocal pieces alternate and paint a vivid picture of a repertoire that contributed much to the birth of Western music. Remastered in multichannel sound, this 1993 landmark recording, originally released on the Astrée label, features Jordi Savall and his ensembles at their best.
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CHANNEL CLASSICS
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Grandissima Gravita Sonatas by Pisendel, Tartini, Veracini & Vivaldi Rachel Podger (violin) Brecon Baroque Channel Classics • CCSSA39217
CLASSICAL Price Code: CDSA21 $21.98
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This program from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque brings together four violinist-composers who are united by a reverence for Arcangelo Corelli, and in particular his Opus 5. These pieces from Pisendel, Tartini, Veracini and Vivaldi explore the sonata form for violin and continuo, weaving together stylized dances and traditional preludes to create a world of musical alchemy filed with textures and melodies that entrance and amaze.
also available Bach: The Art of Fugue Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque Channel Classics • CCSSA38316 (723385383161) Price Code: CD21 • $21.98
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CHANNEL CLASSICS
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Spiegel Mendelssohn String Quartet Op.13 Beethoven String Quartet Op.132 Ragazze Quartet Channel Classics • CCS39317
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD21 $21.98
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Mendelssohn wrote his second String Quartet a few months after Beethoven’s death. Clearly inspired by the masters' late String Quartet Op.132, it shares not just the key but resembles the work in both form and theme. On this release, the Ragazze Quartet presents these two works as mirror images of a diptych, reflecting the two works' many connections. It is the greatness and depth of this musisc that originally inspired the group's members to play, and it still drives them today.
also available Four Four Three - Music of Terry Riley Ragazze Quartet Channel Classics • CCS37816 (723385378167) Price Code: CD21 • $21.98
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HARMONIA MUNDI
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Rossi L'Orfeo Pygmalion Raphaël Pichon harmonia mundi • HMD9859058
CLASSICAL Price Code: DVM33 $33.98
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Eager to bring Italian culture to Paris, France's first minister, Italianborn Cardinal Mazarin, hired Luigi Rossi to write an opera for the Paris carnival in 1646. The première was given a magnificent staging and the performance, which lasted six hours, was a triumph. On this video, Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion recreate the magic of that first performance, thanks to a skillful musical reconstruction and the group's vibrant, multi-colored timbre. The dramatic power of the myth of Orpheus is brilliantly conveyed in Jetske Mijnssen’s production, which transposes the story into contemporary terms to evoke the timeless experience of love and death that humanity both desires and fears.
also available Rameau: Dardanus Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon harmonia mundi • HMD9859051 (3149020905104) Price Code: DVM22 • $22.98 • DVD
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HARMONIA MUNDI
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A Fancy Fantasy on English Airs & Tunes Rachel Redmond (soprano) Caravansérail, Bertrand Cuiller harmonia mundi • HMM902296
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD18 $18.98
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On their début release for harmonia mundi, Bertrand Cuiller and Caravansérail explore the theatre music of 17th century London. The recording, which features soprano Rachel Redmond, includes a selection of incidental music, airs and dances that combine the English tradition with French and Italian innovations. A Fancy offers listeners a fascinating reconstruction of music from this key period in English history.
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HARMONIA MUNDI
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Un Jardin a l'Italienne Airs, Cantates & Madrigaux Les Arts Florissants William Christie, Paul Agnew harmonia mundi • HAF8905283
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD18 $18.98
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From Banchieri to Haydn, Un Jardin a l'Italienne offers listeners a musical journey through some of the finest vocal works in the Italian repertory. The six singers of Les Arts Florissants featured here were trained at the Academy of Le Jardin des Voix. The school's outstanding program, hosted by mentors William Christie and Paul Agnew, fosters new, young performers. On this delightful recording, these splendid vocal gems are performed with both talent and grace.
also available Monteverdi: Madrigali & Selva morale Les Arts Florissants, William Christie harmonia mundi • HMX2908772 (3149020877241) Price Code: CD24 • $24.98 • 4 CDs
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HYPERION
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The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.73 COKE Piano Concertos Nos.3, 4 & 5 Simon Callaghan (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion Records • CCDA68173
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD19 $19.98
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The late Romanticism of Roger Sacheverell Coke will appeal to anyone who enjoys Rachmaninov or Delius, Grainger or Scriabin. An intriguingly eclectic composer, pianist Simon Callaghan and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra led by Martyn Brabbins, establish Coke's own distinctive voice in this important addition to the Romantic Piano Concerto series.
also available The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.72 Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Hyperion • CDA68151 (034571281513) Price Code: CD19 • $19.98
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony, Sound sleep, Orpheus with his lute, Variations for brass band Elizabeth Watts, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Kitty Whately (mezzosoprano), Royal College of Music Brass Band, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion Records • CDA68190 CLASSICAL Price Code: CD19 $19.98
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Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra understand how the music of Vaughan Williams should be played like few others. This recording of the rarely heard 1920 publication of his London Symphony (the composer’s favorite of his nine) is featured among three lesser-known works in a highly desirable program.
also available Elgar: Enigma Variations BBC Scottish Symphony, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion • CDA68101 (034571281018) Price Code: CD19 • $19.98
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HYPERION
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CHOPIN Préludes, Piano Sonata No.2, Scherzo No.2 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Hyperion Records • CDA68194
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD19 $19.98
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Repertoire that has been central to the lives of pianists for over a hundred and fifty years will always present a formidable challenge. Unsurprisingly, Cédric Tiberghien’s account of some of Chopin’s greatest and most popular works, including the 24 Préludes, can withstand comparison to the famous recordings of the past.
also available Bartók: Mikrokosmos 5 Cédric Tiberghien Hyperion • CDA68133 (034571281339) Price Code: CD19 • $19.98
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HYPERION
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FAURÉ Requiem & other sacred music Sarah Yanovitch, Nola Richardson (sopranos), Mindy Ella Chu (alto), Gene Stenger (tenor), Edmund Milly (bass), Grace Cloutier (harp), Robert Bennesh (organ), Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill Hyperion Records • CDA68209 CLASSICAL Price Code: CD19 $19.98
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David Hill leads the Yale Schola Cantorum, one of America’s foremost chamber choirs, in a recording of Fauré's Requiem that is close in spirit to the composer's intimate, liturgical original. The program also features a selection of Faure's other sacred works including the Messe basse.
also available Victoria: Requiem Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill Hyperion • CDA66250 (034571162508) Price Code: CD19 • $19.98
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ONYX CLASSICS
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Beethoven Violin Concerto, Romances Schubert Rondo James Ehnes (violin) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze Onyc Classics • ONYX4167
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD19 $19.98
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Beethoven’s Violin Concerto represents a supreme challenge for violinists. Far from being a virtuoso display piece, this is chamber music on a large scale. A lukewarm reception at the concerto's premiere in 1806 led to it being forgotten until Joseph Joachim resurrected the work in the 1850's and restored to its rightful position as one of the greatest and most popular concertos for the instrument. This is James Ehnes's first recording of this concerto, and he is supported sensitively by the award winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra led by fellow violinist turned conductor Andrew Manze.
also available Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos.6 & 9 James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong Onyx Classics • ONYX4170 (880040417026) Price Code: CD19 • $19.98
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Company Works by Glass, Vasks, Pärt & Uçarsu Borusan Quartet Onyx Classics • ONYX4171
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD19 $19.98
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This recording from the Borusan Quartet focuses on contemporary repertoire. It takes its title, Company, from Philip Glass's String Quartet No.2. The group embraces the spiritual minimalism of Arvo Pärt's Summa and the expansiveness of Peteris Vasks String Quartet No.4. Traditional music from the Borusan Quartet's homeland, in particular Anatolia, is represented by Turkish composer Hasan Ucarsu's String Quartet No.2.
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PRAGA
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SCHUBERT String Quartets Nos.12-15, 'Trout' Quintet The Budapest String Quartet, Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) Praga • PRD250386
CLASSICAL Price Code: CD31 $31.98
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On this historic reissue, the legendary Budapest String Quartet performs Schubert's String Quartets Nos.12 through 15, including "Death and the Maiden," one of the pillars of chamber music. They are joined by pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski for the beloved "Trout" quintet.
also available Mozart: Complete String Quintets The Budapest String Quartet, Walter Trampler Praga • PRD250370 (3149028108125) Price Code: CD23 • $23.98
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RUBICON CLASSICS
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The Alehouse Sessions Bjarte Eike, Barokksolistene Rubicon Classics • RLP1017
CLASSICAL Price Code: LP29 $29.98
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The Alehouse Sessions explores the music heard in 17th Century English taverns, giving audiences a fascinating window into this tumultuous period. The atmosphere of a raucous port city pub in the 1690s is brilliantly evoked by Bjarte Eike and Barokksolistene, whose concerts have been hailed as "irresistible" (The Times), "superb" (The Scotsman) and "fabulously unrestrained" (The Guardian) and "creating the effect of a late night jamming session" (BBC Music Magazine). Eike says, "The signature of this project is the interaction on stage between the players and the audience. If it has to be put in a historical context, the project draws its inspiration from the Shakespearian theatre where there was a direct communication between stage and hall."
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also available The Alehouse Sessions Bjarte Eike, Barokksolistene Rubicon Classics • RCD1017 (5065002149169) RED Price Code: CD19 • $19.98
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JAZZ VILLAGE
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In Transit Kyle Eastwood Jazz Village • JV570146 Jazz Village • JV33570152
JAZZ Price Code: CD16 $16.98
JAZZ Price Code: LP29 $29.98
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Bassist Kyle Eastwood has an unbridled passion for jazz and the innate talent to share it. He is an artist that strives to reinvent the genre by not only respecting its masters, but also pushing boundaries in search of a new tradition that looks ever forward. Following on the success of his first two Jazz Village releases, Eastwood's In Transit features songs by some of his favorite composers as well as original tunes by Eastwood and his band. Guest artists include saxophonist Stefano Di Battista. The mood of the album's ten tracks ranges from hard bop and rhythm 'n' blues to a decidedly contemporary sound. With its powerful rhythms and catchy melodies, Eastwood's In Transit is guaranteed to please.
also available Time Pieces Kyle Eastwood Jazz Village • JV570034 (3149027004329) Price Code: CD16 • $16.98
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A Meeting of Spirits Gary Husband Edition Records • EDN1098
JAZZ Price Code: CD19 $19.98
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Gary Husband has been at the forefront of the international jazz scene for many years. He is that rare breed of musician who is equally fluent in expression, and internationally lauded on both drums and keyboard. Even more singular is his ability to bring together the fruits of a career that have included classical training, improvisational versatility and long experience on the pop, rock, funk and blues circuits into a distinctive and influential musical personality. Husband's latest album (his first for Edition), A Meeting of Spirits, is an innovative reinterpretation of the music of legendary guitarist, bandleader and composer John McLaughlin that demonstrates the totality of Husband’s multifaceted talent.
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Live Girls In Airports Edition Records • EDN1097 Edition Records • EDNLP1097
JAZZ Price Code: CD19 $19.98
JAZZ Price Code: LP27 $27.98
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Danish super group Girls in Airports return with the release of their fifth album. Recorded in Germany in April of 2017, Live features four new tracks alongside eight finely honed performances from their previous three albums. Described as a unique blend of Nordic jazz lyricism, indie-rock influences and sounds from around the world, their charismatic live performances have quickly made Girls in Airports one of the most talked about bands on the international jazz scene.
also available Fables Girls In Airports Edition Records • EDN1061 (5065001530678) Price Code: CD19 • $19.98
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