[PIAS] America • new releases December 2017

DECEMBER 2017

DANIEL HARDING

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Conductor Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra are joined by acclaimed baritone Matthias Goerne on a two-CD collection of Wagner opera excerpts for harmonia mundi. The Wagner Project includes preludes and scenes from Tannhäuser, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde and more. Mahler’s Symphony No.5 gained widespread attention thanks to Luchino Visconti's 1971 cinematic masterpiece Death in Venice. Echoing the work's 1904 premiere by the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, the current members of the very same ensemble are led by FrançoisXavier Roth in an exciting new recording for harmonia mundi. 2017 marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of composer Claudio Monteverdi and the harmonia mundi label celebrates with important releases from Pablo Heras-Casado and Les Arts Florissants. Heras-Casado leads a performance of selections from the Selva morale e spirituale while Les Arts Florissants offer a DVD of the composer's first opera L'Orfeo and a specially-priced three-disc collection of his beloved Madrigals. Philippe Herreweghe is one of the founding fathers of original-instrument movement. This month's release of a new 30-disc, limited-edition collector’s item anthology explores the many riches of this great artist’s career.

Erol Alkan has never played by dance music's rules. Since the halcyon days of Trash, his legendary London nightclub, Alkan has been a dance music artist with an alternative sensibility – a psychedelic approach and a punk outlook. Alkan's latest release, Reworks Vol.1, looks back on over the last decade and includes a selection of his most iconic remixes. Danish jazz ensemble Hess Is More has built a strong following for their unique instrumentation and unorthodox arrangements, combining elements of jazz, electronica, Scandinavian folk and classic pop. Their new album, 80 Years, features a wealth of stellar collaborators. Syrian traditional music artist Maya Youssef has been compared with such legendary virtuosos as Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin and Meredith Monk. Youssef’s album Syrian Dreams is a powerful expression of her deep sorrow over the recent tragic events in her homeland.

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Erol Alkan Reworks Vol.1 2 CD CD19 • SRP $19.98 PHLP08CD

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Erol Alkan is one of his generation's most iconic remixers. His philosophy towards a remix is to "re-produce" the work as if the original never existed. Reworks Vol.1 looks back on over a decade and includes his classic versions of Justice's "Waters Of Nazareth," Connan Mockasin's "Forever Dolphin Love" and Death From Above 1979's "Romantic Rights." Avoiding methods like the transplanting of a vocal on a contemporary dance beat, or adding a four-to-the-floor 808 kick drum underneath a rock band, Alkan instead takes a considered approach to build something new that offers a fresh and divergent take on the music in front of him. Erol Alkan is a dance music artist with an alternative sensibility, a psychedelic approach and a punk outlook. What makes him stand apart in dance music is what makes him one of the genre’s most enduring and influential artists.

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Hess Is More 80 Years CD CD19 • SRP $19.98 EDN1102

LP LP27 • SRP $27.98 EDNLP1102

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Led by Danish drummer Mikkel Hess, Hess Is More has built a strong following for their unique instrumentation and unorthodox arrangements, combining elements of jazz, electronica, Scandinavian folk, soundtrack music and classic pop - blended with a playfully melodic and decidedly humorous sensibility.

Their new album, 80 Years, features a wealth of collaborators, including East Coast Inspirational Singers, Rune Olesen and jazz legend Tom Harrell.

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HARMONIA MUNDI

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Maya Youssef Syrian Dreams

CD CD18 • SRP $18.98 HMM902349

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The latest release in harmonia mundi’s fascinating Latitudes series features Maya Youssef, a virtuoso of the qanun, a traditional Syrian zither. Youssef’s extraordinary musical gift and generosity of outlook, warmth, humor and optimism have brought comparisons with such legendary virtuosos as Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin and Meredith Monk. Syrian Dreams was written to express Youssef’s powerful feelings of loss and sadness over the tragedy and suffering occurring in her homeland.

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Matthias Goerne WAGNER The Wagner Project Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding

2 CD CD29 • SRP $29.98 HMM902250

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Baritone Matthias Goerne is the featured soloist on this twoCD collection of excerpts from Richard Wagner’s powerfully expressive operas. Included are preludes and scenes from Der Fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Parsifal, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Tristan und Isolde. The underlying themes of these works – gods, men and redemption – were especially dear to the composer. Supported by the excellent Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Daniel Harding, Goerne’s performances glow with a special radiance.

also available Bach: Cantatas for Bass Matthias Goerne harmonia mundi • HMM902323 (3149020232323) CD18 • SRP $18.98

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François-Xavier Roth MAHLER Symphony No.5 Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

CD CD18 • SRP $18.98 HMM905285

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Immortalized in Luchino Visconti's cinematic masterpiece Death in Venice, Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.5, with its unforgettable Adagietto, needs little introduction. The composer himself led its premiere some 113 years ago, conducting the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne. For this recording, the current members of the very same ensemble are led by their newly appointed General Music Director, François-Xavier Roth.

also available Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth harmonia mundi • HMM905280 (3149020528020) CD18 • SRP $18.98

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HARMONIA MUNDI

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Pablo Heras-Casado MONTEVERDI Selva morale e spirituale Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

CD CD18 • SRP $18.98 HMM902355

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Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale is a collection of sacred music, published in Venice in 1640 and 1641. It is considered Monteverdi's testament of church music, compiled when he was 74 years old. The collection contains various forms of sacred music, from madrigals in Italian to a complete mass, with instrumentation varying between a single voice to eight voices with instruments. This release from acclaimed conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and harmonia mundi newcomers the BalthasarNeumann Ensemble offers a selection of works from this collection's wealth of musical riches.

also available Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 Orchestra of St. Luke's, Pablo Heras-Casado harmonia mundi • HMM902220 (3149020222027) CD18 • SRP $18.98

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Les Arts Florissants MONTEVERDI L'Orfeo

DVD + Blu-Ray DVM33 • SRP $33.98 HMD9809062

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Following on from his complete cycle of Monteverdi madrigals, Paul Agnew – here both conductor and stage director – presents his intimate and ‘sacred’ version of L'Orfeo – the composer’s first opera (and the first great opera in musical history). In a fine collective spirit, the singers and instrumentalists of Les Arts Florissants participate in the drama on equal terms, mingling in a single set that gives increased prominence to the masterful lighting and to the protagonists, who intensify the drama with their restrained movements and expressions.

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Les Arts Florissants MONTEVERDI Madrigali

3 CD CD31 • SRP $31.98 HMM2908777

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Madrigals feature prominently in the compositional output of Claudio Monteverdi. He revisited the antiquated form frequently throughout his long life. This three-disc anthology features a selection of Monteverdi's very finest Madrigals. Previously released as single discs, these superb performances featuring Les Arts Florissants led by Paul Agnew have received wide critical acclaim.

also available Un Jardin a l'Italienne Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, William Christie harmonia mundi • HAF8905283 (3149020528303) CD18 • SRP $18.98

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Philippe Herreweghe The Harmonia Mundi Years

30 CD CD69 • SRP $69.98 HMX2908826

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Philippe Herreweghe is regarded by leading scholars as one of the founding fathers of the baroque authentic practice and originalinstrument movement. Among the harmonia mundi label's most prolific recording artists – with over sixty albums to his name – Herreweghe’s catalog spans three decades, during which he explored four centuries of repertory. This 30-disc, limited-edition collector’s item deluxe boxed set provides listeners a fascinating overview of a remarkably creative period in this great artist’s career. It ranges from Herreweghe’s early work bringing to light forgotten gems of the French Baroque to his groundbreaking recordings of Bruckner with period instruments.

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RUBICON CLASSICS

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Christoph König BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 MÉHUL Symphony No.1 Soloists Européens Luxembourg

CD CD19 • SRP $19.98 RCD1020

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On his Rubicon Classics début recording, Christoph König leads the Soloists Européens Luxembourg in Beethoven's Symphony No.3 and Étienne Nicolas Méhul's Symphony No.1. This unusual program explores the reciprocal influences that often existed between famous composers and their less well-known contemporaries.

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Trio Isimsiz BEETHOVEN Piano Trio Trio No.5 BRAHMS Piano Trio No.3 TAKEMITSU Between Tides

CD CD19 • SRP $19.98 RCD1013

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Trio Isimsiz (Turkish for "no name"), one of the most exciting young piano trios on the classical music scene, make their recording début on Rubicon Classics. The piano trio repertoire contains so many masterpieces that choosing what to record posed a real challenge for the group. Brahms’s masterful final piano trio was one of the first pieces the trio learned together, and it represents the beginning of a journey for them as an ensemble.

The group enjoys exploring new music, and found Takemitsu's Between Tides to be a revelation of unique sound and expression.

Having worked their way through all of Beethoven's piano trios together, it seemed only fitting to include the composer who made the form his own, bringing a greater equality to the instruments than anyone before him.

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Romain Leleu & Thierry Escaich Vocalises

CD CD21 • SRP $21.98 AP158

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The title Vocalises was chosen by trumpeter Romain Leleu and organist Thierry Escaich because the sound of the trumpet is often compared to the human voice. When putting together their album, Leleu and Escaich didn’t concern themselves with stylistic labels. Its fascinating tracklist places transcriptions of renowned classical arias alongside 20th-century hits, ranging from Rachmaninov to Michael Jackson to West Side Story. These arrangements and transcriptions – most of them original – have a contagious enthusiasm that definitely spices up the usually conservative trumpet & organ genre.

also available Inspirations Romain Leleu Aparté • AP114 (3149028076721) CD21 • SRP $21.98

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