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MARCH 2014 | NEW RELEASES

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Canadian baritone Gerald Finley delivers a chillingly powerful reading of Schubert’s immortal song cycle Winterreise for Hyperion (p.17). Lieder fans will also enjoy Matthias Goerne’s Schubert recital for harmonia mundi entitled Wanderers Nachtlied (p.5). Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads an epic reading of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.2 for his second recording on harmonia mundi (p.6). Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are heard in fresh and exciting performances by harmonia mundi regulars the Freiburger Barockorchester (p.8). Concertos by Prokofiev and Pfitzner are the focus of recordings by pianist Denis Matsuev on Mariinsky (p.19) and cellist Alban Gerhardt on Hyperion (p.15). Pianist Jon Nakamatsu is back with a solo recording for harmonia mundi featuring works by Schumann (p.12). Choral music is the focus of winning recordings by Daniel Reuss and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (p.7), Graham Ross leading The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (p.10) and The Cardinall’s Musick led by Andrew Carwood (p.16). René Jacobs’s superb Bach St. Matthew Passion, previously offered as a deluxe SACD set, is being reissued as a standard CD at a special price to celebrate the Easter season (p.11). Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie’s La Licorne captive is a fascinating and entrancing album that crosses many musical boundaries (p.29). Malian superstar Habib Koité’s colorful album Soô explores the amazing diversity of the music of his homeland (p.30).

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IN THE PRESS Eisler: Ernste Gesange Matthias Goerne harmonia mundi • HMC 902134

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I Hear the Sound. Archie Shepp Archie Ball • ARCH 1301

Handel: Belshazzar Les Arts Florissants, Christie Les Arts Florissants • AF 001

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“The performance is a revelation...”

“The playing is full-on, and the emotion palpable.”

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“Goerne’s grasp of Eisler’s idiom is unsurpassed.” —THE BOSTON GLOBE

COMING NEXT MONTH Marie et Marion Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi • HMU 807524

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Anonymous 4 sings songs of love On their 1994 album Love’s Illusion, the extraordinary vocal quartet Anonymous 4 brought 13th century motets of courtly love from the Montpellier Codex to the top of the classical charts – spending 29 weeks on the Billboard Top 200. Ten years later, they return to the source – this time exploring the juxtaposition of desire for the earthly lady Marion and adoration of the heavenly Marie.

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SCARLATTI Carlo Re d’Alemagna

IMPORT Fabio Biondi returns with the first recording of Carlo Re d’Alemagna by Alessandro Scarlatti, first performed in Naples in January 1716. The opera was resurrected in 2003 by Biondi (leader of the innovative ensemble Europa Galante) who led a concert performance with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. It is in many ways a typical example of Neapolitan Baroque opera with action assigned to the recitatives whilst the characters are developed during the arias. A mixture of opera seria and opera buffo, the opera deals with the accession to power and its exercise.

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Also Available Telemann: Quixotte & La Changeante Agogique • AGO 005 (3700675500054)

“Exciting, richly conceived, and perfectly executed performances...” —FANFARE 3

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Marina de Liso (mezzo-soprano), Marianne Beate Kiellland (mezzo-soprano), Josè Maria Lo Monaco (mezzo-soprano), Damiana Pinti (alto), Romina Basso (contralto), Carlo Allemano (tenor), Roberto Abbondanza (bass) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi Agogique • AGO 015

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Ning Feng (violin) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Yang Yang Channel Classics • CCS SA 34913 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD 2006 first prize winner at the International Paganini Competition, Ning Feng follows in the footsteps of great violinists such as Kavakos, Kremer and Accardo. Now based in Berlin and performing worldwide, the Chinese-born virtuoso has developed a reputation internationally as an artist of great lyricism and emotional transparency, displaying tremendous bravura and awe-inspiring technical accomplishment. Following on the success of his first two releases on Channel Classics, both devoted to solo repertoire, here Feng is accompanied by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin led by Yang Yang in two staples of the concerto repertoire – Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto.

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Also available Violin Solo Vol.2 Channel • CCS SA 34413 (723385344131)

“Defining virtuosity through four of the 20th century’s heaviest works for unaccompanied violin.” —GRAMOPHONE 4

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BRUCH Scottish Fantasy TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

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Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition Vol.8 SCHUBERT Wanderers Nachtlied Matthias Goerne (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Eric Schneider (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902109 IMPORT Hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as, “The most intellectually and vocally gifted male art-song interpreter of his generation,” baritone Matthias Goerne presents the eighth volume in his ongoing Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition for harmonia mundi. The featured work is Schubert’s setting of Goethe’s two-part poem Wanderers Nachtlied. A renowned Schubert interpreter, Goerne is celebrated for his complete commitment to the composer and text. On this new 2-CD set he is joined by two exceptional collaborators, pianists Helmut Deutsch and Eric Schneider.

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“Matthias Goerne is one of the great lieder interpreters of our era.” —SAN Francisco classical voice

Previous release in the series Schubert: Erlkonig harmonia mundi • HMC 902141 (3149020214121)

“Among the finest recital discs I have ever heard...” —BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 5

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MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.2 ‘Lobgesang’ Christiane Karg (soprano), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor) Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Pablo Heras-Casado harmonia mundi • HMC 902151

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IMPORT Named 2014 Conductor of the Year by Musical America, Pablo HerasCasado has made his name exploring repertoire that is outside of the mainstream. For his second recording on the harmonia mundi label, Heras-Casado conducts Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.2, nicknamed Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise). Commissioned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press, the work is a massive symphony-cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Although clearly inspired by Beethoven’s ninth, the comparison did the work no favors with critics of the time and eventually it fell into an unjust obscurity. The symphony consists of a three-movement instrumental ‘overture’ followed by ten movements for soloists and choir and orchestra set to texts from the Lutheran bible. Joined by sopranos Christiane Karg and Christina Landshamer and tenor Michael Schade, Heras-Casado leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir in a powerful performance of this sweeping vocal and choral epic.

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“One of the most insightful and exciting conductors of the new generation” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

Also available Schubert: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4 harmonia mundi • HMC 902154 (3149020215425)

“This is Schubert as never heard in modern times.” —FINANCIAL TIMES 6

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POULENC Stabat Mater, Sept Répons de Ténèbres Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Reuss harmonia mundi • HMC 902149 IMPORT Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, which the composer described as, “a requiem without despair,” was written in 1950 following the death of Christian Bérard, a leading figure of 1940s Paris who designed the sets for Cocteau’s films and plays. This masterly work, dedicated to the Virgin of Rocamadour, gives pride of place to the chorus and clearly shows its line of descent from the French motets of the age of Louis XIV. It is paired with the Sept Répons de Ténèbres, Poulenc’s last choral work. Although sacred in nature, it was written for a nonreligious celebration, the opening of New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This recording’s superb cast features soprano Carolyn Sampson and the Estonian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra led by Daniel Reuss.

“Carolyn Sampson’s voice and presence are always recognisable no matter what her disguise...”

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—THE INDEPENDENT

Also available Janacek: Choral Works harmonia mundi • HMC 902097 (3149020209721)

“A fresh look at a rarely glimpsed but important side of this most unusual composer.” —NPR 7

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J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos Freiburger Barockorchester harmonia mundi • HMC 902176 IMPORT Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos scarcely need an introduction. Widely regarded as among the finest orchestral compositions of the Baroque era, these six works dedicated to the Margrave of BrandenburgSchwedt in 1721 explore a dizzying array of instrumental combinations and timbres. The rise of historically informed performance practices in recent years has shed new light on the evergreen Brandenburg Concertos and greatly expanded the gamut of interpretive possibilities. Three centuries later, the cycle is as open as ever to new interpretations, as the sparkling performances by the Freiburger Barockorchester on this recording aptly demonstrate.

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“This is a formidable little orchestra – very crisp, very solid, utterly together at any tempo.” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Also available Bach: Violin Concertos harmonia mundi • HMC 902145 (3149020214527)

10/10! “Bach as it should be done.” —CLASSICS TODAY 8

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SCHUMANN Carnaval, Papillons, Piano Sonata No.2 Jon Nakamatsu (piano) harmonia mundi • HMU 907503 IMPORT The fantastical world of Robert Schumann’s musical imagination provides the theme for this recording by pianist Jon Nakamatsu. It ranges from the tempestuous virtuosity of the Piano Sonata No.2 to the glittering masquerade depicted in the Carnaval to the colorful miniatures of the Papillons. Schumann’s compositions lie at the very heart of the Romantic piano repertoire. Since winning the Gold Medal at the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Nakamatsu has enjoyed a busy concert career and has made several highly acclaimed recordings for harmonia mundi.

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“Nakamatsu plays with the calm assurance that comes of having both a solid technique and a gentle, introspective, interpretive spirit.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

Also available Brahms: Quintets Op.34 & 115 harmonia mundi • HMU 807558 (093046755867)

“This one gets a spot in my permanent collection.” —FANFARE 9

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Stabat mater dolorosa – Music for Passiontide Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross harmonia mundi • HMU 907616 IMPORT Following on the huge success of Veni Emmanuel, their recording of music for Advent, Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge return with Stabat mater dolorosa – a richlyvaried collection of music for Passiontide. On it, polyphonic settings of the great texts of Holy Week are interwoven with a plainchant rendition of the mournful Stabat Mater – the traditional medieval poem meditating on the death of Jesus and the grief of his mother. Ross and his choir offer heartfelt performances of these staples of the sacred repertoire.

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“An up-and-coming English choir.” —ALL MUSIC

Also available Veni Emmanuel harmonia mundi • HMU 907579 (093046757922)

“Full of fabulous singing and glorious acoustics...” —AUDIOPHILE AUDITION 10

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J.S. BACH St. Matthew Passion Sunhae Im (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Johannes Weisser (baritone), Konstantin Wolff (bass-baritone), RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC 902156 IMPORT Previously released as a deluxe Hybrid SACD with a bonus DVD, René Jacobs’s acclaimed recording of the Bach St. Matthew Passion is now available as a standard CD at a special price. Jacobs leads a cast of superb soloists, backed by the RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, in a recording that focuses on the paradox of a drama that is at once intimate, theatrical, and collective. As always, there are interpretive surprises, but the recording’s emotional and spiritual intensity is a constant from beginning to end.

“No one can doubt Jacobs’s profound identification with this work...”

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—GRAMOPHONE

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“A major addition to the catalogue.” —BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

“Impeccable singing and sheer freshness...” —THE BOSTON GLOBE

“Beautifully played, astonishingly sung and quite simply overwhelming.” —THE GUARDIAN

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HAYDN Die sieben letzten Worte

IMPORT Haydn composed his orchestral version of the Seven Last Words for Good Friday devotions Price Code: CA20 in Cádiz. The task of creating a purely (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) instrumental ‘oratorio’ consisting of seven contemplative slow movements was by no means an easy one; but the outcome was a work of sublime nobility. In its day, it was quite popular and inspired several transcriptions, including the version for string quartet heard here in a performance by the Barcelona-based Cuarteto Casals that is both stylistically sensitive and emotionally compelling.

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HAYDN The Seasons Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC 971829 Previously Available as HMX 2961829 (794881891726) Deleted October 2011

HAYDN Die Schöpfung Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC 972039 Previously Available as HMC 902039 (794881924523) Deleted December 2013

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Cuarteto Casals harmonia mundi • HMC 902162

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Piers Lane (piano) Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley Hyperion • CDA 68011 IMPORT Hyperion presents a rarity in their ongoing Anglo-Australian artistic collaboration: music by an Australian composer who was once at the heart of the English establishment. Malcolm Williamson was one of many Australian creative artists who relocated to Britain in the mid-twentieth century. Within a decade of settling in London he had established a reputation as one of the most gifted and prolific composers of his generation. However today, he is almost forgotten and his music virtually never performed. This set of his complete Piano Concertos is therefore an important document as well as a compendium of deeply appealing music. Piers Lane, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Howard Shelley are the ideal performers of these unjustly neglected works.

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Also available Arensky & Taneyev: Piano Quintets Hyperion • CDA 67965 (034571179650) “Riveting and perfectly recorded.” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE 13

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WILLIAMSON Piano Concertos Nos.1-4, Sinfonia Concertante, Concerto for Two Pianos

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Leonore Piano Trio Hyperion • CDA 68015 IMPORT Arensky’s Piano Trios represent a fine example of the Russian romantic piano trio, a form ‘invented’ by Tchaikovsky, Arensky’s close friend and influence. The Piano Trio No.1 is the more popular of the two, dedicated to the cellist Karl Davidoff. Davidoff is regarded as the founder of the Russian school of cello-playing, and Arensky’s dedication accounts for the fact that the cello plays such a prominent role. The Piano Trio No.2 is one of the composer’s last works, and marks a considerable advance in Arensky’s compositional techniques. Hyperion is delighted to present the Leonore Piano Trio in their début recording.

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“Powerful… with an expansive, lush sound.” —Waikato Times (New Zealand)

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ARENSKY Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2 RACHMANINOV Vocalise

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Alban Gerhardt (cello) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sebastian Weigle Hyperion • CDA 67906 IMPORT Hyperion’s Romantic Cello Concerto series continues to bring new works to light, expanding a repertoire that has long focused on a select group of composers. Here, Alban Gerhardt performs the three concertos by Hans Pfitzner. Pfitzner’s early Cello Concerto in A minor was scorned by his teachers (although liked by the composer himself). His Cello Concerto Op.42 is a beautifully constructed work that derives its material from a lyrical cello solo heard at the very start of the work. The Cello Concerto Op.52 is dedicated to Ludwig Hoelscher, a pupil of two giants of German cello-playing: Hugo Becker and Julius Klengel. As a bonus, the recording also includes Pfitzner’s Duo for violin, cello and small orchestra.

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“No praise is too high for Alban Gerhardt’s musicianship, commitment and technique…” —INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Previous release in the series The Romantic Cello Concerto Vol.3 Hyperion • CDA67859 (034571178592) “This is one gorgeous CD.” —FANFARE 15

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The Romantic Cello Concerto Vol.4 PFITZNER Cello Concertos Nos.1-2, Cello Concerto Op.Post., Duo for Violin, Cello and Small Orchestra

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood Hyperion • CDA 68026 IMPORT Gramophone Record of the Year winners The Cardinall’s Musick continue their exploration of Tallis’s sacred music. These recordings not only showcase the greatest repertoire of the English Renaissance in dazzling performances, but also illustrate the complex historical and political background of the works and their genesis. This volume presents Tallis’s extraordinary seven-voice mass, Missa Puer natus est nobis, which dates from the Catholic reign of Mary I. Other works recorded here include what is possibly Tallis’s earliest work, the fourpart Latin Magnificat, and the gloriously splendid Videte miraculum, a masterpiece with a rich palette of colors, enhanced by suave melodic writing with a slow-moving harmonic pulse tinged with heartachingly gorgeous cadences.

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“The Cardinall’s Musick produces a sound that is joyous and reverent, captivating and glorious. No technique is beyond them...” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Also available Tallis: Salve intemerata Hyperion • CDA 67994 (034571179940) “These are commendably committed, full-blooded performances.” —GRAMOPHONE 16

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TALLIS Missa Puer natus est nobis

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68034 IMPORT The Gramophone Award-winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake turns to perhaps the most celebrated song-cycle of them all. Schubert’s Winterreise is a masterpiece of despair, astonishing in its bleakness and enthrallingly mesmerizing as the journey continues. Finley brings all his considerable dramatic powers to his performance — and all but submerges them under the ice. Winterreise is the second of Schubert’s two great song cycles on William Müller’s poems, the earlier being Die schöne Müllerin. The work’s tone echoes the composer’s own mood, as it was written during a particularly melancholic period in Schubert’s life.

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“The team of Finley and Drake continues to produce some of the finest recordings of songs. Both artists are at the top of their game.” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Also available Schumann: Liederkreis Opp. 24 & 39 Hyperion • CDA 67944 (034571179445) “Julius Drake is perfectly attuned to the palette of shifting colors in Finley’s dark baritone – here in top form.” —BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 17

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SCHUBERT Winterreise

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LOCATELLI Concerti Grossi, Op.1

IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 66981 (034571169811) Deleted April 2008 The concerto grosso form was popularized Price Code: CA20 by Corelli, and Locatelli’s Op.1 is a marvelous (2 CDs for the Price of 1, example of the genre: its solid craftsmanship, Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) imaginative textures and exciting virtuosity bringing it into the top rank. These works are ravishingly performed here by The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer and soloist Elizabeth Wallfisch.

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C.P.E. BACH Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu

Howard Shelley (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55458 Previously Available as CDA 66486 (034571164861) Deleted July 2012

Ex Tempore, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken Hyperion • CDH 55478 Previously Available as CDA 67364 (034571173641) Deleted July 2013

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Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer Hyperion • CDD 22066

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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Denis Matsuev (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Mariinsky • MAR 0549 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD This release from the Mariinsky label features two of Prokofiev’s most popular works – the Piano Concerto No.3 and the Symphony No.5. Denis Matsuev is the soloist in the concerto, in his fourth recording for the label. Since winning the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, Matsuev has established a reputation as one of Russia’s leading pianists. Written at the height of World War II, Prokofiev’s Symphony No.5 is a patriotic work – big, heroic and ultimately optimistic. Prokofiev wrote five piano concertos, but it is his third that has gained the most popularity and critical acclaim. The clarity and vitality that appealed to the work’s original audiences have stood the test of time.

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“Valery Gergiev and Denis Matsuev are very much of one mind as to where to go with the music, and more importantly, perfectly matched for sonority.” —FANFARE

Recently released Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Mariinsky• MAR 0548 (822231854821) “It is hard not to enjoy Denis Matsuev’s playing...” —THE GUARDIAN 19

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PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3, Symphony No.5

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BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos.17, 24 & 30, Bagatelles

IMPORT Pianist Andrei Korobeinikov has won more than twenty prizes in national and international Price Code: CA24 competitions, including the Alexander Scriabin (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) International Piano Competition and Rachmaninov Piano Competition. A prodigy, he graduated with honors from the Moscow Conservatory at age 19 and pursued his studies at the Royal College of Music in London. On his third disc for Mirare, Korobeinikov turns to Beethoven, with a recital including three Piano Sonatas and the Bagatelles Op.126.

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RAVEL Gaspard de la Nuit, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano) Mirare • MIR 232 IMPORT Jean-Frédéric Neuburger’s exceptional musical aptitude was evident from an early age. Price Code: CA24 Since being recognized by the Académie Maurice (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) Ravel at the age of 15, he has been the laureate of numerous international competitions and won the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions held in New York. For his seventh recording for Mirare, Neuburger turns to his countryman Ravel, offering a recital of the composer’s uniquely atmospheric music for solo piano.

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Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) Mirare • MIR 090

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HAYDN String Quartets Op.76 No.1, Op.50 No.1 & Op.77 No.1

IMPORT With 68 works to his credit, Joseph Haydn was not only the founding father of the string quartet, but also an undisputed master of the genre. This influence continued through his direct successors, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven, through the Romantic era and into the 20th century via the second Viennese School. Continuously renewed with each performance, his music is a constant source of wonder, as evidenced by the three works that the Modigliani Quartet have chosen for their second release on Mirare devoted to Papa Haydn.

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“Unabashedly virtuosic.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Modigliani Quartet Mirare • MIR 231

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DVORÁK Cello Concerto SCHUMANN Cello Concerto CASALS The Song of the Birds Pablo Ferrández (cello) Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Radoslaw Szulc Onyx Classics • ONYX 4127 IMPORT After winning the prestigious Prix Edmond de Rothschild at the 2013 Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad in Switzerland, Pablo Ferrández went on to record his concerto debut CD. The disc includes Dvorák’s masterpiece for the instrument, Schumann’s intimate concerto from his last years and Pablo Casals’s exquisite transcription of Song of the Birds, a much loved traditional Catalan song that was popular during the Spanish civil war.

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“Pablo Ferrandez will be one of the best cellists in the future – No: he already is.” —DIAPASON

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MARCH 2014 DVORÁK String Quartet No.8, Miniatures, Cypresses Zemlinsky Quartet Praga • PRD 250303

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BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos.3, 7, 12 & 22 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Praga • PRD 350079

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BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2, Symphony No.3 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Leningrad Philharmonic, Yevgeny Mravinsky Praga • PRD 350103

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GOLDMARK Violin Concerto No.1 BRAHMS Violin Concerto J.S. BACH Chaconne

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Nathan Milstein (violin) The Philharmonia, Anatole Fistoulari Praga • PRD 350105 SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD

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Death Be Not Proud – Compositions for Tuba & Electronics POORE Death Be Not Proud LIPPE Music for Tuba and Computer KATZER Dialog imaginär 9 für Tuba mit Hegel SANNICANDRO Sonnet X

Angels – Compositions for Trumpet RUGGLES Angels LIM Wild Winged-One AYRES No. 37c SAUNDERS Neither

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IMPORT Tuba player Melvyn Poore is a world-renowned soloist, composer and scholar. This recording offers a selection of notable contemporary works (including a composition of his own) by Georg Katzer, Cort Lippe and Valerio Sannicandro. In these works, the tuba, combined with the live electronics, acts as a meta instrument, while at the same time being the calming influence, no matter whether the works are meticulously fragmented or narratively structured. Trumpet player Marco Blaauw has made the further development of the trumpet, its technique and repertoire, his life’s work. He frequently collaborates both with successful contemporary composers and younger composers that deserve to be heard. On this recording, Blaauw presents a fascinating selection of contemporary compositions for trumpet. It includes works by Liza Lim, Rebecca Saunders and the composer of the title track, Carl Ruggles.

JAZZ

MARCH 2014

Soular Energy

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File in: Jazz Originally issued on Concord in 1985, Soular Energy by the Ray Brown Trio has long been considered both a great straight ahead jazz album and an audiophile’s dream. It is highlighted by the sparkling playing of pianist Gene Harris (who led the popular Three Sounds in the 1960s). The album also features guest appearances by tenor player Red Holloway and guitarist Emily Remler for “Mistreated But Undefeated Blues.” Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio did exceptional mastering work for this new SACD version offered by Analogue Productions.

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Ray Brown Trio APO • CAPJ 268 SA

JAZZ

MARCH 2014

Young Guns

IMPORT File in: Jazz Fans of Penguin Cafe have been overjoyed at the band’s comeback and recent recordings. The catalyst for this new album came about in 2012, when Arthur Jeffes worked on a project with NASA and the International Space Orchestra. The tracks Aurora and 1420 have since been beamed into space as part of NASA’s Kepler project. These touchstones marked a ‘satellitic’ beginning for Penguin Cafe’s new album entitled Red Book, which then presents a collection of songs that return to earth to undertake a rich, cross-continental musical journey.

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Also Available Alone Together HighNote • HCD 7242 (632375724221)

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Gene Ludwig, Pat Martino Trio, Randy Gelispie HighNote • HCD 7258

JAZZ

MARCH 2014

The Beatles - A Jazz Tribute - Celebrating 50 Years

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Larry Coryell, Shelia Jordan, Vincent Herring, Randy Johnston, Joel Harrison, Norman Simmons, Wesla Whitfield, Eric Reed HighNote • HCD 7260

JAZZ

MARCH 2014

Daybreak

IMPORT File in: Jazz Back in the studio for Savant Records, pianist Bruce Barth displays more of the monster talent that caused the Village Voice to proclaim that he is, “one of the best pianists in town, period.” His unique, Monktinged voicing, big tone and propulsive rhythmic drive sets his sound and style apart from any other pianist. Joined here once again by vibist Steve Nelson and with trumpet/flugel phenom Terell Stafford on hand, Barth offers a stimulating set list of a few standards alongside his always interesting originals. The colorful drummer Montez Coleman and the dynamic bassist Vicente Archer round out the rhythm section and the result is thoughtful, driving and contemporary jazz in the best sense of the word by five of the finest players on the scene today.

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Bruce Barth Savant • SCD 2134

WORLD

MARCH 2014

La Licorne captive - Un projet musical de Laurent Guardo Daniel Lavoie Chant du Monde • 2742285 IMPORT File in: World Fusion “A l’origine de ce projet somptueux, conçu comme une offrande pour Daniel Lavoie, il y a dix ans de travail d’un vrai musicien d’aujourd’hui, Laurent Guardo. Une réalisation digne de l’alchimie, un sens du son tout simplement inouï, au carrefour imaginaire entre guitares acoustiques, luths, udus, tablas et violes de gambe. Appelés au voyage, nous voilà bientôt devenus captifs émerveillés de la licorne. Elle ne vous lâchera plus…

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Conceived especially for Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie by Laurent Guardo, a true musician of today, La Licorne captive (The Captive Unicorn) was ten years in the making. Guardo binds the album together with an alchemist’s touch and an ear for sounds that are quite simply out of this world, bringing us to an imaginary crossroads where acoustic guitars meet lutes, udus, tablas and violas da gamba. Beckoning us to follow, we too are soon made captive, entranced by the unicorn – forever spellbound.”

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MUSICIENS DANIEL LAVOIE : interprète MARY-LOU GAUTHIER : soprano SYLVAIN BERGERON : archiluth MÉLISANDE CORRIVEAU : viole de gambe ELIN SODERSTROM : viole de gambe BETSY MAC MILLAN : viole de gambe OLIVIER BRAULT : viole d’amour, violon baroque et alto baroque ALAIN LEBLANC : guitare LAURENT GUARDO : guitare SHAWN MATIVETSKY : tablas et frame drums LAURENT GUARDO : basse, gongs tibétains, dobro, percussions

“Cet enregistrement fait partie de ces disques que l’on découvre avec une fascination immédiate, que l’on apprivoise, que l’on réécoute et que l’on réécoutera encore ; il a cette faculté d’envoûtement qui se distillera chez l’auditeur au fil des jours ; sa réalisation technique est un modèle inépuisable en termes de précision sonore, de splendeur des timbres, de largeur de spectre. Tous ses ingrédients collaborent à la réussite d’un projet poétique unique, généreux, en un mot : inouï.” Christian Girardin, harmonia mundi 29

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WORLD

MARCH 2014

[PRIORITY RELEASE] Habib Koité Contre-Jour • CJ 030 IMPORT File in: World / Mali Malian superstar Habib Koité’s album Soô (which translates as ‘home’) was recorded in his own home studio. A purely logistical decision at first, Koité’s choice of venue gradually became the foundation for the album’s theme. Home is where families and friends reunite, and where new ideas and directions are discovered. Soô reunites both friends and countrymen and explores new musical territory with both joy and reflection. For the first time in 22 years, Koité is not backed by his longtime band, Bamada. The album’s cast of all new musicians includes guest appearances by Toumani Diabate and Bassekou Kouyate and features Koité playing banjo on several tracks.

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“Koité’s rich, honeyed vocals and detailed guitar figures always lie at the heart of each song...” —BBC MUSIC

Also available Acoustic Africa in Concert (CD + DVD) Contre-Jour • CJ 027 (5413820000276) “Three highly accomplished musicians... Small-scale, heart-warmingly simple footage in accordance with the trio’s generous, empathetic approach.” —FROOTS 30

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Angela Hewitt

Hyperion

Ensemble Constantinople Gilad Hekselman Harry Manx

World Village Jazz Village Dog my Cat

Iestyn Davies Recital

Hyperion

Isabel Bayrakdarian

MCO Records

James Ehnes

Onyx

Jerusalem Quartet

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Jörg Widmann Lo'Jo

harmonia mundi World Village

Marc-André Hamelin

Hyperion

Marcio Faraco

World Village

Maurice Steger Midori Olga Kern Quatour Ebène Sierra Maestra

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Stephen Hough

Hyperion

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