17th February Classical releases

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The Routes of Slavery 1444-1888 Africa, Portugal, Spain & Latin America

Kassé Mady Diabaté and Violet Diallo Hespèrion XXI - La Capella Reial de Catalunya Tembembe Ensamble Continuo Jordi Savall A homage to the memory of victims of the slave trade.

Label: Alia Vox File Under: Classical/Secular Vocal music Catalogue No: AVSA9920 Barcode: 9788494631108 NORMAL Price Format: 2 SACD+DVD Packaging: cd book Kassé Mady Diabaté and Violet Diallo (Mali) Hespèrion XXI - La Capella Reial de Catalunya Tembembe Ensamble Continuo Jordi Savall [viola da gamba and Artistic director] 2 hybrid SACD + 1 DVD filmed live at the Fontfroide Abbey (France) PAL zone 0 Booklet : English, French, German, Italian, Castillian, Catalan weight: 911 grammes [small parcel]

This new multicultural project from Jordi Savall and his musicians on The Routes of Slavery (1444-1888) marks a world first in the history of music and of the three continents involved in the trade in African slaves and their exploitation in the New World, which are brought together through the early music of the colonial period, the musical traditions of Mali and the oral traditions of the descendants of slaves in Madagascar, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. This 'Musical Memoir' is accompanied with historical texts on slavery, beginning with the early chronicles of 1444 and concluding with texts written by the Nobel Peace Prize-winner Martin Luther King shortly before his assassination in 1968.

Sponsored by UNESCO, this musical reconciliation is founded on equality, harmony and reciprocal inspiration, constituting the commemoration of a tragic and shameful chapter in the history of mankind. A vast historical and musical fresco, which throws light on the West’s attitude towards Africans in Latin America, the United States and Europe, as well as its indifference towards that 'forgotten' continent of Africa. But it is also a joyful celebration of hearts and spirits united through music and dance, offering us all a vital source of survival, a refuge of peace, consolation and hope.

Full tracklisting available on demand CONCERT: 11th March Barbican with the AAM, Lully, Marais, Handel, Water Music Suites, Rameau, Les Boréades: suite

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MONTEVERDI: Madrigali Vol. 3 Venezia

Recorded at the CitÊ de la Musique during the complete cycle of Monteverdi madrigals mounted in partnership with the Philharmonie de Paris and the ThÊâtre de Caen, the last volume in our trilogy probably contains the best-loved gems of a composer who had become maestro di cappella at St Mark’s in Venice, and finally entered the priesthood. Alongside the great operas that have survived from this period, the final madrigals methodically explore the multiple possibilities offered by the rapidly developing practice of basso continuo and by an unprecedented exploitation of solo voices. And, in that respect, the celebrated 'Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' forms a spectacular finale to our Monteverdian adventure!

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: HAF8905278 Barcode: 3149020527801 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew

Libro settimo (1619) 1Tempro la cetra, SWV 117. Sinfonia 2Al lume de le stelle, SV138. Torquato Tasso 3Con che soavità , SV139. Battista Guarini 4Chiome d'oro, SV143. Anonimo 5Interrotte speranze, SV132. Battista Guarini 6Lettera amorosa, SV141. Claudio Achillini 7Ballo: Tirsi e Clori, SV145. Alessandro Striggio (figlio) Libro ottavo (1638) Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi 8Altri canti d'Amor, SV146. Anonimo 9Dolcissimo usignolo, SV161. Battista Guarini 10Lamento de la ninfa, SV163. Ottavio Rinuccini 11Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV153 Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata (XII. 52-62, 64-68) "Choosing an hour of music to represent these two massive collections is a challenge...Like all the music we have made during this extraordinary project, our aim was to convince the listener not only of the beauty of this repertoire but of its astonishing modernity. Monteverdi’s music attempts to marry text and harmony so closely that we are capable of seeing into the protagonists’ hearts, of feeling their state of emotion viscerally whilst hearing their words...

I pay tribute to the wonderful singers and instrumentalist who have taken part in our five-year journey and thank them for all that they have taught me." PAUL AGNEW ALSO AVAILABLE: AF005 Monteverdi Volume 1 | Cremona (Libri I, II, III) "One is torn between regret that there is to be only one further volume, and anticipation at what it might bring.�

Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, *UDPRSKRQH $ZDUG :LQQHU %DURTXH 9RFDO AF003 Monteverdi Volume 2 | Mantova (Libri IV, V, VI)

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Queens - Opera arias by Handel premiered by Francesca Cuzzoni & Anna Maria Strada del Pò

Roberta Invernizzi

Label: Glossa File Under: Classical/Opera & Vocal Catalogue No: GCD922904 Barcode: 8424562229044 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Roberta Invernizzi [soprano] Accademia Hermans Fabio Ciofini [harpsichord & direction]

A disc of Handel opera arias from Roberta Invernizzi is remarkable because, surprisingly, it breaks new ground for the Milanese soprano. True, she has taken part in complete operas on disc as on stage, and has recorded arias by other composers of the time such as Vivaldi, Leo, Porpora, Feo or Mancini (Arias for Domenico Gizzi and I Viaggi di Faustina being two recent albums).

Invernizzi’s majestic sweep of Handelian queens - Cleopatra, Berenice, Arianna and Alcina, among them - takes us through a chequered period in the composer’s career, when he led the two Royal Academies of Music in the 1720s and 1730s. At this time, he was writing for magnificent and tempestuous divas such as Francesca Cuzzoni and Anna Maria Strada del Pò – a selection of their roles is to be heard on this new Glossa recording.

These are choppy waters through which Roberta Invernizzi sails with unquestionable skill: in complete control of her native language and dominance of Handel’s stylistic demands all allied to her lustrous vocal tones. Sympathetic accompaniment is from Fabio Ciofini and his Accademia Hermans, which works extensively in the Perugian Teatro Cucinelli in Solomeo.

1 Lotario - Scherza in mar la navicella 2 Poro - Se mai turbo il tuo riposo 3 Berenice - No che servire altrui 4 Berenice - Traditore, traditore 5 Giulio Cesare - Overture 6 Giulio Cesare - Piangerò la sorte mia 7 Giulio Cesare - Tu la mia stella sei 8 Giolio Cesare - Da tempesta il legno infranto 9 Giulio Cesare - Che sento.../ Se pietà di me con senti 10 Scipione - Sinfonia Act 3 11 Scipione - Scoglio d'immota fronte 12 Alcina - Ah mio cor, schernito sei!

13 Giustino - Quel torrente “Invernizzi has a fresh, bright soprano that supplies constant delight” Sunday Times

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HANDEL: Catone [Pasticcio, London, 1732] Pasticcio, London, 1732

Sonia Prina, Riccardo Novaro, Roberta Invernizzi, Kristina Hammarstrom

Label: Glossa File Under: Classical/Opera & Vocal Catalogue No: GCD923511 Barcode: 8424562235113 2 FOR 1.5 Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Sonia Prina [Catone] Riccardo Novaro [Cesare] Roberta Invernizzi [Emilia] Kristina Hammarstrom [Arbace] Lucia Cirillo [Marzia] Auser Musici Carlo Ipata [conductor]

By bringing 'Catone' to disc Carlo Ipata celebrates the pasticcio, in particular those curated by George Frideric Handel, as is the case with this new Glossa release. In a co-production with the Fondazione Teatro di Pisa and the Händel Festspiele Halle, Ipata brings a further slant on Handel’s operatic career in London. Despite being busy with running the second Royal Academy of Music and writing his own operas, the composer was striving to present London audiences with selections from Italian operas by other composers, at the same time as giving his star singers the opportunity to show off early in the opera company’s season. One result was 'Catone' in 1732, with music by Leo, Hasse, Vivaldi, Vinci, Porpora as well as by Handel himself; company members included Senesino, Anna Maria Strada del Pò and Antonio Montagnana.

For this Halle performance Carlo Ipata has brought together a modern-day starry cast: Sonia Prina, Roberta Invernizzi (see previous page for her own Handel opera arias release); Riccardo Novaro, Kristina Hammarstrom and Lucia Cirillo – to sing the tale of the noble Roman Republican senator finding himself on the losing side of battles with Julius Caesar and with his daughter being in love with the conquering general. Angela Romagnoli provides a resounding defence of the Handelian pasticcio in her booklet essay.

The pasticcio’s plot functions admirably, the arias are stunning, both individually and collectively: the recording is a feast of sparkling, crowd-pleasing virtuosity.

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CORELLI: Violin Sonatas Op. 5 La Gioia

Lina Tur Bonet Musica Alchemica All six of Corelli's published collections of instrumental music demonstrate his exceptional skill as a violinist and composer, but it was in his Violin Sonatas Op. 5 that Corelli had the most significant impact on violin technique. The Op. 5 collection consists of 11 sonatas and a 12th sonata with a series of 23 variations on the famous 'Follia' theme. All 12 pieces contain a variety of difficult violin techniques.

Lina Tur Bonet is one of the most exciting violinists of the younger generation. She is accompanied by her ensemble Musica Alchemica. Her recent recordings for Pan classics - Vivaldi Premieres and the Rosary Sonatas by Biber – received many awards as 5* BBC Music Magazine, 5* Diapason, "CD-Tipp" (Toccata), "Excepcional" (Scherzo), "Melomano de Oro", and others.

Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: PC10375 Barcode: 7619990103757 2 FOR 1.5 Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Lina Tur Bonet Musica Alchemica

CD1: 1-5 Sonata 1 in D major 6-10 Sonata 2 in B flat major 11-15 Sonata 3 in C major 16-20 Sonata 4 in F major 21-25 Sonata 5 in G minor 26-30 Sonata 6 in A major CD2: 1-4 Sonata 7 in D minor 5-8 Sonata 8 in E minor 9-12 Sonata 9 in A major 13-17 Sonata 10 in F major 18- 22 Sonata 11 in E major 23 Sonata 12 in D minor - Follia

Also available: PC10329 Biber – Rosenkranzensonaten “spirited and gutsy … Tur Bonet’s playing focuses on the drama inherent in Biber’s sonatas, presenting each one as an individual theatrical scena ripe with its own particular possibilities … [an] involved and arresting approach.”

Early Music Today, March/May 2016

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CALDARA: Motetti a due a tre voci Op. 4 and organ works by Sweelinck, Tunder & Weckmann A printed version of the Motets for 2 or 3 voices Op. 4 was published in Bologna in 1715. Although Caldara was at this time still in the services of Marquis Ruspoli, he dedicated this collection to Cardinal Ottoboni who had gained a wide-ranging reputation as a patron of music during the previous decades. Caldara was appointed as imperial assistant music director in Vienna in 1716. As the favourite composer of Charles VI, Caldara was entrusted with the regular production of music for representative events at the imperial court for the remainder of his life.

The motets enjoyed widespread popularity including at the Dresden court which possessed a complete manuscript containing added handwritten annotations in the five vocal parts, still preserved today. This copy was evidently used by the church composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, although it was not among his personal possessions. The organ compositions featured on this recording originated in the Netherlands and North Germany, but are still regarded as an element of a pan-European tradition displaying significant details of Italian style.

Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: PC10362 Barcode: 7619990103627 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Ingeborg Dalheim, Anna Kellnhofer [soprano] Franz Vitzthum, Alex Potter [countertenor] Jan Van Elsacker [tenor] Florian Götz [baritone] United Continuo Ensemble: Jörg Meder [violone] Thomas C. Boysen [theorbo, direction] Johannes Hämmerle [organ of Schloss Gottorf restored by Mads Kjersgaard 2002/03]

1 Matthias Weckmann: Toccata vel præludium Antonio Caldara 2 Caro mea vere est cibus [ID, AK] 3 Laboravi in gemitu meo [FV, JVE, FG] 4 Respice in me, Domine [ID, FV, FG] 5 Franz Tunder: Auf meinen lieben Gott Antonio Caldara 6 Miserere mei, Domine [ID, FV, FG] 7 Benedictus Deus [FV, AP] 8 Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam [ID, AK, FG] 9 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck : Toccata secundi toni Antonio Caldara 10 Ad Dominum com tribularer [ID, FG] 11 Transeunte Domino [FV, JVE] 12 Transfige, dulcissime Jesu [FV, FG] 13 Peccavi super numerum [FV, JVE, FG] 14 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Psalm 116 »Ik heb den Heer lief« Antonio Caldara 15 Ego sum panis vivus [AK, FV] 16 O sacrum convivium [ID, AK, FG]

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BARTOK: The String Quartets Végh Quartet Bartók’s complete string quartets, as played by the impassioned and fiercely articulated Végh Quartet, back in 1954, is still the best interpretation of this musical encapsulation of the 20th century. The first Quartet (1907) glorifies Beethoven’s 16th, while the sixth closes with the quarter tones of a wistful and gradually etiolating refrain. In turn expressionist, with Webern-like denseness, inspired by contemporary music from central Europe, Turkey and North Africa.

Powerfully authentic, anticipating the Takács' versions in extreme Hungarian flavour and with fearless, aggressive bowing...

CD1: 1-3 No. 2 Sz40 4-7 No. 3 Sz85 8-12 No. 5 Sz102

Label: Praga Digitals File Under: Classical/Chamber music Catalogue No: PRD250358 Barcode: 3149028101522 MID Price Format: 2 CD Packaging: cristal Végh Quartet: Sandor Végh, Sandor Zöldy Georges Janzer, Paul Szabo

CD2: 1-4 No. 2 Sz67 5-7 No. 4 Sz91 8-11 No. 6 Sz114 Recorded in London Sept-Oct 1954. First Ed UK on LP: Columbia CX1245, 1267, 1285, Angel in USA. Since then there have been dozens of other versions including a 1972 stereo remake with the same line-up on the Astrée label. Praga has chosen to release this earlier set because of its unique artistry. This new edition is restarting from the initial stereo tapes.

Remastered & edited by Alexandra Evrard

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KAGEL: Die Stücke der Windrose für Salonorchester [1988-94] The 8 pieces of the Wind Rose

Ensemble Aleph Presented for the first time as a whole, the cycle of 8 pieces of 'Die Stücke Der Windrose für Salonorchester' was composed between 1988 and 1994. Mauricio Kagel worked here on the imagination attached to the cardinal points, inventing musical places that create a singular sound universe.

The Ensemble Aleph - a group of musicians and composers - is recognised internationally and displays deep commitment to contemporary creation since 1983, unceasingly seeking new relationships between sound and text, movement and music. In their programmes, they are revisiting major works of the contemporary repertoire as well as discovering young talent.

Label: Evidence Classics File Under: Classical/Chamber music Catalogue No: EVCD030 Barcode: 3149028092127 MID Price Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Ensemble Aleph: clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, harmonium, percussion and pan-pipes

CD1: 1 Osten 2 Süden 3 Nordosten 4 Nordwesten 5 Südosten 6 Südwesten CD2: 1 Westen 2 Norden

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TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade For Strings in C Major, Op. 48 SIBELIUS: String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 'Voces intimae'

Orchestre d'Auvergne Roberto Fores Veses Founded in 1981, the Orchestre d'Auvergne is a string ensemble whose excellence is recognised well beyond European borders. Led by Roberto Forés Veses since 2012, they occupy a special place in the French musical landscape. This new recording from Aparté pairs Tchaikovsky's Serenade with an orchestral arrangement of Sibelius's String Quartet 'Voces Intimae'.

Label: Aparté File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: AP139 Barcode: 3149028098921 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Orchestre d'Auvergne Roberto Fores Veses

1-4 Serenade For Strings in C Major, Op. 48 I. Pezzo en forma di Sonatina II. Walzer III. Elégie IV. Finale (Tema Russo) 5-9 String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 'Voces intimae' I. Andante - Allegro molto moderato II. Vivace III. Adagio di molto IV. Allegretto ma pesante V. Allegro. Piu allegro ALSO AVAILABLE: AP113 Harp Concertos Debussy, Rodrigo, Naoko Yoshino, Orchestre d'Auvergne, Roberto Forés Veses