Classical releases
MAY 5
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available May 5th 2017
RELEASE DATE 5TH MAY 2017
MOZART: Gran Partita Serenade No. 10 for winds K361
LSO Wind Ensemble
Label: LSO Live File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: LSO5075 Barcode: 822231507529 MID Price Format: 1 SACD Packaging: cristal LSO Wind Ensemble Recorded live in DSD 128fs October 2015 at LSO St Luke's, London
A sprightly interpretation of Mozart’s intriguing 'Gran Partita', this release celebrates the wealth of talent in the London Symphony Orchestra’s wind section with an ensemble that includes Italian bass clarinetist Lorenzo Iosco, renowned clarinettist Andrew Marriner and celebrated young oboist Olivier Stankiewicz. Captured live during Sound Unbound 2015, the Barbican’s first ‘classical weekender’, the recording is supported by Bowers & Wilkins and took place in the Jerwood Hall of LSO St Luke’s. For this album, the ensemble was led Lorenzo Iosco, who played with the Orchestra for six years before joining the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He says of the work: "It’s so simple what [Mozart] writes, but at the same time so beautiful and so clear...All the seven movements are fantastic, my favourite is the third movement, because the way it starts and how it’s built is absolutely amazing. But all the movements have beautiful melodies, it’s a masterpiece!" Mozart’s sublime ‘serenade for thirteen Winds’ may have been dedicated to his bride Constanze, and it may even have been played at their wedding celebrations in 1782, fitting the occasion with its ambitious scoring and sense of amplitude. It consists of seven movements and why Mozart decided to ignore symphonic convention is unknown. 'Gran Partita', which was found scribbled on the original manuscript, essentially means ‘big wind symphony’ and it is scored for 13-piece wind section: unusually large for the era. It isn’t one of Mozart’s most intricate scores, but its sensuousness and variety are unsurpassed. 1 Largo-Molto allegro | 2 Menuetto. Trios | 3 Adagio | 4 Menuetto: Allegretto. Trios 5 Romance | Theme and Variations | 7 Finale "A sublime musician with a liquid technique. An orchestral player without equal, British-born Andrew Marriner is a musical conjurer whose sleight-of-hand style makes everything look deceptively easy." Classic FM on Andrew Marriner "The Prelude [Le Tombeau de Couperin] was notable for being daringly fast, especially hazardous for the principal oboist, Olivier Stankiewicz, who played his socks off in the very tricky and unidiomatic writing from the outset" BachTrack on Oliver Stankiewicz
RELEASE DATE 5TH MAY 2017
Perfido! Concert arias by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven
Sophie Bevan, The Mozartists / Ian Page Described by the Observer as 'dazzling', leading British soprano Sophie Bevan performs a sumptuous programme of concert arias by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Bevan is accompanied on this new recording by The Mozartists, recently launched by Ian Page’s internationally renowned period ensemble Classical Opera as an expansion of its continuing exploration of Mozart and his contemporaries. Complementing Classical Opera’s ongoing recording series of the complete operas of Mozart, the creation of The Mozartists reflects the group’s expanding repertoire and ambitious plans, and they can be heard in concert from September 2017.
Label: Signum Classics File Under: Classical/Opera & Vocal Catalogue No: SIGCD485 Barcode: 635212048528 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Sophie Bevan [soprano] The Mozartists, Ian Page
1-5 HAYDN: Scena di Berenice, XXIVa:10 6-7 MOZART: Oh, temerario Arbace… Per quel paterno amplesso, K79 8-9 BEETHOVEN: No, non turbati… Ma tu tremi, o mio tesoro?, WoO 92a 10-11 MOZART: Basta, vincesti… Ah non lasciarmi, no, K486a/295a 12 HAYDN: Solo e pensoso, Hob. XXIVb:20 13-16 MOZART: Ah, lo previdi… Ah, t’invola agl’occhi miei, K272 17-18 MOZART: Bella mia fiamma... Resta, o cara, K528 19-21 BEETHOVEN: Ah! perfido, Op.65 “Page is the hero here. Drawing outstanding playing, he makes every note and inflexion count, his acute perception apparent throughout a performance that crackles with an intensity never achieved at the expense of obscuring orchestral detail or lyrical warmth.” Opera, January 2017 [Mozart, Zaide, SIGCD473] “...Sophie Bevan, who just seems to be getting better and better. Always one of our most promising young singers, she has now developed a stronger and fruitier voice than I have heard before and it blends perfectly” The Express, 21 December 2016
RELEASE DATE 5TH MAY 2017
LECLAIR: Violin Concertos Op 7 - Nos 1, 3, 4 & 5 Paris, c.1737
Fabio Biondi Europa Galante
Label: Glossa File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: GCD923407 Barcode: 8424562234079 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Fabio Biondi [solo violin & direction] Europa Galante
Jean-Marie Leclair epitomised the idea of an 18th-century virtuoso-composer, one whose compositional output largely reflects his activity as a performer. Whilst the French school possessed precursors such as Jean-FÊry Rebel, it is very much to Leclair that it owes its genuine development. The virtuoso violinist became a highly sought-after teacher, and a full generation of musicians were recipients of his teaching. Leclair published twelve concertos for violin in two sets, Op 7 (c.1737) and Op 10 (c.1743). The Op 7 collection, of which four concertos have been included in this recording, is without doubt partially made up of works which Leclair performed at the Concert Spirituel between 1728 and 1736. Today, we are aware of the style employed by Leclair in his violin playing through his own writings and concert reviews from the time. His uncompromising ideal of performance is of a truly Appolonian nature: precision and integrity in execution, economy with the use of effects, accurate intonation and nobility of expression – all features brought to this new recording by Fabio Biondi and his already legendary ensemble, Europa Galante. The scholar Louis Castelain of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles provides the booklet notes. 01-03 Violin Concerto Op 7 no 3 in C major 04-06 Violin Concerto Op 7 no 4 in F major 07-09 Violin Concerto Op 7 no 5 in A minor 10-12 Violin Concerto Op 7 no 1 in D minor
RELEASE DATE 5TH MAY 2017
De FALLA: El Amor Brujo The essence of Manuel de Falla’s music
Euskal Barrokensemble - Enrike Solinís Following the album 'Euskal Antiqua', this new release by Enrike Solinis in the series Alia Vox Diversa offers new insight on the Spanish traditional music through a masterpiece by Manuel de Falla: The Enchanted Love (El Amor Brujo). In this ballet, Spanish tradition and classical music are intimately linked and Solinis’ new approach - on baroque instruments makes the essence of De Falla’s music perfectly audible. In addition to De Falla’s work, the Euskal Barrokensemble performs other pieces inspired by fertile encounters between popular and classical music. This sheds new light on well known masterpieces like the famous 'Concerto de Aranjuez' by Rodrigo or Scarlatti's Sonatas.
Label: Alia Vox File Under: Classical/Ballet & Dance Catalogue No: AV9921 Barcode: 8435408099219 NORMAL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Euskal Barrokensemble: María José Pérez [vocal] Miren Zeberio [violin] Pablo Martín Caminero [violone] Vicente Parrilla [flute] Elies Hernandis [sackbut] Stelios Petrakis [lira] David Chupete, Daniel Garay Paquito González, Ziya Tabassian [percussion] Enrike Solinís [guitar & laouto, musical director]
1. Taranta de la Siega - Tradicional/Cancionero de Olmeda 3’18 | 2. Canción del Amor Dolido - Manuel de Falla 3’33 3. Danza Ritual del Fuego - Manuel de Falla 3’56 | 4. Concierto de Aranjuez: Allegro - Joaquín Rodrigo 6’20 5. Concierto de Aranjuez: Andante - Joaquín Rodrigo 5’24 | 6. Circulo Mágico - Manuel de Falla 1’51 7. Sonata K32 - Domenico Scarlatti 1’43 | 8. Sonata K141 - Domenico Scarlatti 2’09 9. Escena Bestenigar - Dimitrie Cantemir 6’31 | 10. Pantomima - Manuel de Falla 3’02 11. Canción del Fuego Fatuo - Manuel de Falla 2’56 | 12. Capricho Árabe - Francisco Tárrega 5’47 13. Danza del Juego del Amor - Manuel de Falla 3’07 | 14. Campanas del Amanecer - Manuel de Falla 1’08 ALSO AVAILABLE: AV9910 Euskel Antiqva: Legacy of the Land of Basque “a bewildering and fascinating range of music given lively performances … Among the virtues are the superbly detailed programme notes..., the excellent recorded sound, the generally classy presentation, and the fact that little of the music has ever been recorded before.” Early Music Review, 1st August 2015
RELEASE DATE 5TH MAY 2017
The Complete Songs of Fauré Volume 2
Pianist Malcolm Martineau brings together some of the UK’s finest singers for the second release in a new series charting the complete songs of French composer Gabriel Fauré. This series follows Martineau’s well-received 5-CD series of The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc.
Label: Signum Classics File Under: Classical/Secular Vocal music Catalogue No: SIGCD472 Barcode: 635212047224 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Sarah Connolly, Lorna Anderson, John Chest, Nigel Cliffe, Iestyn Davies, Ben Johnson, Janis Kelly, Ann Murray, Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau [piano]
1. Rêve d’amour, Op.5, No.2 (JC) | 2. L’aurore (JK) | 3. Tarentelle, Op.10, No.2 (JK/LA) 4. Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme, Op.10, No.1 (JK/LA) | 5.Aubade, Op.6, No.1 (BJ) | 6.Vocalise No.7 (AM) 7. Barcarolle, Op.7, No.3 (NC) | 8. Notre amour, Op.23 No.2 (LA) | 9. Le secret, Op.23 No.3 (LA) 10. Le pays des rêves, Op.39 No.3 (JK) | Shylock, Op.57 (TO) | 11. No.I, Chanson | 12. No.II, Madrigal 13. Vocalise 22 (LA) | 14. Dans la forêt de septembre, Op.85 No.1 (TO) 15. La fleur qui va sur l’eau, Op.85 No.2 (TO) | 16. Accompagnement, Op.85 No.3 (TO) 17. Le plus doux chemin, Op.87 No. 1 (ID) | 18. Le ramier, Op.87 No.2 (TO) | 19.Hymne, Op.7 No.2 (JC) . La chanson d’Eve, Op.95 (SC): 20. No. I, Paradis | 21. No. II, Prima verba | 22. No.III, Roses ardentes 23. No. IV, Comme Dieu rayonne | 24. No. V, L’aube blanche | 25. No. VI, Eau vivante 26. No. VII, Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil? | 27. No. VIII, Dans un parfum de roses blanches 28. No. IX, Crépuscule | 29. No. X, Ô mort, poussière d’étoiles ADVERTISED IN MAY GRAMOPHONE ALSO AVAILABLE: SIGCD427 Fauré Vol. 1 “The real revelation, though, comes from the American baritone John Chest... his high mezza voce is remarkable – with deep commitment, flawless phrasing and an easy warmth of tone…Martineau’s playing, beautiful and fastidiously detailed, is, of course, the unifying factor: few have quite such an innate understanding of the way in which the smallest gestures of colour and nuance expose the depths of emotion in Fauré’s work. It all forms a most engaging start to the series” Gramophone Magazine, October 2016
RELEASE DATE 5TH MAY 2017
Zelenka: Sonatas ZWV181 a 2 oboi (violino) e 2 bassi obligati
Collegium 1704 Václav Luks Zelenka’s sonatas are exceptional works in the repertoire of Baroque chamber music, but because of their great difficulty, they appear only occasionally in concert programmes. Recordings of these sonatas are equally rare. The last complete recording of all six sonatas on historical instruments was made over 20 years ago by Ensemble Zefiro in 1993, so this new recording by the Prague-based ensemble Collegium 1704, known for their excellent Zelenka interpretations and recordings, has been eagerly awaited!
Label: Accent Records File Under: Classical/Chamber music Catalogue No: ACC24319 Barcode: 4015023243194 2 FOR 1.5 Price Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Collegium 1704: Xenia Löffler, Michael Bosch [oboe] Jane Gower [bassoon] Helena Zemanová [violin] Ludk Braný [double bass] Shizuko Noiri [lute] Václav Luks [harpsichord]
CD1 1-4 Sonata no. 1 in F major for 2 oboes, bassoon & b. c. 5-8 Sonata no. 2 in G minor for 2 oboes, bassoon & b. c. 9-12 Sonata no. 3 in B flat major for violin, oboe, bassoon & b. c. * basso continuo reconstruction by Pablo Kornfeld CD 2 1-4 Sonata no. 4 in G minor for 2 oboes, bassoon & b. c. 5-7 Sonata no. 5 in F major for 2 oboes, bassoon & b. c. 8-11 Sonata no. 6 in C minor for 2 oboes, bassoon & b. c. Also available: ACC24301 Jan Dismas Zelenka - Missa Divi Xaveri “Performances are uniformly satisfying under Václav Luks’s sensitive and experienced direction, with strong contributions from Hana Blazíková, Lucile Richardot and the instrument obbligato players” BBC Music Magazine, July 2016 ***** Gramophone Editor's Choice “they’re really on top of this unknown music, making the most of some of those unexpected modulations and some slightly spicy harmonies at the beginning.” CD Review, 12th March 2016
RELEASE DATE 5TH MAY 2017
Meraviglia d'amore Marco Beasley Private Musicke / Pierre Pitzl The programme of this disc brings together pieces by Italian authors from the first half of the 17th century, both vocal and instrumental pieces, here performed by a period guitar ensemble. Many of the included works are signed by lesser-known composers, such as Antonio Carbonchi, Biagio Marini, Michaelangelo Galilei, or Angelo Michele Bartolotti, but the disc also includes pieces by Girolamo Kapsberger, one of the most famous theorbo players of his time, and Francesco Corbetta, “the greatest guitar player”, according to his contemporary Gaspar Sanz. The songs presented on this recording centre on love, moving in a labyrinth which includes hope, sorrow, optimism, disappointment and joy. Marco Beasley is a specialist in 17th-century vocal music and has some fine recordings to his name. His light and agile voice is excellently suited to these fine Italian delights of the early Baroque period. He is accompanied by Private Musicke under the direction of Pierre Pitzl, great experts in this kind of repertoire.
Label: Accent Records File Under: Classical/Chamber music Catalogue No: ACC24330 Barcode: 4015023243309 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Marco Beasley [tenor] Private Musicke Pierre Pitzl [baroque guitar, viola da gamba & direction]
1 Carlo Calvi (first half 17th c.) Ballo dell‘Granduca 2:50 | 2 Sigismondo d’India (1582-1629) Sfere, fermate 1:30 3 Girolamo Kapsberger (c 1580-1651) O dolci sguardi 2:57 | 4 Antonio Carbonchi (first half 17th c.) Ciaccona 2:12 5 Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (fl.1600-1647) Toccata 1:22 | 6 Domenico Pellegrini (c 1580-1651) Allemanda 2:33 7 Sigismondo d’India O del cielo d‘Amor 6:34 | 8 Francesco Corbetta (c 1615-1681) Passacaglia 2:34 9 Biagio Marini (1597-1665) Meraviglia d’amore 4:06 | 10 Antonio Carbonchi Toccata 0:44 11 Girolamo Kapsberger Alma Mia 3:07 | 12 Michelangelo Galilei (1575-1631) Toccata - Volta 4:55 13 Girolamo Kapsberger Cinta di rose 2:59 | 14 Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Canzona 3:45 15 Biagio Marini Mirami 3:03 | 16 Angelo Michele Bartolotti (?-c 1682) Allemanda 1:35 17 Domenico Pellegrini Brando 1:12 | 18 Girolamo Kapsberger Ite, sospiri miei 4:14 19 Girolamo Kapsberger Già risi 3:44 | 20 Francesco Corbetta Passacaglia 3:27