Jan 27 classical new releases

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available January 27th 2017

JANUARY 27

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

Giaches de WERT: Divine Theatre Sacred Motets

Stile Antico Franco-Flemish composer Giaches de Wert wrote a considerable amount of sacred music during the late Renaissance, but little of it was published during his lifetime. Only three books of motets were released in 1566 and 1581. Stile Antico's new album introduces us to another side of this composer who, though Flemish-born, spent most of his life in Italy, primarily in Mantua, where he was to remain for the rest of his life, though not without maintaining connections (both musical and, during the mid-late 1580s, romantic) with the court at Ferrara, where the lively musical life must have been a welcome distraction from his not-always-happy existence at the Mantuan court. The unique and dramatic style of these remarkable motets cannot fail to ravish explorers of this 'divine theatre'.

BBC R3 Composer of the Week which will run in March 2017

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: HMM807620 Barcode: 3149020762066 NORMAL Price Format: 1 HYBRID SACD Packaging: digipack Stile Antico

https://soundcloud.com/stile-antico 1Gaudete in Domino 2 Hoc enim sentite in vobis 3 Saule, Saule 4 Vox in Rama audita est 5 Amen, amen dico vobis 6 Egressus Jesus 7 Peccavi super numerum 8 O Crux ave, spes unica 9 Ascendente Jesu in naviculam 10 Virgo Maria hodie ad coelum 11 Quiescat vox tua a ploratu 12 Deus iustus, et salvans 13 O altitudo divitiarum

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

MOZART: Complete Violin Concertos 1-5 Adagio K261, Rondo K269 (261a), Rondo K373

James Ehnes Mozart Anniversary Orchestra James Ehnes is recognised the world over as one of the great violinists of our time – famed for his brilliant technique and musical intelligence as both soloist and chamber musician. These recordings of the complete Mozart Violin Concertos made over ten years ago for CBC and long out of the catalogue sound as fresh as the day they were made. James directs a hand-picked orchestra of colleagues who are as meticulous and fine musicians as he is. The cadenzas in all the concertos are by Ehnes who studied the composer’s own cadenzas of the contemporaneous piano concertos–especially Nos 8 & 9 K246 and 271.

"Vital, elegant, beautiful playing of all five concertos…rapt eloquence" Gramophone

Label: ONYX File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: ONYX4164 Barcode: 880040416425 2 FOR 1 Format: 2 CD Packaging: cristal James Ehnes [violin] Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

A selection of James Ehnes' recordings on ONYX: ONYX 4159 Debussy,Elgar & Respighi Violin Sonatas – with Andrew Armstrong, piano ONYX 4141 Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas, with Andrew Armstrong, piano ONYX 4025 Elgar Violin Concerto, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis ONYX 4060 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Octet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Seattle Chamber Music Society ONYX 4129 American Chamber Music – Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Ives, Carter SCMS ONYX 4163 Schubert ‘Death & the Maiden’ , Sibelius ‘Intimate Voices’, Ehnes Quartet Advertised in BBC Music Magazine

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No.1 Op.33 Sonata for cello and piano No.2 Op.123, Sonata for cello and piano No.3 Op. posth., unfinished

Emmanuelle Bertrand Pascal Amoyel Luzerner Sinfonieorchester James Gaffigan "That’s it done at last, this blasted sonata! Will it please or not? That is the question." So wrote Saint-Saëns, not without humour, of his second ‘quadruped’ for cello and piano. He adored the cello, as is shown by much more than the famous 'Swan'. He wrote three sonatas for it, but unfortunately the last two movements of the Third Sonata have been lost and what is left survives only in manuscript. Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel play it here with emotion and total respect. The Concerto also included here is today one of the ‘musts’ of the concertante repertory for cello.

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: HMM902210 Barcode: 3149020221020 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Emmanuelle Bertrand [cello] Pascal Amoyel [piano, 4-9] Luzerner Sinfonieorchester (1-3) Cond. James Gaffigan

Cello Concerto no.1 op.33 in A minor 1 | I. Allegro non troppo 5’41 2 | II. Allegretto con moto 6’09 3 | III. Molto allegro 7’42 Sonata for cello and piano No.2 Op.123 in F major 4 | I. Maestoso, largamente 8’52 5 | II. Scherzo con Variazioni. Allegro animato 8’46 6 | III. Romanza. Poco adagio - Agitato 8’21 7 | IV. Allegro non troppo grazioso 6’48 Sonata for cello and piano no.3 op. posth., unfinished in D major 8 | I. Allegro animato 9’27 9 | II. Andante sostenuto 4’57 First recording

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

Domenico ZANATTA: Venezia – Cantatas & Sonatas Musica Fiorita Daniela Dolci Little is known about the life of Domenico Zanatta (c1665-1748). He was most probably born in Venice, as the title pages of his manuscripts seem to attest, printing his first collection of sonatas at the tender age of 24. However, he also had a second endeavour and a great mastery of the cantata genre where his melodic inventiveness freely flows, continuing the tradition of his Venetian colleagues in a worthy way.

Flavio Ferri-Benedetti and Musica Fiorita, under Daniela Dolci, present some of his pieces interspersed with works by Cavalli, Strozzi, who was a pupil of Cavalli, and Fontana: a pioneer of the, then new, stile recitativo.

Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Secular Vocal music Catalogue No: PC10359 Barcode: 7619990103597 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Flavio Ferri-Benedetti [alto] Musica Fiorita Daniela Dolci [harpsichord & direction]

1 ZANATTA: Sonata I à 2 Grave, Allegro, Grave, Allegro 5:09 from: Suonate da chiesa à 3 strumenti, due violini, e violoncello, col basso per l’organo, Opus I (1689) 2 CAVALLI: Lamento di Apollo 8:11 from: Gli amori d’Apollo e di Dafne (1640) 3 Sonata à 3 6:33 4 Barbara STROZZI: Cantata “Presso un Ruscello Algente” 9:06 (manuscript from busta 2.35, Conservatorio Statale di Musica Benedetto Marcello, Venice) 5 GB FONTANA: Sonata XVI à 3 5:14 6 ZANATTA: Cantata “Gelosia” 12:31 from: Intrecci armonici diversi: espressi in cantate a voce sola in soprano e contralto, Opus IV (1696) 7 Sonata XI à 2 Grave, Allegro, Grave, Allegro 4:36 from: Suonate da chiesa à 3 strumenti, due violini, e violoncello, col basso per l’organo, Opus I (1689) 8 Serenata “Sorta è la notte opaca” 14:06 from: Cantate a voce sola in soprano con Violini, Opus II (1695) 9 Sonata III à 2 Grave, Allegro, Grave, Allegro 5:37 from: Suonate da chiesa à 3 strumenti, due violini, e violoncello, col basso per l’organo, Opus I (1689)

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

TELEMANN: Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott Festive Cantatas for Reformation Day and Michaelmass

Kammerchor Bad Homburg Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble Arno Paduch The cantatas by Telemann featured on this CD provide an insight into over 50 years of creative activity. All works were written for the Reformation Day and the feast of St Michael (29th September). Three of the five cantatas have magnificent orchestration with trumpets and timpani.

Label: Christophorus File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: CHR77405 Barcode: 4010072774057 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Simone Schwark [soprano] Johanna Krell [alto] Hans Jörg Mammel [tenor] Wolfgang Weiß [23]-[26], Markus Flaig [bass] Kammerchor Bad Homburg Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble Arno Paduch [direction]

1-7 Wertes Zion sei getrost TVWV1:1606 Kantate zum 23. Sonntag nach Trinitatis 8-12 Jesu wirst Du bald erscheinen TVWV1:988 * Kantate zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis 13-18 Herr Gott, der du uns hast von unsrer Jugend an TVWV1:742 * Kantate zum Reformationsgedenktag 19-22 Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott TVWV1:419 * Solokantate zum Michaelisfest für Bass, Violine und b.c.

23-31 Welch’ Getümmel erschüttert den Himmel TVWV1:1546 * Kantate zum Michaelisfest * World premiere recordings

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

DVORAK: Piano Trios, Op. 65 & 90 Trio Wanderer The Trio Wanderer pays tribute to Dvořák and his last two trios. Alongside the sombre interiority and fiery intensity of the Trio No.3 in F minor, this programme presents a new version of the famous Dumky Trio, to which the Wanderers owed their first great success on record. Passionate and melancholy by turns, it is also the most innovative and the freest of Dvořák’s trios. A fine symbol for the Trio Wanderer, which has just reached its 30th year of existence without ever ceasing to surprise and touch us. Happy anniversary and hats off!

Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Chamber music Catalogue No: HMM902248 Barcode: 3149020224823 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Trio Wanderer: Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian [violin] Raphaël Pidoux [cello] Vincent Coq [piano]

1- 6 Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90 'Dumky' I. Lento maestoso - Allegro quasi doppio movimento II. Poco adagio - Vivace non troppo III. Andante - Vivace non troppo IV. Andante moderato (quasi tempo di Marcia) - Allegretto scherzando V. Allegro - Meno mosso (quasi tempo primo) VI. Lento maestoso - Vivace 7- 10 Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Allegro grazioso - Meno mosso III. Poco adagio IV. Finale. Allegro con brio

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

BIBER: Missa Alleluja, Nisi Dominus Ars Antiqua Austria St. Florianer Sängerknaben Gunar Letzbor

Label: Accent Records File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: ACC24325 Barcode: 4015023243255 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Ars Antiqua Austria St. Florianer Sängerknaben Gunar Letzbor [conductor]

Several masses scored for large forces attest to the outstanding compositional skills of the Salzburg master Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704). For Salzburg Cathedral, Biber prepared polychoric pieces modelled on the grand performance practice in Venice.

The 'Missa Alleluja' was probably composed after 1690 and certainly before 1698: the original score from Salzburg is lost but excellent copies have been preserved at the Upper Austrian abbey at Kremsmünster, which serve as a basis for the present recording. Biber fully exploited the possibilities of Baroque instrumentation in the Missa Alleluja: a chorus with 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors and 2 bass voices grants him a large number of combinations of voices and thus constant changes of timbre. The strings 'choir' also has six parts, with both violins often written virtuosically. A 'chorus' of 3 trumpets and 2 cornetti is even surpassed in tonal mass by that composed of 2 clarinets, 4 trumpets and timpani. This large number of trumpets emphasises the cheerful character of the work and is luxurious by Austrian standards.

1-14 Missa Alleluja 15 Nisi Dominus 16 Pastorella 17 Hic est panis

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

MOZART: Piano Concertos No. 19 K459, No. 13 K415, No. 20 K466 Clara Haskil Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin Ferenc Fricsay Three rare encounters between Clara Haskil and Ferenc Fricsay, which display a unique approach to Mozart. The Hungarian’s precise conducting sets to advantage the soloist’s purity of style. This rare combination of a familiar studio recording of the Concerto in F major and two live concerto performances is the epitome of limpidity.

1-3 Piano Concertos No. 19 K459 [studio] BPO 4-6 No. 13 K415 [live Berlin March 1953] RIAS 7-9 No. 20 K466 [live Berlin September 1955] RIAS

Label: Praga Digitals File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: PRD250347 Barcode: 3149028095623 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Clara Haskil [piano] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [1-3] RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin Ferenc Fricsay

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

MOZART: Last Masonic Works

Mozart was a convinced freemason and true brother. He composed music for his Lodge, never denied the meaning behind the 'Magic Flute' and accepted a mysterious commission for a Requiem he never completed. Sixty years after her performance, Irmgard Seefried (1919-1988) lives on, inspired by Bruno Walter’s legendary empathy.

1 Magic Flute Overture, K.620 10-12 March 1956, New York 2 Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate 3 Maurergesang K.623a Kurt Equiluz, Rudolf Resen [tenors], Kurt Rapf [organ], Franz Ellmar [boy-soprano], Leo Hoppe [baritone], Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper/Peter Maag, Vienna April 1959

Label: Praga Digitals File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: DSD350131 Barcode: 3149028087024 NORMAL Price Format: 1 HYBRID SACD Packaging: cristal

4-17 Requiem Mass in D min K.626 Irmgard Seefried, Jennie Tourel, Leopold Simoneau, William Warfield The Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic/Bruno Walter 10-12 March 1956, New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFVc5_E8nU

RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017

Hans SOMMER: Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße Opera in 4 Acts, libretto by Eberhard König [1904] The almost completely forgotten 'Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse' was first performed in 1904 in Brunswick, and in the following year in Berlin and Weimar, under the baton of Richard Strauss, with whom Sommer formed a close friendship. Its special feature is the post-Romantic melodic writing, admittedly with certain foundations in Wagner’s music.

It was performed live at Buhnender Stadt, Gera and caught by the microphones of Deutschlandradio Kultur 31st March-2nd April 2016.

Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Opera Catalogue No: PC10367 Barcode: 7619990103672 NORMAL PRICE Format: 3 CD Packaging: digipack Magnus Piontek [Rübezahl] Johannes Beck [Herr Buko] Anne Preuß [Gertrud] Hans-Georg Priese [Wido] Jueun Jeon [Bernhard Kraft] Kai Wefer [Otto Kettner] Alexander Voigt [Hieronymus Stäblein] Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-Gera Laurent Wagner [direction]

Love for a woman or loyalty to the people who chose him as their leader in the struggle for freedom against the tyrant this is the dilemma in which the young painter Wido finds himself. Wido's lover, Gertrude, was the daughter of Buko, who cruelly oppressed the population of the city of Neisse, at the foot of the Giant Mountains, and exploited them. In his despair, Wido summons the legendary Berggeist [mountain spirit] Rübezahl, who also appears promptly. Soon Rübezahl assumes the shape of a bagpipe whistle; as a simple musician, and yet brings many things together.

Rübezahl, a legendary figure from the Riesengebirge, has fascinated since the Renaissance. Sometimes he takes people off the right path, sometimes he appears as their protector. Often he takes the form of others, drives his trickery, and intervenes in destinies. The opera 'Rübezahl and the bagpipe of Neisse' is also about the power of love, the power of music and the civilising meaning of art.

Hans Sommer (1837–1922 Brunswick) saw music evolve from Schumann to Schoenberg, Wagner to Webern. A scientist and mathematician by profession, he turned to music full-time only in his forties. In 1875, Sommer met Richard and Cosima Wagner for the first time and founded a Wagner Association in Brunswick. One year later he visited the first Bayreuth Festival as their guest. In the years that followed, he was part of the group of artists based at Wahnfried, although he tried to avoid being “a blind follower”, as Sommer himself wrote in his memoirs.

From 1882 on, he published over one hundred songs and ballads in quick succession. Following the success of his opera 'Loreley', premièred in 1891, and which Richard Strauss presented in Weimar in 1892, he became an established opera composer.