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❦Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper / John Francis Mauceri, RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta

Artists: John Francis Mauceri/RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752402 $14.98 “The co-ordination of music & presentation makes for a vividly enjoyable experience.” -Penguin Guide

Music of Oliver Knussen / Leila Josefowicz

Works: Autumnal; Choral; Violin Concerto; Requiem; Songs for Sue. Artists: Knussen/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Leila Josefowicz (Vln) (1 CD) (NMC Classics) NMC 178 $18.99 “This CD should do more than any live performance to tell the world what a treasure he is. The Walton-esque Violin Concerto, Knussen’s masterpiece, is played with dazzling artistry by Josefowicz...” -Financial Times, October 2012

❦Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Susan Graham

Works: Purcell, Berlioz, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Vernon Duke, Duparc, Horovitz, Liszt, Cole Porter, Poulenc, et al. Artists: Malcolm Martineau (Pno); Susan Graham (Mz-sop). (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4105 $20.49 “Graham’s mezzo-soprano is a voice without regrets, healthy, rounded, ineffably musical, and eager for a challenge.” -The New Yorker

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Elgar: The Starlight Express Sir Andrew Davis, The Scottish CO

This fairytale melodrama was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood, ‘A Prisoner in Fairyland.’ Based on a new score adapted by Sir Andrew Davis, this is the most comprehensive recorded version to date. “There are moments of top-drawer, heart-stopping Elgar here...” -The Guardian (2 CDs) CHA 5111 $29.99

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Ginette Neveu - Brahms Concerto

Violinist Ginette Neveu, recorded 1948

At age fifteen, Ginette Neveu became a worldwide celebrity when she won the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition over 180 contestants, including the future virtuoso David Oistrakh, who finished second. This remastered recording from 1948 is from a German radio broadcast. (1 SA Hybrid CD) TAH 731 $16.9

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Romantic Piano Concertos Vol. 58

This 58th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series presents the concertos of two composer pianists. Thalberg famously took part in a pianistic “duel” with Liszt, and was popularly acclaimed as the greatest pianist in the world. Johann Peter Pixis has now been consigned to the oblivion where so many early 19th-century composers dwell. HYP 67915 $16.99 On Sale

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Passion & Resurrection / Stile Anico

Included here are two settings of the poem Woefully Arrayed - the first by William Cornysh (1465-1523) and the second by contemporary composer John McCabe. “Some of the most stunning beautiful and moving choral singing I have ever heard.” -ARG (1 SA Hybrid CD) HAR 807555 $20.99 $18.99

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Schubert: Moments Musicaux / Valery Afanassiev, piano

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Piainist Valery Afanassiev - renowned for his strikingly individual and deeply introspective interpretations of the music of Franz Schubert - has paired two often extrovert works by the composer: the set of six Moments Musicaus and the Sonata D. 850. Recorded in September 2010 at the Auditorio Radioteleviosione Svizzera, Lugano, this is ECM’s second Schubert recording by the Moscow-born pianist, having previously released a live recording of Schubert’s final Sonata D. 960. ECM B001761802 $17.98

French Fantasy / Debussy, Saint-Saens, Frank / Maria Bachmann

The New York Times hailed Maria Bachmann as “a violinist of soul and patrician refinement,” and The Boston Globe as “astonishing in every musical and technical regard.” Maria Bachmann studied at The Curtis Institute of Music with Ivan Galamian and Szymon Goldberg, and was awarded Curtis’s Fritz Kreisler Prize. This recording presents the duo performing a collection of French masterpieces by Debussy, Franck and Saint-Saëns. BDG 9394 $16.99

Michael Dalmau Colina: Baba Yaga; Isles of Schoals /

Artists: Ira Levin and Ransom Wilson, London SO. In this world premiere recording, the three-time Grammy winner composer Michael Colina does it again with a stunning new release. “The LSO plays brilliantly...and this is not easy music. Colina is a real find, and it is amazing that anyone’s first outing into the classical world, I don’t care what you have done before, is so assured and confidant. Highest recommendation.” (re: FDS57999) -Fanfare FDS 58018 $18.99

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Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies / Jeffrey Skidmore, Ex Cathedra

This latest release from Ex Cathedra presents the music of Giovanni Gabrieli in his four-hundredth anniversary year. These magnificent liturgical settings from the heart of the Venetian polychoral tradition are full of drama, wonder and extraordinary spatial effects. His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts and Concerto Palatino provide the sonic gilding that would have been an essential part of the original performances, when extra musicians crowded the galleries of St. Mark’s for special occasions. HYP 67957 $16.99 On Sale

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Stanford: Sacred Choral Music / David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir This three-disc set contains a generous selection of Stanford’s sacred choral music. Included are settings for Matins and Evensong, motets, anthems and hymns - all perfectly performed by Winchester Cathedral Choir, conducted by David Hill. “Hill and the Winchester Choir are superb. The choral tone is luscious... the recording captures the sumptuous acoustics of the cathedral without blurring the musical details, and the performances are vivid and exciting yet carefully nuanced.” -ARG (3 CDs) HYP 44311 $29.49 On Sale

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Fauré: Requiem; Bach: Partitas, Chorales & Ciaconna

Artists: Nigel Short/Tenebrae; London SO; Nikolitch LSO Live is delighted to renew its relationship with the magnificent choir Tenebrae, whose previous recordings on the label have included Berlioz’s L’enfance du Christ and Handel’s Messiah. Fauré’s Requiem exists in three different versions, with John Rutter’s edition being performed here. LSO 0728 $16.99

Passion & Resurrection / Stile Anico

Included here are two settings of the poem Woefully Arrayed - the first by William Cornysh (1465-1523) and the second by contemporary composer John McCabe. This is the work’s first recording. “Some of the most stunning beautiful and moving choral singing I have ever heard.” -ARG (1 SA Hybrid CD) HAR 807555 $20.99 $18.99

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Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 58 / Howard Shelley

This 58th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series presents two composer pianists who contributed to the Hexaméron, Liszt’s collaborative piano extravaganza. Thalberg famously took part in a pianistic “duel” with Liszt, and was popularly acclaimed as the greatest pianist in the world during his lifetime. Johann Peter Pixis has now been consigned to the oblivion where so many early 19th-century composers dwell. HYP 67915 $16.99 On Sale

Brahms: Violin Concerto / Ginette Neveu, violin

Artists: Roger Desormiere, National Orchestra of France. At age fifteen, Ginette Neveu became a worldwide celebrity when she won the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition over 180 contestants, including the future virtuoso David Oistrakh, who finished second. Noted for her intensity, power and impeccable sonority, Neveu is recognized as one of the great violinists of her era. This remastered recording from 1948 was taken from a German radio broadcast from Baden-Baden. (1 SA Hybrid CD) TAH 731 $16.99

Tcherepnin: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2

Grand Piano’s Volume 2 of the cycle of complete piano works by the Russian born composer and pianist Alexander Tcherepnin focuses on Tcherpnin’s early woks and includes world première recordings. Pianist Giorgio Koukl is a Prizewinner of the H.Rahn competition (Switzerland) and the Aliènor Competition (Washington DC). GRPO 632 $16.99

Georg Schumann: Symphony in B minor; Serenade

Artists: Gedschold/ Munich RSO. This is CPO’s first CD featuring symphonic works by Georg Schumann, who for many years was the director of the Sing-Akademie in Berlin and a professor of composition at the Prussian Academy of the Arts. Today he is being rediscovered as a late romanticist, but during his lifetime he was regarded as a new romanticist. CPO 777464 $16.99

Sviatoslav Richter: 1975 Royal Festival Hall Concert

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 & 29; Bagatelles op 126 Nos. 1, 4 & 6 Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata was one of the main features of Richter’s programming in the summer of 1975 in Prague, London and Aldeburgh. This is the first time that this London recital has been issued in an authorized version and it is remastered here in excellent stereo. ICA 5084 $14.99 On Sale

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty / Neeme Järvi

This two-disc Chandos set marks the beginning of an exciting new project devoted to Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores. Here, The Sleeping Beauty, is performed by the Bergen PO and Neeme Jarvi, with violinist James Ehnes. (2 SA Hypbrid CDs) CHA 5113 $29.99

New Releases Andrzej Panufnik: Symphonic Works, Vol. 5 - Votiva

Artists: Lukasz Borowicz/Berlin Konzerthausorchester. This symphony is dedicated to the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, the symbol of the entire Polish people for the independence from invading powers and also for the most profound religious devotion. The Votiva ranks as one of the high points in Panufnik’s oeuvre, and it is certainly also his mostperformed work. CPO 777684 $16.99

Elgar: The Starlight Express / Sir Andrew Davis,

Artists: Andrew Davis/Scottish CO. Elin Thomas, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone. This fairytale melodrama was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood, ‘A Prisoner in Fairyland,’ with music by Elgar. Based on a new score adapted by Sir Andrew Davis, this is the most comprehensive recorded version to date. “There are moments of topdrawer, heart-stopping Elgar here...” -The Guardian (2 CDs) CHA 5111 $29.99

Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

This is the fourth volume in Chandos’ series devoted to the music of the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski. Described by Gramophone as a ‘veritable dream team’, Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Symphony No. 2 and the Little Suite, and are joined by Paul Watkins as the soloist in the Cello Concerto and Grave. CHA 5106 $18.99

Joachim Raff: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3

Regarded in his lifetime as one of the foremost composers of the romantic era, Raff was forgotten for most of the 20th century. Now his reputation is being restored as a new generation of performers and music lovers rediscover him and treasure his music’s beauty and vitality. Vol. 3 of his complete solo piano works, performed here by Tra Nguyen, includes world première recordings. GRPO 634 $16.99

Vivaldi: Orlando 1714 / Premiere Recording

Orlando furioso is Vivaldi’s most famous opera, dating from 1727 . . . But today, the specialists of the Venetian composer’s catalogue are able to reveal that Vivaldi actually composed another Orlando furioso thirteen years earlier! Orlando furioso of 1714 now achieves a new lease of life under its own catalogue number, RV 819. Only two acts have survived. (2 CDs) NAI 30540 $27.99 On Sale

Francesco Durante: Neapolitan Christmas, Vol. 2

Artists: Michael Willens/Die Koelner Akademie. The Kölner Akademie under its proven conductor Willens now presents more atmospheric Christmas compositions by Francesco Durante, one of the greatest Neapolitan church composers of the first half of the 18th century. He was one of the most influential teachers in Naples, and at the top of the list of the representatives of the Neapolitan school. CPO 777734 $16.99

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❦Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Violin Concerto

Artists: Benjamin Schmid, violin. Friedrich Haider/Oviedo Filarmonia (1 CD) (Farao Classics) FAR 108069 $16.99 “The concerto by Ermanno WolfFerrari (1876 – 1948) and the story of child prodigy violinist Guila Bustabo are completely intertwined, at least they will be for you once you experience this marvelous set from Farao.... This set comes with a brief video on DVD... Watch it first, and you’ll hardly be able to wait to hear the CD.” Note: Visit my blog where you can listen to the young Guila Bustabo perform the opening of the Sibelius Violin Concerto! - pb

❦Julius Röntgen: Symphonies Nos. 6, 5 & 19

Artists: David Porcelijn/ Netherland SO; Consensus Vocalis. Marcel Beekman (Tnr). (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777310 $16.99 “Röntgen’s music is an outgrowth of the German Romantic tradition of Schumann and Brahms, with added outside influences that include Dvorak, SaintSaens and even Rimsky-Korsakov. The music is tonal and melodic... The more I listened to this CD, the more I enjoyed it. In the end, it’s an easy recommendation for anyone who doesn’t know these symphonies, and a warmhearted recommendation for the beautiful Fifth.” -pb

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❦Rameau: Dardanus; Le Temple De La Glore, orchestral music / Tafelmusic Baroque Orchestra

Artists: Jeanne Lamon/Tafelmusik Baroque Orch. (1 CD) (Tafelmusic) TAFL 1012C $16.99 “While there are three or four complete recordings of Rameau’s opera “Dardanus” in the current catalog, there are none of his opéra-ballet “Le Temple de la Gloire.” If you have been interested in hearing only the instrumental music from these stage works, there’s been very little to choose from beyond the overtures. Up until recently that is, when this recording from the Toronto based period instrument ensemble Tafelmusik was reissued under the band’s own brand, Tafelmusik Media. This disc was a 2005 Canadian Juno Award winner and a Grammy Award nominee. If you missed it before, here’s another chance.” -pb

❦The Israeli Chamber Project, Opus 1

Works: Bartók: Contrasts; Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Martinu: Musique de Chambre no 1; Matan Porat: Night Horses; Saint-Saëns: Fantasie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124. Artists: Israeli Chamber Project. (1 CD) (Azica) AZI 71274 $16.99 “...After winning the 2011 Israeli Ministry of Culture Outstanding Ensemble Award, the Israeli Chamber Project (ICP) has gone on to perform all over the globe, having recently played to a sold out audience at Carnegie Hall’s adjunct Weill Hall... [This] program is a fresh sounding group of works that takes advantage of the instrumental diversity of the ICP... This is great music, and it is performed note-perfect.” -pb

❦Johann Georg Reutter: Aria & Sinfonie /

Artists: Olivia Vermeulen, soprano. Ensemble Nuovo Aspetto (1 CD) (Accent) ACT 24275 $20.49 “Some of [Reutter’s] music is quite unlike anything I’ve heard before. One reason for this, and what I think is one of the music’s most irresistible charms, is the occasional use of the theorbo and a hammered dulcimer in the role of basso continuo in the instrumental pieces, or to accompany the solo vocal numbers... the sound is absolutely magical! Special mention must be made of mezzo-soprano Olivia Vermeulen, whose light and crystal clear voice can shine like polished silver.” -pb

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❦August Klughardt: Chamber Music

Works: August Klughardt (1847 - 1902): String Quartet Op. 42; Piano Quintet Op. 43. Artists: Tobias Koch, piano. Pleyel Quartet. (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553248 $15.99 “...Both works are characterized by sweeping gestures, a richness of sonority, and the meticulous development of motifs. The period instrument Pleyel Quartett, and fortepianist Tobias Koch provide superb performances. There is one caveat however from my point of view. Just as I prefer to hear Brahms’ chamber music performed with a modern piano, I feel that Klughardt’s music too would be better served by a modern instrument. But you might not agree, and in any case, it’s no reason to miss this splendid recording.” -pb

❦Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Symphonies

Works: Vagn Holmboe (1909 1996): Chamber Symphonies nos 1 - 3. Artists: John Storgårds/ Lapland CO. (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 6220621 $16.99 “...The three chamber symphonies on this DaCapo CD were written between 1951 and 1970 and show the influence of Bartók, Stravinsky, Nielsen and Shostakovich.... The performances sound perfectly natural and the first-rate musicians of the Lapland Chamber Orchestra under John Storgards clearly make technical as well as artistic sense of these works. Is the music challenging to listen to? Only so much as, say, Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta...” - pb

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Uncommonly Classical ❦Richard Jones: Chamber Airs for a Violin

Artists: Mitzi Meyerson (Hpsi); Lauri Pulakka (Clo); Kreeta-Maria Kentala (Vln). (1 CD) (Glossa) . GLS 921806 $20.49 “...Coming from mid-18th century London where so many styles and musical dialects were at play, Jones’ music brings French and Italian influences together with the manner of string writing established by English composers of the prior generation, Locke and Lawes... These sonatas are inventive, intricate, interesting, and very fun to listen to... From the album notes, harpsichord player Mitzi Meyerson states “I can hardly believe this music has been buried for nearly 300 years.” Neither will you.” -pb

❦Esa-Pekka Salonen: “Out of Nowhere”

Works: Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958): Concerto for Violin; Nyx, for orchestra. Artists: Esa-Pekka Salonen/Finnish RSO. Leila Josefowicz (Vln). (1 CD) (DG . DGG B001752102 $17.98 “...As a whole, this music has been described as “postmodern impressionism.” It has the large orchestral forces of Shostakovich, the harmonic range of Stravinsky and the colors of Ravel and Debussy... Salonen is a supreme master of orchestration. This certainly comes, at least in part, from having the best seat in the house for Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts for 17 seasons (even if he did have to stand!)... While with the orchestration itself Salonen can hold his listener spellbound, there is so much more to this music...” -pb

❦Violin music from the collection “Partiturbuch Ludwig” (1662)

Works: Ciacconas, Canzonas & Sonatas - Works by Nicolai, Bertali, Schmelzer. Artists: Florian Deuter/Harmonie Universelle. (1 CD) (Accent) ACT 24274 $20.49 “...[Jacob Ludwig’s] Partiturbuch is a self contained and representative slice of music written and performed in North Germany during the mid17th century... Roughly half of the works in the program are from anonymous sources. Only one work on the CD has ever been recorded before... If you enjoy exploring the back roads of baroque music, you will thoroughly enjoy this generous, 75plus minute program...” -pb

❦John Joubert: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3 /

Works: John Joubert (1927 - ): Quartets for Strings nos 1 - 3. Artists: Brodsky Quartet. (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 113 $16.99 “The Brodsky Quartet perform quartets one through three on this Somm CD, the first and third being premiere recordings... [Joubert’s] quartets reminded me of those by Walton, Britten and especially Shostakovich... There is a strange beauty and a complexity here that bears some very close and repeated listening... If you appreciate the quartets of Shostakovich, you will likely enjoy Joubert’s quartets as well.” -pb

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These brief review excerpts are from the most recent additions to my blog. You can read the full reviews at www.hbdirect.com/blog. My aim is to identify new recordings of unusual music that are of extremely high merit. If you are drawn to the genre, I expect that you will be pleased with any of these recordings. If you aren’t, you can return them for a refund. That’s my uncommon guarantee. - Paul Ballyk,

❦Choral Music of Arnold Mendelssohn

Works: Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933): Deutsche Messe, Op. 89; Motets. Artists: Frieder Bernius/SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart. (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 93293 $18.99 “...The time when Arnold Mendelssohn was active, I’ve always felt, was an extremely rich period in music history when the peak of tonality overlapped with the advent of atonality. In spite of his avowed rejection of musical evolution in the first part of the 20th century, Mendelssohn’s music is hardly void of its influence. Writing in traditional forms, he exhausts the limits of tonality and makes wonderful use of the expressive technique of chromaticism... In terms of balance, intonation, expression – well, everything actually, the performances are faultless and absolutely gorgeous... For any lover of choral music, this undeservingly forgotten music is not to be missed.” -pb

❦Blech aus dem Westen, Old Friends

Works by: Cesare Bendinelli; Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber; Girolamo Fantini; Giovanni Gabrieli; Antony Holborne; Claudio Monteverdi; Michael Praetorius. Artists: Michael Forster/Wes10brass. (1 SA CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38106 $23.99 “What makes the album unique is that Wes10brass employ both modern and period instruments together, creating a timbrel spectrum more expansive than a group of exclusively one or the other.... Works by the big names of the period, Holborne, Gabrielli and Praetorius are complemented by works of lesser known composers Girolamo Fantini and Cesare Bendinelli. There’s some wonderfully florid and beautiful music here, and Wes10brass perform brilliantly.” -pb

❦Johan Helmich Roman: 12 Keyboard Suites

Works: Johan Helmich Roman (1694 - 1758): Keyboard Suites nos 1 - 12. Artists: Oskar Ekberg (Pno). (2 CD) (Daphne Records) . 2 DPNE 1041 $16.99 This is the premiere recording of this music on the modern piano. You can listen to samples on HBDirect.com... his performances of these suites are superb. He obviously loves this music, and I’m confident that he will make you love it too. In the conclusion to his excellent notes in the booklet of this CD, Ekberg writes: “Roman’s clavier suites are far too vivacious, interesting, ingenious and beautiful to be left unheard and untouched.” I am at a complete loss to sum it up any better than that. -pb

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New Installments in three very popular series Weinberg: Symphony No. 19 “Bright May”

Works: Weinberg: Symphony No. 19 “Bright May”; Banners of Peace, symphonic poem. Artists: Vladimir Lande/St Petersburg State SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572752 $8.99 On Sale Gramophone acclaimed the ‘understanding and fervour’ of Vladimir Lande’s ‘greatly superior’ conducting of Weinberg’s Symphony No. 6 (8572779). Here Mr. Lande conducts Weinberg’s Symphony No. 19.

Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 5

Works: Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concertos Opp. 42 & 177; Introduction et Rondeau Brillant. Artists: Christopher Hinterhuber, piano Uwe Grodd/New Zealand SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572742 $8.99 On Sale The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. Intensely lyrical and yet displaying at times a rugged Beethovenian grandeur, Ries’s eight concertos are works of

Works: Alfredo Casella: La donna serpente; Introduzione, Aria e Toccata; Partita, Op. 42. Artists: Sun Hee You, piano. Francesco La Vecchia/Orch. Sinfonica di Roma. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573005 $8.99 On Sale This latest disc in the Naxos series of Casella’s orchestral music represents what Casella felt was his ‘definitive personality’.

Works: Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Bruce Broughton: In the World of Spirits; Jennifer Higdon: Mysterium; Gustav Holst: Christmas Day; In the bleak mid-winter; Alfred Reed: Greensleeves; Claude T. Smith; Philip Sparke. Artists: Scott A. Stewart/Emory Symphonic Winds. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573002 $8.99 On Sale The Emory Symphonic Winds, comprised of members of the Emory Wind Ensemble and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, are American leaders in the commissioning of new music.

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring et al. / Schwarz

Works: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Dumbarton Oaks; Concerto in E flat. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/ Seattle Sym. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8571223 $8.99 On Sale Following successes with The Firebird (Naxos 8571221) and Petrushka (Naxos 8571222), Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring was the most ambitious and controversial result of his collaboration with Sergey Dyagilev’s Ballet russes.

Asian Music for String Quartet

Works: Ahou Long; Chinary Ung; Gao Ping; Toru Takemitsu; Tan Dun. Artists: New Zealand String Quartet. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572488 $8.99 On Sale This program brings together aesthetic and musical elements of East and West. Zhou Long captures the essence of the Chinese plucked ch’in, and Cambodian aesthetics are preserved in Chinary Ung’s expressive Spiral III. Tan Dun’s Eight Colors combines the exotic timbres of Peking Opera with Second Viennese School tonalities.

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Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet

Works: Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet; Fireworks, Op. 4. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle Sym. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8571221 $8.99 On Sale The scintillating orchestral effects of Fireworks is achieved with overwhelming success. This recording has been acclaimed as “polished and brilliant” (Gramophone).

Stravinsky: Petrushka, Song of the Nightingale

Works: Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 vers.); The Song of the Nightingale. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/ Seattle Sym. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8571222 $8.99 On Sale While composing The Rite of Spring for Diaghilev, Stravinsky broke off its composition to write Petrushka, the story of a puppet suddenly brought to life. Choreography was by Fokin and Nijinsky danced the title role.

Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands, Vol. 6

Works: Rondo, D. 608; Sonata for Piano Duet, D. 617; Six Grandes Marches et Trios. Artists: John Humphreys and Robert Markham, pianists (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572699 $8.99 On Sale Composed for himself and friends to play at musical evenings, Franz Schubert’s gift for songwriting transfers into the lyrical sensitivities in his instrumental music. Volume 5 of this series (8570354), which was a Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’.

A Winter’s Light - A Christmas Collection

Artists: Martin Ford, organ. Jeremy Backhouse/ Vasari Singers. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573030 $8.99 On Sale The Vasari Singers’ annual carol concerts always provide a warming blend of traditional favorites and less well-known music from all periods and styles.

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New from Naxos The Glogau Song Book / Ensemble Dulce Melos

Pianist Mariya Kim plays Schumann

Artists: Sabine Lutzenberger, soprano; Martin Hummel, baritone; Marc Lewon, lute. Ensemble Dulce Melos. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572576 $8.99 On Sale The Glogauer Liederbuch is a forgotten treasure, a rich repository of fifteenth-century music. It contains 292 songs, devotional chants and instrumental pieces which were performed by educated enthusiasts or students, not by professional musicians.

Muzio Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum, Vol. 3

Artists: Alessandro Marangoni, piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572327 $8.99 On Sale Gradus ad Parnassum, in three volumes and completed by 1826, consists of 100 incredibly demanding exercises designed to lead to musical and technical perfection.

Rest: Music for Wind Band / Ohio State W.S.

Works: Holst, Gilbertson: Vigil; Ticheli: Rest; Symphony no 1; Mackey: Asphalt Cocktail. Artists: Brian Cheney, tenor. Russel C. Mikkelson/ Ohio State University Wind Sym. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572980 $8.99 On Sale Few contemporary groups are as versatile as the Ohio State University Wind Symphony, and their exploration of new and exciting wind music is second-to-none.

Hindemith: String Quartets, Vol. 2

Works: Hindemith: String Quartets nos 5, 6 & 7. Artists: Amar String Quartet. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572164 $8.99 On Sale One of the greatest quartets of its time, the technically sophisticated No. 5, Op. 32 reveals Hindemith as a master of the medium.

Margaret Rizza: “Mysterium Amoris”

Works: Choral music by Margaret Rizza. Artists: Eamonn Dougan/Gaudete Ensemble. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573039 $8.99 On Sale Margaret Rizza’s is music of great spiritual depth and, whether a cappella or for vocal and instrumental forces, it generates a sense of lyricism and healing resolution.

An opera by Francisco António de Almeida

Works: Francisco António de Almeida: La Spinalba ovvero il vecchio matto. Artists: Luís Rodrigues, Cátia Moreso, Ana Quintans, Fernando Guimarães, Inês Madeira, Joana Seara, Mário Alves. Marcos Magalhaes/Os Músicos do Tejo. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8660319 $8.99 On Sale The rarely recorded La Spinalba ovvero Il vecchio matto (Spinalba, or the Mad Old Man) is a comic opera which follows the buffa tradition of intrigue and romantic complexities, and is filled with superb cantabile arias as well as a rich variety of original and dramatic orchestral effects.

Wolfgang Rihm: Complete Works for Violin & Piano

Artists: Tianwa Yang, violin; Nicholas Rimmer, piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572730 $8.99 On Sale Each of these works by Wolfgang Rihm’s draws on a wide range of influences, from folk-like moments, embedded quotations and dazzlingly virtuosic episodes.

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Works: Schumann: Paganini Caprices, Opp. 3 & 10; Humoresque, Op. 20. Artists: Mariya Kim, piano. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572374 $8.99 On Sale Robert Schumann’s Studien and Konzert-Etⁿden transform Paganini’s violin Caprices into stunningly virtuoso pieces for piano. Ukrainian pianist Mariya Kim has gained global recognition through prizes including the Horowitz, Paderewski and China Shenzhen International Piano Competitions.

Peter Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 6 et al.

Works: Peter Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 6; Time and the Raven; Wedding with Sunrise. Artists: George McIlwham, bag-pipes. Peter Maxwell Davies/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572352 $8.99 On Sale Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s passionate Sixth Symphony is one of his most beautifully expressive works and, while not untroubled, reaches moments of serene beauty.

Déodat de Severac: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3

Artists: Jordi Maso, piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572429 $8.99 On Sale Déodat de Séverac is noted for his vocal and choral music as well as his compositions for solo piano, which have won critical acclaim, published in the collections Chant de la terre, En Languedoc, and En vacances.

Ravel: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 [CD or BR-Audio] Works: Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Menuet antique; Ouverture de féerie “Shéhérazade”; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Rapsodie espagnole. Artists: Leonard Slatkin/Orchestre National de Lyon. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572887 $8.99 On Sale (Blu-Ray audio) NXS 0030 $17.99 On Sale Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive color, and the latter evokes nostalgic pathos.

André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry: Le Magnifique

Artists: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Elizabeth Calleo, Marguerite Krull, Jeffrey Thompson, Karim Sulayman Ryan Brown/Opera Lafayette. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8660305 $8.99 On Sale André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was the greatest French composer of opéra-comique in the eighteenth century. In Le Magnifique, his expressive love music, and extended preludes and postludes, add to the theatrical variety of this important and varied opera.

The American Trumpet

Works: John Carbon (1951 - ): Notturno for trumpet, harp & strings; Leo Eylar: Dance Suite, for trumpet & string orchestra; David Froom: Serenade for trumpet & strings; William Thomas McKinley (1938 - ): Miniature Portraits, for trumpet, bassoon & strings; Steve Rouse: The Avatar; Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd; Robert Starer (1924 - 2001). Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle SO. Jeffrey Silberschlag (Tpt); Deborah Greitzer (Bssn). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559719 $8.99 On Sale

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Acanta, continued

Artists: Guy Van Waas;Jennifer Borghi, Sebastien Droy, Jean-Sebastien Bou, Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Alain Buet, et al. (includes book) (2 CD) (1-2-3-4-GO) 2 OTTG 1008 $37.49

Artists: Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233594 $19.99

Rodolphe Kreutzer: La Mort d’Abel

Julian Marshall: Out of the Darkness

Works: Julian Marshall: Out of the Darkness, chamber cantata; Bryars: The Island Chapel; Part: Spiegel im Spiegel. Artists: Melanie Pappenheim: mezzo-soprano; Sophie Harris: cello Howard Moody/Schoolhouse 6 Ensemble. (1 CD) (1-2-3-4GO) OTTG 101 $16.99

The Power of Dreaming: Chopin & Liszt

Artists: Dominic Piers Smith: piano (1 CD) (1-23-4-GO) OTTG 102 $16.99

Johann Christian Bach: Amadis de Gaule

Artists: Didier Talpain; Phillipe Do, Katia Velletaz, Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Hjordis Thebault, Liliana Faraon, et al. (2 CD) (1-2-3-4-GO) 2 OTTG 1007 $37.49

The View Was All in Lines / Schöenberg, Schaathun, Wallin

Works by: Schöenberg, Asbjorn Schaathun, Rolf Wallin. Artists: Kenneth Karlsson, piano (1 SA CD) (2 L Records) L2L 085SACD $18.99

Stale Kleiberg: David and Bathsheba

Artists: artists Trondheim SO. (2 Blu-Ray Audio) (2 L Records) 2 L2L 084SABD $33.49 From the opening bars, Kleiberg’s music establishes a very particular orchestral and harmonic color, one effect of which is to ‘place’ the events beyond our reach.

“Cikada” Eivind Buene: Possible Cities

Works: Eivind Buene (b. Oslo, 1973): Possible Cities / Essential Landscapes. (2 Blu-Ray Audio) (2 L Records) 2 L2L 083SABD $33.49 Possible Cities/Essential Landscapes is a cycle of chamber music and ensemble works written between 2005 and 2009, commissioned by CIKADA and Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Joelle Wallach: Door Standing Open

Artists: University of North Texas Conductors String Quartet; Stephen Carrol, tenor; Marie Mattingly, soprano; Avis Stroud, mezzo; Jeffrey Snider, baritone (1 CD) (4 Tay) 4TY 4034 $16.99

Christmas with the Vienna Boys Choir

Artists: Vienna Boys Choir (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233600 $19.99 This new release from Acanta features the most beloved boys choir sings the most beautiful Christmas-carols, with unique recordings from a star-studded cast and thoroughly remastered original recordings.

Stockhausen Conducts Haydn and Mozart /

Artists: Karlheinz Stockhausen/Radio Symphony Orchester Berlin (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233595 $19.99

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Max Reger: Romantic Suites / Works: works

Richard Strauss: The Legend of Joseph

Works: Richard Strauss: The Legend of Joseph, ballet Pantomine, Op. 63. Artists: Robert Heger/ Bavarian State Opera Orch. (2 CD) (Acanta) 2 AANT 233587 $19.99

Children sing Christmas / Vienna Boys Choir

Works: O come all ye faithful; In Dulci Jubilo; silent Night; O Tannenbaum. Haydn, Pierluigi, Gallus, more. Artists: Vienna Boys Choir (3 CD) (Acanta) 3 AANT 233598 $24.99 As an exclusive encore this set also includes a “karaoke-CD” with instrumental versions of some of the most renowned Christmas-carols to sing along to - as the booklet also includes the sheet music and lyrics to these songs. Joy to the world!

Richard Wagner: Fantasies for 8 Horns

Works: Arrangements from Wagner’s operas for 8 horns. Artists: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra horn section (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233597 $19.99

Gottfried Finger: The Complete Music for Viola Da Gamba Solo Works: Gottfried Finger: The Complete Music for Viola Da Gamba Solo. Artists: Petr Wagner, viola da gamba; Ensemble Tourbillon (1 CD) (Accent) ACT 24267 $20.49

The Chorale Fantasias of Max Reger / Demers

Artists: Isabelle Demers, Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1024 (2 CD) (Acis Productions) 2 ACIS 01901 $29.99

George Onslow: Quatuors / Ruggieri Quartet

Artists: Ruggieri String Quartet (1 CD) (Agogiq ue) AGOQ 006 $18.99

Grand Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra

Artists: Janne Mertanen, piano; Jani Telaranta/ Turku PO. (Alba) ABA 335 $16.99 Janne Mertanen won the International Chopin Competition in 1992 and two of his recordings have won the 6th International Record Competition Grand Prix du Disque.

Artic Scenes - Works for chorus

Works: Works for chorus by Kurki, Narhinsalo, Kankainen, Karjalainenn et al. Artists: artists Kadri Joamets/Seitakuoro Chamber Choir. (Alba) ABA 43 $16.99 To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the Seitakuoro Chamber Choir has recorded the best of the works of composers from Lapland, compositions made in Lapland and other works that highlight Lapland.

East Meets West: Clarinet Music by Chinese Composers

Works: Gao Hong, Mei-Chun Chen, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi, Shih-Hui Chen, et al. Artists: Jun Qian, clarinet (1 CD) (Albany) ALB 1377 $16.99

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❦Beethoven For All [Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD]

❦Henze: Being Beauteous

Works: Henze: Being Beauteous; Britten Les Illuminations; Castiglioni: Terzina; Szymanowski Artists: Anu Komsi, soprano. Juha Kangas/ Ostrobothnian CO. (Alba) ABA 331 $16.99 “This is music worth taking a chance on. You may not come over to the dark side, but you will be stunned into awe by music and performance. Texts and translations.” -American Record Guide, November/December 2012

❦Matthew Whittall: Leaves of Grass

Works: Risto-Matti Marin, piano. Artists: RistoMatti Marin, piano (Alba) ABA 333 $16.99 “The recording, made at St John’s in Helsinki, has both clarity and resonance. Whitmanians will definitely want to have this, as will people looking for imaginative new piano music.” -American Record Guide, November/December 2012

Albany Records

Adderley & Holliday: Piano Duo Project

Works: by White, Still, Smith, Adderley. Artists: Adderley & Holliday (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1383 $16.99

A Musical Celebration: New Works for Clarinet, Viola & Piano

Artists: Ewazen, Sokolovski, clarinet / Trio Con Brio (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1384 $16.99

Man-Ching Donald Yu: Surrealistic Soundscapes

Works: Man-Ching Donald Yu: Surrealistic Soundscapes Artists: artists (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1378 $16.99

Lowell Liebermann: Revelry / Grant Llewellyn

Artists: Grant Llewellyn, BBC Symphony Orchestra. (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1380 $16.99

Marco Beasley: Storie di Napoli / Guido Morini Artists: Guido Morini, Ensemble Accordone (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 532 $18.99

Artists: Daniel Barenboim/WestEastern Divan Orch. (19 CD) (Decca) 19 DEC B001699900 $147.98 “WEDO’s Beethoven project has been under way for three years. That dedication showed.” -The Guardian “The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s woodwind section deserves a gold medal. Rarely in any orchestra do you hear tone quite so gorgeous and ensemble so unified, each individual’s artistry flowering to the full within the whole. Through the symphony they became a group of soloists within the larger ensemble, Beethoven’s harbinger of hope.” -The Independent

❦Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper / John Francis Mauceri, RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta

Artists: John Francis Mauceri/RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752402 $14.98 “It is to this new version that the uncommitted should be directed... the clearer Decca digital sound is superior. Likewise, the singing on the new version is undeniably of a higher standard, whilst no less appropriate in terms of Weill’s requirement for singing actors. In orchestral playing, too, there is a clear advantage, no less than in John Mauceri’s imaginative conducting. In the “Zuhalter Ballade”, above all, these characteristics come together to give.” -Gramophone “The co-ordination of music & presentation makes for a vividly enjoyable experience.” -Penguin Guide

❦Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3; Concerto for Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic

Artists: Witold Lutoslawski/Berlin PO. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752502 $14.98 “... a vividly dramatic and supremely well-shaped interpretation.” -Gramophone

Muisc Under the Stars / West Point Band

❦Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta

Heritage of the March, Vol. 2 / US Navy Band

❦Messiaen: Turangalila -Symphonie / Riccardo Chailly, Concertgebouw

Artists: West Point Band (1 CD) (Altissimo) ALSM 62152 $16.99 West Point has created a reputation for presenting serious concert music to their audience, which is shown here with their exemplary mix of classical, patriotic, Broadway, and concert style songs all accounted for. Works: Music of John Klohr and Alex Lithgow. Artists: Donald W. Stauffer, The United States Navy Band (1 CD) (Altissimo) ALSM 19862 $16.99 Heritage of the March is a series of records of marches released from 1973-1980s. It remains the largest single march music record series in history.

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Artists: George Solti/Chicago SO. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752602 $14.98 “This is marvelous on all counts.” -ClassicsToday. com “The playing, happily marrying precision to spontaneity, is remarkable fine.” -Gramophone

Artists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Keiko Harada Riccardo Chailly/Concertgebouw Orch. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752702 $14.98 “Chailly’s powerful, dramatic reading with the Concert gebouw makes an outstanding first choice. The richness of the sound goes with beautiful balance, fine clarity and a keen sense of presence, heightening the impact of Chailly’s clean cut, brilliant interpretation.” -Penguin Guide

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New Releases Folk Treasures of America / US Military Bands

Artists: Bands and Choruses of the US Military (1 CD) (Altissimo) ALSM 62372 $16.99 Altissimo presents this great collection of traditional folk songs we all grew up singing. This album contains songs spanning two centuries, from early 1800’s to today. Important times and themes in American history are represented through the music.

Haiku: Formenti and Sacchi play Campogrande Works by: Nicola Campogrande. Artists: Sonia Formenti and Floraleda Sacchi (1 CD) (Amadeus Arte) ADEU 11004 $13.99

Ave Maria Adagios - Music for flute & harp

Works: Gounod, Piazzolla, Caccini, Massenet, Beethoven et al. Artists: Claudio Ferrarini, flute; Floraleda Sacchi, harp (Amadeus Arte) ADEU 030 $16.99 Flutist Claudio Ferrarini and harpist Floraleda Sacchi perform 17 works inspired by and dedicated to Mary.

Couperin: Les Nations / Ensemble Les Ombres

Artists: Les Ombres (2 CD) (Ambronay) 2 AMBR 035 $33.49

Ave Maria / Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal

Artists: Daniel Taylor/Petits Chanteurs du MontRoyal. (1 CD) (Analekta) ANA 29841 $18.99

Christmas Fantasies for violin & harp

Artists: Valerie Milot, harp; Antione Bareil, violin (1 CD) (Analekta) ANA 29982 $18.99

Anima Records

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Yoko Kaneko

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 10/2; Op. 27/1 & 2; Op. 31/2. Artists: Yoko Kaneko, piano (Anima Records) ANNR 80600001 $16.99

Alfred Tokayer: Complete Works

Artists: Bertrand Giraud, piano; Elsa Levy, soprano. Orchestre de chambre de Roumaine. (Anima Records) ANNR 71200001 $16.99

Franz Liszt Piano Recital / Bertrand Giraud

Artists: Bertrand Giraud, piano (Anima Records) ANNR 50400001 $16.99 French pianist Bertrand Giraud has won numerous competitions and awards.

Schubert & Schumann piano works

Works: Schubert: Sonata Op. 120; Liszt: Sonata in B Minor; Schumann: Liebeslied. Artists: Christophe Simonet, piano (Anima Records) ANNR 70200001 $16.99 Christophe Simonet was a finalist in the Clara Haskil competition and won second prize at the Maria Canals competition in Spain.

A Frederic Chopin Piano Recital / Carré

Artists: Mathilde Carré, piano (Anima Records) ANNR 51100001 $16.99 French pianist Mathilde Carrée made her debut at Alice Tully Hall in 2002.

French Sonatas for Cello / Odile Bourin, cello

Works: Sonatas for Cello by Soulage, Ferroud, Viardot. Artists: Odile Bourin, cello; Genevieve Ibanez, piano (Anima Records) ANNR 110300002 $16.99

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Starodubtsev plays 20th century Sonatas

Works: Sonatas by Prokofiev, Ginastera, Szymanowski, Bartok Artists: Evgeny Starodubtsev, piano (Anima Records) ANNR 100900001 $16.99

Philippe Forget: Chamber Music

Works: Philippe Forget: Cello Suites 1&2; Vents d’Yver; Canaa et al. Artists: Agnes Vesterman, cello; Olivier Chauzu, piano Trio Des Aulnes. (Anima Records) ANNR 90600001 $16.99 Composer Philippe Forget was awarded first prize in 2000 in the international Composer of the Year competition in the UK and first prize at the international New Music for Keyboard competition in Edinburgh.

Christmas Through the Centuries

Works by: di Lasso, Praetorius, Eccard, et al. Artists: Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Knabenchor Hannover, Flautando Koln. (2 CD) (Ars Musici) 2 ARM 233599 $19.99 “Christmas throughout the ages” - the present CD is a kind of brief cultural history through music.

Ignaz Pleyel Edition Vol. 9 / Camerata pro Musica

Works: Concerti & Symphonies. Artists: Ingrid Marsoner, piano; Matthias Racz, bassoon. Paul Welgold/Camerata pro Musica. (1 CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38819 $23.99

Russian Soul: Works for violin and Piano

Works by: Balakirev, Glazunov, Gliere (1 SA CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38121 $23.99

Louis Spohr - Lieder Vol. 1 / Felicitas & Judith Erb

Artists: Felicitas & Judith Erb, Sopranos; Doriana Tchakarova, Piano (1 SA CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38116 $23.99

Turlutte et Reel / Suzie LeBlanc; La Nef

Works: A festive compilation of turluttes (wordless songs), reels, waltzes, and folksongs. Artists: Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; La Nef, Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer (1 CD) ATMA 23011 $16.99 On Sale

Rozmowa Dialogue / Adrianna Lis, flute

Artists: Adrianna Lis, flute; Sarah Watkins, piano (1 CD) (Atoll) ATOL 742 $18.99

Ahi: The Ogen Trio; New Zealand Chamber Soloists

Works: Ahi: The Ogen Trio. Artists: New Zealand Chamber Soloists (1 CD) (Atoll) ATOL 108 $18.99

Christmas Spectacular for chorus & brass

Artists: John Wells & Nicholas Forbes, organ; APO Brass & Percussion; Indra Hughes, Musica Sacra (1 CD) (Atoll) ATOL 342 $18.99

Pas de Deux: French Music for Piano Duo

Works by: Milhaud, Ravel, Bizet, Poulenc. Artists: Mona and Rica Bard, piano (1 SA CD) (Audite) ADT 92672 $19.99

Mendelssohn: Complete Chamber Music for Strings, Vol. 2 / Manderling Quartett

Works: Quartets Opp. 44 & 80. Artists: Manderling Quartett (1 SA CD) (Audite) ADT 92657 $19.99

Louis Vierne: Complete Organ Symphonies, Vol. 1

Artists: Hans-Everhard Roß (1 SA CD) (Audite) ADT 92674 $19.99 These earliest of the Organ Symphonies are performed on the Goll organ of St. Martin, Memmingen.

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Works by: Priuli, Valentini, Ebner, Froberger, Felician, Kerll, Poglietti, Techelmann. Artists: David Blunden and Johannes Strobl, organ (1 SA CD) (Audite) ADT 92653 $19.99 This selection of works by court organists Froberger, Keril, and Poglietti - as well as other greats of the era - are performed on the high Baroque 1743 Bossarts at Muri for maximum fidelity to sound.

Guillaume Du Fay: Motets, Hymns & Chansons

Works: Guillaume Du Fay: Motets, Hymns & Chansons. Artists: Scott Metcalfe, Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (1 CD) (Blue Heron Records) BHRC 1001 $16.99

Puccini: Le Villi / Fantini, Giacomini, Torres

Artists: Norma Fantini, Giuseppe Giacomini, Victor Torres. Muhai Tang/Vlaamse Opera Chorus of Antwerpen; Vlaamse Opera Orch. of Antwerpen. (Bongiovanni) BGV 2454 $16.99

Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mameli / Frontalini

Artists: Antonio De Palma, Natalia Margarit, Lorenzo Battagion, Barbara Vivian. Silvano Frontalini/ Orchestra Filarmonica, Ucraina di Donetsk (1 CD) (Bongiovanni) BGV 2457 $16.99

French Fantasy - works for violin & piano

Works: Debussy, Saint-Saens, Frank Artists: Maria Bachmann, violin; Adam Neiman, piano (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9394 $16.99

Brilliant Classics

Ferdinand Rebay: Sonatas for Flute and Guitar

Artists: Gonsalo Noque, guitar; Maria Jose Belotto, flute (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 9291 $8.99 The combination of flute and guitar enjoys a long tradition. Austrian Ferdinand Rebay, whose recently-discovered works are here presented for the first time, breathed new life into the genre with these lively neoclassical works.

Jonathan Goldstein: Cyclorama

Works: Jonathan Goldstein: Cyclorama. Artists: Balanescu Quartet and Ensemble (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 9278 $8.99 Jonathan Goldstein’s first album is a ranging view of his instrumental works - a mix of contemporary classical idioms.

Carols from Kings / Stephen Cleobury

Artists: Stephen Cleobury, King’s College Choir (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 9186 $8.99 This Christmas reissue includes traditional songs of the Anglican choral tradition alongside German, French, Dutch, Polish, and Russian carols of festive cheer and sweet contemplation.

Hummel: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 / Commellato

Artists: Alessandro Commellato, piano. Didier Talpain, Solamente Naturali. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94338 $8.99

❦Torke: Color Music / David Zinman

Artists: David Zinman/Baltimore SO. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752802 $14.98 “These are amongst the most committed and persuasive performances of contemporary music I’ve heard for a long time; in the words of Heidi Waleson, when it comes to Torke’s music “Zinman is a true believer” - and it certainly shows. Producer Andre Cornall is too, which is more than evident in the immaculate and beautifully produced recording.” -Gramophone

❦The Voice: Philippe Jaroussky

Artists: Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor. (2 CD) (Virgin Classics) 2 VCL 027042 $23.98 “The fireworks really ignited whenever Jaroussky took the stage... he owns a winning stage presence and a pure, radiant countertenor/ soprano voice.” -The Los Angeles Times “As male singers who make their home in the musical stratosphere, countertenors are already a rarefied bunch, but Philippe Jaroussky is something of a wild orchid among them. His voice combines a limpid purity of timbre, a weightless agility, and an elegant control of nuance that allows him to shade a single phrase with a multitude of colors.” -The Boston Globe “Jaroussky’s exceptionally pure voice, combined with his cherubic good looks, have won him a passionate following.” -The New York Times Magazine

❦Philippe Jaroussky: La voix des Reves, Greatest Moments in Concert [DVD]

Artists: Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor. (1 DVDVideo) (Virgin Classics) VCL 026659 $23.98 “The fireworks really ignited whenever Jaroussky took the stage... he owns a winning stage presence and a pure, radiant countertenor/ soprano voice.” -The Los Angeles Times

❦Stanford: Sacred Choral Music / David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir

Artists: David Hill/Winchester Cathedral Choir. (3 CD) (Hyperion) 3 HYP 44311 $29.49 On Sale “Superb performances, supremely fine singing, magnificently directed. A delight for Stanford lovers.” -Organists Review “Hill and the Winchester Choir are superb. The choral tone is luscious, the discipline outstanding, the recording captures the sumptuous acoustics of the cathedral without blurring the musical details, and the performances are vivid and exciting yet carefully nuanced.” -American Record Guide

Giovanni Battista Vitali: Trio Sonatas Op. 2

Artists: Luigi Cozzolino, Semperconsort (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94405 $8.99 Small-scale Sonate da Chiesa for two violins and continuo, made the style accessible for small churches and competent amateurs of the day.

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Brilliant Classics, continued J.S. Bach: Complete Harpsichord Concertos

Artists: Christine Schornsheim, Pieter-Jan Belder, et. al., harpsichord. Burkhard Glaetzner/ Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 3 BLC 94421 $16.99

Handel: Italian Duets / Rydén, Bertagnolli

Artists: Susanna Rydén, Gemma Bertagnolli. Claudio Astronio/Harmonices Mundi (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94344 $8.99

Couperin: Les Nations / Musica Ad Rhenum

Artists: Jed Wentz, Musica Ad Rhenum (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94427 $12.99 Couperin’s Les Nations is an overtly French set of trio pieces played stylishly here by Musica ad Rhenum with Jed Wentz.

Paul Wranitzky: String Trios / Ensemble Cordia Works: Paul Wranitzky (1756 - 1808): String Trios. Artists: Ensemble Cordia (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94339 $8.99

French Music for Alto Saxophone

❦Chamber Music of Yoshio Hachimura “Constellation”

Artists: Aki Takahashi, piano; Masami Nakagawa, flute; Yoko Seto, violin (Camerata) CAM 50035 $17.99 On Sale “The bells are allowed to ring freely, creating dense blocks of sound. The entrance of the violin and vibraphone allows for new timbral variations and increased complexity. The piece emits a calm intensity through its clusters, melodic motives, and, sometimes, furious motion.” -ARG

Tokuhide Nimi: Voilin Concerto et al.

Artists: Reiko Watanabe, violin. Toshiaki Umeda/ Tokyo Metropolitan SO. (Camerata) CAM 28237 $17.99 On Sale Japanese composer Tokuhide Niimi is a professor at the Toho Gakuen Graduate School of Music.

Derek Bermel: Canzonas Americanas

Artists: Derek Bermel, Alarm Will Sound (band). (1 CD) (Canteloupe) CPE 21088 $16.99 The title track Canzonas Americanas was commissioned and premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel.

Generation / Renate & Daniel Behle

Works: Jacques Charpentier (1933 - ): Gavambodi 2; Fernande Decruck: Sonata; André Jolivet: Fantaisie-Impromptu; Paule Maurice: Tableaux de Provence; Jeanine Rueff (1922 - ): Chanson et Passepied. Artists: Michael Ibrahim (Sax); John Morrison (Pno). (1 CD) (Cala) CALA 77012 $16.99

Works: Songs & Duets by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Liszt, Wagner Artists: Renate Behle (Mezzo soprano), Daniel Behle (Tenor), Oliver Schnyder (Piano) (1 CD) (Capriccio) CAP 5148 $14.99 On Sale On Generation, mother and son Renate Behle and Daniel Behle perform various operatic excerpts.

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Christmas with the Vienna Boys’ Choir

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Works: Schubert, Handel, Herbeck. Artists: Max Emanuel Cencic, Charles Humphries, conductors (2 CD) (Capriccio) 2 CAP 5160 $14.99 On Sale Capriccio presents this two disc set of what the choir is best known for, traditional Christmas songs.

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Scriabin: Complete Impromptus and other early pieces / Boris Bekhterev, piano

Ludwig Thuille: Selected Songs

The Thievish Cello / Tamas Varga, cello

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4

Tchaikovsky: String Quartets nos 1 & 2

Artists: Steude Quartet. (Camerata) CAM 28236 $17.99 On Sale The Steude Quartet consists of members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Artists: Boris Bekhterev, piano (Camerata) CAM 28231 $17.99 On Sale Works: 3 sonatas transcribed for cello by Brahms, Schubert & Beethoven Artists: Tamas Varga, cello; Ferenc Bognar, piano (Camerata) CAM 28233 $17.99 On Sale Hungarian cellist Tamás Varga performs three sonatas transcribed for cello. Varga is principal cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera.

Orchestral works by Shin-Ichiro Ikebe

Works: Shin-Ichiro Ikebe: Symphonies nos 4 & 7; Les Bois Tristes. Artists: Hiroyuki Iwaki/NHK SO; Kazuyoshi Akiyama. (Camerata) CAM 50033 $17.99 On Sale Japanese composer Shin-Ichiro Ikebe was born in 1943 and studied at Tokyo University

Franz Liszt - Works for Violin & Piano /

Artists: Mauro Tortorelli, violin; Constantino Catena, piano (Camerata) 2 CAM 20109/10 $34.99 On Sale Italian violinist Mauro Tortorelli was first prizewinner of the Isola di Capri competition and a finalist in the G.B. Viotti international violin competition.

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Artists: Roman Trekel, Hartmut Höll. (1 CD) (Capriccio) CAP 5058 $14.99 On Sale Ludwig Thuille was one of the leading operatic composers of the Munich School. Artists: Tchetuev, piano (1 SA CD) (Caro Mitis) CRMT 32010 $20.49

Mundus et Musica / Qualia

Works by: Brumel, Agricola, Ramis de Pareia, Tinctoris, Ockeghem, Benito, Ebreo da Pesaro, Compère. Artists: Qualia (1 CD) (Carpe Diem) CARP 16294 $16.99 This is a collection of polyphonic music from late medieval sources around the turn of the 15th century.

Touched / Calmus Ensemble

Works by: Purcell, Sting, Michael Jackson, Elton John; Monteverdi et al. Artists: Calmus Ensemble. (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83379 $18.99 This recording is in a class of its own: Sting stands alongside Henry Purcell, Michael Jackson next to Adriano Banchieri, and Elton John beside Monty Python.

Bach: Motets, BWV 225-230

Artists: Frieder Bernius/Chamber Choir Stuttgart (1 SA CD) (Carus) CRS 83298 $19.99

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Works by: Sethus Calvisius, Johann Hermann Schein, Tobias Michael, Johann Schelle, Johann Kuhnau, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sebastian Knuepfer. Artists: Ludwig Böhme/Kammerchor Josquin des Préz (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83342 $18.99

❦Brahms: Quintets, Opp. 34 & 115

Us a Child is Born / L’arpa festante

Works: works Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34. Artists: Tokyo String Quartet. Jon Nakamatsu (Pno); Jon Manasse (Clnt). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 807558 $18.99 “If the Tokyo String Quartet isn’t the world’s greatest chamber music ensemble, it’s hard to imagine which group is.” -The Washington Post

Andreas Hammerschmidt - Vocal Works

❦Music of Oliver Knussen / Leila Josefowicz

Works by: Johann Hermann Schein, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Bernhard, Melchior Schildt, Philipp Friedrich Boeddecker, Heinrich Schmelzer, Pavel Josef Vejvanowski. Artists: Hans-Joerg Mammel, L’arpa festante (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83373 $18.99 Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit; Johann Rosenmuller: Magnificat. Artists: Gil Scarlattisti; Jochen Arnold (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83375 $18.99 There is uncertainty about precisely which year, but 2011/2012 sees the 400th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Hammerschmidt, one of the most important masters of the early German Baroque.

Liszt: Works for Cello & Piano / Pantillon

Works: Liszt: Consolations; Elegies; Oubliée et al. Artists: Christophe Pantillon, cello; Marc Pantillon, piano (Cascavelle) CAS 3163 $15.99

Mozart: Piano Concertos / Entremont, piano

Works: W.A. Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 20 & 23. Artists: Philippe Entremont, piano; Jean Entremont/Frankfurt SO. (Cascavelle) CAS 3161 $15.99 This historic recording was made in 1957 when Philippe Entremont collaborated with his father, the conductor Jean Entremont.

Works: Oliver Knussen (1952 - ): Autumnal, for violin & piano (Triptych, Part 1); Choral, for band; Concerto for Violin; Ophelia’s Last Dance, for piano, Op. 32; Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op.29; Requiem - Songs for Sue, for voice & chamber ensemble. Artists: Ryan Wigglesworth/ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Oliver Knussen/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; ; BBC SO. Leila Josefowicz (Vln); Ryan Wigglesworth (Pno); Huw Watkins (Pno); Claire Booth (Sop); Alexandra Wood (Vln). (1 CD) (NMC Classics) NMC 178 $18.99 “This CD should do more than any live performance to tell the world what a treasure he is. The Walton-esque Violin Concerto, Knussen’s masterpiece, is played with dazzling artistry by Josefowicz...[the Requiem is] sung with nightingale seductiveness by Claire Booth.” -Financial Times, October 2012

❦Schubert: String Quintet D. 956

Cavi Music

Piano works by Wagner, Liszt, Rossini

Works: Wagner, Liszt, Rossini: Salon Harmonique et Chromatique. Artists: Silke Avenhaus: piano (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553262 $15.99

Schumann & Liszt Piano Works

Works: Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor. Artists: Sophie Pacini, piano (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553269 $15.99

Clarinet Sonatas: Brahms, Reinecke, Draeseke

Works: Clarinet Sonatas: Brahms, Reinecke, Draeseke. Artists: Kilian Herold & Amir Katz (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553263 $15.99

Words Painted with Sounds / NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir

Works by: Wichrowski, Swider, Paderewski. Artists: WNFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir (1 CD) (CD Accord) CDAC 169 $18.99 The first CD recorded independently by the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, presents Polish poetry set to music by Polish composers.

Polish Piano Quintets / Lason Ensemble

Works by: Bacewicz, Zarebski, Lason. Artists: Lason Ensemble (1 CD) (CD Accord) CDAC 178 $18.99

Works: Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 12 in C minor, D 703/Op. posth “Quartettsatz”; Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956. Artists: Takacs Quartet Ralph Kirshbaum (Clo). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67864 $16.99 On Sale “The recording - wonderfully vivid and “present” is all that one expects from the producer, Andrew Keener, and the quality of the playing and musical insights is superlative...The sonorities the Takacs players and Kirshbaum bring to this great music are quasi-orchestral, but they convey the intimate pages of the score in a manner that is both soulbaring and deeply moving.” -Sunday Times, 28th October 2012

❦Elgar: The Starlight Express / Andrew Davis

Artists: Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Elin Thomas, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone (2 SA CD) (Chandos Records) 2 CHA 5111 $29.99 “There are moments of top-drawer, heart-stopping Elgar here...the music can either be heard as a suite that Davis has arranged, or in the context of the winsome original story - the play replaced with an avuncular narration by Simon Callow. The songs are delivered with just the right lightness of touch.” -The Guardian, 25th October 2012

Alekzander Nowak (B. 1979): 3x4+8

Artists: Silesian Quartet (1 CD) (CD Accord) CDAC 180 $18.99

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New Releases Chopin’s Pupils - Music for piano & orchestra

Works: Music for piano & orchestra by Thomas Tellefsen and Carl Filtsch. Artists: Hubert Rutkowski, piano. Lukasz Borowicz/Polish RSO. (1 CD) (CD Accord) CDAC 177 $18.99

Chicago Moves / Gaudete Brass Ensemble

Works: James Woodward, John Cheetham, Brian Baxter, Stacy Garrop, Rob Deemer, David Sampson, Joan Tower Artists: Gaudete Brass (1 CD) (Cedille) CDL 136 $14.99 On Sale All were composed in the last six years, and all but one were written expressly for this Chicago-based ensemble of young brass virtuosos.

An English Fancy / Trio Settecento

Works: Works by Byrd, Hume, Lawes, Jenkins, Simpson, Baltzar, Locke, Purcell Artists: Trio Settecento (1 CD) (Cedille) CDL 135 $14.99 On Sale Trio Settecento, the “superlative Chicago-based early music ensemble” (Gramophone) completes its grand tour of the European Baroque with An English Fancy, its highly anticipated survey of English Baroque chamber works.

Centaur

Out of the Forest - Music for corno da caccia

Works: Telemann, Tunnell. Artists: Michael Tunnell, corno da caccia; Jack Ashworth, organ and harpsichord (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3210 $14.99 On Sale

Anton Rubenstein: Works for Piano & Orchestra Works: Anton Rubenstein: Caprice Russe, Op. 102; Piano Concerto No 5 in E Flat, Op. 94; Overture to Der Thurm zu Babel, Op. 80. Artists: Grigorious Zamparas (Pno), Jon Ceander Mitchell/ Bohuslav Martinu SO. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3204 $14.99 On Sale

Legacy: 19th-Century Virtuoso Duos for Two Flutes and Piano

Works by: Paul Hippolyte Camus (1796 - 1869); Cesare Ciardi (1818 - 1877); Raffaele Galli (1824 - 1889); Ernesto Kohler (1849 - 1907); Kaspar Kummer (1795 - 1870); Jean-Louis Tulou (1786 - 1865). Artists: Russell Ryan (Pno); Brooks de Wetter-Smith (Flt); Ulrike Anton (Flt). (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3201 $14.99 On Sale

John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes / Svrcek

Works: John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano Artists: Svrcek, piano (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3137 $14.99 On Sale

Baroque Music for Horn and Strings

Artists: Bruce Atwell, horn, Jeffrey Meyer/ St Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3221 $14.99 On Sale

Eugene Ysaye: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27

Artists: Wanchi Huang, violin (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3253 $14.99 On Sale A Renaissance Wedding Gift: Works: Music from the Medici Codex of 1518. Artists: Andrew Kirkman/Rutgers Collegium Musicum. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3230 $14.99 On Sale

Aaron Copland: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2

Artists: David Northington, piano (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3240 $14.99 On Sale

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As at First / Adam Sherkin, piano

Pianist and Composer Sherkin’s debut album fuses classical lineage with modern origins. Sherkin interprets his own music, spanning a rich stylistic palette and celebrates the possibilities of musical directness and virtuosity in our own time. (1 CD) (Centrediscs) CERE 18212 $16.99

Pentland, Barbara: Toccata

In 2012, the Canadian Music Centre British Columbia Region announced a national festival celebrating the centennial of Barbara Pentland. This CD was created by Barbara Pritchard in honor of the Festival and this Pentland centennial. (1 CD) (Centrediscs) CERE 18312 $16.99

Dario Castello & Co. / Caecilia-Concert

Works: Venetian Sonatas for Winds and Strings from the 17th Century by Frescobaldi, Castello, Bertoli, Picchi, Marini, Scarani. Artists: CaeciliaConcert (1 CD) (Challenge) CHL 72547 $15.99

Gregor Werner: Pro Adventu / Ars Antiqua Austria

Artists: Gunar Letzbor/Ars Antiqua Austria (1 CD) (Challenge Classics) CHL 72513 $15.99

Circus & Magic / Reinis Zarins, piano

Works by: Ernest Bloch, Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev, Gyorgy Ligetti, Igor Stravinsky. Artists: Reinis Zarins, piano (1 CD) (Champs Hill Records) CMPH 048 $16.99 Whimsy and pathos combine in the circus ride through Bloch, Debussy, Prokofiev, Ligeti, and Stravinsky pieces, showcasing the fun house mirror’s ability to reflect back the unexpected.

Open Your Eyes / Cabaret Songs

Works: Songs by Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg. Artists: Katherine Broderick, soprano; Malcom Martineau, piano. (1 CD) (Champs Hill Records) CMPH 046 $16.99 Romantic and lyrical songs and cabaret humor from the turn of the 20th century. The rich repertoire begins with early R. Strauss and snakes through the New Viennese School with Berg and Schoenberg, allowing Broderick to showcase her great musical versatility.

Chandos

Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

Works: Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 2; Grave; Cello Concerto; Mala Suite. Artists: Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Paul Watkins, cello (1 CD) (Chandos) CHA 5106 $18.99

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty / Neeme Järvi,

Artists: James Ehnes, violin; Robert deMaine, cello Neeme Järvi/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; (2 SA CD) (Chandos) 2 CHA 5113 $29.99

❦Elgar: The Starlight Express / Andrew Davis

Artists: Andrew Davis/Scottish Chamber Orch. Elin Thomas, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone (2 SA CD) (Chandos) 2 CHA 5111 $29.99 “There are moments of top-drawer, heart-stopping Elgar here...the music can either be heard as a suite that Davis has arranged, or in the context of the winsome original story - the play replaced with an avuncular narration by Simon Callow. The songs are delivered with just the right lightness of touch.” -The Guardian, 25th October 2012

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Recommended Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, et al.

Works: Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Bassoon Concerto; Invitation to the Dance. Artists: Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic; Karen Geoghegan, bassoon (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10748 $18.99

My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Purcell & Humfrey

Artists: Andrew Nethsingha/Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; St John’s Sinfonia. Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, and David Stout. (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 0790 $18.99

R. Strauss, Respighi: Violin Sonatas / Little

Works: Richard Strauss, Respighi: Violin Sonatas Artists: Tasmin Little, violin; Piers Lane, piano (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10749 $18.99

Borut Krzisnik (b.1961) : A Life in Suitcases

Krzisnik (b.1961) is a Slovenian composer, based in Ljubljana. This is the first of 7 albums Claudio will release of his music written for film, dance, and theatre. Krzisnik’s compositions are characterized by their boldness, intensity, contrasts and unique sound. (1 CD) (Claudio Records) CDOR 6007-2 $16.99

Soul Mates - Music for Saxophone & Piano

Works by: Maurice; Grella-Mozejko; Charriere; Milhaud. Artists: Laurent Estoppey, saxophone; Virginie Falquet, piano Duo ST15. (Claves) CLV 1111 $16.99

❦Liszt: Transcendental Etudes / Mélodie Zhao

Artists: Mélodie Zhao, piano (Claves) CLV 1110 $16.99 “The tones in her chords stack up well and resonate warmly. Her finger pedaling is perfect, too, resulting in fine, legato lines that display a minimum of schmaltz.” -American Record Guide, November/December 2012

Wolfgang Rihm: Kontinent / Cambreling

Works: Dowland: Lachrimae; Wolfgang Rihm: Cantus firmus; Chiffre II “Silence to be Beaten”; Ricercare, for 14 players; Séraphin, theatre piece for instruments & voices; Stockhausen: Kreuzspiel, for oboe, bass clarinet, piano, and 3 percussionists; Anton Webern. Artists: Emilio Pomárico/Klangforum Wien; Emilio Pomárico/ Sylvain Cambreling. (1 CD) (Col Legno) CLLG 20297 $18.99

Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony Kuhn

Works: works R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64. Artists: Gustav Kuhn/Orch. of the Tyrolean Festival. (1 CD) (Col Legno) CLLG 60022 $18.99

Cold Blue Two

Works: Daniel Lentz, John Adams; Gavin Bryars, James Tenney; Rick Cox, Jim Fox, Peter Garland, Read Miller, Larry Polansky et al. Artists: Various artists (1 CD) (Cold Blue Music) CDBM 36 $16.99 Frederic Mompou: Cançons & DansesWorks: Artists: Marisa Martins, mezzosoprano; Mac McClure, piano (1 CD) (Columna Musica) COAA 241 $15.99

❦Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 453 & 482

Works: W.A. Mozart: Concertos for Piano nos 17 & 22; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, K 386. Artists: Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano Petra Müllejans/ Freiburger Barockorchester (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902147 $18.99 “Bezuidenhout plays with his usual brilliance and subtlety and with inventive ornamentation. But the instrument’s meagre tone, in comparison with the orchestra, is all too apparent...the Freiburg players’ splendidly forceful, incisive tuttis only underline the disparity.” -Sunday Times, November 2012 “Bezuidenhout is a prince of the fortepiano, making it sing in melodic phrases as no other practitioner of this intractable instrument has done in my experience.” -The London Times

❦C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

Artists: Danny Driver, piano (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67908 $16.99 On Sale “Driver’s playing is always beautifully measured and marked by an exquisitely deft precision.” -International Piano “Danny Driver is intimately in touch with the fluctuations of the musical language....His feel for the harmonic explorations in the slow movement [of the E major Sonata] and the rhythmic mischievousness of the finale likewise echoes the music’s spirit...Driver plays with an imagination and subtlety fully equal to Bach’s own.” -The Telegraph, November 2012

❦Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach Highlights: The Changing Image of Opera [CD/DVD]

Works: works Philip Glass (1937 - ): Einstein On The Beach (Highlights). Artists: Michael Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble. (2 CD & DVD) (Orange Mountain Music) 2 OMM 0082 $16.99 “The piece, with sets and lighting by Mr. Wilson, is a landmark of avant-garde opera.” -The New Yorker Times

❦Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 58

Works: Johann Peter Pixis (1788 - 1874): Concerto for Piano in C major, Op. 100; Piano Concertino in E flat major, Op. 68; Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871): Concerto for piano & orchestra in F Minor, Op 5. Artists: Howard Shelley/Tasmanian SO. Howard Shelley (Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67915 $16.99 On Sale “Where others sound strenuous and hard-pressed Shelley is fluent and urbane, a true keyboard aristocrat free to concentrate on the elusive poetry that lies at the heart of so much fiery pianistic intricacy.” -Gramophone

Luigi Boccherini: String Trios, Op. 34, Vol. 1 /

Artists: La Ritirata String Trio. (1 CD) (Columna Musica) COAA 258 $15.99

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New Releases Manuel Valls: Sephardic Songs

Works: Manuel Valls: Sephardic Songs for soprano, flute, and guitar. Artists: Rosa Mateu: soprano; Mac McClure: piano; Victor Valls: guitar; Montserrat Santacana: piano; Antón Serra: flute (1 CD) (Columna Musica) COAA 122 $15.99

Ruperto Chapi: Symphonic Works

Works: Ruperto Chapí y Lorenta (1851 - 1909): Combate de Don Quijote contra las Ovejas, scherzo for orchestra; Roger de Flor, opera; Symphony in D minor. Artists: Guerassim Voronkov/Academy Orchestra of the Gran Theater Liceu (1 CD) (Columna Musica) COAA 176 $15.99

Elizabeth Rich plays Johannes Brahms

Works: Johannes Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116; Klavierstucke, Op. 118, 119; Waltzes, Op. 39 Artists: Elizabeth Rich, piano (1 CD) (Connoisseur Society) CSS 4267 $16.99

CPO

Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 5 /

Artists: Elizabeth Wallfisch/The Wallfisch Band (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777550 $16.99 The 7 works gathered together here are all from Telemann’s early phase of concerto production and each displays his enormous and impressive wealth of design procedures and emotion.

Francesco Durante: Neapolitan Christmas, Vol. 2 Artists: Michael Alexande Willens/Cologne Accademy. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777734 $16.99 The Kolner Akademie present more atmospheric Christmas compositions by Francesco Durante, one of the greatest Neapolitan church composers of the first half of the 18th century.

Orchestral music of Georg Schumann

Works: Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952): Symphony in B minor; Serenade, Op. 34. Artists: Christoph Gedschold/ Muenchner Rundfunkorchester (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777464 $16.99 Composer Georg Schumann is being rediscovered as a late romanticist, but during his lifetime he was regarded as a new romanticist.

Jacques Arcadelt: Estote Fortes In Bello

Works: Jacques Arcadelt (1507 - 1568): Estote Fortes In Bello: Sacred Works. Artists: Meinolf Bruser/Josquin Capella. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777763 $16.99 Born in Namur in today’s Wallonie, Arcadelt celebrated successes during his lifetime above all with secular music and today is regarded as one of the founders of the Italian madrigal.

Dvorák: String Quartets, Vol. 1 / Vogler Qrt.

Artists: Vogler Quartett. (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777624 $31.99

Andrzej Panufnik: Symphonic Works, Vol. 5

Works: Andrzej Panufnik: Votiva. Artists: Lukasz Borowicz, Konzerthausorchester Berlin (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777684 $16.99 The Votiva ranks as one of the high points in Panufnik’s oeuvre, and it is certainly also his mostperformed work. Previous releases in this series have garnered high praise from critics.

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The Pulse of an Irishman: Folksongs of the British Isles

Artists: Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone. The Wanderer Trio (1 CD) (Cypress) CYPS 1653 $14.99

Prisme: Olivier Messiaen et les Années 30

Artists: Hans van Gelder (2 CD) (D.E. Versluis) 2 DEV 1033 $50.99 A tribute to Olivier Messiaen, the first disc features works by his colleagues and teacher (Dupré), while the second disc includes improvisations on poems by Messiaen’s mother and music by Messiaen and Tournemire.

DaCapo

❦Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 9 / Adam Fischer

Works: Mozart: Symphonies nos. 31, 33 and 34. Artists: Adam Fischer/Danish National Chamber Orchestra. (1 SA CD) (DaCapo) DACO 6220544 $16.99 “The performances are as fine as this music has ever received.” ClassicsToday.com

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Artists: Jesper Sivebaek, Bolette Roed, Johannes Soe Hansen (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226143 $16.99 “A composer of genuine vision... whose standards of craftsmanship were simply second to none.” -ClassicsToday

Artists: Bo Holten/Aalborg SO; Aarhus University Choir. (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226096 $16.99 This CD features Danish composer Erik Norby’s (1936-2007) spectacular breakthrough work The Rainbow Snake from 1975 as well as his Edvard Munch Trilogy and the Rilke-Lieder for mezzosoprano and orchestra.

The Great Violinist Endre Wolf

Works: Concertos by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Paganini, Bruch; Sonatas et al. Artists: Endre Wolf, violin (rec. 1949 - 1951) (Danacord) 2 DCD 714/15 $35.99 This 2-CD set of recordings by the famous Danish violinist Endre Wolf displays his hallmark traits: a sense of rhythm and timing and unforced natural sound production. These recordings were made between 1949 and 1951.

A Delius Collection of Rare Historic Recordings Artists: Constant Lambert; John Barbirolli/Hallé Orch.; Eugene Goossens/London SO. (Danacord) DCD 717 $16.99 This disc brings together a fascinating mix of familiar and less familiar Delius works recorded on rare 78s between 1929-55 by devoted Delius interpreters.

The Garland of the Year: Danish Songs Vol. 2

Artists: Ebbe Munk/The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir; Zapolski Quartet. (Danica) DNCI 8212 $20.49

Lindo Concert Band plays Danish Royal Marches

Works by: by Lumbye, Nielsen, Anderson, Stejn, Hansen & Heyde. Artists: Lindo Concert Band. (Danica) DNCI 8208 $20.49

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Cello Favourites, Vol. 5 / Anders Gron, cello

Works: Works by Bach, Haydn & Ravel. Artists: Anders Gron, cello; Jorgen Hald Nielsen, piano (Danica) DNCI 8222 $20.49

Hans-Erik Philip: Blood Wedding / Simone Kermes Artists: Simone Kermes, soprano. Bela Drahas/ Budapest RSO; Budapest RSO Chorus. (Danica) DNCI 8238 $20.49 Set to Federico García Lorca’s drama Blood Wedding, the music was commissioned by acclaimed director Veronika Kaer, who adapted the drama for music theatre. This is a world premiere recording.

Decca

❦Weill: Die Threepenny Opera / Ute Lemper

Artists: Ute Lemper, John Francis Mauceri/RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752402 $14.98 “It is to this new version that the uncommitted should be directed... the clearer Decca digital sound is superior. Likewise, the singing on the new version is undeniably of a higher standard...” -Gramophone “The co-ordination of music & presentation makes for a vividly enjoyable experience.” -Penguin Guide

❦Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 et al.

Works: Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3; Concerto for Orchestra. Artists: Witold Lutoslawski/Berlin PO. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752502 $14.98 “... a vividly dramatic and supremely well-shaped interpretation.” -Gramophone

❦Torke: Color Music / Zinman, Baltimore SO

Artists: artists David Zinman/Baltimore SO. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752802 $14.98 “These are amongst the most committed and persuasive performances of contemporary music I’ve heard for a long time.” -Gramophone

❦Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra et al. / Solti

Works: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta. Artists: George Solti/Chicago SO. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752602 $14.98 “This is marvelous on all counts.” -ClassicsToday. com “The playing, happily marrying precision to spontaneity, is remarkable fine.” -Gramophone

Villazon Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor.

Artists: Gianandrea Noseda/Orch. del Teatro Regio di Tori. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001728302 $17.98 A unique and carefully-crafted personal selection of Verdi arias and songs that takes us from Verdi’s earliest compositions of 1838 to the very last he wrote for the tenor voice: the beautiful aria from Falstaf “Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola.”

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Works: Purcell, Berlioz, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Vernon Duke, Henri Duparc, Joseph Horovitz, Liszt, Cole Porter, Poulenc, Schumann, et al. Artists: Malcolm Martineau (Pno); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano). (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4105 $20.49 “Graham’s mezzo-soprano is a voice without regrets, healthy, rounded, ineffably musical, and eager for a challenge.” -The New Yorker

❦Passion & Resurrection / Stile Anico

Works by: William Byrd; William Cornysh; Orlando Gibbons; Francisco Guerrero; Orlande de Lassus; Jean Lhéritier (1480 - after 1552); John McCabe (1939 - ); Cristóbal de Morales (circa 1500 - 1553); Thomas Tallis; John Taverner (circa 1490 - 1545); Thomas Crecquillon (1505- circa 1557); Tomás Luis de Victoria. Artists: Stile Anico (1 SA CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 807555 $18.99 “The run-up to Christmas seems hardly the most propitious time to release an Easter-themed anthology of choral music, but regardless, Passion & Resurrection is to be welcomed both for its skilled execution, and for clever programming.” -The Independent “The performances are second to none, rivetingly presented with all the skill of master musicians who have been doing this for years - the miracle is that they are all young, and yet still are able to penetrate the essence of these wonderful works. Need I say more?” -Audiophile Audition

❦Romantic Symphonies / Otto Klemperer [10 CDs]

Works: Berlioz, Dvorak, Franck, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky et al. Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (10 CD) (EMI Classics) 10 EMI 043092 $38.73 On Sale “...[A] great conductor in the full ripeness of his powers... Klemperer’s sombre, portentous opening leads down into a dark experience, the idee fixe introducing a movement of grimness and incipient despair. His rubato is deliberate, charged with a menacing quality... Klemperer is at his greatest in the ‘Scene aux champs’, where he enters a brooding landscape... [W]ell worth hearing, or perhaps rehearing, since [it] will long have found a place in many collectors’ affections.” -Gramophone on Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique

Agostino Steffani: Duetti da Camera

Artists: Alan Curtis. Daniela Mazzucato, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Esswood, John Elwes, Wouter Moller (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001780502 $11.98

❦Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Susan Graham

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New Releases Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo, tenor

Decca, continued

Solti: The Legacy, 1937-1997

This 2-CD set contains over 150 minutes of many previously unpublished live recordings and studio items spanning Sir Georg Solti’s entire professional career as well as his 50-year exclusive association with Decca. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001777802 $17.98

❦Messiaen: Turangalila -Symphonie / Chailly

Artists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Keiko Harada. Riccardo Chailly/Concertgebouw Orch. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752702 $14.98 “Chailly’s powerful, dramatic reading with the Concert gebouw makes an outstanding first choice. The richness of the sound goes with beautiful balance, fine clarity and a keen sense of presence, heightening the impact of Chailly’s clean cut, brilliant interpretation.” -Penguin Guide

Rubinstein: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4

Artists: Igor Golovchin/State Symphony Orchestra of Russia; Alexander Paley, piano (1 CD) (Delos) DEL 2013 $16.99

Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage in Song

Artists: William Berger, baritone; Ian Burnside, piano (1 CD) (Delphian) DELP 34116 $16.99

Giuseppe Martucci: Piano Concerto No. 2

Works: Giuseppe Martucci: Piano Concerto No. 2; 2 Nocturnes Op. 70; Tema e Variazioni, Op. 58 Artists: Pietro Massa, piano. Stefan Malzew/New Brandenburg Philharmonic. (1 CD) (Delta Classics) DELT 90052 $16.99

Erkki Melartin: The Solo Piano Works

Artists: Maria Lettberg, piano (1 CD) (Delta Classics) DELT 90048 $16.99

Deutsche Grammophon Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maitre / Boulez

Artists: Hilary Summers, Pierre Boulez/ Ensemble Intercontemporian. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001767202 $14.98

Part: Tabula Rasa / Neeme Jarvi,

Artists: Neeme Jarvi/Gothenburg SO. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001767102 $14.98

Harpist Catrin Finch plays John Rutter - “Blessing” Works: John Rutter: A Clare Benediction, for chorus; A Gaelic Blessing; Celtic Concerto, for harp & orchestra; Lord bless you and keep you; Lullaby for Ana Gwen, for harp; Lullaby for Pegi, for harp; Welsh Traditional. Artists: John Rutter. Catrin Finch (Harp); Elin Manahan Thomas (Sop); Kia Bennett (Flt). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001760602 $17.98

Schoenberg: Pierre Lunaire / Christine Schafer

Artists: Christine Schafer. Pierre Boulez/ Ensemble Intercontemporian. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001767002 $14.98

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 / Claudio Abbado

Artists: Claudio Abbado/Berlin PO. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001766902 $14.98

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Works: Arias by Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini. Artists: Placido Domingo, tenor. (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001784502 $10.98

Russian Piano Music Series, Vol. 10

Works by: Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Artists: Murray McLachlin, piano (1 CD) (Divine) DVT 25107 $15.99

Zelenka: The Capriccios / The Bach Sinfonia

Artists: Daniel Abraham/The Bach Sinfonia (2 Blu-Ray Audio surround sound) (Dorian Recordings) 2 DRN 92163 $16.99

Maria Callas sings Giuseppe Verdi

Works: Highlights from Verdi: Forza del Destino; Ballo in Maschera, et. al. Artists: Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 668 $14.99 A fascinating collection recorded during the best period of Maria Callas’ artistic career.

Nino Rota: Chamber Music for Flute

Works: Quintetto; Sonata for Flute & Harp. Artists: Mario Carbotta, flute (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 8033 $13.99 2The CD features Rota’s complete chamber works for flute, which he composed from 1935 to 1972.

Essential Carols - Over 2 hours of timeless Christmas favorites

Artists: David Willcocks; John Rutter; Philip Ledger; Owain Arwel Hughes; Richard Hickox; Maurice Handford. Barbara Hendricks; Hermann Prey; Stephen Varcoe and many more. (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 051622 $10.98 On Sale

Essential Film Classics

Artists: David Willcocks; Hans Vonk; Bryden Thompson; Klaus Tennstedt; Iain Sutherland; Tullio Serafin; Wolfgang Sawallisch; Simon, Rattle; Andre Previn; Eugene Ormandy; Riccardo Muti; Neville Marriner 2 EMI 051342 $10.98 On Sale

Libera - Song of Life: A Collection

Works: Gregorian Chant: Adoro Te devote; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; New English Hymnal: Glory to thee my God this night; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; Takatsugu Muramatsu: Song of Life; John Rutter; Sibelius. Artists: Christopher Robson; Ben Crawley; Ralph Skan; Joseph Platt; Tom Cully. (1 CD) (EMI) EMI 799102B $14.48 On Sale Featuring the group’s distinctive sound of lush vocal harmonies set to shimmering, mystical backing music, this album brings together Libera’s best-loved religious-themed songs, including ‘Sanctus,’ ‘Panis Anglicus’ and ‘A Gaelic Blessing,’ and in addition the title track ‘Song of Life’ , never before been available in the US.

Classical 2013 / Stars of EMI & Virgin Classics With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical music from EMI and Virgin Classics. Among the many outstanding singers featured on this release are Diana Damrau, Joyuce DiDonato, Angela Gheorghiu, Philippe Jaroussky, Jonas Kaufmann, Kathleen Ferrier, Renaud Capucon, Vilde Frang, Xuefei Yang, Martha Argerich, Alisom Balsom and many more! (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 799142 $14.48 On Sale

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Erato

Mozart: Mass in C minor K427 / Christie

Artists: William Christie/Les Arts Florissants; Les Sacqueboutiers / Petibon, Dawson, Cornwell, Ewing (1 CD) (Erato) ERA 2564658893 $14.99

Cantus Angelicus

Works: Gluck; Bach; Gounod; Schubert Artists: Risto Joost/Tallinn Sinfonietta. Heldur Harry Polda, boy soprano (1 CD) (Estonian Record Products) ESON 5312 $18.99

Sonatas for cello & piano / Quirine Viersen

Works by: Weil, Pfitzner, Barber. Artists: Quirine Viersen: cello; Silke Avenhaus: piano (1 CD) (EtCetera Records) ETC 1315 $14.99 On Sale

Bach in Context, Vol. 2: Bach & Luther

Works: Bach: Cantatas BWV 4 & 80; Chorale BWV 178; Toccata & Fugue, BWV 538. Artists: Gesualdo Consort; Musica Amphion. (2 CD) (EtCetera Records) 2 ETC 1442 $25.49 On Sale

Sergi Rachmaninoff: Piano Works Solo /

Artists: Pieter-Jelle de Boer, Mariana Izman, Thomas Beijer and Hanna Shybayeva (2 CD) (EtCetera Records) 2 ETC 1450 $21.99 On Sale

Dussek: Duos for Harp and Piano, Vol. 2

Works: Jan Ladislav Dussek: Duos for Harp and Piano, Vol. 2 - Opp. 73; 26 & 72; Sophia DussekCorri: Introduction and Waltz Artists: Masumi Nagasawa, harp; Richard Egarr, piano (1 CD) (EtCetera Records) ETC 1436 $14.99 On Sale

Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo [2 CDs & DVD]

Artists: Pieter Wispelwey, cello (2 CD & DVD) (Evil Penguin Records) 3 EVLP 12 $24.99

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Violin Concerto

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: The Violin Concerto; Orchestral highlights from the operas. Artists: Friedrich Haider (1 CD) (Farao Classics) FAR 108069 $16.99 Why this inspired violin concerto has since led a marginalised existence, all but completely neglected in everyday concert life, is incomprehensible. Thanks to Friedrich Haider, the German-Italian Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari has experienced something of a renaissance over the past few years.

FC Records

Sergei Bortkiewicz - Piano Works Vol. 6 /

Works: Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz (18771952). Artists: Jouni Somero, piano (FC Records) FCR 9740 $16.99 Bortkiewicz works show the influence of Chopin, Wagner, Liszt and Tchaikovsky and even Scriabin.

Jouni Somero: Piano Recital

Works: Sibelius, Schubert, Henselt. Artists: Jouni Somero (1 CD) (FC Records) FCR 9705 $16.99

Vladimir Rebikov: Piano Works

Artists: Jouni Somero, piano. (FC Records) FCR 9739 $16.99 Vladimir Rebikov’s music features whole-tone scales, polytonality, dissonant chords, clusters and speech song, but he never renounced the concept of key.

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Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (10 CD) (EMI Classics) 10 EMI 042752B $38.73 On Sale “Fashions in Beethoven playing have gone through several phases since these recordings first appeared. Indeed, the conductor’s dark, foreboding countenance, expressive severity, and implacable pacing will seem utterly anachronistic to fans of Beethoven on period instruments. The music may take shape slowly under Klemperer’s guidance, but damned if it doesn’t move. Every phrase, each orchestral balance, and all transitional junctures patiently unfold, and pull you in with the force of a hidden, powerful magnet. This approach proves spellbinding for the symphonies and overtures...” -ClassicsToday

❦Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4-9 / Klemperer Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (6 CD) (EMI Classics) 6 EMI 042962 $22.98 On Sale “Klemperer and the Philharmonia somehow convey enormous affection without a shred of sentimentality. That critical clich also holds good for this familiar Bruckner performance with the re-formed New Philharmonia...the playing here just oozes character all through, and makes the competition seem bland. It’s as if music making and music itself really mattered.” -Fanfare on Symphony no 6

❦Puccini: Suor Angelica / Andris Nelsons

Works: Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Suor Angelica. Artists: Kristine Opolais, Lioba Braun, Mojca Erdmann, Nadezhda Serdyuk. Andris Nelsons/WDR Radio Sym. Chorus; WDR RSO. Kristine Opolais (Sop). (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 848121 $21.49 “Nelsons evokes atmosphere with energy and clean-cut textures. All told, the effect is slightly cool, but many will prefer it to overheated Italianate performances, especially with such a credibly young and affecting heroine.” -BBC Music Magazine, November 2012

❦Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Vladimir Jurowski, London PO [2 DVD]

Artists: Marco Jentzsch, Anna Gabler, Michaela Selinger, Topi Lehtipuu; Alastair Milnes. Vladimir Jurowski/Glyndebourne Chorus; London PO. (2 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus Arte) 2 BOA 1085 $29.99 “The camerawork - mostly close-up - is superb, focusing on the intimacy of the Glyndebourne stage and the visual expressiveness of a young cast. Vicki Mortimer’s Biedermeyer sets are notably more handsome on film than in the theatre, and the performance (captured late in the inaugural run) breathes a general air of wellbeing.” -Financial Times, September 2012

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New Releases

Fleur de Son

Genuin

Works: Debussy, Poulenc, Ravel, Pierne. Artists: Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Kanae Matsumoto, piano (1 CD) (Fleur De Son) FDS 58005 $18.99

Works by: Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Bridge, Tchaikovsky, Buys Artists: Quintessenz - Leipzig Flute Ensemble (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 12253 $18.99

French Violin Sonatas / Israelievitch

Orchestral music of Michael Dalmau Colina

Works: Michael Dalmau Colina: Baba Yaga; Isles of Schoals Artists: Ira Levin and Ransom Wilson, London Symphony Orchestra (1 CD) (Fleur De So n) FDS 58018 $18.99 “Colina is a real find, and it is amazing that anyone’s first outing into the classical world, I don’t care what you have done before, is so assured and confidant. Highest recommendation.” (re: FDS57999) Fanfare Magazine

Celine Scheen: Amarante

Artists: Eduardo Eguez; Philippe Pierlot (1 CD) (Flora) FORA 2210 $16.99

Strike the Viol - 22 short pieces

Works: 22 short pieces by Jenkins, Locke, Lawes, Norcombe, and Simpson Artists: Philippe Pierlot, Rainer Zipperling: bass viols; Giovanna Pessi: harp (1 CD) (Flora) FORA 1409 $16.99

Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole et al.

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Sonate; Arlequin; Guitare Artists: Nikita BorisoGlebsky, Augustin Dumay; Jean-Philippe Collard Sinfonia Varsovia. (1 CD) (Fuga Libera) FLA 594 $18.99

Historical Organs of the Philippines - San Agustin

Works by: Heredia, Cabezon, Arauxo, Scarlatti et al. Artists: Guy Bovet, organ (Gallo) GLO 1363 $20.49 The organs in the Philippines are the result of the Spanish colonization, which began in 1565. Organist Guy Bovet begins this series dedicated to the organs of this country with four releases: one from the San Agustin Church in Manila; one a bamboo organ at St. Joseph’s Parish Church; one an organ built in 1894 by the famous Spanish company, Casa Roques Hermanos of Zaragoza; and organs found on the island of Bohol.

Historical Organs of the Philippines - Bacong

The Essence of Christmas / Leipzig Flute Ens.

Brahms: Piano Trio; Piano Quartet

Artists: Munich Piano Trio; Tilo Widenmeyer, viola (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 12246 $18.99

Oliver Messiaen: Chamber Music

Works: Messiaen: Quaturo Pour la Fin du Temps; Le Merle Noir; Vocalise Etude; Theme et Variations Artists: Cedric Pescia, piano; Felix Renggli, flute, Nutrit Stark, violin; Francois Benda, clarinet; Ivan Monighetti, cello. (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 12258 $18.99 Genuin presents the 12th release in their Artist Consort series dedicated to the music of Olivier Messian.

Works by: Rutter, Vaughn Williams, Chilcott, Nixon, Howells, Jones, Mendelssohn, Preston, Cooman. Artists: Brian Jones/Copley Singers. Christian Lane, organ and piano (1 CD) (Gothic Records) GTHC 49283 $18.99 The version of “We Three Kings” is worth the price of the whole disc. (Think: The Wise Men meet on Halloween). This is a binaural recording.

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Bach, Kurtag: Works for Cello & Piano

Works: J.S. Bach: Viola da gamba sonatas BWV 1027, 1028 & 1029; Kurtag: Signs, Games and Message for cello & piano. Artists: Duo Arp Frantz (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 12256 $18.99

Carolus Hacquart: The Triumph of Love

Artists: Camerata Trajectina. (1 CD) (Globe) GLB 6069 $16.99

Bernhard Paumgartner conducts Mozart

Artists: Hilda Zadek, Maria von Ilsovay, Léopold Simoneau, Hermann Schey. Bernhard Paumgartner/Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum; Vienna SO. (2 CD) (Gramola) 2 GRAM 98956 $24.99

Joachim Raff: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3

I Wonder as I Wander / The Copley Singers

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Historical Organs of the Philippines - Bohol

Works: Bovet, Cabanilles, Nebra, Bruna, Oehms, Soler Artists: Guy Bovet, organ (Gallo) GLO 1364 $20.49

W An of Co Da Vi an To Lit

Works: Jacques Charpentier: 72 Etudes Karnatiques pour Piano Artists: Michael Schafer, piano (3 CD) (Genuin) 3 GUIN 12257 $38.99 This is the 12th release in Genuin’s “Unheard-Of” series. Presented here is the unusual repertoire of Jacques Charpentier, who was a friend and pupil of Oliver Messiaen. This album connects ancient Indian raga tradition with modern Western music, resulting in a very unique sound.

Of the Hungarian and Jewish Soul

Historical Organs of the Philippines - Las Pinas

Jacques Charpentier: 72 Etudes Karnatiques

Works: Bouvet, Eslava, Sanz, Bovet, Gorriti, Torres et al. Artists: Guy Bovet, organ (Gallo) GLO 1362 $20.49 Works: Valenta, Heredia, Vergara, Equiguren et al. Artists: Guy Bovet, organ (Gallo) GLO 1361 $20.49

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Artists: Duo Edan - Anatasiia Dombrovska & Edua Zadory, (1 CD) (Gramola) GRAM 98955 $16.99 Artists: Tra Nguyen, piano (1 CD) (Grand Piano) GRPO 634 $16.99

Percy Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano

Works: Handel on the Strand, Molly on the Shore, Country Gardens, Song from the Faroe Islands, Harvest Hymn, As Sally Sat a Weeping, Lincolnshire Posy, Fantasy on Porgy & Bess. Artists: Pianists Caroline Weichert and Clemens Rave (1 CD) (Grand Piano) GRPO 633 $16.99

Tcherepnin: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 /

Artists: Giorgio Koukl, piano (1 CD) (Grand Piano) GRPO 632 $16.99 Grand Piano’s Volume 2 of the complete piano works by the Russian born composer Alexander Tcherepnin focuses on Tcherpnin’s early woks and includes world premiére recordings.

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Recommended Hans Knappertsbusch conducts the Vienna PO

Works: Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance; Schubert: Marche Militaire No. 1; Strauss: Annen Polka etc.; et. al. Artists: Hans Knappertsbusch/Vienna PO. (1 CD) (Guild) GUI 2386 $13.99

Great British Composers, Vol. 1

Works by: Richard Addinsell: Blithe Spirit; John Ansell: The Shoe Ballet; Jack Beaver: Cavalcade of Youth; Arthur Bliss: Things to Come; Eric Coates: London Every Day; Frederic Curzon: Dance of the Ostracised Imp; Trevor Duncan; Vivian Ellis; Edward German; Albert W. Ketèlbey and many more. Artists: Charles Williams; Sidney Torch; Stanford Robinson; Muir Mathieson; Monia Liter; Arthur Bliss. London SO (1 CD) (Guild) GUI 5195 $15.99

Amy Beach: Piano Music, Vol. 4 - Late Works

Artists: Kristen Johnson, piano (1 CD) (Guild) GUI 7387 $16.99

Harmonia Mundi

❦Passion & Resurrection / Stile Anico

Works: William Byrd: In resurrectione tua; William Cornysh: Woefully Arrayed; Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David; I am the resurrection; Francisco Guerrero: Maria Magdalene; Orlande de Lassus: In monte Oliveti; Jean Lhéritier; John McCabe; Cristóbal de Morales;Thomas Tallis; John Taverner; Thomas Crecquillon; Tomás Luis de Victoria. Artists: Stile Anico (1 SA CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 807555 $18.99 “The performances are second to none, rivetingly presented with all the skill of master musicians who have been doing this for years” -Audiophile Audition, October 2012 “Some of the most stunning beautiful and moving choral singing I have ever heard.” -American Record Guide

❦Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 453 & 482

Works: W.A. Mozart: Concertos for Piano & Orchestra nos 17 & 22; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, K 386. Artists: Petra Müllejans/ Freiburger Barockorchester. Kristian Bezuidenhout (FtePno). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902147 $18.99 “Bezuidenhout is a prince of the fortepiano, making it sing in melodic phrases as no other practitioner of this intractable instrument has done in my experience.” -The London Times

Shostakovich: String Quartets / Jerusalem Qrt Works: Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 11 Artists: Jerusalem Quartet (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 508392 $26.99

❦Brahms: Quintets, Opp. 34 & 115

Works: Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34. Artists: Tokyo String Quartet. Jon Nakamatsu (Pno); Jon Manasse (Clnt). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 807558 $18.99 Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse join the Tokyo String Quartet in these new recordings. “If the Tokyo String Quartet isn’t the world’s greatest chamber music ensemble, it’s hard to imagine which group is.” -The Washington Post

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❦Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament / Tallinn CO

Works: Arvo Pärt (1935 - ): Adam’s Lament, for chorus & string orchestra; Alleluia Tropus, for chamber chorus & 8 cellos; Beatus Petronius, for double chorus & 2 organs (or orchestra); L’Abbe Agathon (Abbot Agathon), for soprano, baritone, female chorus & string orchestra; Salve Regina, for chorus & organ (or orchestra); Statuit ei Dominus, for 2 choruses & 2 organs (or orchestra). Artists: Tönu Kaljuste/Vox Clamantis. Rainer Vilu (Voice); Latvian Radio Choir; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tui Hirv (Voice). (1 CD) (ECM) ECM B001759102 $17.98 “The mix of Orthodox-style chant, ethereal string writing and block-like vocal writing amalgamates PSrt’s most familiar styles, but the whole has more contrast and colour than usual. In this world premiere recording, the Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis and Sinfonietta Riga perform with admirable commitment.” -The Observer, 28th October 2012 “[Adam’s Lament is] an absorbing, meditative piece, if less beholden than usual to the composer’s technique of tintinnabullation.” -The Independent, October 2012

❦Zelenka Sonatas / Monica Huggett, violin

Works: Zelenka Sonatas: 3 Trio Sonatas for two oboes, bassoon & continuo. Artists: Monica Huggett, violin. Ensemble Marsyas. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) LINN 415 $21.49 “Zelenka constantly beguiles...Ensemble Marsyas play everything with real flair.” -Sunday Times, September 2012 “There is highly capable playing, with expert tuning, smooth lines, and techniques apparently taxed only by the quickfire repeated notes in Sonata No. 6. The sound is also wonderfully clear and well balanced.” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012

❦Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro [2 DVD]

Artists: Ludovic Tézier, Barbara Frittoli, Ekaterina Siurina, Luca Pisaroni, Philippe Jordan. Giorgio Strehler/Paris National Opera Orch. & Chorus. Barbara Frittoli; Karine Deshayes; Luca Pisaroni; Ludovic Tezier; Ekaterina Siurina. (2 DVD-Video) (Bel Air Classiques) 2 BAC 071 $38.99 “Unlike many Figaro productions these days, the physicality is never vulgar, and there are constant small touches that add character...[Pisaroni] displays the ideal bass-baritone instrument for this role, and his person is just as alive to every nuance as his singing...[Siurina] is marvellous when angry...no one on DVD has brought greater tonal shine and firmer technique to Susanna’s music...[Frittoli] offers an absolutely complete characterization.” -International Record Review, October 2012

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New Releases ❦Stanford: Sacred Choral Music / David Hill

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Johann Hermann Schein: Fontana d’Israel

Artists: Michel Laplenie/Ensemble Sagittarius. (1 CD) (Hortus) HOTU 90 $16.99

Airs of the Various Authors Offered to a Lady

Works: Songs by Le Camus, Huygens, Gauthier, Charpentier, Girard, Lully et al. Artists: Emmanuelle Guigues: viola da gamba; Manuel de Grange: lute, theorbo; Thomas Van Essen: baritone. Ensemble Les Meslanges. (1 CD) (Hortus) HOTU 62 $16.99

Magnard: works for piano; cello & piano

Works: Albéric Magnard: Complete works for solo piano; Cello Sonata. Artists: Alain Meunier, cello; Phillippe Giulmon-Herbert, piano (1 CD) (Hortus) HOTU 85 $16.99

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❦Schubert: String Quintet; Quartettsatz

Works: Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 12, Op. posth “Quartettsatz”; Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956. Artists: Takacs Quartet; Ralph Kirshbaum (Clo). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67864 $16.99 On Sale “Their performance, with Ralph Kirshbaum fitting effortlessly into the ensemble as second cellist, is never conceived as a reassuring tour around one of western music’s supreme achievements. There’s always an undertow of unease...It’s a formidably satisfying performance... The Takacs Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.” -The Guardian

❦C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

18th-Century Portuguese Love Songs

Artists: Zak Ozmo, L’Avventura London (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67904 $16.99 On Sale

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies / Jeffrey Skidmore, Ex Cathedra

Works: works Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555 1612): Exultet iam angelica turba, motet for 17 voices; Litanae BVM, litany motet for 8 voices; Magnificat for 12 voices (1615); Maria virgo, motet for 10 voices; O Jesu mi dulcissime, motet for 8 voices (1597); Omnes gentes plaudite manibus. Artists: Jeffrey Skidmore/Ex Cathedra Consort. Grace Davidson; Jeremy Budd; Greg Skidmore; Samuel Boden; Matthew Venner. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67957 $16.99 On Sale

Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis; Suite ‘1922’

Artists: John McCabe, piano (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55413 $10.99 On Sale

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Artists: David Hill/Winchester Cathedral Choir (3 CD) (Hyperion) 3 HYP 44311 $29.49 On Sale “Superb performances, supremely fine singing, magnificently directed. A delight for Stanford lovers.” -Organists Review “The choral tone is luscious, the discipline outstanding, the recording captures the sumptuous acoustics of the cathedral without blurring the musical details, and the performances are vivid and exciting yet carefully nuanced.” -ARG

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Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs, Vol. 6

Artists: Elizabeth Watts, Roger Vignoles, piano (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67844 $16.99 On Sale

❦Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 58 / Shelley

Works: Johann Peter Pixis (1788 - 1874): Concerto for Piano in C major; Piano Concertino Op. 68; Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871): Concerto for piano & orchestra, Op 5. Artists: Howard Shelley (Pno)/Tasmanian SO. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67915 $16.99 On Sale “Where others sound strenuous and hard-pressed Shelley is fluent and urbane, a true keyboard aristocrat free to concentrate on the elusive poetry that lies at the heart of so much fiery pianistic intricacy.” -Gramophone

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Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Cherkassky

Artists: Christopher Adey/BBC Scottish SO; Richard Hickox/BBC SO. Shura Cherkassky, piano (1 CD) (ICA Classics) ICA 5085 $16.99

Sviatoslav Richter: 1975 Royal Festival Hall

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 & 29; Bagatelles op 126 Nos. 1, 4 & 6 Artists: Sviatoslav Richter, piano (1 CD) (ICA Classics) ICA 5084 $16.99 This is the first time that this London recital has been issued commercially on CD in an authorized version and it is remastered here in excellent stereo.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 / Ataúlfo Argenta

Works: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture; Giménez: Zarzuelas Artists: Ataúlfo Argenta/Orquesta Nacional de Espana; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Gran Orquesta Sinfonica (1 CD) (ICA Classics) ICA 5087 $16.99 Before his tragic and early death at the age of 44 in 1958, Ata·lfo Argenta was the foremost Spanish conductor of his generation and on the verge of a major international career.

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 /

Artists: Jacek Kaspszyk/Sinfonia Varsovia. Ingrid Jacoby, piano (1 CD) (ICA Classics) ICA 5086 $16.99

Music by Kjartan Olafsson / Petur Jonasson

Artists: Petur Jonasson (3 CD) (Icelandic Music) 3 ICM 014 $59.99 This 3-CD collection of the music of Icelandic composer Petur Jonasson has one disc devoted to live recordings of acoustic music for traditional instruments; one devoted to electronic music; and the third to his music for theatre.

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Recommended Robert Schumann: Chamber Music with Winds

Works: Robert Schumann: Chamber Music with Winds, Opp. 94; 73; 70; 102 & 132 Artists: Phillipe Berrod: clarinet; André Cazalet: French horn; David Gaillard: viola; Alexandre Gattet: oboe; Hélène Tysman: piano (1 CD) (Indesens) INDS 48 $16.99

Alexander Berne: Self Referentials, Vols. 1 & 2

Artists: Alexander Berne/Abandoned Orchestra (2 CD) (Innova) 2 INNO 838 $29.99

Ken Field: Sensorium - Music for Dance & Film

Artists: Ken Field (1 CD) (Innova) INNO 836 $14.99 Boston-based Ken Field brings together his music for Bridgman/Packer Dance and his soundtracks for the final animated films of his wife and longtime collaborator Karen Aqua (1954 - 2011).

One: Chamber Music of Kurt Rohde

Artists: Axel Strauss, violin; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano; Left Coast Chamber Ensemble; Empyrean Ensemble i (1 CD) (Innova) INNO 839 $14.99 Composer Kurt Rohde has received the Rome Prize, the Berlin Prize, a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Recital Series, Vol. 1 / Mozart, Beethoven /

Works: Mozart’s Sonata No. 11 in A major (K331), and Beethoven’s Sonatas Nos. 17 and 23. Artists: Young-Choon Park, paino (1 CD) (Intim Records) IIM 119 $16.99

Respighi: Quartett Dorico; Ill Tramonto

Works: Respighi: Quartett Dorico; Ill Tramonto; Lauda per la Nativita del Signore Artists: Sena Jurinac, Liliana Rossi, Lidia Marimpietri, sopranos; Tommaso Frascati, tenor. Barylli String Quartet. (2 CD) (Italian Discographic) 2 IDI 6649 $29.99

Frank Ticheli: Songs of Love and Life

Artists: Allan McMurray, University of Colorado Wind Ensemble / Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson, soprano; Carter Pann, piano (1 CD) (Klavier) KLA 11192 $14.99 On Sale

Harry Begian: ABA Commemorative Series

Works: Hindemith: Symphony in B flat; Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; Aflred Reed: Armenian Dances, set 1; Wagner; Liebestod; Sousa: Free Lance March; Respighi: Pines of Rome et al. Artists: Harry Begian/Cass Tech HS Symphonic Band (1 CD) (Klavier) KLA 56001 $14.99 On Sale

Alone with Debussy / Ryo Yanagitani, piano

Works: Debussy: Suite Bergamasque; 2 Arabesques; Ballade; Pour le Piano et al. (1 CD) (Kobialka Music) KBLK 602 $15.99

W.A. Mozart: Lieder / Gemma Bertagtnolli

Artists: Gemma Bertagtnolli, soprano; Antonio Battislo, piano (1 CD) (La Bottega Discantica) LABO 163 $16.99

Mendelssohn & Schubert Chamber Music

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op. 13; Four Pieces, Op. 81; Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz D.703 Artists: Quartetto di Roma. (1 CD) (La Bottega Discantica) LABO 203 $16.99

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Works: Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor; Symphony no 9 “From the New World”. Artists: Antonio Pappano/Orch. dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Mario Brunello (Clo). (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 141022 $21.98 On Sale “[Brunello] plays with great spirit and no little poetry; and, if he is not the most commandingly articulate, tonally seductive or full-throated protagonist...he generates a personable rapport with Sir Antonio Pappano...it’s easy to like a performance whose heart is always in the right place...The account of the New World boasts comparable virtues, being abundantly characterful, pliable and consistently involving.” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012

❦Bizet: Carmen / Kozena, Kaufmann

Artists: Magdalena Kozena, Jonas Kaufmann, Genia Kuhmeier, Kostas Smoriginas. Simon, Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 402852 $26.98 On Sale “The Berlin Philharmonic bring an intensified drama to the score without becoming weighty... theatricality is everywhere here, in what is one of the best-played Carmen recordings on disc...I’m glad [Kozena’s Carmen] is recorded if only because it shows how beautifully the role can be sung while remaining largely convincing...What life and imagination [Kaufmann] brings to every phrase.” -Gramophone Magazine

❦The Chopin Album / Lang Lang [Deluxe Edition]

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❦Dvorák: Symphony No. 9; Cello Concerto

Artists: Lang Lang (Pno). (2 CD & DVD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725449602 $16.99 “This album reflects his lifelong love for Chopin, and shows how fresh and individual his take can be...he delivers an exhilarating blend of poetry and power. The accompanying DVD is surprisingly amateurish, but reminds us of the god-given talent he was born with.” -The Independent

❦Wanderer - German songs / Andreas Scholl

Works: Brahms: German folk songs; F.J. Haydn: Despair, Hob. 26a no 28; Original Canzonettas Books 1&2; Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Schubert. Artists: Andreas Scholl (CtrTnr); Tamar Halperin (Pno). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001752902 $17.98 “On one level Wanderer gives the listener abundant pleasure...Scholl’s diligent phrasing, purity of tone and lack of tricks bring...rewards... His piano partner, Tamar Halperin, is deft and poetic...Listen a little deeper, though, and limits to this pleasure emerge. Up at the top of Scholl’s register the more the voice seems trapped in a narrow pipe with no room for clear articulation of words or subtle changes of colour and weight.” -The Times, November 2012

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New Releases

Al Saint-Saëns: Complete Organ Works

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Mendelssohn: Music & Arrangements for Winds

La Bottega Discantica

MD&G

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Stabat Mater; Dixit Dominus. Artists: Alessandra Gardini; Cristina Paolucci; Gloria Banditelli, Paolo Macedonia. Fabio Ciofini/Accademia Barocca Hermans; Coro Canticum Novum. (1 CD) (La Bottega Discantica) LABO 169 $16.99

Artists: Ben van Oosten, Cavaillé-Coll Organ, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris (3 CD) (MD&G) 3 MDG 3161767 $40.49

Antonio Vivaldi: Sacred Choral Works

Alessandro Scarlatti: Venere, Amore e Ragione Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Sinfonie di concerto grosso no 10 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in A minor; Venere, Amore e Ragione. Artists: Piero Cartosio/Les Eléments Baroque Orch. Elena Biscuola (Alto); Verônica de Araujo Lima (Voice); Gabriella Costa (Sop). (1 CD) (La Bottega Discantica) LABO 209 $16.99

Trios by Starr, Bartok, Milhaud & Stravinsky

Works: Bartok: Contrasts, Sz. 111; Milhaud: Suite Op. 157b; Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat, suite; Staar: Structures V. Artists: Pamina Trio (La Ma de Guido) LMG 2104 $16.99

Splendeurs de l’orgue français (Vol. 2)

Works: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (highlights) arr. for Wind Quintet; Quartet in E flat, Op. 44/3; Nocturno, Op. 24 / Ma’alot Quintet Artists: Ma’alot Quintet. (1 CD) (MD&G) MDG 3451766 $18.99

❦Schubert: Octet D 803 / Consortium Classicum

Works: Schubert: Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, D 803/Op. 166. Artists: Consortium Classicum. (1 CD) (MD&G) MDG 3010768 $16.99 “This is a richly blended, characterful account of Schubert’s glorious Octet...the fine German musicians of Consortium Classicum play with great feeling, sensitivity, and understated virtuosity... the concluding allegro tossed off with great exhilaration and bristling energy...” - Fanfare

Works by: Couperin, Lebegue, Marchand, Jullien, Rameau, Daquin, Dandrieu, Corrette. Artists: Olivier Vernet, organ (Ligia Digital) LIGA 104232 $16.99 This second volume devoted to great French organs features an organ made in 1750 by JeanAndré Silbermann for the town of Soultz.

Trumpet Concertos / Reinhold Friedrich

Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang

Works: Zemlinsky: Clarinet Trio; Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time. Artists: Ensemble Liaison - David Griffiths, clarinet; Svetlana Bogosavljevic, cello; Timothy Young, piano (Melba Recordings) MELB 301132 $19.99

Works: Choral music by Byrd, White and Parsons. Artists: Peter Cave/Magnificat. (1 SA CD) (Linn Records) LINN 417 $21.49

Decker plays Decker, Vol. 3 - Suite Dreams and Fantasies Artists: Pamela Decker, organ (1 CD) (Loft Recordings) LFT 1130 $18.99

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 / Tennstedt,

Artists: Klaus Tennstedt/London PO. (2 CD) (London Philharmonic Orchestra) 2 LPO 0068 $16.99 These are both previously unreleased recordings. ‘Under Tennstedt the London Philharmonic is shown to be a first-rate Brahms orchestra.’ Richard Fairman, Financial Times2

New Music Show / Melrose, Collon

Works: Works by Martin Suckling, Edmund Finnis, Isambard Khrouostaliov et al. Artists: Leigh Melrose, Nicholas Collon. London Sinfonietta. (1 CD) (London Sinfonietta) LONS 2012 $18.99

Fauré: Requiem; Bach: Partitas & Chorales

Highlights from: J.S. Bach: Cantata no 4; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; St. John’s Passion; St. Matthew’s Passion; Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48. Artists: Tenebrae; Nigel Short/ London SO Chamber Ens./ Gordan Nikolitch, violin; Gordan Nikolitch, Grace Davidson, William Gaunt. (1 SA CD) (LSO Live (London SO) LSO 0728 $16.99

Johann Strauss Edition, Vol. 23 / Pollack

Artists: Christian Pollack/Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina. (1 CD) (Marco Polo) MCPO 8225343 $9.99

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Works: Concertos for Trumpet by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian. Artists: Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet. Christoph-Mathias Mueller/Gottinger SO. (1 SA CD) (MD&G) MDG 9011770 $20.49

A Lotus Blossoming / Ensemble Liaison

Melodiya

Postnikova, Rozhdestvensky on Melodiya

Works by: C.P.E. Bach, Lachner, Schubert, Mozart, Balakirev, Smetana, Czerny. Artists: Victoria Postnikova, piano; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, piano, organ, hpsi. (2 CD) (Melodiya) 2 MELY 1001997 $24.99

Prokofiev plays Prokofiev / Piero Coppola

Works: Toccata, Op. 11; Intermezzo from The Love for Three Oranges; Rigodon, Scherzo & March from Op. 12; Sarcasms (sel.); Etude, Op. 52, No. 3; Tales of an Old Grandmother (sel.); Gavotte, Op. 32, No. 3; Pastoral Sonatina in C, Op. 50, No. 3; Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (sel.); Obsession Diabolique, Op. 4, No. 4; Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26. Artists: Sergi Prokofiev, piano; Piero Coppola/London SO. (1 CD) (Melodiya) MELY 1002000 $16.99

Richter plays Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov

Works: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 Artists: Sviatoslav Richter, piano; Evgeny Mravinsky/Leningrad PO. (1 CD) (Melodiya) MELY 1002017 $16.99

Debussy: Preludes / Alexei Lyubimov, piano

Artists: Alexei Lyubimov, piano (2 CD) (Melodiya) 2 MELY 1002002 $35.99

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Recommended Alexander Scriabin: Symphonic Works

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Symphonic Works - Symphonies no 1-3; Poem of Ecstasy; Prometheus; Dream, Op. 24. Artists: Sviatoslav Richter, piano. Lyudmila Yermakova/USSR State Radio and Television Big Choir; Evgeny Svetlanov/ State SO. (3 CD) (Melodiya) 3 MELY 1001993 $50.99

Beethoven, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Kremer Artists: Gidon Kremer, violin; Yuri Temirkanov/ USSR State SO; Woldemar Nelson/Academic SO of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society. (1 CD) (Melodiya) MELY 1002022 $16.99

Oistrakh & Rostropovich paly Tchaikovsky

Works: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Rococo Variations. Artists: David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. Gennady Rozhdestvensky/ Leningrad PO; Kirill Kondrashin/USSR State SO. (1 CD) (Melodiya) MELY 1002013 $16.99

1812: In the Blaze of Glory

Works: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; The Jaeger March; The March of the Preobazhensky Regiment; Kozlovsky: Polonaises Nos. 1 & 2; Bortnyansky: Trio Sonata in C; ConcertoSymphony for piano, harp, 2 violins, viola da gamba, cello & bassoon in B-flat. Artists: USSR State SO; Central Military Band of the USSR Ministry of Defense; Victor Kornachev, Alexander Rudin, Evgeni Svetlanov, Nikolai Mikhailov (1 CD) (Melodiya) MELY 1002012 $16.99

Beethoven & Mendelssohn Piano Trios

Works: Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 70, No. 2; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66 Artists: Greenwich Trio - Yoko Misumi, Lana Trotovsek and Stjepan Hauser. (1 CD) (Meridian) MER 84613 $16.99

Songs Now: British Songs of the 21st Century

Works: Songs by Davie Power; Tom Armstrong; David Lancaster; Richard Whalley; Peter Reynolds. Artists: Paul Carey Jones, baritone; Ian Ryan, piano (1 CD) (Meridian) MER 84614 $16.99

Works for double bass & orchestra

Works: Allan Stephenson: Bass Concerto: Burlesque for double bass; Cello Concerto. Artists: Leon Bosch, double bass; Peter Martens, cello. Allan Stephenson/Cape PO. (1 CD) (Meridian) MER 84602 $16.99

Voix Voilees (Veiled Voices)

Works: Spectral piano music by Joshua Fineberg and Hugues Dufort. Artists: Marilyn Nonken , piano (1 CD) (Metier) MTI 28524 $16.99

Michael Nyman: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 /

Artists: Balanescu Quartet (1 CD) (MN Records) MNRS 124 $20.49

Michael Nyman: Piano Trios, 1992-2010 /

Artists: Fidelio Trio (1 CD) (MN Records) MNRS 120 $20.49

Bridges - New Chamber music

Works: Chamber music by Schultz, Hair, Niculescu, Lerescu, Ciocanea, Kim Artists: Peter Handsworth, clarinet; Fintan Murphy, violin; Tamara Smolyar, piano (Move) MOV 3281 $20.49 Music by Australian, Korean and Romanian composers - new music from three distant areas, brought together on this new Move CD.

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❦Debussy: Préludes, Books 1 & 2 / Aimard

Works: Debussy: Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II, L.117, 123. Artists: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Pno). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001738602 $17.98 “This is remarkable pianism. However, Aimard appears to be treating the Preludes as absolute music, with only intermittent sense of the visual. That works fine in some of the pieces but this sober reading conveys too little of Debussy’s humour and passion...If this all seems rather negative, then make no mistake, this is still a strong set of the Preludes.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

❦The Complete C.W. Orr Songbook, Vol. 2

Artists: Mark Stone, baritone; Simon Lepper, piano (1 CD) (Stone Records) SOER 8019 $16.99 “Fans of English song should be grateful to Stone and Lepper for their efforts to make this music better known.” -The Guardian, August 2012

❦Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies / Bruggen, Orch. of the 18th Century

Works: works Artists: artists Franz Bruggen/Orch. of the 18th Century. (5 SA Hybrid CD) (Glossa) 5 GLS 921116 $66.99 “The O18C have the same exhilarating zeal now as they did when they made their previous set of Beethoven recordings for Philips in the early 1990s...Brⁿggen isn’t one for attention-seeking effects or eccentricities, but his performances bristle with ideas, making them confrontational in the best sense.” -The Guardian, October 2012

❦Mission / Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky [Deluxe hardcover limited edition]

Works: Agostino Steffani (1654 - 1728): Alarco il Baltha; Alarico il Baltha, cioè L’audace re de’ Gothi; Henrico Leone; I trionfi del fato; La libertà contenta; La lotta d’Hercole con Acheloo. Artists: Diego Fasolis/I Barocchisti. Cecilia Bartoli (Mzz Sop); Philippe Jaroussky (CtrTnr); Rosario Conte (Lute). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001742002 $23.48 “Steffani’s art is elegantly expressive, Italianate with French dressing...Several brazen display arias are here...Bartoli leaps around the vocal ladder with customary gusto and a rather too vigorous vibrato. The pleasures are subtler when the music is simpler and the voice quieter...Notte amica, say, from La Liberta contenta, or the silky caress of Sfere amiche...These two tracks were definitely worth Bartoli shaving her head.” -The Times, September 2012

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New Releases Music of Michael G. Cunningham

Mode Records

Helmut Lachenmann: Zwei Geuhfeul

Artists: Lauren Radnofsky, cello; Helmut Lachenmann, piano; voice (1 CD) (Mode Records) MDE 252 $16.99

Callus Viola Studio at UC-Santa Barbara [World Premiere Recordings]

Works: Joel Feigin: Lament Amid Silence / Lament for solo viola; Meditation One for piano; Ghosts for 6 violas; Meditation Two for piano; Lament with Ghosts for 7 violas. Artists: Callus Viola Studio at UC-Santa Barbara, et al. (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1413 $11.99

Baroque Legacy: Bach and his Contemporaries performed on Double Bass Works by: Bach, Couperin, Eccles, Handel. Artists: Jeremy McCoy, double bass (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1440 $11.99

Claudio Arrau in Recital, 1969-1977 [3 CDs]

Works: Beethoven; Brahms and Schumann. Artists: Claudio Arrau, piano (3 CD) (Music & Art s) 3 M&A 1263(3) $49.49 New audio restoration by Lani Spahr.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 / F. Charles Adler

Artists: F. Charles Adler/Vienna SO. (2 CD) (Music & Arts) 2 M&A 1265(2) $29.99 Previously unreleased live performances from 1953 and 1956 of F. Charles Adler conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

Górecki: Symphony No. 3 “Of Sorrowful Songs” Works: Górecki: Symphony No. 3 “Of Sorrowful Songs”; Three Pieces in Old Style. Artists: usan Gritton, soprano. Yuri Simonov/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1204 $8.99 On Sale

Orchestral works by Herman Suter & Werner Wehrli Works: Herman Suter: Sinfonie d-Moll op. 17; Werner Wehrli: Chilbizite Artists: Douglas Bostock/Aargau Sym Orch. (1 CD) (Musiques Suisses) MSS 6274 $16.99

Fazil Say: Istanbul Symphony [CD & DVD]

Works: Fazil Say: Istanbul Symphony; Hezarfen Concerto. Artists: Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (2 CD & DVD-Video) (Naïve) 2 NAI 5315 $17.99 On Sale

Chrismas Songs Around the World

Artists: Pierre Cao/Arsys Bourgogne Choir. (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 5319 $14.99 On Sale A thrilling collection of Christmas Songs from several countries and languages, performed a cappella by France’s leading professional choir Arsys Bourgogne.

Michael Mauldin: The Last Musician of Ur

Artists: Petr Vronsky/Maravian Philharmonfic Orch. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5891 $4.49 Performances on a replica of the Gold Lyre of Ur, the earliest stringed instrument ever found.

Dimensions: Works for String Orchestra

Works: by Hutter, Babin, Burns, March, Debussy, Kronfuss et al. Artists: Richard Stoltzman; Robert Ian Winstin/Czech PO; Petr Vronsky/Moravian Philharmonic Strings; Richard Trevor/Slovak RSO. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5895 $16.99

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Works: Michael G. Cunningham: Three Ballets; The Gastein Masterwork. Artists: Robert Ian Winstin/Prague Radio Orch.; Petr Vronsky/ Moravian PO; Vladimir Lande/St Petersburg State SO. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5893 $16.99 Featuring Cunningham’s interpretation of the final version of Schubert’s Gastein Masterwork and also includes 3 new contemporary works for ballet.

David Nisbet Stewart: Convergence; Gershwin

Artists: Petr Vronsky/Maravian Philharmonfic Orch.; Tower Brass Quintet. Terry Everson; Andrew Song; Chris Reade; Karolina Rojah. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5892 $16.99 An accessible collection of contemporary classical works by David Nisbe Stewart.

Missy Mazzoli: Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

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Stravinsky and Bartók on the piano

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Works: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (version for piano); Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Artists: Frank-Immo Zichner; Frank Gutschmidt, pianists (1 CD) (New Classical Adventure) NCA 60252 $24.99 On this disc, a unique version of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is performed on solo piano. Bela Bartok was first introduced to this piece

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Suzanne Farrin: Corpo di Terra

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Artists: Joshua Rubin, Nuiko Wadden, International Contemporary Ensemble; Cal Wiersma, Cygnus Ensemble, (1 CD) (New Focus) NEWF 119 $16.99 Suzanne Farrin’s debut full length recording of her works features a series of “songs without words” for solo instruments inspired by the poetry of the great Italian poet, Petrarch.

Song Cycle: Schubert Lieder Transcriptions

Works: Shubert songs transcribed for voice and guitar. Artists: Tony Arnold, soprano; Daniel Lippel, guitar; (1 CD) (New Focus) NEWF 127 $16.99

Jean Louis Tulou - La Flute Romantique a Paris

Works by: Jean-Louis Tulou (1786-1865) and two of his students, Jules Demerssemann (1833-1866) and Jean Donjon (1821-1912). Artists: Sarah van Cornewal, flute. Tomoko Mukoyama, flute. Thomas Leininger, Fortepiano (New Pan) NEWP 10270 $20.49

Mikalojus Ciurlionis: Complete Works for Orchestra

Artists: Juozas Domarkas/Kaunas State Choir; Lithuanian National SO. (Northern Flowers) NTF 9999 $16.99

David Rosenboom: In the Beginning

Works: David Rosenboom: In the Beginning. Artists: David Rosenboom (2 CD) (New World) 2 NWR 80735 $35.99

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Nimbus

A Tribute to Scriabin: Vladimir Feltsman

Works: Preludes Opp. 11, 16, 22, 37 & 74; Sonata no 4; Etudes Op. 42; Valse, Op. 38; Valse Op. Posth. etc. Artists: Vladimir Feltsman, piano (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6198 $14.49 On Sale

Domenico Scarlatti: The Complete Sonatas

Artists: Richard Lester, harpsichord, fortepiano, organ. (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 1719 $26.99 On Sale

French Classics for Orchestra

Works: Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Bizet, Ravel, et al. Artists: Yandai Butt/London SO. (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6188 $14.49 On Sale

The Art of Transcription / Dmitry Sitkovetsky

Works: J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations, 15 Sinfonias. Artists: Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuri Zhislin and Luigi Piovano, piano (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6199 $14.49 On Sale

Perpetual Motion: Works for Saxophone Orchestra

Works: 10 Original Works for Saxophone Orchestra arr. by Barbara Thompson. Artists: Barbara Thompson/ Apollo Saxophone Orchestra (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6200 $9.49 On Sale

Patric Standford: First Symphony “The Seasons” Works: Patric Standford: First Symphony (The Seasons); Cello Concerto; Prelude to a Fantasy Artists: Raphael Wallfisch, cello; David LloydJones/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM BMS441 $14.49 On Sale

Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage / Sinae Lee, piano

Artists: Sinae Lee, piano (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6202 $26.99 On Sale

❦The Music of Oliver Knussen / Josefowicz

Works: Oliver Knussen (1952 - ): Autumnal, for violin & piano; Choral, for band; Concerto for Violin; Ophelia’s Last Dance, for piano, Op. 32; Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op. 29; Requiem Songs for Sue, for voice & chamber ensemble. Artists: Ryan Wigglesworth/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Oliver Knussen/ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; ; BBC SO. Leila Josefowicz (Vln); Ryan Wigglesworth (Pno); Huw Watkins (Pno); Claire Booth (Sop); Alexandra Wood (Vln). (1 CD) (NMC Classics) NMC 178 $18.99 “This CD should do more than any live performance to tell the world what a treasure he is. The Walton-esque Violin Concerto, Knussen’s masterpiece, is played with dazzling artistry by Josefowicz...[the Requiem is] sung with nightingale seductiveness by Claire Booth.” -Financial Times,

Artists: Renée Fleming , Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau, Franz Hawlata, Jonas Kaufmann Christian Thielemann/Munich Philharmonic. (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B001620102 $31.48 “We have Christian Thielemann’s immaculately bittersweet conducting and Renee Fleming’s Marschallin, sung and acted with superb conviction...Watch out, meanwhile, for Jonas Kaufmann’s brief, but sensational appearance as the Italian Tenor.” -The Guardian “[Fleming] speaks volumes with those expressive eyes and floats the trio’s opening phrase to perfection...Sophie Koch produces rich, impassioned sounds and makes a convincing boy...Kaufmann [is] handsome and oddly impressive as the Italian tenor.” -BBC Music Magazine

❦Lalo, Magnard, Ravel: Cello Sonatas

Works: Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892): Sonata for cello & piano in A minor; Albéric Magnard (1865 - 1914): Sonata for cello & piano in A major, Op 20; Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major. Artists: Per Rundberg (Pno); Valentin Radutiu (Clo). (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 98654 $18.99 “Radutiu’s transcription of Ravel’s Violin Sonata sounds idiomatic. Lalo and Magnard operate on a less exalted plane, but the performances are nonetheless impressive.” -BBC Music Magazine, November 2012

❦Benjamin Britten: My Beloved is Mine - songs

Works: works Britten: Canticle I; Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; On this Island, Op. 11; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22. Artists: James Gilchrist (Tnr); Anna Tilbrook (Pno). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) LINN 404 $21.49 “Gilchrist is as agile as his pianist and evidently attuned to the importance of her role...the mysitc union of ground-bass piano with confident vocal line in the concluding ‘Death, be not proud’ set this interpretation of The Holy Sonnets on a footing with that of tenor Peter Pears and Britten...It’s in the most introspective moments... the simple-seeming ‘Nocturne’ in On This Island, for instance...that Gilchrist’s unique artistry is heard to best advantage.” -BBC Music Magazine, November 2012

Boris Ivanovich Tischenko: Symphony No. 7

Works: Boris Ivanovich Tischenko: Symphony No. 7 Artists: Edward Serov/St Petersburg PO. (Northern Flowers) NTF 99100 $16.99 Written in 1994, this recording is from the second performance of this symphony, which took place at the Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.

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Oehms

A French Recital - music for cello and piano

Works: Debussy, Dutilleux and Franck. Artists: Sebastian Klinger, cello; Milana Chernyavska, piano (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 856 $19.99 This release explores lesser-known French literature for cello, from minor Debussy and Franck to Dutilleux.

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 / Skrowaczewski Artists: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski/Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern. (2 CD) (Oehms) 2 OEH 409 $24.99

Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 8

Artists: Markus Stenz/Guerzenich Orchester Koeln. (1 SA CD) (Oehms) OEH 653 $19.99

Haydn: “London” Symphonies / Ivor Bolton

Works: Haydn: “London” Symphonies Nos. 102 & 103. Artists: Ivor Bolton/Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 421 $16.99

Leopold Mozart: Solo Sonatas and Trios /

Artists: Christine Schornsheim; Ruediger Lotter; Sebastian Hess (2 CD) (Oehms) 2 OEH 860 $33.49

Souvenir d’Amérique / Friedemann Eichhorn

Works: Sellections from Porgy and Bess; Much Ado about Nothing; Schindler’s List; Carmen et al. Artists: Andreas Froelich, piano; Friedemann Eichhorn, violin (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 861 $19.99

Walter Braunfels: Concerto for Organ, Boys Choir & Orchestra

Artists: Iveta Apkalna; Hansjoerg Albrecht/ Munich SO; Toelz Boys Choir. (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 411 $16.99

❦Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Susan Graham

Songs by: Berlioz; Vernon Duke; Henri Duparc; Joseph Horovitz; Liszt; Cole Porter; Francis Poulenc; Purcell; Mary Rodgers; Schubert; R. Schumann; Tchaikovsky; Hugo Wolf. Artists: Malcolm Martineau (Pno); Susan Graham (Mezzosoprano). (1 CD) (Onyx) NYX 4105 $20.49 “Graham’s mezzo-soprano is a voice without regrets, healthy, rounded, ineffably musical, and eager for a challenge.” -The New Yorker

Pianist Myra Hess - Mostly Schubert

Works: Schubert. Piano Sonata D664; Piiano Trio no 1, D898; Jessu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (2 vers) Artists: Myra Hess, piano (Opus Kura) OPK 2098 $15.99 German/British pianist Myra Hess’ sheer bravura playing and spontaneity is demonstrated in these historic recordings.

❦Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach [2 CD/DVD]

Works: Philip Glass (1937 - ): Einstein On The Beach (Highlights) The Changing Image of Opera. Artists: Michael Riesman/ Philip Glass Ensemble. (Orange Mountain Music) 2 OMM 0082 $16.99 “The piece, with sets and lighting by Mr. Wilson, is a landmark of avant-garde opera.” -The New Yorker Times

Francois Couperin: Vol. 1 - The Tragic Muse

Works: ; Pieces de Clavecin Artists: Andrew Appel, harpsichord. (1 CD) (Orchid Classics) ORPO 100026 $16.99

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And Comes the Day - Carols, Antiphons for Advent

Grieg: Piano Concerto; Norwegian Dances; Lyric Suite

Works by: Chilcott; Joubert; Ord; Charpentier; Britten; Warlock; Howells. Artists: Silas Wollston/ Choir of Queens’ College Cambridge. (1 CD) (Orchid Classics) ORPO 100027 $16.99

Artists: Miroslav Kultyshev, piano. Eivind Gullberg Jensen/NDR Radio PO. (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 815121 $21.49

Anne Schwanewilms sings Richard Strauss

Works: Strauss: Four Last Songs; Arias from Arabella, Capriccio & Der Rosenkavalier. Artists: Anne Schwanewilms, soprano. Markus Stenz/ Gurzenich Orch. Cologne. (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 858121 $21.49

Terpsichore: Muse of the Dance / Skip Sempe

Works by: Praetorius, Brade. Artists: Skip Sempe, Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra (1 CD) (Paradizo) PARZ 0011 $18.99

Peeter Cornet: Complete works for Organ

Artists: Amaud Van de Cauter, organ (2 CD) (Paraty) 2 PRTY 308107 $24.99

Leopold Godowsky: 22 Chopin Studies / Ivan Ilic Works: Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938): 22 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes, for the left hand alone. Artists: Ivan Ilic (Pno). (Paraty) PRTY 311205 $16.99

Handel: Organ Concertos, Vol. 2

Artists: Paolo Grazzi, oboe. Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ)/La Divina Armonia. (1 CD) (Passacaille) PSSA 990 $16.99

Pentatone

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Mari Kodama

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 22; Op. 26; Op. 27/1; Op. 28 “Pastorale”; Op. 54 & Op. 90 Artists: Mari Kodama, piano (2 SA CD) (PentaTone Classics) 2 PTE 5186390 $29.99

Schumann: Symphonische Etuden / Helmchen

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Works: Schumann: Symphonische Etuden, Op. 13; Waldszenen, Op. 82; Arabesque, Op. 18. Artists: Martin Helmchen, piano (1 SA CD) (PentaTone Classics) PTE 5186452 $19.99

This England / Carlos Kalmar, Oregon SO

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Works by: Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten Artists: Carlos Kalmar/Oregon SO. (1 SA CD) (PentaTone Classics) PTE 5186471 $19.99

J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos / Eschkenazy

Works: Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concerto for 2 Violins; Concerto for Violin & Oboe Artists: Vesko Eschkenazy, violin. Concertgebouw CO. (1 SA CD) (PentaTone) PTE 5186460 $19.99

Beethoven / Eichberg: Kreutzer Sonata

Works: Beethoven / Eichberg: Kreutzer Sonata (Orchestral Version). Artists: Kolja Blacher/Mahler CO. (1 CD) (Phil.harmonie) PHLH 6022 $16.99

Double Bass Concertos / Edicson Ruiz

Works by: Sperger, Zimmermann, Hoffmeister and von Ditterdorf. Artists: Edicson Ruiz, double bass. Christian Vasquez/Teresa Careño Youth Sym. of Venezuela. (1 CD) (Phil.harmonie) PHLH 6020 $16.99

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Recommended Pianist Alexander Ghindin

Works: Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Rachmaninov: Morceaux; Tchaikovsky: Grande Sonatae Artists: Alexander Ghindin (1 CD) (Piano Classics) PINC 0044 $18.99

Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28; Piano Sonata No. 2

Artists: Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, piano (1 CD) (Piano Classics) PINC 0045 $18.99

Lieder by Mahler & Wolf / Yuko Kamahora

Artists: Yuko Kamahora, soprano; Rudolf Jansen, piano (Point Classics) POIT 5153 $20.49 As one of Japan’s leading sopranos, Yuko Kamahora is active both on the operatic stage and in the concert hall.

Be it So - Songs by Kayser, Werner, Sorensen

Artists: Pia Rose Hansen, mezzo-soprano; Jens Christensen, organ (Point Classics) POIT 5171 $20.49 Mezzo-soprano Pia Hansen sings at The Royal Opera House in Copenhagen.

Louis Vierne at Saint Thomas

Works: Louis Vierne (1870-1937): Messe Solennelle, Op. 16; Premiere Symphonie Pour Grand Orgue, Op. 14 Artists: John Scott, St Thomas Choir of Men; Jeremy Bruns, organ (1 CD) (Pro Organo) POR 7244 $20.49

Braunfels: String Quartet; Strauss: Metamorphosen

Works: Walter Braunfels: String Quartet; Strauss: Metamorphosen. Artists: David Geringas; Gringolts Quartet. (1 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) PRF 12053 $16.99

Gunter Raphael: Chamber Music of 1946, Vol. 3

Artists: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Eckard Sellheim, Wilhelm Neuhaus, Hans Altmann (1 CD) (Querstand) QRST 1220 $16.99

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 / Herbert Blomstedt

Artists: Herbert Blomstedt/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch. (1 CD) (Querstand) QRST SACD1115 $18.99

Ramee

Luz del Alva: Spanish Songs and Instrumental Music of the Early Renaissance

Artists: La Morra, La Morra/Arianna Savall, Petter Johansen, Corina Marti and Michal Gondko corina Marti/La Morra. (1 CD) (Ramee) RME 1203 $18.99

Baroque Violin Concertos / Pramsohler

Works: Pisendel, Handel, Telelmann, Fasch, Heinichen. Artists: Johnannes Pramsohler (vln)/ International Baroque Players. (Raum Klang) RKG 3105 $16.99

Amos Elkana: Casino Umbro / Stoltzman

Artists: Richard Stoltzman, clarinet. Meitar Ensemble. (1 CD) (Ravello) RAEL 7863 $16.99

Concerti for Piano with Percussion Orchestra

Artists: Mccormick Percussion Group. (1 CD) (Ravello) RAEL 7862 $16.99

❦John Cage: As It Is / Pschenitschnikova,

Works: John Cage (1912 1992): A Flower, for voice & closed piano; A Room, for piano or prepared piano; Dream; Experiences no 2, for voice; Five Songs for Contralto, for voice and piano; Music for Marcel Duchamp, for prepared piano. Artists: Alexei Lubimov (Prepared Piano); Natalia Pschenitschnikova. (1 CD) (ECM) ECM B001719802 $17.98 “Nothing is generalised, and the performances by Lubimov and Pschenitschnikova take immense care over every nuance, without ever sacrificing any of the sense of the music’s shape.” -The Guardian, August 2012 “[Lubimov and Pschenitschnikova] have been performing his music since the time it outraged the Russian establishment in the ‘60s and ‘70s...The standout track...is “Dream” from 1948, a solo piano piece, which follows no overt narrative progression but drifts from note to note without ever sounding wilful or wrong.” -The Independent, September 2012

❦J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion [2 DVD]

Artists: Georg Christoph Biller/St. Thomas Boys Choir; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Klaus Mertens; Gotthold Schwarz; Wolfram Lattke; Christina Landshamer; Stefan Kahle. (2 DVDVideo) (Accentus) 2 ACTS 20256 $38.99 “This is a performance which has Bach liturgically wired into its DNA...Biller’s direction exudes profound integrity and commitment, the chorales in particular shaped by a deeply-felt inevitability... this is a moving testament to a choir celebrating 800 years and probably stronger than ever.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

❦Gyorgy Kurtag, Gyorgy Ligeti: Music for Viola / Kim Kashkashian, viola Works: György Kurtág (1926 - ): Csendes sorok Dobszay Lászlónak (Silent Lines to László Dobszay), for viola; Doloroso, for viola (“Garzulyéknak”); H. J. Nóta (Largamente); In Memoriam Aczél György (Largo Desolato); In Memoriam Tamás Blum (Calmo, Sereno); György Ligeti (Composer) (1923 - 2006). Artists: Kim Kashkashian (Vla). (1 CD) (ECM) ECM B001719602 $17.98 “Wisps, fragments, gestures, aphorisms: it’s impossible to pin down the 19 tiny pieces that make up Kurtag’s Signs, Games and Messages... They are perfectly projected by the ArmenianAmerican violist Kim Kashkashian...[the Ligeti] sounds massive and solid by comparison, though it is equally elusive, equally original.” -The Observer, September 2012

Traveling Sonata: European Music for Flute & Guitar

Works: Fauré, Ravel, Bizet, Satie, Duplessy et al. Artists: Viviana Guzman: flute; Jeremy Jouve: guitar (1 CD) (Reference Recordings) REF 128 $16.99

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Regent Records

Christmas from Hereford / Geraint Bowen

Artists: Geraint Bowen/Hereford Cathedral Choir (1 CD) (Regent Records) REGN 388 $16.99

Celebrate Christmas / St. Georges Chapel Choir

Works by: Britten, Willcocks, Pinel, ByramWigfield. Artists: The Choristers of St. Georges Chapel, Windsor’s Castle (1 CD) (Regent Records) REGN 374 $16.99

A Baroque Christmas / Various artists

Works: Scheidt, Buxtehude, Schutz, J.S. Bach, A. Corelli, Caccini, Merula, Daquin et al. Artists: Vox Luminis, Ricercar Consort, La Fenice, Akadêmia, La Pastorella (2 CD) (Ricercar) 2 RCR 329 $37.49

Mendelssohn: Trio no 1 in D Minor Op 49

Artists: Reisenberg, Julliard String Quartet (2 CD) (Romeo Records) 2 RMR 7293 $16.99

Hugo Distler: Choral Music / Ensemble Nobiles

Signum UK

Naji Hakim: Saksobing Praeludier; Kammerkoncert no. 1 & 2

Works: Naji Hakim (b. 1955): Saksobing Praeludier; Kammerkoncert no. 1 & 2. Artists: Danish Chamber Players; Naji Hakim, organ (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 296 $14.99 On Sale

Piano Collection - Signum Anniversary Series

Works: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mussorgsky et al. Artists: Various artists (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 305 $10.99 On Sale

Khachaturian: Orchestral Suites from Spartacus & Gayaneh; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Works: Khachaturian: Orchestral Suites from Spartacus & Gayaneh; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Artists: Yuri Temirkanov/St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 310 $14.99 On Sale

Works: Hugo Distler (1908-1942): Jahrkreis, Op. 5; Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 12; Motets Artists: Ensemble Nobiles; Sjaella Sextet. (1 CD) (Rondeau Production) RDAU 6068 $18.99

Art Song Collection - Signum Anniversary Series

Weihnachtssingen - An Evening of Christmas Carols / Lubecker Knabenkantorei

Khachaturian & Lyapunov for solo violin

Works by: Buxtehude; Walter Kraft; Johann Eccard; Heinrich Schutz; Peter Cornelius et al. Artists: Michael D Muller/Lubecker Knabenkantorei. (1 CD) (Rondeau Production) RDAU 6070 $18.99

Works for Trombone & Band / Sorensen

Works: De Meij; Aagaard-Nilsen; Hyldgaard; Grondal. Artists: Jesper Sorensen, trombone Jorgen Jensen/Danish Concert Band. (Rondo Grammofon) RDOG 8377 $20.49 Jesper Sorensen is principal trombone of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and appears in this program of music for trombone and orchestra by Scandinavian composers.

The Danish Wind Octet & Friends plays Mozart

Artists: Danish Wind Octet. (Rondo Grammofon) RDOG 8374 $20.49

American Mavericks / Michael Tilson Thomas

Works: Henry Cowell: Concerto for piano & orchestra; Synchrony of Dance, Music, Light, for orchestra; Lou Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra; Edgard Varèse: Amériques. Artists: Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO. Jeremy Denk (Pno); Paul Jacobs (Organ). (1 SA CD) (San Francisco Sym.) SFS S0056 $23.99

Popular Spanish Songs for violin & guitar

Works by: de Falla, Granados, Narvaez, Nin Artists: Sara Chenal, violin; Olivier Pelmoine, guitar (1 CD) (Skarbo) SKA 4121 $16.99

Récréation - works by Leclair, Bach & Quantz

Works by: Leclair, Bach and Quantz. Artists: Maxence Larrieu, flute; Shigeko Tojo, flute; ShinIchiro Nakano, clavecin (1 CD) (Skarbo) SKA 4122 $16.99

Pastoral / Jean-Louis Beaumadier & Friends

Works: Tomasi; Ibert; Milhaud; Auric; Poulenc; Roussel; Martelli; Ferroud; Honegger et al. Artists: Jean-Louis Beaumadier & Friends (1 CD) (Skarbo) SKA 4117 $16.99

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Works: Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc Artists: Various artists (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 303 $10.99 On Sale Works: Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody; Sonata-Monologue for solo violin; Lyapunov: Violin Concerto. Artists: Udagawa, violin (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 312 $14.99 On Sale

Will Todd Choral Music “The Call of Wisdom”

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Works: Will Todd (1970 - ): Among Angels; I sing because...,; Man unkind; My Lord has come; Stay with me (Padre Pio’s Prayer); That we may love again (from Te Deum). Artists: Tenebrae; Nigel Short/English CO; . (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 298 $14.99 On Sale

Choral Collection - Signum Anniversary Series

Works: Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Hawes, Tallis, et al. Artists: Various artists (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 304 $10.99 On Sale

John Carpenter’s The Fog [Original Film Soundtrack]

Works: John Carpenter (1948 - ): The Fog, film score; Radio Interview with Jamie Lee Curtis. Artists: John Carpenter (Electronics). (2 CD) (Silva America) 2 SLA 1301 $18.99

Leon McCawley plays Brahms

Works: Brahms: Handel Variations, Op. 24; Waltzes, Op.39; Piano Pieces, Op. 118 Artists: Leon McCawley, piano (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 116 $16.99

Complete Piano Music of Sir Arthur Bliss, Vol. 1

Works: Piano Sonata; Toccata Suite et al. Artists: Mark Bebbington, piano (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 111 $16.99

Elgar: The Longed-for Light - Elgar’s Music in Wartime

Works: Elgar: Polonia; Carillon; The Sanguie Fan; Une voix dans le désert et a. Artists: Susan Gritton, soprano; BBC Concert Orch., Wilson (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 247 $16.99

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Sony Classics

Glenn Gould plays Beethoven [2 CDs]

Works: Beethoven: 32 Variations “Eroica”; 6 Variations; Bagatelles; Piano Sonata no 24 “A Therese” Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725412872 $12.99

This is Glenn Gould: The Story of a Genius

The perfect introduction to the life, music and style of legendary pianist Glenn Gould. This limited edition, 2-CD set includes a biographical essay and a “Glenn Gould dictionary” explaining 32 little known facts about Glenn Gould in a 60-page fourcolor booklet that also features many previously unpublished photos of the artist. The first CD features many of Glenn Gould’s famous Bach recordings while the second CD includes pieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, Brahms and more. (2 CD) (Sony) 2 SNYC 88725423932 $23.99

Beethoven: 5 Piano Concertos / Glenn Gould

Artists: Leopold Stokowski/American SO; Vladimir Golschmann/Columbia SO; Leonard Bernstein/ New York Philharmonic. (3 CD) (Sony Classical) 3 SNYC 88725412882 $15.99

Glenn Gould in Concert: Salzburg 1959

Works: Bach: Goldberg Variations; Moscow 1957: Bach: 3 Part Sinfonias; Leningrad 1957 - Bach, Beethoven: Piano Concertos Artists: Glenn Gould, piano. (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725413732 $12.99

Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven & Wagner

Works: Beethoven: Symphonies nos 5 & 6, mvt 1 (piano transcriptions); Wagner: Meistersinger; Gotterdammerung; Siegfried Idyll. Artists: Glenn Glould/Toronto SO. (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725412892 $12.99

Glenn Gould Plays Renaissance & Baroque

Works: Byrd, Gibbons, Handel, Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725413722 $12.99

Haydn: 6 Late Piano Sonatas / Glenn Gould

Works: F.J. Haydn: Sonatas, Hob. XVI/ nos 42, 48-52. Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725412932 $12.99

Glenn Gould plays Strauss / Schwarzkof

Works: Strauss: Ophelia Lieder; Enoch Arden; Piano Sonata; 5 Pieces. Artists: Glenn Gould, piano; Elisabeth Schwarzkof, soprano (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725413702 $12.99

Glenn Gould plays Brahms

Works: Brahms: 4 Ballads, Op. 10; 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79; 10 Intermezzi. Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (2 CD) (Sony) 2 SNYC 88725412902 $12.99

Gleen Gould as accompanist in J.S. Bach

Works: J.S. Bach: 6 Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard; 3 Sonatas for Cello & Keyboard Artists: Glenn Gould, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Leonard Rose, cello (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725412822 $12.99

J.S. Bach: Piano Concertos / Glenn Gould

Works: J.S. Bach: Piano Concertos nos 1-5 & 7. Artists: Glenn Gould, piano. Vladimir Golschmann/Columbia SO; Leonard Bernstein. (2 CD) (Sony) 2 SNYC 88725412802 $12.99

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❦Takas Quartet, Schiff, Kocsis in Schumann [DVD]

Works: Schumann: Kreisleriana; Symphonic Etudes (Andras Schiff); Kinderscenen (Zoltan Kocsis); Piano Quintet Op. 44. Artists: Andras Schiff; Zoltan Kocsis. Takacs Quartet. (1 DVDVideo) (EuroArts) EUA 2066828 $24.99 “A Schumann treasure-trove. Kocsis is at his peak in Kinderszenen and the Piano Quintet. Schiff is a charismatic fantasist in the Symphonic Studies and Kreisleriana.” -BBC Music Magazine, November 2012

❦Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

Artists: Duffy, Panuccio, Schmutzhard. Kristjan Jarvi/MDR Sinfonieorchester; Rundfunkchor and Kinderchor. (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88725446212 $14.99 “Jarvi’s version of Orff’s masterpiece dives headfirst into the same elemental wellspring from which Stravinsky drew his Rite Of Spring, indulging the extremes of its dynamic range with gusto.” -The Independent, September 2012

❦Debussy: 24 Preludes (orchestrated by Peter Breiner)

Works: Debussy: Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II, L.117, 123. Artists: Jun Märkl/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572584 $8.99 On Sale “The impression is of a job professionally done and of performances that do what they have to do and do it well. They do not, however, extinguish the temptation to go back and relish Debussy’s piano originals.” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 “Stylish Jun MSrkl and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra exploit all the changing hues of this colourful showpiece.” -The Observer, September 2012 “Breiner’s orchestrations are tastefully done, with sympathy for Debussy’s idiom and a fine ear for colour.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

❦Carl Maria von Weber: Wind Concertos

Works: Weber: Concertino for Clarinet in E flat major; Concertino for horn & orchestra in E minor; Concerto for Bassoon in F major; Concerto for Clarinet no 1 in F minor. Artists: Alexander Janiczek/Scottish CO. Peter Whelan (Bssn); Maximiliano Martín (Clnt); Alec Frank-Gemmill (Horn). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) LINN 409 $21.49 “There must have been astonishing wind players in early 19th-century Germany. And after hearing the irresistible concertos that Carl Maria von Weber penned for them, one can imagine what moody, flamboyant characters they were.” -The Times, September 2012

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Sony Classics, continued

Tactus, continued

Works: J.S. Bach: Two-Part Inventions; ThreePart Sinfonias & Toccatas. Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (3 CD) (Sony Classical) 3 SNYC 88725411882 $15.99

Works: Domenico Gabrielli: Cello Sonatas in G & A; Cello Sonata in G; Ricercars 1-7. Artists: Bettina Hoffmann: baroque cello. Modo Antiquo. (1 CD) (Tactus) TCT 6507010 $9.49 On Sale

J.S. Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias & Toccatas

Glenn Gould Plays Bach: Goldberg Variations

Works: Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [2 versions from 1955 & 1981]. Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725411822 $12.99

Lincoln [Original Motion Picture Score]

Works: John Williams (Film Composer): Lincoln, film score. Artists: John Williams. George Doering (Mandolin); David McGill (Bssn); Randy Kerber (Pno); Charlie Bisharat (Fiddle). (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SBMG 88725446852 $14.99

Andersson: The Garden Of Delights, Warriors

Artists: Andersson/Orchestra Of Norrlands Operan (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 3001 $16.99

Durufle: Requiem Aeternam / David Crown,

Artists: David Crown/Choir of Somerville College and Oxford. (1 CD) (Stone Records) SOER 8020 $16.99

Aire Libre - Felice Clemente: soprano

Works by: Falu; Clemente, Monotes, Pérez Forte, Salgan. Artists: Felice Clemente: soprano & tenor saxophones, clarinet; Javier Pérez Forte: classical guitar (1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS CS7 $16.99

A Voyage to Naples - Concertos for cello

Works: Concertos for cello by Fiorenza, Durante and Leo. Artists: Marcello Scandelli(cello)/Orch. Milano Classica. (1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 33930 $16.99

John Cage: Electronic Music for Piano /

Artists: Ciro Longobardi: piano; Agostino di Scipio: computer & electronics (1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 33927 $16.99

Saverio Mercadante: Arie e Capricci

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Arie e Capricci 20 Caprices; Variations for solo flute. Artists: Stefano Parrino: flute (2 CD) (Stradivarius) 2 SVS 33880 $24.99

Jean Gaspard Weiss: Sounds For My Flute

Artists: Francois Nicolet, Antichi Strumenti, Laura Toffetti and Claudia Monti (1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 33916 $16.99

Musici da Camera: Music from 18th Century Prague

Works: Vivaldi, Fasch, Caldara, Tuma. Artists: artists (2 CD) (Supraphon) 2 SPR 4112 $33.49

Brahms: The Complete Piano Trios

Artists: Smetana Trio (2 CD) (Supraphon) 2 SPR 4072 $33.49

Welte Mignon Mystery, Vol. 19

Artists: Alexander Glazunov & Artur Lemba today playing their 1910 interpretations (1 CD) (Tacet) TAC 203CD $21.49

Corelli: Church and Chamber Trio Sonatas

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Church and Chamber Trio Sonatas, Op. 1-4. Artists: Enrico Gatti (baroque violin)/Ensemble Aurora. (2 CD) (Tactus) 2 TCT 650390 $18.49 On Sale

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Works by: Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Bonelli, Veggio, Fogliano, Barbieri, Banchieri et al. Artists: Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Organi di San Petronio di Bologna (2 CD) (Tactus) 2 TCT 460090 $18.49 On Sale

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The Ahrend & Brunzema Organ: Amsterdam’s Oude Kerk

Works by: Scheidemann, Van Noordt, Sweelinck and Scheidt. Artists: Gustav Leonhardt, Matteo Imbruno: organs (1 CD) (Tactus) TCT 5700010 $9.49 On Sale

Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 / Ginette Neveu

Artists: Ginette Neveu, violin; Roger Desormiere/ National Orchestra of France (1 CD) (Tahra) TAH 731 $16.99

Les Navlz et les bas, ad modum tubae

Artists: Ian Harrison: shawm, bagpipes. David Yacus & Christian Braun: buisine. Michael Metzler & Andrea Piccioni, percussion (Talanton) TATN 90007 $16.99 With this program is brought back to life the ceremonial elegance and festive frenzy of this extraordinarily popular ensemble.

Mozart: Clarinet Quintets / Colin Lawson

Works: Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K 581; Quintet Fragments, K 581a; K 580b, K 516c Artists: Colin Lawson, clarinet. The Revolutionary Drawing Room. (1 CD) (The Classics Label) TCL CC10068 $16.99

Maurice Emmanuel: Les 6 Sonatines [CD & DVD] Artists: Laurent Wagschal, piano. (Timpani) 2 TIMP 1194 $19.99 Includes a bonus DVD with interview material.

Hugues Dufourt: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

Works: Hugues Dufourt: Voyage par-dela les fleuves et les monts; Lucifer d’apres pollock Artists: Pierre-Andre Valade/Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. (1 CD) (Timpani) TIMP 1195 $18.99

Algernon Ashton: Music for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 Artists: Evva Mizerska, cello; Emma Abbate, piano (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0143 $18.99 Ashton (b. 1859, Durham), is a best-kept secret of British music. Ashton’s writing for both cello and piano is virtuosic and this CD features world premiere recordings.

Arthur Farwell (1872-1952): Piano Music, Vol. 1

Artists: Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0126 $18.99

Vissarion Shebalin: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1

Works: Vissarion Shebalin: Suites for orchestra nos 1 & 2. Artists: Dmitry Vasiliev/Siberian SO. (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0136 $18.99 Like his close friend Shostakovich, Shebalin (1902 - 63) knew a life of both celebrity and hardship.

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New Releases Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 / José Serebrier

Jean Françaix: Music for String Orchestra

Artists: Kerry Stratton/Sir Georg Solti CO, Budapest. (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0162 $18.99

Alnaes Eyvind: Songs to Texts by Heine, Burns & Scandinavian Poets

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Artists: Ann-Beth Solvang, mezzo-soprano; Erling R. Eriksen, piano (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0124 $18.99

J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, BWV1007 - 1012

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Artists: Peter Martens, cell (2 CD) (TwoPianists) 2 TWPS 1039275 $29.99

Liszt: Transcendental Etudes / Delle Vigne

Artists: Aquiles Delle Vigne, piano (1 CD) (TwoPianists) TWPS 1039206 $16.99

Songs by Franz Schurbert “Jahreszeiten”

Artists: Michelle Breedt; Nina Schumann (1 CD) (TwoPianists) TWPS 1039251 $16.99

Lori Sims in Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmaninov

Works: Beethoven: “Eroica” Variations; Schumann: Carnaval; Rachmaninov: 3 Preludes; C. Schumann: 2 Romances Artists: Lori Sims, piano (1 CD) (TwoPianists) TWPS 1039169 $16.99

John Zorn: Music and its Double

Works: John Zorn (1953 - ): A Rebours, for chamber ensemble; Ceremonial Magic, for violin & drums; La Machine de l’être, for orchestra. Artists: Sakari Oramo, Bradley Lubman. Fred Sherry (Clo); William Winant (Perc); Tara Helen O’Connor (Flt); Jennifer Choi (Vln); June Han (Harp). (1 CD) (Tzadik) TZA 8092 $15.99

Trouble in Paradise / Phantom Orchard Orchestra

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Artists: José Serebrier/Bournemouth SO. (1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 2564657753 $18.99 “His understanding of the structure is secure; he trusts his players and knows when to give them their head, with the violas and in the solos for the second oboe and third horn as much as when it is the turn of the principals.” International Record Review March 2012

Da Lontano - Music of Scelsi, Cage, Nono et al.

Works: Scelsi, Cage, Stockhausen & Nono Artists: Michael Svoboda, trombone and tuba; Holger Stenschke, live electronics (1 SA CD) (Wergo) WER 6744 $23.99

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Piano music

Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007): Klavierstück X, for piano; Zyklus. Artists: Frederic Rzewski, piano; Christoph Caskel, Max Neuhaus (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 6772 $23.99

Hans Werner Henze: In lieblicher Bläue musik for ensemble

Works: Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 2012): Apollo et Hyazinthus, “improvisations” for alto & chamber ensemble; Canzona, for for oboe, piano, harp, 3 violins & cello (on material from opera “The English Cat”); Kammermusik 1958, for tenor, guitar & 8 solo instruments. Artists: Jorg-Peter Mittmann/ Ensemble Horizonte. Maximilian Mangold (Gtr); Jan Croonenbroeck (Hpsi); Clemens C. Loschmann (Hpsi). (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 6746 $23.99

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (6)

Artists: Die Freitagsakademie. (2 CD) (Winter & Winter) 2 WNWN 194 $28.49

Works: Ikue Mori (1953 - ): Face, for voice, horn, violin, cello, harp, percussion & electronics; House for 7, for voice, horn, violin, cello, harp, percussion & electronics; Inner Reflection, for voice, horn, violin, cello, harp, percussion & electronics; Laughter in the Dark, for voice, horn, violin, cello, harp, percussion & electronics; Over the Gap, for voice, horn, violin, cello, harp, percussion & electronics; Red Blue and Green, for voice, horn, violin, cello, harp, percussion & electronics. Artists: artists Phantom Orchard Orch. hantom Orchard Orchestra (Electronics). (1 CD) (Tzadik) TZA 7728 $15.99

Greatest Video Game Music, Vol. 2

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Celibidache VSO

Artists: Amandine Beyer, violin; Gli Incogniti (1 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) ZIG 310 $18.99

Artists: Sergiu Celibidache/Vienna SO. (1 CD) (Vienna Philharmonic) VPR 002 $18.99

❦The Voice: Philippe Jaroussky

Artists: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) (2 CD) (Virgin Classics) 2 VCL 027042 $23.98 “The fireworks really ignited whenever Jaroussky took the stage... he owns a winning stage presence and a pure, radiant countertenor/ soprano voice.” -The Los Angeles Times

Drama Queens / Joyce Didonato, soprano

Arias by: Antonio Cesti (1623 - 1669); Geminiano Giacomelli (1692 - 1740); Handel; Johann Adolf Hasse: Antonio e Cleopatra; F.J. Haydn; Claudio Monteverdi; Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1675 1760); Giovanni Porta (1675 - 1755); Reinhard Keiser (1674 - 1739). Artists: Alan Curtis/Il Complesso Barocco. Joyce DiDonato (Mzz Sop). (1 CD) (Virgin Classics) VCL 026542 $15.98

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Artists: Andrew Skeet/London PO. (1 CD) (X5 Gr oup) X5G 118 $16.99 The first album; The Greatest Video Game Music, released in late 2011, featured classical renditions of the most famous and loved video game music, performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra. The new album ‘The Greatest Video Game Music 2’, again recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, features some new, exciting arrangements made by Andrew Skeet of some of the most beloved video game music tunes.

Nuova Stagione: Vivaldi Concerti

Debussy: Orchestral music / Immerseel

Works: Claude Debussy: La Mer; Images; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Artists: José van Immerseel/Anima Eterna. (1 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) ZIG 313 $18.99

Works for percussion by / Smoke and Mirrors

Works: Steve Reich; Lou Harrison; Eric Whitacre; Toru Takemistsu et al. Artists: Smoke and Mirrors. (1 CD) (Yarlung) YARL 87598 $19.99 Smoke & Mirrors takes us on a journey of the breadth of contemporary classical music written for percussionists. The recording was captured using a single AKG C 24 stereo microphone in the glorious acoustics of Zipper Hall. Each piece was recorded live to tape with no editing, to create a lifelike performance.

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New Opera Recordings f The Latest in the Wagner cycle from Janowski

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Marek Janowski

Artists: Stephen Gould, Nina Stemme, Kwangchul Youn, Michelle Breedt, Johan Reuter. Marek Janowski/Berlin Radio Chorus; Berlin RSO. (3 SA CD) (PentaTone Classics) 3 PTE 5186404 $49.49 The fifth release in the new Wagner Edition, comprising all ten major operas performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and Chor with Marek Janowski, proves to be as stunning and fascinating of character as each of the previous installments. The project is unique in being the first edition of Wagner’s operas with the same musical forces. A phenomenal achievement.

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Santini (live 1960)

Artists: Floriana Cavalli, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Valdengo, Gabriele Santini (live 1960) (Bongiovanni) 2 BGV 058/9 $21.49

Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth, opera

Works: Salvatore Sciarrino (1947 - ): Macbeth, opera. Artists: Evan Christ/Klangforum Wien. Thomas Mehnert (Bass); Anna Radziejewska (Mzz Sop); Richard Zook (Tnr); Sonia Turchetta (Mzz Sop); Otto Katzameier (Bar). (2 CD) (Col Legno) 2 CLLG 20404 $23.99

Respighi: Marie Victoire / Jurowski

Artists: Michail Jurowski, Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Kizart, Brück, Pauly, Bronk, Villar, Schümann (3 CD) (CPO ) 3 CPO 777121 $49.49 After some initial criticism Respighi’s Marie Victoire has gone on to be hailed as one of the most important productions during Kirsten Harms’s tenure at the German Opera of Berlin and as a beacon in the Berlin opera history of the first decade of the 20th century.

Tenor Andrea Bocelli - The Complete Opera Edition

Works: Puccini: Tosca; La Bohome; Bizet: Carmen; Verdi: II Trovatore; Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Massenet: Werther; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Verdi: Requiem; Gounod: Romeo et Juliette. Artists: Andrea Bocelli, Maite Alberola, Renee Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Ildebrando D’ Arcangelo, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli, Eva Mei, and Violeta Urmana. Conductors: Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Myung-Whun Chung, Fabio Luisi, Yves Abel, Marco Armiliato, and Steven Mercurio. . (18 CD) (Decca) 18 DEC B001769302 $181.48 A unique collector’s edition of the complete opera recordings by tenor Andrea Bocelli. Each work is presented individually, complete with full booklet notes and multi-lingual librettos in a hardbook. Bonus: a single-disc selection, Andrea Bocelli: Opera, containing popular highlights from all 10 of these works.

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Verdi: Un giorno di Regno / Alfredo Simonetto

Artists: Alfredo Simonetto/ Orchestra e Coro della Radio Italiana. Renato Capecchi, Sesto Bruscantini, Lina Pagliughi, Laura Cozzi, Cristiano Dalamangas, Juan Oncina, Mario Carlin, Ottavia Plenizio (Rec. 1951) (2 CD) (Dynamic) 2 DYN 736 $21.49 This historic recording is presently one of the very few CDs available on the market of Verdi’s forgotten work. “Un Giorno di Regno” is a comic opera represents Verdi’s first challenge in this genre before Falstaff’s composition.

Verdi: Aida / Gigli, Caniqlia, Stignani

Artists: Gigli, Caniqlia, Stignani (2 CD) (Bongiovanni) 2 BGV 072/3 $21.49

❦Rameau: Zoroastre / William Christie

Artists: William Christie/Les Arts Florissants. Mark Padmore; Nathan Berg; Gaelle Mechaly; Anna Maria Panzarella; Matthieu Lecroart. (3 CD) (Erato) . 3ERA 2564658889 $29.99 “As ever, Rameau’s scoring is ravishing, and William Christie and his Les Arts Florissants never let us lose sight of its unique flavor. The playing and Erato’s recording are just about ideal: the instruments and voices are perfectly balanced and crystal clear.” -Classics Today

Manfred Gurlitt: Nana, opera in four acts

Artists: lia Papandreou, Peter Schone, Richard Carlucci and Juri Batukov (2 CD) (Delta Classics) 2 DELT 90054 $35.99

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Wagner: Die Feen / Sebastian Weigle

Artists: Tamara Wilson; Alfred Reiter; Anja Fidelia Ulrich; Burkhard Fritz; Brenda Rae. Sebastian Seigle/Frankfurt Opera and Museumsorchester; Frankfurt Opera Choir. (live) (3 CD) (Oehms) 3 OEH 940 $38.99 For his grand romantic opera Die Feen, Wagner reflected not only on the audible influences of Weber, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Gluck - but also on much older predecessors, both musical and thematic. He traveled to antiquity to locate his subject, the famed Orpheus.

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Handel: Giulio Cesare / Alan Curtis

Artists: Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Karina Gauvin; Emöke Baráth; Romina Basso; Filippo; Mineccia; Johannes Weisser; Milena Storti; Gianluca Buratto Alan Curtis/Il Complesso Barocco. (3 CD) (Naïve) 3 NAI 30536 $27.99 On Sale This exciting studio recording is the second project resulting from the collaboration between MarieNicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin and conductor and harpsichordist Alan Curtis’ award winning Complesso Barocco. Giulio Cesare is one of Handel’s most renowned operas, and the role of Giulio Cesare is considered to be one of the most beautiful roles in the baroque opera.

Luigi Cherubini: Elisa / Tucci, Raimondi, Zanasi

Artists: Tucci, Raimondi, Zanasi (2 CD) (Myto Records) 2 MYT 00322 $21.49

Vivaldi: Orlando 1714 / Federico Maria

Artists: Riccardo Novaro; Romina Basso; Gaëlle Arquez; Teodora Gheorghiu; Delphine Galou; David DQ Lee; Roberta Mameli. Federico Maria/Modo Antiquo. (2 CD) (Naïve) 2 NAI 30540 $27.99 On Sale The rediscovery of a new Vivaldi opera! Orlando furioso is Vivaldi’s most famous operas, dating from 1727 . . . But today, the specialists of the Venetian composer’s catalogue are able to reveal that Vivaldi actually composed another Orlando furioso thirteen years earlier! Orlando furioso of 1714 now achieves a new lease of life.

Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Sappho, opera

Artists: Deborah Polaski; Martin Homrich; Scott MacAllister; Roman Trekel; Wolfgang Koch; John Tomlinson. Jennifer Condon/Coro Gulbenkian; Orquestra Gulbenkian. (2 CD) (Toccata) 2 TOC 154-55 $18.99 Sappho, the last grand opera of Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 90), was written in her stone cottage on the island of Mykonos in 1963. Polaski, who creates the role of the aging Sappho describes the opera as ‘the kind of music that singers want to sing’.

Verdi: I due Foscari / Bergonzi, Giulini

Artists: Carlo Bergonzi; Gian Giacoma Guelfi; Maria Vitale; Pasquale Lombardo. Carlo Maria Giulini/Orch. Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI. (2 CD) (Warner) 2WRNC 2564661434 $12.99 Lord Byron’s text “The Two Foscari” captivated Verdi throughout his compositional life, finally resulting in one of his most dramatic but underperformed works. The Cetra Verdi Collection presents the tragic work in an historic recording from 1951 starring Italian greats like Bergonzi, Guelfi, Vitale, and Lombardo under Carlo Maria Giulini.

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Giuseppe Verdi: Otello / Franco Capuana

Artists: Carlos Guichandut; Cesy Broggini; Giuseppe Taddei; Tommaso Soley. Franco Capuana/Orch. Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI. (2 CD) (Warner Classics) 2 WRNC 2564661438 $12.99 Othello is one of Shakespeare bitterest draughts of tragedy, and verismo master Verdi turned the story to its best use in his operatic adaptation. This remastered 1950s recording from the Italian opera house tradition offers an historic look at Verdi in an era that cemented his works in today’s performance repertoire.

Verdi: Ernani / Fernando Previtali

Artists: Gino Penno; Caterina Mancini; Giuseppe Taddei; Giacomo Vaghi. Fernando Previtali/ Orch. Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI. (2 CD) (Warner Classics) 2 WRNC 2564661436 $12.99 Verdi’s Ernani has a strong history in recorded music, being the first opera ever recorded in its entirety in 1901. The Cetra Verdi Collection allows a look into the great historic recordings of another time - the 1950s - sung by the voices of the day. A valuable view of a golden age of Italian opera meets a thrilling dramatic and musical production.

Verdi: Don Carlo / Fernando Previtali

Artists: Mirto Picchi; Maria Caniglia; Nicola RossiLemeni; Eve Stignani; Paolo Silveri; Giulio Neri. Fernando Previtali/Orch. Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI. (3 CD) (Warner Classics) 3 WRNC 2564661437 $14.99 Based on Schiller’s classic tale of woe under the Spanish throne, Verdi’s Don Carlo was an early success that was sorely neglected outside of Italy for parts of the 20th century. This production is part of a powerful revival in Rome in the 1950s, an electrifying production presented in historic mono to preserve the tone of the times.

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Angelo Questa

Artists: Ferruccio Tagliavini; Maria Curtis Verna; Pia Tassinari; Giuseppe Valdengo; Maria Erato. Angelo Questa/Orch. Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI. (2 CD) (Warner Classics) 2 WRNC 2564661439 $12.99 The traditional masked ball has perhaps never seemed as grim as in Verdi’s personal and political tragedy Un Ballo in Maschera, which follows the King of Sweden through the intrigues of the ball and ultimately to his death. This fine recording from Torino in the 1950s leaves listeners feeling their rich inheritance of the Italian opera tradition.

Giuseppe Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Erich Kleiber

Artists: Maria Callas, Boris Christoff, Enzo Mascherini. Erich Kleiber. (3 CD) (Opera d’Oro) 3 ODO 7088 $35.99

Rameau: Les Fêtes d’Hébé / William Christie

Artists: William Christie, Les Arts Florissants. Sophie Daneman; Sarah Connolly; Maryseult Wieczorek; Paul Agnew; Luc Coadou; Thierry Felix (2 CD) (Erato) 2 ERA 2564658873 $18.99

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New Boxed Sets for D

New from the Leader in the Classical Box - Brilliant The Borodin (Near Complete) Edition [10 CDs]

Clementi: Complete Sonatas for Fortepiano

Artists: Mark Ermler, Symphonic Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater; Moscow Trio and Friends / Marco Rapetti, piano; Nikolai Okhotnikov; Yuri Serov, et. al. (10 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 10 BLC 94410 $49.49 This near-complete edition comprehends his three highly original symphonies, complete chamber music, songs, piano music, and his unfinished masterpiece opera Prince Igor.

Artists: Consantino Mastroprimiano, fortepiano (18 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 18 BLC 94379 $58.49 This 18-disc collection explores the development of Clementi’s distinctive style and spans his entire career from juvenilia to mature works. Costantino Mastroprimiano plays on 18th and 19th century instruments.

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Buxtehude: Complete Organ Music / Stella

Artists: Simone Stella, organ (6 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 6 BLC 94422 $29.99 The organ music of Dietrich Buxtehude is not solely an interesting precursor to the music of later masters, but is a body of work full of beauty in its own right.

Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Sting Quartets

Artists: Bartholdy Quartet (4 CD) (Acanta) 4 AANT 233596 $24.99 This recording won the most prestigious German music award known as the German Critics Award and the premier French award for musical recordings, known as the Grand Prix du Disque.

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

Artists: François Dumont, piano (5 CD) (Anima Records) 5 ANNR 90400001 $44.99 French pianist François Dumont has been awarded first prize in the Jean Françaix International Competition, the Steinway International Competition, the Lagny Competition and the Grand Piano Prize of Spedidam.

The RIAS Second Viennese School Project

Works by: Schönberg, Berg, Webern, Strauss Artists: Suzanne Danco, Rudolf Kolisch, Tibor Varga, Vegh Quartet, Berlin PO, Ferenc Fricsay et a. (4 CD) (Audite) 4 ADT 21412 $58.49 Each recording, made between 1949 and 1965, presents works composed between 1906 and 1950, illuminating interpretation of the New Viennese School as the movement was occurring and first understood.

Shostakovich Edition Box Set

This 51-disc release is the most complete Shostakovich edition ever compiled, performed by Russian musical luminaries and even featuring the composer himself in historic recordings. (51 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 51 BLC 9245 $127.99

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

Artists: Bart van Oort, piano (5 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 5 BLC 94429 $24.99 Bart van Oort is one of today’s foremost fortepiano players, and one who relishes the constant reinvention of works through restored period instruments and copied modern versions.

Cantatas by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Caldara / Max Emanuel Cencic

Artists: Max Emanuel Cencic; ornamente 99; Karsten Erik Ose (4 CD & DVD-Video) (Capriccio) 4 CAP 7142 $21.99 On Sale Max Emanuel Cencic was a member of the Vienna Boys’ Choir from 1987 to 1992, later retrained as a counter tenor who is now enjoying tremendous success.

Gary Bertini in Debussy, Ravel, Berlioz & Mahler Works: Gary

Bertini conducts Debussy, Ravel, Berlioz & Mahler Artists: Gary Bertini/Kölner Rundfunk-SinfonieOrchester (5 CD) (Capriccio) 5 CAP 7136 $21.99 On Sale

Antonio de Cabezón: Obras de Música

Works: Antonio de Cabezón Complete Edition. Artists: Claudio Astronio (organ, hpsi, regal)/ Harmonices Mundi; La Moranda; Quartetto Italiano di Viola da Gamba (7 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 7 BLC 94346 $33.49 Antonio de Cabezon was an important composer of the Spanish Golden Age of the 16th century. This complete recorded survey celebrates his remarkable body of work, style and mastery.

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Historical Organs of the Philippines

Artists: Guy Bovet, organ (Gallo) 4 GLO 1360 $79.49 The four-disc series of Historical Organs of the Philippines is offered in this box set as well as the individual discs.

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Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps 100th Anniversary A History [Collector’s Edition]

Included in this collection are all 38 versions ever made of the work from the catalogues of Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and Philips. The set also includes three recordings of the composers arrangement for piano duet as well as an historical 1935 recording from the archives of Deutsche Grammophon of Stravinskys Violin Concerto, conducted by the composer himself. (20 CD) (Decca) 20 DEC B001780902 $118.98 Four CD condensed version of the above project including an audio documentary. (4 CD) (Decca) . 4 DEC B001780802 $31.48

❦Beethoven For All [Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Symphonies and Piano Concertos. Artists: Daniel Barenboim/West-Eastern Divan Orch. (19 CD) (Decca) 19 DEC B001699900 $147.98 “The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s woodwind section deserves a gold medal. Rarely in any orchestra do you hear tone quite so gorgeous and ensemble so unified...” -The Independent

Francis Poulenc: Complete works 50th Anniversary Edition

EMI Classics has released this luxurious 20-CD box set of the French composer’s works performed by Pierre Bernac, Jacques Fevrier, Gabriel Tacchino, Georges Pretre and Emmanuel Pahud. Includes Dialogue des Carmelites with Regine Crespin. Piano and chamber works performed by Gabriel Tacchino, Alan Civil, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Pierre Fournier and Michel Debost. (20 CD) (EMI Classics) 20 EMI 721652B $55.98 On Sale

Alfred Cortot: Anniversary Edition

His exceptional touch and sense of phrasing made Alfred Cortot the absolute mastser pianist of his time. He was the teacher of numerous famous pupils, including Dinu Lipatti, Samson Francois and Clara Haskil. All the recordings presented in this comprehensive 40-CD set have been very carefully remastered in order to remain as faithful as possible to the original sound of each recording. (40 CD) (EMI) EMI 049072 $105.98 On Sale

Mahler: Symphonies 1-9

Artists: Valery Gergiev/London SO. Lilli Paasikivi; Zlata Bulycheva; Evgeny Nikitin; Sergey Semishkur; Liudmila Dudinova. (10 SA CD) (LSO Live (London SO) 10 LSO 0730 $68.99 The symphonies were originally released between 2008 and 2011 and will now be made available together for the first time as a specially priced and beautifully packaged ten SACD boxed set.

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New Releases Glenn Gould - The Complete Bach Collection [38 CDs and 6 DVDs] Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (38 CD & 6 DVD) (Sony Classical) 44 SNYC 88691961142 $124.99

Glenn Gould Plays Sonatas, Fantasies, Variations

Works by: Anhalt, Berg, Bizet, Grieg, Hetu, Krenek, Morawetz, Pentland, Prokofiev, Schumann, Sibelius (4 CD) (Sony Classical) 4 SNYC 88725413742 $21.49

Glenn Gould plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-3, 5-10 12-18, 23, 30-32 (6 CD) (Sony Classical) 6 SNYC 88725412862 $29.99

Glenn Gould plays Bach Partitas, Fantasies etc.

Works: J.S. Bach: 6 Partitas; Chromatic Fantasy; Italian Concerto; The Art of the Fugue (excerpts); Preludes, Fugues & Fantasies (4 CD) (Sony Classical) 4 SNYC 88725412772 $21.49

Glenn Gould plays Mozart

Works: Mozart: Piano Sonatas nos 1-18; Fantasias K 397 & 475; Piano Concerto no 24; Fantasia & Fugue, K.394 (5 CD) (Sony Classical) 5 SNYC 88725413592 $26.99

Glenn Gould plays Schoenberg

Works: Schoenberg: Klavierstucke; Piano Suite; Piano Concerto; Fantasy; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte; Lieder Artists: Robert Craft/CBC SO; Juilliard String Quartet. (4 CD) (Sony Classical) 4 SNYC 88725413642 $21.49

Glenn Gould plays Hindemith

Works: Hindemith: 3 Piano Sonatas; 5 Sonatas for Brass & Piano; Das Marienleben Artists: Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra brass section (4 CD) (Sony Classical) 4 SNYC 88725413572 $21.49

Glenn Gould plays Bach Suites

Works: Bach: English Suites; French Suites; Overture in the French Style (4 CD) (Sony Classical) 4 SNYC 88725411892 $21.49

Glenn Gould plays Bach: Well-Tempered I & II

Works: J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 & 2. (4 CD) (Sony Classical) 4 SNYC 88725412692 $21.49

Violinist Szymon Goldberg Centenary Edition, Vol. 2

Recordings were made of Goldberg (1909-1993) over virtually a 60-year period--perhaps one of the longest studio careers of any violinist and certainly most consistent in quality. This set gathers up all the 78rpm material, covering some 2 decades and presents the violinist in repertoire to which he did not return in later years. Vol.1 of this project was Musicweb International Record of the Year and gold medal winner from Diapason. (8 CD) (Music & Arts) 8 M&A 1225 $89.99

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...More New Boxed Sets Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

Artists: Murray Perahia, piano (63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos) (Sony Classical) 73 SNYC 88691912562 $179.99 In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present this limited edition box set which includes Murray Perahia’s complete recordings for the label. Featured are three performances available for the first time on CD. All analog and early digital recordings have been remastered. Also included are five DVDs with two previously unreleased BBC-TV programs, as well as three performances available for the first time on DVD, and an exquisite 180-page book.

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas

Artists: Michael Korstick, piano (10 CD) (Oehms) 10 OEH 125 $53.99 A great deal has been written about Michael Korstick’s interpretation of the Beethoven Sonatas, most of it extraordinary praise.

Debussy: The Piano Works

Artists: Martino Tirimo, piano (4 CD) (Musical Concepts) 4 MSLC 4002 $18.49 On Sale

Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1

Works: Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18, Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 6; Op. 59, No. 3; Op. 95; Op. 127; and Op. 131 Artists: Belcea Quartet (4 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) 4 ZIG 315 $43.49

Schubert: The Complete Symphonies

The Gunter Wand Edition

Works: Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 5; Brahms: Symphonies 1-4; Musorgsky: Pictures; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 Artists: Gunter Wand/NDR Sinfonieorchester. (5 CD) (Profil Edition) 5 PRF 12043 $66.99 Of the many conductors to emerge from the German tradition, Gunter Wand was among the greatest. This installment finds Wand focused on Romantic greats Bruckner, Brahms, Mussorgsky, and Tchaikovsky.

The Yuri Ahronovitch Edition

Works: Shostakovich, Franck, Bruckner & Wagner Artists: Yuri Ahronovitch/Bavarian RSO; Gurzenich-Orchester Koln; Stuttgart RSO; Vienna SO. (8 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) 8 PRF 12042 $97.49 On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the death of Yuri Ahronovitch Profil Edition Gⁿnter Hanssler presents an 8-disc celebration of that great conductor.

Love, Revelry and the Dance in Mediaeval Music

Works: Troubadours Songs, Trouvères Songs, Carmina Burana Artists: Millenarium; Namur Chamber Choir; Psallentes. (5 CD) (Ricercar) 5 RCR 328 $49.49

Leopold Stokowski: The Columbia Stereo Recordings

Works: Falla: El amor brujo; Wagner: “Symphonic Synthesis”; Transcriptions of Bach; Beethoven: “Emperor” Concerto (Glenn Gould); Ives: Symphony No. 4; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4; Bizet: Symphony in C and much more! Artists: Leopold Stokowski/American SO; National PO; Philadelphia Orch. (10 CD) (Sony Classical) 10 SNYC 88691971152 $38.99 Stokowski championed modern music with countless world premieres and in 1917 began a recording career that would last for sixty years.

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Artists: Jos van Immerseel/ Anima Eterna. (4 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) 4 ZIG 308 $43.49

50 Best American Classics

Works: Bamboula, My Old Kentucky Home, The Liberty Bell, Mood Indigo et al. Artists: Various (3 CD) (EMI Classics) 3 EMI 724482 $9.98 On Sale

100 Best American Classics

Works: An assortment of popular symphonies, concertos, solo instrumental works, chamber music, songs and operas highlights. (6 CD) (EMI Classics) 6 EMI 728002B $16.48 On Sale

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Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces (2 CD) (EMI Classics)

100 Best Operetta (6 CD) (EMI Classics)

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100 Best Classical Composers

Works by: Tallis, Boccherini, Mozart, Verdi, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Bartok et al. (6 CD) (EMI Classics) . 6 EMI 728222B $16.48 On Sale

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Essential Britten / Over 2 hours of Britten’s greatest masterworks (2 CD) (EMI Classics)

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All EMI DVDs On Sale Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Pappano, Domingo, Calleja [2 DVD]

Artists: Anthony Pappano/Orch. & Chorus of the ROH. Placido Domingo; Ferruccio Furlanetto; Joseph Calleja; Jonathan Summers; Marina Poplavskaya. (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) (Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, Color) 2 EMI 178259 $26.23 On Sale

Puccini: Tosca / Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [DVD]

Artists: Antonio Pappano/ROH Chorus; ROH Orch. Bryn Terfel; Angela Gheorghiu; Jonas Kaufmann; Jeremy White; Zheng Zhou. (EMI) (1 DVD-Video) EMI 040639 $21.98 On Sale (1 Blu-Ray) EMI 040649 $21.98 On Sale

That’s Entertainment - A Celebration of Classic MGM Musicals [DVD]

Songs: “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Steppin’ Out with My Baby,” “The Trolley Song,” “That’s Entertainment,” and many more. Artists: From the BBC Proms, live from Royal Albert Hall John Wilson/John Wilson Orch. (1 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) EMI 190049 $21.98 On Sale

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Jurowski, Finley [2 DVD]

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Artists: Vladimir Jurowski/Glyndebourne Chorus; Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment. Anna Samuil (Sop); Gerald Finley (Bar); Kate Royal (Sop). (2 DVD-Video) (EMI) 2 EMI 720179 $23.23 On Sale

❦Rossini: Le Comte Ory / Florez, Damrau [2 DVD]

Artists: Maurizio Benini/ MET Opera Orch. & Chorus. Diana Damrau; Juan Diego Flórez; Michele Pertusi; Joyce DiDonato; Stéphane Degout. (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) (Run Time: 165 min.; Region: 1; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color) 2 EMI 709599 $30.98 On Sale

Verdi: Don Carlo / Pappano, Royal Opera, Villazon, Keenlyside [2 DVD]

Artists: Anthony Pappano/ROH Covent Garden Orch. & Chorus. Rolando Villazón; Simon Keenlyside; Ferruccio Furlanetto; Sonia Ganassi; Eric Halfvarson. (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 316099 $30.98 On Sale

❦Verdi: Rigoletto / Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Florez, Fabio Luisi [DVD]

Artists: Fabio Luisi/Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. Diana Damrau; Juan Diego Flórez (Tnr); Zeljko Lucic (Bar). (1 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) EMI 418689 $21.98 On Sale

❦Puccini: La Rondine / Gheorghiu, Alagna [DVD] Artists: Marco Armiliato/MET Opera Orch. & Chorus. Roberto Alagna; Angela Gheorghiu; Marius Brenciu; Lisette Oropesa. (1 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) EMI 316189 $21.98 On Sale

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Cecilia Bartoli - “Viva Vivaldi” / Live from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees

Artists: Cecilia Bartoli, contralto. Il Giardino Armonico (1 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) EMI 165879 $21.98 On Sale A full-length concert from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, featuring a program of rare and beautiful arias from Vivaldi’s operas that catapulted Cecilia Bartoli to worldwide stardom!

Handel: Messiah / King’s College Choir [2 DVD]

Artists: Stephen Cleobury/Academy of Ancient Music; King’s College Choir. Ailish Tynan; Matthew Rose; Alice Coote; Allan Clayton. (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) (Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, Color) 2 EMI 681569 $30.98 On Sale

Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice / Kozena, Pettibon

Artists: John Eliot Gardiner/ Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Patricia Petibon; Magdalena Kozena; Madeline Bender. (1 DVD-Video) (EMI) EMI 165779 $21.98 On Sale John Eliot Gardiner conducts Hector Berlioz’s 1859 revision of Gluck’s ‘Orphee and Eurydice’.

Gounod: Faust / Gheorghiu, Alagna, Terfel, Pappano [2 DVD]

Artists: Anthony Pappano/ROH Covent Garden Orch. & Chorus. Bryn Terfel; Roberto Alagna; Angela Gheorghiu; Simon Keenlyside; Sophie Koch. (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 316119 $30.98 On Sale

Gluck: Alcesta / John Eliot Gardiner [DVD]

Artists: John Eliot Gardiner/ English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir. Anne Sofie von Otter; Paul Groves; Yann Beuron; Ludovic Tezier; Frédéric Caton. (1 DVD-Video) (EMI) EMI 165709 $21.98 On Sale

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Welser-Most

Artists: Franz Welser-Möst/Zurich Opera Orch. & Chorus. Michael Volle; Erwin Schrott; Malin Hartelius; Martina Jankova. (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 344819 $30.98 On Sale

D’Albert: Tiefland / Welser-Most [DVD]

Artists: Franz Welser-Möst/Zurich Opera Orch. & Chorus. Matthias Goerne; László Polgár; Petra Maria Schnitzer. (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 344829 $30.98 On Sale

Rudolf Nureyev, biography of the Russian Dancer

No performer on the world stage received so much acclaim and publicity, and no one gave away so little about their private life and thinking. In this definitive documentary made some twelve months before his death in 1993, Nureyev tells his own story in his own words. (1 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) EMI 165729 $21.98 On Sale

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❦Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 / Simon Rattle

Works: Bruckner: Symphony no 9 (four movement version) Artists: Simon, Rattle/Berlin PO. (1 CD) (EMI) EMI 529692 $14.48 On Sale “The lustre of the Berlin Philharmonic’s horns and strings is marvellous to behold; phrasing often is velvet-smooth. Whatever the mood, Rattle’s players deliver with passion...” -The Times “This is essential listening... the Berlin brass are stunning in the last few minutes.” -The Arts Desk Note: This performance includes the recently completed 4th movement.

❦Martha Argerich and Friends Live from Lugano Festival 2011

Works: Beethoven: Violin Sonata no 8; F.J. Haydn: Piano Trio in C major, H 15 no 27; Liszt: Concerto pathétique (I & II), for 2 pianos; W.A. Mozart: Sonata for piano 4 hands, K. 497; Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque, Op. 9; Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G; R. Schumann; Shostakovich; Juliusz Zarebski: Piano Quintet. Artists: Martha Argerich; Renaud & Gautier Capuçon; Sergio Tiempo. (3 CD) (EMI Classics) 3 EMI 447012B $16.48 On Sale “The highlight is an absolutely titanic account of Liszt’s flamboyant Concerto pathétique with Lilya Zilberstein: breathtaking.” -The Observer

Delius: The 150th Anniversary Edition

EMI Classics proudly presents a new collection of Frederick Delius’s finest recordings with new remasters. The 18-CD box set brings together performances by Sir Thomas Beecham and Eric Fenby plus Menuhin, du Pre, Tortelier, Baker, Shirely-Quirk and Bostridge. (18 CD) (EMI Classics) 18 EMI 841752C $67.48 On Sale

Enescu: Three Symphonies; Violin Sonata

Works: George Enescu (1881 - 1955): Violin Sonata no 3; Symphonies nos 1-3. Artists: Lawrence Foster/Lyon Nat’l Orch.; Monte-Carlo PO. Valeriy Sokolov (Vln); Svetlana Kosenko (Pno). (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 783932 $10.98 On Sale

Gustav Holst: The Collector’s Edition [6 CDs]

EMI Classics presents a magnificent collection that celebrates the life and career of English composer Gustav Holst. This set contains an outstanding selction of Holst’s greatest works as well as his obscure works. Performed by EMI artists including Sir Adrian Boult, Andre Previn, Sir Malcom Sagent, Imogen Holst and Sir Charles Groves. (6 CD) (EMI Classics) 6 EMI 404712 $22.98 On Sale

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❦Mahler: Symphony No. 6 / Pappano

Artists: Antonio Pappano/Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orch. (2 ECD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 844132B $21.98 On Sale “What a performance! Pappano treats Mahler’s opening movement with a restraint that reveals the itchy energy inside...[he] builds towards the finale with a sense of the inscrutable and a pile-driver bite.” -Classic FM Magazine “...a blazing energy and warmth that pays dividends all the way through.” -The Telegraph

❦Richter, Oistrakh and Rostropovich [Limited Ed.]

Works: Beethoven: “Triple” Concerto; Brahms: Violin Concerto; Concerto for Violin and Cello “Double”. Artists: Sviatoslav Richter (Pno); David Oistrakh (Vln); Mstislav Rostropovich (Clo). (2 SA CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 559782 $16.48 On Sale “The roster of artists is breathtaking... The soloists revel in the multiplicity of ideas.” -Penguin Guide

❦Debussy: Clair de lune / Natalie Dessay, Philippe Cassard

Songs by: Debussy. Artists: Natalie Dessay (Sop); Philippe Cassard (Pno); Catherine Michel (Harp); Karine Deshayes (Mzz Sop). (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 307692 $14.48 On Sale “That silvery soprano voice caresses these delicately perfumed offerings with loving regard for the meaning and poetry of every word.” -The Times

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❦Schubert: Lieder / Dietrich Fischer-Diskau [Limited Ed.]

Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano (4 SA CD) (EMI Classics) 4 EMI 559692 $30.98 On Sale “...The entrée to the lasting joys of German literature, to say nothing of the paradise of Lieder.” -Gramophone Magazine

Suppé: Requiem; Bontempo: Requiem / Michel Corboz

Works: Joao Domingos Bontempo (1775 - 1842): Requiem à la mémoire de Camoes, Op. 23; Franz von Suppé: Requiem. Artists: Michel Corboz/ Gulbenkian Orch. Michel Brodard; Angela Maria Blasi; Aquiles Machado; Reinaldo Macias; Elisabete Matos. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 028642 $10.98 On Sale

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❦Seraph - Trumpeter Alison Balsom

Works: Trumpet Concertos by Alexander Arutiunian; James MacMillan; Toru Takemitsu; Bernd Alois Zimmermann. Plus Traditional Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 785902 $14.48 On Sale “Balsom is a superb advocate, combining technical brilliance with penetrating musicianship” -BBC Music Magazine

❦Mendelssohn & Schumann / Otto Klemperer

Works: Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Symphonies nos 3 “Scottish” & 4 “Italian”. Artists: Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia Orch. (2 SA CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 559102 $16.48 On Sale

❦Kathleen Ferrier, contralto: The Complete EMI Recordings

Works: Songs & Arias by Bach; Brahms; Elgar; Gluck; Handel; Mahler; Mendelssohn; Purcell. Artists: Bruno Walter; Herbert von Karajan; Gerald Moore; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Isobel Baillie. (3 CD) (EMI Classics) 3 EMI 562842B $21.98 On Sale “As this set proves, the longer Ferrier sang the more uniquely expressive she became. Even now, almost 60 years on, her death still leaves a hole.” -The Times

Songs of the American Land / Salli Terri

Works: Colorado Trail; Old Time Religion; The Erie Canal; O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie; Oh, Dem Golden Slippers; Jubilee Songs. Songs by Richard Cumming, Stephen Foster, Benjamin R. Hanby plus American Traditional. Artists: Jack Halloran Quartet; Roger Wagner Chorale. Salli Terri (Mzz Sop). (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 829392 $10.98 On Sale

Karl Hartman: Symphonies 7 & 8; Piano Works

Works: Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905 - 1963): Jazz Toccata and Fugue for piano; Little Suites for piano nos 1 & 2; Sonata for Piano no 2 (“27 April 1945”); Sonatine for piano; Symphonies nos 7&8. Artists: Ingo Metzmacher/Bamberg SO. Siegfried Mauser (Pno). (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 784032 $10.98 On Sale

❦Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3; Caprice Bohemien / Vasily Petrenko, RLPO

Works: Rachmaninov: Caprice bohémien; Songs (14), Op. 34; Symphony no 3, Op. 44. Artists: Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool PO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 790192B $14.48 On Sale “The RLPO play magnificently...” -Gramophone

Orchestral music of Paul Dukas

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue; La Péri; Sonata for Piano in E flat minor; Sonnet “Amours,” for voice & piano; Symphony in C major; The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Artists: Michel Plasson; Jean Martinon/ORTF Nat’l Orch.; Paris Opera Orch.; John Ogdon (Pno); Philippe Jaroussky (CtrTnr) (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 783882 $10.98 On Sale

❦Karl Jenkins: The Peacemakers [Deluxe]

Works: Karl Jenkins (1944 - ): The Peacemakers, oratorio. Artists: Karl Jenkins. Chloe Hanslip (Vln); Laurence Cottle (Fretless Bass); Karl Jenkins (Pno); Clive Bell (Shakuhachi). (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 843782B $14.98 On Sale “Just about everyone has been roped in...fans will find this 70-minute plea for peace immaculately performed and recorded.” -The Times

❦Mozart: The Late Symphonies / Otto Klemperer [Limited Ed.]

Works: W.A. Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail; Symphonies nos 35 “Haffner”; 36 “Linz”; 38 “Prague”; 39 & 40. Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch. (3 SA CD) (EMI Classics) 3 EMI 559322 $23.23 On Sale “In the last two symphonies power and elegance stand side by side.” -Gramophone Magazine

❦Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 /

Artists: Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)/ASMF. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 787232 $10.98 On Sale “This is a quite extraordinary achievement. Not the least of its merits is that it leaves you loving the music as never before.” -Gramophone Magazine

❦Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc / Samson Francois

Works: Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Concerto for Piano left hand; Gaspard de la nuit; Valses nobles et sentimentales. Artists: André Cluytens/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. Samson Francois (Pno). (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 783182B $10.98 On Sale “Frantois’s record of the Left-Hand Concerto is played with tremendous vitality and spirit. Its attractions are further enhanced by a splendidly detailed and sonorous recording.” -Gramophone

❦Bach: Mass in B Minor / Baker, Gedda, Prey

Magnard: Guercoeur, opera / Michel Plasson

Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch. Giebel, Baker, Gedda, Prey, Crass. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 783152 $21.98 On Sale “The efforts of all concerned, under Klemperer’s inspiring direction, have provided in this towering masterpiece a spiritual experience thousands can now enjoy and profit from. It is a glorious achievement.” -Gramophone Magazine

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New DVD Videos f An Evening at the Royal Opera House - Famous arias and choruses [DVD]

Works: Various: Opera Highlights. Artists: ROH Orch. Bryn Terfel; Renée Fleming; Simon Keenlyside; Diana Damrau; Jonas Kaufmann. (1 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus Arte) (Run Time: 95 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): 24-bit LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) BOA 1086D $19.99 Showcasing outstanding productions from the stage of the Royal Opera House, An Evening with the Royal Opera brings together a collection of arias and choruses from some of the world’s favorite operas. Enjoy performances including The Barber of Seville, Carmen, Rigoletto, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote, and Falstaff sung by artists including Renee Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Jonas Kaufmann, Erwin Schrott, Teodor Illincai, Hibla Gerzmava, Miah Persson, Jose Cura, Ailish Tynan and Bryn Terfel.

An Evening with Royal Ballet [DVD]

Works: Highlights from Coppelia, Giselle, La fille mal gardee, Swan Lake, Sylvia, The Firebird, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty et al. Artists: ROH Orch. (1 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus Arte) (Run Time: 95 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): 24-bit LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) BOA 1087D $19.99 An Evening with the Royal Ballet brings together a fabulous collection of some of the world’s most beloved ballets. This disc showcases the outstanding productions from the stage of the Royal Opera House including CoppΘlia, Giselle, La fille mal gardΘe, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, Sylvia, The Firebird, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.

Ballet for Children - The Royal Ballet [4 DVD]

Works: Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Artists: Barry Wordsworth/ROH Orch.; Paul Murphy/Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Koen Kessels/ROH Orch. (4 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus Arte) 4 BOA 1090 $58.49 This unique collection brings together four jewels of the Royal Ballet repertoire that will delight and captivate young viewers the world over. Prepare to be enchanted by the timelessly colorful characters of Beatrix Potter including Peter Rabbit and friends; swept up in the magical world of Clara and her beloved Nutcracker; dazzled by Alice’s weird and wonderful adventures in Wonderland; and spellbound by the action in Prokofiev’s classic Peter and the Wolf.

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Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate [DVD]

Artists: Friedemann Layer/ Ensemble Modern. Martha Mödl (Mzz Sop); Horst Hiestermann (Mzz Sop); Hans Günther Nöcker (Bass). (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 88 min.; Region: Germany; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) AHM 101657 $29.99 In September 1984, as part of the Berlin Festival Week, the Deutsche Oper Berlin staged the world premiere of German composer Aribert Reimann’s opera “Die Gespenstersonate”. Based on the drama by the Swedish writer August Strindberg, the chamber opera tells the story of a student, who muses about the inhabitants of a fancy-looking house.

Christmas with the Vienna Boys’ Choir [DVD]

Works: Various Composers: Christmas Carols. Artists: Peter Marschik/Academy of London; Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna Studio Ensemble. Max Emanuel Cencic (CtrTnr); Ivan Sharpe (CtrTnr); Charles Humphries (CtrTnr); Robert Torday (CtrTnr). (1 DVD-Video) (Capriccio) (45 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) CAP 9004 $14.99 On Sale This DVD, set in the Augarten Palace which is the home of the world renowned Vienna Boy’s Choir, takes us behind the scenes as the boys rehearse and prepare for their most important celebration of the year- Christmas.

Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven Piano Sonatas nos 1-6 [DVD]

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Artists: Daniel Barenboim (Pno). (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 147 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) EUA 2066428 $24.99 In this historic release, digitally remastered and restored from original 35mm film, Daniel Barenboim begins his exploration of Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas: the “New Testament” of music. The sonatas were composed over a 25 year period and embody the shift from Classical to Romantic, requiring extraordinary versatility of musicianship.

Giuseppe Verdi: Attila [Blu-Ray]

Artists: Bruno Bartoletti/Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. Cristiano Cremonini (Tnr); Giovanni Battista Parodi (Tnr); Roberto de Biasio (Tnr); Susanna Branchini (Tnr); Sebastian Catana (Tnr). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C (Run Time: 128 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 721704 $38.99 C Major presents for the first time on Blu-ray the introduction to the opera Attila.

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Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Franz Welser-Most/Zurich Opera House Chorus; Zurich Opera House Orch. Michael Volle; Isabel Rey; Rodney Gilfry. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 161 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1) AHM 108050 $38.99 (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 161 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1) AHM 107285 $38.99 A staging of Claude Debussy’s only completed opera, Pelleas et Melisande, recorded live at the Zurich Opera House. The opera’s premiere in Paris in 1902 brought the new century to the stage. “When he sings he opens a formidable treasure chest of intelligent artistry... “Financial Times

Deutsche Oper Berlin: 100 Years, 1912-2012 [6 DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Fidelio; Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801): Il matrimonio segreto; W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni; Verdi: Don Carlos; Otello. Artists: Wolfgang Sawallisch/Deutsche Oper Berlin Orch.; Artur Rother/Giuseppe Patané/Lorin Maazel/ Ferenc Fricsay. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Bar); Renata Tebaldi (Bar); Christa Ludwig (Bar); Walter Berry (Bar); Josef Greindl (Bar). (6 DVD- (Run Time: 729 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, B&W; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Mono) 6 AHM 107522 $97.49 For its 100th anniversary the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents a special edition of live recordings. This special edition box contains the live recordings from the 1960s - treasures in black and white featuring the greatest opera stars of the 20th century in unforgotten roles and settings.

Ferdinand Herold: La fille mal Gardée [DVD]

Artists: John Lanchbery/ROH Chorus; ROH Orch. David Blair; Stanley Holden; Nadia Nerina. (1 DVD-Video) (ICA Classics) (Run Time: 93 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, B&W; Sound Fmt(s): Mono) ICA 5088 $24.99 La Fille mal Gardee, or ‘The Badly Guarded Girl’, is one of the best-loved comic ballets of all time. This DVD showcases Frederick Ashton’s version - widely regarded as the definitive interpretation. This performance featured the cast of the original, with Nadia Nerina as Lise (a role that Ashton created her with mind). This is the first release of this material on DVD.

Schubert: Winterreise; Die schone Mullerin [DVD]

Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Bar), Alfred Brendel, Andras Schiff. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 211 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color) AHM 107523 $29.99 Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise was written late in his life. It is regarded both as a highlight of the genre and as the touchstone by which lieder singers are judged. To succeed in interpreting Winterreise is the artistic equivalent of a patent of nobility for a singer.

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Explore the World from you Armchair! A Musical Journey: France Burgundy; Pays de la Loire; Franche-Momté [DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Sympony No. 6 “Pastoral” (1 DVD-Video) (Naxos (USA) NXS 2110298 $8.99 On Sale The Places: The tour of France takes us to Burgundy, to the Pays de la Loire, to Franche-Comte and elsewhere and includes glimpses of the 17th century Chateau de Cheverny, with its hunting museum and souvenirs of the chase, and the Chateau d’Arlay, with its site for falconry. The restored gardens of the Chateau de Villandry are seen in their formal lay-out. The Music: The music chosen to accompany the tour of the fertile and varied landscapes of France is by Beethoven and consists principally of his Pastoral Symphony, a work that reflects his feelings, as he recollects a visit to the countryside.

A Musical Journey: Night Music, Vol. 2 - Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland [DVD]

Works: Music by Mozart, Handel, Telemann, Fauré et al. (1 DVDVideo) (Naxos (USA) NXS 2110315 $8.99 On Sale The Places: The scenes shown all breathe an air of peace and tranquility. Starting with an evening landscape in Bohemia, we move to a lake in the Tyrol, to the Museo Vela, with its gesso figures, Bavarian craftsmen fashioning glass and the Corniche near Cannes, in the South of France. The Music: The music chosen, like the scenes it accompanies, suggest the calm of night. There are movements from Handel and Telemann, from concertos by Mozart for horn and for flute, and a Chopin Prelude. There is a Spanish element in the music of two French composers, Bizet and Massenet, and an air of nostalgia evoked in Faure’s Pavane.

A Musical Journey: Switzerland - A visit to the Canton of Ticino (Tessin) [DVD]

Works: Schumann: Piano Concerto; Intermezzi (1 DVDVideo) (Naxos (USA) NXS 2110313 $8.99 On Sale The Places: The Canton of Ticino (German Tessin) is the only Swiss canton to have Italian as its official language. It is bounded on three sides by Italy and boasts spectacular mountain scenery, with waterfalls, rivers and lakes. The Music: It was particularly after Schumann’s marriage that he turned his attention to larger scale compositions, of which his Piano Concerto is an example, inspired by his wife.

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New DVD Videos for D Handel: Rinaldo [DVD]

Artists: Harry Bicket/Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orch. David Daniels; Deborah York; David Walker. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 164 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1) AHM 100389 $38.99 “Opera-goers were quick to latch onto such a glittering and star-studded production. David Alden’s production of Rinaldo was a riot from beginning to end, brilliantly designed by Paul Steinberg and Buki Shiff. The singing was fabulous [...] A great and representative show.” The Times

Giuseppe Verdi: Attila [DVD]

Artists: Bruno Bartoletti/Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. Cristiano Cremonini (Tnr); Giovanni Battista Parodi (Tnr); Roberto de Biasio (Tnr); Susanna Branchini (Tnr); Sebastian Catana (Tnr). (1 DVD-Video) (C Majo (Run Time: 128 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) CME 721608 $29.99 C Major presents this installment to the Tutto Verdi series with the introduction to the opera Attila.

Jascha Heifetz In Performance [DVD]

Works by: Mozart, Prokofiev, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Gershwin, J.S. Bach, Bruch. Bonus: “Back home with his pupils” Artists: (1 DVD-Video) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88691998469 $11.99 Jascha Heifetz is considered to be one of the finest violinists of all time. His technical command of the instrument and his physical ability to play the violin with stunning precision is regarded by many critics as unequaled. The ‘Heifetz in Performance’ DVD captures the legendary violinist at his peak and features selections of his favorite repertoire. Included in the program are several short works for violin and piano performed in recital with accompanist Brooks Smith, a recording session for the Bach Chaconne, a concert performance of Bruch’s ‘Scottish Fantasy’ with the Orchestre National de France and candid comments by Heifetz on aspects of music teaching and his personal views.

Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem [Blu-Ray]

Artists: Maazel. Lorin /Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Symphonica Toscanini. Francesco Meli; Norma Fantini; Rafal Siwek; Anna Smirnova. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 97 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1) EUA 2072434 $38.99 The performance of Verdi’s famous Messa da Requiem celebrating Toscanini’s fiftieth anniversary of death in 2007 took place at the beautiful basilica of St Mark’s in Venice, where it was first performed on 22 May 1874 to mark the first anniversary of the death of the Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni.

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Solti conducts Mendelssohn & Brahms (rec. 1971 at the Edinburgh Festival) [DVD]

Works: Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Artists: Georg Solti/Chicago SO. (1 DVD-Video) (ICA Classics) (Run Time: 67 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, B&W; Sound Fmt(s): Mono) ICA 5089 $24.99 Recorded in 1971, the film on this DVD is taken from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s appearance at the Edinburgh Festival in the same year: their first ever concert outside America. This is the first release of this material on DVD and is the first in a series of Sir Georg Solti/CSO releases to come from ICA Classics to celebrate Solti’s centenary.

Handel: Rodelinda [Blu-Ray]

Artists: Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe, Matthew Diamond. Harry Bicket/Metropolitan Opera Orch. & Chorus. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Decca) DEC B001745259 $36.98 Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth’s celebrated production of Handel’s Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide. The title role is unique in featuring no less than eight magnificent arias. Renee Fleming’s triumph in the first run of the production was hailed by The New York Times as Ms Fleming draws on every resource of her artistry in this portrayal: luminous sound, exquisite ornamentation, floating high notes, emotional volatility. Playing opposite her is Decca Classics countertenor star, Andreas Scholl, as King Bertarido, assumed dead, but returning to reclaim his throne and his queen. The handsome period production sets the drama of public and private passion in the Milan of Handel’s own time. Set designs by Thomas Lynch and the lavish costumes of Martin Pakledinaz.

Handel: Agrippina / Konrad Junghanel [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Konrad Junghanel/Saarlandisches Staatsorchester; Geb, Matsui, Wiles, Braun, Cordier, Simper, Wachter, Baehr. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Intergroove Media) IGRV IGC0059 $43.49 (2 DVD-Video) (Intergroove Media) 2 IGRV IGC0049 $33.49

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Legacy: Rostropovich and Britten [DVD]

Works: Britten: Gloriana, symphonic suite for tenor (or oboe) & orchestra, Op. 53a; Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 62; Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture; Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33. Artists: Benjamin Britten/ Aldeburgh Festival Singers; English CO. Mstislav Rostropovich (Clo); Peter, Sir Pears (Tnr). (1 DVDVideo) (ICA Classics) (Run Time: 68 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, B&W; Sound Fmt(s): Mono ) ICA 5025 $24.99

Offenbach’s Secret - A film by Istvan Szabo [DVD]

Works: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): Les deux pêcheurs, operetta in 1 act. Artists: Jia Lu/Saarbrucken RSO. Laurence Dale; Graham Clark. (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 149 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): DD 2.0) EUA 2012488 $24.99 In Offenbachs’s Secret, Academy Award winning director Istvßn Szab≤ throws new light on the timeless interplay between power, helplessness, courage and conformity in his character studies of two of the most scintillating personalities of France’s DeuxiΦme Empire: composerentrepreneur Jacques Offenbach, and his aristocratic patron Charles de Morny.

Robert Schumann: The Four Symphonies [BluRay or DVD]

Works: R. Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major (“Spring”), Op. 38; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 3 in E flat major (“Rhenish”), Op. 97; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120. Artists: Paavo Järvi/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) (Run Time: 262 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) CME 712004 $38.99 (1 DVD-Video) (C Major Video) (Run Time: 262 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) CME 711908 $29.99 Schumann at Pier2 is not a usual concert film; it shows the 4 Symphonies of Schumann from a new perspective. Stars of the film are the conductor Paavo JΣrvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and its filmed at “Pier2”, a former dockyard in the harbour of Bremen.

Rodion Shchedrin: Russian Composer Interviews, live performances and archival material [2 DVD]

Works: Rodion K. Shchedrin (1932 - ): Anna Karenina; Rodion Shchedrin (1932 - ): Dialogues with Shostakovich; Parabola Concertante, for cello, strings & timpani; Rodion K. Shchedrin (1932 - ): Two Tangos by Albéniz. Artists: Shchedrin, Argerich, Gergiev, Jansons et al.; Mikhail Pletnev/Russian Nat’l Orch. David Geringas (Clo). (2 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 218 min.; Region: Germany; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) 2 AHM 101663 $24.99 “This DVD is a documentation of my lifetime achievement as a musician. My career is sketched in a selection of interviews, archive material and live performances that keep record of what I have accomplished so far.” - Rodion Shchedrin

Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Corrado Rovaris/ Orchestre Sinfonica Giovanni Rossini. Maria José Moreno; Yijie Shi; Victoria Zaytseva. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 129 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio) AHM 108061

$38.99 (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 129 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1) AHM 101647 $29.99 “What a pleasure to listen to Demetrio e Polibio”, wrote major Italian daily La Stampa after the premiere of Rossini’s very first opera at the 2010 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, attributing it “an undeniable fascination”. The work was given its first performance in Rome in 1812.

Salvatore Accardo: Masterclass in Cremona 2011, Vol. 1 [DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908): Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 25. Artists: Laura Marzadori (Vln); Lucia Luque (Vln). (1 DVD-Video) (Dynamic) (Run Time: 72 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) DYN 33693 $31.99 Salvatore Accardo is considered to be one of today’s most celebrated violinists. Dynamic is happy to feature a series of DVDs proposing the master classes held by Salvatore Accardo in Cremona at the famous Walter Stauffer Musicology Centre in 2011. These classes are dedicated to the most famous pieces of the violin repertoire (both chamber and virtuosic music).

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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - “Once Upon a Christmas” [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Seymour, Gunn, Elliott, Wilberg, Murphy Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (1 BluRay Video) (Mormon Tabernacle) MRMT 5082357 $29.99 (1 DVD-Video) (Mormon Tabernacle) ... MRMT 5082356 $24.99 Once again, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square bring you a Christmas experience of magnificent proportion on CD. Teaming up with Emmy award - winning actress Jane Seymour and powerful operatic baritone Nathan Gunn, Once Upon a Christmas is a powerful performance filled with the magic of the holidays. Join an audience of over 80,000 in the Conference Center at Temple Square in Salt Lake City and bring home this stunning storytelling and musical performance today!

The Wagner Edition [25 DVD]

Works: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883): Die Mestersinger von Nürnberg; Wagner: Lohengrin; Parsifal; Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman. Artists: Kent Nagano/Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin; EuropaChorAkademie Mainz; Lyon National Opera Chorus; Royal Danish Opera Chorus; Royal Danish Opera Orch.; Vladimir Jurowski/Glyndebourne Chorus; London PO; Harmut Haenchen/Netherlands Opera Chorus; N (Run Time: 2450 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): 24-bit LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) 25 BOA 1095BD $243.99 Presented here are all of Wagner’s mature operas from seven leading European opera houses recorded during the last decade. Featuring many acclaimed Wagner singers of our age, these productions exult in the force of Ezra Pound’s dictum, ‘Great art is news that stays news’. The directors Harry Kupfer, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, David McVicar and others heed Wagner’s own persuasive plea, ‘Children, make it new’, in stagings employing modern technology within grand designs that face up to the breadth of Wagner’s dramatic genius and the social and political implications.

Verdi: Giovanna d’Arco [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Bruno Bartoletti/Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. Renato Bruson; Luigi Petroni; Maurizio Lo Piccolo; Svetla Vassileva; Evan Bowers. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) (Run Time: 125 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, PCM 2.0) CME 721304 $38.99 (1 DVD-Video) (C Major Video) (125 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) CME 721208 $29.99 Here for the first time on BluRay is the introduction to the opera Giovanna d┤Arco conducted by Bruno Bartoletti with the MET, Royal Opera House, Salzburg Festival, and Paris Opera.

The Enchanted Island [DVD]

Works: A baroque pastiche with music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau et al. Artists: William Christie/ Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orch. Placido Domingo; David Daniels; Joyce DiDonato; Luca Pisaroni; Danielle De Niese. (2 DVD-Video) (Virgin Classics) 2 VCL 042499 $23.48

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❦Philippe Jaroussky: La voix des Reves, Greatest Moments in Concert [DVD]

Artists: Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor. (1 DVD-Video) (Virgin Classics) VCL 026659 $23.98 “The fireworks really ignited whenever Jaroussky took the stage... he owns a winning stage presence and a pure, radiant countertenor/ soprano voice.” -The Los Angeles Times

Verdi: I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata [Blu-Ray]

Artists: Daniele Callegari/Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. Michele Pertusi; Francesco Meli; Dimitra Theodossiou; Roberto de Biasio; Daniele Callegari. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) (154 min.; Pic Fmt: BluRay, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 720704 $38.99 The foremost voices in Verdi interpretation today have gathered in the historic Teatro Regio di Parma to present I Lombardi, for the uninitiated a hidden treasure nestled in Verdi’s vast catalogue. For the first time Blu-ray video and audio unite to bring this gem to sparkling new heights of picture and sound. Also available on DVD as part of the “Tutto Verdi” series.

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Toscanini Unreleased [DVD]

Works: Never before seen images and mementos / Filmed at Lake Maggiore, Milan, Lucerne, New York and Riverdale. (1 DVD-Video) (Concerto) (Run Time: 63 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, B&W; Sound Fmt(s): Dolby Digital 2.1) CTO 2074 $19.99 “Toscanini unreleased” is a portrait of an incredible man, one who had a phenomenal life, many virtues and a few vices. He conducted orchestras throughout the world, including the Lucerne Festival, which he opened to great acclaim in 1938, and the inaugural concert at the reopening

Sin pecado concebido (Conceived without sin) - Tango dance performance [DVD]

Works:Various: Tangos. Artists: Compania No Bailaras; Perla Flores, violin; Cristian Asato, piano, Matias Rubino, bandoneon. (1 DVD-Video) (Acqua Records) (Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color) AQUA 363 $29.99 Conceived without sin DVD is a show that has performed in cities around the world. The repertoire is based on many of the best composers of the new generation of Tango.

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Alfredo Casella: Orchestral Works

Alfredo Casella: La donna serpente; Introduzione, Aria e Toccata; Partita, Op. 42. Artists: Sun Hee You, piano. Francesco La Vecchia/Roma SO (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8573005 $8.99 On Sale This latest disc in the Naxos series of Casella’s orchestral music represents what Casella felt was his ‘definitive personality’.

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Artists: Gould, Stemme, Youn, Breedt, Reuter. Marek Janowski/Berlin Radio Chorus; Berlin RSO. (3 SA CD) (PentaTone Classics) 3 PTE 5186404 $49.49 The fifth release in the new Wagner Edition, comprising all ten major operas performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and Chor

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Schubert: Winterreise; Schone Mullerin [DVD]

Artists: Dietrich FischerDieskau (Bar), Alfred Brendel, Andras Schiff. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Time: 211 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color) AHM 107523 $29.99 Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise was written late in his life. It is regarded both as a highlight of the genre and as the touchstone by which lieder singers are judged. To succeed in interpreting Winterreise is the artistic equivalent of a patent of nobility for a singer. Dietrich Fischer Dieskau was considered a master in this repertoire.

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