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“Viva Verdi! Viva Villazon!”

Villazon’s dark-toned and passionate voice, fiery temperament and individual style of singing (which manages to be both virile and refined at the same time) make him an ideal interpreter of Verdi’s heroes - both the regular heroes and the more troubled ones. It’s safe to assume that for a long time to come, “Viva Verdi!” will trigger the response “Viva Villazon!” VCL 357112C $8.98

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❦Stephen Hough’s French Album

Works: Alkan, Chabrier, Debussy, Delibes, Faure et al. Artists: Stephen Hough (Pno). (1 CD) HYP 67890 $18.99 “A substantial feast of of masterly pianism... In Clair de lune and Chaminade’s once ubiquitous Automne, now rarely heard, Hough conjures up a heart-catching melancholy that put me in mind of Cherkassy. I can’t offer higher praise.” -Gramophone Awards Issue 2012

❦Jean Françaix: Music for Winds

Works: Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997): L’ heure du berger; Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon nos 1&2. Artists: Kammervereinigung Berlin. Frank-Immo Zichner (Pno). (1 CD) (MD&G) MDG 6030557 $16.99 On Sale “A continuing source of delight... delicious playing and enchantingly lighthearted music.” -Penguin Guide

❦Schreker: Die Gezeichneten / Zagrosek

Artists: Muff, Pederson, Polgar, Connell. Lothar Zagrosek/Berlin German SO (3 CD) (Decca) 3DEC B001727302 $23.48 “What Zagrosek’s gloriously recorded version demonstrates is the range of atmospheric beauty in the score. Zagrosek draws dedicated playing and singing from the massive ensemble, and the beautifully balanced sound is of demonstration quality.” -The Penguin Guide

Jan Lisiecki Plays Mozart

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Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 20 & 21 / Jan Lisiecki

Here is the Deutsche Grammophon debut of Canadian phenomenon, Jan Lisiecki, who is at the age of 16, already a household name in his home country. Christian Zacharias and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra embrace Jan Lisiecki’s piano with crystalline sonorities - perfect for this music. DGG B001688802 $14.98

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Ludvig Jensen Symphonic Works Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969)

Here is how the author of the booklet notes describes Jensen’s work: “He towers above most of his colleagues, not only in wealth of invention, thematic coherence, and phenomenal orchestration, but especially in his mastery of nuance and his far-reaching control of the harmonic process. Hardly any of his contemporaries can match his masterly handling of modulation.” 2 CPO 777347 $31.99

Fischer-Dieskau Limited Edition

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Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs]

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died in May last year, was undoubtedly one of the great artistic talents of the 20th century - and one of most recorded singers ever. DG has made available an impressive number of his legendary recordings, presenting his achievements as lied and opera singer, and singer of sacred arias. (Deutsche Grammophon) 25 DGG B001792900 $118.98

Mahler Symphonies 1-10

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Conductors: Lorin Maazel; Fabio Luisi; Marris Jansons; Eliahu Inbal; Daniel Harding; Bernard Haitink; Daniele Gatti; Ivan Fischer; Pierre Boulez. (RCO Live) (11 Blu-Ray) 11 RCOL 12102 $124.99 . (11 DVD) 11 RCOL 12101 $124.99 The videos in this boxed set of live HD recordings of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra were filmed during the 20092011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone (23 CD & DVD) (Deutsche Grammophon) . 25 DGG B001792900 $118.98 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died in May last year, was undoubtedly one of the great artistic talents of the 20th century - and one of most recorded singers ever. With this release, DG has made available an impressive number of his legendary recordings, in lied, opera and sacred arias.

Brahms: Violin Concerto, Clara Schumann / Batiashvili, Thielemann

Following her critically hailed Deutsche Grammophon debut, Echoes of Time, violin virtuosa Lisa Batiashvili meets every challenge of Brahms’s monumental Violin Concerto. With maestro Christian Thielemann and the instrumentalists of the Staatskapelle Dresden, for whom German Romanticism is the birthright, Lisa Batiashvili’s elegant, eloquent artistry finds ideal partners. DGG B001792302 $17.98

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This latest album - his fifth with Telarc and second with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - is the follow up to his previous chart-topping album, which won Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice Award. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra also presents selections from Má vlast, Bedrich Smetana’s patriotic musical ode to his home country, Czechoslovakia. TLC 34030 $17.98

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Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata; Cello Suites / Alban Gerhardt

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Elgar: Cello Concerto; Smetana / Zuill Bailey, cello

Britten’s long friendship with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most inspiring and fruitful musical collaborations in history. It led directly to the composition of some of the most important works for cello of the twentieth century. Alban Gerhardt performs this body of works in its entirety, including the Cello Sonata with Steven Osborne and the Cello Symphony with the BBC Scottish Symphony. 2 HYP 67941 $40.49

Dohnanyi: Complete Piano Music Vol 2 / Martin Roscoe

This second volume of Dohnányi’s piano music focuses on early works from the period 1897 to 1907, when Dohnányi was still establishing himself within the great lineage of composer–pianists. A highlight of the album is the Variations and Fugue on a theme of EG, Op 4—a monumental work that would soon be hailed by the Viennese press as ‘the most valuable enrichment of music literature since Brahms’. HYP 67932 $18.99

Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 20 & 21 / Jan Lisiecki, piano; Zacharias

Here is the Deutsche Grammophon debut of Canadian phenomenon, Jan Lisiecki, who is at the age of 16, already a household name in his home country. Christina Zacharias, highly respected for his Mozart interpretations both as pianist and conductor, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra embrace Jan Lisiecki’s piano with crystalline sonorities - perfect for this music. DGG B001688802 $14.98

Rolalndo Villazon Sings Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor

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Dutilleux: Correspondences / Barbara Hannigan; Anssi Karttunen

Dutilleux’s Correspondences (2003), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, has never been recorded. The composer asked his former pupil, Esa-Pekka Salonen, to record, while he could still attend the sessions - which he did - making this World Premiere recording a document of historical significance. Joining the superb Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is soloist, soprano Barbara Hannigan. DGG B001794402 $17.98

Johann Rosenmuller: Sonatas 1682 / Musica Fiata

Rosenmueller’s 1682 sonatas, although written after he returned to Germany, clearly show the fruits of the nearly 25 years he spent in Venice. To quote the scholar Wollny, “Thanks to his great fame and good connections to German courts, Rosenmueller’s music had a truly formative stylistic impact on German music.” CPO 777688 $16.99

Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969): Symphonic Works / Trondheim SO

Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Les Biches

Artists: Marlis Petersen, soprano. Stuttgart Radio SO, Stephane Deneve Stéphane Dénève, the new principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of SWR, makes his debut recording with a thoughtful program of Poulenc. The charmingly frivolous Les Biches, a ballet with chorus, is balanced by the hauntingly passionate Stabat Mater. HAN 93297 $18.99

Verdi: Requiem; Te Deum / Arturo Toscanini

Artists: Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Jussi Bjorling, Nicola Moscona. Originally released in 1986, this set was one of Music & Arts classical best sellers for well over a decade, and was reissued in improved sound in 2003 due to popular demand. Harvey Sachs writes in his liner notes “... we are unlikely to hear a more overwhelming performance of the work than this one, ever.” M&A 1269 $16.99

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Schumann: Complete Recordings Maurizio Pollini

Long recognized as a supreme Schumann interpreter, one of “unfaltering poise” and “magisterial talent” by Gramophone, Maurizio Pollini recorded a wide selection of solo works and the Piano Concerto between 1973 and 2002. Here, in a single box for first time, are all of his acclaimed Schumann recordings on Deutsche Grammophon. “Pollini’s intensity belies his age in this commanding performance of vibrant young Schumann from a truly magisterial talent.” -Gramophone 4 DGG B001792702 $33.98

Otto Klemperer conducts Johannes Brahms

The set features all four symphonies as well as the Acadamic Festival Overture and Tragiv Overtures and the “Haydn” Variations. In 1961 Klemperer returned to recording Brahms by committing to disc his classic performance of Ein deutsches Requiem with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. 4 EMI 043382 $17.98

Otto Klemperer conducts Concertos

From this set, the Violin Concertos by Beethoven and Brahms were recorded with Yehudi Menuhin in 1966 and David Oistrakh in 1960 respectively. A further disc of Piano Concertos of Liszt No. 1 and Schumann was made with Annie Fischer in 1960/2. Also included are the Mozart Horn Concertos with Alan Civil from 1960 and the Beethoven Piano Concertos with Daniel Barenboim, issued in 1968. 6 EMI 043482 $23.48

Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Trio Sonatas, Vol. 2

Artists: Igor Ruhadze, violin; Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

Renowned for exploring the very top register of his instrument, Locatelli is today considered the founding father of the modern virtuoso style; spanning 5CDs, this compilation celebrates the genius of a man whose violin sonatas occupy an significant position in the history of the string repertoire. 5 BLC 94423 $25.99

Benjamin Britten: The Orchestral Works

EMI Classics has released ‘Britten: The Orchestral Works’. One of the most innovative and imaginative composers of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten was a master of the orchestral genre. This extensive 8-CD collection features some of his greatest works, including the evocative Four Sea Interludes, the powerful and majestic Sinfonia da Requiem, the virtuosic Young Person s Guide to the Orchestra and the brilliantly colorful ballet score The Prince of the Pagodas. 8 EMI 781602 $31.48

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Music of James Whitbourn & Muzio Clementi James Whitbourn: Annelies (chamber version) Artists: Arianna Zukerman, soprano; Bharat Charidra, clarinet; James Jordan/ Westminster Williamson Voices; Lincoln Trio. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573070 $9.99 The first major choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank takes the teenager’s remarkable and penetrating observations, written whilst hiding in an Amsterdam attic, as the basis of its extraordinary and moving libretto. Whitbourn’s music for this work has been described as “woundingly beautiful” (The Daily Telegraph). He reflects sounds of the Westerkerk bells and tunes heard on the radio in the Annexe, along with representations of Anne Frank’s Jewish and German heritage, details that add to a score “whose respectful understatement is its greatest strength” ( The Times).

Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Janacek: Idyll / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO

Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle Sym. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572698 $9.99 Dvorak’s was a strong voice in the re-establishment of Czech musical identity, and the noble themes, open landscapes and dancing Scherzoof the Symphony No. 6 bear the stamp of a genius at his height. The work can also be heard as a tribute to Brahms, who had helped him earlier in his career. Janßcek’s charming Idyll reflects his preoccupation with Moravian folk-songs and rhythms as well as the influence of his friend Dvorßk, identified by Jaroslav Vogel as the work’s “spiritual godfather”.

Idil Biret Archive Edition, Vol. 14

Works: Prokofiev: Sonata no 7; Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances; Suite, Op. 14; Bulgarian Dances. Artists: Idil Biret, piano (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8571296 $9.99 “All the works [on this CD] require a pianist of true class, because each of them presents challenges demanding something quite different from traditional technique. It has to be said that the young Idil Biret exceeds all expectations. This Turkish artist appeared in Brussels (1959) at the tender age of eighteen. Her virtuosity is astonishing, encompassing clarity, rhythmical rigor, precision and strength or delicacy, as required. She can play at great speed and maintain runs of impeccable luminosity. Her flexible touch conjures a thousand surprising effects; some notes and chords explode like whip-cracks, while others caress the keys, and there is an extraordinary purity to her polyphonic playing. In the hands of an artist of such superior qualities, the very particular characteristics of both Bartok’s and Prokofiev’s piano writing are brought out to the full.”

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Muzio Clementi: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / La Vecchia, OS di Roma

Artists: Francesco La Vecchia/ Orch. Sinfonica di Roma. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573071 $9.99 Muzio Clementi was ‘The Father of the pianoforte’, a performer, teacher, publisher and manufacturer of pioneering importance. But in addition to the works for piano, he also wrote a series of symphonies which, along with Cherubini’s D major Symphony(Naxos 8.557908), are the only works by an Italian composer to stand comparison with the great Viennese symphonies of the time. Colorful, characterful and atmospheric, these important works show the influence of Haydn, but also, in their orchestral richness, of Beethoven and Schubert.

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri: Piano Music, Vol. 1

Works: Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993): Piano Music, Vol. 1. Artists: Max Barros, piano (2 CD) (Naxos (USA) 2 NXS 8572626 $19.99 Mozart Camargo Guarnieri was the most important Brazilian composer next to Villa-Lobos. Guarnieri’s piano music embodies his most distinctive stylistic features. One of his most beloved works, the Danτa Negra shares folk-music inspiration with the Suite Mirim . The Ponteios are characterized by an enormous variety of Brazilian music styles and moods, and the Sonata can be seen as a summary of Guarnieri’s musical personality. Max Barros’s “unfaltering brio and a complete command of the idiom” (Gramophone) can also be heard in Guarnieri’s Piano Concertos.

Joseph Merk - Music for Cello & Piano

Works: Joseph Merk: Fleurs d’Italie; Air suisse varié et Rondeau; Valses brillantes. Artists: Martin Rummel, cello; Roland Kruger, piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572759 $9.99 Joseph Merk was the most outstanding cellist in Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century. Although Beethoven’s Triple Concerto was not originally written for him, Merk’s performances established it as an important work, and he was the dedicatee of Chopin’s Introduction et Polonaise brillante . He was also a formidable composer for his own instrument, creating a dazzling series of instrumental episodes in his Fleurs d’Italie, based on operatic motifs by Donizetti and Verdi. The Valses brillantes bridge the gap, in classic virtuoso fashion, between Schubert’s piano dances and Johann Strauss the Elder’s grand gestures.

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New from Naxos Reinhold Gliere: Duets with Cello, complete

Francois Couperin: Suites for Viola da gamba

Artists: Martin Rummel and Alexander Hulshoff, cellos; Friedemann Eichhorn, violin; Till Alexander Korber, piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572713 $9.99 A highly decorated composer in Soviet Russia, Reinhold Gliere maintained a low political profile and a conservative but astonishingly inventive melodic style. His interest in national harmonies and folk-music emerges in the Twelve Album Leaves, and his remarkably important contribution to cello repertoire is demonstrated both in his mastery of small forms in the Duets Op. 39, and a unique ability to create orchestral sonorities in the Duets Op. 53, a rare example of an original cycle for the delightful combination of two cellos.

Works: Francois Couperin: Suites for Viola da gamba nos 1 & 2; Suite for Harpsichord no 27. Artists: Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba; Aapo Hakkinen, harpsichord (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8570944 $9.99 Franτois Couperin wrote some of France’s greatest music in the classical style. The Suites for Viola da gamba and Harpsichordare late works, published in 1728, and are perfect examples of his richly expressive style which here draws upon Italian models as well as, perhaps, celebrating another genius of the French school, Marin Marais, who had died in the year the Suites were published. Intense and passionate, the suites offer lyricism and virtuosity, Italian bravura and French richness.

Peter Maxwell Davies: Piano Concerto

Works: Mozart: Divertimenti Nos. 11, K251 & 17, K334. Artists: Helmut Muller-Bruhl/Cologne CO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8570990 $9.99 Overflowing with Mozart’s characteristic melodic invention and deliciously abundant wit, these two celebratory Divertimentiare both associated with his time in Salzburg. K. 251 was probably written for the name-day of Mozart’s sister Nannerl, and K. 334 for the university graduation of a prosperous family friend.

Works: Peter Maxwell Davies: Piano Concerto; Worldes Blis. Artists: Kathryn Stott, piano. Peter Maxwell Davies/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572357 $9.99 Dedicated to Kathryn Stott, Peter Maxwell Davies’s Piano Concerto is “one of the most attractive and immediately likeable piano concertos to appear for some time. Miss Stott’s performance must be regarded as definitive in its comprehensive grasp of the work’s multi-facted appeal.” ( The Sunday Telegraph) The symphonic “Motet for Orchestra” Worldes Blisunites medieval plainchant with the emotional impact of early 20th century expressionism, having “an organic concentration that is unsurpassed in his output” (Gramophone).

Idil Biret Archive Edition, Vol. 13: / Idil Biret, piano

Works: Brahms: Handel Vars., Op. 24; Paganini Vars., Op. 35 Artists: artists (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8571295 $9.99 “Only an exceptional pianistic genius could deliver the ideal version of such an inhuman work”... Idil Biret’s version is of such high quality that I have to speak in terms of this young pianist’s genius... I have nothing but admiration for the stunning brio with which she approaches the fast passages (starting with the first two variations of each Book!), indeed I confess to being captivated by it. Similarly, I was frequently enchanted by her poetic readings of some of the slow variations, which she plays with simplicity, avoiding effusive excess. All in all, this is an album to compete with Katchen’s.” - Remy Stricker:

Between the Bliss and Me: / Julia Faulkner, soprano; Martha Fischer, piano

Works: Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson by Copland, Farwell, Laitman, Pearson-Thomas, Hoiby. Artists: Julia Faulkner, soprano; Martha Fischer, piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559731 $9.99

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Mozart: Divertimenti / Cologne CO

Paganini: Music for Violin and Orchestra Works: Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 5; I palpiti, Op. 13; Moto perpetuo, Op. 11. Artists: Ivan Pochekin, violin; Dmitry Yablonsky/Russian PO. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8570487 $9.99 Paganini defined violin bravura in the first half of the nineteenth century. As one of the greatest and certainly the most spectacular executants of the instrument, he provoked a storm of excitement with his recital and concert performances.

Morton Gould: American Legend [3 CDs]

Works: Morton Gould: American Ballads; Derivations; Fall River Legend; Jekyll and Hyde Variations. Artists: Scott Weiss/University of Kansas Wind Ensemble; Kenneth Schermerhorn/Nashville SO; Theodore Kuchar/ National Sym. of Ukrains. (3 CD) (Naxos (USA) 3 NXS 8503259 $24.99 “Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all of American musicians have been touched by Morton and affected by him...as a composer, as pianist, as arranger and as an unpretentiously enlightening commentator.....Without the slightest self-consciousness, he was a crossover musician before the term was invented.” - Leonard Slatkin “Morton Gould is the American composer closest to my heart. The breadth of his talent, and his ability to channel American vernacular effortlessly into his concert works, make him the true heir of George Gershwin.” - David Alan Miller

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La Voie Triomphale - Music for wind ensemble

Works by: Berlioz, Bozza, Tomasi, Dukas, Milhaud. Artists: Ole Kristian Ruud Ruud/ Norwegian Armed Forces Staff Band. (2 Blu-Ray Audio) (2 L Records) 2 L2L 086SABD $33.49

My Spirit Sang / Atlanta Singers, David Morrow Works by: Cleophas R.E. Adderley; Uzee Brown, Jr. (1950 - ); Craig Courtney; Gerald Finzi; James Furman (1937 - 1989); Adolphus Hailstork (1941 - ); Lane Johnson (1986 - ); Undine Smith Moore (1904 - 1989); David Morrow; R. Murray Schafer (1933 - ); Frank Ticheli (1958 - ). Artists: David Morrow/Atlanta Singers. Frank Timmerman (Tnr); David Blalock (Tnr). (1 CD) (ACA Digital) ACD 20111 $16.99

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen: / Lucia Popp

Works: Christmas and sacred music by J.S. Bach, Telemann & Handel (rec. 1982). Artists: Lucia Popp, soprano (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233603 $16.99

Vienna Boys Choir in Britten, Bruckner & Gallus Works: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Bruckner: Motets; Gallus: Missa. Artists: Hans Gillesberger/ Vienna Boys Choir. (2 CD) (Acanta) 2 AANT 233602 $24.99

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau - The French Album

Works: Fauré: La Bonne Chanson; Ravel: Chansons Madecasses; Poulenc: Le Bal Masque Artists: Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (Bar); Wolfgang Sawalisch, piano. Berlin Philharmonic Soloists. (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233651 $19.99

Notkeatonline - Finnish Music for orchestra

Works: Jouni Kaipainen: The Ghost of Buster, Op. 86a; Paavo Korpijaakko: Amuse-bouche; Usko Merilainen (1930 - 2004): Timeline, for orchestra. Artists: Hannu Lintu/Tampere PO. (1 SA CD) (Alb a) ABA 342 $16.99 Three world premiere recordings of orchestral works by Finnish composers.

Chamber music of László Süle

Works: László Süle: Cave Drawings, for saxophone, string quartet, piano & double bass; Dripstone Music, for flute, string quartet, piano & double bass; Linear Soundscape, for saxophone, string quartet, piano & double bass; Moon’s Silver Solitude, for saxophone, string quartet, piano & double bass; Pikaia, for saxophone, string quartet, piano & double bass; The Island of Kirke, for saxophone, string quartet, piano & double bass. Artists: Scarbantia String Quartet. Pentti Lahti (Sax); László Süle, piano; Hannu Rantanen, bass. (1 SA CD) (Alba) ABA 323 $16.99

Virtuoso Cello / Seeli Toivio, cello

Works: Antonio Bazzini (1818 - 1897): La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands; Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16; Vittorio Monti (1868 - 1922): Czrdas no 1; Paganini: Introduction and Variations on “Dal tuo stellato soglio” violin & guitar; Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25. Artists: Seeli Toivio (Clo); Kalle Toivio (Pno). (1 CD) (Alba) ABA 332 $16.99

Seppo Pohjola: Symphonies nos 1 & 2

Artists: Sakari Oramo/Finnish RSO. (Alba) ABA 339 $16.99

Bernhard Molique: Violin Concertos 3 & 6

Works: Bernhard Molique: Violin Concertos. Nos. 3 & 6. Artists: Anton Steck, violin; L’arpa festante. (Accent) ACT 24247 $18.49 On Sale

Venetian Art 1600 - The New Instrumental Style Works by: G.B. Fontana & G.B. Buonamente. Artists: William Dongois/Le Concert Brisé. (1 CD) (Accent) ACT 24253 $18.49 On Sale

Works for the Left Hand, Vol. 1 / Zecchini

Works by: Ravel, Scriabin, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Bach. Artists: Maxime Zecchini, piano (1 CD) (Ad Vitam) ADV 120915 $20.49

Sing a New Song - Finnish sacred music

Works: Sacred music by Madetoja, Distler, Nystedt, Rautavaara, Mononen, Tuppurainen, Kosola et al. Artists: Heikki Liimola/Kuopio Academic Chamber Choir. (1 CD) (Alba) ABA 45 $16.99

I Will - Tahdon: Finnish Wedding Music

Works by: Merikanto, Kuula, Melartin, Linjama, Kokkonen, Almila. Artists: Jan Lehtola, organ (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Alba) 2 ABA 309 $35.99

Finnish Lutheran Hymns / Oulainen Youth Choir; Tapani Tirila, conductor

Artists: Tapani Tirila/Oulainen Youth Girls Choir. (Alba) ABA 46 $16.99

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Albany

The Almeda Piano Trio

Works: Ferguson: Solstice Suite; Piazzolla: Cuatro Estanciones Portenas; Schoenfield: Café Music. Artists: Almeda Trio, (Robert Cassidy, piano, Cara Tweed, violin, Ida Mercer, cello). (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1386 $16.99

Remembranza / Rosa Antonelli, piano

Works by: Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos; Nazareth, Granados, Albeniz Artists: Rosa Antonelli, piano (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1388 $16.99 Rosa Antonelli evokes the memories of Latin sounds for her second recording on Albany

Close to Home - music for clarinet & piano

Works: Bernstein: Sonata; Copland: Sonata; Coleman: Sonatine; Reich, Mandat. Artists: Michael Rowlett, clarinet; Stacy Rodgers, piano (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1385 $16.99

Music by Laura Kaminsky

Artists: Cassatt Quartet; Colorado Quartet; Ensemble Pi. (2 CD) (Albany Records) 2 ALB 1393 $35.99

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❦Schumann: Complete Recordings / Pollini

Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano (4 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 4 DGG B001792702 $33.98 “Pollini’s intensity belies his age in this commanding performance of vibrant young Schumann from a truly magisterial talent.”

Three Works by Laura Schwendinger

Works: Laura Schwendinger: Esprimere for cello & Orch. (2007); Chiaroscuro Azzurro for Violin and Chamber Orch.; Waking Dream for Flute & Chamber Orch. Artists: Haimovitz, Macomber, Jennings. James Smith/University of Wisconsin CO; Nicole Paiement/Madison Sinfonietta. (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1390 $16.99

Emmerich Kálmán: The Carnival Fairy, operetta (1915) / Ohio Light Opera

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❦Britten: The Rape of Lucretia / Knussen

Artists: Steven Byess/Ohio Light Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists, . (2 CD) (Albany Records) 2 ALB 1391/92 $35.99

Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time, operetta

Artists: Justin Berkowitz, Amy Maples, Luke Bahr, Ted Christopher Steven Byess/Ohio Light Opera. (2 CD) (Albany Records) 2 ALB 1401 $35.99

Alec Wilder: Music for Horn & Piano

Artists: Charles Tibbetts, horn; Heinzel & Cecchini, pianists (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1398 $16.99

Bits and Pieces - Works for Solo Clarinet

Works by: Donizetti, Osborn, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Mandat, Sutermeister. Artists: Sean Osborn, clarinet (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1396 $16.99

The Sons of the Morning / Iain Burnside, piano

Works: Vaughan Williams: Job - A Masque for Dancing (arr. Vally Lasker for solo piano); The Lake in the Mountains; Ivor Gurney: Six Preludes. Artists: Iain Burnside, piano (1 CD) (Albion) ALBN 015 $18.99

❦Francois Couperin: Pieces de Violes, 1728

Artists: Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Ariane Maurette (1 SA CD) (Alia Vox) AVX 9893 $20.49 “Savall is the consummate master...” -Audiophile Audition “Savall and co play with a warmth, a passion and a sense of freedom unsurpassed since.” -Sunday Times, December 2012

We Can Do It! Celebrating Women in WWII

Works: Incl. In the Mood; Sing, Sing, Sing; Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Artists: US Air Force Airmen of Note; US Air Force Singing Sergeants; US Navy Band; US Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble. (1 CD) (Altissimo) ALSM 72022 $16.99

Amadeus Arte

Music for harp by Claudia Montero / Sacchi

Works: Claudia Montero: Evocaciones, for harp; Incensum, for harp. Artists: Floraleda Sacchi (Harp). (1 CD) (Amadeus Arte)ADEU 11001 $13.99

Artists: Kirchschlager, Bostridge, Britton, Purves, Russell, Coleman-Wright. Oliver Knussen/ Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble. (2 CD) (Virgin Classics) 2 VCL 026722 $29.98 On Sale “Lucretia is a problematic and disturbing piece. It’s hard to think of another opera where the opposite poles of male violence and tender female intimacy are made so vividly real in purely musical terms, and brought into such horrifying proximity.” -The Telegraph

❦Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn: Quatuor Ebene

Artists: Quatuor Ebene. (1 CD) (Virgin Classics) VCL 645462 $14.48 On Sale “We are fortunate to have a clutch of young, extremely talented string quartets in action... but one except the Ebene Quartet can sing four-part harmonies, improvise solos on [jazz] standards, shred with conviction on the surf-rock classic ‘Misirlou’ and uncover the unique sound world of Faure, Debussy and Ravel.” -National Public Radio

❦Piano Concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms / Maurizio Pollini, piano

Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano (8 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 8 DGG B001792602 $58.48 “Pollini’s intensity belies his age in this commanding performance of vibrant young Schumann from a truly magisterial talent.” -Gramophone

❦Weber: Violin Sonatas / Isabelle Faust, violin

Works: Weber: Violin Sonatas Op. 10/1-6; Piano Quartet Op. 8 Artists: Isabelle Faust (Vln); Alexander Melnikov (FtePno); Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (Clo); Boris Faust (Vla). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902108 $18.99 “It is Faust’s unmannered, focused artistry that commands attention... she has a way of pulling you deeper into each piece as she goes, varying and intensifying her phrasing until abstract figures speak in anxious sentences.” -The New Yorker

Happy Birthday John! Chamber Music with Harp

Works: John Cage (1912 - 1992): 4’33”, for any ensemble or number of players; A Room, for prepared piano; Dream; In a Landscape; Postcard From Heaven, for 1-20 harps; Prelude for Meditation, for prepared piano; Spoken Word. Artists: Floraleda Sacchi (Prepared Harp); John Cage, speaker. (1 CD) (Amadeus Arte) ADEU 12001 $13.99

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New Releases Leos Janacek: Piano Works / Danae Dorken

Amadeus Arte, continued Chiaroscuro Harp - Music for solo harp

Works: Floraleda Sacchi: Music for solo harp. Artists: Floraleda Sacchi (Harp) (1 CD) (Amadeus Arte) ADEU 11008 $13.99 Harpist Floraleda Sacchi was inspired by the border between light and dark at dawn and sunset to write the compositions on this recording.

Harp Dances - Music for solo harp

Works by: Salzedo, Granados, Lecuona, Albeniz, Rodrigo. Artists: Floraleda Sacchi, harp (1 CD) (Amadeus Arte) ADEU 4763856 $16.99 Harpist Floraleda Sacchi has recorded a program built on dance rhythms.

Works: Leos Janacek: On an overgrown path; Variations for Zdenka, a Recollection. Artists: Danae Dorken, piano (1 SA CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38130 $23.99

ArtistLed

Grieg & Schumann Cello Sonatas / David Finckel Works: Grieg: Cello Sonata; Schumann: Cello Sonata; Schumann: Adagio and Allegro Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 19701 $16.99

Schubert: Piano Trios

Artists: Philip Setzer, violin; Wu Han, piano; David Finckel, cello (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 10802 $16.99

Daniele Garella “Images” Music for flute & harp

Mozart: Piano Concertos / Derek Han, piano

Pianist Satoshi Ishiyama plays César Franck

Beethoven, Bruch & Brahms: Clarinet Trios

Artists: Floraleda Sacchi, harp; Sonia Formenti, flute (Amadeus Arte) ADEU 11005 $13.99 Works: César Franck (1822 - 1890): Les Plaintes d’une poupée, for piano, M. 20; Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Guillaume Lekeu (1870 - 1894): Sonata for Piano in G minor. Artists: Satoshi Ishiyama (Pno). (1 CD) (Anima Records) ANNR 81000001 $16.99

French Chamber Music for Flute, Cello & Piano

Works: Nicolas Bacri (1961 - ): Sonata da camera, Op. 67; Philippe Forget (1970 - ): Portraits au matin (2); Pierre Jansen (1930 - ): Vagabondage; Martin Kutnowski: Trio Y2K. Artists: Bertrand Giraud (Pno); Delphine Biron (Clo); Frédéric Chatoux (Flt). (1 CD) (Anima) ANNR 81200001 $16.99

Hasidic Music - Dances & Songs from Israel for two violins

Works: Louis Lewandowski (1821 - 1894): Tzadik Katamar; Israeli Traditional: Chants d’Israel; Danses d’Israel; Al Hasela Hokh; Bona Banot; Erev Ba; Sephardic Traditional. Artists: Les Violons de Versailles. (1 CD) (Anima Records) ANNR 81100001 $16.99

Sacred Choral Music of Robert Schumann

Works: Robert Schumann: Missa Sacra, Op. 147; Four Chants for Double Chorus, Op. 141. Artists: Geoffroy Jourdain/Les Cris de Paris. (1 CD) (Aparte) AART 044 $18.99

Artists: Derek Han, piano; Massimo Quarta/Royal PO. (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 018 $16.99 Artists: David Shifrin, clarinet; David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 11101 $16.99

For David and Wu Han - Cello & Piano duos

Works by: Jalbert, Auerbach, Adolphe, Tsontakis Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 11001 $16.99

Russian Classics - works for cello & piano

Works by: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich & Prokofiev Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 19901 $16.99

Schubert: Sonatas for cello & piano

Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 10401 $16.99

Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano & Cello

Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (2 CD) (ArtistLed) 2 ASTL 19801 $35.99

Mendelssohn: The Piano Trios

Artists: Philip Setzer, violin; Wu Han, piano; David Finckel, cello (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 11102 $16.99

Music for cello & piano by Strauss & Franck

Bohumir Kryl - World Famous Wizard of the Cornet

Works: R Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Op 6; Franck: Cello Sonata in A; Edwin Finckel: Variations on a Theme ‘Willow Weep for Me’ Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 19602 $16.99

Cherubini: Der Wassertrager / Wunderlich

Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 10501 $16.99

Artists: Bohumir Kryl, cornet (rec. 1901 - 1918) (1 CD) (Archeophone) AHE 5022 $16.99 Artists: Fritz Wunderlich; Hildegard Hillebrecht; Marcdel Cordes, Robert Hoyem. Walter Koniger/ Sudfunk Choir; Sudfunk Sinfonieorchester. (Archipel) ACP 0539 $11.99

Transcriptions for piano of music by Wagner

Works: Wagner: Isolde’s Liebestod; Fantasia; Spinnerlied; Siegfried Idyl Artists: Vestard Shimkus, piano (1 SA CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38123 $23.99

Charles Dolle (1700-1755): Pieces de Viole

Works: Charles Dolle (1700-1755): Pieces de Viole (suites) Artists: Petr Wagner, Viola da Gamba; Jacques Ogg, harpsichord (ARS Productions) ARSP 38518 $20.49

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Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano

ATMA

Mozart: Concertos Nos. 13 & 14 / Fiakowska

Artists: Janina Fiakowska , piano; Chamber Players of Canada. (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22532 $16.99

Music for winds by Mehul / Les Jacobins

Works: Etienne-Nocolas Mehul: Le Chant du départ. Artists: Mathieu Lussier/Les Jacobins. (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22659 $16.99 The ensemble Les Jacobins originated with the desire to explore the rich but little-known repertoire associated with the French Revolution.

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Recommended Alfred Schnittke - Chamber Music Vol. 2

Works: Schnittke: Quartet & Quintet with Piano; String Trio Artists: Louise Bessette, piano Quatuor Molinari. (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 2669 $16.99

Robert & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios

Works: Robert & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios, Op. 17, 88 & 110. Artists: Swiss Piano Trio. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Audite) ADT 92549 $17.99 On Sale

Tango Rhapsody - Music for 2 Pianos

Works by: Piazzolla, Ziegler, Jusid. Artists: Karin Lechner, Sergio Tiempo: pianos (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Avanti Classic) AVTC SACD1033 $18.99

Melody Magic - music arranged for 2 guitars

Artists: Frank Vignola and Vinny Caniolo, guitars (1 CD) (Azica) AZI 72248 $16.99

BIS

Noriko Ogawa Plays Mozart Piano Sonatas

Works: Mozart: Sonatas C major K.330, A major K.331, F major K.332. Artists: Noriko Ogawa, piano (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1985 $18.99

Renaissance Airs & Dances / Stockholm Chamber Brass

Works by: Susato, Dowland, De La Torre, Gesualdo, Monteverdi. Artists: Stockholm Chamber Brass. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2017 $18.99

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Dausgaard

Works: Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Hungarian Dances; Liebeslieder Waltzes. Artists: Thomas Dausgaard/Swedish CO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1756 $18.99

Pavane - Arrangements for Viola & Piano

Works: Debussy: Clair de lune; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Richard Dubugnon (1968 - ): Incantatio, for viola & piano; Lied, for viola & piano, Op. 44b; Fauré: Apres un reve; Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Ravel. Artists: Ashley Wass (Pno); Maxim Rysanov (Vla). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1773 $18.99

Samuel Barber: Music for Cello Solo / Poltera

Works: Barber: Concerto for cello; Sonata for cello; Adagio for Strings. Artists: Andrew Litton/ Bergen PO; Poltera, cello. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1827 $18.99

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 52 / Masaaki Suzuki

Works: J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV140; BWV112; BWV29 Artists: Hana Blažíková, soprano; Robin Blaze, counter-tenor; Gerd Türk, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass. Masaaki Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1981 $18.99

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3; Handel Variations Works: Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3; Handel Variations Artists: Jonathan Plowright, piano (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2047 $18.99

❦Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 4 / Kristian Bezuidenhout

Works: Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 4 - Piano Sonatas K283 & K311; Fantasia K397 et al. Artists: Kristian Bezuidenhout (FtePno). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 907528 $18.99 “Kristian Bezuidenhout plays Mozart on the fortepiano like no-one else... with all the sensitivity, expressivity, flair and stylistic integrity that has marked him out as a supreme master of the early keyboard... the tone is vibrant, the music thoroughly engaging, and the genius of Mozart is brilliantly and eloquently served.” -The Scotsman

❦Philip Glass: Metamorphosis; The Hours / Lavinia Meijer, harp

Works: Philip Glass (1937 - ): Glassworks; Metamorphosis, for piano; The Hours, music from the film score for piano. Artists: Lavinia Meijer, harp. (1 SA CD) (Channel Classics) CCS 33912 $15.99 “Lavinia Meijer is a superb player; under her sensitive fingers, the harp becomes a small orchestra...” -American Record Guide

❦Antoine Dauvergne: Hercule Mourant, opera

Works: works Antoine Dauvergne: Hercule Mourant, opera in 5 acts. Artists: Jael Azzaretti, Julie Fuchs, Véronique Gens, Jennifer Borghi. Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques. (2 CD) (Aparte) 2 AART 042 $28.49 “Les Talens Lyriques are among the most stylish of Baroque ensembles, while Rousset himself is an exquisite performer.” -The Guardian

❦Britten: Cello Symphony / Alban Gerhardt

Works: Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata; Cello Suites nos 1-3. Artists: artists Andrew Manze/BBC Scottish SO. Alban Gerhardt (Clo); Steven Osborne (Pno). (2 CD) (Hyperion) 2 HYP 67941 $40.49 “Alban Gerhardt is a poet of the cello...” -The Dallas Morning News

❦Francois Couperin: Pieces de Violes, 1728

1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey from BIS

Works: a cross section of Ligeti’s music, from his first to his final composistions. Artists: Nobuko Imai; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet; Fredrik Ullén; Hans-Ola Ericsson; Schola Heidelberg. (1 CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1503 $18.99

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New Releases 20th Century Masterpieces, Vol. 2

BIS, continued

The Magic Bird / Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa

Artists: Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle) and vocals; Trondheim Soloists. (1 SA) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2013 $18.99

Christmas Dreams on 13 Strings / Miolin

Artists: Anders Miolin, 13 string guitar (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2026 $18.99 Miolin’s instrument bring a range of five full octaves, and a more powerful sound and wider dynamic spectrum than a traditional guitar.

The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century Italy

Works by: Giovanni Maria Bononcini; Giovanni Battista Buonamente; Dario Castello; Francesco Cavalli; Giovanni Paolo Cima; Arcangelo Corelli; Andrea Falconiero; Giovanni Legrenzi; Biagio Marini; Tarquinio Merula; Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi; Giacinto Pestolozza; Francesco Turini; Marco Uccellini; Giovanni Battista Vitali. Artists: London Baroque. (1 CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1795 $18.99

Liszt, Ravel and Saint-Saëns / Yevgeny Sudbin

Works: Liszt: Années de pelerinage; Deuxieme année, S. 161; Funerailles; Transcendental Etudes, S. 139; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; SaintSaens: Danse macabre. Artists: Yevgeny Sudbin (Pno). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1828 $18.99

Claus Peter Flor conducts Dvorak

Works: Antonin Dvorak: Czech Suite; My Home, Overture; Symphony no 9 “From the New World” Artists: Claus Peter Flor/Malaysian PO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1856 $18.99

Andrew Litton conducts Rachmaninov

Works: Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead; The Rock; Symphonic Dances. Artists: Andrew Litton/ Bergen PO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1751 $18.99

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Books I-V

Works: Albéniz: Iberia; Ravel: La Valse; Griffes: Piano Sonata; Kapustin. Artists: Ralph Votapek, piano (1 CD) (Blue Griffin) BLGF 263 $19.99

Chamber Music of Murray Gross / Musique 21.

Works: Murray Gross: Talking in my Sleep. Artists: Jennifer Kennard, flute; Takeshi Abo, violin; Osiris Molina, clarinet; John Whitwell/ Michigan State Chamber Winds; Murray Goss/ Musique 21; Woodland Trio. (1 CD) (Blue Griffin) BLGF 271 $19.99

Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, Vol. 1

Works: Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks Three Marian Antiphons Artists: Scott Metcalfe/ Blue Heron. (1 CD) (Blue Heron Records) BHRC 1002 $16.99

Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, vol. 2

Works: Ludford: Missa Regnum mundi; Pygott: Salve regina. Artists: Scott Metcalfe/Blue Heron. (1 CD) (Blue Heron Records) BHRC 1003 $20.49

J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord

Artists: Robert Stallman, flute; Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord (1 CD) (Bogner’s Cafe) BGNR 105 $19.99

Mario del Monaco, Vol. 3

Works: Arias from La Forza, Turandot, Aida, Lohengrin, Macbeth, Pagliacci, Madama Butterfly Artists: Mario del Monaco (1 CD) (Bongiovanni) BGV 1228 $15.99

Bach: Magnificat; Handel: Dixit Dominus

Artists: Peter Dijkstra/Bavarian Radio Chorus; Concerto Koln. (1 CD) (BR Classic) BRK 900504 $16.99

Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd / Schirmer

Artists: Jane Henschel, Mark Stone. Ulf Schirmer/ Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich RSO. (2 CD) (BR Classic) 2 BRK 900316 $29.99

Paul Chihara: Viola Concerto & Music for Viola

Artists: Paul Coletti, viola; Jack van Geem, percussion. Yehuda Gilad/Colburn Orch. (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9365 $16.99

Works: Mendelssohn: Andante in A major; Gondollied in A major (“Barcarole”); Song in F sharp minor; Song Without Words in E flat major (incomplete); Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30. Artists: Ronald Brautigam (Piano, after an instrument by Pleyel 1830) ). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1982 $18.99

Viola, Viola / Hsin-Yun Huang, viola

Contraptions - Chamber music with tuba

Schumann: Music for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2

Works: Ben Miles: Contraptions for tuba; Fantasy for flute & tuba; Perspectives for tuba; Sketches (3) for tuba & piano; Sonatina for tuba & piano; Ron Newman: Duo for bass trombone & tuba; Curtis Olson (1950 - ). Artists: Jun Okada (Pno); Ben Miles (Tuba); Sarah Miles (Flt); Bryan Pokorney (Flt). (1 CD) (Blue Griffin) BLGF 261 $19.99

Music for Violin, Clarinet & Piano / Zodiac Trio Works: Nicolas Bacri (1961 - ): A Smiling Suite, Op. 100b; Bartok: Contrasts, Sz 111; Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), suite for violin, clarinet and piano; Galina Ustvolskaya (1919 - 2006): Trio for violin, clarinet & piano. Artists: Zodiac Trio. odiac Trio (Trio). (1 CD) (Blue Griffin) BLGF 257 $19.99

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Works by: Mackey, Ruders, Benjamin, Carter, Chen Artists: Hsin-Yun Huang, viola. Gernot Schmalfuss/Evergreen SO. (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9387 $16.99

Brilliant Classics

Works: Schumann: Music for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 - Romances Op. 94; Sonata Op. 105 et al. Artists: Francesco Dillon, cello; Emanuele Torquati, piano (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94328 $8.99

Viola d’amore solo / Valerio Losito

Works by: Giuseppe Colombi, Angelo Morigi, Christian Petzold, Pedro Lopes Nogueira Artists: Valerio Losito, viola d’amore (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94367 $8.99

William Byrd: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 2

Artists: Pieter-Jan Belder, virginal, chest organ (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94362 $8.99 The release is an engaging follow-up to the first volume in the series.

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Recommended Buonamente: L’e’ tanto tempo hormai

Works: Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595 - 1642): L’e’ tanto tempo hormai - sonatas, canzonas and sinfonias Artists: Helianthus Ensemble (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94478 $8.99

Nicola Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano

Artists: Laura Martorana, coloratura soprano; Alberto Martini/I Virtuosi Italiani. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94311 $8.99

Schubert: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1

Works: Schubert: String Quartets D.804 & D.94; Andante D.3. Artists: Diogenes String Quartet. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94315 $8.99

Handel: Italian Cantatas / Valentina Varriale

Artists: Renato Criscuolo/Mvsica Perdvta. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94426 $8.99

The Frescobaldi Legacy / Sandro Ivo Bartoli

Works by: Respighi, Bauer, Reicha, Feinberg, Bartok, Ligeti Artists: Sandro Ivo Bartoli, piano (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 9417 $8.99

Couperin: Masses; Sacred Music

Works: Couperin: Mass for the Parishes; Mass for the Convents. Artists: Adriano Falcioni/ Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94333 $12.99

J.S.Bach: Chorales, Preludes & Fugues / Messori

Works: Bach: Schubler Chorales; 8 Preludes and Fugues Artists: Matteo Messori on historical organs (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94380 $12.99

A Liszt Recital / Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

Artists: Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94357 $8.99 This second Brilliant Classics disc from the wonderful young Italian pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell brings a focus on the 19th - century lion of piano music whose bicentenary was celebrated last year.

Haydn: String Quartets / Artis Quartet Vienna

Works: F.J. Haydn: String Quartets “The Rider”, “Emperor” and Op. 20 No. 2 Artists: Artis Quartet Vienna. (1 CD) (Camerata) CAM 28241 $19.99

To Honor God and your Comfort

Works: Luthern Hymns & Contrafacts from Northern German Sources. Artists: Ulrike Volkhardt/Ensemble Devotion Moderna. (1 CD) (Cantate) CTE 58047 $15.99

Bond for Orchestra - music from the films

Works: Music from the James Bond films by John Barry, Paul McCartney, Marvin Hamlisch, Duran Duran. Artists: Carl Davis/Philharmonia Orch. (1 CD) (Carl Davis Collection) CAVS 021 $16.99 Carl Davis presents a compilation of instrumental covers from the classic James Bond series.

Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas / Igor Tsinman, violin

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Opp. 80; 94bis & 115. Artists: Mikhail Tsinman, violin; Nika Lundstrem, piano; Igor Tsinman, violin (Caro Mitis) CRMT 42010 $20.49

Georg Phillip Telemann: Complete Orchestral Suites, Vol. 2 / Pratum Integrum Orch.

Artists: Pavel Serbin/Pratum Integrum Orch. (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Caro Mitis) 2 CRMT 22008 $40.49

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❦Schumann: Chamber works; Kinderszenen;

Works: Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 47; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 80. Artists: artists Benvenue Fortepiano Trio (Piano Trio). Adam Lamotte (Vla). (2 CD) (Avie Records) 2 AIE 2272 $15.99 “Great music will always transcend its own and any other period. That it does it so richly here is due in strong part to the fact that these are not only born but practiced conversationalists.” -BBC Music Magazine

❦Piano Music of Dinu Lipatti / Luiza Borac

Artists: Luiza Borac, piano. Jamie Martin/ Academy of St Martin in the Fields. (2 CD) (Avie Records) 2 AIE 2271 $23.99 “A fabulously gifted young pianist.” -BBC Music Magazine

❦Claude Debussy: La Mer; Images, et al.

Works: Claude Debussy: La Mer; Images; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune. Artists: Jos van Immerseel/Anima Eterna. (1 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) ZIG 313 $18.99 “Woodwind, brass and strings are highly individuated: the solo flute is blanched in tone, the trombones broad and warm. For sound alone, it is a fascinating experiment, though van Immerseel’s tempi are somewhat indulgent.” -The Independent

❦Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Jeux d’Enfants

Works: Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra nos 1&2; Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra from Jeux d’enfants; Symphony in C major. Artists: Andrea Licata/Royal PO; Dirk Joeres/ Westdeutsche Sinfonia; Mark Ermler/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1198 $9.99 “Joeres doesn’t just let his musicians play, he makes them shape each phrase with loving care.” -Pizzicato “Bizet’s enchanting Symphony, written when the composer was 17, is a work of precocious skill and great charm... The RPO woodwind soloists play well, of course (in) the brightly colored Carmen... Jeux d’enfants makes a good encore, again well played.” -Gramophone

❦Stephen Hough’s French Album

Works: Alkan, Chabrier, Debussy, Delibes, Faure et al. Artists: Stephen Hough (Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67890 $18.99 “A substantial feast of of masterly pianism...Hough can be too coolly objective at times but in this repertoire, perhaps paradoxically, the expressive simplicity of his playing can make your eyes burn. In Clair de lune and Chaminade’s once ubiquitous Automne, now rarely heard, Hough conjures up a heart-catching melancholy that put me in mind of Cherkassy. I can’t offer higher praise.” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012

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New Releases Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6

Moe’s Bit o’Blue / Maureen Horgan, trombone

Carthagene Records

Franz Schubert: Music for violin & piano

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos 6, 9, & 13 Artists: Igor Tchetuev, piano (Caro Mitis) CRMT 32011 $20.49

Works: Music of Perry Goldstein, Douglas O’Grady, Jonathan Santore, et al. Artists: Maureen Horgan, trombone (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3241 $16.99

Works: Michel Corrette: Offertoire L’Eclatante; François d’Agincourt (1684 - 1758): Organ suites Artists: Jean Louis Durand, organ (1 CD) (Carthagene Records) CART 730542 $19.99

Works: Franz Schubert: Duo Sonata Op. 162, D. 574; Rondo Op. 70, D. 895; Fantansy Op. 159, D. 934 Artists: Tomas Cotik, violin, Tao Lin, piano (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3250 $16.99 Recorded on September 3-5, 2011 at Gusman Concert Hall, Coral Gables, Florida.

Joseph Bonnet: Neuf Pieces, Op. 5 / Ducrot

Rare 19th Cent. Italian Clarinet Chamber Music

Artists: Marie Ducrot, Henri Didier organ at Notre Dame Cathedral (Carthagene Records) CART 730540 $19.99

Artists: Luigi Magistrelli, clarinet. Adami Clarinet Quartet; Bel Canto Ensemble. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3227 $16.99

Gaspard Corrette / Jean Louis Durand, organ

Spanish Sonatas for violin and piano

Music of Corrette and d’Agincourt

Works: Jacques Boyvin (circa 1653 - 1706): Suite du Septieme Ton; Gaspard Corrette (circa 1665 - bef 1733): Messe du Huitieme (8th) Ton, for organ. Artists: Jean-Louis Durand (Organ). (1 CD) (Carthagene Records) CART 730543 $19.99 Notes in French only.

Nicolas de Grigny: Hymns for Organ / Durand

Works: Nicolas de Grigny (1672 - 1703): Les Hymnes (5), in 20 versets for organ (second part of Livre d’Orgue). Artists: Jean-Louis Durand (Organ). (1 CD) (Carthagene Records) CART 730545 $19.99 Notes in French only.

Heinrich Schutz Edition V: Cantiones Sacrae

Artists: Hans-Christoph Rademann/Dresden Chamber Choir. (2 CD) (Carus) 2 CRS 83252 $28.49

Choral Music Transcriptions of A. & G. Mahler

Works: Transcriptions for a cappella chorus of music by Alma & Gustav Mahler by Clytus Gottwald. Artists: Marcus Creed/SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart. (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83370 $18.99 These arrangements employ techniques found in the music of Ligeti and make high demands on vocal ensembles.

Strauss, Shostakovich, Penderecki: Violin Sonatas

Artists: Jakub Haufa, violin; Marcin Sikorski, piano; Katarzyna Budnik-Galazka, viola (1 CD) (CD Accord) CDAC 184 $18.99

Mordecai Shehori Plays Frédéric Chopin, Vol. 3

Works: Chopin: Etudes Opp. 10 & 25 Artists: Mordecai Shehori, piano (1 CD) (Cembal d’amour) CDA 170 $15.99

Centaur

Meditation - Music for Violin by Ragin Wenk-Wolff Artists: Ragin Wenk-Wolff, violin; Kaare Ornung, piano. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3148 $16.99

Berlioz: Les Nuits d’ té / Shannon Mercer

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d’ té, Op. 7; Norbert Palej: The Poet and the War; Rorate Coeli Artists: Shannon Mercer, soprano. Eric Paetkau/ Group of Twenty-Seven. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3239 $16.99

Star Splendours / Chin Cheng Lin, marimba

Artists: Chin Cheng Lin, marimba. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3205 $16.99

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Works: Sonatas for violin & piano by Turina, Rodrigo, and Granados Artists: Jorge Avila, violin; Adrienne Kim, piano (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3158 $16.99

Violinist Steven Staryk: A Retrospective, Vol. 3 Works: Music by J.S. Bach Artists: Steven Staryk, violin. Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord. Bernard Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3211 $16.99

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 39

Works: Music from the University of North Texas Center for Experimental Music (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3219 $16.99

History Is What It Is - the music of Peter Hatch Artists: Pamela Reimer, piano; Blue River Ensemble. (1 CD) (Centrediscs) CERE 18413 $16.99

Constantine Caravassilis: Visions

Works: Constantine Caravassilis: Visions - The Complete Books fo Rhapsodies and Fantasia. Artists: Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano (2 CD) (Centrediscs) 2 CERE 18613 $16.99 “Passion and sensitivity, phenomenal technique and dazzling virtuosity” (New York Times)

Chandos

Karol Symanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4

Works: Karol Symanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 “Symphonie Concertante”; Concerto Overture Artists: Louis Lortie, piano. Edward Gardner/BBC SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records) HA 5115 $19.99

The Unknown Purcell: Sonatas by Daniel Purcell Works: Daniel Purcell (1664 - 1717): Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord. Artists: Hazel Brooks, violin; David Pollock, harpsichord (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 0795 $18.99

Franz von Suppé: Overtures; Marches / Jarvi

Artists: Neeme Jarvi/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 5110 $18.99

Goffredo Petrassi: Magnificat; Psalm IX /

Artists: Sabina Cvilak, soprano. Gianandrea Noseda/Teatro Regio Torino Chorus; Teatro Regio Torino Orch. (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10750 $18.99

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Recommended Works for Clarinet and Orchestra / Collins

Works by: Mozart, Copland, Kats-Chernin. Artists: Michael Collins (clarinet)/Swedish CO. (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10756 $18.99

Bartok: Works for Violin and Piano / Ehnes

Works: Bela Bartok: Sonatas and Folk Dances Artists: James Ehnes, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10752 $18.99

❦Philip Glass: Metamorphosis; The Hours

Works: Philip Glass (1937 - ): Glassworks; Metamorphosis, for piano; The Hours, music from the film score for piano. Artists: Lavinia Meijer (Harp). (1 SA CD) (Channel Classics) CCS 33912 $15.99 “Lavinia Meijer is a superb player; under her sensitive fingers, the harp becomes a small orchestra...” -American Record Guide

Petit: Concertino Nervoso for Percussion

Works: Armaud Petit (b.1959): Concertino Nervoso for percussion and electronics Artists: Duo Akrostick Percussion Ens., Julienne Klein, soprano (1 CD) (Chant du Monde) CDM 2781155 $16.99

The Siren’s Call / Chanticleer concert highlights

Works: Chanticleer sings music by Gabrieli, Palestrina, Gesualdo, Grieg, Yi, McGlynn, Shimizu, Waits Artists: Chanticleer. (1 CD) (Chanticleer/Na xos) CHLE 009 $16.99

Trumpet Concertos / Edward Tarr, trumpet

Works: Concertos for trumpet by Haydn, Hummel, Neruda, Kreutzer, Millares. Artists: Edward Tarr, trumpet. Janos Rolla/Franz Liszt CO. (1 CD) (Christophorus) CHR 0178 $11.99

Sweet Friendship, Precious Bond

Works: Philip Heinrich Erlebach: Overtures nos 2 & 4; Aria with basso continuo; Violin Sonata et al. Artists: Miriam Feuersinger, Sop. Franz Vitzthum, countertenor. Capricornus Consort Basel. (Christophorus) CHR 77366 $20.49

Claves

French Masterworks for Harp / Ursula Holliger

Works: Chamber music for Harp by Ravel, Caplet, Debussy. Artists: Ursula Holliger, harp; Peter-Lukas Graf, flute; Hans Stalder, clarinet Die Kammermusiker Zurich. (1 CD) (Claves) CLV 0280 $16.99

Mozart: The 4 Flute Quartets / Peter Lukas Graf

Artists: Peter Lukas Grag, flute; Carmina Trio. (1 CD) (Claves) CLV 9014 $16.99

Music for Flute by Mozart & Spohr / Graf

Works: Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp; Spohr: Concertante no 1 for violin & harp. Artists: Ursula Holliger, harp; Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin Peter-Lukas Graf (flute)/English CO; Lausanne CO. (Claves) CLV 0208 $16.99

Bach: Musicial Offering / Peter Lukas Graf

Works: J.S. Bach: Musical Offering, BWV 1079. Artists: Peter Lukas Graf, flute; Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin; Ilse Mathieu, violin; Walter Kagi, viola; Ernst Gerber (Hpsi); Rolf Looser (Clo). (1 CD) (Claves) CLV 0198 $16.99 This recording was made in the Aarau Church in December 1968.

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❦Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc. / Daniil Trifonov, piano

Works: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Un poco di Chopin; Liszt: Schubert & Schumann Lieder Transcriptions. Artists: artists Valery Gergiev/ Mariinsky Orch. Daniil Trifonov (Pno). (1 SA CD) (Mariinsky) MARK 0530 $18.99 “Trifonov’s combination of delicacy and fire leaves an indelible impression in this debut recording with the Mariinsky. The Tchaikovsky, scorching and heart-rending but never bombastic, is paired with solo Liszt transcriptions.” -The Observer, August 2012

❦Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / de Waart

Artists: Evelyn Lear, Jules Bastin, Frederica von Stade, Derek Hammond-Stroud and Ruth Welting Edo de Waart/Chorus of the Netherlands Opera; Rotterdam PO. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727102 $23.48 “The glory of the 1976 set conducted by Edo de Waart is the singing of Frederica von Stade as Octavian, a fresh, a youthful performance, full of imagination.” -The Penguin Guide

❦Bizet: Carmen / Seiji Ozawa

Artists: Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, Mirella Freni, Simon Estes Seiji Ozawa/French National RSO. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001726402 $17.98 “... Jessye Norman... is glorious.” -The Penguin Guide

❦Jean Françaix: Music for Winds

Works: Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997): L’ heure du berger, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & piano; Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon no 1; Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon no 2. Artists: Kammervereinigung Berlin. FrankImmo Zichner (Pno). (1 CD) (MD&G) MDG 6030557 $16.99 On Sale “A continuing source of delight... delicious playing and enchantingly lighthearted music.” -Penguin Guide

❦Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 1 & 3 / Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Works: Beethoven: Concertos for Piano nos 1 & 3. Artists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler CO. Leif Ove Andsnes (Pno). (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88725420582 $13.99 On Sale “It’s an all-round winner of a disc, with superlative playing from both soloist and orchestra, and a recorded sound to match. Andsnes’s view of the music is fairly traditional...[his] pedalling is a shade cautious, but he plays the piece so beautifully that there are no grounds for complaint...Overall, this looks set to be a highly enjoyable journey.” -BBC Music Magazine, November 2012

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New Releases String Quartets of Arnold Mendelssohn

Clear Note

Tropicale - Music for flute & guitar / Berkner

Works by: Lezcano, Iznaola, Sorrentino, Assad, Castelnuovo-Tedesco et al. Artists: Jane Berkner, flute; Stephen Aron, guitar (1 CD) (Clear Note) CLRN 74588 $16.99

Sergio Assad: Guitar Music / Thanos Mitsalas

Works: Sergio Assad (1952 - ): 3 Greek Letters for guitar; Divertimentos (3) for guitar; Fantasia Carioca; Sonata for guitar; Summer Garden Suite; Valseana, for guitar. Artists: Thanos Mitsalas (Gtr). (1 CD) (Clear Note) CLRN 74412 $16.99

Classic Musicals / Music for Harmonica & Guitar

Works by: Gershwin, Rodgers, Sondheim, Berlin et al. Artists: Tommy Morgan, harmonica; Gregg Nestor, guitar (1 CD) (Clear Note) CLRN 74587 $16.99

Man in the Moon, works for guitar by Ralph Towner

Artists: Randall Avers, guitar (1 CD) (Clear Note) CLRN 74591 $16.99

Rossini: Complete Chamber Music with Piano

Artists: Sollini - Barbatano Piano Duo; Manara, Stagni, Polidori, Meloni (1 CD) (Concerto) CTO 2076 $16.99 Most of these pieces are not otherwise available.

Dvorak: Symphonies 3 & 7 / Marcus Bosch

Artists: Marcus Bosch/Nurmberg State Philharmonic. (1 SA CD) (Coviello) CVEL 31212 $23.99

Komm, Susses Kreuz!: The German Viol in Fantastic Dialogues

Artists: Arend Hess; John Cheatham; Warner Skuplik (1 CD) (Coviello) CVEL 21211 $20.49

Geza Frid (1904 - 1989): String Quartets

Artists: Amaryllis Quartet (Coviello) CVEL 50805 $20.49

CPO

Spohr: Grand Duo - works for violin and piano

Works: Louis Spohr: Grand Duo - works for violin and piano Artists: Ingolf Turban, violin; Kolja Lessing, piano (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777492 $16.99

Voces Quietis - sacred songs for male vocal quartet / Schnittpunktvokal

Artists: Schnittpunktvokal. (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777773 $16.99

Kerker: Burning To Sing or Singing To Burn

Works: Gustav Kerker (1847-1923): Die oberen Zehntautend; Burning To Sing or Singing To Burn. Artists: Elke Kottmair, Nadja Stefanoff, Gerd Wierner. Howard Griffiths/NDR Radio Philharmonic Hannover. (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777509 $31.99

Orlando di Lasso: Hymnus / Die Singphoniker

Artists: Singphoniker. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777751 $16.99

Hendrik Andriessen: Symphonic Works, Vol. 1

Works: Hendrik Andriessen: Symphony No. 1; Ballet suite; Symphoniches Etude; Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Kuhnau. Artists: David Porcelijn/Netherlands SO. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777721 $16.99

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Works: Arnold Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Opp. 67 & 83 Artists: Reinhold Quartett. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777774 $16.99

Orchestral Music of Richard Eilenberg

Works: Richard Eilenberg (b. 1848): Petersburger Schlittenfahrt; Waltzes; Polkas Artists: Christian Simonis/WDR Radio Orch. Koln. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777342 $16.99

Johann Rosenmuller: Sonatas 1682 / Musica Fiata

Artists: Roland Wilson/Musica Fiata. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777688 $16.99

Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Flute Concertos (4)

Artists: Gaby Pas-Van-Riet, flute. Johannes Moesus/SWD Pforzheim CO. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777724 $16.99 Friedrich Hartmann Graf lived from 1727 - 1795.

Ludvig Irgens Jensen: Symphonic Works

Works: Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969): Symphonic Works Artists: Eivind Aadland/ Trondheim SO. (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777347 $31.99

Stolzel: Quadri di Dresden and Brussels

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel: Quadri di Dresden and Brussels Artists: Epoca Barocca (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777764 $16.99

Anton Reicha Woodwind Quintets Vol. 1

Works: Antoine Reicha (1770 - 1836): Quintets (6) for Winds, Op. 88. Artists: Westwood Wind Quintet. (1 CD) (Crystal Records) CRR 261 $15.99

A Harvest of 20th Century Bassoon Music -

Works: Marcel Bitsch (1921 - ): Concertino for Bassoon and Piano; Ray Luke (1928 - ): Bassoon Concerto; Colin Matthews (1946 - ): Variations on Sumer is Icumen In; David Noon (1946 - ): Motets and Monodies, for bassoon, oboe & english horn; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das sete notas, for bassoon & piano, A. 548; Daniel Welcher (1948 - ): Concerto Da Camera for bassoon & orchestra. Artists: Ernest Gold/Crystal CO. Ronald Roseman (Oboe); Thomas Schmidt (Pno); John Snow (Oboe); Joseph W. Polisi (Bssn); Leonard Sharrow (Bssn). (1 CD) (Crystal Records) CRR 341 $15.99

20th Century Music for Organ / David Craighead

Works: Samuel Adler (1928 - ): Xenia; William Albright (1944 - 1998): The King of Instruments, a parade of music & verse for organ & narrator; Paul Cooper (1926 - 1996): Variants for organ; Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987): Drop, Drop Slow Tears, chorale prelude for organ, Op. 104; Organ Sonata, Op. 86. Artists: Eugene Haun, narrator; David Craighead (Organ); Gordon Stout (Perc). (1 CD) (Crystal Records) CRR 181 $15.99

Voices of Trumpets and Organ

Works by: Claude Gervaise (1535 - 1565); Alan Hovhaness; Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991); Francesco Manfredini (1684 - 1762); Daniel Pinkham (1923 - 2006); Anthony Plog (1947 - ); Hans Ludwig Schilling (1927 - ); Henri Tomasi (1901 - 1971); Giuseppe Torelli (1658 - 1709); Antonio Valente (circa 1540 - bef 1601). Artists: artists Arthur Vidrich (Organ); Byron Pearson (Tpt); Donald R. Tison (Tpt). (1 CD) (Crystal Records) CRR 661 $15.99

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Recommended ❦Hans Gal and Hans Krasa: Complete String Trios / Ensemble Epomeo

DaCapo

Pipes and Reeds, music for organ, accordion & electronics

Works: Mogens Christensen (b. 1955): Logitanion; Couronne; Night Flying Winter Cranes. Artists: Adam Orvad, Christian Praestholm, Kiku Day (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226574 $16.99

Agnete’s Laughter - electro-acoustic music

Works: Birgitte Alsted (b.1942): Agnete’s Laughter and other electro-acoustic works. Artists: Rasmus Schjaerff Kjoller (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226575 $16.99

Venus’ Wheel - Choral music by Bo Holten

Works: Bo Holten (b.1948): Choral works. Artists: Bo Holten/Flemish Radio Choir. (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226062 $16.99

A Tribute to Cellist Erling Blondal Bengtsson

Works: Barber: Cello Concerto; Saloman: Cello Concerto; Bentzon: Cello Concerto. Artists: Erling Blondal Bengtsson, cello (Danacord) DCD 727 $14.99 On Sale

Maurice Duruflé: Complete Organ Works

Artists: Kristian Krogsoe, organ; Bo Skovhus, voice; Concert Clemens; Carsten Seyer-Hansen/ Aarhus Cathedral Choir. (Danacord) 2 DCD 726 $14.99 On Sale

Cello Testament, Vol. 6 & 7 - 40 Cello Favorites

Artists: Anders Gron (Clo); Jorgen Hald Nielsen (Pno). (2 CD) (Danica) 2 DNCI 8231 $40.49 This seven-volume series of cello favorites started 30 years ago when it became apparent that there was a need for recordings of the minor, but popular works for cello. Volumes 6 & 7 include 40 works that are not only the most known and popular, but which are also necessary for teaching.

❦Mozart: Coronation Mass / Harry Christophers

Works: F.J. Haydn: Symphony no 85 in B major, H 1 no 85 “La Reine”; W.A. Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major (“Coronation”), K. 317. Artists: Teresa Wakim, Paula Murrihy, Thomas Cooley and Sumner Thompson Harry Christophers/Haydn Society Chorus and Orch. Thomas Cooley (Tnr); Sumner Thompson (Voice); Teresa Wakim (Voice); Paula Murrihy (Voice). (1 CD) (Coro) COO 16104 $15.99 “The singing of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society Chorus is spirited throughout, with Harry Christophers highlighting some of the work’s most expressive moments, notably the agonised Crucifixus, with acute perception...Throughout the disc the sound picture is finely balanced and well put together.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

❦Tchaikovsky: Rare Transcriptions and Paraphrases, Vol. 1 / Goldstone, piano

Decca

Viva Verdi: Overtures & Preludes / Chailly

Highlights from: Aida; Alzira; Giovanna d’Arco; I Vespri Siciliani; Il Corsaro; Jérusalem. Artists: Riccardo Chailly/Filarmonica Della Scala. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001792102 $17.98

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Gershwin, Ravel et al.

Works: Gershwin: Goldwyn Follies; Rhapsody in Blue; Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938): The Swan, transcription for piano after Saint-Saens; Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Prélude for Piano in A minor; Saint-Saens: Concerto for Piano no 2. Artists: James Judd/ Royal Liverpool PO. Benjamin Grosvenor (Pno). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001761002 $14.98

Katherine Jenkins sings Music from the Movies Songs by: Harold Arlen; Samuel Barber; Leonard Bernstein; Nicholas Brodszky (1905 - 1958); Patrick Cassidy; Robert John Lange; Dolly Parton; Puccini; Seal (1963 - ); Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - ); John Williams. Artists: Katherine Jenkins (Mzz Sop). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001790802 $10.98

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Works: Hans Gál (1890 - 1987): Serenade for violin, viola & cello in D major, Op. 41; Trio for violin, viola & cello in F sharp minor, Op. 104; Hans Krása (1899 - 1944): Dance for String trio; Passacaglia and Fugue, for string trio. Artists: Ensemble Epomeo (String Trio). (1 CD) (Avie Records) AIE 2259 $15.99 “Ensemble Epomeo plays with finesse and sensitivity, nicely capturing Krasa’s manic grotesqueries as well as Gal’s elegance and tenderness. Sonics are clear and natural.” -American Record Guide, November/December 2012

Works: Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31; Potpourri on themes from the opera Voyevoda, for piano; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Theme and Variations from Orchestral Suite no 3 in G major, Op. 55. Artists: Anthony Goldstone (Pno). (1 CD) (Divine Art) DVT 25093 $15.99 “Goldstone plays them all with great fluency and panache, if without quite the range of keyboard colour that such virtuoso vehicles really need.” -The Guardian, 14th June 2012

❦Amoretti: Arias by Mozart, Gluck, Grétry / Christiane Karg, soprano - Arcangelo

Works by: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787); André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 1813); W.A. Mozart. Artists: Jonathan Cohen/ Arcangelo. Christiane Karg (Sop). (1 CD) (Berlin Classics) BER 300389 $18.99 “The Gluck items are all done with style but it’s the airs by Gretry that make the disc so desirable. Listen to the excerpt from Silvain, a complete scena only five minutes long, and you will be hooked.” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012

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New Releases

Delos

Dutton

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Don Quixote; Ivan IV, symphonic pictures. Artists: Igor Golovchin/ Russian State SO. (1 CD) (Delos) DEL 2011 $16.99

Works: Richard Arnell: Overture ‘1940’; Sinfonia; Dagenham Symphony; Landscapes & Figures. Artists: Catherine Edwards, piano Martin Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) DUT 7299 $21.49

Music of Anton Rubinstein / State SO of Russia

Hymn to the Dawn - works for female choir

Works by: Holst, Prokofiev, Beach, Rheinberger, Mendelssohn & Rossini. Artists: Etherea Vocal Ensemble. (1 CD) (Delos) DEL 3431 $16.99

Orchestral Music of Ernst Toch

Works: Ernst Toch (1887 - 1964): Bunte Suite; Cello Concerto; Mozart Transcriptions. Artists: Kammerochester Leipzig; Kammersymphonie Berlin. (1 CD) (Delta Classics) DELT 90071 $16.99

300 / Ingolf Wunder, piano

Artists: Ingolf Wunder, piano (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001793002 $17.98 Ingolf Wunder returns with a unique follow-up, 300, three centuries of piano styles - from Scarlatti to Morricone. Ingolf Wunder adores fun, melodic pieces that demand exceptional flair and virtuosity. His exuberant program is also his homage to Horowitz.

Mozart: Piano Concertos / Jan Lisiecki, piano

Orchestral music of Richard Arnell

Orchestral work by Bax, Holland, Vaughan Williams

Works: Bax: Phantasy; Theodore Holland: Ellingham Marches; Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola; Richard Harvey: Reflections. Artists: Richard Harvey/BBC Concert Orch.; Stephen Bell; Roger Chase (viola). (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) DUT 7295 $21.49

Blumenfeld and Catoire: Symphonies

Works: Felix Blumenfeld and Georgy Catoire: Symphonies. Artists: Martin Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) DUT 7298 $21.49

Orchestral Works by Alan Bush

Works: Alan Bush: Lascaux Symphony; Dance Overture; Dorian Passacaglia & Fugue. Artists: Martin Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) DUT 7294 $21.49

Michael Hurd: Orchestral Music & Pop Cantatas

Works: W.A. Mozart: Concertos for Piano nos 20, K 466 and 21, K 467. Artists: Christian Zacharias/ Bavarian RSO. Jan Lisiecki (Pno). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001688802 $14.98

Works: Michael Hurd: Sinfonia Concertante; Concerto da Camera et al. Artists: Lorraine McAslan (Violin); Nicholas Daniel (oboe). Ronald Corp/New London Children’s Choir; New London Orch. (2 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) 2 DUT 7297 $44.99

❦Debussy: Préludes, Books 1 & 2 / Aimard

Havergal Brian Orchestral Works / Brabbins

Dutilleux: Correspondences /

Franz Schubert: Four Hand Piano Works /

Works: Debussy: Pr‚ludes (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...” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012 Works: Henri Dutilleux: Correspondences (2003), song cycle for soprano and orchestra. Artists: Barbara Hannigan; Anssi Karttunen. Esa-Pekka Salonen/Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001794402 $17.98

Johannes Brahms & Clara Schumann

Works: Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Op. 77; Clara Wieck Schumann (1819 - 1896): Romances (3) for Violin and Piano, Op. 22. Artists: Christian Thielemann/Staatskapele Dresden. Alice Sara Ott (Pno); Elisabeth Batiashvili (Vln). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001792302 $17.98

Beethoven: The Final Trilogy / Martin Roscoe

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 78, 109, 110 & 111. Artists: Martin Roscoe, piano (1 CD) (Deux Elles) DEX 1163 $16.99

Snapshots - Short pieces for piano

Works: Short pieces for piano by Peter Knell and Sergei Prokofiev. Artists: Markus Pawlik, piano (1 CD) (Dorian Recordings) DRN 92165 $14.99 On Sale Snapshots is a collection of short yet brilliant piano works by Peter Knell and Sergei Prokofiev.

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Works: Havergal Brian: Symphony No. 13; The Tinker’s Wedding; Comedy Overture.; Violin Concerto; English Suite no 4. Artists: Larraine McAslan, violin. Martyn Brabbins/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) DUT 7296 $21.49 Artists: Chiara Soave and Cecilia Baccolo, pianos (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 734 $19.99

De Divina Inventione - Baroque Organ works

Works: Organ works by Buxtehude and JS Bach. Artists: Ivana Valotti, organ (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 738 $19.99

Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Mamikonian

Artists: Vardan Mamikonian, piano (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 730 $19.99

EMI Classics

Haydn: The Creation / Grümmer, Traxel et al.

Works: Haydn: The Creation. Artists: Elisabeth Grümmer, Josef Traxel, Gottlob Frick. Karl Forster/ Berlin SO; St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235442B $14.98

Weber: Mass no 1 “Freischutz” and no 2 “Jubel” Artists: artists Gerhard Wilhelm/Stuttgart Hymnus Children’s Choir; Werner Keltsch Ensemble; Horst Stein/Bamberg SO; Bamberg SO Chorus. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235612 $11.98

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Recommended Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas, covering every part of operatic spectrum, beginning with two Baroque gems by Handel and Vivaldi sung in fine style by Arleen Auger and Patrizia Ciofi. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 234522 $11.98

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

This collection of popular choral classics opens with Vivaldi’s famous ‘Gloria’ and continues with music by Bach, Purcell Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Brahms, Parry and Verdi. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 234422B $11.98

Essential Gregorian Chant - Over 2 hours of timeless contemplation

Among the oldest pieces of music known to man today the chants known as plainsong that have been sung for many hundreds of years by monks in Christian monasteries. These timeless chants have found new favor with modern audiences because of their serene beauty and their ability to evoke feelings of tranquility and relaxation. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 234472 $11.98

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics presenting the best-loved and most popular works by the great composers, performed by the world’s leading artist. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 234602C $11.98

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 234372 $11.98

Liszt: Transcriptions / Niu Niu, piano

Works: Liszt: Transcriptions of Saint-Saens, Paganini, Schubert, Wagner. Artists: Niu Niu, piano (1 CD) (EMI) EMI 253322B $15.98 EMI Classics is proud to release Liszt: Transcriptions, a new album from teenage piano star Niu Niu.

Franz Lehar: The Merry Widow / Wallberg

Artists: Moser, Donath, Prey, Jerusalem, Kusche. Heinz Wallberg/Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich RSO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235312 $14.98

Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor / Heger

Artists: Frick, Mathis, Putz, Litz, Wunderlich. Robert Heger/Bavarian State Opera Orch. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235362B $14.98

Marie Luise Neunecker plays Strauss & Britten Works: R. Strauss: Horn Concertos 1 & 2; Britten: Serenade, Op. 31. Artists: Marie Luise Neunecker, horn; Ian Bostridge, tenor. Ingo Metzmacher/Bamberg SO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235472B $11.98

❦Monologues & Dialogues - Works for low flute & piano

Works by: Adrienne Albert (1941 - ); Madelyn Byrne; Houston Dunleavy; Ross Edwards (1943 - ); Vincent Giles; Stanley M. Hoffman (1959 - ); David Loeb (1939 - ); Vaughan McAlley; Mike Mower (1958 ); Michal Rosiak; Gary Schocker (1959 - ); Peter Sheridan; Hilary Taggart Artists: Peter Sheridan, alto, bass, contrabass flutes; Jane Hammond, piano. Lisa-Maree Amos (Flt) (Move) MOV 3349 $20.49 “The playing is superb. Everything sounds completely natural, and some pieces call for quite a bit of agility considering the instruments they’re written for. You won’t regret hearing this release, and you might enjoy returning to it as well.” -American Record Guide, November/December 2012

❦Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Dina Ugorskaja

Works: Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”; Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111. Artists: Dina Ugorskaja (Pno). (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553256 $15.99 “Ugorskaja ... brings a heightened sensitivity to all her playing, coupled with an extraordinary facile ability to convey the complexities of this music in an easily assimilated way.” -Fanfare

❦Beethoven: Fidelio / Bernard Haitink

Artists: Andreas Schmidt, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Reiner Goldberg, Jessye Norman, Kurt Moll. Bernard Haitink/Staatskapelle Dresden; Staatsoperanchor Dresden. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001726302 $17.98 “The unsurpassed nobility of Jessye Norman’s voice is perfectly matched to this noblest of operas... her reading consistently rich and beautiful. With excellent digital sound and with strong, forthright conducting from Haitink, this is the finest of modern version.” -The Penguin Guide

❦Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Andre Previn

Artists: Wolfgang Brendel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tom Krause, Brigitte Fassbaender. Andre Previn/ Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna State Opera Chorus. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001726202 $17.98 “(Te Kanawa’s)... portrait of Rosalinde brings not only gloriously firm, golden sound, but vocal acting which shows her at her happiest and most uninhibited. This is a performance with real star quality, and the fact that her German accent is less than perfect is turned to advantage. She becomes an Anglo-Saxon rosalinde, with the occasional phrase or two of English slipped deftly into the dialogue. Altogether a magnificent set a welcome new development for Previn.” -Gramophone

Verdi: Preludes; Ballet Music; Opera Choruses

Artists: Riccardo Muti/New Philharmonia Orch.; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 167282 $11.98

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New Releases Sacred Choral Music of Frank La Rocca

Works: Sacred Choral Music of Frank La Rocca “In This Place” Artists: Audrey Andrist, piano. Jonathan Dimmock/Artists Vocal Ensemble. (1 CD) (Enharmonic Records) EHRM 025 $16.99

Michael Daugherty: American Byways

Une Mystique de l’Ombre / Polhymnia

Works by: Charpentier; Eric Gaudibert (1936 - 2012); Pierre Danican Philidor (1681 - 1731). Artists: Franck Marcon/Polhymnia, female vocal ens. Florence Bouf (Treble Recorder); Franck Marcon (Organ). (1 CD) (Gallo) GLO 1380 $20.49

Works: Michael Daugherty: Firecracker; Regrets Only; Rosa Parks Boulevard; Walk the Walk; Diamond in the Rough. Artists: Brian Lamb/ University of Central Oklahoma Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Equilibrium) EQL 112 $16.99

Sound Magic / works for Female Chamber Choir

❦Bicentennial Tribute / Rebecca Penneys,

Piano Music of Joachim Raff / Adrian Ruiz

Works: Works by Chopin and Schumann. Artists: Rebecca Penneys, piano (1 CD) (Fleur De Son) FDS 58012 $18.99 “Penneys offers an extraordinary collection of performances displaying an astonishing control over piano sound. It is absolutely gorgeous and full of unimaginable colors... Her playing is simply revelatory.” - American Record Guide

The Red Army Choir Vol.3

Works: Forward!, for men’s chorus & orchestra; Men, song for men’s chorus & balalaika ensemble; Varyag, song for bass, chorus & orchestra; Russian Traditional: Ballad of the Russian Children; Song of the Soldier. (1 CD) (Frémeaux) FRUX 5377 $18.99

Gallo Records

Gioachino Rossini: Chamber Music with Strings and Winds / Italian Classical Consort

Works: Rossini: Andante con Variazione for Violin and Harp in F major; Barber of Seville; Fantasie for Clarinet and Piano; La Donna del Lago, for two flutes; La Notte, Temporale, Preghiera, Caccia, for 2 flutes, clarinet & string quartet; Ouf! les petits pois, for piano in B major. Artists: Italian Classical Consort. Luigi Magistrelli (Clnt); Stefano Furini (Clnt); Chiara Nicora (FtePno); Giovanni Battista Columbro (Flt); Daorsa Dervishi (Flt). (1 CD) (Gallo) GLO 1354 $20.49

Music for Clarinet by Women Composers

Works: Marianna M. A. Bottini (1802 - 1858): Concerto for Clarinet; Sarah Feigin (1928 - ): Fantasia, for 2 clarinets & piano; Marie de Grandval (1830 - 1907): Deux Pieces, for clarinet, piano & ensemble; Augusta Holmes (1847 - 1903): Fantaisie, for clarinet & piano; Molto lento, for clarinet & piano; Alice Mary Smith Meadows White (1839 - 1884): Sonata for Clarinet; Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847); Camilla de Rossi; Anna Amalia von Sachsen-Weimar (1739 - 1807); Caroline Kraemer Schleicher (1794 1850). Artists: Il Cenacolo Della Chimera. Luigi Magistrelli (Clnt); Claudia Bracco (Pno). (1 CD) (Gallo) GLO 1355 $20.49

Felder and Schubert, music for string quartet

Works: Alfred Felder (b. 1950): Fremd bin ich eingezogen, for string quartet; Schubert: String Quartet no 12 “Quartettsatz”; String Quartet no 14 “Death and the Maiden”. Artists: Sarastro Quartett. (1 CD) (Gallo) GLO 1347 $20.49

Guy Bovet at the Organs of Castel San Pietro

Works by: Petrali, Bovet, Fumagalli. Artists: GuyBovet, organ (1 CD) (Gallo) GLO 1379 $20.49

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Works: works by Bartok, Tormis, Adler, Fauré, Hristov et al. Artists: Krikor Chetinian/Female Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music, Plovdiv. (Gega New) GEG 365 $16.99

Works: Joachim Raff: Suite Op. 91; Piano Sonata, Op. 14. Artists: Adrian Ruiz, piano (1 CD) (Genesis) GEES 118 $15.99

Julius Schulhoff: Bohemian Show Pieces

Artists: Adrian Ruiz, piano (1 CD) (Genesis) GEES 119 $15.99

Genuin

Red: String Quartets by Beethoven & Berg

Artists: Amaryllis Quartett. (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 13261 $18.99 This young, contemporary string quartet performs works from the Viennese classical period and Second Viennese School.

Between Heaven and Earth, Vol. 1 / Filippo Faes

Works: Franz Schubert: piano works. Artists: Filippo Faes, piano (2 CD) (Genuin) 2 GUIN 13263 $18.99

Paul Badura-Skoda plays Schubert

Works: Schubert: Sonata D.960; 3 Pieces D.946. Artists: Paul Badura-Skoda, piano (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 12251 $18.99

Mambos y Fanfarria! Works for large wind ensemble

Works by: Addona, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Ravel. Artists: Thomas Clamor/Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar. (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 13260 $18.99 This symphonic wind ensemble is a product of the “El Sistema” system, the Venezuelan music education project of José Antonio Abreu.

Ossuaires / Graindelavoix, Schmelzer

Works: Office for Elizabeth of Hungary by Pierre de Cambrai (13th century). Artists: Bjorn Schmelzer/Graindelavoix. (1 CD) (Glossa) GLS 32107 $20.49

Gesualdo: Sixth Book of Madrigals 1611

Artists: La Compagnia Del Madrigale. (Glossa) GLS 922801 $20.49

Sacred Music in Early 18th Century Naples

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonias, Canzonas, Hymnus. Artists: Cristofaro Caresana, Nicola Fago. Il Tesaro De San Gennaro (Glossa) GLS 922605 $20.49

Corelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 4 / Ensemble Aurora

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 4, Rome 1694 Artists: Enrico Gatti/Ensemble Aurora (2 CD) (Glossa) 2 GLS 921207 $38.99

Stone Cirlce - Celtic Music for Harp & Hammer Dulcimer / Coulter, Moore

Artists: Steve Coulter, celtic harp; Harris Moore, dulcimer (1 CD) (Gourd Music) GRDM 142 $16.99

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Recommended Diva on Detour - Patricia Racette sings Jazz

Songs by: Johnny Burke, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin et al. Artists: Patricia Racette (1 CD) (GPR Records) GPRR 10013 $18.99 Diva on Detour, recorded live, takes Patricia Racette back to her jazz roots.

Diana Brekalo plays Fribbins & Haydn

Works: Peter Fribbins (b.1969): String Quartet No. 2 “After Cromer”; A Haydn Prelude; Piano Concerto; Fantasias for Viola & Piano. Artists: Diana Brekalo, piano. Robertas Servenikas/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Guild) GUI 7381 $14.99 On Sale

Carl Rutti: In Memoriam Silja Walter

Artists: Carl Rutti, organ. Martin Hobi/Badener Vocal Ensemble. (1 CD) (Guild) GUI 7385 $14.99 On Sale

The Golden Age of Light Music: Nature’s Realm Works by: Leroy Anderson; Harold Arlen; Malcolm Arnold; Gérard Calvi; Bruce Campbell; Leslie Coward; Frederic Curzon; Trevor Duncan; Percy Faith; Robert Farnon; Ron Goodwin; Ferde Grofé; Anthony Mawer; Lothar Olias; Sigmund Romberg; Harry Warren and many others. Artists: Charles Williams; Dolf van der Linden; Sidney Torch; Felix Slatkin; George Melachrino; Richard Hayman. GUI 5194 $14.49 On Sale

The Golden Age of Light Music: Melodies For The Starlight Hours

Works by: Joe Burke; Adolph Deutsch; Robert Farnon; Hubert Giraud; James Van Heusen; J. Johnson; Robert Katscher; Jerome Kern; Malcolm Lockyer; Frederick Loewe; Vittorio Mascheroni; Bill McGuffie; Cecil Milner; Angela Morley; Daniel Newman; Cole Porter; Kurt Weill; Peter Yorke and many others. Artists: Peter Yorke; Reg Tilsley; David Rose; Steve Race; Glenn Osser; Werner Muller; André Kostelanetz; Morton Gould; Percy Faith et al. GUI 5196 $14.49 On Sale

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder; Verklarte Nacht / Stokowski

Artists: James McCracken, Gre Brouwenstijn, Nel Rankin, Forbes Robinson, John Lanigan. Leopold Stokowski/London SO. (2 CD) (Guild) 2 GUI 2388 $18.49 On Sale

Hanssler Classic

Schubert: Piano Works, Vol. 9 / Gerhard Oppitz Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata D.557; 3 Pieces D.459A; Sonata D.459 et al. Artists: Gerhard Oppitz, piano (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 98571 $18.99

Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Les Biches

Artists: Marlis Petersen, soprano. Stephane Deneve/NDR Chor; Stuttgart RSO SWR; Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble SWR. (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 93297 $18.99

Ravel: Complete Works for Violin & Piano

Works: Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for Violin & Piano; Sonata for Violin & Cello. Artists: Lena Neudauer, violin; Julian Steckel, cello; Paul Rivinius, piano (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 98002 $18.99 After her triumphant Schumann recording, rising violin star Lena Neudauer presents rare and popular works by Maurice Ravel.

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❦Ronald Corp: Things I Didn’t Say / Edward Batting, APSARA

Artists: Edward Batting, APSARA (1 CD) (Stone Records) SOER 8018 $16.99 “The title’s that of a choral cycle setting 20 poems by Steve Mainwaring about his dying mother. Corp’s setting are fluidly melodic and sensitively responsive. Nine shorter pieces also feature.” -BBC Music Magazine, November 2012

❦Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Patane

Artists: William Matteuzzi, Cecilia Bartoli, Leo Nucci, Enrico Fissore Giuseppe Patane/Orch. del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B001727202 $23.48 “Cecilia Bartoli made this recording when she was still in her early 20s, a mezzo with a rich, vibrant voice who not only copes brilliantly with the technical demand but who also gives winningly provocative characterization. Like conductor, Bartoli is wonderful at bringing out the fun.” -The Penguin Guide

❦Wagner: Das Rheingold / Dohnanyi

Artists: Robert Hale, Hanna Schwarz, Nancy Gustafson, Eike Wilm Schulte. Christoph von Dohnanyi/Cleveland Orch. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727902 $17.98 “Dohnanyi’s interpretation... has all the expected virtues. The orchestral balance is exemplary: every strand of the scoring can be heard. Dynamics re judged to a nicety. Transformations are handled so unerringly that we marvel a new at Wagner’s mastery in that respect. Tempos are finely judged and related well to each other. The playing of The Cleveland Orchestra has warmth and vitality. Those wanting modern studio-made set need not hesitate to acquire this one.” -Gramophone

❦Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Colin Davis

Artists: Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Ava June. Lillian Watson Colin Davis/ROH Covent Garden Orch. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001726502 $17.98 “Britten’s devastating master-opera is graced with a performance to match, with stellar playing and a mesmerising tour de force each from Robert Tear’s Quint and Helen Donath’s Governess.” -BBC Music Magazine, November 2012

❦Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata /

Artists: Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra, Della Jones and Marjon Lambriks. Richard Bonynge/National PO. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727602 $17.98 “The richness and command of the singing puts this among the very finest of Sutherland’s later recordings. Bonynge’s conducting is finely sprung, the style direct, the speeds often spacious in lyrical music, generally undistracting... “ -The Penguin Guide

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New Releases

Harmonia Mundi

❦Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 4 / Bezuidenhout

Works: W.A. Mozart: Fantasia, K 397; Prelude and Fugue, K 394; Sonata, K. 283; Sonata no 9, K. 311; Variations on “Je suis Lindor”, K 354. Artists: Kristian Bezuidenhout (FtePno). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 907528 $18.99 “The tone is vibrant, the music thoroughly engaging, and the genius of Mozart is brilliantly and eloquently served.” -The Scotsman

❦Weber: Violin Sonatas Op. 10/ Isabelle Faust

Works: Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826): Quartet for Piano and Strings in B flat major (“Grand Quatuor”); Sonatas for piano & violin obbligato Op. 10/1-6. Artists: Isabelle Faust (Vln); Alexander Melnikov (FtePno); Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (Clo); Boris Faust (Vla). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902108 $18.99 “It is Faust’s unmannered, focused artistry that commands attention... she has a way of pulling you deeper into each piece as she goes, varying and intensifying her phrasing until abstract figures speak in anxious sentences.” -The New Yorker

Miserere - A sequence of music for Lent, St. Joseph and the Annunciation

Works: David Bevan: Magnificat; William Byrd (1543 - 1623): Emendemus in melius, motet; Gregorian Chant; Giovanni Croce (1559 - 1609); Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599); George Malcolm (1917 - 1997); Colin Mawby (1936 - ); Palestrina; Robert Parsons (circa 1535 - 1570); Thomas Tallis (circa 1505 - 1585). Artists: Martin Baker/Westminster Cathedral Choir. Peter Stevens (Organ); William Gaunt (Bass). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67938 $18.99

Choral Music of Gabriel Jackson: A Ship with Unfurled Sails / State Choir Latvija

Works: Gabriel Jackson (1962 - ): A ship with unfurled sails; Aeterna caeli gloria; Angeli, archangeli; Ave regina caelorum; Missa Triueriensis; Now I have known, O Lord. Artists: Maris Sirmais/Latvija State Choir. Inese Romancane; Didzis Lielauss; Inga Lisovska (Voice); Valdis Tomsons (Voice); Zane Zilberte (Voice). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67976 $18.99

Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrystosom

Artists: Matthew Best/Corydon Singers. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55437 $12.99

British Band Classics / Frederick Fennell

Chamber music of Zelenski & Zarebski

Italian and Spanish Guitar Music / Bream

❦Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Runnicles

Works by: Holst: Suites for Band nos 1&2; Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite; Jacob, Walton Artists: Frederick Fennell/Eastman Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Heritage Masters) HERT 227 $14.99 Artists: Julian Bream, guitar (rec. 1960) (1 CD) (Heritage Masters) HERT 242 $14.99

Pablo Casals and Alfredo Campoli play Elgar

Works: Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61; Cello Concerto, Op. 85. Artists: Alfredo Campoli, violin; Pablo Casals, cello. Adrian Boult/London PO. (1 CD) (Heritage Masters) HERT 245 $14.99

Eric Coates conducts Eric Coates

Works: Eric Coates: London Suite; London Again Suite; Three Elizabeths; Four Centuries. Artists: Eric Coates/New SO of London; Philharmonic Promenade Orch. (1 CD) (Heritage Masters) HERT 222 $14.99

Hyperion

Polyphony sing Benjamin Britten

Works: Britten: Sacred and Profane; A.M.D.G.; Five Flower Songs; Choral Dances from Gloriana. Artists: Stephen Layton/Polyphony. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55438 $12.99

Works: Wladyslaw Zelenski: Piano Quartet; Juliusz Zarebski: Piano Quintet. Artists: Jonathan Plowright, piano. Szymanowski Quartet. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67905 $18.99 Artists: Donald Runnicles/BBC Scottish SO. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67916 $18.99 “The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has a great track record with conductor Daniel Runnicles...” -The Daily Telegraph

Buxtehude: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 5

Artists: Christopher Herrick, organ (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67964 $18.99

Dohnányi: Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2

Artists: Martin Roscoe, piano (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67932 $18.99

Here (and There) - Music for piano & electronics

Works by: Brian Belet, Jim Fox, Tom Lopez, Ed Martin et al. Artists: Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, piano (1 CD) (Innova) INNO 846 $14.99 Pianist Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi’s playing has been called “brilliant” (New Music Connoisseur), “persuasive” (Sequenza21), and “beautiful” (American Record Guide).

Andrew McPherson: Secrets of Antikythera

Works: Dvorák: String Quintet, Op. 97; String Sextet, Op. 48. Artists: Raphael Ensemble (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55405 $12.99

Works: Andrew McPherson: Secrets of Antikythera - works for violin, viola, piano & electronics Artists: Martin Shultz, violin; Nadia Sirota, viola, Ryan McCullough, piano (1 CD) (Innova) INNO 842 $14.99

❦Britten: Cello Symphony et al. / Gerhardt

Bill Ryan: Towards Daybreak / Billband

Dvorák: String Quintet and Sextet / Raphael Ens.

Works: Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Cello Sonata, Op. 65; Suites for solo cello nos 1 - 3; Tema “Sacher,” for solo cello. Artists: Andrew Manze/BBC Scottish SO. Alban Gerhardt (Clo); Steven Osborne (Pno). (2 CD) (Hyperion) 2 HYP 67941 $40.49 “Alban Gerhardt is a poet of the cello...” -The Dallas Morning News

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Works: Bill Ryan: Towards Daybreak - a collection of chamber works for piano, clarinet, cello, sax, violin & percussion. Artists: Billband (1 CD) (Innova) INNO 841 $14.99

Ida Presti & Alexander Lagoya, Vol. 2:

Artists: Ida Presti & Alexander Lagoya (Guitars) (Rec. 1956-1961) (1 CD) (Italian Discographic Institute) IDI 6656 $14.99

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Recommended The Historical HMV Recordings 1956 Vol. 2

Artists: Renato De Barbieri, violin; Tullio Macoggi, piano (Italian Discographic Institute) IDI 6657 $14.99

The Art Of Violinist Boris Goldstein

Works: Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1 - 3; Franck: Violin Sonata. Artists: Boris Goldstein, Violin; Julia Goldstein, Piano (Italian Discographic Institute) 2 IDI 6658 $29.99

Musica Sacra / Buddhist Shomyo & Chant

Works: Anonymous: O Virgo Splendens; Anonymous, Notre Dame School: Veni Sancte Spiritus; Gregorian Chant: Alleluia. Magnus Dominus; Iustus ut palma; Litanie; Oratio Ieremiae; Japanese & Russian Traditional. Artists: David Eben/Schola Gregoriana Pragensis; Saikawa Buntai/Buddhist Tendai Monks from Japan. (live, 2009)(1 CD) (K&K) KK 48 $18.99

Piano Music of Frederic Mompou / Adolf Pla

Works: Frederic Mompou: Paisatges; Preludis; Souvenirs et al. Artists: Adolf Pla, piano (La Ma de Guido) LMG 2109 $16.99

Piano Music of Josep Soler / Álvarez-Argudo

Works: Josep Soler (1935 - ): Escenes de Via Crucis; Meditacic; Paisaje nocturno nos 7 & 8; Sans soleil; Sonata for Piano no 11 Artists: Miguel Alvarez-Argudo (Pno). (1 CD) (La Ma de Guido) LMG G2111 $16.99

Nocturns per a Piano / Sira Hernandez, piano

Works by: Field, Chopin, Liszt, Borodin, Fauré, Debussy, Satie, Britten et al. Artists: Sira Hernandez, piano (1 CD) (La Ma de Guido) LMG 2107 $16.99

❦Gounod: Faust / Te Kanawa, Araiza

Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa, Francisco Araiza, Evgeny Nesterenko, Pamela Coburn and Marjana Lipovsek. Colin Davis/ Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian RSO. (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B001726602 $23.48 “This is the most satisfying performance of Gounod’s favorite opera yet to appear in the LP/ CD era. Davis has generated just the sense of a live and lively performance seldom found on the rival recordings. He obviously cherishes the work, lavishes immense care on Gounod’s felicitous scoring and persuades his Bavarian forces to life the rhythms in a really Beecahmesque manner. It also has one of Philips’s most natural, forward and well-balanced recordings with voices in perfect alignment with the orchestra.” -Gramophone

❦Verdi: Oberto / Marriner, Ramey, Guleghina

Artists: Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina, Violeta Urmana, Stuart Neill, Sara Fulgoni. Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin in the Fields; London Voices. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727702 $17.98 “An exciting cast, suitably vigorous conducting and a lifelike recording make this a spectacular addition to Philips’s repertory of Young Verdi... The London Voices sound properly Italianate. All in all, this is an important addition to the Verdi discography.” -Gramophone

La Lira di Napoli / Ens. Baroque de Limoges;

Works by: Haydn, Pleyel, Orgitano, Mozart Artists: Matthias Loibner, Thierry Nouat, Tobie Miller. Christophe Coin/Ensemble Baroque de Limoges. (1 CD) (Laborie) LBOE 07 $18.99

Cuando Acaba de Llover (Nar det Slutter a Regne)

Works by: Itziar Martinez Galdos, Per Arne Frantzen, Xavier Montsalvatge, Jesus Guridi and Joaquin Nin. Artists: Itziar Martinez Galdos; Per Arne Frantzen (1 CD) (LAWO Classics) LAWO 1002 $16.99

George Gershwin: Gershwin at the Keyboard /

Artists: Ivar Anton Waagaard, piano (1 CD) (LAWO Classics) LAWO 1021 $16.99

❦Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 / Gergiev

Artists: Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Orch. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Mariinsky) MARK 0533 $18.99 “Gergiev certainly knows how to get what he wants, and his dedicated Mariinsky forces are with him every step of the way.” -Gramophone

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 1

Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Ballet Sacra; Liturgical Dances; The Fort Canterbury Adventures; To Tame the Perilous Skies. Artists: W. Dale Warren/Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble; James Keene; Dennis W. Fisher/ United States Air Force Band; Alan Bonner/ University of Texas Symphonic Band. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 1861 $9.99 This acclaimed series documents the wind band works of Oswald winning composer David R. Holsinger, brilliantly performed by the UTEP Wind Symphony.

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❦Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen / MET, Levine

Artists: Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et al. Fabio Luisi/James Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. Bryn Terfel (Bss Bar); Waltraud Meier (Mzz Sop); Jonas Kaufmann (Tnr); Deborah Voigt (Sop); Mojca Erdmann (Sop). (2 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 2 DGG B001724902 $17.98 “Bryn Terfel’s singing of Wotan’s Farewell and his account of the Wanderer’s Dir Unweisen Ruf’ich Ins Ohr are moving; Hans-Peter Konig gives a black, implacable account of Hagen’s Watch, while the easy fluency and almost baritonal richness of Jonas Kaufmann’s Siegmund [is] a joy.” -The Guardian, September 2012

❦Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Colin Davis

Artists: Jose Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Montserrat Caballe, Patricia Payne, Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco. Colin Davis/Orch. of the ROH Covent Garden. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727802 $17.98 “The passion of ... Jose Carreras’s... performance, and in the finals scene its pathos, fulfill every facet of Riccardo’s complex personality. Caballe seems inspired by Carreras to give of her best. She fills her Gallow aria with the right sense of fear and foreboding and the ensuing duet with eloquence, while the Prayer has all the appealing fervor of a mother’s plea for her life.” -Gramophone

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New Releases The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. 1: Walls of Zion

Mark Custom Recordings

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 9

Artists: Greater Harrisburg Concert Band; Messiah College Faculty Brass; Messiah College Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 6809 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 6

Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Abram’s Pursuit; American Faces; Homage; Hopak Raskolniki (A Dance for the Old Believers); Jolly Walk in Hibertland; Kansas City Dances, for tuba & symphonic band. Artists: William Berz/Rutgers Wind Ensemble. Scott Mendocker (Tuba). (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 2824 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 3

Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Easter Symphony, for band. Artists: Mel Ivey/University of North Texas Symphonic Band; Dennis W. Fisher. Kenneth Lee. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 2347 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 8

Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): A Song of Moses, for chorus, winds & percussion; Ballet Exaltare; Battle Music; Every Morning New; Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart; Scootin’ on Hardrock. Artists: Lowell Graham/United States Air Force Concert Band; Dennis W. Fisher/ University of North Texas Symphonic Band. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 3973 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 4

Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Deerpath Dances; Graysondance; Gypsydance; Havendance; Mobbusters!; Nilesdance. Artists: A.G. III McGrannahan/The University of Nevada, Reno Wind Ensemble; The Kansas Brass Quintet. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 2523 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 10

Artists: Ron Hufstader/University of Texas at El Paso Wind Sym. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 6810 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 7

Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Adagio; Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong; Festiva Jubiloso; On the Cul-de-Sac, Three O’Clock, Friday Afternoon; Praises, ballet; Pride of Buxmont. Artists: William Berz/Rutgers Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 3847 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 11

Artists: Dixon Municipal Reagan Band & Chorus; Lee University Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 9811 $9.99

Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 5

Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): At The Strongholds Of En Gedi; Gmyway’s Revenge!, symphonic suite; If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else!; In Praise of Gentle Pioneers; On the Grand Prairie Texas (A Portrait of the Land); Prelude And Rondo. Artists: Dennis W. Fisher/University of North Texas Symphonic Band. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 2524 $9.99

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Artists: Drake University Wind Sym.; Rutgers Wind Ensemble; Tennesse Tech Sym. Band; United States Air Force Band of Mid-America. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 9651 $9.99

The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. 2: Critical Speed Artists: Adam F Brennan/Mansfield University Concert Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 9652 $9.99

Easy Contest Solos, Vol. 1: Oboe

Artists: Heidi Huseman DeWally, oboe; John Mitton, piano (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 9968 $9.99

Intrinsic Versatility / Miles Osland

Works by: Debussy, Mower, Hindemith, Stravinsky et al. Artists: Miles Osland, piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone. Vince DiMartino/University of Kentucky Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 50209 $9.99

Timothy Reynish Internaional Repertoire Recordings, Vol. 6

Artists: Timothy Reynish/Philharmonic Winds Singapore, Live in Concert. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 9576 $9.99

Symphonia Super Sampler / Symphonia

Works: Shostakovich, Durufle, James Self, Berlioz, John Williams, Johnny Mercer et al. Artists: Symphonia (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 50240 $9.99

Edge (ej) Music for Trombone and Percussion

Works: Doug Bristol, Aaron Dale, William Kraft, Perry Goldstein et al. Artists: Joshua Hauser, trombone; Eric Willie, percussion (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 8498 $9.99

At Long Last...Live! / Univ. of S FL Wind Ens.

Works by: Robert Litton, Kenneth Hesketh, Scott McAllister, John Ireland. Artists: John Carmichael/ University of South Florida Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 9987 $9.99

Mothership / Ohio University Wind Ensemble

Works: Mason Bates, Gershwin, Robert Moran, Joel Puckett, Grainger. Artists: Andrew Trachsel/ Ohio Universtiy Wind Sym. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 50261 $9.99

The Romantic Clarinet - Brahms & Schumann

Works: Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas nos 1 & 2; Schumann: 3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 73. Artists: Paul Dean, clarinet; Stephen Emmerson, piano (Melba Recordings) MELB 301138 $19.99

Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Part 2 Vol. 1

Works by: Rodion Shchedrin, Vladimir Ryabov, and Alexander Tchaikovsky. Artists: Ekaterina Mechetina, Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Nikita Mndoyants: piano (1 CD) (Melodiya) MELY 1001967 $16.99

Teach Me to Walk in the Light / The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Artists: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orch. at Temple Square. (1 CD) (Mormon Tabernacle) MRMT 5082351 $18.99 Favorite childrens’ songs and sacred childhood hymns, including “Teach Me to Walk in the Light,” “Give, Said the Little Stream,” “If the Savior Stood Beside Me,” and “When He Comes Again”.

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Recommended ❦Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Dohnanyi

Meridian

Music of Christopher Rathbone / Daniel’s Beard Works: Christopher Rathbone: Daniel’s Razor; Elegy; Clarinet Quintet; Tarn Hows; Terzetto; et al. Artists: Daniel’s Beard. (1 CD) (Meridian) MER 84616 $14.99 On Sale

Music of Hanne Tofte Jespersen

Works: Hanne Tofte Jespersen: The Testimony of Melangell for five singers, violin, double bass, piano, percussion. Artists: Music for the Mysteries. (1 CD) (Meridian) MER 84617 $14.99 On Sale

L’Orgue Monumental / Peter Eilander, organ

Works by: Lefébure, Builmant, Andriessen, Monnikendam, Westering, Bijster. Artists: Peter Eilander, organ (Motette) MOT 13604 $20.49

Transcriptions for Organ / Winifred Bonig

Works: Transcriptions for Organ of music by Bruckner, Liszt, & Strauss. Artists: Winifred Bonig, organ (Motette) MOT 13251 $16.99

The Valley Sings - Choral Music by composers of the Hudson Valley

Works by: Aaron Copland, James Fitzwilliam, Craig Fryer, John B Hedge. Artists: A Consort of Singers. (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1427 $11.99

Gabrielle Fauré: Music for Piano Duet

Works: Fauré: 13 Barcarolles; Dolly, Op. 56; 6 Pieces for Piano Duet Artists: Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch, pianists (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1438 $11.99

Keyboard works by Rosner & Pinkham

Works: Arnold Rosner (b.1945): Musique de Clavecin; Sonatine d’Amour; Daniel Pinkham: Partita for Harpsichord. Artists: Barbara Harbach, harpsichord (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1443 $11.99

❦Verdi: Requiem / Bjorling, Milanov, Toscanini

Artists: Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Jussi Bjorling, Nicola Moscona. Arturo Toscanini/NBC Sym.; Westminster Choir. (2 CD) (Music & Arts) 2 M&A 1269 $16.99 Harvey Sachs writes in his liner notes “... we are unlikely to hear a more overwhelming performance of the work than this one, ever.” Reissued in improved sound in 2003.

❦Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Jeux d’Enfants

Works: Bizet: Carmen Suites nos 1 & 2; Petite Suite from Jeux d’enfants; Symphony in C major. Artists: Andrea Licata/Royal PO; Dirk Joeres/ Westdeutsche Sinfonia; Mark Ermler/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1198 $9.99 “Joeres doesn’t just let his musicians play, he makes them shape each phrase with loving care.” -Pizzicato

Music of Willy Burkhard: The face of Isaiah, The Year

Works: Willy Burkhard (1900-1955): The face of Isaiah, The Year. Artists: Locher, Hunziker, Brechbuhler, Boog, Friedli (2 CD) (Musiques Suisses) 2 MSS 6273 $35.99

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Artists: Robert Hale, Hildegard Behrens, Josef Protschka, Kurt Rydl - Dohnanyi Christoph von Dohnanyi/Vienna Philharmonic. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001728002 $17.98 “Singers, conductor, chorus, orchestra and engineers combine to make this the most successful recording of the work to date. In consequence its revolutionary character is fully realized. With the Vienna Philharmonic responding to Dohnanyi’s precise and energizing beat from start to finish the sea does really seem to course through the score as Wagner intended.” -Gramophone

❦Schreker: Die Gezeichneten / Lothar Zagrosek

Artists: Alfred Muff, Monte Pederson, Laszlo Polgar, Elizabeth Connell and Heinz Kruse. Lothar Zagrosek/Berlin German SO; Berlin Radio Chorus. (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B001727302 $23.48 “What Zagrosek’s gloriously recorded version demonstrates is the range of atmospheric beauty in the score. Zagrosek draws dedicated playing and singing from the massive ensemble, and the beautifully balanced sound is of demonstration quality.” -The Penguin Guide

❦Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Tullio Serafin

Artists: Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Angelo Mercuriali, Fiorenza Cossotto Tullio Serafin/ Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia; Orch. dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727002 $17.98 “Tebaldi gives a vintage performance to remind us of her sterling qualities in this repertory.” -Gramophone

❦Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Georges Pretre

Artists: Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons, Florindo Andreoli, Alberto Rinaldi Georges Pretre/La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orch. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001726702 $17.98 “(Domingo)... heroically dominates the performance. Juan Pons sings the Prologue impressively.” -The Penguin Guide

❦Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff / - Karajan

Artists: Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Francisco Araiza, Piero de Palma, Heinz Zednik Herbert von Karajan/Vienna PO (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727502 $17.98 “No conductor will ever have the last word on Falstaff, and some may feel that Mr. Karajan’s approach is a bit too calculating and saturnine for its own good. Still, for tis instrumental beauties and superb cast, the Philips performance should be an enriching experience for everyone who loves this miraculous opera from Verdi’s old age.” -The New York Times

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New Releases Frank Martin: Works for Flute / Pahud

Works: Frank Martin: The Complete Works for Flute in chamber music and with orchestra. Artists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Piemontesi, piano; Berndt, organ. Thierry Fischer/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. (2 CD) (Musiques Suisses) 2 MSS 6275 $35.99

Ignaz Holzbauer: Gunther von Schwarzburg

Artists: L. Infantino, R. Arie, A. Moffo, G. Prandelli, O. Moscucci. Oliviero De Fabritiis. (2 CD) (Myto Records) 2 MYT 00321 $21.49

Vivaldi: Concertos for Bassoon, Vol. 3 / Azzolini

Artists: Sergio Azzolini (Bassoon)/L’Aura Soave Cremona. (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 30539 $16.99 “A tour de force, Azzolini’s command of those concertos is breathtaking.” -- Early Music Today.

Navona

Sergio Cervetti: Keyboard3 - Works for Piano, Harpsichord & Organ

Artists: Karolina Rojahn, Maria Teresa Chenlo, Sergio Cervetti, Karel Martinek (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5900 $16.99

The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 1: Shakespeare’s Memory

Artists: Chad Sloan, Andrea Chenoweth, Kellie Van Horn. Kalmia String Quartet. (1 ECD) (Navona) NVA 5899 $16.99

Music of Jeffrey Stadelman: Messenger

Works: Jeffrey Stadelman: Messenger orchestral, instrumental and electoacoustic works Artists: Petr Vronsky, Jeffrey Stadelman, Elizabeth McNutt. Moravian PO. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5896 $16.99

The Music of Sparky Davis

Artists: Petr Vronsky, Vit Micka, Karolina Rojahn Moravian PO. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5897 $16.99

Chamber music of Juan Sebastián Lach Lau

Artists: Ensemble 3; Moravian Philharmonic Chamber Players; The Electronic Hammer. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 5894 $16.99 Music with subtle influences from Cage, Ligeti, and the NY avante garde of the 50s.

Piano Music from Israel / Heidrun Holtmann

Works by: Josef Tal; Tzi Avni; Gil Shohat. Artists: Heidrun Holtmann, piano (1 CD) (Neos Production) NEOS 11025 $20.49 The works on this CD were composed in Israel between 1945 and 2001.

Grauschumacher Piano Duo play Schubert and Shostakovich

Works: Schubert: Sonata in C Major 4 hands; Shostakovich: Symphony no 5. Artists: Grauschumacher Piano Duo. (1 CD) (Neos Production) NEOS 20801 $20.49

Brahms: German Requiem in the 2 piano vers.

Artists: Simone Nold, soprano; Kay Stiefermann, baritone. Ian Pace & Mark Knoop, pianos. WDR Rundfunkchor Koln. (1 CD) (Neos Production) NEOS 30803 $20.49

Toshio Hosokawa: String Quarets / Diotima Qrt

Works: Toshio Hosokawa (b.1955): String Quarets Artists: Quatuor Diotima. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Neos Production) NEOS 11072 $20.49

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Klaus Huber (b. 1924): Metanoia

Artists: Walter Grimmer, cello; Max Engel, baryton; Katharina Rikus, contralto; Hugo Noth, accordion (1 CD) (Neos Production) NEOS 11220 $20.49

Handel’s Delight / Baroque and Blue

Artists: Joerg Waschinski; Baroque and Blue (1 CD) (New Classical Adventure) NCA 60259 $24.99 Baroque and Blue present arrangements ranging from relatively faithful renderings to wildly inventive readings of beloved works, each of which leads us back to recognize anew the creativity of Handel himself.

New Pan

Bottesini Belcanto - Arias, Romances & Fantasias

Works: Giovanni Bottesini (1821 - 1989) Belcanto - Arias, Romances & Fantasias for double bass Artists: Emanuela Galli, soprano; Alberto Lo Gatto, double bass, Luca Antoniotti, fortepiano (New Pan) NEWP 10271 $20.49

Silvius Leopold Weiss: The Dresden manuscript

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: The Dresden manuscript - Music for Two Lutes. Artists: Robert Bart & Kar-Ernst Schroder, lutes; Gaetano Nasillo, cello (1 CD) (New Pan) NEWP 10238 $20.49

Insiraf: Arabo-Andalusian Music from the 13th Century Artists: Paolo Faldi, flutes, shawm; Gianfranco Russo, viella, lyra. Cantilena Antiqua. (1 CD) (New Pan) NEWP 10239 $20.49 This recording presents an anthology of magnificent songs from various Mediterranean traditions with a strong Arab influence on performance style.

Organ Music of / Jorg-Andreas Botticher

Works: Gottlieb Muffat: Toccatas; Capriccios; Canzonas; Ricercars Artists: Jorg-Andreas Botticher, organ (1 CD) (New Pan) NEWP 10224 $20.49

Bernardo Pasquini: Cain & Abel, oratorio

Works: Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1717): Cain & Abel, oratorio Artists: Parizzi, Cipriani, Panzeri, Dirckinck, Boden. Alessandro De Marchi/Il Teatro Armonica. (1 CD) (New Pan) NEWP 10236 $20.49

Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas / Evgeni Koroliov

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas 2,4,7 Artists: Evgeni Koroliov, piano (New Pan) NEWP 10281 $20.49

Leclair & his Rivals / Leila Scheyegh, violin

Works by: Guillemain, Cardonne, Guignon & Duphly. Artists: Leila Scheyegh, baroque violin; Jorg Halubek, hapsichord (1 CD) (New Pan) NEWP 10278 $20.49

Le Dessus de Viole: Music for treble viol

Works: Music for treble viol from 18th century Paris by Louis Heudelinne and Charles Henri Blainville Artists: Simone Eckert, viol. Hamburger Ratsmusik. (2 CD) (New Pan) 2 NEWP 10279 $38.99

Robyn Schulkowsky (b.1953): Armadillo

Artists: Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion, Fredy Studer, drums, Joey Baron, drums (1 CD) (New World) NWR 80739 $16.99

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Newton Classics

❦Saarella Palaa, Fire on the Island - Choral music by Jean Sibelius

Verdi: Overtures, Preludes and Sinfonias

Artists: Marko Letonja/Orch. Regionale Filarmonia Veneta. (1 CD) (Newton Classics) NEWC 8802149 $11.99 On Sale

Vivaldi: Concertos; Trio Sonatas

Artists: Massimo Scattolin/I Cameristi di Venezia. (1 CD) (Newton Classics) NEWC 8802156 $11.99 On Sale

Mozart: Complete Flute Concertos

Artists: Frans Vester, Edward Witsenburg, flutes. Frans Bruggen/Mozart Ensemble Amsterdam. (2 CD) (Newton) 2 NEWC 8802152 $14.99 On Sale These 1972 recordings were made by the cream of the Dutch early music movement, led by one of its alma parens, Frans Bruggen.

Scarlatti: 12 Sinfonie di Concerto Grosso

Artists: Angleo Ephrikian/I Solisti di Milano. (2 CD) (Newton Classics) 2 NEWC 8802154 $14.99 On Sale

Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: String Quartets

Artists: Juilliard String Quartet. (1 CD) (Newton Classics) NEWC 8802159 $11.99 On Sale

Vivaldi: Concerti per vari Strumenti

Artists: Vivaldi Consort. (1 CD) (Newton Classics) NEWC 8802155 $11.99 On Sale

Adoration and Revelation / Nova Cantica

Works: 400 years of music in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apocalypse Artists: Nova Cantica (2 CD) (Newton Classics) 2 NEWC 8802145 $14.99 On Sale

Mozart: Horn Concertos / Ab Koster, horn

Artists: Ab Koster, horn; Bruno Weil/Tafelmusik. (1 CD) (Newton) NEWC 8802160 $11.99 On Sale

The Piano at the Opera / Portenaw Piano Duo

Works: Music of Czerny: Introduction and Variations Op.398 from Donizetti ‘s Don Pasquale; La cornetta del postiglione Op.282, Glinka, Thalberg & List adapted for 2 pianos. Artists: Portenaw Piano Duo. (1 CD) (Newton Classics) NEWC 8802146 $11.99 On Sale

Easter Chants Russian Church / Benedictine Monks from the Union

Artists: Dom Frank Zanitti/Benedictine Monks from the Union. (1 CD) (Newton Classics) NEWC 8802157 $11.99 On Sale

Paganini: Complete Ghiribizzi for guitar

Artists: Alfonso Baschiera, guitar (1 CD) (Newton Classics) NEWC 8802161 $11.99 On Sale

Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2011 Plug New Music Festival /

Works: Jay Capperauld: Sojurn Aufenthalt, for voice & piano; Christopher Duncan: Twine, for orchestra; Steve Forman: Gill’s Delirium, for clarinet & percussion; Claire McCue: Surge, for orchestra; Timothy Miles: Twitching, for clarinet; Lewis Murphy: Am Turme, for 2 voices & orchestra; Anna Shucksmith; James Staddon. Artists: Nigel Boddice/Musiclab. Calum Robertson (Clnt); Glynn Forrest (Perc); James Gorman (Perc); Theodoris Iosifidis (Pno); Fraser Langton (Clnt). (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6192 $10.99

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Artists: Monica Groop, mezzosoprano; Jorma Hynninen, baritone; Folke Gräsbeck, piano; Harri Viitanen, organ Seppo Murto/Dominante Choir. (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1889 $18.99 “Fascinating manuscript fragments and student exercises appear alongside Finnish and Swedishlanguage choral classics...Supple, springy choral singing.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

❦Charles-Simon Catel: Sémiramis, opera

Artists: Herve Niquet/Le Concert Spiritue. (Glossa) 2 GLS 921625 $34.99 On Sale “Nicquet puts the drama at the top of his agenda, but also shows a strong sense of line and a gracious way with the dances...Vidal is attractive as the troubled Arzace. This is a passionate performance, well recorded and well delivered; a pity Cate offers us so little melody.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

❦Famous Military and Concert Marches

Artists: Band of HM Royal Marines. (1 CD) (Heritage Masters) HERT 241 $14.99 “Well played, nicely rhythmical.......... Good, clean and well spread sound.” -Gramophone

❦Bernstein conducts Beethoven / [DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 16 (vers. for string orchestra); F.J. Haydn: Missa in tempore belli, “Paukenmesse”. Artists: Blegen, Fassbaender, Ahnsjoe, Sotin Leonard Bernstein/ Vienna PO. (1 DVD-Video) (C Major Video) CME 711508 $21.99 On Sale “Beethoven’s last quartet, expanded for full strings, sounds nicely urgent but unsuitably Romantic. Haydn’s Mass is almost upstaged by its glorious setting, the Baroque basilica at Ottobeuren.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

❦Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / William Christie

Artists: Christine Schafer; Patricia Petibon, Ian Bostridge, Iain Paton, Alan Ewing William Christie/ Les Arts Florissants. (2 CD) (Erato) 2 ERA 2564659884 $18.99 “For period-instrument performances, Christie is now the first choice.” -Gramophone Magazine

❦Live at Verbier 2011 / Martin Helmchen, piano [DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29” Hammerklavier”. Bach; Liszt. Artists: Martin Helmchen (Pno). (1 DVD-Video) (Juxtapositions) JXTP 3079808 $24.99 “He penetrates [the Bach’s] counterpoint with a cleansing unmannered beauty - wonderful food for both heart and mind.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

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New Releases Richard Barrett: Dark Matter, for 19 players / Deborah Kayser, Carl Rosman

Works: works Artists: artists Christian Eggen/Cikada; Elision. (1 CD) (NMC Classics) NMC 183 $18.99 “Dark Matter”, scored for an ensemble of 19 performers plus live and pre-recorded electronics, sets secret Egyptian texts carved on the walls of sarcophagi in the pyramids of 2400BC, alongside fragments from Lucretius and other Greek writers on the nature of matter, the stars and other worlds and ending with Samuel Beckett’s ‘Sounds’.

Northern Flowers

Boris Tishchenko: Marina - Symphony No. 2

Artists: Edward Chivzhel/Karelian State PO; Petrozavodsk Conservatory Choir. (1 CD) (Northern Flowers) NTF 99105 $16.99

Piano music of Boris Tishchenko

Works: Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 1 - Sonatas nos 1&2; 3 Riddles, Op. 19 et al. Artists: Dinara Mazitova, piano; Boris Tishchenko, piano (Northern Flowers) NTF 99104 $16.99

Vadim Salmanov: String Quartets, Vol. 1

Works: Vadim Nikolayvich Salmanov (1912 1978): Quartets for Strings nos 1 - 3. Artists: Taneyev Quartet - Vladimir Ovcharek (Vln); Vissarion Solovyev (Vla); Grigory Lutzky (Vln); Iosif Levinzon (Clo); Beniamin Morozov (Clo). (1 CD) (Northern Flowers) NTF 99102 $16.99

Arnold Schonberg: Complete Piano Works

Artists: Pina Napolitano, piano (1 CD) (Odradek) ODAK 300 $16.99

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Works: Scriabin: The Travel Préludes Opp 11, 13, 15, 16, 17. Artists: Javier Negrin, piano (1 CD) (Odradek) ODAK 305 $16.99

Piano Music of Gubaidulina / Mei Yi Foo, piano

Works: Gubaidulina: Musical Toys; Unsuk Chin: Six Piano Etudes; Ligeti: Musica Ricercata Artists: Mei Yi Foo, piano (1 CD) (Odradek) ODAK 302 $16.99

Stravinsky, Hindemith & Ravel for 2 Piano

Works: Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Hindemith: Sonata for Piano Four Hands; Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole Artists: Duo Miho and Masumi Hio (1 CD) (Odradek) ODAK 301 $16.99

Domenico Codispoti plays Liszt & Granados

Works: Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Petrach Sonnets; Granados: El Amor y la Muerte Artists: Domenico Codispoti, piano (1 CD) (Odradek) ODAK 303 $16.99

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 12 and BWV 147

Artists: Judith Spiesser, Annekathrin Laabs, Robert Sellier, Timo Janzen. Thomas Gropper/ Arcis-Vocalisten; Barockorchester L’Arpa Festante. (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 425 $14.99 On Sale

Viktor Ullmann & Beethoven Piano Concertos

Works: Viktor Ullmann: Piano Concerto Op. 25 (1940); Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3. Artists: Herbert Schuch, piano. Olair Elts/WDR SO Koln. (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 833 $17.99 On Sale

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The Britannic Organ, Vol. 5: Richard Wagner

Artists: Richard Wagner on Welte Britannic Organ (2 CD) (Oehms) 2 OEH 844 $29.49 On Sale

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In This Moonlit Night / Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Works: Lieder by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky & Taneyev. Artists: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Ivari Ilja, piano (1 CD) (Ondine) OND 1216 $16.99

Leevi Madetoja: Symphony No. 2 / Storgards

Works: Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947): Symphony No. 2; Kullervo; Elegy. Artists: John Storgards/ Helsinki PO. (1 CD) (Ondine) OND 1212 $16.99

Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony

Works: Music by Rossini, Verdi & Waldteufel. Artists: Arturo Toscanini/NBC SO. (1 CD) (Opus Kura) OPK 7061 $15.99

❦Tara Hugo sings Philip Glass

Artists: Tara Hugo (1 CD) (Orange Mountain Music) OMM 0084 $18.99 “There’s punch and wit in the intense delivery of Tara Hugo.” -The Times (UK)

Orfeo

Weissenberg plays Ravel / Salzburg, 1972

Works: Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17; Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstelkung. Artists: Alexis Weissenberg, piano. (Salzburg Festival 1972) (2 CD) (Orfeo) 2 ORF 869122 $38.99

Salzburg Festival 1986 / Frederica von Stade

Works: Songs by Fauré, Strauss, Mahler, Copland, Ives, Pasatieri, Canteloube, Schonberg Artists: Frederica von Stade, soprano, Martin Katz, piano (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 870121 $21.49

Sviatoslav Richter, Riccardo Muti, Vienna PO

Works: Rossini: Semiramide, overture; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia concertante K.364. Artists: Sviatoslav Richter, piano. Riccardo Muti/Vienna Philharmonic. (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 867121 $21.49

Salzburg Festival 1972/74 / Lifschitz

Works: Mozart: Adagio und Fugue K.546; Piano Concerto K.456; Symphonies K.202 & K.318. Artists: Konstantin Lifschitz, piano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 844121 $21.49

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

Works: Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time. Artists: Carolin Widmann, Jorg Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 840121 $21.49

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Recommended Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Welser-Most

Artists: Franz Welser-Most/Gustav Mahler Youth Orch. Salzburg Festival, 1989 (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 868121 $21.49

Piano Duets / Christina & Michelle Naughton

Works: Music for 2 Pianos by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, de Falla, Ravel Lutoslawski Artists: Christina & Michelle Naughton (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 859121 $21.49 This program spans almost two centuries, from Mozart’s D major Sonata to Lutoslawski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini.

I dreamed myself a dream: Danish folk Songs

Artists: Michala Petri, recorder. Michael Bojesen/ Danish National Vocal Ensemble. (1 CD) (OUR Recordings) OUR 8226907 $16.99

❦Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Sakari Oramo, Finnish Radio SO

Works: Prokofiev: Symphonies nos 5 & 6. Artists: Sakari Oramo/ Finnish RSO. (1 CD) (Ondine) OND 1181 $16.99 “Aided by a clean and unfussy recorded acoustic, Oramo and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra bring out the work’s remarkable colours and character. In the second movement one senses the Symphony’s deliberate hesitations, and those moments where certainties are undermined by a curdled harmony or a baleful brass fanfare.” -BBC Music Magazine, December 2012

Piano Music of Frederik Rzewski / Hinterhuber Works: Frederik Rzewski: Variation of Sergio Ortega’s “El Pue blo Unido Jamas Sera Vencio”; Bach Artists: Christopher Hinterhuber, piano (1 CD) (Paladino Music) PANO 0037 $18.99

Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Schone Minka

Artists: Christopher Hinterhuber, Walter Auer, Martin Rummel (1 CD) (Paladino Music) PANO 0019 $18.99

The Mozart Sessions / Markus Schirmer

Artists: Markus Schirmer, piano; A Far Cry (1 CD) (Paladino Music) PANO 0038 $18.99

Giants: Bach, Gesualdo, Monteverdi

Artists: Margret Koll, triple harp; Luca Pianca, lute (1 CD) (Passacaille) PSSA 958 $16.99

Erik Satie: Le Fils des Etoiles / Alexei Lubimov

Artists: Alexei Lubimov, piano (1 CD) (Passacaille) PSSA 965 $16.99

Mortelmans Songs “When the Soul Listens”

Works: Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868-1952): When the Soul Listens - piano works and songs Artists: Yuriy Mynenko, countertenor; Peter Vanhove, piano (1 CD) (Pavane) PVN 7547 $11.99

Barbara Nissman Plays Ginastera

Works: Ginastera: The Three Piano Concertos Artists: Barbara Nissman, piano. Kenneth Kiesler/ University of Michigan SO. (1 CD) (Pierian) PIE 0048 $18.99 Ginastera hails Nissman as a “magnificent interpreter of my music - one of the best pianists in the world”.

Perchitarrasola: Finnish & Italian Music for Guitar

Works by: Nieminen, Koskinen, Klami, Maggio, Pavia, Porro Artists: Patrik Kleemola, guitar (Pilfink Records) PIFK 103 $16.99

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in Debussy & Ravel

Works: Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Piano Concerto in G; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Debussy: Children’s Corner. Artists: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano (rec. 1960) (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Praga) PGA 350091 $21.49

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Sviatoslav Richter

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 27 - 29 “Hammerklavier”. Artists: Sviatoslav Richter, piano (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Praga) PGA 350065 $21.49 The fifth release in Praga’s Richter Edition, which presents SACD remasters of classic albums by the great Russian pianist features live recordings from the the 60s and 70s.

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❦Magnus Lindberg: Chamber Works

Works: Magnus Lindberg: Chamber Works Clarinet Trio; Santa Fe Project for cello & piano; Partita for solo cello 7-12 et al. Artists: Kari Kriikku (Clnt); Anssi Karttunen (Clo); Magnus Lindberg (Pno). (1 CD) (Ondine) OND 1199 $16.99 “The music seems to combine Lindberg’s newly acquired expressive generosity with the harmonic logic and lucidity that’s always been characteristic of his work.” -The Guardian, September 2012

❦Music from The Eton Choirbook / Tonus Peregrinus

Works:Lambe, Stratford, Davy, Browne, Kellyk, Wylkynson: Magnificat; Robert Wylkynson (circa 1450 - after 1515). Artists: Antony Pitts/Tonus Peregrinus. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572840 $8.99 On Sale “These performances are commendable, displaying unearthly breath control in the long phrases of works such as Kellyk’s Magnificat, and great clarity of texture in the dense counterpoint typical of these pieces.” -BBC Music Magazine, October 2012” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012

❦Arnold Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande

Works: Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951): Erwartung, Op. 17; Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, Op. 5. Artists: Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, soprano. Jukka-Pekka Saraste/ WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln. Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet. (1 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) PRF 12021 $16.99 “Saraste, rightly I think, reinforces the pictorial aspects of both works. Writers and musicians often ignore the illustrative aspects of Schoenberg’s music. He had a terrific visual imagination and, had he so chosen, would have been a well above average painter. His self-portraits are as good as any done of him by famous contemporary painters. Pelleas particularly benefits from this treatment... The Cologne players are up to a stiff pair of tasks, with recorded sound to match. One minor cavil: works as rich and complex as this need more than one cue.” -American Record Guide, November/ December 2012

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New Releases Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71 / Prazák Quartet Works: Joeseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71 ‘Apponyi’ Artists: Prazák Quartet. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Praga) PGA 250289 $21.49 The Prazák Quartet is fully in tune with the grand gestures found in these quartets.

Boogie Woogie Turnaround / Otmar Binder Trio Works: Original jazz compositions by Otmar Binder / Otmar Binder Trio. Artists: Otmar Binder Trio (Preiser) PSR 91204 $16.99

Priory

The Organs of the Canary Islands

Works: Performances on 11 different organs of the music of Jonathan Battishill (1738 - 1801); Léon Boellmann (1862 - 1897); Pablo Bruna (1611 - 1679); Charles Burney (1726 - 1814); Dietrich Buxtehude; Juan Cabanilles (1644 - 1712); Antonio de Cabezon (circa 1510 - 1566); Antonio Carreira (1525 - circa 1589); Adolph Friedrich Hesse (1809 - 1863) and many others. Artists: Michal Novenko (Organ); Tomas Flegr (Organ); Martin Bocker (Organ). (2 CD) (Priory) 2 PRY 1032 $35.99

A Year in Exeter Cathedral - Sacred music for chorus & organ

Works: Sacred music by Jonathan Battishill (1738 - 1801); David Bednall; Alexander Grechaninov (1864 - 1956); Gabriel Jackson (1962 - ); Jonathan Lee; Colin Mawby (1936 - ); Claudio Merulo (1533 - 1604); Edward Woodall Naylor (1867 - 1934); Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (1825 - 1889); Palestrina; Praetorius; Purcell; Richard Shephard; Vaughan Williams; Victoria; Peter Warlock and many others. Artists: Stephen Tanner/Exeter Cathedral Choir. David Davies (Organ). (1 CD) (Priory) PRY 1066 $16.99

The Trinity Hall, Cambridge Harpsichord

Works: Music of Bach, Bohm, Greene, Purcell, Couperin, Handel. Artists: Andrew Arthur, harpsichord (1 CD) (Priory) PRY 1077 $16.99

Historic Organs of Malta and Gozo

Works by: Francesco Azzopardi (1748 - 1809); Padre Davide da Bergamo (Felice Moretti) (1791 - 1863); Luigi Bottazzo (1845 - 1924); Giuseppe Cerruti (1803 - 1869); Muzio Clementi (1752 1832); Carlo Cotumacci; Frescobaldi; Giuseppe Garibaldi (1819 - 1908); Alessandro Scarlatti and others. Artists: Michal Novenko (Organ). (1 CD) (Priory) PRY 1067 $16.99

English Organ Music / Ian Hare, organ

Works: Wesley, Ouseley, Elgar, Stanford, Parry et. al Artists: Ian Hare, organ (Priory) PRY 1072 $16.99

Philip Rushforth, the Organ of Chester Cathedral

Works: Charles Hylton Stewart (1884 - 1932): Short & Easy Pieces (5) on Hymn Tunes; Percy Whitlock (1903 - 1946): Hymn Preludes; Sonata for organ in C minor. Artists: Philip Rushforth (Organ). (1 CD) (Priory) PRY 1070 $16.99

Choral Evensong from Liverpool Cathedral

Artists: Daniel Bishop, organ; Martyn Noble, organ David Poulter/Choir of Liverpool Cathedral. (Priory) PRY 1068 $16.99

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Glory to the New-Born King - Choral works

Works by: Leroy Anderson; Eugene Gigout (1844 - 1925); Michael Head (1900 - 1976); John Ireland; John Joubert (1927 - ); Jean Langlais (1907 1991); Morten Lauridsen (1943 - ); Mendelssohn; Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967); Poulenc; Peter Warlock and many others. Artists: Philip Rushforth/Chester Cathedral Choir. Philip Rushforth (Organ). (1 CD) (Priory) PRY 1076 $16.99

Klang(!) / Ila Brass Band; Aurum Chamber Choir Works by: Nystedt, Thommessen, Brorson, Matre Artists: Bjorn Sagstad/Aurum Chamber Choir; Ila Brass Band. (1 CD) (Pro Musica) PROM 9065 $18.99

Schubert: Late Symphonies / Schaller

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 “Unfinished”; Symphony no 9 “Great” C Major Artists: Gerd Schaller/Philharmonie Festiva. (2 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) 2 PRF 12062 $31.99

Chopin Edition, Vol. 9 / Eugéne Mursky, piano

Works: Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Artists: Eugéne Mursky, piano (1 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) PRF 4074 $16.99

Cembalo: Inspiration und Originalitat

Works by: d’Anglebert, Bach, Froberger & Vivaldi Artists: Mechthild Winter, harpsichord (1 CD) (Querstand) QRST 1217 $16.99

Piano Music of Franz Schmidt / Carlo Grante

Works: Franz Schmidt: Piano Concerto in E flat (left hand); Concertante Variations on a Theme by Beethoven Artists: Carlo Grante, piano. Fabio Luisi/MDR SO Leipzig. (1 CD) (Querstand) QRST 611 $16.99

Veiled Desires - Lives and Loves of Nuns in the Middle Ages / Ensemble Peregrina Artists: Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett/Ensemble Peregrina. (1 CD) (Raum Klang) RKG 3109 $16.99

Alex Lubet “Spectral Blues”, New Music for steel-string acoustic guitar / Alex Lubet

Artists: Alex Lubet, steel-string acoustic guitar (1 CD) (Ravello) RAEL 7865 $16.99 Alex Lubet’s compositions combines the characteristics of blues and Eastern styles with classical methods of composition to create remarkably unique pieces.

Americana - Music for organ / Jeremy Filsell

Works by: Weidner, Hancock, Faxton, Sowerby, Baker, Decker, Dirksen, Gawthrop, Coke-Jephcott, Purvis Artists: Jeremy Filsell, organ (2 CD) (Raven Records) 2 RAV 942 $16.99

A Cathedral’s Voice / Jonathan Ryan, organ

Works by: Bach, Byrd & Schumann. Artists: Jonathan Ryan, Organ of the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans (1 CD) (Raven Records) RAV 941 $16.99

Schubert: Symphony Nos. 5 & 6 / Zinman

Works: Schubert: Symphony no 5, D 485; Symphony no 6, D 589 “Little C Major”. Artists: David Zinman/Tonhalle Orch. Zurich. (1 CD) (RCA Records) RCA 88725463362 $14.99 David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich offer the chance to enjoy Schubert’s symphonies in fresh new versions - a cycle for the 21st century.

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Recommended Cellist Sol Gabetta plays Elgar, Dvorak, Respighi

Works: Elgar: Cello Concerto; Sospiri, Op. 70; Salut d’amour; La Capricieuse; Dvorak: Rondo, Op. 94; Silent Woods; Respighi: Adagio con Variazione Artists: Sol Gabetta, cello. Mario Venzaco/Danish National SO (live). (1 CD) (RCA Records) RCA 88697658242 $11.99

Mando Chronicles / Peter Ostroushoko, mandolin Works by: J.S. Bach; Jacob Do Bandolim; Beethoven; Kenneth Casey; Joseph Colombo; Duke Ellington; Louis Ferrari; Julius Fucik (1872 - 1916); Jesse Greer; Scott Joplin; Ladislao Martinez; Bill Monroe (1911 - 1996); Peter Ostroushko (1953 - ); Paganini; Guy Viseur; Vivaldi. Artists: Peter Ostroushko (Mandola); Richard Dworsky (Pno); Marc Anderson (Perc); Dan Chouinard (Accordion); Norman Blake (Gtr). (3 CD) (Red House Records) 3 RHR 253 $23.99

Reference Recordings

Kansas City SO in Elgar & Vaughan Williams

Works: Elgar: Enigma Variations; The Wasps; Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves. Artists: Michael Stern/Kansas City Sym. (1 CD) (Reference Recordings) REF 129 $16.99

Quam Dilecta: French Romantic Choral Music

Artists: David Rowland/Choir of Christ’s College. (1 CD) (Regent Records) REGN 375 $16.99

The English Cathedral Series, Vol. 17

Works by: Howells, Messiaen, Elgar. Artists: James Thomas, David Humphreys, organists at St. Edmundsbury Cathedral (1 CD) (Regent Records) REGN 383 $16.99

Tallis: Spem in Alium; Lamentations; Motets /

Artists: Alistair Dixon/La Chappelle du Roi. (1 CD) (Regis Records) REGS 1394 $11.99

Heifetz and Mravinsky in Prokofiev

Works: Prokofiev: Symphony no 6; Violin Concerto no 2. Artists: Jascha Heifetz, violin, Mravinsky. (Regis Records) 2 REGS 1396 $21.49

Hope, Faith, Life, Love: Choral Music by Eric Whitacre

Works: Choral Music by Eric Whitacre. Artists: Klaus-Jurgen Etzold/Junges Vokalensemble Hannover. (1 CD) (Rondeau Production) RDAU 6064 $18.99

My Heart is Fixed: North German Cantatas and Organ Works of the Baroque

Works by: Buxtehude, Bruhns, Tunder, Bernhardt, Telemann. Artists: Gotthold Schwarz/Sachsischen Baroque Orch. Soloists. (1 CD) (Rondeau Production) RDAU 6059 $18.99

Luftschattengelichte: Bach, Hespos / Kluge

Artists: Oliver Kluge, organ (2 CD) (Rondeau Production) 2 RDAU 606566 $29.99

Jean Cras: Complete works for Violin and Piano / Marie-Annick Nicolas, violin

Artists: Marie-Annick Nicolas, violin; Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano (1 CD) (Skarbo) SKA 4128 $16.99 Marie-Annick Nicolas on violin and Jean-Pierre Ferey on piano, perform the music of 20th century composer Jean Cras.

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❦Joseph Haydn: The Creation / Boston Baroque - Pearlman

Works: works F.J. Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2. Artists: Amanda Forsythe, Keith Jameson, Kevin Deas. Martin Pearlman/ Boston Baroque. Kevin Deas (Bss Bar); Amanda Forsythe (Sop); Keith Jameson (Sop). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) 2 LINN D401 $33.49 “This is the most joyful Creation I’ve ever heard.” -American Record Guide, November/December 2012

❦O Poore Distracted World!: English Songs & Anthems from the 16th & 17th centuries

Artists: Alexander Weimann/Les Voiox Baroques. (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22630 $16.99 “The performances are almost ideal. The singers generally avoid vibrato - except Yulia Van Doren and Robert MacDonald now and then, mainly in solo episodes - and that results in the often daring harmony coming across perfectly...Without wanting to wrong any of the singers, for me Charles Daniels especially stands out for his subtle expression, also due to his immaculate diction and stylish ornamentation.” -MusicWeb International, December 2012

❦Ravel: Mélodies / Nora Gubisch, mezzosoprano; Alain Altinoglu, piano

Works: Ravel: Chansons madécasses, song cycle for soprano, flute, cello & piano; Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Deux mélodies hébraïques, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Histoires naturelles; Les grands vents venus d’outre-mer; Manteau de fleurs, song or voice & piano (or orchestra). Artists: artists Nora Gubisch (Mzz Sop); Alain Altinoglu (Pno); Magali Mosnier (Flt); Jerome Pernoo (Clo). (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 5304 $16.99 “One of the many attractions of this lovely disc is the exceptionally thoughtful booklet essay by Nina Vines ... The recording is very fine and natural, with excellent balance ... as fine a performance as I have ever heard ... The individual songs are splendid.” -International Record Review, November 2012

❦Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 / Dausgaard

Works: works Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Romeo & Juliet. Artists: Thomas Dausgaard/Swedish CO. (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1959 $18.99 “Tchaikovsky’s textures are never problematically dense, but some of Dausgaard’s tempi, especially his breakneck speed for the third-movement march, undermine the extra crispness the smallerthan-usual string section might have achieved.” -The Guardian, November 2012

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New Releases Phantasmagoria: Music of John Corigliano /

Signum UK

The Seeds of Stars: Choral Music by Bob Chilcott

Artists: Bob Chilcott/NFM Wroctaw Philharmonic Choir. (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 311 $16.99 Former King’s singer Bob Chilcott conducts a stellar array of his choral music in a collaborative performance with the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir.

Edward Elgar: “Go, Song of Mine” - PartSongs and Choral Works / The Rodolfus Choir

Artists: Ralph Allwood/The Rodolfus Choir. (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 315 $16.99

Powerplant: 24 Lies per Second

Works: Music for percussion and electronics by Graham Fitkin, Max De Wardener, Dominic Murcott, Conlon Nancarrow, Steve Reigh Artists: Powerplant (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 313 $16.99

Joby Talbot: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Works: Joby Talbot: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Fool’s Paradise. Artists: Chrisopher Austin/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 327 $16.99

Bach, Telemann: Concertos for Viola & Bassoon

Artists: Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon; Lars Anders Tomter, viola. Jan Bjoranger/1B1 Chamber Orchestra. (1 CD) (Simax) SIM 1326 $18.99 In this unique recording, progressive string ensemble, 1B1 has created new concertos based on fragments and parts from other works.

Mozart: Piano Concertos / Christian Ihle Hadland

Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 22. Artists: Christian Ihle Hadland, piano. Arvid Engegard/Oslo PO. (1 CD) (Simax) SIM 1323 $18.99

Arne Nordheim: Complete Accordion Works

Artists: Frode Haltli, accordion; Christian Eggen/ Norwegian Radio Orch. (1 CD) (Simax) SIM 1328 $18.99

Sony Classics

New Year’s Concert 2013 / Welser-Most, VPO

Artists: Franz Welser-Most/Vienna Philharmonic. (2 CD) (Sony) 2 SNYC 88765440712 $15.99

Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Symphony No. 5 /

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Symphony No. 5 Artists: Colin Jacobsen, Jan Vogler, Antti Siirala. Eric Jacobsen/The Knights. (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88725471762 $13.99

Schubert: String Quintet, D. 956 / Cleveland Qrt. Artists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Cleveland String Quartet. (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 88697547312 $8.99

Glenn Gould: The Acoustic Orchestrations

Works by: Works by Scriabin and Sibelius. Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SNYC 88725406572 $15.99

Yo-Yo Ma plays Boccherini & J.C. Bach

Works: Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat major; J.C. Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in A major; Symphony Op. 18 No. 1. Artists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello Pinchas Zukerman/Saint Paul CO. (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88697553622 $8.99

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Artists: Emanuel Ax; Yo-Yo Ma; James Tocco (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88697561432 $8.99

Charlie Chaplin: The Musical

Artists: Original Broadway Cast Recording (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88765439502 $14.99

Sol Gabetta plays Shostakovich & Rachmaninov Works: Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19; Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 Artists: Lorin Maazel/Munich PO. Sol Gabetta (Clo); Olga Kern (Pno). (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88725435752 $13.99

Life of Pi, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Works: Mychael Danna (1958 - ): Life of Pi, film score. Artists: Mike Nowak/Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan. Stephen Erdody (Clo); Brian Dembow (Vla); Bruce Dukov (Vln); George Doering (Mandolin); Andrew Shulman (Clo). (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88725477252 $14.99

Music For Paradise: The Best Of Hildegard Von Bingen / Sequentia

Artists: Sequentia (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88697983052 $11.99 St. Hildegard von Bingen left two precious manuscripts filled with spiritual songs. With this anthology, Sequentia presents the entire spectrum of Hildegard’s music - songs of surprising depth and virtuosity, at times meditative, at times shocking, yet always energized by the unique musical genius and voice of this visionary artist more than 800 years after her death.

Variations: Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann

Works by: Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann. Artists: Emanuel Ax, piano (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88765420862 $14.99

Violinist Danwen Jiang: Live In Concert

Works: Debussy: Violin Sonata; Franck: Sonata in A; Ravel: Sonata in G. Artists: Danwen Jiang, violin; Walter Cosand, piano (1 CD) (Soundset) SET 1045 $16.99

Songs by Bo Linde and Lars-Erik Larsson

Works: Bo Linde: Anna’s Tales; Fourteen Songs of Spring; Lars-Erik Larsson: Various Songs. Artists: Lisa Gustafsson, soprano; Marten Landstrom, piano (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 1679 $16.99

Romantic Silhouettes / Maria Kihlgren, piano

Works: Schumann: Abegg Vars.; Fantasiestucke, Op. 12; Liszt: Nocturne Op. 62/3; Reger: Silhouetten; Schoeck: 2 Pieces. Artists: Maria Kihlgren, piano (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 1680 $16.99

Orchestral Works by Heinrich Hofmann

Works: Heinrich Hofmann (1842 - 1902): Eine Schauspiels Ouverture, Op. 28; Ungarishe Suite, Op. 16; Symphony E flat Major “Frithjof” Artists: Eric Solen/Philharmonishe Orchester AltenburgGera. (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 1097 $16.99

Three Views - Music for trombone, piano & percussion / Mark Hetzler, trombone

Artists: Mark Hetzler, trombone; Jessica Johnson, piano; Anthony Di Sanza, percussion (1 CD) (Summit Records) SUM 599 $15.99 On this epic musical journey, Mark Hetzler and friends explore a diversity of styles and cultural influences with an exhilarating program for trombone, piano, and percussion.

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New Releases Roxanna Panufnik: Love Abide / New Choral Music

Supraphon

Music for oboe alone by Telemann & Britten

Works: Telemann: Twelve Fantasias; Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. Artists: Vilem Veverka, oboe (1 CD) (Supraphon) SPR 4121 $16.99

Debussy & Ravel: Piano Music / Ilja Hurnik

Artists: Ilja Hurnik, piano (1 CD) (Supraphon) SPR 4119 $11.99

Ravel from the Netherlands Philharmonic

Works: Ravel: La Valse; Ma mere l’Oye; Tzigane; Bolero; Pavane. Artists: Gordan Nikolic, violin. Carlo Rizzi/Netherland PO. (1 CD) (Tacet) TAC 0207 $19.49 On Sale

Perti: Moses, Leader of the Jewish People

Works: Roxanna Panufnik: Love Abide - New Choral Music, Diverse in Faith, Universal in Love. Artists: Lee Ward/London Mozart Players; London Oratory School Schola. (1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 2564657206 $18.99

The Australian Voices sing new music for chorus by Australian Composers

Artists: Gordon Hamilton/The Australian Voices. (1 CD) (Warner) WRNC 2564654860 $18.99 “This ensemble is captivating: breathtaking homogeny, perfect intonation, spectacular virtuosity...” -Martin Steidler, Professor of Choral Conducting, Munich University

Gyorgy Ligeti: Etudes for Piano / Thomas Hell

Artists: Thomas Hell (Pno). (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 6763 $23.99

Works: Giacomo Antonio Perti (b.1661): Moses, Leader of the Jewish People for five voices, trumpet and strings. (1685) Artists: Ensemble Les Nations. (1 CD) (Tactus) TCT 661603 $14.99

Benjamin Schweitzer: Chamber Music

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Furtwängler

Works: Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987): Extensions 3, for piano; Intermissions 1 - 6 for piano. Artists: Sabine Liebner (Pno). (2 CD) (Wergo) 2 WER 6747 $31.99

Artists: Hilde Guden, Rosette Anday, Julius Patzak, Alfred Poell. Wilhelm Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic. (live, 1951) (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Tahra) TAH 2012 $16.99

Elgar: Cello Concerto; Smetana / Zuill Bailey

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Bedrich Smetana: Ma vlast; Sarka, symphonic poem; Vysehrad, symphonic poem. Artists: Krzysztof Urbanski/Indianapolis SO. Zuill Bailey (Clo). (1 CD) (Telarc) TLC 34030 $17.98

Artists: Titus Engel/Ensemble Courage. (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 6753 $23.99

Morton Feldman: Early Piano Pieces / Liebner

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michaels Reuse un die Erde

Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007): Michael’s Journey Round the Earth (from the opera “Donnerstag), for trumpet & orchestra. Artists: Peter Rundel/MusikFabrik. Marco Blaauw (Tpt); Nicola Jurgensen (Tpt). (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 6858 $23.99

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music, Vol. 3

Mozart: Piano Concertos / Arthur Rubinstein

Mystery Variations on Giuseppe Colombi’s Chiacona

Karl Bohm conducts Richard Strauss

Works: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music, Vol. 3 - works for violin and piano. Artists: Sherban Lupu, violin; Ian Hobson, piano (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0163 $18.99 Artists: Anssi Karttunen, cello (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0171 $18.99

Tartini: Sonatas for violin alone / Skaerved

Works: Tartini: 30 Sonate Piccole, Vol. 1 Sonatas nos 1-6 Artists: Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0146 $18.99 This is a world premiere of the Tartini’s complete work.

Filmworks XXV - John Zorn: City of Slaughter

Works: John Zorn (1953 - ): Beyond the Infinite; City of Slaughter, for piano; Schmatta, for piano. Artists: John Zorn (Pno); Rob Burger (Pno); Omri Mor (Pno). (1 CD) (Tzadik) TZA 8305 $15.99

Joseph Marx: Rhapsodie; Korngold: Suite

Works: Joseph Marx: Rhapsodie; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Suite. Artists: New York Piano Quartet. (1 CD) (Urlicht) UICH 5996 $16.99

El Aire Que Vino del Sur / Daniel Noli, piano

Works by: Ginastera, Guastavino, Lockhart, Fabini. Artists: Daniel Noli, piano (1 CD) (Urtext (Mexico) URT 204 $13.99 On Sale

Haydn: String Quartets / Endellion Quartet

Works: Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 20, 64, 76 & 103. Artists: Endellion String Quartet. (1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 2564657207 $16.99

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Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17, 20, 21, 23, 24. Artists: Arthur Rubinstein, piano. Alfred Wallenstein/RCA Victor SO; Josef Krips. (2 CD) (Widescreen) 2 WIEN 149 $16.99 Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Don Juan; Also sprach Zarathustra; An Alpine Symphony. Artists: Karl Bohm/Staatskapelle Dresden. (2 CD) (Widescreen) 2 WIEN 146 $16.99

Bach & Beethoven / Maxim Vengerov, violin

Works: J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin solo, BWV 1004; Beethoven: Violin Sonata no 9, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”; Brahms: Hungarian Dance, WoO 1/1; Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880): ScherzoTarantelle, Op. 16. Artists: Maxim Vengerov (Vln); Itamar Golan (Pno). (1 CD) (Wigmore Hall Live) WGMR 0056 $16.99 On Sale

Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 & 6; Tocata BWV 911

Artists: David Fray, violin (1 CD) (Virgin Classics) VCL 709442B $14.48 On Sale “We shouldn’t be afraid of acknowledging the expressiveness of Bach’s music,” says Fray. “The Romantics don’t have a monopoly on expressivity!”

❦Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn: Quatuor Ebene Works: Felix Mendelsson: Quartet in A Minor, Op 13; Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80; Fanny Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat Major. Artists: Quatuor Ebene. (1 CD) (Virgin Classics) VCL 645462 $14.48 On Sale “We are fortunate to have a clutch of young, extremely talented string quartets in action...” -National Public Radio

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New Releases

New Boxed Sets for

Bruno Walter conducts Johannes Brahms - The Symphonies

Works: Brahms: The 4 Symphonies; Tragic Overture; Academic Festival Ov.; Song of Destiny Artists: Bruno Walter/Columbia SO. (3 CD) (Widescreen) 3 WIEN 172 $26.99 In the Fifties Bruno Walter recorded a famous complete anthology of Brahms’ symphonies with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and shortly before his death, in 1962, he recorded a second stereo version with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. This recording has not been available on the market for a long time. This 3-CD box contains this second version, with the addition of the two overtures, the Haydn Variations and the magnificent Song of Destiny. Widescreen has also added a version of the Academic Overture recorded in 1951, and never before released on CD.

❦ Maurizio Pollini plays Schumann

Works: Schumann: Complete Recordings of Maurizio Pollini. Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano (4 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 4 DGG B001792702 $33.98 “Pollini’s intensity belies his age in this commanding performance of vibrant young Schumann from a truly magisterial talent.” -Gramophone

Charles Koechlin: Complete Music for Saxophone

Artists: David Brutti, saxophone. Atem Saxophone Quartet; Duo Disecheis; Orch. Citta Aperta. (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 3 BLC 9266 $16.99 Joining the duo on this recording is the Atem Saxophone Quartet, which has received critical acclaim for its performances at numerous chamber music and jazz festivals.

Liszt: The Sound of Weimar Vol. 1-5

Works: Liszt: Symphonic Poems, complete edition Artists: Martin Haselboeck/ Orchester Wiener Akademie. (5 CD) (New Classical Adventure) 5 NCA 60260 $66.99 For the project “The Sound of Weimar” conductor and Liszt expert Martin Hasselbock organized an orchestra to reproduce the Weimar Hofkapelle sound of Liszt’s time. In so doing, he has created a work of astounding authenticity and historical relevance.

Clementi: The Complete Sonatas, Vol. 6

Works: Clementi: The Late Keyboard Sonatas. Artists: Costantino Mastroprimiano, fortepiano. (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 3 BLC 94342 $16.99 Costantino Mastroprimiano’s consummate performances provide a fitting end to the series, one that confirms the Classical composer’s status as among the greatest innovators of the keyboard.

Maurizio Pollini in famous concertos

Works: Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms Piano Concertos. Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano (8 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 8 DGG B001792602 $58.48

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Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra’s historic Sunday concerts.

Artists: Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni (6 CD) (BR Classic) 6 BRK 900309 $58.49 The “Great Singers Live” series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra’s historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Margaret Price, Lucia Popp and Hermann Prey. This collection is now supplemented by recordings with the legendary Elisabeth Grummer.

Schubert: Chamber Music from The Last Years

Works: Franz Schubert: Piano Trios; String Quartets; String Quintet, Octet. Artists: Amsterdam Piano Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Brandis Quartet. (6 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 6 BLC 94424 $29.99 Spanning 6 CDs and featuring many a consummate performance, this release celebrates the genius of Schubert through detailing all of his late chamber music.

Italian Baroque: Sonatas and Concertos

Artists: Chiara Banchini and Amandine Beyer (baroque violin). Ensemble 415. (3 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) 3 ZIG 316 $47.99 This set brings together recordings of Italian music by Chiara Banchini and Amandine Beyer. The release follows Amandine Beyer’s recording of Bach’s Sonatas for solo violin as well as Chiara Banchini’s recording of his Sonatas for violin and keyboard, both of which received a Diapason d’Or. The set includes the re-release of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Amandine Beyer.

Novecento Guitar Preludes / Porqueddu, guitar Works by: Asafiev, Ponce, Badings, Sauguet, Farkas.(3 CD) (Brilliant) 3 BLC 9292 $16.99 This collection brings together guitar preludes by Asafiev and Ponce, and includes world premiere recordings of Badings’s 12 Preludes, Sauget’s 3 Preludes and Farkas’s Exercitium Tonale

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New Releases

February

New Boxed Sets of Otto Klemperer Brahms: Symphonies; Overtures; German Requiem

Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Trio Sonatas, Vol. 2

Artists: Igor Ruhadze, violin; Ensemble Violini Capricciosi. (5 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 5 BLC 94423 $24.99 Renowned for exploring the very top register of his instrument, Locatelli is today considered the founding father of the modern virtuoso style. Spanning 5CDs, this compilation celebrates the genius of a man whose violin sonatas occupy a significant position in the history of the string repertoire.

Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas Gorini, Lorenzi

Artists: Otto Klemperer/ Philharmonia Orch. (4 CD) (EMI Classics) 4 EMI 043382 $17.98 Klemperer Edition: Brahms is a comprehensive 4-CD collection of Brahms recordings. The set features all four symphonies as well as the Acadamic Festival Overture and Tragic Overtures and the “Haydn” Variations. In 1961 Klemperer returned to recording Brahms by committing his classic performance of Ein deutsches Requiem to disc. With the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as soloists and the magnificent Philharmonic Chorus this recording has remained a firm fixture in the EMI Classics catalog since its first release.

Works: Clementi: Sonatas Opp. 3, 4, 14 & 36. Artists: Gino Gorini and Sergio Lorenzi (3 CD) (Newton Classics) 3 NEWC 8802150 $19.49 On Sale The two Italian musicians on this album formed a long-established duet partnership, throughout the middle years of the last century, that performed and recorded all the great works of the genre, from Clementi to Busoni and Shostakovich.

Otto Klemperer conducts Mozart

Monumental Karajan!

Great Concertos conductedty Otto Klemperer

Works: Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Sibelius, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Strauss et al. Artists: (3 CD) (EMI Classics) 3 EMI 232892B $11.98 This 3-CD set gives just a taste of some of Karajan’s best and most characteristic performances. From the display power in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 to his lighter side in Strauss’s polkas, Karajan’s a conducting style is truly masterful.

Sibelius: Complete Symphonies, Tone Poems

Artists: Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth SO. (4 CD) (EMI Classics) 4 EMI 736002 $17.98 EMI Classics has released this exclusive 4-CD collection honoring the career of Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund who died earlier this year at the age of 82. Best known for his interpretations of Jean Sibelius’s symphonies the set features all seven symphonies - the core of Sibelius’s complete works.

Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas / Kavakos

Artists: Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Enrico Pace, piano (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B001792202 $31.48 Often described as “the violinist’s violinist” Der Tagesspiegel wrote that Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos has “quite possibly the most beautiful violin tone imaginable”. Leonidas Kavakos will perform the Beethoven sonata cycle in venues across Europe in 2013.

Choral music of Vagn Holmboe: Liber Canticorum Artists: Liber Canticorum / various choral groups (3 CD) (Danica) . 3 DNCI 8209/11 $59.99

Donaueschingen Music Festival 2011

Works by: Wolfgang Rihm; Lars Petter Hagen; Saed Haddad; Wolfgang Mitterer et al. Artists: Ensemble Musikfabrik; SWR SO Baden-Baden und Freiburg. (3 SA Hybrid CD) (Neos Production) 3 NEOS 11214/6 $62.99

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Works: Mozart: Symphonies; Overtures; Serenades. Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (8 CD) (EMI Classics) 8 EMI 043612 $31.48 Works: Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms. Artists: Barenboim, Fischer, Oistrakh.Otto Klemperer/ New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (6 CD) (EMI Classics) 6 EMI 043482 $23.48 Among the highlights here is Klemperer conducting Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 with Barenboim in 1967. The Violin Concertos by Beethoven and Brahms were recorded with Yehudi Menuhin in 1966 and David Oistrakh in 1960 respectively. A further disc of Piano Concertos of Liszt No. 1 and Schumann was made with Annie Fischer in 1960/2.

The Nash Ensemble Plays Brahms

Works: Brahms: Piano Quartets; String Sextets; String Quintets; Clarinet Trio.(4 CD) (Onyx Classics) 4 NYX 4093 $41.99 The Nash Ensemble’s Brahms recordings were highly praised both in the UK and internationally. Gathered together in one box with new booklet notes, these recordings represent music-making at its highest level, and are superb value for the money.

Ilya Gringolts in Chamber Music of Schumann

Works: Schumann: Violin Sonatas; Piano Trios; Quartets; Piano Quintet. Artists: Ilya Gringolts, violin; Dmitry Kouzov, cello; Peter Laul, piano Gringolts Quartet. (5 CD) (Onyx Classics) 5 NYX 4097 $41.99 Violinist Ilya Gringolts is featured in Onyx’s series of highly praised Schumann chamber music recordings. Joined by his eponymous quartet, pianist Peter Laul and cellist Dmitry Kouzov, Gringolts’s boxed set reissue represents both a great value and music-making of the highest caliber.

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New Releases

New Opera Albums

Wagner: The Complete “Ring” from Simone Young

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Simone Young, Philharmoniker Hamburg

Artists: Struckmann, Elgr, Buchwald, Koch, Sacher, Kwon, Skelton, Petrenko, Polaski, Piland, Galliard, Bork, Tomlinson, et al. Simone Young Young/Hamburg Philharmonic. (14 CD) (Oehms) 14 OEH 929 $91.49 On Sale OehmsClassics is now offering the Ring of the Hamburg State Opera conducted by Simone Young in a complete boxed set. The features consist of an elegant box, including a booklet and 14 individual CDs each with the photo motif of the individual editions that have been previously issued by Oehms Classics.

Alexander Knaifel: The Canterville Ghost

❦Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Artists: Alexander Knaifel (b.1943): The Canterville Ghost, opera in 2 acts. Libretto by Tatiana Kramarova after Oscar Wilde. Artists: Stanislav Suleimanov, Tatiana Monogarova. Michael Jurowski/Moscow Forum Theatre Orch. Alexandre Levental, organ (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 9295 $8.99 The libretto for this opera, composed in 1990, is based on Oscar Wilde’s tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance its tired ghost. The family -- which refuses to believe in him -- is in Wilde’s way a commentary on the British nobility of the day -- and on the Americans, too.

Artists: Kirchschlager, Bostridge, Britton, Purves, Russell, ColemanWright. Oliver Knussen/Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble. (2 CD) (Virgin) 2 VCL 026722 $29.98 On Sale “Lucretia is a problematic and disturbing piece. It’s hard to think of another opera where the opposite poles of male violence and tender female intimacy are made so vividly real in purely musical terms, and brought into such horrifying proximity.” -The Telegraph

Jules Massenet: Thais

Artists: Eva Mei, Michele Pertusi, William Joyner, Christophe Fel. Marcello Viotti/Teatro la Fenice di Venezia Orchestra and Chorus. (2 CD) (Dynamic) 2 DYN 739 $21.49 Thais is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel Thais by Anatole France. After Manon and Werther, Thais is one of Massenet’s most performed operas. This CD features gorgeous performance of Eva Mei and Michele Pertusi!

Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

Artists: Celso Albelo, Desiree Rancatore, Alastair Miles. Daniel Oren/Orch. Filarmonica Salernitana Giuseppe Verdi. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94434 $12.99

Donizetti: Don Gregorio

Artists: Stefano Montanari, Giorgio Valerio, Giorgio Trucco, Paolo Bordogna. Stefano Montanari/Donizetti Theatre Orch., Bergamo. (2 CD) (Dynamic) 2 DYN 579 $29.99 This world premiere recording is an exuberant performance of Paolo Bordogna. Don Gregorio is an opera of transition between Donizetti’s late youth and the beginning of his maturity and an opera in which the composer from Bergamo found the path that would soon lead him to be one of the great names of Italian opera.

Jacapo Peri: L’Euridice, opera

Artists: Nerina Santini, Rodolfo Faroli, Adele Bona. Angelo Ephrikian/I Solisti di Milano. (2 CD) (Newton Classics) 2 NEWC 8802153 $14.99 On Sale This disc, created from a 1967 edition of L’Euridice by Angelo Ephrikian, boasts one of only two complete recordings of the opera, and stars Nerina Santini as Euridice, Rodolfo Faroli as Orpheus and Adele Bona as Venus

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel

Artists: Nikolai Stoilov, Elena Stoyanova, Yavora Stoilova. Dimiter Manolov/Sofia National Opera Orch. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94431 $12.99

Weber: Der Freischutz

Artists: Nilsson, Koth, Gedda, Berry, Crass, Anheisser, Weller. Heger. Robert Heger/Munich State Opera Chorus; Munich State Opera Orch. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235482 $11.98

Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo, opera

Artists: Ida Miccolis, Lourival Braga, Alfred Colosimo, Antea Claudia. Santiago Guerra. (2 CD) (Bongiovanni) 2 BGV 1226/7 $31.99

Lortzing: Der Wildschutz

Artists: Rothenberger, Litz, Ollendorff, Wunderlich. Robert Heger/Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orch. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235522 $14.98

Leos Janacek: Jenufa

Artists: E. Kozub, C. Goltz, A. Schlemm, G. McKee. Matacic, Frankfurt 1961, live. Lovoro von Matacic. (2 CD) (Myto) 2 MYT 00319 $21.49

Millocker: The Beggar Student

Artists: Streich, Holm, Gedda, Prey, Unger, Allers. Franz Allers/Bavarian Radio Chorus; Graunke Symphony Orchestra. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 235412 $14.98

Alban Berg: Lulu

Artists: Iiona Steingruber, Maria Cerny, Friedl Riegler, Clas Logau et al. Herbert Hafner/Vienna SO. (Archipel) 2 ACP 0540 $21.49

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New Releases

for February Legends of Operetta: The Great Voices

Artists: Fritz Wunderlich, Anneliese Rothenberger, Rudolf Schock, Erika Köth and Elisabeth Schwarzkop, et al. (10 CD) (EMI) 10 EMI 166622 $45.48 Each amazing vocalist performs with passion and grace, showcasing both the talent of the performer and the composer. Schwarzkopf’s amazing vocal talents appeal to the senses, while the voices Rothenberger and Koth have the innate ability to touch people’s hearts.

Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel

Artists: M. Cordes, B. Schuster, G. Pohl; Carl Schuricht (Hamburg Radio 1962) (2 CD) (Archipel) 2 ACP 0538 $21.49

Callas, Verdi: Four Legendary Live Performances

Works: Verdi: Aida, Macbeth, La Traviata, Un Ballo in Mschera. Artists: Maria Callas. Victor de Sabata/Orch. del Teatro alla Scala; Carlo Maria Giulini/Gianandrea Gavazzeni/Oliviero de Fabritiis/ Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Arts, Mexico City. (8 CD) (EMI Classics) 8 EMI 799202 $31.48 This 8-CD collection captures all the drama of Callas’s thrilling live performances in four of Verdi’s greatest operatic masterpieces: Aida, MacBeth, La traviata and Un ballo in maschera. Verdi: Four legendary Live Performances is the perfect companion to the other exclusive Verdi sets to be released in 2013 to celebrate the bicentenary of the composer’s birth.

Guiseppe Verdi: Great Opera Highlights

Artists: Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al. (2 CD) (EMI Classics) . 2 EMI 167332B $11.98 To celebrate the start of Giuseppe Verdi’s bicentennial year, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights. The 2-CD set feature highlights from 11 Verdi operas. Pieces from the same opera are grouped together in this set.

Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi’s bicentennial year. Verdi: The Great Operas is a 35CD set that brings together 16 of Verdi’s operatic masterpieces, ranging from his first real success, Nabucco, to his last, Falstaff. Also included are such stalwarts of the repertoire as Aida, La traviata and Rigoletto. (36 CD) (EMI Classics) 36 EMI 167452 $88.48

Puccini: La Boheme (sung in German)

Artists: Popp, Araiza, Baumann, Brendel, Daniels, Soltesz. Stefan Soltesz/Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich RSO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235622B $14.98

Verdi: Il Trovatore

Artists: Placido Domingo; Montserrat Caballé. New Orleans, 1968, Knud Andersson (3 CD) (Video Artists International) 3 VAI 1274 $31.49

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❦Antoine Dauvergne: Hercule Mourant

Works: Antoine Dauvergne (1713 - 1797): Hercule Mourant, opera in 5 acts. Artists: Jael Azzaretti, Julie Fuchs, Véronique Gens, Jennifer Borghi. Rousset Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques. (2 CD) (Aparte) 2 AART 042 $28.49 “Les Talens Lyriques are among the most stylish of Baroque ensembles, while Rousset himself is an exquisite performer.” -The Guardian

Flieg Gedanke: Verdi in German

Artists: Brigitte Fassbaender, Rudolf Schock, Gottlob Frick, Erika Köth, Nicolai Gedda (rec. 1953-72) (10 CD) (EMI) 10 EMI 166512 $45.48 The Verdi: Sung in German recordings produced by EMI Electrola between 1953 and 1973 are still just as legendary today. For the first time, these recordings are available in a 10 CD-Box - creating a unique chapter of German recording-history.

Verdi: Aida (Complete) / NBC SO, Toscanini

Artists: Herva Nelli, Eva Gustavson, Richard Tucker, Giuseppe Valdengo. Arturo Toscanini/NBC SO. (Opus Kura) 2 OPK 7062 $16.99

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Ingelbrecht

Artists: Suzanne Danco, Oda Slobodskaya, Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry, Camille Maurane. Desire-Emile Ingelbrecht/Philharmonia Orch. (3 CD) (Testament) 3 TES 31484 $46.49 The 1902 Paris Opera premiére of Pelléas et Mélisande opened up new horizons to the great French conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht, and musical theatre became his great interest.

Puccini: The Great Operas [13 CDs]

Works: La Boheme, Tosca, Butterfly, Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot, La Fancuilla del West. Artists: Tullio Serafin/Rome Opera House Orch.; La Scala Orch. Milan; Gabriele Santini/Rome Opera House Orch.; Dimitri Mitropoulos/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Gianandrea Gavazzeni/Rome Opera Orch.; Victor De Sabata/La Scala Orch. Milan; Vincen 13 REGS 9011 $52.99

Guiseppe Verdi: Aida

Artists: Corelli, Curtis Verna, Guelfi, Pirazzini (studio rec. 1956) Angelo Questa/Orch. E Coro Di Torino Della Rai. (2 CD) (Widescreen) 2 WIEN 151 $16.99 Corelli recorded Aida twice in studio: this edition by Cetra (1956) and ten years later a second edition by EMI. This stereo version is frequently not available and it shows Corelli at the top of his career.

Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, opera (2010)

Artists: Peter Ash/Atlanta Opera Orchestra, Chrous and vocal soloists. (2 CD) (Albany Records) 2 ALB 1381/82 $35.99 The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was commissioned by the American Lyric Theater and Felicity Dahl. This recording is taken from a live performance of The Atlanta Opera in March, 2012.

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New Releases

New Vocal Recordings George Whitefield Chadwick: Songs / Siebert

Artists: Glenn Siebert, tenor; Peter Kairoff, piano (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1387 $16.99 Although best known for his orchestral compositions, George Chadwick also wrote more than 100 songs for voice and piano in a wide variety of styles. The songs included in this recording, many recorded for the first time, demonstrate Chadwick’s range of styles and subjects.

José Carreras, Salzburg Festival 1981

Works: Songs by Massenet, Fauré, Tosti, Mompou, Turina, de Falla. Artists: José Carreras, tenor; Edoardo Muller, piano (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 871121 $21.49 Accompanied by Edoardo Muller, José Carreras’ recital of 1981 takes us from the French song with piano by Massenet and Fauré to the canciones of De Falla, Mompou and Turina - and all sung with a secure sense of style and great subtlety.

Tenor José Carreras: Live in Vienna

Works: Songs & Arias by Fauré, Massenet, Truina, Liszt, Puccini, Tosti, Falvo et al. Artists: José Carreras, tenor; Vincenzo Scalera, piano (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233669 $24.99 This disc marks Jose Carreras’ “comeback” performance following his battle with Leukemia. This live recording includes work by Faure, Liszt, Puccini and many others. Carrera is accompanied by pianist Vincenzo Scalera.

Tenor José Carreras: Verona Live

Artists: José Carreras sings with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. (2 CD) (Acanta) 2 AANT 233553 $24.99 This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from a life threatening illness.

José Carreras: Live Comeback Concerts

Works: Arias, songs, zarzuela. Arias by Grieg, Tosti, Toldra, Catala, Mompou, Vives, Puccini et al. (1 CD) (Acanta) AANT 233552 $24.99 This new disc presents a collection of excerpts, including operatic arias, art songs and pieces from zarzuela (Spanish operetta).

Anneliese Rothenberger sings Strauss & Wolf

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; songs; Wolf: songs. Artists: Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano; Gerald Moore & Gunther Weissenborn, piano; Andre Previn (Pno) Andre Previn/London SO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235562 $14.98

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Brahms: Lieder, Complete Edition Vol. 10

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Folksongs. Artists: Iris Vermillion, Andreas Schmidt, Juliane Banse, Helmut Deutsch, piano (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777023 $31.99 CPO continues their Brahms song edition with the two CDs of Vol. 10. The focus is formed by his Deutsche Volkslieder for voice and piano - works representing not only his most extensive collection of folk-song arrangements but also his most outstanding one.

❦Handel’s finest arias for Base Voice / Purves

Artists: Christopher Purves, bass. Jonathan Cohen/ Arcangelo. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67842 $18.99 “Christopher Purves is compelling and warmly musical...” -The Times

Tenor Rolalndo Villazon Sings Verdi

Artists: Rolando Villazon, tenor. Marcello Viotti/ Munich RSO; Michel Plasson/Antonia Pappano/ Orch. dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. (1 CD) (Virgin Classics) VCL 357112C $7.48 On Sale This album includes best loved arias from La traviata, Rigoletto, and Macbeth featuring leading conductors like Antonio Pappano, Michel Plasson, and Marcello Viotti.

Passione / Andrea Bocelli, tenor

Passionate the new studio album featuring duets with Jennifer Lopez and Nely Furtado produced by David Foster. (1 CD) (Verve) [Deluxe Edition] VRV B001799502 $17.98 [Standard Edition] VRV B001758602 $15.98

Songs from Evening Land - Songs of Per Norgard

Works: Per Norgard: songs in new instrumentations. Artists: Helene Gjerris, mezzosoprano (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226060 $16.99 Danish mezzo-soprano Helene Gjerris explores six decades of vocal music by Per Norgard (b. 1932) in new instrumentations.

The Love Songs of Paolo Tosti / Gillian Zammit

Artists: Gillian Zammit, soprano, Soprano; Lucia Micallef, piano (1 CD) (Claudio Records) CDOR 6016 $16.99 Gillian Zammit performs music by Italian composer, Sir Paolo Tosti, who was known for his expressive songs, singable melodies and sweet sentimentality.

Intimate Pavarotti: The tenor in song

Songs by: Beethoven, Bellini, Liszt, Mascagni, Donizetti, Verdi, Schubert, et al. Artists: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor. (1 CD) (Opera d’Oro)

ODO 6012 $6.99

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for February Romantic Ballads / Wolfgang Anheisser

Whither Must I Wander? English Songs

Venezia - Opera Arias of the Serenissima

Nacht der Traume: Orchestral Songs

Bella mia fiamma / Olga Pasichnyk, soprano

Liederreise - Songs by Brahms & Schubert

Works by: Loewe, Schubert, Schumann, Jensen, Mendelssohn, Wolf et al. Artists: Wolfgang Anheisser, baritone; Julius Severin, piano (2 CD) (Acanta) 2 AANT 233650 $19.99 German baritone Wolfgang Anheisser suffered an early death, following an accident on stage at a New Year’s performance in Cologne.

Artists: Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor. Riccardo Minasi/Il Pomo d’oro. (1 CD) (Virgin Classics) VCL 645452 $14.48 On Sale Works: Mozart Concert Arias. Artists: Olga Pasichnyk, soprano Jaroslaw Thiel/NFM Wroclaw Baroque Orch. (1 CD) (CD Accord) CDAC 175 $18.99

❦Dolci Napoli - Neapolitan Songs

Songs by: Cannio, Vian, Russo, D’Esposito, Roven, Bovio, Nardella et al. Artists: Charles Castronovo, tenor (1 CD) (GPR Records) GPRR 12012 $18.99 “I believe [Charlie’s] debut album of Neapolitan songs is a perfect match to his warm and poignant voice.” - Placido Domingo

Handel: English Arias / James Bowman

Works: Arias from: Handel: Saul, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus, Solomon. Artists: James Bowman, countertenor, Susan Gritton, soprano. Robert King/ The King’s Consort. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55419 $12.99

Gustav Mahler: Lieder / Bo Skovhus, baritone

Artists: Bo Skovhus, baritone; Stefan Vladar, piano (1 CD) (Preiser) PSR 90807 $16.99

Girolamo Crescentini (1762 - 1846): Solo Vocal Arias

Artists: Marina Comparato, mezzosoprano; Gianni Fabrini, fortepiano (2 CD) (Tactus) 2 TCT 760390 $29.99 This recording contains a monographic collection of six cantatas and 18 arias for voice and fortepiano composed in Paris in 1810.

Francis Poulenc: Melodies (songs) / Cantor

Artists: Philippe Cantor, baritone; Sophie Rives, piano (Anima Records) ANNR 120400001 $16.99

Pavarotti: Essential Performances

Works: Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Leoncavallo, et al. Artists: Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor (1 CD) (Opera d’Oro) ODO 6009 $6.99

Pavarotti & The Divas / Scoto, Freni, Janowitz

Arias by: Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Bellini. Artists: Scoto, Freni, Janowitz, Caballe, Cossotto (1 CD) (Opera d’Oro) ODO 6011 $6.99

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Songs by: Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Quilter Artists: David John Pike, baritone; Isabelle Trub, piano (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 314 $16.99 Centered around Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, this collection of English song brings together three now influential figures in the world of British music.

Artists: Bo Skohvus, baritone. Stefan Blunier/ WDR Radio Orch. Cologne. (1 CD) (Delta Classics) DELT 90062 $16.99 Artists: Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo soprano; Robert Lehbaumer, piano (1 CD) (Preiser) PSR 90809 $16.99

Andreas Reibenspies: Sangerliebe

Songs by: Brahms, Burgmuller, Schumann, Herzogenberg et al. Artists: Andreas Reibenspies, baritone; Eckart Selheim, piano (1 CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38519 $20.49

When Hope Still Had Its Chance: The Songs of Keith Gates

Works: Keith Gates (1948 - 2007): Songs. Artists: Lines, Morita, Hand (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3199 $16.99

Alfabeto Songs - Guitar Songs from 17th Century Italy

Songs by: Giovanni Stefani; Kapsberger; Foscarni. Artists: Raquel Andueza, soprano; Pierre Pitzl/Private Musicke. (Accent) ACT 24273 $18.49 On Sale

The Sea - Songs by Faure, Schubert & Debussy Works: Songs by Faure, Schubert & Debussy. Artists: Henk Neven, baritone; Hans Eijsackers, piano. (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4102 $20.49 Baritone Henk Neven’s Onyx recording entitled The Sea features a diverse collection of songs focusing on the themes of water and the sea.

The Nightingale and the Rose / Chen Reiss

Works: Songs by Purcell, Meyerbeer, Hahn, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Krenek. Artists: Chen Reiss, soprano; Charles Spencer, piano (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4104 $20.49 These songs convey the magic of being in love, the heartbreak of love lost, the memories, the fun, the fantasies all associated with that strange, mysterious, dangerous and all-powerful condition.

An Introduction To Luciano Pavarotti

Arias by: Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis, Mozart, Massenet, Tosti. Artists: artists (1 CD) (Opera d’Oro) ODO 6010 $6.99

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New Vocal Recordings Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon: Once I Was

Artists: Stacey Tappan, coloratura soprano Stacey Tappan; Ricky Ian Gordon, piano (1 CD) (Blue Griffin) BLGF 265 $19.99 This collection of songs by America’s most beloved composer, Ricky Ian Gordon, is arranged to tell a chronological life story - childhood, growing up, falling in love, heartbreak, grieving the death of a loved one, and moving on - and how music helps us through it all.

Telemann and the Leipzig Opera - Popular Arias

Artists: Jan Kobow, tenor. United Continuo Ensemble. (1 CD) (New Pan) NEWP 10237 $20.49 Jan Kobow and the United Continuo Ensemble present these rousing arias in a very entertaining manner.

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angelus Novus Cycle

Artists: Almut Hellwig & Monika Meier-Schmid, sopranos; Ensemble Surplus. James Avery/Ensemble Surplus. (2 CD) (Neos Production) 2 NEOS 11211/2 $38.99 The Angelus Novus Cycle consists of the six works that comprise the polywork Angelus Novus, a music theatre piece based on Walter Benjamin.

Ludwig Senfl: All Ding ein Weil

Works: Ludwig Senfl: All Ding ein Weil - Songs and Insturmental Music. Artists: Tore Tom Denys, tenor; La Caccia. La Caccia. (1 CD) (Musica Ficta) MSTA 8015 $15.99 The 15th and 16th centuries were the golden age of Flemish polyphony. Under the influence of his teacher Heinrich Isaac, Ludwig Senfl made the Flemish idiom his own, while adding to it obvious personal touches.

At the Statue of Venus / Talise Trevigne, soprano

Works: Jake Heggie & Glen Roven: At the Statue of Venus, opera. Artists: Talise Trevigne, soprano (1 CD) (GPR Records) GPRR 20012 $16.99 At the Statue of Venus is the world premier of the Jake Heggie and Glen Roven’s fascinating onewoman opera.

Mezzo Moon: Lieder & Songs / Pia Heise

Works: Songs by Brahms, Zemlinsky, Weyse, Schubert, Schumann, Nielsen, Reger, Mozart. Artists: Pia Heise, mezzo-soprano (1 CD) (Danacord) DCD 720 $14.99 On Sale

Handel: Oratorio Arias / Adam Plachetka

Artists: Adam Plachetka, baritone; Roman Valek/ Czech Baroque Choir; Czech Baroque Ensemble. (1 CD) (Supraphon) SPR 4116 $16.99 The program of this CD is made up of arias that Händel wrote in his oratorios for bass or bass-baritone - the vocal category embodying heroism, enduring faith and resolve.

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Baritone Ettore Bastianini: A Discographic Career

Works: Arias and duest from Barber of Seville, Lucia; Rigoletto; Trovatore et al. Artists: Ettore Bastianini, baritone. Del Monaco, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Di Stefano (3 CD) (Widescreen) 3 WIEN 185 $26.99 For the series “A Discographic Career” Widescreen presents the first organic collection dedicated to one of the leading baritones of the second half of the twentieth century: Ettore Bastianini.

Claude Debussy: Mélodies / Philippe Cantor

Works: Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Ballades (3) de François Villon; Chansons de France; Le promenoir des deux amants, song cycle for voice & piano, L.118. More. Artists: Philippe Cantor (Bar); Sophie Rives (Pno). (1 CD) (Anima Records) ANNR 90900001 $16.99 French baritone Philippe Cantor first appeared interpreting ancient music but soon embarked on a career as a recitalist and opera singer.

Hans-Erik Philip: And Other Dreams

Works: Hans-Erik Philip (1943 - ): And other dreams, for 2 trumpets; Symphony, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Tusindfryd, for voice & orchestra. Artists: Monika Juhasz Miczura (Sop); Béla Drahos/ Budapest SO. Dino Saluzzi (Bandoneon); Gyorgy Geiger (Tpt). (1 CD) (Danica) DNCI 8221 $20.49 Hans-Erik Philip is an unusual figure in the Scandinavian musical scene. Along with being a composer, he is also a mystic, a pilgrim and a craftsman.

Song Recital - Kathrin Graf, soprano

Works: Songs by Handel, Scarlatti, Rameau, Bach, Martin et al. Artists: Kathrin Graf, soprano; Peter Lukas Graf, flute; Michio Kobayashi, keyboards (1 CD) (Claves) CLV 0604 $16.99 Katrin Graf offers songs as well as Ravel’s Chansons Madécasses for soprano, flute, cello and piano in this song recital.

Reza Vali: Toward That Endless Plain

Works: Reza Vali (b. 1952): Toward That Endless Plain; Folk Songs Sets nos 8 & 14 Artists: Janna Baty, soprano Gil Rose/Boston Modern Orch. Project. (1 CD) (BMOP/Sound) BMOP 1026 $16.99

Allan Pettersson: Copmlete Songs (1911-1980)

Artists: Torsten Mossberg, tenor; Anders Karlqvist, piano (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 1678 $16.99

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❦Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

Artists: Giorgio Strehler/Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orch. Barbara Frittoli; Karine Deshayes; Luca Pisaroni; Ludovic Tezier; Ekaterina Siurina. (2 DVD-Video) (Bel Air Classiques) 2 BAC 071 $34.99 On Sale “Unlike many Figaro productions these days, the physicality is never vulgar, and there are constant small touches that add character...[Pisaroni] displays the ideal bassbaritone 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. -International

Artists: Vladimir Jurowski/ Glyndebourne Chorus; London PO. (2 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus Arte) 2 BOA 1085 $26.99 On Sale “McVicar’s staging stokes the glow of Meistersinger’s humane heart...and above all he reminds us that this is an opera about youth and self-discovery. Gerald Finley’s pivotal Sachs relish[es] this intensely verbal role with a Lieder-singer’s skill and beauty...Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details... Together they make the immense performance the most uplifting performance I can recall.” -BBC Music Magazine

Alban Berg: Wozzeck

Ballet for Children The Royal Ballet [4 DVD]

Artists: Teodor Currentzis/Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orch. Georg Nigl; Mardi Byers. (1 DVD-Video) (Bel Air Classiques) BAC 068 $26.99 On Sale In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg’s masterpiece Wozzeck. This bold, sensitive, and truly historic production by Russian director Dmitri Cherniakov aims to “highlight the hidden sorrows of a late twentieth-century man dwelling in a megalopolis.” A transcendent cast is led by rising star conductor Teodor Currentzis.

Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate

Artists: Friedemann Layer/Ensemble Modern. Martha Mödl (Mzz Sop); Horst Hiestermann (Mzz Sop); Hans Günther Nöcker (Bass). (1 DVDVideo) (Arthaus DVD) ( 88 min.; Region: Germany; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) AHM 101657 $26.99 On Sale 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.

Armonie Dello Spirito - sacred music from Gregorian chant to Palestrina and beyond

Works: Giovanni Palestrina (1525 - 1594): Canite tuba; Dum complerentur dies pentecostes; Hodie Christus natus est; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594): Ricercare 5th tone (doubtful); Ricercare 6th tone (doubtful); Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611): O vos omnes. Artists: Massimo Palombella/Cappella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina”. (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) EUA 2072578 $17.99 On Sale The Capella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina” - known the world over as the “Choir of the Pope” - is one of the oldest and most prestigious musical institutions surviving today.

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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 1096BD $52.49 On Sale This unique collection brings together four jewels of the Royal Ballet repertoire that will delight and captivate young viewers the world over.

Beethoven: “Triple” Concerto; Symphony no 6

Works: works Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 “Triple Concerto”; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”. Artists: Itzhak Perlman/Israel PO. Zuill Bailey (Clo); Navah Perlman (Pno); Giora Schmidt (Vln). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts) EUA 2058594 $34.99 On Sale The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is a cultural ambassador for Israel and is regarded as one of the top orchestras in the world. Recorded in the Mann Auditorium of Tel Aviv in 2010, this concert sees the Israel Philharmonic conducted in a challenging al-Beethoven program by eminent conductor and violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Bellini: I Puritani

Artists: Giuliano Carella/Netherland Philharmonic Chorus; Netherland PO. Riccardo Zanellato; Mariola Cantarero; Scott Hendricks; John Osborn. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (BBC Opus Arte) M Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio) BOA 7111 $26.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) BOA 1091 $26.99 On Sale In this darkly dramatic production of I Putitani, Mariola Cantarero is compelling as the heroine on the verge of insanity in one of the greatest mad scenes in the history of opera. One of the leading lyric tenors today, John Osborn sings Arturo with fearless commitment and some spectacular top notes. In the pit is the bel canto specialist Giuliano Carella.

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DVDs and Blu-Ray Videos Britten: War Requiem

Artists: Andris Nelsons/City of Birmingham SO; City of Birmingham SO Chorus; City of Birmingham Sym. Youth Chorus. Hanno Muller-Brachmann; Mark Padmore; Erin Wall. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Arthaus DVD) AHM 108070 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) AHM 101659 $21.99 On Sale 2012 brings the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Britten’s War Requiem, one of the most powerful pacifist statements in music. The anniversary performance is conducted by the CBSO’s Music Director, Andris Nelsons, featuring the Canadian soprano Erin Wall, English tenor Mark Padmore singing the role written for Peter Pears, and German baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann.

C(h)oeurs - A project by Alain Platel

Works by: Verdi & Wagner Artists: Marc Piollet/Chorus of The Teatro Real; Orch. of The Teatro Real. (Teatro Real) (1 Blu-Ray Video) TERL 97012 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) TERL 97013 $26.99 On Sale Many works of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner are linked to the liberal revolutions of 1848, the “Springtime of Peoples”, that swept away absolutism in Europe. C(h)oeurs, a mix of Choirs (choeurs) and Hearts (coeurs) in French. Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Teatro Real, conducted by Marc Piollet, this is an experience not to be missed.

Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven - Piano Sonatas nos 1-6

(1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 147 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) EUA 2066428 $21.99 On Sale 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.

Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven - the Complete Piano Sonatas

(3 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts) 3 EUA 2066424 $73.49 On Sale In 1983-84 pianist Daniel Barenboim took on Beethoven’s complete Piano Sonatas, some of the most versatile and challenging works for a pianist. Composed across the rather blurry boundary line between the Classical and Romantic eras, the works are endlessly varied and demanding of a broad musical ear and technique.

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Daniel Catan: Il Postino

Artists: Grant Gershon/Los Angeles Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orch. Placido Domingo; Vladimir Chernov; Nancy Fabiola Herrera; Charles Castronovo; Cristina Gallardo-Domas. (1 DVD-Video) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88691919709 $17.99 On Sale Based on the Academy Award®-winning 1994 Italian film that became a surprise hit with audiences around the world, and also on the 1985 novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta, Il Postino tells the story of a shy young postman in a tiny Italian fishing village who discovers the courage to pursue his dreams through his daily deliveries to his only customer, the esteemed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, played by Placido Domingo.

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande

Artists: Franz Welser-Most/Zurich Opera House Chorus; Zurich Opera House Orch. Michael Volle; Isabel Rey; Rodney Gilfry. (Arthaus DVD) (1 Blu-Ray Video) AHM 108050 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) AHM 107285 $34.99 On Sale 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

Works: Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; 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 FischerDieskau (Bar); et al. (6 DVD) 6 AHM 107522 $91.49 On Sale 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.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Schubert’s Die Schone Mullerin

Works: Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25. Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Bar); Andras Schiff (Pno). (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) AHM 107269 $21.99 On Sale In 1991, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau agreed to perform Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin at the Feldkirch Schubertiade - he had not sung the song-cycle in public for twenty years.

Glenn Gould Plays Bach

Works: J.S. Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. Artists: Glenn Gould (Pno). (3 DVD-Video) (Sony Classical) . 3 SNYC 88691975049 $26.99 On Sale

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Ferdinand Herold: La fille mal Gardée

Artists: John Lanchbery/ROH Chorus; ROH Orch. David Blair; Stanley Holden; Nadia Nerina. (1 DVDVideo) (ICA) ICA 5088 $21.99 On Sale This is the first release of ‘The Badly Guarded Girl’ on DVD and is one of the best-loved comic ballets of all time. It showcases Frederick Ashton’s version - widely regarded as the definitive interpretation. This performance features Nadia Nerina as Lise (a role that Ashton created her with mind).

Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Journey Of A Lifetime

Artists: Geog Solti/Chicago SO. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) (Run Time: 107 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) CME 711804 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) CME 711708 $21.99 On Sale This fantastic documentary celebrates the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti, one of the 20th century’s most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical culture worldwide. His major conducting appointments are central to the film, as are the memories of great musicians like Valery Gergiev, C. von Dohnányi. A bonus concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra shows Solti at the top of his game.

Gidon Kremer Anniversary Edition

Works: Schubert: String Quintet in C; Bach: Partitas for solo violin; Mozart; Piazzolla; Rozsa; Part; Schnittke et al. Artists: Gidon Kremer/ Kremerata Baltica. Gidon Kremer (Vln); Ula Ulijona (Vla). (3 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) 3 EUA 2059408 $26.99 On Sale For more than 40 years Gideon Kremer has been one of the world’s foremost violinists and musical personalities. This edition - performed alongside his own ensemble composed of young Baltic musicians, the Kremerata Baltica - is an outstanding example of his uncommonly extensive repertoire from Bach to the world of 20th century music.

Giuseppe Verdi: Attila

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) CME 721704 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) CME 721608 $26.99 On Sale C Major presents for the first time on Blu-ray the introduction to the opera Attila.

Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Artists: Lorin Maazel/Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Symphonica Toscanini. Francesco Meli; Norma Fantini; Rafal Siwek; Anna Smirnova. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts) EUA 2072434 $34.99 On Sale 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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❦Handel: Rinaldo / Harry Bicket

Artists: Harry Bicket/Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orch. David Daniels; Deborah York; David Walker. (1 DVD-Video) AHM 100389 $34.99 On Sale 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

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Anniversary Edition

Artists: performances by Rubinstein; Mehta; Zukerman; Barenboim; Bernstein Stern; Shaham; Vengerov; Perlman (7 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 610 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Mono & Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo) 7 EUA 2059458 $91.49 On Sale This luxury 7-DVD Anniversary box set is a must for every fan and friend of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Star-studded historic concerts abound to honor the Orchestra in major anniversary concerts. Nine glorious hours of music concludes with Coming Home, János Darvas’ timely and sensitive documentary portrayal of the Israel Philharmonic. Not to be missed!

Jascha Heifetz In Performance

Works by: Mozart, Prokofiev, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Gershwin, J.S. Bach, Bruch. (1 DVD-Video) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88691998469 $10.99 On Sale 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.

Journeys in Sound - A documentary tribute to John Cage

Works: John Cage (1912 - 1992): Second Construction for 4 Percussionists; Water Music, for one or more players, piano, radio, whistles, water containers & a deck of cards. Artists: Schlagquartett Köln. Steffen Schleiermacher (Pno). (Accentus) (1 Blu-Ray Video) ACTS 10246 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) ACTS 20246 $21.99 On Sale A sonic innovator or an expert on chance? This documentary by Oscar-winning director Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the most fascinating American avant-garde composer.containers & a deck of cards. Stereo)

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New DVD & Blu-Ray Mahler: Symphonies Nos.1-10 / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [11 Blu-Ray or DVD] Conductors: Lorin Maazel; Fabio Luisi; Marris Jansons; Eliahu Inbal; Daniel Harding; Bernard Haitink; Daniele Gatti; Ivan Fischer; Pierre Boulez. (RCO Live) (11 Blu-Ray Video) 11 RCOL 12102 $124.99 (11 DVD-Video) 11 RCOL 12101 $124.99 The videos in this boxed set of live HD recordings of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra were filmed during the 2009-2011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. The set’s eleven discs include performances led by renowned conductors such as Daniele Gatti, Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez andIvßn Fischer. In addition to all ten of Mahler’s ground-breakingSymphonies, the collection also includes Totenfeier and Das Lied von der Erde and features world class soloists including soprano Miah Persson, mezzo Bernarda Fink and tenor Robert Dean Smith. All of this amazing music is vividly brought to life in surround sound and lifelike high resolution video.

At White Nights / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano; Gergiev [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Works: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1; Rachmaninov: Prelude, Op. 32/2; Shostakovich: Sym. no. 14; Tsujii: Elegy for the Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami of 3/11/2011. Artists: Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano. Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Theater SO. (EuroArts) (110 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/ NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio Surround) (1 Blu-Ray) EUA 2059354 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD) EUA 2059358 $21.99 On Sale

Barbara Hendricks - My Favourite Opera [DVD] Works: Donizetti: Don Pasquale. Artists: Barbara Hendricks, Gabriele Ferro; Gabriel Bacquier; Gino Quilico (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 55 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) . EUA 2001818 $17.99 On Sale Barbara Hendricks has selected her favorite role as Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale to bring under the microscope, with musical and stage rehearsals and interviews painting an intimate portrait of a master.

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Barenboim [DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos 7 - 13 Artists: Daniel Barenboim, piano (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 154 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) EUA 2066488 $21.99 On Sale This is the second volume of Daniel Barenboim’s survey of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

Lisa de la Salle: A Portrait of the Pianist [CD & DVD]

Works: Music of Mozart, Rachmaninov, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev et al. Artists: Au Theatre des Bouffes du Nord. (CD & DVD) (Naïve) 2 NAI 5310 $16.99 For Naive’s 10th anniversary of recording activity with Lise de la Salle, now 24 years-old, they offer this beautiful CD / DVD package of outstanding performances in diverse repertoires. The bonus DVD includes a 93’ recital.

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Britten: The Turn of the Screw [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Miah Persson, Toby Spence, Susan Bickley, Giselle Allen. London PO, Jakub Hrusa. Jakub Hrusa/London PO. (FRA Musica) (1 Blu-Ray) FRAM 507 $33.49 (1 DVD) FRAM 007 $28.49 FRA Musica presents Jonathan Kent’s eerily unsettling staging of Britten’s ‘Turn of the Screw’ recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrusa.

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Barenboim [DVD]

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos 14-21 Artists: Daniel Barenboim, piano (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 158 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) EUA 2066498 $21.99 On Sale This is the third volume of Daniel Barenboim’s survey of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

Beethoven: Symphonies nos 1 - 9 / Gielen [3 DVD] Artists: Michael Gielen/SWR Sinfonieorchester. (3 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 365 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4/3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) 3 EUA 2050558 $34.99 On Sale

Berlin Opera Night 2011 / Deutsche Oper Berlin [DVD]

Works: Highlights from operas by Rossini, Verdi, Meyerbeer, Wagner, Delibes, and Sartori. Artists: Demuro, Esposito, Genaux, Ilincai, Kernes. Donald Runnicles/Deutsche Oper Berlin. (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 75 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) EUA 2059008 $17.99 On Sale

Boris Blacher: Preussisches Marchen [DVD]

Artists: Lisa Otto, Ivan Sardi, Manfred Rohrl, Gerti Zeumer. Caspar Richter/Deutsche Opera Berlin. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 103 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) AHM 101658 $26.99 On Sale This world-premiere recording seeks to invigorate the biting classic and introduce it to today’s audience with the characteristic vim and verve of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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Mission / Cecilia Bartoli sings the music of Agostino Steffani at Versailles. [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Diego Fasolis/I Barocchisti. (Decca) (Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color) (1 Blu-Ray Video) DEC B001769159 $36.98 (1 DVD-Video) DEC B001769009 $28.48 Cecilia Bartolia returns with another spellbinding adventure - exploring the music and mystery of the maverick priest Agostino Steffani. Oliver Simonnet (Sacrificum, 2009) presents his cinematographic vision of Cecilia Bartoli’s most recent album ‘Mission. This spectacular film was made at the Chateau de Versailles and features many of its most exquisite rooms and design - including the famous Hall of Mirrors - as a backdrop to Cecilia’s fabulous performances, and stunning dresses. Cecilia Bartoli is accompanied by the leading Baroque ensemble I Barrochisti, directed by Diego Fasolis. She is also joined on screen and in duet with guest star, countertenor Philippe Jarrousky.

Bruckner: The Mature Symphonies [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Works: Bruckner: Symphonhy No. 4 (live, June 2010) Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin. (69 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): DTS HD Master Audio, LPCM Stereo) (Accentus) (Blu-Ray) ACTS 10217 $34.99 On Sale (DVD) ACTS 20217 $21.99 On Sale Der Tagesspiegel describes Barenboim’s Bruckner as ‘... conceived and performed very theatrically, like an opera without words.”

Handel: Deidamia / Ivor Bolton [DVD]

Artists: Sally Matthews, Veronica Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk, Silvia Tro Santaté. Ivor Bolton/Concerto Koln. (1 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus Arte) (208 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1) BOA 1088 $26.99 On Sale Handel’s last Italian opera, Deidamia, is set at the time of the Trojan War.

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Dessay, Haim [2 DVD]

Artists: Aldo Caputo, Priscille Laplace, Alberto Rinaldi. Claudio Scimone/ Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera. (1 DVD-Video) (Dynamic) (54 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) DYN 33741 $27.99 On Sale This is the first recording on DVD of the original French version of Donizetti’s ‘Rita’ is a small but significant example of Donizetti’s work in the 1840s.

Artists: Natalie Dessay, Lawrence Zazzo, isabel Leonard, Varduhi Abrahamyan et al. Emmanuelle Haim/Le Concert d’Astrée. (2 DVD-Video) (Virgin) 2 VCL 236669 $23.48 “We’re off into the wacky world of director Laurent Pelly’s new production of Handel’s 1724 Giulio Cesare at the Paris Opera... there is never a dull moment.”

Franz Lehar: Operetta Films [3 DVD]

Leos Janacek: Jenufa / Marko Ivanovic [DVD]

Donizetti: Rita, ou le Mari Battu [DVD]

Works: Franz Lehar: Der Graf von Luxemburg, Paganini, Zigeunerliebe. Artists: Janet Perry, Adolph Dallapozza, Colette Lorand et al. Heinz Wallberg/Munich Radio SO and Chorus; Walter Goldschmidt/Kurt Graunke SO; Wolfgang Ebert/ Munich Radio SO. (3 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 290 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color) 3 AHM 107525 $52.49 On Sale This collection gathers filmed historic live productions and television productions from the early 1970s.

G.F. Handel: Alcina / Alan Hacker [DVD]

Artists: Catherine Naglestad, Alice Coote, Helene Schneiderman, Catriona Smith. Alan Hacker/ Stuttgart State Orch. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (159 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) AHM 102300 $26.99 On Sale With this Alcina directing team Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito show just how modern Handel can be. A determinedly sensual reading of courtly if not quite courteous - love.

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Artists: Ingrid Tobiasson, Gitta-Maria Sjoberg, Erika Sunnegardh. Marko Ivanovic/ Malmo Opera Orch. & Chorus. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 121 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1) AHM 101665 $26.99 On Sale This live recording from the Malmo Opera and director Orpha Phelan feels heartbreakingly familiar and affecting as only a tragedy of ordinary human beings can.

Kyong Mee Choi: Eternal Tao [DVD]

Works: Kyong Mee Choi: Eternal Tao - A Multimedia Opera with voices, Instruments, Video, Electronics, dancers & lighting. Artists: Michael Lewanski/Ensemble Dal Niente. (1 DVD-Video) (Ravello) RAEL 7866 $21.99 On Sale Eternal Tao is a one-act multimedia opera that presents the text of Tzu’s Ta Te Ching translated and re-imagined in the context of modern society.

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New DVD Videos for Puccini: La Boheme / Netrebko, Beczala, Machaidze, Cavalletti [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Nino Machaidze, Massimo Cavalletti, Alessio Arduini et al. Daniele Gatti/Vienna PO. (Deutsche Grammophon) (Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color) (1 Blu-Ray) DGG B001779859 $36.98 (1 DVD) DGG B001777209 $28.48 The incomparable Anna Netrebko follows Deutsche Grammophon’s acclaimed, best-selling 2008 audio release of La Bohome. Now you can watch Anna Netrebko perform Mimi - a role written for her acting and singing abilities. The New York Times wrote, “You don’t often hear Mimi sung with such vivid character and sheer charisma”. Throughout his reading conductor Daniele Gatti strikes the perfect balance between sentiment and sentimentality, vigor and fragility, the specter of untimely death and the quick and young it haunts.

Luigi Cherubini: Médée / Rousset [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Nadja Michael, Kurt Streit, Christianne Stotjin, Vincent Le Texier. Christophe Rousset (Bel Air Classiques) (138 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (1 Blu-Ray) BAC 476 $34.99 On Sale (2 DVD) 2 BAC 076 $34.99 On Sale Cherubini’s faithful version of Euripides’ ancient tragedy is one of the most savage and powerful works of the opera repertoire.

Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 2 with Salvatore Accardo [DVD]

Works: Music of Beethoven. Artists: Accardo, Falasca, Bellocchio, Dego, Leonardi. (1 DVD-Video) (Dynamic) (Run Time: 79 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) . DYN 33737 $27.99 On Sale Dynamic is happy to feature a series of DVDs proposing the master classes held by Salvatore Accardo in Cremona, the world capital of Violin Making.

Mendelssohn Unknown - A Documentary by Angelo Bozzolini [DVD]

Artists: Roberto Prosseda, Steven Isserlis, Riccardo Chailly, Sonig Tchakerian. (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 98 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) EUA 2058858 $21.99 On Sale Mendelssohn Unknown is the most complete and up-to-date documentary about Felix Mendelssohn ever made.

Mozart: The Magic Flute / Georg Solti [2 DVD]

Artists: René Pape, Deon Van Der Walt, Herbert Lippert, Luciana Serra. Georg Solti/Vienna PO. Ruth Ziesak; Anton Scharinger; Ren‚ Pape; Luciana Serra; Herbert Lippert. (2 DVD-Video) (Decca) 2 DEC B001780709 $36.98 A never-before- released performance of Mozart’s magical last opera under the baton of Sir Georg Solti. Filmed at the Salzburg Festival in the Mozart Bicentenary Year of 1991.

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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Zubin Mehta [2 DVD]

Artists: Lucio Gallo, Eteri Gvazava, Patrizia Ciofi, Giorgio Surian. Zubin Mehta/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. (2 DVDVideo) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 181 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1) 2 AHM 107277 $34.99 On Sale

Pergolesi: Il Flaminio / Ottavio Dantone [BluRay or 2 DVD]

Artists: Juan Gatell, Laura Polverelli, Marina De Liso, Serena Malfi. Ottavio Dantone/Accademia Bizantina. (Arthaus DVD) (183 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1/DTS HD MasterAudio) (1 Blu-Ray) AHM 108067 $34.99 On Sale (2 DVD) 2 AHM 101653 $34.99 On Sale Brilliant staging highlights the interweaving and layering of truth and fiction, passion and irony, tragedy and comedy. A delight.

Pergolesi: La Salustia / Corrado Rovaris [BluRay or 2 DVD]

Artists: Vittorio Prato, Serena Malfi, Laura Polverelli, Giacinta Nicotra. Corrado Rovaris/ Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani. (Arthaus DVD) (185 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/ NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (1 Blu-Ray) AHM 108065 $34.99 On Sale (2 DVD) 2 AHM 101651 $34.99 On Sale Pergolesi’s first opera is filled with emotion and drama -- a story of deceitful plots and knotting mistrust; of two women who struggle for power and justice as they see it.

Richard Strauss: Salome / Daniel Harding, La cala [DVD]

Artists: Peter Bronder, Iris Vermillion, Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann. Daniel Harding/Teatro alla Scala Orch. (1 DVD) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 108 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: DVD 9, NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1) AHM 107323 $26.99 On Sale In this production Nadja Michael perfectly captures the iconoclastic title character, magnificently present in voice, body, and mind throughout.

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February

Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago SO [DVD]

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Teatro Carlo Felice [2 DVD]

Artists: Antonino Siragusa, Sonia Ganassi, Marco Vinco. Renato Palumba Ranato Palumbo/Teatro Carlo Felice. (2 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 169 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: DVD 9, NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1) 2 AHM 107311 $34.99 On Sale Arthaus presents Rossini’s popular retelling of the Cinderella fairytale in an unusual staging by Paul Curran. The work - often oversimplified as a comic romp - gains unexpected gravitas from its setting in 1912, a period when class differences were very real.

Rossini: Mose in Egitto / Roberto Abbado [BluRay or DVD]

Artists: Riccardo Zanellato, Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak, Sonia Ganassi. Roberto Abbado/Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orch. & Chorus (BBC Opus Arte) (Run Time: 170 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: BluRay/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1) (1 Blu-Ray) BOA 7112 $26.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) BOA 1093 $26.99 On Sale A modern-day interpretation of Rossini’s “Mose in Egitto” sets the scene at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro. For conductor Roberto Abbado, the transposition of the action to the present day releases the energy of Rossini’s music.

3 Operas by Scarlatti, Cimarosa & Sarro [DVD]

Works: Scarlatti: La Dirindina; Cimarosa: Il Maestro di Cappella; Domenico Sarro: L’Impresario delle Canarie. Artists: Regia Goffredo Gori, Giorgrio Gatti, Patrizia Cigna, Adriana Cicogna, Ernesto Palacio. Riccardo Cirri/Orch. Ars Cantus. (1 DVD-Video) (Bongiovanni) (Run Time: 125 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: DVD 9, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) BGV 20023 $26.99 On Sale

Schumann at Pier2 / Paavo Jarvi [DVD]

Works: A concert and documentary film that includes the Schumann Symphonies nos 1-4. Artists: Paavo Jarvi/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. (1 DVD-Video) (C Major) CME 712108 $21.99 On Sale Paavo Jarvi and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen have pushed the norm a bit by setting Schumann’s four symphonies in a dockside warehouse normally used for rock concerts. This documentary explores that project in depth.

Sasha Waltz: Nobody - Three piece choreographic cycle about the human body [DVD]

In 1999, Sasha Waltz started working on her three-piece choreographic cycle about the human body, relating her dancers’ bodies to architecture, science, and history. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Pic Fmt: NTSC, Color) AHM 101583 $26.99 On Sale

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Works: Mozart Sym. 35; Mahler: Sym. 5; Mussorgsky: Pictures; Beethoven: Egmont Ov. Sym. 5 Artists: Georg Solti/Chicago SO. (3 DVD-Video) (Sony Classical) (Run Time: 203 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Letterbox, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) 3 SNYC 88691975489 $26.99 On Sale To mark the occasion of what would have been Sir Georg Solti’s 100th birthday, Sony Classical presents ‘Sir Georg Solti Conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’, a new 3-DVD box set featuring footage of live concert performances from Tokyo.

The Berlin Philharmonic in Singapore / Rattle, BPO [Blu-Ray in 3D or DVD]

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 1; Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances. Artists: Simon Rattle/ Berlin PO (2010). (EuroArts) (120 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray 3D/NTSC 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio Surround) (1 Blu-Ray) EUA 2058904 $34.99 On Sale (DVD Video) EUA 2058908 $21.99 On Sale This spectacular release, which chronicles the first Singapore visit of the Berlin Philharmonic is presented in stunning 3D Blu-ray for images and sound that put you in the concert!

Verdi: Alzira / Gustav Kuhn [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Francesco Fancini, Thomas Gazheli, Ferdinand von Bothmer, Junko Saito. Gustav Kuhn/Orch. Haydn di Bolzano et Trento. (C Major Video) (115 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/ NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (1 Blu-Ray Video) CME 721504 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD-Video) CME 721408 $26.99 On Sale The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to all of Verdi’s works, including the lesser known gems like Alzira, here presented for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray. The uninitiated can also get a quick introduction to the opera before moving on to this beautifully simple unstaged reading.

Verdi: I Masnadieri / Nicola Luisotti [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Giacomo Presti, Aquiles Machado, Artur Rucinski, Lucrecia Garcia. Nicola Luisotti/Teatro di San Carlo Orch. & Chorus (C Major Video) (135 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (1 Blu-Ray) CME 722304 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD) CME 722208 $26.99 On Sale The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to all of Verdi’s works including hidden beauties like I masnadieri - this is its first production on DVD and Blu-ray, conducted by tour de force Nicola Luisotti and performed by top Verdi interpreters and the Orchestra and Chorus of the teatro di San Carlo.

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More New DVD, Blu-Rays Tutto Verdi: The Complete 26 Operas / Teatro Regio [27 Blu-Rays or 30 DVDs]

Works: Verdi: The Complete 26 Operas plus Messa da Requiem. Artists: Daniela Dessì, Marcelo Álvarez, Leo Nucci, Nino Machaidze, Fiorenza Cedolins, Norma Fantini and many others. Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma; Orch. Del Teatro Regio Di Parma. (C Major Video) (27 Blu-Ray Video) CME 721904 $639.99 On Sale (30 DVDs) 30 CME 721808 $639.99 On Sale To mark the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, the Teatro Regio di Parma, Unitel Classica and C Major Video have joined forces to realize a truly unique and monumental project - Tutto Verdi. For the first time ever, Verdi’s complete operatic output is now available in High Definition and Surround Sound on DVD and Bluray Disc. Each recently recorded production includes a 10 minute introduction explaining the story, characters and history of the opera. The Tutto Verdi Premium collection is lavishly presented in a LP-size box, with a linen-bound 124 page book.

Verdi: Macbeth / Bruno Bartoletti [Blu-Ray or DVD]

Artists: Leo Nucci, Enrico Iori, Sylvie Valayre, Robert Iuliano. Bruno Bartoletti/Teatro Regio di Parma Chrus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. (C Major Video) (1 Blu-Ray Video) CME 722104 $34.99 On Sale (1 DVD Video) CME 722008 $26.99 On Sale A new release from C Major’s ambitious Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to one of Verdi’s most underrated operas. Bruno Bartoletti leads the impressive forces of Il Teatro Regio di Parma.

Wolfgang Rihm: Oedipus / Christof Prick [DVD]

Artists: Andreas Schmidt, William Pell, William Dooley, William Murray. Christof Prick/ Deutsche Opera Berlin. (1 DVDVideo) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 105 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) AHM 101667 $26.99 On Sale As one of the most versatile and best-known contemporary composers in Germany, Wofgang Rihm has always impressed and shocked with the powerful expressiveness of his music. His Oedipus, here in its 1987 premiere performance, loses none of its impact over the years.

Verdi: Attila / Sofia National Opera [DVD]

Artists: Orlin Anastasov, Radostina Nikolaeva, Ventseslav Anastosov, Daniel Damyanov. Plamen Kartaloff/Sofia National Opera Bulgaria. (1 DVD-Video) (Dynamic) (105 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Dolby Digital 5.1) DYN 33732 $27.99 On Sale This recording includes an amazing vocal performance of Orlin Anastasov, recorded at the very impressive medieval stronghold of Tsaverets (Bulgaria). As Benjamin Lumley wrote in his memoirs, perhaps no other opera by Verdi was received more enthusiastically or won the composer more laurels than Attila.

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Explore the World from you Armchair! Norway: Maihaugen Open-Air Museum & Norwegian Folk Museum, Oslo / Music by Grieg [DVD] The music chosen for this tour of Norway is by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, taken from his many Lyric Pieces, short piano pieces that reflect the culture and life of Norway. (1 DVD-Video) (Naxos (USA) (Run Time: 51 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) NXS 2110318 $8.99 On Sale

France, A musical Visit to Provence / Music by Saint-Saens & Bizet [DVD]

The music is taken from the orchestral suites derived by Georges Bizet from his music for Alphonse Daudet’s melodrama L’Arlesienne (The Girl from Arles), the story of the vain love and suicide of a young relative of the provencal poet Mistral. Camille Saint-Saens composed his Carnival of the Animals to entertain his friends. The procession of animals ranges from lions to fish, pianists, critics, and fossils. (1 DVD-Video) (Naxos (USA) (Run Time: 60 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) NXS 2110311 $8.99 On Sale

Finland / Music by Jean Sibelius [DVD]

Scenes of Finland and its capital Helsinki, the interlinked islands of Savonlinna, site of an ancient castle and Kerimäki, with its wooden church, suggest a vision of a remarkable country, molded by its geographical features and its varied and long history. Finland found its musical identity largely through the work of Jean Sibelius, whose music accompanies you on this tour. (1 DVDVideo) (Naxos) NXS 2110316 $8.99 On Sale

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Morton Gould: American Legend [3 CDs]

Works: Morton Gould: American Ballads; Derivations; Fall River Legend; Jekyll and Hyde Variations. Artists: Univ. of KS Wind Ens. Nashville SO; National SO of the Ukrains. (Naxos) 3 NXS 8503259 $24.99 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all of American musicians have been touched by Morton and affected by him.â&#x20AC;? - Leonard Slatkin

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Schubert: Chamber Music from The Last Years [6 CDs]

Artists: Amsterdam Piano Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Brandis Quartet. (6 CD) (Brilliant Classics) . 6 BLC 94424 $29.99 Spanning 6 CDs and featuring many a consummate performance, this release celebrates the genius of Schubert through detailing all of his late chamber music.

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Artists: Simone Young/ Hamburg PO. Struckmann, Elgr, Buchwald, Koch, Sacher, Kwon, Petrenko, Polaski, Galliard, Bork, Tomlinson, et al. (Oehms) 14 OEH 929 $91.49 On Sale Oehms Classics has released the Ring of the Hamburg State Opera conducted by Simone Young in a complete boxed set. The set consists of an elegant box, including a booklet and 14 individual CDs.

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Il Postino tells the story of a shy young postman in a tiny Italian fishing village who discovers the courage to pursue his dreams through his daily deliveries to his only customer, the esteemed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, played by Placido Domingo. SNYC 88691919709 $17.99 On Sale

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