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Catalog Fall 2023

Dependent Arising / Rachel Barton-Pine

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine’s 26th recording for Cedille Records, Dependent Arising, reveals surprising confluences between classical and heavy metal music by pairing Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 with Earl Maneein’s Dependent Arising — Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of Tito Muñoz. The album explores connections between modern classical music and heavy metal and showcases Pine’s unique journey with these two seemingly disparate genres. (Cedille)

1CD# CDR 223 $16.99

Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann & Weber

Regarded as one of Europe’s leading horn players, Martin Owen appears as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. Currently principal horn at the BBC Symphony Orchestra, he has previously served as principal horn of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and as solo horn of the Berliner Philharmoniker Weber’s Concertino was written for the old, valveless ‘natural horn’; its limited range of notes (tied to the harmonic series) was extended mechanically with additional tubing. The technical demands of the Concertino are testament to the extraordinary facility of the hornists of the period. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20168 $20.99

Higdon: Duo Duel; Concerto for Orchestra

This is Naxos’s fourth all-Higdon album in the American Classics series. The world premiere recording of Duo Duel for two pitched percussion instruments and orchestra is a double concerto of scintillating, high-speed virtuosity Concerto for Orchestra demands the utmost in technical accomplishment from all members of the orchestra. Robert Spano conducts the Houston Symphony with percussion virtuosos Stev Stoyanov and Matthew Strauss. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559913 $13.99

Legendary Singers / Various Artists [6 CDs]

This six-disc collection provides a captivating musical journey that presents some of the greatest voices of the 20th century. Disc one showcases Nicolai Gedda’s interpretive genius with historical recordings made between 1954 and 1965, while on the second, Martina Arroyo’s rich, well-rounded voice is on full display during her performance at the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele. Other discs include performances from Peter Anders at the height of his career, Marilyn Horne in an all-Rossini program, and lastly, the incomparable Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau performing Baroque repertoire in Stuttgart. (SWR Classic)

6CD# SWR19436CD $34.99

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Utah SO; Maurice Abravanel

Tchaikovsky composed his First Symphony just after graduating from the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The Second Symphony presents an infectious cheerfulness and imaginative skill in orchestration. These Vox recordings by the Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel were originally released in 1974 as quadraphonic LPs and also appeared in 2001 as part of a complete Tchaikovsky symphonic edition on the Vox label. (Vox Classics)

1CD# VOX-NX-3020CD $16.99

2023 Naxos Music Group Catalogue + Sampler CD

The new Naxos Music Group 2023 Catalogue is now available, containing 940 pages of the best in classical music! Browse album information on recordings from the Naxos Music Group and affiliated labels. This catalogue comes bundled with a new sampler CD featuring recordings from renowned artists including Leonard Slatkin, Boris Giltburg, JoAnn Falletta, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt, Daniel Muller-Schott, Walter Klein, and more. (Naxos)

Book# 8551483 $13.99

Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights

Bernard Herrmann is widely regarded as one of Hollywood’s most important composers, responsible for more than fifty film scores, and noted for his collaborations with Orson Welles and, later, with Alfred Hitchcock. Welles was unofficially involved with Robert Stevenson’s film of Jane Eyre in the 1940s, and it was Welles that suggested Herrmann as composer for the project. (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5337 $21.99

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / Paavo Järvi; Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich

Anton Bruckner called his Symphony No. 8 in C minor a ‘mystery’; others have seen it as an ‘apocalyptic’ work. For Paavo Järvi, it is the composer’s ‘most unusual symphony’ and the ‘pinnacle’ of his symphonic output. In the history of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Eighth Symphony occupies a special place, since it was the first Bruckner the orchestra performed. (Alpha)

1CD# ALPHA987 $18.99

Mystique / Krzysztof Meisinger

Before a phrase from the “Gran vals” by Francisco Tárrega unexpectedly shot to international fame as the Nokia ringtone, his most celebrated pieces included the Capricho árabe, composed in 1892. The piece is inspired by the mixture of Muslim Castilian and Christian cultures which had always been a feature of the Valencia region where Tárrega grew up. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20278 $20.99

Petterson: Concerto for Violin & String Quartet / Ulf Wallin

The most important work on this recording is the Concerto for Violin and String Quartet, a harsh, dense work that places great demands on the musicians. For this recording, Ulf Wallin has brought together colleagues and friends to perform these lesser-known works, which nevertheless constitute an essential milestone in the career of the great Swedish composer. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2580 $19.99

Groslot: Now, Voyager, Sail

Now, Voyager, Sail… (First Symphony), Op. 130 is Robert Groslot’s first symphony. The title refers to a poem by the American author Walt Whitman. And the “Scherzo” movement shares a link with the Beatles song, “Getting Better.” Groslot borrows musical motives and paraphrases them in his musical language. (Antartica)

1CD# AR 046 $14.99

Liszt: Transcendental Etudes / Haochen Zhang

The Transcendental Études form a cycle of twelve pieces whose composition began in 1826 and was completed in 1851. These études are among the most difficult works ever written for the piano. Together with Chopin’s Études, they serve as a basis for piano technique and had a significant influence on subsequent piano music, most notably that of Debussy, Rachmaninov, Bartók, and Ligeti. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2681 $19.99

Bach: Minimaliste / La Tempete; Simon-Pierre Bestion

J. S. Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor is the centerpiece of this new recording. Bach’s Passacaglia (‘a single musical theme heard forty-one times’) and Jehan Alain’s Litanies complete this program, which brings together the Bestion brothers, with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas as soloist in the concertos. (Alpha)

1CD# ALPHA985 $18.99

Noskowski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

“Elegiac” / Antoni Wit

Few listeners know much, if anything, about Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909). And yet, for most of the 19th century, he was the primary exponent of modern symphonic music in Poland. Antoni Wit, Noskowski’s successor at the helm of the Warsaw Philharmonic helps out his lateromantic colleague – just as he has already done with the music Zygmunt Stojowski on a previous Capriccio recording. (Capriccio)

Mozart: Serenades / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Founded in 1841 under the participation of Constanze Mozart, the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg today enjoys the highest reputation worldwide for its lively and styleconscious Mozart interpretations. This CD is the first release of a series, which begins at the orchestra’s programmatical core: Mozart, and ventures onto Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner and Hans Werner Henze. (Berlin Classics)

Glass: Patientia

A theme that violinist Sara Övinge aimed to pursue in the project was the juxtaposition of the electronic and the organic. Philip Glass’s 2nd Piano Concerto is arranged for synthesiser and strings, a kind of updated version of Vivaldi’s string orchestra with continuo. Where previous recordings have gone for an electronic sound resembling the baroque harpsichord, Sara creates a more electro-acoustic soundscape. (Lawo)

1CD# C5509 $19.99

1CD# 0302997BC $19.99

1CD# LWC1255 $18.99

Rachmaninoff 150 / Berliner Philharmonker; Kirill Gerstein

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s contribution to the great Russian composer’s anniversary year places a landmark performance of his perennially popular C minor Concerto by Kirill Gerstein and Kirill Petrenko in the illuminating context of his solo music. (Berlin Philharmoniker)

1SACD# BPHR230469 $29.99

Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 4

Masaaki Suzuki now takes up the Orgel-Büchlein (literally, ‘little organ book’), a collection of 45 short chorale preludes on melodies from the Lutheran hymn book, a project that came into being in connection with Bach’s appointment as organist and chamber musician at the Duke’s court in Weimar in 1708. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2541 $19.99

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 / Hong

Kong PO; Jaap van Zweden

Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 was premiered in 1937. It was composed in response to the Soviet denouncement in Pravda of the composer’s most recent works. The symphony was an overwhelming success, returning the composer to favour with the authorities, and remains one of the most performed symphonies of the 20th century. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574549 $13.99

Summer Night Concert 2023 / Weiner Philhamoniker

This is Sony Classical’s eleventh release of the Summer Night Concert. This year’s SNC exclusively presented popular melodies from French composers, including musical highlights from Bizet to Ravel, Berlioz to Saint-Saëns to Gounod. The soloist on the evening’s program was the Latvian Mezzo soprano Elīna Garanča, who performed the famous “Habanera” from Carmen. (Sony)

1CD# 19658818942 $15.99

NEW RELEASES IN BRIEF

Dvořák: Mass in D Major / Prague SO

Enna: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2

On this newest endeavour, the Bogota´ Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Joachim Gustafsson, turns its attention towards Danish composer August Enna (1859–1939) with renderings of two of his charming orchestral works. While Symphony No. 2 may be considered conservative for its era, it is abundantly rich in its continuous melodic flow, creating an immediately impactful experience. (Dacapo)

1CD# 8224753 $15.99

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 20 / Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Here, Michelangeli presents a life-affirming, even vigorous Mozart with almost Olympian pride. His manner of playing is always forward-pushing, at times boisterously passionate. In his interpretation there is no exaggerated sensitivity, no fiddling with sound, no over-reflectiveness and, in particular, no sentimentality in the slow movements. (SWR Classic)

1CD# SWR19129CD $12.99

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14; Six Verses of Marina Tsvetayeva

John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic continue their survey of Shostakovich’s late symphonies with this recording of the 14th, with Elizabeth Atherton and Peter Rose as soloists. Completed in the spring of 1969, and premiered later that year, the symphony is written for soprano, bass and small string orchestra with percussion, setting eleven linked setting of poems by four authors. (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5310 $21.99

Echo of Bach / Agata-Maria Raatz

The album Echo of Bach is a personal exploration through the history of solo music for violin, tracing its origins from the early Baroque period to the present. It is a musical journey centred on J. S. Bach, an inspiration to many generations of composers. On this unique path, the great master not only inspires, but is also influenced by the works of other musicians. (Solo Musica)

1CD# SM439 $18.99

Antonín Dvořák was a deeply religious person, and sacred music duly constitutes a significant part of his oeuvre. The present album features three different types of works. (Supraphon)

1CD# SU4314-2 $16.99

Martinů: Czech Works for Flute & Piano / Sarah Rumer

A varied program of works by Czech composers with Sarah Rumer and Ulrich Koella. (Prospero)

1CD# PROSP0049 $21.99

Cantatas of J.S. Bach, Vol. 2 / Reginald Mobley; Nicholas McGegan

This is Vol. 2 in the anticipated complete set of Cantatas of JS Bach, performed by Cantata Collective, a period instrument vocal and instrumental ensemble based in San Francisco. (Centaur)

1CD# CRC4035 $15.99

Ravel, Beethoven, Chopin / Georgiana Pletea

Piano recital of young Romanian pianist Georgiana Pletea, winner of the competition Rahn Kulturfonds. (Prospero)

1CD# PROSP0040 $21.99

Music for Strings / John Wilson; Sinfonia of London

This keenly anticipated album from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson features two of the greatest British works for string orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, and Sir Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro. Elgar’s ground-breaking work is inspired by the baroque concerto grosso, and features a solo string quartet contrasted with the full symphonic string section. (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5291 $21.99

Holst: The Planets / Daniel Harding

“Horns and woodwind are expressive, strings lithe, the layers of wordless high voices perfectly blended. From the menace of Mars, bringer of war, to the serene beauty of Venus, the mix of jollity and nobility in Jupiter, the unworldly sadness of Saturn and the pianissimo dissonance of Neptune, this is a revelatory performance.”

1CD# BRK900208 $17.99

Boccherini: The Six Symphonies, Op. 35 / Orchestra of the 18th Century [2 CDs]

Emilio Moreno’s passion, knowledge and thirst for the music of Luigi Boccherini yields a further revelation with The Six Symphonies, Op. 35, premiered in 1782, newly edited by violist Moreno and performed here by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. The Orchestra continues the tradition of six or more projects a year, now by inviting guests and guest conductors to lead. (Glossa)

2CD# GCD921131 $19.99

Nights in the Gardens of Spain / Manuel de

Falla

One of the very best pianists to have come out of Spain... Unlike many names who have offered themselves in this nationalist repertoire, she has an impeccably clean technique, considerable strength verve and temperament, but a level enough head to keep her from exaggerating effects to win applause, plus a delicate poetic sense without sentimentalising.” – Gramophone (Alto Music)

1CD# MOB414374 $10.99

British Invasion / William Kanengiser; Alexander String Quartet

The Alexander String Quartet and guitarist William Kanengiser form a dynamic collaboration that explores the music of Sting, Led Zeppelin, John Dowland and The Beatles by way of contemporary composers Ian Krouse, Dušan Bogdanovic and Leo Brouwer. William Kanengiser and the Alexander String Quartet pay tribute to a group of English musicians who conquered the musical world. (Foghorn Classics)

1CD# FCL2023 $16.99

2023 New Year’s Concert / Vienna Philharmonic [2 CDs]

The New Year’s Concert Live from Vienna is one of the world’s most famous and spectacular classical music events, its broadcast on TV and radio reaching over 90 countries around the world with more than 50 million viewers. Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst conducts this prestigious concert for the 3rd time (2011, 2013). (Sony)

2CD# 19658717392 $17.99

Love at Last / Lara Downes

Love at Last is pianist Lara Downes’s first Pentatone album, iin which she presents 24 pieces, many of them in world premiere recordings, of works by living composers around the globe. Spanning generations, continents and cultures, these diverse voices are united in a stubborn belief in the possibility of humanity, brotherhood, peace, and compassion, and in the everlasting power of love. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187018 $15.99

Chesnokov:

Sacred Choral Music / St. John’s Voices

Pavel Chesnokov studied with Taneyev, Ippolitov-Ivanov and Conus in Moscow and was an admired choral director in the city. He wrote more than 500 choral works, the majority of them sacred. His contribution to music for the Divine Liturgy was immense and he wrote two settings of the All-Night Vigil, the second of which is heard here, full of grandeur and Romantic lyricism. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574496 $13.99

Respighi: Ballad of the Gnomes

The works recorded on this Cala Signum reissue cover a wide range of moods, from the opulence and excitement for which Respighi was noted in his famous Roman Trilogy, to more reflective pieces inspired by nostalgia for the music of the past.

(Signum)

1CD# SIGCD2161 $17.99

Vivaldi: Lute & Mandolin Concertos

“I enjoyed greatly some highly attractive and charming music, sensitive playing, and clean, freshsounding recordings... The Lute concerto in particular has good things... Of the Mandolin concertos, this double is most interesting, done with charm, with one mandolin each to the left and to the right, and is quite delightful. Much of the music is in Vivaldi’s best sombre G minor tone.” – Gramophone (Alto Music)

1CD# MOB414657 $10.99

– The Guardian (BR Klassik)

Altissima – Works for High Baroque Trumpet

The development of historically informed trumpet playing has come a long way since the very early days of the movement, from coiled trumpets to the first modern baroque trumpets of Meinl & Lauber. Devoted to a broad cross-section of trumpet repertoire from the late seventeenth century through the mideighteenth, this recording shows how far the art of playing the baroque trumpet has advanced. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 0828

$20.99

Bacewicz: Piano Concerto, Concerto for 2 Pianos

The music of Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) has been enjoying a revival during the past two decades. Bacewicz was an outstanding figure in 20th-century music, a major Polish composer and a versatile musician. This album by the award-winning pianist Peter Jablonski, pianist Elisabeth Brauss, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Collon includes some rarely recorded gems. (Ondine)

1CD# ODE 1427-2

$16.99

Bach: St. John Passion [2 CDs]

Cantata Collective, an ensemble “of San Francisco early music luminaries” (San Francisco Chronicle) inaugurates a major series of J. S. Bach’s choral works with a live recording of the composer’s St. John Passion. “To the excellent musicians of Cantata Collective: More Bach please!” – Early Music America (Avie)

2CD# AV2605 $27.99 $22.39

Rachmaninov: All-night Vigil, ‘Vespers’

The Clarion Choir and its Artistic Leader Steven Fox make their Pentatone debut with a recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil, demonstrating their exceptional proficiency in Russian repertoire. The All-Night Vigil is a nocturnal hymn that gradually moves towards daybreak, symbolizing the Resurrection of Christ. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187019 $15.99

Les Nuits de

Paris – Dance Music from Folies Bergere to Opera

The dance permeated every layer of Romantic society. From popular dance halls to courtly salons, people showed their public face, enjoyed themselves and met one another in waltz time or to the rhythms of the quadrille or the polka. Under the expert baton of François-Xavier Roth, the orchestra Les Siècles has set out to rediscover this French repertory using historical instruments. (Bru Zane)

1CD# BZ2005 $18.99

Conciertos Romanticos / Jorge Federico Osorio

Celebrated Mexican-born pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, “one of the most elegant and accomplished pianists on the planet” (Los Angeles Times) performs Romantic-era concertos and solo pieces by Mexican composers Ricardo Castro and Manuel María Ponce. Osorio also performs four of Ponce’s short solo piano pieces including one of his most popular works, “Gavota.” (Cedille)

1CD# CDR 221 $16.99

CLASSICAL TITLES IN BRIEF

Malek Jandali: Concertos

Symphony No. 6 & Op. 1, No. 3 / Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos

Like their first Beethoven for Three release — Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 — this recording challenges the traditional boundary between chamber and orchestral repertoire to offer the listener two very different sides of the composer using the same three voices. (Sony)

1CD# 19658739372 $13.98

Trumpet & Piano in the 20th Century

This CD is devoted to some of the most significant pieces for trumpet and piano, a formation that was born, literally, at the beginning of the last century. No prominent nineteenth–century composer has left us chamber pieces, let alone duo pieces, that involve the solo use of the trumpet; and it might be worth briefly questioning the reasons for the instrument’s nearly total absence from the repertoire. (Urania)

1CD# LDV14102 $19.99

Clarinetist Anthony McGill and violinist Rachel Barton Pine are featured soloists on a new recording of two concertos by Syrian composer Malek Jandali. (Cedille)

1CD# CDR 220 $16.99

Bach: Soli deo Gloria [2 CDs]

Virtuoso trumpeter Andrew Balio’s superlative transcriptions of music by J.S. Bach delight the listener with both new and familiar sounds. (Delos)

2CD# DE 3560 $24.99

Treasures from the New World, Vol. 3

Somm Recordings announces the eagerly anticipated Vol. 3 of Treasures from the New World throwing revealing new light on music from the Americas. (Somm)

1CD# SOMMCD 0669 $18.99

Shadow Dances – British Works for Flute

For his second album for Chandos, the flute virtuoso Adam Walker explores the music of British composers with pianist Huw Watkins. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20265 $20.99

Chavez: Complete Columbia Album Collection [7 CDs]

Sony Classical is pleased to announce an important reissue of works by Carlos Chávez, one of the most influential figures in the history of Mexican music. Most of these recordings, which span the years 1938 to 1980, are conducted by Chávez himself and have never appeared before on CD. (Sony)

7CD# 19439977412 $46.98

Alfredo Kraus – The Early Years [20 CDs]

Alfredo Kraus was considered the “grand seigneur” among the tenors of his time, an outstanding stylist, an unrivalled knight of high C (and above) – an aristocrat of tenor bel canto. The present 20-CD-set documents Kraus’ early years from 1958–1963 in live recordings. (Pan Classics)

20CD# PC10449 $69.99

Ludovico Einaudi: Clouds [7 CDs]

Among the best-selling composers of our time, Ludovico Einaudi has won a following of millions through his distinctively calm, smoothly unfolding works, which spin unbroken songs from the simplest material and cast a spell of relaxed enchantment over their audience. Jeroen van Veen is the Dutch pianist who has likewise won an international following for his many albums of Minimalist piano music. (Brilliant Classics)

7CD# BRI96912 $52.99

The Complete Recordings of Manuel Barrueco [11 CDs]

This box-set brings together his entire legacy of Manuel Barrueco and bears witness to his unique artistry which prompted The New York Times to write of him “...a warmth and a singing quality that would undoubtedly have made Segovia smile”. (Warner Classics)

11CD# MOB146275 $34.99

Brahms: Complete Symphonies / Blomstedt [3 CDs]

Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig present Brahms’s complete symphonies on Pentatone. These recordings, made between 2019 and 2021, have already met with extraordinary critical acclaim. BBC Music Magazine praised the performance of the First Symphony as “splendid and inspiring”, praising Blomstedt’s “admirable attention to detail.” (Pentatone)

3CD# PTC5186978 $29.99

Mozart: String Quartets Complete [7 CDs]

All Mozart String Quartets complete! The Armida Quartett is seen today as one of the best quartets coping with the giant W.A. Mozart, and this collection has received rave reviews from Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. This boxed set has been recorded and released in close cooperation with the famous Henle publisher. (Cavi)

7CD# AVI 8553523 $29.99

Bax: Complete Symphonies, Orchestral Works [7 CDs]

Sir Arnold Bax wrote his seven symphonies between 1921 and 1939, embracing a prolific period that drew inspiration from a variety of sources. From the dramatic impact of the Second Symphony through to the seascapes of the Fourth and hints of Sibelius in the later works, Bax’s powerful symphonic world is one of stormy vigor contrasting with the most intense lyrical expressiveness and serenity. (Naxos)

7CD# 8507014 $46.99

Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

[8 CDs]

In this eight-CD set featuring several hundred performers, the Palazzetto Bru Zane presents works from nineteenth-century French female composers. The selections range over chamber music, orchestral works, piano pieces and songs. They highlight twenty-one creators, from personalities like Hélène de Montgeroult, Louise Farrenc, Pauline Viardot, and Mel Bonis. (Bru Zane)

8CD# BZ2006 $49.99

Bach: Cantatas, Motets & Organ Music [6 CDs]

This is a highly attractive box for both Bach collectors and for newcomers to the inexhaustible treasure-trove that is his output of cantatas. The selection of repertoire ranges chronologically from early masterpieces such as Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV4 to the long period of his maturity as Cantor in Leipzig, when Bach wrote five cycles of cantatas for each feast-day in the church calendar. (Brilliant Classics)

6CD# BRI96434 $59.99

Saint-Georges: L’Amant Anonyme [3 CDs]

Haymarket Opera, Chicago’s premier early opera company that presents historically informed performances played on 18th-century classical era instruments, performs on this world-premiere recording of L’Amant Anonyme (‘The Anonymous Lover’) by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799). Full libretto in original French and English translation included. (Cedille)

3CD# CDR 217 $32.99

The Many Passions of Leoš Janáček [4 CDs]

The choice of compositions deeply reflects Leoš Janáček’s greatly varied music, paying homage to the most remarkable 20th-century Czech composer on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of his death and celebrating the unique richness of Supraphon’s archives. An original selection of Leoš Janáček’s works! (Supraphon)

4CD# SU4328.2

$29.99

Jean-Pierre Rampal – The Complete CBS Masterworks Recordings [56 CDs]

Flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal brought the instrument to new prominence, proving its enormous potential in a wide range of repertoire. Sony’s collection, The Complete CBS Masterworks Recordings, opens to a benchmark 1969 recording of the Mozart flute quartets where Rampal joins forces with Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider, and Leonard Rose. (Sony)

56CD# 19439888282 $199.98

KapellMeister Edition – Great German Conductors [10 CDs]

The fruits of a long-term collaboration: “Kapellmeister” literally means “master of the chapel choir”. The term represents the bond, spanning many years, between an orchestra and conductor. This expansive release features recordings by some of the finest German conductors, including Herbert Blomstedt, Herbert Kegel, Otmar Suitner, Kurt Sanderling, and Kurt Masur. (Berlin Classics)

10CD# 0302856BC $35.99

From Jewish Life [5 CDs]

Much Jewish folk music was collected by the Society for Jewish Music in Moscow, and the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music. The present collection contains the recordings on five discs – many of them world premieres – realized between 1999 and 2004. (SWR Classic)

5CD# SWR19434CD $39.99

BOXED SETS IN BRIEF

Leonard Bernstein – 10 Album Classics [11 CDs]

Sony Classical is pleased to present a special edition of Leonard Bernstein’s American Columbia recordings from the 1950s and 1960s. Some of the conductorcomposer’s most celebrated interpretations and works are collected here on these carefully chosen 10 original albums on 11 CDs. (Sony)

11CD# 19658791342 $49.98

Capriccio 40 Year Anniversary – Instrumental Soloists Box Set [10 CDs]

Capriccio continues to celebrate its 40th anniversary with this retrospective of some of the greatest instrumental recordings in its catalog. The keyboard mavens: Ton Koopman in Bach- Senior, the great Christine Schornsheim in Bach-Sons Concertos, and Tzimon Barto, the muscly master of the soft touch, in Brahms. (Capriccio)

10CD# C7399 $43.99

Italian Violin Concertos [10 CDs]

Like all the instrumental genres which were destined to last until today, the solo concerto made its first appearance at the beginning of the XVIII th century in Italy and spread all around Europe to gain universal fame. This 10 album release features a precious and unmissable anthology of Italian violin concertos composed by Vivaldi, Bonporti, Locatelli, Tartini, Lolli, Nardini, Rolla, Viotti and Paganini. (Dynamic)

10CD# DYN-CDS7861-10 $49.99

Taneyev: Orchestral Works [4 CDs]

Thomas Sanderling’s acclaimed recordings of Sergey Taneyev’s symphonies trace a development from the early influence of Brahms to a large-scale masterpiece in the final Fourth Symphony. This collection includes the mammoth overture Oresteia and the sublime cantata John of Damascus in which ancient sacred chant is woven into rich passages of expressive counterpoint. (Naxos)

4CD# 8504060 $34.99

Pachelbel: Complete Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 [13 CDs]

Johann Pachelbel is considered to be the apex of the 17th century’s south German organ school and generally one of the most important composers of the middle Baroque. (Brilliant Classics)

13CD# BRI95623 $55.99

Sarasate: Complete Works for Violin and Piano [4 CDs]

This set brings together all of Tianwa Yang’s critically admired recordings of Sarasate’s music for violin and piano. (Naxos)

4CD# 8504054 $32.99

Fritz Reiner – The Complete Columbia Album Collection [14 CDs]

Sony Classical is pleased to present this 14-CD box set collecting all of Fritz Reiner’s Pittsburgh Symphony discography together with the Columbia recordings made after 1948. (Sony)

14CD# 19075936772 $59.98

Alkan Edition [13 CDs]

French pianist– composer Charles-Valentin Alkan was also undoubtedly one of the greatest pianists who ever lived, and pushed the boundaries of what his instrument could achieve. (Brilliant Classics)

13CD# BRI95568 $55.99

NEW FROM NAXOS

Chihara: Concerto-Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

Paul Chihara is renowned for his film and television scores as well as for an extensive catalogue of orchestral, choral and chamber works. From the haiku-like Bagatelles and the haunting intimacy of Ami, to the characters and inspired adaptations that emerge through the Four Reveries on Beethoven, Chihara’s delightfully approachable piano music is full of surprises and discoveries. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559894

$13.99

Liebestod: Works for Violin & Piano / Fazil Say; Friedemann Eichhorn

Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say is joined by his longstanding friend, the violinist Friedemann Eichhorn, in an album of mid-19th-century German repertoire. Influenced by Liszt, Say’s ingenious transcriptions of the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde are heard here in world premiere recordings. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574434 $13.99

Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 28 / Sang Woo Kang

A complete performance of Domenico Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas would take over two days of continuous playing, and the majority are still little-known today. This 28th volume features a wide selection of these original, imaginative and colourful works. It includes spritely dances (K.7), an energetic triple-time romp (K.55) and a Spanish influenced evocation of flamenco (K.142). (Naxos)

1CD# 8573938

$13.99

Alberto Williams: Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3

Argentine composer Alberto Williams studied in Paris during the 1880s, and his violin sonatas draw comparisons with his teacher César Franck. Williams has been described as ‘the grand old man of Argentine music.’ Making their Naxos debut, DUO AM are the Brazilian musicians Alejandro Aldana (violin) and Fabio Martino (piano). (Naxos)

Enescu: Early Chamber Music

This album focuses on Enescu’s early chamber music composed during the turn of the 20th century, much of which has only recently been discovered. The Fine Arts Quartet, one of the world’s leading quartets, is joined by the Witkowski Piano Duo and double bassist Alexander Bickard in works that include an arrangement of Enescu’s popular Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 for piano and string quintet. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574487

$13.99

Huang, Lin & Xia: Chinese Romance Chinese Romance presents a selection of recent guitar compositions by three Chinese composers who were all born in the 1980s. These poetic and lyrical pieces explore the guitar’s delicate timbres with nuance and subtle detail, expressing a universal range of emotions. Xianji Liu is the first ever Chinese-born winner of the Franciso Tárrega International Guitar Competition, Benicàssim. (Naxos)

1CD# 8579136

$13.99

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93, 94 & 95

Building upon the critically acclaimed cycles of complete symphonies by Beethoven and Brahms, stellar Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra turn their attention to Haydn’s late symphonies. Fischer and his Danish forces presents these works in the most exciting and colourful way possible, with a dynamic and powerfully passionate style of playing unique to this orchestra (Naxos)

1CD# 8574516 $13.99

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (re-orchestrated by Mahler)

Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony was initially conceived not long after the success of the First, but the dramatic original single-movement version confused audiences, and substantial revisions resulted in the eloquent masterpiece we hear today. This and his Third Symphony owe a great deal to Beethoven. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574430 $13.99

1CD# 8579120

$13.99

Alfano: Complete String Quartets

Known more widely as a composer of operas, Franco Alfano also composed a body of chamber music including the three string quartets heard here in world premiere recordings. The Quartet comprises violinists Elmira Darvarova and Mary Ann Mumm, violist Craig Mumm and cellist Samuel Magill. (Naxos)

1CD# 8579042

$13.99

Ives: Complete Sets for Chamber Orchestra

Ives’ Sets for Chamber Orchestra are largely based on his songs, and display a panoply of style and technique. Set 9 includes The Unanswered Question in its original form, and this recording contains world premiere recordings of new realizations and editions, as well as being the first recording of the complete edition of the sets. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559917 $13.99

QUINTESSENCE BOX SETS

Dvořák: Complete Symphonies [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96043

$26.99

Sibelius: Symphonies & Symphonic Poems [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96113

$37.99

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96041

$26.99

Grieg: Complete Lyric Pieces [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96048

$26.99

Haydn: Complete London Symphonies [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96049

$26.99

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96148

$26.99

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons –Cello, Oboe & Flute Concertos [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96045 $26.99

Tchaikovsky: Complete Ballets [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96195 $26.99

Locatelli: Complete Violin Concertos [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96194 $26.99

Dvořák Complete Piano Works [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96193 $26.99

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96151

$26.99

Schubert: Piano Trios, String Quartets [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96150

$26.99

Mozart: Violin Concertos [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96149 $26.99

Brahms: Complete Symphonies & Serenades [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96147

$26.99

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas & Cello Sonatas [5 CDs]

5CD# BRI96112

$26.99

LATIN AMERICAN

Villa-Lobos: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

The Cello Concerto No. 1 was Villa-Lobos’s first major orchestral work. Filled with youthful energy and displaying an eclectic style, it is the sound of the composer finding his voice. Composed for the Brazilian cellist Aldo Parisot, the no less inventive and lushly scored Cello Concerto No. 2 from 1953 suggests man’s solitude when facing the vastness of nature. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574531 $13.99

Almeida Prado: Sinfonia dos Orixás / Sao Paulo SO & Choir

José Antônio de Almeida Prado was one of the most admired Brazilian composers of his time. The superbly orchestrated Sinfonia dos Orixás takes as its subject the Orishas (deities in the Yoruba religion) –and is a personal tribute to the rich Afro-Brazilian religious traditions, a sumptuous melodic and rhythmic feast celebrating the forces of nature. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574411 $13.99

Santoro: Symphony No. 8; Cello Concerto

This recording focuses on Claudio Santoro’s output from the 1960s – a significant decade in the composer’s ever-eventful life. It features world premiere recordings of his charged Cello Concerto, fueled by his experiences in East Berlin, the dramatic Eighth Symphony and the encore piece One Minute Play, alongside Três Abstrações and Interações Assintóticas, Santoro’s only work to use quarter-tone tuning. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574410 $13.99

Gomes: Opera Overtures & Preludes / Minas Gerais PO

Carlos Gomes was not only Brazil’s leading operatic composer, but he also helped pave the way for Italian verismo during the latter part of the 19th century. The preludes and overtures from his operas chart a course from early experimentation with orchestral sonority to a new conception of atmosphere and tension in his historically based dramas. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574409 $13.99

Santoro: Fantasias Sul America / Soloists of the Sao Paulo SO

Claudio Santoro was one of Brazil’s leading composers, having written a considerable amount of solo, chamber and orchestral music, including arguably the most important symphonic cycle ever written in that country. The fifteen Fantasias Sul América, composed as competition pieces for individual instruments, represent fascinating syntheses of his style heard in compressed form. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574407 $13.99

Pedro I of Brazil: Te Deum Credo

Dom Pedro I was the first Emperor of Brazil, proclaiming its independence from Portugal in 1822. A gifted musician, Pedro I is one of only a few monarchs to have become known as a composer. Operatic in character, the Te Deum celebrated the baptism of Pedro’s first son, and the joyous Credo is one of his most frequently performed works. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574404 $13.99

Serenata – Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

Brazilian composers in the 19th century often sought state scholarships to enable them to study in Europe where they were to become influenced by the German, Italian and French compositional schools. Miguéz’s Suite in the Old Style is polyphonic and lively, while Gomes’ Sonata for Strings is his finest non-operatic work. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574405 $13.99

Guerra-Peixe: Symphonic Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Goias PO

César Guerra-Peixe was one of the most versatile Brazilian musicians of the 20th century, gaining a particular mastery of orchestration and creating his own inimitable sound through extensive work in radio, television and cinema. The light-hearted Roda de Amigos mischievously caricatures Guerra-Peixe’s musical circle of friends and their various woodwind instruments. (Naxos)

1CD# 8573925 $13.99

Guarnieri: Choros, Vol. 2 / Sao Paulo SO

In his Choros, Guarnieri wrote music that conjures up the landscape and essence of Brazil. These very personal concertos reveal the composer’s refined instrumental combinations and elegant contrapuntal writing, while their dance rhythms are vivacious, drawing on the baião, maracatu and embolada. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574403 $13.99

Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas

Heitor Villa-Lobos’s three violin sonatas date from a key period in his career: the moment at which he matured as a composer, established his personal idiom and achieved his first professional triumphs. Each sonata shares some influence from French late Romanticism or Impressionism, as well as revealing Villa-Lobos’s skill as a string player. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574310 $13.99

FIESTA

Villa-Lobos: Complete Symphonies [6 CDs]

Every aspect of Villa-Lobos’s remarkable inspiration is represented in these works, with Brazilian national rhythms and extremes of ambition in terms of scale and dramatic content, alongside neo-Classical transparency and lyrical charm. These critically acclaimed performances from Sao Paulo are both idiomatic and expertly played. (Naxos)

6CD# 8506039

$49.99

Conertuum Latino Sacrorum / Kerstin Dietl Benjamin Boresch

Around 1650, Thomas Selle compiled what he considered to be the most relevant of his sacred compositions in order to preserve his work for posterity. There were different instrumentation variants of the works, so that Selle showed several alternatives in Concertuum Latinosacrorum. The result is a fascinating compendium of one of the most important composers of his time. (Coviello)

1CD# COV92302 $20.99

Latin America & Hispanic Piano Trios / Reverón Piano Trio

The three composers of this album, Villa-Lobos, Turina and Ponce were born within 5 years of each other. Manuel Ponce’s Trio Romantico, Joaquin Turina’s Piano Trio No. 1, and Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Piano Trio No. 1 were composed within fifteen years of one another in the first quarter of the twentieth century, and representing Mexico, Spain, and Brazil but also outside influences. (IBS Classical)

1CD# IBS-202022 $15.99

Corazón – The Music of Latin America

Spanning over 140 years of Latin American music culture, this album takes us from Manuel Ponce’s unique traditional voice and Villa-Lobos’ Chopinesque style to music by stillliving Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer – his innocent lullaby Cancion de Cuna. As the title suggests, this music pulls at the heartstrings and exudes romance and passion.

(Orchid Classics)

1CD# ORC100198 $16.99

TITLES IN BRIEF

Voces Latinas / Dali Quartet

Fernando Palatin: Spanish violin virtuoso / Muñoz-Torrero, Rafael

Palatin’s compositional style, despite its own character was influenced by other works and composers and therefore we find a certain eclecticism in his work. There is no doubt that these pieces for violin are written with the intention to display the instrument either for its lyricism or to show its acrobatic possibilities. (IBS Classical)

1CD# IBS-222021

$15.99

Ruperto Chapi String Quartets: Vol. 2 / Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Saul Bitran writes: “Ruperto Chapi’s String Quartet No. 3 could well be subtitled Tragic Quartet. Here’s a work of a stormy nature, containing atmospheres of drama, anguish and loneliness.” (Sono Luminus)

1CD# DSL-92254

$13.99

Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 1 – Seresta

The series of seven Choros and the Seresta for Piano and Orchestra represent Camargo Guarnieri’s personal approach to the concerto form, with striking contrasts between potent rhythm and dense, emotionally charged soundscapes and melodies full of Brazilian inspiration. This volume forms part of the first complete recording of the Choros. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574197

$13.99

Benzecry: Violin Concerto – Song Cycle –Clarinet Concerto

The autobiographical Violin Concerto draws on South American folk motifs and rhythms, whereas in Ciclo de canciones he explores the meeting of two cultures, Argentinian and Japanese. The breathtaking dialogues between soloist and orchestra in the Clarinet Concerto recall Andean and pre-Hispanic times. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574128

$13.99

The Dali Quartet is acclaimed for bringing Latin American quartet repertoire to an equal standing alongside the Classical and Romantic canon. (Centaur)

1CD# CRC3923 $15.99

Latin American Dances / Sándor Rigó; Christina Leeb-Grill

Dance styles and rhythms are at the heart of this repertoire, from the spectacular Brazileira to the rhythms showcased in Villa-Lobos’s Fantasia. (Naxos)

1CD# 8579078 $13.99

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez – Ponce: Concierto del sur

Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez is the most celebrated classical guitar work of the 20th century, music that conjures up the color, sophistication and glories of eternal Spain. (Naxos)

1CD# 8579053 $13.99

Guerneri: Chamber Works [DVD]

Maurizio Guernieri’s compositions are a part of an ongoing exploration of instrumental chamber music, in this case focused chiefly on string instruments. (Tactus)

1DVD# TC960701 $16.99

Anne-Sophie Mutter

– Vivace

[DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world’s leading concert venues. In this documentary, Mutter talks candidly about her personal life and the demands of her international career. This unprecedented portrait of a socially active artist is supplemented by archive material from her stellar career. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# SWR19133BD $22.99

1DVD# SWR19132DVD $22.99

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 2 [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

For Riccardo Chailly, celebrating Rachmaninoff in Lucerne is something dear to his heart. In 2022, the the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and their music director devoted themselves to the Second Symphony and the Piano Concerto No. 2, the most famous of all four Rachmaninoff concertos. (Accentus)

1Blu-ray# ACC10583 $32.49

1DVD# ACC20583 $38.99

Horowitz in Moscow [Blu-ray]

In 1986, the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who left his homeland 61 years ago, announced that he would return to the Soviet Union for the first time since 1925 to give recitals in Moscow and Leningrad. This sensational historic recital from Moscow includes works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, whom Horowitz knew both. (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 761804 $42.99 $32.24

Humperdinck: Konigskinder [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Hänsel und Gretel brought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy story Königskinder (‘The King’s Children’) offers a stark contrast to it and has only begun to be revived in recent years. This acclaimed production by the renowned German director Christof Loy features the award-winning singers – tenor Daniel Behle and Ukrainian soprano

Olga Kulchynska. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0171V $27.99

1DVD# 2110759 $27.99

Mary Cassatt – Painting the Modern Woman (Exhibition on Screen) [DVD]

This Exhibition on Screen presentation focuses on Mary Cassatt, whoe images showed women as intellectual, curious and engaging, which was a major shift in the way women appeared in art. Presenting her astonishing prints, pastels and paintings, this film introduces us to the often overlooked impressionist whose own career was as full of contradiction as the women she painted. (Seventh Art)

1DVD# SEV226 $21.99

The Zurich Affair – Wagner’s One & Only Love [DVD

or Blu-ray Video]

An exile from his native land following the failed revolution of 1848, the impoverished Richard Wagner is in Zurich working on his opera Tristan und Isolde. There he meets Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck, ardent admirers of his music. Wagner’s passionate and scandalous affair with Mathilde, whose poems he set to music, is explored in this feature film by director Jens Neubert. (Naxos)

2Blu-ray# NBD0170V $24.99

1DVD# 2110758

$24.99

Herbert Blomstedt – When Music Resounds, the Soul Is Spoken To [DVD]

The feature-length film portrait When Music Resounds, the Soul Is Spoken To was created between Herbert Blomstedt’s 90th and 95th birthdays. It accompanies Blomstedt in his work with selected orchestras, which are representative of the many international ensembles he has either led or with which he still works regularly, and observes the gifted communicator during rehearsals and concerts. (Accentus)

1DVD# ACC20417 $24.99

Le Chevalier de Saint-George [DVD]

An emancipated slave, the Chevalier de Saint-George managed to elevate himself to the highest spheres of the enlightened 18th-century French society, thanks to his incredible accomplishments as a fencer, horseman, and musician. This film narrates his extraordinary adventures. Audio: French with subtitles. (BelAir)

1DVD# BAC190 $19.99

Andris Nelsons – Lucerne Festival Orchestra, [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

This box set documents Andris Nelson’s work with two world-class orchestras. In the recording of his first concert with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Nelsons explores the musical landscape of the German Romantic composer Johannes Brahms through his Second Symphony and Second Serenade. A year later, he impresses with a fiery and powerful interpretation of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony (Accentus)

4Blu-ray# ACC60568 $104.99

4DVD# ACC70568 $76.99

Talbot: Like Water for Chocolate [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

A modern Mexican classic provides the basis for a theatrical tale of love, jealousy, repression, and revolution. Inspired by Laura Esquivel’s novel, the full company, led by Francesca Hayward as Tita and Marcelino Sambé as Pedro, reshape this captivating family saga into a richly layered and engrossing new ballet where passion, mystery and magic combine. (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7312D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1366D $29.99

BLU-RAY VIDEO

The John Cranko Stuttgart Ballet Collection [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Three legendary performances from the Stuttgart Ballet in the choreography of John Cranko: Onegin, Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew. Including bonus conversations on each ballet and three documentaries on the Stuttgart Ballet and its outstanding dancers Marcia Haydée and Friedemann Vogel. The 3 documentaries are for the first time available on DVD and Blu-ray! (Unitel)

4Blu-ray# 808404 $95.99

8DVD# 808308 $95.99

Exhibition on Screen – Young Picasso [DVD]

Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. It is time to look at the early years of Picasso; the upbringing and the learning that led to his extraordinary achievements. Working closely with all three Picasso Museums in Malaga, Barcelona and Paris this film explains how he rose to such great heights.

(Seventh Art)

1DVD# SEV205 $21.99

Janáček: Káta Kabanová from Salzburg Festival [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Janáček’s opera Káta Kabanová is set in a small Russian town and is based on the play The Storm by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. The story revolves around the central character, Káta – sung by “the phenomenal Corinne Winters” (Neue Musikzeitung) – who is trapped in a loveless marriage to an abusive man named Boris. (Unitel)

1Blu-ray# 809204 $42.99

1DVD# 809108 $32.99

Springtime in Amsterdam [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Springtime in Amsterdam is a joyful feature film created by director Christof Loy, world renowned for his work in international opera houses. A richly varied musical score that includes Viennese operetta, Dutch and French chansons, and songs from the American song book, is performed by a renowned cast of singers and conducted by Marko Letonja. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0169V $24.99

1DVD# 2110757 $24.99

Kissin: The Salzburg Recital [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Evgeny Kissin appeared in Salzburg in 2021 with compositions of the late Romantic and classical modern periods in the Grosses Festspielhaus. Since his debut in 1987, the pianist has been a welcome guest at this festival, impressing with the maturity and brilliance of his playing. (Unitel)

1Blu-ray# 809404 $42.99

1DVD# 809308 $29.99

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

The performance of Il Turco In Italia at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro is presented as a totally renewed production. With references to films of the iconic film director Federico Fellini, “Davide Livermore brought it all together adding the perfect physical comic schtick that matched up perfectly with the musical pace of Rossini’s masterpiece – it was spectacular” (Opera Today ). (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 762604 $42.99 $32.24

2DVD# 762508 $47.99 $35.99

Bruckner 11 – Christian Thielemann & Weiner Philharmoniker [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

On the occasion of the Bruckner bicentenary, the Wiener Philharmoniker recorded its first ever complete Bruckner cycle under the baton of Christian Thielemann. In addition to the well-known canon of nine symphonies, the two earliest Bruckner symphonies in F minor and D minor, which are a world premiere on DVD and Blu-ray, were also recorded for the first time in the orchestra’s history. (Unitel)

2DVD# 807508 $37.99

1Blu-ray# 807604 $42.99

Puccini: Turandot [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Video artist Franc Aleu, who belongs to the artists’ group La Fura dels Baus, sets the exciting Puccini opera Turandot into the future. With projection mapping and 3D technology in the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the play about the cruel princess is shown in a spectacular, visually striking new way. (C Major)

This album is the culmination of an extraordinarily fruitful artistic collaboration that took place at the 2022 Boulder Bach Festival in Boulder, Colorado. The recordings were made immediately after the public concerts concluded. The entire project took place against the backdrop of some of the most majestic natural scenery in the world. (Sono Luminus)

2Blu-ray# DSL-92265 $20.99

Tchaikovsky: Anna Karenina [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Thomas Mann once named Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina “the greatest social novel of world literature.” When reading the novel, John Neumeier was deeply fascinated by Tolstoy’s work: not only by the main characters and the plot, but also by the extraordinary variety of thematic connections. It is a story of three families.

(C Major)

1Blu-ray#

2DVD#

$42.99 $32.24

$37.99 $28.49

J.S. Bach & J.C. Bach: Boulder Bach Festival [Blu-ray]

763204

763108

NEW FROM

Beethoven: Complete Chamber Music [3 CDs]

Showpiece variations, folksongs, little-known trios and an early masterpiece: an unrivalled survey of Beethoven’s flute writing in new recordings by experienced Italian chamber musicians. These new recordings are led by the flautist Ginevra Petrucci, who is now based in New York as a performer, editor and author of several volumes on the flute, and a specialist in new music.

(Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96494

$16.99

Pietro & Prospero Castrucci: Sonatas for Violin and B.C.

Elegant Baroque sonatas for violin and basso continuo by a pair of littleknown brothers, Pietro and Prospero, who belonged to Handel’s circle of talents in 18th-century London. Pietro (1679-1752) and Prospero (1690-1760) Castrucci belong to the generation of virtuosos who connected the development of violin playing from Corelli to Tartini, and took the Italian style abroad. (Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96945

Hummel: Piano Quintets

$12.99

As a pupil of Mozart and contemporary of Beethoven, Hummel was esteemed for the elegance of both his playing and his music. A quartet of Dutch string players, experienced in the earlymusic scene, forms the core of the Nepomuk quintet; they are joined by the pianist Riko Fukuda, who contributes an authoritative essay on Hummel and his piano quintets to the booklet. (Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96901

$19.99

Slavic Rhapsody / Ciconia Consort

The soul of Bohemia: familiar masterpieces and little-known gems for string ensemble by the five most famous Czech composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The affection and vigour of Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings has kept its freshness, and this performance by the Ciconia Consort lends it a new lease of life.

(Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96737 $12.99

Frescobaldi: Complete Keyboard Works [15 CDs]

Definitive recordings by the leading Frescobaldi performer of our time, now more conveniently packaged than ever. The importance of Frescobaldi can hardly be overstated, either for his own time or subsequent generations Played by the eminent Italian Roberto Loreggian, an Early Music specialist. (Brilliant Classics)

15CD# BRI96895 $54.99

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete Italian Solo Guitar Music

This album is the latest in a series of new recordings documenting the output of Castenuovo-Tedesco. Rather than playing from the standard editions of these pieces by Segovia, Antonio Rugolo has gone back to the composer’s manuscripts as well as consulting newer editions by Angelo Gilardino, resulting in performances which are truer to the composer’s vision than ever before.

(Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96662 $12.99

Scriabin: Complete Piano Music [8 CDs]

The history of Scriabin’s piano music is like a condensed history of piano music, for his style changed perhaps more than any other composer during his life. It has been said that young Scriabin kept Chopin’s music under his pillow, and the early Preludes and Mazurkas certainly breathe the same heightened air of ardour and yearning. (Brilliant Classics)

8CD# BRI95913 $38.99

Dohnányi:

Complete Music for Cello and Piano

“I could not have written it better myself!”, remarked an astonished Brahms on hearing the 18-year-old Erno Dohnányi’s Opus One (the First Piano Quintet) in the summer of 1895. Just two years later the elder composer passed away, but he might have remarked similarly about Dohnaìny’s Cello Sonata in B flat of 1899. This magnificent composition sounds undeniably like an affectionate homage to him.

(Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96225 $12.99

Vacchi: Complete Music for Guitar

Born in 1949, Fabio Vacchi stands among the pre-eminent Italian composers of his generation. Vacchi’s instrumental pieces have attracted similar high-profile performances. His chamber cycle Luoghi Immaginari (1987–1992), has been given across the world. Any listener with an ear for the Italian postwar avant-garde will find this newly recorded album full of delight and discovery. (Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96976 $12.99

Révélations: Music for Flute & Piano

Over a century of captivating French music for the flute! From the shepherds-pipe dances of Lully to the pan-flute of Debussy’s faun and beyond, French music has always had a special affinity with the flute. Anna Wierer explores some lesserknown byways of this rich repertoire.

(Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96743 $14.99

BRILLIANT CLASSICS

Hungarian Songs

1CD# BRI96926 $14.99

Duarte: Orchestral & Concertante Works

1CD# BRI96510 $14.99

The French Clarinet

1CD# BRI96676 $14.99

Paganini: Complete Quartets for String Trio and Guitar, Vol. 1 [3 CDs]

3CD# BRI96872 $16.99

De Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas [3 CDs]

3CD# BRI96247 $16.99

Rebay: Complete Music for Violin [3 CDs]

3CD# BRI96176 $19.99

French Violin Sonatas [7 CDs]

7CD# BRI96549 $34.99

Fiorillo: 36 Caprices, Op. 3 1CD# BRI97018 $12.99

Cazzati: Motets

1CD# BRI96663 $12.99

Byrd: My Ladye Nevells Booke [3 CDs]

3CD# BRI96887 $16.99

Misón: The Five Sevillian Flute Sonatas

1CD# BRI96858

$12.99

Ponchielli: Piano Music

1CD# BRI96969 $12.99

Ries: Clarinet Trio & Sonatas

1CD# BRI96903 $12.99

French Cello Sonatas: Boëllmann

1CD# BRI96821 $19.99

Mercadante: Music for Solo Flute

1CD# BRI96511 $12.99

Unbounded – Music by American Women

Unbounded: Music by American Women builds on the success of Perspectives, Dawn Wohn’s premiere album that showcased music by women from around the world. Unbounded features works including Amy Beach’s Sonata for Violin and Piano. Works by two African American women, Dorothy Rudd Moore and Irene Britton Smith complete this exciting new recording. (Delos)

1CD# DE 3599 $16.99

FEMALE

La Femme – Journey of Female Composers / Flaka Goranci

‘Flaka Goranci has showcased composers whom we should know better. I look forward to hearing more from her and from them. She is also the leading performer, and her stunning voice is ably and sympathetically accompanied by the World Chamber Orchestra conducted by Konstantinos Diminakis.’ – MusicWeb International (Naxos)

1CD# 8551470

$13.99

Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright

Tower: Strike

Zones – Small – Still/Rapids –Ivory and Ebony

Joan Tower is widely regarded as one of today’s most important American composers. The works heard here in their world premiere recordings are part of a growing legacy that one pundit has described as “The Power of Tower.” Strike Zones is tailor-made for percussionist Evelyn Glennie’s dazzling technique and impeccable musicianship. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559902 $13.99

Brillon de Jouy: The Piano Sonatas Rediscovered [2 CDs]

The thirteen sonatas on this première recording represent the complete music for solo piano by the Parisian keyboardist and composer AnneLouise Brillon de Jouy, a musician much celebrated in her day and greatly admired by Boccherini. These sonatas reflect a gloriously rich musical environment, incorporating and transforming elements from music of the time with great imagination and wit. (Grand Piano)

2CD# GP872-73 $24.99

Pioneers – Piano Works by Female Composers

This fascinating collection of rare and distinctive piano works, from the 18th century to the present, is inspired by stories of how women composers created music while meeting the expectations of family and society. Hiroko Ishimoto brings together a remarkably varied program including works by Ana Bon who was ‘chamber music virtuosa’ at the Prussian court of King Frederick the Great. (Grand Piano)

1CD# GP844 $16.99

Vespertine – Opera Based on Björk’s Album

Pop music is theatrical, it lives on stories, constantly creating new characters of art. In addition, no other style has changed and influenced music reception so enduringly as pop music. So, it seems high time to open the doors of the opera to a new visitor. With its symphonic elements, dramatic singing lines and ethereal choir vocals, Vespertine seems to be the perfect model for the complex project. (Oehms Classics)

1CD# OC978 $19.99

1SACD# BIS-2572

Named ‘2022 Composer of the Year’ by Musical America, Missy Mazzoli inhabits an exquisite and mysterious sound-world in which indie-rock sensibilities meet American minimalism, European modernism and classical traditions. Through her music, she reaches to the roots of tradition, inhabits and renovates older forms while using every resource at her command. (BIS)

$19.99

The Passionate Amy Beach / Solungga Lui Solungga Liu has been acclaimed as a pianist of great breadth. She is a champion of early twentiethcentury American music and underrepresented works of the standard repertoire. She is also known as an uncanny interpreter of new music. (Centaur)

1CD# CRC3990

$15.99

Bonds: Credo & Simon Bore the Cross / The Dessoff Choirs

New York City-based The Dessoff Choirs, instrumental in re-establishing the music of 20th-century African American composer Margaret Bonds, present two more Bonds premieres: new orchestrations of her cantata, Simon Bore the Cross, created with long-time collaborator and friend Langston Hughes, and the largescale Credo set to prose by W.E.B. Du Bois. (Avie)

1CD# AV2589 $17.99 $14.39

Three Centuries of Female Composers / Various [10 CDs]

Ranging from the 18th century to the music of our time, this collection of critically acclaimed recordings explores the significant contribution to solo piano repertoire made by a wide variety of women composers. Tanya Ekanayaka continues the lineage in her own diverse and hybrid pieces. (Grand Piano)

10CD# GP897X $54.99

COMPOSERS

Tailleferre: Her Piano Works, Revived, Vol. 1 / Nicholas

Horvath

Germaine Tailleferre is best known for being the only female member of the French group of composers known as Les Six. This recording, described by the composer’s granddaughter as being ‘as though Tailleferre herself was performing these works’, is the first of three volumes presenting the complete piano music played by Nicolas Horvath. (Grand Piano)

1CD# GP891 $16.99

Dame Ethel Smyth: Songs & Ballads

SOMM Recordings continues its acclaimed championing of neglected British composers with Dame Ethel Smyth: Songs and Ballads – 17 vocal works with piano and chamber orchestra accompaniment composed between 1886 and 1913. Contralto Lucy Stevens has a long relationship with Smyth, portraying the composer in her widely admired stage show Ethel Smyth: Grasp the Nettle. (Somm Recordings)

1CD# SOMMCD 0611 $18.99

Backer Grøndahl: Piano Works / Sara Aimée Smiseth

One of the 19th century’s greatest virtuoso pianists, Agathe Backer Grøndahl created a large body of work that displays colorful stylistic variety and poetic breadth. Her concert études are virtuoso masterpieces – the folk-tune arrangements drawn from her Op. 30 and Op. 33 sets illustrate her perceptive absorption of her country’s folk music. (Grand Piano)

1CD# GP902

$16.99

Price: Symphony No. 3 – The Mississippi River – Ethiopia’s Shadow in

America

This world premiere recording of Ethiopia’s Shadow in America traces the American experience of enslaved Africans, while The Mississippi River suite quotes several famous spirituals, capturing the struggles of Black migration across the United States. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559897

$13.99

Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 –Etudes [2 CDs]

Louise Farrenc was one of the most respected pianists and composers in the 19th-century Parisian music scene, and her four sets of Études are her most important compositions for piano. The Greek pianist Maria Stratigou is one of Louise Farrenc’s greatest exponents and makes her Grand Piano debut with these exquisite rarities. (Grand Piano)

2CD# GP912-13

$24.99

Hildegard von Bingen: Sacred Chants / Grace Davidson

Grace Davidson presents her third release with Signum Classics, an intimate disc of Sacred Chants by Hildegard von Bingen. Her melodies rise out of Gregorian chant, with wide voice ranges that are suited to trained singers. The florid imagery of Hildegard’s texts is matched by suitably florid tunes, whose calculated intervals suggest both vocal improvisation and carefully controlled composition. (Signum)

1CD# SIGCD717 $17.99

Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Music / Martina Frezzotti

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was born in Hamburg in November 1805, the eldest of four siblings. Fanny was not only an exceptional pianist, but also an exceptional composer. Her output is rich and substantial and includes more than four hundred pieces, comprising Lieder, organ works, chamber music, cantatas, an oratorio and an orchestral overture.

(Piano Classics)

1CD# PCL10238 $18.99

Ekanayaka: The Planets & Humanity – Piano Reflections

The eight works in this album explore reflections on the eight planets of the solar system and the earth’s seven continents. Most bear echoes of traditional melodies originating from indigenous peoples. Tanya Ekanayaka’s passionate awareness of the connections and congruences between the past and present is reflected in her vision of harmonious co-existence.

(Grand Piano)

1CD# GP879 $16.99

FEMALE COMPOSERS IN BRIEF

Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas [2 CDs]

Hélène de Montgeroult’s language in these nine sonatas includes Italianate models as well as elements that reflect the influence of Haydn and Mozart, with chromatic and surprising harmonies. (Grand Piano)

2CD# GP885-86 $24.99

Levina: Chamber Music

After her notable album of Piano Concertos by Russian composer Zara Levina, this recording focuses now on different types of chamber music compositions. (Capriccio)

1CD# C5356 $19.99

Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

The Symphony No. 4 in D minor demonstrates Price’s tight ensemble writing, her distinct sense of orchestral color, her Ellingtonian ‘jungle style’ language and her penchant for the ‘juba’ dance. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559827 $13.99

Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin & Piano

Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano is a cycle of compact but ‘meaningful and complete’ works that follows the key scheme of Chopin’s 24 Préludes. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574464 $13.99

Haydn: 48 Piano Sonatas [8 CDs]

Solitary, with a Steinway and a single pair of suspended omnidirectional microphones, surrounded by silence and the darkness of the night, Daniel-Ben Pienaar recorded this inspired eight-CD set of Haydn’s Piano Sonatas over a four-month period. This deluxe box set follows in the footsteps of Daniel-Ben Pienaar’s acclaimed surveys of sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. (Avie)

8CD# AV2578

$64.99 $51.99

Mozart: The Piano Quartets

Following a highly successful series of concerts in the summer of 2022, Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden, and Federico Colli headed into the studio to record Mozart’s Piano Quartets. Whilst he may not have been the first composer to add a viola to the popular piano trio, Mozart was certainly the first to do so with such outstanding success. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20179 $20.99

Eller: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 9

The piano music of Heino Eller (1887–1970), a total of 206 works, is not only the largest part of his output: it is also the largest body of works in Estonian classical music. This ninth and final volume in its first-ever complete recording prefaces his expansive Piano Sonata No. 3 with a series of charming miniatures and ends with the emblematic anthem Homeland Tune. (Toccata)

1CD# TOCC0669 $18.99

Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2

Louise Farrenc was acclaimed as a pianist and pedagogue, and was admired by Robert Schumann for her compositions. This second of six volumes dedicated to Farrenc’s complete works for piano focuses on her Theme and Variations sets. Maria Stratigou’s recording of the Études (GP912-13) was considered ‘beguiling piano music’ in BBC Music Magazine. (Grand Piano)

1CD# GP934 $16.99

Fock: 24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 15

In 1901, Edvard Grieg encountered many ‘Chopinesque’ elements in the latest work of the Zeeland-born (i.e., Dutch) composer and painter Gerard von Brucken Fock. The 24 preludes from opus 15 were played to him in Norway by Julius Röntgen, a respected (half) Dutch pianist and composer. From that moment onward, Grieg spoke – in jest, according to Von Brucken Fock – of ‘the Dutch Chopin’. (Aliud)

1CD# ACDOE1352 $16.99

PIANO

Early Piano Works by Burgmüller – Schumann – Schuncke – Chopin

While Schumann and Chopin later achieved world fame with their works, Norbert Burgmüller and Ludwig Schuncke, however, died in their youth and left behind only a small œuvre that is hardly known today. This recording brings together early compositions by Chopin and Schumann with selected virtuoso works by Burgmüller and Schuncke. (Audite)

1CD# ADT97811

$20.99

Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2

With the three piano trios, Op. 1, Ludwig van Beethoven took a genre still largely associated with salon music and raised it up to rival the string quartet. After the success of its Ravel and Saint-Saëns trios recording, the Sitkovetsky Trio presents the eagerly awaited second instalment of its series devoted to Beethoven’s piano trios. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2539

$19.99

Ravel: Masterworks for the Piano

This is an album featuring favorite piano works by Ravel, performed beautifully by Taiwanese-American pianist Stephanie Shih-yu Cheng. She currently is Chair of the Keyboard department at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. (Centaur)

1CD# CRC4032

$15.99

Donizetti: Works for Violin & Piano

Within this album the “Insolito 8cento” duo (Angelo de Magistris, violin and Rosaria Dina Rizzo, piano) is rediscovering a little-known feature of the great Belcanto master Gaetano Donizetti: his chamber works dedicated to the violin. (Tactus)

1CD# TC790403

$16.99

Glazunov: Music for Piano 4 Hands and 2 Pianos [2 CDs]

This double album for Brilliant Classics is therefore particularly welcome, shedding new light on Glazunov’s compositional output for piano duet. All but one of the works recorded here also exist in orchestral versions, but they are not necessarily derivative arrangements or reductions: it is not always easy to determine which version came first. (Brilliant Classics)

2CD# BRI96069 $15.99

ORGAN

Langlais: Organ Music, Vol. 1 [5 CDs]

Prodigiously gifted student, Jean Langlais (1907-91) produced an immense quantity of music. Perhaps not more than half a dozen works are regularly played or recorded today, which is what makes this new complete survey of his organ music both unique and invaluable, as the authoritative document of a high point in the distinguished lineage of the French organ heritage. (Brilliant Classics)

5CD# BRI96877

Mozart

Dahl

$29.99

& the Organ / Anders Eidsten

Mozart’s original music for organ consists of 17 one-movement “Epistle sonatas” — chamber music written between 1772 and 1780 for masses in Salzburg. The instrumentation for 14 of these is two violins and basso continuo, while the remaining three are written for more instruments. The pieces are short — this is music written to be played between the reading of texts. (Lawo)

1CD# LWC1257 $16.99

Sally Jo Rüedi: Organ Works on Metzel

Organs

This CD recording not only represents a complete show of organ works composed and played by Sally Jo Rüedi during the last 20 years. It also presents four outstanding organs built during the same period by Metzler Orgelbau AG of Dietikon ZH (Switzerland). Each of these four organs, and of course the room in which they are located, has its own unique sound personality. (Solo Musica)

1CD# SM422 $18.99

Erb: Organ Works, Vol. 1

The enormously prolific Marie Joseph Erb (1858–1944) has somehow escaped the attention of posterity, although the quality of his music is on a par with contemporary organist-composers whose works are far better known. This first album devoted to his organ music in almost 30 years sandwiches four lyrical chamber works between two towering sonatas. (Toccata)

1CD# TOCC0691 $18.99

Hazel’s Story [Blu-ray Video]

Discover all of Hazel’s story in this dynamic documentary release! The iconic Hazel Wright Organ of Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, is the world’s most widely heard pipe organ and the fifth largest. Hazel now enjoys a renewed musical life following her full restoration in 2022 by the Diocese of Orange. Hazel is an icon of the musical world with a unique history. This is her story. (Gothic)

1Blu-ray# G-DVD-0100 $19.99 $15.99

Nordic Journey, Vol. 14

American organist James D. Hicks continues his exploration of Nordic organ literature in Vol. 14 of the Nordic Journey series, featuring the Kangasalan and Åkerman & Lund pipe organist in the Kallio Church of Helsinki, Finland. (Pro Organo)

1CD# PO7306 $17.99

Deutsch, Ravel & Sibelius: Oceanic

The new album Oceanic by Iveta Apkalna is a collection of two expansive organ works and two orchestral interludes with maritime connotations, showcasing Apkalna’s special relationship with the sea as a musician who grew up on the Baltic. The album features Bernd Richard Deutsch’s “Okeanos,” which Iveta Apkalna describes as the best contemporary organ concerto. (Berlin Classics)

1CD# 0302813BC

$19.99

J.S. Bach: Trio Sonatas BWV 525-530

Highpoints of virtuosity in Bach’s output and the Baroque organ repertoire, in new recordings by an organist with a rich catalogue on Brilliant Classics to his credit. As well as a host of obscure composers, Manuel Tomadin has recorded many central figures in the organ repertoire, from Buxtehude to Rheinberger. (Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96438 $12.99

Schneider & Kirkberger: Organ Music / Walter Gatti

Johann Schneider was a German organist, violinist and composer (1702, Lautertal–1788, Leipzig). He wrote only a handful of pages for organ: a few sporadic preludes to chorales, the eight fugues for organ or harpsichord and a ‘Clavierfuge mit dem Contrapunct in der Oktava’. His figure is thus summed up as in that of a person careful to pass on the inheritance he received. (Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96752

$12.99

10 Famous Cathedral

Organs

/ Stephen Cleobury

Alto Records brings together this superlative collection of iconic pipe organ pieces performed by master organists on some of the best instruments available. Pipe organ music enthusiasts will be glad to find all of these unrelated 1973-93 recordings all gathered together on the same disc. (Alto Music)

1CD# MOB414640 $10.99

CHORAL/VOCALS

Queen Elisabeth Competition –Voice 2023 [2 CDs]

The box set of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023 consists of 2 CDs that include all 12 laureates of this tenth session of the Competition devoted to the voice. You will hear these young artists in their performances from the first round and the semi-final with piano, as well as those from the final, accompanied by the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alain Altinoglu. (QEC)

2CD# QEC2023

$27.99

Glanzberg & Schubert: The Last Epiphany

An extraordinary disc! Baritone Thilo Dahlmann couples the innocence and beauty of Brahms’ Volkslieder with the the despair and mourning of Glanzberg’s Holocaust Lieder Glanzberg’s scantly known Lieder are imbued with a stunning melodic gift. Through the juxtaposition of these two masterworks, the musicians highlight one of the most tragic cultural ruptures in history. (Challenge)

1CD# CC 72934 $16.99

Reconnaissance – Choral Music / Kaija Saariaho

This recording presents Kaija Saariaho’s works for choir, a cappella and with electronics, and displays her virtuosity in the treatment of texts, which she endows with the full range of verbal expression. At least one of these works is also a discographic première. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2662

$19.99

Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance

Cappella Amsterdam and its artistic leader Daniel Reuss present their third Pentatone album with a recording of Alfred Schnittke’s “Psalms of Repentance”. It is one of the most impressive large-scale works for a cappella choir written in the 20th century, setting intensely emotional texts to equally expressive music, and approaching Orthodox musical traditions through the lens of late twentieth-century music. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187028

$15.99

The Psalms / James Nethsingha; Choir of St. John’s College

The Choir of St. John’s have received glowing praise for their previous releases, culminating in the choral prize at the 2017 BBC Music Magazine Awards for their debut release of works by Jonathan Harvey. The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world, known and loved by millions from its broadcasts, concert tours and recordings. (Signum)

1CD# SIGCD721

$17.99

Brahms Songbook, Vol. 1 – Romanzen Aus Magelone & Regenlied-Zyklus

The Brahms Songbook has set the unprecedented goal to record Brahms’s lieder by complete opus number. For its first installment, Martineau has teamed up with famed Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans in the expansive Romanzen aus Magelone, Op. 33. (Linn)

1CD# CKD693

American Choral Classics

$18.99

A fantastic collection of American choral classics ranging from Thompson’s sublime “Alleluia” to the terrific choral arrangement of Gershwin’s “Summertime” from Porgy & Bess. Conductor Robin White’s excellent arrangement of the traditional “Shenandoah” balances the program nicely along with Copland’s “I Bought Me a Cat”. This is a surprising and entertaining collection! (Divine Art)

1CD# DDX21106

$18.99

Choral Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor [2 CDs]

On this essential new release, sacred and secular choral works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – many of them never recorded before – are performed by the London Choral Sinfonia directed by Michael Waldron, with James Orford at the organ. (Orchid Classics)

2CD# ORC100247

$16.99

Rossini – Donizetti: French Bel Canto Arias

On her second solo album Lisette Oropesa has combined two of her greatest loves, the French language and Italian bel canto. This recording with the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Corrado Rovaris showcases the variety of lesserknown and more popular works by Rossini and Donizetti, featuring arias that contain coloratura, lyricism, drama, heightened emotion, and even comedy. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5186955 $19.99

Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky:

Romances

Star tenor Piotr Beczala presents a selection of romances by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, together with the acclaimed lied accompanist Helmut Deutsch. The romance was the most popular musical genre in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Russia, practised by professionals as well as amateurs. Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff both enriched this genre with their lyricism and melodic invention. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5186866

$15.99

GOTHIC RECORDS

A New England Requiem: Sacred Choral Music by Scott Perkins

A New England Requiem joins traditional Latin mass text and poems by Dickinson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, and Sigourney. Additional works by Perkins set familiar sacred texts in a cappella and orchestral arrangements. “Perfectly Orchestrated… Haunting… A remarkable and welcome musical surprise.” – Washington Times (Gothic)

1CD# G-49322

$18.99 $15.19

Heavenly Display – Songs Inspired by Shaker Tunes

Arrangements of five Shaker songs by Kevin Siegfried provide the structure for this album of 20th and 21st century choral works. The texts for this program explore themes of peace, a parent’s love, and awe in God’s creation, concluding with two motets for Advent and Christmas. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49324

$18.99 $15.19

Christ Cathedral Dedication: A Place for Christ Forever

July 17, 2019, marked the date Christ Cathedral (formerly the Crystal Cathedral) was dedicated to be the liturgical and artistic center for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. The music from that service is presented here, which includes many original works commissioned for the occasion. Dr. John A. Romeri is the Director of Music and Organist for Christ Cathedral, Los Angeles. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49326

$18.99 $15.19

The Anglo-American Classic Organ / Scott Dettra

On this release, Scott Dettra plays a varied program on the AngloAmerican Classic organ of Church of the Incarnation (Dallas). Hailed as a “brilliant organist” (Dallas Morning News) and an “outstanding musician” (The Diapason), Scott Dettra is acclaimed as one of America’s leading concert organists. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49309

$18.99 $15.19

GOTHIC TITLES IN BRIEF

The Hazel Wright Organ – First Recording of the Newly Restored Organ

Few pipe organs in history have received as much attention as the iconic “Hazel.” David Ball’s performance takes full advantage of this “King of Instruments’” potential. “It is always an honor to sit in front of Hazel’s console and play,” said Ball, Cathedral Organist and Head of Music Ministry. “I am continuously in awe of the sheer power and breadth of this amazing instrument.” (Gothic)

1CD# G-49337

$18.99 $15.19

For All the Saints: Anthems, Hymns, and Motets

Craig Phillips, a leading composer of new American Anglican choral music, is presented here in his first album as a conductor. The program of music for All Saints’ includes the iconic hymns “For All the Saints” and “Amazing Grace,” contemporary motets by Tavener, Pärt and four premiere recordings of Phillips’ new compositions. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49325 $18.99 $15.19

Hodie! Choral Works of Benjamin Britten & Daniel Pinkham

In this live recording- the second in The Dale Warland Live series- selected works of two 20th century composers, one British and the other American, are performed with exquisite choral acumen. The program includes Benjamin Britten’s acclaimed ‘A Ceremony of Carols’ and Daniel Pinkham’s ‘Christmas Cantata’ with brass and organ. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49317 $18.99 $15.19

O Beauty Ever Ancient Ever New

O Beauty Ever Ancient Ever New surveys the historical canon of chants, modes, texts, and textures. Composer, choral director and organ soloist James Buonemani’s early interest in composition has evolved into a focus on directing and composing music exclusively for the church. The Choir of St. James is made up of amateur and professional adult musicians from the Los Angeles metropolitan area. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49319 $18.99 $15.19

Shadows on the Stars / Oregon Reperatory Singers

The Oregon Repertory Singers’ debut album on Gothic Records features the music of Morten Lauridsen and other Pacific Northwest composers. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49318 $18.99 $15.19

Seasons / Minnesota Beethoven Festival Chorale

In this live recording – the first in a series – the music of two Italian American composers, Dominick Argento and Vincent Persichetti, are featured. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49316 $18.99 $15.19

American Canticle / Cathedral Choir of St. Philip; Atlanta SO

The two canticles for Anglican Evensong, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, are presented here in diverse settings by American composers including Craig Phillips, Roland Martin, Leo Sowerby, and more. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49302 $18.99 $15.19

Finney: Pilgrim Psalms

Ross Lee Finney’s Psalm pieces are contemporary settings of the Ainsworth Psalter – an inspirational collection of hymns that was carried by the pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49296

$18.99 $15.19

Handel: Theodora [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Józef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell’s thrilling new production of Handel’s Theodora in an alternative modern-day reality. This new interpretation, conducted by Baroque specialist Harry Bicket, shines a new, feminist light on the story. (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7313D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1368D $29.99

Johnson: De Organizer, The Dreamy Kid (excerpts) [CD]

Renowned as an influential jazz pianist, James P. Johnson also flourished as a composer of opera and of show tunes in the 1920s and 1930s. His two short operas The Dreamy Kid and De Organizer offer contrasting stories of African American life at that time, revealing both its incredible hopefulness and precariousness in the inter-war years. (Naxos)

1CD# 8669041 $13.99

Gluck: Echo & Narcisse [2 CDs]

After five triumphs at the Paris Opéra, Chevalier Gluck, reformer of French opera and protégé of MarieAntoinette, created his last work in 1779: Echo et Narcisse, based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Adopting the style of a pastoral, it was spurned by the public at its premiere, but is a tribute to the splendour of the French tradition. (CDV)

2CD# CVS095 $27.99

Puccini: Tosca [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Tosca is a melodrama of love, betrayal and death set in the revolutionary unrest of 1800. In this 2022 production, an eminent cast is directed by the acclaimed Australian director Barrie Kosky – ‘“The Amsterdam audience was completely swept off its feet by Kosky’s stunning production.” – Opera News (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0166V $27.99

1DVD# 2110752 $27.99

EGK: Columbus [2 CDs]

Columbus – An Opera for Listening

By the term “radio opera”, people understood, above all, the adaptation of stage works for radio. Werner Egk sensed the fascination emanating from this avant-garde genre. His chief model here was Igor Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. The booklet contains liner notes and synopsis in German and English language and the German libretto. (Orfeo)

2CD# ORF-C240032 $24.99

Offenbach: La Perichole [Blu-ray]

La Perricholi – in reality, Micaela Villegas – was Lima’s leading theatrical l lady in the 1770s when Peru was a Spanish colony. Her life was fictionalised in a one-act play by Prosper Mérimée and a libretto was fashioned on which Offenbach created his opéra bouffe La Périchole, reflecting the creative mania in Paris at the time for Spanish life and art. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0168V $27.99

Verdi: Rigoletto [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Verdi´s Rigoletto, one of his most successful operas, is based on Victor Hugo’s play Le roi s’amuse, which for Verdi was the greatest drama of the present day. The “spectacular production” (La Vanguardia) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu “under excellent musical direction” by Riccardo Frizza. (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 763804 $42.99 $32.24

1DVD# 763708 $32.99 $24.74

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin [DVD]

Graham Vick’s acclaimed production of Eugene Onegin sets Pushkin’s tale of doomed love, tragedy and rejection against an acutely observed backdrop of Russian society, with spectacular choruses and dances. This special, archive recording took place in the first season at Glyndebourne’s new opera house in 1994. (Opus Arte)

1DVD# OA 1374D $19.99

Wagner: Parsifal – Bayreuther Festspiele 1955 [4 CDs]

Wieland Wagner’s production of Parsifal was performed at the Bayreuth Festival every year from 1951 to 1973. This makes it the longest-running production of Parsifal on the Bayreuth program following the world premiere of 1882, which ran until 1933. Wagner’s opera opened the first post-war festival on the 30th of July, 1951. (Profil)

4CD# PH23002 $22.99

Cavalli & Minato: Il Xerse [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Francesco Cavalli succeeded Monteverdi as the most influential composer of the new genre of opera that emerged in mid17th-century Venice. Il Xerse is a fictitious dramma per musica that tells of Persian King Xerxes’ love for Romilda, who in turn is in love with his brother Arsamene. The plot is an entertaining and extremely intricate human comedy of crossed loves, court intrigues and disguises. (Dynamic)

1Blu-ray# DYN-57983 $27.99

2DVD# DYN-37983 $27.99

TITLES

Donizetti: Don Pasquale (The Royal Opera) [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this exhilarating production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. Damiano Michieletto’s production shows how contemporary the characters still are and how immediate and touching the story remains. (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7274D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1315D $29.99

Britten: Albert Herring (Glyndebourne) [DVD]

Benjamin Britten’s comic opera, which is gently laced with moments of farce, is a jocular parody on life in East Suffolk at the turn of the 20th century. Expertly conducted by Bernard Haitink, this archive recording showcases some of Britain’s finest singers in this landmark production by Peter Hall. (Opus Arte)

1DVD# OA 1375D $19.99

Puccini: Il Trittico [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

At first glance, the three one – act operas Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro and Suor Angelica seem to have no connection with each other; their common denominator is solely the entanglement of man in a fateful destiny that only exceptionally seems to promise a happy outcome to the “adventure of life” – a set of themes that in its complexity seems to be in such good hands with few directors as with Christof Loy. (Unitel)

1Blu-ray# 809004 $42.99

2DVD# 808908 $47.99

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (The Royal Opera) [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Mussorgsky was inspired to compose his masterpiece Boris Godunov after reading Pushkin’s Shakespeare-inspired play of the same name. It features one of the most dramatically rewarding bass-baritone roles: a noble ruler who loves his children and his people, but whose thirst for power has led him to commit a terrible crime. Bryn Terfel proves “a powerful new Boris” – The Observer (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7314D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1376D $29.99

OPERA TITLES IN BRIEF

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Royal Opera) [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Mozart’s timeless comedy is a breathless journey through one very eventful day in the life of an 1830s château. A young and predominantly Italian cast, including Ricardo Fassi, Giulia Semenzato and Germán E. Alcántara, perform this revival of David McVicar’s sumptuous and hugely popular period staging. (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7304D $45.99

1DVD# OA 1356D $34.99

Hindemith: Mathis der Haler [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Hindemith conceived Mathis der Maler, his ‘opera in seven tableaux’, as a reimagining of Matthias Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece, a depiction of Christ’s intense suffering and crucifixion. Set during the turbulence of the German Peasants’ revolt in the early 16th century, the work’s focus is on artistic freedom of expression and human isolation during a time of plague, repression and violence. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0130V $29.99

2DVD# 2110691-92 $29.99

Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied [2 CDs]

Lortzing’s Der Waffenschmied is a lighthearted and superbly crafted opera that bridges Mozart’s Singspiele and early Wagner. Despite its relative popularity, there are surprisingly few complete recordings of it around. Featuring a wonderful cast that includes the stalwart Günther Groissböck and the supremely promising Miriam Kutrowatz to boot! (Capriccio)

2CD# C5490 $22.99

Lully: Atys [DVD or Blu-ray Video]

Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Atys, a tragédie en musique, became known as the ‘king’s opera’ due to Louis XIV’s fondness for it. The work stands as a testament to the Sun King’s courtly refinement, as well as his moves to make France the center of European artistic culture. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0132V $29.99

2DVD# 2110694-95 $29.99

Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Glyndebourne) [DVD]

Glyndebourne’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is pure magic! In Peter Hall’s remarkable staging, the forest comes alive as logs & trees move and rustle. (Opus Arte)

1DVD# OA 1373D $22.99

Handel: Serse / Bicket, The English Concert [3 CDs]

Each new Handel release by The English Concert and Harry Bicket is a milestone in the composer’s discography, and the latest, Serse – ‘a spectacular treat for Handel lovers’ (The Times) – is no different. (Linn)

3CD# CKD709 $27.99

Hindemith: Cardillac [2 CDs]

BR-Klassik presents the live recording of a concert performance of Hindemith’s opera Cardillac from the Prinzregententheater in Munich on October 13, 2013. (BR Klassik)

2CD# BRK900345 $27.99

Moniuszko: Paria [2 CDs]

The Poznan Opera presents this new recording of Moniuszko’s last opera, Paria, conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk. The moving themes of exclusion and social rules now make it an opera for our times. (Naxos)

2CD# 8660516-17 $24.99

Sounds & Sweet Airs – A Shakespeare Songbook [CD]

The 37 songs in this recital, written by 27 composers – male, female, English, French, Swiss, German, Romantic, modern and contemporary – bear witness to the richness of Shakespeare’s works to which this recital is dedicated. Organized in the form of a play in five acts, including prologue and epilogue, the songs are in turn cheerful and sad, light and profound, classical and jazzy. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2653 $19.99

Shakespeare Sonnets [CD]

Former Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artist baritone Ashley Riches, and rising star pianist Emma Abbate, perform a ravishing selection of previously unrecorded Shakespeare Sonnets by Italian composer Mario CastelnuovoTedesco. (Resonus Classics)

1CD# RES10141 $16.99

The Shakespeare Concert Series: Hamlet [3 CDs]

Navona Records presents Hamlet: An Opera in Three Acts from Joseph Summer. In this installment of the Shakespeare Concert Series, composer Joseph Summer brings us along to Elsinore with The Bard’s classic play in an all new setting complete with the lyric integrity of Shakespeare’s words in a contemporary musical arrangement. (Navona)

3CD# NV6396 $14.99

The Essential Shakespeare Live [4 CDs]

A selection of 40 scenes and speeches performed in live Royal Shakespeare Company productions from 1959 to thre present day. Performers include Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds, Ian Holm, Derek Jacobi, Alan Rickman, Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Anton Lesser, Paul Robeson, Laurence Olivier, Sinead Cusack, and more. (Opus Arte)

4CD# OA CD9042BD $24.99

Oberon Celebrates Shakespeare [CD]

For its 10th anniversary, the Oberon Trio has also allowed itself a birthday present. With the valuable assistance of Mansoor Hosseini, they have been able to arrange Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream for piano trio. Hosseini had suggested this idea a few years ago to the violinist. They worked on this version together, which will serve from now on as the Oberon Trio’s “calling card”. (Avi)

1CD# AVI 8553367 $17.99

SHAKESPEARE

Shakespeare: The Shakespeare’s Globe Collection [27 DVDs]

This collection brings together 26 Globe Theatre productions from 2009 to 2018, featuring the finest actors and leading directors in a project committed to creating ever wider access to this rich cultural heritage. Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies contain dazzling poetry, romance, epic power struggles, human suffering and ingenious, raucous humour. 27 DVDs in all! (Opus Arte)

27DVD# OA 1370BD $149.99

Shakespeare: King John [Blu-ray]

The Royal Shakespeare Company presents a Shakespearean rarity in this exciting production. Shakespeare’s rarely performed tale of a nation in turmoil vibrates with modern resonance in this vivid new production by director Eleanor Rhode. “Director Eleanor Rhode’s version is bombastic, stylish and stylized, an impressive visual spectacle...” – The Stage (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA 1324D $24.99

Shakespeare’s Sonnets [CD]

The recording Shakespeare’s Sonnets is dedicated to the contemporary works of Prague composers – Lukáš Hurník, Matej Benko, Juraj Filas, Zdenek Merta, Ondrej Kukal, Martin Brunner, Štepánka Balcarová, and Jirí Chvojka. All of the works are with lyrics by William Shakespeare and are sung by Czech soprano Lucie Silkenová, accompanied by Duo Teres. (Arcodiva)

1CD# UP0209 $16.99

Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra [DVD]

This production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, featuring Josette Simon as Cleopatra and Antony Byrne as mark Antony and directed by Iqbal Khan, was greatly praised by critics. “Richly textured, with big saucy acting.” (Daily Mail) “This Antony and Cleopatra is the best I’ve ever seen.” – The Evening Standard (Opus Arte)

1DVD# OA 1165D $24.99

Shakespeare Trilogy [4 DVDs]

The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy began in 2012 with an all-female production of Julius Caesar led by Dame Harriet Walter. ‘A glorious reminder that genuine diversity offers astonishing creative benefits’ (The Guardian) This set includes over 90 minutes of extra documentary features that were not included on the original releases. (Opus Arte)

4DVD# OA 1297BD $79.99

TITLES

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night & Richard III [CD]

This second release from Globe Music celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by recording the music from two legendary and Tony and Olivier award-winning productions that enjoyed sold-out runs on Broadway, the West End, in the cinema and at Shakespeare’s Globe. Featuring Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry. (Globe Music)

1CD# GM-002 $17.99

Shakespeare: Comedies [12 DVDs]

This 12-DVD collection brings together Globe Theatre productions dating from 2009 to 2015 – during the artistic directorship of Dominic Dromgoole – of twelve of Shakespeare’s most celebrated comedies. Featuring the finest actors and leading directors, it is part of a project committed to creating ever wider access to this rich cultural heritage. (Opus Arte)

12DVD# OA 1250BD $99.99

Shakespeare’s Stratford (video tour) [DVD]

Enjoy this video tour of Stratford, the city that produced the greatest playwright in history. We are steered through each location under the guidance of our personable hostess who ornaments her in-depth knowledge of Stratford and its illustrious native son with the kind of tales that aren’t normally found in guide books. This is the first time ever that the Shakespeare Trust has allowed such detailed access. (ArtsMagic)

1DVD# MOB315598 $9.99

Shakespeare: Hamlet [DVD]

With Sandra Hüller as Hamlet, Johan Simons’ highly concentrated staging of Shakespeare’s classic play becomes a pleading for radical honesty. “This Hamlet is a must-see.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) “Graceful stunner.” (nachtkritik. de) The production was invited to the Theatertreffen Festival Berlin, 2020. (Naxos)

1DVD# 8065 $22.99

TITLES IN BRIEF

The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 9 –Music to Hear [CD]

Music to Hear, Joseph Summer’s follow up to Who is Sylvia from Navona Records off his Shakespeare Concerts set, is the result of the composer’s lifelong obsession with poetry. The album pairs the works of contemporary poets as well as Shakespeare with Summer’s music in order to express deeper significance than either words or music are capable of on their own. (Navona)

1CD# NV6283 $14.99

Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra (Music and Speeches) [CD]

This new audio release features the music and speeches from the 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Iqbal Khan. The music is presented by Laura Mvula. “Richly textured, with big saucy acting.” (Daily Mail) “This Antony & Cleopatra is the best I’ve ever seen.”

– The Evening Standard (Opus Arte)

1CD# OA CD9028D $19.99

Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 6: Winter and Rough Weather [CD]

Even the most fearful of the cold will draw warmth from Joe Summer’s comforting No Enemy But Winter and Rough Weather, the sixth album honoring The Shakespeare Concert Series, of which he is founder and executive director. Summer’s own Concert Overture for Piano is an icy introduction performed by SangYoung Kim. (Navona)

1CD# NV6134 $14.99

Shakespeare: Richard III [DVD]

Richard III is one of Shakespeare’s earliest works, first performed around 1593. But until this day the title character with his unbridled, single-minded, gleefully exhibited amorality has lost none of his fascination. Staged by Thomas Ostermeier at the Schaubühne Berlin this production is perfectly casted with a selected team and a compelling Lars Eidinger as Richard. (Naxos)

1DVD# THE08029 $22.99

Great Shakespeare Speeches – Legendary Voices

A treasure-trove of classic lines spoken by Shakespearean stars Olivier, Burton, Gielgud, Ashcroft, Guinness, Redgrave, Finney, Welles, Robeson & many more. (Alto Music)

1CD# MOB419768 $10.99

Shakespeare’s Sonnets & Lieder

Bayer Records releases here a world premiere recording: Angelika Huber and Kilian Sprau recorded songs and Shakespeare sonnets by Anton Beer Walbrunn. (Bayer)

1CD# BR100390 $18.99

The Food of Love: Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare

Founded in 1980 to perform the instrumental music of Shakespeare’s time, The Baltimore Consort has focuses on the relationship between folk and courtly art song, and dance. (Sono Luminus)

1CD# DSL-92234 $15.99

Shakespeare: The Roman Plays [4 Blu-ray]

The Royal Shakespeare Company presents a thrilling collection of four of the playwright’s most gripping plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus and Coriolanus. (Opus Arte)

4Blu-ray# OA BD7262BD $79.99

SHAKESPEARE TITLES

Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1084D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Kings & Rogues [4 DVDs]

4DVD# OA 1092BD

$79.99

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1111D $24.99

Shakespeare: Henry VI, Parts 1–3 [3 DVDs]

3DVD# OA 1365BD

$39.99

Shakespeare: Richard III [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1298D

$24.99

Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1352D $24.99

Shakespeare: 3 Tragedies [3 DVDs]

3DVD# OA 1326BD $39.99

Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1113D $24.99

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1136D

Shakespeare: Henry VIII [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1078D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1079D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Tempest [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1138D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1160D $24.99

Shakespeare: Henry V [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1112D $24.99

Shakespeare: Great Comedies [3 DVDs]

3DVD# OA 1173BD

$39.99

FROM OPUS ARTE

Shakespeare: Hamlet [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1322D

$24.99

Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1325D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Macbeth [DVD]

1DVD# OA1137D

$24.99

Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors

1DVD# OA 1358D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Julius Caesar [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1174D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1175D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Antony & Cleopatra [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1176D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1199D $24.99

Shakespeare: Measure for Measure [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1218D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Henriad [4 DVDs]

4DVD# OA 1235BD

$39.99

Shakespeare: Tragedies [7 DVDs]

7DVD# OA 1251BD

$54.99

Shakespeare: King Lear [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1278D $24.99

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1279D $24.99

Shakespeare: 3 Comedies [3 DVDs]

3DVD# OA 1327BD

$39.99

Shakespeare: As You Like It [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1306D

$24.99

Oklahoma! / John Wilson; Sinfonia of London [2 CDs]

First performed in 1943, Rodger & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! was a significant turning point in the history of musical theatre. John Wilson’s long-held fascination for researching musical scores of this period reaches a milestone with this world-premiere recording of the original score in it’s entirety, and in the original orchestrations. Highly recommended! (Chandos)

2SACD# CHSA 5322(2) $43.99

Shucked – A New Musical Comedy / Orig Broadway Cast

What do you get when you pair a semi-neurotic, New York comedy writer with two music superstars from Nashville? A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical about the one thing Americans everywhere can’t get enough of: corn. Shucked is the new musical comedy that proves sometimes tearing down a few walls, rather than growing them, is the only way to preserve our way of life.

(Sony)

1CD# 19658815842 $16.99

Icelandic Works for the Stage / Iceland SO

Páll Ísólfsson was the first director of the Reykjavík Music School, which opened in 1930. Like other musicians, he was forced by the lack of opportunity in Iceland to study abroad. His music for the early Ibsen play The Feast at Solhaug, performed in 1943 in Norwegian on Norway’s National day, was his theatrical début. (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5319 $21.99

Almost Famous – The Musical Masterworks Broadway is proud to release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Almost Famous The Musical. The album features music by Tony, GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt and lyrics by Academy Award Winner Cameron Crowe and Kitt. Almost Famous The Musical is an adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s beloved Academy Award and BAFTA-winning film. (Sony)

1CD# 19439707312 $16.98

Glorious Quest: Hits from the Golden Age of Broadway Musicals

Glorious Quest is this debut album from British baritone Rodney Earl Clarke. Hit after hit, we are invited to experience the Golden Age of the American Musical Theatre with songs including “What a Beautiful Morning,”

“If I Loved You,” “The Impossible Dream,” “I’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Some Enchanted Evening,” and more. This is an album that will truly lift the spirits of all music lovers! (Sony)

1CD# 5060192780758 $17.99

STAGE

The Who’s Tommy / Original Broadway Cast [2 CDs]

The Who’s Tommy reached Broadway as a full-fledged musical which opened on April 22, 1993 at the St. James Theatre, in a new adaptation written by Townshend and Des McAnuff. The show went on to win five Tony Awards that year, and stayed on the boards for more than two years, playing 899 performances. Performances include “Pinball Wizard,” “See Me, Feel Me,” and more. (Sony)

2CD# 88697953722 $16.98

West Side Story / Original Broadway Cast

What is there left to say about this musical, deservedly one of the most famous in the canon? Leonard Bernstein integrated Latin percussion and jazz into his electrifying score, dazzlingly translating New York’s unique vitality into a musical idiom. You owe it to yourself to check out the original version to see what the fuss was all about! (Sony)

1CD# 88691948412 $8.98

Annie / Original 1977 Broadway Cast

Composer Charles Strouse hit paydirt when he teamed with Martin Charnin (lyrics) and Thomas Meehan (book) to create a show based on the Sunday strip “Little Orphan Annie.” Andrea McArdle found stardom with her performance of the sunny anthem, “Tomorrow.” Frequently revived, Annie, which won the Tony for Best Musical, opened April 21, 1977 and had a run of 2,377 performances. (Sony)

1CD# 88697499092 $9.98

Essential Broadway [2 CDs]

“Essential” collection of Broadway’s greatest hits! Tracks on this 2-CD extravaganza include “Sunrise, Sunset” (Fiddler on the Roof), “Wunderbar” (Kiss Me Kate), “Overture” (Candide), “Old Man River” (Showboat ), “Some Enchanted Evening” (South Pacific), “Hello Young Lovers” (The King & I ), “Bring Him Home” (Les Miserables), and so many more favorites! (Sony)

2CD# 82876803192 $15.98

Showtime! Music of Broadway / The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

This recording from the worldfamous Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra at Temple Square features their most-requested songs from stage & screen. Tracks include “Never Never Land” (Peter Pan), “The Impossible Dream” (Man of La Mancha), “Who Will Buy?” (Oliver!), “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” (Carousel), “Fill the World With Love” (Goodbye Mr. Chips), and more. (Sony)

1CD# MTC4973811 $17.99

MUSIC

The Music Man (Broadway Cast with Hugh Jackman) [2 CDs]

Hugh Jackman, the Tony, Emmy ® and GRAMMY Award winner performer as well as Tony Award winner Sutton Foster lead an all-star cast in the Broadway revival of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man Often cited as the quintessential American musical, with fan favorites “Seventy-Six Trombones”, “Gary, Indiana,” “Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little” and more. (MM Recordings)

2CD# MOB115786 $24.99

& Juliet (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

The Broadway run of & Juliet follows a sold-out engagement in Toronto, which closed on August 14, 2022 as the third highestgrossing show in Mirvish Productions history. & Juliet flips the script on the greatest love story ever told, imagining what would happen next if Juliet hadn’t ended it all over Romeo, and got a second chance at life and love – on her terms. (Atlantic)

1CD# MOB628436 $16.99

Paint Your Wagon (NYC Center Encores!)

Masterworks Broadway presents the cast recording of Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon starring Keith Carradine, Justin Guarini and Alexandra Socha. Filled with gorgeous standards such as “They Call the Wind Maria,” and “Wand’rin’ Star,” Paint Your Wagon is Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s sweepingly ambitious and surprisingly realistic take on life in the Gold Rush-happy America of 1853. (Sony)

1CD# 88985334092 $11.99

Broadway By Day / Spencer Day

Broadway by Day celebrates the unlikely friendship between jazz and musical theatre with swinging numbers from A Chorus Line, South Pacific, Hello, Dolly! And others. Tracks include “One,” “Getting to Know You,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Bali Ha’i,’ On the Street Where You Live,” and more. (Sony)

1CD# 64315745135 $13.99

MUSICALS IN BRIEF

Hello Dolly! / New Broadway Cast

Weill: From Berlin to Broadway

This release by the award-winning Center City Brass Quintet showcases the depth and variety of music by the German-born composer Kurt Weill, beginning with a suite of songs from his best-known Threepenny Opera. This is followed by a collection of cabaret and art songs composed in Europe, and concludes with songs composed in America for the Broadway stage. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 9924 $18.99

French Music for the Stage / Estonian

For their latest album, Neeme Järvi and his Estonian National Symphony Orchestra present a delightful program of lesserknown stage music from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Overtures by Thomas, Auber, and Boieldieu were all composed for works staged at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and are wonderful examples of the period. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 21051 $18.99

Funny Girl / New Broadway Cast

Sony Masterworks Broadway is proud to announce the release of the Funny Girl – New Broadway Cast Recording. Starring Emmy ® Award Nominee Lea Michele as Fanny Brice, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Ramin Karimloo as Nick Arnstein. “Lea Michele’s performance in Funny Girl is one of the top five musical theatre performances I’ve seen in my lifetime.” – Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times. (Sony)

1CD# 19658788882 $13.98

MJ

– The Musical / Original Broadway Cast

MJ the Musical : Original Broadway Cast Recording. He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry has finally come to Broadway in a brand-new musical. The Original Broadway Cast Recording features all of your favorite songs from the Broadway production, including “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” “Bad” and “Smooth Criminal.” (Sony)

1CD# 19439998032 $13.98

The original soundtrack to the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! Starring Bette Midler in her long-awaited return to the musical theatre stage. (Sony)

1CD# 88985405922

$13.98

A Christmas Carol / Original Broadway Cast

Based on Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic novella, A Christmas Carol was presented annually at New York City’s Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden from 1994 through 2003. (Sony)

1CD# 88985385382 $13.98

The Greatest Broadway Hits, Vol. 2 [3 CDs]

This massive collection contains some of the most memorable Broadway songs ever, performed by voices such as Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Carole Lawrence, Ethel Merman and others. (Dynamic)

3CD# MOB358228 $29.99

Bernstein: Broadway to Hollywood (Live)

SOMM Recordings celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth in style with a remarkable 1993 live broadcast recording – never before issued and newly mastered! (SOMM)

1CD# ARIADNE 5002 $18.99

Dusilova & Ostruchov: Water Lost & Returned

Water Lost And Returned is an original soundtrack from the documentary film by Radek Plihal about the restoration of the unique landscape of Sumava wetlands and mires. Singer Lenka Dusilova and composer Petr Ostrouchov accompany the film with a single continuous flow of ambient music and sounds that tell the story of water lost and found again. (Animal Music)

1CD# ANI118-2 $18.99

Morricone: Once Upon a Time –Arrangements for Guitar

The maestro of Spaghetti Western music in unfamiliar guise: new arrangements of hit themes from Morricone’s greatest film-scores. While piano versions of Morricone’s scores are widely available, his music fits the guitar admirably, as Enea Leone demonstrates on this new recording. Leone has made several well-received recordings for Brilliant Classics. (Brilliant)

1CD# BRI95855 $16.99

Rozsa: Film Music / Gamba, BBC PO

Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa scored ninety-five films during his lifetime, including some of the most famous cinematic works of all time. Rumon Gamba, a great champion of film music, conducts the BBC Philharmonic in suites from several of these films, among them Ben-Hur, regarded by many as the composer’s magnum opus among the film scores, which won Rózsa an Oscar in 1960.

(Champs Hill)

1CD# CHAN 10806 $19.99

Morricone: Cinema Suites for Violin and Orchestra

For twenty years Marco Serino was Ennio Morricone’s violinist, the soloist on his film soundtracks and on world tours where they were reworked for the concert hall. In January 2020, after his last public concert in Rome, Morricone finished the transcription of this magnificent and unpublished collection, which recasts the themes of his most famous scores in suites transcribed for violin and orchestra.

(Arcana)

1CD# A495 $18.99

John Williams: The Great Movie Soundtracks [4 CDs]

A 4-CD extravaganza of John Williams’ soundtrack and film score music joins the 12th batch of box sets released as a part of the Sony Classical Masters Series and provides a colossal reminder of Williams’ prodigious breadth and ubiquity of his works in some of the most culture defining films of the recent Hollywood era. (Sony)

4CD# 88875127322 $23.98

The Film Music Of Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Gamba

The first modern recording of the Korngold’s complete score for The Sea Wolf highlights this Chandos recording with Rumon Gamba leading the BBC Philharmonic. Excerpts are also included from the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood. Superb sound! (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10336 $18.99

The Movie Music of Dmitri Tiomkin 1937–1962 [2 CDs]

Composer and conductor Dimitri Tiomkin is one of the most successful and celebrated composers of film music in the history of cinema. This 55-track, 2-CD set comprises themes and music from original soundtrack compositions, along with recordings of his movie songs from the first and highly significant first quarter-century of his career. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB341725 $16.99

Herrmann: Jane Eyre

Bernard Herrmann’s score for Jane Eyre was completed in 1943. It was his fourth film score and, like The Magnificent Ambersons before it, saw collaboration with Orson Welles. He features a marvellous array of sonic effects – high winds, celesta, and muted brass – all designed to deepen and color the characterization, and orchestrated with his customary brilliance. (Naxos)

1CD# 8572718 $13.99

The Game of Thrones Symphony / City of Prague PO

In 2011 composer Ramin Djawadi was first asked to score a new TV series called Game of Thrones. This release celebrates the rich tapestry of music over the series’ production with the full firepower of an 80 piece symphony orchestra and choir. Game of Thrones was a television phenomenon, and you can enjoy themes from across the entire series with this recording. (Silva Screen)

1CD# MOB605629 $16.99

Film Music Of Ralph Vaughan Williams / Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Chandos is pleased to offer this collector’s edition of the Film Music of Vaughan Williams, packaged and sold at three discs for the price of two. All the music is performed by the BBC Philharmonic and Rumon Gamba on the well-loved Chandos Movies label. The collection includes the music for Scott of the Antarctic, Coastal Command and 49th Parallel (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10529(3) $34.99

MUSIC

Hollywood Soundstage / Wilson, Sinfonia of London

The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson present an album that celebrates the golden age of Hollywood. “Few film soundtracks these days can compare with Hollywood’s heyday, and few soundtrack albums have ever sounded as good as this. Anyone with even the slightest interest in the period needs this magnificent recording.” – Limelight (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5294 $21.99

Dances with Wolves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Barry

Best-known for writing the iconic theme for James Bond, John Barry proves his mastery of cinematic composition with his score for Kevin Costner’s Dances With Wolves Romantic, patient, majestic, “The Buffalo Hunt” and “The John Dunbar Theme” revive the valiance of classic Western scores by Elmer Bernstein. (Sony)

1CD# 63555 EK $9.99

Music from the Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy

Music from the “Pirates of the Carribean” trilogy brings together for the very first time, the music from all three record-breaking films The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest, and At World’s End. The three suites that comprise this album capture the very best themes and cues from these much loved films. (Silva Screen)

1CD# MOB124120 $16.99

Film Music Gala / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [3 CDs]

Enjoy a tribute to the magnificent world of film music with this triple CD box set – over three and a half hours of popular Hollywood themes performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Music is included from such classics as Rocky, Witness, The Great Escape, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, The Deer Hunter, The Piano, Chariots of Fire, and more. (RPO)

3CD# RPOSP033 $29.99

The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann / BBC Philharmonic Gamba

The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann is well worth a listen. Schurmann was a Dutch composer born in what is now Indonesia. Includes scores from films such as Dr. Syn, Claretta, The Gambler, The Long Arm, Horrors of the Black Museum, and The Ceremony. Enjoy spirited performances here from the BBC Philharmonic under Rumon Gamba, and impressive sound from Chandos! (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10979 $18.99

The Film Music Of Ron Goodwin / Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

The late Ron Goodwin wrote beautiful and rousing music for British films. This collection has some of his best music for the military films that filled the cinematic skies from the last century. Excerpts from films including Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron, Monte Carlo or Bust, Frenzy, and more are included in this collection. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10262 $20.99

Wilson: The Thief of Bagdad

Written almost 100 years ago, The Thief of Bagdad is one of the greatest ever film scores and incredibly, has never been recorded untill l now – FHR are honored to be able to release the first recording of this wonderful score. Recorded in 2019, this recording features one of greatest European orchestras, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. (First Hand)

1CD# FHR126 $15.99

Something’s Gotta Give / Simon Keenlyside

To this day, music from classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals continues to enjoy immense popularity with audiences and performers alike. Here Simon Keenlyside, one of the world’s most charismatic and sought-after operatic baritones, presents Something’s Gotta Give, an album devoted to songs from musicals. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10838 $20.99

The Wild West: Essential Film Music Collection [2 CDs]

This follow-up to the first edition of Essential Western Film Music, features a rip-roaring ccollection of classic Western movie and TV themes. Includes: The Big Country, Blazing Saddles, Butch Cassidy And the Sundance Kid, Giant, Hang ‘Em High and more! (Silva Screen)

2CD# MOB10992 $22.99

The Film Music Of Sir Arnold Bax (Oliver Twist) / Gamba; BBC Philharmonic

“Oliver Twist is a score of distinction, one atmospheric, intimate, bustling and witty, and with a clutch of memorable tunes, the characters’ sensibilities graphically drawn. The BBC Philharmonic under a convinced Rumon Gamba is as sensitive and virtuoso as required, and the recording is excellent in terms of warmth and detail.” – Classical Source (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10126 $20.99

Arnold: The Roots of Heaven; David Copperfield 1CD# 8573366 $13.99

Auric: Beauty and the Beast (Music from the Film) 1CD# 8557707 $13.99

NAXOS FILM

Bliss: Christopher Columbus Suite • Seven Waves Away

1CD# 8572226 $13.99

Deutsch: Maltese Falcon (The) • High Sierra 1CD# 8557701 $13.99

Frankel: Curse of the Werewolf • The Net • The Prisoner 1CD# 8557850

Haffter: Carmen 1CD# 8572260 $13.99

Khachaturian: Othello • Battle of Stalingrad 1CD# 8573389 $13.99

Herrmann: The Egyptian 1CD# 8557702

Herrmann: The Snows of Kilimanjaro 5 Fingers 1CD# 8570186 $13.99

Kilar: Bram Stoker’s Dracula • Death and the Maiden 1CD# 8557703 $13.99

Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1CD# 8573369 $13.99

Honegger: Les Misérables 1CD# 8557486 $13.99

Korngold: The Sea Hawk • Deception [2 CDs] 2CD# 8570110-11 $24.99

Ibert: Macbeth • Golgotha • Don Quichotte 1CD# 8557607

Newman: The Hunchback of Notre Dame • All About Eve 1CD# 8570187 $13.99

CLASSICS

Newman: The Bergman Suites –Wild Strawberries

1CD# 8573370

$13.99

Perry: The Innocents Abroad & Other Mark Twain Films

1CD# 8570200

$13.99

Sainton: Moby Dick

1CD# 8573367 $13.99

Salter: House of Frankenstein

1CD# 8570188

$13.99

Salter: Monster Music • The Wolf Man

1CD# 8557705

$13.99

Shostakovich: The Fall of Berlin (The)

1CD# 8570238 $13.99

Shostakovich: New Babylon [2 CDs]

2CD# 8572824-25 $24.99

Shostakovich: The Gadfly (Complete Original Score)

1CD# 8573747 $13.99

Steiner: The Adventures of Mark Twain

1CD# 8557470 $13.99

Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1CD# 8570185 $13.99

Tiomkin: Red River

1CD# 8557699 $13.99

Waxman: Objective, Burma!

1CD# 8557706 $13.99

Waxman: Rebecca

1CD# 8557549 $13.99

Steiner: King Kong

1CD# 8557700 $13.99

Young: The Uninvited • Gulliver’s Travels • Bright Leaf

1CD# 8573368

$13.99

EACH DVD IS ONLY $12.99!

Musical Journey DVD Series

You can now arm-chair travel to the most thrilling cities and countries on Earth with these beautifully filmed musical journeys. These DVDs combine stunning visual images backed by lovely classical music. Itʼs time to pack your bags and travel! Each DVD is full color and recorded in Dolby and DTS surround sound. Each Musical Journey DVD only $12.99!

Austria: Viennese Vinyards – Steyr and Gmunden

Beijing Tour with Traditional Chinese Music

Berlin: Tour of Germanyʼs Capital City

Czech Republic: Prague and Lednice Castle

Finland: Helsinki and the Finnish Landscape

Finland: Helsinki, Lake Haapavesi, Savonlinna,

Kerimaki

France: A Musical Tour of Provence

France: Brittany & Normandy

France: Musical Tour of the South of France

Gardens and Parks of Europe

Germany: Bavarian Lakes and

Schloss Herrenceiemsee

Italy: Brixen & Austria: Innisbruck

Italy: Seina and Pisa

Italy: Verona, Romeo and Juliet, Florence, Naples

London and Oxford

Moscow: The Golden Ring

Norway: From Gaupne to Sogndal

Norway: The Peer Gyny Road,

Lake Mjosa, and Oslo

Oxford: Visit to the Town & University

Paris: The Seine, Les Tuileries, The Louvre,

Sacre-Couer

Rome: Piazzas, Fountains,

and the Remains of the Empire

Rome: Tour of the Cityʼs Past and Present

Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Salzburg: The City of Mozart

Scotland and its Castles

Scotland: Edinburgh –

The Highlands and the Hebrides

Scotland: Musical Tour of the

Countryʼs Past and Present

Sicily: Tour of the Islandʼs Past and Present

Spain: Madrid, La Mancha, Toledo

Spain: Musical Tour of Seville

St. Petersburg: Palaces of the Tsars

Summer Palaces of the Tsars

Switzerland: From Zurich to Zermatt

Switzerland: The Canton of Ticino

Switzerland: Tour of the Graubunden

Tibet: Cultural Tour with

Traditional Chinese Music

Tuscany: Tour of the Past and Present

Venice: A Musical Visit to the

Lagoons and Islands of Venice

Venice: City of Water and Light

NAXOS WORLD SALE!

Duos – Alone / Tri Nguyen

Classical pianist Tri Nguyen presents 14 enchanting pieces composed in the form of a heartfelt letter to his late mother. With his bicultural upbringing, Tri showcases his mastery of the piano, at times reciting Bach, Vivaldi and Ravel. An elegant blend of ancient and modern, Western and Asian, touching on tales of his childhood, and his profound love and gratitude for his mother.

(Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76167-2 $14.99 $11.99

Tanya Ekanayaka: 18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms [2 CDs]

Tanya Ekanayaka presents a stunning array of 43 works for solo piano composed between 2021 and 2022, drawing inspiration from 40 language. Mystical, vibrant, contemplative and poetic, the sutras and pianisms traverse a broad spectrum of moods and thought. Throughout, the prolific composerpianist’s fearless musical authenticity glistens within the beautiful originality of this remarkable double album.

(Naxos World)

2CD# NXW76163-2 $21.99 $17.59

Morning Meditation – Darbhanga Dhrupad Tradition

Sumeet Anand Pandey is a 10thgeneration Dhrupad singer, a genre of Hindustani classical music that dates back to the 15th century and the most ancient form of Indian classical music still alive today. There is no Indian musical heritage that has lasted the test of time this far, based on original documentation. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76150-2 $18.99 $15.19

Bach to Folk

Lodestar Trio present their striking debut album, one that not only exhibits the three performers’ outstanding musicianship but also presents new interpretations of baroque classics (Bach, Lully, Couperin...), folk tunes and new compositions. Together, they push the boundaries of their mystical and magical Scandinavian string instruments. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76158-2 $18.99 $15.19

Flamenco – Pasado y Presente

This latest album by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde unearths the historical influences and musical interactions of various cultures, and their effects on the numerous toques heard in flamenco today. “Ignacio’s willingness to explore out of his comfort zone and reach out to other cultures speaks to his character.” – Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76159-2 $18.99 $15.19

Supra

Iberi invite you to a supra feast full of gorgeous Georgian polyphonic singing! With sacred songs, historical ballads, lullabies, work songs and ‘table songs’ for feasting, they celebrate the age-old tradition of supra and its popular toasting themes. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76162-2 $14.99 $11.99

Art of the Chinese Xiao & Hulusi / Heart of the Dragon Ensemble

The Heart of the Dragon ensemble and Chinese composer Jiang Li present this elegant union of ‘East meets West’. Featuring the sophisticated Chinese xiao and the Dai nation’s joyous hulusi, they seamlessly blend a range of traditional Chinese music with western drums, bass, guitar, piano and strings. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76161-2 $18.99 $15.19

Folk Songs of Inner Mongolia & Heilongjiang

This series explores China’s rich and diverse musical heritage. The songs featured in this recording are folk songs of five minority ethnic groups of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang – Mongol, Daur, Oroqen, Evenki and Hezhen. As with Chinese traditional visual arts, the song titles explain their mood and origin. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76089-2 $14.99 $11.99

Afwoyo (Afro Jazz) / Milégé

Milégé is a group of young talented musicians who derive inspiration from the diverse cultural musical traditions of the different tribes of Uganda, which they fuse with contemporary elements. The band’s songs tell stories from Uganda and also reflect typical aspects of everyday life in Africa. Milégé derives its name from an ankle rattle, which creates rhythmic sounds that compliment dance performances. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76108-2 $14.99 $11.99

Tuath – Songs of the Northlands

Embark upon a wondrous musical and cultural exploration into the connections between the Gaels and their Northern European neighbours. Featuring ancient and modern texts, the songs speak to our past, present and future with music ranging from the simple voice to expansive arrangements and exquisite sound design. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76116-2 $14.99 $11.99

Greek Bouzouki Classics

The bouzouki is the most iconic instrument in Greek music and has dominated Greek repertoire for the past 90 years. Here, Dimitris Papageorgiou performs timeless bouzouki masterpieces by composers such as Panagiotis Toundas and Giovan Tsaous, as well self-composed compositions honouring the likes of Alexis Zorba. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2966

$18.99

Pipes & Drums from Scotland

“This album is a must for the pipes and drums enthusiast as it contains an excellent variety of original material superbly arranged and played by the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Queen’s Own Highlanders. The overall tone and execution is of the highest caliber. This could well introduce a new approach to pipe and drums representation.” – Captain John Allen, Army Bagpipe Music (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2375 $12.99

Postcards from Ireland / Celtic Woman

Celtic Woman’s latest album represents the sentiment they would like to share with their fans around the world. What better way to express these wishes than to write and send a postcard, but this postcard is written with the music and songs from Celtic Woman’s latest album. Postcards from Ireland features 13 brand-new songs and is the group’s newest studio album since 2018’s Ancient Land. (Celtic Woman)

1CD# MOB674350 $15.99

Music From Argentina / Various

A folksy take on traditional music straight out of the Argentinian songbook. Intertwining village roots, lively urban rhythms, traditional acoustic guitar, melodies of the pampas and Buenos Aires tangos, presented by Instituto El Cimarrón. Argentina’s folk music has a rich and varied tradition. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2917 $14.99

Celtic Psalms, Vol. 1 / Wimberly, The Mcgraths

Celtic Psalms promises to be a long-standing resource for meditation and worship. By pairing the wisdom of the psalms with timeless melodies, delicate harmonies, and instrumentation, these arrangements bring to mind the Celtic landscapes of Ireland and Scotland with sincerity, integrity, and tenderness. (Gia)

WORLD MUSIC

The Celtic Lute / McFarlane

There are differences grand and small, subtle and great within the world of Celtic music. Distinct nations with different histories will evolve different artistic natures, and this is played out in a joyful noise in our Celtic lands. Ronn McFarlane’s heritage and lifelong interest in Scottish music allows us to walk first (as Neil Munro put it) “song-haunted over the Moors.” (Sono Luminus)

1CD# DSL-92225

$15.99

Spirit Prayer – The Best of Native American Flute

This new release features Native American flutes, solo and in various combinations with nature sounds (thunderstorm, rain, wolves, eagles, etc.) as well as in harmony with other instruments, performed by Jessita Reyes and Alice Gomez. Jessita Reyes has been known to fans of contemporary Native American flute music since her early 1990s debut release. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2706 $18.99

Songs for Leena – Improvisations on the Hopi Long Flute

Gary Stroutsos honors the Hopi Tribe with solo improvisations on a reincarnated leena. Featuring the plaintive and haunting sounds of the Hopi long flute, these pieces are inspired by the landscapes of the American Southwest, and the people who have lived there since time immemorial. Songs for Leena is the follow-up album to Öngtupqa. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2953 $18.99

Canyon Trilogy: R. Carlos Nakai –Platinum Edition

Multi-GRAMMY nominee R. Carlos Nakai creates the sound of the cedar flute echoing in the canyons and valleys of the Southwest. Soothing the spirit and calming the spirit, this landmark collection carries the listener to the limitless realms of the imagination. Tracks include “Song For The Morning Star,” “Daybreak Vision,” “Ancestral Home,” and “Echoes of Time.” Over 1 million sold! (Canyon)

1CD# MOB721029 $15.99

1CD# GIACD-1015

$16.99

The concert zither was a very popular instrument during the 19th century and has a substantial classical repertoire as well as being a traditional folk instrument in central Europe. It is a beautiful and versatile instrument which deserves to be better known today. (Kado)

1CD# MOB500410 $10.99

The Golden Zither

FAVORITES

Celebration – Favorite Pop Hits / Celtic Thunder

Celtic Thunder is back with a compilation of classic and modern hits! The tracklist includes romantic American standards including “I Want to Know What Love Is,” “Nights in White Satin” and “(Everything I Do) I Do it For You.” The group celebrates their Irish roots with renditions of “The Boys Are Back In Town” by Thin Lizzy and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, made famous by Irish rockers U2. (Green Hill)

1CD# MOB645529

$12.99

Songs of the Islands 1937–1957 / Harry Owens & the Royal Hawaiians [2 CDs]

Harry Owens was a cornetist, bandleader and musical director of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki in 1934, who became indelibly associated with the music of Hawaii. This 49-track 2CD collection comprises recordings made by Owens with his Royal Hawaiians during the primary era of his career when he established his reputation composing and performing music in the Hawaiian idiom. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345921

Mandolins from Italy

$16.99

A romantic selection of the most famous and popular Italian mandolin melodies, such as: Azzurro, O’ Sole Mio, Notte Di Christallo, Tarantella Di Napoli, Volare, Piccola Maria, Tarantella Meridionale, Marina, Che La La, Santa Lucia, O Maria, Valsa Della Primavera, Funiculi Funicula, La Passeggiata, Arrivederci Roma, Il Padrone – Rota and many more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2439

$12.99

All Time Favorite Greek Music

Kado Music presents 15 all-time favorites from Greek Music on one disc! Tracks include “Zorba the Greek,” “Play Bouzouki,” “Aaponi Zoi,” “Ekeine,” “White Rose of Athens,” “Doxa to Theo,” “I Margarita I Margano,” and more. (Kado)

1CD# MOB500496 $9.99

Tears of Stone / The Chieftains

This 1999 release has The Chieftains collaborating with guest female vocalists and musicians including Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, Diana Krall, Joan Osbourne, Akikio Yano, Sinead O’Connor and more. (Sony)

1CD# MOB869726

$9.99 $6.99

Thunder Drums

Thunder Drums! A new experience with multiple influences from African and Aboriginal to South American. Percussion instruments were the musical focus of all ancient cultures and most notably the drum. This wonderful album highlights Native American, African, Latin, Aboriginal and South American influences and then merges them with the awesome sounds of a thunderstorm....the result is stunning! (Global Journey)

1CD# MOB376921 $10.99

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – In Concert in Paris, Vol. 2

The tradition of qawwali, originally limited to mausoleums and brotherhoods, has now spread everywhere, carried by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan –an exceptional performer. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s group is the leading proponent of this secular tradition. (Ocora France)

1CD# C 581659 $18.99

Best of China & Japan / Silk String Quartet This captivating album presents a beautiful cross-section of music from China and Japan, from tender and contemplative Chinese string melodies to the powerful thunder of Japanese taiko drums. Featuring a great variety of music played on traditional instruments in traditional and contemporary arrangements. Extensive information about each of the artists and the pieces. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2559 $14.99

Chariots of Fire / The Pipes & Strings of Scotland

The Pipes & Strings of Scotland portrays favorite Scottish music with compositions written for the magical blend of bagpipes and orchestra. Traditional and popular songs are included in this unique collection. Tracks include “Mull of Kintyre,” “Ode to Joy,” “Scotland Forever,” “Sands of Time,” “Lord of the Dance,” “Chariots of Fire,” and more. (Scotdisc)

1CD# MOB307888 $14.99

Navajo: Code Talkers of World War [DVD]

During World War II, a group of Native American Marines devised an unbreakable code that helped the United States maintain the upper hand in many battles and, eventually, led to the surrender of Japan in 1945. This DVD documentary provides insights into the lives of these war heroes in regards to their service on behalf of the United States and the Navajo Nation.

(Dreamscape)

1DVD# MOB024433 $14.99

Arc

The Wolf and The Lamb – Live at the Shakh

Drawing upon Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi’s extensive expertise in the klezmer tradition, this album pays tribute to the rich cross-cultural interaction that shapes Eastern European Jewish music. A captivating blend of traditional melodies, virtuosic instrumentation and modern arrangements showcase the timeless appeal of this vibrant musical tradition. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2933 $18.99

Divan & Divine

Divan & Divine is a synthesis of western tones and TurkishAnatolian motifs that communicates issues of great ethical significance. Inspired by a selection of 14th to 16th century troubadour poems about historical injustice, Zeyn’el carries forward the messages of his muchhonoured ancestors, alongside some of his own original compositions reflecting similar issues still seen today. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2962 $18.99

Terri Kunda / Gao Hong; Kadialy Kouyate

Gao Hong (Chinese pipa master) discovers friendship, creativity and the joy of spontaneity with Kadialy Kouyate and his captivating Senegalese kora. With skillful balance of composition and improvisation, the two instruments and musicians converse through the expression of the strings –exchanging cultural stories, traditions and musical styles. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2963 $18.99

Maelstrom / Antoine Dawans

Damien is a mysterious violinist who plays in the “non-classical” style and prefers rock. Didier, a pillar of the Belgian folk and world music scene. It is these differences that truly characterize the band; a duplex, a duality – equilibrated by Oliver Cox’s forceful drumbeats and Quentin Nguyen’s distinctive keyboard tones. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2959 $18.99

Moch / Dlù

This exciting quintet of young Scottish Gaels are winners of the ‘Danny Kyle Open Stage 2018’, and were nominated for the MG Alba Scots Trad Award, ‘upcoming artist of the year’, in 2019. Their debut album, Moch, champions the Gaelic language and culture while blending progressive arrangements, eclectic musical influences and youthful energy. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2956 $18.99

Longyin – The Dragon Chants

Cheng Yu plays the original 1936 Van Gulik-Picken silk-string guqin, with Dennis Kwong Thye Lee on xiao flute. This cherished guqin, steeped in history, was previously owned by two of the world’s greatest 20th century sinologists – Robert Hans Van Gulik and Laurence Picken. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2951 $18.99

Voice of Flowers – Spring Ragas from India

The Indian festival Holi celebrates spring’s arrival. In this album, Baluji captures the rapture of spring, expressing seasonal feelings of renewal and hope through the subtle nuances of the chosen ragas. He celebrates his mastery of the sitar with wonderful sensitivity and dexterity. There are also some thrilling moments enthused by distinctive tabla performances. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2946 $18.99

Creole Sounds from the Indian Ocean

A vibrant mix of creole heritage. The music of Sakili is from the island Rodrigues, a small volcanic island just east of Mauritius. The island’s European and African influences –waltzes, polka, mazurka, Scottish – all blend harmoniously with the rhythms to intertwine the past musical traditions of African slaves with the western world. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2936 $18.99

Del Canto Gitano – Music of Ancient Andalusia

Del Canto Gitano portrays the unique, historic blend of Greek, Roman, Arabic, Sephardic, Indian and Castilian traditions, that create the mystical symbiosis of Ancient Andalusia. Arranged for flamenco guitar, with baroque guitar, Greek violin and original Iberian rhythmic interactions, combined with the vocals of Victoria Couper and Hindustani tenor Rupesh Gawas. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2929 $18.99

Journey to Asia

The music of Asia and the Far East is easily distinguishable. This release is a musical exploration of Asia, taking in cultural treasures from nineteen countries of the world’s largest continent, including energizing Chinese New Year’s music, relaxing Japanese flute, thunderous Korean drums, beautiful choral music from Georgia and more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2858 $14.99

MUSIC

Japanese Drums 1CD# EUCD2866 $14.99

Best of Welsh Choirs 1CD# EUCD2865

Latin Lounge 1CD# EUCD2910 $12.99

Seasons of India –Season Ragas 1CD# EUCD2883 $18.99

Bouzouki: The Sound of Greece 1CD# EUCD2854 $18.99

Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar 1CD# EUCD2890 $18.99

Orthodox Chants From Russia 1CD# EUCD2850 $14.99

Celtic

Most Famous

Chinese Festivals

Caribbean Moods 1CD# EUCD2916 $12.99

Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah! 1CD# EUCD2902 $14.99

The Art of the Oud 1CD# EUCD2894 $18.99

Klezmer Juice –Yiddish Lidele 1CD# EUCD2892

Arabic Café 1CD# EUCD2888 $14.99

Essentials 1CD# EUCD2887 $12.99

Cuban Classics 1CD# EUCD2844 $12.99

Melusine

/ Cécile McLorin Salvant

Mélusine features a mix of five originals and interpretations of nine songs, dating as far back as the twelfth century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl. The new album’s songs tell the story of the European folkloric legend of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday as a result of a childhood curse. (Nonesuch)

1CD# MOB906400 $15.99

Belardi, Herr & Strigalev: Please Disperse

Groove-oriented and modern music, an expressive and energetic jazz. Rapid fusion power mixed with hypnotic minimalism, free improvisation and fine groove monsters – a truly exciting and unique mix of styles. (Double Moon)

1CD# DMCHR71428 $14.99

Lubaart & Brederode: One (Reissue)

Live

at Montreux 1986 / George Benson [3 CDs]

Deluxe two CD + DVD edition. Taken from the height of George Benson’s commercial success, the concert includes classics and hits throughout the set, such as “Lady Love Me (One More Time),” “In Your Eyes,” “On Broadway,” “Turn Your Love Around,” “Never Give Up On A Good Thing,” and more. (Mercury)

3CD# MOB568175 $26.99

Blink 6 / Marcus Klossek

This multi-dimensional unity filters Klossek’s compositional explorations of melody, harmony and rhythm through the lens of six master improvisers, arranged in a way that allows the music to sound differently every time. Music that features many influences and genres from contemporary jazz, experimental rock, new music and beyond as well as dynamic interplay between all the musicians. (Double Moon)

1CD# DMCHR71433 $14.99

Tomas Sykora Trio & Aid Kid

Pianist Tomáš Sýkora releases a new album based on an original sound concept mixing traditional jazz trio with electronics. Sýkora’s current band is joined by a distinguished specialist from the sphere of electronic music, Ondrej Mikula alias Aid Kid, who has greatly contributed to its novel sound, making it both original and homogeneous. (Animal Music)

1CD# ANI114-2 $18.99

The Magic of Moonlight / David Bromberg

Guided by the music, Brian Bromberg crafts a spirited new set of contemporary jazz tunes that foreground vibe and soulfulness rather than aggressive virtuosity. The Magic of Moonlight is an apt title for this evocative piece of work which is deeply imbued with the shadowcloaked mystery and twilight romance of an evening under the full moon. (Artistry)

1CD# ART7082 $17.99

Joost Lijbaart: “In 2006, Wolfert Brederode and I recorded this album, ONE. It was the result of an intuitive decision to do some performances as a duo. We sounded good together and I was amazed by all the time and space we could create. It gave me so many ideas to color, to play rhythms, and to use all my percussion instruments with different textures.” (Jazz in Motion)

1CD# JIM74752 $16.99

Fite & Ginsburg: Everybody Loves You

A young Swedish star and a veteran New York jazzman team up on a collection of new songs expressing hope, longing, sympathy, sensuality, impatience, fighting, bitter regret, secrecy and sweet romance. The duo features sweet harmony, interplay, some wild improvising and a lot of humor. (Ladybird)

1CD# 79556875 $16.99

Things Eternal / Dan Wilson

The first song on guitarist/ composer Dan Wilson’s Things Eternal opens with a recorded voicemail from the late organist, personal mentor and dear friend Joey DeFrancesco, serving as a tribute, guiding light and mission statement. Throughout a curated selection of 12 songs, Wilson gathers hope and inspiration from ancestral wisdom, dedicated to the enduring quality of the human spirit. (Brother Mister)

1CD# BRO4005 $17.99

Chet Remembered / Enrico Pieranunzi

Pieranunzi: “This CD has a very special meaning for me. Remembering Chet takes me back to 1979 when I first met him. That meeting would soon prove to be a turning point in my musical life. Playing together, sharing concerts or recording sessions with him allowed me to be in close contact with an artist of rare Jazz experience who caused an enormous change in my playing.” (Challenge)

1CD# CR 73555 $16.99

RELEASES

Drummin’ Man: Hits & Classic Recordings 1938–50 [2 CDs]

Gene Krupa was one of the most admired and influential drummers in the history of jazz, with his impact extending into the pop era. As a drummer and bandleader in the swing and big band eras he became known for what The New York Times called his “frenzied, flashy” drumming which was revolutionary in its day. The album offers a fascinating crosssection of his recordings. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB347529 $16.99

Your Mother Should Know –Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles

This live solo album features the pianist and composer’s interpretations of nine songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and one by George Harrison. The album ends with a David Bowie classic that draws a connection between The Beatles and pop songwriters who followed. (Nonesuch)

1CD# MOB907407 $15.99

SWR New Jazz Meeting 2021 / Tabula Rasa; Sasha Berliner

The 2021 edition of the SWR Jazz Meeting gave the then 23-year-old American vibraphonist Sasha Berliner the opportunity to put together her own dream band. Five musicians from NY and LA who had never played together in this line-up before: Kalia Vandever on trombone and electronics, Matt Sewell on guitar, Max Gerl on double bass and Michael Shekwoaga Ode on drums.

(SWR Jazzhaus)

1CD# JAH-480 $17.99

Ella Fitzgerald Live at Montreux 1969

Ella Fitzgerald’s Live At Montreux 1969 features the First Lady of Song backed by the Tommy Flanagan Trio performing a set combining contemporary tracks, such as “Sunshine Of Your Love” and “Hey Jude” alongside classics like “I Won’t Dance,” “That Old Black Magic,” and a host of others. Available on CD for the first time! (Mercury)

1CD# MOB947294 $16.99

The Solo Songs of Keith Jarrett / Carsten Dahl

Recognized as one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation, Carsten Dahl pays a mesmerizing tribute to the legendary Keith Jarrett on his new album The Solo Songs of Keith Jarrett. This remarkable recording showcases Dahl’s extraordinary talent, as he collaborates with a host of acclaimed musicians. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1014353 $15.99 $12.79

The Layers / Julian Lage

The Layers is a stunning companion piece to guitarist Julian Lage’s acclaimed 2022 album View With A Room. The collection features six original pieces featuring the trio of bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King with the addition of guitar icon Bill Frisell. Intimate and gorgeous, The Layers is a welcome additional offering from this meeting of two of modern jazz’s most distinctive voices. (Blue Note)

1CD# MOB669124 $15.99

Impressions of Ella / Robin McKelle

With Impressions of Ella, Robin McKelle returns to her traditional jazz roots and finds herself right at home, drawing from only one source and perhaps her greatest artistic influence, Ella Fitzgerald. To help bring her concept to life, McKelle enlists a brand new trio of venerated jazz players: Kenny Washington on drums, bassist Peter Washington, and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano. (Naive)

1CD# BLV8071 $16.99

In Real Time / Artemis

Artemis returns with their second Blue Note album In Real Time, a marvelous follow-up that highlights the improvisational strength of it’s members as well as their respective gifts as composers. A dynamic new line-up of the collective features founding members Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Noriko Ueda, and Allison Miller joined by newcomers Nicole Glover and Alexa Tarantino. (Blue Note)

1CD# MOB728562 $15.99

Grateful Dedication 2 / Dave McMurray

Dave McMurray returns with Grateful Deadication 2, the followup to his acclaimed 2021 tribute album which once again finds the saxophonist reimagining the songs of the Grateful Dead with his gritty and soulful Detroit sound. Grateful Deadication 2 is a 9-song set that offers up Dead favorites and deep cuts including “Truckin’,” “China Cat Sunflower,” and “To Lay Me Down.” (Blue Note)

1CD# MOB229502 $15.99

A Tribute of Paco De Lucia / Lucia, Nordso & Knudsen

The Danish ensemble Flamenco Passion meets three soloists of international class, namely master guitarist Mikkel Nordsø, violinist Bjarke Falgren and harmonica player Mathias Heise on the new album A Tribute to Paco de Lucia. The group Flamenco Passion are among the very best flamenco fusion groups in Scandinavia. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1014352 $15.99 $12.79

JAZZ FAVORITES

Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane (Remastered)

The two most important modern jazz legends! The recordings that launched the careers of two giants and began Miles Davis’ 30, year association with Columbia Records! Track listing includes “Two Bass Hit,” “Dear Old Stockholm,” “Bye Bye Blackbird,” plus lots more. (Sony)

1CD# CK61090

$7.98

Early Hot Jazz and Ragtime / Various Artists

This compilation of early jazz and ragtime dates from a very early recording (Eli Green’s Cakewalk from 1898) to the 1920s. The sources are from pianola rolls, 78 rpm records and phonograph cylinders. The rolls on this recording were played on an Orchestrelle player attachment 65/88 note made around 1905. The first known player is thought to be the 1863 Furneaux ‘Pianista.’ (Saydisc)

1CD# CDSDL451 $18.99

Laren Jazz Festival / Sarah Vaughan

Over forty years have passed since the Divine Sarah Vaughan gave this concert, one of her finest. Today the recording is now available for the first time on CD. The woman who was known throughout her career as “The Divine Sarah” was 51 years old and at the peak of her talent, the apex of her energy. Her vocal range remained exceptional. (Fondamenta)

1CD# FON-1604022 $21.99

The Art Tatum Collection 1932–1947 [4 CDs]

Of all the pianists in the annals of jazz, Art Tatum is the one who is most often cited by the great pianists of the post-war era as a key influence and inspiration. This 93-track 4-CD set comprises a significant proportion of his recordings through 1947, including “Tea for Two,” “St. Louis Blues,” “I Ain’t Got Nobody,” and more. (Acrobat)

4CD# MOB715526

$24.99

Cecil Taylor – Conversations with Tony Oxley

Cecil Taylor said that Tony Oxley‘s playing excited him like no drummer since Sunny Murray, perhaps even more so. They performed in Taylor’s last official recording, and when he toured Europe, it was often with Oxley as a duo. This album was recorded at the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic in February, 2008. (Jazzorchestra Concertgebouw)

1CD# JW 198

$16.99

Jazz on a Summer’s Day / Various Artists [DVD]

Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by worldrenowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer’s Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O’Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and Mahalia Jackson. (Kino)

1DVD# MOB251437 $17.99

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: The Best of

New Orleans Jazz

The highlights of New Orleans Jazz are here brought together in a single album which celebrates the early years: the good tunes, foot-stomping rhythms and rich harmonies which marked out jazz as a unique new art form. Authentic ensembles are featured, including Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Sever, Kid Ory & His Band, Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, and many more.

(Gift of Music)

1CD# CCLCDG1296 $17.99

Secrets of Inanna / Connie Han

Rising star pianist/composer Connie Han brings the ancient Sumerian culture to the present day on her third release for Mack Avenue Records. Secrets of Inanna creates a new world open to interpretation, harkening back to the ethereal soundscapes of 1970s spiritual jazz. (Mack Avenue)

1CD# MAC1193

$17.99

Blues & Bach – The Music of John Lewis / Enrico Pieranunzi

Pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and arranger Michele Corcella complete offer a beautifully orchestrated collection of John Lewis’s best.

“Some wonderful sound pictures are drawn on Skating in Central Park: a Satie-like figure falls like snow and the piano waltzes over the drummer Mauro Beggio’s powdery brushes. Woodwinds swirl and strings sparkle.” – London Times (Challenge)

1CD# CR 73550

$16.99

Debut in The Netherlands 1958 / Dave Brubeck Quartet

The Dave Brubeck Quartet, including new members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, began a major tour of Europe early in 1958. Their first concert in the Netherlands was held in the legendary Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam. The concert inaugurated a triumphant career in Europe. It announced, loud and clear, the communicative enthusiasm that was the lasting hallmark of these four exceptional musicians. (TLR)

1CD# TLR 2204043 $16.99

STORYVILLE SALE

Stilhed & Storm / Sigurður Flosason; Cathrine Legardh

Over the years, Danish Jazz singer, Cathrine Legardh and award-winning Icelandic alto saxophonist Sigurður Flosason have collaborated on musical compositions. This time, the outcome is a collection of 15 brand new Danish-language songs called Stilhed & Storm, with music composed by Flosason and words by Legardh.(Storyville)

1CD# SVL1014355 $15.99 $12.79

Uppsala 1971 / Duke Ellington Orchestra

A newly discovered recording, Ellington – Uppsala 9-11-71 is taken from a concert in Uppsala, Sweden on Nov. 9th 1971. The centerpiece of the concert was the band’s performance of “Harlem”. To end the evening properly, Ellington chose to finish the concert alone at the piano, just accompanied by Joe Benjamin on the bass, playing his own arrangement of Billy Strayhorn’s lovely tune Lotus Blossom

(Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018482 $15.99 $12.79

Danish Rain / Thomas Fonnesbæk; Justin Kauflin

Storyville Records proudly present the new album Danish Rain from two of the most exciting new artists in jazz, the supreme Scandinavian bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk and the young jazz pianist Justin Kauflin. This recording consists of 9 tracks, 7 modern and older standards and 2 original compositions from the two players respectively. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018532 $15.99 $12.79

Copenhagen Coda / Dexter Gordon

Jazz giant and tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon bids Copenhagen farewell on his new album Copenhagen Coda – Live at Montmartre 1983. This album marks DG’s final farewell to friends and fans in the Danish capital, with which he had had a twenty year love affair. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018489 $15.99 $12.79

Bird with Strings … and More! / Phil Woods [2 CDs]

Storyville Records is proud to present one of master saxophonist Phil Woods’ most impressive projects, Bird With Strings … And More! The beautiful and characteristic sound of jazz and pop supported by a string orchestra is a very special and rare experience. Bird With Strings … And More! use the classic album Charlie Parker With Strings as a point of departure. (Storyville)

2CD# SVL1038531 $18.99 $15.19

Swinging In Paradise / Monday Night Big Band

Pianist and conductor Niels Jorgen Steen – a Danish jazz institution –is now immortalized on Swinging In Paradise, a new album from Storyville Records featuring vocalist Bobo Moreno and the ever so swinging Monday Night Big Band. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1014350 $15.99 $12.79

Samba Sem Você / Rosa Passos Quartet

Brazilian bossa nova queen Rosa Passos’ highly anticipated album Samba Sem Você was released on February 3rd, 2023 on Storyville Records. For years, the Brazilian vocalist and guitarist has had a devoted global following, including fans who proclaim she is Brazil’s answer to Ella Fitzgerald or the female João Gilberto. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018499

$15.99 $12.79

Jiggs’ Back In Town / Jiggs Whigham; Copenhagen Trio

The internationally acclaimed American jazz trombonist Jiggs Whigham meets the two young, talented Danish musicians, guitarist Pelle von Bülow and bassist Matthias Petri on his album Jiggs’ Back In Town. The album is the result of two days in the studio in October 2021, where the American trombone sensation visited Copenhagen as the guest of fellow trombonist Anders Jacobsen. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018534

STORYVILLE TITLES IN BRIEF

Two Continents One Groove / T.S. Monk

$15.99 $12.79

The seven songs on the album are taken from two T.S. Monk performances at two similar jazz rooms over a twoyear period. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018530

$15.99 $12.79

Berlin 1959 / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra [2 CDs]

This is a warm and welcome memento of the Duke Ellington’s 1959 European tour. The concert has been remastered and is a must own for any Ellington fan. (Storyville)

2CD# SVL1038315 $18.99 $15.19

Solo Piano / Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagan was always known for his tasteful, flawless and swinging piano playing. Solo Piano is significant because this outing was the pianist’s first record date as a leader in 13 years. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018491 $15.99 $12.79

Solo in Denmark / Michael Petrucciani

This album features French piano prodigy Michel Petrucciani in a solo recording from Silkeborg Church. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018495 $15.99 $12.79

MARCHING BAND

The Call – A Concert for Veteran’s Day / Willamette Master Chorus

This program honors those who have served in the armed forces of the United States of America. “The Call”, which was commissioned by the choir, is by Dave Metzger, widely known for his many arrangements and orchestrations for films such as Training Day, August Rush, Frozen and the Broadway production of The Lion King – for which he won a Tony Award. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49295

$18.99 $15.19

American Fantasia (Walt Disney Concert Hall) / Daryl Robinson

The iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall organ’s rich textures, dramatic tempi, and colorful registrations are fully engaged by organist Daryl Robinson performing new music by George Baker, David Briggs, Aaron David Miller and Jason Roberts plus composers of historic stature including Dupré, Sowerby, and Demiessieux. Daryl Robinson has earned critical acclaim as a solo and collaborative artist. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49315 $18.99 $15.19

Old Czech Marches / Czech Philharmonia Orchestra

Czech music masters Julius Fučík, František Kmoch, Václav Vačkář and Karel Vacek made their mark upon the world, with works including this collection of small-scale, easily accesible marches. An assortment of compositions from their legacy was taken up here with great gusto by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, performing under the baton of Václav Neumann. (Supraphon)

1CD# SU3557-2 $12.99

Pops Roundup / Boston Pops Orchestra

This Living Stereo release is considered one of the finest orchestral recordings of traditional Western songs and folk melodies ever made. “Pops” Fiedler leads the band in spirited tunes of the American West including “Home on the Range,” “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” “Riders in the Sky,” “Don’t Fence Me In,” and “Shenandoah.” (Sony)

1CD# 09026616662 $11.98

Regimental Marches Of The British Army Vol.

1 / Sharpe

Compilation of music entitled ‘Regimental Marches of the British Army Vol. 1’, perfomed by the Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards. Tracks include “The Life Guards,” “God Bless the Prince of Wales,” “Royal Sussex,” “The White Lancers,” “Begone, Dull Care,” “The British Grenadiers,” and more. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 6563 $6.99

I Love a Parade / Boston Pops Orchestra

A varied and enjoyable program of 16 marches performed by the one and only Boston Pops! Tracks include “Midway March,” “Hands Across the Sea,” “El Capitan,” “Washington Post March,” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Under the Double Eagle,” the title track, and more! (Sony)

1CD# SK46747 $11.98

This is... Navy Country!

The United States Navy Country Current is the premier countrybluegrass group of the United States Navy Band that showcases traditional, contemporary, and original bluegrass compositions. This is... Navy Country features new arrangements of great country classics along with several original compositions. Tracks include favorites like Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried” and Josh Turner’s “Long Black Train.” (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT63482 $16.99 $13.59

Sousa’s Greatest Hits (and Some that Should Have Been)

Sousa’s Greatest Hits & Some that Should Have Been is a historic compilation of John Philip Sousa’s most beloved marches. Premiers of classics like “The Washington Post,” “Semper Fidelis,” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever” thrilled audiences of his day, and continue to resonate with the American spirit in us all. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT55672

$16.99 $13.59

Aaron Copland Collection 1948–1971 [2 CDs]

Fiedler’s

Favorite Marches / Boston Pops Orchestra

Arthur Fiedler conducts the Boston Pops in this masterful collection of marches including “Stars & Stripes Forever,” “Strike Up the Band,” “Turkish March,” “Pomp & Circumstance,” “March of the Toys,” “Semper Fidelis,” “76 Trombones,” “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” “American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home),” and more. (Sony)

1CD# 607002RG $11.98

Sony’s third release in the Copland Collection, with most works conducted by the composer along with the London Symphony. This 2-disc compilation includes “The Red Pony,” “Music for a Great City,” “Down a Country Lane,” “Dance Panels,” “Three Latin-American Sketches,” and more! (Sony)

2CD# S2K47236 $15.99

The Spirit of Freedom: Patriotic Songs & Service Hymns

The Spirit of Freedom features the outstanding Washington Men’s Camerata in a spectacular collection of patriotic classics. The 23 selections include the complete “National Anthem” (all 4 verses!), “God Bless America,” “National Hymn” (“God of Our Fathers”), “Chester,” “Anchors Aweigh,” “Yankee Doodle,” “Hail to the Chief,” and many more beautifully-sung favorites! (Gothic)

1CD# G-49103

$16.99 $13.59

Let Freedom Sing! – An Independence Celebration

We love to sing, and nothing is more gratifying than singing the great patriotic songs of America. Let Freedom Sing is a unique choral album, featuring world famous choruses and soloists of the U.S. Military Services. There are no instrumental tracks here; only the vest best of choral and solo performances. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT71952

$16.99 $13.59

Please Don’t Shoot the Piano Player

Old ragtime piano player music at it’s best. Featuring classics like: Hello, My Baby! • Tiger Rag • Chattanooga

Choo Choo • Satin Doll • Pretty Baby

• Yes Sir, That’s My Baby • Bumble Boogie • Me and My Shadow • Yes! We Have No Bananas • Charleston Rag- Varsity Rag • Alexander’s Ragtime Band, and more. All passionately played on the Steinway player piano. (Klavier)

1CD# K77033

$16.99

Westminster Church Bell Choir: Let Freedom Ring

Some of America’s favorite patriotic songs have been gathered together on this disc, including “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “God Bless America,” and “This Land Is Your Land.” The Westminster Concert Bell Choir brings a complex and rich sound to this recording that cannot be matched by other handbell choirs. (WCC)

1CD# WCC1606

$16.99

TITLES IN BRIEF

Pass in Review

Be Glad Then, America / U.S. Presidents Own Marine Band

The title of this release, Be Glad Then, America, is taken from New England Triptych by William Schuman, which is included on this album. Particularly notable are the three world premiere recordings:

“For The President’s Own,” by John Williams, Aaron Copland’s “Third Symphony,” and a set of songs by Charles Ives set for this world class ensemble. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT04032 $16.99 $13.59!

Bernstein: Rhapsody in Blue – An American in Paris

This tremendous release from Sony’s ‘Great Performances’ series pairs two separate Leonard Bernstein recordings of George Gershwin classics. Leading the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bernstein’s 1959 recording of “Rhapsody in Blue” is coupled with his 1958 performance of “An American in Paris,” with the New York Philharmonic. (Sony)

1CD# 88697700432 $11.99

Karl King’s Greatest Hits

Karl L. King wrote more than 150 marches over his lifetime, many of which live on and are frequently performed to this day. Tracks include “Barnum and Baileys Favorite,” “The Big Cage,” and “The Melody Shop.” This album is one of the few collections of his marches, and easily the best among them. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT04002 $16.99 $13.59

A Patriotic Salute to the Military Family

This 37-track collection of America’s ultimate marches, bugle calls, ceremonial and Americana music features performances from the bands of all branches of the United States military. A Patriotic Salute to the Military Family offers classic songs like John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and “The Washington Post,” and the songs of each branch of the military. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT55612

$16.99 $13.59

This album features classics like “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and “Men of Ohio,” along with John Philip Sousa’s “Washington Post” performed by the bands of each branch of the military! (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT10221 $9.99 $7.99

Strike Up The Band

A tribute to America from the US Military Bands. Tracks include “Bugler’s Holiday,” “El Capitan,” “America the Beautiful,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” the title track, and more. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT01042 $9.99 $7.99

We The People

On We the People, you can listen to some of the highlights of the patriotic repertoire including “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “God Bless America,” and more. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT01032 $9.99 $7.99

Holding the Flag

A tribute to U.S. Veterans by Military Bands of the U.S. Armed Forces. Tracks include: “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Eternal Father,” “Bravura,” “The Army Goes Rolling Along,” and more. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT01012 $9.99 $7.99

American Century / U.S. Navy Band

After World War I, composers would cast off the moorings of the traditional European styles to create something inexorably new. This was the beginning of the American Century. The four composers featured are the pinnacle of that achievement. Schuman, Persichetti, Ives, and Copland blazed a trail into a new era of distinctly American classical music. (Altissimo)

1CD# 84284011437 $16.99 $13.59

Gazebo Dances

/ U.S. Navy Band

Gazebo Dances is a collection of Classical pieces by The United States Navy Band featuring some of the greatest composers including Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov, JeanBaptiste Arban, John Corigliano, Dmitri Shostakovich, Aaron Copland, and Michael Giacchino. (Altissimo)

1CD# 84284011436 $16.99 $13.59

Airs & Dances / U.S. Military Bands [2 CDs]

Digital fan favorite Airs & Dances is now available in this 2-CD set! Enjoy this Altissimo compilation featuring traditional Celtic music by the U.S. Military Bands including the U.S. Air Force ensemble Celtic Aire. Tracks include “Scotland the Brave,” “Galway Girl,” “Irish Rover,” “Amazing Grace,” and more. (Altissimo)

2CD# 75442205002 $23.99 $19.19

American Classics for Veterans Day [2 CDs]

Veterans Day is a time to celebrate all of the brave men and women who have fought for our great nation. It is a day for thanking our veterans, both young and old, and to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. American Classics for Veterans Day captures the solemn and celebratory moods of this holiday with classics by The United States Military Bands. (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT03082 $16.99 $13.59

Under the Big Top / US Military Bands

Welcome to the Big Top, where feats of amazement happen every day! While circus music encompasses many musical genres, none are as popular as the circus march, also known as screamers. Close your eyes and smell the popcorn as you are entertained with fabulous circus marches! (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT02552 $16.99 $13.59

Remembering the Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra

Remembering the Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra is a premiere collection of the Air Force’s finest tunes in tribute to the one and only Glenn Miller. Performed by The United States Air Force Orchestra, this album features a series of classic jazz charts like “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”, “American Patrol”, and everyone’s favorite, “In the Mood.” (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT60542 $16.99 $13.59

Spirit of America / US Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps

The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps is the only musical unit of its kind in the United States military, being a special ceremonial unit in The Old Guard, the ceremonial escort to the President. In addition to ceremonies, the Corps performs traditional fife and drum music throughout the National Capital Region, including performances for visiting heads of state at the White House. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT55622 $16.99 $13.59

Across the Pond / Various Artists [2 CDs]

Altissimo! is pleased to bring you this exclusive 2-CD collection of 50 quality marches written by European composers, representing nine countries (and Australia). Includes “Trumpet March,” “Under blågul fana,” “Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten,” “La Oreja de Oro,” “La Marcia su Roma,” “Marche Lorraine,” “Songs of Australia,” and much more! (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT04012

$19.99 $15.99

America the Beautiful: A Collection of Patriotic Songs

Celebrate our great country with this timeless collection of popular American patriotic songs. America the Beautiful features fantastic songs that represent America and it’s citizens’ love of country. “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and “God Bless the USA” bring back memories of 4th of July celebrations. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT72152

$16.99 $13.59

Folk Treasures of America / Various Artists

Altissimo presents this great collection of traditional folk songs we all grew up singing. This album contains songs spanning two centuries from early 1800’s to today. Important times and themes in American history are represented through the music. Sing along and enjoy these songs that shaped America! (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT62372

$16.99 $13.59

RECORDS SALE

Night of the Miracle / US Army Chorus; US Army Orchestra

Night of the Miracle is a tender music drama which was presented each year in Washington, D.C. by the United States Army Orchestra and Chorus as a musical Christmas gift to the people in the national capital area. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT02562

Journeys / US Navy Band; Sea Chanters Chorus

$16.99 $13.59

The United States Navy Band’s Sea Chanters Chorus recorded this album in order to pay tribute to the many journeys that have enriched the lives of it’s performers. The music on Journeys ranges from deeply moving to whimsical and has become associated with the ensemble during the geographic and emotional journeys they have taken. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT70502 $16.99 $13.59

Military Escort … Above and Beyond / US Air Force Reserve Band

Philip Sousa, Karl King, and Henry Fillmore rank among the best march composers who ever lived. The Band of the U.S.A.F. Reserve present Military Escort to preserve the authentic performance practices of these great American treasures composed by Henry Fillmore. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT70442 $13.99 $11.19

Home of the Brave / US Air Force Band

The Ceremonial Brass, Max Impact, Singing Sergeants, and Symphony Orchestra all collaborated on several of the pieces on this recording. Every song seeks to pay tribute to American heroes, evoking a feeling of patriotism. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT70392

$16.99 $13.59

U.S. Army Field Band Soldier’s Chorus: The Legacy of Randall Thompson

The songs of composer Randall Thompson are celebrated with this recording. “The overriding characterisitc of this disc, in addition to containing the music of a single composer, is the chorus’s excellent singing. Varied dynamics and a strong command of the score create sensitive and moving performances of this grand music.” – Choral Journal (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT60722 $16.99 $13.59

60 Years of the Airmen of Note

If you have not had the pleasure of listening to the Airmen of Note, this is the place to start! This premier jazz ensemble shines on tracks including “One O’Clock Jump,” “Loch Lomond,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” “La Fiesta,” and more. This collection has it all! (Altissimo)

Heritage of the march series

Heritage of the March, Vol. 1

Volume 1 features The U.S. Navy Band performing great marches of Robert Brown Hall and Carl Teike. Tracks include “General Mitchell,” “Fort Popham,” “Greeting to Bangor,” and more. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT19852

$16.99 $13.59

Heritage of the March, Vol. 2

Volume 2 features The U.S. Navy Band performing great marches of John Klohr and Alex Lithgow. Tracks include “Arch of Steel,” “Flagship,” “March of the Anzacs,” “Headliner,” “Land of Moa,” and more. (Altissimo)

$16.99 $13.59

Heritage of the March, Vols. 3 & 4 [2 CDs]

Vols. 3 & 4 – This two-disc set contains both Volumes 3 and 4 of this historic collection, featuring the marches of Fred Jewell, Hermann Blankenburg, William P. Chambers, and Arthur Hughes. (Altissimo)

$19.99 $15.99

Heritage of the March, Vols. 5 & 6 [2 CDs]

Vols. 5 & 6 – This two-disc set contains both Volumes 5 and 6 of this historic collection, featuring the marches of Frank Losey, Gian Mantagazzi, Charles Barnhouse, and Viktor Widqvist. (Altissimo)

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Heritage of the March, Vols. 7 & 8 [2 CDs]

Vols. 7 & 8 – This two-disc set contains both Volumes 7 and 8 of this historic collection, featuring the marches of Russell Alexander, Joseph Olivadoti, and Franz Lehar. (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT03192

$19.99 $15.99

$19.99 $15.99

1CD# ALT63432 $16.99 $13.59

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1CD# ALT19862

2CD# ALT03172

US MILITARY BANDS

Fireworks For Brass and Organ / US Air Force Academy Band

The United States Air Force Academy Stellar Brass is a brass and percussion ensemble that has performed all over the US. This 14-track release showcases not only the ensemble’s full, rich sound, but also the impressive capabilities of the organ. Works featured on this disc include Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 “Organ,” Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,” and more. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT10824

$16.99 $13.59

Rolling Along! The Best of The United States Army Bands [2 CDs]

This collection includes 30 superb tracks of fantastic march music such as “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite March,” and “Official West Point March;” concert band classics like “Star Spangled Spectacular” and “Armed Forces Medley;” and favorite patriotic songs and hymns including “Army Strong,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and so much more! (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT03062

$19.99 $15.99

Off We Go! (The Best of the United States Air Force Bands) [2 CDs]

This collection of top songs from the U.S. Air Force Bands includes a wealth of patriotic and stirring songs including “Men of Ohio,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “The Air Force Song,” “America the Beautiful,” “American Salute,” “Aerial Fantasy,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and more. 35 tracks in all! (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT03022

$19.99 $15.99

The Music Lover’s Grainger / The President’s Own US Marine Band

Performed and recorded live in observation of the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death by the “President’s Own” US Marine Band and the Choral Arts Society of Washington. The title The Music Lover’s Grainger was borrowed from one of Grainger’s many unfinished publishing projects, reflecting the world première recordings. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT04042 $16.99 $13.59

From the Keyboard / The President’s Own US Marine Band

The “President’s Own” United States Marine Band plays more than marches, as demonstrated on a new 2012 recording devoted to transcriptions of keyboard works. Tracks include Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, David Rakowski’s Sibling Revelry, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. You’ll love these concert band renditions of original piano works. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT04022

$16.99 $13.59

South / US Coast Guard Dixieland Band

This wonderful album, recorded by The United States Coast Guard Dixieland Band, contains many selections considered to be standards in the Dixieland repertoire. Songs include classics like “Yellow Dog Blues”, “Fidgety Feet” and “Wabash Blues”. South is a fantastic reflection of the cutting edge of today’s Dixieland music. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT70872 $16.99 $13.59

Footlifters! / US Air Force Band of the Rockies

A lively recording highlighting a selection of military marches and patriotic songs, featuring several Sousa pieces including “The Washington Post,” “King Cotton.” The USAF Band of the Rockies’ performances are first-rate. Other songs include “The Footlifter,” “El Capitan,” “Chicago Tribune,” “Sound Off – Air Force Blue,” and more. 24 songs in all! (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT03024 $16.99 $13.59

Semper Fidelis / The President’s Own US Marine Bane

John Philip Sousa will always be known as the “March King.” Performed by the United States Marine Band, this disc offers up Sousa classic marches like King Cotton and Easter Sunday on the White House Lawn, as well as his waltz La Reine de la Mer and his suite for band Looking Upward (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT09722

Seawolf / US Navy Band

$16.99 $13.59

Seawolf reflects the exhilaration of being at sea in service to the U.S.A. Recorded by The U.S. Navy Band, these selections represent some of the finest concert band repertoire played by the Navy’s talented musicians. All the songs on Seawolf relate to the sea, travel, sacrifice and love of country. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT70202

$16.99 $13.59

Gershwin / U.S. Army Concert Band

American composer George Gershwin has been established in the pantheon of great American composers. This recording features arrangements of some of Gershwin’s most popular symphonic works and highlights many of his best-known songs. Gershwin contains important works like “Summertime,” “An American in Paris,” and “Rhapsody in Blue.” (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT07329

$16.99 $13.59

KLAVIER RECORDINGS

American Voices / USAF Band

Featuring the incredible United States Air Force Band, this new release features the very best of American composers. The United States Air Force Band is conducted here by their commander, Colonel Larry H. Lang. Selections include works by John Williams, John Mackey, Julie Giroux, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, and more. (Klavier)

1CD# K11210

$16.99

John R. Bourgeois Commemorative Recording / President’s Own U.S. Marine Band

This new release is the latest title in The American Bandmasters Association’s Commemorative Recording Series, and focuses on the legacy of John R. Bourgeois. Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC (Ret), was the 25th Director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. His acclaimed career spanned nine presidential administrations from Presidents Eisenhower to Clinton. (Klavier)

1CD# K56004

$16.99

Explorations & Discoveries / Univ. of Texas

El Paso Wind Symphony

This release features Dr. Bradley Genevro conducting the UTEP Wind Symphony as they perform the works of twentieth century composers such as Brian Hogg, George Gershwin, Dmitry Shostakovich, Alfred Reed, David Dzubay, and more. (Klavier)

1CD# K11220

$15.99

John P. Paynter: American Bandmasters Association Recording Series

The Northshore Concert band is heard here performing Kalinnikov’s Symphony No. 1. Ensembles from the Northwestern University – where John P. Paynter served as the second Director of Bands- are heard on the other works. (Klavier)

1CD# K56003

$15.99

KLAVIER IN BRIEF

The Return / UNLV Wind Orchestra

Of Shadow & Light / Univ. of Kansas Wind Ensemble

The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble has been described as “one of America’s most esteemed concert bands.” (The New York Times ) Pieces by leading contemporary wind band composers are featured on this new release, including Steven Bryant, Aaron Perrine, James Barnes, Joel Puckett, John Mackey, and Joni Greene. (Klavier)

1CD# K11216

$16.99

Under Western Skies / GVSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Under Western Skies, the exciting recording from the Grand Valley State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, contains five premiere recordings. Composers featured on this release include Kevin McKee, Eric Ewazen, Erik Morales, James Stephenson, and Brendan Collins. (Klavier)

1CD# K11209 $16.99

William F. Santelmann: American Bandmasters Association Recording Series

William F. Santelmann (1902-84), USMC (Ret.), was 21st Leader/Director of the USMB, serving from 1940-55. His musical training began at age six with his father, then-Director of the Marine Band Captain William H. Santelmann. He was accepted into the Marine Band in 1923. Klavier presents a commemorative disc of recordings featuring this noted mid20th c. USMB Band Director. (Klavier)

1CD# K56002

$16.99

Stained Glass Windows / Messiah College Chamber Players

The Messiah College Wind Ensemble, under the baton of conductor Bradley Genevro presents this collection of tracks for wind ensemble. Songs include “Victory Fanfare,” “Luminosity,” “Fantasia for Alto Saxophone,” “For the Beauty of the Earth,” and more (Klavier)

1CD# K11198

$16.99

The Return is the tenth and newest addition to Klavier’s Univeristy of Nevada, Las Vegas Wind Orchestra series. (Klavier)

1CD# K11217 $16.99

24K Gould / UNLV Wind Orchestra

Collection of works from Morton Gould, Julian Tanaka, Jean Francaix, and more performed by the Wind Orchestra at the UNLV. (Klavier)

1CD# K11222 $16.99

And the Time Is: The Music of Jack Stamp / Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir

Choral music at Vanderbilt University can be traced back to 1895. This ensemble is dedicated to authentic, expressive performance of a variety of musical styles. (Klavier)

1CD# K11213 $16.99

Samuel R. Hazo: Works for Concert Band / IU Wind Ensemble

Samuel Hazo has composed for professional, university and public school ensembles, as well as original scores for television, radio and the stage. (Klavier)

1CD# K11212 $16.99

Scott Joplin: The Complete Works for Piano / Dick Hyman [3 CDs]

Between January and April 1975, the classically trained, multi-awardwinning jazz pianist and composer Dick Hyman went into RCA’s Studio A in New York City and set down the definitive recording of ragtime legend Scott Joplin’s piano works. Now at last, Sony Classical is issuing Hyman’s entire Joplin album on three well-filled silver discs. (Sony)

3CD# 19658792362 $24.98

Live in New York 1979 / Liza Minnelli [3 CDs]

Start spreading the news: Liza Minnelli’s long-lost live album recorded in the very heart of New York, New York is getting the deluxe treatment. Live in New York 1979: The Ultimate Edition is available on 3 CDs, all of which overflow with showbiz sizzle: one disc with the mastered version of the original vinyl release, and two discs with the neverbefore-released complete show.

(Real Gone)

3CD# MOB013792 $36.99

Triple Gold / Frank Sinatra [3 CDs]

A prime collection of Sinatra, at the peak of his powers, taking hold of songs and investing them with a weight of emotional and musical delivery. Tracks include “Come Fly With Me,” “All of Nothing At All,” “Love Me As I Am,” “Melancholy Mood,” “Night and Day,” “Let’s Get Away From it All,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and more. 60 songs in all! (Start)

3CD# MOB033126 $12.99

Benny Goodman Orchestra feat. Anita O’Day

A singer with an exciting presence and a voice to immerse yourself in. A band that lit up with high wattage a repertoire including both standards and popular songs. A band leader who had his ensemble under control through proven discipline. The result a mixture that whisked the concert hall in Freiburg (Germany) for one evening in October 1959 into a perfect night of jazz entertainment!

(SWR Music)

1CD# JAH-404 $18.99

Time Life’s Easy Listening Classics [10 CDs]

Limited 10 CD set! Easy listening music had a distinct sound. It had a home on radio... and it had a place in our hearts. This set features 152 beautiful, relaxing hit songs by dozens of artists such as Bobby Vinton, Carole King, John Denver, Mac Davis, The 5th Dimension, Barry Manilow, Paul Anka, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dionne Warwick, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, Jim Croce, and dozens more. (TimeLife)

10CD# MOB524321 $149.99

RETRO

Sunny Side of the Street / Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert, the prolific Tijuana Brass titan, returns with Sunny Side Of The Street. This new set of 11 songs contains gentle ballads like “Childhood” and “Time After Time”, upbeat romps like “Pata Pata” and “Tickle Time” and covers of classic songs like “I’ll Remember You” and Louis Armstrong’s “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”. (Herb Alpert Presents)

1CD# MOB022369 $13.99

Astor Piazzola: Nuevo Tango –Classic Albums 1955–1959 [2 CDs]

Astor Piazzolla was an Argentinian composer, bandoneon player and bandleader who was famous for revolutionising the traditional dance form, the tango, by introducing his concept of the Nuevo Tango. Tracks include “Sinfonia de Tango,” “Tango en Hi-Fi,” “Tango Progresivo,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345020 $16.99

The Parlour Piano: American Popular Songs of the 1800s / Mesney, McPherson

Listening to this album is tantamount to pulling back the drapery and looking through a window into nineteenth-century middle-class America. Compiled and performed by mezzo-soprano Dorothy Mesney with music from accomplished pianist Mynon McPherson, the album captures the feeling with which the songs were originally performed around the parlor piano or in the music hall. (Smithsonian)

1CD# MOB232126 $17.99

Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits

The first greatest hits released on Sony by Bob Dylan is now remastered! This is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 27, 1967 on Columbia Records. It contains every Top 40 single Dylan enjoyed through 1967. Tracks include “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “Maggie’s Farm,” “Blowin’ In the Wind,” “Like a Rolling Stone,” and more. (Sony)

1CD# 65975 CK $9.99

If You Could Read My Mind / Gordon Lightfoot (documentary) [DVD]

The rich baritone delivering memorable melodies like “Sundown” made Gordon Lightfoot a national treasure in his native Canada. This DVD documentary portrait captures Lightfoot at 80 as his reflections upon his life and six-decade career are complemented by observations from contemporaries and admirers like Anne Murray, Ian & Sylvia, Sarah McLachlan & more. (Greenwich)

1DVD# MOB248833 $17.99

MUSIC

Lavender Blue (compilation) / Burl Ives

This compilation of treasured Burl Ives recordings covers his folk, pop, childrens, and country recordings. 25 tracks running over one hour, including “Big Rock Candy Mountain,” “Lavender Cowboy,” “Cowboy’s Lament,” “Frankie & Johnny,” “Mr. Froggie Went A’Courtin,” and more. (Jasmine)

1CD# MOB352429

$16.99

Dusty in Memphis / Dusty Springfield

A landmark album from Dusty Springfield. This set has definitive numbers in “So Much Love,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Breakfast in Bed,” “Just One Smile,” “I Don’t Want to Hear About It Anymore,” and “Just a Little Lovin’” and three bonus tracks including an unreleased version of “Willie & Laura Mae Jones”. This truly a disc deserving of its classic status! (Atlantic)

1CD# MOB972493

$10.99

The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonica Orchestra

The Carpenters are getting the royal treatment with Carpenters With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Featuring timeless hits and favorites, the album pairs Karen Carpenters’ original vocal and instrumental tracks with new orchestral arrangements from Richard Carpenter, conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) at Abbey Road Studios. (A&M)

1CD# MOB014253 $14.99

50 Year Trip – Live at Red Rocks / John Fogerty [CD]

Live recording from Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado! Enjoy live versions of John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival classics including “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Bad Moon Rising” and “Centerfield” along with live favorites “Suzie Q,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” and more. All your Fogerty favorites! (BMG)

1CD# MOB538052 $16.99 $9.99

The Essential Glenn Miller [2 CDs]

Glenn Miller was the bandleader who defined a genre! Big Band Jazz was sparkling, romantic and inspired a generation. This essential collection gives a fantastic overview of his legacy, with songs including “In the Mood,” “Tuxedo Junction,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Chattanooga Choo-Choo,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “Blueberry Hill,” “Imagination,” “Little Brown Jug,” and more. (Sony)

2CD# 82876692412 $13.98

Complete Releases 1958–62 / Frankie Ford

Frankie Ford was one of the artists often referred to as being typical of “swamp rock” – the style of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll that was associated with Louisiana and New Orleans during the late 1950s. Tracks include “Sea Cruise,” “Time After Time,” “Danny Boy,” “Cheatin’ Woman,” “Dog House,” “Seventeen,” “Last One to Cry,” and more. (Acrobat)

1CD# MOB440626 $16.99

Blue Tango – The Leroy Anderson Collection (1951–1962) [2 CDs]

Leroy Anderson was an American composer and conductor of light orchestral music, who wrote many pieces for the Boston Pops Orchestra before starting to record under his own name. This 49-track 2-CD collection comprises A and B sides of Decca singles by Leroy Anderson’s Pops Concert Orchestra from this era, and titles from his albums A Leroy Anderson Pops Concert and The New Music Of Leroy Anderson (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB343026 $16.99

All The Hits And More 1927–54 / Duke Ellington [4 CDs]

Duke Ellington was one of the most important and influential figures in the entire history of jazz, as pianist, bandleader, composer and innovator, his career spanning a half century. Tracks include “Creole Love Call,” “Mood Indigo,” “Prelude to a Kiss,” “Moon Glow,” “East St. Louis ToodleOo,” “Solitude,” “Merry Go Round,” and more. (Acrobat)

4CD# MOB717223 $24.99

The Very Best Of Clyde McPhatter 1953–62 / Clyde McPhatter [2 CDs]

Clyde McPhatter was one of the most imitated vocalists to emerge onto the R&B scene during the 1950s, performing with The Drifters before embarking on a solo career. Tracks include “Lucille,” “The Way I Feel,” “Money Honey,” “Warm Your Heart,” “Treasure of Love,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346126 $16.99

Don’t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes / Skeets McDonald

[5 CDs]

One of the pioneers of West Coast country music and an archetypal honky tonk singer, Skeets McDonald is chiefly remembered for his 1953 hit “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes.” Over an 18-year recording career from 1949 to 1967, though, he recorded 143 songs. All of them are in this long-overdue complete career retrospective. (Bear Family)

5CD+Book# MOB159373 $149.99

All The Hits And More 1935–51 / Bob Crosby [2 CDs]

Bob Crosby was the younger brother of renowned singer Bing Crosby, and made his own way in the music business as a vocalist and bandleader, having a string of more than forty hits which spanned the era covered by this collection, especially as leader of his well-known band The Bob Cats and in later years as a solo singer. It’s an entertaining selection of his most popular recordings. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB347321 $16.99

The Best Of The Specialty Years 1948–56 / Pilgrim Travelers [2 CDs]

The Pilgrim Travelers were a gospel group founded in Texas in the 1930s, who modelled themselves on groups like The Soul Stirrers and Golden Gate Quartet. Under the direction of their influential manager J.W. Alexander, they developed their own style known as “Walking Rhythm”, It’s a collection which spans the era when they were at the height of their powers. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB347420 $16.99

Charles Mingus: Landmark Albums 1956–1960 [3 CDs]

Charles Mingus was a double bassist, pianist composer and bandleader, and a significant proponent of the idea of collective improvisation, who brought a personal and uniquely distinctive musical approach to jazz. Songs on this 3-CD collection include “A Foggy Day,” “Love Chant,” “Haitian Fight Song,” “Tonight at Noon,” “Passions of a Woman Loved,” and more. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912420 $19.99

Cab Calloway: The Hits Collection 1930–1956 [2 CDs]

This excellent 48-track, 2-CD set features Cab Calloway releases over a 26-year period which were credited with chart positions, plus a few bonus tracks. Hits include the No. 1 “Minnie The Moocher” and the Top 5 hits “Kickin’ The Gong Around”, “St. James Infirmary”, “Tickeration”, “Moonglow”, “Angels With Dirty Faces”, and “The Jumpin’ Jive”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB342227 $16.99

Eileen Barton: The Singles Collection

1944–1962 [2 CDs]

Eileen Barton was a singer associated both with the early 195s and with novelty pop songs of the era, the most famous being her No. 1 debut in 195 with “If I Knew You Were Comin’ (I’d’ve Baked A Cake)”. This collection features all her career hits, including the Top 3 songs “Cry”, “Pretend”, “May I Take Two Giant Steps” and “Wishin’”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB343620 $16.99

Complete Releases

1944–1948 / Jack Guthrie

Jack Guthrie, a cousin of renowned folk singer Woody Guthrie, was born in Oklahoma in 1915, but like his cousin and thousands of others “Okies” his family moved to California in the 1930s when the Dust Bowl disasters and Great Depression made life unbearably hard there. This release comprises and A & B side for the Capitol label recorded by the tragically short-lived cousin of Woody Guthrie. (Acrobat)

1CD# MOB440329 $16.99

Wheel Of Fortune: The Singles Collection

1952–61 / Sunny Gale [2 CDs]

Sunny Gale was one of the vivacious and talented girl singers to come to the fore on the US music scene during the early ‘50s. Tracks on this 2-CD collection include “Soldier Boy,” “My Last Affair,” “The Wheel of Fortune,” “Looking Glass,” “Devotion,” “A Lasting Thing,” “You Showed Me the Way,” “Devotion,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346522 $16.99

Corn Bread: The Hal Singer Collection

1948–59 / Hal Singer [2 CDs]

Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Hal Singer was one of the jazz saxophonists of the 1940s who took advantage of the opportunity to make a commercial impact in the world of R&B. Tracks on this 2-CD set include “Lonesome & Blue,” “Blue Velvet,” “Easy Street,” “Rent Party,” I Love the Way You Love Me,” the title track, and more! (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346225 $16.99

Shangri-La: The Singles & Albums Collection

1954–62 / The Four Coins [2 CDs]

Love Song in 32 Bars –

The Johnny Bond Collection [2 CDs]

Johnny Bond was a country singer, guitarist and songwriter, born in Oklahoma, who also appeared in more than 40 western movies during the later heyday of the genre in the 1940s and into the ‘50s, and during the ‘50s hosted a country music TV show with Tex Ritter. Tracks include “I’m Gonna Be Long Gone,” “You Don’t Care,” “Der Fuehrer’s Face,” “Tennessee Saturday Night,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345624 $16.99

The Four Coins were one of the many vocal groups to emerge onto the pop scene in the wake of the classic early doowop groups like the Ink Spots and Mills Brothers. Tracks on this 2-CD collection include “Dream World,” “My First Love,” “I Love You Madly,” “Memories of You,” “All My Tomorrows,” “Manhattan Serenade,” “Pledging My Love,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346324 $16.99

Fred Astaire – Singles Collection 1923–1942 [3 CDs]

This 75-track 3-CD collection comprises most of Fred Astaire’s releases on the HMV, Columbia (UK & US), Victor, Brunswick and Decca labels from 1923–1942. It features all his thirty career hits, including the No. 1s “Cheek To Cheek”, “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket”, “The Way You Look Tonight”, “Nice Work if You Can Get It” and “Change Partners” plus Top 10 hits with many other classics of the era. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912628

$19.99

Quincy Jones – Six Complete Albums

1957–1961 [3 CDs]

This 56-track, 3-CD set comprises jazz and big band recordings from Quincy Jones’ early career leading his own band, and includes all the titles from his original LPs “This Is How I Feel About Jazz” and “Go West, Man!,” and “The Birth Of A Band”, “The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones”, “I Dig Dancers” and “Around The World.” (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912727 $19.99

Ray Bloch & His Orchestra – The Singles Collection 1945–1956 [2 CDs]

Ray Bloch was a pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and bandleader who is best known for being the arranger and conductor on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the USA for it’s entire run from 1948 to 1971. Tracks on this collection include “Meadowland,” “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” “Deep Purple,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Wonderful One,” “Full Moon & Empty Arms,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344825 $16.99

Charlie Spivak: Chart Decade 1941–1951 [3 CDs]

Charlie Spivak was a trumpeter and bandleader of Ukrainian heritage, who played with a string of wellknown bands during the 1920s and ‘30s, including those of Paul Specht, Ben Pollack, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Ray Noble and Glenn Miller, and it was with Miller’s backing that he started his own orchestra in 1939. He was known as “The Man Who Plays The Sweetest Trumpet In The World”. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912321 $19.99

Tommy Dorsey: The Hits Collection 1935–1958 [6 CDs]

This 146-track 6-CD set comprises just about all of Tommy Dorsey’s recordings which appeared in the Billboard charts after their introduction in 1940, and includes those by Dorsey’s Clambake Seven as well as his main orchestra. It features a remarkable tally of 13 No. 1 hits. Tracks include “Lovely Lady,” “Star Dust,” “Marie,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” and more. (Acrobat)

6CD# MOB600921 $29.99

Complete US & UK Singles 1956–1962 / The Everly Brothers [3 CDs]

The rock ‘n’ roll explosion of the late ‘50’s encompassed artists with a range of highly individual styles, and there is no doubt that The Everly Brothers’ sound was one of the most distinctive of those, as they enjoyed a string of hits which were very much characterized by their country roots and their close harmonies. The first seven years of their career is encompassed by this collection. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB904722

$19.99

Lena Horne: Singles Collection 1941–1950 [2 CDs]

Lena Horne was a multi-talented singer, actor, and dancer who by the age of 16 was performing in the Cotton Club Revue in New York and soon became big band singer. This 48-track 2-CD set comprises most of her releases from these years on the Decca, Bluebird, and Victor labels and includes her hits with the Great American Songbook classics “Stormy Weather”, “Deed I Do,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344924 $16.99

Patsy Cline: Complete Releases 1955–1962 [3 CDs]

This 75-track 3-CD set, comprises every record Patsy Cline released from her debut on Coral in 1955, through her Four Star and Decca years until the end of 1962 a couple of months before her death. It includes the A and B sides of all her singles, plus the tracks from her three albums Patsy Cline, Showcase and Sentimentally Yours which were not otherwise released on singles. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB906429 $19.99

Sing A Little Song Of Heartache: The Solo Singles 1953–62 / Rose Maddox [2 CDs]

Rose Maddox was a country singer, songwriter and fiddle player who formed a band with her brothers, who performed and recorded for a decade after WWII as the Maddox Brothers & Rose. In 1957, she started a solo career and enjoyed a string of chart entries over the next few years. Tracks on this collection include “Marry Me Again,” “Kiss Me Like Crazy,” “Tall Men,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346720 $16.99

Blossom Dearie: The Early Years Collection 1948–1960 [4 CDs]

Blossom Dearie was a jazz pianist and vocalist with a style and technique which skilfully interwove her piano and voice as she accompanied herself. This 96-track 2-CD set comprises early recordings including “Tea For Two,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Blue Moon,” and more. It’s a feast of top quality, highly listenable jazz, and a great showcase for her talents both as instrumentalist and vocalist. (Acrobat)

4CD# MOB716622 $24.99