Mixed-Genre Late Spring 2022
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Late Spring 2022
Complete Symphonies and Dances / Sir Malcolm Arnold [6 CDs]
This set arguably constitutes the best series of recordings in the Naxos catalog – ‘performances of uniformly high quality made in the presence of the composer and recorded with more realistic balances and cleaner textures than any of their rivals.’ (ClassicsToday.com) That was the response to our initial release of British composer Malcolm Arnold’s complete symphonies. Here is that compendium again, marking the 100th anniversary of Arnold’s birth and with the bonus recordings of his popular series of regional orchestral Dances. (Naxos) 6CD# 8506041 $36.99
Prokofiev: The Symphonies [5 CDs]
Celebrating the 130th anniversary of Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), the present box set brings together recordings of his seven symphonies made by Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra between 2012 and 2017. The symphonies appear with their original couplings, including the popular suites from the film score to Lieutenant Kijé and the ballet The Love for Three Oranges. Released on separate discs, the series has received acclaim from international reviewers, variously highlighting the orchestra “Bergen Philharmonic plays gorgeously…” – ClassicsToday (BIS) 5SACD# BIS-2594 $59.99
Bernstein: Mass / Alan Titus, Norman Scribner Choir [2 CDs]
When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis asked Bernstein to compose a piece for the 1971 inauguration of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., he was eager to honor the occasion with a new, large-scale work because he knew he had always wanted “to compose a service of one sort or another.” Bernstein made a surprising choice: the Roman Catholic Mass. But instead of a straightforward, purely musical setting of the Latin liturgy, he created a broadly eclectic theatrical event by placing the 400-year-old religious rite into a tense, dramatic dialog with music and lyrics of the 20th century vernacular. (Sony) 2CD# 19439890562 $16.99
Kitajenko conducts Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works [2 CDs]
This compilation brings together popular orchestral works and ballet music by Tchaikovsky. Dmitrij Kitajenko and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, of which he has been Honorary Conductor since 2009, have recorded the complete symphonies by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. These recordings have been awarded with numerous international prizes and are considered important reference recordings. Their recording of Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanta in 2015 caused a sensation, and it received the ‘Opera of the Year’ Award of the International Classical Music Awards. (Oehms Classics) 2CD# OC 1903 $23.99
Beyond the Music / Marian Anderson [15 CDs]
Beyond the Music is a special 15-CD edition celebrating contralto Marian Anderson, the first African-American singer at the Met. Along with the first-ever complete release of her legendary Farewell Recital at Constitution Hall in 1964, many recordings appear here on CD for the first time. 72 works are appearing on CD for the first time, 9 recordings previously unreleased. The 228-page coffee-table book is richly illustrated with numerous photos, facsimiles and full discographical notes. It is a homage to the artistic life of a singer “one is privileged to hear only once in a hundred years” (Toscanini) and who left us a legacy of humanity, generosity, talent, and faith. (Sony) 15CD# 19439836492 $99.99
Haydn: Great Choral Works [5 CDs]
Joseph Haydn is regarded as the “father of the symphony” and the “father of the string quartet” for his more than 100 symphonies and almost 70 string quartets. Haydn also produced numerous operas, masses, concertos, piano sonatas and other compositions. His oratorios The Creation and The Seasons, both composed in the last decade of Haydn’s active compositional life, are his most widely known and admired choral compositions today, just as they were in his lifetime. Recordings from some of Haydn’s most formidable interpreters are showcased on this extensive release, including the Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, and more. (Haenssler Classic) 5CD# HC21054 $29.99
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New Classical Barber, Ives / Escher String Quartet
1SACD# BIS-2360
Price: Symphony No. 3 – The Mississippi River
Previous releases from the New York-based Escher Quartet include an acclaimed set of Mendelsohn’s six string quartets as well as an album with works by Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and Borodin. For their latest offering the members have looked closer to home, however, choosing to combine the quartets by Samuel Barber and Charles Ives. The disc opens with Barber’s String Quartet in B minor. (BIS )
Camino / Sean Shibe
$19.99
1CD# 8559897
Modernism. Multiculturism. Multi-tuning. Lockdown. These are among the elements that bind the works on The Solo Album by award winning cellist Christoph Croisé, who took the opportunity of 2020’s coronavirus isolation to work intensively on a variety of solo works and also turn his hand to composition. At the heart of the album is Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály’s epic Sonata, the first major work for solo cello after the suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. (Avie)
$15.99
1CD# AV2466
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 / Bruckner Orchester Linz; Markus Poschner
1CD# ORC100173
$16.99
1CD# 3072224-2
$11.99
$18.99
Queen Elisabeth Competition 2021 / Various [4 CDs]
Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation) [2 CDs]
In this 4 album-box set you will find the 6 laureates of the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition, that saw Frenchman Jonathan Fournel win First Prize; you can enjoy his performance in Brahms’ Second Concerto with the Belgian National Orchestra, as well as the whole of his recital in the semi-finale. These artists, who tomorrow perhaps will appear on the world’s leading concert platforms, can be discovered here in their first ever recordings. (QEC)
Inspired by hearing performances of Handel’s oratorios during his visits to London, Haydn composed Die Schöpfung (‘The Creation’) in 1798. Through a series of accompanied recitatives, arias, duets and choruses, the music depicts the creation of the universe and the carefree existence of Adam and Eve. Haydn drew on the full complement of his symphonic and vocal prowess which reach peaks of almost operatic intensity. (Dynamic )
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With the first of these “Apponyi” quartets, the Leipzig String Quartet continues its Haydn series and presents another remarkable milestone in the quartet repertoire. Although popular with dilettantes, the Op. 74 quartets go beyond the limits of what can be performed by amateurs. The first violin in particular repeatedly attracts attention with virtuoso passages, but the other voices – just listen to the finale of the C major quartet – are also demanded to do a great deal. (MDG)
This third volume in Fanny Clamagirand and Vanya Cohen’s acclaimed survey of Saint-Saëns’s music for violin and piano focuses on transcriptions. Popular works such as Danse macabre and Havanaise are included, alongside the world premiere recording of Air de Dalila – a transcription made by the composer in 1918 for the exclusive use of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. (Naxos )
2CD# DYN-CDS7909.02
When the pandemic struck early in 2020, violinist Elena Urioste and pianist-composer Tom Poster responded by channeling their creative energies into #UriPosteJukeBox. This album captures the spontaneous and varied feel of the original videos, drawing together some of the duo’s favorite pieces in a way that celebrates this joyous project and all those who contributed to it. (Naxos)
Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 13
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
1CD# 8574314
$17.99
The Jukebox Album / Elena Urioste, Tom Poster
This release marks the start of the most comprehensive Bruckner Symphonies Edition including all available 19 versions. As many clichés and claims about Bruckner’s person and his work are at last being questioned and are overdue critical scrutiny, it is an essential aim of this Edition to read and understand the music anew. In the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Capriccio has engaged two of the best Austrian orchestras for this complete cycle. (Capriccio )
1CD# C8080
$13.99
The Solo Album / Christoph Croisé
Camino is guitarist Sean Shibe’s first Pentatone album, an introspective program exploring French-Spanish musical borders, a pilgrimage leading from Ravel’s Pavane pour une Infante défunte, Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1 and Gnossiennes 1 and 3, Poulenc’s Sarabande, De Falla’s Miller’s Dance and Homaje, pour le Tombeau de Debussy and José’s Pavana triste all the way to Mompou’s Canços i dansas 6 and 10, as well as his Suite compostelana. (Pentatone )
1CD# PTC5186870
Naxos continues its exploration of Florence Price’s unjustly neglected orchestral works with this latest album, which includes Symphony No. 3. The ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Price advocate, John Jeter, who received widespread praise for his album of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 (8.559827), released in January 2019.
4CD# QEC2021
$16.99
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Releases Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 4, Double Concerto / Frank Dupree, Rosanna Philippens
New Mozart / Reinhard Goebel and Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Drawing parallels to another famous composer of symphonic jazz, Kapustin is occasionally considered a ‘Russian in Gershwin’s clothing’. Most of his compositions are influenced by jazz and expertly combine jazz elements with those of the tradition from Bach to Prokofiev and Stravinsky. The aesthetic diversity with which classical garb and the stylistic devices of jazz are amalgamated in Kapustin’s output could be taken as the byword for all three compositions included on this recording. (Capriccio)
With New Mozart, conductor Reinhard Goebel, the “tireless discoverer” (Rondo), once again shows what treasures continue to be discovered in the music archives: For his new project with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, he deals with musical treasures that revolve around the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The first album already presents a world premiere recording: the orchestral version of the serenade “Gran Partita” KV 361 by Mozart. (Sony)
1CD# C5437
1CD# 19439921502
$16.99
Four Visions of France – French Cello Concertos / Daniel Moller-Schott
Orchestral Works from Varese, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Baldini
Virtuoso cellist Daniel MüllerSchott presents his Four Visions of France through perceptive interpretations of five works for cello and orchestra by Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Lalo and Honegger. A 2019 Opus Klassik award winner (Best Solo Instrument Recording) for his #CelloUnlimited album, Daniel is one of the most sought-after cellists in the world who has appeared on all the great international concert stages. (Orfeo)
This is an album featuring path-breaking works for orchestra and for violin and orchestra. Lutoslawski, Verese, and Ligeti certainly need no introduction. Conductor Christian Baldini is also a first-rate composer. Two superb violinists, Miranda Cuckson and Maximilian Haft are featured performers. “Christian Baldini brings symphonic revival” commented the Buenos Aires Herald on Baldini’s recent concerts at the Teatro Argentino. (Centaur)
1CD# CRC3879
1CD# ORF-C988211
$15.99
After Te Deum, Arvo Part-Live and Miserere, Stabat Mater is already the fourth album to emerge from the close artistic collaboration between the composer and the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and to be recently released by BR-Klassik. In addition to the impressive Stabat Mater, this newly-released album offers some of the works that are key to the composer’s stylistic development, and rarely appear in the concert repertoire or as recordings. (BR Klassik)
Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946) is one of the most prominent names among living composers today. This album includes the first recording of Vasks’ atmospheric and pastoral Oboe Concerto written for the centenary celebrations of Latvia’s independence in 2018 and performed by one of today’s leading oboists, Albrecht Mayer. The new concerto is coupled with two early orchestral works from the 1980s, Vēstījums and Lauda. (Ondine)
$16.99
1CD# ODE 1355-2
First Ladies – Three Romantic Violin Sonatas
The Italian pianist Filippo Gorini took advantage of the world health crisis to immerse himself in The Art of Fugue, Johann Sebastian Bach’s unfinished mystical masterpiece, noting: “The view that it should be seen solely as a theoretical marvel is misguided: as the counterpoints and canons evolve in formal complexity, so does their emotional tension, until the heartbreaking mystery of the unfinished Fuga XIV.” (Alpha)
$18.99
2CD# ALPHA755
Tracing Bach / Yaara Tal
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1–4 / Sir Roger Norrington; SWR Vokalensemble [4 CDs]
Pianist Yaara Tal selected ten fugues from different composers through 250 years of musical history and placed each of them alongside a prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier. The selected fugues are by composers such as W.F. Bach, Robert Schumann, Fréderic Chopin, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Russian composer Anton Arensky and contemporary composer Reinhard Febel. The connecting points are as manifold as the fugues themselves; they enter into a fascinating dialogue with Bach. (Sony)
1CD# 19439880642
$16.99
Bach: The Art of Fugue / Filippo Gorini [2 CDs]
One could hardly intuit from these fresh and flowing violin sonatas the obstacles their female composers had to face – family opposition for Mel Bonis in France and Ethel Smyth in England, institutional conservatism for Elfrida Andrée in Sweden. These three sonatas – melodically expansive, rhythmically vivacious, harmonically warm – point to the musical riches that further exploration of their creators’ output will uncover. (Toccata)
1CD# TOCN0013
$18.99
Vasks: Concerto for Oboe & Orchestra / Latvian National SO; Albrechy Mayer
Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater
1CD# BRK900335
$11.99
This reissue of Brahms’ four symphonies is no exception to Sir Roger Norrington’s artistic credo of keeping as close as possible to the composer’s expectations. Among the main features – beside the ‘pure sound’ without vibrato – are the quick tempi. However, the overall timings left by the Brahms conductor von Bülow are so short, compared to today, that there can have been no very slow tempi in his interpretations. (SWR)
4CD# SWR19529CD
$11.99
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Classical Mozart Momentum – 1785 / Leif Ove Andsnes [2 CDs]
British Music for Strings II
Mozart Momentum 1785 is the first of two releases exploring those especially remarkable years in the early 1780s. It includes piano concertos Nos 20-22, the Piano Quartet in G minor, Masonic Funeral Music and Fantasia in C minor for solo piano. Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on this new chapter with a trusted partner: The Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The Guardian raved “You’d be hard-put to find a pianist and orchestra better matched.” (Sony)
2CD# 19439742462
1CD# 555395-2
$16.99
This second album with music for strings by British composers features most highly creative compositions by Sir Granville Bantock and Christopher Wilson. When Bantock reached the pinnacle of his fame, the Three Choirs Festival held in Hereford in 1912 ordered a work for string orchestra from him. The result was the four-movement Serenade for Strings, to which he assigned the subtitle “In the Far West.” (CPO)
$16.99
Wranitzky: Orcehstral Works, Vol. 1 Czech-born Paul Wranitzky, a contemporary of Mozart, was the most important symphonist in Vienna at the turn of the 18th century. To mark the ascension to the throne of Franz II in 1792, Wranitzky wrote the grand Symphony in C major, a work of regal quality and festive exuberance. Wranitzky’s mature symphonic style is on display in the Symphony in B flat major, with its expanded orchestral forces, contrasting textures and broad musical invention. (Naxos)
1CD# 8574227
$11.99
Pachelbel: Magnificat
1CD# 777707-2
Bruckner: Symphonie No. 6 / Mariss Jansons
This recording spreads out before us the rich musical panorama covered by Pachelbel’s Magnificat compositions. We have Pachelbel’s great variation artistry, which constantly brings forth new formal designs, instrumental combinations, and focal points on the basis of one and the same text. On this recording two sacred concertos and a Mass in three movements complement the four very different Magnificat settings and serve as contrasts to them. (CPO)
1CD# BRK900190
$16.99
Celebrate Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in a new and definitive interpretation from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra! This release is the eleventh in the highly acclaimed “Pittsburgh Live!” series. The album booklet includes Maestro Honeck’s meticulous music notes, in which he gives us great insight into his unique interpretation as well as the history and musical structure of Beethoven’s most famous symphony. (Reference)
1CD# 555293-2
In her day, Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) was afforded universal commendation for her comprehensive talent as a composer, if from some quarters begrudgingly, because of her gender. She wrote eight symphonies between 1845 and 1857. Her earliest two are classical conceptions in Romantic garb, in the manner of Schubert and Schumann. This is a splendid issue! (CPO)
$16.99
Songs of Comfort & Hope / Yo-Yo Ma; Kathryn Stott
$19.99
The Best of Baroque Music
Songs of Comfort and Hope was conceived in April 2020 when people everywhere were entering a dramatic new world. Featuring twenty one new recordings, ranging from fresh arrangements of traditional folk tunes, pop songs, and jazz standards to mainstays from the western classical repertoire, the songs on the album bring a sense of community, identity, and purpose, crossing boundaries and binding us together in thanks, consolation, and encouragement. (Sony)
This CD brings together a generous selection of the Baroque era. From Handel’s sparkling Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, to the melancholy ot Albinoni’s ever-popular Canon, Bach’s “Air on the G String’ and sublime Largo, this is a veritable feast for lovers of Baroque music. (Naxos)
1CD# 8557124
$16.99
Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / NDR Radiophilharmonie
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
1SACD# FR-741SACD
The 2015 Munich concert year began at the end of January with two highlights: two performances of Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony with Mariss Jansons conducting the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. The live recording is an outstanding interpretation of one of the most important compositions in the Late Romantic symphonic repertoire. (BR Klassik)
$11.99
1CD# 19439822372
$13.99
Stanchinsky: Piano Works / Peter Jablonski Pianist Peter Jablonski’s second album on Ondine features a large selection of piano works by Alexey Stanchinsky (1888–1914), one of the most talented Russian composers of the early 20th Century. Stanchinsky was not only a talent but a genuine innovator who despite of his early death had a profound influence on the generation of composers to follow. Acclaimed Swedish pianist Peter Jablonski is the perfect interpreter to these magnificent gems. (Ondine)
1CD# ODE 1383-2
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Favorites Britten: Peter Grimes / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choirs
Hymns of Kassiani / Cappella Romana
Gramophone 2021 Recording of the Year! This studio recording was made following the acclaimed production of Britten’s Peter Grimes at Grieghallen, in Bergen, in 2019 (repeated in Oslo and London and reviewed above). Luxuriant playing from the Bergen Philharmonic and a stellar cast under the assured direction of Edward Gardner make this a recording to treasure. (Chandos)
2SACD# CHSA 5250(2)
1SACD# CR422
$39.99
Somm Recordings announces the first release of never before available performances by one of the defining partnerships of modern American music in the two-album set George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings. Long considered one of America’s “Big Five” orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra was hailed by The New York Times as “America’s finest [orchestra] still”. (SOMM)
This compilation of concertos for mallet instruments features triple GRAMMY Award-winning percussion virtuoso Dame Evelyn Glennie and City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. Alexis Alrich’s Marimba Concerto, a rich amalgam of bold rhythms and exuberance, also explores Mexican and Asian-inspired music. Sir Karl Jenkins traces the 15th-century tune La Folia, furnishing it with refinement and strongly characterized intensity. (Naxos)
2CD# ARIADNE 5011-2
Antonello Manacorda and Kammerakademie Potsdam were euphorically praised for their recording-cycle of Mendelssohn and Schubert symphonies: “Manacorda and the Kammerakademie Potsdam know exactly how to offer listening alternatives without stretching the bow too much or even relying on pure effect. Here one notices the pleasure the team has taken in playing this music.” – Rondo (Sony)
1CD# 555114-2
$16.99
“Those who have never heard any music by Clara Schumann have a treat in store for them. As a composer, she was gifted and a sponge, soaking up the influences of the best forward-looking piano writing of the age: Robert Schumann (or course), Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt and others.” – Morin, ARG (CPO)
$26.99
1CD# 8226081
Hope Amid Tears / Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax [3 CDs]
3CD# 19439883732
$16.99
The Danish String Quartet are taking the plunge as folk musicians with their new album Wood Works. Here, these four elite classical string players drop the sheet music and play traditional folk from small Nordic villages in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Norway and Sweden. No strangers to standard classical repertoire, the Quartet debuted on Dacapo with a prizewinning CD of string quartets by Carl Nielsen. (Dacapo)
$12.99
Fauré: Requiem & Other Sacred Music
Hope Amid Tears, the new album by Yo-Yo Ma together with his friend and pianist Emanuel Ax, presents Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano in the order in which they were composed, tracing an important arc in Beethoven’s development and approach as a composer. Joining them are Beethoven’s three sets of variations for cello and piano. (Sony)
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Following the release of Carl Reinecke’s complete string quartets, CPO presents a new recording of his most important symphonic works. His Symphony No. 3 formed the rousing finale of his era as a conductor at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. Without holding things up with a slow introduction, he has the first movement of his op. 227 storm ahead on its path, full of élan, with defiant chordal beats. (CPO)
Wood Works / Danish String Quartet
Schumann: Complete Piano Works [3 CDs]
3CD# 999758-2
$29.99
Reinecke: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
$11.99
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, 41 / Kammerakademie Potsdam [2 CDs]
2CD# 19439921162
$19.99
The Forgotten Recordings / George Szell; The Cleveland Orchestra [2 CDs]
Concertos for Mallet Instruments / Evelyn Glennie
1CD# 8574218
Discover the world’s earliest music by a female composer: 9th-century nun, poet, and hymnographer Kassianí (Kassía). The men and women of Cappella Romana present the earliest music we have by a female composer, including long-suppressed hymns recorded here for the first time. This is the first of a planned series to record all of Kassianí’s surviving works. (Cappella Romana)
$18.99
1CD# CSCD520
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Here is John Rutter’s Gramophone Award-winning 1984 recording of Fauré’s Requiem. The first-ever performance on disc of the work in its intimate original version – famously re-discovered by Rutter in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris after a century of neglect – it remains one of the timeless jewels in the crown of the Collegium catologue. Hailed on release as ‘the Fauré Requiem of the future’ – Music Week (Collegium)
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New Box Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Boris Giltburg [9 CDs]
Fischer-Dieskau: An Anthology [7 CDs] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is undoubtedly one of the greatest vocalists of the past century – and one of those with the most extensive discography. This anthology includes seven albums offering a total of some nine hours of music: rare repertoire, seldom or never yet available in these versions on album. Legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, in his turn, judged that “noone has ever sung Mahler better” than the young baritone. (Profil)
NAXOS presents a 9-disc boxed set release of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas, recorded by award-winning pianist Boris Giltburg. With the widespread critical acclaim given to these exceptional performances in digital form, this boxed set has been highly anticipated. BBC Music Magazine wrote that ‘Giltburg’s playing allows every quality of the music to come across at full value’, while Pizzicato stated ‘he impresses as a clever, spontaneous and honest narrator at the piano.’ (Naxos)
9CD# 8509005
7CD# PH20074
$54.99
The Early Columbia Recordings / Juilliard String Quartet [16 CDs]
16CD# 19439831102
Following up its widely acclaimed reissues of the Juilliard Quartet’s complete Epic and RCA Victor albums – originally issued between 1956 and 1960 – Sony Classical is excited to present a new box set collecting the earliest albums of this august American ensemble. Made between 1949 and 1956 in Columbia’s studio on Manhattan’s 30th St., these landmark recordings are mostly new to CD. (Sony)
5CD# BOX 1004
Schumann: Alle Lieder [11 CDs] Robert Schumann’s songs are not only one of the high points of musical Romanticism, they also represent a unique marriage of words and music. As one of the foremost lieder singers of our day, Christian Gerhaher has gone even further than FischerDieskau and together with his brilliant pianist Gerold Huber has realized one of his dearest wishes after more than three decades of intensive engagement with Schumann’s music. (Sony)
5CD# SWR19528CD
$79.99
Saint-Saëns wrote five symphonies between the years 1850 and 1886. The cycle began with the Mozartinfluenced Symphony in A but as a precocious composer of 17, he wrote his first numbered symphony, a work much admired by Berlioz and Gounod. He progressed to his most popular piece in the genre, the ground-breaking Symphony No. 3 with its inclusion of organ and piano. This critically admired cycle includes a sequence of atmospheric and dramatic symphonic poems, including Phaeton and the ever-popular Danse macabre. (Naxos)
3CD# APR7313
$23.99
Yvonne Lefébure (1900–1986) was one of the most important French pianists and piano teachers of the 20th century. Lefébure was an outstanding soloist, chamber musician and concert solo artiste: by listening to this album listeners can get an impression of her talent for themselves. (Profil)
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Sir Roger Norrington has been chief conductor of the former Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra RSO for thirteen years. In Bruckner’s entirely individual style (culled from Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Wagner, but rarely sounding like any of them), he echoes memories of his own violin playing as a youth at village weddings, quite as much as those of the St. Florian organ loft. (SWR Music)
$34.99
The Dohnányi Capriccio of 1929, Cyril Smith’s earliest recording, lays down the gauntlet in a coruscating performance to rival the Horowitz version released the same year. His recordings of the 2nd and 3rd Rachmaninov concertos and Rhapsody were for a time best-sellers. This set brings together for the first time all the recordings he made as a solo player before his stroke. (APR)
$29.99
Balakirev: Complete Solo Piano Music / Nicolas Walker, piano [6 CDs]
Yvonne Lefébure Plays Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Ravel, Chopin [5 CDs]
5CD# PH21041
$33.99
The Complete Solo Recordings / Cyril Smith [3 CDs]
Saint-Saëns: Complete Symphonies / Malmö Symphony Orchestra [3 CDs]
3CD# 8503301
Hailed as an “epic traversal of solo violin repertoire” and a “monumental achievement” (Chicago Tribune), American violinist Jennifer Koh’s complete Bach & Beyond recordings, pairing J.S. Bach ’s violin sonatas and partitas with 20th- and 21stcentury works inspired by Bach’s groundbreaking masterpieces, are now available in a boxed set. The Newark Star-Ledger cited the violinist’s “distinctive voice over a range of styles.” (Cedille)
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7 & 9 [5 CDs]
$54.99
11CD# 19439780112
$25.99
Bach & Beyond / Jennifer Koh [5 CDs]
6CD# GP864X
$25.99
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These recordings of Balakirev’s complete solo piano works by the much-lauded pianist Nicholas Walker have been hailed as ‘the reference set’ by the American Record Guide. Originally released between 2013 and 2020, these critically acclaimed performances are now collected together for the first time in a 6 CD box set. Includes world premiere recordings. (Grand Piano)
$49.99
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Sets Wagner: The Bayreuth Edition [30 CDs]
The C.P.E. Bach Edition [60 CDs]
This epic collection brings together all of Opus Arte’s recordings from the Bayreuth Festival. Included are many of Wagner’s much-admired operas which show how the mastery of composer, conductor, and performer can combine to create a true musical excellence. Wagner’s epic four-opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, is a work of extraordinary scale and is given an interpretation that is both thrilling and sensitive. (Opus Arte)
The second son of J.S. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was recognized as of the the greatest harpsichordists of his time, and his sonatas for flute and harpsichord remain an attractive part of chamber music repertoire. This 60-disc collection explores the life of C.P.E. Bach in a new and expanded edition, which includes the World Premiere Recording of CPE Bach´s Cantata “Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Stande“ and his famous Piano Concertos under direction of Reinhard Goebel. (Haenssler Classic)
30CD# OA CD9048BD
$89.99
Leroy Anderson: Complete Orchestral Works [5 CDs]
60CD# HC21100
Leroy Anderson occupies a unique place in American music. Rigorously trained in the classical tradition, Anderson wrote tunes that topped the pop charts, making compositions such as “Sleigh Ride” and “The Typewriter” world famous. Anderson was a meticulous craftsman who could seemingly compose marvelous tunes at will, and he has been praised by composer John Williams as ‘one of the great American masters of light orchestral music.’ This first set of Anderson’s orchestral music includes several previously unpublished pieces. (Naxos)
5CD# 8505259
Anton Bruckner is a composer with an unmistakable musical language: darkly glowing, overwhelmingly beautiful, but also energetic and innovative. For the Berliner Philharmoniker, this music has been part of their artistic identity for over a hundred years. The orchestra now presents Bruckner’s symphonies in an exclusive edition, recorded over the last ten years together with some of the foremost Bruckner interpreters of our time. (Berlin Philharmonic)
9SACD# BPHR 190283
$39.99
In November 1949, at the age of eight, Idil Biret entered the studios of ORTF in Paris and made her first recordings; these were works by Couperin, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy. In the following decades she made nearly 100 LPs and CDs, including the complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin and Rachmaninov. The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) is now bringing together her past and present recordings; as the copyrights are obtained, old recordings no longer available commercially are being released together with her new recordings. (Naxos)
The Dover Quartet, “the young American string quartet of the moment” (The New Yorker ) unveils the second installment in its critically acclaimed Beethoven quartet cycle on Cedille Records. The Dover’s three-album set of Beethoven’s “Middle Quartets” includes the three Op. 59 “Razumovsky” Quartets, infused with Russian folk tunes; the graceful “Harp,” Op. 74, named for its plucked string figures; and the intense Op. 95 “Serioso.” (Cedille)
4CD# 8504058
$33.99
Orfeo honors Júlia Várady as one of the most important sopranos of the second half of the 20th century with the release of this 10 album boxed set ‘The Orfeo Recordings’ on the occasion of her 80th Anniversary. A significant number of opera lovers and connoisseurs maintain that Maria Callas’ mantle ought to have passed to Júlia Várady, and that the Romanian-Hungarian-German soprano actually should have ascended the international throne of the prima donna assoluta. (Orfeo)
“This collection of recordings contains the fruits of my research into new sound aesthetics carried out with various travelling companions who, over the years, have collaborated with me in Ensemble Aurora, from 1995 to 2016. We have explored various facets of the repertory of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, devoting ourselves chiefly – but not solely – to Italian music.” – Enrico Gatti (Arcana)
$41.99
10CD# ORF-C210086
Schumann: Volume 2 [4 CDs]
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Buxtehude: Complete Chamber Music [3 CDs]
For years, EMI Records’ Schumann & Brahms Lieder on Record 1901–1952 was not available “overseas” – in countries outside Great Britain, and then only as an import. Hänssler Classic and editor Dieter Fuoss are now closing the gap, initially with the part devoted to Robert Schumann. He fills the first three albums with “Lieder in historic recordings”. A fourth album completes the set with three song cycles by Schumann in legendary interpretations. (Profil)
4CD# PH21025
$29.99
The Orfeo Recordings / Júlia Várady [10 CDs]
Enrico Gatti: Imitating the Human Voice (Complete Arcana Recordings) [13 CDs]
13CD# A206
$59.99
Best of Turkish Piano Music [4 CDs]
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – The Middle Quartets [3 CDs]
3CD# CDR 206
$79.99
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1–9 [9 CDs]
Dieterich Buxtehude’s chamber works today counts among the least known of his compositions. They were already forgotten soon after 1700, and this despite the fact that two third of Buxtehude’s chamber sonatas, unlike any other category in the composers creative output, were published during his lifetime. The publication of sonatas indicates that there was a market for this repertoire in the later 17th century. (Challenge)
$25.99
3CD# CC 72890
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$19.99
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Best Selling Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky [6 CDs]
Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Legacy [120 CDs] Granting a long-held wish of many record collectors, Sony Classical is issuing the complete monaural American Columbia discography of Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in a vast box set of 120 CDs, all in new remasterings. Almost all of this material appears for the first time on CD on Sony Classical. Indeed, 152 of these recordings have never been released at all on CD before now. (Sony)
120CD# 19439757482
Harp Concertos [5 CDs]
5CD# BRI96102
$299.99
6CD# 19439854202
This attractive set of 17 works for harp concertante by 16 composers chronicles the instrument’s arrival and increasing acceptance on the orchestral stage. Many of the 18th-century works included here feature the harp for extra-musical reasons or as an alternate instrument to a keyboard. Handel’s, later bundled in with his other Organ Concertos, was originally for harp, written to evoke the ancient sound of the lyre in his Alexander’s Feast. (Brilliant)
Heitor Villa-Lobos has been described as ‘the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music.’ 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 neoClassical transparency and lyrical charm. These critically acclaimed performances from Sao Paulo are both idiomatic and expertly played. (Naxos)
6CD# 8506039
$17.99
$38.99
Michael Haydn Edition [28 CDs]
An inspiration to Mozart and a teacher to composers such as Diabelli and Weber, Johann Michael Haydn was a respected and influential figure during his lifetime. The collection opens with Michael Haydn’s symphonies. The earliest symphonies included here, No.1 in C and No.1B in F, date from 1758 and display the youthful energy of a composer finding his feet. In comparison, the later symphonies demonstrate a greater understanding of the complexities of every instrument in the ensemble. (Brilliant)
Sergey Prokofiev’s seven symphonies are acknowledged as one of the major cycles of the 20th century, and these recordings with Marin Alsop and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra have received widespread critical acclaim. From the crisp vitality of the youthful ‘Classical’ Symphony to the viscerally exciting Third, this is an unforgettable collection crowned by the bittersweet Seventh Symphony, the composer’s final significant work. (Naxos)
$49.99
28CD# BRI95885
Szigeti: Complete Columbia Album Collection [17 CDs]
$69.99
Mozart: Complete Edition [170 CDs]
Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of a 17-album box set collecting the recordings made between 1940 and 1956 for American Columbia by the renowned Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti. Born in 1892 in Budapest, he was praised by the iconic German violinist Joseph Joachim at his Berlin debut in 1905; lived in London for several years following his acclaimed 1907 debut and played chamber music with, among others, Myra Hess and Ferruccio Busoni. (Sony)
17CD# 19075940352
$36.99
Villa Lobos: Complete Symphonies [6 CDs]
Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies [6 CDs]
6CD# 8506038
“The last great father-figure of Western music” was how Leonard Bernstein eulogized Igor Stravinsky in 1972 before his homage concert in London a year after the composer’s death. Stravinsky’s works, he asserted, “sum up and embrace all of music itself – from primitive folk art to highly sophisticated serialism, from rarefied church music to outspoken jazz.” Sony Classical is now pleased to collect these performances and talks in a new 8-album box set. (Sony)
$59.99
170CD# BRI95010
Stretching from his earliest years right through to his final days, this wonderful 170-CD compendium traverses the full gamut of Mozart’s glorious output. There was not a genre akin to the period that he neglected nor did not achieve success in, and in many cases he effected transformation, attaining new artistic levels – particularly evident in the piano concertos that begin the compendium, and the concluding mature operas. (Brilliant)
$199.99
QUINTESSENCE SERIES Brilliant Classics proudly presents 5 more titles in the exciting QUINTESSENCE series, attractively priced compact box sets containing essential core classical repertoire in outstanding performances. A great series at an unbeatable price! (Brilliant)
Quintessence Dvořák – Complete Piano Music [5 CDs] 5CD# BRI96193 $14.99
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Quintessence Locatelli – Complete Violin Concertos [5 CDs] 5CD# BRI96194 $14.99
Quintessence Tchaikovsky – Complete Ballets [5 CDs] 5CD# BRI96195 $14.99
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Quintessence Handel – Complete Organ Concertos [5 CDs] 5CD# BRI96196 $14.99
Quintessence Bach – Famous Concertos [5 CDs] 5CD# BRI96197 $14.99
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BOX SETS
Russian Orthodox Choral Music [6 CDs]
Monteverdi: Complete Madrigals [15 CDs]
New Year’s Concert – The Complete Works [26 CDs]
The Complete Grainger Edition 1961–2021 [21 CDs]
Vierne: Complete Symphonies Nos. 1–6 [3 CDs]
Thalberg: Fantasies on Italian Operas [6 CDs]
English Song Collection [25 CDs]
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives [4 CDs]
Peter Serkin: Complete RCA Album Collection [35 CDs]
Issac Stern: Columbia Analogue Recordings [75 CDs]
Sviatolsav Richter plays Russian Composers [13 CDs]
Liszt: Complete Organ Music / Adriano Falcioni [5 CDs]
Ravel: The Complete Works [21 CDs]
Bach: Complete Edition [142 CDs]
Itzhak Perlman: Complete RCA & Columbia Album Collection [18 CDs]
6CD# BRI95969 $19.99
21CD# CHAN 20196(21) $79.99
25CD# 8502507 $119.99
75CD# 19439724252 $221.99
21CD# WCL528326.2 $44.99
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15CD# 8501505 $49.99
3CD# BRI96226 $12.99
4CD# 19439788332 $22.99
13CD# PH19061 $41.99
142CD# BRI94940 $179.99
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26CD# 19439764562 $69.99
6CD# 8506042 $49.99
35CD# 19439713872 $108.99
5CD# BRI95035 $18.99
18CD# 19439752272 $59.99
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Bach: Goldberg Variations (10-string guitar duo) [2 CDs]
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas (Flute & Piano Versions)
Abraham: Ball at the Savoy [2 CDs]
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Latin American Dances
Times of Transition – Cello Concertos by C.P.E. Bach & Haydn
2CD# 8551455-56 $23.99
1CD# 8574107 $13.99
Piazzolla: Flute & Guitar Works
1CD# 8574291 $11.99
1CD# 8579078 $11.99
2CD# 8660503-04 $23.99
1CD# 8574365 $11.99
Schubert: Rarities & Short Piano Works
Saint-Saëns: Ascanio – Ballet; Overtures
Wranitzky: Orchestral Works 3
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet
Music From the Promised Land / Duo Mantar
Berners: The Triumph of Neptune
Double Echo – New Concertos from the Americas
Sullivan: Ballet Music
1CD# 8573571 $13.99
1CD# 8574289 $13.99
1CD# 8555222 $11.99
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1CD# 8574135 $11.99
1CD# 8574319 $11.99
1CD# 8574298 $11.99
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1CD# 8574033 $11.99
1CD# 8573962 $11.99
1CD# 8555180 $11.99
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Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas 1CD# 8574310 $11.99
Italian Tenor Arias / Azer Zada 1CD# 8573499 $13.99
Haydn: Baryton Trios, Treasures from the Esterháza Palace 1CD# 8574188 $11.99
Franck: Hulda (Opera in 5 Acts) [3 CDs]
Vierne: 2 Pieces, Op. 7, Suite Bourguignonne
The Devil’s Caprice / Mabel Millan
Wedding Bouquet, Luna Park
Long Ago & Far Away – Classics Songs of Love & Romance
Ruiz-Pipó: Works with Guitar, Vol. 3
Wolf-Ferrari: Complete Opera Overtures & Intermezzi
Azevedo: Hukvaldy Cycle
Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 / East-West Chamber Orchestra
Schumann: Arrangements for Piano Duet, Vol. 6
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 5
3CD# 8660480-82 $29.99
1CD# 8555223 $13.99
1CD# 8573582 $13.99
1CD# 8572882 $13.99
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1CD# 8574296 $13.99
1CD# 8574258 $13.99
1CD# 8579079 $11.99
1CD# 8574116 $13.99
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1CD# 8574191 $11.99
1CD# 8574339 $13.99
1CD# 8574210 $13.99
Roots – 21st Century Greek Music for Guitar 1CD# 8579115 $13.99
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Naxos American Classics Arthur Farwell – America’s Neglected Composer
Herrmann: Whitman (radio drama by Norman Corwin) / Post-Classical Ensemble
Arthur Farwell has been called the most neglected composer in American musical history. As the leader of the ‘Indianists’ movement, Farwell believed it was a democratic obligation of Americans of European descent to try to understand the indigenous Americans they displaced and oppressed, and merged Native American music and lore with Western concert forms. The performances here recorded originated at a landmark PostClassical Ensemble festival at Washington’s National Cathedral. (Naxos)
1CD# 8559900
1CD# 8559883
$13.99
$11.99
Steve Reich: Music for Two or More Pianos
Joan Tower: Strike Zones / Evelyn Glennie, Blair McMillan
1CD# 8559902
Bernard Herrmann was famous for his film scores, but he was also a leading figure in music for radio, to which he brought his inimitable palette of mood and sonority. Whitman, whose subject is Walt Whitman’s collection of poems Leaves of Grass, was a 1944 radio drama, a genre now much neglected but revived in this newly restored version. (Naxos)
Steve Reich is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost exponents of minimalism, arguably the most significant stylistic trend in late 20th-century music. This chronological survey shows how Reich’s innate curiosity has taken his work far beyond such musical boundaries. One of the first fruits of Reich’s creative quest is ‘Music for Two of More Pianos,’ in which the influence of Morton Feldman and jazz pianist Bill Evans can be heard. (Naxos)
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# 8559682
$11.99
$11.99
John Philip Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 21
Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic
This current volume of Sousa’s music for wind band presents three exceptional examples of Sousa’s musical creativity. Chris and the Wonderful Lamp is an enchanting retelling of the Aladdin legend, while Showing Off Before Company is a clever routine Sousa often used to open matinee concerts. The painstaking reconstruction of Sisterhood of the States allows us to hear the ‘ballet’ that incorporated music from each of the 48 states for a spectacular show in 1916. (Naxos)
GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty creates colorful musical portraits in this recording, featuring larger-than-life personalities drawn from 20th-century American culture. Tales of Hemingway is a dramatic cello concerto, evoking the turbulent life, adventures and literature of author Ernest Hemingway. American Gothic is a dynamic concerto for orchestra, reflecting on the creative world of Iowa artist Grant Wood. (Naxos)
1CD# 8559863
1CD# 8559798
$11.99
Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic
Gottsch: Sunset, Princess Yurievskaya
1CD# 8559901
John D. Gottsch’s symphonic poem Sunset is almost cinematic in its opulence and in its depiction of both the beauty and fragility of Key West, and the area’s vulnerability to climate change. By contrast, Princess Yurievskaya charts the passionate love of Catherine Dolgorukova and Tsar Alexander II from their first meeting and eventual marriage, to his assassination. (Naxos)
1CD# 8559823
$11.99
Florence Price studied at the New England Conservatory, but it was in Chicago that her composing career accelerated. The concert in 1933 at which her Symphony No. 2 in E minor was premiered was the first time a major American orchestra had performed a piece written by an African American woman. Influenced by Dvořák and Coleridge-Taylor, she drew on the wellspring of Negro spirituals and vernacular dances, full of lyricism and syncopation. (Naxos)
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Jennifer Higdon is one of the most distinguished composers working in America today, and her music is a perfect fit for the Nashville Symphony, which has long maintained a commitment to championing the country’s most important voices. All Things Majestic is a four-movement suite which vividly captures the breathtaking beauty of the American landscape. (Naxos)
$13.99
John Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives
Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
1CD# 8559827
$11.99
$11.99
1CD# 8559854
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Pulitzer and Erasmus Prize-winning composer John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes. Adams describes My Father Knew Charles Ives as “an homage and encomium to a composer whose influence on me has been huge.” (Naxos)
$11.99
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Light Classics Evening Dusk Serenade – Newly Discovered Finnish Works
Music for young listeners
My First Classical Music Book
The repertoire of Finnish music for violin and orchestra is full of hidden gems, with a substantial amount of works remaining unperformed and unpublished. The music on this recording represents a style of light classical music that was popular from the 1930s to the 1960s but remains largely forgotten today. All of the composers represented here created highly lyrical and charming works, including Uuno Klami, one of the most important composers in the history of Finnish music. (Naxos)
1CD# 8579095
A delightfully colorful introduction to classical music, aimed to fire the imagination of young children aged 5-7 years. Readers are introduced to a selection of famous composers, and learn about each of the musical instrument families. Music on the CD includes "The Magic Flute" (Mozart), "Carnival of the Animals" (Saint-Saëns), and more. Also, this book is newly available in Spanish! (Naxos)
$11.99
British Light Music 2
Slovak-born Peter Breiner is one of the world’s most versatile musicians. He is an acclaimed pianist, arranger and conductor with compositions that are universally admired, and whose Beatles Go Baroque album has to date sold a quarter of a million copies. In the second of Breiner’s “Calm Romantic Piano Music” series, he again achieves the rare feat of fusing melodic beauty with genuine musical expression. These beguiling original pieces sit alongside serenely beautiful new arrangements drawn from the classical repertoire. (Naxos)
1CD# 8574078
Book 9781781983584
1CD# 8555010
Coffee & Classical
Ken Woods writes of this new release: “Have you ever been on a long journey with your family and, after hours in the car or on the plane, you were so bored you thought you just might go mad? Well, that’s what this record is for. Just when you’re about to say “are we there yet” for the 400th time, instead try saying “Mum, can we listen to “Lubin” again?” I promise, the car will feel like it’s going twice as fast once the music starts. Enjoy!” (Nimbus)
$11.99
2CD# NI6416
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$18.99
Coloreando Dos: Traditional Songs for Children in Spanish
$11.99
1CD# GLP1801
$11.99
This release is a collection of beautiful and traditional children’s songs as well as a fun and effective way for any family to learn and practice Colombian Spanish. The complete Colombian Spanish lyrics and English translations are included with this release. Marta Gómez and her group perform a repertoire of original compositions based on a vast amount of rhythms from Latin America. (GLP Music)
$14.99
From Bangkok to Bangor / Duncan Cumming, piano; Lucy Cumming, narration
Enjoy this full-flavored selection of music whilst sipping on a coffee from your favorite cup. This release features works from famous classical composers like Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms, as well as more modern composers like Bernstein and Scriabin. Only the finest musicians have been chosen to perform these works, including Idil Biret, the Basque National Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Maria Kliegel, and more. (Naxos)
1CD# 8578358
$12.99
Fiddles, Forests and Fowl Fables – New storytelling works [2 CDs]
Just as The Beatles recognized classical music as an inspiration, classical musicians in turn have always recognized the musicality and originality of The Beatles. In fact, Leonard Bernstein declared the Lennon-McCartney composing duo “the Schuberts of our time.” This album, a sequel to the multi-platinum first volume, juxtaposes 18th-century masterpieces like The Four Seasons and The Beatles’ most enduring melodies like “Day Tripper” and “Yesterday,” to create a new genre. (Naxos)
Beatles Go Baroque
$20.00
Those Amazing Musical Instruments! takes you on an exciting musical tour with conductor Marin Alsop. In this revised edition, including access to a brand new, exclusive website, this vibrant, colorful, comprehensive and unique book is a rich exploration of orchestral instruments. Learn about the character of each instrument, how it is constructed and played, which instruments go well together, and hear how they all sound! (Naxos)
$11.99
Beatles Go Baroque 2
1CD# 9781781984253
Those Amazing Musical Instruments / Colourful Guide to the Orchestra [Book]
Peter Breiner: A Journey – Calm Romantic Piano Music
1CD# 8574257
$20.00
My First Classical Music Book (Spanish)
The second volume in Naxos’s refreshed British Light Music series sees a welcome return to the catalogue of these muchloved pieces by Ronald Binge. Originally issued on Marco Polo in 1994, these performances are conducted by Binge’s long-time friend and advocate, the composer Ernest Tomlinson. (Naxos)
1CD# 8555190
Book/CD# 1843791188
1CD# CRC3834
$11.99
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Pianist Duncan Cumming wrote a story for his family, in which his nephew and niece from Thailand travel through Europe to America to visit their grandmother. He accompanies his story with piano works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Schumann, Mozart, and others, along with story narration by Lucy Cumming. The album booklet includes beautiful illustrations by Hilary Cumming. This is truly a magical journey! (Centaur)
$15.99
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Black Composers Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes
1CD# 8574306
Kathleen Battle: Complete Sony Recordings [10 CDs]
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and gifted composer, with a claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. He was an early and important exponent of the hybrid symphonie concertante – a genre that draws on both the symphony and concerto traditions. (Naxos)
Mirrors / Jeanine De Bique
$13.99
10CD# 88985381362
With rich texture and bold femininity, Jeanine De Bique releases her debut album Mirrors on Berlin Classics. Miss De Bique is accompanied by the renowned baroque orchestra Concerto Köln, with musical direction by Luca Quintavalle. The album focuses on baroque arias and includes three world premiere recordings. Arias of heroines such as Rodelinda, Alcina and Cleopatra, composed by George Friderich Handel and his contemporaries complete the program. (Berlin Classics)
1CD# 0302017BC
Nicole Cabell and Alyson Cambridge, acclaimed sopranos and close friends, record together for the first time on an album of opera duets by Mozart, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and Delibes and specially commissioned duet arrangements of classical songs, folk tunes, and African-American spirituals. They’re accompanied on their Cedille debut by the Lake Forest Symphony under 2015 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award winner Vladimir Kulenovic. (Cedille)
$18.99
1CD# CDR 181
Fast-rising American operatic baritone Will Liverman makes his Cedille Records debut as a featured artist with Dreams of a New Day, an intimate, heartfelt recital. Praised for his “unique combination of eloquence and unpretentiousness” (Opera News), Liverman has assembled a program of songs that portray the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the African American experience through poignant texts and expressive musical settings. (Cedille)
$16.99
1CD# G-49282
$18.99
William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 to huge enthusiasm. Its traditional form houses a continuous process of variation and introduces little-known spirituals in fragmentary form, while the work’s recurring motifs, remarkable transitions and syncopations are enhanced in Dawson’s 1952 revision heard here. (Naxos)
$36.99
1CD# 8559870
Brandon Patrick George: Flute Sonatas & Solo Works
The Aeolians
Flautist Brandon Patrick George describes his debut album as a dialogue between the past and the future. It is indeed quite a leap in time from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) to the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho, born in 1949 – yet he has included works for solo flute by both composers on this recording. There are also two important chamber works for a flute and piano duo which represent milestones in the repertoire. (Profil)
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Ten world premiere recordings of new arrangements of African-American spirituals, from Chicago A Cappella and artistic director Jonathan Miller. Tracks include “I Want To Be Ready,” “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel,” “Wayfarin’ Stranger,” “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” “Wade in the Water,” Go Down ‘n the Valley and Pray!”, and more. (Loft)
William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
In the 1970s, CBS Masterworks made a groundbreaking series of recordings featuring the music of black composers. Sony Classical is proud to reissue the complete “Black Composer Series” in a single original album collection with each CD remastered from the original analogue tapes. A bonus tenth album features Hale Smith’s Symphonic Spirituals, arrangements of 12 spirituals for voice and orchestra. (Sony)
1CD# PH18039
$16.99
Bound for Glory! New Settings of African-American Spirituals
Black Composers Series: Complete Album Collection [10 CDs]
10CD# 19075862152
$34.99
Sisters in Song / Alyson Cambridge; Nicole Cabell
Dreams of A New Day: Songs by Black Composers
1CD# CDR 200
Sony Classical is pleased to announce the reissue of nine of legendary soprano Kathleen Battle’s foremost achievements in the studio. The first, originally released in 1984, is her rendition – one of the most enchanting ever committed to disc – of the soprano solo in Lorin Maazel’s Vienna Philharmonic recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. BBC Music Magazine called this “one of the truly great Mahler Fourths...” (Sony)
1CD# GIACD-1087
$18.99
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$11.99
“Music is a reflection of society. For some listeners, it can be a sobering reminder of calamity. In contrast, some people find consolation in music and feed their being with its rhythm and beat. Coupling hope with mastery could be the combination that produces uncompromising societal transformation. We have programmed this music hoping to appeal to the mind, but not leaving the heart untouched.” (Jason Max Ferdinand) (Gia)
$16.99
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& Artists Heart & Hereafter – Collected Songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Hannibal Lokumbe: Dear Mrs. Parks Dear Mrs Parks features a massive ensemble comprised of full orchestra plus two choirs and four vocal soloists. Influenced by blues, jazz, African music and Gospel music, it pays homage to Rosa Parks in the form of imaginary letters to the civil rights heroine. Hannibal Lokumbe’s career in music spans over four decades. He is the recipient of numerous awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. (Naxos)
Known for her vivid portrayals and full, distinctive voice, Elizabeth Llewellyn has established herself internationally as a dramatic and vocal artist of distinction. She has chosen to offer listeners something new by devoting her debut disc to the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, much of it never recorded before. This was a composer ahead of his time who, at last, is starting to receive the recognition he deserves. (Orchid)
1CD# ORC100164
1CD# 8559668
$16.99
Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes
Fantasie Negre – Piano Music of Florence Price / Samantha Ege Musicologist and pianist, Samantha Ege, celebrates the work of trailblazing composer Florence Price on her highly romantic and expressive new album Fantasie Nègre: The Piano Music Of Florence Price. The album includes the first full recording of all four Fantasie Nègre showpieces, following the rediscovery of Price’s Fantasie Nègre No. 3. Ege said: “As a young pianist, discovering Price made me feel visible. She belonged to a long legacy of black composers who channelled their African heritage into classical forms. (Lorelt)
1CD# LRLT144.2
1CD# 8559136
George Walker is one of the few leading American composers of the 20th century to produce as many as five piano sonatas. Taken together, they securely chart a lifetime of stylistic change. Walker is also one of the only major composer-pianists to have recorded worthy performances of virtuoso standard repertoire including Beethoven’s “Emperor Concerto” and the Brahms second piano concerto.
1CD# 8555040
1CD# ORC100100
$11.99
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Permutations / Eliesha Nelson [Blu-ray Audio + CD]
$11.99
This album is comprised of five virtuosic viola pieces that explore some of the many varied aspects of American music. Violist Eliesha Nelson has a passion for performing and promoting music of neglected composers who have created masterworks for the viola. She has been critically acclaimed in international publications for her outstanding interpretive abilities. She is a marvelous player...a ravishing violist...” – L.A. Times (Sono Luminus)
Paul Moravec: Sanctuary Road Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec has once again collaborated with librettist Mark Campbell to create the second of his “American historical oratorios.” Sanctuary Road draws on the astonishing stories to be found in William Still’s book The Underground Railroad, which documents the network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape into free states and Canada during the early to mid- 1800s. (Naxos)
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In an age of remarkable individuals, Joseph Boulogne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, son of a councillor in the Parlement at Metz and a black woman from Guadeloupe, occupied a unique position. His violin concertos provide a fascinating insight into his strengths as a violinist. Written for his own use, they require great agility while gravely beautiful blow movements are among the finest of any composer of the period. (Naxos)
Orchid Classics marks its 100th release with a particularly special album starring some of the most exciting artists of our time: pianistcomposer Stewart Goodyear, the Chineke! Orchestra and Wayne Marshall. The release includes worldpremiere recordings of Goodyear’s Carnival-inspired Suite for piano and orchestra, named Callaloo in honour of his Trinidadian roots, and his Piano Sonata, an exuberant reflection of Goodyear’s youth. (Orchid)
The life and career of the AfricanAmerican composer William Grant Still qualifies as the quintessential American ‘success story.’ Wood Notes musically depicts Still’s love of nature. Symphony No. 2, the last of a trilogy of works depicting the AfricanAmerican experience, presents the vision of an integrated American society, while Symphony No. 3 describes a spiritual ‘day in the life’ of a devout worshipper. (Naxos)
1CD# 8559884
$11.99
Gershwin-Goodyear / Stewart Goodyear
$16.99
William Grant Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 / Wood Notes
1CD# 8559676
The composer Elie Siegmeister once declared of Langston Hughes (1902– 1967) that he was the “most musical poet of the twentieth century”. True or false, this judgement underscores the unquestionable facts that much of Hughes’s poetry lends itself fairly readily to musical setting, and that, for Hughes, music was perhaps the primary inspiration, other than the history and culture of African-Americans in general, for his writing. (Naxos)
Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos
$16.99
George Walker: Five Piano Sonatas / Steven Beck, piano
1CD# BCD9554
$11.99
2CD# DSL-92186
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Brilliant
J.S. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo [3 CDs]
Chelleri: 6 Sonate di Galanteria
Couperin: Complete Solo Harpsichord Music [2 CDs]
Schubert: 4 Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Vivaldi: Complete Sonatas for 2 Violins [3 CDs]
Portrait of Sardinia – New Music for Guitar [3 CDs]
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Barbara Strozzi: La Voca Sola
Farrenc: Music for Violin & Piano
Baroque Edition – Artistry of Erik Bosgraaf [5 CDs]
Cavazzoni: Complete Organ Music [3 CDs]
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder
De Lange: Requiem
In Spiritum – Music for Cello & Bandoneon
Scriabin: Mazurkas, Poemes, & Impromtus
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1CD# BRI96423 $9.99
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1CD# BRI96106 $11.99
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3CD# BRI96203 $16.99
1CD# BRI95922 $9.99
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3CD# BRI95931 $12.99
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classics
De Hartmann: Complete Music for the Piano [6 CDs]
Britten: Complete Folk Songs [2 CDs]
Greco: Music for Bass Violin
Britten: Complete Music with Guitar & Voice
Mozart: Contemporaries
Legrenzi: Bass Cantatas & Sonatas
Van Noordt: Complete Organ Music [2 CDs]
J.S. Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811 [2 CDs]
Fuchs: Clarinet Chamber Music
Krebs: Complete Harpsichord Music [6 CDs]
Medtner: V2 – Complete Songs
Kuhlau: Complete Sonatas for Flute & Piano [2 CDs]
Manuel De Falla Collection [5 CDs]
Rebay: Complete Works for Clarinet, Flute & Guitar
6CD# BRI94795 $26.99
1CD# BRI95737 $9.99
2CD# BRI95895 $12.99
6CD# BRI95723 $26.99
5CD# BRI96353 $24.99
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1CD# BRI96020 $9.99
2CD# BRI96060 $9.99
1CD# BRI96061 $9.99
1CD# BRI96063 $9.99
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1CD# BRI96239 $9.99
1CD# BRI96305 $9.99
2CD# BRI96329 $11.99
Music For Harp & Piano 1CD# BRI95926 $9.99
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Piano Piano Poetry [2 CDs]
Schumann: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 15
This release features thirty pianistic “delicacies” from the Orfeo back catalogue, including Liszt’s Liebesträume, Scriabin’s Poèmes Op. 32, Debussy’s Épigraphes antiques, Chopin’s Etude “Butterfly Wings”, Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe, and many more popular pieces. Each of these recordings were praised highly upon their initial release, so it is especially exciting to gather them all in one place! (Orfeo)
The first true complete recording of Robert Schumann’s works for piano solo on 17 albums (in 15 volumes), played by Florian Uhlig, seeks for the first time to offer imaginative compilations on album containing all original works for pianoforte written between 1830 (Abegg Variations Op. 1) and 1854 (Ghost Variations) according to the newest critical editions and/or first editions. Several of these albums include premiere recordings. (Hanssler)
2CD# ORF-MP2102
$14.99
1CD# HC17041
Schubert: Piano Sonatas II / William Youn [2 CDs]
2CD# 19439916262
Dutilleux: Piano Works / Jean-Pierre Armengaud
After the highly acclaimed recording of the complete Mozart piano sonatas, pianist William Youn started the cycle of piano sonatas by Franz Schubert. The first volume received fantastic reviews: “The very first album of the Schubert complete recording deserves full recognition. For the program alone, Youn’s selections each offer a characteristic example of Schubert’s various stages of compositional development. “Youn’s playing convinces.” – Fono Forum (Sony)
1CD# GP790
$16.99
The Idil Biret Archive is now bringing together Biret’s past and present recordings. The current album showcases her interpretations of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Glazunov’s Piano Sonata No. 2, recorded in March 2017, and Balakirev’s Islamey “Oriental Fantasy,” recorded in concert at the Lille Festival 1993. (Naxos)
9CD# 19075843182
Jean-Pierre Armengaud’s album of piano music by Henri Dutilleux spans a 40-year period from 1948 to 1988. It includes the first ‘official’ work in the composer’s catalogue – the Piano Sonata, as well as the Trois Préludes composed for three renowned pianists. The original piano solo version of Le Loup receives its world premiere recording. (Naxos)
1CD# CKD642
$11.99
Duo Pleyel releases its second album on Linn, following its ‘winning performances’ (BBC Music Magazine) of Schubert. Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya perform the complete original works for piano four-hands by the unjustly neglected composer Jan Ladislav Dussek. Duo Pleyel offers you a delicious and hearty musical feast – it is time for Dussek to be back on the world’s musical menu. (Linn)
$18.99
Respighi: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2
Palmgren: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 / Jouni Somero
Respighi’s orchestral works are some of the most popular in the mainstream repertoire. His output of piano music, by contrast, is as good as unknown, and this Toccata Classics series presents it all: original works and transcriptions for solo piano, piano four hands and two pianos. The prentice works on this second volume of solo works reveal a Respighi with roots in the high-Romantic past of Schumann, Chopin and Brahms (Toccata)
Finnish pianist Jouni Somero continues his survey of the first ever complete cycle of Selim Palmgren’s piano works. The album includes a varied cross-section of works written over a 50-year period. Includes several world premiere recordings. (Grand Piano)
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Dussek: Complete Original Works for Piano Four-Hands
$11.99
1CD# GP869
$16.99
Igor Levit’s work on the 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas has been the most important endeavour of the past 15 years of his life. His new studio recording of the complete sonata cycle represents the recorded testament to almost half his life spent in the study and performance of these sonatas. The release of this momentous 9-album cycle is one of the most eagerly awaited recordings for the 250-year Beethoven anniversary. (Sony)
Czerny: Four Romantic Fantasies based on novels of Sir Walter Scott
1CD# 8579099
Jean-Pierre Armengaud’s album of piano music by Henri Dutilleux spans a 40-year period from 1948 to 1988. It includes the first ‘official’ work in the composer’s catalogue – the Piano Sonata, as well as the Trois Préludes composed for three renowned pianists. The original piano solo version of Le Loup receives its world premiere recording. (Grand Piano)
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas / Igor Levit 9-CD Set
Idil Biret: Solo Edition 12
1CD# 8571340
$18.99
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1CD# TOCC0605
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Organ Merulo: Organ Music [3 CDs]
Woyrsch: Complete Organ Music
Brilliant Classics presents a threedisc colleciton of organ works from Claudio Merulo (1533–1604). According to fellow organist and composer Costanzo Antegnati (1549–1624), Merulo was famous for ‘the sweet way he played’. In the 16th century the term ‘sweetness’ was mainly related to the practice of ‘diminution’, or ornamentation, and a ‘judicious breaking up of the figures’, so that the application of the coloratura might confer a personal and lively chiaroscuro effect. (Brilliant)
The German composer Felix Woyrsch was born in 1860 in Troppau but became prominent in the musical life of Altona, now part of Hamburg, as organist, choirmaster and teacher; he died there in 1944. Woyrsch’s late-Romantic organ music, with distant roots in Bach’s counterpoint, inhabits a harmonic world somewhere between Brahms and Reger, its dark colors reflecting the upheavals in the times through which he lived. (Toccata)
3CD# BRI96204
1CD# TOCC0120
$16.99
Bach: Triptycon / Iveta Apkalna [3 CDs]
Saint-Saëns: Symphonies No. 3 ‘Organ’ & Urbs Roma
1SACD# BIS-2470
The present album is the second of two recorded by the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and Jean-Jacques Kantorow to commemorate the centenary of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns. This installment presents Saint-Saëns’ crowning glory in the symphonic genre: his Symphony No. 3 in C minor, generally known as the ‘Organ Symphony’. (BIS)
$19.99
3CD# 0302005BC
30 Years of New Organ Works
1CD# FUG789
1SACD# 9512226-6
$18.99
2SACD# 555229-2
$69.99
At long last CPO’s successful Reger Edition continues on its way. The critics have been more than enthusiastic about the previous releases, and Musik & Theater even stated: “These recordings number among the best currently available in the field of Reger’s organ music.” CPO now presents Vol. 7, and this time featuring Reger’s five easy-toplay Preludes and Fugues Op. 56. (CPO)
$33.99
Ernst Köhler: Organ Works Ernst Köhler numbers among the representatives of the so-called Wrocław organ school from the first half of the 19th century; this group of composers, whose oeuvre combines respect for the con trapuntal refinement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music with the emotional aspects of the new Romantic trends and also heralds an apogee of synthesis; the most perfect embodiment of which was the organ and cantata-oratorio oeuvre of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. (Dux)
A former organist of both York Minster and Guildford Cathedral, Philip Moore ranks among the most significant and prolific of British choral and organ composers of the late-20th and 21st centuries. Organist Stephen Farr explores Moore’s considerable and growing body of organ works with this captivating album of music for the instrument containing several premiere recordings and recorded on the Harrison and Harrison organ of St Albans Cathedral. (Resonus)
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$18.99
Max Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 7 [2 CDs]
This new collection of Widor’s complete organ works brings together eight years’ worth of recordings. Performed by Joseph Nolan, this celebrated cycle saw him visit St Sernin, Toulouse, St. François-de Sales, Lyon and La Madeleine, Paris. “Nolan’s combination of vivid virtuosity, towering technique and inspired interpretative intensity makes his set the current yardstick in Widor symphony recordings.” – Gramophone (Signum)
1CD# RES10284
$24.99
The main organ in the church of St. Martin in Kassel, consecrated in 2017, already boasts numerous innovations; now the experimental organ turns the laws of organ building that have applied for centuries on their head. The new sound cosmos of swelling and dying tones that opens up inspires young composers to experiment, documented for the first time on a brandnew Super Audio album that presents both instruments as a convincing unit in overwhelming spatiality. (MDG)
Charles-Marie Widor: Complete Organ Works [8 CDs]
Moore: Organ Works
Concert organist Iveta Apkalna now presents her third release on the Berlin Classics label as a triple album. Triptychon spans three centuries and three religious confessions on one single organ: Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt and Pēteris Vasks can be heard on this, the first release of a recording played in Neubrandenburg’s Concert Church on the organ which she helped to develop and inaugurated. (Berlin Classics)
Orgelpunkt / Ekhard Manz
During the years in which Bernard Foccroulle was successively director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and the Festival d’Aixen-Provence, he devoted himself to his instrument, the organ, giving numerous concerts and several premieres. These compositions range over that thirty-year cycle, from the 1991 premiere of Jonathan Harvey’s Fantasia in Strasbourg to that of Betsy Jolas’s Musique d’autres jours. (Fuga Libera)
8CD# SIGCD596
$18.99
1CD# DUX1710
$16.99
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Choral / Vocals Liszt: Freudvoll und Leidvoll / Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Agnus Dei / The Sixteen
Together with a group of six other songs including Vergiftet sind meine Lieder , Der König von Thule and Ihr Glocken von Marling, the demanding Petrarch Sonnets have been a part of Jonas Kaufmann’s repertory for many years. He explains that the process of studying lesser-known “jewels” such as Goethe’s eponymous Freudvoll und leidvoll has been a period of intense discovery, during which time he has learnt to value these songs more than ever. (Sony)
1CD# 19439892602
1CD# COR16186
$11.99
There are certain texts which inspire composers more than others but there is one in particular that has provided us with sublime music ever since it appeared centuries ago – the Agnus Dei. This collection from The Sixteen celebrates some of the finest settings from the Renaissance through to the 20th century. From Tallis to Scarlatti and Rubbra to Britten, the variety of settings and musical language featured here is quite astounding. (Coro)
$18.99
Alto Arias / Filippo Mineccia Francesco Gasparini was held in high esteem by his contemporaries. In this powerful recording, slow arias are interspersed with furioso pieces and contrapuntal pieces. Particularly brilliant are the rage arias, in which Filippo Mineccia is able to display all his vocal prowess. In the richly orchestrated and harmonically exciting arias from Gasparini’s oratorios, the Orchestra Nazionale Barocca dei Conservatori Italiani can shine with its qualities. (Glossa)
1CD# GCD923527 $18.99
More Honourable Than the Cherubim / PaTRAM Institute Male Choir
Solacium / Trio Mediæval [Blu-ray Audio + SACD]
This album brings together singers from five countries, including an unprecedented nine octavists, to form the fifty-six-member international PaTRAM Institute Male Choir. The timing of the recording also coincided with the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. In honor of this event, the repertoire was changed to a compendium of sacred masterpieces by various composers, glorifying the Most Holy Lady Theotokos. (Chandos)
1SACD# CHSA 5287
2CD# 2L165SABD
$19.99
This recording includes Debussyʼs cantata La Damoiselle élue and Reynaldo Hahnʼs song and choral cycle Études latines, as well as several other masterful solo and choral songs by both composers. The cantata La Damoiselle élue was the first major success of the young Claude Debussy; and is heard here for the first time in Howard Armanʼs version. (BR Klassik)
1CD# OMF704
$16.99
Ensemble Perspectives creates programs that blend the mainstream classical repertory with lesser-known composers and folk and pop songs. These pieces are sung in transcriptions ‘tailor-made’ for Perspectives. The group’s new album, entitled Playlist, allows today’s ears to grasp the timeless threads that link Purcell to Brahms, a traditional song to an American song crooned by entire generations. (Outhere)
$18.99
Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s Greatest Hits
Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 1
1CD# 8574270
$34.99
Playlist / Ensemble Perspectives
Debussy & Hahn: French Vocal Music
1CD# BRK900529
Trio Mediæval’s presents this collection of hymns and lullabies — intimate songs as old as time and as new as tomorrow. This is music with no boundaries, celebrating our common humanity. When we sing a hymn or a lullaby we become a link in a chain that began in the unknowable past and will stretch into the infinite future: a timeless continuum of solace and comfort. (2L)
The first volume in a new complete edition of Mozart’s Masses. Christopher Poppen is an innovative and much-lauded conductor who has a close affinity with these works. Poppen’s Cologne forces are joined by the soprano Carolina Ullrich, mezzo-soprano Marie Henriette Reinhold, tenor Angelo Pollak, and the bass Konstantin Krimmel. (Naxos)
$11.99
1CD# MDK48294
22 Most-Loved Favorites! The incomparable voices of the 360 members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are the common chord that unites to form the best-known choral group in the world. Here are 22 of the best-loved classics, including “The Sound of Music,” “Oh, What A Beautiful Morninʼ,” “Born Free,” “Heʼs Got the Whole World In His Hands,” “All Through The Night,” “Londonderry Air,” and more. (Sony)
$7.99
A Choral Tapestry / Voces8 International award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella vocal group. A Choral Tapestry explores the rich vocal timbres of sacred vocal music spanning five centuries. Interweaving genres create an ethereal sonic tapestry that centres around the haunting beauty of William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices. (Signum)
1CD# SIGCD283
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Opera Teatro Alla Scala – Operas [8 DVDs]
Offenbach: Barbe-Bleue DVD
This new release features five outstanding operas from the legendary Teatro Alla Scala. The selections include Aida: “A perfect coup de theatre” (Giornale della Musica); I Due Foscari: “[Domingo’s performance] was sublime”; Die Zauberflöte: “[Adam Fischer] gets the best out of the Academy Orchestra with delicate execution and humane phrasing.” – Die Presse (C Major)
8DVD# 758408
$79.99
5BR# 758504
$79.99
Acclaimed director Laurent Pelly is one of the most renowned and prolific interpreters of Offenbach’s brilliantly inventive operettas. This release of Barbe bleue (Bluebeard) also includes a 50-minute documentary – Tales of Offenbach – created by the distinguished film-maker, Reiner E.Moritz. Narrated by Dame Felicity Lott, the film includes interviews with the cast and creatives of this sparkling production. (Opus Arte)
Teatro Alla Scala – Operas [5 Blu-ray]
Lully: Atys [2 DVDs]
$29.99
1BR# NBD0132V
$29.99
Lully: Atys Blu-ray
1BR# NBD0130V
$29.99
Orfeo presents Georg Gagnidze’s long-awaited debut album. Georgian baritone George Gagnidze – characterized by the American opera magazine Opera Now as a “gentle bear of a man” – on his long-awaited debut album presents celebrated and diverse opera characters such as Verdi’s murderous Count di Luna (Il trovatore), the vengeful Renato (Un ballo in maschera), and the loyal friend Posa (Don Carlos). (Orfeo)
1CD# ORF-C210221
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder DVD
$18.99
Korngold: Die tote Stadt [2 DVDs]
Christian Thielemann is a compelling advocate for German music, and his Salzburg Festival 2020 program with the Wiener Philharmoniker is smackdab at the heart of his favoured repertoire. For his long-awaited return to the Summer Festival, he opens with Wagner’s Wesendock Songs, considered musical sketches for the opera Tristan und Isolde, with terrific Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca as soloist. “An event with goose bumps.” – Kurier (Unitel)
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$29.99
Arias for Pagliacci, La traviata / George Gagnidze, Staatskapelle Weimar
Mozart: La finta giardiniera Blu-ray
1DVD# 805108
2DVD# 2110691-92
Mathis der Maler Blu-ray
Mozart wrote La finta giardiniera in 1775 when he was 18 years old. It was his first staged buffo opera and centres on the lovers at the heart of the action, Sandrina – the pretend garden-girl of the title – and Belfiore. Originally staged at Glyndebourne in 2014 by Frederic Wake-Walker, this 2018 revival from La Scala is performed on period instruments with a strong cast and expertly conducted with exuberance and charm by Diego Fasolis.(Naxos)
$29.99
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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)
Mozart: La finta giardiniera [2 DVDs]
1BR# NBD0129V
Johann Strauss II’s operetta Waldmeister earned the composer immense admiration from audiences and critics alike in 1895. The work spawned several famous pieces including Klipp-Klapp-Galopp and the waltz Trau, schau, wem. Dario Salvi has prepared the critical edition for this release and conducts the Sofia Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra in this world premiere recording. (Naxos)
Mathis der Maler [2 DVDs]
$33.99
$29.99
$29.99
2CD# 8660489-90
Spectacular Baroque Opera with the BEMF! The prizewinning Boston Early Music Festival, joined by the choicest soloists, once again presents a spectacular Baroque opera discovery with Christoph Graupner’s Antiochus and Stratonica. Graupner composed the musical play L’Amore Ammalato, Die kranckende Liebe, oder: Antiochus und Stratonica during his time as the harpsichordist at the Gänsemarkt Opera in Hamburg. (CPO)
2DVD# 2110689-90
1BR# OA BD7290D
Strauss II: Waldmeister [2 CDs]
Antiochus und Stratonica [3 CDs]
3CD# 555369-2
$39.99
Offenbach: Barbe-Bleue Blu-ray
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 opera’s themes of romantic dilemmas and ultimate tragedy, set amidst the poetic atmosphere of Ovid’s classical mythology, create the perfect vehicle for a narrative filled with dramatic intensity combined with a myriad of moving and expressive arias and duets. (Naxos)
2DVD# 2110694-95
1DVD# OA 1336D
The premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Die tote Stadt at the Bayerische Staatsoper in autumn 2019 was praised both by press and audiences. Marlis Petersen (Marie / Marietta) and Jonas Kaufmann (Paul) sang the main roles, with the Bayerisches Staatsorchester under Kirill Petrenko’s baton, in the intense staging by Simon Stone. “It’s difficult to imagine a better case for Die tote Stadt than was made in Munich.” – NY Times (BSO)
$29.99
2DVD# BSOREC1001
$41.99
1BR# BSOREC2001
$41.99
Korngold: Die tote Stadt Blu-ray
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DVD / The Six Brandenburg Concertos DVD
The Original Three Tenors in Concert – Rome 1990 Blu-ray
The Brandenburg Concertos consist of six concerti grossi, in which Bach deploys the instruments from the baroque orchestra in different, often audacious constellations. Against this backdrop, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker sets sixteen dancers originating in different Rosas generations. The concertos are played live by the baroque ensemble B’Rock, conducted by violinist Amandine Beyer. (BelAir)
This very special release includes the legendary concert of the Original Three Tenors – José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by Zubin Mehta at the Terme di Caracalla, Rome 1990 on the eve of the Football World Cup in Italy, watched by 1.6 billion spectators worldwide. For the first time available on Blu-ray, digitally remastered! This edition also includes the new documentary The Three Tenors – From Caracalla to the World. (C Major)
1BR# 758804
The Royal Opera Collection [22 DVDs]
18BR# OA BD7291BD
$134.99
1DVD# BAC184
Moscow, 1917. The wind of the Bolshevik Revolution brings along a new order. Lenin decides to nationalize the great private art collections, one of which belongs to brothers Mikhail and lvan Morozov. For more than two decades, they acquired an astonishing collection of paintings by Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, and more. This film tells the story of these two flamboyant characters, and follows the destiny of their fabulous collection. (BelAir)
In November 1949, at the age of eight, Idil Biret entered the studios of ORTF in Paris and made her first recordings; these were works by Couperin, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy. In the following decades she made nearly 100 LPs and CDs, released on ten record labels. The present album features Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Pathetique, Moonlight, Waldstein, and Appassionata. (Naxos)
$19.99
1DVD# BAC185
Ballets – Teatro Alla Scala [7 DVDs]
5BR# 758704
$79.99
Though Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan it is the country that had the most profound influence on him and his art. Through journeying from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to Van Gogh’s adopted home of Provence, France and eventually to Japan itself, this DVD provides a fascinating look at just how profound this influence proved to be. (Seventh Art)
1DVD# SEV206
The eight Mahler symphonies contained in this box were all recorded live as part of the Leipzig 75 Mahler cycle that began with the acclaimed Mahler Festival in 2011. They once again confirmed the Gewandhausorchester’s reputation as a Mahler reference orchestra, which was consolidated in particular thanks to the intensive examination of Mahler’s work under the direction of former Gewandhaus Kapellmeister Riccardo Chailly. (Accentus)
Martha Argerich [6 DVDs] An extensive collection of Martha Argerich concerts and two documentaries, allowing an intimate glance into her life. A must-have for fans! 6 DVDs in a deluxe digipack, offering over 13 hours of concert and documentary footage. The concert performances in this DVD set not only illustrate the sheer range of Martha Argerich’s repertoire, they also represent an outline of the many various stages of her career. (EuroArts)
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$21.99
Mahler: Symphonies [8 DVDs]
Ballets – Teatro Alla Scala [5 Blu-ray]
6DVD# ERAR268488DVD
$19.99
Van Gogh and Japan DVD
The present release showcases five outstanding ballets from the legendary Teatro alla Scala. Romeo and Juliet stars Roberto Bolle and Misty Copeland in a masterly performance. Next is The Sleeping Beauty which received fantastic reviews: “A great production, a success thanks to a superlative and thrilling ballet company.” (LUUK) Three other dazzling performances are included: Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, and The Lover’s Garden. (C Major)
$79.99
$24.99
Les Freres Morozov DVD
Beethoven / Idil Biret DVD
7DVD# 758608
$24.99
The thrilling tale of the construction of the Palais Garnier, a total work of art built over fifteen tumultuous years by the brilliant architect Charles Garnier. Through previously unpublished archives, unobstructed views, historical reconstructions and accounts by historians, discover the origins and construction process of the extraordinary theatre which hosted the most celebrated artists from Maria Callas to Rudolf Noureev. (BelAir)
The Royal Opera Collection [18 Blu-ray]
1DVD# 2110687
1BR# BAC497
Palais Garnier: Building the Paris Opera House DVD
This 18-opera collection displays the scope of The Royal Opera’s work. From the picturesque realism of John Copley’s La bohème to the psychological intensity of David McVicar’s Salome, the impressive collection spans more than two hundred years of great operatic works from the classical period to the present day. Featuring some of the company’s most popular guest artists, including Renée Fleming, Jonas Kaufmann, Joseph Calleja and Diana Damrau. (Opus Arte)
$134.99
$24.99
The Six Brandenburg Concertos Blu-ray
$31.99
22DVD# OA 1337BD
1DVD# BAC197
8DVD# ACC70504
$99.99
8BR# ACC60504
$109.99
Mahler: Symphonies [8 Blu-ray]
$59.99
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Blu-ray The Royal Ballet Collection [15 DVDs]
Anne-Sophie Mutter and Herbert Von Karajan Blu-ray
Over a decade of dance is represented here with no fewer than 22 ballets in this magnificent 15-disc collection of stunning performances by The Royal Ballet, including spectacular stagings of well-known narrative ballets, era-defining abstract works and show-stopping shorter ballets. (Opus Arte)
15DVD# OA 1338BD
$134.99
15BR# OA BD7292BD
$134.99
For the first time available on Blu-ray is this extraordinary artistic collaboration of three super stars: Herbert von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Berlin Philharmonic perform three popular violin concertos, filmed in 1984 and 1987 at the legendary Philharmonie Berlin. These concerts show that Karajan, throughout his career, championed the use of visual media and new audio technology to enhance musical expression. (C Major)
The Royal Ballet Collection [15 Blu-ray]
1BR# 755304
Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Sinfonia of London [DVD]
Kit Armstrong plays Wagner, Liszt, Mozart DVD
Henry James’s novella has become notorious as at once the most stylish and elusively ambiguous of all 19th-century ghost stories. In June 1932, the 18 year old Benjamin Britten heard a radio adaptation of James’s story and noted in his diary that it was ‘wonderful, impressive but terribly eerie & scary’. His subsequent operatic setting is unequivocally a masterpiece, and here receives a first-class production made for television with an outstanding cast. (Chandos)
1DVD# CHDVD 5290
Kit Armstrong performed at the famous Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, a masterpiece of Baroque theatre architecture, works by Wagner, Liszt and Mozart in a concert that was “technically sophisticated – and poetically poignant”. (Der Opernfreund ) Alfred Brendel ascribes to him “an understanding of the great piano works that combines freshness and subtlety, emotion and intellect.” (C Major)
$19.99
What a pompous and exquisite gala to celebrate opera legend Plácido Domingo in the breathtaking Arena di Verona! Domingo presents a program entirely dedicated to Verdi, performing three of his most complex and majestic baritone roles. No effort was spared to create an unforgettable evening in a unique atmosphere in the completely sold-out amphitheatre, which has been at the heart of Italian entertainment for almost 2,000 years. (C Major)
$36.99
1BR# 755104
$41.99
1DVD# 756508
$29.99
1BR# 756604
$41.99
Kit Armstrong Plays Wagner, Liszt, Mozart Blu-ray
Plácido Domingo at the Arena di Verona [2 DVDs]
2DVD# 755008
Frida Kahlo – Exhibition on Screen DVD
Plácido Domingo at the Arena di Verona Blu-ray
1DVD# SEV210
Shostakovich: The Taming of the Shrew [DVD]
$29.99
1BR# OA BD7293D
$39.99
The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world’s biggest annual classical open-air concert and will took place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna in June of 2021. This recording includes musical favorites from Bernstein, Verdi, Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Elgar, Debussy and Holst. It also includes many fantastic Summer Night Concert debuts: SNC debut by pianist Igor Levit & British conductor Daniel Harding. (Sony)
1BR# 19439904939
$19.99
$22.99
1BR# NBD0110V
$22.99
Mozart y Mambo / Sarah Willis [DVD + Blu-ray] Sarah Willis is a tireless ambassador for her instrument, the horn, which she champions around the world. This video combines the most famous of classical composers with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra and its exuberant conductor Pepe Mendéz. A number of famous local musicians take part in this recording, which also pays tribute to Cuban repertory with the song Dos Gardenias. (Alpha)
DVD+BR# ALPHA741
Summer Night Concert 2021 Blu-ray
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1DVD# 2110660
The State Opera Blu-ray
Summer Night Concert 2021 DVD
$14.99
$21.99
The State Opera is the first film ever made about the Bavarian State Opera, one of the world’s oldest, most prestigious and internationally esteemed companies. It charts the course of three operas – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Les Indes galantes and Un ballo in maschera – as they come to life on the stage. We meet some of the great singers, such as Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros, in performance and behind the scenes. (Naxos)
Shostakovich: The Taming of the Shrew [Blu-ray]
1DVD# 19439904929
Come on a journey through the life of one of the most prevalent female icons: Frida Kahlo. Guided by interviews, commentary and Frida’s own words. Featuring key exhibitions and interviews with world-renowned Kahlo curators, Exhibition on Screen explores the extraordinary symbolism and themes in these personal canvases to seek a deeper understanding of the real Frida Kahlo. (Seventh Art)
The State Opera DVD
Jean-Christophe Maillot’s inspired adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew won 3 Masques d’Ors and has toured the world to great acclaim since it was created for the Bolshoi in 2013. Now Maillot’s own Monte Carlo Ballet bring this ‘funny, fast-witted version’ (The Guardian) to the screen, with a fresh and witty re-interpretation of the combative relationship between Katherine and Petruchio as they fight to find true love. (Opus Arte)
1DVD# OA 1339D
$41.99
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NAXOS Lord Byron – The Great Poets (selections) [1 CD]
Ulysses / James Joyce (unabridged) [22 CDs]
22CD# NAX30912S
Ulysses is one of the greatest literary works in the English language. Set in the shadow of Homer’s Odyssey, internal thoughts give physical reality extra color and perspective. In this remarkable unabridged recording, Joyce catalogues one day — June 16, 1904 — in immense detail as Leopold Bloom wanders through Dublin — talking, observing, musing — and always remembering Molly, his passionate, wayward wife.
1CD# NA0334
$37.49 $74.99
This collection contains historical recordings of actors from the beginning of the recording era. Included here are historical Shakespeare performances by Henry Ainley, John Barrymore, and many others. “This is a delight for the theater buff, cultural historian, and acting professional…includes speeches from Shakespeare recorded from 1896 to the 1940s, recited by the most notable actors of the day…” —Audiofile
7CD# NA799112
24CD# NA0273
Some 250 years after its first publication, Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is still regarded as one of the greatest histories in Western literature. He reports on more than 1,000 years of an empire which extended from the most northern and western parts of Europe to deep into Asia and Africa and covers not only events but also the cultural and religious developments that effected change during that time.
Considered the bridge between romanticism and modernism, Matthew Arnold wrote verse that is simple, unadorned and straightforward. This collection covers his major poetic works, including the narrative poems, sonnets and elegiac poems, illuminating the lyricism and serenity of Arnold’s best poetry. The collection includes: Dover Beach, Desire, Longing, A Summer Night, Consolation, Philomela, A Dream, and more.
18CD# NA0125
$53.99 $107.99
London Labour & the Londor Poor / Henry Mayhew (unabridged) [23 CDs]
$27.49 $54.99
Great Speeches in History (compilation) [2 CDs] From Socrates to Abraham Lincoln — Great Speeches in History features some of history’s most significant figures and their most important speeches. Fighting for justice, freedom of speech, and sometimes even their own lives, these orators demonstrate the finest resources of language in the service of the most dramatic issues of their day.
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$68.99 $137.99
Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire / Edward Gibbon (unabridged) [18 CDs]
$17.49 $34.99
Fanny Hill / John Cleland (unabridged) [8 CDs]
2CD# NA208312
$17.49 $34.99
Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics. But despite all his aspirations, Finn is haunted by ethical questions as his personal convictions conflict with his duty towards his party. The second installment of Trollope’s celebrated Palliser series, Phineas Finn is a delightful and humorous look at the complexity of human relationships and the politics surrounding the Second Reform Bill of the 1860s.
Once again, the intrepid Zorro fights for justice! Our hero's assistance is sought when the devious Pedro Morelos threatens the fortune of a wealthy heir, Vicente Canchola. Morelos hatches a plot to kidnap the Governor of California and extort profitable trade concessions from him. Zorro overhears this, but will he be able to foil the evil scheme, and stop the Canchola estate from falling into the wrong hands?
8CD# NA0274
Oscar Wilde’s enduring masterpiece, a fable of innocence and corruption, purity and decay, has become a true classic. The beautiful, narcissistic Dorian Gray sells the beauty of his soul in exchange for external perfection. Ultimately, however, he cannot escape the disfigurement of sin. Wilde’s remarkable wit and memorable, epigrammatic lines dazzle in audiobook form.
Phinias Finn / Anthony Trollope (unabridged) [24 CDs]
$8.99 $17.99
The Sign of Zorro / Johnston McCulley (unabridged) [5 CDs]
5CD# NA0255
$7.49 $14.99
The Picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde (unabridged) [7 CDs]
Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings (selections) [2 CDs]
2CD# NA220012
Today, Byron is regarded as the ultimate romantic- a rebel, a Casanova and a man of intense, brooding passion. He was the most famous literary man of his time, and his poetry, endlessly witty and often insightful, was immensely popular and hugely influential. “Mad, bad and dangerous to know,” Lord Byron was without equal in English literature.
$8.99 $17.99
23CD# NA0319
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London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, a founder and editor of the satirical magazine Punch, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society. David Timson’s sharp-witted and authoritative tone perfectly suits Mayhew’s detailed social observations.
$64.49 $128.99
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AUDIOBOOKS Ghost Stories / Charles Dickens (unabridged) [14 CDs]
Romeo & Juliet / William Shakespeare (unabridged) [3 CDs] Romeo and Juliet is the quintessential love story. Shakespeare’s ill-fated lovers have influenced English literature from the time of the play’s first performance up until today, inspiring works like West Side Story. The wit, tenderness, and poetic beauty of this play have proved a favorite across the centuries and continue to work their spell on modern audiences.
3CD# NA312512
$11.49 $22.99
Arabian Sands / Wilfred Thesiger (unabridged) [11 CDs]
11CD# NA0336
14CD# NA0329
Naples ’44 is an unflinching autobiographical account of a year in Naples after the armistice and Allied landings in Sorrento in 1943. Working as a British counterintelligence officer under the Allied occupation, Lewis documents the rich pageant of life in the city and its surrounding areas. Unsparing, penetrating and profoundly humane, Naples ’44 is a moving portrait of the costs of war, and the resilience of a society under extreme stress.
$33.99 $67.99
Nostromo / Joseph Conrad (unabridged) [15 CDs]
6CD# NA0338
One of the most important books of the growing feminist movement of the 1950s, it was brought to a wider public by the Nobel Prize award to Doris Lessing in 2007. Authoress Anna Wulf attempts to overcome writer’s block by writing a comprehensive ‘golden notebook’ which draws together the preoccupations of her life, each of which is examined in a different hued notebook.
$44.99 $89.99
Father Goriot / Honoré de Balzac (unabridged) [10 CDs]
21CD# NAX15812
Daisy Miller is a young American girl travelling Europe with her mother and younger brother. Daisy flaunts society’s rules and uncompromising standards; she is charming, spontaneous and unpretentious, and her audacity shocks the Europeans, who consider her an uncultivated flirt. The sophisticated Winterbourne remains smitten with Daisy, but his classical values stand in his way…
$31.49 $62.99
2CD# NA0325
The Europeans (unabridged) [5 CDs]
$8.99 $17.99
Revelations of Divine Love / Julian of Norwich (unabridged) [6 CDs]
After the collapse of her marriage to an illustrious German prince, Baroness Eugenia Münster arrives in America with her brother, in search of wealthy New England relatives. At times reminiscent of Jane Austen, The Europeans contains beautiful and vivid descriptions of mid-19th century upper-class New England life. Adam Sims trained at LAMDA. His screen and theatre credits include Band of Brothers, Lost in Space and Alice in Wonderland.
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$57.99 $115.99
Daisy Miller / Henry James (unabridged) [2 CDs]
Impoverished young aristocrat Eugène de Rastignac is determined to climb the social ladder and impress himself on Parisian high society. While staying in a boarding house in Paris’s rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, he encounters Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who has spent his entire fortune supporting his two daughters. Profound and realistic, Father Goriot is a startling glimpse into the vanity and selfishness of 19th-century Paris.
5CD# NA0296
$20.99 $41.99
The Golden Notebook / Doris Lessing (unabridged) [21 CDs]
Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, Nostromo explores the volatile politics and crippling greed surrounding the San Tomé silver mine. The story of power, love, revolutions, loyalty, and reward is told with richly evocative descriptions and brilliantly realized characters. More than an adventure story; it is also a profoundly dark moral fable. It was Conrad’s masterwork, a forerunner of modernism, and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
10CD# NA0326
$40.99 $81.99
Naples ʼ44 / Norman Lewis (unabridged) [6 CDs]
Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger’s stunning account of five years spent crossing the Arabian Peninsula by foot and on camels, with nomadic Bedouin tribesmen as guides. In clear and evocative prose, Thesiger documents a journey of unimaginable hardship and startling beauty, as well as a time, place and people on the cusp of change.
27CD# NAX89012
Charles Dickens was a master of the macabre. His stories of madness, murder and revenge, often imbued with a sympathetic moral undertone, have continued to thrill and chill readers ever since they were written. Here then are 15 tales that display the full range of Dickens’s Gothic talents. The Signalman, perhaps the most well-known, is a chilling story about a mysterious figure and its deathly omen.
On May 8, 1373, 30-year-old Julian of Norwich, sick and near death, had a series of visions of Christ. In these 16 visions she learnt about God's loving nature. The version of Christian theology presented in Revelations of Divine Love – the first published book in English attributed to a woman contains some of the most profound spiritual writing ever written and remains a perennial favorite among Christians.
$20.99 $41.99
6CD# NA0295
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NAXOS Dreaming of Jupiter / Ted Simon (unabridged) [14 CDs]
JUNIOR CLASSICS
Ted Simon’s Dreaming of Jupiter is a remarkable achievement and a fitting sequel to Jupiter’s Travels, the groundbreaking classic of motorcycle adventure.
14CD# NA0335
Worzel Gummidge / Barbara Euphan Todd (unabridged) [4 CDs]
$44.99 $89.99
This is the first of the Worzel Gummidge novels, originally published in 1936. Later, the Worzel Gummidge stories were adapted for radio and television, ranking among the top 50 greatest British children's programs.
The Story of Classical Music / Darren Henley (unabridged) [4 CDs]
4CD# NA0287
The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by the conductor and musical personality Marin Alsop.
4CD# NA331012
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / L. Frank Baum (abridged) [2 CDs]
$11.49 $22.99
Sister Carrie / Theodore Dreiser (unabridged) [14 CDs]
This great children’s classic, written in 1900 and immortalized in the Judy Garland film, retains its charm in this reading by Liza Ross. Featuring some of the music that made the film unforgettable.
A magnificent portrayal of 1890s America and the harsh realities of a dog-eat-dog world, Sister Carrie lies at the forefront of American Naturalism. Frank, evocative and compelling.
14CD# NA0307
2CD# NA221412
$44.99 $89.99
The eighth novel in Naxos AudioBooks’ series of the great works of Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist is Dickens’ second novel. Anton Lesser reads with all his intensity and comic versatility.
Sensual, macabre, joyous and liberating, The Flowers of Evil, or Les Fleurs du Mal, is a beautifully debauched reflection on dreams, sin, life and death. Six of the poems were banned until as recently as 1949.
4CD# NA425912
Alice is back in her room, stroking her cats – but not for long. Slipping through the looking-glass she meets another wild collection of fantasy characters including the Red and White Kings and Queens.
A House for Mr Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man’s struggle for identity and belonging.
2CD# NA214212
The March sisters are among the most beloved characters in children’s literature, and Little Men picks up the story of fiery, headstrong Jo where Good Wives left off.
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories / Nikolai Gogol (unabridged) [15 CDs]
3CD# NA0268
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories is a bizarre and colourful collection containing the finest short stories by the iconic Russian writer Nikolai Gogol.
$44.49 $89.99
The Victorian era was a time of great change and rapid progress. Britain was undergoing the most tremendous development. Great Victorians captures a fascinating period in world history.
First published in March 1722, 57 years after the event that struck more than 100,000 people, Journal of the Plague Year is a compelling portrait of life during London’s horrific bubonic plague.
2CD# NA0292
In this entertaining anthology of seven new ghost stories, we meet all kinds of phantoms. Engaging and slightly sinister, The Clumsy Ghost and Other Spooky Tales is a delightful shiver for all the family!
An entertaining and informative introduction to wine Julian Curry, actor and wine buff, has devised this unique audiobook guide to wine which takes the listener to the heart of wine-making and wine drinking.
2CD# NA0054
$14.49 $28.99
This classic of nature writing, is at once a tale of remarkable adventure and an indelible record of the myths and magic of wolves.
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$8.99 $17.99
Robinson Crusoe – Retold / Daniel Defoe & Roy McMillan (abridged) [2 CDs]
Never Cry Wolf / Farley Mowat (unabridged) [4 CDs]
4CD# NA439312
$8.99 $17.99
Clumsy Ghost & Other Spooky Tales / Various (unabridged) [2 CDs]
$29.99 $59.99
A Guide to Wine / Julian Curry (unabridged) [4 CDs]
4CD# NA429012
$11.49 $22.99
Great Victorians / Benjamin Soames (unabridged) [2 CDs]
Journal of the Plague Year / Daniel Defoe (unabridged) [9 CDs]
9CD# NA0330
$8.99 $17.99
Little Men / Louisa M. Alcott (abridged) [3 CDs]
$53.99 $107.99
15CD# NA0318
$14.49 $28.99
Through the Looking Glass / Lewis Carroll (abridged) [2 CDs]
$14.49 $28.99
A House for Mr Biswas / V.S. Naipaul (unabridged) [18 CDs]
18CD# NA0286
$8.99 $17.99
Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens (abridged) [4 CDs]
The Flowers of Evil / Charles Baudelaire (unabridged) [4 CDs]
4CD# NA0303
$14.49 $28.98
When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert island. Roy McMillan combines an abridged version of Defoe’s novel with his own explanations to retell the story for younger listeners.
$14.99 $28.99
2CD# NA0072
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AUDIOBOOKS 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea / Jules Verne (abridged) [2 CDs]
Lady Windermere's Fan / Oscar Wilde (unabridged) [2 CDs] Oscar Wilde’s first play confronts the hypocrisy of public ‘morality’ compared with genuine, private kindness. This audiobook production brings together a cast worthy of Wilde’s creative genius.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is possibly the first and finest work of science fiction plausible, terrifying and utterly gripping.
2CD# NA201412
$8.99 $17.99
2CD# NA211112
The Knyghtes Tale / Geoffrey Chaucer (unabridged) [2 CDs]
Paradise Regained / John Milton (unabridged) [2 CDs] In Paradise Regained, Satan again is on the prowl, having successfully tempted Adam and Eve and forced their departure from the Garden of Eden, here he sets out to tempt again.
The Knyghtes Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgrims as they set out to Canterbury. It concerns Theseus, and two brother knights Palamon and Arcite, imprisoned but yearning for their loves.
2CD# NA241512
2CD# NA239912
Many of the greatest lovers, and the greatest love scenes in Western literature, are to be found in Shakespeare. Bill Homewood and Estelle Kohler perform the finest love scenes form nearly twenty plays.
Naxos AudioBooks marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of naturalist Charles Darwin, with ‘In a Nutshell’. Peter Whitfield explains how Darwin came to his revolutionary views following his voyage on the Beagle.
2CD# NA202412
$7.49 $14.99
When Catherine Morland, a country clergyman’s daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her.
The complete box set of T.H. White’s magnificent retelling of the Arthurian legend. The five parts include: The Sword in the Stone, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind, and The Book of Merlyn.
2CD# NA207612
Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around A. D. 70. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, and more in technicolor terms.
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales tells of a group of pilgrims from all layers of society who pass the time during their journey to Canterbury by telling stories to one another.
6CD# NA633912
$11.49 $22.99
Here is a tale straight from the fireside. We are compelled to follow the humble and mysterious figure of the linen weaver Silas Marner, on his journey from solitude and exile to the warmth and joy of family life.
The first of a series of musical biographies, with Bob Peck as Beethoven. In this set the life and music of the revolutionary composer/pianist is unveiled in considerable detail with many musical examples.
2CD# NA207512
This is the moving and powerful story of Edna Pontellier, a beautiful young wife and mother who discovers her true feelings and identity through her love for Robert Lebrun.
A Study in Scarlet was the very first Sherlock Holmes novel. It is a full novel, and is here read, unabridged in richly characterized style by David Timson.
2CD# NA210812
To The Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf’s most accomplished novel, and her most autobiographical. It tells of one summer spent by the Ramsay family and their friends in their holiday home in Scotland.
2CD# NA203612
Considered the most widely read novel of the 20th century, D.H. Lawrence’s fiery fifth book continues the loves and lives of The Rainbow’s Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula.
Here are sixteen tales from one of the great works of the Middle Ages. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
$53.99 $107.99
Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Thackeray’s story is set at the time of the battle of Waterloo.
4CD# NA438012
Victor Hugo created one of the most vivid characters in classic fiction in Quasimodo. His doomed love for the beautiful gypsy girl Esmerelda is an example of the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast.
Gogol’s great Russian classic is the Pickwick Papers of Russian Literature. It takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata, but especially the devious complexities in the country with its landowners and serfs.
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$14.49 $28.99
The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Victor Hugo (abridged) [2 CDs]
$17.49 $34.99
Dead Souls / Nikokai Gogol (abridged) [4 CDs]
4CD# NA428412
$8.99 $17.99
Selections from the Decameron / Boccaccio (selections) [4 CDs]
Vanity Fair / W.M. Thackeray (abridged) [5 CDs]
5CD# NA512012
$8.99 $17.99
To The Lighthouse / Virginia Woolf (abridged) [2 CDs]
$14.49 $28.99
Women in Love / D.H. Lawrence (unabridged) [18 CDs]
18CD# NA0277
$8.99 $17.99
Awakening / Kate Chopin (abridged) [2 CDs]
$14.49 $28.99
A Study in Scarlet / Arthur Conan Doyle (unabridged) [4 CDs]
4CD# NA424912
$20.99 $41.99
Silas Marner / George Eliot (abridged) [2 CDs]
The Life & Works of Beethoven / Jeremy Siepmann (unabridged) [4 CDs]
4CD# NA421512
$8.99 $17.99
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars / Suetonius (abridged) [6 CDs]
$76.49 $152.99
The Canterbury Tales III / Geoffrey Chaucer (unabridged) [3 CDs]
3CD# NA330412S
$7.99 $15.99
Northanger Abbey / Jane Austin (abridged) [2 CDs]
The Once & Future King / T.H. White (unabridged) [29 CDs]
29CD# NAX90112
$8.99 $17.99
Shakespeareʼs Lovers / William Shakespeare (unabridged) [2 CDs]
$8.99 $17.99
Darwin: In a Nutshell / Peter Whitfield (unabridged) [1 CD]
1CD# NA194412
$8.99 $17.99
2CD# NA238212
$14.49 $28.99
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Stage Favorites Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights)
American Soul from Broadway to Paris / Duo Rosa
The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop present a live recording with highlights of Gershwin’s self-proclaimed American “Folk Opera” Porgy and Bess, with a stellar cast. Since its premiere in 1935, Porgy and Bess has been one of the most significant attempts to – following Antonin Dvorák’s famous instruction of 1893 – create American classical music inspired by Afro-American styles such as jazz, spirituals and the blues. (Pentatone)
1SACD# PTC5186883
American Soul: from Broadway to Paris is the title of Duo Rosa’s second opus, featuring art songs, Broadway melodies and cabaret tunes. In this new project, the two musicians maintain a blend of classical and popular music in a varied, accessible program that pleases audiences of all ages. Included are Broadway tunes such as "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere" by Bernstein from West Side Story, and Gershwin songs including "The Man I Love." (Haenssler Classic)
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1CD# HC19026
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The Way of Light – The Music of Nigel Hess Stage and screen would be the poorer without the award-winning soundtrack scores of Nigel Hess. The acclaimed British composer’s melodious music for stage, film and television has touched millions around the world over the past forty years. His latest album, The Way of Light – The Music of Nigel Hess boasts a stellar cast of performers, among them the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Singers and Sir Derek Jacobi. (Orchid)
1CD# ORC100153
$16.99
The Prince of Egypt (Original Cast Recording)
Gershwin Songbook / Enrico Fagnoni
Experience the epic emotion and soaring music of The Prince of Egypt, the extraordinary musical from three-time Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz. Journey through the wonders of Ancient Egypt as two young men, raised together as brothers in a kingdom of privilege, find themselves suddenly divided by a secret past. One must rule as Pharaoh, the other must rise up and free his true people; both face a destiny that will change history forever. (Ghostlight)
Enrico Fagnoni offers this new recording of the Songbook as a tribute to Gershwin’s genius. Gershwin compiled the Songbook in the early 1930s at the invitation of his publisher, selecting his favorite 18 among the hundreds of songs he had composed up to that point. Jazz, ragtime and klezmer all inflect these songs with their own unique harmonies. Tracks include “Do It Again,” “Strike Up the Band,” “Do-Do-Do,” “My One and Only,” and more. (Piano Classics)
It’s a Grand Night for Singing [3 CDs]
Broadway Divas / Various Artists
1CD# GHOL60278.2
3CD# DNMI3588.2
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1CD# PCL10228
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II together ushered in the golden age of musical theater with their string of hit Broadway musicals during the 1940s and 1950s. This 3-disc set features 63 songs from the pairʼs best works, including “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning,” “Oklahoma,” “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Getting To Know You,” “My Favorite Things,” and many more. (Dynamic)
An absolute treasure trove of great performances by outstanding Broadway stars! From the Golden Age through modern days, this compilation begins who else by Ethel Merman, performing “I Got the Sun in the Morning,” from the 1966 Lincoln Center’s legendary revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Other tracks include “All That Jazz,” by Bebe Neuworth, “Sing Happy,” by Liza Minnelli, “Mean to Me,” by Nell Carter, “Monotonous,” by Eartha Kitt, and many more! (Sony)
1CD# 09026638052
$26.99
Paint Your Wagon
The Classic Songs of Cole Porter [2 CDs]
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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,” “I Talk To the Trees,” 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)
When most songwriters were working in partnerships, Cole Porter worked alone, writing in a sophisticated and very individual style – one that reflected his different cultural background from that of his peers. The songs on this 2-disc set are presented chronologically, using recordings that span decades. The artists featured on this set include Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, and many more. (Acrobat)
2CD# ACBT3243.2
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1CD# 88985334092
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Kiss Me Kate (2019 Broadway Cast) A new cast album of Cole Porter’s musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, based on the current hit production from the Roundabout Theatre Company is now available! The show is directed by Scott Ellis, choreographed by Warren Carlyle with music direction by Paul Gemignani and features a book by Sam and Bella Spewack, and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. (Ghostlight)
1CD# GHOL625032.2
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Shakespeare: Three Comedies [3 DVDs] 3DVD# OA 1327BD $39.99
Antony & Cleopatra DVD 1DVD# OA 1176D $24.99
Measure for Measure 1DVD# OA 1310D $24.99
Richard III
The Taming of the Shrew
The Food of Love – Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare
1DVD# OA 1271D $24.99
1DVD# OA 1283D $24.99
Shakespeare Trilogy (Julius Caesar – Henry IV – The Tempest) [4 DVDs]
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1DVD# THE08029 $22.99
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Titus Andronicus DVD 1DVD# OA 1175D $24.99
Shakespeare: Timon of Athens 1DVD# OA 1311D $24.99
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Twelfth Night
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Titus Andronicus DVD 1DVD# OA 1263D $24.99 Titus Andronicus Blu-ray 1BR# OA BD7239D $29.99
Macbeth
King Lear
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Film Music The Kid / Ludwik Sarski Orchestra
Morricone: Cinema Suites 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, at the Italian Senate 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
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1CD# DUX1770
Malcolm Arnold – A Centenary Celebration
This fine collection of arguably the Greatest Film Music ever written brings together on one album music from some of the most memorable films ever made. Works include unforgettable music from Star Wars, E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial and the haunting science fiction Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This album also looks back to the heyday of Hollywood, with scores by Max Steiner – from Gone With the Wind – and the undisputed Master of the genre, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. (SOMM)
$18.99
The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1CD# ARIADNE 5006
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Spotlight on John Williams [2 CDs]
With a stunning score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, the 1965 film The Sound of Music boasted a dream cast led by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Winner of five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music made Hollywood history, becoming the most popular movie musical ever made. The soundtrack includes instantly recognizable hits like “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and “The Sound of Music.” (Craft)
1CD# CRFCR00404.2
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Great Classic Film Music
SOMM Recordings is delighted to mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s birth with seven first recordings of arrangements for violin and piano. A prolific composer with a prodigious gift for memorable melodies and technical brilliance, Malcolm Arnold – A Centenary Celebration reflects both the serious and lighter sides of one of the most distinctive voices of postwar British music. (SOMM)
1CD# SOMMCD 0640
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the premiere of the silent film The Kid directed by Charlie Chaplin. On this occasion, the Ludwik Sarski Orchestra has released a unique album – a tribute to Chaplin’s oeuvre inspired by that film. The album The Kid is a suite with film music, which faithfully reflects the nature of the scenes contained in the film and perfectly conveys the atmosphere of silent cinema. (Dux)
American composer, conductor and producer John Williams can be called the ‘king of film music’ without exaggeration. Prospero honors the master with a lavishly designed double album: Disc 1 features the well-known and extremely popular themes from Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Star Wars and more, while disc 2 presents soloistinfluenced works by the composer, interpreted by renowned classical artists such as clarinetist Paul Meyer and trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich. (Prospero)
$12.99
2CD# PROSP0012
Schnittke: Film Music, Vol. 5
$29.99
Volume 5 in this outstanding series from Capriccio highlights Alfred Schnittke’s film music, and encapsulates many elements of the Russian composer’s compositional style. A self-described polystylist, Schnittke began writing for film in the 1960s, penning 66 film scores between 1962 and 1984 for Soviet film companies. This release presents music from the films The Stars of the Day, The Audience’s Favourite and Father Sergius, authoritatively recorded by Strobel and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. (Capriccio)
The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann
Annette – Cannes Edition (Soundtrack Highlights)
Il Volo Sings Morricone
1CD# C5350
1CD# IMT5070014.2
$16.99
Annette is an album of music by legendary art-pop duo SPARKS from the current musical film. Opening the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival, Annette marked the first English-language film from visionary director Leos Carax, with music by Sparks’ Ron and Russell Mael and based on their original story. With a career spanning over five decades and 25 albums, Sparks is recognized as a groundbreaking pioneer in pop music and contemporary songwriting. (Sony)
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Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut and Martin Scorsese are four giants who would be on most film-lovers list of top ten directors of all time. These four, very different, men had one thing in common; all their landmark films, from Welles’ Citizen Kane, to Hitchcock’s Vertigo, to Scorsese’s Taxi Driver shared the same composer, Bernard Herrmann. (EI)
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An exciting journey through the art and music of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, Il Volo Sings Morricone features 14 songs recalling the Maestro’s legendary melodies. Featuring guest performers David Garrett, Chris Botti, and Hauser (from 2CELLOS), Morricone’s son Andrea also provides lyrics for “The Ecstacy of Gold,” as well as a previously unreleased Morricone track “I colori dell amore.” (Sony)
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Naxos film music classics
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Naxos Film Music Classics is a series devoted to recordings of the finest original orchestral film scores. Featured are classic composers who occasionally worked in cinema, such as Shostakovich and Frankel. The series also includes composers whose eloquent romanticism defined the sound of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Scores by Herrmann, Korngold, Steiner, and more are presented in complete versions with top performances and superior sound.
Deutsch: The Maltese Falcon & Other Classic Film Scores 1CD# 8557701
Arnold: The Roots of Heaven / David Copperfield 1CD# 8573366
Steiner: Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1CD# 8570185
Shostakovich: Hamlet 1CD# 8557446
Hermann: The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1CD# 8570186
Newman: The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1CD# 8570187
Tiomkin: Red River 1CD# 8557699
Shostakovich: Odna (Alone) 1CD# 8570316
Korngold: Captain Blood / Steiner: The Three Musketeers 1CD# 8557704
Khachaturian: Othello Suite & Battle of Stalingrad Suite 1CD# 8573389
Honegger: Demon de L’Himalaya 1CD# 8570979
Auric: Beauty & the Beast 1CD# 8557707
Herrmann: Jane Eyre 1CD# 8572718
Steiner: All This & Heaven Too 1CD# 8570184
Skinner, Salter: Monster Music 1CD# 8557705
Salter, Dessau: House of Frankenstein 1CD# 8570188
Frankel: Curse of the Werewolf 1CD# 8557850
Kilar: Bram Stoker’s Dracula 1CD# 8557703
Honegger / Les Miserables 1CD# 8557486
Ibert / Macbeth, Golgotha 1CD# 8557607
Halffter: Carmen (film score) 1CD# 8572260
Waxman: Rebecca 1CD# 8557549
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New Additions Symphony Hall Concert / Erroll Garner
Pasquale Plays Duke / Grasso Pasquale
One of the most popular figures in jazz during his exceptional career, Erroll Garner’s legacy is receiving a remarkable reinvigoration through the concerted efforts of Octave Music’s Erroll Garner Project (EGP) and its partnership with Mack Avenue Music Group. Together they are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Garner’s birth with this stunning previously-unreleased 1959 concert recorded at Boston’s Symphony Hall. (Mack Avenue)
This release finds Pasquale Grasso reimagining five Duke Ellington classics on solo guitar, alongside several additional tracks recorded with longtime collaborators bassist Ari Roland and drummer Keith Balla. The album features some of Ellington’s most-cherished masterpieces including “Sophisticated Lady,” “Prelude to a Kiss,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” and “Cotton Tail,” with guests vocalists Sheila Jordan and Samara Joy making appearances. (Sony)
1CD# MAC1189
$17.99
1CD# 19439907672
Live at the Village Vanguard / Christian McBride
Berlin 1959 / Duke Ellington [2 CDs]
In June of 2007, Christian McBride returned to the Village Vanguard after a nine-year break, with Inside Straight, a group consisting of Steve Wilson, Eric Reed, Carl Allen, and Warren Wolf. Although many iterations of his groups have played there, Inside Straight was birthed inside the Village Vanguard. This particular set was recorded in December of 2014, and it titled Live at the Village Vanguard.
1CD# MAC1192
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Love for Sale / Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
2CD# SVL1038315
Celebrating 10 years since they first recorded together, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga returned to the studio for another collaboration featuring the very best of the Cole Porter Songbook. The album features duets as well as solo performances by both artists accompanied by Tony Bennett’s quartet, The Brian Newman Quintet, along with big band and orchestral arrangements by Marion Evans and Jorge Callandrelli. (Universal)
1CD# ISCB003358402.2
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1CD# PCD259
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Songs From My Father / Gerry Gibbs [2 CDs] Songs From My Father is the much-anticipated new album from renowned musical polymath Gerry Gibbs. On his thirteenth release as a leader, drummer-percussionistbandleader-arranger Gibbs presents a smashing double-disc masterwork featuring four iterations of his acclaimed Thrasher Dream Trio. Under his astute direction, Gibbs and his band of jazz titans pay homage to the musical legacy of Gerry’s 96-year-old father, Terry Gibbs. (Whaling City)
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Live at the Berlin Philharmonie 1969 / Sarah Vaughan, vocals
2CD# WCS131
Recorded live on November 9, 1969 at the Berlin Philharmonie, this Sarah Vaughan recording has never before been released in its entirety. That is, until now! The emotionally intense concert is remarkable, with Vaughan constantly maintaining her balance throughout between her vocal technique and interpretive skills. She bares her soul and gives us a unique lesson in music as a form of the art of living. (Challenge)
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More Music / Joey DeFrancesco One thing that we could all use right now is "More Music". And who better to supply that demand than Joey DeFrancesco? More Music is “more” in every conceivable way. It offers up ten new DeFrancesco originals, brought to life by a scintillating new trio. The keyboard virtuoso also brings out his full arsenal: organ, keyboard, piano, trumpet, and, for the first time on record, tenor saxophone. (Mack Avenue)
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1CD# MAC1186
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Jan Levander’s collaboration with Bohuslän Big Band has consisted of several concerts as a saxophone player in the saxophone and woodwind section, arranging and composing for the big band and directing several projects. He has written music according to their unique expression and skills, which has been valuable when composing music for Bohuslän Big Band. (Prophone)
A consortium of major jazz labels has taken the unprecedented step of joining hands for Relief, an all-star compilation of previously unreleased music, continuing the Jazz Foundation of America’s ongoing efforts to aid musicians affected by the shutdown of venues and other performance opportunities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Artists include Cecile McLorin Salvant, Jon Batiste, Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi, and more. (Mack Avenue)
1CD# TLR 2004037
This is a welcome memento of the Duke Ellington’s 1959 European tour. The music starts with the Ellington Medley, by then a standard concert opener in varied embodiments. This was not only a clever way of dealing with audience requests for beloved standards, but also a way of celebrating the continued life of his musical heritage. The concert has been remastered to modern standards, and is a must own for any Ellington fan. (Storyville)
Portrait of Bohuslan Big Band / Jan Levander
Relief: Benefit for the Jazz Foundation’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund
1CD# MAC1185
$11.99
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In Jazz Live at the Kurhaus 1967 / Dave Brubeck Quartet
A Time for Love / Oscar Peterson [2 CDs] A Time for Love – Live in Helsinki, 1987 is a momentous album – but it is far more than that. The final gig of a long international tour that began with four concerts in Brazil, this date was the 14th of a European tour that took the Oscar Peterson quartet all over mainland Europe and Scandinavia. Anyone with any knowledge of jazz knows that the magic of consistent performing only makes the synergy and empathy of an ensemble better and better. (Mack Avenue)
During one of their last concerts in 1967 which remained unreleased until now, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, comprising more or less the same members since its inception, had already been playing for 16 years. Naturally, they were more than well acquainted. That evening of 24 October 1967 in Scheveningen, the Dave Brubeck Quartet was not only a band playing jazz. They were the worthy ambassadors of American music in Europe. (Fondamente)
1CD# FON-1704025
2CD# MAC1151
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Ledisi Sings Nina / Ledisi
Live at Rotterdam 1967 / Theloneous Monk [2 CDs] When he set foot on the stage of Club Doelen on Oct. 28, 1967 in Rotterdam, Thelonious Monk had just turned 50. This concert is a testament to his genius. Opening and ending with two “classic pieces”, “Ruby, My Dear” and “Blue Monk”, he led for over 80 minutes the quartet and his accomplices, Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, Ben Riley, and guests. (Fondamente)
2CD# FON-170402
1CD# BGRT95083.2
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In view of the work of new musicians of the same period, at this specific moment in his career Dizzy Gillespie might conceivably have given his peers the impression that he was resting on his laurels. However, the passing of time and there discovery of unpublished recordings such as the one of this 1973 concert in Laren give a fresh, dispassionate perspective on the music that the artist was making then. (Fondamente)
1CD# HBAT222.2
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2021 release from the iconic trumpeter! This new collection features nine original compositions, covers of beloved Beatles hits “Eleanor Rigby” and “Yesterday”, and American classics “Smile”, “America The Beautiful”, and “Summertime”. So, charge up your iPhone, dust off your Hi-Fi, put batteries in your boombox, plug the headphones into your Walkman, and get ready to listen to Herb Alpert’s Catch The Wind. (Herb Alpert Presents)
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A Song of Hope / Wyatt Tyner
The Lost Sessions from The Netherlands / Blossom Dearie
As the follow-up to his 2019 release “The Golden Rule: For Sonny ”, Eric Wyatt’s A Song for Hope is vastly different in both tone and intent. Where the former was a straightahead blast of straight-ahead bop, Wyatt’s new record is more adventurous, colorful, unpredictable, and wide-ranging. On songs like “Fur Live” and McCoy Tyner’s “Contemplation,” Wyatt, along with drum legend Jeff “Tain” Watts, together lay it all on the table. (Whaling City)
There were many highlights to Blossom Dearie’s musical career: the concerts she gave in the Netherlands between 1968 and 1989 feature prominently among them. This release is a faithful rendition, thanks especially to the remarkable audio quality. Dearie masterfully performed in all the instrumental formations, from solo shows to the great Metropole Orchestra. (Fondamente)
1CD# FON-1804033
It takes a bold talent to step into the shoes of Nina Simone. Ledisi has already shown she’s up for the challenge, taking on the powerhouse musician’s emotionally searing and socially direct songs from her PBS special Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone. Tracks include “Feeling Good,” “My Baby Just Cares for Me,” “I’m Going Back Home,” “Wild is the Wind,” and more. (BMG)
Catch the Wind / Herb Alpert
Live at Singer Concert Hall 1973 / Dizzy Gillespie
1CD# FON-1704028
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1CD# WCS132
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Live in Scheveningen 1958 / Art Blakey [2 CDs]
Big Bands Live – Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Anita O’Day
It was the evening of 29 November 1958. On the stage of the Kurhaus in Scheveningen, Art Blakey grabbed the microphone to say, “I would like to take a moment and say good evening on behalf of the Jazz Messengers and myself.” Everyone present could feel that this was a concert that would go down in history. The crème de la crème of the jazz world was on stage that evening, their performance fallen into oblivion until this recording. (Fondamente)
1CD# JAH-404
2CD# FON-1804034
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SWR Jazzhaus presents the re-release of a bestseller with live recordings of Benny Goodman and his Orchestra featuring jazz singer Anita O’Day. MusicWeb International described the recording from 1959 in Freiburg (Germany) as “a thrilling rollercoaster white knuckle ride of swinging big band jazz from one of the undisputed kings of swing.” (SWR)
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Jazz Come What May / Jane Monheit
16 Most Requested Songs / Billie Holiday
When the luminous Jane Monheit arrived on the scene 20 years ago with her debut, Never Never Land, she won over fans via renditions of standards such as “My Foolish Heart,” “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)” and Jobim’s “Dindi.” “On her latest album, Come What May, Monheit continues to dazzle, delivering a program chock-full of standards, such as ‘Lush Life,’ and Jobim’s ‘Samba Do Aviгo.’” – DownBeat Magazine (Sony)
1CD# 64315744948
Billie Holiday’s Columbia years are generally considered her finest, as demonstrated on this collection of her best-known performances. The singer’s unique style is showcased on this collection, with tracks including “If You Were Mine,” “God Bless the Child,” “Pennies from Heaven,” “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “Body and Soul,” “Carelessly,” and more. (Smbe Special)
$11.99
Turn Out the Stars / Bill Evans
1CD# SBMK748498.2
$7.99
This new release from the Pinheiro-Ineke-Cavalli Trio is inspired by the music of the exceptional pianist Bill Evans. In this intricately programmed album, the trio showcases a level of never before seen maturity and consolidated artistry in their musical discourse and improvisation. Works by Evans are front and center, alongside compositions from Michel Legrand and Leonard Bernstein, all arranged by the trio. (Challenge)
1CD# CR 73523
$16.99
A Night at the Movies / Erroll Garner
1CD MAC1161
Charlie Parker In Sweden 1950 (The Complete Recordings)
This classic Erroll Garner album contains music from some of the last studio sessions of his longest running trio, with Eddie Calhoun (bass) and Kelly Martin (drums). After nearly a decade of touring and recording together, they function here as an uncanny musical unit, deftly navigating Garner’s twists and turns. Here are a dozen of his favorite deep cuts from the movies he loved. (Mack Avenue)
14 tracks recorded by Charlie Parker & band during a 1950 Swedish date including "Cheers," "Lover Man," "Embraceable You," "How High the Moon," and more. (Storyville)
1CD# SVL1018355
$10.99
For Jimmy, Wes, & Oliver / Christian McBride
Time OutTakes / Dave Brubeck
The never before released songs on this 8-track album are outtakes from Dave Brubeck’s original 1959 sessions master tapes. These performances are every bit as compelling as those on the original Time Out. Brubeck’s Time Out changed the landscape of jazz music, and this rarity will make you rediscover why you fell in love with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. (Brubeck Editions)
1CD# BBKE20200901.2
Late Night Jazz
1CD# GCDG1195
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1CD# MAC1152
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Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson. Featuring special guests Joey DeFrancesco and Mark Whitfield, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver honors the historical legacy of the jazz legends who shaped the soul of music for generations to come.
$17.99
Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio DVD
Sensuous saxophones, muted trumpets, fingers caressing piano keys, brushes on drums . . . this music was made for late night listening and romance. 40 moodsetting classics are performed by some of the biggest names in jazz: Miles Davis Quintet (“Round Midnight”), Sonny Rollins (“There Is No Greater Love”), Erroll Garner Trio (“Misty”), Barney Kessel (“Laura”), and much more. (Gift of Music)
New series of unreleased iconic jazz concerts from the archives of Belgium public TV! John S. Wilson, in a New York Times review of a Sarah Vaughan performance credited the singer with “What may well be the finest voice ever applied to jazz”. This unreleased 1974 DVD performance is featuring all time classics such as “’Round Midnight”, “I’ll Remember April” and “I Cried for You.” (EuroArts)
1DVD# EUT26494DVD
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Jazz Funeral / Various Travel to New Orleans a funeral that will make you feel like dancing. From the Wake Service through the Funeral Procession and the Joyous Send Off, it’s a celebration of old-time gospel songs like “Down By the Riverside,” “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,” “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and 11 other pure emotional favorites by the famous Magnificent Seventh’s Brass Band featuring some of New Orleans’ top musicians. (Mardi Gras)
1CD# MG1012.2
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The Best of New Orleans Jazz
100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 50s [8 CDs]
Road to the Sun / Pat Metheny
Collection 1952–1953 / Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker [2 CDs]
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue [2 CDs]
My Art of Gypsy Jazz
Duke Ellington at Newport [2 CDs]
The Count Basie Collection 1937–1939 [3 CDs]
Magic Dance – The Music of Kenny Barron [2 CDs]
John Coltrane: Complete Ray Draper Quintet Sessions 1957–1958
Time Remembered: Bill Evans DVD
Night Train / Oscar Peterson Trio
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Two Roses / Avishai Cohen
The Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane
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Kaboom / Michael Meis 4Tet
Bands that are led by drummers are not as seldom as they once were, but still a somewhat rare affair. The quartet of drummer Christian Krischkowskyis already presenting its second album The End of Melancholism and illustrates the advantages of such an approach in nine pieces, seven of which are from Krischkowsky’s pen. Pieces like “Would You Dance With Me?” or “Football Evolution” are rhythmically challenging, without deliberately placing the drums in the foreground. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71392
1CD# DMCHR71388
Natural Flow is the name of the second album by Luxembourgian pianist Arthur Possing with his quartet, and the album title of course also defines the sound ideal of the band. Together with his compatriot Niels Engel on drums, the German bassist Sebastian Flach and the French saxophonist Pierre CocqAmann, Possing plays a warm modern jazz on “Natural Flow”, which is sophisticated, versatile and exciting. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71514
$14.99
Julius Windisch, a Berliner by choice, certainly does not lack good reviews in the press. For example, London Jazz News wrote about his quartet’s debut album: “The music is original, intricate and engrossing”, and Jazzcournal.co.uk seconded: “unpredictable and unobtrusive, the Windisch Quartet exhibits wildness and coolness in equal measures.” (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71386
$14.99
The trumpeter and flugelhorn player Axel Schlosser has once again found congenial partners who know how to realize his musical visions and shine with elegant solos that always do justice to the musicality. Schlosser takes himself back and draws on the musical fund of the great era of jazz throughout, a musical journey to Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71375
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A Tribute to the Clarke-Boland
1CD# DMCHR71379
Interpreting the standards from the Great American Songbook is considered by many to be the supreme discipline in jazz. Anyone who dares to sing these songs automatically exposes himself or herself to the comparison with hundreds of performers who have already sung them. For the Danish jazz singer Lilly – full name Lilly-Ann Hertzman – they also are part of her musical DNA. (Double Moon)
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Inner Tide is Anette von Eichel’s newest work, uniting a top-class instrumental combo with pianist Sebastian Sternal, bassist Henning Sieverts, drummer Jonas Burgwinkel and saxophonist Jonas Blom, in which the names alone prove that they cannot be reduced to mere accompanists. Von Eichel notes “This is exactly where I am now, and the result really makes me very, very happy!” (Double Moon)
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As Time Goes By / Joe Haider Sextet
The legendary Clarke-Boland Big Band, based on the American drummer Kenny Clarke and the Belgian pianist and arranger Francy Boland, was created in 1961. The Clarke-Boland Big Band who, as an independent and unmistakable voice of jazz, set standards in Europe and beyond. In 2019, twelve concerts were performed, whose extraordinary moments, energy and passion are documented live on this album. (Double Moon)
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Inner Tide / Anette Von Eichel Quartet
Tribute to Satch & Duke / Axel Schlosser Quartet
1CD# DMCHR71382
The Transorient Orchestra lets the soundtrack of the Ruhr area resound. In the current line-up, musicians play together who have their cultural roots in Germany, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia and Syria. 12 virtuoso soloists form a multicolored iridescent common body of sound. Santur, oud, ney and darbuka in creative dialogue with big band brass sections, guitar, bass, violin, drums and percussion, augmented by Arabic and Turkish vocals. (Double Moon)
The Song is You / Lilly
Pros & Cons / Windisch Trio
1CD# DMCHR71389
$14.99
Zip Zip / Transorient Express
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Natural Flow / Arthur Possing Quartet
1CD# DMCHR71391
Kaboom behind this picturesque title lies the explosive mixture created by the quartet of the Luxembourg drummer Michel Meis. This time the band has a guest on some of the songs: the French violinist’s Ceccaldi. Alisa Klein on the trombone merges as casually as unpredictably with the violin tone of Ceccaldi, and band leader Meis knows very well how much she is worth for the band. (Double Moon)
Joe Haider: “For over sixty years I have been on the road as a jazz pianist / composer / arranger / educator, and as yet there is no end in sight. I am already 84 now. In my long career I have been able to get to know many fellow musicians and to take part in many concerts as a pianist and bandleader. I am infinitely grateful for that. This sextet is my latest project, which I planned for my so-called final phase in music: it is a threegeneration band.” (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71371
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MOON First on the Roll / Henning Neidhardt Trio
1CD# DMCHR71394
In Geometry / Claire Parsons Quintet
“We combine jazz tradition with electronics on the album, which is a very healthy mixture for me,” pianist Henning Neidhardt said, who gave the trio his name and composed most of the pieces. “We all grew up in the nineties and have no intention of denying that we have been influenced by that era. That's in us and that's why we let it happen.” This diversity makes “First of the Roll” an album that is also dramaturgically coherent. (Double Moon)
$14.99
1CD# DMCHR71376
Space Big Band / Knudsen/Rudzinskis Space Big Band
1CD# DMCHR71393
Trichomes are the antennas or sensors of a plant that absorb sunlight. The philosophy of this trio cannot be described better. The musicians absorb all the influences around them and process them into an independent, entirely new music, which also includes coherent, courageous use of electronic effects, experimental sounds, hip-hop, odd-meter jazz, European classical music and folk music from the Balkans, Asia and the Orient in addition to acoustic passages. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71358
$14.99
The tunes of composers Anna Wohlfarth and Benedikt Schnitzler explore the entire spectrum of musical expression, sometimes loud and intense, sometimes quiet, tender, almost fragile. The musicians try to musically depict emotions in all their complexity and collectively tell a story that merges fixed and spontaneous elements into a truly unique sound. (Double Moon)
Acoustic instruments – guitar, piano, drums, trumpet – surround the voice of the native Argentine Marcela Arroyo on her new album De Par En Par, which more or less means “make it easily accessible to all”. Twenty years ago, Arroyo settled in Switzerland and has since released numerous albums under her own name and with the trio Puerta Sur. She composed most of these ten songs, which cover a variety of emotional moods. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71368
Austrian saxophonist Bernhard Wiesinger presents his debut album Notice That Moment, recorded with Kevin Hays, Scott Colley and Bill Stewart. Wiesinger combines authenticity in his playing and individuality in his sound, smoothly mixing tradition and modernism in a serenely natural style. These attributes are reflected also in his choice of tracks, consisting of his own compositions, self-arranged jazz standards and songs from the legendary motown era. (Double Moon)
“In 2018 I flew to New York and – in Gene’s home studio – we tried out which pieces could work,” notes Prax Lake. “We worked out ideas and composed songs.” And they are clearly groove-oriented." Gene Lake is a drummer who authentically embodies this tradition, performing with fusion giants like Joe Zawinul and Marcus Miller, but also with soul and R&B musicians such as Maxwell and Boz Scaggs. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71372
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Of Pain & Glory / Hugo Read Quartet
Structucture / Roger Kintopf Quartet The music of Structucture is based on strong structures, rhythm and harmony, which let the saxophonists Victor Fox and Asger Nissen operate with versatility. Felix Ambach and Roger Kintopf are not merely a rhythm section. As a strongly interlocked unit, Structucture develops an attitude, which focuses the sound of the whole band as well as the flexibility of each individual musician within that constantly moving entity. (Double Moon)
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Notice that Moment / Bernhard Wiesinger Quartet
$14.99
Head to the Sky / Prax Lake
1CD# DMCHR71376
$14.99
Liquid Circle / Hans Anselm Big Band
De Par En Par / Marcela Arroyo
1CD# DMCHR71395
$14.99
Unknown Prophet / Trichome
Space, endless expanses: these are the adventures of the Space Big Band, who travel with a team of seventeen to places that no big band has ever seen before. Musicians include Danish bassist Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Latvian saxophonist Toms Rudzinskis, and a host of excellent musicians from Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, France, Sweden and Austria. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71513
The Claire Parsons Quintet is a young multinational collaboration between the Luxembourgish/British singer Claire Parsons, the Israeli guitarist Eran Har Even, the French/ Luxembourgish drummer and pianist Jérôme Klein, the Luxembourgish bass player Pol Belardi and drummer Niels Engel. Each of the musicians bring their unique vision and style to the music and thus create a very intimate and exciting atmosphere. (Double Moon)
1CD# DMCHR71369
Hugo Read has developed an independent way of playing and composing in which new jazz, elements of contemporary music and rhythmical energy, acoustic base and electronic additions are combined to a sound world of its own. Read wants to cross borders between new classical music and jazz, and in addition he sees himself as a composer of mostly suite-like forms as a basis of his work. (Double Moon)
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World Music Suba / Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita
Best of Welsh Choirs [2 CDs]
SUBA is the second album from the collaboration between one of Cuba’s most prolific jazz artists, pianist Omar Sosa, and Senegalese kora master Seckou Keita. They are accompanied on this tour and album by Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles. Seven-time Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Omar Sosa has been passionately interested in exploring African musical cultures and their connections with his Afro-Cuban roots throughout his career. (ARC Music)
1CD# BENDI8
$18.99
2CD# EUCD2865
Buena Vista Social Club 25th Anniversary Edition [2 CDs]
Jack de Mello and his lush orchestrations would change the history of Hawaiian music forever. If you love the sound of Hawaiian steel guitar music then this album is for you. This very relaxing CD features 16 authentic tracks from de Mello and his All-Star Hawaiian Band including “Blue Hawaii,” “Pearly Shells,” “Lovely Hula Hands,” “Maui Chimes,” “Hawaiian Paradise,” “Hawaiian War Chant,” “Sweet Leilani,” “Tiny Bubbles,” and much more. Lovely! (Music of Polynesia)
$19.99
1CD# MPOL31000.2
Encore – Unheard Recordings / Joseph Spence
1CD# SFW40242.2
Be charmed by this album of zither music played by the late worldfamous German zither player Rudi Knabl. Full of the lovely lilt of the southern German and Alpine regions, this collection is sure to bring the invigorating crisp air and bright sunshine of the Alps to any day. Includes waltzes, minuets, and traditional Bavarian tunes like Lindlicher Tanz, Largo aus Xerxes, Träumerei, Der Drehorgelmann, and more. 13 tracks in all. (Kado)
$16.99
1CD# KADO20041.2
$12.99
1CD# EUCD2832
This release presents Irish fiddle music performed by musical virtuoso Florie Brown, a fiddle player who has toured the world and cultivated her own flair and unique playing style. She is well-versed in Celtic, Bluegrass, Cajun, Country, Blues and Swing. Here she presents traditional Irish classics that will be loved by all fiddle music fans. (ARC Music)
$14.99
Beat-Lele – Ukulele Tribute to the Beatles
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. This is music of great resonance and feeling. (ARC Music)
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$10.99
Best of Irish Fiddle
Mannheim Steamroller’s Exotic Spaces features twelve songs based on unique and mystical spots around the globe. The use of indigenous instruments transport the listener to these locals, with songs including “Hanging Gardens of Babylon,” “Taj Mahal,” “Panama Baby,” “Pyramids,” “Playa Blanca Ballena,” the title track, and more! (American Gramophone)
Del Canto Gitano – Music of Ancient Andalusia
1CD# EUCD2929
$19.99
The Golden Zither
Encore is a new album produced from previously unheard archival recordings by the legendary Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence, made in 1965 at the height of his career. Spence’s radically innovative guitar style transformed elements of Bahamian traditional music into adventurous, joyful improvisations and influenced players worldwide. (Smithsonian Folkways)
Exotic Spaces / Mannheim Steamroller
1CD# AG3016.2
$14.99
Steel Guitar Magic – Hawaiian Style
This 25th Anniversary edition features previously unheard tracks from the original 1996 recording sessions, previously unseen photos, and new liner notes. Buena Vista Social Club is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in just seven days in 1996 in Havana. No one could have predicted that Buena Vista Social Club would become a worldwide phenomenon! (World Circuit)
2CD# WCCT72206.2
This new release features a varied collection of beautiful music from Welsh choirs, both a cappella and with instrumental accompaniments. This album presents a wide repertoire, covering three decades of choirs formed in Wales from 1986 to the present day. Well-known traditional classics, sacred music and fresh approaches to choir singing with modernized arrangements of traditional songs. (ARC Music)
1CD# BTLL90157.2
$18.99
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“Beat-Lele” is comprised of four Beatle-loving musicians who hail from the island of Oahu. Having performed for numerous years as a Beatles tribute band in Hawai’i, they decided to reinvent themselves and fuse the beautiful music of the Beatles with their passion of playing ukulele. Their combination of Hawai’i instruments with classic Beattle’s songs make this album truly unique. (Beatle-Lele)
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Favorites Moch / DLÙ
1CD# EUCD2956
Nocturne / R. Carlos Nakai Nocturne is R. Carlos Nakai’s first album of solo Native American flute music since 2008. Nakai (NavajoUte) has released more than 40 albums and sold over 4.5 million units in his 35-year exploration of the expressiveness of the traditional flute. Continuing his lifelong service of providing peace and healing through his art, Nakai created Nocturne to be enjoyed on continuous play in an endless soundscape of tranquility and reflection. (Canyon)
This exciting quintet of young Scottish Gaels, DLÙ, weave fast-paced traditional Scotish tunes with funk, rock and pop, creating a sound that is uniquely their own. With progressive arrangements, eclectic musical influences and youthful energy, their debut album ‘Moch’ features slow airs, jigs and reels as well as two Gàidhlig songs ‘Ràcan’ and ‘Bràighe Loch Iall. (ARC Music)
$19.99
1CD# CYN7101.2
Masterpieces for Sarod & Violin / Amjad Ali Khan [2 CDs]
2CD# AF2101
Latin Lounge
This double-album presents Amjad Ali Khan’s compositions for Sarod and Violin as a collection comprising the works previously premiered in three separate albums. The recordings included in this collection represent the culmination of a collaboration that came about through a serendipitous meeting of the artists in 2014 – Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash. (Affetto)
1CD# EUCD2910
$19.99
Shakuar unites vocalists Shishani & Karima el Fillali who perform with a deep sense of intimacy, creating enchanting and transformative music. The concert took place on September 12, 2020 in The New Church in The Hague, built in 1649. A historic place of worship transformed into the scenery for a contemporary musical ritual grounded in intimacy despite the physical borders. (Buzz-Challenge)
1CD# MNAP9695.2
Quiet Places / Andreas Vollenweider
$18.99
1CD# BYR5901.2
The Best of the Transglobal World Music Chart
Facing Future is arguably IZ’s most popular album. Released in 1993, to this day it remains the best-selling album of all time by a Hawaii artist. Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole’s voice and music resonates with fans across the world to this day. Facing Future includes the beloved tune “White Sandy Beach of Hawai’i” and “Hawai`i ’78.” This is the essential soundtrack to Hawaii! (Mountain Apple)
$19.99
Island Music, Island Hearts DVD / Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’le
The best world music of 2020, chosen by The Transglobal World Music Chart panelists – a network of revered music disseminators from 6 continents. ARC Music and TWMC present the Chart’s first ever album, a ‘Best of ’ compilation with the most prominent names in world music today. Artists featured on this release include Anyur, Tamikrest, and Tinariwen, “deft, fearless interplay.” – The Guardian (ARC Music)
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Facing Future / Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’le
Music for the heart and mind, bliss and joy for the ears and spirit. It has been 10 years since the last album from Andreas Vollenweider and now he emerges with new music. Quiet Places has 10 tracks and features several homages to ancient arts as well as more contemporary studies, secret doors into worlds of respite and relaxation. The sound is slow and thoughtful, establishing a meditation on the mysteries, then swings into different time signatures before returning to the slower dance. (MIG)
1CD# EUCD2938
$12.99
As the decades pass, Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole’s legacy grows stronger. His recordings are always in demand world-wide, and are regularly featured in motion pictures, and countless advertisements. IZ’s singular Hawaiian voice penetrates the personal complexities of our daily lives and probes our musical passions. The Best of Israel Kamakawiwo’ole collects his most iconic and memorable songs that continue to move people around the world. (Mountain Apple)
$16.99
1CD# MDIG2262.2
This release is an amiable, deliciously delicate and inspired album with mellow tones, smiling vocals, relaxed earthy, rich vibes and sauntering summer grooves, featuring Ceumar Brazil, Marta Gómez Colombia, Trio Pantango Argentina, Catarina Dos Santos Portugal, Patricia Salas Chile, AKA Trio Fusion and more. (ARC Music)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’le
Live at Gnawa Festival / Shakuar
1CD# ZZ76136
$15.99
Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole has been Hawai‘i’s biggest star in the past fifty years. The performances captured on the Island Music, Island Hearts DVD give everyone an opportunity to bask in the immense presence of IZ. Share previous moments with IZ as he joins friends at Waioli Tea House in Manoa Valley, performs with just his “ukulele on beautiful Waimanalo Beach and in a concert among the pohaku at the historic Miloli‘i fishing village on the island of Hawai‘i. (Mountain Apple)
$14.99
1DVD# MNAP5906DVD
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Naxos world
Aado – Senegalese Kora / Kadialy Kouyate
Open Barrier / Hemmersan, Malekzadah, Glennie
Outstanding / Timba MM
Rapsodia Cubana 1CD# NXW76154-2 $18.99
1CD# NXW76114-2 $14.99
Fadhilee Itulya: Shindu Shi
Morning Meditation – Darbhanga Dhrupad Tradition
In The Moment / Jon Hemmersam & Asal Malekzadeh
1CD# NXW76156-2 $18.99
1CD# NXW76127-2 $18.99
1CD# NXW76160-2 $18.99
1CD# NXW76124-2 $18.99
1CD# NXW76150-2 $18.99
Sai-thaiñ ki Sur – The Weaving of Voices
Meeting / A.G.A. Trio
Classical Traditions: The Turkish Oud
Afwoyo – Afro Jazz / Milege
1CD# NXW76155-2 $18.99
1CD# NXW76111-2 $18.99
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1CD# NXW76108-2 $14.99
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Kwetu / Fadhilee Itulya 1CD# NXW76125-2 $14.99
Moyo / Papillon
1CD# NXW76147-2 $14.99
The Sky is Cloudy / Authentic Light Orchestra 1CD# NXW76112-2 $14.99
Soley / Noukilla
1CD# NXW76151-2 $14.99
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Japan, China & Far East Longyin: The Dragon Chants
Folk Music of China
1CD# EUCD2951
China: The Art of the Pipa
Vol. 20 – Folk Songs of the Hui, Manchu, Xibe, Borean & Gin Peoples 1CD# NXW76107-2
$14.99
1CD# NXW76106-2
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1CD# NXW76105-2
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1CD# NXW76104-2
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1CD# NXW76103-2
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1CD# NXW76102-2
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1CD# NXW76101-2
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1CD# NXW76100-2
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1CD# NXW76099-2
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1CD# NXW76098-2
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1CD# NXW76097-2
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1CD# NXW76096-2
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1CD# NXW76095-2
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1CD# NXW76094-2
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1CD# NXW76093-2
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1CD# NXW76092-2
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1CD# NXW76091-2
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1CD# NXW76090-2
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1CD# NXW76089-2
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1CD# NXW76088-2
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Vol. 19 – Folk Songs of the Lahu, Jingpo, Jino & Achang Peoples Vol. 18 – Folk Songs of the Uyghur Peoples Vol. 17 – Folk Songs of the Tujia & Sui Peoples
1CD# C 561128
Music of Japan
Vol. 16 – Folk Music of the Dong, Gelao & Yao Peoples Vol. 15 – Folk Songs of the She, Miao and Li Peoples Vol. 14 – Songs of the Tibetan Plateau – Monba & Lhoba Peoples Vol. 13 – Songs of the Tibetan Plateau
1CD# EUCD2897
$18.99
Wang Weiping belongs to the generation of pipa lute performers that has taken over brilliantly from the historical masters. The pipa, an instrument with a rich repertoire and advanced playing technique, has long been in the hands of the professionals, and occupies an important place at the Conservatory as well as concerts. (Ocora)
$18.99
Performing traditional Japanese music on traditional instruments, Yamato Ensemble honors the legacy of Myoonten – the goddess of learning, beauty, the arts, and of eloquence. In these pieces, Yamato Ensemble honor Myoonten’s legacy as “the goddess of wonderful sounds”. Yamato Ensemble perform here on koto, shakuhachi, jushichigen, shakuroku, and the now-rarely heard kokyu. (ARC Music)
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Chinese Festivals – Heart of the Dragon Ensemble
Vol. 12 – Folk Songs of the Bai, Nu, and Derung Peoples Vol. 11 – Folk Songs of the Dai & Hani Peoples Vol. 10 – Folk Songs of the Pumi, Lisu & Nakhi Peoples
Vol. 9 – Folk Songs of the Uzbeks & Tatars of China
1CD# EUCD2863
Traditional festivals are an important part of the culture and history of China, each with their own customs, origins and celebrations. This special collection celebrates music of a variety of these festivals held throughout the Chinese calendar, including the world-famous Harvest, Lantern, Dragon Boat and Spring festivals. (ARC Music)
$14.99
Hunting Eagles, Catching Swans: Pudong Pipa Music
Vol. 8 – Folk Songs of the Kazakh & Kyrgyz Tribes Vol. 7 – Folk Songs of the Yi & Qiang tribes in Sichuan & Yunnan Vol. 6 – Folk Songs of China’s Tajik & Russian Minorities
Vol. 5 – Aboriginal Folk Songs of Taiwan
1CD# EUCD2928
Pipa master Lin Shicheng is often referred to as the Ravi Shankar of the pipa. Lin was the teacher to the majority of prominent pipa players in the world today, including Gao Hong. This is a truly historic recording of unedited, live performances of classical traditional pipa repertoire, showcasing rarely seen virtuosity and command of Chinese musical tradition. (ARC Music)
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The Best of Korean Gayageum Music
Vol. 4 – Folk Songs of Guangxi Vol. 3 – Folk Songs of Yunnan
Vol. 2 – Folk Songs of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
Vol. 1 – Folk Songs of Qinghai and Gansu
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Cheng Yu plays the original 1936 Van Gulik-Picken silk-string guqin, with Dennis Kwong Thye Lee on xiao flute. This cherished guqin was previously owned by two of the world’s greatest 20th century sinologists. The feeling of antiquity is further heightened as these well-known zither classics are played on original silk strings, dating back to the 1930s. (ARC Music)
1CD# EUCD2097
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An atmospheric and hauntingly beautiful album of new gayageum music, written and played by Byungki Hwang, one of the most distinguished composers and gayageum players of Korea, and accompanied by a janggu (hourglass drum). Tracks include “Moon of my Hometown,” “Swinging Song,” “Night Watch,” and more. (ARC Music)
$14.99
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ARC Orthodox Chants from Russia
Maasai Footsteps / Various
The male choir of the Optina Pustyn Monastery Department in St. Petersburg consists of professional singers who graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. The main goal in forming the choir was the cultivation of the heritage of the old Russian Church singing. The repertoire of the choir reaches beyond the purely ancient repertoire and represents the great riches and variety of the Russian clerical as well as secular choral art. (ARC Music)
1CD# EUCD2850
$14.99
1CD# EUCD2940
St. Patrickʼs Day – Ultimate Irish Pub Songs
1CD# EUCD2917
$14.99
Famous Fados on Portuguese Guitar
1CD# EUCD2862
$18.99
Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior and comment on its absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted the American periodical Time to label calypso “The Living Newspaper” in 1944. The Mighty Duke asked in a song, “What is Calypso?” Well to start to get an idea, one has to merely listen to a song on this compilation. Let your schooling start here. (ARC Music)
1CD# EUCD2936
$14.98
This new release features fourteen new mixes combining Native American chants with modern instruments and electronics. At times relaxing, at times invigorating, always enchanting. All of the tracks are performed by Brandon Friesen and James Creasy. Brandon Friesen is an American, Grammy Award nominated and multi-Juno Award winning songwriter, music producer, and audio engineer. (ARC Music)
1CD# EUCD2847
$12.99
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The band Otava Yo was born spontaneously around 2003 from a group of professional folk musicians in St. Petersburg, Russia. They wanted to create new interpretations of Russian folk music, and to revive neglected tunes from bygone times. Otava Yo play their music in a vigorous manner with uninhibited humor, and shatter any preconception that Russian folk music is flat and undanceable. (ARC Music)
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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 ségadrum rhythms to intertwine the past musical traditions of African slaves with the western world. (ARC Music)
$18.99
Mariachi Mexico
Native Chants / Various
1CD# EUCD2872
$14.99
Creole Sounds from the Indian Ocean
Calypso Legends
1CD# EUCD2853
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. The creole repertoire is of predominantly European origin. (ARC Music)
Do You Love / Otava Yo
Custodio Castelo is the world’s leading player of the Portuguese fado guitar, the instrument that helped make fado music Portugal’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. His unique Portuguese guitar is capable of fine nuances of emotion, and he uses them well, especially for melancholy, but also for a sense of jubilation. This release is a selection of Portugal’s most famous fados, arranged for and performed on Portuguese guitar by Custódio Castelo, lovingly selected by the master himself. (ARC Music)
1CD# EUCD2931
$18.99
Music from Argentina – Tangos & Folk Music
Celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland with a fantastic playlist all included on this ‘Ultimate Irish Pub Songs’ album. A great selection of Irish music to celebrate with. Including classics such as ‘The Wild Rover’, ‘Spancil Hill’, ‘Irish Rover’ and more! These tracks have been curated from the finest Irish records that Arc Music has to offer, and showcase a program of brilliant Celtic artists including the Dicey Reillys, Turlough, Paddy O’Gorman. (ARC Music)
1CD# EUCD2891
Maasai Footsteps is a project that reveals the evolution of the Maasai culture and shows the value of their traditions in the world today. To illustrate this development, Anuang’a brings modern choreography to the traditional performance of song and dance. Anuang’a describes it as “a show that travels to the ancient times and connects to the present, while revealing how much of the presentday culture is influenced by the past.” (ARC Music)
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Mariachi is the name of a traditional Mexican street music with a style that has developed continuously throughout its history. While in earlier times only the vihuela and the gitarron were used, and sometimes also the harp, one finds today that many different instruments are involved. This is a great introductory album to the genre, presented by the wellestablished Mariachi band, Mariachi Sol. (ARC Music)
$12.99
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Songs for Leena – Improvisations on the Hopi Long Flute
River of Happy Souls / Bapi Das Baul
Changys Baglaash / Khöömei Beat
Nayan Navaa / Namgar 1CD# EUCD2942 $18.99
1CD# EUCD2814 $12.99
Little Universe / A Moving Sound
Songs of Exile / Abdelli
Best of Saor Patrol [2 CDs]
1CD# EUCD2953 $18.99
1CD# EUCD2954 $18.99
1CD# EUCD2950 $18.99
Prayer’s Tale – Taiko Drums & Asian Percussion 1CD# EUCD2961 $18.99
Resilience: Songs of Uganda 1CD# EUCD2948 $18.99
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1CD# EUCD2926 $18.99
1CD# EUCD2937 $18.99
La Grande Fête
1CD# EUCD2943 $18.99
Mandolins from Italy 1CD# EUCD2439 $12.99
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Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk 1CD# EUCD2744 $21.99
Tranquility
2CD# EUCD2841 $18.99
Yiddish Songs
1CD# EUCD2902 $14.99
Eagle Song
1CD# EUCD2803 $14.99
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Roots Home in the World: Woody Guthrie’s Dustbowl Ballads
Cajun Party
Welcome to a reimagined version of American folk icon Woody Guthrie’s groundbreaking 1940 album, Dust Bowl Ballads. Now celebrating it’s 81st anniversary, the record has been reimagined for a new era by a cross-genre collective of artists. This all-star cast includes everyone from GRAMMY Award winners Lee Ann Womack and John Paul White to grunge poet laureate Mark Lanegan and virtuosic mandolinist Chris Thile. (Elektra)
1CD# EA661879.2
1CD# MG1014.2
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Executive produced by Jack White, T Bone Burnett, and Robert Redford, this DVD series travels back in time to the “Big Bang” of popular music. This documentary revisits the past in previously unseen film footage, photos, and interviews. Featured artists include Carter Family, Hopi Indian Chanters, Mississippi John Hurt, the Avett Brothers, Taj Mahal, Willie Nelson, and many more. (PBS)
Wanda Jackson was a country singer who embraced rockabilly and rock n’ roll during the 50’s to the extent that she earned the title of “The Queen of Rockabilly,” having success across the country, pop, and UK charts with a style that transcended pop and country charts with songs like “I Gotta Know,” and “Right or Wrong.” This 58-track 2-CD set includes her Capitol and Decca singles from her 1954 debut through 1962. (Acrobat)
2DVD# PBSDAMEP600DVD $29.99
If I Had a Hammer: Great American Folk [3 CDs]
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The Very Best of Paul Robeson [2 CDs] In addition to his acting talents, the legendary Paul Robeson also possessed a superbly rich and emotive bass-baritone singing voice, and in 1925 signed a contract with the Victor record label and began his recording career with a repertoire that included a few popular songs of the day but mainly consisted of a range of spirituals, work songs (like Shortnin’ Bread) and folk songs (like Shenandoah), many of which are to be found on this 2-CD set. (Not Now UK)
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3CD# DNMI3593.2
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1CD# 19075994162
B.B King: Complete Singles 1949–1962 [5 CDs]
$11.99
American Blues Century [3 CDs] Blues music represents one of the many strands of music which comprise the rich cultural heritage of the USA. This exclusive 3-CD collection (only available through HBDirect!) celebrates the many forms of the blues, from the earliest acoustic country blues in the Mississippi Delta to the distinctive styles of Texas and New Orleans, and the electric blues of Chicago and California. Artists include B.B. King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, and many more. (MVD)
B.B. King was without doubt one of the most illustrious exponents of the blues in the history of popular music. This 123-track 5-CD collection brings together all the A & B sides of his single releases from his debut in 1949 on the Bullet label through his releases on RPM and then Kent up to 1962. It naturally includes some of his best-known and most important recordings, and gives a definitive overview of his work during the first decade. (Acrobat)
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Johnny Cash and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is the latest in a series of RPO albums showcasing classic recordings by timeless artists in sublime new musical settings. Performances range from archetypal Cash classics like “Man In Black” and “Ring Of Fire” to essential musical collaborations including “Girl From The North Country” (Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash), and “The Loving Gift” (with June Carter Cash). (Sony)
The Sacred Harp singing style originated in the American south. Sacred Harp music is performed a cappella, and the name comes from a song book of the same title which was published in 1844. The hauntingly attractive harmonies of both Sacred Harp singing and Shape Note singing seem to transport the listener into a seemingly lost rural past. On four discs, this 81-track album provides the most thorough overview of this unique vocal genre. (JSP)
5CD# ACBT7504.2
It was a time when music could change the world. Relive that special time with this compelling 3-CD collection of 75 of the biggest folk music hits of the 1950s and 1960s! Included are original hits from Peter, Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Odetta, The Weavers, Woody Guthrie, Harry Belafonte, Chad Mitchell Trio, Lead Belly, The Limeliters, Burl Ives and many more! (Dynamic)
Johnny Cash & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing [4 CDs]
4CD# JSP77175.2
$14.99
American Epic [2 DVDs]
Complete Singles 1954–1962 / Wanda Jackson [2 CDs]
2CD# ACBT3272.2
Put on your dancinʼ shoes for this collection of rowdy crowd pleasers! Performed by the “Cajun Cowboys” (some of the best known and most talented musicians from several prominent Cajun bands) and recorded in New Orleans, these 17 hits include “Jambalaya,” “Grand Mamou,” “Dance de Mardi Gras,” “Dance, Cajun, Dance,” “Allons a Lafayette” and “Cowboy Waltz.” (Mardi Gras)
3CD# ACRE902
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Original Soundtrack
Hank Williams Complete Singles [4 CDs]
Kingston Trio: Collection 1958–1962 [2 CDs]
Still Woman Enough / Loretta Lynn
50 Years With Peter, Paul & Mary DVD
Albert Collins: Ice Pickin’
Bottleneck Guitar 1926–2015 [4 CDs] 4CD# JSP77211.2 $24.99
Muddy Waters: Definitive Collection
1CD# GEFB000627302.2 $11.99
The Very Best of Bluegrass [3 CDs]
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass DVD
Sons of the Pioneers: RCA Country Legends
The Bristol Sessions: Country Music’s Big Bang [4 CDs]
1CD# 19439837172 $11.99
1CD# 19439827782 $13.99
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Odetta: The Albums Collection 1954–1962 [5 CDs] 5CD# ACBT7512.2 $24.99
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Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind 1DVD# GWC24883DVD $19.99
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2CD# ACBT3237.2 $17.99
1CD# ALL4713.2 $17.99
3CD# EDG49050.2 $11.99
4CD# JSP77156.2 $29.99
40 Most Popular American Folk Songs 1CD# EUCD2464 $18.99
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Blues Samantha Fish: Faster
Sharecropperʼs Son / Robert Finley
On her new album Faster, Samantha Fish joins forces with super producer Martin Kierszenbaum (Lady Gaga, Sting) and imbues even more intensity into her electrifying brand of blues/rock-and-roll. With Fish accompanied by legendary drummer Josh Freese and bassist Diego Navaira, the result is a singular body of work both irresistibly galvanizing and emotionally raw. Tracks include “All Ice No Whiskey,” “Hypnotic,” “Better Be Lonely,” the title track, and more! (Rounder)
Following Robert Finley's semi-finalist appearance on America's Got Talent, he returned to the studio to followup his critically acclaimed record, Goin' Platinum! This resulting Dan Auerbach produced album is a soulful masterpiece, rooted in the vintage sounds of southern harmony, rhythm and blues. Finley's formidable vocals and lyrical stylings take center stage, and his tales of pain and joy uplift the listener. (Easy Eye)
1CD# ROUP101350.2
1CD# EASE1502.2
$14.99
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Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musslewhite: 100 Years of Blues Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Elvin Bishop and GRAMMY-winning harmonica great Charlie Musselwhite join forces for a fun and historic collaboration of front porch blues. Amonth the most famous bluesmen in the world, with over five decades each of recording and performing. Elvin and Charlie perform tracks including “Birds of a Feather,” “Good Times,” “If I Should Have Bad Luck,” and more. (Alligator)
1CD# ALL5004.2
$17.99
Albert King: Born Under a Bad Sign
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton / John Mayall
Born Under a Bad Sign, originally released in 1967, is Albert King’s most celebrated and remembered album. It has been recognized by the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, and Rolling Stone Magazine. Here, the legendary album is presented in an all-new, digitally remastered edition, with the inclusion of five previously unreleased bonus tracks. (Fantasy)
1CD# FAN34334.2
In the late 1960s, Great Britain experienced a “blues boom,” and this 1966 album was a key catalyst in the movement. Not only did it bring John Mayall the attention he deserved, it also carried Eric Clapton to the brink of stardom. The 14 tracks on this album make up what could possibly be the best British blues album ever, featuring songs like “All Your Love,” “Little Girl,” “Ramblin’ On My Mind,” “Lonely Years,” and more. (Polydor)
$11.99
The Best of Bonnie Raitt
1CD# POR882967.2
Bonnie Raitt’s career boasts a long list of accolades. With more than 15 million album sales, nine Grammy Awards, and a membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, she sits among the top female artists in the rock and soul blues genre. This is the first “best of” compilation of Bonnie’s work, and features 18 hit tracks like “Something to Talk About,” “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” “Lover’s Will,” and more. (Capitol)
1CD# CAP90491.2
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Fiona Boyes is the only Australian ever recognized by The Blues Foundation in Memphis, earning 8 Blues Music Awards nominations. This remastered 20th anniversary edition of her debut solo album includes Fiona’s diarystyle liner notes, photo memories and original folk art in a single album package. Quoting Fiona, “The 16 tracks capture a unique performance moment, much like the historical recordings of the early players I so admire.” (Reference)
$13.99
Blues Pianist of New Orleans / Champion Jack Dupree [4 CDs]
1CD# FR-740
$16.99
The Blues is Alive and Well / Buddy Guy
William Thomas Dupree was born in 1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved to Chicago in 1939 and joined a circle of recording artists including Big Bill Broonzy and Tampa Red, who introduced him to record producer Lester Melrose. After WWII he moved to New York, where he made multiple recordings for many labels, including his legendary 1958 album for Atlantic Records, Blues From The Gutter. (Storyville)
4CD# SVL1088619
$13.99
Blues in my Heart / Fiona Boyes
For a staggering 60 years, Guy has been dazzling fans with a potent style of blues that includes nods to both B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix. Decades ago, Guy’s grit, chops and authenticity inspired many British Invasion rock musicians, including Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards—all of whom show up as guests on this remarkable new album. - DownBeat Magazine (Sony)
$25.99
1CD# 19075812472
The Chicago Blues Box 2 / Various Artists [8 CDs]
$11.99
Storyville presents another outstanding extensive collection from the vaults of MCM Records. The live atmosphere of these unedited performances shines through, revealing the true ambiance of the Chicago Blues club scene in the mid-1970s. In this superb collection, you will find rare tracks by Eddie Taylor, Big Mojo Elem, Andrew “Blueblood” McMahon, Big Voice Odom, Hip Lankchan, Eddie Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins, and more. (Storyville)
8CD# SVL1088620
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$64.99
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Smithsonian Folkways De Ayer Para Siempre
1CD# SFW58220.2
Klezmer Music: Instrumental
Mariachi Los Camperos beautifully represents the dignity, heart, and soul of traditional Mexican music. The GRAMMY-winning group’s new album, De Ayer para Siempre (‘From Yesterday to Forever’), revitalizes classic sones, rancheras, and boleros with unparalleled artistry and spirited ingenuity. The group is one of the most popular and influential mariachi ensembles in the world. (Smithsonian Folkways)
$14.99
1CD# ARH7034.2
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass
Africa: The Voices and Drums of Africa is a collection of songs from three African ensembles: Keita Fodeba sings songs from Guinea and Casamance; Kante Facelli from Dahomey, Niger, and Guinea; and Mouangué from Cameroon. Each ensemble recounts stories from these regions. Songs generally feature solo singing, strummed guitar, and African drums such as the tomtom. Liner notes include a brief description of each ensemble. (Smithsonian Folkways)
$17.99
1CD# MNOR00373.2
Listening to this album is tantamount to pulling back the drapery and looking through a window into 19th-century middle-class America. Compiled and performed by mezzosoprano 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. (Smithsonian Folkways)
$16.99
1CD# ARH107.2
Tribute to a Generation
1CD# SFW40817.2
$16.99
1CD# SFW45035.2
Smithsonian Folkways World Music Sampler
$17.99
Beautifully remastered vintage recordings with vocals, acoustic guitar, and rattles. Includes counting songs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and One Day Old, playful songs Wash-y Wash and Pick It Up, and songs of adoration Little Sugar and Eat You Up. “Songs meant for you to sing with your children as parents have done for generations.” – Long Island Parenting News (Smithsonian Folkways)
$17.99
A Living Tradition: Selection from Folk-Legacy Recordings
Music is a deep and meaningful part of cultural life all over the planet. This anthology presents a sampling of the richness and beauty of music found in all corners of the world. From Mbuti Pygmy rhythms to Tuvan throat singing, and Portuguese guitarradas, this disc brings listeners a wide world of sound. This 28-track recording includes a booklet with detailed information about each selection. (Smithsonian Folkways)
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Part of Arhoolie’s “American Masters” series, this compilation features 15 examples of world music. Ranging from Europe (Polish, Ukrainian, Greek, and Klezmer music), Afghanistan, Ethiopia, the Americas (Central, and South America and the Caribbean), and the Pacific Ocean (Hawaiian), the music displays the textured sounds of each of the different cultures represented by the collection. (Smithsonian Folkways)
Woody Guthrie: Songs to Grow On for Mother and Child
During World War II the big band music of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller and others was the soundtrack of life on the homefront. This music also reached the battlefront through recordings and broadcasts where familiar tunes and bands became a metaphor for the way of life that American soldiers were fighting to preserve. Playing original arrangements, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterwork Orchestra pays to this musical inspiration in the World War II years. (Smithsonian Folkways)
1CD# SFW40471.2
$17.99
15 World Music Classics
The Parlour Piano
1CD# FOWY32321.2
$17.99
Africa: The Voices & Drums of Africa
When Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard recorded these songs in the mid-1960s, bluegrass music was dominated by male performers. They selected their favorite songs and arranged them for a stellar group of sidemen-bluegrass legends. Their widely admired performances made them role models for future generations of women in bluegrass. “Hazel and Alice blast out vintage bluegrass-country soundsongs with fierce, raucous energy.” – Time Magazine (Smithsonian Folkways)
1CD# FOWY40065.2
This CD features early Yiddish intrumental music spanning 1908–27. Compiled by Dr. Martin Schwartz (one of the foremost authorities on Klezmer music), this CD contains a booklet with his extensive notes. Highlights include “Doina And Hora” by Jacob Hoffman, “Sibra” by Orchestra Orfeon, “Machutonim Tantz” by Abe Schwartz’ Orchestra and much more. Servicing to folk, world and alternative radio. (Smithsonian Folkways)
The songs on A Living Tradition: Selections from Folk-Legacy Records offer a small sample of the vast catalog of Folk-Legacy Records. The 15-track compilation includes the skillful old-time banjo picking of Hedy West on “Barbara Allen”, the wistful harmonies of the Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, and Ed Trickett trio on “Turning Toward the Morning”, and Frank Proffitt’s rendition of the old-time standard “Little Birdie”. (Smithsonian Folkways)
$15.99
1CD# FKL2001.2
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Retro ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes it All DVD
From Elvis in Nashville / Elvis Presley [4 CDs]
ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All is the multi-Gold Award-winning, definitive up-to-date telling of the ABBA story with all four members of the band in interviews, rare archive footage, and a feast of beloved ABBA favorites! Songs include: “Mamma Mia!,” “Dancing Queen,” “Super Trouper,” “Waterloo,” “SOS,” “Fernando,” “Does Your Mother Know,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” and many more! (Pop Twist)
1DVD# POTW2607DVD
Recorded live in RCA’s Studio B in Nashville over the course of an epic five day/night run in June 1970, Elvis Presley’s performances from those sessions formed the core of three of his most successful 1970s studio albums: Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) and Love Letters from Elvis. Now, for the first time, the master recordings from the 1970 Studio B sessions may be enjoyed together as a single official Elvis album. (Sony)
$19.99
4CD# 19439759412
The Best of Doo-Wop 2-CD Set
2CD# DNMI4939.2
A genre that shot to popularity in the 1950s and eventually helped birth rock and roll, Doo-Wop is a sound that dominated the charts during the mid-twentieth century and continues to influence artists even today. This 2-disc set features 50 tracks that include the biggest Doo Wop hits of all time, including “Earth Angel,” by the Penguins, “I Only Have Eyes for You,” by The Swallows, “In the Still of the Night,” by The Five Satins, and so many more. (Dynamic)
100 Hits: The Best Sixties Album [5 CDs] The Best Sixties Album contains the defining tracks of the decade and features some of the biggest hits from artists including Scott McKenzie, The Byrds, The Moody Blues, Del Shannon, Andy Williams, Sly & The Family Stone, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and many more. Enjoy a wide variety of songs including “Summer in the City,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Runaway,” “Sugar Sugar,” “Hang on Sloopy,” “Dance to the Music,” “Cupid,” and more! (100 Hits)
$19.99
5CD# DMGN100185
Triple Gold / Frank Sinatra [3 CDs]
2CD# TMEL31651.2
$12.99
1CD# HTP12322.2
$19.99
$17.99
Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1960–65 (linelist)
Live at the Hollywood Bowl / Allen Sherman Allan Sherman’s voice is complimented by the glorious music as performed by the full 106-musician Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. All the song parodies you’d hope to hear are present, Sherman performs some numbers with the New Christy Minstrels plus a special duet with Rosemary Clooney fills out this sold out performance at the legendary Bowl. (Liberation Hall)
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This compilation gathers 29 classic hits in one spot to keep listeners grooving all night long! Each and every one has been recorded in stereo for optimum sound quality. 1956-1959 includes songs include “Summertime Blues,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “You Are My Destiny,” “Peggy Sue,” “Sea of Love,” “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes,” “Take a Message to Mary,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” and more. (Hit Parade)
The Motown operation made an extraordinarily powerful and significant contribution to popular music, with a seemingly never-ending supply of chart hits and landmark albums. This 80-track 3-CD set seeks to capture the essence of the first few years of its existence, when it made its first highly significant impact on the pop and R&B scene. Tracks include “Shop Around,” “Money,” “Please Mr. Postman,” “Because I Love Her,” and many, many more! (Acrobat)
1CD# LIBH5030.2
This 2-CD easy listening compilation includes the smooth and soothing piano music from four of the genre’s best gentlemen: Henry Mancini, Roger Williams, Floyd Cramer, and Peter Nero. Each of these artists gets a disc totally to himself, with classic songs such as “Moonlight Sonata,” “Send In The Clowns,” and “Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet.” (Reader’s Digest)
Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1956–59
Motown: The Early Years 1959–1962 3-CD Set
3CD# ACBT9093.2
$19.99
The Piano Men [2 CDs]
The legend that is Francis Albert Sinatra has brought so much pleasure to music lovers the world over that it’s hard to over-estimate just how important his work has been. He is, unquestionably the finest interpreter of classic American popular song ever, capable of turning base metal into gold. This is prime Sinatra, at the peak of his powers, taking hold of songs and investing them with a weight of emotional and musical delivery that leaves you breathless with admiration. (Start)
3CD# TG331
$44.99
1CD# HTP12323.2
$14.99
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29 more tracks to keep the party going, with 22 classics making their stereo debut! This collection of MORE Amazing Stereo Hits includes "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Tossin' and Turnin'," "You'll Lose a Good Thing," "Stay," "It Hurts to Be In Love," "Surfin' Safari," "Goldfinger," "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," "Big Bad John," and more! (Hit Parade)
$17.99
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Favorites Release Me 2 / Barbra Streisand
The Association: Complete Warner & Valiant Singles [2 CDs]
The only artist to ever achieve #1 albums in SIX consecutive decades, Barbra Streisand’s Release Me 2 is yet another musical gem in her unparalleled career. This new collection contains previously unreleased tracks from Barbra’s vault, including duets with Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog. With songs by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Barry Gibb, and more, Barbra describes Release Me 2 as, “A lovely walk down memory lane…" (Sony)
1CD# 19439863402
The Association were simply one of the finest, most beloved, and most commercially successful American vocal groups of the 1960s. Yet a complete singles collection of their golden Warner Bros. & Valiant years (1966–1971) has never been collected. Until now! Tracks on this outstanding compilation include “Along Comes Mary,” “Never My Love,” “One Too Many Mornings,” “Forty Times,” “Your Own Love,” and many more! (Now Sounds)
$11.99
The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2CD# NSND2906352.2
Roy Orbison: Complete Sun, RCA & Monument Releases 1956–1962 [2 CDs]
The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra showcases the anthemic ballads of Karen and Richard Carpenter with brand new symphonic arrangements composed, produced, and conducted by Richard Carpenter himself. This fresh orchestration pairs with the timeless original vocals in a true reimagining of their signature songs. Tracks include all the big hits you know and love: “Yesterday Once More,” “Superstar,” “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Top of the World,” and more.
1CD# AMB002914002.2
Roy Orbison was one of the most talented and distinctive singers and songwriters of the rock ‘n’ roll era and beyond. This 58-track 2-CD set provides a comprehensive overview of the formative years of his career, comprising the A and B sides of all his singles on Sun, RCA and Monument through to the end of 1962, plus all the tracks from his three albums from that period, At The Rock House, Lonely And Blue & Crying. (Acrobat)
2CD# ACBT3236.2
$13.99
Enjoy the “King of Calypso” Harry Belafonte live and in his prime in this Carnegie Hall recording which stayed on the charts for over three years! Tracks include “Man Smart (Woman Smarter),” “Mama Look a Boo Boo,” “Danny Boy,” “The Marching Saints,” “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O),” “Hava Nagila,” “Shenandoah,” “Jamaica Farewell,” and many more! “...a spectacular live performance” – Rolling Stone Album Guide (Sony)
4CD# ACQCD7086
$6.99
Continuing their highly popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series, Acrobat Records presents this 4-disc, 115-track release featuring top R&B tunes that hit the Billboard charts during 1960, when the genre was nearing its peak. Also included is an extensive booklet with background notes on each song. Tracks include Frankie Avalon’s “Why,” Lloyd Price’s “Lady Luck,” The Platters’ “Harbor Lights,” and many more. (Acrobat)
1CD# LIBH5017.2
$19.99
$16.99
Buddy Holly: Complete US/UK Singles 1956–1962 [2 CDs] Despite the fact that his career was so tragically curtailed early in his career, Buddy Holly remains as one of the most important performers of the rock ‘n’ roll era. This 66-track 2-CD collection comprises the A and B sides of the singles released under all those guises during this period. It is a comprehensive overview of the recordings which established Holly and his colleagues as influential pioneers of the genre, and a fine showcase for his unique talent. (Acrobat)
Victor Borge built a career initially purely as a pianist but also over time incorporating comedy into his radio appearances. This 2-CD set comprises the studio recordings from his early Columbia singles from the 1940s, which also later came out on the albums A Victor Borge Program and An Evening With Victor Borge, along with the complete contents of his 1954 ‘live’ concert albums. A delightful audio experience! (Acrobat)
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$24.99
The world famous Dr. Demento’s influence on pop culture is undeniable and as we approach his 50th anniversary, we celebrate the earliest days of novelty and comedy records. He is a world-renowned record collector and music historian, whose life long passion for music of all kinds (from Frank Zappa to punk rock and everything in between) is reflected in this unique collection of rare songs from the early days of records. (Liberation Hall)
The Collection 1945–1955 / Victor Borge [2 CDs]
2CD# ACBT3383.2
Ray Conniff became one of the biggest stars of easy listening music as a bandleader and conductor during the 1960s and beyond. This 113-track 4-CD set traces the first quarter-century of his career from his recording debut in 1938 through to the early ‘60s. It’s a highly entertaining overview of the work of one of the illustrious names of popular music in the post-war era. (Acrobat)
Dr. Demento: The Oldest Novelty Records of All Time
The 1960 R&B Hits Collection 4CD Set
4CD# ACBT7143.2
$16.99
Ray Conniff: the Collection 1938–1962 [4 CDs]
Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
1CD# 88697691962
$24.99
2CD# ACBT3232.2
$16.99
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Classic Rock Nights in White Satin: Essential Moody Blues [3 CDs]
3CD# IMT5756720.2
The Very Best of Chicago – Only the Beginning [2 CDs]
This generous 51-track collection features a host of Moody Blues classics from across their storied career! Tracks include “Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)”, “Nights in White Satin,” “The Voice,” “Ride My See-Saw,” “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band,” “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere,” “English Sunset,” “Veteran Cosmic Rocker,” and more. (Universal)
$11.99
2CD# RHI76170.2
Now That’s What I Call a Decade 1980s / Various Artists
$19.99
Gordon Lightfoot: Complete Greatest Hits
NOW That’s What I Call a Decade 1980s presents an iconic 18-track lineup of memorable eighties hits, including Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl,” A-Ha’s “Take On Me,” “Daryl Hall & John Oates’ “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),” “Simple Minds’ “Don’t You Forget About Me,” “John Mellencamp’s “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” and many more. (Sony)
1CD# 19439881832
Chicago’s Complete Greatest Hits: Only the Beginning packs 2 CDs with 39 hit singles spanning Chicago’s complete 35 year history. Packed with memorable song, this collection includes the #1 single “If You Leave Me Now,” “Hard To Say I’m Sorry,” “Look Away,” “25 or 6 to 4,” “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is,” “Saturday in the Park,” “Beginning,” and more. (Rhino)
$18.99
This career-spanning collection rounds up 20 classic hits from Gordon Lightfoot released by United Artists, Reprise, and Warner Brothers from 1965 to 1987. Features such beloved hits as “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “The Circle is Small,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Early Morning Rain,” “Summer Side of Life,” and more. (Rhino)
Crosby, Stills & Nash: Greatest Hits
1CD# RHI78287.2
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers Crosby, Stills & Nash are beloved worldwide for their peerless three part harmonies, inspired songwriting, and brilliant musicianship. Rightfully claiming a singular place among the artistically and culturally influential acts of the original Woodstock era, CSN has been called “the voice of an entire generation.” Tracks include “Teach Your Children,” Suite Judy Blue Eyes,” “Our House,” “Southern Cross,” “Helplessly Hoping” and more beloved hits! (Atlantic)
David Bowie: Changesonebowie
1CD# ATL76537.2
$18.99
The Very Best of The Eagles [2 CDs]
2CD# EA73971.2
1CD# RPLH94099.2
The Eagles soared out of their roots as L.A. based, country-flavored rockers to become the defining artists of the 1970s. One of the biggest acts in rock, they was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and made the RIAA’s elite list of Artists Of The Century in 1999. This fantastic 2-disc collection includes hits like “Take It Easy,” “Best of My Love,” “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” “Desperado,” and more favorites! (Elektra/WEA)
$22.99
1CD# EA76061.2
$14.99
This collection includes a dozen of the legendary folk-pop balladeer’s most popular story-songs from 1972–1980, including the #1 smash “Cat’s in the Cradle.” Other tracks include “Taxi,” “W*O*L*D,” “Dance Band on the Titanic,” “I Wanna Learn a Love Song,” and many more musical viginettes of life and love, despair and hope in modern America. (Elektra/WEA)
$9.99
America: Complete Greatest Hits
This recording pairs classic vocal tracks from Rod Stewart’s most popular songs with new arrangements performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The result is a timeless record that retains the power, soul and passion that have fueled Stewart’s legacy from the start. The album also features a new version of the hit song “It Takes Two” featuring pop-star Robbie Williams and a brand-new song “Stop Loving Her Today” by Rod Stewart. (Rhino)
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Digitally remastered 40th Anniversary edition of David Bowie’s first ever best-of compilation. Changesonebowie collects songs from Bowie’s sparkling 1969–1976 period. Two of the tracks, “Ziggy Stardust” and “Suffragette City,” had never been released as singles when Changesonebowie was issued, though the former had been the B-side of “Jean Genie” in November 1972. (Rhino)
Harry Chapin: The Essentials
You’re in My Heart – Rod Stewart & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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A career-spanning retrospective as vast as America itself! Rhino brings us 22 tracks from America’s Warner, American International and Capitol years-so, for the first time on one disc, you’ll get their hits “A Horse with No Name,” “Sister Golden Hair,” “Tin Man,” “Lonely People,” “California Dreamin’” “I Need You,” “Ventura Highway,” “You Can Do Magic,” “The Border,” and more. Also includes two unreleased tracks! (Rhino)
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TV Classics on DVD
The Brady Bunch: Complete Series [20 DVDs]
Mary Tyler Moore Show: Complete Series [6 DVDs]
Green Acres: Complete Series [24 DVDs]
Bewitched: Complete Series [22 DVDs]
I Love Lucy: Complete Series [33 DVDs]
The Waltons Complete Seasons 1 & 2 [5 DVDs]
20DVD# PRT59169110000DVD $59.99
6DVD# FOX2357359DVD $49.99
24DVD# SFY17954DVD $69.99
22DVD# SNPH11170DVD $69.99
33DVD# PRT59213061000DVD $55.99
5DVD# WHV1000354201DVD $29.99
Cheers: The Complete Series [45 DVDs]
Family Affair: The Complete Series [24 DVDs] 24DVD# MPI7871DVD $149.99
The West Wing: Complete Series [45 DVDs]
45DVD# WHV1000452663DVD $129.99
M*A*S*H: The Complete Collection [33 DVDs]
33DVD# FOX2357621DVD $99.99
Gilligan’s Island: Complete Series [9 DVDs]
9DVD# THT1000174014DVD $59.99
The Bob Newhart Show: Complete Series [18 DVDs]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One [6 DVDs]
I Dream of Jeannie [12 DVDs]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Two [5 DVDs]
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DVD / Little Girl Blue / Janis Joplin DVD
Woodstock Diary 1969: Friday Saturday Sunday DVD
Janis Joplin is one of the most revered and iconic of all rock & roll singers, a tragic and misunderstood figure who thrilled millions of listeners and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1970 at age 27. With "Janis: Little Girl Blue," Oscar-nominated director Amy J. Berg examines Joplin's story in-depth, presenting an intimate, insightful portrait of a driven, often beleaguered artist. (Filmrise)
1DVD# FMRS8304DVD
The Woodstock Diary is famed filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker's fascinating glimpse into the creation of the greatest festival of all time, 3 days that defined a generation. This DVD contains over 3 hours of "fly on the wall" documentary footage about the creation of the festival as well as footage filmed on site. Includes incredible live performances from Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Crosby, Stills and Nash and more. (Weinerworld UK)
$19.99
50 Years of Funk & Soul / Tower of Power DVD
1DVD# ART7078DV
1DVD# WNW2467DVD
With a history 50+ years in the making, Tower of Power has been a funk institution since 1968, knocking out hits like “What is Hip,” “So Very Hard to Go,” “This Time It’s Real” and “You’re Still a Young Man” while lending their soulful sound to collaborations with Santana, the Grateful Dead, Elton John, Huey Lewis, Justin Timberlake and everyone in-between. (Mack Avenue)
The Road Iʼm On / Garth Brooks DVD Garth Brooks, the best-selling solo artist of all time, is celebrated in this definitive documentary from the award-winning A&E Biography franchise. Featuring revealing interviews with Trisha Yearwood, Billy Joel, Keith Urban, George Strait, James Taylor, and many others, The Road I’m On will delight fans with seminal hit songs and the unforgettable moments that have defined his decade-spanning career. (A&E)
$16.99
1DVD# AEV57919DVD
75 – A Birthday Celebration / Joni Mitchell DVD Join an incredible array of singers and musicians who came together to honor one of the world's most remarkable artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th birthday. The hand-selected group of peers and protégés including Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, and more. The entire concert, along with special behindthe-scenes interviews with the artists, is included on this DVD. (Rhino)
1DVD# RHI587936DVD
Motian In Motion is a documentary film about legendary jazz drummer Paul Motian. Filmmaker Michael Patrick Kelly first met Paul Motian while shooting a short documentary about his neighborhood. Intrigued by Mr. Motian’s illustrious but at that point somewhat unheralded musical career, Michael crafted this intimate documentary. (Aquapio)
1DVD# AQF7665DVD
Hail Hail Rock & Roll / Chuck Berry DVD
1BR# SFY20384BR
$24.99
This definitive documentary explores the private life and public legacy of John Denver. Exclusive accounts from those closest to him reveal the man behind the music in an intimate profile to mark the anniversary of his 70th birthday. Featuring pivotal people in Denver's life, from his former managers to his son and brother. Bonus features include never-before-seen extended interviews! (PBS)
1DVD# PBSDJDCB601DVD
Hail Hail Rock & Roll / Chuck Berry Blu-Ray (linelist)
This comprehensive documentary series chronicles the exhiliarating musical journey known as “The British Invasion.” Experience this 1960s phenomenon when three of the biggest and most influential bands ever – The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who exploded in popularity across the United States. Five documentaries included on 3 DVDs! (Mill Creek)
This precursor to Monterey Pop and Woodstock is the granddaddy of all concert films, a chronicle of the 1958 Newport, Rhode Island Jazz Fest where music greats like Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Anita O’Day, George Shearing, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, and Dinah Washington gave electrifying performances. Songs include “Blue Monk,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “Catch as Catch Can,” “Tiger Rag,” and more. (Kino Classics)
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The British Invasion – 5 Documentary Collection [3 DVDs]
Jazz on a Summerʼs Day DVD
1DVD# KINO25143DVD
$19.99
Country Boy: John Denver DVD
A rarely afforded glimpse into the private life of Chuck Berry is one of the highlights of this acclaimed rockumentary, which climaxes with Chuck's 60th birthday concert in St. Louis and a guest list that includes Eric Clapton, Julian Lennon, Keith Richards, and Linda Ronstadt. Also featured are rare archival footage and interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and other rock icons. (Shout Factory)
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Motian in Motion / Paul Motian DVD
$19.99
1DVD# SFY20429DVD
$16.99
3DVD# MUIM54920DVD
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BLU-RAY VIDEO Billie DVD
Deep Blues (A Robert Mugge Film) DVD An absorbing and detailed 2019 documentary on the life of Jazz icon Billie Holiday. Includes interviews with Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett and more, including the FBI agents assigned to trail the jazz star in the 1940s. “Billie Holiday lived so fast that few biographers appear able to keep with up her, but this film amounts to a long, loving look from a distance. And when your subject is as magnificent as Billie Holiday, that’s enough.” – NME
1DVD# GWC25275DVD
In 1990, veteran music film director Robert Mugge and renowned music scholar Robert Palmer ventured deep into the heart of the Mississippi Delta to seek out the best rural blues acts. Along the way, they visited celebrated landmarks and documented talented artists cut off from the mainstream of the recording industry. The resulting film demonstrates how the blues continues to thrive in new generations of gifted musicians. (Film Movement)
$19.99
1DVD# FILM5548DVD
Congo Square / Wynton Marsalis & JLCO DVD
I Called Him Morgan DVD
The famed trumpeter pays homage to his hometown of New Orleans in Congo Square, a suite celebrating the French Quarter marketplace where African slaves were allowed to perform their own music. Marsalis is joined by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in this dynamic two-hour performance filmed live at the Montreal Jazz Festival. (Shanachie)
1DVD# SHA6332DVD
On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his wife Helen during a gig at a New York City club. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts all who knew the Morgans. This feature documentary by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collin is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together. (Filmrise)
$19.99
1DVD# FMRS1126DVD
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 DVD
Join Paul McCartney as he explores the life and career of another legend, Buddy Holly. This brilliant biography contains rare film clips, never before seen performance footage, as well as interviews with rock greats Keith Richards, Phil and Don Everly, Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, and more. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the life of the “undisputed father of rock music.” (White Star)
$16.99
1DVD# WHST1790DVD
Jaco DVD
$12.99
Live at Wembley / Queen [2 DVDs]
Jaco, a compelling story of prodigious talent, personal adventures and raw human vulnerability presents the world of the bass guitar phenomenon Jaco Pastorius through the eyes of his family and various musical collaborators. . Featuring interviews with an array of artists (Joni Mitchell, Sting, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock) and friends, Jaco unveils the story of his music, his life, and ultimately the fragility of great artistic genius. (Iron Horse)
2DVD# IRHR1003DVD
$14.99
The Real Buddy Holly Story DVD
The Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 at the Hollywood Bowl celebrates the work of America’s legendary folk singer and songwriter. This rare and historic tribute concert has never been seen before. It features Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Richie Havens, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and others in their prime. (MVD)
1DVD# MVD2331DVD
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Over one remarkable summer weekend in 1986, on Friday, July 11th and Saturday July 12th, Queen performed two sell out shows at Wembley, concerts which have been widely acknowledged as two of the most incredible rock events ever staged. Now Queen’s legendary Wembley concerts are being reissued as a 2 DVD anniversary edition, including previously unseen bonus features! (Eagle Rock)
2DVD# EGVS306009DVD
$19.99
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Jazz (A Film by Ken Burns) [10 DVDs]
Elvis ‘56 DVD
From the creator of the Civil War, Baseball and many other acclaimed documentaries comes this epic series celebrating that most American of art forms, Jazz. From it's Blues and Ragtime roots through Swing and into Bebop and Fusion, the growth of Jazz is charted as you watch 75 interviews, more than 500 pieces of music and rare, unseen photos and footage. 10 DVDs in all! (PBS)
1956 was Elvis Presley’s breakthrough year, and this program takes you back, including his early television performances on the Dorsey Brothers Show and the Ed Sullivan Show, and an entire hour of rare footage. Songs Include: My Way, Baby What You Want Me To Do, Blue Suede Shoes, Good Rockin’ Tonight, Heartbreak Hotel, Shake Rattle and Roll, Baby Let's Play House, Tutti Frutti, My Baby Left Me, Blue Moon, and more. (Lightyear)
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$14.99
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