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Metamorphosis Ligeti / Quatour Diotima

Quatuor Diotima makes its Pentatone debut with a recording of Györgi Ligeti’s string quartets. While the second quartet from 1968 is an avantgarde classic, the first from 1953–54, “Metamorphoses nocturnes”, is often nicknamed Bartók’s seventh quartet, pointing out the continuity between these two Hungarian master composers. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187061

$15.99

Wellesz: Chamber Music

In its mix of tonality, Expressionism and Schoenbergian serialism, the late chamber music of Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) marries the mid-century radicalism of his native city with the lyricism of his adoptive homeland. In the first part of his career Wellesz was best known as a composer of operas, and these chamber works were audibly written by someone with a keen sense of drama. (Toccata)

1CD# TOCC0617 $18.99

Weill: Symphonies 1 & 2 – Der Silbersee (excerpts)

Although Kurt Weill’s principal legacy lies in music theatre works of both popular appeal and intellectual weight, he was equally at home in purely orchestral works as evidenced by his two symphonies. Steeped in the world of Weill, conductor, composer and chansonnier HK Gruber performs the songs himself in his own inimitable way, giving an unusual authenticity to the interpretations. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2579 $19.99

Lysight & Piazzola: Seas8ns

Between 1965 and 1970, Astor Piazzolla composed the ‘Four Porteñe Seasons’ or ‘Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’, for his New Tango Quintet. It is an evocation of the different atmospheres of the Argentinian capital depending on the different seasons. Four Seasons (2016) for accordion, violin, cello, double bass, percussion and piano was composed at the request of accordionist Christophe Delporte. (Antartica)

1CD# AR 042 $14.99

Martinů: Complete Cello Sonatas / Johannes Moser; Andrei Korobeinikov

Cellist Johannes Moser and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov present Bohuslav Martinů’s Complete Cello Sonatas These works belong to the most significant twentieth-century repertoire for cello and piano. Reflecting Martinů’s troubled existence, defined by wartime, emigration, longing for the homeland, yet also full of hope and life-affirming energy, the music seems entirely topical in our own troubled times. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187007 $15.99

Bentzon: Piano Works

Niels Viggo Bentzon is perhaps the most wide-ranging Danish composer of the 20th century. With over 600 opuses comprising virtually every genre imaginable, he produced art as naturally as breathing. The Dacapo Records debut of pianist Ramez Mhaanna presents a fresh, and stunningly original take. (Dacapo)

1CD# 8224737 $15.99

Piazzolla: Album for Astor

Nordheim: The Tempest – Suite from the Ballet

The Bergen Philharmonic present Arne Nordheim’s “The Tempest –Suite from the Ballet”. Arne Nordheim was Norway’s most significant and respected composer until his death in 2010, and one of the few figures in contemporary western music who proved himself able to move beyond traditional harmonic relationships while maintaining a distinct ability to communicate widely through his striking, physical music. (Lawo)

1CD# LWC1250 $16.99

Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

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

1CD# MOB414374 $10.99

Petersen: Symphony No. 3 C-sharp Minor

Petersen’s Third Symphony in C sharp minor received its premiere in 1934 under the baton of Karl Friderich in Darmstadt; a further performance followed on September 24, 1935, under Hermann Abendroth in Berlin. The present recording is the first to have been made of this work. Petersen wrote a short factual commentary on his Third Symphony for the September 1935 issue of the Zeitschrift für Musik. (Profil)

1CD# PH22069 $18.99

All of Piazzolla’s more than 750 works are inextricably bound to an essential and unmistakable Argentinian identity. He loved to startle the listener by spicing up his music with chromaticism, dissonance and abrupt surprises. The young Danish master of the modern accordion, Bjarke Mortensen and his friends serve up a true musical banquet that will satisfy all tastes. (Our Recordings)

1CD# 8226916 $19.99