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Tom & Will – Weelkes & Byrd 400 Years / The King's Singers; Fretwork

400 years ago, in 1623, England lost two of it's greatest composers: William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes. In a program marking this double anniversary, The King's Singers and Fretwork turn their focus to the bold personalities of these two men, Will and Tom. Featuring well-known gems by the two composers, alongside works which had never been recorded before and which are rarely heard live, Tom and Will unlocks some of the humanity behind these two giants of Elizabethan music. (Signum)

1CD# SIGCD731 $17.99

Bach & Pärt / Arabella Steinbacher

Arabella Steinbacher presents works for violin and orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt, together with violinist Christoph Koncz and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Bach’s violin concertos have had a very special significance for Steinbacher ever since hearing the A Minor Concerto at the age of four, an experience that made her decide to become a musician. This seminal work is performed here alongside the E Major Violin Concerto and the Double Concerto in D Minor, on which she is joined by violinist Christoph Koncz. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187017 $15.99

New Year's Concert 2023 / Welser-Möst

Wiener Philharmoniker [2 CDs]

Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst conducts this prestigious concert for the 3rd time (2011, 2013). The New Year’s Concert live from Vienna is one of the world’s most famous and spectacular classical music events, its broadcast on TV and radio reaching over 50 million viewers. The Vienna Philharmonic, as musical ambassadors of Austria, send people all over the world a New Year's greeting in the spirit of hope. Also available is the 26-CD New Year's Concert Extended Edition of selected performances spanning from 1941 to 2020. (Sony)

2CD# 19658717392 $17.99

New Year's Concert – The Complete Works (Extended) [26 CDs]

26CD# 19439764562 $69.99

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete Italian Solo Guitar Music

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was first drawn to the guitar after meeting Andrés Segovia in Venice in 1932. The Variations á travers les siècles Op. 71 followed almost immediately. Over the course of the next seven years, CastelnuovoTedesco produced a string of equally successful pieces for the instrument. Most substantial is the four movement Guitar Sonata subtitled as a ‘Homage to Boccherini’: an elegant essay in neoclassicism which evokes the courtly elegance of Boccherini’s Guitar Quintets while sounding entirely true to CastelnuovoTedesco’s own language. (Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96662 $12.99

Bax: Complete Symphonies, Orchestral Works [7 CDs]

Sir Arnold Bax wrote his seven symphonies between 1921 and 1939, embracing a prolific period that drew inspiration from a variety of sources. From the dramatic impact of the Second Symphony through to the seascapes of the Fourth and hints of Sibelius in the later works, Bax’s powerful symphonic world is one of surprising and at times stormy vigor contrasting with the most intense lyrical expressiveness and serenity. The selection of additional orchestral works provides an essential overview of Bax’s music in critically acclaimed recordings. (Naxos)

7CD# 8507014 $46.99

Music for Strings (Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius) / John Wilson

This keenly anticipated album from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson features two of the greatest British works for string orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, and Sir Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro. Elgar’s ground-breaking work, commissioned for the newly formed London Symphony Orchestra and premièred in 1905, is inspired by the baroque concerto grosso, and features a solo string quartet contrasted with the full symphonic string section. (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5291 $21.99

new classical

Rachmaninov:

Symphony No. 2, Op. 27

Sergey Rachmaninov’s orchestral works range from 1887, when he was not yet 14, to 1940, when he produced his valedictory work. His Second Symphony was written between 1906 and 1908. This program of works was recorded by the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin. (Vox Classics)

1CD# VOX-NX-3013CD

$16.99

Puts: The City – Marimbo Concerto –Moonlight

Composer Kevin Puts: “This collection of recordings is especially meaningful for me because it charts my growth as an orchestral composer from my years as a student –when the Marimba Concerto was composed – to more mature work such as Moonlight. It also reflects the wonderful relationship I have enjoyed over the years with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop.” (Naxos)

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy –Symphony No. 2

Scriabin composed most of his single-movement fourth symphony The Poem of Ecstasy between 1905 and 1908 in Italy and France. He originally intended it to be called Poème orgiaque (‘Orgiastic Poem’) with its unprecedented raw sensuality and overpowering aesthetic, taking chromaticism beyond even Wagnerian voluptuousness. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574139 $13.99

Bach: Bachs Königin / Holland Baroque

1CD# 8559926

$13.99

Double Concerto & Piano Trio / Anne-Sophie Mutter; Pablo Fernández

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Fernández are musical partners for many years united by friendship, inspiration and mentorship. The present album includes Johannes Brahms’s Double Concerto (live recording, Prague, January 2022) with the Czech Philharmonic and conductor Manfred Honeck. The album also includes Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio (studio recording, September 2021). (Sony)

1CD# 19658741102 $11.98

Big House / The Ruisi Quartet

The Ruisi Quartet makes its recording debut on Pentatone with Big House, bringing together music by Matthew Locke, Joseph Haydn and Oliver Leith. Spanning nearly four centuries, this combination of composers establishes a harmonious as well as dissonant relationship between past, present and future. The critically-acclaimed Ruisi Quartet has established an international reputation as a charismatic and expressive young ensemble. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187040 $15.99

Offenbach: Complete Duos for 2 Cellos [7 CDs]

Years before he took Paris by storm as a brilliantly witty composer of operettas, Offenbach was celebrated across Europe as a virtuoso cellist. It is this lesser-known aspect of his creative personality that is explored by Giovanni Sollima and Andrea Noferini, who have spent years immersing themselves in the technically intricate but always lyrical and extrovert pieces which Offenbach wrote for his instrument. (Brilliant Classics)

7CD# BRI96251 $34.99

Holland Baroque presents Bachs Königin, an album full of masterful organ works by J.S. Bach, transcribed for the orchestra by Judith and Tineke Steenbrink. These creative interpretations add unique colours and a fresh spirit to baroque monuments. Here is yet another chance to enjoy Bach’s genius. Holland Baroque is an original and innovative baroque orchestra that approaches baroque repertoire through a fresh and contemporary approach. (Pentatone)

1SACD# PTC5186971 $19.99

Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross NYC-based The Dessoff Choirs, instrumental in re-establishing the music of 20th-century African American composer Margaret Bonds with the world-premiere recording of her Christmas oratorio, The Ballad of the Brown King, present two more Bonds premieres: new orchestrations of her cantata, Simon Bore the Cross, created with long-time collaborator and friend Langston Hughes, and the large-scale Credo set to prose by W.E.B. Du Bois. (Avie)

1CD# AV2589 $17.99

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (1887 Version) / Markus Poschner

Was it a sign of conductors’ general satisfaction with Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony or editorial footdragging, that the work’s original 1887 version wasn’t published and performed until 1972? It is this elaborate, raw earlier version that Markus Poschner performs here, in the latest edition by Paul Hawkshaw for the New Anton Bruckner Complete Edition. An interesting insight into emboldened Bruckner at his unadulterated self. (Capriccio)

1CD# C8087 $19.99

Kabelevsky, Shebalin: Works for Cello / Marina Tarasova

Renowned Russian cellist Marina Tarasova makes her debut on Challenge Classics. Her disc is centred on two great Sonatas: Kabalevsky’s (composed in 1962) and Shebalin’s (composed in 1960). In between, Prokofiev’s Concertino works as a lyrical intermezzo. Kabalevsky’s Sonata is probably the most beautiful Russian 20th Century work for cello and piano. (Challenge)

1CD# CC 72940 $16.99

1923 – Toch, Weill, Krenek, Bartok

For the festive concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the unification of the cities of Buda and Pest to form the capital and residence city of Budapest in the autumn of 1923, Béla Bartók created his “Dance Suite” for orchestra – a “rather touchy issue”, as the internationalist-minded composer explained in a private note.

(BR Klassik)

1CD# BRK900206 $17.99

Les nuits de Paris – Delibes, Dubois, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Thomas

Under the expert baton of François-Xavier Roth, the orchestra Les Siècles has set out to rediscover the French dance repertory using historical instruments. Their album explores the output of both established composers – Camille Saint-Saëns, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet –and their colleagues who specialized in Terpsichorean entertainment, including Philippe Musard and Isaac Strauss. (Bru Zane)

1CD# BZ2005 $18.99

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (reorchestrated by Mahler)

Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony was initially conceived not long after the success of the First. This and the Third Symphony owe a great deal to Beethoven. Gustav Mahler’s subtle re-orchestrations were made in the light of instrumental innovations and the increase in size of the symphony orchestra towards the beginning of the 20th century, making them ideal for performance today. (Naxos)

Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Veronique Gens

Véronique Gens’s version of La Voix Humaine has been eagerly awaited! This ‘lyric tragedy in one act’ might have been written for her, so ideally suited are her feeling for language and her dramatic intensity to Poulenc’s monologue on a text by Jean Cocteau, composed in 1958. This is a far cry from the ‘light’ Poulenc of the 1920s. (Alpha)

1CD# ALPHA899 $18.99

Mozart: Krönungsmesse (Coronation Mass), K. 317

The mass that Mozart composed in 1779 for the Easter service in Salzburg Cathedral is shrouded in legend. From the very first bar onwards, it exudes the stately tone that would, much later on, earn it the sobriquet “Coronation Mass”. Soon after Mozart’s death, it became the Viennese court orchestra’s favorite mass for coronation ceremonies.

(BR Klassik)

1CD# BRK900530 $17.99

Ivanschiz: Chamber Music at the Abbey of Lambach

Amandus Ivanschiz was baptized Matthias Leopold Ivanschiz on 24 December 1727 in the Austrian city of Wiener Neustadt. The extensive oeuvre of this master, who only lived to the age of 31, is astonishing. In total, more than 300 copies of his works can be found in Central and Eastern Europe. His modern style and great compositional mastery probably explain the wide dissemination of his music. (Challenge)

1CD# 8574430

$11.99

Nicolaou: Etudes & Frames / Tamara Stehanovich

On "Etudes & Frames", pianist Tamara Stefanovich presents the music of contemporary master Vassos Nicolaou. In his Etudes, Nicolaou uses virtuosity as a means to explore forms made of complex rhythms, great speed and multilayered sound. Each of the fifteen etudes has an evocative title and focuses on specific geometrical-choreographical movements of the hands on the keyboard, as well as on a basic acoustical idea. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187041 $15.99

Janacek-Brahms-Bartok / Patricia Koptachinskaja; Fazil Say

This new recording marks the reformation of the legendary duo of Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazil Say. The explosive duo presents a program devoted to Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 1 (‘a marvel from start to finish, one of his finest works’, says Patkop), Brahms’s D minor Sonata (‘I imagine a feather in flight at the opening of the sonata’) and Janácek’s Sonata, ‘an extreme work, wounded and heart-rending’. (Alpha)

1CD# ALPHA885 $18.99

1SACD# CC 72913 $18.99

Jongen: Preludes for Piano

Serbian-American pianist

Ivan Ilić presents this new recording of two of Joseph Jongen’s substantial sets of Préludes for piano. The 13 Préludes, Op. 69 are expansive in nature and extremely poetic – each bears an evocative title. The 24 Petits Préludes dans tous les tons were begun in 1940 and (like Bach’s preludes and fugues) circle through each and every key, major and minor. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20264 $20.99

Thomas: Complete Works for Solo Violin

Clarissa Bevilacqua writes:

“The more I became familiar with Augusta Read Thomas’s compositional style, the more I felt myself wanting to create something tangible and long-lasting with her works. And thus, at the beginning of the global pandemic a few years ago, the idea for this album was born. This album features Augusta’s complete works for solo violin, as well as the world premier recording of her Violin Concerto No. 3 ‘Juggler in Paradise’” (Nimbus)

1CD# NI8109 $18.99

CLASSICAL FAVORITES

Neeme Järvi in Concert – Mozart, Wagner, Brahms, Reger

The legendary conductor Neeme Järvi celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday in the summer of 2022, in Tallinn, giving a series of concerts with his beloved Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. This album serves not just as a commemoration of those wonderful concerts, but also as a personal calling card for this remarkable musician. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20262 $20.99

Martinu: Complete Cello Sonatas

Cellist Johannes Moser and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov present Bohuslav Martinu’s complete cello sonatas. These works belong to the most significant twentiethcentury repertoire for cello and piano. Reflecting Martinu’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

Beethoven: Symph. No. 6 & Op. 1, No. 3 / Ax, Kavakos, Ma

Like their first ‘Beethoven for Three’ release — Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 — this recording challenges the traditional boundary between chamber and orchestral repertoire to offer the listener two very different sides of the composer using the same three voices. In the C Minor piano trio, we hear Beethoven’s brilliant exploration of three instruments’ essential expressive capabilities. (Sony)

1CD# 19658739372 $13.99

Price: Symphony No. 3 – The Mississippi River

Florence Price was one of the most versatile and accomplished American musicians of her generation whose unstoppable creativity and earliest successes were set against the backdrop of 1930s economic depression. This world premiere recording of Ethiopia’s Shadow in America traces the American experience of enslaved Africans, while The Mississippi River suite quotes several famous spirituals. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559897 $13.99

Korngold: Symphony in F Sharp, O. 40 / Marc Albrecht

“Once, driving in the rain, I had to pull over to the side of the road because I was so incredibly moved by the sublime music on the radio. The last movement of the mystery work turned out to be Korngold’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Suite — was so joyful and witty, featuring the horns prominently, that I was transported to a different world. This rarely performed work should be better known.” — Mei-Ann Chen, Chicago Sinfonietta conductor (Pentatone)

1SACD# PTC5186373

$19.99

Fauré: Requiem & Other Choral Works / Rutter, Cambridge Singers

“Rutter distills even more drama from dynamic contrasts than Dutoit, the balance between voices and instruments in his performance sounds natural, not carefully achieved, his boyish-sounding sopranos seem as incontrovertibly right for the colour of this work as the solitary, silvery violin that the Rutter edition employs in the Sanctus. For truth to Fauré’s luminous conception Rutter’s version is still unapproached, and it still heads my list.” – Gramophone (Collegium)

1CD# CSCD520

Finlandia – Sibelius, Grieg

$11.99

Finlandia proves an ideal showcase for Ormandy and his Philadelphians, who provide plenty of excitement and drama amid the luster of those famous strings. Drawn from the worldwide catalog holdings of Sony Classical, the Sony Classical Masters series offers an extensive selection of highly desirable and collectible EU pressed import editions, smartly designed and graphically pleasing. (Sony)

1CD# 88697689752 $11.99

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 / Thielemann, Vienna Philharmonic

Sony presents the next installment of Christian Thielemann’s complete cycle of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic – the orchestra’s first Bruckner cycle under a single conductor. The Vienna Philharmonic premiered four of Anton Bruckner’s nine symphonies, including No. 4 in 1881 and has enjoyed a unique relationship with the Austrian composer’s music since 1873. (Sony)

1CD# 19658706142 $11.99

Vaughan Williams: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

SOMM Recordings celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s birth with insightful, deeply felt accounts of his String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2, coupled with Gustav Holst’s Phantasy Quartet, by the Tippett Quartet. This major release sheds new light on one of the enduring friendships of 20th-century British music, Vaughan Williams and Holst having first met at the Royal College of Music in 1895. (SOMM)

1CD# SOMMCD 0656 $18.99

Violin Concertos from Black Composers –25th Anniversary

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine marks the 25th anniversary of her 1997 recording of violin concertos by Black composers of the 18th and 19th centuries with Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries. This special-edition reissue updates and expands the original program into the 20th century with Pine’s recent recording of Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2, composed in 1952. (Cedille)

$16.99

1CD# CDR 214

BIS RECORDS

Romeo

Tchaikovsky at the Piano

1SACD# BIS-2198

$19.99

Weill: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

1SACD# BIS-2579

$19.99

Music for Cornetto & Keyboard / Seicento Stravagante

1SACD# BIS-2526

$19.99

Saint-Saëns: Sonatas for Violin & Piano

1SACD# BIS-2489

$19.99

Aho: Concertos for Violin & Cello

1SACD# BIS-2466

$19.99

Hadjidakis: Paper Moon

1SACD# BIS-2636

$19.99

Palumbo: Woven Lights

1CD# BIS-2625

$19.99

Shostakovich: Works Unveiled

1SACD# BIS-2550

$19.99

Netzel, Sandström & Tarrodi: Piano Concertos

1SACD# BIS-2576

$19.99

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

1SACD# BIS-2569

$19.99

1SACD# BIS-2568

$19.99

Mozart: The Prussian Quartets

1SACD# BIS-2558 $19.99

1SACD# BIS-2535 $19.99

Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

1SACD# BIS-2524

$19.99

Beethoven-Liszt: Symphony No. 3

1SACD# BIS-2615

$19.99

& Juliet –

Echo / Ruby Hughes; Huw Watkins

Mozart, Schumann, Bruch & Stravinsky: Clarinet Trios

Martzy: Violin Concertos & Sonatas [6 CDs]

This program forms a journey from dusk to dawn and guides us through various nights as described by several composers of the 16th century. Janequin, Lassus, Palestrina, Guerrero and their Franco-Flemish, Italian and Spanish colleagues lead us as we explore these nights, sometimes dark and terrifying, sometimes radiant with starlight, tranquil, and filled with love. (Profil)

6CD# PH22080 $22.99

45 Compositions / Musiques Mouvelles

[6 CDs]

The publication of this anniversary box set celebrating 60 years of Musiques Nouvelles, a true collector’s item, brings the 30-year collection of Cypres to a close in the most beautiful way. The 45 masterpieces recorded here reflect the beautiful aesthetic plurality of the creative music composed in the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles during the decade 2012–2022. (Cypres)

6CD# CYP8621 $49.99

Reinecke: Complete Works for Two Pianos [3 CDs]

Carl Reinecke became known not least for his piano works, in which he reveals his style rooted in Romanticism. He wrote not only for solo piano, but also for piano four hands and for two pianos. The piano duo Genova & Dimitrov have now discovered this group of works for themselves and describe Reinecke as “one of the greatest surprises and discoveries of our musical path”. (CPO)

3CD# 555454-2 $33.99

Mahler: Welt und Traum (Audiobiography) [4 CDs]

Gustav Mahler’s life is the story of a triumphant career. Cheered as a conductor, admired and met with hostility as an operatic stage director, as a composer he remained misunderstood. In his ten-part audiobiography, Jörg Hanstein tells Mahler’s story before the background of a high-tension era, colorful and multi-voiced, factually correct and close to the sources. (BR Klassik)

4CD# BRK900901 $34.99

Wilhelm Backhaus Edition [5 CDs]

“There was never a time when Backhaus could not toss off any or all of the Chopin études or the Brahms-Paganini variations with an imperturbable calm, an implacable security that left one open-mouthed. Not everyone, for only the pianists really knew what was happening before their eyes and ears, knew how to measure such achievement. There they all sat, in breathless astonishment and envy and despair.”

– Gerhard Melchert (Profile)

5CD# PH23001 $22.99

Complete RCA Album Collection / Boston Symphony Chamber Players [10 CDs]

Sony Classical is pleased to present all the Boston Symphony Chamber Player’s 1960s RCA recordings for the first time on album. The BSO’s ensemble of first-chair players is led here by its patrician concertmaster Joseph Silverstein, one of the finest American violinists of his generation as well as a highly regarded conductor and teacher. (Sony)

10CD# 19439946802 $49.98

Brahms: Complete Symphonies [3 CDs]

Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig present Brahms’s Complete Symphonies on Pentatone. These recordings, made between 2019 and 2021, have already met with extraordinary critical acclaim. BBC Music Magazine praised the performance of the First Symphony as “splendid and inspiring”, praising Blomstedt’s “wonderfully controlled performances”. (Pentatone)

3CD# PTC5186978 $29.99

A Vaughan Williams Anthology [8 CDs]

Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of Britain’s most illustrious composers, and this specially curated selection of works demonstrates the sheer breadth of his achievement. As a major 20th century symphonist he is represented by four of his nine symphonies, all in critically acclaimed recordings. (Naxos)

8CD# 8508021 $54.99

The Complete Wilhelm Furtwangler on Record [55

CDs]

Wilhelm Furtwängler is one of the great conductors of the 20th century, a towering point of reference for performers and audiences. The unparalleled scope of this 55-CD set makes it an essential for the musiclover. Not only is it the first collection to unite Furtwängler’s entire catalogue of studio recordings, it also encompasses every live recording he made with a view to commercial release. (Warner)

55CD# MOB232405 $159.99

Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies [6 CDs]

Sergey Prokofiev’s seven symphonies are acknowledged as one of the major cycles of the 20th century. From the crisp vitality of the youthful ‘Classical’ Symphony to the viscerally exciting Third, the Fifth Symphony, and the deeply moving and heartfelt Sixth Symphony, this is an unforgettable collection crowned by the bittersweet Seventh Symphony, the composer’s final significant work. (Naxos)

6CD# 8506038 $49.99

Bruckner: The 9 Symphonies / Blomstedt [10 CDs]

Bruckner’s symphonies are strenuous alpine hikes, and Blomstedt is a mountain guide who not only has the next fork in the road in mind but knows every stone on the path. Blomstedt’s unique Bruckner cycle impressively reflects the extraordinary spirit of the long-standing partnership between the legendary conductor and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. (Accentus)

Wanda Landowska Plays Bach, Mozart, Handel, Scarlatti & Rameau

[10 CDs]

The conductor Arthur Nikisch described Wanda Landowska as the high priestess of the harpsichord, “prima clavicembalista assoluta” and “Bachante”, not least on account of her intensive Bach studies. Her concert activities, her influence as a teacher and her many publications and record releases assured Landowska of a central role in the revival of 17th– and 18th–century music for harpsichord. (Profil)

10CD# PH22027 $34.99

10CD# ACC80575

$89.99

Stenhammar: The String Quartets [3 CDs]

Composed between 1894 and 1916 Wilhelm Stenhammar’s body of six numbered string quartets is considered unique among Scandinavian music of its time, both in its consistency and in its musical aspirations. Together, the quartets reflect the composer’s development, from full-blown Romanticism to a more sparse and formally concentrated idiom that distances itself from late-Romantic conventions. (BIS)

3SACD# BIS-2709 $39.99

Mozart: Die verstellte Gartnerin [3 CDs]

A true rarity is this German version of Mozart’s “Finta gardiniera.”

5 years ago, the Munich Radio Orchestra under Andrew Parrott performed Mozart’s singspiel “Die verstellte Gärtnerin” – the rarely performed German version of “Finta gardiniera”. When this opera was first performed, Mozart was 19 years old – an age at which most composers had not even begun. (CPO)

3CD# 555386-2 $33.99

Mendelssohn: 12 Early Symphonies

[4 CDs]

In 1970 Kurt Masur took over the direction of one of the best orchestras in Germany and the world: the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. One year later, in 1971, these recordings of the 12 Youth Symphonies by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy were made. They are testimony to the emergence of a fruitful artistic relationship between Kapellmeister and musicians that was to last 26 years. (Berlin Classics)

4CD# 0302855BC $29.99

Bach: Cantatas, Motets & Organ Music

[6 CDs]

In 2012–14, these six albums were issued as individual books, in which format they attracted praise both for the depth of their insights and the excellence of the performances. This box makes them available once again, with a new introductory essay by Peter Quantrill in the booklet. (Brilliant Classics)

6CD# BRI96434 $59.99

Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [5 CDs]

Maestro Marek Janowski and the WDR Symphony Orchestra present a new recording of Beethoven’s complete symphonies, the ultimate symphonic oeuvre in all thinkable respects. With this integral recording, Janowski and the orchestra finish a project that started with an acclaimed rendition of the 5th and 6th symphonies, released in 2019. (Pentatone)

5CD# PTC5186860 $33.99

Camille Saint-Saëns Edition [34 CDs]

Over a remarkably long and illustrious career, Camille SaintSaëns thrilled audiences around the world as a pianist and organist. Setting his best-known compositions in their dazzlingly diverse context, this edition invites exploration and discovery. It spans more than a century of recording history, encompassing a host of great instrumentalists, singers, conductors, and orchestras. (Warner)

34CD# MOB746048 $99.99

Glenn Gould Plays Mozart Piano Sonatas [4 CDs]

Between 1966 and 1974, Glenn Gould paid repeated visits to Columbia’s New York studio to record the piano sonatas of Mozart. Often revelatory, sometimes quirky, but always stimulating, these controversial readings tell us as much about the performer’s own endlessly fascinating musical mind and his conflicting attitudes to Mozart as they do about the composer’s genius at the keyboard. (Sony)

4CD# 19439917892 $22.98

Leroy Anderson: Complete Orchestral Works [5 CDs]

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. This first set of Anderson’s orchestral music includes several previously unpublished pieces, with world premiere recordings included among many familiar and not so familiar titles. (Naxos)

5CD# 8505259 $39.99

Sony classical BOXES

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas / Mao Fujita [5 CDs]

5CD# 19658710762

$59.98

Bach: Complete 1981 Studio Sessions / Glenn Gould [11 CDs]

11CD# 19439977422

$99.98

Ormandy (Minneapolis Symphony) [11 CDs]

11CD# 19439952392

$63.98

The Budapest Strinq Quartet Play Brahms [4 CDs]

4CD# 19439789332

$22.98

Lorin Hollander –Complete RCA Album Collection [8 CDs]

8CD# 19439928782

$46.98

Fritz Reiner: Complete Columbia Album Collection [14 CDs]

14CD# 19075936772

$59.98

Mitropoulos: Complete RCA Album Collection [69 CDs]

69CD# 19439888252

$299.98

Jean-Marc Luisada Plays Chopin [6 CDs]

6CD# 19439927532

$23.98

Yo-Yo Ma – Crossing Borders –A Musical Journey [9 CDs]

9CD# 19439916202

$28.98

Sir Colin Davis Conducts Mozart Serenades & Overtures [4 CDs]

4CD# 19439912922

$22.98

Complete Music of Anton Webern [4 CDs]

4CD# 19439911902

$22.98

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

56CD# 19439888282

$199.98

Juilliard String Quartet –Early Columbia Recordings [16 CDs]

16CD# 19439831102

$54.98

Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky [6 CDs]

6CD# 19439854202

$36.98

Szigeti: Complete Columbia Album Collection [17 CDs]

17CD# 19075940352

$59.98

choral & vocals

Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil / The Clarion Choir

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

1CD# PTC5187019 $15.99

Liszt: Lieder / Jonas Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann joins forces with pianist Helmut Deutsch to perform a program of songs by Franz Liszt, a composer for whom both feel a special affinity and whose music has long featured in their shared concert career. 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. (Sony)

1CD# 19439892602 $11.98

Hans

Leenders – A Musical Portrait

Hans Leenders writes of this new release: “In 2003 I wrote my first mass as music director of the Basilica of our Lady in Maastricht on the occasion of the 200 year anniversary of the Basilica choir. Many new compositions for choir followed, especially for the aforementioned Basilica choir. Specific composition assignments enlarged my horizon, and this album is the sounding result of it.” (Aliud)

1CD# ACDOE1262 $16.99

Molieri (Arias by Mozart & Salieri) / Adam Plachetka

Bass-baritone Adam Plachetka presents Molieri, a program of opera arias by Mozart and Salieri, together with the Czech Ensemble Baroque under the baton of Roman Válek. Molieri brings the two composers together, focusing on bass-8 baritone arias from their opera buffas.

(Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187022 $15.99

Schultz: Choral Songs

Svend Simon Schultz (1913–1998) is one of the most remarkable Danish composers and as a conductor he made a significant contribution to Danish songs. This is the first of a project to record all his nearly 90 choral songs, all of them musically and technically on the highest possible level. The brilliant Akademisk Kor Århus is now presenting volume 1 of 5 volumes.

(Danacord)

1CD# DACOCD951 $16.99

Chilcott: Canticles of Light

Canticles of Light is Bob Chilcott’s ninth album on Signum Records. Featuring celebrated composers including Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott and James MacMillan each work has been carefully selected by conductor and professor Agnieszka FrankówZelazny, with the final track written especially for the NFM Choir.

(Signum)

1CD# SIGCD729 $17.99

Grigorjeva: Music for Male Voice Choir

The choral music of Galina Grigorjeva – born in Simferopol in Ukraine in 1962 and based in Tallinn, in Estonia, since 1994 – is deeply rooted in the traditions of the Orthodox Church and in ancient Russian and Slavonic folklore. She has been working with the Estonian National Male Choir – one of the finest in a country full of choirs – for some years now, and some of the works here were composed or arranged specifically for this recording. (Toccata)

1CD# TOCC0679 $18.99

Russian Orthodox Choral Music [6 CDs]

Once more suppressed by the 1917 Revolution, an authentic strain of Russian sacred music had to wait until the era of glasnost in the late 1980s and early 90s. Most of these recordings date from the early 90s, first released on the ‘Saison Russe’ imprint for its renewal. Ensembles such as the of the Chant du Monde label, long unavailable and now reissued here for the first time.

(Brilliant Classics)

6CD# BRI95969 $30.99

Trotta: Intimations of Immortality

This recording includes a five-movement work by Michael John Trotta along with three a cappella traditional works. Intimations of Immortality is based on Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood, by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. (Gia Choral Works)

1CD# GIACD-1129 $16.99

Graupner: Cantatas for Bass Voice

Very often discussions regarding the composer Christoph Graupner (1683–1760) places him in comparison with J.S. Bach. If one has heard of Graupner, it is usually the bit of trivia that he was offered the Leipzig Thomaskirche cantor position before Bach. This recording, featuring cantatas and instrumental works composed between 1720 and 1745, offers the listener a perfect introduction to Graupner. (Affetto)

1CD# AF2301 $16.99

New from

Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 1–3 / Detroit SO; Leonard Slatkin [3 CDs]

Sergey Rachmaninov’s symphonic career had a rocky start with the premiere of his First Symphony, now recognized as one of the Russian symphonic works of the late 19th century. Both the powerful First Symphony and the gloriously melodic Second, with its lush harmonic Adagio second movement, are haunted by the Dies irae chant melody. (Naxos)

3CD# 8503278

Zádor: Celebration Music –Chamber Concerto

$24.99

Eugene Zádor was an established composer by the time he moved from Europe to the United States in 1939 where he worked as a film composer. Many of the works on this album exhibit Zádor’s finest traits, blending neo-Classicism and neoRomanticism with expert orchestration and rhythmic verve, and a dedication to tonality liberally peppered with gentle dissonance. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574262

$13.99

Elfman, Hailstork: Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto No. 1

This recording presents brand new concertos from two vibrant and contrasting American composers. Adolphus Hailstork’s First Piano Concerto draws on his African American heritage to create a work brimming with energy and high spirits. The Violin Concerto “Eleven Eleven” by Danny Elfman has its roots in the composer’s rock, film and television background, but also illustrates his love for the music of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559925

$13.99

Korngold: String Quartets Nos. 1–3 Tippett Quartet

Erich Wolfgang Korngold wrote a significant body of chamber music. His three String Quartets reflect differing periods of composition. The First marries impetuousness with enticing harmonies and rapt eloquence. The Second dates from 1933 and has great clarity and rhythmic impetus, with a full complement of Korngold’s lyricism. The post-war Third is more relaxed, unexpectedly juxtaposing the archaic and modern with a joyful conclusion. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574428

$13.99

Brahms: Hungarian Dances & the Hungarian Tradition [2 CDs]

Brahms had long been immersed in the folk traditions and spirit of Hungary’s musical repertoire, not least through the famous violinist Ede Reményi, for whom he played as piano accompanist. Brahms employed melodies that he had heard, as well as those based on sheet music, and in this album his Hungarian Dances are presented alongside their source material and variants, as well as some elements that Brahms omitted from his settings. (Naxos)

2CD# 8574424-25 $24.99

Rzewski: Late Piano Works

Frederic Rzewski was one of the most important American composerpianists of his time. The intensely contrapuntal Ruins and virtuoso Wake Up are the last pieces in his vast piano cycle Dreams, while the War Songs weave together six war and anti-war songs from the last seven centuries. Winter Nights was written by Bobby Mitchell. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559928 $13.99

Great composers in words & music

Mozart: Great Composers Series

This entertaining and informative biography takes us from Mozart’s beginnings as a child prodigy to his greatest successes and cruelest setbacks. The narrative is illustrated with music from each stage of Mozart’s intense career, including the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony, Requiem, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and many more. (Naxos)

1CD# 8578361 $13.99

J.S. Bach: Great Composers Series

Johann Sebastian Bach today has a reputation as the Godfather of Western European music. Discover his story in this fascinating biography, illustrated with musical excerpts including the Brandenburg Concertos, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, The Art of Fugue, St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor among many others. (Naxos)

1CD# 8578362 $13.99

Beethoven: Great Composers Series

Illustrated with music from each period, this enlightening life history tells us about Ludwig van Beethoven’s place in society from his earlier career as a fine pianist, his life on the edge of the Napoleonic war, his professional triumphs and many misfortunes. (Naxos)

1CD# 8578363 $13.99

Debussy: Great Composers Series

Claude Debussy is regarded by many as the quintessential French composer, with music that invited both warm applause and frosty criticism in his day. This biographical narrative is illustrated with musical excerpts from Children’s Corner, String Quartet in G minor, Images, Nocturnes and Pelléas et Mélisande, among many others. (Naxos)

1CD# 8578364 $13.99

Satie: Great Composers Series

Erik Satie’s eventful life is told in this fascinating revue of a composer whose unique music is still influential today. The narrative is illustrated with musical excerpts from works including Gymnopédie No. 3, Gnossienne No. 3, Sports et Divertissements, Trois Morceaux en forme de poire and Relâche, among others. (Naxos)

1CD# 8578366 $13.99

Chopin: Great Composers Series

This account of Chopin’s life and times separates myth and reality. Illustrated with numerous musical examples, the narrative takes us from his youthful beginnings as ‘a second Mozart’ to the darkness and light of his life and the brilliance of his work. (Naxos)

1CD# 8578367 $13.99

Naxos

Santoro: Fantasias sul América, Sonata for Solo Violin

1CD# 8574407

$13.99

Berkeley – Brahms – Leshnoff: Horn Trios

1CD# 8579137

$13.99

Auber: Le Philtre / Kabongo; Franco [2 CDs]

2CD# 8660514-15

$24.99

Salgado: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

1CD# 8579128

$13.99

German: Symphony No. 2 “Norwich”

1CD# 8555228

$13.99

Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

1CD# 8559924

$13.99

Brahms: Complete Songs, Vol. 3

1CD# 8574346 $13.99

Unicum – New Songs at the Leuven Chansonnier

1CD# 8574395 $13.99

Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5

1CD# 8574399

$13.99

Rubinstein: Preludes & Etudes

1CD# 8574426

$13.99

Raizes: Portuguese Chamber Music

1CD# 8579114

$13.99

Ketelbey: Bells Across the Meadows

1CD# 8555175

$13.99

Guarnieri: Piano Music, Vol. 2

1CD# 8573632

$13.99

Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 2

1CD# 8579116

$13.99

Farwell: America’s Neglected Composer

1CD# 8559900

$13.99

PIANO RECORDINGS

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

For 19th-century audiences

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 was the most loved of all his piano concertos, a work in which the balancing of high drama, tenderness, lyricism and humour is most pronounced and in which a coda resolves inner tensions with brilliance and triumphant grandeur. Piano Concerto No. 4 is the most introspective and poetic of the concertos. (Naxos)

1CD# 8574152

$13.99

Mozart: Piano Concertos, Nos. 17 & 27

Pianist Walter Klien studied with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Paul Hindemith and performed with the world’s top orchestras. The present recording has been realized in 1978 by the famous production team of Joanna Nickrenz and Marc Aubort from the appopriately named “Elite Recordings”. Many of their projects have achieved meanwhile collector status, especially those with American orchestras. (Vox Classics)

1CD# VOX-NX-3012CD $16.99

The Passionate Amy Beach / Solungga Liu

Solungga Liu has been acclaimed as a pianist of great breadth. She is a champion of early 20th-century American music and underrepresented works of the standard repertoire. She is also known as an uncanny interpreter of new music. Her November 2017 debut at the Library of Congress was praised for its “rhythmic precision, expression and a finely calibrated sense of balance between all of the moving parts.” (Centaur)

1CD# CRC3990

$15.99

Rachmaninoff: The Return, Piano Trio No. 2

Challenge Classics celebrates the Rachmaninov anniversary (150 years from his birth) with two noteworthy releases. The first one is a stunning debut recording by a young piano trio with strong, original and much thought-out ideas. Their account of Rachmaninov gigantic Second Piano Trio takes the listener back to the ‘period’ playing of the composer’s contemporaries. (Challenge)

1CD# CC 72920

$16.99

Haydn: Complete Piano Trios / Trio Gaspard

Described by Gramophone as ‘an album of joyous, imaginative music-making that whets the appetite for future installments’, the first volume of the Trio Gaspard’s Haydn cycle was enthusiastically received by buyers and critics alike. As with that first volume, the Trio have designed a program that works in its own right, and features trios from all periods of Haydn’s career. (Chandos)

Scriabin: 150th Anniversary – Piano Works / Sofronitski [12 CDs]

Having spent his childhood in Warsaw, where his family had settled when he was two years old, Vladimir Sofronitski came to be regarded as setting new standards for Chopin interpretation – an artistic focus that goes back to his first piano tuition in the Polish capital. In 1949, the centenary of Chopin’s death, Sofronitski performed all his piano works on five successive days at the great hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. (Profil)

12CD# PH22006

$34.99

Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Nikokai Kapustin

When the music of Nikolai Kapustin was discovered by a wider audience in the West, it was positively shocking: Who was this Soviet composer, whose music sounded more like an Oscar Peterson improvisation than anything else – but who wrote detailed scores, black with notes?! As we discover more and more of his music, a very distinct, always wholly charming voice emerges. (Capriccio)

1CD# C5495

New Paths / Mari Kodama

$19.99

Mari Kodama presents New Paths, exploring the young Johannes Brahms and his fascinating friendship with Clara and Robert Schumann. The album derives its title from Robert Schumann’s famous essay “Neue Bahnen”, in which he heralded the young Brahms as the most eminent musical voice of the future. (Pentatone)

1SACD# PTC5186976 $19.99

Bartok, Brahms & Ginastera: 100 Years of the Piano Sonata / Michele Fazio

Michele Fazio’s first transcriptions for piano entitled ‘Baccanale’ from the Opera Samson and Dalila by Saint-Saëns and the ‘Notturno per Orchestra’ by J. Massenet from the ‘Suite Op. 13, No. 1’ are in progress, and he is releasing his first piano album entitled ‘100 years of Sonata form’, dedicated to three sonatas composed in exactly 100 years, The Second Sonata of Brahms, Bartok’s Sonata and Ginastera’s Sonata. (Centaur)

1CD# CRC3986 $15.99

Schubert: Piano Trios – Notturno [2 CDs]

1CD# CHAN 20270

$20.99

This new double-album by pianist Lars Vogt, violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff includes some of Franz Schubert’s greatest works of chamber music, including his Piano Trios and the Arpeggione Sonata. This album stands as a testament of Lars Vogt’s outstanding chamber musicianship together with his long-time chamber music partners Christian Tetzlaff and Tanja Tetzlaff. (Ondine)

2CD# ODE 1394-2D $24.99

ORGAN

The Bruckner Symphonies (Organ Transcriptions), Vol. 5

This series marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner, which falls in 2024. It’s dedicated to Bruckner’s symphonies, most of them recorded in new transcriptions for organ by Hansjörg Albrecht. The 6th recording was made on the church organ of St. Margaret in Munich with the transcription of Bruckner’s 5th Symphony by Erwin Horn. (Oehms Classics)

Franck: Organ Music / Olivier Penin [3 CDs]

Work began on the basilica of Saint-Clotilde in 1846, and only three years later, construction of the organ began under the supervision of the doyen of French organ builders, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The instrument as it comes down to us is one of the most magnificent surviving examples of his art and craft. (Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96220 $16.99

1CD# OC 481

$14.99

Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 & Op. 7 [3 CDs]

The Organ Concertos Op. 4 and Op. 7 by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) were originally composed as musical interludes to be performed during the intervals of the Oratorios. One great example of transcription from the organ repertory is composer and organist Clément Loret’s (1833–1909) transcription of Handel’s Organ Concertos for solo organ. (Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96547 $16.99

Christian Fink: The Great Organ Works

Christian Fink’s organ works include 5 sonatas, 2 fantasias [and a double fugue], 5 preludes [and a fugue], 30 chorale preludes and around 100 free recital pieces. His work lies in the temporal arc between the organ sonatas of Felix Mendelssohn and the chorale fantasias of Max Reger. (Hanssler)

1CD# HC22066 $18.99

Organ Music / Thomas Ennenbach

This album celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Association of Friends of the Baroque Organ and demonstrates Langenbogen’s rich musical life. Up to now, the Association has organized more than 100 events. This release presents mainly organ works played by Thomas Ennenbach. In addition, we hear the Association’s Chairman Ralf Mielke, and members of the Ensemble Arco Lungo. (Querstand)

Companions – Contemporary Organ

Music / Carson Cooman

A new album of ten contemporary organ works from nine composers representing six countries. Carson Cooman presents a program of contemporary music for organ recorded on the remarkable post-romantic Thomas Gaida organ of the Pauluskirche in Ulm, Germany. The music varies widely in character and scope, from smaller character pieces and meditations to several dramatic, large-scale works. (Divine Art)

1CD# DDA25241 $18.99

Stumm: Organ Works [2 CDs]

The Stumm family stands alongside Schnitger and Silbermann as one of Germany’s most famous organ-building dynasties. It was founded by Johann Michael Stumm. He and five generations of his descendants built some 400 organs between Cologne and Karlsruhe, Luxemburg and Amorbach – a tradition unique in the history of German organ building. (Hanssler)

2CD# HC22073 $18.99

Mozart on the Organ / Christoph Schoener

For his latest production, Christoph Schoener combines obvious and surprising arrangements with Mozart’s original works. The new Wegscheider organ in St. Jakobi in Stralsund proves to be the ideal instrument in his respectful reference to the masters of the 18th century. (DG Scenes)

1SACD# 9492269-6 $19.99

1CD# VKJK 2103

$18.99

Saint-Saëns: Complete Music for Organ / Savino [4 CDs]

Saint-Saëns understood how to exploit the full spectrum of tonal colors available on the instruments designed by the greatest organ builder of his age, Aristide CavailléColl. Even the apparently abstract designs of his many Preludes and Fugues invite the kind of swirling mists and brilliant sunshine evoked by Michele Savino on this newly recorded collection.

(Brilliant Classics)

4CD# BRI96219 $21.99

Cooke: Organ Music

The music of Arnold Cooke, born in Yorkshire in 1906, had already fallen into neglect by the time of his death 99 years later. Cooke was a prolific composer, with two operas, six symphonies, numerous concertos and a generous amount of chamber music to his credit – nor did he neglect the organ, as this album of his major organ pieces reveals. (Toccata)

1CD# TOCC0659 $18.99

Mascagni: L’Amino Fritz [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

Building on the success of Cavalleria rusticana, Pietro Mascagni’s commedia lirica L’amico Fritz was given seven encores and thirty-five curtain calls at its premiere in Rome in 1891. Returning to the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence for the first time since 1941, this production was acclaimed for its superb cast and astonishingly effective modern setting.

(Dynamic)

1Blu-ray# DYN-37960 $27.99

1DVD# DYN-57960 $27.99

Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

Jacques Offenbach had already achieved fame as an operetta composer by 1866, but that year’s premiere of La Vie Parisienne was his first portrayal of contemporary Parisian life. With significant new musical discoveries and the final acts restored, this opéra-bouffe masterpiece now speaks for itself given the resources of a superb cast and Christian Lacroix’s colourful and much acclaimed Bru Zane France production. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0163V $29.99

2DVD# 2110753-54 $29.99

Ades: The Dante Project [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

Originally presented as part of the 700th anniversary celebrations of the poet’s death, Dante’s epic journey through the afterlife in The Divine Comedy, is realized in a major artistic collaboration between trailblazing forces of the contemporary arts scene. Wayne McGregor’s ground breaking choreography comes together with a virtuosic new score by composer/ conductor Thomas Adès. (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7278D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1319D $29.99

Schubert: Eine Winterreise [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

In Eine Winterreise, renowned director Christof Loy has created a memorable evening of music theatre in which Schubert’s tragically short life is depicted by and extended through his immortal music and songs from Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin and Schwanengesang The soul of the composer is brought to life by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter alongside acclaimed pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0165V $27.99

1DVD# 2110751 $27.99

Russian Opera Classics [8 DVDs]

This incredible box set presents the best of Russian opera. Included in the set are Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Pique Dame, Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, and Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Recorded in renowned opera houses such as Teatro Regio, Torino, and De Nederlandse Opera, these performances are not to be missed. (Opus Arte)

8DVD# OA 1203BD $79.99

Blow: Venus & Adonis; Purcell: Dido & Aeneas [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

Two classic court operas are brought together to tell the stories of love, be it between gods or royalty in the historic Confidencen Theatre, Sweden. Venus & Adonis, composed in 1683 by John Blow, is considered the earliest example of English opera. It tells the enchanting story of two mythical lovers and their cruel fate in scenes reaching from light-hearted comedy to heartfelt despair. (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7308D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1361D $29.99

Gmeyner: Automatenbüfett DVD

Anna Gmeyner’s play Automat dates from 1932 and was inspired by the technological innovations of her age as well as by the reactionary attitudes of the bourgeoisie. The play proved a draw in major theatres in Hamburg, Berlin and Zurich before its author was forced to flee in the face of persecution by the National Socialists. This production is a true rediscovery. (Densite21)

1DVD# THE08079 $24.99

Bruckner 11 / Thielemann; Wiener Philharmoniker [Blu-ray

or DVD Video]

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

1Blu-ray# 807404 $42.99

1DVD# 807308 $37.99

Handel: Semele [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

Filmed at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand, Handel’s Baroque masterpiece Semele is an exciting mix of opera and oratorio. The sensual story explores a love triangle between Jupiter, his wife, the goddess Juno, and his lover, the mortal princess Semele. “A remarkable production... a brilliant theatrical phenomenon, surprising, amusing and utterly engrossing”

(Opera Magazine) (Opus Arte)

1Blu-ray# OA BD7309D $39.99

1DVD# OA 1362D $29.99

Verdi: Falstaff – Salzburg Festival 1982

Blu-ray

Based, in part, on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is Verdi’s last work for the stage – and only his second comic opera. In this legendary performance from the Salzburg Festival, Herbert von Karajan is not only leading a stunning cast of singers featuring the Wiener Philharmoniker, he too directed the opera, in the amazing set design of Günther Schneider-Siemssen. (C Major)

1Blu-ray# 761504 $42.99

& DVD

Home Music Berlin (Documentary & Concerts) [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

When lockdown was imposed in 2020 many artists began streaming performances from their own homes. In response, pianist Francesco Piemontesi and director Jan Schmidt-Garre launched a concert series to showcase artists living in Berlin. This collection of performances is a testament to the resilience and solidarity of these artists during the pandemic. (Naxos)

2Blu-ray# NBD0124-25V $24.99

2DVD# 2110681-82 $24.99

John Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

John Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew is one of the greatest ballet comedies of the 20th century. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s world-famous play, Cranko brings to vivid life the story of the shrewish Katherina whom no one wants to marry and the dashing and clever Petruchio who makes her his wife and “tames” her. (Unitel)

1Blu-ray# 808204 $42.99

2DVD# 808108 $32.99

Levay: Elisabeth [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

Treading a tightrope between death, life and intense romance in the opulent world of 19th-century Habsburg royalty, Elisabeth tells the story of the beautiful Empress of Austria, from her wedding, to her tragic assassination by the hand of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni. This spectacular open-air event presents Elisabeth at the fabled empress’s real-life home – Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. (Naxos)

1Blu-ray# NBD0164V $27.99

1DVD# 2110749 $27.99

Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges: The Enlightened Violinist DVD

An emancipated slave, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges managed to elevate himself to the highest spheres of the Enlightened 18th-century French society, thanks to his incredible accomplishments as a fencer, horseman, and musician. Through his compositions, and testimonies from specialists, this film narrates his extraordinary adventures. (BelAir)

1DVD# BAC190 $19.99

Fuoco Sacro – Search for the Sacred Fire of Song DVD

Opera confronts us with extremes of emotion, sometimes delivering unforgettable, life-changing experiences. Fuoco Sacro (‘Sacred Fire’) seeks out singers who have the power to pierce our hearts, presenting three of them at work in the most intimate details of their rehearsals and preparations. Over 90 minutes of extras are included featuring vocal warm-ups and live performances. (Naxos)

1DVD# 2110710 $22.99

Porpora: L’Angelica [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

Nicola Porpora was a composer who helped to turn Italian opera into the most successful and spectacular genre in Europe. One of the few luminaries of the ‘Neapolitan School’ to actually be born in Naples, Porpora wrote L’Angelica, a serenade for six voices and instruments, to a libretto by the young Pietro Metastasio in 1720. (Dynamic)

1Blu-ray# DYN-57936 $27.99

1DVD# DYN-37936 $27.99

Leonard Bernstein Box [5 Blu-ray]

This Blu-ray box contains legendary concerts from 1977 – 1990 of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. The set also includes the Centennial Celebration Concert at Tanglewood, featuring John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tony Yazbeck and many more. (C Major)

5Blu-ray# 762304 $95.99

Summer Night Concert 2022 / Vienna PO; Nelsons [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world’s biggest annual classical open-air concert that takes place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. After a two year hiatus, the concert resumed in June of 2022 with a musical program that emphasized European musical heritage with its diverse facets and rich musical traditions. (Sony)

1Blu-ray# 19658717529 $19.98

1DVD# 19658717519 $14.98

Camilla Nygund Sings Masterpieces from the Great American Songbook

Finnish opera star Camilla Nylund sings masterpieces from the Great American Songbook in this unique collaboration with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under their music director Marin Alsop. This special edition includes a DVD of the concert film-project by André Heller in black and white, plus an audio only recording. (Naxos)

1DVD/CD# 2110747 $27.99

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations intended to “refresh the spirits of connoisseurs”, is an impressive example of the art of variation. During the pandemic, the pianist Ragna Schirmer performed it for a small audience. The result is a magnificent achievement that affords masterly proof of her passion for this work, a passion that has evolved over several decades. (Belvedere)

1DVD/CD# bve08076 $22.99

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

Haymarket Opera, Chicago’s premier early opera company that presents historically informed performances played on 18th-century classical era instruments, performs on this world-premiere recording of L’Amant Anonyme by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799). Premiered in 1780, L’Amant Anonyme was the most successful of Bologne’s six operas. (Cedille)

3CD# CDR 217 $32.99

Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied [2 CDs]

Lortzing’s Der Waffenschmied is a lighthearted and superbly crafted opera that bridges Mozart’s Singspiele and early Wagner. Despite its relative popularity, there are surprisingly few complete recordings of it around. How lovely to change that with this new recording from the very place for which the opera was written and where it was premiered in 1846: Vienna’s Theater an der Wien! (Capriccio)

2CD# C5490 $22.99

Rossini – Donizetti: French Bel Canto Arias

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

1SACD# PTC5186955 $19.99

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus and a cast of outstanding soloists in Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. This opera is one of the most enduring works for the stage, and its extraordinary popularity has never waned. This exquisite concert performance from February 2020 vividly captures the unforgettable cut of its melodies and the urgent, heart-racing pace of its drama. (CSO)

1CD# CSOR 901 2201 $19.99

Verdi: La Traviata [2 CDs]

The Dresdener Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor

Dresden and conductor Daniel Oren present Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata, together with a stellar cast including René Barbera as Alfredo, Lester Lynch as Germont, and world star soprano Lisette Oropesa as Violetta. Verdi’s opera from 1853 was revolutionary in the sense that it presented a subject of its own time, rather than the usual historicallyremote stories. (Pentatone)

2SACD# PTC5186956 $29.99

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Dessau: Lanzelot [2 CDs]

There are masterpieces of music history that are simply forgotten for a while before they are rediscovered in a later era as a mirror of one’s own sensitivities. Nowhere in his work does Dessau come up with a greater variety of musical styles; from baroque concerto grosso and romantic parodies to agitprop music and modern sounds, he pulls out all the stops. (Audite)

2CD# ADT23448 $31.99

Piccinni: Didon [2 CDs]

The success achieved with some works represented since 1754 in Italy, Piccinni’s simple and elegant style, his consistently refined and appropriate orchestrations, and his revival and reworking of some already successful popular titles attracted the attention, in the 70s of 1700, not only of Italian audiences and critics but also of some French men of letters and of culture. (Bongiovanni)

2CD# GB2602/3-2 $31.99

Arias of Love & Sorrow / Gevorg Hakobyan

Gevorg Hakobyan is a rising star on the international operatic stage. His deep, resonant voice brings drama and color to every aria on this album. Three unusual selections in Armenian – including Mosi’s Aria from Anoush, the most important opera in the Armenian language – enhance this debut recording. (Delos)

1CD# DE 3572 $16.99

Porpora: L’Angelica [2 CDs]

Nicola Porpora was a composer who helped to turn Italian opera into the most successful and spectacular genre in Europe. One of the few luminaries of the ‘Neapolitan School’ to actually be born in Naples, Porpora wrote L’Angelica, a serenade for six voices and instruments, to a libretto by the young Pietro Metastasio in 1720. The work was composed for the birthday of Empress Elizabeth Christine, wife of Charles VI. (Dynamic)

2CD# DYN-CDS7936.02 $22.99

Tafreshipour: The Doll Behind the Curtain

Based on the short story by the same name by Sadeq Hedayat (1903–51), Iran’s first modernist writer, The Doll behind the Curtain is an opera from Iranian-Danish composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour and librettist Dominic Power. It explores themes of alienation, the mysteries of human sexuality and the dissonance, both musical and cultural, between East and West and tradition and modernity. (BIS)

1CD# BIS-2596 $19.99

SHAKESPEARE

Hamlet – Shakespeare Concert Series [3 CDs]

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

Shakespeare: Hamlet [DVD]

King Hamlet is dead. Poisoned by his brother Claudius who has married the king’s widow and has taken over the regiment in Denmark. Young prince Hamlet wants to avenge his father. This however drives the prince more and more into isolation. With Sandra Hüller as Hamlet, Johan Simons’ highly concentrated staging of Shakespeare’s classic play becomes a pleading for radical honesty. (Naxos)

1DVD# 8065 $22.99

3CD# NV6396

$14.99

Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale [DVD]

Blanche McIntyre directs a new version of Shakespeare’s great play of the irrational and inexplicable. Set in a world of monsters, gods and natural disasters, travel from the stifling atmosphere of the Sicilian court to the unbuttoned joy of a Bohemian festival. (Opus Arte)

1DVD# OA 1352D

$24.99

Shakespeare Sonnets / Ashley Riches; Emma Abbate

Former Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artist baritone Ashley Riches, and rising star pianist Emma Abbate, perform a ravishing selection of previously unrecorded Shakespeare Sonnets by Italian composer Mario CastelnuovoTedesco. These songs contain all the wistful atmsophere of, and his obvious warmth for, his native Florence as well as his life-long obsession with William Shakespeare. (Resonus)

Shakespeare: Richard III [DVD]

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

1DVD# THE08029 $22.99

Shakespeare’s Tempest / Michael Stern; Kansas City Symphony

Under the dynamic direction of Music Director Michael Stern, The Kansas City Symphony covers itself in glory with incidental music for The Tempest by Sir Arthur Sullivan and Jean Sibelius. This is the first high-resolution digital recording of the Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame), and a masterful performance of the colorful Sibelius suites, including the seldom-heard Prelude. (Reference)

1CD# RR-115 $16.99

1CD# RES10141

$16.99

Songs for William Shakespeare / Sara Stowe

The finest songs from Shakespeare’s plays, from Johnson’s arrangement of ‘Where the bee sucks’ in The Tempest to Morley’s famous version of Feste’s song, ‘O mistress mine’, from Twelfth Night. Carefully researched and played on instruments of the period.

(Gift of Music)

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Shakesperare Overtures, Vol. 1

1CD# GCDG1006

$16.99

Shakespeare in Song / Phoenix Bach Choir

“Where has this fabulous choir been all my life? I’ve heard several outstanding efforts from Robert Shaw protégé Charles Bruffy with his Kansas City Chorale, but I’ve never heard him at the helm of this brilliant Arizona group before. No choral strength you can name eludes them.”

– American Record Guide (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5031 $19.99

1CD# 8572500

Shakespeare’s

That art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuove-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever recording. These are some of the 20th century’s most dramatic and tuneful orchestral works, spectacular evocations of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. (Naxos)

$13.99

Stratford (Video tour) [DVD]

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

1DVD# MOB315598 $9.99

SHakespeare titles

Shakespeare: A Winter’s Tale [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1355D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Julius Caesar [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1174D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1175D $24.99

Shakespeare: Antony & Cleopatra [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1176D

$24.99

Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1199D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Richard II [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1217D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Measure for Measure [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1218D $24.99

Shakespeare: King Lear [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1278D $24.99

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1279D $24.99

Shakespeare: Henriad [4 DVDs]

4DVD# OA 1235BD

$39.99

Shakespeare: Comedies [12 DVDs]

12DVD# OA 1250BD $99.99

Shakespeare: Hamlet [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1322D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1325D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Tragedies [7 DVDs]

7DVD# OA 1251BD

$54.99

Shakespeare: Macbeth [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1137D

$24.99

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Shakespeare: 3 Tragedies [3 DVDs]

3DVD# OA 1326BD

$39.99

Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part I [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1076D

$24.99

Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part II [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1077D $24.99

Shakespeare: All’s Well That Ends Well [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1082D $24.99

Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1084D $24.99

Shakespeare: Kings & Rogues [4 DVDs]

4DVD# OA 1092BD $79.99

Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1113D $24.99

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1136D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Tempest [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1138D $24.99

Shakespeare: Henry VIII [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1078D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1079D $24.99

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1111D $24.99

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1160D $24.99

Shakespeare: Henry V [DVD]

1DVD# OA 1112D $24.99

Shakespeare: Great Comedies [3 DVDs]

3DVD# OA 1173BD

$39.99

Funny Girl (New Broadway Cast)

Sony Masterworks Broadway is proud to announce the release of the Funny Girl New Broadway Cast Recording. Starring Emmy Award Nominee Lea Michele as Fanny Brice, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Ramin Karimloo as Nick Arnstein, the cast also features Tony & Drama Desk Award Nominee Jared Grimes and four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh. (Sony)

1CD# 19658788882 $13.98

French Music for the Stage

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

1CD# CHAN 20151 $18.99

Dahl’s Matilda the Musical Roald Dahl’s Matilda –The Musical features original score music by Christopher Nightingale.

Directed by Matthew Warchus, Matilda – The Musical is the film adaptation of the Tony® and Olivier Award-Winning musical and tells the story of a precocious young girl who loves reading, overcomes obstacles caused by her family and school and helps her teacher to reclaim her life. (Sony)

1CD# 19658765602 $13.99

Anne of Green Gables (Original London Cast Recording)

Anne of Green Gables is based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel. Norman Campbell, the composer, and Elaine Campbell, the lyricist, collaborated with Don Harron and Mavor Moore to create Anne of Green Gables – The Musical. The musical first hit the stage in 1965, and is Canada’s longest-running musical. (Sony)

1CD# 19439948602 $11.99

West Side Story / Original Cast Recording

The original soundtrack recording of Robert Wise’s West Side Story with Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer. Side one includes “Prologue,” “Jet Song,” “Something’s Coming,” “Dance at the Gym,” “Maria,” “America,” “Tonight.” Side two features “I Feel Pretty,” “One Hand One Heart,” and “I Have Love, Somewhere.” (Sony)

1CD# SK89226 $9.99

We Are Musical – Musical Highlights from Vienna [Blu-ray or DVD Video]

As part of the big musical concert, musical stars Carin Filipcic, Maya Hakvoort, Vanessa Heinz, and others perform the most beautiful melodies from the famous musicals Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires), Mozart!, Rebecca, Elisabeth, Schikaneder,and more in the impressive ambience of the Vienna Ronacher.

(C Major)

1Blu-ray# 761104 $29.99

1DVD# 761008 $31.99

Barbra Streisand: Encore – Movie Partners Sing Broadway

Encore: Movie Partners Sing

Broadway features 10 new Barbra Streisand duets of Broadway classics with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The inspired new musical pairings include Anne Hathaway, Daisy Ridley, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, and a spectacular duet with Anthony Newley. (Sony)

1CD# 88985339752 $11.99

The Essential Broadway [2 CDs]

From Kern to Webber, from Showboat to Chicago, here’s a tuneful trip down the Great White Way with 38 bona fide Broadway showstoppers! Includes The Sound Of Music with Mary Martin; Hello Dolly! with Carol Channing; “Wunderbar” (from Kiss Me Kate) Alfred Drake and Patricia Morrison, and much more. (Sony)

2CD# 82876803192 $15.99

Something’s Gotta Give / Simon Keenlyside

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

1CD# CHAN 10838 $18.99

David Campbell On Broadway

On Broadway sees Australian actor and singer David Campbell interpreting a host of beloved musical theatre songs on record for the first time. The album combines songs from hit shows in which David has starred (Les Miserables, Guys & Dolls, Carousel) with songs from other hit musicals (Oklahoma!, Hello, Dolly! ) (Sony)

1CD# 88697675502 $11.99

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

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

2CD# MOB115786 $24.99 & Juliet (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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

1CD# MOB628436 $16.99

Hamilton – An American Classic (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [2 CDs]

Hamilton – which transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at The Public Theater in NYC – is the acclaimed musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. [Edited version] (Atlantic)

2CD# MOB664045 $29.99

Wicked (Original Cast Recording) [2 CDs]

Wicked features the original 19-track Broadway Cast Recording plus 9 bonus tracks, including the brand-new hit, “Popular Song” by MIKA (feat. Ariana Grande) The packaging features artwork, complementing the new artwork being unveiled for the show’s 10th anniversary Includes updated essays by Stephen Schwartz, the show’s composer, and Gregory Maguire, the author. (Verve)

2CD# MOB467220 $24.99

Weill: From Berlin to Broadway

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

1CD# CHAN 9924 $18.99

Paint Your Wagon (NYC Center

Encores!)

Masterworks Broadway presents the cast recording of Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon starring Keith Carradine, Justin Guarini and Alexandra Socha. Filled with gorgeous standards such as “They Call the Wind Maria,” “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)

1CD# 88985334092 $11.99

warner classics sale

[13 CDs]

This unique set boasts three compendium CDs of show material by Kern, Weill, Youmans and Bernstein all using the original orchestrations and arrangements. Rare material cut from the original productions! (Warner Classics)

13CD# 5099969833526 $82.99 $33.19

The Jerome Kern Treasury / Various

This is a bumper bag of the master Jerome Kern’s greatest songs from the 1910s to the ‘40s and in their original orchestrations. BBC Music (Warner Classics)

1CD# 5099994894622 $12.99 $5.19

Cole Porter: Anything Goes

Welcome to the glamorous world of the 1930s Broadway musical, and some of Cole Porter’s greatest songs. “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top,” “Blow, Gabriel Blow” and more. (Warner Classics)

1CD# 5099994894424 $12.99 $5.19

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

This 2010 release collects together four recordings Daniel Barenboim made with the Chicago Symphony during his tenure there as Music Director in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. (Warner Classics)

1CD# 2564698165 $18.99 $7.59

Broadway Musicals / John McGlinn

GERSHWIN FAVORITES

Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights)

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 Antonín Dvořák’s famous instruction of 1893 – create American classical music inspired by Afro-American styles such as jazz, spirituals and the blues. (Pentatone)

1SACD# PTC5186883 $19.99

Gershwin Songbook / Enrico Fagnoni

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. 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)

1CD# PCL10228 $18.99

Rhapsody in Blue / Karl Eichinger; Brno PO

When George Gershwin presented his Rhapsody in Blue at Manhattan’s Aeolian Hall in 1924, Jazz had prized its way into the classical concert halls. Vienna-born Daniel Muck, who has always felt a stylistic connection with Gershwin, and hence is an expression of his intent to cleave the rift between the grand past of the romantic virtuoso concerto and contemporary popular music. (Gramola)

An American in Paris (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

First came Gershwin’s composition of An American in Paris, then the 1951 film and, finally, the stage version that opened in Paris before coming to Broadway in 2015. Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope star in this romantic tale of an American G.I. and a young French woman in post-WWII Paris; the still-exhilarating Gershwin music: “ ’S Wonderful,”

“I Got Rhythm,” “The Man I Love,” “Fidgety Feet,” “But Not for Me,” the title piece and more! (Sony)

1CD# 88875091142 $11.99

Gershwin: Music for Violin & Piano / Opus Two

Opus Two – violinist William Terwillger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock – has been hailed for its unanimity of style and spirit, exemplary balance and close rapport as well as its commitment to expanding the violin-piano duo repertoire. This Gershwin Project, in collaboration with soprano Ashley Brown, features a number of worldpremiere recordings.” (Azica)

1CD# ACD-71290 $16.99

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Promenade

1CD# GRAM99245

$18.99

Gershwin Playground / Guy Mintus Trio

The young Israeli pianist, vocalist, and composer Guy Mintus is equally at home when he is on stage with the Jazz legends, composing for classical orchestras, working with masters of traditional music or working as a guest soloist with the Ska Punk band Street Light Manifesto with whom he had a sold out concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York. (Enja)

1CD# ENJ-9683 $18.99

Gershwin: Anthology of American Piano Music, Vol. 4

The Anthology of American Piano Music is designed to show the stylistic breadth, high musical quality and great originality of the best American piano works. While the preceding three volumes presented works for solo piano by multiple composers related to one theme (Vol. 1, “American First Sonatas”; Vol. 2, “Music of the Night – American Nocturnes”; Vol. 3, “American Landscapes”). (Danacord)

1CD# DACOCD869 $16.99

George Gershwin fired up the New York music scene with his mélange of alluring tunes and refinement of the jazz vibe. His Strike Up the Band Overture opened a flashy Broadway hit and, inspired by a train ride, the composer heard his masterpiece “Rhapsody in Blue” as a “musical kaleidoscope of America”. (Naxos)

1CD# 8559750 $13.99

Gershwin: Complete Music for Piano & Orchestra

Gershwin’s four works for piano and orchestra fit so comfortably on a single CD that it’s surprising how rarely they all show up together. This new Bridge issue fills a significant if unexpected discographic gap. Even when held up against less complete collections, though, these classy performances stand high. (Bridge)

1CD# BCD9252 $16.99

Gershwin / Jos van Immerseel

George Gershwin composed his “Rhapsody in Blue” in 1924. His masterpieces, such as An American in Paris and the opera Porgy & Bess, greatly enriched the American musical heritage. Jos van Immerseel has always been fascinated by Gershwin, and he and his companions in Anima Eterna have got closer than ever before to the composer’s intentions with this recording, making use of the appropriate instruments. (Alpha)

1CD# ALPHA289 $18.99

sony stagE FAVORITES

On the Town – Bernstein

(1961 Studio Cast Recording)

1CD# SK60538

$11.99

Pinocchio (1957 Cast Recording w/ Mickey Rooney)

1CD# SONY 509802 $17.99

South Pacific (1967 Cast Recording w/ Florence Henderson)

1CD# 82876883932

$11.99

Sweet Charity (1967 London Cast Recording)

1CD# 88875115492

$11.99

Take Me Along (1959 Cast Recording w/ Jackie Gleason)

1CD# RCA51050 $17.99

A Place for Us –50 Years of West Side Story

1CD# 88697121612

$11.99

A Little Night Music (1975 London Cast)

1CD# RCA5090

$17.99

Superman (1966 Cast Recording)

1CD# SK48207 $11.99

Bye Bye Birdie (1960 Cast Recording)

1CD# 88697499132

$11.99

Hello Dolly! Original 1964 Broadway Cast

1CD# 88697499212

$11.99

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949 Cast Recording)

1CD# SK48013

$11.99

Oklahoma! (1979 Broadway Revival Cast)

1CD# 88697562032

$11.99

Annie Get Your Gun (Original Cast Album)

1CD# 88697657252

$11.99

Man of La Mancha (Placido Domingo)

1CD# SK46436

$11.99

The King & I (Original 1964 Soundtrack)

1CD# 88697657312

$11.99

John Williams: The Fabelmans (Original

Soundtrack)

John Williams and Steven Spielberg’s 31st collaboration (and the 50th anniversary of their partnership) centers on Spielberg’s 2022 film The Fablemans. The deeply personal Spielberg film draws audiences in to revere the latest collaboration of the iconic Hollywood duo. John Williams’ music for the film spans from romantic solo piano pieces to big orchestra score pieces in the tradition of classic films whilst also drawing from great classical composers from earlier times. (Sony)

1CD# 19658780072 $11.99

Star Wars Stories – Music from the Mandalorian, Rogue One & Solo

A collection of the most famous melodies and fan favorite tracks from the recent Star Wars universe including The Mandalorian, Solo and Rogue One. The compilation features main themes, epic orchestral tracks and emotional songs, paying tribute to the originals by John Williams, Michael Giacchino and Ludwig Göransson. (Sony)

1CD# 19439929282 $11.99

Music from the Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy

Music from the Pirates of the Carribean trilogy brings together for the very first time, the music from all three record-breaking films. The three suites that comprise this album capture the very best themes and cues from these much loved films.

(Silva Screen)

1CD# MOB124120 $16.99

The Film Music of Miklós Rózsa

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

1CD# CHAN 10806 $19.99

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

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

2CD# MOB10992 $22.99

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

Composer and conductor Dimitri Tiomkin, born in Russia in 1894, is one of the most successful and celebrated composers of film music in the history of cinema. This 55-track 2-CD set comprises themes and music from original soundtrack compositions, along with recordings of his movie songs and music by other artists from the first and highly significant first quarter-century of his career. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB341725 $16.99

Buster Keaton [2 CDs]

Carl Davis writes: “Buster Keaton’s subjects ranged from the Stone Age to the American Civil War of the 1860s, as well as the present day, meaning the 1920s. Part of the fun of the show has been to include as a curtain raiser, Buster’s 1920–21 shorts, which reveal much about his development as a filmmaker. Some of these are considered to be masterpieces in their own right. This recording consists of highlights from the original soundtracks.” (CDC)

2CD# CDC033 $16.99

Final Cut: Film Music for 4 Guitars

This disc comprises some of cinema’s most memorable musical moments, as chosen and arranged for four guitars by the members of the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet. Music from the Academy Award-winning scores for Frida, Titanic, Schindler’s List, and Il postino rubs shoulders with ‘Minor Swing’ from Chocolat, which received a Golden Globe for Best Original Score. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10723 $18.99

Khan: North India – The Music Room

The music of Satyajit Ray’s cinematic masterpiece (Jalsaghar, 1958), by Ustad Vilayat Khan (sitar) with the participation of Imrat Khan (sitar, surbahar), Bismillah Khan (shehnai), Akhtari Bai [aka Begum Akhtar] –thumri singing, Salamat Ali Khan –khyal singing etc. (Ocora Radio)

1CD# C 582022 $18.99

The Godfather Trilogy (30th Anniversary)

Classic Oscar winning music composed by Nino Rota with additional symphonic dances composed by Carmine Coppola and “The Preludio” from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni. Music performed by the acclaimed by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus conducted by Paul Bateman. (Silva Screen)

1CD# MOB112127 $16.99

Hollywood Soundstage / Sinfonia of London

Sinfonia of London and John Wilson present an album that celebrates the golden age of Hollywood. Sinfonia of London rose to fame in the 1950s as the leading recording orchestra of the day, appearing in the musical credits of more than 300 films, including the 1958 soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann for Hitchcock’s Vertigo. “There’s no way that one can describe the Sinfonia of London string sound here without using the word ‘saturating’”

– Gramophone (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5294 $19.99

Elvis – Motion Picture Soundtrack

Original motion picture soundtrack to the 2022 film Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann. The soundtrack features original music by Elvis Presley plus modern remixes of classic Elvis tracks plus performances by Doja Cat, Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak, Eminem & CeeLo Green, Swae Lee & Diplo, Yola, Kacey Musgraves, Lenesha Randolph, Jazmine Sullivan, Jack White, and the movie’s star, Austin Butler. (Sony)

1CD# 19658710042 $13.99

Dances With Wolves – Original Soundtrack

This reissue of the 1990 motion picture soundtrack for Dances With Wolves includes sweeping themes which transport you into the grand vistas from the celebrated film. This recording features expanded and unreleased music and two bonus tracks,”The Buffalo Hunt,” and “The John Dunbar Theme.” (Sony)

1CD# 63555 EK $9.99

The Game of Thrones Symphony

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

1CD# MOB605629 $16.99

John Williams: The

[4 CDs]

Great Movie Soundtracks

A 4-CD extravaganza of John Williams’ soundtrack and film score music joins the 12th batch of box sets released as a part of the Sony Classical Masters Series. With a disc devoted to his Star Wars scores, and another to his orchestral works and Olympics inspired works; the collection also features popular orchestras and soloists including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic and more. (Sony)

4CD# 88875127322 $23.99

Favorite Italian Movie Music

Italy’s supreme saxophonist Federico Mondelci returns with a longawaited follow-up to his hit Piazzolla album. He stays in the classical crossover vein with these beautiful arrangements of favorite Italian movie music. Tracks include “The Mission,” “My Heart & I,” “Song for Elena,” (Ennio Morricone); “Four Pictures from New York” (Roberto Molinelli; “Eight & a Half”, “La Dolce Vita” (Nino Rota) and more. (Delos)

1CD# DE 3337 $16.99

Herrmann: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 5 Fingers

Here is a most welcome disc of Bernard Herrmann’s complete scores for The Snows of Kilimanjaro and 5 Fingers. By their inner, pensive, unsettled qualities, both scores look directly ahead to Herrmann’s music for Hitchcock’s Vertigo Snows is more intensely romantic and is stringdominated. 5 Fingers has individual woodwind colors, eerie muted trumpet in low range, much suspense, and to me is the more effective of the two scores. (Naxos)

1CD# 8570186 $13.99

The Kid / Ludwik Sarski Orchestra

2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the premiere of the silent film The Kid directed by Charlie Chaplin. On this occasion, the Ludwik Sarski Orchestra presents a tribute to Chaplin’s oeuvre inspired by that film. The album The Kid is a suite with film music, in the style of early jazz, jazz waltzes, ragtimes, and very emotional pieces; it faithfully reflects the nature of the scenes contained in the film and perfectly conveys the atmosphere of silent cinema. (Dux)

1CD# DUX1770 $19.99

Charles Gerhardt Conducts Classic Film Scores [12 CDs]

American conductor and producer Charles Gerhard made his name in the 1970s with the monumental series of recordings collected here for the first time: twelve discs of classic film scores from Hollywood’s “golden age”. Songs are included from films such as Deception, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Prince and the Pauper, Of Human Bondage, The Sea Hawk, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Now, Voyager, and more! (Sony)

12CD# 19075920642 $33.99

Film Music Gala / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [3 CDs]

Enjoy a tribute to the magnificent world of film music with this triple CD box set – over three and a half hours of popular Hollywood themes performed by the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. (RPO)

3CD# RPOSP033 $29.99

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Naxos film music classics

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.

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

Deutsch: The Maltese Falcon, The High Sierra 1CD# 8557701

Halffter: Carmen 1CD# 8572260

Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1CD# 8573369

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

Herrmann: Jane Eyre 1CD# 8572718

Honegger: Les Misérables 1CD# 8557486

Kilar: Bram Stoker’s Draculas 1CD# 8557703

Shostakovich: Hamlet, Op. 116 1CD# 8557446

Nordgren: The Bergman Suites 1CD# 8573370

Newman: The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1CD# 8570187

Perry: The Innocents Abroad 1CD# 8570200

Perry: Music for Great Films of the Silent Era, Vol. 1 1CD# 8572567

Sainton: Moby Dick 1CD# 8573367

Salter: House of Frankenstein 1CD# 8570188

Salter: Monster Music, The Invisible Man Returns 1CD# 8557705

Steiner: The Adventures of Mark Twain 1CD# 8557470

Steiner: King Kong 1CD# 8557700

Steiner: Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1CD# 8570185

Tiomkin: Red River 1CD# 8557699

Vaughan Williams: Coastal Command, 49th Parallel 1CD# 8573658

Waxman: Objective, Burma! 1CD# 8557706

great film composers

Ennio 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 $18.99

Malcolm Arnold: A Centenary Celebration

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 post- war British music. (SOMM)

1CD# SOMMCD 0640 $18.99

Alfred Schnittke: Film Music, Vol. 5

A self-described polystylist, Alfred 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)

1CD# C5350 $16.99

Spotlight on John Williams – City Light Symphony Orchestra [2 CDs]

Prospero honors American composer, conductor and producer John Williams with this lavishly designed double-album: Disc one features the well-known and extremely popular themes from Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Star Wars and more, while disc two presents soloist-influenced works by the composer, interpreted by renowned classical artists such as clarinetist Paul Meyer and trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich. (Prospero)

2CD# PROSP0012 $29.99

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. 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 Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection [2 CDs]

In a career that spanned half-acentury and over 250 films, Elmer Bernstein was responsible for writing the music to many of the greatest and most loved movies of all time ranging from The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, through to True Grit and Airplane! A specially priced 2CD set with over 110 minutes of some of the greatest film music in the history of cinema. (Silva Screen)

2CD# MOB117825 $19.99

Movie Legends – The Music of John Barry

This CD celebrates the wonderful motion-picture themes written by Britain’s leading film score composer John Barry. Highlights include themes from many of the movies for which his music won prestigious awards –Born Free, Out Of Africa, Dances With Wolves and Midnight Cowboy –plus Chaplin, Somewhere In Time, and many more. (RPO)

1CD# RPOSP042 $16.99

The Film Music of Gerald Schurmann

This rousing Chandos release focuses on film music from esteemed British composer Gerard Schurmann. Schurmann created a reputation as a composer for action films and horror while continuing to be in demand as an orchestrator, with projects including Lawrence of Arabia and Exodus. Tracks include music from films like The Long Arm, The Gambler, Claretta, Horrors of the Black Museum, and more. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 10979 $18.99

Ennio Morricone:

Once Upon a Time Arrangements for Guitar

The maestro of Spaghetti Western music in unfamiliar guise: new arrangements of hit themes from Morricone’s greatest film-scores. While piano versions of Morricone’s scores are widely available, his music fits the guitar admirably, as Enea Leone demonstrates on this new recording. Leone has enjoyed a 20-year career as a performer and teacher and made several well-received recordings for Brilliant Classics. (Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI95855 $16.99

Mortimer Wilson: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 Score)

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

1CD# FHR126 $15.99

The Film Music of Arthur Benjamin & Leighton Lucas 1CD# CHAN 10713 $18.99

The Film Music of Brian Easdale 1CD# CHAN 10636 $18.99

The Film Music of Nino Rota (arr. for piano) 1CD# CHAN 9771 $18.99

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 1 1CD# CHAN 10007 $18.99

The Film Music of Erich Korngold 1CD# CHAN 10336 $18.99

The Film Music of George Auric 1CD# CHAN 9774 $18.99

The Film Music of William Alwyn 1CD# CHAN 9243 $18.99

The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann 1CD# CHAN 10577 $18.99

The Film Music of Mischa Spoliansky 1CD# CHAN 10543 $18.99

The Film Music of Constant Lambert & Lord Berners 1CD# CHAN 10459 $18.99

The Film Music of John Addison 1CD# CHAN 10418 $18.99

The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax 1CD# CHAN 10126 $18.99

The Film Music of Richard Addinsell 1CD# CHAN 10046 $18.99

The Film Music of Francis Chagrin 1CD# CHAN 10323 $18.99

The Film Music of Stanley Black 1CD# CHAN 10306 $18.99

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The Film Music of William Alwyn, Vol. 4 1CD# CHAN 10930 $18.99

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams [3 CDs] 3CD# CHAN 10529(3) $34.99

Korngold: Film Music, Vol. 2 –The Sea Hawk 1CD# CHAN 10438 $18.99

The Film Music of William Alwyn, Vol. 3 1CD# CHAN 10349 $18.99

The Film Music of Clifton Parker 1CD# CHAN 10279 $18.99

The Film Music of Ron Goodwin 1CD# CHAN 10262 $18.99

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 1CD# CHAN 10244 $18.99

The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 1 1CD# CHAN 10023 $18.99

The Film Music of William Alwyn, Vol. 2 1CD# CHAN 9959 $18.99

The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss 1CD# CHAN 9896 $18.99

The Film Music of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 1CD# CHAN 9867 $18.99

The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 2 1CD# CHAN 9851 $18.99

The Film Music of Alan Rawsthorne 1CD# CHAN 9749 $18.99

The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 1 1CD# CHAN 9100 $18.99

The Film Music of Sir William Walton, Vol. 2 1CD# CHAN 8870 $18.99

Karl King’s Greatest Hits / Various Artists

Karl King’s Greatest Hits includes the very best marches from the composer’s repertoire, including “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite,” “The Big Cage” and “The Melody Shop,” all performed by the bands of The United States Military. This album is one of the few collections of Karl King’s marches, and may rank the best among them. (Altissimo)

Dimilitarized Zones – Marches

1CD# ALT04002

$16.99

Across the Pond – The Best European Marches [2 CDs]

Altissimo! is pleased to bring you this exclusive 2-CD collection of 50 quality marches written by European composers, representing nine countries (and Australia). Performed by U.S. Military Bands, the tracks themselves range from the most traditional of military marches, to more theatrical and concert marches including “Trumpet March,” “Under blågul fana,” “La Marcia su Roma,” “Marche Lorraine,” “Songs of Australia,” and much more! (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT04012

$19.99

Suppé: Overtures & Marches

Although the bulk of his operas and operettas have sunk into relative obscurity, his bright and colourful overtures have survived. Suppé was responsible for introducing many of Offenbach’s operettas to the Austrian capital. Also on this disc are the overtures to Poet and Peasant, perhaps Suppé’s most familiar, and Boccacciowhich is widely regarded as Suppé’s finest work for the stage, based very loosely on the life of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375). (Chandos)

1SACD# CHSA 5110 $18.99

Old Czech Marches / Czech PO

This is a wonderful collection of marches from the Czech Republic, vibrantly performed by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Václav Neumann. Sixteen tracks include: “FlorentinerMarsch,” “Fanfare Sounds,” “Uncle Teddy,” “Under the Admirals Flag,” “Hercegovac,” “Entry of the Gladiators,” “ Jarab cek March.”

“Kolín March,” “Baj-laj-kaj March,” and more! (Supraphon)

1CD# SU3557-2 $12.99

Front & Center – Great American Marches / U.S. Air Force Band

Col. Lowell George leads the USAF Band in a rousing collection of march music. For lovers of marches, this will be a great addition to your collection! Tracks include “Cyrus the Great,”

“American Red Cross,” “The Little Bugler,” “Tribute to the Trombones,”

“Regimental Pride,” “Queen City,”

“Washington Greys,” “Coat of Arms,”

“Knights of the Road,” and more. 26 marches in all! (Klavier)

The 20th century compositions asssembled on this disc embody the reaction of the ensemble to the political misuse of music. The Unmilitarised Zones by HK Gruber are islands of peace in a chaotic sequence of the most varied march fragments that go from the Badenweiler March via Sousa’s Washington Post march to the Hungarian march of Berlioz. (Capriccio)

1CD# C5121

$14.99

Stars & Stripes Forever (Great Marches & Incidental Music)

The Stars and Stripes Forever opens this collection of Sousa’s music with characteristic swagger. All the favorite marches, such as The Liberty Bell, The Washington Post, King Cotton, and Semper Fidelis are mixed in an attractive and varier program with a lesser-known side of ‘The March King’s’ musical personality. Some of these tracks appear on disc for the first time in invigorating performances. (Nimbus)

1CD# NI5129 $18.99

Fiedler’s Favorite Marches / Boston Pops

Arthur Fiedler leads the Boston Pops in an ourstanding collection of Fiedler’s Favorite Marches. This is a wide variety of march music, including songs like “Strike Up the Band,” “Stars & Stripes Forever,” “Yankee Doodle,” “March of the Toys,” “American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home),” “National Emblem March,” “Up the Street,” “Grand March,” “Colonel Bogey March,” and more! (Sony)

1CD# 607002RG $11.99

Famous Marches / Black Dyke Mills Band

Various types of march are featured on this CD. The military march gets a hearing through one of the best known of them all, “Colonel Bogey,” the only slightly-lesser known “The New Colonial,” and, for good measure, a brilliant arrangement for brass band by Gordon Langford of Under the Double Eagle. This is a wide range of marches guaranteed to bring delight to listeners of all musical tastes. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 6516 $11.99

A Sousa Celebration

The exhilarating conductor Kristjan Järvi exploits the style and panache of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a festive program of works by the American John Philip Sousa, “The March King”. Including such famous pieces as “The Stars and Stripes Forever”, “Semper Fidelis”, and “The Liberty Bell”, this album is a celebration in its own right, enhanced by brightly colored sound captured in high-quality surround-sound.

(Chandos)

1CD# K11149

$16.99

1SACD# CHSA 5182 $19.99

MARCHING BANDS

Famous American Marches / USAF Heritage of America Band

Strong collection of march favorites from composers such as Fillmore, Losey, Jewell, King, Richards & Sousa. Tracks include “Riders for the Flag,” “Bullets & Bayonets,” “His Honor,” “Sarasota,” “Royal Scotch Highlanders,” “Black Jack,” “Invincible Eagle,” “Stars & Stripes Forever,” “Voice of America,” “Shield of Liberty,” “Screamer,” and more. (Klavier)

1CD# K11139 $16.99

Marches in Hi-Fi / Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops

Living Stereo ‘strikes up the band’ in this matchless collection of rousing marches for orchestra. From the pomp and grandeur of Verdi to the high-stepping swagger of Sousa. Arthur Fiedler’s Marches in Hi-Fi is a front row ticket to the world’s greatest parade! (Sony)

1CD# 09026612492 $11.99

Regimental Marches of the British Army, Vol. 1

The Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards shines on this first volume of Marches of the British Army from Chandos. Marches include “The Life Guards,” “The Royals,” “St. Patrick’s Day,” “Light Calvary,” “Rusty Buckles,” “Duchess of Kent,” and more. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 6563 $11.99

Great Marches Not By John Philip Sousa, Vol. 1 / USMC Band

The U.S. Marine Band presents Vol. 1 in this series of great marches by composers who are ‘not’ named John Philip Sousa! Enjoy a rousing collection of tracks from composers such as E.E. Bagley, Karl King, Johann Strauss, Kenneth Alford, Peter Leesman, Louis Ganne, and more. An outstanding introduction to the world of great composers of the march. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT55852 $16.99

Sousa’s Greatest Marches [2 CDs]

This 2-CD set presents 34 of John Philip Sousaʼs best-loved marches, including “The Washington Post” which, in the early 1890s, sparked a huge world-wide dance-craze. Other tracks include “Hands across the Sea,” “Semper Fidelis,” “The Royal Welch Fusiliers,” “Sabre and Spurs,” “King Cotton,” “Pathfinder of Panama,” “Hail to the Spirit of Liberty,” “Daughters of Texas,” “Riders For the Flag,” and more. (Naxos)

Heritage of the march

Heritage of the March, Vol. 1

Heritage of the March, Vol. 1 features The U.S. Navy Band performing great marches of Robert Brown Hall and Carl Teike. Tracks include “General Mitchell,” “Fort Popham,” “The Oberver,” “Greeting to Bangor,” “Peace and Progress,” “Headliner,” “Land of Moa,” and more. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT19852

$16.99

Heritage of the March, Vol. 2

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

1CD# ALT19862

$16.99

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

The Heritage of the March, Vols. 3 & 4. This two-disc set contains both Vols. 3 and 4 of this historic collection, featuring the marches of Fred Jewell, Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg, William Paris Chambers, and Arthur Wellesley Hughes. (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT03172

$19.99

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

The Heritage of the March, Vols. 5 & 6. This two-disc set contains both Vols. 3 and 4 of this historic collection, featuring the marches of Frank Losey, Gian Mantagazzi, Charles Barnhouse, and Viktor Widqvist. (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT03182

$19.99

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

The Heritage of the March, Vols. 7 & 8. This two-disc set contains both Vols. 7 and 8 of this historic collection, featuring the marches of Fred Jewell,Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg, William Paris Chambers, and Arthur Wellesley Hughes. (Altissimo)

2CD# ALT03192

$19.99

2CD# 8572651-52

$24.99

Let Freedom Ring / Westminster Church Bell Choir

Some of America’s favorite patriotic songs have been gathered together on this disc, including “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “God Bless America,” and “This Land Is Your Land.”

Performing on the world’s largest handbell range, The Westminster Concert Bell Choir brings a complex and rich sound to this recording that cannot be matched by other handbell choirs. The group is conducted by Kathleen Ebling Shaw. (WCC)

The Spirit of Freedom (Patriotic Songs & Service Hymns)

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

1CD# G-49103

$16.99

1CD# WCC1606

$16.99

Aaron Copland Collection 1948–1971 [2 CDs]

A comprehensive collection of the celebrated composer’s work, The Aaron Copland Collection 1948–1971 includes 27 songs on 2 CDs. Works include The Red Pony – Film Suite, Variations for Orchestra, Dance Panels, Connotations, Down a Country Land, Music for a Great City, Three Latin-American Sketches, and more. (Sony)

2CD# S2K47236

$15.99

The Music Lover’s Grainger

This collection of composer and amateur ethnomusicologist Percy Grainger’s music is performed by “The President’s Own” US Marine Band in collaboration with the Choral Arts Society of Washington. Selections include a version of “The Lost Lady Found” based on Grainger’s original setting for chorus and orchestra, and a rarely heard, otherworldly harmonization of the “Londonderry Air” (the tune of “Danny Boy”). (Altissimo)

Catch the Brass Ring: Nostalgic Carousel Music

Indulge yourself with some pure, unabashed nostalgia. This collection of 31 old-timey tunes – all cheerful, charming and upbeat – is a guaranteed cure for the blues. Featuring a genuine Band Organ (Style 165), selections include “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “Beer Barrel Polka,” “Yes, We Have No Bananas,” and “Bye Bye Blackbird.” (Klavier)

1CD# ALT04042

$16.99

I Love A Parade / John Williams & Boston Pops Orchestra

Let John Williams and The Boston Pops Orchestra put you into a happy mood with this fun, upbeat collection of sixteen favorites march tunes. Tracks include: I Love a Parade, Midway March, Washington Post March, Seventy Six Trombones, El Capitan, South Rampart Street Parade, Semper Fidelis, Liberty Bell March, Colonel Bogey March, Strike up the Band, The Thunderer, Hands Across the Sea, and more. (Sony)

1CD# SK46747

$11.99

Americana / US Coast Guard Band

The American optimistic spirit is captured in the sweeping melodies and triumphant sonorities of composer James Beckel’s “American Dream.” American patriotism shines through in American March King, John Philip Sousa’s, “The Washington Post,” one of his most famous marches written in 1889 and became popular as a dance tune. Walter Cronkite guest appears as narrator for “A Lincoln Portrait.” (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT60832

$16.99

1CD# K77036

$16.99

U.S. Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corp / Spirit of America

The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps is the only musical unit of its kind in the United States military. Because it is charged to represent the musical history of the Army, the Corps extensively researches all of its music, and much of what it performs is arranged from original sources dating as far back as the 17th century. The Corps uses arranging techniques and styles of the 18th century to promote the maost authentic performance possible. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT55622 $16.99

Celebration / U.S. Air Force Band

This collection of band repertoire staples benefits from performances that are never less than first-rate, captured in stunning sound. All were either originally composed for band or transcribed for the medium by the composer. Including two transcriptions—Aaron Copland’s An Outdoor Overture and William Schuman’s New England Triptych (Klavier)

1CD# K11176 $16.99

Remembering the Glenn Miller Orchestra / U.S. Air Force Orcherstra

Performing songs from the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the U.S. Air Force Orchestra presents songs such as “I Sustain The Wings”, “St. Louis Blues March,” “ Tuxedo Junction,” “With My Head in the Clouds,” “Tail End Charlie,” “Long Ago and Far Away,” “Juke Box Saturday Night,” “Stardust,” “American Patrol,” “A String of Pearls,” “Anvil Chorus,” “Holiday for Strings,” “Over There,” “Annie Laurie,” “Accentuate the Positive,” and more. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT60542 $16.99

PATRIOTIC

Leroy Anderson: The Phantom Regiment & Other Tales

According to the annotations on this Klavier CD, Leroy Anderson made 30 arrangements for band. Thirteen of them can be heard here. The nonAnderson arrangements are those of “Bugler’s Holiday” and “A Trumpeter’s Lullaby”, but they are certainly in the Anderson style. (Klavier)

American Pioneers – Music for String Orchestra

1CD# K11172

Jazz Funeral

$16.99

Certainly one of the most unique sights in New Orleans is that of a traditional jazz funeral in progress. This CD takes the listener through all parts of such a service. These include the wake of inspirational gospel tunes, followed by the dirges, as the crowd accompanies the casket en route to the final resting place, and the joyful sendoff as the preacher cuts loose the body. (Mardi Gras)

Dick van Gasteren is the founderconductor of the Ciconia Consort, a chamber orchestra based in The Hague since 2012. To mark 400 years since the Pilgrim Fathers left the Netherlands for America, he devised this program of music from the first half of the 20th century, reflecting the particular character of ‘New World’ music as well as its roots in European romanticism.

(Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96086 $12.99

The Wanamaker Organ – Centennial Concert

1CD# MOB01122

$14.99

Be Glad Then, America / The President’s Own U.S. Marine Band

The title of this release, “Be Glad Then, America,” is taken from New England Triptych by William Schuman, which is included on this album. Particularly notable are the three world premiere recordings: “For The President’s Own,” by John Williams, Aaron Copland’s “Third Symphony,” and a set of songs by Charles Ives set for this world class ensemble. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT04032 $16.99

A Trip to Coney Island

Before the television, radio, or even the phonograph, brass and wind bands dotted the American landscape. In 1890, as many as 10,000 bands were active in the United States. During the period 1880-1920, often called the “Golden Age of American bands,” thousands of original works and arrangements for band were published. This fascinating CD features six lively overtures by George Foreman and his New Columbian Brass Band. (Sono Luminus)

1CD# DIS-80153 $16.99

Teddy Bears Picnic – Musical Menagerie from America’s Golden Age

Musical depictions of weather, animals and other atmospheric firma and fauna dot the classical landscape, Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf being but two enormously popular, conspicuous examples. The modern interpretations of a choice selection of such works on Teddy Bears Picnic offer a wonderful reintroduction of this music to adults and children alike. (Dorian)

1CD# DOR-93201 $16.99

Originally built for the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904, the organ now known as the ‘Wanamaker Organ’ was later bought by Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker. The Centennial Concert program, showing off the power of this truly majestic instrument, consists of works by Alexandre Guilmant, Joseph Jongen and CharlesMarie Widor as played by organist Peter Richard Conte, current Wanamaker Grand Court Organist. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49293 $18.99

Pops Roundup / Boston Pops Orchestra

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

1CD# 09026616662 $11.99

Cajun Party / Cajun Playboys

Put on your dancin’ shoes for this collection of rowdy crowd-pleasers – currently the best-selling Cajun album in Louisiana. Performed by the “Cajun Cowboys” (some of the bestknown and most talented musicians from several prominent Cajun bands), recorded in New Orleans, the 17 hits include “Jambalaya,” “Grand Mamou,” “Dance de Mardi Gras,” “Dance, Cajun, Dance,” “Allons a Lafayette,” and “Cowboy Waltz.” (Mardi Gras)

1CD# MOB101426 $14.99

Please Don’t Shoot the Piano Player

Old ragtime piano player music at it’s best. Featuring classics like: Hello, My Baby!, Tiger Rag, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Satin Doll, Pretty Baby, Yes Sir, That’s My Baby, Bumble Boogie, Me and My Shadow, Yes! We Have No Bananas, Charleston RagVarsity Rag, For Me and My Gal, Muddy Water, The Swingin Shepherd Blues, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, and more. All passionately played on the Steinway player piano. (Klavier)

1CD# K77033 $16.99

Retro FAVORITES

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

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

2CD# MOB343026 $16.99

Gold – Greatest Hits / The Carpenters

Karen Carpenter had one of the greatest voices of all time during her days as part of the Carpenters, with her brother Richard. This is an expanded single-disc collection of The Carpenters greatest hits. All your favorites are here, including “Top of the World,” “Yesterday Once More,” “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Ticket to Ride,” “Rainy Days and Mondays,” “Superstar,” “Please Mr. Postman,” and more. (Polydor)

1CD# MOB706473 $14.99

The Pipes of the Mighty Wurlitzer / Tom Hazleton

In “Pipes of the Mighty Wurlitzer” Tom Hazleton clearly feels completely at home. This disc of mostly old favorites played on the San Sylmar Wurlitzer--an instrument with which he is quite familiar--seems precisely his métier. And the congruency between artist and material shows up in the splendid product. Fans of the theater organ and of old standards are almost certain to love this CD! (Klavier)

Way Down in the Jungle Room / Elvis Presley [2 CDs]

In 1976, the decision was made to convert the “Jungle Room” a room in Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate, into a recording studio. Presley would sporadically record in the “Jungle Room”, and Down in the Jungle Room recontextualizes those recordings over two discs. Tracks include a far-ranging mix of country and pop covers, such as “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Danny Boy,” “Solitaire”, and other late-period classics. (Sony)

2CD# 88985318102 $13.99

Doris Day: The Hits Collection 1945–1962 [3 CDs]

Doris Day was one of the most universally popular entertainers of the post-war era on both screen and record, her stunning good looks and vivacious personality matched by an ability to handle pop songs across the spectrum of the genre, and her talents ensured she had regular chart entries across more than two decades. This 79-track 3-CD set comprises just about all her entries in the US & UK charts through 1962. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB908225 $19.99

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

1CD# K77014

$16.99

Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall

Enjoy Harry Belafonte, the King of Calypso, live in concert from the legendary Carnegie Hall! Includes remastered versions of “Darlin’ Cora,” “Sylvie,” “Cotton Fields,” “John Henry,” “Day-O,” “Jamaica Farewell,” “Mama Look a Boo Boo,” “Come Back Liza,” “Man Smart (Woman Smarter),” “Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma,” and more. (Sony)

1CD# 88697691962 $6.99

Triple Gold / Frank Sinatra [3 CDs]

Frank Sinatra 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. Tracks include “Come Fly With Me,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Night and Day,” “Blue Skies,” and more. 60 songs in all! (Start)

3CD# MOB033126

$12.99

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

3CD# MOB904722 $19.99

The Best of Doo-Wop [2 CDs]

Doo Wop is a genre of rhythm and blues music that gained massive popularity in the 1950s and gave birth to rock and roll. It is a sound that dominated the airwaves and charts of the 50s and 60s, and it still influences artists today. This 2 CD set includes 50 of the biggest Doo Wop hits of all time. Includes: “16 Candles,” “Earth Angel,” “I Only Have Eyes For You,” “In The Still of The Night,” and more! (Dynamic)

2CD# MOB493929 $19.99

Time Life’s Easy Listening Classics [10 CDs]

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

10CD# MOB524321 $149.99

classic ROCK

50 Years – Don’t Stop / Fleetwood Mac

2018 compilation that touches on every era in Fleetwood Mac’s rich history and offers a deep dive into Fleetwood Mac’s expansive catalog by bringing together essential tracks released between 1968 and 2013. 50 Years – Don’t Stop also highlights the talented musicians who have recorded under the Fleetwood Mac banner over the years. Tracks include “Don’t Stop,” “Sara,” “Tusk,” “Go Your Own Way,” “Second Hand News,” “Songbird,” and more. (Rhino)

1CD# MOB855773 $18.99

Mothership / Led Zeppelin [2 CDs]

Digitally remastered two-disc edition of this compilation by one of the greatest British rock bands of all time. In 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant formed Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music. Tracks include “Whole Lotta Love,” “Kashmir,” “Rock And Roll,” “When The Levee Breaks” and “Stairway To Heaven,” and many more. (Atlantic)

2CD# MOB950934 $19.99

1 / The Beatles

In their short eight year recording career (1962–70), The Beatles changed music forever. The Beatlesʼ 1 was originally released in 2000 and quickly became the fastest selling album of all time. Featuring 27 of the band’s most significant singles, all of which reached #1 in the US or UK charts, this updated CD edition now features brand new stereo mixes by Giles Martin and Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios. (Capitol)

The Very Best of the Eagles [2 CDs]

Enjoy all your favorite tracks from The Eagles on this two-disc collection! The first ever 2 CD retrospective “Best Of” from the multiplatinum superstars whose original 1976 Greatest Hits Collection is the #1 album of all-time. Songs include “Take It Easy,” “Tequila Sunrise,” “One of These Nights,” “Hotel California,” “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” and more! (Warner)

2CD# MOB397128 $19.99

ChangesOneBowie / David Bowie

Digitally remastered 40th Anniversary edition of David Bowie’s first ever best-of compilation. Changesonebowie collected songs from the 1969–1976 period. Two of the tracks, “Ziggy Stardust” and “Suffragette City,” had never been released as singles when Changesonebowie was first issued. Songs include “Space Oddity,” “Changes,”, “Fame”, “Golden Years”, “The Jean Genie” and many more. (Rhino)

1CD# MOB567628

$18.99

Springsteen on Broadway [2 CDs]

This 2-CD set is the soundtrack to the Netflix film Springsteen on Broadway and contains the complete live performance from the show. The solo acoustic performance was performed by rock icon and 20-time GRAMMY Award winner Bruce Springsteen and is based on his best-selling autobiography Born to Run. Tracks include “Thunder Road,” “Dancing in the Dark,” “Born in the U.S.A.” and more. (Columbia)

2CD# 19075904362 $18.99

Greatest Hits 1974–1978 / Steve Miller Band

Greatest-hits collections often deprive the listener of the chance to experience an artist’s true scope of talent. Not so with Steve Miller--his strength has always been more in crafting an occasional blast of FMradio heaven rather than a dozen solid album tracks. Greatest Hits 1974–78 chronicles the best singles from Miller’s most successful years,including “The Joker,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Jungle Love,” “Rock’n Me,” and more. (Capitol)

1CD# MOB610124

$12.99

1CD# MOB991487

America:

$14.99

Complete Greatest Hits

A career-spanning retrospective as vast as America itself! Rhino brings us 22 tracks from America’s Warner, Capitol, and American International years. One one disc, enjoy hits like “Sister Golden Hair,” “Horse With No Name,” “Tin Man,” “California Dreamin,” “I Need You,” “Ventura Highway,”, “You Can Do Magic,” and more. Includes two unreleased tracks. (Rhino)

1CD# MOB437527 $16.99

Chronicle / Creedence Clearwater Revival

One of the most essential collections a rock fan can own! Enjoy Creedence Clearwater Revival’s biggest hits on one double-length disc. Songs include “Proud Mary,” “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” “Travelin’ Band,” “Fortunate Son,” “Lodi,” “Down on the Corner,” “Susie Q,” “Bad Moon Risin,” “Born on the Bayou,” and more. (Fantasy)

1CD# MOB000222 $20.99

Live at Wembley Stadium – 25th Anniversary / Queen [2 DVDs]

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 reissued as a special anniversary 2-DVD edition! (Eagle Rock)

2DVD# MOB060092 $19.99

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

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

2CD# MOB344924 $16.99

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

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

3CD# MOB912628 $19.99

Love Song in 32 Bars – The Johnny Bond Collection [2 CDs]

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

2CD# MOB345624 $16.99

Singles & Albums Collection 1958–1962 / The Impressions & Jerry Butler [2 CDs]

The Impressions were one of the R&B vocal groups that heralded the transition from doowop to the more pop-oriented styles of the late ‘50s, and were notable for bringing to the fore two of the great soul voices of the era, Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield. Songs include “I Need Your Love,” “Love Me,” “Don’t Leave Me,” “Lovely One,” “The Gift of Love,” “Sweet Was the Wine,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345327 $16.99

The Cisco Houston Collection 1944–1961 [5 CDs]

Cisco Houston was a folk singer and songwriter, brought up in California, who was a close associate of Woody Guthrie, whom he met while working as an actor in Hollywood in the late ‘30s. They started travelling together, playing at migrant workers’ camps. Tracks include “Blue Yodel,” “Ain’t Gonna Be Treated This Way,” “MIdnight Special,” “Hard Ain’t it Hard,” and more. (Acrobat)

5CD# MOB751821 $24.99

Dee Clark – Raindrops, Singles & Albums Collection 1956–1962 [2 CDs]

Dee Clark, real name Delecta Clark, was born in Arkansas in 1938 and started out in gospel before recording at the age of 14 with a group called The Hambone Kids. Songs include the U.S. #2 hit “Raindrops,” as well as “Nobody But You,” “Just Keep It Up,” “Hey Little Girl,” “How About That,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344627

$16.99

Larry Green & His Orchestra – Singles Collection 1946–1950 [2 CDs]

Pianist Larry Green led one of the many orchestras of the 1940s who played the popular style of “sweet music” aimed at the middle ground of popular music, rather than the swinging big band style of many bands of those times. Tracks include “Near You,” “Bella Bella Marie,” “Beg Your Pardon,” “Bewitched,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345426 $16.99

Snooks Eaglin – The First Decade 1953–1962 [2 CDs]

Snooks Eaglin was a blind blues singer and guitarist from New Orleans who played a highly accessible brand of blues, sometimes ranging into folk or rock ‘n’ roll styles. This 52-track 2-CD set focuses on the first decade or so of his extensive recording career, with tracks including “Mean Old World”, “Bottle Up And Go”, “Down By The Riverside”, “That’s Alright”, “Country Boy”, “Yours Truly”, “Travellin’ Mood” and many more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345228 $16.99

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

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

2CD# MOB345020 $16.99

Orrin Tucker & His Orchestra –Golden Years 1938–1949 [2 CDs]

Orrin Tucker was a saxophonist, singer and bandleader who had his heyday during the late 1930s and into the ‘40s, and whose orchestra played in the popular “sweet” style of the era, broadly favouring a relaxed style of swing, using featured vocalists to present popular standards and new compositions of the day. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345129 $16.99

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

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

2CD# MOB344825 $16.99

Hello Everybody! The Kate Smith Collection 1926–1950 [4 CDs]

Kate Smith was a singer very much in the traditional mode, who had big hits soon after she began her career in the 1920s, and remained hugely popular long into the postwar decades. Known variously as “The First Lady Of Radio” and “The Songbird Of The South,” her signature greeting on her radio shows was “Hello Everybody!” Songs include “The Little White House,” “I Don’t Know Why,” “Moon Song,” and more. (Acrobat)

4CD# MOB716721 $24.99

Tex Beneke – Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop! Singles Collection [2 CDs]

Tex Beneke was a big band saxophonist and singer who joined the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1941, and remained with him until Miller broke up his band the following year to join the Army Air Forces, with Beneke also enlisting in the Navy. This 48-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A and B sides of his releases leading the Glenn Miller Orchestra and his own orchestra during these years. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344320 $16.99

Arthur Smith – Guitar Boogie Collection 1938–1959 [2 CDs]

Arthur Smith was a country guitarist, banjoist, composer and record producer, who was also a popular radio and TV host, with The Arthur Smith Show becoming the first nationally-syndicated country music show on US TV. Tracks include “Guitar Jump,” “Guitar Boogie,” “Banjo Rag,” “Boomerang,” “Don’t Look for Trouble,” “Rainbow,” and many more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344023 $16.99

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

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

3CD# MOB912321 $19.99

Eileen Barton: The Singles Collection 1944–1962 [2 CDs]

Eileen Barton was a singer associated both with the early 1950s and with novelty pop songs of the era, the most famous being her No. 1 debut in 1950 with “If I Knew You Were Comin’ (I’d’ve Baked A Cake)”. This 55-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from her releases on various labels during this era, including duets with Buddy Greco, Johnny Desmond and The McGuire Sisters, and Jimmy Wakely, plus 1944 radio broadcasts with Frank Sinatra. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB343620 $16.99

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

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

3CD# MOB906429 $19.99

Frankie Valli & Four Seasons: Early Years 1953–1962 [2 CDs]

The Four Seasons, featuring the remarkable and unmistakable voice of Frankie Valli, were one of the most popular and successful groups of the 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic. This 58-track 2-CD set features most of Frankie Valli’s early recordings, both solo and with various groups before they became The Four Seasons in 1960, and then presents their early successes under that name. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB341121 $16.99

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

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

4CD# MOB716622 $24.99

Freddie Slack: The Singles Collection 1940–1949 [2 CDs]

Freddie Slack was a boogie-woogie pianist and swing bandleader who started out with Jimmy Dorsey’s band in the 1930s. This 49-track 2-CD collection features all his later chart entries with Will Bradley, including the Top 10 hits “Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar”, “Down The Road Apiece”, “Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat” and “There I Go”, plus all his career pop and R&B hits with his own band. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB343521 $16.99

Josh White – The Early Years Collection

1929–1936 [2 CDs]

Josh White was an entertainer, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor who became a very public face of protest in the 1940s and was well-known and popular in showbiz circles. This 48-track 2-CD set comprises selected sides on the labels mentioned in his various guises through to 1936. Songs include “Little Brother Blues,” “Motherless Children,” “Welfare Blues,” “She’s Alright With Me,” “This Heart of Mine,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344726 $16.99

Kerrville Folk Festival – Happy 50th Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kerrville Folk Festival, the granddaddy of American folk & singer/songwriter fests with this inspired collection of songs. Artists like Jimmy LaFave, Cheryl Wheeler, Eric Anderson and many more make this a celebration worth having! (Silverwolf)

1CD# MOB202025 $16.99

Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits

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

1CD# 65975 CK $9.99

Complete Releases 1944–1948 / Jack Guthrie

Jack Guthrie, a cousin of renowned folk singer Woody Guthrie, was born in Oklahoma in 1915, but like his cousin and thousands of others “Okies” his family moved to California in the 1930s when the Dust Bowl disasters and Great Depression made life unbearably hard there. Songs include “Oklahoma Hills,” “Ida Red,” “Oakie Boogie,” “Shame on You,” “Colorado Blues,” and more. (Acrobat)

1CD# MOB440329 $17.99

The Kingston Trio – Collection 1958–1962 [2 CDs]

The Kingston Trio were one of the most popular and successful groups to emerge from the growth in popularity of folk music during the 1950s, with classics like “All My Sorrows”, “M.T.A.”, “A Worried Man”, “San Miguel”, “Where Have All The Flowers Gone”, “Everglades” and “Greenback Dollar”. This great-value 55-track 2-CD set comprises all their A and B sides from the first formative years of their recording career.

(Acrobat)

2CD# MOB323721 $17.99

ROOTS

Early Years – The First Albums 1959–1961 / Joan Baez [2 CDs]

Joan Baez is one of the most revered and important names in contemporary folk music, a pioneer of the protest movement in the 1960 alongside Bob Dylan and others. In 1959, with two other folk enthusiasts, she recorded a number of songs in a friend’s cellar, and that became the album Folk Singers Round Harvard Square, from which all the titles featuring Joan are included here.

(Acrobat)

2CD# MOB341220 $17.99

Scott Joplin: Ragtime Piano Gems

16 of the best known and loved piano works by Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. “Bolcom is known as a pianist who made excellent LPs of ragtime, Gershwin, and several types of American ‘vernacular’ music. A composer himself, he brings a great understanding of the music of Joplin. This album illustrates how adventurous this creator could be and also provides a near-perfect example of ragtime – a little masterpiece” (Gramophone). (Alto)

1CD# MOB414039 $10.99

40

Most Popular American Folk Songs [2 CDs]

Margie Butler and Paul Espinoza perform 40 of the most famous and influential American folk songs ever written. The songs reflect a wide range of musical styles that have influenced the multitude of singers and songwriters who have contributed to American folk music. This essential folk collection includes: This Land is Your Land, All My Trials, John Henry, City of New Orleans, Irene, Goodnight, Mr. Tambourine Man, and many more. (ARC Music)

2CD# EUCD2464 $18.99

The Very Best of Bluegrass [3 CDs]

The Very Best Of Bluegrass is a an essential collection for any fan of the genre. All 75 tracks have been digitally remastered for optimum listening with contributions from all the essential big-name artists from Bill Monroe to Lester Flatt and The Blue Sky Boys. Songs include “Orange Blossom Special,” “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “Sunny Side of the Mountain,” and more. (Not Now Music)

3CD# MOB490507 $14.99

Early Hot Jazz & Ragtime

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

1CD# CDSDL451 $18.99

MUSIC

The Carter Family Collection, Vol. 1 1927–1934 [6 CDs]

The Carter Family are among the most important artists in the entire history of popular music. They were pioneers in writing and recording folk and country music for the commercial market. This 6-CD set focuses on recordings between 1927–1941 featuring the original incarnation of the group. Songs include “Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow”, Keep On the Sunny Side”, “Wildwood Flower”, “I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes”, and more. (Acrobat)

6CD# MOB601027

$24.99

Oh Lordy Mama – The Buddy Moss Collection 1930–1941 [2 CDs]

Eugene “Buddy” Moss, one of 12 children of a family of sharecroppers, was a blues singer guitarist and harmonica player from Georgia, and was one of what became known as the Piedmont school of bluesmen alongside Blind Blake, Josh White, Blind Boy Fuller and Barbecue Bob. Songs on this collection include “Hard Time Blues,” “I’m On My Way Down,” “Bye Bye Mama,” “Red River Blues,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345525 $16.99

Complete Greatest Hits / Gordon Lightfoot

The most comprehensive single CD collection by treasured troubadour Gordon Lightfoot. These 1965–1987 United Artists, Reprise and Warner tracks include his Top 10 hits “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Carefree Highway,” and 14 more! Also available is If You Could Read My Mind, a concise DVD primer on Lightfoot’s career and craft. (Warner)

1CD# MOB828721 $15.99

If You Could Read My Mind DVD / Gordon Lightfoot

1DVD# MOB248833 $19.99

The Early Years – The First Albums 1961–1962 / Judy Collins

The legendary folk artist Judy Collins has been a respected personality on the music landscape for the last six decades, a singer, guitarist, songwriter and more recently a film director. This album focuses on her output in the early 1960s, with songs like “Wild Mountain Thyme,” “Golden Apples of the Sun,” “John Riley,” “Sing Hallelujah,” “A Maid of Constant Sorrow,” and more. (Acrobat)

1CD# MOB440428 $16.99

A Hundred Miles or More – Collection / Alison Krauss

A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection is comprised of 16 tracks, highlighting Alison Krauss’ career outside of her traditional releases with longtime band Union Station. The album features Krauss’s collaboration with John Waite on “Missing You,” as well as contributions to film soundtracks, including “You Will Be My Ain True Love,” written for the motion picture Cold Mountain, and “Down to the River to Pray” from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Rounder)

1CD# MOB055520 $16.99

Crescent City Bounce – New Orleans R&B 1950–1958

This unique compilation examines the recordings of three legendary New Orleans piano-players, Archibald, Salvador Doucette, and James Booker, each of whom had surprisingly short discographies. Both Archibald and Booker were hugely influential players, and the latter would go on to enjoy enormous commercial success in the 1970s.

(Jasmine)

1CD# MOB319422 $17.99

20 Best Folk Songs of America

Margie Butler and Paul Espinoza sing some of the most famous and influential folk songs ever written. The songs reflect a wide range of musical styles that have influenced the multitute of singers and songwriters who have contributed to American folk music. Songs include “5 Miles,” “Tom Dooley,” “Sweet Betsy from Pike,” “Lemon Tree,” “If I Had a Hammer,” and more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2194 $12.99

Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper –Singles Collection 1947–1962 [2 CDs]

Husband and wife duo Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper performed and recorded through most of their career with their group The Clinch Mountain Clan. This 58-track 2-CD set comprises at least one side from most of their releases on the Rich-RTone and Columbia labels, including the Top 10 country hits “Come Walk With Me”, “Big Midnight Special”, “There’s A Big Wheel” and “Wreck On The Highway”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB342524 $16.99

Ultimate Bluegrass Gospel

Continuing the ongoing Instrumental “Ultimate” series from Pinecastle Records, Ultimate Bluegrass Gospel is a collection of instrumental renderings of the most iconic gospel tunes in the songbook. Expertly played by Tony Wray and Tim Crouch. The album continues in the footsteps of other titles such as “Ultimate Pickin”, “More Ultimate Pickin’” and “Ultimate Banjo”. (Pinecastle)

1CD# MOB126724 $14.99

Bill Monroe – Father of Bluegrass Music [DVD]

No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as did Bill Monroe with bluegrass. Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music features video performances by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, and more. Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music stands alone as the most intimate and detailed portrait of this unique musical innovator. (MVD Visual)

1DVD# MOB457794 $19.99

BLUES FAVORITES

The Blues Don’t Lie / Buddy Guy

The Blues Don’t Lie is the amazing new album from Buddy Guy, and is the legend’s 34th studio album, and the follow up to 2018’s GRAMMY winning album The Blues Is Alive and Well. Produced by songwriter/ drummer Tom Hambridge, The Blues Don’t Lie features guests including Mavis Staples, Elvis Costello, James Taylor, and more. (Sony)

1CD# 19658731522 $11.99

Trouble Is…25 / Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Provogue Records is proud to announce the 25th anniversary reissue of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s highest selling album to date, Trouble Is..., which has been re-recorded. The album had 4 Top 10 hits including “Slow Ride”, “Somehow, Somewhere, Someway”, “Everything is Broken”, and the No. 1 hit, “Blue On Black”. (Provogue)

2CD# MOB508826 $16.99

100

Hits – The Blues [5 CDs]

The market leading 100 Hits label is back with a brand new 5-CD box set featuring legendary blues classics from Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Little Willie Joh, Big Joe Turner, Howlin Wolf, Guitar Slim, T-Bone Walker and many more! (100 Hits)

5CD# MOB723148 $17.99

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Original Soundtrack)

Milan Records announces the release of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, an album of music from Netflix’s original film about “Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey. The album features score music by critically-acclaimed saxophonist, instrumentalist, composer, bandleader and educator Branford Marsalis, as well as newlyrecorded covers of both popular Ma Rainey tracks and blues and jazz standards from the era. (Sony)

1CD# 19439837172 $13.99

The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan [2 CDs]

The only 2-CD career spanning compilation of the late, great, guitar slinger Stevie Ray Vaughan. This collection covers tracks from all of Vaughan’s studio and live albums. Taken directly from the original source tapes. Digitally remastered for optimum sound quality and featured rare and previously unpublished photos. Songs include “Pride & Joy,” “Texas Flood,” “Couldn’t Stand the Weather,” “Little Wing,” and more. (Sony Legacy)

2CD# E2K86423 $16.99

Blues Medicine / Little Freddie King

One of the last bluesmen of his generation, the unstoppable Little Freddie King is a country-style blues musician, and links to an era when live music poured from the back-oftown nightclubs that were ubiquitous throughout New Orleans' AfricanAmerican neighborhoods, fostering a musical subculture of downhome Mississippi blues that developed from the ground up. (Madewright)

1CD# MOB181017 $15.99

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: 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. Among the most famous bluesmen in the world, with over five decades each of recording and performing, Elvin and Charlie have scanned over 600,000 units combined, despite over two dozen of their releases coming before the advent of Soundscan. (Alligator)

1CD# MOB500421 $17.99

Blues With A Feeling – The Very Best of Taj

Mahal

Blues With A Feeling – The Very Best Of Taj Mahal features all his best early tracks! Unlike virtually any musician of the last forty years, Taj Mahal has staked out a unique musical world-view that has bucked trends while remaining true to the roots of his varied influences. Songs include “Don’t Call Us,” “Here in the Dark,” “Senor Blues,” “Sitting on Top of the World,” “Think,” the title track and more. (Sony)

1CD# 88697713522 $9.99

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton is the debut studio album by the English blues rock band John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. It pioneered a guitar-dominated blues-rock sound. Included in this newly remastered edition are two bonus tracks – ”Lonely Years,” and “Bernard Jenkins,” the two sides of a rare single recorded by John Mayall and Eric Clapton for Mike Vernon’s fledgling blues label Purdah prior to the recording of this album. (Polydor)

1CD# MOB296720 $16.99

Essential Blues

This new collection brings together some of the most famous songs and musicians from the blues tradition. Blues music from the Deep South is one of the oldest popular music genres and its influence spread into many fields, from jazz to rock ‘n’ roll. BB King, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker and many others sing of troubles and heartache through a series of wonderful tracks that have a remarkably uplifting feel. (Gift of Music)

1CD# CCLCDG1274 $16.99

SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS

Africa – The Voices & Drums of Africa

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)

1CD# MOB137322 $16.99

Freight Train & Other North Carolina Folk Songs / Elizabeth Cotton

Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar is a 1958 album by American blues and folk musician Elizabeth Cotten and was released on Folkways Records. In 1989 it was reissued by Smithsonian Folkways featuring Mike Seeger’s updated notes with comments on Cotten’s life, musical style, and song lyrics. The album cover was designed by Ronald Clyne. (Smithsonian Folkways)

1CD# MOB000922 $16.99

Songs of Our Native Daughters

Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. (Smithsonian Folkways)

1CD# MOB023228 $16.99

De Ayer Para Siempre / Mariachi Los Camperos

Mariachi Los Camperos beautifully represents the dignity heart and soul of traditional Mexican music. The GRAMMY-winning groupʼs 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)

1CD# MOB058220 $14.99

Wu Fei & Abigail

Washburn

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn’s duo project is as unlikely, perhaps, as it was inevitable-a manifest sonic consequence of politics and vibrations commingling across continents. There is a directness in the musical duo format that makes it such a good vehicle for melodic conversations between close friends who obviously listen to each other with an athletic respect matched by their respective virtuosity. (Smithsonian Folkways)

1CD# MOB023624 $16.99

Doc Watson & Gaither Carlson

Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton is a new album of old-time music produced from archival recordings by two legendary musicians. These largely unheard tapes were recorded at Doc Watson’s two earliest concerts, presented in New York City’s Greenwich Village in 1962. The instrumental pieces, including Gaither’s signature tune “Double File,” include intricate musical interactions developed through years of family music-making. (Smithsonian Folkways)

1CD# MOB023525 $16.99

The Parlour Piano

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

1CD# MOB232126 $17.99

Tribute to a Generation

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. The Smithsonian Jazz Masterwork Orchestra pays tribute to this musical inspiration in the World War II years. (Smithsonian Folkways)

1CD# MOB081723 $14.99

Klezmer Music – Yiddish Instrumental Music

This CD features early Yiddish instrumental 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)

1CD# MOB703427 $14.99

Woody Guthrie: Songs to Grow Old for Mother & Child

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)

1CD# MOB503522 $14.99

Big Bands Live: Benny Goodman Orchestra with

Anita O’Day

JAZZ

Catch the Wind / Herb Alpert

1CD# JAH-404

A singer with an exciting presence and a voice to immerse yourself in. A band leader who, when needed, take the lead as a soloist, but tended to hold back amidst his all-star band. The result a mixture that whisked the concert hall in Freiburg (Germany) for one evening in October 1959 into a wonderful world of successful jazz entertainment and sent the audience out into the night with an earworm. (SWR Music)

$18.99

Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane

(Remastered)

Miles Davis & John Coltrane together! The recordings that launched the careers of two giants and began Miles Davis’ 30 year association with Columbia Records! Track listing includes “Two Bass Hit,” “Dear Old Stockholm,” “Bye Bye Blackbird,” plus more! (Sony)

1CD# CK61090 $7.99

Digby Fairweather: Notes from a Jazz Life, Vol. 3 [2 CDs]

Cornetist Digby Fairweather has become one of the leading figures on the British jazz scene, both as a bandleader and sideman in other leader’s bands, and as a writer and broadcaster. Tracks on this 2-CD collection include “If I Had You,” “Some of These Days,” “Jumping the Blues,” “Gone With the Wind,” “Running Wild,” “Run Rabbit Run,” “Exactly Like You,” and more. (Acrobat)

The iconic leader of the Tijuana Brass shows no signs of slowing down with his latest effort, Catch The Wind. 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, plug the headphones into your Walkman, and enjoy! (Herb Alpert Presents)

1CD# MOB022222 $13.99

16 Most Requested Songs / Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday’s Columbia years are considered her finest, as demonstrated on this collection of her best-known performances. “Body and Soul,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “Easy Living” and “My Man” all showcase the singer’s unique bluesy style. Other tracks include “God Bless the Child,” “Easy Living,” “Body and Soul,” “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm,” and more. (Sony)

1CD# MOB849827 $9.99

Be-Bop! / Pasquale Grasso

Guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso presents Be-Bop!, a brilliant new tribute to be-bop pioneers Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. The album kicks off in exhilarating fashion with Dizzy’s quintessential composition, “A Night in Tunisia,” originally composed in 1942 when he was a member of Benny Carter’s band and which marked the beginning of Gillespie’s unique blending of Afro-Cuban rhythms with American jazz. (Sony)

2CD# MOB344528

The Ultimate Peggy Lee

$16.99

As a salute to the music legend, and celebrating Peggy’s landmark 100th birthday, comes a brand new career-spanning collection, Ultimate Peggy Lee. The CD features hits and signature songs, including “Fever,” “It’s a Good Day,” “He’s A Tramp,” “Big Spender,” “I’m A Woman” and the previously unreleased “Try A Little Tenderness.” (Capitol)

1CD# 19658721632 $11.99

Gypsy Jazz Style / Pietro Lazazzara

1CD# MOB429781

$12.99

Secrets of Inanna / Connie Han

Rising star pianist/composer Connie Han brings the ancient Sumerian culture to the present day by channeling Inanna — the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, beauty and war — on her third release for Mack Avenue Records. Secrets of Inanna creates a new world open to interpretation, harkening back to the ethereal soundscapes of 1970s spiritual jazz, creating a truly unique soundscape of great depth. (Mack Avenue)

1CD# MAC1193 $17.99

“This album represents an innovative and renewed production path started in 2020 with my first album My Art of Gypsy Jazz. The unmistakable touch and sound of the Manouche guitar and the sound, creative and emotional impacts that Django Reinhardt had on me, have inevitably influenced my vision and my path, in summary: Gypsy Jazz style”.

– Pietro Lazazzara (Stradivarius)

1CD# STR57925S $16.99

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

What we have here is the 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. The concert has been remastered to modern standards, and is a must own for any Ellington fan. (Storyville)

2CD# SVL1038315 $18.99

Favorites

Charles Mingus: Landmark Albums 1956–1960

[3 CDs]

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

3CD# MOB912420 $19.99

Jazz on a Summer’s Day DVD

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, Chuck Berry, Mahalia Jackson, 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)

1DVD# MOB251437 $17.99

Blue Train – The Complete Masters / John Coltrane [2 CDs]

John Coltrane’s Blue Train: The Complete Masters includes a bonus disc of alternate and incomplete takes (4 of which have never been released). The 2 CD set comes with a bound booklet featuring session photos by Francis Wolff and an essay by Coltrane expert Ashley Kahn. (Blue Note)

2CD# MOB062031 $29.99

Late Night Jazz / Various Artists

Our second jazz collection is deliberately easy listening; relaxing and enjoyable, with strong melodies and a gentle swing. Sinatra, Holiday, Ella, Nat and many more stars in possibly the ultimate fantasy night club program! Tracks include “Sweet Lorraine” (Frank Sinatra), “Dream A Little Dream” (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong), “September Song” (Sarah Vaughan), “I Can’t Get Started” (Nat King Cole), and more. 20 fantastic tracks! (Gift of Music)

1CD# GCDG1195 $16.99

Two Continents, One Groove / T.S. Monk

Monk, also known as “Toot”, leads his sextet with an innovative and dynamic approach. Since 1992, the drummer has worked exclusively with his co-players, making the sound of the sextet incredibly tight. The seven songs on the album are taken from two performances at two similar jazz rooms over a two-year period. Monk has taken his place in the pantheon of jazz royalty, to which he was born.

(Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018530 $15.99

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

This excellent 48-track, 2-CD set features Cab Calloway releases on the Brunswick, Victor, Variety, Vocalion, Okeh, Columbia and ABC-Paramount labels which were credited with chart positions, plus a few bonus tracks. Those 45 hits include the No. 1 “Minnie The Moocher” and the Top 5 hits “Kickin’ The Gong Around”, “St. James Infirmary”, “Tickeration”, “Moonglow”, “Angels With Dirty Faces”, and “The Jumpin’ Jive”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB342227 $16.99

Peace / Chet Baker

Trumpet player Chet Baker (1929–1988) came to sudden fame as partner of Gerry Mulligan in the early fifties. His clear tone and his subdued, lyrical manner became hallmarks of West Coast cool jazz. Recorded in 1982, Peace is a lovely example of his intimate combo work. “There are many Chet Baker recordings from his final decade and his true fans will want to pick up this one.” (Scott Yanow, All Music Guide). (Yellowbird)

1CD# YEB-9225 $14.99

Origin / Joey Alexander

Joey Alexander presents his label debut for Mack Avenue Records, entitled Origin—his first album of all originals. The effusive pianist is joined on his new release by a stellar coterie of players including Chris Potter (sax), Larry Grenadier (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums) and Gilad Hekselman (guitar). The album was recorded at Sear Sound, June 23–24, 2021 and mixed at The Mud Room. (Mack Avenue)

1CD# MAC1198 $19.99

Kind of Blue / Miles Davis [2 CDs]

Miles Davis’ magnum opus Kind of Blue is still considered by any to be one of the greatest albums of all time. Starring Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb, Kind of Blue has held onto it’s status as an album that crosses genres, and speaks to generations. The Kind of Blue 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition offers the complete studio sessions on 2 CDs. (Sony)

2CD# 88697271052 $15.99

The Best of New Orleans Jazz / Various Artists

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

1CD# CCLCDG1296 $17.99

Live at Montreux 1969 / Ella Fitzgerald

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

New Jazz

Brubeck: Debut in the Netherlands 1958

With the support of the American State Department, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, including new members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, began a major tour of Europe early in 1958. Their first concert in the Netherlands was held on 26 February in the legendary Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam. The concert inaugurated a triumphant career in Europe. (Lost Recordings)

1CD# TLR 2204043 $16.99

1CD# MOB947294

$16.99

Quincy Jones – Six Complete Albums

1957–1961 [3 CDs]

Quincy Jones has become one of the most prominent personalities in popular music as a trumpeter and pianist who became an arranger, composer, bandleader, record producer and film & TV producer, and winner of a GRAMMY Legend Award in 1992, and who in 2022 is still active after a 70-year career. Tracks include “Evening in Paris,” “Be My Guest,” “Walkin,” “Sermonette,” and more. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912727 $19.99

Jazz Things – Next Gen. Vol. 96 –

Elsa Johanna Mohr

The 96th release of “Jazz thing Next Generation” seems to be heading to Brazil, but singer Elsa Johanna Mohr is from Düsseldorf. She can now be heard together with the Brazilian guitarist Flavio Nunes on her debut album. Together, the two have compiled a repertoire of Mohr’s originals and various Brazilian classics. The clear diction and the informal style of Mohr’s singing make “Passadinha” a small gem. (Double Moon)

1CD# DMCHR71418 $14.99

Last Concert in Europe / Leimgruber, Demierre, Phillips [2 CDs]

The trio Vandermark has released a half dozen albums over the last 20 years, each with the freshness of a first encounter. There’s always a sense of discovery in their playing, as if it were their first time meeting. So the encounter in Lucerne in December, 2021, documented on this recording but it was, at any rate, the first time they played this particular concert: there’s wisdom in the conversation. (JZC)

2CD# JW 227 $19.99

Samba Dem Você / Rosa Passos Quartet

Brazilian bossa nova queen Rosa Passos presents her highly anticipated album Samba Sem Você For years, the Brazilian vocalist and guitarist has had a devoted global following, including fans who proclaim she is Brazil’s answer to Ella Fitzgerald or the female João Gilberto. It’s always soul-soothing and beautiful, and if you press play and close your eyes you can almost feel the Brazilian soul and see the sandy beaches for your inner eye. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018499 $15.99

Sound Bridges / Vandermark

Sound Bridges was recorded on September 24, 2021 as part of the ‘Ruhr Jazz Festival’ at the Bochum Art Museum. Sharing the stage that evening were four musicians whose paths have crossed several times over the decades: Ken Vandermark, Matthias Muche, Thomas Lehn and Martin Blume. And the fun they are having is audible – They go straight into full swing, as if they had a world to win. (JZC)

1CD# JW 219 $16.99

Lewis: Blues & Bach

It is to this musical conception and to the compositional art of John Lewis that, a little more than two decades after his passing, Blues and Bach wishes to pay tribute. His tunes have been reworked and orchestrated for the occasion with an ensemble that, in some ways, is itself a crossover within a crossover (jazz trio plus string quintet and woodwind quintet). (Challenge)

1CD# CR 73550 $16.99

Taylor: Conversations with Tony Oxley

Pianist Cecil Taylor, who died on April 5, 2018 in his hometown of Brooklyn, had a style all his own. With Ornette Coleman he began in the 1960s to develop a music dominated by tone clusters and staccato notes that we later came to know as free jazz. Here we have one of his last concerts from 2008, performed in the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie. (JZC)

1CD# JW 198 $16.99

Solo in Denmark / Michel Petrucciani

This album features French piano prodigy Michel Petrucciani in a solo recording from Silkeborg Church, 1990. Petrucciani was one of the most popular pianists in the 1990’s due to his extraordinary technique, his astounding musical outlook and extremely dynamic playing style. His music is simply timeless and magical, seemingly coming straight from his soul. As he is often quoted: “I’m not playing to your head, but to your soul.”

(Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018495 $15.99

The Goldman Variations / Andreas Willers

The titles of this music are as much a play on words as it’s content is a play on musical idioms and abstraction based on the 30-year-old ‘Ground Music’ concept developed while composing for Blue Collar, the Andreas Willers Octet and Montauk among others, striving for further development of a contemporary European jazz language. (Jazzorchestra)

Quietitude / Eliane Elias

Hot off her 2022 GRAMMY win for Best Latin Jazz Album, Mirror Mirror with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés, superstar pianist, singer, composer and arranger Eliane Elias returns to her Brazilian bossa nova roots with Quietude. A luscious collection showcasing her alluring vocals with her virtuosic instrumental jazz and piano mastery, the recording features songs by such legendary composers as Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Dorival Caymmi. (Candid)

1CD# JW 207

$16.99

Swedish Waltz / Mattias Astrom Trio

Mattias Åström writes: “We recorded this album at Studio Kultivator in Bandhagen Stockholm run by engineer Jonas Olofsson. The recording was made in one day and the goal was to document the trio under good circumstances – with a nice grand piano and studio…

The title of the ballad “Letting Go”, is about letting go of control while playing – easier said than done, but maybe that is what jazz is all about? Hope you enjoy the music!” (Prophone)

1CD# PCD307

$18.99

Sensitive Hours / Avishai Cohen

Unreleased outside of Israel, Sensitive Hours, the gold album recorded in Hebrew by Avishai Cohen is now available. For the first time in his career, Cohen does not make an instrumental album, but an album of beautiful songs that he writes and performs, strongly influenced by jazz, some traditional music, revealing a voice with multiple accents and an incredible charm...An essential milestone in his already rich discography. (Naïve)

1CD# BLV7843

$16.99

Powerplay / Organic Organ Trio

The album Powerplay is a collection of original tunes inspired both by jazz today and grooves from the past. Modern jazz has had a clear influence on the blues tune Goldish, a homage to American organ player Larry Goldings. The title track “Powerplay” takes influences from modern organ jazz and Sam Yahel Trio. A more traditional sound is found in the songs “FU” and “It Ain’t Swingin’.” (Prophone)

1CD# MOB305124 $15.99

Jiggs’ Back in Town / Copenhagen Trio

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

1CD# SVL1018534 $15.99

Duke Ellington: Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival

Never before released Duke Ellington concerts recorded in 1969 and 1973 at the Berlin Jazz Festival. All tracks have been remastered from the original Berlin radio tapes using Phoenix Mastering - a unique restoration process developed over two years by The Lost Recordings and Devialet teams. The second half of the album was recorded with the famous Duke Ellington Orchestra. (TLR)

1CD# TLR 2204041 $16.99

Little Bird / Alexander Lovmark

Alexander Lövmark writes:

“Dear listener, thank you for taking an interest in my record. Little Bird is a tribute to my lifelong love of the Great American Songbook. It features songs I love to sing and treasure listening to. The album was recorded in September 2020 in my hometown, Gothenburg, Sweden.” (Prophone)

1CD# PCD304

$18.99

Sunny Side of the Street / Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert, the prolific Tijuana Brass titan, returns with Sunny Side Of The Street. This new set of 11 songs contains gentle ballads like “Childhood” and “Time After Time”, upbeat romps like “Pata Pata” and “Tickle Time” and covers of classic songs like “I’ll Remember You” and Louis Armstrong’s “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”. Few artists in the history of American music have been able to stay relevant decade after decade. (Herb Alpert Presents)

1CD# MOB022369 $13.99

1CD# PCD295 $18.99

Swiss Radio Days Jazz, Vol. 47 / New York Tango Trio

“The jazz approach of New Tango like that of New Musette has always been obvious for me. Jazz, Musette, Tango all feed on the same ingredients, relating to dance, strong melodies, precise and refined harmonies. The most important thing is the style. We approach this New Tango and New Musette repertoire with a jazzistic approach, playing each concert in a totally free way.”

– Richard Galliano (Challenge)

1CD# TCB 02472 $16.99

WHALING CITY SOUND

Lifeline / John Stein 2CD# WCS136 $16.99

The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’s Scene 1CD# WCS135 $16.99

You Are There / Shawnn Montero 1CD# WCS128 $16.99

Hiding In Plain Sight / Dino Govoni 1CD# WCS133 $16.99

A Song of Hope / Eric Wyatt 1CD# WCS132 $16.99

Fetish / Dave Zinno 1CD# WCS130 $16.99

Songs From My Father / Gerry Gibbs [2 CDs] 2CD# WCS131 $24.99

Serendipity / John Stein 1CD# WCS129 $16.99

Only Love Will Stay / Rale Micic 1CD# WCS127 $16.99

Magic Dance –The Music of Kenny Barron / Greg Abate 2CD# WCS126 $16.99

Cool Water / Greg Murphy 1CD# WCS125 $16.99

Just Passing Thru / Miles Donahue 1CD# WCS124 $16.99

Space Cycles / Jim Robitaille Trio 1CD# WCS122 $16.99

Watershed / John Stein 1CD# WCS121 $16.99

Earth / The Dave Liebman Group 1CD# WCS120 $16.99

EACH DVD IS ONLY $12.99!

Musical Journey DVD Series

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

Austria: Musical Tour of the

Countryʼs Past and Present

Austria: Viennese Vinyards – Steyr and Gmunden

Beijing Tour with Traditional Chinese Music

Berlin: Tour of Germanyʼs Capital City

Czech Republic: Prague and Lednice Castle

Finland: Helsinki and the Finnish Landscape

Finland: Helsinki, Lake Haapavesi, Savonlinna,

Kerimaki

France: A Musical Tour of Provence

France: Brittany & Normandy

France: Musical Tour of the South of France

Germany: Bavarian Lakes and

Schloss Herrenceiemsee

Italy: Brixen & Austria: Innisbruck

Italy: Seina and Pisa

Italy: Verona, Romeo and Juliet, Florence, Naples

London and Oxford 2110501

Moscow: The Golden Ring

Norway: From Gaupne to Sogndal

Norway: The Peer Gyny Road,

Lake Mjosa, and Oslo Oxford: Visit to the Town & University

Paris: The Seine, Les Tuileries, The Louvre,

Rome: Piazzas, Fountains,

and the Remains of the Empire

Rome: Tour of the Cityʼs Past and Present

Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Salzburg: The City of Mozart

Scotland and its Castles

Scotland: Edinburgh –

The Highlands and the Hebrides

Scotland: Musical Tour of the

Countryʼs Past and Present

Sicily: Tour of the Islandʼs Past and Present

Spain: Madrid, La Mancha, Toledo

Spain: Musical Tour of Seville

St Petersburg: Palaces of the Tsars

Summer Palaces of the Tsars

Switzerland: From Zurich to Zermatt

Switzerland: The Canton of Ticino

Switzerland: Tour of the Graubunden

Tibet: Cultural Tour with

Traditional Chinese Music

Tuscany: Tour of the Past and Present

Venice: A Musical Visit to the

Lagoons and Islands of Venice

Venice: City of Water and Light

Home / Les Arrivants

The repertoire developed by “Les Arrivants’’ reflects their experience of adaptation, which has had a lasting impact on their artistic and social lives. It is steeped in the traditional styles that the instrumentalists have mastered over the course of their careers: Argentinean tango, classical Arabic music, traditional Persian rhythms. (Analekta)

Starshine – A Moving Sound

1CD# AN29175

Best of Welsh Choirs

$18.99

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. With well-known traditional classics, sacred music and fresh approaches to choir singing, this album is a shining example of choral talent in Wales. (ARC Music)

A wildly creative and joyful exploration of traditional Taiwanese culture. The music of A Moving Sound is the result of a deep commitment to making art entwined with spiritual practice. Starshine celebrates life and our journey through it. This album features original compositions weaving folk and traditional opera, from earthy to transcendent, joy to suffering, all enhanced with stunning vocals and the rich textures of traditional Taiwanese instruments. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2957 $18.99

Thunder Drums

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

1CD# EUCD2865

$14.99

Ottoman Splendours / Lamia Yared

Lebanese-born singer Lamia Yared draws her inspiration from the Arabic, Ottoman, Sephardic, and Greek musical traditions of Asia Minor. Over the last 16 years, she has trained with renowned masters in Lebanon, Turkey, and Greece, honing her technique of Eastern chant and oud playing. (Analekta)

1CD# MOB376921 $9.99

Netsa / Minyeshu

‘NETSA’, meaning ‘free’, explores nature, love and unity and the empowerment of artistic endeavor. It is a reflection on what has been and how she would like to shine her light going forward – an album of creative freedom, expression and defiance.

1CD# AN29176

$18.99

Maelstrom / Antoine Dawans; Duplex

Damien is a mysterious violinist who plays in the “non-classical” style and prefers rock. Didier, a pillar of the Belgian folk and world music scene. It is these differences that truly characterize the band; a duplex, a duality – equilibrated by Oliver Cox’s forceful drumbeats and Quentin Nguyen’s distinctive keyboard tones. The result of their creative communion is Maelstrom – a musical travel diary that draws from journeys both real and imagined. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2959 $18.99

Native American Flute

The Native American flute is also commonly known as the “love flute,” or the “courting flute.” Its ethereal, otherworldly sound makes the instrument a distinctive and memorable part of American music tradition. This album displays the instrument in its authentic form, performing Native American Flute repertoire, and is a brilliant companion to the previous Native American Flute albums from ARC Music. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2660 $18.99

“The blend of traditional and western instruments give Minyeshu a range of musical options to support her rich vocals and personal lyrics.” – RootsWorld (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2945 $18.99

Bondona / Khiyo

Khiyo are a London-based BritishBengali band known for their unique style of blending traditional Bengali heritage music with contemporary rock‘n’roll vibes. Oliver Weeks’ wild electric guitar riffs unite energetically with strings, brass, tabla... all enhanced by the powerful and mesmerizing vocals of Sohini Alam. Their latest album ‘Bondona’, meaning ‘to pay homage to’, features Nazrul and Rabindra Sangeet classics. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2901 $18.99

The Spirit of Africa DVD

Go on safari with this captivating audio slide show of superb African wildlife photography. These picturesque landscapes are all accompanied by atmospheric, relaxing African music by Malape Motloung, D.T. Antill, R. Hogart, Mara Louw, N. Mkhokeli, Vallsou. (ARC Music)

1DVD# EUDVD0014 $18.99

MUSIC

Music of Japan: The Legacy of Myoonten

Performing traditional Japanese music on traditional instruments, Yamato Ensemble honors the legacy of Myoonten. Myoonten (also known as Benzaiten) is the goddess of learning, of beauty, of the arts, of eloquence. Yamato Ensemble have been playing together for decades; on this special recording, they perform on koto, shakuhachi, jushichigen, shakuroku, and the nowrarely heard kokyu. (ARC Music)

Del Canto Gitano – Music of Ancient Andalusia

1CD# EUCD2897

$18.99

Best of Irish Fiddle / Florie Brown

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 performs Celtic, Bluegrass, Cajun, Country, Blues and Swing. Here she presents traditional Irish classics that will be loved by all fiddle music fans. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2929

The Golden Zither

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

$18.99

1CD# EUCD2832

The Very Best of Enya

$14.99

Enya, known for her distinctive ethereal sound and Celtic-inspired music, has captivated audiences for over three decades with her unique blend of folk, new-age, and world music. “The Very Best of Enya” CD features some of her most iconic and beloved songs, including “Orinoco Flow,” “Only Time,” and “Caribbean Blue.” The CD also includes two previously unreleased tracks, “Echoes in Rain” and “So I Could Find My Way.” (Warner)

Rudy Knabl is a master of the zither, a traditional stringed instrument of Austria and Germany. With “The Golden Zither,” he showcases his virtuosity and versatility with a collection of pieces that range from traditional folk songs to contemporary compositions. The CD features Rudy’s original compositions, which are inspired by the traditional sound of the zither, and he has also included some classical pieces which he had arranged for the zither. (Kado)

1CD# MOB500410 $10.99

Mariachi Mexico / Mariachi Sol

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 well-established Mariachi band, Mariachi Sol. (ARC Music)

1CD# MOB84763

$16.99

Canyon Trilogy / R. Carlos Nakai

Of Navajo-Ute heritage, R. Carlos Nakai is the world’s premier Native American flutist. Having been described as ‘...so soothing it unwrinkles the soul...,’ Nakai’s ethereal music has touched people across the globe. This Deluxe Platinum Edition contains the original Canyon Trilogy album, fully remastered plus 5 never-beforeheard Nakai songs for solo cedar flute that expand upon the legacy of this timeless classic. (Canyon)

1CD# EUCD2847 $12.99

Mandolins from Italy

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

1CD# EUCD2439 $12.99

Pakistan, Vol. 2 / Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

1CD# MOB721029

$15.99

Sounds of Africa – Mozambique

The present release is a dazzling representation of Mozambique’s very own musical tradition. A dash of exotic fun, and the heady spirit of Mozambique’s nightlife. These are exciting songs with lyrics in Shangaan, Ronga, and Portuguese. Travel to the sunny southeast of the African continent for this enjoyable summer music. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2868 $14.99

The tradition of qawwali, originally limited to mausoleums and brotherhoods, has now spread everywhere, carried by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – an exceptional performer: Sufi poems and incandescent lyricism. Sufi music, enriched with new literary and musical elements, is the most widespread musical genre in Hindustani music. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s group is the leading proponent of this secular tradition. (Ocora)

1CD# C 581659 $18.99

CELTIC MUSIC

Celtic Woman: Postcards from Ireland DVD

Filmed at 14 beautiful and iconic locations around Ireland, Postcards from Ireland features 80 minutes of beautiful landscapes as Celtic Woman performs songs from their latest album, plus some fan favorites. Selections include “Danny Boy,” “Amazing Grave,” “The Dawning of the Day,” and more.

(Celtic Woman)

1DVD# MOB674398 $18.99

Celtic Journey

Celtic Journey is an album of music and song from Scotland and further afield, with pipes, fiddle, choir, courting songs, lullabies, humorous stories of whiskey smuggling and sad laments for love lost. The music comes from the Isle of Skye, Nova Scotia, Glasgow, Stornoway, Inverness, and the Scottish Highlands. This is an album that simply cannot be missed by lovers of Celtic music. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2870 $14.99

The Celtic Lute / Ronn McFarlane

26 Celtic songs performed by famed lutenist Ronn McFarlane. All are played masterfully in McFarlane’s own arrangements, which give the disparate works a greater feeling of cohesion. McFarlane’s complete mastery of his instrument is everywhere apparent in his fingerings, his expressiveness, his ability to contrast bright and dancelike material with inward-focused pieces.

(Sono Luminus)

1CD# DSL-92225 $15.99

Celtic Psalms, Vol. 1

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

1CD# GIACD-1015 $16.99

Celtic Folk from

Wales

A delightful and varied cross-section of Welsh music, with Carreg Lafar, Aberjaber, Meredydd Evans, Côr Seirion, Plethyn, Ar Log and more. The music ranges from famous Welsh male choirs, to folk songs, to ancient pieces played on traditional instruments and contemporary pieces with modern arrangements. Info about the groups, music and instruments. Original Welsh lyrics with English translations.

(ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2222 $12.99

Bagpipes of Celtic Galicia

Pepe Romero, head of an outstanding family of folk musicians has been playing the bagpipe since he was twelve years old. He is known today, as one of the best bagpipers in Galicia. The repertoire on this album, based on self-composed themes with clear, unmistakable and genuine roots in the Galician usical tradition, is another aspect that gives a very special character to this group.

(ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2681 $14.99

St. Patrick’s Day – Ultimate Irish Pub Songs

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 $14.99

Irish Uilleann Pipes

Uilleann pipes touched the hearts of millions in the show Riverdance and the film Titanic. Slow airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes and songs from Ireland solo or accompanied by guitar, tin whistle, bouzouki, bodhran and voices. Songs include “Pigeon on the Gate,” “Will You Come Down to Limerick,” “Speed the Plow,” “Banish Misfortune,” and more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2267 $12.99

Bagpipes of Britain & Ireland

Classic recordings made by folklorist Peter Kennedy in the 1950s / early 60s of legendary players of the three types of British and Irish pipes with an unbroken tradition. Songs include “Mrs. McLeod’s Reel,” “The Jenny Bell Polka,” “Maggie’s Foot,” “Keel Row,” “The Little Red Fox,” “The Fair Flower of Northumberland,” and more. 32 songs in all! (Nimbus)

1CD# SDL416 $18.99

Pipes & Drums from Scotland

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

1CD# EUCD2375 $12.99

Naxos world

The Art of the Chinese Xiao and Hulusi

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

1CD# NXW76161-2 $18.99

Morning Meditation

Morning Meditation focuses on Dhrupad, the oldest genre of Hindustani classical singing from the 15th century that is still in practice today. Sumeet is a promising name in the nearly 300 years old Darbhanga Dhrupad tradition. The purity in rendition of alap and composition highlight his authentic training in the Guru-Shishya tradition. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76150-2 $18.99

Folk Music of China, Vol. 20 – The Hui, Manchu, Xibe, Korean & Gin Peoples

This is the concluding volume of a twenty album series, exploring China’s rich and diverse musical heritage. It features banquet and hua’er songs of the Hui; folk songs of the Manchu, featuring the Ba jiao gu (octagonal drum); dingba tunes of the Xibe, accompanied by the feite kena; lyrical songs of the Korean peoples, including songs from Arirang tune group; and sea songs of the Gin peoples accompanied by the duxianqin. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76107-2 $14.99

AADO – Senegalese Kora

Kadialy’s captivating kora skills originate from his long family history of Kouyate griots. Embracing the art of traditional storytelling, via the 21-stringed kora, he draws on his past heritage for inspiration while creating his own uplifting compositions. In the Senegalese society, ‘aado’ stands for ‘moral customs and values’. Kadialy’s enchanting songs touch on these principles and reflect on the Mandinka culture. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76156-2 $18.99

Classical Traditions – The Indian Bansuri / Ronu

Majumdar

This album features beautiful rāgas from the Hindustāni classical tradition, skilfully performed on the Indian bansuri (bamboo flute) by Ronu Majumdar. Indian classical music, rich in historical tradition and practiced in a disciplined manner, is appreciated by many for its meditative and uplifting nature. Some believe that its emotive effects can be therapeutic, healing and even encourage creativity. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76110-2 $14.99

Flamenco – Pasado Y Presente

This latest album by Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde unearths the historical influences and musical interactions of various cultures, and their effects on the numerous toques heard in flamenco today. Within his own avant-garde compositions, Ignacio embraces the original modes, melodic phrases, specific tempos and rhythms that have been developed and passed down over the centuries. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76159-2 $18.99

Shindu Shi / Fadhilee Itulya

Inspired by the 1950s finger-picking guitar style of Omutibo, SHINDU SHI focuses on good time music grounded in culture, community and love for Africa and its people. An upbeat album of Omutibo, acoustic folk, pop, dance and world music inspired by the Luhya people of Western Kenya and the late pioneer of Omutibo – George Mukabi. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76160-2 $18.99

Rapsodia Cubana / Yamile Cruz Montero & Christos Asonitis

The Cuban classical pianist Yamile Cruz Montero and the Greek jazz drummer Christos Asonitis are a couple in life and in music. Although they come from two different musical worlds, they have found a common language. Both of them arrange classical to contemporary Cuban piano music with great precision and feeling, such as compositions by Aldo López Gavilán, Andrés Alén, José Maria Vitier & Ernán López-Nussa for piano and percussion. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76154-2 $18.99

The Weaving of Voices / Khasi-Cymru Collective

Bringing together the music of Wales and the Khasi Hills in North East India, ‘Sai-thaiñ ki Sur (the weaving of voices in Khasi) is a unique cross-cultural collaboration. This three-year album project explores the folk songs, poetry, missionary hymns, folklore, and resultant culture of the crossing of Wales and India. Welsh songwriter Gareth Bonello (The Gentle Good) has recorded this poetic, beautiful album with artists from the indigenous Khasi community. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76155-2 $18.99

Outstanding / Timba MM

Timba MM take traditional Cuban sounds adapt them further with other musical genres from around the world. The result: a blend of contemporary Cuban music infused with a melange of jazz, samba, flamenco and world music of the Americas. (Naxos World)

1CD# NXW76127-2 $18.99

Moch / Dlù

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

Little Universe / A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound has established worldwide recognition as a truly innovative ensemble. They borrow melodic and rhythmic inspiration from the musical traditions of Asia, Africa and the West to create rich and unique compositions. Little Universe has been praised for its crossing of stylistic and cultural boundaries, beautiful melodies and avant-garde originality. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2956

$18.99

A la manera artesana / Pardo, Jorge; Vigüela

Vigüela showcase various regional styles within traditional Spanish music, all originating from their home-land Castilla-La Mancha, the southern part of the Iberian plateau. Their ninth album A la manera artesana focuses on how ‘artisanal creativity’ differs from the globalization of ‘handicraft culture’ which has become more about following templates and repetition, rather than unique original craftsmanship. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2955

$18.99

Changys Baglaash / Khöömei Beat

Khöömei Beat are five outstanding musicians who excel in khöömei –Tuva’s unique style of throat singing. They layer traditional and modern instruments with their distinctive vocals to create powerful arrangements with modern rhythms and electronic sounds. Exhilarating and foot-stomping – a musical art that stretches back to the dawn of humanity, while simultaneously reaching forward to new horizons. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2954

$18.99

Songs for Leena – Improvisations on the Hopi Long Flute

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

1CD# EUCD2953 $18.99

Longyin – The Dragon Chants

Cheng Yu plays the original 1936 Van Gulik-Picken silk-string guqin, with Dennis Kwong Thye Lee on xiao flute. This cherished guqin, steeped in history, was previously owned by two of the world’s greatest 20th century sinologists – Robert Hans Van Gulik and Laurence Picken. 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# EUCD2951 $18.99

1CD# EUCD2950 $18.99

Prayer’s Tale – Taiko Drums and Asian Percussion

Nature, the cosmos and humanity are the inspirations for Joji Hirota’s latest solo album, Prayer’s Tale Single-handedly playing 40 different Japanese and Asian instruments, combined with vocals, he weaves sounds of nature, emotions and colors of the universe into a beautiful soundscape. With Joji’s circular instrument set up he can stand in the center and respond intuitively. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2961 $18.99

Resilience – Songs of Uganda / Rachel Magoola

Rachel has used her successful singing career, six previous solo albums, to help the people of Uganda. This album focuses on upbeat harmonious songs that encourage positivity and unity. Influenced by the country’s history and its cultural spectrum, it features native instruments from the various regions of Uganda, such as the embuutu (drum), endingidi (single-stringed fiddle) and akogo (thumb piano). (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2948 $18.99

La Grande Fête / Belcirque

With previous influences of swing, folk and barbershop, interwoven with African-inspired grooves and American folk pop, Belcirque’s latest album La Grande Fête takes on a new adventure and heads south! Travelling across deserts and dry lands, and sailing stormy oceans, it finally swims ashore upon the golden sands of South America. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2943 $18.99

Songs of Exile / Abdelli

With North African bendirs, Armenian duduks and Brazilian pandeiros, Abdelli blends his traditional Kabyle singing with modern and traditional influences from around the world. Abdelli has performed with the likes of Ravi Shankar, Natacha Atlas and Hossam Ramzy, and was the supporting act for Peter Gabriel’s ‘Growing Up’ tour. His worldwide tours have taken him and his musicians to Pakistan, Morocco, the U.S., France and Switzerland to name a few. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2937 $18.99

MUSIC

Journey to Russia

Famous Fados on Portuguese Guitar

Music from Argentina –Tangos & Folk Music

Moods

Lounge

Africa

Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah! 1CD# EUCD2902 $14.99

Son Real Orchestra: Salsa

Klezmer Juice – Yiddish Lidele 1CD# EUCD2892 $14.99 Arabic Café 1CD# EUCD2888 $14.99

Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar 1CD# EUCD2890 $18.99

Celtic Essentials 1CD# EUCD2887 $12.99

Music of Nova Scotia 1CD# EUCD2886 $14.99