march 2014 - Select Music and Video

CONSUMER INFORMATION SERVICE: NO. 266
MARCH 2014
REPRESENTING
TODAY’S
GREAT LABELS
THIS MONTH'S HIGHLIGHTS
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Thomas TALLIS
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Missa Puer natus est nobis
and other sacred music
The Cardinall’s Musick
Andrew Carwood
Gramophone Record of the Year-winning group The Cardinall’s Musick continues
its exploration of Tallis’s sacred music. These recordings not only showcase the
greatest repertoire of the English Renaissance in dazzling performances, but
also illustrate the complex historical and political background of the works and
their genesis.
CDA68026
Franz SCHUBERT
Winterreise
CDA68034
Gerald Finley, Julius Drake
The Gramophone-award winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake turns to perhaps the most
celebrated song-cycle of them all. Schubert’s Winterreise is a masterpiece of despair, astonishing in its
bleakness and enthrallingly mesmerising as the journey continues. Finley brings all his considerable
dramatic powers to his performance—and all but submerges them under the ice.
Anton ARENSKY
Piano Trios
Leonore Piano Trio: Tim Horton, Benjamin Nabarro , Gemma Rosefield
Arensky’s Piano Trios represent a fine example of the Russian romantic piano trio, a form ‘invented’ by
Tchaikovsky, Arensky’s close friend and influence.
CDA68015
Malcolm WILLIAMSON
The Complete Piano Concertos
Piers Lane, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley
A real rarity from Hyperion’s Anglo-Australian artistic collaboration; music by an Australian composer who
was once at the heart of the English establishment.
CDA68011/2
Hans PFITZNER
The Romantic Cello Concerto, Volume 4
CDA67906
Alban Gerhardt, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sebastian Weigle
Hyperion’s Romantic Cello Concerto series continues to bring new works into a repertoire currently
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dominated by Dvorák and Elgar. Alban Gerhardt performs the three concertos by Hans Pfitzner, a composer
remembered most for his opera Palestrina.
Pietro LOCATELLI
Concerti Grossi, Op. 1
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Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer
The concerto grosso form was popularized by Corelli, and Locatelli’s Op. 1 is a marvellous example of the
genre; its solid craftsmanship, imaginative textures and exciting virtuosity bringing it into the top rank.
These works are ravishingly performed here by The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer and soloist
Elizabeth Wallfisch.
Sergei
RACHMANINOV
Carl Philipp
Emanuel BACH
The Transcriptions
Die Auferstehung und
Himmelfahrt Jesu
Howard Shelley
(from CDA66486)
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CDH55478
Ex Tempore, La Petite Bande,
Sigiswald Kuijken
(from CDA67364)
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Jean SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto in D minor; Finlandia; Karelia Suite;
The Swan of Tuonela; Valse Lyrique; Valse Triste; Andante Festivo
Jennifer Pike
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis
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Jean Sibelius is perhaps best known for his seven great symphonies but there is also a large
body of music for the concert hall, the theatre, and the salon, some of which is explored on this
release.
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Miklós RÓZSA
Film Music Suites
‘Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book’ (without narration); ‘Sahara’; ‘The Thief of Bagdad’;
‘Ben-Hur’
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba
Here Rumon Gamba, a great champion of film music, conducts the BBC Philharmonic in
some of Rózsa’s best-loved scores.
CHAN 10806
Franz SCHUBERT
Works for Solo Piano, Volume 1
Barry Douglas
Having produced two highly regarded discs of solo works by Brahms, Barry Douglas, an
exclusive Chandos artist, now embarks on the complete solo piano works by Franz Schubert.
This first volume features two large-scale works, the ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy and the Sonata in B flat
major, alongside two Schubert songs transcribed by Liszt.
CHAN 10807
Johannes BRAHMS
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115
Michael Collins
Brodsky Quartet
The Brodsky Quartet present the first of two discs that will feature Brahms’s complete string
quartets.
CHAN 10817
Joachim RAFF
Symphony No. 5, ‘Lenore’; Overtures; Abends
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Järvi
This is the second volume in a series from Neeme Järvi and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
dedicated to the orchestral music of the Swiss-born composer Joachim Raff.
The idiomatic performances by Neeme Järvi and his Swiss orchestra in Volume 1, described as
‘peerless’ by BBC Music (*****), suggest that they are the perfect performers to reinvigorate
interest in Raff’s music.
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J. S. BACH
Lutheran Masses, Volume 2
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Despite their exquisite beauty, featuring splendid choruses and deeply moving arias, there are relatively few
recordings of Bach’s Lutheran Masses. On this second disc, which completes The Sixteen’s mini-series, the
orchestra is joined by just eight singers to perform the Masses, allowing the beauty of the virtuosic vocal
lines to be heard with absolute clarity.
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J.S. BACH
Easter Oratorio; Actus tragicus
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
SDG719
In March 2014, the Monteverdi Choir will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and this album follows the
acclaimed release of the Ascension Oratorio. It features soloists Hannah Morrison (soprano), Meg Bragle
(mezzo), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) and Peter Harvey (bass).
Franz SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 3 in D major; Symphony No. 4 in C minor ‘Tragic’;
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
BIS1786
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
These three Symphonies were all composed before Schubert was twenty and were probably intended
for small student or private orchestras. This makes them ideal candidates for the small but deft
treatment of the SCO along with the intricate and stylish details brought out by Dausgaard.
Max REGER
Orchestral Works
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart; Symphonischer Prolog zu einer Tragödie; Piano Concerto in F minor;
Suite im alten Stil; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven; Eine Ballettsuite; Vier Tondichtungen nach
Arnold Bröcklin
BIS9047
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Demonstrating great productivity, Reger wrote a large number of works in most musical genres, but today he is
mainly remembered for his organ music and certain chamber works – his orchestral works often neglected. This
box set is comprised of three separate discs that were previously released to critical acclaim.
C. P. E. BACH
Keyboard Concertos, Volume 20 (Double Concertos)
Concerto in E flat major Wq 47 (H 479); Concerto in F major Wq 46 (H 408); Concerto in D major Wq 109 (H 543)
Miklós Spányi, Tamás Szekendy, Cristiano Holtz
Concerto Armonico Budapest, Péter Szűts
BIS1967
Miklós Spányi’s survey of the complete keyboard concertos of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach reaches its conclusion
in the 300th anniversary year of the composer’s birth. The series forms an unprecedented overview of C.P.E.
Bach’s long career as well as the development of the concerto genre and keyboard instrument.
The Great Organ of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris
TOURNEMIRE: Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae paschali’
VIERNE: 24 Pièces de fantaisie: Clair de Lune; Toccata; Impromptu; Carillon de Westminster
MESSIAEN: Le banquet celeste
DUPRÉ: Prelude and Fugue in B major, Op. 7 No. 1
DURUFLÉ: Suite, Op. 5
BIS1969
Pétur Sakari
The young organist Pétur Sakari (aged just 21) has gathered five giants of the organ repertoire for his debut
disc on BIS, performing on the famous organ of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris.
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Ronald CORP
Lullaby for a Lost Soul
Magid El-Bushra, Jill Carter, Matthew Turner, Julia Desbruslais
5060192780413
This latest CD of music by Ronald Corp OBE is an inspired mixture of settings of Francis Booth’s cycle of poems
interspersed with Corp’s own arrangements of John Dowland lute songs. A superb disc of world-premiere
recordings by a great English composer.
The Red of a Woman’s Heart
Lisa Harper-Brown
David Wickham
5060192780390
This is our second disc of Australian art songs performed by one of Australia’s leading sopranos, Lisa HarperBrown, and her excellent accompanist, David Wickham. This is wonderful introduction to some rarely-heard
composers, with full texts and excellent notes by the pianist.
Edward ELGAR
Music for Powick Asylum
Innovation Chamber Ensemble (Players from the CBSO)
Barry Collett
SOMMCD 252
First recording with a professional orchestra of Elgar’s Powick Asylum Music.
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Piano Trios, Volume 3
Gould Piano Trio , Robert Plane
SOMMCD 0135
This is Volume 3 of Beethoven Complete Piano Trios from the intrepid Gould Piano Trio recorded live for SOMM during
their last year’s concerts at St. George’s Brandon Hill. They are joined here by the popular clarinetist Robert Plane,
former principal clarinetist of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the CBSO.
Carl ORFF
Carmina Burana
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 6 April 2013.
Sarah Tynan, Andrew Kennedy, Rodion Pogossov, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Trinity Boys Choir, Hans Graf
LPO-0076
One of the most recognisable and popular works in the choral repertoire, Carmina Burana is full of infectious tunes and colourful
orchestration. The opening ‘O Fortuna’ is familiar to many from its use in numerous TV programmes, adverts and films. This live concert
recording captures the drama of the 2013 performance at Royal Festival Hall; part of Southbank Centre’s year-long The Rest Is Noise
festival.
John ADAMS, Steven MACKEY
American Grace
Orli Shaham, Jon Kimura Parker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, David Robertson
Steve Mackey received his first Grammy Award in 2011 and is fast becoming the leading composer of his generation
as orchestras and ensembles worldwide continue to embrace and perform his music. John Adams has been at the
forefront of contemporary composition for the best part of 40 years, his Pulitzer Prize in 2003 just one of countless
highlights.
1930s vIoLIn COncert S vol1
BARBER
HARTMANN
BERG
S T R AV I N S K Y
BRITTEN
Gil Shaham
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BARBER, BARG, HARTMANN, STRAVINSKY, BRITTEN
1930s Violin Concertos, Volume 1
Gil Shaham
Gil Shaham’s 1930s Violin Concertos project represents a major and unparalleled artistic statement. Recorded with four
of the world’s preeminent orchestras – the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and
Staatskapelle Dresden – as well as with esteemed New-York based Sejong Soloists, this project has been recognized as
“one of the most imaginative programming concepts in years” (Musical America).
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Carl Heinrich GRAUN
Osteroratorium
Kölner Akademie,
Michael Alexander Willens
777794-2
Graun’s Easter Oratorio on CPO is extremely imaginative, festive and displays a
musical affinity to Bach’s cantata oeuvre.
Andrzej PANUFNIK
Sfere
Symphonic Works Vol. 7
Michael von Schönermark, Sarah van der Kemp
Konzerthausorchesrter Berlin, Polish Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
777686-2
Andrzej Panufnik’s fifth symphony is regarded by many as his symphonic masterpiece. This is the 7th volume in the
successful series of his symphonic works.
Jacques-Martin HOTTETERRE
Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1
Suites Op. 2
Camerata Köln 777790-2
With this release Camerata Köln launches its complete recording of Hotteterre’s oeuvre on four CDs.
Robert SCHUMANN
Symphonic Works
Robert Schumann Philharmonic
Fran Beermann
777719-2
“Schumann shines in a completely new light” Dr. Joachim Draheim
Anton EBERL
Piano Sonata op. 27
Variations
Marie-Luise Hinrichs
777605-2
Anton Eberl was born in Vienna in 1765, made early contact with Mozart, and remained his lifelong friend.
Beginning in the early 1790s his compositions enjoyed popularity, and some of his works, including the two
variation works recorded on the present CD, were falsely published under Mozart’s name.
E.T.A. HOFFMANN
Missa in D Minor
Miserere
Sibylla Rubents, Jutta Boehnert, Rebecca Martin, Thomas Cooley, York Felix Speer, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln,
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Rupert Huber
777832-2
E.T.A Hoffmann is rightly regarded as one of the great writers of the German romantic era.
Delphin STRUNCK (1601-1694)
Nicolaus Adam STRUNCK (1640-1700)
Complete Organ Works
Friedhelm Flamme
777597-2
This release features the complete extant organ works of Delphin Strunck and his son Nicolaus Adam Strunck.
BACH
The Sacred Apocryphal Bach
Alsfelder Vokalensemble,
Barockorchester Bremen,
Wolfgang Helbich
777878-2
The Bremen Cathedral music director Wolfgang Helbich earned an excellent reputation throughout
Germany as an interpreter of classical and romantic music.
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Abba for Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carl Davis
Abba, from winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, were to become one of the most popular
groups of all time. Forty years later, their music lives on. Having taken soundings from colleagues
and industry representatives, Carl Davis decided to make an Abba for Orchestra CD, having already
successfully made and marketed a Beatles for Orchestra CD and a Bond for Orchestra CD.
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DONIZETTI
Rita
Katarina Karnéus
Barry Banks
Christopher Maltman
The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder
Opera Rara’s new release is a double first – the first recording of the newly restored critical edition of the score,
in the original French, and our first project with the critically acclaimed Hallé, conducted by Sir Mark Elder
(Music Director, the Hallé and Artistic Director, Opera Rara) with Katarina Karnéus (Rita), Barry Banks (Pepé)
and Christopher Maltman (Gasparo).
ORC50
George Frideric HANDEL
Peace & Celebration
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
CD711
Recorded live at a concert at St John’s Smith Square, London, this recording of famous works by Handel
celebrates the 300th anniversary of the accession of George I, the first of the Hanoverian monarchs in 1714.
Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz
BIBER (1644-1704)
Piano Sonatas Op. 2; Piano Sonata in
A major Op. 101; Grand Sonata in B flat
major Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’
Mystery Sonatas ‘Rosary Sonatas’
Paavali Jumppanen
Jumppanen has collaborated with numerous
contemporary composers and has premiered
many solo and
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chamber works for the piano. Of particular note are his
recordings of Pierre Boulez’s complete piano sonatas at
the request of the composer. This adaptability between
musical genres gives a fresh reading of the core classical
piano repertoire.
LISZT: Grandes études de Paganini
BRAHMS: Paganini Variations
LUTOSŁAWSKI: Paganini Variations for
Two Pianos
RACHMANINOV: Paganini Rhapsody
Tzimon Barto,
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra,
Christoph Eschenbach
Tzimon Barto is
recognized as one
of the foremost American pianists of his generation, with
dashing virtuosity and a unique artistic personality. Barto
records both parts to Lutosławski’s Paganini Variations for
Two Pianos with solid accompaniment led by Christoph
Eschenbach.
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Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Battalia
Biber’s Mystery Sonatas are a set of 16
virtuosic violin sonatas which serve as
a unique masterpiece of the Baroque
repertoire. Biber
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uses many extended techniques for the instrument,
most prominently the requirement of various retunings of the instrument in order to pull of special
effects and techniques.
Domenico SCARLATTI
(1685-1757)
Keyboard Sonatas arr. accordion
K22, K11, K159, K126, K6, K386, K19, K519,
K135, K203, K13, K30, K12, K1, K52, K140
Janne Rättyä (classical accordion)
The accordion in
Rättyä’s hands
seems capable of an impossible feat. The nuanced
attention to Scarlatti’s articulations and phrasing reveal
a stunning range of colour and gentleness not usually
associated with the instrument.
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Pelle GUDMUNSEN-HOLMGREEN
Mixed Company
Paul Hillier
London Sinfonietta
Theatre of Voices
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Works by: Niels W. GADE, J.P.E HARTMANN, Peter Arnold HEISE, Friedrich KUHLAU, Thomas LAUB,
Carl NIELSEN, Il NORHOLM, Svend S. SCHULTZ & C.E.F. WEYSE
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier
Grammy-winning British conductor Paul Hillier meets the crown jewels of Danish choral music with his
Copenhagen forces!
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“Hillier and Ars Nova imbue the music with real feeling, bringing out the subtle colours of the scoring.
The clarity and sharp focus of the singers’ enunciation never neglects human warmth” 5 Stars, BBC Music
Magazine
Danske SNAGE
I Dreamt a Dream - Drømte Mig En Drøm
Michala Petri
DR VokalEnsemblet
Michael Bojesen
8226907
Michala Petri and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble were joined by conductor and composer Michael
Bojesen in a beautiful and exciting project, the fulfilment of a long-standing dream for all the artists;
songs of the Danish heartland.
GREGORIAN CHANT
The Monks and Novices of Saint Frideswide
Timeless sounds from an earlier age. Men’s voices sing a selection of ancient plainchant to soothe the
distractions of the modern age.
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Keep the Home Fires Burning
Various Artists
Humour, irony and superb musicianship abound in these lovingly restored recordings from a century ago.
CCLCDG1276
Folk Music of the British Isles
Various Artists
Some of the best of British folk music representing each country of the British Isles.
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TSCHAIKOWSKY
Symphony No. 7
Klavierkonzert No. 3
OC672
Lilya Zilberstein, Gürzenich- Orchestra Köln, Dmitirj Kitajenko
Oehms presents the final in the cycle of the highly praised, award-winning Tschaikowsky cycle with
Dmitri Kitayenko and the Gürzenich-Orchestra Köln.
ALBÉNIZ, DEBUSSY, SCHUMANN
Evocation
OC886
Kim Barbier
The French pianist Kim Barbier has distinguished himself as a versatile artist who is equally at home
in piano concertos and in the chamber music repertoire.
Christoph Willibald GLUCK (Arranged by Richard WAGNER 1847)
Iphigenia in Aulis
Camilla Nylund, Michelle Breedt, Christian Elsmer, Oliver Zwang, Chorus Musicus Köln, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering
OC953
Christoph Spering is interested in the Gluck and Wagner years, his serendipity led him to early Wagner and his
adaptation of the Gluck opera, Iphigenia in Aulis, from which Wagner formed an almost new opera.
Marcelo NISINMAN, Julio VIERA, Pablo ORTIZ
Musique Des Lumières,
Facundo Agudin
OC895
Oehms Classics proudly presents the first in the series of world premieres of leading Argentine composers in the
field. This music has found a fantastic spokesman who interprets the melancholy of the tango argentino in an
impressive manner.
Goffredo PETRASSI
Piano Concertos
Pietro Massa, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, Christoph-Mathias Mueller
C5155
Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003) represents a salient figure in the development of Italian music history in the 20th
century.
Richard WAGNER
Anne Schwanewilms, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister
One of the most interesting voices of our time presents her first Wagner Album: Anne Schwanewilms,
who just had her very sucessful Debut at Metropolitan Opera, New York sings amongst others, the
Wesendonck-Lieder and Elisabeth’s Aria from Tannhäuser.
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BEETHOVEN, FAURÉ, ZEMLINSKY, BRITTEN, BARBER,
EISLER & WEILL
Far Away
C5194
World famous Tenor Thomas Michael Allen presents ‘Far Away’ on CPO for March
KLETZKI: Violin Concerto
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No.2
LUTOSŁAWSKI: Partita
Robert Davidovici, RPO, Grzegorz Nowak
RPOSP045
Conducted by Grzegorz Nowak, Principal Associate Conductor of the RPO, this disc includes a
World Premiere of Kletzki’s Violin Concerto, the manuscripts of which were feared destroyed during a bombing raid in
World War II.
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Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN
Carl Philipp Emanuel
BACH
String Quartets Op. 18/2,
Op. 18/4, Op. 95
Piano Concertos Volume 3
Michael Rische, Kammersymphonie Leipzig,
Rainer Maria Klass
The Minetti Quartet
The young Austrian
Minetti Quartett follow up
their first two Hänssler Classic releases with works from the
grand master of string quartets, Beethoven.
98.029
The third instalment of
Michael Rische’s highly
acclaimed series of the Piano Concertos this is a special
release in commemoration of the 300th Birthday of CPE
Bach.
Franz SCHUBERT
Great Choral Works:
A Flat Minor D 678
98.027
Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN
Great Choral Works
Donna Brown,Monica Groop,
James Taylor, Michael Volle
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
and Orchestra,
Helmuth Rilling
98.033
Gächinger Kantorei
Stuttgart
98.030
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tempest
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor
Joyce Yang, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
BRIDGE 9410
This disc presents the debut concerto recording of the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition silver-medalist, Joyce
Yang, heard here in an impassioned 2011 account of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, recorded in Odense, Denmark. Also on the recording
is the rarely heard symphonic fantasy, The Tempest, op. 18. In this work Tchaikovsky evokes Shakespeare's island and the sea
around it, both in calm and storm, heard here in Alexander Lazarev and the OSO's intensely powerful reading.
ADAMS, BOLCOM, COPLAND, MORAVEC
Composing America
The Lark Quartet
Each work, to varying degrees, presents the listener with a distinct transformation of the popular and folk musics that have
defined America. Promising to deliver “a performance of grace, proportion and burnished brilliance” (The Washington Post),
The Lark Quartet continues to delight audiences with its energy, commitment and artistry.
BRIDGE 9423
Hector BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Edgar VARÈSE
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Ionisation
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Three musical visionaries on one CD. Mariss Jansons interprets Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" and
"Ionisation" by Edgard Varèse.
Philippe GAUBERT
Joseph-Guy ROPARTZ
Violin, Cello et Piano
Complete Sonatas, Volume 1
Jean-Marc PhillipsVarjabédian
Henri Demarquette
Marie-Josèphe Jude
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Nicolas Dautricourt
Juliette Hurel
Raphaël Pidoux
François Kerdoncuff
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F. CHOPIN
Etudes. Op. 10 & Op. 25
Vladimir Ashkenazy
MELCD 1002108
Frédéric Chopin’s etudes are a unique combination of virtuoso technique and artist
talent.
Anton RUBINSTEIN, Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Chamber Music for Wind Instruments, Volume 1
Valentin Zverev, Vladimir Sokolov, Anatoly Demin, Sergei Krasavin, Aleksey Nasedkin, Alexander Korneev,
Vladimir Zverev, Boris Afanasyev, Vladimir Vlasenko, Alexander Bakhchiev
MELCD 1002099
This is the first disc in the series of Russian Chamber Music for Wind Instruments which, includes rarely
performed quintets for Piano and Wind Instruments.
Vadim SALMANOV
Symphonies Nos 1-4
The Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society
Yevgeny Mravinsky
MELCD 1002119
Melodia presents a set of symphonies by Vadim Salmanov, a remarkable representative of the Leningrad
composing school.
Anton RUBINSTEIN
The Demon
Alexander Polyakov, Nina Lebeeva, Evgeny Vladimirov, Alexey Usmanov, Nina Grigorieva, Nina Derbina, Yury Eknikov,
Boris Morozo, Academic Choir of the USSR All-Union Radio, Klavdy Ptitsa
Symphony Orchestra of the USSR All-Union Radio, Boris Khaikin
MELCD 1002102
Anton Rubinstein’s opera The Demon was inspired with the poem of the same name by Mikhail Lermonotov.
Antonio VIVALDI
Five Concertos for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo
Valery Popov
The State Chamber Orchestra of the Belorussian SSR
Valery Polyansky
MELCD 1002098
Mostly known for his violin compositions, Vivaldi paid homage to virtually all musical instruments;
five bassoon pieces stand out among his numerous concertos for wind instruments.
Sergei PROKOFIEV
Nikolai Gres, Tamara Antipova, Nikolai Panchekhin, Antonina Kleshchyova, Lyudmila Gelovani,
Gennady Troitsky, Danil Demianov, Nikolai Timchenko, Mikhail Kiselyov, Tatiana Tugarinova,
Mechislav Shchavinski, Leonid Neverov, Vladimir Zakharov,
MELCD 1002120
Melodia presents a recording of one of Prokofiev’s least frequently performed operas
Semyon Kotko. It was the first opera Prokofiev composed after he returned to the Soviet
Union.
Panorama Argentino
Piano Music of Argentina, Volume 2
Mirian Conti
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John DOWLAND
Arranged by David Chevallier.
A Game of Mirrors
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Anne Magouët, David Chevallier, Bruno Helstroffer
This is a one-of-a-kind Dowland experience, inspiring and illuminative for jazz fans and early music lovers alike.
Michael GORDON
Rushes
Rushes Ensemble
CA21097
Composed for seven bassoons, Rushes takes its place alongside Michael Gordon’s Timber for expanding the boundaries
of a single instrument’s repertoire into unknown (and at times, otherworldly) spaces.
Glenn KOTCHE
Adventureland
Kronos Quartet, eighth blackbird
CA21098
When he’s not manning the drumkit for alt-rock juggernaut Wilco, Glenn Kotche works tirelessly on his own as a
composer and percussionist with “unfailing taste, technique and discipline” (Chicago Tribune). His latest work is the
multi-hued Adventureland, a kaleidoscopic amusement ride of strings, gamelan, electronics and Kotche’s vast arsenal
of percussion instruments.
BRUHNS, HASSE
Complete Organ Works
Manuel Tomadin
CDS7685
Manuel Tomadin has won awards at several national and international contests, including the first prize in Germany’s
Füssen-Breitenwang-Mittenwald contest and the second prize in the prestigious Paul Hofhaimer Competition in
Innsbruck on two occasions.
Carson COOMAN
Litany: Music for Organ
Erik Simmons
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Carson Cooman is an American composer with a catalogue of hundreds of works in many forms; ranging from solo
instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. His music has been performed on all six
inhabited continents in a whole range of venues.
The Operatic Pianist
Andrew Wright
This disc focuses on the art of transcription and paraphrase.
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Karl FIORINI
Violin Concertos
Emanuel Salvador, Marta Magdalena Lelek, Sudecka Philharmonic Orchestra, Bartosz Zurakowski
“...what really hallmarks the concerto is the intense and molten lyricism of the solo violin score played spectacularly
by Emanuel Salvador to whom Mr Fiorini dedicates the work. Salvador performed this work with great pathos and
conviction projecting the most dissonant and spaced out tonal passages into sheer lyricism.” Times of Malta (Karl
Fiorini Concerto, May 2008)
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Nikolai MEDTNER,
Sergei RACHMANINOFF
Vadym Kholodenko plays Medtner and Rachmaninoff
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Vadym Kholodenko
Pace, mio Dio…
Dinara Alieva
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Power Players
ldar Abdrazakov
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian
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Tracy SILVERMAN
Between the Kiss and the Chaos
Tracy Silverman
The Calder Quartet: Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook, Jonathan Moerschel, Eric Byers
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Mark ABEL
Terrain of the Heart
Jamie Chamberlin
Ariel Pisturino
Victoria Kirsch
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Edward GIBBON
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2 (Unabridged)
Read by David Timson
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Some 250 years after its first publication, Gibbon’s Decline and Fall is still regarded as one of the greatest
histories in Western literature.
Jen GREEN
Dinosaurs (Unabridged)
Read by Benjamin Soames
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Journey back in time to the age of the dinosaurs, the biggest, scariest creatures the world has ever known.
Haruki MURAKAMI
South of the Border, West of the Sun (Unabridged)
Read by Eric Loren
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South of the Border, West of the Sun is Murakami’s seventh novel, written in 1992. Hajime tells the story of his
relationship with Shimamoto, an unconventional girl, from their first meetings as children through to life as
students.
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PENDERECKI, MEYER, SŁOWIŃSKI
Fourtune: Polish Flute Quartets
Długosz, Pujanek, Budnik-Gałązka, Kwiatkowski
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Katarzyna Zdybel: Portrait
Katarzyna Zdybel
Katarzyna Kluczewska
Lutosławski Quartet
Paweł Jabłczyński
ACD182-2
Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI
Opera Omnia, Volume 4
ACD196-2
NFM Wrocław Symphony Orchestra
Stanisław Skrowaczewski
M. HAYDN: Menuette
J. HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante
W. A. MOZART: Jupiter Sinfonie
Concilium musicum
Vienna
Das Glück is' a Vogerl
Erwin Steinhauer
Upper Austrian Concert-Schrammeln
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Johann Sebastian BACH
The Flute Sonatas
Grzegorz Cimoszko
Richard Fuller
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SCHWARZ-SCHILLING,
MOZART, HAMEL
ELIASSON, PÄRT,
BEETHOVEN
Symphonia
Momentum
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Rebekka Hartmann, Symphonia Momentum
Christoph Schlüren
Jaromir WEINBERGER
Schwanda, The Bagpiper
Chorus of the Sachsische Staatsoper of Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden
Constantin Trinks
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J. S. BACH
Karl Richter Edition
Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestral Suites;
Harpsichord Concertos; The Musical Offering;
Organ Recital
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Die Solistengemeinschaft der Bachwoche Ansbach
Münchener Bach-Chor , Münchener Bach-Orchester
Karl Richter
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STRADELLA
Arias and Cantatas
Complesso Barocco di Milano
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VERDI
Oboe transcriptions
Cianfranco Bortolato
Roberto Arosio
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker
Philharmonia Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas
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MOZART
Wind Divertimentos
Frans Vester
Danzi Quintet
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CANTELOUBE
Chants d’Auvergne
Frederica von Stade
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antonio De Almeida
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Dum Clamarem: Sorrow and Hope in Gregorian Chant
Mediae Aetatis Sodalicium
Nino Albarosa
This CD opens with an early piece presented in a late edition within the Brescia Gradual of the 12th century and
linked to the Canticle of the Three Young Men. The two following sections are each made up of pieces from different
masses arranged to provide the correct liturgical order.
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Giovanni SGAMBATI
The Complete Piano Works, Volume 7
Francesco Caramiello, Francesco Libetta
This seventh and last volume of the complete piano works of Sgambati, who was one of the most authoritative of
Liszt’s pupils and an extraordinary leading force in the musical life of Rome in the second half of the nineteenth
century.
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Giorgio GASLINI
Flute Works
Roberto Fabbriciani, Massimiliano Damerini, Orchestra Filharmonica di Roma, Ezio Monti
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Pianist, composer, and conductor born in Milan, a jazz musician of international fame, Mr. Gaslini has more than
three thousand concerts and a hundred CDs to his name, and is a 10 time Critics Award winner.
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CHOPIN
Volume 3
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CR5585-2
Adolfo Barabino
An Englishman in New York: Impressions on John
Dowland’s Lute Music
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Joe Brent
Alon Sariel
HOROVITZ, MARTINU, MILHAUD, GERSHWIN, GRGIN,
ALBENIZ, GARDEL, D’RIVERA
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Don’t Mind The Gap!
Benjamin Feilmair
Florian Feilmair
David POPPER
Complete Suites for Cello
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Alexander Hülshoff
Martin Rummel
ESCHMANN, GADE, NIELSEN, REINECKE, SCHUMANN
Father & Son
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Vladimir & Dimitri Ashkenazy
Anton REICHA
Igor RAYKHELSON
Complete String Quartets,
Volume 2
Orchestral Music, Volume 3
Kreutzer Quartet: Peter Sheppard
Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski,
Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde
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Nikolai
TCHEREPNIN
Songs: Fairy Tales, Op. 33; Four Songs, Op. 16;
Japanese Lyrics, Op. 52;
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Four Songs, Op. 8; Oceanic
Suite: A Cycle
Piano Concerto in G minor;
Cello Concerto in B minor
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Boris Berezovsky
Alexander Kniazev
Russian State Symphony
Orchestra
Hobart Earle
Heino ELLER
Complete Piano Music, Volume 5
Sten Lassmann
TOCC 0225
Elena Mindlina
David Witten
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VIVALDI
Concertos
Including “The Four Seasons”
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I Musici
Felix Ayo
CHOPIN
The Nocturnes
Nikita Magaloff
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MOZART
Horn Concertos
Hermann Baumann
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman
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J.S. BACH
Mass in B minor
Elly Ameling, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Tom Krause, Wiener Singakademiechor
Stuttgarter Kammerochester, Karl Münchinger
POULENC,
SCHOENBERG,
DEBUSSY, RAVEL, STRAVINSKY, BACH
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Martin Chalifour in Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Martin Chalifour
Barefoot
Joanna Pierce Martin
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STUCKY: Meditation and Dance
USTVOLSKAYA: Trio for Clarinet
SALONEN: Nachtlieder
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor
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David Howard
Suryodaya: The Coming of Light
Robert Gupta
Badal Roy
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Richard WAGNER
Götterdämmerung – Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Mlan, 2013
Lance Ryan, Gerd Grochowski, Johannes Martin Kränzle
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Stage Director: Guy Cassiers
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Götterdämmerung, the final instalment of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung is a story of human passions. Two essentially
benevolent creatures, involved with and possibly doomed by their traffic with the gods, find treachery and evil in the
world of the humans and are ruined by the dark side of humanity.
Sergei PROKOFIEV
The Fiery Angel
Live from the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 1993
Conductor: Valéry Gergiev
Stage Director: David Freeman
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Valéry Gergiev is said to be at his best when interpreting Russian composers.
Friedrich GULDA
Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
World Premiere: Concerto for Myself
Heinrich Schiff
Münchner Philharmoniker
Concerts from the Münchner Klaviersommer 1988
For Friedrich Gulda, pianists who didn’t also compose were not to be considered real musicians. It is no
wonder therefore that he, as an exceptional pianist, is able to delight his audience with two of his own
compositions at the Münchner Klaviersommer 1988.
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A History of Dance on Screen
A film by Reiner E. Moritz
Featuring: Alvin Ailey, Pina Bausch, Maurice Béjart, Matthew Bourne, Margot Fonteyn, Martha Graham,
John Neumeier, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Roland Petit, Sasha Waltz
In this revelatory new documentary, director Reiner E. Moritz poses the question: How has the
media influenced dance in the twentieth century and vice versa? Over this period an extensive
archive of beautiful choreography, performed by the finest dancers has accumulated on film and
television, resulting in a major dispersion of dance through the media.
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Boris BLACHER
200 000 Taler
Recording of the World Premiere Production, Deutsche Oper Berlin 1970
Conductor: Heinrich Hollreiser
Director: David Freeman
Boris Blacher was one of the most important and most widely performed composers in post-war
Germany. In his 1969 opera 200 000 Taler he adapted a short story by famed and popular Jewish
author Scholom Aleichem and created a sophisticated milieu study around tailor Schimele Soroker
and his family who come to great fortune by winning the lottery.
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Anton BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Carlo Maria GIULINI – Rehearsal and Concert
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Carlo Maria Giulini was one of Italy’s most enigmatic conductors. He found success in both the opera
house and the concert hall. Modest, reserved and unruled by ambition, Giulini’s interpretation of
Anton Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony is refined and precise, marked by rich string textures and lyrical
warmth.
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BACH
Messe in h-Moll
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Thomanerchor
Freiburger Barockorchester
Georg Christoph Biller
The Mass in B Minor is Bach’s last completed vocal work, this work in
particular reveals the overwhelming wealth of his compositional skills.
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César FRANCK
Stradella
Orchester & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Paolo Arrivabeni
Stradella is an opera full of youthful ardour, animated by a strong romantic spirit, in
which the orchestra - as one would expect from even a young César Franck - is not
mere accompaniment to the voices but has a role of its own.
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Wayne MCGREGOR
Going Somewhere – A Moment in Time
Two films directed by Catherine Maximoff
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“He’s doing some of the most exciting work in ballet on the planet” New York Times
“Startling Clarity and Breathtaking Invention” The Telegraph
“Going Somewhere” a documentary by the renowned filmmaker Catherine Maximoff, awarded with the Dance on
Camera Award presents Wayne McGregor during an extraordinary workshop led in a small British town’s high school,
during which the dances turn out to be researchers themselves and explore their physical boundaries.
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Jacques Louisser Trio Play Bach
and more
In 1959, Louisser hit upon the idea that was to make his international reputation, by combining his interest in
jazz with his love of J.S. Bach. Thereby he created his very own view of Bach, blending the most beautiful tunes
of the Baroque master with an irresistibly swinging sound.
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MAHLER
Mahler-mania
Nico and the Navigators & Deutsche Oper Berlin
ćNico and the Navigators tackle the cosmos of Mahler’s songs in an evening of poetical and physical expression
that endeavours to distil this sifting of senses for the stage.
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MOZART
THE GREAT OPERAS BOX SET
Glyndebourne, La Scala, DNO, Paris National Opera, Salzburg Festival, Teatro Real
Idomeneo
Die Entfrührung aus dem Serail
Le nozze di Figaro
Don Giovanni
Cosi fan tutte
La Clemenza di Tito
Die Zauberflöte
From the mythological setting of Idomeneo via the sparkling wit of Le nozze di Figaro and powerful tragicomedy of Don Giovanni to the fantastical workings
of the late Singspiel Die Zauberflöte, Mozart’s mature operas stand among the greatest achievements of Western art, dramas that illuminate the composer’s
creativity as a whole and which stood out in their own time for the new level of characterisation, wit and lessons on life and humanity they
brought to the musical stage. Featuring recordings made during the last ten years from some of the world’s leading opera houses, this collection
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offers an acclaimed series of productions that present consummate interpretations of Mozart’s scores through striking set designs and peerless
singing, paying homage to a group of masterpieces which are just as relevant today as when they were first performed.
BRITTEN
Death in Venice
English National Opera
John Graham-Hall
Andrew Shore
Tim Mead
Sam Zaldivar
Laura Caldow
Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu
Joyce Henderson
Marcio Teixeira
Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera
Director: Deborah Warner
Conductor: Edward Gardner
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Deborah Warner’s beautiful and evocative production of Britten’s final operatic masterpiece has been acclaimed as an ‘exquisitely achieved
marriage of music, drama and design’ (The Independent). In Britten’s luminous and compelling interpretation of Thomas Mann’s classic
novella, the ageing writer Gustav von Aschenbach’s infatuation with the Polish boy Tadzio and his subsequent decline are portrayed in a
‘remarkable and harrowingly believable’ performance (The Guardian) by John Graham-Hall, who had already won golden opinions for singing
the role of Aschenbach at La Scala. The superb ENO chorus and orchestra are conducted by Edward Gardner, a long-standing champion of
Britten’s music.
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