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❦Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
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Decca Sound: The Mono Years
1944-1956 / [53 CDs]
Exploring Decca’s early high-fidelity
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from the Mono era features conductors
from Ansermet to Solti and great
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New Release Highlights
Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets
Bold, lush, and exquisite piano quartets by
Mahler, Schumann, and Brahms comprise
this unforgettable program. Recorded live in
New York City, this album of piano quartets
features violinist Daniel Hope, violist Paul
Neubauer and Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center Artistic Directors cellist David
Finckel and pianist Wu Han. The album
is being released just in time for this group’s April 2015 North
American tour. (1 CD) (DG)
DGG B002290602 $18.98
Anton Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies [10 CDs]
Pentatone’s newly released 10 SACD box of
the complete symphonies of Anton Bruckner
with Marek Janowski conducting the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is available
on April 14th, 2015. This long-anticipated
release is in stellar sound with consistently
stunning performances, as critical reception
to these recordings has confirmed. A bonus
disc features Bruckner’s Mass No. 3 in F minor. (10 SA Hybrid
CDs) (Pentatone)
10 PTE 5186520 $82.99 On Sale
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 2 / Takács Quartet
It is hard to envisage a more enticing prospect: Shostakovich’s densely woven String
Quartet No.2 and his deceptively backwardlooking Piano Quintet, performed by the stellar Takács Quartet and Marc-André
Hamelin, generously notated by David Fanning, and lovingly recorded by Hyperion’s
Simon Eadon and Andrew Keener team.
Seventy minutes of post-Revolutionary Russian ecstasy. (1 CD)
(Hyperion)
HYP 67987 $19.99
Kenneth Leighton: Choral music ‘Crucifixus’ / Trinityh College Choir
The choral music of Kenneth Leighton
(1929-1988) is beloved of cathedral and
collegiate choirs across Britain. Immersion
in the Anglican tradition dates back to the
composer’s earliest years as a boy chorister
and combines with a unique adult musical
language to create a world at once radical
and traditional. And who better to perform it
than the musicians of the next generation - Trinity College Choir
Cambridge under their director Stephen Layton. (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 68039 $19.99
Poulenc: Mass in G major; Sept Chansons; Motets
The powerful Mass in G major, dedicated to
the memory of his father, is notable for its
daring use of tonality, though the playfulness
of Poulenc’s ‘Les Six’ period is not absent.
In the Sept Chansons, set to surrealist texts,
and in the two sets of Motets – both very
personal and penitential – Poulenc generates
a huge range of emotion. The penetrating
performances on this Naxos CD are by the Elora Festival singers
under Noel Edison. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8572978 $12.99
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 / Bruffy
The Phoenix Chorale and Kansas City Chorale are regarded as among the finest professional choral ensembles in the world. Their
recordings have earned a combined total of
ten Grammy® nominations and four wins.
The New York Times praised ‘the choirs’ refined sound and elegant phrasing’. Together,
under conductor Charles Bruffy, they provide
revelatory performances. (1 SA CD) (Chandos) CHA 5148 $19.99
Richter: The Complete Album Collection [18 CDs]
Sony Classical celebrates the art of Sviatoslav Richter with the
first-ever release of his complete Columbia Masterworks and
RCA Victor recordings, which include five October 1960 Carnegie Hall recitals, presenting music from Haydn and Beethoven
to Debussy and Rachmaninoff, with one program devoted entirely to Prokofiev. Two RCA discs from 1988 concerts return to
the catalog, revealing the veteran pianist’s undiminished power
and concentration in Brahms’ early C Major Piano Sonata, selections
by Liszt, Etudes from Chopin’s Op. 10, plus the first release of the Beethoven First Concerto. Three Schubert works from a 1977 Aldeburgh Festival anthology make their CD debut as well. (available 4/15/15) (18 CD) (Sony)
18 SNYC 88843014702 $56.99
111 The Piano: Legendary Recordings of the DG Catalog [40 CDs]
The very best of Deutsche Grammophon’s piano recordings on 40 CDs, limited
edition. From Aimard (The Art of Fugue) to Zimerman (his prize-winning
Debussy Preludes on 1 CD for the first time), comprising all the great
names - Argerich, Barenboim, Michelangeli, Gilels, Haskil, Horowitz,
Kempff, Kissin, Pogorelich, Pollini, Richter; and the new names Blechacz, Grimaud, Lang Lang, Trifonov, Yuja Wang, Yundi - this is the
ideal set to form the cornerstone of a piano collection. (40 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon) 40 DGG B002281002 $145.99 On Sale
The Brilliant Classics Telemann Edition [50 CDs]
Although scholars have attempted to categorize Telemann as a Baroque
or early Classical composer, in truth he was sensitive to all styles of the
time: every musical innovation of the early 18th century is represented in
his works. His highly diverse oeuvre is therefore a pleasure to discover, and
these recordings span the entirety of his industrious output. It represents
excellent value for the money, at such a low price for 50 CDs worth of quality
performances featuring renowned Baroque music specialists. This edition offers
hours of listening pleasure, representing the most comprehensive selection of
Telemann’s music ever released in one set. (50 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
50 BLC 95150 $118.99
Salomon Jadassohn: Symphonies 1-4 / Griffiths
Salomon Jadassohn, once
known to generations of
music students for his music
theory writings, was quickly
forgotten as a composer soon
after his death. Next to Carl
Reinecke, however, Jadassohn was regarded as the
leading composer of the so-called Leipzig School.
Jadassohn’s four symphonies, composed 186088, occupying an important place oeuvre. Howard
Griffiths conducts the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester. (2 CD) (cpo)
2 CPO 777607 $29.99
Berg: Lulu (Berlin Version) / Barenboim [DVD]
David Robert Coleman
worked on Berg’s sketches of
Lulu (which was a fragment
at Berg’s death in 1935) adding a number of jazz instruments for a “Berlin version.”
Presenting this version here
is Mojca Erdmann, Deborah
Polaski, Michael Volle and
the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
Stage directed by Andrea Breth.
DGG B002275109 $23.98 On Sale
Haydn Symphonies / Hogwood, AAM [32 CDs]
This 32-CD box set represents one of the most ambitious projects that conductor Christopher Hogwood
undertook with his famed
ensemble, the Academy of
Ancient Music. Presenting
81 of Haydn’s symphonies,
including a large number of the early works, this
box set seeks not only to spread awareness of
a very extensive and unfamiliar area of Haydn’s
output but also to provide an interpretation closer
to the spirit and wishes of the composer. (32 CD)
(Decca)
32 DEC B002295902 $93.98 On Sale
Handel: Messiah / Hogwood, AAM [BR Audio & CD]
Regarded as one of the most important recording events of the late twentieth century, Christopher Hogwood’s
iconic recording of Handel’s Messiah is
considered one of the finest
of all time. Decca has gone
back to the original tapes to
make a definitive transfer and
proudly presents this multi-awardwinning recording both on CD and as a
Blu-ray Audio in stunning 24-bit / 96kHz sound. (2
CDs + BR Audio)
3 DEC B002298460 $43.99
New Releases on CD
New Boxed Sets for April 2015
Scriabin Edition, plus Decca: The Mono Years
Scriabin: The Complete Works [18 CDs]
Artists: Aimard, Ashkenazy, Fergus-Thompson, Gergiev, Grosvenor, Horowitz,
Kissin, Lisitsa, Pogorelich, Richter, Szidon, Trifonov Maazel (18 CD) (Decca)
18 DEC B002280502 $59.98 On Sale
18-CD box set. Marking 100 years since his death, this is the first ever set of
‘Scriabin’s Complete Works’. Drawn principally from Decca’s distinguished
catalogue, the set also features no fewer than 64 newly recorded tracks - over
200 minutes of music, newly recorded by Vladimir Ashkenazy and Valentina
Lisitsa especially for this set.
Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944-1956 [53 CDs, Limited Edition]
Works: Stravinsky, Roussel, Rachmaninov, Albéniz, Haydn et al.
Artists: Curzon, Fournier, Ricci, Gulda, Katchen et al. Georg Solti/Vienna
Philharmonic; Hans Knappertsbusch/Vienna Philharmonic; Erich Kleiber/
Vienna Philharmonic; Anthony Collins/Vienna Philharmonic; Adrian Boult/
London SO; Ernest Ansermet/L’Ochestre de la Suisse Romande. (53 CD)
(Decca) 53 DEC B002280602 $179.99 On Sale
Exploring Decca’s early high-fidelity audio history, this limited edition
set of acclaimed recordings from the Mono era includes restored
recordings featuring conductors from Ansermet to Solti and great
soloists of the era such as Clifford Curzon and Julius Katchen. Includes
original cover art from each recording.
Le Domaine Musical - Pierre Boulez in Paris,
1956-1967 [10 CDs]
Created in celebration of
Pierre Boulez’s 90th birthday, this 10-CD box set
documents the decade of
concerts under his direction
which revolutionized and
dominated Parisian musical
life from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Composers include Boulez himself, Second Viennese
School plus the dominant modernists of the 20th
and 21st centuries including Stravinsky, Messiaen,
Berio, Stockhausen, Henze and Nono. A bonus
includes an interview with Pierre Boulez. (10 CD)
(Deutsche Grammophon)
10 DGG B002287572 $81.98 On Sale
❦Myaskovsky: Piano Sonatas / McLachlan
Works: Nikolai Myaskovsky
(1881-1950): Complete
Piano Sonatas Artists:
Murray McLachlan, piano (3
CD) (Musical Concepts)
3 MSLC 2506 $15.49
Scottish pianist Murray
McLachlan has attracted
lavish praise throughout his career, with numerous
rave reviews by Gramophone and Penguin, and
is especially renowned as an astute interpreter of
Russian piano pieces.
“McLachlan writes of the ‘enormous tactile
pleasure’ for the performer... His playing is both
authoritative and persuasive. These sonatas are of
interest and substance.” - Penguin Guide
“...this is a welcome and recommendable issue.” Gramophone
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Works: Concertos by Dvorak
& Brahms, Sonatas and
show pieces by Brahms,
Mendelssohn, Chopin,
Rachmaninov, Beethoven,
Schumann, Saint-Saëns,
Fauré et al. Artists: Zara
Nelsova, Julius Berger, Luca
Fiorentini et al.; Various Artists (5 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
5 BLC 94934 $24.99
This invaluable survey of that most Romantic of
instruments includes both the classic concertos of
the era, by Dvorák and Saint-Saëns, as well as a
generous selection of encores and showpieces,
performed by a variety of cellists from this and
earlier generations.
Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos [2 CDs + DVD]
Bach: 6 Suites for solo cello / Wieland Kuijken
Works: J.S. Bach: 6
Suites for Violoncello Solo;
Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
& Harpsichord Artists:
Wieland Kuijken, cello; Piet
Kuijken, harpsichord (3 CD)
(Arcana)
3 ACAA 383 $37.49
As Wieland Kuijken confesses in his interesting
text, he laboured over the Cello Suites with his
instrument (credited to Andrea Amati) for 30 years
before eventually deciding that his interpretation
was ready for this compelling recording: ‘Today
more than ever, I think it is a whole lifetime that
one puts into these works, regardless of whatever
one might say, whatever one might know.’
Ivo Pogorelich: The Complete Recordings on
Deutsche Grammophon [14 CDs]
Works: Chopin, Beethoven,
Ravel, Liszt, Haydn,
Scarlati, Bach, Mozart et
al. Artists: Ivo Pogorelich,
piano (14 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
14 DGG B002265002 $52.99
Here, for the first time in a
single box set, are the 14 extraordinary albums
that Ivo Pogorelich recorded as an exclusive
Deutsche Grammophon artist between 1981 and
1995. The set includes original cover sleeves and
new liner notes with recordings of works by Bach,
Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart,
Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Ravel,
Scarlatti, Scriabin and Tchaikovsky. His album of
Prokofiev’s Sixth Sonata won the Rosette Award in
the Penguin Guide.
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The Romantic Cello: Various Artists
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Artists: David Grimal, violin, Les Dissonances. (3
CD) (Les Dissonances) (live, March 2004)
3 LESD 006 $40.49
Led by first violinist David Grimal, the overriding
goal of the conductor-less orchestra Les Dissonances is to reinvent musical practice through
a participative project where all the musicians’
talents and ideas can shine. This set features original cadenzas for each of the concertos written by
composer and harpsichordist Brice Pauset. Grimal
is the soloist in these evergreen gems of the Classical period.
Boulez: The Complete Erato Recordings [14 CDs]
Works by: Xenakis, Donatoni, Grisey, Dufourt, Ferneyhough, Harvey and Höller.
Artists: Pierre Boulez/BBC
Singers; BBC SO; Chicago
SO; Choeur de Radio-France
; Ensemble Intercontemporain; Les Percussions de
Strasbourg ; London SO; New Swingle Singers ;
The John Alldis Choir.
14 ERA 2564619048 $75.99 On Sale
These Erato recordings, made between 1966 and
1992, feature composers otherwise absent from
Boulez’s discography and the first CD release of
the interpretation of Stravinsky’s incantatory Les
Soucoupes in the version for female voices and
four horns.
Sibelius: Complete Works for Mixed Choir
Artists: Heikki Seppanen/
Estonian Philharmonic
Chamber Choir. (2 CD) (Ondine)
2 OND 1260 $31.99
The fourth album on Ondine
by the Estonian Philharmonic
Chamber Choir is dedicated
to the composer’s complete
works for mixed choir. The Estonian Philharmonic
Chamber Choir’s first Ondine release was given
an ‘Editor’s Choice’ by the Gramophone Magazine
and ‘Disc of the Year’ by German weekly Die Zeit.
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Maria Joao Pires: Complete Concerto
Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
This 5-CD box set collection
brings together all of pianist
Maria João Pires’ concerto
recordings for Deutsche
Grammophon from between
1990 and 2011. Includes
works by Chopin, Mozart
and Schumann recorded
with conductors Claudio Abbado and Emmanuel
Krivine. (5 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon)
5 DGG B002281502 $21.48 On Sale
Steven M. Miller (1965-2014): Between Noise
and Silence / [7 CDs + 1 DVD]
Works: Steven M. Miller (1965-2014): Between
Noise and Silence Artists: Steven M. Miller,
Annea Lockwood, Steve Peters et al. (8 CD &
DVD) (Innova)
8 INNO 252 $26.99 On Sale
Between Noise & Silence includes six CDs of
Miller’s electro-acoustic music. The set also
includes a DVD of short films by Michael Saul, with
whom Miller had a long and fruitful collaboration.
Finally, it includes a tribute CD of new and
unreleased music dedicated to Steven’s memory,
and a handsome 40-page booklet.
Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 / Sir Colin
Davis [3 SA Hybird CDs + 1 Blu-ray audio CD]
Artists: Colin Davis/London
SO. (3 SA Hybrid CD + 1
Pure Audio Bu-ray disc)
(LSO Live (London SO)
4 LSO 0789 $29.99
These recordings, made during Sir Colin Davis’ ‘Indian
summer’ with the London
Symphony Orchestra, are acknowledged amongst
the finest recordings ever made of this repertoire,
receiving numerous awards. Neilsen was a master
symphonist and his music is often mesmerizing,
combining propulsive energy with lyrical invention.
Conductor Dmitri Kitayenko on Melodiya [6 CDs]
This 6 CD set includes recordings made by Dmitri
Kitayenko in studio and in concert from 1975 to
1987 with Moscow Philharmonic Society Orchestra
and the USSR State Academic Symphony. The
chamber pieces by Corelli, Grieg, Respighi and
Richard Strauss, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1,
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, oratorical works
by Donizetti, Brahms, Puccini and Rachmaninoff,
and Tchaikovsky’s Fantasia for piano and orchestra. (6 CD) (Melodiya) 6 MELY 1002320 $71.99
Emma Kirkby: The Complete Recitals - Songs
& airs [12 CDs]
Works: Campion, Dowland, Morley, Lawes,
Grandi, Monteerdi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Mozart
Artists: Emma Kirkby, soprano (12 CD) (Decca)
12 DEC B002268802 $33.98
This 12-CD collection brings together Emma
Kirkby’s complete L’Oiseau-Lyre recitals in a single
set. Kirkby’s pure, crystalline sound defined how
vocal music of the baroque and earlier eras should
sound for a whole generation and beyond.
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New Opera Releases
Opera & Vocal: April Highlights
Wagner: The Ring / Clemens Kraus; Bayreuth ‘53
Rossini: William Tell, opera (Complete)
Artists: Andrew Foster-Williams, Michael Spyres, Judith Howarth. Antonino Fogliani/Virtuosi Brunensis et al. (4 CD) (Naxos)
4 NXS 8660363 $49.99
Performed for the first time in its original uncut version, this production of Guillaume
Tell was the jewel in the crown of the 25-year history of the ‘Rossini in Wildbad’
opera festival. Rossini’s final, great, operatic masterpiece is a story of liberation,
the oppressed Swiss attaining emancipation by hounding the tyrannical Habsburgs
out of their country. Although it was composed for the complex demands of the
Paris Opera, numerous dances, choruses and arias were dropped for reasons of
practicality. These are restored in the present recording which also includes the
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte / Musicaeterna; Teodor Currentzis
Artists: Simone Kermes, Malena Ernman et al.; Teodor Currentzis/Musicaeterna. (3 CD) (Sony Classical)
3 SNYC 88843095832 $26.99 On Sale
Opera music’s revolutionaries, Teodor Currentzis and his orchestra MusicAeterna,
follow up their ECHO prize-winning release of ‘Le Nozze de Figaro’ with a new
recording of Mozart’s ‘Cosí Fan Tutte’. Like Figaro, ‘Cosí Fan Tutte’ is a no-compromise studio recording and the fruit of a unique way of living and working which
Currentzis has established in Perm, Russia, a remote, formerly closed city. The
recording of ‘Cosí Fan Tutti’ represents an unprecedented commitment in terms of
preparation, session and postproduction time, to create the best possible sound.
Agostino Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe, opera
Artists: Jacek Laszczkowski,
lestyn Davies, Veronique
Gens et al.; Thomas Hengelbrock/Balthasar Neumann
Ensemble (3 CD) (Opus Arte) 3 BOA 9008D $38.99
“Lukas Hemleb’s production is tasteful and elegant, and graced with some
imaginative coups de théâtre. Thomas Henegelbrock
conducts the expert Balthasar Neumann Ensemble,
and there is first-class singing from a cast of period
-The Daily Telegraph
stylists...”
Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen, semi-opera
Artists: Harry Christophers/The Sixteen
(1 CD) (Coro)
COO 16129 $16.49
Henry Purcell was a brilliant music dramatist, and
in The Indian Queen (1664) there is a plethora of
detail, color, and characterization to be explored in
every symphony, air, and dance.
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Artists: Ruggero Raimondi,
Margaret Price, Julia Varady,
Lucia Popp et al.; Wolfgang
Sawallisch/Bavarian State Opera (Live, 1973). (3 CD) (Orfeo) 3 ORF 846153 $53.99
In this delightful 1973 production of Don Giovanni
from the Munich Opera Festival, Ruggero Raimondi
conquered the Bavarian State Opera with his irresistible bass-baritone voice, while Margaret Price,
Julia Varady and Lucia Popp turned the evening
into a musical feast - as we can now hear in this live
recording of the opening night.
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus / Sutherland et al.
Artists: Joan Sutherland, Judith Blegen, Spiro
Malas, Ragnar Ulfung et al.. Richard Bonynge/San
Francisco Opera Orchestra (2 CD) (Bella Voce) .
2 BVC 7702557CD $17.99
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Wagner: Tannhäuser / Staatskapelle Berlin; Suitner
Artists: Otmar Suitner/Berlin Staatskapelle Orch.;
Siegfried Lorenz, Elisabeth Grummer, Klaus Lang et
al. (3 CD) (Gala)
3 GLA 7704740CD $17.99
Georges Bizet: Carmen / Leonard Bernstein et al.
Bellini: La Straniera / Gruberova, Bros et al.
Artists: Edita Gruberova, José Bros et al. Pietro
Rizzo/SWR SO Baden-Baden und Freiberg. (2 CD)
(Nightingale Classics)
2 NGL 0715603 $29.99
Edita Gruberova, the “prima donna assoluta of belcanto” is the star of this acclaimed new production.
Rossini: William Tell / Muti; Florence, 1972
Artists: Riccardo Muti/Chorus & Orchestra of the
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Nicolai Gedda, Eva
Marton, Agostino Ferrin, Dino Formichini, Luigi Roni
(3 CD) (Gala)
3 GLA 7704271CD $17.99
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Artists: Mario Del Monaco et al. Vassily Nebolsin/
Bolshoi Theater Chorus & Orchestra (3 CD) (Gala) 3 GLA 7705745CD $17.99
Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini, opera
Artists: Gianandrea Gavazzeni/Orchestre
National de France; Aldo Protti, Jean-Christophe
Benoit, Ilva Ligabue, Michel Hamel. (2 CD) (Gala) 2 GLA 7704509CD $12.99
Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini, opera
Artists: Maria Caniglia, Giacinto Prandelli et al.;
Rome SO & Chorus of the RAI; Guarnieri
(2 CD) (Widescreen)
2 WIEN 121192 $22.99
Puccini: Suor Angelica; Mascagni: Cavalleria
Rusticana / Tebaldi, Simionato, Björling et al.
Artists: Alberto Erede/Chorus & Orchestra of the
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (2 CD) (Widescreen) 2 WIEN 121200 $22.99
Verdi: Otello / Domingo, Price (Paris, 1978)
Artists: Nello Santi/Theatre National de l’Opera. Plácido Domingo, Jane Berbi‚ Kostas Paskalis (2 CD)
(Bella Voce)
2 BVC 7703162CD $17.99
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Bergonzi; Solti et al.
Artists: Carlo Bergonzi, Birgit Nilsson, Giulietta Simionato et al.; Georg Solti/Accademia di S. Cecilia
di Roma Chorus & Orchestra; (2 CD) (Widescreen)
2 WIEN 121211 $22.99
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Artists: Astrid Varnay,
Hans Hotter, Josef Greindl,
Wolfgang Windgassen, Rita
Streich; Clemens Krauss/
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
(14 CD) (Gala)
14 GLA 7702087CD $80.99
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Artists: Marilyn Horne, James
McCracken, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, Colette Borky,
Marcia Baldwin. Leonard Bernstein/Metropolitan Opera Orch.
& Chorus (2 SACD)(PentaTone) 2 PTE 5186216 $35.99
Let the debate be renewed!
Bernstein’s 1972 Deutsche Grammophon recording
of Georges Bizet’s Carmen divided critics then and
afterwards with its daringly slow tempi (which others
considered revelatory). Not up for debate, however,
are the spectacular sonics, revealed anew here
thanks to advances in audio playback technology.
Havergal Brian: The Tigers, opera
Artists: Teresa Cahill, Alison Hargan, Marilyn Hill
Smith, et al.; Lionel Friend/BBC Singers; BBC SO.
(3 CD) (Testament) 3 TES 31496 $54.49 On Sale
Testament presents the first CD release of Havergal
Brian’s opera ‘The Tigers,’ taken from a 1983 recording made at its BBC Radio 3 studio première performance. The first of Brian’s five operas, ‘The Tigers’ is
set in August 1914, at the beginning of World War I.
Thomas Sleeper (b.1956): Einstein’s
Inconsistency, a series of operas
Artists: Tony Boutté, John Duykers, Caitlin McKechney et al.; Thomas Sleeper/Bruno Philharmonia.
(1 CD) (Albany Records)
ALB 1551 $18.99
Thomas Sleeper’s ‘Einstein’s Inconsistency’ is a
series of eight operas, the longest being about 20
minutes with the shortest just under a minute. One
cannot experience this work and remain unaltered
by it; the operas contain some of the composer’s
most inventive and powerful music to date.
Ricky Ian Gordon: 27, An Opera in Five Acts
Artists: Stephanie Blythe, Theo Lebow, Daniel
Brevik et al. Michael Christie/St. Louis SO members
(2 CD) (Albany Records)
2 ALB 1549 $35.99
This recording was made at the world premiere performances of this work in Saint Louis, June 2014.
Shchedrin: The Left-Hander, comic opera
Artists: Popov, Alieva et al. Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Orch. (2 SACD) (Mariinsky)
2 MARK 0554
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Specially written for Gergiev on the occasion of his
60th birthday, Rodion Shchedrin’s The Left-Hander
is a comedy of Russians and Englishmen, new
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New Vocal Albums
Albums of Lieder & Songs
Dimitri Hvorostovsky: 3 Classic Albums
Albums: Tchaikovsky & Verdi Arias; Dark Eyes: Russian
Folksongs; Songs & Dances
of Death Artists: Valery Gergiev/Rotterdam PO et al.
(3 CD) (Decca)
3 DEC B002268702 $18.98
This limited-edition release
includes three albums, each presented in its original cover art in a gatefold card.
Schubert: The Song Collection [6 CDs]
Works: Die schone Mullerin;
Winterreise; Schwanengesang;
plus select songs Artists: Robert Holl, bass-bar.; Ellen van
Lier, sop.; Naum Grubert, Konrad Richter, David Lutz, pianists
(6 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
6 BLC 95111 $29.99
This release brings together classic recordings by
stalwart Schubert interpreters Robert Holl and Ellen
van Lier, accompanied by Konrad Richter, David Lutz
and Naum Grubert. Gramophone called Robert Holl
“a mature, thoughtful Schubertian”, and BBC Music
stated that his Schubert performances “stand alone in
their musical truthfulness and depth of insight.”
José van Dam: Autograph - Songs of Ravel, Berlioz, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Gounod, et al. [10 CD]
Artists: José van Dam, bass-bar. et al. (10 CD)
(Warner)
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Celebrating his 75th birthday in 2015 is the Belgian
bass-baritone José van Dam, who ranks as one
of the great singers of the last quarter of the 20th
century, renowned for his insight and integrity in
French, Italian, Austro-German and Russian operatic roles - ranging from the Baroque era to contemporary works - and in French and German song.
Ravel: Complete Mélodies
Artists: Monica Piccinini,
sop.; Elisabetta Lombardi, Sophie Marilley, mzz.; Christian
Immler, bar.; Filippo Farinelli,
piano. Marco Momi/ECU Ensemble. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 94743 $12.99
This album contains all of Ravel’s vocal music,
featuring four renowned singers supported by the
Ensemble Contemporaneo dell’Umbria. Soprano
Monica Piccinini, a major operatic performer who
is debuting at La Scala later in 2015, is joined by
mezzos Elisabetta Lombardi and Sophie Marille.
Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 3 / Gerald
Finley, bass-baritone; Julius Drake, piano
The third volume in Hyperion’s Complete Liszt Songs
cycle features the highly acclaimed Canadian baritone
Gerald Finley. The songs included here encompass
everything from finely honed miniatures to big-boned
epics of tragic import, and these compelling performances elicit from the multi-award-winning pairing
of Finley and pianist Julius Drake a sense of paced
drama and pathos which is rarely matched.
(1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67956 $19.99
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Poulenc: Mass in G major; Sept Chansons; Motets / Elora Festival Singers; Noel Edison
Brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, which he abandoned in 1917 following
the death of his father, Poulenc returned to the Church in 1936 after the death
of his close friend and fellow composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud. Together
these events caused a spiritual crisis in Poulenc’s life which led to a series of
important compositions for chorus. The powerful Mass in G major, dedicated
to the memory of his father, is notable for its daring use of tonality, though the
playfulness of Poulenc’s ‘Les Six’ period is not absent. In the Sept Chansons,
set to surrealist texts, and in the two sets of Motets – both very personal and
penitential – Poulenc generates a huge range of emotion. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8572978 $12.99
Bizet: Roma; March funèbre; Overture; Patrie; Petite suite
Artists: Jean-Luc Tingaud/RTÉ National SO. (1 CD)
NXS 8573344 $12.99
The success of Bizet’s opera ‘Carmen’ has overshadowed the rest of his output, but this fascinating orchestral program reveals more of his talent for writing
colorful, atmospheric and melodic music. The Overture in A was Bizet’s first
orchestral work and went unperformed in his lifetime, while the Marche funèbre
was originally the prelude to an opera about love and vengeance, now lost.
The dramatic overture ‘Patrie’ captures the mood following the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870-71, while the Petite suite comprises a set of movements from Jeux
d’enfants. Conceived in Italy as a symphony, ‘Roma’ occupied the composer
for 11 years before the final version heard here.
Alexandre Tansman: Music for Violin & Piano
Artists: Klaidi Sahatçi, vln;
Giorgio Koukl, pno (1 CD) NXS 8573127 $12.99
Although Alexandre Tansman was considered a
genius in his lifetime, these
recordings demonstrate
that much of his chamber music remains to be
rediscovered after years of neglect. Tansman’s
early successes included the prize-winning Romance and late-Romantic Sonate No. 2, ensuring
his move from Poland into Parisian cultural life.
The exploratory character and exquisite poetry of
the Sonate quasi una fantasia contrasts with the
concise First Sonatine with its playful Fox-Trot.
Despite its wartime origins the Second Sonatine is
bright and buoyant, while the Fantaisie is an expressively lyrical product of Tansman’s final period.
And the Bridge is Love: English String Music
Works: Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934): Aquarelles
(2), for strings; Elgar (1857 - 1934): Chanson de
matin, Op. 15 No. 2; Introduction & Allegro, Op.
47; String Serenade, Op. 20; Sospiri; Howard
Goodall (1958 - ): And the Bridge Is Love, for cello
& string orchestra; Works of John Ireland; William
Lloyd Webber; Ralph Vaughan Williams; William
Walton Artists: Julian Lloyd Weber, cello, conductor; English Chamber Orchestra (1 CD) (Naxos
(USA) NXS 8573250 $12.99
This wide-ranging program of English music for
strings includes the world première recording
of Howard Goodall’s moving And the Bridge is
Love, in which Julian Lloyd Webber plays cello,
and of William Lloyd Webber’s The Moon, only
performed for the first time in 2014. There are also
established classics such as Elgar’s Introduction
and Allegro, Op. 47,
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M.A. Kuzmin (1872-1936): Sacred Songs
Artists: Mila Shkirtil, mzz.;
Yuri Serov/Karelia State
SO et al. (1 CD)
NXS 8573192 $12.99
The great twentieth-century Russian poet, Mikhail
Alexeevich Kuzmin, was
for much of his early life
also passionately devoted
to composition. Masterpieces of the vocal miniature, his Sacred Songs for voice and orchestra
are settings of his own words based on studies of
ancient Russian music. His incidental music for
Masquerade is notable for a heartfelt Romance
and a closing chorus which draws upon traditional
Russian church music. The Society of Honoured
Bell Ringers displays Mahlerian and Mozartian
influences whilst greater harmonic complexity can
be savored in Cumin’s edgier music for Hinkemann the German.
Manuel Castillo (1930-2005): Guitar Music
Carl Czerny: Bel Canto Concertante - Variations
for piano & Orchestra
Works: Carl Czerny (1791
- 1857): Grandes Variations
di Bravura on 2 Auber motifs, for piano & orchestra;
Introduction et Variations
Brillantes on a Pacini
Marche et al. Artists: Rosemary Tuck, piano. Richard
Bonynge/English CO. (1 CD) NXS 8573254 $12.99
Carl Czerny is remembered as a pupil and friend of
Beethoven and as a composer of piano studies, but in
his lifetime he was renowned for a prodigious output
of brilliant concert works, most of which remain entirely unknown to present-day audiences and performers.
Inspired by the most famous and attractive themes
from Bel Canto operas which were hugely popular in
their time and are still performed today, these sets of
variations give full rein to the soloist and are a major
contribution to the great pianist-composer tradition.
Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard
Sonatas, Vol. 16 / Duanduan Hao, piano
Employed by several royal
families, Domenico Scarlatti
moved to Madrid in 1728
following the marriage of
his pupil, the Infanta Maria
Barbara, to the heir to the
Spanish throne. There, he
wrote a vast number of sonatas that remain amongst
the most important of the 18th century. Duanduan
Hao’s previous recording for this series [NXS
8572586] was acclaimed by Classics Today for his
‘crisp, well-poised finger-work, centered sonority, and
superb articulation [which] are ideal for Scarlatti’.
(1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8573288 $12.99
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American Classics
John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 2 / Falletta
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Works: Kasidas del Alcázar; Sonata; Guitar Quintet
Artists: Marcello Fantoni,
guitar soloist; Marco Ramelli, guitar; Eleonora Mosca, voice; Castillo Quartet
(1 CD)
.
NXS 8573365 $12.99
The Spanish composer Manuel Castillo wrote prolifically in a wide range of genres. His works for
guitar reveal a keen awareness of the instrument’s
expressive and virtuosic potential, whether in the
passionate energy of the Sonata or the evocative imagery of the beautiful Kasidas del Alcázar,
inspired by the kasidas (an Arabic poetic form) of
the 20th-century Sevillian poet Joaquín Romero
Murube. The masterly Quintet with Guitar is an
important addition to the small body of 20th-century works for guitar and string quartet.
Sir Malcolm Arnold: David Copperfield; The Roots
of Heaven (Film Scores) / Moscow SO; Stromberg
Artists: William Stromberg/Moscow SO. (1 CD)
NXS 8573366 $12.99
A legend in British concert
halls, Sir Malcolm Arnold
was also in demand as a
composer of film music in
Hollywood and beyond.
Including an overture for
the New York première, the score for The Roots of
Heaven adds drama and atmosphere to the story
of one man’s crusade to save African elephants
from extinction. David Copperfield was Arnold’s
last film score and one of his most expressive
and memorable, summed up as ‘truly amazing’ by
director Delbert Mann. ClassicsToday.com has
described this recording as ‘a treat for Arnold fans
and movie buffs alike.’
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Works: John Knowles Paine
(1839-1906): Symphony No.
2, ‘In the Spring’ Artists:
JoAnn Falletta/Ulster Orch. (1
CD) NXS 8559748 $12.99
Favorite among his own
works, Paine’s Second Symphony was described on its
New York première as “a
serious, important and totally beautiful work.”
Bernstein: Works for Piano Solo / Dossin
Works: Bernstein: Music
for the Dance No. II; Sonata
for Piano; 4 selections from
‘Thirteen Anniversaries’
Artists: Alexandre Dossin,
piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8559756 $12.99
Known for his large-scale
compositions, Leonard Bernstein also wrote important works for his own instrument, the piano. Acclaimed by international critics, the
young Brazilian-born Alexandre Dossin has already
firmly established himself as a pianist of the first rank.
George Rochberg: Complete Flute Music, Vol. 1
Works: George Rochberg
(b.1918): ‘Caprice ‘Variations;
‘Between Two Worlds;’ ‘Slow
Fires of Autumn’ Artists:
Christina Jennings, flute; Lura
Johnson, harp; June Han,
piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559776 $12.99
Praised for her virtuoso
technique and rich tone, flutist Christina Jennings is
an acknowledged expert in Rochberg’s music.
Aaron Jay Kernis: Orchestral Works
Works: Aaron Jay Kernis
(b.1960): Three Flavors; Two
Movements; Ballade out of the
Blue; Superstar Etude 3 Artists: Andrew Russo, piano;
James Ehnes, violin; David
Alan Miller/Albany SO. (1 CD)
NXS 8559711 $12.99
Winner of the coveted 2002
Grawemeyer Award and one of the youngest composers ever to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Aaron
Jay Kernis is among the most distinguished musical
figures of his generation.
Air Force Blue: Works for
Wind Band / USAF Band
Works: 3 mvts from Holst’s
The Planets; Philip Wilby:
Dawn Flight; Joel Puckett:
Asimov’s Aviary et al. Artists: Colonel Larry H. Lang/
U.S. Airforce Band. (1 CD) NXS 8573405 $12.99
The spectacular virtuosity of The United States Air
Force Band can be heard in ‘Time Travels’ by the
band’s chief arranger, Senior Master Sgt. Robert
Thurston, and in the superb arrangement of three
movements from Holst’s The Planets, as well as
other important works by American
composers.
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Angels Sing: Libera Boys Choir in America
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Bryn Terfel, Anja Kampe, Matti Salminen et al. [Blu-ray or DVD]
Artists: Alain Altinoglu/Philharmonia Zürich. Bryn Terfel; Matti Salminen;
Liliana Nikiteanu; Anja Kampe; Marco Jentzsch (Deutsche Grammophon)
(140 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) Blu-Ray: DGG B002264759 $38.98
1 DVD: DGG B002264809 $29.98
DG is proud to present an exciting and exceptional new opera production on
DVD and BR: Bryn Terfel stars in Richard Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer
(The Flying Dutchman). This is the first time that Terfel has recorded this opera.
Bryn is surrounded by a stellar cast and crew: renowned French conductor
Alain Altinoglu takes the musical lead, and Matti Salminen - a living legend on
the world’s opera stages - personifies Daland, with Anja Kampe as Senta.
“Vocally, Terfel was in top form throughout and his diction was, as usual, crystal
clear, the role of the Dutchman (short by Wotan standards) suits him perfectly....
the night belonged to Terfel and the cheers rang out into the snowy night.”
.
--MusicWeb International Review
Rossini: Opera Festival Collection / Dmitri Jurowski [4 BR or 6 DVD]
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Artists: Antonello Allemandi/
Orch. e Choeur du Capitole
de Toulouse. Ludovic Tezier;
Alain Gabriel; Giovanni Furlanetto et al. (Opus Arte) (224
min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC,
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DTS HD Master Audio/Dolby
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Blu-Ray: BOA 7165D $38.99
DVD:
BOA 1166D $29.99
“Allemandi demonstrated full authority over the
stage, establishing ample tempos to support the
singers’ soaring vocal lines...”
-- Opera Today
Gluck: Alceste [BR or DVD]
Artists: Ivor Bolton/Teatro Real
Orch. e Chorus. Paul Groves;
Angela Denoke; et al. (EuroArts)
(150 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9,
Color; Sound: PCM Stereo)
Blu-Ray: EUA 3074974 $38.99
DVD:
EUA 3074978 $29.99
The 300th anniversary of
Gluck’s birth in 2014 was celebrated at Madrid’s Teatro Real with this arresting new
production of Alceste, staged by Krysztof Warlikowski.
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Charles Wuorinen/Annie Proulx: Brokeback
Mountain, opera [2 Blu-Ray or 3 DVD]
Artists: Titus Engel/Orquesta
e Coro del Teatro Real de
Madrid. Daniel Okulitch; Tom
Randle; Heather Buck; Titus
Engel; Ivo van Hove (Bel Air
Classiques) (150 min.; Pic Fmt:
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2 BR: 2 BAC 411 $38.99
3 DVD: 3 BAC 111 $29.99
“A serious work, an impressive achievement.” --NY Times
Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas [DVD]
Artists: Vincent Dumestre/Le Poème Harmonique; Opéra
de Rouen. Vivica Genaux; Vincent Dumestre et al.
(2 DVD) (Alpha)(80 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): Dolby Dgtl. 5.1) AHP 706 $38.99
Henry Purcell wrote only a single opera in his short career - he died at the age of 36 - but with it, he left us a
gem of rare beauty and extreme concision.
Oliver Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are [DVD]
Artists: Oliver Knussen/London Sinfonietta; Glyndebourne Fest. Opera; Rosemary Hardy; Neil Jenkins;
Mary King et al. (1 DVD) (Kultur) KUL D4451 $23.99
A collaboration of one of Britain’s foremost composers, Oliver Knussen, with the vivid magical images
of American artist and author, Maurice Sendak.
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With Libera in America, the young London Boys
Choir pay tribute to their host country and church
with a characteristic blend of sacred and secular
music in both the classical and popular traditions.
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World-renowned mezzo soprano Cecilia Bartoli is joined on
this release by the award-winning bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.
Recorded live in the Glyndebourne Opera House,
the program features extracts from opera classics
including ‘Don Giovanni’, ‘The Marriage of Figaro’,
‘L’Elisier D’Amore’ and ‘La Clemenza di Tito’.
Sacred Music of Bach, Haydn & Beethoven [5 DVD]
Works: Bach: Mass in B minor; Saint Matthew Passion;
Beethoven: Missa solemnis;
Haydn: The Creation
Artists: John Nelson/CO of
Europe; Gulbenkian Choir;
Maîtrise de Paris; Paris CO;
Schola Cantorum of Oxford;
et al. (709 min.; NTSC, 16:9, Color;
PCM Stereo, Dolby Dgtl 5.0, DTS 5.0)
.
5 EUA 2075118 $79.49
This 5-DVD box set presents four of the greatest sacred
works from the Baroque, Classical and early-Romantic
eras, all featuring the acclaimed maestro John Nelson
and each performance highlighting a different ensemble.
Viva Verdi: 200th Birthday Gala in Beijing [2 DVD]
Works: Requiem, Arias et al. Artists: Ju Jia/Chorus &
Orch. of the China Nat’l Performing Arts Ctr (2DVD)(Accentus)
(181 min.; NTSC, 16:9, PCM Stereo)
ACTS 20302 $38.99
Created exclusively for the occasion of Verdi’s 200th
birthday, Beijing’s most important opera house, the
National Centre for the Performing Arts, presents an
exceptional gala: Viva Verdi. It features stars from
the opera world such as Dilbèr and Roberto Scandiuzzi as they perform the best moments from Verdi’s
operas and his Messa da Requiem in a visually
stunning production by director Hugo de Ana.
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 / Royal
Concertgebouw; Iván Fischer [3 BR or 3 DVD]
Artists: Iván Fischer/Royal
Concertgebouw Orch. (RCO
Live) (381 min.; Pic Fmt: BluRay/NTSC, 1.33:1, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
3 BR: RCOL 14108 $67.49
3 DVD: RCOL 14109 $67.49
There are conductors who
can re-contextualize these
symphonies in such a way that
they sound completely new, as Iván Fischer proved
in 2013 and 2014 in his Beethoven Series with the
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. “[Fischer and the
RCO] play a perfect Pastoral... The swinging Seventh
[...] can compete with the legendary performance of
Carlos Kleiber...”
--The Parool (Netherlands)
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 8 & 9 / Bernstein
Works: Arias & Duets of Mozart,
Rossini, Donizzeti & Handel Artists: Cecilia Bartoli, mz.; Bryn
Terfel, bass-baritone; MyungWhun Chung/London PO.
(1 DVD)
KUL D0840 $19.99
In the 25th year of the Rossini Opera Festival, Arthaus Musik has gathered
four complete operas in its release of “Rossini Opera Festival Collection
- Live From Pesaro.” This collection offers a cross section of the great composer’s opera creation that shouldn’t be missed by any fan of Rossini’s work.
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Donizetti: La Favorite [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Works: Joyful, Joyful, We
Adore Thee; Sanctus (on
Pachelbel’s Canon); T. Muramatsu: Song of Life; Amazing
Grace; Schubert: Ave Maria
et al. Artists: Libera Boys’
Choir. (Warner Classics) (75
min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC,
16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s):
LPCM 16 bit/Stereo, DTS 5.1)
Bartoli & Terfel at Glyndebourne [DVD]
Works: Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna; Demetrio e Polibo; Le Comte Ory;
Sigismondo. Artists: Dmitri Jurowski/Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di
Bologna; Orch. del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Lorenzo Regazzo; Laura
Polverelli; Daniela Barcellona; Roberto De Candia; Olga Peretyatko.
(Arthaus) (550 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
4 Blu-Ray: AHM 109062 $118.99
6 DVD: AHM 109061 $118.99
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Immortal Beethoven
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Artists: Leonard Bernstein/
Vienna PO; Kurt Moll; Hanna
Schwarz; Gwyneth Jones; René
Kollo. (1 DVD) (Decca Import)
DECI 0734497DV $28.49
“One of the great Beethoven
performances (of No. 9) ... From
first note to last, Bernstein is
alive to every inflection, every
nuance in Beethoven’s score.” -ClassicsToday.com
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2, 6 & 7 / Bernstein
Artists: Leonard Bernstein/Wiener Philharmoniker.
(1 DVD-Video) (Deutsche Grammophon Import) DGGI 0734498DV $28.49
Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven [DVD]
Works: Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus; “Choral
Fantasy”; Missa solemnis Artists: Leonard Bernstein/
Royal Concertgebouw Orch.; Wiener Philharmoniker.
(1 DVD) (Decca Import)
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Maazel [DVD]
Artists: Lorin Maazel/Orch.
Symphonica Toscanini; Coro
del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Vale Rideout; Birgit Remmert; Maria Luigia Borsi. (1 DVD)
(Kultur)
KUL D4357 $19.99
Filmed at the majestic Basilica Papale di San Paolo in
Vatican City, Lorin Maazel
conducts the Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini. Soloists include Maria Luigia
Borsi and Birgit Remmert.
Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 9 / Karajan [BR]
Artists: Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker. Agnes
Baltsa; Anna Tomowa-Sintow; José Van Dam; René
Kollo (1 Blu-Ray) (EuroArts) (119 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, B&W;
Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
EUA 2072724 $38.99
This rousing interpretation of the Ninth Symphony
was recorded live on new Year’s Eve, 1977 in Berlin.
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Jiří Kylián: The Choreographer [BR or DVD]
In this intimate portrait, many
extracts from Kylián ballets
are included, as well as
fascinating archive film and
interviews with colleagues.
“Ballets choreographed by
Jiri Kylian are passionate,
rhapsodic, even tempestuous.”
--The NY Times
(Arthaus) (61 min.; Blu-Ray/
NTSC, 4:3, Color; PCM Stereo)
BR: AHM 108152 $38.99
DVD: AHM 102212
Cyprien Katsaris: Live in Shanghai 2005 [DVD]
Works: Bach: Toccata &
Fugue, BWV 565; Schubert:
Rosamunde, ballet music; Ernst
Pauer: Princess of Cyprus;
Jacques-Francois Halevy/
Wagner: The Queen of Cyprus,
overture Artists: Cyprien
Katsaris, piano (2 DVD) (Piano 21)
P21 34 $22.99
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This DVD presents the recital that
Cyprien Katsaris gave at the International Piano Festival
of Shanghai Conservatory of Music on October 4th, 2005.
In addition to the transcriptions are a number of lesserknown works of Liszt, there is also a Chinese piece that
Katsaris learned at the very last moment, an hour before
the concert started, especially for the Shanghai audience.
Daniel Trifonov: The Magics of Music [DVD]
Works by: Chopin, Scriabin,
Ravel, Strauss & Rachmaninov
Artists: Daniel Trifonov, piano
(1DVD) (Christopher Nupen Films) (103
min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9,
Color; Sound: PCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0) .
CNFS 19 $29.99
These two films by Christopher
Nupen, 4-time winner of the
Documentary DVD of the Year
Award, offer an intimate view of pianist Daniil Trifonov
and his awe-inspiring gifts. Mr. Trifonov, winner of
both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions at
age 20, is seen in performances and in conversations
in which he demonstrates his earnestness, modesty
and high intelligence. Gramophone called Christopher
Nupen: “King of the music documentary.”
Debussy: Préludes, Book I / Barenboim [Blu-Ray]
Artists: Daniel Barenboim, piano (Blu-Ray Video)
(EuroArts) (77 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) EUA 2013114 $29.99
Claude Debussy wanted his piano preludes to be
played and listened to privately. Daniel Barenboim,
interpreting these delicate musical pieces in surroundings reflecting the composer’s turn-of-the-century ambience, pays tender tribute to the composer’s wish.
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Paloma Herrera: Here & Now, a Portrait [DVD]
Paloma Herrera: Here
and Now shows different
aspects of the personal
life and career of the ABT
Prima Ballerina. The film
includes interviews with her
in New York and Buenos
Aires, the testimony of her
teachers, and clips of her
dancing in rehearsal and in
performance. (DVD)(Kultur) KUL D4749 $19.99
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Fleming [Blu-Ray]
Artists: Christian
Thielemann/Münchner PO;
Philharmonia Chor Wien.
Renée Fleming, sop.;
Jonas Kaufmann, tnr; Diana
Damrau, sop. et al..(1 BluRay) (Decca Import)
DECI 0743343BD $37.49
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Renée Fleming appears in
one of her greatest roles - the
beautiful Marschalin of Strauss’s bittersweet comedy
of love, Der Rosenkavalier. Appearing with a stellar
cast, Herbert Wernicke’s celebrated Salzburg Festival production was specially restaged at the Festpienhaus Baden-Baden for this high definition film.
Richard Strauss Gala [Blu-ray or 2 DVD]
Works: Selections from ‘Der Rosenkavalier,’ ‘Salome,’ ‘Arabella,’ ‘Feuersnot’ et al. Artists: Goerke, Harteros, Nylund; Christian Thielemann/Staatskapelle Dresden (C Major) (146 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC,
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The Staatskapelle Dresden’s reputation as “THE
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to Richard Strauss and his works, dating back some
130 years ago, performing many world premieres
of Richard Strauss’s operas and orchestral works.
The DVD includes the documentary My Strauss
with Christian Thielemann, including much archival
Strauss footage, rehearsals and concert excerpts.
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Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire [DVD]
Artists: Georgine Resick; John Blacklow, piano;
Karen Bruranskas, cello; Amanda Grimm, violin.
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Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight, opera [DVD]
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Paavo Järvi
Artists: P. Järvi/Frankfurt RSO
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This C Major Video release
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Sixth Symphonies continues
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Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, which since
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Stravinsky: The Firebird / Gergiev [BR or DVD]
Artists: Valery Gergiev/Kirov
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Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird’ is
based on the mystical Russian
folk tale of enchantment and
love and here features the top
dancers from the internationally renowned National
Ballet of Canada. Conductor Valery Gergiev leads
The Kirov Orchestra in the musical performance.
Summer Night Concert, 2010 / Vienna Phil.
Works: Music of John Williams, Holst, Strauss I
& II et al. Artists: Yefim Bronfman, piano. Franz
Welser-Möst/Wiener Philharmoniker. (1 DVDVideo) (Decca Import) DECI 0762776DV $31.49
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert, 2009 [BR]
Works: Schubert: German
Dances; Symphony No. 9;
Josef Strauss: Overtures
Artists: Nikolaus
Harnoncourt/Vienna PO
(C Major) (95 min.; Fmt: Blu-Ray,
16:9, Color; Sound: PCM Stereo,
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“There is a special philharmonic sound
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Philharmonic sound as they should in the bestpossible case: velvety smooth [...] and incredibly
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert, 2008 [BR]
Works: Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1; Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Stravinsky: Firebird.
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New Year’s Concert 2015 / Zubin Mehta [BR or DVD]
Works: Overtures, Waltzes
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Artists: Zubin Mehta/Vienna
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Since 1939, the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert
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New Year’s Concert, 2009 / Barenboim [BR]
Works: Strauss I & II, Haydn et al. Artists: Daniel
Barenboim/Wiener Philharmoniker. (1 Blu-Ray)
(Decca Import)
DECI 0743318BD $37.49
The 2009 New Year’s Concert, the first to be conducted by
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Abbado Conducts Mozart & Beethoven [BR or DVD]
Works: Beethoven: Egmont
Overture; Mozart: Arias; Symphony No. 35 Artists: Claudio
Abbado/Lucerne Festival
Orch. Christine Schafer; Juliane Banse
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All are equal before the mysteries of a score; this was
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❦Liszt: 3 Petrarch Sonnets; Lieder / Price
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R. Strauss: Horn, Oboe Concertos / Chicago SO
Works: R. Strauss: Andante for
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Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9 for
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Chicago SO (1 CD)
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Wagner: “Ring”, orchestral highlights
Works: Wagner: “Ring”, orchestral highlights
Siegfried-Idyll Artists: Donald Runnicles/
Staatskapelle Dresden (1 CD)
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Works: Liszt: Song Book, Vol 1, S 531; Die
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Katsaris (Pno). (1 CD) APX 2564665857 $7.99
“A magnificent tribute to the art of Margaret Price,
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Mozart: Piano Concertos / Maria-Joao Pires
Works: Mozart: Piano
Concertos nos 21 & 26; Rondo
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K 386 Artists: Maria-Joao
Pires, Theodor Guschlbauer/
Gulbenkian Foundation Orch.,
Lisbon (1 CD)
APX 2564619112 $8.99
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, vocal highlights
Artists: Rostropovich/National SO, Ruggero
Raimondi (1 CD)
APX 2564615202 $8.99
Landscpaes: Japanese String Quartets
Works: String quartets by Akira
Miyoshi (1933-2013); Akio
Yashiro (1929-1976); Akira
Nishimura; Toru Takemitsu:
Landscape; Toshio Hosokawa
(1955-): Landscape no 1
Artists: Lotus Quartet (1 CD)
APX 2564693277 $8.99
J.S. Bach: Toccatas and Fugues / Koopman
Works: J.S. Bach: Passacaglia
& Fugue, BWV 582; Prelude &
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Fugue, BWV 565; BWV 540;
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530. Artists: Ton Koopman
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; Romeo & Juliet
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APX 2564679412 $8.99
Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2 / Sharon Kam
Works: Weber: Clarinet
Concertos nos 1 & 2; Grand
Duo Concertante for clarinet
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Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41 / Harnoncourt
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Suite; Vaughan Williams: ‘Tallis’
Fantasia Artists: Christopher
Warren-Green/Royal PO (1 CD)
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Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, vocal highlights
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, vocal highlights
Artists: Janet Baker, Elisabeth Speiser, Elizabeth
Gale. Raymond Leppard, London PO (1 CD)
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Choral Works by Tavener, Rubbra, Pärt et al.
Works: Howells: Salve Regina;
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Wisdom; Colin Mawby: Ave
verum corpus; Arvo Pärt: The
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Baroque Organ Music Vol. 1 / Herbert Tachezi
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Renaissance Organ Music / Tachezi
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Beethoven: Mass in C, et al. / Michel Corboz
J.S. Bach: Vivaldi Transcriptions
Works: J.S. Bach: transcriptions of Vivaldi solo
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Wagner: Das Rheingold, vocal highlights
Artists: John Tomlinson; Gunter von Kannen.
Barenboim/Bavarian Festival Orch. (1 CD)
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Mozart: Idomeneo, vocal highlights
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Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, vocal highlights
Artists: Cathy Berberian, Rotraud Hansmann,
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Concentus musicus Wien (1 CD)
APX 2564615162 $8.99
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Penderecki: Cello Concerto; Stabat Mater et al.
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Works: Beethoven: Calm Sea
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Artists: Audrey Michael, Lilia
Bizimeche-Eisinger, Markus
Schaeffer, Michel Brodard. Michel Corboz/Gulbenkian Orch.
APX 2564620812 $8.99
Schubert: works for piano trio / Suk Trio
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Wagner: Siegfried, vocal highlights
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Schubert: Piano Sonatas / Elisabeth Leonskaja
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Works: Krzysztof Penderecki
(1933 - ): Concerto for Cello
no 2; Partita, for harpsichord,
electric guitar, bass guitar, harp,
double-bass & orchestra; Stabat
Mater, for 3 choruses. Artists:
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello;
Krzysztof Penderecki/Philharmonia Orch. (1 CD)
APX 2564619322 $8.99
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 2 & 3
Artists: Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano; Kurt Masur/
New York PO (1 CD)
APX 2564619132 $8.99
Finnish Music for Strings / Helsinki Strings
Works: Pehr Nordgren: Concerto for strings, Op. 54; Rautavaara: Hommage à Kodály
Zoltán; Sallinen: String Quartet
no 3; Sibelius: The Lover, suite
Artists: The Helsinki Strings,
Csaba & Géza Szilvay (1 CD)
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Handel: Giulio Cesare, vocal highlights
Artists: Roberta Alexander, Marjana Lipovsek,
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Concentus Musicus Wien (1 CD)
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Pianist Helen Huang plays Beethoven & Mozart
Works: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 1; Mozart:
Piano Concerto no 23 Artists: Helen Huang,
piano; Kurt Masur, New York PO (1 CD)
APX 2564693274 $8.99
English Chamber Music of the 17th Century
Works by: William Brade,
William Lawes, Christopher
Simpson, John Jenkins, William
Byrd, Nicola Matteis, Johann
Schop et al. Artists: Trio
Sonnerie, Stephen Stubbs,
therobo & baroque guitar;
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp & organ (1 CD)
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Addinsell, Franck & Grieg: Piano Concertos
Works: Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto;
César Franck: Symphonic Variations; Grieg: Piano
Concerto Artists: Gabriel Tacchino, piano; Armin
Jordan/ Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte
Carlo (1 CD)
APX 2564620492 $8.99
Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suites; Symphony in C
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PO (1 CD)
APX 2564620822 $8.99
Elgar: Falstaff; Froissart; Grania and Diarmid
Artists: Graham Sheen, bassoon; Andrew Davis/
BBC SO (1 CD)
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 / Saraste
Works: Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op.
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio SO (1 CD)
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❦Britten: Early Orchestral Works & Concertos
❦Opera Scenes & Arias; Italian Songs
Works: Britten: Concerto for
violin & viola; Sinfonietta, Op.
1; Two Portraits; Young Apollo
et al. Artists: Gidon Kremer,
violin; Yuri Bashmet, viola;
Nikolai Lugansky, piano. Kent
Nagano/Hallé Orch.(1 CD)
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“Remarkable early Britten works, all performed with
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viola, especially, is a superb statement.” -BBC Music
Works: Arias from: La damnation de Faust; Carmen;
Don Quichotte; Don Giovanni; Boris Godunov et al.
Artists: Ruggero Raimondi
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“As a lesson in vocal versatility, this CD is unsurpassed. Raimondi characterises Mozart’s Don Giovanni just as well as Musorgsky’s Boris Godunov.” -BBC Music Magazine
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❦Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Danubia Orch.
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Lettera Amorosa: Medieval & Renaissance Songs
Songs by: Giulio Caccini,
Sigismondo d’India, Johannes
Hieronymus Kapsberger;
Pietro Paolo Melli, Claudio
Monteverdi, Alessandro
Piccinini, Luigi Rossi Artists:
Guillemette Laurens mz; Luca
Pianca, archlute (1 CD)
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 / Zubin Mehta
Artists: Zubin Mehta/Israel PO (1 CD)
APX 2564626912 $8.99
Stravinsky: Orchestral works / Inbal
Works: Stravinsky: Petrouchka;
Le Sacre du printemps;
L’Oiseau de feu; Feu d’artifice;
Scherzo fantastique Artists:
Eliahu Inbal/Philharmonia Orch.
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2 APX 2564643772 $8.99
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 et al. / Masur
Works: Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March;
Mazeppa; Symphony no 6 Artists: Kurt Masur/
Gewandhausorchester (1 CD)
APX 2564693241 $8.99
Roslavets: Piano Trios 2-4 / Trio Fontenay
Works: Nikolai Roslavets (1881-1944): Trios for
piano & strings nos 2 - 4 Artists: Trio Fontenay (1
CD)
APX 2564693244 $8.99
Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4; Horn Quintet
Artists: David Pyatt, horn; Neville Marriner/
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (1 CD)
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Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano,
Vol. 1
Works: Beethoven: Cello Sonata, Op. 64; Cello
Sonata no 1; “Handel” Variations (12) for Cello
and Piano Artists: Anssi Karttunen, cello; Tuija
Hakkila, piano (1 CD)
APX 927495952 $8.99
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APX 2564644431 $7.99
“The blend of the orchestra is deftly handled and
Hungary’s Danubia Symphony Orchestra clearly
have this music in their bones.” –MusicWeb Internat’l
Anton Webern: Orchestral Pieces / Sinopoli
Works: Anton Webern:
Concerto for 9 instruments,
Op. 24; Im Sommerwind;
Passacaglia, Op. 1; Pieces (5)
for orchestra, Op. 10; Pieces (6)
for orchestra, Op. 6; Symphony,
Op. 21 Artists: Giuseppe
Sinopoli/Staatskapelle Dresden (1 CD)
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(Pno). (1 CD)
Works: Valentin Silvestrov
(1937 - ): Dedication, symphony
for violin and orchestra; Post
Scriptum, sonata for violin &
orchestra. Artists: Roman
Kofman/Munich PO. Gidon
Kremer (Vln); Vadim Sakharov
APX 2564698963 $8.99
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Chopin
Works: Chopin: Mazurkas; Waltzes; Scherzo;
Ballade; Fantasie Artists: Arturo Benedetti
Michelangeli, piano (1 CD) APX 927406472 $8.99
G.F. Handel: Concerti Grossi (6), Op. 3
Artists: Marc Minkowski/Les Musiciens du Louvre
(1 CD)
APX 2564681623 $8.99
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 / Kurt Masur
Artists: Kurt Masur, New York PO (1 CD)
APX 2564620342 $8.99
Helene Grimaud plays Brahms & Strauss
Works: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Richard Strauss: Burleske Artists: Helene Grimaud,
Kurt Sanderling/Staatskapelle
Berlin; David Zinman/Deutsches
SO Berlin (1 CD)
APX 2564680715 $8.99
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote; Don Juan
Works by: Speth, Muffat, Krieger, Pachelbel,
Fischer, Froberger, Kerll, Pachelbel et al. Artists:
Herbert Tachezi, organ (1 CD)
APX 2564607132 $8.99
Artists: John Sharp, viola; Daniel Barenboim/
Chicago SO (1 CD)
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Henry Purcell: In The Ale House
Artists: Brigitte Fassbaender, Thomas Moser,
Cyprien Katsaris, piano (1 CD)
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Works: Henry Purcell: English Part Songs &
Lute Songs Artists: Pro Cantione Antiqua, Ian
Partridge, Mark Brown, Christopher Wilson,
William Hunt (1 CD)
APX 927408292 $8.99
Pintscher: Herodiade Fragmente; Sur Depart
Works: Matthias Pintscher
(b.1971): HérodiadeFragmente; Sur “Départ”;
Musik aus Thomas Chatterton
Artists: Claudia Barainsky,
Dietrich Henschel, Christoph
Eschenbach/NDR SO &
Chorus, Hamburg (1 CD) APX 2564684000 $8.99
Michalangeli plays Beethoven and Haydn
Works: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5
“Emperor”; F.J. Haydn: Piano Concerto, H 18/11
Artists: Arturo Benedetti Michalangeli, piano; RAI
Rome Orch. (1 CD)
APX 927406482 $8.99
Rossini: Arias / Jennifer Larmore, soprano
Works: Rossini: Armida; Bianca e Falliero;
La pietra del paragone; The Siege of Corinth;
Maometto secondo; Matilde di Shabran Artists:
Giuliano Carella/English CO. Jennifer Larmore
(Mzz Sop). (1 CD)
APX 2564698958 $8.99
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Composer’s
Piano Version
Daniel Barenboim & Radu Lupu palys Schubert
Works: Schubert: Grand Duo; Vaiations D 813;
Marches militaires Artists: Daniel Barenboim &
Radu Lupu, pianists
APX 2564680707 $8.99
Itzhak Perlman plays Stravinsky & Prokofiev
Works: Stravinsky: Violin Concerto; Prokofiev:
Violin Concerto No. 2 Artists: Itzhak Perlman,
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago SO (1 CD)
APX 2564680788 $8.99
Franz Schubert: Lieder / Barbara Bonney
Artists: Barbara Bonney, soprano; Geoffrey
Parsons, piano; Sharon Kam, clarinet (1 CD)
APX 2564680717 $8.99
Weill: Die sieben Todsünden; Berg: Lulu Suite
Artists: Angelina Réaux, Kurt Masur, New York
PO, Members of Hudson Shad (1 CD)
APX 2564681625 $8.99
Hommage à Jane Bathori: The Inspiring Muse
Works: Songs by Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel, Satie
et al. / Artists: Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Jerome
Ducros, piano (1 CD)
APX 2564683995 $8.99
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Works: Debussy: Fantaisie, L.
73; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
major; Piano Concerto for the
left hand Artists: Armin Jordan/
Monte Carlo Opera Orch. Anne
Queffélec (Pno). (1 CD)
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Johann Strauss: Transcriptions for piano
Works: Transcriptions of music by Johann
Strauss II for piano by Grünfeld, Schütt, Dohnányi,
Schulhof, Schulz-Evler Artists: Rudolf Buchbinder,
piano (1 CD)
APX 2564684003 $8.99
Mozart, Rameau: Opera Transcriptions
Works: Rameau: Suite of Airs and Dances from
various operas; Mozart: Don Giovanni Artists: Les
Quatre Violons (1 CD)
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Haydn: Trios For Flute, Paino & Cello Hob. Xv:
15-17
Artists: Tuija Hakkila, Mikael Hetasvuo, Anssl
Karttunen (1 CD)
APX 927406022 $8.99
Chabrier: Orchestral Works / Armin Jordan
Works: Emmanuel Chabrier:
Bourrée fantasque; España;
Gwendoline, overture; Marche
française; Le roi malgré lui,
overture; Suite pastorale
Artists: Armin Jordan/French
Nat’l SO (1 CD)
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Artists: Edith Wiens, Christiane Oertel, Friedhelm
Eberle. Kurt Masur/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
(1 CD)
APX 2564699002 $8.99
Brahms: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 / Janos Starker
Artists: Janos Starker, cello; Gyorgy Sebok, piano
(1 CD)
APX 2564699000 $8.99
Youra Guller plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Works: Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano nos 31 & 32
Artists: Youra Guller (Pno). (1 CD)
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Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonatas / Mayako Soné
Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Fandango for harpsichord; Sonata for Harpsichord (13)Artists: Mayako Soné (Hpsi). (1 CD) APX 2564698968 $8.99
Schubert: Symphonies; Wanderer-Fantasie
Works: Schubert/Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy for
piano & orchestra; Schubert: Symphonies nos
3 & 8 Artists: Kurt Masur/New York PO, Boris
Berezovsky (Pno). (1 CD) APX 2564698965 $8.99
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Works: Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain;
Pictures at an exhibition Artists: Christoph von
Dohnányi/Cleveland Orch. (1 CD)
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Fauré & Debussy: Works for cello & piano
Works: Debussy: Cello Sonata; Fauré: Elégie, Op.
24; Cello Sonatas nos 1 & 2 Artists: Paul Tortelier
(Clo); Jean Hubeau (Pno). (1 CD)
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Mercury Living Presence, Volume III
The final release, completing the transfer to CD [53 CDs]
This landmark release marks the point at which the entire Mercury Living Presence catalog, as
remastered by the original recording producers in the 1990s, is available in physical form. In addition,
Decca presents 10 albums that have never before been on CD, mixed down, restored and remastered
from fragile tapes, to allow the fullest possible appreciation of this landmark label. The booklet includes
the detail about the recording, engineers and producers, microphones, tapes, dates and locations.
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Anne Sofie von Otter: 10 Classic Albums
Works: Monteverdi, Purcell,
Vivaldi, Handel, Brahms,
Korngold, Offenbach, Weill
(11 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 10 CDs + bonus CD
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In a career spanning more
than 30 years, Anne Sofie von Otter has created
a discography of exceptional range, encompassing works by Kurt Weill, Jacques Offenbach, John
Dowland and even Elvis Costello. Celebrating her
60th birthday, DG presents a box set of Anne Sofie
von Otter: 10 Classic Albums plus a Bonus CD
with selections from Handel’s opera Ariodante.
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas / Pollini [8 CDs]
Maurizio Pollini’s Beethoven cycle began in June
1975 with opp. 109 and 110, and reached completion this year with the final CD, of the three sonatas op. 31 and the two of op. 49. “He is a towering
musical presence” - Gramophone (8 CDs)
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Pierre Boulez: The 20th Century Recordings
on DG [Limited Edition 44 CDs]
Works: Bartok, Berg, Birtwistle, Debussy, Ligeti,
Messiaen et al. Artists: Krystian Zimerman, Leif
Ove Andsnes, Hélène Grimaud. Pierre Boulez/
Berlin PO; Chicago SO; London SO. (44 CD) (DG)
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Pierre Boulez’ recording legacy with the Deutsche
Grammophon label is immense. DG celebrates his
90th birthday with a 44-CD box set of his complete
DG 20th century music recordings, an aspect of
his work that lies at the heart of his achievement.
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❦Haydn: Complete Masses; Stabat Mater [8 CDs]
Artists: Judith Nelson, Martyn Hill, Emma Kirkby, Margaret Cable, David Thomas;
Simon Preston/Choir of Christ
Church Cathedral; Christopher Hogwood/Academy of
St Martin in the Fields; Choir
of St. John’s College; George
Guest/Academy of Ancient Music (8 CD) (Decca)
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“Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir as ever sings with
passion [and] brilliance...” -Gramophone
❦J.S. Bach: Keyboard Works / Gilbert [10 CDs]
Works: J.S. Bach: Keyboard
Works: The Well-Tempered
Clavier; 2 & 3 Part
Inventions; Art of the Fugue;
Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue
Artists: Kenneth Gilbert,
harpsichord (10 CD) (DG)
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“a major achievement...full of elegance, clarity and
lyricism” - Gramophone “Supplants all existing
harpsichord versions” - Penguin Guide.
❦Brahms - Complete Choral Works / [7 CDs]
Works: Motets, part-songs, canons, folksong settings, German Requiem et al. Artists: Giuseppe
Sinopoli/Czech PO; Gunter Jena/NDR Sinfonieorchester; Carlo Maria Giulini/Vienna PO (7 CD)
(DG)
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“Radiant performances, beautifully recorded ... Highly
recommended... incandescent singing from the
Czech Philharmonic Chorus” -The Penguin Guide
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❦Seiji Ozawa: The Philips Years / Original
of 4 or more CDs are On Sale!
Jacket Collection [50 CDs]
Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips &
DG Recordings [51 CDs]
Many collectors consider
Sviatoslav Richter to be
the greatest pianist of the
20th century. His enormous
recorded legacy hides hundreds of treasures, many of
which are included in this
beautiful 51CD set. This edition encompasses
his complete Decca, Philips and DG recordings,
including his Sofia Recital as well as his collaborations with Rostropovich, Karajan and Benjamin
Britten. (51 CD) (Decca)
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Mozart: Complete Symphonies / Levine [11 CDs]
Artists: James Levine/Vienna PO (11 CD) (DG)
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An epoch-making set, reissued for the first time in
a quarter century. This is the first (and still only) set
of the complete Mozart symphonies by the VPO.
❦Complete Decca Recordings / Kyung Wha
Chung, violin
Works: Concertos by
Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Walton,
Stravinsky, J.S. Bach,
Saint-Saëns, Vieuxtemps,
Prokofiev, Bartók, Elgar,
Chauson, Beethoven,
Mendelssohn et al., plus
chamber music & violin sonatas (19 CDs & DVD)
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“Andre Previn and Kyung Wha Chung have that
special magic which sparkles in the Tchaikovsky
and notably the fabulous Chung performance of
the Sibelius.” - Fanfare
❦50 Great Arias / Jonas Kaufmann, tenor [4 CDs]
Contents: CD 1: Romantic Arias CD 2: Mozart,
Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner CD 3: Verismo
Arias CD 4: Wagner “No German tenor since Fritz Wunderlich has such
a succulent Italianate tone... [he is] a scrupulous
and sensitive musician, building each of these
arias with the care of a Lieder singer. -The Daily
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Vienna Philharmonic: The Decca Orchestral
Edition [65 CDs]
Some of the classic recordings in the set include
Monteux-Haydn; Solti-Verdi Requiem; MehtaMahler 2nd; Boskovsky-Johann Strauss; 3 complete symphony cycles: Beethoven-Monteux,
Kleiber, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Solti; Brahms: Mehta,
Schuricht, Kertesz; Bruckner-Mehta, Solti, Maazel. “To my ear, in the right conditions and with
the right conductor, it is the best orchestra in the
world” -John Culshaw, Decca Producer
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Artists: Seiji Ozawa/Ambrosian Singers; Berlin PO;
Boston SO; New Philharmonia Orch.; Orchestre de
Paris; San Francisco SO;
Tanglewood Festival Chorus;
Vienna PO. (50 CD) (Decca)
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“Aside from the sheer pleasure of hearing the
Boston Symphony in excellent form, there are
some real gems here. Ozawa’s renditions of
[Beethoven’s] First, Third, Fourth, Seventh, and
Ninth all rank among the finest available.” -ClassicalToday.com
Karajan: 1980s The Orchestral Recordings [78 CDs]
Works: Symphonies of Brahms and Beethoven, R.
Strauss Symphonic poems, Mozart & Verdi Requiems, New Years Concerts, Bruckner Symphonies
7 & 8 and much more! Artists: Herbert von Karajan/Berlin PO; Vienna PO; Anne Sophie Mutter
(DG)
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In the 1980s - the final decade of his creative life Karajan once again revisited some of the keystones
of his repertoire, but also made quintessential recordings of major works he never touched before.
❦Lorin Maazel: The Cleveland Years - Complete
Recordings [19 CDs]
Works: Debussy, Ravel,
Respighi, Prokofiev, Glinka,
Berlioz, Bizet, Franck,
Gershwin, Brahms, Verdi
et al. Artists: Lorin Maazel/
Cleveland Orch. & Chorus
(19 CD) (Decca)
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“... The precision of The Cleveland Orchestra is
little short of miraculous... the recording is one of
Decca’s most spectacular, searingly detailed but
atmospheric too.” -The Penguin Guide
Violinist David Garrett: The Early Years (5 CDs)
Artists: Mikhail Pletnev/Russian Nat’l Orch.;
Claudio Abbado/CO of Europe. David Garrett
(Vln); Itamar Golan (Pno) (5 CD) (DG)
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From Beethoven, Bach and Mozart to Tchaikovsky
and Paganini, this new 5 CD set documents the
early classical roots of one of the most popular
violinists of today.
❦The Verdi Tenor / Carlo Bergonzi [17 CDs]
Works: Verdi: Excperts from Rigoletto, La
Traviata, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Don
Carlo, Aida, etc. (17 CD) (Decca)
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“If future generations wish to know just why
Bergonzi was so admired they might choose to
hear his successful attempt on virtually all Verdi’s
tenor arias for Philips: it will surely stand as one of
recording’s singing monuments.” -Gramophone
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Claudio Abbado
The music world lost one of its greats on January 20th,
2014. In tribute to this extraordinary conductor, DG
has released four mini boxes of symphonies that lie at the core of Abbado’s
repertoire: Brahms, Mahler, Bruckner & Mozart.
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 [11 CDs]
Artists: Fleming, Studer,
McNair, von Otter, Seiffert,
Terfel et al. Claudio Abbado/
Berlin PO; Lucerne Festival
Orch.; Prague PO. (11 CD)
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The 11 CD Mahler box brings
together Abbado’s complete Berlin cycle for the
first time. It is regarded as one of the crowning
achievements of his final years.
Mozart: The Great Symphonies [8 CDs]
Works: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35
“Haffner”, 38 “Prague”, 39, 40, 41 “Jupiter” Artists:
Claudio Abbado/Orch. Mozart. (8 CD)
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In addition to the symphonies, this 8 CD set includes the celebrated recordings of the Complete
Violin Concertos with Giuliano Carmignola and the
Wind Concertos with soloists drawn from the members of the Orchestra.
The Originals Box [50 CDs]
A 50 CD Originals Jackets
Collection celebrating the
20th anniversary of The
Originals and featuring
the bestselling titles from
the series. Here are
key recordings such as
Beethoven 5th and 7th by
Kleiber, Mahler 5th from early in Karajan’s career,
Dvorák Slavonic Dances by Kubelik, Die Schöne
Müllerin from Wunderlich, Zauberflöte and Tristan
und Isolde by Böhm. This is a Special Limited
Edition set - available only while quantities last.
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Rachmaninov: The Complete Works [32 CD]
This thirty-two CD box
set features the complete
works of Russian composer
Sergey Rachmaninov, in
quintessential performances
by Vladimir Ashkenazy, André
Previn, Walter Weller, Michail
Pletnev, Zoltan Kocsis, Jorge
Bolet, Alexis Weissenberg, Heinrich Schiff, Lynn
Harrell, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Peter Jablonski, Beaux
Arts Trio, Elisabeth Söderström, Edo de Waart,
Charles Dutoit and many other. As a bonus, Vladimir
Ashkenazy and Rob Cowan discuss the music of the
Russian Romantic master. (Decca) (32 CDs)
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Brahms Orchestral Works / Abbado [5 CDs]
Works: Brahms: Complete
Symphonies; Serenades,
Overtures, Vocal works with
orchestra Artists: Marjana
Lipovsek, Claudio Abbado/
Berlin PO & Radio Chorus;
Mahler CO. (5 CD)
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“Abbado drove into the tragic grandeur of the first
movement of the first symphony with a human
warmth which very few other have conductors ever
achieved.” - Critic Martin Kettle
Bruckner: Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 7 & 9 [5 CDs]
Artists: Claudio Abbado/Lucerne Festival Orch.;
Vienna PO 5 DGG B002065302 $31.98 On sale
This set includes the incandescent new recording
of Bruckner’s First Symphony with the Lucerne
Festival Orchestra which “jumps off the page
with remarkable beauty and power”
(Fanfare)
❦Schubert: Piano Sonatas / Daniel Barenboim
Works: Schubert: Piano
Sonatas Nos. 4, 7, 9, 13,
14, 16 - 21 Artists: Daniel
Barenboim, piano (5 CD)
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“Given the heroic scale of
his pianism, this was always
going to be an assertive, romantic Schubert highly charged grandeur contrasted with expansive
lyricism.” -Financial Times, 16th August 2014
❦Brahms Symphonies, Piano Concertos, Violin
Concerto / Christian Thielemann [3 CDs+DVD]
Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano; Lisa Batiashvili,
violin. Christian Thielemann/Staatskapelle Dresden
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“Thielemann and his crew made this driving
version [of the 4th Symphony] cohere and even
gave one of the most convincing, well-delineated,
Andante moderato movements imaginable.”
-Chicago Sun-Times
❦Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies / Karajan
(legendary 1963 cycle) [5 CDs & Blu-ray Audio]
Artists: Herbert von Karajan/Berlin PO [2
versions, Deluxe Edition with 5 CDs & Blu-Ray
Audio, 24-bit/96kHz or 5 CDs]
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Herbert von Karajans 1963 set of Beethoven’s
symphonies was a landmark in the history of the
gramophone and quickly became one of the icons
of a new musical age.
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Karajan: The complete analogue recordings of
Richard Strauss [11 CDs +Blu-Ray Audio]
Artists: Herbert von Karajan/
Berlin PO; Vienna PO.
Gundula Janowitz; Sena
Jurinac; Lisa della Casa (12
CD) (DG)
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Karajan’s the complete analogue recordings of Richard Strauss remastered at
24 bit / 96 kHz. The set includes the tone poems,
concertos, Der Rosenkavalier, Four Last Songs et
al. - all the Richard Strauss von Karajan recorded.
❦Dvořák: Complete Symphonies & Concertos /
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Belohlávek
Artists: Garrick Ohlsson, pno; Alisa Weilerstein,
cello; F.P. Zimmermann, vln; Jirí Belohlávek/Czech
PO. (6 CD) 6 DEC B002110502 $69.98 On Sale
“The early symphonies sound as if they are
ingrained into the Czech musicians’ DNA...The
playing throughout has a transparency, with
wonderfully woody woodwinds...” -Sunday Times
❦Maria João Pires: Complete Solo Recordings
[20 CDs]
Works by: J.S. Bach,
Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart,
Schubert, Schumann,
Brahms Artists: Maria João
Pires, piano (20 CD) (DG)
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“Maria João Pires [is] among the most eloquent
master-musicians of our time.” -Gramophone
“Levels of poetic sensitivity [in Schubert] that have
been matched by few.” -The Guardian
“Pires with her burning clarity has reinforced our
sense of Chopin’s stature.” -Gramophone
Rachmaninov: Complete Works For Piano [11 CD]
Artists: Vladimir Ashkenazy,
piano (11 CD) (Decca)
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Vladimir Ashkenazy is the
pre-eminent interpreter
of Rachmaninov’s music,
having championed it since
the outset of his career. He is the only musician
to record all of the composer’s piano works - and
they are all here, from his earliest compositions to
the final masterpieces.
Marriner & The ASMF - The Argo Years [28 CDs]
Works by: Handel, Rossini, Mendelssohn,
Stravinsky, Strauss, Wagner, Gabrieli, Dvorak,
Grieg et al. (rec. 1964-1981) Artists: Alan
Loveday, Iona Brown, violins; Neville Marriner/
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. (28 CD)
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A treasure trove of Argo jewels from Marriner’s
early recording days with the chamber orchestra
he founded in 1958.
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Six spectacular re-releases
now available for a budget-friendly price, with
works ranging from Haydn to Rachmaninov,
performed by Lorin Maazel, Herbert Blomstedt,
Trevor Pinnock, Franz Bruggen and more.
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [7 CDs]
Works: Beethoven:
Complete Symphonies;
Violin Concerto; The
Creatures of Prometheus
Artists: Frans Bruggen/
Orchestra of the 18th
Century; Thomas Zehetmair,
violin (7 CD) (Decca)
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Rachmaninov: Symphonies & Piano Concertos
Artists: Tamas Vasary, piano; Lorin Maazel; Yuri
Ahronovitch. (5 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon)
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Trevor Pinnock: The Complete Haydn Recordings
Works: Symphonies Nos.
6-8, 26, 35, 38, 39, 41-52,
58, 59, 65; Concertos for
violin, for trumpet, for oboe;
Te Deum, Stabat Mater
Artists: Trevor Pinnock/The
English Concert; The English
Concert Choir. (12 CD)
(Deutsche Grammophon)
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Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies [4 CDs]
Artists: Walter Weller/London PO. (4 CD) (Decca)
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Mozart: Music for piano solo & duet [8 CDs]
Works: Mozart: The Piano
Sonatas; Piano Music for 4
Hands Artists: Christoph
Eschenbach; Justus Frantz,
pianos (8 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
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Nielsen: Complete Symphonies et al. [7 CDs]
Works: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-7; Aladdin
Suite; Maskarade Artists: Ulf Schirmer/Danish
National RSO; Herbert Blomstedt/San Francisco
Sym. Orchesta. (7 CD) (Decca)
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❦Schubert - The Complete Symphonies [4 CDs]
Artists: Frans Bruggen/
Orch. of the 18th Century. (4
CD) (Decca)
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“They look beyond the
printed page...and gift all
listeners with illuminating
interpretations.” -Gramophone
❦Vivaldi - Complete Bassoon Concertos [5 CDs]
Artists: Daniel Smith, bassoon; Tonko Nini/
Zagreb Soloists; Philip Ledger/English CO. (5 CD)
(Decca)
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“[Daniel Smith] plays with constant freshness and
enthusiasm.” -The Penguin Guide
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New Jazz at Expedition Audio
New Classical at Expedition Audio
Expedition Audio is an acclaimed music review site presenting the
very best of new classical and jazz releases. Explore an eclectic mix
of titles, and enjoy full- track album highlights with every review. Best
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Jack DeJohnette: Made In Chicago [Live at the Chicago Jazz Festival]
Not just recommended, Guaranteed.
Artists: Henry Threadgill, alto sax, b. flute; Roscoe Mitchell, sop. & alto
sax, wooden flute; Muhal Richard Abrams, piano; Larry Gray, dbl. bass;
Jack DeJohnette, drums
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Recent EXPEDITION AUDIO Highlights
Stephen Paulus: Orchestral & Concerto Works
Contemporary
Turina: Chamber Music for Strings & Piano
Romantic
Modern
Works: Joaquín Turina
(1882 - 1949): Circulo, Op.
91; Piano Quintet, Op. 1;
Piano Quartet, Op. 67; Piano
Trio No. 1, Op. 35 et al.
Artists: Lincoln Trio.
Works: Stephen Paulus (1949
- 2014): Concerto for Violin &
Orchestra; Grand Concerto,
for organ & orchestra; To Be
Certain of the Dawn, for String
Orchestra. Artists: Giancarlo
Guerrero/Nashville SO. Nathan Laube, organ et al.
(1 CD) (Naxos)
NXS 8559740 $12.99
“Paulus’ music can be described as tonal, melodic
and colorful, with a wide range of textures achieved
through imaginative instrumental combinations....
The listener is left with an uplifting feeling suitable
for an album that has come to serve as a poignant
tribute to one of America’s great contemporary
composers.”
- Paul Ballyk, Expedition Audio
(2 CD) (Cedille) CDL 150 $16.99
This excellent release by the Lincoln Trio of Turina’s complete chamber music for strings and piano
offers a welcome opportunity to enjoy some little
known but very fine chamber music.... (The Lincoln
Trio) are a world-class chamber ensemble, providing beautifully polished performances, and must be
commended for their foray into this little known but
highly rewarding repertoire. - Paul Ballyk, E.A.
Telemann: Sonatas, Trios & Concerti
Baroque
Georgy Catoire: Piano Music / Marc-André Hamelin
Romantic
Artists: L’Accademia
Giocosa (1 CD) (Oehms
Classics) OEH 897 $19.99
Oehms Classics has released this collection of six
sonatas, trios and concerti
by Telemann, all but one appearing as a world premiere recording. Playing on
period instruments, L’Accademia Giocosa (‘playful’) is made up of members of the Bavarian Radio
Symphony, together with leading early music specialists. They are a band of formidable technical
and musical accomplishment. - Paul Ballyk, E.A.
Works: Georgy Catoire (1861
- 1926): Caprice, Op. 3; Chants
du crépuscule, Op. 24; Intermezzo, Op. 6/5; Morceaux,
Opp. 2, 10 & 12 Artists: MarcAndré Hamelin, piano. (1 CD)
(Hyperion) HYP 55425 $12.99
This recording on Hyperion’s mid-priced Helios
imprint was made in 1998. If you missed it the
first time around, you can, and should, remedy
that now. The album will be a welcome discovery
for any ardent explorer of the Romantic piano
repertoire.
- Paul Ballyk, E.A.
Jean-Michael Damase (1928-2013): Symphonie;
Piano Concerto No. 2; Concertino; Flute Concerto
Modern
William Wallace: Creation Symphony; Pelléas
and Mélisande; Prelude to The Eumenides
Romantic
Works: Jean-Michel Damase
(1928 - 2013): Concertino
for piano & string orchestra;
Concerto for Piano no 2; Flute
Concerto; Symphony.
Artists: Martin Yates/BBC
Concert Orch. Ashley Wass, piano; Anna Noakes,
flute (1 CD) (Dutton)
DUT 7309 $22.99
Damase’s music can be light and airy or scale glorious
heights in magnificent orchestral splendor. The musical
language is shamelessly tonal, his forms are traditional,
yet he exhibits bountiful new musical inspiration. You
may come to notice a few mannerisms in terms of harmony, but they are pleasing ones, in music that was obviously written to be enjoyed.
- Paul Ballyk, E.A.
Tonal &
Consonant
Somewhat Atonal Highly Atonal
or Dissonant
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Works: William Wallace
(1860 - 1940): Pelléas and
Mélisande Suite; Prelude to
the Eumenides; “Creation”
Symphony Artists: Martyn
Brabbins/BBC Scottish SO. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55465 $12.99
These are the world-premiere recordings of three
works, the major one being Wallace’s Creation
Symphony in C sharp minor. In these vibrant and
commanding performances by the BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Martyn
Brabbins, Wallace’s impressive music sounds
even larger than itself.
- Paul Ballyk, E.A.
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With Made in Chicago, Jack DeJohnette celebrates a reunion with old friends.
In 1962, DeJohnette, Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill were all classmates at Wilson Junior College on Chicago’s Southside. Shortly thereafter,
Jack joined Muhal Richard Abrams’ Experimental Band, and Roscoe and
Henry soon followed him. Jack brought this legendary group of musicians
together again for a very special concert at Chicago’s Millennium Park in August 2013, completing the group with the addition of bassist/cellist Larry Gray.
“Listeners can revel in this momentous concert’s scorching, epiphany-inducing music - experimentalism,
exploration, individuality, reciprocity, radicalism, synchronous communication and collaborative unity, all on
passionate, fiery display, will fill listeners with equally jubilant feelings.” -- Larry Isacson, Expedition Audio
Abdullah Ibrahim: The Song is My Story
Artists: Abdullah Ibrahim, piano
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“A series of solo explorations, The Song Is My Story is a welcome reminder that Abdullah Ibrahim continues to be one of the jazz world’s treasures.
In 2014, Ibrahim visited the workshop where the legendary Fazioli grand
pianos are crafted; there he recorded the improvisations and compositions
that grace the present album. These recordings reflect the excellence that
a first rate understanding of sound and music can bring to a solo piano album. The fifty-six minutes of this disc just seem richer with each repetition.
The Song Is My Story is a story you need to know.”
-- Robert Tefft, Expedition Audio
Vijay Iyer: Mutations
Artists: Vijay Iyer, composer,
piano & electronics; Miranda
Cuckson & Michi Wiancko,
violins; Kyle Armbrust, viola et
al.
ECM B002003802
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Wadada Leo Smith:
The Great Lakes Suites
Artists: Wadada Leo Smith,
trumpet; Henry Threadgill, sax
& flute; John Lindberg, dbl.
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“It is not only Iyer’s piano
playing and composing that has won him a MacArthur Genius Grant; his unique musical voice makes
him a vital touchstone in the new music scene and
has been widely recognized....(This is) an album
that will entice the careful listener with its full range
of sounds and ideas.”
-- Robert Tefft, E.A.
“The captivating musicianship,
highlighted by Smith’s sometimes smeared, sometimes brazen trumpet, Threadgill’s keening alto, Lindberg’s astonishing arco and pungent pizzicato, and
DeJohnette’s dramatic, dynamic and differentiated
drumming, makes for nothing short of a transformative listening experience.”
-- Larry Isacson, E.A.
Kenny Wheeler: Songs for Quintet
Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet: Intents & Purposes
“The first thing this disc reveals is a tentative yet
poignant quality to Wheeler’s flugelhorn playing.
The contrast between his airy tone and the
sharper, more precise tenor sax of Stan Sulzmann
creates an intergenerational dialogue unlike
anything I have heard lately. You can liken it to an
older, more experienced voice leading the way
for a knowing but less experienced acolyte. This,
together with the brilliant yet sensitive rhythm
section, creates an album all the more engaging
with each and every spin.”
-- Robert Tefft, E.A.
“With Intents and Purposes,
Rez Abassi and his quartet
offer up eight classic fusion tunes penned by the era’s biggest names in
electric jazz, reinterpreting each in a completely
non-amplified instrumental setting. Abbasi’s new
acoustic arrangements appreciably retain the originals’ dynamism while also injecting considerable
subtlety – a ‘best-of-all-possible-worlds’ scenario
inhabiting the cross-section where jazz fans and
lovers of popular music happily intersect. These
musical transformations work wonders; listeners
will come away both surprised and truly elated at
the depths plumbed here. -- Larry Isacson, E.A.
Artists: Kenny Wheeler,
flugelhorn; John Parricelli,
guitar; Stan Sulzmann, tenor
saxophone; Chris Laurence,
double bass; Martin France,
drums (1 CD) (ECM)
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Artists: Rez Abbasi, guitars;
Bill Ware, vibraphone;
Stephan Crump, dbl. bass;
Eric McPherson, drums
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Johanna Martzy - The legend that never was
1-2-3-4-Go!
Albany Records
ARS Production
Works: Schubert: “Rosamunde” Quartet (1823);
Maja Ratkje: Tale of Lead
and Light (2011); Benjamin
Britten: String Quartet No. 2;
Joseph Haydn: Quartet, Op.
76 no 3 “Emperor” Artists:
Engegård Quartet. (2 L Reco
rds)
2 L2L 105S $33.49
Program is on both a Hybrid SACD Pure Audio
Blu-ray DXD disc (Digital eXtreme Definition
352kHz/24bit) and a SA Hybrid CD playable on all
players.
Works by: Joel Puckett,
William Bolcom, Ethan
Wickman, Ching-Ghu Hu et
al. Artists: Scott Conklin,
violin; Jason Sifford, piano;
Alan Huckleberry, piano (1
CD)
ALB 1546 $18.99
Scott Conklin combines
seemingly disparate styles and sentiments into an
eclectic but cohesive artistic statement.
Works by: Bach, Corelli,
Händel, Telemann,
Torelli & Vivaldi Artists:
Helmut Branny/Dresden
Kapellsolisten. (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (ARS Productions)
ARSP 38164 $19.99
The common thread of
the selections on this recording is the subject of
Christmas.
Orchestral music of John Harbison
Addinsell, Rota, Piazzolla: Piano Concertos
Schubert, Haydn, Britten & Ratkje String Quartets
‘Christianialiv’: Works from Norway’s Golden
Age of Wind Music [SACD & Blu-Ray Audio]
Works by: Johan Svendsen, Adolf Hansen, Ole
Olsen and Alfred Evensen Artists: Ole Kristian
Ruud/Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
(2 L Records)
2 L2L 101S $33.49
This music is from the second half of the 19th
century, often referred to as “The Golden Age of
Norwegian music”. One Digital eXtreme Definition
352kHz/24bit Blu-ray disc and one SACD.
Millennial Masters, Vol. 5
Works: Artem Anuchin, Artur Stotwinski, Austin Ho
Kwen Yip; Gabriel Malancioiu, Spiros Mazis, Jakub
Polaczyk, Michiko Shimanuki et al. Artists:
Milosz String Quartet; Avan Yu, piano; Cristina
Constantin, violin; Shepherd School of Music SO;
London New Wind Ensemble. (2 CD) (Ablaze
Records)
2 ABLZ 19 $35.99
Nine composers from nine countries contribute
new works of exciting diversity in a new Millennial
Masters collection from ABLAZE.
Accent
Handel: Joshua, oratorio / NDR Chor, Cummings
Artists: Kenneth Tarver,
Tobias Berndt, Renata
Pokupic, Anna Dennis,
Joachim Duske. Laurence
Cummings/FestspielOrchester
Gottingen; NDR Chor. (2 CD)
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Joshua is one of four socalled ‘victory’ oratorios Handel composed in the
late 1740s. Live performances.
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Paul Daniel
Artists: Paul Daniel/Orchestre National Bordeaux
Aquitaine. (1 CD) (Actes)
ACTZ 23 $26.99
Modern works for Trumpet & Orchestra / Leleu
Works by: Karol Beffa; Jean-Baptiste Robin;
Martin Matalon: Trame XII; Works by Jolivet and
Delerue Artists: Romain Leleu, trumpet; Roberto
Forés Veses/Orchestre d’Auvergne. (1 CD)
(Aparte)
AART 103 $21.49
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Pieces & Passages - music for violin & piano
Works: John Harbison: The Great Gatsby Suite;
Darkbloom, overture; Closer to My Own Life,
for soprano & orch. Artists: Mary Mackenzie,
soprano; David Alan Miller/Albany SO. (1 CD)
(Albany Records)
ALB 1545 $18.99
The Great Gatsby Suite is made up of instrumental
music from Harbison’s opera and the overture
Darkbloom was written for an opera Harbison
decided not to continue.
Peteris Plakidis: ‘You Wonder at My Song’
Works: Peteris Plakidis (b.1947): ‘You Wonder
at My Song’ Artists: Maija Krigena, mz; Peteris
Plakidis, piano (1 CD) (Albany) ALB 1548 $18.99
Peteris Plakidis is one of the Latvian composers
who from his very first compositions successfully
created lyrical vocal works based on the
intellectual poetry of the day.
A Church Opera by Jyrki Linjama
Works: Jyrki Linjama (b.1962): The Birth of the
Baptist Artists: Ursula Langmayr; Tuula Paavola;
Niall Chorell; Esa Ruuttunen; Juhani Lamminmaki/
Soli Doe Gloria CO. (1 SA CD) (Alba)
ABA 370 $18.49 On Sale
This is a church opera in three acts by Finnish
composer Jyrki Linjama, who was born in 1962.
Telemann: Overtures & Concerti for Darmstadt
Artists: Zefira Valova, violin; Alexis Kossenko/Les
Ambassadeurs. (1 CD) (Alpha) AHP 200 $18.99
From Telemann’s enormous oeuvre, Alexis Kossenko has chosen two concertos: one for flute, the
other for flute and violin, preceded by an overture.
Guerre & Paix (War & Peace), 1614-1714 /
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI
Works by: Handel: Jubilate Deo; works by Lully,
Charpentier, Biber, Cabanilles, Jenkins, Blow,
Caldara, Cererols, Dumanoir, Kerll, Muffat,
Oysher, Rosenmüller, Scheidt, Schein and Titov
Artists: Jordi Savall/Hespèrion XXI; La Capella
Reial de Catalunya; Le Concert des Nations.
Johannette Zomer (Sop); Daniele Carnovich
(Bass); Stephan MacLeod (Bass); Nicholas Mulroy
(Tnr)
2 AVX 9908 $48.99
This deluxe set, which includes two SACDs and a
lavish book, gathers the who’s-who of European
music of the seventeenth and the beginning of the
eighteenth centuries.
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Festliches Konzert: / Dresden Kapellsolisten
Artists: Donka Angatschewa, piano; Stefan
Fraas/Vogtland Philharmonie (2 SA Hybrid CD)
(ARS Productions)
2 ARSP 38168 $19.99
The formative period for these three
contemporaries was the better part of the 20th
century, in particular the years surrounding WWII.
The Orchestra of Viennese Classicism
Works: Mozart: Sinfonia
Concertante; Haydn: Symphony No. 44; Beethoven:
Symphony No. 8 Artists: Ola
Rudner/Württembergische
Philharmonie Reutlingen. (1
SA Hybrid CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38171 $19.99
Ola Rudner and the Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, flanked by soloists Ramon Ortega Quero (oboe), Sebastian Manz (clarinet), Marc
Gruber (horn) and Theo Plath (bassoon), explore
the symphonic world of Viennese Classicism.
Horn6: Works and Arrangements for Horn
Works by: Dauprat, Bach, Mozart & Höltzel
Artists: Joachim Bänsch, horn (2 CD) (ARS
Productions)
2 ARSP 38531 $18.99
Joachim Bansch presents the sound world of his
instrument in all its variety, ranging from solo works
and original compositions to six-part arrangements.
Powerhouse Pianists, Vol. 2: Modern works for
two pianos / Stephen Gosling, Blair McMillen
Works: John Adams: Hallelujah Junction; Mary
Ellen Childs: Kilter; John Corigliano: Chiaroscuro;
Amanda Harberg: Tenement Rhapsody; Doug
Opel: Dilukkenion; Robert Paterson: Deep Blue
Ocean (1 CD) (AMR)
AMMR 1039 $16.99
Patterson choral works: ‘Eternal Reflections’
Works: Robert Patterson (b.1970): Recent choral
works Artists: Kent Tritle/Musica Sacra (1 CD)
(American Modern Recordings) AMMR 1040 $16.99
NewMusicBox describes Robert Paterson’s choral
music as “vibrantly scored and well-crafted music
that often seems to shimmer”
J.S. Bach: Musical Offering / Ensemble Aurora
Works: J.S. Bach: Musical Offering; Violin Sonata
BWV 1021; Trio Sonata for flute, violin and
continuo, BWV 1038 Artists: Enrico Gatti/Ens.
Aurora. (1 CD) (Arcana)
ACAA 384 $18.99
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Works: Violin sonatas
and concertos by Dvorák,
Brahms, Bach, Händel,
Vivaldi, Kreisler, Fiocco,
Ravel, de Falla Artists:
Johanna Martzy, violin.
Ferenc Fricsay/RIAS
Symphonie-Orchester. (rec.
1953-1966) (2 CD) (Audite) 2 ADT 23424 $18.99
The career of Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy
began brilliantly, however she was overcome by
doubts early on, destroying an otherwise auspicious career. Her mastery and beauty of tone on
these recordings show that she was still at the
height of her powers at that time.
A Portrait of Ludovico Einaudi (b.1955)
Artists: Angele Dubeau, violin; La Pieta (string
orch.) (1 CD) (Analekta)
ANA 28738 $18.99
“This is a revisit of Ludovico Einaudi’s music,
changing its texture, rethinking its character while
bringing a new sonic dimension.” - Angèle Dubeau
Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ, arr. for
String Quartet
Artists: Attacca Quartet. (2 CD) (Azica)
2 AZI 71299 $16.99
The Attacca Quartet’s album of John Adams’ quartets was the recieved the 2013 Nat’l Federation of
Music Clubs Centennial Chamber Music Award.
Bridge Records
Chamber music by David
Crumb: ‘Red Desert’
Artists: Fritz Gearhart, violin;
Corey Hamm, piano; Jerome
Simas, clarinet; Steve Vacchi,
bassoon. Robert Ponto (1 CD)
BDG 9450 $18.99
Son of George Crumb and a
student of Samuel Adler, Richard Wernick and Stephen Jaffe, this CD presents four of David Crumb’s
compositions spanning the past two decades.
Cavatina at the Opera / Cavatina Duo
Works: Transcriptions for flute & guitar of music
by Bizet, Giuliani, Sor, Briccialdi, Taffanel Artists:
Eugenia Moliner, flute; Denis Azabagic, guitar (1
CD) (Bridge)
BDG 9448 $18.99
The 19th century “salon music” repertoire was
largely made up of favorite melodies from popular
operas of the day for small ensembles.
Brahms: Sextets, Op. 18 & Op. 36
Artists: Solistenensemble des Concertgebouw
Orch. Amsterdam. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Bayer)
BYR 100370 $19.99
The soloist ensemble of the Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Brahms’ only two string sextets.
The orchestral works of Irving Fine / BMOP
Works: Irving Fine (1914-1962): Toccata; Serious
Song; Concertante; Notturno; Symphony et al.
Artists: Gil Rose/Boston Modern Orch. Project. (1
SA CD) (BMOP/Sound)
BMOP 1041 $22.99
This disc displays Fine’s lyricism, depth, and precision as well as his lively charm and sense of humor.
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Schumann: Piano Quartets / Quartetto Klimt
Works: Schumann: Piano
Quartet in C minor; Piano
Quartet in E flat, Op. 47
Artists: Quartetto Klimt . (1
CD)
BLC 95012 $8.99
Schumann’s E flat Piano
Quartet is a masterwork in its
genre, on a par with those by
Mozart and (later) Brahms. Recorded in 2009, these
are excellent performance by the Quartetto Klimt.
Laudario di Cortona No. 91: Paraliturgical
vocal music from the Middle Ages
Artists: Franco Radicchia/Armoniosoincanto (4
CD) (Brilliant Classics)
4 BLC 94872 $19.99
Discovered around 140 years ago in the library
archives of the small Tuscan town of Cortona, the
Laudario di Cortona is a 13th- century manuscript
containing 66 laude, or lauds: a type of vernacular
songs written for praise and worship. Many had
been set to music, making this the oldest known
collection of music written in the Italian vernacular.
Bach: Mass in B minor / René Jacobs
Artists: Martinpelto, Fink,
Köhler, Prégardien et al.;
René Jacobs/Akademie für
Alte Musik Berlin ; Marcus
Creed/RIAS Kammerchor .
(2 CD) 2 BLC 95110 $12.99
René Jacobs directs the
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in this reading, which was described as “Spacious and intimate ... a compelling performance” by
the BBC Music Magazine following its first release.
Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 29 (Vol. 10)
Artists: Luigi Puxeddu, cello;
I Virtuosi della Rotonda (2
CD)
2 BLC 94961 $12.99
After a lapse of several years
this set presents the continuation of a highly successful
and popular series, of which
15 CD’s have already been
issued. Many hidden treasures have been brought
to light, masterworks of chamber music in pure
Classical Style, brimming with vitality, wit and winning charm. Recorded in 2013.
Agostino Steffani: Vocal Chamber Duets
Artists: Elena Bertuzzi,
soprano; Alessio Tosi,
tenor; Francesco Baroni,
harpsichord; Rebecca
Ferri, cello; Michele Pasotti,
theorbo (1 CD) (Brilliant
Classics) BLC 94969 $8.99
Although Steffani’s chamber
duets cover a number of voice combinations, the
ones for soprano and tenor are some of the most
attractive, thanks to the light interplay between the
male and female voices. They are consummately
interpreted here.
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Dieupart: Suites de clavecin / Fernando Jalôto
Works: Charles Dieupart (c.
1667-1740): Six Suites de
clavecin Artists: Fernando
Miguel Jalôto, harpsichord (2
CD)
2 BLC 95026 $12.99
Dieupart’s most enduring
legacy is his Six Suittes de
clavessin, where he reveals a
penchant for beautifully cantabile melodies, sophisticated harmonies and most of all some highly elaborate ornamentation.
Dutch Delight: Organ Music from the Golden Age
Works by: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Anthoni
van Noordt et al. Artists: Matthias Havinga, Faber/
Blank organ of the Jacobuskerk, Zeerijp (1 CD)
(Brilliant Classics)
BLC 95093 $8.99
Recorded in 2014, this beautiful program brings
us back to the Golden Age of the Netherlands,
the 16th and 17th century, in which cultural life
blossomed thanks to the economical prosperity
brought by the overseas trade.
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion / Ludwig Güttler
Artists: Genz, Oelze, Junghanns et al.; Ludwig
Güttler/Hallenser Madrigalisten; Viruosi Saxonia .
(2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 95108 $12.99
Played on modern instruments the Virtuosi
Saxoniae under Ludwig Guttler adhere to the
principles of Historically Informed Performance
Practice, producing a “technically accomplished
and expressive” performance (Gramophone).
Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Violin Romances
Artists: Christian Tetzlaff, violin; David Zinman/
Tonhalle Orch. Zürich. (1 CD) BLC 94857 $8.99
Christian Tetzlaff - hailed by The New York Times
as “a bold artist with an instinctive feel for the
wild side in music” - has a special affinity with this
concerto and presents a unique interpretation that
emphasizes the light hearted nature of the work,
avoiding excessive sentimentality.
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Mauersberger
Artists: Schreier, Adam, Vogel et al.; Rudolf Mauersberger/Dresdner Kreutzchor; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Thomanerchor Leipzig (3 CD)
(Brilliant Classics)
3 BLC 95109 $16.99
Following its initial release in 1975, Gramophone
reviewed the recording favorably: “... the excellence
of soloists, choir and obbligato instrumentalists (a
superb gamba and oboe da caccia) and, above all,
the profound understanding shown by the conductor, make this a most moving interpretation.”
Lute music of Joachim Van den Hove
Works: Joachim Van den Hove (1567-1620):
‘Florida’ - Pavanas, Fantasias & Dances for Lute
Artists: Massimo Marchese, lute (1 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
BLC 94962 $8.99
Lutenist Massimo Marchese released two albums
of music by Robert de Visée with Manuel Staropoli
and others (BC94154 & BC94437), where his
theorbo playing was singled out as “delightful” by
online music magazine MusicWeb.
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Contrastes, continued
Works: Brahms: Clarinet
Quintet, Op. 115; Schubert:
Romanze; Levy: Trio;
Hovhaness: Saturn; Krenek:
Suite + orchestral excerpts
Artists: Rosario Mazzeo:
Clarinet (1 CD) (Boston
Records) BOS 1078 $18.99
Rosario Mazzeo was a former member of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Works by: Regondi, Bach
& Berio Artists: Thibaut
Garcia, guitar (1st Prize,
2013 Seville Int’l Guitar
Competition) (1 CD)
COST 6201407 $18.99
“Thibaut... is a real musical
virtuoso; not in the superficial
technical sense, but in the sense of integrity and
care...” (Dusan Bogdanovic)
Gil Shaham plays the Bach Sonatas & Partitas
Unreal City: Modern Guitar Sonatas by / Tosidis
Antonio Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico / Podger
Autumn of the Soul: 20th c. Guitar Works
Clarinetist Rosario Mazzeo
Works: J.S. Bach Sonatas & Partitas for solo
violin, BWV 1001-1006 Artists: Gil Shaham (Vln).
(2 CD) (Canary Classics)
2 CNCL 14 $24.99
“The high moment was Shaham alone, in the
Bach D minor Partita: his warmth, honeyed tone,
and beautiful sense of line were balanced with
intelligent articulation...” The Strad
Works: Vivaldi: Concertos
for Violin(s) (“L’estro
armonico”), Op. 3/1-12
Artists: Rachel Podger,
violin; Brecon Baroque. (2
SA Hybrid CD) (Channel)
.
2 CCS 36515 $28.49
These concertos by Vivaldi
are widely considered to be among the most
influential Baroque orchestral music ever written.
Romantic Music for Flute & Harp
Works: Works for flute and harp by Rossini,
Donizetti, Spohr, Paganini, Fauré, Lauber Artists:
Peter-Lukas Graf, flute; Ursula Holliger, harp (1
CD) (Claves)
CLV 0708 $18.99
Two of Switzerland’s most famous musicians
perform music for flute and harp.
Joachim Carr plays Schumann, Brahms & Berg
Works: Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze; Brahms:
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21, No. 1;
Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1 Artists: Joachim Carr,
piano (1 CD) (Claves)
CLV 1416 $18.99
Norwegian pianist Joachim Carr won first prize
and the audience award at the Edvard Grieg Piano
Competition in 2014, as well as top prizes in chamber and other solo recital European competitions.
Abríl: Vademécum, suite for guitar solo
Works: Antón García Abríl (b.1933): Vademécum,
suite for guitar solo Artists: artists (1 CD)
(Contrastes)
COST 1201404 $18.99
Vademecum explores the guitar in contemporary
terms with a broad range of pieces that exude melodic
beauty and demonstrate the composer’s deep understanding of the guitar, its sonorities and techniques.
Intimate Vihuela / John Griffiths, vihuela
Works: Mudarra, Narvaez, Valderrabano &
Fuenllana Artists: John Griffiths, vihuela (2 CD)
(Contrastes)
2 COST 2201405 $18.99
The performer here needs to achieve sublime introspective delicacy to bring out the music’s delicate
polyphonic interplay, glorious singing melodies and
capturing the essence of renaissance sensibility.
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Demain dès l’aube: Thibaut Garcia Guitar Recital
Works: Guitar sonatas by Ginastera, Ligeti,
Halffter, Atannas Ourkouzounov & Tal Hurwitz
Artists: Kostas Tosidis, guitar (1 CD) (Contrastes)
COST 12201402 $18.99
For his recording, Kostas Tosidis chose five sonatas of five contemporary composers that create
completely different results of sound and structure.
Works: Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Asencio, Gilardino,
Tansman & Breville Artists: Lorenzo Micheli,
guitar (1 CD) (Contrastes) COST 9201409 $18.99
Conceived as an attempt to depict the “autumn” of
the human soul, guitarist Lorenzo Micheli’s newest
recording collects some of the most beautiful
pages written for the guitar in the 20th c.
Art Rules: Approaching Dutilleux
Works: Works Inspired by the Music of Dutilleux
by Arlene Sierra, José Manuel Serrano, Chris
Roe et al. Artists: The Riot Ensemble. (1 CD)
(Coviello)
CVEL 91503 $16.99 On Sale
Five emerging composers from around the world
were commissioned to write pieces inspired and/or
informed by Dutilleux’s masterwork Les Citations.
This CD brings together all five of these new works.
‘Masque’: Organ music by Carson Cooman
Works: Carson Cooman: Prelude and Fugue Nos.
1 - 9; Symphony for Organ; Preghiera Artists: Erik
Simmons, organ (1 CD) (Divine Art)
DVT 25127 $18.99
This new album will be of interest to organ enthusiasts; it contains traditional forms (Preludes and
Fugues and Symphony) in new writing for today.
From the British Isles: Music for flute & piano
Works by: Malcom Arnold, Cyril Scott, Eugene
Goosen, Peter Lamb, Howard Blake et al. Artists:
Kenneth Smith, flute; Paul Rhodes, piano
(2 CD) (Divine Art)
2 DVT 21223 $24.99
This set includes some of the finest works for flute
and piano from Britain and Ireland in the 20th century. Every Smith and Rhodes album has been given
five star reviews and this will be no exception.
Violin sonatas transcribed for viola
Works: Brahms: Violin Sonata, Op. 78; Franck:
Violin Sonata in A major Artists: Elzbieta MrozekLoska, viola; Zbigniew Raubo, piano (1 CD) (Dux
(Poland)
DUX 1122 $17.99 On Sale
The rebirth of the chamber sonata on the wave
of the Neo-romanticism of the second half of the
19th c. is a striking phenomenon: achieved almost
simultaneously in Germany and France.
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Hilary Hahn plays Mozart & Vieuxtemps
Works: Mozart: Violiin Concerto no 5 “Turkish”; Vieuxtemps (1820-1881): Violin
Concerto no 4 Artists: Paavo Järvi/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Hilary
Hahn (Vln). (1 CD) (DG)
. DGG B002269802 $16.98
The two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist
Hilary Hahn combines Mozart’s beloved Concerto
No. 5 with its fiery Turkish episode with the rich,
with the virtuosic romanticism of Vieuxtemps’
Violin Concerto No. 4.
Music of Unity and Peace
Works: Chants and songs sung by the Taizé male
choir (1 CD) (DG)
DGG B002166502 $15.48
Music of Unity and Peace is an extraordinary collection of beautiful chants and songs of the Taizé community performed by the Brothers and a handpicked
choir of young visitors on their annual pilgrimage.
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 / Myung-Whun Chung
Artists: Myung-Whun Chung/Seoul PO. (1 CD)
(DG)
DGG B002278502 $16.98
This is the third release from the acclaimed Mahler
series of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and
maestro Chung following No.1 (Platinum in Korea)
& No. 2 released earlier.
Elizabeth joy Roe plays Britten and Barber
Works: Britten: Piano
Concerto; Barber: Piano
Concerto; Nocturnes Artists:
Elizabeth joy Roe, piano;
Emil Tabakov/London SO. (1
CD) (Decca)
DEC B002284102 $18.98
This album of two of the 20th
century’s greatest piano concertos is completed
with two solo piano nocturnes by each composer:
Britten’s ‘Night Piece’ and Barber’s ‘Nocturne Homage to John Field’.
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Orchestral music of Charles Martin Loeffler
Works: Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935):
Divertissement Espagnol; La Villanelle du Diable;
Une Nuit de Mai; Divertissement in A minor
Artists: Lorrainan McAslan, violin; Amy Dickson,
saxophone. Johannes Wildner/BBC Concert Orch.
(1 CD) (Dutton)
DUT 7313 $20.99 On Sale
Violinist Lorraine McAslan is velvet-toned in the
Une Nuit de Mai, a sumptuous musical picture of a
spring night in the Ukraine, and powerfully virtuosic
in the Divertissement in A minor.
Orchestral music of Malcolm Arnold
Works: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony No.7;
Philharmonic Concerto; Fantasy on a Theme of
John Field Artists: Peter Donohoe, piano. Martin
Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 SA CD) (Dutton
Laboratories)
DUT 7318 $20.99 On Sale
Arnold’s Symphony No.7, dissonant and exhilarating by turns, is crowned by a riotous Irish reel.
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Orchestral music of Charles-Marie Widor
Works: Charles-Marie
Widor: Violin Concerto;
Symphony No. 1; La Nuit de
Walpurgis Artists: Sergey
Levitin, violin. Martin Yates/
Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1
SA CD) (Dutton)
DUT 7315 $20.99 On Sale
Conductor Martin Yates has been a fervent champion of Widor, a composer previously known only
for his Organ Symphonies who wrote a considerable amount of evocative orchestral music.
Havergal Brian: Symphonies / Martyn Brabbins
Works: Havergal Brian: Symphonies Nos. 5 “Wine
of Summer”, 19 & 27; Festal Dance Artists:
Martyn Brabbins/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch.
Roderick Williams, bariton (1 SA CD) (Dutton)
DUT 7314 $20.99 On Sale
One of Brian’s most delightful scores is the Symphony No.5 of 1937 titles “Wine of Summer”.
Orchestral works of Walter Braunfels
Works: Walter Braunfels
(1882-1954): Symphonic
Variations on a French
Children’s Song; Suite from
Der Gläserne Berg; Sinfonia
Brevis Artists: Johannes
Wildner/BBC Concert Orch.
(1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories)
DUT 7316 $20.99 On Sale
Walter Braunfels, who died in 1954, was one of
the great twentieth-century German composers
temporarily eclipsed by the Nazi era and the 1950s
avant-garde. All are world première recordings.
Music of Herbert Howells & Ronald Corp
Works: Ronald Corp (b.1951): Concerto for
Cello; Herbert Howells: Merry-Eye, for orchestra;
Puck’s Minuet, for orchestra, Op. 20/1. Artists:
Alice Neary, cello; Ronald Corp/Royal Scottish
Nat’l Orch. Alice Neary (Clo). (1 CD) (Dutton
Laboratories)
DUT 7317 $20.99 On Sale
Herbert Howells’s Cello Concerto, a glorious and
expansive score from the mid-1930s, is heard here
complete for the first time.
Saint Saëns: Piano Trios / Trio Latitude 41
Works: Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios nos 1 & 2
Artists: Trio Latitude 41 (1 CD) (Eloquentia)
ELOQ 1547 $21.49
Although little known by most music lovers, the
two Piano Trios, composed in 1863 and 1892, are
among Saint-Saëns’ finest works.
Un viaje a Nápoles: 16th- & 17th-Century
Spanish & Italian Works for Harp / Sara Águeda
Artists: Sara Águeda, harps (1 CD) (Enchiriadis)
ECHR 2041 $18.99
Sara Águeda is one of the few modern harpists to
have mastered the two kinds of historic harps of
the 16th and 17th centuries: the Spanish double
harp and the Italian double or triple harp.
Chopin: ‘Magic of Sound’ / Ralf Taal, piano
Works: Preludes, Op. 28; Ballade No. 4; Etudes,
Op. 10/2, 4 & 5; Polonaise, Op. 53; Scherzo No. 2
(1 CD) (Estonian Records)
ESON 8014 $18.99
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Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 / Bruffy
British Classics / RAF Central Band; Stubbs
Artists: Charles Bruffy/
Phoenix Chorale; Kansas
City Chorale. Paul Davidson;
Bryan Taylor; Toby Vaughan
Kidd; Joseph Warner;
Julia Scozzafava; Frank
Fleschner(1 SA Hybrid CD)
CHA 5148 $19.99
The Phoenix Chorale and Kansas City Chorale are
regarded as among the finest professional choral
ensembles in the world. Their recordings have
earned a combined total of ten Grammy® nominations and four wins. The New York Times praised
‘the choirs’ refined sound and elegant phrasing’.
Works by: Holst, Vaughan
Williams, Grainger, Langford
& Tomlinson Artists:
Duncan Stubbs/The Central
Band of the Royal Air Force.
(1 CD) CHA 10847 $18.99
“...This music represents
some of the most iconic
wind band repertoire, Holst’s Suites in particular
having close links to our military heritage. Including
Langford’s Rhapsody also continues our record
of ‘firsts’ achieved by a British military band.” (WC
Duncan Stubbs)
Charles Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Davis
Works: William Walton: Cello
Concerto; Improvisations on
an Impromptu of Benjamin
Britten; Symphony no 2. Artists: Edward Gardner/BBC
SO. Paul Watkins (Clo). (1 SA
Hybrid CD) CHA 5153 $19.99
The Second (and last)
Symphony of Walton was only premiered in 1960.
Scored for a large and colorful orchestra, it is of
compact duration and features angular melodies,
sharply dissonant harmonies and motoric rhythms.
Artists: Andrew Davis/Melbourne SO. ‘Ives Orchestral
Works, Vol. 1’ (1 SA Hybrid
CD)
CHA 5152 $19.99
An amateur genius of
avant-garde composing
who experimented with
groundbreaking techniques
years ahead of their time, the American composer
started out with more conventional works - as
shown by the two early symphonies recorded here.
Orchestral music of William Walton
Janácek & Martinu String Quartets / Doric Qrt.
Works: Janácek: String Quartet Nos. 1 & 2; Martinu: String Quartet No. 3 Artists: Doric String Quartet.
(1 CD) CHA 10848 $18.99
As acknowledged by Janacek, his two string programmatic quartets are a vehicle for his deepest feelings. Martinu’s Third String Quartet reflects the influences of his teacher Albert Roussel as well as the
night-life ragtime and jazz world of late 1920s Paris.
FC Records
Grand Piano
Works: Merikanto, Melartin, Madetoja Artists:
Jouni Somero, piano (1 CD)
FCR 9718 $19.99
Jouni Somero’s fourth volume in this series
devoted to Finnish piano music includes first
recordings of works by Merikanto and Melartin.
Works: Joachim Raff (18221882): Grande Sonate, Op.
14; Blätter und Blüten, Op.
135a (1 CD) (Grand Piano)
GRPO 654 $16.99
The four volumes of Blätter
und Blüten (Leaves and
Blossoms) consist of twelve
deliciously melodic and colourful miniatures. By
contrast, the Grande Sonate is a late work, its
sonorous gravity and breadth encompassing a
bleak nobility representing the culmination of his
writing for the piano.
An Anthology of Finnish Piano Music, Vol. 4
Bruckner: Pange Lingua, Motets, Sacred works
Artists: Philipp Von Steinaecker/Musica Saeculorum. (1 CD) (Fra Bernardo) FRAB 1501271 $18.99
Chronologically arranged, from the very first
composition of an 11 year-old, ‘a Pange lingua’, to
the late ‘Vexilla Regis’, this program presents an
illuminating cross-section of Bruckner’s work.
Arvo Pärt: Tintinnabuli (‘bell’) / Tallis Scholars
Works: Arvo Pärt (1935 - ): ‘... which was the son
of...’, for chorus; I am the True Vine; Magnificat;
Magnificat Antiphons; Nunc dimittis; The Woman
with the Alabaster Box Artists: Peter Phillips/The
Tallis Scholars. (1 CD) (Gimell) GIM 049 $19.99
To celebrate Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday, Gimell
presents a new recording of some of the Estonian
composer’s finest a cappella choral works. This is
the first album of contemporary music from The
Tallis Scholars since their famous 1984 recording
of works by John Tavener.
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Raff: Piano Music, Vol. 5 / Tra Nguyen, piano
Gustave Samazeuilh: Complete Piano Works
Works: Gustave Samazeuilh (1877-1967): Nocturne; Piano Suite in G; Chanson a ma Poupée; 3
Petites Inventions; Esquisses; Evocation; Le Chant
de la mer Artists: Olivier Chauzu, piano (1 CD)
(Grand Piano)
GRPO 669 $16.99
A pupil of Dukas and a lifelong friend of Ravel,
Gustave Samazeuilh was a central figure in Parisian musical life over many decades. His skill as
a pianist can be heard in the majestic colours and
intense virtuosity of ‘Le Chant de la mer’.
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Orchestral works of Felix Woyrsch / Dorsh
Paul Graener - Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Works: Felix Woyrsch
(1860-1944): Symphony
No. 3; Three Böcklin
Fantasies Artists: Thomas
Dorsch/Oldenburgisches
Staatsorchester (1 CD) (CPO
)
CPO 777923 $16.99
Felix Woyrsch’s Three
Böcklin Fantasies draw on coloristic instrumental
and harmonic resources as in hardly any other
work by him. The Third Symphony’s thoroughly
chromaticized, frequently dissonant tonal idiom
justifies its claim to the status of an ‘Apocalyptic
Symphony’ in the context of his oeuvre.
Works: Paul Graener (18721948): Piano Concerto, Op.
72 (1926); Sinfonetta, Op. 27
(1906); Divertimento Op. 67;
Three Swedish dances, op. 98
Artists: Oliver Triendl, piano;
Alun Francis/Munich RSO. (1
CD)
CPO 777697 $16.99
The latest cpo release to feature the works of Paul
Graener contains yet more impressive selections
from the symphonic oeuvre of a composer long
tainted by National Socialist Party membership
and Reichsmusikkammer post.
The Mannheimer Quartet plays Joachim Raff
Works: Joachim Raff
(1822-82): String Quartets
Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 8 Artists:
Mannheimer Streichquartett.
(2 CD) (CPO )
2 CPO 777004 $31.99
Contemporaries of Joachim
Raff (1822-82) valued him as
an expert in the history of music and art and as a
composer who knew how to produce richly colored
instrumentations.
Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto pathétique; Réminiscences de Norma; Réminiscences de Don Juan et al.
Artists: Piano Duo Genova
& Dimitrov. (1 CD) (CPO )
CPO 777896 $16.99
Twenty-five years after vying
against each other performing Liszt’s Mephisto
Waltzes, and dozens of successful competitions
later, these two pianists sat down opposite each
other, not as rivals, but as a formidable duo.
Michael Haydn: The Complete String Quintets
Ernst: Fantaisie Brillante - The Virtuoso Violin
Artists: Salzburger Haydn-Quintett. (2 CD) (CPO )
2 CPO 777907 $31.99
Michael Haydn, brother of Joseph, has been a
special focus for the cpo label. Here, the Haydn
Quintet of Salzburg performs on historical
instruments in a historical setting – the Kuenburg
Palais in the heart of Salzburg.
Glossa
Giuseppe Sammartini: Concertos for the Organ
Artists: Fabio Bonizzoni/La Risonanza; David
Plantier and Olivia Centurioni, violins (1 CD)
(Glossa)
GLS C81505 $16.99
In the delightful Op 9 concertos by Giuseppe
Sammartini, we are able to enjoy Bonizzoni’s skill
as a keyboard player on full dispaly.
Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Suites for Lute
Artists: Konrad Junghänel, lute (1 CD) (Glossa)
GLS C80013 $16.99
It was Konrad Junghänel recordings of the music of Sylvius Leopold Weiss in the 1970s which
restored the reputation of the composer, and we
welcom these reissues 30+ years on.
Caldara: Morte e sepoltura di Christo / Biondi
Works: Antonio Caldara (1670-1736): Morte e
sepoltura di Christo, oratorio Artists: Fabio Biondi/
Stavanger SO. (2 CD) (Glossa)
2 GLS 923403 $29.99
With Antonio Caldara’s Morte e sepoltura di Christo,
released on Glossa just after a new album devoted
to Vivaldi’s late violin concertos, Fabio Biondi returns
to the Italian oratorio, another of his specialties.
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Franz Liszt: Works for Two Pianos
Works: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-’65):
Virtuoso works for violin & piano; String Quartet
no. 1; Wieniawski: ‘Reverie’ Artists: Thomas
Christian (violin)/Thomas Christian Ensemble. (2
CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777894 $31.99
Ernst comes across as a composer profoundly
adept at writing fine harmony and counterpoint.
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonatas
Artists: Paul Dombrecht,
Marcel Ponseele, oboes;
Danny Bond, bassoon;
Chiara Banchini, violin (2
CD) (Glossa)
2 GLS C80014 $29.99
This recordings will
undoubtedly bring pleasure
to all those who consider - as we do - that Zelenka
is one of the great Baroque composers.
Pedro de Escobar: Missa in Granada (c. 1520)
Artists: Dominique Vellard/Ensemble Cantus
Figuratus. (1 CD) (Glossa) GLS C80015 $16.99
In these performances employing voices and
instruments, we are able to appreciate, in all its
splendour, the talent of this Portuguese-born
composer who was active principally in Spain.
Tempesta sings arias of Handel & Vivaldi
Artists: Blandine Staskiewicz Tempesta, mz.;
Alexis Kossenko/Les Ambassadeurs (1 CD)
(Glossa)
GLS 923503 $18.99
Mezzo-soprano Blandine Staskiewicz Tempesta
ventures into the emotional storms and calms
beloved of Baroque composers - notably Vivaldi
and Handel - that captivates listeners still.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Frans Bruggen
Artists: Frans Bruggen/
Orch. of the Eighteenth
Century. (1 CD) (Glossa)
GLS C81120 $16.99
With the passing of Frans
Bruggen in August 2014,
the boxset of the Beethoven
Symphonies released by
Glossa in 2012 (GLS 921116) surely stands as
one of the great recording legacies of the conductor and his legendary orchestra. From that set
comes this deeply-poetic reading of the Ninth.
Music in the time of Velázquez
Works: Songs & Instrumental Pieces from 17thCentury Spain Artists: José Miguel Moreno/
Ensemble Romanesca. (1 CD) GLS C80201 $16.99
Philip Glass: Glassworlds, Vol. 1
Works: Philip Glass (b.1937): Glassworks; How
Now; Orphée Suite Artists: Nicolas Horvath (Pno).
(1 CD) (Grand Piano)
GRPO 677 $16.99
‘Glassworlds 1’ inaugurates the complete Grand
Piano Edition devoted to Mr. Glass, which will
include many premiere recordings.
Hanssler
Schumann: Complete Concertos & Piano Trios I
Works: Schumann: Violin
Concerto in D minor; Piano
Trio no 3 Artists: Pablo
Heras-Casado/Freiburger
Barockorchester. Isabelle
Faust (Vln); Jean-Guihen
Queyras (Clo); Alexander
Melnikov (Pno). (2 CD &
DVD) (Harmonia Mundi)
2 HAR 902196 $19.99
These musicians have made a choice of
instruments that restore the delicate transparency
and subtlety of textures to the music.
Orfeo(s) - Italian & French Chamber Cantatas
Works: Clérambault (1676-1749): Orphée;
Pergolesi (1710-1736): Orfeo (“Nel chiuso centro”),
chamber cantata; Rameau: Orphée; A. Scarlatti:
Poi che riseppe Orfeo Artists: Akademie für Alte
Musik, Berlin. Sunhae Im (Sop). (1 CD) (Harmonia
Mundi)
HAR 902189 $19.99
For her first recital disc on harmonia mundi,
soprano Sunhae Im has chosen four cantatas
dealing with the myth of Orpheus.
Bach: Goldberg Variations, arr. for strings
Italia: Vocal works for chorus from Italy
Works by: Verdi, Giacinto Scelsi, Luigi Nono,
Pizzetti & Goffredo Petrassi
Artists: Marcus Creed/SWR
Vokalensemble Stuttgart (1
CD)
HAN 93329 $18.99
Giuseppe Verdi, of course,
used choirs in his operas, but
apart from that there are only
a few Italian choral works that
have sustained any place in the repertoire, some of
the finest of which are presented here.
Brahms: A German Requiem / Roger Norrington
Artists: Christina Landshamer, Florian Boesch;
Roger Norrington/Norddeutscher Rundfunk Chor;
SWR Radio SO Stuttgart (1 CD) HAN 93327 $18.99
The central idea Brahms’ masterpiece is not in the
standard church-liturgical tradition, but the reality of
human existence - it’s this “earthly character“ that
Roger Norrington uses to shape his interpretation.
Henryk Szeryng plays Nardini Ravel, Schumann
Works: Nardini: Violin Concerto in E minor; Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto no 4; (both live) Ravel:
Tzigane; Schumann: Violin Concerto (both studio)
Artists: Henryk Szeryng, violin (rec. 1955/57).
Hans Rosbaud/SWR Sinfonieorchester BadenBaden und Freiburg (1 CD)
HAN 94229 $14.99
Henryk Szeryng, once regarded a supreme master, has faded from memory, even though his performances set standards.
Violinist Johanna Martzy plays Mozart
Works: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
(rec. 1956/62) Artists: Johanna Martzy (vln),
Hans Muller-Kray/SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Stuttgart (1 CD)
HAN 94230 $14.99
Johanna Martzy, counted among the great
violinists of the fifties and early sixties, is practically
forgotten today.
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Works: J.S. Bach:
Goldberg Variations (arr.
D. Sitkovetsky for strings)
Artists: Thomas Gould/
Britten Sinfonia. (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (Harmonia Mundi)
HAR 807633 $19.99
This beautifully realized and
heartfelt arrangement for strings was inspired by
Glenn Gould’s remarkable 1981 recording of the
work.
Ascendit Deus - Music for Ascensiontide &
Pentecost / Choir of Clare College
Works by: Brett Dean (1961-) Elgar; Gerald Finzi;
Patrick Gowers (1936-2014); Grieg; Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012); Frank Martin; Nico Muhly (1981-);
Peter Philips; Graham Ross; Stanford; Vaughan
Williams; Judith Weir (1954-) et al. Artists: Graham
Ross/Dmitri Ensemble; Choir of Clair College; Peter
Harrison (Organ) (1 CD)
HAR 907623 $19.99
This release explores the rich imagery of musical
settings that span five centuries, including five
world première recordings.
Like Style, Dig?’ - The Music of John Bergamo
Works: John Bergamo (1940-2013): Original percussion works Artists: Tim Patterson, percussion
(1 CD) (Innova)
INNO 899 $13.99 On Sale
John Bergamo (1940 - 2013) was a composer and
performer at the forefront of the exploration of the
timbral possibilities of percussion music.
La Dresda Galante: From the Court of Dresden
Works: Vocal and instrumental works by Hasse, W.F.
Bach, Heinichen, Vivaldi, and G. A. Ristori Artists:
Miriam Feuersinger, soprano; Zürcher Baroque Orch.
(1 CD) (Klanglogo)
KLGO 1508 $18.99
Music at the flourishing Dresden court in the
Baroque era was widely renowned, incorporating a
number of different European styles of the day.
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 /
Artists: Nikolai Demidenko,
piano; Alexander Lazarev/
London PO. (1 CD)
HYP 55440 $12.99
Prokofiev’s five piano concertos are among the composer’s most popular works.
These vibrant recordings
bristle with youthful virtuosity from composer and
soloist alike. Originally released in 1995, this gem
from the Hyperion back catalog is now available at
mid-price.
String quartets by Szymanski & Mykietyn
Works: Pawel Mykietyn:
Quartet for Strings no 2;
Pawel Szymanski (1954 - ):
Pieces for string quartet
Artists: Royal String
Quartet. (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 68085 $19.99
This is music from the
extraordinary sound-worlds of two composers at
the vanguard of the contemporary Polish music
scene - music intended to grab the attention of its
audience - whether willing or not.
Sacred music of Boccherini & D’Astorga
Works: Boccherini: Stabat
Mater; Emanuele D’Astorga:
Stabat Mater Artists:
Robert King/The Consort &
Choir of the King’s Consort
(1 CD) HYP 55287 $12.99
Of the two settings Boccherini wrote of the Stabat Mater,
this is the second from 1800 for two sopranos and
tenor. Also included is another Stabat Mater and
the only known sacred composition by Emanuele
d’Astorga.
Erno Dohnányi: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3
Works: Ernst von Dohnányi
(1877-1960): Du und Du
(Strauss); Gavotte and Musette; Naila Waltzes; Pieces
(3), Op. 23; Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32a; Schatzwalzer
Artists: Martin Roscoe (Pno)
HYP 68033 $19.99
The penultimate volume in Hyperion’s four-part
survey of the complete solo piano music of Erno
Dohnányi focuses on music from the composer’s
mature period.
Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Works: Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 58; Music for Children, Op. 65; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no 1 Artists: Paavo Järvi/Frankfurt RSO . Steven Isserlis
(Clo). (1 CD)
HYP 68037 $19.99
This thrilling album from Steven Isserlis couples Prokofiev’s groundbreaking
Cello Concerto from the 1930s with Shostakovich’s eruptive response to it written
for Rostropovich in 1959. These seminal works mark the cello’s coming of age,
enveloping its trademark rhapsodic lyricism in a newly visceral passion.
Orchestral Lollipops / Brandenburg State SO
Works: Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No.
1; Anderson: The Typewriter; Wood: Fantasia on
British Sea Songs; Carmichael: Stardust; ‘Fats’
Waller: Smashin’ Thirds; Valentine Stomp; Berlin:
Puttin’ on the Ritz. Artists: Fine Arts Brass; Howard Griffiths/Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester
Frankfurt. (1 CD) (Klanglogo) KLGO 1506 $18.99
This is a CD of works that long ago achieved
‘lollipop’ status.
Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Étoiles
Works: Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Des
canyons aux étoiles..., for piano, horn, xylorimba,
glockenspiel & orchestra, I/51. Artists: Christoph
Eschenbach/London PO. Tzimon Barto (Pno) (2
CD) (London PO)
2 LPO 0083 $17.99
Messiaen’s unusual instrumentation, inventive
scoring and use of birdsong in Des canyons aux
étoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars) celebrate
the marvels of Creation itself (live recording).
Vivaldi: ‘La Stravaganza’ 12 Concerti, Op. 4
Artists: Francesco Cerrato (vln)/Armoniosa. (2 SA
Hybrid CD) (MD&G)
2 MDG 9011885 $41.99
Historically informed and playing on authentic
instruments but free of any sort of dogmatism,
these are refreshingly direct performances.
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Choral music of Johann Adam Hiller
Works: Hiller (1728-1804):
Jauchet dem Herrn, alle
Welt, Psalm 100; Lass sich
freuen alle, Psalm 5; Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Artists:
Rainer Homburg/Handel’s
Company; Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben. (1 SA CD)
(MD&G)
MDG 9021876 $21.49
In Hiller’s adaptation of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
wind instruments are added and harmonies are reinforced here and there, adding color and contrast.
The Lyrical Trombone / Michael Massong,
Works by: Bahms, Liszt, Martin, Rachmaninov,
Schubert, Strauss, Wagner, Weber Artists:
Michael Massong, trombone; Tomoko Sawano,
piano (MD&G)
MDG 6031887 $19.99
This program of transcriptons for trombone of lyrical
pieces includes Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise,” Weber’s
“Romanze,” and Franz Liszt’s “Romance oubliée.”
F.J. Haydn: Clarinet Quartets / Dieter Klocker
Works: F.J. Haydn: Clarinet Quartets (transcribed
from string quartets) Artists: Dieter Klocker,
clarinet; Consortium Classicum. (1 CD) (MD&G)
MDG 3010315 $19.99
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MSR Classics
Songs by: Glinka,
Dargomyzhsky, Rubinstein,
Cui, Medtner, Tchaikovsky,
Rachmaninoff Artists:
Elena Zaremba, mezzo;
Antonina Kadobnova, piano
(1 CD) (Melodiya)
MELY 1002319 $18.99
The album, recorded in 2011, covers a hundred
years of the evolution of the Russian romance.
Works: Saint-Saëns, Fauré,
Lalo: Works for Cello & Orchestra Artists: Kim Cook,
cello; Philharmonia Bulgarica; Valeri Vatchev, Grigor
Palikarov (1 CD) (MSR Classics)
MSR 1512 $13.99
Cellist Kim Cook is on
the faculty at Penn State University. She has
performed as a soloist throughout the U.S. and in
27 countries worldwide.
Russian Romances / Elena Zaremba, mezzo
Orchestral music of Giya Kancheli / Kakhidze
Works: Giya Kancheli (b.1935): Mourned by the
Wind, liturgy for violin & orchestra; Symphonies
Nos. 4, 5 & 6 Artists: Yuri Bashmet, viola, Jansug
Kakhidze/The State SO of Georgia. (2 CD)
(Melodiya)
2 MELY 1002286 $29.99
Giya Kancheli is among the most original
representatives of academic music in Russia who
has created his own type of symphonism.
Alexander Rudin plays cello Sonatas
Works by: Giovanni Valentini, J.S. Bach, Beethoven,
Nikolai Myaskovsky and Julius Klengel Artists: Alexander Rudin, cello; Lidiya Yevgrafova and Viktor Ginzburg,
piano (1 CD) (Melodiya)
MELY 1002273 $18.99
Rudin was a prize winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, the Bach Competition in
Leipzig and the Cassado Competition in Florence
Brahms: The Hungarian Connection
Works: Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Waltzes
(2); Hungarian Dances et al. Artists: Andreas
Ottensamer, clarinet; Leonidas Kavakos, violin (1
CD) (Mercury)
MERC B002288602 $16.98
Andreas Ottensamer, the “brilliant young Austrian
clarinetist” (Classic FM), explores the connections
Brahms had to Hungarian folk music traditions.
Songs and Chamber Music of Nicholas Marshall
Works: Nicholas Marshall
(b.1942): select songs; Concerto for Recorder; String
Quartet Artists: James Gilchrist, tenor; Harvey Davies,
harpsichord; Manchester
Chamber Ensemble (1 CD)
(Metier) MTI 28552 $18.99
This album continues Metier’s work in recording
contemporary British music by composers working
in traditional harmonies and a lyrical style.
Passions de l’âme et du cour / Carlos Mena
Songs by: Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pergolese,
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahm,
Chopin Artists: Boris Berezovsky, piano; Carlos
Mena, countertenor; Pierre Hantai/Ensemble
Orch.l de Paris (2 CD) (Mirare) 2 MRR 277 $16.99
La Folle Journée is an annual music festival held
in Nantes, France and this sampler explores a
wide range of repertoire, from Baroque to early
20th century, on the festival’s theme.
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Works for Cello & Orchestra / Kim Cook, cello
The Flaming Fire: Mary Queen of Scots and
Her World’ / Parthenia, viol consort
Works: Elizabethan Songs, Dances and Fancies
Artists: Parthenia: A Consort of Viols; Ryland
Angel, tenor; Dongsok Shin, virginal (1 CD) (MSR
Classics)
MSR 1490 $13.99
Sonatas for Violin & Piano / Jade Duo
Works: Fauré, Schumann, Bartók Artists: Shuai
Shi, violin; Zhen Chen, piano (1 CD) (MSR
Classics)
MSR 1510 $13.99
The Jade Duo won first prize in the 2013 Artur Balsam Competition and second prize in the J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition that same year.
Traditional Latin American Piano Music
Works by: Moleiro, Villa-Lobos, Mancebo, Ponce,
Campos, Tavares, Otero, Lecuona, Piazzolla, Ginastera et al ‘Cancion Sin Palabras’ Artists: Martha
Marchena (1 CD) (MSR)
MSR 1545 $13.99
Cuban pianist Martha Marchena performs
traditional Latin American piano music.
Gerald Trimble, viola da gamba innovator
Artists: Gerald Trimble, viola da gamba (1 CD)
(MSR Classics)
MSR 1523 $13.99
Gerald Trimble’s visionary and virtuosic
playing combines Celtic, Eastern and Early
Music influences with modern techniques and
improvisational skills.
Musiques Suisses
Orchestral Music of Othmar Schoeck
Works: Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957): Sommernacht; Sonata for Bass Clarinet & Orchestra;
Penthesilea-Suite; Besuch in Urach Artists: Mario
Venzago/Bern SO (1 CD)
MSS 6281 $18.99
The most successful orchestral work by Swiss
composer Othmar Schoeck is Sommernacht
(Summer Night), heard here in an arrangement for
solo strings and large string orchestra.
Solissimo: Works for Tuba & Ensembles
Works by: Sarasate, D. Roggen, B. Broughton
et al. Artists: Daniel Schaedeli, tuba; Dominique
Roggen/Bern Symphony String Ensemble;
Swiss Army Symphony Wind Orchestra (1 CD)
(Musiques Suisses)
MSS 6282 $18.99
These various and varied pieces for tuba exhibit a
range of sounds, styles and colors, from Baroque
to jazz, from old to new. Mr. Schaedeli is solo
tubist with the Bern Symphony Orchestra and a
member of the Lucerne Chamber Brass.
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Myrios Classics
Oehms
New from Musical Concepts
Works: Prokofiev: Piano
Concerto no 2; Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto no 1 Artists:
James Gaffigan/Deutsches
SO Berlin. Kirill Gerstein
(Pno). (1 SA CD) (Myrios)
MYR 016 $19.99
This is the first recording
of the Tchaikovsky concerto using the version
approved and conducted by Tchaikovsky until his
last public appearance in 1893.
Works: W.F. Bach (17101784): Fantasia for keyboard
(9) Artists: Anthony Spiri
(Pno). (1 CD) (Oehms)
OEH 431 $16.99
Born in the USA, Anthony
Spiri received his training in
Cleveland and Boston before
removing to Europe where he completed his
studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
❦Carl Nielsen: The Concertos
Dmitry Sinkovsky Plays & Sings Vivaldi
Works: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Arias Artists:
Dmitry Sinkovsky, violin & countertenor/La Voce
Strumentale (1 CD) (Naïve)
NAI 30559 $16.99
Dmitry Sinkovsky’s unusual, remarkable array of
talents are all featured on this new Naive release
of Vivaldi instrumental and vocal works.
Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 32; Brahms:
Pieces for piano, Op. 119; Debussy: Images, set
2; L’isle joyeuse Artists: Alexander Schimpf (Pno).
(1 CD) (Oehms)
OEH 1820 $19.99
In the summer of 2011, Alexander Schimpf became the first German to win the renowned Cleveland Int’l Piano Competition.
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Accentus
Zemlinsky: The Mermaid; Sinfonieta
Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos
Artists: Julia Lezhneva, Delphone Galou, Michael
Spyres, Alexander Vinogradov. Ottavio Dantone/
Chœur de Chambre Accentus; Orchestre de
Chambre de Paris (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 5409 $16.99
After Il barbiere di Siviglia, the Petite Messe
solennelle, composed 1862-64, is Gioacchino
Rossini’s most celebrated composition.
Félicien David: Le Désert / Accentus Choir
Works: Félicien David
(1810-1876): Le Désert,
ode-symphony for speaker,
tenor, chorus & orchestra.
Artists: Laurence Equilbey/
Accentus Choir; Orchestre
de Chambre de Paris . (2
CD) (Naïve)
2 NAI 5405 $16.99
This recording of one of the French masterpieces
of the mid-19th c. is a real discovery.
Little Girl Blue from Nina Simone
Artists: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello; Bruno
Fontaine, piano; Laurent Kraif, percussion (1 CD)
(Naïve)
NAI 5376 $16.99
Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter,
pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist. She
worked in a broad range of musical styles
including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel,
and pop. Cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton writes of
Nina: “There is one thing I am sure of: she moves
you and enchants you beyond belief.”
The multi-faceted music of Richard Carrick
Works: Richard Carrick (b.1971): Cycles of Evolution; The Veins of Marble; Prisoner’s Cinema; Submerge Adagios for String Orchestra Artists: Richard Carrick/New York PO members; String Orch.
of Brooklyn; CZ4 Wind Quartet; Toomai String
Quintet. (1 CD) (New World) NWR 80759 $18.99
A special feature of Richard Carrick’s music has
always been his fascination with creating spatial
depth and dimension through subtly balanced
orchestration and dynamics. This is music that
requires our attention, but the rewards far outstrip
the efforts.
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Keyboard works by W.F. Bach / Anthony Spiri
Schimpf plays Beethoven, Brahms & Debussy
Works: Zemlinsky (18711942): The Mermaid, fantasy
for orchestra (world premiere
of the new critical version);
Sinfonietta, Op. 23 (2013
version for chamber orchestra by Roland Freisitzer) Artists: John Storgårds/Helsinki
PO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Ondine) OND 1237 $16.99
Die Seejungfrau (Mermaid) is a lush, powerful
3-movement symphonic “fantasy” and The Sinfonietta, op. 34 is a fascinating example of Zemlinsky’s late orchestral writing and stylistic evolution.
Bach: Goldberg Variationen / Lifschitz, piano
Works: J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations Artists:
Konstantin Lifschitz (Pno). (1 CD) (Orfeo)
ORF 864141 $22.99
This live recording is being released 20 years after
it was recorded at Konstantin Lifschitz’s final concert at the Gnessin School. He was 17 at the time.
Mozart (Re)inventions, arr. for flute & cello
Works: Mozart: Allegro for
piano, K. 3; Allegro for piano,
K. 5a; The Magic Flute; Duos
for violin & viola nos 1 & 2;
London sketchbook piece
no 1 Artists: Eric Lamb,
flute; Martin Rummel, cello;
Ensemble Paladino (1 CD)
(Paladino Music)
PANO 0050 $18.99
The popular duos for violin and viola in a new transcription for flute and cello are the main works here.
Quantz (1697-1773): Music for solo flute
Artists: Eric Lamb, flute (1 CD) (Paladino Music)
PANO 0060 $18.99
Quantz’ eight caprices are framed by little pieces
such as fantasias and preludes as well as
elaborate variation cycles.
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❦Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition et al.
Artists: Saeka Matsuyama,
violin; John McCaw, clarinet; Jennifer Stinton, flute.
Jan Wagner/Odense SO;
Raymond Leppard/New
Philharmonia Orch.; Steuart
Bedford/Scottish CO. (1 CD)
MSLC 1288 $10.49
”This collection is from a repertoire point of view a
natural coupling at bargain price. New-comers will
do themselves no harm at all by snapping it up.” MusicWeb
Works: Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition;
Khovanshchina Prelude;
Stravinsky: Petrushka
(1911) Artists: Charles
Mackerras/London SO; New
Philharmonia Orch. (1 CD)
MSLC 1263 $10.49
“Mackerras evokes atmosphere in every piece [of
‘Pictures’], with more consciously dramatic attack,
more pointing of rhythm, more swagger in the
playing. An admirable account” -Gramophone
❦Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (unedited)
❦Lusty Broadside Ballads & Playford Dances
from 17th Century England / City Waites,
Artists: Gennadi
Rozhdestvensky/London SO.
(1 CD) MSLC 1260 $10.49
This is the full version of
this symphony, uncut and
with repeat in the first movement. “Plenty of vitality. Big
string melodies blossoming
voluptuously. The slow movement, after a beguiling opening clarinet, has a climax of spacious
intensity, its power almost overwhelming. A most
satisfying account. (***)” - Penguin Guide
Works: from 17th Century
England Artists: Lucie
Skeaping/City Waites. (1 CD)
MSLC 1275 $10.49
“Nearly flawless: singing is
not flashy, but genuinely well
executed ... Throughout,
there is an infectious joy
expressed in the four-part harmonies. There are
songs here that make the listener want to jump
and dance a merry jig.’ - MusicWeb
❦Tartini: The Devil’s Trill / David Oistrakh
Works: Tartini: Violin Concertos D. 12, D. 51, D. 80, D. 115 Artists: David Oistrakh, violin; Lev Oborin,
piano; Arie van Beek/Orchestre de L’Auvergne. (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1283 $10.49
‘Few will be disappointed either by the music or the performances. The dance-like character of many of
the outer movements is an attractive feature of Tartini’s concertos and the slow movements are affectingly expressive. Good recitals of Tartini are few. This can be confidently recommended...” -Gramophone
Thomas Schmogner plays the Claviorganum
Works by: Albrechtsberger,
Mozart, Kauer, Beethoven,
C.P.E. Bach, Preindl Artists:
Thomas Schmogner, claviorganum (1 CD) (Paladino Music)
PANO 0033 $18.99
The Claviorganum by F.X.
Christoph from the 18th century unites the tonal qualities of strung keyboard
instruments with those of organ-type instruments.
Die Schrammel-Geigen (The Schrammel brothers)
Pan Classics
G.P. Cima: Vespro della Beata Virgine
Works: Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570-1630):
Vespro della Beata Virgine (Milano, 1610) Artists:
Daniela Dolci/Musica Fiorita. (1 CD) (Pan Classics)
PAN 10316 $18.99
For 20 years, Musica Fiorita, conducted by Daniela
Dolci, has been specializing in the performance of
late Renaissance and Baroque music.
Veneziano: Nocturnes for the Dead
Works by: Johann & Josef Schrammel, Fahrbach,
Katzenberger, Lanner, Schmutzer, Ziehrer et al.
Artists: Philharmonia-Schrammeln Wien. (1 CD)
(Paladino Music)
PANO 0056 $18.99
Besides the Strauss family, the Schrammel
brothers – Johann (1850-93) and Josef (1852-95)
– were the most popular musicians at Vienna’s
social events during the second half of the 19th c.
Works: Gaetano Veneziano (1665-1716): In
Officio Defunctorum Artists: Ensemble Odyssee.
(1 CD) (Pan Classics)
PAN 10319 $18.99
This Pan Classics release presents three late 17th
c. ‘In Officio Defunctorum’ (part of the normal repertoire of every church and performed every time a
nobleman died), set by Gaetano Veneziano.
Franz Liszt: Carnet d’un Pèlerin / Cyril Huvé
Works by: Fiorenza, Rosa, Leo, Pullj and Mancini,
Artists: Inês D’Avena (recorder)/La Cicala
Baroque Ensemble. (2 CD) (Passacaille)
2 PSSA 1007 $18.99
Recorded in the summer of 2013, with an
ensemble of seven musicians, ‘Dolce Napoli’
presents unique concertos and sonatas, some only
very recently rediscovered.
Works: selections from Années de pélerinage
Artists: Cyril Huvé, piano (1 CD) (Paraty)
PRTY 215206 $23.99
Huvé’s previous release on Paraty, which features
works by Mendelssohn played on an 1840
Broadwood piano, won the 2010 record of the year
award at the Victoire de la Musique.
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Dolce Napoli: Recorder Sonatas & Concerti
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Piano Classics
Charles-Valentin Alkan: ‘Song of the
Madwoman on the Seashore’, piano works
Artists: Vicenzo Maltempo; piano (1 CD) (Piano
Classics)
PINC 0083 $14.99
Maltempo’s previous Alkan Piano Classics recordings received rave reviews in the international
press, including 5-star reviews in Diapason and
Piano News.
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto 2; Cello Sonata
Artists: Anna Fedorova, piano; Benedict
Kloeckner, cello; Laércio Diniz/Nordwestdeutsche
Philharmonie. (1 CD) (Piano Classics)
PINC 0081 $14.99
‘Spirit of the American Range’ / Kalmar
Works by: Walter Piston, George Antheil, and
Aaron Copland Artists: Carlos Kalmar/The
Oregon SO (1 SA CD) (PentaTone)
PTE 5186481 $17.99 On Sale
This release is undeniably a homage to the
distinctive musical characterization of American
themes in a passionate, modern style.
Sviatoslav Richter plays Franz Liszt
Works: Liszt: Harmonies
poétiques et religieuses;
Scherzo and March, S.177;
Méphisto-Watlz No. 1
Artists: Sviatoslav Richter,
piano (1 SA CD) (Praga)
PGA 350081 $23.99
‘Harmonies poétiques et
religieuses’ are rather unique in Liszt’s output inspired by the poetry of Lamartine, they are his
only piano works based on religious themes.
Furtwangler conducts Beethoven / E. Fischer
Artists: Edwin Fischer, piano. Wilhelm
Furtwangler/Philharmonia Orch.; Vienna PO. (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (Praga)
PGA 350074 $23.99
Wilhelm Furtwängler’s last recording of
Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 with the Vienna
Philharmonic stands out among his many others.
Malinconia - Works for Cello & Piano
Works: Sibelius, Grieg Artists: David Geringas,
cello; Ian Fountain, piano (1 CD) (Profil Edition
Gunter Hanssler)
PRF 15005 $15.49 On Sale
The idea of malinconia in the 19th c. covered a myriad of romantic notions - dejection, gloom, sadness,
desperation, depression and even frustration.
19th - 20th c.French Works for Viola & Piano
Works: Debussy, Fauré, Milhaud, Vieuxtemps &
Franck Artists: Peijun Xu, viola; Paul Rivinius,
piano (1 CD) (Profil) PRF 14012 $15.49 On Sale
Due to the viola’s far smaller repertoire, violin
works are sometimes adapted for it, as on this
recital is Franck’s great A Major Sonata.
Shostakovich & Rachmaninov for cello & piano
Works: Shostakovich: Preludes; Rachmaninov:
Romances Artists: Boris Andrianov, cello; Rem
Urasin, piano (1 CD) (Quartz) QTZR 2107 $16.49
On this second CD by Andrianov and Urasin of
music by Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, the two
artsts focus on the Russian composer’s miniatures.
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Instrumental Works for St. Mary’s, Lubeck
Works: Vocal & Instrumental
works by Petrus Hasse,
Franz Tunder, and Dieterich
Buxtehude Artists: Unger/
Capella St. Marien (1 CD)
QRST 1411 $18.99
This CD was recorded on the
occasion of the 400th birthday of Franz Tunder, organist and administrator of
St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck from 1632 - 1667.
Haendeliana Hallensis 2 / Tobias Koch
Works: Keyboard Works of Daniel Gottlob Türk
(1756-1813), J.F. Reichardt (1752-1814) & Carl
Loewe (1796-1859) Artists: Tobias Koch, Fortepiano & Harpsichord (2 CD)
2 QRST 1420 $24.99
The central intention of the ‘Haendeliana Hallensis’
is to preserve and present the richness and variety
of the music culture and tradition around Halle.
New Toccata Classics
Lysenko: Complete Music for Violin & Piano
Works: Mykola Lysenko
(1842-1912): Second
Rhapsody on Ukrainian
Themes; Spring
Kaleidoscope (by Viktor
Kaminsky after ten Lysenko
songs) Artists: Solomia
Soroka, violin; Arthur
Greene, piano (1 CD)
TOC 0177 $18.99
As did Bartók later in Hungary, Mykola Lysenko
(1842–1912), ‘the father of Ukrainian classical
music’, fashioned a musical language - a uniting
of the styles of Chopin, Liszt and the essence of
Ukrainian folksong - through field research.
Choir of the Church of the Epiphany
Works by: Weaver,
Chavez-Mélo, Filsell, Luther,
Leighton, Averitt, Copeland
Artists: Jeremy Filsell/
Choir of the Church of the
Epiphany; Washington
Symphonic Brass (1 CD)
(Raven)
RAV 966 $19.99
This recording provides a snapshot of the musical
life of the Church of the Epiphany in downtown
Washington, DC.
Horizon 6: Contemporary Works from the
Royal Concertgebouw
Works: Detlev Glanert: Frenesia; Michel van der
Aa: Violin Concerto; Luc Brewaeys: Symphony
no 6; Along the Shores of Lorn; Otto Tausk; Louis
Andriessen: Mysterien (Mysteries) Artists: Janine
Jansen, violin; Xian Zhang; Otto Tausk; David
Robertson; Vladimir Jurowski; Mariss Jansons /
Royal Concertgebouw Orch. (2 SA Hybrid CD)
(RCO Live)
2 RCOL 15001 $28.49 On Sale
With this sixth issue in the Horizon Series the
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again
confirms its commitment to contemporary music.
Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Karajan [Rec. 1964]
Artists: Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo
Bergonzi, Nicola Zaccaria; Karajan/La Scala
Chorus & Orch. (1 CD) (Relief) RLF 8004 $18.99
In the autumn of 1964 the opera company of the
Teatro alla Scala di Milano gave guest performances for the first time in Moscow. Under Herbert
von Karajan’s baton the performance of Verdi’s
Requiem on September 25became the most lasting success of this first trip to Russia.
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Works: Mykola Lysenko
(1842-1912): Rhapsody on
Ukrainian Themes; Three
Nocturnes; Four Esquisses;
Elegie et al. Artists: Arthur
Greene, piano (1 CD)
(Toccata Classics)
TOC 0287 $18.99
This first CD of two presenting Mykola Lysenko’s
piano music should prove a revelation: the
opening First Rhapsody on Ukrainian National
Themes, taking as its model the Liszt Hungarian
Rhapsodies, is complemented by a series of
delightful miniatures, all recorded for the first time.
Ronald Stevenson (b.1928): Piano Music, Vol. 1 - A Celtic Album / Christopher Guild, piano
Artists: Christopher Guild, piano (1 CD) (Toccata Classics)
TOC 0272 $18.99
The Scottish pianist Ronald Stevenson, now 86, is the Grand Old Man of Scottish
music. A composer-performer in the grand tradition of Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov, he has written a huge quantity of music for his own instrument, the piano,
ranging from tiny miniatures to his best-known work, the monumental Passacaglia on
DSCH. This first of a series of recordings by the young Scottish pianist Christopher
Guild, strong advocate of contemporary and lesser- known repertoire, begins with an
album inspired by the music of Scotland itself and its Celtic neighbor, Ireland.
Carnet de bord / Maîtrise de Radio France
Works: Henri Dutilleux: Chansons de bord; DanielLesur: Chansons populaires à troix voix; Britten:
The Golden Vanity Artists: Sofi Jeannin/Maîtrise
de Radio France. (1 CD) (Radio France)
RAIO 036 $23.99
On this release, the Maîtrise de Radio France
perform songs of travel, seafaring and adventure.
Mykola Lysenko: Piano Music, Vol. 1 / Greene
J.S. Bach: St. Mark Passion, BWV 247 (1744)
Ricercar
Velázquez and the Music of 17th Century Spain
Works by: Matheo Romero,
Juan Hidalgo, Francisco Correa et al. Artists: Cappella
Mediterranea; Chœur de
Chambre de Namur; Clematis; Ensemble La Romanesca; Vox Luminus. (1 CD)
(Ricercar) RCR 358 $18.99
Heirs to the tradition of the Flemish polyphonists,
the sacred and secular repertoires increasingly
assimilated the influences of folk music.
De Rore - Madrigals; Secular & Sacred Works
Works: Cipriano De Rore (d.1565): Ancor Che Col
Parire - Madrigals; Secular & Sacred Works Artists: Cappella Mediterranea; Chœur de Chambre
de Namur. (1 CD) (Ricercar)
RCR 355 $18.99
RICERCAR celebrates its 35th anniversary with a
homage to the greatest Flemish composer of the
Renaissance, Cipriano de Rore (1515/16 - 1565).
Hassler: Sacred Choral Music of Mainz Cathedral
Works: Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) ‘Missa
super Maria dixit’; eponymous motet; Missae
‘Come fugier’; ‘Ecce quam bonum’; ‘Octo vocum’
Artists: Karsten Storck/Mainz Cathedral Choir (1
CD) (Rondeau Production)
RDAU 6097 $18.99
Hassler’s oeuvre stands on the threshold between
late Renaissance and early Baroque styles.
Flauto dolce solo: A Musical Journey Through Time
Works: 12 composers, 21 works, 1000 years of
music Artists: Elisabeth Schwanda, recorder (1
CD) (Rondeau Production)
RDAU 6099 $18.99
Music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance to
contemporary repertoire and minimalism.
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Artists: Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Terry Wey, Daniel
Johannsen, Stephan MacLeod, Hanno MullerBrachmann. Markus Teutschbein/Capriccio
Barockorchester; Knabenkantorei Basel. (2 CD)
(Rondeau Production)
2 RDAU 609091 $29.99
First recording of the reconstruction by Alexander
Grychtolik.
J.S. Bach & Jan Sandström (b.1954): Motets
Artists: Stephan Doormann/La Festa Musicale;
Kammerchor Hannover (1 CD) (Rondeau
Production)
RDAU 6105 $18.99
The Baroque elegance and craftsmanship of Bach
as seen through enrapturing clusters and complex
rhythms in Sandström’s compositions.
Signum
A Knight’s Progress / The Temple Church Choir
Works by: Edward Bairstow (1874-1946); F.J.
Haydn; Nico Muhly (1981-); Hubert Parry; John
Tavener; Vaughan Williams; William Walton Artists: Roger Sayer/The Temple Church Choir Greg
Morris (Organ) (1 CD)
SIG 410 $15.99 On Sale
The Temple Church Choir, considered one of the
finest choirs in London, was founded 1841 and
consists of eighteen boy choristers and twelve
professional choirmen.
In the Midst of Life: Music from the Baldwin
Partbooks, Vol. 1 / Contrapunctus
Artists: Owen Rees/Contrapunctus. (1 CD)
(Signum Records)
SIG 408 $15.99 On Sale
Conducted by Owen Rees, the album includes
Sheppard’s epic Media vita and works by Byrd,
Parsons, Mundy, Taverner, Gerarde and Tallis,
with Contrapunctus’s own reconstructions of the
missing tenor parts.
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Kuhlau: Rondeau d’une Folie / Stefano Parrino
Works: Friedrich Kuhlau
(1786-1832): Rondeau d’une
Folie, for solo flute Artists:
Stefano Parrino, flute (1 CD)
SVS 37007 $17.49
The solo flute works contained on this CD represent
an anthology of what was in
fashion in the society of the time.
‘The Return:’ Besalyan plays Rachmaninoff
Works: Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op.3/2; Op.
23/5-5; Op. 32/5, 10 12; Etudes-Tableaux, Op.
33/6; Op.39/1, 5 & 6; ‘Corelli’ Variations; Arno
Babajanian: Piano works Artists: Raffi Besalyan,
piano (2 CD) (Sono Luminus) 2 SUIN 92187 $24.99
Called “A keyboard phenomenon” by Fanfare,
Mr. Besalyan’s program is infused with warm
memories and evocations of far off places.
Late Romantic Italian Music for Harp
Works by: Tedeschi, Galeotti and Mortari Artists:
Eleonara Volpato, harp (1 CD) (Tactus)
TCT 860001 $16.99
Three composers with three completely different
musical styles, all working during the lateRomantic to early-modern era in Italy.
Bossi: Complete Four-Hands Piano Works
Works: Marco Enrico Bossi
(1861-1925): Suite de Valses
op. 93; Suite for Large
Orchestra, transcribed for
piano 4-hands Artists: Paola
Borganti & Giulio Giurato,
pianos (1 CD) (Tactus)
TCT 862706 $16.99
Bossi’s compositions for four hand piano seem to
be inspired by Brahms and by the chamber music
scene in Hamburg.
Colonna: L’Assalonne, oratoria for 5 voices
Works: Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695):
L’Assalonne, oratoria for 5 voices Artists: Maria
Luisa Baldassari/Ensemble Les Nations. (1 CD)
(Tactus)
TCT 630302 $16.99
Among the thirteen oratorios by Giovanni Paolo
Colonna, more than half are connected, by origin
or tradition, to the court of Francesco II d’Este.
Gorini: Chamber works / various perofrmers
Works: Gino Gorini (1914-1989): Chamber works
for strings and piano Artists: Jessica Oddie &
Kumiko Sakamoto, violins; Bridget Pasker, cello;
Jakub Tchorzewski, piano (1 CD) (Tactus)
TCT 910702 $16.99
Gorini was a neoclassical pianist, whose objective
notion of performance, anti-romantic attitude and nonexhibitionistic virtuosity reflected Malipiero’s ideas.
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 / Bamberg SO, Ticciati
Works: Dvorák: Suite for orchestra “American”;
Symphony no 9 “New World” Artists: Robin
Ticciati/Bamberger SO (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Tudor)
TDR T7194 $19.99
Like Beethoven, Bruckner and Mahler, Dvorák crowned
his symphonic oeuvre with a magnificent Ninth.
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Tuxedo Music
Pianist Walter Klein plays Beethoven
Works: Beethoven (1770 1827): Piano Sonata no 14
“Moonlight”; Piano Sonata
no 23 “Appassionata”; Piano
Sonata no 8 “Pathetique” (1
CD)
TUX 1075 $11.99
This is a stereo recording
made in 1964.
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra plays Offenbach
Works: Offenbach: La vie parisienne; La perichole;
Gaite parisienne; Can-Can; Barcarole Artists:
artists Anton Paulik/Vienna Volksoper Orch.
(stereo, 1963) (1 CD)
TUX 1092 $11.99
This stereo recording was made in 1968.
Mozart: Concerto for flute; for violin
Works: Mozart: Flute Concerto no 2; Violin Concerto no 4 Artists: Alexandru Podutiu, flute; Andrie Agoston, violin; Simon/Philharmony Orchestra
“Cluj-Napoca;” Simon (1 CD)
TUX 1076 $11.99
These recordings were made in Switzerland in
1963.
Orchestral works by Edvard Grieg
Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites No. 1 &
No. 2; Holberg Suite, Op. 40; Hochzeitstag Auf
Troldhaugen Artists: Vilmos Tátrai/Hungarian CO;
Georg Singer/Bamberg Symphonic Orch. (1 CD)
(Tuxedo Music)
TUX 1034 $11.99
This is a stereo recording made in 1965.
Erno Dohnányi at the keyboard
Works by: Beethoven, Schubert & Dohnányi
Artists: Erno Dohnányi, piano [Rec. 1936 & 1959]
(2 CD) (Testament) 2 TES 21505 $28.49 On Sale
Dohnányi’s style is a cross somewhere between
Brahms and Medtner and his performances of his
own music is revelatory.
Per Bloland: Chamber Industrial / ECCE Ens.
Artists: ECCE Ensemble. (1 CD) (Tzadik)
TZA 4008 $15.49 On Sale
Per Bloland’s innovative sound world brilliantly
blends custom built electronics with instrumental
textures to create unique soundscapes.
Music of Valentin Silvestrov
Works: Valentin Silvestrov (b.1937): Spectrums;
Symphony No. 2; Cantata; Meditation; Farewell, O
World Artists: Igor Blazhkov/Ensemble of soloists
of Leningrad PO; Kiev CO; Leningrad CO (1 CD)
(Wergo)
WER 6731 $22.99 On Sale
Some, if not most, of Silvestrov’s works could be
considered neoclassical and post-modernist.
Detlev Müller-Siemens: ‘Traces’
Works: Detlev Müller-Siemens (b.1957): Chamber
Works for Mixed Ensembles Artists: Mondrian
Ensemble Basel. (1 CD) (Wergo)
WER 7310 $21.99 On Sale
Liszt piano reductions of Beethoven Symphonies
Works: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5, piano
reductions by F. Liszt) Artists: Yury Martynov,
period piano (1 CD) (Zig Zag)
ZIG 356 $18.99
Yury Martynov here plays the same Bluthner piano
of 1867 chosen for the previous volume in this
series as he moves on to the Fourth and Fifth.
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❦’Spirit, Strength & Sorrow’: Settings of
Stabat Mater / The Sixteen, Christophers
Works: Settings of the Stabat Mater by Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760); Alissa
Firsova (b.1986); Tonu Korvits (b.1969); Matthew Martin
(b.1976); D. Scarlatti Artists:
Harry Christophers/The Sixteen. (1 CD) (Coro)
COO 16127 $15.49 On Sale
“the listener will connect body and soul with these
sensuous performances.” -Classic FM
❦Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas
Artists: Isabelle Van Keulen, violin; Hannes
Minnaar, piano (3 CD) (Challenge)
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“Isabelle van Keulen’s taut musical intelligence
and vivid sound combine with a fine instinct for the
tender, searching quality of this music ... absolutely
magical.” -The Guardian
❦Mahler: Symphony No. 4 et al. / Manacorda
Works: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn;
Symphony no 4 Artists: Antonello Manacorda/
Het Gelders Orch. Lisa Larsson (Sop). (1 SA CD)
(Challenge)
CHL 72659 $16.99 On Sale
“Lisa Larsson is... rapidly becoming one of the
leading sopranos in the world.” -Audiophile Audition
❦Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest / Adès
Works: Gerald Barry
(b.1952): The Importance
of Being Earnest, opera
Artists: Thomas Adès/
Birmingham Contemporary
Music Group. (1 CD) (NMC
Classics)
NMC 197 $16.99 On Sale
“Surely this is not only the best operatic treatment
of Oscar Wilde since Salome, but also one of
the few absolutely essential operas of the last 20
years...” -BBC Music Magazine
❦‘Road Trip’: A Musical Journey Across America
Works by: Ives, Copland, John Adams and
Paul Simon Artists: Nicholas Collon/Members
of Aurora Orch. Dawn Landes (Voice). (1 CD)
(Warner)
WRNC 2564632791 $15.49 On Sale
“...an arresting variety of styles cohesively drawn
into a glowingly organic whole.” -The Telegraph
❦No Exceptions, No Exemptions: The Great
War in Song / Robin Tritschler, tenor
Songs by: Edward Bainton; Arthur Bliss; W. Denis
Browne; George Butterworth; André Caplet; Cecil
Coles; Benjamin Dale; Debussy; Delius; Ernest
Bristow Farrar; Ivor Gurney; Charles Ives; Albéric
Magnard; Milhaud; Prokofiev; Roussel et al.
Artists: Malcolm Martineau (Pno); Robin Tritschler
(Tnr) (2 CD) (Signum) 2 SIG 401 $15.99 On Sale
“Tritschler proves an expert guide to all this
material. His linguistic and vocal skills combine to
splendid effect...” -BBC Music Magazine
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❦Helen Grime: Night Songs / Mark Elder
Artists: Lynsey Marsh,
clarinet; Jamie Phillips/
The Hallé; Mark Elder/Mark
Elder/The Hallé Soloists (1
CD) (NMC Classics)
NMC 199 $16.99 On Sale
“The performances are a
tribute to the dedication of
Hallé players, whether in orchestral or ensemble
guise, and have all been recorded with the
spaciousness and immediacy” -Gramophone
❦Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 &
Artists: Harry Christophers/The Sixteen (2 CD)
(Coro)
2 COO 16126 $27.99 On Sale
“There is a sense of deep familiarity with the
music in this recording, a feeling of easiness with
Monteverdi’s harmonic and, especially, rhythmic
vocabulary that lends a tripping lightness to the
performances.” -International Record Review
❦Dieterich Buxtehude: Complete works [30 CDs]
Works: Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707):
Cantatas, concertos, arias, keyboards works &
chamber music Artists: Ton Koopman(organ)/
Amsterdam Baroque Orch. & Choir (30 CD & DVD)
(Challenge)
30 CHL 72261 $341.99 On Sale
“The Buxtehude project is arguably Koopman’s
most important achievement: groundbreaking,
ear-opening, comprehensive, scholarly, answering
questions, raising others. But above all, it sounds
like a labor of love.” -BBC Music Magazine
❦’Winds & Piano’ / Les Vents Français
Works: Chamber works for Piano & Winds by
Poulenc, Roussel, Mozart, Beethoven et al.
Artists: Les Vents Français. (3 CD) (Warner
Classics) 3 WRNC 2564623185 $26.99 On Sale
“The playing sparkles. None of these pieces will
challenge the intellect, but each in turn tickles the
senses.” -Financial Times
❦Rossini: Overtures / Antonio Pappano
Works: Rossini: Andante, Theme and Variations;
Overtures to Barber of Seville, Il Signor Bruschino,
La Cenerentola, La scala di seta, Le siège de
Corinthe Artists: Antonio Pappano/Orch. dell
‘Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia (1 CD)
(Warner)
WRNC 2564624344 $15.49 On Sale
“[There’s] finesse and musical discretion aplenty in
the way Pappano shapes the lines and animates
the textures. A lovely disc.” -The Telegraph
❦Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto / Ian Page
Artists: Barry Banks, Miah Persson, Sophie
Bevan, Lawrence Zazzo, Klara Ek. Ian Page/
The Orch. of Classical Opera. (4 CD) (Signum
Records)
4 SIG 400 $22.99 On Sale
“The arias are exciting and Ian Page’s conducting
of the Orchestra of Classical Opera provides both
momentum and detail...” -Opera Now
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❦Concerto for clarinet / Julian Bliss, clarinet
❦Wagner Without Words / Llyr Williams, piano
❦Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from
Lugano 2013
❦Haydn: Symphonies / Colin Davis, London SO
Works: Mozart: Clarinet
Concerto; Arias arr. for clarinet; Carl Nielsen: Clarinet
Concerto Artists: Mario
Venzago/Royal Northern
Sinfonia (1 CD) (Signum)
SIG 390 $15.99 On Sale
“[Bliss’] articulation is as
nimble as his fingers... Phrasing is fresh from both
soloist and orchestra throughout.” -International
Record Review
Works: Liszt transcriptions
of Wagner, from the operas.
Artists: Llyr Williams (Pno).
(2 CD) (Signum Records)
2 SIG 388 $22.99 On Sale
“...the colours Williams
creates from the keyboard
in Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
and the Parsifal suite are radiant and entrancing.”
-The Guardian
Works: F.J. Haydn:
Symphonies Nos. 92 & 93;
Symphonies Nos. 97 - 99
Artists: Colin Davis/London
SO. (2 SA Hybrid CD) (LSO
Live (London SO)
2 LSO 0702 $17.99 On Sale
“Everything is elegant and
refined... Those who love Haydn should hear this
set.” -BBC Music Magazine
❦Postcards / The King’s Singers
❦Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom, opera
Works: Judith Weir (1954 - ): The Vanishing
Bridegroom, opera Artists: Martyn Brabbins/
BBC SO. Simon Birchall, Ailish Tynan, Jonathan
Lemalu, Andrew Murgatroyd, Andrew Tortise (2
CD) (NMC Classics) 2 NMC 196 $29.49 On Sale
“Brabbins leads a well-paced reading that follows
every twist and turn of Weir’s colourful score.”
-Opera Now
❦On Christmas Night / The Armonico Consort
Works: Traditional popular songs and folksongs
from around the world Artists: artists The King’s
Singers. (1 CD) (Signum) SIG 393 $15.99 On Sale
“Typically immaculate performances of songs collected by the King’s Singers... Velvet vocal blending
is a given, and mellifluous arrangements.” -BBC
❦Vaughan Williams & Elgar / Waley-Cohen
Works: Elgar: Introduction
and Allegro, for string quartet
& string orchestra; Serenade
for Strings; Vaughan Williams: Violin Concerto in D
minor; The lark ascending.
Artists: David Curtis/Orch.
of the Swan. Tamsin WaleyCohen (Vln). (Signum) SIG 399 $15.99 On Sale
“Here is a fine performance indeed... forthright
and exciting... the results are sumptuous.”
-International Record Review
❦Callas Remastered: The Complete Studio
Recordings 1949-1969 [70 CDs] / Maria Callas
Artists: Maria Callas, soprano. Includes original
artwork, 136-page book w/ photos, librettos, other
bonus material. (70 CD) (Warner Classics)
70 WRNC 2564633991 $254.99 On Sale
“These studios recordings...have been remastered
before, but never with the cutting-edge technology
applied here. Flaws in the original tapes, when
Callas’s voice was too much for the microphones,
have been digitally removed. The result is thrilling.”
-The Times, 12th December 2014
❦Arabella Steinbacher plays Franck & Strauss
Works: Franck: Violin Sonata in A major; R.
Strauss: Violin Sonata, Op. 18 Artists: Arabella
Steinbacher (Vln); Robert Kulek (Pno). (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (PentaTone)
PTE 5186470 $17.99 On Sale
“Steinbacher and Robert Kulek give elegant and
tasteful accounts... Pentatone’s surround sound is
typically gorgeous.” -BBC Music Magazine
❦Pianist Alessio Bax plays Beethoven
Works: Beethoven: Ruins of Athens, Op. 113;
Piano Sonata no 14 “Moonlight”; Piano Sonata no
29 “Hammerklavier” Artists: Alessio Bax (Pno). (1
CD) (Signum Records) SIG 397 $15.99 On Sale
“No technical demand scares him ... A Beethoven
CD in a class of its own.” -Pianist Magazine
❦Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 / José Serebrier
Works: Dvorák: Legends; Symphony no 8 Artists:
José Serebrier/Bournemouth SO. (1 CD) (Warner
Classics)
WRNC 2564628787 $15.49 On Sale
“Under [Serebrier’s] guidance the music unfolds
naturally, unselfconsciously... [Legends] is
Serebrier’s Dvorak at its best.” -Gramophone
❦Stella di Napoli / Joyce DiDonato, soprano
Works: Will Todd (b.1970): Sacred choral works
Artists: Nigel Short/Tenebrae. James Sherlock
(Pno). (1 CD) (Signum) SIG 394 $15.99 On Sale
“Tenebrae under Nigel Short’s sensitive direction
deliver the sequence of 14 short pieces with commitment and great beauty of tone.” -Choir & Organ
Works: Bel canto arias of 19th century Naples by
Bellini, Michelle Carafa, Donizetti, Mercadante,
Giovanni Pacini, Rossini; Carlo Valentini Artists:
Joyce DiDonato (Mzz Sop), Riccardo Minasi/
Orchestre de l’Opera National de Lyon. (1 CD)
(Warner)
WRNC 2564636562 $15.49 On Sale
“...the most fiendish coloratura ornaments and trills
sound effortless”. -The Observer
❦Gabriel Jackson: Choral Works / BBC Singers
❦My Beloved’s Voice: Sacred Songs of Love
❦Lux et Veritas: Choral music of Will Todd
Works: Gabriel Jackson (1962 - ): Airplane
Cantata, for speaker, chorus & pianola; Choral
Symphony; Ruchill Linn; The Voice of the Bard;
Winter Heavens Artists: David Hill/BBC Singers (1
CD) (Signum Records) SIG 381 $15.99 On Sale
“The BBC Singers work their usual wonders
in making anything you throw at them sound
confident and fully assimilated...” -BBC Magazine
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Works by: Bairstow, Brumel, Clemens Non Papa,
Duruflé; Finzi; Grieg; Patrick Hadley, Nico Muhly,
Vierne, Walton, Healey Willan et al. Artists: Mark
Williams/Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge (1
CD) (Signum)
SIG 370 $15.99 On Sale
“Sung with exquisite blend and shape.” -Sunday
Times “...a disc whose love songs are as fresh and
lovely as their texts.” -Gramophone
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Includes: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas;
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Once in Royal
David’s City; Silent Night; Away in a manger; O
magnum mysterium et al. Artists: Christopher
Monks/Armonico Consort (1 CD) (Signum
Records)
SIG 386 $15.99 On Sale
“If you want this particular programme it is hard
to imagine it being better performed.” -MusicWeb
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❦Hakim plays Hakim: Music for Organ
Works: ‘The Schuke Organ
of the Euskalduna Palace
in Bilbao, Vol. 1’ Naji Hakim
(b.1955): Arabesques; Ave
Maria; Die Apostel; Esquisses Grégoriennes; Hommage
à Jean Langlais; Petite Suite
Artists: Naji Hakim (Organ)
(1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 389 $15.99 On Sale
“I haven’t enjoyed an organ collection this much in
ages...Just fabulous”. -MusicWeb International
❦Harrison Birtwistle (b.1934): Gawain, opera
Artists: Elgar Howarth/Royal Opera House Orch.
(2 CD) (NMC Classics) 2 NMC 200 $29.49 On Sale
“...For those prepared to submit to its baleful
orchestral sound and riddle-strewn tale, Howarth
and his fine cast...provide a definitive experience.”
-Financial Times,
❦Beethoven: Diabelli Variations / Peter Orth
Works: Beethoven: Variations (33) for Piano on
a Waltz by Diabelli Artists: Peter Orth (Pno). (1
CD) (Challenge)
CHL 72634 $15.49 On Sale
“A major talent.” -New York Times
❦‘Five’ / James Rhodes, piano
Works: J.S. Bach: Partita, BWV 825; Beethoven:
Piano Sonata no 15 “Pastorale: Chopin: Ballade
no 3; Scherzo no 2; Gluck: Dance of the Blessed
Spirits; Schumann Artists: artists James Rhodes
(Pno). (1 CD) (Signum) SIG 371 $15.99 On Sale
“Rhodes’s fusion of instinct, mindfulness and
individuality stand out in any era.” -Gramophone
❦Orchestral Music of John Casken
Works: John Casken (1949 - ): Concerto for orchestra; Concerto for Violin; Orion over Farne Artists: Markus Stenz/Hallé Orch. Sophia Jaffe (Vln).
(1 CD) (NMC Classics) NMC 189 $16.99 On Sale
“A disc of vitality and contrast, expertly played by
the Hallé under Markus Stenz.” -The Observer
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Works by: Beethoven,
Debussy, Offenbach,
Respighi, Camille SaintSaëns, Shostakovich, Ravel
Artists: Hubert Soudant.
Martha Argerich; Mischa
Maisky; Gabriela Montero;
Lilya Zilberstein; Jura Margulis (3 CD) (Warner
Classics) 3 WRNC 2564631220 $25.49 On Sale
“The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me.” -BBC Music Magazine
❦Mister Dowland’s Midnight - Lute music of
John Dowland performed on classical guitar
Artists: Christoph Denoth (Gtr). (1 CD) (Signum
Records)
SIG 382 $15.99 On Sale
“The Swiss-born guitarist assembles an anthology
of well-loved Dowland ‘pops’. His attentive
colouring and expressive interventions seduce...”
-BBC Music Magazine
❦Love Duets: From Puccini to Bernstein
Works: Bernstein, Donizetti,
Charles Gounod, Frank
Loesser, Mascagni,
Massenet, Puccini; Richard
Rodgers, Verdi. Artists:
Patrick Summers/BBC
SO. Ailyn Pérez, soprano;
Stephen Costello, tenor (1
CD) (Warner) WRNC 2564633485 $15.49 On Sale
“...Pérez and Costello charm...the BBC Symphony
Orchestra show their versatility throughout.” -The
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❦Orchestral Dances / Kazuki Yamada
Works by: Busoni, Korngold, Liszt, Schreker, R.
Strauss Artists: Kazuki Yamada/Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone
Classics)
PTE 5186518 $17.99 On Sale
“...indeed, on first acquaintance, I listened to the
whole disc twice for sheer pleasure!” -Gramophone
❦Reservoirs: Orchestral works by Guto Puw
Works: Guto Pryderi Puw
(1971 - ): Break the Stone,
overture; Oboe Concerto;
Hologram; Unless I Open the
Door; Reservoirs Artists:
Jac van Steen/BBC Nat’l
Orch. of Wales. David Crowley (Oboe). (1 CD) (Signum)
SIG 378 $15.99 On Sale
“This disc of [Puw’s] orchestral music confirms an
assured mastery of the medium...” -Gramophone
❦Dreamscape: Songs and Trios by Andrzej &
Roxanna Panufnik / Heather Shipp, soprano
Works: Andrzej Panufnik (1914 - 1991): Songs
for voice & piano; Piano Trio; Roxanna Panufnik
(b.1968): Around Three Corners, piano trio; Songs
Artists: Subito Piano Trio. Heather Shipp (Mzz
Sop) (1 CD) (Signum) SIG 380 $15.99 On Sale
“This is intensely personal music-making,
beautifully performed.” -The Observer
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❦Mahler Symphonies 4-6 / Lorin Maazel
Artists: Sarah Fox, soprano;
Lorin Maazel/Philharmonia
Orch. (4 CD) (Signum
Records)
4 SIG 361 $35.98 On Sale
“This second volume, along
with the first, is a treasured
set on my shelves. I cannot
wait for the final volume, Symphonies 7-9.” -classicalsource.com
❦Brahms Songs / Daniel Behle, tenor
Works: Brahms: Die schöne Magelone, Op.
33; Selected songs Artists: Daniel Behle (Tnr);
Sveinung Bjelland (Pno). (2 CD) (Capriccio)
2 CAP 5203 $15.49 On Sale
“Behle is one of the brightest storytellers among
young Lieder singers.” -Sunday Times,
❦Brahms: German Requiem / Valery Gergiev
Artists: Valery Gergiev/
London Sym. Chorus.
Christopher Maltman (Bss
Bar); Sally Matthews (Sop).
(1 SA Hybrid CD) (LSO Live
(London SO)
LSO 0748 $13.99 On Sale
“[Maltman] is outstanding;
firm of tone, passionate in declamation... [The
LSC] cope superbly... Their corporate tone for the
‘big moments’ is shatteringly powerful.” -MusicWeb
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❦The Blossoming Vine: Italian Maestri in Poland
Works by: Felice Anerio (c.1560-1614); Giovanni
Francesco Anerio (1567-1630); Vincenzo Bertolusi
(c.1565-1608); Asprilio Pacelli (1570-1623). Artists: Eamonn Dougan/The Sixteen. (1 CD) (Coro)
COO 16123 $15.49 On Sale
“Sit back and relish this treasure trove which has
clearly been prepared with passion.” -Gramopone,
Editor’s Choice
❦Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 / Steinbacher
Artists: Daniel Dodds/Festival Strings Lucerne.
Arabella Steinbacher (Vln). (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(PentaTone)
PTE 5186479 $17.99 On Sale
“[Steinbacher plays with] balanced lyricism
and fire...(and) finely polished technique and a
beautifully varied palette...” New York Times
❦Causton Chamber Symphony & other works
Works: Richard Causton (b.1971): As Kingfishers
Catch Fire, for flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet; Chamber Symphony; Millennium Scenes, for
orchestra; Notturno; The Persistence of Memory
Artists: Ryan Wigglesworth/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Nicholas Collon/Hallé Orch.
(1 CD) (NMC Classics)
NMC 192 $16.99 On Sale
“Causton is among our most imaginative composers, and these five works, all substantial, often with
flaring brilliance, are almost too much to take in.
They will repay many listening.” -Sunday Times
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❦A Purcell Collection / Voces8; Les Inventions
❦Ravel: Sonatine; Scriabin: Sonatas / Hj Lim
❦Ferrandini: Secular Cantatas / Vermeulen
Works: Purcell: Come Ye
Sons of Art; Music from
Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur,
anthems Artists: Patrick
Ayrton/Les Inventions;
Voces8 (1 CD) (Signum)
SIG 375 $15.99 On Sale
“This disc offers a rich and
enjoyable demonstration of Purcell’s genius.”
-Gramophone
“...admirably balanced performances of considerable breadth and richness.” -Early Music Today
Works: Giovanni Battista
Ferrandini (1710-1791): Cantatas nos 1, 3 & 4; Pastorale;
Sinfonia in B flat major.
Artists: Florian Deuter/
Harmonie Universelle. Olivia
Vermeulen (Mzz Sop). (1
CD) (Accent)
ACT 24277 $20.99 On Sale
“Harmonie Universelle is expert in dramatic
interpretation.” -American Record Guide
❦1917: Works for Violin & Piano
Works: Debussy: Violin Sonata; Elgar: Violin
Sonata; Respighi: Violin Sonata; Sibelius: Pieces
(5) for Violin and Piano, Op. 81 Artists: Huw
Watkins (Pno); Tamsin Waley-Cohen (Vln). (2 CD)
(Signum Records)
2 SIG 376 $15.99 On Sale
“The [Debussy] is given a wonderfully subtle, introspective and touching performance; the [Elgar] is
by turns typically bluff and elegiac.” -The Guardian
Works: Concertos for oboe by Christoph Förster
(1693-1745), Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Gottlieb
Graun, Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (1707 c.1780). Artists: Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Xenia
Löffler (Oboe). (1 CD) (Accent)
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“...whether paying close attention or whether
listening to it as background, this music is a real
delight.” -American Record Guide
❦Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle / Esa-Pekka Salonen
❦Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / Pletnev
Artists: Esa-Pekka Salonen/Philharmonia Voices.
John Tomlinson (Bass); Michelle DeYoung (ms) (1
CD) (Signum Records) SIG 372 $15.99 On Sale
“Salonen conducts a taut, luxuriant reading
that captures the score’s majesty and mystery.”
-Financial Times
❦C.P.E. Bach: Concertos for Various Instruments
Works: C.P.E. Bach: Cello
Concerto no 1; Harpsichord
Concerto, Wq. 13; Oboe
Concerto, Wq 164 Artists:
de Winne (flute), Balssa
(cello), Ponseele (oboe), Il
Gardellino (1 CD) (Accent)
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“The three soloists are excellent, and the periodinstrument string ensemble, one player per part, is
alert and stylish.” -A.R.G.
❦Britten and Weinberg: Violin Concertos
Works: Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15; Weinberg:
Violin Concerto, Op. 67 Artists: Mihkel Kütson/
Deutsches SO Berlin. Linus Roth (Vln). (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (Challenge)
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“The dark side of human life conveyed in gripping performances... Not an easy listening experience by any
means, but a profoundly moving one.” -The Strad
❦18th century Oboe Concertos / Xenia Loffler
Artists: Mikhail Pletnev/
Russian Nat’l Orch. Norbert
Gembaczka (Organ). (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (PentaTone)
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“...an insightful and compelling reading that takes
its place among the finest
available recordings of this work.” -BBC Music
Magazine
❦Medieval Chant: Tallis Lamentations / Tenebrae
Works: Gregorian Chant; John Sheppard: In manus
tuas Domine no 1; Thomas Tallis: Lamentations of
Jeremiah Artists: Nigel Short/Tenebrae Consort. (1
CD) (Signum)
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“The performance of Tallis’s Lamentations is majestically dark and intense... [sung with] exquisite
harmonic control...” -BBC Music
❦David Matthews: Symphony No. 7; Vespers
Works: J.S. Bach: Mass, BWV 236; Cantata BWV
79; Mass BWV 234 Artists: Harry Christophers/The
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“There are few [recordings] as unassuming and natural as this. Strongly recommended.” -Gramophone
Works: David Matthews
(b.1943): Symphony no 7;
Vespers, for mezzo-soprano,
tenor, chorus & orchestra,
Op. 66 Artists: David Hill/
Bournemouth SO; Matthew
Long (tnr); Katie Bray (mz) (1
CD) (Dutton Laboratories)
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“...this is a work both of great beauty and genuine
spiritual force... Blazingly committed performances
do full justice to, yes, one of our greatest living
composers.” -BBC Music Magazine
❦Arnold Bax: Symphony in F (1907) / Yates
❦Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 / Bernard Haitink
❦J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses, Vol. 2
Artists: Martin Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1
CD) (Dutton)
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“Yates’s orchestration of Bax’s massive work is
entirely in keeping with the composer’s exuberant
early strivings...” -BBC Music Magazine
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CD) (LSO Live)
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“The orchestra are in rapt, highly communicative
mode and Haitink builds those Brucknerian layers
as only a master can...” MusicWeb International
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Works: Ravel: La valse;
Sonatine for Piano; Valses
nobles et sentimentales;
Scriabin: Poèmes, Op. 32;
Piano Sonatas nos 4 & 5
Artists: Hj Lim, piano (1
CD) (Warner Classics)
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“...another in the current crowd of amazingly talented, young, beautiful Asian women pianists gives
us an edge-of-your- seat knockout performance.”
-American Record Guide
❦Petrassi: Piano Works / Pietro Massa, piano
Works: Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003): Invenzioni;
Partita; Piano Concerto; Toccata for piano Artists:
Christoph-Mathia Mueller/Gottinger Symphonie
Orchester. Pietro Massa (Pno). (1 CD) (Capriccio)
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“This is another in the composer’s sturdy
neoclassic works, strongly anchored in tonality and
traditional formal outlines.” -A.R.G.
❦Chamber music of Tobias Picker
Works: Tobias Picker (b.1954): Invisible Lilacs, for
violin & piano; Live Oaks, for piano quintet; Nova,
for piano quintet; Sextet no 2 “Halle’s Ravine”.
Artists: Tobias Picker Ensemble. (1 CD) (Tzadik)
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“[Live Oaks is] very much worthy of your attention.
Like everything else on the program, it is
exquisitely played.” -A.R.G.
❦C.P.E. Bach: The Collection [13 CDs]
Works: C.P.E. Bach (17141788): Oratorios, Concertos, Sinfonias, Keyboard
works Artists: Gustav
Leonhardt,Ton Koopman,
Philippe Herreweghe, Bob
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Alan Curtis (13 CD) (Warner
Classics) 13 WRNC 2564634927 $46.99 On Sale
“This is a superb box set... It’s stuffed with refreshingly vibrant performances and recordings...”
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❦Schubert: ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy and other
piano pieces / Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Works: Schubert: Allegretto, D 915; Fantasy, D
760 “Wanderer”; German Dances; Song transcriptions; R. Strauss. Artists: Bertrand Chamayou
(Pno). (Erato) ERA 2564637078 $15.49 On Sale
“Chamayou offers an exceptional Schubert album,
packed with both grandeur and control. Attention
to detail is clear in the formidable ‘Wanderer Fantasy’, the pinnacle of this program... This release is
a contender for Best of Year.” -A.R.G.
❦Harrison Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem
Works: Harrison Birtwistle (b.1934): The Moth
Requiem and other choral works Artists: Nicholas
Kok/Nash Ensemble; David Hill. Roderick Williams
(1 CD) (Signum)
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“I doubt whether anything the year brings for
Birtwistle’s 80th birthday is going to dim the lustre
of this excellent recording of his choral music. Nor
surpass it in importance...” -Gramophone
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New & Featured Jazz Albums
JAZZ: New from our April Sale Labels
Top Picks from TELARC
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil: You’ve Been Watching Me
Artists: Tim Berne, alto sax; Oscar Noriega, clarinets; Matt Mitchell, piano &
electronics; Ryan Ferreira, guitars; Ches Smith, drums, vibes, percussion
ECM B002287402
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Tim Berne’s third ECM album, You’ve Been Watching Me, sees the saxophonist-composer again leading his ultra-dynamic New York band Snakeoil.
Just as Berne has hit a new peak with his writing for this release, his band has
reached a heightened state of collective interaction, realizing the compositions
to a tee. Put simply, Berne’s music has never been richer or more arresting.
Jakob Bro: Gefion, feat. Thomas Morgan & Jon Christensen
Artists: Jakob Bro: guitars; Thomas Morgan: dbl. bass; Jon Christensen: drums
ECM B002275002 $17.48 On Sale
Gefion is Danish guitarist Jakob Bro’s first ECM album as leader, following
recordings for the label as sideman with Paul Motian and Tomasz Stanko. Like
the work of those masters, Bro’s balladeering distills a sense of jazz history in
its specific and highly personal atmospheres. The open forms of Bro’s compositions leave plenty of space for his companions - drum legend Jon Christensen
and creative bassist-of-the-moment Thomas Morgan - to make their statements, interactively and in parallel.
New from Blue Note Records
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas: Sound Prints
Artists: Joe Lovano, sax;
Dave Douglas, tpt; Lawrence
Fields, piano; Linda Oh, bass;
Joey Baron, drums
BLU B002240202
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Saxophonist Joe Lovano and
trumpeter Dave Douglas will
release Sound Prints: Live at Monterey Jazz Festival
on April 7, the debut recording from their co-led quintet. Sound Prints takes their primary inspiration from
the music of their Wayne Shorter; the group’s name is
a nod to his classic “Footprints.” However, the quintet’s
focus is on new original compositions by Lovano and
Douglas, as well as two new Shorter compositions in
direct collaboration with the composer himself.
Charles Lloyd: Wild Man Dance
Artists: Gerald Clayton,
piano; Joe Sanders, bass;
Gerald Cleaver, drums et al.
BLU B002243302 $14.48
Wild Man Dance is saxophonist/composer Charles
Lloyd’s first album for Blue
Note in 30 years. The
album is a live recording of
a long-form suite commissioned by the Jazztopad
Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969 [CD/DVD]
Artists: Thelonious Monk, piano; Charlie Rouse, sax;
Nate Hygelund, bass; Paris Wright, drums
BLU B002243302 $14.48 On Sale
Paris 1969 is a fascinating late-career document of
the legendary jazz pianist and composer in performance with his Quartet at the Salle Pleyel concert
hall in Paris, France on December 15, 1969. This
Deluxe Edition includes a bonus DVD containing
performance footage and interviews.
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Artists: Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Bobby McFerrin, vocals;
Paquito D’Rivera, Jackie
McLean, alto sax; Benny
Golson, tenor sax; Danilo
Perez, piano; George Mraz,
bass; Lewis Nash & Kenny
Washington, drums et al.
TLC 83316 $11.99 On Sale
“...Inspired by the presence of their bebop guru, it’s
no surprise that everyone is in top form....there are
enough moments of musical brilliance to send most
trumpeters back to the woodshed...” -JazzTimes Review
Dave Brubeck: Late Night Brubeck
José James: Yesterday I Had the Blues The Music of Billie Holiday
Acclaimed vocalist José
James’ new album Yesterday I Had The Blues is
a tribute to the legendary
singer in honor of Holiday’s
100th birthday. James celebrates the woman he refers
to as his musical mother
with a stunning set of 9
songs written or popularized by Holiday. The album
features a stellar band including pianist Jason Moran,
bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Eric Harland.
BLU B002283102 $12.98 On Sale
Avishai Cohen: Seven Seas
Artists: Avishai Cohen, bass
& vocals; Shai Maestro,
piano; Amos Hoffman, e. guitar, oud; Jimmy Greene, sax;
Itamar Doari, percussion et al.
PPHN 9495492CD
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One of the majors jazz
players of the past decade, Avishai Cohen takes his
artistic approach to its zenith with Seven Seas.
“At times, as on the gently gorgeous ‘Hayo Hata,’ his
themes unfold with such power and drama there’s
almost no need for improvisation.” - DownBeat
Brian Blade Fellowship Band: Landmarks
Artists: Brian Blade, drums; Myron Walden, b.
clarinet, alto sax; Melvin Butler, sop. & tnr. sax;
Jon Cowherd, keys; Christopher Thomas, bass
BLU B001999402 $10.98 On Sale
“On Landmarks, the Fellowship Band continues its
exploration of American folk styles in a highly original, thoroughly modern jazz idiom, rich in harmonic
inquiry and rhythmic attraction, with compositions
that speak from the mysterious heart of song itself.”
- Thom Jurek
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Dizzy Gillespie: To Bird with Love
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Artists: Dave Brubeck,
piano; Bobby Militello,
winds; Jack Six, bass;
Randy Jones, drums
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“With bassist Jack Six and
drummer Randy Jones
fine in support, this is a
strong effort from Dave
Brubeck, who has nearly 100 worthwhile recordings currently in print.”
- Scott Yanow
Lionel Hampton and the Golden Men of Jazz:
Live at the Blue Note
Artists: Lionel Hampton,
vibes; James Moody, Buddy
Tate; tnr sax; Clark Terry, tpt;
Hank Jones, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Grady Tate, drums
TLC 83308 $11.98 On Sale
Since first coming to prominence in the Benny Goodman bands of the late
1930s, Lionel Hampton has been playing, writing,
and influencing jazz musicians everywhere. “Hamp”
assembled a once-in-a-lifetime band of all-star
musicians and played this special gig at New York’s
Blue Note in a week of sellout performances.
Concord Jazz: New & Featured
Ben Williams (bass):
Coming of Age
Ben Williams, winner of
the 2009 Thelonious Monk
Institute Int’l Jazz Competition, releases his 2nd
album, Coming of Age,
building upon his musical
experiences over the last several years.
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Steve Tyrell: That Lovin’ Feeling
Artists: Steve Tyrell, vocals; Ronald Janelli, David
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“An urbane singer with a throaty, burnished croon,
Steve Tyrell has made his name interpreting classic pop songs.”
-Matt Collar
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Essential Collections from
Enlightenment Records
Earl Hines: Eight Classic Albums, 1951-’61
Artists: Earl Hines, piano;
Louis Armstrong, trumpet;
Various Artists (4 CDs)
EGHT EN4CD9034 $17.98
This 4-CD set features eight
complete Earl Hines albums
which best represent the huge
range of music Hines recorded during his long and varied
career, and includes some of his finest solo albums.
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Freddie Hubbard: Classic Recordings, 1960-’62
Albums: “Open Sesame,”
“Ready for Freddie,” “Goin’
Up, Up, Up,” “Hub Cap,”
“Roll Call,” “The Blues & The
Abstract Truth et al. Artists:
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet;
Hank Mobley, tnr sax; McCoy
Tyner, piano et al. (4 CDs)
EGHT EN4CD9035 $17.98
This 4-CD set collects together Freddie Hubbard’s
first 6 albums as leader, alongside 2 of his finest
collaborations (with Oliver Nelson and Curtis Fuller),
plus a bonus cut - the delicious ‘Take Your Pick’, from
the classic Hank Mobley album Roll Call.
Lee Morgan: Complete Recordings, 1956-‘62
Albums: “The Cooker,” “City
Lights,” “Candy,” “The Young
Lions,” “Indeed!” etc. (6 CDs)
EGHT EN6CD9033 $17.98
“Blessed with a rounded
tone and lithe technique
that he employed in his own
distinctive fashion, Lee Morgan quickly rose to the top
level of jazz stars well before his 21st birthday. These
sessions remain some of the hardest-blowing jazz
dates of the ‘50s and ‘60s.”
- Matt Collar
Sonny Rollins: The Prestige Years
Albums: “Saxophone Colossus,” “Tenor Madness,”
“Moving Out,” “Sonny Boy,”
“Work Time” etc. (5 CDs)
EGHT EN5CD9030 $17.98
5-CD set that contains all 10
original prime period albums
that Sonny Rollins made for
Prestige Records.
Horace Silver: 12 Classic Albums, 1953-‘62
Albums: “Horace-Scope,”
“Silver’s Blue,” “The Tokyo
Blues,” “The Stylings of
Silver,” etc. (6 CDs)
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of Horace Silver’s recorded
output between the years
of 1952 and 1962, the first,
and many would say most productive and challenging, decade of this masterful composer, performer and
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albums, to the post-1956 series of masterful dates on
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Harold Mabern: Afro Blue
Larry Coryell: Heavy Feel
Artists: Larry
Coryell, guitar; Matt
Montgomery, bass;
Mike Hughes, drums;
George Brooks, sax
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Larry Coryell
returns for his third release on Wide Hive Records
in awesome fashion with what is arguably one
of his greatest albums. Aptly titled “Heavy Feel,”
the band’s sound and the daunting guitar play
that Larry brings are unmistakeable. Like many
great jazz records, “Heavy Feel” was recorded
in one day, and the tracks are imbued with the
improvisational genius for which Mr. Coryell is
Avishai Cohen Trio: From Darkness
John Zorn: The Song Project Live At LPR
Artists: Avishai Cohen, bass;
Nitai Hershkovits, piano;
Daniel Dor, drums (1 CD)
(Sunnyside)
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When Avishai Cohen is asked
what he would consider his
favourite musical instrument,
he replies without hesitation, that it is his bass-pianodrums trio. Says Cohen, “Our trio was so united that the
music just flew, in one single stream, in one entity.
Nicolas Moreaux/Jeremy Udden: Belleville Project
Artists: Jeremy Udden &
Robert Stillman, sax; Nicolas
Moreaux, bass; Pierre
Perchaud, guitar & banjo; RJ
Miller, drums (1 CD)(Sunnyside)
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Jeremy Udden and Nicolas
Moreaux’s collaborative effort on Belleville Project is successful because of the
similarities and differences in taste and style. Their
mutual admiration for folk and rock flavors added to
their distinct personalities as composers and musicians, pushes this French/American alliance into a
distinctly original sound space.
Billy Cobham: Reflected Journey
Artists: Billy Cobham,
drums; Ira Coleman, bass;
Joe Chindamo, piano (1 CD)
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The second part of Billy
Cobham’s brilliant 1992
live performance in Tokyo
with bassist Ira Coleman
and pianist Joe Chindamo. Drummers and jazz
aficionados worldwide will not want to miss these
breathtaking performances by the man many call
the greatest drummer of all-time. Part 1 of this
concert is also available; Cat. No: CLPN 2098
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A live concert version of
Zorn’s acclaimed song project! In celebration of his 60th
birthday, Zorn asked his most
acclaimed vocal collaborators to write lyrics to select
compositions from his vast
musical catalog. Including
music originally written for Naked City, Masada, The
Dreamers, a variety of film soundtracks and more, The
Song Project is a retrospective of some of Zorn’s most
lyrical compositions from the past 25 years. This CD
presents an all-star band performing live in New York
after a dozen European concerts and at the peak of
their powers. Electricity is in the air from first note to last!
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One of the world’s great
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Low Ridin’,the sixth release
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