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“Viva Verdi! Viva Villazon!”
Villazon’s dark-toned and passionate voice, fiery temperament
and individual style of singing (which manages to be both virile
and refined at the same time) make him an ideal interpreter of
Verdi’s heroes - both the regular heroes and the more troubled
ones. It’s safe to assume that for a long time to come, “Viva
Verdi!” will trigger the response “Viva Villazon!”
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❦Stephen Hough’s French Album
Works: Alkan, Chabrier,
Debussy, Delibes, Faure
et al. Artists: Stephen
Hough (Pno). (1 CD)
HYP 67890 $18.99
“A substantial feast of of
masterly pianism... In Clair de lune and
Chaminade’s once ubiquitous Automne,
now rarely heard, Hough conjures up a
heart-catching melancholy that put me
in mind of Cherkassy. I can’t offer higher
praise.” -Gramophone Awards Issue 2012
❦Jean Françaix: Music for Winds
Works: Jean Françaix
(1912 - 1997): L’ heure du
berger; Quintet for flute,
oboe, clarinet, horn &
bassoon nos 1&2. Artists:
Kammervereinigung Berlin.
Frank-Immo Zichner (Pno). (1 CD) (MD&G)
MDG 6030557 $16.99 On Sale
“A continuing source of delight... delicious
playing and enchantingly lighthearted
music.” -Penguin Guide
❦Schreker: Die Gezeichneten / Zagrosek
Artists: Muff, Pederson,
Polgar, Connell. Lothar
Zagrosek/Berlin German
SO (3 CD) (Decca)
3DEC B001727302 $23.48
“What Zagrosek’s
gloriously recorded version demonstrates
is the range of atmospheric beauty in the
score. Zagrosek draws dedicated playing
and singing from the massive ensemble,
and the beautifully balanced sound is of
demonstration quality.” -The Penguin Guide
Jan Lisiecki Plays Mozart
Pages 2-3
Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 20 & 21 / Jan Lisiecki
Here is the Deutsche Grammophon
debut of Canadian phenomenon, Jan
Lisiecki, who is at the age of 16, already
a household name in his home country.
Christian Zacharias and the Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra embrace
Jan Lisiecki’s piano with crystalline sonorities - perfect
for this music.
DGG B001688802 $14.98
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Ludvig Jensen Symphonic Works
Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969)
Here is how the author of the booklet
notes describes Jensen’s work: “He
towers above most of his colleagues,
not only in wealth of invention,
thematic coherence, and phenomenal
orchestration, but especially in his mastery of nuance
and his far-reaching control of the harmonic process.
Hardly any of his contemporaries can match his masterly
handling of modulation.”
2 CPO 777347 $31.99
Fischer-Dieskau Limited Edition
Page 3
Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died in
May last year, was undoubtedly one
of the great artistic talents of the 20th
century - and one of most recorded
singers ever. DG has made available
an impressive number of his legendary
recordings, presenting his achievements as lied and
opera singer, and singer of sacred arias. (Deutsche
Grammophon)
25 DGG B001792900 $118.98
Mahler Symphonies 1-10
Page 42
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Conductors: Lorin Maazel; Fabio Luisi;
Marris Jansons; Eliahu Inbal; Daniel
Harding; Bernard Haitink; Daniele Gatti;
Ivan Fischer; Pierre Boulez. (RCO Live)
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Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone (23 CD
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died in May last year,
was undoubtedly one of the great artistic talents
of the 20th century - and one of most recorded singers ever. With
this release, DG has made available an impressive number of his
legendary recordings, in lied, opera and sacred arias.
Brahms: Violin Concerto, Clara Schumann / Batiashvili, Thielemann
Following her critically hailed Deutsche Grammophon
debut, Echoes of Time, violin virtuosa Lisa Batiashvili
meets every challenge of Brahms’s monumental
Violin Concerto. With maestro Christian Thielemann
and the instrumentalists of the Staatskapelle
Dresden, for whom German Romanticism is the
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This latest album - his fifth with Telarc and second
with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - is the
follow up to his previous chart-topping album, which
won Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice Award. The
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra also presents
selections from Má vlast, Bedrich Smetana’s patriotic
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Elgar: Cello Concerto; Smetana / Zuill Bailey, cello
Britten’s long friendship with cellist Mstislav
Rostropovich was one of the most inspiring and
fruitful musical collaborations in history. It led directly
to the composition of some of the most important
works for cello of the twentieth century. Alban
Gerhardt performs this body of works in its entirety,
including the Cello Sonata with Steven Osborne and the Cello
Symphony with the BBC Scottish Symphony. 2 HYP 67941 $40.49
Dohnanyi: Complete Piano Music Vol 2 / Martin Roscoe
This second volume of Dohnányi’s piano music
focuses on early works from the period 1897 to 1907,
when Dohnányi was still establishing himself within
the great lineage of composer–pianists. A highlight
of the album is the Variations and Fugue on a theme
of EG, Op 4—a monumental work that would soon
be hailed by the Viennese press as ‘the most valuable enrichment of
music literature since Brahms’.
HYP 67932 $18.99
Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 20 & 21 / Jan Lisiecki, piano; Zacharias
Here is the Deutsche Grammophon debut of
Canadian phenomenon, Jan Lisiecki, who is at the
age of 16, already a household name in his home
country. Christina Zacharias, highly respected for his
Mozart interpretations both as pianist and conductor,
and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
embrace Jan Lisiecki’s piano with crystalline sonorities - perfect for
this music.
DGG B001688802 $14.98
Rolalndo Villazon Sings Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor
Villazon’s dark-toned and passionate voice, fiery
temperament and individual style of singing (which
manages to be both virile and refined at the same
time) make him an ideal interpreter of Verdi’s heroes
- both the regular heroes and the more troubled
ones. It’s safe to assume that for a long time to
come, “Viva Verdi!” will trigger the response “Viva Villazon!”
VCL 357112C $7.98
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Dutilleux: Correspondences / Barbara Hannigan;
Anssi Karttunen
Dutilleux’s Correspondences
(2003), a song cycle for soprano
and orchestra, has never been
recorded. The composer asked
his former pupil, Esa-Pekka
Salonen, to record, while he could still attend
the sessions - which he did - making this World
Premiere recording a document of historical
significance. Joining the superb Orchestre
Philharmonique de Radio France is soloist,
soprano Barbara Hannigan.
DGG B001794402 $17.98
Johann Rosenmuller: Sonatas 1682 / Musica Fiata
Rosenmueller’s 1682 sonatas,
although written after he returned
to Germany, clearly show the
fruits of the nearly 25 years he
spent in Venice. To quote the
scholar Wollny, “Thanks to his
great fame and good connections to German
courts, Rosenmueller’s music had a truly formative
stylistic impact on German music.”
CPO 777688 $16.99
Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969): Symphonic
Works / Trondheim SO
Here is how the author of the
booklet notes describes Jensen’s
work: “He towers above most of
his colleagues, not only in wealth
of invention, thematic coherence,
and phenomenal orchestration, but especially
in his mastery of nuance and his far-reaching
control of the harmonic process. Hardly any of his
contemporaries can match his masterly handling of
modulation.”
2 CPO 777347 $31.99
Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Les Biches
Artists: Marlis Petersen, soprano.
Stuttgart Radio SO, Stephane Deneve
Stéphane Dénève, the new
principal conductor of the Stuttgart
Radio Symphony Orchestra of
SWR, makes his debut recording
with a thoughtful program of Poulenc. The
charmingly frivolous Les Biches, a ballet with
chorus, is balanced by the hauntingly passionate
Stabat Mater.
HAN 93297 $18.99
Verdi: Requiem; Te Deum / Arturo Toscanini
Artists: Zinka Milanov, Bruna
Castagna, Jussi Bjorling, Nicola
Moscona.
Originally released in 1986, this
set was one of Music & Arts
classical best sellers for well over
a decade, and was reissued in improved sound in
2003 due to popular demand. Harvey Sachs writes
in his liner notes “... we are unlikely to hear a more
overwhelming performance of the work than this
one, ever.”
M&A 1269 $16.99
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Schumann: Complete Recordings Maurizio Pollini
Long recognized as a supreme
Schumann interpreter,
one of “unfaltering poise”
and “magisterial talent” by
Gramophone, Maurizio Pollini
recorded a wide selection of solo
works and the Piano Concerto between 1973
and 2002. Here, in a single box for first time, are
all of his acclaimed Schumann recordings on
Deutsche Grammophon. “Pollini’s intensity belies
his age in this commanding performance of vibrant
young Schumann from a truly magisterial talent.”
-Gramophone
4 DGG B001792702 $33.98
Otto Klemperer conducts Johannes Brahms
The set features all four
symphonies as well as the
Acadamic Festival Overture and
Tragiv Overtures and the “Haydn”
Variations. In 1961 Klemperer
returned to recording Brahms by
committing to disc his classic performance of Ein
deutsches Requiem with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
4 EMI 043382 $17.98
Otto Klemperer conducts Concertos
From this set, the Violin Concertos
by Beethoven and Brahms were
recorded with Yehudi Menuhin
in 1966 and David Oistrakh in
1960 respectively. A further
disc of Piano Concertos of Liszt
No. 1 and Schumann was made with Annie
Fischer in 1960/2. Also included are the Mozart
Horn Concertos with Alan Civil from 1960 and
the Beethoven Piano Concertos with Daniel
Barenboim, issued in 1968. 6 EMI 043482 $23.48
Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Trio Sonatas, Vol. 2
Artists: Igor Ruhadze, violin; Ensemble
Violini Capricciosi
Renowned for exploring the very
top register of his instrument,
Locatelli is today considered the
founding father of the modern
virtuoso style; spanning 5CDs, this compilation
celebrates the genius of a man whose violin
sonatas occupy an significant position in the
history of the string repertoire.
5 BLC 94423 $25.99
Benjamin Britten: The Orchestral Works
EMI Classics has released
‘Britten: The Orchestral Works’.
One of the most innovative and
imaginative composers of the 20th
century, Benjamin Britten was a
master of the orchestral genre.
This extensive 8-CD collection features some of
his greatest works, including the evocative Four
Sea Interludes, the powerful and majestic Sinfonia
da Requiem, the virtuosic Young Person s Guide
to the Orchestra and the brilliantly colorful ballet
score The Prince of the Pagodas.
8 EMI 781602 $31.48
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Music of James Whitbourn & Muzio Clementi
James Whitbourn: Annelies (chamber version)
Artists: Arianna Zukerman,
soprano; Bharat Charidra,
clarinet; James Jordan/
Westminster Williamson Voices;
Lincoln Trio. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8573070 $9.99
The first major choral setting of The Diary of
Anne Frank takes the teenager’s remarkable
and penetrating observations, written whilst
hiding in an Amsterdam attic, as the basis of its
extraordinary and moving libretto. Whitbourn’s
music for this work has been described as
“woundingly beautiful” (The Daily Telegraph).
He reflects sounds of the Westerkerk bells and
tunes heard on the radio in the Annexe, along
with representations of Anne Frank’s Jewish
and German heritage, details that add to a score
“whose respectful understatement is its greatest
strength” ( The Times).
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Janacek: Idyll /
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO
Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle
Sym. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8572698 $9.99
Dvorak’s was a strong voice in the
re-establishment of Czech musical
identity, and the noble themes, open landscapes
and dancing Scherzoof the Symphony No. 6 bear
the stamp of a genius at his height. The work
can also be heard as a tribute to Brahms, who
had helped him earlier in his career. Janßcek’s
charming Idyll reflects his preoccupation with
Moravian folk-songs and rhythms as well as
the influence of his friend Dvorßk, identified by
Jaroslav Vogel as the work’s “spiritual godfather”.
Idil Biret Archive Edition, Vol. 14
Works: Prokofiev: Sonata no 7;
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances;
Suite, Op. 14; Bulgarian Dances.
Artists: Idil Biret, piano (1 CD)
(Naxos)
NXS 8571296 $9.99
“All the works [on this CD] require a
pianist of true class, because each of them presents
challenges demanding something quite different
from traditional technique. It has to be said that
the young Idil Biret exceeds all expectations. This
Turkish artist appeared in Brussels (1959) at the
tender age of eighteen. Her virtuosity is astonishing,
encompassing clarity, rhythmical rigor, precision
and strength or delicacy, as required. She can play
at great speed and maintain runs of impeccable
luminosity. Her flexible touch conjures a thousand
surprising effects; some notes and chords explode
like whip-cracks, while others caress the keys, and
there is an extraordinary purity to her polyphonic
playing. In the hands of an artist of such superior
qualities, the very particular characteristics of both
Bartok’s and Prokofiev’s piano writing are brought
out to the full.”
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Muzio Clementi: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / La
Vecchia, OS di Roma
Artists: Francesco La Vecchia/
Orch. Sinfonica di Roma. (1 CD)
(Naxos (USA)
NXS 8573071 $9.99
Muzio Clementi was ‘The Father
of the pianoforte’, a performer, teacher, publisher
and manufacturer of pioneering importance. But
in addition to the works for piano, he also wrote a
series of symphonies which, along with Cherubini’s
D major Symphony(Naxos 8.557908), are the only
works by an Italian composer to stand comparison
with the great Viennese symphonies of the time.
Colorful, characterful and atmospheric, these
important works show the influence of Haydn, but
also, in their orchestral richness, of Beethoven and
Schubert.
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri: Piano Music, Vol. 1
Works: Mozart Camargo
Guarnieri (1907-1993): Piano
Music, Vol. 1. Artists: Max
Barros, piano (2 CD) (Naxos
(USA)
2 NXS 8572626 $19.99
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri was
the most important Brazilian
composer next to Villa-Lobos. Guarnieri’s piano
music embodies his most distinctive stylistic
features. One of his most beloved works, the
Danτa Negra shares folk-music inspiration with
the Suite Mirim . The Ponteios are characterized
by an enormous variety of Brazilian music styles
and moods, and the Sonata can be seen as a
summary of Guarnieri’s musical personality.
Max Barros’s “unfaltering brio and a complete
command of the idiom” (Gramophone) can also be
heard in Guarnieri’s Piano Concertos.
Joseph Merk - Music for Cello & Piano
Works: Joseph Merk: Fleurs
d’Italie; Air suisse varié et
Rondeau; Valses brillantes.
Artists: Martin Rummel, cello;
Roland Kruger, piano (1 CD)
(Naxos (USA)
NXS 8572759 $9.99
Joseph Merk was the most outstanding cellist in
Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Although Beethoven’s Triple Concerto was not
originally written for him, Merk’s performances
established it as an important work, and he was
the dedicatee of Chopin’s Introduction et Polonaise
brillante . He was also a formidable composer for
his own instrument, creating a dazzling series of
instrumental episodes in his Fleurs d’Italie, based
on operatic motifs by Donizetti and Verdi. The
Valses brillantes bridge the gap, in classic virtuoso
fashion, between Schubert’s piano dances and
Johann Strauss the Elder’s grand gestures.
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Reinhold Gliere: Duets with Cello, complete
Francois Couperin: Suites for Viola da gamba
Artists: Martin Rummel and
Alexander Hulshoff, cellos;
Friedemann Eichhorn, violin; Till
Alexander Korber, piano (1 CD)
(Naxos (USA)
NXS 8572713 $9.99
A highly decorated composer
in Soviet Russia, Reinhold Gliere maintained
a low political profile and a conservative but
astonishingly inventive melodic style. His interest
in national harmonies and folk-music emerges in
the Twelve Album Leaves, and his remarkably
important contribution to cello repertoire is
demonstrated both in his mastery of small forms
in the Duets Op. 39, and a unique ability to create
orchestral sonorities in the Duets Op. 53, a rare
example of an original cycle for the delightful
combination of two cellos.
Works: Francois Couperin: Suites
for Viola da gamba nos 1 & 2;
Suite for Harpsichord no 27.
Artists: Mikko Perkola, viola
da gamba; Aapo Hakkinen,
harpsichord (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8570944 $9.99
Franτois Couperin wrote some of France’s greatest
music in the classical style. The Suites for Viola da
gamba and Harpsichordare late works, published
in 1728, and are perfect examples of his richly
expressive style which here draws upon Italian
models as well as, perhaps, celebrating another
genius of the French school, Marin Marais, who
had died in the year the Suites were published.
Intense and passionate, the suites offer lyricism
and virtuosity, Italian bravura and French richness.
Peter Maxwell Davies: Piano Concerto
Works: Mozart: Divertimenti Nos.
11, K251 & 17, K334. Artists:
Helmut Muller-Bruhl/Cologne CO.
(1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8570990 $9.99
Overflowing with Mozart’s
characteristic melodic invention
and deliciously abundant wit, these two celebratory
Divertimentiare both associated with his time in
Salzburg. K. 251 was probably written for the
name-day of Mozart’s sister Nannerl, and K. 334
for the university graduation of a prosperous family
friend.
Works: Peter Maxwell Davies:
Piano Concerto; Worldes Blis.
Artists: Kathryn Stott, piano.
Peter Maxwell Davies/Royal PO.
(1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8572357 $9.99
Dedicated to Kathryn Stott, Peter Maxwell Davies’s
Piano Concerto is “one of the most attractive and
immediately likeable piano concertos to appear
for some time. Miss Stott’s performance must
be regarded as definitive in its comprehensive
grasp of the work’s multi-facted appeal.” ( The
Sunday Telegraph) The symphonic “Motet for
Orchestra” Worldes Blisunites medieval plainchant
with the emotional impact of early 20th century
expressionism, having “an organic concentration
that is unsurpassed in his output” (Gramophone).
Idil Biret Archive Edition, Vol. 13: / Idil Biret,
piano
Works: Brahms: Handel Vars.,
Op. 24; Paganini Vars., Op. 35
Artists: artists (1 CD) (Naxos
(USA) NXS 8571295 $9.99
“Only an exceptional pianistic
genius could deliver the ideal version of such an
inhuman work”... Idil Biret’s version is of such high
quality that I have to speak in terms of this young
pianist’s genius... I have nothing but admiration
for the stunning brio with which she approaches
the fast passages (starting with the first two
variations of each Book!), indeed I confess to
being captivated by it. Similarly, I was frequently
enchanted by her poetic readings of some of the
slow variations, which she plays with simplicity,
avoiding effusive excess. All in all, this is an album
to compete with Katchen’s.” - Remy Stricker:
Between the Bliss and Me: / Julia Faulkner,
soprano; Martha Fischer, piano
Works: Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson by
Copland, Farwell, Laitman, Pearson-Thomas,
Hoiby. Artists: Julia Faulkner, soprano; Martha
Fischer, piano (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8559731 $9.99
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Paganini: Music for Violin and Orchestra
Works: Paganini: Violin Concerto
No. 5; I palpiti, Op. 13; Moto
perpetuo, Op. 11. Artists:
Ivan Pochekin, violin; Dmitry
Yablonsky/Russian PO. (1 CD)
(Naxos)
NXS 8570487 $9.99
Paganini defined violin bravura in the first half of
the nineteenth century. As one of the greatest and
certainly the most spectacular executants of the
instrument, he provoked a storm of excitement
with his recital and concert performances.
Morton Gould: American Legend [3 CDs]
Works: Morton Gould:
American Ballads; Derivations;
Fall River Legend; Jekyll and
Hyde Variations. Artists: Scott
Weiss/University of Kansas
Wind Ensemble; Kenneth
Schermerhorn/Nashville SO; Theodore Kuchar/
National Sym. of Ukrains. (3 CD) (Naxos (USA)
3 NXS 8503259 $24.99
“Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all
of American musicians have been touched by
Morton and affected by him...as a composer, as
pianist, as arranger and as an unpretentiously
enlightening commentator.....Without the slightest
self-consciousness, he was a crossover musician
before the term was invented.” - Leonard Slatkin
“Morton Gould is the American composer closest
to my heart. The breadth of his talent, and his
ability to channel American vernacular effortlessly
into his concert works, make him the true heir of
George Gershwin.” - David Alan Miller
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La Voie Triomphale - Music for wind ensemble
Works by: Berlioz, Bozza, Tomasi, Dukas,
Milhaud. Artists: Ole Kristian Ruud Ruud/
Norwegian Armed Forces Staff Band. (2 Blu-Ray
Audio) (2 L Records)
2 L2L 086SABD $33.49
My Spirit Sang / Atlanta Singers, David Morrow
Works by: Cleophas R.E. Adderley; Uzee Brown,
Jr. (1950 - ); Craig Courtney; Gerald Finzi; James
Furman (1937 - 1989); Adolphus Hailstork (1941
- ); Lane Johnson (1986 - ); Undine Smith Moore
(1904 - 1989); David Morrow; R. Murray Schafer
(1933 - ); Frank Ticheli (1958 - ). Artists: David
Morrow/Atlanta Singers. Frank Timmerman (Tnr);
David Blalock (Tnr). (1 CD) (ACA Digital)
ACD 20111 $16.99
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen: / Lucia Popp
Works: Christmas and sacred music by J.S. Bach,
Telemann & Handel (rec. 1982). Artists: Lucia
Popp, soprano (1 CD) (Acanta)
AANT 233603 $16.99
Vienna Boys Choir in Britten, Bruckner & Gallus
Works: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Bruckner:
Motets; Gallus: Missa. Artists: Hans Gillesberger/
Vienna Boys Choir. (2 CD) (Acanta)
2 AANT 233602 $24.99
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau - The French Album
Works: Fauré: La Bonne Chanson; Ravel:
Chansons Madecasses; Poulenc: Le Bal Masque
Artists: Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (Bar); Wolfgang
Sawalisch, piano. Berlin Philharmonic Soloists. (1
CD) (Acanta)
AANT 233651 $19.99
Notkeatonline - Finnish Music for orchestra
Works: Jouni Kaipainen: The Ghost of Buster,
Op. 86a; Paavo Korpijaakko: Amuse-bouche; Usko
Merilainen (1930 - 2004): Timeline, for orchestra.
Artists: Hannu Lintu/Tampere PO. (1 SA CD) (Alb
a)
ABA 342 $16.99
Three world premiere recordings of orchestral
works by Finnish composers.
Chamber music of László Süle
Works: László Süle: Cave Drawings, for
saxophone, string quartet, piano & double bass;
Dripstone Music, for flute, string quartet, piano &
double bass; Linear Soundscape, for saxophone,
string quartet, piano & double bass; Moon’s Silver
Solitude, for saxophone, string quartet, piano &
double bass; Pikaia, for saxophone, string quartet,
piano & double bass; The Island of Kirke, for
saxophone, string quartet, piano & double bass.
Artists: Scarbantia String Quartet. Pentti Lahti
(Sax); László Süle, piano; Hannu Rantanen, bass.
(1 SA CD) (Alba)
ABA 323 $16.99
Virtuoso Cello / Seeli Toivio, cello
Works: Antonio Bazzini (1818 - 1897): La ronde
des lutins, Op. 25; Brahms: Hungarian Dance for
piano, 4 hands; Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle,
Op. 16; Vittorio Monti (1868 - 1922): Czrdas no 1;
Paganini: Introduction and Variations on “Dal tuo
stellato soglio” violin & guitar; Pablo de Sarasate:
Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25.
Artists: Seeli Toivio (Clo); Kalle Toivio (Pno). (1
CD) (Alba)
ABA 332 $16.99
Seppo Pohjola: Symphonies nos 1 & 2
Artists: Sakari Oramo/Finnish RSO. (Alba)
ABA 339 $16.99
Bernhard Molique: Violin Concertos 3 & 6
Works: Bernhard Molique: Violin Concertos. Nos.
3 & 6. Artists: Anton Steck, violin; L’arpa festante.
(Accent)
ACT 24247 $18.49 On Sale
Venetian Art 1600 - The New Instrumental Style
Works by: G.B. Fontana & G.B. Buonamente.
Artists: William Dongois/Le Concert Brisé. (1 CD)
(Accent)
ACT 24253 $18.49 On Sale
Works for the Left Hand, Vol. 1 / Zecchini
Works by: Ravel, Scriabin, Chopin, Saint-Saëns,
Bach. Artists: Maxime Zecchini, piano (1 CD) (Ad
Vitam)
ADV 120915 $20.49
Sing a New Song - Finnish sacred music
Works: Sacred music by Madetoja, Distler,
Nystedt, Rautavaara, Mononen, Tuppurainen,
Kosola et al. Artists: Heikki Liimola/Kuopio
Academic Chamber Choir. (1 CD) (Alba)
ABA 45 $16.99
I Will - Tahdon: Finnish Wedding Music
Works by: Merikanto, Kuula, Melartin, Linjama,
Kokkonen, Almila. Artists: Jan Lehtola, organ (2
SA Hybrid CD) (Alba)
2 ABA 309 $35.99
Finnish Lutheran Hymns / Oulainen Youth
Choir; Tapani Tirila, conductor
Artists: Tapani Tirila/Oulainen Youth Girls Choir.
(Alba)
ABA 46 $16.99
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The Almeda Piano Trio
Works: Ferguson: Solstice Suite; Piazzolla: Cuatro
Estanciones Portenas; Schoenfield: Café Music.
Artists: Almeda Trio, (Robert Cassidy, piano, Cara
Tweed, violin, Ida Mercer, cello). (1 CD) (Albany
Records)
ALB 1386 $16.99
Remembranza / Rosa Antonelli, piano
Works by: Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos; Nazareth,
Granados, Albeniz Artists: Rosa Antonelli, piano
(1 CD) (Albany Records)
ALB 1388 $16.99
Rosa Antonelli evokes the memories of Latin
sounds for her second recording on Albany
Close to Home - music for clarinet & piano
Works: Bernstein: Sonata; Copland: Sonata;
Coleman: Sonatine; Reich, Mandat. Artists:
Michael Rowlett, clarinet; Stacy Rodgers, piano (1
CD) (Albany Records)
ALB 1385 $16.99
Music by Laura Kaminsky
Artists: Cassatt Quartet; Colorado Quartet;
Ensemble Pi. (2 CD) (Albany Records)
2 ALB 1393 $35.99
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❦Schumann: Complete Recordings / Pollini
Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano (4
CD) (Deutsche Grammophon)
4 DGG B001792702 $33.98
“Pollini’s intensity belies his age
in this commanding performance
of vibrant young Schumann
from a truly magisterial talent.”
Three Works by Laura Schwendinger
Works: Laura Schwendinger: Esprimere for cello
& Orch. (2007); Chiaroscuro Azzurro for Violin
and Chamber Orch.; Waking Dream for Flute &
Chamber Orch. Artists: Haimovitz, Macomber,
Jennings. James Smith/University of Wisconsin
CO; Nicole Paiement/Madison Sinfonietta. (1 CD)
(Albany Records)
ALB 1390 $16.99
Emmerich Kálmán: The Carnival Fairy,
operetta (1915) / Ohio Light Opera
-Gramophone
❦Britten: The Rape of Lucretia / Knussen
Artists: Steven Byess/Ohio Light Opera
Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists, . (2 CD) (Albany
Records)
2 ALB 1391/92 $35.99
Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time, operetta
Artists: Justin Berkowitz, Amy Maples, Luke Bahr,
Ted Christopher Steven Byess/Ohio Light Opera.
(2 CD) (Albany Records)
2 ALB 1401 $35.99
Alec Wilder: Music for Horn & Piano
Artists: Charles Tibbetts, horn; Heinzel &
Cecchini, pianists (1 CD) (Albany Records)
ALB 1398 $16.99
Bits and Pieces - Works for Solo Clarinet
Works by: Donizetti, Osborn, Stravinsky,
Messiaen, Mandat, Sutermeister. Artists: Sean
Osborn, clarinet (1 CD) (Albany Records)
ALB 1396 $16.99
The Sons of the Morning / Iain Burnside, piano
Works: Vaughan Williams: Job - A Masque for
Dancing (arr. Vally Lasker for solo piano); The
Lake in the Mountains; Ivor Gurney: Six Preludes.
Artists: Iain Burnside, piano (1 CD) (Albion)
ALBN 015 $18.99
❦Francois Couperin: Pieces de Violes, 1728
Artists: Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Ariane
Maurette (1 SA CD) (Alia Vox) AVX 9893 $20.49
“Savall is the consummate master...” -Audiophile
Audition “Savall and co play with a warmth, a
passion and a sense of freedom unsurpassed
since.” -Sunday Times, December 2012
We Can Do It! Celebrating Women in WWII
Works: Incl. In the Mood; Sing, Sing, Sing; Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy. Artists: US Air Force Airmen
of Note; US Air Force Singing Sergeants; US Navy
Band; US Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble. (1
CD) (Altissimo)
ALSM 72022 $16.99
Amadeus Arte
Music for harp by Claudia Montero / Sacchi
Works: Claudia Montero: Evocaciones, for harp;
Incensum, for harp. Artists: Floraleda Sacchi
(Harp). (1 CD) (Amadeus Arte)ADEU 11001 $13.99
Artists: Kirchschlager, Bostridge, Britton, Purves,
Russell, Coleman-Wright. Oliver Knussen/
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble. (2 CD) (Virgin
Classics)
2 VCL 026722 $29.98 On Sale
“Lucretia is a problematic and disturbing piece. It’s
hard to think of another opera where the opposite
poles of male violence and tender female intimacy
are made so vividly real in purely musical terms,
and brought into such horrifying proximity.” -The
Telegraph
❦Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn: Quatuor Ebene
Artists: Quatuor Ebene. (1 CD) (Virgin Classics)
VCL 645462 $14.48 On Sale
“We are fortunate to have a clutch of young,
extremely talented string quartets in action... but
one except the Ebene Quartet can sing four-part
harmonies, improvise solos on [jazz] standards,
shred with conviction on the surf-rock classic
‘Misirlou’ and uncover the unique sound world of
Faure, Debussy and Ravel.” -National Public Radio
❦Piano Concertos by Mozart, Beethoven,
Brahms / Maurizio Pollini, piano
Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano (8 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
8 DGG B001792602 $58.48
“Pollini’s intensity belies his age in this
commanding performance of vibrant young
Schumann from a truly magisterial talent.”
-Gramophone
❦Weber: Violin Sonatas / Isabelle Faust, violin
Works: Weber: Violin Sonatas Op. 10/1-6; Piano
Quartet Op. 8 Artists: Isabelle Faust (Vln);
Alexander Melnikov (FtePno); Wolfgang Emanuel
Schmidt (Clo); Boris Faust (Vla). (1 CD) (Harmonia
Mundi)
HAR 902108 $18.99
“It is Faust’s unmannered, focused artistry that
commands attention... she has a way of pulling
you deeper into each piece as she goes, varying
and intensifying her phrasing until abstract figures
speak in anxious sentences.” -The New Yorker
Happy Birthday John! Chamber Music with Harp
Works: John Cage (1912 - 1992): 4’33”, for
any ensemble or number of players; A Room,
for prepared piano; Dream; In a Landscape;
Postcard From Heaven, for 1-20 harps; Prelude for
Meditation, for prepared piano; Spoken Word.
Artists: Floraleda Sacchi (Prepared Harp); John
Cage, speaker. (1 CD) (Amadeus Arte)
ADEU 12001 $13.99
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Chiaroscuro Harp - Music for solo harp
Works: Floraleda Sacchi: Music for solo harp.
Artists: Floraleda Sacchi (Harp) (1 CD)
(Amadeus Arte)
ADEU 11008 $13.99
Harpist Floraleda Sacchi was inspired by the
border between light and dark at dawn and sunset
to write the compositions on this recording.
Harp Dances - Music for solo harp
Works by: Salzedo, Granados, Lecuona, Albeniz,
Rodrigo. Artists: Floraleda Sacchi, harp (1 CD)
(Amadeus Arte)
ADEU 4763856 $16.99
Harpist Floraleda Sacchi has recorded a program
built on dance rhythms.
Works: Leos Janacek: On an overgrown
path; Variations for Zdenka, a Recollection.
Artists: Danae Dorken, piano (1 SA CD) (ARS
Productions)
ARSP 38130 $23.99
ArtistLed
Grieg & Schumann Cello Sonatas / David Finckel
Works: Grieg: Cello Sonata; Schumann: Cello
Sonata; Schumann: Adagio and Allegro Artists:
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD)
(ArtistLed)
ASTL 19701 $16.99
Schubert: Piano Trios
Artists: Philip Setzer, violin; Wu Han, piano; David
Finckel, cello (1 CD) (ArtistLed) ASTL 10802 $16.99
Daniele Garella “Images” Music for flute & harp
Mozart: Piano Concertos / Derek Han, piano
Pianist Satoshi Ishiyama plays César Franck
Beethoven, Bruch & Brahms: Clarinet Trios
Artists: Floraleda Sacchi, harp; Sonia Formenti,
flute (Amadeus Arte)
ADEU 11005 $13.99
Works: César Franck (1822 - 1890): Les Plaintes
d’une poupée, for piano, M. 20; Prelude, Chorale
and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Guillaume Lekeu
(1870 - 1894): Sonata for Piano in G minor.
Artists: Satoshi Ishiyama (Pno). (1 CD) (Anima
Records)
ANNR 81000001 $16.99
French Chamber Music for Flute, Cello & Piano
Works: Nicolas Bacri (1961 - ): Sonata da camera,
Op. 67; Philippe Forget (1970 - ): Portraits au matin
(2); Pierre Jansen (1930 - ): Vagabondage; Martin
Kutnowski: Trio Y2K. Artists: Bertrand Giraud
(Pno); Delphine Biron (Clo); Frédéric Chatoux (Flt).
(1 CD) (Anima)
ANNR 81200001 $16.99
Hasidic Music - Dances & Songs from Israel
for two violins
Works: Louis Lewandowski (1821 - 1894): Tzadik
Katamar; Israeli Traditional: Chants d’Israel;
Danses d’Israel; Al Hasela Hokh; Bona Banot;
Erev Ba; Sephardic Traditional. Artists: Les
Violons de Versailles. (1 CD) (Anima Records)
ANNR 81100001 $16.99
Sacred Choral Music of Robert Schumann
Works: Robert Schumann: Missa Sacra, Op. 147;
Four Chants for Double Chorus, Op. 141. Artists:
Geoffroy Jourdain/Les Cris de Paris. (1 CD)
(Aparte)
AART 044 $18.99
Artists: Derek Han, piano; Massimo Quarta/Royal
PO. (1 CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 018 $16.99
Artists: David Shifrin, clarinet; David Finckel,
cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 11101 $16.99
For David and Wu Han - Cello & Piano duos
Works by: Jalbert, Auerbach, Adolphe, Tsontakis
Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1
CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 11001 $16.99
Russian Classics - works for cello & piano
Works by: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich &
Prokofiev Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han,
piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 19901 $16.99
Schubert: Sonatas for cello & piano
Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
(1 CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 10401 $16.99
Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano & Cello
Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (2
CD) (ArtistLed)
2 ASTL 19801 $35.99
Mendelssohn: The Piano Trios
Artists: Philip Setzer, violin; Wu Han, piano;
David Finckel, cello (1 CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 11102 $16.99
Music for cello & piano by Strauss & Franck
Bohumir Kryl - World Famous Wizard of the Cornet
Works: R Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Op 6; Franck:
Cello Sonata in A; Edwin Finckel: Variations on
a Theme ‘Willow Weep for Me’ Artists: David
Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1 CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 19602 $16.99
Cherubini: Der Wassertrager / Wunderlich
Artists: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano (1
CD) (ArtistLed)
ASTL 10501 $16.99
Artists: Bohumir Kryl, cornet (rec. 1901 - 1918)
(1 CD) (Archeophone)
AHE 5022 $16.99
Artists: Fritz Wunderlich; Hildegard Hillebrecht;
Marcdel Cordes, Robert Hoyem. Walter Koniger/
Sudfunk Choir; Sudfunk Sinfonieorchester.
(Archipel)
ACP 0539 $11.99
Transcriptions for piano of music by Wagner
Works: Wagner: Isolde’s Liebestod; Fantasia;
Spinnerlied; Siegfried Idyl Artists: Vestard
Shimkus, piano (1 SA CD) (ARS Productions)
ARSP 38123 $23.99
Charles Dolle (1700-1755): Pieces de Viole
Works: Charles Dolle (1700-1755): Pieces
de Viole (suites) Artists: Petr Wagner, Viola
da Gamba; Jacques Ogg, harpsichord (ARS
Productions)
ARSP 38518 $20.49
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ATMA
Mozart: Concertos Nos. 13 & 14 / Fiakowska
Artists: Janina Fiakowska , piano; Chamber
Players of Canada. (1 CD) (ATMA)
ATMA 22532 $16.99
Music for winds by Mehul / Les Jacobins
Works: Etienne-Nocolas Mehul: Le Chant du
départ. Artists: Mathieu Lussier/Les Jacobins. (1
CD) (ATMA)
ATMA 22659 $16.99
The ensemble Les Jacobins originated with the
desire to explore the rich but little-known repertoire
associated with the French Revolution.
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Alfred Schnittke - Chamber Music Vol. 2
Works: Schnittke: Quartet & Quintet with Piano;
String Trio Artists: Louise Bessette, piano
Quatuor Molinari. (1 CD) (ATMA)
ATMA 2669 $16.99
Robert & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios
Works: Robert & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios,
Op. 17, 88 & 110. Artists: Swiss Piano Trio. (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (Audite) ADT 92549 $17.99 On Sale
Tango Rhapsody - Music for 2 Pianos
Works by: Piazzolla, Ziegler, Jusid. Artists: Karin
Lechner, Sergio Tiempo: pianos (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(Avanti Classic)
AVTC SACD1033 $18.99
Melody Magic - music arranged for 2 guitars
Artists: Frank Vignola and Vinny Caniolo, guitars
(1 CD) (Azica)
AZI 72248 $16.99
BIS
Noriko Ogawa Plays Mozart Piano Sonatas
Works: Mozart: Sonatas C major K.330, A major
K.331, F major K.332. Artists: Noriko Ogawa,
piano (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1985 $18.99
Renaissance Airs & Dances / Stockholm
Chamber Brass
Works by: Susato, Dowland, De La Torre,
Gesualdo, Monteverdi. Artists: Stockholm
Chamber Brass. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 2017 $18.99
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Dausgaard
Works: Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Hungarian
Dances; Liebeslieder Waltzes. Artists: Thomas
Dausgaard/Swedish CO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS
(Sweden)
BIS 1756 $18.99
Pavane - Arrangements for Viola & Piano
Works: Debussy: Clair de lune; La fille aux
cheveux de lin; Richard Dubugnon (1968 - ):
Incantatio, for viola & piano; Lied, for viola & piano,
Op. 44b; Fauré: Apres un reve; Elégie for Cello
and Orchestra, Op. 24; Ravel. Artists: Ashley
Wass (Pno); Maxim Rysanov (Vla). (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1773 $18.99
Samuel Barber: Music for Cello Solo / Poltera
Works: Barber: Concerto for cello; Sonata for
cello; Adagio for Strings. Artists: Andrew Litton/
Bergen PO; Poltera, cello. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS
(Sweden)
BIS 1827 $18.99
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 52 / Masaaki Suzuki
Works: J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV140; BWV112;
BWV29 Artists: Hana Blažíková, soprano; Robin
Blaze, counter-tenor; Gerd Türk, tenor; Peter Kooij,
bass. Masaaki Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan. (1
SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1981 $18.99
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3; Handel Variations
Works: Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3;
Handel Variations Artists: Jonathan Plowright,
piano (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 2047 $18.99
❦Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol.
4 / Kristian Bezuidenhout
Works: Mozart: Keyboard Music,
Vol. 4 - Piano Sonatas K283
& K311; Fantasia K397 et al.
Artists: Kristian Bezuidenhout
(FtePno). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi)
HAR 907528 $18.99
“Kristian Bezuidenhout plays Mozart on the
fortepiano like no-one else... with all the sensitivity,
expressivity, flair and stylistic integrity that has
marked him out as a supreme master of the
early keyboard... the tone is vibrant, the music
thoroughly engaging, and the genius of Mozart is
brilliantly and eloquently served.” -The Scotsman
❦Philip Glass: Metamorphosis; The Hours /
Lavinia Meijer, harp
Works: Philip Glass (1937 - ): Glassworks;
Metamorphosis, for piano; The Hours, music from
the film score for piano. Artists: Lavinia Meijer,
harp. (1 SA CD) (Channel Classics)
CCS 33912 $15.99
“Lavinia Meijer is a superb player; under her
sensitive fingers, the harp becomes a small
orchestra...” -American Record Guide
❦Antoine Dauvergne: Hercule Mourant, opera
Works: works Antoine Dauvergne: Hercule
Mourant, opera in 5 acts. Artists: Jael Azzaretti,
Julie Fuchs, Véronique Gens, Jennifer Borghi.
Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques. (2 CD)
(Aparte)
2 AART 042 $28.49
“Les Talens Lyriques are among the most stylish
of Baroque ensembles, while Rousset himself is
an exquisite performer.” -The Guardian
❦Britten: Cello Symphony / Alban Gerhardt
Works: Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata;
Cello Suites nos 1-3. Artists: artists Andrew
Manze/BBC Scottish SO. Alban Gerhardt (Clo);
Steven Osborne (Pno). (2 CD) (Hyperion)
2 HYP 67941 $40.49
“Alban Gerhardt is a poet of the cello...” -The
Dallas Morning News
❦Francois Couperin: Pieces de Violes, 1728
Artists: Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Ariane
Maurette (1 SA CD) (Alia Vox) AVX 9893 $20.49
“Savall is the consummate master...” -Audiophile
Audition “Savall and co play with a warmth, a
passion and a sense of freedom unsurpassed
since.” -Sunday Times, December 2012
1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey from BIS
Works: a cross section of Ligeti’s music, from his
first to his final composistions. Artists: Nobuko
Imai; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet; Fredrik
Ullén; Hans-Ola Ericsson; Schola Heidelberg.
(1 CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1503 $18.99
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20th Century Masterpieces, Vol. 2
BIS, continued
The Magic Bird / Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa
Artists: Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle)
and vocals; Trondheim Soloists. (1 SA) (BIS
(Sweden)
BIS 2013 $18.99
Christmas Dreams on 13 Strings / Miolin
Artists: Anders Miolin, 13 string guitar (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 2026 $18.99
Miolin’s instrument bring a range of five full
octaves, and a more powerful sound and wider
dynamic spectrum than a traditional guitar.
The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century Italy
Works by: Giovanni Maria Bononcini; Giovanni
Battista Buonamente; Dario Castello; Francesco
Cavalli; Giovanni Paolo Cima; Arcangelo Corelli;
Andrea Falconiero; Giovanni Legrenzi; Biagio
Marini; Tarquinio Merula; Giovanni Antonio
Pandolfi; Giacinto Pestolozza; Francesco Turini;
Marco Uccellini; Giovanni Battista Vitali. Artists:
London Baroque. (1 CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1795 $18.99
Liszt, Ravel and Saint-Saëns / Yevgeny Sudbin
Works: Liszt: Années de pelerinage; Deuxieme
année, S. 161; Funerailles; Transcendental
Etudes, S. 139; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; SaintSaens: Danse macabre. Artists: Yevgeny Sudbin
(Pno). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1828 $18.99
Claus Peter Flor conducts Dvorak
Works: Antonin Dvorak: Czech Suite; My Home,
Overture; Symphony no 9 “From the New World”
Artists: Claus Peter Flor/Malaysian PO. (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1856 $18.99
Andrew Litton conducts Rachmaninov
Works: Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead; The
Rock; Symphonic Dances. Artists: Andrew Litton/
Bergen PO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1751 $18.99
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Books I-V
Works: Albéniz: Iberia; Ravel: La Valse; Griffes:
Piano Sonata; Kapustin. Artists: Ralph Votapek,
piano (1 CD) (Blue Griffin)
BLGF 263 $19.99
Chamber Music of Murray Gross / Musique 21.
Works: Murray Gross: Talking in my Sleep.
Artists: Jennifer Kennard, flute; Takeshi Abo,
violin; Osiris Molina, clarinet; John Whitwell/
Michigan State Chamber Winds; Murray Goss/
Musique 21; Woodland Trio. (1 CD) (Blue Griffin)
BLGF 271 $19.99
Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, Vol. 1
Works: Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks Three Marian Antiphons Artists: Scott Metcalfe/
Blue Heron. (1 CD) (Blue Heron Records)
BHRC 1002 $16.99
Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, vol. 2
Works: Ludford: Missa Regnum mundi; Pygott:
Salve regina. Artists: Scott Metcalfe/Blue Heron.
(1 CD) (Blue Heron Records) BHRC 1003 $20.49
J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord
Artists: Robert Stallman, flute; Edwin Swanborn,
harpsichord (1 CD) (Bogner’s Cafe)
BGNR 105 $19.99
Mario del Monaco, Vol. 3
Works: Arias from La Forza, Turandot, Aida,
Lohengrin, Macbeth, Pagliacci, Madama Butterfly
Artists: Mario del Monaco (1 CD) (Bongiovanni)
BGV 1228 $15.99
Bach: Magnificat; Handel: Dixit Dominus
Artists: Peter Dijkstra/Bavarian Radio Chorus;
Concerto Koln. (1 CD) (BR Classic)
BRK 900504 $16.99
Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd / Schirmer
Artists: Jane Henschel, Mark Stone. Ulf Schirmer/
Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich RSO. (2 CD) (BR
Classic)
2 BRK 900316 $29.99
Paul Chihara: Viola Concerto & Music for Viola
Artists: Paul Coletti, viola; Jack van Geem,
percussion. Yehuda Gilad/Colburn Orch. (1 CD)
(Bridge)
BDG 9365 $16.99
Works: Mendelssohn: Andante in A major;
Gondollied in A major (“Barcarole”); Song in F
sharp minor; Song Without Words in E flat major
(incomplete); Songs without words, vol 1, Op.
19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30. Artists:
Ronald Brautigam (Piano, after an instrument by
Pleyel 1830) ). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1982 $18.99
Viola, Viola / Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Contraptions - Chamber music with tuba
Schumann: Music for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2
Works: Ben Miles: Contraptions for tuba; Fantasy
for flute & tuba; Perspectives for tuba; Sketches (3)
for tuba & piano; Sonatina for tuba & piano; Ron
Newman: Duo for bass trombone & tuba; Curtis
Olson (1950 - ). Artists: Jun Okada (Pno); Ben
Miles (Tuba); Sarah Miles (Flt); Bryan Pokorney
(Flt). (1 CD) (Blue Griffin)
BLGF 261 $19.99
Music for Violin, Clarinet & Piano / Zodiac Trio
Works: Nicolas Bacri (1961 - ): A Smiling Suite,
Op. 100b; Bartok: Contrasts, Sz 111; Stravinsky:
L’histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), suite
for violin, clarinet and piano; Galina Ustvolskaya
(1919 - 2006): Trio for violin, clarinet & piano.
Artists: Zodiac Trio. odiac Trio (Trio). (1 CD)
(Blue Griffin)
BLGF 257 $19.99
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Works by: Mackey, Ruders, Benjamin, Carter,
Chen Artists: Hsin-Yun Huang, viola. Gernot
Schmalfuss/Evergreen SO. (1 CD) (Bridge)
BDG 9387 $16.99
Brilliant Classics
Works: Schumann: Music for Cello and Piano,
Vol. 2 - Romances Op. 94; Sonata Op. 105 et al.
Artists: Francesco Dillon, cello; Emanuele
Torquati, piano (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
BLC 94328 $8.99
Viola d’amore solo / Valerio Losito
Works by: Giuseppe Colombi, Angelo Morigi,
Christian Petzold, Pedro Lopes Nogueira Artists:
Valerio Losito, viola d’amore (1 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
BLC 94367 $8.99
William Byrd: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 2
Artists: Pieter-Jan Belder, virginal, chest organ (2
CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 94362 $8.99
The release is an engaging follow-up to the first
volume in the series.
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Buonamente: L’e’ tanto tempo hormai
Works: Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595
- 1642): L’e’ tanto tempo hormai - sonatas,
canzonas and sinfonias Artists: Helianthus
Ensemble (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
BLC 94478 $8.99
Nicola Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano
Artists: Laura Martorana, coloratura soprano;
Alberto Martini/I Virtuosi Italiani. (1 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
BLC 94311 $8.99
Schubert: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
Works: Schubert: String Quartets D.804 & D.94;
Andante D.3. Artists: Diogenes String Quartet. (1
CD) (Brilliant Classics)
BLC 94315 $8.99
Handel: Italian Cantatas / Valentina Varriale
Artists: Renato Criscuolo/Mvsica Perdvta. (1 CD)
(Brilliant Classics)
BLC 94426 $8.99
The Frescobaldi Legacy / Sandro Ivo Bartoli
Works by: Respighi, Bauer, Reicha, Feinberg,
Bartok, Ligeti Artists: Sandro Ivo Bartoli, piano (1
CD) (Brilliant Classics)
BLC 9417 $8.99
Couperin: Masses; Sacred Music
Works: Couperin: Mass for the Parishes; Mass
for the Convents. Artists: Adriano Falcioni/
Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto. (2 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
2 BLC 94333 $12.99
J.S.Bach: Chorales, Preludes & Fugues / Messori
Works: Bach: Schubler Chorales; 8 Preludes and
Fugues Artists: Matteo Messori on historical
organs (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 94380 $12.99
A Liszt Recital / Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano
Artists: Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano (1 CD)
(Brilliant Classics)
BLC 94357 $8.99
This second Brilliant Classics disc from the
wonderful young Italian pianist Vanessa Benelli
Mosell brings a focus on the 19th - century lion of
piano music whose bicentenary was celebrated
last year.
Haydn: String Quartets / Artis Quartet Vienna
Works: F.J. Haydn: String Quartets “The Rider”,
“Emperor” and Op. 20 No. 2 Artists: Artis Quartet
Vienna. (1 CD) (Camerata) CAM 28241 $19.99
To Honor God and your Comfort
Works: Luthern Hymns & Contrafacts from
Northern German Sources. Artists: Ulrike
Volkhardt/Ensemble Devotion Moderna. (1 CD)
(Cantate)
CTE 58047 $15.99
Bond for Orchestra - music from the films
Works: Music from the James Bond films by John
Barry, Paul McCartney, Marvin Hamlisch, Duran
Duran. Artists: Carl Davis/Philharmonia Orch. (1
CD) (Carl Davis Collection) CAVS 021 $16.99
Carl Davis presents a compilation of instrumental
covers from the classic James Bond series.
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas / Igor Tsinman, violin
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Opp. 80;
94bis & 115. Artists: Mikhail Tsinman, violin; Nika
Lundstrem, piano; Igor Tsinman, violin (Caro Mitis)
CRMT 42010 $20.49
Georg Phillip Telemann: Complete Orchestral
Suites, Vol. 2 / Pratum Integrum Orch.
Artists: Pavel Serbin/Pratum Integrum Orch. (2
SA Hybrid CD) (Caro Mitis)
2 CRMT 22008 $40.49
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❦Schumann: Chamber works; Kinderszenen;
Works: Schumann:
Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Quartet for
Piano and Strings in E flat major,
Op. 47; Trio for Piano and Strings
no 2 in F major, Op. 80. Artists:
artists Benvenue Fortepiano Trio
(Piano Trio). Adam Lamotte (Vla). (2 CD) (Avie
Records)
2 AIE 2272 $15.99
“Great music will always transcend its own and
any other period. That it does it so richly here is
due in strong part to the fact that these are not
only born but practiced conversationalists.” -BBC
Music Magazine
❦Piano Music of Dinu Lipatti / Luiza Borac
Artists: Luiza Borac, piano. Jamie Martin/
Academy of St Martin in the Fields. (2 CD) (Avie
Records)
2 AIE 2271 $23.99
“A fabulously gifted young pianist.” -BBC Music
Magazine
❦Claude Debussy: La Mer; Images, et al.
Works: Claude Debussy: La Mer; Images;
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune. Artists: Jos
van Immerseel/Anima Eterna. (1 CD) (Zig Zag
Territoires)
ZIG 313 $18.99
“Woodwind, brass and strings are highly
individuated: the solo flute is blanched in tone, the
trombones broad and warm. For sound alone, it is
a fascinating experiment, though van Immerseel’s
tempi are somewhat indulgent.” -The Independent
❦Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen Suites Nos. 1
& 2; Jeux d’Enfants
Works: Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra
nos 1&2; Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra
from Jeux d’enfants; Symphony in C major.
Artists: Andrea Licata/Royal PO; Dirk Joeres/
Westdeutsche Sinfonia; Mark Ermler/Royal PO. (1
CD) (Musical Concepts)
MSLC 1198 $9.99
“Joeres doesn’t just let his musicians play, he
makes them shape each phrase with loving
care.” -Pizzicato “Bizet’s enchanting Symphony,
written when the composer was 17, is a work
of precocious skill and great charm... The RPO
woodwind soloists play well, of course (in) the
brightly colored Carmen... Jeux d’enfants makes a
good encore, again well played.” -Gramophone
❦Stephen Hough’s French Album
Works: Alkan, Chabrier, Debussy, Delibes, Faure
et al. Artists: Stephen Hough (Pno). (1 CD)
(Hyperion)
HYP 67890 $18.99
“A substantial feast of of masterly pianism...Hough
can be too coolly objective at times but in this
repertoire, perhaps paradoxically, the expressive
simplicity of his playing can make your eyes burn.
In Clair de lune and Chaminade’s once ubiquitous
Automne, now rarely heard, Hough conjures
up a heart-catching melancholy that put me in
mind of Cherkassy. I can’t offer higher praise.”
-Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012
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New Releases
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6
Moe’s Bit o’Blue / Maureen Horgan, trombone
Carthagene Records
Franz Schubert: Music for violin & piano
Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos 6, 9, & 13
Artists: Igor Tchetuev, piano (Caro Mitis)
CRMT 32011 $20.49
Works: Music of Perry Goldstein, Douglas
O’Grady, Jonathan Santore, et al. Artists:
Maureen Horgan, trombone (1 CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3241 $16.99
Works: Michel Corrette: Offertoire L’Eclatante;
François d’Agincourt (1684 - 1758): Organ
suites Artists: Jean Louis Durand, organ (1 CD)
(Carthagene Records)
CART 730542 $19.99
Works: Franz Schubert: Duo Sonata Op. 162, D.
574; Rondo Op. 70, D. 895; Fantansy Op. 159, D.
934 Artists: Tomas Cotik, violin, Tao Lin, piano (1
CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3250 $16.99
Recorded on September 3-5, 2011 at Gusman
Concert Hall, Coral Gables, Florida.
Joseph Bonnet: Neuf Pieces, Op. 5 / Ducrot
Rare 19th Cent. Italian Clarinet Chamber Music
Artists: Marie Ducrot, Henri Didier organ at Notre
Dame Cathedral (Carthagene Records)
CART 730540 $19.99
Artists: Luigi Magistrelli, clarinet. Adami Clarinet
Quartet; Bel Canto Ensemble. (1 CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3227 $16.99
Gaspard Corrette / Jean Louis Durand, organ
Spanish Sonatas for violin and piano
Music of Corrette and d’Agincourt
Works: Jacques Boyvin (circa 1653 - 1706): Suite
du Septieme Ton; Gaspard Corrette (circa 1665
- bef 1733): Messe du Huitieme (8th) Ton, for
organ. Artists: Jean-Louis Durand (Organ). (1 CD)
(Carthagene Records)
CART 730543 $19.99
Notes in French only.
Nicolas de Grigny: Hymns for Organ / Durand
Works: Nicolas de Grigny (1672 - 1703): Les
Hymnes (5), in 20 versets for organ (second part
of Livre d’Orgue). Artists: Jean-Louis Durand
(Organ). (1 CD) (Carthagene Records)
CART 730545 $19.99
Notes in French only.
Heinrich Schutz Edition V: Cantiones Sacrae
Artists: Hans-Christoph Rademann/Dresden
Chamber Choir. (2 CD) (Carus)
2 CRS 83252 $28.49
Choral Music Transcriptions of A. & G. Mahler
Works: Transcriptions for a cappella chorus of
music by Alma & Gustav Mahler by Clytus Gottwald.
Artists: Marcus Creed/SWR Vocal Ensemble
Stuttgart. (1 CD) (Carus)
CRS 83370 $18.99
These arrangements employ techniques found in
the music of Ligeti and make high demands on
vocal ensembles.
Strauss, Shostakovich, Penderecki: Violin Sonatas
Artists: Jakub Haufa, violin; Marcin Sikorski,
piano; Katarzyna Budnik-Galazka, viola (1 CD)
(CD Accord)
CDAC 184 $18.99
Mordecai Shehori Plays Frédéric Chopin, Vol. 3
Works: Chopin: Etudes Opp. 10 & 25 Artists:
Mordecai Shehori, piano (1 CD) (Cembal d’amour)
CDA 170 $15.99
Centaur
Meditation - Music for Violin by Ragin Wenk-Wolff
Artists: Ragin Wenk-Wolff, violin; Kaare Ornung,
piano. (1 CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3148 $16.99
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’ té / Shannon Mercer
Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d’ té, Op. 7;
Norbert Palej: The Poet and the War; Rorate Coeli
Artists: Shannon Mercer, soprano. Eric Paetkau/
Group of Twenty-Seven. (1 CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3239 $16.99
Star Splendours / Chin Cheng Lin, marimba
Artists: Chin Cheng Lin, marimba. (1 CD)
(Centaur)
CEN 3205 $16.99
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Works: Sonatas for violin & piano by Turina,
Rodrigo, and Granados Artists: Jorge Avila, violin;
Adrienne Kim, piano (1 CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3158 $16.99
Violinist Steven Staryk: A Retrospective, Vol. 3
Works: Music by J.S. Bach Artists: Steven
Staryk, violin. Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord.
Bernard Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch. (1
CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3211 $16.99
CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 39
Works: Music from the University of North Texas
Center for Experimental Music (1 CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3219 $16.99
History Is What It Is - the music of Peter Hatch
Artists: Pamela Reimer, piano; Blue River
Ensemble. (1 CD) (Centrediscs)
CERE 18413 $16.99
Constantine Caravassilis: Visions
Works: Constantine Caravassilis: Visions - The
Complete Books fo Rhapsodies and Fantasia.
Artists: Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano (2
CD) (Centrediscs)
2 CERE 18613 $16.99
“Passion and sensitivity, phenomenal technique
and dazzling virtuosity” (New York Times)
Chandos
Karol Symanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Works: Karol Symanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 &
4 “Symphonie Concertante”; Concerto Overture
Artists: Louis Lortie, piano. Edward Gardner/BBC
SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records)
HA 5115 $19.99
The Unknown Purcell: Sonatas by Daniel Purcell
Works: Daniel Purcell (1664 - 1717): Sonatas
for Violin & Harpsichord. Artists: Hazel Brooks,
violin; David Pollock, harpsichord (1 CD) (Chandos
Records)
CHA 0795 $18.99
Franz von Suppé: Overtures; Marches / Jarvi
Artists: Neeme Jarvi/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1
SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records)
CHA 5110 $18.99
Goffredo Petrassi: Magnificat; Psalm IX /
Artists: Sabina Cvilak, soprano. Gianandrea
Noseda/Teatro Regio Torino Chorus; Teatro Regio
Torino Orch. (1 CD) (Chandos Records)
CHA 10750 $18.99
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Works for Clarinet and Orchestra / Collins
Works by: Mozart, Copland, Kats-Chernin.
Artists: Michael Collins (clarinet)/Swedish CO. (1
CD) (Chandos Records)
CHA 10756 $18.99
Bartok: Works for Violin and Piano / Ehnes
Works: Bela Bartok: Sonatas and Folk Dances
Artists: James Ehnes, violin; Andrew Armstrong,
piano (1 CD) (Chandos Records)
CHA 10752 $18.99
❦Philip Glass: Metamorphosis; The Hours
Works: Philip Glass (1937 - ): Glassworks;
Metamorphosis, for piano; The Hours, music from
the film score for piano. Artists: Lavinia Meijer
(Harp). (1 SA CD) (Channel Classics)
CCS 33912 $15.99
“Lavinia Meijer is a superb player; under her
sensitive fingers, the harp becomes a small
orchestra...” -American Record Guide
Petit: Concertino Nervoso for Percussion
Works: Armaud Petit (b.1959): Concertino
Nervoso for percussion and electronics Artists:
Duo Akrostick Percussion Ens., Julienne Klein,
soprano (1 CD) (Chant du Monde)
CDM 2781155 $16.99
The Siren’s Call / Chanticleer concert highlights
Works: Chanticleer sings music by Gabrieli,
Palestrina, Gesualdo, Grieg, Yi, McGlynn, Shimizu,
Waits Artists: Chanticleer. (1 CD) (Chanticleer/Na
xos)
CHLE 009 $16.99
Trumpet Concertos / Edward Tarr, trumpet
Works: Concertos for trumpet by Haydn, Hummel,
Neruda, Kreutzer, Millares. Artists: Edward Tarr,
trumpet. Janos Rolla/Franz Liszt CO. (1 CD)
(Christophorus)
CHR 0178 $11.99
Sweet Friendship, Precious Bond
Works: Philip Heinrich Erlebach: Overtures nos 2
& 4; Aria with basso continuo; Violin Sonata et al.
Artists: Miriam Feuersinger, Sop. Franz Vitzthum,
countertenor. Capricornus Consort Basel.
(Christophorus)
CHR 77366 $20.49
Claves
French Masterworks for Harp / Ursula Holliger
Works: Chamber music for Harp by Ravel, Caplet,
Debussy. Artists: Ursula Holliger, harp; Peter-Lukas
Graf, flute; Hans Stalder, clarinet Die Kammermusiker
Zurich. (1 CD) (Claves)
CLV 0280 $16.99
Mozart: The 4 Flute Quartets / Peter Lukas Graf
Artists: Peter Lukas Grag, flute; Carmina Trio. (1
CD) (Claves)
CLV 9014 $16.99
Music for Flute by Mozart & Spohr / Graf
Works: Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp; Spohr:
Concertante no 1 for violin & harp. Artists: Ursula
Holliger, harp; Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin
Peter-Lukas Graf (flute)/English CO; Lausanne
CO. (Claves)
CLV 0208 $16.99
Bach: Musicial Offering / Peter Lukas Graf
Works: J.S. Bach: Musical Offering, BWV 1079.
Artists: Peter Lukas Graf, flute; Hansheinz
Schneeberger, violin; Ilse Mathieu, violin; Walter
Kagi, viola; Ernst Gerber (Hpsi); Rolf Looser (Clo).
(1 CD) (Claves)
CLV 0198 $16.99
This recording was made in the Aarau Church in
December 1968.
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❦Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc. /
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Works: Tchaikovsky: Piano
Concerto No. 1; Un poco di
Chopin; Liszt: Schubert &
Schumann Lieder Transcriptions.
Artists: artists Valery Gergiev/
Mariinsky Orch. Daniil Trifonov (Pno). (1 SA CD)
(Mariinsky)
MARK 0530 $18.99
“Trifonov’s combination of delicacy and fire leaves
an indelible impression in this debut recording with
the Mariinsky. The Tchaikovsky, scorching and
heart-rending but never bombastic, is paired with
solo Liszt transcriptions.” -The Observer, August
2012
❦Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / de Waart
Artists: Evelyn Lear, Jules Bastin, Frederica von
Stade, Derek Hammond-Stroud and Ruth Welting
Edo de Waart/Chorus of the Netherlands Opera;
Rotterdam PO. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001727102 $23.48
“The glory of the 1976 set conducted by Edo de
Waart is the singing of Frederica von Stade as
Octavian, a fresh, a youthful performance, full of
imagination.” -The Penguin Guide
❦Bizet: Carmen / Seiji Ozawa
Artists: Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, Mirella
Freni, Simon Estes Seiji Ozawa/French National
RSO. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001726402 $17.98
“... Jessye Norman... is glorious.” -The Penguin
Guide
❦Jean Françaix: Music for Winds
Works: Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997): L’ heure
du berger, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & piano;
Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon no
1; Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon
no 2. Artists: Kammervereinigung Berlin. FrankImmo Zichner (Pno). (1 CD) (MD&G)
MDG 6030557 $16.99 On Sale
“A continuing source of delight... delicious playing
and enchantingly lighthearted music.” -Penguin
Guide
❦Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 1 & 3 / Leif
Ove Andsnes, piano
Works: Beethoven: Concertos for Piano nos 1
& 3. Artists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. Leif Ove
Andsnes/Mahler CO. Leif Ove Andsnes (Pno). (1
CD) (Sony Classical)
SNYC 88725420582 $13.99 On Sale
“It’s an all-round winner of a disc, with superlative
playing from both soloist and orchestra, and a
recorded sound to match. Andsnes’s view of the
music is fairly traditional...[his] pedalling is a shade
cautious, but he plays the piece so beautifully that
there are no grounds for complaint...Overall, this
looks set to be a highly enjoyable journey.” -BBC
Music Magazine, November 2012
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New Releases
String Quartets of Arnold Mendelssohn
Clear Note
Tropicale - Music for flute & guitar / Berkner
Works by: Lezcano, Iznaola, Sorrentino, Assad,
Castelnuovo-Tedesco et al. Artists: Jane
Berkner, flute; Stephen Aron, guitar (1 CD) (Clear
Note)
CLRN 74588 $16.99
Sergio Assad: Guitar Music / Thanos Mitsalas
Works: Sergio Assad (1952 - ): 3 Greek Letters
for guitar; Divertimentos (3) for guitar; Fantasia
Carioca; Sonata for guitar; Summer Garden Suite;
Valseana, for guitar. Artists: Thanos Mitsalas
(Gtr). (1 CD) (Clear Note)
CLRN 74412 $16.99
Classic Musicals / Music for Harmonica & Guitar
Works by: Gershwin, Rodgers, Sondheim, Berlin
et al. Artists: Tommy Morgan, harmonica; Gregg
Nestor, guitar (1 CD) (Clear Note)
CLRN 74587 $16.99
Man in the Moon, works for guitar by Ralph Towner
Artists: Randall Avers, guitar (1 CD) (Clear Note)
CLRN 74591 $16.99
Rossini: Complete Chamber Music with Piano
Artists: Sollini - Barbatano Piano Duo; Manara,
Stagni, Polidori, Meloni (1 CD) (Concerto)
CTO 2076 $16.99
Most of these pieces are not otherwise available.
Dvorak: Symphonies 3 & 7 / Marcus Bosch
Artists: Marcus Bosch/Nurmberg State
Philharmonic. (1 SA CD) (Coviello)
CVEL 31212 $23.99
Komm, Susses Kreuz!: The German Viol in
Fantastic Dialogues
Artists: Arend Hess; John Cheatham; Warner
Skuplik (1 CD) (Coviello)
CVEL 21211 $20.49
Geza Frid (1904 - 1989): String Quartets
Artists: Amaryllis Quartet (Coviello)
CVEL 50805 $20.49
CPO
Spohr: Grand Duo - works for violin and piano
Works: Louis Spohr: Grand Duo - works for violin
and piano Artists: Ingolf Turban, violin; Kolja
Lessing, piano (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777492 $16.99
Voces Quietis - sacred songs for male vocal
quartet / Schnittpunktvokal
Artists: Schnittpunktvokal. (2 CD) (CPO )
2 CPO 777773 $16.99
Kerker: Burning To Sing or Singing To Burn
Works: Gustav Kerker (1847-1923): Die oberen
Zehntautend; Burning To Sing or Singing To Burn.
Artists: Elke Kottmair, Nadja Stefanoff, Gerd
Wierner. Howard Griffiths/NDR Radio Philharmonic
Hannover. (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777509 $31.99
Orlando di Lasso: Hymnus / Die Singphoniker
Artists: Singphoniker. (1 CD) (CPO )
CPO 777751 $16.99
Hendrik Andriessen: Symphonic Works, Vol. 1
Works: Hendrik Andriessen: Symphony No. 1;
Ballet suite; Symphoniches Etude; Variations &
Fugue on a Theme by Kuhnau. Artists: David
Porcelijn/Netherlands SO. (1 CD) (CPO )
CPO 777721 $16.99
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Works: Arnold Mendelssohn: String Quartets,
Opp. 67 & 83 Artists: Reinhold Quartett. (1 CD)
(CPO )
CPO 777774 $16.99
Orchestral Music of Richard Eilenberg
Works: Richard Eilenberg (b. 1848): Petersburger
Schlittenfahrt; Waltzes; Polkas Artists: Christian
Simonis/WDR Radio Orch. Koln. (1 CD) (CPO )
CPO 777342 $16.99
Johann Rosenmuller: Sonatas 1682 / Musica Fiata
Artists: Roland Wilson/Musica Fiata. (1 CD) (CPO
)
CPO 777688 $16.99
Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Flute Concertos (4)
Artists: Gaby Pas-Van-Riet, flute. Johannes
Moesus/SWD Pforzheim CO. (1 CD) (CPO )
CPO 777724 $16.99
Friedrich Hartmann Graf lived from 1727 - 1795.
Ludvig Irgens Jensen: Symphonic Works
Works: Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969):
Symphonic Works Artists: Eivind Aadland/
Trondheim SO. (2 CD) (CPO )
2 CPO 777347 $31.99
Stolzel: Quadri di Dresden and Brussels
Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel: Quadri di
Dresden and Brussels Artists: Epoca Barocca (1
CD) (CPO )
CPO 777764 $16.99
Anton Reicha Woodwind Quintets Vol. 1
Works: Antoine Reicha (1770 - 1836): Quintets
(6) for Winds, Op. 88. Artists: Westwood Wind
Quintet. (1 CD) (Crystal Records)
CRR 261 $15.99
A Harvest of 20th Century Bassoon Music -
Works: Marcel Bitsch (1921 - ): Concertino for
Bassoon and Piano; Ray Luke (1928 - ): Bassoon
Concerto; Colin Matthews (1946 - ): Variations on
Sumer is Icumen In; David Noon (1946 - ): Motets
and Monodies, for bassoon, oboe & english horn;
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das sete notas, for
bassoon & piano, A. 548; Daniel Welcher (1948 - ):
Concerto Da Camera for bassoon & orchestra.
Artists: Ernest Gold/Crystal CO. Ronald Roseman
(Oboe); Thomas Schmidt (Pno); John Snow
(Oboe); Joseph W. Polisi (Bssn); Leonard Sharrow
(Bssn). (1 CD) (Crystal Records) CRR 341 $15.99
20th Century Music for Organ / David Craighead
Works: Samuel Adler (1928 - ): Xenia; William
Albright (1944 - 1998): The King of Instruments, a
parade of music & verse for organ & narrator; Paul
Cooper (1926 - 1996): Variants for organ; Vincent
Persichetti (1915 - 1987): Drop, Drop Slow Tears,
chorale prelude for organ, Op. 104; Organ Sonata,
Op. 86. Artists: Eugene Haun, narrator; David
Craighead (Organ); Gordon Stout (Perc). (1 CD)
(Crystal Records)
CRR 181 $15.99
Voices of Trumpets and Organ
Works by: Claude Gervaise (1535 - 1565);
Alan Hovhaness; Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991);
Francesco Manfredini (1684 - 1762); Daniel
Pinkham (1923 - 2006); Anthony Plog (1947 - );
Hans Ludwig Schilling (1927 - ); Henri Tomasi
(1901 - 1971); Giuseppe Torelli (1658 - 1709);
Antonio Valente (circa 1540 - bef 1601). Artists:
artists Arthur Vidrich (Organ); Byron Pearson
(Tpt); Donald R. Tison (Tpt). (1 CD) (Crystal
Records)
CRR 661 $15.99
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❦Hans Gal and Hans Krasa: Complete String
Trios / Ensemble Epomeo
DaCapo
Pipes and Reeds, music for organ, accordion
& electronics
Works: Mogens Christensen (b. 1955): Logitanion;
Couronne; Night Flying Winter Cranes. Artists:
Adam Orvad, Christian Praestholm, Kiku Day (1
CD) (DaCapo)
DACO 8226574 $16.99
Agnete’s Laughter - electro-acoustic music
Works: Birgitte Alsted (b.1942): Agnete’s Laughter
and other electro-acoustic works. Artists:
Rasmus Schjaerff Kjoller (1 CD) (DaCapo)
DACO 8226575 $16.99
Venus’ Wheel - Choral music by Bo Holten
Works: Bo Holten (b.1948): Choral works. Artists:
Bo Holten/Flemish Radio Choir. (1 CD) (DaCapo)
DACO 8226062 $16.99
A Tribute to Cellist Erling Blondal Bengtsson
Works: Barber: Cello Concerto; Saloman: Cello
Concerto; Bentzon: Cello Concerto. Artists: Erling
Blondal Bengtsson, cello (Danacord)
DCD 727 $14.99 On Sale
Maurice Duruflé: Complete Organ Works
Artists: Kristian Krogsoe, organ; Bo Skovhus,
voice; Concert Clemens; Carsten Seyer-Hansen/
Aarhus Cathedral Choir. (Danacord)
2 DCD 726 $14.99 On Sale
Cello Testament, Vol. 6 & 7 - 40 Cello Favorites
Artists: Anders Gron (Clo); Jorgen Hald Nielsen
(Pno). (2 CD) (Danica)
2 DNCI 8231 $40.49
This seven-volume series of cello favorites started
30 years ago when it became apparent that there
was a need for recordings of the minor, but popular
works for cello. Volumes 6 & 7 include 40 works
that are not only the most known and popular, but
which are also necessary for teaching.
❦Mozart: Coronation Mass / Harry Christophers
Works: F.J. Haydn: Symphony no 85 in B
major, H 1 no 85 “La Reine”; W.A. Mozart:
Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Mass no 15 for
vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major
(“Coronation”), K. 317. Artists: Teresa Wakim,
Paula Murrihy, Thomas Cooley and Sumner
Thompson Harry Christophers/Haydn Society
Chorus and Orch. Thomas Cooley (Tnr); Sumner
Thompson (Voice); Teresa Wakim (Voice); Paula
Murrihy (Voice). (1 CD) (Coro) COO 16104 $15.99
“The singing of the Boston Handel and Haydn
Society Chorus is spirited throughout, with Harry
Christophers highlighting some of the work’s
most expressive moments, notably the agonised
Crucifixus, with acute perception...Throughout the
disc the sound picture is finely balanced and well
put together.” -BBC Music Magazine, December
2012
❦Tchaikovsky: Rare Transcriptions and
Paraphrases, Vol. 1 / Goldstone, piano
Decca
Viva Verdi: Overtures & Preludes / Chailly
Highlights from: Aida; Alzira; Giovanna d’Arco;
I Vespri Siciliani; Il Corsaro; Jérusalem. Artists:
Riccardo Chailly/Filarmonica Della Scala. (1 CD)
(Decca)
DEC B001792102 $17.98
Benjamin Grosvenor plays Gershwin, Ravel et al.
Works: Gershwin: Goldwyn Follies; Rhapsody
in Blue; Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938): The
Swan, transcription for piano after Saint-Saens;
Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Prélude for
Piano in A minor; Saint-Saens: Concerto for Piano
no 2. Artists: James Judd/ Royal Liverpool PO.
Benjamin Grosvenor (Pno). (1 CD) (Decca)
DEC B001761002 $14.98
Katherine Jenkins sings Music from the Movies
Songs by: Harold Arlen; Samuel Barber; Leonard
Bernstein; Nicholas Brodszky (1905 - 1958);
Patrick Cassidy; Robert John Lange; Dolly Parton;
Puccini; Seal (1963 - ); Andrew Lloyd Webber
(1948 - ); John Williams. Artists: Katherine
Jenkins (Mzz Sop). (1 CD) (Decca)
DEC B001790802 $10.98
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Works: Hans Gál (1890 - 1987):
Serenade for violin, viola & cello
in D major, Op. 41; Trio for violin,
viola & cello in F sharp minor, Op.
104; Hans Krása (1899 - 1944):
Dance for String trio; Passacaglia and Fugue,
for string trio. Artists: Ensemble Epomeo (String
Trio). (1 CD) (Avie Records)
AIE 2259 $15.99
“Ensemble Epomeo plays with finesse and
sensitivity, nicely capturing Krasa’s manic
grotesqueries as well as Gal’s elegance and
tenderness. Sonics are clear and natural.”
-American Record Guide, November/December
2012
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Works: Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31;
Potpourri on themes from the opera Voyevoda, for
piano; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48;
Theme and Variations from Orchestral Suite no 3
in G major, Op. 55. Artists: Anthony Goldstone
(Pno). (1 CD) (Divine Art)
DVT 25093 $15.99
“Goldstone plays them all with great fluency and
panache, if without quite the range of keyboard
colour that such virtuoso vehicles really need.”
-The Guardian, 14th June 2012
❦Amoretti: Arias by Mozart, Gluck, Grétry /
Christiane Karg, soprano - Arcangelo
Works by: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714
- 1787); André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 1813); W.A. Mozart. Artists: Jonathan Cohen/
Arcangelo. Christiane Karg (Sop). (1 CD) (Berlin
Classics)
BER 300389 $18.99
“The Gluck items are all done with style but it’s
the airs by Gretry that make the disc so desirable.
Listen to the excerpt from Silvain, a complete
scena only five minutes long, and you will be
hooked.” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue
2012
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New Releases
Delos
Dutton
Works: Anton Rubinstein: Don Quixote; Ivan
IV, symphonic pictures. Artists: Igor Golovchin/
Russian State SO. (1 CD) (Delos)
DEL 2011 $16.99
Works: Richard Arnell: Overture ‘1940’; Sinfonia;
Dagenham Symphony; Landscapes & Figures.
Artists: Catherine Edwards, piano Martin
Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Dutton
Laboratories)
DUT 7299 $21.49
Music of Anton Rubinstein / State SO of Russia
Hymn to the Dawn - works for female choir
Works by: Holst, Prokofiev, Beach, Rheinberger,
Mendelssohn & Rossini. Artists: Etherea Vocal
Ensemble. (1 CD) (Delos)
DEL 3431 $16.99
Orchestral Music of Ernst Toch
Works: Ernst Toch (1887 - 1964): Bunte Suite;
Cello Concerto; Mozart Transcriptions. Artists:
Kammerochester Leipzig; Kammersymphonie
Berlin. (1 CD) (Delta Classics)
DELT 90071 $16.99
300 / Ingolf Wunder, piano
Artists: Ingolf Wunder, piano (1 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
DGG B001793002 $17.98
Ingolf Wunder returns with a unique follow-up,
300, three centuries of piano styles - from Scarlatti
to Morricone. Ingolf Wunder adores fun, melodic
pieces that demand exceptional flair and virtuosity.
His exuberant program is also his homage to
Horowitz.
Mozart: Piano Concertos / Jan Lisiecki, piano
Orchestral music of Richard Arnell
Orchestral work by Bax, Holland, Vaughan Williams
Works: Bax: Phantasy; Theodore Holland:
Ellingham Marches; Vaughan Williams: Suite
for Viola; Richard Harvey: Reflections. Artists:
Richard Harvey/BBC Concert Orch.; Stephen Bell;
Roger Chase (viola). (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories)
DUT 7295 $21.49
Blumenfeld and Catoire: Symphonies
Works: Felix Blumenfeld and Georgy Catoire:
Symphonies. Artists: Martin Yates/Royal Scottish
Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories)
DUT 7298 $21.49
Orchestral Works by Alan Bush
Works: Alan Bush: Lascaux Symphony; Dance
Overture; Dorian Passacaglia & Fugue. Artists:
Martin Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD)
(Dutton Laboratories)
DUT 7294 $21.49
Michael Hurd: Orchestral Music & Pop Cantatas
Works: W.A. Mozart: Concertos for Piano nos 20,
K 466 and 21, K 467. Artists: Christian Zacharias/
Bavarian RSO. Jan Lisiecki (Pno). (1 CD)
(Deutsche Grammophon)
DGG B001688802 $14.98
Works: Michael Hurd: Sinfonia Concertante;
Concerto da Camera et al. Artists: Lorraine
McAslan (Violin); Nicholas Daniel (oboe). Ronald
Corp/New London Children’s Choir; New London
Orch. (2 CD) (Dutton Laboratories)
2 DUT 7297 $44.99
❦Debussy: Préludes, Books 1 & 2 / Aimard
Havergal Brian Orchestral Works / Brabbins
Dutilleux: Correspondences /
Franz Schubert: Four Hand Piano Works /
Works: Debussy: Pr‚ludes (24) for piano, Books
I & II, L.117, 123. Artists: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
(Pno). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon)
DGG B001738602 $17.98
“This is remarkable pianism...” -BBC Music
Magazine, December 2012
Works: Henri Dutilleux: Correspondences (2003),
song cycle for soprano and orchestra. Artists:
Barbara Hannigan; Anssi Karttunen. Esa-Pekka
Salonen/Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio
France. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon)
DGG B001794402 $17.98
Johannes Brahms & Clara Schumann
Works: Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Op. 77; Clara
Wieck Schumann (1819 - 1896): Romances (3)
for Violin and Piano, Op. 22. Artists: Christian
Thielemann/Staatskapele Dresden. Alice Sara Ott
(Pno); Elisabeth Batiashvili (Vln). (1 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
DGG B001792302 $17.98
Beethoven: The Final Trilogy / Martin Roscoe
Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 78, 109,
110 & 111. Artists: Martin Roscoe, piano (1 CD)
(Deux Elles)
DEX 1163 $16.99
Snapshots - Short pieces for piano
Works: Short pieces for piano by Peter Knell and
Sergei Prokofiev. Artists: Markus Pawlik, piano (1
CD) (Dorian Recordings)
DRN 92165 $14.99 On Sale
Snapshots is a collection of short yet brilliant piano
works by Peter Knell and Sergei Prokofiev.
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Works: Havergal Brian: Symphony No. 13; The
Tinker’s Wedding; Comedy Overture.; Violin
Concerto; English Suite no 4. Artists: Larraine
McAslan, violin. Martyn Brabbins/Royal Scottish
Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories)
DUT 7296 $21.49
Artists: Chiara Soave and Cecilia Baccolo,
pianos (1 CD) (Dynamic)
DYN 734 $19.99
De Divina Inventione - Baroque Organ works
Works: Organ works by Buxtehude and JS Bach.
Artists: Ivana Valotti, organ (1 CD) (Dynamic)
DYN 738 $19.99
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Mamikonian
Artists: Vardan Mamikonian, piano (1 CD)
(Dynamic)
DYN 730 $19.99
EMI Classics
Haydn: The Creation / Grümmer, Traxel et al.
Works: Haydn: The Creation. Artists: Elisabeth
Grümmer, Josef Traxel, Gottlob Frick. Karl Forster/
Berlin SO; St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir. (1 CD)
(EMI Classics)
EMI 235442B $14.98
Weber: Mass no 1 “Freischutz” and no 2 “Jubel”
Artists: artists Gerhard Wilhelm/Stuttgart
Hymnus Children’s Choir; Werner Keltsch
Ensemble; Horst Stein/Bamberg SO; Bamberg SO
Chorus. (1 CD) (EMI Classics)
EMI 235612 $11.98
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Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of
glorious operatic performances
These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera
divas, covering every part of operatic spectrum,
beginning with two Baroque gems by Handel and
Vivaldi sung in fine style by Arleen Auger and
Patrizia Ciofi. (2 CD) (EMI Classics)
2 EMI 234522 $11.98
Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting
classics
This collection of popular choral classics opens
with Vivaldi’s famous ‘Gloria’ and continues with
music by Bach, Purcell Schubert, Mendelssohn,
Berlioz, Brahms, Parry and Verdi. (2 CD) (EMI
Classics)
2 EMI 234422B $11.98
Essential Gregorian Chant - Over 2 hours of
timeless contemplation
Among the oldest pieces of music known to man
today the chants known as plainsong that have
been sung for many hundreds of years by monks
in Christian monasteries. These timeless chants
have found new favor with modern audiences
because of their serene beauty and their ability to
evoke feelings of tranquility and relaxation.
(2 CD) (EMI Classics)
2 EMI 234472 $11.98
Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic
arias and choruses
The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of
the repertoire of opera all over the world. Essential
Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the
catalogs of EMI Classics presenting the best-loved
and most popular works by the great composers,
performed by the world’s leading artist. (2 CD)
(EMI Classics)
2 EMI 234602C $11.98
Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours
of captivating modern classics
Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set
featuring a collection of important works written
between 1901 and 2000. (2 CD) (EMI Classics)
2 EMI 234372 $11.98
Liszt: Transcriptions / Niu Niu, piano
Works: Liszt: Transcriptions of Saint-Saens,
Paganini, Schubert, Wagner. Artists: Niu Niu,
piano (1 CD) (EMI)
EMI 253322B $15.98
EMI Classics is proud to release Liszt:
Transcriptions, a new album from teenage piano
star Niu Niu.
Franz Lehar: The Merry Widow / Wallberg
Artists: Moser, Donath, Prey, Jerusalem, Kusche.
Heinz Wallberg/Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich
RSO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235312 $14.98
Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor / Heger
Artists: Frick, Mathis, Putz, Litz, Wunderlich.
Robert Heger/Bavarian State Opera Orch. (1 CD)
(EMI Classics)
EMI 235362B $14.98
Marie Luise Neunecker plays Strauss & Britten
Works: R. Strauss: Horn Concertos 1 & 2;
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31. Artists: Marie Luise
Neunecker, horn; Ian Bostridge, tenor. Ingo
Metzmacher/Bamberg SO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics)
EMI 235472B $11.98
❦Monologues & Dialogues - Works for low
flute & piano
Works by: Adrienne Albert (1941
- ); Madelyn Byrne; Houston
Dunleavy; Ross Edwards (1943
- ); Vincent Giles; Stanley M.
Hoffman (1959 - ); David Loeb
(1939 - ); Vaughan McAlley; Mike Mower (1958 ); Michal Rosiak; Gary Schocker (1959 - ); Peter
Sheridan; Hilary Taggart Artists: Peter Sheridan,
alto, bass, contrabass flutes; Jane Hammond,
piano. Lisa-Maree Amos (Flt) (Move)
MOV 3349 $20.49
“The playing is superb. Everything sounds
completely natural, and some pieces call for quite
a bit of agility considering the instruments they’re
written for. You won’t regret hearing this release,
and you might enjoy returning to it as well.”
-American Record Guide, November/December
2012
❦Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Dina Ugorskaja
Works: Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B
flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”; Sonata for
Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111. Artists: Dina
Ugorskaja (Pno). (1 CD) (CAvi Music)
CAVI 8553256 $15.99
“Ugorskaja ... brings a heightened sensitivity to all
her playing, coupled with an extraordinary facile
ability to convey the complexities of this music in
an easily assimilated way.” -Fanfare
❦Beethoven: Fidelio / Bernard Haitink
Artists: Andreas Schmidt, Ekkehard Wlaschiha,
Reiner Goldberg, Jessye Norman, Kurt Moll.
Bernard Haitink/Staatskapelle Dresden;
Staatsoperanchor Dresden. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001726302 $17.98
“The unsurpassed nobility of Jessye Norman’s
voice is perfectly matched to this noblest of
operas... her reading consistently rich and
beautiful. With excellent digital sound and with
strong, forthright conducting from Haitink, this is
the finest of modern version.” -The Penguin Guide
❦Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Andre Previn
Artists: Wolfgang Brendel, Kiri Te Kanawa,
Tom Krause, Brigitte Fassbaender. Andre Previn/
Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna State Opera Chorus.
(2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001726202 $17.98
“(Te Kanawa’s)... portrait of Rosalinde brings
not only gloriously firm, golden sound, but vocal
acting which shows her at her happiest and most
uninhibited. This is a performance with real star
quality, and the fact that her German accent is less
than perfect is turned to advantage. She becomes
an Anglo-Saxon rosalinde, with the occasional
phrase or two of English slipped deftly into the
dialogue. Altogether a magnificent set a welcome
new development for Previn.” -Gramophone
Verdi: Preludes; Ballet Music; Opera Choruses
Artists: Riccardo Muti/New Philharmonia Orch.;
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. (2 CD) (EMI
Classics)
2 EMI 167282 $11.98
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New Releases
Sacred Choral Music of Frank La Rocca
Works: Sacred Choral Music of Frank La Rocca
“In This Place” Artists: Audrey Andrist, piano.
Jonathan Dimmock/Artists Vocal Ensemble. (1
CD) (Enharmonic Records)
EHRM 025 $16.99
Michael Daugherty: American Byways
Une Mystique de l’Ombre / Polhymnia
Works by: Charpentier; Eric Gaudibert (1936
- 2012); Pierre Danican Philidor (1681 - 1731).
Artists: Franck Marcon/Polhymnia, female vocal
ens. Florence Bouf (Treble Recorder); Franck
Marcon (Organ). (1 CD) (Gallo) GLO 1380 $20.49
Works: Michael Daugherty: Firecracker; Regrets
Only; Rosa Parks Boulevard; Walk the Walk;
Diamond in the Rough. Artists: Brian Lamb/
University of Central Oklahoma Wind Ensemble. (1
CD) (Equilibrium)
EQL 112 $16.99
Sound Magic / works for Female Chamber Choir
❦Bicentennial Tribute / Rebecca Penneys,
Piano Music of Joachim Raff / Adrian Ruiz
Works: Works by Chopin and Schumann. Artists:
Rebecca Penneys, piano (1 CD) (Fleur De Son)
FDS 58012 $18.99
“Penneys offers an extraordinary collection of
performances displaying an astonishing control
over piano sound. It is absolutely gorgeous and
full of unimaginable colors... Her playing is simply
revelatory.” - American Record Guide
The Red Army Choir Vol.3
Works: Forward!, for men’s chorus & orchestra;
Men, song for men’s chorus & balalaika ensemble;
Varyag, song for bass, chorus & orchestra;
Russian Traditional: Ballad of the Russian
Children; Song of the Soldier. (1 CD) (Frémeaux)
FRUX 5377 $18.99
Gallo Records
Gioachino Rossini: Chamber Music with
Strings and Winds / Italian Classical Consort
Works: Rossini: Andante con Variazione for Violin
and Harp in F major; Barber of Seville; Fantasie
for Clarinet and Piano; La Donna del Lago, for two
flutes; La Notte, Temporale, Preghiera, Caccia,
for 2 flutes, clarinet & string quartet; Ouf! les petits
pois, for piano in B major. Artists: Italian Classical
Consort. Luigi Magistrelli (Clnt); Stefano Furini
(Clnt); Chiara Nicora (FtePno); Giovanni Battista
Columbro (Flt); Daorsa Dervishi (Flt). (1 CD)
(Gallo)
GLO 1354 $20.49
Music for Clarinet by Women Composers
Works: Marianna M. A. Bottini (1802 - 1858):
Concerto for Clarinet; Sarah Feigin (1928 - ):
Fantasia, for 2 clarinets & piano; Marie de
Grandval (1830 - 1907): Deux Pieces, for clarinet,
piano & ensemble; Augusta Holmes (1847 - 1903):
Fantaisie, for clarinet & piano; Molto lento, for
clarinet & piano; Alice Mary Smith Meadows
White (1839 - 1884): Sonata for Clarinet; Fanny
Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847); Camilla de Rossi;
Anna Amalia von Sachsen-Weimar (1739
- 1807); Caroline Kraemer Schleicher (1794 1850). Artists: Il Cenacolo Della Chimera. Luigi
Magistrelli (Clnt); Claudia Bracco (Pno). (1 CD)
(Gallo)
GLO 1355 $20.49
Felder and Schubert, music for string quartet
Works: Alfred Felder (b. 1950): Fremd bin ich
eingezogen, for string quartet; Schubert: String
Quartet no 12 “Quartettsatz”; String Quartet no
14 “Death and the Maiden”. Artists: Sarastro
Quartett. (1 CD) (Gallo)
GLO 1347 $20.49
Guy Bovet at the Organs of Castel San Pietro
Works by: Petrali, Bovet, Fumagalli. Artists:
GuyBovet, organ (1 CD) (Gallo) GLO 1379 $20.49
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Works: works by Bartok, Tormis, Adler, Fauré,
Hristov et al. Artists: Krikor Chetinian/Female
Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music, Plovdiv.
(Gega New)
GEG 365 $16.99
Works: Joachim Raff: Suite Op. 91; Piano Sonata,
Op. 14. Artists: Adrian Ruiz, piano (1 CD)
(Genesis)
GEES 118 $15.99
Julius Schulhoff: Bohemian Show Pieces
Artists: Adrian Ruiz, piano (1 CD) (Genesis)
GEES 119 $15.99
Genuin
Red: String Quartets by Beethoven & Berg
Artists: Amaryllis Quartett. (1 CD) (Genuin)
GUIN 13261 $18.99
This young, contemporary string quartet performs
works from the Viennese classical period and
Second Viennese School.
Between Heaven and Earth, Vol. 1 / Filippo Faes
Works: Franz Schubert: piano works. Artists:
Filippo Faes, piano (2 CD) (Genuin)
2 GUIN 13263 $18.99
Paul Badura-Skoda plays Schubert
Works: Schubert: Sonata D.960; 3 Pieces D.946.
Artists: Paul Badura-Skoda, piano (1 CD)
(Genuin)
GUIN 12251 $18.99
Mambos y Fanfarria! Works for large wind ensemble
Works by: Addona, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn,
Ravel. Artists: Thomas Clamor/Banda Sinfonica
Juvenil Simon Bolivar. (1 CD) (Genuin)
GUIN 13260 $18.99
This symphonic wind ensemble is a product of
the “El Sistema” system, the Venezuelan music
education project of José Antonio Abreu.
Ossuaires / Graindelavoix, Schmelzer
Works: Office for Elizabeth of Hungary by
Pierre de Cambrai (13th century). Artists: Bjorn
Schmelzer/Graindelavoix. (1 CD) (Glossa)
GLS 32107 $20.49
Gesualdo: Sixth Book of Madrigals 1611
Artists: La Compagnia Del Madrigale. (Glossa)
GLS 922801 $20.49
Sacred Music in Early 18th Century Naples
Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonias, Canzonas,
Hymnus. Artists: Cristofaro Caresana, Nicola
Fago. Il Tesaro De San Gennaro (Glossa)
GLS 922605 $20.49
Corelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 4 / Ensemble Aurora
Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 4,
Rome 1694 Artists: Enrico Gatti/Ensemble Aurora
(2 CD) (Glossa)
2 GLS 921207 $38.99
Stone Cirlce - Celtic Music for Harp & Hammer
Dulcimer / Coulter, Moore
Artists: Steve Coulter, celtic harp; Harris Moore,
dulcimer (1 CD) (Gourd Music) GRDM 142 $16.99
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Diva on Detour - Patricia Racette sings Jazz
Songs by: Johnny Burke, Harold Arlen, Ira
Gershwin et al. Artists: Patricia Racette (1 CD)
(GPR Records)
GPRR 10013 $18.99
Diva on Detour, recorded live, takes Patricia
Racette back to her jazz roots.
Diana Brekalo plays Fribbins & Haydn
Works: Peter Fribbins (b.1969): String Quartet
No. 2 “After Cromer”; A Haydn Prelude; Piano
Concerto; Fantasias for Viola & Piano. Artists:
Diana Brekalo, piano. Robertas Servenikas/Royal
PO. (1 CD) (Guild)
GUI 7381 $14.99 On Sale
Carl Rutti: In Memoriam Silja Walter
Artists: Carl Rutti, organ. Martin Hobi/Badener
Vocal Ensemble. (1 CD) (Guild)
GUI 7385 $14.99 On Sale
The Golden Age of Light Music: Nature’s Realm
Works by: Leroy Anderson; Harold Arlen; Malcolm
Arnold; Gérard Calvi; Bruce Campbell; Leslie
Coward; Frederic Curzon; Trevor Duncan; Percy
Faith; Robert Farnon; Ron Goodwin; Ferde Grofé;
Anthony Mawer; Lothar Olias; Sigmund Romberg;
Harry Warren and many others. Artists: Charles
Williams; Dolf van der Linden; Sidney Torch; Felix
Slatkin; George Melachrino; Richard Hayman.
GUI 5194 $14.49 On Sale
The Golden Age of Light Music: Melodies For
The Starlight Hours
Works by: Joe Burke; Adolph Deutsch; Robert
Farnon; Hubert Giraud; James Van Heusen; J.
Johnson; Robert Katscher; Jerome Kern; Malcolm
Lockyer; Frederick Loewe; Vittorio Mascheroni;
Bill McGuffie; Cecil Milner; Angela Morley; Daniel
Newman; Cole Porter; Kurt Weill; Peter Yorke and
many others. Artists: Peter Yorke; Reg Tilsley;
David Rose; Steve Race; Glenn Osser; Werner
Muller; André Kostelanetz; Morton Gould; Percy
Faith et al.
GUI 5196 $14.49 On Sale
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder; Verklarte Nacht /
Stokowski
Artists: James McCracken, Gre Brouwenstijn, Nel
Rankin, Forbes Robinson, John Lanigan. Leopold
Stokowski/London SO. (2 CD) (Guild)
2 GUI 2388 $18.49 On Sale
Hanssler Classic
Schubert: Piano Works, Vol. 9 / Gerhard Oppitz
Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata D.557; 3 Pieces
D.459A; Sonata D.459 et al. Artists: Gerhard
Oppitz, piano (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic)
HAN 98571 $18.99
Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Les Biches
Artists: Marlis Petersen, soprano. Stephane
Deneve/NDR Chor; Stuttgart RSO SWR; Stuttgart
Vocal Ensemble SWR. (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic)
HAN 93297 $18.99
Ravel: Complete Works for Violin & Piano
Works: Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for
Violin & Piano; Sonata for Violin & Cello. Artists:
Lena Neudauer, violin; Julian Steckel, cello; Paul
Rivinius, piano (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic)
HAN 98002 $18.99
After her triumphant Schumann recording, rising
violin star Lena Neudauer presents rare and
popular works by Maurice Ravel.
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❦Ronald Corp: Things I Didn’t Say / Edward
Batting, APSARA
Artists: Edward Batting,
APSARA (1 CD) (Stone Records)
SOER 8018 $16.99
“The title’s that of a choral cycle
setting 20 poems by Steve
Mainwaring about his dying mother. Corp’s setting
are fluidly melodic and sensitively responsive.
Nine shorter pieces also feature.” -BBC Music
Magazine, November 2012
❦Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Patane
Artists: William Matteuzzi, Cecilia Bartoli, Leo
Nucci, Enrico Fissore Giuseppe Patane/Orch. del
Teatro Comunale di Bologna. (3 CD) (Decca)
3 DEC B001727202 $23.48
“Cecilia Bartoli made this recording when she
was still in her early 20s, a mezzo with a rich,
vibrant voice who not only copes brilliantly with the
technical demand but who also gives winningly
provocative characterization. Like conductor,
Bartoli is wonderful at bringing out the fun.” -The
Penguin Guide
❦Wagner: Das Rheingold / Dohnanyi
Artists: Robert Hale, Hanna Schwarz, Nancy
Gustafson, Eike Wilm Schulte. Christoph von
Dohnanyi/Cleveland Orch. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001727902 $17.98
“Dohnanyi’s interpretation... has all the expected
virtues. The orchestral balance is exemplary: every
strand of the scoring can be heard. Dynamics re
judged to a nicety. Transformations are handled
so unerringly that we marvel a new at Wagner’s
mastery in that respect. Tempos are finely judged
and related well to each other. The playing of
The Cleveland Orchestra has warmth and vitality.
Those wanting modern studio-made set need not
hesitate to acquire this one.” -Gramophone
❦Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Colin Davis
Artists: Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert
Tear, Ava June. Lillian Watson Colin Davis/ROH
Covent Garden Orch. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001726502 $17.98
“Britten’s devastating master-opera is graced with
a performance to match, with stellar playing and
a mesmerising tour de force each from Robert
Tear’s Quint and Helen Donath’s Governess.”
-BBC Music Magazine, November 2012
❦Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata /
Artists: Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti,
Matteo Manuguerra, Della Jones and Marjon
Lambriks. Richard Bonynge/National PO. (2 CD)
(Decca)
2 DEC B001727602 $17.98
“The richness and command of the singing puts
this among the very finest of Sutherland’s later
recordings. Bonynge’s conducting is finely sprung,
the style direct, the speeds often spacious in lyrical
music, generally undistracting... “ -The Penguin
Guide
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❦Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 4 / Bezuidenhout
Works: W.A. Mozart: Fantasia, K 397; Prelude
and Fugue, K 394; Sonata, K. 283; Sonata no 9, K.
311; Variations on “Je suis Lindor”, K 354. Artists:
Kristian Bezuidenhout (FtePno). (1 CD) (Harmonia
Mundi)
HAR 907528 $18.99
“The tone is vibrant, the music thoroughly
engaging, and the genius of Mozart is brilliantly
and eloquently served.” -The Scotsman
❦Weber: Violin Sonatas Op. 10/ Isabelle Faust
Works: Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826):
Quartet for Piano and Strings in B flat major
(“Grand Quatuor”); Sonatas for piano & violin
obbligato Op. 10/1-6. Artists: Isabelle Faust (Vln);
Alexander Melnikov (FtePno); Wolfgang Emanuel
Schmidt (Clo); Boris Faust (Vla). (1 CD) (Harmonia
Mundi)
HAR 902108 $18.99
“It is Faust’s unmannered, focused artistry that
commands attention... she has a way of pulling
you deeper into each piece as she goes, varying
and intensifying her phrasing until abstract figures
speak in anxious sentences.” -The New Yorker
Miserere - A sequence of music for Lent, St.
Joseph and the Annunciation
Works: David Bevan: Magnificat; William Byrd
(1543 - 1623): Emendemus in melius, motet;
Gregorian Chant; Giovanni Croce (1559 - 1609);
Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599); George
Malcolm (1917 - 1997); Colin Mawby (1936 - );
Palestrina; Robert Parsons (circa 1535 - 1570);
Thomas Tallis (circa 1505 - 1585). Artists: Martin
Baker/Westminster Cathedral Choir. Peter Stevens
(Organ); William Gaunt (Bass). (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 67938 $18.99
Choral Music of Gabriel Jackson: A Ship with
Unfurled Sails / State Choir Latvija
Works: Gabriel Jackson (1962 - ): A ship with
unfurled sails; Aeterna caeli gloria; Angeli,
archangeli; Ave regina caelorum; Missa
Triueriensis; Now I have known, O Lord.
Artists: Maris Sirmais/Latvija State Choir. Inese
Romancane; Didzis Lielauss; Inga Lisovska
(Voice); Valdis Tomsons (Voice); Zane Zilberte
(Voice). (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 67976 $18.99
Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrystosom
Artists: Matthew Best/Corydon Singers. (1 CD)
(Hyperion)
HYP 55437 $12.99
British Band Classics / Frederick Fennell
Chamber music of Zelenski & Zarebski
Italian and Spanish Guitar Music / Bream
❦Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Runnicles
Works by: Holst: Suites for Band nos 1&2; Vaughan
Williams: Folk Song Suite; Jacob, Walton Artists:
Frederick Fennell/Eastman Wind Ensemble. (1 CD)
(Heritage Masters)
HERT 227 $14.99
Artists: Julian Bream, guitar (rec. 1960)
(1 CD) (Heritage Masters)
HERT 242 $14.99
Pablo Casals and Alfredo Campoli play Elgar
Works: Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61; Cello
Concerto, Op. 85. Artists: Alfredo Campoli, violin;
Pablo Casals, cello. Adrian Boult/London PO. (1
CD) (Heritage Masters)
HERT 245 $14.99
Eric Coates conducts Eric Coates
Works: Eric Coates: London Suite; London Again
Suite; Three Elizabeths; Four Centuries. Artists:
Eric Coates/New SO of London; Philharmonic
Promenade Orch. (1 CD) (Heritage Masters)
HERT 222 $14.99
Hyperion
Polyphony sing Benjamin Britten
Works: Britten: Sacred and Profane; A.M.D.G.;
Five Flower Songs; Choral Dances from Gloriana.
Artists: Stephen Layton/Polyphony. (1 CD)
(Hyperion)
HYP 55438 $12.99
Works: Wladyslaw Zelenski: Piano Quartet;
Juliusz Zarebski: Piano Quintet. Artists: Jonathan
Plowright, piano. Szymanowski Quartet. (1 CD)
(Hyperion)
HYP 67905 $18.99
Artists: Donald Runnicles/BBC Scottish SO. (1
CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 67916 $18.99
“The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has
a great track record with conductor Daniel
Runnicles...” -The Daily Telegraph
Buxtehude: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 5
Artists: Christopher Herrick, organ (1 CD)
(Hyperion)
HYP 67964 $18.99
Dohnányi: Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2
Artists: Martin Roscoe, piano (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 67932 $18.99
Here (and There) - Music for piano & electronics
Works by: Brian Belet, Jim Fox, Tom Lopez, Ed
Martin et al. Artists: Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, piano
(1 CD) (Innova)
INNO 846 $14.99
Pianist Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi’s playing has been
called “brilliant” (New Music Connoisseur),
“persuasive” (Sequenza21), and “beautiful”
(American Record Guide).
Andrew McPherson: Secrets of Antikythera
Works: Dvorák: String Quintet, Op. 97; String
Sextet, Op. 48. Artists: Raphael Ensemble (1
CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 55405 $12.99
Works: Andrew McPherson: Secrets of
Antikythera - works for violin, viola, piano &
electronics Artists: Martin Shultz, violin; Nadia
Sirota, viola, Ryan McCullough, piano (1 CD)
(Innova)
INNO 842 $14.99
❦Britten: Cello Symphony et al. / Gerhardt
Bill Ryan: Towards Daybreak / Billband
Dvorák: String Quintet and Sextet / Raphael Ens.
Works: Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op.
4; Cello Sonata, Op. 65; Suites for solo cello nos 1
- 3; Tema “Sacher,” for solo cello. Artists: Andrew
Manze/BBC Scottish SO. Alban Gerhardt (Clo);
Steven Osborne (Pno). (2 CD) (Hyperion)
2 HYP 67941 $40.49
“Alban Gerhardt is a poet of the cello...” -The
Dallas Morning News
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Works: Bill Ryan: Towards Daybreak - a collection
of chamber works for piano, clarinet, cello, sax,
violin & percussion. Artists: Billband (1 CD)
(Innova)
INNO 841 $14.99
Ida Presti & Alexander Lagoya, Vol. 2:
Artists: Ida Presti & Alexander Lagoya (Guitars)
(Rec. 1956-1961) (1 CD) (Italian Discographic
Institute)
IDI 6656 $14.99
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The Historical HMV Recordings 1956 Vol. 2
Artists: Renato De Barbieri, violin; Tullio Macoggi,
piano (Italian Discographic Institute)
IDI 6657 $14.99
The Art Of Violinist Boris Goldstein
Works: Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1 - 3; Franck:
Violin Sonata. Artists: Boris Goldstein, Violin;
Julia Goldstein, Piano (Italian Discographic
Institute)
2 IDI 6658 $29.99
Musica Sacra / Buddhist Shomyo & Chant
Works: Anonymous: O Virgo Splendens;
Anonymous, Notre Dame School: Veni Sancte
Spiritus; Gregorian Chant: Alleluia. Magnus
Dominus; Iustus ut palma; Litanie; Oratio Ieremiae;
Japanese & Russian Traditional. Artists: David
Eben/Schola Gregoriana Pragensis; Saikawa
Buntai/Buddhist Tendai Monks from Japan. (live,
2009)(1 CD) (K&K)
KK 48 $18.99
Piano Music of Frederic Mompou / Adolf Pla
Works: Frederic Mompou: Paisatges; Preludis;
Souvenirs et al. Artists: Adolf Pla, piano (La Ma
de Guido)
LMG 2109 $16.99
Piano Music of Josep Soler / Álvarez-Argudo
Works: Josep Soler (1935 - ): Escenes de Via
Crucis; Meditacic; Paisaje nocturno nos 7 & 8;
Sans soleil; Sonata for Piano no 11 Artists: Miguel
Alvarez-Argudo (Pno). (1 CD) (La Ma de Guido)
LMG G2111 $16.99
Nocturns per a Piano / Sira Hernandez, piano
Works by: Field, Chopin, Liszt, Borodin, Fauré,
Debussy, Satie, Britten et al. Artists: Sira
Hernandez, piano (1 CD) (La Ma de Guido)
LMG 2107 $16.99
❦Gounod: Faust / Te Kanawa, Araiza
Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa,
Francisco Araiza, Evgeny
Nesterenko, Pamela Coburn and
Marjana Lipovsek. Colin Davis/
Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian
RSO. (3 CD) (Decca)
3 DEC B001726602 $23.48
“This is the most satisfying performance of
Gounod’s favorite opera yet to appear in the LP/
CD era. Davis has generated just the sense of a
live and lively performance seldom found on the
rival recordings. He obviously cherishes the work,
lavishes immense care on Gounod’s felicitous
scoring and persuades his Bavarian forces to life
the rhythms in a really Beecahmesque manner.
It also has one of Philips’s most natural, forward
and well-balanced recordings with voices in perfect
alignment with the orchestra.” -Gramophone
❦Verdi: Oberto / Marriner, Ramey, Guleghina
Artists: Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina,
Violeta Urmana, Stuart Neill, Sara Fulgoni.
Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin in the
Fields; London Voices. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001727702 $17.98
“An exciting cast, suitably vigorous conducting and
a lifelike recording make this a spectacular addition
to Philips’s repertory of Young Verdi... The London
Voices sound properly Italianate. All in all, this is
an important addition to the Verdi discography.”
-Gramophone
La Lira di Napoli / Ens. Baroque de Limoges;
Works by: Haydn, Pleyel, Orgitano, Mozart
Artists: Matthias Loibner, Thierry Nouat, Tobie
Miller. Christophe Coin/Ensemble Baroque de
Limoges. (1 CD) (Laborie)
LBOE 07 $18.99
Cuando Acaba de Llover (Nar det Slutter a Regne)
Works by: Itziar Martinez Galdos, Per Arne
Frantzen, Xavier Montsalvatge, Jesus Guridi and
Joaquin Nin. Artists: Itziar Martinez Galdos; Per
Arne Frantzen (1 CD) (LAWO Classics)
LAWO 1002 $16.99
George Gershwin: Gershwin at the Keyboard /
Artists: Ivar Anton Waagaard, piano (1 CD)
(LAWO Classics)
LAWO 1021 $16.99
❦Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 / Gergiev
Artists: Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Orch. (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (Mariinsky)
MARK 0533 $18.99
“Gergiev certainly knows how to get what he
wants, and his dedicated Mariinsky forces are with
him every step of the way.” -Gramophone
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 1
Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Ballet
Sacra; Liturgical Dances; The Fort Canterbury
Adventures; To Tame the Perilous Skies.
Artists: W. Dale Warren/Arkansas State University
Wind Ensemble; James Keene; Dennis W. Fisher/
United States Air Force Band; Alan Bonner/
University of Texas Symphonic Band. (1 CD)
(Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 1861 $9.99
This acclaimed series documents the wind band
works of Oswald winning composer David R.
Holsinger, brilliantly performed by the UTEP Wind
Symphony.
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❦Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights
from Der Ring des Nibelungen / MET, Levine
Artists: Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et
al. Fabio Luisi/James Levine/Metropolitan Opera
Orch. Bryn Terfel (Bss Bar); Waltraud Meier (Mzz
Sop); Jonas Kaufmann (Tnr); Deborah Voigt
(Sop); Mojca Erdmann (Sop). (2 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
2 DGG B001724902 $17.98
“Bryn Terfel’s singing of Wotan’s Farewell and his
account of the Wanderer’s Dir Unweisen Ruf’ich
Ins Ohr are moving; Hans-Peter Konig gives a
black, implacable account of Hagen’s Watch, while
the easy fluency and almost baritonal richness
of Jonas Kaufmann’s Siegmund [is] a joy.” -The
Guardian, September 2012
❦Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Colin Davis
Artists: Jose Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Montserrat
Caballe, Patricia Payne, Giuseppe Fortunino
Francesco. Colin Davis/Orch. of the ROH Covent
Garden. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001727802 $17.98
“The passion of ... Jose Carreras’s... performance,
and in the finals scene its pathos, fulfill every facet
of Riccardo’s complex personality. Caballe seems
inspired by Carreras to give of her best. She fills
her Gallow aria with the right sense of fear and
foreboding and the ensuing duet with eloquence,
while the Prayer has all the appealing fervor of a
mother’s plea for her life.” -Gramophone
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New Releases
The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. 1: Walls of Zion
Mark Custom Recordings
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 9
Artists: Greater Harrisburg Concert Band;
Messiah College Faculty Brass; Messiah College
Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 6809 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 6
Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Abram’s
Pursuit; American Faces; Homage; Hopak
Raskolniki (A Dance for the Old Believers); Jolly
Walk in Hibertland; Kansas City Dances, for tuba
& symphonic band. Artists: William Berz/Rutgers
Wind Ensemble. Scott Mendocker (Tuba). (1 CD)
(Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 2824 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 3
Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Easter
Symphony, for band. Artists: Mel Ivey/University
of North Texas Symphonic Band; Dennis W.
Fisher. Kenneth Lee. (1 CD) (Mark Custom
Recording)
MKCR 2347 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 8
Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): A Song of
Moses, for chorus, winds & percussion; Ballet
Exaltare; Battle Music; Every Morning New;
Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart; Scootin’ on
Hardrock. Artists: Lowell Graham/United States
Air Force Concert Band; Dennis W. Fisher/
University of North Texas Symphonic Band. (1 CD)
(Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 3973 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 4
Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Deerpath
Dances; Graysondance; Gypsydance;
Havendance; Mobbusters!; Nilesdance. Artists:
A.G. III McGrannahan/The University of Nevada,
Reno Wind Ensemble; The Kansas Brass Quintet.
(1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 2523 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 10
Artists: Ron Hufstader/University of Texas at El
Paso Wind Sym. (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 6810 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 7
Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): Adagio;
Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong; Festiva Jubiloso;
On the Cul-de-Sac, Three O’Clock, Friday
Afternoon; Praises, ballet; Pride of Buxmont.
Artists: William Berz/Rutgers Wind Ensemble. (1
CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 3847 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 11
Artists: Dixon Municipal Reagan Band & Chorus;
Lee University Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark
Custom Recording)
MKCR 9811 $9.99
Symphonic Wind Music of David Holsinger, Vol. 5
Works: David R. Holsinger (1945 - ): At The
Strongholds Of En Gedi; Gmyway’s Revenge!,
symphonic suite; If You Must Doodle, Doodle
Somewhere Else!; In Praise of Gentle Pioneers;
On the Grand Prairie Texas (A Portrait of the
Land); Prelude And Rondo. Artists: Dennis W.
Fisher/University of North Texas Symphonic Band.
(1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 2524 $9.99
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Artists: Drake University Wind Sym.; Rutgers
Wind Ensemble; Tennesse Tech Sym. Band;
United States Air Force Band of Mid-America. (1
CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 9651 $9.99
The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. 2: Critical Speed
Artists: Adam F Brennan/Mansfield University
Concert Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom
Recording)
MKCR 9652 $9.99
Easy Contest Solos, Vol. 1: Oboe
Artists: Heidi Huseman DeWally, oboe; John
Mitton, piano (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 9968 $9.99
Intrinsic Versatility / Miles Osland
Works by: Debussy, Mower, Hindemith, Stravinsky
et al. Artists: Miles Osland, piccolo, flute, alto flute,
clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone.
Vince DiMartino/University of Kentucky Symphonic
Band & Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Mark Custom
Recording)
MKCR 50209 $9.99
Timothy Reynish Internaional Repertoire
Recordings, Vol. 6
Artists: Timothy Reynish/Philharmonic Winds
Singapore, Live in Concert. (1 CD) (Mark Custom
Recording)
MKCR 9576 $9.99
Symphonia Super Sampler / Symphonia
Works: Shostakovich, Durufle, James Self,
Berlioz, John Williams, Johnny Mercer et al.
Artists: Symphonia (1 CD) (Mark Custom
Recording)
MKCR 50240 $9.99
Edge (ej) Music for Trombone and Percussion
Works: Doug Bristol, Aaron Dale, William Kraft,
Perry Goldstein et al. Artists: Joshua Hauser,
trombone; Eric Willie, percussion (1 CD) (Mark
Custom Recording)
MKCR 8498 $9.99
At Long Last...Live! / Univ. of S FL Wind Ens.
Works by: Robert Litton, Kenneth Hesketh, Scott
McAllister, John Ireland. Artists: John Carmichael/
University of South Florida Wind Ensemble. (1 CD)
(Mark Custom Recording)
MKCR 9987 $9.99
Mothership / Ohio University Wind Ensemble
Works: Mason Bates, Gershwin, Robert Moran,
Joel Puckett, Grainger. Artists: Andrew Trachsel/
Ohio Universtiy Wind Sym. (1 CD) (Mark Custom
Recording)
MKCR 50261 $9.99
The Romantic Clarinet - Brahms & Schumann
Works: Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas nos 1 & 2;
Schumann: 3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 73. Artists:
Paul Dean, clarinet; Stephen Emmerson, piano
(Melba Recordings)
MELB 301138 $19.99
Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and
Soviet Composers, Part 2 Vol. 1
Works by: Rodion Shchedrin, Vladimir Ryabov,
and Alexander Tchaikovsky. Artists: Ekaterina
Mechetina, Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Nikita Mndoyants:
piano (1 CD) (Melodiya)
MELY 1001967 $16.99
Teach Me to Walk in the Light / The Mormon
Tabernacle Choir
Artists: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orch. at
Temple Square. (1 CD) (Mormon Tabernacle)
MRMT 5082351 $18.99
Favorite childrens’ songs and sacred childhood
hymns, including “Teach Me to Walk in the Light,”
“Give, Said the Little Stream,” “If the Savior Stood
Beside Me,” and “When He Comes Again”.
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❦Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Dohnanyi
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Music of Christopher Rathbone / Daniel’s Beard
Works: Christopher Rathbone: Daniel’s Razor;
Elegy; Clarinet Quintet; Tarn Hows; Terzetto; et al.
Artists: Daniel’s Beard. (1 CD) (Meridian)
MER 84616 $14.99 On Sale
Music of Hanne Tofte Jespersen
Works: Hanne Tofte Jespersen: The Testimony
of Melangell for five singers, violin, double
bass, piano, percussion. Artists: Music for the
Mysteries. (1 CD) (Meridian)
MER 84617 $14.99 On Sale
L’Orgue Monumental / Peter Eilander, organ
Works by: Lefébure, Builmant, Andriessen,
Monnikendam, Westering, Bijster. Artists: Peter
Eilander, organ (Motette)
MOT 13604 $20.49
Transcriptions for Organ / Winifred Bonig
Works: Transcriptions for Organ of music by
Bruckner, Liszt, & Strauss. Artists: Winifred Bonig,
organ (Motette)
MOT 13251 $16.99
The Valley Sings - Choral Music by composers
of the Hudson Valley
Works by: Aaron Copland, James Fitzwilliam,
Craig Fryer, John B Hedge. Artists: A Consort of
Singers. (1 CD) (MSR Classics)
MSR 1427 $11.99
Gabrielle Fauré: Music for Piano Duet
Works: Fauré: 13 Barcarolles; Dolly, Op. 56; 6
Pieces for Piano Duet Artists: Sally Pinkas and
Evan Hirsch, pianists (1 CD) (MSR Classics)
MSR 1438 $11.99
Keyboard works by Rosner & Pinkham
Works: Arnold Rosner (b.1945): Musique de
Clavecin; Sonatine d’Amour; Daniel Pinkham:
Partita for Harpsichord. Artists: Barbara Harbach,
harpsichord (1 CD) (MSR Classics)
MSR 1443 $11.99
❦Verdi: Requiem / Bjorling, Milanov, Toscanini
Artists: Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Jussi
Bjorling, Nicola Moscona. Arturo Toscanini/NBC
Sym.; Westminster Choir. (2 CD) (Music & Arts)
2 M&A 1269 $16.99
Harvey Sachs writes in his liner notes “... we are
unlikely to hear a more overwhelming performance
of the work than this one, ever.” Reissued in
improved sound in 2003.
❦Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen Suites Nos. 1
& 2; Jeux d’Enfants
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Suite from Jeux d’enfants; Symphony in C major.
Artists: Andrea Licata/Royal PO; Dirk Joeres/
Westdeutsche Sinfonia; Mark Ermler/Royal PO. (1
CD) (Musical Concepts)
MSLC 1198 $9.99
“Joeres doesn’t just let his musicians play, he
makes them shape each phrase with loving care.”
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Music of Willy Burkhard: The face of Isaiah,
The Year
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Brechbuhler, Boog, Friedli (2 CD) (Musiques
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Artists: Robert Hale, Hildegard
Behrens, Josef Protschka, Kurt
Rydl - Dohnanyi Christoph von
Dohnanyi/Vienna Philharmonic. (2
CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001728002 $17.98
“Singers, conductor, chorus,
orchestra and engineers combine to make this
the most successful recording of the work to
date. In consequence its revolutionary character
is fully realized. With the Vienna Philharmonic
responding to Dohnanyi’s precise and energizing
beat from start to finish the sea does really seem
to course through the score as Wagner intended.”
-Gramophone
❦Schreker: Die Gezeichneten / Lothar Zagrosek
Artists: Alfred Muff, Monte Pederson, Laszlo
Polgar, Elizabeth Connell and Heinz Kruse.
Lothar Zagrosek/Berlin German SO; Berlin Radio
Chorus. (3 CD) (Decca)
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“What Zagrosek’s gloriously recorded version
demonstrates is the range of atmospheric beauty
in the score. Zagrosek draws dedicated playing
and singing from the massive ensemble, and the
beautifully balanced sound is of demonstration
quality.” -The Penguin Guide
❦Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Tullio Serafin
Artists: Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Angelo
Mercuriali, Fiorenza Cossotto Tullio Serafin/
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia; Orch.
dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001727002 $17.98
“Tebaldi gives a vintage performance to remind
us of her sterling qualities in this repertory.”
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❦Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo:
Pagliacci / Georges Pretre
Artists: Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan
Pons, Florindo Andreoli, Alberto Rinaldi
Georges Pretre/La Scala Opera Chorus; La
Scala Opera Orch. (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001726702 $17.98
“(Domingo)... heroically dominates the
performance. Juan Pons sings the Prologue
impressively.” -The Penguin Guide
❦Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff / - Karajan
Artists: Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai,
Francisco Araiza, Piero de Palma, Heinz Zednik
Herbert von Karajan/Vienna PO (2 CD) (Decca)
2 DEC B001727502 $17.98
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Falstaff, and some may feel that Mr. Karajan’s
approach is a bit too calculating and saturnine for
its own good. Still, for tis instrumental beauties and
superb cast, the Philips performance should be an
enriching experience for everyone who loves this
miraculous opera from Verdi’s old age.” -The New
York Times
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OND 1199 $16.99
“The music seems to combine Lindberg’s newly
acquired expressive generosity with the harmonic
logic and lucidity that’s always been characteristic
of his work.” -The Guardian, September 2012
❦Music from The Eton Choirbook / Tonus
Peregrinus
Works:Lambe, Stratford, Davy, Browne, Kellyk,
Wylkynson: Magnificat; Robert Wylkynson (circa
1450 - after 1515). Artists: Antony Pitts/Tonus
Peregrinus. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8572840 $8.99 On Sale
“These performances are commendable,
displaying unearthly breath control in the long
phrases of works such as Kellyk’s Magnificat, and
great clarity of texture in the dense counterpoint
typical of these pieces.” -BBC Music Magazine,
October 2012” -Gramophone Magazine, Awards
Issue 2012
❦Arnold Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande
Works: Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951):
Erwartung, Op. 17; Pelleas und Melisande,
symphonic poem, Op. 5. Artists: Jeanne-Michele
Charbonnet, soprano. Jukka-Pekka Saraste/
WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln. Jeanne-Michèle
Charbonnet. (1 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter
Hanssler)
PRF 12021 $16.99
“Saraste, rightly I think, reinforces the pictorial
aspects of both works. Writers and musicians often
ignore the illustrative aspects of Schoenberg’s
music. He had a terrific visual imagination and,
had he so chosen, would have been a well above
average painter. His self-portraits are as good as
any done of him by famous contemporary painters.
Pelleas particularly benefits from this treatment...
The Cologne players are up to a stiff pair of tasks,
with recorded sound to match. One minor cavil:
works as rich and complex as this need more than
one cue.” -American Record Guide, November/
December 2012
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New Releases
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71 / Prazák Quartet
Works: Joeseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71
‘Apponyi’ Artists: Prazák Quartet. (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (Praga)
PGA 250289 $21.49
The Prazák Quartet is fully in tune with the grand
gestures found in these quartets.
Boogie Woogie Turnaround / Otmar Binder Trio
Works: Original jazz compositions by Otmar
Binder / Otmar Binder Trio. Artists: Otmar Binder
Trio (Preiser)
PSR 91204 $16.99
Priory
The Organs of the Canary Islands
Works: Performances on 11 different organs of
the music of Jonathan Battishill (1738 - 1801);
Léon Boellmann (1862 - 1897); Pablo Bruna (1611
- 1679); Charles Burney (1726 - 1814); Dietrich
Buxtehude; Juan Cabanilles (1644 - 1712);
Antonio de Cabezon (circa 1510 - 1566); Antonio
Carreira (1525 - circa 1589); Adolph Friedrich
Hesse (1809 - 1863) and many others. Artists:
Michal Novenko (Organ); Tomas Flegr (Organ);
Martin Bocker (Organ). (2 CD) (Priory)
2 PRY 1032 $35.99
A Year in Exeter Cathedral - Sacred music for
chorus & organ
Works: Sacred music by Jonathan Battishill (1738
- 1801); David Bednall; Alexander Grechaninov
(1864 - 1956); Gabriel Jackson (1962 - ); Jonathan
Lee; Colin Mawby (1936 - ); Claudio Merulo (1533
- 1604); Edward Woodall Naylor (1867 - 1934);
Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (1825 - 1889);
Palestrina; Praetorius; Purcell; Richard Shephard;
Vaughan Williams; Victoria; Peter Warlock and
many others. Artists: Stephen Tanner/Exeter
Cathedral Choir. David Davies (Organ). (1 CD)
(Priory)
PRY 1066 $16.99
The Trinity Hall, Cambridge Harpsichord
Works: Music of Bach, Bohm, Greene, Purcell,
Couperin, Handel. Artists: Andrew Arthur,
harpsichord (1 CD) (Priory)
PRY 1077 $16.99
Historic Organs of Malta and Gozo
Works by: Francesco Azzopardi (1748 - 1809);
Padre Davide da Bergamo (Felice Moretti) (1791
- 1863); Luigi Bottazzo (1845 - 1924); Giuseppe
Cerruti (1803 - 1869); Muzio Clementi (1752 1832); Carlo Cotumacci; Frescobaldi; Giuseppe
Garibaldi (1819 - 1908); Alessandro Scarlatti and
others. Artists: Michal Novenko (Organ). (1 CD)
(Priory)
PRY 1067 $16.99
English Organ Music / Ian Hare, organ
Works: Wesley, Ouseley, Elgar, Stanford, Parry
et. al Artists: Ian Hare, organ (Priory)
PRY 1072 $16.99
Philip Rushforth, the Organ of Chester Cathedral
Works: Charles Hylton Stewart (1884 - 1932):
Short & Easy Pieces (5) on Hymn Tunes; Percy
Whitlock (1903 - 1946): Hymn Preludes; Sonata
for organ in C minor. Artists: Philip Rushforth
(Organ). (1 CD) (Priory)
PRY 1070 $16.99
Choral Evensong from Liverpool Cathedral
Artists: Daniel Bishop, organ; Martyn Noble,
organ David Poulter/Choir of Liverpool Cathedral.
(Priory)
PRY 1068 $16.99
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Glory to the New-Born King - Choral works
Works by: Leroy Anderson; Eugene Gigout (1844
- 1925); Michael Head (1900 - 1976); John Ireland;
John Joubert (1927 - ); Jean Langlais (1907 1991); Morten Lauridsen (1943 - ); Mendelssohn;
Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967); Poulenc; Peter Warlock
and many others. Artists: Philip Rushforth/Chester
Cathedral Choir. Philip Rushforth (Organ). (1 CD)
(Priory)
PRY 1076 $16.99
Klang(!) / Ila Brass Band; Aurum Chamber Choir
Works by: Nystedt, Thommessen, Brorson, Matre
Artists: Bjorn Sagstad/Aurum Chamber Choir; Ila
Brass Band. (1 CD) (Pro Musica)
PROM 9065 $18.99
Schubert: Late Symphonies / Schaller
Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8
“Unfinished”; Symphony no 9 “Great” C Major
Artists: Gerd Schaller/Philharmonie Festiva. (2
CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler)
2 PRF 12062 $31.99
Chopin Edition, Vol. 9 / Eugéne Mursky, piano
Works: Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Artists:
Eugéne Mursky, piano (1 CD) (Profil Edition
Gunter Hanssler)
PRF 4074 $16.99
Cembalo: Inspiration und Originalitat
Works by: d’Anglebert, Bach, Froberger & Vivaldi
Artists: Mechthild Winter, harpsichord (1 CD)
(Querstand)
QRST 1217 $16.99
Piano Music of Franz Schmidt / Carlo Grante
Works: Franz Schmidt: Piano Concerto in E flat
(left hand); Concertante Variations on a Theme
by Beethoven Artists: Carlo Grante, piano. Fabio
Luisi/MDR SO Leipzig. (1 CD) (Querstand)
QRST 611 $16.99
Veiled Desires - Lives and Loves of Nuns in the
Middle Ages / Ensemble Peregrina
Artists: Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett/Ensemble
Peregrina. (1 CD) (Raum Klang)
RKG 3109 $16.99
Alex Lubet “Spectral Blues”, New Music for
steel-string acoustic guitar / Alex Lubet
Artists: Alex Lubet, steel-string acoustic guitar (1
CD) (Ravello)
RAEL 7865 $16.99
Alex Lubet’s compositions combines the
characteristics of blues and Eastern styles with
classical methods of composition to create
remarkably unique pieces.
Americana - Music for organ / Jeremy Filsell
Works by: Weidner, Hancock, Faxton, Sowerby,
Baker, Decker, Dirksen, Gawthrop, Coke-Jephcott,
Purvis Artists: Jeremy Filsell, organ (2 CD)
(Raven Records)
2 RAV 942 $16.99
A Cathedral’s Voice / Jonathan Ryan, organ
Works by: Bach, Byrd & Schumann. Artists:
Jonathan Ryan, Organ of the Cathedral of St. John
Berchmans (1 CD) (Raven Records)
RAV 941 $16.99
Schubert: Symphony Nos. 5 & 6 / Zinman
Works: Schubert: Symphony no 5, D 485;
Symphony no 6, D 589 “Little C Major”. Artists:
David Zinman/Tonhalle Orch. Zurich. (1 CD) (RCA
Records)
RCA 88725463362 $14.99
David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
offer the chance to enjoy Schubert’s symphonies
in fresh new versions - a cycle for the 21st century.
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Recommended
Cellist Sol Gabetta plays Elgar, Dvorak, Respighi
Works: Elgar: Cello Concerto; Sospiri, Op. 70;
Salut d’amour; La Capricieuse; Dvorak: Rondo,
Op. 94; Silent Woods; Respighi: Adagio con
Variazione Artists: Sol Gabetta, cello. Mario
Venzaco/Danish National SO (live). (1 CD) (RCA
Records)
RCA 88697658242 $11.99
Mando Chronicles / Peter Ostroushoko, mandolin
Works by: J.S. Bach; Jacob Do Bandolim;
Beethoven; Kenneth Casey; Joseph Colombo;
Duke Ellington; Louis Ferrari; Julius Fucik (1872
- 1916); Jesse Greer; Scott Joplin; Ladislao
Martinez; Bill Monroe (1911 - 1996); Peter
Ostroushko (1953 - ); Paganini; Guy Viseur;
Vivaldi. Artists: Peter Ostroushko (Mandola);
Richard Dworsky (Pno); Marc Anderson (Perc);
Dan Chouinard (Accordion); Norman Blake (Gtr).
(3 CD) (Red House Records) 3 RHR 253 $23.99
Reference Recordings
Kansas City SO in Elgar & Vaughan Williams
Works: Elgar: Enigma Variations; The Wasps;
Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves. Artists:
Michael Stern/Kansas City Sym. (1 CD)
(Reference Recordings)
REF 129 $16.99
Quam Dilecta: French Romantic Choral Music
Artists: David Rowland/Choir of Christ’s College.
(1 CD) (Regent Records)
REGN 375 $16.99
The English Cathedral Series, Vol. 17
Works by: Howells, Messiaen, Elgar. Artists:
James Thomas, David Humphreys, organists at St.
Edmundsbury Cathedral (1 CD) (Regent Records)
REGN 383 $16.99
Tallis: Spem in Alium; Lamentations; Motets /
Artists: Alistair Dixon/La Chappelle du Roi. (1 CD)
(Regis Records)
REGS 1394 $11.99
Heifetz and Mravinsky in Prokofiev
Works: Prokofiev: Symphony no 6; Violin Concerto
no 2. Artists: Jascha Heifetz, violin, Mravinsky.
(Regis Records)
2 REGS 1396 $21.49
Hope, Faith, Life, Love: Choral Music by Eric
Whitacre
Works: Choral Music by Eric Whitacre. Artists:
Klaus-Jurgen Etzold/Junges Vokalensemble
Hannover. (1 CD) (Rondeau Production)
RDAU 6064 $18.99
My Heart is Fixed: North German Cantatas and
Organ Works of the Baroque
Works by: Buxtehude, Bruhns, Tunder, Bernhardt,
Telemann. Artists: Gotthold Schwarz/Sachsischen
Baroque Orch. Soloists. (1 CD) (Rondeau
Production)
RDAU 6059 $18.99
Luftschattengelichte: Bach, Hespos / Kluge
Artists: Oliver Kluge, organ (2 CD) (Rondeau
Production)
2 RDAU 606566 $29.99
Jean Cras: Complete works for Violin and
Piano / Marie-Annick Nicolas, violin
Artists: Marie-Annick Nicolas, violin; Jean-Pierre
Ferey, piano (1 CD) (Skarbo) SKA 4128 $16.99
Marie-Annick Nicolas on violin and Jean-Pierre
Ferey on piano, perform the music of 20th century
composer Jean Cras.
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❦Joseph Haydn: The Creation / Boston
Baroque - Pearlman
Works: works F.J. Haydn: The
Creation, H 21 no 2. Artists:
Amanda Forsythe, Keith Jameson,
Kevin Deas. Martin Pearlman/
Boston Baroque. Kevin Deas (Bss
Bar); Amanda Forsythe (Sop);
Keith Jameson (Sop). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn
Records)
2 LINN D401 $33.49
“This is the most joyful Creation I’ve ever heard.”
-American Record Guide, November/December
2012
❦O Poore Distracted World!: English Songs &
Anthems from the 16th & 17th centuries
Artists: Alexander Weimann/Les Voiox Baroques.
(1 CD) (ATMA)
ATMA 22630 $16.99
“The performances are almost ideal. The singers
generally avoid vibrato - except Yulia Van Doren
and Robert MacDonald now and then, mainly
in solo episodes - and that results in the often
daring harmony coming across perfectly...Without
wanting to wrong any of the singers, for me
Charles Daniels especially stands out for his subtle
expression, also due to his immaculate diction and
stylish ornamentation.” -MusicWeb International,
December 2012
❦Ravel: Mélodies / Nora Gubisch, mezzosoprano; Alain Altinoglu, piano
Works: Ravel: Chansons madécasses, song cycle
for soprano, flute, cello & piano; Cinq mélodies
populaires grecques, song cycle for voice & piano
(or orchestra); Deux mélodies hébraïques, for
voice & piano (or orchestra); Histoires naturelles;
Les grands vents venus d’outre-mer; Manteau
de fleurs, song or voice & piano (or orchestra).
Artists: artists Nora Gubisch (Mzz Sop); Alain
Altinoglu (Pno); Magali Mosnier (Flt); Jerome
Pernoo (Clo). (1 CD) (Naïve)
NAI 5304 $16.99
“One of the many attractions of this lovely disc is
the exceptionally thoughtful booklet essay by Nina
Vines ... The recording is very fine and natural,
with excellent balance ... as fine a performance
as I have ever heard ... The individual songs
are splendid.” -International Record Review,
November 2012
❦Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 / Dausgaard
Works: works Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony,
Op. 74; Romeo & Juliet. Artists: Thomas
Dausgaard/Swedish CO. (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 1959 $18.99
“Tchaikovsky’s textures are never problematically
dense, but some of Dausgaard’s tempi, especially
his breakneck speed for the third-movement
march, undermine the extra crispness the smallerthan-usual string section might have achieved.”
-The Guardian, November 2012
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New Releases
Phantasmagoria: Music of John Corigliano /
Signum UK
The Seeds of Stars: Choral Music by Bob Chilcott
Artists: Bob Chilcott/NFM Wroctaw Philharmonic
Choir. (1 CD) (Signum UK)
SGK 311 $16.99
Former King’s singer Bob Chilcott conducts a
stellar array of his choral music in a collaborative
performance with the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir.
Edward Elgar: “Go, Song of Mine” - PartSongs and Choral Works / The Rodolfus Choir
Artists: Ralph Allwood/The Rodolfus Choir. (1 CD)
(Signum UK)
SGK 315 $16.99
Powerplant: 24 Lies per Second
Works: Music for percussion and electronics
by Graham Fitkin, Max De Wardener, Dominic
Murcott, Conlon Nancarrow, Steve Reigh
Artists: Powerplant (1 CD) (Signum UK)
SGK 313 $16.99
Joby Talbot: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Works: Joby Talbot: Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland; Fool’s Paradise. Artists: Chrisopher
Austin/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Signum UK)
SGK 327 $16.99
Bach, Telemann: Concertos for Viola & Bassoon
Artists: Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon; Lars Anders
Tomter, viola. Jan Bjoranger/1B1 Chamber
Orchestra. (1 CD) (Simax)
SIM 1326 $18.99
In this unique recording, progressive string
ensemble, 1B1 has created new concertos based
on fragments and parts from other works.
Mozart: Piano Concertos / Christian Ihle Hadland
Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 22.
Artists: Christian Ihle Hadland, piano. Arvid
Engegard/Oslo PO. (1 CD) (Simax)
SIM 1323 $18.99
Arne Nordheim: Complete Accordion Works
Artists: Frode Haltli, accordion; Christian Eggen/
Norwegian Radio Orch. (1 CD) (Simax)
SIM 1328 $18.99
Sony Classics
New Year’s Concert 2013 / Welser-Most, VPO
Artists: Franz Welser-Most/Vienna Philharmonic.
(2 CD) (Sony)
2 SNYC 88765440712 $15.99
Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Symphony No. 5 /
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto;
Symphony No. 5 Artists: Colin Jacobsen, Jan
Vogler, Antti Siirala. Eric Jacobsen/The Knights. (1
CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88725471762 $13.99
Schubert: String Quintet, D. 956 / Cleveland Qrt.
Artists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Cleveland String Quartet.
(1 CD) (Sony)
SNYC 88697547312 $8.99
Glenn Gould: The Acoustic Orchestrations
Works by: Works by Scriabin and Sibelius.
Artists: Glenn Gould, piano (2 CD) (Sony
Classical)
2 SNYC 88725406572 $15.99
Yo-Yo Ma plays Boccherini & J.C. Bach
Works: Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat major;
J.C. Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in A major;
Symphony Op. 18 No. 1. Artists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Pinchas Zukerman/Saint Paul CO. (1 CD) (Sony
Classical)
SNYC 88697553622 $8.99
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Artists: Emanuel Ax; Yo-Yo Ma; James Tocco (1
CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88697561432 $8.99
Charlie Chaplin: The Musical
Artists: Original Broadway Cast Recording (1
CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88765439502 $14.99
Sol Gabetta plays Shostakovich & Rachmaninov
Works: Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor,
Op. 19; Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1
Artists: Lorin Maazel/Munich PO. Sol Gabetta
(Clo); Olga Kern (Pno). (1 CD) (Sony Classical)
SNYC 88725435752 $13.99
Life of Pi, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Works: Mychael Danna (1958 - ): Life of Pi, film
score. Artists: Mike Nowak/Evergreen Club
Contemporary Gamelan. Stephen Erdody (Clo);
Brian Dembow (Vla); Bruce Dukov (Vln); George
Doering (Mandolin); Andrew Shulman (Clo). (1
CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88725477252 $14.99
Music For Paradise: The Best Of Hildegard Von
Bingen / Sequentia
Artists: Sequentia (1 CD) (Sony Classical)
SNYC 88697983052 $11.99
St. Hildegard von Bingen left two precious
manuscripts filled with spiritual songs. With this
anthology, Sequentia presents the entire spectrum
of Hildegard’s music - songs of surprising depth
and virtuosity, at times meditative, at times
shocking, yet always energized by the unique
musical genius and voice of this visionary artist
more than 800 years after her death.
Variations: Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann
Works by: Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann.
Artists: Emanuel Ax, piano (1 CD) (Sony
Classical)
SNYC 88765420862 $14.99
Violinist Danwen Jiang: Live In Concert
Works: Debussy: Violin Sonata; Franck: Sonata
in A; Ravel: Sonata in G. Artists: Danwen Jiang,
violin; Walter Cosand, piano (1 CD) (Soundset)
SET 1045 $16.99
Songs by Bo Linde and Lars-Erik Larsson
Works: Bo Linde: Anna’s Tales; Fourteen Songs of
Spring; Lars-Erik Larsson: Various Songs. Artists:
Lisa Gustafsson, soprano; Marten Landstrom, piano
(1 CD) (Sterling)
STR 1679 $16.99
Romantic Silhouettes / Maria Kihlgren, piano
Works: Schumann: Abegg Vars.; Fantasiestucke,
Op. 12; Liszt: Nocturne Op. 62/3; Reger:
Silhouetten; Schoeck: 2 Pieces. Artists: Maria
Kihlgren, piano (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 1680 $16.99
Orchestral Works by Heinrich Hofmann
Works: Heinrich Hofmann (1842 - 1902): Eine
Schauspiels Ouverture, Op. 28; Ungarishe Suite,
Op. 16; Symphony E flat Major “Frithjof” Artists:
Eric Solen/Philharmonishe Orchester AltenburgGera. (1 CD) (Sterling)
STR 1097 $16.99
Three Views - Music for trombone, piano &
percussion / Mark Hetzler, trombone
Artists: Mark Hetzler, trombone; Jessica
Johnson, piano; Anthony Di Sanza, percussion (1
CD) (Summit Records)
SUM 599 $15.99
On this epic musical journey, Mark Hetzler and
friends explore a diversity of styles and cultural
influences with an exhilarating program for
trombone, piano, and percussion.
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New Releases
Roxanna Panufnik: Love Abide / New Choral Music
Supraphon
Music for oboe alone by Telemann & Britten
Works: Telemann: Twelve Fantasias; Britten:
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. Artists: Vilem
Veverka, oboe (1 CD) (Supraphon)
SPR 4121 $16.99
Debussy & Ravel: Piano Music / Ilja Hurnik
Artists: Ilja Hurnik, piano (1 CD) (Supraphon)
SPR 4119 $11.99
Ravel from the Netherlands Philharmonic
Works: Ravel: La Valse; Ma mere l’Oye; Tzigane;
Bolero; Pavane. Artists: Gordan Nikolic, violin.
Carlo Rizzi/Netherland PO. (1 CD) (Tacet)
TAC 0207 $19.49 On Sale
Perti: Moses, Leader of the Jewish People
Works: Roxanna Panufnik: Love Abide - New
Choral Music, Diverse in Faith, Universal in Love.
Artists: Lee Ward/London Mozart Players; London
Oratory School Schola. (1 CD) (Warner Classics)
WRNC 2564657206 $18.99
The Australian Voices sing new music for
chorus by Australian Composers
Artists: Gordon Hamilton/The Australian Voices.
(1 CD) (Warner)
WRNC 2564654860 $18.99
“This ensemble is captivating: breathtaking
homogeny, perfect intonation, spectacular
virtuosity...” -Martin Steidler, Professor of Choral
Conducting, Munich University
Gyorgy Ligeti: Etudes for Piano / Thomas Hell
Artists: Thomas Hell (Pno). (1 CD) (Wergo)
WER 6763 $23.99
Works: Giacomo Antonio Perti (b.1661): Moses,
Leader of the Jewish People for five voices,
trumpet and strings. (1685) Artists: Ensemble Les
Nations. (1 CD) (Tactus)
TCT 661603 $14.99
Benjamin Schweitzer: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Furtwängler
Works: Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987): Extensions
3, for piano; Intermissions 1 - 6 for piano. Artists:
Sabine Liebner (Pno). (2 CD) (Wergo)
2 WER 6747 $31.99
Artists: Hilde Guden, Rosette Anday, Julius
Patzak, Alfred Poell. Wilhelm Furtwängler/Vienna
Philharmonic. (live, 1951) (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(Tahra)
TAH 2012 $16.99
Elgar: Cello Concerto; Smetana / Zuill Bailey
Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Bedrich
Smetana: Ma vlast; Sarka, symphonic poem;
Vysehrad, symphonic poem. Artists: Krzysztof
Urbanski/Indianapolis SO. Zuill Bailey (Clo). (1
CD) (Telarc)
TLC 34030 $17.98
Artists: Titus Engel/Ensemble Courage. (1 CD)
(Wergo)
WER 6753 $23.99
Morton Feldman: Early Piano Pieces / Liebner
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michaels Reuse un die Erde
Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007):
Michael’s Journey Round the Earth (from the
opera “Donnerstag), for trumpet & orchestra.
Artists: Peter Rundel/MusikFabrik. Marco Blaauw
(Tpt); Nicola Jurgensen (Tpt). (1 CD) (Wergo)
WER 6858 $23.99
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music, Vol. 3
Mozart: Piano Concertos / Arthur Rubinstein
Mystery Variations on Giuseppe Colombi’s Chiacona
Karl Bohm conducts Richard Strauss
Works: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music,
Vol. 3 - works for violin and piano. Artists:
Sherban Lupu, violin; Ian Hobson, piano (1 CD)
(Toccata)
TOC 0163 $18.99
Artists: Anssi Karttunen, cello (1 CD) (Toccata)
TOC 0171 $18.99
Tartini: Sonatas for violin alone / Skaerved
Works: Tartini: 30 Sonate Piccole, Vol. 1 Sonatas nos 1-6 Artists: Peter Sheppard
Skaerved, violin (1 CD) (Toccata)
TOC 0146 $18.99
This is a world premiere of the Tartini’s complete
work.
Filmworks XXV - John Zorn: City of Slaughter
Works: John Zorn (1953 - ): Beyond the Infinite;
City of Slaughter, for piano; Schmatta, for piano.
Artists: John Zorn (Pno); Rob Burger (Pno); Omri
Mor (Pno). (1 CD) (Tzadik)
TZA 8305 $15.99
Joseph Marx: Rhapsodie; Korngold: Suite
Works: Joseph Marx: Rhapsodie; Erich Wolfgang
Korngold: Suite. Artists: New York Piano Quartet.
(1 CD) (Urlicht)
UICH 5996 $16.99
El Aire Que Vino del Sur / Daniel Noli, piano
Works by: Ginastera, Guastavino, Lockhart,
Fabini. Artists: Daniel Noli, piano (1 CD) (Urtext
(Mexico)
URT 204 $13.99 On Sale
Haydn: String Quartets / Endellion Quartet
Works: Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 20, 64, 76
& 103. Artists: Endellion String Quartet. (1 CD)
(Warner Classics)
WRNC 2564657207 $16.99
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Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17, 20, 21,
23, 24. Artists: Arthur Rubinstein, piano. Alfred
Wallenstein/RCA Victor SO; Josef Krips. (2 CD)
(Widescreen)
2 WIEN 149 $16.99
Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben;
Don Juan; Also sprach Zarathustra; An Alpine
Symphony. Artists: Karl Bohm/Staatskapelle
Dresden. (2 CD) (Widescreen) 2 WIEN 146 $16.99
Bach & Beethoven / Maxim Vengerov, violin
Works: J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin solo, BWV
1004; Beethoven: Violin Sonata no 9, Op. 47
“Kreutzer”; Brahms: Hungarian Dance, WoO
1/1; Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880): ScherzoTarantelle, Op. 16. Artists: Maxim Vengerov (Vln);
Itamar Golan (Pno). (1 CD) (Wigmore Hall Live)
WGMR 0056 $16.99 On Sale
Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 & 6; Tocata BWV 911
Artists: David Fray, violin (1 CD) (Virgin Classics)
VCL 709442B $14.48 On Sale
“We shouldn’t be afraid of acknowledging the
expressiveness of Bach’s music,” says Fray. “The
Romantics don’t have a monopoly on expressivity!”
❦Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn: Quatuor Ebene
Works: Felix Mendelsson: Quartet in A Minor,
Op 13; Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80; Fanny
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat Major. Artists:
Quatuor Ebene. (1 CD) (Virgin Classics)
VCL 645462 $14.48 On Sale
“We are fortunate to have a clutch of young,
extremely talented string quartets in action...”
-National Public Radio
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New Releases
New Boxed Sets for
Bruno Walter conducts Johannes Brahms - The Symphonies
Works: Brahms: The 4 Symphonies; Tragic Overture; Academic Festival Ov.;
Song of Destiny Artists: Bruno Walter/Columbia SO. (3 CD) (Widescreen)
3 WIEN 172 $26.99
In the Fifties Bruno Walter recorded a famous complete anthology of Brahms’
symphonies with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and shortly before
his death, in 1962, he recorded a second stereo version with the Columbia
Symphony Orchestra. This recording has not been available on the market for a
long time. This 3-CD box contains this second version, with the addition of the two overtures, the Haydn
Variations and the magnificent Song of Destiny. Widescreen has also added a version of the Academic
Overture recorded in 1951, and never before released on CD.
❦ Maurizio Pollini plays Schumann
Works: Schumann: Complete
Recordings of Maurizio Pollini.
Artists: Maurizio Pollini,
piano (4 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
4 DGG B001792702 $33.98
“Pollini’s intensity belies his
age in this commanding performance of vibrant
young Schumann from a truly magisterial talent.”
-Gramophone
Charles Koechlin: Complete Music for Saxophone
Artists: David Brutti, saxophone. Atem
Saxophone Quartet; Duo Disecheis; Orch. Citta
Aperta. (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
3 BLC 9266 $16.99
Joining the duo on this recording is the Atem
Saxophone Quartet, which has received critical
acclaim for its performances at numerous chamber
music and jazz festivals.
Liszt: The Sound of Weimar Vol. 1-5
Works: Liszt: Symphonic
Poems, complete edition
Artists: Martin Haselboeck/
Orchester Wiener Akademie. (5
CD) (New Classical Adventure)
5 NCA 60260 $66.99
For the project “The Sound of
Weimar” conductor and Liszt
expert Martin Hasselbock organized an orchestra
to reproduce the Weimar Hofkapelle sound of
Liszt’s time. In so doing, he has created a work of
astounding authenticity and historical relevance.
Clementi: The Complete Sonatas, Vol. 6
Works: Clementi: The Late Keyboard Sonatas.
Artists: Costantino Mastroprimiano, fortepiano. (3
CD) (Brilliant Classics)
3 BLC 94342 $16.99
Costantino Mastroprimiano’s consummate
performances provide a fitting end to the series,
one that confirms the Classical composer’s status
as among the greatest innovators of the keyboard.
Maurizio Pollini in famous concertos
Works: Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms Piano
Concertos. Artists: Maurizio Pollini, piano (8 CD)
(Deutsche Grammophon)
8 DGG B001792602 $58.48
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Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio
Orchestra’s historic Sunday concerts.
Artists: Grummer, Prey, Popp,
M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni (6 CD)
(BR Classic)
6 BRK 900309 $58.49
The “Great Singers Live” series
regularly presents recordings of
The Munich Radio Orchestra’s
historic Sunday concerts.
Previously five singer portraits have been
released, featuring Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Margaret Price, Lucia Popp and Hermann Prey.
This collection is now supplemented by recordings
with the legendary Elisabeth Grummer.
Schubert: Chamber Music from The Last Years
Works: Franz Schubert: Piano Trios; String
Quartets; String Quintet, Octet. Artists:
Amsterdam Piano Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Octet;
Brandis Quartet. (6 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
6 BLC 94424 $29.99
Spanning 6 CDs and featuring many a
consummate performance, this release celebrates
the genius of Schubert through detailing all of his
late chamber music.
Italian Baroque: Sonatas and Concertos
Artists: Chiara Banchini and
Amandine Beyer (baroque
violin). Ensemble 415. (3 CD)
(Zig Zag Territoires) 3 ZIG 316 $47.99
This set brings together
recordings of Italian music by
Chiara Banchini and Amandine
Beyer. The release follows Amandine Beyer’s
recording of Bach’s Sonatas for solo violin as well
as Chiara Banchini’s recording of his Sonatas
for violin and keyboard, both of which received a
Diapason d’Or. The set includes the re-release of
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Amandine Beyer.
Novecento Guitar Preludes / Porqueddu, guitar
Works by: Asafiev, Ponce, Badings, Sauguet,
Farkas.(3 CD) (Brilliant)
3 BLC 9292 $16.99
This collection brings together guitar preludes by
Asafiev and Ponce, and includes world premiere
recordings of Badings’s 12 Preludes, Sauget’s 3
Preludes and Farkas’s Exercitium Tonale
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New Releases
February
New Boxed Sets of
Otto Klemperer
Brahms: Symphonies; Overtures; German Requiem
Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Trio Sonatas, Vol. 2
Artists: Igor Ruhadze, violin; Ensemble Violini
Capricciosi. (5 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
5 BLC 94423 $24.99
Renowned for exploring the very top register
of his instrument, Locatelli is today considered
the founding father of the modern virtuoso style.
Spanning 5CDs, this compilation celebrates the
genius of a man whose violin sonatas occupy
a significant position in the history of the string
repertoire.
Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas Gorini, Lorenzi
Artists: Otto Klemperer/
Philharmonia Orch. (4 CD)
(EMI Classics)
4 EMI 043382 $17.98
Klemperer Edition: Brahms is a
comprehensive 4-CD collection
of Brahms recordings. The
set features all four symphonies as well as the
Acadamic Festival Overture and Tragic Overtures
and the “Haydn” Variations. In 1961 Klemperer
returned to recording Brahms by committing his
classic performance of Ein deutsches Requiem
to disc. With the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as soloists
and the magnificent Philharmonic Chorus this
recording has remained a firm fixture in the EMI
Classics catalog since its first release.
Works: Clementi: Sonatas Opp. 3, 4, 14 & 36.
Artists: Gino Gorini and Sergio Lorenzi (3 CD)
(Newton Classics)
3 NEWC 8802150 $19.49 On Sale
The two Italian musicians on this album formed a
long-established duet partnership, throughout the
middle years of the last century, that performed
and recorded all the great works of the genre, from
Clementi to Busoni and Shostakovich.
Otto Klemperer conducts Mozart
Monumental Karajan!
Great Concertos conductedty Otto Klemperer
Works: Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner,
Sibelius, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Strauss et al.
Artists: (3 CD) (EMI Classics)
3 EMI 232892B $11.98
This 3-CD set gives just a taste of some
of Karajan’s best and most characteristic
performances. From the display power in Mozart’s
Symphony No. 40 to his lighter side in Strauss’s
polkas, Karajan’s a conducting style is truly
masterful.
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies, Tone Poems
Artists: Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth SO. (4 CD)
(EMI Classics) 4 EMI 736002 $17.98
EMI Classics has released this exclusive 4-CD
collection honoring the career of Finnish conductor
Paavo Berglund who died earlier this year at
the age of 82. Best known for his interpretations
of Jean Sibelius’s symphonies the set features
all seven symphonies - the core of Sibelius’s
complete works.
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas / Kavakos
Artists: Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Enrico Pace,
piano (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B001792202 $31.48
Often described as “the violinist’s violinist” Der
Tagesspiegel wrote that Greek violinist Leonidas
Kavakos has “quite possibly the most beautiful
violin tone imaginable”. Leonidas Kavakos will
perform the Beethoven sonata cycle in venues
across Europe in 2013.
Choral music of Vagn Holmboe: Liber Canticorum
Artists: Liber Canticorum / various choral groups
(3 CD) (Danica) .
3 DNCI 8209/11 $59.99
Donaueschingen Music Festival 2011
Works by: Wolfgang Rihm; Lars Petter Hagen;
Saed Haddad; Wolfgang Mitterer et al. Artists:
Ensemble Musikfabrik; SWR SO Baden-Baden
und Freiburg. (3 SA Hybrid CD) (Neos Production) 3 NEOS 11214/6 $62.99
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Works: Mozart: Symphonies; Overtures;
Serenades. Artists: Otto Klemperer/New
Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (8 CD)
(EMI Classics)
8 EMI 043612 $31.48
Works: Mozart, Beethoven,
Schumann, Liszt, Brahms.
Artists: Barenboim, Fischer,
Oistrakh.Otto Klemperer/
New Philharmonia Orch.;
Philharmonia Orch. (6 CD)
(EMI Classics)
6 EMI 043482 $23.48
Among the highlights here is Klemperer
conducting Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25
with Barenboim in 1967. The Violin Concertos
by Beethoven and Brahms were recorded with
Yehudi Menuhin in 1966 and David Oistrakh
in 1960 respectively. A further disc of Piano
Concertos of Liszt No. 1 and Schumann was
made with Annie Fischer in 1960/2.
The Nash Ensemble Plays Brahms
Works: Brahms: Piano Quartets; String Sextets;
String Quintets; Clarinet Trio.(4 CD) (Onyx
Classics) 4 NYX 4093 $41.99
The Nash Ensemble’s Brahms recordings were
highly praised both in the UK and internationally.
Gathered together in one box with new booklet
notes, these recordings represent music-making
at its highest level, and are superb value for the
money.
Ilya Gringolts in Chamber Music of Schumann
Works: Schumann: Violin Sonatas; Piano Trios;
Quartets; Piano Quintet. Artists: Ilya Gringolts,
violin; Dmitry Kouzov, cello; Peter Laul, piano
Gringolts Quartet. (5 CD) (Onyx Classics)
5 NYX 4097 $41.99
Violinist Ilya Gringolts is featured in Onyx’s series
of highly praised Schumann chamber music
recordings. Joined by his eponymous quartet,
pianist Peter Laul and cellist Dmitry Kouzov,
Gringolts’s boxed set reissue represents both
a great value and music-making of the highest
caliber.
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New Releases
New Opera Albums
Wagner: The Complete “Ring” from Simone Young
Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Simone Young, Philharmoniker Hamburg
Artists: Struckmann, Elgr, Buchwald, Koch, Sacher, Kwon, Skelton, Petrenko,
Polaski, Piland, Galliard, Bork, Tomlinson, et al. Simone Young Young/Hamburg
Philharmonic. (14 CD) (Oehms) 14 OEH 929 $91.49 On Sale
OehmsClassics is now offering the Ring of the Hamburg State Opera conducted
by Simone Young in a complete boxed set. The features consist of an elegant box,
including a booklet and 14 individual CDs each with the photo motif of the individual
editions that have been previously issued by Oehms Classics.
Alexander Knaifel: The Canterville Ghost
❦Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Artists: Alexander Knaifel (b.1943): The
Canterville Ghost, opera in 2 acts. Libretto by
Tatiana Kramarova after Oscar Wilde. Artists:
Stanislav Suleimanov, Tatiana Monogarova.
Michael Jurowski/Moscow Forum Theatre Orch.
Alexandre Levental, organ (1 CD) (Brilliant
Classics) BLC 9295 $8.99
The libretto for this opera, composed in 1990,
is based on Oscar Wilde’s tale of the American
family moved into a British mansion, Canterville
Chase, much to the annoyance its tired ghost. The
family -- which refuses to believe in him -- is in
Wilde’s way a commentary on the British nobility of
the day -- and on the Americans, too.
Artists: Kirchschlager, Bostridge,
Britton, Purves, Russell, ColemanWright. Oliver Knussen/Aldeburgh
Festival Ensemble. (2 CD) (Virgin)
2 VCL 026722 $29.98 On Sale
“Lucretia is a problematic and
disturbing piece. It’s hard to think of another opera
where the opposite poles of male violence and
tender female intimacy are made so vividly real
in purely musical terms, and brought into such
horrifying proximity.” -The Telegraph
Jules Massenet: Thais
Artists: Eva Mei, Michele Pertusi, William Joyner,
Christophe Fel. Marcello Viotti/Teatro la Fenice di
Venezia Orchestra and Chorus. (2 CD) (Dynamic) 2 DYN 739 $21.49
Thais is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet
to a French libretto by Louis Gallet based on
the novel Thais by Anatole France. After Manon
and Werther, Thais is one of Massenet’s most
performed operas. This CD features gorgeous
performance of Eva Mei and Michele Pertusi!
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
Artists: Celso Albelo, Desiree Rancatore, Alastair
Miles. Daniel Oren/Orch. Filarmonica Salernitana
Giuseppe Verdi. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 94434 $12.99
Donizetti: Don Gregorio
Artists: Stefano Montanari, Giorgio Valerio,
Giorgio Trucco, Paolo Bordogna. Stefano
Montanari/Donizetti Theatre Orch., Bergamo. (2
CD) (Dynamic) 2 DYN 579 $29.99
This world premiere recording is an exuberant
performance of Paolo Bordogna. Don Gregorio
is an opera of transition between Donizetti’s late
youth and the beginning of his maturity and an
opera in which the composer from Bergamo found
the path that would soon lead him to be one of the
great names of Italian opera.
Jacapo Peri: L’Euridice, opera
Artists: Nerina Santini, Rodolfo
Faroli, Adele Bona. Angelo
Ephrikian/I Solisti di Milano. (2 CD)
(Newton Classics)
2 NEWC 8802153 $14.99 On Sale
This disc, created from a 1967
edition of L’Euridice by Angelo Ephrikian, boasts
one of only two complete recordings of the opera,
and stars Nerina Santini as Euridice, Rodolfo
Faroli as Orpheus and Adele Bona as Venus
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Artists: Nikolai Stoilov, Elena Stoyanova, Yavora
Stoilova. Dimiter Manolov/Sofia National Opera
Orch. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 94431 $12.99
Weber: Der Freischutz
Artists: Nilsson, Koth, Gedda, Berry, Crass,
Anheisser, Weller. Heger. Robert Heger/Munich
State Opera Chorus; Munich State Opera Orch. (1
CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 235482 $11.98
Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo, opera
Artists: Ida Miccolis, Lourival Braga, Alfred
Colosimo, Antea Claudia. Santiago Guerra. (2 CD)
(Bongiovanni)
2 BGV 1226/7 $31.99
Lortzing: Der Wildschutz
Artists: Rothenberger, Litz, Ollendorff,
Wunderlich. Robert Heger/Bavarian State Opera
Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orch. (1 CD) (EMI
Classics) EMI 235522 $14.98
Leos Janacek: Jenufa
Artists: E. Kozub, C. Goltz, A. Schlemm, G.
McKee. Matacic, Frankfurt 1961, live. Lovoro von
Matacic. (2 CD) (Myto) 2 MYT 00319 $21.49
Millocker: The Beggar Student
Artists: Streich, Holm, Gedda, Prey, Unger,
Allers. Franz Allers/Bavarian Radio Chorus;
Graunke Symphony Orchestra. (2 CD) (EMI
Classics) 2 EMI 235412 $14.98
Alban Berg: Lulu
Artists: Iiona Steingruber, Maria Cerny, Friedl
Riegler, Clas Logau et al. Herbert Hafner/Vienna
SO. (Archipel)
2 ACP 0540 $21.49
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New Releases
for February
Legends of Operetta: The Great Voices
Artists: Fritz Wunderlich,
Anneliese Rothenberger, Rudolf
Schock, Erika Köth and Elisabeth
Schwarzkop, et al. (10 CD) (EMI)
10 EMI 166622 $45.48
Each amazing vocalist performs
with passion and grace, showcasing both the talent
of the performer and the composer. Schwarzkopf’s
amazing vocal talents appeal to the senses, while
the voices Rothenberger and Koth have the innate
ability to touch people’s hearts.
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel
Artists: M. Cordes, B. Schuster, G. Pohl; Carl
Schuricht (Hamburg Radio 1962) (2 CD) (Archipel)
2 ACP 0538 $21.49
Callas, Verdi: Four Legendary Live Performances
Works: Verdi: Aida, Macbeth, La Traviata, Un
Ballo in Mschera. Artists: Maria Callas. Victor de
Sabata/Orch. del Teatro alla Scala; Carlo Maria
Giulini/Gianandrea Gavazzeni/Oliviero de Fabritiis/
Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Arts, Mexico City.
(8 CD) (EMI Classics) 8 EMI 799202 $31.48
This 8-CD collection captures all the drama of
Callas’s thrilling live performances in four of Verdi’s
greatest operatic masterpieces: Aida, MacBeth,
La traviata and Un ballo in maschera. Verdi:
Four legendary Live Performances is the perfect
companion to the other exclusive Verdi sets to be
released in 2013 to celebrate the bicentenary of
the composer’s birth.
Guiseppe Verdi: Great Opera Highlights
Artists: Bergonzi, Caballé,
Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo,
Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price
et al. (2 CD) (EMI Classics)
.
2 EMI 167332B $11.98
To celebrate the start of Giuseppe
Verdi’s bicentennial year, EMI Classics presents
the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera
Highlights. The 2-CD set feature highlights from
11 Verdi operas. Pieces from the same opera are
grouped together in this set.
Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]
2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi’s
bicentennial year. Verdi: The Great Operas is a 35CD set that brings together 16 of Verdi’s operatic
masterpieces, ranging from his first real success,
Nabucco, to his last, Falstaff. Also included are
such stalwarts of the repertoire as Aida, La traviata
and Rigoletto. (36 CD) (EMI Classics)
36 EMI 167452 $88.48
Puccini: La Boheme (sung in German)
Artists: Popp, Araiza, Baumann, Brendel,
Daniels, Soltesz. Stefan Soltesz/Bavarian Radio
Chorus; Munich RSO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics)
EMI 235622B $14.98
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Artists: Placido Domingo; Montserrat Caballé.
New Orleans, 1968, Knud Andersson (3 CD)
(Video Artists International)
3 VAI 1274 $31.49
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❦Antoine Dauvergne: Hercule Mourant
Works: Antoine Dauvergne (1713 - 1797): Hercule
Mourant, opera in 5 acts. Artists: Jael Azzaretti,
Julie Fuchs, Véronique Gens, Jennifer Borghi.
Rousset Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques.
(2 CD) (Aparte) 2 AART 042 $28.49
“Les Talens Lyriques are among the most stylish
of Baroque ensembles, while Rousset himself is
an exquisite performer.” -The Guardian
Flieg Gedanke: Verdi in German
Artists: Brigitte Fassbaender, Rudolf Schock,
Gottlob Frick, Erika Köth, Nicolai Gedda (rec.
1953-72) (10 CD) (EMI)
10 EMI 166512 $45.48
The Verdi: Sung in German recordings produced
by EMI Electrola between 1953 and 1973 are still
just as legendary today. For the first time, these
recordings are available in a 10 CD-Box - creating
a unique chapter of German recording-history.
Verdi: Aida (Complete) / NBC SO, Toscanini
Artists: Herva Nelli, Eva Gustavson, Richard
Tucker, Giuseppe Valdengo. Arturo Toscanini/NBC
SO. (Opus Kura)
2 OPK 7062 $16.99
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Ingelbrecht
Artists: Suzanne Danco, Oda Slobodskaya,
Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry, Camille Maurane.
Desire-Emile Ingelbrecht/Philharmonia Orch. (3
CD) (Testament)
3 TES 31484 $46.49
The 1902 Paris Opera premiére of Pelléas et
Mélisande opened up new horizons to the great
French conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht, and
musical theatre became his great interest.
Puccini: The Great Operas [13 CDs]
Works: La Boheme, Tosca, Butterfly, Il Tabarro,
Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot, La
Fancuilla del West. Artists: Tullio Serafin/Rome
Opera House Orch.; La Scala Orch. Milan;
Gabriele Santini/Rome Opera House Orch.;
Dimitri Mitropoulos/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino;
Gianandrea Gavazzeni/Rome Opera Orch.; Victor
De Sabata/La Scala Orch. Milan; Vincen
13 REGS 9011 $52.99
Guiseppe Verdi: Aida
Artists: Corelli, Curtis Verna, Guelfi, Pirazzini
(studio rec. 1956) Angelo Questa/Orch. E Coro Di
Torino Della Rai. (2 CD) (Widescreen)
2 WIEN 151 $16.99
Corelli recorded Aida twice in studio: this edition
by Cetra (1956) and ten years later a second
edition by EMI. This stereo version is frequently
not available and it shows Corelli at the top of his
career.
Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, opera (2010)
Artists: Peter Ash/Atlanta Opera Orchestra,
Chrous and vocal soloists. (2 CD) (Albany
Records) 2 ALB 1381/82 $35.99
The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald
Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was
commissioned by the American Lyric Theater and
Felicity Dahl. This recording is taken from a live
performance of The Atlanta Opera in March, 2012.
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New Releases
New Vocal Recordings
George Whitefield Chadwick: Songs / Siebert
Artists: Glenn Siebert, tenor;
Peter Kairoff, piano (1 CD)
(Albany Records)
ALB 1387 $16.99
Although best known for his
orchestral compositions,
George Chadwick also wrote
more than 100 songs for voice and piano in a
wide variety of styles. The songs included in
this recording, many recorded for the first time,
demonstrate Chadwick’s range of styles and
subjects.
José Carreras, Salzburg Festival 1981
Works: Songs by Massenet,
Fauré, Tosti, Mompou, Turina,
de Falla. Artists: José Carreras,
tenor; Edoardo Muller, piano (1
CD) (Orfeo) ORF 871121 $21.49
Accompanied by Edoardo
Muller, José Carreras’ recital of
1981 takes us from the French song with piano by
Massenet and Fauré to the canciones of De Falla,
Mompou and Turina - and all sung with a secure
sense of style and great subtlety.
Tenor José Carreras: Live in Vienna
Works: Songs & Arias by Fauré,
Massenet, Truina, Liszt, Puccini,
Tosti, Falvo et al. Artists: José
Carreras, tenor; Vincenzo
Scalera, piano (1 CD) (Acanta)
AANT 233669 $24.99
This disc marks Jose Carreras’
“comeback” performance following his battle with
Leukemia. This live recording includes work by
Faure, Liszt, Puccini and many others. Carrera is
accompanied by pianist Vincenzo Scalera.
Tenor José Carreras: Verona Live
Artists: José Carreras sings with Caballé, Kollo,
Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey,
Marton et al. (2 CD) (Acanta)
2 AANT 233553 $24.99
This live recording took place in August of 1988 in
the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor
Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from a life
threatening illness.
José Carreras: Live Comeback Concerts
Works: Arias, songs, zarzuela. Arias by Grieg,
Tosti, Toldra, Catala, Mompou, Vives, Puccini et
al. (1 CD) (Acanta)
AANT 233552
$24.99
This new disc presents a collection of excerpts,
including operatic arias, art songs and pieces from
zarzuela (Spanish operetta).
Anneliese Rothenberger sings Strauss & Wolf
Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; songs;
Wolf: songs. Artists: Anneliese Rothenberger,
soprano; Gerald Moore & Gunther Weissenborn,
piano; Andre Previn (Pno) Andre Previn/London
SO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics)
EMI 235562 $14.98
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Brahms: Lieder, Complete Edition Vol. 10
Works: Johannes Brahms:
German Folksongs.
Artists: Iris Vermillion, Andreas
Schmidt, Juliane Banse, Helmut
Deutsch, piano (2 CD) (CPO )
2 CPO 777023 $31.99
CPO continues their Brahms
song edition with the two CDs of Vol. 10. The focus
is formed by his Deutsche Volkslieder for voice
and piano - works representing not only his most
extensive collection of folk-song arrangements but
also his most outstanding one.
❦Handel’s finest arias for Base Voice / Purves
Artists: Christopher Purves,
bass. Jonathan Cohen/
Arcangelo. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67842 $18.99
“Christopher Purves is
compelling and warmly
musical...” -The Times
Tenor Rolalndo Villazon Sings Verdi
Artists: Rolando Villazon, tenor. Marcello Viotti/
Munich RSO; Michel Plasson/Antonia Pappano/
Orch. dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
(1 CD) (Virgin Classics)
VCL 357112C $7.48 On Sale
This album includes best loved arias from La
traviata, Rigoletto, and Macbeth featuring leading
conductors like Antonio Pappano, Michel Plasson,
and Marcello Viotti.
Passione / Andrea Bocelli, tenor
Passionate the new studio album featuring duets
with Jennifer Lopez and Nely Furtado produced by
David Foster. (1 CD) (Verve)
[Deluxe Edition]
VRV B001799502 $17.98
[Standard Edition]
VRV B001758602 $15.98
Songs from Evening Land - Songs of Per Norgard
Works: Per Norgard: songs in
new instrumentations.
Artists: Helene Gjerris, mezzosoprano (1 CD) (DaCapo)
DACO 8226060 $16.99
Danish mezzo-soprano Helene
Gjerris explores six decades
of vocal music by Per Norgard (b. 1932) in new
instrumentations.
The Love Songs of Paolo Tosti / Gillian Zammit
Artists: Gillian Zammit, soprano, Soprano; Lucia
Micallef, piano (1 CD) (Claudio Records)
CDOR 6016 $16.99
Gillian Zammit performs music by Italian
composer, Sir Paolo Tosti, who was known for his
expressive songs, singable melodies and sweet
sentimentality.
Intimate Pavarotti: The tenor in song
Songs by: Beethoven, Bellini, Liszt, Mascagni,
Donizetti, Verdi, Schubert, et al. Artists: Luciano
Pavarotti, tenor. (1 CD) (Opera d’Oro)
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ODO 6012 $6.99
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Romantic Ballads / Wolfgang Anheisser
Whither Must I Wander? English Songs
Venezia - Opera Arias of the Serenissima
Nacht der Traume: Orchestral Songs
Bella mia fiamma / Olga Pasichnyk, soprano
Liederreise - Songs by Brahms & Schubert
Works by: Loewe, Schubert,
Schumann, Jensen,
Mendelssohn, Wolf et al. Artists:
Wolfgang Anheisser, baritone;
Julius Severin, piano (2 CD)
(Acanta) 2 AANT 233650 $19.99
German baritone Wolfgang
Anheisser suffered an early death, following an
accident on stage at a New Year’s performance in
Cologne.
Artists: Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor.
Riccardo Minasi/Il Pomo d’oro. (1 CD) (Virgin
Classics)
VCL 645452 $14.48 On Sale
Works: Mozart Concert Arias. Artists: Olga
Pasichnyk, soprano Jaroslaw Thiel/NFM Wroclaw
Baroque Orch. (1 CD) (CD Accord)
CDAC 175 $18.99
❦Dolci Napoli - Neapolitan Songs
Songs by: Cannio, Vian, Russo,
D’Esposito, Roven, Bovio,
Nardella et al. Artists: Charles
Castronovo, tenor (1 CD) (GPR
Records) GPRR 12012 $18.99
“I believe [Charlie’s] debut album
of Neapolitan songs is a perfect
match to his warm and poignant voice.” - Placido
Domingo
Handel: English Arias / James Bowman
Works: Arias from: Handel: Saul, Theodora, Judas
Maccabaeus, Solomon. Artists: James Bowman,
countertenor, Susan Gritton, soprano. Robert King/
The King’s Consort. (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 55419 $12.99
Gustav Mahler: Lieder / Bo Skovhus, baritone
Artists: Bo Skovhus, baritone; Stefan Vladar,
piano (1 CD) (Preiser)
PSR 90807 $16.99
Girolamo Crescentini (1762 - 1846): Solo Vocal Arias
Artists: Marina Comparato,
mezzosoprano; Gianni Fabrini,
fortepiano (2 CD) (Tactus)
2 TCT 760390 $29.99
This recording contains a
monographic collection of six
cantatas and 18 arias for voice
and fortepiano composed in Paris in 1810.
Francis Poulenc: Melodies (songs) / Cantor
Artists: Philippe Cantor, baritone; Sophie Rives,
piano (Anima Records) ANNR 120400001 $16.99
Pavarotti: Essential Performances
Works: Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Leoncavallo,
et al. Artists: Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor (1 CD)
(Opera d’Oro) ODO 6009 $6.99
Pavarotti & The Divas / Scoto, Freni, Janowitz
Arias by: Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Bellini. Artists:
Scoto, Freni, Janowitz, Caballe, Cossotto (1 CD)
(Opera d’Oro) ODO 6011 $6.99
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Songs by: Vaughan Williams,
Finzi and Quilter
Artists: David John Pike,
baritone; Isabelle Trub, piano (1
CD) (Signum UK)
SGK 314 $16.99
Centered around Vaughan
Williams’ Songs of Travel, this collection of English
song brings together three now influential figures
in the world of British music.
Artists: Bo Skohvus, baritone. Stefan Blunier/
WDR Radio Orch. Cologne. (1 CD) (Delta
Classics) DELT 90062 $16.99
Artists: Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo soprano;
Robert Lehbaumer, piano (1 CD) (Preiser)
PSR 90809 $16.99
Andreas Reibenspies: Sangerliebe
Songs by: Brahms, Burgmuller, Schumann,
Herzogenberg et al. Artists: Andreas
Reibenspies, baritone; Eckart Selheim, piano (1
CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38519 $20.49
When Hope Still Had Its Chance: The Songs of
Keith Gates
Works: Keith Gates (1948 - 2007): Songs. Artists:
Lines, Morita, Hand (1 CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3199 $16.99
Alfabeto Songs - Guitar Songs from 17th
Century Italy
Songs by: Giovanni Stefani; Kapsberger;
Foscarni. Artists: Raquel Andueza, soprano;
Pierre Pitzl/Private Musicke. (Accent)
ACT 24273 $18.49 On Sale
The Sea - Songs by Faure, Schubert & Debussy
Works: Songs by Faure,
Schubert & Debussy. Artists:
Henk Neven, baritone; Hans
Eijsackers, piano. (1 CD) (Onyx
Classics) NYX 4102 $20.49
Baritone Henk Neven’s Onyx
recording entitled The Sea
features a diverse collection of songs focusing on
the themes of water and the sea.
The Nightingale and the Rose / Chen Reiss
Works: Songs by Purcell, Meyerbeer, Hahn,
Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Krenek. Artists: Chen
Reiss, soprano; Charles Spencer, piano (1 CD)
(Onyx Classics)
NYX 4104
$20.49
These songs convey the magic of being in love,
the heartbreak of love lost, the memories, the
fun, the fantasies all associated with that strange,
mysterious, dangerous and all-powerful condition.
An Introduction To Luciano Pavarotti
Arias by: Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis,
Mozart, Massenet, Tosti. Artists: artists (1 CD)
(Opera d’Oro) ODO 6010 $6.99
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New Releases
New Vocal Recordings
Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon: Once I Was
Artists: Stacey Tappan,
coloratura soprano Stacey
Tappan; Ricky Ian Gordon, piano
(1 CD) (Blue Griffin)
BLGF 265 $19.99
This collection of songs by
America’s most beloved
composer, Ricky Ian Gordon, is arranged to tell
a chronological life story - childhood, growing up,
falling in love, heartbreak, grieving the death of a
loved one, and moving on - and how music helps
us through it all.
Telemann and the Leipzig Opera - Popular Arias
Artists: Jan Kobow, tenor. United Continuo
Ensemble. (1 CD) (New Pan)
NEWP 10237 $20.49
Jan Kobow and the United Continuo Ensemble
present these rousing arias in a very entertaining
manner.
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angelus Novus Cycle
Artists: Almut Hellwig & Monika
Meier-Schmid, sopranos;
Ensemble Surplus. James
Avery/Ensemble Surplus. (2 CD)
(Neos Production)
2 NEOS 11211/2 $38.99
The Angelus Novus Cycle
consists of the six works that comprise the polywork Angelus Novus, a music theatre piece based
on Walter Benjamin.
Ludwig Senfl: All Ding ein Weil
Works: Ludwig Senfl: All Ding ein Weil - Songs
and Insturmental Music. Artists: Tore Tom
Denys, tenor; La Caccia. La Caccia. (1 CD)
(Musica Ficta)
MSTA 8015 $15.99
The 15th and 16th centuries were the golden age
of Flemish polyphony. Under the influence of his
teacher Heinrich Isaac, Ludwig Senfl made the
Flemish idiom his own, while adding to it obvious
personal touches.
At the Statue of Venus / Talise Trevigne, soprano
Works: Jake Heggie & Glen Roven: At the
Statue of Venus, opera. Artists: Talise Trevigne,
soprano (1 CD) (GPR Records)
GPRR
20012 $16.99
At the Statue of Venus is the world premier of the
Jake Heggie and Glen Roven’s fascinating onewoman opera.
Mezzo Moon: Lieder & Songs / Pia Heise
Works: Songs by Brahms, Zemlinsky, Weyse,
Schubert, Schumann, Nielsen, Reger, Mozart.
Artists: Pia Heise, mezzo-soprano (1 CD)
(Danacord)
DCD 720 $14.99 On Sale
Handel: Oratorio Arias / Adam Plachetka
Artists: Adam Plachetka, baritone; Roman Valek/
Czech Baroque Choir; Czech Baroque Ensemble.
(1 CD) (Supraphon)
SPR 4116 $16.99
The program of this CD is made up of arias that Händel
wrote in his oratorios for bass or bass-baritone - the vocal
category embodying heroism, enduring faith and resolve.
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Baritone Ettore Bastianini: A Discographic Career
Works: Arias and duest
from Barber of Seville, Lucia;
Rigoletto; Trovatore et al.
Artists: Ettore Bastianini,
baritone. Del Monaco, Tebaldi,
Bergonzi, Di Stefano (3 CD)
(Widescreen)
3 WIEN 185 $26.99
For the series “A Discographic Career”
Widescreen presents the first organic collection
dedicated to one of the leading baritones of
the second half of the twentieth century: Ettore
Bastianini.
Claude Debussy: Mélodies /
Philippe Cantor
Works: Debussy: Ariettes
oubliées; Ballades (3) de
François Villon; Chansons de
France; Le promenoir des deux
amants, song cycle for voice &
piano, L.118. More. Artists: Philippe Cantor (Bar);
Sophie Rives (Pno). (1 CD) (Anima Records)
ANNR 90900001 $16.99
French baritone Philippe Cantor first appeared
interpreting ancient music but soon embarked on a
career as a recitalist and opera singer.
Hans-Erik Philip: And Other
Dreams
Works: Hans-Erik Philip (1943
- ): And other dreams, for 2
trumpets; Symphony, for voice,
chorus & orchestra; Tusindfryd,
for voice & orchestra. Artists:
Monika Juhasz Miczura (Sop); Béla Drahos/
Budapest SO. Dino Saluzzi (Bandoneon); Gyorgy
Geiger (Tpt). (1 CD) (Danica) DNCI 8221 $20.49
Hans-Erik Philip is an unusual figure in the
Scandinavian musical scene. Along with being
a composer, he is also a mystic, a pilgrim and a
craftsman.
Song Recital - Kathrin Graf, soprano
Works: Songs by Handel, Scarlatti, Rameau,
Bach, Martin et al. Artists: Kathrin Graf, soprano;
Peter Lukas Graf, flute; Michio Kobayashi,
keyboards (1 CD) (Claves)
CLV 0604
$16.99
Katrin Graf offers songs as well as Ravel’s
Chansons Madécasses for soprano, flute, cello
and piano in this song recital.
Reza Vali: Toward That Endless Plain
Works: Reza Vali (b. 1952): Toward That Endless
Plain; Folk Songs Sets nos 8 & 14 Artists: Janna
Baty, soprano Gil Rose/Boston Modern Orch.
Project. (1 CD) (BMOP/Sound)
BMOP 1026 $16.99
Allan Pettersson: Copmlete Songs (1911-1980)
Artists: Torsten Mossberg, tenor; Anders
Karlqvist, piano (1 CD) (Sterling)
STR 1678 $16.99
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❦Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
New Releases
❦Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Artists: Giorgio Strehler/Paris
National Opera Chorus; Paris
National Opera Orch. Barbara
Frittoli; Karine Deshayes;
Luca Pisaroni; Ludovic Tezier;
Ekaterina Siurina. (2 DVD-Video)
(Bel Air Classiques)
2 BAC 071 $34.99 On Sale
“Unlike many Figaro productions
these days, the physicality is never vulgar,
and there are constant small touches that add
character...[Pisaroni] displays the ideal bassbaritone instrument for this role, and his person
is just as alive to every nuance as his singing...
[Siurina] is marvellous when angry...no one on
DVD has brought greater tonal shine and firmer
technique to Susanna’s music. -International
Artists: Vladimir Jurowski/
Glyndebourne Chorus; London
PO. (2 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus
Arte)
2 BOA 1085 $26.99 On Sale
“McVicar’s staging stokes the
glow of Meistersinger’s humane
heart...and above all he reminds
us that this is an opera about
youth and self-discovery. Gerald Finley’s pivotal
Sachs relish[es] this intensely verbal role with
a Lieder-singer’s skill and beauty...Jurowski
completes the ensemble with a beautiful account,
unfolding the story with pace and details...
Together they make the immense performance
the most uplifting performance I can recall.” -BBC
Music Magazine
Alban Berg: Wozzeck
Ballet for Children The Royal Ballet [4 DVD]
Artists: Teodor Currentzis/Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orch. Georg Nigl; Mardi
Byers. (1 DVD-Video) (Bel Air Classiques)
BAC 068 $26.99 On Sale
In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi
Opera presented Alban Berg’s masterpiece
Wozzeck. This bold, sensitive, and truly historic
production by Russian director Dmitri Cherniakov
aims to “highlight the hidden sorrows of a late
twentieth-century man dwelling in a megalopolis.”
A transcendent cast is led by rising star conductor
Teodor Currentzis.
Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate
Artists: Friedemann Layer/Ensemble Modern.
Martha Mödl (Mzz Sop); Horst Hiestermann (Mzz
Sop); Hans Günther Nöcker (Bass). (1 DVDVideo) (Arthaus DVD) ( 88 min.; Region: Germany;
Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM
Stereo) AHM 101657 $26.99 On Sale
In September 1984, as part of the Berlin Festival
Week, the Deutsche Oper Berlin staged the world
premiere of German composer Aribert Reimann’s
opera “Die Gespenstersonate”. Based on the drama
by the Swedish writer August Strindberg, the chamber
opera tells the story of a student, who muses about
the inhabitants of a fancy-looking house.
Armonie Dello Spirito - sacred music from
Gregorian chant to Palestrina and beyond
Works: Giovanni Palestrina (1525 - 1594): Canite
tuba; Dum complerentur dies pentecostes; Hodie
Christus natus est; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
(1525 - 1594): Ricercare 5th tone (doubtful);
Ricercare 6th tone (doubtful); Tomás Luis de
Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611): O vos omnes.
Artists: Massimo Palombella/Cappella Musicale
Pontificia “Sistina”. (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts)
EUA 2072578 $17.99 On Sale
The Capella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina” - known
the world over as the “Choir of the Pope” - is
one of the oldest and most prestigious musical
institutions surviving today.
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Works: Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit; Tchaikovsky:
The Nutcracker; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf;
Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Artists: Barry
Wordsworth/ROH Orch.; Paul Murphy/Royal Ballet
Sinfonia; Koen Kessels/ROH Orch. (4 DVD-Video)
(BBC Opus Arte) 4 BOA 1096BD $52.49 On Sale
This unique collection brings together four jewels
of the Royal Ballet repertoire that will delight
and captivate young viewers the world over.
Beethoven: “Triple” Concerto; Symphony no 6
Works: works Beethoven:
Concerto for Piano, Violin and
Cello in C major, Op. 56 “Triple
Concerto”; Symphony no 6 in F
major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”. Artists:
Itzhak Perlman/Israel PO. Zuill
Bailey (Clo); Navah Perlman
(Pno); Giora Schmidt (Vln). (1
Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts)
EUA 2058594 $34.99 On Sale
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is a cultural
ambassador for Israel and is regarded as one
of the top orchestras in the world. Recorded in
the Mann Auditorium of Tel Aviv in 2010, this
concert sees the Israel Philharmonic conducted in
a challenging al-Beethoven program by eminent
conductor and violinist Itzhak Perlman.
Bellini: I Puritani
Artists: Giuliano Carella/Netherland Philharmonic
Chorus; Netherland PO. Riccardo Zanellato;
Mariola Cantarero; Scott Hendricks; John Osborn.
(1 Blu-Ray Video) (BBC Opus Arte) M Stereo, DTS
HD Master Audio) BOA 7111 $26.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video)
BOA 1091 $26.99 On Sale
In this darkly dramatic production of I Putitani,
Mariola Cantarero is compelling as the heroine on
the verge of insanity in one of the greatest mad
scenes in the history of opera. One of the leading
lyric tenors today, John Osborn sings Arturo with
fearless commitment and some spectacular top
notes. In the pit is the bel canto specialist Giuliano
Carella.
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DVDs and Blu-Ray Videos
Britten: War Requiem
Artists: Andris Nelsons/City
of Birmingham SO; City of
Birmingham SO Chorus; City of
Birmingham Sym. Youth Chorus.
Hanno Muller-Brachmann; Mark
Padmore; Erin Wall. (1 Blu-Ray
Video) (Arthaus DVD)
AHM 108070 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video)
AHM 101659 $21.99 On Sale
2012 brings the 50th anniversary of the premiere
of Britten’s War Requiem, one of the most powerful
pacifist statements in music. The anniversary
performance is conducted by the CBSO’s Music
Director, Andris Nelsons, featuring the Canadian
soprano Erin Wall, English tenor Mark Padmore
singing the role written for Peter Pears, and
German baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann.
C(h)oeurs - A project by Alain Platel
Works by: Verdi & Wagner
Artists: Marc Piollet/Chorus of
The Teatro Real; Orch. of The
Teatro Real. (Teatro Real)
(1 Blu-Ray Video)
TERL 97012 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video)
TERL 97013 $26.99 On Sale
Many works of Giuseppe Verdi
and Richard Wagner are linked to the liberal
revolutions of 1848, the “Springtime of Peoples”,
that swept away absolutism in Europe. C(h)oeurs,
a mix of Choirs (choeurs) and Hearts (coeurs)
in French. Accompanied by the Orchestra of the
Teatro Real, conducted by Marc Piollet, this is an
experience not to be missed.
Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven - Piano
Sonatas nos 1-6
(1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 147 min.;
Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
EUA 2066428 $21.99 On Sale
In this historic release, digitally remastered
and restored from original 35mm film, Daniel
Barenboim begins his exploration of Beethoven’s
thirty-two piano sonatas: the “New Testament” of
music. The sonatas were composed over a 25
year period and embody the shift from Classical
to Romantic, requiring extraordinary versatility of
musicianship.
Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven - the
Complete Piano Sonatas
(3 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts)
3 EUA 2066424 $73.49 On Sale
In 1983-84 pianist Daniel
Barenboim took on Beethoven’s
complete Piano Sonatas,
some of the most versatile and
challenging works for a pianist.
Composed across the rather
blurry boundary line between the Classical and
Romantic eras, the works are endlessly varied and
demanding of a broad musical ear and technique.
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Daniel Catan: Il Postino
Artists: Grant Gershon/Los
Angeles Chorus; Los Angeles
Opera Orch. Placido Domingo;
Vladimir Chernov; Nancy Fabiola
Herrera; Charles Castronovo;
Cristina Gallardo-Domas. (1
DVD-Video) (Sony Classical)
SNYC 88691919709
$17.99 On Sale
Based on the Academy Award®-winning 1994
Italian film that became a surprise hit with
audiences around the world, and also on the 1985
novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta,
Il Postino tells the story of a shy young postman
in a tiny Italian fishing village who discovers the
courage to pursue his dreams through his daily
deliveries to his only customer, the esteemed
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, played by Placido
Domingo.
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande
Artists: Franz Welser-Most/Zurich Opera House
Chorus; Zurich Opera House Orch. Michael Volle;
Isabel Rey; Rodney Gilfry. (Arthaus DVD)
(1 Blu-Ray Video) AHM 108050 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video) AHM 107285 $34.99 On Sale
A staging of Claude Debussy’s only completed
opera, Pelleas et Melisande, recorded live at the
Zurich Opera House. The opera’s premiere in
Paris in 1902 brought the new century to the stage.
“When he sings he opens a formidable treasure
chest of intelligent artistry... “Financial Times
Deutsche Oper Berlin: 100 Years, 1912-2012
Works: Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Domenico
Cimarosa (1749 - 1801): Il matrimonio segreto;
W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni; Verdi: Don Carlos;
Otello. Artists: Wolfgang Sawallisch/Deutsche
Oper Berlin Orch.; Artur Rother/Giuseppe Patané/
Lorin Maazel/Ferenc Fricsay. Dietrich FischerDieskau (Bar); et al. (6 DVD)
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For its 100th anniversary the Deutsche Oper Berlin
presents a special edition of live recordings. This
special edition box contains the live recordings
from the 1960s - treasures in black and white
featuring the greatest opera stars of the 20th
century in unforgotten roles and settings.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Schubert’s Die
Schone Mullerin
Works: Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op.
25. Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Bar); Andras
Schiff (Pno). (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD)
AHM 107269 $21.99 On Sale
In 1991, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau agreed to
perform Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin at the
Feldkirch Schubertiade - he had not sung the
song-cycle in public for twenty years.
Glenn Gould Plays Bach
Works: J.S. Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080;
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.
Artists: Glenn Gould (Pno). (3 DVD-Video) (Sony
Classical) . 3 SNYC 88691975049 $26.99 On Sale
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Ferdinand Herold: La fille mal Gardée
Artists: John Lanchbery/ROH Chorus; ROH Orch.
David Blair; Stanley Holden; Nadia Nerina. (1 DVDVideo) (ICA)
ICA 5088 $21.99 On Sale
This is the first release of ‘The Badly Guarded Girl’
on DVD and is one of the best-loved comic ballets
of all time. It showcases Frederick Ashton’s version
- widely regarded as the definitive interpretation.
This performance features Nadia Nerina as Lise (a
role that Ashton created her with mind).
Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra: Journey Of A Lifetime
Artists: Geog Solti/Chicago SO. (1 Blu-Ray Video)
(C Major Video) (Run Time: 107 min.; Region: All;
Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM
Stereo) CME 711804 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video) CME 711708 $21.99 On Sale
This fantastic documentary celebrates the 100th
birthday of Sir Georg Solti, one of the 20th
century’s most brilliant conductors and a leading
figure of musical culture worldwide. His major
conducting appointments are central to the film, as
are the memories of great musicians like Valery
Gergiev, C. von Dohnányi. A bonus concert with
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra shows Solti at
the top of his game.
Gidon Kremer Anniversary Edition
Works: Schubert: String Quintet in C; Bach:
Partitas for solo violin; Mozart; Piazzolla; Rozsa;
Part; Schnittke et al. Artists: Gidon Kremer/
Kremerata Baltica. Gidon Kremer (Vln); Ula Ulijona
(Vla). (3 DVD-Video) (EuroArts)
3 EUA 2059408 $26.99 On Sale
For more than 40 years Gideon Kremer has been
one of the world’s foremost violinists and musical
personalities. This edition - performed alongside
his own ensemble composed of young Baltic
musicians, the Kremerata Baltica - is an outstanding
example of his uncommonly extensive repertoire
from Bach to the world of 20th century music.
Giuseppe Verdi: Attila
Artists: Bruno Bartoletti/Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. Cristiano
Cremonini (Tnr); Giovanni Battista Parodi (Tnr);
Roberto de Biasio (Tnr); Susanna Branchini (Tnr);
Sebastian Catana (Tnr).
(1 Blu-Ray Video) CME 721704 $34.99 On Sale
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C Major presents for the first time on Blu-ray the
introduction to the opera Attila.
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Artists: Lorin Maazel/Coro del Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino; Symphonica Toscanini. Francesco
Meli; Norma Fantini; Rafal Siwek; Anna Smirnova.
(1 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts)
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The performance of Verdi’s famous Messa
da Requiem celebrating Toscanini’s fiftieth
anniversary of death in 2007 took place at the
beautiful basilica of St Mark’s in Venice, where it
was first performed on 22 May 1874 to mark the
first anniversary of the death of the Italian poet
Alessandro Manzoni.
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❦Handel: Rinaldo / Harry Bicket
Artists: Harry Bicket/Bavarian
State Opera Chorus; Bavarian
State Opera Orch. David
Daniels; Deborah York; David
Walker. (1 DVD-Video)
AHM 100389 $34.99 On Sale
Opera-goers were quick to
latch onto such a glittering and
star-studded production. David
Alden’s production of Rinaldo was a riot from
beginning to end, brilliantly designed by Paul
Steinberg and Buki Shiff. The singing was fabulous
[...] A great and representative show.” The Times
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Anniversary Edition
Artists: performances by Rubinstein; Mehta;
Zukerman; Barenboim; Bernstein Stern; Shaham;
Vengerov; Perlman (7 DVD-Video) (EuroArts)
(Run Time: 610 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC,
16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Mono & Stereo, DD
5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo)
7 EUA 2059458 $91.49 On Sale
This luxury 7-DVD Anniversary box set is a must
for every fan and friend of the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra. Star-studded historic concerts abound
to honor the Orchestra in major anniversary
concerts. Nine glorious hours of music concludes
with Coming Home, János Darvas’ timely and
sensitive documentary portrayal of the Israel
Philharmonic. Not to be missed!
Jascha Heifetz In Performance
Works by: Mozart, Prokofiev, Debussy,
Rachmaninov, Gershwin, J.S. Bach, Bruch. (1
DVD-Video) (Sony Classical)
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The ‘Heifetz in Performance’ DVD captures
the legendary violinist at his peak and features
selections of his favorite repertoire. Included in
the program are several short works for violin and
piano performed in recital with accompanist Brooks
Smith, a recording session for the Bach Chaconne,
a concert performance of Bruch’s ‘Scottish
Fantasy’ with the Orchestre National de France
and candid comments by Heifetz on aspects of
music teaching and his personal views.
Journeys in Sound - A documentary tribute to
John Cage
Works: John Cage (1912 - 1992): Second
Construction for 4 Percussionists; Water Music,
for one or more players, piano, radio, whistles,
water containers & a deck of cards. Artists:
Schlagquartett Köln. Steffen Schleiermacher
(Pno). (Accentus)
(1 Blu-Ray Video) ACTS 10246 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video) ACTS 20246 $21.99 On Sale
A sonic innovator or an expert on chance? This
documentary by Oscar-winning director Allan Miller
and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute
to the most fascinating American avant-garde
composer.containers & a deck of cards.
Stereo)
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New Releases
New DVD & Blu-Ray
Mahler: Symphonies Nos.1-10 / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [11 Blu-Ray or DVD]
Conductors: Lorin Maazel; Fabio Luisi; Marris Jansons; Eliahu Inbal; Daniel Harding; Bernard Haitink;
Daniele Gatti; Ivan Fischer; Pierre Boulez. (RCO Live)
(11 Blu-Ray Video) 11 RCOL 12102 $124.99
(11 DVD-Video) 11 RCOL 12101 $124.99
The videos in this boxed set of live HD recordings of the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra were filmed during the 2009-2011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam’s
Concertgebouw. The set’s eleven discs include performances led by renowned
conductors such as Daniele Gatti, Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez andIvßn Fischer. In
addition to all ten of Mahler’s ground-breakingSymphonies, the collection also includes
Totenfeier and Das Lied von der Erde and features world class soloists including
soprano Miah Persson, mezzo Bernarda Fink and tenor Robert Dean Smith. All of this amazing music is
vividly brought to life in surround sound and lifelike high resolution video.
At White Nights / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano;
Gergiev [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Works: Tchaikovsky: Piano
Concerto no. 1; Rachmaninov:
Prelude, Op. 32/2; Shostakovich:
Sym. no. 14; Tsujii: Elegy for the
Victims of the Earthquake and
Tsunami of 3/11/2011. Artists:
Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano. Valery
Gergiev/Mariinsky Theater SO.
(EuroArts) (110 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/
NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo,
DTS HD Master Audio Surround)
(1 Blu-Ray) EUA 2059354 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD) EUA 2059358 $21.99 On Sale
Barbara Hendricks - My Favourite Opera [DVD]
Works: Donizetti: Don
Pasquale. Artists: Barbara
Hendricks, Gabriele Ferro;
Gabriel Bacquier; Gino Quilico
(1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run
Time: 55 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
. EUA 2001818 $17.99 On Sale
Barbara Hendricks has selected her favorite role
as Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale to bring
under the microscope, with musical and stage
rehearsals and interviews painting an intimate
portrait of a master.
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Barenboim [DVD]
Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos 7 - 13
Artists: Daniel Barenboim, piano (1 DVD-Video)
(EuroArts) (Run Time: 154 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM
Stereo)
EUA 2066488 $21.99 On Sale
This is the second volume of Daniel Barenboim’s
survey of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.
Lisa de la Salle: A Portrait of the Pianist [CD & DVD]
Works: Music of Mozart, Rachmaninov, Bach,
Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev et al. Artists: Au Theatre
des Bouffes du Nord. (CD & DVD) (Naïve)
2 NAI 5310 $16.99
For Naive’s 10th anniversary of recording activity
with Lise de la Salle, now 24 years-old, they offer
this beautiful CD / DVD package of outstanding
performances in diverse repertoires. The bonus
DVD includes a 93’ recital.
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Britten: The Turn of the Screw [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Artists: Miah Persson, Toby
Spence, Susan Bickley, Giselle
Allen. London PO, Jakub Hrusa.
Jakub Hrusa/London PO. (FRA
Musica)
(1 Blu-Ray) FRAM 507 $33.49
(1 DVD) FRAM 007 $28.49
FRA Musica presents Jonathan
Kent’s eerily unsettling staging
of Britten’s ‘Turn of the Screw’ recorded at
the Glyndebourne Festival with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jakub
Hrusa.
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Barenboim [DVD]
Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos 14-21
Artists: Daniel Barenboim, piano (1 DVD-Video)
(EuroArts) (Run Time: 158 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM
Stereo)
EUA 2066498 $21.99 On Sale
This is the third volume of Daniel Barenboim’s
survey of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.
Beethoven: Symphonies nos 1 - 9 / Gielen [3 DVD]
Artists: Michael Gielen/SWR Sinfonieorchester.
(3 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 365 min.;
Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4/3, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
3 EUA 2050558 $34.99 On Sale
Berlin Opera Night 2011 / Deutsche Oper
Berlin [DVD]
Works: Highlights from operas by Rossini, Verdi,
Meyerbeer, Wagner, Delibes, and Sartori. Artists:
Demuro, Esposito, Genaux, Ilincai, Kernes. Donald
Runnicles/Deutsche Oper Berlin. (1 DVD-Video)
(EuroArts) (Run Time: 75 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt:
NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
EUA 2059008 $17.99 On Sale
Boris Blacher: Preussisches Marchen [DVD]
Artists: Lisa Otto, Ivan Sardi, Manfred Rohrl, Gerti
Zeumer. Caspar Richter/Deutsche Opera Berlin.
(1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 103
min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
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This world-premiere recording seeks to invigorate
the biting classic and introduce it to today’s
audience with the characteristic vim and verve of
the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Videos for February
Thousands of DVDs & Blu-Rays On Sale!
Mission / Cecilia Bartoli sings the music of Agostino Steffani at Versailles. [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Artists: Diego Fasolis/I Barocchisti. (Decca) (Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC,
16:9, Color)
(1 Blu-Ray Video) DEC B001769159 $36.98
(1 DVD-Video) DEC B001769009 $28.48
Cecilia Bartolia returns with another spellbinding adventure - exploring the music and
mystery of the maverick priest Agostino Steffani. Oliver Simonnet (Sacrificum, 2009)
presents his cinematographic vision of Cecilia Bartoli’s most recent album ‘Mission.
This spectacular film was made at the Chateau de Versailles and features many
of its most exquisite rooms and design - including the famous Hall of Mirrors - as a
backdrop to Cecilia’s fabulous performances, and stunning dresses. Cecilia Bartoli
is accompanied by the leading Baroque ensemble I Barrochisti, directed by Diego Fasolis. She is also
joined on screen and in duet with guest star, countertenor Philippe Jarrousky.
Bruckner: The Mature
Symphonies [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Works: Bruckner: Symphonhy
No. 4 (live, June 2010) Artists:
Daniel Barenboim/Staatskapelle
Berlin. (69 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): DTS HD Master
Audio, LPCM Stereo) (Accentus)
(Blu-Ray) ACTS 10217 $34.99 On Sale
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Der Tagesspiegel describes Barenboim’s Bruckner
as ‘... conceived and performed very theatrically,
like an opera without words.”
Handel: Deidamia / Ivor Bolton
[DVD]
Artists: Sally Matthews, Veronica
Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk, Silvia
Tro Santaté. Ivor Bolton/Concerto
Koln. (1 DVD-Video) (BBC Opus
Arte) (208 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS
5.1)
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Handel’s last Italian opera, Deidamia, is set at the
time of the Trojan War.
Handel: Giulio Cesare / Dessay, Haim [2 DVD]
Artists: Aldo Caputo, Priscille Laplace, Alberto
Rinaldi. Claudio Scimone/ Stefano Mazzonis di
Pralafera. (1 DVD-Video) (Dynamic) (54 min.;
Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) DYN 33741 $27.99 On Sale
This is the first recording on DVD of the original
French version of Donizetti’s ‘Rita’ is a small but
significant example of Donizetti’s work in the
1840s.
Artists: Natalie Dessay,
Lawrence Zazzo, isabel Leonard,
Varduhi Abrahamyan et al.
Emmanuelle Haim/Le Concert
d’Astrée. (2 DVD-Video) (Virgin)
2 VCL 236669 $23.48
“We’re off into the wacky world
of director Laurent Pelly’s new
production of Handel’s 1724
Giulio Cesare at the Paris Opera... there is never a
dull moment.”
Franz Lehar: Operetta Films [3 DVD]
Leos Janacek: Jenufa / Marko Ivanovic [DVD]
Donizetti: Rita, ou le Mari Battu [DVD]
Works: Franz Lehar: Der Graf von Luxemburg,
Paganini, Zigeunerliebe. Artists: Janet Perry,
Adolph Dallapozza, Colette Lorand et al. Heinz
Wallberg/Munich Radio SO and Chorus; Walter
Goldschmidt/Kurt Graunke SO; Wolfgang Ebert/
Munich Radio SO. (3 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD)
(Run Time: 290 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC,
4:3, Color)
3 AHM 107525 $52.49 On Sale
This collection gathers filmed historic live
productions and television productions from the
early 1970s.
G.F. Handel: Alcina / Alan Hacker [DVD]
Artists: Catherine Naglestad, Alice Coote, Helene
Schneiderman, Catriona Smith. Alan Hacker/
Stuttgart State Orch. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus
DVD) (159 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9,
Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
AHM 102300 $26.99 On Sale
With this Alcina directing team Jossi Wieler and
Sergio Morabito show just how modern Handel
can be. A determinedly sensual reading of courtly if not quite courteous - love.
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Artists: Ingrid Tobiasson,
Gitta-Maria Sjoberg, Erika
Sunnegardh. Marko Ivanovic/
Malmo Opera Orch. & Chorus. (1
DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run
Time: 121 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1)
AHM 101665 $26.99 On Sale
This live recording from the Malmo Opera and
director Orpha Phelan feels heartbreakingly
familiar and affecting as only a tragedy of ordinary
human beings can.
Kyong Mee Choi: Eternal Tao [DVD]
Works: Kyong Mee Choi: Eternal Tao - A
Multimedia Opera with voices, Instruments, Video,
Electronics, dancers & lighting. Artists: Michael
Lewanski/Ensemble Dal Niente. (1 DVD-Video)
(Ravello)
RAEL 7866 $21.99 On Sale
Eternal Tao is a one-act multimedia opera that
presents the text of Tzu’s Ta Te Ching translated
and re-imagined in the context of modern society.
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Puccini: La Boheme / Netrebko, Beczala, Machaidze, Cavalletti [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Artists: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Nino Machaidze, Massimo Cavalletti, Alessio
Arduini et al. Daniele Gatti/Vienna PO. (Deutsche Grammophon) (Region: 0; Pic Fmt:
NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color)
(1 Blu-Ray) DGG B001779859 $36.98
(1 DVD) DGG B001777209 $28.48
The incomparable Anna Netrebko follows Deutsche Grammophon’s acclaimed,
best-selling 2008 audio release of La Bohome. Now you can watch Anna Netrebko
perform Mimi - a role written for her acting and singing abilities. The New York Times
wrote, “You don’t often hear Mimi sung with such vivid character and sheer charisma”.
Throughout his reading conductor Daniele Gatti strikes the perfect balance between
sentiment and sentimentality, vigor and fragility, the specter of untimely death and the quick and young it
haunts.
Luigi Cherubini: Médée /
Rousset [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Artists: Nadja Michael, Kurt
Streit, Christianne Stotjin,
Vincent Le Texier. Christophe
Rousset (Bel Air Classiques)
(138 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt:
Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD
5.1, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1)
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(2 DVD) 2 BAC 076 $34.99 On Sale
Cherubini’s faithful version of Euripides’ ancient
tragedy is one of the most savage and powerful
works of the opera repertoire.
Masterclass in Cremona, Vol. 2 with Salvatore
Accardo [DVD]
Works: Music of Beethoven.
Artists: Accardo, Falasca,
Bellocchio, Dego, Leonardi. (1
DVD-Video) (Dynamic) (Run
Time: 79 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
.
DYN 33737 $27.99 On Sale
Dynamic is happy to feature a series of DVDs
proposing the master classes held by Salvatore
Accardo in Cremona, the world capital of Violin
Making.
Mendelssohn Unknown - A Documentary by
Angelo Bozzolini [DVD]
Artists: Roberto Prosseda, Steven Isserlis,
Riccardo Chailly, Sonig Tchakerian. (1 DVD-Video)
(EuroArts) (Run Time: 98 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt:
NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
EUA 2058858 $21.99 On Sale
Mendelssohn Unknown is the most complete and
up-to-date documentary about Felix Mendelssohn
ever made.
Mozart: The Magic Flute / Georg Solti [2 DVD]
Artists: René Pape, Deon Van Der Walt, Herbert
Lippert, Luciana Serra. Georg Solti/Vienna PO.
Ruth Ziesak; Anton Scharinger; Ren‚ Pape;
Luciana Serra; Herbert Lippert. (2 DVD-Video)
(Decca)
2 DEC B001780709 $36.98
A never-before- released performance of Mozart’s
magical last opera under the baton of Sir Georg
Solti. Filmed at the Salzburg Festival in the Mozart
Bicentenary Year of 1991.
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Mozart: The Marriage of
Figaro / Zubin Mehta [2 DVD]
Artists: Lucio Gallo, Eteri
Gvazava, Patrizia Ciofi, Giorgio
Surian. Zubin Mehta/Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino. (2 DVDVideo) (Arthaus DVD) (Run
Time: 181 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
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Pergolesi: Il Flaminio / Ottavio Dantone [BluRay or 2 DVD]
Artists: Juan Gatell, Laura Polverelli, Marina De
Liso, Serena Malfi. Ottavio Dantone/Accademia
Bizantina. (Arthaus DVD) (183 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s):
PCM Stereo, DD 5.1/DTS HD MasterAudio)
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Brilliant staging highlights the interweaving and
layering of truth and fiction, passion and irony,
tragedy and comedy. A delight.
Pergolesi: La Salustia / Corrado Rovaris [BluRay or 2 DVD]
Artists: Vittorio Prato, Serena Malfi, Laura
Polverelli, Giacinta Nicotra. Corrado Rovaris/
Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani. (Arthaus
DVD) (185 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/
NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo,
DD 5.1, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1)
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Pergolesi’s first opera is filled with emotion and
drama -- a story of deceitful plots and knotting
mistrust; of two women who struggle for power and
justice as they see it.
Richard Strauss: Salome / Daniel Harding, La
cala [DVD]
Artists: Peter Bronder, Iris Vermillion, Nadja
Michael, Falk Struckmann. Daniel Harding/Teatro
alla Scala Orch. (1 DVD) (Arthaus DVD) (Run
Time: 108 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: DVD 9, NTSC,
16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1,
Dolby Digital 5.1) AHM 107323 $26.99 On Sale
In this production Nadja Michael perfectly captures
the iconoclastic title character, magnificently
present in voice, body, and mind throughout.
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February
Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago SO [DVD]
Rossini: La Cenerentola /
Teatro Carlo Felice [2 DVD]
Artists: Antonino Siragusa,
Sonia Ganassi, Marco Vinco.
Renato Palumba Ranato
Palumbo/Teatro Carlo Felice. (2
DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run
Time: 169 min.; Region: 0; Pic
Fmt: DVD 9, NTSC, 16:9, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1)
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Arthaus presents Rossini’s popular retelling of the
Cinderella fairytale in an unusual staging by Paul
Curran. The work - often oversimplified as a comic
romp - gains unexpected gravitas from its setting
in 1912, a period when class differences were very
real.
Rossini: Mose in Egitto / Roberto Abbado [BluRay or DVD]
Artists: Riccardo Zanellato,
Alex Esposito, Dmitry Korchak,
Sonia Ganassi. Roberto
Abbado/Teatro Comunale di
Bologna Orch. & Chorus (BBC
Opus Arte) (Run Time: 170
min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: BluRay/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1)
(1 Blu-Ray) BOA 7112 $26.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video) BOA 1093 $26.99 On Sale
A modern-day interpretation of Rossini’s “Mose in
Egitto” sets the scene at the prestigious Rossini
Festival in Pesaro. For conductor Roberto Abbado,
the transposition of the action to the present day
releases the energy of Rossini’s music.
3 Operas by Scarlatti, Cimarosa & Sarro [DVD]
Works: Scarlatti: La Dirindina; Cimarosa: Il
Maestro di Cappella; Domenico Sarro: L’Impresario
delle Canarie. Artists: Regia Goffredo Gori,
Giorgrio Gatti, Patrizia Cigna, Adriana Cicogna,
Ernesto Palacio. Riccardo Cirri/Orch. Ars Cantus.
(1 DVD-Video) (Bongiovanni) (Run Time: 125
min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: DVD 9, 4:3, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo) BGV 20023 $26.99 On Sale
Schumann at Pier2 / Paavo Jarvi [DVD]
Works: A concert and documentary film that includes
the Schumann Symphonies nos 1-4. Artists: Paavo
Jarvi/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. (1
DVD-Video) (C Major) CME 712108 $21.99 On Sale
Paavo Jarvi and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Bremen have pushed the norm a bit by setting
Schumann’s four symphonies in a dockside
warehouse normally used for rock concerts. This
documentary explores that project in depth.
Sasha Waltz: Nobody - Three piece choreographic
cycle about the human body [DVD]
In 1999, Sasha Waltz started working on her
three-piece choreographic cycle about the human
body, relating her dancers’ bodies to architecture,
science, and history. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus
DVD) (Pic Fmt: NTSC, Color)
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Works: Mozart Sym. 35; Mahler:
Sym. 5; Mussorgsky: Pictures;
Beethoven: Egmont Ov. Sym. 5
Artists: Georg Solti/Chicago SO.
(3 DVD-Video) (Sony Classical)
(Run Time: 203 min.; Region: 0;
Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Letterbox,
Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM
Stereo)
3 SNYC 88691975489 $26.99 On Sale
To mark the occasion of what would have been
Sir Georg Solti’s 100th birthday, Sony Classical
presents ‘Sir Georg Solti Conducts the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra’, a new 3-DVD box set
featuring footage of live concert performances
from Tokyo.
The Berlin Philharmonic in Singapore / Rattle,
BPO [Blu-Ray in 3D or DVD]
Works: Mahler: Symphony no
1; Rachmaninov: Symphonic
Dances. Artists: Simon Rattle/
Berlin PO (2010). (EuroArts)
(120 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt:
Blu-Ray 3D/NTSC 16:9, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): PCM 2.0, DTS
HD Master Audio Surround)
(1 Blu-Ray) EUA 2058904 $34.99 On Sale
(DVD Video) EUA 2058908 $21.99 On Sale
This spectacular release, which chronicles the
first Singapore visit of the Berlin Philharmonic is
presented in stunning 3D Blu-ray for images and
sound that put you in the concert!
Verdi: Alzira / Gustav Kuhn [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Artists: Francesco Fancini, Thomas Gazheli,
Ferdinand von Bothmer, Junko Saito. Gustav
Kuhn/Orch. Haydn di Bolzano et Trento. (C Major
Video) (115 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/
NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo,
DTS HD Master Audio 5.1)
(1 Blu-Ray Video) CME 721504 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD-Video) CME 721408 $26.99 On Sale
The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to all
of Verdi’s works, including the lesser known gems
like Alzira, here presented for the first time on DVD
and Blu-ray. The uninitiated can also get a quick
introduction to the opera before moving on to this
beautifully simple unstaged reading.
Verdi: I Masnadieri / Nicola Luisotti [Blu-Ray
or DVD]
Artists: Giacomo Presti, Aquiles Machado, Artur
Rucinski, Lucrecia Garcia. Nicola Luisotti/Teatro
di San Carlo Orch. & Chorus (C Major Video)
(135 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC,
16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD
Master Audio 5.1)
(1 Blu-Ray) CME 722304 $34.99 On Sale
(1 DVD) CME 722208 $26.99 On Sale
The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to
all of Verdi’s works including hidden beauties like I
masnadieri - this is its first production on DVD and
Blu-ray, conducted by tour de force Nicola Luisotti
and performed by top Verdi interpreters and the
Orchestra and Chorus of the teatro di San Carlo.
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Tutto Verdi: The Complete 26 Operas / Teatro Regio [27 Blu-Rays or 30 DVDs]
Works: Verdi: The Complete 26 Operas plus Messa da Requiem. Artists: Daniela
Dessì, Marcelo Álvarez, Leo Nucci, Nino Machaidze, Fiorenza Cedolins, Norma Fantini
and many others. Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma; Orch. Del Teatro Regio Di Parma.
(C Major Video)
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(30 DVDs) 30 CME 721808 $639.99 On Sale
To mark the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, the Teatro Regio di Parma,
Unitel Classica and C Major Video have joined forces to realize a truly unique and
monumental project - Tutto Verdi. For the first time ever, Verdi’s complete operatic
output is now available in High Definition and Surround Sound on DVD and Bluray Disc. Each recently recorded production includes a 10 minute introduction explaining the story,
characters and history of the opera. The Tutto Verdi Premium collection is lavishly presented in a LP-size
box, with a linen-bound 124 page book.
Verdi: Macbeth / Bruno
Bartoletti [Blu-Ray or DVD]
Artists: Leo Nucci, Enrico Iori,
Sylvie Valayre, Robert Iuliano.
Bruno Bartoletti/Teatro Regio di
Parma Chrus; Teatro Regio di
Parma Orch. (C Major Video)
(1 Blu-Ray Video)
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(1 DVD Video) CME 722008 $26.99 On Sale
A new release from C Major’s ambitious Tutto
Verdi project introduces audiences to one of
Verdi’s most underrated operas. Bruno Bartoletti
leads the impressive forces of Il Teatro Regio di
Parma.
Wolfgang Rihm: Oedipus / Christof Prick [DVD]
Artists: Andreas Schmidt,
William Pell, William Dooley,
William Murray. Christof Prick/
Deutsche Opera Berlin. (1 DVDVideo) (Arthaus DVD) (Run
Time: 105 min.; Region: 0; Pic
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As one of the most versatile and best-known
contemporary composers in Germany, Wofgang
Rihm has always impressed and shocked with
the powerful expressiveness of his music. His
Oedipus, here in its 1987 premiere performance,
loses none of its impact over the years.
Verdi: Attila / Sofia National Opera [DVD]
Artists: Orlin Anastasov,
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Anastosov, Daniel Damyanov.
Plamen Kartaloff/Sofia National
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was received more enthusiastically or won the
composer more laurels than Attila.
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Explore the World from you Armchair!
Norway: Maihaugen Open-Air Museum & Norwegian
Folk Museum, Oslo / Music by Grieg [DVD]
The music chosen for this tour
of Norway is by the Norwegian
composer Edvard Grieg, taken
from his many Lyric Pieces,
short piano pieces that reflect
the culture and life of Norway.
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France, A musical Visit to Provence / Music by
Saint-Saens & Bizet [DVD]
The music is taken from the
orchestral suites derived by
Georges Bizet from his music for
Alphonse Daudet’s melodrama
L’Arlesienne (The Girl from
Arles), the story of the vain love
and suicide of a young relative
of the provencal poet Mistral.
Camille Saint-Saens composed
his Carnival of the Animals to entertain his friends.
The procession of animals ranges from lions to
fish, pianists, critics, and fossils. (1 DVD-Video)
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Finland / Music by Jean Sibelius [DVD]
Scenes of Finland and its capital
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of Savonlinna, site of an ancient
castle and Kerimäki, with its
wooden church, suggest a vision
of a remarkable country, molded
by its geographical features
and its varied and long history.
Finland found its musical identity
largely through the work of Jean Sibelius, whose
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Morton Gould: American Legend [3 CDs]
Works: Morton Gould:
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Schubert: Chamber Music from The Last
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