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One of this fall's guaranteed hits, harmonia mundi's star choral ensemble Stile Antico sing music for Advent & Christmas on their new CD Puer natus est (p.5). Also on harmonia mundi, the Freiburger Barockorchester delivers a glittering banquet of late Baroque chamber music with their recording of Telemann’s Complete Tafelmusik (p.4), and Bernarda Fink joins the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in a spectacular reading of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (p.7). On Alia Vox, Jordi Savall's Le Concert Spirituel (p.8) recreates public concerts that took place in Paris from 1725 to 1790. Channel Classics offers a new SACD of Bach's Violin Concertos (p.9) featuring Rachel Podger and her group Brecon Baroque, while on Gimell, The Tallis Scholars present the first 4 disc set in a three volume series called Sacred Music in the Renaissance (p.12). On Hyperion, Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers release a second volume in their Ikon series (p.15) and Hagai Shaham is back for volume nine in the Romantic Violin Concerto series (p.17). LSO Live marks its tenth anniversary with Sir Colin Davis's eagerly anticipated recording of Verdi's Otello (p.25), and Onyx debuts BBC New Generation Artist Shai Wosner on a recording of piano music by Brahms and Schönberg (p.26). Another special highlight of October is Orange Mountain's première of the Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2 (p.27) featuring Robert McDuffie. In non-classical releases, Le Chant du Monde’s Moussu T et lei Jovents return with Putan de Cançon (p.32), and World Village welcomes the debut of Tuvan throatsingers Huun Huur Tu (p.33). Other releases of note include East Meets West's DVD Raga (p.35), a 1971 documentary on Ravi Shankar and Plus Loin's Nina (p.37) featuring jazz vocalist Kellylee Evans.
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René Jacobs' Magic Flute is a "game-changer "René Jacobs’s new recording of Die Zauberflöte really is a revelation.… Jacobs’s theatrical flair ensures a triumphant success…brings it to life like never before. Jacobs’s account is a game-changer." – BBC
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Handel: Ombra Cara Bejun Mehta, René Jacobs harmonia mundi • HMC 902077
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Bejun Mehta sings Handel For his first solo recital for harmonia mundi, countertenor Bejun Mehta sings arias by Handel from the repertoire of the famous castrato Senesino. Encompassing the gamut of emotion from shadow ("Ombra cara") to light ("Sento la gioia"), this album re-introduces Mehta's prodigious talents as a solo artist.
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
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Tiberghien’s Chopin recital harmonia harmoniamundi mundi
CHOPIN Mazurkas Polonaise-Fantaisie, Scherzo, Nocturne
Cedric Tiberghien (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902073
“Tiberghien leaps from the ruck of talented young pianists by making the music his own, taking you on to a plane where the interpreter’s craft is fully disposed to communicating the music’s fundamentals.”
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With this new disc, pianist Cédric Tiberghien offers us a panorama of Chopin’s output. A selection of the composer’s charming Mazurkas are framed by three other seminal works. The Mazurkas, written between 1830 and 1849, are inspired by Polish folk music, but are polished and stylized in the Romantic tradition. This is Tiberghien’s second disc of Chopin for harmonia mundi, and it provides yet another fine example of his probing intellect and sparkling technique.
Also available harmonia mundi • HMC 901943 (794881816828)
“These interpretations can easily seduce you…”
— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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Chopin & Brahms: Ballades
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Telemann’s colorful Tafelmusik harmonia frémeaux mundi
TELEMANN The Complete Tafelmusik
Freiburger Barockorchester, Go fried von der Goltz harmonia mundi • HMC 902042
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Tafelmusik (table music) is a term used since the mid-16th century for music played at feasts and banquets. Some of the most significant composers of Tafelmusik included Johann Schein and Michael Praetorius, who wrote about the genre in his Syntagma musicum of 1619. Composed in 1733, Telemann’s Tafelmusik has been compared as a collection to the renowned Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach in clearly demonstrating the composer’s supreme skill in handling a diversity of musical genres and a variety of instruments. Played here by the Freiburger Barockorchester under the direction of their leader Gottfried von der Goltz, these Baroque gems shine as never before. Special pricing makes this set ideal for gift-giving.
“The liveliest ensemble now on the international early-music scene.”
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos.39 & 40
harmonia mundi • HMC 901959 (794881943722)
“Jacobs really does raise the bar to new levels, in technique, imagination, and expression.” — BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
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Stile Antico sings Renaissance Christmas music harmonia harmoniamundi mundi
Puer natus est Tudor Music for Advent & Christmas
Stile Antico harmonia mundi • HMU 807517
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“Stile Antico continues to set new standards for Renaissance polyphonic singing.” — THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Also available harmonia mundi • HMU 807419 (093046741969)
Heavenly Harmonies
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Song of Songs
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Sheppard: Media Vita
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Music for Compline
SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD For their fifth album, young British choral stars Stile Antico turn to Thomas Tallis’ magnificent seven-part Christmas Mass, based on the plainchant Puer natus est (“A boy is born”). The mass is interspersed with seasonal Tudor music, including William Byrd’s exquisite Propers for the fourth Sunday of Advent (from the Gradualia of 1605), responsories by Taverner and Sheppard, Robert White’s exuberant setting of the Magnificat, and Tallis’ own sublime Videte miraculum. All of Stile Antico’s previous recordings for harmonia mundi have charted on Billboard and the group has twice earned the Diapason d’Or de l’année, the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and twice received GRAMMY® nominations. Their phenomenally successful 2009 release Song of Songs was the winner of a 2009 Gramophone award.
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Tokyo Quartet Beethoven cycle now complete BEETHOVEN The ‘Late’ String Quartets
Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi • HMU 807481
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3 CDs for the price of 2 SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The Tokyo String Quartet completes its acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the composer’s valedictory quartets of 1825-26. As he looked ahead to structures and soundworlds then unimagined, and glanced back to the bedrock counterpoint of Western music, Beethoven turned inwards to his well of experience, much of it harsh, from which he drew this music of transcendent power.
Ga i’s magnificent Tchaikovsky TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies Nos.4-6 Serenade, Romeo & Juilet Overture, Capriccio Italien
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Ga i harmonia mundi • HMX 2907561
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Maestro Daniele Gatti leads the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in visionary, romantic readings of Tchaikovsky’s last three symphonies. This specially-priced reissue also includes the composer’s Capriccio Italien, the Romeo and Juliet overture and the much-loved Serenade for Strings.
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Pergolesi’s timeless masterpiece harmonia mundi
PERGOLESI Stabat mater, Salve Regina VIVALDI Sinfonia “Al Santo Sepolcro” LOCATELLI Concerto a 4 “Il Pianto d’Arianna”
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin harmonia mundi • HMC 902072
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The Stabat mater is a thirteenth-century Roman Catholic hymn variously attributed to Pope Innocent III and Friar Jacopone da Todi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line of verse, Stabat mater dolorosa (“The sorrowful mother stood”). One of the most powerful and immediate of extant medieval poems, the Stabat mater meditates on the suffering of Mary during Jesus’ crucifixion and is traditionally sung at the liturgy on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. Pergolesi’s musical setting is one of the most beloved works in all of classical music. This new recording from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin features vocal solos by alto Bernarda Fink and soprano Anna Prohaska.
Recently released “The best period orchestra in the world.” — EARLY MUSIC AMERICA
harmonia mundi • HMC 902061 (794881942725)
“This disc is a stunner.”
— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW
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Vivaldi: Four Seasons
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Savall performs music from the time of Louis XV harmonia frémeaux alia mundi vox
Le Concert Spirituel Music from the time of Louis XV
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9877
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ADVANCE REVIEW “Jordi Savall, master of ingenious programming, recreates a Concert Spirituel… Sumptuously produced with generous notes, this release is highly recommended.” — BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The Concert spirituel was one of the first public concert series in existence. The concerts began in Paris in 1725 and ended in 1790. The series was founded to provide entertainment on religious holidays when the other spectacles (the Paris Opera, Comédie-Francaise and Comédie-Italienne) were closed. The programs featured a mixture of sacred choral works and virtuosic instrumental pieces, and for many years took place in a magnificently decorated Salle des Cent Suisses in the Tuileries Palace. They were primarily attended by well-to- do bourgeois, the lower aristocracy and foreign visitors. Jordi Savall brings these magnificent evenings back to life, thanks to an imaginary “concert spirituel” program featuring three major composers from three major European countries: Corelli, Telemann and Rameau. This album enables us to rediscover the quintessence of the musical life during the reign of Louis XV. As you have come to expect from Alia Vox, it features superlative soloists, magnificent artwork and state-of-the-art sound engineering.
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Recently released Dinastia Borja
Alia Vox • AVSA 9874 (7619986398747)
Rachel Podger returns to Bach channel classics
BACH Violin Concertos
Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque Channel Classics • CCS SA 30910
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“Here is an artist whose musicality transcends technical difficulties and takes you straight to the heart of the music.” — ENJOY THE MUSIC
SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Brecon Baroque was founded in 2007 by violinist Rachel Podger as resident ensemble at her annual Brecon Baroque Festival. The group’s international line-up consists of some of some of the leading lights in the period-instrument world, such as cellist Alison McGillivray, flautist Katie Bircher, oboist Alexandra Bellamy and violist Jane Rogers, as well as some of Rachel’s “star” former students who now occupy leading positions in many of Europe’s finest ensembles. For their debut recording, Brecon Baroque accompanies Podger in a selection of concertos by JS Bach. Future recording plans include Bach’s Art of Fugue and Telemann’s Tafelmusik.
Also available Channel • CCS SA 2498 (723385249825)
“Podger’s infectious charm and unaffected musicianship are hard to resist.” — BBC Music Magazine
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Bach: Sonatas & Partitas
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New releases in Du on’s Epoch series RUBBRA Violin Sonata No.2 BERKELEY Sonatina, Theme & Variations REIZENSTEIN Prolog, Variations & Finale, Three Pieces
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Frederick Grinke (violin), Edmund Rubbra (piano), Lennox Berkeley (piano), Max Rostal (violin), Franz Reizenstein (piano) Dutton • CDLX 7232
Thanks to high quality originals, these unmissable mono composer-recordings are being reissued by Dutton in its Epoch series. Frederick Grinke plays Rubbra’s eloquent second Violin Sonata and two charming scores by Lennox Berkeley, while Max Rostal gives Reizenstein’s Prologue, Variations and Finale a tremendous authority. These are cornerstones of the British twentieth century chamber music repertoire, here in their definitive recordings with all the weight of their composers’ performances.
BRIDGE Piano Quintet, Three Sketches for Piano, Phantasie in F Minor, Pensiero, Allegro Appassionato, Violin Sonata, Spring Song
London Bridge Ensemble, Daniel Tong (piano) Dutton • CDLX 7254
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In this tuneful and attractive program, pianist Daniel Tong and the London Bridge Ensemble present three major chamber works by Frank Bridge from his engaging pre-First World War period, including the recording of Paul Hindmarsh’s edition of the Violin Sonata. Commanding performances of the well-known Piano Quintet of 1912 and the comparatively little-known Phantasie for string quartet, with which Bridge won second prize in the Cobbett Competition in 1905, make a fine group. These chamber works are complemented by charming performances of three solo piano pieces - April, Rosemary and Valse Capricieuse.
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Bach Suites with an Italian flair Price Code: 2A12 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $25.98)
Luigi Piovano (cello) Eloquentia • EL 1021
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BACH Cello Suites
In addition to his work as a soloist, Luigi Piovano is the principal cellist of the Symphony Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. He began his career touring the world with the Camerata Lysy under Yehudi Menuhin’s direction. A regular performer in the US, Piovano has appeared at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Music Festival. This new set of Bach Suites for Eloquentia enters a crowded field, but Piovano’s wit, intelligence and prodigious skill will win over listeners. He plays a 1720 Goffriller on Suites 1-5 and 5 string cello from 1795 by William Foster on Suite No.6.
Handel’s choral treasure
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HANDEL Israel in Egypt
Arsys Bourgogne, Concerto Köln, Pierre Cao Eloquentia • EL 1022
Handel’s Israel in Egypt was premiered at London’s King’s Theatre in the Haymarket on April 4, 1739. The fifth of the composer’s nineteen oratorios, its libretto is based almost entirely upon the Biblical book of Exodus. It was not received well, and after several attempts revising his first effort, in 1756 Handel gave up and rewrote the work from scratch. The new version was a hit and quickly assumed a place alongside Messiah as one of England’s favorite choral treasures. This recording from Eloquentia features the talented choristers of Arsys Bourgogne accompanied by Pierre Cao leading Concerto Köln. October 2010
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The Tallis Scholars’ finest recordings Sacred Music in the Renaissance Vol.1
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The Tallis Scholars Gimell • GIMBX 301
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Allegri: Miserere Byrd: Mass for five voices, Ave verum corpus Victoria: Requiem, Versa est in luctum Tallis: Spem in alium, Sancte Deus, Salvator mundi,
This set is the first release in a new three volume series from Gimell featuring The Tallis Scholars’ finest recordings of sacred vocal music of the Renaissance. Grouped by decade of recording, each of these sets offers over five hours of award-winning performances and documents the incredible consistency of the group, both in excellence of interpretation and uncanny unanimity of sound. These recordings have inspired countless vocalists and were crucial to the growth in popularity of this amazingly rich and colorful repertoire.
“There is no group recording today with such a reliably consistent catalog both in terms of performance excellence and recorded sound.”
October 2010
— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
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salva nos I, Salvator mundi, salva nos II, Gaude gloriosa, Miserere nostri, Loquebantur variis linguis, If ye love me, Hear the voice and prayer, A new commandment, O Lord, give thy holy spirit, Purge me, O Lord, Verily, verily I say unto you, Remember not, O Lord God, Tunes for Archbishop, Parker’s Psalter, O Lord, in thee is all my trust, Christ rising again, Blessed are those that be undefiled
Josquin des Prez: Missa La sol fa re mi Clemens non Papa: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis, Tribulationes civitatum, Ego flos campi
Crecquillon: Pater peccavi Sheppard: Media vita Cornysh: Salve regina, Gaude virgo mater Christi Plainchant: Assumpta est Maria Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria, Missa Assumpta est Maria
Recently released Victoria: Lamentations of Jeremiah Gimell • CDGIM 043 (755138104327)
“As impeccable as you would expect.” — GRAMOPHONE
Sacred music of Franz Liszt Price Code: A20 (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98)
Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth Pa erson Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 049
SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Gloriae Dei Cantores presents a little-known, deeply spiritual side of this musical giant. Liszt composed his a cappella masterpiece Missa Choralis, featured on this recording, during an extended stay at a monastery in Rome. Faith of My Heart also highlights several smaller works of great beauty and spirit, including the Pater Noster and Ave Maris Stella. This SACD was recorded in surround sound in the stunning acoustics of the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, Massachusetts and features the majestic sounds of the church’s E.M. Skinner organ.
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Solemn music for Christmas
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The Chants of Christmas
Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola, Richard Pugsley Gloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 123
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This recording by the Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola depicts the sacred mystery of Christmas in the ancient melodies of Gregorian chant. The first of four masses, the quietly joyful Ad Missam in Vigilia, builds on the anticipation of the coming event. The second mass, the tender Ad Missam in Nocte, is sung at the hour traditionally observed as the time of Christ’s birth. The third mass, celebrated at dawn on Christmas Day, Ad Missam in Aurora, expresses the coming of the light into the world. The fourth mass, Ad Missam in Die, is a jubilant expression of religious salvation. Also included are a selection of antiphons honoring the Virgin Mary. October 2010
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20th-century viola concertos RÓSZA Viola Concerto SERLY Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra BARTÓK Viola Concerto
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Lawrence Power (viola), Bergen Philharmonic, Andrew Li on Hyperion • CDA 67687
With this disc, the acclaimed British violist Lawrence Power launches a new series for Hyperion featuring the seminal twentieth-century works for the viola. Of the three Hungarian concertos on this latest release, the best-known is Bartok’s viola concerto, completed after the composer’s death by Tibor Serly. Serly was Bartók’s most constant and trusted Hungarian musician-friend in his last years. It was quickly recognized as one of the major contributions to the repertoire. Also featured are Serly’s own Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra, a skilful and elaborate work with a rollicking finale, and a darkly Romantic, and authentically Hungarian concerto by the film composer Miklós Rósza.
Shelley’s Clementi series now complete CLEMENTI The Complete Piano Sonatas Vol.6 Howard Shelley (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67819
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Howard Shelley’s series of Clementi’s Piano Sonatas has received the highest critical acclaim and reawakened interest in this important body of piano music. Today, the composer has been overshadowed by his great rivals; but, as this unique series has shown, the best of his sonatas can equal Mozart and Haydn and were clearly a huge influence on the young Beethoven. This sixth and final volume contains some of the most complex, virtuosic and large-scale works that Clementi wrote for the keyboard, written for performance in London concert halls, by the great pianists of the day, for a fashionable and discerning audience.
Dazzling Russian choral music Ikon II
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Holst Singers, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 67756
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“Under Stephen Layton’s direction, The Holst Singers have quickly solidified their position as one of Great Britain’s leading amateur choirs.” — THE CHORAL JOURNAL
In 1997, The Holst Singers and Stephen Layton produced a disc that immediately became a cult classic and a best-seller. Ikon, a selection of great Russian choral music from the 19th century, dazzled with its grand, opulent beauty. Now the same forces return with Ikon II. Many of the works recorded here are by composers whose names will not be familiar – but the extraordinary quality of the music is unmistakable and immediately enthralling.
Also available Hyperion • CDA 66928 (034571169286)
“Sensitive readings of the utmost sensitivity and control…” — GRAMOPHONE
Balakirev: Da molchit vsyakaya plot Chesnokov: Spasenie sodelal, Da ispravitsya molitva moya, Dukh Tvoy
blagiy, Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda, Raduytesya, pravednii, o Gospode, Ne imamï inïya pomoshchi, O Tebe raduetsya Cui: Pesn’ Presvyatïya Bogoroditsï Golovanov: Otche nash Grechaninov: Vecheri Tvoeya taynïya Kalinnikov: Priidite, poklonimsya, Tebe poem, Bogoroditse Devo, Svete tikhiy Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Devo Rimsky-Korsakov: Otche nash Shvedov: Kheruvimskaya pesn, Trisviatoye Tchaikovsky: Priidite, poklonimsya Tolstiakov: Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda
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Garrick Ohlsson plays Brahms BRAHMS The Complete Variations for solo piano Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Hyperion • CDA 67777
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American pianist Garrick Ohlsson, whose complete Chopin set was acclaimed as one of the most important anniversary releases of 2010, now turns to another significant body of Romantic piano music - Brahms’ variations. The coruscatingly difficult Paganini Variations, is frequently featured in piano competitions, performed to demonstrate extraordinary technique. The Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel is one of the summits of his entire keyboard output, showing the composer at the height of his powers. This two-disc set also contains some little-known gems, including the wonderful Variations on an Original Theme.
More organ gems from Christopher Herrick Organ Fireworks XIV
Christopher Herrick (organ) Hyperion • CDA 67758
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This fourteenth volume of Christopher Herrick’s monumental Organ Fireworks series comes from the organ of Melbourne Town Hall. As ever, Herrick presents a cornucopia of virtuoso delights, opening with a bang with Lemare’s outrageous transcription of the Grand March from Aida, given a new sheen by Herrick himself. Other works include pieces by
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living composers Iain Farrington and Paul Spicer, and examples of the best of the English and French traditions of 19th and 20th century organ writing.
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Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.9 DAVID Violin Concertos Nos.4 & 5, Andante and Scherzo capriccioso
Hagai Shaham (violin), BBC Sco ish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion • CDA 67804
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“Shaham’s fiddle weeps with an expressive rich, dark tone.” — CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE
Ferdinand David is principally known today as the dedicatee of Mendelssohn’s violin concerto. But in his time he was also celebrated as a composer. His output included two symphonies, five violin concertos, a string sextet, quartets, several sets of variations and volumes of studies for violin, choral works and some lieder. His works had considerable success in his lifetime, and their revival reveals highly attractive music of phenomenal accomplishment. Bearing in mind David’s close affinity with Mendelssohn it is hardly surprising that some of his music has a fairly Mendelssohnian character. Hagai Shaham, a regular of this series and a master of the 19th century virtuoso idiom, performs these works with his usual panache, ably accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins.
Also available “A brilliant collation of Vieuxtemps violin works, in which every conceivable bravura device confronts the undaunted Ms. Hagner.” — AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
October 2010
Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.8
Hyperion • CDA 67798 (034571177984)
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LOCATELLI L’Arte del Violino
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer Hyperion • CDS 44391
October 2010
Previously Available as CDA 66721 (034571167213) Deleted May 2009
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BEETHOVEN The Complete String Trios
Leopold String Trio Hyperion • CDD 22069
Previously Available as CDA 67253 (034571172538) Deleted February 2009 and CDA 67254 (034571172545) Deleted April 2008
BRAHMS String Quintets Nos.1 & 2 Raphael Ensemble Hyperion • CDH 55369
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Previously Available as CDA 66804 (034571168043) Deleted May 2009
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, John Sco Hyperion • CDH 55401
Previously Available as CDA 66249 (034571162492) Deleted January 2010
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October 1980 saw the foundation of a new classical record company that was to become one of the best loved in the world. A revolutionary release, A Feather on the breath of God, featuring the music of Hildegard of Bingen, soon put Hyperion Records firmly on the map. Since then it has become a global success, a byword for excellence in all aspects of the recording process and the winner of more awards than any other classical record label. Simon Perry, son of the label’s revered founder, the late Ted Perry, is leading Hyperion forward with the unflagging vigor and tireless dedication to the high standards that have always been the label’s hallmark.
Emma Kirby
Angela Hewitt
Marc-André Hamelin
Stephen Layton
Graham Johnson
Ted Perry
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Celebrating 30 years of excellence
Hyperion takes its name from an altogether splendid figure from Greek mythology. Hyperion was one of the Titans and the father of the sun and the moon — and also of the Muses, so the label is fulfilling his modern role by giving the art of music to the world. The repertoire available on Hyperion and its midpriced Helios series (Helios, the sun, was the son of Hyperion), ranges over the entire spectrum of music — sacred and secular, choral and solo vocal, orchestral, chamber and instrumental — and much of it is unique to Hyperion. The catalogue currently comprises nearly 1,400 CDs and approximately 80 new titles are issued each year.
October 2010
In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great music performed by some of the finest artists who have worked with the label over the last thirty years, including Steven Isserlis, Matthias Goerne, Angela Hewitt, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Takács Quartet, Stephen Hough, The Choir of Westminster Cathedral and many others. Many of the discs are Gramophone Award winners and Records of the Year and all have received the highest possible critical and public acclaim. These specially packaged releases will be available alongside their full-price counterparts until stocks are depleted.
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BACH Cello Suites
Steven Isserlis (cello) Hyperion • CDA 30001
Remains Available as CDA 67541 (034571172538)
BACH Organ Toccatas & Fugues
Christopher Herrick (organ) Hyperion • CDA 30004
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BACH Goldberg Variations
Angela Hewi (piano) Hyperion • CDA 30002
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
BRAHMS Cello Sonatas
Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano) Hyperion • CDA 30005
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BACH Keyboard Concertos
October 2010
Angela Hewi (piano), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Togne i Hyperion • CDA 30003
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Remains Available as CDA 67307 (034571173078)
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Remains Available as CDA 67529 (034571175294)
CHOPIN Piano Sonatas Nos.2 & 3
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Hyperion • CDA 30006
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Remains Available as CDA 66434 (034571164342)
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Remains Available as CDA 67706 (034571177069)
30th Anniversary Series Domus Hyperion • CDA 30007
Remains Available as CDA 66166 (034571161662)
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Ma hew Best Hyperion • CDA 30008
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HILDEGARD VON BINGEN A Feather on the Breath of God Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page Hyperion • CDA 30009
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Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Remains Available as CDA 66199 (034571161990)
MOZART Piano Quartets
Leopold String Trio, Paul Lewis (piano) Hyperion • CDA 30011
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Remains Available as CDA 67373 (034571173733)
MOZART Exsultate jubilate
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), The King’s Consort, Robert King Hyperion • CDA 30012
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Remains Available as CDA 67560 (034571175607)
October 2010
Remains Available as CDA 66039 (034571160399)
Thea King (clarinet), Gabrieli Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate Hyperion • CDA 30010
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Remains Available as CDA 66292 (034571162928)
MOZART Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet
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FAURÉ Piano Quartets Nos.1 & 2
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PÄRT Triodion
Polyphony, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 30013
Remains Available as CDA 67375 (034571173757)
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Stephen Hough (piano), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Li on Hyperion • CDA 30014
Price Code: 2A12 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $25.98)
October 2010
Steven Osborne (piano) Hyperion • CDA 30015
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Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Polyphony, Bournemouth Sinfonie a, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 30017
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Remains Available as CDA 66947 (034571169477)
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concertos Nos.2, 4 & 5
Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo Hyperion • CDA 30018
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Remains Available as CDA 66460 (034571164601)
RUTTER Requiem
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Remains Available as CDA 67700 (034571177007)
Corydon Singers, Ma hew Best Hyperion • CDA 30016
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Remains Available as CDA 67501 (034571175010)
RACHMANINOV Vespers - All Night Vigil
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Excerpted from CDA 67331 (034571173313)
30th Anniversary Series Takács Quartet Hyperion • CDA 30019
Remains Available as CDA 67585 (034571175850)
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SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano) Hyperion • CDA 30020
Remains Available as CDJ 33025 (034571130255)
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SCHUBERT Winterreise
Florestan Trio Hyperion • CDA 30022
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SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2. Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No.2
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), BBC Sco ish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Li on Hyperion • CDA 30023
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Remains Available as CDA 67425 (034571174259)
TALLIS Spem in Alium
Ma hias Goerne (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) Hyperion • CDA 30021
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill Hyperion • CDA 30024
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Remains Available as CDA 67063 (034571170633)
Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Remains Available as CDA 66400 (034571164007)
October 2010
Remains Available as CDJ 33030 (034571130309)
SCHUMANN Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2
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SCHUBERT Death & The Maiden
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
Remains Available as CDA 66420 (034571164205)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Ma hew Best Hyperion • CDA 30025
Polyphony, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 30028
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VICTORIA Requiem
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill Hyperion • CDA 30026
Remains Available as CDA 66250 (034571162508)
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VIVALDI Lute & Mandolin Concertos
October 2010
Paul O’De e (lute), Parley of Instruments Hyperion • CDA 30027
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Remains Available as CDA 66160 (034571161600)
WHITACRE Cloudburst
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Price Code: A12 (Suggested Retail Price: $12.98)
Remains Available as CDA 67543 (034571175430)
Three French Piano Trios DEBUSSY Piano Trio in G Major RAVEL Piano Trio FAURÉ Piano Trio in D minor
Florestan Trio Hyperion • CDA 30029
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Remains Available as CDA 67114 (034571171142)
New World Symphonies Baroque Music from Latin America
Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore Hyperion • CDA 30030
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Remains Available as CDA 67380 (034571173801)
An electrifying new Otello lso live
VERDI Otello
Simon O’Neill (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Colin Davis LSO Live • LSO 0700
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CONCERT REVIEW
“This was an electrifying account of a masterpiece, conducted with an explosive energy that belies Sir Colin’s eighty years and pushed the LSO to the top of its game. Simon O’Neill made a tremendous debut in the title-role, giving notice that he is the best heroic tenor to emerge over the last decade. Verdi’s great music drama shone in all its power and glory.” — THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Sir Colin Davis’ eagerly anticipated recording of Verdi’s Otello is released on the 10th anniversary of the LSO Live label. Opera has always formed an important part of the label’s output. Among Sir Colin Davis’ greatest triumphs on LSO Live have been his award-winning recordings of Berlioz and Verdi’s final opera, Falstaff. Falstaff was released in 2004 and won a GRAMMY® Award for Best Opera. For the title role, Davis is joined by one of the world’s most exciting young tenors. New Zealander Simon O’Neill stepped in at short notice, making his debut in the role, delivering what can only be described as an astonishing performance. The villainous Iago is played by Gerald Finley and Otello’s wife Desdemona by Anne Schwanewilms. Otello, which was premiered in 1887, marked a significant evolutionary development in Italian opera and is widely regarded as one of the great operatic masterpieces.
Also available October 2010
Verdi: Falstaff
LSO Live • LSO 0528 (822231102823)
“The most exhilarating account of the opera…” — THE GUARDIAN
GRAMMY® AWARD WINNER
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BRAHMS Fantasies, Op.116, Handel Variations SCHÖNBERG Six Li le Piano Pieces, Suite for Piano Shai Wosner (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4055
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This is the début recording from pianist Shai Wosner, an artist who continues to attract international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity and creative insight. Wosner’s virtuosity and perceptiveness have increasingly made him a favorite among audiences and critics alike. In 2005, Wosner won an Avery Fisher Career Grant. He also continues his extensive performing and recording activity as a BBC New Generation Artist. Wosner calls the Suite by Schonberg and the Handel Variations by Brahms ‘declarations of independence.’ The Schonberg was his first purely 12-tone work, and the Brahms was his first wholly successful solo piano work after the three early sonatas. Brahms the revolutionary is highlighted by Wosner on this CD by interweaving the late Fantasies with Schoenberg’s early Op.19 Piano Pieces. Only twelve years separate the two and the surprises from Wosner’s clever juxtaposition are many.
“A remarkable blend of the intellectual, physical and even devilish sides of performance that could lead to great accomplishment. Complexity clearly attracts him, but so does its translation into apparent ease in performing. The ingredients that were in the young Rudolf Serkin are all here. Let’s hear him more.” — CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
October 2010
Recently released on Onyx
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Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3
Onyx • ONYX 4049 (880040404927)
“If you view Chopin primarily as a revolutionary firebrand rather than an introverted dreamer, then this recital is definitely for you... unquestionably thrilling.” — THE GUARDIAN
A major Philip Glass première orange mountain
GLASS Violin Concerto No.2 The American Four Seasons
Robert McDuffie (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop Orange Mountain • OMM 0072
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Orange Mountain Music presents Philip Glass’ second violin concerto, subtitled The American Four Seasons, performed by violinist Robert McDuffie accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop. This live performance was captured on the occasion of the UK premiere of the work in the spring of 2010. The concerto is in four movements, with each movement preceded by a piece for solo violin comprised of a prologue and three songs. The strings-only orchestra is complemented by a synthesizer producing a sound palette that harkens back to the Philip Glass of the 1970s. The American Four Seasons was commissioned by McDuffie to act as a companion piece to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons concertos, which are among the most performed and recorded works in the history of music.
“McDuffie’s a treasure. A musician of probing intelligence, a violinist of authority, and force of great vitality.” — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Recently released Orange Mountain • OMM 0068 (801837006827)
“Simply beautiful: touching and lyrical... Glass’ sense of drama is at its best.” — CLASSICS TODAY
October 2010
Glass :Orphée
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Delightful chamber arrangements RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
Ensemble Berlin Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06001
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A brilliant orchestrator, Ravel was responsible for what is perhaps the most famous orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition as well as for his own work Le Tombeau de Couperin. This CD from Phil.harmonie features chamber arrangements of these works by Wolfgang Renz. Ensemble Berlin, comprised of musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, was drawn together by the opportunity to make highlevel music in a relaxed atmosphere together.
SCHUMANN Lieder ohne Worte
Martin Stegner (viola), Tomoko Takahashi (piano) Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06002
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October 2010
Arranging songs to be played on an instrument invariably raises the question of whether the music will still make sense when stripped of the words, especially in the case of a composer like Schumann. Listeners will find their own answers to this question, based on each individual’s preference. However, as played here by Berlin Philharmonic violist Martin Stegner and his regular accompanist Tomoko Takahashi, these are transcriptions that prove Schumann’s music can stand on its own, able to express the intent and emotion of the words without any pretense or affectation.
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Berliner Barock Solisten play Vivaldi Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)
Berliner Barock Solisten, Rainer Kussmaul Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06003
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Led by violinist Rainer Kussmaul, the Berliner Barock Solisten are one of today’s most renowned early music groups. Their recordings have received many awards, including a GRAMMY® in 2005. This recording for Phil.harmonie features a selection of masterpieces by Antonio Vivaldi. It includes the famous Four Seasons with Kussmaul on the solo violin, the Cello Concerto in B-minor with Georg Faust, the Viola d’amore Concerto in A-minor with Wolfram Christ and the Concerto for Oboe & Violin with Jonathan Kelly as oboe soloist.
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Chamber music of Schulhoff
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SCHULHOFF Brückenbauer in die Neue Zeit Concertino for Flute, Viola and Contrabass, Sonata for Flute and Piano, String Sextet
András Adorján (flute), Walter Küssner (viola), Klaus Stoll (bass), Yumiko Urabe (piano), Philharmonisches Streichsexte Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06004
October 2010
Erwin Schulhoff was undoubtedly one of the most versatile and imaginative composers of the last century. That his career, and his life, came to an abrupt end in a National Socialist internment camp in 1942 represents one of the great tragedies of Europe‘s barbaric recent past. Nevertheless, during his brief life, Schulhoff absorbed, transformed and expressed many of the most significant and progressive creative urges of his age. His catalogue of over 200 compositions includes some of the most fascinating, challenging, exciting, and moving music of the 20th-century. The three works on this disc were all written by Schulhoff in the 1920s, when his career was at its peak, and display the full range of the composer‘s colorful, expressive musical palette.
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Stravinsky’s wartime gem STRAVINSKY L’Histoire du Soldat
Kolja Blacher (violin), Dominique Horowitz (speaker), Solisten der Berliner Philharmoniker Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06005
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When Igor Stravinsky read The Soldier’s Tale in 1916, he was inspired to transform the fairy tale into a theater work. In wartime Switzerland, where the composer was living in exile, all the theatres were closed. The piece was therefore created with purely practical considerations in mind – a mobile stage, a minimal seven-piece orchestra and a plot in which the scenes followed each other like a series of illustrations. The story is taken from a Russian folk tale, but there are parallels in other cultures, such as the puppet show version of Doctor Faustus. This version, in German, is narrated by Dominique Horwitz from an adaptation by Hans Reinhart.
October 2010
rco live
A feast of contemporary music
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Horizon 3 Recordings from the 2008-2009 Season Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard, Markus Stenz, David Robertson RCO Live • RCO 10003
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SACD Hybrid / Stereo & Multi-channel / DSD With this third release in the Horizon series, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again underlines the importance of contemporary music in its concert programming. The works featured on this disc represent a selection of recordings of works that the orchestra premiered in its 2008-09 season (some of which were commissioned by the orchestra) or of which few or no quality recordings are available. The orchestra was led by conductors Ed Spanjaard, Markus Stenz and David Robertson and mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn is featured soloist.
The great Klaus Tennstedt
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BACH Violin Concerto No.2 BRUCKNER Symphony No.8 Thomas Brandis (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt Testament • SBT2 1447
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BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.2 BRUCKNER Symphony No.4 Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt Testament • SBT2 1448
Price Code: 2A18 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $37.98)
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PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.2 DVÓRAK Symphony No.9 MUSSORGSKY A Night on the Bare Mountain Horacio Gutierrez (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt Testament • SBT2 1450
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The acclaimed German conductor Klaus Tennstedt is featured in this fascinating series of live recordings from the Philharmonie in Berlin. All are from the 1980s and previously unreleased, and each features a concerto played by a notable soloist of the period. The performances find the Berlin Philharmonic in excellent form, playing concert programs that demonstrate the consistent level of musicianship for which this orchestra is justifiably famous. October 2010
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DVÓRAK Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 Peter Zazofsky (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt Testament • SBT2 1449
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MOZART Piano Concerto No.23 DVÓRAK Symphony No.8 PFITZNER Das Käthchen von Heilbronn Overture Babe e Hierholzer (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt Testament • SBT 1446
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WORLD chant du monde
Joyful music from the south of France Putan de Cançon
Moussu T et lei Jovents Chant du Monde • 2741877
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File In: World / France Bending the rules of Occitan tradition, Moussu T e lei jovents reinvent the songs of Marseilles to spread the message of Provence, a harbor turned towards the sea, cosmopolitan and proud of its history. Their music draws on popular sounds from Marseilles of the 1930s - a mixture of Provençal songs, Vincent Scotto’s operettas, blues, jazz, Caribbean and Brazilian music. With this cosmopolitan blend of musical styles, Moussu T brings together their latest collection of shanty songs that tell of the briny seas, abandoned shipyards and the calanques. Their repertoire is simultaneously traditional and modern, local and universal, nostalgic and above all, foot tapping.
October 2010
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Home Sweet Home
Chant du Monde • 2741600 (794881900220)
“Instantly accessible and unfailingly melodic.” — THE SUNDAY TIMES
WORLD The incredible sound of Tuvan music world village
Ancestors Call
Huun Huur Tu World Village • 468107
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— THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
October 2010
“The Tuvans will ride into your brain and leave hoofprints up and down your spine.”
File In: World / Tuva Redefining the folk traditions of their native Tuva, the four brilliant singers/multi-instrumentalists of Huun Huur Tu transform ancient and modern musical forms into a rich sonic tapestry. The band’s members come from the former Soviet Republic of Tuva, a sparsely settled region that lies at the center of Asia, north of Mongolia, and 2,500 miles east of Moscow. Since its formation 1992, the group has featured indigenous music played on rare instruments and has preserved and popularized khöömei (throat-singing) - arguably one of the world’s oldest forms of music making. Closely linked to traditional shamanistic practices, Tuvan folk music, with its combination of instrumental and throatsinging sounds, has been used for communication with spirits of the human, animal and natural worlds for centuries. Singled out for its incredible sound, Huun Huur Tu has performed in venues around the world. Their past collaborations include projects with Frank Zappa, Ry Cooder, The Kronos Quartet, and (most recently) electronica wiz and record producer Carmen Rizzo.
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WORLD Music of Catalunya world village
Sabor pa’ rato
Sabor de Gracia World Village • 498037
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File In: World / Spain The Catalan Rumba is a music style that emerged in the mid fifties, chiefly inspired by Cuban and Puerto Rican sounds and a pronounced Latin Salsa rhythm akin to the New York Hispano bands of the seventies. The ‘ventilador’ - the fan-like motion of striking the guitar strings - is another specific ingredient of this music style along with the vocals and the hand-clapping percussion found in flamanco music known as ‘palmas.’ All three together make this Rumba style valuably diverse. The band Sabor de Gràcia is named after Gràcia, a section of the city of Barcelona that is home to a small community of Catalan Gypsies where this musical style has its roots. They are now one of its leading bands, always true to the grand Rumba tradition.
Clàssics Catalans
Marina Rossell World Village • 498039
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All Zones / 89 Minutes / Dolby Stereo 5.1 / Subtitles in English, Spanish & French File In: World / Spain Over the course of her professional career, which started in 1976, the Catalan vocalist Marina Rossell has released more than fourteen records. She has performed with such diverse artists as Montserrat Caballé, Carlos Cano, Pedro Guerra and the flamenco guitarist Tomatito and has collaborated in movies by directors Ventura Pons and Antoni Ribas. Her unmistakable voice and the powerful emotion it carries have won her fans in countries around the world. This DVD documents a live performance of her classic repertoire of Catalan songs, sung to an adoring crowd at the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona.
WORLD The story of Ravi Shankar east meets west
Raga: A Film Journey to the Soul of India
Ravi Shankar East Meets West • EMWM 0002
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All Zones / 97 Minutes / Stereo File In: World / India Originally released in 1971, Raga: A Film Journey to the Soul of India documents the life of sitar master Ravi Shankar in the late 1960s and early 1970s, following him on his return to India to revisit his guru, Bengali multiinstrumentalist and composer, Baba Ustad Allauddin Khan. It further explores Shankar’s life as a musician and teacher in the United States and Europe, initiating those in the West to the exceptional world that is Indian classical music and culture. Through rare and candid footage shot in both India and the United States, Raga sheds light on Shankar’s influences and collaborations, from Allauddin Khan to his famed dancer brother Uday Shankar, to his associations with Western musicians Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison. Fully narrated by Shankar himself, the film reveals music as the soul of India and of Shankar’s life. The premiere DVD release of Raga was taken from a digitally re-mastered 35mm print optimized to modern color range resolution and standard and a fully re-mastered audio soundtrack.
“Ravi Shankar is the godfather of world music.” — GEORGE HARRISON
Also available East Meets West • EMWM 1000 (616892081562)
“A testament to Shankar’s talent as a musician and cultural bridge builder.” — THE WHOLE MUSIC EXPERIENCE
October 2010
Nine Decades – Vol.1
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WORLD A kaleidoscope of sound frémeaux piranha
Naif
Sonia Brex Piranha • PIR 2442
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File In: World / Germany The perfect setting for listening to the music of Sonia Brex is a sultry summer evening in a big city, when the day isn’t quite over but the night hasn’t quite begun. A knowing innocence runs through the songs on Brex’s new album Naif, an ease that remains even when the music slows to a more melancholy mood. It is an album glowing with unshakable optimism that features a wide array of sounds and influences. At times she whispers like Astrud Gilberto over a gentle bossa nova rhythm, then she playfully covers 1940s classic from the USA. Synthesizer drones and digital bass drums set the pace, and Brex takes full advantage of the benefits the electronica genre offers.
Parisian ska from the Toubab All Stars iris
Mekfoul District Toubab All Stars Iris • 3002014
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October 2010
Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)
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File In: World / France A world away from Paris’s tourist traps, Barbes is one of the city’s less visited but most fascinating corners. It is an Arab and African enclave that provides a unique and rich color to Paris’ cultural landscape. Both Chant du Monde artists Orchestre National de Barbes and the Toubab All Stars are based here, but their stylistic approaches could not be more different. Orchestre National de Barbes focuses on the music of North Africa for their source material, while the Toubab All Stars have blended the music of Jamaica and sub-Saharan Africa, brilliantly absorbing ska, dancehall and soukous styles in a thrilling, hard-to-resist formula.
JAZZ A tribute to Nina Simone plus loin
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Kellylee Evans Plus Loin • PL 4528
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File In: Jazz With her newest release, entitled Nina, jazz vocalist Kellylee Evans continues to evolve her distinctive sound. Her first two albums, Fight or Flight and The Good Girl, seamlessly fuse jazz and her own unique style of “soul pop.” Nina is a beautiful tribute to one of jazz’s greatest vocalists and pianists, Nina Simone. Evans’ love and respect for the original recordings of the music constantly shines through, but, even in taking on some of Simone’s most iconic repertoire, the twelve tracks on the album showcase Evans’ own versatility, creativity and innate musicality. She is reunited with guitarist Marvin Sewell, who appeared on her first album, and joined by bassist François Moutin and drummer André Ceccarelli. This marks the Canadian singer’s debut on the French label Plus Loin Music, who discovered her online through her MySpace site.
— JAZZ REVIEW
October 2010
“Try to put singer/songwriter Kellylee Evans into any one musical category, and marvel as she effortlessly soars over, glides under, dances around, or bursts through it. Her electric, eclectic, vibe is a heady brew of jazz, soul, blues, Caribbean, and more.”
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Paul Lewis Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
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Jon Nakamatsu
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Kayhan Kalhor Klezmatics
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