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Hyperion's key releases of the month provide plenty of thrills, with Stephen Layton leading the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge in a second volume of Handel's Chandos Anthems (p.7) and pianist Cédric Tiberghien playing Dubois on the 60th volume in the Romantic Piano Concerto series (p.9). Jordi Savall's musical explorations take him to the Balkan states for a new album of music from this fascinating region entitled Balkan Spirit on Alia Vox (p.4). Other classical releases of note include the debut release on Riccardo Muti's new Ducale label (p.5) and RCO Live's specially-priced SACD plus video release of Mahler's Symphony No.8 with Mariss Jansons (p.13). Our jazz releases offer plenty of heat this month. First up are the legendary Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers in their debut release on Jazz Village, Border-Free (p.19). Chucho is on top form, offering a fascinating blend of influences ranging from Flamenco to Moroccan Gnawa. Next up, Joe Barbieri offers a heartfelt tribute to Chet Baker on his new release for Chant du Monde entitled Chet Lives! (p.18). The month is rounded out with Analogue Productions' three spectacular SACD remasters of classic albums by Elvis Presley (pp.21-23).
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Faust & Harding team up for Bartók Bartók’s second Violin Concerto has long been an audience favorite. However, his first concerto, written thirty years before and only rediscovered after the composer’s death, has a fascinating story all its own and deserves much wider fame. True to her custom, Isabelle Faust has gone back to the multiple musical sources of the Violin Concerto No.1 — a work that was written ‘straight from the heart,’ since Bartók’s romance with a young violinist lay at the core of its creative process. Rising star Daniel Harding provides thrilling accompaniment.
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DEBUSSY La mer, Première Suite d’orchestre
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth Actes Sud • ASM 10
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IMPORT This recording by François-Xavier Roth and his period-instrument orchestra Les Siècles features Debussy’s orchestral masterpiece La Mer, alongside a previously unrecorded early work, the Première Suite d’orchestre. Little is known about the composition of the suite, other than the fact that the young composer probably wrote it in 1882 while he was still a student at the conservatoire. Although the existence of a first symphonic suite was known, all trace of its manuscript had been lost. Finally located in 2008, the orchestral version was incomplete (the third movement is missing), and the only surviving complete version is one for piano-duet. The Cité de la musique subsequently commissioned Philippe Manoury to complete the orchestration using these sources.
Also available Actes Sud • ASM 09 (3149028017625)
“François-Xavier Roth is inspiring with his period instruments group Les Siècles who perform this music like it’s second nature to them.” —AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
July 2013
Dubois: Piano Concerto No.2
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Savall explores the Balkans Esprit des Balkans — Balkan Spirit
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Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9898
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“Savall is the consummate master…” —AUDIOPHILE AUDITION IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Jordi Savall once again enriches our view of a region teeming with history: the Balkans. Following on the success of Spirit of Armenia, Alia Vox, a label acclaimed for revealing hidden gems from the vast history of music, presents Balkan Spirit — a collection of music that sheds light on a little-known repertoire that conveys the whole spectrum of human emotions. Presented with both the iconographic richness and quality packaging that Alia Vox is famous for, this journey of musical discovery is another important milestone in the discography of Catalan master Jordi Savall and his ensemble Hespèrion XXI.
July 2013
Also available Armenian Spirit
Alia Vox • AVSA 9892 (7619986398921)
“Savall and his musicians encounter the unbroken soul of a people, the rhythms of their music and the vivid, seductive sounds of their instruments” —THE HUFFINGTON POST
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Prague’s musical renaissance Price Code: A21 (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98)
Barbara Kozelj (mezzo-soprano), Ebony Band, Werner Herbers Channel Classics • CCS 34813
IMPORT The city of Prague was a cultural hotspot in the 1920s and 30s. Three population groups, enriched by emigrants from Russia, the Ukraine, Germany and Austria, competed with one another but also inspired each other. This was the city of the composers on this recording by Werner Herbers and the Ebony Band, long known as champions of unknown or forgotten music from the first half of the 20th century. In the repertoire on this album we hear the old and the new, tradition and renewal, but above all, imagination and talent. When the border between East and West opened up in 1991, this music had hardly been heard in the West for some fifty years, having been suppressed first by the Nazis and then by suffocating communist rule.
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Around Prague, 1922-1937 Music of Ponc, Schimmerling, Burian, Hába & Ullmann
A new label from Riccardo Muti Price Code: 2A21 (3 CDs for the Price of 2, Suggested Retail Price: $43.98)
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Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Rosa Feola (soprano), Asude Karayavuz (soprano), Annalisa Stroppa (mezzo-soprano), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor), Antonio Poli (tenor), Omar Montanari (baritone), Mario Cassi (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Chor Wien, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Riccardo Muti Ducale • DUC 045
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IMPORT Saverio Mercadante’s opera I due Figaro saw its first modern staging in Salzburg under the direction of the Italian maestro Riccardo Muti. Only in recent years have musicologists acknowledged Mercadante’s pivotal role in the development of the Italian Bel canto. I due Figaro presents an amusing subject which by affinity forms a trilogy with Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. This debut release on the Ducale label was recorded live in 2011 at the Teatro Aligheri, Ravenna.
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Rachmaninov Conducts Rachmaninov RACHMANINOV Symphony No.3, Vocalise, The Isle of the Dead
Elly Ney Plays Mozart & Brahms MOZART Piano Concerto No.15 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2
Philadelphia Orchestra, Sergei Rachmaninov Dutton • CDVS 1921
Elly Ney (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Willem van Hoogstraten, Max Fiedler Dutton • CDBP 9817
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Arthur Bliss Conducts Bliss BLISS The Beatitudes, Introduction and Allegro, Things to Come — Suite, Pastoral, A Colour Symphony, March — The Phoenix
July 2013
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Gareth Morris (flute), Henry Taylor (timpani), BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jacques String Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Arthur Bliss, Reginald Jacques, Constant Lambert Dutton • 2CDBP 9818
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Carl Schuricht & Clara Haskil Perform Beethoven — The 1940s Decca ‘K’ Recordings BEETHOVEN Prometheus — Overture, Piano Concerto No.4, Coriolan — Overture, Symphony No.2
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Clara Haskil (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Eduard van Beinum, Carlo Zecchi, Reginald Goodall, Carl Schuricht Dutton • CDBP 9819
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HANDEL Chandos Anthems
Susan Gritton (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 67926
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“If there is such a thing as a British early music dream team, this is it.”
IMPORT Handel’s beautiful, intimate settings of liturgical texts written for the First Duke of Chandos are among his less well-known choral works. With this second volume of Chandos Anthems from Trinity College Choir, Cambridge they are proven to also to be among his loveliest. They are a perfect example of the composer’s English style, as heard in Acis & Galatea and oratorios such as Judas Maccabaeus. The soloists on this recording include internationally acclaimed Handelians Susan Gritton and Iestyn Davies, joined by the young tenor Thomas Hobbs, whose warm, lyrical tone is perfect for this repertoire. The choir sings with their usual youthful exuberance, tempered with elegance, style and precision, under the expert guidance of Stephen Layton.
—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
Also available Hyperion • CDA 67737 (034571177373)
“This choir always is a pleasure to hear — singers this well trained and intelligent don’t put a foot wrong anywhere…”
July 2013
Handel: Chandos Anthems
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KORVITS Kreek’s Notebook
Royal Holloway Choir, Britten Sinfonia, Rupert Gough Hyperion • CDA 67968
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IMPORT Ruper t Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway offer listeners another fascinating album of contemporary Baltic music. The primary work on the recording is based on Estonian folk hymns collected in the early twentieth century by Cyrillus Kreek, who was the Estonian equivalent of Bartók or Grainger. During the Soviet era, the singing of these religious songs was forbidden and the entire genre was all but forgotten. By the end of the twentieth century, fresh light could be shone on these folk collections and composer Tonu Korvits was particularly struck by the music’s fresh possibilities. In writing Kreek’s Notebook, Korvits both pays homage to Kreek and presents his own totally modern take on the folk hymn idiom. Although there is a dramatic unity to this eight-movement work, there is much diversity in timbre and scoring. The effect is improvisatory in the creative ornamentation of the vocal lines, and suffused with dreamy textures that bring to mind the great tradition of Eastern European choral writing.
July 2013
Also available Miskinis: Choral Music
Hyperion • CDA 67818 (034571178189)
“Rupert Gough has wrought wonders with his Egham Choristers…” —GRAMOPHONE
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The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.60 DUBOIS Concerto-capriccioso, Piano Concerto No.2, Suite for piano and string orchestra
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze Hyperion • CDA 67931
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About Cédric Tiberghien
IMPORT The French pianist Cédric Tiberghien has made several highly acclaimed recital and chamber recordings. Now he joins the impressive roster of pianists who have contributed to Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series. On this release, Tiberghien is accompanied by Andrew Manze and the BBC Scottish Symphony in three works by Théodore Dubois that present a captivating panorama of the composer’s stylistic evolution. The Concertocapriccioso of 1876 seems like a preliminary study in the style of such composers as Weber and Mendelssohn, whereas the highly Romantic Concerto in F minor (1897) is reminiscent of Saint-Saëns. The completely unknown Suite for piano and strings (1917), for its part, resembles a neoclassical pastiche.
“A remarkably mature command and sureness of touch…” —THE OBSERVER
Previous release in the series Hyperion • CDA 67958 (034571179582)
“A stand-out keyboard experience.”
July 2013
Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.59
—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION 9
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STANFORD String Quintet No.1, Piano Quintet
Piers Lane (piano), Vanbrugh Quartet Hyperion • CDH 55434
Hear my prayer
Jeremy Budd (treble), Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott, Andrew Lucas (organ) Hyperion • CDH 55445
July 2013
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The Talich’s classic Mendelssohn
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MENDELSSOHN Complete String Quartets Talich Quartet La Dolce Volta • LDV 115
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IMPORT This specially-priced, remastered collection from the Talich Quartet includes Mendelssohn’s complete String Quartets. The virtuosity of the Talich Quartet is immediately apparent in their sharply focused and subtle, understated approach to these staples of the chamber music repertoire. These benchmark performances, full of structure, sensitivity and unassuming beauty, have been carefully remastered from the original Calliope recordings by the enterprising young label La Dolce Volta.
Isoir’s illuminating Bach Price Code: 3A11 (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $35.98)
André Isoir (organ), Le Parlement de Musique, Martin Gester La Dolce Volta • LDV 118
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BACH L’orgue concertant — Sinfonias, Sonates & Concertos
IMPORT Organist André Isoir combines a technical virtuosity with an inner reflection that elevates the instrument to a whole new level. This specially priced three disc reissue includes J.S. Bach’s five solo organ Concertos, six Trio Sonatas and works for organ and orchestra. Skillfully backed by Le Parlement de Musique under the direction of Martin Gester, Isoir’s illuminating performances have been carefully remastered from the original Calliope recordings by the enterprising young label La Dolce Volta.
A Schoenberg showcase Price Code: A21 (CD+ Bonus DVD, Suggested Retail Price: $21.98)
Florent Boffard (piano) Mirare • MIR 191
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SCHOENBERG Works for Piano
Includes Limited-Edition Bonus DVD
July 2013
IMPORT Arnold Schoenberg, composer of the celebrated monodrama Pierrot lunaire, wrote five sets of piano pieces that roughly correspond to various phases of his stylistic development. Despite moving from a tonal idiom to atonality and then to twelve-note writing, these works retain a remarkable stylistic unity. In performances of great finesse, pianist Florent Boffard showcases these fascinating pieces, written by a master composer whose works and theories exerted a profound influence on most of the 20th century. Also included with the recording is a bonus DVD with a film about Schoenberg featuring Boffard.
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Definitive Debussy DEBUSSY La mer, Fêtes, Prélude l’après-midi d’un faune RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole, Ma mère l’Oye SAINT-SAËNS Scherzo
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Ami Rogé (piano), Pascal Rogé (piano) Onyx Classics • ONYX 4117
IMPORT For many years, Pascal Rogé has been considered one of the premier interpreters of French piano repertoire. His albums of Satie and Debussy are considered benchmark recordings. For this offering, Rogé is joined by his wife Ami in a program of French masterworks for orchestra by Debussy and Ravel in arrangements for two pianos. It features Ravel’s 1908 transcription of Debussy’s Fêtes, Rogé’s own arrangement of La mer, Ravel’s Rhapsodie espagnole and the joyful Scherzo by Camille Saint-Saëns.
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Falla favorites FALLA El Amor Brujo, Concerto for Harpsichord, Siete Canciones populares Españolas, Piezas Españolas, Fantasia Bética
July 2013
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Marina de Gabarain (mezzo-soprano), Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Gonzalo Soriano (piano), Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord), National of Spain Soloists, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, Ataulfo Argenta Praga • PRD 350090
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IMPORT / SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Praga’s second SACD anthology of historic recordings of music by Manuel de Falla includes a diverse selection of works performed by a wealth of star performers. The lead work on the disc is the complete ballet El Amor Brujo performed by Eugene Ansermet and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Also included are solo works with pianist Alicia de Larrocha, songs with soprano Victoria de los Angeles and a harpsichord concerto featuring Robert Veyron-Lacroix. Part of the label’s Reminiscences series, these recordings from the late 1950s and early 1960s have been carefully remastered for Super Audio from stereo and bi-channel originals.
Star-studded Mahler Price Code: A21 (SACD+Bonus Blu-Ray, Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Includes Bonus blu-ray
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MAHLER Symphony No.8
Christine Brewer (soprano), Maria Espada (soprano), Camilla Nylund (soprano), Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Tommi Hakala (baritone), Stefan Kocán (bass), National Boy’s Choir, National Children’s Choir, Latvija State Choir, Bavarian Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons RCO Live • RCO 13002
RCO Live • RCO 13003
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“Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. There are no more human voices, only planets and suns revolving in their orbits,” wrote Gustav Mahler to his friend Willem Mengelberg, after completing the sketches for his Symphony No.8. The legendary relationship between Mahler, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mengelberg has established a firm tradition of playing Mahler in Amsterdam. Mariss Jansons’ brilliant interpretation of the Symphony of a Thousand is yet another jewel in the crown of the Concertgebouw’s acclaimed Mahler cycle. Featuring a starstudded cast and excellent choral forces, this superb surround-sound recording is offered two ways — accompanied by a bonus video of the performance in either DVD or a Blu-ray format.
Price Code: A21 (SACD+Bonus DVD, Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD INcludes Bonus bl
Also available RCO Live • RCO 12101 (5425008378046)
“Any Mahler-lover would be insane to pass up the opportunity to buy this set... The playing of the Concertgebouw in this music is distinctive. There’s great richness and depth of string tone, a bright tanginess to the woodwinds, a mellow but powerful brass sound, and very crisp and incisive percussion.” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos.1-10
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MTT’s Stravinsky now on Blu-ray STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media • SFS 0066
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DOMESTIC 127 Minutes, 16:9 widescreen (documentary); HD 16:9 widescreen (concert); 5.1 surround sound Remains Available on DVD as 60014 (821936001493) This Blu-ray disc reissue commemorating the 100th anniversary of the premiere of The Rite of Spring features Dolby TrueHD 96K audio. In 1913, the work’s shocking music and dance may have provoked a riot, but soon afterwards it was recognized as perhaps the most revolutionary piece of the century. On this disc, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony take you from the salons of St. Petersburg to the villages where Stravinsky found inspiration in the earthy power of Russian folk music and dance, to the cultural crossroads of prewar Paris. Presented for the first time on Blu-ray, Keeping Score: Stravinsky features a thought-provoking documentary and brilliant live concert performances.
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra plays Mahler MAHLER Symphony No.1 — Live at the Berlin Philharmonie
July 2013
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Donato Cabrera SFS Media • SFS 0067
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DOMESTIC This special release from SFS Media features conductor Donato Cabrera leading the worldrenowned San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra in a recording of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.1, performed live at the Berlin Philharmonie during the Orchestra’s eighth European tour. This album features one of the finest youth ensembles in the world, comprised of more than one hundred of the Bay Area’s most talented young instrumentalists. Mahler’s colorful symphony provides ample chance for these future stars to shine.
Balancing emotion and intellect Price Code: A24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98)
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Zeit(t)räume STOCKHAUSEN Tierkreis, Klavierstück IX BERIO Sequenza III, Quattro Canzoni poplari
Claudia Böttcher (soprano), Jovita Zähl (piano) Wergo • WER 6749
IMPORT Zeit(t)räume, dedicated to works by Stockhausen and Berio, features soprano Claudia Böttcher and pianist Jovita Zähl. Stockhausen’s music box cycle Tierkreis is presented here in a version for soprano and piano alongside his Klavierstück IX, which exemplifies principles of his serial thinking. In Berio’s Sequenza III, a wealth of emotional states is expressed, while the special charm that characterizes Quattro Canzoni poplari is rooted in the composer’s fascinating interpretations of traditional folk songs.
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GUBAIDULINA Works for Double Bass — In Croce, Sonata, Pantomime, Preludes
Daniele Roccato (double bass), Fabrizio Ottaviucci (piano), Massimiliano Pitocco (bayan) Wergo • WER 6760
July 2013
IMPORT Written over a span of forty years, these compositions by Sofia Gubaidulina have become staples of the double bass literature. In Pantomime, one immediately senses a certain theatricality, which is evoked by dramatic pauses and dynamic progressions. Originally written for cello, the Preludes were later arranged for double bass. For In Croce, Gubaidulina pairs the bass with a bayan, (a Russian accordion). The work was inspired by the composer’s experiments with folk instruments. Bassist Daniele Roccato is accompanied by pianist Fabrizio Ottaviucci and bayan player Massimiliano Pitocco.
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The Weavers in multi-channel Reunion at Carnegie Hall 1963 The Weavers APO • CAPF 005 SA
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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Previously Available as APFCD 005 (753088000522) Deleted June 2002 File in: Folk The Weavers are probably the greatest folk group of the past century. Although they fostered the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, the group’s songs are better known than their own performances. Peter, Paul and Mary took the early Weavers song “If I Had a Hammer” into the Top 10 and the Tokens pilfered the Weavers song “Wimoweh” and hit the charts with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. This SACD reissue compiles recordings made at two historic concerts celebrating the Weavers’ 15th anniversary. Recorded on location at Carnegie Hall on May 2 and 3, 1963, it features fourteen of the group’s hits including “Goodnight Irene” and “Woke Up This Morning.” Analogue Productions, working with Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio, presents a glorious, audiophile remaster of this classic album in three-channel stereo.
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Campbell Brothers APO • CAPO 2025
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DOMESTIC File in: Gospel Beyond The 4 Walls marks the triumphant return of the Campbell Brothers to studio recording after a hiatus of far too many years. Since they were first heard outside their church almost fifteen years ago, the group has been on an incredible and often arduous journey, balancing their faith with their desire to take their music to new audiences. The brothers alternatively pluck heartstrings and wail righteously as practitioners of Sacred Steel — African-American gospel music with electric steel guitar and vocals. National Public Radio said that the Campbell Brothers’ music is, “every bit as earthshattering as (Robert) Johnson’s music was in the ‘30s. It’s a soulstirring blend of gospel and the power and volume of electric blues and rock, a sound as hot as brimstone that kicks holy butt. It’s also shredding perceptions of country’s signature instrument and the limitations of church music.”
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A vocal homage to Chet Baker Chet Lives
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Joe Barbieri Chant du Monde • 2742258
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IMPORT File in: Jazz There are plenty of fine musicians who have celebrated Chet Baker the trumpet player, but far fewer who have given fitting tribute to Chet Baker’s equally compelling vocals. Joe Barbieri is without a doubt a worthy candidate. With his smooth yet fragile tone, his acute yet profound sensitivity and his ability to leave his own ego totally to one side, Barbieri tackles Chet’s repertoire with a wise man’s simplicity and an admirer’s humble respect. Originally from Naples, Barbieri has already demonstrated his ample talents on albums including his 2012 Chant du Monde release Respiro. Like Chet’s, his voice brushes lightly over us rather than caressing us, maintaining a precarious balance and a natural, innocent touch. Chet Lives! is the selfless homage of an eternal fan.
July 2013
Also available Respiro
Chant du Monde • 2742178 (3149024217821)
“Brimming with elegance and sophistication…” —CRITICAL JAZZ
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Chucho Valdés Jazz Village • JV 570016
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ADVANCEREVIEWS “His dazzling virtuosity as a pianist, his prodigious talents as a composer and his ingenious arrangements unite to create a music that enthralls.” —LATINJAZZNET.COM
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“Valdes’ every dancing intro, incisive fill and storming chordal eruption on piano is always irresistable, and his solo opener on the breathless Congadanza is a 9-minute exposition of exactly why he remains one of jazz piano’s most majestic virtuosos.” —THE GUARDIAN
IMPORT File in: Jazz Cuba’s foremost jazz pianist Chucho Valdés — winner of five GRAMMY® Awards and three Latin GRAMMY® Awards — has developed a brand new repertoire. Boasting a new line-up for his band, The Afro-Cuban Messengers, and a guest appearance from saxophonist Branford Marsalis on three tracks, his new album Border-Free takes us through an eclectic range of pieces. Alongside new sources of inspiration (the music of the North American Indians and of the Arab-Andalusian culture), the album is infused with the verve of Valdés’s early trail-blazing Cuban jazz ensemble Irakere, his nostalgia for Cuban big bands, the punch of hard bop, the magical rhythms of the Yoruba drums and of course the spiritual lyricism that is the mark of all great jazz.
Also available featuring Chucho Valdés First Hand Records • FHR 20 (5060216340159)
“ This release is the perfect way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of probably the most influential and greatest Afro-Latin jazz band of all time, Irakere.”
July 2013
Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Birmingham
—LATIN JAZZ NETWORK 19
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Joe Magnarelli — Live at Smalls is a stunning DVD depicting the life Joe Magnarelli of Trio Joubran the height of their SmallsLIVE • SL at 0034 art, both on and off stage.
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Here are four rock-solid jazz releases taken from live sets at Smalls Jazz Club in New York. Harold Mabern is a living legend of jazz piano. This release features a rhythm team of Joe Farnsworth on drums and John Webber on bass. Russian born trumpeter Alex Sipiagin has been a defining voice in cutting-edge modern jazz. Here he is backed by tenor Seamus Blake, pianist David Kikoski, bassist Boris Koslov and drummer Nate Smith. Trumpeter Joe Magnarelli is cut from the cloth of true New York bebop. Here he plays a program of Monk, standards and some originals along with the legendary Mulgrew Miller on piano, bassist Dwayne Burno and drummer Jason Brown. Alto saxophonist Will Vinson has been making a name for himself in New York as a cutting-edge musician. Paired with guitarist Lage Lund, pianist Aaron Parks, Marcus Gilmore on drums and Matt Brewer on bass, this special set includes some shimmering originals.
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Essential Elvis on sacd Stereo ‘57 (Essential Elvis Vol.2)
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July 2013
DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File in: Pop - Rock From the moment Elvis Presley began working on a new song, sound engineer Thorne Norgar had the 15 ips mono tape machine rolling simultaneously with a 2-track protection copy. The machines weren’t switched to pause until Elvis was satisfied with the take. A couple of years before the advent of the stereo LP in mid-1958, major record companies were experimenting with stereophonic recordings, often referred to then as binaural. These January 1957 2-track recordings date from sessions at which Presley produced material for two EPs and the soundtrack for the film “Loving You.” They’re the only known recordings surviving from the pre-stereo era. On this disc, restored and remastered for SACD by Sterling Sound, listeners can hear Presley at work, refining band arrangements and working through the nuances of his vocal performance. For serious Elvis fans and anyone else interested in the creative process, this recording is indispensable.
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The best of The King on sacd 24 Karat Hits!
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Elvis Presley APO • CAPP 2040 SA
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July 2013
DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File in: Pop - Rock It’s no understatement to call Elvis Presley the chief catalyst of the rock ‘n’ roll era. Presley earned his nickname “The King” by releasing dozens of course-altering singles over the course of his influential career. During the 1950s, Presley’s records spent a collective 53 weeks in the No.1 chart position. On 24 Karat Hits!, two dozen of the King’s greatest recordings have been painstakingly compiled using the original 1, 2 and 3-track tapes. Specially mastered for SACD by George Marino, the King’s best work has never sounded so intimate, detailed, present and alive. Images are true and tones are balanced on every cut. A long-out-of-print audiophile favorite — known for its first-rate sound quality — 24 Karat Hits! gets the royal treatment from Analogue Productions.
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An Elvis fan favorite, now on sacd Elvis is Back!
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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File in: Pop - Rock The ultra-hyped, hugely celebrated return of the King most certainly did not disappoint. Elvis Presley’s first full-length release after leaving the Army, aptly titled Elvis Is Back! was the answer to fans waiting eagerly for new material. Elvis entered the studio in March 1960 to record a batch of songs that would go on to become monumental worldwide hits. The singles “Are You Lonesome Tonight” and “It’s Now Or Never” created a tidal wave of excitement. Remastered especially for SACD from the original analog tapes by George Marino at Sterling Sound, every alluring shade, texture, and contour of Presley’s voice comes into your room with sheer transparency. The King’s best work has never sounded so intimate, detailed, present and alive. July 2013
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Traffic From Paradise
Rickie Lee Jones APO • CAPP 24602 SA
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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD File in: Pop - Rock From the moment she first appeared on Saturday Night Live in 1979, Rickie Lee Jones has challenged her listeners and the establishment with an absorbing musical vision that defies border and classification. Neither punk nor pop, she tottered on a thread of her own device, jazz — the old musical kind — and R&B, the Motown thread that permeates her work. Her self-titled debut album, released in ‘79 by Warner Bros., was a multi-million selling hit. Jones secured five GRAMMY® Award nominations, and won Best New Artist in 1980. Traffic from Paradise, released in 1993, features contributions from Leo Kottke, David Hidalgo and Jim Keltner, among others.
Breaking Silence
Janis Ian APO • CAPPG 027
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GOLD CD DOMESTIC Previously Available as CAPP 027 (753088000270) Deleted June 2002 File in: Pop - Rock This album finds Janis Ian’s voice in its purest, most vital form ever. The tracks were recorded as live as possible without sounding retro. This 1992 all-analogue recording, praised as much for the artist’s too infrequently heard talents as for its recorded dynamics, is now available on an equally meticulous transfer to gold-plated CD, returned to the catalog after a 10 year absence. Matched with Ian’s very personal songs, delivered in a voice that draws you in close in confidence, Breaking Silence is one of the very few recordings of recent years that by reproducing a pure analogue sound, has attained true audiophile status. This CD has been remastered using the 20+16 Ultra Matrix Processing. This mastering technique enables more information to be extracted from the analog tapes to be encoded and transferred to the CD master. This combination creates the truest and most accurate CD master from the original analog recording, and is the finest analog-todigital transfer process currently available.
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Guitar music by Argentinean masters harmonia frémeaux mundi
Guitar: The Great Argentinean Composers Music of Abel Fleury, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Astor Piazzolla & Eduardo Falú
Carlos Martínez, Máximo Pujol Frémeaux • FA 5404
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IMPORT File in: World / Argentina The porteño label Acqua Records has provided Frémeaux & Associés with this program of arrangements for solo guitar devoted to four superstars of 20th century Argentinean popular music: Abel Fleury, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Astor Piazzolla and Eduardo Falú. These four composers have varying styles, but all share a common desire to express the popular musical soul of Argentina. This four disc boxed set covers an immense range of Argentinean folk music, from the mountain peaks in Salta to the vast plains of the Pampas — milonga, zamba, chacarera, vidala — here played by masters of the guitar Carlos Martínez and Máximo Pujol.
July 2013
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Concert Calendar • CLASSICAL
Artists
Label
Date
City
State
Venue
Jonathan Biss
Onyx
Jul 12
Katonah
NY
Caramoor Center for Music & Arts
Jul 13
Aspen
CO
Benedict Music Tent
Aug 6
La Jolla
CA
MCASD Sherwood Auditorium
Aug 17
Saratoga Springs
NY
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Channel Classics
Jun 1-2
New York City
NY
Avery Fisher Hall
Iestyn Davies
Hyperion
Oct 20
New York City
NY
Zankel Hall
James Ehnes
Onyx
Jul 12-13
Teton Village
WY
Walk Festival Hall
Jul 21
Highland Park
IL
Ravinia Pavillion
Jul 29-31
Seattle
WA
Nordstrom Recital Hall
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
harmonia mundi
Nov 10
New York City
NY
Avery Fisher Hall
Isabelle Faust
harmonia mundi
Aug 17
Lenox
MA
Koussevitzky Music Shed
Ivan Fischer
Channel Classics
Nov 21
New York City
NY
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
Susan Graham
Onyx
Jul 3, 6, 12, 19 & 30
Santa Fe
NM
The Santa Fe Opera
Aug 7, 15, 21 & 24
Santa Fe
NM
The Santa Fe Opera
Marc-André Hamelin
Hyperion
Jul 24
New York City
NY
Mannes College of Music
Pablo Heras-Casado
harmonia mundi
Oct 3-6, 10-12
San Francisco
CA
Davies Symphony Hall
Oct 23
New York City
NY
Weill Recital Hall
Alina Ibragimova
Hyperion
Nov 18
New York City
NY
Zankel Hall
Olga Kern
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Jul 19, 21
Boulder
CO
Colorado Music Festival
Paul Lewis
harmonia mundi
Jul 24
Lenox
MA
Ozawa Hall
Aug 6
New York City
NY
Avery Fisher Hall
Aug 7
New York City
NY
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Aug 29
Los Angeles
CA
Hollywood Bowl
London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
LSO Live
Oct 20-21
New York City
NY
Avery Fisher Hall
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky
Oct 2
Chicago
IL
Symphony Center
Oct 10-11, 15
New York
NY
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Jul 25, 28
Lenox
MA
Ozawa Hall
Jun 1-2
New York City
NY
Avery Fisher Hall
Garrick Ohlsson San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
SFS Media
Nov 13-14
New York City
NY
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
Christine Schäfer
Onyx
Jul 26
Lenox
MA
Koussevitzky Music Shed
Cédric Tiberghien
Hyperion
Jul 27
Cuyahoga Valley
OH
Blossom Music Center
Tokyo String Quartet
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Jul 6
Norfolk
CT
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Daniil Trifonov
Mariinsky
Aug 22
Lenox
MA
Ozawa Hall
Shai Wosner
Onyx
Jul 30
Santa Fe
NM
St. Francis Auditorium
Jul 31
Santa Fe
NM
Simms Auditorium
Aug 1, 4 & 5
Santa Fe
NM
St. Francis Auditorium
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky
Oct 10, 11 & 15
New York
NY
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Paul O'Dette
harmonia mundi
Jun 9
Boston
MA
Cutler Majestic Theater
Jun 11-12, 14-16
Boston
MA
Jordan Hall
Jun 17
Rockport
MA
Boston Early Music Festival
Jun 21-23
Great Barrington
MA
Mahaiwe Theater
Jul 25, 28
Lenox
MA
Ozawa Hall
Jun 1-2
New York
NY
Avery Fisher Hall
July 2013
Garrick Ohlsson
Hyperion
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
SFS Media
Nov 13-14
New York
NY
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
Jordi Savall
Alia Vox
Jun 15
Cambridge
MA
Boston Early Music Festival
Christine Schäfer
Onyx
Jul 26
Lenox
MA
Koussevitzky Music Shed
Cédric Tiberghien
Hyperion
Jul 27
Cuyahoga Valley
OH
Blossom Music Center
Tokyo String Quartet
harmonia mundi
Jul 6
Norfolk
CT
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Daniil Trifonov
Mariinsky
Aug 22
Lenox
MA
Ozawa Hall
Feb 6
New York
NY
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Jul 30
Santa Fe
NM
St. Francis Auditorium
Jul 31
Santa Fe
NM
Simms Auditorium
Aug 1, 4 & 5
Santa Fe
NM
St. Francis Auditorium
Shai Wosner
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Hyperion
Onyx
Date
City
State
Venue
C.J. Chenier
World Village
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Asphalt Tango
Ahmad Jamal
Jazz Village
Catherine Russell
World Village
Omar Sosa
Ota
Chucho Valdés
Jazz Village
Antonio Zambujo
World Village
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