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Civil War Songs of Hope and Home
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2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. One of the bloodiest conflicts in American history, it tore the country apart, pitting family against family and neighbor against neighbor. For 1865, their final album, Anonymous 4 chose to explore the songs of hope and home that bolstered the spirits of Civil War soldiers and their loved ones. Joined by folk music superstar Bruce Molsky, the album completes their popular trilogy of Americana recordings (p.9). Paul Lewis is one of the finest pianists of his generation. On his latest release, he plays Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in its original version for solo piano (p.10). Violinist Philippe Graffin is the soloist in works by Joseph Jongen’s on the latest volume of Hyperion’s acclaimed Romantic Violin Concerto series (p.15). Mozart’s four Horn Concertos are among the composer’s most popular works. English natural-horn virtuoso Pip Eastop offers superb readings of these gems, paired with the equally cheery Horn Quintet (p.17). Other classical releases worthy of note include a disc of Handel’s music for Queen Caroline with Les Arts Florissants (p.19) and a DVD of Handel’s opera Rodelina with Nicolaus Harnoncourt (p.5). In non-classical releases, jazz takes the spotlight. Discovered by Quincy Jones and featured in an Oscar-worthy documentary on Clark Terry, pianist Justin Kauflin makes his solo début this month on Jazz Village with Dedication. Playing with soul and emotion well beyond his years, Kauflin offers a superb set of twelve originals (p.23). Three new titles from Smalls Live round out the month with swing (p.25).
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René Jacobs explores the roots of Baroque opera Composed at a time when neither oratorio nor opera existed, Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s magisterial musical drama Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo combines song, stage action, dance, and instrumental music in perfect harmony. On this new recording, maestro René Jacobs illuminates this key work, written at the dawn of the Baroque revolution.
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Xenia Löffler (oboe), Marie Friederike Schöder (soprano), Batzdorfer Hofkapelle Accent • ACC 24295 IMPORT Throughout his life, the oboe played a key role in the music of Georg Friedrich Handel. For no other instrument did he compose such passionate, Price Code: A22 dramatic and virtuosic music. On this disc, the (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) Batzdorfer Hofkapelle presents a selection of Handel’s most beautiful works featuring the oboe. Xenia Löffler, member of the Akademe für Alte Musik Berlin, is the soloist. Vocal parts in the arias with oboe are sung by the young coloratura soprano Marie Friederike Schöder, a shooting star of the baroque music scene.
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LECLAIR Sonatas for Two Violins Op.12 Florian Deuter (violin), Mónica Waisman (violin) Accent • ACC 24298
IMPORT Jean-Marie Leclair, ordinaire de la musique du roi in the court orchestra of Louis XV, was considered “The Corelli of France” by his contemporaries — Price Code: A22 and not without reason. The duos for two violins (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) without basso continuo stand out in his oeuvre, not least because of their unusual instrumentation. In them, Leclair introduced a new art of violin-playing that combined Italian virtuosity with the elegance of French dance. On this release, two proven baroque specialists, Florian Deuter and Mónica Waisman, perform a selection of these spectacular works.
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My Favourite Instrument — Concertos, Sonatas & Arias with Oboe HANDEL Oboe Concerto, Almira Suite, Oboe Sonata, Double Concerto, Trio Sonata, Teseo Overture, Arias
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Polyphonies oubliées Faux-bourdons from the 16th-19th Centuries
IMPORT From the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century, plainchant was sung polyphonically all over Europe — in a great variety of ways. It is no exaggeration Price Code: 2A21 to say that for centuries it epitomized the sound (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $43.98) of church music for congregations. Fauxbourdon was a means of solemnizing the Divine Office by embellishing the plainchant melody. This double CD featuring Dominique Vellard and the Ensemble Gilles Binchois offers a selection of this music that reflects the variety and diversity of four centuries of French polyphonic plainchant.
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BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos No.1 & 2 Louis Schwizgebel (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thierry Fischer Aparté • AP 098
IMPORT Louis Schwizgebel has been described as ‘a pianist with a profound gift’ (The Guardian, August 2013) and an ‘insightful musician’ (The New York Price Code: A21 Times, May 2013). Born in 1987, he is already well(Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) known on the international scene. His third album for Aparté is devoted to two early masterpieces by Beethoven. Schwizgebel was selected by BBC Radio 3 as a BBC New Generation Artist. Here he plays with one of Britain’s finest orchestras, the London Philharmonic, conducted by Thierry Fischer.
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Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Maîtrise de Toulouse, Dominique Vellard Aparté • AP 097
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HANDEL Rodelinda
IMPORT All zones; 189 minutes; 16:9 Aspect; PCM2.0; In Italian with Subtitles This DVD from Belvedere features Nikolaus Harnoncourt leading the period-instrument Concentus Musicus Wien in a definitive, reference quality production of Handel’s operatic masterpiece Rodelinda. Nicolaus’s brother Philipp Harnoncourt’s staging translates the Baroque opera into a modern context, which helps tell the timeless story in an impressing and direct way. The production’s outstanding cast includes soprano Danielle de Niese, countertenor Bejun Mehta and tenor Kurt Streit.
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Recently released Ravel: Concert for a Deaf Soul Belvedere • 10150 (4280000101501)
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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer Channel Classics • CCS SA 33514
IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The Symphony No. 2 of Johannes Brahms was composed in the summer of 1877. Its cheery and almost pastoral mood often invite comparisons with Beethoven’s sixth symphony. On this SACD from Channel Classics featuring Iván Fischer leading his Budapest Festival Orchestra, Brahms’s ‘pastoral’ symphony is paired with two overtures. The Tragic Overture offers a somber contrast to the sunny mood of the symphony, while the Academic Festival Overture ends the program on a positive and uplifting note.
“There’s something inspiring about a Hungarian orchestra playing Brahms...” —THE BUFFALO NEWS
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Also available Brahms: Symphony No.1 Channel • CCS SA 28309 (723385283096) 10/10 “Even if you have a hundred recordings of this music, let this disc be your hundred and first.” —CLASSICS TODAY 6
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BRAHMS Symphony No.2, Tragic Overture, Academic Festival Overture
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The Usher Hall Organ Vol.2
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John Kitchen (organ) Delphian • DCD 34132
IMPORT John Kitchen has established a hugely popular series of concerts at Usher Hall, and draws on its repertoire to follow up his 2004 recording of the then Price Code: A19 newly restored instrument with a program that fur(Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) ther represents the vast variety of music that draws in the Edinburgh crowds. Kitchen was a Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Edinburgh, where he continues as University Organist. Following the restoration of the Usher Hall organ in 2003, he was appointed Edinburgh City Organist with promotional and curatorial duties, a post he still holds.
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Rohan de Saram (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano) First Hand • FHR 34 IMPORT Rohan de Saram, one of the world’s most distinguished cellists, teams up with the equally eminent pianist Benjamin Frith in a very Price Code: A20 interesting and distinctive selection of works for (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) cello and piano that span eight decades. From the sunny romanticism of Brahms to the melancholy of Sibelius to the modernity of Ivor Keys, this release is a fascinating recital disc performed by two outstanding British musicians.
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KEYS Cello Sonata SIBELIUS Malinconia Op.20 BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 (arr. Paul Klengel)
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Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Rudin (cello), Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Teunis van der Zwart (althorn), Gérard Costes (trombone), Alexander Melnikov (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 905271 IMPORT Hindemith composed more than thirty sonatas for an incredibly diverse collection of instruments – all of which he was capable of playing himself. This fascinating selection of works written between 1935 and 1948 is played by some of today’s finest soloists, with the guiding spirit of Alexander Melnikov at the piano. Soloists include violinist Isabelle Faust, cellist Alexander Rudin, trumpeter Jeroen Berwaerts, trombonist Gérard Costes and Teunis van der Zwart playing the rarely heard althorn.
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“Melnikov’s playing, on its own terms, is so virtuosic and secure that you surrender to it immediately.” —THE BAY AREA REPORTER
Also available Bethoveen: Piano Trios Opp.70 & 97 harmonia mundi • HMC 902125 (3149020212523) “A captivating performance...” —INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 8
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Anonymous 4 Bruce Molsky (fiddle, banjo, guitar & vocals) harmonia mundi • HMU 807549 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Anonymous 4 and special guest Bruce Molsky commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War with songs that were in the air in the year 1865. It includes ballads and choruses originally intended for the stage and the parlor, as well as songs and instrumental tunes from the hills and back roads of America. They portray the highly emotional, personal stories of soldiers, widows and others who lived through one of the bloodiest wars in American history.
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“Beauty, strength, and timelessness...” —EARLY MUSIC AMERICA
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“A stunning disc of old-time Americana...” —BILLBOARD
“Exuberant and haunting.” —GRAMOPHONE
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1865 Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil War
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IMPORT On this recording, Paul Lewis performs two major works of the keyboard repertoire. Decidedly programmatic, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is more commonly heard today in Ravel’s orchestral version. However, the original for solo piano is both a technical tour-de-force and a brilliant example of the composer’s coloristic gifts. The pairing is Schumann’s Fantaisie Op.17, a work whose movements originally had evocative titles (Ruin, Triumphal Arch, Constellation). The ‘program’ was removed before publication, but the ‘pictures’ Schumann intended listeners to imagine remain.
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“Firmly in the company of great contemporary pianists...” —THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition SCHUMANN Fantasie Op.17 Paul Lewis (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902096
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IMPORT Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout continues his multi-disc survey of Mozart’s music for solo keyboard with volume seven of the series. The first Price Code: A19 six have been met with universal critical acclaim (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) from around the world. This program of this release explores the elegance and drama that are ever-present in Mozart’s music. Most notably, Bezuidenhout performs two works influenced by the composer’s 1778 stay in Paris — the grandly proportioned Sonata in A minor, K.310 and the dazzling Variations in C on “Lison dormait”, K.264.
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PIAZZOLLA Escualo, Histoire du Tango, Valísimo, Tango-Étude No.3, Chiquilín de Bachin, Ángel Suite Ann Hobson Pilot (harp), Lucia Lin (violin), Juan Pablo Jofre (bandoneón) harmonia mundi • HMU 907627
IMPORT The name Astor Piazzolla is synonymous with the word tango. A musical ambassador who carried the signature sounds of Argentina’s cafes and nightclubs Price Code: A19 to concert halls around the world, his instantly (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) recognizable compositions (attractively arranged here for harp, violin and bandoneón) are infused with elements of jazz, fusion and even classical baroque. Featured performers include former Boston Symphony principal harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, violinist Lucia Lin and Juan Pablo Jofre on bandoneón.
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MOZART Keyboard Music Vol.7 Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) harmonia mundi • HMU 907531
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Alexandre Tharaud (piano) harmonia mundi • HMX 2901754 IMPORT
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Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexander Melnikov (piano) Jirí Belohlávek harmonia mundi • HMX 2901833
RIAS Kammerchor Marcus Creed harmonia mundi • HMX 2901724
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ROTA La Strada, Il gattopardo, Concert-Soirée
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Music for Compline
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HANDEL As steals the morn VIVALDI The Four Seasons Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin harmonia mundi • HMX 2902061
Mark Padmore (tenor) The English Concert Andrew Manze harmonia mundi • HMX 2907422
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IMPORT On these recordings, Schoenberg is revealed as a master of the art of lush orchestration, frequently changing tone-colors and expressing powerful Price Code: A13 emotions. Maestro Zubin Mehta has succeeded in (Suggested Retail Price: $13.98) drawing the more conservative listener closer to this composer, both by the selection of the works and by the compelling performance of the orchestra.
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PROKOFIEV Romeo & Juliet (Excerpts) RESPIGHI Pines of Rome, Trittico Botticelliano Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9666
IMPORT This program of works by Prokofiev and Respighi demonstrates the magic that comes from the baton of Zubin Mehta. With Maestro Mehta on the Price Code: A13 podium, the orchestra responds immediately, and (Suggested Retail Price: $13.98) the conductor never hesitates to make the music as appealing as possible to the audience.
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SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande, Variations for Orchestra Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta Helicon • 02.9665
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Philippe Graffin (violin), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion • CDA 68005 IMPORT The Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches Belgium and the music of Joseph Jongen, a composer more celebrated for his organ music now, but who was equally admired in his day for his orchestral and chamber works. On this new album, Philippe Graffin collaborates with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic and Martyn Brabbins in Jongen’s Violin Concerto, one of the composer’s first substantial works. Also included are other works for violin and orchestra, and a Rapsodie by Italian Romantic Sylvio Lazzari who was influenced — as was Jongen — by the music of César Franck.
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“One of the most gifted players you’ll ever hear...” —STRINGS
Also available Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.17 Hyperion • CDA 68050 (034571280509) “Jack Liebeck is in superb form in both works.” —THE WHOLE NOTE 15
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Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.18 JONGEN Violin Concerto, Adagio symphonique, Fantasia LAZZARI Rapsodie
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TALLIS Ave, rosa sine spinis and other choral music
IMPORT The Cardinall’s Musick and their inspirational director Andrew Carwood present a further volume of their Gramophone award winning series of Tallis’s sacred music. This new album contains some of the most sublime works of the entire period, performed with The Cardinall’s Musick’s familiar committed, full-blooded and beautiful singing. By including both Tallis’s English and Latin settings, this program demonstrates the composer’s mastery of the changing edicts imposed on him from above in this turbulent time.
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“Carwood has achieved a standing second to none among English vocal ensemble directors.” —FANFARE
Also available Tallis: Puer natus est nobis Hyperion • CDA 68026 (034571280264) “The Cardinall’s Musick is absolutely breathtaking, and as always, Tallis’s music is a revelation...” —CD HOTLIST 16
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Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood Hyperion • CDA 68076
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] MOZART Horn Concertos Nos.1-4, Horn Quintet
IMPORT Mozart’s Horn Concertos are perhaps the most popular works ever written for the instrument. This album presents all the works Mozart wrote for his lifelong friend, horn player Joseph Leutgeb, who was one of the foremost players of his day. In these five works Mozart captures the public persona of an instrument most readily associated with all things hunting, but he also brings it indoors: lyrical episodes, and especially the slow movements, show the very soul of the instrument. Natural horn player Pip Eastop’s technical ability and musical inventiveness are palpable in these hugely enjoyable renditions. He is accompanied by the Eroica Quartet and The Hanover Band led by Anthony Halstead (who has also provided an ending for the unfinished K417, Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major).
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Pip Eastop (french horn) Eroica Quartet Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead Hyperion • CDA 68097
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SCRIABIN Complete Études Piers Lane (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55242
SCRIABIN Complete Préludes Vol.1 Piers Lane (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55450
SCRIABIN Complete Préludes Vol.2 Piers Lane (piano) Hyperion • CDH 55451
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IMPORT These three mid-priced reissues in Hyperion’s Helios series feature Piers Lane bringing his admired technical bravura and innate musicality to the music of Scriabin. On his disc of the complete Études, one can hear the gradual but total transformation of Scriabin’s musical language. He began with a richly romantic and strongly emotional style centered on Chopin. After 1900, the texture and rhythmic structure of the music became increasingly intricate and fluid, while his sense of form grew ever more focused and concentrated. Lane’s two discs of the complete Préludes are bold and compelling, matching technical bravura with a rich vein of poetry and color and communicating the composer’s vivid and exceptional imagination.
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Les Arts Florissants, William Christie Les Arts Florissants • AF 004
IMPORT Queen Caroline was an emblematic female figure of the 18th century: the wife of King George II of England, a woman of great beauty, a champion of science and the arts, Caroline d’Ansbach was also the friend and patroness of Handel. The latter was entrusted with the solemn music composed for the grand ceremonies that marked the reign. This recording featuring William Christie and Les Arts Florissants brings together, for the first time, three works underlining the strong link between the monarch and her favorite composer.
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“William Christie and his orchestra are wonderful...” —GRAMOPHONE
Also available Handel: Belshazzar Les Arts Florissants • AF 001 (3760138170972) “The performance is a revelation, sung and played with remarkable theatrical finesse...” —LOS ANGELES TIMES 19
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Music for Queen Caroline HANDEL Coronation Anthem, Te Deum, Funeral Anthem
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HAYDN Piano Trios Hob. XV:1, 12 & 27 HUMMEL Piano Trio No.2
IMPORT This recording pairs works by two composers who were in regular contact at the court of Esterházy. The piano trio occupies a significant place in the Price Code: A23 output of Joseph Haydn. Some forty years separate (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) his Trio in G minor from the Piano Trio No.2 of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a remarkable virtuoso whose melodic gift won him the admiration of Mendelssohn. The Trio Chausson is featured on this recording, which brings out both the connections and contrasts between these great composers.
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SCARLATTI 50 Sonatas for Harpsichord Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord) Mirare • MIR 273
IMPORT Domenico Scarlatti was born in 1685 — the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Only a small fraction of his compositions Price Code: 3A11 were published during his lifetime; his 555 keyboard (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $35.98) Sonatas were published long after his death. These virtuosic single movement works display remarkable harmonic originality and contain influences from Iberian folk music. Pierre Hantaï’s three-disc Scarlatti series dating from the early 2000s is now available in a boxed set at mid-price. Upon release, each of the volumes was met with the highest critical acclaim.
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Trio Chausson Mirare • MIR 271
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TELEMANN Trios & Quartets La Rêveuse Mirare • MIR 267
IMPORT A major musical figure of the 18th-century, in his time, Telemann was more popular than Bach. This master of instrumental music was open to French Price Code: A23 and Italian influences and to the new galant style (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) that flourished in Germany. Telemann wrote music notable for its considerable panache. This is especially true of his chamber music, a selection of which is offered here on this recording featuring the ensemble La Rêveuse.
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IMPORT Since winning two prizes at the ARD International Music Competition in 2005, Serbian sisters Sanja and Lidija Bizjak have achieved worldwide praise Price Code: A19 for their solo piano and piano duo performances (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) alike. For their debut recording on Onyx, they have created a superb program underpinned by two brilliant concertos for two pianos and orchestra by Poulenc and Martinu. These major works frame equally challenging compositions for two pianos alone by Stravinsky and Shostakovich.
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MARTINU Concerto for Two Pianos POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos SHOSTAKOVICH Concertino; STRAVINSKY Sonata Bizjak Piano Duo Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Radoslaw Szulc Onyx Classics • ONYX 4148
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IMPORT China Meets Europe is the second in Wergo’s series of ten recordings of the music of Enjott Schneider. Schneider is a German composer, musicologist and Price Code: A25 music educator. He is known for his film work, (Suggested Retail Price: $25.98) having won the Bavarian Film Award in 1990, the Filmband in Gold in 1991, and the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in 2007. China’s rich culture has fascinated Schneider for a long time. This recording presents two works which, though they owe their sound primarily to western symphonic ideas, also incorporate spiritual and musical influences from the East.
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RIEHM Lenz in moskau, Im nachtigallental, Ton für Ton (weiße straßen babylons), Au bord d’une source Jeremias Schwarzer (recorder), Theo Nabicht (clarinet), Erik Borgir (cello), Ensemble Ascolta, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Sian Edwards Wergo • WER 7314 IMPORT Wolfgang Riehm is a prominent figure in the European new music scene. Riehm’s early work, combining contemporary techniques with the Price Code: A25 emotional volatility of Mahler and of Schoenberg’s (Suggested Retail Price: $25.98) early expressionist period, was regarded by many as a revolt against the avant-garde generation of Boulez and Stockhausen (with whom he studied). This disc offers a portrait of Riehm’s recent compositions, including the fascinating recorder concerto Au bord d’une source, which is loosely based on Franz Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage.
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China Meets Europe SCHNEIDER Changes - Concerto for Sheng & Orchestra, Chinese Seasons - Symphony No.3 Vesselina Kasarova (alto), Wu Wie (sheng), Tonkünstler-Orchester, Xincao Li Wergo • WER 5111
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JANUARY 2015
[PRIORITY RELEASE] Dedication
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IMPORT File in: Jazz Produced by Quincy Jones, Dedication is the Jazz Village debut by piano prodigy Justin Kauflin. The album features twelve original compositions by Kauflin. His style embodies — without being derivative — the “quiet fire” lyricism of Bill Evans (whom Kauflin credits as his “biggest influence at age 14”), the nimble and mercurial qualities of Bud Powell, the genial melodiousness of Herbie Hancock and a bit of Dave Brubeck’s gregarious percussiveness. Kauflin’s side men on the album are Billy Williams on drums, Chris Smith on bass, Matt Stevens on guitar and Etan Haziza on nylon guitar. Kauflin is also the subject of the award-winning documentary Keep On Keepin’ On, which chronicles his mentorship and friendship with the legendary musician and teacher Clark Terry. The film won Best New Documentary Director and the Heineken Audience Award at New York’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Boulder Film Festival.
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Justin Kauflin Jazz Village • JV 579003
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Faces (bonus tracks)
Nightflight (bonus tracks)
Gabor Szabó Dutton • CDSML 8503
Gabor Szabó Dutton • CDSML 8506
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IMPORT File in: Jazz Gábor Szabó was an influential jazz guitarist famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music. Szabó escaped Sovietdominated Hungary in 1956 and moved to the United States where he attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston. After a stint with Chico Hamilton in the early 60s, Szabó recorded a well-received span of albums under his own name on the Impulse! label. His playing strongly influenced Carlos Santana. Indeed, Santana’s 2012 instrumental album Shape Shifter includes a song called “Mr. Szabo,” played in tribute in the style of Gábor Szabó. These two reissues from Dutton feature albums originally on the Mercury label. Faces was released in 1977 and Nightflight was released in 1976. Nightflight produced the biggest hit of Szabó’s career, a remake of producer Bunny Sigler’s song “Keep Smilin’.” Both discs include bonus tracks.
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JANUARY 2015
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Spike Wilner Trio Live at Smalls
Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quartet Live at Smalls
Theo Hill Live at Smalls
Spike Wilner Trio SmallsLIVE • SL 0042
Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quartet SmallsLIVE • SL 0043
Theo Hill SmallsLIVE • SL 0044
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DOMESTIC File in: Jazz The SmallsLIVE label features recordings made at the famous Smalls Jazz Club in New York City. Established in 1993, the venue earned a reputation in the 1990s as a hotbed for jazz talent and one of the best places in the city to see rising talent in the New York jazz scene. These three recordings live up to that reputation. Spike Wilner Trio: Live at Smalls is the pianist’s second release on the label. Wilner’s improvisation and compositional depth is reminiscent of jazz masters of the 40s and 50s. Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quartet: Live at Smalls is his second release. Hendrickson-Smith has worked and recorded with such world-class artists as Amy Winehouse, Al Green and Michael Buble. Theo Hill: Live at Smalls is pianist Theo Hill’s debut recording as a leader. The recording pays homage to Hill’s first appearance as a professional pianist at Smalls Jazz Club.
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JANUARY 2015
Dobet Gnahoré Contre-Jour • CJ 031
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Na Drê
IMPORT File in: World / Africa / Ivory Coast GRAMMY® award winner and BBC Radio3 Music Award nominee Dobet Gnahoré is one of the Price Code: A19 freshest talents in new African music. She sings in (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) seven languages and embraces musical styles from West African Mandinka melodies to Congolese rumba and from Ivory Coast’s ziglibiti to Cameroonian bikoutsi. On her fourth album, Na drê, Gnahoré returns with force. She is accompanied by guitarist Colin Laroche de Feline, bass player Clive Govinden & drummer Boris Tchango. Lokua Kanza & Paco Sery also sit in for two of the album’s tracks.
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IMPORT File in: World / Europe / Portugal With Rua da Emenda, António Zambujo continues on his mission to revolutionize fado. On this album, Price Code: A18 he leaves the well-beaten track of traditional fado (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98) behind and turns it into his very own musical genre — a new, elegant, vocal art that mixes saudade and ardent choruses. The appealing ambience of Rua da Emenda, which blends Zambujo’s velvety voice with sparkling guitar and melancholic clarinets, evokes the flavors of historic Lisbon.
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António Zambujo World Village • 479106
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JANUARY 2015
Jalousie; Tenderly; All the Things You Are
Fantasy and Improvisations; Nero Goes Pops Pops Goes the Trumpet; The Pops Goes Latin; Glenn Miller’s Biggest Hits
Peter Nero, Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler Dutton • CDLK 4552 IMPORT
Al Hirt, Boston Pops Arthur Fiedler Dutton • CDLK 4541 IMPORT
Goodnight Sweetheart; Love Walked In; Beyond the Blue Horizon
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Morton Gould Dutton • CDLK 4543 IMPORT
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You Light Up My Life; Andre Kostelanetz Plays the theme from Superman and other pop hits of today! Andre Kostelanetz Dutton • CDLK 4551 IMPORT
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Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler Dutton • CDLK 4545 IMPORT
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JANUARY 2015
Hollywood Award Winners!; Lush and Lovely
Bouzouki Magic; Bouzouki King Skitch… Tonight!; More Skitch Tonight!
Roberto Delgado Dutton • CDLK 4537 IMPORT
Skitch Henderson Dutton • CDLK 4542 IMPORT
Caterina Valente Singers; Happy Caterina
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Caterina Valente Dutton • CDLK 4555 IMPORT
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Dallas; The Best of the West Floyd Cramer Dutton • CDLK 4548 IMPORT File in: Country
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Skitch Henderson Dutton • CDLK 4546 IMPORT
ROCK
JANUARY 2015
Slag Tanz
IMPORT File in: Rock Jazz Village’s exciting new Magma series primarily focuses on classic recordings, reissued in celebration of the band’s 45th anniversary. However, Slag Tanz — a masterpiece of symphonic metal — has previously only been heard in live performance. Not surprisingly, the album radiates with all of Magma’s singular intensity. Powerful, hypnotic and unclassifiable, there has been absolutely nothing to compare to them in the last fifty years.
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Recently released Rïah Sahïltaahk Jazz Village • JV 570045
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Magma Jazz Village • JV 570051
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