JANUARY 2016 | NEW RELEASES
Jordi SAVALL Les Éléments
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The list of ‘must have’ recordings that feature maestro Jordi Savall, either as a performer or conductor, is already extensive. This month another Alia Vox release joins that pantheon of masterpieces. Thematically linked programs are one of Savall’s signatures. Through works by Rebel, Telemann and Vivaldi and others, Les Éléments explores the forces of nature. Hyperion’s various concerto collections are among the label’s best sellers year after year. This month, two new recordings will give collectors much to enjoy. Violinist Jack Liebeck is the featured soloist in volume nineteen of The Romantic Violin Concerto series. The talented young performer plays works by Bruch including the Violin Concerto No.1. Pianist Howard Shelley, conducting from the keyboard, plays works by Daniel Steibelt on the second volume of The Classical Piano Concerto. Three of the harmonia mundi label’s top artists offer new recordings that are sure to please. Star conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Freiburger Barockorchester in Mendelssohn’s third and fourth symphonies, while Trio Wanderer performs chamber music of Brahms and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout completes his benchmark series of Mozart keyboard works. The music of film composer extraordinaire Howard Shore provides the perfect complement to the powerful and emotionally charged film Spotlight, which recently débuted in theatres.
COMING IN FEBRUARY Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos.2 & 5 Vadym Kholodenko harmonia mundi • HMU 807631
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Vadym Kholodenko launches Prokofiev cycle 2013 Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko became the first-ever “Artist in Partnership” with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra beginning in 2014. Under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, he opens his complete cycle of Prokofiev’s Piano Concertos with the dark-hued but dazzling second coupled with the less familiar fifth.
Angela Hewitt plays Scarlatti sonatas Scarlatti: Sonatas Angela Hewitt Hyperion • CDA 67613
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Canadian pianist par excellence Angela Hewitt delves into the multitude of delights present in Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas. The prolific Italian composer wrote over 555 sonatas over the course of his lifetime. For this collection, Hewitt performs sixteen of his finest, including the popular Sonata in E Major Kk380.
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HEINICHEN Italian Cantatas & Concertos
IMPORT Most listeners today would say with confidence that the Baroque era was dominated by the towering figures of J.S Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. However, scholars of the period would disagree. In fact, Johann Mattheson coined the phrase “three important H’s of German music” to describe Handel, Hasse... and Johann David Heinichen. Although the music of Heinichen has enjoyed a modest Renaissance in recent years, much of his output still remains obscure and underexplored. Heinichen’s compositions are emblematic of the cultural riches of the reign of King Augustus the Strong of Saxony. This recording featuring the Batzdorfer Hofkapelle features a selection of Heinichen’s Italian-inspired Cantatas and Concertos. The vocal soloists are soprano Marie Friederike Schöder and alto Terry Wey.
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Also available Handel: My Favourite Instrument Accent • ACC 24295 (4015023242951)
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Marie Friederike Schöder (soprano), Terry Wey (alto), Batzdorfer Hofkapelle Accent • ACC 24309
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall Alia Vox • AVSA 9914 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD The music on this double album explores the forces of nature, as vividly depicted by the composers at the turn of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Jordi Savall’s stunning (and première) recording of Jean-Fery Rebel’s Les Éléments displays his unmatched vision of the baroque orchestral repertoire, proving that authenticity and timbral beauty aren’t mutually exclusive. This classic recording, remastered for SACD, is paired on this release with brand new performances of similarly programmatic works by Locke, Vivaldi, Marais, Telemann and Rameau, all performed by Savall’s acclaimed ensemble Le Concert des Nations. This varied and expressively wide-ranging collection is a welcome addition to the existing landmark recordings made by Savall in this repertoire.
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Also available Biber: Missa Salisburgensis Alia Vox • AVSA 9912 (8435408099127)
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Les Éléments Tempêtes, Orages & Fêtes Marines
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DEBUSSY Children’s Corner, Images Book II, Préludes Book II
IMPORT A disciple of Vlado Perlemuter and Jean Hubeau, pianist and teacher Michel Dalberto has been an ardent proponent of French music for over Price Code: A21 thirty years. This is the first installment in his (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) new signature series for Aparté. Each release will be recorded live. This disc showcasing the music of Claude Debussy was was recorded May 30, 2015 on a Fazioli piano at the Teatro Bibiena, during the Mantua Chamber Music Festival.
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SATIE Gymnopédies, Pièces froides, Petits Chorals, Avant-dernières pensées, Nocturnes, Gnossiennes Bruno Fontaine (piano) Aparté • AP 116
IMPORT Pianist, conductor, arranger and composer Bruno Fontaine is the perfect example of a 21st century artist. This collection features a Price Code: A21 broad selection of Satie’s piano works. The (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) Gymnopédies represent an important precursor to modern ambient music. Satie’s Nocturnes were his final works for solo piano and are considered among his most significant achievements in the genre. The Gnossiennes are a highly experimental form invented by the composer. Also included are the Avant-dernières pensées, the Pièces froides and Petits Chorals.
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Michel Dalberto (piano) Aparté • AP 111
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Vienna State Opera, Johannes Wildner Belvedere • 08003
IMPORT 58 Minutes/ Dolby Digital 2.0/ 16:9/ NTSC/ Region 0/ German & English The tale of a beautiful young water nymph in human form and her love for an unfaithful knight Price Code: A33 or prince is a common theme in opera and ballet. (Suggested Retail Price: $33.98) Many of these musical settings are based on the 1811 novella Undine by Friedrich Baron de la Motte-Fouqué, including this opera by Albert Lortzing. With regard to instrumentation, thematic design and text setting, Lortzing’s Undine was a milestone in the development of German Romantic opera. Directed by Alexander Medem, this video presents a one-act version of the opera arranged and adapted by Tristan Schulze for children that is suitable for the whole family.
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HENZE Pollicino Vienna State Opera, Gerrit Priessnitz Belvedere • 10140
IMPORT 61 Minutes/ Dolby Digital 2.0/ 16:9/ NTSC/ Region 0/ German & English Henze’s children’s opera Pollicino premièred in 1980. It is a musical fairy tale that tells the story Price Code: A33 of Pollicino and his six brothers. His family is (Suggested Retail Price: $33.98) destitute. Pollicino overhears his parent’s plan to abandon him and his siblings in the forest. Alone in the forest, animals guide them to a house hidden nearby where a cannibal and his wife live with their seven daughters. Clotilde, the eldest of the daughters, reveals to Pollicino that she and her sisters have long wanted to run away from home. Together with the help of the forest animals, the children turn this plan into reality. This production from the Vienna State Opera led by Gerrit Priessnitz premiered in April 2013.
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LORTZING Undine Adapted for Children by Tristan Schulze
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Julia Fischer (violin), Yefim Bronfman (piano), The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst Belvedere • 08005 IMPORT 389 Minutes/ Dolby Digital 2.0/ 16:9/ NTSC/ Region 0 The Cleveland Orchestra is the “aristocrat among American orchestras” (The Telegraph) and the ensemble’s music director, Franz Welser-Möst, leads them with verve and precision. These three disc sets from Belvedere (DVD and Blu-ray), feature six and a half hours of music, presenting a ‘cycle’ of all the major orchestral works by Johannes Brahms. Included are the complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos, the Violin Concerto, the Tragic Overture, the Academic Festival Overture and the Haydn Variations. Soloists include violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Yefim Bronfman.
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BRAHMS Symphonies Nos.1-4, Tragic Overture, Academic Festival Overture, Haydn Variations, Violin Concerto, Piano Concertos
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Bamberg Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, Jonathan Nott, John Carewe, Ainars Rubikis, Herbert Feuerstein (speaker) Belvedere • 10127 IMPORT 65 Minutes/ Dolby Digital 2.0/ 16:9/ NTSC/ Region 0/ German & English The Baton, a documentary by Michael Wende, puts the conducting profession under the Price Code: A29 magnifying glass. In it, an animated character (Suggested Retail Price: $33.98) called the Baton-Designer follows twelve conductors who are participating in the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition. The film’s style, with its sharp cuts, tongue-in-cheek allusions and clever graphics, delivers humor and tension in equal measure. It is an entertaining and illuminating cinematic crash course on the conducting profession, featuring Herbert Feuerstein as the voice of the Baton-Designer.
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WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen Salzburg Marionette Theatre Belvedere • 10138 IMPORT 109 minutes/ PCM Stereo/ 16:9/ NTSC/ Region 0/ German & English Salzburg Marionette Theatre’s condensed two-hour version of The Ring of the Nibelung was Price Code: A33 premiered in cooperation with the Salzburg (Suggested Retail Price: $33.98) State Theatre in March of 2012. Performing to the legendary recordings by Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic, the unrivaled puppetry of the Salzburg Marionettes guides spectators through Wagner’s epic masterpiece. This simplified version, which showcases the best known scenes, is perfect for Wagner beginners and younger audiences.
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The Baton A Documentary by Michael Wende
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MOZART Symphony No.39
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Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Bernhard Paumgartner
IMPORT The Mozarteumorchester Salzburg is the official orchestra of Salzburg. Launched with the support of Mozart’s widow Constanze Price Code: A21 and his two sons, it has evolved over its long (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) history to become an internationally recognized cultural ambassador for the city of Mozart. It is dedicated to contemporary interpretations of Mozart’s works. Led here by the late Bernhard Paumgartner, this performance (and rehearsal) of Mozart’s Symphony No.39 shows off its pedigree.
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Xavier Phillips (cello), François-Frédéric Guy (piano) Evidence • EVCD 015
IMPORT Pianist François-Frédéric Guy is widely regarded as a specialist in the German romantics and above all Beethoven, whom he describes as Price Code: 2A13 “the Alpha and Omega of music.” In 2008, Guy (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $27.98) embarked on a major Beethoven project that included recording and performing in concert all thirty-two of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, as well as the five piano concertos. Joined here by cellist Xavier Phillips, he presents the complete music for cello and piano.
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BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Cello & Piano
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Marie Ythier (cello) Evidence • EVCD 016
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Le geste augmenté Music for Cello and Electronics
IMPORT This program of works for cello and live electronics features works exclusively written for and dedicated to Marie Ythier. Trained at the Price Code: A18 Paris and Lyon conservatories, Ythier has played (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98) as a soloist under the direction of renowned conductors, including Pierre Boulez and Peter Csaba. This recording features works by Alireza Farhang, Vittorio Montalti, Antonio Juan-Marcos and more.
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Vaughan Jones (violin) First Hand • FHR 38 IMPORT Violinist Vaughan Jones brings us a fascinating collection of 18th century solo works. Three hundred years after their first publication, Price Code: 2A14 Austrian composer Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr’s (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $29.98) Six Partitas for Solo Violin are recorded here in their entirety for the first time. Johann Georg Pisendel was a famous Baroque violinist and composer. His fiendishly difficult Violin Sonata is an unpredictable, tempestuous and capricious work, showing great scope and ambition. To round out the recording, Jones plays the famous Passacaglia by Biber – a somber, moving work and a perfect end to this noteworthy set.
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VILSMAŸR Six Partitas for Solo Violin PISENDEL Violin Sonata BIBER Passacaglia
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Trio Wanderer, Christophe Gaugué (viola) harmonia mundi • HMC 902222
IMPORT Acclaimed for its extraordinarily sensitive style, almost telepathic understanding of each other and technical mastery, the Trio Wanderer is one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles. This program contains Brahms’s Piano Trio No.1 and Piano Quartet No.3. Composed during 1854 and revised in 1889, the first trio is the only work by Brahms to exist in two published versions. Here, Trio Wanderer treats us to the rarely heard original score. The Piano Quartet No.3, sometimes called the Werther Quartet, is scored for violin, viola, cello and piano. For this performance, Trio Wanderer is joined by violist Christophe Gaugué.
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BRAHMS Piano Quartet No.3, Piano Trio No.1
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado harmonia mundi • HMC 902228
IMPORT Following his critically acclaimed recording of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.2, Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado returns with Symphonies Nos.3 and 4, this time leading the Freiburger Barockorchester. Both works have origins in the composer’s 18291831 tour of Europe. Symphony No.3, sometimes called the “Scottish” symphony, was inspired by a visit to the ruined Holyrood Chapel in Edinburgh in 1829. It was not completed until 1842, making it, chronologically, the last of his five symphonies. Symphony No.4, called the “Italian” symphony, was born of the color and atmosphere of Italy, and was completed in Berlin in 1833.
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Also available Schumann: Piano Concerto, Trio No.2 harmonia mundi • HMC 902198 (3149020219829)
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MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos.3 & 4
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JANUARY 2016
[PRIORITY RELEASE] Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) harmonia mundi • HMU 907532 IMPORT With this release, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout brings to a close his universally acclaimed Mozart Keyboard Music cycle. The selections on these final volumes range from the most famous Piano Sonata K545 to the lesser-known Fragments K312 and K400. This two disc set completes a collection that is now the benchmark standard for these works.
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Also available in the series Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol.7 harmonia mundi • HMU 907531 (093046753122)
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Keyboard Music Vols.8 & 9 MOZART Piano Sonatas K279, 280, 545 & 576, Variations K179, 352 & 573, and more
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins Hyperion • CDA 68060 IMPORT 35 year-old Jack Liebeck has established himself as one of the most compelling young violinists on the concert platform today. On Volume 19 of Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series he turns in a dazzling performance of the much recorded Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 and readings of the gorgeous Serenade Op.75 and Romance Op.42 that are full of youthful vigor.
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Also available in the series Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.17 Hyperion • CDA 68050 (034571280509)
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The Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.19 BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1, Serenade, Romance
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[PRIORITY RELEASE] Howard Shelley (piano), Ulster Orchestra Hyperion • CDA 68104
IMPORT Howard Shelley and the Ulster Orchestra return for a second volume in Hyperion’s new Classical Piano Concerto series. Daniel Steibelt - the man who dared to challenge Beethoven and lost -ruled the keyboards of northern Europe for a quarter of a century. His concertos were as sensationally popular as the composer was ostentatious. Howard Shelley, doing double duty as pianist and conductor, leads compelling performances of Piano Concertos Nos.3, 5 and 7.
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Also available in the series Dussek: Piano Concertos Hyperion • CDA 68027 (034571280271)
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The Classical Piano Concerto Vol.2 STEIBELT Piano Concertos Nos.3, 5 & 7
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LALO Piano Trios Nos.1, 2 & 3
IMPORT Édouard Lalo sat apart from the French musical establishment, eschewing both the back scratching of the Conservatoire and its members’ Price Code: A19 impressionist “musiques parfumés.” Instead he (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) gave us works filled with big-boned melodies. The expert members of the Leonore Piano Trio sink their bows and fingers into Lalo’s Piano Trios Nos.1, 2 and 3 with appreciative gusto.
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The Complete Solo Piano Music Vol.4 MENDELSSOHN Preludes and Fugues, Lieder ohne Worte Howard Shelley (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68125
IMPORT The Op.35 set of Preludes and Fugues is the most substantial single opus Mendelssohn wrote for solo piano. It is a mark of his reverence for the Price Code: A19 mighty Bach. On this fourth volume in Howard (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Shelley’s critically-acclaimed compendium of Mendelssohn’s complete piano music, the heavyweight work is coupled with selections from the popular fifth book of Songs without Words.
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Leonore Piano Trio Hyperion • CDA 68113
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JANUARY 2016
SCHUBERT Oeuvres pour piano à quatre mains – Fantaisie, Variations, Allegro, Divertimento
IMPORT For more than twenty years, Claire Désert and Emmanuel Strosser have been exploring the unique world of Schubert’s piano duets. From Price Code: A23 his very first surviving work, a Fantaisie, to the (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) masterpieces composed in the year of his death in 1828, Schubert left more than thirty-five scores for piano for four hands. He imposed drama, grandeur and virtuosity on the genre, suspending time to follow the rhythm of his eternal traveller’s footsteps.
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BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet Op.115 HINDEMITH Clarinet Quintet Op.30 Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Pražák Quartet Mirare • MIR 282
IMPORT Clarinetist Raphaël Sévère and the Pražák Quartet join forces for a program of quintets by Brahms and Hindemith. Separated by only Price Code: A23 30 years, these two works demonstrate vastly (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) different world views. The Apollonian world of Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet Op.115 is contrasted against the Dionysian world of Hindemith’s Clarinet Quintet Op.30.
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Claire Désert (piano), Emmanuel Strosser (piano) Mirare • MIR 280
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Paul Barnes (piano) Orange Mountain • OMM 0107
DOMESTIC New Generations celebrates pianist Paul Barnes’s two decade-old association and collaboration with composer Philip Glass and features an Price Code: 2A12 incredible roster of composers including Jason (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $25.98) Bahr, N. Lincoln Hanks, Zack Stanton, Ivan Moody, Lucas Floyd and Jonah Gallagher. The repertoire represented on this recording includes world premières and new interpretations of the recently published piano etudes by Philip Glass. This recital also showcases Glass’s little known gem Dreaming Awake (2003).
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Skip Sempé (harpsichord), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord) Paradizo • PA 0014 IMPORT One of Skip Sempé’s rare Bach recordings, this long-awaited reissue marked a new celebration of the harpsichord and of fresh, inventive Bach Price Code: A19 interpretation when it was initially released. (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) The choice of two superb harpsichords, with contrasting timbres – one based on a German instrument and the other on a French – creates a unique alchemy of sound. With this project of Bach transcriptions, Sempé, and Olivier Fortin – two of the top harpsichordists today – demonstrate once again that the score is only the beginning of an interpretation.
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2 Harpsichords J.S. BACH Preludes and Fugues BWV541, 545 & 547, Concertos BWV592a & BWV 593
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New Generations The Etudes of Philip Glass and Music of the Next Generation
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János Starker (cello) Praga • PRD 250304 IMPORT Hungarian-American cellist János Starker was a child prodigy. He gave his first public performance at age six and made his professional Price Code: A23 debut at age fourteen. After the war, Starker (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) became principal cellist of the Budapest Opera and the Budapest Philharmonic. Starker emigrated to the United States in 1948 to become principal cellist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Antal Doráti and in 1949, he moved to New York City to become principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera under Fritz Reiner. On this tribute, he performs cello concertos by Martinů and Prokofiev alongside Dohnányi’s Konzertstück Op.12.
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David Oistrakh in Prague David Oistrakh (violin), Frida Bauer (piano) Praga • PRD 250320
IMPORT This collection of performances from violinist David Oistrakh features a selection of delightful instrumental masterpieces and neglected gems. Price Code: A23 A champion of authentic European musical (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) tradition, Oistrakh is joined here by pianist Frida Bauer for emotional readings of works by Janáček, Ysayë, Ravel, Bartók and Prokofiev.
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János Starker In Memoriam MARTINů Cello Concerto No.1 PROKOFIEV Cello Concerto No.1 DOHNÁNYI Konzertstück
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JANUARY 2016
A Twentieth Century Violist Music of Mozart, Berlioz, Bartók & Walton
IMPORT A Twentieth Century Violist is a fitting tribute to the great violist William Primrose. The collection centers around the last work of Béla Bartók, Price Code: A23 his Viola Concerto. Commissioned, created and (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) recorded by Primrose in 1945, it is available here in a re-mastered edition. Also included are works by Mozart (featuring the legendary Jascha Heifetz), Berlioz and Walton. This is a portrait of a master, a poet and a dramatist of his instrument, who played with haunting beauty and intensity.
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SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elsa Cavelti (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Häfliger (tenor), Otto Edelmann (baritone), Lucerne Festival Choir, The Philharmonia, Wilhelm Furtwängler Praga • PRD 350085 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 is considered one of the greatest compositions in the western musical Price Code: A23 canon. Schubert composed his ninth symphony (Suggested Retail Price: $23.98) in 1825, a year after he attended the premiere of Beethoven’s ninth. His quotation of the Ode to Joy theme from Beethoven’s epic finale served as both an acknowledgment and a challenge. Wilhelm Furtwängler leads the mighty Philharmonia Orchestra in this unique coupling of ninth symphonies.
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William Primrose (violin), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Charles Munch, Tibor Serly, Sir William Walton Praga • PRD 250324
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CAGE Works for Solo Percussion
CAGE & COWELL Amiable Conversation
Matthias Kaul (percussion) Wergo • WER 7320
Sabine Liebner (piano) Wergo • WER 7326
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IMPORT Wergo offers this pair of new releases featuring two icons of contemporary American music, John Cage and Henry Cowell. Anyone performing John Cage’s music cannot avoid silence. In all the works performed on percussionist Matthias Kaul’s collection, silence is realized in the most concrete way. For this major project, Kaul used ninety different instruments and objects including conch shells and pine cones. Sabine Liebner’s collection of piano works by Cowell and Cage explores the period from 1912-1948 and documents not only the emergence of American experimental music, but also their teacher-student relationship. Amiable Conversation allows us to compare Cowell’s piano pieces with Cage’s to reveal common features that are as clear as the differences.
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Like A Bird Or Spirit, Not A Face
IMPORT Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva. She has an exceptional voice, and is proficient in overtone singing. Her music encompasses avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan folk music. Audiences are astounded by the diversity of sounds Namtchylak can produce with her voice, from operatic soprano to birdlike squawks, from childlike pleas to soulful crooning, which at various moments elicits comparisons to Zap Mama, Patti Smith, Billie Holiday and Nina Hagen. Like A Bird Or Spirit, Not A Face is the latest addition to an impressive discography totaling over thirty albums in the past twenty years.
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Also available Who stole the sky? Ponderosa • CD 016 (8030482000153)
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Sainkho Namtchylak Ponderosa • CD 131
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JANUARY 2016
Novö Piano II
IMPORT Maxence Cyrin is noted for his original compositions and his piano covers. His rendition of the Pixies classic “Where is my Mind” from his album Novö Piano has been viewed over 4 million times on YouTube and featured on film and television soundtracks. Novö Piano II picks up where volume one left off with pop/rock repertoire of the 80s and 90s. Included are The Cure’s “If Only We Could Sleep,” Björk’s “Hyperballad,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” and more. The album includes cameos from special guests Miss Kittin and Frantic.
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Also available Nocturnes Evidence • EVCD 007 (3149028063820)
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Maxence Cyrin Evidence • EVCD 017
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JANUARY 2016
[PRIORITY RELEASE] Howard Shore Howe Records • HWR 1021
DOMESTIC Spotlight tells the true story behind the Boston Globe investigation that uncovered a massive child molestation scandal within the local Catholic Archdiocese. The film stars Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams as reporters who make it their mission to expose the cover-up that shook the Catholic Church to its core. Howard Shore’s powerful score perfectly amplifies the tension of this Oscar buzz-worthy film directed by Tom McCarthy.
Il9 158c) @ !ZP Price Code: A16
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Also available Rosewater — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Howe Records • HWR 1018 (899158002185)
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JANUARY 2016
Natalie Dessay, Shani Diluka La Dolce Volta • LDV 24
IMPORT In the kingdom of the elephants, Santa Claus does not exist. Babar’s three children Pom, Flora and Alexander, write a letter to Santa Claus asking him to visit. Every morning they await the arrival of the postman, but there is no answer from Santa. Troubled by his children’s sadness, Babar sets out in search of Santa Claus. This staple of children’s literature is narrated and sung (in French only) by soprano Natalie Dessay and set to the music of Bizet, Brahms, Debussy, Grieg, Poulenc, Ravel, Satie and Saint-Saëns, performed here by pianist Shani Diluka.
D77p p1c()!$#%s Price Code: A23
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