Allegro Classical April New Release Catalog

APRIL 2011 Release Date: April 12, 2011 Order Due Date: March 22, 2011

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A d i v i s i o n o f A l l e g ro M e d i a G ro u p

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allegro Classical News Contents Tanya Tomkins Henri Temianka & Leonard Shure Mihaela Ursuleasa

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Hervé Corre de Valmalète, head of the TRANSART label, has always believed there was a place in the world for an authentic label combining the best recording techniques with intensity, risk, and pure communication with its audience. An audacious project with pianist Georges Pludermacher was the trigger. After offering majors to record Beethoven’s complete sonatas live—and in the absence of answers—Hervé Corre decided to carry through the 10-CD box on his own, and to create the TRANSART label. The audacity of such an initiative, combined with the quality of the musicians, inspires the label’s artistic choices. The selected repertoire is entirely harmonious with each artist’s talent, and each recording is thought of in a unique, artisanal way. TRANSART recordings are testimonies of rare and precious moments.

SAYDISC

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The famous Saydisc catalog is now available again! Featuring traditional music, music boxes, nostalgia, and highly unusual recordings, Saydisc started its unique musical journey in 1965 and became renowned worldwide for an innovative, unusual approach to record publishing. Saydisc albums have become collector’s items since the retirement of owners Gef & Genny Lucena in 2000, but popular demand has inspired them to reintroduce the catalog to the marketplace. Saydisc comes to Allegro Classical via Nimbus/Wyastone.

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top 10 RECENT RELEASES

1. Kirill Gerstein Plays Liszt, Schumann & Knussen MYR 5 2. Imogen Cooper Piano Concertos 18 & 22 AVR 2200 3. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg LIVE: Strauss, Barber & Mahler NSS 10 4. Apollo’s Fire Messiah 2CD+DVD AVR 2208 5. Luciano Pavarotti Passion for Pavarotti: The Arias OPD 6004 6. Concerto Koln Bach Orchestral Suites BER 300061 7. Augustin Hadelich Echoes of Paris AVR 2216 8. Netherlands RPO Die Meistersinger: An Orchestral Tribute CHR 72326 9. Phillippe Herreweghe Mahler Symphony No. 4 PHY 1 10. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Schubert Symphonies 3 & 5 RPM 28950

Release Date: April 12, 2011

EXTON

Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 “Enigma” • Overture “In the South” (Alassio), Op. 50 The “Composer Festival,” presented by the Sydney Symphony conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, featured Edward Elgar in 2008. This volume features the Enigma Variations, Elgar’s best-known large-scale composition, which musically portrays “my friends pictured within.”

Edward ELGAR

Enigma Variations & Overture “In the South”

Cat # EXN 29 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor ELGAR: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55 The first volume of the series features the Symphony No. 1, one of the composer’s two completed symphonies, which enjoyed enormous success after its premiere and has been beloved ever since.

Edward ELGAR Symphony No. 1

Cat # EXN 27 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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TRANSART

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Nemanja Radulovi´c Solo Violin Recital

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Cat # TAP 36 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Nemanja Radulovi´c: violin MILETIC: Danses for solo violin • YSAŸE: Sonata for solo violin in A minor, Op. 27 No. 2. PAGANINI: Two caprices • J.S. BACH: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004 • YSAŸE: Sonata for solo violin in D minor Op. 27 No. 3 “ Ballade” “Radulovi´c does not repeat what he heard somewhere else, he creates by taking all the risks, sometimes completely against the trends.

His virtuosity is blazing, but his purpose is not perfection at all costs … Hats off to this original talent of exceptional authenticity.”

— Diapason At age 24, Nemanja Radulovi´c sets concert halls aflame at each of his appearances, thanks to his performances and his stage presence.

He was recognized as the “International Revelation of the Year” at the Victoires de la Musique in 2005, and nominated as “Rising Star” in 2006. Radulovi´c plays in all of the most important European concert halls with the greatest orchestras in Europe, Asia, and America: the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Rio, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, NDR Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg, WDR Symphony Orchestra of Köln, Zurïch Tonhalle Orchestra, and many more.

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Release Date: April 12, 2011

TRANSART

Laure Favre-Kahn Piano Works

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Cat # TAP 39 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Laure Favre-Kahn: piano GOTTSCHALK: Souvenirs d’Andalousie • Caprice de Concert, Op. 22 • O Ma Charmante • Epargne-moi • Caprice, Op. 44 • Ojos criollos • Danse Cubaine • Caprice Brillant, Op. 37 • Manchega • Etude de concert, Op. 38 • Morte!! • Lamentation, Op. 60 • Suis-moi! • Caprice, Op .45 • La Scintilla • Mazurka Sentimentale, Op. 21 • Danza, Op. 33 • • Sixième Ballade, Op. 83 • Grand Scherzo, Op. 57 • Sospiro • Valse Poétique, Op. 24 • Union • Paraphrase de Concert, Op. 48 • Tournament Galop Born in 1976, Laure Favre-Kahn studied piano at the Conservatoire in Avignon before joining Bruno Rigutto’s class at the Paris Conservatoire, where she was unanimously awarded a Premier Prix at the age of seventeen. In January 1999, she performed at the Midem Music Festival in Cannes as one of the “Revelations Classiques de l’ADAMI.” She now makes regular appearances as a soloist or chamber musician in the US, Europe, and Asia.

In May 2001 Favre-Kahn was unanimously awarded first prize at the International Pro Piano Competition in New York. The following October she played at Carnegie Hall and was voted “Pro Piano Artist of the Year.” In 2003 she made a recording of works by Reynaldo Hahn for Pro Piano Records, which received a glowing review in the New York Times. Favre-Kahn has made four recordings at the Rheims Summer Festival, including this recording of pieces by Gottschalk from 2006.

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Unseen Worlds

Release Date: April 12, 2011 Dickie Landry: saxophone Kurt Munkacsi: tape recording LANDRY: Fifteen Saxophones • Alto Flute Quad Delay • Kitchen Solos Cover Sticker: First-ever reissue from founding Philip Glass Ensemble member Dickie Landry. Limited Edition of 500. LP Includes Download Code.

Following two jazz LPs issued on the legendary Chatham Square label (which he co-ran with Philip Glass and engineer Kurt Munkacsi), Dickie Landry released Fifteen Saxophones on the Northern Lights & Wergo labels in 1978. The recording simultaneously exhibits Landry’s boundary-pushing saxophone playing and his understanding of the minimalists’ emphasis on long-form treatises on sound itself. Using intricate Revox tape delays on “Fifteen Saxophones,” “Alto Flute Quad Delay,” and the side-long live document “Kitchen Solos,” Landry’s strong personality as a player shines through the walls of sound he has created.

Limited vinyl version packaged in a high-quality, heavyweight, tip-on jacket with download code.

Dickie Landry

Fifteen Saxophones CD Cat # USW 6 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Zig-Zag Territoires Damien Guillon: countertenor Eric Bellocq: lute DOWLAND: Can she excuse my wrongs • Come away, come sweet love • Sir John Smith • Sorrow, stay • Burst forth my tears • Gaillarde • Flow my tears • Eglantine branch • A shepherd in a shade • Away with these self-loving lads • Gilly flower • Say Love if ever thou didst find • Almain • Fine knacks for ladies • Awake sweet love • I saw my lady weep • Dowland midnight • Dear, if you change • Now, O now I needs must part • Come Heavy sleep • ROSSETER: What then is love but mourning For his first solo recital disc, Damien Guillon has chosen a refined, subtle, and melancholy repertoire explored in-depth alongside lutenist Eric Bellocq, an expert in Renaissance music. Bellocq plays a liuto forte from André Burguete’s conception, an instrument that enables the player to develop large sound possibilities while creating a true dialogue with the singer.

John DOWLAND Lute Songs

Cat # ZIG 110102 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: April 12, 2011

Summit Records

Joe Burgstaller: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet Hector Martignon: piano John Ferrari: drums, vibraphone Hans Glawischnig: contrabass Spanish Haze (RAVEL: Piece En Forme de Habanera) • Daydreaming Mambo (DEBUSSY: Reverie) • And The Stars Were Shining (PUCCINI: E Lucevan Le Stelle) • The River of Night (BACH/BURGSTALLER: Praeludium 999) • A Start To Something (BACH: Praeludium) • Without Words (MENDELSSOHN: Lieder Ohne Worte) • Count’s Insomnia (BACH: Goldberg Variations) • Have Mercy (BACH: Ebarme Dich) • Shadow Cutting (SATIE: Gymnopédie 1) Combine a renowned trumpeter with a Grammy-nominated pianist and you get a tasty crossover delight—classical music for jazz fans, and jazz music for classical lovers! Joe Burgstaller (formerly of Canadian Brass) and Grammy nominee Hector Martignon team up for their second recording, an adventurous and approachable disc that organically combines classical and jazz in inventive re-imaginations.

First recording debuted directly onto the Jazz Radio Charts and was featured on classical stations across the US.

Burgstaller Martignon 4

Bach’s Secret Files and More Crossover Fantasies

also available Burgstaller Martignon 4 Mozart’s Blue Dreams and Other Crossover Fantasies Cat # SMT 520 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Cat # SMT 565 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Jacek Muzyk: French horn Grace Chu, Casey Robards, Catarina Domenici: pianos Sebnem Mekinulov: soprano JoAnn Falletta: guitar Angela Baranello: flute Suzanne Thomas: harp Vitaly BUJANOVSKY: España • Sonata for horn solo • SCRIABIN: Romance for horn & piano • R. STRAUSS: Alphorn, Op. 15, No. 3 • Georges BARBOTEU: Esquisse • MARAIS: La Basque • ARBAN: Carnival of Venice • Lowell SHAW: Bippery No. 1 • Kenneth FUCHS: Evensong (for horn and guitar) “Muzyk is an extraordinarily fine hornist; his tone is warm and full, his technique is impeccable, and his playing is completely secure … the result can be jaw-droppingly virtuosic.” — All Music Guide Critically acclaimed principal horn for the Buffalo Philharmonic presents an accessible, virtuosic snapshot of how the horn can sound when surrounded with a variety of instruments in duo settings. This is a benchmark recording for the horn, played wonderfully—a fantastic listen!

Jacek Muzyk

Horn Constellation also available J.S. Bach Muzyk for French Horn Cat # SMT 497 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Cat # SMT 563 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Avie Records

Release Date: April 12, 2011 Northern Sinfonia Thomas Zehetmair: conductor GÁL: Symphony No. 1 • SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 6 “Gloriously tuneful late-Romantic masterworks … music that compels attention.”

— Gramophone “Plenty of rich tonal harmony and adventurous harmonic excursion, together with a ripe sense of the lyrical.” — The Sunday Times Avie’s advocacy of the music of Hans Gál has the classical music world taking notice—it is “music well worth championing,” according to The Sunday Times.

Following a survey of the complete works for solo piano, and last year’s acclaimed releases of chamber works for violin and piano, Avie continues exploring the composer’s oeuvre with the world-premiere recording of his Symphony No. 1, with Gramophone Award winner Thomas Zehetmair conducting Northern Sinfonia. This is paired with Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 6, as Gál was an acknowledged scholar of his 19th century forbearer who penned the book Franz Schubert and the Essence of Melody, leading some to consider the composers “kindred spirits.”

Hans GÁL

Symphony No. 1 Cat # AVR 2224 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Tanya Tomkins: cello J.S. BACH: Suites for solo cello Nos. 1–6 One of the foremost cellists of her generation makes an indelible impression scaling the pinnacle of the cello repertoire, J.S. Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. Familiar to record collectors as a member of the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio, Tomkins is equally at home in an intimate house concert setting or anchoring the cello section of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, with whom she has become a familiar face.

J.S. BACH

Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello Cat # AVR 2212 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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This release coincides with her coast-to-coast tour performing the Bach Suites: March 5 Phoenix, AZ – Musical Instrument Museum March 18–20 Berkeley & San Francisco, CA – Voices of Music March 26 Washington, DC – Library of Congress April 3 Los Angeles, CA – Da Camera Society April 19 Westchester, NY – Caramoor Festival

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Avie Records

Sergei PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas 1–5

Alexandra Silocea: piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonatas 1–5 Avie introduces brilliant young Romanian pianist Alexandra Silocea, who offers some of her signature repertoire on her debut recording. Dubbed “Alexandra the Great” by Gramophone, the 26-year-old trained in Vienna and Paris, and is now a UK resident. In 2003, while studying at Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts, she was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Scholarship. She made her professional debut in 2008 with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Recital debuts followed in 2009 at the Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York, and le Salon de Musique in Paris.

Cat # AVR 2183 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Audiomax Jazz ‘n’ Spirit Continuum

Dirk Piezunka: saxophone/Martin Flindt: guitar/Jens Piezunka: double bass & vocals Jazz improvisations on secular and sacred music of the Renaissance and Baroque! These three musicians have been known in Northern Germany’s music scene for quite some time. They have made their way around the rich repertoire of old psalms, sacred songs, and secular music of the Renaissance as a basis for their finely nuanced improvisational artistry. Schütz, Praetorius, and Dowland form mainstays here, as do the hymns of Martin Luther and Paul Gerhard.

Cat # AMX SACD 9121662 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Doris Hochscheid

Dutch Cello Sonatas,Vol. 3 Doris Hochscheid: cello/Frans van Ruth: piano Matthijs VERMEULEN: Sonatas 1 & 2 • Jan INGENHOVEN: Sonatas 1 & 2 The Audiomax documentation of Dutch cello sonatas has become a genuine discovery! Volume 3 presents four works by Jan Ingenhoven (1876–1951) and Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), two composers who, during the early decades of the 20th century and each in his own way, reacted against the traditional music culture in his native country and sought new, expressive forms for Dutch music in France.

Cat # AMX SACD 9031655 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Gramola

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Daniela Koch My Magic Flute

Daniela Koch: flute/Christian Reif: piano SCHUBERT: Variations on “Trockne Blumen” • MOZART Sonata in G, K. 301 • Toshi ICHIYANAGI: In a Living Memory • CHAMINADE: Concertino for Flute & Orchestra • DUTILLEUX: Sonatina • TAFFANEL: Fantasia on Themes from Weber’s Freischütz

Cat # GLA 98910 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20

This young flutist was the winner of several international competitions, including the 7th Kobe International Flute Competition, at which she was able to assert herself against 230 other competitors. She introduces herself to the public with this production, focusing on Schubert’s variations on his song “Trockne Blumen” in addition to some pieces from Mozart, Ichiyanagi, Chaminade, and more.

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Akiko Nakajima

Wien, Stadt meiner Träume Akiko Nakajima: soprano/Morphing Chamber Orchestra/Niels Muus: conductor SIECZYNSKY: Wien, Stadt meiner Träume • J. STRAUSS, JR.: Emperor’s Waltz • Blue Danube Waltz • Pizzicato Polka • Gypsy Baron Overture • Walter JURMANN: The Waltz and I • STOLZ: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein • and more On her new CD, celebrated Japanese soprano Akiko Nakajima presents a broad selection of treasures from the operetta, Viennese song, and film, accompanied by the Morphing Chamber Orchestra conducted by Niels Muus.

Cat # GLA 98908 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Eggner Trio Kaleidoskop

Christoph Eggner: piano/Georg Eggner: violin/Florian Eggner: cello Gerrit WUNDER: Piano Trio • Johannes BERAUER: Piano Trio • Sascha PERES: Piano Trio This young Austrian trio, after its successful first production featuring piano trios by Shostakovich and Eröd, has now turned to the present and commissioned three composer friends to write works for their ensemble. The result features piano trios written between 2007 and 2010, which all show a certain proximity to jazz and film music.

Cat # GLA 98906 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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DOREMI

Release Date: April 12, 2011 Henri Temianka: violin Leonard Shure: piano BEETHOVEN: 10 Sonatas for Violin & Piano (complete) A monumental historic document—the first-ever release of these 1946 recitals at the Library of Congress! Features two highly respected, leading American performers: violinist Henri Temianka (1906–1992) and pianist Leonard Shure (1910–1995). Neither artist has recorded this repertoire commercially.

Henri Temianka & Leonard Shure

10 Sonatas for Violin & Piano Cat # DHR 8011 Price Code: 3R (SRP $53.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Set; Box Lot 10 First-ever release

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Sviatoslav Richter: piano Oleg Kagan: violin Galina Pisarenko: soprano MEDTNER: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 21 • Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 38, No. 1 • 10 Romances and Songs from Opp. 13, 32, 36 & 52 Historic live performances, never released in any form, from one of the greatest and most popular classical pianists of all time.

Region 0 (playable in all regions), NTSC, Russian (Stereo), Color, Full Screen (4x3).

Run Time: 60 min.

Sviatoslav Richter

Richter Archives, Vol. 21 DVD

Cat # DHR 8010 Price Code: R Number of Discs: 1 Amaray; Box Lot 25 First-ever release

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Delphian

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Mátyás SEIBER

String Quartets 1–3 Edinburgh Quartet SEIBER: String Quartets Nos. 1–3

Cat # DPH 34082 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Mátyás Seiber’s three string quartets span his career—from the astonishingly assured student essay of the first quartet, composed at age eighteen, to the mature synthesis of his third and final Quartetto Lirico. Seiber’s work was nourished by several of the 20th century’s most significant stylistic trends, from jazz and serialism to the folk music of his native Hungary. He was also, like many of the mid-century’s most important artists, an émigré and an influential teacher; Hugh Wood’s booklet essay pays tribute to his lasting influence on a generation of British composers.

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Edinburgh Quartet

The Cold Dancer: Contemporary String Quartets From Scotland Edinburgh Quartet Kenneth DEMPSTER: String Quartet No. 4 “The Cold Dancer” • James CLAPPERTON: The Great Divorce for string quartet • Judith WEIR: String Quaratet • William SWEENEY: String Quartet No. 3

Cat # DPH 34038 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Rich contributions to the quartet tradition from four contemporary Scottish composing voices, ranging from the lyrical profundity of Kenneth Dempster’s meditation on a George Mackay Brown poem to a characteristically idiosyncratic yet songful work by Judith Weir. Under their new leader Charles Mutter, the Edinburgh Quartet delivers blazing, committed performances celebrating the immense variety and vitality of work on offer. The booklet, featuring contemporary design, is enhanced by a 2,500-word essay and session photography.

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Hafliði HALLGRÍMSSON Metamorphoses

Fidelio Trio/Matthew Jones: viola HALLGRÍMSSON: Metamorphoses for piano trio, Op. 16 • Seven Epigrams for violin & piano, Op. 23 • Notes from a Diary for viola & piano, Op. 33 A chamber-music portrait of Hafliði Hallgrímsson, one of the most important figures in the recent flowering of Icelandic music. Enigmatic yet eloquent, inscrutable and self contained, these exquisitely crafted, jewel-like works reflect the personality of the composer as well as his multi-faceted literary & artistic interests and influences.

Cat # DPH 34059 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: April 12, 2011

Delphian

Darragh Morgan: violin Robin Michael: cello Mary Dullea: piano Alexander McCall Smith: narrator Sally BEAMISH: The Seafarer Trio • Judith WEIR: Piano Trio Two • Nigel OSBORNE: The Piano Tuner “As bracing as a splash of water from a highland stream … This kind of music is food and drink to the Fidelio Trio and it gives surefooted, rhythmically alive, directly communicative performances of all three works, which Delphian offers in a warm and immediate recording.” — International Record Review On this second recording for Delphian, the Fidelio Trio brings together works by three of Scotland’s leading composers. Alexander McCall Smith narrates Sally Beamish’s The Seafarer Trio with mingled intimacy and plangency, lending his inimitable luster to this collection of world premiere recordings.

Alexander McCall Smith is currently the world’s 19th best selling author, and his biggest market is the US.

Fidelio Trio

The Piano Tuner: Piano Trios From Scotland Cat # DPH 34084 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 World Premiere Recordings

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Oxana Shevchenko: piano RAVEL: Miroirs (exc.) • La valse • SHOSTAKOVICH: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (exc.) • 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 (exc.) • LISZT: Fantasia on Two Themes from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro • MOZART: Allegro in B-flat “Sophie und Constanza” K. 400 • MUSGRAVE: Snapshots “[Shevchenko] has been, frankly, gobsmacking since the start, and was absolutely consistent in her delivery of the Prokofiev: total power, complete clarity of articulation, and a phenomenal level of musicianship that is already world-class.”

— The Herald In September 2010, a rapt audience in Glasgow’s City Halls witnessed the extraordinary emergence of a 23-year-old pianist from Kazakhstan. Oxana Shevchenko revealed an extraordinary command of structure, rhythmic dynamism, and sheer pianistic exuberance in her performance. She seized the moment with unbridled musical commitment and drive, and carried away the first prize with unanimous approval from the distinguished international jury.

Just three days after her triumph in the concerto final, Shevchenko returned to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the setting of the first two rounds of the competition, to record a varied recital program for Delphian as part of her first prize. Her chosen program represents some of the highlights of her competition repertoire, and showcases the remarkable musical and pianistic qualities that she demonstrated during the competition. Works by Mozart, Liszt, Shostakovich, and Ravel feature on Oxana’s debut disc in a program full of highly pictorial musical genres.

Oxana Shevchenko

Winner of the 2010 Scottish International Piano Competition Cat # DPH 34061 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: April 12, 2011

W.A. MOZART

Sonatas for Four Hands Marie & Veronica Kuijken: pianos MOZART: Sonata for 2 pianos in D, K. 448 • Sonata for piano four hands in F, K. 497 • Sonata for piano four hands in C, K. 521

Cat # CHR SACD 72363 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Marie and Veronica Kuijken play historical pianofortes for this recording of Mozart four-hand pieces.

The instrument dictates, so to speak, what can and cannot be done; as its touch is much lighter than that of a modern piano, it is also much easier to gracefully play the virtuosic fast passages. The Kuijken sisters explore the limits of the pianoforte, both literally and regarding sound volume.

A splendid, deeply musical, and refined recording!

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Winter & Winter Forma Antiqva Concerto Zapico

Aarón Zapico: harpsichord, organ/Pablo Zapico: baroque guitar/Daniel Zapico: theorbo D. SCARLATTI: Fandango • RONCALLI: Preludio • KAPSBERGER: Passacaglia • Toccata XI • Capona & Ciaccona • Colascione • ANON.: Bayle del Gran Duque • DE MURCIA: Fandango • Preludio Grabe (after Corelli) • Giga (after Corelli) • Folías Gallegas • XIMÉNEZ: Obra de Lleno de Primer Tono sin paso • PASQUINI: Partite diversi di follia • DE NEBRA: Fandango de España • ORTIZ: Recercada I • VALENTE: Il Ballo dell’Intorcia Cat # WTR 910173 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Smartpak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The three brothers that make up Forma Antiqva play Baroque dances as their private music at home. Their main interest is to revive the 17th and 18th century dance music repertoire, and to this aim the program featured here combines rarities with well-known pieces, presenting a range of spirited fandangos, pavans, caponas, and españoletas by Domenico Scarlatti, Diego Ortiz, José de Nebra, Santiago de Murcia, and others.

Ricercar Henry DU MONT

Pour les Dames religieuses Stéphanie de Failly: violin/Françoise Enock: viol/Freddy Eichelberger: organ/Namur Chamber Choir/Bruno Boterf: conductor DU MONT: Pour les vêpres • Messe pour les couvents • Pour les fêtes de l’année

Cat # RCE 305 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Henri Du Mont first made provision for the performance of a number of his compositions by women’s voices in his Cantica Sacra (1652), and thus made it possible for these works to be sung in convents. This recording includes not only the motets intended for these institutions, but also one of the Messes Royales in plainsong and several organ pieces from his Meslanges composed for the Dames religieuses qui touchent l’orgue.

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Etcetera

Dorothy Lewis-Griffith: piano GERSHWIN: An American in Paris • Novelette in Fourths • Porgy and Bess (exc.) • Second Rhapsody Dorothy Lewis-Griffith was introduced to Gershwin’s music at age 12, through a priceless gift. A gentleman in her hometown, planning a move to New York City, did not wish to be encumbered by his huge collection of 78 RPM records. Acquainted with the child’s musical ability, he offered them to her through her father. The manuscript to Novelette in Fourths was incomplete; however, Gershwin extended the piece in one of his piano rolls recordings. In 1994, Lewis-Griffith extracted the sixteen-measure extension aurally from that recording, and she has included it in her rendition on this CD. (Since 1994, the piece has been published in its complete form.) She performs Melody No. 17 and Sleepless Night exactly as they were written in those manuscripts, without a break as one work.

George GERSHWIN An American In Paris

also available GERSHWIN A Piano Solo Album Cat # ETC 1176 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99)

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Thomas Oliemans: baritone Malcolm Martineau: piano SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang “Oliemans gives an astonishing Schubert recital.” — Opera Magazine “A lied singer to watch.” — De Volkskrant A hugely talented singer presents a blood-curdling version of Schubert’s Schwanengesang! Magisterially accompanied by Malcolm Martineau, Thomas sings with unprecedented intensity.

Franz SCHUBERT

Schwanengesang

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Etcetera

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Hans Leo HASSLER Sacred and Secular Music

Currende/Erik van Nevel: conductor HASSLER: Auß Tieffer Noth: Psalmen und christliche Gesänge, Nürnberg 1607 • Feinslieb, du hast mich gefangen: Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesäng, Balletti, Gaillarden und Intraden, Nürnberg, 1601

Cat # ETC 1409 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25

Erik van Nevel pursued instrumental and vocal studies at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, and at the Royal Conservatories of Brussels & Antwerp. He is both founder and conductor of Currende, an ensemble that appears regularly at the major European festivals. He works in a solo capacity with the Currende Consort, and also leads orchestral concerts with his own Baroque orchestra, Concerto Currende.

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Egidius Quartet & Collegium The Leiden Choirbooks, Vol. 1

Edigius Quartet & Collegium/Peter de Groot: director CRECQUILLON: Memento salutis auctor-Maria mater • Recordare Domine-Propterea maestum • Ave salutis ianua-mysterium mirabile • Servus tuus-Declaratio sermonum • BENEDICTUR [APPENZELLER]: O magnum mysterium-Ave Maria • DE MONTE: Angelus Domini • Christus resurgens-Mortuus est enim • CLEEFF: Peccata mea-Quoniam iniquitatem • HOLLANDER: Ego sum panis-Gloria • RICHAFORT: Quem dicunt homies-Petre diligis me • GOMBERT: Missa beati omnes • ANON.: Missa Sancta Maria Cat # ETC 1410 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 44

The six volumes of the 16th century Leiden Choirbooks have come to light only recently, and all performances from this six-year project are world premieres.

Includes world premiere recordings

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Mel BONIS Piano Works

Veerle Peeters, Jan Vermeulen: pianos Mel BONIS: Mélisande • Desdémona • Ophélie • Le songe de Cléopatre • Prélude • Il pleut • Marionnettes • Barcarolle • Barcarolle etude • La Cathédrale Blessée • Echo • Narcisse • Etude de concert • Ballade • Dolorosa • Eglogue • Gai printemps

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Mélanie Bonis, born into a modest Parisian family, was in no way prepared for a career in music. Her family was opposed to her taking piano lessons, so she taught herself how to play the instrument until the age of 12, when a close friend of the family finally convinced her parents to send her to music school. An exceptionally gifted student, she was soon introduced to Cesar Franck, who opened the doors of the Conservatoire to her in 1876.

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Etcetera

L’Art du Bois Short selections by Holborne, Robinson, Hume, Thomas Simpson, van Eyck, Dowland, Christopher Simpson, Purcell, Blow, Matteis, and Corbetta The ensemble L’Art du Bois presents an abundance of musical treasures from the most varied composers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, all of whom worked in England. The instrumental pieces collected here offer an extensive panorama of musically connected effects as well as a colorful picture of the diverse musical life in Great Britain during the Renaissance and the Baroque. L’Art du Bois, founded in 2004, performs music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, as well as the Baroque era. At the Musica Antiqua competition in Bruges in 2009, L’Art du Bois was awarded the audience prize and the second prize of the jury.

L’Art du Bois

Musical Humors & Lamentations Cat # ETC 1418 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ralph van Raat: piano Radio Chamber Philharmonic Otto Tausk, Pascal Rophe: conductors VLEGGAAR: Piano Concerto • Ayre of solace • Dead as Disco In an interview with composer Giel Vleggaar (1974), he mentioned Prince, the pop legend who achieved worldwide fame with music in which straightforwardness and danceability go hand in hand with deliberate structures. This principle also forms the basis of Vleggaar’s music. He, however, uses different means: not a rock group, but ensembles of principally acoustic instruments, played by professional musicians. His Piano Concerto, premiered in the ZaterdagMatinee at the end of January and featured on this disc, stands by these principles.

Giel VLEGGAAR Orchestral Works

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: April 12, 2011

The successful BASICS series presents representative samples of the work of three great composers!

J.S. BACH

Bach Highlights David Oistrakh: violin/E. Power Biggs: organ/Arlene Augér: soprano/New Bach Collegium Musicum/ Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Dresden Philharmonic/and more

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J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 • Christmas Oratorio (exc.) • Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor • Orchestral Suite No. 3 (exc.) • Violin Concerto in E • Cantatas Nos. 61 & 214 (exc.) • Magnificat (exc.) • St. John Passion (exc.) • Mass in B minor (hlts) • St. Matthew Passion (exc.) • Toccata & Fugue in D minor • Solo Violin Partita No. 3 (exc.) • Italian Concerto • Little Harmonic Labyrinth • The Well-Tempered Klavier (exc.) • Solo Cello Suite No. 1 (exc.) Chaconne in D minor • Bist du bei mir • Goldberg Variations (exc.) • Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor Johann Sebastian Bach is, for many, the greatest composer ever. He was also one of the most versatile, and wrote virtuosic harpsichord and organ music, including concertos and sacred choral music, according to the demands of his respective employers. He is considered to have brought the Baroque to its magnificent climax by finally consolidating the achievements of the whole era in his works.

W.A. MOZART Mozart Highlights

Edith Mathis, Anneliese Rothenberger, Peter Schreier, Hermann Prey, Walter Berry, Theo Adam: vocal soloists/Cécile Ousset, Annerose Schmidt: pianos/Dresden Staatskapelle/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt, Otmar Suitner: conductors/and more

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MOZART: Symphony No. 29 • Symphonies 40 & 41 (exc.) • Clarinet Concerto (exc.) • Sinfonia concertante in E-flat (exc.) • Piano Concertos 23, 27 (exc.) • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (hlts) • The Marriage of Figaro (hlts) • Don Giovanni (hlts) • Così fan tutte (hlts) • The Magic Flute (hlts) • Serenata notturna in D • String Quartet No. 19 (exc.) • Piano Sonata No. 11—alla turca • Minuet in D • Divertimento in D • Violin Sonata in E minor (exc.) • Piano Quintet in E-flat (exc.) • Eine kleine Nachtmusik “Too simple for children, too difficult for musicians”—that is what the great pianist Arthur Schnabel once said about Mozart’s sonatas. Indeed, what seems so simple proves to be a marvel of balance that can hardly be grasped. There is not a single note in Mozart that is open to criticism.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Beethoven Highlights

Helene Does, Marga Schiml, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam: vocal soloists/Leipzig Radio Choir/ Dresden State Opera Chorus/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Dresden Staatskapelle/German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen/Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Franz Konwitschny, Herbert Blomstedt, Heinrich Schiff, Günther Herbig: conductors BEETHOVEN: Symphonies 1–9 (complete) Cat # BER 300204 Price Code: 2D (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 3 Double Digipak; Box Lot 17 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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On one hand, Beethoven stands for the free and uncompromising artist who vouches for human ideals. On the other, he grasped music itself, linking themes and motifs with unprecedented power. In this respect, Nietzsche’s witticism that Beethoven wrote “music about music” can be understood as appropriate praise.

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Berlin Classics

Mihaela Ursuleasa Romanian Rhapsody

BUZZ ALERT

Cat # BER 16642 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 27 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Mihaela Ursuleasa: piano Gilles Apap: violin ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 • CONSTANTINESCU: Suite for piano • SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D 946 • BARTÓK: Two Romanian Dances, Op. 8a • BARTÓK: Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 2, Sz 90 “Recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskil.” — Spiegel.de Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album Piano & Forte last October, and now follows that masterpiece with a brand-new recording. While the first disc took us on a musical journey around the world, Romanian Rhapsody takes us to the pianist’s home(s): the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania, where she began her career. A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her to Vienna, where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously. The music on her new CD thus follows the course of the Danube, as it were, extending to Schubert. also available Mihaela Ursuleasa Piano & Forte Cat # BER 16542 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Saydisc

Release Date: April 12, 2011

The Monks of Prinknash Abbey Chant and Psalms

The Monks of Prinknash Abbey/The Nuns of Stanbrook Abbey Psalms and readings in English, with numerous chants in English and Latin The combined forces of the monks of Prinknash and the nuns of Stanbrook sing Latin & English chants and psalms in an inspirational and serene selection.

Cat # SAY 423 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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The Broadside Band English Country Dances The Broadside Band 24 English country dances selected from the famous 17th-century collection of John Playford The Broadside Band recreates the excitement and color of the country dances of yesteryear with spirited performances of these quintessentially English tunes gleaned from the 17th-century publications of John Playford.

Cat # SAY 393 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Various Artists

Church Bells of England Bell ringers from various churches in England Sounds of the bells from St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and 13 other English churches For lovers of church bells—traditional change ringing from some of England’s most famous peals, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St. Clements, Bow, St. Martin-in-the Fields, St. Mary Redcliffe (Bristol), and the Cotswold bells.

Cat # SAY 378 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Saydisc

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Cat # SAY 405 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Various Artists

Various Artists

Bob Roberts, Fishermen’s Group (Cadgwith, Cornwall), Bob & Ron Copper, Harry Cox, Sarah Makem, Clifford Jenkins, Bill Barber, Tom Brown: vocals

Vivien Ellis, Tim Laycock: vocals/The Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow: director

Sea Songs & Shanties

Old English Nursery Rhymes

26 traditional English and American sea songs and shanties, including Haul Away Joe, What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor, Rio Grande, High Barbaree, Can’t You Dance the Polka, and many more In the days of the sailing ships these songs were not used solely for entertainment, but served as ‘time-keepers’ with the practical purpose of welding together a team of men in the working of their ship. Their singing ensured that they pulled ropes or worked pumps in rhythm, and helped pass the time.

53 traditional nursery rhymes, including Twinkle twinkle little star, Baa baa black sheep, Mary had a little lamb, A frog he would a wooing go, Three blind mice, Lavender’s blue, Old King Cole, Jack and Jill went up the hill, Little boy blue come blow your horn, Here we go round the mulberry bush, and many more A real delight to young and old alike! Vivien Ellis and Tim Laycock sing 52 favorites in a traditional style, with accompaniment from The Broadside Band.

GIA Publications

Cat # GIA 842 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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North Texas Wind Symphony

North Texas Wind Symphony

North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon: conductor

North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon: conductor

TURRIN: High Flight • COLGRASS: Urban Requiem • HUSA: Concerto for Wind Ensemble • Drum Ceremony and Fanfare • Elegy • Perpetual Motion • MACKEY: Aurora Awakes

GEORGE: Firefly • LORENZ: El Muro • HIGDON: Percussion Concerto • REED: Armenian Dances Part I • GRANTHAM: Symphony for Winds and Percussion

Internationally acknowledged as one of the premier ensembles of its kind, the North Texas Wind Symphony is selected from the most outstanding musicians attending the College of Music.

Eugene Migliaro Corporon is conductor of the Wind Symphony and Regents Professor of Music at the University of North Texas.

His performances have drawn praise from colleagues, composers, and critics alike.

Genesis

Revelations

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Alpha

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Cat # APH 177 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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W.A. MOZART & Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

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Quadriga Consort

Ships Ahoy! Songs of Winds, Waters & Tides

Violin Sonatas

Hélène Schmitt: violin/Rémy Cardinale: fortepiano MOZART: Violin Sonata in E-flat, K. 380 • Violin Sonata in B-flat, K. 454 • BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 12

Elisabeth Kaplan: soprano/Angelika Huemer, Karin Silldorff: flutes/Dominika Teufel: viol, oboe/Peter Trefflinger: cello/ Laurenz Schiffermüller: percussion/Nikolaus Newerkla: harpsichord, conductor 24 traditional Irish, English, Scottish, and Hebridean songs of the sea

Mozart and Beethoven were the same age when they wrote the pieces assembled here, and the tempestuous enthusiasm of their 27 years of age clearly shines in this music!

Quadriga Consort made a name for itself playing new arrangements of traditional music from the British Isles on Renaissance and Baroque instruments, placing these ancient tunes in a new historic context. For this program, they have sought out old British seamen’s music.

Arcana

Cat # ACA 361 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Jean-Marie LECLAIR

First Book of Sonatas for Solo Violin with Basso Continuo Fabio Biondi: violin/Rinaldo Alessandrini: harpsichord/ Maurizio Naddeo: cello/Pascal Monteilhet: theorbo LECLAIR: Sonata No. 8 in G • Sonata No. 11 in B-flat • Sonata No. 7 in F • Sonata No. 3 in B-flat Long overdue for re-release, this milestone returns with new artwork, packaging, and barcode. Four sonatas performed by Fabio Biondi, one of the most authoritative Baroque performers, joined by an all-star continuo group featuring Rinaldo Alessandrini, Pascal Monteilhet, and Maurizio Naddeo.

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The Ferrara Ensemble

Hildebrandston: 15th Century German Songbooks Ferrara Ensemble/Crawford Young: lute, conductor 24 fifteenth-century German lute songs by Hofhaimer, Hildebrandston, Isaak, Buchner, and anonymous composers Long overdue for re-release, this Diapason d’Or winner returns with new artwork, packaging, and barcode. A glimpse into the musical taste of the educated merchant class in 15th century.

CAvi-music

Release Date: April 12, 2011 Antje Weithaas: violin Silke Avenhaus: piano ˇ Dvorák: Capriccio • Rondo di concerto • Sonata in F, Op. 57 • Sonatina in G, Op. 100 • SUK: Four pieces, Op. 17 • Balada, Op. 3b “Any concert with this duo is generally a highlight.” — Amsterdam News Josef Suk and Antonin Dvoˇrák represent a core period of Czech music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is the fifth album of the successful Weithaas-Avenhaus partnership.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK & Joseph SUK Works for Violin & Piano

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Annegret Siedel & Christian Skobowsky The Silbermann Organ in the Petri Church of Freiberg/Saxonia

W.A. MOZART

Mozart at the Castle of Albrechtsberg Wolfgang Hentrich: violin/Camillo Radicke: piano

Annegret Siedel: baroque violin/Christian Skobowsky: organ MUFFAT: Toccata quinta for organ • BIBER: Sonata XI “Resurrection of Jesu” • Sonata XII “Jesu’s ascension to heaven” • Sonata XIII “Blessing with the Holy Ghost” • Sonata XIV “Mary’s ascension to heaven” • Sonata XV “Coronation of Mary in heaven” • FROHBERGER: Capriccio FbWV 514 • J.S. BACH: Fantasia super Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 695 • Meine Seele erhebt den Harrn, BWV 648 • Fugue in D minor, BWV 539/2

MOZART: Violin Sonatas in G, K. 27 • in C, K. 296 • in A, K. 305 • in E minor, I. 304 • in D, K. 7 Live recordings from 2006 at the castle of Albrechtsberg (near Dresden).

A combination of baroque violin and the historic Silbermann organ!

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Léo DELIBES

Sylvia Ballet Suite Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl Davis: conductor DELIBES: Sylvia Ballet Suite • Lakmé • Le Roi S’amuse • Coppélia

Cat # RPM 28730 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Carl Davis is a musician in the American tradition; born in New York, he composes, conducts, and does anything else that may be necessary to put his music across. Early appointments include Assistant Conductor with the New York City Opera, and three tours with the Robert Shaw Chorale.

The prizes he has received during his career are as diverse as they are numerous. Moreover, he has written for and worked with such acclaimed and varied performers as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud, Ned Sherrin, John Wells, Billy Connolly, and many more.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1 & 5

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Howard Shelley: conductor/Michael Roll: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 • Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, “Emperor”

Cat # RPM 28850 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

As pianist, recording artist, and conductor, Howard Shelley has enjoyed a distinguished career since his highly acclaimed London recital debut in 1971 and a televised Prom the same season. He has performed regularly in the US, Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, Australia, and the Far East, and has been soloist under the baton of such outstanding conductors as Ashkenazy, Boult, de Waart, Davis, Jansons, Marriner, Rozhdestvenksy, and Weller. As Principal Guest Conductor of the London Mozart Players, Shelley has appeared frequently throughout Britain and on international tours.

He has also conducted the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Israel Sinfonietta, Orchestre National de Lille, and orchestras in Finland, Sweden, and Australia.

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Joseph HAYDN

Symphonies No. 43, 44, 45 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Stefan Sanderling: conductor HAYDN: Symphony No. 43 in E-Flat major, “Mercury” • Symphony No. 44 in E minor, “Morning” • Symphony No. 45 in F-Sharp minor, “Farewell”

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Stefan Sanderling became General Music Director of the Brandenburgische Philharmonie and the Potsdam Opera in 1990, making him one of the youngest conductors to be appointed to such a responsible position. Receiving his early artistic inspiration from his parents, noted conductor Kurt Sanderling and double-bass player Barbara Sanderling, Stefan studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under the watchful eye of Kurt Maser, going on to assist in Hallé and at the Komische Oper Berlin.

Since his appointment at Potsdam, he has conducted many fine orchestras, including Dresdener Staatkapelle, Berliner Sinfonie Orhcestra, Royal Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Orchestra, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra, to name a few.

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CORO

THE PERFECT EASTER GIFT FOR CHORAL MUSIC LOVERS FROM HARRY CHRISTOPHERS & THE SIXTEEN

The Sixteen

Sacred Music: An Easter Celebration DVD Cat # CRO 16079 Price Code: H Number of Discs: 1 Amaray; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra Harry Christophers: conductor Simon Russell Beale: presenter ANONYMOUS: Vexilla Regis • PALESTRINA: Gloria from Missa Papae Marcelli • Assumpta est Maria • PÉROTIN: Viderunt omnes • DE MONTE: Super flumina Babylonis • BYRD: Quomodo cantabimus? • Ye sacred muses • Agnus Dei from Mass For Four Voices • Haec Dies • J.S. BACH: Komm, Jesu, Komm • TALLIS: Salvator mundi, salva nos • ANERIO/PALESTRINA: Stabat Mater • ALLEGRI: Miserere This 90-minute concert was especially recorded at LSO St. Luke’s in London as a finale to the Sacred Music TV series. The concert, presented by Simon Russell Beale, features a selection of glorious music from the Sacred Music series culminating in Allegri’s famous “Miserere.” Region 0 (playable in all regions), NTSC, English (Stereo), Color, Full Screen, (4x3). Run time 90 minutes. also available The Sixteen Sacred Music Series One Cat # CRO 16078 Price Code: 2H U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Ayva Musica

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona

Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona

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Concert Al Palau

Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona

Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona Sergi Vicente: director ALBÉNIZ: Sonata in D • Asturias • Sevilla • BOCCHERINI: Introduction and Fandango • KAUFMANN: Burletta • Mitoka Dragomima • MANDÓNICO: Prelude and Fugue (2) • VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No. 1 • Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 • VINCENTE: Zapateado • PIAZZOLLA: Adiós Nonino • La Muerte del Ángel Twenty-five of Spain’s most gifted guitarists, led by director Sergi Vicente, perform the music of their rich tradition in a unique format.

In a glorious evening of music, the Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona takes the humble guitar out of its usual habitat to create something magical. Region 0 (playable in all regions), NTSC, Spanish (Stereo), Color, Full Screen (4x3). Subtitled in English. Run Time: 70 minutes.

Upcoming Performances April 6 Wilmington, DE – Grand Opera House April 8 Fairfield, CT, Kelley Theatre – Quick Center for the Arts April 14 Nashville, TN – Laura Turner Concert Hall April 15 Athens, GA – Hugh Hodgson Hall April 16 Greenville, SC – Peace Center Concert Hall

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Release Date: April 12, 2011

Ayva Musica

Tensy Krismant: piano Iñaki Etxepare: cello VILLA-LOBOS: O canto do cisne negro • ANON.: El cant dels ocells • FALLA: Suite popular española • DEBUSSY: Sonata • BRAHMS: Serenade in E, Op. 38 • OLAIZOLA: Aurtxo Seaskan In this beautiful work, Cuban pianist Tensy Krismant and Basque cellist Iñaki Etxepare—members of the Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona—give their interpretations of classical masterpieces composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Miguel de Falla, Debussy, and Brahms, as well as the popular Catalonian piece “El Cant dels Ocells.”

Tensy Krismant

El Cant dels Ocells

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Iñaki Etxepare: cello Ludovica Mosca: piano CASSADÓ: Sonata • Morgenlied • Rapsodie del Sur • Achares • Danse du Diable Vert • Requiebros • Sonata nello antico stile spagnuolo • Sérénade • Lamento de Boabdil • La pendule, la fileuse et le galant • Partita for cello & piano The cello repertoires of the 20th century count on the works of one of the most prominent performers of this instrument: Gaspar Cassadó. Among others, he was a disciple of his father and Pau Casals, who transmitted all the geniality of his cello. His very popular Requiebros and his Sonata nello stile antico spagnuolo reflect both sides of his immense artistic talent: great virtuosity and outstanding melodic sensibility. This compilation of his work for violoncello and piano is an important contribution to his artistic legacy.

Gaspar CASSADÓ

Complete Works for Cello & Piano Cat # AYV 47 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 2 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Stradivarius

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Cat # STV 33884 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Cat # STV 33881 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Sylvano BUSSOTTI

Arparla Duo

mdi ensemble/Yoichi Sugiyama: conductor

Davide Monti: violin/Maria Christina Cleary: harp

BUSSOTTI: El Carbonero Grottesco from Sette fogli • Couple for flute & piano • Cœur pour batteur • Per Tre for piano solo • Lachrimae from the ballet Phaidra/Heliogabalus • Brutto ignudo un tratto, for bass clarinet • Nudo disteso, cadenza for viola from 5 Frammenti all’Italia • Ancora odono i colli, La curva dell’amorem & Rar’ancora for vocal septet • Gran Duo for cello & piano, after Beethoven • Autotono, a divertimento • E l’uccellino for voice and piano

MARINI: Sonata No 4, Op. 8 • Romanesca, Op. 3 • Sonata No. 3 (variations for violin), Op. 8 • SELMA Y SALAVERDE: Canzona Seconda Soprano, Solo • MERULA: Un Cromatico overo Capriccio • Canzone • Intonazione Cromatica on 3 tones • PANDOLFI-MEALLI: Sonata Nos. 2 & 4 • FONTANA: Sonata No. 6 • FRESCOBALDI: Bergamasca • UCCELLINI: Sonata No. 3, Op. 4 “Ebrea Marinata” • MONTI: Fantasia ‘all’improviso”

One of the most interesting recordings on this CD is certainly the orchestral version of Autotono, where the performers are joined by promising young musicians from the Toho Gakuen School of Music.

Works for violin, basso continuo, and solo harp, taken from the 17th century Italian repertoire.

Autotono

The Charm of the Violin in 17th Century Italy

Cat # STV 33870 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Cat # STV 33843 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Danel Quartet

Cristian CARRARA

Marc Danel, Gilles Millet: violins/Tony Nys: viola/Guy Danel: cello

Pasquale Iannone: piano/Nicola Fiorino: cello/Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti/Flavio Emilio Scogna: conductor

XENAKIS: Tetras • Ergma • LACHENMANN: Gran Torso • ˇ KURTAG: Aus der Ferne III • JANÁCEK: String Quartet st No. 1, 1 movement

CARRARA: Destinazione del sangue • Icone

Milan Music Festival Live,Vol. 1

The first of three chapters that make up the series dedicated to the prestigious Milan Music Festival, one of the most important Italian festivals devoted to contemporary classical music.

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Destinazione del sangue & Icone

Cristian Carrara is a young, talented Italian composer. This project, born from collaboration between Carrara and the Italian Church, is a pleasant monographic portrait of the artist.

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Fuga Libera

J.S. BACH

Orchestral Suites Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht: conductor J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1–4, BWV 1066–1069 Bach’s Suites have been the subject of a lot of recent research, and the work of the famous American musicologist Joshua Rifkin didn’t escape Paul Dombrecht, the heart and soul of Il Fondamento. After Fasch, Telemann, Arriaga, and Albinoni, the magnificent Flemish ensemble returns with the complete orchestral suites in which the smoothness, technique, and taste of its musicians serve a crystalline transparency.

Cat # FGL 580 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH

Notenbüchlein (The Little Notebook) Koen Plaetinck: marimba J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001 • Minuets, BWV Anh. 114–116 • Polonaise, BWV Anh. 119 • March, BWV Anh. 124 • Musette, BWV Anh. 126 • Suite No. 1: Prelude & Fugue, BWV 866 In its explorations of “Bach in all its forms,” Fuga Libera was waiting for the rare bird capable of provoking reflection on the genius of the Cantor on the basis of the marimba, which would no doubt have fascinated him. Showing the same ease with 18th century timpani as in his position as percussionist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Koen Plaetinck has seduced numerous specialists of ancient music, among them Sigiswald Kuijken and Philippe Herreweghe. Here is the marimba at its highest level, at the service of Bach, in a series of unusual and utterly convincing transcriptions.

Cat # FGL 581 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Kris DEFOORT

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors Claron McFadden: soprano/Jacqueline Blom: actress/Dreamtime Jazz Ensemble/Prometheus Chamber Ensemble/Etienne Siebens: conductor DEFOORT: The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (complete one-act opera) Created in 2001, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors has been staged over 50 times in Europe.

This strong and poignant work, inspired by Irish novelist Roddy Doyle, gives universal meaning to a social drama on the fringes of society. Mixing storytelling & song with classical, contemporary pop, and jazz music, this successful fusion leads us into the heart of the story’s emotions. Art at its best!

Cat # FGL 709 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 16 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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æon

Release Date: April 12, 2011

Béla BARTÓK & J.S. BACH Sonatas for Solo Violin Tedi Papavrami: violin BARTÓK: Sonata for Solo Violin • J.S. BACH (tr. Papavrami): Fantaisie & Fugue, BWV 542 • Suite, BWV 822 When Tedi Papavrami began planning a CD program Bartók’s Sonata, he soon ran up against the difficulty of choosing the other works that would echo the piece. Bach’s Fantaisie & Fugue BWV 542 had fascinated him from the first time he heard it, and his choice for the second transcription readily went to a work of a thoroughly different nature. The Suite, BWV 822 for harpsichord charmed him straightaway with its orchestral overture à la française and Italian influences.

Cat # AEN 1101 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

NAIM Classical Håvard Gimse

Plays Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven Håvard Gimse: piano HAYDN: Sonata in C, Hob. XVI, 50 • MOZART: Rondo in D, K. 485 • Rondo in F, K. 494 • Rondo in A, K. 511 • BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 27, No. 2

Cat # NAI 89 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Håvard Gimse is a brilliant young musician who has established himself as one of Europe’s leading international pianists. His numerous awards and accolades include the European Piano Competition, the Steinway Prize, and the prestigious Grieg Prize. In his third album for Naim, he plays sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Håvard’s style and skill never waver as he elicits beautiful sounds from the piano.

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W.A. MOZART Wind Serenades

Chamber Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra MOZART: Wind Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 “Nacht Musique” • Wind Serenade No. 10 in B-flat, K. 361 “Gran Partita”

Cat # NAI 117 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Founded in 1946 by Sir Thomas Beecham, the Royal Philharmonic remains one of Britain’s most acclaimed and respected ensembles to this day. In 2007 the Chamber Soloists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed a successful season of Summer Serenade concerts in London, featuring works ranging from Roussel, Debussy, Ravel, and Ropartz to Strauss, Brahms, and Mendelssohn. This album is the live recording from one humid evening in August 2007 at the RPO’s adopted home at Cadogan Hall, London.

Release Date: April 12, 2011

NAIM Classical

W.A. MOZART Quintets

Allegri String Quartet/Peter Carter, Rafael Todes: violins/Pál Banda: cello/Dorothea Vogel, Prunella Pacey: violas MOZART: String Quintet in C, K. 515 • String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 This disc is significant for two reasons—it sees Peter Carter reunited in the Allegri String Quartet with Prunella Pacey, who was the quartet’s viola player in the days when Peter made his first recordings with them. It is also the last recording to be made with Peter before his retirement from the quartet, after 28 years as leader.

Cat # NAI 85 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Allegri String Quartet

Plays Haydn, Shostakovich & Schumann Allegri String Quartet/Peter Carter, David Roth: violins/Jonathan Barritt: viola/Bruno Schrecker: cello HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 42 • SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 • SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3 Recorded by Ken Christianson in the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, this stunning collection brings you Haydn’s charismatic Quartet Op. 42 in D minor, Shostakovich’s Quartet 3 in F, Op. 73, and Schumann’s Quartet Op. 41 No. 3 in A, often regarded as a supreme example of this composer’s work.

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Tim Hugh & Olga Sitkovetsky Hands on Heart

Tim Hugh: cello/Olga Sitkovetsky: piano BARTÓK: Rhapsody No. 1 • KODÁLY: Sonata for Cello • PIAZZOLLA: Le Grant Tango • RACHMANINOV: Ne Pay Krasavitsa, Op. 4, No. 4 • PAGANINI: Variations on a Theme from Rossini’s Moses in Egypt • GLAZUNOV: Chant du Menestrel, Op. 71 • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee • FAURÉ: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 Tim Hugh, principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra, is widely regarded as the one of the great British cellists of the 21st century. Naim is proud to donate 20% of each disc sold to the UK’s British Heart Foundation, which aims to fight heart disease with groundbreaking research, vital prevention activity, and quality care.

Cat # NAI 118 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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