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February 2010 Release Date: February 9, 2010 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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Hector Berlioz

Symphonie fantastique Anima Eterna Jos van Immerseel

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Release Date: February 9, 2010

Zig-Zag Territoires

Hector BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique BUZZ ALERT

Cat # ZIG 100101 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Anima Eterna Jos van Immerseel: conductor BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 • Roman Carnival Overture “Anima Eterna, the period-instrument orchestra gathered around Belgian keyboard-soloist-turned-conductor Jos van Immerseel, is no doubt the best of its kind.” — Andante After Ravel’s Bolero on “period instruments” of 1920, Anima Eterna plays the Symphonie fantastique on instruments of 1830!

A truly fantastic project.

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Alexei Lubimov: piano SCHUBERT: Impromptus, Op. 90 (D899) & Op. 142 (D935) “Brisk, free of cinematic sentiment … he gives the illusion of keeping strict time while subtly pushing and pulling at tempos.” — New York Times “Always warm and sympathetic, virtuousic yet understated, assertive yet poetic.” — Los Angeles Times “Lubimov’s instrument … comes to life when played with the musicality and sense of fantasy displayed by this remarkable pianist.” — The Sunday Times An outstanding recording of Schubert’s Impromptus, inspired by the double culture of Alexei Lubimov: a Russian pianist (one of the last students of Heinrich Neuhaus) involved with contemporary Russian music, and one of the first Russian musicians involved with playing period instruments behind the Wall in the ’70s.

Franz SCHUBERT Impromptus

Cat # ZIG 100102 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

CORO The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor ANONYMOUS: Plainsong • BYRD: Laudibus in sanctis • Domine, praestolamur • Haec dies • Infelix ego • TALLIS: Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis • Miserere nostri • Iam Christus astra ascenderat • SHEPPARD: Media Vita • Sacris solemniis “Christophers draws brilliant performances from his singers, both technically assured and vividly impassioned.” — The Guardian A brand new recording by Harry Christophers and his award-winning group. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen won the 2009 Classic FM/ Gramophone Artist of the Year Award as well as the award for best Baroque Vocal Recording. This new disc focuses on the great sacred music of 16th century England, both pre- and post-Reformation. Sheppard, Tallis, and Byrd all feature on the recording but the disc centers around Sheppard’s Media Vita, which is a staggering achievement not only in sheer size but also in its expression.

The Sixteen

Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors Cat # CRO 16077 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Summit Records

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Andrea Tofanelli: trumpet Joseph Alessi, Nicola Ferro, Justin B. Clark: trombones Alexandre Cerda’ Belda: tuba Domenico Andria: electric bass Pasquale de Paola: drum Pietro Ciuccio: percussion Nicola Ferro: keyboards, samples, vocoder FERRO: Earth Games 2012 (Suites 1–4) Cover Sticker: The year of the culmination of the grand cycle of evolution (2012). Powerful conceptual CD featuring Joseph Alessi and Andrea Tofanelli! From Italy’s super trombonist, composer, programmer, and producer—classical, jazz, blues, fusion, pop, and alternative combine to create a world-class musical of the seventh century Mayan prophecy for the year 2012. Known as Time’s Special Witness, Mayan prophet Pacal Votan left a universal message for future generations of an evolving Earth. Proclaiming, “If humanity wishes to save itself from biospheric destruction it must return to living in natural time,” he foretold of our accelerated technological society and the resulting damage of our collective divergence from Natural Law in exchange for materialist values. The compositions here were thought out for four “voices”: one trumpet, two tenor trombones, and one bass trombone.

This core consists of four world famous artists: Joseph Alessi, Andrea Tofanelli, Justin Clark, and Nicola Ferro.

Nicola Ferro

Earth Games 2012 Cat # SMT 529 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Western Brass Quintet Scott Thornburg, Stephen Jones: trumpets Lin Foulk: French horn Daniel Mattson: trombone, tuba Deanna Swoboda: tuba Curtis CURTIS-SMITH: Games for Brass • Richard ADAMS: Frame of Mind • Ramon ZUPKO: Pro and Contra Dances • Karel HUSA: Landscapes “The Western Brass Quintet gave unremitting evidence of their individual talents and ensemble training: chords were precisely weighted and registered, instrumental blends were sensitively arranged, and there was rarely a tentatively attacked or released note.” — New York Times Founded in 1966, the Western Brass Quintet is one of the most distinguished brass chamber music ensembles still active in the United States today. The ensemble has performed around the world, including tours of Thailand, China, Sweden, and Germany as well as concerts in prestigious American venues such as the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. The Quintet is a resident faculty ensemble in the School of Music at Western Michigan University. All of the music here was written for or commissioned by Western Brass Quintet.

Western Brass Quintet

Games for Brass: New Music for Brass Quintet

Cat # SMT 536 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Avie Records

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Sergei RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko: conductor RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances • The Isle of the Dead • The Rock

Cat # AVR 2188 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Avie’s fruitful association with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra yields its tenth release, and the third with Vasily Petrenko, the youngest Music Director in the RLPO’s illustrious history. A native of St. Petersburg, Petrenko appropriately continues his exploration of Russian repertoire with the first in a series of orchestral works and concerti by Rachmaninov. Petrenko won the Classic FM/Gramophone Young Artist of the Year award in 2007, and in 2009 he and the RLPO garnered the Gramophone Award for Best Orchestral Recording. Since arriving in Liverpool in 2006, Petrenko has had a galvanizing effect on the RLPO, attracting unanimous critical acclaim. Having recently renewed his contract through 2015, Petrenko and the RLPO are poised to further spread their success story through these recordings for Avie.

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Felix MENDELSSOHN The Piano Trios

Benvenue Fortepiano Trio/Monica Huggett: violin/Tanya Tomkins: cello/ Eric Zivian: fortepiano MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66 • Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49

Cat # AVR 2187 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn’s birth in 2009 raised the popularity of his music to new heights. This new recording of his beloved Piano Trios is a rarity, performed on period instruments. The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio is lead by the enterprising violinist Monica Huggett, whose numerous recordings for Avie have consistently resulted in critical acclaim and sales success. Her partners here are two of America’s foremost period instrument practitioners, cellist Tanya Tomkins (making her second appearance on Avie) and Eric Zivian playing on an 1841 Viennese fortepiano.

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Felix MENDELSSOHN

Concerto for Violin and Piano Rudens Turku: violin/Oliver Schnyder: piano/Capella Istropolitana/Ariel Zuckermann: conductor MENDELSSOHN: Sonata for violin & piano in F • Concerto for violin, piano & orchestra in D minor

Cat # AVR 2170 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case: Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Rudens Turku, who has created a trio of compelling recital and chamber recordings for Avie, presents his first concerto recording for the label. He ingeniously pairs Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin and Piano with the early Sonata in F Major, bringing together two of the composer’s lesser-known works. In both, he is joined by his regular piano partner, Oliver Schnyder. The Double Concerto and F Major Sonata were written when Mendelssohn was in his 20s.

The ambitious three-movement Sonata lay dormant after its first performances—probably due to the composer’s career demands—and wasn’t revived until 1953 when Yehudi Menuhin published the work for the first time. The Double Concerto displays the work of a mature musician; the sensitivity with which Mendelssohn balances the two instruments is masterful, and the orchestral writing marries brilliance with beauty. This unique coupling is a fitting tribute to the end of the Mendelssohn anniversary year.

Release Date: February 9, 2010

CAvi-music

Dina Ugorskaja: piano HANDEL: Suite No. 2 in F, HWV 427 • Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428 • Suite No. 4 in E minor, HWV 429 • Suite No. 5 in E, HWV 430 • Suite No. 6 in F-sharp minor, HWV 431 Handel’s works for keyboard are unknown and rarely recorded. Dina Ugorskaja, daughter of the famous Anatol Ugorski, has a special affinity for baroque music on the modern grand piano.

George Frideric HANDEL

Suites for piano

Cat # AVI 8553184 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Trio di Clarone Sabine Meyer: clarinet, basset horn Wolfgang Meyer: clarinet, basset horn Reiner Wehle: clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn MOZART: Adagio & Fugue in F, K. 404a III, in D minor, K. 404a I, in D minor, K. 404a IV, & in F minor, K. 404a VI • Adagio for glass harmonica in C, K. 617a • Adagio in F, K. 410 • J.S. BACH: French Suite No. 5, BWV 816 • Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten • Jesu mein Zuversicht • Suite based on French Suites Nos. 2 & 3 • C.P.E. BACH: Duo for 2 clarinets, Wq 142 This ensemble has existed for over 25 years, and still new repertoire for three basset horns is available, making for ever-exciting listening!

W.A. MOZART & J.S. BACH

Adagios & Fugues

Cat # AVI 8553162 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Vocal Concert Dresden Peter Kopp: conductor MENDELSSOHN: Frühlingsfeier • Auf dem See • Frühlingsahnung • Mailied • Der Glückliche • Hirtenlied • Jagdlied • Ruhetal • Die Nachtigall • Die Primel • Herbstlied • Morgengebet • Der wandernde Musikant • Abschied vom Walde • HENSEL: Morgenwanderung • Schöne Fremde • Unter des Laubdachs Hut • Wer will mir wehren zu singen • Morgengruß • Lockung • Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend • Schweigend sinkt die Nacht hernieder • Abschied • O Herbst, in linden Tagen • Schilflied Choral songs for convivial outings in the countryside—Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn, one of the most famous pairs of siblings of the Romantic era, composed numerous catchy songs bursting with a feel for the natural world. The Vocal Concert Dresden ensemble sets the mood for them beautifully with just the right timbre: inspired and unaffected at once. With the help of many letters written by brother and sister, the accompanying booklet traces the oh-so-short lifelines of these two gifted composers.

Felix MENDELSSOHN & Fanny HENSEL Abschied vom Walde

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also available Vocal Concert Dresden Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Cat # BER 16442 Price Code: S

Cat # BER 16522 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Bell’Arte Salzburg Annegret Siedel: conductor BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in C, BuxWV 266 • Sonata in B-flat, BuxW 255 • SCHOP: “Sine titulo” in D minor • STRUNGK: Sonata in D minor • BALTZAR: Praeludium in G • WECKMANN: Canzon in D minor • REINCKEN: Partita in A minor • VIERDANCK: Sonata in D minor • BECKER: Sonata in D • SIDON: Sonata in G • FÖRSTER: Sonata “La Sidon” in D minor The “stylus phantasticus” is a style of opposites, opening up fascinating worlds of sound that one would hardly expect in the North German Baroque. Ornamentation and phrasing with great momentum are demanded here, and that is where Bell’Arte Salzburg is in its element: making truly fantastic music. also available

Bell’Arte Salzburg Stylus phantasticus

Cat # BER 16572 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

SCHUTZ In Nativitate Domini Cat # BER 16242 Price Code: S U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Bell’Arte Salzburg Ave Maria Cat # BER 16412 Price Code: S

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Christoph Genz Songs and Arias

Selections by Dowland, J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Mozart Christoph Genz is one of the most-sought-after tenors of our time. His radiantly clear lyric tenor boasts such a wide spectrum of timbres, even in soft singing, that his lieder singing is as much of a delight as his operatic and sacred music roles.

Cat # BER 184772 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Jochen Kowalski

Arias

Selections by Graun, Agricola, Pergolesi, J.S. Bach, and Handel Jochen Kowalski is without doubt a legendary countertenor. And yet for all his fame, Berlin has always been his artistic home. He has been true to the city’s Komische Oper while paying homage to Berlin’s rich operatic history, combined here with “classics” by Bach, Handel, and Pergolesi.

Cat # BER 184762 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Christiane Oelze Songs and Arias

Selections by Mozart, Wolf, and Handel Christiane Oelze’s radiantly bright and supple soprano has made her into a Mozart singer par excellence. Her love of opera is matched by her commitment to sacred music and lieder. The versatility in Oelze’s voice can be clearly heard in this exclusive selection.

Cat # BER 184752 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Jan Vogler

The Cellist

Selections by Bach, Haydn, Schumann, and Debussy Jan Vogler knows no bounds. Living in Dresden and New York he refuses Cat # BER 184742 to be musically pigeonholed—whatever he takes on is world class. Here are Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) some of the colors in his artistic spectrum, from Bach to Debussy.

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Lucia Alberti

Lucia Aliberti Sings Bellini

Selections from La Sonnambula and Il Pirata The bel canto soprano Lucia Aliberti is right in her element here, as arias and scenes from La Sonnambula and Il Pirata let her show just what she is capable of. Bellini is noted not only for his lovely vocal lines, but also for dramatic expression—a firework display of powerful feelings!

Cat # BER 184732 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Various Artists Dreams of Spring

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Dresden Philharmonic/Berlin Symphony Orchestra/ Camerata Bern/Dresden Staatskapelle/Thomas Zehetmair: violin SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 “Spring” (exc.) • VIVALDI: Spring from The Four Seasons • SCHUBERT: Longing in Spring • BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 5 “Spring” (exc.) • BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 (exc.) • Joseph STRAUSS: Austrian Village Swallows • and more

Cat # BER 149462 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

The Basics story continues! This month Berlin Classics releases more classical music highlights in delightfully cohesive combinations and with appropriate visuals. Roll on, spring—we’re ready!

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Various Artists

Classical Melodies for Easter Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Igor Oistrakh: violin/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Thomas Zehetmair: violin/Dresden Philharmonic/Walter Olbertz: piano J.S. BACH: Tönet ihr Pauken! (Resound ye drums!) • MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo • VIVALDI: Spring from The Four Seasons • PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1 (exc.) • MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor (exc.) • GRIEG: Prelude from Holberg Suite • and more The Basics story continues! This month Berlin Classics releases more classical music highlights in delightfully cohesive combinations and with appropriate visuals.

Cat # BER 149392 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Challenge Classics Joseph HAYDN Divertimenti

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend: conductor HAYDN: Octet (Divertimento No. 1) in G, Hob.X:12 • Quintet in D, Hob.X:10 • Quintet in D, Hob.X:10 • Quintet in D, Hob.X:10 • Octet (Divertimento No. 3) in G, Hob.X:5 • Octet in D, Hob.X:1 Four of the lesser-known baritone works by Joseph Haydn, performed by the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam under the direction of Jan Willem de Vriend (also chief conductor of the Dutch Symphony Orchestra).

Cat # CHR 72345 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Turtle Records

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Cat # CHR TRT 75531 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25

Cat # CHR TRT 75530 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Includes world premiere recording

Mauricio KAGEL & Tristan KEURIS

Isaac ALBÉNIZ

Lagos Ensemble/Ron de Haas, Jan Koomen: violins/Sebastiaan de Rode: cello/Kyra Philippi: viola

Yoram Ish-Hurwitz: piano

String Quartets (SACD)

Iberia,Vol. 2 Books 3 & 4 (SACD)

ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Books 3 & 4 KAGEL: String Quartet No. 4 (1993) • KEURIS: String Quartet No. 1 (1982) The Lagos Ensemble worked very closely with Kagel on this unique CD; unfortunately, the composer passed away just before the record was finished, and could not hear the final result.

Second volume of the very attractive Iberia for piano solo, where the flamenco elements of Andalusia are so beautifully mixed with French impressionistic elements and the Lisztian virtuosity.

Yoram Ish-Hurwitz plays this music with ease, flair, lightness of timbre, and enormous depth. Reviews of previous volume have been very positive.

Challenge Classics Christoph Prégardien: tenor Michael Gees: piano J.S. BACH: Komm, süßer Tod • MAHLER: Ulricht • Revelge • Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen • SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang • Auflösung • Der Jüngling und der Tod • Der Tod und das Mädchen • Kriegers Ahnung • SCHUMANN: Stirb, Lieb’ und Freud! • MOZART: Abendempfindung • BRAHMS: Feldeinsamkeit • Wie rafft ich mich auf • LOEWE: Edward • Erlkönig • WEBER: Der Freischütz: Recitative & Aria of Max • WOLF: Denk es, o Seele • Anakreons Grab • Das Ständchen • Dereinst, Gedanke mein • MENDELSSOHN: Neue Liebe • TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin: Lenski’s Aria A selection of compositions ranging over almost two centuries, with eleven compositions and many musical forms. Prégardien & Gees present 22 faces of death in the exact order of their recitals over the last two years.

Christoph Prégardien

also available SCHUBERT Die Schöne Müllerin Cat # CHR SACD 72292 Price Code: S U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Between Life and Death (2 CDs) BUZZ ALERT

Cat # CHR SACD 72324 Price Code: 2P (SRP $31.99) Double Digipak; Box Lot 15 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor: violin, director Hubert Hoffmann: lute Jan Krigovsky: double bass HAYDN: Trio in F di Sigr. Haydn • KOHAUT: Divertimento Primo in B-flat • Concerto in D • Concerto in B-flat • Sinfonia in F minor di Sign. Kohaut Ars Antiqua Austria brings a fairly unknown composer back into the spotlight: Karl Kohaut, who lived in the time of Mozart and Haydn. This disc is a musical monument to the Viennese lutenist. In the style of the transitional phase between baroque and classical, this music hails the listener with a laughing cheeriness and innocence. The double bass concerto proves that Kohaut is a connoisseur of this special instrument.

Karl KOHAUT

Haydn’s lute player Cat # CHR 72323 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Caecilia-Concert SCHMELZER: Sonata à 2 • Sonata à 3 (2) • Sonata La Carolietta • NERI: Sonata Sesta a 5 • FERRO: Sonata 11 à 4 • FUX: Sonata à 4 • BERTALI: Sonata à 3 (2) • BUONAMENTE: Ballo del Gran Duca • SELMA Y SALAVERDE: Vestiva i Colli Passeggiato • MUFFAT: Passacaglia A highly interesting CD of wonderful music from an important period in time, when the House of Habsburg contributed to the flourishing of music by having many talented composers working as hofkapellmeisters at this Court. Composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and his German and Italian composer-colleagues (Schmelzer & Co.) left us a wide range of beautiful baroque works.

Caecilia-Concert

Schmelzer & Co: Music at the Habsburg Court Cat # CHR 72339 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Challenge Classics

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Chorus Ton Koopman: conductor J.S. BACH: Complete cantatas A complete set of the acclaimed Bach Cantatas!

J.S. BACH

Complete Cantatas (67 CDs) BUZZ ALERT

Cat # CHR 72350 Price Code: 67K (SRP $399.99) Box Set; Box Lot Unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Chorus Ton Koopman: conductor BUXTEHUDE: Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BuxWV 33 • Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 56 • Erfreue dich, Erde! BuxWV 26 • Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BuxWV 71 • O Gott, wir danken deiner Güt, BuxWV 86 • Canite Jesu nostro, BuxWV 11 • Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BuxWV 27 • Att du, Jesu, vil mig höra, BuxWV 8 • Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BuxWV Anh.2 • Frohlocket mit Händen, BuxWV 29 • Wo soll ich fliehen hin? BuxWV 112 • Ist es recht, daß man dem Kaiser Zinse gebe oder nicht? BuxWV 54 • Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet, BuxWV 5 • In te, Domine, speravi, BuxWV 53 • Herr, nun läßt du deinen Diener, BuxWV 37 • Jesu, meine Freud und Lust, BuxWV 59 • Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13 The substantial repertoire of Buxtehude’s vocal art ranks among the most attractive in the later 17th century, and forms a climactic point in Lutheran church music between Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach. Ton Koopman has won the ECHO Klassik Award and Editor’s Choice in Gramophone for his previous Buxtehude recordings. In 2008, he won the BBC Music Award for part 22 of his superb Bach Cantata series.

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE Complete Works,Vol. 11 Vocal Works 4 (2 CDs)

Cat # CHR 72250 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Double Jewel Case; Box Lot 17 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Arcana

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Cat # ACA 310 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Cat # ACA 316 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Henry PURCELL

Estevan DAÇA

Jill Feldman: soprano/Davitt Moroney: organ

El Cortesano/José Hernández Pastor: countertenor/ Ariel Abramovich: vihuela

Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Music

PURCELL: Voluntary in G major, Z 720 • A Morning Hymn: Thou wakeful Shepherd, Z 198 • A Divine Hymn: Lord, what is Man?, Z 192 • Voluntary in D minor, Z 718 • The Aspiration: How long, great God, Z 189 • In the black dismal Dungeon of Despair, Z 190 • O solitude, Z 406 • Voluntary in C major, Z 714 • The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation: Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z 196 • Voluntary in D minor, for Double Organ, Z 719 • On our Saviour’s Passion: The Earth trembled, Z 197 • With sick and famished eyes, Z 200 • Verse in F major, Z 716 • Full of wrath, Z 185

Ricercar

El Parnasso

DAÇA: 26 vocal and instrumental selections

Winter & Winter

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Ensemble Mare Nostrum

George Frideric HANDEL

Ensemble Mare Nostrum/Andrea De Carlo: violin

Forma Antiqva/Aarón Zapico: director/Xavier Sabata: countertenor

COUPERIN: Fantaisie de violes à 5 • Simphonie à 3 • Fantaisie à 4 • Simphonie à 4 • Fantaisies à 5 • CAUROY: Cinq Fantaisies sur Une jeune fillette • LE JEUNE: Troisième Fantaisie à 5 ad imitationem Moduli Benedicta est coelorum Regina • DU MONT: Allemanda gravis à 4 2 • ROBERDAY: Fugue cinquième et Caprice à 4 • CHARPENTIER: Concert à quatre parties de violes

HANDEL: Ho fuggito, HWV 118 • Organ Concerto in B-flat, Op. 4, No. 6 HWV 294 • Lungi da me, pensier tiranno! HWV 125b • Violin Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a • Nel dolce tempo, HWV 135b • Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432 • Clori, degli occhi miei, HWV 91a • Violin Sonata in D minor,HWV 359a • Dolc’è pur d’amor l’affanno, HWV 109a

A wonderful recording featuring Italian and French composers, who use the violin in very different ways.

From a new voice in the field of early music in Spain, this program focuses on Handel’s cantatas for alto and continuo.

Le Concert des Violes

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Amore x Amore

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Alpha

Les Cris de Paris Geoffroy Jourdain: conductor ZAPPA: Peaches en regalia • BRISCOE/AKINYEM: Womanizer • MEDEIROS: Toi mon toit • BIEHLER/ROZOUM: Cherchez le garçon • GAINSBOURG: Manon • BJÖRK: Hunter • A. & M. RAHBANI: Nahna wil amar jiran • CANFORA: Brava • MADONNA/PRICE/ANDERSSON/ULVAEUS: Hung up • DAVID/BACHARACH: The look of love from Casino Royale • DENNIS/ DAVIS: Can’t get you out of my head • FERSEN: Dugenou • LENNON/ McCARTNEY: A day in the life • HAMMERSTEIN/KERN: The folks who live on the hill • WASHINGTON/TOMKINS: Wild is the wind • BREL: Les Marquises • FONTAINE/BELKACEM: Cher • LANZMANN/SEGALEN/ DUTRONC: Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille For many years, the chamber choir Les Cris de Paris, well known for its commitment to contemporary creation, had the habit of ending its shows with an “encore.” Specially written by the arranger of the band and derived from songs that did not belong to the world of classical music, a brand new repertoire has been built over time: works by Madonna, Zappa, Björk, Kylie Minogue, and Britney Spears … but also Brel and Gainsbourg. To celebrate its 10th birthday with a wink, Alpha has decided to get totally involved in this special adventure, scrambling the boundaries between what is classical, and what is not. This album has little in common with Alpha’s usual collections, so it has been packaged in a unique, festive circular metal box.

Les Cris de Paris Encores

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L’Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar: conductor Lucilla Galeazzi: vocals Marco Beasley: vocals Alfio Antico: percussion 17 tarantellas by various composers, many anonymous Celebrating its 10th anniversary year with a splash (and starting its second decade auspiciously), Alpha offers a mythical production for the 2010 catalog CD! Conducted by Christina Pluhar, magician of sound colors, the musicians of L’Arpeggiata recreate the mysterious universe of the Tarantella, the only remedy against the lethal bite of the tarantula. Halfway between traditional and baroque music, this recording owes its success to the exceptional commitment of the vocal soloists, Lucilla Galeazzi and Marco Beasley, as well as to the ‘electric’ participation of the Sicilian percussionist Alfio Antico.

Includes a 2010 paper catalog of the Alpha collection and a special bonus track: the cover of Madonna’s “Hung Up” from Alpha 888, the Encores CD.

L’Arpeggiata

La Tarantella

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MusicMasters

Release Date: February 9, 2010

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Includes World Premiere Recordings

Scott JOPLIN

Andrés Segovia

William Albright: piano

Eliot Fisk: guitar

JOPLIN: 52 rags, marches & waltzes, including Maple Leaf Rag • The Favorite • The Easy Winners • The Entertainer • The Strenuous Life • Palm Leaf Rag • The Cascades • The Crush Collision March • Rosebud • and many more

SEGOVIA: Canciones populares de distintos paises (premiere) • La Marcarena (premiere) • Para Deli (premiere) • Allegretto (premiere) • Estudio sin luz • Preludio No. 14 • Estudio (1912) • TANSMAN: Segovia (premiere) • ROUSSEL: Segovia, Op. 29 • NARVAEZ: Canción del emperador

The Complete Rags, Marches & Waltzes (3 CDs)

The story of Scott Joplin and his ragtime is one of happiness and melancholy, aspirations achieved and hopes dashed. It is about the international success of one seminal rag piece, and about the long-overdue revival of interest in the music.

A Tribute to Andrés Segovia

Segovia’s charisma and unique poetic gifts helped to re-establish the guitar as a “serious” instrument, and proved it capable of realizing a repertoire of polyphonic art music spanning five centuries.

Nimbus Records

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Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

Ernesto HALFFTER

Richard Lester: harpsichord

Martin Jones, Adrian Farmer: pianos

FRESCOBALDI: Capriccio “Or che noi rimena” • Partite sopra l’Aria della Romanesca • Toccata Decima • Toccata Undecima • Toccata Ottava • Cento Partite sopra Passacaglia • Toccata Nona • Toccata Prima • Canzona Quarta • Toccata Prima • Toccata Duodecima • Ancidetemi pur d’Arcadelt’s passaggiatto

HALFFTER: Espagnolade • Crepusculos from Tres Trozos Liricos para piano • March joyeuse • Piezas infantiles • Sonata • Three dances from the ballet Sonatina • Gruss • Llanto por Ricardo Viñes • Serenata a Dulcinea • Pregón. Cuba • Habanera • Preludio y danza • Nocturno otoñal Recordando a Chopin

The instrument played here is one of three surviving single-brassstrung harpsichords made by Boni around 1619. It is a fascinating probability that Frescobaldi performed on this harpsichord.

Ernesto Halffter was a painstaking composer who wrote mainly orchestral, choral, chamber, and piano music, drawing upon the rich traditions of Spanish folk music.

Harpsichord Music,Vol. 1

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Piano Music

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Hallé

Hallé Orchestra Cristian Mandeal: conductor BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor “Mandeal drew playing of warmth and flair, imposing a wholeness of musical vision that accommodated plenty of thrills and some shattering climaxes.” — The Independent “Drive, energy, and sheer joie de vivre … the Hallé [is] in supreme form under Mandeal’s expressive yet unfussy guidance. He is a conductor who demonstrably lives the music.” — Manchester Evening News Following their recent success with this year’s Classic FM/Gramophone Award for Best of Choral, the Hallé present their debut recording with Cristian Mandeal, appointed the first-ever Principal Guest Conductor in the Halle’s 150-year history! A frequent guest conductor with many of the great orchestras in Germany, he specializes in the Central European and core Germanic symphonic repertoire, including the works of Bruckner.

Mandeal’s work is characterized with great theatricality, deep musicality, and sizzling technical skill—all of which he brings to bear dramatically in this dark and moving work.

Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

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Red Priest Recordings Angela East: cello J.S. BACH: 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007–1012 Bach’s Cello Suites, for most cellists, represent a lifetime’s work and thought.

Over the years, certain images have come to mind, so Angela East decided to reflect these in the booklet. The idea of combining music with images has existed since the time of Aristotle, when he wrote De Sensu, which is about combining the two areas of perception. Newton divided the color spectrum over seven parts of the scale and various people have devised “color organs” that project light during performances of particular works, such as Scriabin’s Prométhée: le poème du feu. Angela East’s visual concept is based on texture and dimension as well as the keys, and she relates these keys to certain colors—for example, the yellow of E flat major in the desert picture and the black of C minor in the background of the spider’s web. It is her hope that these images will enhance the listener’s enjoyment of the music and give insight into her interpretation of these suites.

J.S. BACH

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British Music Society

Release Date: February 9, 2010

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Noel Mewton-Wood

Cantamen

STRAVINSKY: Concerto for piano & wind instruments • SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35

BRIDGE: Phantasie in C minor • FRISKIN: Phantasie in E minor • IRELAND: Phantasie in A minor • MOERAN: Piano Trio in D

20th-Century Piano Concertos

English Piano Trios

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John McCabe

John McCabe

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lake in the Mountains • Hymn-Tune Prelude on “Song 13” by Gibbons • Suite of Six Short Pieces • HOLST: Two Pieces for Piano • Two Northumbrian Folk Tunes

McCABE: Variations, Op. 22 • Aubade (Study No. 4) • Gaudi (Study No. 3) • Bagatelles • Mosaic (Study No. 6) • Haydn Variations

An English Recital

Piano Music

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City Chamber Choir of London

John JOUBERT

MOERAN: Songs of Springtime • Under the Greenwood Tree • The River-God’s Song • Spring, the Sweet Spring • Love Is a Sickness • Sigh No More, Ladies • Good Wine • To Daffodils • The Jolly Carter

JOUBERT: O Praise God in His Holiness, Op. 52 • Pro Pace Motets • How Are My Foes Increased, Lord! Op. 61 • Three Hymns to St. Oswald, Op. 74 • Nowell, Op. 58

Songs of Springtime

Choral Music

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John JOUBERT

Jo Cole

JOUBERT: Temps Perdu: Variations for string orchestra, Op. 99 • Sinfonietta, Op. 38 • The Instant Moment: Song cycle for baritone & string orchestra, to words by D.H. Lawrence, Op. 110

FOULDS: Sonata for cello & piano, Op. 6 • WALKE: Sonata for cello & piano in F minor, Op. 41 • BOWEN: Sonata for cello & piano in A, Op. 64

Temps Perdu

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English Cello Sonatas

Release Date: February 9, 2010

British Music Society

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Malcolm Binns

Brian Blyth DAUBNEY

BAX: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor • Piano Sonata No. 2 in G • Piano Sonata No. 3 in G minor • Piano Sonata No. 4 in G • IRELAND: Piano Sonata • BRIDGE: Piano Sonata

DAUBNEY: 30 songs, including October Roses

English Piano Sonatas (2 CDs)

October Roses

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Arnold COOKE

Rutland BOUGHTON

COOKE: Sonata No. 2 for violin & piano • Sonata for viola & piano • Sonata No. 2 for cello & piano

BOUGHTON: Four Songs, Op. 24 • Five Celtic Love Songs • Songs of Womanhood, Op. 33 • Three Songs, Op. 39 • Symbol Songs

Three String Sonatas

Songs

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Kaikhosru SORABJI

York BOWEN

SORABJI: Two Piano Pieces • Fantaisie Espagnole • Valse Fantaisie: Hommage à Johann Strauss • Pastiche: Hindu Merchant’s Song • Pastiche: Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen • and more

BOWEN: String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 41 • String Quartet No. 3 in G, Op. 46 • Phantasy-Quintet for bass clarinet & string quartet, Op. 93

Legendary Works for Piano (3 CDs)

String Quartets

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Stradivarius

Release Date: February 9, 2010

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Joseph HAYDN

Louis SPOHR

Alea Ensemble

Arparla Duo/Davide Monti: violin/Maria Christina Cleary: harp

HAYDN: String Quartet in F, Op. 77 • String Quartet in D minor, Op. 42

SPOHR: Sonata, WoO 27 • Variations sur l’air Je suis encore dans mon printempts, Op. 36 • Sonata Concertante, Op. 113 • Fantaisie pour la Harpe, Op. 35 • Sonata Concertante, Op. 114

String Quartets Op. 77 & 42

So mach’ die Augen zu

A philological performance by Alea Ensemble! On this CD, Haydn string quartets are played on period instruments, using Haydn autograph scores, in order to obtain a proper reconstruction of the music.

A CD of some of Louis Spohr’s early chamber works for violin and harp, and his two extant solo harp pieces. By using original instruments and carefully researching the scores, the Aparla Duo has created a stunning recording and a celebration of Spohr’s work.

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Domenico SCARLATTI

Ensemble Galatea

Emilia Fadini: harpsichord

Ensemble Galatea/Paul Beier: lute, conductor

D. SCARLATTI: 15 sonatas for harpsichord

DE SELVA: Diminuzioni su “Vestiva i colli” di Palestrina • BOVICELLI: Diminuzioni su “Anchor che co’l partire” di Cipriano de Rore • Ave verum • Diminuzioni su “Io son ferito ahi lasso” di Palestrina • MASCHERA: Canzona Decimaquinta • MAINERIO: Pass’e mezzo moderno • saltarello moderno • La Billiarda: Ballo e Saltarello • ROGNONI: Diminuzioni su “Domine quando veneris” di Palestrina • VIRGILIANO: Diminuzioni su “Ben qui si mostra il ciel” di Cipriano de Rore

Complete Sonatas,Vol. 2

A new entry in the Scarlatti Edition, on which Emilia Fadini explores the intriguing universe of Domenico Scarlatti, a constant source of curiosity and stimulation for artists. By entrusting the recording of Scarlatti’s “complete works” to a variety of interpreters, Stradivarius ensures that the richness and plurality typical of the composer’s creativity are maintained and celebrated.

Con gratia et maniera

A wonderful overview of popular pieces from 1575 to 1625.

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Air Note

Release Date: February 9, 2010

George Frideric HANDEL Keyboard Suites

BUZZ ALERT

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Racha Arodaky: piano HANDEL: Keyboard Suites Intimate Handel pieces, revealed by a sensitive performer! After an acclaimed Mendelssohn disc, a wonderful Scriabin, and a Scarlatti considered as a reference point in the genre, this fourth opus reveals Racha Arodaky’s great maturity and delivers a very successful recording.

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Ameson

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Marc-André Dalbavie: conductor DALBAVIE: Variations sur une œuvre de Janáˇcek • Sinfonietta • Rocks under the water For the 150-year commemoration of its creation, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra decided to join with one of the most innovative record labels in order to emphasize the extraordinary quality of its performance. The project is ambitious: three new works of one of the best French composers, known worldwide for his orchestral writing.

Marc-André DALBAVIE Janáˇcek Variations

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Amel Brahim-Djelloul: soprano Anne Le Bozec: piano SZYMANOWSKI: Lieder eines verliebten Muezzin, Op. 42 • SANTOLIQUIDO: Tre poesie persiane • AUBERT: Six poèmes arabes • DELAGE: Quatre poèmes hindous Widely recognized as one of the most talented musical personalities of her generation, Amel Brahim-Djelloul is particularly appreciated for her rich color and sunny timbre. She made her stage debut in 2002 as Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and has performed on some of the most prestigious stages in the world, including Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Barbican in London, the Grand Theater of Geneva, the Grand Auditorium Madrid, and Lincoln Center in New York. Proud of her origins and anxious to defend them, she developed this program on the theme of The 1,001 Nights. Her latest album offers a magnificent course of different styles of music from the golden age of Andalusian music.

Karol SZYMANOWSKI The 1,001 Nights

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Release Date: February 9, 2010

Ar Ré-Sé

Antigone Quartet Sarah Lavaud: piano KOECHLIN: Piano Quintet, Op. 80 • String Quartet No. 3, Op. 72 In 2007, Ar Ré-Sé published the first two string quartets of Charles Koechlin, which were unanimously greeted with critical acclaim. So naturally, the label chose to continue the series with this recording of the String Quartet No. 3 alongside the Piano Quintet, Op. 80.

Charles KOECHLIN

Quintet & Quartet

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Lydia Jardon: piano MIASKOVSKY: Piano Sonata No. 1 • Piano Sonata No. 2 • Piano Sonata No. 3 After graduating from the Paris Conservatoire and obtaining her Concert Diploma from the École normale de musique in Paris by unanimous vote, Lydia Jardon was recognized by the Cziffra Foundation and won the Milosz Magin International Competition. She then chose to launch a concert career. In July 2001 she was chosen for the opening concert at the Newport Festival in the United States. After playing in France, Germany, Austria, Uruguay, Brazil, Turkey, Colombia, and many Eastern European countries, she interpreted Beethoven’s Fifth Concerto in Japan at Suntory Hall with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Yuri Nakamura, Rachmaninov’s Third Concerto in Bratislava with the Slovak Radio Orchestra conducted by Jean-Paul Penin, and Rhapsody in Blue at Geneva’s Victoria Hall with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Arthur Fagen.

At the end of 2001, she founded the first record company for women: Ar Ré-Sé (meaning “those women there” in Breton), an independent organization with which she unearths forgotten scores by great masters who are part of the universal heritage—Koechlin, Medtner, Lekeu, Magnard—making it a point of honor to entrust them to excellent women performers who are often just setting out on their careers.

Nicolaï MIASKOVSKY

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Attacca

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Mario Caroli: flute Ernestine Stoop: harp Tomoko Mukayama: piano Françoise Kubler: soprano Christian Dierstein: bells SCIARRINO: Fauno che fischia a un merlo • D’un faune • La perfezione di un spirito sottile • J.S. BACH (arr. Sciarrino): J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 In Mario Caroli’s own words: “Salvatore Sciarrino’s music has occupied an important place in my heart and head for many years.

The connection I feel with his music is totally direct and natural, and there are no technical difficulties that overextend my abilities. Playing Sciarrino’s music is as natural to me as is breathing; it is a spontaneous and physiological process.”

Salvatore SCIARRINO Fauno che fischia

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Schoenberg Quartet Janneke van der Meer, Wim de Jong: violins Henk Guittart: viola Viola de Hoog: cello ANDRIESSEN: Quartet in two movements • Facing death • Garden of Eros • … miserere… • J.S. BACH (arr. Stravinsky/Andriessen): Prelude in B minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 869 Founded in 1976, the Schoenberg Quartet celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006. The musicians of the quartet share a common interest in the composers of the Second Viennese School—Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, and Alexander Zemlinsky—and the complete works for strings by these composers form the heart of their repertoire.

However, their programs range from the music of Claude Debussy and Johannes Brahms to that of composers of the present day, highlighting the music of the first three decades of the 20th century.

Louis ANDRIESSEN Garden of Eros

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Release Date: February 9, 2010

Cobra Records

Dmitri Ferschtman: cello Mila Baslawskaja: piano GLINKA: Songs • RACHMANINOV: In the Silent Night • How Fair This Spot • Soldier’s Wife • Oh Never Sing to Me Again • The Lilacs • Loneliness • Spring Waters • TCHAIKOVSKY: At the Ball • None But the Lonely Heart • One Small Word • It Was Early Days of Spring • Wherefore • Yearning, I Wait Now Alone Dmitri Ferschtman was born in Moscow in 1945. He started his musical education at a very early age at the Central Music School in the same city, continuing in 1964 at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Professor Galina Kozoloepova and Professor Natalia Gutman. In his second year at the conservatory, he became one of the founders of the Glinka String Quartet, which won first prize at an international string quartet competition in Belgium in 1969. In July 1975, Ferschtman took part in a recording of a work by Shostakovich conducted by the composer himself. Following a recording of the Mahler Piano Quartet in Russia one month before his departure, Dmitri Ferschtman took up residence in the Netherlands, where he began a new career as a soloist and teacher. He is a professor at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and has served on the faculty of the International Holland Music Sessions since 1993.

Dmitri Ferschtman

The Cello’s Russian Voice (1 CD) BUZZ ALERT

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Ruysdael Quartet Jeroen den Herder, Gijs Kramers: violins Joris van Rijn: viola Jacobien Rozemond: cello BRUCKNER: Rondo in C minor • BRITTEN: String Quartet in F • PUCCINI: Quartet in D • GRIEG: Fugue in F minor • RACHMANINOV: String Quartet No. 1 • WEBERN: Langsamer Satz • SCHOENBERG: Presto in C Can Webern and Schoenberg sound like Mahler and Wagner? Or Rachmaninov like Tchaikovsky and Puccini like Verdi? Discover these surprising early works of famous composers. All are engaged in their quest for musical identity, as none were yet celebrated like they would be later. This new CD from the Ruysdael Quartet features six stunning quartet miniatures as well as the remarkable Quartet in F major by Benjamin Britten, written when the composer was only 13 years old.

The compositions on First Steps are hardly ever performed, and are put together for the first time on this unique album.

Ruysdael Quartet First Steps

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Cobra Records

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Ruysdael Quartet Jeroen den Herder, Gijs Kramers: violins Joris van Rijn: viola Jacobien Rozemond: cello TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22 • Sergei PROKOFIEV: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92 • Gabriël PROKOFIEV: String Quartet No. 2

Ruysdael Quartet

Russian Generations 2

After the successful release of part one in December 2008, the Ruysdael Quartet continues its journey with part two of the Russian Generations series. The new recording features second string quartets by Tchaikovsky as well as both Sergei and Gabriel Prokofiev.

Tchaikovsky’s second quartet is a seldom-performed masterpiece, with one of the most intensely personal slow movements the composer ever wrote. This is juxtaposed with Sergei Prokofiev’s Op. 92, an exhilarating dance-like piece based on Kabardinian folk tunes.

Gabriel Prokofiev’s second quartet, like its predecessor, is a thrilling work with a gripping rhythmic drive. But here the instruments are stretched even further to the extremes of their capabilities, creating a fascinating sound world.

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Osiris Trio Ellen Corver: piano Vesko Eschkenazy: violin Larissa Groeneveld: cello ˇ DVORÁK: Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky” • Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 The Osiris Trio was formed in 1988. Since then, the trio has toured five continents and was twice given the honor to accompany Her Majesty The Queen of The Netherlands on an official state visit abroad. Over the past 19 years, the group has won a number of Dutch awards, including the ‘Philip Morris Finest Selection’ award and the Annie Bosboom Prize. The trio’s discography encompasses two centuries of repertoire for piano trio, but also includes song cycles and the highly-regarded recording of Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps, which earned the highest rating (10/10) in the Dutch music magazine Luister.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK Trios

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Cobra Records

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble Jacobien Rozemond: violin Doris Hochscheid: cello Frans van Ruth: piano ANDRIESSEN: Cello Sonata • Violin Sonata • Inventions for violin & piano • Piano Trio The Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble is named after the English composer Frank Bridge (1879–1941), who in his evolution as a composer bridged the border between romanticism and modernism. Bridge’s Phantasy for piano quartet was the very first piece performed by the group. Founded in 2005, the ensemble appears as a piano quartet, as a piano trio, and as a string trio. Additionally, it invites musical friends to share its passion for chamber music on stage. The German press has praised the ensemble for the “virtuosity of its passions.”

Hendrik ANDRIESSEN

Four Compositions

Cat # CBA 30 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Musique en Wallonie Capilla Flamenca Dirk Snellings: director ANONYMOUS: En un gardin: Les quatre saisons de l’Ars Nova (manuscripts from Stavelot, Mons, Utrecht & Leiden) This CD celebrates the Ars Nova—the musical language that developed during the early 14th century in the Low Countries—using manuscripts found as recently as the 20th century.

Capilla Flamenca

En un gardin

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Etcetera

Release Date: February 9, 2010 La Hispanoflamenca Bart Vandewege: director Joris Verdin: organ RIMONTE: Misa pro Defunctis • Salmo De Profundis • Quinque Absoluciones • DE HEREDIA: Tiento de 4º tono de falsas • Obra de 1º tono • Discurso sobre Los Saeculorum • Obra de 8º tono por ge sol re ut • Registo baixo de 1º tom The works of Pedro Rimonte were only saved from oblivion very recently; his compositional grandeur and importance are now becoming evident to a broader public after almost 400 years. His Requiem Mass and the sublime eight-part motet De Profundis have placed Rimonte masterfully in the great tradition of Spanish polyphony that produced such varied masterpieces as Victoria’s Lamentations and Haydn’s Sieben Letzte Worte over the centuries. The program here is embellished with works for organ by Rimonte’s friend and fellow citizen Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia.

Pedro RIMONTE & Sebastián Aguilera DE HEREDIA Requiem & Organ Works Cat # ETC 4018 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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B’Rock HANDEL: Flavio Overture • Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 4 • Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1 • Il Pastor Fido Suite A rousing tribute to the more festive side of Handel! After their first Etcetera recording, the B’Rock ensemble was hailed as the best-kept secret in the world of Baroque music. The group doesn’t wish to comply with the current opinion that Baroque music should be played with as few players as possible—rather, its members favor a richer, more robust sound!

George Frideric HANDEL Concerti Grossi

Cat # ETC 1383 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: February 9, 2010

Fryderyk Chopin Society

Nelson Goerner: piano Orchestra of the 18th Century Frans Brüggen: conductor CHOPIN: Fantasy on Polish Airs in A, Op. 13 • Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillante, Op. 22 • Variations in B-flat on “Là ci darem la mano” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 • Rondon à a Krakowiak in F, Op. 14 This CD includes young Chopin’s three masterpieces, composed in Warsaw in the years 1827–29, as well as Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in the version for piano and orchestra. The music is performed by Nelson Goerner and the Orchestra of the 18th Century conducted by Frans Brüggen. The disc also includes a bonus—the Polish national anthem, played on period instruments for the very first time!

Frédéric CHOPIN

Works for Piano and Orchestra

Cat # FCS 9 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Kevin Kenner: piano CHOPIN: Scherzo in C-sharp minor • Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2 • 4 Impromptus • Nocturnes, Op. 32, Nos. 1 & 2 • Mazurkas, Op. 59 • Prelude in C-sharp minor • Prelude in A-flat The pianist’s first CD on a historic instrument (Pleyel, 1848)! Kevin Kenner was winner of the 2nd Prize at the 12th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1990).

Frédéric CHOPIN

4 Impromptus

Cat # FCS 10 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Etcetera

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Jill Feldman: soprano Kees Boeke: flutes, vielle Selections by Guillaume de Machault, Jacopo da Bologna, Andreas Horganista de Florentia, Gherardello da Firenze, Matteo da Perugia & Johannes Ciconia A gem of the Olive Music catalog, now available on Etcetera for international distribution! Jill Feldman has appeared under the direction of such distinguished musicians as Frans Brüggen, Andrew Parrot, Jordi Savall, and René Jacobs. Kees Boeke has given seminars and master classes in early music around the world, and is artistic director of the International Early Music courses at San Floriano. He recorded for all the major companies before starting his own label, Olive Music, which joined with Etcetera in 2008.

Jill Feldman Trecento

Cat # ETC 1902 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Tetraktys Ensemble Jill Feldman: soprano Kees Boeke: vielle, flutes Maria Christina Cleary: harp Jane Achtman: vielle DUFAY: Chansons • Tetraktys A gem of the Olive Music catalog, now available on Etcetera for international distribution! Jill Feldman has appeared under the direction of such distinguished musicians as Frans Brüggen, Andrew Parrot, Jordi Savall, and René Jacobs. Kees Boeke has given seminars and master classes in early music around the world, and is artistic director of the International Early Music courses at San Floriano. He recorded for all the major companies before starting his own label, Olive Music, which joined with Etcetera in 2008.

Guillaume DUFAY Chansons

Cat # ETC 1903 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Globe Records

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Arie Abbenes: carilloneur J.S. BACH: Concerto after A. Marcello • CIMAROSA: Sonata canto solo e basso • MERULA: Sonata seconda • LOCATELLI: Sonata No. 12 for violin & b.c. • PARCHAM: Sonata • CHARPENTIER: Concerto pour quatre parties de Violes • CASTELLO: Sonata seconda • PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas (sel.)

On this CD, listeners will find a unique collection of transcriptions of well-known works played on the carillons of the Cathedral and Nicolai churches in Utrecht, the Netherlands. These fantastic instruments were built in the 17th century by renowned carillon builders François and Pieter Hemony. The exceptional range of the Cathedral carillon, with its extra low B flat and G, is exploited extensively in the selection from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas; this piece lasts a good 20 minutes and is one of the most important works on the CD.

Arie Abbenes

Baroque Music on Hemony Carillons in Utrecht Cat # GLE 5234 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Passacaille Ensemble européen William Byrd Graham O’Reilly: director TALLIS: Marian antiphon: Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater • Respond: Loquebantur variis linguis • Respond: Audivi vocem de caelo • Motet: Suscipe quaeso Domine • Respond: Dum transisset Sabbatum • The Lamentations of Jeremiah II • Marian antiphon: Salve intemerata Virgo Maria Thomas Tallis died in Greenwich in 1585 at about 80 years of age, of which more than half had been spent as a musician at the English Chapel Royal. During his time in royal service, no less than four different monarchs sat on the throne. Music was his means of expression—his real secret garden—and in this, he had no peer.

Dominating 50 years of Tudor musical life, Tallis was capable of the most staggering feats of technical virtuosity as well as the simplest and most elegant means of expressing sadness and joy.

Thomas TALLIS

Thomas Tallis’s Secret Garden BUZZ ALERT

Cat # PAS 963 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Ramée

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Odhecaton Paolo Da Col: director Selections from Renaissance singer-composers of Picardy Between about 1400 and 1550, musical life in Europe was dominated by five generations of musicians born and formed in a well-defined geographical area generally described by musicologists as FrancoFlemish. From this area emanated the overwhelming majority of the musical elite of the Renaissance—illustrious composers and musicians, recruited at great expense by wealthy patrons across Europe. The southern part of this area, Picardy, was a rich pool of talented singers and composers. The cathedral and collegial churches of Amiens alongside the Picard church chapters pursued a general musical education for choirboys who, if they showed any natural musical talent, could become professional musicians, either in their churches or by being recruited to the private chapels of the grandest of European rulers.

With five composers from different generations, and of varying status, this program of religious music conveys a relatively comprehensive survey of what 16th century musical life in the churches of one of the most musically well-endowed French provinces might have been.

Odhecaton

O gente brunette Cat # RME 902 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Alexis Kossenko: flute Daniel Sepec: violin Les Inventions Patrick Ayrton: harpsichord, director TOUCHEMOULIN: Concertos & Symphonies

Joseph TOUCHEMOULIN Concertos & Symphonies Cat # RME 807 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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We know very little about Joseph Touchemoulin, a renowned violinist and chapel master to the princely courts of Bonn and Regensburg for more than 50 years—and one of the few 18th century French composers to have enjoyed a career outside France. Touchemoulin’s apprenticeship was largely accomplished at Padua, where he became a pupil of the great violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini. This is the source of the exuberant Italian idiom which characterizes his work, and which he would later combine with the delicacy and ease of the German tradition. This first recording of Touchemoulin on period instruments, or on authentic copies, presents three of the composer’s concertos and two of his symphonies—charming, finely made music that combines Italian influences with the current tastes of the Mannheim school.

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Ramée

Léon Berben: harpsichord, organ J.S. BACH: Complete keyboard toccatas Among his early keyboard works, the Prelude, the Toccata, and the Fantasy represent a type of composition that allowed Johann Sebastian Bach to approach the limits of keyboard playing outside a strict formal framework. This recording by Léon Berben displays, in an impressive manner, the virtuosity that liberation from form allows. The early keyboard toccatas are some of the most mysterious and most fascinating of Bach’s works—they don’t exhibit any of the characteristics of his later, more mature compositions.

J.S. BACH

Toccatas (2 CDs) Cat # RME 903 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Double Digipak; Box Lot 17 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Solo Musica Margit-Anna Süss: harp Harp compositions by Spohr, J.S. Bach, Haydn, Hamel & Hindemith Renowned solo harpist Margit-Anna Süss, who also appears as a guest harpist with the Berlin and Bamberg Symphony Orchestras, presents a journey through musical eras. Her recordings of the wonderful oeuvres by Bach, Haydn, Hamel, and Hindemith prove how excellently she carries out ambitious projects.

Margit-Anna Süss Change of Times

Cat # SLM 130175 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Solo Musica

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Giuliano Sommerhalder Romantic Virtuosity Cat # SLM 125 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Giuliano Sommerhalder: trumpet New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia Heiko Mathias Förster: conductor Trumpet works by Peskin, Brandt, Cords, Höhne & Böhme In 1997, at the age of twelve, Giuliano Sommerhalder traveled to Moscow from his mountain village of Astano in Ticino to take part in the International Trumpet Competition of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He won it, but set even greater store by the fact that the “living legends” among Russian trumpeters heard him and offered him their friendship. Timofei Dokschitzer, Venyamin Margolin, Yury Usov, and others saw in him a potential champion of their great tradition. Late-night discussions around kitchen tables in Moscow caused an ambitious plan to form in the boy’s mind.

Then, eleven years later, Sommerhalder realized that ambition and recorded the most important and masterful of the few original trumpet concertos of the late and neo-Romantic eras in their long-lost orchestral versions. With only one exception, these are all world premiere recordings and prove that interesting and extremely virtuosic Romantic original works for the trumpet do exist!

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Release Date: February 9, 2010

Gothic Records

Peter Conte

A Grand Celebration BUZZ ALERT

Cat # GOT 49270 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Peter Conte: organ Philadelphia Orchestra Rossen Milanov: conductor DUPRÉ: Cortege et Litanie pour Grande Orgue • JONGEN: Symphonie concertante, Op. 81 for organ & orchestra • ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance “There is nothing here that is short of ‘fabulous’ in its original sense of ‘coming from a fable.’ The instrument is unbelievable. Conte’s brilliance in registration is incredible, his playing credibly, refreshingly excellent. “ — The American Organist Cover Sticker: A powerhouse of sound! This magnificent live CD celebrating Macy’s 150th anniversary combines sultry strings, elegant winds, and powerful brass with the world’s mightiest organ. Peter Conte at the Wanamaker Organ (the world’s largest musical instrument) adds a second symphony of sound. also available Peter Conte Midnight in the Grand Court Cat # GOT 49247 Price Code: P U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Peter Conte Magic!

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Gothic Records

Release Date: February 9, 2010

ECU Chamber Singers Eternal Light

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East Carolina University Chamber Singers Daniel Bara: conductor HOVLAND: Agnus Dei—Concerto for bassoon & mixed chorus a cappella (premiere) • HELVEY: O quam gloriosum, for clarinet & mixed chorus a cappella • MAGLIONE: O thou great power in whom I move, for clarinet & mixed chorus a cappella • BETINIS: Cedit Hyems, for flute & mixed chorus a cappella • PIZZETTI: De profundis • SIRETT: Veni Sancte Spiritus • BOYCE: Ave Maria • RUTTER: Hymn to the Creator of Light • SOWERBY: Eternal Light • ANONYMOUS: Nobody Knows • ANONYMOUS: I’ve been in the storm “The East Carolina University Chamber Singers is the cream of the school’s four choral ensembles. The choral tone is extraordinarily fine: warm, solid, well blended, and superbly disciplined.” — American Record Guide Cover Sticker: Featuring new music for instrumental soloists including the premier recording of Egil Hovland’s lushly romantic setting of Agnus Dei for bassoon and choir. also available ECU Chamber Singers Greater Love Cat # GOT 49256 Price Code: R U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Tactus

Release Date: February 9, 2010

Cat # TCT 970301 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Cat # TCT 791805 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Riccardo CASTAGNETTI

Gioachino ROSSINI

Stefano Innocenti: organ, harpsichord

Giulilana Maccaroni, Federica Iannella: organs

CASTAGNETTI: Ragtime • Noël avec variations • Toccata I • O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden • Variazioni sopra “Lascia ch’io pianga” • Toccata II • O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß • Cantilena Japonica • Toccata III • Kiso-Bushi • Passepied et Gigue

ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra • Barbiere di Siviglia • Semiramide • Tancredi • L’Italiana in Algeri • Guillaume Tell

Compositions for Organ & Harpsichord

On this disc, a teacher performs his pupil’s music and confirms the necessity for a continuous exchange of ideas and expertise between generations.

Cat # TCT 680705 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Organ Symphonies for Four Hands

On this CD a perfect imitation of the orchestra has not been attempted, but the natural characteristics of the organ have been used—such as registers, sound attack, and individual quality of color—in the hope that this renders justice to Rossini’s scores.

Cat # TCT 570001 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Francesco GEMINIANI

Gustav Leonhardt & Matteo Imbruno

Giampaolo Bandini: guitar/Federico Ferri: cello/Daniele Proni: harpsichord

Gustav Leonhardt, Matteo Imbruno: organs

Sonatas for Guitar & Accompaniment

F. GEMINIANI: 10 Sonatas from The Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra Over the course of its millennium-long history, the guitar has successfully adapted itself to the most diverse historical situations.

The repertoire of the English guitar includes the contributions of Felice Giardini (1716–1796), Rudolf Straube (1717–c. 1785), and the author presented on this recording: Francesco Geminiani.

The Ahrend & Brunzema Organ of Amsterdam’s Oude Kerk 1964-2004

SCHEIDEMANN: Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn • Toccata in G • Erbarme dich mein, o Herre Gott • Surrexit pastor bonus (after Lassus) • VAN NOORDT: Psalm 50 • SWEELINCK: Toccata in C • Ballo del granduca • Fantasia in A • SCHEIDT: Bergamasca • ANON.: 3 Variations on “Daphne” • 3 Variations on Psalm 23 This organ used here is an important reconstruction of a historic organ, itself the product of the mature Dutch school of organ building.

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KAIROS

Release Date: February 9, 2010 Ernesto Molinari: clarinet Cello Octet Amsterdam Basque National Orchestra Johannes Kalitzke: conductor LAZKANO: Hauskor • Ortzi Isilak • Ilunkor One could make an interesting comparison between Lachenmann’s Accanto and Lazkano’s Ortzi Isilak as being symbolic of two eras that enjoyed two very different relationships with sound. Lazkano does not take up the strict categorization of Lachenmann’s “musique concrète instrumentale”—instead, the breathing sounds, crackling and creaking are used simply to keep the music from slipping into sounding too “beautiful.”

Ramon LAZKANO Hauskor

Cat # KRO 12992 Price Code: T (SRP $16.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Trío Arbós Juan Carlos Garvayo: piano Cécile Daroux: flute José Luis Estellés: clarinet Paul Cortese: viola Juanjo Guillem: percussion TORRES: Manantial de luz • Poética • Trio • Presencias • Decem

Jesús TORRES Manantial de luz

Cat # KRO 13012 Price Code: T (SRP $16.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Jesús Torres (born in Saragossa, 1965) is one of the key figures in a very talented generation of Spanish composers who have made a significant contribution to the further development of music in Europe. While they share neither a style nor an ideational background, they do share their point of departure: artistically speaking, they are all “grandchildren” of the great innovators of the post-war period; they came to music after the avant-garde had already gained a permanent, emphatic foothold at the academies—and begun their subsequent march into aesthetic isolation. In order to break free from this, Torres and his colleagues set off on highly individual and divergent musical paths that, viewed as a whole, still set a remarkable example.

Release Date: February 9, 2010

KAIROS

Nicolas Hodges: piano ABLINGER: Voices and Piano Voices and Piano, written for Nicolas Hodges, is an extensive cycle of pieces, each for a single recorded voice (mostly of a well-known celebrity), and piano. The cycle is still in progress and should eventually include about 80 pieces/voices (around four hours of music).

The work is always meant to occur as a selection from the whole.

Peter ABLINGER

Voices and Piano

Cat # KRO 13082 Price Code: T (SRP $16.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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