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allegro Classical News ALLEGRO CLASSICAL WELCOMES

Contents Bryn Terfel Richter Archives Vol. 16

p. 11 p. 19

Label List Albion Alpha Ancalagon Records Arte Nova Classics Arte Verum Bel Canto Society Berlin Classics Bravissimo Opera Library CAvi-music Cedille Records Challenge Classics Clarion Classica d’Oro Col legno Cold Blue Music CORO DiscMedi Doremi Eclectra Records Ecstatic Records Endeavour Classics FineLine Classical Fuga Libera GB Records GM Recordings Gothic Records Hallé hänssler Classic Integra Records KAIROS

Landor Records Loft Recordings Lyrita MA Recordings Marsyas Meridian Records Metronome Records Moscow Studio Archives Nimbus Records Nuova Era OMAC Records Opera d’Oro Other Minds Palexa Records Paradizo Port Royal Quartz Records Quilisma Royal Philharmonic Masterworks Rubedo Canis Musica (RCM) Reference Recordings ReZound Ricercar Stradivarius Summit Records Tactus Toccata Classics Urtext Digital Classics Winter & Winter Zig-Zag Territoires

KAIROS p. 4–5

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AIROS, the Vienna-based music label founded in 1999 by Barbara Fränzen and Peter Oswald, focuses exclusively on the promotion of new artists. Apart from the careful selection of works and artists, highly sophisticated sound engineering and a modern presentation, supported by the cover designs of Austrian painter Jakob Gasteiger, are essential constituents of the overall concept.

KAIROS means the moment of successful fulfillment. The ancient Greeks used this word to describe the satisfied correspondence of the here with the now, the “opportune moment,” which is encountered as fate and demands to be used in a decisive way. KAIROS seeks to preserve that time of fulfillment that we call music. The label’s intention is to capture, for listeners’ pleasure, music that is contemporary and opens up new experiences for contemporary minds in the form of interpretations that have grasped the auspiciousness of the moment. The moment, however beautiful it may be, does not tarry. However, it can recur, and although we are no longer exactly the same as before, the moment is able to move and transform us once again. In this sense KAIROS seeks to give back to its contemporaries the music of the present and the endless adventure of listening that it has to offer, so that the auspicious opportunity of the moment is not allowed to slip by unused.

Each CD is thus a total work of art, accompanied by a booklet whose essayistic, analytic, and literary reviews approximate the intangible in music, and they come in both an elaborate and practical case. KAIROS presents music to accompany you across the threshold to new ages.

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Release Date: January 13, 2009

Cat # CLO 904 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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VocalEssence

What a Mighty God: Spirituals & Gospels for Chorus

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William Grant STILL Skyward My People Rose

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VocalEssence

Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today’s Black Composers

Clarion

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VocalEssence

Got the Saint Louis Blues: Classical Music in the Jazz Age

VocalEssence Ensemble Singers & Chorus Philip Brunelle: conductor Just in time for Black History Month, Clarion presents the new Witness series from VocalEssence! What a Mighty God brings VocalEssence together with the Moore For Four Vocal Jazz Ensemble for a stirring performance of spirituals and rousing gospel melodies, showcasing the music of trailblazing African American composers. Skyward My People features works by William Grant Still (1895–1978), who created music for chorus, orchestra, and organ that brought the blues into the concert hall, ragtime to the ballet stage, and the Old World into a new era. Dance Like the Wind, a recording of thought-provoking and moving music by eight modern African-American composers, explores their broad range of expression, from solo cello to woodwind quintet. Got the Saint Louis Blues offers vibrant music from the crossroads—South and North, African and American, church and street—that characterizes the era between 1914 and 1930. The recording features composers and their works from this important transitional phase in modern American music.

“As an honorary VocalEssence board member, I was privileged to premiere two works for narrator and orchestra commissioned for me.

It is wonderful that VocalEssence promotes and celebrates the human voice both in speaking and singing.” — James Earl Jones

ALSO AVAILABLE IN a box set Cat # CLO 9044 (4O) VocalEssence Witness: The Collection (040888704427)

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KAIROS

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Salvatore SCIARRINO Orchestral Works (3 CDs) Cat # KRO 12802 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Box Set; Box Lot 14

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Francesco Dillon: cello Marco Rogliano: violin Mario Caroli: flute Daniele Pollini: piano Moni Ovadia: speaker Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Tito Ceccherini: conductor SCIARRINO: Variazioni per Violoncello e Orchestra (1974) • Allegoria della Notte (1985) • Frammento e Adagio (1991) • Morte di Borromini per Orchestra con Lettore (1988) • I Fuochi oltre la Ragione • Recitativo Oscuro per Pianoforte e Orchestra (1999) • Il Suonoe e il Tacere (2004) • Shadow of Sound (2005) Premiere recordings of important orchestral works by Salvatore Sciarrino in a box set, for the first time ever!

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Release Date: January 13, 2009

KAIROS

Olivier MESSIAEN Éclairs sur l’Au-Delà...

Cat # KRO 12742 Price Code: T (SRP $16.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher: conductor MESSIAEN: Éclairs sur l’au-delà...

Messiaen’s last composition before he passed away, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for its 150th anniversary, is a fantastic orchestral piece inspired by birds. This KAIROS offering is a wonderful live recording by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, performed at Vienna’s famous Musikverein.

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hänssler CLASSIC

Release Date: January 13, 2009 Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington: conductor MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 1, 8, 12, 19, 22, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, & Symphony after the “Posthorn” Serenade, K.320 Now available as a mid-priced box set—all six discs of Roger Norrington’s survey of the essential Mozart symphonies! Norrington, one of the pioneers of historically informed performance practice, has carefully programmed each CD with representative works from Mozart’s early, middle, and late periods to provide examples of the composer’s brilliant development from child prodigy to immortal genius.

W.A. MOZART

Essential Symphonies,Vol. I–VI (6 CDs) Cat # HNS 93230 Price Code: 6Q (SRP $95.99) Box Set; Box Lot 5 Not Available In Canada

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Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington: conductor MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 (exc.) • MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 22, 25, 29 & 40 (exc.) • Symphony No. 25 (exc) • Symphony No. 22 (exc.) • BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 2, 5 & 8 (exc.) • ELGAR: Serenade for Strings (exc.) • BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini (exc.) • Symphonie fantastique (exc.) • Requiem (exc.) • MAHLER: Symphonies Nos. 1, 4 & 5 (exc.) • SCHUBERT: Die Zauberharfe Overture • Symphony in C (exc.) • WAGNER: Parsifal (exc.) • TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (exc.) • HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger from The Planets • BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 (exc.)

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Best of Stuttgart Sound (2 CDs) Cat # HNS 93232 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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From Roger Norrington: “All my concerts and recordings with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra are characterized by a serious attention to historical playing style, which has up to now normally been associated only with period-instrument orchestras. The central, and most revolutionary, feature of our style is our adoption of the sound of earlier times. We play with the ‘pure tone’ so much talked about by the old masters before the arrival of 20th century vibrato. This beautiful, warm tone was the normal sound of every orchestra from Bach’s time to Mahler’s. The honest, expressive ‘noble cantilena’ of pure tone seems to us crucial in the performance of their music. This recording gives you the opportunity to hear how a modern symphony orchestra can reconnect with its roots and embrace the traditions of the past.”

Release Date: January 13, 2009

hänssler CLASSIC

Camille SAINT-SAËNS

Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra Cat # HNS 93222 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Johannes Moser: cello Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Fabrice Bollon: conductor SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 • Suite for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 16 • Romance for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 36 • Allegro appassionato • The Swan from Carnival of the Animals “This is a major release, and Moser is without question an artist worth watching.” — ClassicsToday [10/10, Disc of the Month] For his first recording with orchestra, cello superstar Johannes Moser has selected the neglected works of Camille Saint-Saëns. These works are both sweepingly romantic and an acid test for any player’s technical finesse. Apart from the popular First Concerto and the ubiquitous “Swan,” Saint-Saëns composed a Second Cello Concerto in addition to several other shorter works for cello and orchestra, most of which are seldom heard in performance. Fabrice Bollon and the RSO Stuttgart join the charismatic cellist on this exciting, beautiful program that will be a welcome addition to any CD collection! also available BRAHMS Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. 1 Cat # HNS 93206 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

BRAHMS Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. 2 Cat # HNS 93207 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

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hänssler CLASSIC

Release Date: January 13, 2009 SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg Women’s Voices of the Stuttgart Radio Vocal Ensemble Sylvain Cambreling: conductor DEBUSSY: Prélude á l’après-midi d’un faune • SCHMITT: La tragédie de Salomé • STRAVINKSY: Petroushka (1947 version) The latest release in the Ballets Russes series includes two of the most popular scores ever commissioned for the dance in the 20th century—Debussy’s “Prélude a l’après-midi d’un faune” and Stravinsky’s “Petroushka.” Also included is Florent Schmitt’s sadly neglected “La tragédie de Salomé,” with its fusion of Rimsky-Korsakov’s exoticism and the “impressionism” of Debussy and Ravel.

also available STRAVINSKY Les Ballets Russes Vol. 1 Cat # HNS 93196 Price Code: S

Claude DEBUSSY

Les Ballets Russes,Vol. 3 Cat # HNS 93223 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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RAVEL Les Ballets Russes Vol. 2 Cat # HNS 93197 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

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Stuttgart Radio Vocal Ensemble Rupert Huber, Marcus Creed: choir directors Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Stockhammer, Gianluigi Gelmetti: conductors RIHM: Symphony, Op. 3 • Symphony (1975)—1st & last movements • Nachtwach for 8 vocal soloists, mixed choir, 4 trombones & woodblock (1987/88) • Vers une symphonie fleuve III (1992/95) • Raumage for Choir & Percussion (1994) This program features two world premieres, and reveals new facets of the composer’s musical thought in transition. Includes detailed booklet notes by the composer.

also available RIHM Wolfgang Rihm Vol. 1 Cat # HNS 93185 Price Code: S

Wolfgang RIHM

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Wolfgang Rihm,Vol. 3

RIHM Wolfgang Rihm Vol. 2 Cat # HNS 93202 Price Code: S

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Release Date: January 13, 2009

Landor Records

Ilona Timchenko: piano R. SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 • C. SCHUMANN: 3 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 16 • BRAHMS: Paganini Variations, Books I & II “Timchenko’s well considered playing was a miracle.” — Trow Russian pianist Ilona Timchenko is one of the two winners of the Abstract Securities Landor Competition 2007, impressing the panel with her virtuoso technique and the stunning beauty of her playing. This recital combines works from three closely aligned figures in German 19th century composition: Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, and his wife Clara Schumann. On the recording, Clara Schumann’s intricately worked 3 Preludes and Fugues Op. 16 separate two of the most formidably virtuosic and acutely emotional works in the Romantic canon—Robert Schumann’s passionate and impulsive Kreisleriana Op. 16, dedicated to Clara, and Brahms’ Paganini Variations Books I and II. Timchenko is a regular guest at many of the world’s leading concert halls, including Vienna’s Musikverein, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire.

Ilona Timchenko

Plays Robert & Clara Schumann and Brahms Cat # LND 286 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Toccata Classics Carolyn Foulkes: soprano Sally Pryce: harp Adam Summerhayes: violin Nicola Eimer: piano Adam Walker: flute Wendy Dawn Thompson: mezzo-soprano London Concertante Gregory Rose: conductor WALTERS: Cân y galon (Song of the Heart), for soprano & string quartet (1970) • Little Suite for Flute and Harp (1960s) • Violin Sonata (1989–96) • Berceuse for harp (1965) • Poésies du soir (Poems of the Evening), for mezzo soprano & chamber orchestra (1961) Welsh composer Gareth Walters (b. 1928) studied with Jean Rivier and Olivier Messiaen in Paris in the early 1950s, inheriting a formal elegance which has characterized his music ever since, enhanced on this disc by a nocturnal, serenade-like quality. The two song-cycles here—Cân y galon (Song of the Heart), set in Welsh, on aspects of love, and Poésies du soir, evoking the calm of summer evenings—share the songwriting clarity of Benjamin Britten, whose early encouragement galvanized Walters’ career as a composer. They enclose the buoyant, Celtic-colored Little Suite for Flute and Harp, the expansive Violin Sonata, and the gentle Berceuse for harp.

Gareth WALTERS

Song of the Heart

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Hallé

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Richard STRAUSS Don Juan

Anne Schwanewilms: soprano/Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder: conductor R. STRAUSS: Don Juan • Macbeth • 6 Lieder “Fans of Hallé will be delighted with Mark Elder’s intense but spacious accounts of the tone poems here. Schwanewilms often begins with lines of instrumental purity, beautifully attuned to Elder’s careful orchestral detail, before negotiating a surge of human emotion.”

— BBC Music magazine

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Macbeth is Strauss’ first and least-known tone poem, which is surprising since it is a strong and dramatic piece. As with Macbeth, Don Juan has no detailed plot but is a series of vivid episodes illustrated by memorable melodies. Booklet notes contain all sung texts.

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Colin MATTHEWS Alphabicycle Order

Richard Watkins: horn/Henry Goodman: narrator/Hallé Orchestra/Edward Gardner: conductor/Sir Mark Elder: conductor MATTHEWS: Alphabicycle Order • Horn Concerto “Brilliantly diverse in its musical language, sympathetic to the wit and wisdom of Reid’s texts, and superbly well set for young voices, Alphabicycle is a textbook example of how to write for diverse forces in a meaningful, inclusive yet unmistakably individual way.” — Gig Magazine

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This disc presents striking contrasting works from Colin Matthews. Both pieces are world premiere recordings, released to mark Hallé’s 150th anniversary and the re-launch of the Hallé label. Alphabicycle Order is a setting of wonderfully punning children’s rhymes by Christopher Reid. The Horn Concerto is a dream-like piece, with a romantic framework haunted by a series of troubled intrusions from soloists and Matthews’ brilliantly written orchestration.

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Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps (2 CDs)

Henry Goodman: narrator/Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder: conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps (complete incidental music) “The Hallé label shows both artistry and acumen in this release. This is something to celebrate among the legion of RVW mavens.” — MusicWeb International

Cat # HLE 7510 Price Code: 2P (SRP $31.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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The complete score of the music Ralph Vaughan Williams, composed for a production of Aristophanes’ comedy The Wasps at Cambridge University in 1909, had not been heard until this 2005 recording, apart from a broadcast in 1972. Contains Vaughan Williams’ quotations from other composers’ works. Booklet notes include the complete text, including spoken and sung words.

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Hallé

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Edward ELGAR

The Dream of Gerontius (2 CDs) Paul Groves: tenor/Bryn Terfel: bass-baritone/Alice Coote: mezzo-soprano/Hallé Orchestra/Hallé Choir/Hallé Youth Choir/Sir Mark Elder: conductor ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (complete oratorio) “[Bryn Terfel is] a voice in a billion.” — The Times “Mark Elder’s interpretation with the Hallé orchestra and choir evaded characterization, though he stamps his dramatic instincts all over the piece. It is either a religious tone poem or a spiritual opera, either way the effect is frequently cataclysmic.” — The Guardian Cat # HLE 7520 Price Code: 2P (SRP $31.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25

Elgar’s late masterpiece is an extraordinary work full of drama and passion alongside exquisite music of sublime delicacy. It is a moving expression of the composer’s unorthodox religious faith and a poignant reflection on a man’s journey through death, depicted in striking writing for choir, orchestra, and soloists.

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Edward ELGAR Symphony No. 2

Lyn Fletcher, Ann Lawes: violins/Timothy Pooley: viola/David Watkin: cello/Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder: conductor ELGAR: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 63 • Introduction & Allegro for Strings, Op. 47 “A generous disc, beautifully recorded, and a must for all Elgarians.” — Sunday Times The Second Symphony was composed and scored remarkably quickly. Elgar himself said, “I have worked at fever heat, and the thing is tremendous in energy.” The disc also contains the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem “Songs,” read by Sir Mark Elder. The text of the poem can be found in the booklet notes.

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Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies 1 & 6

Hallé Orchestra/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: conductor SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 • Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54 “The Hallé give a superb performance of the work, and it comes to its rollicking conclusion with the engineers catching the orchestra in full flight, in the sympathetic acoustic of the Bridgewater Hall.” — MuiscWeb International Symphony No. 1 had been written primarily by Shostakovich as a graduation exercise. It will take listeners’ breath away with its bewildering range of styles and moments of startling profundity.

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Robert DE VISÉE Suites for Theorbo

Pascal Monteilhet: theorbo/Amandine Beyer: violin/Amélie Michel: flute/ Marianne Müller: viola da gamba DE VISÉE: 6 Suites for theorbo

Cat # ZIG 51101 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

De Visée did not compose in the manner of his predecessors Gautier, Dufault, and Gallot, nor even of his contemporaries Couperin and Marais. He creates continuous melodies with simple harmonies. It is quite revealing that his last edition of lute music, Mise en partition (1716), is aimed at other instruments. In this publication De Visée proposes suites for theorbo transcribed for two voices, which can therefore be played by a treble and a bass instrument.

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Ensemble Organum Incarnatio Verbi

Ensemble Organum/Marcel Pérès: conductor ANON: Messe de la Vigile • Messe de minuit • Messe de l’aurore • Messe du jour Marcel Pérès created a style for old Roman songs influenced by orthodox vocal practice.

Two records were released by Harmonia Mundi 15 years ago, and now he returns with 4 Christian masses found in an 11th century manuscript held by the Swiss foundation BODMER.

Cat # ZIG 81001 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Sylvestro GANASSI

Io amai sempre:Venise 1540 Pierre Boragno: recorders/Marianne Müller: viola/Massimo Moscardo: lute/François Saint-Yves: organ, harpsichord 23 madrigals, motets, ricercars, toccatas & fantasies composed 1520–1550 by Ganassi, Willaert, Gombert, Segni da Modena, Francesco da Milano, Cavazzoni, Fogliano & Arcadelt

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The influence of the Book of the Courtier pushed the aristocracy of Europe to play musical instruments. Sylvestro Ganassi answered this social need with three treatises related to the art of improvisation and diminutions: Fontegara (1535), Regola Rubertina (1542), and La Lettione seconda (1543). This fascinating program highlights the intimate and virtuosic atmosphere of 16th century European courts.

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Cold Blue Music

Bryan Pezzone, Arlene Dunlap: pianos LENTZ: Point Conception • NightBreaker Front Cover Sticker: “Point Conception simultaneously glorifies the acoustical grandeur of the grand piano and regales its legacy with technology and sly insouciance … tossing knuckleballs into extant musical traditions, but doing so with disarming grace.” — Los Angeles Reader Point Conception was issued by Cold Blue on vinyl in 1984. For this CD reissue, a bonus track has been added—the premiere recording of the technically demanding NightBreaker. The two works take the powerful sound of massed pianos on wild, virtuosic excursions into prismatic musical textures. also available LENTZ On the Leopard Altar Cat # CBM 22 Price Code: R

Daniel LENTZ

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Point Conception

LENTZ Los Tigres de Marte Cat # CBM 16 Price Code: H Not Available In Canada

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Chas Smith: pedal steel guitar M.B. Gordy, Bob Fernandez, John Fitzgerald, Theresa Knight: mallet percussion SMITH: Nakadai • Hollister • Judas Within: Seduction & Betrayal • The Ghosts on the Windows • Joaquim Murphey Front Cover Sticker: “One of the most explosive LPs of the ’80s.” — KPFA Folio/Other Minds Radio. “‘A solitary genius,’ as Susan Alcorn describes him, Chas follows no particular school of composition but his own.”

— Paris Transatlantic First reissue of a rare 1987 vinyl release includes two bonus tracks—a rare Smith work from 1991 and a new work composed in 2008. also available C. SMITH Descent Cat # CBM 23 Price Code: R

Chas SMITH

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Nakadai

C. SMITH An Hour Out of Desert Center Cat # CBM 13 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

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OMAC Records

Release Date: January 13, 2009

THIS JAZZ TITLE FEATURES ACCLAIMED VIOLINIST MARK O’CONNOR!

Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio Live In New York

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Mark O’Connor: violin Frank Vignola: guitar Jon Burr: double bass GERSHWIN (arr. O’Connor): Fascinating Rhythm • NOBLE (arr. O’Connor): Cherokee • O’CONNOR: Anniversary • BROOKS/ WALLER (arr. O’Connor): Ain’t Misbehavin’ • O’CONNOR: M & W Rag • Funky Swing • Fiddler Going Home • Gypsy Fantastic • ELLINGTON (arr. O’Connor): Don’t Get Around Much Anymore • Tiger Rag “O’Connor’s fire and heart-on-the-sleeve emotional involvement [render] this not only one of the finest discs of his career, but one of the greatest jazz violin albums ever.” — Chicago Tribune On this tribute to legendary French jazz master Stephane Grappelli, Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio captures the electricity and nuance of performances that can only be described as spectacular! While performing a number of tunes closely associated with Grappelli, O’Connor also extends the repertoire with original compositions. also available O’CONNOR Folk Mass Cat # OMC 10 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

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O’CONNOR Double Violin Concerto Cat # OMC 8 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Reference Recordings

Percy GRAINGER Lincolnshire Posy

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Dallas Wind Symphony Jerry Junkin: conductor GRAINGER: Lincolnshire Posy • Duke of Marlboro Fanfare • The Merry King • Gum-Suckers March • Colonial Song • Mock Morris • Children’s March • Molly on the Shore • Spoon River • After-Word • Lads of Wamphray March • Irish Tune from County Derry • Shepherd’s Hey “If you are any kind of fan of concert band music, you must get this disc.” — ClassicsToday [REF 104] Another audiophile spectacular from Reference Recordings! This album showcases the wind band music of Percy Grainger, including favorites “Lincolnshire Posy” and “Danny Boy.” Grainger’s gems are performed to perfection by America’s only full-time professional wind band, conducted by Jerry Junkin. Grainger specified many unusual, optional instruments, and this recording has them all. Hear these “original instrument” performances in the spectacular sonics captured by Reference Recordings’ world-renowned team of engineer Keith Johnson and producer Tam Henderson. also available Jerry Junkin Bells for Stokowski Cat # REF 104 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

MASLANKA Garden of Dreams Cat # REF 108 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

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Tactus

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Cat # TCT 871890 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Ottorino RESPIGHI

Bartolomeo CAMPAGNOLI

Marco Rogliano: violin/Maurizio Paciariello: piano

Nicola Guidetti: flute/Marco Rogliano: violin/Tommaso Poggi: viola/Luca Paccagnella: cello

Complete Violin & Piano Works

Six Flute Quartets

RESPIGHI: Cinque pezzi (1906) • Sonata in B minor (1916) • Sonata in D minor (1897) • Sei pezzi (1901)

CAMPAGNOLI: Six Quartets for flute & strings

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Franco MARGOLA

Antonio VIVALDI

Paolo Grazia: oboe/Ensemble Respighi/Federico Ferri: conductor

Marco Serino: violin/Marco Testori: cello/Francesco Cera: harpsichord/Luca Marconato: theorbo

Music for Strings & Oboe Concertos

MARGOLA: Trittico for strings • Partita for oboe & strings • Piccolo Concerto for oboe & strings • Oboe Concerto • Nocturne & Fugue • 6 Madrigals for strings • Ancient Music of English Virginalists

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Violin Sonatas

VIVALDI: Violin Sonatas, Op. 2, Nos 1–6

CAvi-music

Release Date: January 13, 2009 Kölner Kantorei Volker Hempfling: director Johann Christian Bach-Akademie Ingeborg Scheerer: conductor MOZART: Mass in C minor, K427 “Great” • Requiem in D minor, K626 “[A] lovely sounding choir.” — Limburg News Mozart’s most important and best-known choral works in one package. A wonderful recording made in a large Romanic cathedral in Germany.

also available Kölner Kantorei With Human Tongues, With Tongues of Angels Cat # AVI 8553052 Price Code: Q

W.A. MOZART

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Great Mass & Requiem (2 CDs)

J.S. BACH St. John Passion (2 CDs) Cat # AVI 553006 Price Code: 2N

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Cathy Krier: piano D. SCARLATTI: Sonatas in G minor, K.31 & G, K. 124 • HAYDN: Variations in F minor • CHOPIN: Nocturnes Nos. 9 & 10, Op. 32, Nos 1 & 2 • Barcarole, Op. 60 • MUELLENBACH: Night Music for solo piano (premiere) • DUTILLEUX: Sonata (1947) “Krier’s crystal-clear structuring and emotional depth turned Claude Debussy’s very picturesque ‘L’Isle Joyeuse’ and the ‘sonata’ by Henri Dutilleux into sheer delight.” — Borken-Newpaper This portrait of a young Luxembourg pianist includes the first recording of Muellenbach and a rare recording of a Henri Dutilleux sonata.

Cathy Krier

Piano Music

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Nimbus Records

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Cat # NIM 5831 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Johann STRAUSS II

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Die Fledermaus (2 CDs)

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Rodion SHCHEDRIN Music for Cello & Piano

Julius Patzak, Hilde Güden, Sieglinde Wagner, Anton Dermota, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda: vocal soloists/Chorus of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Clemens Krauss: conductor

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Raphael Wallfisch: cello/Rodion Shchedrin: piano SHCHEDRIN: Ancient Melodies of Russian Folk-song • Sonata • In the Style of Albéniz • Quadrille from the opera Nicht nur Liebe (Not Love Alone)

J. STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Surely no more scintillating score exists than that composed

by Johann Strauss II for his operetta Die Fledermaus. This performance is conducted by Clemens Krauss, a master of the genre, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera.

Ancient Melodies of Russian Folk-song (2007) is a setting for cello and piano of five melodies from Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous anthology of 100 Russian Folk Songs published in 1877. It is dedicated to Raphael Wallfisch, who premiered the cycle on May 24, 2007 in London with the composer at the piano. This is the premiere recording of this work.

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Arthur WALEY

George BENJAMIN

Kenneth Williams: narrator

Anu Komsi: soprano/Hilary Summers: contralto/Ensemble Modern/Franck Ollu: conductor/BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Oliver Knussen: conductor/Sometime Voices/Dietrich Henschel: baritone/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Rundfunkchor Berlin/Kent Nagano: conductor

Monkey (MP3 Audio Book)

WALEY: Monkey This MP3 Audio Book can be played on your computer, and can be transferred to an MP3 player or iPod. It will not play on a standard CD player, unless your player has the ability to play MP3 discs. Arthur Waley was a distinguished authority on Chinese language and literature. Kenneth Williams, best remembered for his appearances in the British Carry On films, made this recording in 1980. His dazzling vocal ability is put to perfect use animating this classic Chinese story of monsters, gods, sages, and mortals.

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Into the Little Hill

G. BENJAMIN: Into the Little Hill (opera) • Dance Figures Benjamin long held the desire to write an opera, and Into the Little Hill resulted from his meeting with playwright Martin Crimp.

Since its premiere, given at the Festival d’Automne in Paris last November, it has garnered acclaim from all quarters.

Release Date: January 13, 2009

DOREMI

Sviatoslav Richter Archives,Vol. 16

Sviatoslav Richter: piano/Elisabeth Leonskaya: piano/Borodin String Quartet/Latvian Symphony Orchestra/Paul Magi: conductor/Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra POULENC: Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra in D minor • Aubade for piano & 18 instruments • REGER: Quintet for piano & string quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 64 The 16th volume of a very significant series. Richter is arguably the greatest pianist of the 20th century, and the most-recorded pianist in history.

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Paul Makanowitzky

Complete Violin Sonatas of Beethoven & Bach (4 CDs) Paul Makanowitzky: violin/Noël Lee: piano BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–10 • J.S. BACH: 6 Sonatas for Violin & Piano First time on CD! Paul Makanowitzky was a superb violinist and is now admired as a cult figure by collectors. These Beethoven and Bach sonata recordings are considered among the greatest ever made of these works.

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Silvia Marcovici

Violin Concertos,Vol. 1 (2 CDs+DVD) Silvia Marcovici: violin/various orchestras & conductors TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto • BRAHMS: Violin Concerto • BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto • SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No. 3 • LALO: Symphonie espagnole for violin & orchestra • BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 • BARTÓK: Violin Concerto Rare live, monumental performances never before on CD (or DVD)! Silvia Marcovici is the most important violinist to come out of Romania since George Enescu. This edition presents, for the first time, several milestones of her repertoire in live performances, including her first public performance of the Beethoven concerto in Frankfurt, 1978.

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: January 13, 2009

B

erlin Classics’ popular mid-price Reference Gold Series is expanding! Featuring world-class performers, varied repertoire, and high-quality design, this series guarantees excellence. The repertoire hardly leaves a stone unturned: from Beethoven’s Symphonies 2 & 3 and the concertos of Haydn and Bach to Handel arias and Boccherini’s cello concertos, classical music lovers will find everything their hearts desire—be they beginners, connoisseurs, or collectors. The design of the series is unsurpassed, featuring high-quality digipak packaging with gold embossing encasing a gold-coated CD and a comprehensive booklet.

J.S. BACH

Violin Concertos Thomas Zehetmair: violin/Amsterdam Bach Soloists J.S BACH: Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 • Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 • Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 (reconstructed from the Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1032) • Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056 (reconstructed from the Harpsichord Concerrto, BWV 1056

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Luigi BOCCHERINI Cello Concertos

Ivan Monighetti: cello/Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin BOCCHERINI: Cello Concertos Nos. 1–3 • Concerto for Cello, Strings & 2 Oboes in D

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Lynne Dawson

My Personal Handel Collection Lynne Dawson: soprano/Lautten Compagney/Wolfgang Katschner: conductor

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HANDEL: “Di’, cor mio” from Alcina • “Cease, ruler of the day” from Hercules • “Ho un non so che nel cor” from La Resurrezione • “Thy sentence, great King” & “Can I see my infant gor’d” from Solomon • “My vengeance awakes me” from Athalia • “Son qual stanco” from Arianna in Creta • “Destero dall’empia dite” from Amadigi di Gaula • Chaconne in A, Sarabanda & Gigue from Terpsicore • “With darkness deep” from Theodora • “O had I Jubal’s lyre” from Joshua • “Piangerò la sorte mia,” Sinfonia & “V’adoro, pupille” from Giulio Cesare in Egitto • “Affanni del pensier” from Ottone, Re di Germania • “Volate amori” from Ariodante

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Berlin Classics

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W.A MOZART & Robert SCHUMANN

George Friedrich HANDEL

Vienna Mozart Trio/Irina Auner: piano/Leonid Sorokow: violin/ Diethard Auner: cello

Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler: director

Piano Trios

MOZART: Piano Trio No. 5 in E • Divertimento (Piano Trio No. 1) in B-flat • SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 2 in F

Orchestral Works

HANDEL: Overture to Atalanta • Concerto Grossi, Op. 3, Nos. 2 & 6; Op. 6, No. 4 • Concerti a due cori in F • Suite No. 2 in D from Water Music

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W.A. MOZART & Son

Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI

Sebastian Knauer: piano/Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/ Philippe Entremont: conductor

Jochen Kowalski: countertenor/Dennis Naseband: treble/Raphael Alpermann: organ/C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra/Hartmut Haenchen: conductor

Piano Concertos

W.A. MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat • Franz Xaver MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-flat

Stabat Mater & Salve Regina

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater • Salve Regina

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Lyrita

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Arnold BAX

The Piano Music Iris Loveridge: piano BAX: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1–4 • Concert Valse in E-flat • Two Russian Tone-Pictures • Toccata • The Princess’s Rose Garden • In a Vodka Shop • The Maiden with the Daffodil • Apple-Blossom-Time • Sleepy-Head • A Mountain Mood • Winter Waters • Dream in Exile (Intermezzo) • Nereid • On a May Evening • A Romance • Whirligig • The Slave Girl • What the Minstrel Told Us (Ballad) • Ceremonial Dance • Serpent Dance • Water Music • Lullaby • Burlesque • Country-Tune • A Hill Tune • Mediterranean • Pæan (Passacaglia) Legendary performances from the RCS Mono Series.

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John WHITE & Alun HODDINOTT Piano Works (2 CDs)

Colin Kingsley, Valerie Tryon: pianos WHITE: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 4, 5 & 9 • HODDINOTT: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 • Nocturnes Nos. 1 & 2 • Elegy, Op. 18, No. 3 Legendary performances from the RCS Mono Series.

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Challenge Classics Marion von TILZER Kirvani Revisited

Marion von Tilzer: piano/Liat Alkan-Heymann: soprano/Rani Heymann: clarinet/Julien Chauvin, Jeroen van der Wel: violins/Joost Keizer: viola/Sanne van der Horst: violoncello/ Lenneke van Staalen: Indian violin/Heiko Dijker: tabla VON TILZER: David & Batsheva • Batsheva’s Song • Inner Bells • Tante Lotte • Kisagotami Ouverture • Kirvani Revisited • Caritas Abundat

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Marion von Tilzer manages to integrate Indian instruments and musical principles into her own style of composing in such an admirable, original way that it makes it almost impossible to decide whether you are listening to modern western or eastern music.

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Challenge Classics

Gerlinde Sämann, Marie Kuijken, Alessandro Carmignani, Jean François Lombard, Fabio Furnari, Giuseppe Maletto, Fulvio Bettini, Marco Scavazza, Paolo Costa, Valter Testolin: vocal soloists La Petite Bande Sigiswald Kuijken: conductor MONTEVERDI: Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) A refreshing, clear new rendering of some of the famous Maria vespers in single vocal and instrumental settings. Recorded according to Monteverdi’s own instructions from 1610 by one of the world’s best Early Music ensembles in Super Audio sound quality.

Claudio MONTEVERDI

also available J.S. BACH Motets Cat # CHR SACD 72160 Price Code: T Not Available In Canada

Vespro della Beata Vergine (2 CDs)

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Ralph Rousseau: viola da gamba Matangi String Quartet Hein Van de Geyn: double bass Michel MAGNE: Cent mille chansons • Louis de CAIX d’Hervelois: Air • La Monguichet • Jean FERRAT: La montagne • Marin MARAIS: La guitare • Le badinage • Louis “Louiguy” GUGLIELMI: La vie en rose • Émile STERN: Un jour, un enfant • Hubert GIRAUD: Sous le ciel de Paris • Michel LEGRAND: Les moulins de mon coeur • J.S. BACH: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring • Jacques BREL: Ne me quitte pas • Antoine FORQUERAY: Chaconne “La Buisson” • Roland VINCENT: Pour un flirt This lyrical disc displays a wonderful melting pot of well known tunes from the early music repertoire, with popular 20th century French chansons—from Marais and Bach to Ferrat and Brel—performed by viola da gamba in the role of singer, and a string quintet in the role of orchestra.

Ralph Rousseau Chansons d’amour

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Ricercar

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Franz SCHUBERT

Death and the Maiden & Rosamunde Quartets Quatuor Terpsycordes/Girolamo Bottiglieri, Raya Raytcheva: violins/Caroline Haas: viola/François Grin: cello SCHUBERT: String Quartet in D minor, D810 “Der Tod und das Mädchen” • String Quartet in A minor, D804 “Rosamunde” For this recording, the Quatuor Terpsycordes performs on four instruments made by the Vuillaume studio of luthiers, kindly made available for the quartet’s use by the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva.

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Philippe ROGIER & Matheo ROMERO Masses (2 CDs)

Namur Chamber Choir/La Fenice/Ensemble Doulce Mémoire/Ricercar Consort/Jean Tubéry: conductor ROGIER: Un office de mariage à la cour d’Espagne • ROMERO: Un office pour l’Ordre de la Toison d’Or A native of Namur, Philippe Rogier was a member of the Capilla Flamenca in Madrid.

He was one of the musicians in charge of the marriage ceremony between the Infanta Doña Catalina and Duke Charles-Emmanuel of Savoy that was celebrated in Saragossa on March 11, 1585. This ceremony is reconstituted here with a mass and motets by Philippe Rogier and a “proprium” in Gregorian chant from the Mozarabian repertory.

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Giulio CACCINI L’Euridice

Scherzi Musicali/Nicolas Achten: baritone, theorbo, conductor CACCINI: L’Euridice (complete opera) Caccini’s lyricism, emotion, and skilled vocal writing show clearly that his L’Euridice is the true forerunner of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Ricercar now proudly presents this world premiere recording of Caccini’s masterpiece on CD!

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World Premiere Recording

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Fuga Libera

Alice Ader: piano J.S. BACH: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 Four years after a superb CD devoted to César Franck (winner of the CHOC Award from Le Monde de la Musique), here is Alice Ader again in a recording on which she contributes the very essence of herself. A luminous presentation!

J.S. BACH

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Marie Hallynck: cello Cédric Tiberghien: piano DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata • Nicolas BACRI: Cello Sonata, Op. 32 • Divertissement for Cello & Piano, Op. 27 • BRITTEN: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 65 Two very recent works of Nicolas Bacri joined by two 20th century classics that the duo consider to be fundamental references: Debussy and Britten.

Marie Hallynck & Cédric Tiberghien

Sonatas for Cello & Piano Cat # FGL 543 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Stradivarius

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Wilhelm Friedemann BACH Six Duets

Omar Zoboli: oboe, oboe d’amore, English horn, soprano saxophone/ Sergio Delmastro: B & A clarinets, basset horn Cat # STV 33813 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

W.F. BACH: Six Duets, F54–59

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J.S. BACH Lute Pieces

Oscar Ghiglia: guitar Cat # STV 33795 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

J.S. BACH: Lute Suite BWV 995 • Partita BWV 1006a • Prelude BWV 998

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Felice Evaristo DALL’ABACO

Concerti a più istrumenti, Op. 6 (2 CDs) Il Tempio Armonico, Orchestra Barocca di Verona/Alberto Rasi: conductor Cat # STV 33791 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) DALL’ABACO: Concerti a più istrumenti, Op. 6, Nos. 1–12 Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Pascal Gallois #3

Pascal Gallois: bassoon/Rohan de Saram: cello/Dimitri Vassilakis: piano/ Deutsches Symphonieorchester/Brad Lubman: conductor Cat # STV 33799 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 37

Olga NEUWIRTH: In Nacht und Eis • zefiro aleggia… nell’infinito… • Torsion • Dai FUJIKURA: The Voice • Bruno MANTOVANI: Un mois d’Octobre

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Brian FERNEYHOUGH

Funérailles

Ensemble Recherche/Lucas Vis: conductor/Arditti Quartet Cat # STV 33739 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

FERNEYHOUGH: Funérailles I & II for seven strings & harp • Bone Alphabet, for percussion • Unsichtbare Farben, for violin

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Release Date: January 13, 2009

Quartz Records

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Richard BLACKFORD

Ludovico EINAUDI

Ying Huang: soprano/Bo Skovhus: baritone/Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Ballard Lane Preparatory School Choir/ Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Blackford: conductor

Jeremy Limb: piano

Mirror of Perfection

The Essential Einaudi (2 CDs)

BLACKFORD: Mirror of Perfection Commissioned by the Royal Ballet School and first performed at the Royal College of Music, this recording features settings of hitherto unknown poems by St. Francis of Assisi and covers a wide expressive and emotional range: from hope to despair, longing to serene acceptance, love to bitterness, and delight in creation to an impassioned plea for peace in mankind.

EINAUDI: Le Onde • Dietro Casa • Divenire • Andare • Monday • Fly (In Volo) • Uno • Rose • L’Origine Nascosta • Primavera • Ritonare • Nuvole Bianche • Una Mattina • Resta Con Me • A Fuoco • DNA • Come Un Fiore • Dolce Droga • Leo • Nuvole Nere • Questa Volta • Ora This release gathers 22 best-selling tracks for the first time on one double album. Features the hugely popular “Le Onde,” and “Ritornare” (featured in BBC TV’s Top Gear). Includes several tracks from Divenire, currently at # 7 in the iTunes classical download chart.

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G.P. TELEMANN

Kamer… & Gidon Kremer

Elizabeth Walker: flute

Kamer… Choir/Gidon Kremer: violin/Marta Sudraba: cello/ ALTERA VERITAS Ensemble/Maris Sirmais: conductor

Twelve Fantasias for Flute

Dawn Is Breaking

TELEMANN: Twelve Fantasias for Flute without continuo Elizabeth Walker has played as a freelance flautist on both period and modern instruments, most notably with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the City of London Sinfonia. The unaccompanied Fantasias by Telemann stand as masterpieces of baroque invention, showing a variety of styles and influences in ever-changing moods and tempos.

Eriks ESENVALDS: Amazing Grace • A Drop in the Ocean • Go Away Rain • Peteris VASKS: Message of the Titmouse • Lidzenuma ainavas • Rihards DUBRA: Laetentur in Caelis • Valts PUCE: Dawn Is Breaking • Arturs MASKATS: Midsummer Song Kamer… has sung alongside Gidon Kremer, who appears on this album, and the KREMERata Baltica under noted conductor and soloist Peter Schreier, as well as with violists Yuri Bashmet and Maxim Rysanov, cellist Julius Berger, and many others.

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Summit Records

Release Date: January 13, 2009 Steven Gross: French horn Capella Istropolitana Dale Clevenger: conductor QUANTZ: Horn Concerto in E-flat • NERUDA: Horn Concerto in E-flat • HEINICHEN: Concerto for 2 Horns in F • ROLLIG: Horn Concerto in E-flat • J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F “Outstanding, striking the right balance between thoughtfulness and verve, planning and spontaneity … an excellent tone and the ability and temperament to play heroically.” — American Record Guide American premiere recording of several Baroque horn concertos. also available R. STRAUSS Horn Concertos Cat # SMT 441 Price Code: R

Steven Gross

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Baroque.horn

Steven Gross Masterpieces for Horn and Strings Cat # SMT 490 Price Code: Q

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Concert Violinist Aaron Meyer LLC Aaron Meyer: violin Kyla Cummins: piano Jake Stutevoss: drums HANDEL: Bourrée • KABALEVSKY: Violin Concerto in C—1st mvt. • J.S. BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 • MASSENET: Meditation from Thaïs • KREISLER: Liebesleid • SARASATE: Romanza Andalucia • MEYER: Cadenza • Scarlet Classical music was critical to Aaron Meyer’s music development beginning at age 5, when his father Julian Meyer began teaching him to play the violin.

All of the pieces on this CD were played and performed by Meyer at various points in his career, including track # 2, which he performed at age 11 in his solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The last two tracks are recently composed original songs.

Aaron Meyer

From the Beginning Cat # VAM 7 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: January 13, 2009

Alpha

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Pièces de clavecin

Céline Frisch: harpsichord RAMEAU: Pièces de clavecin, Suites in A, E & G Céline Frisch, the harpsichordist of Café Zimmermann, returns with a program entirely devoted to Jean-Philippe Rameau and recorded on a historic harpsichord built in 1750

by Hemsch. After the great success of her Goldberg Variations recording, and the release of music by d’Anglebert, the intelligence of touch and outstanding sound found here earn Frisch a deserved place in the Parnassus of Rameau’s great interpreters.

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Guillaume DE MACHAUT Notre Dame Mass

Diabolus In Musica/Antoine Guerber: conductor MACHAUT: Messe de Nostre Dame An emblematic work of the gothic period, Guillaume de Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame is a summary of his time. Just as architecture gained verticality thanks to the use of the ogival arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress, music blossomed into polyphony with a verticality belonging to the same movement. This is a major step for Diabolus In Musica following Du Fay’s Se la Face ay Pale mass, which was very successful in 2004.

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ˇ Leos JANÁCEK String Quartets

Quatuor Diotima/Naaman Sluchin, Yun-Peng Zhao: violins/Franck Chevalier: viola/ Pierre Morlet: cello/Garth Knox: viola d’amore ˇ JANÁCEK: String Quartet No. 1 • String Quartet No. 2 “Lettres Intimes” (2 versions) To accompany the critical edition of the score about to be published by Bärenreiter, the Diotima Quartet (holder of the exclusive rights on this edition) has chosen to play this version, which at last conforms to the wishes of the composer. The second quartet has been recorded in the two possible formations, a quartet with alto and a quartet with viola d’amore. This disc was recorded in the mythical Aldeburgh concert hall, much loved by Benjamin Britten.

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Alpha

Release Date: January 13, 2009

Jean-Baptiste LULLY

Cadmus & Hermione (DVD) Cat # APH 701 Price Code: 4L (SRP $47.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

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André Morsch, Claire Lefilliâtre, Arnaud Marzonati, Jean-François Lombard, Isabelle Druet, Arnaud Richard, Camille Poul: vocal soloists Orchestra, Choir & Dancers of Le Poème Harmonique Vincent Dumestre: conductor LULLY: Cadmus & Hermione (complete opera) The event of the year! Three years after Le Poème Harmonique’s European DVD release of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (which sold 25,000+ copies), the team led by Vincent Dumestre and Benjamin Lazar has produced Cadmus & Hermione, the very first French opera, composed in 1673 by Lully on a libretto by Quinault. With reconstructed sets and costumes, this entirely candle-lit production will become a landmark in the rediscovery of baroque opera, providing a unique opportunity to discover a musical masterpiece that has fallen into oblivion over the last three centuries. Playable in all regions. Approx run time 120 min.

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Release Date: January 13, 2009

Nouva Era

Renata Scotto: soprano Paolo Washington: bass Vincenzo Scalera: piano VERDI: 25 songs A unique collection of Verdi’s songs, recorded at the Teatro Regio di Parma on August 9, 1989. Renata Scotto sang regularly in the major opera houses and concert halls all over the world. Her outstanding talent has been applauded at the New York Metropolitan, Covent Garden in London, the Bolshoi in Moscow, the Vienna State Opera, and the Paris Opera, to name but a few.

Giuseppe VERDI

Complete Songs

Cat # NUO 231725 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Elena Rizzieri: soprano Karla Schean: mezzo-soprano Maria Grazia Ferracini: soprano Luciana Ticinelli: alto Ugo Benelli: tenor Fernando Corena: bass Chorus & Orchestra of Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana Angelo Ephrikian: conductor BOCCHERINI: La Clementina (complete opera) Although Boccherini’s musical legacy of some 350 works is quite substantial, his diligence and wealth of ideas must have produced many more compositions. A large number of these works fell victim to a fire in 1936 in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, leaving some 20 symphonies, 8 cello concertos, 91 string quartets, 154 quintets, 60 trios, religious works, and his own arrangements of works for guitar preserved for posterity—plus the one and only opera composed by Boccherini: La Clementina.

Luigi BOCCHERINI La Clementina

Cat # NUO 223297 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Vienna Philharmonic Ingo Metzmacher

Olivier Messiaen Éclairs sur l’Au-Delà…

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