Allegro Classical January 2012 New Release Book

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Monica uggett j.s. BACH Saint John Passion PG 7

allegro Classical News Contents Ton Koopman Ann Hallenberg & Philippe Herreweghe Daniel Asia “Of Songs & Psalms” Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

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OPMC Classics

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With OPMC Classics, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra launches its own recording label! The orchestra was founded in 1856 and gave its first concert with an ensemble of 15 musicians. By 1874, the orchestra had increased in size to 70 musicians. In 1953, Prince Rainier III had ordered the renaming of the ensemble to L’Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo. It acquired its current name in 1980, again through Rainier III. The orchestra’s most recent principal conductor was Yakov Kreizberg, who held the post until his passing in March 2011. The label’s debut release features four works by Igor Stravinsky, all of which featured in the orchestra’s 2009/2010 season. OPMC Classics comes to Allegro Classical via Codaex.

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Christoph Prégardien Wanderer

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Christoph Prégardien: tenor Ensemble Kontraste SCHUMANN (arr. Reißenberger): 16 songs • KILLMAYER: 4 songs • MAHLER (arr. Schoenberg): Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen “Still among the best … [the] honey-voiced Christoph Prégardien.” — Gramophone Christoph Prégardien’s newest CD features songs by Schumann, Killmayer, and Mahler, arranged for chamber ensemble by Marcus Reißenberger. Well-known works have a fresh glow, and the superb musicians of the ensemble combine with Prégardien’s intensity to make this a classical must-have! Christoph Prégardien needs no introduction, well known for his award-wining recordings of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin and Schwanengesang, both released in 2008. Die schöne Müllerin was honored with the 2009 MIDEM Record of the Year Award and highly praised by Gramophone (including Editor’s Choice & Best of 2008). also available SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin Cat # CHR SACD 72292 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Lieske & Spindler Bottom’s Dream

Wulfin Lieske, Fabian Spindler: guitars LIESKE: Bottom’s Dream: Tango melancolique • Westcoast • Oriental • Rush • MINGUS (arr. Spindler/Lieske): Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat • PIAZZOLLA: Tango Suite

Cat # CHR 72511 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

This new CD spans a wide arc, featuring contemporary music that isn’t avant-garde. Wulfin Lieske is among the leading international musical personalities in his field, opening up completely new insights into traditional guitar music. His duo partner in this project, Fabian Spindler, is one of the most promising young guitarists of his generation. During his studies in Cologne and Paris, he was awarded numerous national and international prizes including the coveted Audience Prize in Montélimar.

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Robert SCHUMANN Piano Trios Op. 63 & 110

Voces Intimae/Riccardo Cecchetti: fortepiano/Luigi De Filippi: violin/Sandro Meo: cello SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63 • Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 110 Challenge Classics welcomes Voces Intimae with their debut CD, featuring the music of Schumann. The intent of this trio is to restore the music to its original transparency, to make the original intentions of the composer evident through sound and phrasing, and to bring light to the history tied to the piece.

Cat # CHR 72520 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ O-Card, Box Lot 25 d

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Kreutzer Sonata and Other Works for Cello & Piano Jelena Oˇci´c: cello/Federico Lovato: piano J.S. BACH/MOSCHELES: 5 Studies in Melodic Counterpoint, Op. 137a (preludes from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier with cello obligato • BEETHOVEN/CZERNY: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” • HINDEMITH: Cello Sonata, Op. 11

Cat # CHR 72524 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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This new recording sets exceptional standards for the performance of classical works of historical interest—Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, in the cello version by disciple Carl Czerny, is coupled with five of Ignaz Moscheles’ re-compositions of the Bach Preludes from the Well Tempered Clavier with obligato cello. Jelena Oˇci´c concertizes internationally as a soloist with chamber and philharmonic orchestras, and as a recitalist in Eastern & Western Europe as well as the United States and Asia.

Challenge Classics

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

Complete Works 14: Vocal Works 5 BUZZ ALERT

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Miriam Meyer, Siri Karoline Thornhill, Bettina Pahn, Dorothee Wohlgemuth: sopranos Bogna Bartosz: alto Jörg Dürmüller: tenor Klaus Mertens: bass Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman: conductor BUXTEHUDE: Je höher du bist, BuWV 55 • Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe (2 versions), BuxWV 38 & 39 • Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben, BuxWV 44 • Bedenke Mensch das Ende, BuxWV 9 • Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron, BuxWV 45 • Jesu, komm, mein Trost und Lachen, BuxWV 58 • Jesu, dulcis memoria II—Ciacona, BuxWV 57 The fifth volume of vocal music in Challenge Classics’ series of Buxtehude’s complete works! On this beautiful CD, Ton Koopman and his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir expose the “unknown Buxtehude.” also available BUXTEHUDE Complete Works 13 Cat # CHR 72252 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Avie Records

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Gustav MAHLER

Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schoenberg/Rhien) Jane Irwin: mezzo-soprano/Peter Wedd: tenor/Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd: conductor MAHLER (arr. Schoenberg/Rhien): Das Lied von der Erde

Cat # AVR 2195 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Last year’s Mahler In Manchester festival was “a sensory experience like no other,” according to the Sunday Times, not least for the Manchester Camerata’s revelatory performance of Das Lied von der Erde in the scaled-down chamber version by Schoenberg. The chamber arrangement came about through Schoenberg’s Vienna-based Association for Private Musical Performances, founded in 1918. Conducted by Douglas Boyd, Manchester Camerata’s performance of this transcription loses nothing of the astonishing sonic allure of the original—an ideal memento of an enlightening festival celebrating the music of Mahler.

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ˇ Antonín DVORÁK

Love Songs, Op. 83 & Cypresses Thymos Quartet/Gabriel Richard, Eiichi Chijiiwa: violins/Nicolas Carles: viola/Marie Leclercq: cello/Christoph Eschenbach: piano/Adriana Kucerova: soprano ˇ DVORÁK: Love Songs, Op. 83 • Cypresses • Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 Recalling youthful love letters that are preserved and cherished, Love Songs and Cypresses combine beautiful melodic simplicity with the technique of a composer who was, by the mid-late 1880s, at the height of his powers. The Paris-based Thymos Quartet—named after an ancient Greek term meaning “spiritedness”—comprises four First Prize winners from the Paris and Lyon conservatoires.

Cat # AVR 2234 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Andreas Haefliger Perspectives 5

Andreas Haefliger: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier” • LISZT: Années de pèlerinage, First Year Andreas Haefliger’s provocative and trend-setting Perspectives series juxtaposes the seminal sonatas of Beethoven within the context of works by other composers. Now, it reaches its fifth volume with two titans of the piano literature: the groundbreaking Hammerklavier Sonata, and Book One of the Swiss “Years of Pilgrimage” by Franz Liszt, this year widely celebrated on the bicentenary of his birth.

Cat # AVR 2239 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Avie Records

Release Date: January 10, 2012

J.S. BACH

Saint John Passion BWV 245 BUZZ ALERT

Cat # AVR 2236 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Portland Baroque Orchestra Monica Huggett: conductor Charles Daniels: tenor J.S. BACH: Saint John Passion, BWV 245 “Intoxicating … ranges from rough-edged celebration to pristine lament, giving a comprehensive picture of Baroque styles and moods.”

— The New Yorker, Most Memorable Moments In Music 2010 (for AVR 2202) Monica Huggett has produced numerous best-selling and acclaimed recordings for Avie, notably the Grammy®-nominated Bach Orchestral Suites, which made the Top 10 of Billboard’s Traditional Classical Chart. This ear-opening version, Monica claims, restored Suite No. 2 to its original instrumentation. She makes a similar case with her new recording of Bach’s Saint John Passion, placing oboes where we typically hear flutes and arguing that Bach’s original score was produced during his early years in Leipzig, where flutes were unavailable to him. also available

J.S. BACH Orchestral Suites for a young prince Cat # AVR 2171 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Monica Huggett Flights of Fantasy Cat # AVR 2202 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Col legno

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Robert SCHUMANN Carnaval

Davide Cabassi: piano/Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano & Trento/Gustav Kuhn: conductor SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9 • Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Cat # CNO 60017 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

Colorful, lively, and relaxed, Davide Cabassi plays Carnaval solo and the Piano Concerto alongside the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano & Trento under Gustav Kuhn’s direction! The piano was an essential tool for Robert Schumann, both in his work as a composer and in his theoretical reflections. The continuing technical improvement of the instrument, through the expansion of its tonal and dynamic range, enhanced the available means of expression, and Schumann knew how to use them in practice and in theory.

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Robert SCHUMANN The 4 Symphonies

Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano & Trento/Gustav Kuhn: conductor SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 38 “Spring” • Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 • Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 “Rhenish” • Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Cat # CNO 60021 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 18 d

Hearing Schumann! That was the underlying intention for these recordings of the composer’s four symphonies. The instrumentation of the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano & Trento corresponds to the proportions Schumann had in mind for his compositions. Gustav Kuhn, the man conducting the orchestra ideally suited for this production, is an absolute Schumann expert. After Beethoven’s nine and Brahms’ four symphonies, which met with such delightful international response, this production is Col legno’s latest effort to transport the contemporary music of the past into the present with a brilliant new interpretation.

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Pulsinger/Kurstin/Jeffery/Heggen Besides Feldman

Rosemarie Heggen: double bass/Hilary Jeffery: trombone/Pamelia Kursten: theremin/Patrick Pulsinger: modular synthesizer Timeless Floating Music • Persian Carpets • Patterns Not Loops • Metaphysical Space • Beeing In-Between • Figment Film • Repeat Same Chord in Different Ways

Cat # CNO 20298 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

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For the 2010 Wien Modern festival, Viennese musician and producer Patrick Pulsinger assembled a quartet for the series “Feld(man) Forschung” in homage to the great American composer.

The group delivered a perfect and unique “one take” performance, recorded live at the Casino Baumgarten in Vienna. The set is divided into seven parts on this recording, but is best enjoyed all in one go!

Phi

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Johannes BRAHMS

Works for Chorus and Orchestra BUZZ ALERT

Cat # PHY 3 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ann Hallenberg: mezzo-soprano Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Philippe Herreweghe: conductor BRAHMS: Schickalslied, Op. 54 • Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 • Warum ist dast Licht gegeben, Op. 74, No. 1 • Begräbnisgesang, Op. 13 • Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89 “Hearing [Ann Hallenberg] is enough to make one’s jaw drop.” — Classical.net For the third album on his Phi label, Philippe Herreweghe has brought together a splendid set of artists in Warsaw’s Lutoslawski Hall.

Ann Hallenberg, whose voice won over the public of some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, takes on Brahms’ Rhapsody for contralto solo and men’s chorus, while the rest of the program leads the listener through his essential works for chorus and orchestra. also available MAHLER Symphony No. 4 Cat # PHY 1 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH Motets BWV 225–230 Cat # PHY 2 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Alpha

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Café Zimmermann J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066, 1069 • Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046, 1051 • Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1052, 1055, 1056 • Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1061 • Concertos for 3 Harpsichords, BWV 1063, 1064 • Concerto for 4 Harpsichords, BWV 1065 • Oboe d’amore Concertos, BWV 1053, 1055 • Violin Concertos, BWV 1041, 1042 • Concerto for 2 Violins, BWV 1043 • Concerto for Violin & Oboe, BWV 1060 • Concerto for Flute, Vioin & Harpsichord, BWV 1044 This complete set of instrumental works for large forces by J.S. Bach represents, for Café Zimmermann and for Alpha, the fruit of 10 years’ work and research. The great care taken over each volume—in the choice of musicians and instruments, of recording venue and acoustics, with the fullness and balance of sound perfectly controlled by Hughes Deschaux and Aline Blondiau—has made this six-volume set into an absolute reference. The CDs come with full liner notes, and the booklets are available in three languages: English, French, and German.

J.S. BACH

Concertos I to VI Cat # APH 811 Price Code: 6J (SRP $59.99) Number of Discs: 6 Box Set, Box Lot TBD

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Alpha

Fuga Libera

Cat # APH 181 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25

Cat # FGL 588 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25

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J.S. BACH

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK

Café Zimmermann

Hrachya Avanesyan: violin/Marianna Shirinyan: piano/Sinfonia Varsovia/Augustin Dumay: conductor

Concertos VI

J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 • Harpsichord Concerto in A, BWV 1055 • Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 • Concerto for Four Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 The final volume in the above-mentioned series, which has become a reference for these works. Each volume has received the highest distinctions both in France and abroad.

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Violin Concerto, Romance & Four Romantic Pieces

ˇ DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 • Romance in F minor, Op. 11 • Four Romantic Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 75 Hrachya Avanesyan, winner of the last violin session of the Carl Nielsen Competition in Denmark, is a violinist of great character.

His feverish touch and intense sense for music are perfectly suited to the music of Dvoˇrák, especially when distilled by such extraordinary artists as Sinfonia Varsovia and Marianna Shirinyan.

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Zig-Zag Territoires

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonatas Vol. 1

François-Frédéric Guy: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, Op. 7, Op. 10, Nos. 1–3, Op. 13, Op. 14, Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 22, Op. 26, Op. 27, Nos. 1 & 2 Beethoven constantly calls into question and modifies the notion of time in sonata form. The 32 sonatas are like a voyage of initiation that runs throughout his creative career, displaying his endlessly inventive imagination. After Liszt’s Harmonies poétiques et religieuses and Sonata in B minor, François-Frédéric Guy offers us a complete cycle of Beethoven’s sonatas, recorded in public at the Arsenal in Metz. This set is the first volume.

Cat # ZIG 111101 Price Code: 3L (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 3 Triple Digipak, Box Lot 16 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations Blandine Rannou: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations Blandine Rannou returns once again to Bach with a recording of the Goldberg Variations, played on a French harpsichord by Anthony Sidey.

Cat # ZIG 111001 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 18 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH

French Suites, English Suites & Toccatas Blandine Rannou: piano J.S. BACH: French Suites • English Suites • Toccatas Blandine Rannou’s recordings of J.S. Bach’s French Suites, English Suites, and Toccatas—all of which met with unanimous critical acclaim when first released—are brought together here for the first time, in a budget-price set.

Cat # ZIG 111002 Price Code: 5J (SRP $49.99) Number of Discs: 5 Box Set, Box Lot TBD U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Delphian Records

Release Date: January 10, 2012

The Choir of Merton College, Oxford In the Beginning

The Choir of Merton College, Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips: directors Gabriel JACKSON: In the Beginning was the Word • GOMBERT: Lugebat David Absalon • WEELKES: When David Heard • WHITACRE: When David Heard • PALESTRINA: Nunc Dimittis • HOLST: Nunc Dimittis • Pawel LUKASZEWSKI: Nunc Dimittis • COPLAND: In the Beginning

Cat # DPH 34072 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25

Founded as recently as 2008, the new Choir of Merton College, Oxford is rapidly emerging as a major force in collegiate choral music. On their debut recording, the choir’s two directors helm a diverse program that reflects the range and reach of the choir’s daily repertoire. The disc offers a themed sequence of Renaissance and modern classics, all captured in sumptuous sound in the radiant acoustics of Merton’s famous chapel.

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The Trebles of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Songbook

Trebles of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum 24 selections of choral music by Quilter, Pärt, Purcell, Jackson, Skempton, Delibes, Ireland, Wilby, Rodney Bennett, Bach/Gounod, MacMillan, Vaughan Williams, Bernstein, Barber, Lowry, Tavener & Hadley

Cat # DPH 34097 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

This ‘songbook’ is unique to the Schola Cantorum choristers of Tewkesbury Abbey—essentially, it’s a showcase for the Abbey trebles. This is evident most of all in the distinctive singing of 11-year-old Laurence Kilsby, whose gifts won him the BBC Chorister of the Year competition in 2009. On this recording, he features as soloist in two Shelley settings by Roger Quilter, the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria, and in John Ireland’s beautiful, sincerely-felt Passiontide motet Ex Ore Innocentium from 1944.

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Concerto Caledonia

Revenge of the Folksingers Concerto Caledonia/David McGuinness: director 17 selections of traditional folksongs, plus original songs by Olivia Chaney and Alasdair Roberts, including arrangements by Benjamin Britten and others Another hallmark collaboration, this album was created by Concerto Caledonia and guests during a week’s residency in the Suffolk countryside at Aldeburgh. Traditional and original songs are interspersed with old and new tunes from Scotland, all informed by the group’s magpie diversity and by Britten’s folksong arrangements, which they found in Aldeburgh’s library.

Cat # DPH 34108 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Summit Records

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra Koji Kawamoto: conductor The Czech Nonet ASIA: Symphony No. 5 • Nonet Aside from a handful of cantorial pieces, and despite his fondness for setting vocal texts, Daniel Asia didn’t begin to explore his deep interest in Judaism and his Jewish identity in music until 1988, with his Celebration for baritone, chorus, brass, and organ. This work subsequently provided material for Asia’s Symphony No. 2, an evocation of Jewish prayer, penitence, and praise. After producing another two, purely abstract symphonies in the early 1990s, Asia turned his attention to other genres for the next 15 years.

Then, in 2008, came his Symphony No. 5, “Of Songs & Psalms”—not only a return to the symphony, but also a return to exploring facets of Jewish identity via the symphonic medium. Asia’s Fifth, while hardly as histrionic as Bernstein’s, is similarly a work of questioning and unease, at least in part. It also gives Asia another opportunity to set poems by the American Paul Pines, whose work has been coupled to Asia’s music many times since the 1980s. The symphony was premiered in 2008 by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, George Hanson conducting, with soloists Kelly Anderson and Robert Swensen.

Daniel ASIA

Of Songs & Psalms BUZZ ALERT

Cat # SMT 579 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Summit Education Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble Rising

Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Mallory Thompson: conductor COPLAND: Outdoor Overture • Ceremonial Fanfare • SCHWANTNER: and the mountains rising nowhere • WHITACRE: Sleep • MASLANKA: Symphony No. 4 Recognized as one of the nation’s premier wind ensembles, the NWSWE emphasizes the performance of masterworks for band. On their first recording in seven years, the ensemble has created a beautiful, songful recording with a style and sonority that stretches the concept of what a symphonic wind ensemble “is” while being an inspiring resource to music educators everywhere.

Cat # SMT 580 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Toccata Classics

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Heino ELLER

Complete Piano Music Volume One Sten Lassmann: piano ELLER: Preludes, Book I • Six Pieces (“Estonian Suite”) • Toccata in B minor • Dance in B minor • Three Dances • The Bells • Piano Sonata No. 2

Cat # TOC 119 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Estonian Heino Eller (1887–1970) is probably best known as the teacher of Arvo Pärt, but he was a prolific and original composer in his own right. His substantial output for piano—this series will contain seven CDs—was written over a period of six decades and thus reflects a range of styles.

Taking the lyricism of Chopin and Grieg as its starting point, it combines the influence of Estonian folksong, Scriabin’s troubled harmonies, the epic northern coloring of Sibelius and, at times, Prokofiev’s motoric energy into an attractively individual manner.

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Heinrich Wilhelm ERNST

Complete Music for Violin and Piano Volume Two Sherban Lupu: violin/Ian Hobson: piano ERNST: Fantaisie brillante, Op. 11 • Boléro, Op. 16 • Deux Romances, Op. 154 • Souvenir du Pré au Cleercs • Pensées Fugitives, Part 1 • Variations brillantes, Op. 4

Cat # TOC 138 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865) was one of the leading musicians of his day, but the popular encore pieces by which he is remembered today represent only a fraction of his output. This second CD, in a series of six presenting his complete violin works for the first time, combines brilliant display and expressive melody; the Otello Fantasy and Rossini Variations show Ernst developing Paganini’s inheritance, and the Boléro, Two Romances, and Pensées Fugitives show why he was such a favorite in Parisian salons.

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Havergal BRIAN

Orchestral Music Volume Two: Music from the Operas BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Garry Walker: conductor BRIAN: The Tigers: Symphonic Variations • Three Pieces from “Turandot” • Faust: Night Ride of Faust and Mephistopheles • The Cenci: Preludio tragico • A Turandot Suite

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The English composer Havergal Brian (1876–1972) is renowned for his 32 symphonies, 21 of them—written after his 80th birthday—constituting one of the most remarkable Indian summers in the history of music. It is less well known that Brian also composed five operas; since none of them has yet been staged, this CD reveals for the first time some of the remarkably inventive and powerful orchestral pieces hidden within those scores.

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Toccata Classics

Natalia Pavlova: soprano Varvara Chaikova, Magdalina Ganaba, Tatiana Abramenko: mezzo-sopranos Mikhail Vekua, Ivan Bolgov, Taras Yasenkov: tenors Dmity Volkov: bass Ayako Tanabe, Alexander Yuts, Ivan Ivanov: violins Valery Masterov, Valery Verstyuk: cellos Nikolai Khondzinsky: director SHOSTAKOVICH (arr.): 27 songs originally by Rossini, Beethoven, Bizet, Weckerlin, Leoncavallo, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gurilyov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Gulak-Artemovsky, Dargomyzhsky, Verstovsky, Pritzker, Dunaevsky, Pokrass, Milyutin & Blanter During the Siege of Leningrad, Shostakovich was famously photographed in a fireman’s outfit on the burning rooftops. But he also made a musical contribution to the defense of the city, arranging a series of songs for voice, violin, and cello. The musicians then climbed into the back of a truck and were driven to the front, where they performed for the soldiers. The defiantly Russian insouciance of many of the songs, recorded here for the first time, must have brought a ray of hope and humor to the cold, hungry troops.

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH

Songs for the Front Cat # TOC 121 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Richard Robertson: organ St. Martin’s Chamber Choir Timothy J. Krueger: director NIN-CULMELL: Symphonie des Mystères Joaquín Nin-Culmell (1908–2004) was a student of Dukas and Falla, and his early music reflects his Spanish background. The Symphonie des Mystères for Gregorian chant and organ is a product of the religious devotion of his old age; the passionate organ commentaries have an affinity with Messiaen, as Nin-Culmell’s music traces a dramatic arc charting the birth, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ.

Joaquín NIN-CULMELL

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Etcetera

Release Date: January 10, 2012

François Joseph NADERMAN & Frédéric DUVERNOY Deux à deux

Masumi Nagasawa: harp/Teunis van der Zwart: French horn DUVERNOY/NADERMAN: Nocturne No. 3 in C minor • NADERMAN: Fantasias, Op. 64, Nos. 1–3 • Fantasie and Variations on the Romance “Assisa a pié d’un salice” from the opera “Othello” by G. Rossini • DUVERNOY: Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat • NAGASAWA/VAN DER ZWART: Fantasia “Deux à deux”

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Masumi Nagasawa is one of the few harpists to perform on the modern Grand Harp, the single action harp, the Irish harp, and the kugo (or Japanese ancient harp). She received the Muramatsu Music Prize Grand Prix Japan in 1990. Her partner here, Teunis van der Zwart, has undertaken numerous recordings and tours with outstanding ensembles including the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, and many more.

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Franz LISZT

Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Mazzolo: conductor/Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort: piano LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in E-flat, S. 124 • Piano Concerto No 2 in A, S. 125 • Sonata in B minor, S. 178 In his youth, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort was awarded several piano prizes; he became a laureate of almost all the important Belgium piano competitions. Internationally, he obtained first prizes in the Bach, Fontys, Kaufmann, and YPF competitions, and he was laureate of the International Steinway Competition and the International Competition for Young Musicians.

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Egidus Quartet & College The Leiden Choirbooks Vol. II Egidus Quartet & College 26 selections from the Leiden Choirbooks The six volumes of the 16th century Leiden Choirbooks have come to light only recently, and all performances from this six-year project are world premiere recordings. Together with Paul van Nevel, Peter de Groot of the Egidius Quartet is researching all volumes in order to make only the best music ready for performance.

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Etcetera

Release Date: January 10, 2012 B’Rock Rodolfo Richter: director VIVALDI: The Four Seasons, Op 8, Nos. 1–4 • CAGE: String Quartet in four parts The immediate cause for this CD is the direction Cage gave in his score of the String Quartet in Four Parts: “Play without vibrato and with only minimum weight on the bow.” It inspired Frank Agsteribbe to arrange this work, originally written for modern string quartet, for Baroque string orchestra instead. It is only to be expected that a Baroque orchestra like B’Rock would take up this project: right from the start it was the group’s aim to present not only Baroque music, but also 20th-century and new repertory. This results in a different, refreshing approach to early music, and one that is full of imagination.

Antonio VIVALDI & John CAGE

8 Seasons

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A Garden of Eloquence Katharine Hawnt: voice Ziv Braha: lute Uri Smilansky: bass viol DANYEL: 21 lute songs In the Danyel songs, Etcetera finds something so unique and refined; so deep in its art and passions; so unified in its conception, that they feel propelled to share it with the world and restore it to its rightful position in the canon of English song. This collection, perhaps for the first time, circles around a single theme—the courting of Daphne by Apollo. Anthony Rooley has lately suggested that it can be read as the first song-cycle in England.

John DANYEL

Songs to Mistress Anne Greene

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Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

London Symphony Orchestra/Yondani Butt: conductor/Rebecca Evans: soprano/Wilke te Brummelstroete: mezzo-soprano/Steve Davislim: tenor/Neal Davies: bass/London Symphony Chorus/James Morgan: director BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

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Mention Beethoven to anybody, and one of the first works that generally springs to mind is his Ninth Symphony. Though Beethoven himself considered his Missa Solemnis to be his greatest work, it is his Symphony No. 9 that has proved the most enduring, not least because of its innovative and compelling choral finale with the famous, irresistible ‘Ode to Joy.’

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Andy SCOTT

The Bad Tempered Flute: The Flute Music of Andy Scott Andy Scott, Paul Edmund-Davies, Clare Southworth, Andy Findon: flutes/Craig Ogden: guitar/ Laruen Scott: harp/Tim Carey, Peter Lawson: pianos SCOTT: Three Letter Word • Nemesis, Parts 1–3 • And Everything Is Still • My Mountain Top • Sonata for Flute & Piano • Sonata for Flute & Harp

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Andy Scott (b. 1966) is a freelance professional saxophonist and composer that initiates projects, leads groups, and collaborates with many talented artists. Known for his stylistic versatility, Andy is a well-respected figure in the UK music scene. A recipient of the British Composer Award in 2006, he currently divides his time between performing and composition.

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Density 21.5: Unaccompanied Works for Flute Andy Findon: flute SCOTT: KBM • Eighteen (premieres) • VARÈSE: Density 21.5 • NYMAN: Song for Tony • Canzona • Yamamoto Perpetuo Nos. 5 & 9 (Premieres) • EALES: The 11th Commandment (premiere) • J.S. BACH: Partita in A minor for solo flute • HEATH: Coltrane (premiere) • CULLEN: Sonata for solo flute (premiere)

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Andy Findon’s background of mixed musical experience has led to an incredibly diverse career. Having trained as an orchestral flautist, as principal flute of the National Youth Orchestra in the early 1970s and three years at the Royal College of Music, he soon branched out into the London musical scene, from dance band dates with Nat Temple, Joe Loss, Eric Delaney, and Sidney Lipton to Ballet Rambert, taking in the National Theatre and the formation of the Myhra Saxophone Quartet with John Harle.

Nimbus Records

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Richard Lester: harpsichord FRESCOBALDI: Toccata Sesta • Canzona Sesta • Toccata Terza • Toccata per organo • Toccata Quinta • Toccata Cromaticha per le levatione • Toccata Ottava di durezze e ligature • Fantasia Sesta • Toccata Quarta • Canzona Seconda • Toccata per le levatione • Fantasia Nona • Canzona Nona alla Francese detta LaQuerina • Toccata per le levatione • Partite 6 sopra l’Aria di Follia • Canzona Terza “This is truly a treat … unhesitatingly recommended.”

— Classical.net Volume four of the complete Frescobaldi series presented

by Richard Lester, described by The Times and the Daily Telegraph as one of today’s leading players.

also available

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Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

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Frescobaldi Vol. 4

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Editions Hortus Claude DEBUSSY Jeux

Loïc Mallié: organ DEBUSSY (arr. Mallié): Around Debussy: Prelude, fugue and finale • The Cave • Contrasts • Winks • Games • Finale Loïc Mallié has a go at Debussy in a wonderful improvisational tribute—will The Faun be going for a dip in The Sea? The organ in Bailleul (Nord), constructed by Victor Gonzalez in 1933, is one of the loveliest neoclassical instruments. Its sonorities fit the Debussy aesthetic perfectly.

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Arcana

Release Date: January 10, 2012

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Bellerofonte CASTALDI

Mala Punica

Evangelina Mascardi: theorbo/ Mónica Pustilnik: tiorbino/Marco Beasley: tenor

Mala Punica/Pedro Memelsdorff: recorder, conductor

Wounded by Love: Music for Theorbo

En attendant

CASTALDI: La follia • Capriccio bischizzoso • Lusinghevole passeggio • Furiosa • Fantasticaria detta Gioviale • Cecchina • Florida • Arpesca • Capriccio detto Cerimonioso • “Dunque Clorida” • Ferita d’amore • Capriccio svegliatoio • Tasteggio soave • Sonata I • “Vissi allor” • Mascherina

MAGISTER FILIPOCTUS DE CASERTA: En attendant • CONRADUS DE PISTORIA: Se doulz espour • Veri almi pastoris • ANTHONELLO DE CASERTA: Dame d’onour • Notes pour moi ceste ballade • BARTHOLOMEUS DE BONONIA: Arte psalentes • JOHANNES DE JANUA: Une dame requis • JOHANNES CICONIA: Sus un’ fontayne

Evangelina Mascardi presents a program of songs by Castaldi, one of his era’s finest theorbo virtuosos.

The acclaimed Mala Punica ensemble came into the limelight in the mid-’90s with three award-winning discs on Arcana.

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Pierre-Alain JAFFRENNOU

Samuel BARBER

Brigitte Peyre: soprano/Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain/ Daniel Kawka, Lorraine Vaillancourt: conductors

Anne-Catherine Gillet: soprano/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège/Paul Daniel: conductor

JAFFRENNOU: Chronorythmie • Du ciel et de la terre • For Three • Propos

BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 • BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 • BRITTEN: Les Illuminations, Op. 18

The aim of this recording is to provide a few milestones among the works composed by Jaffrennou between 1997 and 2006. Three of these pieces combine electronics with the instrumental masses, the latter being quite variable, ranging from a trio in For Three to large forces (two ensembles of 15 musicians each) in Chronorythmie.

On the concert platform and on disc, Anne-Catherine Gillet radiates spontaneity, luminosity, and enthusiasm. It is impossible to remain impervious to the beauty of this new voice, accompanied with brio by the Liège Royal Philharmonic conducted by prominent maestro Paul Daniel.

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Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Ricercar

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Heinrich ISAAC Ich muss dich lassen

Capilla Flamenca/Oltremontano/Dirk Snellings: director ISAAC: Song selections Born in Flanders, Heinrich Isaac spent his career between the Medici court in Florence and the court of Emperor Maximilian I in Vienna and Innsbruck. An heir to the Franco-Flemish tradition, who was then dazzled by the Italian Renaissance, he was one of the first ‘European’ composers of the 16th century. His songs are highly varied in character, ranging from the most distraught expressions of grief to joyous Carnival revelry.

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Georg Philipp TELEMANN For Solo Bassoon

Syntagma Amici/Elsa Frank: oboe, recorder/Ruth Van Killegem: recorder/Stéphanie de Failly: violin/Bernard Woltèche: cello/Guy Penson: harpsichord/Jérémie Papasergio: bassoon, director TELEMANN: Quartet in D minor • Sonata in F minor • Trio in F • Trio in A minor • Trio in B-flat • ZELENKA: Trio in B-flat • SCHAFFRATH: Duet in G minor Of all the instruments that were being developed at the beginning of the 18th century, the role of the bassoon in the music of that time is still insufficiently recognized. Telemann and his German contemporaries composed true solo passages for the instrument, and also used it in combination with the violin, flute, oboe, and harpsichord.

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Tactus Marco Enrico BOSSI

Complete Organ Works Vol. VI Andrea Macinanti: organ BOSSI: Preludio festivo • 3 Pieces, Op. 74 • Giga, Op. 73, No. 2 • 3 Pieces, Op. 97 • Studio per organo (1908) • Studio per organo—movimento contrario fra il pedale e la mano sinistra • 3 Studies from Op. 105 • Studio per organo trio a 2 manuali e pedale • Studio per organo • 5 Pieces, Op. 113 Each new volume of the Bossi Complete Organ Works series offers new surprises and contributes to widen our knowledge of the great style of the Salò composer, to whom an important convention was dedicated by the Bologna Conservatorium last May. For this CD, Andrea Macinanti chose three organs built by Pacifico Inzoli, Vincenzo Mascioni, and William George Trice, respectively. Within the booklet notes, the organist examines the production of these three important organ makers.

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Ronan O’Hora: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra MOZART: Sonata in C minor, K. 457 • Sonata in B-flat, K. 570 • Fantasie in C minor, K. 475 • Sonata in G, K. 283 Ronan O’Hora is firmly established as one of Britain’s leading pianists. He has performed extensively in every major country in Europe and in the US, Canada, and South Africa with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. His performances have been broadcast many times on television and radio, including a televised recital at the Chopin Society in Warsaw, a performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra for the Dutch TV series Young Artists on the Concert Platform, two televised concerts of Mozart chamber music for BBC TV, and countless performances with BBC Radio 3.

W.A. MOZART Piano Sonatas

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yehudi Menuhin: conductor ˇ DVORÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 • Serenade for Strings in E, Op. 22 Yehudi Menuhin made his violin debut at the age of seven with the San Francisco Symphony in Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, followed by a recital in New York a year later. At age 11 he had made historic debuts in Paris and Carnegie Hall, at age 12 in Berlin, and at age 13 in London, launching himself on a career that would take him around the world, playing with all the leading conductors and orchestras. In addition to his renown as a great musician, he was equally recognized for his committed humanism. This was exemplified by his interest in and work for the young, and the many causes he found close to his synoptic mind and generous spirit.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK Symphony No. 8

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Alexander Ardakov: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Alexander Gibson: conductor RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Alexander Ardakov is a Russian pianist, graduate of the Moscow Conservatoire, and prizewinner at the 1984 Viotti International competition in Italy.

Between 1981 and 1991 he played with the Moscow State Philharmonia. He has performed for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, and made numerous CD recordings. Sir Alexander Gibson was renowned for his work in Scotland, although he spent six years with Sadlers Wells Opera in the fifties, becoming its youngest Music Director. In 1959 he was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He was the first Scotsman to hold the post, and under his direction the orchestra’s prestige grew steadily, enhanced by foreign tours, major festival appearances, and high-profile recordings. In 1984, he became Honorary President of the RSNO in recognition of his services to the orchestra and his immense contribution to the musical life of Scotland.

Sergei RACHMANINOV

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra James Judd: conductor BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 • Haydn Variations, Op. 56a A graduate of Trinity College of Music in London, James Judd’s first post was as Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra under Lorin Maazel.

Four years later, he returned to Europe after being appointed Associate Music Director of the European Community Youth Orchestra, led by Claudio Abbado. Judd became a popular guest conductor with many of Europe’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Vienna Symphony, Prague Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, among many others. In his native Britain, Judd conducted and recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra, Hallé, Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. He now holds the title of Music Director Emeritus of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and continues to conduct orchestras throughout the world.

Johannes BRAHMS

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Fryderyk Chopin Society

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Dorothee Mields: soprano Nelson Goerner: piano CHOPIN: 9 songs, each sung in both Polish and German This album contains nine Chopin songs, in two language versions, in the interpretation of Dorothee Mields and Nelson Goerner. For the first time, these songs are performed by a singer specializing in the Baroque music style, very different from the manner of singing known from the big stage or opera. Part of the series The Real Chopin, this recording was made at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio in Warsaw on October 19–21, 2009.

Frédéric CHOPIN 9 Songs

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Dina Yoffe, Daniel Vaiman: pianos CHOPIN: Variations in D on the theme from Thomas Moore’s song for four hands • Grand Duo Concertant in E on the theme from Meyerbeer’s opera Robert le diable, Op. 15 (arr. F. Mockowitz) • Rondo in C for 2 pianos, Op. 73 • Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, version for one piano This is the first recording of the special piano solo version of Chopin’s F minor Piano Concerto made on a period instrument, plus the first time in the series that the artists recorded the Grand Duo Concertant for four hands in the 19th century version by Friedrich Mockowitz.

Frédéric CHOPIN

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Fryderyk Chopin Society

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Paweł Wakarecy: piano CHOPIN: Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 • Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 • Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55, No. 2 • 2 Etudes, Op. 10, Nos. 2 & 8 • Mazurkas, Op. 24, Nos. 1–4 • Polonaise-fantasy in A-flat, Op. 61 Paweł Wakarecy, the only Polish finalist in the 2010 Chopin Piano Competition, is considered one of the most talented young Polish piano ´ he is a student of Prof. Katarzyna virtuosos. Born in 1987 in Torun, Popowa-Zydron´ at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz.

This is his recording debut.

The Blue Series is an exceptional project presenting unique music portraits of the most interesting personalities of the 16th International Chopin Piano Competition, which took place in 2010. The albums contain selected recordings from rehearsals, auditions, and laureates’ concerts that show the talent, maturity, and artistic individuality of young pianists.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Ballade in G minor & Piano Concerto in F minor Cat # FCS 612 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35

Miroslav Kultyshev: piano CHOPIN: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52 • Etude in F, Op. 10, No. 8 • 2 Nocturnes, Op. 55, No. 2 & Op. 32, No. 2 • Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 • Waltz in A-flat, Op. 42 • Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op. 60 • Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat, Op. 61 • Mazurkas, Op. 30, Nos. 1–4 • Impromptu in G-flat, Op. 51 • Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 Miroslav Kultyshev was born in 1985 in Leningrad (now Petersburg).

He is a student of the National Conservatory in Petersburg, where he studies with Prof. A.M. Sandler. He has received distinctions in piano competitions, and was a winner at the 13th International Czajkowski Piano Competition in 2007.

The Blue Series is an exceptional project presenting unique music portraits of the most interesting personalities of the 16th International Chopin Piano Competition, which took place in 2010. The albums contain selected recordings from rehearsals, auditions, and laureates’ concerts that show the talent, maturity, and artistic individuality of young pianists.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Ballade in F minor, Barcarolle & Polonaise-Fantasy

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Gramola

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Franz SCHUBERT The Piano Trios Jess Trio Wien SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B, D. 898 • Piano Trio No. 2 in E-lat, D. 929 • Sonata Movement in B, D. 28 • Notturno in D, D. 897 The renowned Jess Trio, consisting of the siblings Elisabeth (violin), Johannes (piano), and Stefan Jess-Kropfitsch (cello), present Franz Schubert’s entire oeuvre for this instrumentation.

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J.S. BACH

Sonatas 2 & 3 Tomoko Mayeda: violin J.S. BACH: Sonatas for solo violin Nos. 2 & 3 • Solo Violin Partita No. 2 Young violinist Tomoko Mayeda, who has frequently played with Paul Badura-Skoda in Japan and Vienna, presents her interpretations of the solo works BWV 1003–1005, including Partita No. 2.

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Astor PIAZZOLLA Tango de Salón

The Austrian Salonisti Tango selections by Astor Piazzolla, Anibal Troilio, Pintin Castellanos, Eduardo Donato, Eduardo Arolas, Anselmo Aieta, Ernesto Ponio & Coco Nelegatti On this CD, the young quintet presents a form of tango in the classical instrumentation of violin, bandoneon, guitar, double bass, and piano.

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Globe

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Ensemble Schönbrunn Marten Root: flute, director J.S. BACH: Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030 • Orchestral Suite in B minor, BWV 1067 • Sinfonia in B minor from the Cantata “Non sa que sia dolore” BWV 209 • Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in B minor, BWV 1050 (original version) Celebrating the Ensemble Schönbrunn’s 25th anniversary, this very special first edition contains a bonus CD featuring fragments from all of the ensemble’s previous releases. The album itself combines Bach at his best: inspired and spiritual. All works are played on historical instruments, and special notice must be made of two very special instruments, since they are originals: the original Denner flute from Nurnberg and the Zell harpsichord from the Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.

J.S. BACH

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Netherlands Chamber Choir Risto Joost: conductor PÄRT: I Am the True Vine • The Woman with the Alabaster Box • Tribute to Caesar • Most Holy Mother of God • PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli The first release of the world-famous Netherlands Chamber Choir with their new Chief Conductor, Risto Joost. This young Estonian prodigy has worked with such prolific groups as the Theatre of Voices with Paul Hillier and Concerto Copenhagen. Joost is also Chief Conductor of the Opera in Tallin. His debut album with the choir features a sublime spiritual program, combining the old and the new.

Netherlands Chamber Choir

Pärt & Palestrina

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Passacaille

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Ensemble Cantilena Antiqua Stefano Albarello: voice, lyra, cythara, direction Paolo Foldi: tibiae Gianfranco Russo: fidula Marco Muzzati: tintinnabula, psalterium, cimbala ANON.: 10 selections of music from ca. 900 A.D. The Carolingian era marks an important moment regarding the history of early Medieval Latin lyrical poetry and music. The results of the revival of this culture are represented in the manuscript Lat 1154, now located in Paris. Written at the end of the ninth century, the collection of cantos on this CD represents this rich repertoire.

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Octophoros Paul Dombrecht: director R. STRAUSS: Suite in B-flat for 13 wind instruments, Op. 4 • Serenade in E-flat for 13 wind instruments, Op. 7 • Sonatine No. 2 (Symphony) in E-flat for 16 qind instruments “Fröhliche Werkstatt” The pieces for wind ensemble are among the more obscure of Strauss’ works. The operas and symphonic works, as well as the lieder, are well known and justly appreciated by a wide public, but performer and listener alike have neglected his considerable oeuvre for wind instruments. This recording consists of two early pieces, the Serenade Op. 7 and the Suite Op. 4, plus one from his old age, the “Fröhliche Werkstatt” Sonatina.

Richard STRAUSS

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Querstand

Martin Lücker

9/11: In Memoriam Martin Lücker: organ DURUFLÉ: Prelude from Suite No. 5 • SCHNAUS: Rhapsody “Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst” • J.S. BACH: 3 selections from the Leipig Chorales • Contrapunctus 14 from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 • GERHARDT: Lectiones No. 2 • LISZT: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, variations on Bach’s Cantata No. 12 and the Crucifixus from Mass in B minor The first in a three-CD series recorded at the Rieger organ in St. Katherine’s Church, Frankfurt by its long-serving organist, Martin Lücker. To commemorate September 11th, this disc contains an interesting collection of works on the topics of sadness and hope.

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Martin Lücker Romantic Worlds Martin Lücker: organ GADE: 3 Tonstücke, Op. 22 • FRANCK: 3 Pieces for Organ (Fantasie in A, Cantabile in B, Pièce Héroïque in B minor) • LABOR: Sonata in B minor, Op. 15 • REGER: Fantasy on the chorale “Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme,” Op. 52, No. 2 The second entry in Martin Lücker’s three-CD series recorded at the Rieger organ in St. Katherine’s Church shows the possibilities of this “universal organ” for playing both German and French romantic pieces. In particular, the disc includes Josef Labor’s extremely rarely recorded Sonata in B minor.

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Martin Lücker

Great Organ Music Martin Lücker: organ FRANCK: 3 Chorales • HINDEMITH: Organ Sonata No. 1 • J.S. BACH: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 The third CD in Martin Lücker’s Rieger organ series contains a collection of great organ music from three musical eras, showing the possibilities of this “universal organ” for playing music from the German Baroque and the French Romantic periods as well as the 20th century.

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Syrius

Release Date: January 10, 2012

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Domenico Severin

J.S. BACH

Domenico Severin: organ

Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse

Works by Capocci, Dubois, Guilmant & Saint-Saëns

J.S. BACH: Motets Nos. 1–6

The two organs featured on this disc came from the workshop of the great 19th century organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899). The organ of St. Peter was inaugurated January 16, 1891, by Charles-Marie Widor. The organ of Conflans Chapel was bought in 1866 by the Little Seminar of Paris and transferred to Charenton-Le-Pont in 1911.

The Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse of Paris was founded in 1982 by leader Jean Sourisse, a pupil of Philippe Cailard, Michel Corboz, Eric Ericson, and Frieder Bernius. This chamber choir is composed of 20–25 singers, depending on the character of the works performed.

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Historical Organs

The Six Motets

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Strathclyde University Chamber Choir

Doris Hochscheid: cello/Frans van Ruth: piano

Strathclyde University Chamber Choir

Dirk SCHÄFER: Sonata, Op. 13 • Henriëtte BOSMANS: Trois Impressions • Sonata in A minor • Gérard HEKKING: Joujou mécanique • Danse campagnarde • Danse pour les Sakharoff

VARIOUS: Ye Banks and Braes • There is a Garden • It was a Lass • Comin’ Through the Rye • O Where are Thou Dreaming • Soldier Rest • Ay Waukin O • The Links O’ Love • Weep No More • Madrigal (from Jeannie Deans) • Welcome of Scotland to be Queen • Aye She Kaimed her Yellow Hair • Ca’ the Yowes • O Mistress Mine • Up Wi’ the Carls of Dysart • Afton Water • There was a Lad • The Evening Star • So Deep • Auld Lang Syne

Dutch Cello Sonatas

The special appeal of Dutch music lies in the independence it has maintained over the centuries. All of the composers featured on this disc were active around the turn of the century, and all were able to set out on their own independent paths.

Sae Fresh and Fair

A beautiful, heartfelt collection of texts by Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, and more.

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Piano 21

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Cyprien Katsaris: piano SCHUBERT: Klavierstücken in E-flat minor & E-flat, D. 946 Nos. 1 & 2 • Ländler Suite from 16 Ländler, D. 266 • 12 Ländler, D. 790 • 12 Deutsche Tänze, D. 420 • 3 Lieder (tr. Liszt) • Sonata No. 23 in G-flat, D. 960 • KATSARIS: Spontaneous Improvisation on themes by Tchaikovsky and Wagner • MARCELLO (tr. J.S. Bach/Katsaris): Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 1 This Schubert recital given by Cyprien Katsaris at the “Schubertiade” Festival (Feldkirch Conservatory, Austria) on July 3, 1993 presents three masterpieces dating from shortly before the composer’s death: the first two Klavierstücke D. 946 and his last Sonata No. 23 D. 960, along with a set of Ländler and three Lieder transcribed by Liszt. In addition, Cyprien Katsaris offers improvisations on themes by Tchaikovsky and Wagner, concluding with the sublime Adagio from Marcello’s Oboe Concerto, transcribed by Bach.

Franz SCHUBERT Katsaris Archives Vol. 8

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Cyprien Katsaris: piano German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Arild Remmereit: conductor LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2, 3, 7 & 5 • 2 Elégies • Nottuno No. 3, “Liebestraum” • Klavierstück No. 2 • Klavierstücken Nos. 1–4 • Klavierstück No. 5 “Sospiri” • Piano Concerto No. 2 • Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch • Unstern!—Sinistre • Nuages Gris—Trübe Wolken • Die Trauergondel Nos. 1 & 2 • R.W.—Venezia • Am Grabe Richard Wagners • Piano Sonata in B minor Franz Liszt was arguably the most diverse of all composers in the range of his musical creativity. This double CD offers us five aspects of Liszt, all equally fascinating!

Franz LISZT

Katsaris Plays Liszt Vol. 1

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Indésens

Release Date: January 10, 2012 Claudia Bara: piano Tatiana Samouil: violin Gérard Caussé: viola Justus Grimm: cello Vincent Lucas: flute Frédéric Mellardi: trumpet ENESCU: Suite for piano No. 2 in D, Op. 10 • Impromptu Concertant for violin & piano in G-flat • Ballade for violin & piano • Konzertstück for viola & piano • Cantabile Presto for flute & piano • Nocturne & Saltarello for cello & piano • Pastorale, Menuet triste, & Nocturne for violin & piano four hands • Legend for trumpet & piano • Aubade for string trio • Sérénade lointaine for piano trio • Tarantelle for violin & piano The works on this album were composed around 1900, one of Enescu’s most productive periods.

Georges ENESCU

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Buda Musique Ensemble Texto David Klein: direction VARIOUS: Qadish • Mishoresh’ad’anaf hatsmet • Kol haneshama • Yarden, Yarden, la’at nirgan • Beyt Yisra’el, sifdu • Kol haneshama • ‘Al naharot bavel • Mimawet mi nafshi halats? • Sham eten lakh et kol doday • Lemi ehpots la’asot yeqar • Le’el elim • Zed yahir, mimeni heref • Hishki hizki

Ensemble Texto

This album, the tenth volume in the Musical Heritage of the Jews of France collection released by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français, was recorded on the occasion of a concert of Jewish Baroque music organized by the Yuval Association as a tribute to its founder, Israel Adler. Interpreted by the Texto Ensemble, a professional choir of eight singers, these 13 compositions by Salamone Rossi, Abraham Caceres, and Giuseppe Lidarti constitute a unique testimony to the richness of this Jewish musical practice from the Baroque era up to the beginnings of the galant style. Includes booklet with richly documented liner notes in French and English.

Jewish Baroque Music:Venice, Mantua & Amsterdam (1623–1774) Cat # BUD 860212 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Cobra Records

Cuarteto Quiroga Aitor Hevia, Cibrán Sierra: violins Dénes Ludmány: viola Helena Poggio: cello HAYDN: Quartet in C, Op. 20, No. 2 • WEBERN: Langsamer Satz • Five Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 5 • SOLLIMA: Sonnets et rondeaux The award winning Cuarteto Quiroga—one of the boldest, most personal, and most individual protagonists of Europe’s new string quartet generation—presents a musical trip in four stages, on the theme of challenge!

These four works are the “statements” of three composers confronted with the challenges of their time. Haydn’s Op. 20, No. 2 was one of his most interesting statements, in response to the challenge of integrating the old forms into a new style of music writing. Webern’s Langsamer Satz is the statement of a young composer facing the challenge of a musical language about to collapse, while his Op. 5 represents the statement of what he later saw as the “natural” way of writing new music. And finally we come to Giovanni Sollima, who has stated a brilliantly eclectic way of approaching the challenge of composition for a generation that cannot escape the influence of popular music.

Cuarteto Quiroga Statements

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Ramée Anthony Bailes: lute Lute pieces by Gallot & Mouton Despite being the two last important representatives of a school of lute playing dominated by Ennemond and Denis Gaultier, neither Jacques de Gallot nor Charles Mouton can be accused of simply “keeping the flame alive.” Though both publicly acknowledged their debt to the Gaultiers, their own music displays true originality. Of the two, Mouton’s music is nearest in style to that of the Gaultiers, and nowhere is this more evident than in the doubles composed to some of their courantes. Jacques de Gallot’s music, in contrast, represents a distinct departure from the earlier style. His pupil Johann Armand von Uffenbach illustrates the perfection of his music: “No harmony of any sort of music, be it as perfect as it may, can compare to that of this soloist.”

Jacques de GALLOT & Charles MOUTON

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Stradivarius

Release Date: January 10, 2012

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Mirco Bruson

˚ Bohuslav MARTINU

Mirco Bruson: piano

Trio Albatros/Stefano Parrino: flute/Francesco Parrino: violin/ Alessandro Marangoni: piano/Gianluca Capuano: harpsichord

Beethoven, Schumann, Franck & Bach at the piano with pedalboard

BEETHOVEN: Five Pieces for Musical Clock, WoO 33 • SCHUMANN: Etudes for the Pedalboard, Op. 56 • Sketches for the Pedalboard, Op. 58 • FRANCK: Prelude, Fugue & Variation, Op. 18 • J.S. BACH: Ich ruf zu fir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 • Nun kommt, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 • Passacaglia and Fugue Theme, BWV 582 At the end of the last century, piano maker Luigi Borgato realized a new instrument, the “Doppio Borgato,” a double piano joining a concert grand with a second piano activated by a pedalboard comprised of 37 pedals. This unusual instrument offers fresh, new possibilities to both composers and interpreters!

Promenade

˚ Madrigal Sonata, H. 291 • Sonata No. 1, H. 182 • MARTINU: Promenades, H. 274 • Sonata, H. 306 • Sonata, H. 254 This intriguing collection of chamber works is entirely dedicated to Martin˚u’s great genius. The opening piece originated to mark a specific event—the 20th anniversary of the League of Composers in New York—and was performed soon after being completed, on December 9, 1942.

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Duo Alterno

Raffaele BELLAFRONTE

Duo Alterno/Tiziana Scandaletti: soprano/Riccardo Piacentini: piano/Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali/Roberto Gianola: conductor/Carla Savoldi: flute/Virginia Arancio: electric guitar

Gomalan Brass/I Filarmonici di Bussetto

The Contemporary Voice in Italy Vol. 5

FERRERO: Canzoni d’amore • BATTISTELLI: Lettera di Angela • VACCHI: Aria di Nadia • CATTANEO: Se… • ANDRINI: Marcello’s Diertissement • PIACENTINI: Canson piemontéisa • La conocchia • Me voglio fà ‘na casa • Lu trademienta This collection brings together various declinations of love, including excursions into vocal traditions via masters of the love song who have certainly not been forgotten today.

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Arakathalama

BELLAFRONTE: Nights in Broadway • Midnight plays • Desaccòrd sonata • Blue • Passi • Cristalli di sale • Oasi alla mente • Arakathalama Raffaele Bellafronte is outspoken and straightforward; his music strikes the listener always. This disc recalls a kaleidoscope thick with history; levity and robustness often interchange, fused to rhythmic and thematic contrasts that are one of the features that have characterized Bellafronte’s music.

Release Date: January 10, 2012

OPMC Classics

Igor STRAVINSKY

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Renata Pokupic: mezzo-soprano Kenneth Tarver: tenor Andrew Foster-Williams: bass Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Yakov Kreizberg: conductor STRAVINSKY: The Firebird • Petrouchka • Le sacre du printemps • Pulcinella “Last year, Yakov Kreizberg was appointed artistic director of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. This splendid Stravinsky album is witness to all he had begun to do in partnership with the ensemble before his premature death in March … Virtuoso though conducting and playing are, this performance never loses contact with its deep Russian roots.” — Gramophone With this stunning set, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra launches its own recording label, OPMC Classics. In this triple-CD pack, under Artistic and Musical Director Yakov Kreizberg, the OPMC plays Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Petrouchka, Le Sacre du Printemps, and Pulcinella—all of which featured in the orchestra’s 2009/2010 season in Monaco.

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Opera d’Oro

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Christoph von GLUCK Ifigenia in Tauride

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Maria Callas, Dino Dondi, Fiorenza Cossotto: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala Nino Sanzogno: conductor GLUCK: Ifigenia in Tauride (complete opera) The recent rebirth of interest in the masterpiece of Christoph von Gluck’s maturity, Ifigenia in Tauride, has proved that his art can still cast a powerful spell over audiences. For a long time, Orfeo ed Euridice was the single work by Gluck to keep a toehold in the repertory. It was during this period that Maria Callas undertook two adventurous forays into Gluck’s operas at La Scala: Alceste in 1954 (under Carlo Maria Giulini) and, in June 1957, Ifigenia in Tauride. These were, in fact, the only two productions of Gluck in which Callas participated—and that during some of the most pivotal years of her entire career, as the true scope of her artistry was gaining widespread recognition. As for the beleaguered Greek heroine, Callas gave only four performances of Iphigenia for the 1957 production, which concluded La Scala’s season. Its opening night is the basis for this recording.

Live performance, Milan, June 1, 1957. Features original artwork by Rafal Olbinski, re-mastered sound, extensive booklet with historic photos, and complete libretto newly translated for this release.

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Opera d’Oro

Release Date: January 10, 2012

Luciano Pavarotti

A Passion for Pavarotti: Duets, Trios & Ensembles BUZZ ALERT

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Duets, trios & ensembles by Donizetti, Bellini, Massenet, Verdi, Puccini, and Mozart Twenty-two groundbreaking historical performances by the legendary Luciano Pavarotti!

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SOMM Recordings

Release Date: January 10, 2012

André GRÉTRY Zémire et Azor

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Bernard Lefort: baritone Michel Hamel, Michel Sénéchal: tenors Huguette Boulangeot, Arda Mandikian, Claire Duchesnaeu: sopranos Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham: conductor GRÉTRY: Zémire et Azor (complete opera) Previously unissued on CD or in any other format—a unique recording taken from a live broadcast performance on Monday, May 16, 1955 at the Royal Theatre in Bath, UK. SOMM’s efforts in highlighting Sir Thomas Beecham’s conducting genius in exclusive live performances came to the fore during 2011, the year of the conductor’s 50th anniversary (April 1879–March 1961). Now, SOMM presents a very special, long-awaited premiere release. Beecham’s love of French music was well known through his regular performances of 19th-century works by Berlioz, Bizet, Chabrier, Debussy, Gounod, and Franck, and his library was full of valuable first edition scores of operas by Grétry and Mehul. The sparkling performances and production of Zémire et Azor, sung in French by a hand-picked French cast at the Royal Theatre, were considered to be the highlight of the May Festival in Bath.

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Kenneth Weiss

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Trio Dali

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Love is the Cause

Bach: Trauer-Music: Music to Mourn Prince Leopold

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