Jan15 nrclassical

January 2015 Release Date: January 13, 2015 A division of Allegro Media Group

Order Due Date: December 23, 2014

Complete Violin Concertos

MOZART

Rachel Barton Pine PG 3

Matthew Lipman Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner

allegro Classical News ALLEGRO CLASSICAL WELCOMES

TABLE OF CONTENTS ABC Classics AVIE Records Cantus CAvi-music Challenge Classics col legno Cold Blue Music CORO Disc Auvers DOREMI Fryderyk Chopin Institute IBS Classical ICSM Records LAWO Classic Lindoro Meridian Records Phaedra Quartz Music Querstand Regent Records Sheva Collection SOMM Recordings Stone Records Stradivarius Summit Records Syrius The Classics Labels Tˆy Cerdd Willowhayne Records

18–19 3–5 29 24 9–11 15 7–8 6 28 16 14 27 8 25 16 19 29 21 30 26–27 23 17 20–21 12–13 22 31 31 22 28

ICSM RECORDS

p. 8

Musicians these days tend to take things into their own hands by starting their own label, and that’s just what Fiammetta Tarli and Ivo Varbanov, a London-based married couple of pianists (she Italian, he Bulgarian), have done with ICSM Records. The label, founded in 2014 and successfully funded on a Kickstarter project, will release up to ten recordings each year. The couple works with like-minded artists, sound engineers, and people from the music world, daring to release adventurous programming and searching for a personal approach and dialogue with audiences. ICSM Records comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International.

ˆ Cerdd TY

p. 22

The mission of Tˆy Cerdd – Music Center Wales is to support, develop, and promote the creation, performance, and empowering experience of music, both in and of Wales. In so doing, the label aspires to reach people in local communities, nationally, and internationally, promoting excellence through vision, participation, and training. Tˆy Cerdd brings “a world of music to Wales, and the music of Wales to the world.” Tˆy Cerdd comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International.

WILLOWHAYNE RECORDS

p. 28

Willowhayne Records is a new English label founded by John Balsdon and Mark Hartt-Palmer. John Balsdon’s life-long love of music started during his time as a chorister in Gloucester Cathedral, after which he went on to qualify as a music teacher. He is passionate about recording all kinds of music as part of our heritage. Mark Hartt-Palmer also started his musical life as a chorister, in St. John’s Cathedral Choir, Portsmouth. A student at the Royal College of Music, he then continued to a professional career, giving many performances as a soloist (including the Canadian premiere of the Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto), recitalist, conductor, and musical director. The label will release a small number of exceptional CDs every year. Willowhayne Records comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International.

US SALES P: (800) 288–2007 Damon Sgobbo, Senior VP of Sales & Marketing damon.sgobbo@allegromediagroup.com Bobbi Lee, Account Manager bobbi.lee@allegromediagroup.com Virginia Papaia, Account Manager virginia.papaia@allegromediagroup.com Mike Marshall, Director of Special Markets Sales mike.marshall@allegromediagroup.com Garrett Davenport, Inside Sales garrett.davenport@allegromediagroup.com Bobby Ringkjob, Inside Sales roberta.ringkjob@allegromediagroup.com Lori Bowman, Inside Sales lori@newsoundmusic.com

top 10 RECENT RELEASES

CanadA P: (289) 316–0513 Kim Pullen, National Sales Manager kim.pullen@allegromediagroup.com

1. Joel Fan Dances for Piano and Orchesstra (Reference)

Jonathan McNally, Retail Distribution Manager jonathan.mcnally@allegromediagroup.com

3. Philippe Quint Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (Avanti)

2. Seattle Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen (AVIE Records) 4. Zappa & Goebbels Perfect Strangers (LAWO Classic) 5. Ton Koopman Buxtehude Complete Works 19 (Challenge Classics)

www.allegrob2b.com

6. Lada Valesova Dumka (AVIE Records)

Place & track orders; check inventory; view promotional deals & schedules; browse tour itineraries; and more!

7. Tony Palmer Dvoˇrák In Love? (Firefly Entertainment) 8. Rupert Marshall-Luck The Fire That Breaks From Thee (EM Records)

FREE SHIPPING! (25 piece min.)

9. Lara St. John Schubert (Ancalagon Records)

Order direct and save! Visa and Mastercard accepted.

Call (800) 288–2007 to order or set up an account.

10. Gavin Bryars The War in Heaven (GB Records)

2

Avie Records

W.A. MOZART

Complete Violin Concertos BUZZ ALERT

CD: AVR 2317 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Rachel Barton Pine: violin Matthew Lipman: viola Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner: conductor W.A. MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 • Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat, K. 207 • Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 • Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 • Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 211 • Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K. 364 “Bravura technique and soulful musicianship.” — New York Times “An exciting, boundary-defying performer … in the top echelon.” — Washington Post Best-selling American violinist Rachel Barton Pine, whose previous release went straight to #1 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart, debuts on AVIE with a survey of Mozart’s complete Violin Concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante, in which she introduces the extraordinarily talented young violist Matthew Lipman. Her orchestra is none other than the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by their legendary founder, Sir Neville Marriner.

Advertising with Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Strings, and Violinist.com.

Priority for Reviews in classical magazines, newspapers, e-zines and specialty outlets.

Priority for Airplay on classical radio.

E-Blast to AVIE mailing list (c. 6,000).

3

Avie Records

Elena RUEHR

Lift: Chamber Music BUZZ ALERT

CD: AVR 2319 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premiere

Irina Muresanu: violin Ethan Filner: viola Jennifer Kloetzel: cello Sarah Bob: piano RUEHR: Lift (premiere) • Second Violin Sonata • Klein Suite • Adrienne and Amy • Prelude Variations • The Scarlatti Effect “Sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies and piquant harmonies.” — New York Times Award-winning composer Elena Ruehr’s AVIE debut, Averno (AVR 2263), introduced three bold works for choir and orchestra. For her follow-up, Ruehr scales down to intimate solo and chamber works for strings and piano, all with references to older music: baroque elements infuse the Klein Suite, while the three movements of the jazz-tinged Second Violin Sonata are dedicated to her composition teacher William Bolcom, jazz teacher Eddie Russ, and Oscar Peterson, whom Ruehr met on New Year’s Eve 1980. The Boston-based Ruehr, whose works are performed from coast to coast, teaches at MIT. Last year, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Priority for Review in all classical media, including Chamber Music America and New Music Box. Advertising with Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine.

E-Blast to Avie mailing list (c. 6,000).

4

Avie Records

Hans GÁL

The Four Symphonies BUZZ ALERT

CD: AVR 2322 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Orchestra of the Swan Kenneth Woods: conductor GÁL: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 30 • Symphony No. 2 • Symphony No. 3 in A Major, Op. 62 • Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonia Concertante) “Hats off to conductor Kenneth Woods and his Orchestra of the Swan, who have been making a case for Gál’s elegantly built orchestral pieces … Here’s hoping this is the beginning of a substantial Gál revival.” — NPR, All Things Considered Last year Kenneth Woods and the Stratford-upon-Avon based Orchestra of the Swan made musical history when they completed the first-ever recorded cycle of the Symphonies by Hans Gál. By dusting off the Austrian émigré composer’s gorgeously melodic and finely crafted scores, which remained relatively dormant throughout the 20th century, Woods has introduced a new generation to Gál’s wide-ranging and extensive oeuvre. On this set, the four symphonies (each originally released alongside those of Robert Schumann), are re-mastered and presented all together for the first time, opening the door to further exploration and discovery.

Advertising with Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, and Symphony Magazine.

Priority for Coverage in all classical magazines and newspapers.

Priority for Airplay on all classical stations.

E-Blast to Avie mailing list (c. 6,000).

5

CORO

The Sixteen

Spirit, Strength & Sorrow BUZZ ALERT

CD: CRO 16127 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor David Miller: theorbo Frances Kelly: harp Alastair Ross: organ PLAINSONG: Stabat Mater • FIRSOVA: Stabat Mater • KORVITS: Stabat Mater • CASCIOLINI: Stabat Mater • MARTIN: Stabat Mater • SCARLATTI: Stabat Mater “Thanks to the visceral commitment of Harry Christophers and his choir, and the refulgent beauty of the music, the listener will connect body and soul with these sensuous performances.” — Classic FM Spirit, Strength & Sorrow, the staggering result of The Sixteen’s third collaboration with the Genesis Foundation, demonstrates once again their joint commitment to nurturing new artistic talent. This CD features three brand-new settings of the Stabat Mater from emerging composers Alissa Firsova, Tõnu Kõrvits, and Matthew Martin alongside those by Claudio Casciolini and Domenico Scarlatti.

Priority for Coverage from classical press and radio.

Airplay on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3 (available worldwide via digital radio).

Advertising with BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, and various websites.

6

Cold Blue Music

John Luther ADAMS The Wind in High Places CD: CBM 41 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Custom Wallet, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

BUZZ ALERT 2014

pulitzer prize

winner

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

JACK Quartet Northwestern University Cello Ensemble Hans Jørgen Jensen: conductor ADAMS: The Wind in High Places • Canticles of the Sky • Dream of the Canyon Wren “Haunting and quite unforgettable.” — Musicweb-International Critically acclaimed composer John Luther Adams, who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Music, offers the first recordings of three of his recent string works: two string quartets, featuring the much-lauded JACK Quartet, and a four-movement work for a choir of 48 cellos.

This is stunning, beautiful, sometimes monolithic, sometimes intimate music that is in a state of constant, subtle motion.

Review Copies to all appropriate newspaper, magazine, and online reviewers.

Radio Service to NPR, PRI, and all appropriate radio programmers and stations.

Advertising in The Wire, Fanfare, International Record Review, Gramophone, and more.

PREVIOUSLY available ADAMS Four Thousand Holes CD: CBM 35 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

7

ADAMS The Place We Began CD: CBM 32 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Cold Blue Music Aron Kallay: piano LENTZ: Dorchester Tropes • In the Sea of Ionia “When it comes to attempts at musical seduction, Daniel Lentz’s music is way out in front.” — Kyle Gann, Village Voice This album — which features Grammy®-nominated pianist Aron Kallay — presents four recent keyboard pieces by seminal West Coast composer Daniel Lentz: two works for solo piano, and two works for multiple pianos (all performed by Kallay). This technically challenging piano music is wildly rambling, wildly kaleidoscopic, and ravishingly beautiful. Post-modern, most-minimalist.

Review Copies to all appropriate newspaper, magazine, and online reviewers.

Radio Service to NPR, PRI, and all appropriate radio programmers and stations.

Advertising in The Wire, Fanfare, Intl. Record Review, Gramophone, and more.

Daniel LENTZ In the Sea of Ionia

PREVIOUSLY available LENTZ On the Leopard Altar CD: CBM 22 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1

CD: CBM 42 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Custom Wallet, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Allegro Classical Welcomes Icsm Records Fiammetta Tarli, Ivo Varbanov: piano four hands BRAHMS: Waltz for piano four hands, Op. 39 • Liebeslieder Walzer (Love Song Waltzes) for piano four hands, Op. 52a The first release from ICSM Records features the complete recording of Brahms’ four-hand waltzes. Dance music was in Johannes Brahms’ blood, and two particular dance-measures fascinated him throughout his life: the waltz and the Hungarian Czárdás. Here, ICSM explores what Brahms could do with waltz rhythms, even on the smallest scale, in the form of the piano duet. Brahms’ two sets of Liebeslieder-Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes) used to be among his best-known works. These beguiling little waltz-songs remind us of a time before radio or television, when domestic music-making was a fact of life; a time when “quartet parties” were frequent and families would gather around the piano to play and sing for their evening entertainment.

Full Advertising Package with Fanfare, including interview and review.

Further Advertising with BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone.

Johannes BRAHMS

Waltzes for piano four hands CD: LNH ICSM 80015 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

8

Challenge Classics

Gustav MAHLER

Symphony No. 4 [Hybrid SACD] BUZZ ALERT

CD: CHR SACD 72659 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Lisa Larsson: soprano Het Gelders Orkest Antonello Manacorda: conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 • Das irdische Leben • Verlorne Müh’! • Lob des hohen Verstands “Lisa Larsson is a very up-and-coming Swedish soprano — some might say she is already there — who is garnering increasing attention in the opera world … rapidly becoming one of the leading sopranos in the world.” — Audiophile Audition A new account of one of Mahler’s most beloved symphonies, on SACD! There is a long connection between Mahler’s music and Dutch orchestras; equally, Antonello Manacorda’s name is tightly related to Mahler as he was a founding member of Mahler Chamber Orchestra. By contract, this disc differs from soprano Lisa Larsson’s usual repertoire, after discs focused on Haydn and Berlioz.

As a precious bonus, the program includes three Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

PREVIOUSLY available Lisa Larsson Ladies First! Haydn Opera Arias CD: CHR SACD 72622 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

9

Lisa Larsson Berlioz: La captive CD: CHR SACD 72639 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Challenge Classics Van Baerle Trio Hannes Minnaar: piano Maria Milstein: violin Gideon den Herder: cello MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 • Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (early version, 1839/premiere) Two chamber music masterpieces in a passionate account from a rising-star trio, with a bonus CD that includes the world premiere recording of the 1839 version of the Piano Trio No. 1! The Van Baerle Trio, founded in 2004, has won many prizes, and their debut recording for Et’cetera received the Edison Award.

Felix MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios

CD: CHR 72662 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 2 O-Card Double Slimline, Box Lot 22 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premiere

Cora Burggraaf: mezzo-soprano Calefax Reed Quintet GILLESPIE/SIMONS/WHITING: Breezin’ along with the breeze, arr.

Althuis • COPLAND: Sentimental Melody, arr. Althuis • BRITTEN: Cabaret Songs, arr. Althuis • WEILL: Dreigroschensuite, arr. Hekkema • Youkali, arr.

Hekkema • Surabaya Johhny, arr. Hekkema • SCOTTO: La petite tonkinoise • GERSHWIN: An American in Paris, arr. Hekkema An enthralling journey through the cultured popular music of the 1920s, featuring music by such young lions as Weill, Gershwin, and Britten, representatives of the innovative attempt to connect classical music and popular song. The program features bold and effective arrangements for voice and reed quintet by Calefax, one of today’s most original and challenging young European ensembles. They are joined by Dutch mezzo-soprano Cora Burggraaf, who graduated with distinction from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and has been the recipient of many prizes, including the 2009/2010 ECHO Rising Star Award.

PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Calefax & Cora Burggraaf

The Roaring Twenties: Music by Britten, Weill & Gershwin [Hybrid SACD] CD: CHR SACD 72657 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

10

Challenge Classics Isabelle van Keulen: violin Hannes Minnaar: piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1 • Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2 • Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12/3 • Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 • Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 • Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1 • Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30/2 • Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3 • Sonata No. 9 in A minor, Op. 47 • Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 “[Isabelle van Keulen’s] taut musical intelligence and vivid sound combine with a fine instinct for the tender, searching quality of this music … absolutely magical.” — The Guardian “Every single performance by [Hannes Minnaar] is out of the top drawer.”

— Gramophone All of Beethoven’s sonatas for piano and violin, in a luxury four-disc SACD set! The acclaimed, wonderful violinist Isabelle van Keulen joins with newcomer Hannes Minaar — and artist that Gramophone cites as “one to watch” — to present the spirit of Beethoven in the best way.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Complete sonatas for piano and violin [Hybrid SACD]

PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

CD: CHR SACD 72650 Price Code: 3O (SRP $41.99) Number of Discs: 4 Box Set, Box Lot 10 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Isabelle van Keulen: violin Christian Gerber: bandoneon Ulrike Payer: piano Rüdiger Ludwig: bass PIAZZOLLA: Escualo • Verano Porteno • Invierno Porteno • Tristezas de un Doble A • Michelangelo ’70 • Contrabajisimo • Oblivion • Libertango • Tangata • Tanti anni prima • Concierto para Quinteto Isabelle van Keulen is a top Dutch violinist who performs all over the world as a soloist, and in chamber music ensembles. She heard an LP of Astor Piazzolla’s music as a six year old, and has been a tango music lover ever since! Isabelle’s breakthrough was in 1984, when she won BBC Young Musician of the Year. Her versatility lies in the fact that she plays the violin and the viola with the same energy, performing chamber music in any possible combination and directing chamber orchestra performances.

Rüdiger Ludwig, a double bass player of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover, is Isabelle’s partner.

Astor PIAZZOLLA Tango!

CD: CHR 72660 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

11

Stradivarius

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations BUZZ ALERT

CD: STV 37001 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 50 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Andrea Padova: piano J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 “The pianist Andrea Padova turns sound into poetry. His virtuosity, sensitively managed, resounds through every measure.”

— Washington Post Andrea Padova’s experience is closely linked to Johann Sebastian Bach’s music; he won the J.S. Bach International Piano Competition in 1995, and from that moment began recording several CDs devoted to Bach’s keyboard works. In the execution of this CD, the variations are not only divided into groups; in all the cases in which Bach left an esoteric indication, the interpreter has chosen not simply to place one variation after another, but to link them so that the end of one flows directly into the beginning of the next.

PREVIOUSLY available J.S. BACH Complete Fantasias CD: STV 33984 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

12

J.S. BACH & BUSONI Nach Bach: Piano Works CD: STV 33657 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Stradivarius

CD: STV 33976 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

CD: STV 33997 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

d

Duo Alterno

Mario Caroli

Duo Alterno/Tiziana Scandaletti: soprano/Riccardo Piacentini: piano

Mario Caroli: flute/Keiko Nakayama: piano

The Contemporary Voice in Italy Vol. 6

Prélude à l’après-midi

ESPOSITO: Sei metri quadrati for soprano voice and actor/pianist • GIULIANO: Click-photofit for voice, piano and percussion • GUARNIERI: Rilke Lieder I, II, III for voice and piano • LANDINI: Mothers of hope “An hommage to Francesco Clemente” for voice and piano • CAGE: Aria for voice and piano Continuing the exploration of the contemporary repertoire for voice and piano, in this album Duo Alterno analyzes the relationship between music and image.

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune • HUE: Fantaisie • FAURE: Fantaisie, Op. 79 • GAUBERT: Madrigal • ENESCU: Cantabile et Presto • TAFFANEL: Andante pastoral et Scherzettino • CAPLET: Rêverie et Petite Valse • PERILHOU: Ballade • GAUBERT: Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando • GANNE: Andante et Scherzo Many of the pieces in this anthology are morceaux de concours, pieces commissioned by the Paris Conservatory for the candidates who were preparing to pass the Prix that marked the end of higher musical studies.

CD: STV 33998 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

CD: STV 37003 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 50

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Simone Beneventi

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Simone Beneventi: percussion

Boris Petrushansky: piano

TREVISI: Figurazione della freccia • AGOSTINI: In Circle • ROMITELLI: Golfi d’ombra (reconstruction by Simone Beneventi) • GRIMALDI: Primal – Hypnagogical Extended Space • DUFOURT: Plus Oultre

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons, Op. 37bis • Children’s Album, Op. 39

Golfi d’ombra

The Seasons Op. 37bis

The pieces on this CD are assigned to an abundant set of percussion instruments (in some cases more than 50), arranged in a cage-like structure surrounding a single soloist.

13

A wonderful new program combining Tchaikovsky’s solo piano piece The Seasons with the twenty-four miniatures of the Children’s Album, which took shape in April 1878 nearly a year after his tragic marriage to Antonina Milyukova.

Fryderyk Chopin Institute Orchestra of the 18th Century Frans Brüggen: conductor ´ KURPINSKI: The Battle of Mazhaysk • BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” This album is a recording of two concerts, which took place on August 25, 2013 in the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio and on September 3, 2005 in the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, as part of the festival titled “Chopin and his Europe.”

Karol KURPINSKI

The Battle of Mozhaysk CD: FCS 39 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Tobias Koch: piano ´ ´ OGINSKI: Polonaise in A minor • KURPINSKI: Polonaise in D minor • Polonaise in G minor • Polonaise in F minor • Polonaise in C major • Mazurka in D major • SZYMANOWSKA: Polonaise in F minor • Nocturne in B major • Walz No. 3 in F major • Etude No. 1 in F major • Nocturne in A flat major “Le Murmure” • Mazurka No. 17 in C major • ELSNER: Rondo a la Mazurka in C major • KROGULSKI: Mazurka in E minor a la Chopin • MIKULI: Mazurka in F minor, Op. 4 • ZAŁUSKI: Mazurka in D minor Op. 6, No. 3 • FRIEDMAN: Mazurka in C minor Op. 49, No. 2 • CHOPIN: Mazurka in A flat major Op. 7, No. 4a • Mazurka in F minor Op. 68, No. 4 This new album in the series “Music of Chopin’s Time” captures the romantic spirit of Polish piano music. Tobias Koch attended the Robert Schumann Music College in Düsseldorf, and the conservatories of Vienna, Graz, and Brussels. His chamber music partners include Andreas Staier, Joshua Bell, and Steven Isserlis.

Tobias Koch

Polish Romantic Music CD: FCS 104 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

14

col legno Arditti Quartet Irvine Arditti: violin Ashot Sarkissjan: violin Ralf Ehlers: viola Lucas Fels: cello Sarah Maria Sun: soprano SAUNDERS: Fletch • MASON: String Quartet No. 2 • BEDFORD: Wonderful Four-Headed Nightingale • ZORN: Pandora’s Box “A bracing reminder of why [Irvine Arditti] and his quartet remain such a powerful centre of gravity in new music.”

— The Guardian “Arditti Quartet celebrates its 40th anniversary in astounding fashion … Half of what Arditti did here simply didn’t seem physically possible.” — Los Angeles Times (live review) “These four must be stopped,” Paul Griffiths wrote more than 25 years ago about the widely praised Arditti Quartet, referring to these excellent musicians’ talent for making wonderful music irrespective of the quality of the actual composition. As regards the present album, though, we need not worry about this dilemma, given that each of the compositions by Rebecca Saunders, Benedict Mason, Luke Bedford, and John Zorn is a little masterpiece in its own right. At the 2013 edition of col legno’s “Vienna Modern” festival, the Arditti Quartet performed two concerts, and from the live recordings the label has selected four pieces, all released for the first time. The Arditti Quartet has not only helped to shape our perception of contemporary music over the past 40 years but, thanks to their accumulated experience, these four musicians also exemplify the future of this fascinating musical universe.

Arditti Quartet Pandora’s Box

CD: CNO 20421 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Online Promotion via website, newsletter, Facebook, and Twitter.

Targeted Service to press and radio.

Catch-Pop String-Strong II

Jelena Poprzan: viola, voice/Rina Kacinari: cello, voice POPRZAN/KACINARI: Bold • YO*DL • PA TY! • How many times, I’ve heard this song • Die guten Menschen • The Docks • CatchAFonk • Ganzer Kerl, halber Kerl • Höhenluft • Nostalgjia • Lebensadern • Playground (How I conquered the seven seas) • La Lega • N’sabah

CD: CNO 30009 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

It was a real treat to witness musicians Jelena Poprzan and Rina Kacinari — a.k.a. Catch-Pop String-Strong — take the international music scene by storm with their self-titled debut.

Reviewers praised their overwhelming performance, enormous drive, and captivating & wonderfully inspiring music. Now, after several awards and a Top 10 position in the European World Music Charts, Poprzan and Kacinari deliver a truly worthy successor!

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

15

Doremi Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich Vol. 3 Martha Argerich: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10, No. 3 • SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 • Toccata, Op. 7 • LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 • PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

CD: DHR 8030 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

For nearly five decades, Martha Argerich has been one of the world’s most famous and respected classical pianists. Like the two previous CD releases, this third volume in DORMEI’s Argerich series contains broadcast and live performances from her younger years, with most being released for the first time.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Lindoro Mariví Blasco

A che Bellezza! Arias & Cantatas from the 16th Century Mariví Blasco: soprano/Juan Carlos Rivera: theorbo MONTEVERDI: Si dolce è il tormento • Quel sguardo sdegnosetto • FERRARI: A che bellezza e gratia! • Scrivete là Cantata spirituale • LANDI: Non si scherzi con Amore • Non è più tempo • STROZZI: Sino alla morte • Appena il sol • MAZZOCCHI: Amar a Dios por Dios • CACCINI: Dovró dunque morire? • MARAZZOLI: O che sempre tocchi a me

CD: LDO 3022 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

Born in Valencia, where she studied piano, oboe, and singing at the city’s conservatory, Mariví Blasco has collaborated with prestigious groups including Europa Galante (Fabio Biondi), L’Arpeggiata (Christina Pluhar), La Fenice (Jean Tubery), and “B” Rock “(Frank Agsteribbe). She also works regularly with organist Ghielmi Lawrence, lute player Juan Carlos de Mulder, and Juan Carlos Rivera, who is featured on this disc.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The Royal Wind Music

Sweete Musicke of Sundrie Kindes The Royal Wind Music/Paul Leenhouts: director Tracks include a collection of English consort music from the 16th and 17th centuries In the 1530s, the Bassano brothers of Venice were recommended to the court of King Henry VIII as musicians, composers, and instrument makers. King Henry VIII himself showed a long-lasting passion for music. He was particularly accomplished on instruments including lute, harpsichord, recorder, flute, and virginals, and would often entertain the court by singing and performing his own compositions.

CD: LDO 3023 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

16

SOMM Recordings Valerie Tryon: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jac Van Steen: conductor RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 (revised version) • R. STRAUSS: Burleske for piano and orchestra in D minor • DOHNÁNYI: Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25 “Throughout her long and distinguished career, Valerie Tryon has remained true to her own lights.” — Gramophone This is the third recording and an 80th birthday tribute to the amazing Valerie Tryon, whose pianism and musicianship are totally undiminished as her long, glittering career provides ample witness. The Rachmaninov Piano Concerto, as well as Strauss’ Burleske and the Dohnányi Variations, have long been in her repertoire. We are privileged to now have these on CD for all her admirers to treasure!

Sergei RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No. 1 (revised version) CD: SMM 253 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Jonathan Stamp: organ Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir Paul Spicer: director HOWELLS: Walking in the Snow • Long, long ago • Levavi oculos (premiere) • In Youth is Pleasure • Before me careless lying • O Salutaris Hostia • Mass in the Dorian Mode • Salve Regina • My eyes for beauty pine • When first thine eies unveil (premiere) • O Mortal Man • Haec Dies • Regina Caeli • Nunc Dimittis • Antiphon “Everything in this finely executed disc is worth hearing.”

— International Record Review This recording brings together, for the first time, Howells’ complete extant Latin church music for Westminster Cathedral, composed when he was a student of Stanford at the RCM. It also features other significant, rarely-heard music, including a first recording of the extraordinary Holst-like anthem When first thine eies unveil and another premiere, Levavi oculos, Paul Spicer’s reconstruction of a wedding anthem for Hereford Cathedral. This is the third recording in a continuing collaboration between SOMM and Paul Spicer’s Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, which continues to yield many riches.

Herbert HOWELLS

When first thine eies unveil CD: SMM 140 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premiereS

17

ABC Classics Erin Wall: soprano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis: conductor STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20 • Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) • Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 ABC Classics is proud to unveil a new recording from Australia’s finest orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, featuring conductor Sir Andrew Davis (appointed Chief Conductor in 2013) and Canadian soprano Erin Wall. This is the first release in Sir Andrew’s Strauss cycle for ABC Classics, and he takes the listener on a journey through the ardor and heroics of the world’s greatest lover as imagined in Strauss’ Don Juan, and a delightful Four Last Songs with the amazing Erin Wall, an exciting young soprano with repertoire encompassing Mozart’s Donna Anna through, most recently, Strauss’ Arabella for the Metropolitan Opera. Wall’s voice is a glorious instrument: free, full, creamy, and rich-toned, with musicianship and control in abundance. Rounding off the recording is the awe-inspiring Also sprach Zarathustra, a work of massive scope consummately performed here by orchestra and conductor.

Richard STRAUSS Don Juan

CD: ABA 4811112 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Elizabeth Whitehouse: soprano Bernadette Cullen: mezzo-soprano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Chorale Markus Stenz: conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” This is a recording is taken from a live “Gala Farewell Concert” to Markus Stenz, who left his seven-year tenure as the MSO Chief Conductor to move back to his hometown of Cologne, where he was appointed General Music Director from the 2004/5 season. Through music, Mahler conveyed his deepest feelings about life and death, his anger at the disparity between the possible and the actual, and a love of German folk culture, none more so than in his symphonies. His symphonic writing ebbs and flows, epic then intimate, exultant quickly followed by despair, no more so than in his mighty choral “Resurrection” symphony. This performance boasts two great Australian singers: Elizabeth Whitehouse, and the great Australian mezzo Bernadette Cullen. The Markus Stenz/MSO legacy will have a lasting impact on Melbourne’s music-making for many years to come, as the trust he built with the Melbourne audience allowed concert programs to become more innovative and concert-goers to broaden their musical horizons.

Gustav MAHLER

Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” CD: ABA 4767738 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

18

ABC Classics

CD: ABA 4810962 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

CD: ABA 4810961 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

William BARTON

Karin Schaupp

William Barton: didgeridoo, vocals, guitar/John Rodgers: violin/ Delmae Barton: vocals/Kurilpa String Quartet

Karin Schaupp: guitar/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/ Benjamin Northey: conductor/Richard Mills: conductor/ Queensland Symphony Orchestra/Ronald Spigleman: conductor

Birdsong at Dusk

Mosaic: Australian Guitar Concertos

BARTON: Birdsong at Dusk • Improvisation • Petrichore • 7/8 Not Too Late • Dreamtime Duet • Didge Fusion Australia’s leading didgeridoo player and composer William Barton, who most recently garnered a Gramophone Editor’s Choice for his release of Sculthorpe’s Requiem, presents a new album that seamlessly fuses Aboriginal indigenous music and classical music.

CHARLTON: Mosaic • EDWARDS: Arafura Dances, Concerto ˇ for guitar and strings • Philip BRACANIN: Guitar Concerto • SCULTHORPE: Nourlangie Guitarist Karin Schaupp performs four guitar concertos highlighting a uniquely Australian musical landscape. Each work makes a significant addition to the guitar repertoire.

Meridian Records

CD: MER 84622 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

CD: MER 84629 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premiere

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Josep CERVERA-BRET

Muzio CLEMENTI

Leon Bosch: bass/Sung-Suk Kang: piano/Min-Jung Kym: piano

Simon Conning: piano

CERVERA-BRET: Elegìa • Romanza • Nocturno • Reverie • Berceuse • Recuerdo de Londres • Cielo Gris • Introducción y Tarantel-la • Fascinación • El Carnival de Venecia (premiere)

CLEMENTI: Toccata in B flat major, Op. 11 • Sonata in F major Op. 33, No. 2 • Sonata in D minor Op. 40, No. 3 • Sonata in F sharp minor Op. 25, No. 5/Op. 26, No. 2 • Sonata in A major Op. 50, No. 1

Leon Bosch is a virtuoso, always on the lookout for new opportunities to champion his instrument. Here he unearths a composer and double bassist, a student of fellow Spaniard Pedro Valls. These are some of Cervera-Bret’s most technically brilliant and melancholic pieces, chosen by Bosch from the 62 known works for double bass discovered in the attic of the Cervera family home many years after Josep’s death in 1969.

This CD features four contrasting sonatas by Muzio Clementi, preceded by the infamous Toccata, and has been described

by Clementi scholars as one of the most significant Clementi documents ever to have been produced!

The Catalan Virtuoso

The Father of the Pianoforte

19

Stone Records Katherine Broderick: soprano Nicky Spence: tenor David Stout: baritone Sholto Kynoch: piano WOLF: Nachruf • In der Fremde • In der Fremde II • 2nd setting • In der Fremde VI • Rückkehr • Die Kleine • Gedichte von Joseph von Eichendorff “Wonderfully vivid and full of presence … Another splendidly wide-ranging selection of songs.” — Gramophone This is the eighth volume in the first complete edition of the songs of Hugo Wolf, recorded live at the world-famous Oxford Lieder Festival. These songs, all settings of the poet Eichendorff, are a wonderful combination of some of Wolf ’s best-known songs with a handful of rarities. They are performed by three prize-winning Lieder singers together with the Festival’s founder and director at the piano, and were recorded at a recital in Oxford in 2013. They are presented here with full translations and notes by renowned Lieder expert Richard Stokes. The project, which will run to eleven discs, is nearing its completion, with the final recitals having been recorded at the 2013 festival.

Hugo WOLF

The Complete Songs Vol. 8: Eichendorff Lieder CD: SNR 8042 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Matthew Rose: bass Malcolm Martineau: piano Christina Gansch: soprano Robert Murray: tenor SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang • Der Hochzeitsbraten Following his hugely successful recording of Winterreise for Stone Records, named Gramophone’s Recording of the Month and BBC Radio 3’s CD of the Week, Matthew Rose has teamed up with award-winning accompanist Malcolm Martineau to produce a definitive recording of Schubert’s final cycle, Schwanengesang. Already a star of the world’s most important opera houses (including the Met and Covent Garden), Rose produces a dramatic performance of enormous vitality to give a Lieder recital that is a joy to listen to. As an encore item, Rose and Martineau are joined by rising stars Christina Gansch and Robert Murray for a rare performance of Schubert’s comic ensemble Der Hochzeitsbraten.

Franz SCHUBERT Schwanengesang

PREVIOUSLY available Matthew Rose Schubert: Winterreise CD: SNR 8022 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1

CD: SNR 8047 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

20

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Stone Records Mikhail Shilyaev: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 • Eleven new bagatelles, Op. 119 • Andante favori, WoO 57 • BERG: Sonata, Op. 1 • MOZART: Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310 Mikhail Shilyaev is a young pianist whose recent recordings have received great critical acclaim. He studied in Moscow and Munich before moving to the UK, where he has won numerous prizes and, in 2007, made his Wigmore Hall recital debut. This CD is a wonderful selection of piano music originating from Vienna, featuring three groundbreaking composers with their own very individual takes on the piano sonata. Beautifully played, this sonata recital is a superbly entertaining account of the works, which show the innovation and the hereditary development of the sonata form: virtuosically exposed by Mozart, romantically matured by Beethoven, and taken to the edge of tonality

by Berg. A thoughtfully-devised program, illuminated by excellent booklet notes and played by a rising star of the piano world, this disc will delight and amuse lovers of classical music.

Mikhail Shilyaev

Sonatenabend: Mozart, Beethoven & Berg CD: SNR 8048 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Quartz Records Polina Osetinskaya: piano ROTA: Suite from Federico Fellini - Cassanova • 15 Preludes for piano • DESYATNIKOV: Nachklange aus dem Theater • In Honour of Dickens • Nocturne from Giselle Obsession • Credit Titles from Moscow Nights • Happiness from Target • Albumblatt This disc of pieces played by pianist Polina Osetinskaya brings together the music of Nino Rota and Leonid Desyatnikov. An odd combination? Actually, no! Rota lived entirely in the 20th century while Desyatnikov was born in 1955, but what these composers have in common is not just the century they lived in but the way their work challenges what academic music had become. Neither Rota nor Desyatnikov has ever been part of any musical movement, and they have written no theoretical tracts (as was all the rage in the 20th century), but we can still see their music as a riposte to contemporary isolationism, arrogance, and fear.

Polina Osetinskaya Rota & Desyatnikov CD: QTZ 2104 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

21

Summit Records Celeste Shearer: horn Jim Shearer: tuba Darrell Fitzpartin, Dena Kay Jones, Laura Spitzer: piano RAINES: Haunted America Suite • Vain Struggles and Lamentations • GRANT: Why/Because • PACK: Suite for horn, tuba and piano • CHAFFIN: Formal Persistence • Unfolding Motives • Faraway Nearby (based on the paintings of Georgia O’Keefe)

Haunted America Suite

New, intriguing music for horn, tuba, and piano. From Mexican-style dance to mesmerizing southwest-art-influenced, this new music is a welcome addition to the repertoire of these instruments! Celeste Shearer plays horn with the Roswell Symphony Orchestra and the Southwest Chamber Consortium. She was a member of the El Paso Symphony from 1984 to 1991 under Maestro Abraham Chavez, and she continues her association with EPSO today serving as a regular substitute. Jim Shearer is the Regents Professor of Music at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he also holds the title of Distinguished Achievement Professor. Dr. Shearer has toured the United States, Europe, South America, and the Far East as a member of the NMSU Faculty Brass Quintet, El Paso Brass, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and as a soloist with many other ensembles both large and small.

CD: SMT 647 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30

Promo Service to classical journals, writers, reviewers, and programmers.

Social Media Campaign includes email awareness, Facebook, and Twitter.

Advertising with American Record Guide.

Celeste Shearer & Jim Shearer

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Allegro Classical Welcomes Tˆy Cerdd Guy Johnston: cello R.S. Thomas: spoken word TANN: Seven Poems of Stillness Seven Poems of Stillness is a work by Welsh composer Hilary Tann, who resides in upstate New York where she is Professor of Music at Union College, Schenectady. This release features one of the UK’s finest cellists, Guy Johnston, and archival recordings of the Welsh poet R.S. Thomas reading his own poetry.

The work was premiered at Manafon Church, Wales (where R.S. Thomas was rector), and was commissioned by the Gregynog Festival.

Hilary TANN

Seven Poems of Stillness CD: LNH TY 40535 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

22

Sheva Collection Massimiliano Génot

Wagner & Verdi: Rare transcriptions and paraphrases Massimiliano Génot: piano BRASSIN: Walhall • Siegmundsliebesgesang • Feuerzauber • Der Ritt der Walküren • Waldweben • GÉNOT: Die Fahr nach Nibelheim • Reminiszenen aus Lohengrin • Dramatische Fantasie aus Otello • GOLINELLI: Souvenir de Macbeth • RAFF: Paraphrase de Salon d’après Verdi • JAËLL: Bolero aus I Vespri Siciliani • VON BÜLOW: Erinnerungen aus “Un Ballo in Maschera” Op. 17

CD: SCV 75 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Sheva Collection presents a series of transcriptions for piano in the period between Verdi and Wagner, in the second half of the 19th century. Including works by Brassin, Golinelli, Raff, Jaëll, and Bülow, this album will offer you a listening experience unlike any other romantic piano album. Massimiliano Génot lives in Torino, where, studying with Gianni Sartorio, he gained his piano diploma at the age of sixteen, obtaining the highest possible grade at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatoire.

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Giuseppe VERDI

On Piano Four Hands Giuseppe Bruno: piano/Paolo Valcepina: piano VERDI: Works from La Traviata • Ernani • Giovanna d’Arco • Il Trovatore • Nabucco • FERRARI: Suite da sala su temi di opere verdiane

CD: SCV 78 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

This CD celebrates the great Italian opera composer, 200+ years after his birth. Piano duo Bruno-Valcepina proposes a program including arias, choruses, and symphonies from Verdi’s most famous operas, transcribed for piano four hands, rich in virtuoso passages and beautiful melodic ideas: the best way of celebrating Verdi’s birthday. The disc ends with a modern celebration of the great composer by Italian contemporary composer Carlotta Ferrari: a suite especially written for this occasion, inspired by Verdi’s immortal melodies.

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Franz SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas

William Grant Naboré: piano SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959 • Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840 “Reliquie” Well-known American pianist William Grant Naboré plays two significant Schubert piano sonatas! Naboré has received critical recognition on the international concert circuit as Cultural Ambassador for the United States.

CD: SCV 105 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

23

CAvi-music Anke Vondung: mezzo-soprano Christoph Berner: piano SCHREKER: Lieder, Op. 4 • SCHOENBERG: Lieder, Op. 2 • ZEMLINSKY: 6 Songs after Poems of Maurice Maeterlinck • BERG: Lieder, Op. 2 • MAHLER: Frühlingsmorgen • Verlorne Müh’ • Nicht Wiedersehen • Erinnerung • Rheinlegendchen • Wer hat das Liedlein erdacht • Aus! Aus! Anke Vondung is a high-profile mezzo-soprano, traveling around the world performing in the best opera houses and concert halls, while Christoph Berner is well known as a sensitive accompanist and chamber musician. This program of lieder shows the very close relationship between the featured composers at the time of the early 20th century.

Anke Vondung

Fin de Siècie: Lieder of the Early 20th Century CD: AVI 8553313 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Tobias Koch: fortepianos BEETHOVEN: Complete piano pieces • RÖLLIG: Short and Easy Pieces for the Orphica along with 3 Solfeggios for One Hand Alone (premiere) All of Beethoven’s piano pieces, collected and played on five different instruments of Beethoven’s time! This new CD also includes the world premiere recording of Röllig’s pieces for the orphica, a rare instrument from the German Museum that Beethoven used as an instrument during his travels.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Pieces CD: AVI 8553321 Price Code: 3N (SRP $38.99) Number of Discs: 3 Triple Digipak, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premiere

24

LAWO Classics Fredrik Bock: Baroque guitar BARTOLOTTI: Passacaglie in G major • Suite in C major • Suite in D minor • Suite in D major A tribute to one of the 17th century’s great but virtually forgotten guitar heroes! Angelo Michele Bartolotti was the guitarist who composed and performed for Queen Christina of Sweden. His compositions are seldom played today, and a large portion of the music heard here has been recorded for the first time. Fredrik Bock is one of few guitarists in Scandinavia to have become a specialist on Baroque guitar. Over the past ten years he has worked as lutenist and guitarist while based in Malmö and Copenhagen. He performs regularly with some of Europe’s leading ensembles and orchestras, including the Baroque Soloists, Concerto Copenhagen, Theatre of Voices, and Atalante.

Angelo Michele BARTOLOTTI Music for a Queen

CD: LAW 1065 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premieres

Performers from the Grieg Academy and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra HVOSLEF: Erkejubel • Duo Due • Frammenti di Roma I–XI • Scheherazade forteller videre • Canis Lagopus The first in a series of nine CDs featuring Ketil Hvoslef ’s collected chamber music! Ketil Hvoslef (b. 1939) is a productive, versatile, and undogmatic composer, who — well into his seventies — continues to write music at a furious pace. Hvoslef ’s style is characterized by an economy of means, the accumulation of latent energy, rhythmical ingenuity, and, often, an element of humor. The idea of documenting all 37 chamber music works on CD was initiated by violinist Ricardo Odriozola and pianist Einar Røttingen, both with backgrounds spanning many years of cooperation with the composer.

Most have not been recorded prior to their inclusion in this series.

Ketil HVOSLEF

Chamber Works No. 1 CD: LAW 1066 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premieres

25

Regent Records Thomas Trotter

The Town Hall Tradition: Virtuoso Organ Showpieces Thomas Trotter: organ HOLLINS: Concert Overture No. 1 in C minor • FESTING: Largo, Allegro, Aria and Two Variations • THALBEN-BALL: Variations on a theme of Paganini for pedals • KETÈLBEY: Bells across the meadows • COATES: March Youth of Britain • ANDERSON: The Typewriter • WAGNER: Overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg • Romance the Evening Star • Ride of the Valkyries • TCHAIKOVSKY Ouverture Solennelle, Op. 49 “1812”

CD+DVD: REG 1 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

The debut DVD from Thomas Trotter, one of the world’s greatest organists! This set includes a DVD (performance in 5.1 Surround Sound), an audio CD, and a 16-page booklet with notes on the music, the Town Hall, and a newly-written article on the history of the organ by Nicholas Thistlethwaite. Bonus features include a biographical interview with Thomas Trotter, and a guide to the Town Hall organ.

DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English (5.1 Surround), Not Rated, Run Time: 68 min

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The Proteus Ensemble

Serenity – Courage – Wisdom Proteus Ensemble/Stephen Shellard: director/Christopher Allsop: organ/Gabrielle Bullock & Peter Atkinson: readers PARRY: Elegy • GURNEY: Reading to His Love • BRIGGS: Messe pour Notre Dame • O Lord, support us • TAVENER: Exhortation (They shall not grow old) • Kohima (When you go home) • SITWELL: Still Falls the Rain • BAINTON: And I saw a new Heaven • FROST: Not to Keep • HUNT: Quam dilecta • SASSOON: Everyone Sang • DURUFLÉ: Méditation • COLE: The Veteran • MACMILLAN: Serenity • MEW: May 1915 • VILETTE: Jesu Dulcis Memoria • BINYON: For the Fallen CD: REG 435 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The first recording from the newly-formed professional vocal group the Proteus Ensemble, directed by Stephen Shellard, is a beautiful and moving selection of music and readings for the commemoration of 1914 recorded in Worcester Cathedral. The Proteus Ensemble was founded

by Stephen Shellard in late 2013 and consists of professional singers drawn from all over the UK. Named after the Greek sea-god Proteus, the group takes its musical raison d’être from the adjective “protean,” which means “versatile.”

The Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge Geistliche Lieder: German Romantic Choral Music

Mark Roberts and Jonathan Ellse: organ/The Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge/David Rowland: director RHEINBERGER: Drei Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69 • Confitebor tibi WoO 7, No. 5 • Mass in A, Op. 126 • WOLF: Sechs Geistliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff • LISZT: Ave maris stella • Ave verum corpus • O salutaris hostia I (for upper voices) • O salutaris hostia II (for SATB) • BRAHMS: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 • Drei Geistliche Chöre, Op. 37

CD: REG 417 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Rarely-recorded choral works by Rheinberger, Wolf, Liszt, and Brahms give an overview of the wide range of styles in 19th-century German choral music, from the austere polyphony of Brahms’ motets for upper voices to the rich, chromatic writing of Hugo Wolf.

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

26

Regent Records Paul Walton

In an Old Abbey: British Organ Music Paul Walton: organ ALCOCK: Toccata • HARWOOD: In an Old Abbey • ELGAR: Severn Suite, Op. 87 (premiere) • SUMSION: Intermezzo • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Two Hymn-Tune Preludes • COOK: Five Studies in form of a Sonata (premiere) • STEELE: Arioso • WALTON: Prologue (from A Wartime Sketchbook)

CD: REG 431 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Following Paul Walton’s critically-acclaimed debut disc featuring organ music for Christmas, comes a second disc of organ music recorded on the historic Walker organ of Bristol Cathedral. This CD features a selection of rare British organ music from the 20th century, played on one of the finest English Romantic organs.

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premieres

Daniel Moult

Arundel Restored: The Hill Organ of Arundel Cathedral Daniel Moult: organ LISZT: Excelsior! • MENDELSSOHN: Theme and Variations in D • MOZART: Fantasia in F minor, K. 608 • SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre (trans. Lemare) • HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 4 in F (arr. Best, premiere) • STANFORD: Fantasia and Toccata in D minor, Op. 57 • FITKIN: Wedding • BOURGEOIS: Variations on a theme by Herbert Howells (premiere) • PATTERSON: Brumba, Op. 100 CD: REG 434 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

In the first solo recording of the restored William Hill organ in Arundel Cathedral, Daniel Moult performs a wide-ranging and virtuoso program demonstrating the full tonal resources of the instrument, including works by mainstream composers Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Handel, and Saint-Saëns as well as some attractive recent works by established British composers and featuring first recordings of W.T. Best’s arrangement of Handel’s Organ Concerto No. 4 in F and Derek Bourgeois’ Variations on a theme by Herbert Howells.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

includes world premieres

IBS Classical Mariola Cantarero

Canciones en la Alhambra Mariola Cantarero: soprano/Rubén Fernández Aguirre: piano

CD: IBC 62014 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

TURINA: Vocalizaciones, Op. 74 • BARRIOS: Hechizo y nostalgia • Sin estrella y sin cielo • La novia del aire (bolero andaluz) • Mañana de luz y fuego • Noche • Con puñales de cariño (seguidilla) • RAVEL: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera • DELIBES: Les Filles du Cadix • GOUNOD: Boléro • LÓPEZ-QUIROGA: No te mires en el río • Y sin embargo te quiero • Te lo juro yo • Tatuaje • SOLANO: Un rojo, rojo clavel • LARREA: Camino verde (arr. Imaz) • BARRERA/CALLEJA: Adios Granada (Los Emigrantes) This live recording contains a magic moment when the performers in the Nasrid courtyard filled the heart of La Alhambra with music. Mariola Cantarero is one of the most representative sopranos in the Spanish and international panorama who, in these songs, demonstrates the beauty of her vocal timbre, her capacity to project it to the public, her refined expressivity, and her stage presence.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

27

Allegro Classical Welcomes Willowhayne Records Keith John: organ ANDRIESSEN: Thema met Variaties (1949) • RAVANELLO: Adorazione • GUILLOU: Toccata, Op. 9 • HURFORD: Suite “Laudate Dominum” • NIELSEN: Commotio, Op. 58 • KÜHNIS: Suite ‘Stets i Truure, mues i läbe – Theme and Variations “The clarity yet colourful richness of the Gloucester organ is ideally matched to the music and will help endear this challenging work to the listener. From a musician of extraordinary breadth of ability and imagination, this landmark CD from Gloucester rises effortlessly above more routine releases through the qualities of Keith John’s performances and programme-planning. This is definitely one not to be missed.”

— Organists’ Review, Editor’s Choice

Keith Jones

Trans Europe Experience CD: LNH WLW 14831 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Trans Europe Experience tracks an imaginary journey around European cities in 20th-century organ music spanning some 50 years. From the operatic Adorazione by Oreste Ravenello to Markus Kühnis’ Variations on the Swiss Song ‘Stets i Truure, mues i läbe — with Carl Nielsen’s Commotio, Op. 58 as the central “stop” of the recording — this CD showcases Keith John and the organ of Gloucester Cathedral at their very best. Keith John studied with Jean Guillou, whose Toccata, Op. 9 is also recorded here. He has previously recorded several discs for Priory and Hyperion, and this is his first release with Willowhayne Records.

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Disc Auvers Anna Fedorova: piano CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 • LISZT: Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104 • BRAHMS: 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118 Anna Fedorova is one of the world’s premier young pianists. From an early age, she demonstrated an innate musical maturity and astounding technical abilities. Her international concert career took off while she was only a child, and audiences around the world were stunned by the depth and power of her musical expression. She has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, North & South America, and Asia. Anna has claimed top prizes at numerous international piano competitions, including the International Rubinstein “In Memoriam” piano competition, the Moscow International Frederick Chopin Competition for young pianists, the “Special Prize Denis Antoine” of AVC Charity Foundation at the International Piano Campus Competition in 2012, and recently she became recipient of the Verbier Festival Academy Award. She is also two-time laureate of the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Scholarship Award at the International Keyboards Institute and Festival (New York).

Anna Fedorova Chopin to Brahms

CD: DAV 139 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

28

Phaedra deCompagnie

Preludes in Times Past and Present deCompagnie/Sven van de Voorde: clarinet/Bram Fournier: trombone/Tille Van Gastel: flute/Lieselot Watté: cello/Max Knigge: alto/Jens Lynen: violin/Mathias Coppens: piano, leader

CD: PHA 92083 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

HERZUNG: Prelude to “The Adventures of the infamous Ruprecht” • GRAZLINGER: Preludium • BRÜLH: Atlas Overture • SECHTER: Prelude • BLUMENBACH: Preludium • BIEL: A Farewell Prelude • TOLKOWSKY: Fantasie-Prelude • SINDING: Marriage Overture • SAMPOESCHTIAN: Prelude-caprice • HRABAL: Pˇredehra • SANDA: Music from the Woods, Prelude • SÉRAPHIN: Prelude • SAUVAGE: Prelude • MONFORT: Prelude des Princess Tulipe et Petit Lys • SABATÉ: Preludio • DUDEVANT: En plein Pacifique • KNIGHT: Prelude In the words of leader Mathias Coppens: “All music is today’s music, even if it was noted down in the past by somebody, the composer, who made specific choices in an exclusive context and with personal intentions; otherwise all music would sound the same. What remains in the end is the personal experience of the person listening to the music.”

Cantus Javier Núñez

À modo Italiano: Italian Music Harpsichord ca. 1600 Javier Núñez: harpsichord Tracks include works by Valente, Macque, Luzzaschi, Trabaci, Frescobaldi, Mayon, Salvatore, Strozzi and Strace

CD: CUS 9615 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

The repertoire of this album is truly fascinating. The great importance that instrumental music had in the late 16th century was continued in the 17th century. It was the era in which it emancipated from vocal music, and at that time the keyboard repertoire freely developed from Renaissance models: dances with variations, variations on vocal melodies or on bassi ostinati and tenors, improvisatory forms like toccate, and stricter forms based on imitative counterpoint, as ricercare, fantasia, canzona, and capriccio.

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Xavier Diaz-Latorre La guitarra dels lleons

Xavier Diaz-Latorre: historical guitars/Pedro Estevan: percussion Tracks include works by Albéniz, Sanz, Sor, Murcia and Guerau

CD: CUS 9623 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

One of the key moments in the history of this fascinating CD happened in 2010 when the Chief Curator of the Music Museum of Barcelona called on Xavier Díaz-Latorre to make a choice from among ten instruments that he had previously selected. Those chosen would be restored and then used in the recording. It was an impressive selection of 16th- to 19th-century guitars that had not been played in modern times, all in very good condition and all with interesting features that made them worthy to be selected. After a long process involving the selection and restoration of the instruments, the choice of a repertoire, the study of the guitars, and the recording and production of the CD, the task entrusted to him has been, in Xavier Díaz-Latorre’s own words, “one of the most fascinating experiences in my entire musical career.”

29

Querstand

CD: QUE 1426 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 d

CD: QUE 1427 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 20

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH

J.S. BACH

Rainer Goede: organ

Rainer Goede: organ

J.S. BACH: Six Trio Sonatas for organ, BWV 525–530 • SCHWENKE: Six Fugues for organ

J.S. BACH: Third part of the Clavier Übung “The Lutheran Mass”

Trio Sonatas

Clavier Übung: Third Part

Rainer Goede demonstrates the inimitable possibilities of the Wiegleb organ at collegiate church St. Gumbertus Ansbach on this double CD, constrasting the magnificent trio sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach with the musical language of his student, Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwenke.

Rainer Goede uses the possibilities of the recently restored Wiegleb organ at collegiate church St. Gumbertus Ansbach for an innovative reinterpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Dritter Theil der Clavier Übung.” The unique character of the instrument is impressively demonstrated, and the instructive organ compositions are clearly and remarkably interpreted.

CD: QUE 1416 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

CD: QUE 1429 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Rudolph MAUERSBERGER

Christina Meißner

Enrico Langer: organ

Christina Meißner: cello/Poul Skjølstrup Larsen: organ/Reinhard Seeliger: organ

Complete Organ Works

Seraph: New Works for Cello and Organ

MAUERSBERGER: Introduction and Passacaglia in A minor, RMWV 446 • “O komm, du Geist der Wahrheit” Choral arrangement for brass and organ, RMWV 229 • 5 Preludium and Doppelfuge in D minor, RMWV 447 • “Hinunter ist der Sonne Schein” Choral arrangement for brass and organ, RMWV 204 • Introduction, Ciaconna and Choral in E minor, RMWV 445 Enrico Langer presents a new recording of Mauersberger’s complete works for organ, at an instrument the composer himself knew very well: the Walcker organ at St. Annen in Annaberg-Buchholz.

30

CZERNOWIN: Gradual Edge • PAGH-PAAN: Augenblicke-Gebet • MENSE: Fantasie and Variations • STREICH: Seraph Four compositions are presented on this CD; they were created in 2012, 2013, and 2006 and motivated by cello player and contemporary music expert Christina Meißner for the exceptional mix of organ and violoncello. The composers hail from varied places, including Israel, Korea, Germany, and Sweden.

The Classics Labels

CD: TCL LIR 70028 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

CD: TCL OM 15006 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 1 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

d

d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

omnibus Classics

LIR Classics

Mardi Brass

The Revolutionary Drawing Room

Mardi Brass

The Revolutionary Drawing Room/Adrian Butterfield: violin/ Kathryn Parry: violin/Rachel Stott: viola/Ruth Alford: cello/Simon Russell Beale: speaker

Something Blue

A Viennese Quartet Party

MAY: The Agents • JOBIM: Chega do Saudade (arr. M. TantosSevillano) • ROGERS: Little Girl Blue (arr. Woolf) • ARULIAH: Cobalt Blue • CARPENTER: The Sun The Moon I & II • STEPHENS: Ultramarine • ROBERTS: Hooloovoo • J. BACH: Lazy Blues • WOOLF: Blue Bells • BLACKMAN: The Sea & The Lonely Waltzer • MCINTOSH: Brooklyn (arr. Miller) LIR Classics presents the final album in Mardi Brass’s epic journey from the Renaissance to the present day. All but one of the works on this album were commissioned by the group for this project.

VANHAL: String Quartet in E flat major • HAYDN: String Quartet in B flat major Op. 50, No. 1 • MOZART: String Quartet in C major, K. 465 “The Dissonance” • DITTERSDORF: String Quartet No. 6 in A major The Revolutionary Drawing Room, a string quartet that performs late 18th- and early 19th-century repertoire on period instruments, presents a new double CD to mark their 25th anniversary!

Syrius

CD: SYR 141463 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

CD: SYR 141466 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH

Benedetto MARCELLO

Pierre Bardon: organ

Jacques Vandeville: oboe/Jean-Michel Louchart: organ

J.S. BACH: Third part of the Clavier Übung “The Lutheran Mass”

MARCELLO: Twelve Sonatas for oboe and organ

The second release in a series from Pierre Bardon; in the preceding recording, he had chosen the version of the chorales with pedal board, while in this one those written for an organ without. The two volumes therefore constitute a reasoned diptych, all the more interesting since they are interpreted on the same instrument.

Benedetto Marcello (b. 1686) was a prolific composer responsible for nine masses, eight Psalms books, more than 350 cantatas for solo voice, and 80 vocal duets. Among his many writings, his best-known is the satirical pamphlet “Téatro alla moda,” published in Venice in 1720, the main target of which was Antonio Vivaldi.

The Lutheran Mass Vol. 2

Twelve Sonatas for Oboe and Organ

31