Allegro Classical June 2012 New Release Book

June 2012 Release Date: June 12, 2012 A d i v i s i o n o f A l l e g ro M e d i a G ro u p

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Mattias Jacobsson PG 7

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allegro Classical News TABLE OF CONTENTS æon 10 Alpha 10 Avie Records 6–7 Berlin Classics 13–14 Bravissimo Opera Library 9 Cappella Romana 17 CAvi-music 3–4 CORO 5 Cryston 11 Delphian Records 12 Editions Hortus 25 Etcetera 23 Flora 24 Fuga Libera 12 GIA Publications, Inc. 20 Globe Records 25 Indésens 26

La Bottega Discantica 24 LAWO Classics 26 Melodiya 27–31 Meridian Records 21 Nimbus Alliance 18 Nimbus Records 20 Paraty 22 Passacaille 27 Phil.harmonie 4 Querstand 27 Ramée 20 Ricercar 19 SOMM Recordings 19 Stradivarius 16 Tactus 21 The Classics Labels 15 Zig-Zag Territoires 8

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PHIL.HARMONIE

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Phil.harmonie, a new label from Berlin, was inspired by musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic who were looking for a new label for their chamber music recordings. The head of jazz label Jazzwerkstatt, Ulli Blobel, founded Phil.harmonie with producer Walter Küssner, a violist at the Berlin Philharmonic and a professor at the conservatory Hans Eisler. From unknown Vivaldi compositions to Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale,” the label has released a series of fantastic recordings and there are many interesting projects planned for the future. Phil.harmonie comes to Allegro Classical via Codaex.

CAPPELLA ROMANA

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With performances “like jeweled light flooding the space” (Los Angeles Times), Cappella Romana is a vocal chamber ensemble dedicated to combining passion with scholarship in its exploration of the musical traditions of the Christian East and West, with emphasis on early and contemporary music.

Founded in 1991, Cappella Romana’s name refers to the Medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (“inhabited world”), which embraced Rome and Western Europe, as well as the Byzantine Empire of Constantinople (“New Rome”) and its Slavic commonwealth. Each program in some way reflects the musical, cultural, and spiritual heritage of this ecumenical vision.

PARATY

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Founded by Bruno Procópio in 2006, independent record label Paraty gives new vitality to the classical music recording industry. Paraty’s objective is to promote dynamic young artists, most of whom are based in Paris and who have successful budding careers. Paraty specializes in period instrument recordings, covering a large span of musical history; it has also developed a second specialty in keyboard music. Paraty’s most important accomplishment to date was a Victoire de la Musique in 2010, the most prestigious award given in France, for a CD of works by Mendelssohn on a Broadwood fortepiano (1840) played by Cyril Huvé. Paraty comes to Allegro Classical via Codaex.

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ADRIAN MILLS In the industry for over 30 years, Adrian has worked in retail as a classical buyer and store manager, held sales and marketing positions with Koch and BMG, and spent 15 years at Telarc International. During his tenure at Telarc he held six positions, starting as a regional sales manager and eventually working his way up to VP of A&R. Adrian will be based in Portland, at our head office. top 10 RECENT RELEASES

1. Joan Sutherland Legendary Performances (BRV 9915) 2. Lara St. John & Marie-Pierre Langlamet Bach Sonatas (ANC SACD 139) 3. Quirine Viersen Bach: Complete Suites for Cello Solo (GLE SACD 5244) 4. Philippe Herreweghe Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (PHY 4) 5. The Sixteen The Earth Resounds (CRO 16097) 6. Sviatoslav Richter Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (MYD 1001848) 7. Hagen Quartet Introspective–Retrospective (MYR SACD 7) 8. Nemanja Radulovic 5 Seasons (AAT 4) 9. Mark Bebbington Vaughan Williams: Fantasia for Piano & Orchestra (SMM 246) 10. Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra Musicalische Concerte (CHR 72531)

Release Date: June 12, 2012

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonatas Opp. 109, 110 & 111 Cat # AVI 8553227 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Antti Siirala: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109 • Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110 • Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 “The highlight was Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, with the young Finnish pianist Antti Siirala in his New York orchestral debut … he proved an elegant and intelligent musician with a refined and resourceful technique.” — New York Times “For sheer tonal beauty, no pianist surpassed Antti Siirala.” — New York Observer “A pianist worthy of the most serious consideration … performances of glorious beauty and strong individualism.” — Seattle Times First Prize winner of three international piano competitions, including the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition (2003), Finnish pianist Antti Siirala has established himself as one of the finest pianists of his generation. In addition to a stunning debut with the San Francisco Symphony playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 under Osmo Vänskä, his American engagements include the Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, and the New Jersey Symphony. Here, he presents Beethoven’s final three sonatas, always a subject for discussion and curiosity among music lovers!

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CAvi-music

Release Date: June 12, 2012 Thomas Hauschild: horn Horn Masterclass of the University of Leipzig CANTIN: Grand Mass of St. Hubertus • ROSSINI: Le rendez-vous de chasse (Fantasy for 4 horns) • BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Op. 8 (arr. 8 horns) • STIEGLER: Fantasy on a theme from Wagner’s “Twilight of the Gods” • KOETSIER: Music concertante for 8 horns, Op. 78 Every year, horn players in Saxony follow a centuries-old tradition by playing a St. Hubert’s Mass in the church of Augustusburg Castle. In this way, they remind themselves and their guests of nature’s decline and winter’s approach in the progression of the seasons. They also commemorate St. Hubert (656–727), the holy man who once traveled a similar inward, spiritual journey. Today, he is the traditional patron saint of the hunt.

Jules CANTIN St. Hubert’s Mass

Cat # AVI 7771053 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Phil.harmonie Pi-hsien Chen: piano J.S. BACH: 6 Partitas, BWV 825–830 Bach’s collection of Six Partitas titled “Clavierübung” represents the sum of what was written for keyboard instruments before him. On this recording, Pi-hsien Chen plays the two movements after the respective sarabandes (Partitas IV and VI), based on the research of Kenneth Gilbert, who stringently proved that the previous reverse order has been practiced due to the printing at that time having regard to turning the pages

J.S. BACH Partitas

Cat # PHH 6015 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Slimline w/ O-Card, Box Lot 21 d

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Pi-hsien Chen was born in Taiwan and came to Cologne at the age of nine.

In the subsequent year she was admitted to the piano class of Hans-Otto Schmidt-Neuhaus at the Musikhochschule, where she passed her final exams in 1970. She continued her studies with Hans Leygraf at the Musikhochschule Hannover and visited master classes of Tatjana Nikolajewa, Geza Anda, Wilhelm Kempff, and Claudio Arrau. She won the first prize of the ARD International Piano Competition in Munich at the age of 21, and has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra, and almost all German Radio Symphony Orchestras.

CORO

Release Date: June 12, 2012

The Sixteen

Great European Choral Works Cat # CRO 16102 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor BUXTEHUDE: Cantata 1, Ad pedes from Membra Jesu Nostri • MARTIN: Sanctus & Benedictus from Mass for Double Choir • FAURÉ: Agnus Dei from Requiem • MOZART: Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de Confessore • STRAVINSKY: Part 1 from Symphony of Psalms • MONTEVERDI: Beatus Vir (Primo) from Selva morale e spirituale • SCHÜTZ: Herr, Nun Lässet Du Deinen Diener from Musikalische Exequien • J.S. BACH: Cantata No. 34 “O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe” • BRAHMS: Selig sind die toten from Ein Deutsches Requiem • VICTORIA: Kyrie from Requiem 1605 • PALESTRINA: Assumpta est Maria •HANDEL: Dixit Dominus (exc.)

“One of the finest choirs of our day.” — Gramophone Since they were founded in 1979, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years.

On this new collection, CORO presents a selection of their most celebrated recordings by composers across Europe, featuring music from over a dozen composers representing 10 countries.

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Avie Records

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Hans GÁL & Sir Edward ELGAR Cello Concertos

Cat # AVR 2237 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT world premiere recording

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Antonio Meneses: cello Northern Sinfonia Claudio Cruz: conductor GÁL: Cello Concerto (premiere) • ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor “A true virtuoso.” — Gramophone Disc of the Month (AVR 2112) This year Antonio Meneses celebrates the 30th anniversary of winning the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, which launched the cellist’s brilliant international career and a string of acclaimed recordings including a half-dozen for Avie. His latest for the label includes a couple of firsts: the world premiere recording of the Cello Concerto by Hans Gál, and Antonio’s first recording of the Elgar Concerto.

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BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Piano & Cello Cat # AVR 2103 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 d

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Avie Records

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Mattias Jacobsson

Invocación: Works by Chopin, Tárrega, Pujol, Llobet Cat # AVR 2254 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Mattias Jacobsson: guitar TÁRREGA: Capricho Arabe • Recuerdos de la Alhambra • Prelude “Lagrima” • Prelude No. 2 • Prelude in D • Prelude “Endecha” • Mazurka “Adelita” • Mazurka “Sueño” • Mazurka in G • CHOPIN/TARREGA: Preludes Op. 28, Nos. 6, 7, 15 “Raindrop,” & 20 • Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 4 • Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 1 • Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 1 • PUJOL: Trois Morceaux Espagnols • LLOBET: Canco del Lladre “Young guitarist Mattias Jacobsson has launched a flying start to his international career.” — Guitar and Lute magazine Avie introduces brilliant young guitarist Mattias Jacobsson who, on his debut album, invokes a guitar tradition originating with the influential Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega. The repertoire explores Tárrega’s influences and legacy, from the inspiration that Chopin had on his musical output through to his students Miguel Llobet and Emilio Pujol. Mattias has created a unique concept in the guitar discography by juxtaposing Chopin transcriptions with Tárrega’s most Chopinesque works.

Juilliard-trained Mattias Jacobsson studied with Göran Söllscher and Sharon Isbin, among others. He has performed throughout Europe and the US, and has appeared on Spanish television, New York’s WQXR, and National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” He has further extended his reach with several features in Classical Guitar magazine and hundreds of thousands of views on his YouTube channel.

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: June 12, 2012 François-Frédéric Guy: piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28 “Pastorale” • Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1 • Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49, No. 2 • Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53 “Waldstein” • Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No. 1 • Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “The Tempest” • Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3 • Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp, Op. 78 “For Thérèse: • Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54 • Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” • Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79 • Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101

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Beethoven has always lain at the heart of François-Frédéric Guy’s musical endeavors—from his first disc of the Hammerklavier Op. 106 on Harmonia Mundi, which revealed him as one of the future great pianists of his generation, to his set of the concertos conducted by Philippe Jordan and a second version of the Hammerklavier. In 2008 the festival Le Printemps des Arts de Monaco offered him the opportunity to perform a complete cycle of the Beethoven sonatas over a series of concerts in a single week, an experience repeated at the Cité de la Musique in Paris in 2009. A new complete cycle in concert, begun at the Arsenal de Metz in December 2009, will be completed in 2012.

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Damien Guillon: countertenor, director Le Banquet Céleste J.S. BACH: Cantata No. 170 “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust” • Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527 • Cantata No. 35 “Geist und sellewirdverwirret” • Fantasy and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 Following an extremely promising first album devoted to Dowland, here is another chance to hear Damien Guillon, accompanied by his ensemble Le Banquet Céleste, in a program of solo cantatas by J.S. Bach. A noted recitalist, Damien Guillon has been invited to appear under the direction of such leading conductors as Philippe Herreweghe, William Christie, Masaaki Suzuki, and Vincent Dumestre.

J.S. BACH Cantatas

Cat # ZIG 305 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

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Release Date: June 12, 2012

Bravissimo Opera Library

Maria Callas

Legendary Performances, Vol. 2 BUZZ ALERT

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Maria Callas: soprano Selections from Verdi: Aida, Il trovatore, and La traviata; Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Rossini: Armida and Il Barbiere Di Siviglia; Cherubini: Medea Perhaps no name in all of opera history is more familiar than that of Maria Callas (1923–1977), who in the 1950s became the first real “superstar” in opera since Enrico Caruso a quarter century before. This stunning 14-disc box set features the star in her greatest roles, including the tempestuous Aida, Armida in one of Rossini’s rarest operas, and the 1956 recording of Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, simply one of the greatest live performances ever recorded!

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æon

Release Date: June 12, 2012 Cédric Pescia: piano CAGE: Sonatas (17) • Interludes (4) With this new disc, æon celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Cage, born on September 5, 1912 in the United States. This recording of the Sonatas & Interludes for prepared piano, some of the most emblematic works in his catalog, presents one of the great classics of 20th century music performed by young Swiss pianist Cédric Pescia. The interpretation is luminous, featuring unrivalled sensitivity and perceptiveness.

John CAGE

Sonatas & Interludes Cat # AEN 1227 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

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Alpha Eric Le Sage: piano SCHUMANN: 3 Romances for oboe & piano, Op. 94 • Violin Sonatas (6) • Andante & Variations for 2 pianos, 2 cellos & horn, Op. 46 • 12 Keyboard Pieces for Large and Small Children four-hands, Op. 85 • Piano Trios (3) • Fantasiestücke in A minor, Op. 88 • Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44 • Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 47 • 6 Pieces in Canon, Op. 56 • 3 Fantasiestücke for clarinet & piano, Op. 73 • Märchenbilder for viola & piano, Op. 113 • Adagio & Allegro for horn & piano, Op. 70 • 6 Etudes in canon form for pedal piano, Op. 56 (arr. 2 pianos Debussy) • Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66 • and more This new seven-disc box set from Alpha presents Schumann’s complete chamber music with piano for the first time, played by one of the great Schumann interpreters, who has been exploring this world with great success since 2005: Eric Le Sage. The pianist is joined by outstanding musicians Paul Meyer, Francois Salque, Franck Braley, Antoine Tamesit, and others, who enable the listener to fully appreciate these masterful works written by genius of German Romanticism.

Robert SCHUMANN

Schumann Project: Complete Chamber Music with Piano Cat # APH 812 Price Code: 5N (SRP $64.99) Number of Discs: 7 Box Set, Box Lot TBD d

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Robert Schumann’s chamber compositions are undoubtedly among the most important European works of the 19th century. Schumann (1810–1856) was the archetypal Romantic composer, a man with unbounded imagination who mastered almost every genre of his time. His chamber music, which may be regarded as an extension of his piano music, enabled him to explore the construction of his works.

CRYSTON

Release Date: June 12, 2012 Czech Horn Chorus Radek Baborák: director BRUCKNER: Ave Maria • “Windhaager Mass” in C • Motets (arr. Bok) • Adagio (2nd mvt.) from Symphony No. 7 (arr. Bok) This is a unprecedented, splendid disc recorded with horn players accompanied by pipe organ in a fine church located in outer Prague, featuring repertoire based on Bruckner’s works. Bruckner himself was a fine organist, and his orchestral compositions sometimes leave the impression of rich organ sound.

Radek Baborák, one of the most talented horn players in the world, organizes his own horn ensemble in order to realize Bruckner’s sound world through his own instrument, and succeeds in evoking a solemn, celestial sound.

Anton BRUCKNER

Bruckner in Cathedral

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Mathieu Dufour: flute Pascal Rogé: piano POULENC: Flute Sonata • WIDOR: Suite for flute & piano, Op. 34 • SANCAN: Flute Sonatina • DUTILLEUX: Flute Sonatina • MARTIN: Ballade for flute & piano • DEBUSSY: Syrinx Appointed principal flutist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 25—the youngest ever to hold that position—French musician Mathieu Dufour is one of the most enchanting and breathtaking musicians in the world. This CD features a collection of French music for flute and piano, with superb support by Pascal Roge, the French pianism expert of our time.

Mathieu Dufour & Pascal Rogé

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Fuga Libera

Release Date: June 12, 2012 Thomas Blondelle: tenor Daniel Blumenthal: piano POULENC: Banalités • RAVEL: Sur l’herbe • SATIE: 3 Mélodies, 1916 • ROSSINI: La Chanson du bébé • HAYDN: Die zu späte Ankunft der Mutter • BRAHMS: Vergebliches Ständchen • MAHLER: Lob des hohen Verstandes • WOLF: Abschied • STRAUSS: Schlechtes Wetter • BLONDELLE: 6 Blöde Lieder (excerpts) • 2 liederen op tekst van Louis Verbeeck • FRASER-SIMSON: Songs From When We Were Very Young (excerpts) • DOUGHERTY: The Lady Who Loved a Pig • LORD BERNERS: Red Roses and Red Noses • COPLAND: I Bought Me a Cat • ROSSINI: La Danza—Tarantella napoletana • DONIZETTI: Amor marinaro (Canzone napoletana) • VERDI: Stornello • BERIO: Ballo • BERBERIAN: Stripsody • PARMENTIER: Grafschrift Thomas Blondelle, who finished second in the prestigious Concours Reine Elisabeth 2011, was chosen by the competition’s partner BNP Paribas Fortis to record a song recital and give concerts on tour throughout Belgium and elsewhere. This young tenor has an exceptional vocal range. He is currently a soloist with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, but he also appears at many international venues. Recent engagements include his debut as Froh in a new production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Bavarian State Opera (February 2012). With pianist Daniel Blumenthal—the ideal partner for any young singer—he presents a program of humorous French and German art songs. This unusual, witty recital has been put together very intelligently!

Thomas Blondelle Banalités

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Delphian Records National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Mike Brewer: director GÓRECKI: Euntes Ibant et Flebant, Op. 32 • Lobgesant, Op. 76 • Totus Tuus, Op. 60 • Salve, Sidus Polonorum, Op. 72 • Amen, Op. 35 Henryk Górecki (1933–2010) made his reputation as a leader of the Polish avant-garde in the 1950s, with his early works marking the most colorful and vibrant expression of the new Polish wave. Inspired by folk and religious influences, and demonstrating a clear affinity with the likes of Szymanowski and Bartók, the emotional power and clarity of his music continues to radiate and inspire. Tracing his choral works from the Psalm settings of 1972 to music written in his final decade, this disc provides a fascinating insight into one of the most unique musical voices of the 20th century.

Henryk GÓRECKI

Totus Tuus: Choral Music Cat # DPH 34054 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Berlin Classics

Mari Kodama: piano Kolja Blacher: violin Johannes Moser: cello Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin Kent Nagano: conductor BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 • Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 “An unequalled combination of Japanese precision, Occidental single-mindedness, and slinky, almost cat-like suppleness.” — Stereoplay Following her much-talked-about sonata cycle, Mari Kodama recorded the first two piano concertos of Ludwig van Beethoven with her husband Kent Nagano and the Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin, and critics and connoisseurs were once again impressed by the synthesis of precision and elegance. The next chapter in this unfolding story can be heard on the latest release on the Berlin Classics label. It begins with the joyful Triple Concerto in C major, in which the pianist and her solo partners Kolja Blacher and Johannes Moser display their concerted talents in a lively conversation that also makes room for heartfelt trio intimacy. The next work is Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, in the “tragic” key of C minor, which Kodama executes with passion, free of ballast, charged with all the more depth and beauty.

It need hardly be added that Kent Nagano and the DSO follow her in perfect harmony. The pugnacious merriment of the minor-key close to the finale brings this CD, which has shown us every facet of the Beethovenian cosmos, to a satisfying conclusion.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 3 & Triple Concerto Cat # BER 300331 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Dresden Kreuzchor Roderich Kreile: conductor MENDELSSOHN: Jauchzet dem Herrn • PALESTRINA: Viri Galilaei • ANON.: Veni creator • PRAETORIUS: Komm heiliger Geist • J.S. BACH: Kommt Seelen, dieser Tag • SCHÜTZ: Ich bin der rechte Weinstock • LOTTI: Crucifixus • DI LASSO: Timor et tremor • BRUCKNER: Christus factus est • KUHNAU: Tristis est anima mea • and more The transcendent atmosphere of the Kreuzchor Vespers draws a congregation of up to 3,000 to the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. The Dresden Kreuzchor has recorded a selection from the works it has sung in recent years, and released its choice in accordance with the great festivals and seasons of the church year.

The cycle was completed last year with the fourth installment of the series, so this is the ideal time to offer the entire program as a box set! The set consists of a high-quality hinged-lid box holding the four CDs in individual sleeves and a 100-page booklet packed with photos, detailed introductions, and all the choral texts. The exceptional quality of this set makes it a must—not just for the choir’s supporters, but for every lover of choral music.

Dresden Kreuzchor

Sacred Music for a Whole Year

Cat # BER 300332 Price Code: 4L (SRP $47.99) Number of Discs: 4 Special Box Set, Box Lot 12 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: June 12, 2012

J.S. BACH Best of Bach

The successful BASICS series continues with a cycle of composer best-of releases—double CD sets presented to provide any budding classical music fan with an overview of the standard repertoire!

Cat # BER 300336 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 21 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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J.S. BACH: Exc. from Orchestral Suites, Brandenburg Concertos, Mass in B minor, Italian Concerto, St. Matthew Passion, and more

G.F. HANDEL

W.A. MOZART

Cat # BER 300337 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 21

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Best of Handel

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HANDEL: Exc. from Messiah, Water Music, Judas Maccabaeus, Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Ariodante, Rinaldo, and more

Best of Mozart

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MOZART: Exc. from The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, and more

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Franz SCHUBERT

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The Classics for Children series fires children’s imaginations, calms them, offers them solace, and above all proves to be a source of great fun, all with the help of classical music!

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Berlin Classics

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Good Night, Sleep Tight

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SCHUMANN: Träumerei • DEBUSSY: Clair de lune • BEETHOVEN: Moonlight Sonata (exc.) • CHOPIN: Berceuse • TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto (exc.) • BIZET: Berceuse from Jeux d’enfants • RAVEL: Prélude à la nuit • and more

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DEBUSSY: Golliwog’s Cake-Walk • Jimbo’s Lullaby • GRIEG: March of the Dwarfs • MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare Mountain • TCHAIKOVSKY: Arabian Dance • SCHUMANN: Träumerei • BEETHOVEN: Moonlight Sonata (exc.) • and more

Release Date: June 12, 2012

The Classics Labels

Victoria Soames Samek: clarinet Michael Bell: piano Robert Hardy: narrator Karen Radcliffe: soprano, narrator Kimberly Easter: clarinet East Winds HARRIS: 17 works including The Unhappy Aardvark and Adagio (both premieres), Train Music, On Safari, Cat and Mouse, King’s Parade, Fantastical Micro-Variations on a Theme by Mozart, and more As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, Clarinet Classics is delighted to release this disc featuring works by Paul Harris, well known internationally as a composer and writer, with over 600 publications to his name. The recording brings together a unique selection from both his serious and light-hearted compositions, including world premiere recordings of works like “The Unhappy Aardvark,” one of his most popular pieces, narrated by the legendary Robert Hardy. The release also includes the definitive performance of the Sonata da Camera, and the first recording of the Paul Harris Adagio. This is the second in the new Clarinet Classics series devoted to today’s composers. Artistic director Victoria Soames Samek, a close friend of the composer, brings her unique and personal interpretation to the recording. Recorded under the direction of the composer, this CD will be valued by clarinet players and music lovers all around the world.

Paul HARRIS

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Michael Duke, Jeff Emerich, Michael Lichnovsky, Martin Kay, Anna Duke: saxophones COCKCROFT: Slap Me • DUBOIS: Six Caprices • HINDEMITH: Konzertstück • GALANTE: Saxsounds III • STOCKHAUSEN: Knabenduett • LAUBA: Ars • MADERNA: Dialodia • STANHOPE: Air • ADLER: Contrasting Inventions (premiere) • LAMB: Barefoot Dances One of Australia’s leading saxophonists, Michael Duke, presents his debut CD on the Saxophone Classics label. Drawing specifically from the canon of music for two saxophones, this collection showcases the flexibility of tone and diversity of color of the instrument across a breadth of musical styles.

The Gershwin-esque opening of Cockcroft’s “Slap Me” gives way to a bluesy, jazz-inspired work full of energy and excitement. The virtuosic and often humorous French writing that so influenced the music of the saxophone is represented in Dubois’ impressive Six Caprices. We hear the recreation of an imaginary “Middle Age” world in Lauba’s Ars, with music that brings forth the sounds of the medieval shawm. Internationally acclaimed composer Samuel Adler’s captivating work “Two Contrasting Inventions” appears here in its world premiere recording, and other works by Stockhausen, Maderna, and Galante show the immense diversity and possibilities of such an instrumental combination.

Michael Duke

Duo Sax: Music for Two Saxophones

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Stradivarius

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Julián ARCAS La Leona

Stefano Grondona: guitar ARCAS: Fantasia sobre El Paño, o sea, Punto de la Habana • Bolero • Polaca fantástica • Andante • Fantasia: El Delirio • Colección de tangos • Rondo • Andante y Estudio (de Prudent)

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This is a scholarly release devoted to Julián Arcas’ music and his famous guitar “La Leona,” made by the great luthier Antonio de Torres. Arcas was one of the finest guitarists of the 19th century.

His music was powerful, thrilling, well composed, and very much linked to his own time. Stefano Grondona, who is currently rediscovering musicians connected to luthier Antonio de Torres, plays the original “La Leona” and gives new light to Arcas’ compositions.

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Goffredo PETRASSI

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Alfonso Alberti: piano/RAI National Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Tamayo: conductor PETRASSI: Piano Concerto • La Follia di Orlando • Partita This CD is concerned with the origins of the musical identity of Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003): a recognized piece, the Partita (1932); one sometimes ignored, the Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra (1936–1939); and a piece from a few years later, the orchestral suite (1945) from the ballet La follia di Orlando.

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Domenico GABRIELLI Cantatas

Sistite Sidera Ensemble/Emanuela Galli: soprano/Marco Testori: cello/Gabriele Palomba: theorbo/Davide Pozzi: harpsichord Domenico GABRIELLI: 6 cantatas • 2 sonatas • Bartolomeo MONARI: 2 cantatas • 3 sonatas

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Composer and cellist Domenico Gabrielli, born in Bologna in 1659, only lived to be 31 years old. He is a composer probably only familiar to cellists; his seven Ricercari for cello solo are the first “predecessors” of Bach’s cello Suites, and his two cello sonatas and his Canon for two cellos are among the earliest examples of their genre as well. Much less well-known is the fact that Gabrielli was also a celebrated opera and oratorio composer, and a distinguished sacred music composer, and published several trio sonatas and (posthumously) a volume of secular cantatas for voice and basso continuo.

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Cappella Romana

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Cappella Romana

The Divine Liturgy in English Cappella Romana/Alexander Lingas: director The Divine Liturgy: The Liturgy of the Catechumens & The Liturgy of the Faithful “Robust and intriguing music.” — Washington Post Cappella Romana’s The Divine Liturgy in English in Byzantine Chant is a two-disc a cappella recording of exotic Middle Eastern Byzantine Chant sung by an all-male ensemble, retaining all the mystery of old-world sacred chant, but sung in English. Presented in a beautifully printed digipak with medieval icons from Cyprus, it includes a 40-page booklet with extensive essays on Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine chant for the keen enthusiast. This is Cappella Romana’s third release produced by multiple Grammy® winning producer Steve Barnett (Chanticleer, Dale Warland Singers, Saint Paul Sunday), and the group’s tenth release overall.

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The Fall of Constantinople Cappella Romana/Alexander Lingas: director ANON.: Hierarchical Entrance Rite • Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor • CHRYSAPHES: Dynamis • Lament for the Fall of Constantinople • DUFAY: Vasilissa ergo gaude • Apostolo glorioso • Ecclesiae militantis • Lamentatio Sancta Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae • GAZES: Hymn for Great Compline • PLOUSIADENOS: Canon in Honor of Thomas Aquinas: Ode I • Communion Verse for Mid-Pentecost • Canon for the Council of Florence: Ode 5 The Fall of Constantinople transports you with mesmerizing music to a culture of the distant past: the age of Byzantium and the apogee of Eastern Roman Empire. Hear passion, fear, and veneration in the Greek cosmopolitan culture centered in Constantinople in the 15th century. This is Cappella Romana’s first release produced by multiple Grammy® winning producer Steve Barnett, also producer of Chanticleer, Dale Warland Singers, and Saint Paul Sunday.

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Fr. Sergei GLAGOLEV Lay Aside All Earthly Cares Cappella Romana 32 selections from Great Vespers, Matins, The Divine Liturgy (The Mass), Propers for Great Lent and Holy Week • Christmas Carol, “What Shall We Call You Mary?”

This exhilarating and top-selling recording of sacred choral music represents the pioneering musical and pastoral work of Father Sergei Glagolev (b. 1927) to use English in Orthodox services. The CD booklet features an important essay on liturgical composition by Father Sergei, as well as complete texts of the musical selections. Listeners will hear Father Sergei’s mellifluous voice singing the priest’s lines in perfect balance with the inspiring voices of Cappella Romana. Conducting the ensemble on this occasion was Dr. Vladimir Morosan, one of America’s most important authorities on Orthodox music in the Slavic tradition. He is editor-in-chief of the music-publishing house Musica Russica, and a well-known choral director and clinician.

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Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: June 12, 2012

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Franz Joseph HAYDN

J.S. BACH

Café Mozart/Derek McCulloch: director/Emma Kirkby: soprano/ Rogers Covey-Crump: tenor/Jenny Thomas: flute/Iam Gammie: guitar/Alastair Ross: square piano

Vladimir Feltsman: piano

HAYDN: 20 songs

Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman is one of the most versatile and constantly interesting musicians of our time. His vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to 20th century composers. A regular guest soloist with leading symphony orchestras in the United States and abroad, he appears in the most prestigious concert series and music festivals all over the world.

Haydn à l’Anglaise (ed. William Shield)

Café Mozart was founded by Derek McCulloch in 1985 to explore the repertoire of the late 18th century for performances with period instruments. The main focus of Café Mozart’s work is that of “Haydn in England,” and his association with other English composers in the 1790s.

The English Suites

J.S. BACH: The English Suites, BWV 806–808

Cat # NIM 6178 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Symphonic Wind Orchestra On the Shoulders of Giants

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Federico RUIZ Piano Music

Clara Rodriguez: piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Symphonic Wind Orchestra/ Nigel Boddice & Bryan Allen: conductors Peter GRAHAM: On the Shoulder of Giants (premiere) • Christian LINDBERG: Behac Munroh Concerto for Trombone, Trumpet & Orchestra • Steve FORMAN: Inner Weather • Martin DALBY: A Plain Man’s Hammer • Rory BOYLE: Behemoth On the Shoulders of Giants pays tribute to great American brass virtuosi. The world premiere of the wind orchestra version was given at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on October 21, 2011 under the direction of Nigel Boddice MBE.

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RUIZ: 22 piano pieces, including Pieces for children under 100 years of age, Chaplin, Waltz for Dulcinea, Dictator rides a moped, The little Peruvian girl, and more Clara Rodriguez is often described as an Ambassador of Latin American piano music in recognition of the great number of concerts she has given, and CDs released, in which this music features prominently.

Ricercar

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Ex Tempore

A Sunday in Leipzig Ex Tempore/Sophie Karthäuser: soprano/Marianne Vliegen: alto/Stephan Van Dyck: tenor/Lieven Termont: bass/Florian Heyerick: direction GOLDBERG: Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit • Der 12. Psalm: Herr, die Heiligen haben abgenommen • KREBS: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn (Magnificat) • J.L. BACH: Missa brevis super cantilena Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Her Johann Sebastian Bach performed works by other composers alongside his own in the regular Sunday services that he directed in the Thomaskirche; these included the Missa brevis by his distant and talented cousin Johann Ludwig Bach as well as two unique and astonishing cantatas by his pupil Johann Gottlieb Goldberg. Florian Heyerick now returns to this repertoire, after his highly successful recording of Graupner’s Ein Weihnachts Oratorium.

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SOMM Recordings Frederick DELIUS

Orchestral Music Arr. for Two Pianos,Vol. 1 Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi: pianos DELIUS: A Dance Rhapsody No. 2 (arr. Grainger) • On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (arr. Schmidt-Wunstorf) • Brigg Fair (arr. Heseltine • Poem of Life and Love (arr. Gardiner & Fenby) • A Song of Summer (arr. Fenby) • La Calinda (arr. Trimble) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Delius, and SOMM now pays tribute to the composer who held a special place in the history of 20th-century music. His friends and kindred spirits Percy Grainger, Philip Heseltine, and Eric Fenby recognized his special brand of genius, and it was they who expertly arranged some of Delius’s orchestral music for two pianos or piano duet. The Delius Society heard artists Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi play these arrangements, and considered it a must to support SOMM in making these recordings.

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Mátyás SEIBER

Yugoslav, Hungarian & Nonsense Songs & other choral music Choir of the 21st Century/Howard Williams: conductor SEIBER: Yugoslav Folk Songs • Three Hungarian Folk Songs • Two Soldiers’ Songs • Missa Brevis • Sirmio • Two Madrigals • Three Nonsense Songs • Three Graces • KAHN: Soldier’s Farewell • GIBBS: Gloria in Excelsis • KODÁLY: Media Vita in morte sumus A delightful collection of a cappella choral music written by a composer of great talent who died tragically at age 55, at the height of his powers. Born in Budapest, he studied with Kodaly and taught composition in Frankfurt until forced to come to England during a mass exodus from Nazism. He became a renowned teacher of composition, described by alumni as “the greatest teacher of our time.”

The choral music on this disc covers a delightful range of his styles, as well as his characteristic mix of Hungarian-German-Englishness and his impish humor, of which there is ample evidence in the Edward Lear limericks in the “Nonsense Songs.”

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GIA Publications

Release Date: June 12, 2012

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Karel HUSA

Michael COLGRASS

North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon: conductor

North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon: conductor

HUSA: Divertimento for Brass & Percussion • Le Couleurs Fauves • Cheeta • Al Fresco • Music for Prague • Smetana Fanfare • Apotheosis of This Earth • Concertino for Piano • Concerto for Wind Ensemble

COLGRASS: Arctic Dreams • Mysterious Village • Deja u • The Beethoven Machine • Raag Mala • Winds of Nagual • Old Churches • Urban Requiem • Apache Lullaby • Bali

Composer’s Collection: Karel Husa

Composer’s Collection: Michael Colgrass

Internationally known Pulitzer Prize winner Karel Husa, born in 1921, is a true master. His music, which by its originality and authenticity transcends the composer’s own time and personal experience, inspires performers and listeners throughout the world.

Nimbus Records

Ramée

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Michael Colgrass is arguably one of the most influential American musicians of the last 100 years. As a composer, author, and lecturer he has left an indelible mark on the arts worldwide.

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Federico MOMPOU

Johann Christoph PEPUSCH

Martin Jones: piano

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen/Robert Rawson: director

Piano Music,Vol. 2

Concertos and Overtures for London

MOMPOU: 43 piano pieces All of the pieces presented here remained unpublished during Mompou’s lifetime. Many of them came to light in 2008, when his apartment was being cleared out and three folders were unearthed filled with manuscripts containing his first attempts at composition.

Thanks to the support of the Frederic Mompou Foundation, most of these scores have now been published. The rest of the program comes from a smaller collection of material housed in the Bibliotheca Nacional de Catalunya’s Mompou Collection.

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PEPUSCH: Overture to The Beggar’s Opera • Overture to Venus and Adonis • Concerto à 6 • Concerto Grosso à 6 • Concerto Grosso in B-flat • Concerto à 5 • Concerto in A minor • Concerto in A Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752) is best remembered today for his contribution to The Beggar’s Opera (1728). Apart from that, none of his other pieces have received commercial recordings until today, but he was highly regarded across Europe as a fine composer of inventive and dramatic concertos.

Tactus

Release Date: June 12, 2012

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Antonio VIVALDI

Marco Enrico BOSSI

Angelo Cicillini, Luca Venturi: violins/L’Orfeo Ensemble/Fabrizio Ammetto: director

Andrea Macinanti: organ

Concertos for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo

VIVALDI: Concertos for 2 violins, strings, and continuo, Rv 513, 520, 521, 526, 528, 764 & 765 This new CD from Fabrizio Ammetto, director of L’Orfeo Ensemble of Spoleto, includes seven concertos for two violins and orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi, most of which are recorded here for the first time.

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Complete Organ Works, Vol. 7

BOSSI: Pièce héroïque, Op. 128 • Konzertstück in C minor, Op. 130 • Cinque pezzi in stile liberto, Op. 132 The seventh volume of Marco Enrico Bossi’s complete organ works contains his most important and meaningful pieces composed between 1906 and 1910, during the fruitful period in which he was the principal of the Liceo Musicale of Bologna.

Meridian Records

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Israeli Wind Virtuosi

Luis Jorge GONZÁLEZ

Israeli Wind Virtuosi/Mordechai Rechtman: bassoon/Eli Heifetz: clarinet/Menahem Breuer: violin/Gad Lewertoff, Avshalom Sarid: violas/Yoram Alperin: cello

Alejandro Cremaschi, Margaret McDonald: pianos/William Stanley: trombone/Julie Simson: mezzo-soprano/Erika Eckert: viola

Israeli Wind Virtuosi, Vol. 5

D. SCARLATTI: 3 Sonatas • MOZART: Divertimenti (exc.) • HAYDN: Baryton Trios (exc.) • J.S. BACH: Selected pieces • RAMEAU: Selected pieces • BEETHOVEN: Theme & Variations on Mozart’s “La ci darem la mano” Meridian Records is proud to announce this release by an acclaimed Israel sextet, featuring arrangements by Mordechai Rechtman.

FERVOR: The Music of Luis Jorge González

GONZÁLEZ: City Twilights, for piano • Beyond Departure, for trombone & piano • Con Fervor por Buenos Aires, for mezzo-soprano & piano • Sonata Elgiaca, for viola & piano This CD contains recent solo and chamber works for voice, trombone, and viola from a man described as “genuine” by Fanfare. The folk music of Latin America and the Argentine tango are the backbones of his attractive tonal style, which ranges from melancholic contemplation to intense passion and warm vitality.

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Paraty

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Leopold GODOWSKY 22 Chopin Studies ´ piano Ivan Ilic: GODOWSKY: 22 Chopin Studies for the Left Hand Alone

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American pianist Ivan Ilic´ has recorded his second CD for French label Paraty, entitled 22 Chopin Studies by Leopold Godowsky. Godowsky was a celebrity in his day: Artur Rubinstein said that “it would take him 500 years” to acquire Godowsky’s technique. But following Godowsky’s death in 1938, his compositions were largely ignored until the year 2000, when super-virtuoso pianists such as Marc-André Hamelin and Boris Berezovsky began to record and perform his works in concert. Ivan Ilic´ is the latest pianist to rise to the formidable challenge. His album focuses on the 22 Studies for the left hand alone, considered among the most difficult pieces ever written for the instrument.

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François COUPERIN

Portrait d’Iris: Suites for Viola da Gamba Emmanuelle Guigues, Sylvia Abramowicz: viola da gambas/Rémi Cassaigne: theorbo, baroque guitar/Bruno Procopio: harpsichord COUPERIN: Pièces de violes avec la basse chifrée par Mr. F.C.—1st & 2nd Suites • Pièces de clavecin (sel.)

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Paraty Records offers homage to François Couperin on this disc, which includes two suites for viola da gamba and basso continuo, the fourteenth Royal Concert, and several works for solo harpsichord. Through this portrait, the four musicians explore the multifaceted music of the beloved composer.

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Joaquín TURINA Solo Guitar Works

Sébastien Llinares: guitar J. TURINA: Rafaga • Hommage a Tarrega: Garrotin & Soleares • Fandanguillo • Sevillana • Sonata • Poema en Forma de Canciones (exc.) • La Aldea Duerme from Miniaturas • José Luis TURINA: Copla de Cante Jondo

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Joaquín Turina belongs to a category of musicians, too few in number, who have left a mark on the guitar repertoire. Instead of treating the instrument with disdain, he wrote for it with a certain assiduity. Just as Kodaly was the first to use the open strings of the cello to great effect, Turina rediscovered those of the guitar. Born in Toulouse in 1978, Sébastien Llinares joined Cristian Marcia’s class at the Conservatoire Frédéric Chopin in Paris. In 2007–2008, he attracted attention during the International Academy of Music of Cagliary, where he won a scholarship given by the Zaleski Foundation.

Etcetera

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Van Baerle Trio Piano Trios

Van Baerle Trio/Hannes Minnaat: piano/Maria Milstein: violin/Gideon den Herder: cello SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trio No. 1 in F • LOEVENDIE: Ackermusik • RAVEL: Piano Trio The Van Baerle Trio has built a rich history in its few years of existence, and the biggest step in the trio’s development came when they took part in a masterclass given by Menahem Pressler in December 2008. On this debut CD, the trio combines works by Frenchmen Saint-Saëns and Ravel with Dutch composer Theo Loevendie, in homage to the musicians’ own French-Dutch connection.

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Jan & Sophia DUSSEK

Madame et Monsieur Dussek Masumi Nagasawa: harp Jan Ladislav DUSSEK: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 34 • 6 Sonatinas • A favorite English Ballad “In the dead of night” with variations for the pianoforte or harp • The Favorite Andante & Rondo • Sophia Giustina CORRI-DUSSEK: 6 Sonatas with Scots Airs and Reels for the Adagios & Rondo, Op. 2, Books 1& 2 • Sicilian Air on which is founded the popular ballad “Home! Sweet Home” It has been 200 years since the death of Jan Ladislav Dussek, a Czech composer and contemporary of Mozart. He left Paris for London in 1789 and, in Spring 1791, he appeared in a series of concerts, a number of which featured the young daughter of music publisher Domenico Corri. In a concert on June 15 that year, the pair played a piano duet together; they were married in September 1792. Sophia Corri was a singer, pianist, and harpist who became known in her own right, and this CD includes compositions by both Jan and Sophia.

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Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN 12x12: A Musical Zodiac

Capilla Flamenca/Het Collectief STOCKHAUSEN: Tierkreis (1975) • 12 selections from the Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior of the 14th Century In 1975, Stockhausen wrote 12 little pieces, one about each of the signs of the Zodiac. Those 12 melodies, initially written for 12 music boxes, were among the instrumental building blocks of another work, Musik im Bauch (Music in the Belly), which also involved six percussionists and a sound projectionist. It was only later that Stockhausen decided to reuse these 12 pieces, and to turn them into an autonomous work. On that occasion, he also edited a score of the work under the title “Tierkreis.” Among the recordings of the piece already available, this new version by Het Collectief and Capilla Flamenca is striking in its originality.

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La Bottega Discantica

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Johan Helmich ROMAN

Trios for Two Recorders and b.c.

Ensemble Dulcis in Fundo/Olga Bernardi, Andrea Marcialis: recorders/Stefano Sopranzi: baroque bassoon/Marcello Rossi: harpsichord ROMAN: Trios for 2 Recorders, Baroque Bassoon & Harpsichord, BeRI 106, 109, 110, 114, 115 & 117

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Johan Helmich Roman was the founder of Swedish music tradition at the beginning of the eighth century. Like many other musicians of his time, he was also a violin and oboe player, and in his compositions he mastered the new international idiom, acquired mostly during a London stay. Among the trios that survived the Turku fire of 1827, this disc presents the six that best convey the variety and intensity of Roman’s work. The original versions, for two violins, are arranged in different tunes for two recorders and through bass, following a well-known practice customary until the first half of the eighth century. This choice gives rise to a further interest about these compositions, and contributes in spreading the knowledge of this author who figures very well in the European musical framework usually associated with Handel and Italian authors like Albinoni and Geminiani.

Giovanni SGAMBATI

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Roberto Giordano: piano/I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra/Marco Guidarini: conductor SGAMBATI: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 15 • RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances (tr. piano) • MARTINI: Andante & Rondo (tr. Martucci) • CORELLI: Empo di Gavotta (tr. Martucci) • GLUCK: Melody from Orfeo (tr. Sgambati)

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A professor at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia from 1868, and founder of the music school of the same name, Sgambati combined his teaching with his career as a pianist and composer. He was connected to Liszt after being his student, and his famous residence in Piazza di Spagna was opened to visitors including Debussy, Grieg, Liszt’s “Roman School,” and even Wagner, who recommended his Quintetti to the publisher Schott. As with his two Sinfonie, his Concerto was composed between 1878 and 1880, and was often performed by the composer himself. Born in 1981, Roberto Giordano received the diploma at Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris with a unanimous vote by the jury. He is a regular guest of some of the most important stages and festivals in the world.

Flora Les Sacqueboutiers Tuba Mirum

Les Sacqueboutiers SCHÜTZ: Fili mi Absalon • Attenditi popule meus • G. GABRIELI: Canon Piano & Forte • Canzon Prima • Canzon VIII • CABEZON: La dama le demanda • HOLBORNE: Gush forth my tears • Essex Galliard • Funeral • King of Denmark • BRADE: Satyrn tanz • Schottisch tanz • Rochenken tanz • Peligrienen tanz • ARAUXO: Todo el mundo en général • SCHEIDT: Pavane V • Gaillarde VII • Courante XXIII • Allemande XVI Cat # FLO 2611 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 22 d

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Tuba Mirum consists of works from the most beautiful original pieces devoted to the sackbut.

Alongside Daniel Lasalle, the album features international soloists like Michel Becquet, Fabrice Millischer, and Jörgen Van Rijen. An amazing recording!

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Editions Hortus

Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris Salve Regina

Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris/Lionel Sow: director/Sylvain Dieudonné: Gregorian chants/Olivier Latry, Yves Castagnet: organs CASTAGNET: Salve Regina • LATRY: Salve Regina • POULENC: Salve Regina The solemn tone of the Salve Regina is the connecting thread of this disc. The grand Marian antiphony, composed in the 11th century, has been an inexhaustible source of inspiration to the musicians of Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral for nearly 1,000 years. Voices and organs speak to each other and unite, imploring the Queen of Heaven: Salve Regina.

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Camille SAINT-SAÊNS Samson and Dalila in Church

La Lyre Séraphique/Vincent Genvrin: organ, director/F. Masset, S. de May: sopranos/C. Ravenne: alto SAINT-SAËNS: Ave Maria • Inviolata • Deus Abraham (premiere) • Trois Rhapsodies sur de cantiques bretons, Op. 7 The motets for solo voices by Camille Saint-Saëns represent a little known, yet quite engaging, aspect of his work. Written for the church of the Madeleine, where Saint-Saëns admitted to having spent “the finest moments of his existence,” they are a manifesto of his conception of church music: simplicity with lyricism, sparse writing but without dryness, tact and balance conveyed by his consummate art of treating voices. The soloists of La Lyre Séraphique regale us with several masterpieces: Ave Maria, Inviolata, and Deus Abraham for soprano solo recorded for the first time on disc, which deserves a place amongst Saint-Saëns’ most beautiful triumphs.

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Globe John THOMAS

Welsh Music for Voice and Harps Rachel Ann Morgan: mezzo-soprano, harp/Edward Witsenburg: harp THOMAS: 14 arrangements for harp of Welsh folk songs and other melodies of Handel, Schubert, etc.

This album focuses on an area that held John Thomas’ attention throughout his career: a love for the traditional song from his native Wales. He wrote many arrangements for harp, with or without song; some of the nicest are collected on this album. Mezzo-soprano and harpist Rachel Ann Morgan has become internationally known for her concerts, in which she accompanies herself on the concert harp and the Celtic harp. She has performed in Japan, America, Canada, and Russia, as well as in many European countries. Edward Witsenburg is the doyen of Dutch harpists, with a career that extends over more than half a century. He continues the tradition set forth by celebrated Dutch harpist Rosa Spier, who was famous for her expressive style of playing.

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LAWO Classics

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Franz SCHUBERT Winterreise

Håvard Stensvold: bass-baritone/Tor Espen Aspaas: piano SCHUBERT: Winterreise (complete song cycle)

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Now, for the first time, you can hear Franz Schubert and Wilhelm Müller’s “Winterreise” in Norwegian!

The cycle, consisting of 24 songs, is the manifesto of a lover’s grief, written by a man during the last year of his life. Håvard Stensvold, an opera singer educated in Copenhagen, spent many years creating a singable translation of this great work; the idea arose from the desire to remove some of the distance between performer and listener. Pianist Tor Espen Aspaas assists superbly as fellow traveler in this visualization of Schubert’s winter landscape.

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Helene Wold

Roses & Love: Inspired by Norway Helene Wold: soprano/Per Andreas Tønder: baritone/Eugene Asti: piano/Vegard Lund: guitar Songs by Henrik and Frederick Rung, Peter Lange-Müller, Halfdan Kjerulf, Lars Møller Ibsen & Christian Blom

Cat # LAW 1029 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Roses & Love introduces recently discovered Norwegian/Danish repertoire from the 19th century, recorded here for the first time. The Danish composers presented on this disc were inspired by Norwegian folk music, and by celebrated Norwegian poets such as Welhaven, Ibsen, and Bjørnson.

The largely forgotten composers Henrik & Fredrik Rung, Lars Möller Ibsen, and Christian Blom are represented, along with better-known composers like Halfdan Kjerulf and Peter Lange-Müller.

World Premiere Recording

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Indésens Bastien Baumet

Art of the Euphonium Bastien Baumet, Steven Mead: euphoniums/Sebastien Stein: saxhorn/Géraldine Dutroncy: piano/ Paris Wind Ensemble/Paris Brass Band/Coups de Vents Wind Ensemble Vladimir COSMA: Euphonium Concerto • Philip SPARKE: Party Piece • Two part invention • James CURNOW: Symphonic Variants • Daniel D’ADAMO: Pholia The euphonium—with its charm, velocity, and virtuosity—is the wind instrument that has most evolved these past decades, technically as well as in terms of repertoire!

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C.P.E. BACH

Oboe Concertos Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht: director C.P.E. BACH: Oboe Concertos, Wq 164 & 165 • Sinfonia, Wq 177 During his lifetime, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was the most famous member of the Bach family, as the writer of a treatise on the art of keyboard playing and as a prominent representative of the Northern German Empfindamer Stil. The concertos for oboe and strings Wq 164 & 165 are transcriptions of harpsichord concertos Bach made in Berlin in 1765; they were very probably performed at a private concert at the court of Frederick the Great, which counted a number of excellent oboists including Joachim Wilhelm Dobbert and Johann Christina Jacobi.

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Querstand Joachim Fontaine

Romantic Organ Music Joachim Fontaine: organ Ludwig BOSLET: Toccata, Introduction & Fugue, Op. 33 • Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 6 • Wilhelm METZ: Sechs Praeludium en Trio und drei Fugen, Op. 4 (exc.) • Carl Anton Heinich Seegers “Der pratische Organist” (sel.) • Karl ROEDER: Leichte Choralvorspiele, Op. 1 (exc.) • Zehn leichte Praeludien für Orgel oder Harmonium, Opp. 26 & 28 (exc.) • Johann Joseph VEITH: Sonate über den Hymnus “Ad regias dapes,” Op. 12 (exc.) • August WITTBERGER: Elementar-Orgelschule, Op. 43 (exc.) • Joseph Jouberts “Les Maîtres Contemporains” (exc.) • Hermann KÜSTER: Leicht ausführbare Vor– und Nachspiele (exc.) • Friedrich GERNSHEIM: Heinrich Trautners Praeludienbuch zu den Chorlen der christlichen Kirche (exc.)

Performed on one of the best organs in the Saarland, whose large variety of tone colors makes it possible to perform a wide range of organ music from German Baroque to French Romantic.

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Melodiya Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41 in C major USSR Ministry of Culture State Chamber Choir/Valery Polyansky: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41 in C In early 1878, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky was seriously captivated with the idea of writing a cycle of choruses to the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Despite his mixed views on religion, Tchaikovsky was genuinely interested in the ceremony of orthodox service and ideas of Christianity. History has demonstrated that Tchaikovsky’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is able to exist as both music for divine service and a piece performed in concert. Thus, it was his experience of creating a liturgical cycle that stimulated the development of author’s spiritual music in all of its diversity of meanings.

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Release Date: June 12, 2012 USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: The Storm • Fatum • Hamlet • The Dances of the Hay Maidens from The Voyevoda • Dances of Oprichniks and Women from The Oprichnik On CD for the first time! This recording of the concert devoted to the 150th anniversary of the composer includes some rarely performed compositions that unveil new dimensions of his talent, and can’t help but arouse the keenest interest. The compositions were brilliantly performed at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory by the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov.

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Forgotten Pages

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Sviatoslav Richter: piano CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat, Op. 61 • Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 • Waltzes (2) • Mazurkas (4) • Etudes (2) • Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 • Nocturnes (5) On CD for the first time! As great pianist Sviatoslav Richter recollected, his love for music was born as a result of the impression he received upon hearing his father play Chopin’s Nocturne in Fis-dur; this program is crowned with the large scale Fourth Scherzo.

Frédéric CHOPIN Richter Plays Chopin Cat # MYD 1001626 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 First time on Cd

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Release Date: June 12, 2012 USSR State Symphony Orchestra Aram Khachaturian: conductor KHACHATURIAN: Symphony No. 2 in E minor • Fragments from the ballets Gayane and Spartacus, Vol. 2 Along with Shostakovich’s Sixth and Prokofiev’s Fifth, Khachaturian’s Symphony No. 2—composed in the years of the Great Patriotic War—was inspired with genuine humanism and faith in the victory. The music expresses the whole gamut of emotions that raged in the people’s hearts: wrath, indignation, sorrow, and solemn lyricism that are replaced with a festive, life-asserting mood in the finale.

This CD also includes fragments from Aram Khachaturian’s ballet Gayane, and a famous Adagio from the ballet Spartacus. The recording was produced by Melodiya and conducted by the maestro himself. The author’s performance is what makes this recording especially valuable!

Aram KHACHATURIAN Symphony No. 2

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Various Soloists Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Kozhukhar: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: The Voyevoda (complete opera) The Voyevoda, Tchaikovsky’s first opera, was composed to the plot of Alexandr Ostrovsky’s comedy A Dream on the Volga. The playwright planned to write the libretto himself, but the two men soon found themselves embroiled in a creative disagreement, and Tchaikovsky had to finish the libretto on his own. Tchaikovsky resumed his work in late October 1867 at the instance of singer Alexandra Menshikova, performer of the role of Marya Vlasyevna, who planned to showcase the opera at her benefit. In July 1868, the opera was completed. It was premiered on October 30, 1869 at the Bolshoi Theatre, and was very well received by the audience.

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY The Voyevoda

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Release Date: June 12, 2012

Alexander BORODIN

Complete Symphonies and More Orchestral Works USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Yevgeny Svetlanov: conductor BORODIN: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat • Symphony No. 2 in B minor • Symphony No. 3 in A minor • Petite Suite for Orchestra (orch. Glazunov) • In the Steppes of Central Asia • Overture to Prince Igor

Cat # MYD 1001946 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 19 d

Borodin’s Symphony No. 1, epic in scope and Russian by nature, bears the genuine symphonism of the development of the major thematic grain. It took a long time for him to write Symphony No. 2, whose premiere performance took place in 1877. He began to work on the Third Symphony in Winter 1883, and the work continued up to the end of his life. He often played music of the Symphony for his friends, but he didn’t write it down and unfortunately it remained unfinished. Now we can listen to it, thanks to A. Glazunov, who remembered the author’s performing of the first movement of the Symphony and used Borodin’s Scherzo, intended initially for a Quartet, for the second movement according to Borodin’s will.

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Alexander GLAZUNOV Symphonic Works

USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor GLAZUNOV: The Forest, Op. 19 • The Sea, Op. 28 • Oriental Rhapsocy, Op. 29 • Characteristic Suite, Op. 9 • Ballet Suite, Op. 52

Cat # MYD 1001947 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 19 d

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865–1936) was a Russian composer, conductor, and public personality. In his works, Glazunov developed the traditions established by the composers of The Five, as well as the aesthetic principles of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, thus combining the two foundations of the Russian music—lyric drama and lyric epic. Symphonic compositions of various genres, from miniatures to symphonies, are the core of Glazunov’s musical legacy. This program features such symphonic fantasias as The Forest and The Sea, performed by the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by the celebrated Evgeny Svetlanov.

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Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Romances

Irina Arkhipova, Elena Obraztsova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Sergei Lemishev, et al.: vocal soloists TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs Tchaikovsky’s romances are small poems; touching and sincere pages of the composer’s creative work imbued with the philosophy of life. The romances featured on this disc are performed by such outstanding Russian vocalists as Sergei Lemishev, Irina Arkhipova, Elena Obraztsova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Nina Fomina, Yuri Mazurok, and Muslim Magomaev.

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Melodiya

Release Date: June 12, 2012

Various Artists

Anthology of Piano Music, Vol. 1 Yuri Favorin, Nikita Mdoyants, Andrey Korobeynikov, Tikhon Khrennikov, Jr.: pianos MYASKOVSKY: Sonata No. 3, Op. 19 • KHACHATURIAN: Toccata • SHOSTAKOVICH: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 • KHRENNIKOV: 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 2 • Three Piano Pieces, Op. 5 • Portrait • Marsh • Dance Firma Melodiya and the Tikhon Khrennikov Charitable Foundation present a joint project—the Anthology of Piano Music, by Russian and Soviet composers! The project was conceived as a series of 30 discs featuring recordings of recognized masterpieces as well as a revival of unjustly forgotten compositions.

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Various Artists

Anthology of Piano Music, Vol. 2 Luka Okrostsvanidze • Natalia Ruchkina, Asya Korepanova, Mikhail Turpanov, Nikita Mdoyants: pianos TAKTAKISHVILI: Poem (premiere) • GABICHVADZE: Six Piano Pieces (2 sel.) (premiere) • KARAEV: Six Preludes • VAINBERG: Sonata No. 5 • POLTORATSKY: Two Preludes & Fugues (premiere) • BABAJANIAN: Six Pictures This amazing new series provides a 21st-century outlook on the previous two centuries of piano music, featuring young virtuosos such as Andrei Korobeynikov, Nikita Mdoyants, Luka Okrostsvaridze, Asiya Korepanova, Yuri Favorin, Ekaterina Mechetina, and many more. These young artists did not just perform; they actually took part in compiling the series, searching in the music archives for the compositions that, in their opinion, deserved to find a way back to the listeners.

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Rodion SHCHEDRIN Seagull: Ballet in Two Acts

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Alexander Lazarev: conductor SHCHEDRIN: Seagull (complete ballet) Rodion Shchedrin’s ballet, a musical interpretation of Chekhov’s Seagull, is an exciting work full of belief in life and in the power of art. The score includes 24 Preludes (the main contents of the ballet), three interludes, and the postlude.

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