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NOVEMBER 2010 Release Date: November 9, 2010 A d i v i s i o n o f A l l e g ro M e d i a G ro u p

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NSS Music

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg LIVE: Strauss, Barber & Mahler

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New Century Chamber Orchestra Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg: concertmaster, conductor BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 • R. STRAUSS: Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings, AV 142 • MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 “A testament to the unanimity and cohesiveness with which these artists have joined forces.” — Gramophone “Smart, fun, and marvelously played.” — Fanfare The excitement continues! NSS Music announces the release of the highly anticipated second CD by the San Francisco Bay Area’s celebrated New Century Chamber Orchestra and music director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, one of the leading violinists of our time.

Recorded live at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre! also available PIAZZOLLA Together Cat # NSS 8 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg LIVE Cat # NSS 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

TCHAIKOVSKY Concertos in D Cat # NSS 2 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Col legno

Release Date: November 9, 2010 Wolfgang Mitterer: electronics Elizabeth Calleo, Valèrie Philippin, Nora Petroczenko, Jean-Paul Bonnevalle, Lionel Peintre: vocal soloists Remix Ensemble Peter Rundel: conductor MITTERER: massacre Based on Christopher Marlowe’s drama The Massacre at Paris, Wolfgang Mitterer paints an acoustic picture of destruction, conspiracy, and the thrill of power. This three-act work for five singers, nine musical instruments, and electronics is Mitterer’s third production for col legno.

also available MITTERER Music for checking e-mails Cat # CNO 20289 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99)

Wolfgang MITTERER massacre

Cat # CNO 20294 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

MITTERER Im Sturm Cat # CNO 20278 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99)

Quintetto Amadeo Moritz Eggert: piano Paul van Zelm: French horn Manuel Bitz: oboe Thorsten Johanns: clarinet Ole Kristian Dahl: bassoon MOZART: Quintet in E-flat, K. 452 • EGGERT: Amadé, Amadé Using Mozart’s Quintet in E flat major, K. 452 as a starting point, composer Moritz Eggert designs a new, contemporary world of sound—a musical exorcism!

Moritz EGGERT Amadé, Amadé

Cat # CNO 20284 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Tactus

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

Complete Published Works For Keyboard Cat # TCT 580600 Price Code: 12C (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 12 Box Set; Box Lot 10

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Roberto Loreggian, Francesco Tasini, Sergio Vartolo: organ, harpsichord, virginals FRESCOBALDI: Il primo libro delle fantasie a quattro • Recercari et canzoni franzese fatte sopra diversi oblighi in partitura • Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo, Libro primo • Il Primo libro di capricci • Il Secondo libro di toccate, canzone versi d’hinni magnificat, gagliarde, correnti et altre partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo et organo • Fiori musicale di diverse compositioni toccate, kirie, canzoni, capricci, et recercari in partitura a quattro • Canzoni alla francese in partitura del Signor Girolamo Frescobaldi, Libro quarto “For these CDs Vartolo and Tactus dedicated a great effort for the reaching of the highest possible level both for performance and sound quality.” — Gramophone Tactus is proud to present its most ambitious project ever: Girolamo Frescobaldi’s complete published works for keyboard in a 12-CD box set! This great project started when Tactus founder Serafino Rossi commissioned the first recordings in 1986. Sergio Vartolo, one of the most acclaimed specialists of the Renaissance repertoire, released the first two sets in 1989 and 1990, respectively. In 1999, he passed the baton to Roberto Loreggian and Francesco Tasini. The box includes a rich essay, in which Maestro Tasini examines the style and keyboard production of the greatest contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi. A milestone release!

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DOREMI

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Lili Kraus

Plays Mozart & Bach Lili Kraus: piano/Jean-Pierre Rampal: flute/François Etienne, Jacques Lancelot: clarinets/ Pierre Pasquier: viola/Pierre Pierlot: oboe/Paul Hongne: bassoon/Gilbert Coursier: French horn/Etienne Pasquier: cello/Willi Boskovsky: conductor MOZART: Piano Concerto in E-flat, K. 271 • Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 • Trio for piano, clarinet & viola, K. 498 • Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E-flat, K. 452 • Adagio and Rondo, K. 617 • J.S. BACH: 22 miscellaneous short pieces (minuets, preludes, etc.)

First time on CD! Lili Kraus (1903–1986) is one of the most famous and respected pianists of the 20th century.

Cat # DHR 7929 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

First time on CD

Alirio Diaz Plays Guitar

Alirio Diaz: guitar/Jascha Horenstein: conductor LAURO: Guitar Concerto • GALILEI: Gagliarda • FRESCOBALDI: Aria con variazioni “La Frescobalda” • J.S. BACH: Prelude & Allemande from 1st Lute Suite, BWV 996 • Prelude & Fugue, BWV 998 • MORENO TORROBA: Los Mayas • Albada • LLOBET: El Testamento de Amelia • VILLA-LOBOS: Etude 1 • Etude 7 • Choro No. 1 • GOMEZ CRESPO: Nortena • BARRIOS: Aconquija • Danza Paraguaya • BORGES: Vals Venezolano • SAINZ DE LA MAZA: Homenaje a la Guitarra • RODRIGO: Invocacion y Danza

Cat # DHR 7997 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

This Venezuelan virtuoso is one of the finest classical guitarists to have emerged in the 20th century.

His earliest recordings, dating from the 1950s, have never been issued on CD—until now! On this remarkable disc, DOREMI pairs Diaz’s 1957 live recording of the Lauro Concerto, conducted by Jascha Horenstein, with two recital programs from the 1950s on the prestigious French label BAM.

First time on CD

Jascha Horenstein Horenstein Vol. 2

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/French Radio Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein: conductor SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1 • KORNGOLD: Prelude and Carnival from Violanta • HINDEMITH: Symphony: Mathis de Maler First time on CD! Jascha Horenstein is one of the 20th century’s most respected conductors.

Cat # DHR 7998 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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First time on CD

Release Date: November 9, 2010

DOREMI

THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT FOR THE CLASSICAL MUSIC LOVER!

Gustav MAHLER

Mahler Discography Book Cat # DHR 7300 Price Code: 10R (SRP $179.99) Number of Discs: 1 Hardcover Book; Box Lot 1

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A “must have” reference for anyone interested in Mahler!

Includes a CD of the rarest Mahler’s recording ever—the 4th symphony recorded in Holland in 1949, with the Hilversum Radio Orchestra conducted by Paul van Kempen. Only one set is known to survive, and the audio has been reconstituted and restored in Toronto by producer Jacob Harnoy.

With this book, Péter Fülöp wishes to pay tribute to Mahler’s music on the 150th anniversary of its composer’s birth and the 100th anniversary of his death. The book is the result of many years of record collecting by Fülöp, who started to collect Mahler records in 1974 in Budapest. The book lists 2,774 recordings, virtually all of which are housed in his archive. Having the recordings in hand has been critical to allow listing of some information, such as timings, and has been also helpful in ascertaining other information, such as works, artist, record labels, and more. In the timing section, durations of all works and movements may be found. Photographs of the first Mahler recordings are also drawn from the recordings in this archive. In the works section, not only are the artists and records presented, but the venue and the recording dates as well. In many cases, diligent and persistent research has been required to unearth these details.

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Arte Verum

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Barbara Hendricks

Shout for Joy: Spiritual Chrismas BUZZ ALERT

Cat # AVE 9 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Barbara Hendricks: soprano Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Daniel Blendulf String Quartet HANDEL: 3 exc. from Messiah • Joy to the World • FRANCK: Panis Angelicus • GOUNOD: Ave Maria • ADAM: O Holy Night • MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing • GRUBER: Stille Nacht–Silent Night• REGER: Mariä Wiegenlied • SCHUBERT: Ave Maria • WADE: Adeste Fideles • TRADITIONAL: Quittez, pasteurs • What Child Is This • Coventry Carol • Ding Dong Merrily on High • The First Nowell • Sussex Carol–On Christmas Night True Christians Sing • SPIRITUALS: Shout for Joy • Oh Jerusalem • Go Tell it on the Mountain • Mary Had a Baby • Ain’t That a-Rockin’ • Beautiful Star • Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow Fifteen years after EMI’s Barbara Hendricks Sings Christmas—one of the soprano’s best sellers—Barbara presents a Christmas album focused on sacred music. With new arrangements for orchestra, organ, string quartet, and blues ensemble, this wonderful selection of carols is a delightful musical companion for the holiday season. also available SCHUBERT Ave Maria Cat # AVE 199 Price Code: E (SRP $7.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin (CD+DVD) Cat # AVE 8 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

BEETHOVEN Lieder & Volkslieder Cat # AVE 6 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Myrios Classics

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Kirill Gerstein

Plays Liszt, Schumann & Knussen BUZZ ALERT

Cat # MYR 5 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Cover sticker: The spellbinding solo album by the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award winner.

Includes world premiere recording

Kirill Gerstein: piano SCHUMANN: Humoreske, Op. 20 • KNUSSEN: Ophelia’s Last Dance, Op. 32 (premiere) • LISZT: Sonata in B minor “[Gerstein] showed how virtuosity and soulfulness can go hand in hand.” — Chicago Sun Times Kirill Gerstein, recipient of the prestigious 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, is one of today’s most intriguing young musicians. For his solo album debut on Myrios Classics, he has recorded a spellbinding performance of Liszt’s Sonata in B minor and Schumann’s Humoreske.

The disc also includes the world premiere recording of Oliver Knussen’s enchanting composition Ophelia’s Last Dance from 2010.

Upcoming Performances October 7–10 Cleveland, OH – Severance Hall October 14–17 San Francisco, CA – Flint Center November 19 & 21 Fort Worth, TX – Bass Performance Hall December 9–11 Santa Ana, CA – R&H Segerstrom Concert Hall

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EXTON

Release Date: November 9, 2010 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart: conductor WAGNER: Prelude to Act I, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg • Preludes to Acts I & III, Lohengrin • Prelude to Act I, Parsifal • Overture to Der Fliegende Holländer • Prelude & Liebestod, Tristan und Isolde • Overture to Tannhäuser “De Waart captured the excitement of … a new era of expressivity, revealing in passage after passage, nuance, passion, and drama.” — LA Times, Culture Monster During his tenure as the chief conductor of Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Edo de Waart established one of the best reputations the orchestra has ever had.

This disc features the most popular repertoire of Wagner, and Edo de Waart directs the skillful orchestra to evoke a dramatic Wagnerian world.

Richard WAGNER Orchestral Works I Cat # EXN 153 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart: conductor WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre • Overture to Die Feen • A Faust Overture • Overture to Rienzi • Prelude to Act III, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg • Siegfried Idyll This disc was recorded just before Edo de Waart left the post of Chief Conductor, which he held for 15 years. Following the first volume of Wagner orchestral works, it features early works by the composer as well as standard numbers such as Ride of the Valkyries and Siegfried Idyll.

Richard WAGNER Orchestral Works II Cat # EXN 198 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

EXTON/TRITON

Sunhae Im: soprano Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck: conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G “By now the casual observer of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under music director Manfred Honeck might be thinking, ‘Mahler again? Haven’t they played him enough?’ But to the die-hard patron—and to most in the audience last night at Heinz Hall—the resounding answer is, ‘NEVER!’ … When you are in its grasp, this symphony can become a transcendent experience. Especially when you are guided by an expert who feels deeply for this composer, as is the case with Mr. Honeck.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Following the sensational hit of Mahler’s First Symphony, this is the second in the series of Mahler symphonies recorded by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Honeck finds this symphony especially dear to his heart, evoking the world of Mahler with “the interplay of the eerie and the idyllic.”

Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 4

also available MAHLER Symphony No. 1 “Titan” Cat # EXN 26 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Cat # EXN 48 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Sergei Edelmann: piano CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 • Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38 • Ballade No. 3 in A-flat, Op. 47 • Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 • Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op. 60 • Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 40 • Polonaise No. 7 in A-flat, Op. 61 “Polonaise-fantaisie” “Young Sergei Edelmann [is] one to be cherished.” — Chicago Magazine “Keep an eye out for his name. He’ll undoubtedly be around long enough that in another 50 years, another brilliant, untried pianist will be hailed as ‘the new Sergei Edelmann.’” — San Francisco Chronicle Sergei Edelmann has established himself as a significant, highly acclaimed pianist. Devoting a considerable amount of his time to teaching—and after a long silence in the recording market—he has finally begun a new series with EXTON/TRITON.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano Works

Cat # EXN TRI 58 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Avie Records

Release Date: November 9, 2010

George Frideric HANDEL The Messiah 2CD+DVD

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Cat # AVR 2208 Price Code: 3I (SRP $32.99) Number of Discs: 3 Double Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Apollo’s Fire Jeannette Sorrell: director “The Messiah we’ve been waiting for.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “A blend of scholarship and visceral intensity.” — Gramophone Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire celebrate the holiday season with a unique release of Handel’s Messiah: a three-disc set presenting a dramatic approach that explores the work as the theatrical entertainment Handel intended—an oratorio being a dramatic work, and Handel’s bold declaration that Messiah was “A Sacred Oratorio.” The DVD includes footage from rehearsals, concerts, and recording sessions as well as interviews with soloists, principal players, and Sorrell. The release will coincide with the orchestra’s five sold-out concerts in their hometown of Cleveland: December 14 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, December 15 at St. Noel Church, December 16–18 at First Baptist Church, December 19 at St. Christopher’s Catholic Church. Additional DVD specs not provided.

also available

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J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos Cat # AVR 2207 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99)

W.A. MOZART Symphony No. 40 Cat # AVR 2159 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610 Cat # AVR 2206 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99)

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Avie Records

W.A. MOZART

Piano Concertos 18 & 22 BUZZ ALERT

Cat # AVR 2200 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Imogen Cooper: piano, director Northern Sinfonia MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482 • Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K. 456 “Cooper once again reminds us of her own very individual, melodic style … She clearly feels this music deeply and infectiously communicates that sense to the listener.” — Gramophone Editor’s Choice (AVR 2100) “Cooper’s eloquent, musically intelligent playing was true to the bold profile of this work without sacrificing suppleness or grace.”

— Boston Globe Acclaimed pianist Imogen Cooper has seen her highly regarded career blossom of late, due to her recordings of Schubert’s late solo piano works and Mozart’s Piano Concertos on Avie. Most recently, her Schubert series has been hailed by the international media, from National Public Radio and the BBC to Gramophone and the New York Times. This is her third release of Mozart concertos directing the Northern Sinfonia from the keyboard. also available W.A. MOZART Piano Concertos 9 & 23 Cat # AVR 2100 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

W.A. MOZART Piano Concertos 24 & 25 Cat # AVR 2175 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Avie Records

Release Date: November 9, 2010 The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio Monica Huggett: violin Tanya Tomkins: cello Eric Zivian: fortepiano SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 1 • Piano Trio No. 3 “Commendable precision and brio.” — BBC Music magazine “Readings that emphasize the music’s drawing-room intimacy and gently undulating emotions.” — Classic FM The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio bowed on Avie earlier this year with an ear-opening account of Mendelssohn’s Piano Trios. They now return with another rarity—Schumann’s Piano Trios performed on period instruments.

Anchored by the enterprising violinist Monica Huggett, whose releases on Avie have made the Top 5 of the Billboard Classical Chart and earned a Grammy nomination, the Benvenue’s historically informed style lends a unique clarity to these early romantic masterpieces. This is the first of two releases by the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio surveying Schumann’s works for the genre.

Robert SCHUMANN Piano Trios 1 & 3

Cat # AVR 2210 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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MENDELSSOHN The Piano Trios Cat # AVR 2187 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Robert Langevin: flute Jonathan Feldman: piano FAURÉ: Flute Sonata in A, Op. 13 • FRANCK: Flute Sonata in A • PIERNÉ: Flute Sonata, Op. 36 “Dazzling performance … beautiful solo playing.” — New York Times Avie continues its series of recordings featuring principal players of the New York Philharmonic! Joined by fellow Philharmonic player Jonathan Feldman, the Quebec-born Langevin gives flawless performances of three staples of the flute repertory. Though the Sonatas by Fauré, Franck, and Pierné were all originally written for violin, the composers sanctioned the adaptations for flute, which fit the instrument perfectly. Langevin studied in his native Quebec and in Europe. Prior to joining the New York Philharmonic in 2000, he was principal flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Montreal Symphony, with whom he can be heard on over 30 recordings.

Robert Langevin

Flute Sonatas by Pierné, Franck & Fauré

also available

Cat # AVR 2213 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Judith Leclair Works for Bassoon Cat # AVR 2181 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Challenge Classics

Richard WAGNER

The Ring, Tristan und Isolde & Parsifal Cat # CHR 72338 Price Code: 2S (SRP $37.99) Number of Discs: 3 Double Digipak; Box Lot 17

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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart: conductor WAGNER: Der Ring—an orchestral adventure • Tristan und Isolde—an orchestral passion • Parsifal—an orchestral quest “De Waart doesn’t miss a trick.” — ClassicsToday After very successful concert tours featuring the orchestral adventures of Wagner operas—with arrangements by Henk de Vlieger—Edo de Waart and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic now present a three-CD set of this hauntingly beautiful music. Passionate music in a world-class performance!

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: November 9, 2010 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart: conductor Otto Tausk: conductor WAGNER: Die Meistersinger—An Orchestral Tribute • Deux entreactes tragiques Famous “orchestral builder” Edo de Waart presents new interpretations of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger and Deux entreactes tragiques in beautiful arrangements by Henk de Vlieger.

Richard WAGNER

Die Meistersinger: An Orchestral Tribute Cat # CHR 72326 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ton Koopman: harpsichord, organ Catherine Manson, David Rabinovich: violins Jonathan Manson: viola da gamba Mike Fentross: lute Christine Sticher: violone BUXTEHUDE: 8 sonatas for violins, violas da gamba, and/or violone with b.c., BuxWV 266–273 Dieterich Buxtehude’s chamber music holds some of the finest examples of the “stylus phantasticus”—virtuoso solos for excellent performers and creative spirits.

also available BUXTEHUDE Complete Works,Vol. 11 Cat # CHR 72250 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99)

Dietrich BUXTEHUDE

Complete Works Vol. 12: Chamber Music 1

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Cat # CHR 72251 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Slipcase Jewel; Box Lot 20

BUXTEHUDE Complete Works,Vol. 10 Cat # CHR 72249 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99)

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Challenge Classics

Triphonia Amanda Simmons: voice, romanesque harp, tambourine, castanets Gaby Bultmann: voice, vielle, psaltery, recorders, stringed tabor, bells, frame drum, tambourine Leila Schoeneich: voice, recorders, stringed tabor, frame drum Selections of ‘women’s songs’ from the Middle Ages On this recording, the listener is taken on a journey through the continental European tradition of so-called “women’s songs” and also glimpses a few songs found in manuscripts associated with German female religious communities. Triphonia is a Berlin trio that specializes in early music.

Triphonia

Mia Yrmana Fremosa: Medieval Woman’s Songs of Love and Pain Cat # CHR 72385 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Slipcase Jewel; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Navarra Quartet Xander van Vliet, Marije Ploemacher: violins Simone van der Glessen: viola Nathaniel Boyd: cello VASKS: String Quartet No. 1 • String Quartet No. 2 “Summer Tunes” • String Quartet No. 3 An outstanding musical journey into the realm of composer P¯eteris Vasks!

His music is full of sorrow and pain, but always remains hopeful. The Navarra Quartet seems to have a profound understanding of these compositions, and moved the composer himself to tears when they rehearsed the music with him. In 2008 the Navarra Quartet won the Outstanding Young Artist Award at the MIDEM Awards in Cannes, in partnership with the International Artist Managers’ Association.

Peteris ¯ VASKS

String Quartets 1–3 Cat # CHR 72365 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: November 9, 2010 Dominique Visse: countertenor Ensemble Barcarole Marianne Muller: viol Marco Horvat: lirone Eric Bellocq: theorbo Brice Sailly: organ, harpsichord Agnès Mellon: soprano, artistic director MONTEVERDI: 6 madrigals • SANCES: 2 madrigals • FRESCOBALDI: Così mi disprezzate • VALENTINI: Ti lascio, anima mea • ROGNONO: Anchor che col partir • MERULA: Sulla cetra amorosa • STROZZI: L’Eraclito amoroso This disc skillfully presents the tenderness, desire, jealousy, despair, and lamentations magnificently used in the musical repertoire of 17th century Italy.

Dominique Visse

Madrigali a due voci (17th Century) Cat # ZIG 101001 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Passacaille Il Gardellino Caroline Weynants: soprano Patrick Van Goethem: alto Marcus Ullman: tenor Lieven Termont: baritone Marcel Ponseele: director J.S. BACH: Cantata “Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen” BWV 32 • Cantata “Ich geh’ und suche mit Verlangen” BWV 49 • Cantata “Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren” BWV 154 • Johann Christoph BACH: Cantata “Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte” In the field of early music, Flemish ensemble Il Gardellino doesn’t need much introduction. After recording many CDs with mainly instrumental repertoire during the last 10 years, they proudly present the first volume of a Cantata series under the direction of Marcel Ponseele, who has been recording the Bach cantatas with Ton Koopman, Philippe Herreweghe, and John Eliot Gardiner.

J.S. BACH

Desire: Cantatas 32, 49 & 154 Cat # PAS 956 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Evil Penguin Records

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Beethoven’s Fifth: A Rediscovery DVD Cat # EPR 8 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Amaray; Box Lot 10

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Anima Eterna Jos van Immerseel: conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor Editor’s Choice in August 2010 issue of Classic FM DVD of the Month in May 2010 issue of Opus Klassiek Recorded in High Definition with neck-flexing camerawork, this performance at Brussels’ historic Concert Noble makes for an electrifying live event. The concert is accompanied by a documentary, which expands on the music, the musicians, and the trials & tribulations onstage and off.

Although Beethoven’s C Minor Symphony is probably the best-known piece of classical music ever written, it is veiled in myths and misunderstandings that are beginning to clear up thanks to the research and performance efforts of musicians such as Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna. This DVD bears visual testimony to the fact that one does not need a symphony orchestra to capture the cosmic dimensions of Beethoven. Anima Eterna makes a convincing plea for a small-scale chamber orchestra with specialized musicians playing on period instruments and performing as soloists.

NTSC, Dolby Digital 5.1 Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 16x9 Run Time: 70 min Languages: English, Dutch, French Subtitles: English, Dutch Booklet Notes: English

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Howard Shelley: conductor SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 3 • Symphony No. 5

Franz SCHUBERT Symphonies 3 & 5

As pianist, recording artist, and more recently conductor, Howard Shelley has enjoyed a distinguished career since his highly acclaimed London recital debut in 1971 and a televised Prom the same season. He has performed regularly in the US, Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, Australia, and the Far East.

Shelley has been soloist under the baton of such outstanding conductors as Ashkenazy, Boult, de Waart, Davis, Jansons, Marriner, Rozhdestvenksy, and Weller. As Principal Guest Conductor of the London Mozart Players, he has appeared frequently throughout Britain and on international tours. He has also conducted the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Israel Sinfonietta, and Orchestre National de Lille, as well as orchestras in Finland, Sweden, and Australia. Shelley is especially associated with the music of Rachmaninov, having performed a complete cycle of the composer’s solo piano works as well as award-winning recordings of both the solo piano music and the concertos.

Additional commercial recordings testify to Shelley’s wide-ranging repertoire and, as a result, he has been nominated several times for the Gramophone Awards. He has appeared on the soundtracks of films such as Anna Karenina (1997), Testimony (1988), and Un coeur en hiver (1992).

Cat # RPM 28950 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Yuzuko Horigome: violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yuri Simonov: conductor BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26 • Scottish Fantasy For Violin With Orchestra and Harp, Op. 46 Violinist Yuzuko Horigome was born in Tokyo and studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music with Professor Toshiya Eto. She graduated in 1980, the same year she won first prize in the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Belgium. Her double London debut with the London Symphony Orchestra in March 1983 with Claudio Abbado, and in April 1983 with Andre Previn, led to immediate re-invitations by both conductors. Engagements in the United States include performances at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony and appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra (under the baton of Claudio Abbado), to name a few.

Max BRUCH

Violin Concerto Cat # RPM 28790 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Ronan O’Hora: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra MOZART: Sonata In A Minor • Sonata In C Major • Fantasia In D Minor • Sonata In A Major “His sound is lustrous; his playing is lyrical and full of feeling.”

— Washington Post Ronan O’Hora is firmly established as one of Britain’s leading pianists.

He has performed extensively in every major country in Europe and the US, performing with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. His performances have been broadcast many times on television and radio, including a televised recital at the Chopin Society in Warsaw, a performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra for the Dutch TV series Young Artists on the Concert Platform, and two televised concerts of Mozart chamber music for BBC TV, as well as countless performances with the BBC Radio 3.

W.A. MOZART

Piano Sonatas

Cat # RPM 29000 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yehudi Menuhin: conductor ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Op. 39 • Enigma Variations, Op. 36 “Nimrod” • Cello Concerto, Op. 85: Adagio moderato • Cello Concerto, Op. 85: Allegro molto • Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 • Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Finale • TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74: ˇ Allegro molto vivace • Marche Slave, Op. 31 • DVORÁK: Symphony No. 8, Op. 88: Allegretto grazioso • Serenade for Strings: Allegro vivace Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York (1916) of Russian Jewish parents. He made his violin debut at the age of seven with the San Francisco Symphony in Lalo’s “Symphonie Espagnole,” following this with a recital in New York a year later. By the time he was eleven he made historic debuts in Paris and Carnegie Hall, at twelve in Berlin, and at thirteen in London, thus launching himself on a career that was to take him all over the world for the ensuing decades, playing with all the leading conductors and orchestras. In addition to his renown as a great musician he was equally recognized for his committed humanism, exemplified by his interest in and work for the young, and the many causes he found close to his synoptic mind and generous spirit.

Yehudi Menuhin

The Album

Cat # RPM 28570 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: November 9, 2010

More highlights from Berlin Classics’ back catalog! With luxurious velvet slipcase packaging and detailed booklet notes, all of these recordings are best sellers and ideal gifts for all classical music lovers.

Dresden Church Choir Folk Songs

Dresdner Kreuzchor/Rudolf Mauersberger: conductor 25 German folk songs including Guten Abend, gute Nacht • Die Vöglein im Walde • Alle Vögel sind schon da • Der Mai ist gekommen • Die Nachtigall • and more

Cat # BER 300118 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Velvet Box; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Bedrich SMETANA Ma Vlast

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Václav Neumann: conductor SMETANA: Ma Vlast

Cat # BER 300067 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Velvet Box; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Carl ORFF

Carmina Burana Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Berlin Radio Chorus/Leipzig Radio Chorus/ Herbert Kegel: conductor ORFF: Carmina Burana

Cat # BER 300066 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 2 Velvet Box; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Berlin Classics

Concerto Köln J.S. BACH: Orchestra Suites Nos. 1–4, BWV 1066–1069 In November 2010, Concerto Köln celebrates their 25th anniversary. Yet with the ensemble sounding so fresh and dynamic, it’s a milestone that seems quite extraordinary! Now, in the wake of their recent successes with Handel’s Water Music and the discovery of the Rigel Symphonies (Echo Klassik Award), Concerto Köln has come up with a further large-scale Baroque project: J.S. Bach’s four Orchestral Suites.

The vitality of the performance surrenders none of its subtlety, intelligently reproducing Bach’s perfectly balanced structures.

also available HANDEL Water Music Cat # BER 16172 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99)

J.S. BACH

The Orchestral Suites

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RIGEL Symphonies Cat # BER 16432 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99)

BUZZ ALERT

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Cat # BER 300061 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digipak; Box Lot 27 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Vocal Concert Dresden Christmas at San Marco

Vocal Concert Dresden/Dresden Instrumental Concert/Peter Kopp: conductor BERTONI: Kyrie in F • GALUPPI: Missa per San Marco • Motet “Adeste Fideles” • Te Deum laudamus in C • LATILLA: Sinfonia in G This new recording from the Vocal Concert Dresden captures the musical atmosphere of a richly sonorous Venetian Christmas celebration. The highly praised choir, conducted

by Peter Kopp, is accompanied by a marvelous international quintet of soloists and the Dresden Instrumental Concert ensemble.

Cat # BER 300063 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Etcetera

Release Date: November 9, 2010 Champ d’Action BREWAEYS: Painted Pyramids • Si sentiva un po’ stanco… • Black rock unfolding • Les Méandres de la Mémoire • OBAN • Il fiume del tempo passava… (premiere) Luc Brewaeys is one of the leading personalities of Flemish new music, with an important body of work that ranges from solo works and chamber music to ensemble pieces and orchestral works, including a total of eight symphonies to date. The Flemish contemporary music ensemble Champ d’Action was founded by composer Serge Verstockt in 1988 and has since developed into one of the most important groups of the Flemish musical world. Champ d’Action gives yearly concerts at national and international concert venues and festivals including deSingel, Concertgebouw Brugge, Flagey, Kaaitheater, Ars Musica, Transit Festival, De Bijloke, Artefact Festival, Wien Modern, Huddersfield, Holland Festival, and the Happy New Ears festival.

Luc BREWAEYS Painted Pyramids

Cat # ETC 1408 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Includes World Premiere Recording

Jeannette Koekkoek: piano Sarah Kapustin: violin BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–10 (complete) A fresh and original approach to the corpus of Beethoven’s 10 Sonatas for piano and violin! Sarah Kapustin’s musical activities have taken her across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia in performances as both soloist and chamber musician. Born in 1981 in Milwaukee, WI, she has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, and the Vogtland Philharmonie.

Misha Dichter proclaimed Jeannette Koekkoek “a fireball.” Fulfilling her vision and flair for collaborative relationships, Koekkoek founded the Netherlands Piano Quartet, the Sagee Piano Trio, the Trompenberg Ensemble, and the Koekkoek-Schatborn Duo.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin Cat # ETC 1904 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 4 Double Jewel Case; Box Lot 10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Etcetera

Richard WAGNER

The Ring 13 SACD Set Cat # ETC 5504 Price Code: 10J (SRP $99.99) Number of Discs: 13 Box Set; Box Lot unknown

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Albert Dohmen, Doris Soffel, Charlotte Margiono, John Keyes, Linda Watson, Sig Andersen, Günther von Kannen, Graham Clark, Michaela Schuster, Robert Bork, Kurt Rydl: vocal soloists Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Hartmut Haenchen: conductor WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle of four music dramas) “This is a Ring you cannot be without.” — Fanfare Brought up in the former East Germany, Hartmut Haenchen has seen his career reborn in the new Europe, where his breadth of experience and depth of understanding have won respect while audiences have warmed to the humanity of his interpretations. He is particularly renowned and respected for his interpretations of Richard Strauss, Wagner, and Mahler. Despite the severe restrictions of the old East German regime, Haenchen was given special permission to work with the West’s finest ensembles, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Continual interference by the authorities, however, led to severe setbacks in his career and he subsequently made his home in the Netherlands, where a new public recognized his genius, and where he eventually became Music Director of both the Netherlands Philharmonic and the Netherlands Opera. In October 2008 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the German Republic in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the arts.

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Etcetera

Release Date: November 9, 2010 Hexagon Ensemble Leo SMIT: Sextuor • Willem PIJPER: Sextet • Rudolf ESCHER: Sonata for solo flute, Op. 16 • Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK: Variations on the folksong “Mein junges Leben hat ein End” • Judith SHATIN: Ockeghem Variations The Hexagon Ensemble is a piano sextet consisting of five wind players and a pianist. Not one library is safe from these six musicians—they search all over the world to find unknown or forgotten repertoire, and their quest has yielded a unique catalog containing over 4,000 works. In recording their CDs, Hexagon’s musicians do not impose any restraints.

Famous highlights from music literature are interchanged with special works to create a pleasant and often surprising mix of well-known and forgotten repertoire. The ensemble has released seven well-received CDs.

Hexagon Ensemble The Dutch Connection Cat # ETC 1407 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Julia Bronkhorst: soprano Ton Hartsuiker: piano WIJDEVELD: Violin Sonata • South African Songs (2) • Kermesse • Sonata for 2 Violins • Songs on poems by Walt Whitman • Zondagsminiatuur Another installment in the Dutch Composers Series highlights the music of a lesser-known composer. The disc includes a very interesting selection of music, from South African songs to beautiful poetry by Walt Whitman.

Wolfgang WIJDEVELD Lieder & Chamber Music Cat # ETC 1417 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Etcetera

B’Rock XS PETERSEN: Speelstukken Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 10 • Gilbert van STEENWICK: Tricabylie from the Klavierboek of Anna Maria van Eyl • ANONYMOUS: Amarillis • Daphne Rarely recorded virtuosic repertoire from 17th century Amsterdam.

B’Rock appears here for the frst time as an extra small (XS) ensemble.

Previous B’Rock releases have been very well received by the press.

CD-Rom Bonus Track: Suite from Petersen’s Speelstucken for carillon, played by Carl Van Eyndhoven.

David PETERSEN

Speelstukken: Stylus Phantasticus in the Low Countries

Cat # ETC 4032 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Roel Dieltiens: cello J.S. BACH: Solo Cello Suites Nos. 1–6, BWV 1007–1012 Roel Dieltiens’ 1991 recording of this music has become a best seller.

After nearly 20 years, he had some new ideas about the works and recorded them with a wiser—but still fresh—approach. Has already received jubilant reviews in the Belgium press!

J.S. BACH

Complete Cello Suites Cat # ETC 1403 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010 Martiene Sikkenk: mandolin Dirk Luijmes: harmonium Heleen Hulst: violin Asko/Schönberg Ensemble Etienne Siebens: conductor PADDING: Eight Metal Strings • First Harmonium Concerto • White Eagle Martijn Padding studied composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, piano with Fania Chapiro, and musicology at the University of Utrecht. His oeuvre ranges from solo instrumental works to large-scale orchestral compositions and music theatre. His more recent works are less prone to the angular construction and pithy harmonic structure of his earlier pieces, and although Padding’s music often still exhibits a technical-musical aspect, a theatrical element is increasingly evident. His compositions treat a broad spectrum of subjects and personages including Thelonious Monk, Gustav Mahler, and Arnold Schoenberg.

Martijn PADDING Three Concerti

Cat # ETC 1406 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Jan Vermeulen: fortepiano SCHUBERT: Sonata in D, D850 • Hungarian Melody in B minor, D817 • Adagio in E, D612 • March in E, D606 • Alegretto in C minor, D915 • Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli in C minor, D718 • 13 Variations on a Theme of Anselm Hüttenbrenner in A minor, D576 • Sonata in A-flat, D557 • 17 German Dances or “Ländler,” D366 • Sonata in C, D279 “This series continues to be most impressive. Vermeulen must be the ideal Schubert player, and the instrument, a superbly restored Streicher und Sohn of 1826, has an astonishing range of dynamics from a powerful fortissimo to an especially beautiful pianissimo, and it has a wonderful clarity of articulation.” — Early Music Review

Franz SCHUBERT

Works for Fortepiano, Vol. VI Cat # ETC 1335 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Vilain XIIII’s six-octave straight-strung Streicher has an intimate sound, precise articulation, and a transparent bass register and is, therefore, perfectly suited to the music of the Viennese early Romantics Beethoven and Schubert. The recording of the complete solo piano works of Franz Schubert on this first-class period instrument is a project that originated from the cycle of concerts devoted to Schubert’s works that Jan Vermeulen has given for the Cultural Centre Maasmechelen since 2003, and from the increasing realization of the particular historical qualities of the instrument.

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Delphian Records

Concerto Caledonia

Late Night Sessions: Live at the Edinburgh International Festival Concerto Caledonia/David McGuinness: director/Martin Carthy, Michael Marra, Alasdair Roberts, Katharine Fuge: vocals The Book of Doves • Marshall-Burns • Sir Patrick Spens • The Duke of Athol’s March • Jamaican Tunes • Paven • Chilling O Guiry • Alloway House • The Secret Kiss • The Scots Chaconne • Reading Ends in Melancholy • Allegro from Quartetto Op. 6 No. 1 by J.G.C. Schetky • Black Jock, including Black, White, Yellow and Green Four concerts at 2009’s Edinburgh International Festival offered a great opportunity to draw on Delphian’s repertoire of the last 17 years, and to invite a few special guests to add some new discoveries along the way. This CD presents a selection of favorite moments from those evenings at the Hub, showing just some of the fun that was had there. Everything you hear on this recording happened onstage in the shows (except the gun going off in the Tattoo at the Castle next door…). It’s guaranteed live, and all the better for it!

Cat # DPH 34093 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Thomas Laing-Reilly

Adeste Fideles: Organ Music for Christmas Thomas Laing-Reilly: organ William T. BEST: A Christmas Fantasy on Old English Carols • J.S. BACH: Chorale, “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her” BWV 738 • PACHELBEL: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her • Johann Bernard BACH: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her • REGER: Weihnachten, Op. 145, No. 3 • DANDRIEU: Noël cette Journée • Il n’est rien de plus tendre • DAQUIN: Noël X • COCHEREAU: Variations on “Adeste Fideles” • GUILMANT: Noël Ecossais • DEMESSIEUX: Adeste Fideles • LANGLAIS: Noël Breton • IRELAND: The Holy Boy • SOMERVELL: Shepherd’s Cradle Song • Alfred HOLLINS: Christmas Cradle Song • Garth EDMUNDSON: Vom Himmel hoch • The Bells of St. Cuthbert’s Church & St. Cuthbert’s Change-Ringers Situated in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, St. Cuthbert’s Church was the first parish church in Scotland to hold candlelit services on Christmas Eve. The 2,000-strong congregation was regularly joined by people standing in the aisles! Today, the organ continues to combine its role of supporting the singing with solo performance of varied repertoire.

Cat # DPH 34077 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

The Three Kings: Music for Christmas from Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum/ Carleton Etherington: organ/Benjamin Nicholas: conductor Gabriel JACKSON: The Magi • Thou whose birth • WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque • BAX: Lullay, dear Jesus • Philip WILBY: The Word Made Flesh • CORNELIUS: The Kings • REGER: The Virgin’s Slumber Song • PARRY: Welcome, Yule! • When Christ was born of Mary free • JOUBERT: There is no rose of such virtue • James BASSI: Quem pastores laudavere • LANGLAIS: La Nativité • HOWELLS: O, my deir hert • Carl RÜTTI: I wonder as I wander • Jonathan DOVE: The Three Kings • TAVENER: God is with us • Garth EDMUNDSON: Vom Himmel hoch In the vast, echoing space of their Mediaeval home the boys and men of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum celebrate the awe and mystery of Christmas, ushering in the birth of the Christ child with a sequence of carols from the last two centuries that combines familiar names with offerings from some of today’s foremost composers.

Cat # DPH 34047 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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CAvi-music

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Cat # AVI 7771014 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

Cat # AVI 7771012 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

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U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Includes World Premiere Recordings

Charles GOUNOD & Louis Théodore GOUVY

W.A. MOZART

Gran Partita (Serenade, K. 361)

French Music for Winds

Saxonian Wind Academy

Saxonian Wind Academy MOZART: Serenade in B-flat, K. 361 “Gran Partita” GOUNOD: Petite Symphony • GOUVY: Otetto, Op. 71 • Petite Suite gauloise, Op. 90 (both premieres)

A masterpiece of Mozart’s art at his major peak in his early Viennese time.

A very rare species of genre, much loved and recommended by wind specialists!

Cat # AVI 7771005 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

Cat # AVI 7771025 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

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The Yankele Band

Hartmut & Rainer Schill

The Yankele Band, Chemnitz

Hartmut Schill: violin/Rainer Schill: piano

Itamar Freilach • Jakka • Mi Chamocha • Simkhas Torah • Skyliner Khosid • Bukover Freilekhs • If I Were a Rich Man • Freilachdance • Yidish Khosidil • Ele Chamba Libi • Tate Freilach • Ratschinitsa • Yidish Mame • Oj pidu Ja Szicher Wicher • Terk in Amerika • Babsi’s Decision

KREISLER: Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven • Liebesleid • Schön Rosmarin • BOCHMANN: A little town wants to go to sleep • LINCKE: Once upon a time • DRDLA: Souvenir • MONTI: Csàrdas • TOSELLI: Serenade No. 1 • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hindu Song from Sadko • MASSENET: Mèditation from Thaïs • SARASATE: Romanza Andaluza • SIMONETTI: Madrigale • SCOTT: Cherry Ripe • FIBICH: Poème • BOULANGER: Avant du Mourir • ALBÉNIZ: Tango • KREUDER: Sag beim Abschied leise Servus

The Music of the Soul

A live recording of traditionals and new Yiddish melodies.

Tiramisu for the Soul

A typical program for an old-fashioned Viennese coffeehouse.

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CAvi-music

Wolfgang Meyer: clarinet Eisler Quartett Elisabeth Weber, Clemens Linder: violins Pauline Sachse: viola Mischa Meyer: cello WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat • BLISS: Clarinet Quintet (1935) Wolfgang Meyer counts as one of the best clarinet players around. This is the first recording of the young Eisler Quartett, made up of principals from Berlin orchestras.

Meyer/Eisler Quartett Clarinet Quintets

MOZART Clarinet Quintets Cat # AVI 8553047 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # AVI 8553216 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Fuga Libera Olga Senderskaia: soprano Alina Shakirova: alto Petr Novikov: bass Ilya Knovalov: violin Vitaly Nazarov: oboe Musica Viva Alexander Rudin: cello, conductor GLINKA: Overture in D • Overture in G minor • Romance “Ne nazivaj” • Symphony in B-flat (unfinished) • Romance “Kolybelnaia” • Three Dances from A Life for the Tsar • Passo a Tre • Pas de Quatre • Passo a Due • Romance “Nochnoj smotr” • Karmarinskaia • Romance “Ti skoro” • Valse-fantaisie He is the “Father of the Russian music,” the Russian history books say. But what do we know of Mikhaïl Glinka, except the echoes of Ruslan & Ludmilla, or from A Life for the Tsar (which includes the extraordinary danced interludes brought together by Peter Klimov)?

This new album offers a perfect tool for discovery. With the exception of well-known works like Kamarinskaia or Nocnhoj smotr, all of the works here are unpublished.

Mikhaïl GLINKA Orchestral Works

BUZZ ALERT

Cat # FGL 571 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Fryderyk Chopin Society

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Frédéric CHOPIN Nocturnes

Dang Thai Son: piano CHOPIN: Nocturne in C minor, WN 62 • Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55, No. 2 • Nocturne in G, Op. 37, No. 2 • Nocturne in G minor, Op. 27, No. 1 • Nocturne in A-flat, Op. 32, No. 2 • Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 • Nocturne in F-sharp, Op. 15, No. 2 • Nocturne in B, Op. 9, No. 3 • Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 • Nocturne in B, Op. 32, No. 1 • Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 • Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, No. 2 • Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 • Nocturne in C-sharp minor, WN 37

Cat # FCS 20 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 28

This Vietnamese pianist, one of the top musicians of our times, is a juror at prestigious international piano competitions, and will be a juror at the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. This is the first solo album in the series The Real Chopin, published by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. In this phenomenal interpretation, we will hear the Nocturnes, Op. 9, 32, 37 and 55.

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Frédéric CHOPIN Waltzes, Polonaises

Marek Drewnowski: piano CHOPIN: Waltz in E-flat, Op. 18 • Waltz in A-flat, Op. 34, No. 1 • Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2 • Waltz in F, Op. 34, No. 3 • Waltz in D-flat, Op. 64, No. 1 • Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 • Waltz in A-flat, Op. 64, No. 3 • Waltz in A-flat, Op. 69, No. 1 • Waltz in B-flat minor, Op. 69, No. 2 • Waltz in G-flat, Op. 70, No. 1 • Walt in F minor, Op. 70, No. 2 • Waltz in D-flat, Op. 70, No. 3 • Waltz in E minor, WN 29 • Waltz in E, WN 18 • Waltz in A-flat, WN 28 • Waltz in E-flat, WN 53 • Waltz in A minor, WN 63

Cat # FCS 19 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Marek Drewnowski’s first album recorded on historical pianos (Pleyel, 1848; Erard, 1849) in The Real Chopin series. Drewnowski performs continually in the greatest halls in Europe, the US, and Japan. He is the creator and organizer of Józef Hofmann Festival in Nał˛eczów, as well as the founder of the chamber music orchestra The Chopin Soloists. Currently, apart from concert activities, he runs a piano course at Schola Cantorum in Paris and in the Academy of Music in Łódz.

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Frédéric CHOPIN

Polonaise, Mazurkas, Rondo Tatiana Shebanova: piano CHOPIN: Polonaise in B-flat minor, Wn 10 • Polonaise in G-sharp minor, WN 5 • Polonaise in F minor, Op. 71, No. 3 • Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26, No. 1 • Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 63, No. 3 • Mazurka in D-flat, Op. 30, No. 3 • Mazurka in F minor, Op. 63, No. 2 • Mazurka in C, Op. 56, No. 2 • Mazurka in A minor, Dbop. 42 A • Mazurka in C, Op. 68, No. 1 • Nocturne in G minor, Op. 15, No. 3 • Mazurka in B, Op. 56, No. 1 • Mazurka in B, Op. 63, No. 1 • Variations in E on a German Air, WN 4 “Der Schweizerbub” • Rondo in C, WN 14 • Galop Marquis in A-flat, WN 59 Cat # FCS 18 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 28 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Tatiana Shebanova plays the Erard piano from 1849 in order to enrich The Real Chopin series with her interpretation. We hear her performing Polonaises & Mazurkas, the genres Chopin fancied most, as well as Variation in E major on a German folk song, and Rondo in C major.

Shebanova is one of the finest contemporary pianists. She is a laureate of international competitions in Prague (1969), Geneva (1976), and Brussels (1990).

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Fryderyk Chopin Society

Frédéric CHOPIN

Variations, Mazurkas, Rondos Tatiana Shebanova: piano CHOPIN: Largo in E-flat • Variations in B-flat on the Theme “Je vends des scapulairies” from Hérold’s opera Ludovic, Op. 12 • Rondo a la Mazurka in F, Op. 5 • Rondo in C for 2 pianos, Op. 73 • Funeral March in C minor, Op. 72, No. 2 • Fugue in A minor • Mazurka No. 57 in C • Mazurka No. 58 in A-flat • Mazurka No. 56 in B-flat • Mazurka No. 55 in D • Moderato in E, “Album Leaf ”, WN 56 • Variations on a Theme by Thomas Moore for piano four hands in D • Variations in A “Souvenir of Paganini” • Variations in E on a March from Bellini’s I Puritani • Polonaise No. 16 in G-flat • Allegretto in F-sharp “Mazurka” • Waltz in E-flat (1830?) • Andantino for Piano in G minor “Wiosna” Tatiana Shebanova is one of the most eminent pianists performing today. She is the winner of international competitions in Prague (1969), Geneva (1976), and Brussels (1990), among others. Polish audiences will remember her performances during the 10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1980, when she received Second Prize and the special prizes for the best performances of a polonaise and a concerto.

Cat # FCS 17 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 28 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Frédéric CHOPIN Sonata, Mazurkas Ewa Pobłocka: piano CHOPIN: Sonata in C minor, Op. 4 • 3 Nouvelles Etudes • Mazurkas, Op. 7, Nos. 1–5 • Mazurka in B-flat, Op. 17, No. 1 • Contredanse in G-flat • Maurka No. 56 in B-flat • Cantabile in B-flat, WN 43 • Mazurka No. 53 in G • Mazurka No. 52 in B-flat • Mazurkas, Op. 6, Nos. 1–4 • Mazurkas, Op. 41, Nos. 1–4 • Mazurka in A minor “Notre temps” The program recorded on this CD was composed on the basis of masterpieces and marginalia of Fryderyk Chopin. The program has been entrusted to Ewa Pobłocka, a comprehensive pianist with a vast repertoire who constantly tours almost every country in the world.

Cat # FCS 15 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Frédéric CHOPIN Chamber Music

Jan Krzysztof Broja: piano/Andrzej Bauer: cello/Jakub Jakowicz: violin CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 • Introduction and Polonaise in C for piano & cello, Op. 3 • Grand Duo Concertante in E-flat on a Theme from Meyerbeer’s opera Robert le Diable for piano & cello, Dbop. 16 • Trio in G minor for piano, violin & cello, Op. 8 A CD dedicated entirely to the chamber music of Fryderyk Chopin! Winners of international & national competitions were invited to take part in the recording. Jan Krzysztof Broja can be compared with the most famous pianists of the past century. We also hear cellist Andrzej Bauer, founder and artistic supervisor of Warsaw Cellonet Group, and Jakub Jakowicz, the first violinist of the Lutosławski Quartet Wrocław.

Cat # FCS 13 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 28 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Alpha/Arcana/æon

Release Date: November 9, 2010

J.S. BACH

Missae Breves BWV 233 & 236 Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon: conductor Cat # APH 170 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH: Motet, BWV 118 • Missa Breve, BWV 233 • Missa Breve, BWV 236 After the success of Pygmalion’s first recording, awarded with a Diapason d’Or, the second part is of very special importance. As an expression of musical genius, these Lutherian Masses are a fascinating discovery.

Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Et la fleur vole: Dance and Court Music ca. 1600 Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien/Francois Lazarevitch: conductor Cat # APH 167 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

PRAETORIUS: Ballet • BALLARD: Suite de branles • CHASTILLON DE LA TOUR: Tandis que je m’arreste • PHILIDOR: Bransle de Village • Courant La Bergère • BATAILLE: L’oeil noir de ma chaste brunette • Sortès soupirs témoins de mon martire • BOESSET: Je voudrois bien ô Cloris • Un jour Amarille et Tircis • PLANSON: Puisque le ciel veut ainsi • Et la fleur vole • Amour n’a point des ayles

Giovanni Pierluigi PALESTRINA Missa Papae Marcelli

Odhecaton/Paolo da Col: conductor Cat # ACA 358 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli A landmark recording. Odhectaton makes their debut on Arcana with the Missa Papae Marcelli of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, a recording sure to become a point of reference for this sacred masterwork.

Antonio VIVALDI

Concertos for Flute & Flautino Dorothee Oberlinger: recorders/Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca Cat # ACA 334 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Replaces ACA 330

VIVALDI: Concerto in D, RV 95 “La Pastorella” • Concerto in G, RV 101 • Concerto in A minor, RV 108 • Concerto in C, RV 444 • Concerto in G, RV 443 • Concerto in F, R 442 • Concerto in B-flat, RV 163 “Conca” This CD takes the place of ACA 330, with new packaging, catalog number, and barcode.

Thierry MACHUEL

Clairvaux: Beyond the Wall 2CD+DVD François-René Duchâble: piano/Trio Pasquier/Les Cris de Paris/ Geoffroy Jourdain: conductor

Cat # AEN 1092 Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) MACHUEL: Paroles contre l’oubli • Nocturnes de Clairvaux • Chants de Number of Discs: 3 Digipak Amaray; Box Lot 25 captivité • Leçons de Ténèbres • Lebensfuge • DVD: Julien Sallé: Or, les

murs (2009, Region Code: 0, Run Time: 60 min).

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Ricercar

Release Date: November 9, 2010 A magnificent object! Like Ricercar’s Guide to Period Instruments, this beautiful set features eight CDs and a gorgeous 200-page color book.

This is neither the time nor the place to retrace all the steps that led the reformers to their various fates; neither need we outline the reactions of those who forged the basic ideas of the Counter-Reformation by defending the principles of the Roman Catholic Church. Such a description of the historical background simply aids us to a better understanding of the role that music played in these situations, how it was able to adapt itself to the precepts that the two faiths proclaimed and how it continued its development during a highly complex period in history. It was during this time that polyphony had reached its apogee, and was beginning to give way to the accompanied single lines and the rich expression that would characterize the baroque.

Akademia

Reformation & Counter-Reformation

Cat # RCE 101 Price Code: 8G (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 8 Box Set; Box Lot 5 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Cat # RCE 304 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Cat # RCE 307 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Lingua Franca

Christoph GRAUPNER

Lingua Franca/Benoît Laurent: conductor

Amaryllis Dieltiens, Elisabeth Scholl: sopranos/Lothar Blum, Reinhoud van Mechelen: tenors/Stefan Geyer: baritone/Ex Tempore/Mannheimer Hofkapelle/Florian Heyerick: conductor

Lustige Feldmusik

TELEMANN: Partie in C • FISCHER: Suite in A minor • FASCH: Concerto in G • MÜLLER: Sonata in G minor • Sonata in F • FÖSTER: Concerto in G It was thanks to a strong French influence at the beginning of the 18th century that bandes de hautbois were frequently present in German courts. These instruments were initially intended for the performance of military and ceremonial music, but soon began to take part in more courtly entertainments.

Christmas Oratorio

GRAUPNER: Ein Weihnachts Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio) This recording brings together several Christmas cantatas from the almost 1,400 composed by Graupner. These works are real jewels thanks to the variety and the originality of their structure and instrumental colors; their rediscovery now completes a chapter in music history that was once almost totally unknown.

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Gramola

Release Date: November 9, 2010

J.S. BACH Minor Music

Wolfgang Dimetrik: accordion J.S. BACH: 3 Suites in minor keys from the English Suites (arr. accordion) From Johann Sebastian Bach’s English Suites, Austrian accordion player Wolfgang Dimetrik has chosen three suites in the minor key and arranged them for his instrument—a pioneering achievement that gives this recording the status of being the standard for future generations of accordion players.

Cat # GLA 98819 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 22 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations Ingrid Marsoner: piano J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations Following a successful Schubert CD, young Austrian pianist Ingrid Marsoner now presents her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, the cycle she has performed several times at concerts at home and abroad in recent years.

Cat # GLA 98846 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 22 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Hans GÁL

The Right Tempo Ulrike Anton: flute/Russell Ryan: piano/Cornelia Löscher, Wolfhart Schuster: violins GÁL: Three Sketches for Piano • Three Intermezzi for Flute & Piano • Sonata for Two Violins • “Huyton Suite” for Flute & 2 Violins This CD, produced in conjunction with exil.arte (which seeks to recover the works of expelled and murdered composers from oblivion) presents examples of Hans Gál’s wonderful chamber music.

Cat # GLA 98896 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 22 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Release Date: November 9, 2010

Opera d’Oro

Luciano Pavarotti

A Passion for Pavarotti: The Arias BUZZ ALERT

Cat # OPD 6004 Price Code: 2B (SRP $7.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Arias from Verdi’s Rigoletto • Puccini’s Turandot • Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte • Massenet’s Manon • Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci • Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi • and many more 22 groundbreaking historical performances by the legendary Luciano Pavarotti!

also available A Passion for Pavarotti: Art Songs & Lieder Cat # OPD 6003 Price Code: 2B (SRP $7.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Pavarotti Passion,Vol. II Cat # OPD 6002 Price Code: B (SRP $3.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Pavarotti Passion Cat # OPD 6001 Price Code: B (SRP $3.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Opera highlights from Berlin Classics’ back catalog! With luxurious velvet slipcase packaging and detailed booklet notes, each of these best-selling recordings will make an ideal gift for any opera lover.

Celestina Casapietra, Sylvia Geszty: sopranos Annelies Burmeister: alto Günther Leib: baritone Peter Schreier: tenor Theo Adam: bass German State Opera, Berlin Berlin Staatskapelle Otmar Suitner: conductor MOZART: Così fan tutte (complete opera sung in Italian)

W.A. MOZART

“Otmar Suitner was one of the last survivors of the old Kapellmeister tradition, learning his crafts as he made his way up the professional ladder in slow and steady stages, rather than the catapult-to-stardom system that deposits young conductors before the public these days. Eventually, Suitner’s name was to become a frequent one on recordings, but the fact that he spent most of his working life in the former East Germany meant he was not as familiar a figure on the international scene as his abilities deserved.”

— The Independent

Così fan tutte

Cat # BER 300115 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 2 Velvet Box; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Rolf Apreck, Harald Neukirch: tenors Robert Lauhöfer, Günther Leib: baritones Wilhelm Klemm, Bruno Aderhold: basses Sona Cevenä, Maria Croonen, Ursula Engert: sopranos Sigrid Kehl: alto Leipzig Radio Choir Leipzig Radio Children’s Choir Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Herbert Kegel: conductor BIZET: Carmen (complete opera sung in German) “Known in the United States primarily as the conductor of a surefire recording of Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Herbert Kegel was respected in Europe as a pivotal figure … His manner was without affectation or grandiosity, rhythmically alert and lyrically poised, always efficient and often inspired.”

— All Music Guide

Georges BIZET Carmen

Cat # BER 300119 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 2 Velvet Box; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Opera Fanatic/Bel Canto Society

Release Date: November 9, 2010

Cat # BCS OF 65 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 30

Cat # BCS DVD 670 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Amaray; Box Lot 30

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REISSUE

Giacomo PUCCINI

Gustave CHARPENTIER

Magda Olivero: soprano/Daniele Barioni: tenor/Giangiacomo Guelfi: baritone/Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice/ Oliviero De Fabritiis: conductor

Grace Moore: soprano/Georges Thill: tenor/André Pernet: bass/ Abel Gance: director

La fanciulla del West

Louise

PUCCINI: La fanciulla del West (complete opera sung in Italian) Includes 20-page booklet with an interview of Magda Olivero

by Stefan Zucker.

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