Catalogue Naxos September 2014

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Italian Soprano Arias

Maria Luigia Borsi, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra • Yves Abel Ottorino RESPIGHI Alfredo CATALANI Giuseppe VERDI

Giacomo PUCCINI

Il tramonto La Wally: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Act 1) Otello: Era più calmo?...Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Canzone del salice/Willow Song) – Ave Maria (Act 4) Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo (Act 2) Turandot: Signore, ascolta (Act 1) La bohème: Donde lieta uscì (Act 3) Suor Angelica: Senza mamma La rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Act 1) Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Sales Points • We are proud to introduce a lyric soprano whose future as one of the great voices of the 21st Century seems assured. Maria Luigia Borsi’s performances have been critically acclaimed for their “grace, beauty, animation and variety” (The Sunday Times), with triumphs in many of the works which appear in this début solo album, such as Respighi’s Il tramonto, for which The Scotsman admired her “sultry voice, beautifully controlled… a perfect match for the broody viola and cello lines which provide the bedrock for this touching tale of love and loss.” Ms Borsi’s sublime singing is supported here by the superlative London Symphony Orchestra conducted by award-winning conductor Yves Abel.

Maria Luigia Borsi

Hailed by critics worldwide for her vocal dynamism and interpretive prowess, Maria Luigia Borsi has forged a career that has taken her throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Ms Borsi began her career as Liù in Puccini’s Turandot at the Teatro alla Scala. She made her Venetian début for the historic reopening of the Gran Teatro La Fenice singing the role of Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata, conducted by Lorin Maazel. She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Münchner Philharmoniker, Seoul Philharmonic and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

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Appearing here in her début solo album, Italian lyric soprano Maria Luigia Borsi has been acclaimed for her ‘grace, beauty, animation and variety’ (The Sunday Times). Her Willow Song from Verdi’s Otello has been described as ‘gorgeously sung’ (Opera News) and her role in Puccini’s Turandot as demonstrating ‘extraordinary communicative skills’ (Opera Magazine). This programme includes some of the most moving and dramatic arias from Italian opera, including the tragic heartbreak of Madama Butterfly and the shimmering beauty of Catalani’s Ebben? Ne andrò lontana from La Wally.

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JoAnn Falletta

Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) Kossuth Two Portraits • Suite No. 1

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta All three of the works in this programme reveal a young composer on the threshold of greatness, serving as his passport to the vast new world of orchestral music prevailing at the beginning of the 20th century. Inspired by the tone poems of Richard Strauss, Bartók’s Kossuth dramatically commemorates the struggle for Hungarian independence in 1848 with an alluring and provocative orchestration. The Two Portraits set moods of love and painful heartbreak into stark contrast, while the First Suite is a showcase of symphonic effects which caused a sensation in Vienna at its première in 1905.

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Sales Points • Bartók is best known for orchestral works such as the Miraculous Mandarin and the Concerto for Orchestra. This attractive collection of his earlier orchestral works shows an already masterful composer with one foot still resting lightly on the shoulders of Liszt, Richard Strauss and Wagner. JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra have delivered some of our finest recordings, some of them with Michael Ludwig as soloist. Joseph Suk’s Fairy Tale and Fantasy in G minor (8.572323) was described as “pure enchantment” by Minnesota Public Radio, and “warm-blooded… delivers everything needed” by Gramophone. Their recording of John Corigliano’s Violin Concerto ‘The Red Violin’ (8.559671) scored 10/10 and was declared “a total winner” by ClassicsToday.com.

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JoAnn Falletta, acclaimed by The New York Times as “one of the finest conductors of her generation”, serves as the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center. She has guest-conducted more than a hundred orchestras in North America and many of the most prominent orchestras in Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. Ms Falletta is an ardent champion of music of our time, introducing over 500 works by American composers, including more than 110 world premières. Her extensive Naxos discography includes a double GRAMMY® Award-winning volume of works by John Corigliano and GRAMMY®-nominated discs by Fuchs, Gershwin, Holst, Respighi, Schubert and (which) Strauss.

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Kenneth Kiesler

Darius MILHAUD (1892-1974)

World Première

L’Orestie d’Eschyle

Recording

(Oresteia of Aeschylus) Libretto by Paul Claudel

Soloists • University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra Percussion Ensemble • University Choirs • UMS Choral Union Kenneth Kiesler Part of the great French musical tradition and a member of Les Six, Darius Milhaud was an important avant-garde figure in early 20th century Paris. The Oresteia of Aeschylus trilogy arose from his lifelong interest in Greek mythology and drama, inspired by the expressive, syncopated rhythms of Paul Claudel’s poetic texts. In addition to innovative rhythmic elements, the trilogy exhibits complex harmonic techniques, particularly polytonality, which Milhaud believed gave him more varied ways of expressing sweetness in addition to violence.

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Sales Points • This remarkable production with the excellent University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir represents the only CD recording of the complete operatic trilogy L’Orestie D’Eschyle

by Darius Milhaud currently available. It also marks the first American performance of the entire work, also believed to be the first since 1963.

The Michigan forces support renowned soloists such as the “absolutely thrilling baritone” (Fort Worth Examiner) Dan Kempson and dramatic soprano Lori Phillips, whose Senta in Wagner’s Der fliegender Holländer led Opera Today to state, “it has been many years since a soprano brought as much exhilaration to this role.” This is a world-class performance of a work so rare it is almost a legend in its own right, and we are confident that it will generate across-the-board interests and substantial sales.

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Kenneth Kiesler, one of the most prominent conductors of his generation and one of the world’s sought-after mentors of conductors, has conducted the National Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and Chamber Orchestra of Paris. He has led dozens of premières and recordings, including Bright Sheng’s The Silver River in Singapore, and Peter Grimes and Il Turco in Italia at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Kiesler received the 2011 American Prize in Conducting, the silver medal at the 1986 Stokowski Competition, and the American Symphony Orchestra League’s 1988 Thompson award for outstanding American music director under the age of 35.

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Thierry Lancino

Thierry LANCINO (b. 1954)

World Première

Violin Concerto* Prelude and Death of Virgil**

Recordings

Isabelle Faust, Violin** • Matteo de Monti, Baritone* Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg** • Arturo Tamayo** Orchestre National de France* • Gerard Schwarz* Thierry Lancino’s background includes extensive periods of research at IRCAM and elsewhere, but his recent work concentrates on a lyrical and bold freedom of style embracing ideas of both seduction and spirituality.

Inspired by a scene of historical impact, his Prelude and Death of Virgil dramatizes the demise of a daunting genius. Lancino writes of his Violin Concerto that his imagination was fired by ‘the thought of a little piece of wood (in reality a 1704 Stradivarius), played by Isabelle Faust, confronting a gigantic machine (the full orchestra)’. Thierry Lancino’s Requiem (Naxos 8.572771) was described as ‘exhilarating’ by BBC Music Magazine.

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Sales Points • This release follows on from that of Thierry Lancino’s Requiem (8.572771 and Blu-ray NBD0020) which generated global interest and was described as delivering “absorbing exploration of notions of mortality” in a “compelling performance” by BBC Music Magazine. Beyond the qualities of the composer, this new release also has the international reputation of violin soloist Isabelle Faust, dedicatee of the Violin Concerto, to recommend it. Baritone Matteo de Monti is also closely associated with Lancino, having premièred the Prelude and Death of Virgil under the baton of Gerard Schwarz.

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Composer Thierry Lancino studied at the University of Poitiers and Conservatoire de Paris where he received the Prix de composition and elecroacoustics (1972–1977). At Stanford University he pursued his musical research and became a specialist in computer sound synthesis. In 2007, he was awarded the prestigious Koussevitzky Music Foundations Commission. If Lancino’s creative life was first dedicated to experimenting with sound phenomena—artistically and scientifically— he has been focusing more lately on lyrical, colourful and bold writing, with a freedom of style that embraces both seduction and spirituality. His recordings are available on Wergo, K617, Ades-MFA and Naxos.

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STRING PLAYERS

by David Milsom

8.558081-84 4 CDs

The A–Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings, biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from 69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.

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Key Features: • 4 CDs: Almost 5 hours of music • Over 300 biographies and selected recordings • Booklet of over 660 pages, with photographs • Bonus Area: Complete recordings by artists from Ayo to Zimmermann [NB Username & Password required] ISBN: 978-1-84379-810-1 Companion Titles

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Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983) Stabat Mater* Te Deum* • Sine nomine†

Benjamin Hulett, Tenor* • Alison Hill, Soprano† • The Bach Choir Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra • David Hill The three works on this recording mark staging posts in Herbert Howells’s compositional life. Sine nomine was commissioned at Elgar’s instigation when Howells was 30 and is predominantly orchestral, with wordless parts for the two vocal soloists. This arch-like ‘spiritual meditation’ was his first extended work for larger forces. Like the Hymnus paradisi (Naxos 8.570352), the Stabat Mater is a direct musical reponse to the death of the composer’s nine year-old son, and further reveals his mastery of choral and orchestral polyphony. The Te Deum signalled a fresh and new approach to settings of Anglican canticles.

Sales Points • These three works mark important staging posts in Herbert Howells’s musical life. Stabat mater has been recorded on Chandos on a 2CD set released in 2005 conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the London Symphony Orchestra, coupled with another Mass in a programme different from ours. Te Deum is available on a couple of labels, including Guild released in 1996 but in a very mixed recital including works by such disparate composers as Byrd, Darke and Whitlock, thus lacking the focus of an all-Howells release.

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Reinhold Moritsevich GLIÈRE (1875-1956) Symphony No. 3, ‘Il’ya Muromets’ Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta

“The Glière Symphony No. 3 has always been a piece that shimmered on my horizon – a cult piece, in a way, renowned as the composer’s towering masterpiece but rarely played in concert. As long as a Mahler symphony and enormous in its instrumental requirements, it was a work that people spoke about reverently but almost never heard live. The recording was an adventure that changed our orchestra, strengthened us, and became an artistic benchmark for our musicians.

We revelled in the gorgeous landscape of the Symphony – from mysterious bass murmurings to crushing walls of brass fortissimo to breathtaking impressionistic renderings of forests and birds. We performed and recorded this massive work uncut to preserve Glière’s extraordinary architecture. This work is a cathedral in sound that unfolds in breathtaking swashes of colour, poetry and monumental climaxes.” – JoAnn Falletta

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JoAnn Falletta, acclaimed by The New York Times as “one of the finest conductors of her generation”, serves as the music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Virginia Symphony Orchestra, principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and principal guest conductor of the Brevard Music Center. Falletta is an ardent champion of music of our time, introducing over 500 works by American composers, including more than 110 world premières. Her extensive Naxos discography includes a double GRAMMY® Award-winning volume of works by John Corigliano and GRAMMY® -nominated discs by Fuchs, Gershwin, Holst, Respighi, Strauss, and Schubert.

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‘This is an important recording for several reasons. First, it contains the finest version yet recorded of Glière’s epic Third Symphony, ‘Il’ya Muromets” Second, it defines once and for all how the piece is supposed to go.” – ClassicToday.com

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Sir Peter MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934) Black Pentecost* Stone Litany – ‘Runes from a House of the Dead’ Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano* • David Wilson-Johnson, Baritone* BBC Philharmonic • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Both Black Pentecost and Stone Litany share a symphonic scale and an Orkney setting. Premièred by Simon Rattle in 1982, Black Pentecost is an impassioned plea against environmental destruction, taking its words from Orcadian author George Mackay Brown’s novel Greenvoe, and cast in the form of a vocal symphony. Chamber-like restraint is matched by tense, dark writing that embraces threnody and cataclysm. Beautifully orchestrated and featuring elaborate melismas from the vocal soloist, Stone Litany, subtitled ‘Runes from a House of the Dead’, evokes the haunted landscape of a Neolithic burial mound plundered by Vikings.

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Sales Points • This is another ex-Collins Classics disc [1366] released back in 1993 with excellent vocal soloists in Della Jones and David Wilson-Johnson. There are no other recordings of either work listed in ArchivMusik. Simon Rattle premiered Black Pentecost. Both these works share symphonic breadth – both feature vocal soloists as well – and both take their inspiration from their Orkney setting. Stone Litany, in particular, is one of Maxwell Davies’s most impressive works.

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Toshio HOSOKAWA (b. 1955) Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Woven Dreams1† • Blossoming II2 Circulating Ocean3†

Royal Scottish National Orchestra1,2 • Orchestre National de Lyon3 Jun Märkl †

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Toshio Hosokawa is one of Japan’s most eminent living composers. The first volume in this series devoted to his orchestral works [8.573239] explores the idea of the blossoming lotus – “music as plant-like development and growth” – and continues here with Blossoming II for chamber orchestra. Woven Dreams traces the journey from womb to birth by employing techniques drawn from Gagaku, the ancient Japanese court music. Of Circulating Ocean the composer writes: “I am attempting to express in sound the flow and change of water... The ocean is for me the birthplace of life, a being possessed of infinite depth and expanse.”

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Sales Points • The important contemporary Japanese composer is represented on several labels. One of his best known works is the Hiroshima Symphony, recorded on Chandos in 2001 and coupled with music by Takemitsu and Otaka, Some of his orchestral music can also Jun Märkl be found on the Stradivarius label. Naxos has recorded a number of his pieces. The works on our disc, which is volume 2 in the orchestral music series, are all first recordings. Volume 1 is on 8.573239. There is also his Flute Music on 8.572479. Circulating Ocean (recorded here) is also on 8.570775, available only in Japan.

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Joseph Martin KRAUS (1756-1792) Arias and Overtures

Proserpin • Äfventyraren • Geburtstags-Kantate Parvum quando cerno Deum • Sentimi, non partir!

Monica Groop, Mezzo-soprano Helsinki Baroque Orchestra • Aapo Häkkinen

Joseph Martin Kraus was one of the most talented and progressive composers of the 18th century, and regarded by Haydn as one of the only two geniuses he knew, alongside Mozart. Following the successful audition of his opera Proserpin, Kraus became closely associated with the court of Gustav III in Stockholm. The highly dramatic Begrafnings-kantat overture was the composer’s emotional response to the assassination of his sovereign. The vocal pieces include works performed for the first time in over two centuries, ranging from Italian concert arias to rare survivals from the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

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Sales Points • This release joins a number of successful Naxos titles bringing the remarkable scores of Joseph Martin Kraus to a wider audience. These have included four acclaimed volumes of the Symphonies as well as theatre work such as Ballet Music (8.557498) described as “a real find” and “a treat” by ClassicsToday.com, orchestral music from Aeneas in Carthage (8.570585) considered “a joy from beginning to end” by MusicWeb International, and the Violin Concerto (8.570334) recommended as “classically elegant” and “delightful” by the Penguin Guide. This collection of Overtures and Arias therefore by no means appears in isolation.

Performed by award-winning mezzo soprano Monica Groop, considered by The Telegraph in an operatic review “the one performer who moved us by her vocal and dramatic expressiveness”, and the renowned Helsinki Baroque Orchestra directed by Aapo Häkkinen, this stunning recording is a surefire winner.

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Johann STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Johann Strauss II at the Opera

Dances by Strauss based on melodies from the operas of BALFE • FLOTOW • VERDI • MEYERBEER OFFENBACH • AUBER • DONIZETTI • GOUNOD Various Artists

Johann Strauss II the ‘Waltz King’ was the most famous and enduringly successful of 19th-century light music composers, captivating not only Vienna but the whole of Europe and America with his tuneful dances and marches. Of these dances none was more of a ‘snapshot’ of contemporary musical life than the quadrille. Its six distinct sections invited the use of musical highlights from the latest theatre hits, and Strauss the Younger was at the forefront of those writing quadrilles using the themes of others, from Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl to Offenbach’s Orpheus, and his own operetta masterpiece Die Fledermaus.

Sales Points • Our acclaimed 53-volume edition of the works of Johann Strauss II on the Marco Polo label was a milestone in the recorded history of this composer’s and of 19th Century light music. This highly attractive compilation focuses on the fashion for quadrilles, a dance form which made use of the best themes from popular stage works of the time, in many cases preserving melodies from works which have otherwise long been forgotten in their original form.

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Boris TCHAIKOVSKY (1925-1996) Piano Quintet1 • The War Suite2†

Olga Solovieva, Piano1 • Maxim Anisimov, Clarinet2 The Vanbrugh Quartet †

WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING

Boris Tchaikovsky is revered in Russian musical circles as one of the most original and innovative composers of the post-Shostakovich generation. A work of great depth and beauty, the Piano Quintet is considered his finest chamber work and a stylistic milestone which would influence aspects of the later Piano Concerto (8.557727). Based on a the score for the 1964 film While the Front is in Defence, The War Suite is an evocative portrayal of the horrors of battle, but also of heroism, friendship and lost love, at the Volkhov Front, south east of Leningrad, during the winter of 1942.

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Sales Points • We have another important coup with this release, with the première recording of Boris Tchaikovsky’s The War Suite performed by the same musicians who gave its first concert performance. The award-winning and internationally-acclaimed Vanbrugh Quartet is Vanbrugh Quartet joined by pianist Olga Solovieva, who also appears on our recording of Sergey Taneyev’s Violin Sonata, (8.557804) “a thoroughly winning disc… urgently recommended” (Fanfare). Summed up as “thrilling” by Classic FM, Boris Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony is available on Naxos 8.570195, his Andersen Fairy Tales (8.572400) acclaimed by MusicWeb International as “an enormously enjoyable release”. Pianist Olga Solovieva’s “sheer bravado” (ClassicalCDReview.com) is also to be heard in Boris Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto (8.557727).

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String Quartets Ensō Quartet

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

String Quartet in A major, Op. 2, TrV95 Crisantemi Three Minuets in A major String Quartet in E minor

Three of the greatest opera composers from the 19th and early 20th centuries are heard on this recording in their only works for string quartet. Richard Strauss’s String Quartet in A major is a youthful work which shows the classical influence of Haydn, while Puccini’s Crisantemi is a brief elegy charged with great emotional intensity. Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor is his only significant chamber work, written at the age of sixty when he was at the height of his fame. The Ensō Quartet’s GRAMMY®-nominated recording of Ginastera’s complete quartets (8.570780) was acclaimed by MusicWeb International for “string quartet playing of jawdropping prowess”.

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Sales Points • While less high-profile than their operas, the string quartets of Richard Strauss and Giuseppe Verdi, here coupled with Puccini’s renowned Cristantemi, have appeared before on recordings. With the Ensō String Quartet we do however have something really special. Their recordings of the complete string quartets Ensō String Quartet of Ignaz Pleyel (8.557496 & 8.557497) were “strongly recommended” by ClassicsToday.com, and their complete string quartets of Alberto Ginastera (8.570780) was a GRAMMY ® nominee and made a MusicWeb International ‘Recording of the Year’ for delivering “playing that threatens the very limit of technical possibility and yet miraculously they storm through exultantly”.

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SEPTEMBER 2014

Leopold GODOWSKY (1870-1938) Piano Music, Vol. 12 Six Waltz-Poems for the left hand Concert Study • Transcriptions Konstantin Scherbakov, Piano

Leopold Godowsky’s stature as one of the world’s great piano virtuosi was maintained until a stroke ended his performing life in 1930. But, allied to his prodigious gifts as a performer, he also published a series of original compositions and transcriptions for the piano. In this twelfth volume of Konstantin Scherbakov’s critically acclaimed series, the focus falls on the delectable Six Waltz-Poems for the left hand and on an ingeniously crafted series of song transcriptions of wellknown music by Schumann, Brahms, Schubert and also Carl Bohm. Godowsky additionally pays homage to Kreisler with his delicious transcription of the Rondino on a theme of Beethoven.

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Sales Points • This is the twelfth volume of the Godowsky piano music series – Godowsky being the celebrated virtuoso pianist of the 1910s and 20s. Previous volumes performed by Konstantin Scherbakov have been lavishly praised, and he is only the second pianist to have embarked on a recording of the complete set of Godowsky’s solo piano music. As so often, the programme is a mix of original works and transcriptions, including important works like the Six Waltz-Poems for the left hand. Cherkassky was an exponent of No.4 – his recording is on a mixed recital on Decca – but the full set is hardly ever heard. Carlo Grante has recorded the Beethoven-Kreisler Rondino on Music & Arts CD-1259 but otherwise these pieces are very hard to find in the current catalogue.

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Francis POULENC (1899-1963) Ballet Suites Les Biches* Les Animaux modèles† Aubade*

Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Piano *

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This programme brings together première recordings of Francis Poulenc’s own piano versions of his ‘ballet of atmosphere’ Les Biches and ‘choreographic concerto’ Aubade, as well as the first digital recording of the suite from Les Animaux modèles, inspired by the fables of La Fontaine and compiled by Grant Johannesen with the composer’s agreement. ‘Piano scores’ are an essential part of rehearsing and choreographing any ballet, but the piano was also indispensable to Poulenc’s compositional process. He owed his love of classical dance to years of working closely with Dyaghilev, and his music brims with subtlety, humour, genuine emotion, piquant harmonies and rhythmic lightness.

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Sales Points • This album provides a unique opportunity to hear Francis Poulenc’s highly successful and popular ballets as they would have been heard for the first time in the dance studios of Paris but rarely outside them. Première recordings of any kind are always important, but from a composer of this stature we anticipate international interest and substantial sales. Pianist Jean-Pierre Armengaud is a recognized and respected performer of French repertoire.

His recent first volume of the piano music of Albert Roussel (8.573093) was recommended by MusicWeb International for its “excellent piano sound, highlyaccomplished playing and idiomatic sense of style.” His contribution to our album of recently rediscovered four-handed piano music by Debussy (8.572979) also delivered “colorful, invigorating performances” (Audio Video Club of Atlanta).

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Max REGER (1873-1916) Organ Works, Vol. 16

Three Organ Pieces, Op. 7 • Method of Trio Playing Three Choral Preludes, Op. 67, Nos. 36-38 Christian Barthen, Organ

Reger’s status as the supreme German organ composer since J. S. Bach has never been seriously challenged, and this disc explores some of the inspiration that Reger found in his great model. Some of the earliest music here, such as the Three Organ Pieces, Op. 7, is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of Bach – though as yet it lacks the chromaticism that was to be a feature of Reger’s later writing. Together with his good friend and fellow organist Karl Straube, Reger wrote a sequence of inventions, based on Bach’s 1723 Two-Part Inventions that ingeniously cultivate complete independence between the three parts, to which they gave the title Method of Trio Playing. This is the final volume in the critically acclaimed 16 CD series of Max Reger’s complete organ works.

Christian Barthen

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Sales Points • This is Volume 16 in the comprehensive Reger Organ Works series. It offers breadth and variety, with the Bach influence on Reger strongly to the fore. The Three Organ Pieces Op. 7 can be found on Oehms in a 2013 CD, played by Bernard Buttman, played on various organs in a 4-CD set, the first of what seems to be a complete edition. The Three Chorale Preludes Op.67 have also been recorded; for example No.37 is on a Herald disc - a bit obscure - recorded in 2001. No. 38 is quite popular and has even been recorded in an arrangement for violin and organ. The Method of Trio Playing is highly unusual on disc.

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Reminiscences of Russia Irina Kulikova, Guitar

Konstantin VASSILIEV (b. 1970) Three Forest Paintings:

The Old Oak Snowdrops

Dance of the Forest Ghosts

Swan Princess†

Three Lyric Pieces:

Elegie in memoriam Sergey Rachmaninov

Reminiscence in memoriam Agustín Barrios

Mogiana in memoriam Heitor Villa-Lobos† Sergey RUDNEV (b. 1955) The Old Lime Tree

Between Steep Banks - Improvisation† Viktor KOZLOV (b. 1958) Dedication to the Russian Land

Flying Dutchman

Ballade for Beautiful Elena †

WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDINGS

Multiple award-winning guitarist Irina Kulikova celebrates her 25th anniversary as a performer with this recording of works by contemporary Russian composerguitarists. Winner of the Michele Pittaluga, Guitarra Alhambra, Iserlohn and Forum Gitarre Wien competitions, she has selected a programme that reflects the abiding strength of the folkloric vein in Russian musical life. Rich and expressive poetry is the hallmark of the music of Konstantin Vassiliev, not least in his homages to other composers in Three Lyric Pieces, while Sergey Rudnev and Viktor Kozlov explore vibrant dance patterns and moments of tranquillity in their own equally colour-conscious compositions.

8.573308

Playing Time: 65:11 7

47313 33087 4

Sales Points • The focus of this disc is twofold; firstly to celebrate Irina Kulikova’s 25th Anniversary as a public performer and, second, to present music redolent of her native Russia. This music is infused with a long-standing commitment of Russian guitar composers to folkloric inspiration, sometimes lyrical, sometimes nostalgic but always colourful and vivid. A notable sales point is Kulikova’s multiple wins in prestigious international guitar competition, as is the fact that Irina Kulikova Vasiliev’s Swan Princess is dedicated to Kulikova. Rudnev‘s The Old Lime-Tree is on another Naxos 'Laureate‘ disc [8.570447] released in 2008 and played by guitarist Artyom Dervoed.

Companion Titles

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12 12

8.572390

8.573362

8.573306

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Nils VIGELAND (b. 1950) Jenny Q. Chai, Piano

Piano Works

Life Sketches • L’empire des lumières (Hommage à René Magritte) Five Pieces • All in Due Time *Physical CDs for this release are available by request on a one-off basis.

American composer Nils Vigeland made his professional début as a pianist, later studying composition with Lukas Foss and Morton Feldman and becoming a central figure in the New York contemporary music scene. Spanning four decades and consisting of around half of Vigeland’s solo piano music, many of these works contain character pieces ranging from an evocation of a 13th-century saint, Santa Fina, to that of painter René Magritte’s surrealist street scene L’empire des lumières. The individual movements are compact in duration and often share a use of the piano’s middle sostenuto pedal, which creates a distant haze of sustained tones. Five Pieces was written specially for pianist Jenny Q Chai, who has a close affiliation with Nils Vigeland.

Artwork Available Soon 9.70216

7

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Franz Liszt, Peter Ritzen & Werner Pelinka Peter Ritzen • Werner Pelinka Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Peter RITZEN (b. 1956)

Werner PELINKA (b. 1952)

Piano Concerto No. 1, S. 124 (original version for 2 pianos) Piano Concerto No. 2, S. 125 (original version for 2 pianos) Improvisation über “Et incarnates est” for piano solo “Mysterium fidei” Op. 48 for piano solo

Franz Liszt’s two surviving piano concertos are unusual in form, the first being described by Bartók as “the first perfect realisation of cyclic sonata form”, and the second unfolding in a single continuous movement. Both concertos were originally scored for two pianos and this is their première recording in this instrumentation.

Werner Pelinka’s Mysterium Fidei expresses the Passion and resurrection of Christ, from dark meditation to triumphant apotheosis. Pianist, composer and Liszt expert Peter Ritzen possesses an unparalleled gift for improvisation, drawing on the great traditions of the 19th century. An unedited performance, ‘et incarnates est’ takes its thematic starting point from Gregorian chant. His album The Art of Improvisation can be found on Naxos 9.70187.

9.70217

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30099 72171 4

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New from Naxos Audiobooks The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume V

By Edward Gibbon Unabridged Read by David Timson

9 781843 797197

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike. Its sheer scale is daunting, encompassing over a millennium of history, covering not merely the Western Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in AD 476, but also the Eastern Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until the Turks vanquished it in 1453. But Gibbon’s style, part historical fact and part literature, is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man, who endeavours to be scrupulously impartial in his presentation, endears him to the reader. In this recording, David Timson incorporates the most salient of Gibbon’s footnotes.

Companion Titles:

NA0129 21 CD set

26 hours NA0125

NA0126

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The Corinthian

By Georgette Heyer Unabridged Read by Georgina Sutton

9 781843 798552

The accomplished Corinthian Sir Richard Wyndham is wealthy, sophisticated, handsome and supremely bored. Tired of his aristocratic family constantly pressuring him to get married, he determines to run away after meeting the delightful, unconventional heroine Penelope Creed.

Penelope − literally − falls into his life late one night as she hangs from the window of her aunt’s house − she too attempting to escape the pressures of forced marriage. The two allies become embroiled in a series hilarious madcap adventures as they cross-dress, run into escaped criminals, have a case of mistaken identity and save people from their own dramatics. Little do they predict their feelings for one another blossoming into romance.

Companion Titles:

NA0181 7 CD set

9 hours

NA0184

NA0179

NA0142

NA0183

The Secret Agent

By Joseph Conrad Unabridged Read by David Horovitch

9 781843 798675

Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent is a tale of anarchism, espionage and terrorism. Our agent, a man named Mr Verloc, minds his own business while he keeps his shop in London’s Soho, alongside his wife, who attends to her aged mother and disabled brother. Their lives are turned upside down when Verloc is reluctantly employed to plant a bomb and destroy an observatory in London. What was once the perfect bomb plot inevitably turns awry and Verloc, his family and his associates are forced to face the consequences. Conrad’s later political novel bears all the hallmarks of his captivating style: The Secret Agent brims with melodious and poetic language, alongside crystal-clear psychological insights that could only be the work of a uniquely gifted storyteller.

Companion Titles:

NA0187 9 CD set

11 hours

NA418412

NAX89012

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Opera Arias 8.578237

747313823772

Bel Canto Bully - The musical legacy of the legendary opera impresario Domenico Barbaja (Various Artists)

8.557309

747313230921

A Night at the Opera - Favourite opera arias, duets and ensembles (Various Artists)

8.555796

747313579624

O Mio Babbino Caro - Famous soprano arias from Italian opera (Various Artists)

8.572438

747313243877

747313277179

NBD0020

730099002066

Opera Arias (Baritone): Ataneli, Lado - VERDI, G. / ROSSINI, G. / MOZART, W.A. / DONIZETTI, G / LEONCAVALLO, R.

8.573161 8.572822

636943975329

730099522649

STRAUSS II, J.: Orchestral Edition (Complete) (52-CD Box Set)

8.660227-28

730099022774

STRAUSS II, J.: Furstin Ninetta [ Operetta]

8.660268-69

730099026871

STRAUSS II, J.: Nacht in Venedig (Eine)

8.570780

747313078073

GINASTERA, A.: String Quartets Nos. 1-3

8.557496

747313249626

PLEYEL, I.: String Quartets, Op. 2, Nos. 1-3

8.557497

747313249725

PLEYEL, I.: String Quartets, Op. 2, Nos. 4-6

LANCINO, T.: Requiem (Radio France PO, Eliahu Inbal)

Leopold Godowsky, composer

LANCINO, T.: Requiem (Radio France PO, Eliahu Inbal) (Blu-ray Audio)

8.225274

636943527429

GODOWSKY, L.: Piano Music, Vol. 8 - Java Suite / Wine, Women and Song

8.225226

636943522622

GODOWSKY, L.: Piano Music, Vol. 9 - Chopin Waltz Transcriptions / Arabesque / Barcarolle-Valse

8.225276

636943527627

GODOWSKY, L.: Piano Music, Vol. 10 - Walzesmasken

8.225350

636943535028

GODOWSKY, L.: Piano Music, Vol. 11 - Symphonic Metamorphosis of the themes from Der Zigeunerbaron / Suite for the Left Hand

French Opera Classics

8.553931

730099493123

POULENC, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 3

8.553613

730099461320

POULENC, F.: Sonata for Two Pianos / Clarinet Sonatas

JoAnn Falletta, conductor 8.559753

8.505226

Ensō Quartet

Thierry Lancino, composer 8.572771

COMPOSER/TITLE

Johann Strauss II, composer

FUCHS, K.: Falling Man / Movie House / Songs of Innocence and of Experience (London SO, JoAnn Falletta)

747313316175

GLIÈRE, R.M.: Symphony No. 3, 'Il'ya Muromets' (Buffalo PO, JoAnn Falletta)

747313282272

TYBERG, M.: Symphony No. 2 / Piano Sonata No. 2 (Buffalo PO, JoAnn Falletta)

8.660338-39

730099033879

DAVID, F.: Lalla Roukh

8.660305

730099030571

GRETRY, A.-E.-M.: Le Magnifique

8.660263-64

730099026376

MONSIGNY, P.-A.: Le Déserteur

8.660300-01

730099030076

PETITGIRARD, L.: Guru - An opera in three acts

8.573110

747313311071

ALBERT, E. d': Aschenputtel (Cinderella) Suite / Seejungfräulein / Overtures

8.572805

747313280575

ALBERT, E. d': Symphony in F Major / Symphonic Prelude to Tiefland

8.509002

747313900237

DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works (Complete) (9-CD Box Set)

8.573239

747313323975

HOSOKAWA, T.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Horn Concerto / Lotus under the Moonlight / Chant

8.558107-10

636943810729

A-Z of Pianists (Note: Not available in the US due to possible copyright restrictions)

8.558087-90

636943808726

A-Z of Conductors (Note: Not available in the US due to possible copyright restrictions)

8.555037-38

747313503728

A-Z of Opera (Note: 2nd Expanded Edition to be released October 2014; Cat. No. 8.558216-17)

8.558212-13

636943821220

A-Z of Classical Music, 3rd Expanded Edition

Francis Poulenc, composer

Jean-Pierre Armengaud, pianist

Jun Märkl, conductor

747313240876

8.660354

730099035477

MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: The Lighthouse

8.660359-60

730099035972

MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Resurrection

8.572356

747313235674

MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 9 and 10 / Carolísima

DEBUSSY, C.: 4-Hand Piano Music - Petite Suite / Marche ecossaise / 6 Epigraphes antiques / Premiere Suite

8.573093

747313309375

ROUSSEL, A.: Piano Works, Vol. 1

8.572821

747313282173

REGER, M.: Organ Works, Vol. 12 - Organ Suites Nos. 1 and 2

8.572906

747313290673

REGER, M.: Organ Works, Vol. 13 - Monologe: Nos. 7-12 / Organ Sonata No. 1 / Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor

8.572907

747313290772

REGER, M.: Organ Works, Vol. 14 - 5 Easy Preludes and Fugues / 52 Easy Chorale Preludes: Nos. 1-15

8.572908

747313290871

REGER, M.: Organ Works, Vol. 15 - 52 Easy Chorale Preludes: Nos. 16-35 / Monologe: Nos. 1-4 / Postludium in D Minor Irina Kulikova, guitarist

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer & conductor 8.572408

747313297979

Max Reger, composer

Naxos A-Z Series

MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: The Boyfriend Suite / The Devils Suite / Seven In Nomine / The Yellow Cake Revue

8.572979

8.572717

747313271771

Guitar Recital: Kulikova, Irina - BACH, J.S. / SOR, F. / CASTELNUOVOTEDESCO, M. / GALLARDO DEL REY, J.M. / TARREGA, F.

8.572390

747313239078

Guitar Recital: Kulikova, Irina - PONCE, M. / TANSMAN, A. / BROUWER, L. / JOSE, A.

Guitar Laureate series

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & David Hill, conductor

8.573362

747313336272

Guitar Recital: Buono, Emanuele - DA MILANO, F.C. / AGUADO, D. / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M. / RODRIGO, J. / JOSE, A.

8.573306

747313330676

Guitar Recital: Baranov, Anton - PUJOL, M.D. / BRAVO, J.E. / ANGULO, E. / SANTÓRSOLA, G.

8.572861-62

747313286171

DELIUS, F.: A Mass of Life / Prelude and Idyll

8.557863

747313286324

FINZI: Intimations of Immortality / For St Cecilia

8.572317

747313231775

RUTTI, C.: Requiem

NA418412

9789626341841

8.572424

747313242474

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, R.: Dona Nobis Pacem / Sancta Civitas

NAX89012

9789626348901

Joseph Conrad, Author

Joseph Martin Kraus, composer

CONRAD, J.: Heart of Darkness (unabridged) CONRAD, J.: Nostromo (unabridged) Edward Gibbon, Author

8.570585

747313058570

KRAUS, J.M.: Aeneas in Carthage - Overtures / Ballet Music / Marches

NA0125

9781843797159

GIBBON, E.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 1 (unabridged)

8.557498

747313249824

KRAUS, J.M.: Ballet Music

NA0126

9781843797166

GIBBON, E.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 2 (unabridged)

8.555305

747313530526

KRAUS, J.M.: Symphonies, Vol. 4

NA0127

9781843797173

GIBBON, E.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 3 (unabridged)

8.570334

747313033478

KRAUS, J.M.: Violin Concerto / Olympie / Azire

NA0128

9781843797180

Boris Tchaikovsky, composer

GIBBON, E.: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The), Vol. 4 (unabridged)

Georgette Heyer, Author

8.572400

747313240074

TCHAIKOVSKY, B.: Andersen Fairy Tales Suites / 4 Preludes for Chamber Orchestra

NA0184

9781843798613

HEYER, G.: Faro's Daughter (unabridged)

8.557727

747313272723

TCHAIKOVSKY, B.: Piano Concerto / Clarinet Concerto / Signs of the Zodiac

NA0142

9781843797555

HEYER, G.: Grand Sophy (The) (unabridged)

8.570195

747313019571

TCHAIKOVSKY, B.: Symphony No. 1 / The Murmuring Forest Suite / After the Ball Suite

NA0179

9781843798514

HEYER, G.: Masqueraders (The) (unabridged)

NA0183

9781843798590

HEYER, G.: Venetia (unabridged)

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This Month’s Highlights 8.558081-84

636943808122

A-Z of String Players (4-CD box set) (David Milsom, Various Artists)

8.573307

747313330775

BARTÓK, B.: Kossuth / Two Portraits / Suite Op. 3 (Buffalo PO, JoAnn Falletta)

8.573412

747313341276

Italian Soprano Arias: RESPIGHI, O. / PUCCINI, G. / VERDI, G. / CATALANI, A. (Maria Luigia Borsi, London SO, Yves Abel)

8.573204

747313320479

LANCINO, T.: Violin Concerto (M. de Monti, ONF, G. Schwarz) / Prelude and Death of Virgil (I. Faust, OPL, A. Tamayo)

8.660349-51

730099034975

MILHAUD, D.: Oresteia of Aeschylus (University of Michigan School of Music SO, Kenneth Kiesler) More Exciting New Releases

NBD0041

730099004169

GLIÈRE, R.M.: Symphony No. 3, 'Il'ya Muromets' (Buffalo PO, JoAnn Falletta) (Blu-ray Audio)

8.225364

636943536421

GODOWSKY, L.: Piano Music, Vol. 12 (K. Scherbakov)

8.573276

747313327676

HOSOKAWA, T.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Blossoming II / Woven Dreams / Circulating Ocean (Royal Scottish NO, ONL, Jun Märkl)

8.573176

747313317677

HOWELLS, H.: Stabat Mater / Te Deum / Sine Nomine (B. Hulett, A. Hill, The Bach Choir, Bournemouth SO, David Hill)

8.572865

747313286577

KRAUS, J.M.: Arias and Overtures (Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Aapo Häkkinen)

8.572359

747313235971

MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Black Pentecost / Stone Litany (BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies)

8.573170

747313317073

POULENC, F.: Ballet Suites (Jean-Pierre Armengaud)

8.572909

747313290970

REGER, M.: Organ Works, Vol. 16 (Christian Barthen)

8.573308

747313330874

Reminiscences of Russia: VASSILIEV, K. / RUDNEV, S. / KOZLOV, V. (Irina Kulikova)

8.578287

747313828777

STRAUSS II, J.: Johann Strauss at the Opera (Various Artists)

8.573108

747313310876

String Quartets: STRAUSS, R. / VERDI, G. / PUCCINI, G. (Ensō Quartet)

8.573207

747313320776

TCHAIKOVSKY, B.: Piano Quintet / The War Suite (The Vanbrugh Quartet) Naxos Audiobooks New Releases

NA0187

9781843798675

CONRAD, J.: The Secret Agent (unabridged)

NA0129

9781843797197

GIBBON, E.: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 5 (unabridged)

NA0181

9781843798552

HEYER, G.: The Corinthian (unabridged)

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