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NEOS DVD 50909/10 (2 DVD SET) Label Code 456 Price Code Q MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL MUNICH 2008 10 Films by Peider A. Defilla covering the most important concerts of the festival Adriana Holszky – Countdown, Conlon Nancarrow – Study No. 41, Michael Lentz/Uli Winters – Doxgesang uber 12 Runden, Hands Zender – Logos-Fragmente, Oliver Messiaen – Un Sourire, Enno Poppe – Keilschrift, Younghi Pagh-Paan – In Luce ambulemus, Iannis Xenakis – Antikhthon, Beat Furrer – Konzert fur kalvier und Orchester, Gerard Pesson Aggravations et Final Notes in German, Spanish, English, French, Italian Disc Format: DVD 5 Running Time: 148 mins Picture Format: 16:9 Sound Format: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 ARTISTS: Peider A. Defilla. The musica viva series held under the auspices of the Bavarian Radio was founded in 1945 by Karl 675754044855 Amadeus Hartmann and has since advances to become one of the most significant forums for contemporary music world-wide. Premieres and historial milestones of the modern age remain at the heart of these monthly concerts. In January and February 2008 a three-week festival took place in Munich, the first time that such an event had been held in the history of the series. Not only the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio- the regular partner to date but also other top orchestra within Germany’s system of public broadcasting, the ARD, helped the festival and the many renowned composers and interpreters of New Music on its way to great success.

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ARS SACD 38118 Label Code 449 Price Code V MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM SELECTION/SYMPHONY NO. 3 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from „The Midsummer Nights's Dream“ op. 21 (1826/1831) and op. 61 (1843): Ouverture: Allegro di molto Scherzo: Allegro vivace Intermezzo: Allegro appassionato Notturno: Con molto tranquillo Wedding march: Allegro vivace Sinfonie No. 3 in a minor op. 56, „The Scottish Symphony“ ARTISTS: Ola Rudner/Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen You listen to his music and you are smitten with the brilliant youthful escapade from a just about sixteenyear old boy who has already written music history with the String Octet in E flat in 1825 and in the following year with the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture. It took till the year 1842 that the a minor Symphony was completed. After a successful premiere in London during a visit at Buckingham Palace on 13th June in London, Mendelssohn could dedicate the symphony to Queen Victoria.

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ARS SACD 38131 Label Code 449 Price Code V WORKS FOR PIANO DUO VOL.1 Edvard Grieg From the Holberg times“: Suite in the old style Op.40 Deux Pièces symphoniques Op.14 Nordic Op.63, From the music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt: Incidental music op. 23/ Suites for Orchestra Opp.46 & 55 ARTISTS: Vilija Poskute & Tomas Daukantas Arrangements for piano four hands formed an important part of musical life at a time when there were no means of sound reproduction. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the domestic piano with its newly expanded tonal range offered a way to recreate orchestral compositions that would not have been available otherwise, at first in the form of piano arrangements for four hands and later for two pianos as well. The number of piano transcriptions that were published in print 675754044312 quickly surpassed the number of original compositions for this combination. While some of the transcriptions were scored by the composers themselves or by their pupils, most were created by professional arrangers who worked for the publishing houses.

ARS SACD 38133 Label Code 449 Price Code V IMPRESSIONS ZAKHAR BRON CHAMBER Jean Sibelius: Impromptu für Streichorchester Op.5 Nr.5/Romanze in C Op.42 Camille SaintSaëns: Rondo, Capriccioso Op.28 Franz, Waxman: Carmen Fantasie Op.25 Henyrik Wieniawski: Deuxième Mazurka Kuyawiak AMoll Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation/La Gitana/Serenade Espagnole Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings Op.11 Fabian Panisello: The Song from the three movements for String Qaurtet Niccolò Paganini: Moto Perpetuo Op.11 ARTISTS: Zakhar Bron Chamber The Bron Chamber Orchestra, created by the legendary violin professor Zakhar Bron, celebrated its debut at the renowned St. Moritz Festival in 2008. The dream of Zakhar Bron was to create a 675754044299 chamber orchestra by uniting his top students in very close collaboration with the best instrumentalists from other classes and music colleges such as Cologne, Zurich and Madrid. A wonderful idea as proven by great press and concert reviews. It is unique in that the top musicians can present themselves successfully as orchestral musicians as well as soloists. The young orchestra has toured and performed in renowned concert halls and festivals such as the Tonhalle Zurich, Interlaken Classics, Milano Verdi Hall and many others.

BIS SACD 1964 Label Code 419 Price Code P MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 19 & 23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488 ARTISTS: Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano, Die Kolner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens In just two years, between 1784 and 1786, Mozart composed no less than twelve piano concertos – a staggering number. Often described as one of the most light-hearted and buoyant among these is the Concerto in F major K 459, sometimes called ‘the second Coronation Concerto’. The nickname comes from the fact that Mozart would later choose to perform it, along with the ‘Coronation Concerto’ in D major, during the festivities surrounding the coronation of Emperor Leopold II in 675754044084 Frankfurt-am-Main in 1790. Its companion work on this fourth disc in Ronald Brautigam’s survey hails from the same period: begun in 1784, the Concerto in A major K 488 was completed in March 1786, at the same time as Mozart was putting the finishing touches to his opera Le nozze di Figaro. It is one of only three piano concertos in which Mozart uses clarinets in the orchestra, resulting in a very particular sound world, especially in the magical slow movement. Mozart clearly held the work in high regard, and described it as one of his most select compositions ‘which I keep just for myself and an élite circle of music lovers’, and later audiences have agreed with him. Ronald Brautigam has been described as ‘an absolutely instinctive Mozartian… with melodic playing of consummate beauty’ (International Record Review), and he is once again supported by the period orchestra Die Kölner Akademie conducted by Michael Alexander Willens in a partnership which more than one reviewer has termed ‘ideal’.

BIS SACD 1984 Label Code 419 Price Code P MENDELSSOHN – DOUBLE CONCERTO & OCTET Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano & Strings, Octet in E flat major, Op. 20. ARTISTS: Polina Leschenko, piano, Richard Tognetti, violin, Austrialian Chamber Orchestra, Members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra Among the many child prodigies that have made their mark in the history of music, Felix Mendelssohn is, along with Mozart, possibly the most impressive. By the age of fifteen he had already composed 13 string symphonies and a number of concertos, and his first ‘proper’ symphony was not far away. He wasn’t just highly productive, however – his contemporaries already recognized the high quality of the works he produced: ‘Felix Mendelssohn composes with the 675754044091 greatest conceivable ease and with inextinguishable abundance of spirit, the most difficult pieces…’ wrote a German reviewer in 1822. Both pieces recorded here were composed with Mendelssohn’s friend and violin teacher, Eduard Ritz, in mind. Felix himself premièred the Double Concerto in D minor with Ritz in May 1823 at one of the famous Sunday concerts at the Mendelssohn residence in Berlin, but except for a second outing later the same year, the work remained unperformed until 1957. Here the piano part – in turn quick-silvery and lyrical – is defended by the Russianborn pianist Polina Leschenko, making her first appearance on BIS. She is partnered by Richard Tognetti, artistic director and leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Tognetti also leads seven of his colleagues from the ACO in the String Octet in E flat major, which Mendelssohn composed as a birthday present for Eduard Ritz. Written two years after the concerto, the octetonly received its first public performance in 1836 but quickly became immensely popular. Although it belongs to the genre of chamber music, Mendelssohn himself underlined that it was to be played by all the instruments ‘in symphonic orchestral style’. He also explored the orchestral potential of the work at a performance of his Symphony No.1 in 1829, replacing the symphony’s minuet with an expanded arrangement of the Octet’s scherzo.

FINAL CYCLE CHAPTER 55 RELEASE IN NOV 2013 BIS SACD 1991 Label Code 419 Price Code P J.S. BACH – CANTATAS, VOL. 53 Johann Sebastian Bach: In allen meinen Taten, BMV 97, ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BMV 177, Es ist Heil uns kommen her, BMV 9 ARTISTS: Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, Hana Blazikova, soprano, Robin Blaze, counter-tenor, Gerd Turk, tenor, Peter kooij, bass The three cantatas on this recording come from the first half of the 1730’s, by which time J.S. Bach was no longer writing a new cantata every week. In these later works, Bach’s affinity for instrumental colour is coming more clearly to the fore, as are elements of the new ‘emfindersamer Stil’ with its tendency towards expressive melodies rich syncopations and suspensions, and towards homophonic writing. The three cantatas are also linked in that they are all choral cantatas, harking 675754044602 back to Bach’s second year in Leipzig (1724-25), when the cantatas that he wrote were each based in their entirety on a well-known hymn. The opening cantata, In allen meinen Taten BMV 97, is a setting of nine strophes from a poem by Paul Fleming, one of the great German baroque poets, and begins with a splendid French overture, in which the orchestra intones a solemn, slow introduction with the typical dotted rhythms, followed by a lively fugal section during which the choir makes its entry. This is followed by BWV 177, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, which at is centre has the aria Verleih, dass ich aus Herzengrund… a heartfelt prayer from the soprano and oboe da caccia for the capacity to forgive one’s enemies. The hymn Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, on which the closing BMV 9 is based, remains an important hymn in the German Evangelical Church. The text- and Bach’s setting of it – eloquently conveys the message that it is through faith rather than deeds that mankind may achieve salvation.

SEE ATTACHED ARTICLE ON FINALE INSTALMENTS VOL 54 &55 ON PAGE 32 BIS SACD 1994 Label Code 419 Price Code P PROKOFIEV – SYMPHONY NO.6 Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony no.6 in E flat Minor Op. 111 Lieutenant Kije, Suite symphonique Op. 60 The Love for Three Oranges, Symphonic Suite, Op. 33b ARTISTS: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Andrei Bondarenko Baritone Premièred in January 1945, Sergei Prokofiev’s optimistic and heroic Fifth Symphony had seemed to herald the victorious end of World War Two. In stark contrast to this, his Symphony No.6, which received its first performance in 1947, is one of his deepest and most personal works. Although it was greeted with enthusiasm by the audience, the Soviet authorities were critical of the work and in 1948 a Party resolution singled it out as ‘abnormal’ and ‘repellent’. In fact, the first ideas for the symphony 675754044107 preceded those for the Fifth, and date from a period when the issue of the war was still uncertain. Early in 1945 the composer had suffered a collapse, from which he never completely recovered and which forced him to live the life of an invalid with almost constant headaches. In regard to the work, Prokofiev himself stated: ‘Now we are rejoicing in our great victory, but each of us has wounds that cannot be healed.’ This haunted symphony is here coupled with two works which illustrate a very different side of the composer, his gift for creating vivid musical images that can sum up a scene in a few bold strokes. These are the ever-popular suites from The Love for Three Oranges, the tragic-comical opera from 1921, and from the film score to Lieutenant Kijé, a light-hearted satire from 1934. The original film score included two songs, which form the second and fourth movements of the concert suite. Often performed in a version for solo saxophone and orchestra, these are heard in this recording in their original vocal form, performed by the Ukranian baritone Andrei Bondarenko. With acclaimed previous recordings of music by Prokofiev, as well as by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov, Andrew Litton and his Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra are a tried-and-tested team in this repertoire, and once again make the most of the enormous palette of colours and moods provided by these three scores.

BIS SACD 1996 Label Code 419 Price Code P SIBELIUS – SYMPHONIES NOS 1 & 4 Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.1 in E minor Op. 39 Symphony No.4 in A minor Op. 63 ARTISTS: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska Of all of Jean Sibelius’ seven symphonies, the two recorded here are those that reveal the furthermost poles of his symphonic art; the one an essay in the received tradition, the other a work so original and inward-looking as to open up an entirely new world. Composed right around the turn of the previous century, the First Symphony may be described as a pivotal work in Sibelius’s career, in that he here took a decisive step away from the Wagnerian world that had occupied him so much in the 1890s, casting a personal vote of confidence in absolute music, and in the symphonic tradition. 675754044145 On the basis of a particular tunefulness, among other aspects, the First is often said to be the most Tchaikovskian of Sibelius’s symphonies. In contrast, the Fourth Symphony is extremely concise and highly concentrated both in terms of its musical material and the way Sibelius uses the orchestral forces – the scoring is in fact often compared to chamber music. Sibelius was well aware that his new symphony opened up an entirely foreign world, and said ‘there is absolutely nothing of the circus about it’. The initial reaction among critics and audiences was one of incomprehension and the work was denounced as ‘ultra-modern’ and even ‘cubist’. The present recording of these two works, by the Minnesota Orchestra and its music director Osmo Vänskä, follows on the same team’s disc with the Second and Fifth symphonies, hailed at its release as ‘a fine start to what may be the benchmark cycle for the 21st century’ by Gramophone, and nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance.

LINK TO NY TIMES REVIEW http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/arts/music/the-minnesotaorchestra-in-concert-as-a-lockoutcontinues.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=3&pagewanted=all&

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BIS SACD 2010 Label Code 419 Price Code P SCHUMANN – ETUDES SYMPHONQUES Robert Schumann: Études symphoniques (Études en forme de variations), Op.13 (1837/1852/posth.); Fantasiestücke, Op.12 (Heft I & II); Blumenstück, Op.19 ARTISTS: Freddy Kempf, piano With a flourishing international concert career and an acclaimed discography, Freddy Kempf has become firmly established among the top pianists of today – a process which to an extent began with his participation in the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, but also with his recording début the following year. His very first disc, at the age of 22, was a Schumann recital that made reviewers around the world sit up and take notice: ‘Buy this disc, and get in on the ground floor of a major 675754044619 pianistic career’, was the prophetic recommendation on web site ClassicsToday.com. Twelve highly praised recordings later, with programmes ranging from partitas by Bach over Chopin, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Kempf now returns to Schumann, and to three works composed between 1834 and 1839. The disc opens with the Op.12 Fantasiestücke – a collection of eight pieces intended to be played in sequence and with enough echoes of traditional dance forms to create the impression of a suite. Less often heard in concert nowadays is Blumenstück from 1839, a self-contained piece which Schumann the following year presented as a bridal gift to Clara Wieck. Closing the disc is one of Schumann’s most imposing works for solo piano, the Symphonic Études, Op.13. The work had a long and complicated genesis: conceiving it in 1834 as a set of variations, Schumann completely reworked it and published a first version in 1837. In 1852 he returned to the work, however, bringing out a revised version which omitted the third and ninth movements, and in which the last movement had been shortened. After Schumann’s death, finally, Brahms edited five variations which the composer had left out when first publishing the work. On the present disc, Freddy Kempf plays the 1852 version, with the additional five variations published by Brahms, and the third and ninth études from the 1837 edition. CLASSICAL CD NEW RELEASES

BAYER RECORDS 100391 Label Code 083 Price Code F WAGNER SIEGFRIED-IDYLL, BRUCKNER STRING QUINTETT IN F MAJOR Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll Anton Bruckner: String Quintett in F major ARTISTS: Ruben Gazarian, Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn Both composers, Wagner as well as Bruckner, are not known for their take on chamber music. Nevertheless did they compose a couple of extraordinary pieces even in this filed as the Wüttembergische Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn conducted by Ruben Gazarian shows on this recording.

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BAYER RECORDS 100392 Label Code 083 Price Code F RHAPSODIE Béla Bartók: Drei Volkslieder aus dem Komitat Csik (Three folk songs from Csik) Miklós, Rózsa: Sonata for Oboe solo Op.43 Ferenc, Farkas: Ricordanze Sándor Balassa: Nyári Intermezzo Op.71 György, Kurtág: In Memoriam György Kroó Bánk Sáry: Chorus László, Sáry: Invocáció ARTISTS: Lajos Lencses, oboe, English horn. The genre "Rhapsody" seems to be as closely related to Hungarian music as the aria to Italian music. On this CD the Hungarian oboist Lajos Lencsés assembled a few works for his instrument by Hungarian composers. While the pieces may not all have the word "Rhapsody" in their names, they all breathe the spirit as such. 675754044275

BIS 1640 Label Code 001 Price Code P LE CREATION DU MONDE John Williams, arr.J.Bocock, Catch me if you Can for alto Saxophone & band Darius Milhaud: La creation du monde for instrumental ensemble Roger Boutry: Divertimento pour saxophone a lot et orchestre d’hamronie Paul Creston: Concerto for alto saxophone and band. Op. 26b Anders Emilsson: Salute the band for wind ensemble & percussion Astor Piazzolla, arr. Teho Escualo for alto saxophone & band ARTISTS: Swedish Wind Ensemble, Christian Lindeberg, Claude Delangle, saxophone 675754044114

Chronologically, this programme of music for wind ensemble is framed by Darius Milhaud’s La création du monde, a ballet score from 1923, and the composer Anders Emilsson’s Salute the band, commissioned for the 2006 centenary of the Swedish Wind Ensemble. The remaining four compositions are all concertante works, featuring the French saxophone virtuoso Claude Delangle. The disc opens with Catch Me If You Can, based on a film score by John Williams, inspired by the progressive jazz movement of the 1960s. Jazz was an important source of inspiration for Milhaud as well, but in the case of La création – a retelling of an African creational myth – it was the kind of jazz that he heard in Harlem during a visit to New York in the early 1920’s. Also included on the disc is a substantial concerto composed in 1941 by Williams’ fellow-American Paul Creston, and a Divertimento by the French composer Roger Boutry, who re-orchestrated his 1961 original – scored for strings – for the purpose of this recording. The disc closes with an arrangement of Ástor Piazzolla’s Escualo, a celebration in music of the composer’s favourite hobby, shark fishing. A most varied programme, thus, performed by ‘the mellowest, most subtle, liquid, and dreamy saxophonist I’ve ever heard’ according to a reviewer in American Record Guide, and the thirty-odd members of Sweden’s foremost wind ensemble, conducted by Christian Lindberg

BIS 1854 (6 CD’s for the Price of 3) Label Code 001 Price Code P LECUONA – PIANO MUSIC AND SELECTED SONGS Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) ARTISTS: Carole Farley, soprano, John Constable, piano, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Bartos

Disc 1: Rapsodia Negra for piano and orchestra Andalucía (Suite espagnole); Ante el Escorial; Zambra gitana; Aragonesa; Granada; Zambra; San Francisco el Grande; Aragón (Vals España); Preludio en la noche; La Habanera; Mazurka en glissando; Canto del guajiro; Three Miniatures; Canto Siboney; Noche azul Disc 2: Rapsodia Argentina for piano and orchestra Diary of a Child; Adiós a las trincheras; Cuba and America; Black Cat; Cuba at Arms; 675754044589 Crisantemo; Vals del Sena; Locura; Barba-Azul; Vals de los mares; Ojos triunfadores; Bésame; Soñaba contigo; Voilà; Suite from ‘El Sombrero de yarey’; Quasi Bolero; Dame de tus rosas (‘Two Hearts that Pass in the Night’) Disc 3: Rapsodia Cubana for piano and orchestra Danzas Afro-Cubanas; Siete Danzas Cubanas Típicas; ¡Échate pa’allá, María!; Valses fantásticos; Vals del Nilo; Gardenia; Porcelana China; Polka de los enanos; Noche de estrellas; Yo te quiero siempre Disc 4 Rumba-Rhapsody for piano, voices, orchestra and chorus Danzas Cubanas; Amorosa; Futurista; 19thCentury Cuban Dances; Vals gitano; A media noche; Parisiana; Musetta; Vals del Danubio; Broken Blossoms; Noches de primavera; Vals de la mariposa; Vals azul (from ‘Lola Cruz’); Paso doble de los mantones Disc 5 Danzas Afro-Cubanas; Danzas Cubanas; Tres Valses; Álbum de Valses; Vals rosa; Vals del Rhin; Vals de Pierrot; Pasa Calle and Java; Lamento Africano (from ‘El Cafetal’); La ronda del amor (from ‘María la O’); La mulata chancletera (from ‘María la O’) Disc 6 Siempre en mi corazón; Como presiento; Allá en la sierra; Tu no tienes corazón; Mi corazón se fué; Dame de tus rosas; ¡No es por ti!; ¡Mira!; Dame el amor; Que risa me da; La comparsa; Al fin; Se abrieron las flores; Conga Cuba; Amor tardio; En una noche así; Devuélveme el corazón ; Primavera de ilusión; Un amor vendrá; Me has dejado; No me engañarás; Rumba mejoral; No me mires ni me hables; Mi amor fue una flor; Canción del amor triste Released in 1995 – the centenary of Ernesto Lecuona’s birth – the first instalment of Thomas Tirino’s pioneering survey of the composer’s piano music caused a sensation. All but forgotten (with notable exceptions such as Canto Siboney or Malagueña), these pieces exuded a charm and vitality which, combined with the highly idiomatic interpretations, enchanted audiences and critics alike and brought the disc onto Time Magazine’s list of the 10 best discs of the year. First impressions were confirmed by the following discs, which also gave further proof of the painstaking editorial care taken by Tirino himself in his efforts to discover the composer’s original thoughts beneath the encrustations of later arrangements. Fifty years after the death of Lecuona – often described as ‘the Cuban Gershwin’ – this box set provides a timely opportunity for a new generation to discover the qualities that made him a legend in his own time. For this purpose, Thomas Tirino’s five-disc series is complemented by soprano Carole Farley’s selection of some of her favourite Lecuona songs, including Always in My Heart (Siempre en mi corazón) and La comparsa – an album originally released in 2003, and described as ‘a real gem of a disc!’ in Gramophone, where it was named an ‘Editor’s Choice’.

BIS 1957 Label Code 001 Price Code P C.P.E BACH – KEYBOARD CONCERTOS, VOL 19. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto in G major, Wq 43/5 (H 475); Concerto in C major, Wq 43/6 (H 476); Concerto in G major, Wq 44 (H 477); Concerto in D major, Wq 45 (H 478) ARTISTS: Miklos Spanyi, Harpsichord/fortepiano, Concerto Armonico Budapest, Marta Abraham On the penultimate disc in his series of the complete keyboard concertos by C.P.E. Bach, Miklós Spányi completes the set of six concertos (Sei Concerti, Wq 43/1-6) begun on Volume 17. Bach finished working on the set in 1771, but had already advertised its coming publication. In a bid to reach as many potential subscribers as possible, he marketed the works as ‘easy’, and also included optional parts for wind instruments: two horns in all the fast movements, replaced by flutes in the 675754044596 slow movements. Bach’s aim was to make the works appealing to both players and listeners, and the result is a set of highly attractive pieces, with approachable melodies and dance rhythms but also displaying a new freedom with regard to conventional concerto form. With the expert support of the Hungarian period band Concerto Armonico, Miklós Spányi performs the solo parts of Wq 43/5 and 43/6 on a harpsichord, a copy of an instrument from 1745. Inspired by the English harpsichords that were imported in great number to Northern Germany during Bach’s time, this instrument has been fitted with a so-called ‘swell device’, enabling the performer to achieve dynamic shadings and crescendodiminuendo effects consistent with the instructions in Bach’s scores. Some seven years after the Sei Concerti, Bach composed the concertos in G major (Wq 44) and D major (Wq 45) – two works which, although composed in the same year, are strikingly different in character, evidence of Bach’s continuing desire to give each new work a distinctive identity. This has led Miklós Spányi to choose to perform the Wq 44 concerto on a fortepiano from 1798, by the English maker Broadwood, returning to the harpsichord for the final work on the disc.

BIS 2015 Label Code 001 Price Code P THE TRIO SONATA IN 18TH CENTURY ITALY Tomaso Albinoni: Baletto in G major, Op.3 No.3 Francesco Bonporti: Sonata in G minor, Op. 6 No. 7 Antonio Vivaldi: Folia, Op. 1 No. 12 Giovanni Bononcini: Sonata II from XIII sonatas for the Chamber Nicola Porpora: Sonata Op. 2 No III Giuseppe Sammartini: Sonata V from XII Sonate Opera Terza Pietro Locatelli: Sonata in D Major Op. 8 No. 8 Domenico Gallo: Sonata No.1 in G Major 675754044138 Giuseppe Tartini: Suonata a tre in D Minor ARTISTS: Swedish London Baroque Just as the seventeenth century saw the rise of the trio sonata to its position as the most important chamber music form, so the eighteenth century saw its decline and eventual demise. The seventh and penultimate disc in London Baroque’s highly acclaimed survey of the genre through the two centuries lets us sample these later developments in Italy, the nation where the genre had evolved some 100 years earlier. We do so through works by composers who are well-known (Vivaldi), unknown (Bonporti), known for the wrong reasons (Albinoni never composed the famous – or infamous – Adagio) and ignored by mistake (the trio sonata that inspired Stravinsky to compose Pulcinella was by Domenico Gallo and not by Pergolesi, as was long believed). Among our Italians are Locatelli and Tartini, two of the great violinist-composers of the period, as well as a trio largely active in musical centres outside of Italy: Bononcini, Sammartini and Porpora, who taught the young Haydn in Vienna in the 1750’s. Together their compositions come to form a mosaic, where proud traditions from Corelli and earlier (as seen in Vivaldi’s Folia and Albinoni’s dance suite) are gradually superseded by rococo traits.

BONGIOVANNI 1229/30 (2 CD Set) Label Code 002 Price Code C IL MITO DELL’OPERA: RENATO BRUSON Selections from Verdi’s Due Foscari, Un Ballo In Maschera, Ernani, I Vespire Siciliani, La Forza Del Destino, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, Don Carlo, Otello, La Traviata, Rigoletto. Donizetti’s La Favorita, Poliuto, Caterina Cornaro, Maria Di Rohan. Bellini’s I Puritani. Gounod’s Faust ARTISTS: Renato Bruson

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BONGIOVANNI 2458/60 (3 CD SET) Label Code 002 Price Code C ADELAIDE DI BORGOGNA Pietro Generali (1773-1832) Opera in 2 Acts, Libretto by Luigi Romanelli ARTISTS: Anna Carbonera, Katarzyna Otczyk, Elisa Fortunati, Gianluca Bocchino, Roberto Cresca, Danielle Antonangeli, Walter Testolin, Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta, Coro Polifonico Citta Di Rovigo, Maestro del coro Vittoroio Zanon, Direttore, Franco Piva

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BONGIOVANNI 5173/4 (2 FOR 1) Label Code 483 Price Code MP ORGANI STORICI DEL BASSO FRIULI Disc 1: Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712): Pasacalles 1 tono, Francisco Correa De Arauxo (15841654) Segundo tiento de medio registro de tiple de septimo tono, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelink (1562-1621): Variazioni su Poolsche dans, Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757): Sonata in La Minore K. 61, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Concerto in Re minore BWV 974, Concerto in Re minore BWV 596, Preludio e Fuga in Re minore BWV 539, Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901): Cantilena, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Sonata IV in si bemolle maggiore. Disc 2: Jorge Garcia (1985) Giosado sobre el Motete, Pablo Bruna (1611-1679) Tiento sobre la 675754044404 Letania de la Virgen, Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584-1654): Tiento de quarto tono, Tiento de a 5 de registro entero de primer tono, Jorge Garcia (1985): Differencias sobre las vacas, F.C. de Arauxo: Tiento y discurso de Segundo tono, Tiento de quarto tono a modo de cancion, Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712) Pasacalles Il de primer tono, Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710): Partitie diverse di Follia V, Jose Lidon (1748-1827) Fuga sobre el himno “Ave Maris Stella” ARTISTS: Nicolo Sar, Jorge Garcia Martin

CABINET 80005 Label Code 453 Price Code B TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA: MUSIC FOR GOOD FRIDAY ARTISTS: La Colombina, Maria Cristina Kieher, soprano, Claudio Cavina, alto, Josep Benet, tenor, Josep Cabre, baritono

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CABINET 80006 Label Code 453 Price Code B S. ROSSI: JEWISH POLYPHONY AT THE GONZAGA COURT ARTISTS: Roberto Festa, Ensemble Deadalus.

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CABINET 81107 Label Code 453 Price Code B W.A. MOZART: CLARINET CONCERTO ARTISTS: Eric Hoeprich, clarinet, Bruggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

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CABINET 81301 Label Code 453 Price Code B IL VIAGGIO DI LUCREZIA: HARP MUSIC IN 17TH CENTURY ITALY Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ARTISTS: Mara Galassi, double Harp

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CABINET 81402 Label Code 453 Price Code B FRANCISCO GUERRO: REQUIEM ARTISTS: Orchestra of the Renaissance, R. Cheetham, director.

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CEMBAL Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;AMOUR 171 Label Code 341 Price Code B MINDRU KATZ PLAYS PIANO CONCERTOS BY SCHUMANN & GRIEG Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 54 Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16 ARTISTS: Mindru Katz, piano, Israel Broadcast Authority Orchestra, conducted by Mendi Rodan, conducted by Sergiu Comissiona.

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CENTAUR 3223 Label Code 079 Price Code C STEVEN STARYK: A RETROSPECTIVE: VOL 5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Concerto in G, K. 216 Adagio in E major, K. 261 Quintet in G minor, K. 516 Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat, K. 364 ARTISTS: Steven Staryk, violin, Jamie Weisenblum, Rivka Golani-Erdesz, viola, John Mair, viola, Peter Schenkman, cello, Oscar Shumsky, viola, The Mainly M ozart Orchestra, David Miller, conductor.

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CENTAUR 3232 Label Code 079 Price Code C LAS PIEDRAS DEL CIELO Music By Marco Katz Poetry by Pablo Neruda ARTISTS: Naomi Katz Cohen, singer, Bob Rodriguez, piano.

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CENTAUR 3243 Label Code 079 Price Code C WOMAN COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC FOR SAXOPHONE Joan Tower: Fantasy, Judith Shatin: Grito del Corazon, Elena Rueher: Recurrences, Lera Auerbach: The Prayer, Libby Larsen: Song without words, Nancy Van de Vate: Suite for Alto Saxophone, Libby Larsen: Presto-digital, Libby Larsen: Canti brevi ARTISTS: Bill Perconti, saxophone, Kay Zavislak, piano, Paul Grove, guitar.

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CENTAUR 3249 Label Code 079 Price Code C MUSIC FROM THE SOUNDS OF EARTH Karl Korte: Elements Priscilla Mclean: Xakaalawe/Flowing, The Eye of Spring from Symphony of Seasons ARTISTS: Karl Korte, Priscilla Mclean, Charlie Tokarz.

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CENTAUR 3254 Label Code 079 Price Code C VOYAGE HOME: SONGS OF FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY Traditional Songs arranged by: Erkki Melartin (1875-1937): Fredrik Pacius (1809-1891): Vaino Hannikainen (1900-1960): Gustaf Hagg (1867-1925) ARTISTS: Mimmi Fulmer, soprano, Rhonda Kline, piano, Bruce Bengtson, piano 044747325422

CHRISTOPHORUS 77367 Label Code 034 Price Code F L. LECHNER: FESTIVE MASS & MOTETS ARTISTS: Ensemble officium, Ensemble Gabinetto Armonico, Wilfried Romach. Leonhard Lechner has until now been rather ignored on recorded releases; he is only known as the composer of secular German lied movements or his rather academic "German Proverbs of Life and Death". His origins are largely unknown; he was probably a pupil of Orlando di Lasso and he was primarily active in Nuremberg and Stuttgart. The present CD intends to present Lechner in a new light, with the ensemble officium introducing, mostly as premiere recordings, festive music for ceremonial occasions scored for large ensembles.

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CHRISTOPHORUS 77371 Label Code 034 Price Code F CELEBRATION MUSIC FOR THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE ELECTOR FREDERICK V TO ELIZABETH STUART CIARLATANI ARTISTS: I CIARLATANI When the Palatinate Prince-Elector Friedrich V married the English Princess Elizabeth Stuart on Valentine's Day 1613, the whole world spoke of the "marriage between the Rhine and the Thames". The Calvinist Electoral Palatinate led the union of the Protestant German princes at this time, and the Palatinate politicians saw in Anglican England a powerful ally against the Catholic Habsburgs. Thus this marriage was, of course, – as was usual at that time – politically motivated; but there is considerable evidence that the two young people were actually fond of each other. In London, the wedding – the Electoral Palatinate had already arrived – had to at first be postponed due to the state mourning of the sudden death of the brother of the bride and of the English heir to the throne, but it could then take place on 14 February 1613 following hasty preparations. After the arrival of the newlyweds in the Electoral Palatinate, the festivities were resumed at Heidelberg Castle. The Ensemble I Ciarlatani has reconstructed the many musical highlights with the help of an historical report, and presents the "marriage between the Rhine and the Thames" in the form of an exciting musical story enabling us to witness the events of those times.

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ENTREE 0180 Label Code 111 Price Code MP GREAT PRELUDES FOR GUITAR Willcock/Tarrega/Ponce/Villa-Lobos ARTISTS: Tilman Hoppstock, guitar

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ENTREE 0182 Label Code 111 Price Code MP MYSTERIUM MARIAE: MARIAN SONGS OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES Oswold Von Wolkenstein (1377-1445): Wer is die da durchleuchtet, Ave mater o Maria Monch von Salzburg: Maidleich pluem, Mutato modo geniture, Maria heushe muter zart, Ave gloriosa mater salvatoris, Stella maris illustrans omnia, Salve Regina, Maria pia gegrusset, Imperayritz de la ciutat ioyosa, Polorum regina, Ave pulcherima regina, O maria rogatria. ARTISTS: Ensemble fur fruhe Musik Augsburg

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ENTREE 0183 Label Code 111 Price Code MP POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE: TRUMPET FESTIVAL Vivaldi, Donizetti, Mozart, Scarlatti ARTISTS: Joachim Schafer, Camerata Instrumentale Berlin, Bratislava Chamber Soloists

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ENTREE 0184 Label Code 111 Price Code MP RENAISSANCE MUSIC AT THE COURT IN HEIDELBERG ARTISTS: I CIARLATANI

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COVIELLO CLASSICS 51304 Label Code 194 Price Code F MENDELSSOHN: COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO AND VIOLONCELLO

Sonata for piano and violoncello in B major op. 45 Sonata for piano and violoncello in D major op. 58 Variations concertantes op. 17 Song without words op. 109 ARTISTS: Ferenc Vizi, Laura Buruiana. The cellist Laura Buruiana and the pianist Ferenc Vici play the Mendelssohn's complete works for violoncello and piano. What all the works recorded here have in common is the high demands placed on both instrumentalists – as a pianist, Mendelssohn naturally did not regard them as solo works with piano accompaniment but duos with two equal partners. That involves special aspects in 675754044305 the interpretation and the ensemble playing which for Laura Buruiana, the cellist on this recording, are much more important than the virtuosic passages: “The biggest challenge is the sound quality and the ability to create that perfect mixture between the ways of vibrato, the sound colours, the different nuances.” This is not made any easier by the fact that in the four works dating from 1829 to 1845, all phases of Mendelssohn’s creative output – except for his early years – are represented, thus expressing all the stylistic facets of his musical activity.

NEW LABEL FABULA CLASSICA 2206 (5 CD SET) Label Code 492 Price Code X GLENN GOULD COLLECTION: BACH-BEETHOVEN CD1: J.S. Bach, Goldber Variations BWV 988, CD2: J.S.Bach Vol.2, Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 CD3: J.S. Bach Vol.3, Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 symphonies, BWV 787-801 CD4: L.V. Beethoven, Piano Concerto 3 in C minor, Op. 37, Six Bagatelles, Op. 126, CD5: L.V. Beethoven Vol.2 – Piano Sonata N.19 in G minor Op. 49. Piano Sonata N.28 in A major. Op. 101, Six Variatinoso n an Origonal Theme in F major, Op. 34, Fifteen Variations on an Origonal Theme in E-Flat Major op. 35, “Eroica Variations”. ARTISTS: Glenn Gould, piano, Berliner Philarmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, conductor, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Ernest McmIllan Conductor. 675754041502

GLOSSA 920113 Label Code 119 Price Code F JOHANN GOTTFRIED CONRADI (d.1747): NEUE LAUTEN STUCKE Pieces in A major Prelude – Allemande – Courante - Gigue – Menuets and Pieces in C Major Prelude – Allermande – Courante – Menuet = Gigue 12-13, Pieces in D minor Jan Antonin Losy (1650-1721): Pieces in F major Ouverture – Sarabande I – Bourree – Allemande – Courante – Menuets – Gigue – Gavotte – Sarabande II - Chaconne ARTISTS: Jose Miguel Moreno, Baroque lute

Given his absence in recent years from the studios, it is a pleasure to announce a new recording from that dexterous musical intelligence that is José Miguel Moreno; and so soon too after his album devoted to the music of David Kellner. Again we are in unknown territory – German and Bohemian lute music from around the start of the 18th 675754044503 century – and again with Moreno as a trusty guide playing his self-built 11- course Baroque lute. 1724 marked the date of publication in Frankfurt an der Oder of the Neue Lauten Stücke by one Johann Gottfried Conradi, possibly a scion of a notable German family of composers of the time. 1721 saw the death of the aristocratic Jan Antonín Losy, a Bohemian lutenist greatly admired by his contemporaries (including by that towering figure of the instrument, Silvius Leopold Weiss, who dedicated to Losy a heartfelt Tombeau). The surviving output of both these barely-known figures of the Baroque solo lute music tradition is small but José Miguel Moreno presents three exemplary suites full of improvisatory preludes and characterful dance movements (Courantes, Gigues, Sarabandes, Minuets...), allowing him both to demonstrate how Conradi and Losy had absorbed influences coming from France and Italy but also to evoke the interior rhetoric of the music of these composers in Moreno’s inimitable exuberant style.

GLOSSA 920414 Label Code 119 Price Code F FRANCOIS COUPERIN: PIECES DE VIOLES ARTISTS: Paolo Pandolfo, Amelie Chemin, Thomas Boysen, Markus Hunninger The confidential, almost secretive, musical world of François Couperin is known through the innumerable emotional connections made in his harpsichord works, but he was also able to produce the same sensations when writing for the viola da gamba. Paolo Pandolfo has brought together on one new album on GLOSSA these works of Couperin’s full maturity, demonstrating the composer’s spiritual and mischievous tendencies in equal measure (as well as his own mastery of the subtleties of the gamba). As well as the Plainte from the Tenth Concert Royal, there are two full Concerts from the collection entitled Les Goûts Réunis which ask for two violas da gamba. These are included alongside what may have been Couperin’s final works, the two sets of the Pièces de violes which, being supplied with a figured bass, call upon for the involvement of other instruments such as theorbo and harpsichord. Considered by the booklet 675754044497 essay writer, Philippem Beaussant, to be ranked as one of Couperin’s masterpieces, the second Suite (which lay undiscovered for almost 250 years) contains an astonishing pair of pieces called Pompe funèbre (Couperin’s musical testament?) and La Chemise blanche. Paolo Pandolfo is joined in this recording – made in the French village of Rasteau – by a second gamba player in Amélie Chemin, as well as by frequent collaborators from recent years in Thomas Boysen (theorbo, Baroque guitar) and Markus Hünninger (harpsichord).

HERITAGE 243 Label Code 485 Price Code A BRITTEN: SPRING SYMPHONY – HYMN TO ST. CECILIA – CHORAL DANCES FROM ‘GLORIANA’ ARTISTS: Orcherstra and Chorus of Covent Garden, London Symphony Chorus, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm.

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HERITAGE 244 Label Code 485 Price Code A BRITTEN: PIANO CONCERTO – DIVERSIONS – SINFONIA DA REQUIEM ARTISTS: Jacques Abram, Julius Katchen, Benjamin Britten.

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HERITAGE 246 Label Code 485 Price Code A BRITTEN: PIANO CONCERTO – DIVERSIONS – SINFONIA DA REQUIEM ARTISTS: Jacques Abram, Julius Katchen, Benjamin Britten.

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IDI 6661 Label Code 316 Price Code A THE LEGEND OF ALIRIO DIAZ VOL.1 G. Frescobaldi, G. Santz, D. Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, F. Sor, F.Tarrega, I.Albenitz, N. Paganini, D. Aguado, F.M. Carcassi, L. Legnani, J.C. Mertz, M.Llobet, G. Regondi, N.Coste ARTISTS: Alirio Diaz, guitar Alirio Diaz was born in Venezuela in 1923 and he is one of the most powerful and original personality of the international guitaristic outline .He become immediately a unique personality by his sense of rhythm, his sensational virtuosity and by interest in South American popular music. Our CD, is an excellent and reliable evidence of young Alirio Diaz’s incredible qualities as performer. This perfectly digital remastered CD entirely collects two rare LP recorded by Diaz respectively in 1956 ( Recital de guitare ) and in 1960 (Giutarra de Venezuela ). 675754044213

IDI 6662 Label Code 316 Price Code A GLEN GOULD PLAYS BACH VOL. 3 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 Goldberg Variations BWV 988 ARTISTS: Glenn Gould, George Ludwig Jochum Nonconformist, unconventional, provocateur and disputable, but always ingenious; Glen Gould connected his name as performer to J.S.Bach more than any other artist. It’s with great pleasure that IDIS presents this third CD of the series “ Glenn Gould plays Bach” which collects two still little known live recordings of 1958. Especially remarkable, is Goldberg’s interpretation of Variations BWV 988,may be the most amazing ever played among the recordings of this opera left us by Glenn Gould. 675754044237

LYRICA 2245 Label Code 494 Price Code X GIUSEPPE VERDI: AIDA ARTISTS: Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Giulietta Simionato, Cornell McNeil, Arnold Van Mill, Fernando Corena, Eugenia Ratti, Piero de Palma, Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, direttore.

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LYRICA 2251 Label Code 494 Price Code X CHARLES GOUNOD: ROMEO ET JULIETTE ARTISTS: Raoul Jobin, Janine Micheau, Odette Ricquier, Heinz Rehfuss, Charles Cambon, Louis Rialland, Andre Philippe, Pierre Mollet, Claudine Collart, Coro e Orchestra del Theatre Nationale De L’Opera Paris, Alberto Erede, Direttore.

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MUSIQUES SUISSES 22 Label Code 144 Price Code D MUSIC OF THE SWISS ALPS: A CROSS SECTION THROUGH THE FESTIVAL 2012 Geschwister Kung : Burgenstock-Polka, Suisse Miniature: Salep e la furmicla, Clepfshit: Lea, Barde & Zuger Sinfonietta: Glarined und Anton, Marcel Oetiker Trio: MutscheGeischt-Variationen, Elisabeth Susler Band: Polka Brillante, Pflanzplatz: Torre canne, Rumpus: 19 Marz 2011, Momoll: Para J.A.P., Helvetic Fiddlers: Burgenstock-Polka, Stegreif GmbH, Bim Rossli Adolf, Ramschfadra & Ils Trais Baritons Girschuns: Ftaner Kontratanza-Il bal dals scarafags, Hanottere: Bim Lychloi, Hanneli Musig & thurgaer Kammerorchester: Ausschnitt aus dem Hanneli-Concerto, Ils Franzlis da Tschlin & Ruedi Lutz: Chanzun da sot – Blue Moon, Rurban Music Ensemble: Wysel Remix, Marco Zappa, Renata Stavrakakis & Guests: Non far mi fretta, Duo Noldi Alder & Charlotte Hug: Improvisation, Doppelbock mit Christine Lauterburg: Battlertanz, Filigrane: 675754044251 Montferrine, eifachs.ch, Burgenstock Polka, Nadja Rass & Camerata Schweiz Rasse Chas, Landlerorchester 2012: Schluss-Gsatzli. ARTISTS: Geschwister Kung, Suisse Miniature, Clepfshit, Barde & Zuger Sinfonietta, Marcel Oetiker Trio, Elisabeth Susler Band, Pflanzplatz, Rumpus, Momoll, Helvetic Fiddlers, Stegreif Gmbh, Ramschfadra & Ils Trais Baritons Grischuns, Hanottere, Hanneli Music & Thurgauer Kammerorchester, Ils Franzlis da Tschlin & Ruedi Lutz, Rurban Music Ensemble, Marco Zappa, Rennata Stravrakakis & Guests, Duo Noldi Alder & Charlotte Hug, Doppelbock mit Christine Lauterburg, Filigrane, eifachs.ch, Nadja Rass & Camerata Schweiz, Landlerorchester 2012.

NEW PAN 10282 (2 CD SET) Label Code 250 Price Code F F.A. PISTOCCHI: IL MARTIRIO DI SAN ADRIANO ORATORIO MODENA 1692 ARTISTS: Compagnia de Musici/Francesco Baroni

During his lifetime, Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (16591726) was, as an alto castrato, a renowned singer who occasionally composed roles for himself in works of his own. This must have been the case in this oratorio about the martyrdom of Saint Hadrian: the role of Hadrian is sung by an alto. As rich in effects as it is in atmosphere, this oratorio appears to have been thoroughly successful in its time. In addition to Pistocchi's home city of Parma, his work also received contemporary performances in Venice and in Germany. In terms of content, the oratorio refers to the legend of Saint Hadrian: as a captain in the Roman army, Adriano is forced to persecute Christians. Their steadfastness converts him, however, leading him to his own martyrdom. Standing by 675754044435 him is his wife Natalia, who had already converted to Christianity, whilst his good friend Claudio, on behalf of the Emperor Massimiano, tries to dissuade him from his new faith. Adriano is tortured and finally dies the death of a martyr.

REGIS 1395 Label Code 207 Price Code F BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO.1, TRAGIC OVERTURE, ST. ANTHONY VARIATIONS ARTISTS: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

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REGIS 1396 Label Code 207 Price Code MP PROKOFIEV: SYMPHONY NO. 6, VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.2 ARTISTS: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky, Jascha Heifetz Arguably Prokofiev’s best symphonic work, the 6th symphony receives an electric and idiosyncratic rendering by Mravinsky and his Russian forces. Heifetz’s interpretation of the second violin concerto has long been considered a classic. Super budget price

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REGIS 1397 Label Code 207 Price Code MP J. BRAHMS: HUNGARIAN DANCES, DVORAK: SLAVONIC DANCES ARTISTS: Alfred Brendel, Walter Klien Alfred Brendel and Walter Klien perform the original two piano arrangements of Brahms’ Hungarian and Dvorak’s Slavonic dances.

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REGIS 1398 Label Code 207 Price Code MP SVIATOSLAV RICHTER LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL Ludwig Van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 In C major, Op. 2 No. 3 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 13, No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat Major, Op. 26 Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter, Piano In 1960, Richter gave a series of highly acclaimed concerts at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan which were recorded by Columbia Records. Regis presents an all Beethoven programme, taken from those concerts, which displays Richter’s Beethovenian credentials and which captures the sheer excitement that the concert series provoked at the time. 675754044763

REGIS 6147 Label Code 207 Price Code MP RICHARD BURTON READS JOHN DONNE LOVE POETRY ARTISTS: Richard Burton, Herbert Marshall The inimitable voice of Richard Burton recites the love poem of John Donne. Herbert Marshall presents a selection of Donneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meditations and sermons.

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REGIS 7010 (7 CDS FOR THE PRICE OF 4) Label Code 250 Price Code F ARTHUR GRUMIAUX: THE ART OF THE VIOLIN Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10 (Complete) Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Lalo: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 20 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 (Complete) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 ARTISTS: Arthur Grumiaux, violin A 7-CD set, in a slim-line wallet box, which features one the most iconic violinists of the twentieth century. Grumiaux is presented in performances of all the Mozart Violin Concertos, a complete set of Beethoven Violin Sonatas and concertos by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Lalo. 675754044770

REGIS 9012 (18 CD SET) Label Code 207 Price Code MP VERDI: THE GREAT OPERAS

Rigoletto. Il Trovatore. La Traviata. Simon Boccanegra. Un Ballo In Maschera. La Forza Del Destino. Aida. Otello. Falstaff. ARTISTS: Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Jon Vickers, Guiseppe di Stefano 18 CDs featuring the greatest Verdi operas in classic recordings at super budget price. The recordings feature such operatic luminaries as Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Jon Vickers, Giuseppe di Stefano, Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Bjorling under the direction of Serafin, Gavazzeni, Santini and Karajan. Slimline wallet box. 675754044701

SIGNUM UK 317 Label Code 303 Price Code D BENJAMIN BRITTEN: THE CANTICLES Benjamin Britten: Canticle I, Op. 40, Canticle II, Op. 51, Canticle III, Op. 55, Canticle IV, Op. 86, Canticle V, Op. 89 ARTISTS: Ben Johnson, tenor, James Baillieu, piano, Christopher Ainslie, countertenor, Benedict Nelson, baritone, Martin Owen, horn, Lucy Wakeford, harp. As part of the celebration of Britten's Centenery in 2013, this new recording presents Britten's five Canticles, performed by tenor Ben Johnson with James Baillieu accompanying. Ben Johnson describes his attraction to these works in his self-penned notes for the disc: "Each is deep with meaning or subversion, a trademark of Britten’s music to a modern audience. In their very performance they glide through such variety of style that it makes them wonderfully difficult to categorise. They are song, opera, cantata and chamber music, and so they 635212031728 correspond with the most delicate of intimacy and to the most effective of grand gesture … In his biography of Britten, Humphrey Carpenter points out the close links between the Canticles and Britten’s operas. This answers in part their difference from the ‘usual’ song repertoire: their religious flavour (a stronger taste in some than others) mixed with the circumstances of their composition make for a unique strand in Britten’s output." SIGNUM UK 320 Label Code 303 Price Code D RIMSKY-KORSAKOV EXCERPTS FROM THE INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH & SHEHERAZADE ARTISTS: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov Although he was counted amongst Mily Balakirev's 'Mighty Handful' (which dedicated itself to pursuing a more purely Russian art music, as opposed to the Austro-German musical dominance of the era), both works on this recording show how Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was able to draw influences from beyond Russia into his own unique compositional approach: the scenes from his opera The Invisible City of Kitezh take on a dramatic, Wagnerian influence, whilst Sheherazade is suffused with orientalism as it conjures images from the Thousand and One Nights. The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov bring their natural insight with this repertoire to the fore in these live performances, continuing their series of acclaimed releases with Signum: “Yuri Temirkanov’s mature and considered performance wears its own character with pride, rather than complying with any,perfectionist norm. The reading sounds Russian: dark and edgy…"

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SIGNUM UK 322 Label Code 303 Price Code D SCHUMANN CELLO CONCERTO IN A MINOR OP. 129 & DVORAK CELLO CONCERTO IN B MINOR OP. 104 Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, Silent Woods, Op. 68 ARTISTS: Jamie Walton, cello, Vladimir Walton, cello, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra Jamie Walton is joined by the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of their conductor laureate Vladimir Ashkenazy for this new concerto recording of concertos and orchestral works by Dvořak and Schumann. Jamie Walton has proved himself as a leading light in the UK's musical life; as a performer in his widely praised concerto and sonata recordings, and as a festival director in his work as founder of the North York Moors Festival, which was shortlisted for an RPS Award in 2011. 635212032220

SIGNUM UK 325 Label Code 303 Price Code D LETTERS TO LINDBERGH: RICHARD RODNEY BENNET ARTISTS: NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore & Andrew West, piano, Christopher Bell, conductor. One of the most versatile musicians of his generation, Richard Rodney Bennett was at the forefront of British musical life for nearly half a century. This new recording from the National Youth Choir of Scotland's National Girls Choir compiles a programme of Bennett's choral works from across his compositional life, as well as a collection of charming folk-tunes and nursery rhymes for piano duet (Over the Hills and Far Away). This is Signum's second release with NYCoS, who in 2011 became the first youth arts organization to receive a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. It follows their 2010 debut release of Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Elizabeth Poston's An English Day-Book (SIGCD228): “This debut recording by Christopher Bell's NYCoS National Girls Choircould so easily have been just another recording of Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, but for two things: the wholesome confidence of the choir itself … and, the successful partnering of Britten's masterpiece with Elizabeth Poston's edgy and colourful An English Day-Book.” SOHO 055 (3 CD SET) Label Code 497 Price Code X FILM THEMES 3 CD DELUXE EDITION FEATURING 60 EASY-LISTENING CLASSICS CD1: James Bond Themes CD2: Westerns CD3: Classics on Film ARTISTS: Various The dimension a shrewdly selected theme or snatch of music can add to the visual has long been appreciated by award winning directors. The film themes set you have in your hands highlights some of the masterpieces of film soundtracks from the epic signature tunes of the Bond films to the classical masterpieces so judiciously used in films like Four Weddings and A funeral and Ocean’s Eleven to the timeless spaghetti western themes of Morricone and Bernstein.

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SUPRAPHON BG 4123 (8 CD SET) Label Code 334 Price Code BG DVORAK ORCHESTRAL WORKS AND CONCERTOS Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Slavonic Dances, 1st Series, Op. 46, Slavonic Dances 2nd Series, Op. 72, Slavonic Rhapsoides, Op. 45, A Hero’s Song, Symphonic Poem, Op. 111, Legends, Op. 59, Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66, My Home. Incidental Music for F.F. Samberk’s play Josef Kajetan, Hussite Overture, Op. 67, Czech Suite in D Major, op. 39, Festival March, Prague Waltzes, Polka for Prague Students, Op. 53, Polonaise in E flat Major, Suite in A Major, Op. 98b, Serenade for Wind Insturments, Op. 44, Serenade in E major for String Orchestra, Op. 22, Nocturne for String Orchestra in B major, op. 40, Concerto No.1 in A Major for Cello and Orchestra, Concerto in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 33, Romance in F minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 11, Mazurek for Violin and Orchestra, 099925412326 Op. 49, Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 53, Silent Woods for Cello and Orchestra, Rondo in G minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 94, Concerto No. 2 in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104. ARTISTS: Joset Suk, Vaclav Hudecek, violin, Ivan Moravec, piano, Milos Sadlo, cello, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia Conductors: Vaclav Neumann, Sir Charles Mackerras, Jiri Belohlavek, Bohumil Gregor, Jakub Hrusa. Collectors and admirers of Dvořak’s music bearing the hallmark of the Czech performance tradition can now add another comprehensive album to put alongside the previous complete Supraphon CDs mapping his chamber (SU 3815-2, SU 3921-2), piano (SU 4018-2) and symphonic works (SU 4090-2). The acclaimed recording of the symphonies, conducted by Vaclav Neumann, is now followed by Supraphon’s 8-CD box set featuring Dvořak’s orchestral pieces and concertos. In addition to the celebrated Slavonic Dances, it contains a number of rarely recorded symphonic works (the Hussite Overture, My Home, A Hero’s Song), as well as splendid compositions for chamber and string orchestras. Besides recordings made under the baton of Neumann, it provides scope to other great Dvořak conductors – Mackerras, Bělohlavek and the rising star Jakub Hrůša. The set of orchestral works is rounded off by recordings of concertos, ranging from the virtually unknown Cello Concerto in A major, written by the young Dvořak, to the most frequently performed, the Cello Concerto in B minor. Supraphon has again carefully put together topquality and time-honoured recordings of works performed by world-renowned soloists. SUPRAPHON FL 4124 Label Code 332 Price Code C VIVALDI BACH HANDEL CONCERTOS & SONATAS Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in A minor Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in B flat minor, La Notte RV501 Johoann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata in A major for Basson and Basso continuo Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) Dopo Notte, Aria from the Opera Ariodante HWV 33. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Sonata in D minor for Bassoon Solo ARTISTS: Vaclav Vonasek, bassoon, Barocco sempre giovane. Not only violinists are eternally grateful to Antonio Vivaldi for the sheer abundance of concert works he bequeathed. The instrument he wrote for with the second greatest frequency is the bassoon (!), for 099925412425 which he created about forty concertos. Two of the most celebrated bookend Václav Vonášek’s debut recording and are supplemented by pieces by other 18th-century masters, J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and G. F. Handel. Vonášek has primarily arranged for the bassoon compositions intended for the flute, as was customary in the Baroque period. They demonstrate the soloist’s exceptional qualities, for which he has garnered a number of accolades – first prizes at the International Double Reed Society competition (Melbourne, 2004) and the Prague Spring international competition (2009), third prize at the ARD Competition in Munich (2008). Václav Vonášek, accompanied by the distinguished young ensemble Barocco sempre giovane, makes the bassoon sing, unleashes a tempest and conjures up the dreamy atmosphere of the night...

WIDESCREEN 189 Label Code 475 Price Code Y WAGNER: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER – LOHENGRIN – TRISTAN UND ISOLDE – DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG, DIE WALKURE, GOTTERDAMMERUNG- PARSIVAL – SIEGFRIED IDYLL ARTISTS: Hans Knappertsbusch, Wiener Phalharmoniker, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Symphony Orchestra.

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WIDESCREEN 196 Label Code 475 Price Code Y BEETHOVEN: MISSA SOLEMNIS, CHORAL FANTASY OP. 80, SYMPHONY NO. 5 – 2 0VERTURES ARTISTS: Eileen Farrell, Carol Smith, Richard Lewis, Kim Borg, Rudolf serkin, Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein.

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WIDESCREEN 204 Label Code 475 Price Code Y VERDI: AIDA ARTISTS: Leontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Robert Merril, Rita Gorr, Orchestra e coro del Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma, Georg Solti.

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WIDESCREEN 220 Label Code 475 Price Code Y LISZT: LES PRELUDES – MAZEPPA – BATTLE OF THE HUNS – MEPHISTO WALTZ NO. 1 – HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES NO. 1-6 ARTISTS: Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen

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WIDESCREEN 241 Label Code 475 Price Code Y VERDI: RIGOLETTO ARTISTS: Robert Merrill, Alefredo Kraus, Anna Moffo, Rosalind Elias, Ezio Flagello, Orchestra e coro Dell’Opera Di Roma, Georg Solti.

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MUSIQUES SUISSES 6276 Label Code 144 Price Code D COLORS OF TIME Welcome to the world, My season, Guardian Angel, When we hold Hands, The Time is now, Let’s Bloom, Reminiscing of the Days, September Child, Autumn should be prepared, Beyond the Horizon of Time, Everything’s been told, Gone Today, Hope ARTISTS: Thierry Lang piano, featuring David Linx, Matthieu Michel, bugle & trompette, Heiri Kanzig, contrebasse, Andre Ceccarelli, batterie, L’Arccroche-Chceur, ensemble vocal Fribourg, Orchestre de Chambre Fribourgeouis, Jean-Claude Fasel, direction.

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ERMITAGE LP 12204 Label Code 493 Price Code A MILES DAVIS: LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD ARTISTS: Miles Davis, trumpet, Barney Wilen, tenor sax, Rene Urtreger, piano, Pierre Michelot, bass, Kenny Clarke, drums.

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ERMITAGE LP 12207 Label Code 493 Price Code A BIRD AND DIZ ARTISTS: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Curly Russel, Ruddy Rich.

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The Final Chapter Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan finish the last recording in their series of

J.S. Bach’s Sacred Cantatas On Friday 22 February at the Shoin Chapel in Kobe, Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan finished recording the final disc in their monumental series of Bach’s church cantatas. The disc, to be released late autumn this year, is the 55th volume in an undertaking that began in 1995 with the recording of three of Bach’s very first cantatas: BWV 4, 150 and 196. In his own introduction to the series, Masaaki Suzuki expressed the hope that the project would ‘demonstrate that Bach’s music contains a message which can touch the human heart, regardless of nationality or cultural tradition, satisfying hungry spirits and spreading peace.’ As the present recording, which includes the last extant work by Bach in this genre, Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele BWV 69, comes to an end, it seems clear that Suzuki’s hope has been fulfilled. Over the years new instalments in the series have met with international acclaim, and Masaaki Suzuki and his team have earned the respect of reviewers and experts through the excellence of their performances, demonstrating a rare understanding of the context --- both musical and theological --- of these compositions, and through an approach described by one reviewer as ‘seeking devotional depth rather than brilliance for its own sake.’ (International Record Review) Besides the choir and orchestra of Bach Collegium Japan, many of whose members have been part of the project since the beginning, the performers in this final recording included the soloists Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) and Peter Kooij (bass), wellknown to followers of the BCJ cantata series. Robert von Bahr, president of BIS Records and the recording producer behind the very first volume of cantatas, had also travelled to Japan in order to assist at the closing chapter of an almost two-decade long saga. Apart from the many cantata discs, Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have also recorded other works for BIS, by Bach and other composers, and the collaboration will continue with further Bach projects, such as secular cantatas, masses and concertos, but also with an eye to later repertoire.

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