C D O F T H E M O N T H

THIS MONTH’S HIGHLIGHTS:

Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 I. Allegretto – Allegro non troppo II. AllegroIII. Lento – Largo IV. Lento – Allegro molto – Adagio – Largo – Presto

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ‘The First of May’, Op. 20 Allegretto Più mosso Andante Allegro Andante Moderato ‘V pervoy, pervoye maya’

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

This is the fifth disc in Vasily Petrenko’s outstanding Shostakovich cycle, which is continuing to take critics by storm. Shostakovich’s First Symphony propelled the teenage composer to international prominence, its emotional range and innovative orchestration marking him as a daring and precocious talent on the scene. The Third Symphony, ‘The First of May’, originally intended as part of a symphonic cycle inspired by dates on the revolutionary calendar, has been described as ‘a reckless and at times chaotic accommodation between modernist intent and revolutionary fervour’.

“This series… is developing into something really special. These RLPO Shostakovich recordings withstand comparisons with some of the greatest performances on disc.” The Sunday Times

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Josef SUK (1874-1935)

Fantasy in G minor, Op. 24 Pohádka (Fairy Tale), Op. 16 Fantastické scherzo, Op. 25

Michael Ludwig (violin)Buffalo Philharmonic OrchestraJoAnn Falletta

Encouraged by Brahms and Dvořák while embracing the innovative influences of Debussy, Mahler and Richard Strauss, Josef Suk ranked among the most important composers of the Romantic Czech school. Suk’s Fantasy in G minor carries the listener into the realms of reverie with its virtuosic solo violin and rich orchestration. The magical story of the romance of a dashing young prince, Radúz, who desires the hand of princess Mahulena from a rival mountain kingdom, lies behind Suk’s luxuriantly orchestrated suite Fairy Tale. The Fantastic Scherzo is one of his most evocative works, with a haunting Czech tune on middle strings and cellos that lingers long in the heart.

“Michael Ludwig plays with abundant feeling and JoAnn Falletta directs wholly sympathetic accounts of the two orchestral scores.” Gramophone on 8.570833 (Dohnanyi: Violin Concertos)

Ernesto HALFFTER (1905-1989)

Carmen (1926)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Fitz-Gerald

This magnificent score for Jacques Feyder’s 1926 silent film, Carmen, is one of the great impressionistic Spanish masterpieces of its era. More sombre and tragic than the music for Bizet’s opera, Halffter’s vivid panorama depicts the range and depth of the powerful emotions encompassed within the Carmen story, a tale of thwarted love, passion, jealousy, and violence set in the heart of Andalusia in southern Spain. This is not only the work’s world première recording but the first performance to realise the composer’s musical intentions in full.

“Russian singers and Frankfurt’s radio orchestra lap up Fitz-Gerald’s reconstruction; a job well done all round”. The Times on 8.570316

Ronald CORP (b. 1951)String Quartet No. 1 ‘The Bustard’ Country Matters (Poems by Steve Mainwaring)String Quartet No. 2

Mark Wilde (tenor)Maggini QuartetSusanne Stanzeleit (violin I) David Angel (violin II)Martin Outram (viola) Michal Kaznowski (cello)

Best known as a conductor and composer of choral music, British composer and conductor Ronald Corp now makes his Naxos chamber music début with this disc. Corp’s String Quartet No. 1 takes its name from the world’s largest, most stately and regal bird, the bustard, whose soaring flight and dance-like gait are evoked in this fascinating piece. String Quartet No. 2 celebrates a baby boy’s birth with joyful and exuberant music. The composer describes his song-cycle Country Matters as ‘poignant and riotously outrageous’. The soloist here is tenor Mark Wilde.

“The Maggini is colonising British string quartets, and offering seldom-played works at Naxos’s budget price. This superbly recorded disc once again places us in its debt.” The Strad

LISZT: HIS LIFE AND MUSICCD 1: Ouverture de l’opéra Guillaume Tell (S552/R237); Lieder von Schubert (S558/R243 Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Ave Maria (S20/R496a); Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor; Années de pèlerinage, première année: Suisse; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie (S161/R10b); Étude en douze exercices (S136/R1); Études d’exécution transcendante (S139/R2b); Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (S173/R14)

CD 2: Sonata in B minor (S178/R21); Orpheus (S98/R415); Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert (S434/R267); Two Legends (S175/R17); Urbi et orbi, bénédiction papale (S184/R69); Via crucis (S53/R534) excerpts; In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi (S188/R74); From the Cradle to the Grave (S107/R424); Hungarian Rhapsody No. 17 in D minor (S244/R106, No. 17); Nuages gris (S199/R78)

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth, this new format title (2 CDs + 50,000 word biography) explores the fascinating world of LIZST: HIS LIFE AND MUSIC. The 2 CDs feature music spanning Liszt’s career, and the free website www.naxosaudiobooks/lisztlifeandmusic offers hours of extra music and other bonus material.

(2 CDs and 220-page booklet)

Lauro ROSSI (1812–1885)

Cleopatra

Dimitra Theodossiou (Cleopatra), Alessandro Liberatore (Marco Antonio), Paolo Pecchioli (Ottavio Cesare), Sebastian Catana (Diomede), William Corrò (Proculejo), Tiziana Carraro (Ottavia), Paola Gardina (Carmiana),

FORM – Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, Coro Lirico Marchigiano ‘V. Bellini’, David Crescenzi

First performed at the Teatro Regio, Turin, on 5 March 1876, Lauro Rossi’s penultimate opera Cleopatra caught the public’s attention in the wake of Verdi’s Aïda (1871). From the brooding opening scene in which Diomedes foretells the fall of Egypt to Cleopatra’s death scene, this gripping grand opera by one of Italy’s forgotten masters springs vividly to life in this revival recorded at the 2008 Macerata Sferisterio Festival.

“If you like Verdi, you will almost certainly enjoy this performance of Rossi’s Cleopatra, especially if you are a snapper-up of what in the eighteenth century used to be called ‘curiosities’… this would be my Discovery of the Month.” MusicWeb International

Robert FUCHS (1847–1927)

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 9 Serenade No. 2 in C major, Op. 14 Andante grazioso and Capriccio, Op. 63

Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christian Ludwig

This selection of music for string orchestra, written between Fuchs’s late twenties and early fifties, gives us an opportunity to reassess a neglected and influential figure of Austrian Romanticism. Under young German-born conductor Christian Ludwig, the internationally renowned Cologne Chamber Orchestra revives these delightful works with characteristically polished ease.

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RUSSIAN SONGSModest Petrovich MUSSORGSKY (1839–81): Mephistopheles’ Song in Auerbach’s Cellar; A Society Tale: The Goat; Mischief; The Seminarist; From Songs and Dances of Death; Lullaby; Serenade; Trepak; The Field Marshal;César CUI (1835–1918)The Statue at Tsarskoye Selo; Thou and You; Nikolay Andreyevich RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908): The Prophet; In the Quiet of the Night; Upon the Georgian Hills; The rainy day has waned;Mily Alexeyevich BALAKIREV (1837–1910):Barkarola; When I hear your voice; They keep calling me a fool; Hebrew Melody;Alexander Porfir’yevich BORODIN (1844–87):The Miraculous Garden; False Note; From my tears; Song of the Dark Forest

Mikhail Svetlov (bass), Pavlina Dokovska (piano)

Robert and Clara SCHUMANN Music for Cello and Piano

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor,Märchenbilder, Op. 113 Drei Romanzen, Op. 94 Clara SCHUMANN (1819–1896)Drei Romanzen, Op. 22* *Arranged for cello and piano by Jan Willem Nelleke

Karine Georgian (cello) Jan Willem Nelleke (piano)

Alexander SHCHETYNSKY (b. 1960)Sacred Music from UkraineKnow Yourself Symphony for mixed choir a cappella Light to Lighten (Svit vo Otkroveniye) Sacred cantata for mixed choir a cappella and two bells Requiem for mixed choir and string orchestra

Cantus Chamber Choir, Emil Sokach,Gloria Chamber Choir, Leopolis Chamber Orchestra, Roman Rewakowicz

The Ukrainian composer Alexander Shchetynsky writes music of haunting luminosity and sublime spirituality. The composer writes: “I aim at overcoming eclecticism and finding a new unity in the combination of those musical elements that historically never existed next to each other.”

ALL THE QUEEN’S MEN: Music for Elizabeth IThomas WEELKES (c.1575–1623): As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending;Thomas HUNT (1580–1658): Hark! Did ye ever hear?; William BYRD (c.1540–1623): O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth; Orlando GIBBONS (1583–1625): O clap your hands; ANON: Robin is to the greenwood gonn;Alfonso FERRABOSCO II (c.1575–1628): So beauty on the waters stood;Philippe ROGIER (c.1561–1596): Laboravi in gemitu meo; Michael EAST (c.1580–1648): Hence, stars, too dim of light; John WILBYE (1574–1638): Oft have I vow’d;John DOWLAND (c.1563–1626): Time stands still; Thomas TOMKINS (1572–1656): Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers;

WILBYE: Ye that do live in pleasures;DOWLAND: The Right Honourable the Lady Rich, her galliard; Thomas MORLEY (1558–1603): Hard by a crystal fountain; WILBYE: Draw on, sweet night

The Sarum Consort

THE 18TH CENTURY AMERICAN OVERTUREJames HEWITT (1770-1827)Medley Overture in D minor-major Benjamin CARR (1768-1831)Federal Overture James HEWITT (1770-1827)New Medley Overture in C major;New Federal Overture Alexander REINAGLE (1756-1809)Miscellaneous Overture in D major; Occasional Overture in D major;Overture in G major

Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois

Onut NARBUTAITÉ (b. 1956)

Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae (2002-03)

Introitus Symphonia prima. Angelus Domini Symphonia secunda. Bethleem Symphonia tertia. Mater Dolorosa Oratio

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra,Kaunas State Choir, Aidija Chamber Choir,Robertas S

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ervenikas

The eloquent, expressive music of Lithuanian neo-romantic composer Onut Narbutaité is noted for its sense of compositional discipline. Her Tres

Dei Matris Symphoniae (Three Symphonies of the Mother of God) is not a conventional oratorio but three symphonies with choir which embrace the Revelation, the Birth of Jesus and the Crucifixion.

Nikolay Andreyevich ROSLAVETS (1880-1944)

Works for Cello and Piano

Cello Sonata No. 1; Razdum’ye (Meditation); Cello Sonata No. 2; Tantsï belïkh dev (Dances of the White Maidens); Viola Sonata (transcribed for cello and piano)

Lachezar Kostov (cello), Viktor Valkov (piano)

Bulgarian cellist Lachezar Kostov and pianist Viktor Valkov, his long-time collaborator, are ideal interpreters of this brilliantly-crafted music.

Also Available: ROSLAVETS: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 4 and 6 (8.557903)

Charles WUORINEN (b. 1938)Chamber Music

Scherzo (2007)*; First String Quartet (1971); Viola Variations (2008)*; Second Piano Quintet (2008)* *World Première Recording

Peter Serkin, Lois Martin, Brentano String Quartet: Curtis Macomber, Jesse Mills, Fred Sherry Charles Wuorinen’s staggeringly prolific output has been remarkably consistent yet tremendously varied. This disc presents the first commercial recordings of three recent pieces, together with the First String Quartet, a watershed work in the composer’s career.

Also Available: Wuorinen: String Sextet (8.559288)

Sergey Ivanovich TANEYEV (1856–1915)

String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 5 String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 11

Carpe Diem String Quartet

The Carpe Diem String Quartet’s first volume of Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev’s string quartets (Nos. 1 & 3 – 8.570437) gained critical accolades both for the revival of this important repertoire and for the ensemble’s sensitive and assured interpretations.

Niccolò PAGANINI (1782-1840)

Ghiribizzi

43 Miniatures for Guitar

Denis Sungho Janssens

The ultimate violin virtuoso, Niccolò Paganini also wrote more than 100 pieces for guitar, including these Ghiribizzi (‘whims’). Many of the 43 short movements draw on themes by Rossini, Paisiello, Süssmayr, Mozart, Giuliani and, of course, Paganini himself. Praised by Les cahiers de la guitare as ‘inspired’ and Koelner Stadt Anzeiger as a ‘genius’,

Denis Sungho Janssens made his 2005 Carnegie Hall début as a Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organization.

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BEETHOVEN AND HIS TEACHERSMusic for Piano, Four HandsCD 1: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Sonata in D, Op. 6 (1797); Christian Gottlob NEEFE (1748–1798) Sechs leichte Stücke (Six Easy Pieces) from Mozart’s opera, Die Zauberflöte (1793)†; BEETHOVEN Eight Variations in C on a Theme by Count Waldstein, WoO 67 (1794); Johann G. ALBRECHTSBERGER (1736–1809) Prelude and Fugue in B flat (1796)†; BEETHOVEN Drei Märsche, Op. 45 (1804) CD 2: BEETHOVEN Six Variations in D on the Air Ich denke dein, WoO 74 (1805)*†; Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Divertimento in F, Hob.XVIIa; BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op. 134

Cullan Bryant and Dmitry Rachmanov (piano),Maria Ferrante (soprano)† World Première Recordings

Johann Christian BACH (1735–1782)

Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 5

Sonata in B flat major, Op. 5, No. 1;Sonata in D major, Op. 5, No. 2;Sonata in G major, Op. 5, No. 3;Sonata in E flat major, Op. 5, No. 4;Sonata in E major, Op. 5, No. 5;Sonata in C minor, Op. 5, No. 6

Susan Alexander-Max (Clavichord)

D.H. Lawrence

Lady Chatterley’s LoverRead by Maxine Peake

Explicit descriptions of sex and ‘unprintable’ words meant that D.H. Lawrence’s notorious novel could only be printed in Florence when it was published in 1928. Lady Chatterley’s Lover was finally published openly in the United Kingdom in 1960. Almost entitled Tenderness by the author, it tells the story of the physical relationship between the aristocratic protagonist Constance Chatterley and gamekeeper Oliver Mellors — which occurs

right under the nose of her wheelchair-bound husband, Clifford. In exploring the class system of the early 20th century, the novel also touches upon the declining coal mining industry: its effect on the workers; and the politics which surrounded it. Yet possibly the most important theme in this intimate and moving novel is the individual’s need for physical as well as intellectual satisfaction in order to feel a sense of completeness.

Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon

Read by Eric Meyers

Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, first serialised in a magazine in 1930, is best known through the iconic Humphrey Bogart film of 1941. But it was the book that created the classic ‘noir’ genre with its tough private detective threading his cool way between the criminals and the law. Sam Spade, the private eye solving the mystery of the Maltese statuette, was the template for Philip Marlowe and a host of others… but they come no more shrewd and cunning with Hammett peppering the text with one-liners. Not even Bogart bettered the original. An idiomatic new recording from Eric Meyers.

The Life and Works of Franz Liszt

Written and read by Jeremy Siepmann with Neville Jason as Liszt

2011 celebrates the bi-centenary of Franz Liszt’s birth. His life was as daring and spectacular as his music. Famed throughout Europe as the greatest pianist of the 19th century, Liszt was one of the most original and prophetic composers who ever lived. Beautiful in youth, glowering in age, his high-profile love affairs were the talk of the town wherever he went and his generosity to young musicians was legendary. In this account of his epic life, actors’ readings combine with plentiful musical excerpts to paint a living portrait of a highly complex man.

Rosemary Sutcliff

The Eagle of the Ninth

Read by Charlie Simpson

Roman Britain: Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion is forced into retirement after a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he find out

what happened to the men, led by his father, who never returned? And will he recover the Eagle, the symbol of Roman dominance and power?

This title is re-issued with new artwork to coincide with the UK release of the film adaptation “The Eagle” - starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland – on March 25th 2011.

Alessandro ROLLA (1757-1841)Sonata in E flat major for viola and piano, Op. 3, No. 1; Duetto in A major for violin and viola, Op. 18, No. 1; Sonata in D minor for viola and piano, Op. 3, No. 2; Esercizio No. 1 in F major;Esercizio No. 2 in E flat major; Esercizio e Arpeggio in G major; Sonata in C major for viola and piano

Jennifer Stumm (viola), Connie Shih (piano)Liza Ferschtman (violin)

Richard DANIELPOUR (b. 1956)The Enchanted Garden

Preludes, Book I (1992)Preludes, Book II (2009)

Xiayin Wang (piano)

“The first book of The Enchanted Garden was composed in 1992; the five preludes in that cycle were musical responses to dreams that I had and had eventually written about. The second book, written nearly seventeen years later in 2009,

includes seven preludes; experiences and memories both recent and historical are the sources here and the origins of the titles.” Richard Danielpour

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Gian Carlo MENOTTI (1911–2007)Amahl and the Night VisitorsChet Allen (Amahl), Rosemary Kuhlmann (His Mother), Andrew McKinley (Kaspar), David Aiken (Melchior), Leon Lishner (Balthazar), Frank Monachino (The Page), Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas SchippersRecorded in New York City, December 1951

Sebastian – Ballet SuiteRobin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia,Dimitri MitropoulosRecorded in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 26th July, 1946

Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

DINU LIPATTI: The Last Recital

Besançon, 16th September 1950Johann Sebastian BACH: Partita No. 1 in B flat minor, BWV 825; Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310; Franz SCHUBERT: Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 (No. 3 in G flat major; No. 2 in E flat major); Fryderyk CHOPIN: Waltzes No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42; No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1; No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69, No. 1; No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2; No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70, No. 1; No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2; No. 14 in E minor, Op. posth.; No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2; No. 4 in F major, Op. 34, No. 3’; No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70, No. 2; No. 13 in

D flat major, Op. 70, No. 3; No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64, No. 3; No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18

Recorded: Salle du Parlement, Palais de Justice, Besançon, France, 16th September 1950. Reissue Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Shostakovich Piano Concertos

Martin Helmchen (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovich’s energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes, with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting, perfectly captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. The Piano Quintet

displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war.

Martin Helmchen is a former member of the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme (2005-2007) and was the 2001 winner of the Clara Haskill Competition.

J.S. BACH

St John Passion

Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Jesus), Peter Harvey (Pilatus), Benarda Fink, Joanna Lunn, Katharine Fuge, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists

Considered to be an expressive and intimate oratorio, the St John Passion was conceived by Bach both as a work of art and an act of worship in itself. It has a subtle balance between narrative and contemplative, juxtaposing vivid re-enactment

and dramatic scene-setting in the ariosos and arias, with stretches of exposition of its meaning in chorales. The music is in turns evocative, stirring, exultant and profoundly moving. It forces the listener to contemplate the complexities of the Passion story. Regardless of one’s religious view, it captures our attention from beginning to end. This album was recorded in Königslutter in 2003. It features internationally acclaimed soloists, including Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Peter Harvey and Bernarda Fink.

Tomás Luis De VICTORIA (1548–1611)

The Victoria Collection

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Boxset includes: The Call of the Beloved (COR16007), The Mystery of the Cross (COR16021),Requiem 1605 (CORSACD16033),Devotion to Our Lady (COR16035)

2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria. This remarkable Spaniard epitomized the emotion and fervour of Renaissance Europe and could be considered the most outstanding composer of his time. This new boxed set contains four of The Sixteen’s celebrated Victoria recordings for the price of three including his masterpiece, the Requiem of 1605 recorded in surround sound and released in SACD format.

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No. 8

Júlia Várady, Jane Eaglen, Susan Bullock (sopranos), Trudeliese Schmidt, Jadwiga Rappé (mezzo sopranos), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Eike Wilm Schulte (baritone), Hans Sotin (bass),London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Eton College Boys’ Choir, Klaus Tennstedt

Popularly known as the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, in this live recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 from 1991, over 528 singers and musicians are led in a vibrant, life-affirming performance by one of the greatest interpreters of Mahler’s music, Klaus Tennstedt. The soloist line-up includes some of the most celebrated operatic singers of the twentieth century including sopranos Júlia Várady and Susan Bullock and American tenor Kenneth Riegel. This double disc CD features the combined choral forces of the London Philharmonic Choir and the London Symphony Chorus as well as 50 boys from Eton College Boys’ Choir.

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Magnus LindbergOrchestral Music Avanti! Chamber OrchestraBavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraFinnish Radio Symphony OrchestraToimii EnsembleSakari Oramo, conductorEsa-Pekka Salonen, conductorJukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

“Magnus Lindberg is one of the most important post-1945 orchestral composers. He has managed to create a unique synthesis: a distinct, personal, approachable language combined with orchestral

virtuosity in the spirit of Strauss, Ravel and Stravinsky.” - Esa-Pekka Salonen

KORNGOLD: Symphony in F sharp Tanzchen im alten Stil

Helsinki Philharmonic Storgards

John StorgardsSymphony in F sharp major, Op. 40:I. Moderato, ma energicoII. Scherzo: Allegro moltoIII. Adagio: LentoIV. Finale: AllegroTanzchen im alten Stil (Dance in the Old Style)

This Erich W. Korngold disc couples the monumental Symphony in F sharp with the world première recording of a rare discovery piece, Tänzchen im alten Stil.

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Sinigaglia: Chamber MusicAll First Recordings

Sinigaglia:Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 44Solomia Soroka (violin) & Phillip Silver (piano)Romanze for cello and piano, Op. 16, No. 1Noreen Silver (cello) & Phillip Silver (piano)Cavatina for violin and piano, Op. 1, No. 1Solomia Soroka (violin) & Phillip Silver (piano)Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 41Noreen Silver (cello) & Phillip Silver (piano)

Leone Sinigaglia, born in Turin in 1868, was a friend of Brahms in Vienna and a student of Dvořák in Prague, and was championed by musicians of the standing of Barbirolli, Furtwängler, Kreisler, Stokowski and Toscanini.

Yet he is virtually unknown even in his native Italy and apart from some of his songs on an Italian label, his music has been previously unobtainable on CD.

Eyvind Alnæs: Piano MusicFirst Recordings

Alnaes:Piano Pieces (10) on Norwegian Folk Melodies, Op. 39RomanceVariations sur un Thème original, Op. 5Piano Pieces (4), Op. 4Trois Morceaux, Op. 32Stemning (Mood)Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 9

Erling R. Eriksen (piano)

The piano music of the Norwegian composer Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932) shows the influence of Grieg and likewise marries an essentially lyric style with the melodies and rhythms of Norwegian folk-music; the later pieces add an awareness of Debussy and French Impressionism. The works on this CD – none of them recorded before – have an immediate appeal and easy charm, although Alnæs can also indulge in stormy virtuosity.

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Havergal Brian: Orchestral Music Volume 1

Brian:Legend - Ave atque valeFirst RecordingElegyFirst RecordingBurlesque Variations on an Original ThemeFirst Professional RecordingEnglish Suite No. 5 - Rustic ScenesFirst Professional Recording

The long-neglected British composer Havergal Brian (1876–1972) is gradually coming in from the cold, with recordings on Naxos, Dutton, Testament and now Toccata Classics.

Self-taught, from a working-class family in Stoke-on Trent, he shot to fame when Henry Wood discovered him for the 1907 Proms; but he remained an outsider to the British musical establishment, and is as much known for his creative persistence in the face of utter neglect as for the extremely serious and ambitious works that he produced.

Telemann: Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst Volume IIIThe cantatas for high voice, recorder and basso continuo II

Bergen Barokk: Mona Julsrud (soprano),Frode Thorsen (recorder),Hans Knut Sveen (harpsichord, organ),Thomas C. Boysen (theorbo),Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (cello)

First Recordings

This is the third volume in the highly acclaimed first complete set of recordings of the 72 cantatas from

Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, published in Hamburg in 1726.

The Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst was the first complete set of cantatas for the liturgical year ever to be published, and copies were to be found across Germany. J. S. Bach’s nephew wrote in 1758 that Telemann’s church music ‘is by now so much appreciated that there cannot be many Protestant churches in Germany where they do not perform Telemann’s annual cantata series’. TOCC0074TOCC0110

ROGER GRAFPhilip Maloney

Die haarsträubenden Fälle desPhilip Maloney Box 14Folgen 66, 67, 68, 69 und 70In farbigen Originalhüllen, Booklet 36 Seiten,illustriert von Zoran Petrovic

Folge 66 Der Bestseller • Der Matador • MarsmenschenFolge 67 Das Erlebnishotel • Das Kaffeekränzchen • Von Quoten und TotenFolge 68 Der Teddybär • Die Schlafwandlerin • Die TonjägerFolge 69Der Hellseher • Haarige Zeiten • SchmuckstückeFolge 70Das Skelett • Der Sprengmeister • Prüfungsangst

SCHUBERTTHE BAMBERG SCHUBERT PROJECTLimited Edition

Schubert:Symphony No. 1 in D major, D82Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 ‘Tragic’Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485Symphony No. 6 in C major, D589Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 ‘The Great’plus: Schubert Dialogue & Epilogue

Bamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

This set celebrates Nott’s relationship with the Bamberger Symphoniker and includes not only Schubert’s Complete Symphonies but other works written as an homage to Schubert. This 6 disc set has been widely advertised in the magazines and will be a must for all Jonathan Nott fans.

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FERRUCCIO BUSONITranscriptions for Piano after J. S. Bach - Vol. 2Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge BWV 903Praeludium und Fuge BWV 552Choralvorspiele BWV 667, BWV 734a, BWV 617, BWV 637, BWV 705, BWV 665Praeludium und Fuge BWV 532

Maurizio Baglini, Piano

LA CAPRICIEUSE

La Campanella • La Capricieuse • Walzer • The Rosary • Moment musical • Chaconne • Rondo all’ongarese • Arabisches Lied • Humoreske • Sicilienne • The Nightingale • Tango • Après un rêve • Cantabile • Carmen Fantasy • Liebesleid • Romanza andalusa • Caprice Viennois • Trinklied

Michaela Paetsch Neftel, ViolinWieslaw Pipczynski, Accordion

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CLASSICS

Garrick Ohlsson playsChopin, Brahms & LisztBrahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Royal Albert Hall, London, 31 July 1978BBC Symphony Orchestra, James Loughran

Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 2012 April 1974Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 ‘Héroïque’12 April 1974

Liszt: Funérailles, S. 173 No. 712 April 1974

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)Ohlsson won the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, just four years before the recital performance of Chopin and Liszt featured on this DVD. Ohlsson has also recorded the complete works of Chopin to global acclaim and is widely regarded as one of

the world’s leading exponents of his works.

Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni WitSzymanowski: Symphony No. 3 ‘The Song of the Night’, Op. 27

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor)Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (Sinfonia Concertante)Jan Krzysztof Broja (piano)

Superbly filmed for Polish Television, Antoni Wit’s performances of Szymanowski’s Third and Fourth Symphonies embody the distinguished and idiomatic conducting style for which he is widely recognised. An outstanding communicator, Wit exhibits exceptional attention to detail in his rendition of these two great works with his own orchestra and choir. The recording also benefits from DTS 5.1 surround sound.

Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Stravinsky & TchaikovskyEvgeny Svetlanov

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite1945 version. Barbican, London, 5 June 1996Philharmonia Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 ‘Winter Daydreams’

Barbican, London, 19 April 2002BBC Symphony Orchestra

The great Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov (1928-2002) was born in Moscow. He became Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Ballet (1963-1965) and

the USSR Symphony Orchestra (1965-2000) and in later years held positions with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Het Residentie in the Netherlands. He was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1975.

Charles Munch conducts Wagner,Franck & FauréBoston Symphony Orchestra, Charles MunchFauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (suite)

Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 7 April 1959Franck, C: Symphony in D minor

Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 14 March 1961Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3 (excerpts)

Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 8 March 1960

Access to the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era has been extremely difficult even for researchers. This series of DVDs will make these performances available for the first time since they were broadcast. Munch launched the BSO into television in 1955.

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Sinigaglia: Chamber MusicAll First RecordingsAuric: Huit Poèmes De CocteauMilhaud: Fumée

Le Tango des FratelliniCaramel MouSix Chansons de théâtreFête de BordeauxFête de Montmartre

Poulenc: CocardesSatie: Ragtime ParadeSauguet: Cirque

La VoyanteLe Chemin des Forains

Céline Ricci (soprano) & Daniel Lockert (piano)

The magic and ambience of a 1920 French Street Circus comes alive in Cirque, a spectacular collection of works brought to life by soprano Céline Ricci and pianist and collaborator, Daniel Lockert and presented by Sono Luminus.

In this collection of songs by Georges Auric, Darius Milhaud, Henri Sauguet and Francis Poulenc, the listener is drawn into the world of circus as depicted by the words of Cocteau, Copperie Pitoëff, Supervielle, Lenormand, Dréjac and even Nostradamus.

Eyvind Alnæs: Piano MusicFirst Recordings

Erling R. Eriksen (piano)

Passion, excitement, sorrow, and celebration all fill the room with this new exciting release of Biber: Mystery Sonatas by Julia Wedman. Though the Mystery Sonatas (also called the Rosary Sonatas) weren’t discovered until the late 19th century, these master works of violin virtuosity that

employs extensive scordutura (multiple tunings) for the performer have become a favorite of Baroque Music lovers and violinists the world over. After 2 years of research leading up to the recording, Ms. Wedman has brought a new life and impassioned vision to these works.

“Of the violin players of the last century,” wrote the 18th-century historian Charles Burney, “Biber seems to have been the best, and his solos are the most difficult and most fanciful of any music I have seen of the same period.” Over 200 years later, scholars, audiences and performers still agree with him.

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Kurofune O gloriosa domina [Iberian Hymn]Passeavase el Rey MoroSi los delfinesSendo no Yamma (arr. T. Satoh)Movetevi a pietaBook of Songs, Book 1: Come away, come, sweet loveHakata Lullaby (arr. C. Yamada)KurokamiBook of Songs, Book 4, “A Pilgrimes Solace”: In darkness let me dwellSospiro della Sua DonnaPianto della Madona, SV 288Takeda Lullaby (arr. T. Satoh) Exulta filia Sion, SV 303Inoko (arr. T. Satoh)Kocha e bushi (arr. T. Satoh)Nen nen korori (arr. C. Yamada)

Chiyomi Yamada - sopranoToyohik Satoh - vihuela, luteDavid van Ooijen - theorbo, 19th century guitar

‘Kurofune’ is a musical journey into the 16th and 17th centuries between Europe and Japan. Japanese soprano Chiyomi Yamada, accompanied by lutenists Toyohiko Satoh and David van Ooijen, performs songs from the European courts and Japanese pleasure quarters of that time, bringing back to life the musical world of the missionaries and traders who first came to Japan on the famous “Black Ships“ (Kurofune). CD-16283

Winter SketchesChernikov: Ei Ukhnem!

Kin: Fantasy on 2 Russian ThemesKusyakov: Winter SketchesLondonov: 2 Russian Folk Songs

Mussorgsky: In the VillagePanitsky: Fantasy on Oi da, Snowball Tree

Prokofiev: Pieces (10), Op. 12: No. 1 - MarchPieces (10), Op. 12: No. 10 - Scherzo

Repnikov: CapriccioSemionov: Kalina Krasnaja

Solotaryov: Chamber SuiteTchaikovsky: Swan Lake: Danse Russe

Nocturne Op. 10 No. 1

Bjarke Mogensen (accordion)

Bjarke Mogensen is a rising star in his native Denmark, much in demand as soloist, having made his debut aged 13 in a live TV broadcast with the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Concerts for 2011 include a solo recital at Carnegie Hall.

The repertoire on this disc is taken from a rich repertoire of accordion music, much of it based on folk music of Russia, and includes Mogensen’s own transcriptions for the instrument of works by Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.

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BERLIOZ

Roméo et Juliette

Olga Borodina, Thomas Moser, Alastair Miles, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Colin Davis

‘Davis uses the warmth and softness of the Vienna Philharmonic to make the most of this aspect of the music, where the acuter definitions of a French or an English orchestra might suggest a different approach. It is extremely intelligent conducting. As

before, Davis has the instinct for Berlioz’s long, irregular melodic lines, for the unpredictable harmonic tinge that confers poignancy or tension, for the rhythmic swerves, for the abrupt dramatic contrasts that can move the music in a startling direction.’Gramophone, October 1996

CHOPIN

Ballades and Impromptus

Bella Davidovich

‘Bella Davidovich gives excellent accounts of (the Impromptus), in line with her interpretations of the Ballades. The simplicity and directness of the A flat major Impromptu is particularly striking, and the whole is beautifully impulsive.’ Gramophone, April 1983

RESPIGHI

Ancient Airs and Dances

(Suites Nos. 1–3)The Birds Brazilian Impressions Fountains of RomePines of Rome

London Symphony Orchestra,Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Doráti

‘Respighi’s generous but sensitive application of modern colour, both harmonic and orchestral,

benefits enormously from the sonorous and widespread front put up by this recording, which features the many excellent players of the Philharmonia Hungarica. This orchestra is largely composed of Hungarian refugee musicians domiciled at the time of the recording in Vienna, and it is most appropriate that they should be conducted by Doráti.’Gramophone, April 1960

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’

Piano Sonata No.28 in A Op.101

Robert Casadesus, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Hans Rosbaud

‘Rosbaud shows extreme care, especially in the tuttis, yet is never unduly austere; in fact the serenity of the Adagio’s opening is most beautifully realised. The recording balance is such that woodwind solos can be heard properly over

the piano, but surely what is most enjoyable is the refinement, in both concept and execution, of Casadesus’s playing.’Gramophone, May 1972

LISZT

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies

Misha Dichter

‘This is the most technically accomplished set of the complete (Liszt) Rhapsodies that I have yet heard.’ Gramophone

J.S. BACH

St John Passion

Leipzig Rundfunkchor, Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schreier

‘Schreier goes all out for dramatic intensity and continuity; and his Evangelist, far from standing outside the action as an objective narrator, is caught up in the diverse emotions of the story (pacing his recitatives with great flexibility)… The chorales are flowingly and sensitively sung, the choruses very secure though mostly very fast and, in the personification of the mob, vividly howling for bloodlust.’ Gramophone, December 1988

BRAHMS • SCHUMANN

Complete String Quartets

Melos Quartet of Stuttgart

‘Their playing is immediately enjoyable for its warmth, its rhythmic impulse and its very positive directness... The Melos, with their pungent accentuation, are splendid in the tempo risoluto variation of the second movement (of Schumann’s Third Quartet) and in the dancing finale, just as they are in the exuberant vitality of the First Quartet’s concluding Presto.’ Gramophone, April 1989

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

Matthäus-passion

Julian Podger (evangelist), Jakob Bloch Jespersen (Jesus),Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier

The Matthäus-passion marks the conclusion of Dacapo’s critically acclaimed Schütz series with Ars Nova Copenhagen and Paul Hillier.

“The performance is first-rate throughout. A disc to cherish!” BBC Music Magazine 5 Stars on 8.226058 (Weihnachtshistorie)

Simon STEEN-ANDERSEN (b. 1976)

PRETTY SOUND - Solo and Chamber Music

asamisimasa Ensemble

The microphones are right up against the instruments in Simon Steen-Andersen’s five pieces on this CD, so that all the small sounds and noises one normally tries to suppress take on a central role in the music.

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August KLUGHARDT (1847-1902) Violin Concerto • Symphony No. 3 Violin Concerto Op. 68 in D major; Symphony No. 3 Op. 37 in D major

Mirjam Tschopp (violin), Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau, Golo Berg

Klughardt’s music reflects the styles used by Wagner and Liszt, but Klughardt was not afraid to shy away from styles they rejected. It is the influence of Viennese classicism, especially the music of Schubert which is more obvious in his music, particularly in the Third Symphony.

Mieczyslaw WEINBERG (1919-1996)Piano WorksChildren’s Notebooks 1–2 opp. 16, 19 & 23; Sonata No. 1 op. 5 Elisaveta Blumina (piano)

The first Piano Sonata, written when Weinberg was only twenty, is a work of emotional depth and musical maturity. Depth, seriousness, drama and technical demands differentiate Children’s Notebooks from other similarly titled exercises for children from the likes of Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Khachaturian.

Bruch – Vadim Gluzman

Vadim Gluzman, violinBergen Philharmonic Orchestra /Andrew LittonSandis Šteinbergs, violin; Maxim Rysanov, viola; Ilze Klava, viola; Reinis Birznieks, cello

Throughout his 82-year life, Max Bruch remained true to the musical ideals of his youth, formed by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and German folk songs. As a result, the same composer who in the 1880’s was regarded as Brahms’ equal, by the time of his death in 1920 was considered an

anachronistic irrelevance. Nowadays, however, few would deny that his production includes numerous works of exquisite sonority, beautiful melodiousness and admirable formal cohesion: a glorious irrelevance indeed.

Bach • Cantatas, Volume 48

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki SuzukiHana Blažíková, sopranoRobin Blaze, counter-tenor;Satoshi Mizukoshi, tenor;Peter Kooij, bass

Volume 48 of Masaaki Suzuki’s and Bach Collegium Japan’s traversal of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas opens with Cantata 43, O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe – a jubilant work intended for Whit Sunday 1727, but with its origins in an earlier, secular wedding cantata.

Telemann – The Recorder CollectionClas Pehrsson, recorder; Dan Laurin, recorder;Michael McCraw, baroque bassoon;Penelope Evison, transverse flute;Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble;Olof Larsson, cello & gamba;Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann, cello;Mayumi Kamata, harpsichord

During his lifetime, Georg Philipp Telemann was widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the period – perhaps the greatest of them all, not forgetting J.S. Bach or Handel. But the very aspects

that his contemporaries admired were the same that later critics would find questionable: his extensive and varied œuvre, the fluency with which he wrote in all genres and styles, and his manifestly modern, cosmopolitan outlook.

Peter Mattei – Great Baritone AriasPeter Mattei, baritoneRoyal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Renes

The Swedish baritone Peter Mattei has made a formidable reputation for himself performing at the most prestigious opera houses in the world: the Metropolitan, Teatro alla Scala and Covent Garden,

to mention but a few. He first came to the attention of an international audience when Peter Brook selected him as his Don Giovanni, for an Aix-en-Provence production which was later filmed. Something of a ‘director’s opera singer’, Mattei has also worked with Ingmar Bergman, Michael Haneke and Patrice Chereau, and regularly astounds audiences with his exceptional acting skills, coupled as they are with a voice of rare beauty.

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1760) Kapit�nsmusik 1738 CD 1: Oratorio; CD 2: Serenata

Veronika Winter, Cornelia Samuelis, Jan Kobow, Immo Schroeder, Ekkehard Abele, Gregor Finke; Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert; Hermann Max

“…the playing is exceptional in its grandeur and elegance.”The Guardian 4 Stars on Kapitänsmusik 1744

Wilhelm Friedemann BACH (1710-1784) Complete Organ Works

Fantasie (Falck 19); Acht Fugen (Falck 31, 1-8); Sieben Choralvorspiele (Falck 38, 1-4); Fuge (Falck 37); Fuge (Falck 33); Fuge (Falck 32); Sieben Choralvorspiele (Falck 38, 5-7); Fantasie (Falck 15) Friedhelm Flamme (organ)Hillebrand-Orgel, Muensterkirche St. Alexandri zu Einbeck (Germany)

Carl STAMITZ (1745-1801)

Four Symphonies l’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt

Carl Stamitz was extremely popular during his lifetime and is often referred to today when studying contemporaries of Mozart. L’arte del mondo and Werner Ehrhardt give an authentic performance of the Four Symphonies.

Bernhard MOLIQUE (1802-1869) String Quartets Vol. 3

String Quartet No. 1 in G major op. 16;String Quartet No. 2 in C minor op. 17 Mannheimer Streichquartett

“For pieces so little heard, the assurance and swagger that these pieces have is a surprise…the music is played with the assurance and solidity that these well-realized works demand.” MusicWeb-International on Vol. 1

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The Art of the Portuguese Fado Guitar- Tempus

Custódio Castelo

Custódio Castelo, icon of the Portuguese Fado guitar presents 17 beautiful compositions for the Portuguese guitar, accompanied by a variety of instruments. Castelo played and recorded with top fado artists such as Amália Rodrigues, Carlos do Carmo, Mariza, Mísia, Cristina Branco and many others as well as Sarah Brightman and Plácido Domingo... Info about the artist, the instrument and each of the pieces in four languages.

Egypt Unveiled

Hossam Ramzy & Phil Thornton

Following the huge success of the previous albums Eternal Egypt, Immortal Egypt and Enchanted Egypt, Phil Thornton and Hossam Ramzy present Egypt Unveiled, crowning the trilogy. A magnificent album, echoing the majesty of the pyramids, revealing the mystery of Egypt in a 21st century guise. Artist biographies and descriptions of the pieces in four languages.

Cuba, Live Music from Havana

Grupo Cimarrón De Cuba

A live recording of Cuban Sones, Boleros and Cha-Cha-Chas at a concert at the Café Teatro in Havana, Cuba. An excellent concert in an enthusiastic live atmosphere! The songs: La musa borracha (cha-cha-cha), El manicero (son), Un son sin complicación (son), Imagina (bolero son), El son de los arabos (son), Ver dos caras (ballad), Mañana de carnaval (bolero bossa), and more.

Trio Hugo Diaz: 20 Best of Classical Tango Argentino

Trio Hugo Diaz, Ensemble

The Argentine Tango is a much more lively expression of everyday experiences and feelings than its uptight European counterpart. It has been described as “a sad thought, which can be danced” as well as “two serious faces and four funny legs.” This beautiful collection of the best and most famous tangos are played with passion and elegance by Trio Pantango and bandoneon master Hugo Diaz.

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Scarlatti, Haydn, Chopin, Dutilleux, Müllenbach: Piano Works / Cathy Krier

Cathy Krier (Piano)

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in G minor, K 31/L 231Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 124/L 232Haydn, Franz Joseph : Variations (6) for Piano in C major, H 17 no 5Chopin, Frédéric : Nocturne in B major, Op. 32/1Chopin, Frédéric : Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 106/Op. 32

Chopin, Frédéric : Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60Müllenbach, Alexander : Night Music, for solo pianoDutilleux, Henri : Sonata for piano

Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas; Works Arranged for Violin / Schumann, Sigfridsson

Henri Sigfridsson (Piano) Erik Schumann (Violin)

Prokofiev, Sergei : Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80Prokofiev, Sergei : Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94 bisHeifetz, Jascha : March, arrangement for violin & piano (after Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges”)

Heifetz, Jascha : Masks, arrangement for violin & piano (after Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet)Prokofiev, Sergei : Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87

Saint-Säens, Fauré, Ravel: Violin Sonatas / Weithaas, Avenhaus

Antje Weithaas (Violin) Silke Avenhaus (Piano)

Saint-Saëns, Camille : Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75Ravel, Maurice : Sonata for Violin and Piano in G majorFauré, Gabriel : Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13

Danzas Argentinas Claudia Schellenberger (Piano)

Lecuona, Ernesto : Suite Espanola, for pianoGottschalk, Louis Moreau : La Savane, ballade creole for piano, Op. 3, D. 135 (RO 232)Gottschalk, Louis Moreau : Le bananier, chanson negre for piano, Op. 5, D. 14 (RO 21)Gottschalk, Louis Moreau : Le banjo, Op. 15/RO 22Ginastera, Alberto : Danza de la moza donosaGinastera, Alberto : Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 22

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Geminiani: Sonatas for Violoncello & Basso Continuo, Op. 5 Nos. 1-6(on historical instruments)Enrico Bronzi (cello)Michele Barchi (harpsichord)

For this recording of Francesco Geminiani’s Sonatas op. 5 and the imaginative Baroque setting they create, Concerto strived to ensure that the musicians’ stylistically extraordinary interpretation got the acoustic quality it deserved without resorting to an excessive use of technological tricks. The result can be heard in the natural austerity of the sound thanks

to the splendid dance hall at the Castello di S. Lorenzo de Picenardi (Cremona, Italy), a very special recording setting.

Pescetti: Sonatas for Harpsichord (London 1739). Filippo Emanuele Ravizza. Concerto 2cds

Filippo Emanuele Ravizza - harpsichord

According to scholars and critics, it is Pescetti’s compositions for harpsichord that have the most merit, especially when considering their stylistic innovation. His compositions that survived to today are his six Sonate per Clavicembalo, which remained in manuscript form, and his Sonate

per Gravicembalo, which were published in London in 1739, and are presented in this recording.

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Piano Variations

Alejandro Picó-Leonis (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 9 Variations on a Minuet in D major by Jean Pierre Duport, K. 573Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80Robert Schumann: Theme and Variations on the name Abegg, Op. 1Franz Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935Felix Mendelssohn: Variations serieuses in D minor, Op. 54Fryderyk Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

This CD provides a short survey of the development of piano variations, beginning with Mozart’s Duport Variations. The collection also includes works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Chopin. Alejandro Picó-Leonis was born in Alicante and studied in Madrid and New York. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2002.

Bach, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830

Irma Issakadze (piano)

Irma Issakadze made her debut on OehmsClassics with a highly praised recording of the Goldberg Variations (OC 628). Here she continues her exploration of the works of Bach with his immensely successful Six Partitas. Bach’s first biographer Forkel wrote “This work caused a great sensation in the musical world….no-one had ever seen or heard such superb compositions for keyboard before.”

Bach: Italian ConcertoOrgan arrangements by Hansjörg Albrecht

Hansjörg Albrecht (Mühleisen Organ in the Church of St. Paul, Harsewinkel, Germany)

Hansjörg Albrecht’s series of arrangements for organ have been a success with organ aficianados and wider audiences. The programme is complemented by other Bach compositions including the Passaglia in C minor for organ and the famous Chaconne in D minor for solo violin, arranged by Landmann.

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major ‘Symphony of the Thousand’Johan Botha, Jane Henschel &Kwangchoul Young

Wiener Singakademie, Slovakian Philharmonic Chorus & ORF Symphonieorchester, Bertrand de Billy

This CD is a live recording of a concert in March 2010, given in the Vienna Konzerthaus. It is particularly

attractive due to the outstanding group of soloists, which includes Johan Botha, Jane Henschel and Kwangchoul Young. Bertrand de Billy also proves his ability to ring out the finest, subtlest music-making from even the largest orchestral and choral bodies.

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Schubert: Winterreise D911Konrad Jarnot (baritone) &Alexander Schmalcz (piano)

In almost no time at all, Konrad Jarnot has made a name for himself as one of the foremost lied interpreters of the younger generation. After Die Schöne Mullerin (OC816), Jarnot now sings Winterreise, demonstrating his strengths; absolute clarity of text together with an interpretation that develops from the sound itself. He has breathtaking control throughout the entire dynamic spectrum.

Egk: Der RevisorComic Opera in Five Acts based on a text by Nikolai Gogol

Philharmonic Orchestra Augsburg, Bihlmaier

Werner Egk’s comic opera Der Revisor was premiered in 1957. He brilliantly condenses Gogol’s comedy to create an opera score whose wittiness and acuity is equal to the original in every way. The work’s basic “Russian” colour is created by harmonic references to Russian Folkloric music. The CD ROM includes information on the composer and his composition, as well as radio interviews with Egk.

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CRYSTALLINE

Signe Bakke, piano

A GLITTERING WORLD OF SOUND - Karen Tanaka is one of the leading Japanese composers of her generation. The purity of sound, the sensuality and intensity in her music has gained her a large audience, and the release of this recording will make much of Tanaka’s piano composition available on one album. Pianist Signe Bakke gives us an interesting overview of the complexity and yet the integrity of Tanaka’s music as it has evolved

through the twenty years of her career that this disc covers.

Crystalline, Water Dance, Northern Lights, Lavender Field, Techno Etudes, Children of Light (Excerpts) and Crystalline II.

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Oslo KammerkorHåkon Daniel Nystedt, conductorSoloists: Sondre Bratland, Kirsten Bråten Berg,Liv Ulvik, Helga Gunnes and Bjørn Sigurd Glorvigen

For 25 years the Oslo Chamber Choir has delved into the soloist tradition of Norwegian folk song, thus creating a very specific expression as a choir. When classical music by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner are combined with religious folk tunes the result is a novel contemporary expression, where two very different melodies, singing techniques and texts are juxtaposed. The STRUGGLE that arises reveal new dimentions of music.

This surround sound recording retains the intimacy of the performance and the enveloping atmosphere that arises when the choir surrounds its audience, each member of the choir singing the old religious tunes directly to each member of the audience. The purpose of combining the intimacy of religious folk music with the complexities of larger religious classical choral pieces is to highlight the universality of the hymns, and the simple sincerity of classical music, finding the common ground between two musical cultures.

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The Art of Belcanto

Most famous Recordings of ALFREDO KRAUS, LUCIA ALIBERTI and RENATO BRUSON, with Arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi , Mascagni etc. Also included rare Opera Scenes like Donizetti’s “Gemma di Vergy“, “Don Sebastiano“ or Bellinis “I Capuleti e i Montecchi“. A high recommended 3CD-Album for opera friends and fans of these 3 worldwide known “Belcanto“-Artists.

Franz Liszt: Orchestral Pieces“200 YEAR CELEBRATION“

Inluding the famous Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6 and “Les Préludes“ this 4CD-Set includes also some rarities of Franz Liszt compositions for orchestra like the Symphony to Dantes Divinia Commedia (“Dante-Symphony“) or the Symphonic Poems “Tasso“ and “Mazeppa“. In those he reffered to Hector Berlioz, whose concept of an Idée fixe he appropriated like the technique of associative linking of themes. Liszt did not take a formal plan as the starting point for his compositions, but instead used a poetic-literary idea.

Franz Liszt: The Piano Concertos Fantasies for Piano and Orchestra“200 YEAR CELEBRATION“

In Liszt’s two Piano Concertos we see his both spheres united: the revolutionary new techniques of playing that Liszt had wrestled from the piano during his years as a virtuoso and the orchestra works written on the basis of poetic ideas. His “Fantasies for piano and orchestra“ – these paraphrase’s to other works – the composer rather aimed at brilliance and virtuosity here. Not often

performed this 3CD-Set includes all Fantasies for piano and orchestra as well than the popular two piano concertos.

Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)Piano Concerto in G minor op.49 · Piano Concerto in B flat major op.22ANDREAS STAIER, fortepiano · CONCERTO KÖLN

“...the most honest, politest and most excellent man among all composers …“

No less a person than the old Joseph Haydn praised with these words Jan Ladislav Dussek after having seen him in London in 1792, where Dussek worked as a composer and performer. At his concerts Dussek presented mostly compositions written by himself; among them often one of his nearly twenty piano concertos or one of his numerous

piano sonatas. During his London time he struck up a friendship with the piano-builder John Broadwood. This association between the composer-pianist and the master-craftsman was a very fruitful one and Dussek convinced the renowned London piano maker to extend the key ambitus of his instruments by adding another octaves.

ANDREAS STAIER use for this recording such an instrument from 1806 and is well accompanied by the famous Ensemble CONCERTO KÖLN.

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Johann Adolf Hasse CleofideOpera Complete Recording

After many years of absence this famous World Premiere Recording of Hasses 1731 in Dresden performed opera is now back and available for international sale. With a well known cast like EMMA KIRKBY, AGNÈS MELLON, DEREK LEE RAGIN and the conductor WILLIAM CHRISTIE this recording is a “must“ for all Baroque Opera Lovers.

Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas; Works Arranged for Violin / Schumann, Sigfridsson

Henri Sigfridsson (Piano) Erik Schumann (Violin)

Together with Johann Adolf Hasse, Carl Heinrich Graun was the chief representative of Italian Opera in Germany in the 18th century. The story of “Montezuma“ accords with the historical fate of the last ruler of the Aztecs. The text is by King Frederick II, Graun had a close friendship to him and became chief of the circle of Berlin composers.

“Montezuma“ can be seen as Frederick’s countersignature to his own fate, which made him into a martial war-prince. “Montezuma“ shows him in a field of tension: thus the artistically-minded idealistic prince became the royal practical politician: if justice is to be seen to be done to life’s reality, Montezuma must die. Montezuma is mor than just a Baroque opera. This opera can allude to the history of its own nation. It directs our ear to the destiny of America and the destiny of Prussia, to the German’s view, 200 years ago, of America, and American history as the mirror of its own.

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Peter Johannesson & Max SchultzPeter Sixtus Johannesson (drums), Max Schultz (guitar), Bobo Stensson (piano) & Martin Sjöstedt (bass)

Peter Johannesson and Max Schultz, both self-taught musicians, started playing together in the mid 1980s when they toured with Herbie Hancock.

Around this time Peter and Max performed a succession of concerts with another pianist, Bobo Stenson, who had been an idol of their youth. As they performed together they decided to record an album. Over the course of a couple of years they produced a series of new compositions from which

they made a careful selection for the album. This was recorded in 2008 and has resulted in the present CD.

Johanna Grüssner:Come Rain or Come Shine

This is PROPHONE RECORDS third CD with the jazz singer JOHANNA GRÜSSNER from the Åland Islands. She has produced this album together with the guitarist Ulf Karlsson.

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE contains a selection of Latin jazz and swing favourites and music written by Astor Piazolla, George Gershwin and Lennon & McCartney to name a few.

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Django’s Dream

Claude Tissendier, clarinet, arrangementsRomain Brizemur, guitar soloLuc Desroy, guitarAndré Bonnin, bass

So not the least of Claude Tissendier’s qualities is that he reminds us of the clarinet’s contribution to django’s music as a whole, just as he also recalls the vital and very special role played bu Hubert Rostaing one of the great masters of the instrument.

Elisa Vellia :La Femme Qui Marche

Elisa Vellia, vocals, harp,Christophe Gauvert, bassRene Franck, clarinet

After Anharia, an album of her own compositions, Elisa Vellia and her harp propose a fresh approach to Greek traditional music. From Asia Minor to the islands in the Aegean Sea, in the wake of oral tradition, all these songs seem tailor-made for this instrument once so present in Ancient Greece yet fallen into oblivion for a long time now. The ageless oral tradition has been handed down from mother to daughter from Asia Minor right through to modern-day Greece.

Angelo Debarre : Live In Paris

Angelo Debarre, guitarTchavolo Hassan, rhythmic guitarAntonio Licusati, double bass

This concert selected out of all those recorded during the Les Nuits Manouches Festival at last gives us the opportunity to re-experience the reality of that evening, the art of this singular musician, outstanding instrumentalist and unusual personality. Debarre who began playing at age 8, has performed in several significant Romani and jazz festivals, particularly Birdland’s “Django festival.” He’s one of the most active and requested Gypsy guitar player in the world.

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Anthony Braxton : Town Hall 1972Trio & QuintetAnthony Braxton, alto saxophoneDave Holland, double bassPhilip Wilson, drumsJohn Stubblefield, tenor saxophone, flute, bass, clarinet, gong & percussionJeanne Lee, voiceDave Holland, double bassBarry Altschul, percussion & marimba

By 1972 we still only had a vague and partial knowledge of Braxton’s more formal nature. So Town Hall was a “coming out” in one sense, albeit an atypical one. In some ways, this concert reminds us of Braxton’s roots in the collective experiences of the AACM, and at the same time anticipates the multi-logics and expanded resources of later endeavors. Art Lange

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Slovenic Art SongsBernarda & Marcos FinkBernarda Fink, mezzo-sopranoMarcos Fink, baryton-basseAnthony Spiri, piano

Closely associated with the folklore of the Balkans, the musical tradition of Slovenia also has a Romantic branch born at the confluence of the Alps and the Adriatic, between Austria and Italy. Very attached to their origins (their parents are Slovenian), Bernarda and Marcos Fink have selected the most representative songs and duets of a style wich, around the turn of the 20th century, combined the poetic rigour of the great European musical centres - the influence of the lied is obvious- with the expression of its own identity.

The Cello SpeaksWorks for Cello by: Cassado, Britten, Amoyel, KodàlyEmmanuelle Bertrand - Cello

Through these selected masterpieces of the repertoire for solo cello, Emmanuelle Bertrand invites us on a journey to the heart of languages of popular inspiration. When music takes over

the idioms characteristic of each culture, pushing back the limits of instrumental technique, reshaping and dismantling the rules the better to express a specific identity, then the cello truly “speaks” and takes us beyond frontiers, where the souls of a people take root.

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Pandelis Karayorgis : System Of 5 QuintetMatt Langley, soprano & tenor saxophonesJeff Galindo, trombonePandelis Karayorgis, pianoJef Charland, double bassLuther Gray, drums

For this occasion Pandelis Karayorgis fronts a new band and so, drawing upon both his own and a few adapted tactics, System Of 5 is a bit different…. Refocusing our view of tradition from several distinctive contemporary perspectives, the music of System Of 5 seems somehow familiar and surprising at the same time. It’s difficult, but it’s what art is meant to do, and these musicians do it well. Art Lange

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Johann Sebastian Bach : Passio secundumJohannem(St. John Passion)

Ricercar ConsortPhilippe Pierlot

Of all Bach’s religious compositions, this Passion is the most touching in its profound intimacy. Here more than in any other works, Bach addresses each one of us, linking the individual to the sacred narrative through intense dramatic expression and

moments of deep contemplation. A timeless, universal masterpiece.

Isabelle Druet Recital : Jardin NocturneIsabelle Druet, mezzo-sopranoJohanne Ralambondrainy, piano

Having always loved stories, words and music, I wanted to create a framework for my recitals and to “narrate” the songs to the audience. Thus this programme, devoted exclusively to French “melodies”, came into being. The art songs presented here take us into a nocturnal world, with stories expressing moods ranging from great tenderness to deep despair.

It all began with Berlioz’s “Nuits d’été”. The first time I sang this cycle I was struck by the power yet gentleness that these pieces emanate. Berlioz originally composed his work for voice and piano and I decided to champion that version for the fine chamber relationship it permits. We have aimed to convey all the intimacy of these songs, attempting extreme dynamics, passages almost in recitative, while retaining the lyricism of Berlioz’s work.

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Olivier Vernet, organCédric Meckler, organ

The works brought together in this selection share the same impulse, that of Hispanic dance.

The “Tango Furioso” by Pierre Cholley is the only work on this album specifically composed for organ duet (four-hands organ). Dedicated to our duo, we performed it for the first time on the 15th of June, 2008, at Meaux Cathedral, in the presence

of the composer. No other piece had originally been intended for the organ. However, the transcriptions and arrangements for piano duet (four-hands piano) to which they gave rise, and the warm orchestral colours wich they call forth, make their interpretation on the organ a legitimate venture. (...) Olivier Vernet

Johannes Brahms : Second Piano ConcertoVariations on a Theme of Paganini and 3 Hungarian Dances

Boris Berezovsky, pianoOrchestre Philharmonique de l’OuralDmitri Liss, conductor

Brahms’s exhilarating Second Concerto is a sweeting epic combining Classical nobility and Romantic fire. With the same joy, the Variations on a Theme of Paganini and the Hungarian Dances demonstrate that brahms was the last great master of the Romantic piano.

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Robert Schumann - Franz Liszt : Concertos

Orchestre de Pau Pays du BearnEtsuko Hirose, piano Fayçal Karoui, conductor

A major 18th-century genre, brought to the peak of perfection by Mozart, the concerto was obliged to find new solutions in the Romantic era. Schumann, a celebrated critic married to a great pianist, and Liszt, the international virtuoso, conceived the most innovatives examples of the

period. They lovingly fashioned shorter models in “Concertstück” style, beginning “in medias res”, with linked tempos powerfully structured by a generating motif suitable for transformation. Conceptions to engage both hearts and minds.

Jean-Baptiste Lully : BellérophonTragédie lyrique de Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) sur un livret de Thomas Corneille (1625-1709)Les Talens Lyriques,Christophe Rousset

This world première and eagerly anticipated release is the fruit of a long musicological work from Christophe Rousset.

Together with a cast of great talent and breath-taking performances of Cyril Auvity and Céline Scheen, Christophe Rousset, conducting his Talens Lyriques invites us to discover an outstanding lyrical tragedy from JB Lully, first created on January 31st, 1679. A revelation!

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Alain Debiossat : Valse & AttrapeAlain Debiossat : sax, flute, guitare rythmiqueDiego Imbert : contrebasseStéphane Edouard : drums

In almost no time at all, Konrad Jarnot has made a name for himself as one of the foremost lied interpreters of the younger generation. After Die Schöne Mullerin (OC816), Jarnot now sings Winterreise, demonstrating his strengths; absolute clarity of text together with an interpretation that develops from the sound itself. He has breathtaking control throughout the entire dynamic spectrum.

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Gilad Atzmon : The Tide Has ChangedGilad AtzmonThe Orient House Ensemble

Gilad Atzmon formed The Orient House Ensemble (OHE) in London in 2000. The quartet was named in honor of the national headquarters of the Palestinian people in Jerusalem.

In the last decade Gilad Atzmon and the OHE have toured consistently across Europe and the UK, recorded six albums, won many awards and received world-wide critical acclaim. They are

recognized as one of the hardest working, most successful bands on the scene.

To celebrate their 10th anniversary Gilad and the ensemble release what is possibly their greatest masterpiece so far - The Tide Has Changed. This is an album of sustained musical brilliance, warmth, passion and intrigue

Cedric Hanriot : French StoriesCédric Hanriot, piano, fender rhodes, keyboards, organ, programmingJohn Patitucci, upright, electric bassTerri Lyne Carrington, drums, vocalsBenjamin Powell, violinPatrick Owen, cello2TH, vocals

Only 12 years after he earned his first spurs playing the piano, he is back here after an initiatory trip in the US, around NYC and the Berklee College of Music.

An incomparable source of experiences that enabled him to work with the likes of Me’shell Ndegeocello, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joe Lovano, and Cindy Blackman. Cédric brought back with a stimulatingly spontaneous album, recorded on a sunny day of August 2009 with John Patitucci and Terri Lyne Carrington. And the drummer is full of praise for him: “Cédric is one of the most talented musicians I know. It is incredible to see all he has accomplished in so little time. He will accomplish great things...”.

WANDA LANDOWSKALe Temple de la Musique Ancienne Saint-Leu-la-Forêt

Wanda Landowska, harpsichord

This special multi-media project in a limited edition illustrates the encounter between an artist and an exceptional venue. This museum quality publication, featuring Paradizo’s elegant packaging and presentation, includes recordings and documents witnessing one of the most

important projects of the entire harpsichord revival and « early music » movement: Wanda Landowska’s performances and ideals at her Temple de la Musique Ancienne in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, close to Paris, at the beginning of the 1930s.

The Temple de la Musique Ancienne was the first centre of performance and learning for theharpsichord and for Baroque music to be created in the twentieth century. This project commemorates Landowska’s vital impact on music making between the years 1927 and 1940.

Trio Kinsky PragueCzech Chamber Music

Lucie Sedlakova Hulova, violinMartin Sedlak, celloSlavka Pechocova, piano

An original programme of post-Smetana chamber music re-inserting Janacek into the midst of his contemporary competitors who occupied the

Czech scène up until the last worldwar. Naturalism (Fibich), spiritual fidelity to the ethic of Dvorak (Foester) and uncompromising patriotism (novak) form a shrp contrast to the storyteller, composer of the “Kreutzer Sonata” Quartet, forgetting the law of counterpoint, as in Pohadka whose centennial we commemorate here.

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Charles Munch and Paul Paray conduct Monique Haas and Robert Casadesus

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052Monique Haas (piano)Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83Robert Casadesus (piano)Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466Monique Haas (piano)Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)Monique Haas (piano)Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

There was a time when three French conductors were at the head of the great American orchestras: Pierre Monteux in San Francisco (1936-1952), Charles Munch in Boston (1949-1962), and Paul Paray, Detroit (1951-1962).

Prysm :FivePierre de Bethman, piano, Fender RhodesChristophe Wallemme, acoustic bassBenjamin Henocq, drumsRosario Giuliani, saxophonesManu Codjia, guitar

Three leaders, three composers, three exceptional musicians: the basic formula of a trio, demonstrating its originality since its creation in 1994.

Prysm had a strong influence in the second half of the 1990s, quickly crossing the French borders: the first French band to sign on Blue Note for four albums, the trio consistently proposed a strong

and original music throughout its numerous concerts in France, and its four tours in the US, as well as several European countries, Near East and Japan.

Prysm turned out to be a benchmark trio on the French scene, being sought-after by a great number exceptional soloists, such as Philip Catherine, Lee Könitz, Norma Winstone or Paolo Fresu, and even James Taylor for another US tour with a symphony orchestra in 1999.

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Alexander Borodine :String Quartet no.2Cello Sonata - Piano Quintet

Prazak Quartet

An amateur cellist, the composer of Prince Igor was the only one of the Group of Five to have written some ten chamber works for his personal pleasure in keeping with the laws of Germanic rhetoric - to Balakirev’s great displeasure. One of them is a pure masterpiece: his Quartet in D, featuring an irresistible Nocturne, which has been played round the world in various arrangements. 250282

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Rosenmüller, Legrenzi, Stradella : Venezia

The Rare Fruits CouncilGuadalupe del Moral, violinJosé Manuel Navarro, violin, violaAndoni Mercero, violin, violaMarco Ceccato, celloXavier Diaz, archluteLuca Guglielmi, harpsichord, organManfredo Kraemer, conductor & violin

In Venice, ca. 1677, flourished a trinity of masters: Rosenmüller, Legenzi, Stradella. Men whose lives

were bound by fame and persecution. Peerless musicians whose innovative, passionate visions for the violin were ideally complementary. Manfredo Kraemer and The Rare Fruits Council illuminate the virtuosity and tenderness of their art.

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Lincoln Trio / Baggott, Buffy / Kuang-Hao Huang / Biava Quartet

Garrop, Stacy

In Eleanor’s Words: Music of Stacy Garrop offers world-premiere recordings of three works by “a rising composer who . . . excites the enthusiasm of performers and audiences alike” (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review).

A Chicago-based composer with a blossoming career, Garrop (b. 1969) has “a sharp ear for instrumental color and narrative form: She can tell

a story” (Detroit Free Press).

Writings by the revered American stateswoman and humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt are the inspiration for Garrop’s In Eleanor’s Words (2006). Scored for mezzo-soprano and piano, the piece illuminates excerpts from six of the former first lady’s syndicated newspaper columns addressing world peace, human rights, and personal experiences. Artists are mezzo-soprano Buffy Baggott and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang.

Bruckner: Symphonies 0-9 (complete)Live-Recording: Philharmonie im Gasteig, January-March 1999, Munich

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel

In a spectacular concert cycle from January to March 1999, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Lorin Maazel played the complete symphonies of Bruckner in Munich’s Philharmonie in the Gasteig. Maazel had at his disposal an ensemble with a long,

impressive Bruckner tradition dating back to Eugen Jochum. The founding father and first Chief Conductor of the orchestra ranks as one of the most significant Bruckner conductors in the interpretive history of these works.

The chronological compactness of the recording process, which guaranteed a unified artistic signature is the outstanding feature of this compete recording vis-à-vis many of the versions from the competition.

An occupation with Bruckner’s complete works is an overwhelming experience for today’s listeners. With an enthralling effect the series develops from the stylistic variety of the early symphonies all the way to the ultimate clarity of the musical language in the unfinished Ninth Symphony.

Complete Bruckner recording made by an orchestra with an outstanding Bruckner tradition.

The chronological compactness of two months guarantees a unified artistic signature.

The only complete Bruckner recording with Lorin Maazel.

Weinberg/Shostakovich:Piano QuintetsMieczysław Weinberg: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 18 (1944)1. Moderato con moto2. Allegretto3. Presto4. Largo5. Allegro agitatoDmitry Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 571. Prelude: Lento2. Fugue: Adagio3. Scherzo: Allegretto4. Intermezzo: Lento5. Finale: Allegretto

Boris Berezovsky, pianoOrchestre Philharmonique de l’OuralDmitri Liss, conductor

The present program is a continuation of hänssler CLASSIC’s exploration of the music of Shostakovich and his friend, the composer Mieczysław Weinberg. The two composers often exchanged both ideas and admiration and while at one time regarded as one of Shostakovich’s lesser imitators, Weinberg’s music has emerged as standing on its own, expressing both a passionate depth of emotion and natural gift for melody not found in the works of his more famous friend. While both works share superficial similarities (each has five movements and is written in a minor key), they stand in sharp contrast to each other. Weinberg’s monumental Quintet inhabits a fractured world of beauty, torment and tragedy written at the height of the Second World War. While Shostakovich’s Pre-Warpiece draws upon Baroque and Classical forms and is primarily a melodic, lyrical work that strikes extraordinary balances between each of the strings and the piano. Founded in Warsaw in 1995, the Szymanowski-Quartet has developed into one of the most exceptional international string quartets of its generation.

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Catharinus Elling: QuartetsWorld Premiere RecordingElling: String Quartet in D Major

String Quartet in A MinorPiano Quartet in G Minor

The Engegård Quartet (Arvid Engegård, violin; Atle Sponberg, violin; Juliet Jopling, viola & Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello)

A protégé of Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer Catherinus Engegard produced a large number of works at the turn of the 19th century. Although his style is traditional and mainly romantic, the two string quartets and piano quartet given premier recordings here are full of colour and high-quality

instrumental writing. The music is performed by the Engegård Quartet, which is joined in the Piano Quartet in G Minor by Nils Anders Mortensen.

Thanks to a letter of recommendation from Edvard Grieg, Catherinus Elling travelled to Berlin in 1886 to audition for Herzogenberg’s masterclass at the Hochschule für Musik. Elling’s letters to Grieg reveal a fairly conservative outlook with Mozart and Beethoven as his main influences, and consequently Elling’s compositional style is fairly traditional and never departs from a romantic musical idiom. His ideals are borrowed from the music of Schubert via Mendelssohn and Schumann to Brahms. His output covers orchestral and chamber music, some 200 songs and many choral works, piano pieces and the opera Taras Bulba.

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HeartSCRIABIN 24 Preludes, Op 11 • CHOPIN 24 Preludes, Op 28Natalia Nikolai, piano

Russian pianist Natalia Nikolai has delighted audiences in the concert halls of Russia, Spain, France and Germany with her emotional approach, colourful interpretations and passion. She is a welcome guest at many international music festivals. In this recital CD, Nikolai pairs Chopin’s 24 Préludes Op 28 with Scriabin’s 24 Préludes Op 11, since both sets of works were composed in all major and minor keys and ordered according to the circle of fifths. Though a longtime advocate of Scriabin’s music, she finds interpretative insights not only in his Préludes, but also Chopin’s which served as Scriabin’s inspiration in form and structure.

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Synne Skouen: Call-NotesSkouen: Une soirée d´été…

Hils Domitila!NattstykkeFair Play – Pocket Music for Percussion (1)...à travers les paroles.Catchme!

Fair Play – Pocket Music for Percussion (2)O Vilhelm, Vilhelm – for String Quartet + 1Vent!Scenes from VolvenFair Play – Pocket Music for Percussion (11)

Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Ellen Ugelvik (piano), Tone Kruse (alto), Johannes Martens (cello), SISU (percussion), Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer (voice)Oslo String Quartet & Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Christian Eggen

Composer Synne Skouen has been a vital and important voice on the Norwegian cultural scene for more than 30 years. ‘Call-Notes’ is the first disc to be devoted to her distinctive music, and the performers are some of the most high profile in her native Norway, including the Norwegian Radio Orchestra with conductor Christian Eggen, and the Oslo String QuartetRussian pianist Natalia Nikolai has delighted audiences in the concert halls of Russia, Spain, France and Germany with her emotional approach, colourful interpretations and passion.

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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66Ballet score

Jessica Burroughs (solo cello) & Clio Gould (solo violin)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

The Sleeping Beauty is considered Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballet, with its illustrative score that includes favourite moments such as the Rose Adagio and the great Sleeping Beauty Waltz.

Conductor Barry Wordsworth is one of the UK’s foremost ballet conductors, and currently holds the

position of Music Director of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden.

McAlmont & Nyman - The GlareSongs written by David McAlmont & Michael NymanThe Michael Nyman Band, David McAlmont

For ‘The Glare’, McAlmont selected various Nyman compositions and turned to world news for inspiration. These new songs, written in the first person, draw on a variety of subjects from 21st century piracy (Going to America), lothario world leaders (In Rai Don Giovanni) drug mules (In Laos) and banking errors (Take the money and Run).

David McAlmont’s exquisite voice has enthralled soul and jazz fans both as a solo artist and as one half of the hit-making duo McAlmont and Butler – “One day he will open his mouth and a cathedral will fall out” Melody Maker.

Michael Nyman is one of the UK’s most prestigious and innovative composers whose work reached its widest audience through his film scores for The Piano, Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and The Draughtsman’s Contract (available on MN Records)

BRAND NEW EYESDoug MacLeod

Brand New EyesSomething Dark is WalkingThe Train of ChangeMidnight in MemphisZu-Zu WomanOne Eyed OwlSomewhere South of Somewhere( i n s t r ume n t a l )I Rolled a NickelThe Nature of the ManSome Old Blues Song ( a ka I Ca n Co u n t o n My Bl u e s )*Welcome In Your Home

True blues. These two words define in style and commitment the acoustic music composed and played by Doug MacLeod, a singer-songwriter in the American tradition.

MacLeod has been a beacon of unquestionably honest roots-music since the 1970s. Proof enough: 16 albums, a couple of DVDs, and thousands of gigs stateside and overseas. And in December, the announcement by the Blues Foundation of his nomination for the 2011 Blues Music Award as Acoustic Artist of the Year.

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Symphonic Sgt. Pepperarranged by Mike Townend

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Metro Voices, Nick Davies

The complete iconic Beatles album, arranged exclusively for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra by Mike Townend.

Plus bonus tracks Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Yesterday and Can’t Buy Me Love.

Featuring renowned vocal ensemble Metro Voices, as frequently heard on television and films including Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Nyman:A Sixth Part of the WorldThe Eleventh Year

films by Dziga Vertov.

Michael Nyman has now completed scores for the three major films that the pioneering Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov made in the late 1920s.

To ‘Man with a Movie Camera’ he has added ‘The Eleventh Year’ and ‘A Sixth Part of the World’ and as a unique experiment for MN Records he has created a new Michael Nyman Band work - by making a montage of material from both of the soundtracks into a single, continuous piece which runs for 77 minutes.

VERTOV SOUNDS is the fourth release on MN Records as part of the composer’s cut series.

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Gustav MAHLER Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 from the 2010 BBC PromsWorld Orchestra for Peace, Valery GergievCamilla Tilling (soprano)

Live recording of Symphonies 4&5 from the 26th BBC Prom at Royal Albert Hall, London, 5th August 2010.

Under the baton of renowned conductor Valery Gergiev, the orchestra “gave exemplary performances”, as The Independent put it. Only performing on rare occasions, the World Orchestra for Peace is an

ensemble of select players plucked from the world’s best orchestras.

Ludwig van BEETHOVENMissa Solemnis

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano),Elīna Garanča (mezzo),Michael Schade (tenor),Franz-Josef Selig (bass)

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Features a cast of excellent soloists: Elīna Garanča, Krassimira Stoyanova, Michael Schade & Franz-Josef Selig

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A Cultural Tour with Traditional Chinese Music

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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D majorLucerne Festi val Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado and his hand-picked players of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra take their acclaimed Mahler cycle to a new level with this performance of the most complex and compelling of the symphonies, the intense, searching Ninth. Abbado brings all his renowned clarity of vision and the experience of a lifetime to this contradictory music – half valedictory, half life-affirming – and his “orchestra of soloists”, including some of the leading instrumentalists of our time, revels in the transparent textures and virtuosity of Mahler’s last completed symphony. “A rendition ... of astonishing depth and subtlety” (Daily Telegraph).

“The listener is rendered speechless at the thrilling depth and perfection of the symbiosis achieved here between artistic wisdom and undimmed joy in making music at the highest level.” Christian Wildhagen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 24, 1010

“[...]sensitizing feelings, penetrating into the depths of perception like a kind of perfectly-tuned ear on the world, to yield the most beautiful results in the music.”Claus Spahn, ZEIT Online. Musik, August 12, 2010

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A Different Way. Tango with Rodolfo MederosA film by Gabriel Szollosy & Bonus: Documentary DomingueandoRecorded in Buenos Aires, May 2007

Rodolfo Mederos is a bandoneonist, a composer with an enormous oeuvre, one of the authorities on the tango – and an inspiration to new generations of musicians. The artist thrives on his city Buenos Aires, and his playing captures the essence of a gigantic metropolis that never sleeps.

Steve Reich - Phase to Face In this profile Steve Reich looks back on the key stages of his 40-years lasting career, from the formation of his own group, Steve Reich and Musicians, to the American avant-garde he helped to create, from new video performances to his quasi-religious music.

Bonus material:“Talks in Tokyo with Steve Reich” & “A brief History of Music by Steve Reich”

Abbado conducts Mahler

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Recorded at the Lucerne Festival Hall, August 2004

The supreme Mahler conductor of our time conducts the composer’s Fifth and most popular Symphony which became world-famous as the soundtrack to Visconti’s “Death in Venice”

CLASSIC ARCHIVEThe Life of Jan Peerce - If I Were a Rich Man A film by Peter Rosen – Hosted by Isaac Stern

A one hour biography of the life of the famous Metropolitan Opera tenor, universally acclaimed as one of the outstanding artists of his time and a role model of the American Dream.

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Elektra: Live Recording from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival, 2010

Iréne Theorin, Waltraud Meier, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Robert Gambill, René Pape, Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniele Gatti, Nikolaus Lehnhoff

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Celibidache Rehearses Bruckner’s Ninth

A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film with Sergiu Celibidache and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

For a full sixty minutes Celibidache rehearses Bruckner’s Ninth – a key work for the composer, who did not complete any more compositions after he finished the Adagio. It is also a key work for Celibidache, who towards the end of his life frequently returned to working on Bruckner’s late symphonies, performing them in guest appearances all over the world with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

Güher & Süher Pekinel

Bach & Jazz

Jacques Loussier Trio, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Live Recordings from the Schwetzingen Festival, Cadogan Hall London, Lucerne Piano Festival, 2001-2007 and including the documentary Double Life: Portrait about the musical lives of Güher and Süher Pekinel

Güher and Süher Pekinel are recognized worldwide as a Duo of most exceptional artistry and magnetism. Their performances in recital and with leading orchestras are considered to demonstrate

extraordinary musicality, keyboard command and unanimity of style and execution.

Michel Legrand: LeGrand Jazz

London Big Band OrchestraFeaturing Alison Moyet and Sylvain Luc

Incl. “The Windmills Of Your Mind” (The Thomas Crown Affair), “I Will Wait For You” (The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg), “Between Yesterday And Tomorrow”, “Dingo Rock” & “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?”

Giacomo PUCCINITosca: Live Recording from the Arena Di Verona, 2006

Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Alvarez, Ruggero Raimondi,Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren

A superlative staging of Puccini’s Tosca by Italian opera producer Hugo de Ana brought to you from the world-famous Arena di Verona and complete with all the splendour that a Puccini opera demands! The popular tragedy is sung by a dream team cast of excellent singer-actors and conducted by long-established Arena di Verona conductor Daniel Oren.

Anton BRUCKNER • Franz SCHUBERTGünter Wand at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 2001 Live Recording from the Musik- Und Kongresshalle, Lübeck

Bruckner: Symphony No.9Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”

NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand

The programme of the concert that Günter Wand (1912-2002) conducted to open the 2001 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival – the last time he was to do so – was a private profession of his faith in Schubert and Bruckner. Both composers and both works were particularly close to his heart. Neither symphony was finished, yet, for all their stylistic differences, the movements that were completed create the impression of

fully rounded works and do so, moreover, in startlingly similar ways. The result is what might be termed two “finished unfinished symphonies”.

Franz SCHUBERT

Winterreise: Recorded at the Siemensvilla, Berlin, January 1979

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Alfred Brendel (piano)

Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise was written late in his life. It is regarded both as a highlight of the genre and as the touchstone by which lieder singers are judged. The song cycle certainly became one of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s calling cards and it is probably this work that made the baritone an international household name.

Vincenzo BELLININorma: Live Recording From The Teatro Regio Di Parma, 2001

June Anderson,Daniela Barcellona, Shin Young Hoon,Ildar Abdrazakov,Orchestra Europa Galante,Fabio Biondi,Roberto Andò

This production of Bellini’s famous masterpiece Norma was extraordinary in many aspects. Staged by Italian director and filmmaker Roberto Andò at the Teatro Regio in Parma, it gathered international stars like American soprano June Anderson and shooting star Daniela Barcellona as well as Russian bass lldar Abdrazakov.

W. A. MOZARTDie ZauberflöteLive Recording from the Opéra National De Paris, 2001

Piotr Beczala,Dorothea Röschmann, Detlef Roth, Matti Salminen,Désirée Rancatore,Opéra National De Paris,Iván Fischer, Benno Besson

Mozart’s final opera Die Zauberflöte is also his most famous. The general public is familiar with its array of popular arias, The Opéra national de Paris production is cast of the fi nest rank: Sarastro is played by the bass Matti Salminen, while the other main roles are taken by young singers - meanwhile all well-established on the international scene – who were then at the start of their careers.

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MCGREGOR (b. 1970)Three Ballets

Chroma • Infra • Limen

Cast includes: Leanne Benjamin, Federico Bonelli, Ricardo Cervera, Lauren Cuthbertson, Mara GaleazzI, Sarah Lamb, Steven Mcrae, Marianela Nuñez, Tamara Rojo,Edward Watson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Capps, Joby Talbot, Jack White III, The Max Richter Quintet, Jonathan Haswell, Max Richter, Barry Wordsworth, Kaija Saariaho

WAGNER (1813–1883)

Die Walküre

Johan Botha, Kwangchul Youn, Albert Dohmen, Edith Haller, Linda Watson, Mihoko Fujimura, Sonja Mühleck, Anna Gabler, Martina Dike, Simone Schröder, Miriam Gordon-Stewart, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Annette Küttenbaum, Alexandra Petersamer, Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus, Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Tankred Dorst

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MESSIAENLivre Du Saint-Sacrement Paul Jacobs, organ

Michael DAUGHERTYMetropolis Symphony, Deus ex MachinaTerrence Wilson, pianoNashville Symphony OrchestraGiancarlo Guerrero, conductor

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DORMANConcertos For Mandolin, Piccolo & Piano, and Concerto GrossoAvi Avital, mandolinMindy Kaufman, piccoloEliran Avni, pianoArnaud Sussmann, violinLily Francis, violinEric Nowlin, violaMichal Korman, celloAya Hamada, harpsichordMetropolis EnsembleAndrew Cyr, conductor

LIGETIString Quartets Nos. 1 & 2Parker Quartet

Britten’s Orchestra Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, Surround mastering engineer

Quincy PORTER: Complete Viola WorksEliesha Nelson, violaJohn McLaughlin Williams, conductor, piano, harpsichord, violin

Best Orchestral PerformanceBest Engineered Classical AlbumBest Classical Contemporary Composition (Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina) Best Instrumental Soloist Performance

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Best Chamber Music Performance

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