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Walter Gieseking: Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [7 CDs]Works: Partitas (6); Preludes & Fugues; Italian Concerto; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue;

Inventions; Sinfonias. Bonus: Schumann Piano Concerto with Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin PO Artists: Walter Gieseking, piano (7 CD) (Deutsche

Grammophon) 7 DGG 4797362 $49.98Famed for his subtle shadings and irreproachable technique, Walter Giesek-ing was one of the most extraordinary pianists of his time. Deutsche Gram-

mophon presents a newly re-mastered 7-CD original jackets collection, which collects his famed 1950 German Radio Bach broadcasts for the first

time on the Yellow Label. As a bonus, Schumann’s Piano Concerto with Gieseking, Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic is included.

❦The Art of Gerry Mulligan: The Final RecordingsWorks: Paraiso; Dragonfly; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Wave; O Bom Alvinho; No-blesse; Nobody Else But Me; Brother Blues; Art of Trumpet; My Funny Valentine; North At-lantic Run; Song fo Strayhorn et al Artists: Gerry Mulligan (bari-

tone sax); assisting artists TLC 83517 $13.98 “While this compilation represents only the latter part of his great career from 1993-1995, it is an exceptional preservation of the cool jazz legacy of Gerry Mulligan. ~ All Music

Kenny Burrell, guitar / The Complete Albums Collection 1957-1962 [4 CDs]

Kenny Burrell has been referred to as “the greatest guitarist in the world” by B.B. King and “the grand master of jazz guitar” by Dizzy Gillespie, and he has influenced the work of Jimi Hendrix, Pat Metheny and a host of other respected players.

Contains eight complete, remastered albums and over five hours of Burrell’s sublime, soulful playing. 4 EGHT EN4CD9092 $17.99

George Szell - Complete Columbia Album Collection [112 CDs] Artists: George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra (112 CD) (Sony

Classical) 112 SNYC 88985471852 $212.99 Sony Classics is excited to announce one of the most ambi-

tious reissue projects of recent times, George Szell - The Cleveland Orchestra: The Complete Columbia Album Collec-

tion. These recordings span the period 1947 through 1969, a year before his sudden death shocked the musical world.

Szell’s dream was to create an ensemble that combined “the Americans’ purity and beauty of sound and their virtuosity of execution with the European sense of tradition, warmth of ex-pression and sense of style” (Michael Charry, Szell biographer)

HBDirect - The Best Selling Jazz RecordingsChet Baker, trumpet / The Pacific

Jazz Collection [4 CDs]Songs: Long Ago; Band Aid; The Thrill Is Gone; But Not for Me; Time After Time; Look for a Silver Lining; Lover Man; Stella by Starlight; Russ Job; This IS Always; I Wish I Knew et

al. 4 EGHT EN4CD9103 $17.99A master of the trumpet and a much-heralded vocal-ist, Chet Baker’s classic albums and his seemingly effortless cool style have earned him a legendary reputation rivaling that of any other jazz musician.

The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950’s [8 CD]Artists: Charlie Parker, The-lonious Monk, Django Re-inhardt, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Louis Arm-strong, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane et al. (Chrome Dreams)

8 CHRM CD8CD5056 $23.99This set offers vivid musical snapshots of the American scene during what was undoubtedly its most creative and productive decade.

Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies, Nos. 1-15 / Petrenko [11 CDs]Artists: Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool PO (11 CD) (Naxos (USA)

11 NXS 8501111 $97.49Each release of Vasily Petrenko’s complete Shostakovich symphony cycle

with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic created a sensation between volume 1 in 2009 and the final installment in 2014. The individual recordings remain leading choices among collectors and critics. “Petrenko and the RLPO have

achieved a triumph. The orchestral playing is ripe, detailed, lithe, concentrated and intense.” (The Telegraph on Symphony No. 10) “The final installment

of Petrenko’s remarkable Liverpool Shostakovich cycle is a world-class achievement.” (The Sunday Times on Symphony No. 13)

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Schubert: Complete String Quartets / Diogenes Quartet [7 CDs]The German ensemble Dio-genes Quartet was highly praised by Fanfare for their ‘immaculate execution’, in Volume 2. The reviewer went on to say that once complete, this cycle of the

quartets would be the one to have. Included is the completion of two unfinished movements, by musi-cologist Christian Starke. (7 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 7 BLC 94468 $33.49

Tenor Enrico Caruso: The Complete Victor Recordings [11 CDs]

Singing authority John Steane writes: “Caruso’s records with very few exceptions are marvelous and moving from the first in the series to the last ... the richest legacy we have from these early days of the gramophone.” The new reis-

sue comprises RCA’s 1990 digital remastering of this unique landmark in the history of recorded sound. (rec. 1902-1920) (Sony / RCA) 11 SBMG 88985373452 $29.99

❦Tilson Thomas conducts Gershwin [7 CDs]Works: Gershwin: An American in Paris, Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Broadway Overtures Artists: Michael Tilson Thomas/Buffalo PO; Los Angeles PO; New York PO; Orch. of St. Luke’s; San Francisco SO; Columbia Jazz Band; Garrick Ohlsson, piano (7 CD) (Sony / RCA) 7 SBMG 88875170082 $28.98

Amadeus Quartet: The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [70 CDs]Founded 70 years ago, The Amadeus Quartet was the most

successful and highly-regarded Quartet of the 20th century. DG is proud to present what could be the most extensive chamber music boxset ever compiled: 70 CDs celebrating their 70th anniversary. Included are several unreleased recordings and an expansive

book with an introductory note by Martin Lovett, the sole surviving member of the Amadeus Quartet. Each album presented in original jackets with images of original recording session reports. (70 CDs) (Deutsche Grammophon) 70 DGG 4797589 $275.98

❦Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Maurizio Pollini [8 CDs] Maurizio Pollini’s Beethoven Sonatas cycle has reached completion after nearly 40 years. The Beethoven cycle began in June 1975 with opp. 109 and 110, and

reached completion this year with the final CD, of the three sonatas op. 31 and the two of op. 49. This latter recording will appear as a single CD simultaneously with

the box set. This is the first Beethoven cycle on DG since those of Barenboim and Giles in the 1980s. “He is a towering musical presence” - Gramophone (8 CDs)

8 DGG B002235002 $42.98

❦Georg Solti’s Iconic ‘Ring’ with the Vienna Philharmonic / [16 CDs or 1 Blu-ray Audio]Decca’s landmark recording of Wagner’s ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ is the most celebrated classical recording in history, featuring Sir Georg Solti, the

Vienna Philharmonic, and an international cast of the greatest Wagnerian singers of the time. The recording is available in

two formats. The CD version includes Deryck Cooke’s ‘An Introduction to Der Ring Des Nibelungen’ and a CDRom of the

complete libretto. The Blu-ray Audio version (no video content) includes a Deluxe 300-page hard-back book in black and gold foil with the complete libretti in original German with English translation.

(Decca) (16 CD + CDRom) 17 DEC B002330102 $62.98

Arturo Toscanini: The Essential Recordings [20 CDs]Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Arturo Toscanini’s birth, RCA has released this specially priced 20-CD box set! It features Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orches-tra. The recordings for ‘Arturo Toscanini - The Essential Recordings’ were all made for RCA Victor between 1929, when Arturo Toscanini was 62 years old, and 1952, when he was 85, and provide a great representation of his prefered repertoire. (20 CD) (RCA Records) 20 RCA 88985376042 $64.99

Wilhelm Kempff: Complete Schubert Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [9 CDs]

This 9-CD collection brings together pianist Wilhelm Kempff’s complete Schubert recordings on Deutsche Grammophon. The recordings cover sonatas, impromptus, Moments musicaux and much more. (9

CD) (DG) 9 DGG B002520202 $48.98

French Baroque Favorites. “Le Parnasse Français” / Renhard Goebel [10 CDs]Works by: Charpentier, Clérambault, Couperin, Gilles, Marais, Rebel, Corrette,

Leclair, Lambert, Cambert, Buffardin, Boismortier, Quentin, Blavet, Guilleman, Francoeur, Philidor, Quentin Artists: Reinhard Goebel/Musica Antique Köln. (10

CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 10 DGG B002520002 $47.98This 10-CD collection brings together the complete recordings of French Baroque

Music by Musica Antiqua Köln under Reinhard Goebel.

G.F. Handel: The Great Oratorios [41 CDs]Works: La Resurrezione; Acis & Galatea; Esther; Athalia; Alexander’s Feast;

Saul; Israel in Egypt; Messiah; Samson; Semele; Hercules; Belshazzar; Judas Maccabaeus; Solomon; Theodora; Jephtha (Decca)

41 DEC B002522302 $108.98 This 41-CD set presents period instrument performances of 16 Handel oratorios in some of the greatest Handel interpretations ever recorded. It features icons of the

historically informed performance movement such as Christopher Hogwood, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock, Harry Christophers and Marc Minkowski.

Telemann: Tafelmusik, Water Music, Concerti [10 CDs]This 10-CD collection from Archiv Produktion includes much of Telemann’s finest music and encompasses the forms of the late Ba-roque: French Overture and dance suite, quartet, concerto and solo sonata. Reinhard Goebel, a long-

time champion of Telemann’s works, leads the Mu-sica Antiqua Köln in these “outstanding performanc-es of dazzling virtuosity.” (The Penguin Guide). (10 CD) (DG) 10 DGG B002463502 $34.98

❦Rachmaninov Complete RCA Recordings [10 CDs]Works: Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4; ‘Pa-ganini’ Rhap.; Preludes; Sonatas of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy Tchaikovsky, Schumann; Rachmaninov: Transcriptions of Bach, Kreisler, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Beethoven etc. Artists: Sergei Rachmaninov, piano (10 CD) (Sony / RCA) 10 SBMG 88843073922 $32.99“Any lover of piano music who passes this up needs to consider priorities.” -Customer Review

Maria Joao Pires: The Complete Chamber Music Recordings on DG [12 CDs]Works: Beethoven, Mozart, Grieg, Franck, Debussy, Ravel & Brahms: Violin Sonatas; Brahms & Mozart: Piano Trios; Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44; Chopin: Cello Sonata et al. Artists: Auguste Dumay, Jian Wang, An-tónio Meneses, Pavel Gomziakov and Renaud Capuçon (12 CD) (DG) 12 DGG B002500602 $42.98

Prokofiev For Two / Argerich & BabayanWorks: Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet; Hamlet, Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, War Artists: Martha Argerich & Sergei Babayan, (pnos) (1 CD) DGG B002816602 $22.98 Martha Argerich and Sergei Ba-

bayan team up to play Mr. Babayan’s two-piano arrange-ments of some of Prokofiev’s greatest masterpieces.

Charles Munch Conducts Berlioz [10 CDs]Works: Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette; La Damnation de Faust; L’Enfance du

Christ; Harold et Italie; Le Carnaval Romain; Symphonie Fantastique; Le Cor-saire; et al. Artists: Charles Munch/Boston SO. (10 CD) (Sony / RCA)

10 SBMG 19075816352 $32.49“This Alsatian-born conductor’s mercurial temperament was uniquely suited to the composer’s stark, abrupt changes of affect, which juxtaposes passages of

febrile intensity with others of simple, aching lyricism. He effectively plays up the pictorial variety of Berlioz’s brilliant orchestral palette...” – ClassicsToday.

Leonard Slatkin - The American Collection [13 CDs]Works by: Ives, Copland, Piston, Bernstein, Schuman, Corigliano, Sousa, Thomson, Herbert, Grofé, Leroy Anderson, Morton Gould Artists: Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis SO (13 CD) (Sony / RCA) 13 SBMG 19075816372 $35.99Leonard Slatkin frequently entered the studio to record a wide swath of American repertoire. Those recordings, acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, have now been collected in this one extensive release.

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Schumann: Chamber Music, Symphonies [6 CDs]Works: Schumann: Sym-phonies; Overtures; Cello Concerto; Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto Artists: Pactrica Kopatchinskaja (vln); Oren Shevin (clo); Alexander Lonquich (pno); Heinz Holliger/WDR SO Koln (6 CD) (Audite)

6 ADT 21450 $58.49 Among the most comprehensive recorded editions of Schumann’s symphonic works, this set proves, contrary to common preconceptions, Schumann’s great art of orchestration.

Rossini: ‘Sins of Old Age’ [8 CDs]Artists: Stefan Irmer (pno) (8 CD) (MD&G) 8 MDG 6182098 $35.98 On SaleThe wit and humor of Rossini’s piano music make it unique in the history of music. Of great virtuosity, pervaded by the ideal of Italian song, playing with influences from the opera, the salon and the caba-ret, and taking boundless delight in brilliantly wild ideas and waggish parodies, it remains a very per-sonal bequeathal from master operatic composer.

Johann Ludwig Krebs: Organ Works [7 CDs]Works: Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780): Toc-catas; Preludes; Fugues; Fantasias; Trios; Chorale Setting Artists: Manuel Tomadin (org) (7 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 7 BLC 95363 $35.99 Krebs is appreciated for his exceptionally refined music. For the organ this includes a variety of pieces in several improvisatory and contrapuntal forms, including a great many chorale settings.

The Knappertsbusch Edition [10 CDs]Works: Complete sympho-nies of Brahms & Bruckner Artists: Hans Knapperts-busch/Berlin PO; Cologne Radio SO; Munich PO; Bavarian State Opera Orch.; Dresden State Orch.; Vienna PO (10 CD) (Profil Edition)

10 PRF 18048 $40.49 At Bayreuth, Knappertsbusch’s name became leg-endary as a Wagner conductor, however from his concert programs, it was for the works of the great Romantic 19th c. composers, especially Brahms and Bruckner. Knappertsbusch’s recordings have retained their benchmark status to this day.

Camilla Wicks Plays Violin Works & Concertos [4 CDs]Works by: Barber, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Sarasate, Sibelius, Tchai-kovsky, Wieniawski Artists: Camilla Wicks (vln) Bruno Walter/Danish State SO; Leopold Stokowski/New York PO; William Steinberg/

Hollywood Bowl SO; Fritz Busch/Stockholm RSO (4 CD) (Profil Edition) 4 PRF 18095 $22.99 Camilla Wicks possessed phenomenal technique and achieved her greatest accolades for perfor-mances of 19th c. repertoire while also being a champion of contemporary music. This release compiles some of her finest recordings.

Carlos Kleiber - Complete Recordings on DG [12 CDs +Blu-ray Audio CD]Works by: Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Weber, Verdi, Wagner Artists: Carlos Kleiber/Vienna PO; Bavarian State SO; Staatskapelle Dresden (13 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 13 DGG 4835498 $92.99 This Blu-ray Audio disc plus 12 CDs Deluxe hardback edition presents Carlos Kleiber’s complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon. It comprises three CDs of orchestral works by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert and four complete operas: Der Freischütz, Die Fledermaus, La Traviata and Tristan und Isolde. All repertoire has been mastered to 24-bit (except Tristan, presented as 16-bit) on

one Blu-ray Audio disc. Includes his perennial best-selling Beethoven 5th & 6th symphonies recordings.

Mahler: 10 Symphonies [10 CDs + Blu-ray Audio]Artists: Rafael Kubelik/Ba-varian Radio SO (10 CDs +Blu-ray Audio) (Deutsche Grammophon) 11 DGG 4835656 $85.49 Half a century after release, Rafael Kubelík’s recordings of Mahler’s symphonies still remain reference record-

ings of the repertoire. Kubelik passionately champi-oned Mahler’s music when it was still unfashionable to do so. This was the first Mahler cycle to be per-formed and recorded by a German orchestra.

Bernstein - His Greatest Recordings [16 CDs]Works by: Stravinsky, Ber-nstein, Beethoven, Copland, Dvorak, Gershwin, Mahler, Nielsen et al. (16 CD) (Sony / RCA) (rec. 1950s & 60s)SBMG 19075861862 $38.99Included here is the still-astonishing album that launched Bernstein’s inter-

national reputation as the most dynamic conductor of his era, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring from January 1958 - two months after his appointment as the youngest music director in the New York Philharmonic’s history.

Festival: Classical Music in Switzerland [13 CDs]Works by: Ascona, Boswil, Davos, Ernen, Gstaad, Liestal, Lucerne, Olsberg, Verbier Artists: Argerich, Joshua Bell, Bostridge, Gabetta, Kissin, Levine, Norrington, Schiff et al. CO of Europe; Gabrieli Consort; Verbier Festival CO (13 CD)

(Sony / RCA) 13 SBMG 88985476732 $79.49The Swiss festivals now draw more than 500,000 classical music enthusiasts to the shores of Lake Lucerne or the Verbier mountains every year, and the numbers of visitors is growing from year to year. With this release, you will understand why.

Hand Rosbaud Conducts Mozart [9 CDs]Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 9, 17, 14, 21, 23; Horn Concertos nos 2 & 3; Basson Con-certo; Oboe Concerto; Symphonies nos 31, 36, 38, 40; Serenades & Overtures et al. Artists: Hans Rosbaud/Sudwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden. (9 CD) (SWR Music) 9 SWRM 19066 $48.99 ‘Music buffs believe that the greatest living con-ductor is Toscanini; musicians know that it is Hans Rosbaud.’ - Francis Poulenc, November 1954

Beethoven: Complete String QuartetsArtists: Quartetto di Cremona. (8 SA Hybrid CD) (Audite) 8 ADT 21454 $91.49 This edition makes available all the composer’s string quartets, alongside his String Quintet No. 29 (the only original work by Beethoven with this scoring), in the highest quality. “... such warm playing; such perfection... what a glory this is.” (The Herald)

Jeroen Van Veen: Piano Music, Vol. 2Artists: Jeroen & Sandra van Veen, (pno); Flute Octet Blow Up (7 CD) (Bril-liant Classics). 7 BLC 95561 $58.49“All my music is about time and space,” says van Veen. “The duration of music is an essential part

of the concept in my music. The concept of music, specifically my minimal oriented music, only can exist in time. The slow progression, building of the material, the motifs and the search for new sounds is audible in this [album].” - Jeroen van Veen

André Navarra Plays Cello Works [10 CDs]Works by: Haydn, Boccherini, Schumann, Dvoark, Elgar, Bruch, Beethoven, et al. Artists: André Navarra (clo); Camerata Salzburg; Halle Orch.; National SO; Orchestre Colonne; Tibor Varga CO. (10 CD) (Profil Edition) 10 PRF 18017 $40.49 André Navarra (1911 - 1988), together with Pierre Fournier and Maurice Gendron, was acknowl-edged as one of the “three great” French cellists of their era. He won first prizes at the age of 13 and 16, and celebrated his solo debut in 1931 with the Concerts Colonne.

W.A. Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte / Alexei LubimovArtists: Alexei Lubimov, (pnofrte) (6 CD) (Warner Classics) 6 WRNC 573651 $24.99 Mozart’s piano sonatas exemplify the economy and subtlety of the composer’s genius. Though simple at first glance, they are works in which each note is filled with musical and expressive purpose. Alexei Lubimov, a master of keyboard repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporary, plays the complete sonatas on three instruments modelled on 18th century originals.

Pianist Claudio Arrau: 3 Classic Albums / Colin Davis, London SO [3 CDs]Works: Chopin: Waltzes, Beethoven: Diabelli Variations; Liszt: The Piano Concertos (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B002044402 $24.98 Arrau’s Liszt is remarkable for its depth and spaciousness and for what his pupil Garrick Ohls-son called his extreme, unabashed, unembarrassed passion.

Soprano Jessye Norman: 3 Classic Albums / Kurt Masur, Colin DavisWorks: Wagner: Wesendonk-Lieder; Strauss: Four Last Songs; Ravel: Sheherazade; Berlioz: Les nuits d’ete et al. (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B002044802 $24.98 One of the outstanding voices of our time, Jessye Norman’s spacious soprano soars on these 3 popular, classic recordings featuring music by Strauss, Wagner, Berlioz and Ravel.

Violinist Viktoria Mullova: 3 Classic Albums / Seiji Ozawa, Claudio Abbado [3 CDs]Works: Brahms: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky & Sibelius: Violin Concertos; Bartok & Stravin-sky: Violin Concertos (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B002044702 $24.98 When Viktoria Mullova sensationally fled from the Soviet Union to the West in 1983, she was best known for winning the 1980 Jean Sibelius Competition and the 1982 Tchaikovsky Com-

petition. Her recording of concertos by these two composers won a Grand Prix du Disque.

Pianist Alfred Brendel: 3 Classic Albums / Simon Rattle, Claudio Abbado [3 CDs]Works: Schumann & Weber Piano Concertos; Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5; Sonata no. 23; Schubert: ‘Trout’ Quintet (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B002044602 $24.98 Classic albums featuring Mr. Brendel’s famous recordings of Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert.

Pianist Jacques Loussier plays J.S. Bach / Five Original Albums [5 CDs] Artists: Jacques Loussier (pno) (5 CD) (Decca) 5 DEC 5379411 $29.98 Pianist Jacques Loussier showcases his world-renowned fusion of jazz and classical music on five clas-sic “Loussier Plays Bach” collections on Decca, includinjg the famous ‘Air On A G String’.

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100 Best Relaxing Piano [6 CDs]Works by: Debussy; Schumann, Chopin, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, Granados, Mozart, Ravel, et al. Artists: Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamay-ou, Aldo Ciccolini, Georges Cziffra, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud 6 WRNC 572317 $24.99 Despite the fact that similar compilations are available on different other labels, these Warner compi-

lations - drawn from the catalogs of Erato, EMI and Teldec - are among the most satisfying in the marketplace.

100 Best Mstislav Rostropovich, cello [6 CDs]Works by: Dvorak, Schumann, Haydn, Tartini, Shostakovich, Britten, Sinding, Handel, Tchai-kovsky, Mussorgsky, et al. Artists: Leonard Bernstein; Benjamin Britten; Alexander Dedyukh-in; Kirill Kondrashin; David Oistrakh; Seiji Ozawa; George Szell 6 WRNC 572315 $24.99 Following the 2017 complete edition released for the 10th anniversary of Rostropovich’s

death, the greatest cellist of his time is now part of the 100 Best Series.

50 Best Relaxing Piano [3 CDs]Works by: Liszt, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Beethoven, Chopin, Granados, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Ravel Artists: Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, Nicolai Lugansky, Maria-João Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Anne Queffélec, Alexandre Tharaud, Alexis Weissenberg 3 WRNC 572318 $14.99 Movements and selections from some of the world’s most cherished and famous works for

solo piano and for piano and orchestra performed by many of today’s greatest artists.

50 Best Mstislav Rostropovich, cello [3 CDs]Works by: Debussy, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Piazzolla, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak, Tartini, Vivaldi, et al. Artists: George Szell, Herbert Tachezi, Hugh Wolff, Vladimir Yampolsky 3 WRNC 572316 $14.99 These new compilations take the best of Rostropovich’s recordings for Warner Classics as a cellist in the 2017 Remastering and also as a conductor.

Café Zimmermann performs Baroque [16 CDs]Works: Bach: Branden-burg Concertos; Goldberg Variations; Secular Canta-tas; CPE Bach: Sympho-nies & Concertos; Vivaldi: Estro Armonico; Cantatas; Avison; D’Anglebert Art-ists: Gustav Leonhardt/Café Zimmermann. (16

CD) (Alpha) 16 AHP 434 $47.99 On SaleThis extensive release collects all the recordings Café Zimmermann has made for Alpha. In select-ing artists and recording venues, each perfor-mance has been realized with the greatest care.

J.S. Bach: Music for Christmas [11 CDs]Works: Christmas Oratorio; Christmas Cantatas; Organ Music Artists: Stefano Molardi (org); Arleen Augér, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam. Dresden PO & Childrens Choir; Holland Boys Choir (11 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 11 BLC 95853 $41.99

Brilliant Classics has updated their popular Christ-mas-time collection of music by J.S. Bach for a new decade, adding a timeless recording of the Christmas Oratorio from Dresden, with such star-calibre soloists as Arleen Augér, Peter Schreier and Theo Adam.

Leonard Bernstein - The Lectures at Harvard [13 CDs]Leonard Bernstein was invited to become the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University, Cambridge in 1971. The professorship required Bernstein to live on campus for one school year, counsel students and, most significantly, deliver of a series of six public lectures. Although the very breadth of the lectures attracted some negative criticism, they were also widely recognized as an impressive achievement. Lavishly multi-disciplinary long before it was fash-ionable, they provided a fresh way to analyze music and interpret musical history. (13 CD) (Sony / RCA) 13 SBMG 19075850472 $49.99

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Verbier Festival 2012 / Honeck, DutoitWorks: Brahms: Symphony no 4; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 Artists: Manfred Honeck/Verbier Festival Orch.; Charles Dutoit. (EuroArts) (88 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo) EUA 3079958 $27.99 $11.97 This DVD features highlights

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Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Gianluigi GelmettiArtists: Gianluigi Gelmetti/Teatro Regio di Parma

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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Yuri TemirkanovArtists: Yuri Temirkanov/Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus. Marcelo Alvarez; Claudio Sgura; Roberto Jachini Virgili; Mzia Nio-radze. (C Major Video) (150 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD M.A. 5.1) . CME 723504 $37.49 $15.00 Based on a Spanish play in the

tradition of gothic horror, Il Trovatore proved to be a triumph for Verdi, and it remains one of the most popular operas in international repertoire.

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Verdi: La Traviata / Yuri TemirkanovArtists: Yuri Temirkanov/Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus. Leo Nucci; Marcelo Alvarez; Fioren-za Cedolins; Katarina Nikolic; Giorgio Surian. (C Ma-jor Video) (144 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 723704 $37.49 $15.00 La traviata is Verdi’s most popular opera and one of the best-loved of all stage works. Romance, tragedy and unforgettable tunes - it has it all.

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Verdi: La Traviata & Rigoletto; Puccini: ToscaArtists: Placido Domingo; Catherine Malfitano; Rug-gero Raimondi; Eteri Gvazava; Rolando Panerai; Zubin Mehta/RAI SO (3 Blu-Rays) (Naxos) (575 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) 3 NXS 0052 $108.49 $43.40 The three-opera project involved some of the most complex audio - visual operations ever attempted. The results garnered prestigious Emmy, Prix d’Italia and Bafta awards and remain unsurpassed mile-stones for the genre of operatic film.

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Daniele CallegariArtists: Daniele Callegari/Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus. Leo Nucci; Roberto Scandiuzzi; Francesco Meli; Luca Casalin; Tamar Iveri (C Ma-jor Video) (148 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 724104 $37.49 $15.00 None of Verdi’s operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not successful, however this second version proved a great and lasting success.

Verdi: Otello / Riccardo MutiArtists: Riccardo Muti/Vienna PO. Carlos Alvarez; Mikhail Petrenko; Aleksandrs Antonenko; Barbara Di Castri (C Major Video) (153 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) CME 725104 $37.49 $15.00 As a young and unknown composer, Verdi was subject to the rules governing the opera industry in Italy. Even so, there are many scenes in this early work that reveal unmistakable signs of the com-poser’s individual style.

Der Ring des Nibelungen in 7 hours [3 Blu-Ray Videos]Artists: Roberto Paternostro/Teatro Colón Orch. Mariana Pentcheva (Mzz Sop); Alberto Gazale (Bar); Susanna Branchini (Sop); Walter Fraccaro (Tnr); George Andguladze (Bass) (C Major Video) (489 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS 5.0) 3 CME 713104 $99.99 $40.00 For the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, C Major releases Der Ring des Nibelungen from Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires in an edited version which is authorized by the Wagner family. Conductor and pianist, Cord Garben shorted the 16 hour Ring to seven hours, without abandoning important elements. This box includes the documentary (advertised below), The Colón Ring - Wagner in Buenos Aires.

The Colón Ring: Wagner in Buenos Aires - from inception to the first nightIs it really possible to stage Wagner’s ‘Ring’ on a single day? The composer’s great-grand-daughter, Katharina Wagner, who now runs the Bayreuth Festival, was keen to stage Cord Garben’s abridged version of the cycle at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. When she and

her team arrived at the Colón, they found that the rehearsal conditions were not what they were expecting, and so she decided that the task should be entrusted to a different director.

Valentina Carrasco took over at short notice and together with the singers and the set and costume designers she staged the ‘Ring’ in a seven-hour version never previously seen -

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Verdi: I Masnadieri / Nicola Luisotti, Teatro di San Carlo Orch. & ChorusArtists: Giacomo Prestia; Aquiles Machado; Artur Rucinski; Nicola Luisotti; Lucrecia Garcia (C Major Video) (135 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 722304 $37.49 $15.00 The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to all of Verdi’s works including hidden beauties like I masnadieri, here in its first production on Blu-ray.

Verdi: Stiffelio / Andrea Battistoni, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & ChorusArtists: Roberto Frontali; George Andguladze; Roberto Aronica; Yu Guanqun; Cosimo Vassallo. (C Major Video) (127 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 723104 $37.49 $15.00 When the wife of a Protestant preacher is an adulterer, problems are inevitable from the out-set of Verdi’s Stiffelio. Even today the finale seems astonishingly bold.

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & ChorusArtists: Paolo Bordogna; Anna Caterina Antonacci; Andrea Porta; Ivan Magri (C Major Video) (129 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 720304 $37.49 $15.00 This second stage work by Verdi proved a complete fiasco at its premiere. Today, however, it enjoys increasing popularity thanks to its wellspring of musical ideas and effervescent melodies.

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano / Boris Brott, Tiatro Lirico Orch. & ChorusArtists: Dimitra Theodossiou; Enrico Iori; Andrew Richards; Leonardo López (C Major Video) (129 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) CME 722704 $37.49 $15.00

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Rautavaara: Works for PianoWorks: Einojuhani Rau-tavaara (1928-2016): Etudes (6); Ikonit (Icons); Partita; Preludes (7); Piano Sonatas nos 1 & 2 Artists: Laura Mikkola (Pno) NXS 8554292 $13.97 $5.59 This disc features some of

Rautavaara’s most inventive and exciting music for the piano. A previous disc in the series was Gram-ophone Editor’s Chice winner for March 1999.

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; MacbethArtists: Gerhard Markson/National SO of Ireland. NXS 8554417 $11.99 $4.80 Ein Heldenleben is perhaps the ultimate test of orchestral virtuosity, Richard Strauss unfolds his story of a hero in a riot of tonal colors

Regondi & Mertz: Air variés for GuitarWorks: Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856): Capric-cio; Giulio Regondi: Air varié; Deuxième Air Varié; Reverie; Étude no 4b Artists: Ricardo Gallén (Gtr) NXS 8555285 $13.97 $5.59 Both Mertz and Regondi found

inspiration in the piano music of Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and adapted elements of their music.

F.J. Haydn: Keyboard ConcertosArtists: Helmut Müller-Brühl/Cologne CO. Harald Hoeren (Organ); Ketil Haugsand (Hpsi) NXS 8570486 $11.99 $4.80 The lively fast movements framing lyrical Andantes, Adagios and Largos of Haydn’s Sonatas never fail to delight with their unaffected virtuosity and galant charm.

Orchestral Music of Ravel & HovhanessWorks: Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000): Meditation on Orpheus; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, ballet Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle SO & Cho-rale. Scott Goff (Flt). NXS 8571211 $11.99 $4.80 Ravel’s score is masterly,

ranging from the luminous to a Bacchanale, in a musical fresco of unrivalled beauty.

Buxtehude: Harpsichord Music Vol 3Works: Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707): Aria and Variations (3); Canzonetta; Prelude and Fugue; Suites for harpsichord Artists: Lars Ulrik Mortensen (Hpsi) NXS 8570581 $11.99 $4.80 The third volume of the present series includes two Suites of French dances and the brilliant series of variations on an aria under the title ‘La Capricciosa’.

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2; Concert FantasiaArtists: Michael Stern/New Zealand SO. Eldar Nebolsin (Pno) NXS 8573462 $13.97 $5.59 The Second Piano Concerto has always lived under the shadow of the famous First but, played here in the composer’s original version, is full of life-enhancing character and emotion.

❦Music for Great Films of the Silent Era, Part 2Works: William Perry (b.1930): Brass from the Past; Hearts of the World; Silent Film Heroines, song suite; Summer Nocturne for flute & orchestra. Artists: Wal-lis Giunta (mz); John Brancy (bar); Paul Phillips/RTE National SO NXS 8573105 $13.97 $5.59 “The sound is excellent. If you want a sample of Perry’s work beyond silent movie scores this is a good place to start.” -American Record Guide

❦Ricky Ian Gordon (b.1956): Song CyclesArtists: Rob Fischer/Virginia Arts Festival Orch. Ricky Ian Gordon (Pno); Mark Walters (Flugelhorn); Margaret Lat-timore (Mz) (2 CD) 2 NXS 8669028 $27.99 $11.20“This is a really fine work... Mr Gordon’s music is pleas-

ant - perhaps the best word is unobtrusive... The songs are well sung by mezzo Margaret Latti-more...” -ARG

❦Anton Urspruch (1850-1907): The Most Im-possible Thing of All, comic operaArtists: Israel Yinon/PPP Music Theatre En-semble, Munich. Rebecca Broberg; Johannes Fot-tinger; Robert Fendl; Matthias Gratzel (Voice) (3 CD) 3 NXS 8660333 $42.99 $17.20 “The three leading women all sing well... The sec-ondary cast is generally good, and the orchestra plays well.” -American Record Guide

Liszt: Piano Concerto; Mussorgsky: ‘Pictures’Works: Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; John Stafford Smith: Star-spangled Banner Artists: Leonard Slatkin/Nash-ville SO. Peng Peng (Pno) NXS 8570716 $11.99 $4.80 Leonard Slatkin’s eclectic

selection of individual movements set by different composers, some more outlandish than others, in-vites us to bask in the high spirits and ingenuity of no fewer than fifteen different views of ‘Pictures”.

❦Rimsky-Korsakov: Legend of the Invisible City of KitezhArtists: Alexander Vedernikov/Orch. e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (3 CD) 3 NXS 8660288 $32.99 $13.20 “The sound is good, though there is some stage noise and applause. No libretto is supplied...” ARG

Rossini - Complete Piano Music Vol 1Works: Rossini: Sins of Old Age, Books 7 & 9 Art-ists: Alessandro Marangoni (Pno). (2 CD) 2 NXS 8570590 $27.99 $11.20 Rossini’s ‘Sins of Old Age’ are experimental trifles from the latter part of his career which blur the boundaries between the irreverent and the serious.

Best of London / Various Naxos Artists [2 CDs]Works by: Eric Coates, John Dankworth, Edward Elgar, Robert Farnon, Handel, Haydn; Holst, Ire-land, Vaughan Williams et al. 2 NXS 8572098 $21.99 $8.80 A rousing collection of music evoking Britain’s capital city in all its pomp and glory. CD 1 takes the listener on a nostalgic journey though British light music from Sullivan to Farnon, whilst CD 2 embraces traditional classical music from all eras.

Schubert - Romantic Poets, Vol 3Works: Schubert: An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht; Blanka; Der Blumenbrief; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; Die verfehlte Stunde; Hymne IV Artists: Ulrich Eisenlohr (Pno); Sibylla Rubens (Sop); Nikolaus Friedrich (Clnt)

NXS 8557832 $13.97 $5.59 Schubert selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors and early Romantics.

The English Clarinet / John Bradbury, clarinetWorks: Pieces for clarinet and piano by Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Arnold Finzi, Edward German, William Hurlstone, William Lloyd Webber Artists: James Cryer (Pno) NXS 8570539 $11.99 $4.80 Lloyd Webber and Edward German give us en-chanting melody, Hurlstone uses drama and song whereas Bliss writes a lament.

Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 1Works: Igor Markevitch: Par-adise Lost; Partita, for piano & orchestra Artists: Chris-topher Lyndon-Gee/Arnhem PO; Netherlands Concert Choir. Sarah Walker (Mz); Martijn van den Hoek (Pno) NXS 8570773 $13.97 $5.59

This first volume of the Naxos ‘Igor Markevitch Com-plete Orchestral Works Edition’ was followed by an-other seven - all previously released on Marco Polo.

Ariosti: Cantatas ‘The Flowering & Fading of Love’Works: Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729): Cantata nos. 2-6 Artists: Musica Solare. NXS 8557573 $11.99 $4.80 The highlight of this recording is the recently dis-covered ‘Six Cantatas: The Flowering & Fading of Love’. These receive World Premiere recordings on this disc.

The Italian Dramatic LamentWorks by: Giulio Cac-cini (1551-1618); Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580-1651); Claudio Monte-verdi; Jacopo Peri; Richardo Rogniono Artists: The Cata-coustic Consort. Michael Leopold (Theorbo); Cath-

erine Webster (Sop); Annalisa Pappano (Lirone) NXS 8557538 $13.97 $5.59 Written for courts and patrons whose pleasure it was to surround themselves with the finest artists of the time, the Lament was a popular genre in 17th century poetry and song.

J. Strauss Jr.: 100 Most Famous Waltzes Vol 9Works: Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825-1899): Der Zigeunerbaron; Egyptischer Marsch; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Eljen a Magyar; Fledermaus-Polka; Flugschriften Artists: Alfred Walter/Czecho-Slovak State PO NXS 8554525 $13.97 $5.59 “This CD simply confirmed what I have always felt, namely that Johann Strauss, Jr. was an absolute genius.” – Customer Review

Offer Ends February 15th, 2019 ❦Anton Reicha (1770-1836): Wind Quintets

Artists: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet. NXS 8554227 $11.99 $4.80 “The Michael Thompson Wind Quintet give expert accounts of these attractive pieces. Their playing is very fresh and alive, and Reicha

can be both rewarding and interesting - it is finely wrought and pleasing. Very good sound.” -Penguin Guide

❦Wagner: Das Rheingold / Jaap van ZwedenArtists: Matthias Goerne, Michelle De Young, Kim Begley, Oleksandr Pushniak. Jaap van Zweden/Hong Kong PO (2 CD) 2 NXS 8660374 $27.99 $11.20 Van Zweden conducts with an easy sweep that would

carry one along in the opera house...This knocks spots off rival budget versions... and many more expensive too ...” -ARG

❦Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition 17Works: Schubert: Abschied; An die Geliebte, song; Das Heimweh, song; Das war ich; Der Flug der Zeit, song; Der Sänger am Felsen Artists: Ulrich Eisenlohr (Pno); Detlef Roth (Bar) NXS 8557172 $13.97 $5.59

“Baritone Detlef Roth’s singing combines vigor with an all-purpose wide-eyed earnestness, and he never sounds perfunctory.” - ARG

❦Orchestral Music of Mieczyslaw WeinbergWorks: Mieczyslaw Wein-berg (1919-1996): Suite for orchestra; Symphony no 17, Op. 137 (“Memory”). Art-ists: Vladimir Lande/Siberian State SO NXS 8573565 $13.97 $5.59 “Weinberg’s musical patri-

mony takes another step forward and at Naxos price exploration is encouraged.” -MusicWeb Inter-national, 21st October 2016

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❦Light and Love - New works for choir, strings and saxophonesWorks by: Tobias Forster, Ola Gjeilo, Eric Whitacre et al. Artists: Hans-Joachim Lustig/Sirius String Quartet; Sonux Ensemble (1 CD) RDAU 6075 $20.99 $8.40 “’Light and Love’ is a collec-

tion of recent choral music by nine composers all writing in a similar vein... The mood and sentiment is generally positive and life-affirming...” ARG

❦Organ Symphonies of Widor, VierneWorks: Louis Vierne (1870-1937): Symphony no 6; Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937): Symphony no 5 Artists: Tobias Frank (Seifert Organ, St. Mat-thias, Berlin). (1 CD) RDAU 6063 $20.99 $8.40 “The instrument offers all the power one could want, and spacious acoustics add to the aesthetic pleasure.” -American Record Guide

Andreas Tarkmann: Dido’s Secret, operaArtists: Gudrun Schrofel-Gatzmann/Madchenchor Hannover. Meike Leluschko & Francisca Prudencio, sopranos; Neele Kramer & Lena Kutzner, mz; Anna Bineta Diouf, alto; Michael Chacewicz, baritone (2 CD)

2 RDAU 6076/77 $32.99 $13.20The opera’s libretto mirrors the dramaturgic threads of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, in which no-tions of communal spirit, peer pressure, and mob-bing play a central role.

Bach: Cantatas, BWV 63, 110, 190Artists: Georg Christoph Biller/Gewandhausor-chester (1 CD) RDAU 4043 $20.99 $8.40 This is Volume 2 in a projected set of ten Bach cantata albums for the seasons and feast days.

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Oliver Kluge Plays Bach & Hespos [2 CDs]Works: J.S. Bach: Passaca-glia and Fugue; Pastorale; Prelude and Fugue; Sch-mücke dich, o liebe Seele (I), chorale prelude; Hans-Joachim Hespos (b.1938): Luftschattengelichte Artists: Oliver Kluge (Organ). (2 CD)

2 RDAU 606566 $32.99 $13.20Mendelssohn’s concert program is the basis for this new CD. Hans-Joachim Hespos performs his Lufts-chattengelichte at the very same moment in the pro-gram at which Mendelssohn had begun to improvise.

Songs with Harp / Christine Wolff, sopranoWorks by: Cherubini, Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn, Spohr, Schumann Artists: Maria Graf (Harp) (1 CD) RDAU 6061 $20.99 $8.40 Soloists Christine Wolff, Britta Schwarz, and Maria Graf approach the works, both popular and rela-tively unknown, from a new perspective: vocal mu-sic with harp accompaniment in the spirit of private salon performances.

❦F.J. Haydn: SchopfungsmesseWorks: J.C. Bach (1735-1782): Symphony No. 17b; F.J. Haydn: ‘Creation’ Mass Artists: Matthias Grünert/Kammerchor der Frauenkirche. Andreas Scheibner (Bass); Ute Selbig (Sop); Eric Stokloßa (Tnr) (1 CD) RDAU 6083 $20.99 $8.40 “What got my attention immediately was the lush, juicy sound of the orchestra. Grunert’s flair for dy-namic contrasts creates some imaginative shading as well. I’m pleased to welcome this one.” -A.R.G.

Bach: Cantatas for Advent Nos. 36, 61 & 62Artists: Georg Christoph Biller/St Thomas Boys Choior. (1 CD) RDAU 4040 $20.99 $8.40 The Thomanerchor Leipzig returns with a fourth disc, which celebrates Bach’s music for the First Sunday of Advent.

❦Hope, Faith, Life, Love: Choral Music by Eric WhitacreWorks: Eric Whitacre (b.1970): Alleluia; Cloud-burst; Hebrew Love Songs (5); Her sacred spirit soars; Hope, Faith, Life, Love; Lux Aurumque Artists: Klaus-Jür-gen Etzold/Junges Vokalen-

semble Hannover (1 CD) RDAU 6064 $20.99 $8.40 “This ensemble does an excellent job. They offer very pleasant choral sound and admirable techni-cal acumen... don’t hesitate; this one’s not likely to disappoint you.” -ARG

Shimmering - works for female choirWorks by: Gjeilo, Duruflé, Guerrero, Eben, Mawby, Reger, Schumann, Drescher et al. Artists: Ensem-ble La Cappella (1 CD) RDAU 6094 $20.99 $8.40 Performed by LaCappella, an ensemble of five female voices, this disc approaches the various biblical and secular facets of Mary under the head-ing ‘shimmering’.

Dresden Passion / Capella SagittarianaWorks by: Christoph Bern-hard; Gregorian Chant; Anton Colander; Marco Gioseppe Peranda; Johann Hermann Schein; Heinrich Schütz; Samuel Seidel Artists: Nor-bert Schuster/Capella Sagit-tariana Dresden (2 CD)

2 RDAU 612122 $32.99 $13.20The centerpiece of the program is the Passion of St Mark by Marco Gioseppe Peranda (c.1625-75), who was Heinrich Schntz’s vice Kapellmeister in Dresden in the 1660s.” -ARG

❦In Dulci Jubilo - Carols for ChristmasWorks: Johannes Eccard; Franz Grüber; Alfred Koerp-pen; Michael Praetorius; Leonhard Schröter; Gottfried Wolters Artists: Heinz Hen-nig/Knabenchor Hannover Instrumental Ensemble. (1 CD)

RDAU 7002 $20.99 $8.40 This recording features famous as well as lesser-known songs and melodies in 16th, 17th, and 20th century settings. The performances are good. This is exactly what this kind of release should be.” -ARG

❦Strohbach: Songs for Christmas and AdventWorks: Siegfried Strohbach (b.1929): Gloria in ex-celsis Deo, oratorio for soloists, boy’s choir & organ. Artists: Jörg Breiding/Hannover Boys Choir. Ulfert Smidt (Organ) (1 CD) RDAU 7011 $20.99 $8.40 “’Gloria in Excelsis Deo’ is a collection of about two dozen short pieces for the Christmas season... [Strohbach] writes in a refreshing, accessible style. The performances themselves are very fine.” -ARG

My Heart is Fixed: North German Cantatas & Or-gan Works of the BaroqueWorks: Music of Buxtehude, Bruhns, Tunder, Bernhardt, Telemann Artists: Gotthold Schwarz (bass)/Sächsisches Barockorchester; Hauke Ramm (Organ) (1 CD). RDAU 6059 $20.99 $8.40

This recording with Gotthold Schwarz and the Sächsisches Barockorchester takes into account the specific historical performance contexts of the North German Baroque.

❦Hans Leo Hassler: Sacred Choral Music from Mainz Cathedral Works: Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612): Sacred Music Artists: Mainz Cathedral Choir; Karsten Storck (1 CD) RDAU 6097 $20.99 $8.40 “Hassler’s famous ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ is here per-formed by brass choir, in a transcription by Karsten Storck. Texts and notes are in English.” -ARG

Shakespeare 21 / Hannover Chamber ChoirWorks by Sven Hagvil; Sven-Eric Johansson; Nils Lindberg; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi; Frank Martin; Fabio Nieder; Vaughan Williams; Lars Johan Werle Art-ists: Stephan Doormann/Kammerchor Hannover (1 CD) RDAU 6056 $20.99 $8.40 In addition, newly commissioned choral works from Hagvil and Nieder, 400 year-old Shakespeare texts are presented here in musical settings from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Christmas with J.S. Bach [Blu-ray or DVD Video]Works: J.S. Bach: Cantatas, BWV61, 63 & 248 Artists: Jorg Breiding/Knabenchor Hannover; L’Arco Baroque Orch. (89 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (BR) RDAU 5103 $42.99 $17.20 (DV) RDAU 5003 $32.99 $13.20

The Christmastide atmosphere at Hanover’s Marktkirche further draws the listeners and viewers into the performance’s magical aura.

Leipzig - St. Thomas in the 19th Century; Works by: Albert Becker; Brahms; Moritz Haupt-mann; Heinrich von Herzogenberg; Arnold Mendels-sohn; Felix Mendelssohn; August Eberhart Müller; Ernst Friedrich Richter; Friedrich Wilhelm Rust et al. Artists: Georg Christoph Biller/St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig (1 CD) RDAU 4016 $20.99 $8.40 The works presented here continue to be per-formed at the motet and cantata services at St Thomas’s for almost 200 years - sung in masterly perfection by the world famous boys choir.

❦Carols for Advent and ChristmasWorks by: Otto Abel; J.S. Bach; Helmut Duffe; Franz Grüber; Michael Praetorius; Ludwig Schus-ter Artists: Karl-Friedrich Beringer/Windsbach Boys Choir (1 CD) RDAU 1011 $20.99 $8.40 “The pieces themselves seven centuries. All vocal pieces are in German except three in English and two in Latin. The performances are very satisfying. Both the brass and organ playing are first rate, and the choir is likewise fine.” -American Record Guide

❦Bach: Cantatas for Epiphany Nos. 3, 65 & 72Artists: Georg Christoph Biller/St Thomas Boys Choir (1 CD) RDAU 4038 $20.99 $8.40 “The other disc samples the Epiphany group: most familiar is ‘Sie Werden aus Saba alle Kommen’, with its colorful use

of horns; 3... As palate-cleansing bonuses, each disc includes two brief Latin hymns in harmonized settings - a very pleasing touch.” -ARG

❦W.A. Mozart: Requiem / St. Thomas Choir, Georg Christoph BillerArtists: Georg Christoph Biller/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch.; St. Thomas Choir. Got-thold Schwarz (Bass); Martin Petzold (Voice); Georg Christoph Biller (Cantor); Jutta Böhnert (Sop); Dirk Lehmann (Trb). (1 CD) RDAU 4019 $20.99 $8.40 “The adult soloists are all excellent, and the Gewandhaus Orchestra’s luminous playing could hardly be bettered. Sound quality is very good, and the booklet is useful, revealing, and complete. This may not be my absolute favorite recording of the Requiem but it certainly ranks near the top of my list.” -A.R.G.

❦Bach: Cantatas BWV 215 & 195Artists: Karl-Friedrich Beringer/Collegium Musicum des WDR; Windsbacher Knabenchor. Stephen Varcoe; Paul Elliot; Barbara Schlick (Sop) (1 CD) RDAU 2006 $20.99 $8.40 “These performances were re-

corded back in 1986 by a large choir of boys and men with a healthy instrumental backing. The soloists are crackerjack Baroque specialists of their day...” ARG

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Dag Wiren: String Quartets Nos. 2-5 Artists: Wiren Quartet (1 CD) NXS 8573588 $12.99 The tapestry of drama, re-finement and expressive lyricism in Dag Wiren’s string quartets (1905-1986)pro-vides a substantial overview

of his musical evolution over 35 years. His earlier works are more accessible than challenging; the Fourth Quartet is somber, with nods towards Sibe-lius and Shostakovich, and in the Fifth displays a mood of pessimism and uncertainty.

Erik Satie: Piano Works / Duanduan Hao, pianoWorks: Erik Satie (1866-1925): Allegro; Tendrement; Sonatine Bureaucratique; Nocturne No. 6; Fugue-Valse; Leit-Motiv du ‘Pan-thee’; La Belle Excentrique; et al. (1 CD)

NXS 8573796 $12.99 Satie’s personal eccentricities have never masked the fact that his music was both revolutionary and anticipatory of later artistic movements, principally Minimalism, Surrealism and Theatre of the Absurd. His piano music offers a perfect distillation of these elements.

Stephen Dodgson: Works for Violin & Strings Works: Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013): String Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Sonatina for Solo Violin Artists: Harriet Mackenzie (vln); Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla); Graham Walker (clo) NXS 8573856 $12.99 In his writing for strings, Stephen Dodgson re-vealed an abiding love of early music through his perceptive use of ornamentation, virtuoso displays and enthusiasm for variation form.

Bulatovic & Nikcevic: The Sea - Music for Gui-tar DuoArtists: Srdjan Bulatovic (gtr); Darko Nikcevic (gtr); Montenegro Strings NXS 8573943 $12.99 Sharing a common thread of Montenegrin traditional mu-

sic while drawing on improvisatory Middle Eastern modes, flamenco, and Balkan rhythms, the music recreates the rhythms of Spain, wistful Slavic melodies, as well as the atmosphere of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.

William Sterndale Bennett: Chamber Music Works: William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875): Sextet, Op. 8; Chamber Trio, Op. 26; String Quartet WoO 17 Art-ists: Jeremy Young (pno); Leon Bosch (dbl bass); Villiers Quartet NXS 8571379 $12.99

The Villiers Quartet previous release of the Delius and Elgar Quartets was very well reviewed. Mu-sicWeb International wrote: “This is a desirable chamber release with convincing and stylish play-ing from the Villiers Quartet who offer endearing expression and impeccable intonation throughout.”

Contemporary Danish Works for Accordion Works by: Martin Lohse, Jesper Koch, Bent Lo-rentzen, Svend Aaquist Artists: Hanzhi Wang, accordion NXS 8573904 $12.99 With this unique program titled ‘On The Path to H.C. Andersen’, Hanzhi Wang takes us into the ‘fairy-tale world of the accordion’ in works by Danish compos-ers that explore both the darkness and luminosity of Hans Christian Andersen’s famous stories.

Rossini: Piano Music, Vol. 10; Chamber Music & Rarities, Vol. 3Works: Rossini: La Regata Veneziana; Chanson de Zora; Ariette a l’ancienne; Un rien, Ave Maria; A Grenade; Un Rien; La Separazione; et al. Artists: Giuseppina

Bridelli (mz); Alessandro Marangoni (pno) NXS 8573865 $12.99This penultimate release in Alessandro Maran-goni’s acclaimed traversal of Rossini’s complete piano music is vibrant with national colors from France, Italy and Spain.

Serenades & Sonatas for Flute & HarpWorks by: Alwyn, Chausson, Couperin, Elgar, Has-selmans, Marson, Reade, Rota, Vaughan Willams. Woodall Artists: Suzanne Shulman (flt); Erica Good-man (hrp) NXS 8573947 $12.99The combination of flute and harp always creates an atmosphere of beauty. The pastoral theme of this program has been carefully chosen to include Baroque, Romantic and contemporary selections.

Dodgson: Chamber Music with Harp & GuitarWorks: Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013): Septet Variations; Pastoral Sonata; Solway Suite Artists: Karolos. NXS 8573857 $12.99Karolos is proud to offer concerts which range from core classics of the 18th, 19th, and 20th cen-turies, to premieres and performances of works by prominent and emerging composers. The group’s discography reflects their commitment to rediscov-ering neglected masterpieces.

Exaltation / Sephardic and Sufi diasporaWorks: Sephardic and Sufi diaspora after 1492 drawn from Medieval and Baroque Europe, Turkey and the Near East Artists: Yaniv d’Or (cnttnr), Ensemble NAYA NXS 8573980 $12.99

The unique countertenor voice of Yaniv d’Or was complimented by Gramophone for “his rich, honeyed falsetto,” and Fanfare admired NAYA’s “perfect foun-dation for d’Or’s clear and highly nuanced voice.”

Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Acht ZigeunerliederArtists: Tim Thorpe (french horn); Christopher Williams (pno) NXS 8573815 $12.99 Both of the song cycles recorded here combine lyricism with powerful storytelling, covering a wide range of emotions that are well suited to the beau-tiful sonorities and vocal nature of the French horn.

‘Tea for Two’ - Songs & EntertainmentsWorks: Operetta hits, wartime classics and popu-lar songs, both bawdy and elegant, from 19th & early 20th c. London & Paris Artists: Clémentine Decouture (sop); Philippe Brocard (bar); Frivol’Ensemble. NXS 8573973 $12.99Capturing the spirit of a period ranging from the fashionable d’Oyly Carte to 1920s American Jazz, the Frivol’Ensemble takes us back to rediscover the delights of this golden age of musical theatricality.

Kertsman: Three Concertos; Chamber SymphonyWorks: Miguel Kertsman (b.1965): Concerto Brasileiro for flute, strings & percussion; Concerto for violin, horn & shofar; Journey for bassoon & or-chestra; Chamber Symphony no 2 Artists: Dennis Russell Davies/London PO NXS 8573987 $12.99Brazilian-American composer, Miguel Kertsman, writes in numerous genres bridging diverse ele-ments to craft a unique sound world. Playlists for Times of Your Life

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Jaap van Zweden/Hong Kong PO [14 CDs]Artists: Matthias Goerne; Simon O’Neill; Michelle DeYoung; Stuart Skelton; David Cangelosi; Heidi Melton; Eric Halfvarson; Gun-Brit Markmin; Shenyang; Jaap van Zweden/Hong Kong PO. (14 CD) (Naxos (USA) 14 NXS 8501403 $58.49 The Mythic plot of Wagner’s visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) examines the relationship between love and earthly power through the agency of a ring which confers ultimate power on its bearer. One of the most sus-tained and remarkable achievements in all of music, the tetralogy is performed by an all-star cast, conducted by the new music director of the New York Philharmonic

Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, in performances that have been critically acclaimed worldwide for their “thrilling sense of drama.” (The Sunday Times, London)

French Baroque Orchestral Suites / KuijkenWorks: Lully: Roland, suite; Muffat: Fasciculus I from Florilegium Secundum; Marin Marais: Ariane et Bacchus, suite Artists: Barthold Kuijken/Indianapolis Baroque Orch. (1 CD) NXS 8573868 $12.99

The Suite from Roland exemplifies the majesty, beauty and expressive depth of Lully’s ouvertures and chaconnes. Both Georg Muffat and Marin Marais were profoundly influenced by Lully, as their inventive suites show.

Bernstein: Works for Orchestra / Marin AlsopWorks: Bernstein: Suite for Orchestra from 1600 Penn-sylvania Avenue; Slava!; CBS Music; Times Square Ballet from On the Town; Mambo from West Side Story; A Ber-nstein Birthday Bouquet Art-

ists: Marin Alsop/Sao Paulo SO NXS 8559813 $12.99This recording brings together music from some of Leonard Bernstein’s best-loved scores with seldom heard occasional works and premiere recordings.

My Playlist for Baking / Various artistsWooden spoons at the ready! Perhaps you fancy making a sweet French Pastry with Hayman, baking a pie with Bax - or maybe even conjuring up a wedding cake with Saint-Saëns? Whatever you’re baking, this album will serve as the perfect accompaniment to your culinary creativity. NXS 8578344 $10.49

My Playlist for Drawing & Painting / Various artistsFrom the iconic first notes of Promenade from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition through Bright Palette from Higdon’s Impressions I, these works span a multitude of hues and tones, from Higdon’s Pale Yellow to Bliss’s Purple. Prime your canvas, prepare your palette and im-

merse yourself in a world of colour and sound. NXS 8578347 $10.49

My Playlist for Gardening / Various artistsThe garden is a magical place to spend a day. Hear the sun rise in Grieg’s exquisite Morning Mood from Peer Gynt. Watch the sparkling Fountain Dance with Elgar before drifting into the Haze of Noon with Alwyn. In the afternoon, shelter from the shower with Debussy and listen to

the Birds in the High Hall Garden. NXS 8578345 $10.49

My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting / Various artistsLay out a pattern for a New Dress with Waxman, thread The Sewing Machine with Ibert, cross and twist the bobbins on the lace pillow with Johann Strauss I and prime The Darning-Needle with Boris Tchaikovsky. From the sublime Fantasia on Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams to

the delightful Valse from Coppélia by Delibes, this playlist is the perfect accompaniment to needlework. NXS 8578346 $10.49

My Playlist for The Nativity / Various artistsThis album is a charming and engaging retelling of the nativity through music, song, and rhyme. Well-known composers like Mozart, Rutter and Brahms are included, alongside traditional Christmas carols like “While Shepherds Watched their Flocks,” and “Mary Had a Baby.” NXS 8578348 $10.49

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Fascinating Early Music Anthologiesnew releases

Early Music

Organ & HarpsichordMax Reger: Fantasias & Fugues / David Goode

Artists: David Goode, the Klais organ of Bath Abbey (2 CD) (Signum). 2 SIG 476 $24.99 This latest release of David Goode’s continuing series of Reger organ works includes his Fantasia and Fugue on

BACH and the ‘Symphonic’ Fantasia and Fugue. David Goode is organist at Eton College.

The Organ of Oslo Cathedral / Kare NordstogaWorks: J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Grieg: Holberg Suite; Arild Sandvold (1895-1984): Norwegian Variations; Reger: Chorale Fantasia; Gounod: Meditation on Bach’s Prelude in C Art-ists: Kare Nordstoga, organ (1 CD) (LAWO Clas-sics) LAWO 1103 $16.99 On this new release, organist Kare Nordstoga plays a variety of famous works to showcase the beautiful organ in Oslo Cathedral, built by Norwe-gian organ builders Ryde & Berg in 1998.

J.S. Bach ‘An Italian Journey’ / Luca ObertiWorks: J.S. Bach: Con-certos BWV 971, 972; 974; Fantasia & fugue, BWV 904; Capriccio BWV 992; Aria variata alla Maniera Italiana BWV 989 Artists: Luca Oberti, harpsichord (1 CD) (Arcana) ACAA 443 $18.99

One composer who most fully assimilated the Ital-ian style was Johann Sebastian Bach, who never even set foot in Italy; his journey was a virtual one: traversing the scores of the Italian masters.

Heinrich Scheidemann: Organ MusicArtists: Joseph Rassam (org) (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95427 $12.99Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663) wrote almost ex-clusively for organ, and in the expected forms of cho-rale fantasias, motet arrangements, preludes, toccatas and fantasias which constituted the bread and butter of the 17th-century church musician’s diet.

Vincent Lubeck (1654-1740): Complete Harp-sichord & Organ MusicArtists: Manuel Tomadin at the Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger organ (1646/1725), The Neth-erlands (2 CD) (Brilliant Clas-sics) 2 BLC 95453 $16.99These charming, melodic and inventive pedagogical

pieces work well on a small historic harpsichord or clavichord, or on a small or regal stop organ.

Joseph Guy Ropartz: Complete Organ Works Artists: Markus Eichenlaub (Aristide Cavaille-Coll organ) (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Aeolus) 2 AEOL 10391 $38.99 A student of Massenet and Dubois, whose oeuvre is almost completely forgotten today, Roparatz (1864-1955) was one of the most interesting protagonists of the rich French organ romantics.

Claude-Bénigne Balbastre Harpsichord MusicWorks: Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1724-1799): Pièces de Clavecin Book I Artists: Christophe Rousset, harpsichord; Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, violin (1 CD) (Apar-te) AART 163 $21.49 Following recordings of Bach,

Couperin and Duphly, Christophe Rousset turns to the harpsichord music of the French composer Claude Balbastre, who contributed significantly to the rise of the pianoforte.

16th c. Organ Music / Fausto Caporali, organWorks by: Ingegneri, Pallavicino, Merula, Corradi-ni, Gonelli, Chiarini, Arighi, Poffa, Berbieri, Manna, Paloschi, Petrali, Caudana, Caifa (1 CD) (MV Cre-mona) MVC 005015 $17.99 This release is of music by composers who were also organists and “Maestri di Cappella” in Cremo-na’s Cathedral from the Sixteenth century onward. The release includes several world premieres.

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Organ WorksArtists: Bernard Foccroulle, (org); Alice Foccroulle, (sop); Lambert Colson, (cornet) (1 CD) (Ricercar) RCR 372 $18.99Girolamo Frescobaldi recom-mended flexible playing, freed of any overly strict constraints,

insisting on the fact that the musician must play ‘con affetti cantabili’ (with the affects of singing).

Sonatas and Variations / Joby Bell, organWorks by: Brahms, Jongen, Laurin, Reubke (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3559 $16.99 On this release, Joby Bell plays Joseph Jongen’s ‘’Sonata Eroica, Op. 94’’, Brahms’s ‘’Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24’’ and Julius Reubke’s ‘’Sonata on the Ninety-Fourth Psalm’’.

Müthel: Fantasies & Choral Preludes for organWorks: Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728-1788): Complete Fantasies & Choral Preludes Artists: Leon Berben, organ (SA Hybrid CD) (Aeolus) AEOL 11131 $19.99 Even though we know relatively little about his life and his oeuvre, Müthel’s works are considered to be the most important representatives of his epoch.

Organ Music of Andreas Willscher / CoomanWorks: Andreas Willscher (b.1955): Organ Symphony No. 5 “Of Francis’s Preach-ing about Holy Poverty” Artists: Carson P. Cooman (Organ). (1 CD) (Divine Art) DVT 25150 $18.99 German composer Andreas

Willscher has won many awards for his composi-tions. His organ works are especially fine and var-ied - involving often a mélange of post-tonal mod-ernism, minimalism, and jazz and rock elements.

Josquin des Prez: Miserere mei Deus, funeral motets & deplorationsArtists: Daniel Reuss/Cappella Amsterdam. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902620 $20.99 This is the first of three albums from Cappella Amsterdam devoted to

Franco-Flemish masters of the Renaissance and it offers a selection of Josquin’s secular homages and sacred polyphony which became a model for many composers that followed.

Florilegium Portense - Motets & HymnsWorks by: Praetorius, Hassler, Borsaro, di Lasso, Gallus, Agazzari, Stefanini, G. Gabrieli, Calvisius et al. Artists: Peter Kopp/Cap-pella Sagittariana & Vocal Concert Dresden (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83492 $18.99

This 1618 collection titled ‘Florilegium Portense’ of sacred motets from Italy, Germany and the Franco-Flemish region contains motets by the most famous composers of the time in Europe.

Josquin Desprez: Masses / Biscantor!Artists: Juliette de Massy/Biscantor! Et Métamor-phoses; Ensembles vocaux. (1 CD) (Ar Re-se) ARSE 20181 $16.99 These considerable works, Messe Fortuna despe-rata and Mess Une musque de Biscaye, each more than 33 minutes long, are masterfully written - clear-ly composed at the height of Josquin’s powers.

‘The Lily & the Rose’ - Adoration of the Virgin in Sound & StoneWorks by: John Cooke, Wal-ter Frye, Guillaume le Rouge, Dunstable, Damett, John Fowler, Forest, Plummer et al Artists: Andrew Kirkman/The Binchois Consort (1 CD) (Hy-perion) HYP 68228 $19.99

Exploring the artistic parallels between music and alabaster sculpture in late medieval England, this recording from The Binchois Consort presents a celebration of the Virgin Mary in sound and stone.

Venite amanti - Frottole & Madrigals from the Italian RenaissanceWorks by: Trombonicno; Mantocano; Lasso; Arcadelt; Festa; Luppato; Cara; Varoter Artists: Barbara Zanichelli, (sop); Luca Pianca, (lte) (1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 37106 $16.99 Barbara Zanichelli studied voice with the Russian teacher Anatoli Goussev in Milan. She furthered her studies of performance practice in baroque music with Cristina Miatello, Claudine Answermet and Roberto Gini.

Sigismondo D’India: Com’é soave cosaArtists: Claudine Ansermet, (sop); Paolo Cherici, (lute) (1 CD) (Vermeer) VEER 40018 $14.99 This release features a collection of songs by Sisiz-mondo D’India (1582-1629) who composed madri-gals and sacred music, but his most famous works are airs and laments for solo voice. Each of these songs is rich in expressiveness, with big melodies that draw the listener’s attention.

Accademia Strumentale Italiana: Commedia!Works by: Zanetti, Capirola, Vecchi, Willaert, Narvaes, Holborne, Janequin, Monti, Locke, et al. Artists: Accademia Strumentale Italiana. (1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 37090 $16.99 The Accademia Strumentale Italiana was founded in Verona in 1981 with the specific purpose of rec-reating the atmospheres of those ancient and il-lustrious academies, where the pleasure of meeting one another gave a special flavor to making music together.

Pater Peccavi - Music of Lamentation from Renaissance PortugalArtists: Rory McLeery/Marian Consort. (1 CD) (Delphian Records) DELP 34205 $19.99 Under its founder and director, Rory McCleery, this ‘astounding’ ensemble has given concerts throughout the UK and Europe, features regularly on BBC Radio 3, and is a former ‘Young Artist’ of The Brighton Early Music Festival.

Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629): Missa Tulerunt Dominum MeumArtists: Patrick Allies/Siglo de Oro. (1 Blu-Ray Audio) (Delphian Records) DELP 34303 $19.99 Though less well known than his namesake Michael, Hieronymus Praetorius was part of a German musical dynasty, and as organist at Hamburg’s Jacobikirche he was one of the city’s most important cultural figures. So it is remarkable that his magnificent mass for Holy Week, the Missa Tulerunt Dominum meum, has until now remained unrecorded.

The Liberation of the Gothic - Florid PolyphonyWorks: Thomas Ashwell (c.1478-1527): Missa Ave Maria; John Browne (fl.c.1480-1505): Salve re-gina; Stabat mater Artists: Bjorn Schmalzer/Grain-delavoix. (1 CD) (Glossa) GLS 32115 $18.99

Performing Ashwell’s landmark Missa - a landmark in polyphony - Schmelzer and his Antwerp-based ensemble echo in sound the rich ornamentation of foliage decorating the walls of Ely’s Lady Chapel.

French Renaissance Dances & ChansonsWorks: Book of dances and 2nd book of chansons, Paris 1531, published by Pierre Attaingnant Artists: Robert Bates (org); G. Yvonne Ken-dall (perc) (1 CD) (Loft Re-cordings) LFT 1137 $18.99 Robert Bates performs on an

organ with the oldest playing façade pipes in France (1568). In 1531 Attaingnant published seven books that are now considered to be among the most im-portant in the entire history of keyboard music.

Virtuosic Venetian Renaissance Music for soprano, recorder & stringsWorks by: Akob Arcadelt, Jacquet de Berchem, Anton Francesco Doni, Giacomo Fogliano, Silvestro Ganassi, Diego Ortiz Artists: Ulride Hofbauer (sop); Thilo Hirsch/Ensemble Arcimboldo (1 CD) (Audite) ADT 97731 $18.99 Firmly established on the Early Music scene, soprano soloist Ulrike Hofbauer is particularly interested in the study of musical rhetoric, ornamentation and the “re-citar cantando” style, making her an ideal interpreter of the works recorded here.

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The Baroque Period

Notable New Baroque Albums new releases

Tomaso Albinoni: Lontan da te Mia VitaArtists: I Solisti Ambrosiani (1 CD) (Urania (Italy) URA 14039 $16.99 The period instrument Italian ensemble I Solisti Ambro-siani presents six of Albinoni’s (1671-1751) works - three instrumental pieces, and three

pieces with voice. What’s more, four of these works are receiving here their world premiere recording.

Vivaldi: Concertos (10) for Transverse FluteArtists: Alexid Kossenko (flt); Alexis Kossenko/Arte Dei Su-onatori (1 CD) (Alpha Produc-tions) AHP 354 $12.99 In Holland in the 1720s the transverse flute enjoyed con-siderable popularity among amateur musicians. Aware

of that keen interest, the publisher Michel Le Cene decided in 1729 to publish the very first collection of concertos for flute and orchestra. Vivaldi responded to his request by refurbishing several older works.

Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas on the Double BassWorks: Vivaldi: Sonatas for cello & basso continuo, RV 40, 41, 43, 45-47 / Art-ists: George Speed (double bass), Se-Hee Jin (pno) (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3655 $16.99 On the present release,

Speed presents Vivaldi Cello Sonatas. He has studied these works for many years, and it shows fully in these idiomatic performances.

Violinist Thomas Bowers Plays J.S. BachWorks: J.S. Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas Nos. 1-3 Artists: Thomas Bowes (vln) (3 CD) (Navona) 3 NVA 6159 $16.99 The focus and attention the violinist brings to all six tracks draws the listener into

a meditative state of mind. It’s almost as if Bowers is performing solely for each individual listener, providing an intimate experience that demands attention yet allows room for contemplation.

Couperin, Forqueray: Pieces for Viola da GambaWorks: Francois Couperin: Premiere Suite; Deux-ieme Suite; Forqueray: Piece a tois violes in D minor Artists: Atsushi Sakai, Marion Martineau & Isabelle Saint-Yves (violas da gamba); Christophe Rousset (clavecin) (1 CD) (Aparte) AART 166CD $21.49

Giuseppe Tartini: Sonate Op. 1; Sonate PiccoleArtists: Evgeny Sviridov (vln); Stanislave Gres (hpsi); Davit Melkonyan (clo) (1 CD) (Ricercar) RCR 391 $18.99 As heir to the Baroque tradition of the early eigh-teenth century, Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) developed technical concepts much bolder than those of his predecessors, thus preparing the violin for the language of the Classical period.

Handel: Abbandonata, Italian CantatasArtists: Carolyn Sampson (sop); Robert King/The King’s Consort (1 CD) (Vivat) VIVT 117 $18.99 Handel pushes all the boundaries, showing tech-niques that were to be incorporated into his works for decades to come in music of astonishing origi-nality. Carolyn Sampson powerfully captures the drama in full-blooded, committed performances.

Caldara Maddalena ai piedi di Christo, oratorioWorks: Antonio Caldara (1670-1736): Maddalena ai piedi di Christo, oratorio for 6 voices with instruments Art-ists: Damien Guillon/Le Ban-quet Céleste (2 CD) (Alpha) 2 AHP 426 $28.49 The protagonists of La Mad-

dalena, six in number, are split between Earth and Heaven. They divide among them thirty-three arias and ensembles, in a sequence alternating recita-tive and aria.

Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier: Cantate e SonateWorks: Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1660-1700): Can-tatas & Sonatas Artists: Francesca Boncompagni (sop); Marco Ceccato (cello)/Accademia Ottoboni. (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 406 $18.99 On this release, Lulier’s cantatas are coupled with his sonatas and beautifully performed by Fran-cesca Boncompagni, Accademia Ottoboni, and Marco Ceccato.

Henry Purcell: Twelve Sonatas in Three Parts, Z.790-801Artists: Retrospect Trio. (1 CD) (Linn Records) LINN 374 $18.99 This recording reunites four Baroque instrumentalist su-perstars. It was nominated for a BBC Music Magazine

Award and an International Classical Music Award and was named a ‘Choice’ recording by Gramo-phone, BBC Music Magazine and International Record Review.

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 21, 76 & 120Artists: Cassandra Lemoine, Rosa Lamoreaux, Daniel Tay-lor, Benjamin Butterfield, Wil-liam Sharp. Greg Funfgeld/The Bach Choir of Bethlehem; The Bach Festival Orch. (1 CD) (Analekta) ANA 29540 $18.99 The Bach Choir of Bethle-

hem celebrates its 120th birthday in 2018. Since its founding in 1898, the now famous choir has attracted thousands of visitors from across the United States and beyond to the annual Bethlehem Bach Festival in Pennsylvania.

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 4, 79 & 80Artists: Dorothee Mields, Alex Potter, Thomas Hobbs, Peter Kooij. Philippe Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Gent. (1 CD) (PHI Group) PHIG 030 $18.99 Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent give us an accomplished version of these masterpieces, confirming, if further proof were needed, their stat-ure as ardent champions of Bach.

Andre Campra (1660-1744): L’Europe GalanteArtists: Sebastian D’Herin/Les Noveaux Caracteres. Anders J. Dahlin, Nicolas Courjal, Heather Newhouse, Isabelle Druet, Romain Cham-pion (2 CD) (Chateau Ver-sailles) 2 CHUV 002 $28.49 Campra was the most impor-

tant opera composer between Lully and Rameau. The success of Europe Galante in 1697 is a tribute to this founding work of the Opera-Ballet, mixing dance and opera in the opulent divertissements.

Michele Mascitti (1664-1760): Sonatas for violin with basso continuo, Op. 8Artists: Gian Andrea Guerra (vln); Nicola Brovelli (clo); Matteo Cicchitti (violone), Luigi Accardo (hpsi) (1 CD) (Arcana) ACAA 111 $12.99 The violin sonatas recorded for the first time in this album blend the brilliant and passionate expres-sivity emanating from the Neapolitan legacy with the elegance and grace of the French instrumental tradition.

‘The Emperor’s Fiddler’ / David Irving, violinWorks: Johann Schmelzer (1623-1680): Sonata unarum fidium nos 1-6; Johann Cas-par Kerll (1627-1693): Pas-sacaglia in D minor Artists: David Irving, violin with bas-so continuo (1 CD) (Obsidian Records) OBID 718 $17.99

This album explores a lavish soundworld featuring a replica of a c.1670 Stainer violin, with strings in equal tension, played with a short and light bow with its hair at high tension.

Francesco Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (6) Op. 7Artists: Café Zimmermann (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 396 $18.99 “The rhetoric and architecture [Geniniani] employs are still compatible with the Baroque. But the choice and exploration of emotions are already very new, similar to the way we feel today.” (Petr Skalka, cello)

The English Concert Plays Telemann, Tartini, Marcello, et al.Works: Nicola Porpora: Cello Concerto; Marcello: Oboe Concerto; Tartini: Violin Concerto; Tele-mann: Viola Concerto; Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco: Concerto Artists: Harry Bicket/The English Con-cert (1 CD) (Signum) SIG 549 $15.99 On SaleFounded in 1973 by Trevor Pinnock. and now un-der the direction of Harry Bicket, the English Con-cert has been a leading light in the performance of Baroque and Classical music for for over 40 years.

Telemann & Molter: Flute and Oboe QuartetsArtists: Camerata Bachiensis. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95621 $10.49 With this album, the Leipzig-based Camerata Bachiensis make their debut on Brilliant Classics. Founded in 2012, they are now ensemble in resi-dence at the city’s Bach Museum, and they make frequent appearances at the major early-music festivals in central Europe.

Graupner: Overtures, ConcertosWorks: Christoph Graupner (1683-1760): Over-tures GWV 322 & 470; Concertos GWV 342 & 318 Artists: Rien Voskuilen/L’arpa festante. (1 CD) (Accent) ACT 24350 $18.99 L’arpa festante and Rien Voskuilen have put to-gether an exquisite selection with orchestral music from this repertoire for the present release: two concertos for oboes and trumpets and two Over-tures for transverse flute in the French style, prob-ably all from the first half of the 1730’s.

Graupner: Duo Cantatas for Soprano & AltoArtists: Miriam Feuersinger (sop); Franz Vitzthum (cntnr); Peter Barczi/Capricornus Consort Basel. (1 CD) (Christophorus) CHR 77427 $18.99 Soprano Miriam Feuersinger is joined by coun-tertenor Franz Vitzthum for a new album of duo cantatas. This is music of great depth, with the two voices blending so well that sometimes they seem just one.

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Songs & DancesArtists: Tim Mead (ctr tnr); Francois Lazarevitch/Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. (1 CD) (Alpha Pro-ductions) AHP 419 $18.99 Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, guided by François Lazarevitch’s virtuoso flute, have already led us along the roads of Ireland and Scotland, notably the High Road to Kilkenny, a great success in 2016. This time, they venture into England with an essentially secular programme devoted to Henry Purcell (1659-95), varying the mood by alternat-ing between instrumental dances and songs performed by the English countertenor Tim Mead, including ‘O Solitude’ and ‘What power art thou’.

Vivaldi x2 - Double Concertos / La SerenissimaWorks: Vivaldi: Double Con-certos for oboes, horns, vio-lin & cello, oboe & bassoon Artists: Adrian Chandler (violin)/La Serenissima (1 CD) (Avie Records) AIE 2392 $17.99 “The freshness incinerates

the cobwebs of familiarity in the heat of La Sereni-ssima’s proselytizing zeal.” (BBC Music Magazine Concerto Choice) “Were I asked to condense this review down to two simple words, they would be: buy it.” (Gramophone)

Michel-Richard de Lalande: Grands MotetsArtists: Jana Semeravoda/Collegium Marianum; Olivier Schneebeli/Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. (1 CD) (Glossa) . GLS 924301 $18.99One of the great figures from the French Baroque is start-

ing to receive his just dues through modern record-ings, and Glossa is happy to unveil a new release featuring three of Lalande’s (1657-1726) sumptu-ous grands motets.

Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76 Artists: Cassandra Lemoine (sop); Benjamin Butterfield (tnr). Greg Funfgeld/The Bach Choir & Festival Orch. if Bethlehem (1 CD) (Analekta) ANA 29541 $18.99 The Ode is not an oratorio but rather a sequence of movements, comprising instru-mental pieces, declarative recitatives, expressive arias, and powerful choruses that extol music and its patron saint. Given this cast and orchestra it will be no surprise that this is a glorious release.

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The Classical Era

Violin & Cello Sonatas of Beethoven new releases

Mozart: String Quartets / Auryn QuartetAn outstanding career span-ning three decades has made the Auryn Quartet one of the most sought-after and respected ensembles performing around the globe. On this release, they present Mozart’s String Quartet in G

major KV 387 and his String Quartet in D minor KV 421. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Tacet) TAC 233SA $22.99

Discovering the Classical String Trio - Vol. 2Works by: J.C. Bach, Bréval, Campioni, Gossec, Haydn, Klausek and Vivaldi Artists: The Vivaldi Project. (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1622 $19.99 The Discovering the Clas-sical String Trio series ex-

plores the 18th-century string trio, its relationship to the earlier Baroque trio sonata and its role as an important genre in its own right.

Apotheosis: Mozart, Vol. 2 - The Piano QuartetsWorks: Mozart: The Piano Quartets, K.478 & 493 Artists: The Alexander String Quartet, Joyce Yang, (pno) (1 CD) (Foghorn Music) FOGH 2018 $16.99 Maintaining focus on Mozart’s last years, members of the Alexander String Quartet join with electrify-ing and much-lauded pianist Joyce Yang on this recording of the two piano quartets.

Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799): Violin SonatasArtists: Antoinette Lohmann (vln); Furor Musicus. (1 CD) (Globe) GLB 5271 $16.99The work of the Rotterdam-born Pieter Hellendaal (1721 - 1799) has so far not been widely played or recorded. The organ used in this recording was built around 1700 by Peter Weidtman the Elder. It has been restored as much as possible to its original state.

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 2Works: Piano Trio, Op. 1/2; Piano Trio after the Sym-phony in D major, Op. 36; Allegretto, Hess 48 Artists: Van Bearle Trio (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Challenge) . CHL 72778 $18.99 It is probably true that a large

proportion of the people who were familiar with the symphonic repertoire of Beethoven’s time were so because of the common practice of reducing these works for chamber ensemble.

Mozart: Symphonies / Jochum, van BeinumWorks: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35, 36, 38, 41; Serenade, KV320 Artists: Eugen Jochum; Eduard van Beinum/Concertgebouworkest (2 CD) (Elo-quence Australia) 2 ELOQ 8284146 $19.99 These are monumental interpretations in the Ger-man tradition, particularly that of the ‘Linz’ Sympho-ny. This is Mozart from a bygone era, to be sure, but inflected with unfailing grace and good taste.

Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms: Orchestral WorksWorks: Beethoven: Overtures; Die Geschopfe des Prometheus; Haydn: Symphony No. 100; Brahms: Haydn Variations (rec. 1952) Artists: Eduard van Beinum/London PO; Concertgebouworkest. (2 CD) (Eloquence Australia) 2 ELOQ 8255054 $19.99 This collection ends with the work that Van Beinum put on record more often than any other composi-tion: the Haydn Variations of Brahms.

Mozart: Flute Quartets & Clarinet QuintetWorks: Mozart: Flute Quartets K. 285, 285a, & 285b; Clarinet Quintet K. 581 Artists: Oxalys. (1 CD) (Passacaille) PSSA 1042 $18.99The charming ‘galant’ style of the quartets in G and in C recall J.C. Bach, one of Mozart’s models; it is well and truly in these works that Mozart surprises by his elegant simplicity.

Mozart: Works for Piano / Yeol Eum SonWorks: Mozart: Piano Con-certo No. 21; Sonata, K330; Fantasy, K475; Variations on ‘Lison Dormait’ Artists: Yeol Eum Son (pno), Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Mar-tin in the Fields. (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4186 $19.99

Yeol Eum Son is Second Prize winner at both the 2011 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition and the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Compe-tition in 2009.

Mozart: Piano Concertos in chamber versions Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 11-13 (arr. for piano and string quartet) Artists: Katrine Gislinge (pno), Stenhammer Quartet (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Alba) ABA 418 $18.99 This release presents three of Mozart´s piano concertos in his own versions for piano and string quartet.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784): Complete Organ MusicArtists: Filippo Turri (organ) (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95467 $12.99 Without the taste for fashion-ably abrupt turns of phrase and thought which distinguish CPE’s Sturm und Drang

language, Wilhelm Friedemann’s music occupies that fast-evolving chronological and aesthetic space between what the Baroque and Classical periods.

Joseph Mayseder (1789-1863): Violin Concer-tos nos 1 & 3; Violin Concertino no 2Artists: Raimund Lissy, (vln); Helmut Zehetner/May-seder SO (1 CD) (Gramola) GRAM 99181 $18.99 Vienna Philharmonic violinist Raimund Lissy has long been dedicated to the work of uncovering the works of Austrian composer Joseph Mayseder and make them available to a wider audience.

Beethoven: String Quartets / Elias QuartetArtists: Elias String Quartet (2 CD) (Wigmore Hall Live) 2 WGMR 93 $20.99 The finale of the Elias String Quartet’s six-volume complete presentation of Beethoven’s String Quartets at Wigmore Hall brings to

life the joyful Allegro con brio in String Quartet Op. 18 No.6, the contrasting second variation of String Quartet Op. 135 and the moody String Quartet Op. 59 No. 2 creating a varied nature to their program.

Mozart: Requiem; J.S. Bach: Ein Feste Burg ist unser GottArtists: Rebecca Meyers (sop); Emily Skilling (mez); Chrisopher Hodson (tnr); Jonathan Woody (bass); Reid Masters/New Jersey CO & Chamber Singers (1 CD) (Af-fetto) AFFT 1810 $16.99

This live recording features the New Jersey Cham-ber Singers 40th Anniversary concert celebration. It boasts all extant parts. Finally and most famous-ly, Mozart’s Requiem was completed by Süssmayr following his death in 1791.

Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 24Works: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 63, 38, 37 & 9 Artists: Benjamin Spillner, concertmaster; Heidel-berger Sinfoniker (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 18024 $16.99 On SaleJoseph Haydn deserves credit as the composer who significantly developed the symphony (and equally the string quartet) in terms of its musical content, scoring and form and who ultimately can-onised the symphony as the genre we know today.

Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano Trio, Vol. 5Works: Beethoven: Variations, Op. 121; Piano Trio in E-flat; Allegretto; ‘Triple’ Concerto, Op. 56 Artists: Swiss Piano Trio; Zurich CO (1 CD) (Au-dite) ADT 97696 $18.99 The complete edition of Beethoven’s works for pi-ano trio is rounded out with this release. The Triple Concerto recorded here is not a chamber music work, but a concerto for piano trio and orchestra that posed special challenges to the composer due to the presence of three soloists.

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos.1, 10 & 5 ‘Spring’Artists: Lorenzo Gatto, (vln); Julien Libeer, (pno) (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 407 $18.99 Building on the success of their first album of Beethoven violin sonatas, which won a Diapason d’Or of the year

(the magazine hailed ‘the birth of a great duo’) and ‘Choc’ de Classica, Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Lib-eer continue their complete recording of the cycle.

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8Artists: Andrew Wan, (vln); Charles Richard-Hamelin, (pno) (1 CD) (Analekta) ANA 28794 $18.99 Here’s a new album that brings together two of Canada’s most prominent young musicians, Andrew Wan, concertmaster

of the Montréal Symphony since 2008, and Charles Richard-Hamelin, Silver medalist at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015.

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3Artists: Stanislaw Firlej (clo); Wojciech Kubica (pno). (1 CD) (Dux (Poland)) DUX 1420 $19.99Beethoven’s cello sonatas reflect the transformations of the composer’s constantly developing style. The second sonata is a youthful work, full of virtuosic fantasy and vigor while the third is the work of a mature composer, the author of significant symphonic works.

Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3 / Nikolaj Snaider, violin with the London SOViolinist Nikolaj Znaider teases out the wit and charm in these delightful pieces, leading the virtuoso players of the London Symphony Orchestra as Mozart would have done, from the violin. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (LSO Live (London SO)) LSO 0804 $14.99

Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 35 / Gordon Nikolic, Netherlands Chamber OrchestraThe Netherlands Chamber Orchestra puts down a spicy performance of two of Mozart’s bubbliest sym-phonies: the “Prague” and the “Linz”. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Tacet) TAC 230SA $24.99

Mozart: Complete Piano Trios / Marta Gulyas, Vilmos Szabadi, Csaba Onczay, Mate SzucsMozart’s first three full-fledged piano trios were composed in his most prolific period: in the summer and autumn of 1786. At that time, the aristocratic circles of Vienna were beginning to recognize his extraordinary genius. (3 CD) (Hungaroton) 3 HGR 32825 $31.99

Mozart: Horn Concertos / Johannes Klumpp, Folkwang Chamber Orchestra EssenChristoph Eß, hornist with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the leading hornists of his generation. In addition to the four Mozart concertos, the album also includes Trygve Madsen’s ‘Invita-tion to a Journey with Mozart and Four Horn Players’. (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 18618 $18.99

New Mozart Recordings in Brief

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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Artists: Vladimir Jurowski/London PO (1 CD) (London PO) LPO 0109 $13.99 The previous release of Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 with these same forces was a Gramophone recording of the month, number 19 in the

Sunday Times 100 best records of the year and one of the Arts Desk’s Top Classical albums of 2012.

The Brahms Project - chamber music for violaWorks: Brahms: Viola Sonatas, Op. 120/1 & 2; Two Songs for contralto, viola & piano, Op. 91 Artists: Peter Barsony (vla); Ildiko Komlosi (alto); Peter Frankl (pno) (1 CD) (Hungaroton) HGR 32808 $18.99Brahm’s viola sonatas are a cornerstone of that instru-ment’s repertoire. They are what we regard as “the” genuine romantic viola sonata reflecting late Brahms’ substantial and richly emotional musical world.

Franz von Suppe (1819-1895): OverturesArtists: Ivan Repusic/Munchner Rundfunkorches-ter (1 CD) (BR Klassik) BRK 900326 $16.99 Chief Conductor of the Münch-ner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repuèic has selected some of Suppé’s best-known and most

popular overtures for his new studio production.

Brahms: Sonata for Cello & PianoArtists: Claudio Bohorquez (clo); Peter Nagy (pno) (1 CD) (Berlin Classics) BER 0301097 $29.99 Claudio Bohórquez has established himself as an experienced chamber musician and concert soloist. For the past 30 years he has been playing the cello, teaching at the famous Hanns Eisler conservatoire in Berlin and travelling the world. Now the moment has come for him to attend to his discography.

Brahms: Symphonies nos 1 & 3 / van BeinumArtists: Eduard van Bei-num/Concertgebouw Orch. (rec.1946 & 1952) (1 CD) (Eloquence Australia) ELOQ 8254996 $16.99 Eduard van Beinum made three recordings of Brahms’s First Symphony, all with the

Concertgebouw Orchestra. This newly remastered Eloquence album presents his second thoughts on the symphony, as it were, from September 1951.

Donizetti: Messa di RequiemArtists: Corrado Rovaris/Donizetti Opera Orch. & Chorus (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 7813 $18.99 Lesser known than Mozart and Verdi’s Requiem, Donizetti’s Messa di Requiem for the death of Vincen-zo Bellini is infused with a deeply felt spirituality that reveals feelings of sincere admiration and friendship.

Schubert: String Quartets nos. 10 & 14Artists: Quatuor Van Kuijk (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 417 $18.99 Quatuor Van Kuijk writes of their new release: “When we approach a composer, we like to im-merse ourselves in his or her early works, in order to understand the evolution of the person behind the score...” On this program, Quatuor Van Kuijk combines the youthful quartet, no.10 with the mas-terpiece Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden”.

Brahms: String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2; String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2Artists: Pierre Fouchenneret (vln); Suichi Okada (vln); Lise Berthaud (alt); Adrien Boisseau (alt); Francois Salque (clo); Yan Levionnois (clo) (2 CD) (B Records) 2 BREC 012 $28.49 The artists write of this new release: “[Brahms], more than anyone cherished chamber music ensembles; composed for them his entire life; was equally com-fortable in duets as he was in sextets; and his enthu-siasm and legendary ardour flowed into his writing...”

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2Works: Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartets Opp. 12 & 81; String Quartet (1823) Artists: Minguet Quartett (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777931 $16.99 Here, cpo’s complete edition of Felix Mendelssohn Bar-

tholdy’s string quartets in gripping interpretations by the Minguet Quartet continues with Vol. 2.

Brahms: A German Requiem (in English)Artists: Ida Nicolosi; Brian Ming Chu; Jan Kraybill; Elisa Bickers; Matthew Shepard/Te Deum (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3647 $15.49 On SaleOn this new release from Te Deum and their con-ductor Matthew C. Shepard present Brahms’s A German Requiem in its rarely heard London version for two pianos and chorus, performed in English.

‘Trip to Russia’ - Daniel Muller-Schott, celloWorks: Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso; Souvenir d’un lieu cher; Rococco Varia-tions; Andante cantabile; Nocturne; Glazunov; Rimsky-Korsakov Artists: Daniel Muller-Schott (clo); Aziz Shokhakimov/Deutsches SO

Berlin (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 933181 $22.99 This new release features the willfully diverse com-positional and emotional landscape of newly discov-ered and rediscovered nineteenth-century Russian music, performed with dedication and delight.

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4Artists: Jan Willem de Vriend/Residentie Orkest The Hague (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Challenge) CHL 72739 $16.99 On SaleAfter completing the symphonic cycles of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, Jan Willem de Vriend now undertakes Schubert’s complete symphonic output. This is the first volume in that series.

Giovanni Sgambati: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2Artists: Ola Rudner/Wurt-tembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (1 CD) (CPO) CPO 555195 $16.99 The harmonic language of Sgambati’s (1841-1914) symphonies is tonal but also nuanced with many chromatic

means and dissonances. His second symphony here receives its world recording premiere.

Brahms: Violin Sonatas, Opp. 78, 100, 108Artists: Leila Schayegh (vln); Jan Schultsz (pno) (1 CD) (Glossa) GLS 924201 $18.99The two players here aim to recapture the perform-ing tradition as the composer would have known it, aiming for the spirit of the music rather that the dead letter of the score.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 / Valery GergievArtists: Valery Gergiev/Münchner PO (1 CD) (Munchner Philharmoniker) MUN 21125 $19.99 Although traditionally la-belled his First, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 1 was not his first attempt to explore the

genre. It was clearly influenced by such models as Schubert, Spohr and Weber, yet can still be regarded as an independent creation.

Schumann: The works for violin & orchestraWorks: Robert Schumann: Phantasie, Op. 131; Violin Concertos in D minor & A minor (based on the Cello Concerto); Three arrangements, Op. 85 Artists: Lena Neudauer (vln); Pablo Gonzalez/Deutsche Radio PO (1 CD) (SWR Music) SWRM 19422 $18.99 This is a special release! First, there is no other al-bum that gathers together all pieces for violin and orchestra by Schumann. Secondly, this recording was made using the recently published critical edi-tion of the Violin Concerto.

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & OverturesWorks: Brahms: Piano Con-certo no 1; Tragic Overture; Academic Festival Overture Artists: Clifford Curzon (pno); Eduard van Beinum/Concertgebouw Orch. (1 CD) (Eloquence Australia) ELOQ 8258307 $16.99

The Concerto is complemented here by the two Brahms overtures which Van Beinum recorded in December 1952 for Decca (mono). These accounts are dynamically impetuous, following the relationship the conductor forged with the composer in two read-ings of the First Symphony (in 1947 and 1951).

Kitayenko Conducts Glazunov & TchaikovskyWorks: Glazunov: The Seasons, ballet in 1 act; Tchaikovksy: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 Artists: Dmitri Kitayenko/Zagreb Philharmonic (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 1889 $19.99 After getting off to a flying start with Igor Stravin-sky, OehmsClassics is delighted to be continuing its partnership with the Zagreb Philharmonic Or-chestra conducted by Dmitry Kitayenko in works by Tchaikovsky and Glazunov.

Amanda Maier: Works for Piano & Strings Works: Amanda Maier (1853-1894): Klavierstuck; Preludes; Piano Trio; String Quartet; St. Nicho-las Schwank Artists: Cecilia Zilliocus (vln); Kati Raitinen (clo); Bengt Forsberg (pno); Julia-Maria Kretz (vln); David Huang (pno) (1 CD) (DB Produc-tions) DBP 188 $16.99 This album makes available the entire catalogue ofSwedish violinist and composer Amanda Maier, the first female graduate in music direction from the Royal College of Stockholm.

Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos 1-3Artists: Pierre Fouchenneret (vln); Lise Berthaud (alt); Francois Salque (clo); Eric le Sage (pno) (2 CD) (B Records) 2 BREC 011 $28.49

Dvorak: Piano Trio; Suk: Piano Quartet in A minorArtists: Christian Tetzlaff (vln); Maximilian Hornung (clo), Kiveli Dorken (pno); Vicki Powell (vla); Antje Weithass (vln) (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553404 $17.99 Certain traits in Dvorak’s trio already seem to reveal his profound affinity with Brahms. Gradually emerging from a series of brief motifs, the first movement’s main theme is subjected to thematic treatment throughout. This movement is also the lon-gest, lasting a total of twelve minutes. Its generally gloomy, somber mood does not yet reflect the true personal style of he who would soon write the Slavonic Dances.

Chamber Music of Niels Gade / Ens. MidtVestWorks: Niels Gade (1817-1890): Novelettes for Piano Trio; String Quartets in F minor Artists: Ensemble MidtVest (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 555198 $16.99 “Gade’s chamber music is marvelously written... [The

Ensemble MidVest] performs these works recorded in perfect balance with an open naturalness showing his music in the most favorable light.” -FonoForum

Romantic Piano Trios / The Boulanger TrioWorks: Tchaikovsky: Trio, Op. 50; Paul Juon: Litaniae, Tone Poem, Op. 70 Artists: Boulanger Trio. (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553401 $17.99 In Juon’s piano trio we plunge into the most profound recesses of the soul. Everything acquires

existential significance. This is where these performers find a bridge that connects Juon’s kaleidoscopic tone poem with Tchaikovsky’s colossal Trio, op. 50.

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4Artists: Daniil Trifonov (pno); Yannick Nezet-Segi-un/The Philadelphia Orch. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammo-phon) DGG B002879902 $18.99 Pianist Daniil Trifonov re-leases “Destination Rach-

maninov - Departure,” the first of two albums comprising Trifonov’s cycle of the great Russian composer’s piano concertos. The album features concertos nos. 2 & 4, along with Rachmaninov’s solo piano transcriptions of three movements from Bach’s Violin Partita in E major.

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Greensleeves; Job, A Masque for DancingArtists: Barry Wordsworth/Philharmonia Orch.; Robert Haydon Clark/Consort of London. (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1384 $14.99 “It (was) to the credit of Collins that Barry Word-sworth was chosen for their recording of Vaughan Williams’ Job with the Philharmonia... the drama behind the notes is fully realized... Collins provided a clear and balanced recording.” (Gramophone)

Ravel: Aimer et Mourir, Danses et MelodiesWorks: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; Valses no-bles et sentimentales; Henri Duparc: Aux étoiles; 4 songs Artists: Magdalena Kozena; Robin Ticciati/Deutsches SO Berlin (1 CD) (Linn Records) LINN 610 $18.99

In Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales Ticciati creates a well-paced, yet graceful, Impressionist swirl with clearly defined textures and shimmering orches-tral colors. [Duparc’s melodies] sound particularly opulent in their orchestral scoring; the warm tones of Kožena’s ravishing voice provide a perfect match.

Ravel: Chamber Music / Tesla String QuartetWorks: Ravel: String Quartet in F major; Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn; Menuet antique; Menuet in C#; Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 54/2; Stravinsky: Concertino Artists: Tesla Quartet (1 CD) (Orchid Clas-sics) ORPO 100085 $16.99

Praised for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of the era, style or technical demand” (The International Review of Music) the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to both new and established repertoire.

Gaite Parisienne – Ravel, Poulenc, OffenbachWorks: Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Poulenc: Les Biches Suite; Offenbach: Gaite Pa-risienne Artists: Fabien Gabel/Orchestre Sympho-nique de Quebec. (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22757 $16.99From the waltz to the French cancan to the bal-let, this program by the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec under the baton of conductor Fabien Gabel illustrates the perfect symbiosis between dance and French music.

Ernest Ansermet Conducts Ravel, Debussy, StravinskyWorks: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe; La Valse; Debussy: Prelude of an Afternoon of a Faun; Jeux; Stravinsky: Pul-cinella; Les Noces Artists: Ernest Ansermet/L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. (2

CD) (Eloquence) 2 ELOQ 8249893 $25.99A generous collection of classic Decca stereo recordings, illuminating the idiomatic sympathy of the Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet for ballet music and specifically the scores commissioned by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes.

Hans Weisse: Clarinet Chamber Music Works: Hans Weisse (1892-1940): Clarinet Sonata, Op. 10; Quintet for clarinet & strings Artists: Friederike Roth, (clt); Viller Valbonesi, (pno); Berolina Ensemble. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (MD&G) MDG 9482078 $16.99 On Sale

These elegant, romantic gems - the Clarinet Quintet and Sonata for Piano and Clarinet penned by Hans Weisse - are heard on this release in what may be first-ever performances.

Ysaye: Sonatas for solo violin; Etude PosthumeArtists: Boris Brovtsyn, (vln) (1 CD) (Quartz Records) QTZR 2131 $16.99 On this release Boris Brovtsyn presents Eugene Ysaye’s Sonatas as well as has Etude Posthume which was published after the composer’s death, and is receiving here its world premiere recording.

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony / BrabbinsArtists: Elizabeth Llewellyn, Marcus Farnsworth.Martyn Brabbins/BBC Sym. Chorus; BBC SO. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68245 $20.99 Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform one of the mightiest

of first symphonies ever written. The coupling is Vaughan Williams’s later, virtually unknown, set-ting of Whitman’s “Darest thou now, O soul” for chorus and strings.

Wilhelm Stenhammer: Orchestral WorksWorks: Wilhelm Stenhammer (1871-1927): Suite from Romeo & Juliett; Reverenza; Two Sentimen-tal Romances; Sangen Artists: Sara Troback (vln); Neeme Jarvi/Gotehnburg Sym. (rec. live) (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2359 $19.99Concert Master Sara Troback does pride to the Two Sentimental Romances and the group has something as edifying as a very large movement for oboe solo in the Suite.

A Portrait of Alfonso Rendano (1853-1931)Works: Piano Quintet; Pieces (4) for solo piano Art-ists: Daniela Roma, (pno); Quartetto Modus. (1 CD) (Digressione Music) DIGR 80 $17.99 Alfonso Rendano was part of the “Salonmusik”, where all

nineteenth-century pianists careers developed, writ-ing in an elegant, seductive style. The “Quintet in A minor” for piano and strings is among the most de-manding compositions of Rendano’s youthful years.

Mark Elder Conducts Edward ElgarWorks: Edward Elgar (1857-1934): The Wand of Youth, Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Salut D’Amour; Nursery Suite; Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 Artists: Mark Elder; Halle (1 CD) (Halle Records) HALE 7548 $18.99

The latest release in Halle’s award winning Elgar Edition features works which reveal aspects of Elgar as both man and composer, reflecting his nostalgic strain and his gift for memorable, melodic invention.

Faure: Requiem, Op. 48; Durufle: RequiemArtists: Julie Boulianne, (mez); Philippe Sly, (bar); Jean-Sebastien Vallee/Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal; The Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul. (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22779 $16.99 Especially when accompanied by organ, as these versions are, these sacred works are imbued with a wonderful, peaceful atmosphere.

Theodore Dubois: Works for Violin & Piano Works: Theodore Dubois (1837-1924): Violin Concerto in D minor; Violin Sonata; Ballad Artists: Ingolf Tur-ban, (vln); Lukas Maria Kuen, (pno); Raoul Gruneis/Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern; Deutsche Radio PO (1 CD)

(CPO ) CPO 777932 $16.99 The quality of Dubois’ Violin Concerto is manifest-ed most impressively in the Adagio middle move-ment - here, the deepest depths are fathomed with big sound, and iridescent heights are scaled.

Franz Schreker: Works for Voice & Strings Works: Franz Schreker (1878-1934): Ekkehard; On Eternal Life; Fantastic Overture; Four Little Pieces for Large Orchestra; Prelude to a Grand Opera Artists: Valda Wilson (sop); Christopher Ward/Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (1 CD) (Capriccio) CAP 5348 $16.99 After the ban the Nazi’s had imposed on him, it took a long time for Schreker’s oeuvre to be rediscovered, excavated from the archives, subjected to a re-ap-praisal and acknowledged as indispensable in one of the most fascinating periods of musical history.

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; The Lark AscendingArtists: Sarah Fox (sop); Mark Stone (bar); James Ehnes (vln); Andrew Manze/Royal PO (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4185 $20.99 The Lark Ascending, a romance for violin and orchestra dating from 1914, is probably the com-poser’s most popular work, and will forever be as-sociated with the horrors of World War I.

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915): Orchestral WorksWorks: Karl Goldmark: Sakuntala, overture; Scher-zo, Op. 19; Penthesilea, Op. 31; Sappho, overture; Scherzo for Orchestra, Op. 45 Artists: Fabrice Bollon/Bamberger SO (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 555160 $16.99

When his overture Sakuntula was premiered in Vienna, news of this masterful and tonally beautiful music spread like wildfire; it is not surprising that Goldmark repeatedly returned to the overture form.

Albert Roussel, Florent Schmitt, Andre Prevost: Works for Violin & Piano Works: Albert Roussel (1869-1937): Violin Sonata No. 2; Florent Schmitt: Sonata Li-bre en Deux Mouvements; Andre Prevost: Sonata for Violin & Piano Artists: Helene Collerette, (vln); Anne le Bozec, (pno) (1 CD) (Signature) SGAT 11107 $18.99 The three works presented here epitomize a vibrant period for French chamber mu-sic and its sphere of influence. Rhythmic energy galvanizes this Franco-Canadian program from start to finish, innervating passages of expressive intimacy with the same intensity as wilder pages bristling with vigor.

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Daniel HardingArtists: Daniel Harding/Swedish RSO. (1 CD) (Har-monia Mundi) HAR 902366 $20.99 With this release of the Sym-phony No. 5, Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Sym-phony Orchestra continue

their survey of Mahler’s symphonies. A daunting challenge for any orchestra, under Daniel Harding the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra offers listeners a performance to remember.

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Gershwin Reimagined: An American In LondonWorks: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Fascinating Rhythm; Three Preludes; I Got Rhythm; et al. Artists: Arturo Sandoval, Mark OConnor, Monica Mancini, Shelly Berg (pno); José Serebrier/Royal

PO (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B002888902 $18.99 Recorded at the famed Air Lyndhurst Studios in London, the album is a sonically “hi-def” con-temporary treatment of classic Gershwin pieces performed by Grammy-winning musicians Arturo Sandoval and Mark O’Connor.

Khachaturian - music for piano & orchestraWorks: Arman Khachaturian (1903-1978): Piano Concerto in D flat; Concerto-Rhapsody Artists: Stepan Simonian (pno); Daniel Raiskin/Staat-sorchester Rheinische PO (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777918 $16.99

A unique synthesis consisting of fascinating instru-mental virtuosity, exotic melodies, highly imagi-native harmonies, and irresistible rhythmic spirit distinguishes these works.

Martinu: What Men Live By; Symphony No. 1Works: Mohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): What Men Live By, opera pastorale in 1 act; Symphony No. 1 Artists: Ivan Kusnjer; Petr Svoboda; Jan Martinik; Lucie Silkenova Lukas Vasilek/Martinu Voices. Jiri Belohlavek/Czech PO (1 CD) (Supraphon) SPR 4233 $19.99Conductor Jirí Belohlávek was an important am-bassador of Martinu’s music. For the Supraphon label alone he recorded nearly forty works, many of these were world premiere recordings.

Josef Tal: Works for solo viola and viola & pianoWorks: Josef Tal (1910-2008): Suite for viola solo; Perspective for viola solo; So-nata for viola & piano; Duo for viola & piano Artists: Hartmut Rohde (vla); Christian Siebert (pno) (1 CD) (CAvi Music). CAVI 8553144 $17.99

Josef Tal was an Israeli composer and a student of Paul Hindemith who is considered one of the founding fathers of Israeli art music.

Leonard Bernstein - Broadway to Hollywood Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide, On the Waterfront, Fancy Free, West Side Story, On the Town Artists: Iain Sutherland/Hannover Philhar-monie (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 5002 $18.99 SOMM Recordings celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth in style with this remark-able 1993 live broadcast recording - never before issued and newly mastered.

Ferenc Fricsay Conducts Richard Strauss Works: Strauss: Burleske; Oboe Concerto; Duet Con-certino; Till Eulenspiegel Art-ists: Ferenc Fricsay/RIAS SO (1 CD) (Audite) ADT 95604 $14.99 Fricsay’s unsentimental, anti-romantic interpre tations

of Richard Strauss is astonishing, evident here in these audiophile “1st Master Release” recordings of Till Eulenspiegel and the Burleske.

Music for Violin & Piano / Jiyoon Lee, violinWorks: Stravinsky: Suite Italienne; Wieniawski: Legende, Op. 17; Bartok: Rhapsody No. 1; Szy-manowski: Mythes, Op. 30; Ravel: Tzigane Art-ists: Jiyoon Lee (vln); Henry Kramer (pno) (1 CD) (Champs Hill Records) CMPH 141 $16.99 As part of her prize for winning the Windsor Fes-tival International Strings Competition in 2015, South Korean violinist Jiyoon Lee makes her debut recording on Champs Hill Records.

Vissarion Shebalin: Works for Violin & PianoWorks: Vissarion Shebalin (1902-63): Orientalia; Four Pieces for Violin & Piano; Violin Sonata; Four Light Pieces; Concert Piece; Suite for Solo Violin Artists: Sergey Kostylev (vln); Olga Solovieva (pno) (1 CD) (Toccata Classics) TOC 0327 $18.99 These Russian works reveal a high number of unsuspected gems: music immediate in its melodic appeal but plumbing real depths of feeling.

Torbjorn Iwan Lundquist: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4Artists: Torbjorn Iwan Lundquist; Sixten Ehrling/Gothenberg SO (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 3004 $18.99 In his symphonic works Lundquist (1920-2000) uses a special technique in which the extended form is made from large musical blocks. The third symphony is written in one movement, but you can distinguish three blocks and a concluding section.

Major Concertos for Violin & Orchestra

Darius Milhaud: Chamber MusicWorks: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Caprice; Duo Concertante; Elegie; Sonatine; Suite; Farandoles; Scaramouche Suite Artists: Pierluigi Bernard (clt); Mauro Tortorelli (vln/vla); Angela Meluso (pno) (1 CD) (Brilliant

Classics) BLC 95449 $16.99With this release, Tortorelli and Meluso have provid-ed a sequel to their Brilliant Classics recording of the sonatas for violin and viola, praised for ‘the excellent playing of Gran Duo Italiano.’ (Lynn Rene Bailey)

The Very Best of SzymanowskiWorks: Szymanowski - highlights from the com-poser’s piano, chamber and orchestral works (2 CD) (Dux (Poland) 2 DUX 1430 $29.99 This release is an overview of Szymanowski’s best work, performed by some of the finest Polish musi-cians including the Warsaw Chamber Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice and The Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Richard Strauss: Orchestral WorksWorks: An Alpine Symphony; Dance of the Seven Veils; Die Frau ohne Schatten Artists: Vladimir Jurowski/London PO (2 CD) (London PO) 2 LPO 0106 $19.99 Vladimir Jurowski has a strong affinity with Die Frau ohne Schatten, and chose to conduct a se-lection of orchestral highlights from the opera rath-er than the composer’s own published Fantasie.

Bartok: String Quartet Nos. 1-6Artists: Arcadia Quartet. (2 CD) (Chandos Records) 2 CHA 10992 $37.49 Arcadia’s very first recording on Chandos, present-ing what has been at the very heart of the Quar-tet’s musical career and influences; the complete string quartets by Bartók.

American Vistas - music for string trioWorks: Walter Piston: Three Counterpoints; Alan Hovha-ness: Trio, Op. 201; Henry Cowell: Seven Paragraphs; David Colson: String Trio No. 1; John Harbison: Trio Sona-ta Artists: Concordia String Trio (1 CD) (Centaur)

CEN 3625 $16.99 On this release, the Concordia String Trio performs a program of great American works for String Trio.

Astor Piazzolla: ‘Le Grand Tango’ Works: Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas; Four Tangos; Oblivion Art-ists: Friedemann Eichhorn (vln); Julius Berger (clo); Jose Gallardo (pno) (1 CD) (SWR Music) SWRM 19513 $9.99 This release features key works by Astor Piazzolla, the king of composed tango, performed by three outstanding musicians.

Stravinsky arrangements for 2 pianosWorks: Stravinsky: Pe-trushka; Concertino; Agon; Scherzo a la Russe Artists: Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 73712 $18.99The young Stravinsky became acquainted with large parts of

the Western music repertoire through piano arrange-ments, and later arranged his own major works for piano duet or for two pianos as well.

Viktor Kalabis: Chamber Music SonatasWorks: Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006): Cello Sonata; Clarinet Sonata; Violin Sonata Artists: Tomas Jamnik (clo); Anna Paulova (clt); Jan Fiser (vln); Ivo Kahanek (pno) (1 CD) (Supraphon) SPR 4210 $19.99Although he also drew inspiration from 20th-cen-tury classics, Kalabis arrived at a synthetic style of his own, an alternative to the rational composition-al techniques - a Neo-Romantic alternative, akin to Neo-Classicism.

Walter Braunfels: Works for Piano & OrchestraWorks: Walter Braunfels (1882-1954): Witches’ Sabbath; Concert Piece, Op. 64; Hebridean Danc-es, Op. 70 Artists: Tatjana Blome (pno); Gregor Buhl/Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (1 CD) (Capriccio) CAP 5345 $16.99This sixth release of Capriccio’s Braunfels Edition shows again his large range of colorful music and focus this time on his works for piano and orches-tra from three different periods of his life.

Music for Violin & Piano by Prokofiev, Fergu-son, MessiaenWorks: Prokofiev: Violin Sonata Nos. 1; Howard Ferguson: Violin Sonata No. 2; Oliver Messiaen: ‘Praise to the Immortality of Jesus’ from the Quar-tet of the End of Time Artists: Betul Soykan (vln); Juan Pablo Andrade (pno) (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3666 $15.49 On SaleThis new release features major works of music for violin and piano from the era of WWII that were inspired by the holocaust.

Richard Strauss: Violin Concerto; MiniaturesArtists: Arabella Steinbach-er (vln); Lawrence Foster/WDR SO (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone Classics) PTE 5186653 $19.99Devoted largely to miniatures and songs arranged for violin and orchestra by Peter von

Weinhardt, this album begins with Strauss’ rarely-performed Violin Concerto in D minor, composed when he was still a teenager.

Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 1; Enescu: Octet for stringsArtists: Vilde Frang (vln); Enescu Octet; Mikko Franck/French Nat’l Radio PO (1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 573794 $19.99 Bela Bartok and George En-escu were born in same year

- 1881. Both pieces on this recording are youth works of theirs, from 1900 (Enescu Octet) and 1907 (Bartok’s 1st violin concerto).

David Oistrakh plays Szymanowski & HindemithWorks: Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Sonata; Paul Hindemith: Violin Concerto Artists: David Oistrakh (Vln); Vladimir Yampolsky (pno); Kurt Sandering/Leningrad PO (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1355 $16.99 “When a great artist does take up a modern work, what a difference it makes!... this is a really outstanding violin concerto [Hindemith]... exquisitely beautiful at times.” (Gramophone)

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Arnold Griller: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2Works: Arnold Griller (b. 1937): Introduction, Cakewalk and Allegro; Rhapsody Con-certante; Scherzoid; Sympho-ny Artists: Emin Martirosian (pno); Alexander Walker/Mu-sica Viva SO (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0460 $16.99 On Sale

In spite of a propitious beginning to his career, Arnold Griller’s (b.1937) considerable output remains largely unknown. This second volume of orchestral pieces presents four major works, including his only symphony.

Emil Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 3Works: Emil Tabakov (b.1947): Concert Piece for Orchestra (1985); Symphony No. 4 (1997) Artists: Emil Tabakov/Bulgarian Nat’l Radio SO (1 CD) (Toccata Classics) TOC 0467 $16.99 On SaleLike Mahler, Bulgarian Emil Tabakov prefers to write for large forces and has composed ten sym-phonies. They explore the darker side of the human spirit in epic scores as austere as they are powerful.

Garlands for Steven StuckyWorks by: Esa-Pekka Sa-lonen, Steven Mackey, Colin Matthews, Gabriela Lena Frank, Julian Anderson, John Harbison, et al. Artists: Pea-body Southwell (mez); Carolyn Hove (oboe) (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9509 $16.99

The project was spearheaded by Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng, who has recorded the 32 new pieces that make up this star-studded “garland”. Ms. Cheng is joined by soprano Peabody Southwell and oboist Carolyn Hove in Two Holy Sonnets of Donne.

Howard Goodall (b.1958): Invictus, a PassionArtists: Kirsty Hopkins (sop); Mark Dobell (tnr); Stephen Darlington/Christ Church Ca-thedral Choir, Oxford; Lanyer Ensemble. (1 CD) (Coro) COO 16165 $18.99Howard Goodall has com-posed some of the best-

known British TV theme tunes of the last 30 years, and his score for the HBO film ‘Into the Storm’ won him a Primetime EMMY award for Original Dra-matic Score in 2009.

Huw Watkins: Symphony; Flute Concerto; Vio-lin ConcertoArtists: Adam Walker (flt); Alina Ibragimova (vln); Ryan Wigglesworth/Halle; Edward Gardner/BBC SO (1 CD) (NMC) NMC 224 $18.99 Welsh-born Huw Watkins is one of today’s leading

composer-pianists and this album (his second for NMC Recordings) showcases his vibrant, lyrical and impeccably crafted orchestral writing.

Contemporary Works for Violin & OrchestraWorks: Violin Concertos by James Newton How-ard & Aaron Jay Kernis; Bramwell Tovey: Stream of Limelight Artists: James Ehnes (vln); Andrew Armstrong (pno). Ludovic Morlot/Seattle SO; Cris-tian Macelaru/Detroit SO (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4189 $19.99 This program features the world premiere of three works written for violinist James Ehnes. Familiar to movie fans the world over, James Newton Howard has composed over 120 film scores.

Magnus Lindberg (b.1958): Tempus fugit; Vio-lin Concerto No. 2 Artists: Frank Peter Zimmer-mann (vln); Hannu Lintu/Finn-ish RSO (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Ondine) OND 1308 $16.99 The music is at times lucid and bright and at times lusciously sonorous, and the soloist is

called upon to display both fireworks and soaring me-lodic arcs. Tempus fugit is a 33 minute orchestral work commissioned by the Finnish Radio Symphony.

Morton Feldman: Atlantis; String Quartet & Orchestra; Oboe & OrchestraArtists: Han de Vries (obo); Lucas Vis/Frankfurt RSO; Pellegrini Quartet (1 CD) (Hat Hut) HTHT 206 $18.99 Feldman’s works are characterized by rhythms that seem to be free and floating, pitch shadings that seem softly unfocused, a generally quiet and slowly evolving music, and recurring asymmetric patterns.

Music for solo trumpet by Philip GlassWorks: Philip Glass: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square - Melodies; Gradus; Piece in the Shape of a Square Artists: Craig Morris (tpt) (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9508 $16.99Craig Morris, former principal

trumpet player of the Chicago Symphony Orches-tra, has here recorded brilliant solo trumpet ver-sions of three Philip Glass classics.

Philip Sawyers (b.1951): Violin Concerto; Con-certo for Trumpet & StringsArtists: Alexander Sitkovetsky (vln); Simon Des-bruslais (tpt). Kenneth Woods/English String Orch.; English SO (1 CD) (Nimbus) NIM 6374 $18.99 Kenneth Woods, who conducts this recording, writes: “One of the things I find most compelling about Philip’s music is the extent to which it embodies the extremes of both the universal and the personal.”

Craig Armstrong: Sun On YouWorks: Craig Armstrong: Music for piano & strings. Artists: Scottish Ensemble (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B002894402 $18.99Grammy-winning film music composer (Moulin Rouge!, Ray, Love Actually) Craig Arm-

strong’s Sun On You is a beautiful collection of original works for piano and strings that offers an escape into a gentle, peaceful, and uplifting sound world.

Sefano Scodanibbio (1956-2012): Alisei, works for bass & ensembleArtists: Daniele Roccato (bass); Ludus Gravis En-semble (1 CD) (ECM) ECM B002906202 $23.99 The pieces are an often-breath-taking compen-dium of extended techniques that he invented or developed throughout his life and which challenge the musicians to push virtuosity to its limits.

Steve Reich (b.1936): Drumming, parts I-IVArtists: Kuniko (drms) (1 CD) (Linn) LINN 582 $18.99 This seminal work employs Reich’s trademark phasing technique; subtle changes in timing and timbre cause the soundscape to build through a series of rhythmic loops which

evolve to create a wholly immersive experience.

Kent Nagano Conducts Wolfgang Rihm, Jean-Pascal Beintus Works: Wolfgang Rihm (b.1952): Das Gehege, nocturan scene for soprano & orchestra; Jean-Pascal Beintus (b.1966): Le Petit Prince, concert suite for violin, harp & chamber orchestra Artists: Rayanne Dupuis (sop); Kent Nagano/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. (1 CD) (Capriccio) CAP 5337 $16.99

Julian Anderson (b.1967): Heaven is Shy of Earth; The Comedy of ChangeArtists: Susan Bickley; Oliver Knussen/BBC SO & Chorus; London Sinfonietta (1 CD) (Ondine) OND 1313 $16.99 This recording includes the world premiere record-ing of an oratorio written by Julian Anderson, one of the most remarkable British composers of our era. It is also a testimony of artistic collaboration and friendship between him and conductor/com-poser Oliver Knussen that lasted for 37 years.

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers: Mirror in MirrorWorks by: Ciupinski, Corigli-ano, Glass, Lauridsen, Part, Ravel Artists: Anne Akiko Meyers, (vln); Akira Eguchi, (pno); Kristjan Jarvi/Philhar-monia Orch. (1 CD) (Avie Records) AIE 2386 $17.99 ‘Mirror in Mirror’ is one of

Anne Akiko Meyers’most personal projects to date. With the exception of Ravel, Anne collaborated with all of the composers and arrangers on this album. The music is reflective and spiritual, and weaves a compelling musical story.

Aspects of America - 20th & 21st Century Orchestral WorksWorks by: Sean Shepherd, Sebastian Currier, Christopher Rouse, Kenji Bunch, Samuel Barber Artists: Carlos Kalmar/Oregon SO (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone) PTE 5186727 $19.99Aspects of America presents a fascinating collection of 20th- and 21st-century Ameri-can orchestral music, ranging from “good old” Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs to pieces by esteemed living composers such as Sean Shepherd (Magiya), Sebastian Currier (Microsymph) and Christopher Rouse (Supplica).

Jonathan Dove: A Brief History of CreationArtists: Mark Elder/BBC SO; Halle Children’s Choir (1 CD) (NMC Recordings) NMC 233 $18.99 Dove turned to the work of scientist James Lovelock, who developed the idea that the Earth behaves as a self-

regulating organism, which always maintains a bal-ance favorable for life. Lovelock himself describes this relationship as a dance, making it natural for Dove to set to music. The resulting piece is a cel-ebration of the resilience of life.

Symphonies of Walter Piston, Samuel Jones & Stephen Albert / Lance Friedel, London SOWorks: Walter Piston: Symphony No. 8; Samuel Jones: Symphony No. 3; Stephen Albert: Symphony No. 2 (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2118 $19.99 Conductor Lance Friedel strikes a blow for three fellow American composers.

Walter Wolff: Music for Piano, Cello & Violin / Walter Wolff, pianoArtists: Gabi Sultana, violin; Tomas Nuñez-Garcés, cello (1 CD) (Alba) ABA 422 $18.99The present album consists of a variety of chamber music composed by Wolff, from a solo viola work to a piano trio. The musical moods range from lively rhythmics to a peaceful, almost meditative calm.

David Lang (b.1957): Writing on Water; Forced March; Increase; PiercedArtists: Alan Pierson/Synergy Voices; Jurjen Hempel/London Sinfonietta; Alarm Will Sound; Crash Ensemble; FLUX Quartet; Real Quiet (1 CD) (Canteloupe) CPE 21139 $16.99 Comprised of four pieces for four different ensembles, David Lang’s “writing on water” is a free-flowing recording that presents several unique and rarely revealed facets of the composer.

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Reissues of Classic PerformancesNew Opera Albums

Alois Bröder (b.1961): The Wives of the DeadArtists: Marisca Mulder, Mireille Lebel, Marwan Shami-yeh, Johannes Pell/PO Erfurt (2 CD) (Dreyer-Gaido) 2 DYGO 21106 $29.99 In 2008, Alois Bröder was comissioned to compose an opera, and after a time found

his ideal subject in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story ‘The Wives of the Dead.’ The template offers every-thing that the operatic heart desires: “It requires almost no reduction, is ambiguous, irresistible... and almost without an internal narrative,” says the composer.

Purcell: King Arthur, semi-operaArtists: Stefanie True, Caroline Weynants, Marcus Farnsworth, Zsuzsi Toth, Sophie Junker; Lionel Meunier/Vox Luminis (2 CD) (Alpha Productions) 2 AHP 430 $25.49 On SaleThe legend of King Arthur and his mentor the wizard Merlin inspired one of Henry Purcell’s most popular successes, King Arthur, a semi-opera on which Purcell lavished all his exuberant musical and theatrical inventiveness.

Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociataArtists: Giuseppe Gipali, Alex Esposito, Lavinia Bini, Angela Meade, Antonio Di Matteo, Joshua Sanders, Francesco Meli. Michele Mariotti/Teatro Regio Torino Orch. & Chorus (2 CD) (Dynamic) 2 DYN 782602 $25.49 On SaleAmerican soprano Angela Meade and the Italian tenor Francesco Meli star in the main roles of this production, which is conducted by Michele Mariotti and was recorded in April 2018.

Schubert: Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp)Artists: Thomas Moser, Jozsef Németh, Christine Os-termayer, Walter Schwicker-ath, Roswitha Dierk. Tito Gotti/Orch. Filarmonica e Coro del Teatro Nazionale di Szeged (2 CD) (Bongiovanni) 2 BGV 201920 $15.49 On Sale

As writing for the theatre had been his greatest wish for some time, Schubert happily accepted the invita-tion to compose the music for the Magic Harp, even as it was only two weeks before the opening!

Handel: Serse / Franco Fagioli, Vivica GenauxMaxim Emelyanychev/Il Pomo d’Oro. (3 CD) (DG) . 3 DGG B002923802 $49.99 Opening with the famous aria “Ombra mai fu,” Serse remains one of Handel’s most popular operas. Star-ring Franco Fagioli in the

title role, this is the first recording of the opera with a countertenor as the eponymous king, originally sung by a soprano castrato.

Vivaldi: Il Giustino / Ottavio DantoneArtists: Delphine Galou; Emoke Barath; Silke Gang; Veronica Cangemi; Emiliano Gonzalez Toro; Rahel Maas; Ottavio Dantone/Accademia Bizantina (3 CD) (Naïve) 3 NAI 30571 $29.99 On SaleWith this new recording, the madly epic and romantic opera, Il Giustino, finally receives its place in the spot-light. It needed the talent of a charismatic conductor to bring this gem back to life, and it is Ottavio Dantone.

Johann Strauss Jr: Die FledermausArtists: Nikolai Schukoff (tnr); Laura Aikin (sop); Jochen Schmeckenbecher (bar); Elisabeth Kulman (mz); Christain Elsner (tnr); Mathias Hausmann (bar); Lawrence Foster/NDR Radiophilhar-monie. (2 SA Hybrid CD)

(PentaTone) 2 PTE 5186635 $29.99 This album is imbued with a specifically Viennese charm thanks to the inclusion of dialogues written by Nikolai Schukoff, who also sings the role of Eisen-stein and teams up with a cast of operetta specialists.

Saint-Saens: Ascanio, operaArtists: Jean-Francois Lapointe; Bernard Richter; Eve-Maud Hubeaux; Jean Teitgen; Karina Gauvin; Clemence Tilquin; Guillaume Tourniaire/Orch. & Choeur de la Haute ecole de musique de Geneve (3 CD) (B Records) 3 BREC 013 $37.49 Ascanio is a wonderful work, far too little-known, in which Italian lyricism, Wagnerian influence and French elegance combine. For the very first time, we will be able to hear the complete premiere performance of the version abiding by the 1888 autograph manuscript.

Giuseppe Apolloni (1822-1889): L’EbreoArtists: Simone Alaimo, Fernanda Costa, Dino di Domenico, Armando Caforio, Paola Bidinelli. Massimo de Bernart/Orch. Sinfonica di San Remo (2 CD) (Bon-giovanni) 2 BGV 208990 $28.49 On Sale

L’Ebreo (the Jew) was staged at La Fenice in Ven-ice on the 23rd of January 1855; the result was tri-umphant and made the 33 year-old Apolloni imme-diately famous. In a few years there was no Italian theatre which had not staged at least one edition.

Boito: Mefistofele / Siepi, del Monaco, TebaldiArtists: Cesare Siepi; Mario del Monaco; Renata Tebaldi; Floriana Cavalli; Piero De Palma. Tullio Se-rafin/Orchestra e Coro dell-Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (rec. 1957) (2 CD) (Urania (Italy)

2 URA 121.374 $29.99 Without exception, Italian conductor Tullio Se-rafin’s numerous recordings display a satisfying synthesis of the dramatic and lyrical, as well as respect for the singers involved.

Alessandro Stardella (1643-1682): La DoricleaArtists: Emoke Barath, Giuseppina Bridelli, Xavier Sabata, Gabriella Martellacci, Luca Cervoni. An-drea De Carlo, Il Pomo d’Oro (3 CD) (Arcana) 3 ACAA 454 $37.49 This world premiere release of La Doriclea is a major achievement for The Stradella Project. “Through his festival and recording project, Andrea De Carlo is raising the profile of this pioneering Italian composer.” (Gramophone)

Kalman: Kaiserin Joephine, operettaArtists: Vincetn Schirrmacher; Mairiam Portmann; Constantin Zeilner; Paul Schmitzberger; Alois Walch-shofer. Marius Burkert/Franz Lehar Orch. & Festival Chorus (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 555136 $31.99 The operetta in 8 scenes by the Hungarian com-poser Emmerich Kalman (1882-1953) features German libretto by Paul Knepler and Geza Herc-zeg. It premiered in Zurich at the Stadt Theater in 1936, but has been rarely performed since then.

Pergolesi & Tarabella: Operas Works: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Pa-drona; Aldo Tarabella (b.1948): Il Servo Padrone Artists: Erika Liuzzi; Donato di Gioia; Paolo Pec-chioli; Flavio Emilio Scogna/Orch. ‘V. Galilei’ (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95360 $15.99 Musically this homage to an 18th-century musical form by Tarabella is very much brought into the pres-ent day, with arias in an atonal context and recita-tives which leave traditional Classical form behind.

Verdi: Rigoletto / Cappuccili, Cotrubas, Domingo, Giulini [2 CDs + Blu-ray Audio]Artists: Piero Cappuccili; Ileana Cotrubas; Placido Domingo; Elena Obraztsova; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Kurt Moll; Hanna Schwartz; Carlo Maria Giulini/Vienna PO (Deutsche Grammophon) 3 DGG 4835605 $45.99 This 2-CDs + Blu-ray Audio disc (2.0 LPCM 96kHz/24 Bit) deluxe hardback edition presents Giulini’s 1980 reading of Verdi’s Rigoletto with the Vienna Philharmonic, with a cast led by Cappuccilli, Cotrubas and Domingo. The 160-page booklet in-cludes an essay by Franzpeter Messmer on the Italian operatic tradition.

Verdi: Macbeth / Cappuccilli, Ghaurov, Verrett, Abbado [2 CDs + Blu-ray Audio]Artists: Piero Cappuccilli; Nicolai Ghaurov; Shirley Verrett; Stefania Malagu; Plac-

ido Domingo; Antonio Savastano; Carlo Zardo; Claudio Abbado/Vienna PO & La Scala Chorus (Deutsche Grammophon) 3 DGG 4835601 $45.99

This 2-CDs + Blu-ray Audio disc (2.0 LPCM 96kHz/24 Bit) deluxe hardback edition presents Claudio Abbado’s glorious 1976 recording of Verdi’s Macbeth, featuring

the great Shirley Verret as Lady Macbeth. A 180-page book includes essays by the Tonmeister Günter Hermanns and Richard Osborne / Peter Cossé.

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; Cosi fan Tutte [9 CDs]Artists: Simon Keenlyside; Veronique Gens; Johannes Weisser; Lorenzo Re-gazzo; Bernarda Fink; Werner Gura; et al. Rene Jacobs/Concerto Koln; Freiburger Barockorchester. (9 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 9 HAR 2908801 $44.99 The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte stand as towering monu-ments in the genre, and these performances led by René Jacobs, collected here in specially priced boxed set, do full justice to their many musical wonders.

Rossini: Maometto II / Antonino Fogliani, Virtuosi Brunenses & Camerata Bach Choir, PoznanArtists: Mirco Palazzi; Elisa Balbo; Mert Sungu (3 CD) (Naxos) 3 NXS 8660444 $38.99 Heard here in its original Naples version, this is a movingly tragic drama in which the suicide of the main female role is not without a grim relevance even today.

Verdi: Macbeth (1847) / Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante, Podlasie Opera ChorusArtists: Giovanni Meoni, Jadja Michael, Fabrizio Beggi (2 CD) (Glossa) 2 GLS 923411 $29.99 Fabio Biondi conducts the original Florentine 1847 version of Macbeth, shorn of the Paris revi-sions more typically found on record.

Donizetti: Maria de Rudenz / Sebastiano Rolli, Orchestra & Chorus del Bergamo Musica FestivalArtists: Maria Billeri; Dario Solari; Ivan Magri; Gilda Fiume; Gabriele Sagona; Francesco Corti-novis (2 CD) (Bongiovanni) 2 BGV 2491/92 $31.49 A sinister sense of doom pervades Maria de Rudenz from beginning to end. Nearly all of it is in

minor keys, and the dark, gloom-laden orchestration keeps the anxiety level high.

Wagner: Tannhauser / Axel Kober, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & ChorusArtists: Torsten Kerl, Camilla Nylund, Michelle Breedt, Markus Eiche, Kwangchul Youn (3 CD) (Opus Arte) 3 BOA 9044D $29.99 This live recording of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser was made at the 2014 Bayreuth Festival.

“Especially in the Singer’s Contest in the second act the performers act with heart and soul.” (Opernnetz)

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French Chansons / Charlotte HaesenWorks by: Leo Ferre, Georg-es Brassens, Jacques Brel, Charles Trenet, Charlotte Haesen, Michel Legrand, et al. Artists: Charlotte Haesen (voice); Café des Chansons (1 CD) (Challenge) CHL 72780 $15.49 On Sale

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, jazz-trained vocal-ist Charlotte Haesen was discovered singing French chansons at Amsterdam’s Noordermarkt by viola player Odile Torenbeek which lead to this chansons program anchored in a string quartet ensemble.

Elisabeth Kulman Sings Schumann, SchubertWorks: Songs by Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert & Herwig Reiter (b.1941) Artists: Elisabeth Kulman (mz); Eduard Kutrowatz (pno) (1 CD) (Orfeo) ORF 956181 $22.99 Placing Herwig Reiter’s set-

tings in a dialogue with lieder by Schubert and Schumann appears at first glance to be coura-geous, however on closer inspection the art of selection and comparison shown by these artists proves to be the perfect symbiosis.

Romantic Songs & Piano TranscriptionsWorks by: Liszt, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Strauss, Godowsky, Wagner, Schumann, Gie-seking, Kirchner, Brahms et al. Artists: Cyprien Katsaris (pno); Christoph Pregardien (tnr) (1 CD) (Challenge) CHL 72787 $15.49 On SaleCyprien Katsaris conceived of this unique program titled ‘Auf Flugeln des Gesanges’ that will appeal to both pianophiles and Lieder fans; he explains: “The concept would be a combination of German Lieder, each of them followed by a piano transcrip-tion. Christoph Pregardien immediately agreed.”

A Te, O Cara - Stephen Costello Sings Bel CantoWorks: Arias by Donizetti, Bellini & Verdi Artists: Ste-phen Costello (tnr); Constan-tine Orbelian/Kaunas City SO (1 CD) (Delos) DEL 3541 $16.99 Polished and sensitive or-chestral collaboration comes

courtesy of Maestro Constantine Orbelian and his vaunted Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra. The Associated Press has called Stephen Costello “... a prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact.”

Sonidos Sureños - Art SongsWorks: Songs from Argentina, Mexico & Brazil by Esnoala, Gilardi, Souviron, Guastavino, Revueltas, Sandi, Guarnieri, Ginastera Artists: Carrie deLapp-Culver (sop); Brian Dykstra (pno) (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3448 $15.49 On SaleAn active performer, soprano Carrie deLapp-Cul-ver has presented recitals of Spanish-language art songs across the United States and in Barcelona, Madrid and Guadarrama, Spain. She has pub-lished articles on this repertoire.

Romantic Songs / Erna Berger, Hermann PreyWorks: Hugo Wolf: Ital-ienisches Liederbuch; R. Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Brahms: Four Serious Songs; Songs of Mendelssohn, Loewe, Grieg Artists: Erna Berger (sop); Hermann Prey (bar) (2 CD)

(Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) 2 PRF 18029 $19.99Hermann Prey will always be remembered for the fine musicianship and the beauty of his voice. He was able to convey a sense of the comic elements of a song without losing the musical sense of the entire piece.

Parry: Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 3Artists: Sarah Fox (sop); Roderick Williams (bar); Andrew West (pno) (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 272 $18.99 SOMM Recordings’ historic, enthusiastically reviewed survey of Sir Hubert Parry’s (1848-1918) 12 Sets of

English Lyrics reaches its end with a third revela-tory volume. Of Volume II, MusicWeb International said: “Lovers of English songs, and Parry in partic-ular, should be in their element with this satisfying album on Somm”.

Liszt: Complete Songs, Vol. 5 / Allan ClaytonWorks: Liszt: Freudvoll und Leidvoll; die Lorelei; An Edli-tam; Hohe Liebe; Gestorben war ich; Enfant, si j’etasi roi; Jugendgluck et al. Artists: Allan Clayton (tnr); Julius Drake (pno) (1 CD) (Hyper-ion) HYP 68179 $20.99

On volume five of Hyperion’s Complete Liszt Songs series, tenor Allan Clayton demonstrates his ex-ceptional versatility across eighteen selections that make prodigious technical and musical demands of the performers.

John Dowland: First Booke of Songes or AyresArtists: Grace Davidson (sop); David Miller (lte) (1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 553 $15.99 On SaleBlending melancholy with wit in his writing for both lute and voice, John Dowland’s lute songs have continued to enchant audiences and singers for nearly 400 years.

Donizetti: Nocturnes; SoireesWorks: Donizetti: 6 Ariettes et Six Nocturnes; Soirees d’automne a l’Indrascata; Collezione di Canzonette Art-ists: Letizia Calandra (sop); Fausto Tenzi (tnr); Ilario Nicotra (pno) (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95672 $10.49

The complete collection is far less often heard, and recorded, lending considerable rarity value to this new recording. It is led by the soprano Letizia Ca-landra, a specialist in Neapolitan repertoire.

Lars Bjorling: The Art of Singing, Vol. 2Works by: Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Mozart, Gounod, Cilea, Meyerbeer, Korngold, Rossini, Bellini, et al. Artists: Lars Bjorling (tnr); Jan Eyron (pno) (2 CD) (Sterling) 2 STR 1826 $29.99 “When my Father Jussi was chosen as the 20th century’s leading male opera singer by English music critics at the turn of the century, we felt great joy and pride in the family. From my very early age I experienced singing and music at home, but most of all, I remember visiting the Opera house when Father sang.” -Lars Björling

Baritone Christoph Pregardien Sings Cantatas Works by: J.S. Bach, Jo-hann Friedrich Fasch Art-ists: Christoph Pregardien (bar); Lorenzo Ghirlanda/Vox Orchestra (1 CD) (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import) DHMI 8341224 $19.99 Bach’s cantata ends with the

moving and impressive chorale “Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder” (“Come, o death, brother of sleep”). On our album, this chorale is sung by the young musi-cians of the orchestra themselves, who were specially trained for this occasion by Christoph Prégardien.

Songs of the Orient / Simon WallfischWorks by: Viktor Ullmann, Einem, Haas, Wellesz, Strauss, Gal Artists: Simon Wallfisch (bar); Edward Rushton (pno) (1 CD) (Nimbus) NIM 5971 $18.99 “Supressed music (or ‘Entartete Musik’), music and musicians smeared by the Nazis’ dark, ideological-ly-motivated hatred, has developed into an artificial genre of its own, throwing together composers of completely different musical backgrounds and, it must be said, varying degrees of quality, into the same bucket..” -Simon Wallfisch

Ballade Through the Ages / Robert HolzerWorks by: Schubert, Marschner, Loewe, Brahms, Wolf, Weismann Artists: Robert Holzer (bass), Thomas Kerbl (pno) (1 CD) (Gramola) GRAM 99151 $18.99Subtitled “Ballades Through

the Ages”, this release puts a focus on the literary form of the ballade. The program spans an arc from works of the middle ages, by Schubert, Loewe, Hein-rich Marschner, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf, to Wilhelm Weismann.

Voices of Women - songs by & about womenWorks by: Rachmaninov, Amy Beach, Libby Lars-en, Poulenc, Sondheim, Barber, Fanny Mendels-sohn, et al. Artists: Heather Fetrow (sop); Mila Henry (pno) (1 CD) (Affetto) AFFT 1805 $16.99 The focus of an album of songs by women compos-ers and other songs about women is unique, and brings to the fore the vast social change the world is undergoing with respect to women in our society.

‘Dolorosa Partenza’ / Capriolo di GioiaWorks by: Caldara; Heinichen; Pistocchi; Sances; A. Scarlatti Artists: Amaryllis Dieltiens (sop); Bart Naessens (claviorganum); Capriola di Gioia (1 CD) (Aeolus) AEOL 10103 $18.99 This album features the unique sound of the sono-rous claviorganum (combination of harpsichord and organ) played by Bart Naessens.

To Cecilia - Swedish Love SongsWorks by: Hjalmar Casserman; Richard Strauss; Evert Taube; Hugo Alfven; Lille Bror Soderlundh; Torgny Bjork; Gunnar Turesson; Leo Ferre; Moni-ca Dominique; Rolf Fogelstrom; Pererik Moraeus; Artists: Torsten Mossberg (tnr); Stina Hellberg; Jonas Isaksson; Anders Karlqvist (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 1818 $18.99

Tenor Torsten Mossberg is a physician, special-ist in Anesthesiology and intensive care. He has studied singing with Ester Ruhrseitz, Eva Pilat and Bjorn Thulin, among others. He has extensive experience as a choir singer, a tenor in the Oscar Chamber Choir in Stockholm, and is often en-gaged as a soloist.

Songs of Olav Kielland & Arne DorumsgaardSongs of: Olav Kielland (1901-1985) & Arne Do-rumsgaard (1921-2006) Artists: Marianne Beate Kielland (mz); Nils Andres Mortensen (pno) (1 CD) (LAWO Classics) LAWO 1145 $16.99 The song as art form is little used today. If per-formed, it is most often Grieg, the Norwegian composer who towers above his colleagues. But now, having sung Grieg for 25 years and recorded an album of Grieg’s songs as well, I have taken an interest in all the other untapped material in the National Library. I have begun with Olav Kielland and Arne Dorumsgaard- two composers of the last century who both found inspiration in traditional folk music.

Spanish Songs In Baroque Latin-America Works: Jonathan Alvarado: Pajarillos Fugitivos Artists: Jonatan Alvarado; Sofia Pedro (1 CD) (Ayros) ARYO CD02 $16.99 The songs included in this album come from di-verse origins, united by the subtle narrative, poetic and musical threads all common to the Spanish repertoire. Pieces of literary traditions from the Six-teenth and Seventeenth centuries are intermingled with others belonging to folklore, all of them taken from non-Spanish sources, and organized into five thematic groups, alternating between each other as if they were refined panels in a Renaissance altarpiece.

Mezzo-Soprano Caroline Gélinas, ‘Confidences’Works: Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis; Robert Fleming: The Confessions Stone; Schumann: Gedichte der Konigin Maria Stuart; Ravel: Sheherazade; Tristan Klingsor, Owen Vincent Dodson Artists: Caroline Gélinas (mez); Olivier Godin (pno) (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22781 $16.99 Named 2017-2018 ‘Revelation Radio-Canada” in the classical category, French-Canadian mezzo-soprano Caroline Gelinas presents a program of French melodies by Ravel, Debussy, Schumann and Canadian composer Robert Fleming.

Mahler: Song Cycles, arr. for string quartetWorks: Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Ruck-ert-Lieder; Kindertotenlieder Artists: Kindra Scharich (mez); Alexander String Quartet. (1 CD) (Foghorn Music) FOGH 2019 $16.99 Transcribed for voice and

string quartet by Zakarias Grafilo, this world-premiere recording of these exquisite transcriptions combine the lushness of the orchestral versions with the intimacy of chamber music - and the result is transcendent.

Ida Henriette d’Fonseca: 18 SongsArtists: Helene Hvass Han-sen (sop); Cathrine Pende-rup (pno) (1 CD) (Danacord) DCD 777 $16.99 This is the first ever com-plete recording of the 18 beautiful songs by the singer and composer, Ida Henriette

d’Fonseca (1806-1858), who aside from being a wonderful composer, also went on to become the leading singer in Scandinavia. The songs are origi-nal, melodic, and utterly charming.

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New Piano Albums

New Release Highlights for Winter 2019 new releases

Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844): Piano Works Works: Piano Sonata, Op. 10; 6 Polonaises, Op. 17; Fantasy on a Russian Song Artists: Anna Liszewska, piano (1 CD) (Dux) DUX 1441 $19.99 Franz Xaver Mozart, the youngest son of Wolfgang

Amadeus, has some 30 piano works to his name. They include nine cycles of variations with opus num-bers, three sets of Polonaises melancholiques, sona-tas, fantasies, rondos, and several smaller forms.

Drew Petersen plays American WorksWorks: Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2; Carter: Piano Sonata; Zaimont: Attars; Barber: Sonata, Op. 26; Griffes: Three Fantasy Pieces Artists: Drew Pe-tersen, piano (1 CD) (Steinway & Sons) STEI 30095 $17.99 On this release, Drew Peterson tackles the music of Samuel Barber, Judith Lang Zaimont, Elliott Carter, Charles Ives, and Charles Tomlinson Griffes.

John McLeod (b.1934): Piano Music Works: Four Impromptus; Hebridean Dances; Twelve Preludes; Three Protest Pieces; Three Interludes from ‘Another Time, Another Place’; Haflidi’s Pictures; Piano Sona-tas Nos. 1-5 Artists: Murray McLachlan, piano (2 CD) (Me-

tier) 2 MTI 77207 $24.99 This double album contains all of John McLeod’s music for solo piano including the five sonatas and ‘Haflidi’s Pictures’ - works with narration and piano based on visual art by Haflidi Halgrimsson.

Johann Friedrich Doles Jr: 6 Keyboard SonatasArtists: Jenny Soonjin Kim, fortepiano (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95454 $12.99The six keyboard sonatas played here by Jenny Soon-jin Kim are the only known instrumental works by the

German composer Johann Friedrich Doles, Jr. (1746-1796), as well as the only compositions of his ever to be published. Doles died in 1796, five years after Mozart.

Johann Ladislaus Dussek: Piano SonatasWorks: Dussek (1760-1812): Piano Sonatas Opp. 44 & 77 Artists: Alexei Lubimov, fortepiano (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95607 $12.99The two sonatas Op. 44 and Op. 77 belong to the mature and most original of Dussek’s works. The composer’s style is rich, harmonically expressive and pianistically challenging: Classicism on the brink of Early Romanticism.

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): Klavier-stucke; Piano Pieces I-XIArtists: Sabine Liebner, piano (2 CD) (Wergo) 2 WER 73412 $22.99Karlheinz Stockhausen was one of the foremost propo-nents of the radical “music of the future” envisioned by

young composers after the horrors and destruction of World War II. Stockhausen’s Klavierstücke I-XI for piano are not based on a linear belief in prog-ress, but on a personal mix of scientific knowledge and religious conviction.

John Cage: The Works for Piano, Vol. 10 Works: Two Pieces; Concert for Piano and Orchestra; Swinging Artists: Thomas Schultz, piano (Mode Re-cords) MDE 304 $18.99 The Solo for Piano is part of the legendary “Concert for Piano and Orchestra.” It is an

indeterminate work, consisting of 63 pages made of 84 different types of composition. The performer creates his own performance by choosing which pages to play and in which order.

Nelson Goerner Plays DebussyWorks: Debussy: L’isle Joyeuse; Images, Book 1; Études, Book 2; Estampes Artists: Nelson Goern-er, (pno) (1 CD) (Alpha) AHP 404 $18.99 Well known for his interpretations of the works of Chopin and Rachmaninov, the great Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner is a keen chamber musi-cian who has collaborated with artists such as Mar-tha Argerich, Janine Jansen and Gary Hoffman.

Jose Vianna da Motta: Piano Music Works: Barcarola No. 1; Fantasiestuck; Piano Sonata; Rhapsodia Portuguesa No. 4; Serenata; Ballada; Barcarola; Meditation Artists: Luis Pipa, piano (1 CD) (Toccata Clas-sics) TOC 0481 $18.99 The music of Jose Vianna da

Motta (1868-1948) absorbs Romantic influences from Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms but adds elements of Portuguese folk music furthering the development of a national style for Portuguese classical music.

Piano Music by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) Works: Little Piano Book; Poems; Serenade (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3632 $16.99 Pianist Myron Silberstein first came to prominence in 1991 upon winning the Giornate Musicali International Piano Competition in Italy. Here he

records music of one of the most important twentieth century composers, American Vincent Persichetti.

Ragtime in Washington / Michael Adcock, pianoWorks by: Scott Joplin, Henry Lodge, George Gersh-win, Thomas Benjamin, William Bolcom, John Musto, Bob Zurke (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3639 $16.99 Praised by the Washington Post for an “unusually fresh and arresting approach to the piano”, Michael Adcock loves the ragtime literature.This album con-tains older as well as contemporary ragtime works.

Zbigniew Preisner (b.1955): Piano MusicWorks: The Secret Garden; Fairytale: A True Story; Aber-deen; Damage et al. Artists: Jeroen van Veen, piano (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95411 $19.99 Known above all through his collaborations with the film-

maker Kryszystof Kieslowski, Zbigniew Preisner is one of the most frequently broadcast composers of our time, yet his name is little known. Thus this new album from the prince of the Minimalist piano, Je-roen van Veen, fills a significant gap in the market.

Sonata Reminiscenza / Anna Zassimova, pianoWorks by: Peter Catoire, Medtner, Scriabin, Re-bikov, Kalinnikov, Ljadow & Wyschenegradski (1 CD) (Hanssler) HAN 18022 $18.99 Ms. Zassimova performs Russian music at the turn of the 20th century. “ What keeps amazing me is the number of gems that are still to be discovered in the piano repertoire of this period and the high quality of these rarely per-formed works...” -Anna Zassimova

Charles Ives: Concord Sonata / Daniel Brylewski, pianoConcord, Massachusetts is an American city that in the nineteenth century was a haven for thinkers and activists. Charles Ives’ 4-part Piano Sonata II Concord, Mass. 1840-1860 is de-voted to “four wise people” associated with Concord. (1 CD) (Dux (Poland)) DUX 1313 $19.99

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations / Peter Hill, pianoIn the Goldberg Variations, Bach answered a modest request with a work of immense scale and ambition. The music’s wit and virtuosity is matched by the exquisite contrapuntal tracery of the canons that form the work’s backbone (1 CD) (Delphian Records) DELP 34200 $19.99

Lowell Lieberman (b.1961): Piano Music, Volume 3 / David Korevaar, pianoWhile all of these works reflect the composer’s deeply held view that music is, above all, about expression, they explore a myriad of emotional worlds, from quiet introversion and lyricism to dark and explosive outbursts of unrestrained virtuosity. (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1688 $18.99

Schumann: Kreisleriana; Nachtstucke; Geistervariationen / Jean-Claude Henriot, pianoIt is not without reason that the most recent album of French pianist Jean-Claude Henriot is dedicated entirely to Schumann’s music. The artist considers him to be the first composer who explored the musical areas discovered by Beethoven. (1 CD) (Dux (Poland)) DUX 1443 $19.99

Schumann: Fantasy Pieces Op. 12; Novellettes Op. 21 / Martin Ivanov, pianoMuch of the cheerfulness, and of the deadly seriousness, in this music has this biographical background, composed during a period in Schumann’s life which was affected by the death of his mother, the forced separation from Clara, and the estrangement from his father. (1 CD) (Gramola) GRAM 99177 $18.99

New Solo Piano Albums in Brief

‘Four Pieces - Four Pianos’ / MelnikovWorks: Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie; Chopin: Etudes Op.10; Liszt: ‘Don Giovanni’ Variations; Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrouchka Artists: Alexander Melnikov (pno) (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902299 $18.99

On this fascinating recording, Alexander Melnikov performs four masterworks on four different instru-ments. Each of the pianos has characteristics cor-responding to those of the instruments on which these virtuoso pieces were first performed.

George Antheil (1900-59): Piano Music, Vol. 1 Works: Mother’s Day Piece; The Ben Hecht Valses; Musi-cal Picture of a Friend; Carnival of the Beautiful Dresses; Two Toccatas; Valentine Waltzes; Piano Sonata No. 5 Artists: Judy Pang, piano (Toccata) . TOC 0447 $16.99 On Sale

This anthology from the last twenty years of Antheil’s life reveals a muse that could be affectionate, flirta-tious and capricious - but the ‘Bad Boy’ occasionally re-emerges, as in the wild, peppery, Prokofievan toccatas also recorded here.

Piano Nocturnes / David Quigley, pianoWorks: Nocturnes by John Field, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Grieg, Debussy, Respighi, Lowell Liebermann et al (1 CD) (Avie) AIE 2388 $17.99 A moonlit journey of the solo piano nocturne. Traversing music by composers through the centuries, from Chopin to Schumann, Liszt to Lowell Liebermann, the recital begins and ends wtih Quigley’s compatriot and the genre’s originator, John Field. “Considerable virtuosity... expertly played.” (MusicWeb International)

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New on Blu-ray & DVD

new releasesAvailable on both DVD & Blu-ray

Mozart: Requiem / Mariss Jansons [BR or DVD]Artists: Genia Kuhmeier (sop); Elisabeth Kulman (mz); Mark Padmore (tnr); Adam Plachetka (bass); Mariss Jansons/Bavarian Radio SO (Belvedere) (55 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA 5.0) (BR) BVDR 08037 $29.99 (DVD) BVDR 08036 $29.99Mark Padmore was Artist in

Residence with the Bayerischen Rundfunks or-chestra for the 2016/17 season and his rapport with the musicians is evident. His ringing, distinctive tenor voice is well matched to Jansons’s eloquent and subtle interpretation.

The Royal Ballet - Frederick Ashton [BR or DVD]Works: Mendelssohn: The Dream; Franck: Symphonic Variations; Liszt: Marguerite & Armand Artists: Akane Taka-da, Steven McRae, Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, The Royal Ballet; Emmanuel Plas-son/ROH Orch. (Opus Arte) (138 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD) (DVD) BOA 1264D $29.99

(BR) BOA 7240D $38.99“A passionate tribute to an all-time genius, The Royal Ballet is bringing this 70th-birthday season to a close with a perfectly chosen trio of works by its founder choreographer Frederick Ashton (1904-1988), works that remind us just how brightly and variously his genius blazed.” (The Daily Telegraph)

Puccini: Madama Butterfly [BR or DVD]Artists: Ermonela Jaho, Mar-celo Puente, Scott Hendricks, Elizabeth Deshong. Antonio Pappano/Royal Opera House Orch. & Chorus (Opus Arte) (137 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA) (BR) BOA 7244D $38.99 (DVD) BOA 1268D $29.99“Always at his best in Puccini,

Antonio Pappano conducts with passionate sincer-ity.” (The Guardian 5 Stars) “An opera that ranks among the very greatest of the 20th century.” (The Daily Telegraph 4 Stars) ‘

Alexander Ekman: Play [BR or DVD]Artists: Paris Nat’l Opera Ballet (Bel Air Clas-siques) (106 min.; 16:9, DTS HD MA) (BR) BAC 555 $24.99 (DVD) BAC 155 $24.99Best known for the spectacular quality of his pieces, the Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman fills the stage of the Palais Garnier with an entrancing energy.

Humperdink: Hansel & Gretel [DVD]Artists: The Salzburg Marionette Theatre; Annette Dasch; Andreas Schuller/l’Inbuccallupa-Orchester. (1 DVD-Video) (Belvedere) (101 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo) BVDR 10131 $29.99 The Salzburg Marionette Theatre created a fasci-nating production of Hansel & Gretel performed by renowned singers and highly skilled puppeteers, the result of which is presented on this release.

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night [DVD]Artists: The Royal Shake-speare Company, live from Stratford-Upon-Avon / Esh Alladi, Nicholas Bishop, Tom Byrne, Sally Cheng, Michael Cochrane et al. (1 DVD-Video) (Opus Arte) (141 min.; 16:9, Color; Dolby Digital 5.0) BOA 1271D $24.99 ‘’Christopher Luscombe’s

deliciously louche production... it’s a visual feast... sumptuous nostalgia’’ (Daily Mail) ‘’The most heart-warming production of Shakespeare at the RSC since director Christopher Luscombe’s last, three years ago.’’ (Sunday Mirror)

Verdi: Macbeth / Gabriele Ferro [BR or DVD]Artists: Roberto Frontali, Anna Pirozzi, Marko Mimica, Vincenzo Castanzo. Gabriele Ferro/Teatro Massimo Orch. & Chorus (Naxos) (156 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD 5.0) (BR) NXS 0077V $25.99 (DVD) NXS 2110578 $25.99Verdi’s pacing and detailing of the opera as a whole far surpassed his previous work. This production preserves the preferred 1865 revision of the work, sung in Italian and retaining the original 1847 finale.

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta; Nutcracker [BR or DVD]Artists: Sonya Yoncheva, Arnold Rutkowski, Marion Barbeau, Stéphane Bullion. Alain Altinoglu/Paris Nat’l Opera Orch., Chorus & Ballet (Bel Air Classiques) (min.; 16:9, Color; Dolby Digital 5.1) (2 DVD) 2 BAC 145 $38.99 (BR) BAC 445 $38.99The internationally renowned

French conductor Alain Altinoglu directs the Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus while the Paris Opera Ballet, among which Marion Barbeau (a radiant Ma-rie) and the Etoiles Stéphane Bullion and Alice Re-navand, revives the most popular ballet of all time.

Through the Eyes of Yuja [BR or DVD]Works: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Ravel: Piano Concerto Artists: Yuja Wang (pno); Lionel Brin-guier/Camerata Salzburg (C Major Video) (89 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA 5.1) (BR) CME 745504 $40.49 (DVD) CME 745408 $29.99Giving more than 120 performances a year Yuja Wang’s wanderings is a travelogue of exciting ven-ues, glitzy cities and encounters with extraordinary artists and personalities, but there are also down-sides: fatigue, jet lag, pressure, doubts, hostilities and loneliness.

Verdi: Giovanna dArco / Tebar [BR or DVD]Artists: Vittoria Yeo, Lu-ciano Ganci, Vittorio Vitelli, Gabriele Mangione, Luciano Leoni. Ramon Tebar/Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma; I Vir-tuosi Italiani. (C Major Video) (127 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA 5.0) (BR) CME 745704 $40.49 (DVD) CME 745608 $31.49

“It is a thrilling moment when threads of light spread over the darkened arches during the overture, shap-ing the architecture and flooding the whole area with changing light patterns.” (Daily Express)

Bellini: La Straniera / Sebastiano Rolli [DVD]Artists: Francesca Tiburzi, Sonia Fortunato, Emanulele D’Aguanno, Enrico Marrucci. Sebas-tiano Rolli/Coro e Orch. del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania (Bongiovanni) (145 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo) BGV 20038 $31.49 A hallmark of Bellini’s style, the arioso led to a revi-sion of the recitative which, in order to evolve into the arioso, abandoned conventional formulae and so took on an expressive power wholly new in Ital-ian opera at the time.

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso [BR or DVD]Artists: Sonia Prina; Michela Antenucci; Luca Cirillo; Lori-ana Castellano; Konstantin Derri; Luigi Schifano; Ricca-rdo Novaro; Diego Fasolis/I Barocchisii (Dynamic) (107 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA 5.1) (BR) DYN 57803 $38.99 (2 DVD) 2 DYN 37803 $33.49

Antonio Vivaldi’s three-act opera Orlando Furioso is based on Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem of the same name. This production is the first video recording of this rare opera.

Wagner: Die Walkure / Thielemann [BR]Artists: Peter Seiffert, Georg Zeppenfeld, Vitalij Kowaljow, Anja Harteros, Anja Kampe, Christa Mayer. Christian Thielemann/Staatskapelle Dres-den (Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) (235 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA 5.0) CME 742907 $40.49 The Salzburg Easter Festival presents a “Re-cre-ation” of Herbert von Karajan’s 1967 musico-theat-rical vision of Die Walküre. Viewers will witness the faithfully reconstructed scenery of the original pro-duction, with impressive video backdrops inspired by the original glass paintings.

Puccini: Turandot / Noseda [BR or DVD]Artists: Rebeka Lokar, Jorge de Leon, Erika Grimaldi, In-Sung Sim. Gianandrea Noseda/Teatro Regio Torino Orch. & Chorus (C Major Video) (115 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA 5.1) (BR) CME 748204 $40.49 (DVD) CME 748108 $31.49Stage director Stefano Poda dedicates himself to bring Puccini’s Ancient Chinese setting to life. “Ex-traordinary Turandot” (La Repubblica), “unanimous applause at the end!” (La Stampa). “The icy Turan-dot inflames the Teatro Regio!” (Corriere della Sera)

Verdi: Requiem / Temirkanov [BR or DVD]Artists: Dinara Alieva (sop); Olesya Petrova (mez); Francesco Meli (tnr); Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass). Yuri Temirkanov/Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; St. Petersburg PO (Delos) (94 min.; Color; PCM Stereo) (BR) DEL 7013 $32.99 (DVD) DEL 7012 $29.99In the wake of the beloved Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s untimely passing in November 2017, tributes, memorials and musical event dedications have flowed non-stop. But none thus far has matched the scope and sonic splendor of this all-Russian performance of Verdi’s blockbuster Requiem Mass.

Rattle Conducts The London SO [BR & DVD]Works: Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; Berg: 3 Fragments from ‘Wozzeck’; Ligeti: Mysteries of the Ma-cabre; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Artists: Barbara Hannigan (sop); Rattle/Lon-don SO (Blu-Ray & DVD-Video) (LSO Live) . 2 LSO 3028 $24.99

Sir Simon Rattle is joined by virtuosic soprano Barbara Hannigan for a modernist program that showcases the immense capabilities of the London Symphony Orchestra. At the heart of this concert is Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

Puccini: La Boheme / Pappano [BR or DVD]Artists: Michael Fabiano, Nicole Car, Simona Mihai, Mariusz Skiecien, Luca Tit-toto, Florian Sempey. Antonio Pappano/Royal Opera Orch. & Chorus (Opus Arte) (122 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD MA) (BR) BOA 7248D $38.99 (DVD) BOA 1272D $29.99Extra features on this release

include Antonio Pappano speaking about the music as well as a Cast Gallery. ‘’Car is so good at the sudden bursts of lyricism’’ (The Art Desk) ‘’A star-tlingly new production’’ (The Independent) ‘’... fresh, beautiful, and intelligent’’ (The Daily Telegraph)

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❦Tommy Flanagan Trio / MoodsVilleTracks: Born to Be Blue; Come Sunday; In a Senti-mental Mood; in the Blue of the Evening; Jes’ Fine; Velvet Moon; You Got to My Head Artists: Tommy Fla-nagan (pno); Tommy Potter (bass); Roy Haynes (drums)

OJC OJCCD182 $12.98“...The trio cooks a bit on Flanagan’s “Jes’ Fine” but otherwise plays such songs as “You Go to My Head,” “Come Sunday” and “Born to Be Blue” qui-etly and with taste. ~ All Music

Richard “Groove” Holmes, organ / MistyTracks: More I See You, The; Shadow of Your Smile, The; What Now, My Love?; Sum-mertime; Misty; On the Street Where You Live; Strangers in the Night; There Will Never Be Another You Artists: Gene Edwards (guitar);

George Randell (drums) OJC OJCCD724 $12.98In the mid-’60s, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes had a hit with his medium-tempo rendition of “Misty.” This CD reissue has the original short ver-sion plus other medium-tempo ballads.

❦McCoy Tyner, piano / TridentTracks: Celestial Chant; Once I Loved; Sir Elvin Jones; Land of the Lonely; Impressions; Ruby, My Dear Art-ists: McCoy Tyner (piano, celeste); Ron Carter (bass); Elvin Jones (drums) OJC OJCCD720 $12.985 Stars - Excellent - “..a classic set of Tyner...The torrent of blistering notes have astonishing rhythmic clarity and a marvelous logic of form and organization..” -Downbeat

❦Bill Evans Trio / Cross-CurrentsTracks: Eiderdown; Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye; Pen-sativa; Speak Low; When I Fall in Love; Night and Day Artists: Bill Evans (piano); Eddie Gomez (bass); Eliot Zigmund (drums); Lee Konitz (alto sax); Warne Marsh

(tenor sax) OJC OJCCD718 $12.98“...This 1977 effort resounds with spontaneity and freshness as well as a warmth and familiarity that makes for some rewarding interaction.” - All Music

Gene Ammons All Stars / FunkyTracks: Funky; Pint Size; Stella by Starlight; King Size, et al. Artists: Gene Ammons (tenor sax); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Jackie McLean (alto sax); Art Farmer (tpt); Mal Waldron (piano); Art Taylor (drums) OJC OJCCD244 $12.98Ammons’ varying All Stars lineup again features a rich frontline, with his tenor saxophone joined by Jackie McLean’s alto and Art Farmer’s trumpet.

Count Basie / Farmer’s Market BarbecueTracks: Way out Basie; St. Louis Blues; Beaver Junc-tion; Lester Leaps In; Blues for the Barbecue; I Don’t Know Yet; Ain’t That Some-thing; Jumpin’ at the Wood-side Artists: Count Basie (pno); Count Basie Big Band;

Chris Albert (tpt); Mitchell “Booty” Wood (trb); Fred-die Green (gtr) OJC OJCCD732 $12.98Basie’s music always contained elements of group interplay. In his later years, his music was much more highly arranged; however, an impromptu ap-proach to jazz still pervaded his work.

❦Benny Golson Sextet / The Modern TouchTracks: Out of the Past; Reunion; Venetian Breeze; Hymn to the Orient; Namely You; Blues on Down Artists: Benny Golson (tenor sax); Kenny Dorham (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers

(bass); Max Roach (drums) OJC OJCCD1797 $12.98“Excellent playing on an above-average set that defines the modern mainstream of 1957 jazz.” ~ All Music

❦Gillespie & Sandoval / To a Finland StationTracks: Wheatleigh Hall; First Chance; And Then She Stopped Rimsky; Dizzy the Duck Artists: Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval (trumpets); Esko Linnavalli, Pekka Sarmanto, Esko Rosnell. OJC OJCCD733 $12.98“Excellent interplay. Lots of good feeling on this session.” ~ Michael G. Nastos

❦King Pleasure Sings / Annie Ross SingsTracks: Red Top; Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid; Some-times I’m Happy; This Is Always; What Can I Say (After I Say I’m Sorry); Don’t Get Scared; Parker’s Mood; I’m Gone; I’m in the Mood For Love OJC OJCCD217 $12.98

Annie Ross’ brilliant ‘Twisted’ is based on a Wardell Gray tenor solo. If Annie Ross had re-corded nothing else, ‘Twisted’ would still earn her a deserved place in jazz history.” -All Music

❦Shelly Manne / At the Manne-Hole, Vol. 2Tracks: On Green Dolphin Street; What’s New?; If I Were a Bell; Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye; A Gem from Tiffany Artists: Shelly Manne (drums); Richie Kamuca (tenor sax); Conte Candoli (trumpet); Russ

Freeman (piano); Chuck Berghofer (bass) OJC OJCCD715 $12.98“At the Manne-Hole, Vol. 2 is the second of two CDs featuring Shelly Manne Quintet in superior form at the legendary Shelly’s Manne-Hole club in Hollywood... easily recommended.” ~ All Music

Yusef Lateef / The Centaur and the PhoenixTracks: Revelation; Apath; Ev’rey Day (I Fall in Love); The Centaur and the Phoenix; Iqbal; Sum-mer Song; The Philanthropist; Jungle Fantasy; Titora Artists: Yusef Lateef (flute, oboe, saxes); Tate Houston (bari sax); Clark Terry (tpt, flugel-horn); Curtis Fuller (trb); Barry Harris (piano); Lex Humphries (drums) OJC OJCCD721 $12.98A diverse and thoughtful set of music is presented on THE CENTAUR AND THE PHOENIX including soulful blues numbers, lush ballads, and miscella-neous Eastern-influenced explorations.

❦Paul Desmond Quartet / Here I AmTracks: Jeruvian; Soon; Winky; Baroque; But Happy; Will I Know; Garden in the Rain; Misty Window; Jazza-belle et al. Artists: Paul Des-mond (alto sax); Dave Van Kriedt (tenor sax); Dick Col-lins (trumpet); Jack Weeks

(trb); Barney Kessel (guitar); Norm Bates (bass); Joe Dodge (drums) OJC OJCCD712 $12.98“Desmond draws you in to his web and paralyzes you with smoothness, but there is nothing vanilla or wallpaper about him.” -Customer review

❦Milt Jackson, vibraphone / Soul FusionTracks: 3000 Miles Ago; Bossa Nova do Marilla; Com-passion; Isn’t She Lovely; O Amor en Paz; Parking Lot Blues; Soul Fusion; Yano Artists: Milt Jackson (vibra-phone); Monty Alexander (pno); John Clayton (bass);

Jeff Hamilton (drums) OJC OJCCD731 $12.98“[The music] is as straight-ahead as one would expect from these fine musicians, and can easily be recommended to their fans.” ~ All Music

Charlie Byrd / Bossa Nova Pelos PassarosTracks: Yvone; Meditation; You And I; A Most Beautiful Thing; Little Boat; Bim Bom; Ho-Ba-La-La; She Has Gone; The Bird; Once More; Three Note Samba Artists: Charlie Byrd, Keter Betts, Earl Swope, Charlie Hampton, Gene Byrd, Willie Rodriguez OJC OJCCD107 $12.98Having been a major part of Stan Getz’s very popular Jazz Samba album, it was only fitting that guitarist Charlie Byrd would start recording his own bossa nova records.

❦Gene Ammons, tenor sax / Jammin’ in Hi FiTracks: Cattin’; Four; Pennies from Heaven; The Twister Artists: Jackie McLean (alto sax); Idrees Sulieman (tpt); Mal Waldron (piano); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums) OJC OJCCD129 $12.98“This session is propelled mightily by the oft-paired rhythm team of Art Taylor and the sublimely steady Paul Chambers... If you want to hear the bop side of Ammons... JAMMIN’ is where it’s at.” ~All Music

❦Oliver Nelson / Soul BattleTracks: Blues at the Five Spot; Blues For M.F. (Mort Fega); Anacruses; Perdido; In Passing; Soul Street Artists: Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxes); Gene Casey (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Roy Haynes (drums) OJC OJCCD325 $12.98“This CD reissue adds one selection (“Soul Street”) from the same date to the original LP program and is easily recommended to fans of big-toned tenors and straightahead swinging.” ~ Scott Yanow

Paul Bley Trio / Introducing Paul BleyTracks: Opus One; (Teapot) Walkin’; Like Some-one in Love; Spontaneous Combustion; Split Kick; I Can’t Get Started; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; Opus One; The Theme; Zootcase Art-ists: Paul Bley (piano); Charles Mingus (bass); Art Blakey (drums) OJC OJCCD201 $12.98

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❦The Duke Ellington Orchestra, studio sessions / The Intimate EllingtonTracks: Moon Maiden; Edward the First; Symphonette; Intimate Interlude; Layin’ on Mellow; Eulb; Tenz; Sophisticated Lady; Edward the Second OJC OJCCD730 $12.98The bluesy “Intimate Interlude (featuring flute & bass clarinet solos),” the classics “Sophisticated Lady” and “I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good),” the “sketches” “Eulb” and “Tenz” and an Ellington vocal on the whimsical oddity “Moon Maiden” make this more than “just another Ellington album.” Fans and newcomers alike, take no-tice -- this is one class act.” ~All Music

❦Bobby Timmons / This Here Is Bobby TimmonsTracks: This Here; Moanin’; Lush Life; The Party’s Over; Prelude to a Kiss; Dat Dere; My Funny Valentine; Come Rain or Come Shine; Joy Ride Artists: Bobby Tim-mons (piano); Sam Jones (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums)

OJC OJCCD104 $12.98“..Timmons here is revealed as an imaginative, creative soloist...[His] preoccupation with rhythm, harmonic patterns, and chord structure is most refreshing..” – Down Beat

❦The Poll Winners / Poll Winners Three!Tracks: Soft Winds; Crisis; The Little Rhumba; Easy Living; It’s Alright With Me; Mack the Knife; Raincheck; Minor Mystery; I’m Afraid the Masquerade is Over; I Hear Music Artists: Barney Kessel (guitar); Ray Brown

(bass); Shelly Manne (drums) OJC OJCCD692 $12.98 “From 1956-59, it seemed as if guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne won just about every jazz poll.” ~ All Music

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❦John Pizzarelli, guitar / Let There Be LoveSongs: Let There Be Love; I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket; These Foolish Things; All I Saw Was You; Everything I Have Is Yours, and more Personnel: John Pizzarelli (vocals, guitar); Harry Allen (tenor sax); Ken Peplowski

(clarinet); Jesse Levy (cello); Ray Kennedy (piano); Martin Pizzarelli (bass) TLC 83518 $13.98 “The collection is a must for any contemporary jazz lover’s collection, especially those who like their tunes light and sweet, and on the gentle side. Simply irresistible.” -Liana Jonas

❦Jimmy McGriff, jazz organ / Blues GrooveSongs: Movin’ Upside the Blues; Splanky; Lew’s Piece; The Sermon; Could Be; Don’t Cry Baby; and more Personnel: Hank Crawford Quartet TLC 83381 $13.98“With guitarist Wayne Boyd and drummer Vance James completing the quartet, McGriff and Crawford explore an appealing mixture of blues, soulful ballads and riff tunes.” ~ Scott Yanow

John Pizzarelli, guitar / Bossa NovaSongs: One Note Samba; The Girl from Ipanema; Estate; Your Smiling Face; Fancesca; Love Dance; So Danco Samba; and more Personnel: John Pizzarelli (gtr), Daniel Jobim (vcls), Harry Allen (sax), Ray

Kennedy (pno) Martin Pizzarelli (bss), Paulinho Braga (drums) TLC 83591 $13.98 Pizzarelli proves himself adept at the subtle, rhythmically intricate guitar work and understated singing of Brazil’s signature genre.

❦Lionel Hampton & The Golden Men / Just Jazz: Live at the Blue NoteSongs: Corner Pocket; Just Jazz; Body and Soul; God Bless the Child; Ring Dem Bells; Flying Home, et al. Per-sonnel: Lionel Hampton (vi-braphone), The Golden Men of Jazz TLC 83313 $13.98

“Lionel Hampton imparts the same slamming exu-berance to everything he does, and embodies the spirit of swing as it was originally conceived when they queued to get into the Roseland or Savoy.” -Q

❦McCoy Tyner, piano / IlluminationsSongs: Illuminations; Angelina; New Orleans Stomp; Come Rain or Come Shine; Soulstice; Blessings; The Chase; Alone Together; If I Should Lose You; and more Personnel: McCoy Tyner (pno), Gary Bartz

(sax); Terence Blanchard (tpt); Christian McBride (bss); Lewis Nash (drums) TLC 83599 $13.98 “[I]n terms of playing quality, thematic variety and expressiveness it’s about as good as it gets... [Tyner is] still playing fierce, uncompromising and delightful music.” - JazzTimes

Michel Camilo / Live at the Blue Note [2 CDs]Songs: Cocowalk; Two of a King; Tequila; Twilight Glow; This Way Out; Mongo’s Blues; Thinking of You; Silent Talk; and more Personnel: Michel Camilo (pno), Charles Flores (bss), Horacio hernandez (drums) TLC 83574 $13.98 Fans of piano superman Michel Camilo had to wait a long time for this record, the first live album in his long career; much of the music is heavily Latin-flavored.

Al Di Meola, guitar / The Infinite DesireSongs: Beyond the Mirage; Shaking the Spirits; Vizzini; Istanbul; Azzura; Big Sky Azzura; Valentina, et al. Per-sonnel: Al Di Meola (gtr, vo-cals), Peter Erskine (drums); Herbie Hancock (pno); Steve Vai (gtr); John Patitucci (bss)

TLC 83433 $13.98 Al Di Meola has given way to a more contemplative artist, who explores subtleties of tone and harmony, but once in a while he still busts out with some furious fretwork, just to let you know he hasn’t lost the knack.

❦Monty Alexander, piano / Live at the IridiumSongs: The Work Song; Slappin’; My Mother’s Eyes; The River; Little Darlin’; Mount Zanda; That’s the Way It Is; and more Personnel: Monty Alexan-der (pno), Hassan Shakur (bss), Robert Thomas Jr. (perc), Mark Taylor (drums) TLC 83610 $13.98 “Alexander displays the varied influences that have shaped his musical evolution: bop, reggae, calyp-so, R&B and old-fashioned blues.” - JazzTimes

❦Dave Brubeck, piano / Indian SummerSongs: You’ll Never Know; I’m Alone; So Lonely; Septem-ber Song; Thank You; Geor-gia On My Mind; and more Personnel: Dave Brubeck (pno) TLC 83670 $13.98 “Brubeck, the master com-poser, has an informed point

of view on each song, and develops his themes with elegance and rigor.” – Down Beat

❦Oscar Peterson / A Summer Night in MunichSongs: Backyard Blues; When Summer Comes; Nigerian Marketplace; Evening Song; Satin Doll; Hymn to Freedom; and more Personnel: Oscar Peterson (pno), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bss); Ulf Wakenius (gtr); Martin Drew (drums) TLC 83450 $13.98 “...[an] eminently agreeable session [which] captures the old master in performance at the Munich Philharmonic...” - JazzTimes

Freddy Cole, piano, voice / Rio de Janeiro BlueSongs: Rio de Janeiro Blue; Delirio; Invitation; Wild Is Love; Yellow Days; Sem Voce; To Say Goodbye; and more Personnel: Freddy Cole (pno), Eric Alexander (sax); George Mraz (bss); and more TLC 83525 $13.98 Gravel-voiced and relentlessly laid-back, the younger brother of Nat “King” Cole is true to form on this romantic collection of songs.

❦Oscar Peterson, piano / The More I See YouSongs: In a Mellow Tone; Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You; On the Trail; When My Dream Boat Comes Home; Ron’ Blues; For All We Know; Blues for Lisa; The More I See You Artists: Clark Terry (tpt); Ray Brown (bss); Lewis Nash (drums); Benny Carter (sax); Lorne Lofsky (gtr) TLC 83370 $13.98 “...His facile, two-handed playing remains remark-ably strong....a star lineup...romps...” - Jazziz

❦Mel Tormé / The Great American Songbook, Live at Michael’s PubWorks: You Gotta Try; You Make Me Feel So Young; Stardust; I’m Gonna Go Fishin’; Rockin’ In Rhythm; It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing; Autumn in New York et al Artists: Mel

Torme; The Great American Songbook Orchestra TLC 83328 $13.98 “...Torme’s velvety voice is as compelling as ever, and his timing is perfect; he has the swing and improvisational skill of a fine jazz instrumentalist...” – Stereo Review

❦Gerry Mulligan Quartet / Dream a Little DreamWorks: Nobody Else But Me; Home; Dream a Littl eDream of Me; I’ll Be Around; They Say It’s Wonderful; Here’s That Rainy Day; Georgia On My Mind; My Funny Valen-tine; My Shining Hour et al. Artists: Gerry Mulligan (sax);

Ted Rosenthal (pno); Bill Mays (pno); Dean John-son (bss); Ron Vincent (drums) TLC 83364 $13.98 “Gerry Mulligan’s gift for melodic improvisation is glowingly displayed in this set of familiar tunes....he remains as graceful as ever.” – Down Beat

Featuring Telarc Jazz!❦McCoy Tyner, piano / Afro Blue

Songs: Afro Blue; If I Sould Lose You; You Taught My Heart to Sing; If I Were a Bell; Summertime; Blue Bossa; Carriba; and more Personnel: McCoy Tyner (pno), Latin All Stars TLC 83682 $13.98

“The extravagantly flowing, cresting and receding solo piano versions of ‘Summertime’ and ‘You Taught My Heart To Sing’ are especially nice to hear again.” - Record Collector

❦McCoy Tyner / McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al FosterSongs: Trane-Like; Once Upon a Time; Never Let Me Go; In the Tradition Of; Carri-ba; Memories; and more Per-sonnel: McCoy Tyner (pno), Stanley Clarke (bss); Al Foster (perc) TLC 83488 $13.98

“...This partnership...is just what Tyner deserves. And he hasn’t sounded so good in years; tackling standards and original tunes with a rhythm section unafraid to ask difficult questions.” - Q

❦McCoy Tyner, piano / McCoy Tyner & the Latin All-StarsSongs: Festival in Bahia; Poinciana; Afro Blue; A Song for Love; La Habana Sol; Blue Bossa; and more Personnel: Tyner McCoy (pno), Gary Bartz (sax); Giovanni Hidalgo (perc); Avery Sharpe (bss); Claudio Roditi (tpt); Steve Turre (tbn); Dave Valentin (flt) TLC 83462 $13.98 “...this wonderful, percolating album teams him and A-list jazz platers and Latin juggernauts. The result is a spectacular take on Latin jazz with the added fluidity of Tyner’s signature piano sound, which is lyrical and persuasive...” - CMJ

The Exquisite Piano Jazz of McCoy Tyner Looking for some laid-back jazz to chill to? These relaxing Telarc compilations

are a perfect place to start! Relaxing Jazz Piano

Songs: She Has Gone; Summertime; Lullaby; It’s Only a Paper Moon; Captain Hook; Prelude No. 2; How Beautiful Is Night; For All We Know; and more Personnel: Various Artists including Louis Stewart, Ralph Moore,

Dave Brubeck, Frank Ricotti, Lewis Nash, et al.

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Breathe: Relaxing Bossa / various artistsSongs: The Girl from Ipanema; Wave; Datelhe; Corcovado; Blue Bossa; O Barquinho; How Insensitive; and more TLC 83666 $13.98

Breathe: The Relaxing Jazz GuitarSongs: Ah Moore; Letter from Home; Summertime; Blues for Junior; Whistle Stop; Soulful Moments, et al. Personnel: Various Artists TLC 83668 $13.98

Love Ballads: Late Night JazzSongs: Sazanami; Lullaby; Come Cats Know; Love Ballade; God Bless the Child; But Beautiful; How Beautiful is Night; Here’s to Life; and more Personnel: Dave Brubeck, Jim Hall, Jeanie Bryson, Oscar Peterson, Lionel Hampton et al. TLC 83471 $13.98

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Zoom / Love JunketSongs: Moishe, Moishe; Love Junket; Jacques Cousteau; Harvest Moon; Booby Loves Her Trinkets; Goodbye Pork-pie Hat; Heaven on a Sunday; Manic Depression et al. Art-ists: Andy Ezrin (accordion, piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ);

Jean-Baptiste Boclé (vibraphone, marimba); Zev Katz (bass guitar) CHL 73260 $11.99 On SaleThe unique combination of Organ / Vibes / Drums is refreshingly new, and the trio has happened upon a hip, neo-loungy sound where the organ’s harmonies are cushioned around the soft percussive attack of the vibes.

❦On 3 / Guess What?Songs: 54th Street East; Get It with the Juice; Guess What?; Deep Blue; Recount; 6 on 3; Some Flowers Go Straight to Heaven; The More I See You; Dalig et al. Artists: Vinny Valentino (vocals, guitar); Gilad (flute,

percussion); Rufus Philpot (bass guitar) CHL 73257 $11.99 On Sale“Founding members Gilad and Vinny Valentino create the heart of this trio, with a revolving bass chair that has been filled by some of the world’s finest. “A truly refreshing sound with three great players.” ~ All Music

Hein van de Geyn, bass / Deja VuSongs: Déjà Vu; Green Book; A Reason to Fly; Fridge Blues; Minor Blues; Minor Second; Em-erald Dream; Naradis; Winter; You Don’t Know What Love Is; Bass Blues; Che Cha Artists: Hein van de Geyn (bass); Ed Vergoeff (gtr); Hans van Oosterhout (drums) CHL 70067 $15.99 On Sale

Davy Mooney, guitar / Last Train HomeSongs: Last Train Home; I’m Getting Sentimental Over You; Pools; If I Could; Azalea; Ask Me Now; Angela’s Sad Song; Reckless Blues; Spring Ain’t Here; You Must Believe in Spring; Angela; Alone Together et al. Artists: Davy

Mooney, vocals & guitar; John Pizzarelli, guitar CHL 73273 $15.99 On SaleNew Orleans-born guitarist Davy Mooney is loaded with technique and taste--otherwise, how could he record with the fine jazz guitarist, John Pizzarelli? This set finds Pizzarelli in a setting different from his typical element.

Chet Baker, trumpet / ‘Round MidnightSongs: ‘Round Midnight; Se-cret Love; What’s New?; All Blues; Darn That Dream; Phil’s Bossa; My Funny Valentine; Straight, No Chaser; ‘Round Midnight; Blues for Ingre Art-ists: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Jean-Paul Florens

(guitar); Henri Florens (piano); Jim Richardson (bass); Tony Mann (drums) CHL 70052 $15.99 On SaleBaker’s playing at this point had matured into a breathier tone and was more abstract than his earlier work; he retained his understated emotional lyricism to the end.

Doc Cheatham, trumpet / At the Vineyard on a Cold Sunday in JanuarySongs: Doctor’s Prescirption for Long Life; Roset-ta; I’ve Got a Crush On You; Cerry; I Want a Little Girl; Vineyard Blues; You Can Depend On Me; Muskat Ramble; St. James Infirmary; and more Artists: Doc Cheatham (vocals/tpt) CHL 70072 $15.99 On Sale

❦Enrico Pieranunzi / Don’t Forget the PoetSongs: Persona; Don’t Forget the Poet; Coralie; Time’s Pas-sage; News Passage; News Break; It Speaks for Itself; Hindsight; Seaward Artists: Enrico Pieranunzi (piano); Stefano d’Anna (saxophones); Bert Joris (trumpet); Hein Van

de Geyn (bass); Hans Van Oosterhout (drums) CHL 70065 $15.99 On Sale“This music no doubt emphasizes beauty over swing... It compacts improvisation within a natural, wooden framework, and overall, amounts to quite a pleasant effort.” ~ All Music

Frank Foster, saxophone / SwingSongs: Joy Spring; Chiquito Loco; Simone; Shiny Stockings; Theme for Ernie; Giant Steps Artists: Frank Foster (sax); Mickey Tucker (pno); Billy Hart (drums) CHL 70051 $15.99 On SaleLive in Europe 1979 Frank on tenor Sax Ted Dunbar guitar and a rhythm section led by Mickey Tucker. Call it Swing or call it Hard Bop Frank and the group give us almost an hour of it.

❦The Best of the Houdini’s: Live at Kiama Jazz Festival AustraliaSongs: Headlines; Single Breath Orgy; Don’t Abuse Our Patience!; Too Heavy to Carry; No Sweat, Big Deal; Bouncin’ Mario; Gone; Kickin’ in the Frontwindow; No More Yesterdays Artists: Rolf Del-

fos (alto sax); Barend Middelhoff (tenor sax); An-gelo Verploegen (trumpet); Erwin Hoorweg (piano); Marius Beets (bass) CHL 70060 $15.99 On Sale“The music and solos are excellent, falling into the area of modern hard bop and occasionally stretch-ing its boundaries.” ~ All Music

Eric Vloeimans / Brutto GustoSongs: Brutto Gusto; Song; Glumbum; Nana; Monkido; Suspence; Othello; Fugimundi Artists: Eric Vloeimans (trumpet); Nguyên Lê (guitar); Lars Danielsson (cello); Markku Ounaskari (drums, per-cussion) CHL 70102 $15.99 On Sale

❦Connie Jones / Get Out & Get Under MoonSongs: Changes; If I Had a Million Dollars; Ol’ Pi-geon Toed Joad; Futuristic Rhythm; Singin’ the Blues; Rosalie; Persian Rug; Get Out the Get Under the Moon et al. Artists: Connie Jones (cornet); Dick Sudhalter

(trumpet); Joe Muranyi (alto sax); Keith Ingham (piano); Marty Grosz (guitar); Greg Cohen (bass); Arnie Kinsella (drums) CHL 70054 $15.99 On Sale“Jones and Sudhalter are staunch interpreters of these bright, Dixie-to-swing songs of the 1920s and ‘30s, evoking clear echoes of Bix Beider-becke, Bobby Hackett, Louis Armstrong and oth-ers.” ~ All Music

❦Bert van den Brink Trio / ConversationsSongs: You Must Believe in Spring; Naima; His Eyes, Her Eyes; All the Things You Are; A Child is Born; Secret Love; The Look of Love; Emily; A House Is Not a Home Art-ists: Bert van de Brink Trio with Rick Margitza, tenor sax

CHL 70062 $15.99 On Sale“American tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza trav-eled to the Netherlands to record Conversations with Dutch pianist Bert van den Brink’s trio in 1998, with exemplary results.” ~ All Music

Pieranunzi & Van Den Brink / Daedalus’ WingsSongs: Woods; O Toi Desir; You and the Night and the Music; I Can’t Get Started; Two for Two; Hymn; Guitar Blues Artists: Enrico Pieranunzi & Bert Van Den Brink, pianos CHL 70069 $15.99 On SaleA piano duet recording, these two Europeans adopt a jazz stance in the romantic tradition with witty improvisations, occasional injections of raw passion and a palpable empathy considering they had never played together before.

❦Spanky & Roy / Passing the TorchSongs: Thou Swell; Do Nothin’ till You Hear From Me; I Can’t Get Started; After You Gone; Sometimes I’m Happy; Une Petite Laitue; Struttin’ With Some Barbecue Artists: Spanky Davis (trumpet); Roy Eldridge (vocals); Bobby Pratt

(trombone); Artie Baker (clarinet); Dick Katz (piano); Frank Tate (bass); Eddie Locke (drums) CHL 70039 $15.99 On Sale“Davis is the main star throughout, but the shadow of Roy Eldridge is felt throughout what could be consid-ered his final recording. A colorful set that will be of interest to mainstream/swing collectors.” ~ All Music

❦Jackalope / Saltier Than EverSongs: The Doze Nose; Convolution; Kryptonite; Skin; Chicken; Darling Clementine; On the Loose; Long Ago (And Far Away); Shades of Grey Artists: John Abercrombie (guitar); Loren Stillman (saxes); Bob Meyer (drums) CHL 70113 $15.99 On Sale“In the presence of one of the world’s great jazz guitarists, John Abercrombie, isn’t it a bit over the top to characterize this as Loren Stillman’s gig? After all, Abercrombie could be Stillman’s father. But you know what? Stillman dominates this disc. He’s simply a monster, conceptually, tonally, and as a soloist.” – Customer Review

Bob Brookmeyer / Stay Out of the SunSongs: If I Loved You; Wistful Thinking; Stay Out of the Sun; Longing; Kathleen; Turtle; Janet Planet; Bruise; Blue in Green Artists: Bob Brook-meyer (valve trombone, piano); Michael Stephans (drums); Larry Koonse (guitar); Tom Warrington (bass) CHL 70110 $15.99 On SaleThis recording celebrates a friendship going back many years, dating to when Bob Brookmeyer was struggling with alcoholism in the mid-’70s and a young drummer, Michael Stephans, was trying to encourage him to return to performing.

❦Lee Konitz, alto sax, with the Van den Brink Trio / DialoguesSongs: If You Could See Me Now; East of the Sun; Japan; Thingin’; Spring Fever; Yesterday; I Love You; Moonlight in Vermont; Lover Man; Cherokee Artists: Bert Van Den Brink (pno); Hein Van de Geyn (bass); Hans van Oosterhout (drums) CHL 70053 $15.99 On Sale“There a spontaneous, smoldering combustion and consistency the Van den Brink trio provides him that cannot be denied... another high-water mark in the continuing career of one of the jazz world’s premier icons. ~ All Music

❦Red Mitchell, bass / Live at Port TownsendSongs: Autumn Leaves; Don’t Blame Me; Tangerine; Body and Soul; Stella by Starlight; Big ‘n’ and the Bear Artists: Red Mitchell (dbl bass); George Cables (pno) CHL 70107 $15.99 On Sale“This previously unreleased

live set is a delight... Recorded just four months before bassist Red Mitchell’s unexpected death, this set of duets with pianist George Cables is full of joy, virtuosity, wit, solid swing, and constant cre-ativity.” ~ All Music

❦Cedar Walton / Manhattan After HoursSongs: My Heart Stood Still; Don’t Blame Me; Relaxin’ at Camarillo; Con Alma; Darn That Dream; Euphoria; I Want to Be Happy; Harpy; Like Someone in Love Art-ists: Cedar Walton (piano); Dave Williams (bass guitar);

Billy Higgins (drums) CHL 73261 $11.99 On Sale“Issued in several different editions with variable cover art, Manhattan After Hours is warmly recom-mended for nocturnal driving or staying up late with friends at home.” ~ All Music

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