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“ Outstandingly played and conducted... her collaboration with Abbado is inspired....a glorious disc.”

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“ This is one of the earthiest, most pagan accounts of the ballet around… before you play it, warn the neighbours.”

— THE TIMES (UK)

“ At 81 years of age pianist Jamal sounds close to his 1950s Chess Records best... The title track is an absolute masterpiece.”

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Following his highly acclaimed disc of Beethoven sonatas, Gramophone-award-winning artist Steven Osborne turns his talents to the composer’s complete Bagatelles. On this polished album, Osborne lends his remarkable artistry to everything from the Six Bagatelles of Op 126, which at times occupy the same rarefi ed spiritual world as the late quartets, to the composer’s most famous stand-alone piano piece, the mysterious work known to all the world as Für Elise.

“Steven Osborne [has] that very special ability to make music that you thought you knew inside out seem fresh and totally alive.”

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Steven Osborne plays Beethoven’s Bagatelles

Street Date: April 10, 2012

The acclaimed collaboration between composer Arvo Pärt and conductor Paul Hillier continues this month with a new collection of choral, chamber and organ music from harmonia mundi entitled Creator spiritus (p.9). Also new from the label are a disc of music by Schmelzer featuring the Freiburger BarockConsort (p.6), a fabulous disc of Dvorák songs and duets with Bernarda Fink and Genia Kühmeier (p.7) and the latest volume of Schubert lieder with Matthias Goerne (p.10). Hyperion stars Danny Driver and Stephen Layton offer key new releases with discs featuring piano concertos by Chisholm (p.13) and choral music by Howells (p.15). Rounding out our classical priorities is LSO Live’s recording of the Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances with Valery Gergiev (p.17). Of special note are Nicholas McGegan’s Handel Atalanta (p.20) and the Ricercar Consort’s Couperin Apothéoses (p.18). From our non-classical releases, don’t miss Empêche Nous!, a live album by Marseilles’ favorite band, Moussu T et lei Jovents.

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDDonald Johanos conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on this audiophile classic. During his eight-year tenure as conductor, Johanos made notable recordings with the DSO, including this 1967 rendition of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. He also appointed Paul Freeman associate conductor, one of the fi rst blacks to serve in such a post in the Southern US, prompting threats to both conductors. The tape recording was made at a speed of thirty inches-per-second and a specially developed constant-velocity recording curve was employed for improved signal-to-noise ratio. The lacquer masters were made directly from the original tape, thus avoiding further transfer degradation. The result is a recording of exceptional clarity.

An audiophile classicRACHMANINOV

Symphonic Dances, VocaliseDallas Symphony Orchestra, Donald Johanos

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Jascha Heifetz Plays Bach, Vieuxtemps & GruenbergJascha Heifetz (violin), RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Franz Waxman, Dutt on • CDVS 1919

Wilhelm Furtwangler Conducts Weber & TchaikovskyBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm FurtwänglerDutt on • CDVS 1920

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Clemens Krauss Conducts Richard StraussVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens KraussDutt on • CDBP 9816

Eduard van Beinum Conducts Haydn, Brahms & Ravel

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Richard Strauss Conducts Don Quixote

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Strauss

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Igor Stravinsky Performs StravinskyWalther Strarham Concerts Orchestra,

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Marguerite Long plays Ravel, D’Indy & BeethovenMarguerite Long (piano), Colonne Symphony Orchestra, Paul ParayDutt on • CDBP 9815

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDIn the vast choral repertoire of the twentieth century, the music of Herbert Howells stands apart: unmatched in its color and expressivity and unfailing in its ability to move hearts. In this collection of choral favorites, Gloriae Dei Cantores perform the Sequence for St. Michael, Requiem, Take Him, Earth for Cherishing, and Te Deum Laudamus. This recording was made with generous support from the Herbert Howells Trust.

“This group has become an elite choir…”— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Moving choral music by Herbert Howells

HOWELLSA Sequence for St. Michael, Requiem, Take Him,

Earth for Cherishing, Te Deum LaudamusGloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth Pa� erson

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Recently releasedHovhaness: From the Ends of the EarthGloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 052 (709887005220)

IMPORTOn this fascinating disc, the Freiburger BarockConsort has chosen to illustrate the compositions of Johann Heinrich Schmelzer as elements in a “world theatre.” This is an ideal concept for exploring the multiple facets of one of the great masters of 17th-century Austrian instrumental music, whose sonatas and dance suites had such influence both at the Habsburg court for which they were written and with the composers who followed in his footsteps (notably Biber).

Charming Baroque chamber music

Barockes Wel� heaterSCHMELZERSerenata con altre arie, Polnische Sackpfeiff en, Sonata amabilis a 4, Balle� o di Pastori e Ninfe, Sonata a due in D, Balle� o primo di Spoglia di Papagi, Sonata IV a 6 in A, Variationen über La bella pastora, Balle� o di Zeffi ri, Sonata a due Violini scordati, Sonata (Ba� aglia) a 7Freiburger BarockConsortharmonia mundi • HMC 902087

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Also availableTelemann: Paris Quartetsharmonia mundi • HMA 1951787 (794881833825)“These exceptional offerings belong on the shelf of every

Baroque music lover, as they unquestionably transcend the content of the printed page.”

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“Schmelzer’s folk-influenced music is full of invention and easy charm and the superb Freiburger Barock Consort

make it spring to life.”— THE GUARDIAN

IMPORTIn 2004, Bernarda Fink re leased a recording of Dvorák songs that created a genuine sensation, winning numerous awards including a Diapason de l’Année. Now, eight years later, she returns to the music of Dvorák, this time teaming up with young soprano Genia Kühmeier for an album of solo songs and duets. Kühmeier takes the lead in the Gypsy Melodies, songs that blend a striking range of color with a subtle use of the folk idiom. A highlight of the disc is a selection of thirteen of the Moravian Duets, works that brought the young Dvorák fame far beyond his homeland. Completing this vocal portrait are Fink’s solemn interpretations of the Biblical Songs, possibly Dvorák’s fi nest effort in the genre.

“A musician of an older and more dignified school, valuing refinement, subtlety and sensibility over fireworks, and she never sings louder than lovely.”

— THE GUARDIAN

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Zigeunerlieder - Songs & DuetsGenia Kühmeier (soprano), Bernarda Fink

(mezzo-soprano), Christoph Berner (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902081

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Also availableDvorák: Liederharmonia mundi • HMC 901824 (794881736324)

“Fink captures to perfection the composer’s intimate, confessional vulnerability.”

— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE

IMPORTTo celebrate their 25th anniversary, Trio Wanderer presents a complete set of the piano trios of Ludwig van Beethoven. Already established within Viennese culture by Haydn and Mozart, the trio genre was taken to new limits by the inexhaustible imagination of Beethoven’s genius. The piano trios span much of Beethoven’s compositional output, from the early works of WoO 38 and 39 to the glorious Archduke Trio, written late in the ‘middle’ period.

Trio Wanderer at 25

BEETHOVENComplete Piano TriosTrio Wandererharmonia mundi • HMC 902100

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Also availableSchubert: Piano Trios Opp.99 & 100 harmonia mundi • HMC 902002 (794881875221)

“Delicate, refined, intelligent and colourful...brilliantly and feelingly executed.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDCreator Spiritus is the latest collaboration between GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Paul Hillier and celebrated Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The disc features a carefully selected collection of Pärt’s choral and instrumental chamber music, drawn from different periods in the composer’s career. Leading his celebrated vocal ensembles Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen and joined by the NYYD Quartet and long-time collaborator organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Hillier produces another powerful recording of ethereal sacred music.

The ethereal music of Arvo Pärt

PÄRTCreator Spiritus

Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier

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Pärt: De Profundisharmonia mundi • HMU 907182 (093046718220)

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Pärt: I Am the True Vineharmonia mundi • HMU 907242 (093046724221)

Pärt: Da Pacem Domineharmonia mundi • HMU 907401 (093046740122)

“ As Pärt’s longtime friend and collaborator, Hillier’s interpretations are about as definitive as you can get.” — GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTMatthias Goerne’s ongoing survey of Schubert lieder for harmonia mundi has further confirmed his reputation as one of the most gifted

exponents of the song repertoire. Goerne does not ‘interpret’ Schubert; he lives each lied from the inside and invites the listener to share this poetic and musical intimacy. The sixth volume in the series focuses on Schubert’s monumental Schwanengesang. This posthumous collection was named by its fi rst publisher, who presented it as Schubert’s fi nal musical testament. Also included as a bonus is an unforgettable performance of Schubert’s other swan song, the piano sonata D.960, played by one of the baritone’s favorite partners, Christoph Eschenbach.

“Matthias Goerne is fast becoming the Fischer-Dieskau of his generation, the stan-dard-setting singer of the central lieder repertoire.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Schubert’s swan songsSCHUBERTSchwanengesang, Piano Sonata D960Ma� hias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902139

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Previous release in the seriesSchubert: Nacht und Träumeharmonia mundi • HMC 902063 (794881982929)“From the first bars of Nacht und Träume it is clear that we

are in the presence of two artists in deep sympathy both with the music and with each other.”


TCHAIKOVSKYString Quartets Nos.1-3,

Souvenir de FlorenceIPO Richter String Quartet

Helicon • 02.9639

IMPORTOn this two disc set featuring Tchaikovsky’s complete String Quartets and the Souvenir de Florence, the IPO Richter String Quartet tackles some of the most important works of the period. “It is a terrible irony,” wrote Vladimir Ashkenazy, “that so much suffering and torment bequeathed us so much wonderful music.” In 1875, following the death of Ferdinand Laub (the violinist who had led the fi rst performances of his two previous quartets) Tchaikovsky experienced a creative surge that led to the third quartet, and arguably one of his greatest contributions to the repertoire.

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Tchaikovsky’s chamber music

These two discs resurrect gems from the vaults of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s library of live recordings. More than any other musician, Gary Bertini brought Israeli music-making to a standard that could readily bear international comparison. On this set, Bertini conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a live recording of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust from 1996 coupled with music from Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé recorded live in 1974. Released to celebrate the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s 75th anniversary, this two disc set features a collection of twenty-two key tracks excerpted from the Helicon Classics catalogue.

75th Anniversary: Great MomentsIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin MehtaHelicon • 02.9649

BERLIOZThe Damnation of Faust

RAVELDaphnis and Chloé

Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano), David Kuebler (tenor),

Franz Grundheber (baritone), Denis Sedov (bass), Transylvania

State Philharmonic Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,

Gary BertiniHelicon • 02.9648

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IMPORTComposer and conductor Bob Chilcott (born 1955) has been steeped in the British choral tradition since he was a boy chorister. A former member of The King’s Singers, he is now one of the UK’s most prolifi c and creative choral composers. His Requiem is characterized by a gentle atmosphere clearly modeled on Fauré, with a crystalline, refl ective Pie Jesu at the emotional heart of the work. This collection of fi rst recordings is beautifully performed by Matthew Owens leading the Wells Cathedral Choir, The Nash Ensemble and two superb young soloists.

IMPORTAcclaimed sopranos Lorna Anderson and Lisa Milne, two of Britain’s leading exponents of French song, join pianist Malcolm Martineau for the second volume of Hyperion’s overview of Debussy’s haunting, mercurial songs. The French composer’s output in this genre spanned his whole life, from adolescent attempts to set Paul Verlaine’s Fêtes galantes to the Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé, written fi ve years before his death. All inhabit a universe of shifting colors and impressions, from the sensual Chansons de Bilitis to the Proses lyriques, which foreshadow the dreamlike atmosphere of Pelléas et Mélisande.

DEBUSSYSongs - Vol.2Lorna Anderson (soprano), Lisa Milne (sopra-no), Malcolm Martineau (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67883

CHILCOTTRequiem, Salisbury Motets, Downing Service, Pilgrim Jesus, The Nine Gi� s, Jesus, springingLaurie Ashworth (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Nash Ensemble, Wells Cathedral Choir, Ma� hew OwensHyperion • CDA 67650

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IMPORTErik Chisholm was a fascinating musical polymath — a composer, conductor and performer as well as a collector of folk music from his native Scotland. Born in Glasgow in 1904, his attitude to music was progressive, looking towards central European modernism (he was dubbed ‘MacBartók’). Chisholm’s understanding and mastery of the piano is evident in his two concertos. The fi rst, Pìobaireachd (bagpipe music), uses sinuous traditional Scottish themes to thrilling effect in a work that is both exotic and lyrical. The Hindustani concerto was inspired by Chisholm’s posting to the Far East during the Second World War and friendship with Sorabji. Rising star Danny Driver is the soloist alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Rory Macdonald in these captivatingly original works.

Lyrical concertos by Erik Chisholm

CHISHOLMPiano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Danny Driver (piano), BBC Sco� ish Symphony Orchestra,

Rory MacdonaldHyperion • CDA 67880

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Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos.3 & 4Hyperion • CDA 67659 (034571176598)

“Danny Driver’s pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen’s considerable demands.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

“ Driver’s playing is always beautifully measured and marked by an exquisitely deft precision.”— INTERNATIONAL PIANO

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IMPORTThe colorful folk melodies and infectious rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaquín Turina’s chamber works. Born in Seville, Andalucia, the young composer went to study in Paris in 1905, where he was greatly attracted to the forward-looking style of the likes of Debussy. However, his musical course was altered when he encountered countrymen Falla and Albéniz, who encouraged him to write in a style that fully embraced his Andalucian musical heritage. Later in life, the composer himself explained, “my music is the expression of the feeling of a true Sevillian who did not know Seville until he left it.” On this release, the acclaimed Nash Ensembledemonstrate what a satisfying artistic homecoming he made.

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67048 (034571170480) Deleted July 2010Starting in the eleventh century, Venetian mariners gathered together once a year to offer prayers to San Nicolò, the patron saint of sailors, asking for his continued protection. Initially the service was a simple benediction in which the Adriatic Sea was blessed with holy water. However, by the late-sixteenth century the ceremony had evolved into one of the most lavish and important dates in the Venetian calendar. Ascension Day now launched a large spring festival which was headed by the symbolic wedding of Venice to the Adriatic: the Sposalizio. Robert King and The King’s Consort recreate this glorious event in the grandest style.

Lo SposalizioMusic by Giovanni & Andrea Gabrieli and othersThe King’s Consort, Robert KingHyperion • CDD 22072

TURINAChamber MusicPiano Quartet in A minor, Violin Sonata No.2, Escena andaluza, Piano Trio No.1, La oración del toreroThe Nash EnsembleHyperion • CDA 67889

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IMPORTHerbert Howells was acutely sensitive to the transience of life, having witnessed the loss of friends and contemporaries in the First World War and encountered deep personal tragedy when his son Michael died of polio at the age of only nine. As a result, a mood of elegiac yearning inhabits much of his choral music. This fl avor is exemplifi ed by the austere Requiem and the elegant Take him, earth, for cherishing, commissioned to commemorate the death of President John F. Kennedy. And yet Howells could write magnifi cently thrilling music too, as demonstrated by the fresh brilliance of A Hymn for St. Cecilia and the spine-tingling grandeur of the St. Paul’s Service. All of these works are lovingly performed here by the young voices of Trinity College Choir, Cambridge led by Stephen Layton.

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Requiem, A Hymn for St.Cecilia, Salve Regina, Gloucester Service, Take Him Earth

for Cherishing, St.Paul’s Service, MichaelThe Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge,

Stephen LaytonHyperion • CDA 67914

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“ Layton’s choral scholars sing…with absolute purity of tone, perfection of intonation, and depth of feeling.”

— FANFARE

Also availableBeyond all Mortal DreamsHyperion • CDA 67832 (034571178325)

“Here is music making of the highest quality... an album that will repay repeated

listening for years to come”— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE

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BYRDMass for fi ve voicesWinchester Cathedral Choir, David HillHyperion • CDH 55348

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L’Album des SixThe complete works of ‘The Six’ for fl ute and pianoEmily Beynon (fl ute), Andrew West (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55386

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JANÁCEKChoral MusicNew London Chamber Choir, The Critical Band, James WoodHyperion • CDH 55398

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Baroque caprices for keyboardA due Cembali Caprices...Aline Zylberajch (harpsichord), Martin Gester (organ)K617 • K 617233

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IMPORTOn A due Cembali, keyboard players Aline Zylberajch and Martin Gester give us a sample of what might have been heard in an 18th-century salon. The capricious program of this disc features works by Italian, Austrian, German and Spanish composers that are rich with such programmatic effects as birdsongs and musical clocks. These solos and duets, played on harpsichords and positif organs, display glowing orchestral textures, wild Hispanic rhythms and crazy Viennese waltzes, tender serenades and of course, delirious counterpoint.

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDFollowing his acclaimed LSO Live recording of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 (a Gramophone Ed i to r ’s Cho ice ) , Vale r y Gergiev offers an equally thrilling performance of the composer’s Symphonic Dances. The Symphonic Dances, an orchestral suite in three sections, was the last work Rachmaninov completed, and proved one of his most popular compositions. It is characteristically lyrical with vivacious rhythmic sections, reminiscent of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and the composer’s own Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Gergiev couples the Symphonic Dances with another work in three movements by a Russian émigré to the USA. Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements was written between 1942-45 and was the fi rst work the Stravinsky completed after his arrival in America.

“Gergiev is a man who works by instinct. Music that thrives on heart and soul — above all the Russian romantics — brings out the best in him.”

— THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Thrilling Rachmaninov from Valery Gergiev

RACHMANINOVSymphonic Dances

STRAVINSKYSymphony in Three Movements

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

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Also availableRachmaninov: Symphony No.2LSO Live • LSO 0677 (822231167723)

“Breathtakingly beautiful string playing. I greedily anticipate the release of the other symphonies in due course.”


IMPORTThe two violin concertos on this recording occupy a major place in Shostakovich’s output and document especially diffi cult periods in his life. The condemnation of his music in 1948 and the subsequent “wilderness years” are shown in the Concerto No.1 and the incessant health problems Shostakovich endured after 1963 are echoed in the Concerto No.2, a work that marked his fi rst dodecaphonic experiments. Violinist Sayaka Shojioffers brilliant and virtuosic readings of these powerful masterpieces, characterized by their somber emotional hues, sarcastic outbursts of the fast movements, and the fi endish diffi culties of the cadenzas.

IMPORTPhilippe Pierlot and his superb Ricercar Consort present the two Apothéoses by François Couperin, written in the memory of Arcangelo Corelli and Jean-Baptiste Lully respectively. Behind them is an aesthetic concept — they are a plea for the mixture of the Italian and the French style, or the so-called goûts réunis. Couperin’s Apothéoses are in the tradition of the tombeau, and therefore the Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully by Jean-Féry Rebel is a perfect pairing to complete this disc of French Baroque masterworks.

COUPERINApothéosesREBELTombeau de Monsieur de LullyRicercar Consort, Philippe PierlotMirare • MIR 150

SHOSTAKOVICHViolin Concertos Nos.1&2Sayaka Shoji (violin), Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri LissMirare • MIR 166

Shostakovich’s violin concertos

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BEETHOVENPiano Sonata No.32SCHUBERTPiano Sonata No.23Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 157

BACHGoldberg VariationsZhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 048

SCHUMANNDavidsbündlertänze, KinderszenenZhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 158

BACHPartitas BWV825-830Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 156

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Art’s triumph over oppression

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Zhu Xiao Mei’sMEMOIRnow available

Offered in coordination with the release of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei’s heartbreaking and heartwarming new book, this disc from Mirare exemplifi es the unique and compelling musicianship of a special artist. The Secret Piano (ISBN 978-1611090772 released March 6, 2012) is the incredible true story of one woman’s survival in the face of unbelievable odds — and in pursuit of a powerful dream. A child prodigy, Xiao-Mei was just ten years old when she began a rigorous course of study at the Beijing Conservatory. But when the Cultural

Revolution began, art schools were closed, and Xiao-Mei was sent to a labor camp in Mongolia, where she would spend the next fi ve years. When the Revolution ended, it was the piano that helped her to heal. Today, Xiao-Mei deliberately keeps her concerts few and far between. She appears in public only to perform especially demanding works, ‘mountains of the soul’ which she judges essential, in interpretations matured over a long period of gestation. Her worldwide success is especially amazing given that her career very nearly never took place at all.

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DOMESTICIn its first year of performance, Handel’s 1736 opera Atalanta, recently revived for the fi rst time since the 18th century, concluded with a spectacular display of fi reworks. The fi reworks on this live recording from 2005, featuring the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra led by Nicholas McGegan, are defi nitely of the vocal variety. The San Francisco Chronicle raved, “Magnifi cent... the most vibrant, exhilarating stretch of musical showmanship this organization has offered in many a long season. Not since a decade ago have Philharmonia audiences witnessed a performance so deep, so affecting or so rich in musical splendor... The music is inventive and beautiful throughout… McGegan, a consummate master of this style, led a performance that was at once tender and vivacious, brisk and rhythmically free. .. Even in a cast without a weak link, soprano Dominique Labelle stood out for the grandeur and pathos of her singing in the title role… a breathtaking performance.”

McGegan conducts HandelHANDELAtalanta

Dominique Labelle (soprano), Susanne Rydén (soprano),

Cécile van de Sant (mezzo-soprano), Michael Sla� ery (tenor), Philip Cutlip (baritone), Corey McKern (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus,

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

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Also availableHandel & Berlioz: Vocal WorksPhilharmonia Baroque • PBP 01 (852188003010)

“In the stately long lines of Handel she is unmatched...”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDIMPORTThe gestation of Les Noces was the longest of all the works written by Igor Stravinsky. In 1917, he fi nished the drafting of the musical material, but it took six years to complete the fi nal orchestration. This fascinating recording offers the listener a chance to compare the 1919 original version (which may be considered by some to be more ‘authentic’) with the fi nal version from 1923. Performed by the Choir of Radio France conducted by René Bosc, this SACD also includes a bonus of Stravinsky’s Étude pour Pianola, which was also written in 1917.

IMPORTThis two disc set from Tahra features live recordings from the 1950s and 1960s. The repertoire includes Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, Brahms’ Symphony No.1 and the popular Variations on a Theme of Haydn. Fricsay conducts the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Symphony Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

The Art of Ferenc FricsayMOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoBRAHMS Symphony No.1,

Variations on a Theme of HaydnHans Schmitz (fl ute), Irmgard Helmis (harp),

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), RIAS Sinfonieorchester, Luzerner Festspielorchester,

NDR Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc FricsayTahra • TAH 732

STRAVINSKYLes Noces, Étude pour Pianola

Choeur de Radio France, René BoscRadio France • FRF 012

Stravinsky’s fascinating Les Noces

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDDOMESTICFile In: R & B / SoulG r o u n d b r e a k i n g s o u l music pioneer Sam Cooke influenced generations of singers that followed. Between 1957 and his death seven years later, Cooke recorded an average of one top-ten single every four months. We all

know the songs, and we all know they are great. But until now, nobody has known just how incredible these recordings actually sound. Now with every detail tended to and no expense spared, APO presents The Best of Sam Cooke on hybrid SACD. In most cases this was the fi rst — and often only — Sam Cooke album people owned. Although there are more ambitious collections that show Cooke’s remarkable range and diversity, this is still the best starting place. These are Cooke’s biggest commercial hits and the “message in a bottle” that brought his gifts to millions of people.

The defi nitive soul singerThe Best of Sam CookeSam CookeAPO • CAPP 2625 SA

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“He had an incomparable voice. Sam Cooke could sing anything and make it work. But when you’re talking about his strength as a singer, range is not relevant. It was

his power to deliver — it was about his phrasing, the totality of his singing.” — Van Morrison

Also availableNight BeatAPO • CAPP 2709 SA (753088270963)“A welcome opportunity to experience the soul master doing

less flashy blues based material in a small studio soundstage setting.”— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

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Jimmy Giuff re - The Complete Remastered RecordingsJimmy Giuff reBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1016

Mal Waldron - The Complete Remastered RecordingsMal WaldronBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1014

Don Pullen - The Complete Remastered RecordingsDon PullenBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1017

World Saxophone Quartet - The Complete Remastered RecordingsWorld Saxophone QuartetBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1015

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Classic jazz from Black Saint/Soul Note

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IMPORTFile In: Jazz

Here are four more specially-priced boxed set from Black Saint/Soul Note focusing on jazz greats. Mal Waldron’s set includes the albums The Git Go — Live at the Village Vanguard, The Seagulls of Kristiansund, Crowd Scene and Where Are You?. The World Saxophone Quartet set includes the albums Steppin’ With The World Saxophone Quartet, W.S.Q., Revue, Live in

Zurich, Live at the Brooklyn Academy and Moving Right Along. Jimmy Giuffre’s set includes the albums Dragonfly, Quasar, Liquid Dancers and Conversations with a Goose. The Don Pullen box includes the albums Capricorn Rising, Healing Force, Warriors, Milano Strut, The Magic Triangle, Evidence of Things Unseen and The Sixth Sense.

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IMPORTFile In: JazzSonny Amati Schmitt, son of Dorado Schmitt, is only sixteen — but his

reputation as a Gypsy jazz guitarist has already spread around the world. He appeared alongside his father in the Jazz in Vienne Festival in 2010, and for six days of the Django Reinhardt Festival he played at New York’s Birdland Club (where he was congratulated by Leonard Di Caprio, who’d gone there especially to hear him). Several of the well-known jazz strongholds have programmed him, including the Festivals of Lyon, Monaco, and Colmar and the New Morning in Paris. For his fi rst solo album, Sonny Amati Schmitt is accompanied by his brother Bronson on rhythm guitar, Xavier Nikq on double bass and Dorado Schmitt on Peruvian cajón and the violin. The tracks on Sonny Day are a deft combination of waltzes, swing, bossa and ballads in the purest Reinhardt tradition.

Sonny DaySonny Amati Schmi� Chant du Monde • 2742179

A new voice in Gypsy jazz

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Also availableRendez-vousChant du Monde • 2741294 (794881762422)

“The music shimmers with joie de vivre, expressing Reinhardt and Grappelli’s essence and showing the important place this music holds

for contemporary musicians.”— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Empêche-Nous!Moussu T et lei Jovents

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IMPORTFile In: World / Europe / FranceBlending the music and flavor of the Occitan tradition with the music of today, Moussu T e lei Jovents are re-inventing the music of Marseilles to spread the message of Provençe, a harbor turned towards the sea, cosmopolitan and proud of its history. The members of Moussu T e lei Jovents include Massilia Sound System’s founder (Tatou) and guitarist (Blu) and the famous Brazilian percussionist Jam Da Silva. Their music draws on the sounds of Marseilles in the 1930s, with its mixture of Provençal songs Vincent Scotto’s operettas and the then-new sounds of blues, jazz, Caribbean and Brazilian music. Empêche-Nous! is the band’s fi rst live album and it includes the most famous songs of their very rich repertoire.

“Their easy-going material echoes anything from

country and folk styles through to music hall,

jug-band music and the blues.”

— THE GUARDIAN

Also availablePutan de CançonChant du Monde • 2741877 (794881972920)“Moussu T e lei Jovents have always been quirky, charming

and original, but now they are adding a new sophistication to their songs.”

— THE GUARDIAN

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IMPORTFile In: World / Africa / TunisiaOum Kalsoum, Fairouz and Asmahan — whether one calls them princesses, queens or empresses, these three hold court above all in the categories of glory, power, legend and splendor. What female Arabic singer has never contemplated measuring herself against these Himalayas of her culture? On this richly satisfying disc, Dorsaf Hamdani offers a fi tting tribute to all three.

IMPORTFile In: World / Asia / IndiaIn October 2011, at the seasoned age of 91, Ravi Shankar invited his long-time tabla accompanist, Tanmoy Bose, to his home in Encinitas, California for an informal recording session. Over four days, they worked in Shankar’s living room, recording seven different ragas. The resulting music is pure Shankar — a pairing of deep musical experience and brilliant technique performed with the energy and passion he brings to his live concerts. The fi rst of two releases, The Living Room Sessions, Part 1, holds four tracks that span a wide range of Indian classical styles.

The Living Room Sessions - Part 1Ravi ShankarEast Meets West • EMWM 1006

Princesses of Arab ChantDorsaf HamdaniAccords Croisés • AC 144

The glory of Arabic song

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Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Apr 11 Toronto ON Koerner Hall

Kellylee Evans Plus Loin Apr 10 Saint John NB Imperial Theatre

Apr 11 Chicoutimi QC Festival Jazz et Blues Saguenay

Apr 12 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC Cabaret-Theatre du Vieux St. Jean

Apr 13 Port-Cartier QC Cafe-Theatre Graffi ti

Apr 14 Lennoxville QC Centennial Theatre

Apr 15 Gatineau QC Les Brasseurs Du Temps

Apr 27 Toronto ON Glenn Gould Studio

Nov 2 Cantley QC La Grange

Alban Gerhardt Hyperion Apr 15 Montréal QC LMMC (Ladies' Morning Musical Club)

Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov harmonia mundi May 26-27 Vancouver BC Telus Studio Theatre

Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion May 23 Québec City QC Grand Théâtre du Québec

Angela Hewi� Hyperion May 18 O� awa ON Christ Church Cathedral

Emel Mathlouthi World Village Jul 14 Vancouver BC Vancouver Roots Festival

Jul 16 Montréal QC Festival Nuits d'Afrique

Michael Schade Hyperion May 30 Toronto ON Roy Thomson Hall

Stile Antico harmonia mundi Apr 15-16 Calgary BC Eckhardt-Grama� é Hall, Rozsa Centre

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