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Leoš JANÁČEK (1854-1928)Taras BulbaLachian Dances • Moravian DancesWarsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Antoni Wit

Leoš Janáček was an authority on his native folk-music, and the Lachian and Moravian Dances preserve and celebrate culture andtraditions which were vanishing

even in his own lifetime. Based on Gogol’s historical novel, Janáček’s inspired orchestral rhapsody on Taras Bulba depicts three moving and dramatic episodes in the violent life of the Cossack leader, climaxing in his stirring and triumphant prophecy of liberation. This release follows hot on the heels of Antoni Wit’s acclaimed Warsaw recording of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass and Sinfonietta (8.572639). (8.572639 and Blu-ray Audio NBD0026), which was described as “gripping from start to finish” by Gramophone and “a major release – a mandatory purchase” in a 10/10 review from ClassicsToday.com. With its mixture of the powerfully emotive Taras Bulba and more pastoral Dances, and the Warsaw Philharmonic’s proven track record in Janáček’s remarkable scores, this release will generate its own substantial following.

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Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Visions de l’AmenClaude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) En blanc et noirRalph van Raat (piano I) Håkon Austbø (piano II)

Both works on this recording were written during wartime. Debussy’s

1915 En blanc et noir, composed during a late creative burst, is his musical response to the horrors of World War I. Messiaen’s revolutionary Visions de l’Amen from 1943, written to be performed by the composer and his teenage pupil, Yvonne Loriod, is a profound religious meditation whose emotional intensity is overwhelming. The role of the two pianos is clearly divided. Melodic and expressive elements are confined to the second piano, Messiaen’s part, whereas all that is percussion, brilliance and rhythmic development is heard in the first piano, Loriod’s part.

Dutch pianist and musicologist Ralph van Raat has won, among otherawards, Second Prize and Donemus-Prize (for Contemporary Music)of the Princess Christina Competition (1995); Stipend-Prize Darmstadt during the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt (1998); and First Prize of the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition (1999). Of Norwegian origin, Håkon Austbø was the first non-French artist to win the Concours National de la Guilde Française des Artistes Solistes in Paris (1970), and in 1971 he gained international attention when a unanimous jury awarded him the first prize of the Olivier Messiaen Competition for Contemporary Music in Royan, France. 8.572472

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)Violin and Piano WorksSuite italienne • Divertimento • Duo ConcertantCarolyn Huebl (violin) Mark Wait (piano)

Stravinsky’s music for violin and piano was written for his duo with violinist Samuel Dushkin. Both the Suite italienne and Divertimento are arrangements of ballet scores,

each work in turn an alchemic transformation of Baroque and Romantic styles into Stravinsky’s distinctive idiom. The enigmatic but unwaveringly expressive Duo Concertant was Stravinsky’s only original work in this form. Huebl and Wait were acclaimed for their recording of Schnittke’s complete Sonatas (8.570978). Mark Wait received two GRAMMY® nominations for his disc of Elliott Carter’s Piano Concerto (8.559151).

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Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959)America: An Epic Rhapsody Concerto Grosso No 1Patricia Michaelian (piano)Seattle Symphony ChoraleSeattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz

Swiss-born Bloch, a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe, emigrated to the United States in 1916. Written in 1926, two years after Bloch had

become an American citizen, America: An Epic Rhapsody, is the composer’s tribute to his adopted country. This romantic and patriotic score vividly surveys the history of the US from the native American melodies of pre-colonial days to the modern era of 1920s jazz and beyond. The Concerto Grosso No 1 is a bold statement which unites the eighteenth century concerto grosso form with a modern tonal language. 8.572743

Tony BANKS (b 1950)SIX Pieces for OrchestraCharlie Siem (violin)Martin Robertson (alto saxophone)The City of Prague Philharmonic OrchestraPaul Englishby

Tony Banks, founder member of rock band Genesis, has already written a much admired orchestral work called Seven (8.557466), in

which he was praised for his ‘genuine melodic gift’ (Gramophone). His new work consists of six evocative songs without words which may arouse in the listener ideas of seduction, journeys, heroes, quests, decisions and goals. Two of the pieces feature solo instruments – alto saxophone on Siren and violin on Blade – played here by elite soloists, which mesh into Banks’s orchestral tapestry with bewitching effect. The remaining pieces reveal his outstanding lyrical gifts and total command of musical narrative.

Tony Banks has a big following for his solo work outside the group. His classical compositions have been admired for their lyricism and melodic qualities, with some critics noting an affinity with the string works of Vaughan Williams.

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It Don’t Mean A Thing String FeverMarin Alsop (leader)

Described as a ‘conductor who makes a difference’ (Daily Telegraph), and acclaimed for her artistic vision and commitment to accessibility in classical music, Marin Alsop founded String Fever in 1981. Its pioneering blend of jazz, pop and classical repertoire took

critics and audiences by storm, breaking the boundaries between musical genres through remarkable versatility and a palpable sense of fun. This album reflects String Fever’s forays into standards ranging from Rogers and Hart’s early hit Manhattan to Dave Brubeck’s famously rhythmic Blue Rondo à la Turk.

By no means all of Marin Alsop’s myriad fans will know that she performed widely as a violinist before becoming internationally renowned as a conductor, and fewer still will have had access to these recordings made by her pioneering ensemble String Fever over a remarkable 15 year period. These arrangements have more than stood the test of time; serving as a vibrant reminder of where such cross-over programming found its roots and making for a release which will be snapped up by a wide cross-section of the market.

Much in demand by many top solo artists from Billy Joel to the late Sir Yehudi Menuhin, String Fever is featured on two of Billy Joel’s albums, Nylon Curtain and Innocent Man. String Fever has collaborated with vocalist Mel Tormé, top dance great Honi Coles,and appeared as featured soloists with the Colorado SymphonyOrchestra and the Eugene Symphony Orchestra. 8.572834

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GREAT OPERA

CD 1 Mozart Don Giovanni • CD 2 Mozart Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) • CD 3 Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) • CD 4 Verdi La traviata • CD 5 Verdi Aida • CD 6 Bizet Carmen • CD 7 Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana /Leoncavallo Pagliacci • CD 8 Puccini Tosca • CD 9 Puccini Madama Butterfly • CD 10 Puccini La Bohème

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GREAT BALLET

CD 1 Adam Giselle • CD 2 Delibes Coppélia / Sylvia • CD 3 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake • CD 4 Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty • CD 5 Tchaikovsky Nutcracker • CD 6 Glazunov The Seasons / Raymonda • CD 7 Khachaturian Gayane / Spartacus / Prokofiev Cinderella • CD 8 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet • CD 9 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé /Stravinsky Firebird

• CD 10 Stravinsky Petrushka / The Rite of Spring8.501055 (10 CDs for 6)

GREAT PIANO CONCERTOS

CD 1 Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21 • CD 2 Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 25 • CD 3 Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 • CD 4 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 / Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 • CD 5 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 / Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 • CD 6 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 / Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 • CD

7 Grieg Piano Concerto / Schumann Piano Concerto • CD 8 Chopin Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 • CD 9 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 / Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 • CD 10 Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major / Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 / Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

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GREAT ROMANTIC SYMPHONIES

CD 1 Schubert Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 • CD 2 Brahms Symphony No. 1 / Schumann Symphony No. 1 • CD 3 Brahms Symphony No. 4 / Schumann Symphony No. 4 • CD 4 Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 • CD 5 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique / Benvenuto Cellini / Roman Carnival • CD 6 Mahler

Symphony No. 1 • CD 7 Bruckner Symphony No. 4 • CD 8 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 / Franck Symphony in D Minor • CD 9 Dvořák Symphony No. 9 / Symphonic Variations • CD 10 Strauss Alpine Symphony / Don Juan

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GREAT CLASSICAL SYMPHONIES

CD 1 Haydn Symphonies Nos. 45 ‘Farewell’, 88 and 92 ‘Oxford’ • CD 2 Haydn Symphonies Nos. 94 ‘Surprise’, 100 ‘Military’ and 101 ‘Clock’ • CD 3 Haydn Symphonies Nos. 95, 103 ‘Drumroll’ and 104 ‘London’ • CD 4 Haydn Symphonies Nos. 96 ‘Miracle’, 98 and 102 • CD 5 Mozart Symphonies Nos. 25, 35 ‘Haffner’ and 41 ‘Jupiter’ • CD 6 Mozart Symphonies

Nos. 38 ‘Prague’, 39 and 40 • CD 7 Mozart Symphonies Nos. 29, 34 and 36 ‘Linz’ • CD 8 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 ‘Eroica’ and 8 • CD 9 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 ‘Pastoral’ • CD 10 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ 8.501060 (10 CDs for 6)

GREAT RUSSIAN SYMPHONIES

CD 1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 /Borodin Symphony No. 2 • CD 2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 / Romeo and Juliet • CD 3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 / 1812 Overture • CD 4 Prokofiev Symphony No.5 /Myaskovsky Symphony No. 25 • CD 5 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 /Prokofiev Symphony No.1 • CD 6

Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 • CD 7 Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 2 / Sheherazade • CD 8 Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 / The Rock • CD 9 Scriabin Symphony No.3 / Le Poème de I’extase • CD 10 Glazunov Symphony No.6 / Kalinnikov Symphony No.1

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GREAT SACRED MASTERPIECES

CD 1 Favourite Sacred Masterpieces(includes Tallis Spem in alium, Allegri Miserere, Pergolesi Stabat Mater) • CD 2 J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor (Highlights) • CD 3 J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion (Highlights) • CD 4 Handel Messiah (Highlights) • CD 5 Haydn The Creation (Highlights) • CD 6 Mozart Requiem • CD 7 Mendelssohn Elijah (Highlights) • CD

8 Beethoven Missa Solemnis • CD 9 Verdi Requiem (Highlights) • CD 10 Fauré Requiem

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GREAT BAROQUE MASTERPIECES

CD 1 Baroque Favourites (includes works by Handel, Marcello, J.S. Bach, Corelli, Pachelbel, Torelli, Albinoni, Sammartini, Locatelli, Geminiani, Albinoni) • CD 2 J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 6 • CD 3 J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 / Concertos in A Minor and F Major • CD 4 J.S. Bach Orchestral Suites Nos. 1 - 4 • CD 5 Handel Water Music / Fireworks Music • CD 6 Handel Concerti Grossi Op. 3 No. 2, Op. 6 Nos. 7 & 12 / Organ Concerto ‘The Cuckoo & The Nightingale’, Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 4 • CD 7 Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Violin Concertos RV 253, RV 180, RV 362 • CD 8 Vivaldi Violin Concerto RV 356 / Guitar Concerto in D Major / Flute Concerto RV 428 / Flautino Concerto in C Major / Oboe Concerto, RV 454 / Cello Concerto, RV 406 / Bassoon Concerto, RV 502 • CD 9 Telemann Viola Concerto in G Major / Recorder Suite in A Minor/ Musique de table: Concerto in F Major for three violins / Concerto for two horns and strings • CD 10 Italian Concerti Grossi (includes works by Sammartini, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Locatelli, Manfredini, Corelli, Geminiani, A. Scarlatti) 8.501061 (10 CDs for 6)

GREAT VIOLIN CONCERTOS

CD 1 Vivaldi Four Seasons / J. S. Bach Violin Concertos in A Minor & E Major • CD 2 Mozart Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 / Spohr Concerto No. 8 • CD 3 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major / Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 • CD 4 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor / Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 / Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 5 •CD 5 Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major / Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1

• CD 6 Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 / Lalo Symphonie Espagnole • CD 7 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major / Glazunov Violin Concerto in A Minor • CD 8 Elgar Violin Concerto in B Minor / Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 • CD 9 Dvořák Violin Concerto in A Minor / Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor • CD 10 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 / Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 8.501058 (10 CDs for 6)

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Nicola VACCAJ (1790-1848)La sposa di MessinaJessica Pratt • Filippo Adami • Armando Ariostini • Wakako Ono •Maurizio Lo Piccolo • Classica Chamber Choir (Brno) • Virtuosi Brunensis • Antonino Fogliani

World Première Recordings

The operas of Nicola Vaccaj, renowned as a vocal teacher and still known today for his Metodo di

Canto, employ a similar bel canto style to that of his rival Bellini.Based on a tragedy by Friedrich Schiller, the powerfully dramatic plot of La sposa di Messina deals with the inescapable and, in this case, destructive nature of destiny. Vaccaj’s own 1839 première was dogged by bad luck, and the subject proved too controversial for Venetian audiences despite its numerous superb set pieces. Afterone complete and one partial performance, it was not staged again until the 2009 revival heard on this live recording.

A composer of fifteen operas, Nicola Vaccaj is now virtually forgotten as a composer though La sposa di Messina could have been “from the pen of the young Verdi or Donizetti” according to the Belgian Opera Gazet review of this festival concert performance. This unique revival and première recording has a very strong cast and the performance is in the trusted hands of opera specialist Antonino Fogliani, whose Rossini (Mose in Egitto 8.660220-21 and Otello 8.660275-76) and Donizetti (Lucia di Lammermoor 8.660255-56) are among the evergreen staples of our opera catalogue.

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Laureate SeriesRafael Aguirre Guitar RecitalRafael Aguirre – 2010 Winner, ‘Alhambra’ International Guitar Competition

Rafael Aguirre is acknowledged as one of today’s most celebrated virtuoso guitarists, having won first prize at 13 of the world’s most prestigious international

competitions: a record-breaking achievement for a Spanish musician. Following on from his previous, acclaimed recording (8.572064), this fullblooded recital is of music by Spanish composers or those influenced by Iberia, from the pure flamenco of Paco de Lucía’s Guajiras to Debussy’s impressionistic Soirée dans Grenade, and from Albéniz’s Triana, named after the gypsy quarter in Seville, to the virtuoso fireworks of Tárrega’s Gran Jota.

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Mieczysław WEINBERG (1919-1996)Symphony No 6, Op 79Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op 47, No 1Glinka Choral College Boys’ ChoirSt Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra • Vladimir Lande

Weinberg is increasingly recognised as one of the outstanding composers of the second half of the

twentieth century. His Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes is a concise medley of tunes that embrace folk influence, both melancholic and high spirited, culminating in a joyous and unstoppable dance. Scored for a very large orchestra and a children’s choir, Symphony No. 6 is a work of huge expression, anguished and dynamic, encompassing lament, circus gallops, burlesque, and a cataclysmic and heartrending slow movement. Weinberg’s friend, Shostakovich, was so impressed that he used it as teaching material in his own classes.

Weinberg’s music is receiving widespread attention and recording.It shares some similarity with the music of Shostakovich and thoseinterested in, or curious about, Polish and Russian music of the time will find this release of particular interest. As will those who wish to follow the path of Soviet symphonism in the twentieth century.

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Ronn YEDIDIA (b 1960)Impromptu, Nocturne and World DanceFarewell, Nathaniel • Poème • ConcertinoAlexander Fiterstein (clarinet)Ronn Yedidia (piano)Arnaud Sussmann (violin)* Melissa Reardon (viola)*Nicholas Canellakis (cello)*

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Ronn Yedidia’s music has been acclaimed for its vitality, variety and imagination, and his compositions for clarinet are especially touching and intimate. Impromptu, Nocturne and World Dance was written for the birth of friends’ newborn twins and is full of expressive breadth, lovely textures and a heady use of ethnic source material. Farewell, Nathaniel offers a more sombre and reflective experience in music of great depth and loss. Poème is both romantic and impressionistic, whilst the Concertino is a feast of colour and vivid dance energy.

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Mauricio KAGEL (1931-2008)Works for FluteDas Konzert • Phantasiestück (version for flute and piano)Pan • Phantasiestück (version for flute, piano and ensemble)Michael Faust (flute) • Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä • Patrick Gallois •Paulo Álvares (piano) • Ensemble Contrasts • Robert HP Platz

Arriving in Europe from Buenos Aires in 1957, Mauricio Kagel soon developed his own subversive and theatrical musical aesthetics. Performed here by the work’s dedicatee, Das Konzert is his typically oblique response to writing a flute concerto, ranging from spectral atmospheres to hectic confrontation. The humor of Pan is clear from the outset, with its invocation and parody of Mozart’s Papageno. The two contrasting versions of Phantasiestück show the composer’s trademark wit at its keenest. The title refers to the influence of Schumann on Kagel. 8.572635

Robert FUCHS (1847-1927)SerenadesNo 3, Op 21 • No 4, Op 51 • No 5, Op 53Cologne Chamber Orchestra • Christian Ludwig

‘A richly endowed composer, selfless teacher, and a rare human being’ proclaims Robert Fuchs’ memorial stone, and this esteemis reflected in his astonishing roster

of pupils – Mahler, Sibelius, Wolf and Korngold among them. His own compositions, though, have been overlooked, unaccountably so on the evidence of these lovely Serenades. The Third is quite Brahmsian with a wonderfully bracing Hungarian finale. No. 4 is a highly expressive and richly scored work, whilst No. 5 casts its net yet wider – with anticipations of Mahler, and joyous references to the Vienna of the Strauss family. Serenades Nos. 1 and 2 are available on Naxos 8.572222.

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Music for Mandolin and GuitarDuo Ahlert & Schwab

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Many of the works on this recording were written for award-winning Duo Ahlert & Schwab, who have contributed greatly to making contemporary music from the United States a significant part of

mandolin and guitar repertoire. The mellow tones and chiming sparkle associated with these instruments is represented in a wide diversity of pieces whose styles and influences include fragments of classical forms in Mark Delpriora’s Sonata, references to the mysteries of nature in Daimonelix, named after spiralling rock formations found in Nebraska, electronic music, rock music and Middle Eastern music in Indigo Trails, and chaos theory in Strange Attractor. With this new all-American program they bring to Naxos their successful themed recital format demonstrated by releases on the Antes-Edition label, taking the opportunity to represent the high quality and diversity of new American works written for them in recent years.

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Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)GötterdämmerungKirsten Flagstad • Set Svanholm • Ingrid Bjoner • Eva Gustavson •Egil Nordsjø • Waldemar Johnsen • Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra •Norwegian State Radio Orchestra • Øivin Fjeldstad1956 RecordingMark Obert-Thorn, reissue producer and restoration engineer

In January 1956 Norwegian Radio broadcast an almost complete performance of Götterdämmerung starring Kirsten Flagstad and Set Svanholm, and conducted by Øivin Fjeldstad. Despite opportunities to re-record the work in Vienna, Flagstad was insistent that this performance be released. Most of the missing sections were then recorded, and the resultant LP was the first (almost complete) commercial recording of the work on disc. Flagstad, the great Wagnerian, is in resplendent voice and Svanholm proves a worthy partner. This elusive set remains a milestone in Wagner performance.

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Johann STRAUSS I (1804-1849)Edition • Vol 21Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina • Christian Pollack

Memorials, Name Days, and aristocratic connections were just some of the many incentives for Johann Strauss the Elder to pour forth his unrivalled series of waltzes, quadrilles and polkas for his ravenous Viennese public. During 1846-47 such opportunities included a work to honour the celebrated singer Jenny Lind (Swedish Songs), whilst New Year provided a supreme example of his festive skill. Nor did he ignore the professions: lawyers and doctors received dedicatory waltzes, and so did a couple of much beloved comic book characters.

This release forms part of the only complete Strauss the Elder collection in the catalogue. The 1846-47 waltzes are every bit as good as some better known ones and Strauss’ inspiration remains at peak level throughout.

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Judith Lang ZAIMONT (b 1945)Sonata • A Calendar Set – 12 Virtuosic PreludesNocturne: La fin de siècleChristopher Atzinger (piano)

Judith Lang Zaimont’s acclaimed music embraces a wide variety of forms. One of her earliest works is Nocturne: La fin de siècle, written as a ‘personal valentine to the great

pianist-composers of the Romantic Era’. Rich in contrast, perfect in form, it provides a deeply enriching listening experience. A Calendar Set (1978) charts the months of the year with imagination and precision, whilst the introduction of carols and familiar songs adds to the setting’s lyricism. Sonata was completed in 2000 and is one of her most challenging works – atmospheric, quite impressionistic in places, and ending with a brilliantly virtuosic finale.

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Nicolas FLAGELLO (1884-1945)Passion of Martin Luther King (original version)L’Infinito • The LandEzio Flagello, bass-baritone • Ambrosian Singers • London Philharmonic Orchestra • I Musici di Firenze • Nicolas Flagello1962 and 1969 Recordings

The Flagello brothers combined their remarkable musical talents to create the unique artistic synergy of these recordings. Ezio’s career flourished at the Metropolitan Opera and abroad, and composer Nicolas made good use of his rich bass-baritone voice in luxuriant settings of Tennyson’s verses in The Land, here partnered with Leopardi’s L’Infinito, a gloomy expression of humility and awe in the face of the Infinite. The texts used in the Passion of Martin Luther King emphasize faith, endurance and brotherly love, and this previously unissued première recording restores the moving original version of the work, with Dr King’s “Dream” re-asserted through Ezio Flagello’s towering performance as soloist. 8.112065

Stephen ALBERT (1941-1992)In Concordiam • TreeStoneIlkka Talvi, violin • Lucy Shelton, soprano • David Gordon, tenorSeattle Symphony • New York Chamber Symphony • Gerard Schwarz

Stephen Albert is counted as one of the most accomplished pioneers of ‘The New Romanticism’: a generation of composers seeking to reclaim some of the emotional expression lost through the rigors of intellectual Modernism in music. Inspired by James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, TreeStone is a moving exploration of the tragic legend of Tristan and Iseult. In Concordiam reveals the range and complexity of Albert’s style in uniting angular dissonance with mellifluous harmonies. Albert worked closely with the Seattle Symphony on this work, revising it during his three year tenure as Composer in Residence. Albert’s Symphony No. 1 ‘RiverRun’ is available on Naxos 8.559257.

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ICTHE RIASBACH CANTATAS PROJECTRIAS-Kammerorchester • RIAS-Kammerchor • RIAS-Knabenchor • Karl Ristenpart (conductor)

This 9-CD boxed set of first releases from the RIAS archives presents the first ever attempt at a recording of the complete Bach cantatas.

For everyone who is interested in the history of Bach interpretation and in the development of Germany’s post-1945 cultural rebuilding, these recordings represent a significant enrichment. From 1946, Karl Ristenpart established choral and orchestral ensembles at the RIAS Berlin, directing the RIAS-Kammerchor and the RIAS-Kammerorchester. With these ensembles, and emerging young singers (including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Helmut Krebs and Agnes Giebel), Karl Ristenpart and Elsa Schiller, then head of music at the RIAS, embarked in 1947 upon a recording series of the complete Bach cantatas. However, it proved impossible to realise the project in its entirety. The twenty-nine cantatas which survive in the RIAS archives document a Bach ideal which is pioneering even by today’s standards: thanks to small-scale forces the musical structures are distinct and transparent, and the singers link their articulation to that of the instrumentalists.This interpretation, which is free of any monumentalism, paved the way, aesthetically, for historically informed performance practice.

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GÜNTHER HERBIG80th Anniversary Edition Ludwig van BEETHOVENPrometheus · RitterballettStaatskapelle Berlin

November 30 is the 80th birthday of the conductor Günther Herbig, ample reason for the Berlin Classics label to offer him its congratulations with a new Beethoven compilation. We should also like to draw

attention to some of his most important recordings.

Günther Herbig learnt his trade with Hermann Abendroth in Weimar, continuing his studies with Hermann Scherchen and Herbert von Karajan. He was appointed Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in 1977, but found himself obliged to resign his post in the autumn of 1983 as the result of a dispute over arts policy. He had already toured England, Japan, Mexico and Spain, and in 1984 he emigrated to the USA, where he spent ten years as principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony. From 2008 to 2010, he was principal conductor and musical advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan,which named him its honorary conductor this year. 0300307BC

Ferenc Fricsayconducts Béla BARTÓKTibor Varga (violin) • Helmut Krebs (tenor) • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) • Géza Anda / Louis Kentner / Andor Foldes (piano) •RIAS-Kammerchor • Chor der St. Hedwigskathedrale • RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester • Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for audite production

The edition “Ferenc Fricsay conducts Béla Bartók – The Complete RIAS Recordings” (aud. 21.407) will be awarded the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) 2012 in the category historic recordings. The 3 CD boxed set includes RIAS recordings from 1950 to 1953 from the archives of Deutschlandradio, most of them as first releases. After numerous awards like the German Critics’ Award (“Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik“), Diapason d’Or, Supersonic, Choc, etc. the production wins with the ICMA now one of the most important prizes of the international music scene. We are particularly happy about this award since it documents the knowledgeable appreciation of our production through the jury members! Altogether a total of seven audite productions was nominated for the ICMA 2012, among them the new Harada album, two releases with the Mandelring Quartet and historic productions with Solomon, Fricsay, Ferras and Klemperer. audite21.407 (3 CDs)

Ludwig Güttler Brass EnsembleFamous Music for Brass

A whole world of sounding brassMusic for brass instruments continues to be very popular — no wonder, when the full and strident tones of brass, coupled with all their subtle shadings, represent a whole world of music in themselves. The repertoire embraces compositions written

specially for this family of instruments and conceived for their particular sound while also including the ever-popular arrangements of various musical highlights. This new compilation from the wealth of recordings made by the Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble takes account of this with a selection ranging from Gabrieli to Handel, whose Music for the Royal Fireworks is as attractive as an English Suite by Bach and as compelling as the Canzonas of Gabrieli or choral pieces by Schütz. Ludwig Güttler’s ensemble shines out in radiant ensemble playing and sensitive songfulness — enough to satisfy many music-lovers from outside the ranks of brass-music enthusiasts.

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Ludwig Van BEETHOVENTriple ConcertoPiano Concerto No. 3Mari Kodama (piano) • Kolja Blacher (violin) • Johannes Moser (violoncello) • Deutsches Symphony-Orchester Berlin • Kent Nagano

Strong line-up for a Beethoven rich in contrastsFollowing her much-talked-about sonata cycle, Mari Kodama recorded

the first two piano concertos of Ludwig van Beethoven with her husband Kent Nagano and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin — and critics and connoisseurs were once again impressed by this unaccustomed synthesis of precision and elegance. The next chapter in this unfolding story can be heard on the latest release on the Berlin Classics label. It begins with the joyful Triple Concerto in C major, in which the pianist and her solo partners Kolja Blacher and Johannes Moser display their concerted talents in a lively conversation that also makes room for heartfelt trio intimacy. All have their say — and each of them has something to say in this concerto, too, which makes one wonder why this work is such a Cinderella in the concert repertoire.

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Wanderer – Fantasie Franz SCHUBERTMatthias Kirschnereit

Franz Schubert transformed wandering into music like no other composer. The many songs thattell tales of wandering, sometimes jauntily, sometimes in contemplative mood or even in a resigned, aimless manner, all demonstrate audibly how these experiences become

musical content. Liberated in this way, this image of someone setting out runs throughout Schubert’s instrumental music, and is audible even in compositions without a clearly identified title such as the “Wanderer Fantasy”.

What is of paramount importance to the artist is to breath life into the most diverse emotions through music without any pretence – transparent, yet never dry. Matthias Kirschnereit displays a highly developed sense of the nuances, as well as of the rough contrasts, required to follow in Schubert’s footsteps.

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Original MotionPicture ScoreBerlin – Sinfonie der GroßstadtMusic by Edmund Meisel

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin,Frank Strobel

Capriccio presents the world première recording of the soundtrack to Berlin - Sinfonie der Großstadt (Symphony of a Metropolis), the silent film by WalterRuttmann with music composed by Edmund Meisel.

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Johann Ernst BACH(1722-1777)Passion Oratorio • Das Vertrauender Christen auf Gott • MeineSeele erhebt den Herrn

Rheinische Kantorei • Das KleineKonzert • Hermann Max

Today it is the passions of J.S. Bach that are most commonly known. The Passion Oratorio by J.S. Bach’s nephew and pupil Johann Ernst

Bach might be lesser well known but is never the less a masterful contribution to music surrounding Holy Week. C5122 (2 CDs)

Giovanni BattistaPERGOLESI (1710-1736)Stabat Mater • Salve Regina Orfeo

Regina Klepper • Martina BorstBamberger Streichquartett

In this recording everything contributes to deepening the effect of the text: the harmony serves onlyto shape it more forcefully, the

accompaniment embellishes it without distorting it, and the music simultaneously communicates one melody to the ear and only one idea to the mind.

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Johann Adolf HASSE(1699-1783)Mass in D minor Miserere in C minor

Mária Zádori • Kai Wessel • Wilfried Jochens • Stephan SchreckenbergerRheinische Kantorei • Das Kleine Konzert • Hermann Max

Hasse enjoyed huge popularity during his lifetime but since his death his music

remained mostly unperformed, with the exception of some of his sacred works. These choral works are gems that should be better known.

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21st Century Portraitsensemble xx. jahrhundertThomas HEINISCH • Wolfgang LIEBHART • Karlheinz ESSL • Hannes HEHER • Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG

Peter Burwik

ensemble xx. jahrhundert, founded by Peter Burwik in 1971, is made up of members of leading Vienneseorchestras and freelance instrumentalists. Its aim is to make

music of the 20th century known and to support contemporary creative work. C5129

The French Album

Harriet Krijgh (cello)Kamilla Isanbaeva (piano)

The French Album is the debutalbum of a young and excitingcellist Harriet Krijgh.

Harriet is a member of the Live Music Now Foundation which was established by Yehudi Menuhin. On this recording she performs a

selection of works by Fauré Debussy, Franck and Offenbach.C5131

Alessandro SCARLATTISin, Repentance and GraceMechthild Bach • Petra GeitnerKai Wessel

Alessandro STRADELLALamentation for Wednesday of HolyWeek • The Crucifixion and Death of our Lord Jesus ChristLa Stagione • Michael Schneider

The Passion Oratorio is among one of Scarlatti’s most mature compositions and is certainly the most representative example of the type of passion music cultivated in Italy. Alongside this are two works by Stradella, both written for Holy Week.

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ITALIAN CONCERTOSConcertos by Vivaldi, Pergolesi,Durante and Leonardo Leo

Concerto Köln • Werner Ehrhardt

This disc of Italian Concertos contains well known masterpieces by Vivaldi and Pergolesi alongside somerarities of Neapolitan composers such as Durante and Leo.

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Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4Sergey PROKOFIEV String Quartet No. 2 (The Soviet Experience, Vol. 2) (Pacifica Quartet)

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Claudio MONTEVERDI Selva morale e spirituale, Volume 2

Harry Christophers & The Sixteen

Next to his Vespers of 1610, Monteverdi’s Selva morale e spirituale of 1641 is his most significant and virtuosic collection of sacred music.

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Johannes BRAHMS(1833-1897) Complete SymphoniesHelsingborg Symphony OrchestraAndrew Manze

Andrew Manze conducts the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in wonderful new interpretations of theBrahms Symphonies and accompanying works recorded in SACD sound.

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Engelbert HUMPERDINCK(1854-1921)String Quartets & Piano QuintetDiogenes Quartett • Andreas Kirpal (piano) • Lydia Dubrovskaya (violin)

This release presents the String Quartets and the première recording of the Piano Quintet by EngelbertHumperdinck. In the Piano Quintet especially, the catchy themes and

its wonderfully melodious middle movement represent a valuable contribution to lateromantic literature off the beaten track.

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Italian Love CantatasSilvia Vajente (soprano) Epoca Barocca

In this new cpo recording, Italian soprano Silvia Vajente sings alongside the Epoca Barocca ensemble. Included are a selection of Baroque cantatas.

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William YOUNG(1610-1662)An Englishman AbroadHamburger Ratsmusik Simone Eckert

Little is known about the composer and Viola da Gambist William Young. Although he was English hespent the last years of his life in Innsbruck. Young’s music is highly varied in style and he proves to be an adaptable, versatile composer open to

the developments of his times.777569-2

Julius RÖNTGEN(1855-1932) Chamber Works for WindsLinos Ensemble

The First Serenade of Julius Röntgen with its light instrumentation is likely to have been inspired by Mozart’s Wind Serenades and Beethoven’s Octet. The form, melody and harmony in the Second Serenade point towards French influences.

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Johann Sebastian BACH(1685-1750) Apocryphal Bach Masses IIGesualdo Consort AmsterdamAlsfelder VokalensembleHannoversche HofkapelleWolfgang Helbich

The sixth release in cpo’s distinguished series of Bach’s apocryphal works in performances led by Wolfgang Helbich.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVENSymphony no. 9 (Complete Symphonies vol. 5)Jan Willem de VriendThe Netherlands Symphony Orchestra

This is the last CD in the series of the complete Beethoven Symphonies performed by Jan Willem de Vriend an his Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. With every cd in this

volume De vriend has shown his fresh view on Beethoven, which has with every volume resulted in a indeed fresh sound and also a profound rendering of these famous works. CC 72533

Ludwig van BEETHOVENSymphonies nos. 2 & 3 (Complete Symphonies Vol. 4)Jan Willem de VriendThe Netherlands Symphony Orchestra

A refreshing new recording of the Beethoven Symphonies (volume 4), through the eyes of conductor Jan Willem de Vriend and his orchestra. De Vriend’s name as a symphonic

conductor is emerging fast now in the music world, and this first volume of the Beethoven series is a fine musical signature, with which he and his musicians perpetuate themselves. CC 72532

HAYDN: Complete Symphonies Vol. 16, Nos.90 * 92

Heidelberger Sinfoniker Thomas Fey

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Transfigured TCHAIKOVSKY

Lieder Transcriptions by Isaac Mikhnovsky and Samuel Feinberg Petronel Malan

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Rued LANGGAARD(1893-1952) String Quartets Volume 1Nightingale String Quartet

This new recording series presents all 8 quartets in the award-winning young Nightingale String Quartet‘sdistinctly dramatic interpretation based on the revised Rued Langgaard Edition. The Nightingale String Quartet will be competing in

the London International String Quartet Competition at Wigmore Hall in March and April 2012. 6220575 (Hybrid SACD)

KOPPEL, NØRGÅRD,SCHMIDT, LOHSE Accordion ConcertosBjarke Mogensen (accordion)Danish National Chamber OrchestraRolf Gupta

On this CD Mogensen is accompanied by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rolf Gupta in new Danish accordion concertos by Per Nørgård, Ole

Schmidt, Anders Koppel and Martin Lohse – the last two written specifically for the young soloist. 6220592 (Hybrid SACD)

OCKEGHEM, SØRENSENRequiemArs Nova CopenhagenPaul Hillier

The 500 years that separate Renaissance master Johannes Ockeghem and Danish composer Bent Sørensen seem to disappear in this extraordinary Requiem. The project has been initiated by

conductor Paul Hillier and interpreted by his GRAMMY®-winning ensemble Ars Nova Copenhagen.

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Finn HØFFDING(1899-1997) Orchestral WorksJena Philharmonic OrchestraFrank Cramer

This CD presents the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Frank Cramer‘s world première recording of Høffding‘s rarely performed Third Symphony from 1930 and the slightly laterfantasias for orchestra Evolution and

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Gerhard FROMMEL(1906-1984) Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3Tatjana Blome

Frommel’s piano sonatas are rooted in Romanticism and allied to the expressive plasticity of Stravinsky and Hindemith. Blome won the first prize at the Steinway Competition at the age of twelve and gave her firstfull-length piano recital a year later.

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Christan Gottlob NEEFE(1748-1798) Complete Piano SonatasSusan Kagan

Neefe flourished as the Baroque was giving way to the Classical period. These twelve sonatas represent important steps in this transition, each having a uniquely individual character and showing a mixture of styles. Kagan’s

performance is imbued with sophistication, expression, and humour.GP615-16 (2 CDs)

Hugo Cabret Original SoundtrackZaz (vocalist on “Coeur volant”) • Simon Chamberlain (piano) • John Parricelli (guitar) • Eddie Hession (musette)Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) • Chris Laurence (bass) • Paul Clarvis (percussion)

Hugo Won 5 Oscar Academy AwardsArt Direction • Cinematography • Sound Mixing • Sound Editing • Visual Effects

Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese, is a family adventure drama based on Brian Selznick’s novel “The Invention ofHugo Cabret.” Hugo tells the story of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. With thehelp of an eccentric girl, he searches for the answer to a mystery linking the father he recently lost, the ill-temperedtoy shop owner living below him and a heart shaped lock, seemingly without a key. Hugo, Scorsese’s first film shot

in 3D, also marks his fifth collaboration with Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore, whose sweeping score captures the sounds of 1930s Paris and is as multi-dimensional as the picture. HWR1007

The Lord of the Rings Symphony21st Century Symphony Orchestra & ChorusKaitlyn Lusk (soloist)Ludwig Wicki (conductor)

“J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings piece calls for symphony orchestra, mixed chorus, boys chorus, and instrumental and vocal soloists singing in the Tolkien languages Quenya, Sindarin, Khuzdûl, Adûnaic, Black Speech, and Old and modern English.Maestro Ludwig Wicki personally selected the musicians who comprise the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra and who perform on this recording. Over the past four years he has perfected this music in Lucerne, Switzerland. His precision and supreme musicianship is evident throughout the recording. I congratulate him on his success and

thank him for his masterful approach in bringing this score to life.” Howard ShoreHWR1005

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Eternal Source of Brass Divine

Shigeko Hata (soprano) Magnifica (brass quintet)

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George Enescu(1881-1955)Chamber Music 1895-1906

Tatiana Samoui (violin) Gérard Caussé (viola) Justus Grimm (cello) Vincent Lucas (flute) Frédéric Mellardi (trumpet) Claudia Bara (piano)

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Franz SCHUBERT Schwanengesang, Sonate D.960Matthias Goerne (Baritone)Christoph Eschenbach (Piano)

Matthias Goerne continues a Schubert survey that has already established him as one of the most fantastically 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 without ever falling into the trap of overstatement. This sixth volume in the series also features an unforgettable performance of Schubert’s last piano sonata by one of the baritone’s favourite partners, Christoph Eschenbach. Offered on a free bonus CD, this ‘second swansong’ reveals hitherto unexplored resonances under his expert fingers.

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Richard WAGNER Tristan et Yseult

Lambert Wilson (Récitant)Christine Schweitzer (Soprano)

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Henri TOMASIMelodies Corses & Cyrnos

Johanne Cassar (soprano) Laurent Wagschai (piano)

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Benjamin BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings op 31 . Nocturne op.60Gerald FINZI: Dies NatalisMark Padmore (tenor)Stephen Bell (horn)Britten SinfoniaJacqueline Shave (direction)

Celebrated tenor Mark Padmore joins with Britten Sinfonia in some of the most beautiful English music for voice and orchestra. The centrepiece is Britten’s magical evocation of twilight and nightfall, the Serenade (with Stephen Bell,horn). In Gerald Finzi’s war-time cycle Dies natalis, the ecstatic mood reflects a child’s wide-eyed wonder at the world. Britten’s poignant Nocturne completes the programme.

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Goethe LIEDER Das ewig Welbliche L’éternel féminin

Marlis Petersen (Soprano)Jendrik Springer (Piano)

Marlis Petersen and her partner Jendrik Springer have had the happy idea of selecting, from nearly two centuries of music, 19 lieder centring on the concept of the Eternal Feminine so dear to Goethe (as illustrated in Faust). From Liszt to Trojahn, from Schubert to Wolf, from Schumann to Krenek, celebrated composers and fascinating little-known figures people a recital of consciously theatrical dimensions.

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Henri TOMASIComplete Trumpet Works

Eric Aubier (trumpet)

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN(1770-1827) Missa SolemnisRecorded live at Royal Festival Hall, London 2008.Anne Schwanewilms • Annette Jahns • Nikolai Schukoff • Dietrich HenschelLondon Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir • Christoph Eschenbach

The awesome, sublime Missa Solemnis is one of Beethoven’s

supreme achievements. In this live concert recording, the fervour of Beethoven’s vision is powerfully realised by conductor Christoph Eschenbach. LPO-0061

CHOSTAKOVITCH • GLAZOUNOV • TCHAÏKOVSKI • RACHMANINOV Sonate for viola & pianoBrigitte Engerer (piano)Gérard Caussé (alto)

From the memory of childhood to death, from Tchaikovsky to Shostakovich, Russian music has often sung elegies. With Glazunov and Tchaikovsky, they are recollections of childhood, nostalgia for another world. While Rachmaninoff evokes purity in his Vocalise, Shostakovich intones a swansong, a song of death. In the warm timbre of Gérard Caussé’s viola and the generous sonority of Brigitte Engerer’s piano, all the melancholy and tenderness of Russia finds eloquent expression.

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Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI Stabat Mater

Laudate pueriValer Barna-SabadusTerry Wey Michael Hopstetter

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies No. 2 & 3

Deutsche Radio PhilharmonieChristoph Poppen

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Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICHViolin Concertos No.1 & 2Sayaka Shoji (violin)Ural Philharmonic OrchestraDmitri Liss (conductor)

The two violin concertos occupy a major place, both musical and human, in Shostakovich’s output, and document particularly painful moments in his existence: the condemnation of his music in 1948

and the subsequent wilderness years in the Concerto No.1, Op.77, and his incessant health problems after 1963 in No.2, Op.129, which marks his first dodecaphonic experiments. These immense masterpieces are characterised by their sombre emotional hues, the sarcastic outbursts of the fast movements, and the fiendish difficulties of the cadenzas. MIR166

MOZARTFantasia & Sonata in C minorBEETHOVEN Waldstein Sonata & Andante favori

Alejandro Pico-Leonis (piano)

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Voyage En RussieClaire-Marie Le Guay (piano)

From Mussorgsky to Scrabin, Claire-Marie Le Guay journeys through Eternal Russia. Embracing both the great Romantic repertory and intimate, lesser-known pieces, this musical icon reflects the vast Russian landscape. Though Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee is one of the most

frequently played classical works, few people know the piano music of Tchaikovsky, which includes many treasures of poetry. Nostalgic and visionary, these composers built a sound-world in the image of their tormented souls.

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GREAT SINGERS LIVEHermann PreyHermann Prey, Münchner Rundfunkorchester,Quadri, Wallberg, Eichhorn, SawallischArias from the legendary Sunday concertsfrom 1966, 1972, 1988 and 1992

This release documents Hermann Prey in some of his most famous roles and includes unpublished recordings, available on CD for the very first time!

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ICBaldassare GALUPPI 25 Harpsichord Sonatas

Ilario Gregoletto

Arguably more popular than his fellow Venetian, Antonio Vivaldi, he wrote music that appealed to contemporary taste and which touched on a rangeof genres – including comic opera, which he was instrumental in developing.

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MOZART Sonatas for piano, four hands

Elena ModenaIlario Gregoletto

As one of the great virtuoso pianists of his time, Mozart composed a wealth of piano concertos and sonatas that rank among his most famous instrumental works. Not

so well known, however, are the duet compositions he wrote for the instrumentand to which this CD is dedicated.

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Domenico SCARLATTI Sonatas for two harpsichords

Ilario GregolettoElena Modena

Scarlatti wrote in a variety of forms, and chief among his output are the many sonatas written for keyboard.The compositions detailed in this release are unique in that they are

modern arrangements, based on a series of keyboard sonatasoriginally written for solo violin (or woodwind) and continuo.

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VERDI & PUCCINIOperatic Arias

Kiri Te KanawaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraSir John Pritchard

Kiri Te Kanawa’s lyric soprano voice and captivating stage presence have, throughout her operatic career,won her critical acclaim. Drawn from classic Italian operas, the arias that make up this programme encompass a broad spectrum of themes, from tragedy and loss to the expression of love.

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Serious CabaretMary Carewe Philip Mayers

Mary Carewe is one of the UK’s most accomplished and versatile singers and regularly performs this repertoire throughout the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA.

Mary includes here some well-known standards alongside less recorded and quirky songs by William Bolcom, Alexander Zemlinsky and Stefan Wolpe, and includes a first recording of Aria by Australian composer Carl Vine.

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Filippo GRAGNANI Sonatas Op. 8 for violin andguitar

Franco MezzenaMassimo Scattolin

Together with the rhythmic energy of the fast movements and the inspired lyricism of the central ones, this charming collection of works offers afascinating glimpse into the repertoire

composed for the guitar during the Napoleonic period.8802113

Ástor PIAZZOLLA Chamber Music

Interensemble Padova

One of the finest composers to have emerged from South America, Piazzolla’s output is dominated bychamber music, and this fascinating 2CD collection contains some of his most famous works within thegenre.

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MONTEVERDI Mass for Four Voices

I Solisti di MilanoPolifonia ConsortAngelo Ephrikian

Of his rich and prolific legacy, Claudio Monteverdi is particularly celebrated for his innovations. This3-disc set is a superb overview of Monteverdi’s long and varied career,

touching on each of the genres that he transformed – choral music, the madrigal, secular song and opera.

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TrondheimSolistene - SOUVENIR

“Through its dynamic co-operation TrondheimSolistene (the Trondheim Soloists) and 2L has always sort to stretch the boundaries of what is possible to convey to the listener, aiming for the ultimate recorded listening experience. With the Serenade the team has taken things one step further with the TrondheimSolistene truly justifying their name. By placing each individual next to someone from a different voice rather than sitting in conventional sections we are working at the very outer limits of what is possible and creating chamber music at the highest level” - Øyvind Gimse, 2012.

We allocated two weeks in 2011 to record this new album. Artistic director Øyvind Gimse and his associate Geir Inge Lotsberg initially chose two pieces that represent, in their estimation, “the most beautiful music ever composer for the string orchestra”: Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and his Serenade for Strings. Aiming for a 90 minutes program left 30 more minutes to record. So the orchestra and 2L logged on to Facebook and asked the listeners

worldwide what they’d like to hear. And the audience responded: Nielsen’s Suite Opus 1. A little gem that would exploit the Trondheim Soloists’ singular way with Nordic repertoire. 2L090A-LP

Joseph Martin KRAUSViola ConcertosDavid Aaron Carpenter Tapiola Sinfonietta

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MENDELSSOHNKREEKPSALMSEstonian PhilharmonicChamber ChoirDaniel Reuss

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English Recorder Concertos

Michala Petri (recorders)City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong Jean Thorel

The recorder has been part of Western music for more than seven hundred years during which time it has enjoyed a special relationship with composers of England. This disc contains the world première recording of Harvey’s Concerto Incantato.

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BACH Kantaten zu PfingstenThomanerchor Leipzig Gewandhausorchester Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller

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LakméLéo Delibes

Emma MatthewsAldo Di Toro Stephen Bennett Dominica MatthewsOpera Australia Chorus Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

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Joseph HAYDN The Seven Last Words of our saviour on the cross Op.51bPrazak QuartetPavel Hula (violin)Vlastimil Holek (violin)Josef Kluson (viola)Michal Kanka (cello)

The purest version of these seven sermons, here played on only the sixteen strings of a quartet without the easysolutions of a large string orchestra (the original version) or the monumentality of an oratorio, not to mention thekeyboard reduction authorised by Haydn. The Prazaks have been meditating on this series of seven adagios for forty years and offer the rare union of a narrative with innate dramaturgy, avoiding both the austere linearity of

the current Baroque vogue and the sentimental excess of an outmoded Romantic style. Poets in their spiritual and musical prime, they invite you to share their asceticism.

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ICDELIBES Sylvia • CoppéliaMartin WestSan Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Leo Delibes’ COPPÉLIA is pure delight, a feast of musicality and humor for all ages. Probably the greatest ballet comedy ever written! On this disc we also present Delibes’ SYLVIA, a romance filled with sighs of longing and the thrill of infatuation. Set in antiquity, the ballet literally places love on a pedestal in the person of the Greek god Eros.Like many popular compositions, Delibes’ works, including pieces of these ballets, have repeatedly been used in films dating back to the earliest talkies. His music is also a favorite of cartoon series “Ren and Stimpy” and “The Simpsons.”

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Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Cockaigne Overture ‘Enigma’ Variations Pomp & Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Barry Wordsworth

This fine recording includes many of Elgar’s best loved works. Played by

the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by the distinguished British conductor Barry Wordsworth, these recordings come from London’s Cadogan Hall in 2011. RPOSP035

The Golden Age of HollywoodVolume 3

Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRichard Bernas

Classic title tracks, themes and suites from films that became legends during Hollywood’s Golden Age,including the suite from Marlon Brando’s iconic film On The Waterfront and the suite from Billy

Wilder’s classic thriller Double Indemnity..

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L’art De Ferenc Fricsay MOZART • TCHAÏKOVSKY • BRAHMSShans Schmitz (flute)Irmgard Helmis (harp)Schweizerisches FestspielorchesterYehudi Menuhin (solist)NDR SinfonieorchesterRIAS Sinfonieorchester

Between September 1949 (Tchaikovsky’s Fifth) and November

1961 (Hary Janos), Deutsche Grammophon made 180 recordings with Fricsay conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, the RIAS orchestra, and that of the Bavarian Radio. We must add to this list a great number of public and other recordings, made by RIAS Berlin (today DeutschlandRadio). After Fricsay’s premature death in 1963, DGG released three important editions: a) in 1977 appeared a big LP collection with silver jackets, including several first-time issues; b) in 1994 a first 10-CD set was released called “Fricsay: A Portrait”; c) and in 2003, a second 9-CD set appeared called “A Life in Music.” Finally, a few years ago, the German label Audite released an important Fricsay edition. At the same time, several labels like Walhall or Relief issued more or less legally a certain number of sound archives, mainly operas. In Fricsay’s discography, Mozart and Bartok are the two most recorded composers; whereas, regrettably, there exist no recordings of any Mahler and/or Bruckner symphony (these were composers he conducted rarely if at all). Likewise, we have no violin concerto by Beethoven; and no piano concerto by Beethoven (except for his Third Concerto with Annie Fischer in Munich, in December 1957); no Mendelssohn symphony. TAH732.33

Frédéric CHOPIN & Robert SCHUMANNClara Haskil (piano)Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

In 1951, Clara Haskil signed an exclusive contract with Philips, which led to a series of recordings that only rarely satisfied her and which, according to those heard her on stage, only give a blurred image of her talent. Furthermore, this

contract prevented her from making studio recordings with some of her best-loved conductors like Giulini, Keilberth, or Kubelik. There are two exceptions: in 1956, Columbia convinced Philips to “lend” them Clara Haskil for two concertos with Geza Anda under Alceo Galliera and in 1957, with Ferenc Fricsay, thanks to an agreement between Philips and Deutsche Grammophon for the release of the Mozart 27th Concerto recorded in Munich. But despite Columbia’s magnificent propositions, Haskil remained faithful to Philips.

By chance, a number of live recordings have greatly increased Haskil’s studio discography. The two present concertos are live recordings: the Schumann Concerto, recorded in Copenhagen in February 1955, and the Chopin Concerto, recorded in Paris in January 1960 with the same conductor, Rafael Kubelik. And, as a special bonus we have included this Schumann, which is a first-time release. This concert was recorded in Copenhagen via the telephone but two minutes are lost (at the end of the second movement and beginning of the third). We filled this gap with the same passage taken from the concert with Kletzki of July 1953. TAH736

Myroslav SKORYKMusic for Violin and PianoSolomia Soroka (violin)Arthur Greene (piano)

The leading Ukrainian composer of today, Myroslav Skoryk (born in Lwów, now Lviv, in 1938) grew up in Siberia, where his family was deported after the Second World War, and he began to write music under the tutelage of other political prisoners there. He later studied with Kabalevsky in Moscow before settling back in his native city, where he soon became an important teacher and is now a major figure in Ukrainian cultural life. His music is direct and forthright, with echoes of Prokofiev: there are passages of driving energy and power and a keen sense of drama – and Skoryk, too, is not afraid of writing a glorious tune when he wants to.

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J.S. BACH (1685-1750)Brandenburg ConcertosTafelmusik Baroque OrchestraJeanne Lamon (Music Director)

The Six Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) are considered by musicians, critics and audiences alike among the finest musical compositions of the baroque era. Bach presented

the concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg, Christian Ludwig, in Berlin, March 24, 1721, with the hopes some patronage would come his way. The music was preserved in the Brandenburg archives, and when rediscovered in the 19th century became some of the most beloved music of all time. Beloved is the operative word in this re-release of the masterpieces in the hands of JEANNE LAMON and the TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA. Critic Teb Libbey wrote, “Lucid and refreshingly pure, like water drawn from a cool, clear stream, these accounts are notable for the consistently clean textures and solid bass lines, for the way melodic lines and voice leading are clearly delineated, and for the manner in which the solo instruments emerge from the tutti with just the right amount of presence. With excellent sound, these are well-nigh ideal realizations.”

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Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)The Four SeasonsTafelmusik Baroque OrchestraJeanne Lamon (Solo Violin & Direction)

Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) is not only his best-known composition, but a work that has become one of the most recognized

and popular pieces of music ever written. The four concertos which comprise the composition follow the seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter, and by turn offer superbly varied textures that take the listener from the festive, sprightly air of spring, to the heat and thunderstorms of summer, to the icy sleet of winter. There are literally hundreds of recordings of this work, but this particular re-release with the TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA and JEANNE LAMON stands out as one of the best. Although first released in 1992, one need only check some of the current on-line comments (amazon.com) to find there are still passionate consumers declaring the performance as “enlightened,” “disciplined,” “elegant and dignified without being stuffy and stilted.” Or how about, “This is one of those done-to-death works that serious collectors must own.”

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Jean FRANÇAIXSergei PROKOFIEVConcertos & sonata for clarinet & orchestraShirley Brill (clarinet)National Radio Orchestra of RomaniaAdrian Marar (conductor)

Shirley Brill a marvellous young clarinettist. She has won prizes at several international competitions,

and has performed worldwide with artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Emmanuel Pahud, Sabine Meyer, and the Borromeo and Jerusalem String Quartets. Her first recording for Aparté – also her first with an orchestra – presents a programme of fine but rarely recorded works, showing her desire to leave the beaten track. Its release in France is intended to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jean Françaix (1912-1997), a neo-Classical composer known in particular for his music written for the films of his close friend Sacha Guitry. A breath of fresh air!

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Henry PURCELL Harmonia SacraLes Talens LyriquesRosemary Joshua (soprano)Christophe Rousset (conductor, organ & harpsichord)Elizabeth Kenny (luth)Laurence Dreyfus (viola da gamba)

A selection of pieces from one of Purcell’s great masterpieces. Some

of the finest exponents of this repertoire, Elizabeth Kenny, Laurence Dreyfus and Rosemary Joshua, take part in this programme, conducted by Christophe Rousset, which is destined to be a reference version!

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And There Was MusicGöteborg Wind OrchestraAlexander Hanson (conductor)

Göteborg Wind Orchestra (GWO) was originally founded by the Gothenburg Tramline Music band in 1905. Today, the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra represents one of Sweden´s few remaining professional wind ensembles and carries an international reputation.

GWO´s home venue is Gothenburg´s oldest secular building “The Crown house” (1654), where concerts are performed all year round. In addition, the orchestra tours the Gothenburg region, occasionally also abroad.

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KaléidoscopeHåkan Hardenberger (trumpet)Karen Gomyo (violin) Per Tengstrand (piano)Gävle Symphony OrchestraJohannes Gustavsson

“It has meant a great deal to the orchestra to have Tobias Broström as Composer-in-Residence. Getting to know a composer and evolving together, sharing every day work in

real time, allows the composer and the musicians to become closer to each other and to their common goal- artistic renewal in the here and now. We believe it helps to give both the music and the musician a face, and to give the listener a glimpse of the glow behind each composition. Beryl Lunder General Manager, Gävle Concert Hall”.(Beryl Lunder, General Manager, Gävle Concert Hall)

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Gabon – Traditional Songs and Dances, Bwiti TributeMbeng Ntam

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Tango De Norte A SurLas Chicas del Tango, featuring Horacio Ferrer

Fresh, airy, intoxicating Finnish tangos presented with elegance and passion by Las Chicas del Tango. Gorgeously arranged and beautifully played music with the sweet voice of vocalist Kukka-Mariaa Ahonen, the interesting and innovative accordion of Johanna Juhola and Milla Viljamaa’s piano, featuring Horacio Ferrer on three tracks.

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Korean Drums – Binari: Well Wishing MusicDulsori

The explosive thunder and gripping rhythms of huge drums alternating with beautiful, contemplative music on traditional Korean instruments, performed with uncontainable energy by Dulsori, world renowned Korean Drumming ensemble. Many photos!

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Master of the Arabian FluteBashir Abdel’ Aal

Bashir Abdel’ Aal, flautist extraordinaire, presents an album of outstanding beauty with atmospheric, meditative, calming music, played with awe-inspiring mastery. Delicately accompanied and supported on keyboard.

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Music from LibyaDalinda

Dalinda’s music draws on Bedouin influences from the Libyan, Moroccan and Algerian deserts incorporating music from Egypt and the Middle East. Arabian lyrics (in English phonetic spelling) and English translations. 24-page booklet with info in four languages. Produced by Hossam Ramzy.

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Russia’s Most Beautiful TunesThe Stars of St. Petersburg

“The Stars of Saint Petersburg” present a collection of the most popular Russian tunes played with balalaika, bayan (accordion), guitar, bass balalaika, gousli (zither), lojki (wooden spoons), rojok (wooden trumpet) and the jaleika (horn trumpet).

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Catherine RUSSELL Strictly Romancin’Catherine Russell (vocals) Matt Munisteri (guitar, banjo, vocals) Mark Shane (piano) Lee Hudson (bass)Mark McLean (drums) Andy Farber (tenor saxophone, arranger)Jon-Erik Kellso (trumpet, horn arrangement)Dan Block (alto saxophone, clarinet)

John Allred (trombone) Joe Barbato (accordion)Aaron Weinstein (violin)Carline Ray (vocals)

Catherine Russell’s fourth album for world village, Strictly Romancin’ is a paean to natural attractions: to a lover, an art form, to one’s family heritage. Our faithful heroine explores love’s foibles, failures, and bliss, from amorous to humorous. This acclaimed vocalist embodies the lost art of song savvy, inhabiting the lyric, and allowing each melody to shine.

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Marta TopferovaThe Other ShoreMarta Topferova (vocals, acoustic guitar, cuatro)Ben Monder (electric guitar) Ugonna Okegwo (acoustic bass) Adam Cruz (drums & percussion) Pete Rende (piano, organ, pump organ, Fender Rhodes, prophet) Chris Komer (french horn) Steve Wilson (soprano sax) Yulia Musayelyan (flute & alto flute)

Erik Friedlander (cello) Ljova (viola)

Marta Topferova’s musical journey is closely linked to her unique cross-cultural roots. Growing up on both sides of the Atlantic, Marta often traveled back and forth between her native Czech Republic and the Americas. This latest collection of original songs is her first album in English.

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Per Lindvall (drums & percussion)Lars “Larry” Danielsson (bass, drums & keys) Henrik Janson (guitars) Daniel Fridell (keys)

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Jonasson, Bertil “Jonas” Jonas plays GULLIN

Bertil “Jonas” Jonasson (saxophones)Kjell Öhman (piano, keyboard)Krister Palmquist (guitar)Hans Backenroth (bass)Joakim Ekberg (drums)Jan Allan (trumpet)

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Mal Waldron Quintets Complete Black Saint & Soul NoteMal Waldron (piano)Sonny Fortune (alto saxophone) Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone) Reggie Workman (bass)Eddie Moore (drums) Woody Shaw (trumpet, flugelhorn)Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone, flute) Ed Blackwell (drums)

Through the acquisition of the entire catalogue by the KEPACH Music Group in 2008, this monographic collection was placed on the market with the aim to recount the most beautiful chapters of the Italian labels that revolutionised the history of jazz since their founding in 1975. Black Saint and Soul Note rose to the forefront thanks to their commitment to emerging artists of avant-garde jazz. Over the course of their 30-year history under the direction of Giovanni Bonandrini, the two labels accumulated a vast collection of historic recordings by musicians who defined an era. The catalogues include approximately 580 titles of exceptional and rare recordings performed by some of the most acclaimed, innovative jazz musicians from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, such as Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Dave Douglas, Anthony Braxton and the World Saxophone Quartet. A common patrimony, universally recognised and affirmed by seven triumphs as Best Label proclaimed by the Down Beat poll, Black Saint and Soul Note boast masterpieces in their catalogues, such as “Parallel Worlds” (Dave Douglas; “Etudes” (Charlie Haden, Paul Motian); “For Olim” (Cecil Taylor); “To Them-To Us” (Jaki Byard); and “Eugene 1989” (Anthony Braxton).

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World Saxophone QuartetComplete Black Saint & Soul NoteWorld Saxophone Quartet

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Jimmy GiuffreComplete Black Saint & Soul NoteJimmy Giuffre (clarinet & soprano sax) Bob Nieske (electric bass) Pete Levin (keyboards) Randy Kaye (drums) Paul Bley (piano)Randy Kaye (drums) Steve Swallow (electric bass)

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Don PullenComplete Black Saint & Soul NoteDon Pullen (piano)Sam Rivers (tenor and soprano sax, flute)Alex Blake (bass) Bobby Battle (drums and tambourine) Chico Freeman (tenor sax) Fred Hopkins (bass)Olu Dara (trumpet)Donald Harrison (alto saxophone) Famoudou Don Moye (drums, percussion, congas, bells)Joseph Jarman (flute, piccolo, saxophones, clarinet)

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A Musical Journey:GERMANY • Majestic MarchesA Musical Visit to Kulmbach and the Tin Soldier MuseumMusic by various composers

The Places • On a hill above the ancient town of Kulmbach stands the imposing12th century Hohenzollern fortress of Plassenburg. Among various collections on display is the remarkable Tin Soldier Museum, with various figures and dioramas that recreate battles and mirror the great castle itself, with a variety of

scenes from all periods of human history.

The March has an inevitable part to play in human history. Marco Polo remarked on the use of music by the armies of China to terrify the enemy before a battle. Military music, however, has a more precise purpose, whatever alarm it may strike into the hearts of those who hear it. Drums and trumpets may serve as useful signals, to advance or retreat, to eat or to sleep. The same instruments and their near relations may serve to keep an army moving together, and may serve to inspire feelings of bravery and patriotism. At the same time a march can provide a suitable accompaniment to an occasion of solemnity, a wedding, a funeral or a state ceremony. The music chosen for this tour offers a series of Marches by different composers, culminating in Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.

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A Musical Journey: GERMANY • ITALYA Musical Visit to Bavarian Palaces and Italy’s Southern Tyrol Music by Richard Wagner

The Places • Ludwig II of Bavaria followed family precedent in undertaking an extravagant building programme during his relatively short reign from 1864 to 1886. The castles constructed on his orders included the romantic Neuschwanstein and the magnificent Schloss Linderhof, with its elaborate formal gardens, grottoes

and fountains. The tour ends with a brief glimpse of the mountainous Southern Tyrol in winter snow.

Richard Wagner’s innovative and immensely influential music dramas were largely based on older German legend, notably on the Nibelungenlied, the basis of his tetralogy The Ring. Ludwig II was fascinated by Wagner and by his operas, on subjects that had long been dear to him. These include the opera Lohengrin, which Ludwig first saw in 1861, the beginning of his preoccupation with Wagner, and the earlier opera Tannhäuser. The music chosen also includes an overture by Heinrich Marschner to an opera based on the old Bohemian legend of Hans Heiling, son of an Earth Spirit.

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MONTEVERDIL’Incoronazione di PoppeaMiah Persson • Sarah Connolly • Jordi Domènech • Franz-Josef Selig • Baroque Orchestra of the • Gran Teatre del Liceu,Harry Bicket Stage Director: David Alden

David Alden’s visually sumptuous production, with its suggestions of a giant game of chess, puts the opera’s potent blend of sex and politics in a context that sets ancient against modern.

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STRAUSS Die Frau Ohne SchattenElgar Cello Concerto; The Ghost

Stephen Gould • Anne Schwanewilms • Michaela Schuster • Wolfgang Koch • Evelyn Herlitzius • Concert Associationof the Vienna State • Opera Chorus, Salzburg • Festival Children’s Choir •Vienna Philharmonic • Christian ThielemannStage Director: Christof Loy

A superb cast fulfils the complex vocal and dramatic demands of the piece while Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic rise gloriously to the challenges of Strauss’s most ambitious and splendid operatic score.

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Charles DICKENSThe Pickwick Papers (Unabridged)Read by David Timson

The Pickwick Papers, Dickens’s first novel, is a delightful romp through the pre-Reform Bill England of 1827. Samuel Pickwick and the rest of the Pickwickians are some of the most memorable of all Dickens’s creations.

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Marcel PROUSTRemembrance of Things PastVolume 3The Guermantes Way (Unabridged)Read by Neville Jason

The Guermantes Way is the third of seven volumes. The narrator penetrates the inner sanctum of Paris high society and falls in love with the fascinating Duchesse de Guermantes. Proust describes vividly the struggles

for political, social and sexual supremacy. NA0098 (22 CDs)

David ANGUSAncient EgyptThe Glory of the Pharaohs (Unabridged)Read by Nicholas Boulton

In this recording, the ancient Egyptian kingdom is brought to life in a way that fuels the listener’simagination, teaching and entertaining in equal measure.

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William SHAKESPEAREJulius Caesar

Andrew Buchan, Sean Barrett and cast

Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most compelling Roman plays. The plot againstCaesar and the infamous assassination scene make for unforgettable listening.

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Death in Venice A Dance of Death By John NeumeierMusic by Johann Sebastian Bach andRichard WagnerHamburg Ballett • Elizabeth Cooper (piano)

Death in Venice walks a fine line between astute theatricality and melodrama, between brilliant passages of movement and banal gestures.

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Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)La Forza Del DestinoGalina Gorchakova • Nikolai Putilin • Gegam Grigorian • Marianna Tarasova and castThe Kirov Chorus and OrchestraValéry GergievStage Directed by Elijah Moshinsky

This DVD presents the rarely–heard original 1862 version, composed for St. Petersburg. This 1998 live recording in the Mariinsky Theatre recreates the original designs produced for the St. Petersburg premiere over 130 years ago. 100079

Chick Corea & Friedrich GuldaThe Meeting

These two virtuoso keyboard musicians met for the first time at the Munich Klaviersommer 1982 and gave a concert in the Congress Hall of the German Museum.Alongside various improvisations they perform jazz standards and end with a lyrically rendered paraphrase of Brahms‘s Wiegenlied.

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Georges BIZET (1838-1875)CarmenElena Obraztsova • Plácido Domingo • Yuri Mazurok • Isobel Buchanan • Wiener Staatsoper • Carlos KleiberDirected By Franco Zeffirelli

This wonderful staging of Carmen is the only première that Carlos Kleiber ever conducted. Plácido Domingo,starred as Don Jose, and Elena Obraztsova gave a wonderfully natural Carmen.

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Franz LEHÁR (1870-1948)Zigeunerliebe (Gypsy Love)Janet Perry • Ion Buzea Adolf Dallapozza and castMünchner Rundfunkorchester • Heinz Wallberg • Directed by Václav Kašlík

After The Merry Widow and The Count of Luxembourg, Gypsy Love is Franz Lehár‘s third most successful operetta. This 1974 film features major artists with extensive operatic experience such as Janet Perry, Ion Buzea and Adolf Dallapozza.

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Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)Don CarlosJames King • Josef Greindl Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and castDeutsche Oper Berlin • Wolfgang SawallischStage Directed by Gustav Rudolf Sellner

For this Don Carlos, the Deutsche Oper Berlin invited Wolfgang Sawallisch – who had made a name for himself at the Bayreuth Festival and as acting GeneralMusic Director in Hamburg since 1960 – and an ensemble of outstanding soloists.

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Music is the language of heartand soulA portrait of Mariss JansonsA film by Robert Neumüller

This is the only available documentaryabout Mariss Jansons from his early careeruntil present day. This 2 DVD set also includes Mariss Jansons conducting theConcertgebouw Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2.

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Leoš JANÁČEKThe Makropulos CaseAngela Denoke • Raymond Very • PeterHoare • Jurgita Adamonyt • Johan ReuterWiener Philharmoniker • Esa-Pekka Salonen

The staging by Christoph Marthaler received fantastic reviews from all over the world.

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Aleksandr GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) RaymondaOlesia Novikova • Friedemann Vogel • Mick ZeniOrchestra and Corps de Ballet of the Teatro Alla ScalaMichail JurowskiChoreographic revival Sergei Vikharev

This La Scala premiere of a ballet never previously performed at La Scala marks the most faithful version of Raymondayet to the original St. Petersburg production in 1898.

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J. S. BACH (1685-1750) Goldberg Variations BWV 988Directed by Christopher Nupen

One of Bach’s most famous yet demanding and certainly immensely important works performed by Daniel Barenboim.

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Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 9Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester,Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado is undeniably the supreme Mahler conductor of our time. His longtime association with this repertoire culminates in this stirring performance of Mahler’s last Symphony.

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Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) ParsifalPoul Elming • Falk Struckmann • John Tomlinson • Waltraud MeierChor der Deutschen Staatsoper. Staatskapelle Berlin • Daniel BarenboimStage Director: Harry Kupfer

This dramatic production by the brilliant German stage director Harry Kupfer marked Daniel Barenboim’s appointment as the artistic director of the Berlin StateOpera in 1992.

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Jascha HEIFETZGod’s FiddlerA film by Peter Rosen

Not since Paganini had there been such amagician on the violin. Never-before-seen footage of performance clips and home videos solidifies Heifetz as the first truly modern violin virtuoso.

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THE GALILEO PROJECT

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon

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Emma MatthewsAldo Di Toro Stephen Bennett Dominica MatthewsOpera Australia Chorus Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

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