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BEL CANTO BULLYThe Musical Legacy of the Legendary • Opera Impresario Domenico BarbajaWith music by Rossini • Weber • Bellini • Donizetti • Mercadante

Domenico Barbaja (1777–1841) was the legendary impresario who dominated European operatic stages for thirty years. The ruthless

mogul was at the very heart of the bel canto era in which beautiful singing, allied to flawless technique, was brought to perfection. This release celebrates his legacy in exploring how Barbaja influenced the way opera was written and performed, by commissioning a series of masterpieces from the greatest composers of the time, such as Rossini, Donizetti and Weber, and staging them in his magnificent opera houses, performed by the most glamorous singers of the age.

This is an unusual disc inasmuch as it’s something of a ‘concept’ album centering on the impresario Domenico Barbaja, the most important and celebrated opera impresario of the nineteenth century. The roster of great composers whom he commissioned is a roll call of the elite, such as Rossini, Donizetti, Schubert, Weber and many others. The focus of the music was on bel canto, that fusion of beautiful singing and flawless technique that marked this period. 8.578237

Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44Symphonic Dances, Op. 45Detroit Symphony Orchestra • Leonard Slatkin

Completed in 1936, two years after the hugely popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rachmaninov’s

Third Symphony was considered by the composer to be one of his finest works. Both this and the Symphonic Dances, his last work, offer a summation of his late style in blending intense rhythmic energy with rich romanticism. Leonard Slatkin and the DSO’s recording of the Second Symphony (8.572458) was hailed by BBC Music Magazine as “a performance warmed by musicians who clearly love this symphony”.

Internationally renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin is currently Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and of the Orchestre National de Lyon. He is also the author of a new book entitled Conducting Business.

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THE LOST CITYLamentations Through the AgesMiranda Laurence1 and Susanna Fairbairn2 (sopranos)Robert Vanryne (trumpet 3) • Sospiri • Christopher Watson

The Lamentations of Jeremiah may be unremittingly sad, but they have had a deep resonance for composers throughout the ages. This is a collection that reflects that diversity

– from John Mundy’s setting, which highlights the grave concern over schisms in the Catholic Church of the sixteenth century, through to Rudolph Mauersberger’s motet, which mourns the destruction of the city of Dresden in 1945. Two new pieces were commissioned especially for this project, and are recorded here for the first time: John Duggan’s haunting set of three Lamentations for choir, trumpet and solo soprano; and Cecilia McDowall’s exotic and powerful The Lord is Good, which was shortlisted for a BASCA award in 2012.

Founded in 2006 and directed by the dual team of conductor/vocalist Christopher Watson and composer John Duggan, vocal ensemble Sospiri has gained a reputation for richly expressive performances of choral repertoire which has been carefully selected for its reflective and moving qualities. This is their first recording for Naxos. 8.573078

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)Music for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1Fanny Clamagirand (violin) Vanya Cohen (piano)

“I like nothing better than chamber music,” Saint-Saëns once wrote to a violinist friend and, indeed, he did much to promote the genre inParis during the second half of the

19th century. Prominent among his works for violin and piano is the technically challenging 1885 Violin Sonata No. 1 which balances passion with clarity. The Triptyque of 1912 shows his mastery of melody, rhythm and metre, and elsewhere in this first volume one finds numerous examples of his instinct for charm and characterisation.

Fanny Clamagirand is considered one of the leading violinists ofher generation, and the elegance, sensitivity and authority of herperformances are warmly received by critics. Her Naxos recording ofthe Saint-Saëns Violin Concertos (8.572037) was awarded a Choc byClassica in February 2011.

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Ernest John MOERAN (1894–1950)Cello Concerto • Serenade in G (original version, 1948)Lonely Waters Whythorne’s ShadowGuy Johnston (cello) • Rebekah Coffey (Soprano)Ulster Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta

The Cello Concerto is one of Anglo-Irish composer E. J. Moeran’s most important works. Composed in 1945, its deft scoring and memorable melodic material mark it as a work of his maturity. At its heart is the raptly lyrical and profoundly felt slow movement but the whole concerto reflects the singing qualities of the solo instrument. The much-admired Serenade is heard in the 1996 edition of the original 1948 version with eight movements. Lonely Waters is a brief but evocative orchestral rhapsody, and Whythorne’s Shadow a touching fantasy based on an Elizabethan madrigal.

The outstanding young soloist Guy Johnston has been receiving outstanding international reviews, and this disc marks the early partnership of the Ulster Orchestra with JoAnn Falletta.

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Michael DAUGHERTY (b. 1954)Mount Rushmore • Radio CityThe Gospel According to Sister AimeePaul Jacobs (organ) • Pacific Symphony • Pacific Chorale Carl St.ClairWorld Première Recordings

GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores three icons of “The Greatest Generation”,

a turbulent period of adversity and achievement in the United States of America spanning the Great Depression of the 1930s through the Second World War. Mount Rushmore is a dramatic oratorio inspired by the monumental sculpture of four American presidents carved into the Black Hills of South Dakota. Radio City is a symphonic fantasy on the legendary Arturo Toscanini, who conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra in live radio broadcasts heard by millions across America. The Gospel According to Sister Aimee is an organ concerto inspired by the rise, fall and redemption of religious celebrity Aimee Semple McPherson. Under the masterful baton of Music Director Carl St.Clair, the renowned Pacific Symphony is joined by Pacific Chorale, one of America’s greatest choirs, and GRAMMY® Awardwinning organist Paul Jacobs. 8.559749

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Zdeněk FIBICH (1850–1900)Orchestral Works, Vol. 1Czech National Symphony Orchestra • Marek Štilec

Zdenĕk Fibich’s career overlapped those of his countrymen Smetana and Dvořak, but his music remained poised between the twin poles of Czech Nationalism and the New German School. His earliest surviving symphony is No. 1 in F major, Op.

17, completed in Prague in 1883. Whilst it is the most conventional of his three symphonies it is excellently proportioned and reveals the influence of Schumann on his developing art. Impressions from the Countryside, Op. 54 is, in effect, a symphonic suite and was highly influential on the younger generation of Czech composers.

Although Fibich’s First Symphony was written during his twentieswhilst a student in Leipzig, it is extremely interesting in what it reveals of the Leipzig school of the 1870s and has plenty of clever writing. There are several recordings around, including a classic Supraphon historic recording from 1957 but the principal competitor is on Chandos with the Detroit Symphony and Neeme Järvi. Naxos has already recorded Symphony No. 1, coupled with No. 2 and conducted by Andrew Mogrelia, released back in 1999. Impressions from the Countryside, Op. 54 is far less often encountered on disc. 8.572985

Waiting for Benny: A Tribute to Benny GoodmanJulien Hervé (clarinet) Jean-Hisanori Sugitani (piano) Maud Lovett (violin) • Ying Lai Green double (bass)

Renowned as a virtuoso jazz clarinetist and legendary bandleader, Benny Goodman is also remembered for the works he commissioned from leading composers of his day.

Poulenc’s strikingly beautiful Clarinet Sonata was his last composition, while Bernstein’s was his first published piece. Both Gershwin andStravinsky added their distinctive stamp to the swing vibe which was all the rage in the early 20th century. The jazz flavour of Morton Gould’s Benny’s Gig is heightened by the unusual coupling of clarinet and double bass, while pungent folk rhythms define Bartók’s virtuoso Contrasts.

Supported by leading musicians in their field, virtuoso clarinetist Julien Hervé steps nimbly into Goodman’s shoes, having been named “Classical Music Revelation of 2005” by the ADAMI, and winning the Grand Prix of the 7th International Competition of Musical Personnalities Alexandre Tansman in 2008 (Poland) amongst numerous other awards.

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Peter MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934)Strathclyde Concerto No. 2Cello Sonata ‘Sequentia Serpentigena’Vittorio Ceccanti (cello) Bruno Canino (piano)Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI • Peter Maxwell DaviesWorld Première Recordings

This is the second disc of works focussing on Peter Maxwell Davies’ continuing artistic relationship with the Ceccanti family. The Second Strathclyde Concerto is notable for its eloquently expressive cello lines and the composer’s signature transparency of orchestration. The Sonata ‘Sequentia Serpentigena’, written for Vittorio, was inspired by early medieval stone carvings in Tuscany and uses Gregorian chant to bring the serpent’s symbolism of temptation and betrayal to life. The Little Tune for Vittorio is a song based on an original theme in a Scottish folk style. Vittorio and Mauro Ceccanti can be heard in Maxwell Davies’ Linguae Ignis and Vesalii Icones on Naxos 8.572712.

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Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918)Four Hand Piano MusicJean-Pierre Armengaud Olivier Chauzu

The recent discovery (2008) of the Première Suite d’orchestre for piano, four hands, is a large-scale, sonorous work which reveals Debussy’s interest in constantly evolving form. Derived in part from

his incidental music for the Chansons de Bilitis, an evocation of poetic scenes from an ancient pagan world, Six Épigraphes antiques is a colourful work of considerable creative freedom. The Petite Suite includes such well-loved movements as En bateau and Cortège, while the Marche écossaise is heard on this recording in its rare first version.

A pupil of Yves Nat and Jacques Février, and, in Russia, of Stanislav Neuhaus, Jean-Pierre Armengaud is one of the leading interpreters of French music from Rameau to Henri Dutilleux. Olivier Chauzu was awarded the Prix Debussy at the Yvonne Lefèbure competition at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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Nino ROTA (1911–1979)Clarinet Sonata • Clarinet Trio • Improvviso • Toccata • Fantasia in G major Goran Gojevic (clarinet) • Mary Kenedi (piano) • Lynn Kuo (violin) • Winona Zelenka (cello) • Michael Sweeney (bassoon)

Although he is best known for his film scores and The Godfather in particular, Nino Rota’s concert music

combines traditional tonality and forms with characteristically heartfelt melodies and appealing clarity. Contrasts abound in this selection of chamber works, from bassoon buffoonery in the Toccata to the Brahmsian eloquence of the Clarinet Sonata, and from the dramatic Improvviso and melancholy moods of the recently discovered Fantasia, to the jocular instrumental exchanges in the exquisite Trio.

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Luigi MANCINELLI (1848–1921)Scene veneziane – SuiteCleopatra – Sei intermezzi sinfonici (excerpts)Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma • Francesco La VecchiaIncludes World Première Recordings

Of the composers who inaugurated the renaissance of Italian

instrumental music in the late nineteenth century, Luigi Mancinelli is probably the least well-known. Older than Martucci, Respighi and Casella, he was in the vanguard of that creative resurgence. As a conductor he was admired by Wagner and Verdi, and as a composer he wrote music of sophistication and style, such as the colourful and touching Scene veneziane (Scenes of Venice). The music for Cleopatra shows why, in its increased complexity, Mancinelli was admired for his orchestral mastery.

Francesco La Vecchia was appointed Artistic Director and Resident Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma in 2002. The orchestra has rapidly achieved success in Europe under his leadership.

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Ricky Ian GORDON (b. 1956)Rappahannock CountyMark Walters (baritone) • Faith Sherman (mezzo-soprano) • Matthew Tuell (tenor) • Kevin Moreno (baritone) • Aundi Marie Moore (soprano) • Virginia Arts Festival Orchestra • Rob FisherLate AfternoonMargaret Lattimore (mezzo-soprano) • Ricky Ian Gordon (piano)

Inspired by diaries, letters, and personal accounts from the 1860s, Rappahannock County is a music-theatre work which movingly and dramatically commemorates the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. The location of the Rappahannock River as a border between North and South is a metaphor for the region’s many conflicts. Performed by a cast of five singers who play over 30 rôles, the piece brings this dramatic historical period to life in songs which express the devastating impact of the Civil War on all of the people who endured it. Ricky

Ian Gordon’s music has been described as ‘caviar for a world gorging on pizza’ (The New York Times), and Rappahannock County has been commended for its ‘effusiveness and accessibility’ by The Washington Post.

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Ira HEARSHEN (b. 1948)Strike Up The BandThe USAF Heritage of America Band • The United States Air Force Band • Col. Lowell GrahamWorld Première Recordings

Ira Hearshen is one of America’s most popular and successful orchestrators and arrangers. He has written for many Hollywood films, such as Toy Story and The Scorpion

King. He has also written for the concert stage, especially wind band, notably his Pulitzer Prize-nominated Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa, which is adventurously constructed, richly melodic and colorfully scored. His unique takes on Strike Up The Band and There’s No Business Like Show Business provide moments of rich humor whilst the Divertimento for Band mines the American jazz vernacular with true rhythmic verve.

Lowell Graham is the Chairman of the Music Department and theDirector of Orchestral Activities at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is the recipient of the “Abraham Chavez” Professorship in Music.

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GREAT CHAMBER MUSIC [10 CD Boxed Set]

This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and individual expressive worlds: proof if ever any was needed that less can be much, much more.

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Kenneth FUCHS (b. 1956)String Quartet No. 5 (‘American’)Delray String QuartetFalling CanonsChristopher O’Riley (piano) Falling TrioTrio21

Kenneth Fuchs is one of America’s leading composers and his music

is performed worldwide. After writing Falling Man, a work for baritone voice and orchestra based on the post-9/11 novel by Don DeLillo, Fuchs explored the principal theme in his rigorously developed Falling Canons for solo piano. Falling Trio grows out of the same theme, and from its ethereal opening presents a series of seven fantasy variations. String Quartet No. 5 is an exciting, large-scale work that explores the contrapuntal possibilities of a single ‘American’ theme.

Formed in 2004, the Delray String Quartet has established itself as one of the leading musical groups of South Florida. Kenneth Fuchs’s String Quartet No. 5 (‘American’) is their first recording for Naxos.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)The Complete Beethoven [12 CD Boxed Set]

Triumphing over deafness and turbulent political times, Ludwig van Beethoven singlehandedly changed the course of music history, laying down the foundations for the Romantic era. His nine symphonies

grew out of the forms established in the time of Mozart and Haydn, but show a remarkable evolution which embraces heroic grandeur in the Third Symphony, patriotism and innovation in the Fifth Symphony, countryside imagery and narrative in the Sixth Symphony, and choral inspiration in the Ninth Symphony, the ‘Ode to Joy’ from which has become the Anthem for Europe.

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Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Laureate Series • Andrey Yaroshinsky Piano RecitalFirst Prize • 2011 Gabala International Piano Competition • Azerbaijan Tchaikovsky wrote music for the piano throughout his life. The flamboyant and witty Scherzo à la russe is dedicated to the virtuoso pianist Nikolay Rubinstein, but more

often his piano pieces evoke a sense of nostalgia and longing, with even the dances of the Trois morceaux rich in minor key sensitivities. The remarkably varied and resourceful Six Pieces Op. 21 were dedicated to his former teacher Anton Rubinstein. Laureate of numerous awards, Andrey Yaroshinsky was also 1st prize winner at the 2011 Gabala International Competition.

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Wilhelm Friedemann BACH (1710–1784)Keyboard Works, Vol. 4Julia Brown (harpsichord) • Barbara Baird (harpsichord 2)

Wilhelm Friedmann Bach was significant in developing the relatively new keyboard sonata form between the Baroque and Classical periods. Combining stylistic elements from his father’s generation and

his own, the ambitious Sonata in D major was admired as “the most significant before Beethoven”. The scale of the substantial Sonata in F for two keyboard instruments, one of W. F. Bach’s best-known compositions, is such that it is sometimes referred to as a Concerto. Julia Brown’s recordings give W. F. Bach’s keyboard works “a liberty and sense of fun and engagement that make the music come alive” (Classical Net on Vol. 3, Naxos 8.572814). 8.573027

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Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945)Kossuth Concerto for Orchestra Rumänische VolkstänzeORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien • Cornelius Meister

Béla Bartók’s symphonic poem Kossuth stands in the shadow of his later works and is hardly ever performed. It was written when Bartók was a mere twenty-year-old

and celebrates the Hungarian freedom fighter Lajos Kossuth. It is a brilliantly instrumented, fiery work of his youth, and the opportunity to get to know it is a rewarding experience.

Cornelius Meister debuted at the Hamburg State Opera at the young age of twenty-one and numbers among today’s top young conducting marvels. 777784-2 (SACD)

Sigismund Ritter von NEUKOMM (1778-1858) Nonetto • Septuor concertant • Nocturne • Ottetto • Quintet • SeptettoKammerensemble Classic der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Neukomm loved experimentation - in his chamber music he tested unusual ensembles and programmatic

content. He is often concerned less with the dramaturgy of contrasting themes than with the development of the tonal charm of instruments so very different in character.

Neukomm composed all these works while residing or traveling in England.

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Gaspard FRITZ (1716-1783)5 SinfoniasLa Stagione Frankfurt

We know next to nothing about Swizz music in the 18th-Century. This release by CPO rectifies this by bringing to the fore the Sinfonia’s of Gaspard Fritz.

It was in Geneva that Fritz served from 1738 to 1745 as the music

director of a group of young English nobles. His music is Sturm und Drang, Storm and Stress, full of power and on the same high level as the Mannheim School. A genuine discovery!

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Lukáš VONDRÁČEKJoseph HAYDN Sonate in C majorSergei RACHMANINOFF Variations on a theme by CorelliSergei PROKOVIEF Sonate No 7Lukáš Vondráček

TwoPianists Records is delighted to introduce Lukáš in his first major solo disc that features the Haydn C major Sonata (Hob. XVI:50), Rachmaninoff Corelli Variations and the Prokofiev

Sonata no.7. Admittedly, these are standard repertoire, but the playing is absolutely unique. What appealed to us about his playing is Lukáš’ immense musical personality – untamed, fresh, individual and above all, effortless. In an industry filled with talent, Lukáš Vondrácek is most certainly a name to watch!

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Louis Théodore GOUVY (1819-1898)Symphony No. 4 Symphonie brève Fantaisie SymphoniqueDeutsche Radio PhilharmonieJacques Mercier

This release concludes CPO’s Gouvy Edition which has featured symphonic works by this German-

French composer.

Fellow composers such as Ambroise Thomas and Charles Gounod attended the Symphony No. 4 premiere in Paris, 1856, and were moved to amazed admiration. French critics approvingly wrote how ‘finely thought out, expansively developed, and clearly and brilliantly written’ the score was.

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Carl REINECKE (1824-1910) Dornröschen Op. 139 (Sleeping Beauty)Catalina Bertucci • Gerhild Romberger • Markus Köhler • Maria Pönicke • Janina Hollich • Christian Kleinert • Peter Kreutz (piano)

Reinecke’s Sleeping Beauty displays consummate musical craftsmanship and is highly romantic in style. This work is set for a small ensemble of

singers (three soloists, chorus, and narrator) and is best described as a Liederspiel, but on a grander scale and more in-line with an operetta.

Reinecke’s compositions adopt models by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms but are always original and distinctive. CPO have been promoting his works for some time. 999870-2

Tor AULIN (1866-1914) Master Olof Four Swedish DancesThree Dances from GotlandWDR Rundfunkorchester KölnNiklas Willén

The Swedish composer Tor Aulin was primarily a virtuoso of the violin and was principle for the world-class Aulin Quartet, the first professional string quartet in Sweden.

Aulin’s incidental music to Master Olof is composed in a traditional euphonious Swedish style with quiet allusions to the German Renaissance. 777775-2

AMERICAN CLASSICSAaron COPLAND Piano VariationsBen WEBERFantasiaCharles GRIFFESRoman SketchesSamuel BARBERPiano Sonata in E-flat minorLori Sims

This new release presents Lori Sims, gold medalist of the 1998 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition performing American Classics.

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ICMario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968)Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Solo Piano WorksPietro MassaNeubrandenburger Philharmonie,Stefan Malzew

After intensive archival research, Pietro Massa discovered a copy of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s previously ‘lost’ second piano concerto. The first

European performance was given in the Berlin Philharmonie.

This double disc set couples the piano concertos with other rare piano works, whereas other titles often couple these works with Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s symphonic repertoire. C5156 (2 CDs)

Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968)Complete Piano WorksPietro Massa • Neubrandenburger Philharmonie • Stefan Malzew

Manuel Ponce was the founder of Mexican musical nationalism, often incorporating the melodies of harmonised folk–songs into his music. Widely travelled – he studied in europe, at first in Bologna and

then, between 1925 and 1933, as a pupil of Dukas in Paris – Ponce assimilated a wide range of styles and influences, including european–influenced Romanticism, indigenous idioms and a more advanced harmonic language. This is the first of eight volumes devoted to Ponce’s complete piano music.

Álvaro Cendoya started his piano studies in his native Spain, followed by three years of studies in Buenos aires, and later in London. in 1989 he won the prize for the best interpretation of Spanish music at the international Premio Jaén competition. He made his international début in Geneva in 1995 and at Wigmore Hall a year later. Cendoya went on to give recitals and master classes around the world, including the UK, several European countries, the USa, across South america, in iran, Beirut, Shanghai and Beijing. Previous recordings include music by Cuban composer ignacio Cervantes and the Basque composer Garbizu. He is a professor at the Basque Conservatory of Music. GP638

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)KindertotenliederAlban BERG (1885-1935)Violin Concerto • Altenberg LiederMarion Eckstein (mezzo-soprano)Winfried Rademacher (violin)Linos Ensemble After numerous national and international prizes, Winfried Rademacher has appeared as leader and as soloist with orchestras of

international distinction both in the concert-hall and in the recording studio. He plays a Nicolo Gagliano violin from 1733.

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Valentin SILVESTROV (B. 1937) Piano WorksElisaveta Blumina Piano music is central to valentin Silvestrov’s output. With its frequent allusions to lingering recollections of the past, this programme presents an overview of various creative periods. It begins with the composer’s reworkings of youthful sketches (Naive Musik), followed by Der Bote (The Messenger)

with its beautiful Mozartian theme leading into a sonatina in the style of the 18th century. After recent works from Silvestrov’s self–defined ‘Bagatelle’ period, the recording concludes with the striking Kitschmusik, which engages with the music of Schumann, chopin and Brahms. The Two Waltzes are dedicated to elisaveta Blumina.

Elisaveta Blumina made her concert début as a soloist at the age of sixteen with the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, which led to studies at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg and at the Conservatoire in Berne, and winning the international Brahms Piano Competition along the way. Her recordings of Mieczyslav’s piano and chamber music has brought her international acclaim. Her career has taken her to halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Laeisz–Halle in Hamburg and Carnegie Hall in New York, and to significant music festivals including the Schleswig–Holstein, Verbier, and the Lockenhaus Festival. GP639

Fiorent SCHMITT (1870-1958) Complete Original Works For Piano Duet and DuoThe Invencia Piano Duo

Florent Schmitt remains one of the most important and influential French composers of the twentieth–century. Although he wrote successfully in almost all forms except opera, he was by training a formidable pianist and his writing for the instrument is colourful, bold and harmonically dextrous.

In the third of this four–disc series, the internationally acclaimed Invencia Piano Duo continues to unearth rare pieces from amongst Schmitt’s extensive output for piano duo and duets. Schmitt was an inveterate traveller and this permeates his poetic and Romantic Feuillets de voyage (voyage Pages), Op. 26 whilst Musiques foraines (carnival Music) Op. 22 reveals Schmitt the festive humorist.

The invencia Piano Duo has won high critical acclaim for its compelling interpretations of a vast and diverse repertoire. Lutsyshyn was a prize winner at the Vienna Modern Masters international Performers’s Recording awards Competition and the William Kapell international Piano Competition. Kasparov won the albert Roussel Prize at the Orléans international Piano Competition and gave the première of Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 to great acclaim. GP623

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS • Claudio SANTORO • Tom JOBIM • Ronaldo MIRANDA Brazilian SentimentsCristiane RoncaglioAndré Bayer (guitar) • Cristian Peix (piano)

Soprano Cristiane Roncaglio beautifully confirms all the associations connected with her home country of Brazil in this new recording from Capriccio. Combing through our extensive catalog, we have come up with a sure-fire assortment of manic, fun music that’s guaranteed to wake you up and get you going! And these snazzy, snappy performances are sure to please, coming as they do from Delos’ long list of top-tier recording artists and ensembles. It might even save you some money: with fewer trips to your neighborhood coffee emporium, the album could well pay for itself in NO time!

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Lawrence BROWNLEE The Heart That FluttersLawrence Brownlee Iain Burnside (piano)

With a negro spiritual, spectacular bel canto, romantic song and comic opera, Lawrence Brownlee unveils the breadth of his repertoire and the lyric tenor voice that has won acclaim at the New York's Metropolitan Opera (for his 'agility, elegance and

Rossinian style) and farther afield.

Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London's only world-class season of opera recitals. This new partnership with Opus Arte will see 5-6 CDs released per year, based predominantly on studio recordings with occasional bonus live tracks.

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Adam WalkerVocaliseAdam Walker (flute)James Baillieu (piano)

Principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra, Adam Walker presents a recital of alternately lyric and dynamic music for flute and piano. A lovelorn song from Die schöne Müllerin forms the basis of a set of variations by Schubert,

and reflective songs without words by Poulenc and Barber offer mellifluous contrast with the dancing energy of Bartók, Messiaen and Poulenc's sonata. OA CD9012 D

Anthony Michaels-MOORE Songs of the SeaSong of Travel Anthony Michaels-Moore Michael Pollock (piano)

From ‘one of the most gorgeous voices on the opera stage today’ comes a marine song-recital by Stanford which celebrates a time when England ruled the waves. The cycles by Vaughan Williams look

further, from the Dorset vales towards America and the far horizon that has always attracted poets and composers.

Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London's only world-class season of opera recitals. This new partnership with Opus Arte will see 5-6 CDs released per year, based predominantly on studio recordings with occasional bonus live tracks. OA CD9014 D

Ailyn PÉREZPoème d’un jour Ailyn Pérez Iain Burnside (piano)

A delightful programme of French and Spanish song explores the theme of love found, enjoyed and lost, from the dropped hints of Fauré to the fiery folk passion of Turina, Obradors and de Falla. The gentle charm of Reynaldo Hahn and

impassioned fervour of Massenet’s Manon are equally captured by American soprano Ailyn Pérez, who has bewitched audiences on both sides of the Atlantic in opera and song. OA CD9013 D

Antonin DVOŘÁKAndris Nelsons Conducts DvořákSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksAndris Nelsons

Andris Nelsons is a private student of Mariss Jansons. Andris is one of the most highly regarded young conductors and is under serious

consideration as a potential successor to several blue-ribbon chief conductor positions.

This release presents a live recording of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 from the Munich Herkulessaal and Dvořák A Hero’s Song, Op. 111 from the Philharmonie im Gasteig, recorded in 2010 and 2012.

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Dylan THOMASIn My Craft or Sullen ArtSelected Stories and Poems by Dylan ThomasGeraint Wyn Davies • Francesca Faradany • Dana Ivey • Carole Shelley • Mark Stone • Glen Roven

One of the most successful poets of the 20th Century, Dylan Thomas’s

work comes alive in these riveting performances by Welsh Actor Geraint Wyn Davies.

Internationally renowned actor Geraint Wyn Davies performs Dylan Thomas’s best-known and most beloved poems including “Fern Hill,” “Death Shall Have No Dominion,” and the eternal, “Do Not Go Gentle.”

The complete and abridged performances of the bestselling A Child’s Christmas in Wales and A Visit to Grandpa’s are also included.

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Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH Mieczyslaw WEINBERG The Soviet Experience Volume IIIPacifica Quartet

This is the third instalment in the Pacifica Quartet’s highly anticipated, and already highly acclaimed four-volume CD survey of the complete Shostakovich string quartets: The Soviet Experience: String Quartets by

Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries.

It is the first Shostakovich quartet cycle to include works by other important composers of the Soviet era, adding variety and perspective to the listening experience. CDR 90000 138 (2 CDs for 1)

Violin Lullabies Rachel Barton Pine (violin)Matthew Hagle (piano)

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ICBent SØRENSEN (b. 1955) Sieben SehnsüchteThe Masque of the Red DeathLa NotteRolf Hind (piano) David Alberman (violin)BBC Symphony OrchestraMichael Schønwandt

These three works all are released here for the first time on CD. The music of Bent Sørensen has been

highly praised by all the major classical music magazines, with BBC Music Magazine awarding 5 stars and ‘Choral & Song Choice’ for Sørensen’s Requiem (6.220571) in October 2012.

Rolf Hind is an English pianist and has earned an enviable reputation as one of today’s foremost interpreters of new music. The pairing with the BBC SO gives this release a strong platfom in the UK market. 8.226045

C. F. E. HORNEMANAsger HAMERIKArild String Quartet

This disc features music by cousins Horneman and Hamerik, both of who were never appreciated in their native Denmark during their lifetimes.

The Arild Quartet is formed of leading musicians from the Royal Danish Orchestra and are one of the leading

chamber ensembles in Denmark. This is the Arild Quartet’s first recording with Dacapo. 8.226097

Michael NYMANCollaborationsDavid McAlmont • The Motion TrioMisra brothers • Sanju Sahia and U Shrinivas

The Glare was Michael Nyman’s collaboration with British soul singer David McAlmont. David wrote new songs based on contemporary news stories over pre-existing Nyman

compositions. The album was voted one of the best albums of 2009 by the BBC. Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, said “once heard, you’ll want never want to live without it”.

Acoustic Accordions isthe extraordinary collaboration with Poland’s foremost accordion trio, The Motion Trio. The album contains interpretations of nine of Nyman’s greatest hits. “Nyman’s music is so wonderful it even sounds good on the accordion.”(Janusz Wojtarowicz).

Sangam (a Hindi word meaning ‘a coming together’ or ‘meeting point’) is the culmination of a two year musical odyssey by Michael Nyman which began with a month-long visit to India at the end of 2000. Sangamis Michael’s ground-breaking collaborative work with leading Indian musicians reflecting both the commonalities and the differences between Western experimental and Indian classical music traditions.

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ELALuciano Mosetti and Anders Färdal

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Vagn HOLMBOE (1909-1996)ConcertosErik Heide • Lars Anders TomterNorrköping Symphony Orchestra • Dima Slobodeniouk

The solo concertos for violin and viola are works that combine Holmboe’s own purist Nordic style with a huge declaration of love for the wild and dancing eastern European folk music.

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Vagn HOLMBOE (1909-1996)ConcertosMichael Nyman (solo piano)Michael Nyman Band Kathryn Stott (piano) • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Piano Sings was the first album released on MN Records and was Michael Nyman's most intimate recording to date. It neatly

encapsulates the qualities that have made Nyman’s compositions loved by millions of listeners around the world. The album features solo piano arrangements, performed by Michael, of music originally recorded for film soundtracks including Gattaca, Wonderland, The Diary of Anne Frank, End of the Affair and The Piano.

Michael Nyman's score for Jane Campion's 1993 film The Piano is one of the most successful film soundtracks of all time. This concert suite, performed by The Michael Nyman Band, is an expanded form of the soundtrack that Nyman chose to record as his own definitive edition in the Abbey Road studios in April 2005.

Michael Nyman’s Piano Concerto is based on material selected from the soundtrack for Jane Campion’s film The Piano.

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Ejnar KANDING Frank BRETSCHNEIDERAuxiliary BlueContemporáne Frank Bretschneider (electronics)

Ensemble Contemporánea’s musicinas interact with a computer’s surround sounds and the recording introduces a genre mix of electronica, micro minimalism, glitch, and classical music.

This release sees electronic music performer Bretschneider and electro-acoustic composer Ejnar Kanding create a new collaboration with three works from the past five years – see what happens when the German electronica tradition meets a classically trained Danish composer!

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Aapo HEINONEN HEALING FLOWSAapo Heinone Quintet

The Aapo Heinonen Quintet’s young musicians are multi-faceted, award-winning virtuosos in the Finnish jazz arena, currently performing both in Finland and abroad.

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Claudio MONTEVERDI Selva Morale e Spirituale Vol.IIIThe SixteenHarry Christophers

Without doubt, Monteverdi was the greatest of the early baroque European composers. He revolutionised the music of the theatre and the church by his dramatic and imaginative use of voices and instruments and by his daring harmonies and rhythms. Next to his Vespers of 1610, the Selva morale e spirituale of 1641 is his most significant and virtuosic collection of sacred music. Monteverdi stretches every singer’s versatility to the limit in this demanding but exhilarating music. Included on this final volume are the eight part Magnificat (Primo) - one of the most impressive of all Monteverdi’s settings with the added richness of doubling strings; the old style Credidi and Memento featuring the full choir; and the exquisitely beautiful soprano solo, Pianto della Madonna ‘Iam moriar, mi

fili’, performed here by Grace Davidson. COR16109

HAYDN, J. • NORDHEIM, A. • BARTOK, B. STRING QUARTETS vol. IIIEngegårdkvartetten

The combination of Haydn Opus 77/1, Nordheim's Duplex and Bartók's Fifth String Quartet, was an irresistible challenge for us. A choice of programme from our hearts. We aim for our recordings to be like our concerts, with balance throughout the programme and a feeling of having fulfilled a journey at the end. It is also imperative for us to have a close relationship with the works we record. Our primarius, Arvid, has a special connection with both Bartók's Fifth Quartet through his mentor Sándor Végh, and with Duplex because of his contact with Arne Nordheim. The great quartets of Joseph Haydn are an ongoing project, and the joyful opening of Opus 77/1 sweeps the listener headlong into our third programme with 2L. Duplex is also one of Nordheim's later works. It is an extreme work, filled with contrasts, virtuosity and beauty and is among the most accessible of Nordheim's

output. As with Haydn in opus 77/1, Bartók has found a comprehensive and unique musical language in his Fifth Quartet, an undisputable masterpiece. 2L-091-SACD

J.S BACH: Bach CantatasLenneke Ruiten • Meg Bragle • Andrew Tortise and Dietrich HenschelThe Monteverdi Choir • John Eliot Gardiner

The quartet of soloists include one of the original Pilgrimage soloists, bass Dietrich Henschel, alongside a new generation of Bach interpreters who have worked with the ensembles since 2000 – making this recording a "bridge" between a Bach tradition started 13 years ago and today.

The Ascension Oratorio “Lobet Got in seinen Reichen” (BWV11) is a heart-warming, uplifting work. Beginning and ending with two grand festive choruses, it is full of rhythmic swagger, jazz-like nonchalance, stratospheric glitter for the high trumpet and vocal acrobatics for the choir. SDG185

Sacred and Profane English choral music Collegium Vocale zu Franziskanern

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Saudade Choral Music from BrazilApollini et Musis Vinzenz Weissenburger

Apollini et Musis brings some extraordinary South-American flair to our homely hearths. Their recent production, titled "Saudade", features Brazilian music from three centuries.

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Richard STRAUSS Strauss Lieder Christiane OelzeEric Schneider (Piano)

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Johann Sebastian BACHAlbert Schweitzer 100 Years of HumanityUllrich Böhme Calmus Ensemble

On the 100th anniversary of the foundation of his ‘jungle hospital’ at Lambarene, Rondeau Production dedicates a very special Bach recording to Albert Schweitzer.

Ullrich Böhme performs works by Johann Sebastian Back at the Silbermann organ at St Thomas, Strasbourg. ROP6073

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ICGeorg Philipp TELEMANN (Germany, 1681–1767)Harmonischer Gottes–Dienst, Volume 5Bergen Barokk • Mona Julsrud(soprano) • Bjarte Eike (baroque violin) • Hans Knut Sveen (harpsichord and organ) • Thomas C. Boysen (theorbo) • Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (baroque cello)

This is the fifth CD in the first complete recording of the 72 cantatas from Georg Philipp Telemann’s collection Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, published in Hamburg in 1726 – the first complete set of cantatas for the liturgical year to be appear in print.

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Bohuslav MARTINUEarly Orchestral Works, Volume OneSinfonia VarsoviaIan Hobson

Martinů’s mature orchestral works are now a mainstay of the repertoire, but the generous quantity of orchestral music he wrote between his late teens and early thirties is as good as unknown.

This major new series of six CDs presents first recordings of some astonishingly attractive music, much of it showing the good-natured influence of Czech folk traditions, some of it evocative and atmospheric – and almost all of it irresistibly charming. TOCC 0156

Claude DEBUSSY ImagesFrédéric CHOPIN PréludesParis Tsenikoglou

Greek pianist Paris Tsenikoglou won first prize at the Athens International Piano Competition in 2001 at the young age of 12 years old, having given his first public recital at the age

of 11 performing Bach’s Goldberg variations amongst other works.OC864

Theodor GRIGORIU (Romania, b. 1926)Byzantium after ByzantiumSherban Lupu (violin) • Sinfonia da Camera • Ian Hobson (conductor) Andrei Tănăsescu (piano)

Theodor Grigoriu (born in Galaţi, Moldavia, in 1926) is one of the major Romanian composers in the period after Enescu.

His vast output is little known outside his own country, although it includes oratorios, symphonies, cantatas, chamber music, film-scores and much more.

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Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (Austria, 1897–1957)Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11University of North Carolina School of the Arts • Drama Soloists and Symphony OrchestraJohn Mauceri (conductor)

Korngold’s incidental music for Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado about Nothing, premiered in Vienna

in 1920, enjoyed instant success and soon spread round the world in a series of arrangements that are still performed today.

A recent ‘complete recording’ omitted a number of cues, reconstructed for this recording for the Vienna materials. TOCC 0160

J. S. BACH Sechs Sonaten und PartitenGottfried Schneider (Violine)

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Heino ELLER (Estonia, 1887–1970)Complete Piano Music, Volume ThreeSten Lassmann (piano)

The third release (in a series of seven CDs) continues Toccata Classics’ pioneering releases of music by Baltic, and especially Estonian, composers.

Heino Eller (1887–1970) was one of the founding fathers of Estonian music – the best-known of his students is Arvo Pärt.

The music on this CD ranges from charming romantic miniatures and virtuoso showpieces to expressionist preludes and quirky folk-pieces. The main item is his 1939 Theme and Variations – one of his best works for piano, but not published or recorded before now. TOCC 0161

Sergej RACHMANINOFFSonata for Cello & Piano in G minor Op. 19Sergej PROKOFIEVSonata for Cello & Piano in C major Op. 119 Julian Steckel, Paul Rivinius

Julian Steckel won first prize at the international ARD competition in 2010 where he also won the audience prize.

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Roberto PATERNOSTROBizet CarmenWürttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen • Pamela Pantos • Corneliu Murgu • Claudio OtelliIzzo D’Amico

The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for its brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration, and for the skill with which Bizet represented musically

the emotions and suffering of his characters.

Now, one of the most popular opera’s ever, the opera is widely performed and recorded. This production, as part of the series of live recordings of famous opera’s, on United Classics is conducted by Roberto Paternostro. T2CD2012062 (2 CDs)

LISZTOriginals and transcriptions for cello and pianoHarro Ruijsenaars (cello)Rian de Waal (piano)

This recording is a welcome reissue of Liszt’s own transcriptions of his piano works for cello and piano. Rian de Waal, who unfortunately passed away last year, was famous for his Liszt interpretations.

Together with Harro Ruysenaars, who was the first cellist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for many years, he recorded this program, which is unique in its kind. There are only very few recordings available and thus is this set a very welcome addition to the catalogue again.

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Once I had a SweetheartWomen in love: Songs of yearing, bliss and despairEvelyn Tubb (soprano)Michael Fields (lute)

This project is a continuation of research into those 17th century English songs whose lyrics look at life from a female viewpoint, exploring a woman’s feelings and experiences. Through this collection we share a

few moments in the lives of some imaginary women; they invite us to listen to their songs - once popular, now forgotten; to hear their stories - not so very different from those of today’s TV characters; to share their secrets - the secrets of all women in ah ages; and to enter their world, where we may well find reflections of ourselves and hear echoes of the songs of our own hearts. Beautifully sung by Evelyn Tubb, this disc is a great find for all music lovers interested in the development of English vocal music. T2CD2012124

Walter ATTANASIVerdi NabuccoOpera in Ahoy Choir • Netherlands Ballet Orchestra • Michele Kalmandi •Gabriella Morigi • Harry Peeters • Marianna Kulikova • Felipe Rojas

Premiered in 1842, Nabucco has been always one of Verdi’s most popular opera’s.

Famous for its Chorus of the slaves and its spectacular setting it reflects the struggle of the Jews in the time of the Babylonian King Nabucco. Walter Attanasi conducts a great cast and the Netherlands Ballet Orchestra in a production, which was performed in front of 10.000 people in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. It was a spectacular event and one of the most impressive live opera productions ever performed in the Netherlands.

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Mozart LiederBente Vist (sopran)Henrik Metz (piano)

Mozart created masterpieces in virtually all the established genres. We know him as symphonist, writer of a great many concertos, especially for piano, and a unique and very productive opera composer. His sublime chamber music was written for numerous ensembles, and he composed dozens of the most

beautiful serenades and divertimentos. But as a lied composer he is perhaps rather neglected, perhaps because in the minds of many music lovers the German lied is a phenomenon that came into being with Franz Schubert some decades after Mozart’s death in 1791. In fact, Mozart wrote about thirty lieder, fourteen of which were published during his lifetime. It is hardly too much to say that he was also the most important lied composer of his day. T2CD2012123

J.S. BACHThe Famous CantatasHolland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium • Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor) • Ruth Holton (sopranos) Sytse Buwalda (alto) • Nico van der Meel (tenors) • Knut Schoch (tenors)Bas Ramselaar (bass)

This set of Bach cantatas with Pieter Jan Leusink contains the 13 most famous cantatas including Wachte

auf, ruft uns die Stimme and Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen. Leusink recorded all of Bachs 200 cantatas in the late nineties and this project became one of the most successful sets ever, selling in the millions!

This welcome set of highlights is presented in an attractive box with 5 cd’s.

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HANDEL: Julius CaesarOrchestra Pro Arte Bassano • Marcello Panni (conductor) • Martine Dupuy (alto) • Raquel Pierotti (alto) • Giuseppe De Matteis (bass) • Josella Ligi (soprano) • Patrizia Orciani (soprano) • Susanna Anselmi (alto) • Pietro Spagnoli (bass) • Sara Mingardo (alto)

It was first performed in London on 20 February 1724. The opera was an immediate success. Handel revived it

(with changes) in 1725, 1730, and 1732; it was also performed in Paris, Hamburg, and Brunswick. Like Handel’s other works in the opera seria genre, Giulio Cesare fell into obscurity in the 19th century.

The work is considered by many to be Handel’s finest Italian opera, possibly even the best in the history of opera seria. It is admired for its superb vocal writing, its dramatic impact, and its deft orchestral arrangements.

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BACH, J.S.: ST JOHN PASSIONThe Choir of King's College

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ICLudwig van BEETHOVENEmil Gilels spielt BeethovenEmil Gilels

Emil Gilels in a pure Beethoven's concert of 1980, from the late phase of his artistic development. A native of Odessa, he trained with Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow and was even in his youth an exceptional pianist pushing the boundaries of virtuosity. Over the last two decades of his

career, he developed into a more thoughtful artist. This internalization is experienced in this late concert, performed five years before his death. An evening of the highest artistic intensity, a mature Beethoven interpretation. CD94.221

Robert SCHUMANNin WienFlorian Uhlig (Piano)

As was the case in the three previous installments, this program is arranged "thematically". Each volume will contain unpublished works or fragments. Schumann left many extended fragments that can easily be reconstructed without daring speculations, and

in such cases, these fragments deserve to be heard and included in our presentation of Schumann complete works for the piano.The entire series production and booklet notes are the work of the highly respected Schumann scholar Joachim Draheim, who has provided not only invaluable biographical and historical background but has had access to many previously unpublished manuscripts and Schumann's own corrections and revisions to the printed scores. CD94.221

BARTOK, B. • STRAUSS, R. Rudolf Kempe conducts Bartok & StraussRadio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) was one of the leading conductors of his generation. A consumate craftsman in the German Kapellmeister tradition, he embodied the prototype of the modern conductor: his interpretations were of an unpretentious simplicity and sobriety combined with a subtle sense of drama and expression. Kempe's models were the great conductors, under whom he had played in the years 1929 to 1936 as an oboist with the Gewandhaus Orchestra: Furtwängler, Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Fritz Busch, Bruno Walter and Richard Strauss. However, his repertoire was more extensive than his studio recordings would lead us to suppose. Above all, his advocacy for contemporary music is barely represented. The absence in his published discography of the music of Bela Bartok is particularly conspicuous - a gap happily closed in the present concert recording. CD94.220

Robert SCHUMANN und seine Töchter (Volume 5)Florian Uhlig (Piano)

Robert and Clara Schumann were certainly exceptional parents - not just by the standards of the 19th century. Especially striking was how much time Robert devoted to his daughter Marie, their firstborn. Marie, Elise and Julie were the daughters for whom Schumann composed these

little pieces and with whom he also made music; and these are NOT "childish" pieces. This CD is a delightful overview of the pieces and little melodies that Schumann produced with and for his girls and practically brings to life again the spirit of the Schumann household. As might be expected, two first recordings are represented on this CD.

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Nun danket alle GottDie schönsten Bach-Choräle

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Kaija SAARIAHO (b1952) LA PASSION DE SIMONEDawn Upshaw (soprano) • Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Tapiola Chamber Choir • Esa-Pekka Salonen

Following its successful world première in 2006, Ondine is proud to present Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone, for soprano solo, choir, orchestra and electronics for the first time on SACD.

Kaija Saariaho considers La Passion de Simone - an oratorio about the life and thoughts of Simone Weil - to be her most important work. This SACD features world class performers including Dawn Upshaw and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Tapiola Chamber Choir.

Dawn Upshaw has achieved worldwide acclaim for her wide-ranging operatic and concert repertoire. Kaija Saariaho wrote the soprano part in La Passion de Simone and the opera L’Amour de loin for her.

One of the most important artists in contemporary classical music, Esa-Pekka Salonen has become established both as a celebrated conductor and composer. ODE 1217-5 (SACD)

Igor STRAVINSKY: PetrushkaAlexander BORODIN: In The Steppes of Central AsiaPiotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: 3 Movements from The NutcrackerModest MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare MountainMYTHOSBjarke Mogensen and Rasmus

Schjærff Kjøller

This stunning new transcription by MYTHOS of Stravinsky’s Petrushka has to be heard to be believed – marvel at the amazing sounds that emanate from these two accordions!

MYTHOS are performing these works regularly in concerts and the Duo has recently made its Carnegie Hall debut in the USA

Russian masterworks transcribed and performed by the award-winning Danish bayan duo MYTHOS, winner of First Prize in the Danish Radio Chamber Music Competition 2011 and First Prize in the Almere International Chamber Music Competition.

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LAGQLos Angeles Guitar Quartet

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MOZART, W.A.: Piano Concertos 21 & 24Eugene Istomin (piano) • Gerard Schwarz • Seattle Symphony Orchestra

2-LP set, half-speed mastered by Paul Stubblebine, 200-gm vinyl from Quality Record Pressings in deluxe gatefold jacket!

A legendary pianist! Inspired performances by one of America's greatest musicians, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Eugene Istomin's illustrious career spanned some fifty years with over 4,000 orchestral concerts and recitals around the world. His performances of Mozart have been called "vigorous and full-bodied" by The Washington Post. He has collaborated with Gerard Schwarz on these concertos many times in the past. The Seattle Symphony has won two Grammy® awards and is often called "the most recorded orchestra in America". RR2506 (2 LPs)

The Best of Play BachJacques Loussier Trio

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Oscar PETTIFORDLOST TAPESOscar Pettiford (b, cello) • Dusko Goykovich (tp) • Lucky Thompson (ss) • Hans Hammerschmid (p) • Hartwig Bartz (dr) • Rolf Kühn (cl) • Jimmy Pratt (dr) • Hans Koller (ts) • Attila Zoller (g) • Kenny Clarke (dr) • Helmut Brandt • Helmut Reinhardt • Johnny Feigl (bs) • Rudi Flierl (as)

When Oscar Pettiford first arrived in Germany in September 1958 he could scarcely believe the enthusiasm with which his music was received there. Not that he had been short of success to that point – he had been a pioneer of bebop in the quintet of Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach even before Charlie Parker’s breakthrough. It was the dawn of a new jazz era and with it the bass became a solo instrument.

Everyone who worked with Pettiford enthused about his bold melodic ideas, the bounce and swing of his playing. Between autumn 1958 and the summer of 1959 these sessions resulted in a set of unique recordings, standards mostly, which provided the alternating ensembles with a harmonic basis from which to launch into improvisation. Pettiford‘s duet with Goykovich on Gershwin‘s “But Not For Me” is brisk yet elegiac; Koller’s lays down a cool interpretation of “The Nearness Of You”, before the bass demonstrates its melodic power; and in “All The Things You Are” Pettiford shows what the cello can do as a solo instrument.

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Duke ELLINGTON OrchestraDuke Ellington (p, arr) • Cat Anderson • Cootie Williams • Herbie Jones • Mercer Ellington (tp) • Paul Gonsalves (ts) • Johnny Hodges (as) • Harry Carney (bs, cl) • Russell Procope (cl, as) • Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) • Chuck Connors • Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper (tb) • John Lamb (b) • Rufus Jones (dr)

Ellington considered two topics to be off-limits: illness and death. It was for this reason he refused to make a will to the last, fearful of tempting fate and provoking his own demise. He was able to maintain his orchestra (“the most important thing in my life”) with the millions he earned from Tempo, his music publishing company – always conscious of the need to surround himself with individualists; some players stayed with him for decades. Almost constantly on the road following his comeback in Newport in 1956, his career staging posts were largely marked by the studio recordings. He released around 35 albums between 1960 and 1967 alone, including adaptations of classical works, the “Far East Suite” and the “Sacred Concerts”. 1967 was a year of triumphs: the outstanding trumpeter Cootie Williams, unbelievable in “The Shepherd”, was back on board; but then tragedy struck again a few weeks after the Stuttgart concert with the death of Duke’s alter ego Billy Strayhorn.

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SAnthony TROLLOPE The Warden (Unabridged)Read by David Shaw-Parker

The first novel in Trollope's series Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden is a compassionate portrait of the gentle, thoughtful warden and percent of Barchester Cathedral, Mr Septimus Harding. Loved and appreciated by all with whom he works, Harding lives an ordered, regular life in his

protected religious environment. Then a young reformer feels he has uncovered a mismanagement of funds used to support twelve bedesmen in the almshouse, Hiram's Hospital, and Harding is held to blame. The accusation comes as a shock not only to Harding himself but also to the cathedral community. It then comes to wider notice when the cause is taken up by a national newspaper. NA0115 (6 CDs)

Ivan TURGENEV Torrents of Spring (Unabridged)Read by Neville Jason

When young Russian aristocrat Dimitri Sanin, on his way home from Italy, enters a patisserie in Frankfurt, he little dreams it will alter the course of his entire life. Faced with Gemma, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, he is blown away by the spring torrents of love. But fate has a challenge in store for Sanin, one he

must successfully overcome or lose his chance of future happiness. This tale of struggle against the force of natural passion speaks to the hearts of all who have experienced the fragile beauty of first love and the dark power of desire.

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A Musical Journey: NORWAY • FINLAND – Nordic LandscapesMusic by Sibelius • Svendsen • Halvorsen • Sinding

Scenes of Finland and its capital Helsinki, the interlinked islands of Suomenlinna, site of an ancient castle and fortifications, and the hills, valleys and fjords of Norway follow a journey through varied Nordic landscapes.

Finland found its musical identity largely through the work of Jean Sibelius, whose

Violin Concerto is the principal work included here. Other works are by the Norwegian composers Johan Svendsen, Johan Halvorsen and Christian Sinding.

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A Musical Journey: CRIMEA • RUSSIA • UZBEKISTANMusic by Khachaturian • Borodin • Glinka • Rimsky-Korsakov

The tour starts in Uzbekistan, of which there are later glimpses. There is a visit to the historic Russian town of Suzdal and scenes from Crimea. Two important religious centres are seen, the Trinity Monastery at Sergiyev Posad (formerly Zagorsk) and the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev.

The music for the tour is taken from Russian composers who were, by and large, thoroughly imbued with the spirit of their country and its exotic territories. This is reflected in Borodin’s Overture to his unfinished opera Prince Igor and in the work of the pioneer Glinka, the Armenian Khachaturian and Rimsky-Korsakov. 2.110291

A Musical Journey: SALZBURG – The City of MozartMusic by Mozart

The places visited are associated in one way or another with Mozart. He was born in 1756 in Salzburg, where his father was a leading musician at the court of the ruling Prince-Archbishop, and remained there, with occasional breaks for foreign concert tours, until he was finally able to break free in 1781 and settle in Vienna, where he spent the last ten years of his short life.

The music chosen for the tour of Salzburg and its surroundings consists of two piano concertos by Mozart, written during his earlier successful years of independence in Vienna for subscription concerts at which he performed as soloist.

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Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14 • Violin Concerto in D minor, MWV O 3 • Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4, MWV Q 12Tianwa Yang (violin) • Romain Descharmes (piano) • Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä • Patrick Gallois

Filled with Mendelssohn’s signature freshness and lightness of touch, the Violin Concerto in D minor and the Sonata, Op. 4

are youthful products but written with an assurance which is startling in its maturity. The substantial earlier concerto gives a foretaste of the originality and soaring inspiration which has made the Violin Concerto, Op. 64 one of the most enduring works of its age. Acclaimed as “an unquestioned master of the violin” (American Record Guide), Tianwa Yang has quickly established herself as a leading international performer and recording artist, with highly acclaimed discs of works by Sarasate, Piazzolla and Wolfgang Rihm. NBD0032

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Joseph HAYDN Orlando PaladinoMarlis Petersen • Tom Randle • Victor Torres • Pietro Spagnoli • Magnus Staveland • Sunhae Im • Arttu KatajaAlexandrina Pendatchanska •Freiburger BarockorchesterRené Jacobs (conductor) • Nigel Lowery • Amir Hosseinpour

For more than 25 years René Jacobs has dedicated his life to baroque operas and works with the best ensembles for early

music. On the occasion of the Haydn Year the renowned Freiburger Barockorchester and outstanding baroque opera singers such as Marlis Petersen, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Pietro Spagnoli and Tom Randle presented Haydn’s most successful opera from the Berliner Staatsoper. 2057784

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 29 to 32Daniel Barenboim (piano)Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (Director)

New Release on Euroarts's sub-label: Recorded Excellence – Historical Value. The aim of the new series is to make accessible to music lovers and collectors top-quality recordings documenting extra-special concert performances that were hitherto unreleased or were no longer available, either for the first time or as re-releases on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The

main focus is on artists and repertoire. The new series will showcase defining concert moments of music history.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Great Piano ConcertosMalcom Frager • Heidrun Holtmann • Zoltán Kocsis • Radu Lupu • Aleksandar Madzar • André Previn • Dezsó Ránki • Christian Zacharias • Directed by János Darvas

This DVD Box includes 14 of the most acclaimed performances of Mozart’s Great Piano Concertos: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 2, performed by the most outstanding artists such as Mitsuko Uchida (Mozarteum Orchester, Salzburg), Zoltán Kocsis (Virtuosi di Praga) and André Previn

(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra).

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Eugene Ormandy ConductsTchaikovsky and MussorgskyItzhak PerlmanThe Philadelphia OrchestraEugene Ormandy • Kirk Browning

Famous violinist Itzhak Perlman and Eugene Ormandy, long-standing conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra recorded this fantastic Russian program live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, in 1978 and 1979 in extraordinary sound quality.

Modest Mussogorsky’s most famous piano composition Pictures at an Exhibition which is deemed to be one of Ormandy’s specialties is orchestrated in the acclaimed Ravel version.

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Angela Gheorghiu • René PapeMembers of the Georg Solti AccademiaWorld Orchestra for peaceConducted by Valery GergievHosted by Valerie Solti

The Solti Centenary Concert in Chicago celebrated Sir georg Solti’s 100th birthday on October 21, 2012, featuring the World Orchestra for Peace. This unique ensemble owes its existence to the vision of its founder, Sir Georg Solti, who believed passionately in peace and the power of

music and musicians to be ambassadors for peace.

Charmingly hosted by Solti’s widow, lady valerie Solti, and featuring soloists such as angela gheorghiu and rené pape as well as members of the georg Solti accademia, this memorable evening presents musical highlights, all of which played a significant role in Solti’s life and career. Besides excerpts from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte and Don Giovanni or Verdi’s La Traviata and Rigoletto, this concert finds lovely musical moments in the “Adagietto” from Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, Strauss’ Don Juan and Bartók’s masterful Concerto for Orchestra. Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever as the encore closes the performance with a smash. 101668 (DVD) / 108 073 (Blu-ray)

Renée FlemingLive at the Opéra National de Paris

Massenet MANONMarcelo Álvarez • Jean-Luc Chaignaud • Michel Sénéchal • Orchestra and Choirs of the Opéra national de parisJesÚs lópez-Cobos (Conductor)Gilbert Defio (Stage Director)

Dvořák RUSALKALarissa Diadkova • Sergei Larin • Franz Hawlata • Eva Urbanova

Orchestra and Choirs of the Opéra national de parisJames Conlon (Conductor) • Robert Carsen (Stage Director)

Strauss CAPRICCIORainer Trost • Gerald Finley • Dietrich Henschel • Anne Sofie von OtterOrchestra of the Opéra national de parisULF Schirmer (Conductor) • Robert Carsen (Stage Director)

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Peter von WINTERDas LabyrinthChristof Fischesser • Julia Novikova • Malin Hartelius • Michael Schade • Thomas Tatzl • Regula Mühlemann Mozarteumorchester Salzburg • Salzburger Bachchor • Salzburger Festspiele Und Theater KinderchorIvor Bolton (Conductor)Alexandra Liedtke (Stage Director)

We are all familiar with Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) to the libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812). It

is not widely known however that Schikaneder wrote a sequel to The Magic Flute, which his friend Peter von Winter (1754–1825) set to music. 2012 the Salzburg Festival presented this operatic rarity in the form of a glittering fairy-tale opera full of magical events.

The happy couple Pamina and Tamino have to master trials and tribulations, like the separation by Sarastro in order to wander through an underground labyrinth and the continuing machinations of the Queen of the Night. Well-loved Papageno – who reunites with his parents and finally marries his Papagena – helps Tamino and Pamina in their efforts to reach a happy ending.

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Anton BRUCKNERSymphony no. 4The Cleveland OrchestraConductor Franz Welser-Möst

When it comes to shaping a musical event for the ears and the eyes, the monumental majesty of Anton Bruckner’s (1824–1896) symphonies and the exhilarating vibrancy of St. Florian’s monastery in Austria are a perfect match – especially when they are captured on film so thrillingly by such an eminent director as Brian Large.

The Fourth Symphony marks a major milestone in Bruckner’s attempt to establish a symphonic design suitable to sustain his innovative musical thought. Not surprisingly, the score was subjected to extensive revisions. The Fourth, in fact, represents the most convoluted revision history of all his symphonies – and this for a composer for whom variant editions of a work, often involving substantial changes, became the norm. The result is that the identification of the “authentic” final score that should be performed is a matter of ongoing debate for many of his symphonies – in particular the Fourth.

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Giuseppe VERDIFALSTAFFRuggero Raimondi • Barbara frittoli • Manuel lanza • Daniil Shtoda • Gianluca FlorisTeatro Delmaggio Musicale FiorentinoZubin Mehta (Conductor)Luca Ronconi (Stage Director)

The Maggio Musicale in Florence is the oldest and one of the most famous music festivals in Italy. When it’s director, Zubin Mehta, celebrated his 70th birthday, the staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff was part of the festivities. The opera was conducted

by zubin mehta himself and directed by Luca ronconi.

Adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare’s play The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff was Verdi’s last opera and one of his few comedies. It was also the third of Verdi’s operas to be based on a Shakespearean play, and like his first adaptation of the English playwright, Macbeth, it concludes with a fugue, the famous “Tutto nel mondo è burla” (“All the world’s a joke”). The successful first performance took place at La Scala in Milan in 1893. While not as immensely popular as the works that immediately preceded it (Aida and Otello) Falstaff’s refinement and melodic invention have made it a long-term favourite with both artists and audience. Luca Ronconi’s production for the 2006 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino finds ready equivalents for Shakespeare’s Windsor in both the social context and imagery of modern Britain – an enjoyable comedy and a musical feast for home-viewing.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZARTDon GiovanniBenjamin Luxon • Stafford Dean •Horiana Branisteanu • Rachel Yakar •Leo Goeke • Elizabeth GaleThe London Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink (Conductor)Peter Hall (Stage Director)

Since its debut in 1934 the Glyndebourne Festival has put a focus on Mozart operas and developed a great competence in staging them. Mozart’s operas seem to be made for the small but fine opera house in

Glyndebourne and it’s not surprising that the 1977 Don Giovanni, one of Mozart’s great masterpieces, was a huge success.

This production is conducted by bernard haitink who holds the opinion, that no other composer had more opera in his blood than Mozart. It has been proven, for example, that Mozart had no overture for Don Giovanni until the evening before the premiere in Prague and wrote it down in just one night.

Like the premiere’s success of the opera in Prague in 1787 the Glyndebourne’s version staged by peter hall was praised by audience and critics alike: “We witness a lively and wide-awake ensemble piece that has easily survived all these decades, and still manages to teach many directors the art of playing theatre.” (WDR)

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Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)RigolettoDemuro • Nucci • Machaidze • Spotti • Iranyi • Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma • Massimo Zanetti • Stefano Vizioli

C Major’s Tutto Verdi project continues with a recording of Rigoletto from the Teatro Regio di Parma.

The opera was based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo and is perceived to be the first of Verdi’s great masterpieces of his mid-to-late career.

This performance features a top-class cast, led by Nino Machaidze and Leo Nucci. 723208 (DVD) / 723304 (Blu-ray)

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)Eugene OneginKristine Opolais • Lena Belkina • Artur Rucinski • Dmitri Korchak • Günther Groissböck • Orquestra De La ComunitatValenciana/Cor De La Generalitat Valenciana Omer Meir Wellber • Mariusz Trelin’ski

In his first year as Music Director of Valencia’s Palau de les Arts, the exciting young conductor Omer Meir Wellber has scored a triumph with Tchaikovsky’s

beloved opera Eugene Onegin. He leads a superb young cast headed by Artur Rukin’ski as Onegin and Kristīne Opolais as Tatyana.

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Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) StiffelioAronica • Guanqun • Frontali • Mangione Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Andrea Battistoni • Guy Montavon

C Major continues their Tutto Verdi project with a production of Stiffelio from the Teatro Regio di Parma.

Stiffelio was based on the play Le pasteur, ou L'évangile et le foyer by Émile Souvestre and Eugène

Bourgeois and was originally censored due to it involving as it does a Protestant minister of the church with an adulterous wife.

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Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) Il TrovatoreNucci • Sgura • Fantini • Romano • AlvarezOrchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di ParmaYuri Temirkanov • Lorenzo Mariani

C Major continue their Tutto Verdi project with Il Trovatore, performed at the Teatro Regio di Parma.

Il Trovatore was based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez and was an instant success.

The cast is here led by Marcelo Alvarez, Norma Fantini and Leo Nucci and is conducted by Yuri Termirkanov.

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Gustav MAHLERSYMPHONY NO. 4Riccardo Chailly & Gewandhaus Orchestra LeipzigChristina Landshamer (Soprano)

“The greatest mix of colours that ever existed” was Gustav Mahler’s description of the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. Riccardo Chailly, one of the most adept interpreters of Mahler of our time, and the Gewandhaus Orchestra transformed the entire Fourth Symphony

into this kaleidoscope of sound.

The unmistakable timbre of the orchestra has become synonymous with late Romantic repertoire and Mahler-esque style – it was described by Der Tagesspiegel as “uncommonly present, even in the thread-fine pianissimo, compact, concentrated, satin”. Once more, the connection between Chailly, the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Mahler proved to be exceptional: The way Chailly “moulded the music, which is so familiar to him, with loving gestures, confidently alluding to a thousand subtle details, allowing the orchestra to rise and fall – that is perfect.”

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Choreography by BournonvilleLa SylphideFlindt • Aldous • Dixon and ChesworthFlower Festival in GenzanoPas de deuxNureyev and Park

Following studies in Paris as a young man, August Bournonville became a solo dancer at the Royal Ballet in Copenhagen. From 1830 to 1877 he was choreographer for the Royal Danish Ballet, for which he createdmore than fifty ballets admired for their

exuberance, lightness and beauty. The bewitching ballet La Sylphideis his ‘best work, incorporating a unity of dance and drama that can transform its apparent charm into a special grandeur’.

Widely considered to be the first ‘romantic’ ballet, La Sylphide brimswith features of the romantic literature of the time, such as elements of the supernatural, the loss of innocence and a deep sense of sadness.

The story tells of the doomed love between a beautiful Sylph and the soon-to-be-married farmer, James. The Scottish setting is perfectly evoked by the folk-infused score of Danish composer, Herman Severin Løvenskiold. ICAD 5099

Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”, Symphony No. 7Christian ThielemannMunich Philharmonic Orchestra

This blu-ray features performances of Bruckner´s two most popular works, Symphonies No. 4 and No. 7, which Christian Thielemann interprets as sublime cathedrals of late romantic music, impressing his listeners in ways that few other conductors can do.

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Benjamin BRITTENPeter GrimesJohn Graham-Hall • Francesco Malvuccio • Susan Gritton • Christopher Purves • Felicity Palmer • Ida Falk Winland • Simona Mihal • Peter Hoare • Daniel Okulltch • Catherine Wyn-Rogers • Christopher Gillett • George Von BergenRobin Ticciati (conductor)

The Italian and international press were unanimous in their praise for Peter Grimes at La Scala, which revived the tradition of Britten's operas on the lyric stages of Italy.

A strong British cast was marshalled by the baton of Robin Ticciati, who has already won golden opinions for his opera conducting. Richard Jones's production focuses on the fisherman as the outsider in a brutal society, cut off by mutual suspicion and misunderstanding: an unforgettable production of an opera that never loses its power.

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NODEBOGHans Olav Gorset (recorders and baroque flutes) • Cathrine Bothner-By (soprano) •Elizabeth Gaver (baroque violin) • Vegard Lund (baroque guitar and theorbo) •Lars Henrik Johansen (harpsichord)André Lislevand (viola da gamba)Kjell Tore Innervik (Norwegian folk drum)Håkon Mørch Stene (percussion)

NODEBOG presents musical pleasures and "divertissements" from 18th century Norway. The melodies are found in hand-

written music books containing both international "hits" well known throughout Europe and local favourites - Halling dances and Pols dances are featured alongside minuets, marches and English country dances. These rediscovered treasures from the past can only be recreated through living performance today, here by flautist Hans Olav Gorset and his fellow musicians. These melodies may not seem important to the music historian, but to the listener they certainly are - being international "hits" of yesterday - and, who knows, perhaps becoming the hits of today!

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JANÁČEKThe Cunning Little VixenLucy Crowe • Emma Bell • Sergei Leiferkus • Mischa Schelomianski • Sebastien Davies • Beatrice Watkins • Adrian Thompson • Orlando Woscholski • Louise Moseley • Jean Rigby and Lucie ŠpičkováThe Glyndebourne ChorusLondon Philharmonic OrchestraVladimir Jurowski (conductor)

The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinment for a life in the forest that is by turns joyful and violent.

The Cunning Little Vixen is an unsentimental parable of death and rebirth that instinctive and immediate world of nature, animal and human, which Janácek loved so much. Melly Still’s production for Glyndebourne finds the ‘delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism’ (Daily Telegraph)

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Hommage à Grieg , Vol. 3dena piano duo

There is a recurrent theme running through the program presented by the Dena Piano Duo in this production; all four composers and works have a particular relationship to Edvard Grieg. Both Johannes Brahms and Camille Saint-Saëns were friends of Grieg, and in several of his works the inspiration Grieg gained from his colleagues in Vienna and Paris is easy to hear. In between the works of Brahms and Saint-Saëns the

Dena Piano Duo play two Norwegian works they have commissioned from the composers Wolfgang Plagge and Terje Bjørklund with this recording in mind.

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