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The Originals 8 Legendary Albums
CD 1: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 / Carlos Kleiber
CD 2: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 8, 14, 21 & 23 /
Wilhelm Kempff
CD 3: Chopin & Liszt: Piano Concertos / Argerich, Abbado
CD 4: Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 / Kubelik
CD 5: Dvorák: Cello Concerto / Rostropovich, Karajan
CD 6: Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos / Mutter
CD 7: Orff: Carmina Burana / Eugen Jochum
CD 8: Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegel;
Don Juan; Salome / Berlin PO, Karajan
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HBDirect Classics & Jazz May 2016
There’s an abundance of exciting new releases for May, so many in fact that we did not have
the space to publish them all. As usual when this
happens, we’ll reserve them and try to get them into
our next catalog. In this issue, you’ll find nearly 400
first time listings in every category from Early Music
and the Baroque through Modern and Contemporary
times; and don’t overlook the many subsections,
including Organ Music, Vocal, Opera and Choral.
We hope you enjoy browsing what we have
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New Releases
Organ Music
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Baroque & Before
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Classical12
Romantic14
Post Romantic 16
Modern18
Contemporary
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Vocal22
Opera24
Choral26
DG Originals
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Archiv Produktion: The Analogue Recordings of 1959 - 1981 [50 CDs]
Artists: Karl Richter/Munich Bach-Orch.; Simon Preston/Christ Church Choir
Oxford; Trevor Pinnock/English Concert; Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Concentus
Musicus; John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists; Pierre Fournier/English
Baroque Soloists; Hesperion XX. (avail. 5/20) 50 DGG B002490502 $93.98
Bringing listeners closer to the composer’s intentions is what the
period instrument movement is all about. This mission, however,
is impossible without supreme sound quality and that’s why
Analogue Stereo Recording Technology revolutionized the way
Archiv Produktion recorded between 1959 and 1981. This 50-CD box
set celebrates the Golden Age of Archiv Produktion by presenting the
label’s finest analogue recordings, 9 of which are released on CD here
for the first time!
Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert 1991-2015 [25 DVD, 41+ hours]
Artists: Kozena, Capucon, Kavakos, Batiashvili, Pahud, Shaham, Pires,
Ax, Studer, Domingo, Zimmermann, Pletnev et al. Rattle, Muti, Zubn Mehta,
Jansons, Haitink, Dudamel, Boulez, Barenboim, Abbado & many, many
more! (25 DVDs) (EuroArts/Warner) (2,468 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo,
DD 5.1, DTS 5.1) 25 EUAW 26098E $109.99
This exclusive edition is a unique compilation of 25 years of the much-loved
Europakonzert and features more than 41 hours of world-class music! Many
of the 25 DVDs also include fascinating and informative bonus material relating
to the particular European city in which the concert takes place. The box itself is
a work of art, one which will take pride of place on the shelves of music lovers worldwide.
Great Moments at Carnegie Hall - Selected highlights from 125 Years of Performances [43 CDs]
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Artists: Battle, Bernstein, Björling, Bolet, Cliburn, Feltsman, Fleming, Gould,
Horowitz, Kissin, Koussevitzky, Menuhin, Richter, Rubinstein, Toscanini, Walter
and many others! (43 CD) (Sony / RCA)
43 SBMG 88875032272 $138.99
Ever since its opening night in May 1891 Carnegie Hall has held sway as the undisputed shrine of classical music in America. It was and remains the essential venue
for all great artists. To celebrate Carnegie Hall’s 125th anniversary Sony Classical in cooperation with Carnegie Hall presents this extraordinary 43-CD box
set of treasures from the RCA and Columbia archives, Great Moments at
Carnegie Hall, featuring live recordings from many of the world’s greatest musicians. This unique deluxe edition contains a complete previously unreleased
piano recital by Sviatoslav Richter and is accompanied by a 104-page coffee
table book which contains notes by Carnegie Hall archivist Gino Francesconi as
well as many facsimile documents and rare photographs.
Simon Rattle conducts & explores Music of the 20th Century [3 Blu-ray or 5 DVD Videos]
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century.
Each of the seven programs features specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He then leads viewers on an exhilarating journey of discovery,
explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present
day. Each program is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film
and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader
context of artistic and social change. The range is wide, with this series sampling the work of over thirty composers. (Arthaus) (361 min.;
Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
(3 Blu-Ray Video) 3 AHM 109222 $89.99 | (5 DVD-Video) 5 AHM 109237 $89.99
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Berlin PO, Simon Rattle [2 BR, 1 Blu-ray Audio; 5 CDs]
This Beethoven cycle was performed at the end of 2015 - in Berlin,
Paris, Vienna and New York. The reaction was overwhelming,
with audiences responding with standing ovations. The recordings
of the Berlin performances are now available in this exclusive
hardcover edition which includes the cycle on CD as well as in
HD video and high-resolution audio on Bluray. This beautifully
produced edition includes many extras including a video
introduction with Sir Simon Rattle and a documentary about
the making of the recordings. (397 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM
Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0)
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New Boxed Sets for May
Haydn: 107 Symphonies - The first complete cycle on period instruments [35 CDs]
Artists: Christopher Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music; Ottavio Dantone/
Accademia Bizantina; Franz Brüggen/Orch. of the 18th Century (35 CD)
(Decca) 35 DEC B002488702 $65.98
Decca marks a milestone in recording history: the first time ever that Haydn’s
Complete Symphonies - all 107 - can be heard in historically-informed
performance style, on period instruments! This 35CD set features two of
the most prominent period instrument pioneers, the late and much-admired
Christopher Hogwood and Frans Brüggen. Notably, the collection also
includes 4 newly-recorded symphonies by Accademia Bizantina under
Ottavio Dantone especially for this project - Nos 78 to 81.
Zubin Mehta conducts Symphonies and Symphonic Poems [23 CDs]
Works: Includes Beethoven: Symphony no 7; Mahler: Symphonies
1-5; Dvorak: Symphonies 7-9; Bruckner: Symphony No. 9; Complete
Symphonies of Schubert & Tchaikovsky Artists: Zubin Mehta/Israel PO;
Los Angeles PO; New York PO; Vienna PO (23 CD) (Decca)
23 DEC B002488802 $56.98
Marking conductor Zubin Mehta’s 80th birthday, Decca is pleased
to present this 23-CD box set featuring most of his finest recordings.
Recorded between 1965 and 1980, these albums include performances
with the orchestras of Los Angeles, Vienna, New York and Israel with works
by Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and others.
500 Years of Organ Music [50 CDs]
Works: Music for organ from
the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic & 20th Century (50
CD) (Brilliant Classics)
50 BLC 95310 $118.99
The pieces presented here
offer a survey of the diversity
and historical importance of music written for organ. This set features many kinds of instruments, each
corresponding to the repertoire being performed.
The performers are all outstanding in their field.
Béla Bartók: The Complete Works [32 CDs]
Artists: Dohnanyi, Kovacevich, Iván Fischer, Solti,
Boulez, Doráti, Kocsis,
Argerich, Anda, Fricsay 32
DEC B002459502 $191.98
This set brings together
Bartók’s monumental orchestral and stage works,
folk music arrangements,
extensive piano works as
well as chamber and solo instrumental works. Featured are 3 bonus CDs with additional interpretations, including never before recorded early piano
works and vocal works. Performers include many
of the greatest Bartók interpreters of all time.
The Sound of Shakespeare [3 CDs]
Works: Music by John Downland, William Byrd,
Thomas Morley & Robert Johnson Artists: Various
artists (3 CD) (Warner) 3 WRNC 555057 $15.99
The times of William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
were years when music flourished - a time of
saucy street ballads, melancholy lute-songs and
madrigals - a seemingly distant world brought to
life in this recording.
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J.S. Bach: Orchestral & Chamber Works [13 CDs]
Works: J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestral
Suites; Art of the Fugue;
Trio Sonatas; Musical Offering; Cello Sonatas; Violin
Sonatas Artists: Reinhard
Goebel/Musica Antiqua Köln.
(13 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon)
13 DGG B002485602 $33.98
In Dresden and Leipzig after the Berlin Wall fell in
1989, Reinhard Goebel secured access to original
manuscripts which allowed him and his Musica
Antiqua Köln to record some of the most insightful
Bach albums in DG’s history.
The Kurt Sanderling Edition [11 CDs]
Erik Satie: Complete Solo Piano Music [6 CDs]
Artists: Jean-Yves
Thibaudet, piano (avail 5/13)
(6 CD) (Decca)
6 DEC B002493102 $34.98
2016 marks 150 years since
the birth of the world’s first
minimalist composer, Erik Satie. This indefinable fixture of
the avant-garde landscape of
Paris in the early 20th century
influenced composers as diverse as Igor Stravinsky,
Philip Glass and Claude Debussy. Decca’s 6 CD set
includes a bonus CD of four-handed piano music performed by Pascal Rogé and Jean-Philippe Collard.
French Harpsichord Music [29 CDs]
Works by: Chambonnières, Clérambault,
Couperin, d’Anglebert, Forqueray, Marchand et
al. Artists: Pieter-Jan Belder, Michael Borgstede,
Yago Mahúgo, Francesco Cera, harpsichordists
(29 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 29 BLC 95250 $89.99
Spanning over a century and a half, this extensive anthology of French harpsichord music is the most comprehensive set in existance. The recordings, made in
the Netherlands and in Italy between 2005 and 2015,
feature some of the leading exponents of the genre.
Handel: Complete Harpsichord Music [8 CDs]
Artists: Roberto Loreggian; Michael Borgstede;
Elisa Fanchini (8 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
8 BLC 95235 $38.99
Like his colleagues Scarlatti and Bach, Handel
was an impressive keyboard player. Despite the
composer’s primary interest in oratorio and opera,
his harpsichord music is also held in high regard.
Handel’s 8 great suites are his most famous
works for harpsichord. He also wrote a great
deal of fugues, preludes, dances, lessons, and
chaconnes.
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Prokofiev: The Complete Ballets [9 CDs]
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Works: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4; Beethoven:
Symphony No. 6; Brahms: Symphonies No.
1-4; Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2;
Symphonies Nos. 1-3 Artists: Kurt Sanderling/
Berlin SO; Leningrad PO; NDR Sinfonieorchester;
Bavarian Radio SO et al.; Sviatoslav Richter (Pno);
Thomas Zehetmair (Vln); Antonio Meneses (Clo).
(11 CD) (Profil)
11 PRF 13037 $66.99
This incredible 11-disc set cuts a vast path through
the career of conductor Kurt Sanderling. The discs
include works by powerhouse composers such as
Bruckner, Beethoven, Brahms, and Rachmaninov.
Mahler: The Symphonies / Markus Stenz [13 CDs]
Artists: Markus Stenz/
Gurzenich-Orchester Koln
13 OEH 029 $53.99
Mahler wrote 9 complete
symphonies, and was in the
midst of writing his tenth at
the time of his death. Only the
one movement from the tenth
symphony that Mahler completed - the Adagio - is
performable here. The Gurzenich-Orchester Koln
under Markus Stenz performs these works.
Matthias Weckmann: Complete Works [5 CDs]
Artists: Jean Tubery/La Fenice; Ricercar Consort;
Siebe Henstra, harpsichord; Bernard Foccroulle,
organ (5 CD) (Ricercar)
5 RCR 369 $28.49
A disciple of Schütz, nurtured on Italian music and,
in particular, that of Claudio Monteverdi, Matthias
Weckmann (1616-1674) shone in all genres. Over
the years, Ricercar has recorded his complete
works, and the year of the 400th anniversary of his
birth imposed itself for bringing together the first
complete release of these recordings.
Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works [4 CDs]
Artists: Yuja Wang, piano; Ray Chen, violin;
Lionel Bringuier/Tonhalle-Orch. Zurich. (4 CD)
(DG)
4 DGG B002463002 $34.98
This is the first release by celebrated TonhalleOrchester Zurich together with young, stellar conductor Lionel Bringuier, who became music director
of the orchestra in 2014/15. The set includes all of
Ravel’s orchestral works, including the popular piano concertos and the famous Tzigane, performed
by Yuja Wang and Ray Chen.
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Artists: Gennady Rozhdestvensky/
Bolshoi Theater Brass Band;
USSR Bolshoi Theatre
Orch.; Sergei Prokofiev/
USSR Ministry of Culture
SO. Arkady Futer (Vln);
Mikhail Cherniakhovsky
(Vln). (9 CD) (Melodiya)
9 MELY 1002430 $89.99
In honor of the 125th
anniversary of Prokofiev’s birth, Melodiya presents
a set of the composer’s complete ballets: Chout,
The Steel Step, The Prodigal Son, Romeo and
Juliet, Cinderella, On the Dnieper and The Tale of
the Stone Flower. A bonus recording of the second
suite from Romeo and Juliet is conducted by none
other but the composer himself!
The György Ligeti Project [5 CDs]
Works: György Ligeti (19232006): Orchestral works, incl.
Apparitions; Atmosphères;
Melodien, Piano Concerto;
Lontano, San Francisco
Polyphony; Concert Romanesc, Cello Concerto; Violin
Concerto; Hamburg Concerto; Double Concerto for flute & oboe; Ballad and
Dance; Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments Artists: Jonathan Nott/Berlin PO; Schonberg Ens. Reinbert de Leeuw/ASKO Ens.; London Voices. Heinz
Holliger (Oboe); Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Pno); David
Geringas (Clo); Frank Peter Zimmermann (Vln)
5 WRNC 553649 $34.98
Ligeti has been described as “one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the
twentieth century” and “one of the most innovative and
influential among progressive figures of his time”.
Bamberg Symphony: The First 70 Years [17 CDs]
Works: Works by Smetana,
Dvorak, Beethoven, Mozart,
R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky,
Schumann, Mahler, Schubert,
Brahms Wagner, Bruckner,
Stravinsky et al. Artists: Giuseppe Sinopoli, Ferdinand
Leitner, Fritz Lehmann, Joseph Keilberth, Antal Dorati, Christoph Eschenbach,
Jascha Horenstein, Eugen Jochum, Rudolf Kempe,
Istvan Kertesz, Clemens Krauss, Jonathan Nott,
Witold Rowicki, Gunther Wand (17 CD) (Deutsche
Grammophon)
17 DGG B002474902 $39.99
Featuring recordings licensed from multiple record labels by conductors who shaped the orchestra’s unique
“bohemian” style, this box set paints a complete picture of one of the greatest German orchestras.
Vivaldi: Complete Concertos & Sonatas [20 CDs]
Artists: Federico Guglielmo (Vln)/L’Arte dell’Arco.
Francesco Galligioni (Clo); Pierluigi Fabretti
(Oboe); Mario Folena (Flt). (20 CD) (Brilliant
Classics) 20 BLC 95200 $66.99
Diapason wrote: “[L’Arte dell’Arco] understand the
secret language of Vivaldi... rich and generous
instrumental textures envelop the expressive lines
of the solo violin...”
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Stokowski Transcriptions / José Serebrier
Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos / Kosower
Works: Purcell: Dido and
Aeneas; J.S. Bach: Air on
the G String; ‘Little’ Fugue in
G minor; Sheep May Safely
Graze; Boccherini: Minuet;
Mussorgsky: Night on Bare
Mountain; Tchaikovsky:
Wagner Artists: José Serebrier/Bournemouth SO. Timothy Walden (Clo)
NXS 8578305 $12.99
José Serebrier was Stokowski’s associate conductor in New York, and drawing on memories of his
special orchestral sound has revived and revised
the best of these sumptuous arrangements.
Works: Victor Herbert (18591924): Cello Concertos Nos.
1 and 2; Irish Rhapsody
Artists: JoAnn Falletta/
Ulster Orch. Mark Kosower
(Clo). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)
NXS 8573517 $12.99
Irish-born Victor Herbert
was one of the most celebrated names in
American music in the late-nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. A cellist, conductor, and
composer of light operas, he was also a recording artist. His two Cello Concertos are full of gracious melodies.
Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol. 3: Orchestrations
John Ireland - Music for String Orchestra
New from Naxos
Works: Chabrier: Dix Pièces
pittoresques; Debussy: Pour
le piano; Tarentelle styrienne; Mussorgsky: Pictures;
Schumann: Carnaval, nos 1
(“Préambule”) & 16 (“Valse
allemande”) Artists: Leonard
Slatkin/Orchestre National
de Lyon
NXS 8573124 $12.99
Ravel’s incomparable skill in orchestration and command of orchestral color is evident both in his own
works and in his orchestrations of music by others.
Robert Schumann - Rare piano pieces / Chauzu
Works: Schumann:
Beethoven Studies; Ghost
Variations; Schubert Variations; Chopin Variations et
al. Artists: Olivier Chauzu,
piano NXS 8573540 $12.99
Some of Robert Schumann’s
rarest piano music can be
heard in this disc, which ranges from his precocious Titania Overture arrangement to the Ghost
Variations, the theme of which, he told his wife
Clara, had been sung to him by angels.
Music for Wind Band by / Ohio SU Bands
Works: Steven Bryant, Benjamin Britten, Kevin
Puts & Gustav Mahler Artists: Katherine Rohrer,
soprano; Russel C. Mikkelson/Ohio State
University Bands
NXS 8573446 $12.99
One of the most recognized wind bands in the
United States, the Ohio State University Wind Symphony has been a strong advocate for the composition of new works for wind band. Soprano Katherine
Rohrer is featured for Mahler’s ‘Um Mitternacht.’
Bergman Suites: The Classic Film Music of
Eric Nordgren
Works: Eric Nordgren (1913-1992): Waiting
Women; Wild Strawberries; The Face; The
Pleasure Garden Artists: Adriano/Slovak RSO
NXS 8573370 $12.99
Classical composer Erik Nordgren wrote seventeen film scores for Ingmar Bergman and the
closeness of the collaboration between composer
and director can be compared with that of Prokofiev and Eisenstein and Herrmann and Hitchcock.
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Works: John Ireland (18791962): A Downland Suite;
Arrangements for string
orchestra of chamber &
piano works: Bagatelle;
Berceuse; Cavatina; Sarnia;
Soliloquy Artists: David
Curtis/Orch. of the Swan.
Raphael Wallfisch (Clo)
NXS 8571372 $12.99
‘A Downland Suite’ is one of Ireland’s most attractive compositions. Ireland’s evocative piano works
lend themselves well to string orchestra arrangement, as do his chamber works for violin & piano.
Duos by Hoffmeister & Beethoven
Works: Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812):
Duos, Op. 6; Beethoven: Duos (3) for Clarinet &
Bassoon Artists: John Mills, violin; Bozidar Vukotic,
cello (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573541 $12.99
Hoffmeister answered the call to the popularity of
violin and cello duos for the amateur market with
these interesting works. Beethoven’s popular Duos
have appeared in numerous arrangements.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3
Artists: Gerard Schwarz/
Berlin RSO
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NXS 8573581 $12.99
When the 21 year old Rimsky-Korsakov’s Symphony
No.1 in E minor was premiered in December 1865 it
was hailed in some quarters
as the first truly Russian symphony.
Joan Tower: String Quartets Nos. 3-5, et al.
Works: Joan Tower: String Quartets Nos. 3-5;
Dumbarton Quintet Artists: Blair McMillen, piano;
Daedalus Quartet; Miami String Quartet. (1 CD)
(Naxos (USA)
NXS 8559795 $12.99
Widely regarded as one of America’s pre-eminent
living composers, Joan Tower is particularly
devoted to chamber music.
Paul Bowles - Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1
Artists: The Invencia Piano Duo (Andrey Kasparov
and Oksana Lutsyshyn)
NXS 8559786 $12.99
The challenging but outstanding Sonata for Two
Pianos is one of the best-kept secrets of American
piano music.
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The King of Instruments
Domenico Zipoli: Complete
Keyboard Music
Works: Sonata d’intavolatura,
Books I (organ) & II (harpsichord) Artists: Carlo Guandalino, organ; Laura Farabollini, harpsichord (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 95212 $12.99
Domenico Zipoli’s (1688-1726) sonatas, structured
as four- and five-movement dance suites, are performed on an historical 1612 organ of Castelnuovo
Scrivia, and on a copy of a 17th century French
Taskin harpsichord.
Edward Elgar: Organ Works / Benjamin Nicholas
Artists: Benjamin Nicholas,
organ (1 CD) (Delphian
Records)
DELP 34162 $17.99 On Sale
Benjamin Nicholas couples
Elgar’s two original major
works for the organ with three
transcriptions - including a
first recording of the superb ‘Prelude to The Kingdom’, an arrangement made by Herbert Brewer.
J.S. Bach - Harpsichord works on the Organ
Works: J.S. Bach: Chromatic
Fantasia and Fugue; Italian
Concerto; 4 Duets; Partita
in B minor Artists: JeanSébastien Bardon (Organ).
(1 CD) (BNL)
BNL 112982 $18.99
Jean-Sébastien Bardon is
convinced that any of Bach’s music for keyboard
can be interpreted just as beautifully on the organ
- especially on the world-famous instrument in the
Basilica of the Royal Convent of Saint-Maximin.
Max Reger: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 1
Works: Max Reger (18731916): Fantasie and Fugue
on B-A-C-H; Introduction
and Passacaglia in D minor;
Symphonic Fantasy and
Fugue; Organ Sonata No. 2
Artists: Martin Schmeding,
organ (1 SA CD) (Cybele)
CYBL 51501 $22.99
This is a three-volume edition of the complete
works for organ by Max Reger performed by
Martin Schmeding on the Wilhelm-Sauer Organ at
St. Petri Dom Bremen.
Works: Max Reger (1873-1916): Introduction,
Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor; Nine Pieces for
Organ, Op. 129 Artists: Martin Schmeding, organ
(1 SA CD) (Cybele)
CYBL 51502 $22.99
Works: Max Reger (1873-1916): Fantasia and
Fugue D minor; Seven Organ Pieces Op. 145
Artists: Martin Schmeding, organ (1 SA CD)
(Cybele)
CYBL 51503 $22.99
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Music for Pipe Organ
Bach: Toccata & Fugue - Famous Organ Music
Works: J.S.Bach: Toccata &
Fugue in D minor; Das OrgelBüchlein, BWV 599-644;
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue,
BWV564; Organ Concertos
& Sonatas; Chorale Preludes
et al. Artists: Stefano Molardi
(Organ). (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 95166 $12.99
Award-winning organist Stefano Molardi presents
this two-disc set of Bach’s most famous organ
works, from his intimate Choralvorspiele to his
monumental Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
John Worgan: Complete Organ Music
Works: John Worgan (1724-1790): Organ Pieces
nos. 1 - 15 Artists: Timothy Roberts (Organ). (1
CD) (Toccata Classics)
TOC 0332 $18.99
Most of John Worgan’s music is lost. His only
surviving pieces are performed here on the organ
of St Botolph’s without Aldgate, perhaps England’s
oldest surviving church organ.
Organ works by Max Reger & Heinrich Reimann
Works: Max Reger (18731916): Chorale Fantasias (7)
for organ, Opp. 27, 30, 40 &
52; Heinrich Reimann (18501906): Chorale Fantasy, Op.
25 Artists: Balazs Szabo, organ (2 SA Hybrid CD) (MD&G)
2 MDG 9201945 $41.99
Max Reger is regarded as the most important
German composer of organ music since J.S. Bach.
Organ Music of Vincenzo Antonio Petrali
Works: Vincenzo Petrali (1830-1889): Adagio per
Voce Umana; Allegretto per Clarinetto; Andante Pastorale; Sei versetti per il Gloria; Sinfonia; Sonata
finale Artists: Marco Ruggeri, Serassi organ (1862),
Gottolengo, Italy & Lingiardi organ (1877), Cremona,
Italy (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95160 $12.99
Organist Marco Ruggeri, first prize winner of the International Organ Competition of St. Elpidio a Mare,
paints a vivid portrait of the composer.
Organ Music of William Humphreys Dayas
Works: William Humphreys Dayas (1863-1903):
Organ Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Arthur H. Bird (18561923): Theme various Artists: Jan Lehtola
(Organ). (1 CD) (Toccata)
TOC 0285 $18.99
American composer Dayas left only a handful of
compositions, but they include two major organ
sonatas - passionate, Lisztian works that have
remained completely unknown until now.
J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Trio
Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Kare Nordstoga, organ
Works: J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D
minor, Trio Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Artists: Kåre
Nordstoga (Organ). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (LAWO
Classics)
2 LAWO SACD1087 $24.99
This is the fourth recording in Kåre Nordstoga’s
series of Bach’s organ works.
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Early Music & The Baroque
Jehan de Lescurel (? - 1304): The Love Songs /
Artists: Paulin Bungden/
Ensemble Céladon. (1 CD)
(Ricercar) RCR 366 $18.99
Jehan de Lascurel was most
likely trained at Notre-Dame.
His oeuvre consists of some
thirty secular songs written in
the waning tradition of the art
of the Parisian troubadours and even broaches polyphony. In this complete recording, the three voices of
Céladon are backed up by richly colored instruments.
Johannes Heroldt & Teodoro Clinio: Passions
Works: Johannes Heroldt (1550-1604): Matthauspassion; Teodoro Clinio (1548-1601): Passio Secundum
Joannem Artists: Michael Paumgarten/Ensemble
Triagonale. (1 CD)
CPO 555025 $15.49 On Sale
Unfortunately, the works of Johannes Heroldt
and Teodoro Clinioare somewhat obscure, and
rarely recorded. This new release is the premiere
recording of Heroldt’s St. Matthew Passion.
Western Wynde Mass / Andrew Parrott
Works by: Hugh Aston
(1485-1558); William Cornysh
(c.1470-1523); John Taverner,
plus Gregorian Chant, English
Traditional & Anonymous
works Artists: Andrew Parrott/
Taverner Choir & Players (1
CD) (Avie) AIE 2352 $16.49
With Taverner’s Western Wind Mass as its cornerstone, this program ventures beyond the chapel
door to the parallel world of courtly vernacular
song and instrumental music. “Keen and dramatic
... technically brilliant.” -BBC Music Magazine
Claudio Merulo (1533-1604): Motets
Artists: Mauro Marchetti/
Modus Ensemble. (1 CD)
(Brilliant Classics)
BLC 95243 $8.99
This is the fifth book of Merulo’s motets, which reveal an
interplay of musical spaces
and colours anticipating the
concertato style of the rising Baroque period. The
Italian Modus Ensemble is accompanied by viola da
gamba, violone, theorbo and organ.
El Aire Se Serena / Seldome Sene, recorder ens.
Works by: Cabezon, Geurrero, Vasquez,
Penalosa, Victoria, Milano, Morales, Lobo, Torre,
and Caroso Artists: Seldome Sene (1 CD)
BLC 95304 $8.99
This illustrious album presents music from the Courts
and Cathedrals of 16th-century Spain. Seldom Sene
is a recorder ensemble from the Netherlands.
Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame
Artists: Björn Schmelzer/Graindelavoix. (1 CD)
(Glossa)
GLS 32110 $18.99
Machaut’s (1300-1377) work, described as a medieval
monstre sacré, is performed by an all-male ensemble
featuring both high tenors and very low basses - in an
approach that emphasizes the individuality of the singers rather than a homogeneous ensemble.
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A. Scarlatti: Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme
Works: Alessandro Scarlatti
(1660-1725): Il Sedecia, re
di Gerusalemme, oratorio
(1705) Artists: Gérard
Lesne, Virginie Pochon,
Philippe Jaroussky, Peter
Harvey, Mark Padmore. Gérard Lesne/Il Seminario Musicale. (2 CD) (Warner) 2 WRNC 554475 $11.99
‘Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme’ tells of the struggle
between the Judean king Sedecia, sung by
countertenor Gerard Lesne, and the Babylonian
king Nabucco, sung by bass Peter Harvey.
‘An Evening with Wilhelmine’ / Galanterie
Works: Adam Falckenhagen
(1697-1754): ‘Opera Nuova’,
concertos for flute & b.c. Artists: John Schneiderman,
lute; Jeffrey Cohan, baroque
flute; William Skeen, cello (2
CD) (Hanssler)
2 HAN 15048 $29.99
These six sonatas are the only works left intact from
Falckenhagen’s output. In these works, the flute
and the lute are treated equally, performing a dialogue that is rarely seen in music from this period.
Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus (Crucified)
Artists: Ben Palmer/Orch. of St Paul’s; The Syred
Consort. (1 CD) (Delphian Records)
Antonio Lotti’s (1667-1740) use of modulation and
structure was at the cutting edge of the galant style
that prefigures the Classical era. The music is exciting, poignant, and throughout, Lotti’s luscious harmony, makes this music nothing short of addictive.
Bach and ‘Stile Antico’ (Old-style)
Works: Spiritual Works by
J.S. Bach based on works of
Giovanni Battista Bassani,
Antonio Caldera & Giovanni
Palestrina Artists: Tom
Wilkinson/Ars Eloquentiae; St.
Salvator Chapel Choir; Fitzwilliam String Quartet. (1 CD)
(Odradek)
ODAK 603 $17.99
an exploration of J.S. Bach’s relationship with the
compositional style associated with renaissance
polyphony, this disc also reveals influences Bach
seems to have absorbed when planning and
composing his great Mass in B minor.
Baldassare Vialardo: Mass Vestiva i colli
Works: Baldassare Vialardo (fl.c.1620): Mass
Vestiva i colli & works by Bassano, Della Casa,
De Selma, Rognoni, Grancini, Cima, and Donati
Artists: Daniela Dolci (organ)/Musica Fiorita. (1
CD) (Pan Classics)
PAN 10344 $18.99
The madrigal “Vestiva i colli” originated as a fivevoice setting by Palestrina in the 16th century,
but it gained so much popularity that many other
authors made parodies and variations on it, which
is the theme to this fascinating program.
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❦An Excess of Pleasure / Palladian Ensemble
Artists: Rachel Barton Pine
(Vln) (2 CD) (Avie Records)
2 AIE 2360 $23.99
Rachel Barton Pine returned
to St. Paul’s Church in
Chicago where she first
played Bach’s music (at the
age of four!) to record these
Bach masterpieces. “...the most charismatic, the
most virtuosic, and the most compelling American
violinist of her generation. --All Music Guide
Works by: Uccellini, Matteis,
Locke, Purcell, Geminiani,
Simpson, Blow, Marini,
and Anonymous pieces
Artists: Palladian Ensemble
- Pamela Thorby, recorders;
Rachel Podger, violin;
Joanna Levine, cello; William
Carter, theorbo (1 CD) (Linn)
LINN 010 $19.99
Winning instant critical acclaim upon its initial release, ‘An Excess of Pleasure’ was awarded a 1993
Diapason d’Or Award and was named a Gramophone ‘Critics’ Choice’. The recording is centred on
seventeenth century English music and the music of
the Italians who lived and worked in England.
Baroque Masterpieces / Il Giardino Armonico
Dario Castello: Sonate Concertate / Musica Fiata
❦J.S. Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas
for solo violin / Rachel Barton Pine
Works by: Bach, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Marcello, Telemann,
Handel, Pachelbel & Purcell
Artists: Giovanni Antonini/
Il Giardino Armonico. (1 CD)
(Warner Classics)
WRNC 554597 $13.99
The very best of baroque
repertoire in sensitive, compelling performances
played on period instruments by the tempestuous
Il Giardino Armonico.
Antonio Bertali: La Maddalena
Artists: Nicolas Achten/Scherzi Musicali. (1 CD)
(Ricercar)
RCR 367 $18.99
It was in the sphere of influence of Italian oratorios
that Antonio Bertali (1605-1669) devoted a most
moving sepolcro to Mary Magdalene, a genre
traditionally played during Holy Week.
Marino: Concertos & Sonatas for Strings & Continuo
Artists: Natale Arnoldi/
Carlo Antonio Marino
Baroque Ensemble; Stefano
Montanari, violin (1 CD)
(Tactus) TCT 671302 $16.99
With this second CD (the first
is: TC671301) Tactus continues the re-discovery of the
instrumental music by Carlo Antonio Marino (16701735). The writing by Marino is marked by his solid
compositional skill and innovative freshness.
Bien que l’amourà airs sérieux et à boire
Works: Airs by Michel Lambert (1610-1696),
Couperin, Charpentier, Honoré d’Ambruys et al.
Artists: William Christie/Les Arts Florissants (1
CD) (Harmonia Mundi)
HAR 8905276 $19.99
The airs on this recording, models of refined skill
which make light of the paradoxes of our hearts,
alternate between invocations to Bacchus and
invitations to love.
Daniel Bollius (1590-1642): St. John’s Oratorio
Artists: Arno Paduch/Johann Rosenmüller Ens. (1
CD) (Christophorus)
CHR 77389 $18.99
Bollius’ St. John’s Oratorio is a tonally and technically
diverse composition, inspired by Monteverdi and oriented towards the new Italian operatic style making it
a unique work coming from 17th century Germany.
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Works: Dario Castello (16001644): Sonate Concertate in
Stile Moderno, 1629 (book 2)
Artists: Roland Wilson/Musica Fiata (1 CD) (CPO )
CPO 555011 $15.49 On Sale
Instrumental music developed into a phenomenon
independant of vocal music in Castello’s revolutionary sonatas. The virtuosic solos occuring in the
middle of most of his sonatas above all would have
struck his contemporaries as innovative elements.
Dresden Treasures - Six Anonymous Concertos
Works: Six anonymous
concertos for recorder, violin,
cello and basso continuo
Artists: Ludger Rémy (harpsichord, organ)/Les Amis de
Philippe (1 CD) (CPO )
CPO 777780 $15.49 On Sale
In the Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek, Dresden, exists a treasure trove of
anonymous compositions, among which are counted
the superb and elegant concertos on this cpo release.
Gaetano Veneziano (1665-1716): St. John Passion
Artists: Raffaele Pe, countertenor; Luca Cervoni,
tenor; Marco Bussi, bass; Antonio Florio/Cappella
Neapolitana; Ghisleri Choir. (1 CD) (Glossa)
GLS 922609 $18.99
This Baroque Italian Passiontide setting, appearing
here in a performing edition by Antonio Florio,
displays a surprising blending of modernity and an
older style in its instrumental accompaniment.
Georg Telemann (1681-1767): 12 Fantasias
Artists: Thomas Fritzsch, viola da gamba (1 CD)
(Coviello)
CVEL 91601 $18.99
Although the creation of these pieces was documented, for centuries a copy could not be found. For this
reason, this recording is rare and revelatory.
Tomasso Albinoni: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-12
Artists: L’arte Dell’arco. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 94789 $12.99
Albinoni is most recognized for his instrumental
compositions, sonatas, and concertos. This new
release is the beginning of a series on Brilliant Classics of the composer’s complete instrumental music.
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Classic Bach & Vivaldi Readings
❦J.S. Bach: ‘Hunt’ & ‘Peasant’ Cantatas
Artists: Yvonne Kenny, Maria
Blasi, soprano; Kurt Equiluz,
tenor; Robert Holl, bass; Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Concentus
musicus Wien (1 CD) (Warner)
WRNC 554600 $13.99
“Harnoncourt tops off the
complete Das Alte Werk set
of Bach’s church cantatas with admirably ebullient
accounts of (these two) secular cantatas... no
scholarly rectitude here - and the recording is first
rate.” -Penguin Guide
❦J.S. Bach: Magnificat; Handel: ‘Utrecht’ Te Deum
Artists: Felicity Palmer,
Marjana Lipovsek, Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Thomas
Moser, Ludwig Baumann.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Concentus musicus Wien. (1 CD)
(Warner Classics)
WRNC 554601 $13.99
“The combined Vienna Boys Choir and the Chorus
Viennesis are simply marvelous, their contributions
beyond praise.[...] this is a great disc.” -Classics
Today
❦Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Violin Concertos
Artists: Enrico Onofri, violin; Paolo Grazzi, oboe; Giovanni Antonini/Il Giardino
Armonico. (1 CD) (Warner Classics)
WRNC 554598 $13.99
“Onofri is as good a soloist as may be met in a long march, pitch-perfect, incisive but
not ‘edge’ and effortlessly alert to every nuance.” -Gramophone
J.S. Bach: St. Mark Passion / Peter Uehling
Artists: Ulrike Eidinger,
soprano; Ulrich Weller, alto;
Samir Bouadjadja, tenor;
Peter Uehling/Ensemble
Wunderkammer. (1 CD)
(Coviello)
CVEL 91605 $18.99
Most of the music for Bach’s
Markus-Passion, BWV 247, has been lost. For this
recording, instead of reconstructing a recitative, St.
Mark’s gospel is spoken.
Music for vocal ensemble by Dowland & Byrd
Works: John Dowland: Ayres; William Byrd: Songs
of Sundrie Natures Artists: Paul Hillier/London
Baroque; The Hilliard Ensemble (2 CD) (Warner
Classics)
2 WRNC 554477 $11.99
The Dowland collection comprises four-part
versions of the composer’s famous songs, typically
performed by solo voice with lute. The Byrd
collection comprises a variety of vocal music, both
sacred and secular.
The Baroque Era, continued
Telemann: Tafelmusik /
Amsterdam Baroque
Artists: Ton Koopman (hpsi)/
Amsterdam Baroque Soloists.
Jaap ter Linden (Clo); Andrew Manze (Vln); Monica
Huggett (Vln); Crispian Steele-Perkins (Tpt). (2 CD)
(Warner)
2 WRNC 554476 $11.99
Telemann’s Tafelmusik (table music) was intended
to accompany feasts and banquets. Recorded in
1988 and 1993, this has not been available since
the early 2000s.
Handel at Vauxhall, Volume One
Works: G.F. Handel, Arne & Hebden: Sinfonias,
concertos, organ pieces, arias, orchestral interludes Artists: Bridget Cunningham/London Early
Opera. Daniel Moult, organ; Sophie Bevan (Sop)
et al. (1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 428 $24.99
This album contains a treasure trove of pieces by
Handel, Thomas Arne and John Hebden, all centered on the Vauxhall Gardens- a now-forgotten
entertainment of the era.
J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Artists: Hannah Morrison,
Tilman Lichdi, Peter Harvey,
Sophie Harmsen, Christian
Immler. Frieder Bernius/
Barockorchester Stuttgart;
Kammerchor Stuttgart
(Carus)
(3 CD) 3 CRS 83285 $33.49
[Limited Edition SA Surround]
(3 SA Hybrid CD) 3 CRS 83286 $37.49
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is one of the most
important sacred works in the history of Western
Music. It’s hard to believe that, following Bach’s
death, his St. Matthew Passion fell into oblivion
until Felix Mendelssohn directed the work in a
revival performance in 1829. This performance is
available in two audio versions as noted above.
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Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672): Johannespassion
Artists: Jan Kobow, Harry
van der Kamp, Ulrike Hofbauer, Marie Luise Werneburg, Friedemann Condé,
Lee Santata. Hans-Christoph
Rademann/Dresdner Kammerchor (1 CD) (Carus)
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CRS 83270 $18.99
With this release of the St. John Passion,
the triad of Schutz’s Passion settings are all
now available in this series from the Dresdner
Kammerchor under the direction of HansChristoph Rademann.
J.S. Bach for Three Recorders - ‘Badinerie’
Works: Arrangements from Bach’s assorted
keyboard, choral, chamber & orchestral works for
recorders Artists: Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin (1
CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 15052 $18.99
The title of this light-hearted album, ‘Badinerie’,
comes from the baroque dance which was frequently paired with a Gavotte, Sarabande, Minuet,
and other dance movements to form a suite.
J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 6 ‘Trauerode’
Works: J.S. Bach: Cantata
no 53; Psalm 51 (after Pergolesi), BWV 1083; TrauerOde Artists: Masaaki Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan;
Carolyn Sampson (Sop);
Masamitsu San’nomiya
(Oboe). (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(BIS (Sweden)
BIS 2181 $21.99
What Bach’s Sacred cantatas were all written to be
part of a church service, in the case of the secular
cantatas, their respective purpose is as varied as
their subject matter. Most were commissioned for
occasions such as weddings, funerals and birthdays.
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Mondonville: Grand Motets / Purcell Choir
Works: Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
(1711-1772): De profundis; Magnus Dominus;
Cantate Domino; Nisi Dominus Artists: Chantal
Santon-Jeffery, Daniela Skorka, Mathias Vidal,
Jeffrey Thompson, Alain Buet. György Vashegi/
Orfeo Orch.; Purcell Choir. (2 CD) (Glossa)
2 GLS 923508 $29.99
Mondonville continued and developed the French
tradition of the grand motet set in place by Lully
and Lalande of spectacular religious works, often
performed in the public sphere. The four presented
are fine examples of Mondonville’s art.
Purcell: England, My England (music from the
film by Tony Palmer) / John Eliot Gardiner
Works: Monteverdi: music from L’Orfeo; Selections from the madrigals, books 7 & 8; Scherzi musicali, vol. 1; Purcell: music from Dido and Aeneas;
Come, ye sons of art; The Indian Queen Artists:
John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists.
James Bowman; Stephen Varcoe; Paul Agnew;
Anthony Rolfe Johnson; Michael Chance (2 CD)
(Warner Classics)
2 WRNC 554474 $11.99
Balli e Balletti includes music written for Monteverdi’s
opera Orfeo. The ballo e baletto were favorite forms
of 17th century Italy; combining singing and dancing,
they often served as intermezzi in full-length operas.
Michel Pignolet de Montéclar: Cantatas
Works: Michel Pignolet de Montéclar (16671737): La mort de Didon; Il dispetto in Amore; Le
triomphe de l’amour; Morte di Lucretia; Pyrame et
Thisbé, cantatas Artists: William Christie/Les Arts
Florissants. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi)
HAR 8901280 $10.49
Michel Pignolet de Montéclar, a predominately
orchestral composer who became famous with his
opera Jepthé wrote no fewer than 25 cantatas, 5 of
which are recorded on this disc.
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J.S. Bach: St. John Passion
/ René Jacobs
Artists: Sunhae Im, Benno Schachtner, Sebastian
Kohlhepp, Werner Güra, Johannes Weisser. René
Jacobs/Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; RIAS Kammerchor (3 SA Hybrid CD) 3 HAR 802236 $31.99
The familiar 1739 version of the score is heard in this
package, which also includes a ‘making of’ DVD.
Moulinié: Le Cantique de Moÿse / William Christie
Works: Étienne Moulinié
(1599-1676): Le Cantique
de Moÿse Artists: William
Christie/Les Arts Florissants
(1 CD) HAR 8901055 $10.49
Etienne Moulinié created a
sophisticated musical setting
in concertante style for these
texts, deliberately making them works destined for
concert performance.
Cantatas by André Campra / William Christie
Works: André Campra (1660-1744): Cantatas
françaises Artists: William Christie/Les Arts
Florissants (1 CD)
HAR 8901238 $10.49
‘I have attempted as well as I could to mix the
delicacy of French music with the vivacity of Italian
music,’ wrote André Campra in the Preface to his
first book of cantatas.
Rameau & the Acte de Ballet / William Christie
Works: Rameau: Pygmalion; Nélée et Myrthis,
acte de ballet Artists: William Christie/Les Arts
Florissants (1 CD)
HAR 8901381 $10.49
The acte de ballet was an autonomous sung and
danced stage work that finds its justification in its
own subject.
Luigi Rossi: chamber oratorios / William Christie
Works: Luigi Rossi (15971653): Un peccator pentito,
O cecità, chamber oratorios
Artists: William Christie/
Les Arts Florissants (1 CD)
(Harmonia Mundi)
HAR 8901091 $10.49
First released in 1982, this
classic recording features a pair of oratorios by
Luigi Rossi, both based on penitential texts by the
poet Giovanni Lotti.
Luigi Rossi: Oratorio per la Settimana Santa
Artists: William Christie/Les Arts Florissants (1
CD) (Harmonia Mundi)
HAR 8901297 $10.49
Luigi Rossi’s (1598-1653) Oratorio per la
Settimana Santa is a masterpiece of the period.
Its moralistic intent was to move the listener
through compassion to repentance.
Charpentier: Les Arts Florissants, H.487
Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Les Arts
Florissants, H.487 (an allegory on the power of the
arts) Artists: William Christie/Les Arts Florissants.
(1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 8901083 $10.49
‘Les Arts Florissants’ is a chamber opera in five
scenes written in 1685. This benchmark recording
was originally released in 1982.
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Two Interesting Beethoven Programs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Atlanta SO, Robert Shaw
Artists: Benita Valenta, Janice Taylor, Richard Leech, William Stone (Robert
Shaw’s final concert in Atlanta, May 21, 1988). Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO. (1 CD)
(ASO Media) ASOM 1007 $18.99
When it came time to preserve this May 20, 1988 performance, taken in a single
concert just prior to the ASO’s triumphant 1988 tour to Europe, Mr. Woods wrote:
“This performance is one of those in which all of the participants were playing
for the sake of the music and were caught up in a vortex of musical union and
humanity the likes of which you just don’t encounter very often, if ever in a lifetime.”
Beethoven: Chamber Music for Winds / Il Gardellino
Works: Beethoven: Octet for winds, Op. 103; Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet,
Bassoon & Horn, Op. 16; Rondino for Wind Octet in E flat major, WoO 25 Artists:
Il Gardellino. Arthur Schoonderwoerd (FtePno); Marcel Ponseele (Oboe) (1 CD)
(Passacaille) PSSA 1016 $18.99
With the exception of the Quintet for Piano & Winds Op.16, Beethoven’s chamber
music for winds, unfortunately, is still not well-known.
Mozart: Piano Concertos / Ronald Brautigam
Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 5, K.175 & No. 6,
K.238; Three Concertos after
J.C. Bach, K 107 Artists:
Michael Alexander Willens/
Die Kolner Akademie. Ronald Brautigam (FtePno) (1
SA Hybrid CD) (BIS)
BIS 2084 $21.99
Working their way backwards through the composer’s catalog, here, on the penultimate disc, these
artists have reached the earliest of the original
works, composed in 1773 and 1776 respectively.
Mozart: Symphony Nos. 38-41 / Harnoncourt
Artists: Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Royal Concertgebouw
Orch. (2 CD) (Warner) 2 WRNC 554937 $18.99
Illuminating interpretations of Mozart’s last four symphonies from Harnoncourt & The Concertgebouw.
The Classical Era
❦Haydn: Symphonies; &
Violin Concerto
Works: Haydn: Symphony
No. 7 ‘Le Midi’; Symphony
No. 83 ‘The Hen’; Violin Concerto in C major
Artists: Harry Christophers/Handel and Haydn
Society. Aisslinn Nosky (Vln). (1 CD) (Coro)
COO 16139 $15.49 On Sale
“This series, recorded live, is showing us that
Haydn’s early symphonies are as daring and fresh
in their own way as the latest.” -Sunday Times
C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos Wq. 170 - 172
Artists: Jlian Steckel,
cello; Susanne von Gutzeit/
Stuttgart CO (1 CD)
(Hanssler Classic)
HAN 15045 $18.99
In 1750 C.P.E. Bach began to
compose his three cello concertos, written for the middleclass musical society in Berlin and Potsdam, not, as
usual, for the composer’s royal benefactor.
Weber: Clarinet Concertos / Paul Meyer
Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 &
2; Concertino Op. 26 Artists: Paul Meyer (clarinet)/
Lausanne CO (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (MD&G)
MDG 9401922 $21.49
All of the pieces on this disc
were written by Weber for Heinrich Baermann, first
clarinetist of the Munich Court Orchestra.
Ferdinand Ries: Cello Sonatas / Geatano Nasillo
Works: Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838): Cello
Sonatas, Opp. 20, 21 & 125 Artists: Gaetano
Nasillo (Clo); Alessandro Commellato (FtePno) (1
CD) (Brilliant Classics)
BLC 95206 $8.99
German composer Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)
was a friend and pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven,
and his compositional style is inevitably similar to
that of his teacher.
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Haydn & Boccherini: Cello Concertos / du Pré
Works: Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): Cello
Concerto Artists: Jacqueline
du Pré, cello; Daniel Barenboim/English CO; John Barbirolli/
London SO. (1 CD) (Warner)
WRNC 554929 $13.99
In his memoir ‘A Life in Music’, Daniel Barenboim
wrote: “I have never encountered anyone for whom
music was such a natural form of expression as it
was for Jacqueline...”
Johann George Lickl: Chamber music with winds
Works: Johann George Lickl (1769-1843): Three
Oboe Quartets, Op. 26; Cassation for oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon; Trio for clarinet, horn & bassoon (1 CD) (Toccata Classics) TOC 0350 $18.99
The Cassation for winds on this recording was once
thought to have been written by Mozart, which gives
some indication of the quality of Lickl’s work.
Hoffmeister: Complete Works for Viola (2 CDs)
Works: Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812): Viola
Concertos in B flat major & D
major; Studies (12) for solo
viola Artists: Christopher Hogwood/Gulbenkian Orch. (2 CD)
(Oehms)
2 OEH 071 $7.99
An OehmsClassics sampler is
included with the Hoffmeister program offering recordings by such artists as Dmitrij Kitajenko, Michaela Schuster, Sebastian Weigle, and Adrien Boisseau.
Pleyel: Concertos & the Symphony in B flat
Works: Iganz Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831): Violin Concerto; Viola Concerto; Symphony in B-flat major Artists: Christian Birnbaum/Camerata pro Musica; Cornelia Löscher, violin; Robert Bauerstatter, viola (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38199 $19.99
The works here are especially appealing as
they are written in a very familiar style, but full of
surprises and unexpected turns.
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❦Mozart: Mass & Vespers / Harnoncourt
Works: Mozart: Coronation Mass in C major;
Vesperae solennes de confessore Artists:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Arnold Schoenberg
Chor; Concentus musicus Wien (1 CD) (Warner
Classics)
WRNC 554602 $13.99
“...Harnnoncourt’s never treats [the music] simply
for what it seems to be but looks more deeply into
the score to see if he can bring out something
fresh.” -Gramophone
Piano
music for solo
Field: Complete Nocturnes / Elizabeth Joy Roe
Artists: Elizabeth Joy Roe,
piano (1 CD) (Decca)
DEC B002488602 $15.48
John Field, an Irish composer who predates Chopin,
is regarded as the “Father of
the Nocturne.” This release
is the first recording of all 18
Nocturnes on a single album.
Mozart: Piano Sonatas / William Youn
Works: Mozart: Sonata No. 1, K.279; Sonata No.
11, K.331; Sonata in F, K.533 Artists: William
Youn, piano (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 1830 $19.99
Late in 2014, part of Mozart’s manuscript of the
Sonata, K. 331 was discovered in Budapest,
where differences were found from the commonly
heard version. In this album, the famous Rondo
alla turca sounds new!
Antonio Soler (1729-83): 16 Keyboard Sonatas
Artists: Christopher
Hinterhuber (Pno). (1 CD)
(Paladino Music)
PANO 0042 $18.99
A musical visionary of his
era, the works of Antonio
Soler (1729-1783) have
largely and unfortunately
Mozart: Serenade ‘Gran Partita’; Haydn: Notturno
Works: Mozart: Serenade
K.361 ‘Gran Partita’; Haydn:
Notturno No. 8 for 2 HurdyGurdys & Orchestra Artists:
Trevor Pinnock/Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn
Records) LINN 516 $22.99
Pinnock adds ‘Gran Partita’ to his impressive Mozart
discography, performed on modern instruments with
the very best of the next generation of wind players.
Mozart: Piano Concertos / Ingrid Jacoby, piano
Works: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 K.
453, 20 K. 466, 1 K. 37 Artists: Neville Marriner/
Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Ingrid Jacoby
(Pno). (1 CD) (ICA Classics)
ICA 5137 $16.99
Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Haydn
Works: Mozart: String Quartets K.387 “Spring” &
458 “Hunt” Artists: Hagen Quartett (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (Myrios Classics)
MYR 017 $19.99
This is the Hagen’s first recording using the ‘Paganini Quartet’ - the only complete set of Stradivarius
instruments known to exist today.
Giordani: 6 Sonatas / Lina Uinskyte, violin
Works: Tommaso Giordani (1733-1806): 6
Sonatas, Op. 4 Artists: Lina Uinskyte, violin;
Marco Ruggeri, organ, piano, harpsichord (1 CD)
(Brilliant Classics) BLC 95149 $8.99
These six sonatas are scored for violin and keyboard,
and are each 2-movement works in the Galante style,
similar to that of Johann Christian Bach.
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been forgotten.
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Artists: Christian Leotta, piano (1 CD) (ATMA)
ATMA 22485 $16.99
Christiian Leotta has established a reputation as
“a pianist of the highest order: technician, musician
and interpreter all at once” (La Presse).
C.P.E. Bach: Complete Keyboard Variations
Artists: Andrea Coen
(FtePno). (2 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
2 BLC 95305 $12.99
The pieces here are played on
a Kerstin Schwarz fortepiano,
modeled after Silbermann
1749. Andrea Coen, one of the
foremost keyboardists of Italy, is the recording artist.
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos.31, 33, 47 & 59
Artists: Enrique Bagaria (Pno). (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(Launch Music)
LAUC EUD1601 $19.99
First prize winner of the María Canals Competition,
Bagaría’s refined, elegant, and virtuosic performances bring these seminal works the grandeur,
yet intimacy they deserve.
Mozart: Piano Sonatas / Diana Boyle, piano
Works: Mozart: Piano Sonatas K.279, K.283,
K.330; K.457; K.281; K.282; K.533; K.570 Artists:
Diana Boyle, piano (2 CD) (Divine Art)
2 DVT 21227 $22.99 On Sale
Diana Boyle hardly ever uses pedal, creating a
sound which is warm and rich, never tense or
agitated; her fast passages are light and bright.
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The Romantic Era
Little recorded Romantic chamber works
Sergei Taneyev: Piano Quintet & Songs
Chamber music of Max Bruch / Piers Lane
Works: Sergei Taneyev
(1856-1915): Piano Quintet
Op. 30; Poems for voice
& piano, Op. 34 Artists:
Leipzig String Quartet. Olga
Gollej (Pno); Marina Prudenskaya (mz). (1 CD) (MD&G)
MDG 3071917 $19.99
Hard to believe that it was not until 1910 that the first
passacaglia made its appearance in Russian music.
It was Taneyev who combined this magnificent formal
model from the baroque era with an original Slavic
tone in the slow movement of his piano quintet - perhaps the high point of this majestic and mighty work.
Works: Max Bruch: Piano
Quintet in G minor; String
Quartet No. 1; Swedish
Dances, Op. 63 Artists:
Goldner String Quartet. Piers
Lane (Pno); Dene Olding
(Vln) (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 68120 $19.99
New recordings from the Goldner String Quartet
are always a treat. Here, once again, they are
joined by pianist Piers Lane for the intriguing
Bruch Piano Quintet. This program pairs it with his
youthful String Quartet No.1 and a catchy set of
Swedish Dances for violin and piano.
Dvorák & Suk for Violin & Orchestra / Tetzlaff
Dvorák & Schumann: Piano Concertos / Hough
Works: Dvorák: Violin Concerto; Romance; Galop for
orchestra, B.119 Josef Suk
(1929-2011): Fantasy for
Violin and Orchestra Artists:
John Storgårds/Helsinki PO.
Christian Tetzlaff (Vln). (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (Ondine)
OND 1279 $16.99
Musical America named Christian Tetzlaff “Instrumentalist of the Year” in 2005 and his recording of the violin concertos by Mendelssohn and
Schumann (OND 1195), received the “Preis der
deutschen Schallplattenkritik”.
Franck: Symphony in D minor / New York PO
Works: César Franck (1822-1890): Symphony in
D minor; Les Eolides (The Breezes) Artists: Kurt
Masur/New York PO. (1 CD) (Warner Classics)
WRNC 554933 $13.99
Aptly, both idealism and daring inform the splendid
Symphony in D minor by César Franck, who fused the
French and German traditions at a time of heated Parisian controversy over the cultural identity of music.
Piano Trios of Brahms & Frank Bridge
Works: Brahms: Piano Trio
No. 1, Op. 8; Frank Bridge:
Phantasie No. 1 in C minor
for piano trio Artists: Thomas
Carroll (Clo); Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne (Vln); HyungKi Joo (Pno) (1 CD) (Paladino
Music) PANO 0076 $18.99
Programmed alongside a dazzling reading of
Brahms’ all-time favorite B Major Trio is Frank
Bridge’s gorgeous Phantasie Trio, a much underestimated gem of 20th century chamber music.
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 & Op. 72
Artists: Václav Neumann/Czech PO. (1 CD)
(Warner Classics)
WRNC 554934 $13.99
Recorded in the ‘70s, these performances exude authenticity of spirit. “This is as enchanting a set of enchanting music as one could hope for.” - Gramophone
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Works: Dvorák: Piano Concerto, Op. 33; Schumann:
Piano Concerto in A minor
Artists: Andris Nelsons/City
of Birmingham SO. Stephen
Hough (Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 68099 $19.99
Schumann and Dvorák each
wrote just one piano concerto, the latter being performed here in its fearsomely challenging original
version.
Dvorák & Martinu: Cello Concertos / Poltéra
Works: Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor; Martinu:
Cello Concerto No. 1 Artists: Christian Poltéra, cello;
Thomas Dausgaard/Deutsches SO Berlin (1 SA Hybrid
CD) (BIS) BIS 2157 $21.99
Critics around the world have
used adjectives such as ‘glowing’, ‘lyrical’, ‘ripe’
and ‘singing’ to describe cellist Christian Poltéra
tone - qualities that will enhance any repertoire,
but especially the concertos on this program.
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8; Suk: Serenade et al.
Works: Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92;
Symphony no 8; Josef Suk (1874 - 1935):
Serenade for strings, Op. 6 Artists: Mariss
Jansons/Bavarian Radio SO (1 CD) (BR Klassic)
BRK 900145 $15.49 On Sale
Every movement and melody in Dvorák’s
Eighth reflects the fact that it was inspired by
the landscape of Bohemia, and informed by the
symphonic ouevre of Tchaikovsky.
Martucci: Complete works for cello & piano
Artists: Jacopo Francini, cello; Alessandro
Deljavan, pianoforte (1 CD) (Tactus)
TCT 851303 $16.99
Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909) gave new life to
the Italian symphonic and chamber music repertoire through the delicate passage from the end of
the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.
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Schubert: String Quintet; Songs / Quatuor Ébène
Édouard Lalo: Works for Violin, Cello & Piano
Works: Édouard Lalo:
Symphonie espagnole; Cello
Concerto; Piano Concerto;
Concerto russe; Fantaisie
norvégienne; Introduction
et Scherzo on themes from
Namouna Artists: Soloists of
the Queen Elisabeth Music
Chapel; Jean-Jacques Kantorow/Liège Royal
Philharmonic (3 CD) (Alpha)
3 AHP 233 $37.49
Édouard Lalo’s concertante music rewards the attentive ear with a brilliant, skillfully constructed style,
studded with fresh rhythmic and harmonic inventions.
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites & Norwegian Dances
Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 &
2; Four Norwegian Dances Artists: Raymond
Leppard/English CO (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(PentaTone)
PTE 5186231 $19.99
Over the centuries, a number of composers displayed a particularly distinct flair for writing melodies
that captured the essence of a people - Norwegian
composer Edvard Grieg is certainly one of them.
Mendelssohn: Elijah, oratorio / Rademann
Artists: Hans-Christoph
Rademann/Akademie für
Alte Musik Berlin; RIAS
Kammerchor. Marlis
Petersen; Thomas Oliemans;
Maximilian Schmitt; Lioba
Braun. (2 CD) (Accentus)
2 ACTS 30356 $29.99
This new release is an outstanding recording of
Felix Mendelssohn’s Elias. This performance was
recorded live at Konzerthaus Berlin in July of 2015.
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night Dream
Artists: Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia Orch. (1
CD) (Warner Classics)
WRNC 554931 $13.99
This performance of Mendelssohn’s incidental music to Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
both glows with enchantment and sparkles with wit.
Thomas Zehetmair conducts & plays Schumann
Works: Schumann: Violin
Concerto; Symphony No. 1
‘Spring’; Phantasie Artists:
Thomas Zehetmair (piano)/
Orchestre de chambre de
Paris. (1 CD) (ECM)
ECM B002476302 $18.98
In 2012, Thomas Zehetmair
was appointed principal conductor of the Paris
Chamber Orchestra and on this recording does
double duty as both soloist and conductor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Spanish Capriccio
Artists: Mstislav Rostropovich/Orchestre de Paris.
(1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 554932 $13.99
“Setting Rostropovich.. in front of such an unmistakably French orchestra produces an intriguing and
most attractive blend of Russian fire and colour with
Gallic elegance and sentiment.” -Gramophone.
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Works: Schubert: String
Quintet in C major, D 956;
Songs arranged for voice &
string quartet Artists: Quatuor Ébène; Matthias Goerne
(Bar); Gautier Capuçon (Clo)
(1 CD) (Warner Classics)
WRNC 554925 $16.99
Quatour Ebene complements Schubert’s sublime
String Quintet with a group of his songs, arranged
for string quartet accompaniment and sung by the
great German baritone Matthias Goerne.
Schubert by harpist Ieuan Jones
Works: Schubert: Impromptus, ‘Diabelli’ variations;
Moment Musiceaux D780; Scherzi Artists: Ieuan
Jones, harp (1 DVD-Audio) (Claudio)
CDOR 6032 $24.99
Harpist Ieuan Jones was appointed Professor of
Harp at the Royal College of Music in 1997, and
in 2016 was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal
College of Music.
Schumann: Cello Concerto; Piano Trio No. 1
Artists: Pablo Heras-Casado/
Freiburger Barockorchester.
Isabelle Faust (Vln); Jean-Guihen Queyras (Clo); Alexander
Melnikov (Pno). (2 CD & DVD)
(Harmonia Mundi)
2 HAR 902197 $19.99
This is the final installment in
harmonia mundi’s Schumann trilogy, and it pairs the
composer’s Cello Concerto with his first Piano Trio.
String Quartets by Schubert & Daniel Schnyder
Works: Schubert: String Quartets D.353 and
D.112; Daniel Schnyder (b.1961): String Quartet
No. 4 ‘Great Places’ Artists: Belenus Quartett (1
CD) (Acousence Records) AOUE 12716 $18.99
This album is the award-winning Belenus Quartet’s
second, and was inspired by their success at the 2015
competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music.”
Schumann: Paradise and the Peri, oratorio
Artists: Magdalena Hajossyova, Marga Schiml;
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild/Leipzig Radio Choir and SO
(2 CD) (Brilliant Classics)
2 BLC 95306 $12.99
Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, an oratorio in three parts, is an innovative form of dramatic
cantata for solo voice, choir, and orchestra.
Schumann: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 / Trio Karénine
Artists: Trio Karénine (1 CD) (Mirare)
MRR 311 $23.99
Winner of the ARD International Competition in
2013, Trio Karénine has been highly praised for
their musical integrity and technical prowess.
Wagner: Complete Overtures and Orchestral
Music from the Operas
Artists: Alois Springer/Hamburg SO; Yuri Simonov/
Luxemborg Radio SO; Philharmonia Orch.; St. Louis SO; Jerzy Semkow/Heinrich Hollreiser/Bamberg
SO. (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 3 BLC 94937 $16.99
Wagner’s operas are stunning not only for
their rich and dramatic vocal lines but also for
containing some of the most sublime orchestral
music of the 19th century.
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The Post
Romantic
Era
where the 19th century meets the 20th
Robert Fuchs (1847-1927): Symphonies 1 & 2
Artists: Karl-Heinz Steffens/
WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln
(1 CD) (CPO)
CPO 777830 $15.49 On Sale
This highly imaginative music,
rich in ideas, makes a very
strong impression. Audible
quotations and reminiscences
of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms repeatedly
surface particularly in the second symphony.
Gottfried Huppertz: The Nibelungs, suite
Paul Juon: Complete String Quartets
Works: Paul Juon (18721940): String Quartets,
Opp. 5, 11, 29 & 67 Artists:
Sarastro Quartett. (2 CD)
(CPO )
2 CPO 777883
$29.99 On Sale
All the essential traits of
Juon’s compositional style
are brought together in these splendidly crafted
quartets: his predilection for irregular rhythms and
rhythmic-metrical peculiarities, bold harmonies,
Artists: artists Frank Strobel/Frankfurt RSO. (1 CD) (Pan Classics)
PAN 10346 $18.99
Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937) wrote in a lush, late-Romantic idiom. With “Die Nibelungen”, he evokes
Wagner’s take on Teutonic mythology through a highly lyrical and orchestrally expansive score that
resists being imitative.
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931): 6 Violin Sonatas
Artists: Frank Peter
Zimmermann, violin (1 CD)
(Warner Classics)
WRNC 554936 $13.99
Eugène Ysaÿe, one of the
most celebrated and influential
instrumentalists of his time,
drew inspiration from Bach
for his six sonatas for solo violin, producing works of
extraordinary richness and formidable virtuosity.
Gustav Holst: The Planets / Simon Rattle
Artists: Simon Rattle/Philharmonia Orch. (1 CD)
(Warner Classics)
WRNC 555213 $13.99
Sir Simon Rattle’s original 1980 recording of The
Planets with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Roentgen: Works for Violin & Cello, solo & together
Artists: Oliver Kipp, violin;
Katharina Troe, cello (3 CD)
(Thorofon)
3 THO 2628/3 $22.99
These solo works for violin
and cello and duets combining the two make up a small
but influential portion of
Roentgen’s (1855-1932) compositions. The breadth
of this album gives the listener a broad spectrum of
Roentgen’s compositional styles.
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 / Otto Klemperer
Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.
(2 CD) (Warner Classics) 2 WRNC 554935 $18.99
“There is no more irony, sarcasm, no resentment
whatsoever. There is only the majesty of death,”
said Otto Klemperer of the closing Adagio of
Mahler’s 9th Symphony.
Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33 (1911)
Artists: Giordano Bellincampi/Duisburger
Philharmoniker. Kolja Blacher (Vln). (1 CD)
(Acousence Records)
AOUE 22115 $18.99
After studying at the Julliard School of Music and
then in Salzburg with Sandor Vegh, Kolja Blacher
has enjoyed international success in concerts with
the world’s greatest orchestras.
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Mravinsky conducts Sibelius & Debussy
Works: Sibelius: Symphony
No. 3; The Swan of Tuonela
Op. 22 No. 3; Symphony
No. 7; Debussy: Nocturnes
- Nuages; Fêtes Artists:
Yevgeny Mravinsky/Leningrad
PO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Praga)
PGA 350106 $23.99
Sibelius’s Symphony No.3 was composed in 1907.
It is the link between the romantic intensity of his
first two symphonies and the more cold complexity
of his later symphonies.
Moveable Feast - 3 very different voices in
Paris in 1907 / Stockholm Syndrome Ens.
Works: Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in
C Minor; Ravel: Frontispice; Le Tombeau de
Couperin; de Falla: El Amor Brujo Artists:
Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble. (1 CD) (Channel
Classics)
CCS 36916 $21.49
The music on this disc has a very specific location and
time at its heart: Paris in 1907. This program is built
around the tantalizing thought that these three very
different composers were all in Paris at the same time
discussing music and inspiring one another.
Glazunov & Dvorak Violin Concertos
Works: Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor; Sibelius:
Humoresques (6); Dvorak: Violin Concerto Artists: Efi
Christodoulou, violin; John Carewe/Bournemouth SO.
(1 CD) (Somm)
SOMM 0153 $16.99 On Sale
Debussy, Ravel & Fauré for Piano & Orchestra
Works: Debussy: Fantaisie for Piano & Orchestra;
Fauré: Ballade for Piano and Orchestra; Ravel:
Piano Concerto in G Artists: Valerie Tryon, pinao;
Jac van Steen/Royal PO (1 CD) (Somm)
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies / Barbirolli
Works: Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5; Fantasies Artists: John
Barbirolli/Halle Orch.; Philharmonia Orch.; Sinfonia
of London (rec. 1957 and 1962) (2 CD) (Urania
(Italy)
2 URA 121.160 $29.99
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❦Khatia Buniathisvili - ‘Kaleidoscope’
Walter Gieseking plays
Schubert & Schumann
Works: Schubert: Complete
Impromptus Op. 90 & Op.
142; 6 Moments Musicaux D. 780; Schumann:
Waldszenen Op. 82; Etudes Symphoniques Op.
13 (2 CD) (Urania (Italy) 2 URA 121.223 $29.99
Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) was an outstanding
German pianist, teacher, and composer. Originally
recorded between 1951 and 1955, these recordings
have been remastered for optimal sound quality.
Works: Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition;
Ravel: La Valse; Stravinsky:
Three Movements from
Petrushka Artists: Khatia
Buniathisvili, piano (1 CD)
(Sony / RCA)
SBMG 88875170032 $12.99
‘Kaleidoscope’ is an album of pieces that are very
different, yet all have their own identity and colors.
Khatia’s new recording, a unique combination of
masterful and challenging pieces shows her true
virtuosic playing. “Khatia Buniatishvili offers a very
individual and often imaginative account of Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.” -BBC Music
romantic & post-romantic works
pour le piano
Claudio Arrau plays Franz
Schubert
Works: Schubert: Moment Musical; 3 Piano pieces;
Wanderer Fantasy Artists: Claudio Arrau, piano (2
2 WRNC 554930 $18.99
“Schubert is for me the ultimate problem of interpretation... There is the dramatic scope of Beethoven
and the simplicity of Austrian folksong; wonderful lyric
writing ... and great chastity.” -Claudio Arrau
Pianist Dennis Lee plays Debussy
Works: Debussy: Arabesques (2); Estampes
(3); Images, Set 1; Images
inédites (3); La plus que
lente; L’isle joyeuse Artists:
Dennis Lee (Pno). (1 CD)
(Launch Music)
LAUC ICSM80060 $19.99
Debussy, like Chopin and Liszt, took the genre in a
new direction due to his groundbreaking approach
to texture, chords, shifting harmonies, and the use
of the pedal, among other features.
Peter Kairoff plays Franz Schubert
Works: Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D. 780;
Variations on a Theme of Anselm Hüttenbrenner,
D 576; Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946 Artists: Peter
Kairoff (Pno). (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3473 $16.99
This release features the rarely recorded Variations
on a Theme of Anselm Huttenbrenner, D. 576.
Tänze aus Wien / Paul Badura-Skoda, piano
Works: Schubert: Waltzes;
Lerchenwalzer in D flat
major, D.145; Johann
Strauss II/Otto Schulhof:
Polkas Artists: Paul BaduraSkoda (Pno) (rec. 2015) (1
CD) (Gramola)
GRAM 99104 $18.99
There is an incredible wealth of melodic and
harmonious invention behind the apparently ever
so simple waltzes and dances by Schubert.
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❦Schubert: 8 Impromptus / Amir Katz, piano
Works: Schubert: Impromptus, D 899 & 935; Artists:
Amir Katz (Pno). (1 CD) (Orfeo)
ORF 898151 $22.99
“The sensitivity, tonal refinement and occasional micromanagement typifying Amir
Katz’s Chopin Nocturnes,
Ballades and Impromptus and Mendelssohn Songs
Without Words prevail throughout his Schubert Impromptus...” -Gramophone Magazine
Adrienne Krausz plays Rachmaninov & Liszt
Works: Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1931
revised vers); Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor
Artists: Adrienne Krausz (Pno) (1 CD) (Budapest
Music)
BUAE 223 $16.49
What persuaded pianist Adrienne Krausz that the
1931 version of the Second Sonata is the definitive
one, was that Rachmaninov remarked at the beginning of the new edition that it was revised and
modified by the composer.
Debussy & de Falla: Piano music
Works: Debussy: La soirée dans Grenade; Lindaraja; Préludes, Book 2; Manuel de Falla: El amor
brujo; El sombrero de tres picos; Fantasía Baetica
Artists: Vanessa Perez, piano STEI 30036 $17.99
Iridescent musical sketches of Spain are brought
to life by Vanessa Perez, who has been praised for
her bold performing style aligned to sensitivity.
Chopin: Complete Mazurkas / Rem Urasin
Artists: Rem Urasin, piano (2 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
2 BLC 95215 $12.99
Russian pianist Rem Urasin won 4-th Prize at the
International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and
First Prize in the Moscow Chopin Competition.
Paul Badura-Skoda plays Schubert
Works: Schubert: Sonata in D major D 850 “Gastein Sonate”; Drei Klavierstucke, D 946 Artists:
Paul Badura-Skoda (Pno). (1 CD) (Genuin)
GUIN 16425 $16.99 On Sale
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Modern Era: Early 20th c.
Bartók, Schnittke, Lutoslawski, Janácek
Bartók, Schnittke & Lutoslawski Violin Sonatas
Works: Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2; Alfred Schnittke: Violin Sonata No. 2 ‘Quasi una
Sonata’; Lutoslawski: Partita for Violin & Piano Artists: Miranda Cuckson, violin; Blair
McMillen, piano (1 CD) (ECM)
ECM B002484702 $18.98
Violinist Miranda Cuckson has always been drawn to the colorations and characteristics of Slavic music with its dark-hued tones and harmonies, mordant wit, and
detailed shaping of folk ornamentation.
❦Leos Janácek - Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Works: Janácek (1854-1928): Adagio, JW 6/5; Glagolitic Mass”; Otcenás, for tenor,
chorus, harp & organ; Ave Maria, for tenor, chorus, violin & organ Artists: Edward
Gardner/Bergen PO & Chorus; Thomas Trotter (Organ); Susan Bickley (Mzz Sop);
Stuart Skelton (Tnr) (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos) CHA 5165 $17.99 On Sale
“Gardner steers the clash of brass, strings, chorus and soloists with confidence, the
instrumental outer movements ablaze with excitement, the whole well balanced but
still dangerous and invigorating.” -The Guardian
Bartók by Arrangement: Music for Viola
Works: Bartók: Viola Sonata
No. 2; Sonata for Solo Viola;
Rhapsody No. 1 for Viola &
Strings Artists: Péter Nagy,
piano; Vidor Nagy (viola)/Divertimento Budapest. (1 CD)
(Toccata) TOC 0351 $18.99
The Hungarian viola virtuoso Vidor Nagy has transcribed three of Bartók’s violin chamber works for the viola, enriching the repertoire of his
own instrument with three fiercely challenging works.
Benjamin Britten - works for chamber orchestra
Works: Britten: Lachrymae,
for viola & strings; Prelude &
Fugue for string orchestra;
Serenade, for tenor, horn
& strings; Young Apollo, for
piano quintet & strings Artists:
Markus Daunert/Aldeburgh
Strings. Richard Watkins (Fr
Hrn); Allan Clayton (Tnr); Lorenzo Soules (Pno); Mate
Szucs (Vla). (1 CD) (Linn Records) LINN 478 $19.99
This international ensemble of crack musicians
reveals the next generation’s star soloists in these
fresh and energetic performances of some of
Britten’s finest music for string ensemble.
Works: Elgar, Debussy &
Respighi: Violin Sonatas;
Sibelius: Berceuse, Op. 79/6
Artists: James Ehnes (Vln);
Andrew Armstrong (Pno). (1
CD) (Onyx Classics)
NYX 4159 $19.99
After the rapturous critical
reception for their Franck & Strauss Violin
Sonatas, violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew
Armstrong turn their attention to three works from
the World War I era.
Piano Quintets of Brahms & Gernsheim
Works: Friedrich Gernsheim
(1839-1916): Piano Quintet
No. 2, Op. 63; Brahms:
Piano Quintet, Op. 34
Artists: Formosa Quartet;
Reiko Uchida, piano. (1 CD)
(Delos)
DEL 3497 $16.99
Late-Romantic German
composer Friedrich Gernsheim was acknowledged
by Brahms as a master composer; despite this, his
music fell into obscurity.
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 / Mark Elder
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Trios Nos. 1 - 3;
Bergerettes, H 275 Artists: Smetana Trio. (1 CD)
(Supraphon)
SPR 4197 $22.99
The piano trios span two decades of Martinu’s life,
and his compositional evolution can be seen as
the pieces progress.
Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in E flat;
Symphony No. 7 in C; En Saga Artists: Mark
Elder/Hallé Orch. (1 CD) (Halle Records)
HALE 7543 $18.99
This exhilarating album contains stunning live
performances. “... raw, massive, glacial, thrilling.
Elder and the Halle have a strong track record in
this repertoire.” (The Observer)
The Clarinet in Modern Concertos / Collins
Joachim Stutschewsky: Chamber Music
Bohuslav Martinu: The Complete Piano Trios
Works: Britten: Movements for a Clarinet Concerto
(realization of sketches by C. Matthews); Arnold
Cooke: Clarinet Concerto no 1; Gerald Finzi: Bagatelles for clarinet & piano; William Mathias: Clarinet
Concerto Artists: Michael Collins (clarinet)/BBC SO
(1 CD) (Chandos)
CHA 10891 $16.99 On Sale
This second volume of British Clarinet Concertos
follows ‘a stunning recording’ made a Critic’s
Choice of the Year in Gramophone (2013).
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Artists: Aron Zelkowicz, cello; Luz Manriquez,
piano; Jennifer Orchard, violin; Marissa Byers,
clarinet. Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival members
(1 CD) (Toccata Classics)
TOC 0314 $18.99
Joachim Stutschewsky (1891-1982) confronted his
identity as a Jewish musician by melding the Mediterranean sounds of his adopted Israel with the
early klezmer influences of his youth in Ukraine.
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Kurt Atterberg: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
Works: Kurt Atterberg
(1887-1974): Symphony No.
3; Nocturnes (3), Op. 35bis;
Vittorioso, Op. 58 Artists:
Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg
SO. (1 CD) (Chandos)
CHA 10894 $16.99 On Sale
The warm and tuneful music of
Atterberg meets the idiomatic spirit and commitment of
the Neeme Järvi & the Gothenburg Orchestra.
Otmar Schoeck: Complete Violin Sonatas
James Ehnes in four violin sonatas
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Piano
music for solo
Works: Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957): Violin Sonata in D major, WoO 22; Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 &
2 Artists: Maristella Patuzzi (Vln); Mario Patuzzi
(Pno). (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95292 $14.99
Swiss composer Othmar Shoeck (1886-1957)
succeeded in adopting stylistic elements of his
contemporary 20th century composers while maintaining his own style of lyricism.
Pierre Boulez - Young Composer & Conductor
Works: Stravinsky: Le Chant
du Rossignol; Symphonies
of Winds; Concertino for 12
instruments; Boulez: Le Soleil
des Eaux; Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 1; Debussy: Jeux
Artists: Pierre Boulez/BBC
SO; Royal Concertgebouw
Orch.; Yehudi Menuhin, violin (1 CD) (Praga)
PGA 250332 $23.99
These recordings offer a foretaste of Boulez’ conducting genius and allow us to remember a great
artist the world recently lost.
Shotakovich: String Quartets Vol. 1
Works: Shotakovich: String Quartet No. 1 Op.
49, No. 2 Op. 68, Op. 5 Op. 92 Artists: Borodin
Quartet (1 CD) (Praga)
PGA 250323 $23.99
This release is taken from the Borodin’s first stereo
recordings of the quartets, recorded for Melodiya in
the late 60s and early 70s and carefully remastered.
Chamber music of Visilije Mokranjac
Works: Visilije Mokranjac (1923-1984): String
Quartet; Violin Sonata; Old Song, for violin & piano;
Dance, for violin & piano Artists: Thomas Christian,
violin; Evgeny Sinayskiy, piano; Thomas Christian
Ensemble (1 CD)
CPO 777893 $15.49 On Sale
The Thomas Christian ensemble, along with
pianist Evgeny Sinayskiy, present this album of
works by Vasilije Mokranjac (1923-1984).
William Wordsworth - Orchestral Works
Sergei Bortkiewicz: Piano music / Nadejda Vlaeva
Works: Sergei Bortkiewicz
(1877-1952): Piano Sonata
No. 2; Three Mazurkas; Jugoslavische Suite; Fantasiestücke; Lyrica nova; Six
Preludes Artists: Nadejda
Vlaeva, piano (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68118 $19.99
Many of these alluring pieces have only been recently discovered and are recorded here for the first time.
Alexander Mosolov: Complete Solo Piano Works
Artists: Olga Andryushchenko, piano (2 CD)
(Grand Piano)
2 GRPO 703 $24.99
Alexander Vasilyevich Mossolov (1900-1973) is best
known for his orchestral piece, ‘The Iron Foundry’. His
piano pieces employ motor rhythms, percussive attacks, and melodic angularity.
Bartók: Mikrokosmos 6 & other piano pieces
Works: Bartók: Mikrokosmos
6; Fifteen Hungarian Peasant
Songs; Suite, Op. 14; Out
of Doors; Three Burlesques
Artists: Cedric Tiberghien
(Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 68123 $19.99
The gifted French pianist
Cédric Tiberghien turns to the music of Bartók in this
wide-ranging program
American Visions / Ian Gindes, piano
Works: Copland: Four Piano Blues No. 3; Rodeo;
Our Town; Gershwin/Wild: 2 Etudes; Kris Becker:
Elegy; Passacaglia; Roders & Hammerstein (1
CD) (Centaur)
CEN 3475 $16.99
The works included on this release all focus on
American compositional vision.
Schulhoff: Piano Works, Vol. 3 / Weichert
Works: Erwin Schulhoff (18941942): Piano Works, Vol.
3 - Suite Dansante en Jazz;
9 Kleine Reigen; Ostinato; 5
Jazz Etudes; Confrey: Kitten
on the Keys Artists: Caroline
Weichert (Pno). (1 CD) (Grand
Piano)
GRPO 723 $16.99
In this program of rare works spanning 20 years
of Schulhoff’s life, the influences of jazz, ragtime,
Expressionism, and Dada can be clearly heard.
Works: William Wordsworth (1908-1988): Overtures
‘Conflict’; Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 Artists: Stewart
Robertson/BBC Scottish SO; James Loughran. (1
CD) (Lyrita)
LYTA 1121 $13.99 On Sale
Various influences such as Sibelius, Bartok, Nielsen and
Bax may be detected in some of Wordsworth’s writing.
Michael Nyman: Complete Piano Music
Witold Lutoslawski Orchestral Works
Touches & Traces: Music of Tan Dun & Bernstein
Works: Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994): Concerto
for Orchestra; Little Suite; Symphony No. 4
Artists: Krzysztof Urbanski/NDR SO. (1 CD)
(Alpha Productions)
AHP 232 $18.99
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Artists: Jeroen Van Veen, piano (2 CD) (Brilliant
Classics)
2 BLC 95112 $18.99
The pieces on this album by Michael Nyman (b.1944)
were either composed specifically for piano, or have
been arranged for solo piano by the composer.
Works: Bernstein: Four Anniversaries; Five
Anniversaries; Touches; Tan Dun: Eight Memories
in Watercorlor Artists: Warren Lee, piano (1 CD)
(Naxos (USA)
NXS 970252 $12.99
‘Dew-Drop-Falls’, featured here, is one of Tan
Dun’s most intricate and ethereal
sound pictures.
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Contemporary - Music of our Time
Choral Music of Ola Gjeilo / Voces8, Tenebrae
String Quartets by Adès, Norgard & Abrahamsen
Works: Ola Gjeilo (b.1978):
Northern Lights, for chorus;
Dreamweaver; Reflections,
for string quartet & piano;
Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas
III), for chorus & string quartet; Sanctus, for chorus;
Serenity (O magnum mysterium), for cello & chorus. Artists: Thomas Gould/
CO Of London; Voces8, Tenebrae (1 CD) (Decca)
DEC B002464602 $15.48
Rising composer Ola Gjeilo (pronounced “Yay-lo”)
releases his major label debut with Decca, Ola
Gjeilo, an album of ethereal choral music inspired
by his Nordic roots. The self-titled album contains
rich vocal textures sung by Voces8, enhanced by
radiant instrumentation: piano performed by Gjeilo
himself, exquisite strings and acoustic guitar.
Works: Thomas Adès: Arcadiana (1994), Per Norgard:
Quartetto Breve (1952),
Hans Abrahamsen: 10 Preludes (1973) Artists: Danish
String Quartet. (1 CD) (ECM)
ECM B002484802 $18.98
The Danish String Quartet
has quickly established a worldwide reputation
through a combination of technical and interpretive
talents matched by an infectious joy for musicmaking and “rampaging energy,” (Alex Ross, The
New Yorker). They make their ECM debut with
a recording of fresh and intensely vivid works by
Abrahamsen, Adès, & Nørgåd, performed with
an extraordinary precision of nuance, warm and
intelligent closeness of voices and command of
form.
David Chesky: The Venetian Concertos
Dawn to Dust - Commissions from the Utuh SO
David Chesky’s Venetian
Concertos are a tribute to the
classical Concerto Grosso
form. Cast in the style of the
great works of Corelli and
Vivaldi, these radically original compositions replace the
Baroque line contour with
dense chromatic polyphony, weaving a tapestry of
interlocking grooves by turns Urban, Brazilian, and
Latin inspired.
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Peteris Vasks (b. 1946): The Seasons
Artists: Marcel Worms, piano (1 CD) (Zefir)
ZEFR 9643 $18.99
Vasks makes splendid use of the possibilities of the piano in his ‘The Seasons’. The nature is the Baltic nature:
a seemingly endless winter, an often blustery spring, a
short but intense summer and a colorful autumn.
‘Noravank’: String Quartets of Petro Shoujounian
Works: Petro Shoujounian
(b.1957): String Quartets nos
3 - 6 Artists: Quatuor Molinari. (1 CD) (ATMA)
ATMA 22737 $16.99
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
genocide in which 1.5 million
Armenians died, Canadian composer Petros Shoujounian has written four string quartets, each based
upon various Armenian liturgical chants.
‘Blurred Boundaries’ / Apollo Chamber Players
Works: String Quartets by Libby Larsen, Henry
Thacker Burleigh, Florence Beatrice Price, Erberk
Eryilmaz, Hajime Komatsu, Marty Regan Artists:
Apollo Chamber Players. (1 CD) (Navona)
NVA 6038 $14.99
‘Blurred Boundaries’ features commissioned works
as part of Apollo Chamber Players’ 20x2020 composition competition - an initiative to commission
20 new folk music-inspired works, each to explore
culturally-specific musical traditions.
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Works: Augusta Read
Thomas: EOS (Goddess of
the Dawn), ballet; Nico Muhly: Control (5 Landscapes for
Orchestra); Andrew Norman:
Switch Artists: Colin Currie,
percussion; Thierry Fischer/
Utah Sym. (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(Reference Recordings)
REF 719SA $19.99
The pieces on this album are world premieres,
commissioned for the Utah Symphony’s 75th anniversary.
Hand Eye / Eighth Blackbird
Works: Works for flute, clarinet, violin, cello,
percussion & piano by Timo Andres (1985 - );
Christopher Cerrone; Jacob Cooper; Ted Hearne;
Robert Honstein & Andrew Norman Artists: eighth
blackbird. (1 CD) (Cedille)
CDL 162 $16.99
Multiple Grammy award-winning Eighth Blackbird
have been hailed as “super musicians” by the Los
Angeles Times. Each of the commissioned works
here take inspiration from contemporary art.
January: Songs & Chamber Music of Mark Rimple
Artists: Early-new music ensemble Mélomanie
with Carl Cranmer, piano; Mark Rimple, archlute;
Drew Minter, countertenor; Tracy Richardson,
harpsichord; Van Stiefel, electric guitar (1 CD)
(Furious Artisans)
FUR D6814 $16.99
Mark Rimple blend’s ancient and modern, such
as the words of Catullus with the electric guitar, or
the textures of the Romantic piano sonata with the
structures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
John K. Leupold, II: Exasperating Perpetuation
Works: John K. Leupold, II (b.1952): Exasperating
Perpetuation; Envisaging a Supercluster;
Charismatic Thaumaturge et al. Artists: Inscape
CO members (1 CD) (Ravello) RAEL 7931 $16.99
John K. Leupold II’s work has been called “an imaginative exploration of instrumental timbres,” by the
Washington Post. His music consistently delivers
vigorously rhythmic and tonally sensitive works.
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Sheffer: The Conference of the Birds / DiDonato
Works: Jonathan Sheffer:
The Conference of the Birds,
for orchestra (2 versions,
with and without narration)
Artists: Joyce DiDonato,
narrator; Jonathan Sheffer/
Moravian PO (1 CD)
(Navona) NVA 6037 $14.99
Depicting 12th-century Persian poet Farid ud-Din
Attar’s dramatic narrative, in Jonathan Sheffer’s
‘The Conference of the Birds’, the birds of the world
seek to find an illustrious leader, ultimately ending
with new insight into their spiritual identities.
Music is choir by Martin Romberg (b.1978)
Works: Martin Romberg
(1978 - ): Aradia, or the
Gospel of the Witches,
for chorus; Rúnatal, for
chorus; Streghe, for chrous.
Artists: Grex Vocalis; The
Norwegian Girls’ Choir; Vox
Nova Chamber Choir. (1 CD)
(LAWO Classics)
LAWO 9 $16.99
Composer Martin Romberg’s Witch Mass, his second CD on the LAWO label, features choral compositions on the subject of ancient magic spells
and hymns to nature spirits rituals of rural Italy.
Symphonic Music of Mats Larsson Gothe
Works: Mats Larsson Gothe (b.1965 ): Symphony
No. 2; Apotheosis of the Dance; Autumn Diary
Artists: Fredrik Burstedt/Helsingborg SO; Vasteras Sinfonietta. (1 CD) (DB Productions)
DBP 172 $16.99
Award-winning Mats Larsson Gothe is one of Sweden’s most important contemporary composers.
This portrait contains some of his most important orchestral works, notably the great Symphony No. 2.
Michael Pelzel (b.1978): Chamber Music
Works: Chamber works for
flute, clarinet, violin, viola,
cello, double bass, pianos,
percussion, string quartet
Artists: Peter Rundel/
Collegium Novum Zürich;
Ensemble This / Ensemble
That; Quatuor Diotima.
Marino Formenti (Pno)
MSS 149 $18.99
The tracks included in this album focus on his chamber music written between 2004-2015. Michael Pelzel has received numerous commissions and awards
throughout South America, Berlin, and India.
New World Serenade / Sinfonietta of Riverdale
Works by: Byron Adams, Oliver Caplan, John
Corigliano, Walter Piston & Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Artists: Mark Mandarano/Sinfonietta of Riverdale.
(1 CD) (Albany Records)
ALB 1623 $18.99
With a program that ranges from America’s past
through present with works by Walter Piston, John
Corigliano, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Byron Adams,
and Oliver Caplan, this survey shows us where we
have been, and where we are headed.
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Raymond Murray Schafer: Apocalypsis
Artists: Various artists (1
CD) (Analekta)
2 ANA 287845 $29.99
Schafer’s (b.1933) ‘Apocalypsis’ ranks in size and
scale to Mahler’s Symphony
of a Thousand. Initially imagined as a way to create a
grassroots community of performers, ‘Apocalypsis’
blends professional and amateur talents in its cast
of 1,000 choir singers, musicians, conductors, actors, and dancers. The National Post called the
production, “a work of cultural heroism”.
Sephardic Journey / Cavatina Duo
Works: Chamber music for flute, guitar, violin and
string quartet by Alan Thomas, Joseph Williams,
Carlos Rafael Rivera & David Leisner Artists: Cavatina Duo; Avalon String Quartet (1 CD) (Cedille)
CDL 163 $16.99
When Spanish flutist Eugenia Moliner and Bosnian
guitarist Denis Azabagic learned they each had
distant roots in the Sephardic Jewish world of Old
Spain, the husband-and-wife duo of “consummate
virtuosos” (American Record Guide) decided to
explore their mutual heritage by commissioning
works based on ancient Sephardic melodies.
The Curtis Project / PRISM Saxophone Quartet
Works: Music by Jennifer
Higdon, David Ludwig,
Thomas Oltarzewski, Gabriella Smith, Kat Souponetsky,
Daniel Temkin & Tim Woos
Artists: PRISM Saxophone
Quartet (1 CD) (Prism Quartet)
PSMQ 101 $14.99
In 2012, the PRISM Quartet conducted a residency
with the composition department of the acclaimed
Curtis Institute of Music. The residency culminated in
new works by five gifted Curtis students, each now
emerging as significant voices in contemporary music.
The Panufnik Legacies II - Orchestral Variations
Works: Variations on a
theme from Panufnik’s
‘Universal Prayer’ by Kim
Ashton, Leo Chadburn,
Bushra El-Turk, Matthew
Kaner, James Moriarty,
Elizabeth Ogonek, Aaron
Parker, Alastair Putt &
Duncan Ward. Artists: François-Xavier Roth/
London SO. (1 CD) (LSO Live) LSO 5070 $12.99
Orchestral works by composers participating in the
Panufnik Composers Scheme 2011-2013.
Watercolors: Songs of Robert Nelson (b.1941)
Artists: Sonja Bruzauskas, mz; Tali Morgulis, piano;
Christopher Neal, violin; Wayne Brooks, viola; Anne
Leek, oboe, Alexander Potiomkin, clarinet; Brian
Thomas, horn (1 CD) (Delos)
DEL 3499 $16.99
The pieces featured here reflect Nelson’s
compositional characteristics, and display a range
of colors, textures, and emotions. Mezzo-soprano
Sonja Bruzasukas leads an accomplished group of
musicians for this recording.
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❦Il Mio Canto (My Song) / Saimir Pirgu, tenor
Works: Songs & arias by Verdi, Puccini, Gounod, Strauss,
Cilea, Donizetti & Massenet
Artists: Speranza Scappucci/
Orch. del Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino (1 CD) (Opus Arte)
BOA 9041D $19.99
“Pirgu’s timbre isn’t quite
Italianate but he sounds rather like Giuseppe di
Stefano... The heroic ring in Macduff’s aria from
Macbeth hints at heavier Verdi roles that could
come... A disc that promises much.” -Gramophone
‘Aria’ - J.S. Bach’s Most Beautiful Arias
Artists: Magdalena Kozena,
Anne Sofie von Otter,
Thomas Quasthoff, Christine
Schafer, Andreas Scholl,
Fritz Wunderlich (1 CD)
(Deutsche Grammophon)
DGG B002489302 $8.98
ARIA presents over one
hour of J.S. Bach’s most beautiful arias, performed
by some of the greatest artists. This 18-track
compilation will be a ray of sunshine for any dreary
mood.
Decca Sound: 55 Great Vocal Recitals [55 CDs]
Artists: Danco, Ferrier, Siepi, Del Monaco, Flagstad, Souzay, Bergonzi,
Sutherland, Resnik, Krause, Pears, Nilsson, Horne, Tebaldi, Hotter & many more.
(55 CD) (Decca) (avail. 5/20)
55 DEC B002495002 $118.98
Vocal recordings lie at the heart of The Decca Sound. Throughout the years the label
and its producers discovered, signed and nurtured the defining voices of the age. The
list of vocalists here reads like a who’s who of the greatest singers since 1950 - from
Pavarotti, Sutherland and Flagstad to Gheorghiu, Fleming and Kaufmann. This 55
CD box set puts the spotlight on 55 unique voices who have defined classical musical in the past 60 years.
Hasse: Complete Solo Cantatas, Vol. 1
Artists: Jana Dvorakova,
soprano; Veronika Mrackova
Fucikova, mz; Rozalie
Kousalikova, cello; Ondrej
Macek, hpsi. Hof-Misici (1
CD) (Toccata Classics)
TOC 0228 $18.99
An enormously popular operatic composer in his day, Johann Adolf Hasse’s
(1699-1783) chamber cantatas were written for private performance in the palaces of the powerful, yet
still reveal the keen sense of drama that animated his
operas.
Laudato Si: In the Spirit of St. Fancis of Assisi
Works: Vivaldi, Traetta, Boccherini, Rossini,
Haydn, Poulenc, Dvorak (1 CD) (Navona)
NVA 6036 $14.99
Soprano Charlene Canty, countertenor Andrey
Nemzer, and organist Nicholas Will present a fresh
musical take on the Franciscan poetic tradition with
a collection of Stabat Mater settings transcribed for
voice & organ.
New Solo Vocal Albums
❦Mozart: Arias / Christian Gerhaher, baritone
Works: Mozart: Arias from
Marriage of Figaro, Cosi
fan Tutte, Don Giovanni,
Magic Flute; Symphony No.
36 “Linz” Artists: Gottfried
Von der Goltz/Freiburger
Barockorchester. Kristian
Bezuidenhout (Pno); Avi
Avital (Mandolin) (1 CD) (Sony / RCA)
SBMG 88875087162 $7.99
“Sung with freshness, clarity and vigour in crisply
enunciated Italian and given all the simple charm
that the composer intended... you may think you
know this music inside out; Gerhaher will prove
that you don’t.” -The Telegraph
‘Great Verdi Voices’ / L. Price, Carreras, Gedda
Artists: Leontyne Price,
soprano; Jose Carreras,
Nicola Gedda, tenor; Piero
Capuccilli, baritone; Kurt
Eichhorn/Munich Radio
Orch. and Chorus. (1 CD)
(BR Klassic)
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The radio recordings on this album were made between 1962 and 1984, and as such document the
development of how Verdi’s music was received in
Germany during the two decades in question.
Arias for Domenico Annibali / Ferri-Benedetti
Works: Songs by Johann Adolph Hasse, Handel,
Francesco Feo, Gaetano Latilla, Nicola Porpora,
Jan Zelenka, Giovanni Ristori Artists: Flavio FerriBenedetti, alto; Carla Babelegoto, soprano; Il
Basilico. (1 CD) (Pan Classics) PAN 10341 $18.99
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti, one of today’s referential
countertenors for Italian baroque, pays homage to
castrato Domenico Annibali. Half of the program
has here been recorded for the first time.
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Britten: Songs with Guitar / Ivonne Fuchs, mz
Works: Britten: Songs from
the Chinese, Op. 58; Folksong
Arrangements, Vol. 6 England;
Nocturnal after John Dowland,
for guitar Artists: Georg Gulyás (Gtr) (1 SA Hybrid CD)
(Proprius) PRPR 2075 $22.99
The program presented
includes works by Benjamin Britten, as well as
John Dowland’s Come, Heavy Sleep.
Anthony Milner: songs with orchestra & chorus
Works: Anthony Milner (1925-2002): The Song of
Akhenaten; The Water and the Fire Artists: Meredith
Davies/Manchester School Boys Choir. John Elwes
(Tnr); Stephen Roberts (Bar); Janet Price (Sop) (1
CD) (Lyrita)
LYTA 1125 $13.99 On Sale
Arguably the highpoint of the Milner’s large-scale choral
writing is ‘The Water and the Fire’. Lasting around 55
minutes, this is a truly visionary piece, the music unfolding in a natural arc, from the jagged harmonies of the
opening scene to the tranquil, diatonic closing melody.
Ginastera - The Vocal Album / Domingo, Tola
Works: Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983): 5
Canciones Populares Argentinas; Don Rodrigo;
Milena Artists: Gisele Ben-Dor/Santa Barbara
SO. Placido Domingo; Ana Maria Martinez (Sop);
Virginia Tola (Sop) (1 CD) (Warner)
WRNC 554596 $16.99
Heart Songs / Miriam Feuersinger, soprano
Works: Vocal works by J.S. Bach, Christoph
Graupner (1683-1760) & Johann Kuhnua (16601722) Artists: Capricornus Consort Basel (1 CD)
(Christophorus)
CHR 77399 $18.99
For this program with the musical and spiritual aim of
refreshing and reviving the heart through song, the
vocal soloist is Austrian soprano Miriam Feuersinger,
Echo award winner in 2014 for her recording of cantatas by Graupner (CHR 77381).
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Jón Liefs (1899-1968): Complete Songs
Artists: Finnur Bjarnason, tenor; Orn Magnusson,
piano (1 CD) (BIS (Sweden)
BIS 2170 $21.99
Something of a cult figure, Jón Leifs is especially
known for his spectacular orchestral works, yet
he also composed a number of solo songs, which
reflect his more personal side.
Bjorling: The Copenhagen Concert, 10/15/59
Songs & Arias by: Brahms, Mozart, Liszt, Wolf,
Schubert, Bizet, Peterson, Sibelius, Grieg, Strauss
& Puccini Artists: Jussi Bjorling, tenor; Bertil Bokstedt, piano (1 CD) (JSP Records) JSP 682 $18.99
‘Carneval Oriental’ - arias & songs, Alla Turca
Arias by: Allegri, Campra, Cesti, Handel, Lully,
Monteverdi, Sartorio, A. Scarlatti; Uccellini
Artists: Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay/Pera Ensemble;
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, soprano; Charlotte
Quadt, mz (1 CD) (Capriccio) CAP 5263 $16.99
The ‘Alla Turca’ fashion found expression in
Turkish operas - ‘Il Seraglio’ by Mozart is probably
the best-known work on this topic.
Voces de Sefarad / Romina Basso, mz
Songs by: Falla, Federico García Lorca, José
Marín, Mompou, Alonso Mudarra, Juan Hidalgo
de Polanco & Rodrigo Artists: Romina Basso,
mezzo-soprano; Alberto Mesirca, guitar (1 CD)
BLC 95222 $14.99
This interesting program is a tribute to Spain’s
Sephardic heritage, its Moorish roots, and its place
as a melting pot of the East and West. A Turkish
Ensemble performing on traditional instruments
enhances several of the selections.
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): Complete Songs
Artists: Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Lynne McMurtry,
contralto; William Hite, tenor; Aaron Engebreth,
baritone; Alison D’Amato, piano; Linda Osborn,
piano (3 CD) (New World)
3 NWR 80775 $47.99 On Sale
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Songs
Romantic
Franz Schubert: Songs for Voice & Guitar
Works: Schubert: Auf dem
Wasser zu singen; Ave
Maria; Der Abend; Der
blinde Knabe; Der Tod
und das Mädchen; Des
Mädchens Klage II Artists:
Anna Huntley, mz; Jens
Franke (Gtr). (1 CD) (Quartz
Records)
QTZR 2115 $16.99
All of these Schubert songs were arranged in the
19th century, at the time Schubert lived for guitar,
making this a very unique album!
‘L’Hiver a Cesse’ (Springtime Reveries)
Songs by: Fauré, Schubert,
Mendelssohn, Hugo Wolf,
Samuel de Lange & Edvard
Grieg Artists: Nienke
Oostenrijk, soprano; Laura
de Lange, piano (1 CD)
(Cobra)
CBR 47 $18.99
This selection of vernal songs
depicts spring in various ways; a common thread in
most is that Spring is seen as the force of nature that
chases away Winter.
Schubert: Winter Journey / Fischer-Dieskau
Artists: Dietrich FischerDieskau, baritone; Gerald
Moore, piano (rec. 1955) (1
WRNC 554938 $13.99
This 1955 recording of Winterreise with pianist Gerald
Moore is as exceptional for
the youthful beauty of Fischer-Dieskau’s singing as
for the insight and immediacy of his interpretation.
Songs of Pauline Viardot / Ina Kancheva, sop
Works: Pauline Viardot
(1821-1910): 15 Russian
Songs; Mazourkes de
Frederic Chopin, I & II
Artists: Ludmil Angelov
(Pno); Ina Kancheva (Sop);
Christo Tanev (Clo). (1 CD)
(Toccata Classics)
TOC 0303 $18.99
Pauline Viardot studied piano with Liszt,
counterpoint and harmony with Reicha, and
inspired Chopin, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Schumann
and Wagner - and she was no mean composer
herself, as these passionate songs demonstrate.
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin / Klemens
Artists: Klemens Sander (Bass); Uta Sander
(Pno). (1 CD) (ARS Productions)
ARSP 38535 $19.99
Bass-baritone Klemens Sander is winner of the
Richard Tauber Prize (2003) and the International
Robert Schumann Competition (2000).
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Complete Opera Titles
Two World Premieres from Different Eras
❦Alessandro Scarlatti: La Gloria di Primavera
John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
Artists: Diana Moore, Susana Ograjensek, Clint van der
Linde, Nicholas Phan, Douglas Williams. Nicholas McGegan/Philharmonia Baroque
Orch. (2 CD) (Philharmonia
Baroque) 2 PHBQ 09 $29.99
The San Francisco Chronicle called Scarlatti’s La
Gloria di Primavera a “feast of vocal invention” after
the opera’s western hemisphere premiere. PBO
and McGegan present the world premiere recording
of this newly discovered 300 year old serenata.
Artists: James Conlon/LA
Opera. Victoria Livengood;
Kristinn Sigmundsson; Scott
Scully; Patrick Blackwell;
Vanessa Becerra (2 SA Hybrid
CD) (PentaTone Classics)
2 PTE 5186538 $29.99
Commissioned by the MET to celebrate its 100th
anniversary, the success of Ghosts resulted in
many performances in the 25 years to follow, one
of which took place in February 2015 at the LA
Opera, to great critical acclaim.
❦Beethoven: Fidelio / Kurt Masur
Ferdinando Bertoni (1725-1813): Orfeo, opera
Artists: Jeannine Altmeyer;
Siegfried Jerusalem;
Siegmund Nimsgern; Kurt
Masur/Berlin Radio Choir and
Gewandhaus Orch. Leipzig. (2
CD) (Sony / RCA)
2 SBMG 88875194822 $11.99
Reviewing this distinguished 1979 recording,
Gramophone praised: “the finely wrought but never
overheated orchestral playing of the Gewandhaus.”
adding “They are backed by perhaps the most successfully engineered recording yet for this work.”
Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893): La Wally, opera
Artists: Alan Titus, baritone;
Eva Marton, soprano;
Francisco Araiza, tenor;
Pinchas Steinberg/Munich
Radio Orch. & Bavarian Radio
Choir (2 CD) (Sony / RCA)
2 SBMG 88875194872 $11.99
This opera requires “artists with glamour, presence,
star quality”, which the reviewer at Gramophone
duly found in the “huge, gleaming and effortlessly
produced” dramatic soprano of Eva Marton in the
title role.
Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Torino della RAI Orch.
Artists: Sesto Bruscantini,
Mario Borriello, Cesare
Valletti, Ada Noni, Armando
Benzi. Mario Rossi/Orch.
Sinfonica e Coro di Torino
della RAI. (2 CD) (Urania
(Italy) 2 URA 121.212 $29.99
Donizetti’s Don Pasquale has not been recorded
an extensive number of times, and the 1952
version featured here remains one of the reference
classics of the work.
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, opera / Levine
Artists: Thomas Allen, Mirella Freni, Anne Sofie
von Otter, Neil Shicoff, Paata Burchuladze. James
Levine/Rundfunkchor & Staatskapelle Dresden (2
CD)
2 DGG B002475502 $16.98
James Levine’s distinguished recording of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin stars Mirella Freni, Thomas Allen, Neil Shicoff and Anne Sofie von Otter.
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Artists: Vivica Genaux,
Francesca Lombardi-Mazzulli,
soprano; Jan Petryka, tenor;
Roberto Zarpellon/Ensemble
Lorenzo da Ponte; Ferrara
Coro Accademia di Santo
Spirito. (1 CD) (Fra Bernardo)
FRAB 1601729 $18.99
The 70 operas by Ferdinando Bertoni (1725 to
1813) are almost all forgotten, except for his Orfeo.
Unlike Gluck’s Orfeo, Bertoni created a true-opera
seria, which celebrates its rediscovery here in
recording with Vivica Genaux.
Francesco Morlacchi (1784-1841): Il Barbiere
di Siviglia
Artists: Romano
Franceschetto; Alessandra
Ruffini; Maurizio Comencini;
Giorgio Gatti; Aurio Tomicich;
Massimo Valentini. Gabriele
Catalucci/Orch. Giovanile ‘In
Canto’. (2 CD) (Bongiovanni) 2 BGV 2085 $16.99
❦Donizetti: La Favorite (The Favorite), opera
Artists: Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo soprano;
Ramon Vargas, tenor; Marcello Viotti/Bavarian
Radio Choir; Munich Radio Orch. (2 CD) (Sony /
RCA)
2 SBMG 88875194762 $11.99
This production was praised by Gramophone as “a
beautifully conceived and performed version of an
opera too often encountered in its Italian guise, but
here brought vividly to life in the original French.”
Gaetano Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore
Artists: Cesare Valletti, tenor; Sesto Bruscantini,
baritone; Alda Noni, soprano; Gianandrea
Gavazzeni/RAI National SO (rec. 1952) (2 CD)
(Urania (Italy)
2 URA 121.187 $29.99
Donizetti’s ‘The elixir of Love’ was written hurriedly in
only six weeks. It has remained massively success
and is one of Donizetti’s most performed works.
Wagner: Die Walkure / Marek Janowski
Artists: Jeannine Altmeyer, Siegfried Jerusalem,
Theo Adam, Marek Janowski/Staatskapelle
Dresden. (4 CD) (Sony / RCA)
4 SBMG 88875196452 $14.99
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Nicola De Giosa (18191885): Don Checco
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864): The Prophet
Artists: Marilyn Horne,
Renata Scotto, James
McCracken; Henry Lewis/
Ambrosian Opera Choir; Royal
PO. (3 CD) (Sony / RCA)
3 SBMG 88875194782 $13.99
“The role calls for a
Brünnhilde-range with an Amneris-type voice:
the vocal flexibility and dramatic punch needed
are extraordinary. Miss Horne has them all...”
-Gramophone
Handel: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato,
Artists: Patrizia Kwella, Marie McLaughlin,
Jennifer Smith, Michael Ginn, Martyn Hill, Stephen
Varcoe; John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque
Soloists; Monteverdi Choir. Martyn Hill. (2 CD)
(Warner Classics)
2 WRNC 554478 $11.99
The line-up of singers under John Eliot Gardiner
comprises leading British early music specialists of
the time (1980). Not available since 2012.
Joao de Sousa Carvalho (1745-1798): L’Angelica
Artists: Joana Seara, Lidia
Vinyes Curtis, Fernando
Guimaraes, Maria Luisa
Tavares, Sandra Medeiros.
Pedro Castro/Concerto
Campestre. (2 CD) (Naxos
(USA) 2 NXS 8573554 $24.99
Setting a libretto by the great poet Metastasio,
Joao de Sousa Carvalho brings out every ounce
of dramatic intensity in his richly expressive score,
the story of how the beautiful Angelica uses and
misuses her seductive charms.
Johann Strauss Jr.: The Gypsy Baron
Artists: Nikolai Schukoff, Claudia Barainsky, Jochen
Schmeckenbecher, Khatuna Mikaberidze. Lawrence
Foster/NDR Radiophilharmonie (2 SA Hybrid CD)
(PentaTone Classics)
2 PTE 5186482 $29.99
This new release features the operetta by Johann
Strauss Jr., Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron).
Mozart: Così fan tutte / Price, Troyanos, Milnes
Artists: Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos,
Judith Raskin, soprano; Sherrill Milnes, baritone;
Erich Leinsdorf/Ambrosian Opera Choir; New
Philharmonia Orch. (rec. 1967) (3 CD) (Sony /
RCA)
3 SBMG 88875196382 $13.99
“The set boasts gorgeous, grand voices, headed
by Leontyne Price, stately, imposing... [Tatiana].
Troyanos is a lively, palpitating Dorabella with a
good sense of style... The orchestral playing is
beguiling...” -Gramophone
Mozart: Don Giovanni / Varady, Auger, Mathis
Artists: Alan Titus, baritone; Julia Varady, Arleen
Auger, Edith Mathis, soprano; Rolando Panerai,
baritone; Rafael Kubelik/Bavarian Radio Choir and
SO (3 CD) (Sony / RCA)
3 SBMG 88875194802 $13.99
Opera magazine praises Titus as he “generates
lively spirit in his scenes with Rolando Panerai, a
Leporello into in 60s but still able to inflect his lines
with verbal point as well as expressive colour”
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Artists: artists Matteo Beltrami/Choir of the State Philharmonic “Transylvaniaö; InterNat’l
Orch. of Italy. (2 CD) (Dynamic)
.
2 DYN 7737 $29.99
“‘Don Checco’ represents the best comic tradition
of the Neapolitan musical theatre in the 19th
century... This opera was a real surprise, pleasant
and funny...” - Bachtrack, A world première on CD
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, opera
Artists: George London, Lisa della Casa. Erich
Leinsdorf/Vienna State Opera Orch. & Choir (3
CD) (Urania (Italy)
3 URA 121.304 $38.99
This recording, taken in 1953, was originally released by RCA, and was available to the public for
many years, and is again now on the Urania label.
Verdi: Luisa Miller / MET, James Levine
Artists: Aprile Millo; Placido
Domingo; Vladimir Chernov;
James Levine/Metropolitan
Opera Orch. and Choir (2 CD)
(Sony / RCA)
2 SBMG 88875194772 $11.99
“Energy and internal
combustion were the special features of Levine’s
reading... Domingo’s Rodolfo is generous in tone
and phrase... this is Verdi singing of the highest
class in both tone and feeling.” -Gramophone
Verdi: Otello / Vickers, Rysanek, Gobbi
Artists: Jon Vickers, tenor; Leonie Rysanek,
soprano; Tito Gobbi, baritone; Tullio Serafin/Rome
Opera Orch. and Choir. (2 CD) (Sony / RCA)
2 SBMG 88875196362 $11.99
This recording by RCA was deemed by BBC
Music Magazine as the “preferred version and
benchmark recording” of the work.” Further,
Penguin Guide wrote: “No conductor is more
understanding of Verdian pacing than Serafin.”
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Pavarotti, Abbado
Artists: Luciano Pavarotti, Piero Cappuccilli,
Gabriele Lechner, Ludmila
Schemtschuk, Magda Nador,
Georg Tichy, Franco De Grandis (live, 1986) Claudio Abbado/Vienna State Opera Orch.
& Chorus (2 CD) (Orfeo) 2 ORF 907162 $38.99
In this recording of a live radio broadcast from the Vienna State Opera in 1986, we can hear Pavarotti in a
performance both highly nuanced and possessed of
an immense radiance, from his very first “Amici mei”
to his touching death scene.
Wagner: Siegfried / Marek Janowski
Artists: Rene Kollo, Peter Schreie, Theo Adam,
Ortrun Wenkel, Marek Janowski/Staatskapelle
Dresden. (4 CD) (Sony / RCA)
4 SBMG 88875196442 $14.99
In review of Marek Janowski’s ‘Ring’, ClassicsToday wrote“The Staatskapelle Dresden plays spotlessly for Marek Janowski ... An excellent ‘Ring’
experience.” Now two music dramas from this acclaimed cycle are again available separately.
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Choral Music of Galina Grigorjeva ‘Nature Morte’
Carl Reinecke: The Wild Swan, Op. 164
Works: Carl Reinecke (1824-1910): Die wilden Schwäne, Op. 164, for soloists, womens chorus, harp, cello, 2 horns & piano Artists: Hagen Enke/Schwanen-Ensemble
(1 CD) (CPO)
CPO 777940 $15.49 On Sale
The unappreciated composer Carl Reinecke may have modeled his music on Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms but he did not copy them. This highly romantic
music of the highest compositional craftsmanship is destined to win listeners’ hearts.
‘Amuse-Bouches’ - 20th Century French Choral Music / I Fagiolini
Works: Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: Le cantique des cantiques; Jean Françaix: Ode
à La Gastronomie; Darius Milhaud: Poèmes (2), for vocal quartet, Op. 39; Francis
Poulenc: Hôtel, FP 107/2; Sept chansons, FP 81; Un soir de neige, chamber cantata;
Ravel; Satie Artists: Robert Hollingworth/I Fagiolini. Anna Markland-Crookes (Pno)
(1 CD) (Decca) DEC B002464502 $16.98
Inspired by the famous Physiologie du goût and the French obsession with food,
Amuse-Bouche is I Fagiolini’s delicious departure from early music. The album contains large works
interspersed with smaller ‘amuse-bouches’ - a musical tasting menu.
❦How Fair Thou Art:
Palestrina Motets
King’s College Choir Remembers David Trendell
Artists: Gareth Wilson/The Choir of King’s College
London (1 CD) (Delphian Records)
The choir which David Trendell directed for twenty-two
years pays tribute with a collection of specially chosen
pieces by David’s friends and former students.
Music for Choir
Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (15251594): Motets for 4 & 5 voices; Hodie Christus
natus est; Nigra sum sed formosa Artists: The
King’s Singers. (1 CD) (Signum) SIG 450 $17.99
“The King’s Singers maintain an admirably cool
approach to these 16th-century sizzlers.” -The
Guardian, 6th March 2016
Aetheria: Music of the Sky, Air & Atmosphere
/ The Esoterics
Works by: Aulis Sallinen, Erik
Banks, Jaakko Mantyjarvi,
Dale Trumbore, Greg Simon,
Stef Conner, Kirke Mechem
and Zachary Wadsworth Artists: The Esoterics (1 CD)
(Terpsichore Records)
TER 1915 $18.99
The Esoterics, hailing from Seattle, are dedicated
to performing a capella choral settings of
philosophy, poetry, and spiritual writings from all
over the globe.
‘Snowbells’ - Bent Sorensen Works for Choir
Works: Bent Sorensen (1958 - ):
Benedictus; Gråfodt (Greyborn);
Havet står så blankt og stille;
Lacrimosa; Livet og doden; Motets Artists: Paul Hillier/Danish
National Vocal Ensemble. Adam
Riis (1 SA Hybrid CD) (DaCapo)
DACO 6220629 $16.99
In ‘Snowbells’, the listener is guided through an
almost unearthly landscape of human voices
interwoven with the recorded sound of the bells of
the village churches around the forest.
‘Bouillabaisse’: French Cantatas & Chansons
Works by: Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
(1665-1729), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Artists: Ensemble 392 (1 CD) (Fra Bernardo)
FRAB 1603721 $18.99
Named after the French pitch for operas, A = 392
Hertz, Ensemble 392 is mainly interested in French
music of the 17th & 18th centuries. On this recording
they present rare French cantatas and chansons.
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Works: Galina Grigorjeva
(1962 - ): Diptych, for male
chorus; In paradisum; Lament,
for recorder; Nature Morte;
Salve Regina; Svjatki, for
soloists & chorus Artists: Paul
Hillier/Theatre of Voices. Kaia
Urb (Sop); Conrad Steinmann (Recorder) (1 CD)
(Ondine)
OND 1245 $18.99
Buxtehude and his Circle / Theatre of Voices
Works: Music for voices
with continuo and/or organ
by Nicolaus Bruhns; Dietrich
Buxtehude; Kaspar Förster;
Christian Geist; Franz Tunder
Artists: Paul Hillier/Theatre
of Voices. llan Rasmussen
(Organ); Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann (Clo) (1 SA
Hybrid CD) (DaCapo)
DACO 6220634 $16.99
This CD gives rare insight into the circle around Buxtehude - a musical circle of time, place, friendships,
teacher-pupil relationships and even family ties - a network of excellent composers from northern Germany.
Choral Music by Samuel Barber
Works: Samuel Barber Reincarnations, Op. 16;
Choruses from Anthony &
Cleopatra; Motetto on Words
from the Book of Job; Two
Choruses Artists: Ben
Kennedy, piano; Matthew
Firkins, timpani; Paul Spicer/Birmingham
Conservatoire Chamber Choir & Brass Ensemble
(1 CD) (Somm)
Claudio Merulo: Organ-Alternately Masses
Works: Claudio Merulo (1533-1604): Missa
Apostolorum; Missa in Dominicis Diebus; Missa
Virginis Mariae Artists: Alberto Turco/In Dulci
Jubilo. Federico Del Sordo (Organ). (2 CD)
2 BLC 95145 $12.99
This album contains three masses by Claudio
Merulo. His compositional style in here alternates the
organ and the choir in the different mass sections.
Claudio Monteverdi: Sacred Music
Works: Monteverdi (1567-1643): Cantate Domino;
Christe, adoramus te a 5; Christe, adormus te;
Domine, ne in furore Artists: La Compagnia del
Madrigale. Luca Guglielmi (Organ); Marta Graziolino
(Harp) (1 CD) (Glossa)
GLS 922805 $18.99
With this release, a collection of spiritual compositions
by Monteverdi, La Compagnia del Madrigale provide a
stunning follow-up to their award-winning recording of
the Fifth Book of madrigals by Luca Marenzio.
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Berlioz: Te Deum / Claudio Abbado
Artists: Claudio Abbado/European Community Youth Orch.;
London SO Chorus; Wooburn
Singers. Francisco Araiza
DGG B002475302 $10.98
Claudio Abbado’s acclaimed
1981 recording of Berlioz’s monumental Te Deum:
an album that still leads the field 35 years later.
Mozart: Horn Concertos (4) / Gunter Hogner
Howells: Collegium Regale / Trinity College Choir
Works: Herbert Howells
(1892-1983): Psalm Settings
121 & 122; Magnificat and
Nunc Dimittis, for chorus &
organ (Collegium Regale);
Rhapsody for organ no 1
Artists: Stephen Layton/
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge. Owain Park
(Organ) (1 CD) (Hyperion)
HYP 68105 $19.99
Howells’ ‘Collegium Regale’ is truly one of the
glories of the Anglican repertoire, recorded here in
the glorious acoustic of Coventry Cathedral.
Hymns: Ancient & Modern / David Skinner
Works: Includes Light’s glittering morn bedecks the
sky; Jesus Christ Is Risen Today; O God Our Help in
Ages Past; God of mercy, God of grace; Jesu, lover
of my soul; Jesu, the very thought of thee; Crown
him with many crowns Artists: David Skinner/Sidney
Sussex College Choir, Cambridge. Jamal Sutton
(Organ). (1 CD) (Gift of Music) GOM 1287 $16.99
This collection of favorite Victorian hymns is taken
from an early edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern,
which is one of the most influential hymnals in
spiritual music.
Sacred Music of J.S. Bach & J.F. Doles
Works: J.S. Bach: Cantata “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir
danken dir” BWV 29; Johann Friedrich Doles (17151797): Motets (2) Artists: Albrecht Koch/Batzdorfer
Hofkapelle; Capella Vocale des Freiberger Domchores (1 CD) (Querstand)
QRST 1511 $18.99
World premiere recording of two cantatas by
Johann Friedrich Doles (student of Bach). The
Great Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral
accompanies all three works.
‘The Deer’s Cry’ - Byrd, Tallis & Pärt
Works: William Byrd: Pieces (6) from Cantiones
sacrae for 5, 6 or 8 voices; Arvo Pärt: Nunc
dimittis; The Deer’s Cry; Thomas Tallis Artists:
Harry Christophers/The Sixteen (1 CD) (Coro)
COO 16140 $15.49 On Sale
This program includes Byrd’s monumental Tribue Domine and the mighty eight-voice motet Ad Dominum
cum tribularer. The Arvo Pärt works speak in his unmistakable voice, with its blend of ancient and modern.
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The Originals
The Originals Series offers listeners
the opportunity to explore key albums from the Yellow Label’s LP era
and experience the power and passion
of performances by a host of visionary artists.
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Artists: Gunter Hogner, horn; Karl Böhm/Vienna
PO
DGG B002475602 $10.98
Here, the Wiener Philharmoniker principal Gⁿnter
Hogner demonstrates his skill and agility on the
Viennese horn in Mozart’s four horn concertos.
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Zimerman
Artists: Krystian Zimerman,
piano; Carlo Maria Giulini/Los
Angeles PO
DGG B002476202 $10.98
A young Krystian Zimerman’s
distinguished recording of the
Chopin Piano Concertos.
Smetana: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland) / Levine
Artists: James Levine/Vienna PO
DGG B002475802 $10.98
The sumptuously toned Vienna Philharmonic play
Smetana’s monumental cycle of symphonic poems.
Renaissance masterpieces from Westminster
Works: Palestrina: Missa Papae
Marcelli; Allegri: Miserere;
Giovannelli: Jubilate Deo;
Nanino: Haec dies Artists: Simon
Preston/Westminster Abbey
Choir. DGG B002476102 $10.98
Simon Preston’s fascinating album of Italian
Renaissance vocal music.
Bernstein conducts Copland, Schuman & Barber
Works: Copland: Appalachian Spring; Barber:
Adagio for Strings; Bernstein: Candide Overture;
Schuman: American Festival Overture Artists:
Leonard Bernstein/Los Angeles PO
DGG B002475402 $10.98
The famous recording of American music by
Leonard Bernstein and the LA Phil.
Brahms: Lieder / Jessye Norman, soprano
Works: Brahms: Liebestreu;
Sapphische ode; Zigeunerlieder;
Regenlied Artists: Jessye
Norman, soprano; Daniel
Barenboim, piano
DGG B002476002 $10.98
This CD contains many favorite Brahms songs
including the gypsy-influenced Zigeunerlieder.
Prokofiev: The Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Artists: Shlomo Mintz, violin; Claudio Abbado/
Chicago SO.
DGG B002475902 $10.98
Shlomo Mintz’s commanding and benchmark
performances of Prokofiev’s Violin Concertos.
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❦Bach Orchestral Transcriptions by Stokowski
Works: J.S. Bach: Christ
lag in Todesbanden, BWV
4; “Little” Fugue, BWV
578; Komm, süsser Tod;
Passacaglia & Fugue, BWV
582; Toccata & Fugue in D
minor; Toccata, Adagio &
Fugue in, BWV 564 Artists: artists Robert Pikler/
Sydney SO.
CHA 6532 $12.99
“One could search the music of the world and never
find a melody of such intolerable beauty and tendeness -Charles O’Connell on “Komm Susser Tod”
❦An Introduction to Edward Elgar
Works: Elgar: Chanson de
matin; Cello Concerto; Coronation Ode; Enigma Variations
Artists: Alexander, Gibson;
Norman del Mar/Royal Scottish
Nat’l Orch.; Ralph Kirshbaum
(Clo).
CHA 2021 $12.99
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Gounod, Poulenc, Ibert - Music for Winds
Works: Gounod: Petite symphonie for wind octet;
Jacques Ibert: Pièces brèves, for wind quintet;
Poulenc: Sextet for piano & winds Artists: Athena
Ensemble.
CHA 6543 $12.99
Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Name, etc
Works: John Ireland: A London Overture; Epic
March; Greater Love Hath No Man, motet; The
Holy Boy; These Things Shall Be; Vexilla Regis
Artists: Richard Hickox/London SO & Chorus;
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone CHA 10110 $12.99
❦Folk Inspirations - Bartók, Kodaly, Enescu
Works: Bartók: Hungarian
Sketches; Enescu: Roumanian
Rhapsodies (2); Leó Weiner:
Hungarian Folk Dance Suite
Artists: Neeme Järvi/Philharmonia Orch. Hugh Bean (Vln).
CHA 6625 $12.99
“Jarvi and the Philharmonia play for all they are
worth... this disc is highly recommended.” -Fanfare
Concertos for Brass / Besses o’ th’ Barn Band
Works: Edward Gregson (1945 - ): Concerto for
French horn; Concerto for tuba; Gordon Langford
(1930 - ): Rhapsody for Cornet & brass Band
Artists: Roy Newsome/Besses O’ Th’ Barn Band.
Ifor James (Fr Hrn); James Watson (Cornet); John
Fletcher (Tuba).
CHA 4526 $12.99
❦French Orchestral Favourites / Järvi, Detroit
Works: Debussy: La mer; Milhaud: Suite provençale; Ravel:
Boléro; La valse Artists:
Neeme Järvi/Detroit SO
CHA 6615 $12.99
“The virtuosity is simply strong
staggering, and Jarvi conducts
the most convincing performances I have ever
heard.” -American Record Guide
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❦Favourite Encores / Järvi, Detroit SO
Works: Chabrier: Le roi malgré
lui; Glinka: Kamarinskaya; Sibelius: Andante festivo; Glinka:
Valse-Fantaisie; Bolzoni:
Minuetto; Ellington: Solitude;
Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy fair;
Shostakovich: The Gadfly, etc.
Artists: Neeme Järvi/Detroit SO
CHA 6648 $12.99
“The Detroit Symphony has never sounded better,
and the engineering of the recording is outstanding.” -Fanfare
Delius: Works for choir, solo voice & orchestra
Works: Delius: Sea Drift;
Songs of Farewell; Songs of
Sunset Artists: David Hill;
Richard Hickox/London SO
Chorus; Waynflete Singers;
Bryn Terfel; Sally Burgess
(Mzz Sop). CHA 10868 $12.99
Both Sea Drift and Songs of Sunset belong to
the fertile first decade of the 20th c. when Delius
produced a string of masterpieces.
❦Percy Grainger: Famous Folk-Settings
Works: Percy Grainger: Blithe Bells; Country
Gardens; Green Bushes; Handel in the Strand;
Mock Morris; Molly on the Shore Artists: Kenneth
Montgomery/Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Philip
Martin (Pno)
CHA 6542 $12.99
❦Howells: Works for vocal solo, choir & orch.
Works: Herbert Howells
(1892-1983): A Kent
Yeoman’s Wooing Song;
Hymnus Paradisi Artists:
Richard Hickox/BBC SO. Joan
Rodgers; Alan Opie
CHA 10727 $12.99
“The performance is extremely successful, conveying the dynamism and energy very well...” -MusicWeb International, on Hymnus Paradisi
Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Saint-Saens, etc
Works: Paul Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier; Respighi:
La boutique fantasque; Saint-Saëns: Danse
macabre Artists: Alexander, Gibson/Royal
Scottish Nat’l Orch.
CHA 6503 $12.99
❦Harty: John Field Suite, etc / Bryden Thomson
Works: Hamilton Harty (18791941): A John Field Suite;
Danny Boy; In Ireland; Suite
from Handel’s Water Music
Artists: Bryden Thompson/
Ulster Orch. Denise Kelly
(Harp); Colin Fleming (Flt);
Pan Hon Lee (Vln).
CHA 6583 $12.99
Marilyn Hill Smith Sings Ivor Novello
Works: Ivor Novello (1893-1951): Arc de triomphe;
Careless Rapture; Dancing Years; Fairy Laughter;
Gay’s the Word; Glamorous Night. Artists: Stuart
Barry/Chandos Concert Orch. Marilyn Hill Smith (S
op).
CHA 6677 $12.99
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Michael Tippett: A Child of our Time / London
❦Nielsen: Aladdin, suite Op. 34 / Rozhdestvensky
Works: Holst: The Wandering
Scholar; Suite de ballet; A
Song of the Night Artists:
Ingrid Attrot, Neill Archer,
Alan Opie, Donald Maxwell.
Richard Hickox/Northern
Sinfonia CHA 10725 $12.99
These early Holst works are “lightly romantic, though
more substantial than British Light Music.” -A.R.G.
Artists: Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey, Damon
Evans, Willard White. Richard Hickox/London SO
& Chorus
CHA 10869 $12.99
Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments
Works: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Divertissement; La cheminée du roi René; Pastorale; Sketches (2), Op. 227b; Suite d’après Corrette, Op. 161b
Artists: Athena Wind Ens.
CHA 6536 $12.99
❦Howells: Music for Strings / Richard Hickox
Works: Herbert Howells: Concerto for string
orchestra; Elegy, for viola, string quartet & string
orchestra; Serenade for strings; Suite for String
orchestra. Artists: Richard Hickox/City of London
Sinfonia
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W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni, arr. for Wind Ens.
Artists: Athena Wind Ensemble
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Works: Korngold: Cello
Concerto; Piano left-hand
Concerto; Military March;
Symphonic Serenade for
string orch. Artists: Matthias
Bamert/BBC PO. Howard
Shelley (Pno); Peter Dixon (Cl
o)
CHA 10433 $12.99
“First-rate playing and opulent, well-balanced
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Mozart: Requiem / George Guest, English CO
Artists: George Guest/English CO. Sarah Walker,
Yvonne Kenny, David Wilson-Johnson, William
Kendall
CHA 10208 $12.99
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Works: Korngold: Abschiedslieder, Op. 14; Symphony in F
sharp major Artists: Linda Finnie, contralto; Edward Downes/
BBC PO. CHA 10431 $12.99
“Korngold’s lush orchestration
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Mozart: Serenade for 13 Wind ‘Gran Partita’
Works: Mozart: Divertimento, K. 213; Serenade
‘Gran Partita’ Artists: Järvi Paavo/Scottish Nat’l
Orch. Wind Ensemble.
CHA 6575 $12.99
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Works: Korngold: Der
Schneemann, ballet-pantomime; Fairy Tale Pictures;
Schauspiel Overture; Violanta,
highlights Artists: Matthias
Bamert/BBC PO. Peter Manning (Vln) CHA 10434 $12.99
“An altogether excellent account of these scores and
are recorded with remarkable realism.” -Classic FM
Artists: Gennady Rozhdestvensky/Danish
National Orch. & Chorus. Guido Paevatalu; Franz
Lemsser
CHA 10498 $12.99
“Nielsen at his symphonic best... you will be thrilled
and captivated throughout.” -The Daily Telegraph
❦Korngold: Sursum Corda, etc / Bamert, et al
Works: Korngold: Sinfonietta,
Op. 5; Sursum Corda, overture
Artists: Matthias Bamert/BBC
PO.
CHA 10432 $12.99
“Bamert’s performances of
both works are beautiful,
sensitive and sympathetic...”
-BBC Music
Nielsen: Symphony no 5, etc; Sibelius / Gibson
Works: Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture; Symphony
no 5; Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite; Spring Song
(Vårsång), tone poem Artists: Alexander, Gibson/
Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch.
CHA 6533 $12.99
❦Marilyn Hill Smith sings Lehár & Kálmán
Works: Operetta arias by Imre Kálmán (18821953) & Franz Lehár (1870-1948) Artists: Barry
Knight/Chandos Concert Orch. Marilyn Hill Smith
(Sop)
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‘O for the Wings of a Dove’ - Choral Works
Works by: Hubert Parry, Herbert Howells, Mozart,
Mendelssohn, Bach, Standord, Wesley, Elgar et al.
Artists: Westminster Abbey Choir; Ely and
Worcester Cathedral Choirs
CHA 6519 $12.99
❦French Ballet Music of the 1920s / Simon
Works: ‘L’Éventail de Jeanne’ by 10 French
composer; ‘Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel’ by
members of the ‘Groupe des Six’ Artists: Geofrey
Simon/Philharmonia Orch.
CHA 10290 $12.99
“The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted
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❦Lovenskiold: La Sylphide, ballet
Works: Herman Severin Lovenskjold (1815-1870):
La Sylphide, ballet (“Sylfiden”) Artists: David
Garforth/Royal Danish Orch.
CHA 6546 $12.99
❦Louis Lortie Plays Schumann & Chopin
Works: Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Schumann:
Piano Concerto Artists: Neeme Järvi/Philharmonia Orch. Louis Lortie (Pno). CHA 10603 $12.99
“A very rewarding listen, with beautiful touch from
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Works: Beethoven: ‘Triple’
Concerto for Piano, Violin
and Cello; Septet in E flat
major, Op. 20. Artists: David
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Gil Shaham (Vln); Truls Mork
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A Soprano Portrait - Mozart / Elena Mosuc
Works: Mozart: Arias from the operas plus Mass
in C minor, “Great” & Exsultate jubilate Artists:
Camil Marinescu/Iasi Moldava PO. Elena Mosuc
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❦Handel: Water Music, Concerto Grosso
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Grosso, Op.3/3; Water Music,
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Pople/London Festival Orch.
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Williams: Symphony no 7 / Adrian Leaper
Works: Alberto Williams
(1862-1952): Poema del
Iguazu; Symphony no 7
“Eterno Reposo” Artists:
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Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
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on Hebrew Themes; String
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viola & double bass, Op.
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Life” Artists: Alexander Quartet
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ballet - Rudolf Nureyev,
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1979-81) from Aida, Nabucco,
La Traviata, Rigoletto &
interviews with Sherrill Milnes,
Katia Ricciarelli, Fiorenza
Cossotto, Rajna Kabaivanska
(1 DVD-Video) (Dynamic) (70
min.; 16:9, Color; PCM 2.0)
DYN 37732 $31.99
After three releases dedicated
to La Scala, this fourth ‘Golden Years’ release describes another beloved Italian operatic venue: the
Arena of Verona.
Beethoven: Fidelio / Kaufmann [BR or DVD]
Artists: Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera Orch.
& Chorus; Jonas Kaufmann, Camilla Nylund,
Laszlo Polgar, Alfred Muff (Arthaus) (128 min.;
16:9, Color; PCM Stereo, DD 5.1/DTS HD Master
Audio 5.1)
(BR) AHM 109224 $38.99
(DVD) AHM 109223 $38.99
Filmed at the Zurich Opera House in 2004. Jonas
Kaufmann stars in the role of Florestan- a role for
which he became famous.
‘Belcanto Operas’ / San Francisco Opera [4 DVD]
Works: Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (Renée Fleming; Michael
Fabiano, Elisabeth DeShong,
Vitalij Kowaljow); Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Nicole Cabell,
Joyce DiDonato, Saimir Pirgu,
Eric Owens) Artists: Riccardo
Frizza/San Francisco Opera (4
DVD) (EuroArts (Warner) (297
min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo,
DD 5.1, DTS 5.1)
4 EUAW 26155 $33.49
Recorded live at the San Francisco Opera in
2011 and 2012, this set includes extensive bonus
including interviews with Joyce DiDonato and
Renee Fleming
Jansons conducts Dvorák & Mussorgsky [BR or DVD]
Works: Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New
World’; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Artists: Mariss Jansons/Bavarian Radio SO
(Belvedere) (83 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo)
(BR) BVDR 08016 $30.49
(DVD) BVDR 08015 $30.49
Evergreen works by Dvorák and Mussorgsky,
conducted by the great Mariss Jansons.
Two Masses by Mozart & Galuppi [DVD]
Works: Galuppi: Mass for the Delivery of Slaves;
Mozart: Mass in C major ‘Coronation’ Artists: Roberta Canzian, Laura Polverelli, Aldo Caputo, Marco
Bussi; Claudio Scimone/I Solisti Veneti; Lege Artis
Choir of St. Petersburg (DVD) (Dynamic) (69 min.;
16:9, Color; DD 5.1, PCM 2.0) DYN 37740 $29.99
This Galuppi “Mass” of 1765 shows the extraordinary contrapuntal mastery of the composer, more,
perhaps, than do his stage works. Galuppi’s Mass
is a world première recording.
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Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers [BR or DVD]
Artists: Patrizia Ciofi, Dmitry
Korchak, Dario Solari, Roberto
Tagliavini. Gabriele Ferro/
Teatro di San Carlo Orch. &
Chorus (C Major Video) (118
DTS HD Master Audio 5.0)
. (BR) CME 719604 $38.99
. (DVD) CME 719508 $24.99
Bizet is much more than
‘Carmen’! In his ‘Les Pêcheurs de perles’, lovers of
lush airs and ensembles will find everything their
hearts desire.
Gesualdo - A Documentary [BR or DVD]
About: ‘Death for Five Voices’ - A documentary film
on the life of Don Carlo Gesualdo by Werner Herzog (filmed on location in Italy) Artists: Alan Curtis/
Il Complesso Barocco (Arthaus) (60 min.; 16:9,
Color; PCM Stereo)
(BR) AHM 109209 $29.99
(DVD) AHM 109208 $29.99
Exploring the life and music of Prince of Venosa, Don
Carlo Gesualdo, this film features artists Pasquale
D’Onofrio, Salvatore Catorano, and many more. English audio commentary is provided by Werner Herzog.
Handel: Hercules / Les Arts Florissants [DVD]
Artists: Joyce DiDonato,
William Shimell, Ingela Bohlin,
Toby Spence, Malena Ernman,
Simon Kirkbride. William
Christie/Les Arts Florissants (2
DVD) (Bel Air Classiques) (190
DD 5.1)
2 BAC 213 $38.99
Half theatrical performance,
half secular oratorio, Hercules
wasn’t originally meant as a stage work. to be
performed in front of an audience. American
mezzo Joyce DiDonato excels as Déjanire.
Handel: Giulio Cesare / Bartoli, Scholl [BR or DVD]
Artists: Cecilia Bartoli, Andreas Scholl, Anne Sofie
von Otter, Philippe Jaroussky. Giovanni Antonini/
Il Giardino Armonico. (Decca) (16:9, Color; PCM
Stereo)
(BR) DEC B002494859 $30.98
(2 DVD) 2 DEC B002494909 $22.98
This “dynamite new production” (Opera Today) is
now available for all to enjoy.
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann [BR or DVD]
Artists: Kerstin Avemo, Mandy Fredrich, Rachel
Frenkel, Daniel Johansson, Vichael Volle.
Johannes Debus/Vienna SO. (C Major Video) (174
min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master
Audio 5.0)
(BR) CME 735604 $38.99
(2 DVD) 2 CME 735508 $38.99
The New York Times praised the “thoughtfulness
and creativity” of Stefan Herheim’s new production,
and remarked that a “shining-toned” Hoffmann is
embodied by tenor Daniel Johansson in the title role.
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 7 / Berlin PO,
Simon Rattle [4 CDs, BR Audio, & BR Video]
Artists: Simon Rattle/Berlin PO. (Berlin PO)
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There are two bonuses to this lavishly presented set
where Simon Rattle discusses the music of Sibelius
and a documentary about the Berlin Philharmonic.
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❦Balada: Hangman, Town of Greed
Works: Leonardo Balada
(b.1933): Hangman, Hangman!, opera; The Town of
Greed, opera. Artists: Colman
Pearce/Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble.
Robert Fire, Colman Pearce
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“Balada’s music is abrasive, modern, but not
repellent. Indeed, it easily captures the cynical
tone of the story.” - Parsons, ARG
❦Alla Borzova: Songs For Lada / Slatkin
Works: Alla Borzova (b.1961):
Songs for Lada, for soloists, children’s chorus, duduk, bagpipes
& cimbalom; To the New World,
for orch Artists: Leonard Slatkin/
Detroit SO; Michigan State University Children’s Choir. Valentina Fleer (Sop) NXS 8559706 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
“This is heavenly music, with some overtones
of Arvo Part but really like nothing else in the
repertory.” -MusicWeb International
❦Gloria Coates: String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 & 6
Artists: Kreutzer Quartet
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“There is a special atmosphere about her music. She has her own sound, which is difficult to acquire
these days... Committed performances, well recorded.” -Gramophone “10/10 rating” -Classicas Today
Zoltan Kodaly & Erno Dohnanyi / Schwarz
Works: Zoltan Kodaly: Hary
Janos Suite; Dances Galanta;
Erno Dohnanyi: Konzertstück
for Cello Artists: Gerard
Schwarz/Seattle Sym. János
Starker (Clo).
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Dreamlike and fantastic, the six scenes of Hary
Janos are imbued with imaginative writing of
sweeping intensity.
❦Jerome Moross: Frankie and Johnny, etc
American Classics - A Hanukka Celebration
Works: Works by 20th Century
Composers Hugo Chaim Adler,
Samuel Adler, Judith Shatin, Solomon Ancis, Herbert
Fromm, Raymond Goldstein,
Michael Isaacson, Leo Low,
Aaron Miller, Zavel Zilberts
Artists: Cincinnati Wind Sym.; New London Children’s Choir; Carolina Chamber Chorale et al.
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This brings old favorites and new discoveries together for a unique American Hanukka celebration.
Works: Jerome Moross (19131983): Frankie and Johnny,
ballet; Those Everlasting
Blues, cantata; Willie the
Weeper, one-act dance
cantata. Artists: Richard
Rosenberg/Hot Springs Music
Festival
NXS 8559086 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
“This seductive portrait of an American grifter is a
gripping piece of musical theatre with moments of
striking beauty.” - Gramophone
Works: Vivaldi: Alleluia; Kyrie;
Magnificat; Nisi Dominus; Salve
Regina Artists: Kevin Mallon/
Aradia Ens.
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Vivaldi’s sacred music
dovetails passages of great
tenderness and sombre beauty with highly operatic
movements of colourful and exciting virtuosity.
American Music for Cello & Orchestra
American Classics - David Winkler
Works: William Schuman:
‘A Song of Orpheus’; Virgil
Thomson: Cello Concerto;
William Perry: ‘Jamestown
Concerto’ Artists: William
Eddins/National SO of Ireland.
Yehuda Hanani (Clo)
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This recording presents three important yet
infrequently heard American cello works.
A Continuum Portrait Vol 4 - Leon Kirchner
Works: Leon Kirchner (1919-2009): Duo for violin &
piano; Lily for soprano & chamber orchestra; Piano
Sonata; Piano Trio; Triptych, for violin & cello. Artists:
Continuum.
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Leon Kirchner is renowned for creating powerful,
expressive music that carries on the legacy of his
teachers Schoenberg, Bloch and Sessions.
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Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 3 / Kevin Mallon
Works: David Winkler (b.1948): Elements
Concerti, concerto for violin & orchestra; Piano
Concerto Artists: Ivan Meylemans/French CO;
Anna Rabinova (Vln); Alexander Panizza (Pno)
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David Winkler’s unique and powerful style connects with traditional architecture while exploring a
new kind of thematic and harmonic vocabulary.
Dreamer -A Portrait of Langston Hughes
Songs by: Jean Berger; Margaret Bonds; Harry
Thacker Burleigh; Harriette Davidson; Ricky Ian
Gordon; John Musto; Robert Owens; Hale Smith;
William Grant Still; Kurt Weill et al. Artists: Maria
Corley, piano; Darryl Taylor, tenor; William Warfield,
narrator
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Elite Siegmeister once declared Langston Hughes
the “most musical poet of the twentieth century”.This
is collection of settings by 20th Century Americans.
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Sean Hickey: Left at the Fork in the Road
Anthony Louis Scarmolin: Orchestral Works
Works: Sean Hickey (1970 ): Chamber works with flute,
clarinet, bassoon, soprano &
piano
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A student of James Hartway,
James Lentini and Justin Dello
Joio, Mr. Hickey has earned a solid reputation in the
cutting edge new music circles of New York.
Works: Scarmolin (18901969): Arioso for string
orchestra; Concert piece for
trumpet & strings; Invocation;
Minatures (3); Night at Sea,
prelude Artists: Joel Eric
Suben/Ostrava Janácek PO;
Slovak RSO; Horst Lindner (Tpt)
NXS 8559012 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
Benjamin Lees: Symphony no 4 / Kuchar, et al
Siegmeister: Piano Music Vol 1 / Boulton
Works: Benjamin Lees (1924-2010): Symphony no
4 (“Memorial Candles”) Artists: Theodore Kuchar/
Ukrainian Nat’l SO. James Buswell (Vln); Kimball
Wheeler (mz) NXS 8559002 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
Leland Smith: Piano Works & Chamber Music
Works: Leland Smith (b.1925
- ): Bagatelles (6); Concert
Piece for violin & piano; Etudes
(4); Intermezzo & Capriccio;
Piano Sonata; Sonata for viola
& piano Artists: Jeffrey Grossman (Pno); Sarah Darling (Vln)
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Focusing on Smith’s chamber music for piano,
violin, and viola, Smith’s music seduces with its
elegant development of textures and harmonies,
its imaginative use of familiar structures, and its
sparkling wit and humor.
Edward MacDowell: Complete Songs / Tharp
Artists: James Barbagallo (Pno); Steven Tharp
(Tnr).
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These songs by Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
will prove to be a great discovery for any lover of
Romantic lieder.
❦Maxwell Davies: Naxos Quartets no 1 & 2
Artists: Maggini Quartet
NXS 8557396 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
“Wistful, thoughtful landscapes of music that whet
a listener’s appetite for the rest of the story.” - Ann
Midette, The New York Times
Carter Pann orchestral works; piano concerto
Works: Carter Pann (1972 - ):
Dance partita for orchestra;
Piano Concerto; Portraits (2)
of Barcelona; Séjours Artists:
José Serebrier/Czech State
SO Brno; Barry Snyder (Pno)
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Carter Pann’s Piano Concerto won the K.Scrocki
International Competition.
Dave Brubeck: Piano Music / John Salmon
Works: Dave Brubeck (1920-2012): Chromatic
Fantasy Sonata; The Rising Sun; The Salmon
Strikes; Tritonis, for guitar & flute; Two-part
Adventures Artists: John Salmon (Pno)
NXS 8559212 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
Brubeck studied composition with Darius Milhaud,
who encouraged him to write using the language
of jazz as well as classical music.
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Works: Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991): On This
Ground; Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 4 & 5; Theme and
Variations no 2 Artists: Kenneth Boulton (Pno).
NXS 8559020 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
Born in New York City in 1909, Seigmeister studied
composition with Nadia Boulanger in the 1920s.
Siegmeister: Piano Music Vol 2 / Boulton
Works: Siegmeister: From
These Shores; Piano Sonatas
Nos. 2 & 3; Theme and Variations no 1 Artists: Kenneth
Boulton (Pno) NXS 8559021
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Siegmeister immersed himself
in the expressive potential of American folk-song
and jazz, giving rise to a distinctly “American” style
in the mid-20th century.
Classical Moments: Classical Music to Dine to
Works: Selections from works by Chopin, Bodard,
Grieg, Haydn, Massenet, Mendelssohn, Ravel,
Schubert, Sor, Tchaikovsky et al. Artists: Various
artists
NXS 8555361 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
Class of ‘38: American composers born in 1938
Works by: William Bolcom;
Gloria Coates; John Corigliano;
John Harbison; Frederic Rzewski; José Serebrier; Joan
Tower; Charles Wuorinen Artists: José Serebrier; Vienna
RSO; Amelia Piano Trio; Da
Camera of Houston; Ralph van Raat (Pno) (2 CD)
2 NXS 8572087 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
With a beguiling mixture of lucidity and complexity,
dissonance and lyricism, this album compels repeated listening for all open-minded music lovers.
Debbie Wiseman: Different Voices / Royal PO
Works: Debbie Wiseman (b.1963): Different
Voices, for narrator & orchestra Artists: Debbie
Wiseman/Royal PO. Hayley Westenra (Voice).
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With ‘Different Voices’, young British composer
Debbie Wiseman has composer a new, Young
Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition 28 / Trost
Works: Schubert: Abschied; Der Jüngling auf dem
Hügel; Der zürnenden Diana; Der Zwerg; Des Sängers Habe Artists: Ulrich Eisenlohr (Pno); Rainer
Trost (Tnr) NXS 8557567 $13.99 $6.99 On Sale
This Schubert Edition presents all Schubert’s songs,
grouped according to the poets who inspired him.
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Classic Jazz from Fabulous
Tubby Hayes / The Complete Tempo
Recordings 1955-59
Tracks: In Salah; Star Eyes; The
Monk; My Funny Valentine; Day
in, Day Out; Wait and See; The
Toff; Lakeland; Sadie’s Song;
Copper on the Beat; Let Nature
Take Its Course; Slick Riff; Big Ben Bounce; Mirage;
Autumn in Cuba & much more 6 ACSCD6002 $29.99
“As a document this 6 CD set is as invaluable... it
Includes some extra tracks from ‘Tubby’s Groove’ that
had been auditioned by Blue Note and then lost... The
restoration of sound quality is excellent and you have
to constantly remind yourself that these recordings
date back almost 60 years.” -MusicWeb International
The Glenn Miller Orchestra / Live At Glen
Island Casino 1939
Tracks: Stairway to the Stars;
Running Wild; Intro & Moonlight
Serenade; At Sundown; Cinderella; Back to Back; To You; Slip
Horn Jive; Hour of Parting, The;
Moon Love et al.
3 AOAT ACTRCD9032 $16.99
In the early years of the rapid rise of Glenn Miller’s
Orchestra, Miller built his success through regular
appearances on radio and broadcasts such as the
Chesterfield Shows.
Ronnie Scott / Fast & Loose: Live in 1954
Tracks: Fast and Loose; Body Beautiful; Yardbird
Suite; If I Should Lose You; In the Land of Nimbupani; Laura - Oo-Be-Shoo-Be-Do-Be; This Can’t
Be Love et al.
1 AOAT ACMCD4376 $12.99
By 1954, the famous Ronnie Scott nine-piece was
not only approximately half-way through its two and
a half year lifespan, but it was arguably at its peak.
Dance Time with Peppy Prince 1945-57
Tracks: What She’s Got is
Mine; Emaline; Rompin’ and
Stompin’; My Gal; Wino’s Lament; Run Gal Run; Ain’t Nothing Shaking; Hey Miss Harriette;
All By Myself et al.
1 AOAT ACMCD4352 $16.99
This collection chronicles some of most important,
interesting and collectable tracks that drummer,
singer, arranger and bandleader Peppy Prince
recorded in the decade from 1947 to 1957 - both
under his own name and with other artists.
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies / Live at Club
Hangover, San Francisco 1953
Tracks: Wail of the Winds;
Battle Hymn of the Republic;
Morning Glory; Manhattan Rag;
Ostrich Walk; Mood Indigo;
Panama; Lazy Daddy et al.
2 AOAT ADDCD3090 $16.99
This collection comprises the four previously
unreleased complete half-hour radio broadcasts
made in 1953 by the great cornettist and
bandleader Red Nichols.
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Tony Kinsey / The Tony Kinsey Collection:
1953-61 [Box]
Tracks: Hey There; Starboard
Bow; Ballet; Body and Soul;
Stompin’ at the Savoy; China Boy;
Isolation; Lullaby of the Leaves;
Smooth One, A; In a Ditch; Love
for Sale; Wednesday Night Special, A; Supper Party;
Mean To Me; Caravan; Cambridge Blues; In a Mellow
Tone
6 AOAT ACSCD6001 $29.99
Active well into 2012, drummer Tony Kinsey is one of
the true godfathers of British post-war modern jazz.
This anthology of his recordings during the frenetic
decade from the early 50s through to the early 60s is
near comprehensive.
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies, 1926-1930
Tracks: Instrumental Dixieland
- I Got Rhythm; Bugle Call Rag;
Mississippi Mud; My Gal Sal;
Boneyard Shuffle Artists: Jimmy
Dorsey; Pee Wee Russell;
Benny Goodman; Glenn Miller;
Jack Teagarden
1 FAUL FABCD131 $8.99
Red Nichols was one of the most influential jazz
bandleaders of the first half of the 20th Century. In
fact, he was a conduit for the emergence of many
players who would rise to fame during the Swing
era, as evidenced by the artists listed above.
The Red Norvo Collection: 1933-1960
Tracks: Russian Lullaby;
Please Be Kind; Says My Heart;
Some Like It Hot; Seven Come
Eleven; Blue Skies; Just One of
Those Things; Bugle Call Rag et
al. 2 FAUL FADCD2051 $12.99
Known as “Mr. Swing”, Red Norvo was an unusual figure in early jazz, being an exponent of the xylophone
and marimba (and later the vibraphone), which were
not regular features in jazz ensembles of the time,
Ronnie Scott / Not So Fast - 1951
Tracks: I Didn’t Know What
Time It Was; Nearness of You,
The; All of Me; Not So Fast; Battle Royal; Fast; Twin Bed, et al.
1 AOAT ACMCD4384 $16.99
This Acrobat release containins
all of the original Esquire 78rpm releases recorded
during 1951 together with two previously unissued
alternative takes of Scott’s sextet with guies Spike
Robinson.
Soho Blues: The Ronnie Scott Anthology ‘56-’62
Tracks: Autumn Leaves; I’ll Take Romance; Speak
Low; Bass House; You Leave Me Breathless;
Squeeze Me; It Don’t Mean a Thing; Give Me the
Simple Life et al. Artists: Tony Crombie; Zoot Sims;
Jimmy Deuchar, Tubby Hayes, Joe Harriott, Dizzy
Reece
2 AOAT ADDCD3092 $16.99
A 2-CD set comprising all the LPs recorded under
Scott’s own name from 1956-62, plus tracks
recorded with other line-ups. Of the 28 tracks, 22
are appearing on CD for the first time.
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The Roy Eldridge Collection: 1935-1945
Tracks: Swing is Here; Blue Lou;
Stealin’ Apples; Jangled Nerves;
Blues In C# Minor; Shoe Shine
Boy; Wabash Stomp; Florida
Stomp Artists: Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Anita O’Day et al.
This is one of many Fabulos recordings of jazz
takes drawn from the classic era of the genre’s
development between 1920 and 1950.
Savannah Churchill / I Want to Be Loved
Tracks: All Alone, Sincerely Yours; I’m Too Shy;
Tell Me So; All of Me; In’t No Sin; Just Whisper;
Try to Forget et al. 2 AOAT ADDCD3008 $16.99
Savannah Churchill is one of the forgotten female
vocalists of the 40’s and 50’s. This 40-track 2 CD
set includes her huge 1947 hit “I Want To Be Loved”
which topped the charts in America for 8 weeks.
Woody Herman & Friends - live from Rome ‘69
Tracks: Instrumentalal Big Band
- Say a Little Prayer; Woodchopper’s Ball; Rose Room; Mellow
Tone; The Shadow of your
Smile; Somewhere; Carolina et
al. 1 FAUL FABCD123 $8.99
Woody Herman led some of the greatest Big
Bands in history. Not afraid to re-arrange the pop
songs of the day, this live concert from Italy in
1969 presents storming versions of “Light My Fire”,
“Hey Jude” and “I Say A Little Prayer”.
Woody Herman / The Third Herd Live 1952
Tracks: Harlem Nocturne; Moten Swing; You
Belong To Me; This is New; The Goof and I; Early
Autumn; Blues In Advance; Woodchoppers Ball;
Terressita et al. Artists: Dolly Houston; Dinah
Washington
2 AOAT ADDCD3083 $16.99
This two-CD set features Woody Herman’s highly
regarded line-up from the mid-’50s, the Third Herd.
Woody Herman / Woodsheddin’ with Woody
Tracks: Apple Honey;
Northwest Passage;
Woodsheddin’ with Woody;
Mambo Herd; I Got It Bad; I
Cover the Waterfront; Baby I
Need You; Fan It; Down Under
et al.
The great Woody Herman band featured on 18
classics from their hit making heyday, including
the band’s theme song “Woodchopper’s Ball” and
“Blues In The Night” a No 1 US hit in 1941
Zoot Sims / At Ronnie Scott’s 1961
Tracks: Love for Sale; Haunted Jazz Club, The;
Desperation; Tangerine; Blues in E Flat; Somebody Loves Me; Stompin’ at the Savoy; Autumn
Leaves et al.
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The first American guest artist to grace the
tiny stage of the original Ronnie Scott’s club in
London’s Soho in the autumn of 1961, tenor
saxophonist Zoot Sims was among the most
consistently inventive jazzmen of his generation.
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The Apollo Theatre
This compilation pays tribute
to some of the great artists who trod the stage of
the Apollo Theatre during its first 50 years. Tracks
include; “Second Balcony Jump” - Earl Hines
Ork, “Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder Ork, “I Got An
Uncle In Harlem” - Hot Lips Page Ork, “Pompton
Turnpike” - Charlie Barnet Ork, “Sweet Sue” - The
Mills Brothers.
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Various Artists / New Orleans Dance Bands
Traditional New Orleans music was primarily performed and recorded for dancing, as is reflected
by this compilation recorded between 1923 &
1929. Tracks include The Halfway (House) Dance
Orchestra (“Snookum”), Oscar Celestin’s Original
Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra (“It’s Jam Up”), Jones And
Collins Astoria Hot Eight (“Astoria Strut”) and “Buddy Christian’s Creole Five (“Sugar House Stomp”)
Various Artists / The Cotton Club - 1930s
A tribute to the legendary Harlem
night-club of the 30’s. The greats
of black music played to an allwhite audience in the famous club
owned by New York gangsters.
All the tracks feature acts who
performed at the club during its heyday. Tracks include; “Cotton Club Stomp” - Duke Ellington, “Stormy
Weather” - Ethel Waters, “Fifteen Minute Intermission” - Cab Calloway, “West End Blues” - Louis Armstrong, “Your Heart And Mine” - The Nicholas Brothers.
Tubby Hayes / The Very Best of Tubby Hayes
Tracks: Cheek to Cheek; Serpent, The; Round About
Midnight; Monk, The; If This Isn’t Love; Tin Tin Deo;
Cherokee; Pint of Bitter; Down in the Village et al. Artists: with Clark Terry 1 AOAT ACMCD4374 $16.99
Tenor sax prodigy Tubby Hayes burst on to the
UK jazz scene during the 1950’s and became the
most important personality to grace British jazz.
Sidney Bechet / Blues in the Air - 1932-44
Tracks: Summertime; Maple Leaf Rag; Mood Indigo;
One O’Clock Jump; Dear Old Southland; Saturday
Night Blues et al. Artists: With Charlie Howard, Teddy Bunn, Henry “Red” Allen, Charlie Shavers, Earl
Hines et al.
Sidney Bechet was one of the most skilled and influential clarinettists in New Orleans. His style and tone
set the model for the Dixieland and Trad Jazz movements of the 1950s.
Syd Lawrence / Syd Lawrence Orchestra
Tracks: In the Mood; Sentimental Journey; Opus
One; Skyliner; Take the “A” Train; Sun Valley
Jump; I Can’t Get Started; St. Louis Blues; April in
Paris; Serenade in Blue; Sing Sing Sing et al.
The tracks on this compilation sum up the sound of
Syd Lawrence who founded his orchestra in 1966,
having become disillusioned with the big band
scene at the time.
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❦Frank Wess / The Frank Wess Quartet
Recorded in New York on
May 9, 1960, flute player and
tenor saxman Frank Wess
appear here wtih piano master Tommy Flanagan, bassist
Eddie Jones and drummer
Bobby Donaldson. Tracks
include Alec Wilder’s rarely
performed ballad “It’s So Peaceful in the Country,”
plus “Star Eyes,” “But Beautiful,” “Gone With the
Wind,” “Stella by Starlight” and “Rainy Afternoon.”
“Highly recommended.” -All Music Guide
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❦Red Garland, jazz piano / Red Alone
Red Garland recorded 16
ballads during a single 1960
session for Prestige and half
these cuts appear on this CD.
Although these selections were
intended as mood music for
lovers, Garland’s imaginative
arrangements keep things interesting in such tunes as “When Your Lover Has Gone,”
“These Foolish Things,” “My Last Affair,” “You Are Too
Beautiful” and “The Nearness of You.” “This remarkable
collection of standards should appeal to any fan of jazz
piano” -All Music Guide
OJC OJCCD1102 $12.98
Johnny Griffin & Eddit “Lockjaw” Davis, tenor saxophones / Pisces
Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis recorded this program of ballads together, but interestingly, they
do not appear together on any of the tracks. With a rhythm section made up of Horace Parlan, bassist
Buddy Catlett and drummer Art Taylor, both are in fine form in such standards as “Willow Weep for Me”,
“Sophisticated Lady”, “Midnight Sun” and “Yesterdays.” OJC OJCCD1104 $12.98
❦Monty Alexander / Monty Alexander in Tokyo
❦Chuck Wayne, guitar, banjo / Morning Mist
Tracks: Just in Time; Sweet
Lady; Tricotism; Never
Let Me Go; Montevideo;
Pawnbroker; See See Rider;
Impessions; Nature Boy;
St. Thomas Artists: Monty
Alexander (piano); Andy
Simpkins (double bass);
Frank Gant (drums)
“An 1979 outing with his trio this excellent studio
set features pianist Monty Alexander displaying
his bop chops and creativity in a straightahead
setting.” -All Music Guide
Tracks: Goodbye; See Saw;
Li’l Darlin’; I’ll Get Along;
Things Ain’t What They Used
to Be; Shalimar; Someone
to Watch Over Me; Alone at
Last; Lovely Artists: Chuck
Wayne (guitar, banjo); Joe
Williams (bass); Ronny
Bedford (drums)
“Morning Mist is a likable album and guitar lovers
unfamiliar with Wayne’s gifts will be glad Original
Jazz Classics reissued it in 2003.” -All Music Guide
❦McCoy Tyner, piano / 13th House (1980)
Tracks: Naturally; Seventh Son; Love Letters; This
Man’s Dream; Chloe; Images; Oleo; Scotch and
Water Artists: Nat Adderley (trumpet, cornet);
Joe Zawinul, Wynton Kelly (piano); Louis Hayes
(drums)
“[Adderley] was 29 when he recorded this solid
and pleasing (if less than essential) album.” - All
Music Guide
Tracks: Short Suite; 13th
House; Search for Peace;
Love Samba; Leo Rising
Artists: McCoy Tyner Big
Band with Hubert Laws
(flute); Ricky Ford (tenor
sax); Slide Hampton
(trombone); Ron Carter
(bass); Oscar Brashear (trumpet)
After a decade of consistent recordings for Milestone, pianist McCoy Tyner ended his association
with the label with this big band set. “Everyone
wanted to play with McCoy Tyner! The powerful
music lives up to its potential...” -All Music Guide
❦Duke Pearson, paino / Dedication! (1961)
Tracks: Minor Mishap; Number Five; The
Nearness of You; Apothegm; Lex; Blues for Alvina;
Time After Time Artists: Duke Pearson (piano);
Pepper Adams (baritone sax); Freddie Hubbard
(trumpet); Willie Wilson (trombone); Thomas
Howard (bass); Lex Humphries (drums)
“Pearson would make a number of other fine
recordings for Blue Note during the ‘60s, but none
finer than this one. Dedication! serves as a fine
introduction to a talented pianist.” -All Music Guide
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❦Nat Adderley / Naturally! (1961)
❦Barry Harris, piano / Bull’s Eye (1968)
Tracks: Bull’s Eye; Clockwise; Off Monk; Barengo;
Off Minor; Oh So Basal Artists: Barry Harris (piano); Charles McPherson (alto & tenor sax); Pepper
Adams (baritone sax); Kenny Dorham (trumpet);
Billy Higgins (drums)
“Die-hard bop enthusiasts can’t go wrong with Bull’s
Eye, which Fantasy reissued on CD in 2002 under its
Original Jazz Classics (OJC) imprint.” -All Music Guide
❦Johnny Griffin / Tough Tenors
Tracks: Tickle Toe; Save Your Love for Me; Twins;
Funky Fluke; Imagination; Soft Winds Artists:
Johnny Griffin (saxophones); Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
(tenor sax); Eddie Griffin (tenor sax); Junior Mance
(piano); Ben Riley (drums) OJC OJCCD1094 $12.98
Tough Tenors is one of the many amazing jazz
recordings from 1960, and will please saxophone
fans, Davis/Griffin fans, and anyone who enjoys
classic hard bop. -All Music Guide
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz at the
College of the Pacific, Vol. 2 (1953)
Tracks: Crazy Rhythm; Let’s
Fall in Love; Stardust; How
High the Moon; Way You Look
Tonight, The; Love Walked In;
Give a Little Whistle; I Found a
New Baby Artists: Dave Brubeck (piano); Paul Desmond
(alto sax); Ron Crotty (bass);
Joe Dodge (drums)
“Although not essential, this is a pleasing effort that
serious Brubeck devotees will enjoy.” -All Music Guide
❦McCoy Tyner, piano / The Greeting (1978)
Tracks: Hand in Hand; Fly with the Wind; Pictures;
Naima; The Greeting Artists: McCoy Tyner
(piano); George Adams (saxophones, flute); Joe
Ford (alto sax, flute); Guilherme Franco (congas,
percussion); Charles Fambrough (bass)
“An excellent example of McCoy Tyner’s playing in
the 1970s.” -All Music Guide
Charles Earland, organ / Black Drops (1970)
Tracks: Sing a Simple Song; Don’t Say Goodbye;
Lazy Bird; Letha; Raindrops Keep Falling on
My Head; Buck Green Artists: Maynard Parker
(guitar); Jimmy Heath (flute, saxophones); Virgil
Jones (trumpet)
❦George Cables, piano / By George (1987)
Tracks: Bess, You Is My
Woman Now; My Man’s Gone
Now; I Got Rhythm; Embraceable You; Someone to Watch
over Me; A Foggy Day; Summertime Artists: George
Cables (piano); John Heard
(bass); Ralph Penland (dru
ms)
“George Cables explores six very familiar
George Gershwin compositions. The fact that
he was able to come up with fresh statements
on these warhorses (and still stay melodic) says
a great deal about Cables’s inventiveness.” -All
Music Guide
❦Hampton Hawes, piano / The Sermon (1958)
Tracks: Down by the Riverside; Just a Closer Walk With
Thee; Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot; When the Roll Is
Called up Yonder; Go Down
Moses; Blues N/C Artists:
Hampton Hawes (piano);
Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Stan
Levey (drums)
“[This music] is full of intense emotion, strong
melodies and a little more variety than one might
expect... Hawes’ treatments of [some of the
spirituals] are quite haunting. -All Music Guide
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❦Ella Fitzgerald / Dream
Dancing - music of Cole
Porter (‘72 & ‘78)
Tracks: Dream Dancing;
I’ve Got You Under My Skin; Love for Sale; So Near
and Yet So Far; Down in the Depths; After You; Just
One of Those Things; I Get a Kick out of You; All of
You Artists: Nelson Riddle & his orchestra
“Fitzgerald is in wonderful voice, and the arrangements by Nelson Riddle, played by his orchestra, are simply sublime. Whether you’re a fan of
Fitzgerald, Riddle, or Porter--if not all three--this
album is simply essential.” -All Music Guide
❦Etta Jones, vocals / Hollar! (1960-62)
Tracks: And the Angels Sing;
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t
Good); Give Me the Simple
Life; More I See You, The;
Our Love Is Here to Stay;
Reverse the Charges; Looking
Back Artists: Oliver Nelson
(tenor sax); Lem Winchester
(vibraphone); Sam Bruno (piano); Bucky Pizzarelli
(guitar); Ernest Hayes (bass); Bobby Donaldson (dru
ms)
“Etta Jones had the spark that made each of her
vocals special... This is easily one of her best
recordings” -All Music Guide
❦Charlie Byrd, guitar / Blues Sonata (1961)
Tracks: Polonaise pour Pietro; Ballad in B Minor;
Scherzo For an Old Shoe; Alexander’s Ragtime
Band; Jordu; That Old Devil Called Love; Zing,
Went the Strings of My Heart Artists: Charlie Byrd
(acoustic & electric guitars); Barry Harris (piano);
Keter Betts (bass); Buddy Deppenschmidt (drums)
“... Whatever you call the music, the whole CD
goes down easily and musically.” -All Music Guide
❦McCoy Tyner, piano / Sama Layuca
Tracks: Sama Layuca; Above the Rainbow; Cubaña, La; Desert Cry; Paradox Artists: Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Gary Bartz (alto sax); Azar
Lawrence (saxophones); John Stubblefield (oboe,
flute); Buster Williams (bass); Billy Hart (drums);
Mtume (congas)
Pianist McCoy Tyner is heard at the height of his
powers throughout this rewarding set... The results
are quite rewarding.” -All Music Guide
❦Red Garland, piano / Red’s Good Groove (‘62)
Tracks: Love Is Here to Stay; This Time the Dream’s
on Me; Take Me in Your Arms; Excerent!; Falling in
Love With Love Artists: Pepper Adams (baritone
sax); Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Sam Jones (bass);
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“Although this is a one time studio blowing session,
things obviously gelled quickly for everyone as
they got underway... [a] very enjoyable session.”
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