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allegro ClAssiCAl news COntentsMark O’Connor p. 4Cappella Pratensis p. 9Inon Barnatan p. 12Yakov Kreizberg p. 13Antonio Janigro p. 15Camillo Sivori p. 22

tOp 10 ReCent ReLeAses

1. Luciano Pavarotti Pavarotti Collection Vol. II (BRV 9913)

2. Natasha Paremski Brahams, Kahane & Prokofiev (ACS 13)

3. The Sixteen MacMillan: Miserere (CRO 16096)

4. Monica Huggett Bach: Saint John Passion BWV 245 (AVR 2236)

5. Joan Sutherland Legendary Performances (BRV 9915)

6. Arne Deforce Xenakis: Complete Cello Works (AEN 1109)

7. Hallenberg & Herreweghe Brahms: Works for Chorus and Orchestra (PHY 3)

8. Manfred Honeck Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (EXN 450)

9. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (RPM 29230)

10. Ton Koopman Buxtehude Complete Works 14 (CHR 72253)

ALLeGRO CLAssICAL WeLCOMes

THE CLASSICS LABELS p.6–7

The Classics Labels is a British-based group of record labels owned by three London musicians—Victoria Soames Samek (clarinet), Sebastian Comberti (cello), and Paul Archibald (trumpet)—who together bring many years of experience in all fields of performance. The group is comprised of several specialist instrumental labels—Clarinet Classics, Saxophone Classics, Cello Classics, and Brass Classics—that feature their respective instruments in world-class performances of core repertoire, groundbreaking new recordings, period instrument performances, and historical reissues. In addition, The Classics Labels has expanded to embrace more varied repertoire released on Omnibus Classics and the mid-price LIR Classics. The objective of The Classics Labels is to give the finest musicians the opportunity to fulfill creative ambitions and to extend the boundaries of their musical expression. The Classics Labels come to Allegro Classical via Launch International.

RoyAL FLEmISH PHILHARmonIC p. 10–11

A modern, stylistically flexible symphony orchestra, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic demonstrates an artistic flair that allows for a variety of styles—from classical to contemporary—in a historically authentic manner. The orchestra is proud to present its recordings in three high-quality series, each with its distinct character: A-List brings you the great masterpieces interpreted by renowned conductors, Belgian Boutique focuses on major pieces from the Belgian orchestral repertoire, and Cutting Edge introduces contemporary orchestral music by Belgian and foreign composers. RFP comes to Allegro Classical via CODAEX.

FLoRA p. 16

Flora unites three friends and personalities of the baroque musical world: François Fernandez, Philippe Pierlot, and Rainer Zipperling—and responsibility, independence, and passion are the master words that guide them. Flora comes to Allegro Classical via CODAEX.

LA BoTTEGA DISCAnTICA p. 23

The research of the Edizioni Discografiche of La Bottega Discantica, which began in 1994 with a collection of vocal and instrumental works by Monteverdi, focuses on rare and important pieces not limited to predefined composers or eras, and has expanded to include contemporary chamber music, oratorio, opera, Gregorian chant, Italian & international baroque organ music, and transcriptions for instruments. La Bottega Discantica comes to Allegro Classical via CODAEX.

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Ancalagon records

The KnightsEric Jacobsen: conductor

SATIE: Gymnopédies Nos. 1, 2 • GLASS: Company • SCHUBERT: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 • Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished” • Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 • “Des Baches Wiegenlied” from Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 • FELDMAN: Madame Press

Died Last Week at Ninety

“The future of classical music in America.” — Los Angeles Times

The Knights are an orchestra of friends from a broad spectrum of the New York music world who cultivate collaborative music-making and creatively engage audiences in the shared joy of musical performance. This is the Knights’ second album for Ancalagon Records, and

follows their 2011 Juno Award-winning recording of Mozart with Scott & Lara St. John. The album features music of Schubert, Satie, Glass, and Feldman, composers who either influenced or were influenced by the great playwright Samuel Beckett.

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PERFORMANCE DATES US tour April 5–20 includes performances in Troy, NY; Akron & Granville, OH; Richmond, KY; Sewanee, TN; Columbus & Athens, GA;

Amherst, MA; and Rockville, NY.

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Mark O’Connor: violinRieko Aizawa: piano

21 selections from The American Songbook: Rubber Dolly Rag • Over the Waves • Rippling Water Jig • Hava Nagila • Herman’s Hornpipe • Lazy River • Rain Clouds • Congress Hoedown • Deep River • Liberty • In the Cluster Blues • Jessie Polka • The Entertainer •

Grey Eagle • March of the Pharaohs • Daphne • Old Folks at Home • Boil ‘em Cabbage Down • We Shall Overcome • Simple Gifts • America the Beautiful

The first collection comprised solely of traditional American songs that Mark O’Connor has released since Soppin’ the Gravy, from his teenage years. It includes beloved folk songs, fiddle tunes, and classic themes from 400 years of traditional American violin

playing, and pulls from all regions of North America and from diverse musical styles including classical, folk, Latin, jazz, rock, and ragtime. The music ties into the repertoire for the O’Connor Method, an approach to music education that The New Yorker calls

“an American grown rival to the Suzuki method.”

PERFORMANCE DATESFebruary 25 Buffalo, NY – Kleinhans Music Hall

March 27 Goshen, IN – Sauder Concert HallApril 21 Johnson City, TN – Mary B. Martin Auditorium

June 2 Meridian, MS – MSU Riley Center Grand Opera House

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The SixteenHarry Christophers: conductor

MONTEVERDI: Selva morale e spirituale Vol. II: Laudata Dominum (Terzo) • Confitebor tibi Domine (Primo) • O ciechi ciechi • Jubilate • Messa à 4 da cappella • Deus tuorum militum (Secondo) • Sanctorum meritis (Primo) • Crucifixus • Laudate Dominum •

Et iterum • Ab aeterno ordinata sum • Dixit Dominus (Primo)

Without doubt, Monteverdi was the greatest of the early Baroque European composers. He revolutionized the music of the theatre and the church by his dramatic and imaginative use of voices and instruments, and by his daring harmonies and rhythms. Next to his Vespers of 1610, the Selva morale e spirituale of 1641 is his most significant and virtuosic collection of sacred music. This second volume of The

Sixteen’s celebrated series includes the Messa à 4 da cappella; the celebrated first volume is also available on CORO.

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The Classics labels

ALLEGRO CLASSiCAL WELCOMES THE CLASSiCS LABELSJulius Klengel, Raphael Wallfisch, and 12 other cellists

KLENGEL: Hymnus for 12 cellos • Capriccio on a Theme of Schumann for unaccompanied cello • Suite for 3 cellos • 3 pieces for 2 cellos and organ • Impromptu for 4 cellos • J.S. BACH: Sarabande • TARTINI: Adagio • COSSMANN: Tarantelle • POPPER: Mazurka

“A must for cellophiles.” — The Observer

A release of newly restored historical recordings of Julius Klengel, featuring a rare recording of the tour-de-force Capriccio played by Raphael Wallfisch!

Philippe Cuper, Philippe Olivier Devaux: clarinetsChristine Lagniel: pianoLes virtuoses de l’Opéra (Paris)

CAHUZAC: Concertino (premiere) • Pastorale cévenole for clarinet & strings (premiere) • Arlequin • Cantilén • Variations sur un air du pays d’Oc • Etude (premiere) • Fantaisie variée sur un vieil air champêtre • Sonate Classique Nos. 1 & 2 • Pastorale cévenole for clarinet & piano (premiere)

“Philippe Cuper is one of the best representatives of the clarinet, soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician … in all areas he plays with the same ease, the same comforting serenity.” — Le Monde de la Musique

An important new recording of the complete works of Louis Cahuzac played by Philippe Cuper (Principal Clarinet of the Paris National Opera Orchestra and international soloist on his third CD for Clarinet Classics), who has direct professorial lineage from Louis Cahuzac. One of the great clarinet players of the 20th century, Cahuzac was also prolific as a recording artist. His work as a composer is less widely known, so it is with particular pride that Clarinet Classics presents the only current CD devoted to his music.

Julius KlengelA Celebration

Louis CAHUZACThe Complete works

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Clarinet Classics • Saxophone Classics • Cello Classics • Brass Classics • Omnibus Classics • LIR Classics

Helen Reid: piano

CHOPIN: Nocturne in C-sharp minor • Impromptu No. 1, Op. 29, Impromptu No. 2, Op. 36 • DEBUSSY: Nocturne in D-flat, L. 82 • L’isle joyeuse • FAURÉ: Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat • SCHUMANN: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26

“A special pair of hands … Reid’s beautifully poised, tenderly imagined, and finely focused playing re-educated and refined the ear.” — The Times

Helen Reid first came to public attention when she reached the Keyboard Finals of the BBC Young Musician of the Year. She has given recitals at venues including Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Fairfield & Blackheath Halls, Bridgewater Hall, and the Aldeburgh and Buxton Festivals. In 2006 she was named a “Rising Star” in The Independent. Helen is professor of piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity College of Music Junior Department.

Helen Reidpiano works

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nick etheridgeThis is Tubagility

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sarah Markhamrun, sing, fly

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Lynex & WellsCello elegies and romances vol. 1

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beetHOVensymphonies 1 & 5Cat # CHR SACD 72364Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1

Challenge Classics

Amstel QuartetRemco Jak: soprano saxophoneOlivier Sliepen: alto saxophoneBas Apswoude: tenor saxophoneTies Mellema: baritone saxophone

J.S. BACH: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 • LAGO: Ciudades • BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 • NYMAN: Three movements from String Quartet No. 2 • Three movements from Eight Sketches in Hunan Accent • MOZART: Adagio & Fuga, K. 546 • BARBER: Adagio for strings • SWEELINCK: Chromatic Fantasy • RIVIER: Grave et Presto • RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte

The most colorful saxophone quartet in the world! Old music, new music, popular music, world music—anything goes with Remco Jak, Olivier Sliepen, Bas Apswoude, and Ties Mellema. But there is one condition: the music played by the Amstel Quartet is good, gripping music, presented in a way that complements, enriches, and clarifies the music. Technical limitations do not exist, and musical boundaries are there only to be crossed!

Annemarie Kremer: sopranoWilke te Brummelstroete: altoMarcel Reijans: tenorGeert Smits: baritoneNetherlands Symphony OrchestraWillem de Vriend: conductor

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

The final CD in the complete Beethoven Symphonies series performed by Jan Willem de Vriend and his Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.

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Cappella PratensisStratton Bull: director

OCKEGHEM: Missa pro defunctis • DE LA RUE: Missa pro fidelibus defunctis

For their third CD on the Challenge label, Cappella Pratensis turns the pages back to the very beginnings of the tradition of settings of the Requiem mass. The Requiems by Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410–1497) and Pierre de la Rue (c. 1452–1518) form an ideal pairing, as they are the first polyphonic versions of the Mass for the Dead from the brilliant composers of the Franco-Flemish school. By bringing these two works together, Cappella Pratensis offers the chance to hear the beginnings of one of the great traditions in Western music as

well as two profound musical translations of the words of consolation that mark the passing of our fellow travelers in life.

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Royal Flemish PhiharmonicEdo de Waart: conductor

R. STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64

A modern, stylistically flexible symphony orchestra, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic demonstrates an artistic flair that allows for a variety of styles—from classical to contemporary—in a historically authentic manner. Chief Conductor Edo de Waart is responsible

for the orchestra’s main repertoire. Drawing on his vast experience as former Chief Conductor of the Netherlands RPO, San Francisco Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic, he contributes to the unique character of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic.

The Royal Flemish Philharmonic is proud to present its recordings in three high-quality series, each with its distinct character: A-List brings you the great masterpieces, interpreted by renowned conductors, Belgian Boutique focuses on major pieces from the Belgian

orchestral repertoire, and Cutting Edge introduces contemporary orchestral music by Belgian and foreign composers.

This first CD in the A-List series is a live recording of Richard Strauss’ majestic Alpine Symphony. Strauss’ final large-scale symphonic poem is immensely spectacular and haunting. This grandiose orchestral piece was performed and recorded live in May 2011. It was Edo de Waart’s first performance with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic since the announcement of his appointment as Chief Conductor; the

recording is therefore a highly symbolic opener for the orchestra’s new label!

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Royal Flemish PhiharmonicMartyn Brabbins: conductor

HENDERICKX: Tejas (What does the sound of the universe look like?) • Skriet • Le visioni di paura • Variations

The future is everything to the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and their Cutting Edge series introduces contemporary orchestral music by Belgian and foreign composers. This first CD in the series puts the spotlight on Belgian composer Wim Henderickx, who is not only very familiar with the orchestra, but is also an extraordinary and fascinating composer. The CD consists of four orchestral pieces by Henderickx, opening with the grandiose Tejas. Henderickx composed this piece especially for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic in 2009. In combination with the other tracks on the CD, it gives an overview of the composer’s body of work and challenges the listeners to look for musical differences and similarities.

Royal Flemish PhiharmonicMartyn Brabbins: conductor

Jef MAES: Overture concertante • Arthur MEULEMANS: Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 • Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 • Norbert ROSSEAU: Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 37—3rd mvt, Scherzo

The Belgian Boutique series focuses on major pieces from the Belgian orchestral repertoire; the Royal Flemish Philharmonic has deliberately chosen to widen its repertoire to include the musical heritage of the whole country, and wants to provoke the listener by confronting similar works by different composers. The first CD in the Belgian Boutique series unites three composers who have worked with the “concertante” possibilities of symphonic orchestras, using the Overture Concertante by Jef Maes as a starting point. Maes was one of the co-founders of the RFP in the 1950s, and this piece was the “club song” of the orchestra for a long time!

Royal flemish philharmonicConcertos for orchestra

Wim HenDeRICKxTejas & other orchestral works

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Avie recordsRudens TurkuSweet Remembrance

Rudens Turku: violin/Yumiko Urabe: piano

YSAŸE: Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor • 14 short pieces by Paradis, Wieniawski, Paganini, Shostakovich, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Sarasate, Mussorgsky, Kreisler, Glazunov, Brahms & Massenet

Since making his Avie recording debut in 2005, Rudens Turku has amassed a devoted following for his effortless virtuosity. Following albums devoted to solo works, duos, and concertos, Rudens returns with a personal selection of miniatures and encores for violin and piano. Sweet Remembrance—the subtitle of Jascha Heifetz’s arrangement of Mendelssohn’s Song without Words—ranges from the romantic Salut d’amour by Elgar, Schön Rosmarin by Kreisler, and Massenet’s Meditation from Thaïs, to the energetic Scherzo from Brahms’ F-A-E Sonata and Shostakovich’s exhilarating Preludium. Interspersed with miniature masterpieces by great violinist-composers such as Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, and Wienawski, the album boldly concludes with Ysaÿe’s commanding Second Sonata, itself written in remembrance of another great violinist, Jacques Thibaud.

Inon BarnatanDarknesse Visible

Inon Barnatan: piano

RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit • La Valse • ADÈS: Darknesse Visible • DEBUSSY: Suite Bergamasque • STEVENSON/BRITTEN: Fantasy on Peter Grimes

Brilliant Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan debuts on Avie with Darknesse Visible, an album of colorful and atmospheric masterpieces by French composers Ravel and Debussy, and Englishmen Thomas Adés and Ronald Stevenson. Inspired by the title track, Adés’ Darknesse Visible—a wondrous and dreamlike prism on the John Dowland song “In Darkness Let Me Dwell”—Inon chose works that are linked by different characteristics of darkness in the music.

Hans GÁL & Robert SCHUMANNSymphony No. 4 & Symphony No. 2

Orchestra of the Swan/Kenneth Woods: conductor

GÁL: Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonia Concertante) • SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61

Kenneth Woods and Orchestra of the Swan’s world premiere recording of Hans Gál’s Symphony No. 3, coupled with Schumann’s Third, was one of the most lauded classical releases of 2011. With features on NPR’s All Things Considered and Performance Today, in Gramophone and BBC Music magazine, and dozens of newspaper and online reviews, a new generation is discovering and seeking out Gál’s wide-ranging and extensive oeuvre. Woods, a prolific blogger, further stokes the interest with his extensive posts on A View from the Podium, one of the 25 most-read classical blogs in the world.

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Monte Carlo Philharmonic OrchestraYakov Kreizberg: conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11

“Yakov Kreizberg was one of the finest conductors of his generation, a man whose musicianship, intellect, and integrity produced performances of a passion and intensity far superior to those by some better-known names.” — The Independent

The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1856 and gave its first concert on December 14, 1856, with an ensemble of 15 musicians, at the Maison de jeux (a future casino). The orchestra’s most recent principal conductor was Yakov Kreizberg, who was named to the post in October 2007. He held the post until his passing in March 2011. The release of this recording has been made possible thanks to valuable feedback from soloists David Lefèvre, Thierry Amadi, Matthieu Bloch, Nicolas Dosa, Matthias Persson, and Julien Bourgeois.

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OdhecatonPaolo Da Col: conductor

MONTEVERDI: Missa in illo tempore • Motet, Salve Regina (2 settings) (premieres) • Motet, Regina caeli (premiere) • DE WERT: Fantasia for organ, Vox in Rama • Ascendente Jesu • Adesto dolori meo • GOMBERT: In illo tempore loquente Jesu

Featuring world premiere recordings of three Monteverdi Motets! Of all Monteverdi’s works, the Missa in illo tempore marks the most important link between the composer and the Franco-Flemish polyphonic tradition. It is presented here alongside motets by Giaches de Wert, maestro di cappella at the Mantuan court when the young Monteverdi was engaged there as a violinist. Also included are world premiere recordings of three recently-discovered Marian motets by Monteverdi, recorded in the splendid acoustic of the Basilica di Santa Barbara in Mantua.

Washington Trombone Ensemble

BOLTER: Fanfare to the Rising Phoenix • Peridots • BRAHMS (arr. Bollinger): Andante (mvt. 2 from Symphony No. 3) • STEPHENSON: “Road Not Taken” Concerto for Bass Trombone & Trombone Ensemble • J.S. BACH (arr. Hunsberger): Passacaglia in C minor • DEEMER: Prolegomenon • WAGNER (arr. Landis): Wotan’s Farewell and Fire Music • Prelude to Lohengrin, Act III • CORTAZZO: World Report

Simply some of the best trombonists around, from professional orchestras, premier military bands, and university faculty! Washington Trombone Ensemble is made up of the finest trombone players in the Washington DC area. The group’s goal is to become the country’s only large professional trombone ensemble. The WTE is striving to build a repertoire of new music and arrangements written for the group that will allow them to take full advantage of the many voices in their unique ensemble. This recording features the bass trombone concerto the WTE co-commissioned with Matthew Guilford and premiered at the Eastern Trombone Workshop in 2010.

Claudio MOnteVeRDIMissa in illo tempore

Washington trombone ensembleThe road not Taken

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Helmut Walcha: harpsichord

J.S. BACH: The Six Partitas for Harpsichord, BWV 825–830

In the 1950s and 1960s, Helmut Walcha was considered the leading interpreter of Bach. He recorded all Bach organ and keyboard works for the leading labels Archiv (DG) and Electrola (EMI). Some of his mono-era recordings, such as these Bach Partitas, have not previously been issued on CD.

Antonio Janigro: celloRobert Veyron-Lacroix: harpsichord

J.S. BACH: 6 Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007–1012 • 3 Sonats for Cello & Harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029 • Cello Concerto in G, BWV 592 (arr. Kelemen) • BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in B-flat (arr. Grützmacher)

Antonio Janigro was one of the greatest, most respected musicians of the 20th century as a cellist, conductor, and a pedagogue. Several pieces here are on CD for the first time!

Antonio Janigroplays bach & boccherini

Helmut WalchaJ.s. bach: The six partitas

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floraClaudio MONTEVERDIIl Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda Les Sacqueboutiers

MONTEVERDI: Il Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda • GOEHR: Paraphrase for solo clarinet on the madrigal “Il Combattimento” by Monteverdi • QUAGLIATI: Il carro de fedeltà d’amore, donné sur un char à Rome en 1611

At the junction of madrigal, opera, and intermezzo, Il Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda marks a clear milestone in the evolution of Monteverdi’s full attention to the emotions in the combination oratione–armonia. Shown for the first time at the Carnival of Venice in 1624, and published in 1638 in the “Eighth Book of Madrigals of War and Love,” the Combattimento innovates by its multiplicity of feelings and contradictory moods that are at the heart of the poem “Jerusalem Delivered” by Torquato Tasso. This stunning masterpiece is supplemented by the mini-opera Il carro de fedeltà d’amore by Paolo Quagliati and the “Paraphrase on the madrigal Il Combattimento by Monteverdi,” composed in 1969 by Alexander Goehr.

Marc Hantaï & Geirges BarthelA Concert for Madame de Sévigné Marc Hantaï, Geirges Barthel: flutes/Philippe Pierlot: bass viol/Eduardo Egüez: theorbo

27 selections by Lully, de Visée, Marais & Hotteterre

This recording presents a revival of a concert attended by Madame de Sévigné in February 1696, where the flute players Descotaux and Philbert were accompanied by Marin Marais and Robert de Visée. The program includes famous tunes by Lully, arranged by contemporaries; an unpublished suite by Marin Marais; and some flute duets by Hotteterre.

Les SacqueboutiersThe Sackbut Michel Becquet: sackbut/Les Sacqueboutiers

SCHEIDT: Canzon “La Bergamasca” • CASTELLO: Sonatas 4, 5 & 16 • FALCONIERO: Pascalle et Ciaccona • MERULA:Ciaccona • MORALES: Clamabant autem mulieres • ORTIZ: Ricecar • SCHEIN: Pavane Gaillarde Courente Allemande • SCHÜTZ: Es steh Gott auf

This program consists of the most representative and virtuoso works of the golden age of the sackbut. The gesture of the musician, who both draws (“sacquer”) and pushes (“bouter”), gives the instrument its name.

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release date: April 10, 2012 etceteraLOEILLET FAMILYChamber Music Les Goûts-Authentiques/Jan de Vlieger: director

Jacques LOEILLET: Sonata in B minor • Concerto in D • Jean-Baptiste LOEILLET: Sonata in A minor, Op. 1, No. 1 • John LOEILLET: Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 3 • Dance Tunes • DE VLIEGER: Reflection on a tune by Mr. Loeillet for string quartet

Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680–1730) was a Flemish baroque composer as well as a performer on the recorder, flute, oboe, and harpsichord. He is called the “London Loeillet” to distinguish him from another famous composer, his first cousin Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent, and he was the elder brother of another composer, Jacques Loeillet. This recording juxtaposes music by all three composers.

J.S. BACHJesu meine Freude Musica Amphion/Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

J.S. BACH: Prelude in E minor, BWV 548 • Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erselget, BWV 64 • Jesu, meine Freude, Motet BWV 227 • Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen, Cantata BWV 81 • Fugue in E minor, BWV 548

Bach in Context—a long-term collaboration series between Musica Amphion and Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam—sheds new light on Bach’s magnificent repertoire. By employing the church organ as continuo instrument and a one-per-part vocal setting, Bach’s sound picture and performing practice is approached as closely as possible. In this way, the audience is offered a new viewpoint on this beloved repertoire. Includes a full-color 88-page booklet.

Robert SCHUMANNChoral Works Flemish Radio Choir/Bo Holten: conductor

SCHUMANN: Vier doppelchörige Gesänge, Op. 141 • From Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 67 • From Sechs Lieder, Op. 33 • From Vier Gesänge, Op. 59 • From Romanzen, Op. 69 • From Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74

The Flemish Radio Choir is a professional chamber choir whose program includes works from the entire repertoire, with particular attention to Flemish and contemporary music. Each season the choir also commissions works from a number of Flemish composers. Conductor Bo Holten is known within Denmark and abroad as a multifaceted musician.

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Zig-Zag Territoires

C.W. ORRThe Complete C.W. Orr Songbook, Vol. 1

Mark Stone: baritone/Simon Lepper: piano

ORR: 21 songs, including 14 premieres

Stone Records is delighted to announce the first CD in a two-disc series that will comprise the first-ever complete recording of the songs of C.W. Orr (1893–1976) for voice and piano. This wonderful composer is one of the music world’s best-kept secrets, with whole chapters devoted to him in most books on English song, and yet so few of his songs recorded—until now!

Gabriel FAURÉPelléas et Mélisande

Orchestra of the Opera of Rouen Haute-Normandie/Oswald Sallaberger: conductor/Karine Deshayes: mezzo-soprano/ François Salque: cello

FAURÉ: Pelléas et Mélisande • Élégie • Mélodies • WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll

French ‘lightness’ and ‘charm’? Germanic ‘profundity’ and ‘gravity’? These words sum up in a nutshell what we are offered by the Orchestra of the Opera of Rouen Haute-Normandie conducted by Oswald Sallaberger for their first collaboration with Zig-Zag Territoires! Features Karine Deshayes, winner of the Victoire de la Musique for Opera Singer of the Year 2011.

Frederick DELIUSDelius and His Circle

Paul Guinery: piano

DELIUS: Three Preludes • Intermezzo from Hassan • Valse • Rêverie • Dance for harpsichord • QUILTER: Dance in the Twilight • Shepherd Song • Rosamund • Pipe and Tabor • SCOTT: Lotus Land • AUSTIN: The Enchanted Palace • BAX: The Maiden with the Daffodil • GRAINGER: The Merry King • MOERAN: Irish Love Song • Summer Valley • Bank Holiday • WARLOCK: Five Folk-Song Preludes

Stone Records is delighted to announce its first release in collaboration with the Delius Society, a CD of solo piano music by Frederick Delius and his composer friends played by the wonderfully talented Paul Guinery, released in time for the 150th anniversary of Delius’ birth.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphonies 2 & 6 (for piano)

Yury Martynov: piano

BEETHOVEN (tr. Liszt): Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 • Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 “Pastoral”

This CD featuring the Sixth and Second symphonies marks the start of a complete recording of Liszt’s transcriptions of the Beethoven symphonies, played by young Russian pianist Yury Martynov on a splendid Érard piano of 1837.

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Wissam BoustanySounds from Within

Wissam Boustany: flute/Stefan Warzycki: piano

MARTIN: Ballade for flute & piano • HOLT: Malastra for solo flute (premiere) • BARTÓK Suite Paysanne Hongroise • BOUSTANY: Improvisation for flute • MARTINU: First Sonata for flute & piano

Wissam BoustanyVivaldi’s Children: Six Concerti Op. 10

Wisssam Boustany: flute/Peter Manning, Stephen Morris: violins/Philip Dukes: viola/Tim Hugh: cello/Mary Scully: double bass/Steven Devine: harpsichord

VIVALDI: Six Concerti, Op. 10, including “La Tempesta,” “La Notte,” and “Il Gardellino”

Wissam BoustanyMirror of Eternity

Wissam Boustany: flute/National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/Volodymyr Sirenko: conductor

KHACHATURIAN: Flute Concerto • KHOURY: Mirror of Eternity • STANKOVYCH: Chamber Symphony No. 3

Wissam BoustanyWandering Winds

Wissam Boustany: flute/Nigel Clayton: piano/Gabriella Dall’Olio: harp

YOUNIS: Rising from the ashes • BACH-GOUNOD: Ave Maria • D’HARCOURT (arr.): Chants Peruviens • HARTY: In Ireland Fantasy • GELALIAN: Quatre Jeux • YAMADA (arr. Yashiro): Lullaby from the Chugoko area • IBERT: Entr’acte • TRAD. (arr. Yashiro): Sakura Sakura • BONET: La Partida • SAMELA (arr.): Bailetico de Procesion • ANON.: El Quintapesares • El Frutero • El Cameleon • Camino Pelao

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FOUR WiSSAM BOUSTANY REiSSUES FROM NiMBUS ALLiANCEWissam Boustany has toured North & South America, Europe, the Middle/Far East, and Africa. In 1995 he founded the international initiative Towards Humanity, which uses music as a catalyst to support humanitarian projects on an international scale. Born in Lebanon, Boustany moved to Britain in 1977, where he studied at Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. Awards include Silver Medal in the 1982 Madeira International Flute Competition, Woodwind Prize in the Royal Overseas League Competition, Silver Medal in the Shell/LSO Competition, and Second Prize winner in the woodwind section of the first-ever BBC Young Musician of the Year. He teaches at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music.

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raméeCorina MartiI dilettosi fiori: Late 14th Century Instrumental Music Corina Marti: flutes, clavisimbalum

Short pieces from the late 14th century

The late 14th-century instrumental music that forms the core of this release comes from the two most important surviving sources of this repertoire: the London and Faenza codices. On her solo debut, Corina Marti achieves a remarkable variety by juxtaposing the sound of recorders (including the double recorder) with that of a clavisimbalum, a reconstruction of the earliest form of a harpsichord.

Bohuslav MARTIN °UViolin Concerto No. 2, H. 293 Lorenzo Gatto: violin/National Orchestra of Belgium/Walter Weller: conductor

MARTIN °U: Violin Concerto No. 2, H. 293 • Symphony No. 1, H. 289

To graciously round off his time as conductor of the National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller has chosen for his sixth album a composer he holds dear to his heart, offering the listener a chronologically coherent program. The liner notes are written by Harry Halbreich, the undisputed authority on Bohuslav Martin °u.

J.S. BACHSonata for Harpsichord and Viola da Gamba Lucile Boulanger: viola da gamba/Arnaud de Pasquale: harpsichord

J.S. BACH: Sonata for violin and harpsichord in E minor, BWV 1023 (transcription for viola da gamba in D minor) • Sonata for obbligato harpsichord and viola da gamba in G, BWV 1027 • Toccata for harpsichord in C minor, BWV 911 • Sonata for obbligato harpsichord and viola da gamba in D, BWV 1028 • Sonata for obbligato harpsichord and viola da gamba in G minor, BWV 1029

Imagined as a concert that Bach could have instigated, this disc explores the Cantor’s art of transcription and reveals the wealth of influences the Germanic empire was exposed to in the first half of the 18th century. The album is the first recorded by two rising stars whose tremendous energy and complicity has conferred greater depth to this concert.

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release date: April 10, 2012 stradivariusOttorino RESPIGHIArianna: Liriche da camera

Monica Bacelli: mezzo-soprano/Aldo Orvieto: piano

MONTEVERDI-RESPIGHI: Lamento di Arianna • RESPIGHI: E se un giorno tornasse… • Sei melodie • Canzone sarda • Le funtanelle • Sei liriche • Four Scottish Songs

In this new chapter of the series dedicated to Ottorino Respighi’s chamber lyrics, pianist Aldo Orvieto accompanies the great mezzo-soprano Monica Bacelli!

Stefano GrondonaSin palabras: The Romantic Transcriptions for Guitar by Miguel Llobet Stefano Grondona: guitar

LLOBET: 22 transcriptions of works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Chaminade, Rubinstein, Schumann, Villar, Grieg, Vives, & Anonymous

A new album by Stefano Grondona, considered one of the best Italian guitarists, entirely devoted to the Romantic Transcriptions for guitar by Miguel Llobet.

Salvatore SCIARRINOLe stagioni artificiali Daniel Gloger: contraltist/Ciro Longobardi: piano/Marco Rogliano: violin/Algoritmo/Marco Angius: conductor

SCIARRINO: Le stagioni artificiali • Centauro marino • Studi per l’intonazione del mare

A new monographic album devoted to the great Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, including a new version of “Studi per l’intonazione del mare.”

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TactusCamillo SIVORIViolin and Piano Works

Mauro Tortorelli: violin/Angela Meluso: piano

SIVORI: Tarantelle, Op. 21 • Rêverie • Fiori di Napoli, Op. 22 • Variations sur Nel cor più non mi sento, Op. 2 • Romanza in E-flat, Op. 23 • Romanza in A-flat, Op. 23 • Introduzione e Variazioni brillanti

Almost unknown to most, Camillo Sivori was Paganini’s only and greatly beloved pupil. In his composition, one detects several modes of writing: a brilliant style with great attention to technical virtuosity, and a more transcendental writing, where the pupil sparks off the most frenetic virtuosity typical of Paganini.

Lino LIVIABELLA & Nino ROTAWorks for viola and piano

Luca Sanzo: viola/Maurizio Paciariello: piano

LIVIABELLA: Prima Sonata in un tempo • Seconda Sonata • ROTA: Sonata in G • Sonata in D • Intermezzo

Great contemporary chamber music by two Italian masters/composers: Nino Rota (famous worldwide for his soundtracks) and Lino Liviabella!

Paolo CAVALLONEConfini

Nicholas Isherwood: voice/Magnus Andersson: guitar/Roberto Fabbriciani: flute/and many more

CAVALLONE: (Dis)tensioni • Confini • Trompe l’o(r)eil(le) • Scenderò a patti • Milagros • Frammenti lirici • D’après Schumann • Polimorfie • Confronto • Teatri

In the contemporary music scene, Paolo Cavallone represents a latter-day Renaissance man, with an intimate love for all forms of art. This CD features pieces interpreted by such refined performers as Nicholas Isherwood, Magnus Andersson, Roberto Fabbriciani, Lorna Windsor, Tony Arnold, Luca Sanzò, and many more.

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Jana BüchnerThoughts of Love

Jana Büchner: soprano/Hans-Peter Fieber: French horn/Eckart Sellheim, Brita Wiederanders: fortepiano

MOZART: 6 songs • SCHUBERT: 7 songs • MENDELSSOHN: 3 songs • HENSEL: 3 songs • LEWY: Freundschaft oder Liebe, Op. 7

This disc focuses on lieder & songs with the key subject of love—both joy and suffering. The accompanying fortepiano fits perfectly to the human voice, and sounds much warmer than the modern grand.

W.A. MOZARTSonatas for fortepiano & violin, K. 296, 302, 303, 306

Giorgio Tabacco: fortepiano/Francesco D’Orazio: violin

MOZART: Sonatas for fortepiano & violin in C, K. 286, in G, K. 301, in C, K. 303, & in D, K. 306

Giorgio Tabacco and Francesco D’Orazio are highly regarded musicians on period instruments. These four sonatas are called the “Mannheim” sonatas, from the middle period of Mozart’s short life.

J.S. BACHPartitas Racha Arodaky: piano

J.S. BACH: Partitas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 • Sarabande in D minor • Largo, BWV 973 • Arioso • Suscepit Israël from Magnificat (tr. Arodaky)

Racha Arodaky entered at the Paris Conservatoire Nationnal Superieur de Musique at age 13. She studied with Neuhaus disciple Yevgueni Malinine and, in 1993, became a pupil of Murray Perahia and remained with him for six years.

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la bottega discantica

Marinella Pennicchi: sopranoGloria Banditelli: mezzo-sopranoMirko Guadagnini: tenorSergio Foresti: bassCoro Canticum Novum di SolomeoAccademia HermansFabio Ciofini: conductor

MOZART: Requiem, K. 626 • Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

A new recording of Mozart’s Requiem with an Italian cast, played with period instruments. The recording took place in the baroque church of Solomeo, a small town near Perugia.

Zara Dimitrova, Anna Bessi, Gianluca Ferrarini, Gianluca Buratto: vocal soloistsCoro Claudio Monteverdi di CremaEnsemble Pian & ForteAntonio Frigé: organBruno Gini: conductor

GNOCCHI: Magnificats 1 & 2 • Ave Maris Stella • Mass in D • Concerto 2 • Mass in F

Pietro Gnocchi (1689–1775) was an Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer of the late Baroque era. In addition to composing an abundance of eccentrically titled sacred music, all of which remains in manuscript, he wrote a 25-volume history of ancient Greek colonies.

pietro GnOCCHIsacred Music for brescia’s Churches

W.A. MOZARtrequiem & Ave verum Corpus [vinyl]

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Torsten AAGAARD-NILSENDynamis: Music for Brass Band Manger Musikklag/Bjørn Sagstad: conductor

AAGAARD-NILSEN: Chant • Cantigas • Dynamis

Manger Musikklag launches its newest CD, Dynamis! The recording contains music by Norwegian composer Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen. It was recorded in April 2008, with Bjørn Sagstad conducting and the composer himself in the role of producer. Both are former members of Manger Musikklag.

Johannes BRAHMSOrgan Works Anders Eidsten Dahl: organ

BRAHMS: Prelude & Fugue in A minor, WoO 9 • Prelude & Fugue in G minor, WoO 10 • Fugue in A minor, WoO 8 • Chorale Prelude & Fugue on “O Traurigkeit, o Herzelied,” WoO 7 • 12 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 • C. SCHUMANN: Prelude & Fugue for Organ, Op. 16, No. 3

LAWO Classics presents a new recording with the collected organ works of Johannes Brahms (1833–1897). The recording focuses on the influence of Clara Schumann (1819–1896) on the young composer, and includes one of her preludes and fugues.

Annabel GuaitiL’Altra Beltà Annabel Guaita: piano

VALEN: Four Piano Pieces, Op. 22 • Intermezzo, Op. 36 • Preludes Op. 29, Nos. 1 & 2 • Variation, Op. 23 • SCHOENBERG: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 • Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 23 (exc.) • Klavierstück, Op. 33a • BERG: Sonata, Op. 1 • WEBERN: Variationen für Klavier, Op. 27

On this CD, pianist Annabel Guaita explores the performance tradition that emerged around composers Schönberg, Webern, and Berg. Underlying the project has been a wish to discover whether something new might be generated in the encounter of Fartein Valen’s music with another performance tradition. Thus, this CD shows how Valen’s music relates to the music of these distinguished composers.

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Cyprien Katsaris, Frank Braley, François-Joël Thiollier, Alexei Volodin: pianosSoloists of the Salzburg Chamber PhilharmonicYoon Kuk Lee: conductor

MÉREAUX: 60 Grandes études en caprices caractérisques dans le style libre et dans le style sévère (sel.) • SÈVÉRAC: Où l’on entend une vielle boite à musique • NOËL-GALLON: Le petit mendiant • GALLON: Thème varié • PLÉ-CAUSSADE; Le chant du pâtre • DAMASE: Dédicace • LAUBRY: Prélude No. 4 • TARDIEN: Pièce pour piano • BERTHELOT: Valse lointaine • WIENER: Polke lente • Java • SOGNY: Études pour piano, quatrième série, dans le style hongrois (sel.) • and more

With his second Piano Rarities album, Cyprien Katsaris honors an outpost of the French School little heeded on disc or in concert. This album offers up the sarcastic humor of Jean Wiener, the finesse of Jean-Michel Damase, and the charm of Jean-Jacques Laubry and René Berthelot. Placing these with contemporary compositions by the likes of Stéphane Blet and young composer Jacob Tardien, Katsaris demonstrates the enormous diversity of the current musical language.

Tatiana Loguinova: piano

GLINKA: Variations on Alyabyev’s Song “The Nightingale” • Mazurka in C minor • Mazurka in F • Farewell Waltz in G • Barcarolle in G “Ah, se to fossi meco Sulla barchetta bruna” • Mazurka in C • Mazurka in F • Waltz in E-flat • Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s opera “Die Zauberflöte” in E-flat • Tarantella on a Russian Folk Song “In the Field There Stands a Birch Tree” • Reminiscence on the Mazurka “Sans illusions adieu la vie!” • Nocturne in E-flat • Polka in D minor • Nocturne in F minor “La Séparation” • Variations on a Russian Folk Song “Among the Gentle Valley” in A minor

Glinka’s piano works are part and parcel of Russian Romanticism. They are few in number, and most are yet to be explored. But they are fascinating, thanks to their honesty, sincerity, nobility, and elegance of sound.

Cyprien Katsarispiano rarities vol. 2: french Composers

Mikhail GLInKATreasures for the pianoforte

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Jan Guns: bass clarinetAnastasia Koszushko: pianoRita Rommes: marimba, vibraphone, bellsMoscow Chamber Soloists

FAVOREEL: Zebus • WESTERLINCK Van Heinde en Verre • BOWEN: Fantasy Quintet • CRAENS: Experience • BROSSÉ: Suite • DEVREESE: Tango

Jan Guns is the most prominent bass clarinet player in Belgium, which resulted in his 1983 nomination as bass clarinet soloist at the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra. He makes frequent guest appearances at various festivals, both in Belgium and throughout the world. Moreover, he is active as conductor of “Coro de Clarinetes de Valencia.” Besides his teaching as professor in bass clarinet and basset horn at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp, he gives master classes in many European countries, Japan, and South America.

Liliana Pociecha: sopranoSzczepan Kosior: tenorAndrzej Zawisza, Marcin Wolak: baritonesAngrzej Bialko: organPolish Radio ChoirHerman Engels: conductor

ELSNER: Ave Maria • FRANCK: Domine, non secundum • PENDERECKI: O gloriosa virginum • VAN NUFFEL: In convertendo Dominus • NEES: Trois complaintes • TINEL: Psalm 150 • KILAR: Agnus Dei • VAN DER ROOST: Contemplations • DOBRZYNSKI: Modlitwa Panska • GÓRECKI: Euntes ibant et flebant

Founded in 1948, the Polish Radio Choir performs works in all styles and from all epochs, with particular attention to Polish music. Conductor Herman Engels studied at the Lemmens Institute (Leuven) and at the conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels. He then studied choral conducting with Hans Grischkat (Stuttgart) and Wilhelm Ehmann (St. Moritz), and orchestral conducting with Otmar Suitner (Mozarteum Salzburg) and Pierre Dervaux (Paris). As an assistant to Vic Nees, he completed a stint as second conductor of the BRTN radio choir in Brussels. polish Radio Choir

Choir Music from poland and belgium

Jan Gunsflowers for the bass Clarinet

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La GiocondaLucia Froihofer, Mónica Tóth: baroque violinsBarbara Julia Reiter: baroque celloAnne Marie Dragosits: harpsichord, organ

FUX: Trio Partitas, K. 320, K. 323, K. 322, K. 319, K. 326, K. 321 (exc.)

La Gioconda’s second CD for the Querstand label contains works by one of the most important baroque composers who, as conductor of the Habsburgian court orchestra, held one of the most important musical posts in Europe for 25 years and whose works have been recently rediscovered.

Bernhard Hofstötter: lute

WEISS: Sonata in B • Prelude in D • Courante in D • Sonata in D minor

Four rarely recorded solo lute works by Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750), one of the titans of European baroque music almost forgotten by later generations and only rediscovered in recent centuries!

sylvius Leopold WeIssdresden Moscow

Johann fUxTrio partitas

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Leipzig Gewandhaus OrchestraEdition Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Vol. 1 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Hermann Abendroth: conductor/Adolf Steiner: cello

R. STRAUSS: Festive Prelude, Op. 61 • D’ALBERT: Cello Concerto in C, Op. 20 • HUMPERDINCK: Moorish Rhapsody

This first CD in a planned series of historical recordings by Gewandhausorchester Leipzig contains recordings from 1940, 1944, and 1945. The disc includes d’Albert’s cello concerto and Humperdinck’s Moorian Rhapsody, which is rarely heard today. It also contains the only known recording of the Walcker organ in the Second Gewandhaus, destroyed in an air raid in 1944.

Johannes UngerThe Organ of St. Mary’s Church, Lübeck Johannes Unger: organ

BUXTEHUDE: Toccata in D minor • 3 Chorale Arrangements • TUNDER: Canzona in G • DANDRIEU: Magnificat • ALAIN: Variations on the Hymn Lucis Creator • J.S. BACH: Toccata in G, BWV 916 • HOLST: Venus from The Planets • KARG-ELERT: Chorale Improvisation on “Nearer, my God, to Thee” • LISZT: Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H

The first CD to feature all three organs in St. Mary’s, Lübeck, and the first recording of Johannes Unger in his new position as St. Mary’s organist, demonstrates the wide variety of sound possibilities at the three organs. Among other pieces, the recording contains works by Franz Tunder and Dieterich Buxtehude, who placed Lübeck on the musical map in the 17th century.

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Jörg HERCHETDas geistliche Jahr [SACD Hybrid] Meißner Kantorei 1961/Ensemble Vocal Modern/Christfried Brödel: conductor

HERCHET: Das geistliche Jahr (The Spiritual Year)

One of the most important composers in Germany today! This disc contains four large works from his cycle Das Geistliche Jahr (The Spiritual Year), begun in 1977 and not yet finished even today, performed by two specialist ensembles for the interpretation of modern church music.

Playable in all CD players. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

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release date: April 10, 2012delphianLay Clerks of St. George’s ChapelThe Lamentations of Jeremiah

Lay Clerks of St. George’s Chapel/Timothy Byram-Wigfield: director

TALLIS: The Lamentations of Jeremiah • FERRABOSCO THE YOUNGER: Lamentations • BYRD: Lamentations • PARSLEY: Lamentations • MUNDY: De Lamentationes Jeremiae (premiere)

“Their freshness is an asset … demonstrates the choir’s versatility.” — Gramophone

Not since the early 1600s have the refulgent strains of John Mundy’s Lamentations setting been heard in Windsor. It has been reconstructed especially for this recording, made in Windsor Castle’s Albert Memorial Chapel by gracious permission of Her Majesty The Queen. The men’s voices resonate in the resplendent chapel acoustic, transcending the desolation of the texts’ anguished laments in singing of extraordinary conviction and certainty.

Rory BOYLESolo Piano Music and Phaethon’s Dancing Lesson

James Willshire: piano/Bartholdy Trio

BOYLE: Arrivals and Departures • Reeling • Sonata • Capriccio on the Anniversary of a Beloved Master • Studies for the one in the middle • Tatty’s Dance • Phaethon’s Dancing Lesson (Piano Trio No. 2)

This year, 2010 British Composer Award winner Rory Boyle celebrates his 60th birthday. Young virtuoso pianist James Willshire’s debut recording explores the full gamut of Boyle’s compositional personality, from the cragginess of his finely wrought Sonata to the intensely human lyricism of Tatty’s Dancing (itself a 60th birthday present for Boyle’s wife).

W.A. MOZARTCoronation Mass in C and Vesperae solennes de confessore

Laurence Kilsby: treble/Jeremy Kenyon: alto/Christopher Watson: tenor/Christopher Borrett: bass/Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum/Charivari Agréable/Benjamin Nicholas: director

MOZART: Coronation Mass in C, K. 317 • Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum and Charivari Agréable come together for the first time in vividly communicative interpretations of three of Mozart’s sacred masterpieces. The forces are very much as Mozart intended—a period orchestra, an all-male chorus, and soloists drawn from the choir (including 2009 BBC Chorister of the Year Laurence Kilsby). Under Benjamin Nicholas’s spirited direction, these performances bristle with energy and the invigorating freshness of youth.

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bel Canto societyJoseph SchmidtA Star Fell from Heaven [DVD]

Joseph Schmidt: tenor

A Star Fell from Heaven (complete 1936 film)

Reissue of this popular title, now with an updated booklet containing an article about the Aryanization of Lux Films, the studio that produced the film. DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 4:3 (Full Screen), B&W, English (Mono), Not Rated, Run Time: 91 min.

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release date: April 10, 2012 fryderyk Chopin society

Frédéric CHOPINMazurkas, Waltz & Polonaise Janusz Olejniczak: piano

CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Op. 17, No. 4; Op. 24, Nos. 1 & 2; Op. 41, No. 1; Op. 24, No. 2; Op. 68, No. 2; Op. 30, No. 4 • Nocturnes, Op. 48, No. 1; Op. 72; 1830 in C minor (no opus no.) • Polonaises, Op. 40, No. 1; Op. 53 • Waltzes, Op. 69, No. 1; Op. 64, Nos. 1 & 2 • Ballade, Op. 23

This is a recording of the Chopin Special Recital that closed the Chopin Year 2010, made at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, on February 27, 2011. It is also the first presentation of the period piano Erard (1838) from the Fryderyk Chopin Institute collection.

Frédéric CHOPIN24 Preludes, Op. 28 & Sonata in B minor Tatiana Shebanova: piano

CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 • Sonata in B minor • Prelude in A • Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

Realized shortly before the pianist’s death, one could say that this CD comprises the credo of her performance art and artistic testament. It is also a moving testimonial to the dignity with which she committed herself musically to the realization of the project, despite her long battle with illness. This unique publication of the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute allows us to trace the evolution of Chopin’s style and reassess Tatiana Shebanova’s interpretations of Chopin, and her personal contribution to the composer’s anniversary year.

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