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David Bates leads La Nuova Musica in a pair of contrasting settings of Psalm 109. Handel’s masterful and ambitious HWV 282 was penned in 1707 during a visit to Italy. Vivaldi’s vivid and economical RV 807 (his third Dixit Dominus) was long mistakenly attributed to Baldassare Galuppi; it probably dates from the early 1730s. Rounding out the program is Vivaldi’s dazzling motet In furore iustissimae irae, featuring soprano Lucy Crowe.

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Ludovico Einaudi is a worldwide phenomenon. His hypnotizing compositional style crosses genres in a unique way that appeals to an incredibly diverse audience. This month Einaudi presents In A Time Lapse (p.27), a new album that recalls the breathtaking beauty of his bestselling 2008 release Divenire. Maestro René Jacobs returns to Pergolesi with a world première recording for harmonia mundi of the composer’s recently authenticated Septem verba a Christo (p.5). Also on harmonia mundi, pianist Gloria Cheng is joined by the Calder Quartet for a disc of music by Messiaen and Saariaho (p.7) and harpsichordist Andreas Staier offers a themed program entitled Pour passer la mélancolie (p.6). Hyperion’s top releases for March include Bach’s St. John Passion with Stephen Layton and Polyphony (p.13) and the latest volume in the Romantic Violin Concerto series featuring violinist Chloë Hanslip (p.15). Sir Colin Davis completes his survey of works by Berlioz with this month’s LSO Live release of the composer’s monumental Grande Messe des morts (p.19). Rounding out this month’s classical priorities are Jordi Savall’s tribute to Erasmus (p.3) and the second volume in Onyx’s Beethoven sonata cycle with Jonathan Biss (p.23). The month’s top non-classical releases focus on jazz. Discograph joins our family of labels with new releases by Lionel Belmondo and Eric Legnini (p.31), Kyle Eastwood débuts on Jazz Village with The View From Here (p.32) and Gilad Atzmon returns with Songs of the Metropolis on World Village (p.33).

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDWith this CD-book, Jordi Savall pays tribute to Erasmus, one of the most fascinating historical figures of the Renaissance. Erasmus of Rotterdam was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher and theologian. An early proponent of religious tolerance, Erasmus’s words provided a catalyst for the Reformation; but while he was critical of the abuses within the Church and called for reform, he kept his distance from Martin Luther and continued to recognize the authority of the pope. This three-disc collection pairs the words of Erasmus with music of the period. Disc one alternates excerpts from his essay The Praise of Folly with variations on the theme of La Folia. Discs two and three feature new recordings of music from the period interspersed with texts by Erasmus and Luther. Discs four through six include the musical selections from discs 1-3 without the spoken texts. In keeping with Erasmus’s concept of a reconciled Europe, the album includes a code to download the spoken texts in English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Catalan.

“Savall is the consummate master...”—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

Savall pays tribute to Erasmus

Erasmus van Rotterdam — Praise of FollyMarc Mauillon, Louise Moaty,

René Zosso (narrators), La Capella Reial de Catalunya,

Hespèrion XXI, Jordi SavallAlia Vox • AVSA 9895

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IMPORTWhen Peter Phillips founded The Tallis Scholars in 1973, sacred vocal music from the Renaissance was seldom heard on the radio. Now it is firmly established as one of the great repertoires of Western classical music. Renaissance Radio is a compilation of sacred music from the Renaissance era for celestial and secular radio featuring two and a half hours of classic recordings from the Tallis Scholars.

Renaissance RadioThe Tallis Scholars, Peter PhillipsGimell • CDGIM 212

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Also available: Music from “Fifty Shades of Grey”Tallis Scholars Sing TallisGimell • CDGIM 203 (755138120327)

“A suave, beautifully shaped performance by the Tallis Scholars.”

—The New York Times

“ There should always be a special place for this kind of high flown perfection and the sense of timelessness it evokes.” —BBC RADIO 3

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IMPORTThe history of the oratorio Septem verba a Christo in cruce moriente prolata is as shrouded in mystery as its probable creator. The title of the work and the assertion of Pergolesi’s authorship have haunted musicological circles for a century or so, initially on the sole basis of an incomplete manuscript catalogued in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek since 1882 and regarded there as genuine. The recent discovery of two more manuscripts in the abbeys of Kremsmünster and Aldersbach by musicologist Reinhard Fehling settled the issue of authenticity once and for all and Pergolesi’s lost masterpiece was given its concert première at the Beaune Festival in July 2012 and recorded shortly after by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin led by René Jacobs. Featured soloists include soprano Sophie Karthäuser, counter-tenor Christophe Dumaux, tenor Julian Behr and bass-baritone Konstantin Wolff.

“In no other group is such a uniformly high level of individual virtuosity fused into such a powerful communal sound.”

—NEWSDAY

A Pergolesi world premièrePERGOLESI

Septem verba a Christo in cruce moriente prolataSophie Karthäuser (soprano), Christophe Dumaux

(counter-tenor), Julian Behr (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass-baritone),

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMC 902155

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Also availablePergolesi: Stabat Materharmonia mundi • HMC 902072 (794881967629)

“A satisfyingly rich harvest of bittersweet delights.”

—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

IMPORTKeyboard virtuoso Andreas Staier presents Pour passer la mélancolie (to pass the melancholy) , a unique program of French Baroque

harpsichord music. The works presented here are not simply compositions in deeply sorrowful or expressive registers, but also discourses in sound on vanity, art and music itself. Whether the composer luxuriates in melancholic disorder or attempts to remedy it, there is but a fine line here between the vanity of the world and the artist’s glory. In his readings of Froberger, Fischer and Clérambault, Staier distills the fruits of this sophisticated aesthetic blend.

Staier plays music to lift the spirits

Pour passer la mélancolieHarpsichord works by Froberger, d’Anglebert, Fischer, Couperin, Clérambault and MuffatAndreas Staier (harpsichord)harmonia mundi • HMC 902143

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Also availableHamburg 1734harmonia mundi • HMC 901898 (794881785926)

“You won’t hear a more imaginative, better played Baroque keyboard extravaganza anywhere.”

—CLASSICS TODAY

“Staier’s fortepiano is deliciously transparent, his musicianship revelatory.”

—THE INDEPENDENT

IMPORTGRAMMY® Award winning pianist Gloria Cheng brings her probing and insightful style to a fascinating program that couples the brilliant and colorful works of Olivier Messiaen with the darkly radiant music of Kaija Saariaho. In addition to world première recordings of Saariaho’s Ballade and Prelude, Cheng is joined by the genre-crossing Calder Quartet for Messiaen’s Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes and Saariaho’s powerful and deeply personal Je sens un deuxième coeur.

Gloria Cheng plays Messiaen & Saariaho

The Edge of LightMESSIAEN

8 Préludes, Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordesSAARIAHO

Prelude, Ballade, Je sens un deuxième coeurGloria Cheng (piano), Calder Quartet

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

“ Gloria Cheng is one of the heroes of the new-music world, an energetic and imaginative artist whose tastes range widely across the contemporary landscape.” —SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“ When it comes to the exciting young chamber music ensemble sweepstakes, there are few collectives quite as exciting as Los Angeles’ hometown heroes, The Calder Quartet.” —OUT WEST ARTS

IMPORTFrom the late 19th century onwards, following in the wake of Goya, Spain experienced a creative explosion that was to manifest itself in all the arts, including music. ¡España!, a specially-priced five disc set, presents a selection of the rich music of Spanish composers who probed the innermost depths of their country’s soul. Many of their works were influenced by developments elsewhere in Europe — hence the presence here of Ravel, the most Spanish of French musicians, alongside de Falla, Albéniz, Rodrigo, and Mompou. Featured artists on this comprehensive collection, which ranges from opera to chamber music, include pianist Javier Perianes, guitarist Marco Socías and the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada led by Josep Pons.

Explore the musical glories of Spain

¡España!Susan Chilcott (soprano), Ginesa Ortega (cantaora), Joan Martin (boy soprano), Joan Cabero (tenor), Francesc Garrigosa (tenor), Iñaki Fresán (baritone), Régis Pasquier (violin), Marco Socías (guitar), Brigitte Engerer (piano), Javier Perianes (piano), Choeur d’enfants de la maîtrise de Badalona, Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Josep Ponsharmonia mundi • HMX 2908530

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ALBÉNIZPepita JiménezFALLAEl amor brujo, El retablo de Maese PedroRAVELSonate Posthume, Tzigane, Habanera, BerceuseMOMPOUMúsica calladaRODRIGOConcierto de Aranjuez, Fantasía para un gentilhombre, Música para un jardín, Tres viejos aires de danza

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BRITTENSuites for Solo Cello

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)harmonia mundi • HMA 1951670

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RICHAFORTRequiem

Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevelharmonia mundi • HMA 1951730

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BEETHOVENSymphony No.9Melanie Diener (soprano), Petra Lang (contralto), Endrik Wottrich (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herrewegheharmonia mundi • HMA 1951687

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JANÁCEK Violin SonataLUTOSLAWSKI PartitaSZYMANOWSKI MythesIsabelle Faust (violin), Ewa Kupiec (piano)harmonia mundi • HMA 1951793

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STRAUSSRomance AV75, Cello Sonata Op.6

REGERCello Sonata Op.28, Petite

Romance Op.79Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello),

Pascal Amoyel (piano)harmonia mundi • HMA 1951836

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ROSSINIUne larme, Serenata,

Sonatas a quattro Nos.3 & 6, Duetto for cello and double-bass

Ensemble Explorations, Roel Dieltiens

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WOLFMörike-Lieder

Werner Güra (tenor), Jan Schultsz (piano)

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El Canto de AurorosAlia Mvsica, Miguel Sánchezharmonia mundi • HMA 1987018

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LE JEUNEAutant en emporte le ventEnsemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visseharmonia mundi • HMA 1951863

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SCHUMANNPapillons Op.19, Carnaval Op.2, Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26Stefan Vladar (piano)harmonia mundi • HMA 1951890

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IMPORTThe oratorio Joram was one of the last works composed by Paul Ben-Haim, then Paul Frankenburger, in his native city of Munich. He completed the work in 1933, only a few weeks before he emigrated to Palestine to escape the Nazis. In April 2012, nearly eighty years after its composition, it received its Israeli premiere at Tel Aviv University’s Smolarz Auditorium. Its turbulent yet ultimately optimistic libretto is taken from Rudolf Borchardt’s poetic work Das Buch Joram (1907) which describes a suffering, Job-like character using semi-biblical imagery. Its musical language displays influences of German late Romanticism and Expressionism. This world première recording from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Hayko Siemens honors one of the founders and greatest composers of Israeli music.

Music of Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim

BEN-HAIMJoram

Katharina Persicke (soprano), Carsten Süss (tenor), Bernd Valentin (baritone), Miklós Sebestyén (bass),

Münchner MotettenChor, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Hayko Siemens

Helicon • 02.9659

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COnCERT REvIEw“Joram is clearly of historic

import; the dramatic and progressive quality of the music adds to its intrinsic

significance.... a rich piece to the still incomplete

jigsaw of twentieth and 21st-century music.”

—TEMPO

IMPORTThis recording, which celebrates the acclaimed conductor Kurt Masur’s 85th birthday, was recorded live at the Smolarz Auditorium at Tel Aviv University. The program, performed here by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of one of the great Beethoven conductors of our time, includes the rarely recorded complete incidental music to Egmont, Beethoven’s homage to a 16th century hero who fought against oppression. Masur’s chosen pairing is the sublime Symphony No.7.

IMPORTAsher Fisch directs the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in an exciting rendition of Rossini’s Stabat Mater. Combining both sacred and profane music, this choral masterpiece is endowed with a human dimension that is often lacking in distinctly religious works. Recorded live at Tel Aviv University’s Smolarz Auditorium in June 2012, the recording’s terrific cast includes soprano Serena Farnocchia, mezzo-soprano Ronat Shaham, tenor Cosmin Ifrim and bass Simon Orfila.

ROSSINIStabat MaterSerena Farnocchia (soprano), Ronat Shaham (mezzo-soprano), Cosmin Ifrim (tenor), Simon Orfila (bass), Gary Bertini Israeli Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Asher FischHelicon • 02.9661

BEETHOVENEgmont — Incidental Music Op.84, Symphony No.7Sharon Rostorf-Zamir (soprano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt MasurHelicon • 02.9660

Masur conducts Beethoven

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BACHSt. John Passion

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor),Ian Bostridge (tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor),

Neal Davies (bass), Roderick Williams (bass), Polyphony, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton

Hyperion • CDA 67901

Layton & Polyphony perform Bach’s St. John Passion

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IMPORTStephen Layton leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and his own superb choral ensemble Polyphony in a powerful performance of Bach’s most dramatic masterpiece, the St. John Passion. Joined by a starry team of soloists, Layton directs a particularly vivid account of the work, the excitement of the narrative drama contrasting with heartbreaking moments of reflection. In Ian Bostridge, we have the most iconic Evangelist of the last twenty years. Bostridge is an incomparable communicator, a singer of technical brilliance and an impassioned, experienced interpreter of Bach’s music.

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“Layton’s performances inspire the soul as they

break the heart with their intense beauty.”

—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Handel: MessiahHyperion • CDA 67800 (034571178004)

“Absolutely first-class…”—THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

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IMPORTHoward Shelley is an acknowledged expert in the area of early Romantic piano music. With this disc, Shelley presents the first installment of a six-volume set of Mendelssohn’s complete solo piano music — perhaps the least well-known part of the composer’s repertoire. Mendelssohn composed or began nearly two hundred works for piano. However, only about seventy were published during his lifetime. They range from the Op.5 Capriccio, written in 1825, to the sixth volume of the Lieder ohne Worte Op.67, written in 1845. Some twenty-five additional pieces have been published posthumously. The remainder, whether fully drafted or fragmentary, were left to his musical estate or have disappeared. This first volume in Shelley’s series includes Opp. 5, 6, and 7 and the first volume of his Lieder ohne Worte.

Howard Shelley embarks on a Mendelssohn cycle

MENDELSSOHNThe Complete Solo Piano Music Vol.1Capriccio Op.5, Piano Sonata Op.6, Sieben Charakterstücke, Lieder ohne Worte IHoward Shelley (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67935

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“ Where others sound strenuous and hard-pressed Shelley is fluent and urbane, a true keyboard aristocrat free to concentrate on the elusive poetry that lies at the heart of so much fiery pianistic intricacy.”

—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTThe la tes t re lease in Hyper ion’s acc l a imed Romantic Violin Concerto series features the brilliant young English violinist Chloë Hanslip, who once again displays her usual insouciant virtuosity and obvious delight in this repertoire. Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, written for Leopold Auer, is a masterpiece of violin writing, including a brilliantly effective cadenza by the composer himself. Swiss composer Othmar Schoek is probably best known for his Lieder, but his Concerto quasi una fantasia in B flat major, Op 21 for violin and full orchestra, included here, is his most substantial concert work. The lyric passion and attractiveness of the work’s ideas earn it a distinguished place among the violin concertos of the immediate pre-World War I period. Hanslip is accompanied by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana led by Alexander Vedernikov.

“Hanslip’s radiant artistry and phrasal sensitivity is highly seductive…”—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

the Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches volume 14

Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.14GLAZUNOV

Violin Concerto Op.82, Meditation Op.32, Mazurka-oberek

SCHOECKConcerto quasi una fantasia Op.21

Chloë Hanslip (violin), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov

Hyperion • CDA 67940

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Also availableSchumann: Violin ConcertosHyperion • CDA 67847 (034571178479)

“Utterly winning and authoritative...”—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTThe Royal String Quartet, a wonderful young Polish ensemble, continues its exploration of the string quartet repertoire of its homeland with this album of music by two giants of the twentieth century. Witold Lutoslawski, whose centenary is celebrated in 2013, wrote his one and only string quartet in 1964 and it has since maintained an eminent position in the international repertoire. Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933) was the most talked-about Polish composer in the early 1960s and remains an important presence in contemporary music. His three string quartets (1960, 1968 and 2008) are key works in the history of the post-war Polish quartet.

two giants of the twentieth century

PENDERECKIString Quartets Nos.1-3LUTOSLAWSKIString QuartetRoyal String QuartetHyperion • CDA 67943

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Also availableGorecki: The 3 String QuartetsHyperion • CDA 67812 (034571178127)

“Passionate and sharp-edged, capturing the emotional depth and intensity of the music…”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORTEnglish composer Peter Philips spent most of his life abroad and was celebrated all over Europe in his day. Despite this, Philips’s music has been neglected since his death in 1628. Of his immense output of vocal music, to this day most people know only a handful of motets from the five-voice Cantiones sacrae (1612). This recording featuring half of the companion volume of eight-voice motets seeks to remedy that situation. These triumphant and highly Italianate settings are performed by Rupert Gough leading The Choir of Royal Holloway. They are joined by The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, who have gilded so many choral recordings of the music of Gabrieli and Monteverdi in the past.

Rarely heard music by Peter Philips

PHILIPSCantiones sacrae octonis vocibus

Royal Holloway Choir, English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble,

Rupert GoughHyperion • CDA 67945

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Also availableHansson: Endless BorderHyperion • CDA 67881 (034571178813)

“Royal Holloway gives Hansson the royal treatment…”

—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67024 (034571170244) Deleted February 2009As a teenager in Dublin, Stanford recalled with affection the solo recitals of pianists Anton Rubinstein and Sigismond Thalberg and violinists Henry Vieuxtemps and Joseph Joachim, a friend of his father. Hearing Joachim play left a deep impression on Stanford and as a result of these formative experiences, Stanford became a devotee of chamber music. The pieces here, performed with delicacy on this reissue by Paul Barritt and Catherine Edwards offer an overview of the music Stanford wrote for violin and piano.

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67567 (034571175676) Deleted October 2010This mid-priced reissue featuring the Wells Cathedral Choir conducted by Matthew Owens offers a selection of evocative and accessible choral works by English composer Geoffrey Burgon. Television credits for Burgon include the music for Brideshead Revisited and the BBC’s adaptation of John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. But commercial success should not prevent us from recognizing and appreciating Burgon’s depth of invention and mastery of formal conception, firmly rooted in the classical tradition, and particularly that of the Anglican Church.

BURGONChoral MusicWells Cathedral Choir, Matthew OwensHyperion • CDH 55421

STANFORDViolin Sonatas Nos.1-2, Caoine ‘A Lament,’ Five Characteristic PiecesPaul Barritt (violin), Catherine Edwards (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55362

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDSir Colin Davis is a revered Berlioz expert and his LSO Live Berlioz recordings have been among the most widely acclaimed classical recordings of recent years. The release of the monumental Grande Messe des morts marks the completion of the cycle and further confirms Sir Colin’s status as one of the greatest living conductors of Berlioz’s music. Recorded in St Paul’s Cathedral as part of the 50th anniversary season of the City of London Festival, this spectacular new recording features the London Symphony Orchestra joined by English lyric tenor Barry Banks and two of London’s finest choirs, the London Symphony Chorus and London Philharmonic Choir.

LSO Live’s Colin Davis Berlioz cycle now complete

BERLIOZGrande Messe des morts

Barry Banks (tenor), London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony

Orchestra, Sir Colin DavisLSO Live • LSO 0729

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Orchestra played with the kind of brilliant

concentration only loyalty and love can command,

and the 150-strong choir, sang with controlled power and beauty.”

—THE GUARDIAN

Berlioz: Collected WorksLSO Live • LSO 0046 (822231104629)

“Triumphant... outshines previous sets at whatever price…”

—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTSurveying music from Jacob Van Eyck to Claudio Monteverdi (by way of a few anonymous composers of the fourteenth century) this live recording from La Sainte-Chapelle in Paris from the Barok Ensemble explores the wide variety and amazing inventiveness of dance music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. On this uplifting release, Brazilian soprano Luanda Siqueira joins the ensemble, which includes Charles Limouse (flute and percussion), Gilles Harlé (harpsichord and percussion), David Braccini (violin and percussion) and Marjolaine Cambon (viola da gamba). The album’s cover art is a detail of the one of the glorious Medieval stained-glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle.

IMPORTLoreley presents award-winning guitarist Emmanuel Rossfelder in an album of works for guitar and orchestra by Joaquín Rodrigo. The Concierto de Aranjuez, far and away Rodrigo’s best-known work, was inspired by the gardens at Palacio Real de Aranjuez, built by Philip II in the16th century. The concerto is paired with the Fantasía para un gentilhombre, written in 1954 for the guitarist Andrés Segovia and based on themes by 17th century Spanish composer Gaspar Sanz. In both works, Rossfelder is accompanied by the Orchestre d’Auvergne under the baton of Arie Van Beek.

RODRIGOConcerto d’Aranjuez, Fantaisie pour un GentilhommeEmmanuel Rossfelder (guitar), Orchestre d’Auvergne, Arie Van BeekLoreley • LY 050

Renaissance & Baroques DansesLuanda Siqueira (soprano), Barok EnsembleLoreley • LY 049

Lively Renaissance and Baroque dances

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IMPORTFrom the wit of Satie to the poetry of Debussy, French music of the early decades of the twentieth century was created by exceptional and imaginative minds capable of grasping delicate nuances and shining infinite variations of light on the natural world and the human soul. Renowned for her diverse repertoire and impressive discography, French pianist Anne Queffélec has a special affinity for this repertoire. On this delightful collection from Mirare, Queffélec leads us down the varied and colorful pathways of some of the most fascinating French music for piano ever written.

IMPORTOn this recording from Mirare, French violinist Deborah Nemtanu is partnered with acclaimed Austrian conductor (and fellow violinist) Thomas Zehetmair in an album of music by Saint-Saëns and Fauré. The disc explores Nemtanu’s skills both as a soloist and as leader of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. The program features an orchestral masterwork by Fauré, the suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, framed by Nemtanu’s brilliant readings of works for violin and orchestra by both composers. This disc marks Zehetmair’s début recording as principal conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris.

SAINT-SAËNSIntroduction et Rondo capriccioso,

Violin Concerto No.1, RomanceFAURÉ

Berceuse, Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Op.80Deborah Nemtanu (violin),

Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Thomas Zehetmair

Mirare • MIR 193

Satie & CompagniePiano music of Satie, Debussy, de Séverac, Dupont, Ferroud, Hahn, Koechlin, Poulenc,

Ravel and SchmittAnne Queffélec (piano)

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Colorful French piano music

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J’ecoute Bach et Handel avec ma mamanAnne Queffélec (piano), Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano), Le Concert Français, Pierre HantaïMirare • MIR 206

J’ecoute Mozart et Haydn avec mon papaAnne Queffélec (piano), Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano), Iddo Bar-Shaï (piano), Modigliani QuartetMirare • MIR 205

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These special collections from Mirare make ideal listening for parents and children who wish to explore classical music in a simple and inviting way. J’ecoute Mozart et Haydn avec mon papa (I listen to Mozart & Haydn with my dad) features pianists Anne Queffélec, Zhu Xiao-Mei and Iddo Bar-Shaï along with the Modigliani Quartet in a program whose highlights include Mozart’s variations on Ah! Vous dirai-je maman (better known as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star”). J’ecoute Bach et Handel avec ma maman (I listen to Bach & Handel with my mom) features pianists Anne Queffélec and Zhu Xiao-Mei and the ensemble Le Concert Français led by Pierre Hantaï in a program whose highlights include a selection of Bach and Handel favorites including The Harmonious Blacksmith. With charming cover art by the acclaimed French illustrator Floc’h, these attractive discs are must-have albums for adults and children alike.

Clever collections for children (and parents!)

IMPORTAmerican pianist Jonathan Biss is widely regarded for his artistry and deeply felt interpretations, and has won international recognition for his concerto, recital, and chamber music performances and for his award-winning recordings. Here, he presents the second volume of his Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle, which features sonatas 4, 14 and 24 as well as the Fantasy Op. 77. Volume one was praised by critics internationally, making this release a highly anticipated follow-up in “what is sure to be a distinctive and absorbing cycle” (International Record Review).

More ‘absorbing’ Beethoven from Jonathan Biss

BEETHOVENPiano Sonatas Vol.2

Piano Sonatas Nos.4, 14 & 24, Fantasy, Op.77

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Also availableBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.1Onyx • ONYX 4082 (880040408222)

“A marvellously promising beginning by one of the most thoughtful and technically accomplished pianists of the younger generation.”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORTFranck’s passionate and sunny Violin Sonata has long been regarded as one of the greatest in the repertoire, and is the work of a composer at the height of his powers. Richard Strauss’s Violin Sonata, composed a year after Franck’s in 1887, is the work of a young composer on the cusp of discovering his mature voice; lyrical and sumptuous, it has all the hallmarks of his later style. Performed here by violinist Augustin Dumay and French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie, this recording marks the duo’s recording debut.

IMPORTWinner of the Group Edmond de Rothschild award at the 2012 Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Korean violinist Soo-Hyun Park makes her recording debut with this program of virtuoso works for violin and orchestra by Wieniawski, Conus and Vieuxtemps. Joined by the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz conducted by Nicholas Milton, Park plays Wieniawski’s first Violin Concerto, the E minor Violin Concerto by Conus and Vieuxtemps’s fiendishly difficult Fantasia appassionata.

WIENIAWSKIViolin Concerto No.1CONUSViolin Concerto in E minorVIEUXTEMPSFantasia appassionataSoo-Hyun Park (violin), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Nicholas MiltonOnyx Classics • ONYX 4109

FRANCKViolin Sonata, Mélancolie, Prelude Fugue & VariationSTRAUSSViolin Sonata, Auf stillem Waldespfad Op.9 No.1 (arranged by Jascha Heifetz)Augustin Dumay (violin), Louis Lortie (piano)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4096

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IMPORT“Dynamite,” “explosive and volatile,” and “phenomenal” are just a few of the superlatives used to describe pianist Denis Kozhukhin’s Prokofiev interpretations. The first prize winner at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium in 2010, his is a name to watch out for. This album of Piano Sonatas on the Onyx Classics label is the début recording from the young Russian pianist, who wowed public and critics alike with his recent Prokofiev concerto cycle with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Introducing award-winning pianist Denis Kozhukhin

PROKOFIEVThe War Sonatas

Piano Sonatas Nos.6, 7 & 8 Denis Kozhukhin (piano)

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overwhelming, cheeky but not mean or sarcastic.”

—THE GUARDIAN

ABOUT THE ARTIST

“His nimble, flying virtuosity is a mix of weightless, supple,

acrobatic display and power with a steel core.”

—THE HERALD SCOTLAND

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IMPORTChopin is quoted as having said, “When I feel in good form and strong enough to find my own individual sound, then I need a Pleyel piano,” as well as, “Pleyel pianos are the last word in perfection.” On this recording, master pianist Yuan Sheng performs on a superb 1845 Pleyel grand piano from the Frederick Historical Piano Collection in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. Sheng plays Chopin’s complete Ballades, Impromptus, Préludes and Nocturnes with exquisite taste, poetry and power, fully exploring the instrument’s unique possibilities. The booklet contains extensive background information on the instrument and its place in history.

IMPORTGalina Ustvolskaya was Shostakovich’s favorite pupil, to whom he is known to have said, “You are a phenomenon, while I am but a talent.” Ustvolskaya’s piano works – uncompromising granite sculptures – feature sharp and extreme dynamic contrasts, cluster chords and use of the extreme registers of the keyboard, while the spiritual message is one of infinite despair and passionate protest (whether against the Soviet regime, or against human existence in general). Russian pianist and composer Ivan Sokolov was one of Ustvolskaya’s favored interpreters, giving his performance here a monumental and authoritative stamp of authenticity.

USTVOLSKAYAComplete Piano MusicIvan Sokolov (piano)Piano Classics • PCL 0050

CHOPINBallades Nos.1-4, Impromptus Nos.1-4, Préludes Op.28, NocturnesYuan Sheng (piano)Piano Classics • PCL 0049

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IMPORTLudovico Einaudi’s In A Time Lapse was composed over a period of two years and recorded in October 2012 in a monastery near Verona. Epic and emotional as his bestselling album Divenire, experimental and adventurous as Nightbook, In A Time Lapse goes further by incorporating baroque and Italian folk music, late romantic strings textures and a wide variety of colors through percussion and electronics. The theme is a deep reflection on the idea of time; in the words of Einaudi, “When you get conscious that our time is limited, it’s the moment where you try to fill that space with all your energy and emotions…and live every moment of your life fully as when you were a child.” The album features Einaudi’s band and the string orchestra I Virtuosi Italiani.

Einaudi’s reflections on time and mortality

EINAUDIIn A Time LapseLudovico Einaudi

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“The Italian composer strikes gold once more with a haunting

combination of dreamlike piano tunes and busy

orchestral soundscapes.”—CLASSIC FM

“It’s not hard to understand why Ludovico Einaudi is one of the world’s most successful living

classical composers: there’s a deeply satisfying emotional logic to his

piano-based progressions that makes him as much the inheritor

of Chopin and Satie as minimalists such as Glass and Reich.”

—THE INDEPENDENT

A world-wide bestsellerDivenirePonderosa • CD 035 (8030482000351)

“ The listener will leave Divenire with a feeling of understanding that grows and expands with subsequent listenings.” —SPUTNIKMUSIC.COM

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BEETHOVENPiano Sonatas Nos.17, 18 & 23Sviatoslav Richter (piano)Praga • PRD 350066

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TCHAIKOVSKYPiano Concerto No.1, Symphony No.6Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny MravinskyPraga • PRD 350069

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Praga presents the latest additions to their critically-acclaimed Richter Edition series, which features audiophile SACD remasterings of historic recordings by the great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter. The first contains live performances of Beethoven sonatas from 1959 and 1965 including the Appassionata and Tempest sonatas. The second contains piano sonatas by Schubert in studio recordings from 1956. Featured works are the first and second Grande Sonates for pianoforte. The Tchaikovsky disc pairs the composer’s two most popular scores in performances by two uncontested Russian masters. Conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky leads the Leningrad Philharmonic in a 1956 recording of the Pathétique symphony and teams with Richter in a fiery 1958 recording of the first Piano Concerto.

IMPORTMozart’s passion for the clarinet is well documented, and his compositions for the instrument rank among the most treasured of the great composer’s output. This 2007 live recording from the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris features the acclaimed conductor Riccardo Muti leading the Orchestre National de France. Patrick Messina, the orchestra’s principal clarinet and visiting Professor at London’s Royal Academy, is featured soloist in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. This sublime performance is paired fittingly with an equally accomplished reading of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, where Messina is partnered with the Philharmonia Quartett Berlin.

IMPORTWergo’s Studio reihe series CD reissues continue with a classic recording of Stravinsky’s last ballet, Agon, performed by the Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks, Baden-Baden conducted by Hans Rosbaud and originally released on LP in 1964. Agon was written over a period of three years from 1954-1957. Employing various compositional methods, the resulting work combines modal and serial techniques in a unique way. Stravinsky based the construction of his work on a French dance textbook from the mid-17th century, but gave no thought to the décor or scenery and specified no musical or choreographic intention. The visual performance was to be left entirely to interpretation.

STRAVINSKYAgon

Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks, Baden-Baden, Hans Rosbaud

Wergo • WER 6771

MOZARTClarinet Concerto, Clarinet QuintetPatrick Messina (clarinet), Orchestre

National de France, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Quartett Berlin

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Mobley’s MessageHank MobleyAPO • CPRJ 7061 SA

4, 5 and 6Jackie McLeanAPO • CPRJ 7048 SA

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These two releases offer SACD remasterings of classic jazz albums originally released on the Prestige label. 4, 5 and 6 helped establish alto sax giant Jackie McLean on the jazz scene. On this 1956 album, McLean teamed-up with trumpeter Donald Byrd, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley and a rhythm section that included Mal Waldron on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Arthur Taylor on drums. Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was one of the pioneers of the hard bop movement. On his 1956 release Mobley’s Message, Mobley delivers his signature swinging style in three different variations. Four numbers are by a quintet that includes Donald Byrd on trumpet. For Charlie Parker’s blues, “Au Privave,” the group becomes a sextet with the addition of alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, while Mobley is the sole horn on “Little Girl Blue.” These superb audiophile SACD reissues from Analogue Productions are packaged in “mini LP” jackets, producing an authentic old-school look and feel.

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Sing TwiceEric Legnini & The Afro Jazz BeatDiscograph • 6150022

European StandardsLionel Belmondo TrioDiscograph • 6149982

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Following on the success of his Hymne au Soleil trilogy, saxophonist Lionel Belmondo opts for a more intimate trio format for his latest project, entitled European Standards. On it, Belmondo reimagines classical music — European “standards” — much like American jazz musicians did in the past with popular music. Belmondo gives us his take on Schubert’s “Serenade” and Chopin’s “Prelude,” as well as several of his own compositions. Pianist Eric Legnini is also building on recent successes. He follows up his award-winning 2011 crossover album The Vox with Sing Twice!, which features drummer Franck Agulhon, bass player Thomas Bramerie, a brass section, a funky guitar and afro-jazz-beat percussion. Sing Twice! is a pop-edged jazz album and a jazz-adorned pop album, showing influences ranging from Stevie Wonder to Fela Kuti.

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IMPORTFile in: JazzAmerican jazz bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood embraces a musical heritage that goes back to the soundtrack of his youth, when he not only listened to Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davis, but also went backstage at concerts with his famous father to meet a who’s who of great jazz artists. Although he has also produced a number of scores for films including Million Dollar Baby and Invictus, jazz is Eastwood’s passion, a passion that flourished in the company of such masters as Ray Brown, Lennie Niehaus and Buell Neidlinger. After producing a wonderful and critically-acclaimed series of albums for the Candid label, Eastwood makes his début on Jazz Village. Dynamic, bursting with powerful grooves and innovative melodies, The View From Here reveals Eastwood as one of the top jazz musicians of today, displaying both his expertise as a bandleader and his brilliance and creativity as a composer.

Passionate jazz from Kyle Eastwood

The View From HereKyle EastwoodJazz Village • JV 570020

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—BBC MUSIC

“A musician who no longer needs to be introduced as the son

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IMPORTFile in: JazzFor the last twelve years, maverick, award-winning saxophonist Gilad Atzmon and his Orient House Ensemble have been touring all over the world, stunning audiences with firebrand performances packed with drama, pathos, luscious harmonies and wit. Songs of the Metropolis, Atzmon’s second release for the World Village label, offers a sweeping homage to the world’s great cities, from Moscow to Buenos Aires and beyond. Each tune is at once reminiscent and hopeful; in a time of great uncertainty and turbulence, Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble deliver melodies that provide an anchor to wherever it is that we call home.

Home is where the (musical) heart isSongs of the Metropolis

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—JAZZWISE

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The Tide Has ChangedWorld Village • 450015 (794881979523)

“This is a work of tremendous warmth and strength.”

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Stephen Hough Hyperion Mar 4 New York NY Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageJerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi Mar 10, 11, 13, 14 Portland OR Lincoln Performance Hall

Mar 17, 19, 22 New York NY Alice Tully HallOlga Kern harmonia mundi Mar 24 Scottsdale AZ Virginia G. Piper Theater

Apr 2 Thomasville GA Thomasville Center for the ArtsApr 4 Oklahoma City OK Civic Center Music Hall May 3-5 San Diego CA Copley Symphony HallMay 11-13 Santa Rosa CA Weill Concert HallJun 7 New York NY Alice Tully Hall Jul 19, 21 Boulder CO Colorado Music Festival

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Garrick Ohlsson Hyperion Jul 25, 28 Lenox MA Ozawa HallPhilharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas Channel Classics Apr 10 Atherton CA The Center for Performing Arts

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San Francisco Symphony, Michael tilson thomas SFS Media Mar 20-21 New York NY Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageChristine Schäfer Onyx Jul 26 Lenox MA Koussevitzky Music Shed Stile Antico harmonia mundi Apr 5 Cambridge MA St. Paul Church

Apr 6 New Haven CT Yale Institute of Sacred MusicApr 7 Westport CT Christ and Holy Trinity ChurchApr 11 Minneapolis MN The Basilica of St. MaryApr 17 Washington DC Coolidge Auditorium / Whittall PavilionApr 19 Kansas City MO Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Apr 21 New York NY Corpus Christi Church

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Mar 18 Santa Cruz CA Kuumbwa Jazz ClubMar 19-20 Seattle WA Jazz AlleyMar 26-31 New York NY Blue Note Jazz ClubApr 4-5 Jasper IN Jasper Arts CenterApr 6 Columbus OH OSU Urban Arts SpaceApr 7 Burlington IA The Blue ShopApr 8 Des Moines IA Civic Center of Greater Des MoinesApr 9 Cedar Rapids IA CSPSApr 10 Detroit MI Dirty Dog Cafe

Ahmad Jamal Jazz Village Apr 19 Greeley CO Union Colony Civic Center Ana Moura World Village Mar 1 San Francisco CA Herbst Theatre

Mar 2 Seattle WA Meany Hall for the Performing ArtsMar 7 Folsom CA Three StagesMar 9 Napa CA Napa Valley Opera HouseMar 12 Modesto CA Gallo Center for the ArtsMar 16 Boston MA Berklee Performance CenterMar 20 Washington DC Lisner AuditoriumMar 22 Cleveland OH Gartner AuditoriumMar 23 Chicago IL City WineryMar 24-25 Minneapolis MN Dakota Jazz ClubMar 27 Appleton WI Conservatory of MusicMar 29 Durham NC Carolina TheatreMar 30 Savannah GA Charles Morris CenterApr 3 Richmond VA Modlin Center for the ArtsApr 4 Hanover NH Hopkins Center for the Arts

Catherine Russell World Village Apr 19-21 Atlanta GA Atlanta Jazz PartySilk Road Ensemble World Village Mar 14 Akron OH EJ Thomas Hall

Mar 16 Ann Arbor MI Hill AuditoriumMar 18 Bloomington IN Indiana University AuditoriumMar 20 Richmond KY EKU Center for the ArtsMar 21 Danville KY Newlin HallMar 23 Nashville TN Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Omar Sosa Otá Mar 24 San Francisco CA SFJazz: Miner Auditorium

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