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On one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year, Iván Fischer turns to Wagner, with a surround-sound disc of excerpts from Götterdämmerung, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Tannhäuser. Joined by soprano Petra Lang, Fischer’s hand-picked Budapest Festival Orchestra shines in these evergreen selections from some of Wagner’s most popular operas.

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This month we bid a fond farewell to the legendary Tokyo String Quartet, who are retiring at the end of the 2012-13 concert season. One of the world’s most distinguished chamber music ensembles, the quartet was founded in 1969. The harmonia mundi label proudly presents the group’s valedictory release — a disc of quartets by Dvorák and Smetana (p.9). Also new from harmonia mundi, another musical legend, lutenist Paul O’Dette, offers a selection of works by Francesco da Milano (p.8) and conductor James Gaffigan leads the world première recording of Wolfgang Rihm’s Nähe fern symphony (p.7). Pianophiles will rejoice over Hyperion’s key releases for May. Angela Hewitt offers a second disc of Mozart Piano Concertos and Garrick Ohlsson is featured on a disc of solo works by Griffes (p.11). The LSO Live and Mariinsky labels focus on opera this month, with a new SACD of Weber’s Der Freischütz with Sir Colin Davis (p.16) and a DVD and Blu-ray of Verdi’s Atilla with Valery Gergiev (p.17). Orange Mountain presents another Glass première, featuring cellist Matt Haimovitz playing the composer’s second Cello Concerto (p.21) and the new, eponymous label from the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra adds another gem to the catalog with a delightful reading of Beethoven’s fourth and seventh symphonies (p.22). Non-classical priority titles include a new release from crossover superstar Claude Bolling (p.27) and a second volume of the late, great Ravi Shankar’s Living Room Sessions (p.35).

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IMPORTOn this recording, 26-year-old soprano Julie Fuchs, recent winner of a Victoire de la Musique Classique for “Lyrical Revelation of the Year” and the Gabriel Dessurget prize at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival, sings a selection of early songs by Debussy and Mahler. Accompanied here by pianist Alphonse Semin, Fuchs has been celebrated in roles such as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Urgande in Amadis de Gaule and the title role in Acis et Galatée. Over the coming decade, she will certainly be one to watch.

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Mélodies de jeunesseEarly Art Songs by Debussy & Mahler

Julie Fuchs (soprano), Alphonse Cemin (piano)Aparté • AP 050

IMPORTSoprano Teodora Gheorghiu presents a song recital focusing on composers that evoke the spirit of the Art Nouveau period. Joined by pianist Jonathan Aner, Gheorghiu sings a resplendent selection of works by Ravel, Zemlinsky, Strauss and Respighi. The album’s cleverly designed cover brings to mind the artwork of Alphonse Mucha, a noted Czech painter and decorative artist whose work is emblematic of the Art Nouveau style.

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Art NouveauLieder & Mélodies by Ravel, Strauss,

Zemlinsky & RespighiTeodora Gheorghiu (soprano),

Jonathan Aner (piano)Aparté • AP 054

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDCapricho, part of Channel Classics’ ongoing series focusing on the first chair players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, features Uruguayan bassoonist Gustavo Núñez. Considered one of the finest bassoonists of his generation, Núñez studied at the Musikhochschule Hannover and the Royal College of Music. While still a student in 1987, he was awarded the Prix Suisse at the International Competition in Geneva and the Carl Maria von Weber Prize in Munich. Núñez has held the position of principal bassoonist of the Concertgebouw since 1995. Included here are works for bassoon and string orchestra by Villa-Lobos, Gubaidulina, Dutch composer Kees Olthuis and Uruguayan composer Jaurés Lamarque Pons.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDSince they met at a summer music camp in Switzerland in 2001, violinist Rosanne Philippens and pianist Yuri van Nieuwkerk have been working together as a duo. They were awarded the Netherlands Programming Foundation Duo Prize at the National Violin Competition, as well as the Het Debuut at the latest Vriendenkrans/het Debuut. On this new recording, Philippens and van Nieuwkerk pay homage not just to Bartók and Ravel, but to what they call “the unbounded world of music,” and their eclectic influences such as Radiohead, Brad Mehldau and Indonesian gamelan.

BARTÓKRhapsodies Nos.1-2, Rumanian Folk DancesRAVELTzigane, Violin Sonata No.2HUBAYScène de la csárda No.4Rosanne Philippens (violin), Yuri van Nieuwkerk (piano)Channel Classics • CCS SA 35013

CaprichoMusic for Bassoon & String Orchestra by Gubaidulina, Olthuis, Pons & Villa-LobosGustavo Núñez (bassoon), Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard, Kees OlthuisChannel Classics • CCS SA 33813

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe feast of Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Twelve apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Bible. For this reason, Pentecost is often described by Christians today as the “Birthday of the Church.” Chants of the Holy Spirit features a selection of Gregorian chants sung by the crystal-clear voices of the Gloriae Dei Cantores Women’s Schola. The disciples waiting in the Upper Room, the rush of wind, the tongues of fire and the spreading of the Gospel are all depicted on this disc, which opens and closes with the traditional tolling of the Angelus bell. Recorded in high definition and offered as a Hybrid SACD, this recording also features a reading of the Pentecost story from the book of Acts and Dufay’s hymn Veni Creator Spiritus.

Music for the feast of Pentecost

Chants of The Holy SpiritGloriae Dei Cantores Women’s Schola

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“This is a wonderful anthology…”

—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

IMPORTThis special collection was created in celebration of an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels commissioned by musician and conductor William Christie and contemporary artist Michaël Borremans. Watteau, la leçon de musique, invites the listener to discover the music that is ever-present in the works of Antoine Watteau, an early eighteenth-century painter known for his fêtes galantes — paintings of the upper class in idealized natural settings, often playing or listening to music. Watteau was also friends with many musicians and was able to accurately capture their movements in his work. Featuring works by Lully, Vivaldi, Couperin and other contemporaries, this release invokes the unbreakable link between art and music. Performers include René Jacobs, William Christie, Bernarda Fink and Paul O’Dette.

La musique de WatteauThe Music LessonVarious Artistsharmonia mundi • HML 5908535

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Celebrating Watteau’s music

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CAMPRA Selections from Idoménée

CHARPENTIER Selections from Le Malade imaginaire

CLÉRAMBAULT La Muse de l’opéra ou Les Caractères lyriques

CORELLI Violin Sonata Op.5 No.5

COUPERIN Selections from the Deuxième Livre de Pièces de clavecin

GEMINIANI Ground upon the Sarabanda theme of the 7th Sonata of Corelli

LOCATELLI Concerti Grossi Op.1 - Concerto IX a quattro in D major

LULLY Selections from Les Noces de Village

MARAIS Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe; Suite

MARTIN I COLL Armoniosi Concerti - Chacona

MONTÉCLAIR La Mort de Didon RAMEAU Selections from the Pièces de clavecin en concerts

REBEL Selections from Les Éléments

SCARLATTI Cain overo Il primo omicidio - Duet “La fraterna amica pace”

STRADELLA Orfeo “Fuor della Stigia sponda”

VIVALDI Sonata in B flat major, RV 77

IMPORTThis release presents the world première recording of Wolfgang Rihm’s latest orches t ra l work , the symphony Nähe fern (Near Far), commissioned by and composed in close collaboration with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under its principal conductor, James Gaffigan. The score is divided into four parts, designed to preface Brahms’s four symphonies. True to the work’s title, each section is a homage profoundly linked with its model, yet at the same time constantly moving away from it. Nähe fern is coupled with Rihm’s setting of a Goethe poem that gave the work its title, Dämmrung senkte sich von oben. It contains the line, “Dämmrung senkte sich von oben / Schon ist alle Nähe fern” (Twilight has fallen from above, / Already all nearness is distant). Originally written for voice and piano, the song is heard here in a setting for baritone and orchestra featuring Hans Christoph Begemann.

“Hans Christoph Begemann is about as fine a Lieder singer as we have any right to expect. His voice is smooth and even throughout its range… he captivates

with his story-telling ability and sense of drama.”—CLASSICS TODAY

A Wolfgang Rihm world première

RIHMSymphony “Nähe Fern”

Hans Christoph Begemann (baritone), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan

harmonia mundi • HMC 902153

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Also availableRihm: Astralis & other choral worksharmonia mundi • HMC 902129 (3149020212929)

“Triumphantly mastered by this remarkable choir…”

—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORTFrancesco da Milano (dubbed “Il Divino”) was celebrated as the preeminent composer of lute music in Renaissance Italy. He was widely published in his lifetime and remained popular across Europe into the 17th century. In this generous selection of his favorite works by the master, Paul O’Dette has grouped these elegant and refined compositions into proto suites, each consisting of a ricercar, a fantasia, and one or more intabulations of vocal “hits” of the day.

Renaissance lute music from Paul o’dette

MILANOIl Divino — Lute MusicPaul O’Dette (lute)harmonia mundi • HMU 907557

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“His burnished tone and commonsense

approach to period performance are a touchstone for Renaissance and

baroque lute…”—FANFAREAlso available

Dall’Aquila: Pieces for Luteharmonia mundi • HMU 907548 (093046754822)“If you love music for the lute, or just Renaissance music

in general, this is one not to be missed.”—EARLY MUSIC AMERICA

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDOn their valedictory release, the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet presents a pair of the group’s favorite chamber works that offer a glimpse into the private world of two Czech composers. Antonín Dvorák and Bedrich Smetana — although they were sometimes regarded as musical opposites in their homeland — together came to represent the quintessential sound of 19th-century Czech music.

“Still one of the best quartets in the world.”—SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE

The Tokyo String Quartet bids farewell

DVORÁKString Quartet No.12 ‘American’

SMETANAString Quartet No.1 ‘From My Life’

Tokyo String Quartetharmonia mundi • HMU 807429

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Also availableBrahms: Quintets Op.34 & 115harmonia mundi • HMU 807558 (093046755867)“This one gets a spot in my permanent collection.”

—FANFARE

IMPORTHyperion presents a second volume of flute concertos from eighteenth-century

Naples featuring flutist Carlo Ipata and the period band Auser Musici. Their first album of this repertoire was praised not only for its impeccably stylish playing but also for the discovery of the music itself, which despite its obscurity is delightfully appealing. The works are placed in their historical context in the booklet note by Stefano Aresi, who writes, “To listen to the flute concertos of these composers is to be transported to the atmosphere of everyday music-making in Naples, that of the private concerts in the aristocratic palaces. They give a good idea of the extremely high average quality of the compositions habitually consumed by the cream of Neapolitan society, perfectly representing the taste of an era and the outstanding virtuosity of the performers who were regularly employed there.”

Flute concertos from 18th-century naples

Neapolitan Flute Concertos Vol.2 Carlo Ipata (flute), Auser MusiciHyperion • CDA 67884

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3 Neapolitan Flute ConcertosHyperion • CDA 67784 (034571177847)“Ipata’s playing is impeccable in both technique and style…

What a lovely disc…”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORTThe piano works of American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes represent a remarkable musical achievement. Griffes was active as a composer for little more than twelve years. Nevertheless, he produced pieces of great maturity that are both concise and extraordinarily powerful, showing the contemporary European influences to which he was exposed but also demonstrating a highly individual compositional voice. Roman Sketches, his most famous work, includes “The White Peacock” — an acknowledged Impressionist masterpiece — while the final movement, “Clouds,” heralds the language of modernism. Almost all of Griffes’s piano music is present here, played by his compatriot Garrick Ohlsson, who here applies the full force of his interpretive and technical prowess.

Piano works of griffesGRIFFES

Piano Music Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

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“A powerful and committed player…”—MAIL ON SUNDAY

Also availableGranados: GoyescasHyperion • CDA 67846 (034571178462)

“A daunting and elusive challenge met by Garrick Ohlsson with

formidable command.”—GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTYoung virtuoso Chloë Hanslip and York Bowen specialist Danny Driver join forces to present Bowen’s complete works for violin and piano. Many of these works have never been recorded or indeed published before, and have been excavated from the archives by Driver himself. This double album is therefore a valuable resource for admirers of a composer whom Hyperion has done so much to champion through recordings. This body of work includes juvenilia, miniatures (written with an eye to academic performance during Bowen’s years as a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, but all impressive enough in quality to be concert works), his two Violin Sonatas, a Suite and a number of single-movement works. All show a superb composer of chamber music, a genuine original with a performer’s ear.

York Bowen’s music for violin and piano

BOWENComplete Works for Violin and Piano Chloë Hanslip (violin), Danny Driver (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67991

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Also availableBowen: Piano SonatasHyperion • CDA 67751 (034571177519)

“The ideal advocate for this glorious music, playing with razor-sharp articulation and a rich,

organ-like sonority…”—GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTOn this second release in the series, virtuoso pianist Angela Hewitt turns to two of Mozart’s greatest and most popular concertos. Together with her frequent collaborators, the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and brilliant Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu, she presents these works in performances that are both elegantly stylish and profoundly felt. This release is completed by a personal reflection on the music written by Hewitt herself, offered in the accompanying booklet.

“Refined virtuosity, musical intelligence, and [a] thorough yet never rigid sense of style and good taste…”

—CLASSICS TODAY

Hewitt plays Mozart concertos

MOZARTPiano Concertos Nos.17 & 27

Angela Hewitt (piano), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Hannu Lintu

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Also availableMozart: Piano Concertos Nos.6, 8 & 9Hyperion • CDA 67840 (034571178400)

“A terrific performance, right up there with the best. Hewitt sparkles…”—THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 66945 (034571169453) Deleted April 2012 The oblivion which has overtaken Eugen d’Albert in the second half of the twentieth century would have surprised anyone who saw his prodigious rise to fame in the 1880s and ‘90s. He was known then as one of the world’s greatest pianists, had studied with Liszt, and knew Brahms. From his teens, there began to emerge a body of composition which showed a maturity well beyond his years and seemed to produce a fusion of the then-incompatible schools of the “moderns” (Liszt and Wagner) and the “traditionalists” (Brahms and his followers). D’Albert’s piano concertos have been recorded to much acclaim by Piers Lane, who is featured on this mid-priced Helios series reissue of the composer’s works for solo piano.

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 66364 (034571163642) Deleted July 2011This mid-priced reissue features James O’Donnell and the Westminster Cathedral Choir at the peak of their powers, performing key works of the Italian Renaissance. These two magnificent and contrasting mass settings perfectly demonstrate why Palestrina has been acknowledged as the master of this repertoire from his lifetime to the present day. Included are the Missa de Beata Virgine and the Missa Ave Maria.

PALESTRINAMissa de Beata Virgine, Missa Ave Maria Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’DonnellHyperion • CDH 55420

D’ALBERTSolo Piano Music Piers Lane (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55411

Mid-priced Helios series reissues

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IMPORTOn this live recording from the Chapelle Royale at the Chateau de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli and Les Pages & les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles illuminate Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s admirable synthesis of Italian chiaroscuro and the radiant grace of the French Baroque. The disc presents two of the composer’s Histoires sacrées — Judith sive Bethulia liberata and Caedes Sanctorum Innocentium. Stimulated by his years of training in Rome, these works represent a kind of “sacred theatre.” They deploy unprecedented vocal and instrumental invention to portray major episodes from the Old and New Testaments, focusing on their emotional and psychological aspects.

IMPORTLSO Live’s The Panufnik Legacies offers a collection of new works by ten emerging young composers. These pieces were commissioned as part of the LSO Panufnik Scheme, which began in 2005 and each year offers six composers the opportunity to write a three minute piece for the London Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of renowned composer Colin Matthews. The scheme was devised by the orchestra in association with Lady Panufnik in memory of her late husband, the composer Sir Andrzej Panufnik. This recording showcases the works of selected composers from across the first five years of the scheme. François-Xavier Roth leads the orchestra in music by Andrew McCormack, Christian Mason, Charlie Piper Flēotan, Eloise Gynn Sakura, Edward Nesbit, Jason Yarde, Martin Suckling, Christopher Mayo, Elizabeth Winters and Vlad Maistorovici.

The Panufnik Legacies London Symphony Orchestra,

François-Xavier RothLSO Live • LSO 5061

CHARPENTIERJudith sive Bethulia liberata,

Caedes Sanctorum Innocentium Dagmar Sasková (soprano), Erwin Ar os (counter-tenor),

Jean-François Novelli (tenor), Arnaud Richard (bass-baritone),

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Sacred works of Charpentier

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Sir Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in a concert performance

of Weber’s eerily fantastical opera, Der Freischütz. Der Freischütz is heralded as one of the cornerstones of Romantic opera, drawing on traditional German folk tunes and elements of Romanticism for the first time in the history of opera. The evocative and colorful orchestration is particularly impressive in the “Wolf ’s Glen” scene — long considered the most gruesomely expressive rendering of evil ever found in a musical score. Many listeners may be familiar with this opera without even knowing it; several of the melodies have been adapted as hymn tunes and the overture is regularly performed as a stand-alone work in the concert hall.

“Viewing Weber as one of Wagner’s major precursors, Davis presents the opera on the grandest of scales, with big orchestral forces, and a pair of established Wagnerian

leads in Simon O’Neill’s Max and Christine Brewer’s Agathe.”—THE GUARDIAN

Sir Colin davis conducts Weber

WEBERDer Freischütz Christine Brewer (soprano), Sally Matthews (soprano), Simon O’Neill (tenor), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin DavisLSO Live • LSO 0726

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“A spellbinding account…”—THE OBSERVER

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VERDIAttila

Anna Markarova (soprano), Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor),

Vladislav Sulimsky (baritone), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass),

Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery GergievMariinsky • MAR 0534

gergiev leads a stellar cast in Verdi’s Attila

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IMPORTAll regions/ 140 Minutes/ 16:9/ 5.1 Dolby Digital Stereo

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Wagner: Die WalküreMariinsky • MAR 0527 (822231852728)

“Essential listening no matter how many other Valkyries ride over your CD shelves…”

—BAY AREA REPORTER

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In ce lebrat ion of Verdi’s anniversary year, the Mariinsky label presents a high-definition video recording of Verdi’s Attila, led by maestro Valery Gergiev, produced by Arturo Gama and featuring acclaimed Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role. A two-time GRAMMY® Award winner for his Verdi readings, Abdrazakov has quickly established himself as one of opera’s most sought-after basses. Since making his La Scala debut in 2001 at only 25, the Russian singer has become a mainstay at leading houses worldwide. Filmed in the Mariinsky Opera House, the video includes a stunning picture gallery of scenes from the performance. As is the case with many of Verdi’s operas, Attila is imbued with the spirit of Risorgimento, the national liberation movement of the Italian people against foreign rule and for the unification of Italy. Looking ahead, Attila is the first of four opera videos that are planned for release on the Mariinsky label in 2013.

Praise for ildar abdrazakov“A sensational bass who has just about everything — imposing sound,

beautiful legato, oodles of finesse…”—THE INDEPENDENT

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IMPORTVia Crucis is one of Franz Liszt’s boldest and most original works. Its musical inspiration, which ranges from Gregorian chant to Lutheran chorales, is expressed in extremely modern harmonies that presage the coming atonal revolution. Diapason d’Or winner Jean-Claude Pennetier joins the Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis on this program, which is completed by Liszt piano pieces on a religious theme and plainchant from the liturgy of Holy Week, one of the major sources of inspiration for Via Crucis.

IMPORTGrave, agile, majestic and picturesque, the keyboard output of Francois Couperin, with its array of indispensable ornaments and piquant details, enables us to follow all the impulses of the soul of “the most poetic of our harpsichord composers,” as Debussy called him. Performed here on the piano, which brings them its own special color, these harpsichord pieces, in their various moods, retain all their inimitable charm in the hands of Israeli pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï.

COUPERINLes Ombres ErrantesIddo Bar-Shaï (piano)Mirare • MIR 195

LISZTVia CrucisJean-Claude Pennetier (piano), Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik TulveMirare • MIR 167

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IMPORTConjuratio, Mirare’s collection of music by German composer Matthias Weckmann, brings to light a body of work that deserves far greater attention than it has received to date. Weckmann was a student of Heinrich Schütz and rose through the ranks to become one of the leading musicians of Hamburg. He was the organist at two major churches and founded the city’s Collegium Musicum. Much of the music heard here, admirably performed by the Ricercar Consort led by Philippe Pierlot, was inspired by Weckmann’s experiences associated with a terrible epidemic of plague that decimated Hamburg in 1663. Among its victims were his wife and many friends and colleagues. These tragic events inspired him to write inspired works that evoke images of desolation and destruction, but also struggle and hope.

Music of Matthias Weckmann

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Maria Keohane (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor), Stephan McLeod (bass), Maude Gratton (organ),

Ricercar Consort, Philippe PierlotMirare • MIR 204

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NYMANPianoMichael Nyman (piano); Kathryn Stott (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Michael Nyman BandMN Records • MNRCD 206

NYMANCollaborations

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dolin), Rajan Misra (vocals), Sajan Misra (vocals), Michael

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Each of these two new, specially priced boxed sets from MN Records features three albums from the label’s back catalog focusing on a particular theme. The discs on Collaborations involve partnerships between Michael Nyman and other artists and traditions. Included are The Glare, Acoustic Accordions and Sangam. Piano focuses on Michael Nyman’s special connection to the keyboard. It includes the first album released on MN Records, The Piano Sings, Nyman’s score for Jane Campion’s 1993 film The Piano and Nyman’s Piano Concerto, one of the most exciting and inspiring pieces he has written.

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DOMESTICIn 2001, Philip Glass composed the music for the film Naqoyqatsi: Life as War. It was the last film in a trilogy by director Godfrey Reggio that featured only images and music. When the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra invited Glass to be a creative director for its Boundless Series during the 2011-12 season, Glass thought of his cello concerto and its possible life beyond film. The CSO commissioned the Cello Concerto No.2 — Naqoyqatsi and gave the composer the opportunity to have it reborn as a proper concerto. The resulting recording is drawn from the live performances. This dynamic seven-movement work is conducted here by long-time Glass champion Dennis Russell Davies with soloist Matt Haimovitz.

Matt Haimovitz plays glass

GLASSCello Concerto No.2 “Naqoyqatsi”

Matt Haimovitz (cello), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

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unsettling loveliness and spectacular virtuosity.”

—WQXR (New York)

Also availableGlass: Symphony No.3, The HoursOrange Mountain Music • OMM 0086 (801837008623)“The constant ebb and flow of American composer Philip Glass’s music is like a hand gently rocking

a cradle, periodically giving the crib a good, swift shake, startling the baby, then going back to a lulling rhythm. Getting these mesmerizing repetitions and startling juxtapositions right is the

hallmark of Anne Manson and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra’s latest album.”—TORONTO STAR

DOMESTICOn this release from the orchestra’s own label, Music Director Nicholas McGegan and his period instrument Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra perform Beethoven’s fourth and seventh symphonies — key works from the composer’s middle period. Recorded live at First Congregational Church in Berkeley, these performances offer a near perfect balance of wit and profundity.

Mcgegan conducts BeethovenBEETHOVENSymphonies Nos.4 & 7Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGeganPhilharmonia Baroque • PBP 06

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truly treasurable disc.”—THE NEW YORK TIMES

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDConductor Pierre Monteux had one of the longest musical careers in recent times, exceeded only by Pablo Casals and Leopold Stokowski. A champion of new music, he led the premières of many works, among them Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (which caused a notorious audience riot) and the work recorded here, Ravel’s glorious ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Monteux assumed the position of music director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1961 at age 86. The historic remastered recordings on this hybrid SACD date from this period and include the Rapsodie espagnole, Pavane pour une infante défunte and the complete Daphnis et Chloé.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDOn this release, part of Praga’s Reminiscences series of remastered historic recordings, four legendary artists prove the timelessness of the music of Camille Saint-Saëns. Pianist Emil Gilels, violinists Isaac Stern and Arthur Grumiaux and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich dazzle in solo concertos by this eclectic composer, written during a revival of the great classical forms in the late 1800s. Their partners in these works — conductors Eugene Ormandy, André Cluytens, Jean Fournet and Sir Malcolm Sargent — are legendary in their own right and make this SACD a must-have for any serious collector.

SAINT-SAËNSPiano Concerto No.2, Cello Concerto No.1, Violin

Concerto No.3, Introduction et rondo capriccioso Op.28Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Isaac Stern (violin), Mstislav

Rostropovich (cello), Emil Gilels (piano), Concerts Lamoureux, Jean Fournet, Philadelphia Orchestra,

Eugene Ormandy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du

Conservatoire, André CluytensPraga • PRD 350077

RAVELRapsodie Espagnole, Pavane pour une Infante défunte,

Daphnis & ChloéChorus of the Royal Opera House,

London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre MonteuxPraga • PRD 350073

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IMPORTOn October 28, 1949, former child prodigy Ginette Neveu boarded a plane in Paris with her pianist brother Jean-Paul to fly to America for a four-month concert tour. Tragically, the plane never reached its destination. These recordings of her three final concerts — September 21st in Stuttgart with her brother, September 25th under Hans Rosbaud in Baden-Baden and October 20th at the Salle Pleyel with her brother — are a musical testament to one of the greatest violinists of her era.

IMPORTOn this disc, Frédéric Desenclos performs a rich anthology of the organ music of Louis Marchand, who settled in Paris at the end of Lully’s life and died one year before the first performance of Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie. These works reveal the full dimensions of his output, where humor courts with seriousness, innovation mixes with mastery of form, and studied compositional procedures are balanced by sheer pleasure of timbre. Desenclos is the resident organist of the Chapelle Royale at the Chateau de Versailles, organ professor at the Orleans Conservatoire and musical director of the acclaimed Ensemble Pierre Robert.

MARCHANDWorks for OrganFrédéric Desenclos (organ)Tempéraments • TEM 316040

The Last RecordingsGinette Neveu (violin)Tahra • TAH 745

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDFile in: RockInfinite, a deluxe, limited-edition, audiophile boxed set from Analogue Productions, contains all six legendary albums by The Doors — the self-titled 1967 debut (one of rock’s most important), Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel and the visceral L.A. Woman. Each album has been remastered in multichannel for hybrid SACD by Doug Sax and The Doors’ original engineer Bruce Botnick. The surround sound originates from 96K, 24-bit files that were mixed and mastered from the original one-inch, eight track, 15-ips analog master tapes by Bruce Botnick for Elektra’s 2006 DVD Audio release entitled Perception. For the SACDs, those files were then up-sampled without filters to DSD using the Weiss Saracon format converter and authored by Gus Skinas at the Super Audio Center. Infinite is packaged in a unique, high-quality fold-over box that contains extensive notes on each album, nineteen photographs and a 2,700-word essay by The Doors biographer Ben Fong-Torres, esteemed rock journalist and former Rolling Stone editor.

The doors — limited edition, audiophile remasters

InfiniteThe Doors

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IMPORTFile in: LatinThe GRAMMY® award winning band Irakere are probably the most creative, influential performers from Cuba and pioneers of the modern Timba style of Cuban music. This album is the first issue on CD of the band’s legendary BBC recording at Ronnie Scott’s in Birmingham, made at a pivotal point in the group’s career. It features the great Chucho Valdés — another GRAMMY® winner — on piano in addition to the 12-piece ensemble with four vocalists. The live recording was transferred, edited and remastered in high-definition 24-bit sound at Abbey Road Studios.

IMPORT File in: LatinFor more than 20 years, Ernesto Tito Puentes has been conducting the most famous Afro-Cuban big band in France. Not only a gifted and virtuoso trumpet player, he is a well-known artist all around the world, who has played on more than 200 albums. The new album Gracias is a mix of Afro-Cuban music with a touch of jazz, featuring such excellent guests as Mario Canonge, Manu Dibango and Ibrahim Maalouf.

GraciasErnesto Tito PuentesJust Looking • JLP 02

Live at Ronnie Scott’s, BirminghamThe 1995 BBC RecordingIrakere, Chucho ValdésFirst Hand • FHR 20

irakere & Chucho Valdés: pioneers of Cuban music

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IMPORTFile in: JazzOn Claude Bolling and Friends, the master of big band leads a small group performing classic jazz in the chamber music vein. The brilliant writing and talented musicians combine to reveal a pared down approach to the music they have been playing with excellence for over twenty-five years. Claude Bolling shows himself here to be a pianist much younger than his years would suggest, and the loving, sophisticated generosity in his playing makes this album a testament to his work as an ambassador for the vivacity that still exists in classic jazz.

Claude Bolling returns to the studio

Claude Bolling & FriendsClaude Bolling

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Bolling: Suite for Flute & Jazz PianoFrémeaux • FA 443 (3448960244329)

“Infectious, breezy, playful… spell-binding music.”

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IMPORT File in: JazzBrilliant musical explorer Médéric Collignon likes to revisit the work of those who inspired him. After Ennio Morricone and Miles Davis, the cornetist’s unbridled imagination turns to the legendary progressive-rock band King Crimson. Originally conceived as a stage project, A la recherche du Roi Frippé is now available on CD. Collignon plunged himself into the integral work of the band, studying every version to find the best and reinterpret them with his own energy. On the album he is joined by his group Jus de Bocse and a string octet, which adds a touch of the classical baroque. This is King Crimson as you’ve never imagined. As Collignon says, “Stop wondering if it is rock or jazz. Wonder if you’re ready to listen with your heart and your body.”

IMPORTFile in: JazzBrother Stoon is the first album by up-and-coming 25-year-old saxophonist Baptiste Herbin, recorded in January 2011 at Studio de Meudon. Despite his youth, he has already displayed a striking and powerful technique and quality of tone. A student of Jean Jacques Rulhmann and Julien Lourau in his native Chartres and Jean Charles Richard in Paris, his music on this debut is an engaging tribute to the bop tradition. Each note will captivate listeners.

Brother StoonBaptiste HerbinJust Looking • JLP 01

A la recherche du Roi FrippéA Tribute to King CrimsonMédéric Collignon & Le Jus de BocseJust Looking • JLP 03

A jazz tribute to King Crimson

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IMPORTFile in: Jazz On Panamerican, Stéphane Huchard paves his way from Paris to the Big Apple, sharing the ride with New York’s finest. Joined by musicians from the heart of Brooklyn — pianist Jim Beard, saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist Matt Penman and guitarist Nir Felder — Huchard lays his cards out flat with original compositions of subtle elegance. Several tracks step to the beat of that most Parisian of percussionists, the Argentinian Minino Garay, while pianist Éric Legnini, who directed and mixed the album, puts the icing on the cake with his eminently groovy experience.

The groovy jazz of Stéphane Huchard

PanamericanStéphane Huchard

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IMPORTFile in: Jazz On this striking album, Daniel John Martin’s body and violin become one; his singular voice seems to embrace the notes as would a brook rocking in its bed. The new compositions regrouped here on Urban Gypsy will acquaint you with Martin’s energy and subtlety, his power as well as his restraint. The end result is a moment of pure jazz poetry, with a touch of gypsy soul, bearing a message of hope and of life that you must discover now.

IMPORTFile in: Jazz Born into a resolutely Mediterranean culture, Kamlo Barré borrows from the universal nomadic musical language of Andalusia, the Arabs and Hungarian or Romany gypsies. Oriental Minor Blues is a tribute to the itinerant lifestyle of nomadic peoples. The rare finesse of Barré’s guitar is an extension of his voice and conversation, his history, with all its joys and suffering and his own itinerary. On this album, his guitar adopts by turns the accents of the Saracens’ mandola, the chitarra battente of the Italians, the lutes of the Moors and, of course, the guitars of Tziganes and Romany gypsies.

Oriental Minor BluesKamlo BarréFrémeaux • FA 582

Urban GypsyDaniel John MartinFrémeaux • FA 577

gypsy jazz violin — with soul

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IMPORTFile in: CajunThe Cajun legacy has a strong cultural identity — cuisine, hospitality, fishing, festivals, dancing and music — with ties to the history of both France and the New World. This great popular music tradition makes no distinction between professionals and amateurs, giving legitimacy to those whose music serves to defend the Cajun philosophy of life, “Let the good times roll.” Marine biologist Tommy Michot (accordion, harmonica, vocals) and violinist Rick Michot (a District Court judge in Lafayette) have put together an excellent record, filled with rich musicological contributions to the Cajun legacy. It reveals the timeless nature of a collective memory spanning two and a half centuries.

Cajun wizardry from the Michot brothers

Dedans le Sud de la LouisianeLes Frères Michot

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IMPORTFile in: World / Cape VerdeFrom 1995 on, each time Cesaria Evora went into the studio, her producer José da Silva requested that she record more tracks than were actually needed for the new album. The aim was to choose a set of songs that fitted together naturally, forming a record that would delight listeners from start to finish. Now, a year and a half after her death, Lusafrica’s Mãe Carinhosa (Mother Affection) offers thirteen previously unreleased tracks, spanning the period from the recording sessions for Cabo Verde in 1997 to Rogamar in 2005. As always, her backing musicians provide brilliant accompaniment, allowing Evora’s voice to sweep us away on yet another voyage of nostalgia.

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Also availableNha sentimentoLusafrica • 562552 (3567255625527)“Her nonchalant, husky melancholy

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Champagne TangoMasters of TangoFrancisco Canaro

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Una Gota de RocíoMasters of TangoOsvaldo Fresedo

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Patria MíaMasters of TangoPedro LaurenzChant du Monde • 2742314

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IMPORTFile in: World / Algeria On Renayate, Algerian Berber artist Houria Aïchi honors such great female Algerian singers as Meriem Fekkaï, Fadèla Dziria, Remitti, Baggar Hadda and Cherifa. Moved by their struggles and courage, Aï chi also includes a song of Sraoui, or traditional chant, to acknowledge the anonymous singers. The album features accompaniment by Mohamed Abdennour (mandolin), Ali Bensadoun (ney), Smaïl Benhouhou (piano) and Amar Chaoui (percussion).

IMPORTFile in: World / RussiaCompiled from previously unreleased material held in Russian archives dating from 1960-1965, this fourth volume contains more recordings of Boris Alexandrov’s Red Army Choir at their peak. This historic selection features more patriotic hymns and popular songs performed by the period’s greatest soloists, notably Vadim Ruslanov and Evgeny Belyaev.

The Red Army Choir Vol.4Red Army Choir, Boris AlexandrovFrémeaux • FA 5394

RenayateHouria AïchiAccords Croisés • AC 148

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DOMESTICFile in: World / IndiaIn October 2011, at the seasoned age of 91, Ravi Shankar invited his long-time tabla accompanist, Tanmoy Bose, to his home in Encinitas, California for an informal recording session. Over four days, they worked in Shankar’s living room, recording seven different ragas. The resulting music is pure Shankar — a pairing of deep musical experience and brilliant technique performed with the energy and passion he brings to his live concerts. The first four of these sessions, released in 2011, won a GRAMMY® award for Best World Music Album. The Living Room Sessions Part 2 is no less noteworthy, with three of the last session recordings made by Maestro Ravi Shankar before his death in December 2012. Shankar’s playing is characterized by such intensity, clarity, and delight that it reveals, once more, the maestro’s musical genius as something to reckon with, even in his tenth decade.

“One of the great figures of 20th century music... his unique legacy and immense contribution to the history of Indian music is destined to outlast us all.”

—SONGLINES

Living Room Sessions Part 2Ravi Shankar

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IMPORTFile in: World / FranceDroit dans la Gueule du Loup (walking straight into the lion’s den) is an album overflowing with anger, tears, splendors, sorrows, strength and wonders. It is anything but a safe collection of inoffensive songs. Armed with the words of songwriter Guillaume Favray, Melissmell wanders on through a world of verist melancholies and dark poetry. This new album features pianist Matu (Mano Solo, Indochine) and guitarist Daniel Jamet (Mano Negra, Mano Solo). Christine Ott also joins the three of them, playing Ondes Martenot on three songs.

IMPORTFile in: World / FranceIn the tradition of Miles Davis, Weather Report and others taking jazz to new shores in the early seventies, Troc was a legendary yet short-lived quintet whose only album was issued in 1972 — a rough diamond from the seams of jazz/rock and other hallucinatory experiments. Drummer André Ceccarelli recently reformed the band to record Troc 2011 for Universal and its success prompted this reissue by Frémeaux of the band’s epic first album — now available for the first time on CD — together with two bonus titles recorded at that same historic session.

TrocTrocFrémeaux • FA 576

Droit dans la Gueule du LoupMelissmellDiscograph • 6150042

The magic of Melissmell

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IMPORTFile in: World / TurkeyThis release celebrates the Bektashi ceremony of the djem, which features semah sacred dancing and sung poetry accompanied on the saz lute. The djem is both a liturgy commemorating the founding myths of the Bektashi faith and a fraternal agape (ritual feast) uniting an entire community. Music, listened to with great intensity, is a link between all that permeates this entire ritual. In these recordings from the Turkish region of Antalya, two ‘choirs’ are present: one, conducted by Müzaffer Görgülü, recorded in 2004; the other, conducted by Süleyman Can, in the ‘mother’ house (the house of the ancestral djem) in 2011.

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Müzaffer Görgülü, Ali Koca, Süleyman Can, Ilhami Eris, Ali Tören, Süleyman Bicer,

Suuleyman Ucar, Hasan Ucar, Irgat Dogan, Ali Eris

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Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi May 10 Kalamazoo MI Stetson ChapelMay 12 New York NY Corpus Christi Church

Kristian Bezuidenhout harmonia mundi Jun 10 Boston MA Jordan HallJonathan Biss Onyx Jun 13-15 San Francisco CA Davies Symphony HallConspirare harmonia mundi May 3-4 Austin TX St. Martin's Lutheran Church

May 16 Austin TX Northwest Hills United Methodist ChurchMay 31 Austin TX St. John Neumann Catholic ChurchJun 1 Victoria TX First United Methodist ChurchJun 8 Victoria TX Victoria Fine Arts CenterJun 9 Austin TX Dell Hall

iestyn davies Hyperion Oct 20 New York NY Zankel Halldanny driver Hyperion May 23-25 New Orleans LA Birdfoot Chamber Music Festivalludovico einaudi Ponderosa May 18 New York NY Town Hall

May 21 Washington DC Warner TheaterMay 22 Chicago IL Harris TheaterMay 28 Boulder CO Boulder TheaterMay 31 Los Angeles CA El Rey TheaterJun 1 San Francisco CA The Warfield

estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir harmonia mundi Nov 10 New York NY Avery Fisher Hallisabelle Faust harmonia mundi Aug 17 Lenox MA Koussevitzky Music Shedgerald Finley Hyperion Jun 6, 8 & 11 New York NY Avery Fisher Hall Bernarda Fink harmonia mundi May 17-18 Houston TX Jones Halliván Fischer Channel Classics Nov 21 New York NY Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageAlban gerhardt Hyperion May 5 Baltimore MD Shriver Hall

May 15-18 San Francisco CA Davies Symphony HallSusan graham Onyx Jun 28 Santa Fe NM The Santa Fe Opera

Jul 3, 6, 12, 19 & 30 Santa Fe NM The Santa Fe OperaAug 7, 15, 21 & 24 Santa Fe NM The Santa Fe Opera

Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion May 2, 4 & 5 Atlanta GA Atlanta Symphony HallMay 19 Chicago IL Orchestra HallMay 22 San Francisco CA Davies Symphony HallMay 23 Rohnert Park CA Green Music CenterMay 24-25 San Francisco CA Davies Symphony Hall

Chloë Hanslip Hyperion Jun 2 Buffalo NY Kleinhans Music Hall Pablo Heras-Casado harmonia mundi Oct 23 New York NY Weill Recital HallAlina ibragimova Hyperion May 31 Seattle WA Benaroya Hall

Jun 1-2 Seattle WA Benaroya HallNov 18 New York NY Zankel Hall

Steven isserlis Hyperion Jun 1 New York NY Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stageolga Kern harmonia mundi May 3-5 San Diego CA Copley Symphony Hall

May 11-13 Santa Rosa CA Weill Concert HallJun 7 New York NY Alice Tully Hall Jul 19, 21 Boulder CO Colorado Music Festival

Paul lewis harmonia mundi Jul 24 Lenox MA Ozawa Halllondon Symphony orchestra/Haitink LSO Live Oct 20-21 New York NY Avery Fisher HallMariinsky orchestra/gergiev Mariinsky Oct 10, 11 & 15 New York NY Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stagenicholas Mcgegan Philharmonia Baroque May 9-11 Nashville TN Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Jun 1 New York NY Stern Auditorium / Perelman StagePaul o'dette harmonia mundi Jun 9 Boston MA Cutler Majestic Theater

Jun 11-12, 14-16 Boston MA Jordan HallJun 21-23 Great Barrington MA Mahaiwe Theater

garrick ohlsson Hyperion Jul 25, 28 Lenox MA Ozawa HallSan Francisco Symphony/Tilson Thomas SFS Media Nov 13-14 New York NY Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageJordi Savall Alia Vox Jun 15 Cambridge MA Jordan HallChristine Schäfer Onyx Jul 26 Lenox MA Koussevitzky Music Shed Cédric Tiberghien Hyperion Jul 27 Brecksville OH Blossom Music Centerdaniil Trifonov Mariinsky Aug 22 Lenox MA Ozawa HallShai Wosner Onyx May 11 Washington DC Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Jul 30 Santa Fe NM St. Francis AuditoriumJul 31 Santa Fe NM Simms AuditoriumAug 1, 4 & 5 Santa Fe NM St. Francis Auditorium

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C.J. Chenier World Village Jun 14 Louisville CO Louisville Street FaireJul 11 Madison WI La Fete de MarquetteJul 14 Westminster MD Carroll County Farm MuseumAug 8 Herndon VA Frying Pan Farm ParkAug 13 Ridgefield CT Ballard ParkAug 15 Maynard MA Maynard Library Concert in the Park

Kyle eastwood Jazz Village Mar 13 Green Valley AZ Green Valley Recreation Centre WestFanfare Ciocarlia Asphalt Tango Jul 10 Minneapolis MN The Cedar

Jul 12 Chicago IL Summer Dance FestivalJul 13 Pittsburgh PA Rex TheatreJul 14 New York NY Summerstage Central ParkJul 16 Washington DC Kennedy CenterJul 18 Phoenix AZ Musical Instrument MuseumJul 19 Los Angeles CA Grand PerformancesJul 21 San Francisco CA "Stern Groove Festival

gilad Hekselman Jazz Village Jun 29 Saratoga Springs NY Saratoga Jazz FestAhmad Jamal Jazz Village Sep 19-21 New York NY Rose Theaternew orleans Jazz orchestra World Village May 5 New Orleans LA New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalCatherine Russell World Village May 25 Glen Echo MD Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park

Jun 22 Santa Cruz CA Kuumbwa Jazz ClubJun 23 San Francisco CA Yoshi'sJun 26 Los Gatos CA Los Gatos Town PlazaJul 13 Albuquerque NM Outpost Performance SpaceNov 1 Schenectady NY Unitarian ChurchNov 8-9 New York NY Jazz at Lincoln Center: Allen RoomSep 7 Arcadia CA Pasadena Pops: L.A. County Arboretum

António Zambujo World Village Feb 8 New York NY Zankel Hall

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