NEW RELEASES JANUARY 29, 2013

MOZART • PIANO CONCERTOS 13-14 • Vol. 2 (Chamber version)Variations for Piano on “Ah vous dirai-je, maman” • Eine kleine NachtmusicACD2 2532Janina Fialkowska PIANO | Chamber Players of Canada

• Renowned pianist Janina Fialkowska is recognized the world over as “a fine Mozartian …she finds the crossroads of simplicity and lyricism." (Montreal Gazette).This recording is thesequel to her 2007 Mozart Concertos CD and features Concertos 13 and 14 in a chamberversion. Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusic arranged for string quintet, and Variations on"Ah vous dirai-je, maman" for solo piano are also included. Fialkowska is joined by theChamber Players of Canada: violinists Jonathan Crow and Manuela Milani; violistGuylaine Lemaire; cellist Julian Armour; and double bassist Murielle Bruneau.

• Recently awarded the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement inClassical Music, Fialkowska performs in the world’s most prestigious concert halls. Upcomingengagements include a recital at Cadogan Hall on January 25; a recital at the FrickCollection in New York City on March 24; a recital at Berlin’s Konzerthaus on April 17; andconcerts with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at Koerner Hall in Toronto from May 30 to June 2.

MÉHUL • LE CHANT DU DÉPARTOvertures and Revolutionary Works

ACD2 2659Les Jacobins | Mathieu Lussier ARTISTIC DIRECTION

• Les Jacobins, the period wind ensemble named for the most famous political group of theFrench Revolution, returns with Le Chant du Départ, their sophomore recording on ATMAClassique. Under the artistic leadership of bassoonist Mathieu Lussier, Les Jacobins explore therich but little-known repertoire associated with the French Revolution (1789-1799).

• Le Chant du Départ delves into the music of Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, the first true FrenchRomantic composer. He wrote many patriotic works that were frequently played throughout thecelebrations of the Revolution. Le Chant du Départ features arrangements of the overtures tosix of Méhul’s most successful operas. The recording takes its name from one of the severalrevolutionary pieces included in the program, songs that were sung by the Revolutionary Frencharmies.

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ALFRED SCHNITTKE • CHAMBER MUSIC • Vol. 2Quartet & Quintet with piano and String TrioACD2 2669Molinari QuartetOlga Ranzenhofer FIRST VIOLIN | Frédéric Bednarz SECOND VIOLINFrédéric Lambert VIOLA | Pierre-Alain Bouvrette CELLO | Louise Bessette PIANO

• Montreal’s Molinari Quartet returns with its second recording dedicated to the chamber musicof Alfred Schnittke. The three works featured on this new CD complement the four stringquartets recorded on Volume 1, which was released in 2011 and was named Editor’s Choice byGramophone Magazine.

• On this new recording, the Molinari Quartet performs works composed between 1972 and 1988,from Schnittke’s mature period. Schnittke based his 1988 Piano Quartet on the chamber musicsketches of Mahler, a composer he greatly admired. The String Trio was commissioned by theAlban Berg Society of Vienna to commemorate the centenary of the Austrian composer’s birth in1985. Regarded as one of his finest pieces, the 1976 Piano Quintet is an introspective work thatmarks a turning point for Schnittke’s music.

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