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In this special holiday issue of our cata-log, you’ll find a variety of features highlighting the finest recordings from the past several months and the year! It’s full of best-sellers, recommendations, new releases and gift ideas. Perhaps the most popular feature though is our extensive selection of Christmas music. Treat yourself to something fresh to hear this holiday season! We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your business during 2017. A very merry Christmas to you from all of us at HBDirect and, however you celebrate this special time of year, we extend our best wishes for peace, joy & happiness.

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Daniel Barenboim - The Complete Sony Recordings [43 CDs + 3 DVD Videos]

Luciano Pavarotti - The Complete Opera Recordings [101 CDs]2017 is the 10th anniversary of the passing of the 20th Century’s most famous tenor; Decca marks this occasion to marvel once again at the sheer quality of the voice of The People’s Tenor with

a 101-disc collection presenting every role he ever recorded and performed. Every role since his debut recording of La Bohème in 1961

is included, allowing opera lovers once more to appreciate his amazing gifts. Every single opera has been remastered at Abbey Road under the supervision of Decca engineers. (avail. 11/17) (101 CDs) (Decca) 101 DEC 4832417 $265.48

Rudolf Serkin: The Complete Columbia Album Collection [75 CDs]Works by: Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Mozart, Schubert, Bartok, Reger, Mendelssohn, et al. Artists: Rudolf Serkin, (pno); Reiner; Walter; Ormandy; Szell; Budapest String Quartet; Columbia SO; Malboro Festival Orch.; NBC SO; New York

Philharmonic; Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet; Pitsburgh SO; The Cleveland Orch.; The Philadelphia Orch. (75 CD) (Sony / RCA) 75 SBMG 88985404062 $167.99 On Sale

One hears in these recordings a kind of playing that is a model for directness, propulsiveness and dynamic intensity, a radical and

fearless approach, with a mindfulness of form, generally presenting a composition simply as it is, full of individuality and life.

Decca Sound - The Piano Edition [55 CDs]The latest instalment of Decca’s megabrand is here, and recordings

by the label’s great pianists are the center of attention. This 55-CD box set puts the spotlight on a wealth of recordings from the Decca catalog spanning eight decades and five continents. Included are performances by Argerich, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Bolet, Cherkassky, Curzon, Freire,

Grosvenor, Gulda, Jablonski, Kars, Katin, Katchen, Kempff - and that gets us only partially through the alphabet! The curation of this set is passionate, scholarly, and features a number of unpublished and new to CD recordings.

Each CD comes packaged in its original jacket. (avail. 11/17) (55 CDs) (Decca) 55 DEC 4832243 $142.98

Sony Classical presents the first complete retrospective collection of Daniel Baren-bom’s recordings for CBS/Sony and RCA on 43 CDs and 3 DVD videos.

Barenboim the pianist made his first commercial recordings in 1964 and soon began documenting his refreshing, vital interpretations of Mozart and Beethoven on disc. Before long he had added conducting to his

musical activities and in 1965 began a close relationship with the English Chamber Orchestra. Soon, he was conducting virtually all the leading European and American symphony orchestras. The DVD

programs are comprised of a live concert from 1989, the Brahms Violin Sonatas with Itzhak Perlamn and the 2014 New Year’s Concert.

(46 CDs & DVDs) (Sony / RCA) 46 SBMG 88985393632 $103.99 On Sale

The Haydn Edition from Brilliant Classics [160 CDs]From Brilliant Classics comes a reissue of the highly successful ‘Haydn Edition’, the only substantial Edition of the composer’s oeuvre available. Now, at 160 CDs, the Edition includes the addition and completion of the Masses, the String Quartets, the Notturni, and the opera ‘L’Anima del Filosofo.’ At the core of this set is the award winning performances by Austro-Hungarian

Haydn Orchestra under the direction of Adam Fischer of the complete symphonies, in addition to benchmark recordings by the Buchberger Quartet,

Emma Kirkby, Frieder Bernius and many others. (160 CDs) (Brilliant Classics) 160 BLC 95594 $199.98

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“BBC Legends, Vol. 2: Great Recordings from the Archive” [20 CDs]Works by: Works by Shosta-kovich; Sibelius; Dvorak; Stravinsky; Grieg; Mozart; Schumann; Cherubini; Brahms; Beethoven et al. Artists: de los Angeles; Beecham; Borodin Quartet;

Giulini; Richter; Rubinstein; Stravinsky; Toscaini et al. (20 CD) (ICA Classics) 20 ICA 5141 $52.99 ICA Classics, through its long term contract with BBC Worldwide, is proud to release a second vol-ume of the best selling BBC Legends set, featuring twenty albums of some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, including Arturo Toscanini, Sviatoslav Richter, Claudio Arrau, Sir William Wal-ton and many others.

Vladimir Jurowski: 10 Years Leading the LPOIn celebrating Vladimir Jurowski’s first 10 years as Principal Conductor of the LSO since 2007, this set embraces established orchestral classics as well as unearthing rarely heard masterpieces, certain to both challenge and reward the listener simultane-ously. These 22 previously unreleased recordings were recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall and show-case Jurowski’s typical flair for brilliant program-ming. (7 CDs) (London PO) LPO 1010 $79.49

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 - 9 / Bruno WeilArtists: Bruno Weil/Tafelmusik Baroque Orch. & Choir (6 CD) (Tafelmusic) 6 TAFL 1034 $31.99 “Although the Beethoven symphonies are familiar to many music lovers, few have had the privilege to experience them as Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil have over the past many years. Our journey with Bruno exploring these great works has been a profound and intensely personal one.” - Jeanne Lamon, Music Director Emerita

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Sviatoslav Richter, Live at Carnegie Hall 1960 [13 CDs]Works: Works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Haydn, Schumann, Debussy,

Rachmaninov, Chopin, Ravel & Scriabin Artists: Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (13 CD) (Sony / RCA) 13 SBMG 88985395212 $41.99 On Sale

The complete recordings from these concerts - previously only available in two separate editions Sviatoslav Richter - The Complete Album Collection

and Great Moments at Carnegie Hall - are gathered together for the first time in one collection of thirteen CDs in a slipcase box including a booklet with ar-chival photos and a new essay by Carnegie Hall archivist Gino Francesconi.

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies / Bernstein [6 CDs]Artists: Leonard Bernstein/Vienna PO. (6 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon)

6 DGG 4797708 $52.99 Marking the 2018 centenary of a conductor, composer and musical legend like none be-

fore or since, DG, together with the Leonard Bernstein Estate, present the

first in a whole suite of beautifully-conceived projects coming your way over the next 9 months to celebrate 100 years of Lennie, the legend.

Edition Charles Koechlin, Part 1: Vocal and Orchestral Works [7 CDs]Artists: Juliane Banse; Chris-tine Simonin; Bernard Haas; Heinz Holliger/SWR Vokalen-semble Stuttgart; Florian Hoel-scher/Radio SO Stuttgart des SWR. (7 CD) (SWR Music) 7 SWRM 19046 $38.99

This release of Koechlin’s orchestral works in-cludes many world premiere recordings and gives a comprehensive overview of Koechlin’s output- from the early orchestral songs to his orchestra-tions of works by other composers and his huge later works.

Edition Charles Koechlin, Part 2: Piano and Chamber Music [7 CDs]Artists: Michael Korstick, Tatjana Ruhland, Dirk Altmann, various artists (7 CD) (SWR Music) 7 SWRM 19047 $38.99 The 150th anniversary of Charles Koechlin’s birth in November 2017 is marked by the reissue of all the Koechlin recordings made by the Sudwestrundfunk. They are compiled in two sets of seven albums each: set 1- vocal and orchestral music; set 2- piano and chamber music, which is featured here.

Claudio Abbado - The Opera Edition [60 CDs]Claudio Abbado’s career with Deutsche Grammophon stretched back over more than four decades. He was as much

a man of the theatre as he was one of the greatest of all late 20th century symphonic conductors and many of his opera recordings remain un-

surpassed in the catalogue. Building on the huge success of Claudio Abbado - The Symphony Edi-tion comes The Opera Edition: 60 CDs presenting the Maestro’s complete opera recordings for DG & Decca. (60 CDs) (Deutsche Grammophon) 60 DGG 4798008 $157.99

Franz Liszt: The Great Piano Works [15 CDs]Artists: Vincenzo Maltempo, Enrico Pace, Mari-angela Vacatello, Jean Dubé, Alexander Gavryly-uk, Klara Wurtz, Mark Viner et al. (15 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 15 BLC 95564 $58.49

Murray Perahia, The Complete Analogue Recordings, 1972-1979 [15 CDs]

Works by: Arthur Balsam, Bartók, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg, Mendels-sohn, Mozart, Schumann Artists:

Murray Perahia (pno); Zubin Mehta/New York PO; Nev-ille Marriner/Academy of St Martin in the Fields;

English CO. (15 CD) (Sony Classical)

15 SNYC 88985416702 $54.99 On SaleAll of Murray Perahia’s analogue recordings in new state-of-the-art remastering. Newly transferred from the original analog masters using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology are his great Schumann, Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven Recordings from 1972 through 1980.

Franz Schubert: Complete Symphonies [5 CDs]Artists: Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Berlin PO. (5 SA Hybrid CD) (Berliner Philharmoniker) 5 BERP 170063 $58.49 In these recordings, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Berliner Philharmoniker present brilliant and multifaceted interpretations of Franz Schubert’s eight symphonies.

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2-9 / Rosbaud [8 CDs]Artists: Hans Rosbaud/Southwest German RSO. (8 CD) (SWR Music) 8 SWRM 19043 $50.99 This is the first release ever of all of Anton Bruckner symphony recordings that Hans Rosbaud made

with the Southwest German Radio Orchestra. Rosbaud produced performances of all Bruckner’s symphonies for the broadcasting company Sudwestfunk (SDR), apart from the First, which he never conducted.

Schutz - Complete Recordings II [8 CDs]Works: Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) - Complete Recordings, Set 2 - Auferste-hungshistorie; Weihnacht-shistorie; Matthauspassion; Symphoniae Sacrae I & III; Johannespassion Artists: Hans-Christoph Rademann/

Dresdner Kammerchor. (8 CD) (Carus) 8 CRS 83042 $69.99 The first part of the Heinrich Schutz Complete Recording with the Dresdner Kammerchor under Hans-Christoph Rademann has set new artistic and editorial standards. With this, the second of three album sets has been released.

Idil Biret Rachmaninov Edition [10 CDs]Works: Rachmaninov: Complete Solo Piano Music; Piano Concertos Artists: Idil Biret, (pno); Antoni Wit/Polish National RSO. (10 CD) (Naxos (USA) 10 NXS 8501065 $58.49 Idil Biret was introduced to Rachmaninov as a composer and performer at an early age in Instanbul by an uncle. She greatly admired his performance style and compositions and felt an immediate affinity to him.

Icon - Violinist Christian Ferras [13 CDs]Works by: Bach, Bando, Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Bruch, Chausson, Debussy, Enesco, Fauré, Franck, Lalo, Mozart et al Artists: Walter Susskind; Con-stantin Silvestri; Malcolm Sargent; Georges Pretre

et al.; Bath Festival Orch.; Philharmonia Orch.; Royal PO (CD) (Warner Clas-sics) 13 WRNC 564156 $35.99 This 13-disc set brings together, for the first time, all the recordings that the French violinist Christian Fer-ras made for HMV and Telefunken including several first releases on CD. Among his musical partners featured in the set are Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortel-ier, Pierre Barbizet and the Parrenin Quartet.

The Karl Richter Edition [31 CDs]Works: Music of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Handel, Haydn Artists: Karl Richter/Berlin PO; Karl Richter CO; Munchener Bach-Chor; Munich Boys Choir. (31 CDs) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) 31 PRF 16010 $64.49 This enormous set features Karl Richter conducting the most famous works by these most famous of composers, including Bach’s St. Matthews Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Goldberg Variations, Brandenburg Concertos and Partitas, Handel’s Organ Concertos, Mozart’s Flute Concertos, and much more.

Leonard Bernstein Remastered [100 CDs]Artists: Leonard Bernstein/Columbia SO; New York Philharmonic; Vienna PO. (100

CDs) (Sony Classical) 100 SNYC 88985417142 $167.99 On SaleOn the eve of his centenary in 2018, Sony Classical releases Leonard Bern-

stein’s classic American Columbia recordings, remastered from their original 2- and 3-track analogue tapes. This remastering has allowed for the cre-ation of a natural balance that brings the quality of these half-century-old recordings, excellent for their time, up to the standards of today’s audio-philes. This is unquestionably the most comprehensive assembly of the

legendary American conductor’s art ever offered in a single package.


New Boxed Sets for the Holidays! New Boxed Sets for the Holidays!

New Boxed Sets for November

J.S. Bach: The Complete Liturgical Year in 64 Cantatas [19 CDs]Artists: Sigiswald Kuijken/La Petite Bande (19 CDs) (Accent) 19 ACT 25319 $52.49 On Sale“Among current cantata series Sigiswald Kuijken’s has a distinctive place, his

one-to-a-part voices and few instruments achieving striking delicacy. His vocal soloists sing with disarming simplicity and ease in arias, and blend superbly in ensemble. A rare treat - Kuijken and Bach at their very best.” -BBC Music Magazine

Paul Badura-Skoda, 90th Anniversary EditionWorks: Piano Concertos of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin; Solo & chamber works of Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Ravel, Haydn et al. Artists: Paul Badura-Skoda (pno); London PO; Royal PO; Vienna SO et al.

(20 CDs) (DG) 20 DGG 4798065 $77.98 Marking his 90th birthday, Paul Badura-Skoda has helped curate this 20-CD selection from his 1951-1965 Westminster recordings. No fewer than 18 recordings here are new to CD, remastered from the original tapes at Abbey Road Studios.

Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas [12 CDs]Artists: Paul Badura-Skoda, (pno) (12 CD) (Sony / RCA) 12 SBMG 88985395492 $41.99 On SaleThis very special set is available again, newly remastered from the original analogue masters for its first CD appearance as a 12-disc box. Paul Badura-Skodas Schubert is a must-have for lovers of great piano music, performed with the utmost love and understanding.

A Tribute to Soprano Régine Crespin [10 CDs]Works: French, Italian and German opera arias; Ravel: Shéhérazade; Berlioz: Nuite d’été; Songs Recitals Art-ists: Régine Crespin (sop); Georges Pretre; Jésus Etcheverry; Edward Downes; Ernst Ansermet; Otto Acker-

mann (CD) (Warner Classics) 10 WRNC 564481 $41.99 Inimitable in her native French, but equally superb in German and Italian, Régine Crespin was one of the reigning prima donnas of her era. Few sopranos could match her in encompassing epic heroism and intimate refinement, noble tragedy and suggestive wit, in opera and operetta, art song and jazz.

Jurowski Conducts Tchaikovsky [7 CDs]Works: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6, Man-fred Symphony, Francesca da Rimini & Serenade for Strings Artists: Vladimir Jurowski/London PO. (7 CD) (London PO) 7 LPO 0101 $58.49 This set marks the first release for Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, completing the cycle. Bachtrack ob-served of Jurowski’s concert performance of Sym-phony No. 2 the ‘wonderfully shaped ... incisive drive and flowing folk melodies ... a satisfyingly triumphant and joyous feel to the piece.’

G.F. Telemann: Sacred Music [8 CDs]Artists: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Bach-Chor Siegen; Hannoversche Hofkapelle; Hanoveri-an Court Orch.; La Koln; Siegen Collegium Vocale; Stravaganza. (8 CD) (Hanssler Classic) 8 HAN 17014 $49.99 With 3600 listed works in all known genres cred-ited to his name, Telemann was one of the most prolific composers of his time. He was famous for his extremely fluid compositional technique; but his stable health also enabled him to work for nearly 75 years without any major interruptions.

Music in Germany, from Schutz to Bach [8 CDs]Works by: Ahle, J.C. Bach, J.M. Bach, Bruhns, Bux-tehude, Farina, Hammer-schmidt, Hanff, Isaac, Kittel, Pachelbel, Scheidt, Schein, Schenk, Tunder et al. Art-ists: Lionel Meunier/Vox Luminis; Konrad Junghanel/

Cantus Colln; René Jacobs/Concerto Vocale; Philippe Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale; Concerto Palatino; Flanders Recorder Quartet et al. (8 CD) 8 RCR 109 $46.99 On SaleAfter exploring the evolution of Italian and French music in the seventeenth century, Jerôme Lejeune devotes a new volume in his History of Early Music to Germany. As in the other volumes of this collection, the recorded examples are selections taken from the works that are the most representative of their period.

Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven [12 CDs]Works: Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas; Rondo in b-flat; Variations on a Turkish March; Eroica Variations et al. Artists: Sviatoslav Richter, (pno); Mstislav Rostropovich; Kurt Sanderling; Kirill Kondrashin;

Hermann Abendroth (12 CDs) (Hanssler Classic) 12 HAN 16030 $69.99 Sviatoslav Richter was born in Ukraine on March 20, 1915. His father came from a family of businessmen, but earned a living as organist and choir director in Odessa. He brought up his son alone, and Sviatoslav had had no regular pianistic training at a conservatory when he began working as rehearsal pianist at the Odessa Opera at the age of fifteen.

The Art of Violin Vol. 2 - Wanda LuzzatoWorks: Concertos & sonatas of Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Schumann, Franck, Ries, Brahms, Mozart et al. Artists: Wanda Luzzato (vln) (8 CD) (Rhine Records) 8 RHNE 002 $58.49 This release includes the entirety of Wanda Luzzato’s recorded legacy. The tracks have been lovingly restored and remastered for an enhanced listening experience. The songs on this release are previously unreleased recordings.

The Gerard Schwarz Collection [30 CDs]Works: Works by Albert, Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Bernstein, Borodin, Handel, Griffes, Schubert, Schreker, Rossini, Mahler, Harbison, Foote, Strauss, et al. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/London SO; Music of Remembrance; New York Chamber Sym.; Queensland SO; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (30 CD) (Naxos) 30 NXS 8503294 $157.99 With too many fine recordings to list, today’s musical landscape would be entirely different and very much the poorer without the tireless presence of conductor Gerard Schwarz, who has worked to raise the Se-attle Symphony Orchestra to its highest artistic level.

Münchener Bach-Orchester, Richter / J.S. Bach Sacred Works [11 CD / 4 DVD / Blu-Ray Audio]Karl Richter’s legendary Bach choral recordings did much to encourage a widespread reappraisal of how this music should be performed. Deutsche

Grammophon’s Karl Richter recordings of Bach’s sacred masterpieces have now been packaged together in a deluxe audiophile edition which includes all works on one single Blu-ray Audio, plus 11 CDs and 4 DVDs. And for the first

time on CD are Richter’s rehearsals of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The booklet features rare photographs and essays by renowned Bach experts on each of

the works. (Deutsche Grammophon) 16 DGG 4797788 $77.98

The Boston Symphony Orchestra - Complete Recordings On DG [57 CDs]Artists: John Williams; Michael Tilson Thomas; William Steinberg; Andre Previn;

Seiji Ozawa; Andris Nelsons; Rafael Kubelik; Eugen Jochum; Charles Dutoit; Leonard Bernstein; Claudio Abbado (57 CDs) (Deutsche Grammophon) 57 DGG 4797718 $191.98 DG presents the entirety of its recorded legacy with the BSO on 57 CDs - but it’s even better than that ... included is a new and previously unreleased recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6 with Andris Nelsons and several newly discovered recordings under Seiji Ozawa which have up to now remained

hidden in DG’s vaults.

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 80th Anniversary [13 CDs]Works by: Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Brahms, Stravinsky, Elgar, Ravel,

Mahler, Schubert et al. Conductors: Igor Stravin-sky; Mstislav Rostropovich;

Paul Paray; Pierre Monteux; Zubin Mehta; Kurt Masur; Lorin Maazel; Rafael Kubelik; Josef Krips; Kirill Kondrashin; Paul Kletzki; Antal Dorati; Sergui Celibidache; Leonard Bernstein; Claudio Abbado (13 CD) (Helicon) 13 HEL 029679 $65.99 On the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Helicon Classics releases a veritable treasure trove of in-concert material, includ-ing rare recordings never previously released.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784): Complete Music for Harpsichord [6 CDs]

Artists: Claudio Astronio (hpsi) (6 CD) (Brilliant Clas-sics) 6 BLC 94240 $29.99 All of these pieces, which were never assigned to a particular instrument, are performed on the harpsichord (with the exception of four

miniatures played on the organ). Fanfare magazine has praised Astronio’s “ability to convey the char-acter and emotional dynamic of a vocal line” as “in-credibly beautiful, sensitive and deeply touching”.

Anthology of Russian and Soviet Symphonic MusicWorks: Works by Khrennikov; Bashkirov; Eshpai; Avdeyeva; Repin; Khomitser; et al Artists: Kogan; Rostropovich; Richter; Schchedrin; Nasedkin; Petrov; Khrennikov; Bashkirov; Eshpai; Avdeyeva; Repin; Khomitser (56 CD) (Melodiya) 56 MELY 1002481 $449.99 Melodiya presents the second part of the Anthology of Russian and Soviet Symphonic Music, an anniversary limited collection of recordings of orchestral works by Russian composers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Idil Biret - 20th Century Piano Edition [15 CDs]Works by Béla Bartók, Alban Berg; André Boucourechliev; Pierre Boulez; Leo Brouwer; Niccolò Castiglioni; Debussy; Ulvi Cemal Erkin; Gabriel Fauré; Ertugrul Oguz Firat; Jean Françaix; Paul Hindemith; Wilhelm Kempff; György Ligeti; Ilhan Mimaroglu et al. Artists: Idil Biret (Pno); Rusen Günes (Vla); Olivia Coates (Harp) (15 CD) (Naxos (USA) 15 NXS 8501504 $69.99

Aldo Ferraresi, “The Gigli of the Violin” 1929-1973: Unreleased Recordings [18 CDs]Aldo Ferraresi was one of the most celebrated Italian concert violinists of all time, who has re-cently, unfortunately, fallen into relative obscurity. Spanning a period of time from 1960 -1973, his recorded legacy is presented here for the first time. The repertoire is mostly romantic, but also includes classics from Mozart as well as newer concertos from Benjamin, Khachaturian, and Shostakovich. (18 CD) (Rhine Records) 18 RHNE 001 $131.99


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Christmas Music, New & Top-Selling! from Christmas 2016Music for Christmas with Brass

Christmas Carols of Vaughan Williams Works: Song of the Crib; The Salutation Carol; How far is it to Bethlehem; Hereford Carol; While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night; On Christmas Day Artists: Owain A. Hughes/Cardiff Festival Choir. (1 CD) (Griffin)

GRI 4072 $13.99Ralph Vaughan Williams had a supreme gift for mel-ody and harmonizing folk tunes and these talents are brought together in this unique compilation.

The Christmas Album: Tenor Fritz WunderlichWorks: Traditional and clas-sical Christmas songs & car-ols; Excerpts from J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Artists: Fritz Wunderlich, Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig DGG B002409002 $13.98Blessed with a crystal-clear

voice, exquisite diction and a natural lyricism, Fritz Wunderlich was named one of the 20th Century’s Top 4 Tenors in the world. This album will make an ideal soundtrack for the festive season, especially for any-one who has not yet discovered this voice.

❦Our Heart’s Joy: A Chanticleer ChristmasArtists: Chanticleer (1 CD) (Mesa Blue Moon) MSBM 2093 $16.98 A Chanticleer Christmas features the ensemble in its natural a cappella setting. Here they offer unforgettable renditions of “The First

Nowell”, “Away in a Manger” and “O Holy Night” as well as a new Live recording of their signature song, the Biebl “Ave Maria”.

❦The Many Moods of Christmas / Shaw, Atlanta SO & ChorusWorks: Robert Russell Ben-nett (1894-1981): The Many Moods of Christmas, suites for chorus & orchestra nos 1 - 4 Artists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus (1 CD) (Telarc) TLC 80087 $12.98

“The Many Moods of Christmas” is a collection of Robert Russell Bennett arrangements of Christmas Carols, which has been a holiday classic ever since Robert Shaw first recorded them.

❦A Festival of Carols in Brass / Philadelphia Brass EnsembleWorks: O holy Night; Silent Night; We three kings; Joy to the World Hark! The herald angels sing; Traditional carols & much more! Artists: Philadelphia Brass Ens. (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 7033 $8.99 On SaleSimple, unadorned arrangements let the beauty of these carols speak for themselves through the ensemble’s virtuosic performances.

“Our Christmas Sequence”Works: Christmas Music from Bach, Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Holst et al. Artists: John Scott/The Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral. (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1325 $11.99 Few ‘standard carols’ but rath-

er a disc to widen your choice of beautiful Christmas music including the magical ‘Christmas Sequence’, plus ‘Fantasy on Carols’ ‘Sussex Mummers’ Carol’, ‘Sleepers Awake’, ‘Sleighride’, ‘A Maid Peerless’, ‘New Year Carol’, Bethlehem Down’ and ‘Christmas Day’. (18 tracks)

Robert Shaw Conducts Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. 1 Artists: Robert Shaw Chorale (1 CD) (Real Gone Music) RELM 0529 $14.99 The Robert Shaw Chorale recorded a number of charting albums, all for RCA Victor, but the one that will always be considered their definitive re-cording is this Christmas album, presented here in its 1957 re-recorded stereo version.

❦Baroque & Classical Christmas CantatasWorks by: Christoph Förster; Gottfried August Hom-ilius; Johann Heinrich Rolle; Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Artists: Michael Alexander Willens/Kolner Akademie Choir & Soloists (CPO ) CPO 555052 $15.49 On Sale“Tempos are well judged by Michael Alexander Willens and not too hectic, the chorus is plausibly balanced with instrumental forces at two to a part and the organ and brass present a buttressing force of pleasingly architectural solidity... a solid team of soloists.” -Gramophone

O Holy Night, Christmas Carols & MotetsWorks: O Christmas Tree; Personet Hodie; Silent Night; Deck the Halls; O Holy Night; Joy to the World; Pueri Concinite; The First Nowell et al Artists: St. John Cantius Chor of Saint Cecilia. (1 CD) (Sony)

SNYC 88985455722 $13.99 On SaleO Holy Night presents the solid choral sound of the Choirs of St. John Cantius-Chicago through the rich blend of their Symphony Orchestra in a recording of classic Christmas Carol favourites.

O Holy Night: A Merton ChristmasArtists: Benjamin Nicholas/Choir of Merton College, Oxford; Oxford PO (1 CD) (Delphian Records) DELP 34192 $19.99 From the ecstatic brass fan-fares that introduce O come, all ye faithful and Hark! The Her-

ald Angels Sing to the intimacy of Morten Lauridsen’s O magnum mysterium, Christmas old and new is cel-ebrated with a fresh sense of all its magic and glory.

Symphonies des Noëls / Les Violons du RoyWorks by: de Lalande, Charpentier, Sammartini, Torelli, Pez, Corelli Artists: Bernard Labadie/Les Violons du Roy (1 CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22742 $16.99 This album is a reissue of Simphonies des Noëls, the first recording with Les Violons du Roy on the ATMA Classique label. Plain-chant has figured prominently in the church’s Christmas celebrations since the Middle Ages.

Tutta Bella!: A Venetian Christmas RevelsWorks by: Giovanni Gabrieli; Emilo de Cavalieri; Adrian Willaert; Jacob Aradelt; An-tonio de Santa Cruz; Claudio Monteverdi; Salamone Rossi Artists: Cambridge Sym-phonic Brass Ensemble; The Revels Children’s Chorus;

The Revels Chorus. (1 CD) (Revels Records) RVLS 2017 $14.99 This is a gorgeous mix of Renaissance music by the period’s greatest composers. “Revels’ music evokes the true spirit of the winter holiday and puts us in touch with centuries of Yuletide celebrating.” (Utney Reader)

The King’s Singers - “Christmas Presence”Works by: William Byrd; Robert Chilcott; Orlando de Lassus; Robert Lucas Pearsall; James Pierpont; Michael Praetorius; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Artists: The King’s Singers. (1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 801 $17.99

Songs of the Stable: Christmas Music From CanadaWorks: Lo, in the Time Ap-pointed; Hodie, Christus Na-tus Est; The World’s Desire; Baloo, Lammy; Dormi, Jesu!; Thou Shalt Know Him; Carol of the Stable Dog; The Huron Carol et al. Artists: Gayle

H. Martin (org); Halifax Camerata Singers (1 CD) (Leaf Music) LEAF 0106 $18.99 Described by the Halifax Chronicle-Herald as “one of the most radiant a capella choir CDs of this or any previous Christmas,” this recording has con-tinued to be a treasure among classical music fans since it’s initial release more than 10 years ago.

‘O Come, Little Children’ / Rolando VillazonWorks: Carols for Christmas including Deck the Hall, I Saw Three Ships, Carol of the Drum, We Three Kings, O Come, Little children et al. Artists: Rolando Villazon, (tnr). Mack Wilberg/Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orch. of Temple Square (1 CD) (Mormon Tabernacle) MRMT 5186350 $15.99 Rolando’s powerful tenor voice shines on classic carols and delightful renditions of “Christmas Chil-dren” from Scrooge and “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” are performed by the Orchestra at Tem-ple Square... This album will whisk you away to once again see the childlike wonder of Christmas.

The American Horn Quartet Christmas AlbumWorks: Symphony of Carols; The Three Drovers; The Christmas Song; Sleigh Ride; You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch et al. Artists: American Horn Quartet; Queensland Sym. Horns MSR 1650 $12.99 On Sale“When choosing which pieces to include on this Christmas album, we wanted to create one large opus that would serenade not only horn aficiona-dos, but listeners all over the world, bringing them into the Christmas season.” -AHQ

❦In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with the London Brass Works: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen; Silent Night; Coventry Carol; Away in a Manger; Joy to the World; The First Nowell et al. Artists: London Brass (Warner Classics) WRNC 564143 $11.99 Many of the melodies here are Christmas evergreens - such as Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, which owes its popularity to the arrangement by Michael Praetorius, a composer who lived when the ceremonial use of brass instruments reached its zenith.

❦Christmas with SepturaWorks: Christmas Suite; In the bleak midwinter; Esist ein Ros entsprungen; The

Crown of Roses; Carol of the Bells; Christmas Medley, Ave Maria et al. Artists: Septura Brass Septet (1 CD) (Naxos (USA)) NXS 8573719 $12.99

“This new anthology by Septura, an elite group drawing on the finest players in London, is just the ticket. The selections range widely, from the golden sonorities of Schütz’ Geistli-che Chormusik to a clever antiphonal arrangement of Carol of the Bells. Three rousing

numbers from Handel’s Messiah cap a highly entertaining recital.” -BBC Music Magazine

Christmas Around the World / Burning River BrassWorks: Works by Simon Wills; Percy Grainger; J.S. Bach; Marcel Dupre; Franz Gruber; Anthony DiLorenzo; William Kirkpatrick Artists: Burning River Brass. (1 CD) (Azica) AZI 1317 $16.99 Since 1996, Burning River Brass has been dazzling audiences from Alaska to Taiwan with “power and virtuosity,” “harmonious blend,” and “consistently stirring performances.” Composed of twelve of the finest brass and percussion players in the country, Burning River Brass is an ensemble on fire.


Choral Music for Christmastide


Christmas Music, New & Top-Selling! Christmas in Medieval England / Blue Heron

Works: Plainchant, carols and other music for Advent and Christmas from 15th c. England Artists: Scott Metcalfe/Blue Heron (1 CD) (Blue Heron Records) BHRC 1006 $19.99Recorded live at First Church

in Cambridge, Congregational in December 2013, ‘Christmas in Medieval England’ allows listeners to share the beauty, excitement, intensity, and variety found in a Blue Heron concert performance.

Gregorian Christmas / Monks of MontserratArtists: Choir of The Monks of Montserrat Abbey. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001230702 $13.98 The perfect CD for those re-flective moments at Christmas time. The purity of Gregorian chant from Spain (Monks of

Monserrat Abbey) and Germany (Benedictine Abbey Munsterschwarzach) both provide serenity during the hectic holidays. CD booklet includes user-friendly introductory article and sung texts.

❦Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Messiah [3 CDs]Beecham was unapologetic in his determination to mold Handel’s Messiah into a thrill-ing experience, regardless of considerations of authenticity. With the addition of trombones, tuba, triangle, and cymbals, the result is an overwhelming ex-

perience! Make no mistake: in the hands of Beecham, this is not a baroque piece! 3 RCA 61266 $17.99

Karajan: The Christmas Album / Leontyne PriceWorks: Silent Night; Nut-cracker, highlights; O Holy Night; Mozart: Ave verum corpus; O Tannenbaum et al. Artists: Leontyne Price; Herbert von Karajan/Berlin PO (1 CD) (DG) DGG B002179802 $15.98

For the first time, excerpts from the Maestro’s famous Christmas CD he recorded with the great American soprano Leontyne Price in 1961. Included are evocative photos from Herbert von Karajan’s snowy home in Anif, near Salzburg.

❦The Rose in the Middle of WinterWorks: Bob Chilcott (b.1955): Carols for Christmas Artists: Matthew Berry/Commotio. Richard Pearce, organ; Tanya Houghton, harp; Laurie Ashworth, soprano (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8573159 $12.99“Chilcott shares Rutter’s facility with melody...Chilcott’s music is often more demanding than Rutter’s, but that’s no problem for the excellent singers of Commotio, expertly conducted by Mat-thew Berry.” -BBC Music Magazine

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Joyeux Noël: French Christmas MusicWorks: Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel; Cor-rette: Symphonies de Noel (6); Noels for Organ Artists: Rien Voskuilen/La Fantasia; Kevin Mallon/Aradia En-semble; L’Athénée Musical. (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics)

3 BLC 95569 $19.99 While CDs 1 and 2 of this collection are devoted to the Charpentier and Corrette works respectively, the final disc of Joyeux Noël is an organ recital, moving through the ages from Dandrieu to the grandest examples of late-Romantic organ masses and Christmas pieces by Franck and Dubois.

Lo, how a rose e’er bloometh / The Queen’s SixWorks: Coventry Carol, Ga-briel’s Message, Silent Night, In the bleak mid-winter, Jingle Bells, O nata lux et al. Artists: The Queen’s Six. (1 CD) (Resonus Records) REOA 10204 $16.99 The Queen’s Six release their

third album on Resonus with a scintillating and varied program of music for Christmas. Both modern and tra-ditional carols feature alongside a selection of lighter and contemplative evocations of the festive season.

Libera at ChristmasWorks: Carols of the Bells; Silent Night; Santa Will Find You; Wexford Carol; Hymn to Mary Artists: Libera (1 CD) (Invisible Hands) IVVH 73 $12.99 Worldwide choral sensations Libera, deliver a Christmas card to everyone at this joyous time. The program features a mixture of secular and sacred repertoire for music lovers seeking peace and respite in the midst of today’s chaotic world.

❦James Whitbourn: Carolae - Music for ChristmasWorks: Toccata on Vom Himmel Hoch; Coventry Carol; I wonder as I wander; A Great and Mighty Wonder; Hodie; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Artists: James Jor-dan/Westminster Williamson Voices with brass, organ &

percussion (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8573715 $12.99 “The impressive Westminster Williamson Voices, recorded in the expansive acoustic of Princeton University chapel, fuse American and British tradi-tions...[Whitbourn’s] Veni et illumina is a knockout.” -The Guardian

A Christmas Festival, for chorus & orchestra Works: Mid-winter; Ring The Bells; Christmas Carol Fantasy; Little Bolero Boy; Christ Child’s Lul-laby; Jingle Bells; Up On The Housetop; Jolly Old St. Nicholas et al. Artists: Christopher Bell/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch.; RSNO Junior Chorus. (1 CD) (Linn Records) LINN 580 $18.99 These charming performances show why their joy-ous, fun-packed Christmas concerts, conducted by the inimitable Christopher Bell, are always a high-light of the Scottish seasonal calendar.

A Merry Little Christmas, Holiday ClassicsWorks: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Up On The Housetop; Jolly Old Saint Nicholas; Because It’s Christmas and more Artists: Col. Lowell E. Graham/The United States Air Force Concert Band & Singing Sergeants. (1 CD) (Klavier) KLA 77048 $16.99 Originally released in 2000, this cheery album of old and new Holiday classics has stood the test of time and will be just as enjoyable this holiday season as it was nearly two decades ago.

A Festival of Nine Lesssons and CarolsWorks: Works by Mendels-sohn, Browne, Busch, Byrd, Christie, Church, Gruber, Praetorius, et al Artists: Rufus Beck, reader; Jens Bauditz, Neuer Knabenchor Hamburg (1 CD) (Rondeau) RDAU 6125 $16.99 On Sale

The British Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, in which nine Bible readings are interpolated with Christmas carols, has been the preparation of Christmas Eve for countless people for more than one hundred years

A Song for Christmas / CantabileWorks: A Song for Christmas; Bethlehem Down; The Twelve Days of Christmas; I’ll Be Home for Christmas; Good King Wenceslas Had a Farm; The Christmas Waltz; Epiphany Carol; Christmas Cards; Nativitie; and more Artists: Cantabile, The London Quartet (1 CD) (Champs Hill) CMPH 121 $16.99 Cantabile, The London Quartet, is one of Britain’s longest-established vocal ensembles.

‘A Wells Christmas’ - Traditional English CarolsWorks: A Merry Christmas; O Leave Your Sheep; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christ-mas; The Sparrow’s Carol; Christmas Cradle Song; What child is this? Art-ists: Matthew Owens/Wells Cathedral Choir. Jonathan

Vaughn (Organ) (1 CD) (Resonus Records) REOA 10176 $16.99 Named by Gramophone as one of the world’s finest choirs, Wells Cathedral Choir and their director Mat-thew Owens make their Resonus Classics debut with a program of carols. “The Wells singing is of a consistently high standard.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Carl Heinrich Graun: Christmas OratorioArtists: Monika Mauch, (sop); Marion Eckstein,

(alt); Georg Poputz, (tnr); Raimund Nolte, (bass). Thomas Gropper/Arcis-Vocalisten Munchen; Barockorchester L’arpa festante. (1 CD) (Oehms) . OEH 1876 $19.99 There are many indications

that this is a work from the Graun’s phase prior to his years in Berlin. After recording the composer’s oratorio, ‘The Death of Jesus’, Thomas Gropper and his Arcis Vocalists now proudly present the second oratorio of Graun (1704-1759).

Carols by Candlelight: Lessons & CarolsArtists: St. John Cantius Chor of Saint Cecilia. (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88985455662 $13.99 On SaleCarols by Candlelight tells the story of Christmas with carols, Biblical readings, and sacred choral mu-sic from Chicago’s historic St. John Cantius Church.

In dulci jubilo: Music for the Christmas Season by Buxtehude & FriendsWorks: Works by Scheidemann; Geist; J.C. Bach; Buxtehude; Reinecken; Tunder; Sweelinck Artists: Paul Hillier/Theatre of Voices (1 SA Hybrid CD) (DaCapo) DACO 6220661 $6.99 With evocative works by the Baroque master Dietrich Buxtehude and the circle of 17th-century northern German composers around him, Paul Hillier conducts his Grammy award-winning ensemble Theatre of Voices in a stimulating addition to the traditional Christmas repertoire.

Christmas With The King’s SingersWorks: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; The Little Drum-mer Boy; Silent Night; The Coventry Carol; Gaudete; Joy to the World; Deck the Hall; The Wexford Carol et al. (War-ner) WRNC 564144 $11.99 If your idea of Christmas is a

candle-lit hall decked with boughs of holly and distant voices singing familiar carols then you will derive real nostalgic cheer from this album - a festive Christmas journey with the King’s Singers!

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Works: Works by J.S. Bach, Handel, Ives, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Telemann, et al Art-ists: Florian Helgath/Bavar-ian Radio Chorus (1 CD) (BR Klassik) BRK 900506 $16.99 The Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks sings German,

French, Italian & British holiday classics including Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, Adeste fideles, Silent Night, Still, still, still, O Little town of Bethlehem, A Hymn to the Virgin and Lux aurumque.



Christmas Music, New & Top-Selling! Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos

Artists: From Leontyne Price, Renata Tebalsi and Joan Sutherland through Kiri Te Kanawa and Barbara Bonney to Renée Fleming and Angela Gheorghiu, great sopranos past and present grace this thrilling program.

DEC B001207202 $16.98 Presenting the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices, this generously filled CD includes everyone’s favor-ite songs, including “O Holy Night,” “Silent Night,” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” and much more.

Revels Christmas in Wales / The Christmas RevelsWorks: Traditional music, dance tunes, carols and anthems from Wales Artists: Cambridge Brass; The Christmas Revels Chorus & Childrens Chorus (1 CD) (Revels Records) RVLS 2015 $15.49

Listening to this recording is like being in Wales for Christmas! “Revels Records has produced some of the liveliest Christmas CDs ... lusty celebrations of the season. -Washington Post

❦The Wonder of Christmas / Elora SingersWorks: Includes O Holy Night; A Boy was Born; My Dancing Day; I Wonder as I Wander; Once in Royal David’s City; Who Is He in Yonder Stall; Away in a man-ger; Mouton: Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum, carols by Rutter,

Tavener, et al. Artists: Noel Edison/Elora Festival Singers. Michael Bloss (Organ). (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8573421 $12.99“Christmas in Canada, courtesy of this silk-toned, im-peccably mannered ensemble of adult singers. The Elora’s airiness and ease of voice production is very noticeable, with excellent enunciation.” -BBC Music

Silent Night: Traditional Carols for Christmas Works: Silent Night, Sleep, holy babe, Sleepers, awake!, We three kings, Away in a manger, I saw three ships, The Wassail song, In dulci jubilo et al. Artists: Queens’ College Choir, Cambridge; Oxford Girls Choir; English

Renaissance; Choir of Magdalen College et al. GOM 1284 $16.99 A program of music spanning centuries of Christmas celebrations, from evocative medieval music to the warmth and joy of modern Christmas carols sung by ethereal choirs from Oxford and Cambridge contrasted with robust organ music.

from Christmas 2016Christmas & the Music of John Rutter❦A Christmas Festival / John Rutter

Works: Traditional carols & orchestral pieces including Delius’ “Sleigh Ride”, “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”, “Mary’s Boy Child”, “The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy”, and works & arrangements by John Rutter. Artists: John Rutter/

Cambridge Singers, Royal PO; Farnham Youth Choir (1 CD) (Collegium) COL 133 $16.99“For those waiting for a new Rutter release, this collection is well worth the wait and no doubt, it will be beloved for years to come.”-Customer Review

❦The John Rutter Christmas Album Artists: John Rutter/Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia. Stephen Varcoe; Gerald Finley (1 CD) (Collegium) COL 510 $14.99“Over the years John Rutter’s Christmas recordings with his outstanding Cam-bridge Singers have become essential components of holiday tradition for choral music fans around the world... The selections focus on Rutter’s own compositions, with “a sprinkling” of his arrangements of traditional carols... Among the 23 pieces heard here is Rutter’s masterpiece, What Sweeter

Music... sounding even more glorious than ever.” -Classics Today (10/10)

Christmas Night - Carols of the NativityWorks: Favorites & less known fare including Christ-mas Night, In the bleak mid-winter, Cherry Tree Carol, O Tannenboum, A Virgin most pure, Away in a manger, and much more! Artists: John Rutter/Cambridge Singers (1

CD) (Collegium) COL 106 $16.99“For me, there is no other CD of Christmas music that captures the spirit of the holiday season like this one does. The arrangements are simple and the singing is divine.” - Paul Ballyk, HBDirect

Celebration of Christmas: Holy NightWorks: O Come, All Ye Faithful; Pat-a-Pan; Ding Dong! Merrily on High; Amazing Grace; I Saw Three Ships; Sleigh Ride; Joy to the World et al. BYU YCD0516HLN $14.99 Handpicked from one of

the largest private student bodies in the country, students of BYU comprise four nationally and inter-nationally acclaimed choirs and the highly praised BYU Philharmonic Orchestra.

Choral Music for ChristmasWorks: Concert music by Heinichen, Zelenka, Handel, Kaminski, Reger, Mendelssohn, Jung, Distler, Lawson, Vejvanovsky, Bach et al. Artists: Hans-Christoph Rademann/Dresdner Kammer-chor; Kammerchor Stuttgart; Calmus Ensemble (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83486 $12.99 Contemporary arrangements of popular Christmas carols by composers such as Fredo Jung and Giacomo Mezallira feature alongside works by Handel, Bach, Heinichen and Mendelssohn.

‘In Winter’s Arms’ - Seasonal Music by Bob ChilcottWorks: Bob Chilcott (b.1955): Wenceslas; Jesus, Springing; My Perfect Stranger; The Nine Gifts; Gloria Artists: Gretchen Kuhrmann/Choralis; The Classical Brass Quintet; Cantus Primo Youth Choir (1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 512 $17.99 Bob Chilcott’s compositions are beloved by choral societies around the world. This release with the US choir Choralis and conductor Gretchen Kuhrmann includes the premiere recording of Chilcott’s ‘Gloria’.

Thys Yool, Christmas Medieval MusicWorks: Works by Alfonso X, Martin Best, Gautier de Coincy, Richard de Ledrede Artists: The Martin Best Ensemble. (1 CD) (Nimbus). NIM 7103 $14.99 Thys Yool has been a popular Christmas title in

the Nimbus catalogue for many years. The Martin Best Ensemble, led by English singer, lutenist, and guitarist Martin Best, specializes in early music, minstrel songs, and French troubadour traditions.

Christmas Carols Deluxe BoxArtists: Calmus Ensemble; Kammerchor Stuttgart; Knabenchor Collegium Stuttgart; NDR Chor Ham-burg; Orpheus Vakalensemble; SWR Vokalensem-ble Stuttgart. (4 CD) (Carus) 4 CRS 83031 $33.49 This limited special edition offers over 100 of the most beautiful German and international carols. For every album set sold, 2 EUR will be donated to projects which promote singing with children.

Christmas Music from St. John Cantius Works: O Come, All Ye Faithful; Resonent in Laudi-bus; Coventry Carol; Allons, gai bergeres; In Dulci Jubilo; Silent Night; Nowell Sing We et al. Artists: St. John Can-tius Chor of Saint Cecilia. (1 CD) (Sony)

SNYC 88985455672 $13.99 On SaleThe pageantry of Christmas brought to you through the exquisite renditions of this beautiful choir from the historic St. John Cantius in Chicago.

Christmas Together / The TenorsWorks: Works include O Come All Ye Faithful, Mary Did You Know, Santa’s Wish, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Little Drummer Boy, I’ll Be Home for Christmas et al Artists: The Tenors (1 CD) (Decca)

DEC B002737902 $15.48 The Tenors, the award-winning group with 4 multi-platinum selling albums, return with what is sure to become a holiday classic.

Christmas Carols from ChelseaWorks: Silent Night; J.S. Bach: In dulci jubilo; Rut-ter: Dormi, Jesu; Hodie Christus natus est; God Rest You Merry Gentlemen; In the bleak Midwin-ter; Ding Dong! Merrily on High; O Little Town of Bethlehem et al. Artists: William Vann/The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; James Or-ford, organ (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 0161 $18.99 This recording showcases some of the Choir’s most cherished carol repertoire, alongside solo organ music performed by the Royal Hospital’s Organ Scholar, James Orford.

Christmas in the 21st Century: There is No Rose...Works by: Thora Borch, Bob Chilcott, James MacMillan, Carl Nielsen, Nigel Short Art-ists: Carsten Seyer-Hansen/Vocal Group Concert Clem-ens. (1 CD) (Orchid Classics) ORPO 100062 $14.99 This new release of Christmas

tunes comes from the Danish choir vocal group Con-cert Clemens. Featuring a selection of festive favor-ites and lesser-known works, many of which have been newly arranged and recorded for the first time.

Christmas with the Freiburg Baroque [DVD]Works by: J.S. Bach, Baylere, Mauersberger, Corelli, Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel Artists: Gottfired von der Goltz/Freiburg Baroque Orch.; German Brass. (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts (Warner)) EUAW 26403E $26.99 Star soloists Angelika Kirchschlager, Barbara Bonney and Matthias Goerne join the renowned Freiburg Baroque Orchestra on this specially priced re-release for the Christmas season.

Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring: Christmas With The Dominican Sisters Of Mary Works: Carol of the Bells; Emmanuel, Snowflakes, Away in a Manger, Adeste Fideles, Joy to the World, Gaudete Artists: Dominican Sisters Of Mary (1 CD) (Sony) SBMG 88985417412 $13.99 On SaleCelebrating their 20th Anniversary, the chart-top-ping Dominican Sisters of Mary release this new Christmas album. Featuring favorite carols along-side original compositions, The Dominican Sisters of Mary, whose debut release topped the Billboard Classical Charts, now round out their 20th Anniver-sary year with a glorious new Christmas album.


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Best Selling Classics & Jazz Amadeus Quartet: The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [70 CDs]

Founded 70 years ago, The Amadeus Quartet was the most successful and highly-regarded Quartet of the 20th century. DG is proud to present what could be the most extensive chamber music boxset ever compiled: 70 CDs celebrating their 70th anniversary. Included are several unreleased recordings and an expansive

book with an introductory note by Martin Lovett, the sole surviving member of the Amadeus Quartet. Each album presented in original jackets with images of original recording session reports. (70 CDs) (Deutsche Grammophon) 70 DGG 4797589 $175.98 On Sale

Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition [200 CDs]In This New Complete Edition - the most authoritative edition ever created - presents Mozart’s entire output, including every

last performable fragment! Five hours of new record-ings have been commissioned specifically for this

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ent key works in great alternative versions, while five more CDs present legendary and historic performances, making this Edition a document of the greatest Mozart

performances as well as of his complete works.Accompanying the 200 CDs are two hardcover books, a new Kochel Catalogue Guide, four frameable art prints, including a

Mozart letter and a score. Each Limited Edition set comes with a numbered edition certificate. (200 CDs) (Decca) (Note: available 10/28/2016) 200 DEC B002549202 $399.98

Medieval & Renaissance [50 CDs]This L’Oiseau-Lyre set presents some of the

most significant Medieval & Renaissance albums recorded by one of the most authoritative Early Music labels. Ranging from Anonymous 13th century hymns to Dowland’s Lachrimae, the

works explored in this 50 CD collection effectively represent the dawn of the Western Music Tradition. Included are 6 albums new

to CD, plus a 200-page booklet featuring historical overviews of the recorded works and a history of the label.

50 DEC B002550302 $124.98

Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax / The Pacific Jazz Collection [4 CDs]Songs: Five Brothers; Laura; Western Union; Broadway; Lady Be Good; Lover Man; Birth of the Blues; Rustic Hop; Open Country; Storyville Story; That Old Feeling et al.4 EGHT EN4CD9106 $17.99

Widely respected and revered inside and out of jazz circles, Gerry Mulligan is joined on this collec-tion by such jazz luminaries as Chet Baker, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Lee Konitz and Chico Hamilton.

The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950’s [8 CD]Artists: Charlie Parker, Thelo-nious Monk, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rol-lins, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane et al. (Chrome Dreams)8 CHRM CD8CD5056 $21.99

This set offers vivid musical snapshots of the Ameri-can scene during what was undoubtedly its most creative and productive decade.

Chet Baker, trumpet / The Pacific Jazz Collection [4 CDs]Songs: Long Ago; Band Aid; The Thrill Is Gone; But Not for Me; Time After Time; Look for a Silver Lining; Lover Man; Stella by Starlight; Russ Job; This IS Always; I Wish I Knew et al.

4 EGHT EN4CD9103 $17.99A master of the trumpet and a much-heralded vocalist, Chet Baker’s string of classic albums and his seemingly effortless cool style have earned him a legendary reputation which still rivals that of any other jazz musician.

❦Monty Alexander, piano / Triple ScoopSongs: Meet the Flinstones; Body and Soul; Small Fry; When Lights Are Low; Triple Treat Blues; Fungi Mama; Sweet Lady ; But Not for Me; Seven Come Eleven; Smile; Lester Leaps In; Secret Love et al. Artists: Ray Brown

(bass); Herb Ellis (guitar); John Frigo (violin) 2 CNC 22122 $12.98“Triple Scoop reassures jazz fans that when it comes to quality players and good material, little has changed. ~ All Music

❦Gary Burton, vibes / Virtuosi“This CD features Gary Burton’s vibes and Makoto Ozone’s piano in ten classical duos with jazz improvisations… A stunning accomplishment, and highly recommended.” ~ All Music CNC 2105 $10.98

Arturo Toscanini: The Essential Recordings [20 CDs]Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Arturo Toscanini’s birth, RCA has released this specially priced 20-CD box set! It features Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orches-tra. The recordings for ‘Arturo Toscanini - The Essential Recordings’ were all made for RCA Victor between 1929, when Arturo Toscanini was 62 years old, and 1952, when he was 85, and provide a great representation of his prefered repertoire. (20 CD) (RCA Records) 20 RCA 88985376042 $64.99

Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Delius Orchestral & Choral Works [7 CDs]“No conductor has yet surpassed him in conjuring up to sheer perfection the hid-den beauties of Delius’s scripts.” Those were the words of Eric Fenby, Delius’s aide and amanuensis, on Sir Thomas Beecham, a tireless and eloquent cham-

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Save 40% - Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras, “The Three Tenors 25th Anniversary” [CD + DVD Video]Recorded live in Rome in 1990, the original Three Tenors

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tenor repertoire. (Decca) DEC B002350600 $27.98 $16.79 On Sale

Great Trumpet Concertos / Maurice André [6 CDs]Works by: Vivaldi, Bach, Albinoni, Torelli, Purcell, Zipoli, Telemann, Fasch, Tar-tini, Marcello, Molter, Haydn, Mozart, Cimarosa, Hummel, Jolivet, Arutiuian, Jolivet et al. Artists: Maurice André (tpt); Various artists (rec. 1962-

1980) (6 CD) (Warner) 6 WRNC 556722 $22.99 These six CDs complement some of the most popu-lar concertos ever written for trumpet with an entic-ing and fascinating selection of rarely-heard works.

Tenor Enrico Caruso: The Complete Victor RecordingsIn the words of singing authority John Steane: “Ca-ruso’s records with very few exceptions are marvelous and moving from the first in the series to the last ... the richest legacy we have from

these early days of the gramophone.” The new reissue comprises RCA’s 1990 digital remastering of this unique landmark in the history of recorded sound. (rec. 1902-1920) (11 CD) (Sony / RCA) 11 SBMG 88985373452 $29.99

Verdi: Rigoletto / Pavarotti, Levine, MET [DVD]Discovered in the MET ar-chives and available here for the first time, this is the only Rigoletto stage production on film featuring Luciano Pavarotti. Recorded in 1981, it presents Pavarotti at the peak of his ca-reer, supported by an outstand-ing cast that includes Louis Quilico, Christine Eda-Pierre and Isola Jones, with James

Levine on the podium. DEC B002232309 $12.98

British Tone Poems, Vol. 1 / Rumon GambaWorks: Works by Alwyn, Austin, Gardiner, Gurney, Vaughan Williams Artists: Rumon Gamba/BBC Nat’l Orch. of Wales. (1 CD) (Chan-dos) CHA 10939 $18.99 Early twentieth century British tone poems including Spring

by Frederic Austin, Blackdown by Alwyn, The Witch of Atlas by Bantock, A Berkshire Idyll by Henry Bal-four Gardiner and The Solent by Vaughan Williams.

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 72Works: Cipriani Potter (1792-1871): Piano Concer-tos nos 2 & 4; Variazioni di bravura on a theme by Rossini Artists: Howard Shelley (piano)/Tasmanian SO (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68151 $19.99 Howard Shelley and his Tasmanian forces give us the first recordings of British composer Cipriani Pot-ter’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4.



Complete 1950s solo studio recordings of Walter Gieseking [4 CDs]Works: Brahms; Chopin; Schubert; Schumann; Alexander Scriabin Artists: Walter Gieseking (Pno). (4 CD) (APR Classics) 4 APRC 7402 $33.49 Walter Gieseking’s (1895-

1956) renown in the music of Debussy and Ravel in particular has led to other areas of his recorded legacy being comparatively neglected. The set of Brahms, Schubert and Schumann attempts to re-dress that imbalance.

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 71Works: Carl Czerny: Piano Concertos in F major, Op. 28 and in A minor, Op. 214; Rondo brillant, Op. 233 Art-ists: Howard Shelley (piano)/Tasmanian SO. (1 CD) (Hy-perion) HYP 68138 $19.99 Remembered largely for the

numerous piano studies Czerny wrote, Howard Shelley’s advocacy of his three overlooked vir-tuoso works for piano and orchestra is a welcome reminder of this composer’s greater appeal.

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 / GilelsArtists: Emil Gilels (pno); George Szell/Cleveland Orch. (3 CD) (Warner) 3 WRNC 559442 $18.99 “Emil Gilels stands out as giant among giants,” wrote Gramophone “In terms of virtuosity he was second to

none, yet his leonine power was tempered by a delicacy and poetry that few have matched and none has surpassed.”

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 70 Works: Amy Beach: Piano Concerto; Cécile Chami-nade: Concertstück; Dorothy Howell: Piano Concerto Artists: Rebecca Miller/BBC Scottish Nat’l Orch. Danny Driver (Pno) (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68130 $19.99 These three works, performed by Danny Driver, have an in-the-face-of-it-all joie de vivre makes them irresistibly worthy of our attention.

❦Orchestral Vaughan Williams / Previn [6 CDs]Works: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; Violin Concerto; Tuba Concerto; 3 Portraits Artists: André Previn/ London SO; Heather Harper (Sop); John Shirley-Quirk (Bar); James Buswell (Vln). (6 CD) (Sony / RCA)

6 SBMG 88875126952 $24.99 On its previous reissue, ClassicsToday.com ranked this set “arguably the best such offering on the market today”. This is an indispensable set.

Best Selling Classics & Jazz Soprano Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recorordings [10 CDs]

The Washington Post caller her lyric soprano “one of the very few most beau-tiful in the world”. In the course of a remarkable career, Kathleen Battle has captivated international audiences, taken home nu-merous awards - among them five Grammys - and become

one of classical music’s most popular artists. This edition combines her foremost recording achievements, ranging

from gems of the classical soprano repertoire to jazz, folk, spiritu-als, pop, and more. She is partnered by such great artists as James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Wynton Marsalis, Jessye Nor-

man, Christopher Parkening, André Previn and many others. (10 CD) (Sony / RCA) 10 SBMG 88985381362 $31.99

J.S. Bach: The French Suites / Perahia [2 CD]Artists: Murray Perahia, piano. (DG) 2 DGG B002575402 $21.98 One of the worlds best-loved artists, and a longtime propo-nent of Bach on the modern piano, Murray Perahia has been hailed as one of the com-

poser’s most important interpreters. Bach’s French Suites are new to Mr. Perahia’s recorded catalogue.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites & OverturesWorks: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden; Golden Cockerel; Pan Voyevoda; Maid of Pskov; Russian Easter Festival; Dubinushka Artists: Evgeni Svetlanov/Bolshoi Theatre Orch.; USSR State SO (1 CD) (Musical

Concepts) MSLC 1345 $11.99 “..excellent performances of some captivatingly co-lourful music. (Russian Easter Festival) splendidly exuberant playing from players who naturally have the stuff of the music in their bones... marvellous gravity and resonance....” - Gramophone

Daniel Auber: Overtures, Vol. 1Works: Auber: Overtures from Fra Diavolo; La Circassienne; La Fiancée; Le Domino noir; L’Enfant prodigue; Les Dia-mants de la couronne; Marco Spada Artists: Wolfgang Dorner/Orchestra de Cannes. (1 CD) NXS 8573553 $12.99

Daniel Auber’s (1782-1871) amiable personality can be heard in music that reflected his own very particular Parisian elegance.

Meyerbeer: Grand Opera Arias / Diana DamrauWorks: Meyerbeer: Arias from Le Prophète; Robert le Diable; Les Huguenots; L’Africaine; Il Crociato in Egitto; et al Artists: Diana Damrau, (sop); Emmanuel Villaume/Orch. & Choir de L’Opera National de Lyon (2

CD) (Warner Classics) 2 WRNC 560930 $16.99 With her brilliant coloratura, lyricism and dramatic power, Ms. Damrau rises triumphantly to the vocal and expressive challenges of arias from 10 of Meyer-beer’s operas, singing in French, Italian and German.

❦Jim Hall, guitar & Ron Carter, bass / Telepathy [2 CDs]Songs: Baubles, Bangles and Beads; Bag’s Groove; All the Things You Are; Blue Monk; New Waltz; Down from Antigua; Summer Night; St. Thomas; Embraceable You; Indian Summer et al. Artists:

Jim Hall (gtr); Ron Carter (bss) 2 CNC 24963 $12.98 “These are indispensable guitar and bass duets by two masters of intimate musical discourse.” ~ All Music

❦The Art of Gerry Mulligan: The Final RecordingsWorks: Paraiso; Dragonfly; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Wave; O Bom Alvinho; No-blesse; Nobody Else But Me; Brother Blues; Art of Trumpet; My Funny Valentine; North Atlantic Run; Song fo Stray-horn et al Artists: Gerry Mul-

ligan (baritone saxophone) with assisting artists TLC 83517 $13.98 “While this compilation represents only the latter part of his great career from 1993-1995, it is an exceptional preservation of the cool jazz legacy of Gerry Mulligan. ~ All Music

Kenny Burrell, guitar / The Complete Albums Collection 1957-1962 [4 CDs]

Kenny Burrell has been referred to as “the greatest guitarist in the world” by B.B. King and “the grand master of jazz guitar” by Dizzy Gillespie, and he has influenced the work of Jimi Hendrix, Pat Metheny and

a host of other respected players. Contains eight complete, remastered albums and over five hours of Burrell’s sublime, soulful playing. 4 EGHT EN4CD9092 $17.99

❦Kenny Burrell, guitar / Tin Tin Deo, Moon & SandSongs: Tin Tin Deo; Old Folks; Have You Met Miss Jones?; I Remember You; The Common Ground; If You Could See Me Now; I Hadn’t Anyone Till You; Moon and Sand; My Ship; For Once in My Life et al. Artists: Reggie Johnson (bass); Carl

Burnett (drums) 2 CNC 22128 $12.98 Two Concord LPs by Kenny Burrell from the late ‘70s, Tin Tin Deo and Moon and Sand are featured in their entirety… Kenny Burrell fans will definitely want to pick up this set. ~ All Music

❦Cal Tjader / Sentimental MoodsPersonnel: Cal Tjader (vbraphone), Eddie Duran (gtr), Paul Horn (flute), Vince Guaraldi (pno), Willie Bobo (perc) FAN 24742 $13.98“This CD reissue is a must-have for Cal Tjader fans and one that reminds people how far-reaching the vibraphonist’s mainstream musical talent really was.” ~ Nick Dedina

Bruckner - “Sacred Works” / Eugen Jochum [4 CDs]Works: Bruckner: Masses; Motets; Psalm 150; Te Deum Artists: Eugene Jochum/Bavarian Radio SO & Chorus (4 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 4 DGG B002520102 $25.98This 4-CD collection brings together masses and motets which span the thirty-year period from the early 1860s to the early 1890s. Conductor Eugene Jochum, a noted Bruckner interpreter, leads the recordings.

Beethoven: The Symphonies / Klemperer [5 CDs]Artists: Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia Orch. (5 CD) (Andromeda)

5 ADM 9079 $19.99This truly fantastic live set from 1960 of the complete Beethoven symphonies plus

the Creatures of Prometheus, Egmont & Coriolan overtures has now returned to the Andromeda catalog in completely re-mastered, superb 24bit/96kHz sound, taken

directly from the original master tapes.

Dvorák - Serenades from BohemiaWorks: Dvorák: Serenade for Piano Octet in E, B 36; Serenade for Strings, Op. 22; Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 arr. for nonet Artists: Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. (1 CD) (Praga) PGA 250371 $23.99 First perfected by Mozart, the classic serenade spread its wings with Dvorák. On this tribute to Sir Neville Marriner and the Czech approach to wind writing, these cheerful but far from frivolous pieces challenge Dante’s notion that it is impossible to describe paradise.



Historic Reissues from Furtwangler & SchnabelBeethoven: 9 Symphonies / Furtwangler [5 CDs]

Artists: Schwarzkopf, Hongen, Hopf, Edelmann; Wilhelm Furtwangler/Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orch.; Stockholm PO; Vienna Philharmonic. (rec. 1948-54) (5 CD) (Warner)

5 WRNC 556699 $21.99 These recordings, all made in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in the Musikverein in Vienna and at concerts in London, Bayreuth and Stockholm, were newly remastered in 2010, bringing their sound more alive than ever before.

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Schnabel [8 CDs]Artists: Artur Schnabel, piano (rec. 1932-35) (8 CD) (Warner) 8 WRNC 556698 $29.99 In 1937 Gramophone wrote: “To [his] technical mastery Schnabel adds and fuses an intensely intelligent,

not merely ‘intellectual’ mind... The result is a perfectly blended interpretation of the music as a spiritual expression and as a musical organism.” Remastered from the original 78RPM discs, these legendary recordings can now be enjoyed in audio of unprecedented truthfulness and quality.

Best Selling Classics & Jazz Eugene Ormandy conducts Tchaikovsky [12 CDs]

Works: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6; Piano & Violin Concertos; Ballet Suites and more Artists: Gary Graffman, (pno); Isaac Stern, (vln); Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orch.

12 SBMG 88883737162 $31.49 On Sale Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra are joined by Norman Carol, Gary Graffman, Tedd Joselson, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern, the Temple University Choirs and the Philadelphia Brass Band.

❦Max Bruch (1838-1920): Complete String QuartetsWorks: Quartet for Strings in C minor, Op. posth.; Quartet for Strings no 1, in C minor, Op. 9; Quartet for Strings no 2, in E major, Op. 10. Artists: Diogenes Quartett.. BLC 95051 $8.99

“The Diogenes Quartet play with ardour and a symphonic sweep, with first violinist Stefan Kirpal’s brilliant tone giving a high polish to Bruch’s swirling passagework.” -Gramophone Magazine

John Adams (b.1947): Scheherazade.2 / Leila Josefowicz, violinArtists: David Robertson/St. Louis Sym. Leila Josefowicz (Vln); Chester Englander (Cim-balom). (1 CD) (Nonesuch) . NON 557170 $15.99 The debut recording of American composer John

Adams’ Scheherazade.2, a new dramatic sym-phony for violin and orchestra informed both by the Rimsky-Korsakov piece “Scheherazade” as well as the “Arabian Nights” collection of folk stories.

George Szell Conducts Beethoven [5 CDs] Artists: George Szell/The Cleveland Orch. (5 CD) 5 SBMG 88883737152 $22.99 On Sale Available for the first time in the United States, this set features George Szell conducting the Cleve-land Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Sym-phonies 1-9 and Overtures.

Rubinstein plays Great Piano Concertos [11 CDs]Works: Concertos by Mo-zart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Rach-maninoff, Grieg, Liszt, et al Artists: Arthur Rubinstein, piano; Wallenstein; Baren-boim; Ormandy; Giulini and many more

11 SBMG 88883737172 $29.99 On Sale Arthur Rubenstein plays some of the most beloved piano concertos in this generously-filled, 13+ hour budget priced boxed set.

Franz Liszt: Complete Etudes / Daniil TrivonovWorks: Liszt: Études de concert, S. 144; 12 Tran-scendental Etudes, S. 139; Konzertetüden (2), S. 145; Paganini Etudes (6), S. 141 Artists: Daniil Trifonov (Pno). (2 CD) (DG) 2 DGG B002560402 $18.98

Pianist Daniil Trifonov, whose playing the New York Times called “simply electrifying,” plays Franz Liszt’s complete concert etudes, including the Paganini Etudes and five Concert Etudes.

❦Orchestral Music of Aram KhachaturianWorks: Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2 “The Bell”; Lermontov Suite Artists: Dmitry Yablonsky/Russian PO. NXS 8570436 $11.99“A recording to rival the competing versions.” -MusicWeb International, 27th May 2016

❦Scharwenka: Works for Piano & OrchestraWorks: Franz Xaver Schar-wenka (1850-1924): Piano Concertos nos 1 & 4; Ma-taswintha; Polish National Dances nos 1, 8 & 15; Cello Sonata Artists: Lukasz Borowicz/Poznan PO. Fran-cois Xavier Poizat (Pno)

NXS 8572637 $11.99 $7.20 “Energy, harmonic interest, strong rhythm, many beautiful melodies, and much Polish national character - all that and much more is to be found in the music of Franz Xaver Scharwenka” - Groves

❦Rachmaninov Complete RCA Recordings [10 CDs]Works: Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4; ‘Pa-ganini’ Rhap.; Preludes; Sonatas of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy Tchaikovsky, Schumann; Rachmaninov: Transcriptions of Bach, Kreisler, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Beethoven etc. Artists: Sergei Rachmaninov, piano (10 CD) (Sony / RCA) 10 SBMG 88843073922 $29.99 On Sale“Any lover of piano music who passes this up needs to consider priorities.” -Customer Review

Debussy: The Complete Piano Works [5 CDs]Artists: Walter Gieseking, (pno) (5 CD) (Warner) 5 WRNC 563136 $21.99 “Debussy and Gieseking form an inseparable union where creator and re-creator become one and the same person. Had Debussy lived to hear Giesek-

ing he would surely have marveled at such an uncan-ny identification with his very spirit.” -Gramphone

Paul Juon: Orchestral Works / JenkinsWorks: Paul Juon: Rhapso-dische Sinfonie; Sinfonietta Capricciosa Artists: Graeme Jenkins/Bamberg SO. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777908 $16.99 These works by the Moscow-born Juon, whose ancestors had immigrated to Russia from

Switzerland, included his last two symphonies, which once again display all his special qualities as a teller of musical tales and a lyrical and playful tone poet.

❦Nino Rota (1911-1979): Works for ClarinetArtists: Goran Gojevic, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Winona Zelenka, cello; Mary Kenedi, pia-no; Lynn Kuo, violin NXS 8572778 $11.99 $7.20 “[These performers] play with consummate profes-sionalism and artistic commitment, infusing Rota’s scores with color, wit, zest, and power.” -ARG

Rachmaninov: Piano & Orchestra Works [8 CDs]Works: Rachmaninov: The 4 Piano Concertos; Piano Works; The 3 Symphonies; Orchestral Works Artists: Nikolai Lugansky, piano; Alexander Kniazev, cello; Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham SO; London SO. (8 CD) (Warner Classics) 8 WRNC 559984 $23.99 A sumptuous Rachmaninov collection built around the piano concertos - interpreted by Nikolai Lugansky and the symphonies, per-formed by André Previn and the London Sym-phony Orchestra, a team celebrated in the Rus-sian Romantic repertoire.

❦Scott Hamilton, tenor sax / From the BeginningSongs: That’s All; Indiana; Stuffy; Exactly Like You; Ill Wind; Broadway; The Blue Room; Sometimes I’m Hap-py; East of the Sun; I Want to Be Happy; Everything Happens to Me et al. Art-ists: Cal Collins (guitar); Bill

Berry (trumpet); Nat Pierce (piano); Jake Hanna (drums) 2 CNC 22117 $12.98 “From the Beginning serves as an excellent intro-duction to the warm tones of tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton.” ~ All Music

❦Ahmad Jamal, piano / Chicago RevisitedWorks: All the Things You Are; Tater Pie; Bellows; Dance to the Lady; Be My Love; Where Are You?; Lul-laby of Birdland Artists: Ahmad Jamal (pno); John Heard (bss); Yoron Israel (drums) TLC 83327 $13.98

“...as a trio, the group shares space, with Heard and Israel soloing between the pianist’s segments. With this album, it seems that Jamal has come home...” – Down Beat

❦Dave Brubeck, piano / Indian SummerSongs: You’ll Never Know; I’m Alone; So Lonely; Sep-tember Song; Thank You; Georgia On My Mind; and more Personnel: Dave Bru-beck (pno) TLC 83670 $13.98 “Brubeck, the master com-poser, has an informed point

of view on each song, and develops his themes with elegance and rigor.” – Down Beat

❦Bill Evans, piano / Time RememberedTracks: Who Cares?; In a Sentimental Mood; Every-thing Happens to Me; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Time Remembered; My Heart Stood Still; Lover Man; Blues in F / Five; Love Is Here to Stay et al. Artists:

Chuck Israels (bass); Larry Bunker (drums) MST MILCD47083 $10.98“TIME REMEMBERED is an excellent and often overlooked Bill Evans recording from 1963... this line-up is exceptional, and results in an excellent session full of gorgeous, telepathic interplay.” ~ All Music

❦Jim Hall, guitar / Jim Hall & BassesWorks: End the Beguine!; Bent Blue; Abstract 1 - 4; All the Things You Are; Sam Jones; Don’t Explain; Dog Walk; Besame Mucho; Dream Steps; Tango Loco; Artists: Scott Colley; George Mraz; Charlie Haden; Dave Holland; Christian McBride TLC 83506 $13.98 “...Fascinating and unique...a real treat for anyone who appreciates fine, creative music.” -JazzTimes


The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge: The Complete Argo Recordings [42 CDs]Artists: George Guest/Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge; London Brass; Matheson Consort (42 CD) (Decca) 42 DEC 4831252 $114.98 The complete recorded legacy on Decca of one of the most influential music

directors of English Cathedral music: George Guest; 42 CDs, mastered from the original tapes, and presented with original jackets. Extensive notes with photos from the College’s archives and from Guest’s family archives. Under him St John’s established a reputation as one of the finest choirs in the world. During his tenure he brought a vibrant

continental edge to the traditionally smooth Anglican tone.


Best Selling Classics & Jazz Walter Gieseking: Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [7 CDs]Works: Partitas (6); Preludes & Fugues; Italian Concerto; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue;

Inventions; Sinfonias. Bonus: Schumann Piano Concerto with Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin PO Artists: Walter Gieseking, piano (7 CD) (Deutsche

Grammophon) 7 DGG 4797362 $43.99 Famed for his subtle shadings and irreproachable technique, Walter Giesek-ing was one of the most extraordinary pianists of his time. Deutsche Gram-

mophon presents a newly re-mastered 7-CD original jackets collection, which collects his famed 1950 German Radio Bach broadcasts for the first

time on the Yellow Label. As a bonus, Schumann’s Piano Concerto with Gieseking, Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic is included.

Mozart: The String Quintets / Budapest QrtArtists: The Budapest String Quartet; Walter Trampler, viola (2 CD) (Praga) . 2 PGA 250370 $31.49 Mozart’s six String Quintets include the unusual com-bination of two violas. The Budapest Quartet, recorded

at their peak (joined by the great Walter Trampler on viola), provides listeners with the ultimate inter-pretation of these remarkable masterpieces.

Alicia de Larrocha plays Granados [3 CDs]Works: Granados: Danzas espanolas; Valses poéticos; Allegro de concierto; Danza lenta; Goyescas; El pelele; Escanas romanticas; Boce-tos Cuentos de la juventud Artists: Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (3 CD) (Sony / RCA)

3 SBMG 88985370372 $19.99 “her seasoned mastery of Granados’ complex tex-tures and innate affinity for his colorful idiom assert themselves in every measure. You won’t find a more recommendable Goyescas” - ClassicsToday.com

Massenet: Thais / Moffo, CarrerasArtists: Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier, José Carreras, Justino Diaz. Julius Rudel/Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orch. (2 CD) (Sony / RCA) 2 SBMG 88985397882 $17.99

Anna Moffo is heard in the title role of Massenet’s Thais in one of her last and most controversial re-cordings. Dramatically Moffo inhabits the outsized role of a courtesan-turned-saint completely.

Haydn: 29 String Quartets [7 CDs]Artists: Pro Arte Quartet. (7 CD) (Warner Classics) 7 WRNC 563132 $23.99 Gramophone wrote in 1936: “The Pro Arte people have that awareness which is one of the prerogatives of the true artist ... The variety of expres-

sion is wonderful and the recording as perfect as one could wish.” These recordings have now been remastered in 24BIT-96kHz digital sound.

Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies / Daniel Barenboim [9 CDs]This 9-CD box set features the complete Bruckner Cycle of Daniel Barenboim and his Staatskapelle Berlin. This set is timed to coincide with a complete Cycle performance at Carnegie Hall in January which marks not only Barenboim’s 60th anniversary at the hall, but also the first time a complete Cycle has been performed there in one season. (9 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 9 DGG 4796985 $34.98

R. Strauss: Elektra; Rosenkavalier, suitesArtists: Manfred Honeck/Pittsburgh SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Reference Recordings) REF 722SA $19.99 The Pittsburgh Symphony continues to be critically ac-claimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras, lending

their special sound to this lush orchestral music,

thrilling captured on a Reference Super Audio CD.

Franz Krommer (1759-1831): Symphonies 1-3Artists: Howard Griffiths/Orch. della Svizzera Italiana. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 555099 $16.99 Krommer all too long was overshadowed by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, and it is only recently that his compositions has begun to attract increased attention. Krommer’s oeuvre focuses almost exclusively on instrumental music.

Vaughan Williams: Job; Symphony No. 9Artists: Andrew Davis/Bergen PO. Sigurd M. Ogaard (Organ); Martin Winter (Flugelhorn); Alex-ander Kagan (Vln). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos) CHA 5180 $19.99 The subtle direction of Sir Andrew Davis combined with the pure sound quality of this album does full justice to Hickox ’s great enterprise and promise a powerful conclusion of this already acclaimed cycle.

Gounod: Mors et Vita / Hendricks, van DamArtists: Barbara Hendricks, (sop); Nadine Denize, (alt); John Aler, (tnr); José van Dam, (bar); Michel Plasson/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (2 CD) (Warner) 2 WRNC 559445 $16.99 Michel Plasson, as ever a

master of French Romantic music, is joined by a splendid quartet of soloists, with Barbara Hendricks illuminating the soprano line and José van Dam tak-ing command of the baritone’s pronouncements.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Film ClassicsWorks: Themes from Coastal Command; 49th Parallel Prelude; The Story of a Flemish Farm; Three Portraits from England of Elizabeth Artists: Andrew Penny/RTÉ Concert Orch. (1 CD) NXS 8573658 $10.49

Ralph Vaughan Williams composed in a wide vari-ety of genres, and film music became a significant part of his output in the latter decades of a long and distinguished career.

Sir Georg Solti - Complete Chicago Recordings [108 CDs]Solti’s first concerts as Music Director of the CSO were in September 1969 and

he continued in that post for 22 years (1969-1991) and as Music Direc-tor Laureate for a further 7 years. His recordings garnered 33 Grammy®

awards (24 which were made with the CSO), more than ANY other record-ing artist to this day. Highlights from the set include: Wagner’s Die Meisters-inger, the complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Mahler’s Symphonies 2, 7, 8 & 9, the Bach Mass in B minor, and Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust. (108

CDs) (Decca) 108 DEC 4831375 $254.98 On Sale

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Art Farmer / The Complete Albums Collection 1958-1961 [4 CDs]8 complete albums from 1958 to 1961 document one of the most exciting periods in Art Farmer’s career showcasing his exceptional musician-ship and skill as bandleader. Boasting a plethora of ap-

pearances from other big names from the late 50s and early 60s jazz community, the result is a capti-vating listen as the abilities of this master jazz trum-peter develop across the contents of this selection. 4 EGHT EN4CD9089 $17.99

❦Marian McPartland / Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 9Songs: This Time the Dream’s on Me; A Fine Romance; Willow Weep for Me; Twilight World; Clothed Woman; Prelude to a Kiss; The Duke; Love you madly; Easy Livng et al. Artists:

Marian McPartland (pno) CNC 4460 $12.98 “This performance not only ranks with the best of the Maybeck solo series, but it should be consid-ered as one of the best solo concerts ever to be released.” - All Music

Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax / Complete Album Collection: 1957-59 [4 CDs]Songs: Maria; Groovin’; Greensleeves; Sweetnin’; Bird of Prey Blues; Vignette; You’ve Changed; Get Set; There is Nothin’ Like a Dame; There’s No You; Ill Wind; My Melancholy Baby; I Wished

on the Moon et al. 4 EGHT EN4CD9086 $17.99This collection provides a fascinating compilation of some of the great man’s very best work, illustrat-ing how Hawkins would change his style regularly, not for reasons of fashion or popularity, but from an in-built need to push the boundaries.

❦George Shearing, paino / Ballad EssentialsSongs: While We’re Young; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; I Cover the Waterfront; Sweet and Lovely; Emily; For Every Man There’s a Woman; It Never Entered My Mind; Angel Eyes; I Can’t Get Started; Prelude to a Kiss; Long Ago Artists: Jim Hall (gtr); Ray Brown (bss) CNC 4984 $12.98 “Shearing is always fabulous and this is no exception. I knew I would love it and I do.” -Customer review

❦Oscar Peterson Trio / Saturday Night at the Blue NoteWorks: Kelly’s Blues; Nighttime; Love Ballade/If You OInly Knew; You Look Good to Me; Old Folks; Reunion Blues; Song to Elitha Artists: Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass) TLC 83306 $13.98 “Few jazz pianists have so adeptly combined technical prowess with tradition-reverent poetry.” – Down Beat


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Baroque Instrumental❦Music from the Italian States, “The Italian Job”

Works: Albinoni: Concerto à cinque; Antonio Caldara: Sinfonia in C major; Corelli: Sinfonia; Tartini: Violin Concerto in E; Torelli, Vivaldi et al. Artists: Adrian Chandler/La Serenissima (Orch.) (1 CD) (Avie) AIE 2371 $17.99

A feast of instrumental color featuring oboes, bas-soons, trumpets, trombone, timpani, strings and continuo.

❦J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 1 - 4 - Alfredo Bernardini/Zefiro (Arcana) ACAA 400 $18.99

❦J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations - Mahan Esfahani (Hpsi) (DG) DGG B002537902 $15.48

❦Telemann: Fantasias (12), for solo violin - Fa-bio Biondi (Vln) (Glossa) GLS 923406 $18.99

❦Telemann: Concertos & Cantata Ihr Völker Hört - Florilegium Ensemble, UK. Clare Wilkinson (mz) (2 CD) (Channel) 2 CCS 38616 $21.49

❦Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Violins - Gli Incogniti; Giuliano Carmignola (Vln); Amandine Beyer (Vln) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902249 $18.99

Baroque Vocal❦J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 52, 54, 82, 170 / Iestyn Davies, countertenor

Artists: Iestyn Davies (CtrTnr); Jonathan Cohen/Arcangelo (Hyperion) HYP 68111 $19.99 “The dominant virtue in this fine collaboration between the outstanding Davies and Arcangelo lies in an unsentimental perspicacity,

reassuring in its intelligence and deep sensitivity.” -Gramophone

❦J.S. Bach: Saint Matthew Passion - John E. Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; (2 CD) (Soli Deo Gloria) 2 SDG 725 $33.49

❦John Blow: Symphony Anthems - Robert Quinney/St. James Baroque; Choir of New College Oxford (Novum) NOVM 1389 $18.99

❦François Couperin - Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques; Stéphane Degout, bass (Aparte) AART 130 $21.49

❦Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Vol. 3 - Paul Agnew/Les Arts Florissants (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 8905278 $18.99

❦A. Scarlatti: Magnificat & other sacred works - Paolo da Col/Odhecaton (Arcana) ACAA 398 $18.99

Chamber❦Grazyna Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets

Works: Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): String Quartets Nos. 1 - 7 Artists: Siesian Quartet. (2 CD) (Chandos) 2 CHA 10904 $18.99 “Excellent performances, sound and booklet notes make this a real winner. A

clear first choice for the string quartets of Grazyna Bacewicz.” -Music Week

❦Chamber Works of: Thomas Adès, Per Norgard & Hans Abrahamsen - Danish String Quartet (ECM) ECM B002484802 $18.98

❦Complete Works for String Quartet by Schoenberg, Berg and Webern - Quatuor Diotima (5 CD) (Naïve) 5 NAI 5380 $31.99

❦Bruch: String Octet; String Quintets - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion) HYP 68168 $19.99

❦Schubert: String Quartets “Rosamunde” & “Death and the Maiden” - Doric String Quartet (Chandos) CHA 10931 $18.99

❦Schubert: String Quartet ‘Death and the Maiden’; Sibelius: String Quartet ‘Intimate Voices’ - Ehnes String Quartet (Onyx) NYX 4163 $19.99

Choral❦Mozart: Mass in C minor; Exultate, Jubilate

Artists: Carolyn Sampson; Masaaki Suzuki/Bach Col-legium Japan (2 SA CDs) (BIS) 2 BIS 2171 $19.99 “Period-instrument C minor Masses get better and better. ...The choir are well drilled and the two female soloists are matched as

well as any on disc.” -Gramophone

❦Stabat Mater - sacred choral music by Lennox & Michael Berkeley - David Wordsworth/Berkeley Ensemble (Delphian) DELP 34180 $19.99

❦Requiems for Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette by Cherubini & Plantade - Herve Niquet/Le Concert Spirituel (1 CD) (Alpha) AHP 251 $18.99

❦Choral Works by Elgar, Bax: For the Fallen - Mark Elder/Hallé Orch. & Choir (Halle Records) HALE 7544 $18.99

❦F.J. Haydn: The Seasons - Paul McCreesh/Gabrieli Consort & Players (2 CD) (Signum) 2 SIG 480 $24.99

❦Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 17 - John Scott/Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York (Resonus Records) REOA 10169 $16.99

Concerto❦Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos / Faust

Works: Mozart: Violin Concertos, K.207, 211, 216, 218 & 219; Rondeaux K.269 & 377; Adagio K.261 Artists: Giovanni Antonini/Il Giardino Armonico. Isabelle Faust (Vln) (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 902230 $22.99

“These wonderful performances have the air of chamber music, of close listening between soloist, band and director...[a] thought-provoking and eminently enjoyable cycle.” -Gramophone

❦Violin Concertos of Roy Harris & John Adams - Andrew Litton/BBC SO. Tamsin Waley-Cohen (Vln) (Signum) SIG 468 $17.99

❦The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 70 - Concertos of Beach, Chaminade & D. Howell - Rebecca Miller/BBC Scottish Nat’l Orch. Danny Driver (Pno) (Hyperion) HYP 68130 $19.99

❦Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole - Wellber & Petrenko/London PO; Augustin Hadelich (Vln). (London Philharmonic Orchestra) LPO 0094 $16.99

❦Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, et al. - Alexander Vedernikov/Royal Liverpool PO. Alexandre Tharaud (Pno) (Warner) WRNC 557829 $16.99

❦Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos - Daniel Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin. Elisabeth Batiashvili (Vln) (DG) DGG B002581802 $15.48

Early Music❦Music of John Dowland / Phantasm

Works: John Dowland (1563-1626): Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols & lute Artists: Phantasm (Viol Consort); Elizabeth Kenny, lute (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn) LINN 527 $22.99 Critics have described

Phantasm’s and its recordings as ‘intoxicating’, ‘revelatory’, ‘electrifying’ and ‘interpretations per-vaded by a truly burning spirit’.

❦Guillaume Du Fay: Masses - Jesse Rodin/Cut Circle (2 CD) (Musique en Wallonie) 2 MEWL 1577 $28.49

❦Jean Guyot: Te Deum laudamus - Cinquecento (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68180 $19.99

❦Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame - Björn Schmelzer/Graindelavoix (Glossa) GLS 32110 $18.99

❦Giaches de Wert: Divine Theatre: Sacred Motets - Stile Antico. (1 SA CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 807620 $19.99

❦Music for the 100 Years’ War - Andrew Kirkman /Binchois Consort (Hyperion) HYP 68170 $19.99

Instrumental❦J.S. Bach: The French Suites / Murray Perahia

Artists: Murray Perahia (Pno). (2 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 2 DGG B002575402 $21.98 “As we expect from Pera-hia, everything sounds natural and inevitable. Ego doesn’t come into it: rather, he acts as a conduit

between composer and audience with a purity that few can emulate...” -Gramophone

❦Bartók: Mikrokosmos & other piano pieces - Cedric Tiberghien (Pno) (Hyperion) HYP 68133 $19.99

❦Chopin: Mazurkas - Pavel Kolesnikov (Pno) (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68137 $19.99

❦Franz Liszt: Complete Etudes - Daniil Trifonov (Pno) (2 CD) (DG) 2 DGG B002560402 $17.98

❦Mozart, Schumann: Fantaisies for piano - Piotr Anderszewski (Pno) (CD & DVD) (Warner Classics) 2 WRNC 559513 $16.99

Vocal❦Brahms: Songs / Matthias Goerne, baritone Works: Brahms: Four Serious Songs; Songs and

Romances, Op. 32 Artists: Matthias Goerne (Bar); Christoph Eschenbach (Pno) (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902174 $18.99 “...This is supremely seductive Lieder sing-ing, with a natural intel-

ligence and ease with the words, matched by playing from Christoph Eschenbach that coaxes and caresses the piano with loving delicacy.” -Gramophone

❦Songs of Krenek & Zemlinsky - Florian Boesch (Bar); Roger Vignoles (Pno) (Hyperion) HYP 68158 $19.99

❦Sibelius: Songs, “Stream of Life” - Gerald Finley, baritone; Edward Gardner/Bergen PO(SA CD) (Chandos) CHA 5178 $19.99

❦Mahler: Five Rückert Songs; Dvorák: Gypsy Songs - “All Who Wander” / Jamie Barton, mz; Brian Zeger, piano (Delos) DEL 3494 $16.99


Recital❦In War & Peace / Joyce DiDonato, mz

Works: Arias of Handel, Purcell, Leo, Jommelli, Monteverdi Artists: Maxim Emelyanychev/Il Pomo D’Oro. Joyce DiDonato (Mzz Sop) (1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 557754 $16.99 “‘In War & Peace’ finds

DiDonato back on Baroque ground for the first time in a while, and it’s a joyful musical homecoming...” -Gramophone

❦Mozart: Arias / Anett Fritsch, soprano - Ales-sandro de Marchi/Müchner Rundfunkorchester. Anett Fritsch (Sop) (Orfeo) ORF 903161 $22.99

❦Rossini: Opera Arias & Duets, “Si, Si, Si, Si - Marie Nicole Lemieux, contralto; Enrique Mazzola/Montpelier Nat’l Orch. (Warner) WRNC 559337 $16.99

❦“Come All Ye Songsters” - Carolyn Sampson (Sop); Elizabeth Kenny (Lute); Laurence Cummings (Hpsi); Jonathan Manson (Bass Viola da gamba) (Wigmore Hall Live) WGMR 83 $17.99

❦Serpent & Fire, Arias for Dido & Cleopatra” - Giovanni Antonini/Il Giardino Armonico. Anna Prohaska (Sop) (Alpha) AHP 250 $18.99

❦“Where’er You Walk: Arias for Handel’s Favourite Tenor” - Ian Page/The Choir and Orch. of Classical Opera. Mary Bevan (Sop); Allan Clayton (Tnr) (Signum) SIG 457 $17.99

Orchestral❦Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 4, 60, 70, 12

Artists: Giovanni Antonini/Il Giardino Armonico. Riccardo Novaro (Bar). (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 674 $18.99 “As in the previous volumes, the orchestral playing is breathtaking in its accuracy - the sort

of Haydn playing you dream of… this may well become the period-instrument Haydn cycle by which all others are measured.” -Gramophone

❦Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (realization by Deryck Cooke) - Thomas Dausgaard/Seattle SO (Seattle Symphony) STTL 1011 $16.99

❦Under Stalin’s Shadow - Shostakovich: Sym-phonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 - Andris Nelsons/Boston SO. (2 CD) (DG) 2 DGG B002490602 $21.98

❦Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6 & 7 - Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra (1 SA CD) (BIS (Sweden)) BIS 2006 $19.99

❦Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 - Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool PO. Simon Trpceski (Pno) (Onyx) NYX 4135 $21.49

❦“The Tchaikovsky Project” / Romeo & Juliet, Ov.; Symphony no 6 “Pathétique” - Semyon Bych-kov/Czech PO (Decca) DEC B002563402 $15.48

Opera❦Alban Berg: Wozzeck / Zürich Opera [BR or DVD]

Artists: Christian Gerhaher, Brandon Jovanovich, Mauro Peter, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Lars Woldt, Gun-Brit Barkmin. Fabio Luisi/Zürich Opera Orch. & Chorus (Accentus) . (BR) ACTS 10363 $38.99

. (DVD) ACTS 20363 $24.99 “This is a finely honed pro-duction that follows its prem-

ise to an absurdist conclusion with slick theatrical-ity and dispassionate zeal...All sentimentalism is banished here.” -Gramophone

❦Britten: The Rape of Lucretia [BR or DVD] - Christine Rice, Allan Clayton, Kate Royal, Duncan Rock. Leo Hussain/London PO. (Opus Arte) (Blu-Ray) BOA 7206D $38.99 (DVD) BOA 1219D $29.99

❦Karl Goldmark: The Queen of Sheba [CD] - Fabrice Bollon/Vokalensemble Der Hochschule Für Musik Freiburg; Katerina Hebelková, mz; Nuttaporn Thammathi, tnr; Károly Szemérdy, bar (3 CD) (CPO ) 3 CPO 555013 $49.99

❦Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817): Uthal [CD] - Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques; Karine Deshayes; Yann Beuron; Jean-Sebastien Bou; (Ediciones Singulares) ECIO 1026 $33.49

❦Verdi: La Forza del Destino [BR or DVD] - Jo-nas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Ludovic Tézier, Nadia Krasteva. Asher Fisch/Bavarian State Opera (Sony / RCA) (Blu-Ray) SBMG 88875160659 $24.99 (DVD) 2 SBMG 88875160649 $19.99

❦Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [BR or DVD] - Christian Thielemann/Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus. Stephen Gould, Evelyn Herlitzius, Georg Zeppenfelds, Iain Paterson (DG) (Blu-Ray) DGG B002503759 $25.98 (DVD) 2 DGG B002503809 $22.98

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Early MusicMusic of the London Waits 1580-1650, “The Topping Tooters of the Town”

Works by: Anthony Hol-borne, John Adson, Peter Philip, Thomas Morley, John Dowland, Richard Allison, Simon Stubbs, Thomas Ravenscroft, et al. Artists: William Lyons, The City Musick (1 CD) (Avie Records) AIE 2364 $17.99

With the drones of dulcians and cornets, sackbuts and shawms, The City Musick was formed to explore the diverse repertoire of civic and court wind players in 16th and 17th century Europe. The group is now firmly established as the premier re-naissance wind band in the UK.

Nicholas Ludford (1485-c.1557): Missa DominicaArtists: David Swinson/Gotha Handbell Choir; Trinity Boys Choir (1 CD) (Rondeau Production) RDAU 8001 $16.99 On SaleThis disc is not only a real asset for music scholar-ship but, first and foremost, a true feast for listeners: the singers’ brilliant voices merge beautifully with the sound of the organ and are enriched with addi-tional tone-colours by the Gotha Handbell Choir.

Orlando de Lassus: Responsories for Holy WeekArtists: Marco Berrini/Ars Cantica. (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0404 $18.99 Orlande de Lassus was one of the most prolific composers in history; this is the first recording of the critical edition of the Re-sponsories prepared by the

late Lassus authority, Peter Bergqvist.

Secret History - Victoria & JosquinWorks: Anonymous pieces & works by Josquin Des Prez, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Jean Mouton & Jacob Heringman Artists: John Potter & Anna Maria Friman, voices; Ariel Abramovich, Vihuelas; Hille Perl, viola da gamba (1 CD) (ECM) ECM B002678202 $17.48 On SaleIn this characteristically creative project, Potter - joined by Trio Mediaeval singer Anna Maria Friman and three outstanding vihuela players - explores “what happens to music after it is composed.”

Alfonso X el Sabio (1221-1284): Cantigas de Santa MariaArtists: Jordi Savall/Hesperion XX; La Capella Reial de Catalunya (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Alia Vox) AVX 9923 $19.99 Instrumental and vocal pieces alternate and paint a vivid picture of a repertoire that contributed much to the birth of Western music. This landmark recording enables us to hear Jordi Savall and his ensembles at their best.

New ReleasesAria di Follia - 16th century pieces for voice, guitar, theorbo, viols, drums and cymbals

Works by: Stefani, Hidalgo, Merula, Caccini, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Strozzi, Caccini Artists: Yo Soy la Locura. (1 CD) (Continuo) CNTO 123 $17.99 The musical form known as Folia seems to have

appeared for the first time in Portugal at the end of the 15th century, to define an art form which included voice and dance.

Anglican Chant - “Psalms to Live By”Artists: Gloriae Dei Cantores. (3 CD) (Paraclete Press) 3 PRCP 41 $31.99 This set is a marvelous opportunity for prayer and meditation. Along with the sound of the psalms, there are written meditations which guide the listener through the many emotions of the psalms.

Baroque Period“Grandissima Gravita” / Rachel Podger

Works for: Violin & Chamber Orchestra by Pisendel, Tartini, Veracini, Vivaldi Artists: Rachel Podger, (vln); Brecon Baroque. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Channel Classics) CCS 39217 $21.49 This program from Rachel

Podger and Brecon Baroque explores the sonata form for violin and continuo, weaving together a world of musical alchemy filed with textures and melodies that entrance and amaze.

A Versailles Entertainment for Louis XIV, Louis XV & Louis XVI Works: Music by Lully, Rameau, Gluck et al. Art-ists: Thomas Dolié; Emoke Baráth; Chantal Santon-Jeffery; György Vashegyi/Orfeo Orch.; Purcell Choir. (2 CD) (Glossa) 2 GLS 924002 $29.99

For approaching a century and a half in France - across the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI - the Palace of Versailles played host, both indoors and outdoors, for an extraordinary sequence of dra-matic musical performances.

Andrea Zani (1696-1757): Sonatas for Bass ViolinArtists: Andrea Rognoni, (bass violin); Ensemble L’Aura Soave (MV Cremona) MVC 001004 $17.99 The quality of the composition of these sonatas makes one consider the unjust oblivion into which the musical work of Zani has fallen. Violinist Andrea Rognoni and the ensemble L’Aura Soave breathe new life into this forgotten work.


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Baroque Period, continued‘Chrysalis’ / Corinne Morris, cello

Works: F. Couperin: Pieces en Concert; Georg Matthias Monn: Cello Concerto in G minor; F.J. Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 Artists: Scottish CO (1 CD) (Linn Records) LINN 562 $18.99 Corinne Morris’s debut con-

certo recording is a landmark in a career shaped by extraordinary talent and remarkable determination.

Bach: Sonatas & Partitas / Christian TetzlaffWorks: Violin Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 Artists: Christian Tetzlaff, violin (2 CD) (Ondine) 2 OND 1299 $16.99 Award-winning violinist Christian Tetzlaff continues his highly successful series of chamber music re-cordings on Ondine with a new recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.

Francesco Durante (1684-1755): Concertos for Strings Nos. 1 - 8Artists: Cristina Corrieri/Ensemble Imaginaire. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95542 $12.99 A world premiere recording distinguishes this set from its competitors: a concerto in B flat which did not

belong to the single surviving hand-written score, but is indubitably by Durante, as its harmonic daring and vivid character will confirm.

G.F. Telemann: Complete Trio Sonatas and Fantaisies with Recorder & ViolArtists: Emma Murphy, (rcrdrs); Susanna Pell, (viols); Steven Devine, (hpscd); Da Camera. (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 0817 $18.99 The ingenuity and variety of music, structures, and instrumental ensemble, combined with fascinating notes by the recorder player Emma Murphy, make this album a must-have for any Telemann enthusiast.

Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695): Sacra LamentazioniArtists: Maurizio Fornero/I Musici di Santa Pelagia (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 555048 $15.49 On SaleWith its powerful contrasts between light and darkness, the Sacre lamentationi della Settimana Santa op. 9 shows how Colonna was able to generate the highest expressive power even with modest musical means.

“Reformation, 1517-2017”Works: J.S. Bach: Cantatas, BWV79 & 80; Men-delssohn; Brahms; Vaughan Williams Artists: Mary Bevan; Robin Blaze; Nicholas Mulroy; Neal Davies; Graham Ross; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902265 $18.99 Bach’s two great Reformation cantatas are performed with other chorale-based works from the German and English traditions down to the 20th century.

J.S. Bach: Magnificat & Missa / J.E. GardinerWorks: J.S. Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243a; Missa, BWV 233 Artists: John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir & soloists (1 CD) (Soli Deo Gloria) SDG 728 $18.99 The Monteverdi Choir and

English Baroque Soloists celebrate Christmas with a mixed program of J.S. Bach’s sacred choral works.

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729): Violin Sonata nos 1 - 6Artists: Lina Tur Bonet, Baroque (vln); Patxi Montero, (bass viol); Kenneth Weiss, (hpsch) (1 CD) (Pan Classics) PAN 10380 $18.99 These six sonates appeared in Paris in 1707, the year when the models and the most recent invenzioni of the Italian sonata arrived in France, immediately captivating composers such as Louis-Antoine Dornel, Michel Blavet, Francois Couperin and Jean-Marie Leclair l’aine.

Vocal & Instrumental Music of John BlowWorks: John Blow (1649-1708): Begin the song; Chaconne in G; Dread sir, the prince of light; Ground; Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell; Sonata á 4 in A major. Artists: Jonathan Cohen/Arcangelo. Thomas Walker (Tnr); Samuel Boden (Tnr). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68149 $19.99 This wonderful recital of music by John Blow features a wide range of both vocal and instrumental music. Arcangelo once again demonstrate their versatility in repertoire that will be a real discovery for many.

Marcin Mielczewski (1600-1651): Sacred MusicArtists: Charlotte Mobbs; Katy Hill; Ben Davies; Eamonn Dougan/The Sixteen. (1 CD) (Coro) COO 16153 $16.99 On SaleThe fifth volume in this highly acclaimed series celebrates the music of Polish com-poser Marcin Mielczewski.

Together with Bartlomiej Pekiel, Mielczewski is among the most notable of 17th-century Polish composers.

Telemann: Festmusick fur Altona Works: Telemann: Die dicken Wolken scheien sich, for SATB, 2 trumpets, timpani, flute, bassoon & strings; Nunc auspicato sidere, for SATB & bc Artists: Ira Hochman/ Barockwerk Hamburg (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 555018 $15.49 On SaleThe discovery of Telemann’s previously unknown Altona Jubel-Music von 1760 is remarkable - it is a qualitatively outstanding composition ranking with the best that Telemann composed during his last years.

Telemann: Fantasias for viola da gambaArtists: Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba (2 CD) (Glossa) 2 GLS 920417 $29.99 Pandolfo delves into the astonishingly prolific instrumental output of Georg Philipp Telemann, a composer so well-versed in the musical diversity of his time that he was more than capable of writing for instruments of which he was not a master.

Classical EraChamber music of Giovanni Francesco Giuliani

Artists: Giovanni Frances-co Giuliani (c.1760-1818): Nocturnes for Clarinet and Harp, nos. 1-12 Art-ists: Luigi Magistrelli, (clt); Elena Gorna, (hrp) (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95541 $8.99 This release will be of im-

mediate interest to clarinettists and enthusiasts for out-of-the-way chamber music. Giovanni Francesco Giuliani should not be confused with his unrelated and more renowned contemporary, the guitar vir-tuoso Mauro Giuliani.

Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789): Harp ConcertosArtists: Silke Aichhorn, (harp); Kevin Griffiths/Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester (1 CD) (CPO) CPO 777841 $15.49 On SaleHarp concertos by Johann Wilhelm Hertel, a composer regarded as one of the most important representatives of the German preclassical period.

Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 / BavouzetArtists: Jean Efflam Bavouzet, (pno); Gábor Takács-Nagy/Manchester Camerata. (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10958 $18.99 The effervescent and communicative energy of Bavouzet and Takacs-

Nagy is encapsulated again in this second volume of their Mozart series - the first volume which was “Editor’s Choice” in Pianist.

Mozart: Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra Works: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 ‘Turkish’; Adagio for violin & orchestra, K261; Violin Sonata, K454 Artists: Noa Wildschut, (vln); Yoram Ish-Hurwitz, (pno); Gordan Nikolic/Netherlands CO (2 CD) (Warner Classics) 2 WRNC 563993 $16.99 For her Warner debut, Noa Wildschut has chosen a program of Mozart that combines concertante and chamber works. As she says: “I’m showing two sides of Mozart - and also two sides of myself.”

Andrea Luchesi (1741-1801): RequiemArtists: Roberta Canzian, sop; Elena Biscuola, mz; Riccardo Botta, tnr; Arman-do Badia, bar.; Massimo Belli/Nuova Orch. & Cho-rus Busoni (1 CD) (Con-certo) CTO 2103 $16.99 The compositions recorded here belong to the sacred

music repertoire of Andrea Luchesi: the Offertorium “Ave Maria” in D Major, for solo, four part choir, or-chestra and basso continuo, the “Requiem” and the “Dies Irae”, all preserved only in handwritten scores.

Reinecke: Works for Flute & Orchestra Works: Reinecke: Flute Concerto, Op. 283 - Flute Sonatas, Opp. 108 & 167 Artists: Tatjana Ruhland, (flt); Alexander Liebreich/Radio SO Stuttgart des SWR.(1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777949 $15.49 On SaleTatjana Ruhland has been

described as the Paganini of the flute. Since her debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall she has num-bered among the most prominent artists perform-ing on the instrument.

Beethoven: Symphonies No. 2 & 5 / KubelikArtists: Rafael Kubelik/Boston SO; Royal Concert-gebouw Orch. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone Clas-sics) PTE 5186249 $15.99 These recordings form part of the acclaimed cycle of Beethoven symphonies Rafael Kubelik made for Deutsche Grammophon in the 1970s, each sym-phony performed by a different orchestra.

Carlo Zuccari (1704-1792): Sonatas for Violin, Bass & CembaloArtists: Andrea Rognoni, violin; Ensemble L’Aura Soave. (1 CD) (MV Cremona) MVC 000003 $17.99 This release showcases six of Zuccari’s little-known violin sonatas, performed

expertly by Andrea Rognoni.

Philidor: L’art de la modulationArtists: Ars Antiqua United States (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6347 $18.99 Each of the six quartets takes us on a quirky jour-ney filled with unexpected harmonic twists and turns. With so much playful chromaticism, the quartets of Philidor (1726-1795) must have seemed wildly progressive for adherents of the old régime.

Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789): Sinfonias, Sonatas & Oboe ConcertoArtists: Xenia Loffler, (baroque oboe); Peter Barc-zi/Capricornus Consort Basel. (1 CD) (Christopho-rus) CHR 77409 $18.99 The works on this new release are instrumental pieces from the early Classical period, when the Baroque era was fading away and new ideas were being presented.

Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818): String Quartets Nos. 1-6Artists: Accademia Della Magnifica Comunità. (1 CD) (Tactus) TCT 731202 $13.99 At only seven, Maddalena Lombardini was admitted to the music school of the Hospital of the Mendicanti.

At fourteen, she was sent to study with the great master of her time, Giuseppe Tartini. A lavish con-cert career followed, during which time she pub-lished these six quartets. 1/800/222-6872



Classical Period, continuedHaydn & Stamitz: London Trios

Artists: Hansgeorg Schmeiser, (flt); Jan Ostry, (flt); Othmar Muller, (clo) (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) . NIM 5967 $18.99 Flutists Hensgeorg Schmeiser and Jan Ostry, along with cellist Othmar Muller, present Haydn &

Stamitz’s ‘London Trios.’

J.C. Bach amd Abel: Quartets Works: Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782): Quartets (6) for Carl Friedrich Abel, Op. 8 for oboe, violin, viola da gamba & bass Artists: Go Arai, (obo); Daniel Deuter, (vln); Thomas Fritzsch, (viola da gamba); Inka Doring, (clo) (1 CD) (Coviello) CVEL 91712 $16.99 On SaleTogether with these other excellent musicians, gam-bist Thomas Fritzsch shows us how the charming quartets in their original version must have sounded.

Romantic Muti Conducts Bruckner & R. Strauss

Works: Bruckner: Sym-phony No. 2 in C Minor; R. Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann, orchestral suite Artists: Riccardo Muti/Vi-enna PO. (2 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 2 DGG B002734602 $21.98 Riccardo Muti’s collabora-

tion with the Vienna Philharmonc approaches 50 years and in 2016 he chose to celebrate his 75th birthday with them at the Salzburg Festival in a program featuring two Austro-German master-works.

Brahms: Piano Trio, Op. 8; Dvorak: Piano Trio, Op. 90 ‘Dumky’Artists: The Z.E.N. Trio. (1 CD) (Deutsche Gram-mophon) DGG B002745802 $16.98 The Z.E.N. Trio - pianist Zhang Zuo, violinist Es-ther Yoo and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan - met on the BBC New Generation Artists’ scheme in 2015 and have since performed concerts together for BBC radio as well as across the UK and Europe.

Brahms: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 - Opp. 8 & 101Artists: Vienna Piano Trio. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (MD&G) MDG 9422008 $18.99 The high-resolution Super Audio album is also perfectly balanced and offers a crystal-clear stereo sound as well as a breathtaking listening experience in three-dimensional multichannel technology.

Donizetti: String Quartets Nos. 1-3Artists: Pleyel Quartett Köln (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777909 $15.49 On SaleFanfare magazine called cpo’s first release of Doni-zetti’s string quartets “a compelling demonstration on behalf of some of the most dazzling works of the quartet literature.” The Pleyel Quartett now present a further volume of Donizetti’s quartets.

Dvorák: Quintets, Opp. 81 & 97Artists: Boris Giltburg, (pno); Pavel Nikl, (vla); Pavel Haas Quartet. (1 CD) (Supraphon) SPR 4195 $19.99 The Pavel Haas Quartet is perfectly at home in Dvorák’s music - to quote the Sunday Times, “In this

repertoire, they are simply matchless today.”

Dvorák: String Quartet Op.105, String Quintet Op. 97 Artists: Takács Quartet. Lawrence Power (Vla). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 68142 $19.99 A new release from the Takács Quartet is guar-anteed to be a highlight of the musical year, and this one easily exceeds all expectations. Both are marvelous works, sounding here every bit the masterpieces they are.

Johannes Brahms: The Piano TriosArtists: Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos (2 CD) (Sony Classical) 2 SBMG 88985407292 $16.99 On SaleBetween them, Ma and Ax have shared four Grammy Awards® for their record-

ings of Brahms’s chamber music. With Leonidas Kavakos, they first performed all three Brahms Piano Trios together on one program at Tangle-wood in 2015.

Mendelssohn: Music for String Quartet Works: Mendelssohn: Quartets, Opp. 13, 44/2; 4 Pieces; Frage, Op. 99 Artists: Quatuor Arod. (1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 564131 $16.99 The members of the Arod have been mentored by both the Ebène and Artemis Quartet, and they collaborate here with a further Erato artist, the mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa, in a performance of the song ‘Ist es wahr?’.

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 [SA + BR Audio]Artists: Lucy Crowe; Jurgita Adamonyte; Michael Spyres; Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Monteverdi Choir; London SO (SACD + Blu-Ray Audi) (LSO Live) 2 LSO 0803 $18.99 On Sale“It’s so rewarding with this group of players, they’re

willing to go to the last enth degree, in terms of detail of phrasing and articulation, and that’s a joy.’ -John Eliot Gardiner

Schubert: Works for Piano & Strings Works: Schubert: Piano Quintet D.667 ‘The Trout’; The last String Quartets, D.703, 804, 810, 887 Art-ists: Mieczyslaw Horszowski, (pno); Budapest String Quartet (2 CD) (Praga) 2 PGA 250386 $31.49 The legendary Budapest String Quartet performs Schubert String Quartets Nos.12 through 15. They are joined by pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski for the beloved ‘’Trout’’ quintet.

Verdi: Overtures & Preludes / Fabio LuisiWorks: Verdi: Overtures & Preludes to La forza del destino; Don Carlos; I vespri siciliani; Aida; Un ballo; La traviata; Stiffelio; Luisa Miller; Il corsaro; I masnadieri; Macbeth; Giovanna d’Arco; Ernani; Jérusalem at al. Artists:

Fabio Luisi/Philharmonia Zurich (2 CD) (Accentus) 2 ACTS 0109 $29.99 For the latest studio recording with the Philharmo-nia Zurich, Fabio Luisi unites pieces that belong to the day-to-day repertoire of the orchestra with those that are also rarities to orchestra musicians.

Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’; Carnival of the Animals, for 2 pianosArtists: Daniele Rossi, (org); Martha Argerich & Antonio Pappano, pianos; Antonio Pappano/Orch. dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia. ( CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 564390 $16.99 A very rare and treasurable pairing has been made by Warner Classics for this new recording of Saint-Saens’ enchantingly witty suite: pianist Martha Argerich and conductor/pianist Antonio Pappano.

Post RomanticElgar: The New England Connection

Works: George Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches; Elgar: Enigma Variations Artists: Andrew Constan-tine/BBC National SO of Wales. (1 CD) (Orchid Classics) ORPO 100074 $14.99 Separated by three years,

George Chadwick and Edward Elgar lived almost parallel lives on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Elgar, born in Worcester in 1857, was to become everything Chadwick aspired to be yet didn’t.

Leo Fall (1873-1925): Brüderlein feinArtists: Anke Krabbe; Andrea Bonig; Michael Roider; Henning Freiberg; Axel Kober/WDR Köln Radio SO & Choir (1 CD) (CPO) CPO 777796 $15.49 On SaleFollowing Der fidele Bauer, Paroli, Die Kaiserin, and Madame Pompadour, cpo presents Leo Fall’s Bruderlein fein, an Old Viennese singspiel in one act. In 2018, cpo will release Die Dollarprinzessin!

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Daniele GattiArtists: Chen Reiss; Karen Cargill; Daniele Gatti/Neth-erlands Radio Choir; Royal Concertgebouw Orch. (2 SA Hybrid CD) (RCO Live) 2 RCOL 17003 $21.99 During the past years, Daniele Gatti has conduct-ed strong and spectacular

performances of four Mahler symphonies as a guest conductor. With this recording, RCO Live is beginning a new Mahler cycle with Daniele Gatti.

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Valery GergievArtists: Valery Gergiev/Munich Philharmonic. (1 CD) (Munchner Philhar.) MUN 21130 $16.99 This second season with Maestro Gergiev as principal conductor has continued a stimulating artistic relationship with

the Munich orchestra. This success is repeatedly confirmed and reinforced by the audience and in-ternational and German press.

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz & Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concertos / LittleArtists: Tasmin Little, (vln); Edward Gardner/BBC SO (1 SA CD) (Chandos) CHA 5185 $19.99 This recording brings together some of Chandos’ greatest artists in a spellbinding program. It follows performances that The Guardian described as ‘a thrilling show of ferocity and feistiness,’ given by the same forces in January at the Barbican.

Poldowski (1879-1932): Chamber MusicArtists: David Jackson, piano; Jazmin Black-Grollemund, soprano; Angelique Charlopain, violin; Jeremie Decottignies, double bass. Ensemble 1904 (1 CD) (Resonus Records). REOA 10196 $16.99

Largely neglected following her death, the music of Poldowski - alias of Irene Regine Wieniawska - is brought back to life in this reimagining by David Jackson of twenty-two settings of poems by nine-teenth-century French poet Paul Verlaine.

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 / AshkenazyArtists: Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orch. (1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 484 $17.99 Marking their latest collaboration with their conductor laureate Vladimir Ashkenazy, the Philharmonia return to disc with a stellar live-performance of Rachmani-nov’s volcanic Symphony No.1 in D Minor.

Jurowski Conducts Strauss, MahlerWorks: R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier, symphonic poem; Symphonic Prelude (reconstructed by Albrecht Gursching) Artists: To-bias Berndt, (org); Vladimir Jurowski/Berlin Radio SO (1 SA CD) (PentaTone) PTE 5186597 $19.99 These new recordings of Richard Strauss’s electrify-ing Also Sprach Zarathustra and Mahler’s Totenfei-er have been released by PENTATONE to coincide with the Russian maestro taking up office as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the orchestra.

Vaughan Williams: Symphony Nos. 4 & 6Artists: Mark Elder/Hallé. (1 CD) (Halle Records) HALE 7547 $18.99 The Sixth Symphony caused a sensation at its premiere in 1948 and was performed 100 times in the following two years. It was composed during a period in which Vaughan Williams was writing film scores, the experience of which had the effect of sparking his imagination in the extravagant use of the orchestra.



ModernDurufle & Howells: Requiems

Artists: John Scott/Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York. (1 CD) (Resonus Records) REOA 10200 $16.99 This album is the final release in this series of recordings from the Saint

Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, considered by many to be the leading ensemble of its kind in the Angli-can choral tradition in the United States.

Britten & Hindemith: Violin ConcertosArtists: Arabella Steinbacher, (vln);Vladimir Jurowski/Berlin Radio SO (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone Classics) PTE 5186625 $19.99 Steinbacher feels a particular affinity with the Hin-demith concerto. “Every artist introduces his own life experiences and personal feelings into his in-terpretations ... with the Hindemith concerto, I have an extremely close, even private connection, as my father knew Hindemith rather well.”

Eduard Künneke (1885-1953): Piano Concerto; Serenade Zigeunerweisen

Artists: Oliver Triendl, (pno); Ernst Theis/Münch-ner Rundfunkorchester. (1 CD) (CPO) CPO 555015 $15.49 On SaleKnown best for his operettas, Eduard Künneke regularly composed “serious works”

for the concert hall that were almost completely neglected - and wrongly so. For example, his Piano Concerto is a work very much displaying higher aspirations and qualifying as top-quality musical entertainment.

Feliks Nowowiejski (1877-1946): Quo VadisArtists: Slawomir Kaminski; Robert Gierlach; Wojciech Gierlach; Wioletta Chodow-icz; Lukasz; Poznan PO & Podlasie Opera and Philhar-monic Choir (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 555089 $29.99 On SaleA hundred years ago, the

oratorio ‘Quo Vadis’ was absolutely the greatest hit everywhere in Europe. This thrilling piece is based on Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel of the same name and magnificently scored for soloists, mixed chorus, organ, and orchestra.

George Lloyd (1913-1998): Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 “Proserpine”Artists: Edward Downes/BBC Northern SO. (1 CD) (Lyrita) LYTA 1135 $13.99 On SaleGeorge Lloyd wrote in a traditional idiom enriched by a close study of selected models, Verdi and Ber-lioz chief among them. His music is not derivative, however; it is distinctive and written with integrity.

John Joubert (b.1927): St. Mark Passion; Missa Wellensis; Locus Iste

Artists: Matthew Owens/Wells Cathedral Choir. (1 CD) (Resonus Records) REOA 10198 $16.99 In celebration of John Jou-bert’s ninetieth birthday, Wells Cathedral Choir with their director Matthew Ow-ens present a new record-

ing of recent choral works from this prolific veteran composer.

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2Artists: Peter Donohoe, (pno); David Curtis/Orch. of the Swan. (1 CD) (Signum) SIG 493 $17.99 Celebrated international pianist Peter Donohoe continues his series of Shostakovich releases on Signum Classics, following his recent release of the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87.

Martinu: The Six Symphonies / MeisterArtists: Cornelius Meister/ORF Vienna Radio-Symphonieorchester (3 CD) (Capriccio) 3 CAP 5320 $24.99 Cornelius Meister is regarded as one of the finest young conductors of our day and age, and here

he fantastically interprets these six symphonies with transparency, emotion, and aplomb.

Ivan Repusic Conducts Duruflé, RespighiWorks: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9; Ottorino Respighi: Concerto gregoriano for violin & orches-tra Artists: Henry Raudales, (vln); Okka von der Damerau, (mez); Ljubomir Puskaric, (bar); Ivan Repusic/Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orch. (1 CD) (BR Klassik) BRK 900320 $16.99 While similarities between the music of Maurice Durufle and Ottorino Respighi may not quickly come to mind, both composers took a great interest in the melodies and harmonies of Gregorian chant.

Leo Weiner: Orchestral MusicWorks: Leo Weiner (1885-1960): Serenade, Op. 3; Divertimentos Nos. 1 - 5, Opp. 20, 24, 25, 38 & 39 Artists: Neeme Jarvi/Estonian National SO. (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10959 $18.99 Throughout these recordings of the five Divertimentos and the Serenade, some of the works new to the catalog, the performers encapsulate the freshness and fluidity of engaging, yet too rarely performed compositions.

Rued Langgaard (1893-1952): Complete Works for Violin & Piano, Vol. 1Artists: Gunvor Sihm, (vln); Berit Johansen Tange, (pno) (1 SA Hybrid CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226130 $6.99 Violinist Gunvor Sihm and Langgaard expert Berit Johansen Tange perform three late, incitingly Romantic works by Rued Langgaard in addition to the unfinished sonata of Langgaard’s youth, which is given its world premiere recording.

‘Fantasia’ - Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Rautavaara, Szymanowski, Ravel

Works: Rautavaara: Fantasia for Violin; Szy-manowski: Violin Concerto No. 1; Ravel: Tzigane Art-ists: Anne Akiko Meyers, (vln); Kristjan Jarvi/Philhar-monia Orch. (1 CD) (Avie) AIE 2385 $17.99 Beloved by audiences

around the world, with a reputation for groundbreaking recital programs and important commissions, Fantasia marks Anne Akiko Meyers 35th studio album and is one of her most important projects to date.

Peter Racine Fricker: Orchestral Works Works: Peter Racine Fricker (1920-1990): Sym-phonies Nos. 1 - 4; Rondo Scherzoso; Comedy Overture, Op. 32 Artists: Bryden Thomson/BBC Northern SO; Albert Rosen/Maurice Hanford/Ed-ward Downes. (2 CD) (Lyrita) 2 LYTA 2136 $16.99 On SaleAmong the first composers in Britain to be in-fluenced by the music of Bela Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, Fricker assimi-lated aspects of their very different styles into a distinctive voice of his own.

Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5Artists: Hannu Lintu, (pno); Olli Mustonen/Finnish Radio SO (1 CD) (Ondine) OND 1288 $16.99 “How many times have I regretted a shortage of fantasy, flair and fairy-tale imagination in recordings of the Prokofiev piano concertos? Well, here is a disc that takes all those qualities to the top.” – Gramophone

Kara Karayev (1918-1982): Orchestral WorksWorks: Kara Karayev (1918-1982): Seven Beau-ties, suite; Leyla and Mej-nun; Don Quixote; Lullaby from ‘The Path of Thunder’ Artists: Kirill Karabits/Bournemouth SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos) CHA 5203 $19.99

This set of idiomatically lyrical, rhythmic, and colourful interpretations by the Bournemouth Sym-phony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor, Kirill Karabits marks the start of a new series dedicated to lesser-known composers from former Soviet Union countries.

Vaughan Williams: Works for Orchestra, Piano & Voices Works: Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica; Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra in C major; Four Last Songs Artists: Louis Lortie & Helene Mercier, (pnos); Roderick Williams, (bar); Mari Eriksmoen, (sop); Andrew Davis/Bergen PO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 5186 $19.99 This is the eagerly awaited final volume in Chan-dos’ historic series of Vaughan Williams’s Sym-phonies, started about twenty-five years ago by the late Richard Hickox, then continued and now completed by another expert in British repertoire, Sir Andrew Davis.

Contemporary“Expo1” - Today’s Neo-Classical Composers

Works by: Richter, Jóhannsson, Beving, Glass, Hahn, Cage, Ar-nalds, Helbig, et al (2 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon). 2 DGG 4828283 $21.98 The most popular music from the today’s leading ‘neo-classical’ composers,

the most influential voices in the current wave of post-minimalist composition where contemporary classical and alternative popular musical styles collide.

Arnold Griller: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1Works: Arnold Griller (b.1937): Works for Chamber Orchestra: Concerto for Small Orchestra; Clarinet Concerto; Distant Villages Artists: Denis Myasnikov, (clt); Alexander Walker/Musica Viva. (1 CD) (Toccata Classics) TOC 0424 $18.99 Griller’s music is highly individual, often moving unex-pectedly between moods of excitement and drive, wry humour and deep emotion, reflecting influences rang-ing from Domenico Scarlatti to Milhaud and Stravinsky.

Part, Glass, Vasks: Chamber Music Works: Arvo Part: Summa; Hasan Ucarsu: String Quartet No. 2 ‘The Untold’; Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 2 ‘Company’; Peteris Vasks: String Quartet No. 4 Artists: Borusan Quartet. ( CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4171 $19.99

On this program, the Borusan Quartet embraces both the spiritual minimalism of Arvo Part’s Summa and the expansiveness of Peteris Vasks String Quartet No. 4.

Carl Davis (b.1936): Aladdin, balletArtists: Carl Davis/Malaysian PO. (2 CD) (Carl Davis Collection) 2 CAVS 029 $24.99 Aladdin was commissioned by Scottish Ballet, who gave the premiere at The Edinburgh Festival Theatre on 20th December 2000.

Hans Abrahamsen: String Quartets Nos. 1-4Artists: Arditti String Quartet. (1 CD) (Winter & Winter) WNWN 910242 $18.99 Abrahamsen’s quartets draw a vital thread across the chasm at the heart of his life’s work. This new release presents the composer’s four quartets, bril-liantly performed by the Arditti String Quartet.

James Rolfe (b.1961): Breathe - music for voices and early instruments Artists: Suzie LeBlanc, Alexander Dobson, Monica Whicher. Toronto Masque Theatre; The Toronto Consort, David Fallis (1 CD) (Centrediscs) CERE 24517 $16.99 BREATHE is a new album of works for voices and early instruments by Toronto composer James Rolfe. Collaborating with acclaimed Canadian writers An-dre Alexis, Steven Heighton and Anna Chatterton, Rolfe’s music ranges from intense drama to ethereal lyricism and from the virtuosic to the serene.


New from Naxos

New Releases from Naxos

New, Modern Orchestral ProgramsNew from Naxos

Bizet: Suites from the operasWorks: Bizet: Car-men suites nos 1 & 2; L’arlésienne suites nos 1 & 2 Artists: Pablo Gonzalez/Barcelona SO. NXS 8573546 $12.99 Here the Toreador’s Song and the graphically sensu-ous Seguidilla and Haba-

nera dances are heard in all their orchestral glory. The two suites from L’Arlesienne containe music of great charm and refined elegance.

Bob Chilcott: Choral Music, “All Good Things”Artists: Alexander Hawkins, (pno); Matthew Berry/Commotio. NXS 8573383 $12.99 British composer Bob Chilcott (b.1955) has always embraced a broad stylistic palette and his writing for voice combined with jazz instrumentation gives these works a sense of vitality and energy.

‘Legacy’ - Chamber music of Astor PiazzollaWorks: Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Escualo; Vardarito; Milonga del an-gel; Yeanne y Paul; Balada para un loco; Revirado; Fracanapa et al. Artists: Tomás Cotik, (vln); Tao Lin, (pno); Jeffrey Kipperman, double bass et al.

NXS 8573789 $12.99 In the year of the 25th anniversary of Piazzolla’s death, Argentinean-born violinist Tomas Cotik and Chinese-American pianist Tao Lin follow their critically acclaimed ‘Tango Nuevo’ with more of Piazzolla’s richest and most exciting compositions.

Enrique Granados: Orchestral Works [3 CDs]Artists: Pablo González/Barcelona SO. (3 CD) 3 NXS 8503295 $19.99 To celebrate the 150th an-niversary of Enrique Grana-dos’s (1867-1916) birth, the three volumes of his orches-tral music - characterized as “affectionate and character-

ful” by Gramophone - have been brought together, including one of the greatest pieces in all Spanish music, the Intermezzo from Goyescas.

Sergey Prokofiev: Piano Pieces Works: Prokofiev: Old Grandmother’s Tales, Op. 31; Six Pieces, Op. 52; Childhood Manuscripts Artists: Alexandre Dossin, (pno) NXS 8573435 $12.99 Prokofiev was so musically precocious that no less a figure than Reinhold Gliere

was employed as his live-in tutor. Gliere’s lessons proved to be both rigorous and inspiring and the young Prokofiev wrote a delightful sequence of works for the piano.

Franz Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol. 47Works: Transcriptions of Excerpts from the Orato-rios Christus and The Legend of St. Elisabeth Art-ists: Hanry Kramer, (pno) NXS 8573385 $12.99 Liszt’s oratorio Christus reflects on the life of Christ from the nativity to the Passion and Resurrection. The movements he transcribed for piano are dy-namic and virtuosic but also pastoral and medita-tive, including passages of transfiguring beauty.

Julius Klengel: Works for Cello & PianoWorks: Julius Klengel (1859-1933): Cello Con-certinos Nos. 1 -3; Konzert-stuck in D minor, Op. 10 Artists: Martin Rummel, (clo); Mari Kato, (pno) NXS 8573793 $12.99 Based in Leipzig and prin-cipal cellist of the Gewand-

haus Orchestra, Julius Klengel was a renowned soloist and interpreter - and a revered pedagogue whose works are still in use by students today.

British Music for Violin & PianoWorks by: Bridge, Delius, Elgar, Scott, Ireland Art-ists: Clare Howick, (vln); John Paul Ekins, (pno) NXS 8573790 $12.99 Framed by Edward Elgar’s deeply personal Violin Sonata and the bravura fireworks of his Mazurka,

this program is a fascinating look at British music for violin and piano at the turn of the last century.

Dvorák: Piano Trios, Nos. 1 & 2Artists: The Tempest Trio. NXS 8573723 $12.99 Combining technical mas-tery, expressive depth and performance experience, pianist Alon Goldstein, violinist Ilya Kaler and cel-list Amit Peled have joined forces to form one of the

most exciting trios on the international scene.

Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 9 / Wolf HardenArtists: Wolf Harden, (pno) NXS 8573751 $12.99 All the works on this recording were composed when Busoni was between the ages of eleven and fifteen. Full of charm and wit, they reveal his precocious absorption of earlier models- principally Bach, Mozart, Weber and Schumann - as well as exceptional technical finesse.

Camillo Togni (1922-1993): Works for FluteArtists: Roberto Fabbriciani, (flt); Dorothy Dorow, (sop); Vincenzio Saldarelli, (gtr); Massimiliano Damerini, (pno) Mario Canter/I Cameristi Lombardi. NXS 8573731 $12.99 Camillo Togni was one of the most representative figures of 20th-century Italian music. He was inspired to write numerous works for his friend the acclaimed flautist Roberto Fabbriciani.

Claude Baker (b.1948): Piano Concerto; Aus SchwanengesangArtists: Marc-André Hamelin, (pno); Gilbert Varga/Indianapolis SO NXS 8559804 $12.99 Award-winning and much decorated composer Claude Baker here entwines his evocative sound-world with the powerful imagery of two great poets.

László Lajtha (1892-1963): Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9Artists: Nicolás Pasquet/Pécs SO (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573648 $10.49 Reflecting Hungary’s troubled times following the Soviet suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, Lajtha’s last two symphonies are deeply emotional and dramatic works ranging from tragic intensity to optimism. Whereas the Eighth Symphony was aptly described by the composer’s wife as ‘a tragedy without consolation,’ the emotional power and the melodic beauty of the Ninth Symphony evoke suffering, happiness and hope.

Havergal Brian: Symphonies / Russian State SOWorks: Havergal Brian (1876-1972): Symphonies Nos. 8, 21 & 26 Artists: Alexander Walker/New Russia State SO. (1 CD) NXS 8573752 $12.99 Gramophone wrote of the previous Brian recording by these forces: “The New

Russia State Symphony Orchestra do the music proud.” This issue completes the commercial recording of all 32 of Brian’s symphonies.

Prokofiev: Orchestral Works / Marin AlsopWorks: Prokofiev: Sym-phony No. 7, Op. 131; The Love for Three Oranges, suite; Lieutenant Kijé, suite, Op. 60 Artists: Marin Alsop/São Paulo SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573620 $12.99 This is the final volume of

the acclaimed cycle of Prokofiev’s Symphonies with the São Paolo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop.

George Onslow: String Quintets Vol. 2Works: George Onslow (1784-1853): String Quintets Nos. 10 & 22 Artists: Elan Quintet. NXS 8573689 $12.99 Of the first volume, Gramo-phone wrote: ‘these five players make a beguiling case for this music.’ The

combination of string quartet with double bass has opened up a richness of tone and distinct soundscape that the Elan Quintet has used to explore works span-ning Schubert and Dvorak to Onslow and Bridge.

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838): Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Vol. 2Artists: Eric Grossman, (vln); Susan Kagan, (pno) NXS 8573717 $12.99 Filled with elegance and refinement, these three sonatas display the range of Ries’s creative gifts, skillfully synthesizing the clarity and discipline of Mozart’s Viennese Classical style with the inven-tiveness and freedom of the new Romanticism developing in the early 19th century.

Johann Simon Mayr: Sacred WorksWorks: Mayr: Stabat Mater; Eja Mater; Ave Maris Stella Artists: Franz Hauk/soloists, Simon Mayr Chorus; Concerto de Bassus; I Virtuosi Italiani NXS 8573781 $12.99 Restored by Mayr (1763-1845) expert Frans Hauk

from two extant manuscript versions and heard here in its world premiere recording, Mayr’s Stabat mater in F minor was singled out by a contemporary biogra-pher “for its marvelous effect” and “heavenly beauty.”

Muzio Clementi: Piano Works / RodriguezWorks: Muzio Clementi (1752-1832): Piano Sonatas Op. 23/1-3; Op. 34/1; Fantasia con variazioni, Op. 48 Artists: Juan Carlos Rodriguez, (pno) NXS 8573608 $12.99 Muzio Clementi’s three Sonatas, Op. 23 were pub-lished in London in 1790, their style reflecting Haydn’s tremendous popularity in the city at that time.

Saint-Saëns: The Works for Cello & OrchestraWorks: Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Allegro appasionato; Romance; The Swan; Suite in D minor Artists: Gabriel Schwabe, (clo); Marc Soustrot/Malmö SO. NXS 8573737 $12.99 The supremely famous Le Cygne appears along-side the less well-known Bach-inspired Suite in D minor, and with the inclusion of the Romance this program contains Saint-Saens’ complete works for cello and orchestra.

Richard Wagner: Concert OverturesArtists: Jun Märkl/MDR Leipzig RSO. NXS 8573414 $12.99 Wagner wrote a series of overtures that chart his early compositional development. The two high-octane Concert Overtures reflect his Beethovenian and Classical lineage, whereas the overture to the historical tragedy ‘Konig Enzio’ reveals a greater sense of melancholy and nobility.

Widor: Suite Florentine; “Complete Works for Woodwind”Artists: Thies Roorda, (flt); Alessandro Soccorsi, (pno); Olivier Patey, (clt); Alexei Ogrintchouk, (obo); Bert Mooiman, (hrnm); Junko Naito, (vln); Benedikt Enzler, (clo) NXS 8573764 $12.99 Charles Widor’s musical life covered around 75 years of French cultural history. His organ symphonies helped to blow spectacular new life into an instrument that had become sorely neglected, and it was in salons such as that of the organ builder Cavaille-Coll that his chamber music was first welcomed with enthusiasm.

Manuel Blancafort: Complete Songs, Vol. 1Artists: Anna Alàs i Jové, (mz); Miquel Villalba, (pno) NXS 8579012 $12.99 Always maintaining their Catalan roots, Blancafort’s (1897-1987) songs evoke the past and dream of a country aspiring to become cultured and free from oppression. The clarity and simplicity of this mes-sage led one commentator to describe him as “the living synthesis of Catalan musical culture.”

Romantic Music for HarpWorks: Music of John Thomas, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Albert Zabel, Mendelssohn, Wagner Artists: Pauline Haas, (hrp) NXS 8579015 $12.99 The harp is often said to be the Romantic instrument par excellence, and for this recording the award-winning young harpist Pauline Haas takes the listener on a journey through the repertoire, from the melancholic balladry of John Thomas’s The Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land to the stunning virtuosity of Albert Zabel’s Fantasy. Alongside Smetana’s perennial favorite


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❦Copland, Gould - The Composer ConductsWorks: Copland: Appala-chian Spring; The Tender Land; Morton Gould: Fall River Legend, ballet; Latin American Symphonette Art-ists: Aaron Copland/Boston SO. (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 61505 $8.99

❦Fritz Reiner conducts Beethoven: Works: Beethoven: Coriolan & Fidelio, overtures; Symphonies nos 5 & 7 Artists: Fritz Reiner/Chicago SO (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 68976 $8.99 “This may be the best Beethoven 5 ever record-ed... however familiar you are with the sympho-nies...you must have this...” -Haldeman, ARG

❦Together / Julian Bream & John WilliamsWorks by: Albéniz; Ferdinando Carulli; Manuel de Falla; Gabriel Fauré; Enrique Granados; William Lawes; Ravel; Fernando Sor Artists: John Wil-liams & Julian Bream, guitars (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 61450 $8.99

❦Saint-Saens: Concertos / Ma, Licad, LinWorks: Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no 1; Piano Con-certo no 2; Violin Concerto no 3 Artists: Michael Tilson Thomas/Philharmonia Orch.; Andre Previn/London PO; Lorin Maazel/ORTF Nat’l Orch. Yo-Yo Ma (Clo); Cecile

Licad (Pno). (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 46506 $8.99

❦Lotte Lenya sings Kurt WeillArtists: Harold Hastings/Instrumental Ens.; Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars. Lotte Lenya; Jack Gilford; Turk Murphy (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 60647 $8.99 “...Miss Lenya once again proves how great is the power of sheer artistry...Those who love Mr. Weill’s Broadway songs and admire artistry in any field will want this record.” -High Fidelity

❦Baroque Music for Trumpet / Wynton MarsalisArtists: Raymond Leppard/English CO; Wynton Marsalis (Tpt) (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 92620 $8.99 “There is no musician out there whose merest flourish of sounds speaks so eloquently and purposefully

or deeply.” - New York Times

❦Serenade - A Mario Lanza SongbookWorks: Arias by Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896-1978) Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917); Vincenzo di Chi-ara; Guglielmo Cottrau (1797-1847); Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1937); Guy d’Hardelot (c.1858-1936); Rodolfo Falvo (1874-1936); Ernesto Lecuona; Leoncavallo; José Padilla (b1955); Renato Rascel; Enrico Toselli; Tosti et al. Artists: Mario Lanza (tenor) (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 5738922 $8.99 “A slab of unremitting tenorial seductiveness.” -Sunday Times

❦Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2 / RichterWorks: Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2; Piano Sonata no 1 Artists: Erich Leinsdorf/Chicago SO. Sviatoslav Richter (Pno); Robert La Marchina (Clo). (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 60860 $8.99 “This is one of the truly great recordings... Even the sound is wonderful. The orchestral sounds better here than it did 20 years later for Solti...” - Vroon, ARG

❦Schumann: Cello Concerto, etc / Ma, AxWorks: Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cello & Piano; Cello Concerto, Op. 129; Phantasiestücke for Cello & Piano, Op. 73; Stücke im Volkston for cello & piano, Op. 102 Artists: Colin Davis/Bavar-ian RSO. Yo-Yo Ma (Clo); Emanuel Ax (Pno). (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 92757 $8.99 “Yo-Yo Ma’s playing is always distinguished by great expressive refinement and tonal sophistica-tion. His account of the Concerto is keenly affec-tionate...” - Gramophone

❦Voice of the Blood - Hildegard von BingenWorks: Music of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Art-ists: Sequentia, early music ensemble. Barbara Thornton (Voice); Elizabeth Gaver (Fiddle); Joachim Kuhn (Symphonia); Lucia Pahn (Organistrum) (1 CD) (RCA)

RCA 77346 $8.99 “...Female voices are used throughout and the pre-ferred vocal type is pure and intense... The result is extremely powerful... Its radiance and energy should impress even the non-spiritually inclined.” ***** -Classic CD

❦György Ligeti Edition Vol 1 - String Quartets and DuetsWorks: György Ligeti (1923-2006): Ballade and Dance; Hommage à Hilding Rosen-berg; Movements for string quartet; String Quartets nos 1 & 2 Artists: Rohan de Saram (Clo); Irvine Arditti

(Vln); Garth Knox (Vla); David Alberman (Vln). (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 62306 $8.99 “The Arditti plays eloquently and compellingly throughout...” ***** -Classic CD

❦Leon Fleisher plays Grieg & Schumann / SzellWorks: Grieg: Piano Concer-to; R. Schumann: Piano Con-certo, Op. 54 Artists: George Szell/Cleveland Orch. Leon Fleisher (Pno) (1 CD) (Sony) . SNYC 92751 $8.99 “The passionate and lyrical-romantic aspects have

seldom been revealed to better advantage than in these two performances.” - Hi-Fi/Stereo Review

❦Handel: Water Music / Lamon, TafelmusikWorks: George F. Handel: Il Pastor Fido, suite; Water Music Suite no 1 Artists: Jean Lamon/Tafelmusik Baroque Orch. (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 92756 $8.99 “The jubilant spirit of Water Music is splendidly captured

in this version. There is plenty of vigor to the playing but no roughness... Splendidly fresh and spirited.” - Gramophone

❦The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn / Susan GrahamWorks: Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947): A Chloris; Chansons grises (7); Dans la nuit; Fêtes galantes; Fumée; Je me souviens Artists: Roger Vignoles (Pno); Susan Graham (Mz) (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 60168 $8.99 “[Susan Graham] perfectly captures these songs’ elegant intimacy with a wealth of nuance... A disc wholeheartedly recommended.” -Gramophone

❦Elgar: Cello Concerto, et al. / Jacqueline Du PréWorks: Elgar: Cello Con-certo; Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Enigma Variations; Pomp and Circumstance Marches Artists: Daniel Barenboim/London PO; Philadelphia Orch. Jacqueline du Pré (Clo) (1 CD) (Sony)

SNYC 92763 $8.99 “This is the most passionate, the most intense, the most detailed and the most compelling account of the Elgar Cello Concert over issued...” - Gramophone

❦Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos / WilliamsWorks: Steve Gray (1944-2008): Guitar Concerto; Richard Harvey (1953 - ): Concerto Antico for Guitar and Small orchestra Artists: Paul Daniel/London SO. John Williams (Gtr) (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 68337 $8.99 “As you’d expect, Williams gives faultless perfor-mances, with bright and responsive accompaniment from the LSO and Paul Daniel.” -Gramophone

❦Murray Perahia plays Handel and ScarlattiWorks: Handel: Chaconne and Variations; Suites for Keyboard; Scarlatti: Sonatas for Keyboard Artists: Murray Perahia (Pno) (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 62785 $8.99 “[The sound] is so true and such a delight to listen to

that I feel resolved for the future to say, why can’t all piano records be as good as this?” -Editor’s Choice, Gramophone

❦Orff: Carmina Burana / Tilson Thomas, et alArtists: Michael Tilson Thomas/Cleveland Orch. Judith Blegen; Kenneth Riegel; Peter Binder (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 92602 $8.99 “This release is extraordinary... distinctively fresh interpretive approach... Thomas, the Clevelanders and Columbia’s engineers proffer refreshingly novel, provocative, yet substantial rewards.” - High Fidelity

❦Brahms: Concertos / Heifetz, PiatigorskyWorks: Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello “Dou-ble”; Violin Concerto Artists: Alfred Wallenstein; Fritz Reiner/Chicago SO. Jascha Heifetz (Vln); Gregor Piatigorsky (Clo). (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 59410 $8.99 “Both of these concertos may be regarded as es-sential Heifetz. They are fast and sinewy, with scarcely a moment that could be considered senti-mental.” - Althouse, ARG

❦Nino Rota - The Film Scores, Volume 2Works: Nino Rota (1911-1979): 8 1/2,; The Leop-ard; La Dolce Vita; Prova d’orchestra; Roco and His Brothers; The Godfather Artists: Riccardo Muti/La Scala PO (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 63359 $8.99 “Riveting performances and gorgeous, full-throated, detailed, spacious sonics. A very fine recording---possibly the best in the Rota film music series!” -De Jong, ARG

❦Richard Strauss in High Fidelity / Fritz ReinerWorks: R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Artists: Fritz Reiner/Chicago SO (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 61494 $8.99 “Listen to what he (Reiner)

is getting the orchestra to do, and one learns a lesson or two about the art of great conducting. His Strauss is iridescent...” -Classic CD

❦Kirill Kondrashin conducts Russian Lollipops Works: Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987): Comedian Galop; Khachaturian: Masquerade; Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol; Tchaikovsky: Capric-cio italien Artists: RCA Victor SO. Oscar Shumsky (Vln) (1 CD) (RCA) RCA 63302 $8.99

“At mid price this CD is a steal and deserves to be in any collection that needs these colorful works.” -Fanfare

❦Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade, etc / BernsteinWorks: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Scheherazade Artists: Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (Sony Classical) SNYC 60737 $8.99 “...Bernstein’s way with the music is, of course, energetic and emotional, pointed, big, brash, and exciting. I’d say it’s competitive with all but the very top recommendations, among which I’d include Beecham on EMI, Kondrashin on Philips, and the fantastic Chailly on London. Yet, I wouldn’t hesitate to add this Bernstein to my collection, especially at bargain price.” -Haldeman, ARG


Recent Opera Releases Recent Opera Releases

❦Weinberger: Schwanda the BagpiperArtists: Lucia Popp; Sieg-fried Jerusalem; Hermann Prey; Gwendolyn Kilebrew; Siegmund Nimsgern; Heinz Wallberg/Munchner Rund-funkorchester (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985470412 $15.99 The delightful 1981 Munich

recording now makes its debut on CD. “Wholly enjoyable”, proclaimed Gramophone. “An enthusi-astically played, expertly sung and lucidly recorded version... We are unlikely to hear it better done...”

❦Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame Artists: Wieslaw Ochman; Stefka Evstatieva; Penka Dilova; Yuri Mazurok; Stefa-nia Toczyska; Ivan Konsulov; Emil Tchakarov/Sofia Fes-tival Orchestra; Bulgarian National Choir (3 CD) 3 SBMG 88985470382 $18.99

“Wieslaw Ochman makes an impressive Herman ... Yuri Mazurok is a superb Yeletsky, and the duet of Lisa and her companion, Pauline, is beautifully done... one of Tchaikovsky’ most magical inspira-tions” (Penguin Guide).

❦Franz Schreker: IrreloheArtists: Michael Pabst; Luana DeVol; Goron Simic; Eva Randova; Monte Pederson; Heinz Zednik; Neven Belamaric; Sebastian Holecek; Peter Gulke/Vienna SO (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985470362 $15.99 Wrote the BBC Music Magazine, “the Vienna Sym-phony Orchestra under Peter Gulke gives a suitably fiery reading of the score. Another essential buy for the collector of musical decadence and ‘degeneracy’.”

❦Rossini: Tancredi / Marilyn HorneArtists: Marilyn Horne; Lella Cuberli; Ernesto Palacio; Nicola Zaccaria; Bernadette Mance di Nissa; Patricia Schuman. Ralf Weikert/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice (3 CD) 3 SBMG 88985470352 $18.99

Wrote Penguin Guide: “The purity and beauty of [Cuberli’s] tone, coupled with immaculate colora-tura make it a memorable performance ... Horne gives a formidable performance... Ernest Palacio is an accomplished Rossini tenor...”

❦Orff: Catulli Carmina / OrmandyArtists: Janice Harsanyi; Richard Kness; Robert Page; Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orch.; Temple Univ. Choirs (1 CD) SBMG 88985470322 $12.99 This 1967 American Colum-bia recording “has plenty of

vitality” (Gramophone). Its first appearance on CD is sure to be welcomed by the many devotees of Orff’s music or of Eugene Ormandy.

❦Puccini: Il Tabarro / Domingo, MilnesArtists: Leontyne Price; Placido Domingo; Sherril Milnes; Erich Leinsdorf/John Alldis Choir; New Philharmonia Orch. (1 CD) SBMG 88985436162 $12.99 “A welcome issue of a superb work.” Penguin Guide reported: “Price is fully in character, Milnes sings memorably, Domingo makes a fresh-voice bargee, while Leinsdorf is at his most sympathetic.”

❦Verdi: Aida / Price, Domingo, MilnesArtists: Leontyne Price; Placido Domingo; Sherrill Milnes; Grace Bumbry; Rug-gero Raimondi; Hans Sotin; Erich Leinsdorf/John Alldis Choir; London SO (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985434852 $15.99 Gramophone lauded

Leinsdorf’s contribution: “He catches the grandeur of the public scenes, the delicacy of the intimate ones and carefully judges the weight and pace of each scene.”

❦Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy / CaballéArtists: Motserrat Caballé; Paul Plishka Luis Lima; Louis Qualico; Eve Queler/Opera Orch. of New York; Schola Cantorum (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985470342 $15.99 In Caballe’s 1976 live recording, never before re-leased on CD, the “floated, ethereal tone for which she is renowned” was acclaimed by Gramophone, as was the conducting of the ever-resourceful Eve Queler.

Handel: Serse / Hendricks, EsswoodArtists: Carolyn Watkinson, Barbara Hendricks, Paul Esswood, Ortrun Wenkel, Ann-Marie Rodde, Ulrik Cold, Ulrich Studer. Jean-Claude Malgoire/Ensemble Vocal Jean Bridier; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy

(3 CD) 3 SBMG 88985397842 $18.99 Malgoire conducts his Parisian ensemble and a distin-guished cast in a complete 1979 recording of Handel’s delightful comic opera Serse, best known for its uni-versally familiar opening aria “Ombra mai fu”.

❦Rossini: La Donna del Lago / RicciarelliArtists: Katia Ricciarelli; Lucia Valentini-Terrani; Dalmacio Gonzalez; Dano Raffanti; Samuel Ramey. Maurizio Pollini/Prague PO Chorus; CO of Europe. (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985397962 $15.99 “This tuneful, delicately orchestrated opera of innocent Romantic charm is given a splendid performance by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Maurizio Pollini and its cast could hardly be bettered today.” – BBC Music Magazine

❦Puccini: Tosca / Riccardo MutiArtists: Maria Guleghina; Salvatore Licitra; Leo Nucci; Riccardo Muti/Orch. e coro del Teatro alla Scala. (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985333992 $11.99 “Licitra’s voice is full, ringing and easily produced, a genuinely Italianate sound of great potential ... Muti employs much subtly moulded rubato and the orchestra often responds with very beautiful play-ing.” - Gramophone

❦Puccini: Le Villi / Scotto, DomingoArtists: Renata Scotto; Placido Domingo; Leo Nucci; Lorin Maazel/National PO; Ambrosian Opera Chorus. (1 CD) SBMG 88985333682 $10.99 “This is one of the richest and warmest performances I have

heard from [Scotto] for some time, while Domingo as Roberto [sounds] rich and firm... The recording ... is spaciously atmospheric.” - Gramophone

❦Donizetti: Il Campanello / Agnes BaltsaArtists: Agnes Baltsa, Enzo Dara, Biancamaria Casoni, Angelo Romero, Carlo Gaifa; Gary Bertini/Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna SO. (1 CD) SBMG 88985389442 $12.99 “Enzo Dara and Angelo Romero are delightful in their patter duet, and Agnes Baltsa is a formidable but sparkling Serafini. Gary Bertini is a sympathetic conductor who paces things well.”

❦Weber: Der Freischütz / Marek JanowskiArtists: Sharon Sweet, Ruth Ziesak, Peter Seiffert, Andreas Schmidt, Kurt Rydl. Marek Janowski/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. (2 CD)2 SBMG 88985404312 $15.99 This Der Freischütz from 1994

returns to the catalogue, and it offers some outstand-ing vocal contributions, opined BBC Music Magazine, “sung with a genuine feeling for melodic shape and verbal emphasis: Peter Seiffert’s sensitive, con-science-stricken Max and Ruth Ziesak’s delightfully pert Ännchen.”

Mozart: The Impresario / André PrevinArtists: Reri Grist; Judith Raskin; Richard Lewis; Sherril Milnes; Leo McKern; André Previn/English CO (1 CD) SBMG 88985470422 $12.99 The fine cast of this international CD premiere release includes sopranos Reri Grist and Judith Raskin as well as the distinguished singer/actor Leo McKern in the title role.

❦Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi Artists: Vesselina Kasarova, Eva Mei, Ramon Vargas, Umberto Chiummo, Simone Alberghini. Roberto Abbado/Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich RSO. (3 CD) 3 SBMG 88985404322 $18.99 This recording is celebrated, particularly for the vibrant, expressive Romeo of mezzo Vesselina Kasarova and the conducting of Roberto Abbado, who, wrote Gramophone, “has Bellini’s lyricism within him... He elicits fine playing from the Munich orchestra.”

Halévy: La Juive (Highlights)Artists: Martina Arroyo, Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Bonaldo Giaiotti. Antonio de Almeida/Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orch. (1 CD) SBMG 88985397782 $12.99 Mahler called Halévy’s ‘La Juive’ “one of the greatest operas ever created”. The stellar cast includes two of the outstanding sopranos of the period, Martina Arroyo in the title role and Anna Moffo. This is its first release on CD.

Schoenberg: Moses und AronArtists: Hans Herbert Fiedler, Helmut Krebs, Ilona Steingruber-Wildgans; Ursula Zollenkops, Helmut Kretschmar, Horst Gunter, Hermann Reith. Hans Rosbaud/NDR Chor; NDR Sinfonieorchester. (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985397972 $15.99 We move into the 20th century for a veritable landmark recording. Arnold Schoenberg died in 1951 without completing his only full-length opera, Moses und Aron. This historic performance, initially preserved on a commercial recording issued in 1957, is released for the first time on CD in Sony Classical’s new batch of ten opera reissues.

Donizetti: Lucia di LammermoorArtists: Lily Pons; Richard Tucker; Frank Guarrera; Thelma Votipka; Thomas Hayward; James McCracken; Norman Scott; Fausto Cleva; Metropolitan Opera Association Orchestra & Chorus. (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985470392 $15.99 The latest instalment of this wide-ranging series not only features some of the greatest voices of the last century but also spotlights once popular works that have been unduly neglected in recent times. “Neglected” doesn’t apply to the oldest recording here, presenting a repertoire cornerstone of the Italian repertoire - Donizetti’s coloratura showcase Lucia di Lammermoor.

Massenet: ThaisArtists: Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier, José Carreras, Justino Diaz. Julius Rudel/Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orch.. (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985397882 $15.99 This latest release is one of the widest ranging yet in this series, spanning the history of theatrical music from Monteverdi to Schoenberg. Another CD premiere, one that is sure to excite and delight

Budget Priced Opera❦Wagner: Das Rheingold / Janowski

Artists: Theo Adam; Ro-land Bracht; Matti Salminen; Peter Schreier; Yvonne Minton; Marita Napier; Marek Janowski/Staatskapelle Dres-den. (2 CD) (Sony / RCA) 2 SBMG 88985334952 $15.99 “The Staatskapelle Dresden

plays spotlessly for Marek Janowski... [Das Rhein-gold] is dominated by Siegfried Nimsgern’s vibrant, articulate Alberich, Peter Schreier’s wonderfully vital, strikingly intelligent and articulate Loge and Theo Adam’s experienced Wotan.” -ClassicsToday

❦Wagner: Götterdämmerung / JanowskiArtists: Jeannine Altmeyer; René Kollo; Diegmund Nimsgern; Matti Salminen; Norma Sharp; Ortrun Wenkel; Marek Janowski/Staatskapelle Dresden. (4 CD) (Sony / RCA) 4 SBMG 88985334972 $21.99

Gramophone in 1997 praised the “marvelously clean, spacious digital recording” and “Janowski’s fast, lyrical, wholly cogent reading [which] has the Dresden Staatskapelle playing with the utmost beauty from start to finish.”

❦Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride / Riccardo MutiArtists: Carol Vaness, Thomas Allen, Giorgio Surian, Gosta Winbergh. Riccardo Muti/Orch. e Coro del Teatro alla Scala (2 CD) 2 SBMG 88985389452 $15.99 After enthusing about “Muti’s driving, insistent intensity” and, in the title role, Carol Vaness’s “driving, soaring voice”, Fanfare’s reviewer also noted that “the rest of the cast here is superior ... particularly the Pylade of Gösta Winbergh that is well-nigh flawless.”

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Wagner: Lohengrin / Netrebko [BR or DVD]Artists: Piotr Beczala, Anna Netrebko,Evelyn Herlitzius, Georg Zeppenfeld,Tomasz Konieczny, Christian Thielemann/Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Dresden (DG) Live from the Dresden Opera in 2016, Beczala’s Lohengrin was deemed “nothing short

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Donizetti: La Favorite / Elina Garanca [BR or DVD]Artists: Karel Mark Chichon/Bavarian State Opera Orch. & Chorus; Elina Garanca, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecen (DG) (120 min.; NTSC, 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) Recorded live in October 2016 and conducted by Karel Mark Chichon, this is the Bayer-

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Puccini: Turandot / Riccardo Chailly [BR or DVD]Artists: Nina Stemme; Aleksandrs Antonenko; Maria Agresta; Alexander Tsymbalyuk; Riccardo Chailly/Orch. e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano After almost 40 years on DEC-CA and over 3 million album sales, conductor Riccardo Chail-ly starts a new chapter in Janu-

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Léhar: The Merry Widow / MET [BR or DVD]Artists: Renée Fleming, Nathan Gunn, Kelli O’Hara, Alek Shrader, Thomas Allen, Carson Elrod. Andrew Davis/MET Opera Orch., Chorus & Ballet (Decca)Starring Renée Fleming in the title role, the lush 2015 Met production of Franz Léhar’s The Merry Widow is now avail-

able on DVD and Blu-ray, staged by Broadway vet-eran Susan Stroman and conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. (Blu-Ray) DEC B002420359 $30.98 (DVD-Video) DEC B002420209 $25.98

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Netrebko [BR or DVD]Artists: Anna Netrebko, Barbara Frittoli, Anna Prohaska, Giuseppe Filianoti, Peter Mattei, Bryn Terfel. Daniel Barenboim/Teatro alla Scala Opera Orch. & Chorus (live, 2011) (DG) Recorded at the legendary La Scala in 2011, this performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni fea-

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Franco Alfano (1875-1954): Cyrano de Bergerac / Roberto Alagna [DVD]Cyrano de Bergerac is an opera in five acts with music by Franco Alfano. It is based on Edmond Rostand’s drama of the same name and this film version is directed by Lévon Sayan. The performance was recorded in 2003 and features tenor Roberto Alagna in the title role joined by Nathalie Manfrino, Richard Troxell and Nicolas Rivenq. Given the quality of the music - very much in the verismo style, and quite indistinguishable from Puccini - it is surprising that this astounding opera is not much better known. The the Orchestre National de Montpellier is conducted by Marco Guidarini. (Deutsche Grammophon) (1 DVD Video) DGG B002673009 $29.98

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann performs in Four Complete Operas [4 BR or 4 DVD]Works: Carmen; Tosca; Faust; Werther Artists: Jonas Kaufmann, Emily Magee, Thomas Hampson, Vesselina Kasarova, Isabel Rey, Sophie Koch, René Pape et al. Paris Opera; Zurich Opera; MET OperaThese DVD/Blu-ray sets per-

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Verdi: Otello / Botha, Fleming [BR or DVD]Artists: Semyon Bychkov/Metropolitan Opera Orch. & Chorus. Renée Fleming; Falk Struckmann; Johan Botha; Mi-chael Fabiano; Stephen Gaert-ner. (live, MET 2012) (Decca) Verdi’s late masterpiece is presented in Elijah Moshin-skys classic MET production with sumptuous sets and pe-

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Pete Townshend’s Classic Quadrophenia [BR or DVD]Artists: Pete Townshend, Al-fie Boe, Billy Idol, Phil Daniels, Robert Ziegler/London Oriana Choir; Royal PO (DG)A stunning concert captured in July of 2015 at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall, this is the orchestral presentation of The Who’s 1973 groundbreak-

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Berg: Lulu (Berlin Version) / Barenboim [DVD]Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin. Michael Volle; Mojca Erdmann; Deborah Polaski. (DVD) (DG) DGG B002275109 $25.98David Robert Coleman worked on Berg’s sketches of Lulu (which was a fragment at Berg’s death in 1935) adding a number of jazz instruments for a “Berlin version.” Features Mojca Erdmann and the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Stage directed by Andrea Breth.

Mozart: The Complete Operas on DVD Video [33 DVDs]This deluxe 33-DVD set of the complete Mozart operas as staged at the 2006 Salzburg Festival include every opera and Singspiel, rarities and scenic fragments, plus “making-of” bonus

material, artist interviews and rehearsal excerpts, all of which is presented in High-Definition and 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound. (33 DVDs) (Decca) 33 DEC B002571709 $109.98

Verdi: Macbeth / Netrebko, Calleja [BR or DVD]Artists: Fabio Luisi/MET Opera Orch. & Chorus. Anna Netrebko; René Pape; Joseph Calleja; Zeljko Lucic) (DG) (Blu-Ray) DGG B002401259 $35.98 (2 DVD) 2 DGG B002401309 $35.98Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House in Octo-ber, 2014, this thrilling performance of Verdi’s Macbeth features star soprano, Anna Netrebko, as the scheming Lady Macbeth. “This was incisive, exacting Verdi sing-ing, with gleaming top notes. She is a soprano with star power in the best sense.” (New York Times)

Anna Netrebko - Live from The Salzburg Festival: 3 Operas [4 DVD]

Works: W.A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Puccini: La bohème; Verdi: La traviata Artists: Anna Netrebko; Thomas Hampson; Piotr Beczala; Ildebrando D’Arcangelo; Carlo Colombara (4 DVD-Video) (DG) 4 DGG B002155209 $32.98The three Salzburg roles

featuring Anna Netrebko here - Violetta, Susanna and Mimì - represent artistic milestones in her out-standing stage career.

Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore [BR or DVD]Artists: Pablo Heras-Casado/Balthasar Neumann Chorus & Ensemble. Rolando Villazón; Roman Trekel; Ildebrando D’Arcangelo; Miah Persson; Regula Muhlemann. (Deutsche Grammophon) Inspired by the cartoon character Lucky Luke and the Spaghetti Western-tradition, Rolando Villazón’s staging, in his directorial début, is not only set in a film studio in the thirties but also is a Western at the same time. (Blu-Ray) DGG B002155659 $32.98 (DVD) DGG B002155709 $23.98

Pianist Grigory Sokolov Live at the Berlin Philharmonie [DVD]Works: Schubert: Impromptus, D899; Klavierstücke, D946; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 ‘Hammerk-lavier’; Brahms; Rameau Artists: Grigory Sokolov, piano (DG) (DVD Video) DGG B002462909 $19.98Pianist Grigory Sokolov is regarded as one of the world’s leading pianists and is adored by his audience in sold-out concerts. He is a musician dedicated to his art and nothing else. “The greatest pianist alive today.” -International Piano

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Bellini: Norma / Siri, Ganassi [BR or DVD]Artists: Maria Jose Siri; Sonia Ganassi; Rubens Pelizzari; Nicola Ulivieri; Michele Gamba/Orch. Filarmonica (Dynamic) (DVD) DYN 37768 $29.99 (Blu-Ray) DYN 57768 $38.99 This production was recorded at the Macerata Opera Fes-tival, and features a superb cast. It was a particularly great success for Uruguayan sopra-

no Maria Jose Siri, who performs the title role, and Italian mezzo Sonia Ganassi who is Adalgisa.

Bizet: Carmen / Arquez [BR or DVD]Artists: Gaelle Arquez; Daniel Johansson; Scott Hendricks; Elena Tsallagova. Paolo Carignam/Vienna SO. (C Major) (DVD) CME 742208 $24.99 (Blu-Ray) CME 742304 $33.49“The French singer Gaδlle Arquez proves to be a lucky find. Not only her massive, shimmering mezzo-soprano is convincing, but her high-quality acting skills as well.” (Salzburger Nachrichten)

Mozart: Lucio Silla [BR or DVD]Artists: Spicer; Ruiten; Marc Minkowski/Orch. & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala (C Major Video) (2 DVD) 2 CME 743308 $38.99 (Blu-Ray) CME 743404 $33.49The staging by Marshall Pynkoski - who special-ized in eighteenth-century opera with strong insights into Baroque dance, drama and gestures - pays particular attention to detail in this production.

Handel: Alcina / Petibon; Jaroussky [2 DVD]Artists: Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic, Anthony Gregory, Krzysztof Baczyk, Elias Madler. Andrea Marcon/Freiburger Barock-orchester; MusicAeterna. (Warner) (2 DVD) 2 WRNC 556117DV $24.99 Philippe Jaroussky as Ruggiero is in thrall to Patricia

Petibon as the sorceress Alcina in Katie Mitchell’s virtuosic production of Handel’s opera from the 2015 Aix-en-Provence Festival, described by Bachtrack as “a night of a thousand delights”.

Luigi Rossi (1597-1653): L’Orfeo [2 DVD]Artists: Judith van Wanroij; Francesca Aspromonte; Giuseppina Bridelli; Giulia Semenzato; Luigi de Donato; Ray Chenez; Renato Doleini; Dominique Visse; Victor Torres; Marc Mauillon; David Tricou (2 DVD-Video) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 9859058 $29.99 The dramatic power of the myth of Orpheus is brilliantly

conveyed in Jetske Mijnssen’s production, which transposes the story into contemporary terms, to evoke the timeless experience of love and death that humanity both desires and fears.

Ludwig Minkus: Don Quixote [BR or DVD]Artists: Maria Yakovleva; Denys Cherevychko; Kevin Rhodes/Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. (C Major Video) (DVD) CME 742408 $24.99 (BR) CME 742504 $33.49Marking the 400th anniversary of Cervantes’s death, Don Quixote is here seen in the revised version by Nureyev which the French choreogra-

pher Manuel Legris - once a noted Basil himself in his days as an “étoile” in Nureyev’s Paris troupe - devised for the Wiener Staatsballett.

Johann Strauss: Wiener Blut [DVD]Artists: Harald Serafin, Rainer Trost, Noemi Nadelmann, Freddie Schwardtmann, Margareta Klobucar, Alexander Grill. Rudolf Bibl/Morbisch Festival Orch. & Chorus (Videoland) VDLD 014 $29.99 Set at the time of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), the work follows a traditional operetta plot full of mistaken identities. The music, which includes the Blue Danube Waltz, is sublime.

Puccini: Tosca / Alvarez, Rattle [BR or DVD]Artists: Kistine Opolais; Marcelo Alvarez; Marco Vralogna; Simon Rattle/Berlin PO (EuroArts (Warner) (DV) EUAW 26417EDV $23.99 (BR) EUAW 26417E $26.99In a spectacular staging by Philipp Himmelmann, this pro-duction offers a fresh, sexy view on this beloved classic. Kristine Opolais changes into the well-

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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker [BR or DVD]Artists: Laruen Cuthbertson; Federico Bonelli; Francesco Hayward; Alexander Campbell; Gary Avis; Boris Gruzin/Orch. of the ROH. (Opus Arte) (DVD) BOA 1252D $29.99 (Blu-Ray) BOA 7229D $38.99The Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker is the quintessen-tial Christmas ballet. “The Royal Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, always handsomely traditional, has become a tradition of its own.” (The Independent)

O Come, Little Children [DVD]Artists: Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Mack Wilbers; Ryan Murphy; Orchestra at Temple Square (1 DVD) (Mormon Tabernacle) MRMT 5186355 $19.99 Performed by the world-renowned Mormon Tab-ernacle Choir, accompanied by the Orchestra at Temple Square, and featuring the singularly beau-tiful voice of acclaimed tenor Rolando Villazon, this album takes the listener on a joyful journey through timeless classics that celebrate the season.

Tchaikovsky / Martinu: Anastasia [BR or DVD]Artists: Natalia Osipova; Simon Hewett/Orch. of the ROH. (Opus Arte) (DVD) BOA 1243D $29.99 (Blu-Ray) BOA 7222D $38.99Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMilan’s haunting ballet to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinu. ‘An-astasia’ tells the story of Anna

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Elly Ney performs Beethoven [2 CD & DVD]Works: Beethoven: Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 (historical archive footage) +audio of Mozart: Piano Trio, K 564; Piano Quartets K 478 & 493 Artists: Elly Ney (pno) (2 CD / DVD-Video) (Arthaus) 3 AHM 109336 $69.99 Elly Ney (1882-1968) is a myth, a legend. Some worshipped her as the high priestess of Beethoven, for others she was Hitler’s pianist. With the help of contemporary witnesses, experts and music re-searchers this film explores the real causes for Elly Ney’s great successes in America and her cultural-political entanglements in the Third Reich.

Siegfried Wagner: An allem ist Hütchen schuld! [DVD]Artists: Lueg; Priese; Broberg; Ostertag; Purga; Vanzelli; Carrel; Saurbrey; Wolleschen; Schmidt; Lionel Friend/Munich; Bochum SO. (1 DVD-Video) (Marco Polo) MCPO 2220006 $29.99 An allem ist Hutchen Schuld! is a fairy-tale opera set to the composer’s own libretto which

is fashioned into a fantasia collage of more than 40 fairy tales, many taken from stories by the Brothers Grimm. This is the world premiere recording of the complete opera.

The Art of David Hallberg at the Bolshoi [BR or DVD] Works: Works by Francois, Auber, Tchaikovsky Artists: David Hallberg; Zazharova; Allash; Ob-raztsova; Smirnova; Chudin; Grigorovich; Lacotte; Bolshoi Ballet. (Bel Air Classiques) (2 DVD) 2 BAC 617 $38.99 (2 Blu-Ray) 2 BAC 618 $49.99This stunning release is a tribute to the art of David Hallberg, the first main American soloist ever to be hired by the Bolshoi Ballet. With its scenes of pantomime, devilish intrigue, rejected suitors, kid-napping heroines, rebellion, and lovers misunder-standings, Marco Spada is a fresh and joful ballet to discover.

The Art of Svetlana Zakharova at the Bolshoi [BR or DVD]Works: Swan Lake; la Bayadere; The Sleeping Beauty; La Fille du Pharaon Artists: Zakharova; Hallberg; Rodkin; Belyakov; Filin; Lacotte; Grigorivich; Bolshoi Ballet. (Bel Air Classiques) (4 DVD) 4 BAC 615 $49.99 (4 Blu-Ray) 4 BAC 616 $58.49This new release is a tribute to the art and el-egance of Svetlana Zakharova, “prima ballerina assoluta” and queen of the Bolshio Ballet. Also included on this release is a special documentary about the creation of the ballet at the Bolshoi and an exclusive interview with Pierre Lacotte.

Tribute to Stephane & DjangoArtists: Miek de Bruijn; Andreas Varady; Modern Art Orch. (1 DVD-Video) (Avanti Classic) AVTC 10533 $29.99 For this album they surrounded themselves with the superlative big band of the Modern Art Orchestra and by two first rate Jazzmen of the younger generation: thrilling drummer Niek de Bruijn and guitar sensation Andreas Varady.

Exhibition on Screen - Michelangelo: Love and DeathArtists: Phil Grabsky (1 DVD-Video) (Seventh Art Productions) SHAP 199 $22.99 Through expert commentary and Michelangelo’s own words, this film takes a fresh look at an enigmatic man whose life is celebrated in every mark and every stroke he made. A giant artistic

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Diana Damrau [BR or DVD]Artists: Diana Damrau; Charles Castronovo; Ludovic Tezier; Kwangchul Youn; Daniel Oren/Orch. of the ROH. (Warner Classics) (DVD) WRNC 564133DV $22.98 | (Blu-Ray) WRNC 564133 $23.99Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her sensitive musicianship and her acute psycho-logical insight. In this DVD of Katie Mitchell’s sometimes radical production of Lucia di Lammermoor she is, as the Financial Times wrote, “brilliantly convincing”.

Waldbuehne 2017 - Open Air Berlin, Legends of the Rhine [BR or DVD]Works: Schumann: Symphony No. 3 ‘Rhenish’; Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey

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The Royal Opera Collection / 18 productions from the ROH [18 BR or 22 DVD]Works: Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni, Magic Flute; Macbeth; La Traviata; Carmen; Parsifal; La Boheme; Il Tritico; Turandot; Salome; Krol Roger; Gloriana; Written on Skin; Cavalleria Rusticana; Pagliacci Artists: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (Opus Arte) (22 DVD) 22 BOA 1244BD $157.99 | (18 Blu-Ray) 18 BOA 7223BD $157.99The Royal Opera Collection brings together eighteen outstanding productions from The Royal Opera, spanning all-time classics and contemporary masterpieces. A special edition book is also included, containing new articles about The Royal Opera, richly illustrated with stunning photographs.

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Anouar Brahem, Oud / Blue Maqams Released for his 60th birth-day, Blue Maqams offers many reasons to celebrate. It brings the Tunisian oud master together with three brilliant improvisers: the “Maqams” of the title refers to the Arabic modal music

system, rendered kind of blue by the jazz players. While Brahem and Holland first collaborated 20 years ago on the very widelyacclaimed Thimar album, Brahem meets Jack DeJohnette and British pianist Django Bates for the first time here. ECM B002734002 $17.48 On Sale

Avishai Cohen, Trumpet / Cross My Palm With SilverFor his second ECM album Avishai Cohen presents a program which pust the focus on the ensemble, on teamwork, with a quartet of the highest calibre. The adroit, almost telepathic

interplay among the musicians allows Cohen to soar, making it clear why he is one of the most talked-about jazz musicians on the contemporary scene. ECM B002654302 $17.48 On Sale

Benedikt Jahnel Trio / The InvariantThe Invariant is issued as the group goes on tour to celebrate its tenth anniversary as a working unit. A distinctive and original pianist, Jahnel is also a prolific writer and The Invariant pools the best of many piec-es he has composed, road-tested and revised in the last five years, incorporating the dynamic responses of his trio partners into the fabric of the musical mate-rial. ECM B002621402 $17.48 On Sale

David Virelles, Piano / GnosisIn this vivid and exciting proj-ect, the Santiago-raised/New York-based pianist-composer David Virelles looks towards one melting pot from the vantage point of another. A far-reaching work with deep cultural roots, Gnosis speaks

of transculturation and traditions, and of the com-plex tapestry of Cuba’s music - the sacred, the secular, and the ritualistic - but the work’s shapes and forms could only have been created by a gifted contemporary player thoroughly versed in the art of the improvisers. ECM B002718802 $17.48 On Sale

Django Bates’ Belovèd / The Study Of TouchBritish pianist Django Bates returns to ECM with one of his very finest constellations - three highly individual players subtly challenge the conventions of the jazz piano trio. Bates’ freewheeling, free-flowing virtuosic melodic sense. The terse, percus-sive edge of Eldh’s bass provides momentum and drummer Bruun details the music with an almost painterly touch. In the crowded world of the piano trio, Belovèd has developed a sound all its own. ECM B002752302 $17.48 On Sale

Julia Hülsmann, Piano / Sooner and LaterBerlin-based pianist Julia Hülsmann’s Sooner And Later distills the experience of journeys to distant destinations “where something special developed. It helped to open up new sonic territory for us.” All three members of the trio contribute compositions to the album and the program is rounded out by a Radiohead cover which help emphasize the subtle rhythmic, almost clubby, aspects of the trio’s mu-sic. ECM B002629902 $17.48 On Sale

Keith Jarrett / A Multitude of Angels [4 CDs]This 4-CD set documents the conclusion of Keith Jarrett’s experiments with long-form improvisation in performances from Modena, Ferrara, Turin, and Genova in October 1996. “These were the last concerts I played having no breaks

within each set,” Jarrett explains in his liner notes. The arc of the music is characteristically comprehen-sive: “Jazz is ever present here, alongside my deep closeness with classical music, both modern and ancient. 4 ECM B002582802 $55.98 On Sale

Maciej Obara Quartet / UnlovedMaciej Obara makes a striking ECM debut with Unloved, an album whose expressive range em-braces tender lyricism and impassioned, fiery, powerful playing. Bar one track, the themes are by the highly inventive alto saxophonist Obara who emphasizes however that they “serve as outlines, from which our sound is set free. My friends are amazing improvisers. I love their ability to move around freely in open spaces, and the way they shape and give color to what I have in mind... “ ECM B002752502 $17.48 On Sale

Meredith Monk / On Behalf of Nature“This magical disc is both rite and protest, inspired by poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder who calls for the artist to stand as ‘spokes-person for non-human enti-ties... to speak on behalf of nature’. Monk’s response is a

meditation on our fragile ecosystem, though avoid-ing the polemical through her characteristic sense of wonder and play... the recording is crisp and all performances strong.” -BBC Music Magazine, Feb-ruary 2017 ECM B002580802 $17.48 On Sale

Ralph Towner, Guitar / My Foolish HeartSolo music is an important thread through Ralph Towner’s rich discography and he returns to this on My Foolish Heart, a perfect showcase for his immediately identifiable touch, whether on classi-cal guitar or 12-string. It features finely-honed new compositions, as well as a pair of tunes from the songbook of Oregon, and a single standard. ECM B002617802 $17.48 On Sale

Roscoe Mitchell / Bells for the South SideRoscoe Mitchell contrasts and - for the first time - combines the sounds and distinctive characters of his four trios in an exhilarating double album recorded at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Multi-instrumentalist and composer Mitchell had been invited to premiere new music at the mu-seum and offers what amounts to a composer self-portrait in continually changing colors and textures, reflecting on his own history while looking toward the future. 2 ECM B002678402 $25.98 On Sale

Stefano Battaglia, Piano / Pelagos [2 CDs]Stefano Battaglia plays both piano and prepared piano in a highly attractive 2-CD pro-gram that includes mainly his own compositions and spon-taneous improvisations. The melodic and texturally-inven-tive pieces, some of almost

hypnotic allure, were recorded in 2016 and sub-sequently arranged into what Battaglia describes as “a wonderful new shape with a completely new dramaturgy” by producer Manfred Eicher. 2 ECM B002726302 $25.98 On Sale

Theo Bleckmann, Vocals / ElegyVocalist Theo Bleckmann is a sound painter who cre-ates what JazzTimes has described aptly as “luminous webs” in music. This strik-ing label debut as a leader showcases Bleckmann as a composer as much as a

singer, with several instrumental pieces voiced by what he calls his “ambient” band of kindred-spirits. ECM B002614802 $17.48 On Sale

Thomas Morgan, Bass; Bill Frisell, Guitar / Small TownSmall Town presents guitarist Bill Frisell and bass-ist Thomas Morgan in a program of duets, the po-etic chemistry of their playing captured live at New York’s hallowed Village Vanguard. Small Town sees Frisell and Morgan pay homage to jazz elder Lee Konitz with his “Subconscious Lee,” and there are several country/blues-accented Frisell origi-nals, including the hauntingly melodic title track. The duo caps the set with an inimitable treatment of John Barry’s famous James Bond theme “Gold-finger.” ECM B002654602 $17.48 On Sale

Tim Berne’s Snakeoil / IncidentalsIncidentals is the fourth al-bum from his spirited Snake-oil band. The music is char-acteristically action-packed in the Berne tradition: powerful, dynamic, often fast-moving - yet also very clear in all its teeming detail. This time they

are joined by Ryan Ferreira and David Torn who solo amid often thunderous percussion and over serpentine melody outlined by the horns. ECM B002707402 $17.48 On Sale

Vijay Iyer, Piano / Far from Over“Rambunctious, furiously funky... . (the sextet of-fers) the sort of head-bobbing drive and invention that has landed Iyer on multiple best-of lists over the years.” (LA Times) Iyer reaches a new peak here. The album feature virtuoso improvisers le-veraging a wealth of jazz history even as it pushes boldly forward. The music ranges from the thrill-ingly explosive to the cathartically elegiac), with melodic hooks, entrancing atmosphere, rhythmic muscle and an elemental spirit all part of the allure. ECM B002707302 $17.48 On Sale

Chris Potter, Sax / The Dreamer Is the DreamFor his third ECM release as a leader, Chris Potter pres-ents a new acoustic quartet that naturally blends me-lodic rhapsody with rhythmic muscle. Potter is an artist who “employs his considerable technique in service of music

rather than spectacle,” says The New Yorker, and his composing develops in texture and atmosphere with every album. ECM B002640002 $17.48 On Sale

Gary Peacock Trio / TangentsSome of the great bassist Gary Peacock’s finest music has been made in piano trios. Early in his musical life, Peacock established a fresh role for the bass as an independent melodic voice, a concept carried forward in the history-making groups he’s played with - from Paul Bley’s and Bill Evans’s trios to Keith Jarrett’s. He is also an influential bandleader: Tangents, the second, stunning trio release with Marc Copland and Joey Baron, draws on years of shared playing in diverse contexts. ECM B002713002 $17.48 On Sale

John Abercrombie Quartet / Up and ComingGuitarist John Abercrom-bie - who has recorded as a leader for ECM since 1974 - returns with a second al-bum by this quartet. Similar virtues of lyrical melody and harmonic/rhythmic subtlety are apparent with even more

emphasis on the enduring values of song. The al-bum showcases Abercrombie’s liquid phrasing and glowing tone. ECM B002611502 $17.48 On Sale


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Bud Powell, piano / The Classic Recordings, 1949-1956 [4 CDs]Songs: Deep Night; That Old Black Magic; Thou Swell; Tenderly; How High the Moon; Celia; Cherokee; I’ll Keep Loving You; So Sorry Please; Het Happy; April in Paris; Body and Soul et al.

4 EGHT EN4CD9096 $17.99This four disc set brings together the complete early LPs that Bud Powell released as leader or co-leader, containing eight full albums in total.

Thelonious Monk, piano / The Complete Albums Collection: 1957-1961

Following a stream of mag-nificent and hugely influen-tial albums in the early to mid-1950s, the latter part of the decade and the lead up towards his signing for Columbia Records proved a major transitional period for

jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk. 5 EGHT EN5CD9049 $21.99

B.B. King, guitar / The Complete Recordings 1949-1962 [6 CDs]Across the six discs com-prising this boxed set lie the foundations of one of the most enduring legacies in all of the blues. Featuring more than 160 cuts and over eight hours of music, this compila-

tion will surely remain the ultimate collection of B.B. King’s output - a catalogue which most blues fans regard as home to some of the finest music ever released. 6 EGHT EN6CD9055 $21.99

Clark Terry, trumpet / The Complete Albums Collection: 1961-1963Songs: Blue Waltz; Out in the Cold Again; The Simple Waltz; This is Always; Lullabye; Among My Souve-nirs; In the Alley; Michelle; As You Desire Me; and more 4 EGHT EN4CD9081 $17.99

There are few who can claim to have had the same impact in the American jazz scene as Clark Terry. With over four hours of superbly presented and remastered music, this set provides the back-drop for another chapter in this exceptional musi-cians’ career.

Johnny Griffin, tenor sax / The Riverside Collection: 1958-1962 [4 CDs]Songs: Catharsis; Hot Sausage; Cherokee; Little John; 63rd Street; Wade in The Water; Meditation; So Tired; Good Bait; Low Gravy; Soft and Furry; Left Alone; The Londonderry Air et al. 4 EGHT EN4CD9109 $17.99Featuring eight fully-remastered albums, contain-ing in total more than five hours of music, this set can serve as both a fitting introduction to this truly exceptional player, and a welcome reminder for jazz fans of what an inspiring and influential musi-cian the man dubbed the fastest tenor in the west really was at this time.

Thelonious Monk, piano / Complete Albums Collection, 1954-1957 Thelonious Monk was one of the finest pianists and composers in American jazz history. His unique im-provisational style made heavy use of dissonances and angular melodic twists and were consistent with Monk’s unorthodox approach to the piano. Monk is 2nd only to Duke Ellington as the most recorded jazz composer of all time. 5 EGHT EN5CD9048 $21.99

Sonny Stitt, saxophone / The Classic Albums Collection: 1957-1963 [4 CDs]

Songs: Easy to Love; For Some Friends; I Never Knew; Original; Blues Greasy; After Hours; Be-Bop; We; Dark Eyes; Au Privave; The Gyp-sy; Moten Swing; Easy Does It; Angel Eyes et al. 4 EGHT EN4CD9107 $17.99

Demonstrating Stitt’s extraordinary skill on both the alto and tenor saxophones, this compilation serves as a welcome reminder of why, some 35 years after his passing in 1982, he retains such respect and acclaim among the jazz cognoscenti.

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, tenor sax / The Prestige Collection: 1958-1961 [4 CDs]

Songs: Have Horm Will Blow; The Chef; Old Devil Moon; But Not For Me; The Rev; Skillet; I Surrener Dear; Dansero; Jaws; Walk Away; Simmmerin’; and many more 4 EGHT EN4CD9108 $17.99Presented here with delight-

ful, remastered audio and in their completion, the set includes over five hours of extraordinary music, and serves as the perfect introduction to this mae-stros work, or as a welcome reminder of a musi-cian whose enormous contributions to the jazz genre are, on occasion, criminally overlooked.

Sonny Rollins, tenor sax / The Complete Blue Note & Riverside Collections [4 CDs]

Songs: Decision; Sonnysphere; Misterioso; Poor Butterfly; Come, Gone; Wagon Wheels; Way Out West; Just In Time; The Last Time I Saw Paris; Just In Time; Toot, Toot, Tootsie; Dearly Beloved et al.

4 EGHT EN4CD9101 $17.99A masterclass in jazz saxophone and improvisa-tion, the five hours of music contained here in-cludes many of the defining moments of the bebop era and serves as a superb starting point for explo-ration into this majestic musician s catalogue.

Wes Montgomery, guitar / The Classic Recordings: 1960-1962 [4 CDs]

In 1959 Wes Montgomery was signed to the Riverside Records label, and remained there until late in 1963, just before the company went bankrupt. The recordings made during this period are widely considered by fans

and jazz historians to be Montgomery’s best and most influential, and it’s from this era that these re-cordings are drawn. 4 EGHT EN4CD9040 $21.99

Charles Mingus, double bass / The Complete Albums Collection 1957-1960

Songs: Bed Time; Tell Me; Better Git in Your Soul; Boo-gie Stop Shuffle; Bird Calls; 2 Jelly Roll; Nostalgia in Times Square; Cryin’ Blues; Moanin’; Tensions; and more Renowned for his virtuoso musical ability, his compo-

sitional genius and his astonishing body of work, Charles Mingus has left an enduring and revered legacy equal to, if not surpassing, any other jazz musician. 4 EGHT EN4CD9094 $17.99

Bill Evans: Twelve Classic Albums, 1956-1962 [6 CDs]Albums: New Jazz Conceptions, Portrait in Jazz, Moon Beams, Undercurrent, How My Heart Sings! et al. (6 CDs)(Enlightenment) EGHT EN6CD9025 $21.99These 12 albums are the first group of recordings under the leadership of the piano genius Bill Evans, a man revered in the annals of jazz for the groundbreak-ing invention and impressionistic beauty of his music.

Cannonball Adderley, alto sax / The Complete Albums Collection 1955-1958

Cannonball Adderley remains one of the most respected and fondly-remembered sax-ophonists in all of jazz. With a sound that was uniquely his own and a repertoire that saw him support - and in turn be supported by - some of the

greatest musicians and groups to emerge during the period, Adderley is the stuff of legend and his catalog of work is still today among the finest of any jazz master. 4 EGHT EN4CD9082 $17.99

Cannonball Adderley, alto sax / The Complete Albums Collection 1960-1962Songs: What’s New’; I Want to Be Happy; Street of Dreams; Rue Prevail; My Romance; Fly Me to the Moon; Naima; Along Came Betty; Domino; In Love in Vain et al. 4 EGHT EN4CD9084 $17.99Having appeared on some of the most important albums in jazz history, including Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue (a record which singlehandedly shifted the direction of modern jazz), Adderley also boasted a plethora of his own fine LPs which helped nurture the talents of many future greats.

Charles Mingus, double bass / The Complete Albums Collection 1953-1957Songs: What Is This Thing Called Love’ ?; Darn That Dream; Yesterdays; Body and Soul; Blue Moon; Blue Tide; Miss Bliss; Eclipse; Pink Topsy; Blue Tide et al. 4 EGHT EN4CD9093 $17.99 One of the most important figures in the development of American music, Charles Mingus will forever be remembered as being amongst the most inspirational and innovative musicians of the 20th Century. This set will prove a delight for both the long term fan and those new to the glories of Charles Mingus’ music.

Zoot Sims, saxophone / 12 Classic Albums: 1956-1962 [6 CDs]John Haley “Zoot” Sims was an American jazz saxophonist born in Inglewood, California and grew up in a performing family. He learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age. This 6 CD collection

features the most important and challenging of Zoot’s early albums from the period during which this mav-erick player was among the most respected musi-cians of the time. 6 EGHT EN6CD9042 $21.99

Hampton Hawes, piano / Complete Albums Collection, 1955-61 [4 CDs]Songs: I Got Rhythm; These Foolish Things; Yesterdays; Autumn in New York; Night in Tunisia; Billy Boy; Body and Soul; Coolin’ the Blues; Jordu; Groovin’ High; Section Blues 4 EGHT EN4CD9098 $17.99

One of the finest and most influential bebop and hard-bop pianists of the 1950s, Hampton Hawes’ impeccable sense of timing, swing and expression has left a permanent mark on the entire jazz genre.

Charles Mingus, upright bass / Complete Albums Collection 1960-1963 [4 CDs]Songs: Dizzy Modds; Tijuana Gift Shop; Flamingo; Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am; Passions of a Man; Clark in the Dark; Freedom; My Search; In a Mellotone; Solo Dancer; Group Dancer; Trio and Group Dancers et al. 4 EGHT EN4CD9095 $17.99Containing over five hours of music from the great man and featuring some of the finest jazz ever recorded, the sheer magnificence of his talents is here displayed in all its glory.


Jazz for Christmas Jazz for Christmas

Make it a Jazzy Christmas!

Boney James, saxophone / Christmas PresentSongs: Skating; Santa Baby; O Tannenbaum; River; The First Noel; Merry Christmas Baby; My Grown Up Christmas List; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Silent Night; Auld Lang Syne CNC 30329 $11.98

“The more recent of two Christmas albums by the grooviest sax man around, Boney gets some vocal assistance from Chanti Moore on ‘Santa Baby’ and from Anthony Hamilton on ‘Silent Night’. Rick Brauns ‘s smooth trumpet brings out the tenderness of ‘The First Noel’...” -Customer review

Brian Culbertson, piano / A Soulful ChristmasSongs: Joy to the World; Deck the Halls; Jingle Bells; The First Noel; All Through the Christmas Night; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Come Children See Him; Little Drummer Boy Artists: Michael McDonald; Eric Mari-

enthal; Paul Jackson, Jr.; Ricky Peterson; Warren Hill; Brian Bromberg GRP B000755802 $11.98 “Calling this work A Soulful Christmas is a good marketing idea, but soul is only the beginning of a collection that truly captures the many emotions of the holidays -- and the artist at his most creative.” ~ All Music

Diana Krall, voice, piano / Christmas SongsSongs: Jingle Bells; Let It Snow; The Christmas Song; Winter Wonderland; Christmas Time Is Here; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; White Christmas; Sleigh Ride; Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep

Artists: Diana Krall VRV B000471702 $11.98 “Krall learned early on that she’s better off being sultry than belting.” - Entertainment Weekly

Ella Fitzgerald / 10 Great Christmas SongsSongs: Joy to the World; The First Noel; O Holy Night; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Come All Ye Faithful; Away in a Manger; We Three Kings; Silent Night Artists: Ella Fitzgerald EMD 045792 $11.98 “I love anything Ella! And I love Christmas! The two together really lift my spirits. A great addition to any Christmas music collection. Classic traditional songs sung by a great voice.” -Customer review

The Count Basie Orchestra / A Very Swingin’ Basie ChristmasSongs: Jingle Bells; Let It Snow; It’s the Holiday Season; Silent Night; Little Drummer Boy; Sleigh Ride; Winter Wonderland; I’ll Be Home for Christ-mas Artists: Ellis Marsalis (Pno); Plas Johnson (Sax); Scott Barnhart (Tpt) CNC CJA38450 $11.98 In celebration of the 80th Anniversary, The Count Basie Orchestra releases its first Christmas album, A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas!

Charles Brown / Cool Christmas BluesSongs: Merry Christmas Baby; Christmas in Heaven; Bringing In a Brand New Year; Santa’s Blues; Blue Holiday; Please Come Home for Christmas; A Song for Christmas Artists: Charles Brown (singer, piano); John-

ny Otis; Bobby Forte RDR 1166195612 $11.98 “Charles Brown is responsible for one of the blue-siest Christmas tunes ever, “Please Come Home for Christmas.” Countless individuals and groups have covered this heartbreak classic...” ~ All Music

Dave Brubeck, piano / A Dave Brubeck ChristmasSongs: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Joy to the World; Away In a Manger; Winter Wonderland; O Little Town of Behlehem; What Child Is This?; To Us Is Given; Silent Night et al. TLC 83410 $11.98 Dave Brubeck lends a sincere interpretation to the light hearted favorite “Jingle Bells” and treats “Greensleeves” and “Winter Wonderland” with his expected imaginative improvisations.

Dave Koz, saxophone / The 25th of DecemberSongs: The First Noel; This Christmas; Do You Hear What I Hear?; My Grown Up Christmas List; Another Silent Night; O Holy Night CNC CRE35864 $16.48 “This is a warm-hearted and laid-back album full of tradi-

tional songs, standards, and a few contemporary originals. Joining Koz here are such artists as Kenny G, Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, India.Arie and Trombone Shorty.” ~ All Music

Jimmy Smith, organ / Christmas ‘64Songs: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Jingle Bells; We Three Kings; The Christmas Song; White Christmas; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Silent Night; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen VRV B000283502 $11.98

The master of the Hammond B-3 tickles the keys in full holiday mode on CHRISTMAS ‘64. Compared to most Christmas albums, this is plenty groovy, with lots of Smith’s trademark dexterity and bop runs on offer.

David Benoit, piano / Remembering ChristmasSongs: Skating; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Angels We Have Heard On High; Christmas Time Is Here; Do You Hear What I Hear?; Silent Night; Remembering Christmas; The First Noel Artists: David Benoit; Dave Brubeck; Earl Klugh; Michael Franks GRP GRD9852 $11.98 “I was looking for some good background Christ-mas music and ran across this CD... Everyone who hears it loves it. It includes several of the Charlie Brown Christmas songs and if you don’t already own it, this fills that gap nicely.” -Customer review

Oscar Peterson / An Oscar Peterson ChristmasSongs: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; What Child Is This?; Let It Snow; White Christmas; Jingle Bells; I’ll Be Home for Christmas; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas Waltz; Silent Night Artists: Oscar Peterson

(pno) Dave Samuels TLC 83372 $11.98 “...holy, holy, holy....Every cut is a gem on this recording...” -Jazziz

Ramsey Lewis Trio / Sound of ChristmasSongs: Merry Christmas Baby; Winter Wonderland; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; The Sound of Christmas; Sleigh Ride; What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? Artists: Ramsey Lewis, piano; Eldee Young, bass; Red Holt, drums MCA 91566 $11.98 “This is a pleasing, if rather brief (29 minutes) Christ-mas jazz album... the set features the Ramsey Lewis Trio on ten Christmas songs...” ~ All Music

Joyful Jazz! Christmas With Verve, Volume 1: The VocalistsSongs: The Christmas Song; Baby, It’s Cold Outside; Christmas Time Is Here; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; It Must Be Christmas; I’ll Be Home For Christmas; White Christmas; and more

Artists: Mel Torme; Willie Nelson; Norah Jones; Patti Austin; Diana Krall; Betty Carter; Billie Holi-day; Louis Armstrong VRV B002570702 $11.98 Joyful Jazz celebrates the holiday season by pull-ing together some of the most iconic Verve vocal-ists singling classic holiday favorites.

Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part 3Song: Frosty The Snowman (Bing Crosby); Jingle Bells (Johnny Mercer); Winter Wonderland (Dean Martin); White Christmas (Peggy Lee); Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Lou Rawls); That’s What I Want for Christmas (Nancy Wilson) et al. CPT 785032 $15.48 “For me, personally, Nancy Wilson can do no wrong. I just love her, and this track is hard to find…” -Customer review

Various Artists / Verve Unmixed ChristmasSongs: Good Morning Blues; ‘Zat You Santa Claus; What Are You Doing New Years Eve; What a Wonderful World; Winter Wonderland; I Am Blessed; Silent Night Artists: Count Basie; Louis Armstrong; Ella Fitzgerald; Billie Holiday; Shirley Horn; Jimmy Smith; Nina Simone; Dinah Washington; Me Torme VRV B001198202 $11.98 “[S]ome of the remixes work extremely well, especially Shirley Horn’s ‘Winter Wonderland.’” - Record Collector

Vince Guaraldi Trio / A Charlie Brown ChristmasArtists: Vince Guaraldi Trio FAN 34027 $11.98 “Standards like ‘Linus and Lucy’ (kids dancing at the rehearsal hall), ‘Christmastime Is Here’ (kids singing outdoors), Guaraldi’s inspired improvisation on “O Tannenbaum” and others make this album a beloved treasure, especially during the holiday season.” -Customer review

Songs: The Christmas Waltz; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Jingle Bells; The First Noel; Mistletoe and Holly; The Christmas Song; I’ll Be Home for Christmas; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; The Little Drummer Boy; The Twelve Days of Christmas; The Bells of Christmas (Greensleeves); I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas; A Baby Just Like You et al. Artists: Frank Sinatra CPT B002700202 $15.48 Ultimate Christmas is the essential new Frank Sinatra holiday collection, showcasing 20 classics from Sinatra’s Capitol and Reprise catalogs such as ‘White Christmas,’ ‘Silent Night,’ ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.’ The collection also honors the Sinatra family tradition of Frank being

joined by his children Nancy, Tina and Frank Jr. on selected tracks.

New! Frank Sinatra / Ultimate Christmas

Other Classic Jazz Artists Celebrate Christmas!Nat King Cole / The Christmas Song [2009]

Songs: Deck the Hall; O Come All Ye Faithful; O Tannenbaum; I Saw Three Ships; O Holy Night; A Cradle in Bethlehem; Joy to the World; Caroling, Caroling; Silent Night; and more Artists: Nat King Cole

CPT 852602 $15.48 “Cole’s smooth vocals coupled with traditional carols and a few modern offerings is the absolute perfect ambiance for any holiday occasion. A definite ‘must-have’ for any holiday CD collection!” -Customer review

Louis Armstrong / What a Wonderful ChristmasSongs: Christmas in New Orleans; White Christmas; Silent Night; Christmas Night in Harlem; Cool Yule; Zat You, Santa Claus?; Santa Baby; Jingle Bells; May Ever-day Be Christmas Artists: Benny Carter Orchestra;

Dinah Washington; Mel Torme; Lionel Hampton; Duke Ellington et al. HPO HIPD40065 $11.98 “... can’t beat Louis Armstrong. Love all his Jazz/Blues music and this Christmas CD is just the cherry on top... Wow, this disc doesn’t disap-point....classic Louis...” - Customer review

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