allegro classical november 2012 new release book

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November 2012

A d iv i s ion of Allegro MediA group

Pieter WisPelWeyJ.S. BACH6 SuiteS for Cello Solo

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release date: november 13, 2012 evil penguin records

Pieter Wispelwey: cello

J.S. BACH: 6 Suites for Solo Cello, BWV 1007–1012

A new instrument, new sonorities, and new insights motivated Pieter Wispelwey to make this new recording of Bach’s integral Cello Suites. The bonus DVD was shot in the unique, historic ambiance of Wadham and Magdalen College, Oxford; it features Wispelwey in

musical and scholarly interaction with acclaimed Bach researchers Laurence Dreyfus and John Butt.

DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 & Dolby Digital 5.1), Not Rated, Run Time: 52 min.

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soMM recordings

Leon McCawley: piano

BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 • Waltzes, Op. 39 • Klavierstücke, Op. 118

“You must hear the recording, but be warned: you may never want to hear another pianist play Op. 118.” — International Record Review

Leon McCawley, prizewinner at the Leeds International Piano Competition, has a special affinity with Brahms’ piano music and the Handel Variations. His thoughts on the music bear the hallmark of a mature artist who has the means and talent to express them. At the heart of the album is the magnificently structured Variations and Fugue, full of vivid and exciting contrasts, exuding joy and majesty.

Mark Bebbington: piano

BLISS: Valses Fantastiques • Toccata • Intermezzo • Study • Piano Sonata • May-Zeeh • Suite for Piano • Miniature Scherzo

“Bebbington’s playing is a model of lucidity and responsiveness that underlines the expressive depths of Bliss’ music … this is a notable start to another important series.” — International Record Review

“Very well played and vividly recorded in Symphony Hall, the disc offers a vivid portrait of one of the most important British composers of the period.” — Gramophone

The first of two volumes of the first-ever complete recording of Sir Arthur Bliss’ solo piano music, this release includes world premiere recordings of many early piano works.

Sir Arthur BLISSThe Complete piano Music, vol. 1

Johannes BRAHMSpiano Music

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Susan Gritton: sopranoSimon Callow: orator

BBC Concert OrchestraJohn Wilson: conductor

ELGAR: Polonia • Carillon • Sospiri • Une Voix dans le désert • Carissima • Le Drapeau Belge • Rosemary • The Sanguine Fan • Sursum Corda

Appalled by the tragic loss of life during World War I, Elgar was inspired to write some of his most beautiful music. Three of the works on this CD feature music set to the poems of Belgian poet Emile Cammaerts, and the rarely-recorded original texts are movingly recited

by the wonderful actor Simon Callow.

Upcoming Interview of John Wilson in Gramophone, and with BBC Radio. Publicity by Shira Gilbert.

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opera d’oro

Maria Callas, Boris Christoff, Enzo Mascherini: vocal soloistsChorus & Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Erich Kleiber: conductor

VERDI : I Vespri Siciliani

“Erich Kleiber leads the chorus and orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in a vigorous reading of the score … Callas gives a lustrous performance, absolutely secure, radiantly lyrical, and deeply expressive. Boris Christoff ’s Procida is complex, dark, and furiously forceful.

Giorgio Kokolios Bardi is little known, but he is an Arrigo with real presence, and his singing is lyrical and heroic. Enzo Mascherini brings warmth and dramatic energy to the troubled Monforte. The ensembles that bring the four together at the end of the fourth

and fifth acts … are vocally and dramatically thrilling. The extraordinary singing will motivate fans of larger-than-life, old-fashioned operatic performances.” — All Music Guide

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release date: november 13, 2012 Cold Blue Music

Daniel LENTZ: Celli • Ingram MARSHALL: Son of Soe-pa • Phillip SCHROEDER: Another Shore • Rick COX: Later • Chas SMITH: Sometimes the Sword of Seven • John Luther ADAMS: Sky with Four Sons • Read MILLER: Come out, sit awhile • break the bottle, and you is lost • Gavin BRYARS: It Never Rains • Michael Jon FINK: Prelude to Alone • James TENNEY: Mallets in the Air • Larry

POLANSKY: Eskimo Lullaby • Peter GARLAND: Nights in the Gardens of Maine • David ROSENBOOM: Hymn of Change • Jim FOX: Colorless sky became fog

“Darkly lyrical, evocative works. Whether plaintive, hypnotic, or enigmatic, this is music that is cool but not unemotional—and always a rich, twilit blue.” — New Sounds

“An alluring, arresting document from a brilliant cast of composers.” — Glenn Kotche (Wilco)

An enthralling anthology of 14 new and previously unrecorded chamber works, many composed specifically for this CD. Cold Blue Two is a sequel to the earlier anthology Cold Blue, which Other Minds founder Charles Amirkanian called “a classic anthology

of American new music.”

Expected Coverage from popular classical music critic Alex Ross.Review Copies to all appropriate reviewers, including NPR and PRI.

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ramée

CAvi-music

Sophie PaciniSchumann & Liszt

Sophie Pacini: piano

SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9 • LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor

Although she is just 22 years old, Sophie Pacini has extraordinarily deep musical expressions and performance skills. The late Karl-Heinz Kaemmerling was her teacher at Salzburg’s Mozarteum, and she has won multiple prizes for her piano recitals. In this recording, the young musician performs works by Schumann and Liszt.

Kilian Herold & Amir KatzClarinet Sonatas

Kulian Herold: clarinet/Amir Katz: piano

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120, No. 2 • REINECKE: Introduzione ed Allegro Appassionato, Op. 256 • DRAESEKE: Clarinet Sonata in B-flat, Op. 38

This release features two young artists in their highest quality performances to date, including Kulian Herold, first clarinet player for the Bremen Chamber Philharmonic. This unusual coupling showcases works by Brahms and his contemporaries.

La MorraLuz del alva

La Morra/Arianna Savall: voice, harp, drum/Petter Johansen: voice, fiddle, drum/Corina Marti: flutes, harpsichord/Michal Gondko: vihuela de mano, gittern, lute, drum/Tore Eketorp: vihuela de arco

Spanish songs and instrumental music of the early Renaissance

La Morra is among the leading formations specializing in late Medieval and early Renaissance European music. The group redefines itself according to the requirements of the projects it undertakes. For Luz del alva, Corina Marti and Michal Gondko join forces with Catalan singer and harpist Arianna Savall, Norwegian singer Petter Johansen, and Swedish historical bowed instruments player Tore Eketorp.

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Silke Avenhaus: piano

WAGNER: A sonata for the album of M.W. • WAGNER/LISZT: Isolde’s Liebestod • LISZT: 7 variations on a theme by Rossini • Soirées de Vienne: Valses-Caprices d’après Franz Schubert No. 9 (Sehnsuchts Waltz) • Li Marinari (Storm Duet), No. 12 from Soirées musicales de

Rossini • R.W.—Venezia • La Lugubre Gondola No. 1 • Après une lecture du Dante from Années de Pèlerinage

“A pianist of star quality.” — All Music Guide

This album presents the cosmos of the Wagner-Liszt-Rossini period of the 19th century. Unusual pieces, including a rare Wagner piano composition, are combined to show their similarities and connections to that time period in music.

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Anima EternaJos van Immerseel: conductor

SCHUBERT: Symphonies Nos. 1–9 (complete)

In 1996 and 1997, Anima Eterna Brugge played and recorded Schubert’s complete symphonies in the particularly innovative interpretation of their conductor, Jos van Immerseel. This interpretation, based on the study of Schubert’s manuscripts and on the instruments used at the time of their first performance, showcases sound colors combining freshness and profundity.

Franz SCHUBERTThe Complete symphoniesCat # ZIG 308 Price Code: 4I (SRP $43.99) Number of Discs: 4 Digipak, Box Lot TBD 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Anima EternaJos van Immerseel: conductor

DEBUSSY: La Mer • Images • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

After devoting recordings to Ravel and Poulenc, Jos van Immerseel returns to French music, tackling Debussy and his most famous orchestral works. He relies on historic instruments with the aim of blending a singular vision of these scores with a highly rigorous approach.

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release date: november 13, 2012 Zig-Zag Territoires

Corina Belcea, Axel Schacher: violin Krzysztof Chorzelski: viola

Antoine Lederlin: cello

BEETHOVEN: String Quartets, Op. 18, Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 6; Op. 59, No. 3; Op. 95; Op. 127; and Op. 131

Since 2001, the Belcea Quartet has built a large repertoire and initiated a discography that has attracted considerable attention. In this particularly propitious moment, the quartet is starting a new, long-term partnership with Zig-Zag Territoires. The collaboration begins

with a complete recording of the Beethoven Quartets, and the group will tour this cycle worldwide through the end of the 2012/13 season.

PERFORMANCE DATESNovember 3 New York, NY – Carnegie Hall

November 4 Boston, MA – Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumNovember 7 New York, NY – Carnegie Hall

November 8 Schenectady, NY – Union CollegeNovember 9 New York, NY – Carnegie Hall

November 10 Durham, NC – Duke University Institute of the ArtsNovember 11 Ann Arbor, MI – University of Michigan

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AlphaMarco Beasley: tenorEnsemble AccordoneGuido Morini: conductor

Neapolitan music from the Renaissance to the 20th century, featuring works by Morini, Falconieri, Willaert, Latilla, Valente, Lama, Cioffi, Daniele, and more

This program of Neapolitan music, covering a vast historical span, is a manifesto of the musical influences that have nurtured Marco Beasley. Guido Morini’s arrangements, written especially for him, make the program particularly appealing. For the first time, the musician explores crossover paths in the broadest sense without being overly complex. Beasley confirms his nickname as “the Baroque crooner” and opens up original orchestrations, taking part in the colossal heritage that influenced modern Western culture.

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Gli IncognitiAmandine Beyer: conductor

VIVALDI: Concertos for Violin & Organ, RV808 & after RV517 (premiere of RV517) • Cello Concertos, RV420 & RV403 • Flute Concertos, RV431 & RV440 • Violin Concertos, RV194 & RV235

After a recording of The Four Seasons that was awarded several distinctions, Amandine Beyer and her ensemble come back to Vivaldi with a selection of concertos full of effervescence, humor, lyricism, concentration, contemplation, impatience, and energy. Includes the world premiere recording of Concerto for Violin and Organ, RV808.

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reference recordings

Die Freitagsakademie

J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6, BWV 1046–1051

At a grand feast, J.S. Bach dedicated his oeuvre to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt. The music later became world famous under the title “The Brandenburg Concertos.” Bach creates a firework in the truest sense in this dance of sounds. A total work of art for the senses!

Viviana Guzman: fluteJeremy Jouve: guitar

FAURÉ: Pavane • RAVEL: Boléro • Habanera • BIZET/BORNE: Fantaisie sur Carmen • SATIE: Gnossienne No. 1 • Gymnopédie No. 1 • OURKOUZOUNOV: Sonatine • DUPLESSY: Cavalcade • Appalaches • DYENS: Traveling Sonata

An adventurous program of European masterworks for flute and guitar from scintillating young artists Viviana Guzman and Jeremy Jouve, captured brilliantly by Grammy®-winning recording engineer Keith O. Johnson. A winner for all audiophiles and music lovers! This album is a musical journey full of emotion, from the soothing and mellow music of Fauré and Satie, and the driving excitement of “Bolero” and “Carmen,” to thrilling modern music by Dyens, Duplessy, and Ourkouzounov.

J.S. BACHThe Brandenburg Concertos

Viviana Guzman & Jeremy JouveTraveling sonata

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Challenge ClassicsMartin TchibaLinkages: Piano Music by Brahms, Wagner, Schönberg and others

Martin Tchiba: piano

BRAHMS: Fantasies, Op. 116 • WAGNER: Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen • LISZT: Nuages gris • LACHENMANN: Wiegenmusik • SCHOENBERG: Suite for Piano, Op. 25

The program on this CD contains piano music spanning 102 years (1861–1963), detailing the journey from Romanticism to Modernism. Although the works are different, they are unified by a wealth of unexpected relationships and subtle interconnections.

James MACMILLANVeni, Veni, Emmanuel: MacMillan Series, Vol. 1

Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic/James MacMillan: conductor/Colin Currie: percussion/Gordan Nikolic: violin

MACMILLAN: A Deep but Dazzling Darkness, for solo violin, ensemble & tape • Í (A Meditation on Iona, for string orchestra & percussion) • Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, concerto for percussion & orchestra

On this CD one of James MacMillan’s major works—the percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (which has received more than 400 performances)—has been recorded with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, of which MacMillan is Principal Guest Conductor.

Dario CASTELLOCastello & Co: Venetian Sonatas for Winds and Strings from the 17th Century

Caecilia-Concert/Kathryn Cok: harpsichord, organ/Wouter Verschuren: dulcian/Adam Woolf: alto trombone, tenor trombone/Bjarte Eike: violin/Jamie Savan: cornetto, cornetto muto

FRESCOBALDI: Chromatic Recercade from Fiori Musicali • CASTELLO: 8 Sonatas • BERTOLI: Sonata fagotto VIII for bassoon solo • MARINI: 2 Sonatas for bassoons & trombones • SCARANI: Sonata Decimaterza à 3 • PICCHI: Sonata à 2

Most of the composers and musicians presented on this CD were employed by the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, often working as both singers and instrumentalists, such as Dario Castello. With Castello & Co, the members of the Caecilia-Concert bring a fresh, dynamic approach to this groundbreaking instrumental chamber music, and demonstrate the expressive flexibility and technical fireworks this new repertoire demands from these old instruments.

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Ton Koopman: harpsichordCatherine Manson: violin

J.S. BACH: Sonatas (6) for harpsichord & violin, BWV 1014–1019

By departing in virtually every respect from the conventional model of the baroque trio sonata, Bach’s six sonatas for harpsichord and violin let both instruments participate equally in the unfolding of the thematic-motivic material. They establish a genuine dialogue between the two performers, and actually pave the way for the classic duo sonata. The dialogue between these two musicians is equal and enchanting, and the intimate nature of this recording draws the listener in immediately.

Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor: director

WERNER: Quartets Nos. 1–6 • Cantilena pro Adventu • Cantilena de immaculate • Cantilena pro Adventu de immaculata conceptione • Pastorale in G • Aria pro Dominica prima Adventus

Haydn’s regard for Gregor Werner was so high that he worked in the last months of his life on publishing Werner’s quartets. Gunar Letzbor is internationally known as a dazzling violinist with impeccable intonation. Playing on period instruments, Ars Antiqua Austria have a profound knowledge of their Austrian musical heritage, especially the Viennese baroque period.

Gregor WERNERpro Adventu

J.S. BACH6 sonatas for harpsichord and violin, Bwv 1014 –1019

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nimbus AllianceVladimir FeltsmanA Tribute to Scriabin

Vladimir Feltsman: piano

SCRIABIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 11, Nos. 11, 13 • 5 Preludes, Op. 16, Nos. 1, 3 & 4 • 4 Preludes, Op. 22, Nos. 1, 2 & 3 • 4 Preludes, Op. 37, Nos. 2 & 3 • Sonata No. 4, Op. 30 • Poèmes, Op. 32 • Etudes, Op. 42, Nos. 4 & 5 • Valse, Op. 38 • 3 Morceaux, Op. 49, No. 3 • 4 Morceaux, Op. 51, Nos. 3 & 4 • 2 Morceaux, Op. 57, Nos. 1 & 2 • 2 Poèmes, Op. 63, No. 2 • 2 Danses, Op. 73, Nos. 1 & 2 • 5 Preludes, Op. 74 • Vers la flamme, Op. 72 • Valse, Op. posth.

This recording was conceived as a portrait of the artist through a mosaic of his works, proceeding in chronological order from the age of innocence to the age of experience.

J.S. BACHThe Art of Transcription

Dmitry Sitkovetsky: violin/Yuri Zhislin: viola/Luigi Piovano: cello

J.S. BACH (arr. Sitkovetsky): Goldberg Variations • 15 Sinfonias

Dmitry Sitkovetsky first wrote his transcriptions for Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 1984, and revisited them in 2009 for this beautiful recording. He injects a fresh, youthful energy to propel these pieces from beginning to end. J.S. Bach himself said that the spirit of the piece is meant “for the enjoyment of music lovers,” and this recording is a perfect example.

Franz LISZTAnnées de Pélérinage

Sinae Lee: piano

LISZT: Années de Pélérinage (complete)

South Korean-born Sinae Lee leads a busy life as a soloist, chamber musician, and lecturer. In 2011, she performed the entire series of Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage in the UK and Korea, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. This recording was made at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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release date: november 13, 2012 nimbus recordsRichard Lester: harpsichord

SCARLATTI: 568 Sonatas for Harpsichord (complete)

“Lester’s credentials are impeccable but, more importantly, he is obviously very enthusiastic about this repertoire, and his spontaneous playing conveys that dedication. His style is admirably flexible and altogether most winning.” — The Penguin Guide

Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas catalogued by Ralph Kirkpatrick, plus 13 additional sonatas from unpublished manuscripts! This nine-CD set includes 10,000-word notes on the works, plus an essay by Richard Lester.

Nine CDs in high bit-rate MP3 format.Playable only on MP3-compatible disc players and MP3 portable devices.

Domenico SCARLATTIThe Complete sonatas Mp3 edition

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London Symphony Orchestra French Classics

London Symphony Orchestra/Yondani Butt: conductor

GOUNOD: Ballet Music from Faust • SAINT-SAËNS: Le Rouet d’Omphale • DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune • BIZET: Jeux d’Enfants Suite, Op. 22 • FAURÉ: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80 • Pavane, Op. 50 • RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin: No. 4, Rigaudon

Six immensely popular orchestral pieces by French composers!

Barbara THOMPSONPerpetual Motion

Apollo Saxophone Orchestra

THOMPSON: Perpetual Motion • Dear Bach • Celebration • Black • Red • Green • iTango • Adagio • Bulletproof • Dear Bach… Epitaph

The adventurous 12-piece, all-saxophone ensemble performs original compositions on this excellent recording.


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MillenariumNamur Chamber ChoirPsallentes

Troubadours Songs • Trouvères Songs • Carmina Burana • Carmina Burana: Officium Lusorum • Le Llibre Vermell de l’Abbaye de Montserrat • Danza • Les maîtres de l’organetto florentin

Millenarium has recorded several discs for Ricercar devoted to the secular monadic repertoire of the Middle Ages. They are brought together here for a complete view of a time when the only religious music was Gregorian chant. The recording includes songs for troubadours and trouvères, tender and bawdy pieces from the famous Carmina Burana manuscript, and the reconstruction of the Messe des joueurs. The Danza is devoted to the little-known repertoire of mediaeval dance music and instrumental pieces that provoke an irresistible urge to dance!

William Berger: baritoneIain Burnside: piano

MOZART: Abendempfindung • DEBUSSY: Nuit d’étoiles • RAVEL: Le grillon • FAURÉ: Claire de lune • Mandoline • Sérénade toscane • WARLOCK: The Night • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Tired • RODNEY BENNETT: Dream-Song • SCHUBERT: Auf der Bruck • WOLF: Um Mitternacht • Schon streckt’ ich aus im Bett • Nicht länger kann ich singen

“Berger is a gem of a singer.” — Los Angeles Times

For his solo debut on disc, William Berger has devised an ingenious sequence of 17 songs describing a sleepless night experienced by a man who reflects on his love for an unnamed woman. From Viennese classicism to Romanticism, from shadowy English pastorals to the contemporary worlds of Richard Rodney Bennett and Raymond Yiu, this wide-ranging program is brought to nuanced life by the outstanding young baritone while the indefatigable Iain Burnside provides lucid and imaginative accompaniment. Together, their performances vividly capture the full gamut of nocturnal emotions.

Millenariumlove, revelry and the dance in Mediaeval Music

William Bergerinsomnia

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release date: november 13, 2012 ediciones singulares

PRESENTING A NEW SERIES FROM OUTHERE These lovely collector’s edition sets each feature a hardcover 144-page book (approx. 8” x 5”), with text in

French and English, plus two CDs of music. Limited & numbered editions of 3,000 each.

Jennifer Borghi, Sébastien Droy, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Alain Buet: vocal soloistsNamur Chamber ChoirLes AgrémensGuy Van Waas: director

KREUTZER: La Mort d’Abel

La Mort d’Abel presents, in a spectacular fashion, the murder of Abel by his brother Cain. Rodolphe Kreutzer deploys the grand art of the lyrical tragedy imagined by Gluck while adding his own touches. As top ensembles in Belgium and across Northern Europe, Les Agrémens and the Namur Chamber Choir have been exploring rare repertories with enthusiasm, creativity, and the highest standards.

Phillipe Do, Katia Velletaz, Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Hjördis Thébault, Liliana Faraon: vocal soloistsSolamenta NaturaliMusica FloreaDidier Talpain: director

J.C. BACH: Amadis de Gaule (complete opera)

In the midst of the artistic debate between the German and Italian styles, as the Age of Enlightenment was lighting its final fires during the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Johann Christian Bach was presenting his Amadis de Gaule to Paris. Reduced and revised from a libretto of Quinault for Lully, this operatic work is shot through from one end to the other with the first frissons of the awakening Romanticism.

J.C. BACHAmadis de gaule

Rodolphe KREUTZERla Mort d’Abel

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Gidon Kremer: violinAcademic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic SocietyWoldemar Nelson: conductorUSSR State Symphony OrchestraYuri Temirkanov: conductor

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 • SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Gidon Kremer is a violinist without whom the history of music in the 20th century would be unimaginable. This album presents a little-known early period of Kremer’s performing career, recorded in the first half of the 1970s. Romantic virtuosity prevails in his interpretation, accompanied by conductor Woldemar Nelson and outstanding St. Petersburg maestro Yuri Temirkanov.

Sviatoslav Richter: pianoLeningrad Philharmonic OrchestraEvgeny Mravinsky, Kurt Sanderling: conductors

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 • RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

This disc features some of the brightest moments of Sviatoslav Richter’s performances on numerous studio and live recordings. Among a great number of outstanding and talented interpretations of these works, Richter’s style is unmistakable for its embossed, sculptural modeling of musical images. He showcases a multitude of subtle shades of piano sound, from powerful symphonicity to a most delicate pianissimo. These recordings of Tchaikovsky’s piano concertos were made in 1959, when the artist achieved genuine artistic maturity and the Soviet performing arts saw a new heyday.

Sviatoslav Richterrichter plays Tchaikovsky & rachmaninov

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN & Jan SIBELIUSviolin Concertos

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David Oistrakh: violinMstislav Rostropovich: celloUSSR State Symphony Orchestra Kirill Kondrashin: conductor Leningrad Philharmonic OrchestraGennady Rozhdestvensky: conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 • Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello & orchestra, Op. 33

Melodiya presents Tchaikovsky’s concert music for stringed instruments performed by the luminaries of the domestic performing school of the 20th century: Mstislav Rostropovich and David Oistrakh. This recording stands out for its bright virtuosity and brilliant technique, combined with the young musicians’ fiery tempers. Their collaboration is remarkable for its magnificent coordination, genuine mutual understanding between soloist and orchestra, and its unity of virtuosic and symphonic elements.

Sergei Prokofiev: pianoLondon Symphony OrchestraPiero Coppola: conductor

PROKOFIEV: Toccata, Op. 11 • Intermezzo from The Love for Three Oranges • Rigodon, Scherzo & March from Op. 12 • Sarcasms (sel.) • Etude, Op. 52, No. 3 • Tales of an Old Grandmother (sel.) • Gavotte, Op. 32, No. 3 • Pastoral Sonatina in C, Op. 50, No. 3 • Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (sel.) • Obsession Diabolique, Op. 4, No. 4 • Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26

Made in the 1920s and ’30s, these recordings reflect different sides of the composer’s music and his renditions of his own works, including a famous recording of the Piano Concerto No. 3 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Piero Coppola.

Sergei pROKOFIEVprokofiev plays prokofiev

pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY violin Concerto & rococo variations

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Alexander SCRIABINSymphonic Works

Sviatoslav Richter: piano/State Symphony Orchestra/USSR State Radio and Television Big Choir/Evgeny Svetlanov, Lyudmila Yermakova: conductors

SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 1 in E, Op. 26 • Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 29 • Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 43 • The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 • Prometheus (The Poem of Fire), Op. 60 • Dream in E minor, Op. 24

This set features a complete collection of Scriabin’s symphonic works, including his early orchestral piece “Dreams” and the mystically grandiose “Prometheus.”

Viktoria Postnikova & Gennady RozhdestvenskyEnsembles

Viktoria Postnikova: piano/Gennady Rozhdestvensky: piano, harpsichord, organ

J.C.F. BACH: Sonata for keyboard 4 hands in A • LACHNER: Fugue for organ four hands in D minor • SCHUBERT: Fugue for organ 4 hands in E minor, D.952 • Fantasia for piano 4 hands in F minor, D.940 • MOZART: Sonata for piano 4 hands in D, K.381 • Sonata for piano 4 hands in B-flat, K.358 • and more

This double album features unfamiliar compositions played by Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the remarkable Viktoria Postnikova.

Claude DEBUSSYPreludes

Alexei Lyubimov: piano

DEBUSSY: Preludes, Books 1 and 2 (complete)

These discs feature two books of Debussy’s piano preludes performed by skilled interpreter Alexei Lyubimov.

Various Artists1812: In the Blaze of Glory

USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Central Military Band of the USSR Ministry of Defense /Victor Kornachev, Alexander Rudin, Evgeni Svetlanov Nicola Nazarov, Nikolai Mikhailov: conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 • The Jaeger March • The March of the Preobazhensky Regiment • KOZLOVSKY: Polonaises Nos. 1 & 2 • BORTNYANSKY: Trio Sonata in C • Concerto-Symphony for piano, harp, 2 violins, viola da gamba, cello & bassoon in B-flat

A profile of musical life in 1812, during Napoleon’s Patriotic War in Russia.

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Emil GilelsThe Art of Emil Gilels 1915–1985

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonatas 8 & 23

Sergei PROKOFIEV Ballets

Mieczysław WEINBERG Symphonies 4 & 6

Frédéric CHOPIN Piano Music Vol. 4

CLASSIC REISSUES FROM THE MELODIYA ARCHIVES

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Pique Dame: The Queen of Spades

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Patric STANDFORDOrchestral Works

Raphael Wallfisch: cello/Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones: conductor

STANDFORD: First Symphony (The Seasons—An English Year) • Cello Concerto • Prelude to a Fantasy (The Naiades)

These three orchestral pieces represent a highly productive creative period in Patric Standford’s life. As a teacher at the Guildhall School and regular performer in choral competitions in Hungary, France, and Estonia during the 1970s, Standford has spent the last decade revisiting and revising works written during this frenzied period, represented here on CD!

Édouard LALOSymphonie espagnole

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky: violin/Jean-Philippe Collard: piano/Sinfonia Varsovia/Augustin Dumay: conductor

LALO: Symphonie espagnole • Violin Sonata • Arlequin • Guitare

For this sixth volume of Fuga Libera’s collection Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth, we find the magnificent Sinfonia Varsovia under the direction of Augustin Dumay. Prizewinning violinist Nikita Boriso-Glebsky is one of the best talents of his generation. On this recording, he offers a particularly welcome program, selecting beautiful lesser-known pieces. Jean-Philippe Collard matches the young Russian violinist with sparkling keyboard playing, affirming Lalo’s title as a pioneer of chamber music in France.

Claude DEBUSSYQuartet, Trio & Dances

Danel Quartet/Francette Bartholomée: harp/Daniel Blumenthal: piano

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor • Danses (2 versions) • Piano Trio in G

Paying homage to Debussy in 2012 was natural for the Brussels-based Danel Quartet, as the city played an important role in the composer’s musical development. On these recordings, Francette Bartholomée is an attentive guardian of the magical chromatic harp. This release includes the long-ignored youthful Trio, resurrected by Daniel Blumenthal.

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release date: november 13, 2012 Col legno

lisem enterprises

Richard STRAUSSAn Alpine Symphony

Orchestra of the Tyrolean Festival/Gustav Kuhn: conductor

R. STRAUSS: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Richard Strauss’ last symphonic poem is now available as a live recording from the Passionsspielhaus of the Tyrolean Festival in Erl!

Wolfgang RIHMKontinent

Klangforum Wien/Emilio Pomárico, Sylvain Cambreling: conductors

RIHM: Cantus Firmus & Ricercare from Music in memoriam Luigi Nono • Chiffre II—Silence to be beaten • Séraphin-Sphäre (premiere) • DOWLAND: Lacrimae verae • WEBERN: Sechs Stücke for Orchestra, Op. 6 • STOCKHAUSEN: Kreuzspiel

This recording includes the first-ever release of the “Séraphin-Sphäre.”

Salvatore SCIARRINOMacbeth

Otto Katzameier, Anna Radziejewska, Richard Zook, Sonia Turchetta, Thomas Mehnert: vocal soloists/NOVA Vocal Ensemble/Klangforum Wien/Evan Christ: conductor

SCIARRINO: Macbeth (complete opera)

The unspeakable evil in three acts! Col legno proudly presents Sciarrino’s Macbeth, recorded at the 2011 Salzburg Festival.

Ryo YanagitaniAlone with Debussy

Ryo Yanagitani: piano

DEBUSSY: Suite Bergamasque • Deux Arabesques • Ballade • Pour le Piano • Images, Book I

On this album, Ryo Yanagitani exhibits his love for Debussy. Whether you are a new or established fan of the composer, Yanagitani’s technical expertise, classical poise, and balance will delight.

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opera d’oro

Leyla GencerOPD Recitals: Leyla Gencer

Leyla Gencer: soprano

Arias & scenes from Medea, Norma, Belisario, Maria Stuarda, and Anna Bolena

Historic live performances 1958–1969, featuring the renowned Turkish operatic soprano along with conductors Carlo Franci, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, and Francesco Molinari Pradelli.

Giuseppe di Stefano OPD Recitals: Giuseppe di Stefano

Giuseppe di Stefano: tenor

Arias & scenes from Tosca, La Bohème, I Puritani, Rigoletto, Faust, La traviata, Turandot, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor, and more

Historic recordings, 1944–1952, by one of the most beautiful tenor voices of all time. His career was relatively short, and his recordings thus all the more precious.

W.A. MOZARTDie Entführung aus dem Serail

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anton Dermota, Emmy Loose: vocal soloists/Rudolf Moralt: conductor

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (complete opera)

Historic broadcast performance, September 6, 1945, features the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf early in her career, in perfect voice.

Gaetano DONIZETTI Linda di Chamounix

Margherita Carosio, Gianni Raimondi, Giuseppe Taddei: vocal soloists/Alfredo Simonetto: conductor

DONIZETTI: Linda di Chamounix (complete opera)

Donizetti had written about 60 operas when he produced Linda di Chamounix, the last and best of his works in the semiseria style.

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PRICING EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2012

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Giuseppe VERDI Otello

Ramón Vinay, Dragica Martinis, Paul Schöffler, Anton Dermota: vocal soloists/Wilhelm Furtwängler: conductor

VERDI: Otello (complete opera)

Chilean singer Ramón Vinay is little remembered today because of the rarity of his recordings, but he is considered by many to be the greatest Otello of the 20th century. Historic 1951 recording, Salzburg Festival.

Christoph Willibald GLUCK Ifigenia in Tauride

Maria Callas, Dino Dondi, Fiorenza Cossotto: vocal soloists/ Nino Sanzogno: conductor

GLUCK: Ifigenia in Tauride (complete opera)

Gluck’s most familiar opera is Orfeo ed Euridice, but many true connoisseurs consider Ifigenia in Tauride to be his real masterpiece. Live performance, Milan, June 1957.

Vincenzo BELLINI I Puritani

Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sesto Bruscantini: vocal soloists/Riccardo Muti: conductor

BELLINI: I Puritani (complete opera)

Live recording, Rome, 1969. “Mirella Freni [is] at her vocally most impeccable and emotionally most communicative, and her Elvira is a lovely creation.” (Robert Levine, ClassicsToday)


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Heinrich MARSCHNER Hans Heiling

Hermann Prey, Leonore Kirschstein, Hetty Plümacher, vocal soloists/Joseph Keilberth: conductor

MARSCHNER: Hans Heiling (complete opera)

In Heinrich Marschner’s dramatic masterpiece, a dwarf who rules an underground kingdom travels to the Upper World of Earth to woo a human maiden. Live performance, Köln, July 1966.


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Olivier MESSIAEN Preludes, Etudes & Cantéyodjayâ

Martin Zehn: piano

MESSIAEN: Preludes (8) • Quatre études de rythme • Cantéyodjayâ

This recording offers Messiaen’s early set of eight Preludes (1928–29) contrasted with two much more advanced works written after World War II.

W.A. MOZARTThe Piano Concertos, Vol. 4

Matthias Kirschnereit: piano/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/ Frank Beermann: conductor

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 5 in D, K.175 · Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-fl at, K.238 · Piano Concerto No. 8 in C, K.246 “Lützow”

Volume four of Mozart’s complete piano concertos, presented in stunning performances by leading German pianist Matthias Kirschnereit.

Richard STRAUSS & Hans PFITZNERWorks for Cello & Piano

Guido Schiefen: cello/Olaf Dreßler: piano

R. STRAUSS: Sonata for cello & piano in F, Op. 6 • Romance in F • PFITZNER: Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 1

This disc presents works by R. Strauss and Pfitzner played by Tchaikovsky Competition prizewinner Guido Schiefen and wonderful pianist Olaf Dreßler.

Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria/Adrian Leaper: conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

While serving as director of the Royal Opera of Vienna, Mahler took advantage of his breaks by composing. In Summer 1901, he completed the first three movements of his Fifth Symphony, followed by the last two in 1902.

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Stefan Johannes BleicherBaroque Organ Music from France

Stefan Johannes Bleicher: organ

F. COUPERIN: Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux • CORRETTE: 3 Noëls • GRIGNY: Pange Lingua • BALBASTRE: Air, Gavotte & Trio • MARCHAND: Suite de premier ton

Recipient of numerous international awards, organist Stefan Johannes Bleicher performs worldwide.

Frédéric CHOPIN Works for Cello and Piano

Emil Klein: cello/Arnulf von Arnim: piano

CHOPIN: Introduction & Polonaise brillante in C, Op. 3 • Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 • Grand Duo Concertante on Themes from Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable • Eutde in E minor, Op. 25, No. 7 (arr. Glazunov)

Emil Klein achieved an international reputation on his concert tours of the US and Europe. Alongside his solo career, he is founder the chamber orchestra “Hamburg Soloists.”

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

Michael Rische: piano/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Marcus Bosch: conductor

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 with cadenzas by Beethoven, Moscheles/Brahms, Alkan, Schulhoff, Ullmann & Rische

This CD allows you to choose between six cadenzas. Using the program button on your CD player, you can type in the desired order of the tracks, or listen to all of the cadenzas one after the other.


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Igor STRAVINSKY Jeu de cartes & Le baiser de la fèe

Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan/Alun Francis: conductor

STRAVINSKY: Jeu de cartes • Le baiser de la fèe

Compared to Stravinsky’s popular early ballets L’oiseau de feu and Petrushka, the later ballets are seriously under-performed and under-recorded, so any appearance on CD is very welcome!

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Meridian records

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN & Felix MENDELSSOHNPiano Trio in E-flat & Piano Trio

The Greenwich Trio/Yoko Misumi: piano/Lana Trotovsek: violin/Stjepan Hauser: cello

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 70, No. 2 • MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66

Meridian Records is proud to announce the debut recording of The Greenwich Trio, which includes founding member Stjepan Hauser of 2CELLOS fame!

Paul Carey Jones Songs Now: British Songs of the 21st Century

Paul Carey Jones: baritone/Ian Ryan: piano

Davie POWER: Eight Evening Songs • Tom ARMSTRONG: Opened Spaces • David LANCASTER: Memory of Place • Richard WHALLEY: Six Songs of Old Japanese Wisdom • Peter REYNOLDS: Adieu to all Alluring Toys • Steve CROWTHER: Songs for Don

This timely, exciting new CD is an ideal purchase for anyone who loves classical songs and is curious to know what composers today are doing with this endlessly inventive medium.

Allan STEPHENSONThe Music of Allan Stephenson

Leon Bosch: double bass/Peter Martens: cello/Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

STEPHENSON: Burlesque • Double Bass Concerto • Cello Concerto

This record devoted to works by Allan Stephenson recognizes the artist’s exceptional qualities and skill as a composer. It is a stimulating, unstoppable rollercoaster experience for players and listeners alike.

Fernando OTERORomance

Fernando Otero: piano

OTERO: Ojos Que Se Abren Brillantes • Arbolitos • Manifestación • Piringundin de Almagro • En Contacto Permanente • Preludio 4 • Luz Del Primer Día • En La Tierra Sagrada • Criaturas de la Noche • Cancha de Bochas • Until the Dawn

Presented as a collection of miniatures sized for the Twitter age, the music here draws from traditional elements of Argentine folk music and tango, but remains decidedly cosmopolitan.

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The Classics labels

Julian MARSHALLOut of the Darkness

Melanie Pappenheim: mezzo-soprano/Sophie Harris: cello/Ian Belton: keyboard/Schoolhouse 6 Ensemble/Howard Moody: conductor

MARSHALL: Out of the Darkness, a chamber cantata (premiere) • BRYARS: The Island Chapel (premiere) • PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel

This recording features world premiere works from Julien Marshall and Gavin Bryars, plus a 1978 composition by Arvo Pärt. Marhsall’s work, inspired by a Gertrud Kolmar poem, invokes color, vibrancy, and deep sensation.

Maurice DURUFLÉRequiem Æternam

Choir of Somerville College, Oxford/David Crown: conductor

DURUFLÉ: Requiem • MILFORD: Mass for five voices (premiere)

This is the debut release from Somerville College, one of Oxford’s most exciting up-and-coming choirs. Under the leadership of David Crown, this disc highlights the group’s youthful vibrancy and adventurous repertoire, pairing the familiar Duruflé Requiem with Milford’s Mass.

Dominic Piers SmithThe Power of Dreaming

Dominic Piers Smith: piano

CHOPIN: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 • Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7 • Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12 “Revolutionary” • Nocturne in F-sharp, Op. 15, No. 2 • Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2 • Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 • LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in C-sharp minor • Widmung • La Campanella • Six Consolations • From Transcendental Etudes: Chasse-neige, No. 12 & Mazeppa, No. 4

This two-CD set ably demonstrates Smith’s tremendous talent.

W.A. MOZARTClarinet Quintet in A, K.581

Colin Lawson: clarinet/The Revolutionary Drawing Room

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581 • Rondo in A, K.581a (completed by Robert Levin) (premiere) • Allegro in B-flat, K.516c • Andante Rondo • Allegro in F, K.580b

This performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet is played on a specially recreated basset clarinet in A. The CD includes all associated Mozart fragments, including the rarely heard eight-bar Andante Rondo.

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Saverio MERCADANTEArie e Capricci

Stefano Parrino: flute

MERCADANTE: “Arie Variate” from Three Collections for Solo Flute • Etude for Flute Containing 20 Caprices

This double CD is devoted to 19th-century Italian composer Saverio Mercadante, well-known for his operas.

Jean Gaspard WEISSSounds For My Flute

François Nicolet: flute/Antichi Strumenti/Laura Toffetti: violin/ Claudia Monti: viola/Tobias Bonz: cello/Francis Jacob: harpsichord

WEISS: Solos, Trios, Quartets, and a Prelude for flute and other instruments

This CD is devoted to Jean Gaspard Weiss, composer and flute virtuoso from Mulhouse. The sonatas, trios, and quartets are composed in the gallant style of the English school at the time, and often have only two movements.

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Felice Clemente: soprano & tenor saxophones, clarinetJavier Pérez Forte: classical guitar

FALÚ: De la Raiz a la copa • Misa chico • CLEMENTE: Pera y chocolate • Chuku • Alma negra • MONTES: Merenguito • PÉREZ FORTE: Perro verde • Lila • BEN: Mas que nada • SALGÁN: A Don Agustin Bardi

The compositions presented in this work do not correspond to pure musical genres. Rather, the 10 tracks invite listeners into a new state of mind through their variety of rhythm and sounds suggested by the different instruments. Aire Libre is the result of the fruits of an open and free conception of music capable of overcoming limits, stereotypes, and barriers.

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Columna Música

John CAGEElectronic Music for Piano

Ciro Longobardi: piano/Agostino di Scipio: computer & electronics

CAGE: Electronic Music for Piano

The “score” of Electronic Music for Piano appears half as a rebus and half as a cryptic message. Each piece is numbered, and can be performed as a separate composition or in a sequence, by one or more pianists.

Manuel VALLSSephardic Songs

Rosa Mateu: soprano/Mac McClure: piano/Victor Valls: guitar/Montserrat Santacana: piano/Antón Serra: flute

VALLS: Canciones sefarditas • Fours Vals chanté (sung waltzes) • Variations on a Theme of Bartók • Sentimental Suite • Homage to Falla • Piano Sonata

These Sephardic songs for soprano, flute, and guitar are wonderful settings written by composer Manuel Valls.

Orchestra Milano ClassicaA Voyage To Naples

Orchestra Milano Classica/Marcello Scandelli: cello, conductor

FIORENZA: Concerto in D for violins, viola, cello & figured bass • DURANTE: Concerto No. 8 in A “La pazzia” • LEO: Cello Concerto in D minor

The compositions on this recording take the listener on a voyage to Naples, offering a variety of Neapolitan instrumental music that is rich with beauty and compositional value.

Luigi BOCCHERINIGuitar Quintets, Vol. II

Almodis Ensemble/David Morata, Ferran de la Varga: violins/Andrea Mameli: viola/Iñaki Etxepare: cello/Joan Carles Martinez: guitar/Ludovica Mosca: castanets

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintets in G, B-flat & E (G445, 447 & 446)

The second volume of Boccherini guitar quintets performed by the Almodis Ensemble is a lighthearted, spirited listening experience. This is the first set of a collection of 12 pieces originally arranged on behalf of a Marquis de Benavent, who wanted to display his skill as one of the most brilliant guitar masters of the time.

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Columna MúsicaRuperto CHAPISymphonic Works

Academy Orchestra of the Gran Theater Liceu/Guerassim Voronkov: conductor

CHAPI: Symphony in D • Overture to the opera Roger de Flor • Scherzo, Don Quixote fighting the sheep

Best known as a Spanish operetta composer, Chapi was an excellent musician who also wrote works for orchestra. In true romantic style, these works are full of Spanish & Mediterranean flavors.

Federico MOMPOUSongs & Dances

Marisa Martins: mezzo-soprano/Mac McClure: piano

MOMPOU: 20 songs (9 premieres)

This volume contains recently found and published songs from Mompou, featuring nine world premiere recordings including habaneras, foxtrots, and settings of poems by Paul Valéry and Juan Ramón Jiménez.

Luigi BOCCHERINIString Trios, Op. 34, Vol. 1

La Ritirata String Trio/Hiro Kurosaki, Lina Tur Bonet: violins/Josetxu Obregón: cello, leader

BOCCHERINI: String Trios Nos. 1, 2 & 3 in G, E-flat & F (G102, G103 & G101)

This CD contains the first three compositions for two violins and cello that Boccherini composed in a villa in Arenas de San Pedro. The compositions represent a fruitful period in the composer’s creative point of view, and showcase difficult cello parts.


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Arcangelo CORELLIChurch and Chamber Trio Sonatas, Op. 1–4

Ensemble Aurora/Enrico Gatti: baroque violin, conductor

CORELLI: Sonatas 5, 9, 11 & 12 from Op. 1 • Sonatas 1, 7, 10 & 12 from Op. 2 • Sonatas 4, 9, 11 & 12 from Op. 3 • Sonatas 1, 3, 4 & 10 from Op. 4

The great Enrico Gatti with his Aurora ensemble, featuring some of the greatest baroque performers interpreting the Corelli trio sonatas.

Gustav Leonhardt & Matteo ImbrunoThe Ahrend & Brunzema Organ

Gustav Leonhardt, Matteo Imbruno: organs

SCHEIDEMANN: Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn • Toccata in G • Erbarme dich mein, o Herr Gott • Surrexit pastor bonus (after Lassus) • VAN NOORDT: Psalm 50 • SWEELINCK: Toccata in C • Ballo del granduca • Echo Fantasia in A • SCHEIDT: Bergamasca • ANON.: 3 Variations on Daphne • 3 Variations on Psalm 23

The new 25th anniversary edition of this historic organ recording by the great Gustav Leonhardt, joined by Matteo Imbruno, on the Ahrend & Brunzema Organ of Amsterdam’s Oude Kerk!

Domenico GABRIELLIComplete Cello Works

Bettina Hoffmann: baroque cello/Modo Antiquo

GABRIELLI: Sonatas for Solo Cello in G and A • Cello Sonata in G • Ricercars No. 1–7 • Canon for 2 cellos

Complete cello works by Domenico Gabrielli, performed by the great Bettina Hoffmann accompanied by Modo Antiquo.

Andrea & Giovanni GABRIELISt. Petronio Organs in Bologna

Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Liuwe Tamminga: organs

A. GABRIELI: 10 pieces for organ • G. GABRIELI: 11 pieces for organ • Short organ works by Bonelli, Veggio, Fogliano, Segni, Barbieri, de Macque, Banchieri, Francese, Cavazzoni, Ferrabosco, Frescobaldi, Pasquini, and Merula

A new edition of historic recordings on St. Petronio’s two organs in Bologna.

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The Ogen TrioAhi

The Ogen Trio/Katherine Austin: piano/Dimitri Atanassov: violin/James Tennant: cello/New Zealand Chamber Soloists/Peter Scholes: clarinet/David Griffiths: baritone

PSATHAS: Three Island Songs (2 versions) • LODGE: Summer Music • FARR: Ahi • GRIFFITHS: Six Water Colours • WILLIAMS: Behind the Parapet

Ahi features six works commissioned for the Ogen Piano Trio from five New Zealand composers, including 2007’s Classical Album of the Year winner John Psathas.

John JENKINS & Matthew LOCKEStrike the Viol

Philippe Pierlot, Rainer Zipperling: bass viols/Giovanna Pessi: harp

22 short pieces by Jenkins, Locke, Coperario, Lawes, Norcombe, and Simpson

This recording brings together Philippe Pierlot and Rainer Zipperling as they compete in musical jousts, supported by Giovanna Pessi’s delicate and poetic harp.

Adrianna LisRozmowa Dialogue

Adrianna Lis: flute/Sarah Watkins: piano

PING: Sonatine, Dialogue between wind and snow • KILAR: Sonatina • WILLIAMS: When we fell • PANUFNIK: The Conversation of Prayer • WOS: Sonata Medjugorska • BODY: 4 Pieces from “Rainforest” • RICHIE: Polish Dances, Op. 155 • ROSIAK: The Melbourne Cup

Debut modern virtuoso flute music from New Zealand and Poland! Contains newly commissioned works for flute, piano, and solo flute with liner notes in English and Polish.

Celine ScheenAmarante

Céline Scheen: soprano /Eduardo Egüez: luth/Philippe Pierlot: bass viol

VALLET: Prélude • Fantasye • Fantasye sur La Passameze D’italie • Prélude • BESARD: Ou luis tu • Beaux yeux • HYUGENS: Quoi Clorinde • Graves tesmoins • Sérénade • HOTMAN: Ballet • RICHARD: Les yeux baignez de pleurs • Amarante • Beaux yeux • GAULTIER: Prélude • LAMBERT: Ah qui voudra desormais s’engager • Par mes chants tristes et touchants • Vos mespris • Plainte sur la mort • BASTIDE: Arbres, rochers • MACHY: Chaconne

For her first recital recording, Céline Scheen presents one of the most passionate forms of French baroque.

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Giuseppe MARTUCCIPiano Concerto No. 2

Pietro Massa: piano/New Brandenburg Philharmonic/Stefan Malzew: conductor

MARTUCCI: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 66 • Notturno, Op. 70, No. 1 (2 versions, orchestral and piano solo) • Theme and Variations, Op. 58

Giuseppe Martucci was one of the pioneers of modern Italian instrumental music. On this high-quality release, internationally renowned pianist Pietro Massa records some of the composer’s finest works.

Manfred GURLITTNana: An opera in four acts

Ilia Papandreou, Peter Schöne, Richard Carlucci, Juri Batukov: vocal soloists/Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrico Calesso: conductor

GURLITT: Nana (complete opera)

Gurlitt’s groundbreaking opera Nana is presented here in a quality three-CD set! While the scandalous Émile Zola book on which the opera is based sold like hotcakes in 1880, Gurlitt faced opposition and censorship when he presented these works a half-century later.

Erkki MELARTINThe Solo Piano Works

Maria Lettberg: piano

MELARTIN: Chips I, Op. 7 (6 Pieces for Piano) • The Legend II, Op. 12 • The Melancholy Garden, Op. 52 • Lyric Pieces for Piano, Op. 59 • The Mysterious Forest, Op. 118 (6 Pieces for Piano) • Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 123 • 24 Preludes, Op. 85 • Noli me tangere (Impressions), Op. 87 • The Legend I, Op. 6 • Sonata I, Op. 111, Fantasia apocaliptica for piano

The pieces featured here are performed by Maria Letterberg, including the expressionistic Op. 111, which was forgotten for decades until it was rediscovered and recorded for the first time in 1984.

MiliEvie’s Song

Mili: guitar

MILI: Evie’s Song • Ides Of March • A Cappella • Stir The Sky • Morning At St. Marks • Espiritu del Inca • Merchant Of Edo • Sanctus • Romany Twilight • My One And Only Love • Les Mouettes • Out Of The Shadows • PAGANINI: Cantabile • WILKINS: Tango Till The End Of Time

Bosnian refuge Mili escaped the war in her native country and went on to become one of the most original voices in the guitar world. Evie’s Song, dedicated to her musical idol Eva Cassidy, consists of 14 tracks that make classical guitar accessible to a wider audience.

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Jan Ladislav DUSSEKDuos for Harp and Piano, Vol. 2

Masumi Nagasawa: harp/Richard Egarr: piano

DUSSEK: Duo Concertants for harp & piano, Op. 73 • Duettino for harp & piano • Duetto for harp & piano in F, Op. 26 • Duo Concertants for harp & piano, Op. 72 • Sophia Giustina DUSSEK-CORRI: Introductioni & Waltz for harp & piano

This CD includes four works by Dussek, a compositional pioneer willing and able to cater to all audiences through his brilliant harp and piano pieces.

J.S. BACHBach in Context 2: Bach & Luther

Musica Amphion/Gesualdo Consort

J.S. BACH: Cantata No. 80, “Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott” • Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden” • Chorale, “Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot,” BWV 678 • Chorale, “Christ lag in Todesbanden,” BWV 718 • Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538

This project sheds new light on Bach’s Cantatas by presenting them in their musical-liturgical context, with performances in several monumental churches and halls in the Netherlands and Germany.

Sergei RACHMANINOVPiano Works Solo

Pieter-Jelle de Boer, Mariana Izman, Thomas Beijer, Hanna Shybayeva, Nino Gvetadze: pianos

RACHMANINOV: Complete solo piano works, including Preludes, Opp. 23 & 32 • Etudes-Tableaux, Opp. 33 & 39 • Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 • Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 • Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 • and more

Etcetera joins forces with the Young Pianist Foundation for the release of Rachmaninov’s complete piano works.

Quirine ViersenSonatas for Cello & Piano

Quirine Viersen: cello/Silke Avenhaus: piano

WEILL: Cello Sonata • PFITZNER: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor • BARBER: Cello Sonata, Op. 6

A collection of works for cello and piano from Romantic composers Weill, Barber, and Pfitzner.

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Duo EdanFrom Hungarian and Jewish Soul

Duo Edan/Édua Zádory: violin/Anastasiia Dombrovska: piano

Works by Perlman, Hubay, Achron, Brahms, Bloch, Ravel & Liszt

These interpretations of works by Perlman, Hubay, Achron, Brahms, Bloch, Ravel, and Liszt have enthralled a broad audience in Austria and abroad due to the Duo Edan’s great technical and musical accuracy.

Carolus HACQUARTThe Triumph of Love

Camerata Trajectina

HACQUART: The Triumph of Love • De Vryadje van Cloris en Roosje (fragments) • De Bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje (fragments)

A new recording featuring the wonderful Camerata Trajectina.

W.A. MOZARTPaumgartner Conducts Mozart

Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum/Vienna Symphony Orchestra /Bernhard Paumgartner: conductor/Hilda Zadek, Maria von Ilsovay, Léopold Simoneau, Hermann Schey: vocal soloists/Hubert Barwahser: flute/Nap de Klijn: violin

MOZART: Selected works

On the anniversary of his 125th birthday, Gramola devotes this special edition to Bernhard Paumgartner, the great Austrian conductor, composer, music scholar, and founder of the Salzburg Festival.

Robert SCHUMANNChamber Music with Winds, 1849

Phillipe Berrod: clarinet/André Cazalet: French horn/David Gaillard: viola/Alexandre Gattet: oboe/Marc Trénel: bassoon/Hélène Tysman: piano

SCHUMANN: Romances, Op. 94 • Fantasiestücke Op. 73 • Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 • Funf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102 • Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132

This album celebrates Schumann’s complete works from 1849, highlighting his focus on wind instruments.

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Johann Hermann SCHEINFontana d’Israel

Ensemble Sagittarius/Michel Laplénie: conductor

SCHEIN: 17 Motets from Fontana d’Israel

This disc features major works of 17th-century composer J.H. Schein, including his sacred music and motets.

Sébastien & Charles Le CamusAirs of Various Authors Offered to a Lady

Ensemble Les Meslanges/Emmanuelle Guigues: viola da gamba/Manuel de Grange: lute, theorbo/Thomas Van Essen: baritone, director

24 Songs by S. & C. Le Camus, Huygens, Gauthier, Charpentier, Girard, de Visée, Hotman, Lully, & de Bacilly

Airs of Various Authors Offered to a Lady is organized in the style of conversation, which the feminine salons of the 17th century cultivated as an art. These airs are characterized by simplicity and concision.

Albéric MAGNARDComplete Works for Piano

Philippe Guilhon-Herbert: piano/Alain Meunier: cello

MAGNARD: En Dieu mon Espérance et mon Espée pour ma Défense • Trois Pièces, Op. 1 • Promenades, Op. 7 • Cello Sonata

Magnard’s sonata for cello and piano, his last chamber music composition (1910), is of great beauty. His music for piano solo, presented here for the first time in total, dates from his youth (1888–1890).

George Frideric HANDELOrgan Concertos, Vol. 2

Vittorio Ghiilemi: organ, director/La Divina Armonia/Paolo Grazzi: oboe

HANDEL: Orogan Concerto in F, HWV.295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale” • Organ Concerto in A, HWV.296 • Oboe Concerto in G minor, HWV.287 • Chaconne in G, HWV.343b • Organ Concerto in D minor, HWV.304 • Organ Concerto in G minor, Op. 7, No. 5, HWV.310

Four years after the recording of the Opus 4 (which received a Diapason d’or), Italian baroque ensemble La Divina Armonia and Lorenzo Ghielmi present a second set of organ concertos, composed by Handel in 1740.

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W.A. MOZARTLieder

Gemma Bertagnolli: soprano/Antonio Ballista: piano

MOZART: 15 songs, plus the Rondos for piano, K.494, K.485 and K.511

From troubadors to Gershwin, the “Canzone d’Autore” have a very interesting, varied tradition. The Chanson, Song, Lied, and Romanza, are its most popular names, which also recall the linguistic and cultural terrain in which the most noteworthy examples developed, from the dawn of modernity until today.

Alfredo CASELLAScarlattiana & Pupazzetti

Alda Caiello, Lorna Windsor: sopranos/Bruno Canino: piano/Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali/Antonio Ballista: conductor

CASELLA: Scarlattiana • Pupazzetti • Pagine di guerra • Sonatina • Canzone a ballo • Cocktail’s Dance • Ninna-nanna • Quattro favole romanesche di Trilussa • Tre canzoni trecentesche

From the middle period of Alfredo Casella’s catalog of works (1915–28), the program on this CD concentrates on two of the composer’s chosen repertoires: music for piano, and art song.

Antonio VIVALDIGloria, Stabat Mater & Dixit Dominus

Alessandra Gardini, Cristina Paolucci: sopranos/Gloria Banditelli: contralto/Mario Cecchetti, Paolo Macedonio: tenors/W. Hermans Baroque Academy/Coro Canticum Novum di Solomeo/Enrico Gatti: violin/Fabio Ciofini: conductor

VIVALDI: Gloria, RV589 • Stabat Mater, RV621 • Dixit Dominus, RV807

In Vivaldi’s varied catalog of works, his Gloria RV589 motet for two sopranos, contralto, and four-voice mixed chorus deserves a special place for the renown it has achieved.

Peeter CORNETComplete Works for Organ

Arnaud Van de Cauter: organ

CORNET: Complete Works for Organ (17)

Peeter Cornet was organist of the chapel of Archdukes Albert and Isabella at the Spanish court of Brussels from the beginning of the 17th century until his death in 1633 (he is buried at the Notre-Dame du Sablon church, in Brussels). Many details of his biography remain unknown, in particular his birth date, estimated around 1575.

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Edicson RuizViennese Double Bass Concertos

Edicson Ruiz: double bass/Teresa Careño Youth Symphony of Venezuela/Christian Vasquez: conductor

SPERGER: Contrabass Concerto • HOFFMEISTER: Contrabass Concerto • ZIMMERMANN: Contrabass Concerto • DITTERSDORF: Contrabass Concerto

At 15 years old, Edicson Ruiz was awarded First Prize of the International Society of Bassists Competition in Indianapolis. Soon after, he attended courses given by Janne Saksala and became the youngest scholarship holder of Orchestral Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, where he studied with Klaus Stoll.

Anton BRUCKNERSymphony No. 1

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt: conductor

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Linz version, 1866)

Celebrate the 85th birthday of Herbert Blomstedt with this seventh installment of the Bruckner cycle featuring the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. This disc contains the Linz version from 1866, which is today more popular than the later Viennese version.

Ludwig van BEETHOVENKreutzer Sonata (orchestral version)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Kolja Blacher: conductor

BEETHOVEN (arr. Richard Tognetti): Kreutzer Sonata (orchestral version) • EICHBERG: Endorphin–Concerto Grosso for String Quartet & Chamber Orchestra

This disc features a new arrangement of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata by Richard Tognetti alongside Soren Nils Eichberg’s “Endorphin,” dedicated to Kolja Blacher.

Günter RAPHAELChamber Music, Vol. 3

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Eckard Sellheim, Wilhelm Neuhaus, Hans Altmann: pianos/Franz Klein: clarinet/Alfred Sous: oboe

RAPHAEL: Sonatina for clarinet & piano, Op. 65, No. 3 • Sonatina for oboe & harp, Op. 65, No. 2 • Divertimento for alto saxophone & cello in E-flat, Op. 74 • 3 Stücke for cello & piano in C minor • Sonata No. 3 for viola & piano in D, Op. 80 • Sonata for solo bassoon, Op. 46, No. 9 • Berceuse for bassoon & piano

The third volume of the Günter Raphael Edition, created to present the works of one of the most important German composers of the 20th century (which have received little attention so far)!

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Avie records

Quay VoicesNorthern Sinfonia ChorusNorthern SinfoniaSimon Halsey: conductor

Roderick ELMS: Fanfare da Festa • Arr. Roderick ELMS: O Come, O Come Immanuel • J.G. EBERLING: All My Heart This Night • Arr. WILLCOCKS: The Sussex Carol • Arr. WILLCOCKS: The First Nowell • CHILCOTT: The Marvellous Birth • TRAD./VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: O Little Town of Bethlehem • Arr. HESKETH: In Dulci Jubilo • TRAD.: Hark! The herald angels sing • ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride • GOODALL: The Lord is my Shepherd • MATHIAS: Wassail Carol • TRAD.: Good King Wenceslas • Arr. CHILCOTT: Jingle Bells • FLETCHER: Ring Out, Wild Bells • TRAD.: O Come All Ye Faithful • Arr. CHILCOTT: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Ring in the season with Rejoice! Christmas at The Sage Gateshead, with resident orchestra Northern Sinfonia conducted by Simon Halsey and joined by the amassed Northern Sinfonia Chorus and youth choir Quay Voices. This festive live recording features something for everyone—traditional carols, popular tunes, and modern favorites—making it the perfect stocking filler for far-flung family and friends.

Apollo’s FireJeannette Sorrell: harpsichord & conductorMeredith Hall: sopranoEnsemble Le Nef Sylvain Bergeron: conductor

Processional: Oikan ayns Bethlehem (Manx Gaelic Carol) • What Child is This? (Irish version) • Duan Nollaig (Scottish Gaelic Carol) • Wat ye what i got late yestreen (Instrumental) • Usheg Veg Ruy (Manx Gaelic Lullaby) • Christmas Eve (Irish Reel) • Taladh Chriosta (Scottish Lullaby)

“Oikan ains Bethlehem.” With these Gaelic words, a candle is lit, a procession is launched, and a haunting Christmas journey unfolds. Sacrum Mysterium, Apollo’s Fire’s hugely popular Celtic Christmas program, arrives on CD for the 2012 holiday season. Premiered in six sold-out concerts in their home base of Cleveland last December, Apollo’s Fire will take the program on the road in December 2012.

Apollo’s Firesacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas vespers

Northern Sinfonia rejoice! Christmas at The sage gateshead

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winter & winter

The SixteenHarry Christophers: conductor

PALESTRINA: Hodie Christus natus est (motet) • Christe Redemptor omnium • Magnificant Quinti toni • Tui sunt caeli • Reges Tharsis • Mass Hodie Christus natus est • Song of Songs Nos. 1–3

After Volume 1 won the International Classical Music Award for Early Music, Volume 2 of The Sixteen’s new series devoted to Palestrina is based around his glorious antiphon for Christmas Day, Hodie Christus natus est. Palestrina’s legacy and impact on sacred music worldwide is second to none; he was a master craftsman whose music composers of all ages have attempted to emulate. He shapes his music in a beautifully sonorous way using a lot of suspensions but always coming back into the line of the music.

Windsbach Boys Choir: choirKarl-Friedrich Beringer: conductorMunich Bach SoloistsJuliane Banse: sopranoCornelia Kallisch: altoMarkus Schäfer: tenorRobert Swensen: tenorThomas Quasthoff: bassMartin Dürr: boy soprano

BACH: Weihnachtsoratorium

For the end of 2011, Beringer has announced his retirement as director of the Windsbach Boys Choir after 34 years. Winter & Winter has chosen this recording as a highlight of his work, newly mastered and in a refined sound quality. The Windsbach Boys Choir and the Munich Bach Soloists must be counted among the most outstanding interpreters of the Christmas Oratorio. The production is accomplished by the prominent participation of soloists Juliane Banse, Cornelia Kallisch, Markus Schäfer, Robert Swensen, and Thomas Quasthoff. Bach’s oeuvre takes center stage and comes to beautiful bloom.

Giovanni pALESTRINA palestrina volume 2

J.S. BACH weihnachtsoratorium

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Dallas Wind SymphonyJerry Junkin: conductor

WASSON: Festival Fanfare • ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride • BACH/REED: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring • LOVRIEN: Minor Alterations • KENT/SHAW: I’ll Be Home For Christmas • TORME/WELLS/BIONDI: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) • MARTIN/MILLS: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas • ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival • TRAD./SILVESTER: Deck The Halls • PIERPONT/WASSON: Jingle Bells Fantasy • TRAD./REED: Russian Christmas Music • SOUSA/SCHISSEL: Christmas and Sousa Forever

An outstanding new release from America’s premier professional wind band! The Dallas Wind Symphony has a huge following worldwide, and this is their first recording of holiday music with an exciting lineup including brilliant original arrangements and many first recordings. This sonic spectacular features the huge Fisk pipe organ at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, faithfully captured by Reference Recordings’ world-renowned team of engineer Keith Johnson and producer Tam Henderson. A treat for wind band enthusiasts, audiophiles, and anyone who loves great holiday music!

Cappella Artemisia EnsembleCandace Smith: direction

TAEGGIO: Puer natus • SODERINI: O Maria • BADALLA: Scintillate amicæ stellæ • MASSENZIO: Noè noè • Magi videntes stellam • COZZOLANI: Ecce annuntio vobis • ASSANDRA: Hodie Christus (Diminuzioni di Bruce Dickey) • TRAD.: Hodie nobis cælorum rex • ROTA: Hodie Christus natus est • MASSAINO: Quem vidistis pastores? • REINA: Silentium • SPEER: O praeclara dies • STRATA: O Maria che giubilante partoristi • CASATI: Natus est Iesus • PERUCONA: Ad gaudia, ad iubila • LEONARDA: Gloria in excelsis Deo

The feast of the Nativity held a special place in the hearts and lives of Italian nuns. This recording presents works composed by and for these women, which might have been heard or performed at Christmastime, and they call for a great variety of forces, from solo voices to double choirs of both singers and instruments. The composers represented include the Ursulines Maria Xaveria Perucona and Isabella Leonarda, author of 20 collections of vocal and instrumental music; Chiara Margarita Cozzolani and her conventual sister Rosa Giacinta Badalla, from the renowned Milanese convent of Santa Radegonda; and Caterina Assandra, composer and dedicatee of various collections. The CD also features works by eminent male composers, dedicated to these remarkable cloistered musicians.

Dallas Wind SymphonyHorns for the Holidays

Cappella Artemisiascintillate amicae stellae

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STREET DATE:NOVEMBER 13, 2012

STREET DATE:NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Berlin Classics

Atoll records ricercar

Concerto Köln

CHARPENTIER: Noels pour les instruments • STAMITZ: Sinfonia pastorale, Op. 4, No. 2 • CORELLI: Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 • VEJVANOVSKÝ: Sonata natalis • VIVALDI: Concerto per violino e archi, F I, 4 • BACH: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, Sinfonia • VIVALDI: Concerto per 2 violini, liuto e basso continuo, F XII, 15 • TORELLI: Christmas Concerto Op. 8, No. 6

A festive medley of European instrumental music, enhanced with solo instrumentalist splashes of color and underpinned with moving pastoral sounds: the first seasonal CD from the Concerto Köln ensemble will delight with classic Christmas favorites from Bach to Vivaldi, and has surprises in store with music that looks further afield than usual!

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Musica SacraChristmas Spectacular

John Wells, Nicholas Forbes: organs/Musica Sacra/APO Brass & Percussion/Indra Hughes: conductor

RUTTER: Gloria • What sweeter music • WILBERG: Noe! Noe! • WADE arr. WILCOCKS: Fanfare, O Come all ye faithful • WELLS: Metamorphoses on a Noël • R. STRAUSS arr. HUGHES: Feierlicher Einzug • PARRY: Welcome Yule! • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O Little town of Bethlehem • and more

Featuring John Rutter’s “Gloria,” this album includes a selection of serious classical music as well as lighter, more popular fare.

Various Artists A Baroque Christmas

Vox Luminis/Ricercar Consort/La Fenice/Namur Chamber Choir/Akadêmia/La Pastorella/Syntgama Amici/Mare Nostrum/Ensemble Faux Bourdon/Les Agremens

Christmas music featuring works by Scheidt, Buxtehude, Weckman, Donati, Caccini, Grandi, and more

The celebration of the Nativity has always been a source of inspiration for composers. This set, released by Ricercar, draws from the repertoires of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.


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