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BBC MUSIC CHORAL & SONG CHOICE: JULYHMC902139/40 SCHUBERT SCHWANENGESANG, PIANO SONATA D960Matthias Goerne, Christoph Eschenbach “an outstanding contribution to the Schwanengesang catalogue. “

BBC MUSIC CHAMBER MUSIC CHOICE: JULYHMC902122 SCHUMANN PIANO QUARTET, PIANO QUINTETAlexander Melnikov, Jerusalem Quartet “playing that is deeply felt but never indulgent or mannered. With a recording that offers depth of sound and admirable clarity, Schumann’s two chamber masterpieces are brilliantly served.”

BBC MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL CHOICE: JULYGCD920413 MR DE MACHY SUITES Nos 1, 4, 5 & 8 Paolo Pandolfo “Pandolfo makes the music dance...short of wearing pointe shoes, he could hardly make these performances more balletic. The recording captures the music’s detail as well as the viol’s naturally sonorous timbre - even the curmudgeonly Machy would surely be entranced”

EARLY MUSIC TODAY June – August issue Editor’s Choice OP30518 Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos II AzzoliniIRR OUTSTANDING

RELEASE DATE2ND JULY 2012

Label: LSO LiveFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: LSO0701Barcode: 822231170129MID PriceFormat: 2 SACDPackaging: specialJeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, Angela Denoke, Dame Felicity Palmer, Matthias GoerneLondon Symphony OrchestraValery Gergiev

STRAUSS: ElektraJeanne-Michèle Charbonnet Angela Denoke Dame Felicity Palmer Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev conducts Strauss’ 'Elektra', one of the most powerful operas in the repertoire, accompanied by asuperlative cast. Premiered in 1910 at Covent Garden, under the baton of Sir Thomas Beecham, 'Elektra' showcasesmany, of what were at the time, modernist techniques such as dissonance, chromaticism and fluid tonality but also somef his finest writing. The one-act Greek tragedy was reconstructed by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and his adapted text formsthe libretto for the opera. The drama centres around Elektra and her determination to avenge her father’s death. Thethemes of death, violence, sexual repression and revenge are omnipresent.American soprano Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet is recognised as a leading force in German and contemporary musicrepertoire and a great singing actress.Angela Denoke and Dame Felicity Palmer both possess outstanding pedigrees in Strauss' opera. They are joined byoutstanding Lieder specialist Matthias Goerne, making one of his rare forays into operatic repertoire.

Concert reviews"With the London Symphony Orchestra playing with spectacular virtuosity and total commitment, Gergiev set thetemperature at boiling point from the first explosive bar, and the effect was instantly scalding ... you’d be unlikely to find astaged Elektra as well sung or played as this one was" The Daily Telegraph

"Gergiev drew magnificent playing from a gargantuan LSO...Palmer’s handling of her dream-monologue, her guilty mindshredded ‘like a gown eaten by moths’, was a tour de force. Charbonnet ... rippled with intelligence and nuance" TheObserver

"Felicity Palmer touched tragic depths as Clytemnestra, and Angela Denoke was formidable in her depiction of theseething emotions behind Chrysothemis’s cool facade" The Guardian

"the night belonged to the London Symphony Orchestra. There’s no doubting the passion Gergiev feels for his players,fluttering his fingers lightly over the air almost as if it were unnecessary to command their mightiest efforts" The Arts Desk


Label: Alia VoxFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: AVSA9891Barcode: 7619986398914Format: 2 SACDPackaging: cd book, 960gMontserrat FiguerasLouise Moaty, René Zosso, Manuel Weber,La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI,Jordi Savall CONCERTS: Snape 22/6, 23/6Gregynog Festival 29/6York Early Music Festival 8/7

JOAN OF ARC: Battles & JailsLa Capella Reial de CatalunyaHesperion XXIJordi Savall

20 years after having worked on the soundtrack of Jacques Rivette’s movie “Jeanne la Pucelle”, Jordi Savall has decidedto dedicate this new album to the mother figure of the struggle for French independence. Music fully enables us torediscover this icon. Works by composers from the time of Joan of Arc (Guillaume Dufay, Josquin Desprez, Johannes Vincenet, JohannesCornago, etc.) but also compositions and arrangements by Jordi Savall paint the vivid portrait of a troubled time.Texts by Joan of Arc, including the record of her trial, are read in masterly fashion by French actress and director LouiseMoaty.This well-documented CD-book demonstrates how a religion prepared to compromise all its principles for politicalreasons also takes the risk of becoming an icon of fanaticism.


Label: OrfeoFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: C858121ABarcode: 4011790858128NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalAnne Schwanewilms [soprano]Jutta Böhnert [Sophie]Regina Richter [Octavian]Gürzenich-Orchester Köln/Markus Stenz

STRAUSS: Four Last SongsArabella - Das war sehr gut, Mandryka, Capriccio - Morgen mittag um elfRosenkavalier - Marie Theres'! Hab mir's gelobtAnne Schwanewilms

A setting of poems by Hermann Hesse and Joseph von Eichendorff, Richard Strauss’s 'Four Last Songs' afford ultimateproof of Strauss’s unique ability to write soaring melodic lines for the soprano voice. Many outstanding Strauss sopranoshave faced up to the challenge and now Anne Schwanewilms joins them, ahead of her Proms performance on 17th July.She is one of the most sought-after Strauss sopranos of our day; a regular visitor to all the world’s leading opera housesand festivals, from Salzburg Festival and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, to the Bavarian, Dresden and Vienna StateOperas. She has also been heard in many of Strauss’ works at the Cologne Opera, most recently at a recital in 2011,when she was joined by the Gürzenich Orchestra under Cologne’s general music director, Markus Stenz, which includedexcerpts from roles with which she is most closely associated. The valedictory tone of the songs contrasts with that of thefinal scene from 'Arabella,' in which Schwanewilms strikes just the right balance between the simplicity of the openingand the increasingly jubilant note on which the opera ends. In the final scene from 'Capriccio', this last-named quality iscombined with the singer’s ability to achieve the parlando style ideally demanded by Strauss. In the 'Rosenkavalier' trioher emotionally-charged singing captures the Marschallin’s rejection in favour of a younger woman with an immediacythat is altogether overwhelming.

CONCERT REVIEWS [Liederabend, Wigmore Hall December 2011] “Anne Schwanewilms, the German soprano who shines in Strauss...is the classiest of all Marschallins in Strauss’s DerRosenkavalier…it was the ultimate challenge of Mahler’s Five Ruckert Lieder which turned solid into liquid gold…as onlythe greatest performances – Janet Baker’s, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson’s and Fischer-Dieskau’s – have previouslymanaged…it was here that Schwanewilms stepped up to the mark of true greatness.” David Nice, The Arts Desk,December 9th

"Schwanewilms seems to have it all: unfailingly precise intonation, a polished, gleaming sound, almost superhumanbreath control. She also has considerable stage presence and self-assurance: utterly in command of the voice and thematerial, she revealed a profound understanding of these songs while retaining a sense of freshness and spontaneity.No wonder the applause was rapturous.” operatoday

CONCERTS: 17th July Royal Albert Hall, BBC Proms, Strauss Four Last Songs BBC Philharmonic / Juanjo Mena 25th August Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Festival, Liederabend: Debussy, Wolf, Strauss / Malcolm Martineau (piano)


Label: Bel Air ClassiquesFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: BAC081Barcode: 3760115300811NORMAL PriceFormat: 2 DVDPackaging: digipack

GOUNOD: Roméo & JulietteLyric drama in five acts, libretto Jules Barbier & Michel CarréNino MachaidzeKetevan KemoklidzeStefano SeccoJean-François BorrasGiorgio GiuseppiniFabio Mastrangelo

Nino Machaidze [Juliette], Ketevan Kemoklidze [Stephano], Cristina Melis [Gertrude], Stefano Secco [Roméo], Jean-François Borras [Tybalt], Paolo Antognetti [Benvolio]Artur Rucinski [Mercutio], Nicolo Ceriani [Paris], Giampiero Ruggeri [Gregorio], Manrico Signorini [Capulet], Giorgio Giuseppini [Frère Laurent], Deyan Vatchkov [Le Duc de Vérone] Orchestra, Coro e Corpo di Ballo della Fondazione Arena di Verona / Fabio Mastrangelo

Direction FRANCESCO MICHELI, Set design EDOARDO SANCHI, Costumes SILVIA AYMONINO, ChoreographyNIKOS LAGOUSAKOS, Lighting PAOLO MAZZONFilmed in High Definition at the Verona Arena, 08/2011

Here from the iconic Verona arena is Charles Gounod’s masterpiece Roméo & Juliette, performed there for the first timesince 1977. This new production was entrusted to Italian director Francesco Micheli, making his arena debut, who optedfor a personal, highly original version: “An arena within the Arena, like a blood-red Elizabethan theatre. A senescentworld that will not let its own children live.”Juliette is sung by Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze, in a return to one of her early roles at the Salzburg Festival.Stefano Secco, often heard at the Opéra Bastille in Paris and other international venues, is Roméo. Artur Rucinskiinterprets Mercutio, Romeo’s friend and the rival of Jean-François Borras’s Tybalt. The page Stéphano is sung bysoprano Ketevan Kemoklidze. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona are conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo.


Label: Bel Air ClassiquesFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: BAC481Barcode: 3760115304819NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 Blu-rayPackaging: digipack

GOUNOD: Roméo & JulietteLyric drama in five acts, libretto Jules Barbier & Michel CarréNino MachaidzeKetevan KemoklidzeStefano SeccoJean-François BorrasGiorgio GiuseppiniFabio Mastrangelo

Nino Machaidze [Juliette], Ketevan Kemoklidze [Stephano], Cristina Melis [Gertrude], Stefano Secco [Roméo], Jean-François Borras [Tybalt], Paolo Antognetti [Benvolio]Artur Rucinski [Mercutio], Nicolo Ceriani [Paris], Giampiero Ruggeri [Gregorio], Manrico Signorini [Capulet], Giorgio Giuseppini [Frère Laurent], Deyan Vatchkov [Le Duc de Vérone] Orchestra, Coro e Corpo di Ballo della Fondazione Arena di Verona / Fabio Mastrangelo

Direction FRANCESCO MICHELI, Set design EDOARDO SANCHI, Costumes SILVIA AYMONINO, ChoreographyNIKOS LAGOUSAKOS, Lighting PAOLO MAZZONFilmed in High Definition at the Verona Arena, 08/2011

Here from the iconic Verona arena is Charles Gounod’s masterpiece Roméo & Juliette, performed there for the first timesince 1977. This new production was entrusted to Italian director Francesco Micheli, making his arena debut, who optedfor a personal, highly original version: “An arena within the Arena, like a blood-red Elizabethan theatre. A senescentworld that will not let its own children live.”Juliette is sung by Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze, in a return to one of her early roles at the Salzburg Festival.Stefano Secco, often heard at the Opéra Bastille in Paris and other international venues, is Roméo. Artur Rucinskiinterprets Mercutio, Romeo’s friend and the rival of Jean-François Borras’s Tybalt. The page Stéphano is sung bysoprano Ketevan Kemoklidze. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona are conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo.


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: AM207Barcode: 822186002070NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackBertrand Chamayou [piano Erard 1837]Julien Chauvin [violin]Le Cercle de l‘HarmonieJérémie Rhorer [conductor] CONCERT: Bernard Chamayou, Wigmore Hall 2nd July

Le Paris des RomantiquesBertrand Chamayou Julien Chauvin

Napoléon-Henri Reber: Symphony no.4 in G Major Op.33*Hector Berlioz: Rêverie et Caprice for violin & orchestra Op.8Franz Liszt: Piano concerto No.1 S124*** world premiere, ** world premiere on period pianoRecorded live on period instruments

This recording brings together three composers who knew each other and worked together in Paris in the first half of the19th century: Liszt was a composer and pianist, as was Reber, who studied with Anton Reicha and devoted much of hiscareer to chamber music. Berlioz came to fame in 1830 with the première of his Symphonie Fantastique, on whichoccasion he first met Liszt: the beginning of a strong friendship between the two composers.The works presented here offer a panorama of French musical tastes from the years 1830-1850. Two are world premiererecordings.

“Through three different instrumental works, “Paris of the Romantics” enables us to show all the different aspects ofRomanticism in music in France at the time of Louis-Philippe. It is a tremendous asset for creating new ways of looking atthis repertoire and for bringing the concert world a little closer to that of recordings.” Jérémie Rhorer

“Although I had often played it before, I learned a great deal about this concerto from working on it with the magnificentÉrard of 1837 from the Edwin Beunk Collection that we use on this recording.” Bertrand Chamayou


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: V5303Barcode: 822186053034SPECIAL PriceFormat: 6 CDPackaging: box setDoulce Mémoire / Denis Raisin Dadre

L'Italie RenaissanceDoulce Mémoire

E8604 Baldassar Castiglione - Il libro del Cortegiano, Venezia, 1528E8626 Lorenzo il Magnifico - Trionfo di BaccoE8878 Cristobal de Morales - ca. 1500 - 1553 Office des TénèbresE8847 Le Siècle du TitienE8648 Viva Napoli E8883 Léonard de Vinci - L’harmonie du monde

Doulce Mémoire has been one of the leading ensembles in the Renaissance and Early music fields.They record forNaïve, K 617 and Zig Zag territories. Its recordings have received many awards and distinctions, including DiapasonRecord of the Year and maximum ratings from Le Monde de la Musique and Télérama.

This set gathers their recordings on Naïve, dedicated to Italian music at the time of the Renaissance, from Naples to theVatican


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: V5301Barcode: 888786053010SPECIAL PriceFormat: 5 CDPackaging: box setSandrine Piau [soprano]Stéphane Degout [baritone]Robert Getchell [tenor]Brigitte EngererBoris BerezovskyAAM-BerlinAccentus / Laurence Equilbey

Accentus Box 5cdsFauré: Requiem, Brahms: Requiem [London Version], Haydn: Seven Last Words,Dusapin: Requiem [s], TranscriptionsAccentus / Laurence Equilbey

Accentus chamber choir, one of Naïve's most successful artists, turns 20 in 2012. Naïve is contributing to thecelebrations by releasing two special products: this 5 cd-set and a compilation gathering 20 vocal jewels, released onMay 1st, Best 20.

“There may be a more profoundly beautiful recording of Fauré's Requiem out there, but if so, I've not heard it.… Equilbeyshapes and caresses every single phrase, every line, every note with the kind of loving care few conductors ever lavishon such a well known and technically undemanding score. The result is a genuinely revelatory reading.” Gramophone

“Performed with intense conviction by Accentus and heard to ideal advantage in the acoustic of the Arsenal de Metz, thisis music that communicates through its very restraint, and is further evidence of Pascal Dusapin's distinctive creativevoice” Gramophone

ALSO AVAILABLE:V5290 Accentus Best 20


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: V5283Barcode: 0822186052839SPECIAL PriceFormat: 7 CDPackaging: box set

Music and PaintersMusic that inspired Monet, Chagall, Courbet, Matisse & Picasso

1 / Les musiques de MonetRavel, Debussy, Fauré, Chausson, Saint-SaënsV5255

2-3 / Les musiques de ChagallRussian & Yiddish traditional | Bloch, Mozart, Bach, Ravel, Tchaïkovsky, MessiaenV4955

4-5 / Les musiques de CourbetChopin, Wagner, Berlioz, Debussy, Bizet, Mahler, Duparc, Berlioz, Brahms, Chausson, Schumann, Beethoven, LisztV5118

6-7 / Les musiques de Matisse et Picassode Falla, Poulenc, Chostakovitch, Stravinsky, Satie, Ravel, Gershwin, Holiday, Armstrong, Gillespie,


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: DSD350058Barcode: 794881896424NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 SACDPackaging: digipackSviatoslav Richter, Moscow State SO / Kirill Kondrashin Prague SO / Václav Smetácek

GRIEG: Piano Concerto Op. 16, DVORAK Piano Concerto Op. 33

Sviatoslav Richter

Sviatoslav Richter (1915-97) left behind the extraordinary legacy of a highly sensitive, angst-ridden yet ultimately serenemusician, a true monstre sacré, a perfectionist in search of the absolute. This duo of 'nationalist' concertos by Grieg andDvorák featured only briefly in his repertoire. The uncharacteristic liberty of his playing and the sense of exultation isastounding, illuminating these romantic compositions based on national folklore. They form a unique, totallyunprecedented combination.

RICHTER EDITION ALREADY AVAILABLE: DSD350056 Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos 1+2, Preludes

Live stereo recordings:Moscow March 23, 1964 [Grieg]Prague June 2 1966 [Dvorák]reissued from PR250016, 250048


Label: DelphianFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: DCD34104Barcode: 801918341045NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalChoir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge Geoffrey WebberAnnie Lydford, Nick Lee [organ]

HAEC DIESByrd & the Tudor RevivalChoir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge explores the fascinating relationship between 16th and early20th-century music as understood by the pioneers of the Tudor revival in England. Centred on Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices – revelatory and inspirational listening for a whole host of composers – thismosaic of reworkings, reimaginings and lovingly-crafted homages is brought to life with all the scholarly acumen andfull-throated fervour that are the hallmarks of one of Britain’s finest choirs.Caius College Choir is one of the UK's leading collegiate choirs. The 23 singers and two organ scholars, under thedirection of Dr Geoffrey Webber, perform a wide range of sacred and secular choral music ranging from the 14th centuryto the present day. The day-to-day activities of the choir revolve around Caius Chapel which is probably the oldest purpose-built collegechapel in Cambridge still in use.

"impeccably performed" The Observer, August 2011

"glittering precision… marvellous choral sheen" International Record Review, June 2009

Vaughan Williams: Whitsunday Hymn (1930)Harris: Eternal Ruler (1930)Holst: Man born to toil (1927)Tallis arr. M. & G. Shaw: Funeral Music (1915)Whitlock: O living Bread, who once didst die (1930)Finzi: Up to those bright and gladsome hills (1925)Byrd: Mass for Five VoicesByrd arr. J.E. Borland: Fantasia in C (1907)Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin (1930)Howells: Haec dies (1918)Pearsall: Tu es Petrus (1854)Bax: Lord, thou hast told us (1931)Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament (1940)


Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: SIGCD289Barcode: 635212028926NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalThe Armonico ConsortElin Manahan Thomas [soprano]Crispian Steele-Perkins [trumpet]Christopher Monks [musical director]

LET THE BRIGHT SERAPHIMElin Manahan ThomasCrispian Steele-Perkins

The Armonico Consort return to disc on Signum (following their highly-regarded Naked Byrd CD series) with a new disccelebrating the glorious combination of soprano and trumpet in baroque music – featuring the soaring talents of ElinManahan Thomas and Crispian Steele-Perkins.Widely-praised for their imaginative and inventive programming, this disc features works by JS Bach (Jauchzet Gott inallen Landen), GP Telemann (Trumpet Concerto in D major), Alessandro Scarlatti (Su le sponde del Tebro) and a specialcompilation of works by Handel devised by Crispian Steele-Perkins.

Critical praise for the Armonico Consort's Naked Byrd discs on Signum (SIGCD180 & SIGCD235):"This splendid second volume in the Armonico Consort’s Naked Byrd series … But perhaps most moving of all is the"Agnes Dei" section of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, re-scored by the composer foreight-part harmonies." The Independent

“An achingly beautiful selection”Classic FM Magazine

BACH: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D majorSCARLATTI; Su le sponde del TebroHANDEL: ‘March’ from Judas Maccabeus HWV63, ‘Sinfonia’ from Floridante HWV14, ‘Lentement’ from Dedemia HWV42, ‘March’ from Scipione HWV20, Eternal Source of Light Divine HWV74, Water Music: Overture, Air, Hornpipe, ‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ from Samson HWV57


Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: SIGCD293Barcode: 635212029329NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalBBC SingersPaul Brough

Sir Richard Rodney BENNETT: My Dancing DayChoral Music BBC Singers

As one of Britain’s most respected and versatile musicians, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett has produced over 200 worksfor the concert hall, and 50 scores for film and television, as well as having been a writer and performer of jazz songs forover fifty years.

This disc of compositions and arrangements performed by the BBC Singers showcases some of his most popular andbeguiling works for choir and voice, drawn from classical and jazz music and featuring his ever-popular work 'A GoodNight'.

This new release on Signum with the BBC Singers follows two other composer-led discs: Remoter Worlds, featuring themusic of Judith Bingham, and Choral Images, featuring the music of Sir Michael Tippett.

"An essential for any Tippett lover. But with these dazzlingly vibrant performances, if you love good choral music, thenyou should buy it." Musicweb International

"this superb choir gives precise, passionate and powerful readings."The Times

My dancing day, Gloria, gloria, In the bleak midwinter, New Year Carol, The Sun has long been set, Town and Country,Mistress Margaret, Mistress Margery, Mistress Anne, My Darling Dear, Mistress Isabel, The Apple Tree, Winter Nights,Never Weather-beaten Saile, Fire, fire! The Hours of Sleepy Night, A Good Night, By Strauss, Sophisticated lady, Every time we say goodbye


Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: SIGCD285Barcode: 635212028520NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraCBSO ChorusCBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Junior ChorusJoan Rodgers [soprano]Toby Spence [tenor]Simon Halsey [conductor]

Jonathan DOVE: There was a ChildJoan RodgersToby SpenceCBSOSimon Halsey

Jonathan Dove wrote 'There Was a Child' as a tribute to a friend’s son who died tragically young. Filled with both joyouscelebration and heartfelt emotion, it’s a big, warm-hearted modern masterpiece in the spirit of Britten and VaughanWilliams – following in an evergreen English tradition and featuring the combined forces of the CBSO and CBSO Chorus,Youth Chorus and Junior Chorus with soloists Joan Rodgers and Toby Spence.

A review of the concert from which this recording was taken:

"Jonathan Dove’s There Was a Child is a major addition to the choral repertoire, and will surely be taken up by societiesup and down the country, perhaps with reduced orchestration for economy’s sake. Emotionally soul-baring, sharing anumbilical cord with Finzi’s Intimations of Immortality and even Dies Natalis, this panorama of a young life draws textsfrom so many fine poets and therefore demands consummate clarity of presentation." Birmingham Post


Label: AuditeFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: AUDITE92539Barcode: 4022143925398NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 SACDPackaging: digipackBirgit Schmieder [oboe, cor anglais]Akiko Yamashita [piano]

TEMPORAL VARIATIONSMusic for Oboe and Piano between 1935 and 1941

Britten: Temporal Variations (1936), Two Insect Pieces (1935)Hindemith: Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1938)Sonata for Cor anglais and Piano (1941)Skalkottas: Concertino for Solo Oboe and Piano Accompaniment (1939)Haas: Suite for Oboe and Piano Op. 17 (1939)

This collection of duos for oboe (specifically cor anglais) and piano by BenjaminBritten, Pavel Haas, Paul Hindemith and Nikos Skalkottas are not only interrelated by the period in which they arose –the years 1935-1941 – but also as haunting documents of musical paths through an increasingly gloomy time.Hindemith‘s sonatas for English horn and piano, part of his larger sonata oeuvre, reflect internalisation and technicaldispassion before and during his emigration. Pavel Haas’ suite is a subtle protest against the annexation ofCzechoslovakia by Nazi Germany. Skalkottas‘ concertino is part of a unique oeuvre that the student of Schoenberg wrotein artistic isolation and under desolate external circumstances in his home country. In both ingenious works of the youngBenjamin Britten, a deep unease with the political conditions of the pre-war period is perceptible beneath a surface ofvirtuosic luster. An enormous contribution to the small repertoire of 20th century oboe literature, these works also presentgreat musical and artistic challenges to the performers.

Birgit Schmieder is a winner of competitions such as the Deutscher Hochschulwettbewerb and the DeutscherMusikwettbewerb. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician with several ensembles specializing in earlyand new music in Germany and beyond. As a soloist, she has appeared with ensembles such as the DeutscheBachsolisten, the Berliner Symphoniker and the Deutsches Kammerorchester. Concert tours have led her to Italy (VeniceBiennale), Poland (Warsaw Autumn), Israel, China and Korea.Akiko Yamashita has appeared extensively as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. Her concert activities havetaken her throughout Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands as well as to Austria, Italy, Ireland, Russia, Japan andthe U.S.A. She has appeared at festivals such as the Berliner Festwochen, the Berlin new music festivals Maerzmusikand Ultraschall, Steirischer Herbst in Graz, the Venice Biennale and the Festival Milano Musica. She appears regularlyas a soloist with orchestras including e.g. the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester under Dennis Russell Davies.


Label: AuditeFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: AUDITE92652Barcode: 4022143926524NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 SACDPackaging: cristalCappella Murensis / Johannes StroblLes Cornets Noirs

SCHUTZ, GABRIELI: Polychoral Splendour from the four galleries of the Abbey Church of MuriCappella MurensisLes Cornets Noirs

SCHÜTZ: Warum toben die Heiden, Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich? Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen, Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, Zion spricht: Der Herr hat mich verlassen, Alleluja! Lobet den Herrn G. GABRIELI: Canzon primi toni a 8, Canzon quarti toni a 15, Canzon VIII a 8, Sonata XVIII a 14, Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10, Canzon septimi toni a 8

The young Heinrich Schütz’s four-year sojourn with Giovanni Gabrieli proved to be one of the most fruitful educationaljourneys to Italy undertaken by a German musician. Following his return, Schütz presented his 'Psalms of David' in 1619:an impressive result of his encounter with the Italian musical style. These 'German Psalms in the Italian Manner' areconsistently based on the polychoral style with which Schütz had become acquainted in the Venetian tradition of corispezzati. As first organist of St Mark’s, Venice, Gabrieli included in his compositions the architecture of this ecclesiasticalbuilding in a unique way, placing the singers and instrumentalists, who were divided into as many as four choirs, in facinggalleries, thus achieving remarkable sonic and spatial effects.On this recording the Cappella Murensis and the ensemble Les Cornets Noirs make use of the four galleries in the AbbeyChurch at Muri where the abbots and master builders designed the octagonal nave of specifically for polyphonic effect. inthe works for two, three and four choirs, voices and instruments blend with a total of four continuo organs, producing aunique sound. The inclusion of the two large historic Bossart organs (Epistle and Gospel) as continuo instrumentscreates an additional dynamic palette. With magnificent Sonatas and Canzonas by Giovanni Gabrieli, Les Cornets Noirs, led by the cornettists Gebhard Davidand Bork-Frithjof Smith, are showcased as one of the leading European ensembles in early baroque music.


Label: K617File Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: K617237Barcode: 3383510002373NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalAurore Bucher, Andrea Brown [sopranos]Rolf Ehlers, Beat Duddeck [counter tenors]Michael Feyfar, Nils Giebelhausen [tenors]Ekkehard Abele, Benoit Arnould [baritones]La Chapelle Rhenane/Benoit Haller

SCHUTZ: Psalms of DavidLa Chapelle RhenaneBenoit Haller

The 'Psalms of David', the opus 2 of Heinrich Schütz, constitute genuine symphonies for voices and instrumentscombined. This offshoot of the polychoral tradition of Giovanni Gabrieli, which Schütz frequented in Venice is interpretedby La Chapelle Rhénane with a refined blend of sonorities, supreme virtuosity and great emotional depth.

ALSO AVAILABLE:K617191 Schütz Magnificat d’Uppsala Gramophone Editor’s Choice

“a refreshing manifesto from musicians who zealously believe in the music they have chosen to perform.”David Vickers, Editor’s Choice, Gramophone, March 2007


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: V5302Barcode: 822186053027MID PriceFormat: 1 CDBlandine Verlet [harpsichord Hemsch, 1751]

J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988Blandine Verlet

Blandine Verlet, the noted French harpsichordist, studied with Ruggiero Gerlin and Ralph Kirkpatrick. She beganrecording in the late 1970s for Philips, switching to the Astree label in the 1990s. Her recordings range from J.S. Bach'skeyboard works to Froberger to lesser known composers such as Louis Couperin and Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de laGuerre. This, her second recording of the Goldbergs, has been called "one of the finest harpsichord versions in thecatalogue." With violinist Gerard Poulet she has recorded early violin sonatas by Mozart, using the older Baroque keyboardinstruments rather than a fortepiano or modern piano. Verlet has also worked with flautist Stephen Preston and viola dagambist Jordi Savall. Her playing is noted for her control and restraint in not letting emotion carry her away.Recently recommended by Diapason as their 'Desert Island' Goldbergs, now at mid price.


Label: ApartéFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: AP036Barcode: 31490280166282 FOR 1.5Format: 2 CDPackaging: digipackBlandine Verlet [harpsichord]

François COUPERIN: Works for Harpsichord / Ordres pour clavecin n° 7, 8, 25-27Blandine Verlet

Blandine Verlet is now one of the last living legends of the harpsichord. After a few years of absence, she has joined thelabel Aparté with a programme dedicated to Francois Couperin's harpsichord music, recorded on a sumptuous Hemschof 1751 upon which she already performed Goldberg Variations in 1993.Throughout these pieces with evocative titles (Les Amusements, the Raphaèle, the delights, the Poppies, the WanderingShadows ..) she reveals an artist with a voice more than inspired, powerful and constantly renewed.The cover of the disc is a portrait of Blandine Verlet by Craig Hanna. A real event!


Label: ApartéFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: AP034Barcode: 3149028016420NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackVox Suavis: Dominique Vellard [tenor, oud]Ana Arnaz [soprano, percussions]Baptiste Romain [vièles, bagpipes]

La Voz del Olvido: Cantigas Traditional Spanish music & Cantigas de amigo, Martin CodaxVox Suavis

"Tell yourself often: with these songs the soul of a people beats in all its natural harmony and with all its true prestige.Throw away far from you this sombre weight of prejudices, of topics, of imposition that are a vile lie. Speak in your truelanguage: in the language of truth." Cancionero de Felipe Pedrell

In this programme the seven cantigas de amigo and some other cantigas from St. María are inspired by the oral traditionof several Spanish provinces, among others those of Galicia and Castilla. In these regions the cantigas and theGalaico-Portuguese language were born.Pieces from the Sephardic communities from Sofia and Smyrna offer a richcontrast to the Spanish ones.


Label: EloquentiaFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: EL1234Barcode: 3760107400345NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackNoelle Spieth [harpsichord]

BACH: ToccatasNoelle Spieth

When, around 1705, Johann Sebastian Bach came to write his Toccatas, this form of keyboard music had already beenknown for over a century, and was strongly influenced by Italian, English and Flemish ideas. The Toccata was a productof both vocal and instrumental music, and preserved many of its distinctive features.The Toccata first originated in the Gregorian chant heard in the Cathedral of St Peter's in Rome. It now functioned as alink between diverse cultural practices. During the Baroque era it was transplanted to the northern European countries,including England, where it made a decisive contribution to the development of secular keyboard music. These pieces,intended as much for the organ as for the harpsichord, combine the spectacular features of the northern virtuoso stylewith the rigour associated with the music of the Catholic church. When adopted by musicians from the Lutheran countriesduring the 17th century, it found yet another form of expression. Through its alternation between dramatic, religiouspassages and philosophical reflection, the Germanic Toccata provided a new sound model for a community in search ofan ideal form of expression, allowing the individual to communicate with his Creator.The impersonal phrasing of certain musical figures may be thought to express the speculative nature of Calvinism inFlanders, as in the interior scenes of Vermeer. The domestic musical tradition of this region was well known to Bach, incentral Germany, through the music printed in Amsterdam, the new capital of music publishing. It was through this routethat Frescobaldi's work became known in the north, in particular his Fiori musicali, a famous collection of keyboardpieces in the Roman Catholic style, which made such an impression on Bach that he copied them out by hand.


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: CHR77357Barcode: 4010072773579NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackTilman Hoppstock [guitar]

Tilman Hoppstock is performing at West Dean Guitar Festival and Summer School 11-12th August

BAROQUE SUITES FOR GUITARTilman Hoppstock

Buxtehude: Suite A-Dur BuxWV 238/226, Suite d-Moll BuxWV 241/244L. Couperin: Suite in dFroberger: Suite Nr. 18 in dorisch g; Suite Nr. 20 D-Dur; Tombeau fait à Paris sur la mort de M. BlancherocheJ.S.Bach: Fantasie & Chromatische Fuge BWV 919/906

Tilman Hoppstock (*1961) studied guitar and cello in Darmstadt and Cologne. Since 1978 he has undertaken concerttours to the most important culture centres everywhere. Beside his many live performances, Hoppstock has recorded about 25 CDs which have been received enthusiastically bythe press. In 1999, he and his partner in duet, singer Christoph Prégardien, were awarded the ‘Preis der DeutschenSchallplattenkritik’ for their CD ‘Songs of Love & Death’ now on Christophorus CHR77320.Tilman Hoppstock has gained recognition as a publisher of over 80 music editions for children and advanced guitarstudents, and now of these arrangements of baroque works for solo guitar. His expertise in Ancient Music has resultedin the publication of a critically acclaimed scientific edition of Bach’s works for Lute which is regarded as the standardsource by guitarists all over the world.

"Tilman Hoppstock is an exceptional player, with a fine sense of style and unfailing sensitivity, and a technician of the firstwater.“ Gramophone

Also available:CHE0158-2 Great Studies for GuitarWorks by Allan Willcocks, Niccolò Paganini, Matteo Carcassi and Heitor Villa-Lobos


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: CHE0173-2Barcode: 4010072017321BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalMünchner Flötentrio

W.F. BACH: Flute Music from DresdenMunich Flute Trio

Trio Sonatas in D major (Falck 47), A minor (Falck 49), D major (Falck 48), E minor (Falck 54), G major (Falck 59), E flat major (Falck 55), F major (Falck 57)

As the prominent composer, music theorist and contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel,Johann Mattheson, states in one of his writings in 1739, composing two- and three-part pieces meant reaching the peakof mastery in their trade for the musicians of the late Baroque. The present trio sonatas and duets of Johann Sebastian Bach‘s eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann, who was the mosttalented composer of them all, according to his father‘s opinion, belong to the outstanding chamber music works at theclose of the Baroque era. What Mattheson expected of this musical genre is demonstrated here in the dense polyphonicinterplay of the two flute parts in an exemplary manner: "the genre consists in a concertante character - set for examplefor two instruments and a bass - since, so to speak, the two upper voices take up with one another and playcompetitively".


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: CHE0174-2Barcode: 4010072017420BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalJoachim Schäfer [trumpet]

BAROQUE CHAMBER MUSIC FOR PICCOLO TRUMPETJoachim Schäfer

Vivaldi: Concerto in G minorJ.C. Bach: Sonata in E fl at majorHandel: Sonata in F major, Sonata No.1 in C minor Op.1 No.8 Maurice André: Caprice in the style of BaroqueFrançois Campion: Suite facileJ-B Loeillet: Sonata in G minor

Whole generations of composers saw a special challenge in writing for the solo trumpet. At the same time, they often hadtrumpeters at their disposal who were virtually legends of virtuosity, such as Johann Gottfried Reiche, whom Bach wasable to call upon in Leipzig. The Baroque trumpet thus contributed a great deal to the development of the concerto style -not least in the musical centres of Europe. There, its splendid effects also brought glory to the instrument in operatic andincidental music for the stage. The brilliantly virtuosic tonal potential of the instrument - played in its valveless, 'natural'form during its heyday - has always exercised a special fascination. Its aesthetic appeal may still be comprehendedtoday; what is more, this apparently eternally young and refreshing world of sonare (sonata: sounding piece) andconcertare (concerto: contrasting solo part) has now awoken a great and unceasing demand for new arrangements forthe trumpet. The present recording has resulted out of a feeling of obligation to meet this challenge. Here the spirits ofrediscovery and revival combine.


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: CHE0175-2Barcode: 4010072017529BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalConcilium musicum WienPaul Angerer

MOZART'S PUPILSWorks by Storace, Attwood, Süßmayr, Freystädtler

Storace: Sextet in G major for pianoforte, transverse flute, two violins, alto & celloAttwood: Trio in C major Op.1 No.11 for pianoforte, violin & obligate celloSüßmayr: Divertimento I in C major for violin, viola & celloFreystädtler: Concerto facile in D major for pianoforte, two violins, alto & cello

Transcribing and copying were methods of learning and earning in Mozart's time. In this way Mozart‘s 'scholars' alsoprofited from him - Hummel lived with him for two years, Süßmayr worked with him, Freystadtler, Eberl, Storace wereclose to him and watched his fingers with open ears. Mozart‘s studies have been handed down by Attwood (W. A Mozart,New edition of the complete works, Series X, Supplement) - today still important for all those who study composition andinterpretation. It is a display of Mozart‘s great, almost playful mastery, which he drew from practice with great ability, andthis he also handed down. It is important to pay attention to the roots and branches of this ingenious stem of Mozart. Wecan be justified in calling the four talented 'descendants': Attwood, Storace, Süßmayr and Freystadtler 'scholars'.


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: CHE0176-2Barcode: 4010072017628BUDGET Price Format: 2 CDPackaging: cristalKonzertchor DarmstadtWolfgang Seeliger

Max BRUCH: Songs for Mixed Choir5 Songs Op.38, 9 Songs Op.60, 7 Chants Op.71, 7 Scottish Songs,12 Welsh Songs, Songs for Mixed Choir Op.86

These choral compositions demonstrate Bruch‘s masterly vocal writing particularly well. His choral sound is characterisedby simple, folksong-like melodic lines and uncomplicated harmony which is intentionally held in rein. It was Bruch‘sdream to become Mendelssohn‘s successor in choral composition, but his unaccompanied choral works are evidence ofanother ideal - that of the folksong. In contrast to the specifically heroic style of the large oratorios, the unaccompaniedworks are marked by calm inwardness.


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: DSD250292Barcode: 3149028012224NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 SACDPackaging: cristalZemlinsky Quartet: František Soucek, Petr Strizek [violins]Petr Holman [viola]Vladimír Fortin [cello]

DVORAK: String Quartets No.9 Op.34 B75, No.13 Op.106 B192 Zemlinsky Quartet

Two scores that frame the period when the composer of the famous 'American’ Quartet (No.12) was in his prime.Combining rhythmic invention, bright colours, only dimmed by the importance of the viola part, and a spontaneousmelodic outpouring that contrasts with the absorbing melancholy of the slow movements, they give voice to a happyidiom despite the number of personal dramas the composer had undergone. Elements of folk nationalism pervadereminding us of a people that was going to become a nation once again in 1918.

"There’s nothing quite like a Czech string quartet. The Zemlinsky are in the great Bohemian tradition, playing with afullness of tone and a combined naturalness and care for phrasing and note values that give delight" David Cairns,Sunday Times


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: DSD350060Barcode: 3149028020526NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalVladimir Ivanovsky [tenor]Ivan Petrov [bass]Boy’s Choir of Moscow State Chorus, USSRAcademic Russian ChoirMoscow Philharmonic OrchestraYuri Ulanov / Alexander YurlovUSSR SO / Konstantin Ivanov (Op.90)Leningrad Radio & TV Chorus

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Song of the Forests Op.81 [1949]oratorio on words by Yevgeni DolmatovskyThe sun shines over the motherland Op. 90 [1952]cantata on words by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky & M.Svetlov10 Poems Op. 88 based on words by revolutionary poets Op.88 (1951)

Today Soviet propaganda literature tends to raise a smile, whereas the genuine feel of combined secular ‘passion’ andpopular refrains still astounds, with its irresistible Russian prosodic rhythms. A tribute to outstanding Russian artists: Yevgeni Mravinsky (1903-88), Alexander Yurlov, choirmaster (1927-73) and thegreat bass Ivan Petrov (1920-2003).


Label: Phil.harmonieFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: Phil06020Barcode: 4250317416209NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: specialEdicson Ruiz [double bass]Sinfónica Juvenil Teresa Carreño De VenezuelaChristian Vasquez [director]

VIENNESE DOUBLE BASS CONCERTOSSperger, Hoffmeister, Anton Zimmermann, von DitterdorfEdicson Ruiz

Edicson Ruiz, born in 1985 in Caracas, took up the double bass at the age of eleven. As a fifteen-year-old, he wasawarded First Prize at the International Society of Bassists Competition in Indianapolis/USA. Soon afterwards heattended courses given by Janne Saksala and became the youngest scholarship holder of the Orchestral Academy of theBerlin Philharmonic, where he studied with Klaus Stoll.Already during these studies, Edicson Ruiz was appointed amember of the world-famous Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra after a convincing audition. Conductor Christian Vásquez, born in 1984 in Caracas, is, as is Edicson Ruiz, a protégé of the internationally knownVenezuelan Sistema and has already established himself as one of the most promising developing talents from theAmericas.

ALSO AVAILABLE:Phil06008 Dittersdorf, Hoffmeister, Vanhal

“Ruiz plays with unshakeable aplomb, exhibiting a sprightly spiccato and consistent tonal imagination.”The Strad recommends, March 2011


Label: Phil.harmonieFile Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: Phil06016Barcode: 4250317416162NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: specialVogler Quartet: Tim Vogler, Frank Reinecke (violins)Stefan Fehlandt (viola)Stephan Forck (cello)

SCHULHOFF: String Quartet No. 1, Duo for Violin & Cello, 5 Pieces for String QuartetA Mirror Maze of Ideas, The Chamber Music of Erwin SchulhoffVogler Quartet

After World War I Schoenberg was prominently placed, together with Stravinsky, Bartok and Hindemith. Krenek and Weillwere beckoning, whilst Les Six suffered for their irony in Paris. Quite different was the perspective for composer ErwinSchulhoff returning home from the war. At 24 years of age, he had been wounded twice on the front and experiencedhuman suffering, destruction and the loss of own ideals. Schulhoff had to scratch a living doing musical odd jobs butbecame friends with George Grosz, Otto Dix along with the Berlin Dada movement, whilst programming the SecondViennese school in his Dresden concerts. In the Nazi era he was denied employment and politically he leaned to the left,even setting passages from the Communist Manifesto, later obtaining Soviet citizenship. However, he was arrested inPrague the day after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. In 1944, he died in the Wülzburgconcentration camp in Germany and it was to take more than 40 years for his work to become known and more popular,enhanced by the efforts of Michael Haas and Decca's Entartete music series.The Vogler Quartet celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2010/11. Here they offer Schulhoff's chamber music from the mid1920s.


Label: WergoFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: WER6195-2Barcode: 4010228619522NORMAL PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: box setKurt Müller-Graf (Hamlet I), Rudolf Kowalski(Hamlet II), Johannes M. Kösters (Hamlet III)Gabriele Schnaut (Ophelia), Carmen Fuggiss(Ophelia-Double)Ulrike Sonntag (Ophelia-Double, Lenin)Martina Borst (Ophelia-Double; Mao)Chor & Orchester des NationaltheatersMannheim Peter Schneider [conductor]

Wolfgang RIHM: Die Hamletmaschine Music theater in 5 parts: I. Family Album II. Europe of the Woman III. ScherzoIV. Pest in Buda, Battle of Greenland V. Wildstraining, In the FearsomeArmaments, Millennia

These two CDs present a live recording of the premiere in the Nationaltheater Mannheim in March 1987. Under PeterSchneider as conductor and Friedrich Meyer-Oertel as stage director, the ensemble offers up a forceful performance.Revived with new artwork for Wolfgang Rihm's 60th birthday.

"Heiner Müller's text 'Die Hamletmaschine' from 1977 is an intellectual turning point, an 'endgame' of drama... time hasbecome a lumpy sphere, and multi-layered images pass like an imaginary theatre. With his partly impetuous, partlyexcessive lyrical music, 'polluted' by quotes and pseudo-quotes and thus also being 'open', Wolfgang Rihm managed to'grasp' this unwieldy text and achieve a great success at the world premiere of 'Die Hamletmaschine'." Fono Forum


Label: WergoFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: WER6303-2Barcode: 4010228630329NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalJohn Cage [voice], Joe Heaney [voice]Paddy Glackin [violin]Peadar Mercier, Mel Mercier [bodrhan]Matt Malloy [flute] Seamus Ennis [uillean-pipes]Studio Akustische Kunst des WDR, Köln Klaus Schöning [editor]

John CAGE: Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on 'Finnegans Wake', Writing for the Second Time Through

After having released Pierre Henry's "La Ville. Die Stadt" WERGO continues this CD series with John Cage's famousradio production "Roaratorio - An Irish Circus on 'Finnegans Wake' ". In addition to his musical works and closely tied tothem is a body of extensive poetic-philosophical work wich he published successively in his books. Beginning in the1940s Cage was occupied with the epochal work of James Joyce, particularly with the hermetic and difficult "FinnegansWake".With "Roaratorio. An Irish Circus on 'Finnegans Wake' " Cage realised a work which within months of its premiere in 1979at the WDR in Cologne became an international sensation and must be ranked as one of the key works of Ars Acusticain this century. In "Roaratorio" Cage's experiences with music and poetry, oral recitation and tape montage, and his closeassociation with Zen Buddhism, lead to an all-inclusive cosmology built out of human voices, natural sounds, soundscoming out of the immediate environment, noises, singing, and music.

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Label: WergoFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: MV0856-5Barcode: 4010228085655NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 DVDPackaging: long boxAki Hashimoto (Kwan Shusai/Kotaro), Oleksandr Prytolyuk (Genzo), Susanne Serfling (Tonami), Andreas Daum (Matsuo/1st figure), Anja Vincken (Chiyo/2nd figure), Sven Ehrke (Gemba)Staatsorchester Darmstadt, Choir of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Constantin Trinks [conductor], John Dew [stage director]

ORFF: Gisei - The SacrificeMusic drama after the Japanese tragedy 'Terakoya' in a German translation byKarl Florenz

Aki Hashimoto (Kwan Shusai/Kotaro), Oleksandr Prytolyuk (Genzo), Susanne Serfling (Tonami), Andreas Daum (Matsuo/1st figure), Anja Vincken (Chiyo/2nd figure), Sven Ehrke (Gemba)Staatsorchester Darmstadt, Choir of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Constantin Trinks [conductor], John Dew [stage director]

WERGO release another highlight in their Carl Orff DVD edition: a film version of Orff's first stage work 'Gisei - DasOpfer' by the film director Peider A. Defilla.'Gisei' is set in the year 902 in a village school in Japan and is about the sacrificial death of a child. Both the subject andJapanese culture greatly inspired the young Carl Orff, and he remained an afficionado of Japan all his life. In theJapanese tragedies, Orff also found numerous references to the ancient Greek tragedies by Sophocles with which heconcerned himself decades later.

This DVD shows the world premiere production by John Dew (who was recently awarded the Carl Orff Prize 2012) at theDarmstadt State Theatre. Lavish costumes as well as carefully rehearsed facial expressions and gestures convey a deepimpression of this tragedy. The following 15-minute bonus film includes interesting additional information on Orff's oeuvreand particularly on his work on 'Gisei'.

RELEASE DATE31ST OCTOBER 2011

Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: OP30518Barcode: 709861305186NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackSergio Azzolini [bassoon]L'Aura Soave CremonaDiego Cantalupi [direction]

also available Op30496 Bassoon Concertos Vol. 1Vol.3 will be released his Autumn

VIVALDI: Concertos for Bassoon Vol. 2RV499, 472, 490, 496, 504, 483, 470Sergio Azzolini

This is the second volume of Bassoon concertos to be released by Naïve as part of the prestigious Vivaldi Edition. Aswith the first, the recording features the outstanding combination of soloist Sergio Azzolini, an acknowledged expert inbaroque performance, and the critically acclaimed period instrument group L’Aura Soave.

Internationally renowned bassoonist Sergio Azzolini was born in 1967 in Bolzano, Italy. As a baroque bassoon player heis a member of the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, and appears regularly as soloist with L’Aura Soave Cremona,Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca and La Stravaganza Köln. He is also a member of Parnassi Musici.The group L’Aura Soave was formed in 1995 by lutenist and musicologist Diego Cantalupi with the aim of exploringItalian vocal and instrumental traditions and little-known Italian composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. In the last fewyears L’Aura Soave has begun a close collaboration with the bassoonist Sergio Azzolini, whose role as both soloist anddirector has greatly influenced the orchestra. Its first recording of bassoon concertos by Vivaldi (OP30496) for the NaïveVivaldi Edition was awarded the prestigious Diapason d’Or in France as best instrumental release of 2010.

“The performances are very much in the modern Italian manner: period instruments played with gusto, a terrific sense ofattack pervading outer movements. Azzolini burbles and rasps away merrily, yet there's poetry aplenty in slowmovements, where he displays an unsurpassed palette of tonal colour...[I] cannot imagine these concertos better played,with such infectious exuberance.”International Record Review

“Azzolini is on excellent form again and seems to have lost none of the infectious eagerness with which he startedout...[He] catches all these moods and is everywhere tireless in avoidance of the routine - listen to the dramatic pausebefore the last ritornello in RV496, where others might simply have ploughed on head-down...Has anyone ever grabbedhold of this music so wholeheartedly?”Gramophone

Diapason d'OrIRR OUTSTANDINGEditor's Choice, Early Music Quarterly June-August 2012

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