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NEWS & HIGHLIGHTSSTREET DATE: DECEMBER 9, 2014

The year may be coming to an end, but there are still lots of great new releases on the way. December’s offering leads off with a very special set from Jordi Savall on Alia Vox. Savall directs the Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations on a disc of Magnificats and Concertos by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi (p.6). The package includes a DVD (in PAL format) with video content mirroring the disc’s program. Bach is also the featured composer on a new two SACD set of the complete Brandenburg Concertos from Channel Classics featuring the acclaimed English chamber ensemble Florilegium (p.11). Vocal music fans will delight in the second solo disc for the Aparté label by the superb countertenor Xavier Sabata. I Dilletanti features music by a selection of Venice’s non-professional composers (p.7). Orange Mountain proudly presents the first release of the complete piano Études of Philip Glass. Recently completed, these fascinating works are given definitive performances by Maki Namekawa (p.16). Leading off our non-classical releases, jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf teams up with rapper-poet Oxmo Puccino for Au pays d’Alice, a jazz musical based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (p.25). Last but not least, Howe Records’s latest soundtrack release features Rosewater — the directorial début of Daily Show host Jon Stewart. Howard Shore’s atmospheric score is paired with songs by Leonard Cohen, Mahdyar Aghajani and 25 Band (p.26).

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“One of the rarest jewels in Opera Rara’s estimable catalog.”—THE SUNDAY TIMES

“A savvily constructed, richly rewarding program...”—THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A masterclass in capturing a composer’s idiom with warmth and humanity.”—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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IMPORTAlessandro Piccinini, a contemporary of Monteverdi and Frescobaldi, hailed from a Bolognese family of lutenists that made its mark on Italian musical life for over one and a half centuries. Piccinini’s two books of lute works are primarily influenced by the

emergent Italian instrumental music, but French and Spanish influences can also be clearly heard. On the present recording, Mónica Pustilnik performs selections from both books.

IMPORTOf all the fascinating, little-known figures who populated the world of Italian song in the early 17th century, Giulio Sant Pietro de’ Negri is one of the most interesting. His songs include startlingly original and interesting settings, even by the

experimental standards of the time. This collection, featuring the ensemble Faenza conducted by Marco Horvat, samples some of the composer’s finest works.

PICCININI Lute MusicMónica Pustilnik (lute)Accent • ACC 24193

SAN PIETRO DE’ NEGRI Amorosa Fenice

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DECEMBER 2014CLASSICAL

IMPORTThis release from Albion Records highlights both Vaughan Williams’s skill in setting English poetry and prose to music and his abiding love of the violin, which he described as his “musical salvation.” It features song settings of both John Bunyan and

Robert Louis Stevenson performed by baritone Roland Wood alongside familiar and less well-known works for violin, arranged on this occasion for violin and piano and played by Matthew Trusler and Iain Burnside.

IMPORTThis recording explores the various musical themes used in films to express romance, nobility, adventure and hope. Pianist Jane Chee plays a selection of clever and illuminating arrangements of music from a wide range of films including Somewhere in Time,

Gone with the Wind, Titanic, Out of Africa, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, Braveheart and The Lord of the Rings.

Stars of the NightVAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending, Six Studies in English Folk Song, Violin Concerto, Songs of Travel, Three Songs from The Pilgrim’s Progress

Matthew Trusler (violin), Roland Wood (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)Albion • ALBCD 018

Come Back to Me — Piano Arrangements of Great Film Music

Jane Chee (piano)Albion • ALBCD 019

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IMPORT A Cambridge Mass was written between 1897 and 1899 as part of Vaughan Williams’s efforts toward the degree of Doctor of Music from Cambridge University. His time at Cambridge was to influence Vaughan Williams’s character, friendships, ideals and musical development for the rest of his life. This world première recording features a quartet of fine soloists backed by The Bach Choir and the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra conducted by Alan Tongue.

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Cambridge Mass

Olivia Robinson (soprano), Rebecca Lodge (contralto), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Edward Price (baritone), The Bach Choir, New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, Alan TongueAlbion • ALBCD 020

Also availableVaughan Williams: The SolentAlbion • ALBCD 016 (5060158190164)“A mandatory acquisition for all RVW acolytes.”—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDOn this spectacular recording of baroque masterworks, Maestro Jordi Savall leads Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Reial de Catalunya in performances of Magnificat settings by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi. Recorded live at the Royal Chapel in Versailles in 2013, each of the choral works is paired with a concerto by the same composer in the same tonality. A bonus DVD is included (in PAL format only) that includes both Magnificats and Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto BWV243, played by keyboard virtuoso Pierre Hantaï.

VIVALDI Magnificat, Concerto RV578J.S. BACH Magnificat, Harpsichord Concerto BWV243

Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi SavallAlia Vox • AVSA 9909

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“Jordi Savall is one of the greatest living forcesin the rebirth of early music.”

—LISTEN MAGAZINE

25th AnniversaryAlia Vox • AVSA 9897 (7619986398976)“Jordi Savall’s discs can always be relied on to widen listeners’ musical horizons in the most enjoyable way possible.”—THE TELEGRAPH

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IMPORT Following on the success of his début album Bad Guys, countertenor Xavier Sabata presents I Dilettanti. This recording features works by a selection of Venice’s many non-professional composers. Despite their “dilletante” status, some of these composers, including Benedetto Marcello and Emanuele d’Astorga, left their own very personal mark on the history of music. Sabata is accompanied here by the ensemble Latinitas Nostra led by Markellos Chryssicos.

I Dilettanti

Xavier Sabata (countertenor)Latinitas Nostra, Markellos ChryssicosAparté • AP 093

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“Sabata has one of the richest of counter-tenor voices, his warmth of tone carrying intimations of decadence.”

—THE GUARDIAN

Handel: Bad GuysAparté • AP 048 (3149028024920)

“His energetic reading of these arias brings to life Handel’s more vengeful operatic characters. And yet, there’s still that Baroque beauty and elegance underlying the entire performance.”—CBC Music

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IMPORTBrazilian pianist Guiomar Novaes was described by her teacher Isidore Philipp as, “by far the best pupil he had ever nursed to the concert stage.” Novaes shot to fame as a teenager and immediately became a star pianist, particularly in the USA where she settled. She recorded well into the LP era but by

common consent her greatest recordings are considered to be the 78-rpm discs she made in her youth. Here, for the first time, all are reissued together.

IMPORTWanda Landowska achieved such fame for her revival of the harpsichord that it is sometimes forgotten that she was also a fine pianist. This set brings together, for the first time, all her recordings on that instrument. In their understanding of

period style, and above all in their ability to get to the emotional heart of the matter, these recordings reveal Landowska’s playing to be as valid now, in our historically informed time, as it ever was.

Guiomar Novaes — The Complete Published 78-rpm Recordings

Guiomar Novaes (piano)APR • APR 6015

Wanda Landowska — The Complete Piano Recordings

Wanda Landowska (piano)APR • APR 7305

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IMPORTHungarian violinist and conductor Sándor Végh is perhaps best known as one of the greatest chamber music performers of the twentieth century. Végh focused the last thirty years of his career on conducting, leading his own Végh Chamber

Orchestra as well as such famous ensembles as the Vienna Philharmonic. This remastered 1992 recording features a live performance from the vaults of the Österreichischer Rundfunk.

IMPORT All zones; 97 minutes; 16:9; In German with English and French SubtitlesConcert for a Deaf Soul is a theatrical take on the secretive life of French composer Maurice Ravel. This video featuring collaboration between the Halle Puppet Theatre and pianist Ragna

Schirmer offers scenes from the life of Ravel alternating and merging with some of his most impressive pieces for piano. Music, imagination, puppets and actors combine to create a touching and poetic experience.

MOZART Symphonies Nos.39 & 40Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sándor VéghBelvedere • 10147

RAVEL Concert for a Deaf SoulHalle Puppet Theatre, Ragna Schirmer (piano)Belvedere • 10150

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe choral music of Johannes Brahms spans much of his career as a composer. Its influences range from folk music to contrapuntal masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque. Musicology has in its infancy in the Romantic period, and Brahms was fascinated with ‘old’ music, especially the works of Bach. This illuminating selection of a cappella choral music features the supreme talents of the Swedish Radio Choir led by Peter Dijkstra.

BRAHMS Mass & Motets

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“The 35-voice choir makes a suitably full-bodied sound, yet keeps the individual lines clean and clear and the textures rich and vibrant, confirming once again the

reasons that make us not only so happy to listen but that also make us want to sing...”

—CLASSICS TODAY

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDLike many of Bach’s sets, such as the Goldberg Variations or The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Brandenburg Concertos form a kind of master anthology — a demonstration of all the imaginable possibilities inherent in a certain musical form. Each of these six concertos calls for a different combination of soloists, every one unprecedented in its choice of instruments. This recording from the superb English ensemble Florilegium goes in reverse of the numbered order, so that each piece adds to the musician complement.

J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos Nos.1-6

FlorilegiumChannel Classics • CCS SA 35914

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“Any release from this superb ensemble is worthy of notice...”

—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Bach: Organ Trio SonatasChannel • CCS SA 27012 (723385270126)“Listeners will welcome the opportunity to hear some of Bach’s best instrumental music in these new, impressively idiomatic arrangements.”—CLASSICS TODAY

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IMPORTDavid Wilde’s first recording for Delphian was a Chopin recital recorded live at the Wigmore Hall. Seven recordings and twelve years later, Wilde offers a second Chopin program, intended as a memorial to his recently departed wife Jane. Wilde’s

breathtaking virtuosity and towering intellect combine here in interpretations fueled by passion — performances that combine heartfelt tenderness with deep personal grief.

IMPORTOn The Choir of Merton College, Oxford’s album The Marian Collection, conductor Benjamin Nicholas draws from a collection of works written in celebration of the college’s 750th anniversary. Featured here is a set of the four Marian antiphons,

all specially commissioned from women composers, as well as première recordings of works by Gabriel Jackson and Matthew Martin. Peter Phillips takes the baton for Byrd’s Salve Regina and John Nesbett’s Magnificat, a piece whose neglect on disc is astonishing.

Wilde Plays Chopin Vol.2CHOPIN Nocturnes Op.9 No.2, Op.27 Nos.1 & 2, Polonaise Op.53, Piano Sonata No.2, Prélude Op.28 No.15, Fantaisie Op.49

David Wilde (piano)Delphian • DCD 34138

The Marian CollectionChoral works by Bruckner, Byrd, Jackson, Stravinsky & Weir

Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas, Peter PhillipsDelphian • DCD 34144

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IMPORTAll zones; 176 MinutesCiboulette by Reynaldo Hahn is considered to be one of the last great masterpieces of French operetta. The action takes place in Paris in 1867, and is filled with a gallery of characters typical of the Belle Époque. This video features Laurence Equilbey leading the Toulon Opera. The second-largest opera house in France, Toulon’s hall is one of the country’s national historic monuments. Soloists here include soprano Julie Fuchs in the title role and tenor Julien Behr as Antonin, her love interest.

HAHN Ciboulette

Julie Fuchs (soprano), Julien Behr (tenor), Jean-François Lapointe (baritone), Accentus Chamber Choir, Toulon Opera, Laurence EquilbeyFRA Musica • FRA 009

Also available on Blu-rayFRA Musica • FRA 509Extra features: 31 minutes of interviews with Laurence Equilbey and others

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Recently releasedRavel: L’heure espagnoleFRA Musica • FRA 008 (3770002003138)“Simply put, if you love well-staged opera and Ravel’s music, you must have this recording!”—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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IMPORTOriginally released between 1975 to 1991 on the now-defunct Calliope label, André Isoir’s recordings of the complete organ works of Bach have been unanimously acclaimed by both the press and the public. La Dolce Volta now offers these landmark recordings (unavailable since 2008),

completely remastered, in a deluxe, specially priced boxed set. The set includes a 152 page, full color booklet rich with photos and information about the music and the recordings.

IMPORTAfter receiving first prize at the prestigious Geneva International Competition in 2011, the Quatuor Hermès won the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York in 2012. La Dolce Volta presents this exciting young group’s second commercial

recording, featuring the String Quartets of opus 41 by Robert Schumann. The players’ musical maturity and bold impetuosity go hand in hand to create profound, romantic readings of these works that are both powerful and sensuous.

J.S. BACH The Organ WorksAndré Isoir (organ)La Dolce Volta • LDV 153

SCHUMANN String Quartets Op.41, Nos.1-3Quatuor HermèsLa Dolce Volta • LDV 17

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IMPORTLuis Fernando Pérez is one of the few Spanish pianists since Alicia de Larrocha to have championed his native repertoire with such passion. After discs of Soler and Granados for Mirare, he now presents a portrait of Manuel de Falla. From the Andalusian

impressionism of Nights in the Gardens of Spain to the somber hues of Love, the Magician, Pérez explores the rich, vibrant colors of de Falla’s highly evocative music.

IMPORTKeyboard virtuoso Pierre Hantaï presents a superb recital recording featuring the music of J.S. Bach. The program, played on harpsichord, centers on two of the English Suites and the beloved Italian Concerto. These three major works are interspersed

with keyboard transcriptions of famous Chorales and the Fantaisie BWV944.

FALLA Noches en los jardines de España, El sombrero de tres picos, Fantasía Bética, El amor brujoLuis Fernando Pérez (piano), Basque National Orchestra, Carlo RizziMirare • MIR 219

J.S. BACH English Suites Nos.2 & 6, Italian Concerto, Fantaisie, ChoralesPierre Hantaï (harpsichord)Mirare • MIR 251

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DOMESTICIn 1994, Philip Glass began work on a series of short compositions designed to hone his skills at the keyboard. Two decades in the making, the result was an anthology comprising twenty exquisite Etudes that stands both as a monument to Glass’s deeply personal relationship with the piano and as embodiment of his evolving style. This two-disc set of the complete Etudes featuring Maki Namekawa (in her solo recording début) contains the world première recording of the recently completed second book of etudes (Nos.11-20).

GLASS The Complete Piano Etudes

Maki Namekawa (piano)Orange Mountain • OMM 0098

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDSpanning a period of more than three and a half decades, Shostakovich’s fifteen String Quartets are a musical testament to the composer’s creative evolution. Their intimate and private nature stand in stark contrast to his symphonies. His late quartets evoke the spirit of Beethoven in that there is clearly a refinement of the composer’s musical language and process as well as experimentation in musical form. This disc features the Prazák Quartet in Shostakovich’s last two quartets.

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos.14 & 15, Two Pieces, Op.36

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Also availableShostakovich: String Quartets Nos.7 & 8Praga • PRD 250270 (794881962822)“One of the finest discs of Shostakovich’s chamber music I have encountered for a long time...”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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“The Prázak always sounds gorgeous...”—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDThis SACD remastering in Praga’s Reminiscences series features the great violinist David Oistrakh in two concertos by Beethoven. This recording of the Violin Concerto, backed by André Cluytens, is

considered by many critics to be his finest. Oistrakh is joined by his usual trio partners Lev Oborin and Sviatoslav Knuschevitzky in a fiery reading of the Triple Concerto, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra led by Sir Malcolm Sargent.

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDPraga’s Sviatoslav Richter Edition, part of their Reminiscences series of SACD reissues, continues with this Rachmaninov recital. The disc’s program, selected by Richter himself, juxtaposes a selection of

the smaller, more intimate Études-Tableaux with the more romantic and melancholic Préludes.

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto, Violin Concerto

David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Knuschevitzky (cello), Lev Oborin (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent,Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André CluytensPraga • PRD 350082

RACHMANINOV Études-Tableaux, Préludes

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)Praga • PRD 350083

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDFriedrich Gulda was an unusual personality. His performing career spanned both classical and jazz, and as a teacher, he was a tremendous influence on many of the 20th Century’s greatest pianists.

A fine performer in his own right, Gulda gave his Carnegie Hall début at the age of 20, and is considered one of the most important interpreters of the postwar period. This SACD remaster from Praga offers listeners a sampling of Gulda’s superb artistry.

IMPORTYvonne Lefébure (1898-1986) was a highly-regarded French pianist and teacher. She studied with Alfred Cortot at the Paris Conservatoire and had a long and successful concert career. She was the teacher of such luminaries as Dinu Lipatti,

Samson François and Imogen Cooper. This disc collects two of Lefébure’s live recordings made in the early 1960s for the BBC. Of special note is her Fauré, as she was one of the composer’s favorite performers of his music.

MOZART Piano Concerto No.9WEBER KonzertstückSTRAUSS BurleskeFreidrich Gulda (piano),Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Volkmar AndreaePraga • PRD 350102

Piano Recital — Music of Ravel, Fauré, Schubert & Debussy1961 & 1963 BBC Broadcasts, Previously Unpublished

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IMPORTThe Berlin Philharmonic gave five concerts at the 1964 Salzburg Festival: under Karajan, Mehta, Sawallisch, Schuricht and Szell. Carl Schuricht took listeners back to a nearly forgotten golden age of orchestral playing. One has only to hear his

exquisite shaping of the exposition of the Adagio from Bruckner’s Symphony No.7 to realize what his ‘old school’ methods could achieve. This recording’s program also features an equally compelling reading of Mozart’s Prague Symphony.

IMPORT Emil Gilels was unjustly overshadowed by other famous pianists of his generation, particularly fellow-Soviet Sviatoslav Richter. His superb technique and interpretive skills are heard to great effect on this live recording with Karl Böhm and the Berlin

Philharmonic recorded in 1970 at the Salzburg Festival. Gilels was considered to be among the best Mozart pianists of the period. His elegant performance of the Piano Concerto No.27 is highlighted by Böhm’s masterful conducting.

BRUCKNER Symphony No.7MOZART Symphony No.38 ‘Prague’Recorded Live at the Salzburg Festival, August 1964 — Previously Unpublished

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl SchurichtTestament • SBT2 1498

MOZART Piano Concerto No.27, Symphony No.28BRAHMS Symphony No.2Recorded Live at the Salzburg Festival, August 1970 — Previously Unpublished

Emil Gilels (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl BöhmTestament • SBT2 1499

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IMPORTThis disc from Testament documents a fascinating live concert from 2001 featuring the Berlin Philharmonic led by Paavo Berglund. Those who were present at this concert were witness to an unforgettable, exceptional and exciting evening and

the thought-provoking encounter of two very different musical personalities. The program paired Stravinsky’s stark, neo-classical Piano Concerto (played here by Ollie Mustonen) with Shostakovich’s heroic and colorful Symphony No.8.

IMPORTTestament offers this important recording as a tribute to the soprano Magda Olivero, who died in September 2014 aged 104. Francesco Cilea considered Olivero to be the definitive interpreter of his opera Adriana Lecouvreur. In 1951, after ten

years of retirement, Olivero returned to the stage at the request of Cilea to revive the work and thereafter she remained active in opera and concerts almost to the end of her life. This recording features a live performance made at the 1963 Edinburgh Festival.

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.8STRAVINSKY Concerto for piano and wind instrumentsRecorded Live at the Philarmonie, Berlin, May 2001 — Previously Unpublished

Olli Mustonen (piano),Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo BerglundTestament • SBT2 1500

CILEA Adriana LecouvreurRecorded Live at the Edinburgh Festival, August 1963

Magda Olivero (soprano), Adriana Lazzarini (mezzo-soprano), Juan Oncina (tenor), Sesto Bruscantini (baritone), Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, Oliviero de FabritiisTestament • SBT2 1501

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IMPORTThis specially-priced set offers a portrait of the young German composer Johannes Boris Borowski. It focuses on a genre that is rarely found in contemporary music: the concerto. Although the instrumental style of playing may suggest a classical orientation, Borowski breaks with the concerto

tradition in new and unexpected ways. One concerto and one ensemble piece are contained on each of the discs in this set which features top interpreters of the international contemporary music scene.

IMPORTThe piano works for two pianos or piano four-hands united here by the Klavierduo Huber / Thomet have quite a few inner connections. Each, in its own way, breaks down aesthetic conventions and evokes vast historical and geographic horizons

while demanding the highest level of virtuosity from the performers. Featured works include Debussy’s En blanc et noir, Zimmermann’s Monologe and a four hand transcription of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps penned by the composer.

BOROWSKI Fagottkonzert, Wandlung, Klavierkonzert, CherguiPascal Gallois (bassoon), Florent Boffard (piano), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Aventure, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ensemble Interface, Bruno Mantovani, Scott Voyles, Manuel NawriWergo • WER 6412

Monolithen Works for Piano Duo & Four Hands by Debussy, Zimmerman & StravinskyKlavierduo Huber / ThometWergo • WER 6809

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IMPORTEP: Total Time: 12 MinutesZarathustra Music presents the world première recording of Elliot Goldenthal’s Jabberwocky, a narrative miniature based on Lewis Carroll’s poem, written for bass-baritone and woodwind quartet. This special 12-minute release features the original version and a second all-instrumental version. Upon its Carnegie Hall première, the New York Times called Jabberwocky, “a delightful, imaginative work.” Featured performers include acclaimed bass-baritone Charles Temkey and bassoonist Erik Holtje.

GOLDENTHAL Jabberwocky

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Goldenthal: The Stone CuttersZarathustra • ZM 002 (852726005018)

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Mono/ DSDFile in: JazzHank Mobley’s Second Message was recorded on July 27, 1956, just one week after its predecessor, Mobley’s Message. This six track quintet set features

three Mobley originals alongside three standards and first rate accompaniment from trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Walter Bishop, Doug Watkins on bass and Art Taylor on percussion. Analogue Productions’s superb SACD remastering is housed in a miniature recreation of the original LP packaging.

DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Mono/ DSDFile in: JazzLush Life is one of the key albums in John Coltrane’s discography. It features his first recordings as sole leader and one of his first readings of a ballad, the

classic title track by Billy Strayhorn. The album was recorded in 1957 soon after Coltrane had spent six months playing with Thelonious Monk — a collaboration that had much to do with sharpening Coltrane’s harmonic conception and torrential attack.

Mobley’s Second Message

Hank MobleyAnalogue Productions • CPRJ 7082 SA

Lush Life

John ColtraneAnalogue Productions • CPRJ 7188 SA

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DECEMBER 2014JAZZ

IMPORTFile in: JazzAu pays d’Alice is a jazz musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Accompanying Ibrahim Maalouf on this adventure is the rapper-poet Oxmo Puccino. Rich with influences from multiple genres and cultures, the work offers a stunning adaptation of Carroll’s story. It features a wide range of musicians including a thirty piece classical orchestra and the children’s choir of Radio France. Make no mistake, this recording is a musical event. Maalouf and Puccino take listeners through the looking-glass into a new and exciting sound world.

Au pays d’Alice

Ibrahim Maalouf, Oxmo PuccinoMi’ster Productions • IBM 9

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Price Code: A27(Suggested Retail Price: $27.98)

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Also availableIllusionsM’ister Productions • IBM 7 (3149028044928)“I defy anyone not to be seduced by Maalouf’s giddy mix of Eastern and Western rhythms.”—THE TIMES

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“Maalouf is a startling new voice in contemporary jazz.”—THE GUARDIAN

DOMESTIC File in: SoundtrackThe feature film Rosewater marks the screenwriting and directorial debut of The Daily Show host Jon Stewart. A true story, the film is based on the New York Times best-selling memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival, written by BBC journalist Maziar Bahari. It follows the story of Bahari’s imprisonment in Tehran in 2009 and his interrogation at the hands of a man he knew only as Rosewater. Accused of espionage while covering Iran’s elections for the BBC, Bahari was stunned to find among the government’s supposedly incriminating evidence personal photos from dinner parties, his Facebook posts, and his appearance in a segment on The Daily Show. This soundtrack recording features an original score by Howard Shore, coupled with tracks by Leonard Cohen and Persian musicians Mahdyar Aghajani and 25 Band.

RosewaterOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack

Howard Shorewith Leonard Cohen, Mahdyar Aghajani & 25 BandHowe Records • HWR 1018

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IMPORTFile in: World / Europe / FranceIn 2014, Massilia Sound System, superstars of the musical world in Marseille, France, celebrate their 30th anniversary. The band’s musical style is a delicious, uniquely Provençal blend of reggae, rub-a-dub and raggamuffin, with lyrics in the French and Occitan languages. They also incorporate rhythms, beats and samples from the local tradition or other musical colleagues. This boxed set features four of the band’s key albums at a special price, plus an exclusive compilation disc called London Marseille Experience.

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Massilia Sound SystemChant du Monde • 5742091

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Recently releasedMassiliaChant du Monde • 2742356 (3149024235627)

“Massilia Sound System represent the France of the 21st century, and it’s a brave new world out there.”—GLOBAL VILLAGE IDIOT

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CONTENTS• Parla Patois• Chourmo• Commando Fada• Aïollywood• London Marseille Experience [bonus]

IMPORTFile in: World/ Russia or ChristmasOn this release, the Red Army Choir sings traditional and orthodox Christmas songs. Even when singing such familiar music, the precision of the ensemble’s sound reveals the full mastery of the

choir’s vocal skills. Combined with a unique feeling for these carols’ arrangements, these performances remind the listener exactly why the Red Army Choir was one of the great artistic symbols of the Soviet era.

IMPORTFile in: World / MexicoReleased to coincide with the exhibition Mayas, Revelation of an Endless Time at Paris’s Quai Branly Museum, this disc features historic field-recordings made in the late sixties to the early seventies by

François Jouffa and Serge Roterman. Featured here are recordings not only by the Maya population but also the Totonac and Cora peoples. The art of music captured here shows a collective, functional, and also esoteric and sacred character.

Les Choeurs de l’Armee Rouge Chantent Noël

Red Army Choir, Boris AlexandrovFrémeaux • FA 5475

MayasRévélation d’un Temps Sans Fin

Les AmérindiensFrémeaux • FA 5477

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DECEMBER 2014WORLD

IMPORTFile in: World / BosniaBosnia’s Amira Medunjanin is blessed with such an astonishingly rich and emotive voice that all else can seem to slow down when she sings the hauntingly beautiful songs of her Balkan homelands. On her fourth studio album, Silk & Stone, Amira again performs traditional songs from Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Croatia and Montenegro. Although essentially a studio album, Amira and her two musical collaborators took the decision to record these tracks as live at Zagreb’s Lisinski Concert Hall.

Silk & Stone

Amira MedunjaninWorld Village • 450029

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Also availableAmuletteWorld Village • 450018 (3149026006423)“Amira has found new realms of expression...”—THE INDEPENDENT

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“Amira’s focused but vulnerable voice carries the emotion of the music without indulgence or exaggeration.

It’s a delight.”—SONGLINES

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Nov 22 Potsdam NY Hosmer Concert HallDec 5 Burlington VT University of VermontDec 9 Santa Fe NM Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis de AssisiDec 11 Washington DC Kennedy CenterDec 12 Philadelphia PA Church of the Holy TrinityDec 14 Kansas City MO Cathedral of the Immaculate ConceptionFeb 12 Memphis TN St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral*Feb 13 Little Rock AR Christ Episcopal Church*Feb 28 Clinton NY Wellin Hall*Mar 1 Westport CT Christ & Holy Trinity Church*Mar 2 Washington DC National Museum of Women in the ArtsMar 3 Davis CA Mondavi Center*Mar 7 Los Angeles CA Bradbury Building*

Dec 12 Seattle WA Blessed Sacrament ChurchDec 5 Santa Barbara CA Lobero TheatreDec 7 Los Angeles CA St. Basil Catholic ChurchDec 9 Newport VA Ferguson Center for the ArtsDec 10 Pittsburgh PA Heinz HallDec 11 Cleveland OH The Cleveland Museum of ArtDec 12 Cambridge MA St. Paul ChurchPaul’s ChurchDec 14 New York NY Miller Theatre

Jan 18, 21 New York NY Lincoln CenterJan 20 West Palm Beach FL Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert HallJan 23 North Bethesda MA Music Center at StrathmoreJan 25-26 San Francisco CA Davies Hall

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Nov 21 Chicago IL Mandel HallNov 23 Saratoga CA McAfee CenterNov 23 Fresno CA California State UniversityJan 25-26 Portland OR Lincoln Performance HallJan 29, 31 Seattle WA Benaroya HallMay 31 Kalamazoo MI Wellspring Theaterllspring TheaterJun 4-7 Chicago IL Symphony Hallmphony Hall

Nov 12 Kansas City MO Kauffman CenterNov 13-14 Ann Arbor MI Hill AuditoriumNov 15 Cleveland OH Severence HallNov 16 Boston MA Symphony HallNov 18 Princeton NJ McCarter TheaterNov 19-20 New York NY Carnegie HallNov 22 Miami FL Arsht Center

Jan 15 New York NY Carnegie HallJan 29 Sarasota FL Neel PACJan 30-31 Sarasota FL Van WezelFeb 5, 7 Rochester NY Kodak HallFeb 14-15 Stamford CT Palace TheatreFeb 21-22 Witchita KS Century II Performing Arts CenterFeb 24 Miami FL Coral Gables Congregational ChurchMar 25 Palm Beach FL Palm Beach SymphonyMar 29 Morrow GA Spivey Hall

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Denis KozhukhinOnyx Classics

Stephen HoughHyperion

San Francisco SymphonySFS Media

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