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JANUARY 27

available January 27th 2017

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RELEASE DATE27TH JANUARY 2017

Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: HMM807620Barcode: 3149020762066NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: digipackStile Antico

"In short, this was a cappella heaven."

Michael Church, The Independent

Giaches de WERT: Divine TheatreSacred MotetsStile Antico

Franco-Flemish composer Giaches de Wert wrote a considerable amount of sacred music during the late Renaissance,but little of it was published during his lifetime. Only three books of motets were released in 1566 and 1581. Stile Antico'snew album introduces us to another side of this composer who, though Flemish-born, spent most of his life in Italy,primarily in Mantua, where he was to remain for the rest of his life, though not without maintaining connections (bothmusical and, during the mid-late 1580s, romantic) with the court at Ferrara, where the lively musical life must have beena welcome distraction from his not-always-happy existence at the Mantuan court. The unique and dramatic style of theseremarkable motets cannot fail to ravish explorers of this 'divine theatre'.

BBC R3 Composer of the Week which will run in March 2017https://soundcloud.com/stile-antico

1Gaudete in Domino2 Hoc enim sentite in vobis3 Saule, Saule4 Vox in Rama audita est5 Amen, amen dico vobis6 Egressus Jesus7 Peccavi super numerum8 O Crux ave, spes unica9 Ascendente Jesu in naviculam10 Virgo Maria hodie ad coelum11 Quiescat vox tua a ploratu12 Deus iustus, et salvans13 O altitudo divitiarum

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Label: ONYXFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: ONYX4164Barcode: 8800404164252 FOR 1Format: 2 CDPackaging: cristalJames Ehnes [violin] Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

MOZART: Complete Violin Concertos 1-5Adagio K261, Rondo K269 (261a), Rondo K373James EhnesMozart Anniversary Orchestra

James Ehnes is recognised the world over as one of the great violinists of our time – famed for his brilliant technique andmusical intelligence as both soloist and chamber musician. These recordings of the complete Mozart Violin Concertosmade over ten years ago for CBC and long out of the catalogue sound as fresh as the day they were made. Jamesdirects a hand-picked orchestra of colleagues who are as meticulous and fine musicians as he is. The cadenzas in all theconcertos are by Ehnes who studied the composer’s own cadenzas of the contemporaneous piano concertos–especiallyNos 8 & 9 K246 and 271.

"Vital, elegant, beautiful playing of all five concertos…rapt eloquence" Gramophone

A selection of James Ehnes' recordings on ONYX:ONYX 4159 Debussy,Elgar & Respighi Violin Sonatas – with Andrew Armstrong, pianoONYX 4141 Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas, with Andrew Armstrong, pianoONYX 4025 Elgar Violin Concerto, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew DavisONYX 4060 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Octet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Seattle Chamber MusicSocietyONYX 4129 American Chamber Music – Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Ives, Carter SCMSONYX 4163 Schubert ‘Death & the Maiden’ , Sibelius ‘Intimate Voices’, Ehnes Quartet

Advertised in BBC Music Magazine


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: HMM902210Barcode: 3149020221020NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackEmmanuelle Bertrand [cello]Pascal Amoyel [piano, 4-9]Luzerner Sinfonieorchester (1-3)Cond. James Gaffigan

SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No.1 Op.33Sonata for cello and piano No.2 Op.123, Sonata for cello and piano No.3 Op.posth., unfinishedEmmanuelle BertrandPascal AmoyelLuzerner Sinfonieorchester James Gaffigan

"That’s it done at last, this blasted sonata! Will it please or not? That is the question." So wrote Saint-Saëns, not withouthumour, of his second ‘quadruped’ for cello and piano. He adored the cello, as is shown by much more than the famous'Swan'. He wrote three sonatas for it, but unfortunately the last two movements of the Third Sonata have been lost andwhat is left survives only in manuscript. Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel play it here with emotion and totalrespect. The Concerto also included here is today one of the ‘musts’ of the concertante repertory for cello.

Cello Concerto no.1 op.33 in A minor 1 | I. Allegro non troppo 5’412 | II. Allegretto con moto 6’093 | III. Molto allegro 7’42Sonata for cello and piano No.2 Op.123 in F major 4 | I. Maestoso, largamente 8’525 | II. Scherzo con Variazioni. Allegro animato 8’466 | III. Romanza. Poco adagio - Agitato 8’217 | IV. Allegro non troppo grazioso 6’48Sonata for cello and piano no.3 op. posth., unfinished in D major 8 | I. Allegro animato 9’279 | II. Andante sostenuto 4’57First recording


Label: Pan ClassicsFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: PC10359Barcode: 7619990103597NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackFlavio Ferri-Benedetti [alto]Musica FioritaDaniela Dolci [harpsichord & direction]

Domenico ZANATTA: Venezia – Cantatas & SonatasMusica FioritaDaniela Dolci

Little is known about the life of Domenico Zanatta (c1665-1748). He was most probably born in Venice, as the title pagesof his manuscripts seem to attest, printing his first collection of sonatas at the tender age of 24. However, he also had asecond endeavour and a great mastery of the cantata genre where his melodic inventiveness freely flows, continuing thetradition of his Venetian colleagues in a worthy way.Flavio Ferri-Benedetti and Musica Fiorita, under Daniela Dolci, present some of his pieces interspersed with works byCavalli, Strozzi, who was a pupil of Cavalli, and Fontana: a pioneer of the, then new, stile recitativo.

1 ZANATTA: Sonata I à 2 Grave, Allegro, Grave, Allegro 5:09from: Suonate da chiesa à 3 strumenti, due violini, e violoncello, col basso per l’organo, Opus I (1689)2 CAVALLI: Lamento di Apollo 8:11from: Gli amori d’Apollo e di Dafne (1640)3 Sonata à 3 6:334 Barbara STROZZI: Cantata “Presso un Ruscello Algente” 9:06(manuscript from busta 2.35, Conservatorio Statale di Musica Benedetto Marcello, Venice)5 GB FONTANA: Sonata XVI à 3 5:146 ZANATTA: Cantata “Gelosia” 12:31from: Intrecci armonici diversi: espressi in cantate a voce sola in soprano e contralto, Opus IV (1696)7 Sonata XI à 2 Grave, Allegro, Grave, Allegro 4:36from: Suonate da chiesa à 3 strumenti, due violini, e violoncello, col basso per l’organo, Opus I (1689)8 Serenata “Sorta è la notte opaca” 14:06from: Cantate a voce sola in soprano con Violini, Opus II (1695)9 Sonata III à 2 Grave, Allegro, Grave, Allegro 5:37from: Suonate da chiesa à 3 strumenti, due violini, e violoncello, col basso per l’organo, Opus I (1689)


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: CHR77405Barcode: 4010072774057NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackSimone Schwark [soprano]Johanna Krell [alto]Hans Jörg Mammel [tenor]Wolfgang Weiß [23]-[26], Markus Flaig [bass]Kammerchor Bad HomburgJohann Rosenmüller EnsembleArno Paduch [direction]

TELEMANN: Ein' feste Burg ist unser GottFestive Cantatas for Reformation Day and MichaelmassKammerchor Bad HomburgJohann Rosenmüller EnsembleArno Paduch

The cantatas by Telemann featured on this CD provide an insight into over 50 years of creative activity. All works werewritten for the Reformation Day and the feast of St Michael (29th September). Three of the five cantatas havemagnificent orchestration with trumpets and timpani.

1-7 Wertes Zion sei getrost TVWV1:1606Kantate zum 23. Sonntag nach Trinitatis8-12 Jesu wirst Du bald erscheinen TVWV1:988 *Kantate zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis13-18 Herr Gott, der du uns hast von unsrer Jugend an TVWV1:742 *Kantate zum Reformationsgedenktag19-22 Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott TVWV1:419 *Solokantate zum Michaelisfest für Bass, Violine und b.c.23-31 Welch’ Getümmel erschüttert den Himmel TVWV1:1546 *Kantate zum Michaelisfest

* World premiere recordings


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: HMM902248Barcode: 3149020224823NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackTrio Wanderer:Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian [violin]Raphaël Pidoux [cello]Vincent Coq [piano]

DVORAK: Piano Trios, Op. 65 & 90Trio Wanderer

The Trio Wanderer pays tribute to Dvořák and his last two trios. Alongside the sombre interiority and fiery intensityof the Trio No.3 in F minor, this programme presents a new version of the famous Dumky Trio, to which the Wanderersowed their first great success on record. Passionate and melancholy by turns, it is also the most innovative and the freestof Dvořák’s trios. A fine symbol for the Trio Wanderer, which has just reached its 30th year of existence withoutever ceasing to surprise and touch us. Happy anniversary and hats off!

1- 6 Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90 'Dumky'I. Lento maestoso - Allegro quasi doppio movimentoII. Poco adagio - Vivace non troppoIII. Andante - Vivace non troppoIV. Andante moderato (quasi tempo di Marcia) - Allegretto scherzandoV. Allegro - Meno mosso (quasi tempo primo)VI. Lento maestoso - Vivace7- 10 Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65I. Allegro ma non troppoII. Allegro grazioso - Meno mossoIII. Poco adagioIV. Finale. Allegro con brio


Label: Accent RecordsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: ACC24325Barcode: 4015023243255NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackArs Antiqua AustriaSt. Florianer SängerknabenGunar Letzbor [conductor]

BIBER: Missa Alleluja, Nisi DominusArs Antiqua AustriaSt. Florianer SängerknabenGunar Letzbor

Several masses scored for large forces attest to the outstanding compositional skills of the Salzburg master HeinrichIgnaz Franz Biber (1644-1704). For Salzburg Cathedral, Biber prepared polychoric pieces modelled on the grandperformance practice in Venice.The 'Missa Alleluja' was probably composed after 1690 and certainly before 1698: the original score from Salzburg is lostbut excellent copies have been preserved at the Upper Austrian abbey at Kremsmünster, which serve as a basis for thepresent recording. Biber fully exploited the possibilities of Baroque instrumentation in the Missa Alleluja: a chorus with 2sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors and 2 bass voices grants him a large number of combinations of voices and thus constantchanges of timbre. The strings 'choir' also has six parts, with both violins often written virtuosically. A 'chorus' of 3trumpets and 2 cornetti is even surpassed in tonal mass by that composed of 2 clarinets, 4 trumpets and timpani. Thislarge number of trumpets emphasises the cheerful character of the work and is luxurious by Austrian standards.

1-14 Missa Alleluja15 Nisi Dominus16 Pastorella17 Hic est panis


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: PRD250347Barcode: 3149028095623NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalClara Haskil [piano]Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [1-3]RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester BerlinFerenc Fricsay

MOZART: Piano Concertos No. 19 K459, No. 13 K415, No. 20 K466Clara HaskilBerlin Philharmonic OrchestraRIAS Sinfonie-Orchester BerlinFerenc Fricsay

Three rare encounters between Clara Haskil and Ferenc Fricsay, which display a unique approach to Mozart. TheHungarian’s precise conducting sets to advantage the soloist’s purity of style. This rare combination of a familiar studiorecording of the Concerto in F major and two live concerto performances is the epitome of limpidity.

1-3 Piano Concertos No. 19 K459 [studio] BPO4-6 No. 13 K415 [live Berlin March 1953] RIAS7-9 No. 20 K466 [live Berlin September 1955] RIAS


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: DSD350131Barcode: 3149028087024NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristal

MOZART: Last Masonic Works

Mozart was a convinced freemason and true brother. He composed music for his Lodge, never denied the meaningbehind the 'Magic Flute' and accepted a mysterious commission for a Requiem he never completed. Sixty years after herperformance, Irmgard Seefried (1919-1988) lives on, inspired by Bruno Walter’s legendary empathy.

1 Magic Flute Overture, K.620 10-12 March 1956, New York2 Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate3 Maurergesang K.623aKurt Equiluz, Rudolf Resen [tenors], Kurt Rapf [organ], Franz Ellmar [boy-soprano], Leo Hoppe [baritone], Chorus &Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper/Peter Maag, Vienna April 1959

4-17 Requiem Mass in D min K.626Irmgard Seefried, Jennie Tourel, Leopold Simoneau, William WarfieldThe Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic/Bruno Walter 10-12 March 1956, New York

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Label: Pan ClassicsFile Under: Classical/OperaCatalogue No: PC10367Barcode: 7619990103672NORMAL PRICEFormat: 3 CDPackaging: digipackMagnus Piontek [Rübezahl]Johannes Beck [Herr Buko]Anne Preuß [Gertrud]Hans-Georg Priese [Wido]Jueun Jeon [Bernhard Kraft] Kai Wefer [OttoKettner]Alexander Voigt [Hieronymus Stäblein]Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-GeraLaurent Wagner [direction]

Hans SOMMER: Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von NeißeOpera in 4 Acts, libretto by Eberhard König [1904]

The almost completely forgotten 'Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse' was first performed in 1904 in Brunswick,and in the following year in Berlin and Weimar, under the baton of Richard Strauss, with whom Sommer formed a closefriendship. Its special feature is the post-Romantic melodic writing, admittedly with certain foundations in Wagner’smusic.It was performed live at Buhnender Stadt, Gera and caught by the microphones of Deutschlandradio Kultur 31stMarch-2nd April 2016.

Love for a woman or loyalty to the people who chose him as their leader in the struggle for freedom against the tyrant -this is the dilemma in which the young painter Wido finds himself. Wido's lover, Gertrude, was the daughter of Buko, whocruelly oppressed the population of the city of Neisse, at the foot of the Giant Mountains, and exploited them. In hisdespair, Wido summons the legendary Berggeist [mountain spirit] Rübezahl, who also appears promptly. Soon Rübezahlassumes the shape of a bagpipe whistle; as a simple musician, and yet brings many things together.Rübezahl, a legendary figure from the Riesengebirge, has fascinated since the Renaissance. Sometimes he takespeople off the right path, sometimes he appears as their protector. Often he takes the form of others, drives his trickery,and intervenes in destinies. The opera 'Rübezahl and the bagpipe of Neisse' is also about the power of love, the power ofmusic and the civilising meaning of art.

Hans Sommer (1837–1922 Brunswick) saw music evolve from Schumann to Schoenberg, Wagner to Webern. A scientistand mathematician by profession, he turned to music full-time only in his forties. In 1875, Sommer met Richard andCosima Wagner for the first time and founded a Wagner Association in Brunswick. One year later he visited the firstBayreuth Festival as their guest. In the years that followed, he was part of the group of artists based at Wahnfried,although he tried to avoid being “a blind follower”, as Sommer himself wrote in his memoirs.From 1882 on, he published over one hundred songs and ballads in quick succession. Following the success of hisopera 'Loreley', premièred in 1891, and which Richard Strauss presented in Weimar in 1892, he became an establishedopera composer.

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