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JUNE 30 2014

Maria Joao Pires joins Onyx

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BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE, CHOICES July Naïve V5344 Mister Paganini: Laurent Korcia

Glossa GCD922803 Gesualdo Responsoria: La Compagnia del Madrigale

GRAMOPHONE, EDITOR’S CHOICE, July Orfeo C878141A Strauss Also sprach, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel: CBSO, Andris Nelsons

IRR OUTSTANDING, June BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE CHOICE JuneOpera Magazine, DISC OF THE MONTHSignum SIGCD372 Bartok Bluebeard’s Castle: Sir John Tomlinson, Philharmonia, Esa-Pekka Salonen

IRR OUTSTANDING, June Pan Classics PC10305 C.P.E. Bach Works for Keyboard & Violin: Leila Schayegh

ALBUM OF THE WEEK, Sunday Times, 11th MayGLOSSA GCD921119 Mozart The Last Three Symphonies: Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

BBC RADIO 3, CD OF THE WEEK, CD REVIEWNaive V5373 Handel Tamerlano / Sabata, Cencic, Minasi

RELEASE DATE14TH JULY 2014

Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: HMA1951845Barcode: 3149020184530BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPaul Lewis [piano]

LISZT: Sonata in B minor, Late piecesPaul Lewis

Editor’s Choice, Gramophone*****, The GuardianRadio 3 Disc of the WeekGramophone Critics’ ChoicePianist Recommended

"The poetry and grandeur of his playing put Paul Lewis's Liszt among the Greats…even in a crowded market place(where Horowitz, Gilels, Richter, Argerich, Brendel and Pollini, etc, jostle for attention) Paul Lewis's recording stands outfor its breadth, mastery and shining musicianship. Eschewing all obvious display, he concentrates on the Sonata'sMonumental weight, grandeur and ever-elusive inner poetry. His sense of drama is dark and intense and his reading ofthe central Andante sostenuto alone puts his performance in the highest league…one of the finest, most intelligentlyplanned Liszt recitals to have come my way for many years. Harmonia Mundi's sound is of demonstration quality.” BryceMorrison, Editor’s Choice, Gramophone, October 2004

“a performance of unflinching energy and power, of youthful intensity and sharp- edged clarity. There’s never a momentthat isn’t filled with interest or edge- of-the-seat excitement. Lewis’s playing has an irresistible magnetism. It has areflective charm, too, in the shorter, lesser-known pieces that complete this Liszt homage - the delicate Four PianoPieces, the delicious En Rêve and the pensive La Lugubre gondola among them." KENNETH WALTON, TheScotsman, 10 September 2004

“Lewis's refusal to indulge in self-conscious flamboyance generates tremendous, brooding intensity throughout. Thosewho equate Liszt purely with bravura showmanship will probably be fazed. If you really care about his music, however,you'll love it." Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 17 September 2004, *****

"[Lewis] tackles Liszt's monumental Sonata with an energy and power that sweeps all before it, while allowing room forthoughtful introspection, too. It's an astonishing performance." Andrew Clarke, The Independent, 2-8 October 2004, 4/5

“Oh and Santa, if you’re passing, I wouldn’t mind at all if you dropped Paul Lewis’s majestic account of the Liszt B minorSonata down the chimney.” Lindsay Kemp, Critics’ Choice, Gramophone, December 2004


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: HMA1951483Barcode: 3149020148334BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDMaria-Cristina KiehrJohanna Koslowsky (cantus)Simon Berridge, Gerd Türk (altus)Hervé Lamy, Peter Kooy (tenor)Adrian Peacock (bassus)Ensemble Vocal EuropéenPhilippe Herreweghe [conductor]

LASSUS: Lagrime di San PietroPhilippe Herreweghe

This cycle of 21 spiritual madrigals for seven voices is at once the swansong of the most famous composer of his time,who died in 1594 at the age of 62 just three weeks after dedicating the work to the Pope, and the highpoint ofCounter-Reformation polyphony. More than four centuries later, the ‘Tears of St Peter’ still have the power to move.This title was released for the first time in 1994.

* Gramophone Collection JUNE 2014 Lassus 'Lagrime di San Pietro' TOP CHOICE, commenting: "to my mind, it's one of the finest recordings of Renaissance music ever made"


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: HMA1951817Barcode: 3149020181737BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester BerlinKent Nagano - Conductor

BRUCKNER: Symphony No.3 [1873]DSO Berlin, Kent Nagano

“In what will surely prove a landmark performance, Nagano wrings every last nuance from fine German players.” AnthonyHolden, The Observer, 20 June 2004

"A fascinating recording...Nagano captures the reverence and agitation of the symphony perfectly, gleaning a bright,luminous tone from the strings." Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday, 14 July 2004

“The orchestra rises to the challenge of sustaining Bruckner’s immensely long paragraphs, and there’s some wonderfulsolo playing.” Ivan Hewett, The Times, 19 June 2004


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: HMA1951760Barcode: 3149020176030BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDHuelgas-EnsemblePaul Van Nevel [Conductor]

Cipriano de RORE: Missa Praeter rerum seriemHuelgas-EnsemblePaul Van Nevel

Like Willaert, Cipriano de Rore was one of the great Flemish composers who spent their entire career in Italy. Althoughbetter known for his madrigals, he also wrote this Mass based on the Christmas motet by Josquin Desprez Praeter rerumseriem (Beyond all human understanding, the Virgin Mary conceived the Son of Man).

This title was released for the first time in 2002.


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: HMA1951496Barcode: 3149020149638BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackKenneth Gilbert [harpsichord]

PURCELL: Harpsichord SuitesKenneth Gilbert

No. 1: G Major Z660Ground In Gamut Z645No. 2: G Minor Z661Chaconne ZT680No. 3: G Major Z662No. 4: A Minor Z663No. 5: C Major Z666Ground In C Minor Z667No. 6: D Major Z667No. 7: D Minor Z668No. 8: F Major Z669A New Ground T682Hornpipe ZT685

Kenneth Gilbert [b.1931] entwined scholarship and performance more closely than most in the field of early music,making scholarship an art and performance a means of investigation. He was an early pioneer in editing Baroque scores:from a new edition to honour the F. Couperin tercentenary (1968) based on scholarly re-examination of the originalengraved scores to the monumental task of preparing a new edition (from existing editions) of the 555 sonatas ofDomenico Scarlatti in 11 volumes. Gilbert also edited the complete harpsichord works of Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Bach'sGoldberg Variations, Frescobaldi's first and second books of toccatas and Rameau's complete harpsichord works.In 1968, he gave his first recital in London and undertook an international career. Stephen Plaistow in Gramophone (May1973) said: 'Kenneth Gilbert's achievement... is to rescue the music from a small circle of connoisseurs and to make it...universally enjoyable. He does so by harnessing the discipline of scholarship to his flair for performing the music... Notsince Thurston Dart... has there been such a fruitful coincidence of the scholar's mind and the performer's fingers in thisfield'.He has made well over 50 recordings on the Harmonia Mundi and Archiv labels, as well as a host of more specialisedlines. He has focused on French music and many of his recordings are considered standards. Originally issued in 1994.

ALSO AVAILABLE:HMD9909036 Kenneth Gilbert harpsichord & organ. Music Lessons [dvd]


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: HMA1951495Barcode: 3149020149539BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDEnsemble OrganumMarcel Pérès [Conductor]

Corsican ChantEnsemble OrganumMarcel Pérès

In this pioneering disc first released in 1994, Marcel Pérès and his group of singers reveal the rich heritage of theauthentic repertories of Corsican sacred chant, no longer sung in churches and saved only by oral tradition and musicaldetective work. The fascinating result provides an insight into the interpretation of the whole range of popular sacredpolyphony in the Mediterranean region.This title was released for the first time in 1994.


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: HMA1951547Barcode: 3149020154731BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDNicholas Angelich [piano]

RACHMANINOV: Etudes-Tableaux Op.33 & 39Nicholas Angelich

Another Les Nouveaux Interprètes alumni, Award-winning pianist Nicholas Angelich has been praised for his impressiveinterpretations of classical and romantic repertoire. He has also gained recognition for his interpretation of 20th centurymusic, including performances of works by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bartok, Ravel, Messiaen,Stockhausen, Boulez, Tanguy, and Pierre Henry.This title was released for the first time in 1995.

“Those subtle inflections of touch and dynamics; that impulsive, improvisatory feel; the poetry, the probity: he (Angelich)made me fall in love with the work as if for the first time.” Geoff Brown, The Times

ALSO AVAILABLE:Liszt Années de pèlerinage (MIR9941)“honest and powerful performances at their best in the darker regions of Liszt’s teeming imagination.”Bryce Morrison, Gramophone, July 2004

Beethoven Piano Sonatas (MIR003)“Angelich clearly is a serious, musicianly artist with something to say in this repertoire.”Jed Distler, The Gramophone, March 2006


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: HMA1951758Barcode: 3149020175835BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDEmmanuelle Bertrand [cello]Pascal Amoyel [piano]

Liszt & Alkan, Music for cello and pianoALKAN: Sonate de concert, LISZT: Cello Sonata Op.47 Emmanuelle BertrandPascal Amoyel

"French cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand follows up her critically acclaimed debut disc for Harmonia Mundi with Liszt’s celloand piano works (chiefly transcriptions) and a brilliantly impassioned realisation of the Sonate de concert byCharles-Valentin Alkan. This formidably taxing work was written in 1856 for the cello virtuoso Franchomme, for whomChopin had previously composed his own valedictory Sonata. It demands enormous stamina and masterful technique.Bertrand possesses both, with the courage, flair and insight required to make this patchwork of Semitic introspection andinflammatory virtuosity take flight. Her rapturous treatment of the deeply contemplative Adagio is very fineindeed...Bertrand is on magisterial form throughout this rarity... Bertrand’s eruptive Alkan performance is astounding,however, and unrivalled in the catalogue." BBC Music Magazine *****/****This title was released for the first time in 2001.


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: HMA1952029Barcode: 3149020202937BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDFreiburger BarockorchesterGottfried von der Goltz [konzertmeister]

HAYDN: Violin Concerto, Symphonies 49 & 80Freiburger BarockorchesterGottfried von der Goltz

The musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester chose to highlight the craggiest ‘Sturm und Drang’ side of thecomposer in August 2008 when they recorded Symphony No. 49, ‘La Passione’. It is coupled here with Violin Concertono.1 and Symphony No.80.

“outstanding” International Record Review, November 2009

“Directing from the solo violin, Gottfried von der Goltz combines the crispness and resonance of the best period practicewith a genuine sweetness of tone.” Bayan Northcott, BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009

"The period instruments players of the Freiburger Barockorchester and their director Gottfried von der Goltz play withsharp conviction." Michael Dervan, Irish Times, 9 October 2009

"Freiburger Barockorchester storm through two of Haydn's most startling symphonies. No. 49, 'La Passione', is held as aprime example of Sturm und Drang, though No. 80 more than equals it in terms of contrasting sonorities, styles andtextures, from the ländler interruptions of the first movement to the proto-Beethovenian harmonies of the menuetto.Played by Gottfried van der Goltz, the First Violin Concerto is a temperate oasis." Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday,8 November 2009


Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: HMA1951707Barcode: 3149020170731BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDCéline Frisch [harpsichord]

JS BACH: English Suites, French SuitesSuite Française N° 5, Suite Anglaise N° 3, Prélude & Fugue BWV870, Toccata BWV812Céline Frisch

Céline Frisch, who studied with Jesper Christiansen and Andreas Staier, and now appears regularly with CaféZimmermann, offers a wide-ranging panorama of Bach, the harpsichord composer, on a harpsichord by Anthony Sidey.This title was released for the first time in 2000 on harmonia mundi's young artists' strand, les nouveaux interprétes.

"Even in the quicker movements, where her tempos inhabit the upper end of the spectrum, they never sound rushed andthe effect is joyous; while the slow ones are spacious and thoughtful." Gramophone, September 2000

"Above all, Frisch has a poise and fluency at the harpsichord that’s extremely rare" American Record Guide, Sept/Oct.2000

"Her interpretations are subtle and sophisticated, and she digs deep in the music without any hint of over-indulgence"Early Music Review, Nov. 2000


Label: Onyx ClassicsFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: ONYX4125Barcode: 880040412526NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalMaria Joao Pires [piano]Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra,Daniel Harding [conductor]

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37, Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58Maria Joao PiresSwedish Radio Symphony OrchestraDaniel Harding

Maria Joao Pires joins ONYX. Her first release for the label is of two Beethoven concertos she has played often, butnever before recorded. After giving concerts in Stockholm last October, she went directly into the studio with DanielHarding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This remarkable recording is the result. These are performancesof such passion, poetry and drama - Beethoven as he should sound, just as if you are hearing these great concertos forthe first time!

Maria Joao Pires has provided a personal note on her approach to these works.

•Advertised in Gramophone & BBC Music Magazine

RELEASE DATE30TH JUNE 2014

Label: LSO LiveFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: LSO0702Barcode: 822231170228NORMAL PriceFormat: 2 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalLondon Symphony OrchestraSir Colin Davis

HAYDN: Symphonies 92, 93, 97, 98 & 99London Symphony OrchestraSir Colin Davis

The late Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra present a collection of Haydn’s London Symphoniesalongside the spirited Oxford Symphony. Sir Colin Davis was long recognised as a pre-eminent Haydn interpreter. Duringhis Indian summer with the orchestra he recorded both 'The Creation' and 'The Seasons' for LSO Live. The symphoniespresented here were recorded in 2011 and make for revelatory listening.Entering a new chapter after the death of Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, Haydn’s forward-looking late symphonies wereconceived on a large scale and exude all the hallmarks of the composer’s protean maturity. Surpassing even his ownhigh standards and received to an enormous success, their expressive strength and inventive mastery of form gave hisinternational reputation a substantial boost: Haydn’s contrapuntal mastery and thematic rigour are laid bare for all to see.

Concert Reviews:"First, though, there was Haydn: the first of his London symphonies, No 93 in D major, the one with the fruity bassooninterjection at the end of the slow movement. Here, as with Mozart, Davis spurns the spare style beloved of youngerconductors, influenced by the period-instrument movement; he has conducted these symphonies all his life, and theresult had a glowing coherence and warmth." The Guardian ****

"It says a lot about the orchestral climate today that a respectable performance of a work by Haydn, who exemplifiedrespectable 18th-century society better than anyone else, should shock. But shock it did to hear the three-four firstmovement of Haydn’s Symphony in C, No 97, performed with so much orchestral weight and focus on beauty of sound."The Arts Desk

"Colin Davis is alive to every nuance of Haydn’s late masterpiece. The conductor’s lightness of touch allows the music toflow like quicksilver … The soloists are also on beguiling form … Sir Colin, revelling in his glorious Indian summer withthe LSO, points heavenwards in this visionary reading of Haydn’s late masterpiece" Classic FM Magazine, ***** Editor’s Choice (The Seasons)


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: V5390Barcode: 822186053904NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackRomina Basso [mezzo-soprano]Latinitas Nostra:Theodoros Kitsos [theorbo, baroque guitar]Andreas Linos [bass gamba]Markellos Chryssicos [harpsichord, organ]with Haris Andrianos [Cavaliero], TheodoraBaka [Regina], Paul Zachariades [DamigellaPrima], Nikos Spanatis [Damigella Seconda]

LamentoRomina Basso Latinitas Nostra

KAPSBERGER: Toccata seconda arpeggiata, ROSSI: Lamento della regina di SveziaCARISSIMI: Lamento in morte di Maria Stuarda, STROZZI: Lagrime mie, FRESCOBALDI: Capriccio IX di durezze,MONTEVERDI: Lamento d’Arianna, PROVENZALE: Squarciato appena avea

This is the first solo recital recording of mezzosoprano Romina Basso, yet currently one of the most busy andoutstanding baroque specialists. Recorded in Athens with the Greek musicians of the Latinitas Notra ensemble and ledby Markellos Chryssicos, this striking record offers incandescent and special performances of Italian baroquemasterpieces that feature among the most heart-rending, including: Monteverdi’s 'Lamento d’Arianna', Rossi’s 'Lamentodella regina di Svezia' and Strozzi’s 'Lagrime mie'.Romina Basso studied with Peter Maag, Regina Resnik, Rockwell Blake and Claudio Desderi, specialising in Baroquerepertory and Rossini. She won prizes at national and international competitions including Plácido Domingo’s Operalia.She regularly collaborates with orchestras and ensembles such as Accademia Bizantina,Concerto Italiano, Il Complesso Barocco, Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini, Le Concert des Nations, Europa Galante,Ensemble 415, Ensemble Matheus, Les Arts Florissants, Les Musiciens du Louvre, The King’s Consort, Modo Antiquo,the Ricercar Consort, the OAE, the Accademia of Santa Cecilia Orchestra and the Venice Baroque Orchestra. Romina Basso’s discography (on several different labels) includes Galuppi’s 'L’Olimpiade' (DVD); sacred music byJommelli and Galuppi; Scarlatti’s 'Carlo, re d’Alemagna'; Handel’s ‘Carmelite Vespers’, Italian cantatas, 'Tolomeo' and'Berenice'; Vivaldi’s 'Montezuma', 'Ercole sul Termodonte', and 'Oracolo in Messenia'.For Naïve, she has recorded Vivaldi’s 'Atenaide', 'Armida', 'Orlando furioso' (DVD), 'Orlando' 1714, 'Catone in Utica', and‘New Discoveries’, the pasticcio 'L’Olimpiade' and Handel’s 'Giulio Cesare'.

RECENT RELEASES WITH ROMINA BASSO:AGO015 Carlo Re d'Alemagna / Stavanger SO, Fabio BiondiGCD921525 Handel - Italian Cantatas 5: Clori Tirsi e FilenoGCD921526 Handel- Italian Cantatas 6: Olinto pastore arcade /Roberta Invernizzi, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, La Risonanza / Fabio BonizzoniOP30540 Vivaldi Orlando Furioso RV819 1714 / Modo AntiquoOP30545 Vivaldi Catone in Utica / Lehtipu; Hallenberg; Mameli; Prina; Barak; Basso; Curtis


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: V5395Barcode: 822186053959NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackTheodosii Spassov [kaval, 8-hole wooden flute]Vlatko Stefanovski [guitar]Miroslav Tadic [guitar]MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony OrchestraKristjan Järvi [conductor][1-3, 5-10, 12]

Balkan FeverKristjan Järvi Sound ProjectTheodosii Spassov MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony OrchestraKristjan Järvi

George ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody in A major op.11/1Balkan Music: Iovka Komarovka, Strange OccasionTrio Improvisation: Koljo, traditional macedonian songs and dancesBalkan Music: Say Bob, Eleno, Kite, Yunus Emre Scherzo, Fire FeastTrio Improvisation: Kalajdzisko OroBalkan Music: Gipsy Dance

Kristjan Järvi and Naïve launch the Kristjan Järvi Sound Project. This original recording series presentsthe charismatic conductor's extensive classical, world music and jazz collaborations, while capturing the essence of thisvibrant and original musical personality.The Kristjan Järvi Sound Project spans Järvi's prolific musical output with an ambitious release schedule over severalyears. Recordings will reflect all of Kristjan Järvi's activities, from Music Director of MDR Leipzig Radio SymphonyOrchestra and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, to the Baltic Youth Philharmonic (BYP) and his acclaimedclassical-world-hip-hop-jazz group, Absolute Ensemble.As a creative force on today's music scene, Järvi is known for his innovative classical music programmes and instinctivevision for cross-genre collaborations. The first album on the Kristjan Järvi Sound Project is 'Balkan Fever' featuring thevibrant colours of folk-influenced orchestral pieces by Enescu and Kodály, with hypnotic sounds, melodies and beatsfrom the Balkans.The album stars a trio of virtuosic Balkan musicians: kaval-player Theodosii Spassov, and guitarists MiroslavTadic and Vlatko Stefanovski, whilst the live concert recording captures the highly-charged atmosphere of intoxicatingclassical-folk-jazz fusion. The result is an electrifying sound experience.


Label: DelphianFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: DCD34135Barcode: 8019183413592 FOR 1.5Format: 2 CDPackaging: cristalSophie BevanMary Bevan [sopranos]Tim Mead [countertenor]Ed Lyon [tenor]William Berger [bass]Ludus BaroqueRichard Neville-Towle

HANDEL: The Triumph of Time & TruthSophie BevanMary BevanTim MeadEd LyonWilliam BergerLudus BaroqueRichard Neville-Towle

In their third disc for Delphian, Ludus Baroque and five stellar soloists bring to life Handel’s rarely heard final oratorio, aremarkable Protestant re-casting of a work written 50 years earlier to a text by the young composer’s Roman patronCardinal Pamphili. Compelled by Time and Truth to accept the divine order of change and decay, Beauty ultimately givesway – as with the aging composer himself – to an assertion of redemption by good works, reflected in the incorporation of choruses Handel had written for the Foundling Hospital.The resulting work, neglected by centuries of scholarship on account of its hybrid origins, here proves an extraordinaryfeast of riches, and the ideal vehicle for Richard Neville-Towle’s carefully assembled cast of exceptional soloists,vigorous, intelligent chorus and an orchestra made up from some of the UK’s leading period instrumentalists. Formed in1998 under the direction of Richard Neville-Towle, this ‘crack group of British early musickers’ (The New York Times)prides itself on the exuberance and energy of its performances, specialising in great works of the early music repertoire. With sisters Mary and Sophie Bevan (the latter having just been shortlisted for an RPS award) jousting with one another in the roles of Deceit and Beauty, these discs make for revelatory listening.

ALSO AVAILABLE:DCD34094 Handel Alexander's FeastDCD34110 Handel Ode on St Cecilia's Day, Look Down, Harmonious Saint

"I warm to the conductor’s big-boned, exhibitionist Handel style and the youthful-sounding vigour of the choir" SundayTimes, August 2012

"the whole choral and orchestral tableau is marvellously realised here in an acoustic that combines richness withpresence" Gramophone, December 2012


Label: DelphianFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: DCD34137Barcode: 801918341373NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalChoir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge,Geoffrey Webber [director]Barnaby Brown [triple pipes, lyre]

In Praise of St ColumbaThe Sound World of the Celtic Church Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge,

Os mutorum, lux cecorum, Loquebar de testimoniis tuis, River Erne horn duet, Adiutor laborantium, Sanctorum piissimeColumba, Lauda anima mea Dominum, Noli Pater, Carne solutus pater Columba, Amen dico vobis, Liberasti nosDomine, Cantemus in omni die, Altus prosator, Volens Ihesus linire, Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150), The DesperateBattle of the Birds

This groundbreaking programme from Geoffrey Webber’s consistently inventive choir seeks to recreate three distinctsound-worlds: 7th-century hymns from Iona, 10th-century chants from Celtic foundations in Switzerland, and14th-century Columban antiphons from the Inchcolm libellus. As well as the evidence of early notation and of drawingsand other indications of instrumentation, the performance styles – developed in an exciting extended collaboration withscholar and piper Barnaby Brown – are informed by oral traditions from as far afield as Sardinia and the Outer Hebrides.The Choir have often specialised in the rediscovery of forgotten choral repertories, including previously unpublishedmusic from within the English choral tradition and beyond, and their five recordings on Delphian reflect this. Among theaccolades their previous releases have received, their 2011 recording of music by the leading British composer Judith Weir (Delphian DCD34095) was BBC Music Magazine’s Choral and Song Choice in December 2011. The choir has also joined together with the Choir of King’s College London in two recording projects.

ALSO AVAILABLE:

DCD34067 Rodion Shchedrin’s 'The Sealed Angel'

DCD34124 Deutsche Motette

"These are the kind of performances that makes you want to stand up and cheer even if you're the only person in theroom." International Record Review, October 2013.


Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: SIGCD370Barcode: 635212037027NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalChoir of Jesus College CambridgeMark Williams [director]

My Beloved's VoiceChoir of Jesus College CambridgeMark Williams

BRUMEL: Sicut lilium, WALKER: As the apple tree, HADLEY: My beloved spake, DURUFLE: Ubi caritasSKEMPTON, Rise up my love, How fair is thy love, My beloved is gone down, How fair and how pleasant MUHLY: Set me as a seal, CLEMENS NON PAPA: Ego flos campi, VIERNE: Aubade from Pièces de FantaisieWILAN: Rise up my love, I beheld her beautiful as a dove, CASALS: Nigra sum, RIVAFRECHA: Anima meaGRIEG: How fair is thy face, BAIRSTOW: I sat down under his shadow, WALTON: Set me as a seal FINZI: My lovely one, WESLEY: Blessed be the God & Father

Mark Williams leads the Choir of the Jesus College Cambridge through an evocative selection of choral works inspired invarying ways by the Song of Solomon.

Songs of love have been written from the earliest records of human existence. None are more passionately ecstatic thanthe Song of Solomon, which occupies a unique place in the Holy Bible in both style and content. It contains lyric poemsof love and courtship, as might have been sung at Jewish weddings. For Christians, these poems speak to the beauty ofthe union of Christ and his ‘bride’, the Church. The present collection presents a diverse group of choral works writtenbetween the 16th century and the present day, with most inspired by this unique sacred text.

ALSO AVAILABLE:SIGCD328 War & Peace: Music for RemembranceSIGCD269 Journey into Light: Rutter; Britten; Weir; Poston


Label: OrfeoFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: C886142iBarcode: 40117908862202 MID PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: box setKlytämnestra: Regina ResnikElektra: Birgit NilssonChrysothemis: Leonie RysanekAegisth:Wolfgang WindgassenOrest: Eberhard WaechterDer Pfleger der Orest: Fredrick GuthrieVertraute: Margareta SjöstedtSchleppträgerin: Margarita LilovaJunger Diener: Gerhard UngerAlter Diener: Herbert LacknerAufseherin: Danica MastilovicFünf Mägde: Margarita Lilova, MargaretaSjöstedt, Margarete Ast, Gundula Janowitz,Gerda Scheyrer

Richard STRAUSS: ElektraLive Recording, Vienna State Opera December 16, 1965Regina ResnikBirgit NilssonLeonie RysanekWolfgang WindgassenEberhard WaechterGundula JanowitzChorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State OperaKarl Böhm

Following the scandalous 'Salome', it was with the radical, expressive violence of 'Elektra' in 1909 that Richard Straussfinally cemented his position as the leading German opera composer of his generation. The immense vocal and orchestral demands it makes remain undiminished and few singers have really been able tomeet the murderous challenge of singing the title role. In the 1960s and ’70s, however, Birgit Nilsson was one,possessing as she did a powerful voice also capable of much subtlety. This live recording from the Vienna State Opera in1965, in a production by Wieland Wagner, was conducted by the great Karl Böhm, and was a musical triumph. Not onlydid Böhm and Nilsson give full rein to the eruptive violence of Strauss’s setting but they also attended to thepsychological details that the composer teased out of Hoffmansthal's text. They were aided in this by the orchestra of theVienna State Opera and a cast that was homogeneous right down to the smallest roles. Leonie Rysanek sang the wistfulChrysothemis, in a role she made her own, and with her luminous soprano she was an ideal counterpart to Nilsson’stortured heroine. As their adversary, their inscrutable mother Klytämnestra, the dusky-timbred Regina Resnik gave asuperb performance. For the adulterous lover Aegisth, the State Opera engaged the legendary heldentenor WolfgangWindgassen. Eberhard Waechter sang the part of Orest, and with his unmistakeable baritone he offered every possiblenuance of this important character, driven by fate.


Label: Actes Sud MusicalesFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: ASM22Barcode: 3149028052220SPECIAL PRICE Format: 1 CDPackaging: cd bookHeidi Melton [soprano]Orchestre National de Bordeaux AquitainePaul Daniel [conductor]

WAGNER: Arias & excerpts from Tannhäuser, Tristan &GötterdämmerungHeidi MeltonOrchestre National de Bordeaux AquitainePaul Daniel

Released to coincide with the opening of the 2014-2015 opera season in Bordeaux and to continue the celebration of theWagner bicentenary, Paul Daniel accompanies the young American dramatic soprano Heidi Melton who has been called“the Wagnerian voice we have been waiting for since Flagstad and Nilsson” (La Presse), and a voice that is “big,gleaming and tonally resplendent.” (San Francisco Chronicle). Ms. Melton sang her first 'Siegfried' Brünnhilde in concertwith Opéra National de Bordeaux, as well as the “Immolation Scene” and “Liebestod” for Wagner concerts in Bordeauxand on tour in France. From the most vibrant pages of 'Tristan and Isolde' to the wonder of the 'Twilight of the Gods',through the famous overture to 'Tannhäuser', here are some captivating aspects of the master of Bayreuth's art whichare played by an enthusiastic Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.

"This could perhaps be the Wagnerian voice we have been waiting for since Flagstad and Nilsson.” Claude Gingras, LaPresse, July 12, 2010

“Remember the name Heidi Melton. The American dramatic soprano, just 28, has a glorious career ahead of her.Elisabeth's ringing “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser and Sieglinde's more sombre and emotional “Der Männer Sippe”and “Du bist der Lenz” from Die Walküre displayed a huge voice that is bright, clear and sweet, and cocooned in aseductive vibrato. She has gorgeous low notes, beautiful phrasing, and interprets her singing from her soul.”Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail, July 11, 2010

“Everybody involved in the BBC SSO’s opening concert on Thursday night gets five stars, a metaphorical bottle ofchampagne and thunderous applause such as can resound only in the City Hall. (Well they did get that at least.)…Andwhat performances from these huge voices, with Heidi Melton’s Sieglinde…” Michael Tumelty, The Herald Scotland,October 4, 2010


Label: Actes Sud MusicalesFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: ASM15Barcode: 3149028048421NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackLes SièclesFrançois Xavier Roth

STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrouchkarecreation of the 1913 premiereLes SièclesFrançois Xavier Roth

One of the biggest scandals in the history of music stirred Paris as the Ballets Russes created the new ballet by IgorStravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky, 'The Rite of Spring', conducted by Pierre Monteux. To celebrate this anniversary,François- Xavier Roth, with special permission from Boosey & Hawkes and with the assistance of musicologist Louis Cyr,have endeavored to restore the 'Rite' as it was given on the evening of May 29 1913.

"One of François-Xavier Roth's first releases with the period instruments of his orchestra, les Siècles, was the completeFirebird ballet. Here they complete their trilogy of the great scores that Stravinsky composed for the Paris seasons ofDiaghilev's Ballets Russes before the first world war, all played, as is the Siècles way, on instruments that come as closeas is possible to those used at their first performances.Those who heard Roth and his orchestra perform The Rite of Spring at last year's Proms will remember the lithetransparency they brought to the score, the subtle shading and shifted emphases that dispel any hint of mechanisticbrutalism.. But it's the Petrushka that's the real revelation here. Roth's restraint, and the elegance his woodwind playersbring to their contributions, pays real dividends. The score emerges as a more fascinating than usual intersectionbetween Stravinsky's Rimsky-tinged Russian heritage, the groundbreaking modernism that he was establishing forhimself, and the French refinement that he was absorbing in Paris." Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 22nd May 2014

ALSO AVAILABLE: ASM12 Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier, Velléda, Polyeucte /Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (4/5) ****“It seems to me easily the most successful of Roth's discs with Les Siècles... it throws a valuable light on the early worksof one of the most intriguing and notoriously self-critical figures in French music… ”Andrew Clements, The Guardian –2nd January 2014

“Roth [conducts] with such verve and stylistic insight ... full of humour and sparkle”Geoffrey Norris, Gramophone – March 2014

ASM02 Debussy, La Mer, Première Suite / Les Siècles, cond François-Xavier Roth“Debussy’s greatest orchestral masterpiece revealed in pristine, vibrant colours by Roth’s pioneering period-instrumentband.”Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times- 8th December 2013, No. 2, BEST RECORDS OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL


Label: AuditeFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: AUDITE21420Barcode: 4022143214201MID PriceFormat: 3 CDPackaging: box setRIAS-Kammerchor / RIAS-OrchesterRadio-Symphonie-Orchester BerlinBerlin PhilharmonicArthur Rother / Ferdinand Liva / Fried Walter[conductors]Richard Klemm [viola da gamba]Siegfried Behrend [guitar]Hertha Klust [piano]

Pilar LorengarBerlin, 1959 - 1962RIAS-Kammerchor / RIAS-OrchesterRSO BerlinBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Bellini, Puccini, Handel, Granados, Verdi, Scarlatti, Mozart, Guridi, Leoz, Nin, Rodrigo, Toldrà, Milarte, Daza, Bermudo, Narváez, Vásquez, Mudarra, Milán, PisadorValderrábano, Lorca

Pilar Lorengar [1928-1996], the Spanish singer whose adopted home city was Berlin, especially owed her worldwide butunobtrusive fame to the operatic stage. She had one of the most beautiful voices heard in the post-war years:creamy-toned and perfectly placed, her voice remained firm and youthful in timbre for more than 30 years. She wasfamous for a repertoire ranging from the youthful heroines of Mozart, the youthful dramatic heroines of Verdi and Puccinito tragic girlish figures such as Tchaikovsky‘s Tatiana and Janácek‘s Jenufa. These three CDs of arias and Liedercontain sound documents from the singer‘s early Berlin years, in studio and live recordings made between 1959 and1962. Audite present Lorengar from unusual perspectives, both in the field of opera and in the Lieder eg she is not heard herein her established Mozart role of Donna Elvira, but as Donna Anna. In addition, she can be heard singing repertoire thatwas unusual for her: the prayer "Casta Diva" from Bellini‘s Norma, "Piangerò la sorte mia“ from Handel‘s Cleopatra and aHandel cantata; an aria from a Scarlatti opera; Elvira's aria "Ernani, involiami" from the eponymous early Verdi opera andthe role of Rosario from the opera 'Goyescas' by Granados. The Mozart singer also reveals herself here to be anagreeable Lied singer. The remaining two thirds of this anthology pays homage to the musical traditions of her homeland. As a young schoolgirlin Madrid, she acquired extensive experience in the music cafes and the zarzuela theatre. In the present release, sheunfolds a panorama of Spanish music history extending over five centuries, ranging from the vocal art of the 16th-centuryvihuelistas to the folklore collections and adaptations of Federico García Lorca.

Full track listing available on request


Label: WergoFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: WER6778-2Barcode: 4010228677829NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalHelga Pilarczyk [speaking voice]Maria Bergmann [piano]Jacques Castagner [flute, piccolo]Guy Deplus [clarinet]Louis Montaigne [bass clarinet]Luben Yordanoff [violin]Serge Collot [viola]Jean Huchot [cello]Pierre Boulez [conductor]

SCHOENBERG: Pierrot Lunaire Three Times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud’s melodrama, op. 21Helga Pilarczyk Pierre Boulez

WERGO's studio reihe series continues with a rather special CD release: Arnold Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' was thefirst long-playing record released by the newly founded label WERGO in 1962, which laid the foundation of the label'sdecades-long commitment to new music. This important recording, with the soprano Helga Pilarczyk and under thedirection of Pierre Boulez, has not been available until now as Wergo releases this highlight from its early days inexcellent sound quality on CD for the first time.The musical setting of 'Three Times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud’s ‘Pierrot lunaire’' Op. 21 was composed bySchoenberg in just a few weeks, between 12 March and 30 May 1912, to be precise. The composition was written at theinitiative of the actress Albertine Zehme. Schoenberg met her shortly after he had moved to Vienna from Berlin in 1911and dedicated the piece to her “with heartfelt friendship”.

The recordings were originally published on LP in 1963 (WERGO, WER60001)

studio reihe:WER6770-2 Arnold Schönberg: Erwartung, Monodram, op. 17WER6771-2 Igor Strawinsky: Agon. Ballett für zwölf TänzerWER6772-2 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger / Klavierstück X"The bare white cover nicely suggests the new start sought by the post-war musical avant-garde, two of whosemasterpieces are represented in reissues of three 1960s recordings. ...as captivating, poetic and authoritative as a pieceby Debussy, though many times more violent. A staggering performance." Paul Driver, The Sunday Times – 21 October2012

WER6773-2 Herbert Eimert: Epitaph für Aikichi Kuboyama / Sechs StudienWER6774-2 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Momente. Version 1965“Expertly remastered without being sanitized … worth acquiring.” Roger Thomas, IRR – May 2014

WER6775-2 Luc Ferrari: Und so weiter / Music PromenadeWER6776-2 Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto pour violoncelle / Photoptosis / Tratto IIWER6777-2 Christian Wolff: For Piano I / For Pianist / Burdocks


Label: StradivariusFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: STR33989Barcode: 8011570339898NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackSviatoslav Richter [piano]

BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 29 Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'Live in London 18/6/1976Sviatoslav Richter

Sviatoslav Richter tackled repertoire from Bach to Webern, but he is most certainly not held to be a Schnabel, aBackhaus or a Fischer, that is, a performer who is identified with the Viennese classical composers. Yet Richter’sBeethoven repertoire includes 22 of the 32 sonatas and several series of variations. Recently the Richter estate has given the stamp of approval to recordings from France. [Praga Digitals] Now from Italiansources it has begun to authorise some public concert recordings of quality to document the many-faceted personalitythat is Richter. This performance of the 'Hammerklavier' is, without any doubt, epic, taken live from the Royal FestivalHall, 18th June 1976. Elegantly packaged.


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: DSD350083Barcode: 3149028028027NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalSvjatoslav Richter [piano]

RACHMANINOV: Etudes-Tableaux Op.33 Nos 9, 5, 6, 7Op. 39 Nos. 1-4, 7, 9 Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8Op. 32 Nos. 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12Svjatoslav Richter

This romantic programme juxtaposes the best piano solo pieces of Rachmaninov, selected by Richter himself, andcharms with his old-fashionioned and romantic Russian approach, with elegance, energy and virtuosity, an irresistiblebalance between secret humour, power and native melancholy. Before him, only Vladimir Sofronitzky risked suchmodernity, now....

Recording date: December 31, 1984


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: DSD350102Barcode: 3149028037524NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalFriedrich Gulda [piano]Vienna Philharmonicdir. Volkmar Andreae, Karl Böhm

A Tribute to Friedrich GuldaSCHUMANN: Piano Concerto Op. 54, WEBER: Konzertstück Op. 79, STRAUSS: BurleskeFriedrich Gulda Vienna PhilharmonicKarl Böhm

Gulda was an unusual personality, a humanist pianist, with an unconditional love of Mozart and jazz. His prodigiousvirtuosity was deliberately hidden by a refined Viennese and often melancholy mood, which gave some autumn colour tonow celebrated scores. This programme demonstrates a true classical stylist.

Recording Date December 31, 1957

Gulda gave his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 20, and was soon regarded as one of the most important interpreters ofthe postwar period, playing his groundbreaking interpretation of the complete Beethoven sonatas. His piano studentsinclude Martha Argerich, who called Gulda "my most important influence," and the famous conductor Claudio Abbado(1933-2014).


Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: DSD250301Barcode: 3149028042726Price: £9.48Format: 1 HYBRID SACDPackaging: cristalPrazak QuartetSlavká Vernerova Pechocova [piano]Milan Polak [clarinet]Lukas Korinek [bassoon]Jan Voboril [French horn]

JANACEK: String Quartets 1 & 2, Piano ConcertinoQuatuor Prazak

An unusual late Janacek chamber programme including the Concertino: an adventurous, amazingly experimental work.Its ‘programme’ recalls the naturalism and anthropomorphisms of the adventures of the 'Cunning Little Vixen' and theconcluding Allegro, opening with an unpredictable, almost swaggering recitative, is progressively hinged on anincreasingly rapid rhythm that leads to a popular scene of jubilation that foreshadows the fanfares of the 'Glagolitic Mass'.


Label: AuditeFile Under: Classical/ChambermusicCatalogue No: AUDITE97534Barcode: 4022143975348NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackJacques Thibaud String Trio:Burkhard Maiß [violin]Hannah Strijbos [viola]Bogdan Jianu [cello]

Cras, Reger, Dohnányi, KodályCRAS: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, REGER: String Trio in A minor, Op. 77bDOHNANYI: Serenade in C major for String Trio, Op. 10, KODALY: Intermezzo for String TrioJacques Thibaud String Trio

The genre of the string trio is not noted for many brilliant works, but for certain special ones. When the Thibaud Trio wasfounded in 1994 at the Hochschule (today: Universität) der Künste Berlin, its goal was to bring these works out of theshadows of musical life. The ensemble now crowns 20 years of performing in Europe, the USA and Japan with a CD onthe Audite label.Four string trios, written during the first third of the last century, reveal the breadth of possibilities of this genre,comprising an elegant game with tradition (Dohnányi), the ideal of a systematic formation of impulsive music (Reger),and a pièce de résistance in virtuosity and colour by Ravel’s contemporary Jean Cras.Today the Jacques Thibaud String Trio regularly tours Europe, Japan and North America. The centrepiece ofthe trio’s concert activities is North America where the ensemble has appeared at hundreds of concert venues during itscareer.

ALSO AVAILABLE:AUDITE97508 Beethoven String trios op. 9, 1-3


Label: StradivariusFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: STR33968Barcode: 8011570339683NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalCiro Longobardi [prepared piano]

Luc FERRARI: Exercises d'improvisationA la recherche du rythme perdu [1978] for piano & tapeCiro Longobardi

From the liner notes by Ciro Longobardi:This CD includes the live recording of a concert given on December 17, 2011 at Area Sismica in Forlì (Italy). Before themixing, very few micro-editing interventions were made and the applause was cut away (except the final burst).The Exercises can be realised by any number of instruments up to a maximum of 8 plus the 'tape' [nowadays we couldcall it prerecorded elctronics]...In short a compositional approach, the possibility of a predetermined organization of thematerials comes into play. Ferrari himself does not exclude this aspect, on the contrary he integrates it saying theexercises can be either of improvisation or of composition...A la recherche du rythme perdu concerns a different ambit. The prerecorded part was already used for a 1972 work,'Musique Socialiste' for harpsichord and tape. It was addressed to interpreters coming from classical music, while 'A larecherche' is intended for musicians coming from jazz...As a classical, not-jazz but improvising musician, I believed I was a possible addressee of this piece. I followed the smallnotated parts until I felt the need to go on my way...to match the composer's preference for a piano and percussionrealisation, I extensively used prepared and inside piano techniques.

Luc Ferrari ( 1929 – 2005) was a French-born composer of Italian heritage, particularly noted for his tape music. Hestudied the piano under Alfred Cortot, musical analysis under Olivier Messiaen, and composition under Arthur Honegger.He was profoundly influenced by Varese's 'Déserts' and by John Cage.Ferrari's 'Presque rien No. 1 'Le Lever du jour au bord de la mer'' (1970) is regarded as a classic of its kind. In it, Ferraritakes a day-long recording of environmental sounds at a Yugoslavian beach and, through editing, makes a piece thatlasts just 21 minutes. It has been seen as an affirmation of John Cage's idea that music is always going on all around us,and if only we were to stop to listen.


Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: SIGCD389Barcode: 635212038925NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalNaji Hakim Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet [organ]

Hakim Plays Hakim: The Schuke Organ of the PalacioEuskalduna of Bilbao, Vol.1Naji Hakim Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet

HAKIM: Toccata, Petite Suite, Die Apostel for organ duet, Ave Maria (Fantasy on a lied by Franz Schubert),Hommage à Jean Langlais, Esquisses Grégoriennes, Arabesques

Naji Hakim returns to disc on Signum with a new and powerful collection of his own organ works. Hakim is joined byMarie-Bernadette Dufource for the central piece of the programme, a set of meditation for two organists inspired byLucas Cranach the Elder's woodcuts of the Apostles.

Completed in 2000, the Schuke Organ of the Palacio Euskalduna is housed in a magnificent concert hall of wood andsteel - itself inspired by the Euskulduna shipyards that once occupied the area. A modern instrument, it is well-suited tothe nuanced voicings of modern organ compositions, as a well as being sympathetic and adaptable to the great works ofthe past.


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: OP30561Barcode: 709861305612SPECIAL PriceFormat: 6 CDPackaging: box setRiccardo Minasi, Dmitry SinkovskyEnrico OnofriAnton Steck I Barrochisti/Diego FasolisAcademia Montis Regalis/Alessandro de Marchi/Modo AntiquoFederico Maria Sardelli

VIVALDI: Violin Concertos

This box set gathers all the violin concertos availa-ble in the Vivaldi Edition, plus Concerto Italiano’s benchmark recordingof the “red priest's” most emblematic work: The Fours Seasons. A real 6-hour baroque violin feast!

Le Quattro StagioniViolin Concertos Op. 8, No. 1, RV269 'Spring', Op. 8, No. 2, RV315 'Summer', Op. 8, No. 3, RV293 'Autumn', Op. 8, No. 4, RV297 'Winter'Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini

Vivaldi Edition - Concerti per violino I - ‘La Caccia’Concerto for strings 'Il riposo - per il Santissimo Natale', RV270, Violin Concertos Op. 8 No. 10 RV362 'La Caccia',RV199 'Il Sospetto', RV234, RV332, 'Il Grosso Mogul' RV208Enrico Onofri [violin], Academia Montis Regalis / Alessandro de Marchi

Vivaldi Edition - Concerti per violino II - ‘Di sfida’Violin Concerto RV232, Concerto for Violin, Strings & Harpsichord RV325, Concerto RV353,Concerto senza cantin for violin, strings & continuo RV243, Violin Concerto RV264, Violin Concerto RV 368Anton Steck [violin], Modo Antiquo / Federico Maria Sardelli

Vivaldi Edition - Concerti per violino III - ‘Il ballo’Violin Concertos RV352, 307, 268, 333, Op.8, No. 11 RV210, 312, 350 Duilio M. Galfetti [violin], I Barrochisti / Diego Fasolis

Vivaldi Edition - Concerti per violino IV - ‘L’imperatore’Violin Concerto No. 1 RV181a, No. 4 RV263a, RV327, RV271 'L'Amoroso', No. 12 RV391, RV171,Concerto for Violin, Strings & Harpsichord RV331Riccardo Minasi [violin, direction], Il Pomo d’Oro

Vivaldi Edition - Concerti per violino V - ‘Per Pisendel’Violin Concertos RV177, 212, RV246, Concerto for violin, strings & continuo RV370, Op. 8 No. 7 RV242 'per Pisendel', RV379, RV328Dmitry Sinkovsky [violin, direction], Il Pomo d’Oro


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: OP30562Barcode: 709861305629SPECIAL PriceFormat: 6 CDPackaging: box setSandrine PiauAnn HallenbergMarie-Nicole LemieuxSonia PrinaTopi LehtipuuPaul AgnewLorenzo Regazzo

Vivaldi Voices

This box set gathers the finest vocal recordings (opera, sacred music) from the Vivaldi Edition bysome of the most reputed artists of today. Also it features the main vocal ranges: soprano, mezzosoprano, contralto,tenor, bass.

Vivaldi Edition - Arie d’operaArias from La Candace, La Silvia, La verità in cimento, Tito Manlio e.a.Sandrine Piau, Ann Hallenberg, Paul Agnew, Modo Antiquo / Federico Maria Sardelli

Vivaldi Edition - Arie per bassoArias from Armida al campo d’Egitto, Tito Manlio, Orlando furioso, Semiramide, Il Farnace, L’Olimpiade e.a.Lorenzo Regazzo, Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini

Vivaldi Edition - In Furore, Laudate Pueri e Concerti sacriIn furore iustissimae irae RV626 • Sinfonia RV169 'Al Santo Sepolcro', Laudate pueri RV601, Concerto for violin, organ & strings RV541, Concerto No. 4 ‘Per la solennità di San Lorenzo' RV286Sandrine Piau, Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone

Vivaldi Edition - Arie ritrovateArias from La verità in cimento, La Ninfa infelice e fortunata, Skandeberg, Teuzzone, La Silvia e.a.Sonia Prina, Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone

Vivaldi Edition - Arie per tenoreArias from Tito Manlio, Arsilda, La costanza trionfante, Tigrane, L’incoronazione di Dario, La verità in cimento, Dorilla inTempe, Farnace, BajazetTopi Lehtipuu, I Barrochisti / Diego Fasolis

Marie-Nicole Lemieux: My VivaldiArias from Griselda, Orlando furioso, La fida ninfa, Stabat MaterMarie-Nicole Lemieux, Ensemble Matheus / Jean-Christophe Spinosi


Label: FloraFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: FLO3113Barcode: 3149028051728NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackLes Timbres: Yoko Kawakubo [violin]Myriam Rignol [viola da gamba]Julien Wolfs [harpsichord]

RAMEAU: Pièces de clavecin en concerts 1741Les Timbres

The ensemble, Les Timbres, winner of the First Prize at the Concours International Bruges in 2009, offers here its firstrecording, devoted to harpsichord pieces 'in concert' by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Published in Paris in 1741, they play an important role not only in the harpsichord repertoire, but also in the history ofmusic: it could be considered one of the first examples of a piano trio being considered 'romantic'.


Label: Paraty ProductionsFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: PTY414125Barcode: 3760213650153NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackLa Camera delle Lacrime,dir. Bruno BonhoureJeune choeur de Dordogne,Khaï-dong Luong

Le Livre Vermeil de MontserratLe chant de la Sibylle, Els segadorsLa Camera delle LacrimeBruno Bonhoure

The Livre Vermeil de Montserrat is to medieval music what St John Passion is to the Baroque. In a real tribute toCatalonia, the programme also includes, from the venerable codex Montserrat, a refined interpretation of "Song of theSibylle" and ends with the popular estampa " Els Segadors" a modernised version of which has become the nationalanthem of Catalonia.The eight artists from La Camera delle Lacrime enjoyed a live session recorded by France Musique at the festivalSinfonia en Périgord to create this programme with the label Paraty.The original instrumentarium, including using an Argentinian drum called Bombo leguëro, offers a new reading of thesedevotional songs where the interpretations are resolutely popular and festive. This exaltation of the pilgrim, who finallyreaches the end of his journey to the monastery of Montserrat, is expressed by the talented young Dordogne choir.Performances of this repertoire in central France have conquered a wide audience, with hundreds of amateur singers onstage to embody the voices of pilgrims alongside professional artists. Artistic directors Bruno Bonhoure (vocals andmusical direction) and Khai Luong-dong (design and staging) offer music lovers an enthusiastic and bold version of thisessential Medieval heritage.


Label: Pan ClassicsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: PC10306Barcode: 7619990103061NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackLyndon Watts [classical bassoon]Edoardo Torbianelli [fortepiano]Marion Treupel-Franck [classical flute]

Jean Nicolas SAVARY: The Stradivari of the bassoonWorks by Beethoven, Reicha, Rossini & Tamplini/DonizettiLyndon WattsEdoardo Torbianelli

TAMPLINI: Fantasia di Bravura for bassoon & piano on themes from 'La fille du règiment' by Donizetti BEETHOVEN: Trio for flute, bassoon and piano WoO 37 REICHA: Duo for bassoon and piano ROSSINI: Cavatina from 'La gazza ladra', arranged for bassoon and piano by Frédéric Berr World première recordings on historical bassoon

The Parisian bassoon maker Jean Nicolas Savary jeune was considered the 'Stradivari of the Bassoon' during the 19thcentury. His bassoons were in great demand in France and England, and instruments were built according to his modelsup until the early 20th century. It is all the more astonishing, therefore, that no Savary bassoon had until now beenreconstructed: a gap that has been filled by the Swiss bassoon maker Walter Bassetto in cooperation with the bassoonistLyndon Watts.A reconstruction of an instrument from the year 1823 can be heard on this CD; it is especially convincing by virtue of itseffortless response and its nasally pithy yet lyrical sound. The extraordinary qualities of the Savary bassoon areparticularly shown to advantage in works by Beethoven and Reicha, as well as two adaptations from operas of Rossiniand Donizetti. The performer is the Australian Lyndon Watts, who was a prize winner at the ARD Competition in 2002and was appointed solo bassoonist with the Munich Philharmonic at the age of just 22. He is accompanied by EdoardoTorbianelli, an established specialist for historical keyboard instruments.


Label: ApartéFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: AP087Barcode: 3149028050028MID PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: digipackAlexandre Paley [piano]

TCHAIKOVSKY: Grande Sonate Op. 37, The Seasons Op. 37bAlexandre Paley

Alexander Paley is widely acclaimed for his dazzling technical prowess, his exceptionally broad and extensive repertoireof concerti and solo piano works, and the depth of his unique and personal interpretations. Born in Kishiniev, Moldova, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Bella Davidovich and Vera Gornostayeva,completing his graduate work in 1981. He went on to win major awards, including the First Prize at the the LeipzigInternational Bach Competition in 1984, the Bosendorfer Prize in 1986 and Les Victoires de la Musique Classique(France) in 2006. Prior to his defection to USA in 1988, Paley performed frequently as a recitalist and soloist throughtoutthe former Soviet Union and eastern Europe. The year 2011 marked the 20th anniversary of Paley's festival at the Moulin d'Ande in Normandy (France). This festival,a week-long series of recitals, lieder and chamber music concerts, has been the subject of an hour-long documentary byRussian television which has been broadcast thoughout eastern Europe as well as in Israel. In August 1998, he createda festival in Richmond, Virginia. It has drawn popular and critical acclaim for its bold programming and brilliantperformances. He now divides his time between the United States and France. This recording marks the return of Alexander Paley to disc, in hommage to Tchaikovsky, a composer who accompaniedhis studies at the Moscow Conservatory.


Label: Convivium RecordsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: CR017Barcode: 700153370042MID PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalSofia VokalensembleBengt Ollén [director]

Forvarskvall -One Early Spring EveningSofia Vokalensemble

Sven-David SANDSTROM: Four Songs of Love [Song of Songs], Half Finished HeavenOskar LINDBERG: StjärntändingenFredrik SIXTEN: UnforgottenTrilo: Traditional folk song from BohuslänHugo ALFVEN: AftonenI denna Ljuva Sommartid [trad]Ludvig NORMAN: Jordens oro viker motett Op. 50David WIKANDER: Kung Liljekonvalje, FörvårskavällJaako MANTYJARVI: Die Stimme des Kindes, Canticum Calamitatis MaritimaeWilhelm STENHAMMAR: Sverige

Winners of multiple festivals, including the European Grand Prix (2012), Stockholm based Sofia Vokalensemble presenta beautiful collection of Nordic Choral Music in traditional and contemporary arrangements. Their first disc on a BritishLabel has been crafted around the theme of nature, from one spring evening to a late winter's night.


Label: Helicon LtdFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: HEL029673Barcode: 7293627967327NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraGianandrea Noseda

BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, BORODIN: Prince IgorOvertureIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraGianandrea Noseda

In this colourful programme, the extraordinary Italian maestro, and Chief Guest at the IPO since 2011, GianandreaNoseda leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in two works that demonstrate the orchestra's virtuosity and uniquetimbre. This is his first recording for Helicon Classics, caught live in January of this year at the Bronfman Auditorium, TelAviv.


Label: Helicon LtdFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: HEL029674Barcode: 7293627967426NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraZubin Mehta

BRUCKNER: Symphony No.8Israel Philharmonic OrchestraZubin Mehta

The music of Anton Bruckner has always been a favourite of conductor Zubin Mehta. This live performance of themuch-loved Symphony No.8, from the Charles Bronfman Auditorium, December 2013, in the Nowak edition finds bothconductor and orchestra on top form.


Label: Helicon LtdFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: HEL029675Barcode: 7293627967525NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraZubin Mehta

BRUCKNER: Symphony No.7Israel Philharmonic OrchestraZubin Mehta

For the Israel Philharmonic, performing Bruckner has been somewhat controversial, due to Bruckner's unrequited statusas a Nazi idol: as an unworldly man in late 19th-century Vienna, he became inveigled in the musical and politicalcontroversies of the day, finding himself enlisted as a partisan of Wagner against the Brahms faction, never quiteextricating himself, even after death. Surprisingly, this is only Zubin Mehta's fourth recording of the Symphony No.7, andthe only one currently in print. This live performance from the Smolartz Auditorium, July 2012, features the 1944 editionof Robert Haas.


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: CHE0193-2Barcode: 4010072019325BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackRosana Bertini, Pascal Bertin,Marco Beasley,Giuseppe Maletto, Jean Tubéry,Attilio Cremonesi, Alessandro de Marchi, Furio Zanassi,

FRESCOBALDI: Messa Sopra l'aria della Monica, MotetsIl Teatro ArmonicoAlessandro de Marchi

Toccata ii, Introit civitas Hierusalem (motet SATT & b.c.), Kyrie i (a 8),Christe (a 4), Kyrie ii (a 8), Gloria (a 8), Epistle lectio epistolae beati Pauli (gregorian, Gradual canzona Xi a due canti detta la Plettenberger (cornett, violin, lute & organ),Gospel dominus vobiscum (gregorian), Credo (a 8), Offertory ricercar dopo il credo, Preface Per omnia saecula saeculorum (gregorian), Sanctus (a 8), Elevation Toccata iV per l’organo da sonarsi all’elevazione, Iesu flos Mater Virginis (motet SATB & b.c.), Pater Noster Per omnia secula seculorum (gregoriano), Agnus dei (a 8), Communio ego sum panis (motet SST & b.c.),Post Communio canzon ii a due canti e due bassi (violin, cornett, viola da gamba, cello, 2 lutes, organ)Ite Missa est ite missa est (gregorian), Capriccio V sopra la bassa fiamenga

From 1608 Frescobaldi was the organist at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 1615 a new basilica was built with two fineorgans upon which Frescobaldi performed his famous improvisatory toccatas during ceremonial occasions but he wasalso expected to provide vocal and choral works for his patron, the Ferrara based Este efamily.It is likely that the Mass 'Sopra l’aria della Monica' was performed in the basilica and based on a popular tune. The 'ariadella Monica' was a secular song, quite often used for keyboard variations and instrumental compositions. The massreflects common practice in Rome in that is scored for eight voices in two choirs and is a beautifully crafted example oflate 17th-century Italian church music.Amongst the singers are such familiar names as Rossana Bertini, Giuseppe Maletto (both La Venexiana, La Compagniadel madrigale), Marco Beasley, or Furio Zanasi. Musical direction is in the able hands of Alessandro De Marchi.Formerly available on the Symphonia label, recorded in 1993. Virtually no competition.


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: CHE0192-2Barcode: 4010072019226BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackConcerto Palatino: Bruce Dickey [cornetto] Harry Ries, Charles Toet, Wim Becu[sackbuts] Currende Vocal Ensemble:Katelijne Van Laethem [soprano]Jan Caals, Marius Van Altena [tenor]Josep Cabré [bass] Bart Coen Blockflöten [recorders]Philippe Pierlot, Piet Stryckers Kaori Uemura [viols]Herman Stinders [organ]Erik Van Nevel [direction]

Orlando di LASSO: Motets [from Patrocinium Musices 1573/74]Concerto Palatino Currende Erik Van Nevel

Gaudent in coelis, Exsurgat deus, Salve regina, Pauper sum ego, Domine, clamavi ad te, Confitemini domino, Ante me, Pater noster, Misericordias domini, Nos qui sumus in hoc mundo, In deo salutare meum, O gloriosa domina, Quis mihi det, Pulvis et umbra sumus, Regnum mundi, Oculi omnium, Media vita in morte sumus, Exaudi domine, Agimus tibi gratias

After Sherlock Holmes solved the theft of the Bruce-Partington plans, he finished a paper on the motets of Orlando diLasso and boasted that it was the "final word upon the subject." Currende Vocal Ensemble and Concerto Palatino are infine form on this disc and together they present the listener with a very beguiling 'walk through' the motets of Orlando diLasso.The cover shows Lassus directing his singers and musicians at the Munich court from a spinet.

Recorded in 1998 for the Accent label


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: CHE0194-2Barcode: 4010072019424BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackensemble officiumWilfried Rombach (direction)

Miserere mei DeusMusic for Passiontide around 1500, Works by Isaac, Josquin Deprez & Ycartensemble officiumWilfried Rombach

Lectio I-III, Introitus, Responsorium Graduale, Alleluia, Sequenz, Offertorium, Communio.Prima Pars, Secunda Pars, Tertia Pars

Leonardo da Vinci, Heinrich Isaac and Josquin des Prez were contemporaries. Leonardo's reknown amongst hiscontemporaries was based as much on his musical abilities as those in any other field and he is known to have beenfamiliar with the compositions of Josquin and Isaac. While Josquin was to continue to be hailed as the Michelangelo ofmusic for centuries after his death before succumbing to the same lapse into obscurity as Isaac, prosperity has beenkinder to Leonardo. Perhaps if Leonardo's 'Treatise on Music', referred to in his writings but lost, had survived maybe therevival of the reputations of his musical contemporaries might have happened sooner, for this was an age in which musicflourished as much as painting. The polyphonic complexity of music reached a zenith in this age that has never sincebeen equalled.Heinrich Isaac's 'Choralis Constantinus' is one of the greats of Renaissance polyphony: The small segment included onthis disk is enough to make one crave a boxed set of the whole. The motet 'Miserere mei Deus' by Josquin des Prez isone of his most expressive, and the 'Lamentationes' by the nearly unknown composer Bernhard Ycart demonstratesonce again that we've probably lost more splendid music than we've saved.

[Previously available on Christophorus c2002 with the title 'Lamentatio']


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: CHE0195-2Barcode: 4010072019523BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackJoachim Held [six-course lute]

Lute Music from Renaissance ItalyJoachim Held

Francesco da MILANO (M) - Piedro Paolo BORRONO (B) - Giovan Paolo PALADINO (P)

Ricercar [51] (M), Saltarello ditto Rose e Viole (B), Fantasie première (P), Pavana ditta la Milanesa (B) Ricercar [12] (M), Ricercar [1] (M), Ricercar [11] (M), Pavana ditta la malcontenta (B), Fantasie seconde (P), Ancor che col partir (P), Pavana ditta la Paladina (P), Fantasia (B), Pavana ditta la Gombertina (B), Ricercar [5] (M), Ricercar [6] (M), Peschatore che va Cantando (B), Pavana ditta la Desperata (B), Fantasia [64] (M), Fantasia [40] (M), Pavana Nona (B), Fantasia [27] (M), Saltarello ditto Bel Fiore (B), Fantasia [30] (M), Tochata (M), Ricercar [15] (M), Fantasia [32] (M), Fantasia [22] (M), Saltarello ditto la Traditorella (B), Fantasie troysi (P)

Press reviews for the original release on Symphonia, 1996:"Joachim Held has a refreshing and virtuosic manner to approach this music, probably comparable to Paul O' Dette'splaying. He doesn't indulge in the lute players' caprice to play every harmony with an arpeggio slowing down and puttinga veil on the flow of the music. Instead he chooses lively tempi, doesn't consider the word virtuoso as a devil's creationfrom the 19th century and shapes these master works he is dealing with, consistently and in a transparent way. Beingplayed legato, not staccato, the melodies sound and thereby can be followed through the plait of voices andaccompanied on their way by the listener."Gitarre und Laute, February 1997

"... Joachim Held's playing is a real pleasure to listen to. He brings out the character of each piece, from the fluidimprovisatory virtuosy of Francesco's Fantasias and ricercars, to the more formally structured fantasias of Paladino, andthe rhythmic vitality and energy of Borrono's dance forms. Throughout this recording Joachim Held makes effective useof tonal and dynamic contrast and shows excellent control of tempo and rubato without ever sounding self - indulgent. Inthe contrapunctual works he shows an impressive control of the different voices of a composition - demonstrated toparticular good effect in Paladino's intabulation of "Anchor che col partire" in which the part writing of the underlyingmadrigal is never less than crystal clear..." Lute Society (of England), March 1998


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: CHE0196-2Barcode: 4010072019622BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackFerhan & Ferzan Önder [piano]Zürcher KammerorchesterHoward Griffiths [conductor]

SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the AnimalsIntroduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op. 28Variations on a theme by Beethoven Op. 35Ferhan & Ferzan ÖnderHoward Griffiths

Turkish twins Ferhan and Ferzan Onder present the ever-popular 'Carnival of the Animals', one of their regular concertprogrammes, together with 'Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso' written for Sarasate and transcribed for 2pianos byDebussy. 'Variations on a theme by Beethoven' is technically demanding and reflects Saint-Saëns early career at thepiano as a child prodigy. Recorded in 1997.

“Their immaculate ensemble-playing, their fiery temperament and their virtuoso dexterity are proof of the extraordinarypianistic qualities of the Oenders… they are hot!” [Michael Stenger/Fono Forum]


Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: CHE0197-2Barcode: 4010072019721BUDGET PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackTilman Hoppstock [guitar]Instruments:Robert S. Ruck, 1983 [1, 13-14]Matthias Dammann, 1998 [3-7]Flamencogitarre / Flamenco guitar [16-18]Matthias Dammann 2006 [10, 15]Christopher Dean, 2000 [2, 8-9, 11-12]

Alhambra, Spanish Guitar Music by Manuel de Falla, Paco de Lucia, Isaac Albéniz...Tilman Hoppstock

Regino Sainz de la MAZA: El Vito Fernando SOR: Variationen über ein Thema von Mozart op. 9Francisco TARREGA: Mazurken (live), Adelita, Sueño, Mazurka en sol, Marieta, Andante, Recuerdos de la Alhambra Federico MORENO-TORROBA: Fandanguillo, NocturnoIsaac ALBENIZ: El Polo aus Iberia (live), Cataluña aus Suite Español op. 47, Tango aus España op. 165, Asturias aus Suite Español op. 47*Manuel de FALLA: Homenaje (live), Tanz des Müllers Paco de LUCIA: Granaina, Taranta (Lucia/Hoppstock) *Arranged by Tilman Hoppstock

This CD presents works by Spanish composers in a compilation of various recordings made in the years 1995 to 2009,including live recordings from concerts (the 5 Mazurkas by Tárrega, the Homenaje of de Falla and El Polo by IsaacAlbéniz), which complement the studio productions thanks to their lively atmosphere.

Recorded 1995-2009

july classical v2

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