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CLASSICAL new release har har monia m monia m undi UK undi UK available 19th October call off 9th October harmonia mundi, AEON , ALIA VOX , ALPHA , AMBRONAY , ARCANA , ARTE VERUM, AUDITE , BEL AIR CLASSIQUES, CALLIOPE , CSO RESOUND , DELPHIAN , FIRST HAND , FUGA LIBERA , GLOSSA , HAT [ NOW] ART , K617, KML, LSO L IVE , MARIINSKY , MEDICI ARTS , MIRARE , MODE , NASCOR , OPAL , OPELLA NOVA , ORFEO , PARADIZO , PEARL , PRAGA DIGITALS , RADIO FRANCE , RAM, RCOC, RCO L IVE , RICERCAR , SFZ , SIGNUM CLASSICS, STRADIVARIUS , UNICORN KANCHANA , WALHALL , WERGO , WINTER & WINTER , YSAYE OCTOBER 2009

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  • CLASSICAL new releaseharhar monia mmonia m undi UKundi UKavailable 19th October call off 9th October

    harmonia mundi, AEON, ALIA VOX, ALPHA, AMBRONAY, ARCANA, ARTE VERUM, AUDITE,BEL AIR CLASSIQUES, CALLIOPE, CSO RESOUND, DELPHIAN, FIRST HAND, FUGA LIBERA,GLOSSA, HAT[NOW]ART, K617, KML, LSO LIVE, MARIINSKY, MEDICI ARTS, MIRARE, MODE,NASCOR, OPAL, OPELLA NOVA, ORFEO, PARADIZO, PEARL, PRAGA DIGITALS, RADIO FRANCE,RAM, RCOC, RCO LIVE, RICERCAR, SFZ, SIGNUM CLASSICS, STRADIVARIUS,UNICORN KANCHANA, WALHALL, WERGO, WINTER & WINTER, YSAYE

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  • GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALISTEARLYHMU807489 SONG OF SONGS / Stile AnticoSumptuously delivered by the peerless Stile Antico.The Independent

    BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE DVD CHOICEMedici Arts 2055488 Mahler Symphony No. 4,Schoenberg Pelleas& MelisandeJuliane Banse (soprano); Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra/Claudio Abbado

    GRAMOPHONE EDITORS CHOICEHMU807447/48 Handel Organ Concertos Op. 7 Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr

    +IRR OUTSTANDING

    GRAMOPHONE EDITORS CHOICESIGCD155 Liszt Abroad Rebecca Evans (sop), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)

    BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE CHOICELSO0685 Bartok Bluebeards CastleLSO / Valery Gergiev

    OCTOBER

    GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALISTBAROQUE INSTRUMENTALHMU907502 PURCELL COMPLETE FANTAZIAS / Fretwork

  • HMC992039/40 Barcode: 794881935628special limited edition with DVD while stocks lastHMC902039/40 Barcode: 794881 9245232 CDs

    Josef HAYDNThe Creation Julia Kleiter, soprano (Gabriel, Eva);Maximilian Schmitt, tenor (Uriel);Johannes Weisser, bass (Raphael, Adam);RIAS Kammerchor; Freiburger Barockorchester / Ren Jacobs (conductor)

    It was on a visit to London in 1791 that Haydn heard several of Handel's oratorios at Westminster Abbey.Astonished by their size and power - "Handel is master of us all," he is said to have declared - he determinedto write a similar work himself. Die Schpfung was the result, though its exuberant hymning of the simplejoys of life is pure Haydn.Five years after a much-acclaimed version of The Seasons, Ren Jacobs chooses this 'beginning' to make hismajor contribution on record to the celebration of the bicentenary of Haydn's death.This luxury packageincludes Creating the Creation: a film by Nayo Titzin on the making of the recording, Ren Jacobs discography, full texts in English, French, German

    CONCERT REVIEWS:"Julia Kleiter was the exemplary soprano, who made Jacobs's extra vocal embellishmentssound completely natural, and Maximilian Schmitt gave notice of a well-schooled tenorvoice to watch." Financial Times, January 2009

    "In the medium-scale acoustic of the Barbican Hall, two German groups - the 40-strongRIAS Chamber Choir and the similarly sized Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, both under theskilled hands of conductor Ren Jacobs - proved near ideal. Many of Haydn's delightfultouches of audio-visual detail - the sun and moon, the birds and beasts - came over withunusually vivid effect...Julia Kleiter's pristine vocalism moved around the soprano part withthe same delicacy and skill as Maximilian Schmitt's around the tenor's." The Guardian

    Mini-site hm Haydn-Edition: an introduction to each CD from the complete series (18 titles), with audio excerpts, awards, pressreviews and illustrations; Haydn's biography and additional information about the 'Haydn revival' .Video excerptswww.harmoniamundi.com/haydn2009 A4 Brochures available

    ADVERTISED IN BBC MUSIC & GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINES

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • HMU907467/68 Barcode: 0930467467282CDS

    George Frideric HANDELTrio Sonatas Opp. 2 & 5Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr

    Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music conclude their award-winning Handel cycle with thisdazzling traversal of the Trio Sonatas of Opus two andfive.These works, less frequently heard than much ofHandel's output, are brilliantly crafted, exciting, andabove all, fun pieces of chamber music.The Italianatesinging style of the melodic writing is both virtuosicand sonorous. Handel took Corelli's 'sonata da chiesa'model and with consummate ease, created sparklinglydiverse and richly colourful works that are clearlystamped with his own unique stylistic signature.

    As a conductor, Richard Egarr has presented a wide range of repertoire - from Baroque opera and oratorioto works by 20th -century composers. He is Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, with whom hehas recorded Bach Harpsichord Concertos and Brandenburg Concertos. Together they are currently releasing a series of Handel's Opp.1-7, of which the Solo Sonatas Op.1, the Concerti Grossi Op.3 and OrganConcertos Opp. 4 and 7 are already available.

    Handel with Richard Egarr: HMU807447/48 SACD Handel Organ Concertos Op.7 / AAMGramophone Editor's ChoiceIRR Outstanding The ultimate raspberry to anyonewho says baroque music is predictable. Independent on Sunday/ Outstanding

    HMU907259 Complete Violin SonatasCatalogue CD HMX 2907259Gramophone Editor's Choice

    HMU907465/66 12 Solo sonatas Op.1Academy of Ancient Music"Egarr's harpsichord accompaniment is free andexpressive. The soloists slide easily from austerityto opulence, and Brown's dewy-toned recorder isenchanting." Independent on Sunday

    HMU907415 / HMU807415 SACDConcerti grossi Op.3, Sonata a 5Academy of Ancient MusicGramophone Award Winner"Under Egarr the orchestra sound asgood as ever, perhaps even reinvigorated and a few degreessparkier." Gramophone Editor's Choice

    HMU807446 Organ Concertos Op.4Academy of Ancient Music"The Academy of Ancient Music and RichardEgarr surpass, in my mind, any performance ofthese concertos hitherto recordedDelightful,delicious, debonaire and wholly distracting frommodern climes - perfect! More please! StarRecording, The Organ

    HMU907228/29 Concerti grossi Op.6AAM /Andrew ManzeGramophone Editor's Choice

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

    CONCERT: Wigmore Hall 22nd November with the Academy of Ancient Music

  • HMC902033 Barcode: 794881 924820NORMAL PRICE CD

    Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCKFrench Psalms & Canciones SacraeResveillez vous chacun fidele (Ps. 133),Qui en la garde du haut Dieu pour jamais se retire (Ps. 91),Du fonds de ma pensee (Ps.130), De profundis*, Magnificat*,Beati pauperes*,A Dieu ma voix j'ai haussee (Ps. 77),Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire (Ps. 42).,Sus mon ame qu'on benie le souverain (Ps. 146),Te Deum laudamus*

    *Continuo: David Jansen (organ); Ophira Zaka (lute);Cappella Amsterdam / Daniel Reuss (conductor)

    Composer, organist, organ builder and teacher of international renown, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) was known in his own time as the 'Orpheus of Amsterdam'.Among his significant contributions toFranco-Flemish polyphony, one finds both psalms in French which closely follow the dictates of theReformation and sacred vocal works in Latin, among which the Magnificat is outstanding.

    ALSO AVAILABLE: HMC901985 Ligeti, Lux aeterna - Cappella Amsterdam et al"If the title track is the big draw here, the Dutch choir does not disappoint. The sopranos are tightrope walkers on the eternal, steadyhigh note, staggering their breaths for a seamless sound. The held,unresolving clashes are thrilling, a torment one never wants to end.Ligeti's Viola Sonata, the Drei Phantasien, offers similar pleasures wherethe tenors push singing close to shouting in the mighty fortissimo." The Times

    "In this performance [of Lux aeterna] by the astoundingly goodCapella Amsterdam it sounds more meditative and less apocalypticthan it did [in Kubrick's 2001], but no less haunting." Daily Telegraph

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • HMC902052Barcode: 7 94881 924721 NORMAL PRICE CD

    CHOPIN CHEZ PLEYEL(PARIS, 1842)

    Andante spianato Op.22, Ballade No. 3 Op. 47, Nocturnes Op.48Nos 1 & 2, Prludes Op. 28 Nos. 4, 9, 11, 13,Nocturne Op.9 No. 2, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2, Prlude Op.45,Prlude Op. 28 No. 15, Mazurka KK IIb No. 5 ' mile Gaillard' ,Mazurkas Op.41 Nos. 2 & 3, Impromptu Op.51, 'Grande Valse' Op. 42

    Alain Plans (piano Pleyel 1837coll. Anthony Sidey)

    A journey into Chopin's world . . . On 21 February 1842, the Polish composer gave one of his very rare con-certs: he did not enjoy appearing in public, for his music was above all a chamber art.Alain Plans has strivento recreate the programme of this concert as closely as possible and recorded it on a Pleyel piano of 1836that the composer might have played.The questions he throws up in the process are fascinating: how didChopin play? Apart from his famous rubato, what was the role of ornamentation, and indeed improvisation?

    ALSO AVAILABLE: SPECIAL LIMITED EDITIONHMX2908209/13 Debussy Complete Works for solo piano [5CDs]

    Debussy Suite Bergamasque / Arabesques (HMC901893)Pianist Recommended

    "The interpretation is a delight all the way through" Classic FM Magazine

    "this is Debussy playing of a very high order, and I urge admirers of this repertoire to give it a try." Pianist Recommended,Pianist, June-July 2006

    Debussy Images (HMC901947/48)"played with consummate artistryThroughout Plans is as dedicated

    and perceptive as could be wished for. The recording and presentation are excellent."International Piano, July/August 2007

    "There's much to savour."Editor's Choice, Gramophone, September 2007

    "a joy from start to finish"Classic FM Magazine, September 2007

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • 13TH INTERNATIONAL VAN CLIBURN COMPETITIONGOLD MEDAL HMU907505 Barcode: 093046750527NORMAL PRICE CD Nobuyuki Tsujii

    Every four years, the Van Cliburn Competition offers the opportunity for a select group of outstanding young musicians toshowcase their talent while challenging themselves to reach newstandards of artistic excellence.This year's three winners raise thebar once again.20-year-old Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii claimed the GoldMedal.Already known in his home country for his refined and effortless playing, a webcast of his spellbindingperformances at the 2009 Cliburn brought Tsujii to the attention of hundreds of countless new fans through-out the world, while raising his status in Japan to superstar. Blind since birth,Tsujii states his firm belief that,"there are no barriers in the field of music." The youngest participant in the competition, 19-year-old joint-Gold Medalist Haochen Zhang gave his debutrecital at the Shanghai Music Hall at the age of five. He moved to the United States at 15 to attend theCurtis Institute of Music where he is pursing a Bachelor of Music degree. 23-year-old Silver Medalist YeolEum Son is considered among the most important artists of her generation in South Korea. She has been afeatured soloist with the New York Philharmonic on several occasions, most recently as part of the orchestra's historic visit to Seoul.

    "Tsujii kept the audience spellbound from start to completion."FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

    JOINT-GOLD MEDAL HMU907506

    Barcode: 093046750626NORMAL PRICE CD

    Haochen Zhang "Zhang demonstrated a musical maturity almost unimaginable inone so young." DALLAS MORNING NEWS

    SILVER MEDALHMU907507

    Barcode: 093046750725NORMAL PRICE CD

    Yeol Eum Son"Son should have no trouble building a career. She's got the fingers and the personality." DALLAS MORNING NEWS

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • MAR0503 Barcode: 822231850328NORMAL PRICE SACD SACD in jewel case with 40pp bookletNotes in Russian (cyrillic), english, french and germanMOSCOW CANTATA sung in russian text in cyrillic with englishtranslation

    TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture,Moscow Cantata, Marche Slave,Coronation March, Danish Overture Mariinsky Orchestra, Soloists & Chorus /Valery GergievDSD recording, Mariinsky Concert Hall, 15-20 February 2009

    Following two highly acclaimed recordings of Shostakovich, the third release on the Mariinsky Theatre's newlabel features a selection of popular and rarely-heard works by Tchaikovsky.Unlike the majority of his Russian predecessors,Tchaikovsky's fame meant he received regular commissionsfor new work - he was the first 'professional' Russian composer.A new generation followed in his footstepsincluding Stravinsky and Prokofiev; for them, commissions were the norm.Many of the works for which Tchaikovsky was commissioned were required to celebrate great state andpolitical events.The Danish Overture was written to mark the marriage of the future Tsar Alexander III tothe Danish Princess Dagmar. He was later commissioned to to produce the Moscow Cantata andCoronation March as part of the celebrations to mark Alexander's coronation.The patriotic Marche Slave was written for a charitable concert staged to raise funds for Russian volunteersin the Serbo-Turkish War.Although the 1812 Overture depicts Russia's earlier war with Napoleonic France,the piece was actually commissioned for the opening of the Christ The Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.Thecathedral itself was built to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Russia's victory in the 1812 campaign of thewars.The next release from Mariinsky, due in December 2009, features the first recording of Rodion Shchedrin'sopera The Enchanted Wanderer. LSO Live has recently released Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle and in January 2010releases Gergiev's eagerly anticipated new recording of Prokofiev's complete score for Romeo & Juliet.

    ALSO AVAILABLE:MAR0501 Shostakovich The NoseDISC OF THE MONTH BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE DISC OF THE MONTH OPERA MAGAZINE MAR0502 Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 1 & 15DISC OF THE WEEK SUNDAY TIMES P ERFORMANCE ***** SOUND ***** BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

    CONCERTS:Mariinsky company & Valery Gergiev9-11th October Cardiff14-15th October Birmingham Symphony Hall 16th October Belfast18th October Glasgow

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • KML1120Barcode: 8 033712 871202

    NORMAL PRICE CD

    ERIK SATIE PIANO AND FOUR HANDS PIANO WORKS 1866-1925

    Trois Gymnopdies, 1888Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire, 1903Trois Gnossiennes, 1890Trois petites Pices montes, 1920Embryons Desschs, 1913Avant-dernires Penses, 1915Sports et Divertissements, 1914Vritables Prludes Flasques (pour un chien), 1912

    Katia & Marielle Labeque (pianos)

    Fresh from their recent triumphs at the Proms, and an unprecedented three appearances in one season,Katia and Marielle, present their first recording of Satie's music.After having taken it in turns to interprethis seminal Gymnopdies, Katia and Marielle divided the other pieces amongst themselves in consideration oftheir respective temperaments.The pair are finally reunited in the duets, having determined upon the very first and very last collections ofSatie's pieces for four hands.

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • KML2119 Barcode: 8 033712 872193NORMAL PRICE CD

    KATIA LABQUE - SHAPE OF MY HEART

    Tracklist: Moon Over Bourbon Street,Shape of My Heart,We Will Meet Again,My Funny Valentine, Prlude No. 4 in E Minor,Exit Music, Notes to the Future, Because,Besame Mucho, Gnossienne No. 3,Purple Diamond, Meditation

    Katia Labeque (piano);featuring Sting (vocals);Herbie Hancock,Chick Corea and Gonzalo Rubalcaba (pianos);David Chalmin (vocals & guitars)

    Pianist Katia Labque is one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day, an artist whose breathtakingvirtuosity and dazzling live performances have seen her garner respect from all corners of the musical spectrum. As well as her legions of fans across the globe, Katia's friends and admirers in high places rangefrom Madonna, who cites her as one of her "favourite pianists in the world", to Miles Davis, who dedicatedtwo songs to her on his 1985 album You're Under Arrest ('Katia Prelude' and 'Katia').In addition to experiencing considerable success as one half of classical duo The Labque Sisters, Katia'sseemingly endless enthusiasm for new music has led to past collaborations with artists as diverse as Sting,Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. Shape Of My Heart is a fascinating album that brings together a selectionof these collaborations alongside brand new recordings of the music of Satie, Chopin and Radiohead.The album opens with two of Sting's compositions, Moon Over Bourbon Street and Shape Of My Heart; thesinger's bold emotion combining with Labque's refined but assertive lyricism to excellent effect.Alongsidefour mesmerising solo piano pieces, a dynamic version of Radiohead's Exit Music and the compelling PurpleDiamond written by producer and guitarist David Chalmin, there are piano duets with Herbie Hancock, ChickCorea and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Labque clearly enjoys the challenge of playing with three of jazz's finest practitioners and whether it's the graceful balance of emotion and technical lyricism she reaches duettingwith Corea on Bill Evans' We Will Meet Again, or the surges of rhythmic energy during My Funny Valentine withHerbie Hancock, Labque proves that she is an adventurous, imaginative musician at the peak of her creativity.

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • 468095Barcode: 713746809522

    NORMAL PRICE CD

    OFF THE MAP

    Osvaldo GOLIJOV Air to Air;Evan ZIPORYN Sulvasutra;Gabriela Lena FRANK Ritmos Anchinos;Angel LAM Empty Mountain Spirit Rain

    The Silk Road Ensemble:Wu Man (pipa/Chinese lute);Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh/Persian fiddle);Sandeep Dason (tabla/Indian drum);Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi/Japanese flute);Colin Jacobsen (violin); Jeffrey Beecher (bass)

    Founded in 1998 by cellist Yo-Yo Ma,The Silk Road Ensemble is a collective of approximately 50 musiciansand composers who are passionate about cross-cultural dialogue and the historical contribution of theancient Silk Road to the arts.The Ensemble tours, with and without Yo-Yo Ma, in Europe,Asia and North America, presenting performances that highlight the nexus of tradition and innovation in music from the East and West.Off the Map presents first recordings of compositions which Carnegie Hall commissioned and premired in2006 in partnership with the Silk Road project.Discover music from established composers Osvaldo Golijov, Evan Ziporyn, Gabriela Lena Frank and from anemerging talent,Angel Lam, each of whom contributed a new work for instruments native to the lands alongthe traditional Silk Road, using different combinations of strings and percussion.

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • AV9869 Barcode: 7 619986 098692NORMAL PRICE CD

    ARIANNA SAVALL: PEIWOHPreghiera Text: San Francisco de Ass Music: Arianna SavallEl llenguatge dels ocells Text: David Escamilla Music: Arianna SavallLiebes-Lied Text: RainerMaria Rilke Music: Arianna SavallShe Moved Through The Fair Traditional Irish / Arr: Arianna SavallSuite Celta Music: Traditional / Arr: Arianna SavallCancin de la muerte pequea Text: Federico Garca Lorca Music: Arianna SavallAurora Music: Arianna SavallSi tornes Text: Miquel Mart i Pol Music: Arianna SavallHarpa e delirio d'gua Text: Aurelino Costa Music: Arianna SavallAnima Nostra Text: Annimo Music: Arianna SavallPeiwoh Music: Arianna SavallAdoucit la Mlodie Text: Rm Music: Arianna SavallNaonunai Letra y music: Arianna SavallLa Musica callada Text: San Juan de la Cruz Music: Arianna SavallCorazn: muere o canta Text: Juan Ramn Jimnez Music: Arianna SavallBONUS TRACKAnima Nostra a 2 A Mediterranean creation inspired on thetaoist legend of this old Eastern harp

    Arianna Savall (vocal, triple harp, gothic harp, celtic harp);Petter Johansen (vocal); Ferran Savall (vocal and theorb);JavierMas (12-strings guitar and lute);Mario Mas (guitar); Bjrn Kjellemyr (double bass);Dimitri Psonis (santur, bouzuki)Pedro Estevan, David Mayoral (percussions)

    "Based on a taoist tale (Prince Peiwoh playing a wondrous harp, whose stubborn spirit should be tamed butby the greatest of musicians), this album represents a breathing-in of various traditionswhich have helped me to create and give expression to my musical world, and one of the sources on which Ihave drawn most deeply is early music and the art of improvisation: an infinitesource of inspiration. From the time that I began to compose and sing songs, it became more and more natu-ral to me to accompany myself on the triple harp, and I was fascinated by the depth and subtlety of the ItalianBaroque harp. It has a rich, enveloping sonority which is unlike that of any other harp.There are moments onthe album when we hear a small Gothic harp, with its warm, remote and yet direct sound; and the mostancient of them all is a Celtic harp, with its magical, ancestral sounds.Peiwoh brings together the various languages, colours and sounds that I heard as a child growing up inSwitzerland, at home with my parents, friends and other musicians.And each of them expresses and encapsu-lates a different part of myself. Each language has its own rhythm and melody, which it modulates in its owndistinct way, influencing and inspiring the character and style of the song. Poetry is one of the essentialaspects of this musical journey.Peiwoh leads us to the process of maturing, which has sometimes been painful and dramatic: life containswithin it "little deaths", as in the poem by Garca Lorca (Song of the little death). In his short but intensepoemMy heart, die or sing, Juan Ramn. Jimnez shows how music and life overcome fear, giving us thecourage to walk on, as if our awareness of the proximity of death gave us a heightened awareness of life andits infinite possibilities."Arianna Savall

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • SIGCD178Barcode: 635212017821

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    FAIR ALBION:VISIONS OF ENGLANDNew Works by Patrick HAWES

    The Call Elin Manahan Thomas soprano,The Raven QuartetReflexionem Julian Lloyd webber cello, Claire Jones harpAscension Raven QuartetFair Albion Prague Symphony Orchestra A Birthday Elin Manahan Thomas soprano, Claire Jones harpThree Broadland Piano Preludes: Ranworth, Fenside, Remembrance

    Patrick Hawes pianoRequiem Aeternam from the Lazarus Requiem

    Brno Chamber Orchestra and Chamber ChoirGloriette Julian Lloyd Webber cello, Patrick Hawes pianoHow Hill Claire Jones harpCantate Domino Christian Forshaw & The Sanctuary EnsembleAfter the Rain Duke Quartet, Patrick Hawes pianoThe Darkling Thrush David Stout baritone, Patrick Hawes pianoQuanta Qualia Brno Chamber Orchestra

    ALSO AVAILABLE:SIGCD162 Patrick Hawes Song of Songs

    featuring: Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano); Julian Lloyd Webber (cello);Claire Jones (harp) Royal Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales

    Following his May release of Song of Songs (SIGCD162), composer Patrick Hawes returns with a new collection of works that celebrate the heart and soul of the British Landscape - with performances that bringtogether leading performers including Elin Manahan Thomas and Julian Lloyd Webber.Patrick Hawes debut album Blue in Blue stormed into the classical charts in its first weeks of release in 2004,and became the fastest and highest new entrant to the Classic FM Hall of Fame - leading to his subsequentappointment as composer in residence for the radio station. He has firmly established himself as one ofEngland's most popular living composers.

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • SIGCD176 Barcode: 635212017623NORMAL PRICE CD

    John STAINER The Crucifixion

    And They Came To A Place Named Gethsemane,The Agony,Processional To Calvary,And When They Were Come,The Mystery Of The Divine Humiliation,He Made Himself Of No Reputation,The Majesty Of The Divine Humiliation,And As Moses Lifted Up The Serpent, God So Loved The World,Litany Of The Passion, Jesus Said, 'Father, Forgive Them',So Thou Liftest Thy Divine Petition,The Mystery Of The Intercession,And One Of The Malefactors,The Adoration Of The Crucified,When Jesus Therefore Saw His Mother, Is It Nothing To You? The Appeal Of The Crucified,After This,Jesus Knowing That All Things Were Now Accomplished,

    For The Love Of Jesus

    Andrew Kennedy (tenor); Neal Davies (bass);Darius Battiwalla (organ);Huddersfield Choral Society /Joseph Cullen (conductor)

    John Stainer's The Crucifixion is duly regarded asone of the nation's favourite choral works, so it isfitting that it should be performed on this disc byone England's leading musical establishments:The Huddersfield Choral society - joined by lead-ing soloists Andrew Kennedy and Neal Davies andorganist Darius Battiwalla.This disc marks the fourth release on Signum withthe Huddersfield Choral Society.

    ALSO AVAILABLE: SIGCD074 Mozart Requiem/Sir Charles Mackerras

    SIGCD079 The Hymns Album SIGCD108 The Carols Album (Christmas favourite)

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • SIGCD182 Barcode: 635212018224

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    WHAT SWEETER MUSIC:CAROLS AND SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS

    We Wish you a Merry Christmas - arr Nigel ShortThe Twelve Days of Christmas - arr Ian HumphrisThe Oxen - Jonathan RathboneI Wonder as I Wander - arr Andrew CarterWhat Sweeter Music - John RutterSilent Night - Franz Gruber, arr Jonathan RathboneThere is a Flower - John RutterJingle Bells - J. Pierpont, arr Ben ParryTomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day - arr DavidWillcocksQuelle est cette odeur agreable? - arr David Willcocks

    Tenebrae

    Tenebrae return to disc on Signum with a sumptuous collection of songs andcarols for Christmas time.Anyone who has heard this finely tuned, professionalchoir in action before will be understandably excited to hear them bringingthese festive works to life.

    ALSO AVAILABLE ON SIGNUM:SIGCD085 Allegri Miserere"I really think we're in a choral golden age at the moment. I was inspiredby Tenebrae when I heard them in a concert at St. Jude's inHampstead and just had to get their new 'Allegri Miserere' CD. It's beautifully sung, a wonderful disc that has introduced me to somepieces that I didn't know." Emma Kirkby, BBC Music Magazine

    SIGCD054 Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil"both intimate and powerfully atmospheric, shedding new and memorable light on what usually comes across as a massive choralspectacular" Classic FM Magazine

    SIGCD078 Joby Talbot Path of Miracles"Tenebrae sounds completely at home with all of these styles and,under Nigel Short's direction, positively driven. The singing is the best Ihave yet heard from the group, vibrant and incisive, with some tremendous solo work" International Record Review

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • DCD34075 Barcode: 801918340758NORMAL PRICE CD

    INTO THIS WORLD,THIS DAY DIDCOME Carols Contemporary & Medieval

    Judith Bingham:Annunciation for organ Stuart MacRae:Adam lay y-bounden Diana Burrell: Creator of the Stars of Night John Dunstable: Quam pulchra es Gabriel Jackson: Salus aeterna 13th-c. English: Edi beo thu16th-c. anon.: Salvator mundi Howard Skempton: Into this world, this day did come Richard Causton: Cradle Song Francis Pott:That yong child Gabriel Jackson: Nowell sing we Judith Bingham: God would be born in thee Howard Skempton:To Bethlem did they go 12th-c. English:Verbum Patris umanatur William Sweeney:The Innumerable Christ John Redford:Tui sunt caeli Diana Burrell: Christo paremus cantica 15th-c. anon.: Nowell sing we Robin Holloway: Christmas Carol Judith Bingham: Incarnation with shepherds dancing for organ

    Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge /Geoffrey Webber

    A significant Christmas release: Geoffrey Webber has put together a fantastic programme which Delphian hadfun recording in the glorious acoustics of St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast.Fresh from their 2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice,Webber's choir has put together an intriguing pro-gramme in which medieval works illuminate contemporary settings by some of the UK's finest living com-posers. From the plangent innocence of Sweeney's The Innumerable Christ to the shining antiphony ofBurrell's Creator of the Stars of Night, this selection will seduce. Caius, as we've come to expect, combinepolish with verve,Webber's meticulous attention to detail floodlit by the bathing acoustics of St Anne'sCathedral, Belfast.

    ALSO AVAILABLE:DCD34067 Shchedrin The Sealed Angel

    Gramophone Editor's Choice"glittering precision marvellous choral sheen" International Record Review

    "Geoffrey Webber's choir sings with greater passion than most of itsOxbridge rivals" Classic FM Magazine

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  • C781091A Barcode: 4011790781129

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    CELLO CONCERTOS

    Robert SCHUMANN Cello Concerto Op. 129;Richard STRAUSS Romanze AV 75;Robert VOLKMANN Cello Concerto Op. 33;Max BRUCH Kol Nidrei Op. 47

    Daniel Mller-Schott (cello);NDR Sinfonieorchester / Christoph Eschenbach

    On his latest CD, Daniel Mller-Schott devotes himself to the cello's Romantic and late-Romantic solo concerto repertoire. It is a voyage of exploration that offers things both known and worthy of (re )discovery.After the Classical period, the cello fell out of fashion as a concertante instrument.When that changed againin the mid-19th century, it fascinated composers more than ever, and this in turn had an impact on their creative muse. For Robert Schumann, to be sure, the composition of his Cello Concerto was bound up withmajor disappointments - he himself did not live to hear its world premire. But the concerto's interplaybetween soloist and orchestra is exciting, as are its contrasts between discretion and impulsiveness, and it istoday well-loved by both audiences and interpreters and a firm feature in the repertoire.The dramatic aspect of the music comes as much to the fore here as it does in our recording of theConcerto by Schumann's contemporary Robert Volkmann. It is considerably less popular than Schumann's,but it thrives on singing, melodic themes and their sophisticated elaboration.These two concertos are com-plemented by two shorter pieces: Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei after Old Hebrew melodies, whose rich musicalspectrum is savoured uninhibitedly and to the full by Daniel Mller-Schott, Christoph Eschenbach and theNDR Symphony Orchestra.Then there is the Romance in F Major for cello and orchestra by Richard Strauss,who despite his youth (he wrote it when 19) already offers us a hint of the originality of his later tonepoems.

    ALSO AVAILABLE:C693071A Bach - Gamba Sonatas BWV 1027-1029 with Angela HewittThe Strad Selection"With a perfect balance between instruments, this is playing which gives

    nothing but a glow of pleasure" Gramophone Editor's Choice

    C621061A Elgar, Walton ConcertosSunday Times Classical CD of the WeekThe Strad Selection

    C659081A Shostakovich ConcertosDisc of the Month BBC Music MagazineTimes Classical CD of the WeekSunday Times Classical CD of the WeekGramophone recommendsthe Strad Concerto Selection

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  • Audite92530 Barcode: 4022143925305NORMAL PRICE SACD

    Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICHString Quartets Volume 5No. 11 Op. 122, No. 13 Op. 138, No. 15 Op. 144Mandelring Quartet

    With Vol.V the Mandelring Quartet completes the fifteen stringquartets of Shostakovich. Highly praised in the press as one ofthe outstanding complete editions of our time, the last volume presents the Quartets Nos. 11, 13 and 15.

    The Eleventh Quartet received its premiere in the former Leningrad at the preliminary celebrations of thecomposer's 60th birthday. During the very same night, the composer suffered a serious heart attack whichchanged his life and way of thinking. This 1966 quartet was dedicated to the late violinist of the BeethovenQuartet, an ensemble with which the composer was intimately acquainted, appears as a multi-movement suitein which character pieces such as the "Etude" and the "Humoresque" turn up - with a grim, cynical humour,of course.The 13th Quartet composed in 1970 is dedicated to the violist of the Beethoven Quartet and is aportrait, in a single monumental movement, of this instrument that Shostakovich loved so much. In the final,15th Quartet (1974), the composer finally seizes upon a radical formal solution: six Adagio movements cometogether to form a large work of mourning which bears no more dedicationWith Shostakovich's fifteen string quartets the Mandelring Quartet presents a quartet cycle, which in itsentirety probably represents the most important corpus of string quartets of the 20th century.

    ALSO AVAILABLE: AUDITE92526 Vol. IAUDITE92527 Vol. IIAUDITE92528 Vol. IIIAUDITE92529 Vol. IV

    "This is uncanny playing and it has been recorded with uncanny clarity and presence by Audite'sengineers the Shostakovich cycle of choice." International Record Review

    DSD250251 Barcode: 794881889327NORMAL PRICE SACD

    Joseph HAYDN Prussian Quartets Op. 50No.3 in E flat major, No.5 in F 'The Dream', No.6 in D, 'The Frog'Prazak Quartet

    These three string quartets are both bright and full of humour:they are propelled by an underlying ostinato and announce thesovereign balance of Opus 76 that the Prazak Quartet has brilliantly illustrated.

    ALSO AVAILABLE: PRD350019 Haydn Op. 76

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  • GCD921110 Barcode: 8 424562 21110 0

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    Wolfgang Amadeus MOZARTMusic for HornHorn Concerto in E flat KV 447,Aria "Lungi da te", from Mitridate, re di Ponto KV 87,Quintet in E flat for horn, violin, 2 violas and bass KV407,Ein musikalischer Spass for 2 violins,viola,bass and 2 horns,KV522,Horn Duos from KV 487

    Teunis van der Zwart (natural horn);Claron McFadden (soprano); Erwin Wieringa (natural horn);Marc Destrub (violin); Staas Swierstra (violin & viola);Emilio Moreno (viola); Albert Brggen (cello);Robert Franenberg (double bass);Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century / Frans Brggen

    Of the various wind instruments, it was the natural horn which proved to be the one most favoured byMozart in his solo instrumental music. Four concertos and a plentiful quantity of chamber scores in whichthe horn plays the leading role testify to that.Without doubt all this derived from the friendship between thecomposer and Joseph Leutgeb, a virtuoso player almost 25 years his senior, and who, on a number of occasions, ended up as the target for well-meaning jokes and taunts from Mozart, as is explained in the booklet to this disc.Teunis van der Zwart is one of the world's leading specialists on his instrument today, and here he is joinedby other members from the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century for the chamber music (the Quintet, AMusical Joke, the duos), and by the full orchestra conducted by Frans Brggen for the Horn Concerto, KV477and for an aria from Mitridate, re di Ponto, which also features the starry vocal talents of North Americansoprano Claron McFadden. In recordings made between 2006 and 2008 Brggen and the musicians of hisnow legendary ensemble once more prove themselves to be on magnificent form in creating a further discof reference.

    ALSO AVAILABLE: HMC901946 Mozart Wind Concertos/Teunis van der Zwart; Freiburg BaroqueBBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice

    "Van der Zwart's supreme agility makes the added technical challenges of using that instrument hardly relevant, and the whole performance has a lightness of touch and an athleticexuberance that are totally convincing." The Guardian

    "Teunis van der Zwart is an astonishingly accomplished and musical player" Gramophone

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • PA0008 Barcode: 5425019 972080NORMAL PRICE CD

    ANTICO / MODERNORenaissance Madrigals Embellished 1517-2009

    Ancor che col partire & Ben qui si mostra'l ciel (originals by Cipriano de Rore, 1515-1565),Doulce memoire (original by Pierre Sandrin, c.1490 - after 1561),Susanne un jour (original by Orlando di Lasso, 1532-1594),Vestiva i colli, Io son ferito ahi lasso & Pulchra es amica mea (originals by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), O felici occhi miei(original by Jacques Arcadelt, 1507-1568)

    Doron Sherwin (cornet); Julien Martin (recorder);Josh Cheatham (viola);Skip Semp (harpsichord, virginal, organ);Capriccio Stravagante

    Antico / Moderno is a journey into music embellished throughout the ages, proving that this practice, born over500 years ago, is still alive today.This programme, conceived with care by Skip Semp, provides time travel with an incredible diversity ofsounds and colours.A rare testimony of elegance - that a simple melody composed at the heart of theRenaissance can create an intense emotional experience even in the world of today.The solo instrumentalists, stars of the international early music scene, are accompanied by two newly-createdinstrumental consorts, the Capriccio Stravagante Viols and the Capriccio Stravagante Recorders.The Italian madrigals and Franco-Flemish chansons on which the 'diminution' repertoire was based includedsome of the most popular, beautiful and memorable music of the entire 16th century. Many of these works ofmajor composers such as Palestrina, Rore, Sandrin,Arcadelt and Lasso survived in dozens of arrangements forinstrumentalists in the 'diminution' form, which refers to the instrumental or vocal performance practice ofornamenting a pre-existing melody.Antico / Moderno features up to four contrasting versions of the originalworks, dating from 1517 to 2009.Embellished versions are by Diego Ortiz, Francesco Rognoni, Giovanni Battista Spadi, Jan van Lublin,VincenzoRuffo, Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde, Girolamo dalla Casa and Doron Sherwin.

    SFZM0109Barcode: 5065001476020NORMAL PRICE CD

    GOODBYE, MR GALLIARDSCHUMANN Fnf Stcke im Volkston Op. 102; BEAMISH Capriccio *;SHEEN Five Concert Studies *; CRUSELL Airs Sudois *;VALLON Cantus for Bassoon Solo; SHEEN Goodbye, Mr GalliardGraham Sheen (bassoon); Elizabeth Burley (piano)* first recording

    SFZ Music are pleased to announce their latest release, the first ina series featuring the principal wind players of the BBC SymphonyOrchestra. Graham Sheen is also professor of bassoon at theGuildhall School of Music, London, and is widely-known as a

    teacher, many of his pupils having gone on to major posts in orchestras all round Europe.Beautifully accompanied by Elizabeth Burley, Graham presents a rich and varied programme, placingSchumann's haunting Op. 102 alongside contemporary music, much of which is recorded here for the firsttime. Graham also includes his own compositions including the ever-popular title-track, 'Goodbye, MrGalliard'.

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  • RIC288 Barcode: 5400439002883

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    Antonio VIVALDILa StravaganzaLa Pastorella / Frederic De Roos (flute, direction)

    We have already explored the works Vivaldi composed for thisparticular ensemble of flute, oboe, violin and bassoon accompanied by the basso continuo on an earlier recording;Vivaldi seems to have been partial to such an ensemble, for hewrote ten concertos for this combination of instruments. Havingstudied these works assiduously and in depth, I can only regretthat Vivaldi composed so few of them - or that so few of themhave come down to us.Why should we not continue and extendwhat he had so clearly envisaged and adapt some of the finerworks of the Venetian master for our ensemble?

    ALPHA152 Barcode: 3 760014 191527

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    J. S. BACHTrio sonatas for Organ, BWV 525-530Benjamin Alard (Aubertin organ of Saint-Louis en l'le, Paris)

    Originating in Italy, the trio sonata imposed itself as one of themajor musical forms of the 18th century. Having been formalisedin sharply contrasting movements by Corelli, it seduced composers who found within it a means to develop their thematic ideas and to free themselves from the framework ofthe suite of dances in a new aesthetic spirit, that of chambermusic. It would normally have been executed by 3 musicians at least, each one playing as best he could themelodic line assigned to him. Bach however, never doing things as everybody else, composed a series of sixsonatas for the organ, adapting the chamber music style to this quintessential church instrument.Born in 1985, Benjamin Alard is already one of the leading figures of the young baroque generation. In 2004he won First Prize and the Audience Award at the Bruges International Harpsichord Competition and in2007 garnered First Prize at the Gottfried-Silbermann International Organ Competition in Freiberg. For hisfirst Alpha recording, he plays the grand organ of the church of Saint-Louis en l'le, where he was appointed in2005, a German style instrument conceived by Bernard Aubertin, which is the most recent organ to havebeen built in Paris.

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  • C692092i Barcode: 4 011790 6922272CDS

    Richard WAGNERDer fliegende Hollnder / Flying Dutchman

    Ludwig Weber (Daland); Astrid Varnay (Senta);Wolfgang Windgassen (Erik);Elisabeth Schrtel (Mary); Josef Traxel (Der Steuermann);Hermann Uhde (Der Hollnder);Chorus & Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Hans Knappertsbusch Live Recording 1955

    Hans Knappertsbusch conducted Der fliegende Hollnder only once at Bayreuth. Even in retrospect the opening night of the 1955 Festival seems altogether exceptional.This was also the first time that Wagner'searly Romantic had been performed in New Bayreuth. In the run-up to the opening night, there had beencopious discussions about the work's suitability as a Festival offering, but when the production finally opened,such discussions suddenly seemed otiose, so high were the standards of the performance.In Wolfgang Wagner's production, the cast was dominated by three performers who can stand comparisonwith any of their successors.The hochdramatisch Swedish-American soprano Astrid Varnay had first made hermark in Bayreuth in 1951, and as the girlish figure of Senta she presented an impressively accomplished portrait, colouring her voice to produce a multi-dimensional character. Listeners may have heard a moreyouthful timbre in the part, but rarely has the Ballad been sung with such a convincing note of fascinationbordering on the obsessive. Rarely can her duet with the Dutchman have built to such an emphatic climax.And rarely can the finale have been so resolute in its expression.Varnay often appeared alongside HermannUhde in Bayreuth performances of Lohengrin and Gtterdmmerung. As the Dutchman he gives an exemplary performance both vocally and expressively, while coping impeccably with Knappertsbusch's broadtempi and extreme dynamics.As with Knappertsbusch,Wolfgang Windgassen's appearances in Der fliegende Hollnder can be counted onthe fingers of one hand.The role of Erik is not an especially grateful one and is often undercast, butWindgassen brought to it his incomparable intensity, his performances, as always, remarkable for their unityof words and music. In this way Senta's jilted lover became a genuine antagonist for the Dutchman.AsDaland, too, Ludwig Weber brought to his part the right mixture of vocal experience and sufficient reservesfor each of his appearances, all of which demand great vocal and dramatic authority.And as Mary, ElisabethSchrtel invested her various admonitions with all the requisite precision.As the Steersman, finally, JosefTraxel demonstrated such a fresh and bright tenor voice that with hindsight it seems only logical that withina year he should have been promoted to the role of Erik.Although it almost goes without saying, it none theless remains to be mentioned that Wilhelm Pitz's chorus was on top form under Knappertsbusch's direction,which never lost sight of the overall picture. In every respect, the achievements of all concerned were thoroughly worthy of this or, indeed, of any other festival.

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  • C783092i Barcode: 4011790783222

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    Giuseppe VERDIFalstaff - Commedia lirica in tre atti

    Walter Berry (Falstaff); Giorgio Zancanaro (Ford);Francisco Araiza (Fenton); Heinz Zednik (Doctor Caius);Wilfried Gahmlich (Bardolfo); Rudolf Mazzola (Pistola);Pilar Lorengar (Alice); Patricia Wise (Nanetta);Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly);Alexandrina Milcheva (Meg Page)Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Lorin Maazel 2/2/1983

    Falstaff, Verdi's last opera, has a long performing history in Vienna (it was first performed in 1893), and just aslong is the list of great conductors who have conducted it at the State Opera.These include Lorin Maazel,who presented his interpretation in 1983. featuring a magnificent ensemble of singers, first and foremostWalter Berry, who in the Indian summer of his career conquered the starring role as fat Sir John. He wasequally at home in the joviality of the role and in its ruminative moments as he was in its roguish and impulsive emotional outbursts.The portly knight's object of desire and his antagonist was Pilar Lorengar asAlice Ford, possessed of vocal luminosity and perfect accentuation. Her jealous husband was played as anunbridled, dashing cavalier by the baritone Giorgio Zancanaro.As the young lovers, the silvery-bright sopranoof Patricia Wise and the dark-toned tenor of Francisco Araiza complemented each other charmingly, both intimbre and in the naturalness of their intertwined phrasing. Nor did Christa Ludwig hold back in herrenowned interpretation of Mistress Quickly, luring both Walter Berry and the Viennese public to their assignations in Ford's house and under Herne's Oak.With an ensemble such as this, the final fugue can trulymake us believe that all the world's a joke - and listening to this live recording merely confirms it.

    Glyndebourne Touring Opera performing Falstaff this Autumn

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  • C597091BBarcode: 4011790 597126 MID PRICE

    HILDE KONETZNYSCHUBERT Rastlose Liebe, Mignon I, Frhlingssehnsucht;SCHUMANN Widmung, Marienwrmchen;BRAHMS An die Nachtigall, Feldeinsamkeit, Stndchen,Von ewiger Liebe,FRANZ Es hat die Rose sich beklagt, Im Herbst,Auf dem Meere;WOLF Gesang Weylas, Nimmersatte Liebe, In dem Schatten meiner Locken,Wenn du, mein Liebster steigst zum Himmel auf, Frhling bers Jahr;STRAUSS Ccilie, Heimliche Aufforderung, Schlagende Herzen;Ich trage meine Minne, Schlechtes Wetter; MARX Lied eines Mdchens,Der bescheidene Schfer; DVORK Zigeunermelodien Op. 55Hilde Konetzni (soprano); Josef Krips (piano);Live Recordings 1942/43

    The recording conditions could hardly have been more dramatic, made in the bleak mid-war winter of 1942-3, lirico-spinto soprano Hilde Konetzni in a Romantic song programme with Josef Krips as her accompanistand mentor. Konetzni is best known as the Sieglinde in two complete recordings of the Valkyrie underWilhelm Furtwngler; Krips had been banned from working by the Nazis, so his coaching activities had to becarried out underground, under a constant threat to his life.These private recordings were made byHermann May, the then sound engineer of the Vienna State Opera, and can now be released on CD thanks totheir careful restoration by the Eichinger recording studio in Vienna in collaboration with Gottfried Kraus.The result will delight more than just those interested in Josef Krips's legendary talent for carefully coachingsingers, on account of the warmth and immediacy of the ensemble achieved by Konetzni and Krips.This isjust as evident in the songs by lesser-known composers such as Robert Franz and Joseph Marx.The GypsyMelodies by Antonn Dvork are both the highpoint and the culmination of this recital, not just on account ofthe interpretative art they display, typical of the time, nor merely as a document of two artistic personalities.but as testament to a friendship that was sustained despite adversity.

    C801091BBarcode: 4011790801124MID PRICE

    GEORGE LONDON: LIEDERABENDSCHUBERT Der Atlas, Ihr Bild, Das Fischermdchen, Die Stadt,Am Meer,Der Doppelgnger (Schwanengesang D957);IBERT Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte;MUSSORGSKY Songs & Dances of Death; DUPARC Cinq chansons franaises*George London (bass-baritone); Erik Werba (piano);* Paul Ulanowsky (piano) Live Recording 1964

    George London was the outstanding Amfortas,Wotan andDutchman of the late 1950s and early '60s, but also belongedamong those singers with a mature vocal technique and intelligent

    characterisation who were able to enthuse audiences in the concert hall without relying merely on theirstage charisma (even though that was present in abundance).At the height of his career, which was cut shorttragically, London gave a lieder recital at the Theater an der Wien. It was there that he had laid the foundations of his European career (and thus also of his later, triumphant return to his native NorthAmerica). London began his recital with the Heine songs from Schubert's Schwanengesang, wandered in thefootsteps of Feodor Chaliapin by singing Jacques Ibert's Iberian-influenced Don Quichotte and finally ModestMussorgski's Songs and Dances of Death - tone paintings of archaic grandeur in which he was wholly in his element. In all three cycles, Erik Werba as accompanist completely lived up to his reputation as a modest, butequal partner. In addition to this live recording from Austrian Radio, ORFEO here offers as a bonus the fivesongs by Henri Duparc with which George London had ten years earlier made his lieder debut before amicrophone, in Canada, the country of his birth.

    harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009

  • WLCD0269Barcode: 4035122 652697

    2CDs TCHAIKOVSKY- Eugene Onegin George London (Onegin); Lucine Amara (Tatiana); Richard Tucker (Lensky);Rosalind Elias (Olga); Giorgio Tozzi (Gremin); Martha Lipton (Larina);Beln Amparm (Filippyevna); Metropolitan Opera / Dmitri Mitropoulos (conductor)7/12/1957 Sung in English! Excellent sound, unique cast.

    WLCD0270 Barcode: 4035122 652703

    2CDs GOUNOD - FaustNicolai Gedda (Faust); Hilde Gden (Marguerite); Jerome Hines (Mephistopheles);Robert Merrill (Valentin); Margaret Roggero (Siebel):Thelma Votipka (Marthe);Calvin Marsh (Wagner): Metropolitan Opera / Jean Morel (conductor); 4/1/1958First release on any format.

    WLCD0271 Barcode: 4035122 652710

    3CDs MOZART - Le Nozze di FigaroGiorgio Tozzi (Figaro); Hilde Gden (Susanna); George London (Count Almaviva);Lisa della Casa (Countess); Mildred Miller (Cherubino); Fernando Corena (Bartolo);Regina Resnik (Marcellina); Norman Kelley (Basilio); Metropolitan Opera / Erich Leinsdorf (conductor); 11/1/1958Superb cast and sound - first release.

    WLCD0272 Barcode: 4035122 652727

    2CDs BENATZKY - Axel an der HimmelstrZarah Leander (Gloria Mills);Toni Niessner (Axel Swift); Helli Servi (Jessie Leyland):Guido Wieland (Cecil McScott); Erich Drner (Theodor Herlinger);Eva Sandor (Lady Constance Barrington); Kleines Wiener Rundfunkorchester / Heinz Sandauer (conductor); Vienna 17/12/1958Good sound, with notes about this operetta from the Operetta ResearchCentre Amsterdam. First release on any format and only recording.

    WLCD0273 Barcode: 4035122 652734

    4CDs WAGNER - Die Meistersinger von NrnbergPaul Schffler (Hans Sachs);Victoria de los Angeles (Eva); Hans Hopf (Walther);Josef Greindl (Pogner); Gerhard Pechner (Beckmesser); Richard Holm (David);Hertha Glaz (Magdalene); Metropolitan Opera / Fritz Reiner (conductor);New York 10/1/1953 Superb sound - first release on any format.

    WLCD0274 Barcode: 4035122 652741

    2CDs PUCCINI - La BohemeHilde Gden (Mimi); Jean Fenn (Musetta); Engene Conley (Rodolfo);Robert Merrill (Marcello); Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard); Norman Scott (Colline);Anthony Marlowe (Parpignol): Lawrence Davidson (Benoit);Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro); Metropolitan Opera / Alfredo Erede (conductor);19/12/1953First release on any format.

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  • HMU907484 Barcode: 093046748425NORMAL PRICE CD

    Franz SCHUBERTDie Winterreise

    Mark Padmore (tenor); Paul Lewis (piano)

    "Schubert couldn't be better servedPadmore's great gift, apart from hisprodigious technical ability,whether to float a line with perfect legato or to

    enter pianissimo at the top of his range, is to sing from the soul." The EveningStandard

    GRAMOPHONE FRONTCOVER, NOVEMBER ISSUE,

    MAGAZINE & CD AVAILABLE29TH OCTOBER

    harmonia mundi UK- released 29TH OCTOBER 2009

    CONCERTS:Paul Lewis and Mark Padmore12th September Wigmore Hall new season starts with Die schne MllerinMark Padmore24/11 St George's, Bristol26+28/11 Wigmore Hall, Purcell & Handel

    Paul Lewis28/9 Wigmore Hall29/9 Turner Sims, Southampton2/10 St George's, Bristol11/10 Perth Concert Hall15/10 Little Missenden Festival5/11 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh6/11 City Halls Glasgow

  • ADVERTISED IN GRAMOPHONE, BBC & WIGMORE HALL PROGRAMMES

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