pmd & proper note new releases 16th february 2015

FOLK NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015

Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169

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Tour Dates 2015: 24

th Jan - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

21st

Feb - The Met Big Whistle Festival, Bury 25

th Feb – The Borderline, London

27th

Feb - The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh More dates tbc

Treacherous Orchestra - Grind £6.99 REVEAL045CDX 0798295287427 CD REVEAL FOLK

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New (2nd) studio album from Scotland's most explosive and progressive (arguably finest) folk big band Treacherous Orchestra. This is the follow up to the

BBC Folk Awards nominated Origins.

The Treacherous Orchestra story is one of many strands, a tale told spanning the length and breadth of Scotland. An un-definable collective force fusing people, concepts, styles and influences, shaping a musical supergroup that defies description. From the North to the South, East to the West they came, converging in the musical melting-pot of Glasgow, trading ideas over beers and playing music with ferocity, verve and passion. This is a tale of musical origins…

These roots and strands – the essence of the band – are the stories of the members themselves, all emerging from their own musical habitat and adding their own distinctive identity. The band is composed of seasoned musicians who are already treading notable paths and reaching international recognition with other bands as performers, arrangers and composers. Those bands that have gone before them, the likes of Martyn Bennett’s Cuilinn Music, Wolfstone, Peatbog Faeries, Shooglenifty and Salsa Celtica tell the tale of a country full of bright musical minds, ideas, innovation and evolution. It is a tale that continues with the rise of this epic Orchestra.

Press:

National Paper covermount with The Herald, Specialist magazine, online, radio and tv coverage. Ads in R2, fRoots, Mojo, FRUK and more Radio: 21

st Jan - BBC Radio Scotland – Interview

Tracks: The Long Count / Masters / Halcyon Daze / Hounds / Banger / The Sly One / Rise / Grind / Numbers

Also Available:

NAVIGATOR062 – ‘Origins’

POP NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Tour Date 2015: 03

rd Mar – Scala, London

Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs SOUSOU10CD 5060186926131 CD SONNET SOUND POP £7.99 SONSOU10LP 5060186926148 LP SONNET SOUND POP £10.99

‘Ten Love Songs’ draws on the musical assistance both of new friends and old, (including Anthony Gonzalez of M83, Svein and Torbjorn from Röyksopp, her

long-term collaborator Lars Horntveth of Jaga Jazzist, and the Trondheimsolistene Chamber Ensemble).

The album was essentially recorded, orchestrated and produced by Sundfør herself, resulting in what is arguably her most compelling and fully realised work to date.

‘Ten Love Songs’ begins with a lament and ends with a stark reminder of a world without love. What this album cost Sundfør we can never know but her fearless honesty and extraordinary talent makes this album one of the most compelling and anticipated releases of 2015. It follows on from her album “The Silicone Veil’, which was released in 2012 to huge critical acclaim. Sundfør’s London show on 3

rd March has been upgraded from The Lexington to the Scala

due to popular demand. “It is a brilliant album. Album of the year, quite possibly. Yeah, I know it’s only January, but just trust me on this.” – CMU Press: Reviews confirmed for Q Magazine, Mojo and Uncut Features in The Sun, Mixmag and The Beat Praise for ‘The Silicone Veil’: “Single-mindedness and a clear artistic vision coincide, making Sundfør utterly arresting.” Mojo **** “Sundfør has a fantastically powerful, window-bending face-melter of a voice…. it's quite stunning.” Q “If there is a more beautiful and ambitious song this year than ‘White Foxes’… well, there just isn’t.”. Uncut **** “A breathtaking collection of spectral songs… she staked a claim to be the new Bjork.” The Times ***** Tracks: Darlings / Accelerate / Fade Away / Silencer / Kamikaze / Memorial / Delirious / Slowly / Trust Me / Insects

ROCK NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



John Kilzer - Hide Away £7.99 ARR31966 822533196629 CD ARCHER RECORDS ROCK

This is a Memphis record from kickoff to fadeout, its dozen tracks moving handily from electric blues to congregational-style call-and-response choruses to folk-rock ballads. It's an eclectic assembly of styles and performances, one a lot of younger artists might not

attempt. But Kilzer's firmly in the pocket all the way through. Like a lot of Southern writers, Kilzer's got a keen sense of how the best can be salvaged out of the worst parts of us, how something bigger can reach down and turn our weaknesses to strengths. ‘Hide Away’ is a record tuned into that seeming paradox.

The roster of musicians on Hide Away reads like a choice blend of Memphis's old guard and young turks. Sid Selvidge's son Steve, currently of The Hold Steady, contributes guitar and backing vocals. Luther Dickinson, son of legendary producer Jim Dickinson, currently of The North Mississippi All-Stars, plays guitar and lap steel. Contemporary folk/blues powerhouse Alvin Youngblood Hart shows up for guitar and vocals, and keeping the beat is renowned drummer Greg Morrow. Kirk Whalum is on hand to help serve up "Till We're All Free," Kevin Houston (North Mississippi Allstars) co-produces, and a host of equally heavy hitters deepen an already formidable bench. The album is advertised in Maverick. Press: Feature conifmred in Classic Rock Presents The Blues Review confirmed in Q Tracks: Lay Down / Until We're All Free / Hide Away / Love Wants To Give It's Heart To You / Sleeping In The Rain / Crescent Moon / Babylon / The White Rose And The Dove / Love Is War / California / Eyes Of Love / Graveyard Jones




Colin Hay - Next Year People (Deluxe Edition) COM46412 766397464121 CD COMPASS ROCK £7.99 COM46431 766397464312 LP COMPASS ROCK £9.50

Colin Hay's voice and visage are familiar to millions as front-man, songwriter, and vocalist of pop sensation Men at Work ("Down Under", "Overkill", "Who Can it Be

Now?"). But over the past 15 years he has reinvented himself as a solo artist, regularly selling out theatres and listening rooms across the US and around the world and

introducing himself to a new generation of fans in the process. The frequent use of his music in TV and film - including hit shows such as Scrubs (on which he has made several cameo appearances) Army Wives and Modern Family, the hit soundtrack to the film Garden State and the recently released Words and Pictures - has proven the timeless appeal of his songs. ‘Next Year People’ is the work of an artist who is a true master of his craft. The album is full of quizzical, curious, and cynical yet open hearted songs with catchy melodic hooks that underscore deeply insightful lyrics. Some of the songs are based on Colin's personal experiences such as "Waiting in the Rain". Written about his parents and the almost mystical experience he had growing up in a music shop in Scotland, surrounded by instruments and a constant stream of 50's and 60's radio hits. Others, according to Colin, "just appear from somewhere" such as "Mr Grogan", a dark study of a fictional character whom he has been developing over the years. The album's title track, "Next Year People", is a stand out composition – a stark but beautiful homage to the depression-era farmers who kept going by holding on to hope that next year would be better. "They kept doing the same thing and expecting a different result," explains Colin. "I can relate, although their situation was so much more bleak." The album was produced by Hay and mixed by Chad Fischer (Chasing Mavericks, Ice Age 3, Lisa Loeb) and includes contributions from two young Cuban musicians, San Miguel Perez and Yosmel Montejo, both of whom recently emigrated from Havana, as well Larry Goldings on piano, Jeff Babko (Jimmy Kimmel) on B3, and as Colin's wife, vocalist Cecilia Noel. Deluxe edition contains two bonus tracks (not found on the digital or vinyl album ) Tracks: Trying To Get To You / If I Had Been A Better Man / (Did You Just Take The) Long Way Home? / I Want You Back / Next Year People / Lived In Vain / Scattered In The Sand / To There From Here / Mr. Grogan / Waiting In The Rain / Are We There Yet? (Bonus Track) / Lament For Whiskey McManus (Bonus Track)

Also Available: COM45512 – ‘Gathering Mercury’ COM45469 – ‘Live At The Corner’ COM43652 – ‘Man @ Work’




Hanne Klosto - Forever Maybe

JANSEN042 7041881384226 CD JANSEN PLATEPRODUKSJ POP £7.99 JANSEN043 7041881384318 LP JANSEN PLATEPRODUKSJ POP £9.99

Hanne Kolstø is a musical trapeze artist. She evolves, pulsates and lives to find what is true for herself, and she does so while balancing high above the circus ring.

Her music exudes confidence, but the underlying uneasiness poses a constant threat to the comfort of the listener.

'Forever Maybe' is Hanne's fourth album in as many years, and there are more doors open to different genres than before. However, there are still airy vocals, soaring under the canvas ceiling, and still it sounds like something coming directly out of nature. After all, that is where she belongs. The last album, 'Stillness And Panic' (Jansen Plateproduksjon 2013), received rave reviews in the international media, including The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Q magazine. She was also given solely excellent reviews in Norway, including 5s and 6s from newspapers VG, Dagbladet, BT and Østlendingen, from radio station NRK P3 and Spirit magazine, to name a few. Producers of 'Forever Maybe' are Øyvind Røsrud Gundersen and Hanne Kolstø once again, but she is also collaborating with her previous partner from bands such as Thelma & Clyde, Love:Fi and POST, namely musician and producer Morten Martens. Press: Reviews due in The Sunday Times “Culture”, Raw Meat, Music & Riots, Music Tresspass, Get Ready to Rock, Monolith Cocktail, Sound Blab, The Girls Are, Penny Black Music, Rhythm & Booze & Whisperin’ and Hollerin’ Reviews already run on: Buzzin Media: http://www.buzzinmusic.co.uk/hanne-kolst%C3%B8-%E2%80%93-forever-maybe-new-album-for-2015/6129 XS Noise: http://www.xsnoize.com/hanne-kolsto-forever-maybe/ Music News: http://music-news.com/showreview.asp?H=Hanne-Kolsto&nReviewID=10785 So So Gay: http://sosogay.co.uk/2015/album-review-hanne-kolsto-forever-maybe/ Features on Wonderland, Best Line Of Fit, Under The Radar, Drunken Werewolf, Indie Minded, Books Music, With Guitars, In Forty, Black Project and Image 34 Tracks: Blanko / Synnecrosis / We Don't See Ourselves / Nothing To Talk About / The Urge To Repeat / Forever Maybe / All Is Contagiuos / True Story / Rooftop / What Is This Meant To Mean Also Available: JANSEN032 – ‘Stillness And Panic’ JANSEN033 – ‘Stillness And Panic’ (Vinyl Version)

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BLUES NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Tinsley Ellis - Tough Love £7.99

HFM1012 012886101221 CD HEARTFIXER MUSIC BLUES

Tinsley Ellis releases 'Tough Love', an all-new set of soulful originals from the veteran Georgia blues rocker. Produced by Ellis, the album features a compelling

variety of tunes that will add to his reputation as one of the genre’s most engaging and creative artists.

In 'Tough Love', the versatile and critically acclaimed Ellis has crafted perhaps his most complete record, combining masterful guitar work and vocals with songs that both rock and soothe. Given some of Ellis’ finest material to date, 'Tough Love' presents a wide ranging set that moves effortlessly from the catchy opening track, “Seven Years,” through the rollicking shuffle groove of “Midnight Ride,” the Dylanesque “Hard Work,” and a plaintive soul drenched ballad, “Should I Have Lied.” Additional musicians, all of whom are longtime veterans of Delbert McClinton’s band, include Nashville keyboard whiz Kevin McKendree (Brian Setzer), bassist Steve Mackey, and drummer Lynn Williams (John Hiatt). A hardworking road warrior who boasts numerous U.S. and international tours, Ellis will begin a worldwide slate of 2015 festival, theatre and club bookings in January. Tracks: Seven Years / Midnight Ride / Give It Away / Hard Work / All In The Name Of Love / Should I Have Lied / Leave Me / The King Must Die / Everything / In From The Cold

Harry Manx - 20 Strings And The Truth £7.99

DMCR00996 875531009965 CD HARRY MANX BLUES/WORLD MUSIC The latest tracks from slide master Harry Manx featuring his signature instrument the Mohan Veena. Mostly instrumental, this is the 'chill' recording that Harry's fans have

been waiting for. '20 Strings and the Truth' is the most recent collection of tracks from multi instrumentalist Harry Manx. Like many of Harry's recordings, the music has its roots in both Delta Blues and Indian Classical music. This recording will stand out from Harry's previous recordings simply because it is mostly instrumental. Harry has chosen two well known vocal songs (one from George Gershwin and the other from Bob Marley) to compliment the seven instrumentals. Harry is joined on the CD by Clayton Doley on keyboards, Kelby McNayr on drums and Niel Golden on talblas. Harry plays a wide variety of instruments including drums, all guitars (slide or otherwise) and the Mohan Veena. These tracks are all journeys unto themselves, kick back, shift into now, enjoy. Tracks: Veenarama / Phunkistan / Summertime / Waiting In Vain / Blues Walk / Love Is Enough / At Your Feet / Into The Unknown / Crazy Love

COUNTRY NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Wes McGhee – Bead Mountain, Bad Roads & Borders £9.99 TRP3CD1714 5052442005285 CD3 TERRAPIN COUNTRY The new release from Wes McGhee is a 3CD set called 'Bead Mountain Bad Roads and Borders'

and is a career retrospective bringing together 46 tracks from a 30 year recording career. The double CD 'Bead Mountain Bad Roads and Borders' collects what have become known as 'The Texas Tracks' telling Wes' story from his meeting with Texan writer and Indian activist Roxy Gordon in the late seventies up to Roxy’s passing in 2000 and all the heartbreaking songs and tequila fueled honky-tonkin' along the way. AND... theres a full bonus CD 'Scars Bars and Red Guitars'. 16 songs that Wes has played live over the years, some for a few years, some maybe just once or twice, the whole set is sequenced like a live show, beginning with the well road wornl opener' 'Endless Road' and ending with his popular closer 'Moon On The Brazos'. All re-mastered, sometimes remixed, and occasionally re-recorded this three CD set is the very best of guitarist/songwriter Wes McGhee and his great band. CD 1: Bead Mountain, Valera / Texas # 1 / How Do We Get There From Here / Texas Fever / No Angel On My Wing / Devil From Del Rio / Neon And Dust / I'll Be Thinking Of You / Soy Extranjero / Loud Dirty Fast And Loose / Cheaters Own Blues / Heartache Avenue / Johnny Gotta Run / Someone To Rely On / Half Forgotten Tunes / Heat Of The Highway CD 2: (They Used To Say) Train Time / Monterrey / El Sol Que Tu Eres / Tejano Moon / Drink Your Dreams Away / Everything I Need In You / Ciadad Acuna / Ghazal # 3 / Wherever Your Heart Is / Border Guitars / Blue Blue Night / Ghost Of Dale Watkins / Bead Mountain Valera (Reprise) / Texas # 2 (parts 1 & 2) CD 3: Endless Road / Too High To Sing The Blues / Get Your Feet From Under My Table / Bury Me (Under The Honky Tonk Floor) / Boys In The Band / Funny Where The Time Goes / It's No Use Bein' A Fast Draw (If Y'can't Shoot Straight) / 1000 Ways To Be Bad / New Blue Stone Ii / I Wouldn't Think Twice / Gimme Some Of That / Whisky Is My Driver / Long Nights And Banjo Music / Happy Anniversary / Angel Dressed In Black / Moon On The Brazos

Gaelle Buswel - Black To Blue £7.99 BUSCD948 1003130403948 CD BUSWEL RECORDS COUNTRY

Gaëlle Buswel, is an artist who does not leave you indifferent. Her music has its roots in the blues and her voice reaches straight for the heart. She is a great live performer with already more than 500 concerts across Europe under her belt and a recent tour in North America to

introduce her second album ‘Black to Blue’. As a teenager, she immersed herself completely in blues music, delving into the albums of Bonnie Raitt and Jonny Lang. So what should one expect from a tall, blond, brown-eyed girl who appears on stage with a guitar and a smile to die for? A performance from Gaëlle Buswel is like an earthquake making seismic waves from the very first note. She is a seasoned live performer who has been playing concerts solo and with other bands since the age of 13. Her fan base began to grow rapidly after a video of her covering a Tina Turner hit began circulating on Internet. She spent several months playing her compositions with her guitar, solo in London. She sang in the London Underground as a challenge. Back in France, fans asked her to do the same in the Paris Metro. Tracks: Secret Door / Lya / The Joker / Nobody Knows You / Selfish Game / Black To Blue / Romance Trap / Confessions And Lies / Somehow / The Weight / I Don't Need Nobody / Black Delta Dirt / Lingering Shadows / For You

DANCE NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Various Artists - Best Nights Ever Après Ski £7.99

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Compiled and mixed by Graham Sahara. ‘Best Nights Ever’, the series that takes you back to the future to your best night ever or the one you're about to have. That's the

thing about a best night - you never know when another is going to come along... ...and now that its winter time, the nights get longer and colder, peoples thoughts turn to the Alps, which get whiter and whiter as the snow falls and everyone wants to hit the slopes with their snowboards and skis. And so Seamless Records brings you the seventh instalment in the Best Nights Ever series, Après Ski. CD1 is one for the snowboarders. We keep the vibe youthful and feature many tracks from the G-House scene, with ghetto vocals, phat and bouncing bass lines. This features tracks from artists like Vintage Culture, VooDooSon, Act Cool, John Moss and Will Clarke and this really keeps the party pumping. CD2 is for the Skiers, and features a more elegant and sophisticated mix filled with plenty of vocals, uplifting melodies and a more indie feel to it. The stand out tracks in this mix are from the likes of Jan Blomqvist, Thalstroem & AKA AKA & Stereo Express and it also includes 16 Bit Lolitas stunning track, ‘Beat Organ’. Press: Advertising: Full page in Tillate Magazine (629,000 views last issue) across Europe and the US, Essential Ibiza, DJ Mag Ibiza CD 1: Kucna Muzika – We Can Do This (Original Mix) / Act Cool – Get Like Me (Original Mix) / Kucna Muzika – Trust Me (Original Mix) / Vintage Culture, Cahio – Self Pleasures (Original Mix) / 2 Good Souls – I Heard It (Original Mix) / John Moss – Damn Thing (Original Mix) / James Trystan - Watch Me (Original Mix) / Act Cool – Show Out (Original Mix) / Dare Me – Eyes On You (Original Mix) / 2 Good Souls – Death Of Technics Feat Roland Clark (Original Mix) / VooDooSon - From Brooklyn / Will Clarke & Jason Honeywell – No Shame (Original Mix) / Jordan O'Regan – You (Balls Deep Mix) / Kucna Muzika – Take Me Higher (Original Mix) / Def Mike – Inside (Original Mix) CD 2: Killed Kassette & Rafael Galo - Electric Healings / Angel Johnson – Walk Away (Killed Kassette Mix) / Jazzloungerz – Obsession Feat Rainy Payne (Graham Sahara Mix) / Lorenzo Borhem - Affect / Jay West - Without Your Love (Pammin Remix) / Thalstroem, AKA AKA, Stereo Express - When I'm With You Feat Shimmy Shimmy (Original Mix) / 16 Bit Lolitas - Beat Organ / Jan Blomqvist - Time Again (Jan Blomqvist Club Mix) / 2 Good Souls – The Rush (Original Mix) / Christian Prommer - Future Light With Bugsy Feat Jinadu (Animal Trainer Mix) / Venus In Motion - Again & Again (Giom Mix) / Fapples - A Bit Of Life (Original Mix)

ELECTRONIC NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



FEATURE FILM NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015

Monarchy - Abnocto HACANCD004 5060091553019 CD HACAN SOUNDS ELECTRONIC £7.99 HACANLP004 5060091555631 LP HACAN SOUNDS ELECTRONIC £8.99

Monarchy is Andrew Armstrong and Ra Black. Both originally from Australia, the synth-pop duo

met in London, and began making music together in 2009. Monarchy released their debut album in 2011 with the singles Love Get Out of My Way, Maybe I'm Crazy, and You Don't Want to Dance With Me and remixes from the likes of Benny Benassi, Tim Goldsworthy, Azari and III and Bag Raiders. They remixed such acts as Ellie Goulding, Lady Gaga, Kelis,Kylie, OMD, Jamiroquai, Fyfe Dangerfield and more. Over the last five years they have played across the globe, at festivals such as Coachella, Melt, Lovebox, The Big Chill, Low Cost, Arenal Sound, and their own headline shows and club gigs in the US, Spain, Germany, UK, France, Russia. Burlesque star Dita Von Teese features on the song Disintegration, the first time Dita had ever recorded vocals on a track. “less of a comeback than it is an explosion, shattering all expectations in spectacular form.” - Neon Gold Tracks: Living Without You / Dancing In The Corner / The Dream (ft Eric Szmanda) / It’s All I Know / Falling In Love With A Memory / Almost Human / Disintegration (ft Dita Von Teese) / Black Widow / The Beautiful Ones / Fractured World / The Wave / Like A Soldier

Gary Numan – From Inside (Gary Numan Special Edition) £8.84 MVD5727D 760137572794 DVD WIENERWORLD ELECTRONIC/FEATURE FILM

John Bergin's award-winning animated feature, FROM INSIDE, returns with a special edition score by Electronic and Industrial Music pioneer Gary Numan and music producer Ade Fenton.

Based on the epic graphic novel by John Bergin, the film tells the story of Cee, a young pregnant woman travelling across a vast post-apocalyptic landscape on a train full of survivors. Cee holds onto hope as the massive locomotive pulls its passengers toward their destiny. From Inside has screened in over 35 film festivals around the world and garnered Winner: Best Animated Film at the prestigious SITGES International Film Festival; Winner: Best Feature at Utopiales; Winner: First Feature at Fantasia and many more. Gary Numan is known for chart-topping hit singles and number one music albums over the span of over 30 years. His direct influence on music artists includes Lady Gaga, Jack White, Battles, Kanye West, Prince and Nine Inch Nails. From Inside is his first foray into film scoring. Ade Fenton has been making and performing music for the last 15 years, establishing himself as a respected artist, record producer and remixer for acts including Gary Numan, The Duke Spirit, Slash IAMX and Motor. Tracks: Gary Numan / Ade Fenton / John Bergin - From Inside

FOLK NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Melanie - Candles In The Rain £7.99 TECD277 5028479027729 CD TALKING ELEPHANT FOLK

Candles in the Rain is singer Melanie's third album, released in 1970. The album produced Melanie's first Top Ten single in North America, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", which was inspired by the crowd's reaction to her performance at Woodstock. The cover of The Rolling Stones' 1967 song "Ruby Tuesday" reached the Top Ten in the United Kingdom. This release includes 2 Bonus Tracks Tracks: Candles In The Rain / Lay Down (Candle In The Rain) / Carolina In My Mind / Citiest People / What Have They Done To My Song, Ma / Alexander Beetle / Good Guys / Lovin' Baby Girl / Ruby Tuesday / Lefover Wine / Almost Like Being In Love / Dream Seller

David Corley - Available Light £7.99 CSCCD1111 8713762011116 CD CONTINENTAL SONG CITY FOLK Lafayette, Indiana - David Corley has been scribbling down notes, ideas, and tunes by hand for

as long as he can remember, secretly creating an expansive body of work that has consumed and kept him out of the public eye for a span of decades until this very moment in time.

At the age of 53, Corley is ready to release his debut album, ‘Available Light’, produced by the acclaimed Canadian multi-instrumentalist Hugh Christopher Brown. ‘Available Light’, a collection of original indie rootsy-rock songs, encompasses the poetic landscapes of Corley's heart, as well as his life in rural Indiana and travels across the United States. From the opening notes and first words ("pink clouds") of "Available Light," Corley's rich raw baritone and imaginative lyrics ponder the immediacy of the passing of time. Corley (vocals, piano, guitar, bass) is accompanied by a formidable group of musicians: Gregor Beresford (drums), Hugh Christopher Brown (piano, hammond b-3, clavinet, wurlitzer, vocals), Tony Scherr (bass, guitar), Kate Fenner and Sarah McDermott (background vocals). Tracks: Available Light / Beyond The Fences / The Joke / Easy Mistake / Dog Tales / Unspoken Thing / Lean / Neptune/Line You're Leavin' From / The End Of My Run / The Calm Revolution

David Wiffen - Songs From The Lost And Found £7.99 TND602 620638060223 CD TRUE NORTH RECORDS FOLK English-born Canadian singer and guitarist David Wiffen is a widely acclaimed songwriter whose

songs have been covered by many artists including The Cowboy Junkies, Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crows, Anne Murray ,The Jayhawks, Harry Belafonte, The Byrds, Ian &

Sylvia, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Jerry Jeff Walker. This collection of 17 previously unreleased songs date from the mid-seventies to the early eighties and shows David Wiffen at the peak of his performing songwriter career. Tracks: California Song / Ballad Of Jacob Marlow / Cool Green River / Your Home / Sweet Angel (Take Me Home) / Fugitive / Crazy Me / Fire On The Water / Come Down To The River / Ballad Of The Inland Sailors / Any Other Rainy Day (AKA Distant Star) / No Desire For Texas / Bought & Paid-For Soul / No Expectations / Let Your Love Light Shine / Harlequin / Rocking Chair World

INDIE NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



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Tour Dates 2015: 19

th Feb – The Betsey Trotwood, London

20th

Feb – Folk House, Bristol

JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015

Martin Callingham - Tonight, We All Swim Free £7.99

F0120 5060159431204 CD FOLKWIT RECORDS INDIE

Martin Callingham will release his debut solo album 'Tonight, We All Swim Free' on 16th February via Folkwit Records. Recorded at Bristol's legendary Toybox Studios,

the album was co-produced by Ali Chant whose credits include Gruff Rhys, PJ Harvey, Perfume Genius, Seasick Steve and Yann Tiersen.

The ‘Joyce the Librarian’ singer/songwriter's 2012 album 'They May Put Land Between Us' won critical acclaim and airplay from the likes of BBC6's Lauren Laverne, Gideon Coe and Tom Robinson as well as BBC Radio 1's Phil & Alice Show along with some rather high praise from the world's music press. After a somewhat nomadic childhood and spells in Herefordshire, Birmingham and London, Martin now calls Bristol home. The album, written between a short solo tour of Italy last December and the first studio sessions in April is a collection of acutely melodic and affectingly personal songs, interspersed with the occasional instrumental interlude, field recording and heartening slice of lo-fi pop. The arrangements are sparse in places, lush and expansive elsewhere, with Martin's delicate guitar and soothing vocal at their core. Tracks: Rhosgoch / Knots / Hare on the Hill / Portland Square / Gliding / Ken / Build Us a Path / On Your Mark / Folding / Tides Return

Gebhard Ullmann Basement Research - Hat and Shoes £7.99

BTLCHR71238 608917123821 CD BETWEEN THE LINES JAZZ The renowned multi-instrumentalistGebhard Ullmann celebrates twenty years of his

band Basement Research with a striking CD 'Hat and Shoes'. Featuring trombonist Steve Swell, saxophonist Julian Argüelles, bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and drummer

Gerald Cleaver. The band's seventh CD showcases improvisors at the top of their game and Ullmann's rich, dynamic compositions. Ullmann has released 50 albums as a leader and co-leader and several have been chosen as among the best CDs of the year in DownBeat Magazine. He heads numerous bands (among others, Tá Lam, Conference Call and the Clarinet Trio) and is a sideman for Scott DuBois and Guenter Lenz, among others. The always-busy musician has played with William Parker, Keith Tippett, Bobby Previte, Alexander von Schlippenbach and many others. Personnel: Gebhard Ullmann (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Steve Swell (trombone), Julian Argüelles (baritone saxophone), Pascal Niggenkemper (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums). Tracks: Trinidad Walk / Wo bitte geht's hier zu den Hackeschen Höfen? / Flutist With Hat And Shoe / Don't Touch My Music / Five / Blue Trees And Related Objects / Gulf of Berlin

JAZZ NEW RELEASE – 16/02/2015



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Ant Law - Zero Sum World £7.99 WR4663 5052442005551 CD WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS JAZZ ‘Zero Sum World’ is the second solo release from exciting guitarist/composer Ant Law. His band features four guiding lights in British contemporary music: Ivo Neame (piano), James Maddren (drums), Michael Chillingworth (reeds) and Tom Farmer (bass). Each musician turns out stellar

performances on the record and are given ample room within Law’s compositions to shine. The album showcases an eclectic mish-mash of influences from around the world, but it's Law’s thematic writing and playing that binds its eleven tracks together into one uniform statement. No doubt the extensive touring the band has done over the last two years comes into play in the overall presentation and tightness of Ant’s often tricky and rhythmically shifting compositions. Both Neame and Chillingworth improvise with aplomb while Maddren’s considered touch flows like water through even the most complicated corners of Law’s tunes. Every track features Law's guitar tuned in perfect 4ths which lends itself to unique harmony. A resident in London since 2008, Law regularly performs with Tim Garland, Jason Rebello, Mica Paris, Gwilym Simcock, Leon Ware, Asaf Sirkis, Koby Israelite, Camille O’ Sullivan and is known as a pioneer in the “perfect fourths” tuning system for guitarists. He is a published author on the subject and his book ‘3rd Millennium Guitar: An Introduction to Perfect 4th Tuning’ was released Mel Bay Publications in 2011. Personnel: Ant Law (guitar), Michael Chillingworth (reeds), Ivo Neame (piano), Tom Farmer (double bass), James Maddren (drums) Press: Reviews confirmed in The Guardian, Jazzwise, Jazz Journal, Marlbank + LondonJazzNews Tracks: Zero Sum World / Prelude / Waltz / Mishra Jathi / Asymptotes / Parallel People / Triviophobia / Leafcutter / Symbiosis 14:21:34 / Monument / Blues

Meeco - Souvenirs of Love £7.99 DMCHR71149 608917114928 CD DOUBLE MOON JAZZ/POP/SOUL

The fourth album by the pianist, composer and producer Meeco, the alias of Michael Maier 'Souvenirs of Love' moves effortlessly between jazz improvisations, elegant modern soul, hip hop and pop. Featuring an eclectic mix of star guest, including John Scofield, Wallace Roney,

Lionel Loueke, Talib Kweli, Hubert Laws, Yahzarah and others. The list of the musicians participating in ‘Souvenirs of Love’ reads like an overlapping list of who-is-who in jazz and soul. Legends meet young stars and hopeful prospects. These include the bassist Buster Williams, Richard Bona and the young Dezron Douglas from the Cyrus Chestnut Trio, drummers Victor Lewis and Marcus Baylor, member of the Yellowjackets for many years, trumpet players Eddie Henderson and Wallace Roney, saxophonists Vincent Herring, Kirk Whalum and Grammy winner Casey Benjamin, guitarists John Scofield and Lionel Loueke, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, flutist Hubert Laws and pianist/organist Shedrick Mitchell. The soul singer Yahzarah, backing singer for Erykah Badu for many years and a distinguished soloist as well as Jean Baylor equally at home in soul and jazz (singer in the band Zhané) are supplemented by the talented newcomer Aaron Marcellus. Conscious-rapper Talib Kweli can be heard on the piece "Times Have Changed", as well as DJ Stylewarz, one of the most well known and influential hip hop DJs in Germany. Tracks: Souvenirs Of Love / Make My Dreams Come True / Every Day / Times Have Changed / If Only I Knew / Can't Get You Out Of My Mind / Paris At Night / Your Eyes / Words Of Love / For You / Farewell / Paris At Night (Instrumental) / Your Eyes (Instrumental) / Times Have Changed (Instrumental / If Only I Knew (Aiko Rohd Remix) / Every Day (Aiko Rohd Remix)





The Box Tops - The Original Albums 1967-1969 £13.99 RVCD385 9398800038523 CD2 RAVEN POP

Effectively, the complete Box Tops , this collection combines all 4 original, long-deleted and highly regarded 1960s albums, on one essential double CD set. Memphis based, they were one of the finest blue eyed-soul, hit-making groups of the 1960s led by the late, revered cult figure

Alex Chilton.

Driven by the southern song writing geniuses Dan Penn / Spooner Oldham and Wayne Carson Thompson, their hits included 'The Letter' (US Billboard #1), 'Cry Like A Baby' (US Billboard #2; "A perfect slice of blue-eyed soul" All Music), 'Neon Rainbow', 'Soul Deep', 'Choo Choo Train' and 'Sweet Cream Ladies', all of which are included on this double disc. Includes 12-page color booklet with rare images.

With superb quality audio, these 51 tracks encompass the four original albums and seven bonus tracks including the mono singles versions of 'The Letter' and 'Cry Like A Baby'.

"In his teenage years, Chilton was an amazingly gritty Memphis soul belter akin to an American version of the Spencer Davis Group's Stevie Winwood" - All Music

CD 1: The Letter / She Knows How / Trains & Boats & Planes / Break My Mind / Whiter Shade Of Pale / Everything I Am / Neon Rainbow / People Make The World / I’m Your Puppet / Happy Times / Gonna Find Somebody / I Pray For Rain / Cry Like A Baby / Deep In Kentucky / I’m The One For You / Weeping Analeah / Every Time / Fields Of Clover / Trouble With Sam / Lost / Good Morning Dear / 727 / You Keep Me Hanging On / The Letter (Mono Single Version) / Cry Like A Baby (Mono Single Version) / I See Only Sunshine / You Keep Tightening Up On Me / Come On Honey

CD 2: Choo Choo Train / I’m Movin’ On / Sandman / She Shot A Hole In My Soul / People Gonna Talk / I Met Her In Church / Rock Me Baby / Rollin’ In My Sleep / I Can Dig It / Yesterday Where’s My Mind / If I Had Let You In / Soul Deep / I Shall Be Released / Midnight Angel / Together / I’ll Hold Out My Hand / I Must Be The Devil / Sweet Cream Ladies / Happy Song / Ain’t No Way / Rock Me Baby / Since I Been Gone / Lay Your Shine On Me

Various Artists – Reference Sound Edition: Great Women of Song INAK7506HQCD 707787750622 CD INAKUSTIKS POP £11.80 INAK750612LP 707787750615 LP2 INAKUSTIKS POP £16.40

This remarkable album carrier from in-akustik has been assembled with a love of musical detail. 16 tracks featuring great female singers are forming a seamless and exceptional sound and

listening experience.

RESO Mastering, the new high definition mastering procedure, provides significant acoustic improvements in transparency, dynamics, bass reproduction and depth differentiation. The music is gaining more atmosphere and emotion.

To best transmit this musical experience, the Direct Metal Mastercut (DMM) technique is employed and 180 gram pure Vinyl (Virgin Vinyl) is used for the sound carrier.

Tracks: Babes In The Wood – Mary Black / It's A Man's World – Inga Rumpf / Little Pack Of Lies – Kara Grainger / I'd Like To Know – Meg Hutchinson / Big Red Heart – Tracey Bonham / Rare Bird – Eliza Gilkyson / Backseat Heroine – Emma-Lee / Lead A Horse To Water – Tracey Nelson / Every Little Bit Of It – Carrie Newcomer / Liar – Kasia Lins / Love Is Red – Lynn Miles / See The Sky About To Rain – Colleen Rennison / Manhattan Moon – Lucy Kaplansky / Glad – Lisa Doby / I'll Be Your Home – Mindi Abair / Happy Together – Christy Baron

REGGAE NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Desmond Dekker And The Specials – King Of Kings £9.99 SUNSPLP018 5036436093526 LP SUNSPOT RECORDS REGGAE 180 gram vinyl issue of the Trojan Album, Originally released in 1993. The first Specials reunion occurred in 1993, when producer Roger Lomas decided to use The Specials as backing band for

a new album by ska legend Desmond Dekker. The band features Neville Staple (Toasting, vocals, percussion), Linval Golding (Rhythm guitar, vocals), Roddy Radiation (Lead Guitar, vocals), Horace Panter (Bass guitar) with former Selecter drummer, Charley Harrington Bembridge and keyboard and horn player Mark Birch. Advertising in Record Collector Magazine Tracks: Sammy Dead / Fat Man / Easy Snappin’ / Carry Go Bring Come / Dancing Mood / Humpty Dumpty / King Of Ska / Oil In My Lamp / Take It Easy / Wings Of A Dove / King Of Kings / Jamaica Ska

Yabby You - Dread Prophecy: The Strange And Wonderful Story Of Yabby You £16.99 SHANCD45072 016351457226 CD3 SHANACHIE REGGAE

As a singer, writer and producer, Yabby You created some of the greatest roots classic in the history of reggae. A must-have for roots reggae fans and all those interested in classic reggae!

Vivian "Yabby You" Jackson was, along with Lee "Scratch" Perry, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Burning Spear and Culture, one of the key creators of the roots reggae style and dub revolution which swept the world in the 1970s and was a catalyst for punk rock, dance music/electronica and hip-hop. Dread Prophecy: The Strange And Wonderful Story Of Yabby You is a stunning collection of Yabby You's classic recordings of himself and other artists he produced as well as sought-after rarities presented in a "long" DVD-style package including 3 audio CDs with 56 tracks – over 3 hours of music with 10 previously unreleased tracks and 30 tracks never previously on CD. It includes a 28-page booklet with many extensive personal essays from people who knew him: David Katz , Alex Peacemaker and Randall Grass .

Press:

MOJO review confirmed

CD 1: Deliver Me / Conquering Lion / Yabby You / Anti Christ / Carnal Mind / Run Come Rally / Jah Vengeance / Tubby's Vengeance / One Love / Pound Get A Blow / Fire Fire / Fire Dub / Chant Down Babylon Kingdom / Beware Dub / Give Thanks And Praise / Man Of The Living / Free Africa / Live Trap / Love Thy Neighbor

CD 2: Love And Unity -mashdown / Babylon A Fall / This Economical Crisis / Praise Jahova / Fire Deh A Mus Mus / Fleeing From The City / Love In Zimba / Gwaan And Lef Me / Rock Man Soul / Love Of A Woman / Get Lost Babylon / How Long / Stop Your Gang War / Blessed Are The Poor / Peace / Jah Mercies / Dreadlocks Man

CD 3: Daughter Of Zion / What A Sufferation / I Must Achieve What Is Mine / Words Of The Prophets / Freedom Of Life / We Want Our Liberty / Beyond The Hills / Mercy And Truth / Blackstar Liner / King Of Kings / Education For Free / Reggae Make You Feel Alright / Natty Roots Man / Half Pint / Oh City Of Zion / Hail The Children / Warn The Nation / Jah Vengeance / Black Is Our Color / Run Come Raw Dub




ROCK & ROLL NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015

Charlie Gracie – Fabulous! £7.48 MVD6784D 0760137678496 DVD WIENERWORLD ROCK & ROLL Charlie Gracie: Fabulous chronicles the life and career of Rock and Roll Pioneer, Charlie Gracie. His #1 hit Butterfly knocked Elvis from the top of the charts in 1957 and sold over three million

copies worldwide. He was the first artist on The Cameo-Parkway Record Label to have hits, bankrolling the company, thus enabling it to launch the careers of a dozen successful artists.

He was the first solo American Rock-N-Roll Star to bring the music to The British Concert stage. Preceded only by Bill Haley and the Comets, Charlie headlined London's Palladium and Hippodrome--receiving outstanding receptions from the press and public.Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Graham Nash and Ray Davies are among his biggest musical admirers. The late George Harrison called his guitar technique "Brilliant". He continues to be a great ambassador for rock ‘n’ roll, performing the roots of rock ‘n’ roll all over the world. Tracks: Charlie Gracie - Fabulous

Meat Wave - Brother EP £6.25 BYR001V 5060091556126 LP BRACE YOURSELF RECORDS ROCK

5 brand new songs from Chicago's snotty and urgent meat wave, plus a cover of The Wipers' 'Mystery' on 45rpm Red Vinyl - Limited to 1000 copies.

Tracks: Brother / Sham King / Sunlight / It's Not Alright / Mystery / The Truth / I've Got Ants

Devo - Hardcore Live MVD6523D 0760137652397 DVD WIENERWORLD ROCK £8.84 MVD6524BR 0760137652496 BLURAY WIENERWORLD ROCK £10.89

Devo are captured live in Oakland, performing early experimental tracks. No matter how messy, beginnings are exciting. Especially when what happens next endures the test of time.

For Devo the beginning happened in the basements and garages of Akron, Ohio. The songs they wrote were raw and unfiltered with no commercial intent. They called it Hardcore Devo. Performing 21 oddities, this program is a tribute to the departed Bob "Bob 2" Casale. Tracks: Mechanical Man / Auto Mo-down / Space Girl Blues / Baby Talkin Bitches / Fraulein / I Been Refused / Bamboo Bimbo / Beehave / Midget / Satisfaction / Timing Excercise/Soo Bawls / Stop Look And Listen / O NO / Be Stiff / Uncontrollable Urge / Social Fools / Jocko Homo / Fountain Of Filth / Gut Feeling / U Got Me Bugged (Booji Boy) / Clock Out

WORLD MUSIC NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Tour Dates 2015: 02

nd Mar - Ronnie Scott's, London

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Mar - Ronnie Scott’s, London 05

th Mar - Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle

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Mar - Turner Sims, Southampton 07

th Mar – District, Liverpool

Tour Dates 2015: 28

th Jan - East Riding Theatre, Beverly

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Mar - Wigmore Hall, London

Azymuth - Azimuth FARO117CDX 5060211502873 CD FAR OUT RECORDINGS WORLD MUSIC £7.99 FARO117LPX 5060211502767 LP FAR OUT RECORDINGS WORLD MUSIC £10.99

Far Out Recordings re-release the seminal debut album from Azymuth. Having never seen a vinyl release outside of Brazil, Far Out have given 'Azimuth' the LP gatefold heavyweight vinyl

treatment. The album contains some of the band's most incendiary tracks and is quite simply a milestone album in Brazilian music.

Azymuth are one of Brazil’s most influential bands having released over 20 albums in a career that spans over 45 years and has seen them play to audiences all over the globe. Combining funk, soul and jazz with Samba, Azymuth are responsible for creating a sound and genre of their own that they named ‘Samba Doido (Crazy Samba)’. Whether they are on the main stage at the Montreux or North Sea Jazz Festival, getting their groove on at the Blue Notes in New York, Tokyo or Milan or holding down a residency at Vienna’s intimate Birdland Club, Azymuth wow the audience with their astoundingly unique musicianship. Tracks: Linha Do Horizonte / Melô Dos Dois Bicudos / Brazil / Seems Like This / Caça A Raposa / Estrada Dos Deuses / Wait For My Turn / Montreal City / Morning / Periscópio

Juan Martín - The Early Years - The Exciting Sound of Flamenco £5.60 FV14 5023100141423 CD FLAMENCOVISION WORLD MUSIC Flamencovision re-releases Juan Martín's first solo record some 40 years after it first came out in 1974. This much coveted and legendary album is now available for the first time on CD and its purity hits you immediately. Juan's highly idiomatic playing on his 1972 Gerundino guitar is

captured brilliantly and intimately. The sound is pure, close and unadorned, revealing his variation of dynamics and tone colours. He performs 10 flamenco styles which range in mood from the tragic seguidillas and tarantas to the exhilarating and driving bulerias and rumba. Also included are four tracks that have never before been released, recorded with the famous flamenco singer Rafael Romero 'El Gallina', when Juan bought him to London to appear at the Wigmore Hall and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1976. The CD comes with a 12 page booklet of information and photos in English and Spanish. For his fans who play the guitar Flamencovision have available two music folios from the album in tablature and music. Marketing: Advertising in fRoots magazine Tracks: Aires Gaditanos / Sentimiento Calé / Gitanería Arabesca / Sol Y Nieve / Noche Jerezana / Mi Rumba / Lamento Minero / Cielo De Cádiz / Utrera / Brisas Habaneras / La Casita Donde Yo Habitaba / No Se Acaba De Aprender / Gloria Recién Nacido Gloria / Yo Tomé Un Cortijo A Renta

CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 16/02/2015



Pablo Marquez – Leguizamon: El Cuchi Bien Temperado £9.49

4810972 028948109722 CD ECM NEW SERIES CLASSICAL/WORLD

Gustavo “Cuchi” Leguizamón (1917-2000) was a unique figure in the musical culture of Argentina - a poet, composer, pianist and guitarist, a popular artist and a highly

sophisticated musician. Here Pablo Márquez pays homage with an album of Leguizamón’s pieces arranged for solo guitar.

Leguizamón was born in Salta, a city in the foothills of the Andes and a seedbed for outstanding popular musicians. Though born in St Pedro de Jujuy (in 1967), Pablo Márquez was raised in Salta and, aged 13, first encountered Leguizamón there in his capacity as a history teacher: Cuchi was also a lawyer and teacher in addition to being one of Argentina’s greatest musicians. As a composer, Leguizamón was an exceptional melodist and an adventurous traditionalist. The majority of his work consists of zambas, which Márquez considers Salta’s quintessential musical form. Leguizamón brought a sense of harmonic freedom to these dance pieces, incorporating his melodic and harmonic ideas in Argentine traditional music, “without ever losing its essence or strong sense of rootedness”. A builder of bridges between art music and oral traditions, he was inspired by classical music, especially Beethoven and 20th century composers including Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky and Schoenberg.

The title of Márquez’s album makes reference to Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, and the guitarist here similarly arranges Cuchi’s music for all 24 major and minor keys. Márquez says: “To provide a wealth of colours I set myself the challenge of never repeating any key... It was my way of enriching folk practice, and also a reflection of my classical training in this encounter with traditional music.” This is the second ECM album for the Swiss-based Pablo Márquez following his disc of music by Luys de Narvaez, ‘Musica del Delphin’ (4765878), released in 2007, but further recordings are in preparation. Personnel: Pablo Márquez (guitar)

Tracks: Coplas des Tata Dios / Zamba del carnaval / La cantora de Yala / Chacarera del expediente / Chaya de la albahaca / Zamba de Lozano / El silbador / De sólo estar / Chacarera del holgado / Carnavalito del Duende / Zamba para la Viuda / Zamba soltera / Corazonando / Zamba del pañuelo / Chilena del solterón / Maturana / Canción del que no hace nada




Marta & Gyorgy Kurtag – In Memoriam Haydee: Jatekok (Games and Transcriptions)

0762896 044007628966 DVD ECM NEW SERIES CLASSICAL £11.99 0762897 044007628973 BLU-RAY ECM NEW SERIES CLASSICAL £13.79

Subtitled ‘Játékok - Games and Transcriptions for piano solo and four hands’, this is a film, directed by Isabelle Soulard, of a concert given in September 2012 at Paris’s Cité

de la Musique by the composer György Kurtág and his wife. The duo performances of Márta and György Kurtág have long been distinguished by flinty new music precision, matched by a quick-witted playfulness and underpinned by a quality of affection. “What playing!” raved the New Yorker’s Alex Ross of a ‘Játékok’ concert. “Notes were placed with surgical care; inner voices gleamed in crystalline patterns; elusive emotional states were painted with quick, light strokes.” From its origins in the early 1970s as a good-humoured unsystematic approach to teaching contemporary keyboard techniques to young players (early pieces in the series included use of clusters, glissandi, harmonics, playing with palms and forearms - a wide range of gestures), ‘Játékok’ (Games) has developed into a compendium of epigrammatic homages, jewelled miniatures dedicated to composers from Scarlatti to Stravinsky and Christian Wolff, and tributes to colleagues and influences. In this special case the whole programme - 40 pieces plus three encores - is dedicated to the memory of the Kurtágs’ good friend, musicologist Haydée Charbagi (1979-2008). Interspersed amongst György Kurtág’s pieces are his much-admired Bach transcriptions - ‘Játékok’ is a work that has gained strength through contrasting and cross-referencing with other music. The whole programme closes with a radiant version of Bach’s ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’. Among ECM’s many widely-praised recordings of Kurtág’s music is a 1997 CD of ‘Játékok’ (4535112), likewise performed by the composer and his wife. “A very special experience - as memorable and as profound as any to be had from new music today,” said Gramophone. Personnel: Marta Kurtag, Gyorgy Kurtag (piano) DVD / Blu-ray specifications: Rating: E (exempt), Region Code: 0 (Worldwide) Tracks: Adieu, Haydée I / J.S. Bach: Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland (BWV 599) / Flowers we are... (embracing sounds) / J.S.Bach: Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir (BWV 687) In memoriam Joannis Pilinszky / Prelude and Chorale, I. Prelude / II. Choral for Benjamin Rajeczky’s 80th Birthday / Knots / Antiphony in F sharp / Lamentation (1) / Hommage à Christian Wolff (Half-asleep) / Playing with overtones / Draft-sheet for Tünde Szitha / ...and once more: Flowers we are... / Beating - Quarelling / Study to Pilinszky’s Hölderlin (position exercise) / J.S.Bach: Sonatina from Actus tragicus, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106) / Hommage à Stravinsky - Bells / Furious Chorale / Hoquetus / Palm stroke / Campanule / Thistle / Stubbunny / Merran’s dream (Caliban detecting - rebuilding Mirranda’s dream) / Hommage à Domenico Scarlatti / Aus der ferne (for Alfred Schlee’s 80th Birthday) / J.S.Bach: Duo No.3 in G major (BWV 804) / J.S.Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (BWV 614) / J.S.Bach: Alle Menschen müssen sterben (BWV 643) / J.S.Bach: First movement from Trio Sonata in E flat major (BWV 525) / Lamentation / Lamentation (2) In memoriam Ligeti Ilona / Tumble-bunny / Hommage à Kurtág Márta / J.S.Bach: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (BWV 618) / Evocation of Petrushka: Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (3) / Adoration, adoration, accursed desolation... : Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (4) / Hommage à Soproni (in memoriam matris carissimae) / Hommage à Halmágyi Mihály / Scraps of a colinda melody - faintly recollected: Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (2) / Hommage à Stravinsky - Bells / J.S.Bach: Duo No.3 in G major (BWV 804) / J.S.Bach: Sonatina from Actus tragicus, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106)




Daniel-Ben Pienaar – Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas £22.49

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Daniel-Ben Pienaar trains his sharp intellect and formidable technique on the most revered body of works in the classical piano repertory, Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas.

Having scaled the heights of J. S. Bach’s “48,” The Well-Tempered Clavier (AV2299), as well as Bach’s Goldberg Variations (AV2235) and Mozart’s Piano Sonatas (AV2209), Daniel-Ben Pienaar turns to arguably the most revered body of works in the piano repertory, Beethoven’s “32”. Training his sharp intellect and formidable technique on this touchstone of classical canons, Pienaar’s interpretations are altogether as stimulating as they are engaging.

Personnel: Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)

Critical acclaim for Daniel-Ben Pienaar: “(5 stars) Pienaar has a technique at once athletic and graceful...fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player’s Bible.” - BBC Music Magazine (Instrumental Choice) on Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier (AV2299)

“The work has a reputation for difficulty both from the performer's and listener's point of view but the young South African makes light of its technical rigours and springs plenty of interpretative surprises.” - The Sunday Times (Classical CD of the Week) on Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations (AV2260)

“This new recording is indispensable.” - BBC Music Magazine on Bach’s Goldberg Variations (AV2235)

“Interpretations where, within the letter critically observed, a numinous power breaks free. Momentous Mozart.” - Gramophone Editor’s Choice, on Mozart The Piano Sonatas (AV2209)

CD 1: Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.2 No.1 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Menuetto: Allegretto 4. IV. Prestissimo Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Op.2 No.2 5. I. Allegro vivace 6. II. Largo appassionato 7. III. Scherzo: Allegretto 8. IV. Rondo: Grazioso Piano Sonata No.3 in C Op.2 No.3 9. I. Allegro con brio 10. II. Adagio 11. III. Scherzo: Allegro 12. IV. Allegro assai CD 2: Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat Op.7 1. I. Allegro molto e con brio 2. II. Largo, con gran espressione 3. III. Allegro 4. IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor Op.10 No.1 5. I. Allegro molto e con brio 6. II. Adagio molto 7. III. Finale: Prestissimo Piano Sonata No.6 in F Op.10 No.2 8. I. Allegro 9. II. Allegretto 10. III. Presto




CD 3: Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 1. I. Presto 2. II. Largo e mesto 3. III. Menuetto: Allegro 4. IV. Rondo: Allegro 5. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op.13 Pathétique, I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 6. II. Adagio cantabile 7. III. Rondo: Allegro Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Op.14 No.1 8. I. Allegro 9. II. Allegretto 10. III. Rondo: Allegro comodo Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Op.14 No.2 11. I. Allegro 12. II. Andante 13. III. Scherzo: Allegro assai CD 4: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Op.22 1. I. Allegro con brio 2. II. Adagio con molto 3. III. Menuetto 4. IV. Rondo: Allegretto Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Op.26 Funeral March 5. I. Andante con variazioni 6. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 7. III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe: Maestoso andante 8. IV. Allegro Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Op.27 No.1 Sonata quasi una fantasia 9. I. Andante - Allegro - Andante 10. II. Allegro molto e vivace 11. III. Adagio con espressione 12. V. Finale: Allegro vivace - Adagio con espressione - Presto CD 5: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight 1. I. Adagio sostenuto 2. II. Allegretto 3. III. Presto agitato Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Op.28 Pastoral 4. I. Allegro 5. II. Andante 6. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 7. IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 5.37 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Op.31 No.1 8. I. Allegro vivace 6.27 9. II. Adagio grazioso 10.29 10. III. Rondo: Allegretto 6.17 CD 6: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op.31 No. 2 Tempest 1. I. Largo - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Allegretto 4. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Op.31 No.3, I. Allegro 5. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace 6. III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso 7. IV. Presto con fuoco 8. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op.49 No. 1, I. Andante 9. II. Rondo: Allegro 10. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Op.49 No.2, I. Allegro ma non troppo 11. II. Tempo di menuetto




CD 7: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 Waldstein 1. I. Allegro con brio 2. II. Introduzione: Adagio molto 3. III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op.54 4. I. In tempo d'un menuetto 5. II. Allegretto - Più allegro Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata 6. I. Allegro assai 7. II. Andante con moto 8. III. Allegro, ma non troppo - Presto CD 8: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Op.78 1. I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 2. II. Allegro vivace 3. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Op.79, I. Presto alla tedesca 4. II. Andante 5. III. Vivace 6. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Op.81a Les adieux, I. Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux): Adagio - Allegro 7. II. Abwesenheit (L'Absence): Andante espressivo 8. III. Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour): Vivacissimamente 9. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op.90, I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck 10. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen CD 9: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101 1. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegro ma non troppo) 2. II. Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia) 3. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto - Tempo del primo pezzo) 4. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro) Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Op.106 Hammerklavier 5. I. Allegro 6. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace 7. III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento 8. IV. Largo - Fuga: Allegro risoluto CD 10: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op.109 1. I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo primo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo primo 2. II. Prestissimo 3. III. Tema con variazioni: Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Molto cantabile ed espressivo) Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Op.110 4. I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo 5. II. Allegro molto 6. III. Adagio, ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op.111 7. I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 8. II. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile




Nicholas Phan, Michael Leopold & Ann-Marie Morgan - A Painted Tale - Blow, Dowland, Ferrabosco etc. £8.49

AV2325 822252232523 CD AVIE CLASSICAL

On ‘A Painted Tale’, his third solo album for AVIE, tenor Nicholas Phan turns to songs of the English Renaissance and Baroque by Blow, Dowland, Ferrabosco, Lanier and Purcell, in a

program which tells a story of love gained and then lost. The composers presented on ‘A Painted Tale’ were greatly influenced Benjamin Britten, the muse of his two previous recordings - ‘Still falls the Rain’ (AV2258) and ‘Winter Words’ (AV2238), his solo debut recording which topped the Best Classical Recordings lists of NPR, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. ‘A Painted Tale’ - the title taken from a lyric by 16th century composer Thomas Morley - features songs with lute and viola da gamba by Blow, Dowland, Ferrabosco, Lanier and Purcell. Describing the programme, which tells a story of love gained and then lost, Nick says, “Reading the poetry in these songs I am fascinated by how little the human experience has changed over the centuries. By assembling these various songs into what I call ‘a pastiche song cycle,’ I hope that creating a dramatic context for these pieces will highlight how relevant this material still is today.” Personnel: Nicholas Phan (tenor), Michael Leopold (lute), Ann-Marie Morgan (viola da gamba) Critical acclaim for Nicholas Phan: “A most impressive performance...Phan is mesmerising.” - BBC Radio 3 CD Review “Refinement and steel, rare among Britten’s recent tenors...a first-class performance.” - BBC Music Magazine “An inviting, distinctive recording” - Gramophone “A star in the making...The voice is graceful, mellifluous and durable, but behind it lie sharp intelligence, poetic insight and a confident individuality.” - The Sunday Times Promotional videos: http://youtu.be/WXLA73K64Bk + http://youtu.be/73VlFdriHDQ Tracks: 1. Thomas Morley: A Painted Tale 2. Henry Purcell: O solitude 3. Robert Johnson: Have you seen but a bright Lily grow 4. John Blow: Fairest work of happy nature 5. Blow: The Self Banished 6. Nicholas Lanier: Fire, Fire 7. Blow: O turn not those fine eyes away 8. Purcell: Sweeter than roses 9. Purcell: She loves and she confesses too 10. Lanier: No more shall meads be deck'd with flowers 11. John Dowland: My thoughts are winged with hopes 12. Blow: Of all the torments, all the cares 13. Dowland: Can she excuse my wrongs 14. Purcell: Not all my torments 15. Alfonso Ferrabosco: So, so Leave off this last amenting kiss 16. Dowland: In darkness let me dwell 17. Dowland: Now, O now I needs must part 18. Dowland: Come Heavy Sleep 19. Lanier: Stay, Silly Heart 20. Purcell: Evening Hymn

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Benjamin Hochman – Variations - Benjamin, Berio, Brahms etc. £8.49

AV2327 822252232721 CD AVIE CLASSICAL

On ‘Variations’, pianist Benjamin Hochman explores an age-old art form with works ranging from Brahms’ Handel Variations to 20th and 21st century inspirations by George Benjamin,

Luciano Berio, Oliver Knussen and Peter Lieberson. Pianist Benjamin Hochman follows his critically acclaimed AVIE debut Homage to Schubert (AV2281) - which paired two sonatas by the 19th century master with modern day tributes by Kurtág and Widmann - with a like-minded program centred on the age-old musical form of variations. At the heart of the album is Handel Variations by Brahms, a grand master of the art form. The four shorter Piano Variations on this recording are by major composers of the late 20th and early 21st century: Oliver Knussen, Luciano Berio, George Benjamin and Peter Lieberson. Each composition is a piece of great beauty but with results that are strikingly diverse. Personnel: Benjamin Hochman (piano) Critical acclaim for Benjamin Hochman: “Excellent and inquisitive...vibrant and stylish.” - The New York Times (on Homage to Schubert, AV2281) “Requisite songfulness...incisively sprung dramatically reflected...meticulous balances and textural control.” - Gramophone (on Homage to Schubert, AV2281) “Classical music doesn’t get better than this.” - The New York Times

Tracks: 1. Oliver Knussen: Variations Op.24 (1989) 2. Luciano Berio: Cinque Variazioni (1953, rev. 1966) 3. George Benjamin: Meditation on Haydn's Name (1982) 4. Peter Lieberson: Piano Variations (1996) (World premiere recording) Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op.24 (1861) 5. Aria 6. Variation I: Più vivo 7. Variation II 8. Variation III 9. Variation IV 10. Variation V 11. Variation VI 12. Variation VII 13. Variation VIII 14. Variation IX 15. Variation X: Allegro 16. Variation XI: Moderato 17. Variation XII: L'istesso tempo 18. Variation XIII: Largamente, ma non troppo 19. Variation XIV 20. Variation XV 21. Variation XVI 22. Variation XVII 23. Variation XVIII 24. Variation XIX 25. Variation XX: Andante 26. Variation XXI: Vivace 27. Variation XXII: Alla Musette 28. Variation XXIII: Vivace 29. Variation XXIV 30. Variation XXV 31. Fuga: Moderato




Geoffroy Couteau – L’obscur est un chemin - Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier: Complete Piano Works £8.49

ODRCD314 855317003141 CD ODRADEK RECORDS CLASSICAL

French pianist Geoffroy Couteau presents the music of Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier, a young and vibrant Parisian composer whose music is immediately appealing and who enchants his

listeners with his immersive soundscapes. Bruneau-Boulmier’s pieces range from the meditative and serene to turbulent and occasionally even violent. Frequent references to literary themes offer openings to his ineffable and poetic imagination. Most of all, one is taken in by a pervasive sense of nostalgia. Bells, sometimes promising joy, sometimes sounding like a knell, punctuate the journey. Geoffroy Couteau, who has collaborated with the composer since 2010, offers a sensitive and intimate performance of these works, here presented for the first time on disc. He is joined by world-renowned pianist, François-Frédéric Guy, who makes a guest appearance on the four-hand piece, ‘El Borge’. The title of the fourth work, ‘Dark is a Way’, sets the tone and the theme of the album: it is a path which takes us from something like the sombre “gibet” of Ravel’s ‘Gaspard’, and delivers us to, if not an absolute transcendence, at least a wise sense of calm acceptance with recurring rays of hope. Praising his debut recording dedicated to Brahms, Geoffroy Couteau was described as a “fearless” pianist by Le Monde de la Musique, which compared the young artist’s interpretation to piano giants such as Gilels, Katchen, Lupu, Kempff, and Serkin. Regularly exalted in the press among his emerging generation of pianists, his last CD devoted to Chopin and Scriabin also garnered enthusiastic critical acclaim. Born in 1982, Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier could still be considered as a “young composer” at the time of this recording. Nicolas Southon comments: “Even in these early works he was able to create a very personal musical universe, while not trying to hide his musical roots. One can find at times traces of Debussy, Ravel, Henri Dutilleux, Philippe Hersant, Maurice Ohana and Pierre Boulez. His music is incontestably French, by virtue of its refinement, its quest for a certain euphony, its extremely well crafted writing, its self-restrained lyricism and its skilful ability to make an acoustic space come into being.” Personnel: Geoffroy Couteau, François-Frédéric Guy (piano) Tracks: 1. Ce peu de bruit 2. Ses ailes deployees 3. Etoiles, trois preludes pour piano - No. 1 - Andante 4. Etoiles, trois preludes pour piano - No. 2 - Presto 5. Etoiles, trois preludes pour piano - No. 3 - Lento 6. L’obscur est un chemin 7. Catafalque, Tombeau de Johannes Brahms 8. Miracles des Soleils, Trois preludes pour piano. No. 1 - Andante 9. Miracles des Soleils, Trois preludes pour piano. No. 2 - Moderato 10. Miracles des Soleils, Trois preludes pour piano. No. 3 - Lento 11. El Borge pour 2 pianos - I. El Borge 12. El Borge pour 2 pianos - II. Comares 13. El Borge pour 2 pianos - III. Gaucin 14. El Borge pour 2 pianos - IV. Ronda 15. El Borge pour 2 pianos - V. Alhama de Granada




Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra of Hamburg & Jürgen Gross - Michel-Richard Delalande: Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy £8.49

CC72664 608917266429 CD CHALLENGE CLASSICS CLASSICAL

This recording by the Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra of Hamburg and conductor Jürgen Gross represents the first time that these works by the 17th century French composer Michel-Richard

Delalande have been recorded in their original arrangements for five parts. Delalande wrote his ‘Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy’ to be performed at special meals that the King of France attended. These were formal occasions and took place before an invited audience. In this context instrumental music played an important role, its magnificence reflecting the regent’s powerful self-image. Michel-Richard Delalande assembled the first volume of his ‘Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy’ in 1703 and it contained 10 suites made up of 160 pieces. In all he wrote around 300 movements of this type. They are mostly short compositions, either using traditional dance models or presented as character pieces. The Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra of Hamburg was established in 1999. The group has released two previous CDs for Challenge Classics. The first was devoted to the music of the early 18th century Dutch composer Johann Christian Schieferdecker (CC72531), and the second featured orchestral arrangements by Jörg Jacob of music by J.S. Bach (CC72625). Jacob has a long-standing relationship with the Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra both as performer and programme researcher. For this recording he has produced a complete reconstruction of the featured works, with the music being heard on disc for the first time in its original five-part arrangement. Personnel: Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra of Hamburg, Jürgen Gross (conductor) Tracks: Caprice No. 1, Caprice de Villers-Cotterets 1. Fierement et detaché - Gracieusement - Un peu plus gay - Viste 2. Gracieusement sans lenteur 3. Vivement 4. Trio 5. Air 6. Vivement - Doucement - Vivement Suite No. 1 7. Prélude 8. Air grave 9. Trio 10. Petit Air 11. Passacaille ou Grande Piéce Suite No. 3 12. Air No.1 13. Rondeau 14. Loure 15. 1er Menuet & 2eme Menuet alternativement 16. Grand Pièce in D la re. Passacaille Suite No. 5 17. 1er Air G re sol 18. 2eme Air leger 19. Air gay 20. Sarabande en Rondeau Grande Piece in G “Fantaisie ou Caprice que le Roy demandoit souvent” 21. Un peu lent - Viste - Doucement 22. Gracieusement - Gayment - Vivement Caprice No. 3 23. Gracieusement - 2eme Air. Mineur 24. Air 25. Gigue. Gracieusement 26. Quatuor. Doucement - Prélude 27. Air vif




Riccardo Cecchetti – C.P.E. Bach: Sense and Sensibilities - Sonatas, Fantasias & Rondo £8.49

CC72666 608917266627 CD CHALLENGE CLASSICS CLASSICAL The highly regarded Italian keyboard soloist Riccardo Cecchitti performs music by C.P.E. Bach on the fortepiano. The works on the disc are the four Sonatas (Wq 55:5, 57:6, 57:4, and 59:1); two

Fantasias (Wq 59:5 and 59:6); and the Rondo in G major, Wq 57:3. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is now recognised as a one of the most significant composers of the time that covered the transition between the baroque and classical periods. As opposed to his brothers, he always cultivated the musical traditions associated with his father Johann Sebastian whilst adopting a more dramatic style of writing which would later reach fulfilment with the music of Haydn and Mozart. Italian keyboard soloist Ricardo Cecchiti is the founding member of various chamber music groups including the internationally renowned Voces Intimae piano trio. He plays both period and modern pianos and fortepianos. His repertoire, whilst including contemporary pieces, is mostly concentrated on chamber, solo classical and early romantic music. Personnel: Riccardo Cecchetti (fortepiano) Tracks: Sonata in F Major Wq 55:5 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Allegretto 4. Fantasia in C Major Wq 59:6 Sonata in F Major Wq 57:6 5. I. Allegro assai 6. II. Andante 7. III. Andantino grazioso 8. Fantasia in F Wq 59:5 Sonata in D minor Wq 57:4 9. I. Allegro moderato 10. II. Cantabile e mesto 11. III. Allegro 12. Rondo in G Major Wq 57:3 Sonata in E Major Wq 59:1 13. I. Presto 14. II. Adagio 15. III. Andantino




Michael Gees, Frans Ehlhart & Marion von Tilzer - Secret Key Masters - Music by Michael Gees, Mario von Tilzer & Franz Ehlhart £9.99

CC72656 608917265620 Hybrid SACD CHALLENGE CLASSICS CLASSICAL

This hybrid SACD presents compositions and improvisations written and performed by three excellent pianists: Michael Gees, Marion von Tilzer, and Frans Ehlhart. All of these artists are

considered to be leading experts in their own specific area of music. Pianist Michael Gees is mostly known as an accompanist of Lieder. He has worked regularly with artists such as Christoph Prégardien and Julia Kleiter. As a soloist he mostly improvises, often starting with a single chord and developing the melodies from there. In contrast Austrian-born composer/pianist Marion von Tilzer is very much a composer, having previously written both chamber music and orchestral works. She is particularly known for her talent of merging completely different styles in a surprising and original way. Her synthesis of Indian classical music with contemporary western music has led to collaborations with musicians, choreographers and filmmakers from different parts of the world as a composer and performer with her own groups. Frans Ehlhart was born in Australia. The son of a Hungarian mother and a Dutch father he has lived in Holland since 1950. After studies at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam he chose a career in jazz and music theatre over a career in classical music. Personnel: Michael Gees, Frans Eilhart, Mario von Tilzer (piano) Tracks: 1. GEES: Extempore I 2. VON TILZER: Counting the Stars 3. EHLHART: Chicken Dance 4. VON TILZER: Apollo 14 5. GEES: Extempore II 6. EHLHART: Floating Stream 7. VON TILZER: Ballade ueber die Entteuschung 8. GEES: Extempore III 9. EHLHART: In MeMirjam 10. VON TILZER: Little Story about Love 11. EHLHART: Reshuffling Things 12. GEES: Extempore IV 13. EHLHART: Autumn Morning 14. VON TILZER: Neighbour's Delight




Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Myung-Whun Chung - Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 3,6,7 & 8 £9.25 ELQ4820264 0028948202645 CD2 AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE CLASSICAL

These sublime performances by the Vienna Philharmonic under Myung-Whun Chung received glowing critical acclaim at the time of their original release and are now coupled for this

Eloquence release. Dvorák's Eighth Symphony', wrote Bernard Shaw following a performance at the Crystal Palace in 1893, 'is very nearly up to the level of a Rossini overture, and would make excellent promenade music at the summer fêtes out in the grounds.' In advancing this view, Shaw turned on its head an essential quality of Dvorák's music that only a few years earlier had been held out as one of its principal merits, with Eduard Hanslick for example, exclaiming euphorically in the early 1880s: 'Let us rejoice that in our uncreative age – an age of reflected glories – we may still encounter as talented a composer as Dvorák, with his innocent emotions and cheerful creativity.' Posterity has happily proved Shaw incorrect. While the Ninth Symphony 'From the New World' would rank near the top of any classical favourites list, the Seventh and Eighth aren't far behind. The Third, written in 1873 when Dvorák was living in considerable poverty in Prague, having left a regular job as an orchestral violist in order to devote himself to composition, is still little known. In the Sixth Symphony, as in other works from this and the earlier period, Dvorák had paid tribute to his model, Brahms. ‘Myung-Whun Chung takes an affectionately fleet-of-foot view of the Third Symphony … Chung’s reading is notable for its newly minted freshness and intelligent sense of proportion … these wonderfully accomplished artists bring genuine fire and exhilarating spring to Dvorák’s vernal inspiration. […] the Seventh is an interpretation of red-blooded fervor and rugged contrasts, whose dramatic impact is greatly heighted by the burnished glow of the VPO’s contribution, to say nothing of DG’s enormously ripe, close-knit sound. […] Dvorák releases don’t come much more stimulating than this.’ - (Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7) Gramophone, May 1997 ‘Drawing playing of infectious eagerness and disarming poise from his distinguished band, Myung-Whun Chung directs an exhilaratingly purposeful and memorably fresh account of the Sixth. […] DG’s sound is immensely ripe and full-bodied, this great orchestra’s burnished glow and mahogany-like timbre exceptionally well captured. […] Music-making of abundant temperament and tingling spontaneity from Chung and a radiant and intense VPO’ - (Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8) Gramophone, August 2000) CD 1: Tracks 1 – 4: Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 10 Tracks 5 – 8: Symphony No. 6 In D Major, Op. 60 CD 2: Tracks 1 – 4: Symphony No. 7 In D Minor, Op. Tracks 5 – 8: Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op. 88




Nicolai Ghiaurov - Russian Songs and Arias - Borodin, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky etc. £9.25 ELQ4805557 0028948055579 CD2 AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE CLASSICAL This 2CD set includes all his Russian recital material – in opera, art song and popular/folk song – for Decca, from the stunningly recorded 1962 and 1964 Russian arias with the LSO and Edward Downes; the recital of art songs by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Glinka, Rubinstein and Dargomizhsky with his first wife Zlatina Ghiaurov. For thirty years, from 1960 to 1990, Nicolai Ghiaurov was an indispensable figure on the international operatic scene. His voluminous base, incisive delivery and imposing presence meant that he was in demand in every centre of opera. His range of roles stretched from Mozart and Rossini through Verdi and Puccini and many parts in the French nineteenth-century repertory to the rewarding roles written for basses in Russian opera. Avuncular and a great colleague on stage, Ghiaurov also made a record with a traditional Russian ensemble. It includes the song Stenka Razin, which later achieved mass popularity in its Seekers hit 'The Carnival Is Over'. ‘the Bulgarian bass shows himself a mighty master of the long, weighty phrase. […] The recording is strong, the accompaniment by Edward Downes most helpful. A fine record of a ‘new’ and noble basso’ (Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky arias: CD1: 1–5) - Gramophone, May 1963 ‘considerable stature and presence and that rolling majestical gravity in the voice … The recording is exceptionally vivid’ (Glinka, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Borodin: CD1: 6–9) - Gramophone, March 1965 CD 1: Glinka: Chuyut Pravdu … Ti Vzoyidyosh (A Life For The Tsar) Rubinstein: Ja Tot, Katoramu Vnimala (The Demon) Tchaikovsky: Gospod Moi, Yesli Greshen Ya (Iolanta) Borodin: Zdorov-li, Knaz? (Prince Igor) Greshno Tait, Ya Skuki Ne Lyublya (Prince Igor) Rimsky-Korsakov: A Skaly Groznyje Drab’atsa S R’ovem Volny (Sadko) Mussorgsky: Smirenniy Inok ... Odnazhdy, V Vecherniy Chas (Boris Godunov) Tchaikovsky: Lyubvi Vsye Vozrasti Pokorni (Eugene Onegin) Rachmaninov: Ves’ Tabar Spit (Aleko) Tchaikovsky: Nyet, Tolko Tot, Kto Znal Ni Slova O Drug Moy Serenada Don-Zhuana To Bylo Ranneyu Vesnoï Sryed Shumnovo Bala Blagoslavlyayu Vas, Lesa Borodin: Dlya Beregov Otschizni Dal’noi / CD 2: Glinka: Nochnoy Smotr Rubinstein: Melodya Dargomizhsky: Chervyak Nochnoi Defir Stroont Efir Starij Kapral Anonymous: Utyos Ei, Ukhnyem Dubinushka Bandura Stenka Razin Vdolj Po Peterskoy Vtyomnon Lesye Ochi Chornye Nochenka Dvenadsat’ Razboynikov Proshchai Radost




Valery Gergiev & Vladimir Ashkenazy - Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Polovtsian Dances £6.50 ELQ4808946 0028948089468 CD AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE CLASSICAL

This is the first international release of the Polovtsian Dances from ‘Prince Igor’. Borodin’s First Symphony was one of his earliest large-scale works and shows a great increase of technical skill over anything he had done before. Of course, it was a brave decision on Borodin’s part to undertake a symphony when he had little experience of large-scale form and none of orchestration. The influence of Schumann is rather apparent, although the example of Berlioz is more heeded in the imaginative and manyhued orchestration. The Second Symphony is one of Borodin’s masterpieces, finding the composer at the height of his capabilities. Given its strong musical ties with Prince Igor, outlined in Max Harrison’s booklet note, the filler on this CD – the ‘Polovtsian Dances’ from Prince Igor is particularly apt. What’s more, it’s the first international release of the Ashkenazy recording made in 1983 and coupled on the original LP with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. ‘The Rotterdam orchestra is afforded a richness and sonority, plus an overall bloom on strings, winds and brass alike, which is most appealing …’ - (Gergiev) Gramophone, August 1991 ‘excellently recorded … Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances are vividly done’ - (Ashkenazy) Gramophone, November 1983 Tracks: Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 1 In E Flat Symphony No. 2 In B Polovtsian Dances From ‘Prince Igor’

The University of Maryland Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra & Antal Dorati – Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero (The Prisoner) £6.50 ELQ4808781 0028948087815 CD AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE CLASSICAL

Antal Dorati's pioneering performance of this work, recorded in 1974 as part of Decca's pioneering 'Headline' series, was the opera's first studio recording and here receives its first

release on CD. ‘Il prigioniero’ (The Prisoner) an opera in a prologue and one act, with both, music and libretto written by Luigi Dallapiccola, was first broadcast by the Italian radio station RAI on 1 December 1949. The work is based on the short story La torture par l'espérance ("Torture by Hope") by the French writer Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and from La Légende d'Ulenspiegel et de Lamme Goedzak by Charles de Coster. ‘Il Prigioniero’ is scored for a large orchestra, with choruses, organ and a group of brass and bells behind the scenes; but this orchestra is used economically. There are many passages which are assigned to solo instruments, arranged so as to give the impression of a chamber ensemble, particularly in places where the words are especially important. Set in Spain during the Inquisition, ‘Il prigioniero’ clearly has bearing on modern totalitarian methods of police cruely. “Maurizio Mazzieri sings the title role persuasively. This valuable record of an important opera is chiefly worthwhile thanks to the powerful interpretation of the conductor Antal Dorati who conveys its incidental moods within the total context of persecution. The Decca recording is spacious and savoury but not too rich.” - Gramophone, May 1975 Tracks: Luigi Dallapiccola:Il Prigioniero




Jonas Batstrand & Helge Kjekshus – Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Complete Works for Violin and Piano £8.49

PSC1237 7033662012374 CD SIMAX CLASSICAL

Although relatively unknown, the works of the 19th century Norwegian composer Hjalmar Borgstrøm are now being re-assessed. Violinist Jonas Båtstrand has already recorded his magnificent Violin Concerto, and with this CD Simax is releasing the complete chamber

music for violin and piano with the same violinist accompanied by Helge Kjekshus. Born in Norway in 1864, the composer Hjalmar Borgstrøm moved to Germany in 1890 where he studied and worked for the next 13 years. He returned to his homeland in 1903, and established himself as a predominant figure in Norwegian musical life both through his large-scale works and the authoritative literary and critical pieces that he wrote in the daily press for almost 20 years. He died in Oslo in 1925 at the age of 61. Hjalmar Borgstøm had a remarkable gift as a melody maker, and his reputation was confirmed with the opera ‘Thora from Rimol’ (PSC1230) and the Violin Concerto and symphonic poems (PSC1311). Borgstrøm’s Violin Sonata in G major, opus 19, was premiered in Christiania on 28 November 1906 with the violinist Gustav Lange and Amalie Borgstrøm at the piano. The Romanze in E major, opus 12, is dedicated to the legendary Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe, but whether or not he performed it is unknown. The three remaining violin pieces featured on the disc, Serenade, Elegie and Berceuse are preserved in manuscript in the National Library in Oslo. Personnel: Jonas Båtstrand (violin), Helge Kjekshus (piano) Tracks: 1. Romanze in E Major (dedicated to Eugene Ysaÿe), Op. 12 Sonata in G Major for violin and piano, Op 19 2. I. Largo-Allergro 3. II. Andante Maestoso 4. III. Vivace 5. Serenade 6. Elegie 7. Berceuse




Various Artists – Music from Tony Palmer’s Prize-Winning Films £2.55

TPCD186 5060230865720 CD TONY PALMER CLASSICAL/SOUNDTRACK

A compilation of mainly classical (plus some pop) tracks from Tony Palmer’s extensive catalogue of films at a great price, with performances by Paul McCartney, Maria Callas, Nicola

Benedetti, Anne Sofie von Otter, Howard Goodall and Valentina Igoshina. “Palmer can claim an unrivalled catalogue of work about musicians, which has touched a deep level of truth in his subjects, risking broad conjectures which later have been triumphantly substantiated.” - Michael John White, The Independent Tracks: 1. Fairport Convention: Jigs and Reels 2. Henry Purcell: Abdelazar: Rondeau 3. Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2 From Jazz Suite No. 2 4. Hector Berlioz: Marguerite’s Aria 5. Malcolm Arnold: St Trinian’s Music 6. Richard Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries 7. Frederic Chopin: Waltz No. 1 In E flat 8. Leonard Cohen: So Long Marianne 9. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending 10. Mike Oldfield: From The Space Movie 11. Georg Frederic Handel: The Royal Fireworks, Minuet 12. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Paganini Rhapsody, Variation 26 13. Giacomo Puccini: Vissi D’arte, Tosca 14. William Walton: Popular Song, Facade 15. Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture (extract) 16. Erich Korngold: Marietta’s Lied 17. Peter Illich Tchaikovsky: Pas De Deux, The Nutcracker 18. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (extract) 19. Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2, 2nd movement. 20. Lennon & McCartney: Yesterday 21. Benjamin Britten: Fugue from A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra




Maria Callas - Ponchielli: La Gioconda £5.30

600207 4053796002075 CD3 MEMBRAN CLASSICAL This classic recording of Ponchielli’s opera ‘La Gioconda’, which features the legendary soprano

Maria Callas, is has been re-issued with a new cover design. Originally released in 1952, it boasts an outstanding cast of soloists including Fedora Barbieri, Paulo Silveri, Giulio Neri and

Gianni Poggi. The Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI, Turin is conducted by Antonino Votto. CD 1: Preludio / Act 1 - La Bocca Dei Leoni, Feste e pane! / Scena e Terzettino, E cantan su lor tombe / Figlia, che reggi Il tremulo pie / L'ora non giunse ancor / Gloria a chi vince / Questi è l'uom ch'io cerco / Suo covo è un tugurio / Ribellion! (Scena V) / Voce di donna o d'angelo / Scene and Duet, Enzo Grimaldo / Scene, Recital and Monologe, Maledici? Sta ben... / O monumento! / Finale I, Coro, Furlana e Preghiera, Carneval! Baccanal! / Angele Dei... CD 2: Act 2 - Il Rosario, Ho! He! Fissa il timone! / Pescator, affonda l'esca / Recitativo, Ripresa della Barcarole e Romanza, Sia gloria ai canti / Cielo e mar! / Scene and Duet, Ma chi vien? / Deh! non turbare / Scene and Romance, E il tuo nocchier / Stella del marinar! / Duet, È un anatema! / L'amo come il fulgor del creato! / Scene and Duet, Finale II, Il mio braccio t'afferra! / Laura! Laura, ove sei? / Tu sei traditor... Noto m'è il rombo CD 3: Act 3 - Ca' D'oro, Scene and Aria, Si morir ella de / Ombre di mia prosapia / Scene and Duet, Qui chiamata m'avete? / Moriri è troppo orribile! / Scena e Serenata, È già che ai nuovi imeni / O madré mia (Scena V) / Scena, Ingresso dei Cavalieri e Coro, Benvenuti messeri! / Recitativo e Danza delle Ore, Grazie vi rendo / Danza delle ore del giorno, della sera, della notte / Scene and Finale III, Pezzo concertato, Vieni! Lasciami! Ahimè! / D'un vampiro fatal / Act 4 - El Canal Orfano / Prelude, Scene and Aria, Preludio / Nessuo v'ha visto? / Suicidio!... In questi fieri momenti / Duettino, Scena e Terzetto, Ecco il velen di Laura / Enzo! sei tu! / 0 furibonda jena / Ten va, serenata / La barca s'avvicina / A te questo rosario / Final Scene and Duet, Ora posso morir / Si, il patto mantengo

Maria Callas - Verdi: La Traviata £3.99

600208 4053796002082 CD2 MEMBRAN CLASSICAL This historic recording of Verdi’s opera ‘La Traviata’ was originally released in 1953. It has been re-issued here with a new cover design. The legendary soprano Maria Callas is joined by a cast of soloists that includes Francesco Albanese and Ugo Savarese. The Orchestra & Chorus of the

RAI, Turin is conducted by Gabriele Santini. CD 1: Preludio / Act 1, Scene 1 Delli'invito trascorsa è già l'ora / Scene 2, Libiam ne' lien calici / Scene 3, Oh qual pallor!... / Un du felice, eterea / Scene 4, Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora / Scene 4, È strano!... è strano!... / Ah, fors'è lui che ranima / Follie!.,. follie... delirio vano è questo!... / Act 2, Scene 1, Lunge da lei per me non v'ha diletto! / De' miei bollenti spirit! / Scene 2/4, Annina, donde vieni?* / Scene 5, Pura siccome un angelo / Non sapete quale affetto' / Un dì, quando le veneri / Scene 6, Dammi tu la forza, o cielo! / Scene 7, Ah, vive sol quel core all' amor mio!… / Scene 8, Di Violetta! Perché son io commosso!... / Di Provenza il mar, il suol - chi dal cor ti cancello?' CD 2: Scene 9, Avrem lieta di maschere la notte / Scene 10, Noi siamo zingarelle / Scene 11, Di Madride noi siam mattadori / Scene 12, Alfredo!... Voi!… / Scene 13, Invitato a seguirmi / Scene 14, Ogni suo aver tal femmina / Scene 15, Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende / Preludio / Act 3, Scene 1, Annina? / Scene 2, Quanta bontà… pensate a me per tempo / Scene 3, Or fate cor / Scene 4, Teneste la promessa... la disfida / Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti / Scene 5, Signora! / Scene 6, Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo / Final Scene, Ah, Violetta!... / Prendi; quest e l'immagine




Michael Roll – Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 £5.30

233944 885150339442 CD3 RPO STEREO CLASSICAL

Originally released in 1995, these recordings of Beethoven’s five Piano Concertos by the renowned British pianist Michael Roll and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by

Howard Shelley were highly praised by critics at the time. The 3CD set also includes an outstanding performance of Triple Concerto, in which Michael Roll is joined by two leading

soloists, violinist Jean-Jacques Kantorow and cellist Raphael Wallfisch. Pianist Michael Roll came to prominence when he won the inaugural Leeds International Piano Competition in 1963 at the age of 17. Since this success, his artistry and deepening maturity has brought continued and glowing praise from public and critics alike all over the world. He has given recital and concerto appearances throughout Europe in such cities as Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and London. These recordings of the Beethoven Piano Concertos with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Howard Shelley received rave reviews when first released in 1995 and at the time were chosen as an ‘Editor’s Choice’ in the Gramophone magazine. Personnel: Michael Roll (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Shelley (conductor), Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello) CD 1: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 1. I. Allegro con brio 2. II. Largo 3. III. Rondo: Allegro Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, op. 19 4. I. Allegro con brio 5. II. Adagio 6. III. Rondo: Molto allegro CD 2: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37 1. I. Allegro con brio 2. II. Largo 3. III. Rondo: Allegro Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58 4. I. Allegro moderato 5. II. Andante con moto 6. III. Rondo: Vivace CD 3: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op. 73 ‘Emperor’ 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Adagio un poco mosso 3. III. Rondo: Allegro Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano & Orchestra in C major, op. 56 ‘Triple Concerto’ 4. I. Allegro 5. II. Largo 6. III. Rondo alla polacca




Various Artists – Tchaikovsky: The Birthday Edition £8.49

600211 4053796002112 CD10 DOCUMENTS CLASSICAL

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s works are among the most frequently played worldwide. To commemorate his 175th birthday this collection of 10 CDs documents all of his

symphonies as well as the major concertos, symphonic poems, and overtures. It also includes the legendary stereo version of his “1812” overture conducted by Antal

Dorati with its famous canon shots in the explosive finale. Many of the 20th century‘s most prominent conductors are represented in this 10-CD box including Wilhelm Furtwängler, ArturoToscanini, Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel, Rafael Kubelik, Leopold Stokowski, Kiril Kondrashin, and Yevgeny Mravinsky. The recordings in the set also feature legendary soloists like Van Cliburn, Shura Cherkassky, Isaac Stern and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Hermann Prey – His Most Beautiful Arias & Romantic Songs £8.49


The legendary German baritone Hermann Prey achieved his great fame by being both modern and traditional at the same time. This collection of 10 CDs documents some significant stages in the singer’s career: the early recordings for radio and discs, live stage triumphs in New York, Munich and Salzburg, and his work as an outstanding

recitalist. Different genres such as musicals, operas and operettas, oratorios and other sacred works, as well as the popular ballad and the German romantic lied were seamlessly brought together by the artistry of the baritone Hermann Prey. His fame was enhanced by numerous appearances on television and at the New York Metropolitan Opera during the 1960s and 70s. Personnel: Hermann Prey (baritone), Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House New York, Georg Solti (conductor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (conductor), Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Otto Klemperer (conductor), Karl Engel, Herbert Heinemann, Gerald Moore (piano) and others




Marcelle Meyer – Complete Studio Recordings £11.99


Although she is considered by many to be one of the most influential of all 20th century pianists, the name of Marcelle Meyer is still relatively unknown to all but a few afficianados. This 17 CD set covers recordings from the years 1946 to 1957 that

document the high artistic standard of her interpretations. Marcelle Meyer was a student of Cortot and on friendly terms with many composers, writers, and artists that worked in Paris during the early to middle part of the 20th century. These included Maurice Ravel and Erik Satie, both of whom considered her to be one of the best pianists around at the time. She was closely associated with the group of composers known as Les Six, as well as Jean Cocteau and Igor Stravinsky. The legendary director of the Ballets Russes, Serge Diaghilev was among her admirers, and she is known to have maintained a close working relationship with Claude Debussy. Meyer was also known for pioneering baroque music and introduced large numbers of the listening public to the works of Rameau, Scarlatti, and Couperin. Personnel: Marcelle Meyer, Francis Poulenc (piano)

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The Pretenders - The Pretenders £9.99 EDSG8047 740155804732 CD2+DVD EDSEL ROCK Edsel is immensely proud to issue all eight Pretenders albums issued under the Warners banner from 1979 to 1999. All the reissues are presented in digipaks, six as 2 CD + DVD sets and two as

CD + DVD sets, including b-sides, live tracks, songs for soundtracks, demos, rarities, promo videos and BBC TV appearances (most of which have not been issued commercially before).

The Pretenders burst onto the music scene in February 1979 with their debut single, a cover version of Ray Davies' "Stop Your Sobbing", produced by Nick Lowe. By the time the debut album, produced by Chris Thomas, arrived in January 1980, third single "Brass In Pocket" (penned by Chrissie Hynde) was on its way to the number 1 spot, as was the album. The nineteen bonus tracks include b-sides, live tracks and demos, while the DVD features the three promo videos, along with six BBC TV appearances from Top Of The Pops and Swap Shop. The booklet in this digipak edition features all the lyrics for the first time, the singles sleeves and photos. CD 1: Precious / The Phone Call / Up the Neck / Tattooed Love Boys / Space Invader / The Wait / Stop Your Sobbing / Kid / Private Life / Brass in Pocket / Lovers of Today / Mystery Achievement / Swinging London / Nervous But Shy / Cuban Slide / Porcelain / Precious / Kid (1987 Extended Remix) CD 2: The Phone Call / Brass in Pocket / Precious / The Wait / Stop Your Sobbing / I Can't Control Myself / Tequila / Kid / Sabre Dance / I Need Somebody / Mystery Achievement / Precious / Tattooed Love Boys DVD: Stop Your Sobbing (Promo Video) / Kid (Promo Video) / Brass in Pocket (Promo Video) / Stop Your Sobbing ('Top of the Pops', February 1979) / Kid ('Top of the Pops', July 1979) / Brass in Pocket ('Top of the Pops', November 1979) / Brass in Pocket ('Top of the Pops', December 1979) / Kid ('Swap Shop', December 1979) / Brass in Pocket ('Top of the Pops', January 1980)

The Pretenders - Pretenders II £9.99 EDSG8048 740155804831 CD2+DVD EDSEL ROCK

Second album "Pretenders II" was released in August 1981 and leaped straight in to the Top Ten. It was preceded by the Chrissie Hynde-penned hit singles "Talk Of The Town" and

"Message Of Love" and also contained "Day After Day" and another hit version of a Ray Davies song, "I Go To Sleep".

The twenty bonus tracks include b-sides, rarities and the entirety of a 15 song concert from the Santa Monica Civic, recorded in September 1981, while the DVD features the four promo videos, along with two BBC TV appearances from Top Of The Pops. CD 1: The Adultress / Bad Boys Get Spanked / Message of Love / I Go to Sleep / Birds of Paradise / Talk of the Town / Pick It Up / Waste Not Want Not / Day After Day / Jealous Dogs / The English Roses / Louie Louie CD 2: Talk of the Town / I Go to Sleep (Guitar Version) / Pack It Up (Radio Mix) / In the Sticks / What You Gonna Do About It / The Wait / The Adultress / Message of Love / Louie Louie / Talk of the Town / Birds of Paradise / The English Roses / Up the Neck / Bad Boys Get Spanked / Stop Your Sobbing / Private Life / Kid / Day After Day / Brass in Pocket / Higher and Higher DVD: Talk of the Town (Promo Video) / Message of Love (Promo Video) / Day After Day (Promo Video) / I Go to Sleep (Promo Video) / Message of Love ('Top of the Pops', February 1981) / I Go to Sleep ('Top of the Pops', November 1981)




The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl £9.99 EDSG8049 740155804930 CD2+DVD EDSEL ROCK

Tragedy struck the band in 1982 with the loss of two members to drug overdoses. Chrissie Hynde and drummer Martin Chambers carried on with assistance from Rockpile guitarist Bill

Bremner before recruiting Robbie McIntosh and bassist Malcolm Foster. Issued in January 1984, third album "Learning To Crawl" was preceded by hit singles "Back On The Chain Gang" and "2000 Miles", and also contained the cover of The Persuaders' "Thin Line Between Love And Hate". The ten bonus tracks include b-sides, live tracks and demos, while the DVD features five promo videos, along with two BBC TV appearances from Breakfast Time and Top Of The Pops. CD 1: Middle of the Road / Back On the Chain Gang / Time the Avenger / Watching the Clothes / Show Me / Thumbelina / My City Was Gone / Thin Line Between Love and Hate / I Hurt You / 2000 Miles CD 2: Fast Or Slow (The Law's the Law) / Money / Time the Avenger / Bad Boys Get Spanked / My City Was Gone / Tequila / I Hurt You / When I Change My Life / Ramblin' Rob / Watching the Clothes DVD: Back On the Chain Gang (Promo Video) / 2000 Miles (Promo Video) / Middle of the Road (Promo Video) / Show Me (Promo Video) / Thin Line Between Love and Hate (Promo Video) / 2000 Miles (Rehearsal and Interview) ('Breakfast Time', December 1983) / 2000 Miles ('Top of the Pops', December 1983)

The Pretenders - Get Close £9.99 EDSG8050 740155805036 CD2+DVD EDSEL ROCK

"Get Close", released in November 1986, again featured guitarist Robbie McIntosh, but with a new rhythm section. It was preceded by the hit single "Don't Get Me Wrong" and also included

the huge hit "Hymn To Her (She Will Always Carry On)". The sixteen bonus tracks include b-sides, live tracks, different mixes and versions, as well as the band's two contributions to the soundtrack of Bond film "The Living Daylights", co-written by Chrissie Hynde and John Barry. Also included is the band's cover of Burt Bacharach's "Windows Of The World" (with Johnny Marr on guitar). The DVD features three promo videos, along with two BBC TV appearances from Top Of The Pops and Wogan. CD 1: My Baby / When I Change My Life / Light of the Moon / Dance! / Tradition of Love / Don't Get Me Wrong / I Remember You / How Much Did You Get for Your Soul? / Chill Factor / Hymn to Her / Room Full of Mirrors CD 2: Dance! / Room Full of Mirrors (Extended Version) / Tradition of Love (Extended Remix) / Thumbelina / Middle of the Road / Private Life / Dance (Take 1) / Don't Get Me Wrong / Hold a Candle to This / Worlds Within Worlds / When I Change My Life / Reconsider Me (Monitor Mix) / Where Has Everybody Gone (From 'The Living Daylights') / If There Was a Man (From 'The Living Daylights') / Windows of the World (From '1969') / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas DVD: Don't Get Me Wrong (Promo Video) / Hymn to Her (Promo Video) / My Baby (Promo Video) / Don't Get Me Wrong ('Wogan', October 1986) / Don't Get Me Wrong ('Top of the Pops', October 1986)




The Pretenders - Packed £8.99

EDSX3022 740155302238 CD+DVD EDSEL ROCK

Produced by Mitchell Froom. fifth album "Packed!" appeared in May 1990 with Billy Bremner back on lead guitar. Only two singles were issued from the album – "Never Do That" and "Sense Of Purpose", neither of which charted in the UK, mystifyingly.

The two b-sides (one a cover of the Beatles' "Not A Second Time") are featured here, while the DVD features the two rarelyseen promo videos, along with three BBC TV appearances from Wogan and The Late Show. The booklet in this digipak edition features all the lyrics, the singles sleeves and photos. CD: Never Do That / Let’s Make A Pact / Millionaires / May This Be Love / No Guarantee / When Will I See You? / Sense Of Purpose / Downtown (Akron) / How Do I Miss You? / Hold A Candle To This / Criminal / Not A Second Time / Spirit Of Life DVD: Never Do That (Video) / Sense Of Purpose / Never Do That (Wogan, June 1990) / Millionaires (The Late Show, June 1990) / Criminal (The Late Show, June 1990)

The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents £9.99

EDSG8051 740155805135 CD2+DVD EDSEL ROCK

April 1994 saw the single release of "I'll Stand By You" – to date the Pretenders' version has been viewed on Youtube over 17 million times. Co-written by Chrissie

Hynde, the song was also a # 1 hit for Girls Aloud in 2004, and most recently a cover version by X Factor hopefuls Stereo Kicks has been viewed over 440,000 times.

The twelve bonus tracks include b-sides, live tracks and demos, as well as two soundtrack songs – the Pretenders' covers of "I'm Not In Love" and "Every Day Is Like Sunday". The DVD features two promo videos, along with seven BBC TV appearances from Top Of The Pops, Later and Danny Baker Show. CD 1: Hollywood Perfume / Night In My Veins / Money Talk / 977 / Revolution / All My Dreams / I’ll Stand By You / I’m A Mother / Tequila / Every Mother’s Son / Rebel Rock Me / Love Colours / Forever Young CD 2: Angel Of The Morning (from “Friends”) / Bold As Love / Hollywood Perfume (Live) / Kid (Live) / I’ll Stand By You (Live) / Back On The Chain Gang (Live) / Night In My Veins (Live) / Precious (Live) / Angel Of The Morning (Original Version) / Every Mother’s Son (Demo) / I’m Not In Love (from “Indecent Proposal”) / Every Day Is Like Sunday (from “Boys On The Side”) DVD: I’ll Stand By You (Video) / Night In My Veins (Video) / I’ll Stand By You (TOTP, April 1994) / Night In My Veins (Later, May 1994) / 977 (Later, May 1994) / Hollywood Perfume (Later, May 1994) / Night In My Veins (TOTP, July 1994) / Don’t Get Me Wrong (Danny Baker Show, October 1994) / 977 (Danny Baker Show, October 1994)




The Pretenders - Isle Of View £8.99 EDSX3023 740155302337 CD+DVD EDSEL ROCK

In May 1995, Chrissie Hynde and then-current Pretenders line-up convened with the Duke Quartet at Jacob Street Studios in London to record and film a whole concert of acoustic

versions of favourite Pretenders songs, rearranged to feature the string quartet. Special guest Damon Albarn plays piano on a beautiful version of "I Go To Sleep".

The four b-sides feature songs from the same concert recording not on the original CD, including a version of Radiohead's "Creep". The DVD features the full eighteen-song tracklisting only previously issued on the US laserdisc edition. The song "Blue Sun" does not appear on any other Pretenders release. The BBC appearances are different performances with the strings on Top Of The Pops and Pebble Mill.

CD: Sense Of Purpose / Chill Factor / Private Life / Back On The Chain Gang / Kid / I Hurt You / Criminal / Brass In Pocket / 2000 Miles / Hymn To Her / Lovers Of Today / The Phone Call / I Go To Sleep / Revolution / The Isle Of View / Creep / Happy Christmas / Night In My Veins / Tequila

DVD: Sense Of Purpose / Chill Factor / I Hurt You / Back On The Chain Gang / Thumbelina / Kid / Private Life / Creep / Criminal / Brass In Pocket / 2000 Miles / Hymn To Her / Blue Sun / Lovers Of Today / The Phone Call / I Go To Sleep / Revolution / Night In My Veins / Kid (TOTP, September 1995) / Criminal (Pebble Mill, November 1995) / 2000 Miles (Pebble Mill, November 1995)

The Pretenders - Viva El Amor £9.99 EDSG8052 740155805234 CD2+DVD EDSEL ROCK

Eighth album "Viva El Amor!" was issued in May 1999 and was produced by Stephen Street and by Stephen Hague. It features the hits "Human" and "Popstar".

The ten bonus tracks include b-sides and different mixes, three songs recorded for soundtracks not previously compiled, and a one-off collaboration with Bernard Butler. The DVD features two promo videos, along with five BBC TV appearances from Later and Songwriters' Circle.

CD 1: Popstar / Human / From The Heart Down / Nails In The Road / Who’s Who / Dragway 42 / Baby’s Breath / One More Time / Legalise Me / Samurai / Rabo De Nube / Biker

CD 2: The Homecoming (Street Version) / Human (Class Mix) / The Needle And The Damage Done / Samurai (Street Mix) / Back Down / California / From The Heart Down (Alternate Version) / Goin’ Back (from “Fever Pitch”) / Goodbye (from “G.I. Jane”) / The Homecoming (from “G.I. Jane”)

DVD: Human (Video) / Popstar (Video) / From The Heart Down (Later, May 1999) / Human (Later, May 1999) / Talk Of The Town (Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999) / Kid (Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999) / Back On The Chain Gang (Songwriters’ Circle, July 1999)

The Pretenders – The Pretenders Albums Box Set 1979-1999 £74.99 PRETBOX01 5014797892620 CD BOX EDSEL ROCK

This is the definitive collection of the Pretenders' recordings issued under the Warners banner from 1979 to 1999 in unique outer slipcase.

This 22-disc box set (14 x CD, 8 x DVD) brings together all eight deluxe digipak reissues (six 2 CD + DVD sets and two CD + DVD sets) of Pretenders (1980), Pretenders II (1981), Learning To Crawl (1984), Get Close (1986), Packed! (1990), Last Of The Independents (1994), The Isle Of View (1995), and Viva El Amor! (1999).

The packages include b-sides, live tracks, songs for soundtracks, demos, rarities, promo videos and BBC TV appearances (most of which have not been issued commercially before).

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