harmonia mundi distribution • new releases February 2012

Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart Stilo Antico · Fretwork

FEB

RU

ARY

20

12

N

EW R

ELEA

SES

“ A Mendelssohn recording of amazing musicality.”

“ One of the quintessential and most revealing expressions of the couple’s shared artistic vision.”

“ Ranks among the very best.”

Contact InfoWholesale & RetailTel: (818) 333–1500 Ext 216Fax: (818) 333–1502E–mail: sales–[email protected]

Press & RadioTel: (818) 333–1500 Ext 209E–mail: media–[email protected]

Hours of Operation8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Pacifi c Time

news & highlights� NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS

Accords-CroisésActes SudAd VitamAgogiqueAlbion RecordsAlia VoxAmbronayApartéAPOAPRArchie BallArmideAsphalt TangoBlack Saint/Soul NoteChannel ClassicsChant du MondeClassic RecordsContre-JourDaquiDawn of FreedomDoumtakDuttonEast Meets WestEloquentiaFirst HandFRA MusicaFrémeauxGimellGloriae Dei CantoresGramercy Park Musicharmonia mundiHeliconHowe RecordsHyperionInstitut du Monde ArabeIrisJazz VillageK617Keltia IIIKML RecordsLa Dolce Volta

Long DistanceLSO LiveLusafricaMarabiMariinskyMélisandeMirareM’ister ProductionsMN RecordsMondomixOcoraOnyx ClassicsOpella NovaOpera RaraOrange MountainOtáParadizoPenguin CafePhilharmonia BaroquePiano ClassicsPlus LoinPonderosaPragaRadio FranceRCOCRCO LiveRetrospective RevivalSFS MediaSignatureSmallsLIVESound GrammarSpirit of AmericaTahraTestamentVan CliburnWahooWergoWisdom MountainWorld VillageYsayë

Contact information: Ma� hew Owen National Sales Manager [email protected] Sarah Folger Publicity & Promotions Director [email protected]

� IN THE PRESS

Hand

el: Il

Pasto

r Fido

La N

uova

Mus

icaha

rmon

ia mu

ndi •

HM

U 90

7585

Mend

elsso

hn: D

ouble

Con

certo

Krist

ian B

ezuid

enho

utha

rmon

ia mu

ndi •

HM

C 90

2082

La Su

blime

Porte

Jord

i Sav

all, M

ontse

rrat F

iguer

as

Alia

Vox •

AVS

A 98

87

Marti

nu: S

ymph

onies

Nos

. 1-6

Jirí B

elohlá

vek,

BBC S

ymph

ony O

rch.

Onyx

• ON

YX 4

061

For its harmonia mundi début, the London-based ensemble La Nuova Musica, led by David Bates, presents a true rarity: the original 1712 version of Handel’s opera Il pastor fi do (The Faithful Shepherd) in its world première recording, featuring Lucy Crowe, Anna Dennis, Katherine Manley, Madeleine Shaw, and Clint van der Linde. La Nuova Musica is a vocal and instrumental ensemble dedicated to the music of the European Renaissance and Baroque. In less than fi ve years since its foundation by countertenor David Bates, it has shot to prominence in the UK and abroad.

� COMING NEXT MONTH

NPR’s favorite classical albums of 2011

La Nuova Musica debuts with Il pastor fi do

Street Date: February 14, 2012

Our top release on the harmonia mundi label features Stile Antico, joined by viol consort Fretwork, on Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart (p.5) — an album of Tudor and Jacobean sacred music. Other key harmonia mundi releases include Isabelle Faust and Claudio Abbado in an album of violin concertos by Berg and Beethoven (p.7), Alexander Melnikov playing Shostakovich Piano Concertos (p.9), the début of violinist Tai Murray playing playing Ysaÿe Sonatas (p.3) and Werner Güra’s latest album of Schubert lieder (p.4). On Channel Classics, Iván Fischer leads the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a phenomenal reading of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (p.13). Hyperion’s key release for the month is a star-studded disc of concertos by Britten (p.15) featuring violinist Anthony Marwood and violist Lawrence Power joining forces with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. On LSO Live, Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra present the second release in their Nielsen cycle with Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 (p.19) while on Mariinsky, Denis Matsuev is back playing concertos by Shostakovich and Shchedrin (p.20). On the non-classical front, new label Jazz Village makes its début with Blue Moon — the latest album by legendary pianist Ahmad Jamal (p.25). World Village delivers jazz for every Valentine on your list with Catherine Russell’s latest (and possibly best) album, Strictly Romancin’ (p.27).

Please note: promotional copies are available for priority titles ONLY

CLASSICALharmonia mundi . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Ambronay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12APR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12Channel Classics . . . . . . . . . . Page 13Hyperion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14LSO Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19Mariinsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 20Mirare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 21Orange Mountain . . . . . . . . . Page 21Praga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 22Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23Wergo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 24

CONCERT CALENDAR Page 34

POPULARJazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 25World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 29Nostalgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 32

CONCERT CALENDAR Page 35

Editor–in–Chief: Ma� hew OwenDesign: Scarle� Freund

cont

ents

our la

bels

cont

acts

IMPORTChicago-born violinist Tai Murray, a BBC New Generation Artist in 2009, makes her harmonia mundi début in a dazzling reading of the six solo Sonatas by Eugène Ysaÿe. Each sonata was dedicated to one of Ysaÿe’s contemporary violinists — Joseph Szigeti (No.1), Jacques Thibaud (No.2), George Enescu (No.3), Fritz Kreisler (No.4), Mathieu Crickboom (No.5) and Manuel Quiroga (No.6). Inspired by hearing Szigeti perform J.S. Bach’s Sonata for solo violin in G minor, Ysaÿe wrote sonatas that represent the evolution of musical techniques and expressions of his time. He used prominent characteristics of early 20th century music such as whole tone scales and quartertones. He also employed virtuoso bow and left hand techniques that place high technical demands on the performer. In spite of these challenges, Murray’s superb technique and burnished tone allow Ysaÿe’s fascinating music to sing as never before.

An auspicious débutYSAYË

6 Sonatas Op.27Tai Murray (violin)

harmonia mundi • HMU 907569

Aa93046c&%^(@ZPPrice Code: A19

(Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

3

February 2012harm

onia mundi

3

“A superb player.”— THE NEW YORK TIMES

“She is a fabulous player, statuesque and strong, with a flawless control of line.”

— THE TELEGRAPH

harm

onia

mun

di

IMPORTGoethe’s Willkommen und Abschied (Greeting and parting) provides a thematic connection for the Schubert lieder on this recording, as performed by tenor Werner Güra and pianist Christoph Berner. The poem is emblematic of the Romantic ideal and the feelings it evokes permeate Schubert’s compositional output. The subject, a traveler in search of meaning and a feeling of oneness with nature, asks himself all his life what place he occupies in the world. To this existential question, the wanderer can see only one answer: “I am a stranger everywhere.”

Güra sings Schubert

SCHUBERTWillkommen und AbschiedWerner Güra (tenor), Christoph Berner (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902112

D14opw0c@!!@@(sPrice Code: A19


4

frém

eaux

harm

onia

mun

di

Also availableSchubert: Die Winterreiseharmonia mundi • HMC 902066 (794881943128)

“ Güra and Berner embody the spirit of Winterreise on this elegant recording... this is certainly a performance to take to heart.”

— GRAMOPHONE

“ Werner Güra is supremely intelligent and musically pre-cise. His performance is always elegant and lucid...”

— THE TELEGRAPHFebr

uary

201

2

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDOn Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart, the choral ensemble Stile Antico, joined by the acclaimed viol consort Fretwork, explores a long-neglected repertory: the wealth of Tudor and Jacobean sacred music written for domestic devotion, rather than for church worship. Culled from collections intended for use in private homes, these pieces by Tomkins, Campion, Byrd, Tallis, Dowland, Gibbons and others, offer a unique insight into the turbulent religious climate of the time and the thriving musical culture at its heart. The album features a capella and accompanied vocal works framed by instrumental solos played by Fretwork.

Stile Antico teams up with Fretwork

Tune thy Musicke to thy HartStile Antico, Fretwork

harmonia mundi • HMU 807554

Aa93046c&%%$^VLPrice Code: A19


5

harmonia m

undiFebruary 2012

Also available

“This fabulous English a cappella vocal consort is enlivening Renaissance choral music for a new

generation through a joy-ous engagement that’s

utterly infectious.”— TIME OUT NEW YORK

Sheppard: Media Vitaharmonia mundi • HMU 807509 (093046750961)“Stile Antico continues to set new standards

for Renaissance polyphonic singing.”— PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

IMPORTOboist Céline Moinet begins her collaboration with harmonia mundi with a veritable tour de force, combining, in a single collection, two repertories separated by more than two centuries. On it, 18th century works by Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach are paired with the 20th century of Benjamin Britten, Luciano Berio and Elliott Carter in a project that combines exceptional musical coherence with a decidedly gentle sonority, reminding us of the ‘tenderness’ with which Berlioz identifi ed the oboe.

Oboist Céline Moinet in recital

BACHPartita BWV 1013C.P.E. BACHSonata Wq.132BERIOSequenza VIICARTERInner SongBRITTENSix Metamorphosen a� er OvidCéline Moinet (oboe)harmonia mundi • HMC 902118

D14opw0c@!!*@#sPrice Code: A19


6

Febr

uary

201

2ha

rmon

ia m

undi

IMPORTViolinist Isabelle Faust is featured on a disc of German violin concertos that marks the début recording for harmonia mundi by the great Italian conductor Claudio Abbado. Abbado is the artistic director and principal conductor of Orchestra Mozart, an ensemble based in Bologna. They team up here for Berg’s haunting Violin Concerto, subtitled “To the Memory of an Angel.” The work is dedicated to the memory of 18-year-old Manon Gropius, daughter of Alma Mahler, who died of polio in 1935. The pairing is Beethoven’s immortal Violin Concerto, a work of rare beauty that, surprisingly, was not a success at its fi rst performance. It was an 1844 concert featuring Joseph Joachim and Felix Mendelssohn, well after Beethoven’s death, which revived the work and made it a permanent and beloved part of the violin repertoire.

“An eloquent and highly intelligent performer.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Isabelle Faust partners with Claudio Abbado

BERGViolin Concerto

“To the memory of an angel”BEETHOVEN

Violin ConcertoIsabelle Faust (violin), Orchestra Mozart,

Claudio Abbadoharmonia mundi • HMC 902105

D14opw0c@!)%@(sPrice Code: A19


7

February 2012harm

onia mundi

Also availableBrahms: Violin Concertoharmonia mundi • HMC 902075 (794881984428)

“Faust and Harding have come up with an interpretation that is restrained, slimmed-down and light on its feet.”

— THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

��CDS�for the Price of 1

IMPORTRussian classical music seems to have a dual consciousness: sometimes grave and introspective, sometimes luminous and resolutely forward-looking. At root, this sentiment draws on the many traditions of the biggest country in the world and on its special relationship with western Europe (especially France) from the 18th century onwards. The three compositional “Treasures of Russia” featured on this specially-priced set explore the principal infl uences on music of their time — Orthodox religion, a quest for modernity and the intense emotion and suffering of the Russian soul. Rachmaninov’s Vespersare performed by Paul Hillier, while Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is performed in the original piano version by Exhibition is performed in the original piano version by Exhibition Brigitte Engerer. The tortured soul of Russia is encapsulated in Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique, performed by Pathétique, performed by Pathétique Daniele Gatti.

A troika of Russian masterworks

Treasures of Russia / Trésors de RussieRACHMANINOVVespersTCHAIKOVSKYSymphony No.6MUSSORGSKYPictures at an ExhibitionEstonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Ga� i; Brigi� e Engerer (piano)harmonia mundi • HMX 2908385

D14opw0c*#*%$(sPrice Code: A19

(3 CDs for the Price of 1, Suggested Retail Price: $19.98)

8

Febr

uary

201

2ha

rmon

ia m

undi

CHOICE

IMPORTOne of Shostakovich’s unique traits is the way he spurs the listener’s imagination by appropriating different languages and using them in unexpected fashion. The result is music with two faces, sometimes sublimated by ecstasy and joie de vivre, sometimes plunged into emptiness and suffused with a death wish. Accompanied by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Teodor Currentzis, Alexander Melnikov captures this feeling admirably in the two Piano Concertos, and perhaps still more poignantly, — “with disarming sincerity and fearless directness,” to quote his booklet note — alongside Isabelle Faust in the Violin Sonata Op.134.

“His playing, on its own terms, is so virtuosic and secure that you surrender to it immediately.”

— BAY AREA REPORTER

Melnikov plays Shostakovich concertos

SHOSTAKOVICHPiano Concertos Nos.1 & 2,

Violin Sonata Op.134Alexander Melnikov (piano), Isabelle Faust

(violin), Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Mahler Chamber Orchestra,

Teodor Currentzisharmonia mundi • HMC 902104

D14opw0c@!)$@)sPrice Code: A19


9

February 2012harm

onia mundi

Also availableShostakovich: Preludes & Fuguesharmonia mundi • HMC 902019 (794881942626)“Melnikov unlocks the poetry, mysticism, violence and virtuosity in these pieces.”

— THE WASHINGTON POST

10

Febr

uary

201

2ha

rmon

ia m

undi

D14opw0c!&%@#!sPrice Code: A08


BRUHNSDeutsche KantatenCantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänelharmonia mundi • HMA 1951752

D14opw0c!&)%##sPrice Code: A08


DEMANTIUSVespers for WhitsunHuelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevelharmonia mundi • HMA 1951705

IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901705 (794881611324) Deleted June 2007

IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901752 (794881669622) Deleted November 2007

Budget-priced reissues

MONTEVERDIMissa in illo tempore

Ensemble Vocal Européen, Philippe Herreweghe

harmonia mundi • HMA 1951355

D14opw0c!#%%#@sPrice Code: A08


C.P.E. BACHTrio Sonatas

London Baroque, Charles Medlamharmonia mundi • HMA 1951511

D14opw0c!%!!#^sPrice Code: A08

(Suggested Retail Price: $8.98) IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901511 (794881302420) Deleted March 1997

Canciones & EnsaladasEnsemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visseharmonia mundi • HMA 1951627

D14opw0c!^@&#^sPrice Code: A08

(Suggested Retail Price: $8.98)IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901627 (794881416721) Deleted Nov 2002

IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901355 (3149025047755) Deleted Dec 2007

11

February 2012harm

onia mundi

MARTINMesse pour double choeur

RIAS-Kammerchor, Daniel Reussharmonia mundi • HMA 1951834

D14opw0c!*#$#$sPrice Code: A08

(Suggested Retail Price: $8.98) IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901834 (794881736621) Deleted Sep 2007

IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901862 (794881768028) Deleted October 2009

SAINT-SAËNSPiano Trios

Trio Wandererharmonia mundi • HMA 1951862

D14opw0c!*^@#&sPrice Code: A08


MOZARTSymphonies Nos.35 & 36

Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávekharmonia mundi • HMA 1951891

D14opw0c!*(!#(sPrice Code: A08


BRUCKNERSymphony No.6Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Naganoharmonia mundi • HMA 1951901

D14opw0c!()!#%sPrice Code: A08

(Suggested Retail Price: $8.98)IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901901 (794881785025) Deleted April 2011

Refl ectionsPiano music by Ravel, Decaux and SchoenbergFrederic Chiu (piano)harmonia mundi • HMA 1957166

D14opw0c&!^^#@sPrice Code: A08

(Suggested Retail Price: $8.98)IMPORTPreviously Available as HMU 907166 (093046716622) Deleted June 2005

Budget-priced reissues

IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901891 (794881781928) Deleted May 2008

IMPORTLes Esprits Animaux, a young, Netherlands-based Baroque band founded in 2009, has already earned the acclaim of both music critics and audiences. This collection of chamber works by Telemann was built around the concept of a journey through literature in music. From Don Quixote to Gulliver’s Travels to the story of Lucretia and Dido, Telemann’s music runs the

IMPORTMoriz Rosenthal was also one of the more important Liszt pupils, therefore his legacy is of the utmost importance as representative of 19th-century style. He was renowned as one of the supreme technicians and, although he began to record only in old age, this can still be heard in his own two Strauss paraphrases recorded here. However, it is for his Chopin above all that Rosenthal should be remembered. He studied with the composer’s most important student,

The Complete RecordingsMoriz Rosenthal (piano)APR • APR 7503

TELEMANNBurlesque de Quixo� e, Concerto in E minor for 2 recorders, Gulliver Suite, Concerto in A minor for 2 recorders, Introduzzione à treLes Esprits AnimauxAmbronay • AMY 302

D76pqe5c!)#)@&sPrice Code: A19


F0wr70oc!&%)#!sPrice Code: 5A09

(5 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price $49.98)

12

Febr

uary

201

2am

bron

ayap

r

Karol Mikuli, and Rosenthal’s uniquely free lyricism must surely be considered close to the composer’s own. This is the fi rst time all Rosenthal’s recordings have been transferred to CD. The set includes two recent discoveries issued only in Argentina and Japan as well as a beautiful live performance from his 75th birthday concert.

gamut from melancholy to wit to passion. The program is rounded out with two double concertos that further illuminate the Telemann’s compositional range and brilliance.

13

February 2012harm

onia mundi

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe concept for The Rite of Spring originated with the Russian philosopher and painter Nicholas Roerich. Roerich shared his idea with Stravinsky in 1910 — a fleeting vision of a pagan ritual in which a young girl dances herself to death. The duo joined forces with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and Stravinsky’s composition began to take shape. Vaslav Nijinsky, the company’s leading male dancer, conceived of a completely original dance style that was a radical departure from ballet of the time. The Rite of Spring’s 1913 première created one of the most famous classical music riots in history. Its intensely rhythmic score, primitive scenery and radical choreography completely shocked the audience, who were accustomed to the elegant conventions of classical ballet. Almost 100 years later, The Rite of Spring still has the ability to shock — it still sounds fresh, pagan and new. On this Super Audio recording, Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra offer a powerful and intense performance that reveals the underlying simplicity that forms the foundation of the work.

“Every new release by Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra for Channel Classics is something of an event.”

— CLASSICS TODAY

Iván Fischer sheds new light on Stravinsky

STRAVINSKYRite of Spring, Firebird Suite,

Scherzo, TangoBudapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer

Channel Classics • CCS SA 32112

Hk23385c#@!!@ZPPrice Code: A21


13

February 2012channel classics

Also availableBartok: Bluebeard’s CastleChannel Classics • CCS SA 90311 (723385903116)

“Fischer attends masterfully to all the atmospheric nuances of Bartok’s sumptuous orchestration.”

— THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

IMPORTGarrick Ohlsson offers a brilliant reading of Granados’s p i a n i s t i c m a s t e r p i e c e , Goyescas . Written in the fi rst decade of the twentieth century, it is a musical tribute to the great Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, under

whose spell Granados had fallen as a young man. Filled with a patriotic fervor for what he saw as a universally great Spanish genius, he wrote several pieces inspired by the painter’s life and times. The six pieces that make up Goyescas are not mere tone-poems but instead draw on details from Goya’s works — notably the Caprichos, a sequence of aquatints that satirized (and outraged) Spanish society. Another product of Granados’s preoccupation with the painter was the exuberant El pelele, which recounts the tale of a straw man being tossed on a trampoline, while the Allegro de concierto forms a fi ttingly brilliant endpiece.

“Technically, Ohlsson is right up there with Richter, yet he manages to produce an even more beautiful sound.”

— SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE

Garrick Ohlsson plays Granados

GRANADOSGoyescasGarrick Ohlsson (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67846

Aa34571c!&*$^WMPrice Code: A19


14

Febr

uary

201

2hy

peri

on

Also availableBrahms: The Complete VariationsHyperion • CDA 67777 (034571177779)“Garrick Ohlsson on peak technical and musical form...

one of the finest recordings of his long career.”— CLASSICS TODAY

IMPORTLong recognized as an outstanding c h a m b e r m u s i c i a n , A n t h o n y Marwood has more recently been making waves as a concerto soloist, with two contributions to the Romantic Violin Concerto series and now a disc of Britten with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov. The youthful Violin Concerto, with its mix of anguished lyricism and changeability of mood, nods to both Berg and Prokofi ev — but the result is entirely personal. Marwood is joined by star violist Lawrence Power for the still earlier Double Concerto, which is impressive above all for its precocious confi dence. Written when Britten was just eighteen and still a student at the Royal College of Music, it had to wait sixty-fi ve years before receiving its premiere in 1997. On the other end of the spectrum, the Lachrymae, inspired by a Dowland song, was written in 1950 but not orchestrated until 1976 — the year of the composer’s death.

Marwood and Power team up for Bri� en’s concertos

BRITTENViolin Concerto, Double Concerto

Anthony Marwood (violin), Lawrence Power (viola),

BBC Sco� ish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov

Hyperion • CDA 67801

Aa34571c!&*)!VLPrice Code: A19


15

February 2012hyperion

Praise for Anthony Marwood“Golden tone and surefire musicianship.” — THE WASHINGTON POST

Praise for Lawrence Power“ A world-class combination of searingly intense tone, fabulous technique and consummate musicianship.” — THE GUARDIAN

Also availableVasks & Weill: Violin ConcertosHyperion • CDA 67496 (034571174969)“Precise, yet generous in emotion, Anthony Marwood’s violin

is just what Kurt Weill’s violin concerto needs.”— THE TIMES

16

Febr

uary

201

2fr

émea

ux

IMPORTFollowing acclaimed discs exploring some of the more fascinating byways of the Italian eighteenth century, Auser Musici and its founder-director Carlo Ipata turn to the man Beethoven regarded as the finest of his contemporaries, Luigi Cherubini. It is not difficult to understand why Beethoven was so impressed: this is music full of character and seriousness of intent, from the strong-jawed sinfonia for the opera Armida

Aa34571c!&*(#[QPrice Code: A19


CHERUBINIArias & OverturesMaria Grazia Schiavo (soprano), Auser Musici, Carlo IpataHyperion • CDA 67893

IMPORTAlice Coote, one of the most distinctive mezzo-sopranos of today, makes her recital debut on Hyperion with pianist Graham Johnson, a stalwart of the label and tireless explorer of vocal repertoire. The Power of Love creates what Johnson describes as, “a pageant of English song and poetry,” covering half a century of song and surveying not just human love but love of nature and even of money. Some of the most touching pieces here involve

Aa34571c!&***WMPrice Code: A19


The Power of LoveAlice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67888

hype

rion

the loss of love through death, not least Ivor Gurney’s Lights Out and Gustav Holst’s Betelgeuse. There’s serenity, too, in mellifl uous settings by Roger Quilter, while high spirits are supplied by Maude Valérie White’s The Spring has come and Warlock’s sardonic Queen Anne, which includes the immortal lines, “I am Queen Anne, of whom ‘tis said / I’m chiefl y fam’d for being dead.”

abandonnata, written when Cherubini was just twenty-two, to the dark drama of the overture to Démophon (which unaccountably failed to wow Parisian audiences). And there are vocal delights too, showcasing a virtuosity that looks forward to Rossini and sung here with effortless agility by soprano Maria Grazia Schiavo.

IMPORTOn this disc, star violist Lawrence Power is joined by his regular pianist partner Simon Crawford-Phillips in a survey of the chamber music of Shostakovich. The centerpiece is the Viola Sonata, Shostakovich’s last completed work, premiered posthumously, on what would have been the composer’s sixty-ninth birthday. Its ravishing slow fi nale reworks the opening of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata — a tribute to a composer he revered. Shostakovich the fi lm composer also takes a bow in the form of The Gadfl y, with its famous “Romance” beloved of violinists everywhere. That this works just as compellingly on the viola is triumphantly displayed in the arrangement made by Vadim Borisovsky (founding violist of the Beethoven Quartet), one of the Five Pieces he recast from Shostakovich’s original. Shostakovich’s piano Preludes have also proved irresistible to transcribers and here we have the seven brilliantly reworked by a pupil of Borisovsky, Yevgeny Strakhov.

Music for viola by Shostakovich

SHOSTAKOVICHMusic for Viola & Piano — Seven Preludes,

Op.34 (arranged by Yevgeny Strakhov), Viola Sonata Op.147,

Five Pieces from The Gadfl y Op.97 (arranged by Vadim Borisovsky)

Lawrence Power (viola), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

Hyperion • CDA 67865

Aa34571c!&*^%XNPrice Code: A19


17

February 2012hyperion

Also availableHindemith: Complete Viola Music Vol.3Hyperion • CDA 67774 (034571177748)

“If any recording could restore the exalted status Hindemith had among 20th-century composers during his lifetime after

decades of relative eclipse, this one would be it.”— THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

18

Febr

uary

201

2fr

émea

ux

18

frém

eaux

hype

rion

Mid-priced Helios series reissues

KUHNAUSacred MusicDeborah York, Marianne Hellgren (sopranos), James Bowman, Robin Blaze (countertenors), Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (tenors), Peter Harvey (bass), The King’s Consort, Robert KingHyperion • CDH 55394

Aa34571c!%#($?KPrice Code: A11


IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67059

(034571170596) Deleted October 2009

Blah blah blah & other trifl esSarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55422

Aa34571c!%$@@?KPrice Code: A11


IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 66289

(034571162898) Deleted October 2010

ZELENKASacred MusicCarolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sopranos), Robin Blaze (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Michael George (bass), Peter Harvey (bass), The King’s Consort, Robert KingHyperion • CDH 55424

Aa34571c!%$@$YOPrice Code: A11


IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67350 (034571173504) Deleted July 2010

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe second release in Sir Colin Davis’ acclaimed Nielsen cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra features the fi rst and sixth symphonies. The debut recording of symphonies four and fi ve was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone and Orchestral Choice of the Month in BBC Music Magazine. Nielsen’s First Symphony draws inspiration from Brahms and Dvorak but also contains hints of the progressive tonality for which he was later celebrated. His enigmatic sixth and final symphony, entitled Sinfonia Semplice (Simple Symphony), turns out to be anything but this. Though written thirty years apart, both works feature folk-infl ections, tonal ambiguity and Nielsen’s distinctive anti-Romantic style.

Sir Colin Davis’ Nielsen cycle continues

NIELSENSymphonies Nos.1 & 6

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

LSO Live • LSO 0715

Il22231c!&!%@WMPrice Code: A17


19

February 2012lso live

CONCERT REVIEW“It’s difficult to imagine a more persuasive

performance than this one.”— THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Also availableNielsen: Symphonies Nos.4 & 5LSO Live • LSO 0694 (822231169420)“At last Nielsen’s two best-known symphonies in modern

performances with real fire in their belly.”— GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDFor his second Mariinsky release, the acclaimed Russian pianist Denis Matsuev joins Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra for a program of music

by Shostakovich and Shchedrin. Despite being a prolifi c symphonist, Shostakovich only wrote two piano concertos. His fi rst, displaying his usual wit and sardonic humor, features a prominent solo trumpet part, which provides dialogue with the piano and an independent voice “commenting” on the music of the piano and orchestra. The Second Concerto, by contrast, is unusually happy and optimistic in nature. This may be because it was written for his son, who gave the première, and has been described as showing, “the composer as though his own youth had returned to him.” Rodion Shchedrin has so far composed six piano concertos, each signifying a new phase in his compositional development. His colorful Fifth Concerto is infl uenced by the music of both Shostakovich and Prokofi ev.

“Matsuev’s technique is stunning for velocity with power... an ‘edge of your seat’ experience.”— PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE REVIEW

Matsuev and Gergiev play Russian concertos

SHOSTAKOVICHPiano Concertos Nos.1 & 2SHCHEDRINPiano Concerto No.5Denis Matsuev (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery GergievMariinsky • MAR 0509

Il22231c*%)(@WMPrice Code: A18


20

Febr

uary

201

2m

ariin

sky

Also availableRachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3Mariinsky • MAR 0505 (822231850526)

“A magnificent performance.”— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE

21

February 2012m

irareorange m

ountain

IMPORTThe inspiration for Enrique Granados’ Goyescas was the Madrid of Goya’s time, which the painter immortalized with his marvelous palette of colors. It is — along with Iberia by Isaac Albéniz — one of the two great solo piano cycles of Spanish music. It represents both the peak of

DOMESTICPhilip Glass’ one act chamber opera In the Penal Colony was composed in 2000. The libretto is by Rudolph Wurlitzer and based on a story by Franz Kafka. A condemned man is about to be executed. The Officer describes the execution machine to the Visitor, detailing its conception, its construction and fi nally its method. The method of execution is the most horrific and inhumane imaginable. The Officer’s zealous

GLASSIn The Penal Colony

Music Theatre Wales, Michael Raff ertyOrange Mountain • OMM 0078

GRANADOSGoyescas, Valses PoeticosLuis Fernando Perez (piano)

Mirare • MIR 138D76pqw7c@@!#**s

Price Code: A21(Suggested Retail Price: $21.98)

Il01837c))&*@YOPrice Code: A18


21

Granados’ career as composer and performer and his most important contribution to the classical repertoire as a whole. On this Mirare recording, Spanish pianist Luis Fernando Péres connects with his roots in performances that bring out the myriad colors in Granados’ fascinating score.

dedication to this method is based on his belief that the machine has the power to bring about a moment of transfi guration in the victim, the moment they understand the crime they have committed. Scored for string quintet and two singers, this world premiere recording by the Music Theatre Wales under the direction of Michael Rafferty features tenor Michael Bennett as the Visitor and baritone Omar Ebrahim as the Offi cer.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThis disc pairs trios by two Russian late Romantic composers, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anton Arensky, played by the Kinsky Trio Prague. It brings together a master with one of his former students and highlights the contrasts between a nationalistic approach to one of the cosmopolitan new generation. However, in spite of their differences, both works ultimately favor the splendor of Romanticism in which the keyboard is king. The dominant infl uences in these trios are the music of Brahms and Mendelssohn, albeit fl avored with a keenly Slavic sense of lyricism.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDMaurice Ravel’s rich and colorful works for violin and piano have become part of the core repertoire. They acknowledge the infl uences of a range of musical styles from jazz to Impressionism and fuse the tonal colors of Debussy with the lyricism of Franck. This disc, featuring violinist Sasha Rozhdestvensky (son of the great conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky) accompanied by pianist Josiane Marfurt, not only includes the complete works for violin and piano but also the Sonata for Violin and Cello with cellist Michal Kanka.

RAVELChamber Works for Violin — Tzigane, Violin Sonata, Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, Sonata for Violin & Cello, Pièce en forme de Habanera, Sonate PosthumeSasha Rozhdestvensky (violin), Michal Kanka (cello), Josiane Marfurt (piano)Praga • PRD 250286

RIMSKY-KORSAKOVPiano Trio in CARENSKYPiano Trio No.1Kinsky Trio PraguePraga • PRD 250285

Chamber music on SACD

Hk94881c((%(@+UPrice Code: A22


Hk94881c((^)@ZPPrice Code: A22


22

Febr

uary

201

2pr

aga

IMPORTViolinist Mischa Elman rarely played for radio broadcasts, even in America, but he did so occasionally for the BBC. The two recitals on these compact discs were pre-recorded on a visit to England in 1961 and feature pianist Joseph Seiger. This Testament release marks their fi rst appearance on disc. For the Elman enthusiast, two pieces stand out. The Brahms G major Sonata is the only one of the three that the violinist did not record commercially. Also, the Gavotte en Rondeau from Bach’s E major Partita is important because we have virtually no unaccompanied Bach from Elman. Other repertoire includes a Handel Sonata, the Vitali Chaconne and Beethoven’s Spring Sonata.

IMPORTMichael Rabin’s musical voice may have been quiet the past forty years, but to violin afi cionados his star still shines brightly. His discography is small, refl ecting not only his premature death at the age of 35, but also the fact that for the last decade of Rabin’s ººlife, he did not have a recording contract. All of which adds to the importance of this recently discovered trove of recordings spanning his entire career, from the earliest extant recording when he was eleven years of age to one of his fi nal live performances in 1971, the year before he died. These recordings, bookends to a remarkable life and career, give the listener a unique opportunity to revisit not only the beauty of his playing, but also to follow his transition from boy wonder to mature artist. The journey, no less than the playing, is deeply moving.

The Unpublished RecordingsMichael Rabin (violin)

Testament • SBT3 1470

BBC Radio Recitals 1961Mischa Elman (violin)

Testament • SBT2 1475

Great violinists — rare recordings

Hk49677c!$&%@ZPPrice Code: 2A15

(2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $31.98)

Hk49677c!$&)@?KPrice Code: 3A20


23

testament

February 2012

��CDS�for the Price of �

IMPORTJohn Cage’s Etudes Australes, performed here by pianist Sabine Liebner, launched a series of virtuoso studies born out of the composer’s renewed interest in traditional instrumentation and notation. This complex work consists of a total of 32 etudes divided into four books, which John Cage based on maps of the southern night sky. From these maps, locations of planets were selected via chance and translated into pitches, transforming indeterminacy into a new aesthetic category. For Cage’s Etudes Australes, the moment of performance is its only moment of reality. Only what is in the present can be heard: in this case, a constantly changing kaleidoscope of sound.

Wergo’s reissues of the legendary Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series have been a big hit with fans of contemporary music around the world. Each set is a treasure-trove of works by a wide range of composers, performed by some of the fi nest musicians of the time. The three CDs of volume four feature string quartets by Boulez, Scelsi and Earle Brown, works for chamber orchestra by Xenakis, Aldo Clementi, Bo Nilsson, Wlodzimierz Kotonski and Yuji Takahashi and works by Milko Kelemen, Niccolò Castiglioni, Vittorio Fellegara and Isang Yun that were originally premiered by the Hamburger Kammersolisten.

Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol.4Various ArtistsWergo • WER 6937

CAGEEtudes AustralesSabine Liebner (piano)Wergo • WER 6740

Gems of contemporary music from Wergo

E0q02wic^&$)@^sPrice Code: 4A15


E0q02wic^(#&@)sPrice Code: 2A23

(3 CDs for the Price of 2, Suggested Retail Price: $47.98)

24

Febr

uary

201

2w

ergo

jazz village

Blue MoonAhmad Jamal

Jazz Village • JV 570001

IMPORTFile In: JazzThis month we proudly introduce Jazz Village — a new label from harmonia mundi. The label’s mission is to bring together all the jazz and blues recordings from the HM label group under one roof, to shine a well-deserved spotlight on the company’s acclaimed efforts in these key genres. Our debut release gets things off to a smashing start, with a major new recording from a jazz legend. Blue Moon is not just Ahmad Jamal’s latest album, it’s his latest masterpiece — suffused with a feeling reminiscent of his greatest periods with Chess and Impulse.

D14opw7c)))!@#sPrice Code: A18


new label

Ahmad Jamal headlines the launch of Jazz Village

JAZZ

25

February 2012

“All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.”— MILES DAVIS

The album features original compositions of pure majesty and brilliant new interpretations of classics and standards. Each of the album’s nine tracks showcases Jamal’s creative reinvention of swing, provides a pretext for some breathtaking melodies and sophisticated syncopations that are guaranteed to amaze. Accompanied by three impeccable guardians of tempo, on Blue Moon, Jamal is clearly at the peak of his artistry.

“No musician has had a more profound effect on the orchestral approach to small groups

in the last 35 years than Ahmad Jamal.”— THE VILLAGE VOICE

“The most exciting, creative keyboard artist living.”

— MELODY MAKER

IMPORTFile In: JazzYes, Steeve Laffont is a Manouche, and yes again, he plays in Django style as only a handful of guitarists can. However, his artistic ambitions are not limited to working in the wake of Django and his singular approach to jazz. Laffont has equal talent playing guitar in many other styles and he approaches all of them with the same fervor and the same spontaneity. In his playing you can hear the same supple feline grace as Grant Green, the same controlled fi eriness as Wes Montgomery, the same sophisticated elegance as Joe Pass, the same sense of melody as Charlie Byrd and the same rolling groove as George Benson. New Quintet’s twelve brilliant tracks amply display the many colors and strengths of Laffont’s artistry.

Red-hot gypsy jazzNew QuintetSteeve Laff ontChant du Monde • 2742018

Hk94881c((!&@XNPrice Code: A18


26

Febr

uary

201

2ch

ant

du m

onde

JAZZ

Also availableSwing for JessChant du Monde • 2741737 (794881928729)“Sizzling gypsy jazz with lots of innovative flourishes... Keep your eye

on this guy — he’s only going to get better.”— LUCID CULTURE

IMPORTFile In: JazzStrictly Romancin,’ Catherine Russell’s fourth album for World Village, is a paean to natural attractions: to a lover, an art form, to one’s family heritage. Our heroine explores love’s foibles, failures and bliss, from amorous to humorous. This acclaimed vocalist embodies the lost art of song savvy, inhabiting the lyric and allowing each melody to shine. On this fourteen song collection, Russell takes us on a journey — from Harlem dance hall to Parisian Café, from Store Front Church to Uptown Cabaret — blurring distinctions between the carnal and the eternal in a musical tour-de-force. For these sessions, Russell reunites with the team from her previous chart-topping album Inside This Heart of Mine, including recording engineer Katherine Miller, producer Paul Kahn and Musical Director/Guitarist/Banjoist/Arranger Matt Munisteri, who contributes his expansive vision to the project.

Sultry songs and Valentine vampsStrictly Romancin’Catherine Russell

World Village • 468101

Hk13746c*!)!@WMPrice Code: A18


27

Decem

ber 2011w

orld village

27

Decem

ber 2011

Also availableInside This Heart of MineWorld Village • 468092 (713746809225)

“Outstanding.”— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

27

February 2012

JAZZ

“A masterful singer who knows how to inject her own personality into the heart of a great song. And as she shows with ‘Luci,’ she’s capable

of writing a nuanced, alluring number herself.”— THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

ap

o JAZZ

28

Febr

uary

201

2

Ella and LouisElla Fitzgerald, Louis ArmstrongAPO • CVRJ 4003SA

The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady

Charles MingusAPO • CIPJ 35SA

Body And SoulBillie HolidayAPO • CVRJ 8197SA

!!Art Blakey!! Jazz Messengers!!

Art BlakeyAPO • CIPJ 7SA

Hk53088c))#%^VLPrice Code: A40


DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD

File In: Jazz

Hk53088c$))#(VLPrice Code: A40


DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Mono/ DSD

File In: Jazz

Hk53088c)))&#\RPrice Code: A40


DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD

File In: Jazz

Hk53088c*!(&^[QPrice Code: A40


DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Mono/ DSD

File In: Jazz

Jazz classics on SACD

I Will Not Stand AloneKayhan Kalhor, Ali Bahrami Fard

World Village • 468100

Hk13746c*!))@XNPrice Code: A18


29

world village

Bi� ersweet, meditative music from Iran

WORLD

29

February 2012

IMPORTFile In: World / Middle East / IranOn I Will Not Stand Alone, Kayhan Kalhor debuts a new instrument, the shah-kaman, designed especially for him. He is accompanied by Ali Bahrami Fard, on the rarely-heard bass santour. The album is a meditation on one of the most diffi cult stages in his life, where darkness and violence seemed to be taking over yet through music and his connection to the people, hope rises. Its message is a bittersweet refl ection on love, life and country.

“Kalhor has become the perfect guide and conduit between cultures.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Also availableSilent CityWorld Village • 468078 (713746807825)

“A hypnotic work.”— THE NEW YORK TIMES

WORLD

IMPORTFile In: World / Africa / AngolaThis is Bonga’s thirtieth album — his fifth on the Lusafrica label — featuring eleven faultless new songs reporting on the state of his native Angola where he is again living after a very long absence. The Netherlands, Paris, Belgium, Lisbon: Bonga has lived everywhere — and in all those places and more, people recognize the power and soul in his musical message. Hora Kota is a remedy for the blues. It features the single “Kambua” and the duets “Dikanga” with Agnès Jaoui and “Angola” with Bernard Lavilliers.

Bonga’s surefi re remedy for the blues

Hora KotaBongaLusafrica • 562752

D56uwt5c^@&%@!sPrice Code: A18


30

Febr

uary

201

2lu

safr

ica

Also availableBest of BongaLusafrica • 562352 (3567255623523)

“Bonga’s ability to switch from emotive ballads to punchy shuffles is brilliantly evident in this collection. He has a delightfully raspy voice:

full of fire and passion, and musically confident.”— SONGLINES

31

February 2011

31

Basta Mafi a!Zdob Si Zdub

Asphalt Tango • ATR 3112

Gypsy-ska-punk with Zdob Si Zdub

E0r71uoc^@%!@*sPrice Code: A19


IMPORTFile In: World / Europe / MoldovaZdob Si Zdub is in the truest sense of the word an “international” band. They are constantly on the move, crossing borders from country to country on never-ending tours. Along the way, the band has picked up and mastered many musical fl avors, incorporating them as they see fi t to express the appropriate mood for a song. From their humble beginnings as a Moldavian folk infl uenced ska-punk band, they have created a sound that mixes electronica, dance and alt-rock muscle without losing connection to their roots. The band has been propelled not once but twice to the fi nals of the Eurovision song contest, this year achieving this feat with the song “So Lucky.” Their appearance caused a storm of interest on the internet from every country participating. The record’s title connects where they come from (the former Soviet Union) to what it has become now (another superpower of the underworld) to where they are heading (their own independent route). So with a sense of irony and humor, Basta Mafi a! suggests an end to the old ways — not only in the political sense but also in a musical one.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON VINYL LP

Asphalt Tango • ATR 3212

E0r71uoc^@%!!!sPrice Code: A22


IMPORT

asphalt tango WORLD

33

February 2012dutton

Champagne, Candlelight and Kisses; Love Embers and Flame

Jackie GleasonDu� on Vocalion • CDLK 4459

Hk65387c$$%(@]TPrice Code: A22

(Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) IMPORTFile In: Nostalgia

IMPORTFile In: Nostalgia

Werner Müller’s Grosse Musical Show; International Film Festival

Werner MüllerDu� on Vocalion • CDLK 4460

Hk65387c$$^)@YOPrice Code: A22


Desafi nado; Swingin’ CountrySi Zentner

Du� on Vocalion • CDLK 4463

Hk65387c$$^#@VLPrice Code: A22


1925-1930; 1930-1935Franck PourcelDu� on Vocalion • CDLK 4464

Hk65387c$$^$@?KPrice Code: A22

(Suggested Retail Price: $22.98)IMPORTFile In: Nostalgia

Gone is Love; Tombé La NeigePaul MauriatDu� on Vocalion • CDLK 4465

Hk65387c$$^%@+UPrice Code: A22


Gleason, Mauriat & more…

IMPORTFile In: Nostalgia

Carnival in the Sun; CompilationStanley BlackDu� on Vocalion • CDVS 1971

Hk65387c!(&!@YOPrice Code: A11


NOSTALGIA

Con

cert

Cal

enda

r • C

LASS

ICA

LFe

brua

ry 2

012

34

Artist Label Date City State Venue

Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Feb 1 Li� le Rock AR Christ Church Feb 2 Jonesboro AR Arkansas State University Feb 4 Griffi n IN Rapp-Owen Granary Mar 5 Santa Barbara CA Lobero Theater Mar 10 Morrow GA Spivey Hall Mar 24 New York NY Merkin Concert Hall

Jonathan Biss Onyx Classics Feb 4 Washington DC Sixth & I Historic SynagogueFeb 9-11 Nashville TN Schermerhorn Symphony CenterFeb 17 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumFeb 24-25 Cincinnati OH Music HallMar 27 Philadelphia PA Perelman TheaterMar 28 Washington DC The Library of Congress

Yefi m Bronfman Helicon Mar 4 Morrow GA Spivey Hall Sir Colin Davis LSO Live Mar 27, 29, 30 & 31 Boston MA Symphony HallJames Ehnes Onyx Classics Feb 2-5 Sea� le WA Benaroya Hall

Feb 9-11 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallFeb 14 New York NY Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Mar 16 Macon GA Neva Langley Fickling HallMar 29-31 Sarasota FL Neel Performing Arts Center

Bernarda Fink harmonia mundi Feb 25 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageGerald Finley Hyperion Feb 21, 24, 29 New York NY Metropolitan Opera House

Feb 27 New York NY Alice Tully HallMar 3, 7, 10, 14, & 17 New York NY Metropolitan Opera House

Fretwork harmonia mundi Feb 8 New York NY Weill Recital HallMa� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Mar 5 Washington DC Terrace Theater

Mar 15-16 Dallas TX Meyerson Symphony Center Mar 17 Dallas TX Meyerson Symphony Center

Susan Graham Onyx Classics Feb 1 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageMarc-André Hamelin Hyperion Feb 17 Kalamazoo MI Miller Auditorium

Mar 18 Indianapolis IN Indiana Landmarks CenterMar 22, 24 Chicago IL Symphony HallMar 29 Philadelphia PA Perelman Theater

Angela Hewi� Hyperion Feb 19 Austin TX Bates Recital HallFeb 23-25 Nashville TN Laura Turner Concert Hall

His Majestys Sagbu� s & Corne� s Hyperion Feb 3-4 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchStephen Hough Hyperion Feb 16 Santa Fe NM The Lensic

Feb 19 Miami FL Gusman Concert HallFeb 23 Wilmington NC Kenan AuditoriumFeb 24-25 Raleigh NC Meymandi Concert Hall

Steven Isserlis Hyperion Mar 9 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreMar 10-11 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchMar 13 Palo Alto CA First United Methodist Church

Jerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi Mar 14 Philadelphia PA Independence Seaport MuseumOlga Kern harmonia mundi Mar 3 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumSteven Osborne Hyperion Mar 2 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Arts

Mar 6 Miami FL Broward Center for the Performing Arts Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan harmonia mundi Mar 9 San Francisco CA Herbst Theatre

Mar 10-11 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchMar 13 Palo Alto CA First United Methodist Church

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media Mar 27-30 New York NY Carnegie HallYeol Eum Son harmonia mundi Feb 24 Germantown TN Germantown Performing Arts Centre

Mar 2-3 Glen Ellyn IL McAnnich Arts CenterMar 7 Worcester MA Mechanics Hall

Maurice Steger harmonia mundi Feb 3 Union NJ Enlow Recital HallFeb 4 Buff alo NY Flickinger Performing Arts Center

Takács Quartet Hyperion Feb 11-12 Boulder CO Grusin Music HallFeb 19 Berkeley CA Hertz Hall Feb 22 Beverly Hills CA Ace GalleryFeb 24 Phoenix AZ Camelback Bible ChurchFeb 25 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumFeb 26 Pasadena CA Beckman AuditoriumMar 13 Washington DC Terrace TheaterMar 15 Winter Park FL Tiedtke Concert HallMar 17 Durham NC Reynolds Industries TheaterMar 19 Napa CA First United Methodist ChurchMar 20 Costa Mesa CA Irvine Barclay TheatreMar 22-23 Savannah GA Telfair Academy

Theatre of Voices harmonia mundi Feb 1 Cleveland OH Gartner AuditoriumTokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Mar 17 New York NY 92nd Street YPieter Wispelwey Onyx Classics Feb 3 Boston MA Jordan HallHaochen Zhang harmonia mundi Feb 4 Big Spring TX Municipal Auditorium

Feb 11-12 Greenville SC The Peace Center Concert HallFeb 18 Las Vegas NV Artemus W. Ham HallFeb 23 West Palm Beach FL Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse


Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Feb 1 Li� le Rock AR Christ Church Feb 2 Jonesboro AR Arkansas State University Feb 4 Griffi n IN Rapp-Owen Granary Mar 5 Santa Barbara CA Lobero Theater Mar 10 Morrow GA Spivey Hall Mar 24 New York NY Merkin Concert Hall

Jonathan Biss Onyx Classics Feb 4 Washington DC Sixth & I Historic SynagogueFeb 9-11 Nashville TN Schermerhorn Symphony CenterFeb 17 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumFeb 24-25 Cincinnati OH Music HallMar 27 Philadelphia PA Perelman TheaterMar 28 Washington DC The Library of Congress

Yefi m Bronfman Helicon Mar 4 Morrow GA Spivey Hall Sir Colin Davis LSO Live Mar 27, 29, 30 & 31 Boston MA Symphony HallJames Ehnes Onyx Classics Feb 2-5 Sea� le WA Benaroya Hall

Feb 9-11 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallFeb 14 New York NY Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Mar 16 Macon GA Neva Langley Fickling HallMar 29-31 Sarasota FL Neel Performing Arts Center

Bernarda Fink harmonia mundi Feb 25 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageGerald Finley Hyperion Feb 21, 24, 29 New York NY Metropolitan Opera House

Feb 27 New York NY Alice Tully HallMar 3, 7, 10, 14, & 17 New York NY Metropolitan Opera House

Fretwork harmonia mundi Feb 8 New York NY Weill Recital HallMa� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Mar 5 Washington DC Terrace Theater

Mar 15-16 Dallas TX Meyerson Symphony Center Mar 17 Dallas TX Meyerson Symphony Center

Susan Graham Onyx Classics Feb 1 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageMarc-André Hamelin Hyperion Feb 17 Kalamazoo MI Miller Auditorium

Mar 18 Indianapolis IN Indiana Landmarks CenterMar 22, 24 Chicago IL Symphony HallMar 29 Philadelphia PA Perelman Theater

Angela Hewi� Hyperion Feb 19 Austin TX Bates Recital HallFeb 23-25 Nashville TN Laura Turner Concert Hall

His Majestys Sagbu� s & Corne� s Hyperion Feb 3-4 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchStephen Hough Hyperion Feb 16 Santa Fe NM The Lensic

Feb 19 Miami FL Gusman Concert HallFeb 23 Wilmington NC Kenan AuditoriumFeb 24-25 Raleigh NC Meymandi Concert Hall

Steven Isserlis Hyperion Mar 9 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreMar 10-11 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchMar 13 Palo Alto CA First United Methodist Church

Jerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi Mar 14 Philadelphia PA Independence Seaport MuseumOlga Kern harmonia mundi Mar 3 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumSteven Osborne Hyperion Mar 2 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Arts

Mar 6 Miami FL Broward Center for the Performing Arts Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan harmonia mundi Mar 9 San Francisco CA Herbst Theatre

Mar 10-11 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchMar 13 Palo Alto CA First United Methodist Church

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media Mar 27-30 New York NY Carnegie HallYeol Eum Son harmonia mundi Feb 24 Germantown TN Germantown Performing Arts Centre

Mar 2-3 Glen Ellyn IL McAnnich Arts CenterMar 7 Worcester MA Mechanics Hall

Maurice Steger harmonia mundi Feb 3 Union NJ Enlow Recital HallFeb 4 Buff alo NY Flickinger Performing Arts Center

Takács Quartet Hyperion Feb 11-12 Boulder CO Grusin Music HallFeb 19 Berkeley CA Hertz Hall Feb 22 Beverly Hills CA Ace GalleryFeb 24 Phoenix AZ Camelback Bible ChurchFeb 25 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumFeb 26 Pasadena CA Beckman AuditoriumMar 13 Washington DC Terrace TheaterMar 15 Winter Park FL Tiedtke Concert HallMar 17 Durham NC Reynolds Industries TheaterMar 19 Napa CA First United Methodist ChurchMar 20 Costa Mesa CA Irvine Barclay TheatreMar 22-23 Savannah GA Telfair Academy

Theatre of Voices harmonia mundi Feb 1 Cleveland OH Gartner AuditoriumTokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Mar 17 New York NY 92nd Street YPieter Wispelwey Onyx Classics Feb 3 Boston MA Jordan HallHaochen Zhang harmonia mundi Feb 4 Big Spring TX Municipal Auditorium

Feb 11-12 Greenville SC The Peace Center Concert HallFeb 18 Las Vegas NV Artemus W. Ham HallFeb 23 West Palm Beach FL Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse

February 2012

35

Concert C

alendar • POPU

LAR


C.J. Chenier World Village Feb 2 Ann Arbor MI Live at PJ'sFeb 3 Berwyn IL Fitzgerald'sFeb 4 Berwyn IL Fitzgerald'sFeb 15 Greensboro NC The Blind TigerFeb 17 Pawling NY The Towne CrierFeb 18 Cranston RI Rhodes on The PawtuxetFeb 19 New York NY Let's Zydeco at Connolly'sFeb 20 Northampton MA Iron HorseFeb 21 Mount Vernon NY Bayou RestaurantMar 15 Washington DC Hill Country BBQMar 16 New Hope PA New Hope WineryMar 18 Webster NY The Harmony HouseJun 15 Louisville CO Louisville Street Faire

Zakir Hussain Network Mar 21 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert HallMar 24 Berkeley CA Zellerbach Hall

Kayhan Kalhor World Village Feb 2 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreFeb 4 Milwaukee WI Alverno College: Pitman TheaterFeb 6 Appleton WI Lawrence University: Harper Hall

Klezmatics Piranha Feb 25 Bloomington IN Bloomington Centre for the Performing Arts Ana Moura World Village Feb 4 New Bedford MA Zeiterion Theatre

Feb 5 Amherst MA University of Massachuse� sFeb 10 New York NY Michael Schimmel Center for the ArtsFeb 11 Chicago IL Old Town School of Folk MusicFeb 17 Santa Monica CA The Broad StageFeb 18 Berkeley CA Zellerbach Hall

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra World Village Feb 4 Urbana IL Krannert Center: Tryon Festival TheatreMar 3 Berkeley CA Zellerbach HallMay 26 Minneapolis MN Orchestra Hall

Catherine Russell World Village Feb 3 Brooklyn NY Grand Prospect HallFeb 18 North Adams MA Mass MOCAFeb 19 Wellfl eet MA First Congregational Church of Wellfl eetMar 1 Boston MA Scullers Jazz ClubMar 6 Sea� le WA S. Mark Taper Foundation: Benaroya HallMar 30 New York NY Jazz at The Lincoln CenterMar 31 New York NY Jazz at The Lincoln CenterApr 13 Washington DC Kennedy Center Jazz ClubApr 28 Syracuse NY Palace Theatre

Sierra Maestra World Village Mar 23 Madison WI Wisconsin Union TheaterMar 24 Chicago IL Old Town School of Folk MusicMar 29 West Lafaye� e IN Purdue University: Loeb PlayhouseApr 1 Napa CA Napa Valley Opera HouseApr 4 San Francisco CA SF Jazz Apr 5 Los Angeles CA Skirball CenterApr 7 Albuquerque NM National Hispanic Cultural CenterApr 10 Taos NM KTAOS Solar CenterApr 11 Santa Fe NM The LensicApr 13 Manchester NH Saint Anselm College: Dana CenterApr 21 New York NY Town Hall

Talvin Singh World Village Apr 12 Los Angeles CA Skirball CenterMarta Topferova World Village Feb 18 Marlboro NY The Falcon

Feb 28 Boston MA Scullers Jazz Club

Coming soon

harmonia mundi distribution1117 Chestnut Street, Burbank, CA 91506 • Tel: (818) 333–1500 • Order Fax: (818) 333–1502

www.harmoniamundi.com • sales–[email protected]

Documents

harmonia mundi distribution • new releases February 2012