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Saverio Mercadante's opera I due Figaro saw its first modern staging in Salzburg under the direction of Riccardo Muti. Only in recent years have musicologists acknowledged Mercadante's pivotal role in the development of the Italian Bel canto. I due Figaro presents an amusing subject which by affinity forms a trilogy with Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. This debut release on the Ducale label was recorded live in 2011 at the Teatro Aligheri, Ravenna.

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This month's top releases include competing versions of Bach's violin concertos played by two of the world's leading period-instrument violinists. On Channel, Rachel Podger is joined by her ensemble Brecon Baroque (p.4) and on Onyx, Viktoria Mullova is backed by Accademia Bizantina and harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone (p.18). Keeping the focus on concertos, another star violinist, James Ehnes, is featured on a recording of works by Britten and Shostakovich for Onyx (p.17) and Hyperion's star pianist Steven Osborne is the soloist in works by Stravinsky (p.11). Our classical priorities are rounded out with recordings of Wagner opera excerpts with Iván Fischer on Channel (p.5) and Valery Gergiev conducting Szymanowski's first two symphonies on LSO Live (p.15). Non-classical recordings of note include a specially-priced set of recordings by jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf (p.25) and single-disc releases of Analogue Productions' surround-sound SACD remasterings of six classic albums by The Doors (p.26).

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IMPORTFollowing on their highly acclaimed début album, the period instrument Chiaroscuro Quartet returns with another recording of chamber music of the classical period. Their approach, firmly committed and imaginative, fits particularly well with the trail-blazing works on this recording. In its day, Beethoven’s famous “Serioso” quartet was considered avant-garde and experimental. Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue is a veritable lesson in the art of counterpoint — rich with dissonance and brilliant in its subtle complexity and inventiveness.

“Period instrument playing of consummate virtuosity.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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BEETHOVENString Quartet No.11

MOZARTString Quartet No.16, Adagio & Fugue

Chiaroscuro QuartetAparté • AP 051

Ibragimova and co. play Beethoven & Mozart

Mozart & Schubert: String QuartetsAparté • AP 022 (3149028005929)

“One of the most impressive chamber music recording debuts in years.”

— THE STRAD

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDJS Bach reveled in the many musical possibilities presented by concertos that feature several instruments. Drawing on the precedents of Vivaldi and others, Bach’s probing musical intellect led him down novel paths of invention where the collaborative and antagonistic features of the genre reached unprecedented levels of complexity. This program features Bach’s double and triple concertos performed and directed by virtuoso violinist Rachel Podger and accompanied by the dynamic and highly polished chamber ensemble Brecon Baroque.

“Podger is utterly undogmatic, preferring instead to see all instruments as tools at the service of any musician’s primary focus: the music itself.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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Also availableBach: Violin ConcertosChannel Classics • CCS SA 30910 ()“The forces are small, just one player per part, yet Rachel

Podger and Brecon Baroque think big.”— THE INDEPENDENT

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDOn one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year, Iván Fischer conducts music by Richard Wagner, offering a demonstration quality surround-sound disc featuring excerpts of favorite passages from Götterdämmerung, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, coupled with the Siegried Idyll. Joined by soprano Petra Lang, Fischer’s hand-picked Budapest Festival Orchestra shines in these evergreen selections from some of Wagner’s most popular operas.

“It is rare to hear an orchestra sound so unified, so energized and so polished.”

— THE WASHINGTON POST

Fischer conducts Wagner

WAGNERExcerpts from Götterdämmerung,

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Siegried IdyllPetra Lang (soprano),

Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Iván FischerChannel Classics • CCS SA 32713

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Also availableMahler: Symphony No.1Channel Classics • CCS SA 33112 (723385331124)“A vivid interpretation which deserves a place of honour.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORTThe Concerto Symphonique, Frédéric d’Erlanger’s romantic piano concerto, dates from 1921. Brilliantly played by Victor Sangiorgio, it will appeal to lovers of the romantic concerto. It is coupled with two delectable shorter works for cello and orchestra: the Ballade and the Andante Symphonique. Beautifully played by cellist Guy Johnston, one immediately wonders why we had not heard them before. Similarly romantic is d’Erlanger’s comparatively small output of orchestral music, which is well represented here by Sursum Corda! and the Prélude Romantique. This is a gorgeous survey of a deserving romantic composer, and all are world première recordings.

IMPORTThis CD celebrates Stephen McNeff ’s period from 2005-2008 as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Composer in the House, an inspired, groundbreaking scheme initiated and funded by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the PRS for Music Foundation. The diverting Sinfonia was composed as a concert opener and hearkens back to the 18th century symphonies of William Boyce. Heiligenstadt was composed to precede Beethoven’s Symphony No.5. Weathers sets poetry of Thomas Hardy. Secret Destinations is McNeff ’s personal, moving tribute to his friend, the poet Charles Causley. Dominic Wheeler, a staunch advocate of McNeff ’s music, conducts these world première recordings.

MCNEFFSinfonia, Heiligenstadt, Weathers, Secret DestinationsBournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Dominic WheelerDutton • CDLX 7301

D’ERLANGERConcerto Symphonique, Andante Symphonique, Ballade, Prélude Romantique, Sursum Corda!Guy Johnston (cello), Victor Sangiorgio (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Johannes WildnerDutton • CDLX 7300

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IMPORTCyril Scott’s early works are preserved at the University of Melbourne, part of a collection assembled by Scott’s friend Percy Grainger. From that source, Martin Yates has rescued three gorgeous romantic scores: the overture Pelleas and Melisanda, the lovely Cello Concerto and the unfinished three-movement Piano Concerto in D. This is lovely music and all are worthwhile scores, but the crown of this collection of world premiere recordings is Scott’s early, unfinished Piano Concerto, for which Yates has penned a completion. Played in his grandest romantic style by pianist Peter Donohoe, what is revealed is a striking romantic concerto with a strong personal voice. This was a remarkable achievement for a twenty-year-old composer at the beginning of a new century.

IMPORTCharles-Marie Widor, best known for his organ music, composed prolifically in all forms. After the success of Dutton’s recording of Widor’s piano concertos, this second volume of world première recordings explores his Symphony No.2 and Cello Concerto. Swedish cellist Torleif Thedéen is the soloist in this major addition to the nineteenth century cello repertoire. Widor’s unfamiliar second symphony is notable for its vivid orchestral coloring and memorable invention, whilst three atmospheric preludes to his opera Les Pêcheurs de Saint-Jean complete this cherishable collection of French orchestral discoveries featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Martin Yates.

WIDORLes Pêcheurs de Saint-Jean,

Cello Concerto, Symphony No.2Torleif Thedéen (cello),

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates

Dutton • CDLX 7303

SCOTTOverture to Pelleas and Melisanda, Piano

Concerto, Cello ConcertoRaphael Wallfisch (cello), Peter Donohoe (piano),

BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin YatesDutton • CDLX 7302

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IMPORTViolinist Livia Sohn is the featured soloist on this recording of Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto — a landmark of the repertoire, unbridled in its lyricism and constituting a poignant commentary on the devastating brutality of war. Composer Jonathan Berger, dismayed by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, also wrote a violin concerto, Jiyeh, to express his frustration with the senselessness of war. Sohn, for whom the work was written, is partnered with cimbalom soloist Jan Roykta on this world première recording.

IMPORTOn this release from the orchestra’s own label, Helicon Records, conductor Yoel Levi leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in fresh and vibrant performances of two Haydn symphonies — the middle-period, six-movement Symphony No.60 and the composer’s well-known Symphony No.104, his final effort in the genre. Levi also accompanies the recording début of 12-year-old Israeli prodigy Maya Tamir in Haydn’s Piano Concerto No.11.

HAYDNSymphonies Nos.60 & 104, Piano Concerto in D majorMaya Tamir (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Yoel LeviHelicon • 02.9663

BRITTENViolin ConcertoBERGERJiyehLivia Sohn (violin), Jan Roykta (cimbalom), Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Marrucino di Chieti, Banff Centre Chamber Orchestra, Luigi Piovano, Henk GuittartEloquentia • EL 1340

Poignant violin concertos

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JANEQUINLe Chant des Oyseaulx

Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse

harmonia mundi • HMG 501099

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GERSHWINRhapsody in Blue,

An American in Paris, Song BookFrank Braley (piano)


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BRAHMSLieder

Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)


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MOZARTSerenade K.361 - Gran PartitaOrchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herrewegheharmonia mundi • HMG 501570

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GREIFSonate de Requiem, Piano TrioAntje Weithaas (violin), Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano)harmonia mundi • HMG 501900

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CHOPIN & BRAHMSBalladesCédric Tiberghien (piano)harmonia mundi • HMG 501943

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MessiahLes Arts Florissants,

William Christieharmonia mundi • HMG 501498

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Monastic ChantTheatre of Voices, Paul Hillier


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POULENCFigure Humaine, Motets

RIAS-Kammerchor, Daniel Reuss, Marcus Creed


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BACHOrchestral SuitesAkademie für Alte Musik Berlinharmonia mundi • HMG 501578

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VIVALDICello ConcertosEnsemble Explorations, Roel Dieltiensharmonia mundi • HMG 508235

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TELEMANNOrchestral SuitesAkademie für Alte Musik Berlinharmonia mundi • HMG 508396

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IMPORTRarely available on one disc, this recording from Hyperion presents the complete music for piano and orchestra by Igor Stravinsky, performed by the Gramophone Award-winning team of pianist Steven Osborne, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ilan Volkov. The taut rhythmic brilliance of this music is perfectly suited to the particular talents of these superb performers. In particular, Volkov’s mastery of Stravinsky’s neo-classical idiom is clear from the ecstatic critical response to his recordings of many of the composer’s orchestral works.

“Steven Osborne, ever a poised, technically impeccable virtuoso, combines clarity with heart.”

— THE OBSERVER

Osborne shines in Stravinsky

STRAVINSKYComplete music for piano & orchestra

Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan VolkovHyperion • CDA 67870

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Recently releasedMussorgsky: Pictures from an ExhibitionHyperion • CDA 67896 (034571178967)

“Everything is as musicianly as it is technically immaculate.”

— GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTThis fourth volume of Haydn String Quartets finds period band The London Haydn Quartet on sparkling form. Their previous recordings have been praised for the “glowing sound of gut strings played perfectly in tune… the ensemble’s delicacy of nuance and sensitivity to harmonic color, treating the listener as a privileged eavesdropper” (Gramophone). This competitively priced set contains the six Op.33 quartets, which Haydn wrote in Esterhazy after neglecting the genre for a decade, and which immediately became popular around Europe on publication.

IMPORTThe Westminster Cathedral Choir returns to acclaimed Scottish composer James MacMillan, whose powerful, passionate and luminous music has made him one of the best-loved choral composers of today. Included on this recording is a dramatic setting of the Tenebrae Responsories, a spiritually engaging and emotionally involving work which, in its searing intensity and some of its choral effects, relates back to 1993’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, one of MacMillan’s seminal earlier works. The choir is joined by London Brass for jubilant settings of Tu es Petrus, Summae Trinitati and Ecce sacerdos magnus.

MACMILLANTenebrae ResponsoriesChoir of Westminster Cathedral, London Brass, Martin BakerHyperion • CDA 67970

HAYDNString Quartets Op.33London Haydn QuartetHyperion • CDA 67955

Period instrument Haydn

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IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 66464 (034571164649) Deleted July 2012Arguably Britain’s greatest living choral composer, Sir John Tavener’s music is performed in churches and cathedrals throughout the land and at the most important state occasions. This glorious recording from the choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle includes The Lamb — perhaps one of the best-known choral works of the late twentieth century. The Choir of St George’s Chapel, under Christopher Robinson, consists of 24 boy choristers and twelve Lay Clerks singing alto, tenor and bass. They frequently collaborate with London based ensembles and give one of the main concerts at the Windsor Festival.

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 66648 (034571166483) Deleted December 2010Tchaikovsky’s virtuoso string sextet Souvenir de Florence is one of the most popular works in the string chamber music repertoire. This Helios series reissue featuring The Raphael Ensemble pairs the work with Arensky’s String Quartet No.2, Op.35, which was dedicated to the memory of Tchaikovsky. Formed in 1982, the Raphael Ensemble has given many BBC broadcasts, especially of unusual and neglected masterpieces. In addition to extensive tours within the UK and the US, they have performed as featured artists in international festivals and major series.

TCHAIKOVSKYSouvenir de Florence

ARENSKYString Quartet No.2

Raphael EnsembleHyperion • CDH 55426

TAVENERSacred Music

Choir of St. George’s Chapel, Christopher RobinsonHyperion • CDH 55414

Mid-priced Helios series reissues

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IMPORTBenoît Haller and his ensemble La Chapelle Rhénane present a powerful and highly personal version of this timeless, universal masterpiece, marked by the intense commitment of twelve vocal soloists chosen for their specific vocal color and their fidelity to Handel’s music. Recorded live, this Messiah offers the perfect balance of virtuosity, authenticity and spiritual fervor and sincerity.

IMPORTOne of the great forgotten figures in the history of music — possibly the best-kept secret of French Romanticism — is undoubtedly Charles-Valentin Alkan. He was admired by Liszt and nicknamed “the Berlioz of the piano” by Hans von Bülow. On this recording, pianist Pascal Amoyel showcases all the composer’s many facets. The disc’s key work is the Grande Sonate Les quatre âges — a colossal work and a romantic idealization of the form that undoubtedly influenced Liszt. Other works include selected shorter pieces such as the sublime Esquisses.

ALKANPiano WorksPascal Amoyel (piano)La Dolce Volta • LDV 11

HANDELMessiahLa Chapelle Rhénane, Benoît HallerK617 • K 617243

Handel’s universal masterpiece

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IMPORT / SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDValery Gergiev explores the intense expression, fervor and spirituality of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski with his first recording of the composer’s Symphonies Nos.1 & 2. For decades, Szymanowski’s music was rarely heard outside Poland. Today, he is recognized as one of Poland’s greatest musical figures. These first two symphonies, both unconventional in style and format, make for an enthralling listening experience and provide insight into Szymanowski’s ecstatic musical character. His first symphony is drenched in evocative Romanticism and is an extremely powerful and emotionally intense composition. His second, a chamber-like work, artfully interweaves layer upon layer of seemingly disparate musical ideas to form a complex tapestry that became one of the composer’s favorite of his own works.

Gergiev conducts Szymanowski

SZYMANOWSKISymphonies Nos.1 & 2

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery GergievLSO Live • LSO 0731

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Also availableTchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos.1-3LSO Live • LSO 0710 (822231171027)

“Gergiev’s handling of dynamic is expert... the orchestra is at its

best here.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD

REVIEW

“Here was the LSO in persuasive form doing full justice to hot-

house music that owes most to Max Reger and breathes similar

and contemporaneous air to Richard Strauss’s Elektra and

Salome and to Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy.”

— CLASSICAL SOURCE

A wor ld r enowned specialist in the music of Sergei Prokofiev, Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra and opera company have performed all of the composer’s symphonies, concerti and operas on numerous occasions, both in St. Petersburg

and on tour. This new video of Prokofiev’s opera The Gambler, recorded and filmed in high-resolution at the historic Mariinsky Theatre in 2010, stars celebrated Russian tenor Vladimir Galuzin and bass Sergei Aleksashkin. Premiered in 1929 at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, the opera was originally conceived for first performance at the Mariinsky Theatre, but it was postponed due to the Revolution in 1917. On this filmed version, Georgian director Temur Chkheidze (who directed the opera with critical success at the Metropolitan Opera in 2001) gives a fresh look to Prokofiev’s first opera. The Gambler is a four-act opera that displays the dramatic highs and lows involved in the game of chance. All of the characters fall victim to the temptation of gambling, each one consumed by the obsession and greed that drives them.

A fresh look at Prokofiev’s first opera

PROKOFIEVThe GamblerVladimir Galuzin (tenor), Sergei Aleksashkin (bass), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery GergievMariinsky • MAR 0536

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Also availableProkofiev: Romeo & JulietLSO Live • LSO 0682 (822231168225)“He brings an epic, symphonic and dramatic integrity

to its vast, multifaceted canvas.”— THE SUNDAY TIMES

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“Few can rival Valery Gergiev’s pedigree in Prokofiev’s music.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORTAfter a series of critically acclaimed recordings o n O n y x — m o s t recently his recordings o f v io l in conce r to s by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky — James Ehnes teams up with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its charismatic music director Kirill Karabits in concertos by Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. An early work, the Britten was completed in the September of 1939 just as World War II broke out. The work is an emotional commentary on the senselessness of war. The first of Shostakovich’s two violin concertos was composed in 1948 for David Oistrakh. It had to wait until 1955 for its premiere due to a ban on “serious” music by the notorious Zhdanov Conference and Party Decree of 1948. After Stalin’s death in 1953, Shostakovich was finally able to exert his artistic freedom. The concerto is a truly symphonic work in scale — grand, dramatic and cast in four movements with a huge cadenza placed before the finale, in which the sun bursts out in a brilliant helter-skelter coda.

“Big toned yet poetic, Ehnes is a persuasive interpreter.”— THE OBSERVER

James Ehnes plays Britten & Shostakovich

BRITTENViolin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICHViolin Concerto No.1James Ehnes (violin),

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill KarabitsOnyx Classics • ONYX 4113

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Also availableMendelssohn: Violin ConcertoOnyx Classics • ONYX 4060 (880040406020)

“This is absolutely up there with the best of them.”

— GRAMOPHONE

Tchaikovsky: Violin ConcertoOnyx Classics • ONYX 4076 (880040407621)

“This is a consummate performance.”

— THE TELEGRAPH

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IMPORTViktoria Mullova’s Bach recordings for Onyx have received worldwide praise. For this album, she once again teams up with harpsichordist

Ottavio Dantone in a program that pairs the two famous solo Violin Concertos with two concertos arranged for violin. The Violin Concerto BWV1053 was arranged from the second harpsichord concerto and the Concerto for Violin & Harpsichord BWV1060 was arranged from the concerto for violin and oboe. Having worked together for many years, Mullova and Dantone sought a piece they could both play with orchestra, and this brilliant arrangement is the result. Performed here with the Accademia Bizantina, it is the perfect conclusion to a masterful Bach program.

“To hear Mullova play Bach is, simply, one of the greatest things you can experience.”— THE GUARDIAN

Brilliant Bach from Viktoria Mullova

BACHViolin Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Violin Concerto BWV1053; Concerto for Violin and Harpsichord BWV1060Viktoria Mullova (violin), Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord), Accademia BizantinaOnyx Classics • ONYX 4114

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“Mullova and Dantone easily merit reference status.”— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

Bach: Sonatas & PartitiasOnyx Classics • ONYX 4040 (880040404026)“Seemingly effortless intimacy

and charm.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORTPieter Wispelwey and the Flanders Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seikyo Kim perform two romantic cello concertos whose neglect is hard to fathom. Édouard Lalo penned a variety of large scale orchestral works, including the famous Symphonie espagnole for violin, a piano concerto, and the Cello Concerto heard here. A strong work in the Germanic tradition, its comparative neglect in the concert hall is difficult to understand. The second Cello Concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns, written in 1902, has all of the composer’s flair for style and elegance, and is possibly more challenging for the soloist than its A-minor sibling.

IMPORTThe young German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich has rapidly made a name for himself as one of the most exciting and gifted cellists of his generation. On this new release, Elschenbroich teams up with one of his regular chamber music collaborators, pianist Alexei Grynyuk. Together they perform Rachmaninov’s passionate Cello Sonata and arrangement of Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata made by Daniil Shafran with Shostakovich’s blessing. In the sonata, Shostakovich alludes to several of his previous works, from the Suite for two pianos to the opening movement of his Symphony No.14.

RACHMANINOVCello Sonata, Vocalise

SHOSTAKOVICHViola Sonata

Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)

Onyx Classics • ONYX 4116

LALOCello ConcertoSAINT-SAËNS

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Scene d’Amour from Romeo & JuliettePieter Wispelwey (cello),

Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Seikyo KimOnyx Classics • ONYX 4107

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDThis SACD remaster from Praga’s Reminiscences series features pianist Sviatoslav Richter playing solo works by Schumann. This recording of the Etudes symphoniques marked the first time he had played the piece in over twenty years, and his recording of the Fantasy Op.17 was Richter’s first in thirty years. The utmost interpreter of the tormented and introverted spirit of Schumann, Richter identified profoundly with the composer, rejecting the common association of his works with a dream-like, unstable romantic world, and with the frustrations of adolescence. Instead, he prefers to focus on the heroic, passionate and tragic aspects of the composer’s music.

Richter plays Schumann

SCHUMANNSymphonic Studies, Fantasie, Faschingsschwank aus WienSviatoslav Richter (piano)Praga • PRD 350070

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focused energy of his playing course through every bar.”— THE GUARDIAN

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MOZARTPiano Concerto No.27SCHUBERTImpromptus Nos.1-4, Moments musicauxClifford Curzon (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian BoultTestament • SBT 1486

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TCHAIKOVSKYManfred SymphonyHAYDNSymphony No.100BEETHOVENLeonore Overture No.3Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny SvetlanovTestament • SBT2 1481

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BRUCKNERSymphony No.5SCHUBERTSymphony No.8New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto KlempererTestament • SBT2 1485

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BEETHOVENViolin ConcertoBERLIOZSymphonie fantastiqueYehudi Menuhin (violin), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto KlempererTestament • SBT2 1479

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MOZARTSymphony No.38

SCHUMANNSymphony No.2

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

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New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

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IMPORTWolfgang Rihm’s compositions for string quartet are as extensive as they are varied. A selection of these works can be found on this recording featuring the Minguet Quartet and pianist Markus Bellheim. Rihm’s String Quartet No.11 is a piece of work of extreme contrasts — restrained and explosive, simple and virtuosic, fragile and forced to the point of screaming, tightly homophonic and polyphonically splintered to the edge of total dissolution. Interscriptum is an elaboration of Rihm’s twelfth string quartet. To the quartet ensemble, treated as one instrument, a piano part is added, which initiates a dialogue and creates entirely new relationships within the piece. Grave is dedicated to the Alban Berg Quartet, and was written in response to the group’s request for a requiem.

IMPORTAlthough György Ligeti composed only three works for the organ, these pieces mark significant stages in the course of his compositional development. More importantly, they revolutionized the world of organ music and provided the initial spark for an entire wave of new music for the organ. Volumina completely dispenses with the parameters normally used to structure time in a musical work. Harmonies unfolds as an unbroken chain of ten-note chords. Coulée is a chain of extremely fast notes that describe a slow harmonic progression. Also included are organist Dominik Sustek’s organ transcription of Ligeti’s eleven-movement piano cycle Musica ricercata as well as Sprachsignale — one of Sustek’s own original compositions that was inspired by Ligeti’s Artikulation.

LIGETIOrgan Works — Volumina, Harmonies, Coulée,

Musica Ricercata (arranged by Dominik Susteck)SUSTECK

SprachsignaleDominik Susteck (organ)

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RIHMString Quartet No.11, Interscriptum, GraveMinguet Quartet, Markus Bellheim (piano)

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IMPORTFile in: JazzBanda Larga is a beautiful gift offered by the duo Musica Nuda to celebrate its 10th anniversary. To mark this milestone, Petra Magoni and Ferruccio Spinetti were dressed in their finest holiday attire for the occasion and joined by Daniele Di Gregorio, multi-instrumentalist and arranger historic Paolo Conte, and the l’Orchestre de Chambre Des Marche. Many original compositions are enhanced by Ferruccio Spinetti, who still can surprise listeners with his creative and inventive interpretations. And as always, there is a wink to France — this time being the moving song, “Des ronds dans l’eau.”

IMPORTFile in: JazzIf you ever wonder what jazz will sound like after all the modernist and post-modernist agendas fall out of fashion then you need look no further than the recordings of Freddy Cole. When Freddy sings, we are left with the music itself, stripped of ideologies, left with songs true to their own emotional prerogatives. Such is the case with This and That, Cole’s latest HighNote Recording featuring a dozen songs that run the gamut from the intensely personal innigkeit of “What Color is Love” to the extroverted buoyancy of “Bang Bang Boogie.” Here, as in all his work, Freddy’s supreme relaxation of delivery makes him the master of understatement. He is impressive because he never tries to impress, even in up-tempo numbers. With his usual rhythm section and guest artists Bootsie Barnes on tenor and Josh Brown on trombone, Cole gets back to basics and lets the music speak for itself.

This And ThatFreddy ColeHighNote • HCD 7246

Banda LargaMusica NudaBonsaï • BON 130402

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IMPORTFile in: JazzThe ex t r ao rd ina r y trumpeter Ibrahim M a a l o u f r e l e a s e d Diasporas , his f i rst album, in 2007. Since that auspicious début, he has become one of the music world’s key jazz artists, garnering the unanimous endorsement of the press and well-deserved popular acclaim. Maalouf ’s second and third albums, named Diachronism and Diagnostic, completed the ‘Dia’ trilogy. Worldwide sales of these three albums have topped 100,000 units so far. For several years now, the first two albums in the trilogy have been unavailable. Thanks to the huge success of Maalouf ’s recently released album Wind, his first two albums are now available once more as part of this specially-priced boxed set entitled (appropriately) Dia.

“A startling new voice in contemporary jazz has arrived.”— THE GUARDIAN

Ibrahim Maalouf: A modern jazz master

DiaIbrahim Maalouf

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IMPORTFile in: JazzWinds of Change marks twenty-five years of artistic collaboration between David Linx and Diederik Wissels. Their repertoire is known to have given a new place and a new breath to the voice in contemporary jazz. Since 1992, the duo has recorded ten albums and collaborated with such artists as Paolo Fresu, Fay Claassen, Maria Pia de Vito, Maria Joao and Mario Laginha. Linx and Wissels have received all of Europe’s major awards for jazz recordings. Many of their songs have become standards that have been adopted by many vocalists in the world. Linx and Wissels are accompanied by Christophe Wallemme on bass, Donald Kontomanou on drums and special guest star Ibrahim Maalouf. These songs are a reflection of the times, steeped in nostalgia.

IMPORTFile in: JazzSince the beginning, saxophonists have frequently been some of jazz’s most sophisticated intellectuals and players of uncompromising artistic integrity. And in that pantheon of greats, Jerry Bergonzi certainly has earned a penthouse suite. Bergonzi is a long-established master of extracting maximum artistry with a minimum of fuss, which masks the fact that there is nothing simple about either the contents or the execution of the music he makes. Above all, his playing is utterly spontaneous and distinctive. It is distinctive spontaneity that reigns supreme on By Any Other Name, which highlights Bergonzi’s formidable composing skills in addition to his instrumental prowess. Here is an album of tunes based on the chord changes of previously-written works, much the way Dizzy based his “Groovin’ High” on the 1920s “Whispering” and Charlie Parker transformed “Back Home Again in Indiana” into “Donna Lee.” With Phil Grenadier on trumpet in the front line, hear what the local papers called, “the most powerful band to come out of Boston.”

By Any Other Name — Tunes Based on Other TunesJerry BergonziSavant • SCD 2131

Winds of ChangeDavid Linx & Diederik WisselsJust Looking • JLP 05

Nostalgic vocals from Linx & Wissels

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Chromatic; Bonus Tracks from Aerosong & Bienvenido

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Lovers’ PortfolioJackie Gleason

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Favourite Melodies from the Operas; The Immortal Classics

MantovaniDutton • CDLK 4500

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In a Soulful Mood; Killing Me SoftlyFerrante & TeicherDutton • CDLK 4491

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More; Exotica SuiteSi ZentnerDutton • CDLK 4494

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IMPORTFile in: World / RomaniaMaria Tanase (1913-1963) is loved in Romania like no singer that has followed her. 2013 marks the centenary of her birth, an anniversary that inspired Berlin-based Romanian artist Oana Catalina Chitu, to pay homage to the great singer with this new release. Tanase developed her own expressive way of interpretation, making songs of every origin her own. Then the iron curtain fell between Eastern and Western Europe, and Tanase was increasingly forgotten in Romania throughout the 1960s. Today, music from the Balkans, and from Romania in particular, is better known than ever before. Chitu is a part of this vibrant scene and her diva-like on-stage persona is reminiscent of times long past, when bohemians and intellectuals met in Bucharest’s salons.

IMPORTFile in: World / BalkansStand Up, People is an astonishing collection of rare pop songs by Roma Gypsy musicians from Tito’s Yugoslavia. Combining rootsy Gypsy Folk rhythms with the new influences of Bollywood film music, Turkish psychedelia and British and American pop-rock, the album showcases Roma musicians’ early experiments with synthesizers and electric guitars. These nineteen tracks have been resurfaced thanks to the vinyl-hunting efforts of London duo Vlax Records (Philip Knox and Nathaniel Morris). All the tracks were then painstakingly restored to their former glory at Carvery Cuts Studio, London. Included are rare early recordings of the king and queen of Gypsy music, ?aban Bajramovic and Esma Red?epova, as well as other lesser known singers such as Muharem Serbezovski.

Stand Up, People — Gypsy Pop Songs from Tito’s Yugoslavia, 1964-1980

Various ArtistsAsphalt Tango • ATR 4113

DivineOana Catalina Chitu

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IMPORTFile in: World / BeninGriot music accompanied on the delicate dambararou lute, ritual songs of therapeutic possession accompanied on the gogué fiddle to the rhythm of gon and karou drums, and a boldly dynamic women’s choir — different aspects of Bariba traditional music from the descendants of a kingdom established in the 15th century, and long reputed for its fierce resistance to exterior domination.

IMPORTFile in: World / TajikistanAbduvali Abdurashidov, master of the sato (bowed tanbur), belongs to a great line of Tajik art music performers. As refined, sinuous lines of the sato blend with singing, dotar lute and occasional doyra percussion, the elegance of this music evokes an ancient courtly art.

Tajikistan: Classical Music and SongsAbduvali AbdurashidovOcora • C 560254

Benin: Bariba MusicYarou Diguidirou, Mouhamed Baboni, Boukakarou, Groupe SuperOcora • C 560230

Ethnic music collections from Ocora

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Kristian Bezuidenhout harmonia mundi Dec 5-8 Toronto ON Trinity-St. Paul's CentreFlorian Boesch Hyperion, Onyx Jul 2 Vancouver BC Chan CentreJames Ehnes Onyx Aug 6 Ottawa ON Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Oct 10, 12 Toronto ON Roy Thomson HallFanfare Ciocarlia Asphalt Tango Jul 25 Calgary AB Calgary Folk Music FestivalGerald Finley Hyperion May 22-23 & 25 Toronto ON Roy Thomson HallMarc-André Hamelin Hyperion May 15-16 Ottawa ON National Arts Centre

Jun 15-16 Saint-Irénée QC Le Domaine ForgetChloë Hanslip Hyperion May 22 Edmonton AB Winspear CentreGilad Hekselman Chant du Monde Jun 24 Ottawa ON Ottawa Jazz Festival

Jun 26 Quebec City QC Le CercléAngela Hewitt Hyperion Jun 7 Iqaluit NU St. Jude's Anglican Cathedral

Aug 15 Ottawa ON Dominion-Chalmers United ChurchJerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi Oct 3 Toronto ON Jane Mallet TheatreLord of the Rings: In Concert Howe Records May 16-18 Calgary AB Jack Singer Concert Hall

Jun 28-30 Toronto ON Sony CentreJul 18-20 Ottawa ON National Arts Centre

Harry Manx Dog My Cat Jun 1 Orangeville ON Orangeville Blues & Jazz FestivalJul 12-14 Atlin BC Atlin Arts & Music FestivalAug 16-17 Salmon Arms BC Salmon Arms Roots & Blues FestivalOct 19 Toronto ON Hugh's RoomOct 24 Gravenhurst ON Peter's Place LiveOct 25 Burnstown ON Neat Coffee ShopOct 26 Papineauville QC Auditorium LPJOct 27 Joliette QC Salles Rolande-BrunelleOct 31 Shawinigan QC Salles Phillippe-FillionNov 1 Sorel-Tracy QC Cafe-Theatre Les Beaux InstantsNov 2 Gatineau QC Salle Jean-DesprezNov 3 Saint Jerome QC Salle Antony-Lessard

Lord of the Rings: In Concert Howe Records Jul 18-20 Ottawa ON National Arts CentreChucho Valdés Jazz Village Jun 25 Ottawa ON Ottawa Jazz Festival

Jun 27 Quebec City QC Palais MontcalmJun 28 Montreal QC Montreal Jazz Festival

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