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Gerry Mulligan (1952-1959) [4 CDs]Widely respected and revered in-side and out of jazz circles, Gerry Mulligan is joined on this collection by such jazz luminaries as Chet Baker, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Lee Konitz and Chico Hamilton. 4 EGHT EN4CD9106 $17.99

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Maria Callas Live - Remastered Recordings ‘49 - ‘64 [42 CDs]Commemorating the 40th anniversary of her death in Paris, Warner

Classics presents the Maria Callas Live Remastered Edi-tion: a deluxe 42-CD box set drawing together the great

soprano’s live opera and recital recordings, with the invalu-able inclusion of 12 roles she never recorded in the studio.

These 20 complete operas and five filmed recitals on Blu-ray have been newly remastered from the

highest quality source material, with the cutting-edge technology of Studio Art et Son in Paris. The landmark box set contains a richly-illustrated 200-page book with a chapter ded-icated to each role sung by Callas in these recordings (42 CDs) (Warner Classics) 42 WRNC 563467 $114.99

Ashkenazy: The Complete Piano Concerto Recordings [48 CDs]Artists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano. David Zinman; Georg Solti; Uri Segal; Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; André Previn; Zubin Mehta; Lorin Maazel; Kirill Kondrashin / Chicago SO; Concertgebouw Orch. of

Amsterdam; Philharmonia Orch.; English CO; Gabrieli String Quartet; Moscow PO (48 CDs) (Decca) 48 DEC 4831752 $135.98 On SaleIn celebration of his 80th birthday, Decca presents a milestone collection of Ashkenazy’s complete concerto recordings for

the label as pianist. An original jackets collection with printed spines, new essays and chronological ordering so we can follow the development of the artist over his prolific career recording exclusively for Decca as a pianist.

Daniel Barenboim: The Solo Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [39 CDs]Artists: Daniel Barenboim, piano. (39 CDs)

(Deutsche Grammophon) 39 DGG 4797371 $124.98 In honor of Daniel Barenboim’s 75th birthday, Deutsche

Grammophon celebrates his remarkable artistry as a pianist with this Anniversary Edition of his complete solo recordings

on Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster. This set presents a solo career spanning 60 years. 38 CDs + 1 Bonus

CD with rare first recordings from 1955. First CD release of more than 300 minutes of remastered Westminster recordings.

This Original Jackets collection includes a 72-page booklet with numerous artist photos.

Sir Georg Solti - Complete Chicago Recordings [108 CDs]Solti’s remarkable partnership with the Chicago Symphony Orches-tra began in 1954, when he first led the Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival. His first concerts as Music Director were in September

1969 and he continued in that post for 22 years (1969-1991) and as Music Director Laureate for a further 7 years. Solti’s recordings

garnered 33 Grammy® awards (24 which were made with the CSO), more than ANY other recording artist to this day. Highlights from the set include: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, the complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Mahler’s Symphonies 2, 7, 8 & 9, the Bach Mass in B minor, and Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust.

(108 CDs) (Decca) 108 DEC 4831375 $254.98 On Sale

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Ivor Bolton [9 CDs]Artists: Ivor Bolton/Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. (9 CD) (Oehms)

9 OEH 031 $29.99 Alongside those with Simone Young (OEH 026 $43.99) and Stanislaw

Skrowaczewski (OEH 025 $38.99), OehmsClassics is now offering a third Bruckner cycle here with Ivor Bolton. This sets includes only the

Symphonies Nos. 1 through 9 (not the early ‘student’ symphonies). In its April 2017 issue, the renowned Gramophone Magazine wrote the following about the Second Symphony: “The overall impression

is one of vividness and transparency, aided by the exemplary record-ing... Among single-disc offerings of the 1872 edition of the Second,

Bolton’s recording is hard to beat.”

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New Box Sets for SeptemberBoxed Sets from Warner Classics

111 The Conductors: Legendary Recordings [40 CDs]Abbado’s Debussy with Boston, Saint-Saens ‘Organ’ Symphony with Barenboim and Chicago, Bernstein’s Mahler with the Concertge-bouw and the New York Phil-harmonic, Brahms from de Sabata and Berlin, Johann

Strauss with Fricsay and the Berlin Radio and much more! (Deutsche Grammophon) (40 CDs) DGG 4797477 $124.98All the great conductors on Deutsche Grammo-phon from the 1930s to the 2000s in one essential box set! A 40-CD original-jacket collection! Several recordings are new to CD, or have their first inter-national CD release. Iconic recordings alongside rarer gems. The ideal cornerstone for any library of orchestral music.

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 [3 CDs]Artists: Giovanni Bellucci, (pno) (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 3 BLC 95103 $16.99 Giovanni Bellucci embarks on this epic musical journey of recording the complete Beethoven So-natas, a challenge that every pianist of world stat-ure will face. His Beethoven is free, with a strong sense of rhetoric and improvisation, adhering nev-ertheless strictly to the score and its intentions.

Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos [3 CDs]Artists: Hannes Minnaar, (pno); Jan Willem de Vriend/The Netherlands SO (3 SA Hybrid CD) (Challenge) 3 CHL 72763 $33.49 Despite the very large number of recordings al-ready made of this musical corpus, Minnaar and de Vriend have proved that they have something new and totally their own to say about this collec-tion of masterpieces.

Beethoven: The Sonatas & Bagatelles [9 CDs]Artists: Stephen Kovacev-ich, (pno) (9 CD) (Warner Classics) 9 WRNC 563129 $26.98 “Nobody plays this music more authoritatively and eloquently,” wrote London’s Sunday Times of Stephen

Kovacevich in Beethoven. “He is in his element, re-sponding wholeheartedly to the extreme physicality that Beethoven brought to music ... but the wit and delicacy of the playing are also remarkable.”

Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies [5 CDs]Artists: Simone Saturova; Mihoko Fujimura; Christian Elsner; Christian Gerhaher; Herbert Blomstedt/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (5 CD) (Accentus) 5 ACTS 80322 $58.49 Blomstedt’s interpretations of Beethoven are based on a highly responsible handling of the scores and this conductor’s deep love of the truth, in which everything that is superimposed and overtly effective is fundamentally removed.

Brahms: Piano Concertos; Piano Works; Chamber Music [10 CDs]Artists: Nicholas Angelich, (pno); Renaud Capucon, (vln); Gerard Causse, (vla); Gautier Capucon, (clo); Frank Braley, (pno); Paavo Jarvi, Frankfurt Radio SO (10 CD) (Warner) 10 WRNC 563135 $29.99

“Nicholas Angelich was born to play Brahms,” was the Daily Telegraph’s judgment on the American-born, French trained pianist, whose artistry is at the heart of this collection of concertos, chamber music and solo pieces.

Debussy: The Complete Piano Works [5 CDs]Artists: Walter Gieseking, (pno) (5 CD) (Warner) 5 WRNC 563136 $18.99 “Debussy and Gieseking form an inseparable union where creator and re-creator become one and the same person. Had Debussy lived to hear Giesek-

ing he would surely have marveled at such an uncan-ny identification with his very spirit.” -Gramphone

Flute Concertos of the 18th & 19th c. [12 CDs]Works by: Abel, C.P.E. Bach, Benda, Buchner, Dan-zi, Devienne, Du Puy, Hoff-meister, Mercadante, Mozart, Quantz, Rosetti, Scarlatti, Vivaldi et al. Artists: Andras Adorjan; Georgia Browne; Mario Folena; Ugo Galasso;

Patrick Gallois; Mary Oleskiewicz; Ginevra Pe-trucci; Federico Maria Sardelli; Janos Szebenyi; Machiko Takahashi; Johannes Walter (12 CDs) 12 BLC 95490 $49.99 This release offers a wonderful selection of concer-tos and other works featuring the flute from the 18th and 19th centuries. It showcases 14 composers who championed the flute, each in their own way, with refined and idiomatic music for the instrument.

Haydn: 29 String Quartets [7 CDs]Artists: Pro Arte Quartet. (7 CD) (Warner Classics) 7 WRNC 563132 $23.99 Gramophone wrote in 1936: “The Pro Arte people have that awareness which is one of the prerogatives of the true artist ... The vari-

ety of expression is wonderful and the recording as perfect as one could wish.” These recordings have now been remastered in 24BIT-96kHz digital sound.

Joshua Bell: The Classical Collection [14 CDs]Works: Works by J.S. Bach; Beethoven; Bellini; Bernstein; Bizet; Borodin; Brahms; William David Brohn; Chopin; Corigliano; Courage; Debussy; Donizetti; Dvorák; de Falla; Fauré; César Franck; Gershwin; Christoph Willibald Gluck; Karl Gold-mark; et al (14 CD) (Sony Classical) 14 SNYC 88985395202 $38.99 This new 14-CD, twenty-year career-spanning box set from renowned violinist Joshua Bell features all of the Grammy Award winner’s classical repertoire, including Bell’s most popular albums ‘Romance of the Violin’, ‘Voice of the Violin’ and more.

50 Best Sacred Classics [3 CDs]Artists: Barbara Hendricks; Philippe Jaroussky; Simon Keenlyside; Christa Ludwig; Kiri Te Kana-wa; Philippe Herreweghe; Eugen Jochum; Antonio Pappano; Wolfgang Sawallisch; et al Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. (3 CD) (Warner Clas-sics) 3 WRNC 563124 $11.99

Sibelius: Orchestral Works / Berglund [5 CDs]Works: Sibelius: Sympho-nies 1-7; Finlandia; The Oceanides; Tapiola; Kullervo Artists: Paavo Berglund/Helsinki PO. (5 CD) (Warner Classics) 5 WRNC 563139 $17.99 This set was made in the

1980s with the Helsinki Philharmonic and includes the early Kullervo Symphony and several tone po-ems. Berglund, a former music director of the Hel-sinki Philharmonic, was renowned internationally as a master interpreter of Sibelius’s extraordinary music.

Piano works around Russian futurism, Vol. 1-4Works: Works by Arthur Lourié; Alexander Moso-lov; Nikolaj Obuchov; Sergey Protopopov; Nikolai Roslavets; Alexander Scriabin; Igor Stravinsky; Ivan Vïshnegradsky Artists: Thomas Gunther (Pno). (4 SA Hybrid CD) (Cybele) 4 CYBL 4S161405 $28.49 Pianist Thomas Günther summarizes his exten-sive, four-part excursion through the repertoire of Russian composers from the intellectual environ-ment of Futurism to the present.

Tchaikovsky: The Ballets / Jarvi [5 CDs]Works: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty; The Nut-cracker; Swan Lake Artists: Neeme Jarvi/Bergen PO (5 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos) 5 CHA 5204 $58.49 To celebrate the 80th birthday of Neeme Jarvi, one of today’s

most prolific conductors, Chandos has gathered his recent critically acclaimed recordings of Tchaikovsky’s three ballets (complete versions) in a box set.

100 Best Sacred Music Artists: Robert Alagna; Natalie Dessay; Dietrich Fischer-Dieksau; Thomas Hampson; Barbara Hen-dricks; Kiri Te Kanawa; Daniel Barenboim; William Christie; Michel Corboz; Carlo maria Giulini; et al Ambrosian Singers; Choir of King’s College, Cam-bridge; The Hilliard Ensemble. (6 CD) (Warner Classics) 6 WRNC 563123 $19.99

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Ivor BoltonArtists: Ivor Bolton/Mo-zarteumorchester Salzburg. (9 CD) (Oehms) 9 OEH 031 $29.99 Alongside those with Sim-one Young and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, OehmsClas-sics is now offering a third

Bruckner cycle here with Ivor Bolton. This sets includes only the Symphonies Nos. 1 through 9. In its April 2017 issue, the renowned Gramophone Magazine wrote the following about the Second Symphony: “The overall impression is one of vivid-ness and transparency, aided by the exemplary recording... Among single-disc offerings of the 1872 edition, Bolton’s recording is hard to beat.”

Mahler: Complete Symphonies / Rattle [12 CDs]Artists: Simon Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic; City of Birmingham SO. (12 CD) (War-ner Classics) 12 WRNC 563131 $35.99 The symphonies of Mahler have been crucial to Simon Rattle’s career - indeed, it was the epic Symphony No. 2 that first inspired him to become a musician. Includ-ing Deryck Cooke’s realization of Symphony No. 10, these performances were made with the two ensembles most closely identified with Rattle’s name: the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies / Daniel Barenboim [6 CDs]Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin (6 CD) (Warner Classics)

6 WRNC 19029582460 $24.99 “I waited a very long time to record the Beethoven symphonies,” said Daniel Barenbo-im when this cycle was first released in 2000. “[I waited] for the music to mature in me - or me in it - and to find an orchestra that not only did what I asked it to do, but which

really felt every detail in the music exactly as I did...”

Renaissance & Baroque Music from England, France, Flanders & Germany [7 CDs]Artists: The Hilliard Ensemble. (7 CD) (Warner Classics) 7 WRNC 563143 $23.99 “The blend between the voices is finely controlled, the tone mellow and the tuning spectacularly accurate, giving rise to an organ-like sonority that is genuinely thrill-ing,” wrote Gramophone magazine, praising the Hilliard Ensemble’s four singers, who excelled in an extraordinary variety of music over a 40-year career.

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American Music for Viola & OrchestraWorks: Amanda Harberg (b.1973): Viola Concerto; Elegy, for viola & orchestra; Max Wolpert: Viola Concerto no 1 (“Giants”) Artists: Linus Lerner/Southern Arizona SO. Brett Deubner (Vla). (1 CD). NXS 8559840 $12.99

These premiere recordings of viola concertos writ-ten especially for Brett Deubner are by two leading American composers whose appealing styles are full of engaging melodies and vital rhythms.

Antonio Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 67-74Artists: Regina Chernychko (Pno) (1 CD) NXS 8573750 $12.99 The inventive and ingenious works heard in this vol-ume of the complete set of sonatas reveal Soler’s (1729-1783) command of the medium, from the fugal brilliance of No. 67 in D major and the virtuoso elements of No. 69 in F major to the delightfully Spanish flavor encountered in No. 74 in D major.

Bright Sheng: Northern LightsWorks: Bright Sheng (b.1955): Hot Pepper, for violin & marimba; Melodies of a Flute; Movements (4), for piano trio; Northern Lights, for cello & piano Artists: Pius Cheung (Marimba); Bright Sheng (Pno); Dan Zhu (Vln);

Julian Schwarz (Clo) (1 CD) NXS 8579014 $12.99 Acclaimed Chinese/American composer Bright Sheng has been fascinated by folk music for his entire career and Northern Lights is his first work to use Scandina-vian folk music, exploring its kinship with American sources such as Appalachian and Bluegrass music.

Susanna Fairbairn Sings Geoffrey BushWorks: Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998): Archy at the Zoo; Cuisine Provençale; Love for Such a Cherry Lip; Mirabile Misterium; Songs (3) of Ben Johnson; Yesterday Artists: Matthew Schellhorn (Pno); Susanna Fairbairn

(Sop) (1 CD) NXS 8571378 $12.99 Geoffrey Bush made a significant contribution to English song, while Joseph Horovitz’s modest but equally varied contribution includes Lady Macbeth, a powerful, harmonically astringent scena, as well as witty cabaret items and one song which, in its late-Romantic nostalgia, reveals his Viennese roots.

Luigi Legnani (1790-1877): Rossini VariationsArtists: Marcello Fantoni (gtr) (1 CD) NXS 8573721 $12.99 Italian guitarist, composer and instrument maker Luigi Legnani performed widely throughout Europe and was admired by Paganini as the guitar’s “leading player” of his day. The “orchestral” colors of the guitar are fully explored with breathtaking special techniques and imitative effects.

Persichetti (1915-1987): Harpsichord SonatasWorks: Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987): Harpsichord Sonata nos 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 15 Artists: Christopher D. Lewis (Hpsi). (1 CD) NXS 8559843 $12.99 The contributions of American composer, teacher and pianist Vincent Persichetti to the harpsichord repertoire is unique among 20th century compos-ers. He wrote a diverse selection of music, includ-ing an opera and nine symphonies, while his sub-stantial output for harpsichord offers unique, vivid and richly varied expression.

Rossini: Sigismondo, opera in 2 actsArtists: Margarita Grits-kova; Maria Aleida; Kenneth Tarver; Marcell Bakonyi; Paula Sanchez-Valverde; Cesar Arrieta; Antonino Fogliani/Camerata Bach Choir Paznan; Virtuosi Bru-nensis. Michele D’Elia (Pno).

(2 CD) 2 NXS 8660403 $24.99 While filled with Rossini’s distinctive musical hall-marks and notable for some wonderful duets, Sigis-mondo was one of his few failures in the genre, for which blame is usually laid at the feet of his librettist.

Orchestral Music of Laszlo LajthaWorks: Laszlo Lajtha (1892-1963): Symphony No. 7, Suite No. 3, Hortobagy Art-ists: Nicolas Pasquet/Pecs SO (1 CD) NXS 8573647 $10.49 Laszlo Lajtha was one of the most significant Hungarian

composers of the 20th century, though wider recogni-tion of his music was prevented by the Communist regime. The Seventh Symphony is a tragic, dramatic and revolutionary work directly associated with the brutal suppression of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.

Paul Viardot, Pauline Viardot: Violin SonatasWorks: Paul Viardot (1857-1941): Violin Sonatas nos 1-3; Pauline Viardot (1821-1910): Sonatina for violin & piano Artists: Wolfgang Manz (Pno); Reto Kuppel (Vln). (1 CD) NXS 8573607 $12.99 Pauline Viardot, daughter of the famous tenor, Manuel Garcia, was a mezzo-soprano and composer. Her Violin Sonatina in A minor reflects her operatic background with its long melodic lines. Her son Paul, the dedicatee of Faure’s great A minor Sonata, wrote three beautifully crafted, expressively rich violin sonatas over an almost fifty-year period. Max Reger: Fantasias & Fugues / David Goode

Artists: David Goode, the Klais organ of Bath Abbey (2 CD) (Signum Records) 2 SIG 476 $24.99 Organist David Goode contin-ues his series of recordings of the organ works of Max Reger on Signum. This latest

release includes his Fantasia and Fugue on BACH and the ‘Symphonic’ Fantasia and Fugue. David Goode is organist at Eton College.

François Couperin: Complete Works for Organ Artists: Andre Isoir (Organ) (2 CD) (La Dolce Volta) 2 LDCV 1478 $15.99 From the early Renaissance to the masters of the first half of the twentieth century, legendary organ-ist André Isoir surveyed all eras of music. Available once more, La Dolce Volta reissues this remas-tered collection of François Couperin’s (1668-1733) complete organ works.

César Franck: Complete Works for OrganArtists: André Isoir (Organ) (2 CD) (La Dolce Volta) 2 LDCV 176 $15.99 André Isoir’s recording catalog offers an exceptional pan-orama of French organ music. Available once more, La Dolce Volta reissues this remastered

collection of Franck’s complete organ works.

The Organ of Oslo Cathedral / Kare NordstogaWorks: J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Grieg: Holberg Suite; Arild Sandvold (1895-1984): Norwegian Variations; Reger: Chorale Fantasia; Gounod: Meditation on Bach’s Prelude in C Artists: Kare Nordstoga, organ (1 CD) (LAWO Classics) LAWO 1103 $16.99 On this new release, organist Kare Nordstoga plays a variety of famous works to showcase the beautiful organ in Oslo Cathedral. The main organ in Oslo Cathedral was built by Norwegian organ builders Ryde & Berg in 1998.

Joseph Guy Ropartz: Complete Organ Works Works: Joseph Guy Ropartz (1864-1955): Complete Organ Works Artists: Markus Eichenlaub (Aristide Cavaille-Coll organ) (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Aeolus) 2 AEOL 10391 $38.99 A student of Massenet and

Dubois, whose oeuvre is almost completely forgot-ten today, Roparatz was one of the most interesting protagonists of the rich French organ romantics.

L’Organo della Cattedrale di Cremona - 16th Century Organ Music / Fausto Caporali, organ

Works by: Ingegneri, Pallavicino, Merula, Corradini, Gonelli, Chiarini, Arighi, Poffa, Berbieri, Manna, Paloschi, Petrali, Caudana, Caifa (1 CD) (MV Cremona) MVC 005015 $17.99

Organist and composer Fausto Caporali, organist in Cremona’s Cathedral, presents this release of music by composers who were also organists and “Maestri di Cappella” in Cremona’s Cathedral from the Six-teenth century onward. The release includes several world premieres.

Nicolas de Grigny: Complete Works for OrganArtists: Andre Isoir (Organ) (2 CD) (La Dolce Volta) 2 LDCV 149 $15.99 Available once more, La Dolce Volta reissues this remastered collection of Nicolas de Grigny’s (1672 - 1703) complete organ works.

Sonatas and Variations / Joby Bell, organWorks by: Brahms, Jongen, Laurin, Reubke (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3559 $16.99 Joby Bell’s recital programming demonstrates a varied and interesting repertoire. On this release Bell plays Joseph Jongen’s ‘’Sonata Eroica, Op. 94’’, Brahms’s ‘’Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24’’ and Julius Reubke’s ‘’Sonata on the Ninety-Fourth Psalm’’.

Organ Music of Andreas Willscher / CoomanWorks: Andreas Willscher (b.1955): Organ Symphony No. 5 “Of Francis’s Preaching about Holy Poverty” Artists: Carson P. Cooman (Organ). (1 CD) (Divine Art) DVT 25150 $18.99 German composer Andreas Willscher has won many awards for his compositions. His organ works are especially fine and varied - involving often a mélange of post-tonal modernism, minimal-ism, and jazz and rock elements.

Partners in Time: Comparing NotesWorks: Buxtehude, Bach: Organ Music, Part 1 Artists: Gayle, Martin, (org) (1 CD) (Leaf Music) LEAF 207 $19.99

The Neapolitan school in Molfetta between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuriesWorks by: A. Gabrieli, Dalza, Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Quagliati, Scarlatti, Greco, Zipoli et al. Artists: Francesco di Lernia & Gaetano Magarelli, organs (1 CD) (Digressione Music) DIGR 62 $17.99 The history of organ building in Molfetta is lost in the mists of time. The firts information available are related to the early Cathedral of the town (today known as St. Conrad’s Cathedral), the foundation of which dates back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In 1842 Michele Romano reported in his ‘Saggio sulla storia di Molfetta’ (Essay on the history of Molfetta) of a ‘’very elegant and magnificent organ’’ and an ‘’orchestra with mottled and golden organ, with carvings and art works with

Organ Works of Jacques Boyvin (1653-1706)Works: Jacques Boyvin (1653-1706): Four Suites from the Second Livre d’Orgue Artists: Kola Owolabi (Andreas Silbermann Organ at the Abbey church in Ebersmunster, France) (1 CD) (Raven) RAV 997 $19.99 In searching for the organ on which he would record these 26 works by Boyvin, Kola Owolabi writes, “. . . my choice of [this] organ might be surprising to some, due to its Alsatian characteristics that show both French and German influence. Howev-er, the sound of this instrument has an expressive beauty that really charmed me.”

Puccini: Organ Works / Liuwe Tamminga, organIn his early years, before moving to Milan to continue his studies at the age of

22, Puccini was playing in several churches in and around Lucca and composed several pieces for organ. Only recently several collections containing more than 30

unknown pieces have surfaced. They add a very special insight into the operatic style of church music at the end of the 19th century (1 CD) (Passacaille)

PSSA 1029 $18.99

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Alta Danza: 15th Century Dance Music in ItalyArtists: les haulz et les bas (wind ensemble) (1 CD) (Christophorus) CHR 02132 $10.49 The dances presented on this recording are described in around a dozen manu-scripts which are nearly all of

Italian origin. Almost all the dances are attributed to two 15th-century masters, Domenico da Pia-cenza and Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro.

Andrea Antico (ca.1470-1540): Organ SonatasArtists: Maria Luisa Baldassari, organ/Strumenti Storici (1 CD) (Tactus) TCT 480101 $16.99 Organist and harpsichordist Maria Luisa Baldas-sari leads us to discover the singular figure of early Renaissance composer Andrea Antico da Monto-na. The performers take advantage of performing original period instruments.

Early Modern English Music, 1500-1550Works: Works by R. Cooper, Anonymous, T. Preston, H. Aston, Henry VIII Artists: Guillermo Perez, (org); David Catalunya, (hammered clavismbalum); Angelique Mauillon, (renaissance harp) (1 CD) (Passacaille)

PSSA 1028 $18.99 Contemporary audiences, whether connoisseur or inexperienced, are seduced from the very first note, overwhelmed by the sensuality and unusual sonori-ties that make up Tasto Solo’s particular identity.

Istampite: Medieval pieces for fiddle & percussionArtists: Stevie Wishart/Sinfonye (1 CD) (Glossa) GLS 80701 $10.49 Wishart’s interests have always been related to combining Medieval and contemporary aesthetics, which can also be appreciated in this Istampite recording. The percussive elements here support her deeply informed fiddle and hurdy-gurdy render-ings of 14th-century Florentine repertoire.

Early MusicSweelinck: Psaumes français & Canciones Sacrae

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Psaumes français & Cancio-nes Sacrae Artists: Daniel Reuss/Cappella Amsterdam. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 502033 $14.99This mid-priced reissue from

Daniel Reuss and Cappella Amsterdam features two of Sweelinck’s most significant contributions to Franco-Flemish polyphony.

Ottaviano Petrucci (1446-1539): Intavolature di LiutoWorks: Works by Spinacino, Dalza, Bossinensis Artists: Sandro Volta, (renaissance lute) (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95262 $8.99 Ottaviano Petrucci (1446-1539) was the first significant

publisher of polyphonic music, and the composers on this disc would likely be entirely forgotten were it not for his editions.

Secular music from the Spanish Renaissance, “Al alva Venid”Works: Works by Luis de Narvaez; Juan del Enzina; Diego Ortiz; Vasquez; Alonso Mudarra; et al Artists: Marta Almajano/Ensemble La Romanesca. (1 CD) (Glossa) GLS 80203 $10.49 Ensemble La Romanesca’s ‘Al Alva Venid’ covers some essential Spanish Renaissance repertory with an all-star line-up of performers presenting absolutely reference interpretations.

Musical treasures from 16th century BaselWorks: Works by Arbeau; Attaingnant; Des Prez; Hofhaimer; Isaac; de Lassus; Senfl; Tromboncino; Verdelot et al. Artists: Ensemble Canti B. CVEL 91708 $18.99 With the album ‘’Fro bin ich dein’’, the Ensemble Canti B presents a tribute to its hometown with the most varied genres of music.

In Vinea Mea: Il Vino la Vite e la Vigna nel Me-dioevoArtists: Ensemble Chominciamento di Gioia. In ancient religions wine was considered a gift of the gods given to man. The music on this release is dedicated to that ever-famous drink. (1 CD) (III Millennio) IIIM 0185 $17.99

‘Quattrocento’, Renaissance MusicWorks: Works by Canciero de Montecassino; Antonio Cornazano; Joan Ambrosio Dalza; M. Gulielmus; Hans Judenkünig; Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro; Domenico da Piacenza; Francisco de la Torre Artists: Carles Magraner/Capella de Ministrers. (1 CD) (Capella de Ministrers) CPDM 1742 $18.99 The Quattrocento is one of the most important periods of European art scene. It is located throughout the 15th century and is the birthplace of the Renaissance. In no unified Italy this century art, dance and music represented the power of gobernants before other regions.

Johannes Tinctoris (1435-1511): Chansons, Mass Mouvements, Instrumental MusicArtists: Baptiste Romain/Le Miroir De Musique (1 CD) (Ricercar) RCR 380 $18.99 If Johannes Tinctoris (1435-1511) is today widely recognized as one of the most renowned music theorists of his time, he was also a perceptive observer of the musical practices of the Renais-sance. This program retraces his career through his extremely varied output: French and Italian songs, Mass movements, and instrumental pieces.

Orlando di Lassus: OraculaArtists: Roberto Festa/Daedalus. (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 337 $10.49 The fourteen reissues are performed by the leading musicians in the relevant repertory;

Stravaganza d’Amore! - The Birth of Opera at the Medici Court 1589-1608Works: Works by Allegri; Brunelli; Buonamente; Caccini; Malvezzi; Marenzio; Orologio; Peri; Pichon; Striggio Artists: Raphaël Pichon/Pygmalion Ensemble (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 902286 $29.99 Late sixteenth-century Florence was alive with theater. Seeking to achieve the perfect blend between music and poetry, intermedi (interludes) were inserted into plays. These interludes were presented with lavish visual and musical resources at a time when the burgeoning genre of opera was just emerging.

“Back Before Bach: Musical Journeys” / Piffaro, Renaissance Wind BandWorks by: Pierre Alamire; Brumel; Heinrich Finck; Melchior Franck; Johann Groh; Jacobus; Heinrich Isaac; Joan Kimball; Orlande de Lassus; Stephan Mahu; Jacob

Obrecht; Michael Praetorius; Samuel Scheidt; Schein; Caelius Sedulius; Senfl; Walther; Wiemken. Artists: Piffaro. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 6106 $14.99

Instrumental music from this period was rarely written down and tends to have been lost to history. The inclusion of these popular tunes is a rare and special treat and adds valuable detail to Piffaro’s depiction of the musical world of sixteenth century Germany.

J.S. Bach: Keyboard Works / Helmut Walcha [13 CDs]Works: English Suites; French Suites; Partitas; Inventions; Sinfonias; The Well-Tempered Clavier 1 & 2; Italian Concerto; French Overture; Goldberg Variations et al. (13 CD) (Warner Classics) 13 WRNC 563141 $31.99 “One of the great interpreters of J. S. Bach,” was the New York Times’ description of the German organist and harpsichordist Helmut Walcha (1907-1991). Gramophone judged that “his coherence and inner logic as a Bach interpreter remain unsurpassed.”

Fux: Complete Music for Harpsichord [2 CDs]Artists: Filippo Ravizza, harpsichord (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95189 $12.99 These new recordings by Filippo Emanuele Ravizzi have few rivals in the current catalogue. Ravizzi is a pupil

of Bob van Asperen and Gustav Leonhardt: a dis-tinguished pedigree, which brings a fine feeling both to the tripping, French-style dance rhythms of the partitas and to the potential for darker expressive coloration in the long D major Chaconne.

Froberger: Music for HarpsichordWorks: Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667): Toccatas, Capriccios, Partitas, Canzoni Artists: Johannes Maria Bogner (clavichord) (1 CD) (Fra Bernardo) FRAB 1703213 $18.99 At the age of 18, Johannes Maria Bogner was led to the harpsichord, where he first encountered the works of Froberger and he was captivated by them. After he changed to playing the clavichord, he came back to the composer’s works. On this recording he presents them in all the intimacy and agitation that the clavichord is capable of realizing.

Nicolas Siret: Complete Harpsichord Works Artists: Fernando de Luca, harpsichord (2 CD) (Urania (Italy) 2 URA 14030 $29.99 Nicolas Siret (1663-1754), a minor composer of the French era, is known for his works for harp-sichord, from the same time as Couperin. This release collects, for the first time, the complete works for harpsichord.

The HarpsichordJ.S. Bach on the Haprsichord

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue / Davitt Moroney, harpsichord [2 CDs]Bach’s last - and unfinished - great work takes us into a world of unsurpassed

beauty and refinement. Although no specific instrumentation is indicated in the manuscript, The Art of Fugue was probably meant for the harpsichord, as is con-

vincingly demonstrated by this splendid interpretation by Davitt Moroney. Originally release in 1992, Moroney plays a harpsichord by John Phillips modeled after after

Ruckers, Blanchet and Taskin. (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 501169 $16.99

J.S. Bach: Il Francese e i’Italien / Elisabeth Wright, harpsichordWorks: J.S. Bach: selections from Clavier Ubung I & II, BWV 830 / 831 Artists: Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3537 $16.99 Harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and continuo improviser at numerous festivals and concert series around the world. She has made guest appearances with Tafelmusik as well as the Seattle, Vancouver and Portland Baroque Ensembles. Ms. Wright is a founding member of the Seattle Early Music Guild and Bloomington Early Music Associates.

Reijnold Popma van Oevering: Suites for Klavier Works: Reijnold Popma Van Oevering (1692 - 1781): Suites for keyboard, Op. 1/1-6; Het Sneker Klolspel, for carillon Artists: Bob van Asperen (Hpsi); Christiaan Muller, organ (1 CD) (Aeo-lus) AEOL 10144 $18.99

The suites by this 17-year-old Dutch composer were the first to carry forward the innovative harp-sichord suite concept of the French composer Francois Dieupart of beginning with a substantial prelude or overture. The recordings are made partly on the monumental Christiaan Muller organ in Leeuwarden, built in 1727.

Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonatas, Vol. 5Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonatas (15) Artists: Pierre Hantaï (Hpsi). (1 CD) (Mirare) MRR 326 $23.99 Pierre Hantaï is recognized as one of the most notable harpsichordists of his generation. The pre-vious four volumes of his dazzling cycle of Scarlatti Sonatas received strong critical acclaim. This long-awaited fifth volume continues to set a new standard for these works.

Federico Maria Sardelli: Suites pour le Clavecin Works: Federico Maria Sardelli (b.1963): Suites (3) pour le Clavecin; Chaconne in Memory of the incomparable Mr. De Lully in G Artists: Simone Stella, harpsichord (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95488 $16.99 This is the third album with original Baroque style com-positions by musicologist Federico Maria Sardelli.

J.S. Bach: Variations & More / Wolfgang Glüxam, harpsichordWorks: works Artists: artists (2 CD) (Fra Bernardo) 2 FRAB 1610921 $29.99 This CD of the Italian harpsichordist and organist Maurizio Croci is dedicated to keys works of Bach, which were designed for both organ and harpsichord. Frequently Bach transformed his compositions between the two keyboard instruments back and forth in order to get a better understanding of the relevant technical and idiomatic possibilities and limitations. As a keyboardist, Bach was admired by all who had the fortune to hear him and was the envy of the virtuosi of his day. The cornerstone of this album is Bach’s thirty variations. This admirable work includes a regular four part Fugue, several extremely brilliant Variations for two Claviers, and concludes with a Quodlibet, as it is called. Born in 1958 in Melk, Wolfgang Gluxam studied harpsichord with Ton Koopman at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and organ with Alfred Mitterhofer at the Vienna Conservatory. He has won prizes at international competitions, and has been teaching harpsichord at the Vienna Music University since 1985.

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New Baroque Release Highlights

The Baroque EraAndreas Christoph Clamer: Mensa Harmonica

Works: Andreas Christoph Clamer (1633-1701): Partitas (6) for strings and continuo Artists: Dolce Risonanza. (1 CD) (Christophorus) . CHR 77406 $18.99 Alongside performances in the private chamber of the Prince

Archbishop, it is conceivable that these works were also played at open-air concerts. It was customary to listen to “sweet music” while occupied in “most pleas-ant entertainment” such as dice and card games.

Angelo Maria Fiore (1660-1723): Complete Cello Sonatas; 17th Century Italian Arias

Artists: Elinor Frey, cello; Suzie Leblanc, soprano; Lo-renzo Ghielmi, harpsichord; Esteban La Rotta, theorbo (1 CD) (Passacaille) PSSA 1026 $18.99 Elinor Frey’s prior albums have garnered her critical

praise. Her first Baroque album was praised for its “careful scholarship and brilliant layering of moods and tempos” (Toronto Star) and for the “honest, reflective beauty of her music making” (Strings).

Francesco Gemininani (1687-1762): The Art of Playing on the Violin, Op. 9Artists: Gottfried von der Goltz, (vln); Annekatrin Beller, (clo); Torten Johann, (hpsi); Thomas C. Boy-sen, (theorbo) (1 CD) (Aparte) AART 134 $21.49 Violinist Gottfried von der Goltz and musicians from the Freiburger Barockorchester bring the music of Geminiani to vivid life. In this music, virtuosity is not an end in itself but it serves a pure musical drama where lyrical flights correspond to intimate feelings.

Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1620-1669): Sonatas, Roma 1669Artists: Fabrizio Longo/Opera Quinta. (1 CD) (Tactus) TCT 621602 $16.99 Most of these instrumental compositions are brilliantly characterized by 17th c. sounds and instruments (i.e.

scacciapensieri, triangle, triple flute, castagnette and tambourine) enriching the performances with the vitality that characterized popular dances and Spanish musical influences.

Handel: Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62Artists: Oratorio in Three Parts for solo, chorus & or-chestra, HWV 62 Artists: Julia Doyle, soprano; Ben Johnson, tenor; Peter Harvey, baritone; Howard Arman/Akademie fur Alte Musick Berlin; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (2 CD)

(BR Klassik) 2 BRK 900520 $37.49 This virtuoso and colorful reading was recorded on February 11, 2017 in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz; it delighted the audience and the trade press alike. Howard Arman conducts an historically informed performance with a line-up of brilliant English soloists.

Vivaldi: Doubles ConcertosArtists: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 1901975 $9.49 Originally released in 2007, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin transports us to the Venice of the ‘red-haired priest’ with a program featuring a wide-ranging selection of the composer’s colorful concertos.

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV48, 90 131Artists: Jan Börner; Hans Jörg Mammel; Dominik Wörn-er; Johannes Kaleschke. Rudolf Lutz/Chor & Orchester der J.S. Bach-Stiftung (1 CD) (J.S. Bach Stiftung) JSBS B592CD $18.99 This new release features

three live recordings from the evangelical church in Trogen AR, Switzerland These beautiful pieces are performed on historical instruments by the choir and orchestra of the J.S. Bach Foundation under the di-rection of celebrated conductor Rudolf Lutz.

J.S. Bach: Motets BWV 225-230 / KiujkenArtists: Sigiswald Kiujken/La Petite Bande. (1 CD) (Accent) ACT 24331 $18.99 For those wanting a general “choral” approach to Bach’s motets, La Petite Bande and Sigiswald Kui-jken present just such an alternative to the early authentic performance style of one voice to a part.

Schütz: Opus Ultimum ‘Schwanengesang’Works: Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Psalm 119: SWR 482-490; Psalm 100; Deutsches Magnificat Art-ists: Philippe Herreweghe/Concerto Palatino. (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 501895 $16.99

In the early 1660s, Schütz, now past 65 years old and relegated among the faded glories of the Dres-den court, began to prepare for the idea of his own death. He embarked on a setting of all 176 verses of Psalm 119. This Opus ultimum since had assumed the form of 11 motets for double choir, presented in this classic recording from Collegium Vocale Gent.

J.S. Bach: The Art of FugueArtists: Quintaessentia Quartet. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38230 $19.99 The recorder quartet quintaessentia is the lead-ing ensemble of its kind in Brazil. This label debut for the ensemble gives extraordinary audibility to Bach’s brilliant counterpoint.

Jacob Van Eyck (1685-1759): The Flute’s Garden of DelightsArtists: Marion Verbruggen, recorders (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 507350 $16.99 Famed for her high-spirited, charismatic and technically dazzling performances, re-

corder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen has earned an international reputation as the leading exponent of her instrument. Her recording of Van Eyck’s Der Fluyten Lusthof, the largest work for a solo wind instrument in European history, is available once again at mid-price.

La Cetra d’Orfeo, music for harp & chitarrone Works: Music of Monteverdi, Kapsberger Piccinini Artists: Marina Bonetti, (hrp); Diego Cantalupi, (chitarrone) (1 CD) (MV Cremona) MVC 005018 $17.99 The harp and the chitarrone are two striking examples of

how ancient instruments, still nearly renaissance models, were modernized in terms of the power and projection of their sound to adapt to the larger great rooms and theaters where music began to be heard during the 1600’s.

Pietro Migali: Trio Sonatas Op. 1Works: Pietro Migail (1635-1715): Trio Sonatas (12), for 2 violins, archlute & organ, Op. 1 Artists: Ensemble BariAntiquA. (1 CD) (MV Cremona) MVC 01744 $17.99 Violinist Enrico Gatti comments that “Corelli introduced a new formal model, which was pure, balanced, and full of musical substance; at the same time he pursued the Roman style, endorsing and incorporating the significant inventions of his illustrious predecessors, among whom was Alessandro Stradella”.

Charpentier: La descente d’Orphée aux enfersArtists: Sébastien Daucé/Ensemble Correspondances. Sébastien Daucé (Organ). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902279 $18.99 Until Charpentier’s fascinat-ing little gem on the margins of the large-scale tragedie

lyrique, the myth of Orpheus had never been the subject matter for a French opera. On this delightful release, Sebastien Dauce and his Ensemble Corre-spondances bring Orpheus’ song to life and demon-strate the enchanting power of Charpentier’s music.

Telemann: Twelve Fantasias for Solo FluteArtists: Ashley Solomon (Flt). (1 CD) (Channel Classics) CCS 40617 $21.49 This program from flautist Ashley Solomon, director of the ensemble Florilegium, offers the listener a rare opportunity to hear two unique baroque flutes, both made in 1760, alongside Solomon’s favorite modern copy, opening a new sound world for listeners and breathing fresh life into these well-known works.

J. S. Bach: Five Cantatas for Bass Solo Works: J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Bass Solo, BWV 56, 12, 82, 21 & 158 Artists: Henryk Bohm (bass); Antonius Adamske/Gottinger Barockorchester (1 CD) (Coviello) CVEL 91704 $19.99 The bass Henryk Bohm, together with the Got-tinger Barockorchester under Antonius Adamske, presents a cross-section from the cantatas based on Christoph Birkmann’s texts, thus reaffirming the overwhelming variety in Bach’s work.

Vivaldi: Concerti di ParigiArtists: Vincent Bernhardt/Il Delirio Fantastico. (1 CD) (Callo) CLLO 1740 $18.99 Il delirio fantastico explores actively unheard music from the Italian and German baroque repertoire, while approaching as well the classics and particularly the music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 / ManzeArtists: Andrew Manze/The Academy of Ancient Music. (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi). 2 HAR 507228 $16.99 Considered among the finest examples of Baroque orches-tral music, Handel’s Concerti Grossi, Op.6, completed in

1739 over a mere four weeks, surpass the work of other outstanding composers of the form. Andrew Manze leads the Academy of Ancient Music in these vibrant performances, originally released in 1998.

J.S. Bach - “Ich ruf’ zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ”Works: Religious and secular works of Bach in transcriptions and settings by Met-ropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev Artists: Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev/Russian Nat’l Orch.; Stephan Genz, baritone (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone) PTE 5186593 $17.99 On Sale“Bach’s music is not a museum piece. Living in modern times, we have full rights to use the full scale of modern means of expression in order to translate to the listener the out-standing grandeur and timeless beauty of his music.” (Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev)

Chamber Music from the Early Baroque, “Vanitas” Works by: Turini, Cima, Cazzati, Merula, Eyck, Uc-cellini, Rossi, Eyck, Scarani, Schutz, et al Artists: En-semble Matis (1 SA Hybrid CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38233 $19.99 “The musicians present

these brief works with both intensity and lively joy, so that the twelve works of ten composers, despite an overriding fleeting sense, leave a permanent impression.” -Pizzicato

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The Classical Era

New Release Classical Era HighlightsBaroque... continued

J.S. Bach: Cantatas; Mass in g minorArtists: Tobias Berndt; Dorothee Mields; Benno Schachtner; Benedikt Kristjánsson; Hans-Christoph Rademann/Gaechinger Can-torey. (1 CD) (Carus) CRS 83311 $18.99 Even today, Protestant

church music has been strongly characterized by Johann Sebastian Bach. The “musical preacher” allows the listener to understand both emotionally and rationally the theological message entirely in the spirit of Martin Luther.

J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin & HarpsichordWorks: J.S. Bach: Sonatas for violin & harpsichords BWV 1021 & 1023; Sonatas for Violin and Harpsi-chord nos. 1, 3 & 5; Artists: Apollo Ensemble (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3527 $16.99 The Apollo Ensemble is like a chameleon. Some-times a baroque orchestra, other times a duo, trio, or septet. On this album, three members perform - David Rabinovich, violin, Marion Boshuizen, harp-sichord, and Cassiandra Luckhardt, viola da gamba.

Jean Barrière: Sonatas for Cello & b.c.Artists: Blandine Rannou, (clo); Emmanuel Balssa; Pascal Monteilhet; Richard Myron; Bruno Cocset (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 330 $10.49 Jean Barrière (1707-1747) first studied the viol, however

in due course he became a skilled cellist during a period when the cello was gaining popularity over the viol in France. He became one of the best known virtuoso cellists of his time.

Marais (1656-1728): Les Folies d’Espagne; Suite en mi; Le LabyrintheArtists: Marianne Muller/Ensemble Spirale. (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 338 $10.49 Marin Marais was a master of the viol, and the leading French composer of music for the instru-ment. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe.

Responde Mihi: Ligurgical Music in NaplesWorks: Works by Gaetano Veneziano; Nicola Fago; Francesco Provenzale; Gaetano Greco; Artists: Antonio Florio/Cappella Neapolitana. (1 CD) (Glossa) GLS 80023 $12.99 From the early Symphonia-label days of Antonio Florio and his ensemble, now renamed I Turchini, we bring back to the market an important recording of early Baroque Neapolitan liturgical music.

The Alehouse Sessions, Music from 17th Century English TavernsArtists: Bjarte Eike (Vln)/Barokksolistene; The Ale-house Boys (1 CD) (Rubicon) RBCN 1017 $19.99 ‘’If it has to be put in a historical context, the project draws its inspiration from the Shakespearian theatre where there was a direct communication between stage and hall.’’ – Bjarte Eike

Antoine Boësset (1587-1643): Je meurs sans mourirWorks: works Artists: Vincent Dumestre/Le Poème Harmonique. (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 331 $10.49 Following on from the success of the Red and Yellow series (a total of twenty-eight reissues), which have restored to the limelight the treasures of the label’s Baroque music catalogues, here are fourteen new titles offering a chance to renew acquaintance with further gems of the Baroque as well as a number of rarities.

Haydn: “Sun” Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 4-6Artists: Chiaroscuro Quartet. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2168 $19.99 Every bar is full of a sense of musical adventure, a palpa-ble feeling that Haydn is cre-ating bridges between styles,

drawing on every historical source he knew as well as the furthest reaches of his musical imagination.

W.A. Mozart: Flute QuartetsWorks: W.A. Mozart: Flute Quartets in D Major, K.285; in G Major, K.285a; in C Major, K.Anh.171; in A Major, K.298 (1 SA CD) (PentaTone Classics) PTE 5186567 $17.99 On SaleUlf-Dieter Schaaff is the principal flautist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a position he combines with a career as a soloist and as an internationally sought-after teacher. He is joined by his colleagues Philipp Beckert (violin), Andreas Willwohl (viola) and Georg Boge (violoncello).

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Mariss JansonsArtists: Mariss Jansons/Bayerischen Rundfunks SO. Michael Schade (Tnr); Michael Volle (Bar); Krassimira Stoyanova (Sop). (1 CD) (BR Klassik) BRK 900156 $16.99 Friedrich Schiller’s Ode: “An

die Freude” receives a far deeper significance in Jansons’ hands, which fully encompasses the doubt and profound hope, as well as the joy, em-bodied in this text. Thus, the choral finale here does not degenerate to mere superficial orgy of ju-bilation, but rather becomes a delicately balanced, wisely developed drama.

Beethoven: Works for Violin & OrchestraWorks: Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Triple Concerto; Romancea for Violin nos 1 & 2 Artists: James Judd/Royal PO. David Geringas (Clo); Michael Korstick (Pno); Thomas Albertus Irnberger (Vln). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Gramola) 2 GRAM 99101 $29.49 On SaleThe Austrian violinist Thomas Albertus Imberger collaborated with pianist Michael Korstick and cellist David Geringas on their latest release with Schubert piano trios.

Boccherini: Sonatas for Cembalo and Violino Obbligato Artists: Liana Mosca, (vln); Pierre Goy, (kybrd) (2 CD) (Stradivarius) 2 SVS 33983 $24.99 This intimate friend of Benjamin Franklin owned several harpsichords and ‘new’ pianos, including one sent from London by Johann Christian Bach, similar to the square piano made by Frederick Beck recorded here.

Boccherini: Quintetts with 2 CellosArtists: Ensemble Explorations. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 1901894 $9.49 These performances from Roel Dieltiens and the En-semble Explorations show-case Boccherini’s unrivaled

ability to use this group of instruments to create a limpid, shimmering soundscape, traversed by fleet-ing zones of shadow and sudden bursts of light.

Boccherini: String Trios Op. 6 Artists: Lubotsky Trio. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95493 $8.99 Excellent performances by the Lubotsky Trio, with the eminent Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky, a pupil of David Oistrakh, as primarius.

Bruno Walter Conducts the Vienna PO Mozart’s 78s RecordingsWorks: Mozart: Symphonies ‘Prague’ & Jupiter’; Piano Concerto No. 20; ‘Eine Kleine Nactmusik’; German Dances (3); et al Artists: Bruno Walter/Vienna Philharmonic. (2 CD) (Opus Kura) 2 OPK 2118/19 $20.49

C.P.E. Bach: Complete Works for Violin & KeyboardWorks: C.P.E. Bach: Arioso and Variations; Fantasia; Sonata for violin & keyboard, H504, H512-14 Artists: Duo Belder Kimura. (2 CD) (Resonus Records) 2 REOA 10192 $24.99 Rising star violinist Rie Kimura and prolific key-boardist Pieter-Jan Belder combine to breathe new life into these remarkable and challenging jewels of the early violin and keyboard repertoire.

Carl Maria von Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2Artists: Florian Krumpock, (pno); Claus Peter Flor/Wiener-Concert-Verein. (1 CD) (Christophorus) CHR 02122 $10.49 An unmistakably Viennese band, with a rustic oboe as from a bygone VPO era

plus horns to match, the Wiener Concert-Verein and Claus-Peter Flor are aided here by a well-integrated recording that puts space around music.

Hans Rosbaud conducts Weber, MendelssohnWorks: Weber & Men-delssohn: Preciosa; Der Freischutz; Konzertstuck; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Capriccio Brillant; et al Artists: Hans Rosbaud/Sud-westfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden. (1 CD) (SWR Music)

SWRM 19040 $18.99 This release, which contains several unpublished recordings, surveys a different Rosbaud from the new music specialist. Here we discover his interpre-tations of overtures from the early Romantic period plus concert pieces by Weber and Mendelssohn.

Mozart: Flute Quartets / Barthold KuijkenArtists: Barthold Kuijken, transverse (flt); Sigiswald Kuijken, (vln); Lucy van Dael, (vla); Wieland Kui-jken, (clo) (1 CD) (Accent) ACT 24329 $18.99 The composer’s characteristic charm, wit, beauty, and elegance are in evidence throughout. The present recording with Barthold Kuijken dated from the early 1980s and is regarded as one the most beautiful interpretations of these works.

Italian Rococo at the HermitageWorks: Works by Galuppi, Giordani, Titz, Paisiello Artists: Claire Genewein, (flauto traverso); La Cetra Consort (1 CD) (Solo Musica) SOLO 258 $18.99 In her Doctoral thesis, flautist Claire Genewein showed that in 18th century Italy, instrumental music was rehearsed with the aid of textual reflec-tions. This album documents the tradition of the mutual interaction between vocal and instrumental music and makes this stimulating impetus audible.

Mozart, Weber: Clarinet QuartetsArtists: Quartet 212. Pierre Genisson (Clnt). (1 CD) (Aparte) AART 149 $21.49 Clarinetist Pierre Génisson and the Quartet 212, made up of musicians from the Met Opera, perform two radiant scores that feature the warm and voluptuous timbre of the clarinet melting into the brightness of the strings.

Un Italiano a LondraWorks: Abel: Overture; J.C. Bach: Symphonies (6), Op. 6; Giardini: Concerto for Violins (6) Artists: Riccardo Doni/Accademia dell-Annunciata. Giuliano Carmignola (Vln). (2 CD) (Musica Viva) 2 MSCV 118 $33.49 For the Felice Giardini (1716-1796) concertos, an unmissable album to reaffirm that our musical heritage is still full of many treasures waiting to be rediscovered and performed.

Classical Trios for Flute, Piano & Cello - Weber, Kuhlau & CzernyArtists: Annie Laflamme, (flt); Dorothea Schonwiese, (clo); Katarzyna Drogosz, (pno) (1 CD) (Coviello) CVEL 91709 $18.99 In the case of each of the three instruments heard in these trios, innovative design changes that occurred at the beginning of the 19th century readied the flute trio to estab-lish itself in the chamber music genre. This release explores those first chamber works, and includes pieces by Carl-Maria von Weber, Friedrich Kuhlau, and Carl Czerny.

Filippo Ruge: Chamber Music with Flute(s)Artists: Enrico Casularo, (transverse flute)/Flatus Ensemble. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95495 $8.99 Italian composer Filippo Ruge (1725-1767) was a flautist by training, hence the concentra-tion in this survey of his out-

put for works featuring the flute in a soloistic capac-ity. Not only a G major concerto and sonata but a D major duet for two flutes, and an arietta in which a pair of sopranos is accompanied by a pair of flutes.

Mozart: Divertimento for violin, viola & celloArtists: Alea Ensemble. (1 CD) (MV Cremona) MVC 002008 $17.99 This is a work of profound meaning and intrinsic musical worth; indeed, it was written only a few weeks after the last symphonies, and it must be

ranked next to the best quartets and quintets of the last period. “The entire work is not only one of his most mature chamber works, but constitutes an un-surpassed achievement of its genre” (Herman Abert).

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The Romantic PeriodRomantic Era Highlights for September

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / TiberghienArtists: Jiri Belohlávek/BBC SO; Cédric Tiberghien, piano (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 501977 $14.99 Named a BBC New Generation Artist in 2005, Cédric Tiberghien had been making strides on the world’s

concert stages and attracting rave notices. In this superb reading he is ably supported by the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Jiri Belohlávek, who also deliver a spacious account of Brahms’ ‘Haydn’ Variations as a bonus.

Bruckner: Symphonie No. 5 / HerrewegheArtists: Philippe Herreweghe/Orchestre des Champs-Élysées (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 1902011 $9.49 Rarely did the premiere of a Bruckner symphony arouse such enthusiasm; even if, in

the case of Symphony No.5, the first performance took place nearly twenty years after its composition. It captivated listeners as it does today with its inef-fable mystery, combining Baroque logic with Roman-tic introspection.

Dvorák: American String Quartet & Quintet, Opp. 96 & 97Artists: Sèkampa Quartet. Krzysztof Chorzelski (Vla). (1 CD) (Champs Hill) CMPH 110 $16.99 The Sèkampa Quartet has been an award-winning recording artist for Supraphon for most of its career. They are now also among the elite artists whose performances have been selected for release on Wigmore Hall Live label.

Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’Artists: Kevin John Edusei/Chineke! Orch. (1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 515 $17.99 Drawn from exceptional musi-cians from across the conti-nent, the orchestra is part of the Chineke! Foundation - a

non-profit organization that provides career oppor-tunities to young Black and Minority Ethnic classical musicians in the UK and Europe.

Niccolo Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1Artists: Celeste Williams (vln) (2 CD) (EMEC) 2 EMEC 107/8 $16.99 Dedicated “to the artists” rather than to a specific person, Paganini’s Caprices are among the most complex and difficult works ever written for the in-strument, comprising a distillation of nearly all his prized techniques in phenomenally difficult settings. Ms. Williams handles the proceedings with aplomb.

Schubert: String Quartet No.14, QuartettsatzArtists: Jerusalem Quartet. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 1901990 $9.49 Schubert’s turbulent String Quartet No.14 is one of the pillars of the repertoire. This program from the Jerusalem Quartet also includes the dramatic Quartettsatz in C minor from 1820 intended to form the opening movement of a quartet the composer left unfinished.

Sibelius & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos / Sarah ChangWorks: Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47. Artists: Mariss Jansons/Berlin PO. Sarah Chang (Vln). (1 CD) (Warner Classics) WRNC 562877 $16.99

Wagner: The Ring without WordsWorks: Wagner: Orchestral selections from the four ‘Ring’ operas: Das Rhein-gold; Die Walküre; Götter-dämmerung; Siegfried Art-ists: Hansjorg Albrecht/Sta-atskapelle Weimar. (1 CD) (Oehms) OEH 1872 $19.99

That Hansjorg Albrecht is becoming increasingly involved with conducting, ever since his highly successful Braunfels orchestral songs, is no longer a secret. In this recording, he has turned to Richard Wagner’s Ring.

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Schumann: Cello ConcertoArtists: Antonio Meneses, (clo); Claudio Cruz/Royal Northern Sinfonia (1 CD) (Avie Records) AIE 2373 $17.99 Antonio Meneses’ tenth recording for Avie this album pairs the same forces as on the Grammy-nominated pairing of concertos by Hans Gal and Edward Elgar. Previous Meneses recordings include Bach’s Six Cello Suites, the complete cello music by Beethoven and the two Haydn concertos.

Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1Works: Liszt: Preludes; Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo; Mazeppa; Die Ideale Artists: Stanislav Macura/Prague RSO; Rafael Kubelik/Bavarian Radio SO; Karajan/Berlin PO; Ferenc Fricsay/RIAS SO Berlin (1 SA CD)

(Praga) PGA 350124 $23.99 Both the term symphonic poem and the form itself were invented by Franz Liszt. His works such as Les Préludes used thematic transformation to parallel poetic emotions.

Vieuxtemps: Complete Works for Viola & Piano Works: Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio; Elégie; Étude; La Nuit; Viola Sonatas (2) Artists: Timothy Ridout (Vla); Ke Ma (Pno). (1 CD) (Champs Hill) CMPH 130 $16.99 Winner of the 2014 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition, Timothy Ridout, joins together with his pianist duo partner, Ke Ma, to record his debut album with Champs Hill Records.

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27; Brahms: Symphony No. 2Artists: Carl Schuricht/Swiss Festival Orch.; Vienna Phil-harmonic. Robert Casadesus (Pno). (1 CD) (Audite) ADT 95645 $14.99 The aim of the Lucerne Fes-tival series is to rediscover

treasures - many previously un-released - from the first six decades of the festival, which was founded in 1938 with a gala concert conducted by Toscanini.

“The Tchaikovsky Project” - Manfred SymphonyArtists: Semyon Buchkov/Czech Philharmonic. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B002717902 $14.48 On SaleFollowing Tchaikovsky Proj-ect Vol.1, an album deemed “so impressive as to render the distinction between tech-

nique and imagination irrelevant” (The New York-er), Decca releases Tchaikovsky Project Volume Two, with Semyon Bychkov conducting the Czech Philharmonic in the epic Manfred Symphony.

Summer Night Concert 2017 / Renée FlemingWorks by: Dvorak, Rach-maninov, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, et al Artists: Renee Fleming, (sop); Chris-toph Eschenbach/Vienna PO (1 CD) (Sony Classical) SNYC 88985425932 $14.99 For the first time, this concert

was performed in front the Schönbrunn Palace and not in the park grounds. Recorded live on May 25, 2017, this year’s central theme to the concert are German, French, Russian and Czech fairytales.

Paganini: Chamber Music for Strings Works: Paganini: Cantabile, for violin & piano; Introduction and Variations on “Dal tuo stellato soglio” from Rossini’s “Mosè”; Moto perpetuo; Preludes (6); Ritornelli (3) for 2 vio-lins & db bass; Sonata concertata Artists: Giulio Tampalini (Gtr); Andrea Noferini (Clo); Roberto Noferini (Vln); Anna Noferini (Vln) (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95031 $8.99 All the works on this album of chamber music show the composer’s lighter side, except perhaps the fiendish complexity of the variations on a theme from Rossini’s Mose in Egitto.

‘Chroma’ / The Georgia QuintetWorks: Theodor Blumer (1881-1964): Wind Quin-tet, Op. 52; Gordon Jacob (1895-1984): Wind Quintet No. 1; Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987): Pastoral, Op. 21; Alvin Etler (1913-1973): Wind Quintet No. 1 Artists:

Georgia Woodwind Quintet (1 CD) (Mark Custom Recording) MKCR 51929 $12.99 From the lush and enchanting quintet of Theodor Blumer to the angular and vibrant first quintet of Alvin Etler, this album covers a broad range of emotional expression and instrumental timbres. Included is the first commercially available record-ing of the Wind Quintet No. 1 by Gordon Jacob.

Wind Quintets / Veits QuintetWorks: Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Françaix: Wind Quintet No. 1; Taffanel: Quintett in G Minor; Ibert: Trois Pieces Breves Artists: Veits Quintet. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38214 $19.99

For their first release with Ars Produktion, the Veits Quintet has put together a program which they believe will perfectly display their finest qualities. Founded in 2012, The Veits Quintet has quickly become one of the most promising woodwind quintets of its genera-tion.

Cosmography of Polyphony: A Journey through Renaissance Music with 12 Recorders

Works by: Willaert, Cabezon, Ockeghem, Gombert, Brumel, Gesualdo, Ferrabosco, Sweelinck, Bach, Holborne et al. Artists: The Royal Wind Music (1 CD) (Pan Classics) . PAN 10377 $18.99

The Royal Wind Music is a unique consort of renaissance recorders which performs on a collection of instruments especially made for the ensemble by leading recorder makers from The Netherlands, Canada and Germany. The recorders range from the twelve-inch sopranino to the sub-contrabass measuring over ten feet!

Music for Five Winds / Atéa QuintetWorks by: Taffanel, Zemlinksy, Mower, Bozza, Francaix Artists: Atea Quintet (1 CD) (Coviello) CVEL 91714 $18.99 Since the Atéa Quintet won the Nielsen competition in Copenhagen in 2015, the en-

semble became one of the most sought-after cham-ber music ensembles in England. All five musicians themselves are excellent soloists, but together their music always sounds as if from a single entity.

{“A Tribute to Janet”, Works by Mozart, Britten, Knussen, Francaix / Nicholas Daniel, oboe and english horn; Jacqueline Shave, violin; Clare Finnimore, viola; Caroline Dearnley, celloWorks: works Britten: Phantasy for Oboe and String Trio, Op. 2; Jean Françaix (Composer) (1912 - 1997): Cor Anglais quartet; Oliver Knussen (1952 - ): Cantata for oboe & string trio (Triptych, Part 3), Op. 15; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) (1756 - 1791): Adagio for English horn, 2 horns & bassoon in C major (fragment), K. Anh. 94 (K. 580a); Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b). Artists: artists Britten Oboe Quartet. (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 907672 $18.99 “Making their recording debut, the quartet - with Daniel’s inimitably mellifluous oboe, and honouring his late teacher, Janet Craxton - present five works starting with Mozart’s sublime Oboe Quartet, crown of its genre.” -Sunday Times, 9th July 2017 “Performances throughout are simply beyond reproach in their keenly communicative instinct, deft aplomb and infectious dedication. Throw in top-notch production-values, and you have an absolute winner of a release.” -Classical Ear, 30th June 2017 “Delightful, varied and expertly played music.” -Financial Times, 29th June 2017 “The quartet give a wonderfully relaxed and refined account of the Mozart and a strikingly mysterious one of the Britten...Between the two, Daniel inserts his own completion of a Mozart fragment...In this version, it becomes a perfect encore piece.” -The Observer, 28th June 2017

Clarinet Fantasies of Baermann, Carnicer I Batlle, Kovács, Mirco / Rebecca Richin, clarinet; Youmee Kim, piano

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Julius Röntgen: String Trios Nos. 13-16Artists: Lendvai String Trio. (1 CD) (Champs Hill Records) CMPH 122 $16.99 The Lendvai String Trio release the fourth and final album in a series of the complete String Trios by Dutch composer Julius

Rontgen (1855-1932). The series has been well received. Gramophone wrote: “The Lendvai Trio’s enthusiasm for these works compels attention, and one can hear the broad grins on their faces...”

Julius Zellner: Viennese String TriosArtists: Concordia String Trio. (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3564 $16.99 On this new release, The Concordia String Trio perform two wonderful Viennese String Trios from the late 19th century by Julius Zellner (1869-1935). The trio is committed to exploring and expanding the eclectic repertoire of an under-appreciated genre - the string trio.

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Osmo VanskaArtists: Osmo Vanska/Minnesota Orch. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2226 $19.99 As a team, Osmo Vanska and his Minnesota Orchestra began their collaboration with BIS

in 2004, launching a Beethoven Symphony cycle that made reviewers worldwide sit up and take notice: ‘a modern reference edition’ was the verdict on web site ClassicsToday.com, while Gramophone Magazine described it as ‘a Beethoven reforged for today’s world’.

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Artists: Gustavo Gimeno/Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. (1 SA CD) (PentaTone Classics) PTE 5186652 $17.99 On SaleThis SACD album also contains the haunting and

exquisite Pavane pour une infante defunte and the vividly scored Une barque sur l’ocean. Written with consummate finesse for Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, the “choreographic symphony” Daphnis et Chloé is an intoxicating blend of warm, seductive harmo-nies and passionate intensity, realized on a large orchestral canvas.

Reger: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2Artists: Michael Collins (Clnt); Michael McHale (Pno). (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10970 $18.99 Michael Collins and Michael McHale here present a new volume in their exploration of the lyrical clarinet repertoire. Their journey through works that encapsulate the variety of nuance and color of which the instrument is capable, inevitably led them to another great composer for the medium: Max Reger.

Busoni: Orchestral Works / Neeme JärviWorks: Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque; Concertino, for clarinet; Die Brautwahl; Gesang vom Reigen der Geister; Indian Fantasy; Lustspielouvertüre Artists: Neeme Järvi/BBC PO. John Bradbury (Clnt). (2 CD) (Chandos Records) 2 CHA 24157 $18.99 “Jarvi’s performances on his two Busoni collections are the most consistently sympathetic I’ve heard in some years and they’re sure... to enhance Busoni’s reputation as an orchestral composer.” –Gramophone

Debussy: Works and arrangements for OrchestraWorks: Debussy: Jeux, L. 126; La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. A. Caplet for Orch.); Khamma, L. 125 (Arr. C. Koechlin for Orch.) Artists: Shui Lan/Singapore SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2162 $19.99 Of the three works on the disc, it is probably the children’s ballet La Boîte à jou-joux (The Toybox) that gave its creator the greatest pleasure. The music includes children’s songs, bugle calls and imitations of musical boxes as well as parodies of well-known operas and quotations from his own and other works. “A Bouquet of Beethoven” / Andrew Rangell

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos 15, 18 & 22; Po-lonaise, Op. 89; “Für Elise”; Ecossaises; “Rule Britannia” variations; Cello Sonata no 2; Allegretto, WoO 61 et al. Art-ists: Andrew Rangell (Pno). (2 CD) (Steinway & Sons)

2 STEI 30080 $24.99 Pianist Andrew Rangell has assembled this program of mainstream Beethoven piano pieces coupled with a number of “outliers” - pieces that are less commonly presented. “Each flower making its distinctive contribution to the present bouquet.” says Mr. Rangell.

C.P.E. Bach: Tangere / Alexei LubimovWorks: C.P.E. Bach: Fantasies, Sonatas and Rondos Artists: Alexei Lubimov, tangent piano(1 CD) (ECM) ECM B002679202 $18.98 Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov is the rare artist who has been a trailblazer in two directions, both a cham-pion of new music and a dedicated interpreter of Ba-roque music with a passion for period instruments.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900): Piano Music Artists: Joeroen van Veen, piano (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95492 $8.99 Like countless other well-edu-cated German lads, Friedrich Nietzsche took up the piano as a child, and immersed him-self in the world of Beethoven

and Schumann. But unlike most of them, he pursued music with a single-minded devotion which would later distinguish his philosophical writings.

Julius Röntgen: Piano Music 3 / Mark AndersonArtists: Mark Anderson, (pno) (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 5966 $16.99 On SaleIt was his command of polyphonic writing that compelled his friend Johannes Brahms to express his hope that Julius Rontgen would be one from the younger generation of composers to carry German music into the future.

Blumenthal: Piano Quintets, Opp. 2 & 4; SongsArtists: Sophie Klusmann, (sop); Daniel Giglberger & Helene Marechaux, violins; Corina Golomoz, viola; Bridget MacRae, cello; Oliver Triendl, piano (1 CD) (TYX-art) TYXA 16079 $18.99 The eighth release in this

series is dedicated to the Venetian composer San-dro Blumenthal (1874-1919), a versatile wanderer between the establishment and the avant-garde of the German musical and cultural landscape around the turn from the 19th to the 20th century.

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Music for Piano and OrganWorks: Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933): Poesien; Silhou-etten; Sibelius: Andante can-tabile; Pelléas et Mélisande Artists: Jan Lehtola (Organ); Annikka Konttori-Gustafsson (Pno). (1 CD) (Toccata Clas-sics) TOC 0419 $18.99

This recording revives long-forgotten sonorities that once would have been very familiar: the sound of piano and organ being played together. It also pres-ents a Sibelius premiere: the arrangement by Sigfrird Karg-Elert of the suite from ‘’Pelleas and Melisande’’.

Cliburn Gold 2017 / Yekwon Sunwoo, pianoWorks: Ravel: La Valse; Hamelin: Toccata; Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 58; Liszt: Litanei, S.562/1; Rachmani-nov: Piano Sonata No. 2; R. Strauss Artists: Yekwon Sunwoo, piano (1 CD) (Decca)

DEC B002700802 $15.98 On SaleOn June 10, 2017, the 50th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition crowned its gold medalist in Fort Worth, Texas: Yekwon Sunwoo of South Korea, 28.

Nelson Freire Plays BrahmsAn artist who “clearly stands among the greatest pianists of our time or any other” (The New York Times), Nelson Freire made his recording debut in 1967 with Brahms’ Sonata No.3 in F Minor. Half a century later, Freire returns with unrivalled color and imagination to this monumental work on this new Decca album, which also includes a selection of the celebrated late intermezzi, Op.116 - Op.119. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B002707502 $15.98 On Sale

Dinu Lipatti Collection: 100th Anniversary Edition [12 CDs]Works by: J.S. Bach, Bartók, Chopin, Casals, Scarlatti, Schubert, Fauré, Enescu et al (12 CDs) (Profil Edition) 12 PRF 17011 $66.99 Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) was repeatedly quoted: “It was no longer piano playing, it was music, released from all earthly weight, music in its purest form, in a harmony that can be imparted only by one who was no longer of this world.” Karajan is Lipatti’s partner in the 1948 recording of Robert Schumann’s A minor Concerto, widely hailed as the “everlasting benchmark recording.”

Paul Juon (1872-1940): Piano Music, Vol. 1Artists: Rudolfo Ritter, piano (1 CD) (Toccata Classics) TOC 0290 $18.99 This first installment of the first-every survey of Ju-on’s piano music reveals a composer alive to his own time, but close to his Russian roots. His style has much in common with Medtner and Rachmaninov, but with a harmonic freedom that suggests Debussy.

J.S. Bach: Partitas No. 2, 3, 4 / Cédric Tiberghien, pianoWorks: works Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer) (1685 - 1750): Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Partita for keyboard no 3 in A minor, BWV 827 (BC L3); Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828. Artists: artists Cedric Tiberghien (Pno). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 1901869 $9.49 Composed between 1725 and 1730, Bach’s six Partitas for harpsichord were expressly designed to delight the spirits of music-lovers. On his first Bach recording, originally released in 2005, Cédric Tiberghien performs these masterworks of Bach’s keyboard music.

Rachmaninov: Virtuoso Arrangements for piano by Earl Wild / Martin Jones, pianoWorks: works Artists: artists (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 5965 $16.99 On SaleMention the pianist Earl Wild and you will conjure the term virtuoso, indeed, super-virtuoso. A pianist who in Liszt’s definition is ‘’called upon to make emotion speak and weep and sigh. He creates passions he will call to light in all their brilliance...he will call up scent and blossom and breathe the breath of life.’’ All in all a cornucopia of pianistic magic performed with grace, relish and fluency by Martin Jones, England’s most recorded pianist. This second tribute follows his earlier disc of Earl Wild’s Gershwin transcriptions. Wtih his own distinctive voice he nonetheless reminds me of a recital given by Wild in London in 1982. Writing of that occasion I told of how ‘’seemingly millions of notes sparkled and cascaded from those

Chopin: Piano Works / Samson François [10 CDs]Works: Chopin: Piano Con-certos nos 1 & 2; Polonaises 1-7; Ballades; Scherzos; Waltzes; Impromptus; Piano Sonatas 2 &3; Mazurkas 1-51; Etudes Opp. 10 & 25; Nocturnes 1-19; Préludes et al. Artists: artists (10 CD)

(Warner Classics) 10 WRNC 563140 $29.99 A musician to whom many Chopin scholars are indebted, François was famed for bringing the intricacies of Chopin’s piano works to life, in a way no performer had done before him.

Piano Music Sets of Historic InterestSviatoslav Richter plays Schubert [10 CDs]

Works: Schubert: Piano So-natas nos 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21; “Wanderer” Fan-tasie; Impromptus nos. 2-4; Moments musicaux (3) et al. (Profil Edition) (live, Moscow ‘48-’64) 10 PRF 17005 $66.99 The present Edition of Richter’s

Schubert interpretations has some album premieres to offer. Rarities include the six Schubert songs recorded in 1953 with his lifelong companion, soprano Nina Dorliac and also the Eight Variations in A flat D813 for piano duet performed with Benjamin Britten.

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Noteworthy New Releases for September 2017

Music of Modern TimesAlberto Curci (1886-1973): Violin Concertos

Artists: Franco Gulli, (vln); Franco Capuana/Studio Orch. (1 CD) (First Hand) FHR 53 $19.99 This reissue brings together for the first time, in newly remas-tered hi-resolution transfers from the source tapes, the

Edizioni Curci stereo recordings of Italian composer Alberto Curci’s four works for violin an dorchestra.

Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2, et al. Works: Alfredo Casella (1883-1947): Symphony No. 2; La Donna Serpente, suite from the opera no. 1 Artists: Fabrizio Ventura/Sinfonieor-chester Munster (1 SA Hybrid CD) (ARS Productions) ARSP 38232 $19.99

Inspired by Mahler and Strauss, the Italian com-poser Alfredo Casella created his multi-layered second symphony in Paris in 1908/09 - the high-light of his early work. With this work, he regained international recognition for the Italian symphony.

Americas Without FrontiersWorks: Works by Cervantes, Estevez, Gershwin, Lamothe, Nazareth, Nunez, Ramirez, et al Artists: Clara Rodriguez, piano; Nene Quintero; Manuel A. Rangel; Edwin Arellano; Carlos Rodriguez (1 CD) (Nimbus Records) NIM 6346 $16.99 On Sale“Composers and performers alike rejoice in the richness and beauty of the magnificent blend of three ubiquitous cultures, and Amerindian, the European and the Black African, which form our ‘’terrestrial rainbow’’ as Eduardo Galeano calls it. This multiculturalism makes us Americans, without frontiers.” -Clara Rodriguez

Edmund Rubbra: Sinfonia Concertante; Violin ConcertoArtists: Edmund Rubbra, (pno); Endre Wolf, (vln)Rudolf Schwarz/BBC SO; Hugo Rignold/City of Birmingham SO (1 CD) (Lyrita) LYTA 1134 $14.99 The Sinfonia Concertante for

piano and orchestra, Op.38, was written in 1934-1936 and revised and rescored in 1942-1943. The composer himself was the soloist in the premiere performance conducted by Sir Adrian Boult on 10 August 1943.

Kabalevsky (1904-1987): Piano Sonata No. 3; 24 PreludesArtists: Pietro Bonfilio (Pno). (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95256 $16.99 This new recording contains his effervescent 3rd Piano Sonata and the complete 24 Preludes, Op. 38, written

during World War II, each based on a Russian folk song, presenting a wide variety of moods, from the pensive melancholy to fiery passion.

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & CelestaArtists: Rafael Kubelik; Seiji Ozawa/Boston SO (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone Classics) PTE 5186247 $17.99 On SaleGramophone magazine commended Kubelik’s “sheer animal excitement and biting intensity ... with the rhythms pointed to bring out the wit, above all the peasant-like jollity...” continuing “This is a performance to keep making you smile with delight.”

Hindemith: Complete Chamber Music for Clarinet Works: Hindemith: Clarinet Quartet; Sonata; Musika-lisches Blumengartlein und Leyptziger Allerley; Ludus Minor; Quintet, Op. 30; et al Artists: Quartetto Savinio. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 95295 $19.99

The pieces on this release are evidence of Paul Hindemith’s love for the clarinet, an instrument of which he was a keen amateur player and for which he wrote a considerable amount of music.

Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 ‘Classical’ & 5Artists: James Gaffigan/Netherlands Radio PO. (1 SA CD) (Challenge) CHL 72732 $18.99 The image Sergei Prokofiev seems to project is one of a joker and an agitator, yet a classical composer at the core. This double identity can be heard in his ear-lier works, mostly for piano, written before 1914, and was sealed with his “Classical’’ Symphony in 1917.

Milhaud, Martinu: Complete Works for String Trio Artists: Jacques Thibaud String Trio. (1 CD) (Audite) ADT 97727 $18.99 There are several parallels to be found in the lives of the Southern French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) and the Moravian-Bohemian

composer Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959). Here are four marvels of intimate music-making, assembled by the Jacques Thibaud Trio, adding their own artistic instinct and flair.

Enescu, Ravel, Skalkottas: Violin SonatasWorks: Enescu: Violin Sona-ta No. 3; Ravel: Violin Sonata; Tzigane; Skalkottas: Little Suites 1 & 2 Artists: Jonian Ilias Kadesha, (vln); Nicholas Rimmer, (pno) (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553382 $17.99 The Two Little Suites reflect a

shift in Skalkottas’ last creative years: while main-taining typically strict structural control, he was nevertheless evolving toward a less complex style. George Enescu belonged to the first generation of composers born in the relatively young Kingdom of Romania.

Hans Werner Henze: Kammermusic 1958Works: Hans Werner Henze: Kammermusik 1958; New Folksongs and Herdsmen Songs Artists: Daniel Harding/Scharoun Ensemble Berlin. Andrew Staples (Tnr) (1 CD) (Tudor) TDR 7198 $19.99 Kammermusik 1958 for tenor, guitar and eight solo instruments is one of Henze’s most scintillating creations. It features a wide-ranging tenor part, a virtuosic solo guitar and brilliant contributions by the instruments Schubert chose for his great Octet.

Nielsen and Prokofiev: Wind QuintetsArtists: Soloists of the Spannungen Festival 2016 (1 CD) (CAvi Music) CAVI 8553385 $17.99 Nielsen’s music set itself apart from the prevailing bathos of Late Romanticism with its linear melodies and overall

transparency. He displayed skillfull mastery of coun-terpoint and modern rhythm while incorporating ele-ments of Gregorian chant and of folk music.

Schoenberg: String Quartets 2 & 4Artists: Gringolts Quartet. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 2267 $19.99 Conceived thirty years apart, both works on the present disc came into being at difficult times in the life of Arnold Schoenberg. The two works are given full-blooded performances by the Gringolts Quartet, joined by the Swedish soprano Malin Hartelius in the Second String Quartet.

Piano Concertos of the 1920s / Michael RischeWorks: Concertos by Gorge Antheil, Copland, Gershwin, Arthur Honegger, Ravel, Er-win Schulhoff Artists: Israel Yinon; Steven Sloanel; Gun-ther Schuller; Christoph Pop-pen; Wayne Marshall/WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln. Mi-

chael Rische (Pno). (2 CD) 2 HAN 16065 $31.99 Never did “classical music” and “jazz” come so close as during the 1920’s. The first sounds from this period bear witness to the vitality of the part-nership: long before the concepts of “popular” and “serious” music existed.

Shostakovich: Chamber Music for Strings Works: Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony; R. Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings Artists: Emmanuel Leducq-Barome/Baltic CO. (1 CD) (Rubicon) RBCN 1009 $19.99 Both the works on this album came about as a re-action to the horrors of war. Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8, dedicated to the victims of fascism, is one of his most powerful and deeply personal works.

Szymon Laks (1901-1983): String QuartetsArtists: Messages Quartet. (1 CD) (Dux (Poland) DUX 1286 $19.99 Simon Laks worked in the baroque and classical genres, the traditional principals and formal construction of instruments combining for tonal harmony. He possessed a sense of proportions, a mastry of polyphonic technique, a rhythmic purity, and a simple and pure style.

Josef Schelb: Chamber Music with ClarinetWorks: Josef Schelb (1894-1977): Quartets (2) for clarinet & strings; Quintet for clarinet & strings; Clarinet Sonata Artists: Busch Kollegium Karlsruhe. Bettina Beigelbeck (Clnt) (1 CD) (Toccata Classics) TOC 0358 $18.99 Josef Schelb (1894-1977) is one of the better-kept secrets of 20th century German music. His output was substantial: he lost most of his early music in a bombing raid in 1942, but - as if to make up for lost time - wrote some 150 more works after that!

Paul Hindemith: Works for SaxophonesWorks: Hindemith: Des kleinen Elektromusikers Lieblinge; Frankenstein’s Monstre Repertoire; Konzertstück; Minimax Repertorium für Militärorchester; Sonata for 4 horns; Sonata Artists: Clair-Obscur Saxophonquartett (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 73532 $18.99 The saxophone is a synonym for rich timbre and a wide range of expressive possibilities, but despite its highly attractive features, the instrument was a late addition to the classical orchestra. Seen in this light, the work by the saxophone quartet Clair-Obscur which devotes itself intensively to classical works for saxophone takes on a particular signifi-cance.

Argot, Works for Violin & PianoWorks: Boulez: Anthemes, for solo violin; Franco Donatoni: Argot, 2 pieces for violin; Lutoslawski: Partita; Recitativo e arioso; Subito. Artists: Jasmin

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of TimeArtists: Trio Wanderer; Pascal Moragues, clarinet (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 501987 $14.99 Created under exceptionally difficult conditions in a Nazi war camp, the quartet, with its innovative harmonies and

jagged rhythms, has earned its place among the su-preme masterworks of chamber music. Trio Wanderer is joined by the French clarinetist Pascal Moragues.

❦Bartók: Complete String QuartetsArtists: Health Quartet. (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 907661 $28.49 “Everything the critics en-thused about at the time [of the Wigmore Hall concerts] is present and correct: the sense of music on the edge, perfor-

mances impeccably prepared but surfing a wave of adrenaline... the performance of the 6th and last quartet is quietly devastating.” -Record Review

Bohemia - Music for Wind Quintet / Acelga QuintettWorks: Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Wind Quintet; Pavel Haas: Quintet for winds; Janácek: Mládí (Youth); Zemlinsky: Humoresque Artists: Acelga Quintett. Anne Scheffel. (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 17460 $18.99 With the exotic prelude by Pavel Haas, the door opens upon a strange and un-familiar world of sound, as the Acelga Quintet leads us on an exciting musical journey in this new Genuin release. This is wind playing and chamber music at the very highest level.

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Contemporary Music Highlights for September

Contemporary Music“Brazilian Landscapes” / Michala Petri

Works by: Paulo Porto Alegre; Paulo Bellinati; Pingue Pongue; Egberto Gismonti; Antônio Carlos Jobim; Daniel Murray; Ernesto Nazareth; Hermeto Pascoal; António Rodrigues Ribeiro; Heitor Villa-Lobos Artists: Michala

Petri (Recorder); Daniel Murray (Gtr); Marilyn Mazur (Perc). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (OUR Recordings) OUR 6220618 $16.99 A natural guitar prodigy, Mr. Murray has established himself at a young age as both a masterful inter-preter of the music of Tom Jobim and as a leading voice in the contemporary Brazilian music scene.

Hans Abrahamsen: 10 Preludes; Six PiecesArtists: Ensemble MidtVest. (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 8226091 $16.99 It is magic through transpar-ency. The music of Hans Abrahamsen (b.1952), dark yet alluringly innocent, exhib-its a pure, strong naivete that

opens up into a genuine magical world of both the bright and the sombre kind.

John Robertson (b.1943): Works for OrchestraWorks: John Robertson: Strut In, march for orchestra; Symphony no 2; Vallarta Suite Artists: Anthony Armoré/Janácek PO. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 6117 $14.99 The album’s three works testify to Robertson’s flexible compositional voice, which expresses playful, grand, and romantic materials within a welcoming style based on 19th and early 20th century precedents.

Helmut Zapf (b.1956): String QuartetsArtists: Sonar Quartett. (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 73482 $18.99 Helmut Zapf’s three string quartets are spread fairly evenly throughout his career as a composer and can be understood as markers for

different stylistic periods in his compositional output.

The Music of Charles Wuorinen, Vol. 3Works: Charles Wuorinen: Alphabetical Ashbery, Fourth Piano Sonata, It Happens Like This Artists: Charles Wuorinen/The Group for Contemporary Music. (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9490 $18.99 Charles Wuorinen has always been comfortable in a range of genres, embracing the traditional forms of opera, symphony, or string quartet as readily as he accepts the challenge unusual combinations of instruments present.

“Film Noir” - Piano Works by Jay Anthnoy Gach & Paul HefnerWorks: Jay Anthony Gach: Concertino for piano & strings (“Avanti!”); From “Rounds and Round Dances”; Piano Sonatas nos 1 & 4; Paul Hefner: Chick & McCoy; Fun with Fourths

Artists: Simone Veccia/Piccola Orch. ‘900. Elitza Harbova (Pno); (1 CD) (Continuo Records) CNTO 102 $17.99 The unsettling atmosphere of American noir cinema, the rhythmic vitality of jazz: an explosive mixture for a record that captures and engages from the first to the last minute.

Emil Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2Artists: Alexander Zemtsov, (vla); Emil Tabakov/Bulgarian National RSO. (1 CD) (Toccata Classics) TOC 0410 $18.99 Like Gustav Mahler, Bulgar-ian composer Emil Tabakov (born 1947) prefers to write

for large forces and now has nine symphonies and an impressive series of concertos to his name.

John Mackey (b.1973): Antique ViolencesArtists: Lindsay Kessleman, (sop); Justin Emerich, (tpt); Kevin L. Sedatole, Michigan State University Wind Symphony (1 CD) (Blue Griffin) BLGF 449 $18.49 On SaleThe hauntingly beautiful song cycle, Songs for the End of the World, features soprano Lindsay Kessel-man, for whom the cycle was written. Ms. Kessel-man’s singing was described by Fanfare as “simply gorgeous... with a fully loaded palette of tone color.”

Carollo: The Transfiguration of Giovanni BaudinoWorks: John A. Carollo (b.1954): Do you have an E. R. for Music ?; Let Freedom Ring; Move Towards the Light; Symphony no 2; The Rhetoric and Mythos of Belief; The Transfiguration of Giovanni Baudino Artists:

Petr Vronský/Moravian PO. (1 CD) (Navona) NVA 6109 $14.99 John A. Carollo’s newest release, The Transfigura-tion of Giovanni Baudino is a fascinating mixture of music written for different orchestral instrumenta-tions and with wildly varying intended emotional responses. There’s a structural resiliency here that both embraces and simultaneously defies the me-lodic and harmonic materials that constitute it.

Naji Hakim (b.1955): Phedre; Caprice en Rondeau; Diptyque; Concerto for PianoArtists: La Chapelle Royale String Quartet; Naji Hakim (Pno); Magali Mosnier (Flt); Renaud Bary (Dbl Bss) (1 CD) (Signum Records) SIG 498 $17.99 This new recording continues Signum’s series of discs with Naji Hakim with a new selection of his chamber works, which draw on a wide range of influences.

Mark John McEncroe (b.1947): Symphonic Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - A Medieval SagaArtists: Anthony Armoré/Janácek PO (2 CD) (Navona) 2 NVA 6116 $14.99 McEncroe’s heavily thematic style and program-matic approach to composition is reminiscent of nineteenth century narrative works (i.e. Richard Wagner’s operas) and also of film scores from the Golden Age Of Hollywood to the present.

Wolfgang Rihm (b.1952): Geste zu VedovaWorks: Wolfgang Rihm: Epilog, for string quintet; Geste zu Vedova; Quartet for Strings in G minor; String Quintet Artists: Minguet Quartett. Jens Peter Maintz (Clo) (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 73462 $18.99

This album of string quartets and quintets pres-ents works from the early and late stages of Rihm’s compositional oeuvre. The youthful Quar-tet in G minor displays a close proximity to early Beethoven who at that time stood very much under the influence of Haydn.

Alexander Tchaikovsky (b.1946): Etudes in Simple Tones; Concerto for 2 PianosArtists: Mariss Jansons/Moscow PO. Boris Berezovsky (Pno); Yuri Bashmet (Vla) (1 CD) (Melodiya) MELY 1002497 $18.99 This recording features Yuri Bashmet and Boris Berezovsky, a golden winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition and numerous awards, including the ones of BBC Music Magazine, Echo Klassik, Gramophone and Diapason d’Or.

Paul Chihara: Take The A TrainArtists: Gavin String Trio; Lark Quartet. (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9488 $18.99 Chihara began his film career scoring Death Race 2000 for Roger Corman, and has com-posed scores for more than 100 motion pictures including

work with directors Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, Ar-thur Penn, John Turturro, and Jacques Cousteau.

Recent works by George Crumb (b.1929)Works: George Crumb (b.1929): The Yellow Moon of Andalusia; Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik; Celestial Mechanics; Yesteryear Artists: Tony Arnold, (sop); Marcantonio Barone, (pno); David Nelson, (perc) (1 CD) (Bridge) BDG 9476 $18.99 Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning compos-er George Crumb, now in his 88th year, continues to compose highly expressive, colorful and dramatic music. This new recording is a must-hear for all fans of this unique voice in contemporary music.

Penderecki: Chamber Music Vol. IIWorks: Penderecki: Capriccio per Siegfried Palm; Cadenza; Per Slava; Suite; Serenata; Violincello Totale; Agnus Dei; Ciaccona in Memoriam Giovanni Paolo Artists: Jakov Spahn, (clo) (1 CD) (Dux (Poland) DUX 1244 $19.99 This CD, which continues the series of Krzysztof Penderecki’s chamber music, was devoted entirely to cello, as a solo instrument and as a multiplexed composition.

Leonid Kogan plays Russian MusicWorks: Works by Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Khrennikov, Weinberg, Denisov Artists: Evgeny Svetlanov; Pierre Monteux; Kirill Kondrashin; Pavel Kogan. Leonid Kogan (Vln). (2 CD) (Praga) 2 PGA 250373 $23.99 This program juxtaposes folk music from the past with contemporary Slavic works.

Philippe Manoury (b.1952): The Book of Keyboards Artists: Third Coast Percussion Ens. (1 CD) (New Focus) NEWF 187 $16.99 French composer Paul Manoury’s have been particularly informed by his expertise in electro-acoustic composition and real-time interaction between acoustic instruments and computer gen-erated sounds.

Milica Djordjevic (b.1984): Music for Small EnsembleWorks: Milica Djordjevic: ...würde man denken; Do you know how to bark?! non-communication for contrabass 2.1.1; Fail; How to evade?; Manje te u majke groze; Phosphorescence Artists: Johannes Schollhorn/MusikFabrik; Arditti Quartet (1 CD) (Wergo) WER 64222 $16.99 “She develops a material component further and further in an increasingly large, loud and dense wave, distorting it, perverting it, multiplying it, squeezing out of it everything it has to give - until it implodes. The rupture is sudden and abrupt, as if the plug of an electronic appliance were ripped

from a wall socket.” – Barbara Eckle

Brian Belet (b.1955): Sufficient TroubleWorks: Brian Belet: (Disturbed) Radiance, for piano & kyma; an abstract (difference (queues) (Frog Peak Collaborations Project); difference (no doubt it queues) (Frog Peak Collaborations Project); Lyra, for violin & kyma; Name Droppings, for voices & kyma; Remembering Allen, for voice & kyma. Artists: Keith Kirchoff (Pno); Janis Mercer (Pno); Patricia Strange (Vln); Brian Belet (Vln); Stephen Ruppenthal (Flugelhorn). (1 CD) (Ravello) RAEL 7969 $14.99 With Sufficient Trouble, his debut release on Ravello Records, composer and performer

Daniel Jones: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 11Artists: Bryden Thomson/BBC Welsh SO. (1 CD) (Lyrita) LYTA 364 $18.99 Daniel Jones (1912-1993) composed in a wide range of genres, yet the cornerstone of his prolific output is the Symphony, memorably

described by him as ‘a dramatic structure with an emotive intention’. He tackled the form afresh with each of his 13 examples, of which the first 12 are based on a different note of the chromatic scale.

Arnold Rosner (1945-2013): Chamber MusicArtists: Curtis Macomber, (vln); Maxine Neuman, (clo); David Richmond, (bsn); Car-son Cooman, (pno) (1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 0408 $18.99 The musical language of the New York-based Arnold Rosner (1945-2013) clothes

the modal harmony and rhythm of pre-Baroque po-lyphony in rich Romantic colors. This combination produces a style that is instantly recognizable and immediatley appealing.

Tigran Mansurian (b.1939): Songs and Instrumental MusicWorks: Tigran Mansurian: Agnus Dei; Canti paralleli; Postludia (In Memoriam Oleg Kagan). Artists: Alexander Rudin; Leonid Kazakov/Musica Viva Moscow CO; Mariam Sarkissian (mz) (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 95489 $12.99 This new recording by Amenian mezzo-soprano Mariam Sarkissian features song cycles in chamber music and orchestral settings - hauntingly beautiful songs on texts by Armenian poets. The moving “Agnus Dei” for clarinet, piano, violin and cello is written in memoriam of Oleg Kagan.

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Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle / SusskindArtists: Walter Susskind/New SO of London. Richard Lewis; Marko Rothmuller; Endre Koreh; Judith Hellwigh (1 CD) (Praga) PGA 250349 $23.99 Under the technical direction of the composer’s son Peter,

conductor Walter Susskind leads this tribute to Bela Bartók. The purity of sound and style remains unal-tered by time on these opulent recordings of Blue-beard’s Castle and the Cantata Profana.

Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur Artists: Renata Tebaldi; Angelo Mercuriali; Gi-ulietta Simionato; Fernanda Cadoni; Dora Carral; Franco Capuana/Orch. dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (live, 1961) (2 CD) (Urania (Italy) 2 URA 121.213 $29.99 With its refined orchestration and dramatic use of voices, this Italian masterpiece by Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) is much closer to the contemporary European productions of Strauss and Debussy than to the feelings of the creative season between Rossini and Puccini.

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress / ReinerArtists: Eugene Conley; Hilde Gueden; Mack Harrell; Blanche Thebom; Norman Scott; Martha Lipton; Fritz Reiner/Metropolitan Opera Orch. & Chorus. (2 CD) (Datum) 2 DTUM 90003 $24.99 This release features a live recording of the opera which took place at the Metropolitan Opera House of New York on February 14, 1953.

Three Classics re-mastered in 96kHz/24-bit Audio

New Opera AlbumsFranz Lehar: Der Graf von Luxemburg

Artists: Daniel Behle; Camil-la Nylund; Louie Alder; Simon Bode; Sebastian Geyer; Mar-git Neubauer; Eun Sun Kim/Frankfurter Opern-dun Muse-umsorchester & Choir (2 CD) (Oehms) 2 OEH 968 $29.99 The world premiere of this

operetta in 1909 was an unbelievable success and was then performed 300 times in a row - at that same theatre! This recording also offers a pair of operatic stars with Camilla Nylund and Daniel Behle.

Giovanni Paisiello: Zenobia in PalmiraArtists: Rosanna Savoia; Leonardo Cortellazzi; Tonia Langella; Sonia Ciani; Rosa Bove; Blaboj Na-coski; Francesco Ommassini/Orchsetra del Teatro (2 CD) (Bongiovanni) 2 BGV 2488892 $31.99 Paisiello (1740-1816) was not only a prolific composer of opera buffa, in which his ironic verve was close to that of the common man, but also opera seria where his sense of pathos was never excessive, suspended within a noble and austere dramatic sense.

Gordon Getty (b.1933): The Canterville GhostArtists: Matthias Foremny/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Timothy Oliver; Rachel Marie Hauge; Al-exandra Hutton; Denise Wernly (1 SA CD) (Penta-Tone Classics) PTE 5186541 $17.99 On Sale“While my Usher House turns Poe upside down, the libretto for The Canterville Ghost follows Wilde’s short story pretty closely.” So says Gordon Getty about his second Gothic-themed one-act opera, based on the popular short story by Oscar Wilde.

Hans Krasa (1899-1944): BrundibarArtists: Vera Fliegauf; Nicole Bruck; Angelina Ribeiro; Caro-lin Gronarz; Anita Bodom; Ninja Freese; Petra Gohrum; Maria Veronika Gruters/Chor und Instrumentalisten des St. Ursula-Gymnasiums Freiburg. (1 CD) (Christophorus)

CHR 02112 $13.99 Hans Krasa was a Czech composer who perished in the Holocaust. Bundibar, a children’s opera based on a play by Aristophanes, was the last work Krasa completed before he was arrested by the Nazis in 1942.

Verdi: Don Carlo / Daniel OrenArtists: Vladamir Stoyanov; Marianne Cornetti; Greg-ory Bonfatti; Simon Lim; Michele Pertusi; Serena Far-nocchia; Lavinia Bini; Ievgen Orlov; José Bros; Daniel Oren/Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini; Parma Teatro Regio Chorus. (3 CD) (Dynamic) 3 DYN 7776 $38.99 Daniel Oren is fully in control on the podium, soft-ening the dark tones of the score, which are well reflected in the visuals, choosing instead to em-phasize the various changes of mood.

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949): Die Rose vom LiebesgartenArtists: André Riemer; Jana Büchner; Andreas Kind-schuh; Erin Caves; Astrid Weber; Frank Beermann/Robert-Schumann-Phil-harmonie; Choir der Oper Chemnitz; Kinderchor der

Oper Chemnitz. (3 CD) (CPO ) 3 CPO 777500 $46.99 On SaleConductor Frank Beermann’s alert interest in new and undiscovered music and in new interpretations of the core repertoire has brought him numerous prizes and distinctions. His recordings have won several awards, including Echo Klassik prizes in 2009 and 2015.

Mozart: Operas, “Frtiz Busch at Glyndebourne”Works: Mozart: Cosi fan Tutti; The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo Artists: Fritz Busch/Glyndebourne Festival Orch. & Chorus. (9 CD) (Warner Classics) 9 WRNC 562875 $24.99 Glyndebourne’s first music director was the distin-guished conductor Fritz Busch, an exile from his na-tive Germany. These pioneering recordings, deriv-ing primarily from performances at Glyndebourne’s original theatre, date from the festival’s inaugural season (1934) and up through the years to 1951.

Mussorgsky: KhovanshchinaArtists: Artur Rodzinski/Orch. Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana. Bo-ris Christoff (Bass); Mirto Picchi (Tnr); Mario Petri (Bass); Herbert Handt (Tnr); Amedeo Berdini (mono, live, 1958) (2 CD) (Datum) 2 DTUM 12320 $24.99

Offenbach: The Island of TulipatanArtists: Tom Mulder; Claire Kuttler; Chad Kranak; Heath-er Jones; Victor Khodadad; Tyson Deaton/Light Opera of New York. (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 1678 $17.99 The hilarious plot, set on a South Seas island, involves

cross-dressing and gender confusions, and features a tuneful score. It travelled to Germany and Austria the year following its premier and to the U.K. three seasons later. This Albany CD includes the cast and ensemble of Light Opera of New York’s live performances in May 2017 at Theatre 80.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d’Or Artists: A. Korolyov; Y. Yelnikov; A. Polyakov; L. Ktitorov; A. Kleshcheva; G. Pishchayev A. Kovaly-ov/All-Union Radio & Television SO (2 CD) (Melo-diya) 2 MELY 1002331 $29.99 The music of Queen of Shemakha reflected the tradition of the Russian Orient as well as latest de-vices in the field of musical technique, harmony and orchestration. In terms of refinement of the musical language, the second act is among the brightest phenomena of Russian art of the early 20th century.

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Daniel OrenArtists: Marco Caria; Anna Pirozzi; Enkelejda Shkosa; Piero Pretti; Alessandro Spina; Daniel Oren/Fondazi-one Orch. Regionale delle Marche; Coro Lirico Marchi-giano ‘Vincenzo Bellini’. (2 CD) (Dynamic)

2 DYN 776902 $28.49 Recorded live at the Sferisterio theatre of Macerata in the summer of 2016, under conductor Daniel Oren’s vibrant and incisive direction, this production boasts a first-rate cast and elegant direction from Francisco Negrin. The sets, costumes and lightning were well received by the Sferisterio audience.

Ross Crean: The Great God Pan, opera in 2 actsArtists: Marysa Abbas; Vince Wallace; Mat-than Ring; Tobias Wright; Maureen Smith; Sarah Thompson Johansen; Maureen Smith (Vln); John Cockerill and Stephen Uhl, pianos(2 CD) (Navona) 2 NVA 6115 $14.99 Chicago-based composer Ross Crean’s opera The Great God Pan soars in this new release. The Great God Pan takes its story from an eponymous 1890 novella by Welsh author Arthur Machen, which explores themes of scientific hubris, transcendental medicine, and unexplainable supernatural behavior.

Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino Artists: Estevan Velardi/Alessandro Stradella Consort. Leonardo de Lisi; Manuela Custer; Vin-cenzo di Donato; Linda Campanella; Cristiana Pre-sutti (4 CD) (Bongiovanni) 4 BGV 2307102 $38.99 Composed in 1724 for Rome’s Capranica Theatre, Giustino is a cornerstone work, situated on the ridge between the Red Priest’s old and new styles; precise indication of this importance is given by the fact that the composer’s customary borrowing from himself is considerably reduced for this work.

Seymour Barab (1921-2014): Little Red Riding Hood - A Children’s Opera in One ActArtists: Margaret Astrup, (sop); Jennifer Caraluzzi, (sop); Hernan Berisso, (bar); Andrew Gordon (1 CD) (Centaur) CEN 3508 $16.99 Seymour Barab (1921-2014) was a noted Ameri-can composer of opera, songs, instrumental pieces, and chamber music, as well as a veritable cellist, organist and pianist. He was especially well-known for his fairy tale operas for young audi-ences, one of which is featured on this release- Little Red Riding Hood.

Strauss: Der RosenkavalierArtists: Margarete Baumer; Tiana Lemnitz; Kurt Bohme; Ursula Richter; Werner Liebing; Hans Lobel; Franz Sautter; Emilie Walter-Sacks; Angela Kolniak; Erich Handel Rudolf Kempe/Staatska-pelle Dresden; Chor der Staatsoper Dresden. (4 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) 4 PRF 16071 $49.99 The combination of Der Rosenkavalier and Dres-den has always been very special. The work was premiered at the Semperoper in 1911- and was an immediate sensation. The dress rehearsal alone received more comprehensive press coverage than the Kaiser’s birthday on the same day, with reporters racing to wire the wonderful success to their papers. The Staatskapelle musicians still play their idol’s work from the original orchestral parts of the premiere.

Richard Strauss: Salome / Georg SoltiArtists: Georg Solti/Vienna Philharmonic. Birgit Nilsson; Waldemar Kmentt; Heinz Holecek; Zenon Kosnowski (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC 4831498 $28.98 On SaleBirgit Nilsson and Sir Georg

Solti’s recording of Richard Strauss’ opera “Salome” in Decca’s Hardback Opera series is a benchmark recording that has been re-mastered into an ultra-high quality 96kHz/24-bit audio masterpiece.

Wagner: Der Ring der Nibelungen / Herbert von Karajan [1 Blu-ray Audio]Artists: Donath; Mangelsdorff; Veasey; Dominguez; Kerns; Fischer-Dieskau; Grobe; Stolze; Janoqitz; Crespin; Vickers; Stewart; Gayer; Keleman; Ludwig; Kele-men; et al Herbert von Karajan/Berlin PO; Choir der Deutschen Oper Berlin. (1 Blu-Ray Audio) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG 4797354 $88.48 The entire Karajan Ring in lossless 24-bit / 96kHz HD Audio on one Blu-ray Audio disc. Deluxe 400-page hardback book edition in a slipcase, with original cover art in-cludes rare artist photos from the recording sessions and from the rehearsals for the

live Salzburg productions. Karajan was concerned with beauty, lyricism and structure, and for his Ring cycle he assembled a world-class cast of singers who were able to deliver a vivid and clear performance.

Richard Strauss: Elektra / Georg SoltiArtists: Georg Solti/Vienna Philharmonic. Yvonne Min-ton; Helen Watts; Pauline Tinsley; Felicia Weathers; Maureen Lehane (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC 4831494 $28.98 On SaleDecca continues the suc-

cessful Hardback Opera series with Richard Strauss epic “Elektra” starring Birgit Nilsson. Gramophone magazine wrote: “Undoubtedly one of the greatest performances ever on record”.

2-CD Remastered Original Recording + High Fidelity Blu-ray Pure Audio

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Telarc 3 for $30 Bundle❦John Field: Sonatas, Nocturnes / John O’Conor

Works: John Field (1782-1837): Piano Sonatas nos. 1 - 4; Nocturnes (3) Artists: John O’Conor (Pno) TLC 80290 $12.98“John Field is a wonderful discovery. Credited with the creation of the nocturne,

I found this to be an engaging collection of wonderful music, beautifully performed by John O’Conor...” -Customer review

❦Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol III / O’ConorWorks: Beethoven: Sonatas Nos. 15 “Pastoral”; 16 & 18 “Hunt” Artists: John O’Conor (Pno) TLC 80185 $12.98“John O’Conor’s Beethoven piano sonatas are one of the best kept secerts in the world of classical music recordings.” -Customer review

❦Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin ConcertosWorks: Max Bruch (1838-1920): Violin Concerto no 1; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor Artists: Joseph Swensen/Scottish CO. Robert McDuffie (Vln) TLC 80507 $12.98

“McDuffie plays with calm, unhurried assurance, but also with a winningly wiry intensity... Telarc’s sound is clean, and very well balanced.” -Paul Turok

❦Mahler: Symphony no 1 ‘Titan’ / SlatkinArtists: Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis SO TLC 80066 $12.98[This is one of the] speediest performance of the Mahler 1st I’ve ever encountered, taking just over 50 minutes. Nevertheless, it never sounds rushed, and the characterization is vivid throughout...” -Customer review

❦Lost Music of Early America - The MoraviansWorks: The program is divid-ed into three sections: Music for Christmas, Lent and Thanksgiving Artists: Martin Pearlman/Boston Baroque. Cyndia Sieden (Sop); Sharon Baker (Sop) (2 CD) (Telarc) 2 TLC 80482 $12.98

“It’s all done as winningly as we would expect... the sound is first-rate... A uniquely valuable redis-covery.” -Stereo Review

❦Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, et al.Works: Johann Baptist Henne-berg / Benedikt Schack / Franz Xaver Gerl: Der woltätige Derwisch (The Beneficent Dervish), singspiel; Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, K 486. Art-ists: Martin Pearlman/Boston Baroque. John Aler; Cyndia

Sieden; Kevin Deas; Alan Ewing TLC 80573 $12.98“This is the premiere recording [of The Beneficent Dervish], and it’s neatly put together by Boston Baroque...” -Michael White

❦Bach - The Great Organ at Methuen / MurrayWorks: J.S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 542 “Great G minor”; Orgelbüchlein; Pas-sacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582; Toccata and Fugue, BWV 540; Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 737 Artists: Michael Murray (Organ)

TLC 80049 $12.98“...The Telarc sound is great. It’s crisp, detailed and solid... Michael Murray is a consummate art-ist. He’s solid, not flashy... He plays music, not just notes.” -Customer review

❦Ceremonial Music for Trumpet and Organ Works by: Purcell, Char-pentier, Mouret, Gounod, J.S. Bach, Schubert, Martini, Mendelssohn, Handel et al. Artists: Michael Murray (Or-gan); Rolf Smedvig (Tpt) TLC 80341 $12.98“I love the blend of trumpet

and organ and the acoustics and fidelity are wonderful. The music choices are perfect.” -Customer review

❦P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex & Other Choral CalamitiesArtists: Peter Schickele/Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic; Okay Chorale TLC 80239 $12.98“Hilarious musical mayhem at the hands of the insanely gifted Professor Peter Schickele.” -The New York Times

❦Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles / BonyngeArtists: Richard Bonynge/English CO; London Voices. Jerry Hadley; Lynton Atkinson; Nancy Gustafson; Jeffrey Carl; Naomi Itami TLC 80419 $12.98“Sung in English, this ver-sion of Lehar’s operetta has

special appeal in the United States... Bonynge’s conducting brings out the lush beauty of the score in full.” -All Music

❦The Power & The Majesty / Shaw, et alWorks by: J.S. Bach, Berlioz, Borodin, Duruflé, Fauré, Handel, Mozart, Orff, Rachmaninov, Verdi Artists: Robert Shaw/Robert Shaw Festival Singers; Atlanta SO & Chorus. Arleen Augér; Tom Krause; Jerry Hadley; Dawn Upshaw; Sylvia McNair TLC 80397 $12.98“...needle-sharp attacks, rhythmic articulation, diction, and emotional sensitivity...” - Fanfare

❦Poulenc: Mass in G, etc / Shaw Festival SingersWorks: Poulenc: Mass in G; Petites prières (4) de Saint François d’Assise; Motets (4) pour le temps de Noël; Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence Artists: Robert Shaw. Donna Carter; Christopher Cock TLC 80236 $12.98“Shaw was a master craftsman of choral perfor-mance. Ensemble balance is perfect... Wonderful interpretation and sense of dynamic contrasts...” -Customer review

❦Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 & 9 / LeviArtists: Yoel Levi/Atlanta SO TLC 80215 $12.98“Do yourself a favor, and check out this under-appreciated gem. If the 4th movement doesn’t at least make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, have a friend verify that you still have a pulse.” -Customer review

❦Szymanowski, Poulenc: Stabat MaterWorks: Gregorian Chant: Stabat Mater; Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937): Stabat mater Artists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus. Marietta Simpson (mz); Victor Ledbetter (bar);

Christine Goerke (sop) TLC 80362 $12.98“All in all, a very good, consistently well-performed disc featuring touching and beautiful music” -Customer review

❦Carl Orff: Carmina Burana / Robert ShawArtists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus. Judith Blegen; Håkan Hagegård; William Brown TLC 80056 $12.98“...this is a sonic treat... Choral definition and clarity are excellent.” - High Performance Review

❦Walton: Belshaazar’s Feast; Bernstein / ShawWorks: Bernstein: Chich-ester Psalms; Missa Brevis; William Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast Artists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus; Wil-liam Stone; Donna Carter; Wayne Baughman; Victoria Blakeney; Robert Lund

TLC 80181 $12.98“I ordered this based on the quality of several other Shaw recordings I already own. I was certainly not disapointed.” -Customer review

❦Stravinsky: The Firebird; Borodin / ShawWorks: Borodin: Prince Igor, overture & Polovetsian dances; Stravinsky: The Firebird, suite no 2 Artists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO TLC 80039 $12.98“This is a great piece of music that is well recorded and very entertaining to listen to. Highly recommended.” -Customer review

Beethoven: Mass in C, et al. / Robert ShawWorks: Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112; Elegiac song, for 4 voices & string quartet, Op. 118; Mass in C major, Op. 86. Artists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus. Marietta Simpson

(mz); Jon Humphrey (tnr); Henriette Schellenberg (sop); Myron Myers (bar) TLC 80248 $12.98

❦Prokofiev: Symphonies no 1 “Classical” & 5Artists: Yoel Levi/Atlanta SO TLC 80289 $12.98“Marvelous!... Levi consistently displays extraor-dinary imagination both in terms of balancing the various musical strands and in his magical handling of dynamics and articulation.” -CD Review Special Award: Choc du Monde de la Musique (France)

❦Mahler: Symphony no 6 “Tragic” / Yoel LeviArtists: Yoel Levi/Atlanta SO TLC 80444 $12.98“...Levi demonstrates that he is sensitive to Mahler’s idiom...the `mountain air’ music is won-derfully managed, with lovely offstage cowbells and barely audible string pizzicatos...” -Fanfare

❦Rossini: Overtures / Yoel Levi, Atlanta SOArtists: Yoel Levi/Atlanta SO TLC 80334 $12.98“These performances are... related and yet rhyth-mic, energetic and beautifully shaped and im-maculately executed... Levi has the advantage of Telarc’s wide-ranging perfectly balanced sound.” -Fanfare

❦Yoel Levi conducts MendelssohnWorks: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Symphony no 4 “Italian” Artists: Yoel Levi/Atlanta SO TLC 80318 $12.98“A rare and revelatory performance... Levi and his band generate unique excitement and drive, partic-ularly in the opening Allegro and closing Presto...” -Customer review

❦Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, etc / Levi, Atlanta SOWorks: works Paul Hindemith (Composer) (1895 - 1963): Nobilissima visione, ballet suite for orchestra; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Symphony “Mathis der Maler”. Artists: artists Yoel Levi/Atlanta SO TLC 80195 $12.98

{Copland: Third Symphony, etc / Levi, Atlanta SO

❦Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, etc / Robert Shaw, Marilyn HorneWorks: Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89; Nänie; Schicksalslied, Op. 54. Artists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus. Marilyn Horne TLC 80176 $12.98“Brahms’s shorter choral music with orchestra... is difficult to program in isolation... This collection logically and satisfyingly offers first-rate performances of all of these warmly Romantic pieces, with Marilyn Horne, an especially distinctive soloist, in the Alto Rhapsody. A lovely disc, then, to explore at leisure.” --David Hurwitz

The Sublime Choral Artistry of Robert Shaw❦Mozart: Requiem / Shaw, Atlanta SO & Chorus

Artists: Robert Shaw. Arleen Augér; Tom Krause; Jerry Hadley; Delores Ziegler TLC 80128 $12.98“...For Telarc [Robert Shaw] did make a series of very fine discs devoted to masterpieces of the choral

literature, and this is one of them... a memorable performance of this popular work.” --David Hurwitz

❦The Many Moods of Christmas / ShawWorks: Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981): The Many Moods of Christmas, suites for chorus & orchestra nos 1 - 4 Artists: Robert Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus TLC 80087 $12.98“This is without doubt, one

of the best, if not the best orchestral/choral Christ-mas recordings out there...” -Customer review

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Classic Productions from Warner

Home of OperaMassenet: Thaïs / MaazelArtists: Lorin Maazel/New Philharmonia Orch.; John

Alldis Choir; Beverly Sills; Sherrill Milnes; Nicolai Gedda; Ann Murray; Richard van Allan; Patricia Kern (2 CD) 2 WRNC 560935 $18.99 Massenet composed Thaïs for a captivating so-prano from California, Sybil Sanderson. Eight de-cades later the glamorous, but fragile Alexandrian courtesan was brought to life by another charis-matic American singer, Beverly Sills.

Mozart: The Magic Flute / KarajanArtists: Herbert von Karajan/Vienna PO & Singverein; Anton Dermota, Irmgard Seefried, Erich Kunz, Wilma Lipp, Ludwig Weber, George London (2 CD) 2 WRNC 555530 $18.99 The meeting between

legendary producer Walter Legge and Herbert von Karajan in 1947 led to many treasurable recordings, among them this version of Die Zauberflöte from 1950.

Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann / NaganoArtists: Roberto Alagna, José van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo, Leontina Vaduva, Juanita Lascarro; Kent Nagano/Lyon National Opera Orch. (3 CD) 3 WRNC 555531 $24.98 Conducting Michael Kaye’s comprehensive edition of Offenbach’s episodic score (left incomplete at his death), Kent Nagano brilliantly fuses the di-verse elements of Les Contes d’Hoffmann.

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites / DervauxArtists: Pierre Dervaux/Paris Nat’l Opera; Denise Duval; Régine Crespin, Denise Scharley, Liliane Berton, Rita Gorr; Xavier Depraz; Paul Finel (2 CD) 2 WRNC 555532 $18.99 More than a magnificent per-formance of Poulenc’s grip-

ping and deeply moving masterwork, this recording is a document of the singers and conductor who gave the French premiere at the Paris Operetta in 1957.

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila / Georges PrêtreArtists: Rita Gorr; Jon Vickers; Ernest Blanc; Anton Diakov; Georges Prêtre/Paris Opera Orch.; Chœurs Rene Duclos (2 CD) 2 WRNC 560939 $16.99 The full grandeur, passion and nobility of Saint-Saens’ biblical drama is embodied in the interpre-tations of two supreme singers of their era, Jon Vickers and Rita Gorr.

Puccini: Il Trittico / Antonio PappanoArtists: Neil Shicoff; Berna-dette Manc di Nissa; José van Dam; Angela Gheo-rghiu; Felicity Palmer; Ro-berto Alagna. Antonio Pap-pano/London SO; London Voices; Philharmonia Orch.; Tiffin Boys’ Choir. (3 CD) 3 WRNC 559214 $24.98

Puccini’s scores for his triptych of one-act operas are as compelling for their subtlety as for their theatrical flair.

Puccini: Tosca / Levine, Scotto, DomingoArtists: Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson, John Cheek. James Levine/Philharmonia Orch. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 557378 $18.99 Renata Scotto embodies Tosca, the passionate Ro-man diva with beguiling

finesse, while Placido Domingo gives glorious voice to the idealism and ardor of her lover, Cavaradossi.

Wagner: Lohengrin / Rudolf KempeArtists: Jess Thomas, Elisabeth Grummer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick, Otto Wiener. Rudolf Kempe/Vienna PO; Vienna State Opera Chorus. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 554009 $22.98 Praised as much for its visionary intensity as for its vivid sense of theatre, this Lohengrin, recorded in Vienna, unites an exceptional cast.

Puccini: Turandot / Caballé, Carreras, FreniArtists: Montserrat Ca-ballé, José Carreras, Mire-lla Freni, Michel Senechal, Paul Plishka, Vicente Sardinero. Alain Lombard/Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 554004 $18.99 Central to this performance

is Montserrat Caballé’s Turandot, a characteriza-tion of striking subtlety and beauty. As the icy, but alluring pricess she confronts the Calaf of José Carreras.

Richard Strauss: Salome / KarajanArtists: Herbert von Karajan/Vienna PO. Hildegard Behrens, Karl-Walter Bohm, Agnes Baltsa, José van Dam; Wieslaw Ochman (3 ECD) 3 WRNC 668322 $30.98 “This is a reading which no one from now on will be able to ignore, with its overpowering warmth of expression, its sensuous texturing and not least the superb playing of the Vienna Philharmonic.” -Gramophone

Rossini: The Barber of Seville / James LevineArtists: Beverly Sills; Nicolai Gedda; Sherrill Milnes; Renato Capecchi; Ruggero Raimondi; Fedora Barbieri; James Levine/London SO; John Alldis Choir. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 560940 $18.99 Shortly before becoming Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, James Levine conducted this high-powered performance of Rossini’s most popular comedy with stars Sherrill Milnes and Beverly Sills.

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of MtsenskArtists: Galina Vishnevs-kaya, Nicolai Gedda, Dim-iter Petkov, Birgit Finnila, Serner Krenn. Mstislav Rostropovich/London PO (2 CD) 2 WRNC 555533 $16.99 It was in London that the celebrated conductor and

soprano made this world premiere recording of the original, controversial version of the opera, unleash-ing all its passion, brutality and dark, cynical humour.

Verdi: Aida / HarnoncourtArtists: Cristina Gallardo-Domas; Vincenzo La Scola; Olga Borodina; Thomas Hampson; Matti Salminen; Laszlo Polgar; Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Vienna PO (3 CD) 3 WRNC 560941 $24.98 Gloriously sumptuous, Aida is often termed Verdi’s grandest opera, but crucial for Harnoncourt was its essence as “a deeply profound work; subtle, trans-parent, at times almost like chamber music.”

Verdi: Don Carlo / Carlo Maria GiuliniArtists: Domingo, Caballé, Verrett, Milnes, Raimondi, Foiani, Estes. Carlo Maria Giulini/ROH Orch. & Chorus (3 CD) 3 WRNC 554007 $26.99 Carlo Maria Giulini drew vividly memorable per-formances from an illustrious cast, led by Placido Domingo as the ill-fated Spanish prince.

Wagner: Parsifal / Daniel BarenboimArtists: Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Matthias Holle, José van Dam, Gunter von Kannen, John Tomlinson. Daniel Barenboim/Deutsche State Opera Chorus. (4 CD) 4 WRNC 555535P $26.99 “Barenboim is always most impressively heard in works of the grandest, most soul-searching kind; and he meets splendidly this most formidable challenge of all...” - Gramophone

Verdi: Falstaff / KarajanArtists: Herbert v. Karajan/Philharmonia Orch. & Chorus. Tito Gobbi; Nicola Zaccaria; Renato Ercolani; Tomaso Spataro (2 CD) 2 WRNC 557379 $18.99 With its inimitable cast, this recording remains un-rivalled in capturing the wit and generosity of both Shakespeare and Verdi.

Verdi: Macbeth / Riccardo MutiArtists: Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi. Riccardo Muti/New Philharmonia Orch. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 557380 $18.99 Riccardo Muti is in his element, driving the drama and framing the grandly vivid interpretations of Sher-rill Milnes and Fiorenza Cossotto as the Macbeths.

Verdi: Nabucco / Riccardo MutiArtists: Matteo Manuguerra, Veriano Luchetti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova. Riccardo Muti/Philharmonia Orch. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 555536P $18.99 Renato Scotto brings both formidable temperament and bel canto delicacy to Abigaille.

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / KlempererArtists: Theo Adam, Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, Ernst Kozub, Annelies Burmeister, Gerhard Unger. Otto Klemperer/BBC Chorus; New Philharmonia Orch. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 554008 $22.98 When this recording of Der fliegende Hollander first appeared in 1968, Gramophone declared it “as perfect as we have any right to demand”. Otto Klemperer conceives the score on an epic scale.

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Daniel BarenboimArtists: Jane Eaglen, Waltraud Meier, Peter Seiffert, René Pape, Thomas Hampson. Daniel Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin. (3 CD) 3 WRNC 555537 $22.98 Daniel Barenboim has gained distinction in Wag-ner at Bayreuth, La Scala and the Berlin Staat-soper Unter den Linden. This Berlin Tannhauser features a superbly balanced cast.

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Artists: Jon Vickers, Helga Dernesch, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Peter Schreier, Karl

Ridderbusch. Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin. (4 CD) 4 WRNC 554010 $22.98 The Home of Opera series offers treasures from the world’s greatest opera catalogue, presenting some of the most important and admired recordings of complete operas produced by Warner Classics/EMI Classics over the last 60 years

Weber: Der Freischütz

The Home of Opera series offers treasures from the world’s greatest opera catalogue, presenting some of the most important and admired recordings of complete operas produced by Warner Classics/EMI Classics over the last 60 years.

Prokofiev: War and Peace / Rostropovich, French Nat’l OrchestraArtists: Galina Vishnevskaya; Lajos Miller; Wieslaw Ochman Nicolai Gedda; Nicola Ghiuselev; Stefania Toczyska; Dimiter Petkov Mstislav Rostropovich/Orch. & Chœurs Nat’l de France (4 CD) 4 WRNC 560942 $31.99 “At the end of his life,” wrote Rostropovich, “Prokofiev was obsessed with the hope that one day his greatest masterpiece, War and Peace, would triumph in its definitive form … Now I fervently hope that this recording will satisfy my old friend.”

Verdi: Aida / Riccardo MutiArtists: Montserrat Ca-ballé, Placido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuc-cilli. Riccardo Muti/New Philharmonia Orch.; Royal Opera Chorus. (3 CD) 3 WRNC 554005 $18.99 This Aida launched Riccardo

Muti’s recording career in 1974. No composer is closer than Verdi to Muti’s heart, who inspires a cast led by five of the greatest Verdi singers of their time, all at the height of their powers.

Richard Strauss: Capriccio / SawallischArtists: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Eberhard Wachter, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig. Wolfgang Sawallisch/Philharmonia Orch. (2 CD) 2 WRNC 555534 $18.99

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is joined by a cast of superlative stature and style and by a conduc-tor intimately identified with the works of Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Sawallisch.

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New on DVD & Blu-rayTwo New Wagner Productions from DG

Dvorak: Requiem Op. 89 / Herreweghe [BR or DV]Artists: Ilse Eerens, (sop); Bernarda Fink, (alt); Maximil-ian Schmitt, (tnr); Nathan Berg, (bass); Philippe Her-reweghe/Antwerp SO; Col-legium Vocale Gent. (EuroArts (Warner) (BR) EUAW 26057E $26.99 (DV) EUAW 26057EDV $23.99 Philippe Herreweghe, principal

conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, has devoted himself for over ten years to fresh and invigorating readings of the Romantic repertoire. Together with the Collegium Vocale and superb soloists they perform Dvorák’s Requiem.

Handel: Messiah [BR or DVD]Artists: Janna Herfurtner; Gaia Petrone; Michael Schade; Christian Immler; Ruben Dubrobsky/Salz-burger Bachchor; Bach Consort Wien. (Naxos (USA) (BR) NXS 0061 $22.99 (DVD) NXS 2110387 $22.99 This eye-catching, audiovisual recording of Handel’s masterpiece with its cast of renowned soloists cap-tures splendidly the 2016 Easter concert in the im-pressive Baroque Basilica of Klosterneuburg, Austria.

Rossini: William Tell / Pappano [BR or DVD]Artists: Gerald Finley; Malin Bystrom; John Os-born; Enkelejda Shkosa; Sofia Fomina; Eric Half-varson; Nicolas Courjal; Antonio Pappano/Orch. of the ROH. (Opus Arte) (BR) BOA 7195D $53.99 (2 DVD) 2 BOA 1205D $38.99 The story of the legendary Swiss patriot Guillaume Tell, determined to free Switzerland from Austrian rule, is told through magnificent arias, ensembles and choruses, atmospheric musical evocations of the Swiss landscape and dramatic episodes of great emotional power.

Franco Faccio (1840-1891): Hamlet [BR or DVD]Artists: Pavel Cernoch; Claudio Sgura; Julia Maria Dan; Oshamilja Kaiser; Paolo Carignani/Vienna SO; Prague Philharmonic Choir. (C Major Video) (BR) CME 740704 $33.49 (2 DV) 2 CME 740608 $38.99 ‘Hamlet’, an opera by Verdi contemporaries Franco Fac-

cio and Arrigo Boito, had a ‘Triumphal rebirth” (Deutschlandradio Kultur) at the Bregenz Festival, where the opera was also recorded for the first time ever. Faccio and Boito combine lovely musi-cal interludes with superb vocal writing. Olivier Tambosi’s “excellent staging served it well, with a clear focus on the high points” (The Telegraph).

Mozart: Sacred Works / Minkowski [BR or DVD] Works: Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum Corpus; Miserere; Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn Artists: Genua Kuh-meier, (sop); Elisabeth Kul-man, (alt); Julien Behr, (tnr); Charles Dekeyser, (bass); Marc Minkowski/Les Musiciens du Louvre (C Major Video) (BR) CME 741904 $33.49

(DVD) CME 741808 $24.99 An absolute highlight of Salzburg’s Mozart Week with ‘’highest art of sound and riding’’: the French equine artist and theatrical genius Bartabas presents Mozart’s Requiem. Horses and riders from the formidable Academie Equestre de Versailles join forces with the Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski and ‘’an excellent quartet of soloists’’, to place Mo-zart’s Requiem in a new theatrical context. The pro-duction is a breathtaking synthesis of the arts.

Puccini: Tosca / Gheorgiu, Alagna [DVD]Artists: Angela Gheorgiu; Roberto Alagna; Ruggero Rai-mondi; Antonio Pappano/ROH Orch. & Chorus, Covent Gar-den. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus) AHM 109292 $24.99 A wonderful production of one of Puccini’s greatest operas with an amazing set design, beautiful costumes and an

emotional performance by Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, the opera dream couple at that time, in the main roles and Ruggero Raimondi as counterpart.

Puccini: La Boheme / Badea [BR or DVD]Artists: Olesya Golovneva; Joachim Backstom; Vladislav Sulimsky; Maria Fontosh; Daniel Hall-strom; Miklos Sevestyn; Christian Badea/Malmo Opera Orch. & Chorus. (Naxos) (127 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS 5.1 Surround) (DVD) NXS 2110385 $29.99 (Blu-Ray) NXS 0059 $38.99The story is set around 1930 but director Orpha Phelan sees Puccini’s characters as equally at home in our times: “their story is universal, all that is needed is to understand what it is like to be young and in love!”

Verdi: Macbeth / Domingo [BR or DVD]Artists: Placido Domingo; Ekaterina Semenchuk; Ildeb-rando D’Arcangelo; Joshua Guerrero; James Conlon/La Opera Orch. and Chorus. This is L.A. Opera’s latest pro-duction of Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘’Macbeth’’ featuring Placido Domingo in the title role alongside the Russian mezzo-

soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk as Lady Macbeth. ‘’Placido Domingo commands the stage and the music he sings... He was genuinely impressive.’’ (Los Angeles Times)(Sony / RCA) (BR) SBMG 88985403589 $17.99 (2 DV) 2 SBMG 88985403579 $13.99

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Domingo, Karajan [DVD]Artists: Piero Cappuccili; Placido Domingo; Raina Ka-vaivanska; Herbert von Kara-jan/Vienna State Opera Orch. & Chorus. (1 DVD-Video) (Ar-thaus) (151 min.; NTSC, 4:3, Color; PCM Stereo, DD 5.1) AHM 109334 $24.99 This 1978 performance is steeped in scandal. Franco

Bonisolli was originally cast in the lead role but abandoned the cast during a rehearsal where the public had been admitted entry, and, after throwing his sword at the conductor, left the stage in fury, to be later replaced by Placido Domingo.

Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Huguenots [DVD]Artists: Richard Leech; An-gela Denning; Lucy Peacock; Martin Blasius; Hartmut Welk-er; Camille Capasso; Stefan Soltesz/Deutsche Oper Berlin Orch. & Chorus. (DVD-Video) (EuroArts (Warner) (156 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) EUAW 20198 $23.99

In his timeless staging, John Dew uses con-notations of the Huguenots rebellions, St. Bar-tholomew’s Day and the Berlin Wall to demon-strate the senseless violence and drama caused by conflicting ideologies.

Rossini: The Barber of Seville [BR or DVD]Artists: Danielle de Niese; Alessandro Corbelli; Bjorn Burger; Taylor Stayton; Christophoros Stam-boglis; Janis Kelly; Enrique Mazzola/London Phil-harmoic Orch. (Opus Arte) (164 min.; 16:9, Color; DTS HD Master Audio) (DVD) BOA 1238D $29.99 (BR) BOA 7218D $38.99Contributing to the ‘’ensemble precision’’, the rest of the cast includes a ‘’scene-stealing’’ Berta in Kelly, a ‘’suavely unctuous’’ Basilio from Stam-boglis and Corbelli’s Bartolo, ‘’an object lesson in comic understatement’’ (The Guardian).

Verdi: Don Carlo / Daniel Oren [BR or DVD]Artists: Michele Pertusi, Jose Bros, Vladimmir Stoyanov, Ievgen Orlov, Serena Farnovvhia, Mari-anne Cornietti. Daniel Oren/ Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini; Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma (Dy-namic) (182 min.; 16:9, Color; Dolby Digital 5.1) (2 DVD) 2 DYN 37776 $33.49 (BR) DYN 57776 $38.99Daniel Oren is fully in control on the podium, en-suring unanimity between orchestra and singers. The Maestro softens the dark tones of the score, which are well reflected in the visuals, choosing in-stead to emphasize the various changes of mood.

Waldbuehne 2007 from Berlin - RhapsodiesArtists: Simon Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic. (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts (Warner) (105 min.; 16:9, Color; PCM Stereo) EUAW 25623 $23.99 “Even after 25 years, the moment of arriving at the stage and beholding the giant panorama of 25,000 people, bubbling over with joyous expectation of the hours ahead, still takes your breath away, every single time. This excitement is felt by all the artists who perform here, conductors, soloists and orchestra members alike, and it is what gives the concert its special character.” - Stanley Dodds, Media Chairman Berliner Philharmoniker

William Shakespeare: King Lear [BR or DVD]Artists: Royal Shakespeare Company. Antony Sher, Romayne Andrews, Antony Byrne, Eke Chukwu, James Clyde, Nia Gwynne, Oliver John-stone, Byron Mondahl (Opus Arte) (BR) BOA 7203D $29.99 (DVD) BOA 1232D $24.99 Following his performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s great 20th century American tragedy Death of a Salesman, Antony Sher returns to play King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare.

Shakespeare: The Tempest [BR or DVD]Artists: Gregory Doran, The Royal Shakespeare Company (Opus Arte) (BR) BOA 7228D $53.99(DVD) BOA 1249D $24.99 On a distant island, a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this is no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that car-ries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm, he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up onto shore. When they wake, they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where noth-ing is as it seems...

Exhibition On Screen: I, Claude Monet - “My head is bursting - I want to paint it all”Works: A documentary and exhibits shot on lo-cation in Paris, London, Normandy and Venice directed by Phil Grabsky Artists: Various artists (1 DVD-Video) (Seventh Art Productions) SHAP 197 $21.99

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Nigel Kennedy Plays BachWorks: J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins; Concerto for Oboe and Violin; Concertos for Violin nos 1 & 2; Two-Part Invention nos 1 & 6; Artists: Nigel Kennedy/Irish CO. Nigel Kennedy (Vln); Fionnuala Hunt (Vln); Juliet Welchman (Clo); Aisling Casey (Oboe). (1 DVD-Video) (Warner Classics) WRNC 323419 $27.99 $19.60 The film creates a precious, permanent record of a single glorious summer’s day in Ireland when one of the world’s great violin maestros celebrated Bach’s genius with friends, both with the ICO and the church’s audience.

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Charlie Byrd Trio / Isn’t It Romantic?Songs: Isn’t It Romantic?; I Could Write a Book; Cheek to Cheek; The Very Thought of You; Thou Swell; Last Night When We Were Young; One Morning in May; and more Artists: Charlie Byrd (guitar); Joe Byrd (bass); Chuck Redd (drums). CNC 4252 $11.98 “On this enjoyable set, Charlie Byrd’s trio performs five classics by Rodgers & Hart and numbers by Ray Noble, Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, George Ger-shwin, and Jimmy Van Heusen.” -All Music

Dave McKenna, piano / Celebration of Hoagy CarmichaelSongs: Stardust; Riverboat Shuffle; One Morning in May; Moon Country; Two Sleepy People; Come Easy, Go Easy Love; Ol’ Rockin’ Chair; The Nearness of You; Lazy Bones; Lazy River Artists:

Dave McKenna (pno) CNC 4227 $11.98 “In a sparkling and consistently delightful solo set, Dave McKenna performs 11 of Hoagy Carmi-chael’s finest compositions, including a medley of “Skylark” and “Georgia on My Mind.” ~ All Music

Barney Kessel, guitar / SoloSongs: Brazil; What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?; Happy Little Song; Everything Happens to Me; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Manha de Carnaval; People Jellybeans; Alfie Artists: Barney Kessel (gtr) CNC 4221 $11.98 “This is an unusual set, the only full-length pro-gram of unaccompanied guitar solos recorded by Barney Kessel. Although Kessel was not as skilled in solo work as Joe Pass, the music is relaxed, melodic and tasteful.” ~ All Music

Emily Remler, guitar / Retrospective, Vol. 1: StandardsSongs: Daahoud; How Insensitive; Strollin’; Hot House; In You Own Sweet Way; Joy Spring; Softly, As in a Morning Sunshine; Afro Blue; Del Sasser; In a Sentimental Mood Artists: Larry Coryell, John D’Earth, Eddie Gomez, Jake Hanna, Hank Jones, Bob Maize, Bob Moses et al. CNC 4453 $11.98 “...[a] well-balanced brace of greatest hits...light and thoughtful electric guitar...” - Q

Tania Maria, vocals / Come with MeSongs: Sangria; Embrace-able You; Lost in Amazonia; Come with Me; Sementes, Grainers and Seeds; Nega;

Euzinha; It’a All Over Now Artists: Tania Maria (vocals, piano, electric piano); Eddie Duran (gui-tar); John Pena, (electric bass); Portinho (drums) CNC 4200 $11.98“Maria’s spirited vocals and hyper keyboard work star throughout the date (which finds her interpreting seven of her originals and “Embraceable You”), sup-ported by a sextet... Worth checking out.” ~ All Music

Cal Tjader & Carmen McRae / HeatwaveSongs: Heat Wave; All Is Fair; Besame Mucho; Evil Ways; Love; Upside Down; The Visit; Speak Low; Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing Artists: Cal Tjader (vibraphone); Carmen McRae (vocals); Marshall Otwell (trombone); Mark Levine (piano); Rob Fisher (bass) CNC 4189 $11.98“Carmen McRae steals honors on vocals. Sparkling vocals and vibes.” ~ Ron Wynn

Emily Remler, guitar / FireflySongs: Strollin’; Look to the Sky; Perk’s Blues; The Fire-fly; Movin’ Along; A Taste of Honey; Inception; In a Senti-mental Mood Artists: Hank Jones (piano), Bob Maize (bass), Jake Hanna (drums) CNC 4162 $11.98

“… Remler’s heartfelt interpretation demonstrates that the Jobim melody deserves to be much better known. With Firefly, Remler’s recording career was off to an appealing start...” ~ All Music

Tal Farlow, guitar / Chromatic PaletteSongs: All Alone; Nuages; I Hear a Rhapsody; If I Were A Bell; St. Thomas; Blue Art, Too; Stella By Starlight; One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Artists: Tal Farlow (gtr); Tommy Flanagan (pno); Gary Mazzaroppi (bass) CNC 4154 $11.98 “This album is most notable for the interplay between veteran guitarist Tal Farlow and pianist Tommy Flanagan… In general, the music is on the relaxed side but there is plenty of inner heat to be felt on the fine set.” ~ All Music

Cal Tjader, vibraphone / La Onda Va BienSongs: Speak Low; Serengeti; Star Eyes; Mambo Mindoro; Alleluia; I Remember You; Linda Chicana; Sabor; Artists: Cal Tjader (vibraphone); Roger Glenn (flute, percussion); Mark Levine (piano, Fender

Rhodes piano); Rob Fisher (bass); Vince Lateano (drums, percussion); Poncho Sanchez (congas, percussion) CNC 4113 $11.98 “It was only fitting that vibraphonist Cal Tjader launched the Concord Picante label with this release for Tjader did a great deal to popularize Latin-jazz.” ~ All Music

The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Back HomeSongs: Cassandra; The Masquerade Is Over; Hometown Blues; Yesterdays; Two-Part Contention; Caravan Artists: Dave Brubeck (piano); Jerry Bergonzi (tenor saxophone, electric bass); Chris Brubeck (trombone, electric bass);

Butch Miles (drums) CNC 4103 $11.98 “...This is some of the most vigorous, exciting and harmonically interesting Brubeck on record...” - JazzTimes

Kenny Burrell / When Lights Are LowSongs: When Lights Are Low; Body and Soul; Lil’ Darlin’; Blue Muse; Ain’t Misbehavin’; It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream; Blues for Basie Artists: Kenny Burrel (gtr); Carl Burnette (drums) 1 CNC 4083 $11.98 This session (which has been reissued on CD) is relaxed and tasteful. Guitarist Kenny Burrell is featured on five standards and a pair of basic originals in a trio with bassist Larry Gales and drummer Carl Burnette. ~ Scott Yanow

Tal Farlow, guitar / Cookin’ on All BurnersSongs: If I Should Lose You; I wished on the Moon; I’ve Got the World on a String; Love Letters; Why Shouldn’t I?; Lullaby of the Leaves; Just Friends; I Thought About You Artists: Tal Farlow (guitar); James Williams (piano); Gary Mazzaroppi

The Stan Getz Quartet / Pure GetzSongs: On the Up and Up; Blood Count; Very Early; Slippin’ at Bell’s; I Wish I Knew; Come Rain or Come Shine; Tempus Fugit Artists: Jim McNeely; Marc Johnson; Victor Lewis; Billy Hart CNC 4188 $11.98

This date sticks to high-quality jazz standards, some of which (“Sippin at Bell’s”) are not per-formed all that often. Getz is particularly swinging on “Tempus Fugit” and quite lyrical on Billy Stray-horn’s “Blood Count.” ~ All Music

Various Artists / Smooth Jazz Hits for LoversSongs: Send One Your Love; This Guy’s in Love with You; True Love; Always, Forever; Get Right; Flirt; Show Me the Love; You Got Something; Love Story; Send-ing My Love; Forever and a Day After; I’ll Still Be Lovin’ You Artists: Various artists: Herb Alpert; Ryan Collins; Russ Freeman; Nathan East CNC CRE33299 $11.98 “Featuring top hits culled from the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, Smooth Jazz Hits: For Lovers is a solid collection of crossover jazz tracks... This is a nice compilation for relaxing afterglow situations.” ~ All Music

George Shearing & Mel Torme / Top DrawerSongs: A Singe on Your Shoes; How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?; Oleo; Stardust; Hi-Fly; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; What’s This; Away in a Manger; Here’s to My Lady Artists: George Shearing (piano), Mel Torme

(vocals), Don Thompson (bass) CNC 4219 $11.98“Obviously this CD is full of surprises; all of the Torme-Shearing Concord sessions (which bring out the best in both of the principals) are well worth acquiring.” ~ All Music

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Red Garland, piano / The P.C. BluesTracks: Ahmad’s Blues; Lost April; Why Was I Born?; Tweedle Dee Dee; The P.C. Blues Artists: Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones (drums) OJC OJCCD898 $11.98

P.C. Blues is a trio album from 1957 that features pianist Red Garland with bassist Paul Chambers (the “P.C.” in the title), and drummer Art Taylor... [a] thoughtful but swinging release. ~ All Music

Jaki Byard, piano / Here’s JakiTracks: Cinco y Quatro; Mellow Septet; Garnerin’ a Bit; Giant Steps; Bess You Is My Woman/It Ain’t Nexessar-ily So; To My Wife; D.D.L.J. Artists: Ron Carter (bass); Roy Haynes (drums) OJC OJCCD1874 $11.98“[Were this trio] a working band... it would have been glorious to hear where they would take this format. ‘Here’s Jaki’ is a tip of the iceberg.” ~ All Music

Art Pepper / Tête-à-TêteTracks: Over the Rainbow; Tête-A-Tête; Darn That Dream; Body and Soul; The Way You Look Tonight; ‘Round Midnight; You Go to My Head Artists: Art Pepper (sax); George Cables (pno) OJC OJCCD843 $11.98 “Altoist Art Pepper’s final recordings resulted in two albums’ worth of duets with pianist George Cables... he is prime form throughout the emotional performances.” ~ All Music

Elvin Jones, drums / Elvin!Tracks: Lady Luck; Buzz-At; Shadowland; Pretty Brown; Ray-El; Four and Six; You are Too Beautiful Artists: Frank Wess (flute); Frank Foster (saxes); Thad Jones (cornet); Hank Jones (piano). OJC OJCCD259 $11.98This is classy music that, while not groundbreak-ing, holds up very well.

Booker Ervin, tenor sax / Space BookTracks: Number Two; Mojo; There Is No Greater Love Artists: Jaki Byard (piano); Richard Davis (bass); Alan Dawson (drums) OJC OJCCD896 $11.98“[Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin’s quartet] was so

strong and dynamic that it is surprising that it only existed in the recording studio, and only for two sessions… This CD is a fine example of Booker Ervin’s unique style.” ~ Scott Yanow

Cal Tjader, vibraphone, timbales / TambuTracks: Tambu; Tereza My Love; Black Narcissus; Sad Eyes; My Cherie; Amour; San Fransisco River; Samba de Oneida Artists: Charlie Byrd (guitars); Mike Wolff (piano); Joe Byrd (bass); Mike Stephans

(drums); Michael Smithe (congas) OJC OJCCD891 $11.98The alliance [of Tjader and Byrd] is forged mostly on Byrd’s terms, with bossa nova, samba and per-cussive displays from Brazil’s interior dominating the grooves. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Pepper Adams, baritone sax / Encounter!Tracks: Inanout; Star-Crossed Lovers; Serenity; Elusive; Punjab; Verdandi; Cindy’s Tune; I’ve Just Seen Her Artists: Zoot Sims (tenor sax); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Elvin Jones (drums) OJC OJCCD892 $11.98“Baritonist Pepper Adams and tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims (who rarely performed together) make a surprisingly compatible team… The setting is more advanced than usual for Sims, who rises to the challenge.” ~ All Music

Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie / The Gifted OnesTracks: Back to the Land; Constantinople; You Got It; St. James Infirmary; Follow the Leader; Ow! Artists: Count Basie (piano); Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Ray Brown (bass); Mickey Roker (drums).

OJC OJCCD886 $11.98Though this is a collaboration between Count Basie, one of the icons of swing, and Dizzy Gil-lespie, one of the pioneers of bebop, their musical styles are more congruent than one might think.

Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith / Violins No EndTracks: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Chapeau Blues; No Points Today; The Lady Is A Tramp; Des-ert Sands; How High the Moon; Moonlight in Ver-mont Artists: Stéphane Grappelli (violin); Herb Ellis (guitar); Stuff Smith (violin); Oscar Peterson (piano); Jo Jones (drums) OJC OJCCD890 $11.98“Since Joe Venuti was in the middle of a long off-period, this CD reissue features arguably the two top jazz violinists of the 1950s… This fun set is easily recommended.” ~ All Music

Barry Harris, piano / Chasin’ the BirdTracks: Chasin’ the Bird; The Breeze and I; Around the Corner; Just as Though You Were Here; Indiana; ‘Round Midnight; Bish Bash Bosh; The Way Look Tonight Art-ists: Bob Cranshaw (piano); Clifford Jarvis (drums)

OJC OJCCD872 $11.98“Barry Harris has long been one of the top interpreters of the piano styles of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. This is excellent music that should please bop collectors.” ~ All Music

Art Farmer, trumpet / Early ArtTracks: Soft Show; Wisteria; Autumn Nocturne; I’ve Never Been in Love Before; I’ll Walk Alone; Gone With the Wind; Alone Together; Pre Amp Artists: Sonny Rollins (tenor sax); Horace Silver, Wynton Kelly (piano); Percy Heath,

Addison Farmer (bass); Kenny Clarke (drums) OJC OJCCD880 $11.98“...the music is quite enjoyable and a must for 1950s bop collectors.” ~ Scott Yanow

Jack McDuff, organ / Screamin’Tracks: He’s a Real Gone Guy; Soulful Drums; After Hours; Screamin’; I Cover the Waterfront; One O’Clock Jump Artists: Kenny Burrell (guitar); Leo Wright (alto sax); Joe Dukes (drums) OJC OJCCD875 $11.98Organist Jack McDuff teams up with his regular drummer Joe Dukes, altoist Leo Wright, and gui-tarist Kenny Burrell for a spirited blues-oriented set.

Roy Haynes, drums / Just UsTracks: Down Home; Sweet and Lovely; As Long as There’s Music; Well Now; Cymbalism; Con Alma; Speak Low Artists: Roy Haynes (drums); Richard Wyands (piano); Eddie De Haas (bass).

OJC OJCCD879 $11.98Haynes’ concise drum solos always hold one’s interest, and even though this tasteful date is far from definitive, the music is enjoyable.” ~ All Music

John Coltrane, tenor sax / The BelieverTracks: The Believer; Nakatini Serenade; Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?; Filidia; Paul’s Pal Artists: Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Ray Draper (tuba); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Louis Hayes (drums). OJC OJCCD876 $11.98“Recorded in the late ‘50s while he was still a member of the Miles Davis Sextet, this early solo outing finds Coltrane confident but just beginning to explore the kind of modalities with which he would soon revolutionize the world of jazz.” ~ All Music

Johnny Griffin, tenor sax / The Little GiantTracks: OIive Refractions; The Message; Lonely One; 63rd Street Theme; Playmates; Venus and the Moon Artists: Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Sam Jones (bass);

Albert “Tootie” Heath (drums) OJC OJCCD136 $11.98[Johnny Griffin] is in fine form. An interesting set of obscure straight-ahead jazz.” ~ All Music

Red Garland Trio / Bright and BreezyTracks: On Green Dolphin Street; I Ain’t Got Nobody; You’ll Never Knew; Blues in the Closet; What’s New; Lil’ Darlin’; What Is There to Say? Artists: Red Garland (piano); Sam Jones (bass); Charlie Persip (drums) OJC OJCCD265 $11.98“[Red Garland’s] style was unchanged from a few years earlier, and this trio set... is very much up to par… An enjoyable straight-ahead session.” ~ Scott Yanow

Buddy DeFranco, clarinet / HarkTracks: All Too Soon; Sum-mer Me, Winter Me; Llovisna (Light Rain); By Myself; Joy Spring; Thise Is All I Ask; Hark; Why Am I; Artists: Buddy DeFranco (clarinet); Oscar Peterson (piano); Joe Pass (guitar); Niels-Henning

Orsted Pedersen (bass); Martin Drew (drums) OJC OJCCD867 $11.98“DeFranco has been very consistent throughout his long recording career but the presence of Pe-terson and Pass clearly inspired him to play even better than usual. Recommended.” ~ All Music

Ray Bryant Trio / All BluesTracks: Stick With It; All Blues; C Jam Blues; Please Send Me Someone to Love; Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid; Blues Changes; Billie’s Bounce Artists: Ray Bryant (piano); Sam Jones (bass); Grady Tate (drums). OJC OJCCD863 $11.98Whether it be “All Blues,” “Billie’s Bounce” or “Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid,” Bryant explores an impressive variety of blues styles and grooves, leaving listeners with a happy feeling.” ~ All Music

Benny Carter, alto sax / Meets Oscar PetersonTracks: Just Friends; Sweet Lorraine; Baulbles, Bangles and Beads; It’s a Wonderful World; If I Had You; Whispering; Some Kind of Blues Artists: Oscar Peterson (piano); Joe Pass (guitar); Dave Young (bass); Martin Drew (drums). OJC OJCCD870 $11.98“This is a sturdy album, spectacular in spots, consistently tasteful, and swinging from top to bottom.” ~ All Music

Benny Carter, alto saxophone / The KingTracks: A Walkin’ Thing; My Kind of Trouble Is You; Easy Money; Blue Star; I Still Love Him So; Green Wine; Malibu; Blues in D-Flat Artists: Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Joe Pass (guitar); John B. Williams (bass); Jake Hanna (drums) OJC OJCCD883 $11.98“Benny Carter is in masterful form, stretching out on eight of his own compositions and showing that his name always has to be ranked near the top of jazz improvisers, whether one is considering the 1930s or the 1990s.” ~ All Music

Benny Golson, tenor sax / Gettin’ With ItTracks: Baubles; Bangles and Beads; April in Paris; Blue Streak; Tippin’ On Thru; Bob Hurd’s Blues Artists: Curtis Fuller (trb); Tommy Flanagan (pno); Doug Watkins (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums) OJC OJCCD1873 $11.98

“...One not only gets to enjoy [Golson’s] always strong arrangements, but his consistently first-rate tenor sax solos. Highly recommended.” ~ All Music

James Moody, sax / Don’t Look Away NowTracks: Don’t Look Away Now; Darben the Redd Fox; Easy Living; Hey Herb! Where’s Alpert?; Hear Me; When I Fall in Love Artists: Barry Harris (pno); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Alan Dawson (drums) OJC OJCCD925 $11.98

“The players give this album a tight, beautiful sound, virtuosic, flowing, swinging, bluesy and cooking. This is a must own album.” -Customer review

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Bill Evans, piano / 12 Classic Albums: 1956-1962This compilation contains Bill Evans’ first 12 albums as leader covering the years 1956 - when he recorded and released his debut record New Jazz Conceptions - through to his seminal Empathy album

in 1962. Generally considered in jazz circles as the period in which Evans’ star shone brightest, this 6 CD set is as close to the perfect Bill Evans collection as is currently available. 6 EGHT EN6CD9025 $21.99

Blossom Dearie, vocals & piano / The Complete Recordings: 1952-1962

This 4CD box set contains eight complete albums from American jazz singer and pianist Blossom Dearie’s most celebrated era, covering the years 1955 to 1962. In completion, this extensive 95 track collection

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The Beatles / As It Happened: The Classic InterviewsA 4CD collection featuring spoken word recordings from each of the Beatles, as well as George Mar-tin, Brian Epstein and Yoko Ono. These recordings were made between 1963 and 1992, largely at press conferences or from one-to-one interviews with reporters and journalists. The individual Bea-tles and their entourage talk on a variety of sub-jects, both directly relating to themselves and their music. 4 EGHT EN4CD9029 $17.99

Art Blakey: Jazz Icons: Art Blakey Live in ‘65Featuring the incomparable Fred-die Hubbard on trumpet, as well as Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax and Art Blakey on drums, this was truly a powerhouse quin-tet! Freddie Hubbard’s incendiary playing on ‘Blue Moon’ and the blistering 24-minute version of his

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Art Farmer: Jazz Icons: Art Farmer Live in ‘64Art Farmer’s top-notch band includes legendary guitarist Jim Hall (fresh from Sonny Rollins’ band), drummer Pete LaRoca and Steve Swallow on bass. This legendary ensemble plays both standards and originals with ease and finesse and highlights why Farmer was considered one of the most innovative horn players in all of jazz. (Naxos Jazz Icons) NXSJ 2119019 $21.99 $15.40

Cannonball Adderley: Live in Switzerland & Germany ‘53Cannonball Adderley boasts two beautifully filmed concerts from one of the most celebrated sextets in jazz history, captured at the top of their game. Cannon-ball Adderley (alto sax), Nat Ad-derley (cornet) and the masterful Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute,

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Live in Belgium, Holland & Norway ‘63 & ‘67For these three concerts, Rah-saan Roland Kirk is backed by extraordinary side musicians including legendary bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, drummer Alex Riel and long-time pianist Ron Burton. The collection includes two different renditions of

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Sonny Rollins: Live in Denmark ‘65 & ‘68Sonny Rollins features in two intimate concerts filmed in the ‘60s for Danish television at the pin-nacle of one of his most creative periods. Rollins is joined by some of the most legendary sidemen in jazz history, including 19-year-old Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, drum master Alan Dawson and pianist Kenny Drew. (Naxos Jazz Icons) NXSJ 2119011 $21.99 $15.40

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Various Artists / Century of the BluesFeaturing 100 tracks in total, this 4CD collection attempts a comprehensive round-up of the blues. Disc 1 is dedicated to the early development of the form in the Mississippi Delta, while disc 2 collects together the pivotal record-

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Donald Byrd, trumpet / The Definitive Classic Blue Note CollectionThis 5CD collection features the nine remarkable albums Donald Byrd released on Blue Note, the most significant jazz record label during the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. One of the finest American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeters, his tenure at Blue Note - and concurrently, the nine records included here - are generally considered by the jazz community to represent his “golden age.” 5 EGHT EN5CD9021 $21.99

Cliff Richard, vocals / The Songs & theInterviewsThis collection features three CDs containing some of Cliff Richard’s classic early hits alongside inter-views with the man himself, during which he dis-cusses his career, his music, his life and his hopes and dreams. Coming over with sincerity, honesty, humour and above all, an enormous sense of decency, this unique collector’s set is certain to delight Cliff’s millions of fans both new and old. 3 EGHT EN3CD9022 $17.99

Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Complete Recordings: 1956-1962This 4CD Set compiles to-gether the albums - eight in all - that multi-instrumental-ist Roland Kirk released, or on which he featured heavily as a sideman, during his first six years as a record-

ing artist. From his debut Triple Threat in 1956 through to his stunning contribution to Tubby Hayes’ Tubby’s Back in ‘62 - the era most fans and Jazz aficionados consider his ‘Golden Years’ - are compiled here in their entirety. 4 EGHT EN4CD9019 $17.99

Ray Charles / In the 1950sRay Charles was roundly lauded as one of the most important and influential figures in pop and soul music history. This 3 CD set contains every track the pioneering Charles released during the 1950s - and thus provides the definitive collection of Ray Charles material, and therefore by defini-tion, the ultimate early soul music compilation. 3 EGHT EN3CD9015 $17.99

Cecil Taylor, piano / The Complete Collection: 1956-1962This 5 disc set includes all the recordings released by free jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor between 1956 - the year of his recording debut - and 1962, the period which, for most of his audience, con-

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Ramsey Lewis, piano / Complete Recordings: 1957-1960This compilation features Ramsey Lewis’ com-plete recorded output from his first album, 1956’s Ramsey Lewis & His Gentle-men of Swing, through to 1960’s An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio. The selection here includes 8 complete LP’s released through this golden age for Jazz, and Ramsey Lewis in particular, including as it does collaborations with other jazz giants such as Jim-my Woods and Max Roach. 4 EGHT EN4CD9013 $17.99

Quincy Jones / The Complete Recordings: 1955-1959 The music made by Quincy Jones during the second half 1950s was a stunning ex-ample of contemporary jazz during that pivotal decade for the form. Quincy Jones’ first eight albums, all released

between 1955 - 1959, are featured on this 4CD set in their entirety, in glorious re-mastered sound, making this package the most complete Quincy Jones 1950s collection available today. 4 EGHT EN4CD9011 $17.99

Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax / The Pacific Jazz Collection [4 CDs]Songs: Five Brothers; Laura; Western Union; Broadway; Lady Be Good; Lover Man; Birth of the Blues; Rustic Hop; Open Country; Storyville Story; That Old Feeling et al.4 EGHT EN4CD9106 $17.99

Widely respected and revered inside and out of jazz circles, Gerry Mulligan is joined on this collec-tion by such jazz luminaries as Chet Baker, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Lee Konitz and Chico Hamilton among others.

Zoot Sims, saxophone / 12 Classic Albums: 1956-1962 [6 CDs]John Haley “Zoot” Sims was an American jazz saxophonist born in Inglewood, California and grew up in a performing family. He learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age. This 6 CD collec-

tion features the most important and challenging of Zoot’s early albums from the period during which this maverick player was among the most respected and celebrated musicians of the time. 6 EGHT EN6CD9042 $21.99

Kenny Burrell, guitar / The Complete Albums Collection 1957-1962 [4 CDs]Kenny Burrell has been referred to as “the greatest guitarist in the world” by B.B. King and “the grand master of jazz guitar” by Dizzy Gillespie, and he has influenced the work of Jimi Hendrix, Pat Metheny and a host of other respected players. Contains eight complete, remastered albums and over five hours of Burrell’s sublime, soulful playing. 4 EGHT EN4CD9092 $17.99

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