C D O F T H E M O N T H

Naxos International (Far East) Limited5B Blue Box Factory Building 25 Hing Wo Street Tin Wan Aberdeen Hong Kong Tel 2951 9557 Email infonaxoscomhk

THIS MONTHrsquoS HIGHLIGHTS

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)Orchestral works bull 6

Suite bergamasque (orch Gustave CloezAndreacute Caplet) Petite Suite (orch Henri Buumlsser) Printemps (orch Henri Buumlsser) En blanc et noir (orch Robin Holloway) Symphony in B minor (orch Tony Finno)

Orchestre National de Lyon Jun Maumlrkl

Volume 6 in Naxosrsquos popular series presents five highly diverse works in gorgeous orchestrations by Debussyrsquos colleagues or later admirers Of particular interest is Debussyrsquos sole attempt at composing a symphony a youthful work imbued with the spirit of French Romanticism only the first movement of which he completed Jun Maumlrklrsquos exemplary interpretations of Debussyrsquos orchestral music have been praised for their ldquosubtle and sensitive readingsrdquo Gramophone ldquoMaumlrklrsquos revelatory Debussy series is up there as one of the most iridescent musical jewels in Naxosrsquos crown These treasurable pieces have never sounded finer on discrdquo Classic FM Editorrsquos Choice on Vol 5

MAY 2011NEW RELEASE GUIDE

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Ronald CORP (b 1951)

The Ice Mountain

Libretto Emma Hill

New London Childrenrsquos Choir Members of the New London Orchestra Ronald Corp

Naxos continues the 60th birthday celebrations of British composerconductor Ronald Corp with a second recording of his music - a contrast to the recent release of Corprsquos String Quartets First performed in a production by Abigail Morris in March 2010 at St Michaelrsquos Church in Hampstead London The Ice Mountain is based on an old Swiss legend The Old Woman and the Dead and the music incorporates elements of Swiss folk-music and liturgical chant

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Piano Sonata No 4 in A minor D 537 Piano Sonata No 13 in A major D 664 Fantasy in C major D 760 lsquoWandererfantasiersquo

Eldar Nebolsin (piano)

Eldar Nebolsin has already been acclaimed for his Naxos recordings of music by Chopin Liszt Dohnmiddotnyi and Rachmaninov Here he fulfils a heartfelt ambition to record important piano works by another great Romantic composer Franz Schubert The passion and pathos of the two sonatas with their song-like melodies and adventurous harmonies set the scene for one of Schubertrsquos most powerful solo piano pieces the Wanderer Fantasy a work so technically demanding that Schubert himself is reported to have exclaimed lsquothe devil may play itrsquo

ldquoScintillating pianism that can rival the greats in this repertoirerdquo Gramophone on Nebolsin

Bohuslav MARTINU0

(1850-1959)

A Wreath of Carnations ndash Songs 1

Including 6 Simple Songs H1103 Lullabies H146bis 2 Small Songs In Folk Idiom H14 2 Songs On Russian Poetry H135bis 3 Goethelieder H94 The Gnatrsquos Wedding H75 3 Childrenrsquos Songs H146 Dead Love H44

Czech Riddles H277bis 2 Songs H31 Walk I Walk Among The Hills H74bis How Dear To Me The Hour H106 Blissfulness H81 Tears H41 Mood Drawing H29 A Song Of 1st November H72

Jana Wallingerovmiddot (mezzo-soprano) Giorgio Koukl (piano)

Vocal music comprised around a quarter of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinůrsquos extensive output no fewer than 27 songs dating from 1912 alone and much of it remaining unpublished during his lifetime

Kenneth LEIGHTON (1929-1988)

Organ Music

Et Resurrexit Op 49 Six Fantasies on Hymn TunesOp 72 Missa de Gloria Op 82lsquoDublin Festival Massrsquo

Greg Morris (organ of Blackburn Cathedral)

Kenneth Leighton was one of Britainrsquos most important 20th century composers best known for his organ choral and orchestral works Et Resurrexit builds into a cataclysmic climax symbolizing the soulrsquos struggle for belief in Christrsquos resurrection while his Hymn Fantasies abound in fascinating polyphony

Missa de Gloria lsquoDublin Festival Massrsquo is based on an ancient plainchant from the Sarum rite for Easter Sunday Greg Morris Associate Organist at Londonrsquos Temple Church performs widely throughout the United Kingdom and Europe

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

The Violin Works

CD 1 Violin Concerto in B minor Serenade for Strings CD 2 Romance Mazurka Bizarrerie Serenade Idylle Chanson de matin Chanson de nuit La capricieuse Gavotte Salut drsquoamour Etude-caprice May Song Virelai In Hammersbach Carissima Adieu Etudes caracteacuteristiques pour

violon seulrsquo CD 3 Eleacutevation Pastourelle Bavarian Dances Nos 1 and 3 Sospiri Petite Reine ndash Berceuse Polonaise in D minor Dreaming Mot drsquoamour Valse on Themes by Elgar (completed by Christopher Polyblank) Reminiscences Interlude from lsquoThe Crown of Indiarsquo Allegretto Duet on a theme of GEDGE Violin Sonata in E minor Fugue for Violin and Oboe

Marat Bisengaliev (violin) Benjamin Frith (piano)Camilla Bisengalieva (oboe)West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra Bundit Ungrangsee

Alberto GINASTERA(1916ndash1983)

Cello Concerto No 2 Op 50 Cello Concerto No 1 Op 36

Mark Kosower (cello) Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Lothar Zagrosek

The two Cello Concertos are among his most innovative brilliant and technically formidable compositions The First Concerto the definitive version of which was premiegravered by Ginasterarsquos second wife Aurora Naacutetola in 1978 is notable for the provocative singing lines Latin dance rhythms and virtuosity of its solo part and the intense colours and abundant percussion of the orchestral accompaniment The Second Concerto composed as a 10th wedding anniversary tribute lsquoTo my dear Aurorarsquo makes more prominent use of Argentine folk elements

2 MAY 2011

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JOHANNES MOumlLLER RECITAL

2010 Winner Guitar Foundation of America CompetitionAGUSTOtildeN BARRIOS MANGOR (1885ndash1944) Un Suentildeo en la Floresta KAREL ARNOLDUS CRAEYVANGER (1817ndash1868) Introduction and Variations on a theme from Der Freischuumltz HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887ndash1959) Etude No 7 Etude No

9 Cadenza from Concerto for guitar and small orchestra Etude No 12 DENIS GOUGEON (b 1951) Lamento-Scherzo GIULIO REGONDI (1822ndash1872) Recircverie Op 19 LEO BROUWER (b 1939) Sonata Fandangos y Boleros - Sarabanda de Scriabin - La Toccata de Pasquini JOHANNES MOumlLLER (b 1981) Poem to a Distant Fire

Rodolfo HALFFTER (1900-1987)

Giga Op 3 Tres piezas breves Op 13a Dos sonatas de El Escorial Op 2 Homenaje a Antonio Machado Op 13 Divertimento Op 7a Laberinto Op 34 Capricho Op 40 Epinicio Op 42 Secuencia Op 39

Soloists of the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid

The works on this second volume (Volume 1 is available on 8572418) span most of Halffterrsquos career from the two Sonatas de El Escorial (1928) to Epinicio (1979)

Lydia KAKABADSE (b1955)

The Mermaid Russian Tableaux The Song of the Shirt Arabian Rhapsody SuiteThe Phantom Listeners

Kit Hesketh-Harvey Emma Brain-Gabbott Clare McCaldin Michael Bundy Madeleine Easton Sarah-Jane Bradley Bozidar Vukotic Caroline Dale Ben Griffiths Tim Amherst Nigel Shipway Ben Fullbrook

Christian Wilson George Vass

Of GeorgianRussian and GreekAustrian parentage British composer Lydia Kakabadse has a number of music theatre vocal choral and chamber works to her credit

Arnold SCHOENBERG(1875-1954)

Suite Op 29 Chamber Symphony No 1 Op 9 (arr A Webern for flute clarinet violin cello piano)

Zahir Ensemble Juan Garcia Rodriguez

Schoenbergrsquos First Chamber Symphony compresses the classical symphonic format into a single movement scored for only fifteen players while the Suite for seven instruments is inspired by the dance styles that were popular during the 1920s

Johann STRAUSS II (1825-1899)

Die Goumlttin der Vernunft (The Goddess of Reason) Operetta in Three Acts

Veronika Groiss (soprano) Manfred Equiluz (tenor) Kirlianit Cortez (tenor) Franz Foumldinger (tenor) Isabella Ma-Zach (soprano) Wolfgang Veith (tenor) Eva-Maria Kumpfmcedilller (soprano)

Andreas Mittermeier (baritone) Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina Christian Pollack

This is the world premiegravere recording of the complete work For this recording Christian Pollack has reconstructed the score as it would have been heard on its opening night with additional items that Strauss added for its 25th performance

Arrigo BOITO (1842ndash1918)

Mefistofele

Ferruccio Furlanetto Giuseppe Filianoti Dimitra TheodossiouSonia ZaramellaMimmo GhegghiMonica Minarelli Orchestra Chorus andChildrenrsquos Chorus of Teatro Massimo PalermoStefano Ranzani

This 2008 performance features artists of the highest standing and was well received by critics ldquoGiuseppe Filianoti sang with ideal smoothness of line and ingratiating tonerdquo

Piazzola for Violin Brass and Percussion

Violentango Amelitango Tristango Las 4 Estaciones Portentildeas UndertangoMister Tango Novitango Histoire du Tango I lsquoBordel La Muerte del Aacutengelrsquo Meditango Ave Maria Oblivion Libertango

Quintetto di Ottoni e Percussioni Della Toscana Andrea Tacchi (violin)

Morton GOULD (1913-1996)

Fanfare for Freedom Saint Lawrence Suite Jericho Rhapsody Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band Symphony No 4 lsquoWest Pointrsquo

Stephanie Zelnick (clarinet) University of Kansas Wind Ensemble Scott Weiss

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4 MAY 2011

Lori LAITMAN (b 1955)

Vedem bull Fathers

Angela Niederloh (mezzo-soprano) Ross Hauck (tenor) The Northwest Boychoir Joseph Crnko Music of Remembrance Laura DeLuca (clarinet) Mikhail Shmidt (violin) Walter Gray (cello) Mina Miller (piano)

Every Friday for two years between 1942 and 1944 a group of teenage boy prisoners in the TerezIgraven concentration camp shared their poems stories and artwork in a secret magazine they called Vedem Inspired by this legacy American vocal composer Lori Laitman has created an oratorio

Gabriela Lena FRANK(b 1972)

Hilos (Threads) Danza de los Saqsampillos Adagio para Amantani Quijotadas

ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Gabriela Lena Frank (piano)

Born in Berkeley California to a mother of mixed PeruvianChinese ancestry and a father of LithuanianJewish descent Frank explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions

Haskell SMALL (b 1948)

Lullaby of War Renoirrsquos Feast Three Etudes in Sound World Premiegravere Recordings

Martin Rayner (narrator) Soheil Nasseri (piano)

ldquoHighly original without being self-consciously modernistic this music has a sense of traditional structures and values without losing sight of its own era it is inventive and accessiblerdquo The Washington Post

AMERICAN MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION2

Elliott CARTER (b 1908) TintinnabulationPeter CHILD (b 1953) Refrain Edward COHEN (1940-2002)Acid RainJohn HARBISON (b 1938) Cortegravege Fred LERDAHL (b 1943)The First Voices

New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Frank Epstein

A varied collection ranging from Elliott Carterrsquos enigmatic Tintinnabulation for unpitched percussion instruments to Fred Lerdahlrsquos high-spirited The First Voices

Georges LENTZ (b 1965)

Ingwe from lsquoMysteriumrsquo (ldquoCaeli enarrantrdquo VII)

Zane Banks (electric guitar)

Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentzrsquos 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning

night) is a truly extraordinary achievement Here heavy metal meets musical metaphysics as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the spirituality of Indigenous Australian cultures

MUSIC FOR SOLO CLARINET

Joumlrg WIDMANN (b 1973) Fantasie Toshio HOSAKAWA (b 1955) EDI Luciano BERIO (1925-2003) Lied Aribert REIMANN (b 1936) Solo Arthur LOURI (1882-1966) The Mime Edison DENISOV (1929-1996) Clarinet Sonata Alexander GOEHR (b 1932) Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal lsquoIl

combattimento di Tancredi e Clorindarsquo by Monteverdi Hanri POUSSEUR (1929-2009) Madrigal I Hans Ulrich LEHMANN (b 1937) Mosaik Fabio NIEDER (b 1957) Terracotta Andreacute JOLIVET (1905-1974) Ascegraveses

Eduard Brumner

Ferdinand RIES (1784-1838)

Sonata in A major Op 114 Sonata in A flat major Sonata in B minor WoO 11 Op 176

Susan Kagan (piano)

Intrigued by Riesrsquos Op 1 piano sonatas Susan Kagan has gone on to record all 14 of his solo piano sonatas and sonatinas gaining critical acclaim for her eloquent advocacy of these unfairly neglected yet often substantial works

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Vienna

BeethovenCello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69BrahmsCello Sonata No 2 in F major Op 99SchubertSonata in A minor lsquoArpeggionersquo D821

Thomas Carroll (cello)Llŷr Williams (piano)

One of the UKrsquos rising stars Thomas Carroll is one of only two artists who have successfully auditioned for both Young Concert Artistrsquos Trust in London and Young Concert Artists Inc in New York Thomas studied in Vienna with Heinrich Schiff and this CD explores links between three major composers all of whom lived worked and died in Vienna

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MAY 2011 5

David Angus

The Vikings

Read by Joe Marsh

Wealth dies kinsmen die a man himself must likewise die Only fame never dies (From the Edda lsquoHaacutevamaacutel) Between the 8th and 11th centuries Vikings stormed out of their Scandinavian homelands to raid and loot along the coasts

of Europe In old Norse to lsquogo vikingrsquo meant to take to sea in a long ship for an adventure Sometimes this was a trading trip sometimes a piratical raid Often it was both

Neil Wenborn

Napoleon ndash In a NutshellRead by Rupert Degas

This lsquoIn a Nutshellrsquo guide explores the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte whose actions as the French military and political leader shaped European politics mdash his Napoleonic code influenced the judicial foundations of most of Western Europe Under the First

French Republic he successfully revolted against the First and Second Coalitions and in 1804 the French Senate appointed him Emperor

Edgar Wallace

The Four Just Men

Read by Bill Homewood

Edgar Wallacersquos classic vigilante detective series The Four Just Men ndash four wealthy and resourceful individuals determined to take the law into their own hands ndash has maintained its popularity for over a century It began with The Four Just

Men in 1905 and was followed by five other books recounting further adventures the Walter Ford film (1939) and a TV series (1959-60)

DH Lawrence

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Read by Georgina Sutton

In post-war East Midlands in a home dominated by their difficult grandmother and aunt Yvette and Lucille are two sisters struggling to bring joy into their lives Their mother having run off in scandal leaves the two to suffer a

dysfunctional family life and oppressive domesticity

Sergey Rachmaninov Solo Piano Recordings bull 2

Victor Recordings 1925-1942

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer Ward Marston

To download a full tracklist please visit wwwselectmusiccouk

ldquoRachmaninov the pianist in dazzling performances

superbly remastered Here is a reminder and a remembrance of a matchless idiosyncrasy and mastery particularly when discs dating from 1925ndash42 are so superbly remastered by Ward Marstonrdquo Gramophone on Vol 1 (8112020)

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Elektra ndash Final SceneErna Schluumlter Paul Schoumlffler Ljuba Welitsch Walter WiddopRecorded in EMI Studio No 1 Abbey Road London27th-29th October 1947Ariadne auf Naxos ndash Final SceneMaria Cebotari Karl Friedrich Margaret Field-HydeRecorded in EMI Studio No 1

Abbey Road London 13th-15th October 1947

Royal Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham

Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer Mark Obert-Thorn

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NA0059NA0045 (2 CDs)

NA0029 (4 CDs) NA0028 (3 CDs)

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert Plays BACH

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert piano

Bach displays a notable awareness of a career success and public acclaim in these his most important and best loved works for keyboard Whilst playing down the less popular contrapuntal and melodically

orientated elements of the ldquogallantrdquo style Bach seems to favour a more instrumentally-oriented style of virtuosic writing It was after all Bachrsquos prerogative to defend and to build on his high reputation as one of Germanyrsquos preeminent keyboard players

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6 MAY 2011

STRAVINSKYComplete works for violin and piano

Isabelle van Keulen Olli Mustonen

lsquoVan Keulen and Mustonen are right on top of the Duo concertantrsquos frequently extravagant technical demands and as in all the music here recorded they convey an infectious sense of enjoymentrsquo Gramophone

BRAHMSThe Complete Symphonies

Tragic Overture Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker Carlo Maria Giulini

This set would seem to be self-recommending a composer conductor and orchestra perfectly at one ndash and yet these late recordings of the Italian maestro have never before been gathered in one set

BEETHOVEN

Violin ConcertoCadenzas by Alfred Schnittke

Gidon Kremer (violin)Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner

One of the great violinists of our age in the Everest of violin concertos is in itself an enticing prospect

Johann Christian BACH

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra David Zinman

lsquoDavid Zinmanrsquos well-recorded modern-instrument performances with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra are polished and elegant and they have vigour as well as finessersquo Gramophone

Henryk GOacuteRECKI

Kleines Requiem Lerchenmusik

Schoumlnberg EnsembleReinbert de Leeuw

Henryk Gorecki (1933ndash2010) became best known for his Third Symphony the lsquoSymphony of Sorrowful Songsrsquo that became a hit in the 1990s

Greacute BrouwenstijnOperatic arias by Beethoven Verdi Wagner Weber

The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Willem van Otterloo Vienna Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Moralt

The Dutch soprano Greacute Brouwenstijn has long been held in the highest esteem within her own country and within a circle of vocal connoisseurs for the fearless

vibrancy of her approach to the great hochdramatisch soprano roles

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8802064 (2 CDs) 8802065 (2 CDs)

Sunleif RASMUSSEN (b 1961)

Dancing RaindropsSolo and ensemble works AldubaacuteranIncludes PremiEumlre Recordings

In the virtuoso playing of the ensemble Aldubmiddotran the listener can hear lyrical echoes of traditional folk music Baroque structures and electronically manipulated sounds

as Rasmussen combines the seven instruments of the ensemble in a wide variety of configurations

Peter BRUUN (b 1968)

Letters to the Ocean

Esbjerg Ensemble Frode Andersen Helene Gjerris Petter Sundkvist

Peter Bruun (b 1968) is one of the most distinctive and exciting voices in his generation of Danish composers

Anders KOPPEL (b 1947)

String Quartets and Mezzo-Saxophone QuintetPremiegravere Recording

Sjaeliglland String QuartetBenjamin Koppel (mezzo-saxophone)

The Danish composer Anders Koppel (b 1947) has one foot firmly planted in the European classical music tradition and the other in world music rock and jazz On this album the two worlds meet

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MAY 2011 7

Debussy ndash Piano Music Volume 5

Claude Debussy 1egravere Arabesque L741 2egraveme Arabesque L742 Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) L77 Ballade (slave) L78 Valse romantique L79 Recircverie L76 Suite Bergamasque L82 Mazurka L75 Nocturne L89 Danse boheacutemienne L4 Pour le Piano L95

Noriko Ogawa piano

On the strength of the highly praised earlier volumes in this cycle Noriko Ogawa has been described as lsquoa Debussy interpreter of exceptional classrsquo (International Record Review) while her interpretations of the composerrsquos sets of Images and of Eacutetudes have been singled out as belonging to the finest in the discography in magazines such as BBC Music Magazine and Classica-Reacutepertoire

Mahler ndash Orchestral Songs Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Ruumlckert-Lieder

Katarina Karneacuteus mezzo-soprano Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Susanna Maumllkki

As a composer Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other So deeply

involved in fact that the dividing line between the two is often blurred ndash most famously so in Das Lied von der Erde from 1909 which is variously described both as a cycle of orchestral songs and as a symphony But already in 1888 in his first symphony Mahler included two themes from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen which he had recently composed to his own poems

Sebastian Fagerlund ndash Isola

Clarinet Concerto (2005ndash06)Partita for string orchestra and percussion (2007ndash09)Isola for symphony orchestra (2006ndash07)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Dima SlobodenioukChristoffer Sundqvist clarinet

Born in 1972 Sebastian Fagerlund was recently described on the website MusicWeb International as lsquoyet another obscenely talented young musician from Finlandrsquo The occasion was the release of his opera Doumlbeln (BIS-SACD-1780) with a score that the reviewer went on to characterize as lsquoboth forward-looking and audience friendlyrsquo Composed in 2009 Doumlbeln is Fagerlundrsquos first and so far only opera and on the present disc we hear three orchestral scores

The musicians of the eminent Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra revel in the composerrsquos striking gift for orchestration in performances supervised by the rapidly emerging young conductor Dima Slobodeniouk who has collaborated with Fagerlund on several occasions previously

Mozart ndash Violin Concertos II

WA Mozart Violin Concerto No1 in B flat major K207 Violin Concerto No2 in D major K211 Violin Concerto No4 in D major K218 Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra K261 Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra K371

Richard Tognetti artistic director and lead violinAustralian Chamber Orchestra

Completing the cycle of Mozartrsquos violin concertos begun on BIS-SACD-1754 Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first second and fourth concerto along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major All Mozartrsquos works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and as Mozart specialist John Irving explains in his liner notes the composer who by all accounts was a fine violinist may have been making a bid for a better position as Konzertmeister at the court in Salzburg where he already held a less distinguished post

Ole Olsen ndash Orchestral Works

Ole Olsen (1850-1927) Asgaardsreien Op10 Concerto in F major for trombone and orchestra Op48 (46) Symphony No1 in G major Op5

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg trombone soloist amp conductor Rune A Halvorsen conductor (Trombone Concerto)

Born in Hammerfest situated some 450 km north of the Arctic Circle Ole Olsen was wont to describe himself as the lsquoWorldrsquos Northernmost Composerrsquo A contemporary of Grieg and Svendsen he also regarded himself as holding third place among Norwayrsquos musical elite with little patience for any competitorsrsquo claims to the same position Son of the local carpenter and baker (as well as violinist and organist) Olsen went to Trondheim as an apprentice clockmaker at the age of 15 but when his musical gifts were noticed it was arranged for him to study at the conservatory in Leipzig where Grieg had preceded him some 10 years earlier

The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk II

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

In the 18th century Leufsta Bruk ndash some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm ndash was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed

by the descendants of Louis De Geer the Belgian financier who had developed the ironworks Highly cultured and musical the family gathered together a remarkable collection of musical scores a collection which mirrors the development of music and music publishing on the Continent as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period Presenting a sample from the Leufsta collection this disc contains music by international stars ndash Tartini and Handel ndash as well as less familiar names such as the London-based German composer Gottfried Keller and the Swedish composers Johan Helmich Roman and Hinrich Philip Johnsen

BIS-CD-1405 BIS-SACD-1600

BIS-SACD-1707 BIS-SACD-1755

BIS-SACD-1968 BIS-CD-1975

8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

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Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

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Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

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MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

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Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

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18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

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Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

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Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

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Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

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Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

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BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

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The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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Ronald CORP (b 1951)

The Ice Mountain

Libretto Emma Hill

New London Childrenrsquos Choir Members of the New London Orchestra Ronald Corp

Naxos continues the 60th birthday celebrations of British composerconductor Ronald Corp with a second recording of his music - a contrast to the recent release of Corprsquos String Quartets First performed in a production by Abigail Morris in March 2010 at St Michaelrsquos Church in Hampstead London The Ice Mountain is based on an old Swiss legend The Old Woman and the Dead and the music incorporates elements of Swiss folk-music and liturgical chant

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Piano Sonata No 4 in A minor D 537 Piano Sonata No 13 in A major D 664 Fantasy in C major D 760 lsquoWandererfantasiersquo

Eldar Nebolsin (piano)

Eldar Nebolsin has already been acclaimed for his Naxos recordings of music by Chopin Liszt Dohnmiddotnyi and Rachmaninov Here he fulfils a heartfelt ambition to record important piano works by another great Romantic composer Franz Schubert The passion and pathos of the two sonatas with their song-like melodies and adventurous harmonies set the scene for one of Schubertrsquos most powerful solo piano pieces the Wanderer Fantasy a work so technically demanding that Schubert himself is reported to have exclaimed lsquothe devil may play itrsquo

ldquoScintillating pianism that can rival the greats in this repertoirerdquo Gramophone on Nebolsin

Bohuslav MARTINU0

(1850-1959)

A Wreath of Carnations ndash Songs 1

Including 6 Simple Songs H1103 Lullabies H146bis 2 Small Songs In Folk Idiom H14 2 Songs On Russian Poetry H135bis 3 Goethelieder H94 The Gnatrsquos Wedding H75 3 Childrenrsquos Songs H146 Dead Love H44

Czech Riddles H277bis 2 Songs H31 Walk I Walk Among The Hills H74bis How Dear To Me The Hour H106 Blissfulness H81 Tears H41 Mood Drawing H29 A Song Of 1st November H72

Jana Wallingerovmiddot (mezzo-soprano) Giorgio Koukl (piano)

Vocal music comprised around a quarter of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinůrsquos extensive output no fewer than 27 songs dating from 1912 alone and much of it remaining unpublished during his lifetime

Kenneth LEIGHTON (1929-1988)

Organ Music

Et Resurrexit Op 49 Six Fantasies on Hymn TunesOp 72 Missa de Gloria Op 82lsquoDublin Festival Massrsquo

Greg Morris (organ of Blackburn Cathedral)

Kenneth Leighton was one of Britainrsquos most important 20th century composers best known for his organ choral and orchestral works Et Resurrexit builds into a cataclysmic climax symbolizing the soulrsquos struggle for belief in Christrsquos resurrection while his Hymn Fantasies abound in fascinating polyphony

Missa de Gloria lsquoDublin Festival Massrsquo is based on an ancient plainchant from the Sarum rite for Easter Sunday Greg Morris Associate Organist at Londonrsquos Temple Church performs widely throughout the United Kingdom and Europe

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

The Violin Works

CD 1 Violin Concerto in B minor Serenade for Strings CD 2 Romance Mazurka Bizarrerie Serenade Idylle Chanson de matin Chanson de nuit La capricieuse Gavotte Salut drsquoamour Etude-caprice May Song Virelai In Hammersbach Carissima Adieu Etudes caracteacuteristiques pour

violon seulrsquo CD 3 Eleacutevation Pastourelle Bavarian Dances Nos 1 and 3 Sospiri Petite Reine ndash Berceuse Polonaise in D minor Dreaming Mot drsquoamour Valse on Themes by Elgar (completed by Christopher Polyblank) Reminiscences Interlude from lsquoThe Crown of Indiarsquo Allegretto Duet on a theme of GEDGE Violin Sonata in E minor Fugue for Violin and Oboe

Marat Bisengaliev (violin) Benjamin Frith (piano)Camilla Bisengalieva (oboe)West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra Bundit Ungrangsee

Alberto GINASTERA(1916ndash1983)

Cello Concerto No 2 Op 50 Cello Concerto No 1 Op 36

Mark Kosower (cello) Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Lothar Zagrosek

The two Cello Concertos are among his most innovative brilliant and technically formidable compositions The First Concerto the definitive version of which was premiegravered by Ginasterarsquos second wife Aurora Naacutetola in 1978 is notable for the provocative singing lines Latin dance rhythms and virtuosity of its solo part and the intense colours and abundant percussion of the orchestral accompaniment The Second Concerto composed as a 10th wedding anniversary tribute lsquoTo my dear Aurorarsquo makes more prominent use of Argentine folk elements

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JOHANNES MOumlLLER RECITAL

2010 Winner Guitar Foundation of America CompetitionAGUSTOtildeN BARRIOS MANGOR (1885ndash1944) Un Suentildeo en la Floresta KAREL ARNOLDUS CRAEYVANGER (1817ndash1868) Introduction and Variations on a theme from Der Freischuumltz HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887ndash1959) Etude No 7 Etude No

9 Cadenza from Concerto for guitar and small orchestra Etude No 12 DENIS GOUGEON (b 1951) Lamento-Scherzo GIULIO REGONDI (1822ndash1872) Recircverie Op 19 LEO BROUWER (b 1939) Sonata Fandangos y Boleros - Sarabanda de Scriabin - La Toccata de Pasquini JOHANNES MOumlLLER (b 1981) Poem to a Distant Fire

Rodolfo HALFFTER (1900-1987)

Giga Op 3 Tres piezas breves Op 13a Dos sonatas de El Escorial Op 2 Homenaje a Antonio Machado Op 13 Divertimento Op 7a Laberinto Op 34 Capricho Op 40 Epinicio Op 42 Secuencia Op 39

Soloists of the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid

The works on this second volume (Volume 1 is available on 8572418) span most of Halffterrsquos career from the two Sonatas de El Escorial (1928) to Epinicio (1979)

Lydia KAKABADSE (b1955)

The Mermaid Russian Tableaux The Song of the Shirt Arabian Rhapsody SuiteThe Phantom Listeners

Kit Hesketh-Harvey Emma Brain-Gabbott Clare McCaldin Michael Bundy Madeleine Easton Sarah-Jane Bradley Bozidar Vukotic Caroline Dale Ben Griffiths Tim Amherst Nigel Shipway Ben Fullbrook

Christian Wilson George Vass

Of GeorgianRussian and GreekAustrian parentage British composer Lydia Kakabadse has a number of music theatre vocal choral and chamber works to her credit

Arnold SCHOENBERG(1875-1954)

Suite Op 29 Chamber Symphony No 1 Op 9 (arr A Webern for flute clarinet violin cello piano)

Zahir Ensemble Juan Garcia Rodriguez

Schoenbergrsquos First Chamber Symphony compresses the classical symphonic format into a single movement scored for only fifteen players while the Suite for seven instruments is inspired by the dance styles that were popular during the 1920s

Johann STRAUSS II (1825-1899)

Die Goumlttin der Vernunft (The Goddess of Reason) Operetta in Three Acts

Veronika Groiss (soprano) Manfred Equiluz (tenor) Kirlianit Cortez (tenor) Franz Foumldinger (tenor) Isabella Ma-Zach (soprano) Wolfgang Veith (tenor) Eva-Maria Kumpfmcedilller (soprano)

Andreas Mittermeier (baritone) Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina Christian Pollack

This is the world premiegravere recording of the complete work For this recording Christian Pollack has reconstructed the score as it would have been heard on its opening night with additional items that Strauss added for its 25th performance

Arrigo BOITO (1842ndash1918)

Mefistofele

Ferruccio Furlanetto Giuseppe Filianoti Dimitra TheodossiouSonia ZaramellaMimmo GhegghiMonica Minarelli Orchestra Chorus andChildrenrsquos Chorus of Teatro Massimo PalermoStefano Ranzani

This 2008 performance features artists of the highest standing and was well received by critics ldquoGiuseppe Filianoti sang with ideal smoothness of line and ingratiating tonerdquo

Piazzola for Violin Brass and Percussion

Violentango Amelitango Tristango Las 4 Estaciones Portentildeas UndertangoMister Tango Novitango Histoire du Tango I lsquoBordel La Muerte del Aacutengelrsquo Meditango Ave Maria Oblivion Libertango

Quintetto di Ottoni e Percussioni Della Toscana Andrea Tacchi (violin)

Morton GOULD (1913-1996)

Fanfare for Freedom Saint Lawrence Suite Jericho Rhapsody Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band Symphony No 4 lsquoWest Pointrsquo

Stephanie Zelnick (clarinet) University of Kansas Wind Ensemble Scott Weiss

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Lori LAITMAN (b 1955)

Vedem bull Fathers

Angela Niederloh (mezzo-soprano) Ross Hauck (tenor) The Northwest Boychoir Joseph Crnko Music of Remembrance Laura DeLuca (clarinet) Mikhail Shmidt (violin) Walter Gray (cello) Mina Miller (piano)

Every Friday for two years between 1942 and 1944 a group of teenage boy prisoners in the TerezIgraven concentration camp shared their poems stories and artwork in a secret magazine they called Vedem Inspired by this legacy American vocal composer Lori Laitman has created an oratorio

Gabriela Lena FRANK(b 1972)

Hilos (Threads) Danza de los Saqsampillos Adagio para Amantani Quijotadas

ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Gabriela Lena Frank (piano)

Born in Berkeley California to a mother of mixed PeruvianChinese ancestry and a father of LithuanianJewish descent Frank explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions

Haskell SMALL (b 1948)

Lullaby of War Renoirrsquos Feast Three Etudes in Sound World Premiegravere Recordings

Martin Rayner (narrator) Soheil Nasseri (piano)

ldquoHighly original without being self-consciously modernistic this music has a sense of traditional structures and values without losing sight of its own era it is inventive and accessiblerdquo The Washington Post

AMERICAN MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION2

Elliott CARTER (b 1908) TintinnabulationPeter CHILD (b 1953) Refrain Edward COHEN (1940-2002)Acid RainJohn HARBISON (b 1938) Cortegravege Fred LERDAHL (b 1943)The First Voices

New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Frank Epstein

A varied collection ranging from Elliott Carterrsquos enigmatic Tintinnabulation for unpitched percussion instruments to Fred Lerdahlrsquos high-spirited The First Voices

Georges LENTZ (b 1965)

Ingwe from lsquoMysteriumrsquo (ldquoCaeli enarrantrdquo VII)

Zane Banks (electric guitar)

Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentzrsquos 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning

night) is a truly extraordinary achievement Here heavy metal meets musical metaphysics as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the spirituality of Indigenous Australian cultures

MUSIC FOR SOLO CLARINET

Joumlrg WIDMANN (b 1973) Fantasie Toshio HOSAKAWA (b 1955) EDI Luciano BERIO (1925-2003) Lied Aribert REIMANN (b 1936) Solo Arthur LOURI (1882-1966) The Mime Edison DENISOV (1929-1996) Clarinet Sonata Alexander GOEHR (b 1932) Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal lsquoIl

combattimento di Tancredi e Clorindarsquo by Monteverdi Hanri POUSSEUR (1929-2009) Madrigal I Hans Ulrich LEHMANN (b 1937) Mosaik Fabio NIEDER (b 1957) Terracotta Andreacute JOLIVET (1905-1974) Ascegraveses

Eduard Brumner

Ferdinand RIES (1784-1838)

Sonata in A major Op 114 Sonata in A flat major Sonata in B minor WoO 11 Op 176

Susan Kagan (piano)

Intrigued by Riesrsquos Op 1 piano sonatas Susan Kagan has gone on to record all 14 of his solo piano sonatas and sonatinas gaining critical acclaim for her eloquent advocacy of these unfairly neglected yet often substantial works

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Vienna

BeethovenCello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69BrahmsCello Sonata No 2 in F major Op 99SchubertSonata in A minor lsquoArpeggionersquo D821

Thomas Carroll (cello)Llŷr Williams (piano)

One of the UKrsquos rising stars Thomas Carroll is one of only two artists who have successfully auditioned for both Young Concert Artistrsquos Trust in London and Young Concert Artists Inc in New York Thomas studied in Vienna with Heinrich Schiff and this CD explores links between three major composers all of whom lived worked and died in Vienna

ORC100016

MAY 2011 5

David Angus

The Vikings

Read by Joe Marsh

Wealth dies kinsmen die a man himself must likewise die Only fame never dies (From the Edda lsquoHaacutevamaacutel) Between the 8th and 11th centuries Vikings stormed out of their Scandinavian homelands to raid and loot along the coasts

of Europe In old Norse to lsquogo vikingrsquo meant to take to sea in a long ship for an adventure Sometimes this was a trading trip sometimes a piratical raid Often it was both

Neil Wenborn

Napoleon ndash In a NutshellRead by Rupert Degas

This lsquoIn a Nutshellrsquo guide explores the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte whose actions as the French military and political leader shaped European politics mdash his Napoleonic code influenced the judicial foundations of most of Western Europe Under the First

French Republic he successfully revolted against the First and Second Coalitions and in 1804 the French Senate appointed him Emperor

Edgar Wallace

The Four Just Men

Read by Bill Homewood

Edgar Wallacersquos classic vigilante detective series The Four Just Men ndash four wealthy and resourceful individuals determined to take the law into their own hands ndash has maintained its popularity for over a century It began with The Four Just

Men in 1905 and was followed by five other books recounting further adventures the Walter Ford film (1939) and a TV series (1959-60)

DH Lawrence

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Read by Georgina Sutton

In post-war East Midlands in a home dominated by their difficult grandmother and aunt Yvette and Lucille are two sisters struggling to bring joy into their lives Their mother having run off in scandal leaves the two to suffer a

dysfunctional family life and oppressive domesticity

Sergey Rachmaninov Solo Piano Recordings bull 2

Victor Recordings 1925-1942

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer Ward Marston

To download a full tracklist please visit wwwselectmusiccouk

ldquoRachmaninov the pianist in dazzling performances

superbly remastered Here is a reminder and a remembrance of a matchless idiosyncrasy and mastery particularly when discs dating from 1925ndash42 are so superbly remastered by Ward Marstonrdquo Gramophone on Vol 1 (8112020)

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Elektra ndash Final SceneErna Schluumlter Paul Schoumlffler Ljuba Welitsch Walter WiddopRecorded in EMI Studio No 1 Abbey Road London27th-29th October 1947Ariadne auf Naxos ndash Final SceneMaria Cebotari Karl Friedrich Margaret Field-HydeRecorded in EMI Studio No 1

Abbey Road London 13th-15th October 1947

Royal Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham

Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer Mark Obert-Thorn

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NA0029 (4 CDs) NA0028 (3 CDs)

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert Plays BACH

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert piano

Bach displays a notable awareness of a career success and public acclaim in these his most important and best loved works for keyboard Whilst playing down the less popular contrapuntal and melodically

orientated elements of the ldquogallantrdquo style Bach seems to favour a more instrumentally-oriented style of virtuosic writing It was after all Bachrsquos prerogative to defend and to build on his high reputation as one of Germanyrsquos preeminent keyboard players

SM154

6 MAY 2011

STRAVINSKYComplete works for violin and piano

Isabelle van Keulen Olli Mustonen

lsquoVan Keulen and Mustonen are right on top of the Duo concertantrsquos frequently extravagant technical demands and as in all the music here recorded they convey an infectious sense of enjoymentrsquo Gramophone

BRAHMSThe Complete Symphonies

Tragic Overture Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker Carlo Maria Giulini

This set would seem to be self-recommending a composer conductor and orchestra perfectly at one ndash and yet these late recordings of the Italian maestro have never before been gathered in one set

BEETHOVEN

Violin ConcertoCadenzas by Alfred Schnittke

Gidon Kremer (violin)Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner

One of the great violinists of our age in the Everest of violin concertos is in itself an enticing prospect

Johann Christian BACH

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra David Zinman

lsquoDavid Zinmanrsquos well-recorded modern-instrument performances with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra are polished and elegant and they have vigour as well as finessersquo Gramophone

Henryk GOacuteRECKI

Kleines Requiem Lerchenmusik

Schoumlnberg EnsembleReinbert de Leeuw

Henryk Gorecki (1933ndash2010) became best known for his Third Symphony the lsquoSymphony of Sorrowful Songsrsquo that became a hit in the 1990s

Greacute BrouwenstijnOperatic arias by Beethoven Verdi Wagner Weber

The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Willem van Otterloo Vienna Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Moralt

The Dutch soprano Greacute Brouwenstijn has long been held in the highest esteem within her own country and within a circle of vocal connoisseurs for the fearless

vibrancy of her approach to the great hochdramatisch soprano roles

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8802064 (2 CDs) 8802065 (2 CDs)

Sunleif RASMUSSEN (b 1961)

Dancing RaindropsSolo and ensemble works AldubaacuteranIncludes PremiEumlre Recordings

In the virtuoso playing of the ensemble Aldubmiddotran the listener can hear lyrical echoes of traditional folk music Baroque structures and electronically manipulated sounds

as Rasmussen combines the seven instruments of the ensemble in a wide variety of configurations

Peter BRUUN (b 1968)

Letters to the Ocean

Esbjerg Ensemble Frode Andersen Helene Gjerris Petter Sundkvist

Peter Bruun (b 1968) is one of the most distinctive and exciting voices in his generation of Danish composers

Anders KOPPEL (b 1947)

String Quartets and Mezzo-Saxophone QuintetPremiegravere Recording

Sjaeliglland String QuartetBenjamin Koppel (mezzo-saxophone)

The Danish composer Anders Koppel (b 1947) has one foot firmly planted in the European classical music tradition and the other in world music rock and jazz On this album the two worlds meet

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MAY 2011 7

Debussy ndash Piano Music Volume 5

Claude Debussy 1egravere Arabesque L741 2egraveme Arabesque L742 Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) L77 Ballade (slave) L78 Valse romantique L79 Recircverie L76 Suite Bergamasque L82 Mazurka L75 Nocturne L89 Danse boheacutemienne L4 Pour le Piano L95

Noriko Ogawa piano

On the strength of the highly praised earlier volumes in this cycle Noriko Ogawa has been described as lsquoa Debussy interpreter of exceptional classrsquo (International Record Review) while her interpretations of the composerrsquos sets of Images and of Eacutetudes have been singled out as belonging to the finest in the discography in magazines such as BBC Music Magazine and Classica-Reacutepertoire

Mahler ndash Orchestral Songs Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Ruumlckert-Lieder

Katarina Karneacuteus mezzo-soprano Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Susanna Maumllkki

As a composer Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other So deeply

involved in fact that the dividing line between the two is often blurred ndash most famously so in Das Lied von der Erde from 1909 which is variously described both as a cycle of orchestral songs and as a symphony But already in 1888 in his first symphony Mahler included two themes from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen which he had recently composed to his own poems

Sebastian Fagerlund ndash Isola

Clarinet Concerto (2005ndash06)Partita for string orchestra and percussion (2007ndash09)Isola for symphony orchestra (2006ndash07)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Dima SlobodenioukChristoffer Sundqvist clarinet

Born in 1972 Sebastian Fagerlund was recently described on the website MusicWeb International as lsquoyet another obscenely talented young musician from Finlandrsquo The occasion was the release of his opera Doumlbeln (BIS-SACD-1780) with a score that the reviewer went on to characterize as lsquoboth forward-looking and audience friendlyrsquo Composed in 2009 Doumlbeln is Fagerlundrsquos first and so far only opera and on the present disc we hear three orchestral scores

The musicians of the eminent Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra revel in the composerrsquos striking gift for orchestration in performances supervised by the rapidly emerging young conductor Dima Slobodeniouk who has collaborated with Fagerlund on several occasions previously

Mozart ndash Violin Concertos II

WA Mozart Violin Concerto No1 in B flat major K207 Violin Concerto No2 in D major K211 Violin Concerto No4 in D major K218 Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra K261 Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra K371

Richard Tognetti artistic director and lead violinAustralian Chamber Orchestra

Completing the cycle of Mozartrsquos violin concertos begun on BIS-SACD-1754 Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first second and fourth concerto along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major All Mozartrsquos works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and as Mozart specialist John Irving explains in his liner notes the composer who by all accounts was a fine violinist may have been making a bid for a better position as Konzertmeister at the court in Salzburg where he already held a less distinguished post

Ole Olsen ndash Orchestral Works

Ole Olsen (1850-1927) Asgaardsreien Op10 Concerto in F major for trombone and orchestra Op48 (46) Symphony No1 in G major Op5

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg trombone soloist amp conductor Rune A Halvorsen conductor (Trombone Concerto)

Born in Hammerfest situated some 450 km north of the Arctic Circle Ole Olsen was wont to describe himself as the lsquoWorldrsquos Northernmost Composerrsquo A contemporary of Grieg and Svendsen he also regarded himself as holding third place among Norwayrsquos musical elite with little patience for any competitorsrsquo claims to the same position Son of the local carpenter and baker (as well as violinist and organist) Olsen went to Trondheim as an apprentice clockmaker at the age of 15 but when his musical gifts were noticed it was arranged for him to study at the conservatory in Leipzig where Grieg had preceded him some 10 years earlier

The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk II

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

In the 18th century Leufsta Bruk ndash some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm ndash was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed

by the descendants of Louis De Geer the Belgian financier who had developed the ironworks Highly cultured and musical the family gathered together a remarkable collection of musical scores a collection which mirrors the development of music and music publishing on the Continent as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period Presenting a sample from the Leufsta collection this disc contains music by international stars ndash Tartini and Handel ndash as well as less familiar names such as the London-based German composer Gottfried Keller and the Swedish composers Johan Helmich Roman and Hinrich Philip Johnsen

BIS-CD-1405 BIS-SACD-1600

BIS-SACD-1707 BIS-SACD-1755

BIS-SACD-1968 BIS-CD-1975

8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

900305900107

C5087C5066

ODE 1177-2

Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

CDR9000 123

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

ODE1190-2D

MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

SL0013SL0014

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CAP21809CAP21690

CAP21646 PCD109

Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

0016642BC

ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

0300060BC0300198BC

12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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audite 21411 (5 CDs) audite 95619

Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

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HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

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16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

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MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

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Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

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18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

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Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

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Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

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MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

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BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

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The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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MAY 2011 3

JOHANNES MOumlLLER RECITAL

2010 Winner Guitar Foundation of America CompetitionAGUSTOtildeN BARRIOS MANGOR (1885ndash1944) Un Suentildeo en la Floresta KAREL ARNOLDUS CRAEYVANGER (1817ndash1868) Introduction and Variations on a theme from Der Freischuumltz HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887ndash1959) Etude No 7 Etude No

9 Cadenza from Concerto for guitar and small orchestra Etude No 12 DENIS GOUGEON (b 1951) Lamento-Scherzo GIULIO REGONDI (1822ndash1872) Recircverie Op 19 LEO BROUWER (b 1939) Sonata Fandangos y Boleros - Sarabanda de Scriabin - La Toccata de Pasquini JOHANNES MOumlLLER (b 1981) Poem to a Distant Fire

Rodolfo HALFFTER (1900-1987)

Giga Op 3 Tres piezas breves Op 13a Dos sonatas de El Escorial Op 2 Homenaje a Antonio Machado Op 13 Divertimento Op 7a Laberinto Op 34 Capricho Op 40 Epinicio Op 42 Secuencia Op 39

Soloists of the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid

The works on this second volume (Volume 1 is available on 8572418) span most of Halffterrsquos career from the two Sonatas de El Escorial (1928) to Epinicio (1979)

Lydia KAKABADSE (b1955)

The Mermaid Russian Tableaux The Song of the Shirt Arabian Rhapsody SuiteThe Phantom Listeners

Kit Hesketh-Harvey Emma Brain-Gabbott Clare McCaldin Michael Bundy Madeleine Easton Sarah-Jane Bradley Bozidar Vukotic Caroline Dale Ben Griffiths Tim Amherst Nigel Shipway Ben Fullbrook

Christian Wilson George Vass

Of GeorgianRussian and GreekAustrian parentage British composer Lydia Kakabadse has a number of music theatre vocal choral and chamber works to her credit

Arnold SCHOENBERG(1875-1954)

Suite Op 29 Chamber Symphony No 1 Op 9 (arr A Webern for flute clarinet violin cello piano)

Zahir Ensemble Juan Garcia Rodriguez

Schoenbergrsquos First Chamber Symphony compresses the classical symphonic format into a single movement scored for only fifteen players while the Suite for seven instruments is inspired by the dance styles that were popular during the 1920s

Johann STRAUSS II (1825-1899)

Die Goumlttin der Vernunft (The Goddess of Reason) Operetta in Three Acts

Veronika Groiss (soprano) Manfred Equiluz (tenor) Kirlianit Cortez (tenor) Franz Foumldinger (tenor) Isabella Ma-Zach (soprano) Wolfgang Veith (tenor) Eva-Maria Kumpfmcedilller (soprano)

Andreas Mittermeier (baritone) Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina Christian Pollack

This is the world premiegravere recording of the complete work For this recording Christian Pollack has reconstructed the score as it would have been heard on its opening night with additional items that Strauss added for its 25th performance

Arrigo BOITO (1842ndash1918)

Mefistofele

Ferruccio Furlanetto Giuseppe Filianoti Dimitra TheodossiouSonia ZaramellaMimmo GhegghiMonica Minarelli Orchestra Chorus andChildrenrsquos Chorus of Teatro Massimo PalermoStefano Ranzani

This 2008 performance features artists of the highest standing and was well received by critics ldquoGiuseppe Filianoti sang with ideal smoothness of line and ingratiating tonerdquo

Piazzola for Violin Brass and Percussion

Violentango Amelitango Tristango Las 4 Estaciones Portentildeas UndertangoMister Tango Novitango Histoire du Tango I lsquoBordel La Muerte del Aacutengelrsquo Meditango Ave Maria Oblivion Libertango

Quintetto di Ottoni e Percussioni Della Toscana Andrea Tacchi (violin)

Morton GOULD (1913-1996)

Fanfare for Freedom Saint Lawrence Suite Jericho Rhapsody Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band Symphony No 4 lsquoWest Pointrsquo

Stephanie Zelnick (clarinet) University of Kansas Wind Ensemble Scott Weiss

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Lori LAITMAN (b 1955)

Vedem bull Fathers

Angela Niederloh (mezzo-soprano) Ross Hauck (tenor) The Northwest Boychoir Joseph Crnko Music of Remembrance Laura DeLuca (clarinet) Mikhail Shmidt (violin) Walter Gray (cello) Mina Miller (piano)

Every Friday for two years between 1942 and 1944 a group of teenage boy prisoners in the TerezIgraven concentration camp shared their poems stories and artwork in a secret magazine they called Vedem Inspired by this legacy American vocal composer Lori Laitman has created an oratorio

Gabriela Lena FRANK(b 1972)

Hilos (Threads) Danza de los Saqsampillos Adagio para Amantani Quijotadas

ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Gabriela Lena Frank (piano)

Born in Berkeley California to a mother of mixed PeruvianChinese ancestry and a father of LithuanianJewish descent Frank explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions

Haskell SMALL (b 1948)

Lullaby of War Renoirrsquos Feast Three Etudes in Sound World Premiegravere Recordings

Martin Rayner (narrator) Soheil Nasseri (piano)

ldquoHighly original without being self-consciously modernistic this music has a sense of traditional structures and values without losing sight of its own era it is inventive and accessiblerdquo The Washington Post

AMERICAN MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION2

Elliott CARTER (b 1908) TintinnabulationPeter CHILD (b 1953) Refrain Edward COHEN (1940-2002)Acid RainJohn HARBISON (b 1938) Cortegravege Fred LERDAHL (b 1943)The First Voices

New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Frank Epstein

A varied collection ranging from Elliott Carterrsquos enigmatic Tintinnabulation for unpitched percussion instruments to Fred Lerdahlrsquos high-spirited The First Voices

Georges LENTZ (b 1965)

Ingwe from lsquoMysteriumrsquo (ldquoCaeli enarrantrdquo VII)

Zane Banks (electric guitar)

Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentzrsquos 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning

night) is a truly extraordinary achievement Here heavy metal meets musical metaphysics as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the spirituality of Indigenous Australian cultures

MUSIC FOR SOLO CLARINET

Joumlrg WIDMANN (b 1973) Fantasie Toshio HOSAKAWA (b 1955) EDI Luciano BERIO (1925-2003) Lied Aribert REIMANN (b 1936) Solo Arthur LOURI (1882-1966) The Mime Edison DENISOV (1929-1996) Clarinet Sonata Alexander GOEHR (b 1932) Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal lsquoIl

combattimento di Tancredi e Clorindarsquo by Monteverdi Hanri POUSSEUR (1929-2009) Madrigal I Hans Ulrich LEHMANN (b 1937) Mosaik Fabio NIEDER (b 1957) Terracotta Andreacute JOLIVET (1905-1974) Ascegraveses

Eduard Brumner

Ferdinand RIES (1784-1838)

Sonata in A major Op 114 Sonata in A flat major Sonata in B minor WoO 11 Op 176

Susan Kagan (piano)

Intrigued by Riesrsquos Op 1 piano sonatas Susan Kagan has gone on to record all 14 of his solo piano sonatas and sonatinas gaining critical acclaim for her eloquent advocacy of these unfairly neglected yet often substantial works

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Vienna

BeethovenCello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69BrahmsCello Sonata No 2 in F major Op 99SchubertSonata in A minor lsquoArpeggionersquo D821

Thomas Carroll (cello)Llŷr Williams (piano)

One of the UKrsquos rising stars Thomas Carroll is one of only two artists who have successfully auditioned for both Young Concert Artistrsquos Trust in London and Young Concert Artists Inc in New York Thomas studied in Vienna with Heinrich Schiff and this CD explores links between three major composers all of whom lived worked and died in Vienna

ORC100016

MAY 2011 5

David Angus

The Vikings

Read by Joe Marsh

Wealth dies kinsmen die a man himself must likewise die Only fame never dies (From the Edda lsquoHaacutevamaacutel) Between the 8th and 11th centuries Vikings stormed out of their Scandinavian homelands to raid and loot along the coasts

of Europe In old Norse to lsquogo vikingrsquo meant to take to sea in a long ship for an adventure Sometimes this was a trading trip sometimes a piratical raid Often it was both

Neil Wenborn

Napoleon ndash In a NutshellRead by Rupert Degas

This lsquoIn a Nutshellrsquo guide explores the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte whose actions as the French military and political leader shaped European politics mdash his Napoleonic code influenced the judicial foundations of most of Western Europe Under the First

French Republic he successfully revolted against the First and Second Coalitions and in 1804 the French Senate appointed him Emperor

Edgar Wallace

The Four Just Men

Read by Bill Homewood

Edgar Wallacersquos classic vigilante detective series The Four Just Men ndash four wealthy and resourceful individuals determined to take the law into their own hands ndash has maintained its popularity for over a century It began with The Four Just

Men in 1905 and was followed by five other books recounting further adventures the Walter Ford film (1939) and a TV series (1959-60)

DH Lawrence

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Read by Georgina Sutton

In post-war East Midlands in a home dominated by their difficult grandmother and aunt Yvette and Lucille are two sisters struggling to bring joy into their lives Their mother having run off in scandal leaves the two to suffer a

dysfunctional family life and oppressive domesticity

Sergey Rachmaninov Solo Piano Recordings bull 2

Victor Recordings 1925-1942

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer Ward Marston

To download a full tracklist please visit wwwselectmusiccouk

ldquoRachmaninov the pianist in dazzling performances

superbly remastered Here is a reminder and a remembrance of a matchless idiosyncrasy and mastery particularly when discs dating from 1925ndash42 are so superbly remastered by Ward Marstonrdquo Gramophone on Vol 1 (8112020)

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Elektra ndash Final SceneErna Schluumlter Paul Schoumlffler Ljuba Welitsch Walter WiddopRecorded in EMI Studio No 1 Abbey Road London27th-29th October 1947Ariadne auf Naxos ndash Final SceneMaria Cebotari Karl Friedrich Margaret Field-HydeRecorded in EMI Studio No 1

Abbey Road London 13th-15th October 1947

Royal Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham

Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer Mark Obert-Thorn

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NA0029 (4 CDs) NA0028 (3 CDs)

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert Plays BACH

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert piano

Bach displays a notable awareness of a career success and public acclaim in these his most important and best loved works for keyboard Whilst playing down the less popular contrapuntal and melodically

orientated elements of the ldquogallantrdquo style Bach seems to favour a more instrumentally-oriented style of virtuosic writing It was after all Bachrsquos prerogative to defend and to build on his high reputation as one of Germanyrsquos preeminent keyboard players

SM154

6 MAY 2011

STRAVINSKYComplete works for violin and piano

Isabelle van Keulen Olli Mustonen

lsquoVan Keulen and Mustonen are right on top of the Duo concertantrsquos frequently extravagant technical demands and as in all the music here recorded they convey an infectious sense of enjoymentrsquo Gramophone

BRAHMSThe Complete Symphonies

Tragic Overture Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker Carlo Maria Giulini

This set would seem to be self-recommending a composer conductor and orchestra perfectly at one ndash and yet these late recordings of the Italian maestro have never before been gathered in one set

BEETHOVEN

Violin ConcertoCadenzas by Alfred Schnittke

Gidon Kremer (violin)Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner

One of the great violinists of our age in the Everest of violin concertos is in itself an enticing prospect

Johann Christian BACH

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra David Zinman

lsquoDavid Zinmanrsquos well-recorded modern-instrument performances with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra are polished and elegant and they have vigour as well as finessersquo Gramophone

Henryk GOacuteRECKI

Kleines Requiem Lerchenmusik

Schoumlnberg EnsembleReinbert de Leeuw

Henryk Gorecki (1933ndash2010) became best known for his Third Symphony the lsquoSymphony of Sorrowful Songsrsquo that became a hit in the 1990s

Greacute BrouwenstijnOperatic arias by Beethoven Verdi Wagner Weber

The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Willem van Otterloo Vienna Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Moralt

The Dutch soprano Greacute Brouwenstijn has long been held in the highest esteem within her own country and within a circle of vocal connoisseurs for the fearless

vibrancy of her approach to the great hochdramatisch soprano roles

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8802063 (4 CDs)8802062 (2 CDs)

8802064 (2 CDs) 8802065 (2 CDs)

Sunleif RASMUSSEN (b 1961)

Dancing RaindropsSolo and ensemble works AldubaacuteranIncludes PremiEumlre Recordings

In the virtuoso playing of the ensemble Aldubmiddotran the listener can hear lyrical echoes of traditional folk music Baroque structures and electronically manipulated sounds

as Rasmussen combines the seven instruments of the ensemble in a wide variety of configurations

Peter BRUUN (b 1968)

Letters to the Ocean

Esbjerg Ensemble Frode Andersen Helene Gjerris Petter Sundkvist

Peter Bruun (b 1968) is one of the most distinctive and exciting voices in his generation of Danish composers

Anders KOPPEL (b 1947)

String Quartets and Mezzo-Saxophone QuintetPremiegravere Recording

Sjaeliglland String QuartetBenjamin Koppel (mezzo-saxophone)

The Danish composer Anders Koppel (b 1947) has one foot firmly planted in the European classical music tradition and the other in world music rock and jazz On this album the two worlds meet

6220566 (SACD)

82265538226567

MAY 2011 7

Debussy ndash Piano Music Volume 5

Claude Debussy 1egravere Arabesque L741 2egraveme Arabesque L742 Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) L77 Ballade (slave) L78 Valse romantique L79 Recircverie L76 Suite Bergamasque L82 Mazurka L75 Nocturne L89 Danse boheacutemienne L4 Pour le Piano L95

Noriko Ogawa piano

On the strength of the highly praised earlier volumes in this cycle Noriko Ogawa has been described as lsquoa Debussy interpreter of exceptional classrsquo (International Record Review) while her interpretations of the composerrsquos sets of Images and of Eacutetudes have been singled out as belonging to the finest in the discography in magazines such as BBC Music Magazine and Classica-Reacutepertoire

Mahler ndash Orchestral Songs Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Ruumlckert-Lieder

Katarina Karneacuteus mezzo-soprano Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Susanna Maumllkki

As a composer Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other So deeply

involved in fact that the dividing line between the two is often blurred ndash most famously so in Das Lied von der Erde from 1909 which is variously described both as a cycle of orchestral songs and as a symphony But already in 1888 in his first symphony Mahler included two themes from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen which he had recently composed to his own poems

Sebastian Fagerlund ndash Isola

Clarinet Concerto (2005ndash06)Partita for string orchestra and percussion (2007ndash09)Isola for symphony orchestra (2006ndash07)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Dima SlobodenioukChristoffer Sundqvist clarinet

Born in 1972 Sebastian Fagerlund was recently described on the website MusicWeb International as lsquoyet another obscenely talented young musician from Finlandrsquo The occasion was the release of his opera Doumlbeln (BIS-SACD-1780) with a score that the reviewer went on to characterize as lsquoboth forward-looking and audience friendlyrsquo Composed in 2009 Doumlbeln is Fagerlundrsquos first and so far only opera and on the present disc we hear three orchestral scores

The musicians of the eminent Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra revel in the composerrsquos striking gift for orchestration in performances supervised by the rapidly emerging young conductor Dima Slobodeniouk who has collaborated with Fagerlund on several occasions previously

Mozart ndash Violin Concertos II

WA Mozart Violin Concerto No1 in B flat major K207 Violin Concerto No2 in D major K211 Violin Concerto No4 in D major K218 Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra K261 Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra K371

Richard Tognetti artistic director and lead violinAustralian Chamber Orchestra

Completing the cycle of Mozartrsquos violin concertos begun on BIS-SACD-1754 Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first second and fourth concerto along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major All Mozartrsquos works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and as Mozart specialist John Irving explains in his liner notes the composer who by all accounts was a fine violinist may have been making a bid for a better position as Konzertmeister at the court in Salzburg where he already held a less distinguished post

Ole Olsen ndash Orchestral Works

Ole Olsen (1850-1927) Asgaardsreien Op10 Concerto in F major for trombone and orchestra Op48 (46) Symphony No1 in G major Op5

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg trombone soloist amp conductor Rune A Halvorsen conductor (Trombone Concerto)

Born in Hammerfest situated some 450 km north of the Arctic Circle Ole Olsen was wont to describe himself as the lsquoWorldrsquos Northernmost Composerrsquo A contemporary of Grieg and Svendsen he also regarded himself as holding third place among Norwayrsquos musical elite with little patience for any competitorsrsquo claims to the same position Son of the local carpenter and baker (as well as violinist and organist) Olsen went to Trondheim as an apprentice clockmaker at the age of 15 but when his musical gifts were noticed it was arranged for him to study at the conservatory in Leipzig where Grieg had preceded him some 10 years earlier

The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk II

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

In the 18th century Leufsta Bruk ndash some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm ndash was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed

by the descendants of Louis De Geer the Belgian financier who had developed the ironworks Highly cultured and musical the family gathered together a remarkable collection of musical scores a collection which mirrors the development of music and music publishing on the Continent as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period Presenting a sample from the Leufsta collection this disc contains music by international stars ndash Tartini and Handel ndash as well as less familiar names such as the London-based German composer Gottfried Keller and the Swedish composers Johan Helmich Roman and Hinrich Philip Johnsen

BIS-CD-1405 BIS-SACD-1600

BIS-SACD-1707 BIS-SACD-1755

BIS-SACD-1968 BIS-CD-1975

8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

900305900107

C5087C5066

ODE 1177-2

Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

CDR9000 123

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

ODE1190-2D

MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

SL0013SL0014

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CAP21809CAP21690

CAP21646 PCD109

Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

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101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

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107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

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Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

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Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

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MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

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BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

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The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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4 MAY 2011

Lori LAITMAN (b 1955)

Vedem bull Fathers

Angela Niederloh (mezzo-soprano) Ross Hauck (tenor) The Northwest Boychoir Joseph Crnko Music of Remembrance Laura DeLuca (clarinet) Mikhail Shmidt (violin) Walter Gray (cello) Mina Miller (piano)

Every Friday for two years between 1942 and 1944 a group of teenage boy prisoners in the TerezIgraven concentration camp shared their poems stories and artwork in a secret magazine they called Vedem Inspired by this legacy American vocal composer Lori Laitman has created an oratorio

Gabriela Lena FRANK(b 1972)

Hilos (Threads) Danza de los Saqsampillos Adagio para Amantani Quijotadas

ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Gabriela Lena Frank (piano)

Born in Berkeley California to a mother of mixed PeruvianChinese ancestry and a father of LithuanianJewish descent Frank explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions

Haskell SMALL (b 1948)

Lullaby of War Renoirrsquos Feast Three Etudes in Sound World Premiegravere Recordings

Martin Rayner (narrator) Soheil Nasseri (piano)

ldquoHighly original without being self-consciously modernistic this music has a sense of traditional structures and values without losing sight of its own era it is inventive and accessiblerdquo The Washington Post

AMERICAN MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION2

Elliott CARTER (b 1908) TintinnabulationPeter CHILD (b 1953) Refrain Edward COHEN (1940-2002)Acid RainJohn HARBISON (b 1938) Cortegravege Fred LERDAHL (b 1943)The First Voices

New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Frank Epstein

A varied collection ranging from Elliott Carterrsquos enigmatic Tintinnabulation for unpitched percussion instruments to Fred Lerdahlrsquos high-spirited The First Voices

Georges LENTZ (b 1965)

Ingwe from lsquoMysteriumrsquo (ldquoCaeli enarrantrdquo VII)

Zane Banks (electric guitar)

Luxembourg-born Australian composer Georges Lentzrsquos 60-minute solo guitar work Ingwe (an Aboriginal word meaning

night) is a truly extraordinary achievement Here heavy metal meets musical metaphysics as shrieking amplified sound clashes with the spirituality of Indigenous Australian cultures

MUSIC FOR SOLO CLARINET

Joumlrg WIDMANN (b 1973) Fantasie Toshio HOSAKAWA (b 1955) EDI Luciano BERIO (1925-2003) Lied Aribert REIMANN (b 1936) Solo Arthur LOURI (1882-1966) The Mime Edison DENISOV (1929-1996) Clarinet Sonata Alexander GOEHR (b 1932) Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal lsquoIl

combattimento di Tancredi e Clorindarsquo by Monteverdi Hanri POUSSEUR (1929-2009) Madrigal I Hans Ulrich LEHMANN (b 1937) Mosaik Fabio NIEDER (b 1957) Terracotta Andreacute JOLIVET (1905-1974) Ascegraveses

Eduard Brumner

Ferdinand RIES (1784-1838)

Sonata in A major Op 114 Sonata in A flat major Sonata in B minor WoO 11 Op 176

Susan Kagan (piano)

Intrigued by Riesrsquos Op 1 piano sonatas Susan Kagan has gone on to record all 14 of his solo piano sonatas and sonatinas gaining critical acclaim for her eloquent advocacy of these unfairly neglected yet often substantial works

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Vienna

BeethovenCello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69BrahmsCello Sonata No 2 in F major Op 99SchubertSonata in A minor lsquoArpeggionersquo D821

Thomas Carroll (cello)Llŷr Williams (piano)

One of the UKrsquos rising stars Thomas Carroll is one of only two artists who have successfully auditioned for both Young Concert Artistrsquos Trust in London and Young Concert Artists Inc in New York Thomas studied in Vienna with Heinrich Schiff and this CD explores links between three major composers all of whom lived worked and died in Vienna

ORC100016

MAY 2011 5

David Angus

The Vikings

Read by Joe Marsh

Wealth dies kinsmen die a man himself must likewise die Only fame never dies (From the Edda lsquoHaacutevamaacutel) Between the 8th and 11th centuries Vikings stormed out of their Scandinavian homelands to raid and loot along the coasts

of Europe In old Norse to lsquogo vikingrsquo meant to take to sea in a long ship for an adventure Sometimes this was a trading trip sometimes a piratical raid Often it was both

Neil Wenborn

Napoleon ndash In a NutshellRead by Rupert Degas

This lsquoIn a Nutshellrsquo guide explores the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte whose actions as the French military and political leader shaped European politics mdash his Napoleonic code influenced the judicial foundations of most of Western Europe Under the First

French Republic he successfully revolted against the First and Second Coalitions and in 1804 the French Senate appointed him Emperor

Edgar Wallace

The Four Just Men

Read by Bill Homewood

Edgar Wallacersquos classic vigilante detective series The Four Just Men ndash four wealthy and resourceful individuals determined to take the law into their own hands ndash has maintained its popularity for over a century It began with The Four Just

Men in 1905 and was followed by five other books recounting further adventures the Walter Ford film (1939) and a TV series (1959-60)

DH Lawrence

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Read by Georgina Sutton

In post-war East Midlands in a home dominated by their difficult grandmother and aunt Yvette and Lucille are two sisters struggling to bring joy into their lives Their mother having run off in scandal leaves the two to suffer a

dysfunctional family life and oppressive domesticity

Sergey Rachmaninov Solo Piano Recordings bull 2

Victor Recordings 1925-1942

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer Ward Marston

To download a full tracklist please visit wwwselectmusiccouk

ldquoRachmaninov the pianist in dazzling performances

superbly remastered Here is a reminder and a remembrance of a matchless idiosyncrasy and mastery particularly when discs dating from 1925ndash42 are so superbly remastered by Ward Marstonrdquo Gramophone on Vol 1 (8112020)

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Elektra ndash Final SceneErna Schluumlter Paul Schoumlffler Ljuba Welitsch Walter WiddopRecorded in EMI Studio No 1 Abbey Road London27th-29th October 1947Ariadne auf Naxos ndash Final SceneMaria Cebotari Karl Friedrich Margaret Field-HydeRecorded in EMI Studio No 1

Abbey Road London 13th-15th October 1947

Royal Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham

Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer Mark Obert-Thorn

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NA0059NA0045 (2 CDs)

NA0029 (4 CDs) NA0028 (3 CDs)

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert Plays BACH

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert piano

Bach displays a notable awareness of a career success and public acclaim in these his most important and best loved works for keyboard Whilst playing down the less popular contrapuntal and melodically

orientated elements of the ldquogallantrdquo style Bach seems to favour a more instrumentally-oriented style of virtuosic writing It was after all Bachrsquos prerogative to defend and to build on his high reputation as one of Germanyrsquos preeminent keyboard players

SM154

6 MAY 2011

STRAVINSKYComplete works for violin and piano

Isabelle van Keulen Olli Mustonen

lsquoVan Keulen and Mustonen are right on top of the Duo concertantrsquos frequently extravagant technical demands and as in all the music here recorded they convey an infectious sense of enjoymentrsquo Gramophone

BRAHMSThe Complete Symphonies

Tragic Overture Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker Carlo Maria Giulini

This set would seem to be self-recommending a composer conductor and orchestra perfectly at one ndash and yet these late recordings of the Italian maestro have never before been gathered in one set

BEETHOVEN

Violin ConcertoCadenzas by Alfred Schnittke

Gidon Kremer (violin)Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner

One of the great violinists of our age in the Everest of violin concertos is in itself an enticing prospect

Johann Christian BACH

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra David Zinman

lsquoDavid Zinmanrsquos well-recorded modern-instrument performances with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra are polished and elegant and they have vigour as well as finessersquo Gramophone

Henryk GOacuteRECKI

Kleines Requiem Lerchenmusik

Schoumlnberg EnsembleReinbert de Leeuw

Henryk Gorecki (1933ndash2010) became best known for his Third Symphony the lsquoSymphony of Sorrowful Songsrsquo that became a hit in the 1990s

Greacute BrouwenstijnOperatic arias by Beethoven Verdi Wagner Weber

The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Willem van Otterloo Vienna Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Moralt

The Dutch soprano Greacute Brouwenstijn has long been held in the highest esteem within her own country and within a circle of vocal connoisseurs for the fearless

vibrancy of her approach to the great hochdramatisch soprano roles

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8802063 (4 CDs)8802062 (2 CDs)

8802064 (2 CDs) 8802065 (2 CDs)

Sunleif RASMUSSEN (b 1961)

Dancing RaindropsSolo and ensemble works AldubaacuteranIncludes PremiEumlre Recordings

In the virtuoso playing of the ensemble Aldubmiddotran the listener can hear lyrical echoes of traditional folk music Baroque structures and electronically manipulated sounds

as Rasmussen combines the seven instruments of the ensemble in a wide variety of configurations

Peter BRUUN (b 1968)

Letters to the Ocean

Esbjerg Ensemble Frode Andersen Helene Gjerris Petter Sundkvist

Peter Bruun (b 1968) is one of the most distinctive and exciting voices in his generation of Danish composers

Anders KOPPEL (b 1947)

String Quartets and Mezzo-Saxophone QuintetPremiegravere Recording

Sjaeliglland String QuartetBenjamin Koppel (mezzo-saxophone)

The Danish composer Anders Koppel (b 1947) has one foot firmly planted in the European classical music tradition and the other in world music rock and jazz On this album the two worlds meet

6220566 (SACD)

82265538226567

MAY 2011 7

Debussy ndash Piano Music Volume 5

Claude Debussy 1egravere Arabesque L741 2egraveme Arabesque L742 Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) L77 Ballade (slave) L78 Valse romantique L79 Recircverie L76 Suite Bergamasque L82 Mazurka L75 Nocturne L89 Danse boheacutemienne L4 Pour le Piano L95

Noriko Ogawa piano

On the strength of the highly praised earlier volumes in this cycle Noriko Ogawa has been described as lsquoa Debussy interpreter of exceptional classrsquo (International Record Review) while her interpretations of the composerrsquos sets of Images and of Eacutetudes have been singled out as belonging to the finest in the discography in magazines such as BBC Music Magazine and Classica-Reacutepertoire

Mahler ndash Orchestral Songs Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Ruumlckert-Lieder

Katarina Karneacuteus mezzo-soprano Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Susanna Maumllkki

As a composer Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other So deeply

involved in fact that the dividing line between the two is often blurred ndash most famously so in Das Lied von der Erde from 1909 which is variously described both as a cycle of orchestral songs and as a symphony But already in 1888 in his first symphony Mahler included two themes from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen which he had recently composed to his own poems

Sebastian Fagerlund ndash Isola

Clarinet Concerto (2005ndash06)Partita for string orchestra and percussion (2007ndash09)Isola for symphony orchestra (2006ndash07)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Dima SlobodenioukChristoffer Sundqvist clarinet

Born in 1972 Sebastian Fagerlund was recently described on the website MusicWeb International as lsquoyet another obscenely talented young musician from Finlandrsquo The occasion was the release of his opera Doumlbeln (BIS-SACD-1780) with a score that the reviewer went on to characterize as lsquoboth forward-looking and audience friendlyrsquo Composed in 2009 Doumlbeln is Fagerlundrsquos first and so far only opera and on the present disc we hear three orchestral scores

The musicians of the eminent Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra revel in the composerrsquos striking gift for orchestration in performances supervised by the rapidly emerging young conductor Dima Slobodeniouk who has collaborated with Fagerlund on several occasions previously

Mozart ndash Violin Concertos II

WA Mozart Violin Concerto No1 in B flat major K207 Violin Concerto No2 in D major K211 Violin Concerto No4 in D major K218 Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra K261 Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra K371

Richard Tognetti artistic director and lead violinAustralian Chamber Orchestra

Completing the cycle of Mozartrsquos violin concertos begun on BIS-SACD-1754 Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first second and fourth concerto along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major All Mozartrsquos works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and as Mozart specialist John Irving explains in his liner notes the composer who by all accounts was a fine violinist may have been making a bid for a better position as Konzertmeister at the court in Salzburg where he already held a less distinguished post

Ole Olsen ndash Orchestral Works

Ole Olsen (1850-1927) Asgaardsreien Op10 Concerto in F major for trombone and orchestra Op48 (46) Symphony No1 in G major Op5

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg trombone soloist amp conductor Rune A Halvorsen conductor (Trombone Concerto)

Born in Hammerfest situated some 450 km north of the Arctic Circle Ole Olsen was wont to describe himself as the lsquoWorldrsquos Northernmost Composerrsquo A contemporary of Grieg and Svendsen he also regarded himself as holding third place among Norwayrsquos musical elite with little patience for any competitorsrsquo claims to the same position Son of the local carpenter and baker (as well as violinist and organist) Olsen went to Trondheim as an apprentice clockmaker at the age of 15 but when his musical gifts were noticed it was arranged for him to study at the conservatory in Leipzig where Grieg had preceded him some 10 years earlier

The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk II

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

In the 18th century Leufsta Bruk ndash some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm ndash was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed

by the descendants of Louis De Geer the Belgian financier who had developed the ironworks Highly cultured and musical the family gathered together a remarkable collection of musical scores a collection which mirrors the development of music and music publishing on the Continent as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period Presenting a sample from the Leufsta collection this disc contains music by international stars ndash Tartini and Handel ndash as well as less familiar names such as the London-based German composer Gottfried Keller and the Swedish composers Johan Helmich Roman and Hinrich Philip Johnsen

BIS-CD-1405 BIS-SACD-1600

BIS-SACD-1707 BIS-SACD-1755

BIS-SACD-1968 BIS-CD-1975

8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

900305900107

C5087C5066

ODE 1177-2

Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

CDR9000 123

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

ODE1190-2D

MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

SL0013SL0014

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CAP21809CAP21690

CAP21646 PCD109

Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

0016642BC

ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

0300060BC0300198BC

12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

audite 21406 (3 CDs)audite 20012

audite 21411 (5 CDs) audite 95619

Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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Vienna

BeethovenCello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69BrahmsCello Sonata No 2 in F major Op 99SchubertSonata in A minor lsquoArpeggionersquo D821

Thomas Carroll (cello)Llŷr Williams (piano)

One of the UKrsquos rising stars Thomas Carroll is one of only two artists who have successfully auditioned for both Young Concert Artistrsquos Trust in London and Young Concert Artists Inc in New York Thomas studied in Vienna with Heinrich Schiff and this CD explores links between three major composers all of whom lived worked and died in Vienna

ORC100016

MAY 2011 5

David Angus

The Vikings

Read by Joe Marsh

Wealth dies kinsmen die a man himself must likewise die Only fame never dies (From the Edda lsquoHaacutevamaacutel) Between the 8th and 11th centuries Vikings stormed out of their Scandinavian homelands to raid and loot along the coasts

of Europe In old Norse to lsquogo vikingrsquo meant to take to sea in a long ship for an adventure Sometimes this was a trading trip sometimes a piratical raid Often it was both

Neil Wenborn

Napoleon ndash In a NutshellRead by Rupert Degas

This lsquoIn a Nutshellrsquo guide explores the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte whose actions as the French military and political leader shaped European politics mdash his Napoleonic code influenced the judicial foundations of most of Western Europe Under the First

French Republic he successfully revolted against the First and Second Coalitions and in 1804 the French Senate appointed him Emperor

Edgar Wallace

The Four Just Men

Read by Bill Homewood

Edgar Wallacersquos classic vigilante detective series The Four Just Men ndash four wealthy and resourceful individuals determined to take the law into their own hands ndash has maintained its popularity for over a century It began with The Four Just

Men in 1905 and was followed by five other books recounting further adventures the Walter Ford film (1939) and a TV series (1959-60)

DH Lawrence

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Read by Georgina Sutton

In post-war East Midlands in a home dominated by their difficult grandmother and aunt Yvette and Lucille are two sisters struggling to bring joy into their lives Their mother having run off in scandal leaves the two to suffer a

dysfunctional family life and oppressive domesticity

Sergey Rachmaninov Solo Piano Recordings bull 2

Victor Recordings 1925-1942

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer Ward Marston

To download a full tracklist please visit wwwselectmusiccouk

ldquoRachmaninov the pianist in dazzling performances

superbly remastered Here is a reminder and a remembrance of a matchless idiosyncrasy and mastery particularly when discs dating from 1925ndash42 are so superbly remastered by Ward Marstonrdquo Gramophone on Vol 1 (8112020)

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Elektra ndash Final SceneErna Schluumlter Paul Schoumlffler Ljuba Welitsch Walter WiddopRecorded in EMI Studio No 1 Abbey Road London27th-29th October 1947Ariadne auf Naxos ndash Final SceneMaria Cebotari Karl Friedrich Margaret Field-HydeRecorded in EMI Studio No 1

Abbey Road London 13th-15th October 1947

Royal Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham

Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer Mark Obert-Thorn

81113728112058

NA0059NA0045 (2 CDs)

NA0029 (4 CDs) NA0028 (3 CDs)

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert Plays BACH

Miku Nishimoto-Neubert piano

Bach displays a notable awareness of a career success and public acclaim in these his most important and best loved works for keyboard Whilst playing down the less popular contrapuntal and melodically

orientated elements of the ldquogallantrdquo style Bach seems to favour a more instrumentally-oriented style of virtuosic writing It was after all Bachrsquos prerogative to defend and to build on his high reputation as one of Germanyrsquos preeminent keyboard players

SM154

6 MAY 2011

STRAVINSKYComplete works for violin and piano

Isabelle van Keulen Olli Mustonen

lsquoVan Keulen and Mustonen are right on top of the Duo concertantrsquos frequently extravagant technical demands and as in all the music here recorded they convey an infectious sense of enjoymentrsquo Gramophone

BRAHMSThe Complete Symphonies

Tragic Overture Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker Carlo Maria Giulini

This set would seem to be self-recommending a composer conductor and orchestra perfectly at one ndash and yet these late recordings of the Italian maestro have never before been gathered in one set

BEETHOVEN

Violin ConcertoCadenzas by Alfred Schnittke

Gidon Kremer (violin)Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner

One of the great violinists of our age in the Everest of violin concertos is in itself an enticing prospect

Johann Christian BACH

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra David Zinman

lsquoDavid Zinmanrsquos well-recorded modern-instrument performances with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra are polished and elegant and they have vigour as well as finessersquo Gramophone

Henryk GOacuteRECKI

Kleines Requiem Lerchenmusik

Schoumlnberg EnsembleReinbert de Leeuw

Henryk Gorecki (1933ndash2010) became best known for his Third Symphony the lsquoSymphony of Sorrowful Songsrsquo that became a hit in the 1990s

Greacute BrouwenstijnOperatic arias by Beethoven Verdi Wagner Weber

The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Willem van Otterloo Vienna Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Moralt

The Dutch soprano Greacute Brouwenstijn has long been held in the highest esteem within her own country and within a circle of vocal connoisseurs for the fearless

vibrancy of her approach to the great hochdramatisch soprano roles

8802060 8802061

8802063 (4 CDs)8802062 (2 CDs)

8802064 (2 CDs) 8802065 (2 CDs)

Sunleif RASMUSSEN (b 1961)

Dancing RaindropsSolo and ensemble works AldubaacuteranIncludes PremiEumlre Recordings

In the virtuoso playing of the ensemble Aldubmiddotran the listener can hear lyrical echoes of traditional folk music Baroque structures and electronically manipulated sounds

as Rasmussen combines the seven instruments of the ensemble in a wide variety of configurations

Peter BRUUN (b 1968)

Letters to the Ocean

Esbjerg Ensemble Frode Andersen Helene Gjerris Petter Sundkvist

Peter Bruun (b 1968) is one of the most distinctive and exciting voices in his generation of Danish composers

Anders KOPPEL (b 1947)

String Quartets and Mezzo-Saxophone QuintetPremiegravere Recording

Sjaeliglland String QuartetBenjamin Koppel (mezzo-saxophone)

The Danish composer Anders Koppel (b 1947) has one foot firmly planted in the European classical music tradition and the other in world music rock and jazz On this album the two worlds meet

6220566 (SACD)

82265538226567

MAY 2011 7

Debussy ndash Piano Music Volume 5

Claude Debussy 1egravere Arabesque L741 2egraveme Arabesque L742 Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) L77 Ballade (slave) L78 Valse romantique L79 Recircverie L76 Suite Bergamasque L82 Mazurka L75 Nocturne L89 Danse boheacutemienne L4 Pour le Piano L95

Noriko Ogawa piano

On the strength of the highly praised earlier volumes in this cycle Noriko Ogawa has been described as lsquoa Debussy interpreter of exceptional classrsquo (International Record Review) while her interpretations of the composerrsquos sets of Images and of Eacutetudes have been singled out as belonging to the finest in the discography in magazines such as BBC Music Magazine and Classica-Reacutepertoire

Mahler ndash Orchestral Songs Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Ruumlckert-Lieder

Katarina Karneacuteus mezzo-soprano Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Susanna Maumllkki

As a composer Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other So deeply

involved in fact that the dividing line between the two is often blurred ndash most famously so in Das Lied von der Erde from 1909 which is variously described both as a cycle of orchestral songs and as a symphony But already in 1888 in his first symphony Mahler included two themes from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen which he had recently composed to his own poems

Sebastian Fagerlund ndash Isola

Clarinet Concerto (2005ndash06)Partita for string orchestra and percussion (2007ndash09)Isola for symphony orchestra (2006ndash07)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Dima SlobodenioukChristoffer Sundqvist clarinet

Born in 1972 Sebastian Fagerlund was recently described on the website MusicWeb International as lsquoyet another obscenely talented young musician from Finlandrsquo The occasion was the release of his opera Doumlbeln (BIS-SACD-1780) with a score that the reviewer went on to characterize as lsquoboth forward-looking and audience friendlyrsquo Composed in 2009 Doumlbeln is Fagerlundrsquos first and so far only opera and on the present disc we hear three orchestral scores

The musicians of the eminent Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra revel in the composerrsquos striking gift for orchestration in performances supervised by the rapidly emerging young conductor Dima Slobodeniouk who has collaborated with Fagerlund on several occasions previously

Mozart ndash Violin Concertos II

WA Mozart Violin Concerto No1 in B flat major K207 Violin Concerto No2 in D major K211 Violin Concerto No4 in D major K218 Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra K261 Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra K371

Richard Tognetti artistic director and lead violinAustralian Chamber Orchestra

Completing the cycle of Mozartrsquos violin concertos begun on BIS-SACD-1754 Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first second and fourth concerto along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major All Mozartrsquos works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and as Mozart specialist John Irving explains in his liner notes the composer who by all accounts was a fine violinist may have been making a bid for a better position as Konzertmeister at the court in Salzburg where he already held a less distinguished post

Ole Olsen ndash Orchestral Works

Ole Olsen (1850-1927) Asgaardsreien Op10 Concerto in F major for trombone and orchestra Op48 (46) Symphony No1 in G major Op5

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg trombone soloist amp conductor Rune A Halvorsen conductor (Trombone Concerto)

Born in Hammerfest situated some 450 km north of the Arctic Circle Ole Olsen was wont to describe himself as the lsquoWorldrsquos Northernmost Composerrsquo A contemporary of Grieg and Svendsen he also regarded himself as holding third place among Norwayrsquos musical elite with little patience for any competitorsrsquo claims to the same position Son of the local carpenter and baker (as well as violinist and organist) Olsen went to Trondheim as an apprentice clockmaker at the age of 15 but when his musical gifts were noticed it was arranged for him to study at the conservatory in Leipzig where Grieg had preceded him some 10 years earlier

The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk II

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

In the 18th century Leufsta Bruk ndash some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm ndash was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed

by the descendants of Louis De Geer the Belgian financier who had developed the ironworks Highly cultured and musical the family gathered together a remarkable collection of musical scores a collection which mirrors the development of music and music publishing on the Continent as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period Presenting a sample from the Leufsta collection this disc contains music by international stars ndash Tartini and Handel ndash as well as less familiar names such as the London-based German composer Gottfried Keller and the Swedish composers Johan Helmich Roman and Hinrich Philip Johnsen

BIS-CD-1405 BIS-SACD-1600

BIS-SACD-1707 BIS-SACD-1755

BIS-SACD-1968 BIS-CD-1975

8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

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C5087C5066

ODE 1177-2

Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

CDR9000 123

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

ODE1190-2D

MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

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CAP21646 PCD109

Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

0016642BC

ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

0300060BC0300198BC

12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

audite 21406 (3 CDs)audite 20012

audite 21411 (5 CDs) audite 95619

Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

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MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

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Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

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18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

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Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

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Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

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MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

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Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

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2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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6 MAY 2011

STRAVINSKYComplete works for violin and piano

Isabelle van Keulen Olli Mustonen

lsquoVan Keulen and Mustonen are right on top of the Duo concertantrsquos frequently extravagant technical demands and as in all the music here recorded they convey an infectious sense of enjoymentrsquo Gramophone

BRAHMSThe Complete Symphonies

Tragic Overture Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker Carlo Maria Giulini

This set would seem to be self-recommending a composer conductor and orchestra perfectly at one ndash and yet these late recordings of the Italian maestro have never before been gathered in one set

BEETHOVEN

Violin ConcertoCadenzas by Alfred Schnittke

Gidon Kremer (violin)Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner

One of the great violinists of our age in the Everest of violin concertos is in itself an enticing prospect

Johann Christian BACH

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra David Zinman

lsquoDavid Zinmanrsquos well-recorded modern-instrument performances with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra are polished and elegant and they have vigour as well as finessersquo Gramophone

Henryk GOacuteRECKI

Kleines Requiem Lerchenmusik

Schoumlnberg EnsembleReinbert de Leeuw

Henryk Gorecki (1933ndash2010) became best known for his Third Symphony the lsquoSymphony of Sorrowful Songsrsquo that became a hit in the 1990s

Greacute BrouwenstijnOperatic arias by Beethoven Verdi Wagner Weber

The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Willem van Otterloo Vienna Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Moralt

The Dutch soprano Greacute Brouwenstijn has long been held in the highest esteem within her own country and within a circle of vocal connoisseurs for the fearless

vibrancy of her approach to the great hochdramatisch soprano roles

8802060 8802061

8802063 (4 CDs)8802062 (2 CDs)

8802064 (2 CDs) 8802065 (2 CDs)

Sunleif RASMUSSEN (b 1961)

Dancing RaindropsSolo and ensemble works AldubaacuteranIncludes PremiEumlre Recordings

In the virtuoso playing of the ensemble Aldubmiddotran the listener can hear lyrical echoes of traditional folk music Baroque structures and electronically manipulated sounds

as Rasmussen combines the seven instruments of the ensemble in a wide variety of configurations

Peter BRUUN (b 1968)

Letters to the Ocean

Esbjerg Ensemble Frode Andersen Helene Gjerris Petter Sundkvist

Peter Bruun (b 1968) is one of the most distinctive and exciting voices in his generation of Danish composers

Anders KOPPEL (b 1947)

String Quartets and Mezzo-Saxophone QuintetPremiegravere Recording

Sjaeliglland String QuartetBenjamin Koppel (mezzo-saxophone)

The Danish composer Anders Koppel (b 1947) has one foot firmly planted in the European classical music tradition and the other in world music rock and jazz On this album the two worlds meet

6220566 (SACD)

82265538226567

MAY 2011 7

Debussy ndash Piano Music Volume 5

Claude Debussy 1egravere Arabesque L741 2egraveme Arabesque L742 Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) L77 Ballade (slave) L78 Valse romantique L79 Recircverie L76 Suite Bergamasque L82 Mazurka L75 Nocturne L89 Danse boheacutemienne L4 Pour le Piano L95

Noriko Ogawa piano

On the strength of the highly praised earlier volumes in this cycle Noriko Ogawa has been described as lsquoa Debussy interpreter of exceptional classrsquo (International Record Review) while her interpretations of the composerrsquos sets of Images and of Eacutetudes have been singled out as belonging to the finest in the discography in magazines such as BBC Music Magazine and Classica-Reacutepertoire

Mahler ndash Orchestral Songs Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Ruumlckert-Lieder

Katarina Karneacuteus mezzo-soprano Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Susanna Maumllkki

As a composer Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other So deeply

involved in fact that the dividing line between the two is often blurred ndash most famously so in Das Lied von der Erde from 1909 which is variously described both as a cycle of orchestral songs and as a symphony But already in 1888 in his first symphony Mahler included two themes from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen which he had recently composed to his own poems

Sebastian Fagerlund ndash Isola

Clarinet Concerto (2005ndash06)Partita for string orchestra and percussion (2007ndash09)Isola for symphony orchestra (2006ndash07)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Dima SlobodenioukChristoffer Sundqvist clarinet

Born in 1972 Sebastian Fagerlund was recently described on the website MusicWeb International as lsquoyet another obscenely talented young musician from Finlandrsquo The occasion was the release of his opera Doumlbeln (BIS-SACD-1780) with a score that the reviewer went on to characterize as lsquoboth forward-looking and audience friendlyrsquo Composed in 2009 Doumlbeln is Fagerlundrsquos first and so far only opera and on the present disc we hear three orchestral scores

The musicians of the eminent Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra revel in the composerrsquos striking gift for orchestration in performances supervised by the rapidly emerging young conductor Dima Slobodeniouk who has collaborated with Fagerlund on several occasions previously

Mozart ndash Violin Concertos II

WA Mozart Violin Concerto No1 in B flat major K207 Violin Concerto No2 in D major K211 Violin Concerto No4 in D major K218 Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra K261 Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra K371

Richard Tognetti artistic director and lead violinAustralian Chamber Orchestra

Completing the cycle of Mozartrsquos violin concertos begun on BIS-SACD-1754 Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first second and fourth concerto along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major All Mozartrsquos works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and as Mozart specialist John Irving explains in his liner notes the composer who by all accounts was a fine violinist may have been making a bid for a better position as Konzertmeister at the court in Salzburg where he already held a less distinguished post

Ole Olsen ndash Orchestral Works

Ole Olsen (1850-1927) Asgaardsreien Op10 Concerto in F major for trombone and orchestra Op48 (46) Symphony No1 in G major Op5

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg trombone soloist amp conductor Rune A Halvorsen conductor (Trombone Concerto)

Born in Hammerfest situated some 450 km north of the Arctic Circle Ole Olsen was wont to describe himself as the lsquoWorldrsquos Northernmost Composerrsquo A contemporary of Grieg and Svendsen he also regarded himself as holding third place among Norwayrsquos musical elite with little patience for any competitorsrsquo claims to the same position Son of the local carpenter and baker (as well as violinist and organist) Olsen went to Trondheim as an apprentice clockmaker at the age of 15 but when his musical gifts were noticed it was arranged for him to study at the conservatory in Leipzig where Grieg had preceded him some 10 years earlier

The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk II

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

In the 18th century Leufsta Bruk ndash some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm ndash was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed

by the descendants of Louis De Geer the Belgian financier who had developed the ironworks Highly cultured and musical the family gathered together a remarkable collection of musical scores a collection which mirrors the development of music and music publishing on the Continent as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period Presenting a sample from the Leufsta collection this disc contains music by international stars ndash Tartini and Handel ndash as well as less familiar names such as the London-based German composer Gottfried Keller and the Swedish composers Johan Helmich Roman and Hinrich Philip Johnsen

BIS-CD-1405 BIS-SACD-1600

BIS-SACD-1707 BIS-SACD-1755

BIS-SACD-1968 BIS-CD-1975

8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

900305900107

C5087C5066

ODE 1177-2

Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

CDR9000 123

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

ODE1190-2D

MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

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CAP21646 PCD109

Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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audite 21411 (5 CDs) audite 95619

Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

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Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

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MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

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Soli Deo Gloria

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BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

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The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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MAY 2011 7

Debussy ndash Piano Music Volume 5

Claude Debussy 1egravere Arabesque L741 2egraveme Arabesque L742 Danse (Tarentelle styrienne) L77 Ballade (slave) L78 Valse romantique L79 Recircverie L76 Suite Bergamasque L82 Mazurka L75 Nocturne L89 Danse boheacutemienne L4 Pour le Piano L95

Noriko Ogawa piano

On the strength of the highly praised earlier volumes in this cycle Noriko Ogawa has been described as lsquoa Debussy interpreter of exceptional classrsquo (International Record Review) while her interpretations of the composerrsquos sets of Images and of Eacutetudes have been singled out as belonging to the finest in the discography in magazines such as BBC Music Magazine and Classica-Reacutepertoire

Mahler ndash Orchestral Songs Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Ruumlckert-Lieder

Katarina Karneacuteus mezzo-soprano Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Susanna Maumllkki

As a composer Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other So deeply

involved in fact that the dividing line between the two is often blurred ndash most famously so in Das Lied von der Erde from 1909 which is variously described both as a cycle of orchestral songs and as a symphony But already in 1888 in his first symphony Mahler included two themes from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen which he had recently composed to his own poems

Sebastian Fagerlund ndash Isola

Clarinet Concerto (2005ndash06)Partita for string orchestra and percussion (2007ndash09)Isola for symphony orchestra (2006ndash07)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Dima SlobodenioukChristoffer Sundqvist clarinet

Born in 1972 Sebastian Fagerlund was recently described on the website MusicWeb International as lsquoyet another obscenely talented young musician from Finlandrsquo The occasion was the release of his opera Doumlbeln (BIS-SACD-1780) with a score that the reviewer went on to characterize as lsquoboth forward-looking and audience friendlyrsquo Composed in 2009 Doumlbeln is Fagerlundrsquos first and so far only opera and on the present disc we hear three orchestral scores

The musicians of the eminent Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra revel in the composerrsquos striking gift for orchestration in performances supervised by the rapidly emerging young conductor Dima Slobodeniouk who has collaborated with Fagerlund on several occasions previously

Mozart ndash Violin Concertos II

WA Mozart Violin Concerto No1 in B flat major K207 Violin Concerto No2 in D major K211 Violin Concerto No4 in D major K218 Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra K261 Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra K371

Richard Tognetti artistic director and lead violinAustralian Chamber Orchestra

Completing the cycle of Mozartrsquos violin concertos begun on BIS-SACD-1754 Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first second and fourth concerto along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major All Mozartrsquos works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and as Mozart specialist John Irving explains in his liner notes the composer who by all accounts was a fine violinist may have been making a bid for a better position as Konzertmeister at the court in Salzburg where he already held a less distinguished post

Ole Olsen ndash Orchestral Works

Ole Olsen (1850-1927) Asgaardsreien Op10 Concerto in F major for trombone and orchestra Op48 (46) Symphony No1 in G major Op5

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Lindberg trombone soloist amp conductor Rune A Halvorsen conductor (Trombone Concerto)

Born in Hammerfest situated some 450 km north of the Arctic Circle Ole Olsen was wont to describe himself as the lsquoWorldrsquos Northernmost Composerrsquo A contemporary of Grieg and Svendsen he also regarded himself as holding third place among Norwayrsquos musical elite with little patience for any competitorsrsquo claims to the same position Son of the local carpenter and baker (as well as violinist and organist) Olsen went to Trondheim as an apprentice clockmaker at the age of 15 but when his musical gifts were noticed it was arranged for him to study at the conservatory in Leipzig where Grieg had preceded him some 10 years earlier

The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk II

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

In the 18th century Leufsta Bruk ndash some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm ndash was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export It was a little principality in the middle of the forest governed

by the descendants of Louis De Geer the Belgian financier who had developed the ironworks Highly cultured and musical the family gathered together a remarkable collection of musical scores a collection which mirrors the development of music and music publishing on the Continent as well as the musical activities at a flourishing Swedish manor of the period Presenting a sample from the Leufsta collection this disc contains music by international stars ndash Tartini and Handel ndash as well as less familiar names such as the London-based German composer Gottfried Keller and the Swedish composers Johan Helmich Roman and Hinrich Philip Johnsen

BIS-CD-1405 BIS-SACD-1600

BIS-SACD-1707 BIS-SACD-1755

BIS-SACD-1968 BIS-CD-1975

8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

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C5087C5066

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Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

CDR9000 123

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

ODE1190-2D

MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

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LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

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Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

audite 21406 (3 CDs)audite 20012

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Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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8 MARCH 2011

Mariss Jansons conducts Lutoslawski Szymanowski amp A Tchaikovsky

Lutoslawski Concerto for OrchestraLive-recording Munich Philharmonie 89102009Szymanowski Symphony No 3 lsquoThe Song of the Nightrsquo Op 27Live-recording Munich Philharmonie 1819122008

Rafał Bartmiński (tenor) amp Andreas Roumlhn (solo violin)

Tchaikovsky A Symphony No 4 for choir orchestra amp alto-solo

Live-recording Munich Herkulessaal 14-16012009 Nimrod Guez (solo alto)

Great Singers LiveMargaret Price

Selection from three ldquoSunday Concertsrdquo with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977 1981 1986 and 1991

Margaret PriceMuumlnchner RundfunkorchesterHeinz Wallberg Leopold Hager amp Thomas Fulton

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Muumlnchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991 Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi to which this CD pays ample credit and also features arias by Bellini Cilea Rossini and Weber

Metropolis

Fritz LangGotteried HuppertzOriginal Motion Picture Score

In Co-Operation with the German Television ZDF and ARTE this well known Masterpiece of the ldquoStummfilmldquo-Era is now completely renewed as movie and as well with a completely new recorded soundtrack

after the original score by the composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937)

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)La Veneziana

The composer Antonio Salieri is something of an lsquoodd man outrsquo in the historyof music

After his death in 1825 he lived on as a macabre figure in music-loversrsquominds whereas his music soon sank into total oblivion ndash a most undeserved fateAlthough

there is no evidence to support them legends anecdotes and conjecturehave repeatedly placed the responsibility for Mozartrsquos supposed murder (by poison)at Salierirsquos door

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Paavali Jumppanen pianoPekka Kuusisto violin

This new recording features the complete works for violin and piano by Einojuhani Rautaavara (b 1928) including many world premiegraveres

The performers are two of the most fascinating talents from Finland who are know for a fresh approach violinist Pekka Kuusisto (ldquothe very embodiment of joyful music-makingrdquo - The Toronto Star) who has made numerous praised recordings for Ondine and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (ldquoimmense power and an extraordinary range of coloursrdquo - The New York Times)

900305900107

C5087C5066

ODE 1177-2

Winging It Piano Music of John Corigliano

Ursula Oppens with Jerome Lowenthal piano Winging It Improvisations for piano Chiaroscuro for two pianos Fantasia on an Ostinato Kaleidoscope for two pianos Etude Fantas

CDR9000 123

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

National Symphony OrchestraChristoph Eschenbach conductorHoward Mitchell conductorTzimon Barto pianoRichard Dreyfuss narratorEarl Wild piano

This double CD release celebrates the memory of John F Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as US President by coupling new and historic recordings performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC

ODE1190-2D

MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

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Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

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Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

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18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

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Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

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Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

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Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

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MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

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BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

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The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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MAY 2011 9

Carl DAVIS

Those Liverpool Days

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis

Re-issue of the classic Carl Davis album from the 80rsquos The album originally entitled lsquoLiverpool Pops at Homersquo grew out of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos

desire to put on a concert called Sounds of the City a concert to show the richness of the musical legacy from the great musicians and composers of Liverpool The album personifies Liverpool from the Beatles through the Scaffold the marvellous Willy Russell for Blood Brothers and Educating Rita to the anthemic Yoursquoll Never Walk Alone

O Guiding Night The Spanish Mystics

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Robert Quinney (organ and piano)

O Guiding Night is the fascinating result of The Sixteenrsquos second major collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and features six new works by contemporary British composers Tarik OrsquoRegan Roderick

Williams and Ruth Byrchmore The new works are all inspired by the poetry of two principals of The Spanish Mystics movement - St Teresa of Aacutevila and St John of the Cross

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No 2 lsquoResurrectionrsquo

Adriana Kucerovmiddot (soprano) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahlerrsquos symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through

Tennstedtrsquos work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly he says because to approach this music is ldquoto touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personalrdquo

Michael NYMAN

Facing Goya

An Opera in four acts

Michael Nyman BandMichael Nyman

Facing Goya is a taut thriller that follows one womanrsquos passionate search for the 18th Century

Spanish artist Goyarsquos missing skull Her journey takes us into the dangerous world of racial stereotyping gene therapy cloning and humankindrsquos follies as seen through Goyarsquos paintings etchings and captions

Nikolai Nikolaievich Tcherepnin Piano Music

Three Pieces Op 24Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet Op 38The Fisherman and the Fish Op 41

David Witten piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873ndash1945) ndash a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev ndash was a Russian-born composer and conductor and the first of his familyrsquos musical dynasty His piano music reveals a diversity of influences the Three Pieces (c 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benoisrsquo beautifully illustrated

alphabet book for children and The Fisherman and the Fish (c 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem complete with watery splashes

CDC011 COR16090

LPO-0054 (2 CDs)

MNRCD121 (3 CDs)

TOCC0117

GUSTAV MAHLERSymphonie No 3

Mihoko Fujimura MezzosopranBamberger Symphoniker Jonathan Nott

SACD Hybrid Surround-Sound 51Original Multichannel Recording

TUD7170

Shostakovich Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet

Martin Helmchen (piano)London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski

Shostakovichrsquos energetic piano concertos feature striking and attractive themes with sudden changes of mood between the burlesque and haunting perfectly

captured in these live recordings with pianist Martin Helmchen and the London Philharmonic Orchestrarsquos Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski The Piano Quintet displays perhaps an even greater range of styles within a work of unusual purity written under the looming shadow of war

LPO0053

10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

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Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

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Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

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MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

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2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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10 MARCH 2011

Fredrik Ljungkvist amp Yun Kan 5 Badaling

Badaling is the sophomore release of the excellent Swedish quintet Yun Kan 5 The group is led by saxophonistclarinetist Fredrik Ljungkvist

Jacob Karlzon Heat

Jacob Karlzonrsquos music resides in the intersections where Scandinavian expressions such as space melancholy and sensitivity blend with heat and passion

Magnus - Lindgren Paradise open

Featured in the third CD of the big-band collaboration between Swedish Radio P2 and Caprice Records is Magnus Lindgren He has written all the arrangements and composed most of the music

Lars Jansson - Whatrsquos New

Whatrsquos New is the first (mostly) standards album by Jansson who has so far been focused on playing his own music And what a beautiful album it turned out to be

Omer Avital Quintet

Omer Avital is a poet of the bass widely hailed by international musicians critics and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation His compositions range from works for small jazz groups to orchestral and world music Born in the small Israeli town of Givataim Omer made his way to New York

City in search of a more promising jazz setting and quickly became a hotly sought-after sideman He performed recorded and toured with such jazz legends as Roy Haynes Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderly

Ari Hoenig Punkbop

As a drummer Ari Hoenig amp aposrsquos success has been unprecedented A native of Philadelphia he began playing drums at age twelve and by age fourteen he was honing his skills at Philly clubs such as Ortlieb amp aposrsquos Jazz Haus Ari is also a composer arranger and pianistkeyboardist and In 2005 in affiliation with the National

Endowment for the Arts he was awarded a Meet the Composer grant to perform his compositions with his own group

Peter Bernstein Quartet

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around a must-hear go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh of-the-moment feel

Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

David Kikoski longtime pianist of Roy Haynesrsquo group is a musician of the highest level His playing is highly modern and driving with a relentless sense of time and swing In this live date he introduces the young drummer Obed Calvaire and the bass player from the Chick Corea group Hans Glawishnig

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Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Polish saxophonist Adam Pieronczyk pays tribute to his to his countryrsquos jazz pioneer Krzysztof Komeda (b1931 d1969) with Komeda The Innocent Sorcerer

Max Roach In Berlin

A mode that might be called spiritual hardbop tying together beautifully all the rich strains of Maxrsquos work of the previous two decades Players here include the mighty Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet and Odean Pope on tenor

JW069JW104

MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

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2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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MAY 2011 11

John Cage Ryoanji

Robert Blach contrabassEberhard Blum fluteIven Hausmann tromboneGudrun Reschke oboeJohn Patrick voiceThomas Jan Williams percussion

In 1962 John Cage first visited the small sparse rock and sand garden Ryoan-ji (Peaceful Dragon)

in Kyoto It was by all accounts a profound experience and he carried away with him more than just a memory of a quiet contemplative afternoon If an experience truly transforms an individual it becomes an idea which we carry around with us This idea is now a place ndash a point of reference ndash we may revisit at any time Cage may have thought about Ryoan-ji often in 1983 he applied an action to his idea Art Lange

Arnold Schoumlenberg Works for piano

Pi-Hsien Chen piano

It may seem daring to compare Schoumlnbergrsquos piano works in their significance with beethovenrsquos compared with the latterrsquos 32 piano sonatas the former wrote only six piano pieces which moreoever are often hardly longer than a few

minutes And still the compositional evolution of this great innovator of the music of our century is mirrored within these little piano pieces which within the oeuvre of Schoumlnberg play a similarly important role as beethovenrsquos great sonatas Within them new compositional and technical achievements are being concentrated which later on alsofound their way into the great compositions Reinhard Kager

Mihaela Ursuleasa

Romanian RhapsodyMihaela Ursuleasa piano

Mihaela Ursuleasa received the ECHO Klassik prize for her debut album ldquoPiano amp Forterdquo only last October and this coming March she will follow it up with this CD While the first CD took us on a musical journey around the world ldquoRomanian Rhapsodyrdquo takes us to the pianistrsquos home(s) the title piece by George Enescu is a veritable hymn to Romania where she began her career as a travelling wunderkind A happy encounter with Claudio Abbado then led her career to Vienna where a scholarship made it possible for her to study seriously She was just twelve years old at the time and the Austrian capital became her second home in due course The music on her new CD thus

follows the course of the Danube as it were and extends to Schubert

In order to make the dialects of this very varied but historically coherent cultural sphere as manifest as possible Mihalea Ursuleasa has selected works that draw upon the rich store of folklore from the respective countries The pianist is altogether in her element here and unfolds a spectrum of idioms that range through vitally energetic pieces and elegant dances to sublimely songful works In the Bartoacutek Rhapsody she is vigorously supported by the star violinist and crossover artist Gilles Apap they preface the piece with a free improvisation

ldquoIt recalls the vivacity and attack of the young Martha Argerich coupled with the sensitivity of Clara Haskilrdquo Spiegelde

ldquoYou had to admire the clarity of her sound the consistency with which she pursued unusual ideas and the sheer energy she applied to them New York Times

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ART184ART153

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Vespers for Passiontideand Easter

Dresdner KreuzchorSoli (Kruzianer)Franz Lindner (soprano)Maximilian Thom (alto)Christopher Renz (tenor)Georg Guumlldner (bass)

Roderich Kreile

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzkirche choir through the Church year The ldquoKreuzchor Vespersrdquo CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirchersquos liturgical celebration of these festivals ndash the choirrsquos ldquodomestic repertoirerdquo so to speak Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boysrsquo voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing

Mikhail Ovrutsky

Turning PointsSonya Ovrutsky piano

The question of where to call home is not an easy one for Mikhail Ovrutsky Born in Moscow in 1980 he was given his first violin at the tender age of four It seems that this was meant to be for within a year he was sent to a special school for

musically gifted children Then when he was eleven his family moved to Philadelphia where an entirely new world opened up for young Misha He continued his music studies attending the Juilliard School and became familiar with a very different attitude and teaching approach to music At sixteen he was given yet another great opportunity when he auditioned for the famous violin teacher Zakhar Bron with whom he then proceeded to study in Germany or more precisely in Cologne And he has been living in Cologne ever since he is now Bronrsquos assistant and is making his way in the world as a musician playing with the most famous orchestras onductors and chamber music partners As a result the young musician has laid down roots in different locations around the world

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

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audite 21411 (5 CDs) audite 95619

Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

TP2039091

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12 MAY 2011

Stylus phantasticusand Song Variations

Nicolaus Bruhns Prelude in GJan Pieters zoon SweelinckldquoMein junges Leben hat ein Endldquo bull ldquoMore PalatinoldquoDieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155Georg Boumlhm ldquoJesu du bist allzuschoumlneldquoldquoMons Brunthldquo Praeludium con

Fuga ex G FlatJohann Sebastian BachldquoO Gott du frommer Gottldquo BWV 767 bull Toccata in C BWV 564

Gerhard Gnannat the Riegner amp Friedrich Organ Riegel

This re-release presents toccatas written in the ldquostylus phantasticusrdquo alongside variations on songs These works by Bruhns Buxtehude Bach Boumlhm and Sweelinck covering one and a half centuriesoffer a fascinating insight into the North German baroque organ tradition

SergiuCelibidache

Berliner Philharmoniker RIAS-Symphone-Orchester

Werke von Gershwin Ravel Busoni Cherubini Hindemith Genzmer Copland Tiessen Schwarz-Schilling

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) directed the Berlin Philharmonic

for seven years after the war as vicegerent for Furt waumlngler who had been banned from conducting This period is documented by live and studio recordings of the RIAS Berlin For this edition the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available the first time which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality With a few exceptions Celibidache was critical of having his interpretations captured in the form of recordings These productions are therefore of particular interest

ShostakovichComplete String Quartets

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

ldquo the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one ofthe outstanding cycles in todayrsquos

catalogueldquo (The Strad)ldquo to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choicerdquo(International Record Review)

ldquo Without doubt this is THE integral version of today which has shone from volume to volume to reach unrivalled brilliance Thank you for thatrdquo (Pizzicato)

We are delighted to present the successful recording of the complete Shostakovich String Quartets as a fi ve-CD boxed set making all 15 quartets available at a competitive price and in our customary high quality

Igor Stravinsky PerseacutephoneMelodrama in 3 Parts for ReciterVocal Soloist Double Chorus amp Orchestra

Symphonies Opp 6 9 18

Doris Schade narrator(Goddess Perseacutephone)Fritz Wunderlich tenor (Priest Eumolpius)Schwanheimer KinderchorChor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chor des Suumlddeutschen RundfunksSinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen RundfunksDean Dixon conductor

Fritz Wunderlich sings Stravinsky ndash a rare combination Not only is the combination of singer and work an unusual one but the work itself also is ndash and has always been ndash a rarely performed part of Stravinskyrsquos oeuvre The part of Eumolpius ndash Greek for ldquohe who sings beautifullyrdquo ndash in Igor Stravinskyrsquos Perseacutephone could have become Fritz Wunderlichrsquos ldquosignature rolerdquo if he had sung it more than only the one time in 1960 for the Hessische Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main

audite 21406 (3 CDs)audite 20012

audite 21411 (5 CDs) audite 95619

Franz Liszt Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage

Julian Gorus (piano)

Lisztrsquos Anneacutees de Pegravelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano Lisztrsquos complete musical style is evident in this masterwork ranging from virtuosic fireworks to deeply personal emotional statements Throughout

these collections Liszt documents the process of his own artistic maturity through his travels The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style It was composed well after the first two volumes and displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation

Haydn Vol 15 - Symphonies No 53 and No 54

Heidelberger SinfonikerThomas Fey (conductor)

Maestro Thomas Fey and his ensemble continue their recordings of the complete Haydn Symphonies with two works composed in 1774 oth pieces display further advances in Haydnrsquos thinking about the

symphonic form and exhibit further advances in orchestration Both works abound in delightful melodies and as always with Haydn a surprise or two The Adagio assai of Symphony No 54 is one of Haydnrsquos most memorable The movement is in sonata form and opens with a section marked messa di voce and builds up to a cadenza for solo violin

CD 98626CD 98627 (3 CDs)

MAY 2011 13

Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

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BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

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The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

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Schwetzingen Festival EditionHermann Prey ndashLiederabend 1963

Hermann Prey (bariton)Guumlnther Weiszligenborn (piano)

The great German lyric baritone Hermann Prey was one of the 20thcenturyrsquos most beloved and versatile singers Following studies

at the Hochschule fuumlr Musik in Berlin began his musical journey through the world of opera operetta oratorio and lied a journey that would last for more than 4 and-a-half decades While justifiably celebrated for his performances on stage in concert and on television and in film Prey is best remembered for his recitals He was a gifted interpreter of Lieder from Medieval ldquoMinnesangrdquo through the Second Vienna School and beyond

Schwetzingen Festival EditionSvjatoslav Richter plays ndash Piano Recital (1994)

Svjatoslav Richter (piano)

While there is no disputing Richterrsquos extraordinary technique what sets his interpretations apart was his ability to immerse himself completely into the music he

performed allowing the purity of the composerrsquos original vision to dominate his musical choices Richter himself said ldquoThe interpreter is really an executant carrying out the composerrsquos intentions to the letter He doesnrsquot add anything that isnrsquot already in the work If he is talented he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him He shouldnrsquot dominate the music but should dissolve into itrdquo

Schwetzingen FestivalPiano Recital Alexis Weissenberg (1972)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Alexis Weissenberg was a controversial artist One cannot deny his extraordinary technical command he could summon a vast

wash of sound from the piano and the most complex contrapuntal difficulties sounded as simple as childrsquos play His extraordinary power and sharp intellectual approach was cold and mechanical to some ndash and as exhilarating as standing under a glacial waterfall for others Weissenbergrsquos Chopin was particularly revelatory No less a pianist than Glenn Gould commented that ldquoI always felt that I could live without the Chopin concertos and managed to until Alexis Weissenberg dusted the cobwebs from Mme Sandrsquos salon and made those works a contemporary experiencerdquo The current program features Weissenberg in an all Chopin recital including a completeperformance of the Third Sonata and ten Nocturnes These are essential Weissenberg interpretations and a disc that no fan will want to do without Or as one reviewer described Weissenbergrsquos approach to Chopin ldquoThis is NOT for the faint-heartedrdquo

Moser Plays Cello Concertos by Martinu Honegger and Hindemith

Johannes Moser (cello) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruumlcken Kaiserslautern Christoph Poppen (conductor)

For his new concerto recording Johannes Moser has selected three

rarely heard 20th century concertos All three composers had the misfortune of creating their highly individual yet tonal scores while Schoenberg Stravinsky and Bartok were taking music in radical new directions

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on theoutskirts of mainstream classical music though he has becomesomewhat of a ldquocult figurerdquo for a growing group of admirersThroughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz ndash both of which are heard in his delightful concerto Hindemithrsquos 1940 Cello Concerto on the other hand is the third and last of his Cello Concertos whichrevives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits thetemperament of the instrument

Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Works forCello and Piano

David Geringas (cello)Ian Fountain (piano)

Beethoven was the first great composer of cello sonatas in theRomantic style and he remained really the only one until Brahms

wrote two at the end of the 19th century Few composers have attempted to compose sonatas for cello and piano owing to the difficulties of balance between the two instruments though the exceptions have been notable and beautiful

Beethovenrsquos works for Cello and piano come from each of his threestylistic periods - the very early Sonatas Op 5 represent Beethovenrsquosmove away from the classical style of Haydn and Mozart the popularSonata in A Major Op 69 stands firmly rooted in Beethovenrsquos MiddlePeriod and shares itrsquos sweeping melodic lines with those in ldquoEroicardquoand the ldquoHarprdquo String Quartet while the Sonatas Op 102 already point to elliptical language of the late String Quartets

Robert SchumannMusic for Choir and Orchestra

RequiemDes-Dur op 148 | in D flat Major Op148

Der KoumlnigsohnBallade fuumlr Solisten Chor und Orchester op 116

Nachtlied op 108

Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Ingeborg Danz(alto) Christoph Preacutegardien (lyric tenor) Adolph Seidel(bariton) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) KammerchorSaarbruumlcken Deutsche Radio Philharmonie SaarbruumlckenKaiserslautern Georg Gruumln (conductor)

The current program presents three unjustly neglected late choralworks by Robert Schumann Indeed much of Schumannrsquos late music has suffered from harsh criticism even Schumannrsquos biographer Robert Schauffler simply says ldquohellip these (the late choral) works need not detain usrdquo Such judgments resulted more from a misunderstanding of the composerrsquos intentions rather than the quality of the works themselves

CD 93713 CD 93712

CD 93710 CD 93276

CD 93272 (3CDs) CD 93270

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

TP2039091

TP1039077

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CM

MY

CY

CMY

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twopianistspdf 1 5192011 121133 PM

14 MAY 2011

Voces8 Brahms Bruckner Reger

MANDELRING QUARTETTSebastian Schmidt violinNanette Schmidt violinRoland Glassl violaBernhard Schmidt violoncello

The international award-winning octet Voces8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements the group hasbeen praised for stunning performance exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal colour

Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of Westminster Abbey VOCES8 first achieved success in 2005 winning first prize at the International Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia Italy Subsequently the group has performed widely in the UK Europe the USA Africa and AsiaRecording during ldquoLes Folles Journeacutees de Nantesrdquo (France 2011)

Wood of Morois

Patrick Ball

The Wood of Morois occupies a special place in the landscape of Celtic mythology It is where two legendary lovers Tristan and Iseult took refuge to escape the vengeance of King Mark of Cornwall A wild primeval place

but for them a place of sanctuary

The two lovers wandered all winter in the depths of that wild wood restless and in haste like beasts that are hunted Their faces sank and grew white their clothes ragged for the briars tore them But in the strength of their love neither one or the other felt these mortal things from The Romance of Tristan amp Iseult as retold by Joseph Beacutedier the artist

SINFONIEN ndash SYMPHONIES

KammerorchesterCarl Phillipp Emanuel BachHartmut Haenchen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach incidentally dispensed in his three-movement syphonies with the inclusion of a minuet

SONATAS ndash CLAVIERSTUumlCKE

Linda Nicholson

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach draws attention to a deplorable state of affairs in the conventions of musical performance in his day ldquoNowadays the playing of variations in repeats is indispensablerdquo

13313-2

PE443 (2 CDs) PE451

MIR154

The Art of Vivaldirsquos Lute

VivaldiConcerto (Sinfonia) in D major RV 122Trio in G minorIn turbato mare irato RV627Trio in Do maggiore per Violino Leuto e Basso continuoConcerto for Viola drsquoAmore and Lute in D minor RV 540Sinfonia in G minorConcerto in D major

Ronn McFarlane (lute)The Bach Sinfonia Dan Abraham (director)

One of the United States best period instrument ensembles teams up with one of the worlds best lutenists to perform the music of one of the most beloved composers of all time for this exciting new release from Sono Luminus The Bach Sinfonia under the direction Daniel Abraham performs the lute works of Vivaldi with GRAMMYreg Nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane delivering one of the years most exciting concerto albums DSL92132

Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Vol 3

Sinfonia Mistica (Symphony No 6) Autumn Music Hommage a Chopin (Five Pieces for Flute amp String Orchestra) Rhapsody

Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz

Panufnik Symphonic Works Vol 1 (777 497-2) BBC Music Orchestral Choice

Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899)

DER CARNEVAL IN ROM (The Carnival in Rome) Operetta in three acts

Isabella Ma-Zach Jessica Glatte Michael Heim Manfred Equiluz Marcus Guenzel Bernd Koennes Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden Ernst Theis

777 405-2 (2 CDs)777 498-2

MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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MY

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MAY 2011 15

Complete Sallinen Symphonies and Concertos Box Set

CD1 Symphonies 1 amp 7 A Solemn Overture Chorali CD2 Symphonies 2 amp 4 Horn Concerto (Esa Tapani) Mauermusik CD3 Symphonies 3 amp 5 CD4 Symphony No 6 Cello Concerto (Jan-Erik Gustafsson)

CD5 Symphony No 8 Violin Concerto (Jaakko Kuusisto) Shadows The Palace Rhapsody

Isidora ZEBELJAN (b 1967)

The Horses of Saint Mark and other Orchestral Works Aile Asszonyi (soprano) Zebeljan Ensemble Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra David Porcelijn

A selection of Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljanrsquos orchestral works

inspired by the folk music of the Balkans and Byzantine art are conducted under David Porcelijn

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1714-1788)

Musica Sacra Hamburgensis 1600-1800

Ich hoffete aufs Licht TVWV 413 Funeral Music for Emperor Kaiser Karl VII Hamburg 1745

Gabriele Hierdeis Annegret Kleindopf Dmitry Egorov Ulrike Andersen

Georg Poplutz Benjamin Kirchner Nils Cooper Stephan Schreckenberger La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Die chinesische Flte Egon und EmilieQuartet Five Pieces for Wind Instruments amp Percussion

Mutare Ensemble Gerhard Mueller-Hornbach

The compositions on this disc range from early works full of colour and

humour Die chinesische Flte (The Chinese Flute) and the stage composition Egon und Emilie to later works such Five Pieces and the Quartet

777 670-2777 640-2 (5 CDs)

777 603-2

Jurowski conducts Beethoven

Recorded live atthe Theacuteacirctre des Champs-Elyseacutees Paris 4 February 2010

BeethovenCoriolan Overture Op 62Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op 60Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski

3079294 (Blu-ray)3079298 (DVD)

Django Reinhardt ndashThree-fingered Lightning

A film by Christian Cascio

featuringSteacutephane GrappelliJean SablonBoris VianAndreacute HodeirJean-Louis ChautempsDavid Reinhardtand others

BonusRecorded in Paris and Icircle-de-Frnace 2010 3079388

777 092-2

HANDEL Theodora

from 2009 Salzburg Festival

Freiburger BarockorchesterChristine Schfer Bejun MehtaJohannes Martin Krnzle Joseph KaiserConducted by Ivor BoltonDirected by Christof Loy

Handelrsquos oratorio Theodora in its first-ever staging at the Salzburg Festival was among the highlights of the Handel year in 2009 Acclaimed stage director Christof Loy presents Theodora as the

profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her own faith

WAGNER Parsifal

from Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Finally on DVD the 1998 production of Wagnerrsquos Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival in mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects

Conducted by great Wagner conductor Giuseppe SinopoliThe four main roles are taken by Poul Elming Linda Watson Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin ndash one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuthrsquos more recent history705708 (2 DVDs)

705804 (Blu-ray) 705908 (2 DVDs)

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

TP2039091

TP1039077

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M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

twopianistspdf 1 5192011 121133 PM

16 MAY 2011

Johann STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus ndash Overture Halleacute James LoughranUnter Donner und Blitz BBCSO Walter SusskindPizzicato Polka RPO Walter SusskindRosen aus dem Suumlden Halleacute James LoughranDie Fledermaus ndash Csardas amp Laughing SongSheila Armstrong Halleacute James Loughran

LEHARGold und Silber RPO Walter Susskind

Johann STRAUSS II Leichtes Blut Halleacute James LoughranTritsch Tratsch polka Halleacute James LoughranDer Zigeunerbaron ndash Overture BBCSO Walter SusskindDer Zigeunerbaron ndash March Halleacute James LoughranVergncedilgungszug Halleacute James LoughranPerpetuum Mobile RPO Walter SusskindAn der schoumlnen blauen Donau Halleacute James

LoughranRadetsky March BBCSO Walter Susskind

GLINKA (1804ndash1857)

Ruslan amp Lyudmila ndash OvertureThree movements from A Life for the Tsar

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Royal Albert Hall London 14 August 1981

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840ndash1893)Nutcracker Act II

BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Royal Albert Hall London 27 July 1981

PUCCINI

Tosca

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) Michael Langdon (Angelotti)Howell Glynne (Sacristan) David Tree (Spoletta)Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Noreen Berry (Shepherd)Rhydderch Davies (Jailer)

Covent Garden Chorus amp Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Royal Opera House 30 June 1955

WAGNER (1813ndash1883)

Der fliegende Hollaumlnder Overture

Covent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti

Includes bonus rehearsal footage22 SEPTEMBER 1963

R STRAUSS (1864ndash1949) Don JuanCovent Garden OrchestraSir Georg Solti19 MARCH 1967

BEETHOVEN (1770ndash1827)Symphony No5 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg SoltiRoyal Albert Hall London 13 May 1985

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No3

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow 7 February 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY (1814ndash1893)Symphony No6

Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra Yuri Bashmet

lsquoLiversquo Great Hall Moscow Conservatory Moscow27 April 2004

BRAHMS (1833ndash1897)

Symphony No1

BBCSO Sir Adrian BoultRoyal Albert Hall 17 August 1976

ELGAR (1857ndash1934)

Enigma Variations

George Thalben-Ball (organ) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Albert Hall Centenary Concert 29 March 1971

MAHLER (1860ndash1911)

Symphony No3

Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano) Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Dimitri MitropoulosSaal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 31 October 1960

DEBUSSY (1862ndash1918)

La Mer

Koumllner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-OrchesterDimitri Mitropoulos

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 24 October

RACHMANINOV (1873ndash1943)

Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini

Saal 1 Funkhaus Cologne 17 April 1970

PROKOFIEV (1891ndash1953)Piano Sonata No7

STRAVINSKY (1833ndash1897)3 Scenes from Petruschka

Saal 2 Funkhaus Cologne 21 January 1951

Shura Cherkassky Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Zdenek Macal

ICAC 5019 ICAC 5020

ICAC 5021 (2 CDs) ICAC 5022 (2 CDs)

ICAC 5023 ICAC 5024 (DVD)

ICAC 5027 (DVD)ICAC 5026 (DVD)

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

TP2039091

TP1039077

C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

twopianistspdf 1 5192011 121133 PM

MAY 2011 17

The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich as Mozartrsquos Casanova

Live Recording from the Ronacher Theater Vienna 2011

A chamber opera play based on works of Giacomo Casanova Lorenzo Da Ponte And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Malkovich Ingeborga Dapkunaite Florian Boesch Sophie Klussmann Orchestra Wiener Akademie Martin Haselboumlck Michael Sturminger

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No 8

Live Recording From The Severance Hall Cleveland 2010

Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Moumlst

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Denis LEVAILLANTLa Petite Danseuse De Degas

Live Recording from the Opeacutera Garnier Paris 2010 Original idea by Patrice Bart amp Martine Kahane Choreography by Patrice Bart

Clairemarie Osta Dorotheacutee Gilbert Mathieu Ganio Joseacute Martinez Benjamin Pech Corps De Ballet amp Orchestre De Lrsquoopeacutera National De Paris Koen Kessels Ezio Toffolutti Sylvie Skinazi

Michel Legrand andthe Cinema

Live Recording from the Salle Pleyel Paris 2009

Michel Legrand Orchestre National drsquoicircle de France Featuring Patrick Fiori Liane Foly Maurane Catherine Michel Mario Pelchat Heacutelegravene Segara

101549101543 (DVD)108026 (Blu-ray)

101581101570

Alban BERG

Lulu

Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2002

Laura Aikin Cornelia Kallisch Alfred Muff Peter Straka Zurich Opera HouseFranz Welser-Moumlst Sven-Eric BechtolfRolf Glittenberg

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

WA MOZART

Die Entfuumlhrung Aus Dem SerailLive Recording from the Teatro Dell A Pergola Florence 2002

Eva Mei Patrizia Ciofi Rainer Trost Mehrzad Montazeri Kurt Rydl Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta Eike Gramss Christoph Wagenknecht

Sound Format PCM STEREO DD 51DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 NTSC

WA MOZART

La clemenza di Tito

Live Recording from the FelsenreitschuleSalzburg Festival 2003

Michael Schade Vesselina Kasarova Dorothea Roumlschmann Elina Garana Barbara Bonney Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Nikolaus Harnoncourt Martin Kuej Jens Kilian

Sound Format LPCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format 1 x DVD 5 1 x DVD 9 NTSCRegion Code 0

Giuseppe VERDI

La traviata

Live Recording fromthe Teatro La Fenice Venice 2004

Patrizia Ciofi Roberto Saccagrave Dmitri Hvorostovsky Teatro La FeniceLorin Maazel Robert Carsen Patrick Kinmonth

Sound Format PCM Stereo DD 51 DTS 51Picture Format 169DVD Format DVD 9 PALRegion Code 0Worldwide available excluding Japan

101565 107109

107181 (2 DVDs) 107227

18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

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18 MAY 2011

Geacuterard Poulet Violinist amp TeacherLes leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Catherine Zins

Renaud CapuccedilonThierry HuchinNoeumll LeeXavier PhillipsMarie Scheubleacute

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 The guiding principle for Olivier Bernager and Franccedilois Manceaux was to capture the art of the leading performers of our time live in concert but also and above all in a teaching environment These films take us inside the transmission process between maestro and budding young interpreter Here Geacuterard Poulet generously shares his technical skillsand his great experience of the Classical Romantic and modern violin repertoires

Nikita Magaloff virtuoso amp teacher (piano)Les leccedilons particuliegraveres de musique

A movie proposed by Franccedilois Manceaux amp Olivier BernagerDirected by Thierry Beacutenizeau

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele Giuseppe Sinopoli P Elming L Watson F Struckmann H SotinDirected by Wolfgang Wagner

Private music lessons twelve hugely influential programmes broadcast by French television between 1987 and 1991 This film is a particularly precious document because Nikita Magaloff was a champion of live music-making in concert and therefore made relatively few recordings The classic interpretation of Schubertrsquos Impromptu in E flat captured here testifies to the musicality and the immense stature of a pianist who frequented Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in his early years and whose future was foretold by Ravel himself ldquoin Magaloff an extraordinary musician is bornrdquo

HMD9909038 HMD9909040

Franco ALFANO (1875-1954)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Plaacutecido Domingo (Cyrano) Sondra Radvanovsky (Roxane) Arturo Chacoacuten Cruz (Christian)Rod Gilfry (De Guiche) Corrado Carmelo Caruso (Ragueneau) Roberto Accurso (De Valvert)Javier Franco (Carbon)Itxaro Mentxaka (La Duegravegne Sister Marthe) Nahuel di Pierro (Le Bret)

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Patrick Fournillier Francesc Perales (Chorus Master) Michal Znaniecki (Stage Director amp Stage Designer)

NBD0005

Karol SZYMANOWSKI(1882-1937)

Symphony No 1 in F minorOp 15Symphony No 2 in B flat major Op 19

Ewa Marczyk (violin solo)Markek Marczyk (viola solo) Warsaw Philharmonic OrchestraAntoni Wit

AUDIO Recorded and edited in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit 882 kHz PCM Surround

Presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-BIT 96 KHZDTS-HD Master Audio 51 SurroundPCM Stereo 20Total Running Time 5311

NBD0021

Jean-Baptiste Lully ArmideWilliam Christie conductorRobert Carsen stage directorLes Arts Florissants chorus and orchestra

The story of the sorceress Armide is an adaptation of an epic poem by Tasso this woman traps her male victims by using the wiles of her sex causing them to fall in love with her without returning their love everything changes She is overwhelmed with love which consumes her and proves her undoing The hero Renaud is subjugated by her erotic corrupting emasculating charm Lully is also captivated by the charm of his enamoured sorceress It is the character least expected to inspire our empathy that ultimately wins it by the beauty emotion and expressive power of the music

FRA005

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

TP2039091

TP1039077

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twopianistspdf 1 5192011 121133 PM

MAY 2011 19

Abbado conducts Mahler Gustav Mahler Symphony Nos 1 - 7

Lucerne Festival OrchestraClaudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2003-2009

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sounds formats BD PCM 20 DTS HD Master AudioRunning time 550 mins

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms amp Dvořaacutek

Brahms Violin Concerto op77Dvořaacutek Symphony No 9ldquoFrom the New WorldrdquoBeethoven ldquoEgmontrdquo OvertureVerdi Overture to ldquoLes Věpres siciliennesrdquo

Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado

Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1 May 2002

Picture format BD 1080i Full HD - 169Sound formats BD PCM 20 DTS-HD Master Audio

Camille SAINT-SAEumlNS(1835-1921)

Samson et Dalila

Torsten Kerl Marianna Tarasova Nikola Mijailovic Gijs Van der LindenTijl Faveyts Milcho BorovinovThorsten Buumlttner Gill Eeckelaert Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Flanders Opera Tomaacutes

v Netopil

Directors Omri Nitzan andAmir Nizar Zuabi

Recorded live at the Vlaamse Opera AntwerpenGent 2009

Picture format NTSC - 169 bull Sounds formats PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 51 DTS 51Region code 0 bull Running time 122 mins

G F HANDEL (1685-1759)

Serse

Rasmussen Hallenberg Bardon Bayrakdarian Atalanta Ludwigshafener Theaterchor Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Michael Hampe (staging)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2ndash3 June 2000

Picture format BD NTSC 43

Sounds formats BD PCM 20 PCM 51

harmonia mundi sa

Soli Deo Gloria

CLASSICS

Ligia

Our Labels

20537982058628

2051954 (Blu-ray)2058574 (4 Blu-ray discs)

BRITTEN (1913ndash1976)Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley Jacques Imbrailo Phillip Ens Iain Paterson Matthew Rose Darren Jeffery Alasdair Elliott John Moore Jeremy White Ben Johnson Colin Judson Richard Mosley-Evans The Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder Michael Grandage

OA1051D (DVD)OABD7086D (Blu-ray)

The Nobel Prize Concert 2010 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No 3 in C Major Op 72aPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No 5in E flat Major Op 82

Joshua Bell Sakari Oramo Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

ACC20215 (DVD)ACC10215 (Blu-ray)

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

TP2039091

TP1039077

C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

twopianistspdf 1 5192011 121133 PM

TwoPianists Records is an independent music company based in Stellenbosch South Africa founded by the pianists Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhatildees TwoPianists promote Classical Music with artists we are inspired by We look at each artist as unique and we work very closely with them at all levels - publishing recording performing image licensing Every project is an adventure we make sure we are there at every moment

Michelle Breedtrsquos much-anticipated album entitled Shakespeare Inspired was released worldwide on digital and slowly the Naxos territories are acquiring copies and stocking the shops Michelle was in Vienna when the lsquostreet-datersquo arrived so promptly a signing was organized for 27 April in the foyer of the Vienna State Opera where so was performing in a production of the The Dialogue of the Carmelites Michelle has been incredibly busy currently appearing in De Nederlandse Opera in Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle International Record Review has notified us that they will feature the CD in an article in their June issue

NEW ReleaseMichelle Breedt and Nina SchumannShakespeare Inspired

Label of the Month

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africarsquos foremost pianists He has played inprestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London the Konzerthaus in Berlin the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at various international festivals in the Netherlands Germany Canada Italy Switzerland Bulgaria the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom In his debut solo-CD released on the TwoPianists labelrsquos debut imprint Ben synchronizes his great love for Franz Liszt with the bicentenary celebrations of the composerrsquos birth A beautiful variety of Liszt works from the gorgeous Les jeux drsquoeaux agrave la Villa drsquoEste to the monumental B minor Sonata coupled with his lsquodazzling virtuosityrsquo and lsquomagical music makingrsquo ensure the stamp of a unique artist on the rise

Ben Schoeman Liszt

TP2039091

TP1039077

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M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

twopianistspdf 1 5192011 121133 PM