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Angela Hewitt turns to two of Mozart’s greatest and most popular concertos for her latest album. Together with her frequent collaborators, the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and brilliant Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu, she presents these works in performances which are both elegantly stylish and profoundly felt. This release is completed by a personal reflection on the music by Hewitt herself in the accompanying booklet.

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Marc-André Hamelin’s series of Haydn Piano Sonatas has won the hearts of critics around the world. Now Hamelin partners with Canadian superstars Bernard Labadie and Les Violons du Roy on an exciting new release of Haydn Piano Concertos for Hyperion, recorded in Quebec City at the Palais Montcalm (p.13). Two new labels join us this month, launching our distribution with strong new releases. Orange Mountain weighs in with a recording of the Symphony No.3 and suite from The Hours by Philip Glass with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra led by Anne Manson (p.23). SFS Media starts things off right with Michael Tilson Thomas’s superb new recording of Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No.9 (p.25). The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge presents the second release on their new label — offering a fresh look at Mozart’s unfinished Requiem (p.17). Volume 59 of Hyperion’s unstoppable Romantic Piano Concerto series focuses on works by Polish composers, with Jonathan Plowright as the soloist (p.15). The harmonia mundi label offers a wealth of riches, with new releases from La Nuova Musica (Handel & Vivaldi, p.5), cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand (Shostakovich, p.7), oboist Nicholas Daniel (Musgrave, p.8) and the Freiburger Barockorchester (Bach, p.9). Last but not least, up and coming young pianist Joseph Moog offers a Scarlatti Sonata recital — with a twist — for Onyx Classics (p.21). Non-classical priorities include the latest from jazz guitarist Gilad Hekselman (p.31) and a world fusion release that partners Fanfara Tirana with Transglobal Underground (p.38).

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IMPORTMyra Hess, the most important of Matthay’s pupils, became a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. In her youth, she played a wide repertoire including much contemporary music, but in her later years she became best known for her playing of the great classics of the Germanic repertoire, particularly Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Schumann. During World War II, she established the National Gallery Concerts which became central to London’s cultural life. This set contains, for the first time, all the studio recordings she made from her first visit to the studio in 1928 to her final LP in 1957. Though Hess professed to hate recording (much preferring to play live), she did set down many wonderful performances, none greater than those of Beethoven’s late sonatas Op.109 and Op.110.

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Complete Solo & Concerto Studio RecordingsDame Myra Hess (piano)

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IMPORTSpanish counter-tenor Xavier Sabata expresses tears, joy and rage in his portrayal of the ‘bad boys’ from Handel’s operas on this riveting new disc from Aparté. Performing a fascinating selection of arias from Tamerlano, Ariodante, Teseo, Amadigi di Gaula, Giulio Cesare and Ottone, Sabata is accompanied by the Italian ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro conducted by Riccardo Minasi. Sabata graduated in drama from the Theatre Institute in his hometown and studied with the famous duo of Mitsuko Shirai and Hartmut Höll. He also took master classes with Montserrat Figueras, Richard Levitt and Christoph Prégardien.

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Countertenor Arias from Tamerlano, Ariodante, Teseo, Amadigi di Gaula,

Giulio Cesare & OttoneXavier Sabata (counter-tenor), Pomo d’Oro,

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe Ragazze Quartet has been acclaimed for their musical enthusiasm, talent, versatility and presentation. The young Dutch ensemble frequently collaborates with composers, musicians — classical or otherwise — and artists working in a variety of disciplines. In spite of its life-affirming title, Vivere, this is not exactly a cheerful disc. All three compositions refer in various ways to death. This is reflected in the key signatures of the repertoire (D minor is considered the key of death) and the programmatic content of the Schubert and Widmann quartets. The cellist actually ‘dies’ in the Widmann! Spectacularly well recorded, this disc presents an unusual and compelling program and a dynamic and exciting new ensemble.

IMPORTRecorded live in Naples in July 2011, this album from the Neapolis Ensemble presents a selection of Neapolitan music spanning four centuries. Lo Guarracino ranges from traditional melodies and dances of the 15th and 16th centuries to an 18th-century Classical aria by Leonardo Vinci. In pursuit of an ideal mix of classic and traditional music, the Neapolis Ensemble performs on both classical instruments like the violoncello and baroque flutes and popular instruments like the tambourine, mandolin and guitar. The group performs in a wide range of venues — from opera houses to ethnic music festivals — ever reinventing the traditional Neapolitan musical repertoire.

Lo GuarracinoNeapolis EnsembleEloquentia • EL 1235

VivereHAYDNString Quartet Op.76 No.2SCHUBERTString Quartet D.810 — Death and the MaidenWIDMANNString Quartet No.3 — JagdquartettRagazze QuartetChannel Classics • CCS SA 34613

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDDavid Bates leads the ensemble La Nuova Musica in a pair of contrasting settings of Psalm 109. Handel’s masterful and ambitious HWV 282 was penned in 1707 during a visit to Italy. Vivaldi’s vivid and economical RV 807 (his third Dixit Dominus) was long mistakenly attributed to Baldassare Galuppi; it probably dates from the early 1730s. Rounding out the program is Vivaldi’s dazzling motet In furore iustissimae irae, featuring soprano Lucy Crowe.

Baroque fireworks

HANDELDixit Dominus HWV 282

VIVALDIDixit Dominus RV 807,

In furore iustissimae iraeLucy Crowe (soprano),

La Nuova Musica, David Batesharmonia mundi • HMU 807587

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Also availableHandel: Il pastor fidoharmonia mundi • HMU 907585 (093046758523)

“Bates’ instrumental players are outstanding, and his singers form a stylistically homogenous,

vocally well-matched group.”—OPERA NEWS

“David Bates directs his expert period band

with spirit and imagination…”

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IMPORTLicht und Liebe features Schubert’s vocal duets, trios and quartets — works that reveal the full variety of his creative impulses. Composed for the famous ‘Schubertiads’ — the composer’s intimate gatherings of friends — they were sometimes written in dialogue and sometimes in unison; they were at times close to opera, or to Singspiel scenes or choral music. These delightful vocal ensembles, performed here by Marlis Petersen, Anke Vondung, Werner Güra and Konrad Jarnot, display a rare combination of skill, taste and compositional freedom that offers a special and immediate appeal for today’s listener.

SCHUBERTLicht und Liebe — Lieder & Vocal QuartetsMarlis Petersen (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Konrad Jarnot (baritone), Christoph Berner (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902130

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Charming Schubert ensembles

Also availableSchumann: Spanische Liebesliederharmonia mundi • HMC 902050 (794881966820)

“Performances to relish...”—GRAMOPHONE

“Four world-class singers…”—BAY AREA REPORTER

IMPORTWritten 25 years apart, the two masterpieces for cello by Shostakovich recorded here represent very different periods in the composer’s career. The audaciously insolent Cello Sonata of 1934 is contemporary with Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District — the opera soon to plunge Shostakovich into disgrace with Stalin. It is paired with the bitter and self-questioning Cello Concerto No.1 from 1959, a work by a traumatized humorist who had long since learned not to laugh. Soloist Emmanuelle Bertrand is joined by pianist Pascal Amoyel for the sonata and by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales led by Pascal Rophé for the concerto.

“Emmanuelle Bertrand shows an amazing affinity for 20th century music. Her perfect technique, splendid melancholy tone, and strong

temperament permeate every note…”—CLASSICS TODAY

Bertrand plays ShostakovichSHOSTAKOVICH

Cello Concerto No.1, Cello Sonata Op.40Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano),

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Pascal Rophéharmonia mundi • HMC 902142

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Also availableLe violoncelle parleharmonia mundi • HMU 902078 (794881984725)“Beautiful, played with great accuracy

and emotion...”—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

IMPORTRich and powerful musical language and a strong sense of drama have made Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave (b.1928) one of the most respected and exciting contemporary voices. This recording by star oboist Nicholas Daniel features a collection of Musgrave’s chamber works for oboe composed between 1960 and 2009 and includes several works written especially for Daniel. Joined by flutist Emer McDonough, oboist James Turnbull, clarinetist Joy Farrall, pianist Huw Watkins and members of the Chilingirian Quartet, Daniel plays eight works in a variety of combinations ranging from duos to quartets.

Chamber music of MusgraveMUSGRAVEChamber works for oboeNight Windows, Impromptus Nos.1 & 2, Cantilena, Niobe, Trio, Take Two Oboes, ThrenodyNicholas Daniel (oboe), Emer McDonough (flute), James Turnbull (oboe), Joy Farrall (clarinet), Huw Watkins (piano), Chilingirian String Quartetharmonia mundi • HMU 907568

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PRAISE FOR NICHOLAS DANIEL“A formidable virtuoso…”—THE GUARDIAN

PRAISE FOR THE CHILINGIRIAN

QUARTET“An expert ensemble…

refreshing in its skill, fluency, and energy.”—GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTBach’s three well-known Violin Concertos are paired here with a splendid concerto for three violins, reconstructed from the surviving version for three harpsichords, BWV 1064. The composer’s fascination with the Italian solo concerto, which resulted in numerous arrangements and compositions, dates to his second Weimar period from 1708 to 1717. However, current research has revealed that Bach wrote the violin concertos around 1720, during his engagement as Kapellmeister in Cöthen. On this recording, soloists Petra Müllejans, Gottfried von der Goltz, and Anne Katharina Schreiber are backed by the matchless Freiburger Barockorchester in dazzling readings of these evergreen favorites.

Dazzling Bach concertosBACH

Violin Concertos BWV1041-1043 & 1064Petra Müllejans (violin), Gottfried von der Goltz (violin),

Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin), Freiburger Barockorchester

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“Freiburg Baroque Orchestra outdoes all comers in zest and youthful joie de vivre.”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Also availableBach: Orchestral Suitesharmonia mundi • HMC 902113 (3149020211328)“It’s hard to imagine an eminent Baroque ensemble

more temperamentally suited to the esprit of Bach’s four orchestral essays…”

—GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTBrahms’s implacable self-criticism was at its height in the domain of chamber music; he was already forty when he produced his second String Quartet (of three) after two decades of rejected attempts, which only makes the work’s formal perfection and intense lyricism all the more striking. In the case of the much-loved Clarinet Quintet, it was a meeting with the clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld that inspired Brahms to emerge from his self-imposed retirement to compose this almost unbearably nostalgic musical testament, completed five years before his death. The acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet is joined by clarinetist Sharon Kam in highly charged performances of these two masterworks of the Romantic.

Passionate Brahms from the Jerusalem Quartet

BRAHMSClarinet Quintet, String Quartet No.2Sharon Kam (clarinet), Jerusalem Quartetharmonia mundi • HMC 902152

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“ The Jerusalem Quartet are at the peak of their career, still youthful yet playing with the wisdom of 20 years’ experience.”—THE OBSERVER

Schumann: Piano Quintet, Piano Quartetharmonia mundi • HMC 902122 (3149020212226)“A combination of ardour and control characterizes

the supremely musical approach here.”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORTThis 2012 live recording from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra couples two of the most popular works in the classical repertoire. Led by up-and-coming American conductor Ryan McAdams, the program leads off with an electrifying rendition of Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade. Based on One Thousand and One Nights, the work combines two features common to Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colorful orchestration and a keen interest in the Orient. The recording concludes with an outstanding performance of Rodrigo’s beloved Concierto de Aranjuez performed by Angel Romero, one of the greatest living masters of the classical guitar.

McAdams conducts orchestral favorites

RIMSKY-KORSAKOVScheherazade

RODRIGOConcierto de AranjuezAngel Romero (guitar),

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Ryan McAdams

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CONCERT REVIEW“ Such a program of often-heard works can be welcome if the performance is extraordinary. This was indeed the case with Scheherazade. The masterful conducting of the American Ryan McAdams impressively highlighted the work’s abundant tone colors, produced flexible, fresh-sounding tempi that had nothing mechanical about them, never leaving a dull moment, and created immense dramatic tension.”— THE JERUSALEM POST

IMPORTThe Brabant Ensemble, better known for uncovering works by forgotten composers such as Dominique de Phinot, turns to a giant of the Renaissance — perhaps the most celebrated name of the period. Yet within Palestrina’s huge output there are many hidden gems, lacking both recordings and modern performing editions, and it is from among these that the ensemble’s director Stephen Rice has chosen the repertoire for this album. A Mass — Missa Ad coenam Agni, from Palestrina’s first book of mass-settings — is included, plus antiphons, motets and five Eastertide Offertories. Each work is, as conductor Stephen Rice states in his typically informative booklet notes, “a finely crafted addition to the liturgy.” The Brabant Ensemble brings their dependably matchless blend of musicianship, scholarship and sensitive singing to this glorious music.

Palestrina premières

PALESTRINAMissa Ad coenam Agni, Surrexit pastor bonus, Regina caeli I, Haec dies, Alleluia Tulerunt Dominum, Terra tremuit, Angelus Domini II, Deus, Deus meus, Lauda anima mea, Benedicite gentes, Ad coenam Agni providiThe Brabant Ensemble, Stephen RiceHyperion • CDA 67978

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Also availableMouton: Missa Tu es PetrusHyperion • CDA 67933 (034571179339)“The lucidity of both The Brabant Ensemble’s singing

and Rice’s direction is hugely impressive...”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

IMPORTMarc-André Hamelin has proven himself — in three highly lauded volumes of Haydn’s piano sonatas — to be a formidable Haydn pianist, combining style, exuberance and dazzling technique with a palpable sense of joy in the music. This release is the fruit of a partnership with the award-winning Canadian chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy and their director Bernard Labadie, whose previous recordings for Virgin Classics and other labels have received the highest critical acclaim. With his scintillating performances of Haydn’s three most popular Piano Concertos, Hamelin further demonstrates his special affinity for this repertoire.

“Hamelin gives us the total Haydn package…”—CLASSICS TODAY

Hamelin plays Haydn concertos

HAYDNPiano Concertos Nos.3, 4 & 11

Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie

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Also availableHaydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.1Hyperion • CDA 67554 (034571175546)“Superb performances”— SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.2Hyperion • CDA 67710 (034571177106)“Crisp, focused playing”— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.3Hyperion • CDA 67882 (034571178820)“Dazzlingly articulated”— GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTStrauss’s tone poem Don Quixote, subtitled “Fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character,” is one of the composer’s most popular works, principally because of the beautifully drawn central characters of the Don (performed by a solo cellist) and Sancho Panza (performed by a solo violist). These complex roles are luxuriously portrayed in this new recording by Hyperion artists Alban Gerhardt and Lawrence Power. The merry tale of Till Eulenspiegel completes the program, which features The Gürzenich-Orchester Köln — the very orchestra that gave the premieres of both works in the 1890s — conducted by Markus Stenz, who has held the position of Principal Conductor since 2003.

Strauss showpiecesSTRAUSSDon Quixote, Till Eulenspiegels lustige StreicheLawrence Power (viola), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Gürzenich Orchestra Köln, Markus StenzHyperion • CDA 67960

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“Mr. Gerhardt’s cello playing is bold,

technically resourceful and rhythmically incisive.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES

“ Whether in challenging virtuosic feats or in the airiest melodies, Power preserves that woody flavor of expensive old whiskey that characterizes the sound of the viola.”—THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

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Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.59ZELENSKI

Piano Concerto Op.60ZARZYCKI

Piano Concerto Op.17, Grande Polonaise Op.7Jonathan Plowright (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,

Lukasz BorowiczHyperion • CDA 67958

Romantic concertos from Poland

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IMPORTThis 59th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series features Jonathan Plowright, whose brilliant and utterly idiomatic performances of Romantic Polish piano music have confirmed him as a master of this repertoire. Here he collaborates with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Lukasz Borowicz to perform three very obscure but fascinating works. The music of Zelenski has already been championed by Plowright in a disc of Polish chamber music; now he performs his Piano Concerto in E flat major, which was written in 1903 and dedicated to the young Ignacy Friedman, who gave the premiere the following year. A Piano Concerto in A flat major by Aleksander Zarzycki is also included, plus his barnstorming Grande Polonaise, an outrageous masterpiece that is unknown even in specialist piano circles.

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“Plowright’s enthusiasm, natural musicality, and idiomatic ease

with such a wide range of styles makes you forget about his

effortless, flexible technical mastery and range of

nuance and tone color.”—CLASSICS TODAY

Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.58Hyperion • CDA 67915 (034571179155)“Neither Pixis nor Thalberg could have rivaled Howard Shelley’s immaculate

taste and dexterity. Time and again he makes it difficult to imagine another pianist with such nonchalant ease and elegance.”

—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67110 (034571171104) Deleted February 2009Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix’s older sister, has been long and unjustly overlooked as a serious composer, despite a considerable and impressive output. She was writing music at a time when it was considered unsuitable for a woman from the upper middle classes to have ambitions as a professional musician. Despite her gifts and desire for recognition, throughout most of her life Fanny respected the prevailing conventions, accepting the prescribed role of a cultivated German woman of the time. This mid-priced reissue featuring soprano Susan Gritton and pianist Eugene Asti is devoted to 29 of her beautiful songs, most recorded here for the first time.

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67295 (034571172958) Deleted April 2010Aleksandr Grechaninov is more widely known for his liturgical music and songs. Until recently, his works in other genres were rarely performed or recorded. Grechaninov’s chamber music in particular is wholly undeserving of the neglect that has befallen it. There are ten major pieces of chamber music by Grechaninov: four string quartets, two clarinet sonatas, a violin sonata and three Piano Trios, which are presented here by the Moscow Rachmaninov Trio. These lesser-known works reveal that Grechaninov’s wide-ranging and creative artistry rivals that of his better-known compatriot composers more commonly represented on disc and in the concert hall.

GRECHANINOVPiano Trio Nos.1-2, Cello Sonata Op.113Moscow Rachmaninov TrioHyperion • CDH 55399

MENDELSSOHNLiederSusan Gritton (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55360

Mid-priced Helios series reissues

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe second release from the Choir of King’s Col lege , Cambridge’s own record label features conductor Stephen Cleobury leading the choir and the Academy of Ancient Music in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. In addition to the complete Sussmayr edition, the recording includes fascinating complete movement realizations by leading composers and musicologists including Michael Finnessy, Robert Levin and Duncan Druce. The recording’s stellar line up of special guest soloists includes soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, mezzo Christine Rice, tenor James Gilchrist and bass Christopher Purves. The release also features a unique audio documentary about Mozart’s Requiem narrated by Elin Manahan Thomas, with short extracts of music interwoven into the commentary. The choir will be embarking on a major North American tour in April 2013 coinciding with the release.

A fresh look at Mozart’s Requiem

MOZARTRequiem — Realisations

Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano),

James Gilchrist (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge,

Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen CleoburyKing’s College • KGS 0002

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Also availableFestival of Nine Lessons and CarolsKing’s College • KGS 0001 (822231700128)

“The King’s College Choir defines Christmas musically… the level of achievement reached in these live

performances is enviable.”

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“A new recording by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge offers unadulterated pleasure.”

—GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTTranscribing his compositions for different forces was probably easy enough for Johann Sebastian Bach. The source of the sound didn’t matter, because for the master of Leipzig, what counted were the thought and the intellect. The form of the work, the tonality and the melodic contours were more important than the instruments involved. In an era concerned with exchanges between the different European schools, musicians were allowed (even expected) to copy, transcribe and adapt the work of their contemporaries. Over the centuries, many composers have adapted Bach’s organ, orchestral and choral music. On this chamber music recording, the Ensemble Contraste presents its own vision that never betrays Bach’s conception but allows the arabesques, lyricism, rigorous construction and complex polyphony to shine through.

IMPORTOne of the most important Spanish pianists today, Joaquín Achúccaro has made his mark with recordings of Granados’s Goyescas and Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain. However, one would be remiss to categorize him as merely a specialist in Spanish music since German music by composers such as Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann features prominently in his repertoire. Extraordinarily attentive to the specificities of Schumann’s rhythms, Achúccaro’s recording of the Fantaisie and the Kreisleriana highlights the essence of these works, made even more fascinating by the exceptional richness of his touch.

SCHUMANNFantaisie Op.17, Kreisleriana Op.16Joaquín Achúcarro (piano)La Dolce Volta • LDV 10

BACHTranscriptionsEnsemble ContrasteLa Dolce Volta • LDV 04

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IMPORTAndré Caplet is probably best known today for his work as Debussy’s orchestrator. However, he was also a fine composer in his own right, beating out none other than Maurice Ravel to win the Grand Prix du Rome in 1901. Le Miroir de Jésus is his spiritual masterpiece. The work, a setting of poems by Henri Ghéon, is cast in three sections devoted to Jesus’s birth, passion and resurrection. Its orchestration is quite unusual, with a mezzo-soprano soloist accompanied by a female chorus, harp and string quartet. With this innovative work, Caplet is revealed as an important transitional composer between Debussy and Messiaen. Mezzo Marie-Claude Chappuis is the featured soloist.

IMPORTBorn in the final years of the reign of Elizabeth I, Henry Lawes lived through the troubled times of 17th century England. Brother of the charismatic but short lived William Lawes (1602-45), he was acknowledged in his day as one of the finest composers for the voice. This recording features a fascinating collection of his Ayres, performed by the French ensemble La Rêveuse. With his extended vocal ranges, expressive melodic formulas, vibrant dissonances and the highly poetic texts, Lawes was a subtle painter of the melancholy of his age, earning a place between John Dowland and Henry Purcell.

LAWESAyres

La RêveuseMirare • MIR 177

CAPLETLe Miroir de Jésus — Triptyque sur les

Mystères du RosaireMarie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano),

Quatuor Sine Nomine, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne,

Jean-Claude FaselMirare • MIR 160

Caplet’s spiritual masterpiece

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Vocal works by Henry Lawes

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IMPORTAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the vibrations of colors and light found on the canvases of Monet, Seurat and their contemporaries were transmuted into sounds in the output of Debussy, whose String Quartet opened the way to a new aesthetic. Ten years later Ravel was to crystallize its style, as if to follow Debussy’s conception through to its conclusion. Between these two jewels of the French repertoire the Modigliani Quartet performs Saint-Saëns’ String Quartet No.1, revealing it as a tremendously appealing work, brimming with charm, humor and elegance.

IMPORTThis collection of works for piano duet by Bizet, Fauré, Debussy and Ravel evokes the colorful and naïve universe of the child. Much more than mere salon pieces, these charming works transport the listener to the land of dreams. Performed here by the impressive four-hands duo of Claire Désert and Emmanuel Strosser, they are tender, sensuous, touching and sincere. Repertoire includes Fauré’s Dolly, Bizet’s Jeux d’enfants, Debussy’s Petite Suite and Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye.

L’enfance — Piano Works for Four HandsFAURÉ Dolly Op.56BIZET Jeux d’enfants Op.22DEBUSSY Petite suiteRAVEL Ma mère l’OyeClaire Désert (piano), Emmanuel Strosser (piano)Mirare • MIR 190

DEBUSSYString QuartetSAINT-SAËNSString Quartet No.1RAVELString QuartetModigliani QuartetMirare • MIR 188

Impressionist quartets

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IMPORTOnyx presents a Scarlatti recital with a twist. Joseph Moog has assembled a fascinating survey of Scarlatti Sonatas that also includes a selection of the 18th-century master’s works as re-composed by some of the giants of the piano keyboard from the 19th and 20th centuries. The drama contained in Scarlatti’s short, one-movement sonatas has always exerted a hold over both musicians and listeners. The development of the piano in the 19th century provided too great a temptation for composer pianist Carl Tausig, a rival of Chopin and star pupil of Liszt, to ignore these works. He, along with Ignaz Friedman exploited the drama and poetry in Scarlatti’s music, using the new grand piano to its full extent. Walter Gieseking’s Chaconne, a fantastical composition on a theme by Scarlatti, forms the centerpiece of Moog’s unique and fascinating recital.

“A pianist of transcendental technique whose future should be well worth following.”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Scarlatti, old and new

Scarlatti IlluminatedSCARLATTI

Keyboard SonatasJoseph Moog (piano)

Onyx Classics • ONYX 4106

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Also availableRachmaninov & Rubinstein: Piano ConcertosOnyx • ONYX 4089 (880040408925)“Superb technique and a warm tone… an important talent whose

versions of these concertos should wear very well.”—FANFARE

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IMPORTThis release features a double bill of Massenet’s Le Portrait de Manon and Berlioz’s song cycle Les nuits d’été, recorded from live staged performances at the Royal Opera House with artists from the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme and the Southbank Sinfonia led by Geoffrey Paterson and Volker Krafft. This is the first time the composers Massenet and Berlioz have appeared as part of the Opera Rara catalogue. The single-disc set comes with a lavishly illustrated book, including a complete libretto for Le Portrait de Manon and song translations for Les nuits d’été, as well as detailed notes on both pieces written by the eminent musicologist Hugh Macdonald.

MASSENETLe Portrait de ManonBERLIOZLes nuits d’étéSusana Gaspar (soprano), Hanna Hipp (mezzo-soprano), Pablo Bemsch (tenor), ZhengZhong Zhou (baritone), Southbank Sinfonia, Geoffrey Paterson, Volker KrafftOpera Rara • ORC 47

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DOMESTICIn this new recording made at Canada’s famous Glenn Gould Studio at the CBC in Toronto, conductor and Phi l ip Glass champion Anne Manson leads pianist Michael Riesman and her own Manitoba Chamber Orchestra in a tour de force performance of Glass’s Oscar nominated music from The Hours and a virtuosic performance of Glass’s Symphony No.3. Riesman, conductor and pianist on the original soundtrack recording of The Hours, was commissioned in 2002 to create a concert piece based on the score. Glass’s third symphony was written in 1995 for the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and is one of the composer’s most performed and accessible concert works. This recording shows off the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra’s versatility, especially in the quick paced second and fourth movements, as well as the ensemble’s silky interpretation of the many-layered voices of the third movement, all under the precise direction of Manson.

“Canada’s tiny, perfect chamber orchestra.”—THE TORONTO STAR

“Two of my favourite collaborators working together on some of the best known music I’ve composed.”

—PHILIP GLASS

A Glass tour de force

GLASSSymphony No.3, Suite from The Hours

(arranged by Michael Riesman)Michael Riesman (piano), Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Anne Manson

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“Will please both minimalists and cabaret fans alike.”

—U2’s THE EDGE

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe Zemlinsky Quartet presents Spain Through Strings — an original selection of Spanish and Spanish-inspired works. The program spans from the third String

Quartet by Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (nicknamed “The Spanish Mozart”) to Turina’s crowd-pleasing La Oración del Torero, best known in its later version for string orchestra. The collection concludes with Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s 1950 Guitar Quintet (written for Andrés Segovia) featuring guitarist Miriam Rodriguez Brüllová.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDPraga’s acclaimed Reminiscences series, which features SACD remasterings of historic recordings, turns to music of Debussy for this superb release of orchestral works conducted by the great French maestro Manuel Rosenthal. Taken from stereo tapes dating from 1957-58, the recording includes not only La Mer, Nocturnes and Jeux, but also highlights the less well-known Salut Printemps for soprano solo and Invocation for tenor solo. Praga’s superb audio presents these gems from the past in the best possible sound quality.

DEBUSSYLa Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Salut Printemps, Marche Écossaise, InvocationNadine Sautereau (soprano), Michel Caron (tenor), Choeurs de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Manuel RosenthalPraga • PRD 350072

Spain Through StringsARRIAGAString Quartet No.3TURINALa Oración del ToreroTOLDRÁVistas al MarCASTELNUOVO-TEDESCOGuitar QuintetMiriam Rodriguez Brüllová (guitar), Zemlinsky QuartetPraga • PRD 250295

Spanish music for strings

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDMichael Tilson Thomas leads the GRAMMY® award-winning San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus in an all-new recording of Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No.9. From its stormy opening to the towering fourth movement, Beethoven’s final and perhaps greatest symphony is also one of the most universally loved works in all of classical music. The album features soprano Erin Wall, mezzo-soprano Kendall Gladen, tenor William Burden and bass-baritone Nathan Berg. Beethoven’s ninth is the latest addition to the San Francisco Symphony’s catalog of Beethoven recordings and is offered as a premium audio hybrid SACD.

MTT conducts Beethoven’s 9thBEETHOVEN

Symphony No.9Erin Wall (soprano), Kendall Gladen (mezzo-soprano), William Burden (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass-baritone),

San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

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—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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Beethoven: Symphony No.5SFS Media • SFS 0037 (821936003725)“Is there a better-sounding recording of a Beethoven symphony than this

one? If so, I haven’t heard it.”—FANFARE

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Beethoven: Symphony No.7SFS Media • SFS 0054 (821936005422)

“This new 7th is also a portrait of wonder, beauty, underlying tension,

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IMPORTTahra’s compilation L’Art d’André Cluytens presents three previously unreleased live recordings by the great Franco-Belgian conductor dating from the late 1950s and all featuring the Orchestre National de France. Emil Gilels is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 and Walter Gieseking takes the lead in Franck’s Symphonic Variations. The disc concludes with a wonderfully atmospheric reading of Debussy’s three Nocturnes.

L’Art d’André CluytensTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1FRANCK Symphonic VariationsDEBUSSY NocturnesWalter Gieseking (piano), Emil Gilels (piano), Orchestre National de France, André CluytensTahra • TAH 741

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDFile in: RockAnalogue Productions proudly presents an audiophile SACD remaster of the Counting Crows’s superb début album August and Everything After. The album’s eleven tracks, masterfully produced by T Bone Burnett, were like an intimate song cycle — marrying post-punk with old-school jams in a magical blend that appealed to fans of both alternative and classic rock in equal measure. Riding high on the success of mega-hits like “Mr. Jones” and “Rain King,” the album quickly went multi-platinum. Twenty years on, the album still holds up well. Channeling legends like Van Morrisson, The Band and Dylan, Counting Crows crafted a recipe for success that will no doubt reserve them a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. An interesting bit of trivia — the album’s cover depicts handwritten lyrics to a song called “August and Everything After,” but the band decided against featuring the song on the album. First played at one of their live concerts, fans had to wait for over a decade to finally hear it.

A 90s Rock classic

August and Everything AfterCounting Crows

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ColtraneJohn ColtraneAPO • CPRJ 7105 SA

All Night LongPrestige All StarsAPO • CPRJ 7073 SA

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!Ella FitzgeraldAPO • CVRJ 4053 SA

Tommy Flanagan OverseasTommy Flanagan TrioAPO • CPRJ 7134 SA

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All or Nothing at AllBillie HolidayAPO • CVRJ 8329 SA

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IMPORTFile in: JazzWith four releases on the legendary John Zorn’s alt-Jewish label Tzadik, Koby Israelite has been called prolific, genius and avant-garde. The Israeli-born South Londoner’s musical journey has included everything from classical piano to speed metal drumming. At heart he is a man after a good tune and it doesn’t matter whether that tune is inspired by Black Sabbath, Beethoven or Bucharest Gypsies. At times hauntingly beautiful, Koby’s music is expressed on plaintive Armenian duduk and wistful accordion, connecting his love of Balkan music with the blues. Featuring vocals by the mellifluous Mor Karbasi and the edgy Annique, Blues from Elsewhere is a collision of styles and influences that coheres around a unique musical vision that is daringly powerful and strangely sweet.

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Blues from ElsewhereKoby IsraeliteAsphalt Tango • ATR 3513

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IMPORTFile in: JazzThis Just In, Gilad Hekselman’s fourth album, is by far his most exciting. It plays out like a news broadcast, peppered with short, improvised news breaks that highlight his compositions and their openness to a multitude of influences. Jazz, rock, folk, African, Israeli and North Indian classical music are dispersed throughout the album where Hekselman’s harmonic creativity and rhythmic mastery prove to be natural elements of the melodic virtuosity that has become his trademark. Leading his powerful trio with Joe Martin on bass, Marcus Gilmore on drums and guest saxophonist Mark Turner on two tracks, Gilad Hekselman’s deliciously dynamic music truly shines.

This Just InGilad Hekselman

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“A distinctive lyricism and easily embraceable artfulness that seems

to reach beyond his years.”—ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Also availableHearts Wide OpenLe Chant du Monde • 2742037 (3149024203725)

“They are melodies that stay with you... He’s on a good road, and he’s still moving.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES

The golden guitar of Gilad Hekselman

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IMPORTFile in: This project creates an exciting new bridge between Western classical music and African-American music. With his band of virtuosos, Raphaël Imbert weaves together the common themes in the worlds of Ellington and Mozart. Heavens is an immense modern jam session, drawing on eclectic multicultural sources: blues, chamber music, secular song, German lied, sacred music, stomp, gospel opera and more. Inspired by both written and oral traditions, driven by improvisation and a swinging momentum, the saxophonist reveals the genius of these two great masters.

Heavens — Amadeus & The DukeRaphaël Imbert ProjectJazz Village • JV 570011

Dueling geniuses

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IMPORTFile in: JazzPlaying the saxophone c a r r i e s w i t h i t the heavy load of tradition, and nobody can carry this load with more apparent ease than Jim Snidero. However, there is nothing atavistic about Snidero, who has developed a truly unique voice on his instrument — building on the foundation of the past while pointing the way to the future. With compositions that exploit the full potential of the alto saxophone’s expressive range, Snidero has gathered side artists who all seem to be joined at the hip, with each providing sensitive support for the other which seems to shadow or provoke every move. Stream of Consciousness is challenging, thoughtful jazz that draws you in rather than alienates and which reveals no weaknesses in an unforgiving, nowhere-to-hide lineup.

A unique jazz voice

Stream of ConsciousnessJim Snidero

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“A thrilling ride like something on California Adventure. Great stuff.”

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IMPORTFile in: JazzAnybody who has ever heard vocalist Barbara Morrison command a stage knows that she possesses an effervescent singing style that drips with soul and a ribald sense of humor. The

Ypsilanti-born singer spent her early career working with the blues legend Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, who gave the young singer a secure grounding in the blues. She has performed at the Montreux, Monterey, Long Beach and North Sea jazz festivals, Carnegie Hall and probably every Southern California jazz venue of the last 40 years. Morrison has been heard with Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Smith, Dr. John, the Count Basie Orchestra and Doc Severinsen’s Big Band, to name a few. For A Sunday Kind of Love, her Savant Records debut, Morrison is joined by that most soulful of tenor players, Houston Person, in a program of standards and bluesy classics that could have been a Dinah Washington set list. Savant is proud to welcome Barbara Morrison’s spirited vocals and rich, vibrant tones to their roster.

Effervescent jazz singingA Sunday Kind of LoveBarbara MorrisonSavant • SCD 2128

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IMPORTFile in: World / RomaniaSince the early 60s, Jamaican music has rocked the world. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Romania’s Gypsy musicians, with their furious brass bands, made a similar impression on the West. “Balkan Reggae,” the top track from Mahala Rai Banda’s acclaimed 2009 album Ghetto Blasters, showed how Eastern instruments could embrace a very Caribbean flavor. Reggae DJs across Europe began dropping the tune in their sets, and this album presents hot dub remixes of the track. Featured DJs include Mad Professor, Nick Manasseh (featuring dread DJ Gregory Fabulous), Jstar, G-Vibes (featuring acclaimed Brixton blues man Errol Linton), Vibronics, Kanka and Asphalt Tango artists La Cherga and Koby Israelite.

Romanian reggae remixedBalkan Reggae

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will manifested in music: the will that throws itself onward into joy, a dancing star.”

—POPMATTERS.COM

JAZZ WORLD

IMPORTFile in: World / PalestineNhaoul’ is the latest collaboration between Israeli vocalist and oud player Kamilya Jubran and French jazz bassist Sarah Murcia. Creating a bridge between early 20th century classical Arabic music and contemporary styles, this project of musical exchange revisits compositions from Jubran’s 2008 album Makan. A former member of the Sabreen Association for Artistic Development, which is a voice of resistance and freedom as well as of modern Arabic song, Jubran has toured with different groups and given solo performances. She and Murcia are joined here by a trio of string instruments.

Palestinian fusion

Nhaoul’Kamilya Jubran, Sarah MurciaAccords Croisés • AC 147

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IMPORTFile in: World / FranceFounded by members of the Massilia Sound System, Moussu T e lei Jovents have managed to come up with a very unique style — mid-way between popular music and Mediterranean blues, and inspired by the musical melting pot of 1930s Marseilles. It was a time when the air was humming with Provençal and Occitan songs, operettas, blues, jazz and sounds of the Caribbean, North Africa and Brazil. The songs on the band’s new release Artemis are redolent with both the smell of the sea and the smoky intimacy of a harbor-front dance hall, permeated with the universal rhythms of the blues.

Rocking Occitan beats

ArtemisMoussu T et lei Jovents

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Also availableEmpeche-NousLe Chant du Monde • 2742039 (3149024203923)

“Another top album from the Pastis-swilling, garlic-mayonnaise-munching stalwarts

of Occitan culture.”—SONGLINES

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IMPORTFile in: World FusionTwo maverick groups, Albanian brass maestros Fanfara Tirana and Britain’s eclectic world-fusion collective Transglobal Underground, team up for Kabatronics — a dynamic cross-border, cross-cultural jamboree. Drawing on a wealth of musical treasures, Balkan and otherwise, they exchange ideas, melodies and lyrics to tell new tales of mystery and re-imagination in a sparkling celebration of life, love and solidarity with its roots in history and its sights on the future.

A cross-cultural jamboreeKabatronicsFanfara Tirana & Transglobal UndergroundWorld Village • 450022

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“Here’s an experiment that actually works... a highly entertaining clash of Albanian brass and beats, with unexpected echoes of India or the Caribbean added in. The best Transglobal offering since Moonshout.”—THE GUARDIAN

“There’s a real vitality and immediacy to the meaty beats, crunching tubas and mercurial clarinets that speak lucidly of both past and present.”—THE INDEPENDENT

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Jonathan Biss Onyx Mar 19 Calgary AB Rozsa Centre

Mar 24 Toronto ON Koerner Hall

Florian Boesch Hyperion Jul 2 Vancouver BC Chan Centre

Borodin Quartet Onyx Apr 9 Vancouver BC Vancouver Playhouse

James Ehnes Onyx Apr 5-6 Calgary AB Epcor Centre

May 2 Toronto ON Koerner Hall

May 11-12 Victoria BC Royal Theatre

Oct 10 & 12 Toronto ON Roy Thomson Hall

Gerald Finley Hyperion May 22-23 & 25 Toronto ON Roy Thomson Hall

Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion May 15-16 Ottawa ON National Arts Centre

June 15-16 Saint-Irénée QC Le Domaine Forget

Chloë Hanslip Hyperion May 22 Edmonton AB Enmax Hall

Angela Hewitt Hyperion June 7 Iqaluit NU St. Jude's Anglican Cathedral

Les Talens Lyriques Aparté Apr 4 Montréal QC Salle Bourgie du Musée des Beaux-arts

Lord of the Rings In Concert Howe Records May 16-18 Calgary AB Jack Singer Concert Hall

June 28-30 Toronto ON Sony Centre

Jul 18-20 Ottawa ON National Arts Centre

Harry Manx Dog My Cat Mar 11 Maskinonge QC Magasin General Le Brun

Mar 15 St. Albert AB The Arden Theatre

Mar 16 East Vancouver BC The Rio Theatre

Mar 21 - 22 Canmore AB Communitea Café

Mar 23 Turner Valley AB Flare & Derrick Community Hall

Mar 24 Lethbridge AB The Geometic Attic

April 24 North Battleford SK Dekker Centre

April 25 Swift Current SK The Lyric Theatre

April 26 Saskatoon SK Broadway Theatre

April 27 Regina SK The Exchange

July 12 Atlin BC Atlin Arts & Music Festival

Ana Moura World Village April 5 Hamilton ON McIntyre Performing Arts Centre

Stile Antico harmonia mundi Apr 13 Victoria BC Alix Goolden Hall

Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Apr 4-5 Toronto ON Jane Mallet Theatre

Apr 12 Kelowna BC Mary Irwin Theatre

Apr 13 Edmonton AB McDougall United Church

Apr 14-15 Calgary AB Rozsa Centre

Apr 26 Montréal QC Pollack Hall

Daniil Trifonov Mariinsky Apr 10 Vancouver BC Chan Centre for Performing Arts

Apr 14 Toronto ON Koerner Hall

Elizabeth Wallfisch Hyperion Mar 20-24 Toronto ON Trinity-St. Paul's Centre

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