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Following his highly acclaimed disc of Beethoven sonatas, Gramophone-award-winning artist Steven Osborne turns his talents to the composer’s complete Bagatelles. On this polished album, Osborne lends his remarkable artistry to everything from the Six Bagatelles of Op 126, which at times occupy the same rarefi ed spiritual world as the late quartets, to the composer’s most famous stand-alone piano piece, the mysterious work known to all the world as Für Elise.

“Steven Osborne [has] that very special ability to make music that you thought you knew inside out seem fresh and totally alive.”

— THE GUARDIAN

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Steven Osborne plays Beethoven’s Bagatelles

Street Date: April 10, 2012

The acclaimed collaboration between composer Arvo Pärt and conductor Paul Hillier continues this month with a new collection of choral, chamber and organ music from harmonia mundi entitled Creator Spiritus (p.9). Also new from the label are a disc of music by Schmelzer featuring the Freiburger BarockConsort (p.6), a fabulous disc of Dvorák songs and duets with Bernarda Fink and Genia Kühmeier (p.7) and the latest volume of Schubert lieder with Matthias Goerne (p.10). Hyperion stars Danny Driver and Stephen Layton offer key new releases with discs featuring piano concertos by Chisholm (p.13) and choral music by Howells (p.15). Rounding out our classical priorities is LSO Live’s recording of the Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances with Valery Gergiev (p.17). Of special note are Nicholas McGegan’s Handel Atalanta (p.23) and the Ricercar Consort’s Couperin Apothéoses (p.19). From our non-classical releases, the key title is Ravi Shankar’s latest album of improvisations entitled The Living Room Sessions (p.33). Also of special interest is the debut release on Chant du Monde of jazz artist Clara Ponty, daughter of the great Jean Luc Ponty (p.29).

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDDonald Johanos conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on this audiophile classic. During his eight-year tenure as conductor, Johanos made notable recordings with the DSO, including this 1967 rendition of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. He also appointed Paul Freeman associate conductor, one of the fi rst blacks to serve in such a post in the Southern US, prompting threats to both conductors. The tape recording was made at a speed of thirty inches-per-second and a specially developed constant-velocity recording curve was employed for improved signal-to-noise ratio. The lacquer masters were made directly from the original tape, thus avoiding further transfer degradation. The result is a recording of exceptional clarity.

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Symphonic Dances, VocaliseDallas Symphony Orchestra, Donald Johanos

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Jascha Heifetz Plays Bach, Vieuxtemps & GruenbergJascha Heifetz (violin), RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Franz Waxman, Dutt on • CDVS 1919

Wilhelm Furtwangler Conducts Weber & TchaikovskyBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm FurtwänglerDutt on • CDVS 1920

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Clemens Krauss Conducts Richard StraussVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens KraussDutt on • CDBP 9816

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Eduard van Beinum Conducts Haydn, Brahms & Ravel

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van BeinumDutt on • CDBP 9812

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Richard Strauss Conducts Don Quixote

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Strauss

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Igor Stravinsky Performs StravinskyWalther Strarham Concerts Orchestra,

Igor StravinskyDutt on • CDBP 9814

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Marguerite Long plays Ravel, D’Indy & BeethovenMarguerite Long (piano), Colonne Symphony Orchestra, Paul ParayDutt on • CDBP 9815

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDIn the vast choral repertoire of the twentieth century, the music of Herbert Howells stands apart: unmatched in its color and expressivity and unfailing in its ability to move hearts. In this collection of choral favorites, Gloriae Dei Cantores perform the Sequence for St. Michael, Requiem, Take Him, Earth for Cherishing, and Te Deum Laudamus. This recording was made with generous support from the Herbert Howells Trust.

“This group has become an elite choir…”— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Moving choral music by Herbert Howells

HOWELLSA Sequence for St. Michael, Requiem, Take Him,

Earth for Cherishing, Te Deum LaudamusGloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth Pa� erson

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Recently releasedHovhaness: From the Ends of the EarthGloriae Dei Cantores • GDCD 052 (709887005220)

IMPORTOn this fascinating disc, the Freiburger BarockConsort has chosen to illustrate the compositions of Johann Heinrich Schmelzer as elements in a “world theatre.” This is an ideal concept for exploring the multiple facets of one of the great masters of 17th-century Austrian instrumental music, whose sonatas and dance suites had such influence both at the Habsburg court for which they were written and with the composers who followed in his footsteps (notably Biber).

Charming Baroque chamber music

Barockes Wel� heaterSCHMELZERSerenata con altre arie, Polnische Sackpfeiff en, Sonata amabilis a 4, Balle� o di Pastori e Ninfe, Sonata a due in D, Balle� o primo di Spoglia di Papagi, Sonata IV a 6 in A, Variationen über La bella pastora, Balle� o di Zeffi ri, Sonata a due Violini scordati, Sonata (Ba� aglia) a 7Freiburger BarockConsortharmonia mundi • HMC 902087

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Also availableTelemann: Paris Quartetsharmonia mundi • HMA 1951787 (794881833825)“These exceptional offerings belong on the shelf of every

Baroque music lover, as they unquestionably transcend the content of the printed page.”

— FANFARE

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“Schmelzer’s folk-influenced music is full of invention and easy charm and the superb Freiburger Barock Consort

make it spring to life.”— THE GUARDIAN

IMPORTIn 2004, Bernarda Fink re leased a recording of Dvorák songs that created a genuine sensation, winning numerous awards including a Diapason de l’Année. Now, eight years later, she returns to the music of Dvorák, this time teaming up with young soprano Genia Kühmeier for an album of solo songs and duets. Kühmeier takes the lead in the Gypsy Melodies, songs that blend a striking range of color with a subtle use of the folk idiom. A highlight of the disc is a selection of thirteen of the Moravian Duets, works that brought the young Dvorák fame far beyond his homeland. Completing this vocal portrait are Fink’s solemn interpretations of the Biblical Songs, possibly Dvorák’s fi nest effort in the genre.

“A musician of an older and more dignified school, valuing refinement, subtlety and sensibility over fireworks, and she never sings louder than lovely.”

— THE GUARDIAN

Gypsy songs and duetsDVORÁK

Zigeunerlieder - Songs & DuetsGenia Kühmeier (soprano), Bernarda Fink

(mezzo-soprano), Christoph Berner (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902081

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Also availableDvorák: Liederharmonia mundi • HMC 901824 (794881736324)

“Fink captures to perfection the composer’s intimate, confessional vulnerability.”

— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE

IMPORTTo celebrate their 25th anniversary, Trio Wanderer presents a complete set of the piano trios of Ludwig van Beethoven. Already established within Viennese culture by Haydn and Mozart, the trio genre was taken to new limits by the inexhaustible imagination of Beethoven’s genius. The piano trios span much of Beethoven’s compositional output, from the early works of WoO 38 and 39 to the glorious Archduke Trio, written late in the ‘middle’ period.

Trio Wanderer at 25

BEETHOVENComplete Piano TriosTrio Wandererharmonia mundi • HMC 902100

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Also availableSchubert: Piano Trios Opp.99 & 100 harmonia mundi • HMC 902002 (794881875221)

“Delicate, refined, intelligent and colourful...brilliantly and feelingly executed.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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“What so impresses about this group is

its command of the emotional panorama

of the music.”— THE STRAD

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDCreator Spiritus is the latest collaboration between GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Paul Hillier and celebrated Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The disc features a carefully selected collection of Pärt’s choral and instrumental chamber music, drawn from different periods in the composer’s career. Leading his celebrated vocal ensembles Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen and joined by the NYYD Quartet and long-time collaborator organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Hillier produces another powerful recording of ethereal sacred music.

The ethereal music of Arvo Pärt

PÄRTCreator Spiritus

Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier

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Pärt: De Profundisharmonia mundi • HMU 907182 (093046718220)

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Pärt: I Am the True Vineharmonia mundi • HMU 907242 (093046724221)

Pärt: Da Pacem Domineharmonia mundi • HMU 907401 (093046740122)

“ As Pärt’s longtime friend and collaborator, Hillier’s interpretations are about as definitive as you can get.” — GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTMatthias Goerne’s ongoing survey of Schubert lieder for harmonia mundi has further confirmed his reputation as one of the most gifted

exponents of the song repertoire. Goerne does not ‘interpret’ Schubert; he lives each lied from the inside and invites the listener to share this poetic and musical intimacy. The sixth volume in the series focuses on Schubert’s monumental Schwanengesang. This posthumous collection was named by its fi rst publisher, who presented it as Schubert’s fi nal musical testament. Also included as a bonus is an unforgettable performance of Schubert’s other swan song, the piano sonata D.960, played by one of the baritone’s favorite partners, Christoph Eschenbach.

“Matthias Goerne is fast becoming the Fischer-Dieskau of his generation, the standard-setting singer of the central lieder repertoire.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Schubert’s swan songsSCHUBERTSchwanengesang, Piano Sonata D960Ma� hias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902139

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Previous release in the seriesSchubert: Nacht und Träumeharmonia mundi • HMC 902063 (794881982929)

“From the first bars of Nacht und Träume it is clear that we are in the presence of two artists in deep sympathy

both with the music and with each other.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

TCHAIKOVSKYString Quartets Nos.1-3,

Souvenir de FlorenceIPO Richter String Quartet

Helicon • 02.9639

IMPORTOn this two disc set featuring Tchaikovsky’s complete String Quartets and the Souvenir de Florence, the IPO Richter String Quartet tackles some of the most important works of the period. “It is a terrible irony,” wrote Vladimir Ashkenazy, “that so much suffering and torment bequeathed us so much wonderful music.” In 1875, following the death of Ferdinand Laub (the violinist who had led the fi rst performances of his two previous quartets) Tchaikovsky experienced a creative surge that led to the third quartet, and arguably one of his greatest contributions to the repertoire.

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Tchaikovsky’s chamber music

These two discs resurrect gems from the vaults of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s library of live recordings. More than any other musician, Gary Bertini brought Israeli music-making to a standard that could readily bear international comparison. On this set, Bertini conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a live recording of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust from 1996 coupled with music from Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé recorded live in 1974. Released to celebrate the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s 75th anniversary, this two disc set features a collection of twenty-two key tracks excerpted from the Helicon Classics catalogue.

75th Anniversary: Great MomentsIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin MehtaHelicon • 02.9649

BERLIOZThe Damnation of Faust

RAVELDaphnis and Chloé

Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano), David Kuebler (tenor),

Franz Grundheber (baritone), Denis Sedov (bass), Transylvania

State Philharmonic Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,

Gary BertiniHelicon • 02.9648

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IMPORTComposer and conductor Bob Chilcott (born 1955) has been steeped in the British choral tradition since he was a boy chorister. A former member of The King’s Singers, he is now one of the UK’s most prolifi c and creative choral composers. His Requiem is characterized by a gentle atmosphere clearly modeled on Fauré, with a crystalline, refl ective Pie Jesu at the emotional heart of the work. This collection of fi rst recordings is beautifully performed by Matthew Owens leading the Wells Cathedral Choir, The Nash Ensemble and two superb young soloists.

IMPORTAcclaimed sopranos Lorna Anderson and Lisa Milne, two of Britain’s leading exponents of French song, join pianist Malcolm Martineau for the second volume of Hyperion’s overview of Debussy’s haunting, mercurial songs. The French composer’s output in this genre spanned his whole life, from adolescent attempts to set Paul Verlaine’s Fêtes galantes to the Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé, written fi ve years before his death. All inhabit a universe of shifting colors and impressions, from the sensual Chansons de Bilitis to the Proses lyriques, which foreshadow the dreamlike atmosphere of Pelléas et Mélisande.

DEBUSSYSongs - Vol.2Lorna Anderson (soprano), Lisa Milne (sopra-no), Malcolm Martineau (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67883

CHILCOTTRequiem, Salisbury Motets, Downing Service, Pilgrim Jesus, The Nine Gi� s, Jesus, springingLaurie Ashworth (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Nash Ensemble, Wells Cathedral Choir, Ma� hew OwensHyperion • CDA 67650

Choral music of Chilco�

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IMPORTErik Chisholm was a fascinating musical polymath — a composer, conductor and performer as well as a collector of folk music from his native Scotland. Born in Glasgow in 1904, his attitude to music was progressive, looking towards central European modernism (he was dubbed ‘MacBartók’). Chisholm’s understanding and mastery of the piano is evident in his two concertos. The fi rst, Pìobaireachd (bagpipe music), uses sinuous traditional Scottish themes to thrilling effect in a work that is both exotic and lyrical. The Hindustani concerto was inspired by Chisholm’s posting to the Far East during the Second World War and friendship with Sorabji. Rising star Danny Driver is the soloist alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Rory Macdonald in these captivatingly original works.

Lyrical concertos by Erik Chisholm

CHISHOLMPiano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Danny Driver (piano), BBC Sco� ish Symphony Orchestra,

Rory MacdonaldHyperion • CDA 67880

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Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos.3 & 4Hyperion • CDA 67659 (034571176598)

“Danny Driver’s pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen’s considerable demands.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

“ Driver’s playing is always beautifully measured and marked by an exquisitely deft precision.”— INTERNATIONAL PIANO

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IMPORTThe colorful folk melodies and infectious rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaquín Turina’s chamber works. Born in Seville, Andalucia, the young composer went to study in Paris in 1905, where he was greatly attracted to the forward-looking style of the likes of Debussy. However, his musical course was altered when he encountered countrymen Falla and Albéniz, who encouraged him to write in a style that fully embraced his Andalucian musical heritage. Later in life, the composer himself explained, “my music is the expression of the feeling of a true Sevillian who did not know Seville until he left it.” On this release, the acclaimed Nash Ensembledemonstrate what a satisfying artistic homecoming he made.

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67048 (034571170480) Deleted July 2010Starting in the eleventh century, Venetian mariners gathered together once a year to offer prayers to San Nicolò, the patron saint of sailors, asking for his continued protection. Initially the service was a simple benediction in which the Adriatic Sea was blessed with holy water. However, by the late-sixteenth century the ceremony had evolved into one of the most lavish and important dates in the Venetian calendar. Ascension Day now launched a large spring festival which was headed by the symbolic wedding of Venice to the Adriatic: the Sposalizio. Robert King and The King’s Consort recreate this glorious event in the grandest style.

Lo SposalizioMusic by Giovanni & Andrea Gabrieli and othersThe King’s Consort, Robert KingHyperion • CDD 22072

TURINAChamber MusicPiano Quartet in A minor, Violin Sonata No.2, Escena andaluza, Piano Trio No.1, La oración del toreroThe Nash EnsembleHyperion • CDA 67889

The Nash Ensemble play Turina

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IMPORTHerbert Howells was acutely sensitive to the transience of life, having witnessed the loss of friends and contemporaries in the First World War and encountered deep personal tragedy when his son Michael died of polio at the age of only nine. As a result, a mood of elegiac yearning inhabits much of his choral music. This fl avor is exemplifi ed by the austere Requiem and the elegant Take him, earth, for cherishing, commissioned to commemorate the death of President John F. Kennedy. And yet Howells could write magnifi cently thrilling music too, as demonstrated by the fresh brilliance of A Hymn for St. Cecilia and the spine-tingling grandeur of the St. Paul’s Service. All of these works are lovingly performed here by the young voices of Trinity College Choir, Cambridge led by Stephen Layton.

Layton conducts HowellsHOWELLS

Requiem, A Hymn for St.Cecilia, Salve Regina, Gloucester Service, Take Him Earth

for Cherishing, St.Paul’s Service, MichaelThe Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge,

Stephen LaytonHyperion • CDA 67914

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“ Layton’s choral scholars sing…with absolute purity of tone, perfection of intonation, and depth of feeling.”

— FANFARE

Also availableBeyond all Mortal DreamsHyperion • CDA 67832 (034571178325)

“Here is music making of the highest quality... an album that will repay repeated

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BYRDMass for fi ve voicesWinchester Cathedral Choir, David HillHyperion • CDH 55348

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L’Album des SixThe complete works of ‘The Six’ for fl ute and pianoEmily Beynon (fl ute), Andrew West (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55386

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JANÁCEKChoral MusicNew London Chamber Choir, The Critical Band, James WoodHyperion • CDH 55398

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Baroque caprices for keyboardA due Cembali Caprices...Aline Zylberajch (harpsichord), Martin Gester (organ)K617 • K 617233

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IMPORTOn A due Cembali, keyboard players Aline Zylberajch and Martin Gester give us a sample of what might have been heard in an 18th-century salon. The capricious program of this disc features works by Italian, Austrian, German and Spanish composers that are rich with such programmatic effects as birdsongs and musical clocks. These solos and duets, played on harpsichords and positif organs, display glowing orchestral textures, wild Hispanic rhythms and crazy Viennese waltzes, tender serenades and of course, delirious counterpoint.

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDFollowing his acclaimed LSO Live recording of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 (a Gramophone Ed i to r ’s Cho ice ) , Vale r y Gergiev offers an equally thrilling performance of the composer’s Symphonic Dances. The Symphonic Dances, an orchestral suite in three sections, was the last work Rachmaninov completed, and proved one of his most popular compositions. It is characteristically lyrical with vivacious rhythmic sections, reminiscent of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and the composer’s own Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Gergiev couples the Symphonic Dances with another work in three movements by a Russian émigré to the USA. Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements was written between 1942-45 and was the fi rst work the Stravinsky completed after his arrival in America.

“Gergiev is a man who works by instinct. Music that thrives on heart and soul — above all the Russian romantics — brings out the best in him.”

— THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Thrilling Rachmaninov from Valery Gergiev

RACHMANINOVSymphonic Dances

STRAVINSKYSymphony in Three Movements

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

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“Breathtakingly beautiful string playing. I greedily anticipate the release of the other symphonies in due course.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

IMPORTThe two violin concertos on this recording occupy a major place in Shostakovich’s output and document especially diffi cult periods in his life. The condemnation of his music in 1948 and the subsequent “wilderness years” are shown in the Concerto No.1 and the incessant health problems Shostakovich endured after 1963 are echoed in the Concerto No.2, a work that marked his first dodecaphonic experiments. Violinist Sayaka Shoji offers brilliant and virtuosic readings of these powerful masterpieces, characterized by their somber emotional hues, sarcastic outbursts of the fast movements, and the fi endish diffi culties of the cadenzas.

Shostakovich’s violin concertos

SHOSTAKOVICHViolin Concertos Nos.1&2Sayaka Shoji (violin), Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri LissMirare • MIR 166

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Bach & Reger: Works for Violin SoloMirare • MIR 128 (3760127221289)

“Shoji isn’t merely a superb technician, she’s a deeply engaging performer.”

— GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTPhilippe Pierlot and his superb Ricercar Consort present the two Apothéoses by François Couperin, written in the memory of Arcangelo Corelli and Jean-Baptiste Lully respectively. Behind them is an aesthetic concept — they are a plea for the mixture of the Italian and the French style, or the so-called goûts réunis. Couperin’s Apothéoses are in the tradition of the tombeau, and therefore the Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully by Jean-Féry Rebel is a perfect pairing to complete this disc of French Baroque masterworks.

Masterworks of the French Baroque

COUPERINApothéoses

REBELTombeau de Monsieur de Lully

Ricercar Consort, Philippe PierlotMirare • MIR 150

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“ The consort’s performance is superbly stylised, from the disarming simplicity of Corelli’s ‘sleep’ to the delicate cross-rhythms of a gentle Lullian ‘air.’ The programme is excellently recorded in a glorious acoustic.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Also availableBach: St. John PassionMirare • MIR 136 (3760127221364)

“Pierlot’s direction gives the whole work a distinct feeling of purpose and shape.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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BEETHOVENPiano Sonata No.32SCHUBERTPiano Sonata No.23Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 157

BACHGoldberg VariationsZhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 048

SCHUMANNDavidsbündlertänze, KinderszenenZhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 158

BACHPartitas BWV825-830Zhu Xiao-Mei (piano)Mirare • MIR 156

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Offered in coordination with the release of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei’s heartbreaking and heartwarming new book, this disc from Mirare exemplifi es the unique and compelling musicianship of a special artist. The Secret Piano (ISBN 978-1611090772 released March 6, 2012) is the incredible true story of one woman’s survival in the face of unbelievable odds — and in pursuit of a powerful dream. A child prodigy, Xiao-Mei was just ten years old when she began a rigorous course of study at the Beijing Conservatory. But when the Cultural

Revolution began, art schools were closed, and Xiao-Mei was sent to a labor camp in Mongolia, where she would spend the next fi ve years. When the Revolution ended, it was the piano that helped her to heal. Today, Xiao-Mei deliberately keeps her concerts few and far between. She appears in public only to perform especially demanding works, ‘mountains of the soul’ which she judges essential, in interpretations matured over a long period of gestation. Her worldwide success is especially amazing given that her career very nearly never took place at all.

IMPORTThe Kuss Quartet’s Onyx debut of Schubert and Berg was praised by reviewers worldwide. With Theme Russe, the group offers listeners an enchanting program of Russian music for string quartet. The multiple-composer Variations on a Russian Folk Song has composers such as Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov and Lyadov rub shoulders with lesser-known names such as Vitols, Blumenfeld, Ewald, Winkler, Sokolov and Artsybuschev — each composer contributing one variation. Selections from Tchaikovsky’s Album for the Young are followed by two 20th-century works — Stravinsky’s effervescent Concertino, and Schnittke’s spare and somber Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky. Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular fi rst String Quartet concludes this ingenious recital.

“Provocative, driving, impassioned playing... the purity of sound was almost heavenly.”— THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE

A Russian recital from the Kuss Quartet

Thème RusseKuss Quartet

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Also availableSchubert & Berg: String QuartetsOnyx Classics • ONYX 4066 (880040406624)

“The players’ engaging sensitivity, fleet-fingered command and textural sleights of hand

grip the imagination.”— GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTMacedonian violinist Emilio Percan makes his recording debut with this album of Baroque music for violin for Onyx. Also premiering here are the Sonatas of Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678–1760), one of the most important violinists of the Baroque. Piani’s reputation as a composer rests solely upon these twelve Sonatas, published in 1712 (all his other works are lost). In an unusually long and detailed preface, Piani provided highly detailed instructions on bowing, fi ngering, dynamics, ornamentation and tempi. In effect, this is the most detailed instruction manual for students of the Baroque violin and the performance practice of the day. These fascinating works are paired with music by Piani’s better-known contemporaries, Handel and Geminiani. Percan’s sparkling performances will be of interest to anyone who loves Baroque music.

A Baroque music discovery

Aff etuosoPIANIViolin Sonatas Op.1GEMINIANIViolin Sonatas Op.1HANDELViolin Sonata HWV371Emilio Percan (violin), Oriol Aymat-Fusté (cello), Luca Quintaville (harpsichord)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4099

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DOMESTICIn its first year of performance, Handel’s 1736 opera Atalanta, recently revived for the fi rst time since the 18th century, concluded with a spectacular display of fi reworks. The fi reworks on this live recording from 2005, featuring the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra led by Nicholas McGegan, are defi nitely of the vocal variety. The San Francisco Chronicle raved, “Magnifi cent... the most vibrant, exhilarating stretch of musical showmanship this organization has offered in many a long season. Not since a decade ago have Philharmonia audiences witnessed a performance so deep, so affecting or so rich in musical splendor... The music is inventive and beautiful throughout… McGegan, a consummate master of this style, led a performance that was at once tender and vivacious, brisk and rhythmically free. .. Even in a cast without a weak link, soprano Dominique Labelle stood out for the grandeur and pathos of her singing in the title role… a breathtaking performance.”

McGegan conducts HandelHANDELAtalanta

Dominique Labelle (soprano), Susanne Rydén (soprano),

Cécile van de Sant (mezzo-soprano), Michael Sla� ery (tenor), Philip Cutlip (baritone), Corey McKern (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus,

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

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Also availableHandel & Berlioz: Vocal WorksPhilharmonia Baroque • PBP 01 (852188003010)

“In the stately long lines of Handel she is unmatched...”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDIMPORTThe gestation of Les Noces was the longest of all the works written by Igor Stravinsky. In 1917, he fi nished the drafting of the musical material, but it took six years to complete the fi nal orchestration. This fascinating recording offers the listener a chance to compare the 1919 original version (which may be considered by some to be more ‘authentic’) with the fi nal version from 1923. Performed by the Choir of Radio France conducted by René Bosc, this SACD also includes a bonus of Stravinsky’s Étude pour Pianola, which was also written in 1917.

IMPORTThis two disc set from Tahra features live recordings from the 1950s and 1960s. The repertoire includes Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concertowith Yehudi Menuhin, Brahms’ Symphony No.1 and the popular Variations on a Theme of Haydn. Fricsay conducts the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Symphony Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

The Art of Ferenc FricsayMOZART Concerto for Flute and HarpTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoBRAHMS Symphony No.1, Variations on a Theme of HaydnHans Schmitz (fl ute), Irmgard Helmis (harp), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), RIAS Sinfonieorchester, Luzerner Festspielorchester, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc FricsayTahra • TAH 732

STRAVINSKYLes Noces, Étude pour PianolaChoeur de Radio France, René BoscRadio France • FRF 012

Stravinsky’s fascinating Les Noces

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IMPORTBetween 1980 and 1997, artists presented a panoply of exhibitions, installations, performances and concerts, and engaged in lively debate on art theory at Het Apollohuis in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Under the direction of founders Paul and Hélène Panhuysen, the building became an important center for an avant-garde that bridged the visual arts and music. Since 2009, the archives of Het Apollohuis have been located at ZKM in Karlsruhe, where scholars are examining, documenting and preserving this valuable store of sound, text and pictorial materials. This CD presents excerpts from previously unpublished concert and performance recordings of important artists who appeared during the lifespan of Het Apollohuis.

A treasure-trove of contemporary music

Sound Art @ Het ApollohuisExcerpts of Concert Recordings 1980-1995

Various ArtistsWergo • WER 2069

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TRACK LISTMax Eastley PerformanceJudy Dunaway Balloon MarchZ’EV Sound PerformanceAkio Suzuki with Junko Wada OugiJackson MacLow with Anne Tardos The Black TarantulaHugh Davies ConcertShelley Hirsch ZangAlvin Lucier Music for Solo PerformerMark Trayle Basic Harmony Pt.Jim Pomeroy Celestial MechanixPaul DeMarinis with Laetitia Sonami From Olmstead: A Journey Through TexasChris Mann Tout après maintenantPaul Panhuysen Kanary Grand BandJaap Blonk Obbele Boep ’m PamBob Ostertag Burns Like FireThomas Köner Swimming in a Pool of SoundsPetr Kotik Cheap Imitation (John Cage, 1982)David Moss with Axel Otto & Frank Schulte The Day We ForgotRon Kuivila Loose CanonPhill Niblock with James Fulkerson ConcertArnold Dreyblatt & his European Orchestra of the Excited StringsPropellers in LoveDavid Dramm with Ann LaBerge BoleroThe Michael Gordon Philharmonic Erlkönig (Franz Schubert, 1815)Rolf Julius Bericht aus Berlin

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDDOMESTICFile In: R & B / SoulG r o u n d b r e a k i n g s o u l music pioneer Sam Cooke influenced generations of singers that followed. Between

1957 and his death seven years later, Cooke recorded an average of one top-ten single every four months. We all know the songs, and we all know they are great. But until now, nobody has known just how incredible these recordings actually sound. Now with every detail tended to and no expense spared, APO presents The Best of Sam Cooke on hybrid SACD. In most cases this was the fi rst — and often only — Sam Cooke album people owned. Although there are more ambitious collections that show Cooke’s remarkable range and diversity, this is still the best starting place. These are Cooke’s biggest commercial hits and the “message in a bottle” that brought his gifts to millions of people.

The defi nitive soul singer

The Best of Sam CookeSam CookeAPO • CAPP 2625 SA

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“He had an incomparable voice. Sam Cooke could sing anything and make it work. But when you’re talking about his strength as a singer, range is not relevant. It was

his power to deliver — it was about his phrasing, the totality of his singing.” — Van Morrison

Also availableNight BeatAPO • CAPP 2709 SA (753088270963)“A welcome opportunity to experience the soul master doing

less flashy blues based material in a small studio soundstage setting.”— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

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Jimmy Giuff re - The Complete Remastered RecordingsJimmy Giuff reBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1016

Mal Waldron - The Complete Remastered RecordingsMal WaldronBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1014

Don Pullen - The Complete Remastered RecordingsDon PullenBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1017

World Saxophone Quartet - The Complete Remastered RecordingsWorld Saxophone QuartetBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1015

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Classic jazz from Black Saint/Soul Note

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IMPORTFile In: Jazz

Here are four more specially-priced boxed set from Black Saint/Soul Note focusing on jazz greats. Mal Waldron’s set includes the albums The Git Go — Live at the Village Vanguard, The Seagulls of Kristiansund, Crowd Scene and Where Are You?. The World Saxophone Quartet set includes the albums Steppin’ With The World Saxophone Quartet, W.S.Q., Revue, Live in

Zurich, Live at the Brooklyn Academy and Moving Right Along. Jimmy Giuffre’s set includes the albums Dragonfly, Quasar, Liquid Dancers and Conversations with a Goose. The Don Pullen box includes the albums Capricorn Rising, Healing Force, Warriors, Milano Strut, The Magic Triangle, Evidence of Things Unseen and The Sixth Sense.

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IMPORTFile In: JazzSonny Amati Schmitt, son of Dorado Schmitt, is only sixteen — but his reputation as a Gypsy jazz guitarist has already spread around the world. He appeared alongside his father in the Jazz in Vienne Festival in 2010, and for six days of the Django Reinhardt Festival he played at New York’s Birdland Club (where he was congratulated by Leonard Di Caprio, who’d gone there especially to hear him). Several of the well-known jazz strongholds have programmed him, including the Festivals of Lyon, Monaco, and Colmar and the New Morning in Paris. For his fi rst solo album, Sonny Amati Schmitt is accompanied by his brother Bronson on rhythm guitar, Xavier Nikq on double bass and Dorado Schmitt on Peruvian cajón and the violin. The tracks on Sonny Day are a deft combination of waltzes, swing, bossa and ballads in the purest Reinhardt tradition.

IMPORTFile In: JazzFrançois Chassagnite was one of the greatest French jazz trumpeters. He toured around the world and sat in with many of the greats, from Chet Baker to Canadian Gil Evans and Malian Salif Keita. He was a regular organizer of the famous Marciac Jazz Festival’s master classes, where he used to invite Wynton Marsalis and other great US jazz players like Terence Blanchard. Chassagnite passed away last summer and this album was his last recording session. Chat-ssagnite is a fi tting homage to this major fi gure in European jazz. In the November 1983 issue of Jazz Hot, Chet Baker was asked if he heard a lot of good trumpeters in the new generation. He said, “Oh, not a lot. But there is that young Frenchman, François Chassagnite.”

Chat-ssagniteFrançois ChassagniteFrémeaux • FA 564

Sonny DaySonny Amati Schmi� Chant du Monde • 2742179

A new voice in Gypsy jazz

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Remembering François Chassagnite

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IMPORTFile In: JazzClara Ponty is one of those rare artists whose enticing voice and virtuoso level playing fuses her classical heritage with jazz and pop rhythms into a seamless stream of captivating sounds. The seductive musical universe of the singer and pianist unfolds in this enchanting jazz album that displays Ponty’s unique style of writing. Into The Light is co-produced by Stuart Bruce (Frankie goes to Hollywood, Yes, Loreena McKennitt, Kate Bush) and Clara Ponty and is the fi rst to feature her mainly as a singer. Guest artists including Nigel Kennedy, Vincent Segal, Damien Smitt and her father Jean-Luc Ponty add their talents to this album. Clara Ponty’s songs cover a wide range of subjects including her own spiritual path, her view on our modern life, and personal life experiences. These eleven gems feature refi ned arrangements fi lled with charm and memorable melodies.

ADVANCE REVIEWS“ Combining a classical sensibility with world and ethnic musical influences, Clara Ponty creates songs that are evocative and reverie producing.”— COSMIKDEBRIS.COM

“ Ponty has a fun album on her hands that’s as positively sunny as the upbeat album cover pic of her.— MIDWEST RECORD

“ Not many musicians in any genre come with such extensive credentials or musical genes, but Clara Ponty fully lives up to both.”— WIND AND WIRE

IMPORTFile In: World / Africa / CongoAward-winning French writer Alain Mabanckou is the driving force behind the band Black Bazar. For this project, he challenged his musicians to take rumba back to its roots, rejecting the machines and programming that have done so much to water down today’s Congolese (and African) music. Mabanckou’s goal was to restore a genre that was originally intended not only to be great dance music, but also to be a delight to listen to. The band’s front men, Modogo Abarambwa and Sam Tshintu (veterans of Koffi Olomide’s Quartier Latin and the band Académia) are joined here by a variety of stellar guest artists. Both the band’s name and album title are taken from Mabanckou’s novel Black Bazar, published by Le Seuil in 2009. The book was intended to be the fi rst part of a trilogy that would be completed by a music album (this release, produced by Mabanckou) and a fi lm, written by Mabanckou, to be produced in the next months and released in 2013. The novel will be published in English by Serpents Tail in May 2012.

The roots of the rumbaBlack BazarBlack Bazar, featuring Modogo & Sam with Souleymane Diamanka, Douleur Douala and NiuverLusafrica • 562982

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IMPORTFile In: World / Africa / TunisiaOum Kalsoum, Fairouz and Asmahan — whether one calls them princesses, queens or empresses, these three hold court above all in the categories of glory, power, legend and splendor. What female Arabic singer has never contemplated measuring herself against these Himalayas of her culture? On this richly satisfying disc, Dorsaf Hamdani offers a fi tting tribute to all three.

IMPORTFile In: World / Europe / RussiaFollowing on the success of Frémeaux’s fi rst release of the Red Army Choir’s historic recordings, the label now offers a second volume devoted to great traditional Soviet melodies. The repertoire on the disc includes the National Anthem of the USSR, which was composed by Alexander Alexandrov, the founder of the Red Army Ensemble and the father of the conductor featured in these recordings.

IMPORTFile In: World / Africa / AngolaThis is Bonga’s thirtieth album — his fi fth on the Lusafrica label — featuring eleven faultless new songs reporting on the state of his native Angola. There is power and soul in his musical message, and Hora Kota is a remedy for the blues. This title replaces the previously solicited version. All backorders have been cancelled.

Historical Recordings - Vol.2The Red Army Choir,

Boris AlexandrovFrémeaux • FA 5362

Hora KotaBonga

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Princesses of Arab ChantDorsaf Hamdani

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IMPORTFile In: World / Europe / FranceBlending the music and flavor of the Occitan tradition with the music of today, Moussu T e lei Jovents are re-inventing the music of Marseilles to spread the message of Provençe, a harbor turned towards the sea,

cosmopolitan and proud of its history. The members of Moussu T e lei Jovents include Massilia Sound System’s founder (Tatou) and guitarist (Blu) and the famous Brazilian percussionist Jam Da Silva. Their music draws on the sounds of Marseilles in the 1930s, with its mixture of Provençal songs Vincent Scotto’s operettas and the then-new sounds of blues, jazz, Caribbean and Brazilian music. Empêche-Nous! is the band’s fi rst live album and it includes the most famous songs of their very rich repertoire.

“Their easy-going material echoes anything from country and folk styles through to music hall, jug-band music and the blues.”

— THE GUARDIAN

Moussu T liveEmpêche-Nous!Moussu T et lei JoventsChant du Monde • 2742039

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“Moussu T e lei Jovents have always been quirky, charming and original, but now they are adding a new

sophistication to their songs.”— THE GUARDIAN

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DOMESTICFile In: World / Asia / IndiaIn October 2011, at the seasoned age of 91, Ravi Shankar invited his long-time tabla accompanist, Tanmoy Bose, to his home in Encinitas, California for an informal recording session. Over four days, they worked in Shankar’s living room, recording seven different ragas. The resulting music is pure Shankar — a pairing of deep musical experience and brilliant technique performed with the energy and passion he brings to his live concerts. The fi rst of two releases, The Living Room Sessions, Part 1, holds four tracks that span a wide range of Indian classical styles. As with his live performances, the emotion in the sitar maestro’s playing as he and Bose exchange improvisational phrasings is powerful. Both intimate and masterly, The Living Room Sessions, Part 1 is an invitation into the home and musical genius of Ravi Shankar. Release of a second disc is scheduled for the fall of 2012.

Ravi Shankar at home

The Living Room Sessions - Part 1Ravi Shankar

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Nine Decades - Vol.3East Meets West • EMWM 1005 (666449738722)

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Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Apr 18 Stanford CA Memorial ChurchApr 20 Sacramento CA Trinity Episcopal CathedralApr 22 La Jolla CA St. James-by-the-Sea

Kristian Bezuidenhout Jun 7-9, 12 Chicago IL Symphony CenterJonathan Biss Onyx Apr 10 Omaha NE Joslyn Art Museum

May 27 Chicago IL Symphony CenterMay 31 Baltimore MD Music Center at Strathmore

Yefi m Bronfman Helicon Apr 12 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallDanny Driver Hyperion May 26 New Orleans LA Dixon HallConcerto Köln harmonia mundi Apr 24 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall James Ehnes Onyx Apr 25 Miami FL Wertheim Auditorium

May 11 Baltimore MD StrathmoreIsabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov harmonia mundi May 30 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreFreiburger Barockorchester harmonia mundi May 1 New York NY Lincoln Center, Alice Tully HallMa� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Apr 16, 18, 20-22 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Apr 23 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreApr 25 Saint Paul MN Ordway Center for the Performing ArtsApr 27 Kalamazoo MI Dalton Center Recital HallApr 28 Beverly Hills MI Seligman Performing Arts CenterMay 1 New York NY Carnegie Hall

Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion Apr 02 Washington DC Terrace TheaterMay 9 New York NY Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Angela Hewi� Hyperion Apr 27 Amherst MA Buckley Recital HallApr 29 Morrow GA Spivey HallMay 6 Baltimore MD Shriver HallMay 13 Salem OR St. Pauls Episcopal ChurchMay 15 Sea� le WA Meany Hall

Stephen Hough Hyperion Apr 14 Corpus Christi TX Texas A&M Performing Arts CenterApr 19-21 Washington DC Kennedy CenterMay 4-6 St. Louis MO Powell Hall

Alina Ibragimova Hyperion Apr 16 San Francisco CA Herbst TheaterApr 20-21 Indianapolis IN Hilbert Circle Theater

Steven Isserlis Hyperion May 9-10, 12 New York NY 92nd Street YMay 19-20 San Francisco CA Herbst Theatre

Olga Kern harmonia mundi Apr 15-16 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreMay 3-5, 10, 12 Phoenix AZ Symphony HallMay 6, 13, 16 Phoenix AZ Sco� sdale Center for the Arts

Mariusz Kwiecien harmonia mundi May 18, 20, 24, 26 Los Angeles CA Los Angeles PhilharmonicPaul Lewis harmonia mundi Apr 26 New York NY Kaufmann Concert Hall

Apr 29 Chicago IL Symphony CenterMay 1 Napa CA First United Methodist ChurchMay 4 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Arts

Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque May 24-26 Atlanta GA Symphony HallPaul O'De� e harmonia mundi Apr 27 Appleton WI Lawrence University, Harper HallPhilharmonia Baroque Orch., Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Apr 19 Atherton CA Center for Performing Arts

Apr 20 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreApr 21-22 Berkeley CA First Congregational Church

Sandrine Piau harmonia mundi Apr 26 New York NY Zankel HallStile Antico harmonia mundi Apr 13 St. Louis MO Concert at Cathedral Basilica

Apr 18 Los Angeles CA St. John's Episcopal CathedralApr 20 Cleveland OH St. John's CathedralApr 21 New York NY Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Takács Quartet Hyperion Apr 10 Hanover NH Spaulding AuditoriumApr 11 Durham NH Johnson TheatreApr 13-14 New York NY Zankel HallApr 15 Baltimore MD Shriver HallApr 16 Dallas TX Caruth AuditoriumApr 21 Boulder CO Macky AuditoriumApr 29-30 Boulder CO Grusin Music HallMay 1 Lakewood CO Lakewood Cultural Center

Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Apr 28 New York NY 92nd Street YMay 06 Philadelphia PA Independence Seaport Museum

Shai Wosner Onyx Classics Apr 1 New York NY Lincoln CenterApr 13 St. Paul MN Wooddale ChurchApr 14 St. Paul MN St. Paul's United Church of ChristApr 21 Kansas City MO Folly TheatreMay 3 New York NY Zankel HallMay 15 Sea� le WA S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

Haochen Zhang harmonia mundi Apr 18 Carmel IN The Studio TheaterMay 4-6 Fort Worth TX Bass Performance HallMay 12 Longview TX S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center

Artist Label Date City State Venue

Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Apr 18 Stanford CA Memorial ChurchApr 20 Sacramento CA Trinity Episcopal CathedralApr 22 La Jolla CA St. James-by-the-Sea

Kristian Bezuidenhout Jun 7-9, 12 Chicago IL Symphony CenterJonathan Biss Onyx Apr 10 Omaha NE Joslyn Art Museum

May 27 Chicago IL Symphony CenterMay 31 Baltimore MD Music Center at Strathmore

Yefi m Bronfman Helicon Apr 12 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallDanny Driver Hyperion May 26 New Orleans LA Dixon HallConcerto Köln harmonia mundi Apr 24 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall James Ehnes Onyx Apr 25 Miami FL Wertheim Auditorium

May 11 Baltimore MD StrathmoreIsabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov harmonia mundi May 30 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreFreiburger Barockorchester harmonia mundi May 1 New York NY Lincoln Center, Alice Tully HallMa� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Apr 16, 18, 20-22 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Apr 23 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreApr 25 Saint Paul MN Ordway Center for the Performing ArtsApr 27 Kalamazoo MI Dalton Center Recital HallApr 28 Beverly Hills MI Seligman Performing Arts CenterMay 1 New York NY Carnegie Hall

Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion Apr 02 Washington DC Terrace TheaterMay 9 New York NY Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Angela Hewi� Hyperion Apr 27 Amherst MA Buckley Recital HallApr 29 Morrow GA Spivey HallMay 6 Baltimore MD Shriver HallMay 13 Salem OR St. Pauls Episcopal ChurchMay 15 Sea� le WA Meany Hall

Stephen Hough Hyperion Apr 14 Corpus Christi TX Texas A&M Performing Arts CenterApr 19-21 Washington DC Kennedy CenterMay 4-6 St. Louis MO Powell Hall

Alina Ibragimova Hyperion Apr 16 San Francisco CA Herbst TheaterApr 20-21 Indianapolis IN Hilbert Circle Theater

Steven Isserlis Hyperion May 9-10, 12 New York NY 92nd Street YMay 19-20 San Francisco CA Herbst Theatre

Olga Kern harmonia mundi Apr 15-16 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreMay 3-5, 10, 12 Phoenix AZ Symphony HallMay 6, 13, 16 Phoenix AZ Sco� sdale Center for the Arts

Mariusz Kwiecien harmonia mundi May 18, 20, 24, 26 Los Angeles CA Los Angeles PhilharmonicPaul Lewis harmonia mundi Apr 26 New York NY Kaufmann Concert Hall

Apr 29 Chicago IL Symphony CenterMay 1 Napa CA First United Methodist ChurchMay 4 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Arts

Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque May 24-26 Atlanta GA Symphony HallPaul O'De� e harmonia mundi Apr 27 Appleton WI Lawrence University, Harper HallPhilharmonia Baroque Orch., Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Apr 19 Atherton CA Center for Performing Arts

Apr 20 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreApr 21-22 Berkeley CA First Congregational Church

Sandrine Piau harmonia mundi Apr 26 New York NY Zankel HallStile Antico harmonia mundi Apr 13 St. Louis MO Concert at Cathedral Basilica

Apr 18 Los Angeles CA St. John's Episcopal CathedralApr 20 Cleveland OH St. John's CathedralApr 21 New York NY Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Takács Quartet Hyperion Apr 10 Hanover NH Spaulding AuditoriumApr 11 Durham NH Johnson TheatreApr 13-14 New York NY Zankel HallApr 15 Baltimore MD Shriver HallApr 16 Dallas TX Caruth AuditoriumApr 21 Boulder CO Macky AuditoriumApr 29-30 Boulder CO Grusin Music HallMay 1 Lakewood CO Lakewood Cultural Center

Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Apr 28 New York NY 92nd Street YMay 06 Philadelphia PA Independence Seaport Museum

Shai Wosner Onyx Classics Apr 1 New York NY Lincoln CenterApr 13 St. Paul MN Wooddale ChurchApr 14 St. Paul MN St. Paul's United Church of ChristApr 21 Kansas City MO Folly TheatreMay 3 New York NY Zankel HallMay 15 Sea� le WA S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

Haochen Zhang harmonia mundi Apr 18 Carmel IN The Studio TheaterMay 4-6 Fort Worth TX Bass Performance HallMay 12 Longview TX S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center

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Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar Asphalt Tango May 4 Cleveland OH Gartner AuditoriumC.J. Chenier World Village Apr 29 New Orleans LA New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest

Jun 15 Louisville CO Louisville Street FaireJul 13 Augusta ME Pete Gagne Memorial ParkJul 17 Ridgefi eld CT Ballard ParkJul 21 Reston VA Reston Community CenterAug 4 Big Bear Lake CA Swim Beach AmphitheatreSep 15 Bethlehem PA ArtsQuest Blast Furnace Blues Festival

Huun Huur Tu World Village Sep 23 Los Angeles CA Hollywood BowlAhmad Jamal Jazz Village Sep 15 Champaign-Urbana IL Krannert CenterNew Orleans Jazz Orchestra World Village Apr 24 Sco� sdale AZ Virginia G. Piper Theater

Apr 28 New Orleans LA New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalMay 26 Minneapolis MN Orchestra Hall

Catherine Russell World Village Apr 13 Washington DC Kennedy Center Jazz ClubApr 14 New Paltz NY Mohonk Mountain HouseApr 28 Syracuse NY Palace TheatreSep 22 Monterey CA Monterey Jazz FestivalDec 31 Madison NJ Shanghai Jazz

Sierra Maestra World Village Apr 1 Napa CA Napa Valley Opera HouseApr 3 Santa Cruz CA Moe's AlleyApr 4 San Francisco CA SF JazzApr 5 Los Angeles CA Skirball CenterApr 7 Albuquerque NM National Hispanic Cultural CenterApr 10 Taos NM KTAOS Solar CenterApr 11 Santa Fe NM The LensicApr 13 Manchester NH Saint Anselm College: Dana CenterApr 18 Philadelphia PA Calvary ChurchApr 21 New York NY Town Hall

Tinariwen World Village Jun 10 San Francisco CA Herbst Theatre

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