harmonia mundi usa new releases May 2009

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news & highlightsNEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS� is month’s key releases from harmonia mundi include Purcell’s complete Fantazias played by viol consort Fretwork (p.3), fortepianist Andreas Staier playing Schubert’s Impromptus (p.6), Handel’s Solo Sonatas with the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr (p.7) and the latest release in Matthias Goerne’s Schubert song cycle (p.5). May also features the CD and DVD of A Company of Voices – Conspirare in Concert (p.4), a one-hour concert taped at Austin’s Long Center for the Performing Arts. Cantaloupe o� ers Phil Kline’s fascinating John the Revelator featuring string quartet Ethel and vocal consort Lionheart (p.9) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra delves into French repertoire with a disc of Ravel and Poulenc (p.11). Hyperion’s priority releases include Rachmaninov Preludes played by pianist Steven Osborne (p.13) and Handel’s Chandos Anthems performed by the Academy of Ancient Music and Stephen Layton (p.15). Viktoria Mullova’s recording of Bach’s Sonatas & Partitas for Onyx is sure to be one of the month’s bestsellers (p.17). In a crossover vein, Ponderosa o� ers Cloudland, a collaboration between Ludovico Einaudi and the Lippok Brothers (p.19). Non-classical highlights include World Village releases by Tibetan singer Soname (p.23) and Catalan singer Marina Rossell (p.24).

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Idomeneo, Mozart’s � rst operatic masterpiece, premiered two days before his 25th birthday. It is a thrilling mix of � orid vocal writing and eloquent orchestral episodes and represents the � nal, glorious metamorphosis of the opera seria genre. Continuing his series of distinguished Mozart operatic recordings, René Jacobs turns his atten-tion to this seminal work. � e recording features the complete text Mozart intended for the work’s Munich premiere in 1781.

“Alexandre � araud’s repackaging of 71 of Satie’s miniatures is an ideal way of rekindling interest in this still-elusive and misunderstood � gure. It’s carefully planned and never dull, largely thanks to � araud’s exquisite keyboard shading.” – THE GUARDIAN (UK)

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The Fantazia for consort of viols is one of the glories of English music, and this unique repertoire, spreading over nearly two centuries, represents the loftiest and most perfect kind of instrumental chamber music written in Europe before the era of the classical string quartet. In his Fantazias for viol, the young Henry Purcell put into practice all he had absorbed in the course of his technical and stylistic training. These pieces are a perfect illustration of his avowed ambition to surpass all his contemporaries. Formed in 1986, Fretwork is a consort of viols based in the United Kingdom. The group’s repertoire consists primarily of music of the Renaissance period, in particular that of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, arrangements of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and contemporary music written specially for them.

“Fretwork play with a gorgeous simplicity of expression and deep musicality.”— THE INDEPENDENT

Purcell chamber music

PURCELLThe Complete Fantazias

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Bach: Alio modo — Keyboard Transcriptionsharmonia mundi • HMU 907395 (093046739522) “World-class.”— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

This CD and DVD capture the exquisite sound of the American choral group Conspirare, as heard and seen on a nationally televised, one-hour concert airing nationally on PBS. Repertoire on the disc ranges from classical works by Lauridsen and Whitacre to arrangements of popular songs by Carly Simon and Dolly Parton. Taped live in October 2008 at Austin’s Long Center for the Performing Arts, A Company of Voices — Conspirare in Concert is a production of KLRU-TV, Austin, Texas, with executive producers Dick Peterson and Marion Lear Swaybill and director Karen McLaughlin. Now in its 17th season, Conspirare, under the leadership of founder and artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, has recorded 3 CDs and received four grammy® nominations.

“I’ve run out of superlatives for Craig Hella Johnson’s choir. You just have to listen.”— AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN

Conspirare live on PBS

A Company of Voices — Conspirare in Concert

Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson Bion Tsang (cello)

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Requiemharmonia mundi • HMU 807518 (093046751869)“ Offers the ear – and the soul –

a balm for the turmoil within.” — THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

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With Die schöne Müllerin, the lied ceases to be mere entertainment: the singer has to free himself from the role of neutral observer and identify with the tragic character of the traveler. Matthias Goerne is capable like no one else of donning this costume with the acute awareness that disappointment, melancholy, and death are always at the end of the road. This is the third volume of Matthias Goerne’s Schubert cycle, a series that has already created quite a stir, garnering a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and a Choc du Monde de la Musique, among other awards.

Goerne’s Schubert cycle

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Schubert: Sehnsuchtharmonia mundi • HMC 901988 (794881868223)

“A depth of vocal color that is rarely to be found.”

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Schubert: An mein Herzharmonia mundi • HMC 902004 (794881892822)“Even the lesser Schubert Lieder

become gems from Goerne’s velvet baritone.”

— THE TIMES (UK)

“One of the great lieder singers of his generation... He commands a remarkably beautiful, dynamically flexible lyric instrument with a mellow unmistakable personal timbre.”

— OPERA NEWS

In writing four Impromptus that look towards the sonata model and a sonata entitled Fantasie, it would appear that

Schubert was trying out all the possibilities of cyclic construction. These experiments in form opened up new perspectives that would further extend the conventional limits of the Classical tradition. All of these works were written within two years of his death and fi nd the composer at the height of his powers. Andreas Staier’s interest in the fortepiano fl owered when he discovered the difference in sound and interpretation that results when that instrument is used for playing composers contemporary with it, especially Mozart and Beethoven. He is one of the rare classical keyboard players who specialize in both harpsichord and fortepiano.

“In few hands can the fortepiano sound so expressive.”— THE OBSERVER

Staier plays Schubert

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Schumann: Hommage a Bachharmonia mundi • HMC 901989 (794881891429)

“A new and invaluable perspective on Schumann.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Handel wrote the solo sonatas of Opus 1 for the professional m u s i c i a n s o f h i s L o n d o n opera orchestra. They demand considerable skill and stamina both from the soloist and the continuo. Prominent bass parts give the sonatas a contrapuntal strength and vitality, and Handel keeps the elements of display and purely musical argument in admirable balance in these works. For this reason, they are among the most attractive Baroque solo sonatas and deserve their lasting popularity. Played here by members of the Academy of Ancient Music under the leadership of Richard Egarr, Handel’s delightful sonatas are shown to be true masterpieces written by a composer at the height of his powers.

“New leadership, new blood, and a renewed vitality.”— CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Handel’s delightful solo sonatas

HANDEL12 Solo Sonatas Op.1

Academy of Ancient MusicRichard Egarr

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Handel: Organ Concertos Op.4harmonia mundi • HMU 807446 (093046744663)

“These elegant and characterful performances are simply

too good to miss.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD

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Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3harmonia mundi • HMU 807415 (093046741563)

“Sparkles with character and invention.”

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Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 — Nos.11, 13, 31, 33, 38, 39, 43, 47, 50, 53, 55 & 61 Alain Planès (piano)harmonia mundi • HMX 2961761

HAYDNSymphonies Nos.91 & 92, Scena di BereniceBernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) Freiburger Barockorchester René Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMX 2961849

HAYDNString Quartets Vol.2 — Op.20 No.5, Op.33 No.3 & Op.76 No.5Jerusalem Quartetharmonia mundi • HMX 2962030

HAYDNCello Concertos 1 & 2

MONNCello Concerto

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Freiburger Barockorchester

Petra Müllejansharmonia mundi • HMX 2961816

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The Last Piano Sonatas — Nos. 58-60 & 62

Alain Planès (piano)harmonia mundi • HMX 2961994

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Phil Kline returns with John the Revelator, his third full length release from Cantaloupe Music. It is inspired by his memories of being a teenager in Ohio and Pennsylvania, what he recalls as, “unforgettable and mysterious beauty, the sound of the strong emotion, unconditional and utterly lacking in malice, that I remember from rural religion.” Sources include Blind Willie Johnson’s John the Revelator, the Old Testament, and American poet David Shapiro. The result is a 21st century mass, featuring world-class string quartet, Ethel, and the six voices of renowned early music vocal ensemble, Lionheart.

“Plaintive, searching melodies and playful counterpoint in movements that suggest the tonal richness of Barber, the austerity of Stravinsky, and the harmonic piquancy of Ligeti.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Music of redemption

KLINEJohn the Revelator

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Kline: Zippo SongsCantaloupe • CA 21019 (713746296025)

“Phil Kline scores an experimental winner.”

— TIME OUT NEW YORK

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDTrombonist Jörgen van Rijen says regarding his inspiration for this disc, “I heard an American soldier say, ‘I was like wow’ when he was describing his violent experiences during the Iraq war. This showed me that words and exclamations like ‘wow’ are used to indicate that something has made a deep impression, regardless of whether that impression is positive or negative. That’s what gave me the idea of fi nding pieces for my new CD, ‘I was like wow!’ that had all impressed me deeply for all different kinds of reasons, pieces that for some reason had given me a ‘wow’ feeling.” This hybrid SACD also contains a CD layer with a video track.

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDZen Hu and Ning Feng — both born in Chengdu, China — started their early studies at Sichuan Conservatory of Music. Hu, prize winner at the National Chinese Violin Competition, became the fi rst Chinese member of Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Ning Feng recently won First Prize as well as two other special prizes at the prestigious 51st Paganini International Violin Competition. Repertoire on this disc includes duets by Bartok, Prokofi ev, Hindemith and several Chinese composers.

China ConnectionZen Hu (violin), Ning Feng (violin)Channel Classics • CCS SA 80309

I was like Wow!Jörgen Van Rijen (trombone)Channel Classics • CCS SA 26909

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The Chicago Symphony Chorus takes center stage in two gorgeous French works from the twentieth century. Poulenc’s effervescent Gloria features up-and-coming soprano Jessica Rivera’s recording debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The scenario for Ravel’s ballet Daphnis et Chloé was adapted by choreographer Michel Fokine from a third century romance by the Greek writer Longus. At almost an hour, Daphnis et Chloé is Ravel’s longest work and the music is widely regarded as some of the composer’s fi nest and most passionate.

“Haitink obviously brings out the best in this formidable ensemble.”— THE FINANCIAL TIMES

The CSO plays French favorites

RAVELDaphnis et Chloe; Poulenc: Gloria

Jessica Rivera (soprano) Chicago Symphony Chorus

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink

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Shostakovich: Symphony No.4CSO Resound • CSOR 901814 (810449018142)

“A recording that can rank among the finest.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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From the early Violin Sonata onwards, Szymanowski displays a special brilliance in writing for solo violin. The Romance already reveals the exotic, strangely inward exaltation of his mature works and the extraordinary Mythes exemplifies the zenith of Szymanowski’s artistry. This recording features the talented young violinist Alina Ibragimova, who appears on her third Hyperion disc. She is accompanied by French pianist and harmonia mundi label regular Cédric Tiberghien.

The chamber music of composer Frank Bridge, best remembered as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, reveals the composer’s strong French influence, the dance-like quality of his writing darkened with a brooding inspiration, and the music’s dramatic and emotional heart. Featured here are the early Idylls, the ambitious Piano Quintet and the extraordinary fourth String Quartet, Bridge’s last chamber work. The Goldner Quartet is joined by pianist Piers Lane.

BRIDGEPiano Quintet, String Quartet No.4 Three IdyllsGoldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67726

SZYMANOWSKIComplete Music for Violin & PianoAlina Ibragimova (violin) Cedric Tiberghien (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67703

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Steven Osborne’s live performances of Rachmaninov’s Preludes were greeted ecstatically by critics and audience alike. They were hailed as a new benchmark for performances of these works and a new departure for this most subtle and sensitive of pianists. Osborne’s matchless musicianship has rarely been as blazingly evident as it is here. Also apparent is his deeply individual relationship with the repertoire. This is a disc to treasure.

“Steven Osborne has clearly devoted himself to achieving a thorough understanding of this material. His performances are confident and committed, alert to the music’s expressive coloristic

possibilities and sensitive to the subtle shifts in modo that characterize it.”— THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

Osborne plays Rachmaninov

RACHMANINOVPreludes

Op.3 No.2, Op.23 Nos.1-10 & Op.32 Nos.1-13

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Debussy: Preludes.Hyperion • CDA 67530 (034571175300)“Easily ranks first among modern

versions... A triumph!”— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

Messiaen: Visions de l’AmenHyperion • CDA 67366 (034571173665)

“Played with an ear-tweaking sensitivity and gripping sense of

theatre... outstanding.”— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE

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William Mathias’ choral writing draws on a variety of musical traditions, is immediately accessible and likeable whilst demonstrating an architectural sophistication that places it in the top rank of twentieth-century liturgical music. His music features a Celtic mysticism and deep spirituality that enhances such works as All wisdom is from the Lord and O nata lux. This disc includes a comprehensive selection of his works for choir and organ. It is performed by the Wells Cathedral Choir, whose delightfully full-throated, vibrant sound is the perfect vehicle for this repertoire.

Christopher Herrick continues the Scandinavian leg of his endlessly popular Organ Fireworks series with a disc of music performed on the great organ of Västeras Cathedral in Sweden. The program is, as ever, a tempting potpourri of pieces from around the world, some popular, some rare; some light-hearted and some serious, and demonstrating all facets of virtuoso writing for the organ. Highlights include Durufl é’s Choral Varié on Veni Creator, a work of immense grandeur and majesty. The performance shows Herrick to be a master of the classic French idiom.

Organ Fireworks Vol.13Christopher Herrick (organ)Hyperion • CDA 67734

MATHIASChoral MusicWells Cathedral Choir, Matt hew OwensHyperion • CDA 67740

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Chandos Anthems Nos.7, 9 & 11aEmma Kirkby (soprano)

Lestyn Davies (counter-tenor) James Gilchrist (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Layton

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Handel: De� ingen Te DeumHyperion • CDA 67678 (034571176789)

“Choral work by Layton almost needs no qualifications.”— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

In a year of Handel celebration and many new recordings, this is a particularly welcome addition to the discography. Stephen Layton leads the Academy of Ancient Music, the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and a stellar group of soloists in three of Handel’s beloved Chandos Anthems. Written for the musical establishment of the first Duke of Chandos, these anthems set texts taken from the Psalms, mainly the old version of the Psalter as preserved in the Book of Common Prayer, but also the metrical versions of Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, fi rst published in 1696. The expressive range of the solos is remarkable and in the choruses Handel seizes every opportunity to create grand effects with modest means.

“The Academy of Ancient Music is well practiced in this period’s music and accompanies as to the manner born.”

— FANFARE

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This charming disc presents a comprehensive selection of Brahms’s secular choral music, performed by the professional chamber choir Consortium, conducted by Andrew-John Smith, who will be familiar to Hyperion listeners from his acclaimed recording of Saint-Säens’ organ works. The popular Zigeunerlieder are testimony to the composer’s extraordinary fascination for gypsy music and its fertilizing effect on his style.

Previously Available as CDA 67084 (034571170848) Deleted October 2007The art of Ildebrando Pizzetti which is perhaps most in need of reassessment and revival, for original music of this self-evident quality — music which was performed and recorded by, among others, Arturo Toscanini, Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein and Tullio Serafi n — does not deserve to remain in obscurity. His music is imaginative and strikingly beautiful, from the music he composed for theatre (La Pisanella) to the mood pictures (Tre Preludii Sinfonici), all are sure to delight listeners.

PIZZETTIOrchestral Music — Rondò veneziano, Preludio a un altro giorno, Tre Preludii Sinfonici per L’Edipo Re di Sofocle, La Pisanella SuiteBBC Sco� ish Symphony Orchestra Osmo VänskäHyperion • CDH 55329

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Sure to be one of the major releases of 2009, Onyx presents Viktoria Mullova’s fi rst complete recording of the Sonatas & Partitas. Mullova recorded the Partitas on a modern violin for Philips in the early 90s, but had never recorded the Sonatas. In the meantime, her interpretations have been transformed by her studies in Baroque practice and her subsequent performances with masters such as Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico. Mullova plays her Guadagnini violin of 1750, using gut strings a Baroque bow and technique, as she always does in pre-romantic music. The booklet features an article by Mullova explaining her long and still-evolving journey working on Bach.

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

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Vivaldi: Violin ConcertiOnyx Classics • ONYX 4001 (880040400127)“Viktoria Mullova plays the living daylights out of the solo parts.”

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Bach: Violin SonatasOnyx Classics • ONYX 4020 (880040402022)

“Playing of irresistible allure both spiritual and … sensual.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD

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Onyx is proud to present this exceptional Schumann lieder recital featuring the outstanding Austrian baritone Florian Boesch. The recital consists of the greatest Heine settings including the Liederkreis, plus many of the great romances and ballads including Belshazzar. Boesch, who studied in Vienna with Robert Holl, is rapidly becoming known as one of the most truthfully dramatic lieder interpreters of our day.

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SCHUMANNHeine LiederFlorian Boesch (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4041

In the Upper Room is a collaboration between choreographer Twyla Tharp and composer Philip Glass. This new disc marks the fi rst complete recording of the 1986 ballet. The fi rst recording of the work, released on Sony’s Dance Pieces, presented only fi ve of the work’s nine movements. Also, Sony’s disc heavily reinforced the acoustic instruments with synthesized tracks, presumably to artifi cially thicken the orchestral sound. This new, defi nitive recording using only acoustic instruments, as the composer originally intended.

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In the Upper RoomPhilip Glass

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Florian Boesch debuts on Onyx

The music of Ludovico Einaudi is deeply rooted in the classical tradition. However, the pianist and composer stretches the boundaries of orthodox defi nitions of the genre and creates music that defi es easy categorization. In 2006, Einaudi toured Europe with the popular German electronica artists Robert & Ronald Lippok. These artists’ exceptional improvisatory collaboration is what makes Cloudland such an exceptional recording. The album title comes from a paradise-like retreat mentioned in Amos Tutuola’s novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard. This is not the fi rst effort to merge electronics with classical music. Carsten Nicolai worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carl Craig and Moritz von Oswald injected Ravel’s Bolero with a techno twist. Today, a whole new generation of musicians are as comfortable with a laptop as with classical instruments. Einaudi and the Lippoks have created a masterpiece for this new and growing audience.

“A minimalist, one with classical training, and at the same time a deeply romantic sensibility.”— THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

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“A beautiful CD from start to finish.”— Film Score Monthly

Redefi ning classical musicCloudland

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDApril 24, 2009 marks the jubilee of one of the rare concerts given in Moscow by Yevgeny Mravinsky with his Leningrad Philharmonic. The Unfi nished is worthy of comparison with Furtwangler’s recordings in Berlin (1950) and Vienna (1951). In Tchaikovsky, his relentless vision of the 4th Symphony, in Mravinsky’s repertoire starting in 1938, comes vividly back to life. In listening to it, one is unsure of whether they are witnessing a funeral ritual or rite closer to sacrifi ce. Praga has lovingly restored and remastered the original 1959 recordings for SACD, and the medium presents these musical treasures in the best sound possible.

The legendary Yevgeny Mravinsky

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File in: World / Europe / RomaniaAlmost three years on from Kal’s groundbreaking debut album, band leader Dragan Ristic is excited about the release of Radio Romanista. “We went from being this tiny Belgrade band to touring Europe and the US, hearing DJs blast our music in clubs, playing festivals, getting to spread the word and music of the Roma.” For Kal’s fi rst CD, Ristic drew upon a pool of Belgrade Roma musicians, but for Radio Romanista he relied upon the musicians who now compromise Kal’s touring band. “What you get here is our live sound. We spend a lot of time touring and playing clubs along the Danube, bars that put on live music. This has really shaped our sound, it’s Rock’n’roma! I strongly believe this album leads a new wave of Gypsy music.” Serbian rapper Marcelo cameos with the band on the fi rst track of the CD, “Krasnokalipsa.”

The new wave of Gypsy musicRadio Romanista

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21st century.”— SF WEEKLY

Advance praise for Radio Romanista

“The musical equivalent of nuclear fusion, the Serbian band seems to create ever more ener-

getic tunes, upping the ante from their self-titled 2005 debut... Traditional touches pervade

the album, co-mingling with urban beats and outstanding instrumental prowess... Sure it’s

early in the year, but go ahead and mark Radio Romanista as one of the best albums of 2009.”

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File in: World / North America / MexicoSan Miguel Tzinacapan is a Nahuat village situated in a lush, mountainous region in the North of the State of Puebla, some seven hours from Mexico City by coach, and half an hour’s walk from the tourist town of Cuetzalan, where most of the business activities of this region are concentrated. The language spoken in this village is related to Nahuatl, a language more commonly known abroad under the exotic name “Aztec.” In Nahuatl, Tzinacapan means “Bat Springs.” As in all the villages in the Sierra Norte of Puebla, life in San Miguel Tzinacapan follows the agricultural rhythms of maize and coffee and the ebb and fl ow of the fog banks that relentlessly blot out and recreate its landscape.

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File in: World / Asia / TibetSoname’s fascinating autobiography Child in Tibet (Piatkus Books, 2007), has sold over 100,000 copies world wide. This book tells the remarkable story of her triumph over adversity, told against the backdrop of a turbulent and dangerous Tibet. Soname was born in the harsh Tibetan countryside during the Chinese occupation. When she was just sixteen, Soname risked death in a freedom trek across the Himalayas, fi nally arriving in Dharamsala, home in exile of the Dalai Lama. Soname later managed to reach England, where she met and married an Englishman. Her hidden talent was discovered when she sang a traditional Tibetan song at a wedding reception, unaware that a member of a famous band was a guest. Today, Soname has rapidly progressing career and an international touring schedule. Plateau, was recorded in London and Kolkata and features UK and Indian musicians including tabla maestro Tanmoy Bose. The producer is Dave M. Allen who has worked with The Cure and Depeche Mode. Soname composed all the material and sings in Tibetan throughout, her vocals evocative of the mountains and culture she has left so far behind. Tibet’s struggles remain a powerful issue throughout much of the world yet Tibetan culture remains distant and mysterious to most. The emergence of such a forceful, talented and appealing singer as Soname is set to change that.

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— THE TIMES (UK)

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File in: World / Europe / SpainThis is Marina Rossell’s sixth in a series of acclaimed releases for World Village. Recorded in the Gran Teatre del Licieu de Barcelona during la Diada, Catalonia’s national holiday, it marks the end of the artist’s work toward reviving the traditional Catalan repertoire. The album’s twenty-three tracks feature several guests, including the popular artist Kepa Junkera. Rossell looks forward to taking new directions in her musical career and expanding her success beyond the borders of Spain.

Marina Rossell in concertAl Gran Teatre del Liceu

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“A complete success: the songs sway, they undulate like waves...”

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“Rossell has a richly textured voice that’s just packed with honest passion... Her singing

carries so much emotional depth that translations are almost unnecessary.”

— ROOTSWORLD

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File in: World / Europe / SpainOrquestra Àrab de Barcelona is a band fi rmly rooted in Catalonia, a region of Spain that has a very large Arabic population. Although their music is based on traditional Arab sources, specifi cally from Moroccan and Andalucian cultures and the Sufi traditions, it is also infl uenced by world music, jazz and other types of Mediterranean music. But it is the Catalan connection that is the strongest. Leader Mohamed Soulimane, originally from Chefchaouen, Morocco, often speaks to local audiences in fl uent Catalan. Furthermore, two of his band mates. Jordi Gaig and Joan Rectoret, are native Catalans. The band exemplifi es the fact that Barcelona has absorbed Arabic culture to such extent that it now just another facet of Spain’s cultural kaleidoscope. The band’s new album, Maktub (Destiny), features Paco Ibáñez, Omar Sosa and Sergio Ramos (former drummer with Ojos de Brujo).

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Artist Label Date City State VenueAnonymous 4 harmonia mundi Jun 13 East Hampton NY East Hampton PlayhouseBoris Berezovsky Mirare Jun 6, 10-11 Chicago IL Symphony HallKristian Bezuidenhout harmonia mundi Jun 11 Boston MA First Lutheran Church

Jun 11 Boston MA Jordan HallJun 12 Boston MA Jordan Hall

Chicago Symphony Orchestra CSO Resound May 2-3 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageConspirare harmonia mundi Jun 5-6 Austin TX The Long CenterRichard Egarr harmonia mundi May 8-9 Portland OR First Baptist Church

May 10 Portland OR Kaul AuditoriumJun 27 La Jolla CA St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal ChurchJun 28 San Diego CA Balboa Theater

James Ehnes Onyx Classics Aug 18 Los Angeles CA Hollywood BowlIsabelle Faust harmonia mundi Oct 1-4 Seatt le WA S. Mark Taper Foundation AuditoriumJohn Eliot Gardiner Soli Deo Gloria Oct 15, 17 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageMa� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Jul 25 Lenox MA Tanglewood: Koussevitzky Music Shed

Jul 27, 29, 31, Aug 2 Highland Park IL Ravinia FestivalAug 2 Highland Park IL Ravinia Festival

Susan Graham Onyx Classics May 7 Madison WI Overture HallMay 9 Easton PA Williams Center for the Performing ArtsMay 11 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageSep 16-17, 19-20 San Francisco CA Davies Symphony Hall

Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion May 1-2 St. Louis MO Powell Symphony HallAngela Hewi� Hyperion May 3 Atlanta GA Spivey Hall

May 4 Tryon NC Tryon Fine Arts CenterMay 14 New Haven CT Shubert TheaterMay 24 Chicago IL Symphony Hall

Stephen Hough Hyperion May 28-30 Minneapolis MN Orchestra HallJun 4-7 Minneapolis MN Orchestra Hall

Jerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi May 1 Ventura CA Ventura Missionary ChurchMay 2 La Jolla CA Sherwood Auditorium

Olga Kern harmonia mundi Aug 5 Highland Park IL Ravinia FestivalStephen Kovacevich Onyx Classics Jul 2 Lenox MA Tanglewood: Ozawa HallKatia & Marielle Labèque KML Records Sep 24, 26-27 Seatt le WA S. Mark Taper Foundation AuditoriumPaul Lewis harmonia mundi May 1 Ames IA Stephens Auditorium

May 4 Princeton NJ McCarter TheatreMay 8 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall May 6 Portland ME Merrill Auditorium Jul 14, 16 Los Angeles CA Hollywood Bowl

London Symphony Orchestra LSO Live May 1-2 Daytona Beach FL Peabody AuditoriumOct 21, 23, 25 New York NY Avery Fisher Hall

Jon Manasse harmonia mundi May 3 Beacon NY Dia: BeaconMay 6, 8 New York NY The Morgan Library & MuseumMay 9 Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Museum

Nicholas McGegan harmonia mundi Aug 11, 13 Los Angeles CA Hollywood BowlJon Nakamatsu harmonia mundi May 2 Saratoga CA McAfee Center for Performing Arts

May 9 Toledo OH The Stranahan TheaterMay 17 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreJul 6 Santa Clara CA The Santa Clara Marriott Aug 29-30 San Jose CA Le Petit Trianon

Nash Ensemble Hyperion May 6 Washington DC Terrace TheaterPaul O'De� e harmonia mundi Jun 6-7, 9-11, 12, 14 Boston MA The Stanford Calderwood Pavilion

Jun 19-21 Great Barrington MA The Mahaiwe Performing Arts CenterGarrick Ohlsson Hyperion Aug 15 Lenox MA Tanglewood: Koussevitzky Music ShedPhilip Glass Ensemble Orange Mountain Jul 23 Los Angeles CA Hollywood BowlDorothea Röschmann harmonia mundi May 9 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageJordi Savall Alia Vox Jul 14-15 Lenox MA Tanglewood: Ozawa HallAndreas Scholl harmonia mundi May 3 New York NY Zankel Hall

Oct 9, 11 Boston MA Symphony HallSilk Road Ensemble CSO Resound Jun 5-6 New York NY Alice Tully HallAndreas Staier harmonia mundi Oct 14 Cleveland OH Cleveland Museum of Modern Art

Oct 16 New York NY Zankel HallOct 17 Lewiston ME TBDOct 23 Burlington VT TBD

Stile Antico harmonia mundi Jun 12 Boston MA Boston Early Music FestivalJun 14 New London CT Connecticut Early Music Festival

Takács Quartet Hyperion May 27-31 Fort Worth TX Van Cliburn CompetitionOct 17 New York NY Zankel Hall

Pieter Wispelwey Onyx Classics Jun 12 Boston MA Jordan HallJun 13 Boston MA Boston Early Music Festival

Wu Man Oct 23 New York NY Zankel HallJoyce Yang harmonia mundi Sep 3 Los Angeles CA Hollywood BowlJohanne� e Zomer Channel Classics May 16 New York NY Alice Tully Hall

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Artist Label Date City State VenueC.J. Chenier World Village May 2 New Orleans LA New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest

May 15-16 Philadelphia PA Warmdaddy'sMay 17 New Holland PA Spring Gulch Folk FestivalJun 26 Chicago IL John G. Shedd AquariumJul 17 Fall River MA Narrows Center for the ArtsJul 18 Greenfi eld MA Green River Music FestivalSep 12 Sebastopol CA Sebastopol Cajun Zydeco Festival

Mamadou Diabaté World Village May 22 St. Louis MO St. Louis Art MuseumJuly 18-19 Marquett e MI Hiawatha Festival

Masters of Persian Music World Village Feb 10 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert HallKlezmatics Piranha Oct 18-19 College Park MD Clarice Smith Performing Arts CenterChristopher O'Riley World Village May 1 New York NY Miller Theatre

May 14 Grand Rapids MI St. Cecilia Music CenterCatherine Russell World Village May 2 Kennett Square PA Wine and Jazz Festival at Longwood Gardens

May 7 Boston MA Sculler's Jazz ClubMay 15 Madison NJ Shanghai JazzMay 16 New York NY Swing RemixJun 25 Frederick MD Weinberg Center for the ArtsJun 26 Lewisburg WV Carnegie HallJun 27 Roanoke VA Jeff erson Center: Shaft man Performance Hall

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