harmonia mundi usa • new releases November 2009

RENé JACOBSHaydnThe Creation | p.5

NOVEMBER 10, 2009 NEW RELEASES

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Heliopolis is the fourth volume of harmonia mundi’s Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition, 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.

A recent New York Times article included Marc-André Hamelin’s Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 on Hyperion as well as two harmonia mundi discs, Die Jahreszeiten with René Jacobs and Piano Trios with Patrick Cohen, Erich Höbarth and Christophe Coin. Hamelin’s Haydn was also featured on NPR’s All � ings Considered.

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WOMEX announced their Top 20 World Music Labels and Top 10 World Music CDs of 2009. � e World Village label earned the #11 slot on the list and DuOud’s Ping Kong came in at #10 among the CDs.

World Village makes top lists at WOMEX

Matthias Goerne sings Schubert on Heliopolis

Street Date: November 10, 2009

Hamelin’s Haydn in the NY Times and on NPR

November’s priority releases on the harmonia mundi label include Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with René Jacobs (p.5), a new holiday music disc Carols By Candlelight with the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford (p.7), and a limited edition, specially-priced 30-disc set of sacred music (p.9). World Village contributes a classical disc this month with the Silk Road Ensemble’s O� � e Map (p.13), while Hyperion presents Schumann’s Piano Quintet with the Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin (p.19) and Handel’s Messiah with Polyphony (p.21). � e San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson � omas o� er three new PBS “Keeping Score” DVD titles with music by Berlioz, Ives and Shostakovich (p.28). November is also a big month for world music releases. World Village presents Brazilian artist Swami Jr’s debut Outra Praia (p.34), two Argentinean music discs by Sofía Koutsovitis (p.35) and Gabriela Torres (p.36), as well as Lus by Cape Verde’s Nancy Vieira (p.38). Chant du Monde adds fado singer Joana Amendoeira’s À Flor da Pele (p.37) to the mix and Katia Labèque delivers music by Sting and Radiohead with Shape of my Heart (p.40) on KML.

Composer, organist, organ builder and teacher of international renown, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was known in his own time as the “Orpheus of Amsterdam.” Among his signifi cant contributions to Franco-Flemish polyphony are psalms in French that closely follow the dictates of the Reformation and sacred vocal works in Latin, among which the Magnificat is particularly outstanding. Cappella Amsterdam is a professional chamber choir that was founded in 1970. Over the past few years the ensemble, under the direction of Daniel Reuss, has occupied a prominent position in the fi eld of early music as well as modern and contemporary repertoires.

Sweelinck choral musicSWEELINCKPsaumes français, Magnifi cat, Te Deum, De profundis, In te Domine speraviCappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reussharmonia mundi • HMC 902033

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Also available from Cappella AmsterdamLigeti: Lux Aeternaharmonia mundi • HMC 901985 (794881892723)

“An unusually thoughtful, compelling collection.”— THE NEW YORK TIMES

This album is a virtual journey into Chopin’s musical world. On February 21, 1842, the Polish composer gave one of his very rare concerts. He did not enjoy appearing in public, for his music was above all an intimate art. On Chopin chez Pleyel, Alain Planès has recreated the program of this concert as closely as possible and recorded it on a Pleyel piano of 1836 that the composer might very well have played. The questions he throws up in the process are fascinating. How did Chopin play? Apart from his famous rubato, what was the role of ornamentation and indeed improvisation? This fascinating album offers very plausible and musically satisfying answers to some of these questions.

A window into Chopin’s worldCHOPINChopin chez PleyelAlain Planès (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902052

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Also available from Alain Planès Schubert: Piano Sonata, Wanderer Fantasyharmonia mundi • HMC 901790 (794881706129)“There’s a wonderfully refreshing quality about pianist

Alan Planès’ Schubert playing... Pinpoint precision colours every bar, every note crisply articulated,

every phrase delicately shaped.”— THE SCOTSMAN

René Jacobs conducts Haydn’s Creation

HAYDNDie Schöpfung

Julia Kleiter (soprano), Maximilian Schmi� (tenor),

Johannes Weisser (baritone)RIAS-Kammerchor,

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

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LIMITED EDITION

Includes Bonus DVD — 23 MinutesIf one believes an anecdote from the early 1790s, it was with his oratorio Die Schöpfung (The Creation) that Haydn, in the autumn of his years, hoped to perpetuate his fame for posterity — even though he was already the most celebrated composer in Europe. Not surprisingly, the work’s fi rst public performance in 1799 was a huge triumph and the work was immediately repeated twice. Five years after his much acclaimed version of Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), René Jacobs offers a new, defi nitive version of this masterpiece as his major contribution to the celebration of the bicentenary of Haydn’s death.

“Mr. Jacobs, more than anyone else I’ve heard, blows away the prim domesticity of our classical music world, and

shows us past centuries as they really might have been.”— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

CONCERT REVIEW“ Haydn’s delightful touches of audio-visual detail — the sun and moon, the birds and beasts — came over with unusually vivid effect... Julia Kleiter’s pristine vocalism moved around the soprano part with the same delicacy and skill as Maximilian Schmitt’s around the tenor’s.”

— THE GUARDIAN

Also available with René JacobsHaydn: Die Jahreszeitenharmonia mundi • HMX 2961829 (794881891726)“Jacobs is one of the few conductors who succeeds in restoring The Seasons to its rightful place on an equal footing with The Creation.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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More than any other composer since JS Bach, Astor Piazzolla achieved the ultimate synthesis of the musical infl uences acting upon him — from Bach to jazz to classical music of his contemporaries — while remaining true to his Argentine roots. In this dazzling program, London Concertante goes “beyond” Piazzolla classics and introduces four newly written works by David Gordon and Adam Summerhayes that pay homage to the master.

Piazzolla favorites & morePIAZZOLLA

Piazzolla & BeyondLondon Concertante

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“Quality musicians. Quite excellent... pursuing each new pulse with the unanimity of a shoal

of fish. [They] play with tone as soft as velvet, bow strokes that really sing and a Romanticist’s

wide volume range.”— THE EVENING STANDARD

Piazzolla: Tangosharmonia mundi • HML 5901595 (794881818921)

“This collection provides a superb introduction to Piazzolla’s world...

totally compelling.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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Bill Ives leads the famed Choir of Magdalen College in this selection of choral favorites for Advent and Christmas. The music on this recording ranges from quiet refl ection and anticipation to the excitement and celebration of the birth of Jesus and the coming of the Wise Men. In existence since 1480, the Choir of Magdalen College is one of the oldest choirs in England. This is the choir’s fi fth recording for harmonia mundi. Their Orlando Gibbons disc with Fretwork was nominated for a Grammy® Award.

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“These young choral scholars are an impressive group of musicians.”

— BBC RADIO 3

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Durufl e: Requiemharmonia mundi • HMU 807480 (093046748067)

“A superb realization...”— FANFARE

Paul Lewis performed all the Beethoven piano sonatas on tour in the USA and Europe between the 2005 and 2007 seasons, in parallel with his complete recording of the cycle for harmonia mundi. His interpretation of the Liszt sonata was distinguished by the prestigious Edison Award, while his recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas received two Gramophone Awards in 2008 (Recording of the Year and Best Instrumental Recording).

Paul Lewis’ Beethoven in a specially-priced boxed set

BEETHOVENComplete Piano SonatasPaul Lewis (piano)harmonia mundi • HMX 2901902

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Also available separatelyBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.1harmonia mundi • HMC 901902 (794881782925)

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.2harmonia mundi • HMC 901903 (794881804924)

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.3harmonia mundi • HMC 901906(794881848027)

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.4harmonia mundi • HMC 901909(794881868322)

“There are many prized recordings of the Beethoven sonatas from past masters and current artists. But if I had to recommend a single complete set, I would sug-gest Mr. Lewis’s distinguished recordings... His playing

is honest and beautifully detailed, with impressive clarity and no compromises.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

This spectacular set features a quintessential selection of western sacred music that that will please one and all, from an inquisitive novice to a discerning connoisseur. It features a vast array of critically acclaimed recordings of more than seventy cornerstone works, ranging from the earliest Christian chants to gospel songs and Gershwin’s blues. The performers include some of today’s fi nest artists, including René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul Hillier and William Christie. Offered at a special low price, this limited edition set is packaged in a luxury clamshell style box containing 29 discs of music and one PDF disc with sung texts.

The very best of sacred music

Sacred MusicVarious Artists

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MAJOR WORKS INCLUDE

CHARPENTIERTe DeumWilliam ChristieCOUPERINTroisième Leçon de TénèbresRené JacobsDURUFLÉRequiemChoir of Magdalen CollegeFAURERequiemPhilippe HerrewegheHANDELMessiahWilliam ChristieJANEQUINMesse “La Bataille”Ensemble Clément Janequin

JOSQUINMissa Pangue linguaEnsemble Clément JanequinLASSUSMissa “Tous les regretz”Huelgas EnsembleMACHAUTMesse de Notre DamePaul HillierMENDELSSOHNPaulusPhilippe HerrewegheMONTEVERDIVespro della Beata VerginePhilippe HerrewegheMOZARTRequiemPhilippe Herreweghe

PALESTRINAMissa Viri GalilaeiPhilippe HerreweghePERGOLESIStabat MaterRené JacobsPOULENCMass, MotetsRIAS KammerchorRACHMANINOVVespersPaul HillierROSSINIStabat MaterRIAS KammerchorSCARLATTIIl primo omicidioRené Jacobs

SCHÜTZConcert in Form einer teutschen BegräbnisPhilippe HerrewegheTALLIS9 Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s PsalterStile AnticoVIVALDIStabat MaterEnsemble 415

BACHChristmas OratorioRené JacobsBEETHOVENMissa SolemnisPhilippe HerrewegheBERNSTEINMassKent NaganoBOCCHERINIStabat MaterEnsemble 415BRAHMSGerman RequiemPhilippe HerrewegheBYRDMass for 4 VoicesHilliard Ensemble

“Harmonia Mundi is always a class act. Be it medieval or modern, obscure finds or enduring masterpieces, you can count on a

refreshing, ear-opening, historically aware sensibility.”— LOS ANGELES TIMES

The Art of the ViolinAndrew Manze (violin)


The Art of the LutePaul O’De� e (lute)harmonia mundi • HMX 2907536

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Lute virtuoso Paul O’Dette has been called, “the clearest case of genius ever to touch his instrument” (Toronto Globe and Mail). One of the most infl uential fi gures in his fi eld, O’Dette has helped infuse the performance practice movement with a perfect combination of historical awareness, idiomatic accuracy and musical self-expression. This varied selection of award-winning recordings illustrates his multi-faceted artistry.

Andrew Manze is celebrated as, “a violinist with extraordinary fl air and improvisatory freedom” (BBC Music Magazine) and, “the fi rst modern superstar of the baroque violin” (San Francisco Examiner). Featuring Manze’s longtime duo partner Richard Egarr on harpsichord, Jaap ter Linden on gamba, the Academy of Ancient Music and The English Concert, this varied selection of award-winning recordings offers a comprehensive portrait of one of the past decade’s most infl uential artists.

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MENDELSSOHNElias, Paulus, A Midsummer Night’s DreamLa Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herrewegheharmonia mundi • HMX 2908336

DEBUSSYComplete Works for Solo Piano

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The individual recordings contained in this new specially-priced set of Debussy’s complete works for solo piano, recorded by Alain Planés between 2000 and 2006, have all been bestsellers for the harmonia mundi label. Planès has a special affi nity for both the style and atmosphere of Debussy’s music, and this set will appeal to any fan of impressionist piano music. Similarly, conductor Philippe Herreweghe is also renowned as an interpreter of the music of Felix Mendelssohn. This collection features some of Herreweghe’s fi nest Mendelssohn recordings, ranging from the oratorios Elias and Paulus to his performance of the incidental music for Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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New releases in the harmonia mundi Haydn edition

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HAYDNViolin Concerto, Symphonies Nos.49 & 80

Freiburger Barockorchester, Go� fried von der Goltz


HAYDNString Quartets Op.33Cuarteto Casalsharmonia mundi • HMX 2962022

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The six string quartets of opus 33, though known as the “Russian Quartets” in reference to their dedicatee the Grand Duke of Russia and future Tsar Paul I, in fact have much more to in common with Austrian folk music and comic opera. Almost ten years after the extreme intensity of his opus 20 quartets, Haydn shows his wit and good humor in these works played here in a brand new recording by the Cuarteto Casals. Also new in the Haydn Edition series is this recording of music that features music from the composer’s “Sturm und Drang” period. Here, the musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester perform the symphony known as La Passione, a work bathed in an intensely emotional atmosphere characteristic of this pre-Romantic movement. It is coupled here Haydn’s less angst-laden violin concerto No.1 and symphony No.80.

Over the years, the Silk Road Ensemble has evolved from a group of strangers, brought together by artistic director Yo-Yo Ma, into a close-knit band of friends. Off the Map is a testament to that transformation, as the Silk Road Project celebrates its 10th anniversary. Gabriela Frank’s Ritmos Anchinos transports us into the Andes, with pipa and sheng imitating indigenous folk instruments. Angel Lam’s childhood memories emerge in Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain — an urban groove of Hong Kong carried by shakuhachi and bass. Creation of the world is at the center of Evan Ziporyn’s Sulvasutra. Written for India’s great tabla player Sandeep Das, the piece is an explosion of colors — cosmic particles uniting in the Big Bang, knowledge spreading like fi re throughout the universe. Osvaldo Golijov’s Air to Air invokes a Sicilian protest song, prayers to Holy Mother Guadalupe and songs from the Christian Arab Easter service, known to millions across the Middle East through recordings by the incomparable Lebanese singer Fairouz. The album features the playing of such renowned superstars as Kayhan Kalhor, Wu Man, Cristina Pato and Wu Tong, yet it is the Silk Road Ensemble’s collective spirit that shines through, proving great things can happen when strangers meet.

The Silk Road Project celebrates 10 years

Off the MapSilk Road Ensemble

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“This music leapt across national boundaries in a strange and wonderful way. We were reminded that multiculturalism has been a reality for many contemporary musi-

cians for a very long time.”— THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

A year ago APR issued, to great critical acclaim, a double album of Ignace Paderewski’s fi rst recordings made in Europe in 1911-12 (APR 6006). Between 1914 and 1931, the pianist recorded for Victor in the US but in 1937, after it appeared Paderewski had retired from the studio, he was persuaded to return to the HMV studios in London to make a fi nal series of recordings. At fi rst the plan was to record the repertoire that featured in the fi lm “Moonlight Sonata,” a huge success at the time that featured Paderewski playing himself. But in addition to this repertoire, Paderewski went on to record works by Haydn and Mozart that were new to his discography. These works in particular reveal the extreme poetry that had mesmerized audiences for fi fty years and made Paderewski the most famous pianist of his generation. This is the fi rst time all of the 1930’s HMV recordings have been assembled together and two unissued tracks from the 1938 sessions are also included.

Julia Wolfe’s Dark Full Ride consists of four new compositions, each written for multiples of individual instruments — nine bagpipes, four drum sets, six pianos and eight double basses. Wolfe says, “Like staring for a long time at a Rothko painting, I imagined each of these pieces as an exploration of one color. But in truth an instrument isn’t really a single timbre. There are a myriad of worlds within each sound.” Working closely with the performers during the composing process, Wolfe uncovers a never-before-heard music. For example, while writing LAD, she uses the initial drone produced while fi lling the bagpipe with air as the piece’s introduction. Says Wolfe, “With each piece I tried to dive into a psychedelic landscape, at once multilayered, fractured, ecstatic, silent, driving, cacophonous and direct.”

WOLFEDark Full RideMa� hew Welch (bagpipes), Lisa Moore (piano), Robert Black (double bass), Talujon Percussion QuartetCantaloupe • CA 21058

Final Recordings 1937-38Ignace Paderewski (piano)APR • APR 5636

Paderewski’s musical poetry

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Julia Wolfe’s psychedelic landscapes

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDMozart’s father Leopold was probably the driving force behind the gloriously lyrical Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola. Leopold advised his son to master this genre for public concerts. Organizers were keen to program it, since the work offered audiences the attractive spectacle of rivaling soloists. Meanwhile, Haydn was passing his days as court chapel-master to one of the wealthiest noble families in Hungary, the Esterházys. Haydn composed most of his concertos (including the two heard here) during this period. Rachel Podger and Pavlo Beznosiuk duel on Strads in the Mozart whilst Podger solos in the Haydn works. All are accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Podger plays Mozart & HaydnMOZARTSinfonia ConcertanteHAYDNViolin Concertos Nos.1 & 2Rachel Podger (violin), Pavlo Beznosiuk (viola), The Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentChannel Classics • CCS SA 29309

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Also available with Rachel PodgerMozart: Violin Sonatas Vols.7 & 8Channel Classics • CCS SA 28109 (723385281092)“Gary Cooper and Rachel Podger give us thrillingly good performances... it doesn’t

get much better than this.”— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

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“Rachel Podger’s fiddle-playing is never remotely routine, and

often astonishing.”— BBC.CO.UK

The versatile voice of Johanne� e Zomer

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDHandel, a child of his time, was fascinated by the poignant human dramas and emotions exemplifi ed by Greek and Roman classical myths, dramas and poetry. A theatre composer to his very bones, he was remarkably skilled in the portrayal of human psychology. The oboe was an instrument especially beloved by Handel and it is the unifying element in this fascinating anthology of arias and cantatas focusing on themes of love and madness sung by soprano Johannette Zomer. Zomer is accompanied by oboist Bart Schneemann and the ensemble Musica Amphion.

HANDELAriasJohanne� e Zomer (soprano), Bart Schneemann (oboe), Musica AmphionChannel Classics • CCS SA 29209

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With Endless TearesJohanne� e Zomer (soprano), Fred Jacobs (lute)

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DVDJohannette Zomer and Fred Jacobs started recording a series of programs devoted to 17th Century monody for which their research has unveiled many hidden treasures. This recording brings beautiful miniatures, full of English melancholy and humor, including Purcell’s famous Music for a while. Their previous recordings in this series — Splendore di Roma, Nuove Musiche and l’Esprit Galant — have received great international acclaim.

T h e s e t w o s p l e n d i d concertos by Stenhammar are offered together on one CD for the first time. The original orchestration of Stenhammar’s first concerto was long thought to be lost when the offi ces of the publisher were bombed during the second world war. However, in 1983 a copy of the original was found in the Library of Congress and this version is featured here. The twenty-two year old’s opus one is a masterpiece. Majestic and virtuosic at its opening, the work explores a world of Nordic mystery in the third movement and ends with music of sad, refl ective sweetness. The second concerto is a distinctly different work, with a novel structure and a steady tension between soloist and orchestra that is only resolved in the virtuosic fi nale. Andrew Manze, makes his Hyperion debut directing the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. Pianist Seta Tanyel has featured on previous RPC recordings, always gaining the highest critical acclaim.

“Andrew Manze’s performances hit with the force of revelation.”— PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Breathtaking Nordic concertos

STENHAMMARPiano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.49Seta Tanyel (piano), Helsingborg Symphony

Orchestra, Andrew ManzeHyperion • CDA 67750

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Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.48Hyperion • CDA 67720 (034571177205)“Howard Shelley, conducting from the keyboard,

produces blistering accounts of the solo parts, and his Tasmanians play their hearts out...

Recommended with enthusiasm.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

T h e s e t w o s p l e n d i d concertos by Stenhammar are offered together on one CD for the first time. The original orchestration of Stenhammar’s first concerto was long thought to be lost when the offi ces of the publisher were bombed during the second world war. However, in 1983 a copy of the original was found in the Library of Congress and this version is featured here. The twenty-two year old’s opus one is a masterpiece. Majestic and virtuosic at its opening, the work explores a world of Nordic mystery in the third movement and ends with music of sad, refl ective sweetness. The second concerto is a distinctly different work, with a novel structure and a steady tension between soloist and orchestra that is only resolved in the virtuosic fi nale. makes his Hyperion debut directing thefeatured on previous RPC recordings, always gaining the highest critical acclaim.

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The recent revival of York Bowen’s music, very much spearheaded by Hyperion, has spawned a plethora of new recordings and won the composer many new admirers. Among the new releases, this disc of Bowen’s piano sonatas is a uniquely important collection. It contains three premiere recordings, including two recordings of previously unpublished sonatas performed (with special permission) from the manuscripts. It is thus the fi rst ever recording of the complete sonatas — an unmissable opportunity for piano enthusiasts. Hyperion is delighted to welcome back the young virtuoso Danny Driver who was enthusiastically acclaimed for his masterly, stylish and technically dazzling performances of Bowen’s third and fourth piano concertos.

The piano sonatas of York Bowen

BOWENThe Piano SonatasDanny Driver (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67751

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Also available with Danny DriverBowen: Piano Concertos Nos.3 & 4Hyperion • CDA 67659 (034571176598)

“Absolutely stunning... What a way to be introduced to the music of York Bowen!”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

The peerless Takács Quartet, recently nominated for a Gramophone award for their second disc of Brahms’s string quartets, continue their exploration of the Romantic chamber music tradition with this disc of Schumann. The Piano Quintet is by far Schumann’s most popular chamber work and one of the most beloved works in the genre. Schumann was the fi rst romantic composer to pair the piano with the string quartet. Schumann studied the string quartets of Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn and his quartet Op 41 No 3 demonstrates these influences. However, is contains many highly original strokes, particularly the casting of the scherzo as a set of variations. The Takács Quartet are joined by Marc-André Hamelin in an invigorating partnership that has already been widely acclaimed on the concert platform.

Hamelin and the Takács play Schumann

SCHUMANNString Quartet Op.41 No.3,

Piano QuintetTakács Quartet,

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67631

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Brahms: String Quartet, Piano QuintetHyperion • CDA 67551 (034571175515)

Brahms: String QuartetsHyperion • CDA 67552 (034571175522)

“This is music-making on a high plane.”— FANFARE

Brahms: String QuartetsHyperion • CDA 67552 (034571175522)

Ronald Corp conducts Bacewicz

BACEWICZMusic for String OrchestraNew London Orchestra, Ronald CorpHyperion • CDA 67783

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This disc featuring the New London Orchestra under Ronald Corp showcases the work of Grazyna Bace w i c z (1909-1969) , whose centenary is celebrated this year. It contributes greatly to the knowledge of her music outside her native Poland,

where she is still an important and well-loved cultural fi gure. It contains premiere recordings of both the Sinfonietta and the Symphony for string orchestra. Bacewicz was one of the most signifi cant composers of the mid-twentieth-century, with strong roots in the culture of Paris, where she studied both composition and violin in the early 1930s. Her most striking music is that which draws on her experience of the neoclassicism of inter-war France. Bacewicz emphasizes neoclassicism’s vitality and clarity while at the same time giving it a combination of delicacy and muscularity which is all her own.

Also available with Ronald CorpMonckton: Songs from the ShowsHyperion • CDA 67654 (034571176543)

“A must for any lover of British musicals.”— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

Annual live performances of Handel’s Messiah at St John’s Smith Square with Polyphony and Stephen Layton have become one of the highlights of the musical season. The joyful sincerity and brilliance of the performers has brought this familiar story to vivid life again and again. Now this wonderful experience is available on disc, recorded in 2008 for a new release that will surely prove a strong competitor even in a crowded market. Polyphony is joined by the Britten Sinfonia and a quartet of magnifi cent young soloists — all variously acclaimed as the premier Handel singers of the new generation.

Polyphony’s winning way with Messiah

HANDELMessiah

Julia Doyle (soprano),Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor),

Allan Clayton (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass),

Polyphony, Bri� en Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

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A Christmas Present from PolyphonyHyperion • NOEL 2 (034571100272)

“This is a disc for listening to in peace, after the Christmas Day

festivities are over and the visitors have gone.”

— THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

“No one, but no one performs Messiah better every year than the choir Polyphony under

the conductor Stephen Layton.”— THE EVENING STANDARD

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Rihards Dubra, born in Riga in 1964, spent his early years under a Soviet regime for which any public performances of sacred music were not permissible. During his studies with Adolfs Skulte at the Latvian State Conservatory, Dubra began to test the boundaries of political acceptance in the fi nal years of Soviet rule. He has now emerged as a distinctive voice in the world of sacred music. Dubra describes his music as, “a style of meditation” — one instilled with the essence of the Middle Ages, through the view of a man who lives in the twentieth century.” This recording represents a selection of pieces, from early experimentation to his fully formed style, which fuses minimalism and neo-romantic melodies with the infl ections and philosophy of Gregorian, Medieval and Renaissance music. The Choir of Royal Holloway is directed by Rupert Gough in this their debut recording for Hyperion.

Discover a new voice in sacred music

DUBRAHail, Queen of Heaven — Choral MusicChoir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough, Alexander Norman (organ)Hyperion • CDA 67799

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“What more can you possibly ask for? Here is a choir of 23 young singers, fresh of tone and fresh of mind, careful and accurate over their notes yet giving the impression that it all comes naturally. Collectively they have a keen feeling for rhythm. They enunciate clearly but without making a point of it. They blend perfectly, they shade sensitively,

they appear to work with a like mind towards an agreed ideal of choral sound.”

— GRAMOPHONE

“Of all London’s college, or college-plus choirs, that of the Royal Holloway College can justly claim to be one of

the most polished and accomplished. This lucid, 28-strong chamber choir is roaring from strength to strength.”

— THE CHURCH TIMES

When The Sixteen embarked upon their recording career back in 1982, few would have been able to predict quite how successful they would become, or how far they would go towards rehabilitating the little-known and barely recorded music of the four master composers of the sixteenth century featured on this set. In this their 30th anniversary year, we join them in celebrating the Golden Age of Polyphony by presenting their twelve discs of this repertoire in an attractively packaged (and priced) remastered 10-CD set.

The Sixteen celebrate 30 years

The Golden Age of English PolyphonyThe Sixteen, Harry Christophers

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robert fayrfaxAeternae laudis liliumMissa Albanus

john tavernerchant Archangeli MichaelisMissa Corona spineaIn nomine a 4Quemadmodum a 6Leroy KyrieIn pace, in idipsumAudivi vocem de caeloMissa Mater Christi sanctissimaMissa O MichaelO splendor gloriaeDum transisset Sabbatum IIThe Western Wynde MassDum transisset Sabbatum ITe DeumHodie nobis caelorum rex

O Wilhelme, pastor boneGaude plurimumAlleluia. Veni, electa meaMater Christi sanctissimaMissa Sancti Wilhelmi devotioEx eius tumbaMissa Gloria tibi TrinitasMagnifi cat a 4 - Nesciens mater

john sheppardMissa CantateJesu salvator saeculi, verbumDeus tuorum militum IDum transisset Sabbatum ISalvator mundi, DomineThe Western Wynde MassAve maris stellaSancte Dei pretioseVerbum caro factum estSecond Service

Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptisSacris solemniisLaudem dicite DeoTe DeumSpiritus Sanctus procedens IIHostis Herodes impieReges Tharsis et insulaeSpiritus Sanctus procedens IBeata nobis gaudiaDum transisset Sabbatum IIIn manus tuas IIusti in perpetuum viventIn manus tuas IIIn manus tuas IIIFiliae HierusalemLibera nos, salva nos IGaude, gaude, gaude MariaAeterne rex altissimeIn pace, in idipsumLibera nos, salva nos II

Haec dies quam fecit DominusPaschal KyrieAudivi vocem de caeloImpetum fecerunt unanimes

william mundyO Lord, the maker of all thingsAh, helpless wretchO Lord, the world’s SaviourThe secret sinsVidete miraculumVox Patris caelestisMagnifi cat ‘in medio chori’Beatus et sanctusSive vigilemKyrie ‘Orbis factor’Nunc dimittis ‘in medio chori’Adolescentulus sum ego

LEONINMagister Leoninus — Sacred Music from 12th-century ParisRed Byrd, Cappella AmsterdamHyperion • CDH 55328

Previously Available as CDA 66944 (034571169446) Deleted December 2007Leoninus and Perotinus dominated the twelfth-century musical world. Both were reputedly based at Notre Dame in Paris, and Leoninus was responsible for the Magnus liber organi, the ‘Big Book of organum’ (an organum being a polyphonic setting of plainchant), which is widely regarded as the single greatest achievement in the development of early polyphony.

Previously Available as CDA 66330 (034571163307) Deleted July 2007The Westminster Cathedral Choir is well-known for performing and recording masterworks of Spanish, Portuguese, and Mexican sacred polyphony. This CD includes works by four of the at least six major chapelmaster composers at Mexico City and Puebla from about 1575 to 1750: Hernando Franco, Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Francisco López Capillas and Antonio de Salazar.

Masterpieces of Mexican PolyphonyAndrew Wa� s (dulcian), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp),

Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’Donnell, Iain Simcock (organ)

Hyperion • CDH 55317

Previously Available as CDA 67051 (034571170510) Deleted May 2009Thomas Arne’s Artaxerxes was the fi rst opera seria libretto in English. Arne’s work was a huge success in large part because it was an excellent vehicle for great singing. The aria “The Soldier, tir’d of War’s Alarms” remained a show-piece for sopranos through much of the nineteenth century and has never entirely dropped out of the repertory.

ARNEArtaxerxesCatherine Bo� , Philippa Hyde (sopranos), Christopher Robson (counter-tenor), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson, Ian Partridge (tenors), Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman Hyperion • CDD 22073

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Fresh from their recent triumphs at the Proms, Katia & Marielle Labèque present their fi rst recording of the music of Erik Satie. The disc starts with the two pianists taking turns interpreting his ever-popular Gymnopédie. The other solo works are divided between Katia and Marielle in consideration of their respective temperaments. The pair are fi nally reunited in duets from the fi rst and last collections of Satie’s pieces for four hands.

The Labèques play Satie

SATIEMusic for Piano Four Hands

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Also available with Katia & Marielle LabèqueRavel: Piano WorksKML Records • KML 1111 (5060148331119)

“Thinking and breathing as one, they bend phrases and stretch them to their most expressive

points. Their minute shifts of color would make Monet start over on his lily pads.”

— TIME OUT CHICAGO

“ For ensemble synchronicity and fine-tuned calibration of all things pianistic, Katia and Marielle Labèque begin wheremost two-piano teams leave off.”

— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

Continuing his long-time association with Philip Glass, this new release features pianist Dennis Russell Davies teaming with pianist Maki Namekawa in the world premiere recording of Four Movements for Two Pianos, a major work for two pianos by one of the most recognized composers of our time. The disc is enriched by Davies’ performance of the six original Etudes for Piano which were written for the pianist in the mid-1990’s. Rounding out the album is a solo performance by Namekawa playing three selections from Glass’ Oscar(r)-nominated score to the 2002 fi lm The Hours.

A Glass world premiere

GLASSPiano MusicFour Movements for Two Pianos, Etudes for Piano, The HoursMaki Namekawa (piano), Dennis Russell Davies (piano)Orange Mountain • OMM 0060

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Recently released on Orange MountainGlass: The Secret AgentOrange Mountain • OMM 0059 (801837005929)

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe three string quartets of the Op.50 cycle performed here by the Prazák Quartet are both bright and full of humor. Haydn wrote sixty-eight quartets, all composed after he was already forty years old. They were nearly all written solely for private performance by top musicians, often with Haydn joining in as second violinist. Scholars have said that the Op.50 quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished.

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDBohuslav Martinu wrote no less than ten works for trio with keyboard, including four in the classic formation of piano, violin and cello, spread out between 1930 and 1951. Three of these piano trios are offered here, played by the Kinsky Trio, the latest rising star in a long line of famed Czech chamber groups from the Suk Trio, to the Talich and Prazák quartets.

MARTINUPiano Trios Nos.1-3Kinsky Trio Prague

Praga • PRD 250256

HAYDNString Quartets Op.50 Nos.3, 5 & 6

Prazák QuartetPraga • PRD 250251

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The romantic Berlioz

Keeping ScoreBerlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

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116 Minutes / 16:9 widescreen / 5.1 surround sound“I feel, therefore I am.” For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic Movement, those were more than words; they were a song of the heart. But with the unprecedented outpouring of emotion in his Symphonie fantastique , Berl ioz almost overpowered Paris. This orchestral sonic spectacular, written to win the heart of a beautiful actress, demanded sacrifi ce from its author and his audience. From romantic daydreams to deadly displays of devotion, the symphony relates an “episode in the life of an artist,” that artist being the love-obsessed composer himself. This symphony encapsulates the inner drama — and trauma — that made Berlioz one of the masters. Join Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony as they follow Berlioz to the brink and beyond in this volume of Keeping Score. As a bonus, the disc includes a full-length concert performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.

Also available in the seriesKeeping Score — Beethoven’s EroicaSFS Media • 60013 (821936001394)

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Keeping ScoreIves: Holidays SymphonySan Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson ThomasSFS Media • 60024

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111 Minutes / 16:9 widescreen / 5.1 surround soundRanging from tender sentiment to savage chaos, the music of early 20th-century composer Charles Ives explores an essentially American riddle: how can we survive the relentless assault of our own success? It was an

enigma Ives embodied himself. He believed that we should all be brave enough to go it alone — yet he earned his living in insurance. In this volume of Keeping Score, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony unwrap the layers of Ives’ Holidays Symphony to reveal a surprising musical portrait of New England. The symphony’s four movements journey across the terrain of the seasons. From the intimacy of the winter hearth to the explosive concussion of the 4th of July, discover the insights Ives liberates in his music’s confrontational crunch. Join Michael Tilson Thomas as he, the San Francisco Symphony and Charles Ives belt it out over truth, beauty, and the American Way. As a bonus, the disc includes a full length concert performance of the symphony.

Also available in the seriesKeeping Score — Stravinsky’s Rite of SpringSFS Media • 60014 (821936001493)

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Keeping ScoreShostakovich: Symphony No.5

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

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109 Minutes / 16:9 widescreen / 5.1 surround soundShostakovich may have hidden a subversive cipher beneath the surface of his life-saving Symphony No. 5. This is all the more shocking since another bad review from Stalin’s totalitarian forces could have meant a sentence to the Gulag or worse. After his opera Lady Macbeth was publically condemned as immoral by Pravda, the Soviet newspaper, Shostakovich knew he had only one chance to redeem himself. When he penned this fi fth symphony, the composer was literally writing for his life. The risk was so high that Shostakovich slept on the stairs outside his apartment so the secret police would not wake his family when they came for him, as he was sure they would. This volume of Keeping Score investigates the symphony that would either redeem Shostakovich or doom him. Join Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony as they explore the hidden language of this masterwork. As a bonus, the DVD includes a full-length concert performance of the symphony.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler had a unique conducting technique. He saw symphonic music as creations of nature that could only be realized subjectively into sound. This is why composers such as Beethoven and Brahms were so central to Furtwängler’s repertoire, because he identifi ed them as great forces of nature. This disc of live, never before released recordings features Mozart’s fortieth and Brahms’ fourth symphonies, taken from a 1949 concert with the Berlin Philharmonic in Wiesbaden, Germany.

In 1945, Eduard van Beinum succeeded Willem Mengelberg as only the second conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra and he remained in that position until his death in 1959. Despite the fact that his early tenure was clouded with controversy over his alleged Nazi sympathies, the great Dutch conductor received worldwide acclaim and is now particularly famous for his interpretations of Bruckner. This disc of previously unreleased live recordings from 1956 features two concertos played by the great English pianist Myra Hess.

BEETHOVENPiano Concerto No.5

SCHUMANNPiano Concerto

Dame Myra Hess (piano), Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum

Tahra • TAH 672

Furtwangler en TournéeBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra,

Wilhelm FurtwänglerTahra • FURT 2007

Famous conductors in concert

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BEETHOVENComplete Symphonies Vol.1

(1951-1954)Symphonies Nos.1-4

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The great German conductor Hermann Scherchen began his career as a violist, playing with the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He began conducting in 1914 and worked in Latvia and Germany until 1933, when he moved to Switzerland in protest of the Nazi regime. Although Scherchen was a major champion of contemporary composers such as Schönberg, Strauss, Webern, Berg and Varèse, he was no stranger to the classic repertoire. He is perhaps best known for his orchestral arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Also of note is his 1958 recording of Beethoven’s third symphony for the Westminster label, containing what is still one of the fastest fi rst movements ever recorded and the closest to Beethoven’s own metronome marking. This complete set of Beethoven symphonies is culled from various recordings made between 1951 and 1954 and is a fascinating record of Scherchen’s view of these immortal works.

The four works on this disc come from the fi rst nine years of a compositional career that would span almost another half century. Yet today, one scarcely hears them as ‘early Stockhausen,’ but rather as a series of essential cornerstones of the emerging post-war European avant-garde on which Stockhausen, as the youngest major composer involved, exercised a crucial infl uence. What should strike is not what these pieces have in common, but how different they are from one another. Each exemplifi es a phase of Stockhausen’s early development. The Ensemble Recherche is one of the most distinguished ensembles for new music. With more than 450 premieres to its credit since it was founded in 1985, the ensemble has made a substantial contribution to the development of contemporary chamber and ensemble music.

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STOCKHAUSENKontra-punkte, Refrain,

Zeitmasze, SchlagtrioEnsemble Recherche, Rupert Huber

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In describing his Ninth Symphony, written for mixed chorus and orchestra, composer Hans Werner Henze explains, “What happens in this symphony is an apotheosis of terror and pain. It is a summa summarum of my creative output, the attempt to come to terms with the assaults of an arbitrary and unpredictable world. A German reality, this symphony is above all an expression of enormous respect for the people who dared to resist in the time of Nazi-Fascist terror and who gave their lives to defend freedom of thought.” The symphony’s libretto is by Hans-Ulrich Treichel after the novel “The Seventh Cross” by Anna Seghers. This defi nitive recording features Henze specialist Marek Janowski leading the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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Henze’s ‘summa summarum’HENZESymphony No.9Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marek JanowskiWergo • WER 6722

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File in: World Music / South America / BrazilAnyone with a serious interest in Brazilian music will be aware of the work of Swami Jr., even if they do not realize it. Outra Praia (Another Beach) is a case of a supporting actor emphatically and justifi ably stealing the limelight. Swami Jr. has long been a highly sought-after producer, arranger, composer and guitarist who has worked with a plethora of musical talent from Brazil and further afi eld. He recorded and toured with Chico César for ten years and has accompanied and/or produced Omara Portuondo (he is featured on Omara’s World Village recording, Gracias), Vanessa da Mata, Elba Ramalho, Zélia Duncan, Elza Soares, Zeca Baleiro, Tom Zé, Lokua Kanza, Mayra Andrade, Dori Caymmi and more. This is the debut solo album for Swami Jr. and with it he establishes himself alongside these cohorts as a major name in Música Popular Brasileira.

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Gracias • Omara PortuondoWorld Village • 479021 (794881898428)

“Portuondo is still a vibrant contemporary performer.”

— LOS ANGELES TIMES

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Two worlds, one voice

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File in: World Music / South America / ArgentinaArgentinean-born singer Sofía Rei Koutsovitis is considered one of New York’s most passionate, charismatic and inventive vocalists. On Sube Azul, her World Village debut, the listener is treated not only to the depth and fullness of a riveting voice but also to her formidable skills as a songwriter and arranger. The album is a collection of mostly original Spanish-language songs that refl ect Koutsovitis’ immersion in modern and progressive jazz while also responding to the pull of ancestry and the appeal of organic, pan-musical connections. She brings to bear the folkloric traditions of Argentina and its regional neighbors, tying together diverse infl uences in a program full of complexity, melody and romance. Just as Sube Azul reconciles the artist’s worlds, her North and South American homes, the album strikes other balances in turn — the polish and professionalism of a seasoned artist, the hunger and wide-eyed energy of youth and the simple, sensual qualities that can spring only from the heart.

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“As the Argentine singer Sofía Rei Koutsovitis led her multinational band the pas-sion and clarity with which she assayed a tricky mix of South American rhythms and jazz-inflected harmonies made clear why she has been embraced by New

York City audiences from Carnegie Hall to the hippest downtown haunts.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

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No Tan DistintaGabriela TorresWorld Village • 498031

21st-century Tangos

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File in: World Music / South America / ArgentinaArgentinean singer, composer and guitarist Gabriela Torres travels naturally from tango, milonga, bossa nova to Rio de la Plata rhythms. This unique mix results in a style with a personality of its own and a deep sense of rhythmic fusion.No Tan Distinta, her World Village debut, is Torres’ fi fth album. On it, she is joined by Lito Vitale (a fi xture on all of her albums), Juan Subirá and Pepe Céspedes for the song “Está Apunao” and Kevin Johansen, with whom she sings the last track of the album, “Panadero.” Other featured contributors include Mati Cella, Fernando Mántaras, Luciano Vitale, Juan Buonuome, Martín González, Pablo Guerra, Dorita Chávez, Pol Neiman, Javi Viña, Mariela Mendez Christie and Omar Ramirez. Torres’ next album, Señoras, is in preparation and will include guest artists such as Lila Downs and Andrea Echeverri.

“Fuerza interpretativa y buen gusto musical. Torres canta Tangos de fuego.”

— LA NACIÓN

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File in: World Music / Europe / Portugal / FadoJoana Amendoeira is considered to be one of the most important Fado singers of the “New Generation.” In her singing, Fado gains a new glow, a new attitude, without disregarding tradition. Indeed, born in 1982, Amendoeira is the youngest fadista from Portugal performing today. Her career took off in 1994 after a performance at the Lisbon Grand Fado Gala, where she received enthusiastic praise from the jury and the audience. In the following year, she won the Female Interpreter Award at the Oporto Gala. Since then she has been performing non-stop around Portugal and the world. With musical direction by Custódio Castelo, À Flor da Pele is imbued with an intensity that belies the artist’s youth. The album’s concept was to feature a Fado group, and not just a Fado singer with her accompanying musicians. Artists in the band include guitarists Pedro Amendoeira and Pedro Pinhal and Paulo Paz on bass. Their efforts are inspired by the belief that to create a strong and meaningful project, one has to live each moment in the edge.

“Amendoeira is part of a new school of fadistas (see also Mariza) who manage to put all the emotional weight of the genre’s history into their singing, yet carry themselves with a certain lightness. Indeed, her joie de vivre seems almost to betray the axis of passion and

pain around which the songs unfailingly operate. It is testimony to her vocal command that she brings such exceptional conviction to these sad old songs.”

— THE GUARDIAN

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File in: World Music / Africa / Cape VerdeTo state that Nancy Vieira is Cape Verdean may be a way of justifying her innate musicality. But that is not the whole story. Her attitude towards life and the way she interprets it gives rise to a stream of emotions allowing us, through a succession of joys and sorrows, to get a glimpse of her personality. In her voice there is neither rage nor rebellion. Instead, it is full of tenderness and subtlety; rhythm and fi rmness. There is both true feeling and interpretation. Cape Verde is inspiration. The world is both the auditorium and the essential part of a cultural mix from where she draws inspiration. Vieira has worked with many top artists, both live and in recording studios, including Rui Veloso, Ala dos Namorados and Dany Silva. Lus is her third album and marks her debut on World Village. With traditional Cape Verde rhythms as a starting point, Vieira reaches beyond the borders of her home and deftly incorporates sounds from other parts of the world, especially South America.

LusNancy VieiraWorld Village • 498033

Beguiling songs from Cape Verde

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ADVANCE REVIEW“ Nancy Vieira is another of Cesaria’s successors... she has carved out a glittering career thanks to her winning platform manner and the dark beauty of her voice. Her new all-acoustic CD is the easiest of easy listening, but the guitar accompaniments are as beguiling as her singing, and the songs — some of them mornas, some international cabaret — set up a lovely mood.” — THE SCOTSMAN

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File in: World Music / Europe / RomaniaAsphalt Tango presents Best of Gypsy Brass, an album of twelve magnifi cent hits by Fanfare Ciocarlia, the grand masters of Gypsy Brass, available only on high-quality 180g vinyl. On it, the Romanian speed-brass combo sums up thirteen years of band history and fi ve critically acclaimed albums. Since being discovered at Womex 1997, the group has won a BBC World Music Award and toured the world to rave reviews. The tracks on this LP are taken from the group’s Piranha recordings Radio Pascani (1998), Baro Biao (1999) and Iag Bari (2001) and Asphalt Tango recordings Gili Garabdi (2005) and Queens & Kings (2007).

File in: World Music / Europe / CroatiaDuring the long and bloody Balkan civil war, Darko Rundek , adventurer and cosmopolitan singer-songwriter-composer, moved to Paris where he gathered a new family around him — the members of Cargo Orkestar. The French magazine Vibrations has called him a melange of d’Higelin, Gainsbourg, Bertrand Cantat and Bashung. The Daily Times put him in the category of post-modern troubadours l ike Tom Waits and Paulo Conte. Recorded l ive in Belgrade during the promotional tour for Rundek’s previous album, Mhm A-Ha Oh Yeah Da-Da, Live in Youth Club Belgrade serves as the living proof that the ex-frontman of the legendary new wave rock band Haustor still enjoys a dedicated crowd of fans in the Balkans.

Live in Youth Club BelgradeDarko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar

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Best of Gypsy BrassFanfare Ciocarlia

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File in: Pop / RockPianist Katia Labèque is one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day. As well as her legions of fans across the globe, Katia’s friends and admirers include Madonna, who cites her as ,”one of her favorite pianists in the world,” to Miles Davis, who dedicated two songs to her on his

1985 album You’re Under Arrest. In addition to Labèque’s considerable success as one half of classical duo The Labèque Sisters, she has collaborated with artists as diverse as Sting, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. Shape Of My Heart is a fascinating album that brings together a selection of these collaborations alongside brand new recordings of the music of Satie, Chopin and Radiohead. The album opens with Sting’s “Moon Over Bourbon Street” and “Shape Of My Heart.” Here, the singer’s bold emotion combines with Labèque’s refi ned but assertive lyricism to excellent effect. Also of special note are piano duets with Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Labèque clearly enjoys the challenge of playing with three of jazz’s fi nest practitioners and on these tracks Labèque proves beyond doubt that she is an adventurous, imaginative musician at the peak of her creativity.

Shape of my HeartKatia Labèquefeaturing Sting (vocals), Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba (pianos), David Chalmin (vocals, guitar)KML Records • KML 2119

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SACD Hybrid/ StereoFile in: JazzA dedicated disciple of Charlie Parker, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson focused his energies on the bluesier aspects of his hero’s playing and rendered it with a sweeter edge that fashioned him a viable career for decades. His work for Blue Note showed his impressive mastery of the bop style. Sidemen on Here ‘Tis include Dave Bailey on drums, Grant Green on guitar and Baby Face Willette on organ.

SACD Hybrid/ StereoFile in: JazzThough not as well known as giants Ben Webster and Don Byas, the late Ike Quebec was a major stylist whose specialty was the big-toned, cozy, breathy, romantic tenor saxophone. Quebec made a series of soul-jazz sessions for Blue Note, as well as this 1962 rarity on which he had a go at the au courant bossa nova sound. Accompanied by the burnished guitar of Kenny Burrell and the Latin spice of Willie Bobo, Quebec brings his emotive approach to the sly, cool expression that is bossa nova. The contrast is exhilarating, making for a pleasant surprise for fans of the Brazilian style as well as for Quebec fans accustomed to his usual bluesy groove.

Soul SambaIke Quebec

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Artist Label Date City State VenueAnonymous 4 harmonia mundi Nov 29-30 Washington DC The Music Room

Dec 1 Villanova PA Villanova UniversityDec 3 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreDec 6 Santa Fe NM Lensic Performing Arts CenterDec 9 Minneapolis MN Basilica of St. Mary'sDec 11 Chicago IL Cathedral of the Holy NameDec 12 Milwaukee WI St. Joseph Center ChapelDec 18 Philadelphia PA St. Mark's ChurchDec 20 New York NY Corpus Christi Church

Colin Currie Onyx Classics Nov 4 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageJames Ehnes Onyx Classics Nov 12-14 Philadelphia PA Verizon Hall

Dec 5 Beverly Hills MI Seligman Performing Arts CenterFeb 2, 6 Sea¢ le WA S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

Ethel Cantaloupe Nov 13 Sacramento CA Festival of New MusicDec 18 New York NY World Financial Center Winter Garden

Isabelle Faust harmonia mundi Nov 18, 20 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall Bernarda Fink harmonia mundi Jan 22, 24 New York NY Alice Tully HallIván Fischer Channel Dec 3-5 Cleveland OH Severance HallAlban Gerhardt Hyperion Dec 3-4 Miami FL Lincoln TheaterPaolo Giacome� i Onyx Jan 24 New York NY Alice Tully HallSusan Graham Onyx Classics Nov 5 San Francisco CA Herbst Theatre

Nov 6 Palo Alto CA First United Methodist ChurchNov 7-8 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchNov 11 Los Angeles CA Disney HallNov 14 Davis CA Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall

Marc André-Hamelin Hyperion Dec 12 New York NY Kaufmann AuditoriumDec 15 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreDec 18 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumJan 13 Philadelphia PA Perelman TheaterJan 17 Orono ME Collins Center for the ArtsJan 30 Oklahoma City OK Civic Center Music HallFeb 2 Fort Worth TX Bass Hall

Angela Hewi� Hyperion Dec 1 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreDec 3 North Bethesda MD The Music Center at Strathmore

Stephen Hough Hyperion Nov 5-8 Dallas TX Meyerson Symphony CenterNov 20-22 St. Louis MO Powell Symphony Hall

Alina Ibragimova Hyperion Nov 12 Middlebury CT Mahaney Center for the ArtsStephen Isserlis Hyperion Jan 6 Washington DC The Kennedy Center

Jan 10 San Francisco CA Herbst TheaterEmma Kirkby Hyperion Nov 1 New York NY Madison Ave Presbyterian Church

Nov 3 New Britain CT South ChurchPhil Kline Cantaloupe Nov 17 Brooklyn NY BAM Next Wave FestivalPaul Lewis harmonia mundi Nov 19-22 Chicago IL Symphony CenterMariinsky Orchestra Mariinsky Jan 15 La Jolla CA Copley Symphony HallAnthony Marwood Hyperion Nov 8 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreNicholas McGegan harmonia mundi Jan 15-17 Sea¢ le WA S. Mark Taper Foundation AuditoriumThe Newberry Consort harmonia mundi Jan 23 Pi¢ sburgh PA Synod HallGarrick Ohlsson Hyperion Jan 10 Berkeley CA Zellerbach Hall

Jan 15 La Jolla CA Sherwood AuditoriumJan 19 Philadelphia PA Perelman TheaterJan 22-24 Baltimore MD Meyerhoff /Strathmore

Steven Osborne Hyperion Nov 1 Dallas TX Meyerson Symphony CenterMark Padmore harmonia mundi Dec 9-11 New York NY Gerald W. Lynch TheaterPhilharmonia Baroque Orchestra harmonia mundi Nov 11 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert HallDorothea Röschmann harmonia mundi Dec 5 New York NY Zankel HallChristine Schäfer Onyx Jan 20 New York NY Zankel HallTallis Scholars Gimell Dec 4 Berkeley CA First Congregational Church

Dec 10 Kansas City MO Cathedral of the Immaculate ConceptionYeol Eum Son harmonia mundi Nov 4 Fort Collins CO Lincoln Center Fort Collins

Nov 5 Lakewood CO Lakewood Cultural CenterNov 14 Springfi eld MO Springfi eld Symphony Orchestra HallNov 17 Greenville NC East Carolina UniversityJan 23 Corpus Christi TX Corpus Christi Chamber Music SocietyJan 26 Santa Fe NM The Lensic Performing Arts Center

Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Nov 13 Melbourne FL St. Mark's United Methodist ChurchNov 15 Raleigh NC Progress Energy Ctr for the Performing ArtsNov 18 Philadelphia PA Perelman Theater

Pieter Wispelwey Onyx Jan 24 New York NY Alice Tully HallHaochen Zhang harmonia mundi Nov 5, 7 Rochester NY Kodak Hall

Nov 13 Vienna VA The Barns at Wolf TrapNov 14 Savannah GA Lucas Theatre for the ArtsNov 19 San Antonio TX Ruth Taylor Concert HallJan 21 Charleston SC Gaillard Municipal Auditorium

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Zakir Hussain Network Mar 12-13 New York NY Rose TheaterKayhan Kalhor World Village Nov 6 Faye¢ evile AR Walton Arts CenterShujaat Husain Khan World Village May 1 New York NY Symphony SpaceMasters of Persian Music World Village Feb 10 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Feb 13 Berkeley CA Zellerbach HallAna Moura World Village Apr 17 Boston MA Berklee Performance Center

Apr 18 New York NY Symphony SpaceApr 22 Los Angeles CA Skirball CenterApr 23 Modesto CA Mary Stuart Rogers TheaterApr 24 San Francisco CA Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

So Percussion Cantaloupe Feb 6 Ann Arbor MI University of Michigan Museum of ArtCatherine Russell World Village Feb 20 Ketchum ID Sun Valley Center for the ArtsTinariwen World Village Feb 15 Chapel Hill NC University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Feb 20 Los Angeles CA Royce HallFeb 21 San Francisco CA San Francisco Jazz Festival

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