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JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 21/7/2014

Freda Payne Come Back to Me Love

ART7044 181475704423 CD ARTISTRY MUSIC £8.49 JAZZ ‘Come Back to Me Love’, showcases Freda Payne’s powerful voice backed by a sophisticated big band. She performs a mixture of standards and originals with arrangements by her frequent collaborator, Grammy-winner Bill Cunliffe. Freda Payne burst onto the collective pop consciousness in 1970 with the hit single, “Band of Gold” and then with the anthemic message single, “Bring the Boys Home.” While she is well known for those iconic songs, she is also a jazz singer of renown. She sang and toured with the Quincy Jones Big Band and remembers once being summoned to meet Miles Davis at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theatre. Her debut LP ‘After The Lights Go Down Low’ was released on legendary jazz label Impulse! in 1964. In more recent years she performed as Ella Fitzgerald in the theatrical biopic Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song. The big band on ‘Come Back to Me Love’ includes Bill Cunliffe on piano and synth, Pete Christlieb and Bob Sheppard on saxophone and Joe LaBarbera on drums. Tracks: 1. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 2. Haven't We Met 3. Lately 4. Come Back To Me Love 5. Whatever Happened To Me 6. You Don't Know 7. Save Your Love For Me 8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 9. The Island 10. I Should Have Told Him 11. I Just Have To Know 12. Midnight Sun 13. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 14. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Reviews confirmed in The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Scotland on Sunday, Jazzwise, Jazz Journal, The Jazz Rag + Hi Fi News Airplay on BBC Radio 2 (Jamie Cullum, Claire Teal, + Elaine Paige), BBC Radio 3 (Jazz Line-Up), RTE (Jazz Alley) and BBC local radio (specialist jazz programmes) Additional airplay on Jazz FM (Nigel Williams, Helen Mayhew, Sarah Ward and Bob Sinfield)




BLUES NEW RELEASE - 21/7/2014

Junior Wells

Junior’s Wail - Singles As & Bs 1953-1961

JASMCD3041 604988304121 CD JASMINE RECORDS £5.55 BLUES As a sub-genre of blues music, Chicago Blues is perhaps the most famous on a global level with many big name performers, and in the early 50s the teenager Junior Wells was on his way to being the Windy City’s greatest harmonica player. This album features both sides of his 14 singles released between 1953 and 1961 making 28 tracks of prime Chicago Blues that is not to be missed! The cream of Chicago musicians appear on many of these tracks, including Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Otis Spann and more. The set also features fully detailed liner notes. Tracks: Cut That Out / Eagle Rock / Hoodoo Man / Junior's Wail / 'Bout The Break Of Day / Lord Lord (Lawdy! Lawdy!) / Tomorrow Night / So All Alone / Two Headed Woman / Lovey Dovey Lovely One / I Could Cry (1957 Version) / Cha Cha Cha In Blue / Little By Little / Come On In This House / You Don't Care / Prison Bars All Around Me / Galloping Horses And A Lazy Mule - Junior Wells And Earl Hooker / Calling All Blues - Junior Wells And Earl Hooker / Messin' With The Kid / Universal Rock / I'm A Stranger / The Things I'd Do For You / You Sure Look Good To Me / It Hurts Me Too / So Tired / Love Me / I Could Cry (1961 Version) / I Need Me A Car

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

London, 1958

JASMCD3044 604988304428 CD JASMINE RECORDS £5.55 BLUES Singer/harmonica player, Sonny Terry and singer/guitarist, Brownie McGhee first joined forces in 1942 and worked together as a duo for more than 40 years. This album brings together two of their classic LPs and one rare EP in one set. Back in the 1950s, before the 60s blues boom, they were among the very first authentic American blues musicians to visit Europe and the first to reach a wider audience in the UK. They first came to Britain in April 1958 and the following month they recorded a number of sessions for Pye Records, including two full sessions on which they were backed by Chris Barber’s Jazz Band. These recordings were issued on two LPs, ‘Sonny, Brownie and Chris’ and ‘Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee in London’, plus an EP, ‘The Bluest’ original vinyl copies of which are still highly prized (and priced!) collectors' items. These really are benchmark recordings. This material has been unavailable for more than a dozen years, which makes this a very welcome reissue. Tracks: Betty And Dupree / No Worries On My Mind / This Little Light Of Mine / Glory / Custard Pie / Key To The Highway / If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again / Brownie’s Blues / Sonny’s Blues / Auto Mechanic Blues / Wholesale And Retail / Black Horse Blues / I Love You Baby / Just A Dream / Hooray (This Woman Is Killing Me) / Change The Lock On My Door / You’d Better Mind / Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses / Climbing On Top Of The Hill / (I’ve Been) Treated Wrong / Fox Chase / Woman’S Lover Blues / Southern Train / That’s How I Feel (The Way I Feel) / Gone But Not Forgotten




EASY LISTENING NEW RELEASE - 21/7/2014

Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five

There’ll Be A Hot Time Tonight / Swingin’ Down The River / Big City Lights

JASCD285 604988028522 CD JASMINE RECORDS £5.55 EASY LISTENING For this CD Jasmine Records have taken three original albums by Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five and presented them on one set. Martin was one of the greatest country and rockabilly session guitarists ever and played with Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Willy Nelson, Johnny Cash and many others. The first album is ‘Hot Time Tonight’ which includes old-time favourites such as “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”, “Elmer’s Tune”, “Japanese Sandman”, and the eternal “St. Louis Blues”. The Second album ‘Big City Lights’ is made up entirely of instrumentals - all originally big Country and Western songs including “Tennessee Waltz”, “Heartaches By The Number”, “He’ll Have To Go” and “You Are My Sunshine”. The last album included is ‘Swingin’ Down the River’, which features some of the greatest river-inspired songs, such as “Lazy River”, “Swanee River”, “Ol' Man River", "Beautiful Ohio" and "Colonel Bogey March" which was featured in the motion picture ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’. Grady’s styling reinvigorates every song whether it’s been five minutes of fifty years since the listener has heard it. That’s why a Grady Martin fan is a fan for life. Tracks: Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries Of You) / Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland / Blue Prelude / That Old Gang Of Mine / Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Heartaches / Elmer's Tune / You've Got Me Crying Again / St. Louis Blues / Japanese Sandman / My Blue Heaven / South / City Lights / Singing The Blues / Tennessee Waltz / Crazy Arms / The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart) / Anytime / Heartaches By The Number / Fraulein / Beautiful Brown Eyes / He'll Have To Go / Half As Much / You Are My Sunshine / Lazy River / Moon River / Swanee River / (When It's) Darkness On The Delta / Down The River Of Golden Dreams / Ol' Man River / Colonel Bogey March / River Stay 'Way From My Door / Red River Valley / Missouri Waltz / Wabash Blues / Beautiful Ohio





New York Standards Quartet

The New Straight Ahead

WR4654 0799439087767 CD WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS £7.99 JAZZ ‘The New Straight Ahead’ is the debut Whirlwind Recordings release from the New York Standards Quartet and their fourth album to date. The NYSQ is made up of pianist David Berkman, drummer Gene Jackson, saxophonist Tim Armacost, and double bassist Daiki Yasukagawa. As a band the New York-based unit have developed a near telepathic relationship playing together in a variety of settings since their formation in 2006. Conceptually, the NYSQ strives to develop its own language within the tradition of performing standard jazz repertoire. The Guardian, in a glowing, four-star review of the band’s tour across the UK, asserts the NYSQ is “a group devoted to radical reinvention of famous pop songs and Broadway show tunes. Plenty of contemporary jazz artists do that, but few more divertingly than this vivacious foursome, who delightedly cherish the originals while brusquely deconstructing their harmonies and tweaking their melodies, sometimes only slipping in the original theme on the way out of the piece. This is a collective class act.” Personnel: Tim Armacost (tenor and soprano saxophones), David Berkman (piano), Daiki Yasukagawa (double bass), Gene Jackson (drums) Tracks: Intro (Polkadots) / The Maze / It Don’t Mean a Thing / When You Wish Upon a Star / Autumn Leaves / Misterioso / Ah-leu-cha / Zingaro / Remember / Outro (and Moonbeams) Reviews confirmed in The Observer, Financial Times, Jazzwise, Jazz Journal + The Jazz Rag

Sean Jones Im.pro.vise: Never Before Seen

MAC1080 673203108028 CD MACK AVENUE £8.49 JAZZ Celebrating his 10th anniversary with Mack Avenue Records, internationally acclaimed composer/trumpeter Sean Jones decided to pare his artistic viewpoint down to the basics for his seventh album. It’s his first quartet recording with his longtime bandmates, the dynamic pianist Orrin Evans, and the seamless bass/drum tandem of Luques Curtis and Obed Calvaire. “All of my previous albums were ‘productions’ with overdubs, etc,” says Jones. “This time it was just the four of us in one room, no barriers between us, playing live.” The sense of immediacy and urgency that has always been a key element of the jazz art at its highest level is front and centre throughout this entire album. Another essential tradition of looking back to look forward is also omnipresent here, and that includes the full scope of that legacy from its blues roots to its freer explorations. Personnel: Sean Jones (trumpet), Orrin Evans (piano), Luques Curtis (bass), Obed Calvaire (drums) Tracks: 60th & Broadway / Dark Times / Interior Motive / The Morning After / I Don't Give A Damn Blues / Dr. Jekyll / How High The Moon / We'll Meet Under The Stars / New Journey / Don't Fall Off The L.E.J. / Not While I'm Around





Nigel Price Organ Trio Hit the Road

33JAZZ241 5020883337418 CD 33 RECORDS £7.99 JAZZ The Nigel Price Organ Trio is led by one of Britain’s finest guitarists, Nigel Price (ex-James Taylor Quartet), whose blend of flowing bebop lines, blues feeling and the will to swing has made him a big hit with modern jazz fans. ‘Hit the Road’ features nine tried and tested tunes that have evolved from hundreds of miles and hours on the road - a mixture of original Price compositions and covers of songs by Freddie Hubbard, Henry Mancini, Billy Strayhorn and others. Together with Matt Home on drums and Pete Whittaker on Hammond organ The Nigel Price Organ Trio is one of the most exciting jazz bands in the UK today. Formed in 2002, the trio has worked hard, playing hundreds of venues both in the UK and abroad, including six residencies at Ronnie Scott’s club in London. The by-product of this amount of work is a tight-knit chemistry rarely seen between three musicians. The band draws unashamedly upon it’s 1960’s influences yet delivers an up to date take on the music with it’s intelligent, enthusiastic, well arranged, soulful and above all swinging brand of jazz. Personnel: Nigel Price (guitar), Pete Whittaker (organ), Matt Home (drums), Vasilis Xenopoulos (tenor saxophone - track 9) Tracks: Hit the Road / Up Jumped Spring / Chelsea Bridge / Lover Man / Dreamsville / Go! / Detour Ahead / Bizzy Bee / Hot Seat Reviews confirmed in The Guardian, Evening Standard, Jazzwise + Jazz Journal

Monika Lidke If I Was To Describe You

33JAZZ242 5020883337425 CD 33 RECORDS £7.99 JAZZ Monika Lidke creates exciting and original music that truly connects with the audience. Her songs blend jazz and folk with Polish and French roots to create a mesmerising live show. ‘If I Was To Describe You’ is her second album and features acclaimed Polish singer Basia Trzetrzelewska and hip bassists Janek Gwizdala and Shez Raja. A jazz singer of Polish origin, Monika studied classical guitar in Poland, then singing and theatre in Paris. She relocated to London where she released her debut album ‘Waking up to Beauty’ in 2008. Her band have performed at high profile venues and festivals including London Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s Bar and Pizza Express Soho. ‘If I Was To Describe You’ has been released to critical acclaim in Poland where Monika has been appearing extensively on national TV and radio. One of the songs, featuring Basia Trzetrzelewska (“Tum Tum Song”) has been featured on the compilation album Smooth Jazz Café vol. 13 released by Universal. Monika has performed with many of the top names on the European jazz scene including Soweto Kinch, Andy Sheppard, Gilad Atzmon, Arun Ghosh, Jay Phelps, Denys Baptiste, Shabaka Hutchings and Elzbieta Adamiak. Tracks: They Say / If I Was to Describe You / Tum Tum Song / Light Under the Bruises / Funny Little Dance / Ensemble / Rozpalona Kolyska / Waves and Curves / Questions Gênantes / Bread On Toast / Footprints On the Seashore / Oceany Lez / Higher Self / Kolysanka dla Janka





Richard Elliot Lip Service

HUI3416902 888072341692 CD HEADS UP £8.49 JAZZ Saxophonist Richard Elliot has been blowing audiences away with his talent for more than 30 years. The album ‘Lip Service’, made in collaboration with smooth jazz guitar giant Paul Brown, celebrates romance and is the 17th solo project by Elliot. Richard Elliot has delivered a ten-song album featuring seven original compositions and three covers of soul and pop hits from the ’80s (“Shining Star” by The Manhattans), the ’90s (“Anytime” by Brian McKnight) and “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars. Tracks: Desire / Lip Service / Given It Up / Sweet Spot / Sookie Sookie / All the Way / When I Was Your Man / Shining Star / City Lights / Anytime

Dukes Of Dixieland

Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?

JASCD786 604988078626 CD2 JASMINE RECORDS £6.73 JAZZ New Orleans has a special place in the history of jazz, and The Dukes of Dixieland have a special place in the story of New Orleans. Continuing the success that Jasmine Records had with their first outing with the Dukes, ‘The Fabulous Sound Of...’ (JASCD721), they have selected in chorological order the next four LPs that were issued on the AFSD record label. The repertoire on the first album includes selections such as “Swanee River”, “Dinah”, “Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home” and the seminal “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”. The next set of selections find the Dukes in the full Mardi Gras spirit, listen to them on “Panama Rag”, “If I Ever Cease To Love”, “Loveless Love” and “Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?” theme song of The Dukes Of Dixieland, which is presented here in its entirety. Tracks: Dixie / Swanee / Alabamy Bound / Old Kentucky Home / Swanee River / Georgia Camp / Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie / Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair / Dinah / Ida / Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home / Alexander's Ragtime Band / Way Down Yonder In New Orleans / Louis - I - An - I - A / New Orleans / Do You Know What It Means - To Miss New Orleans / Louisiana / At The Mardi Gras / King Zulu Parade / If I Ever Cease To Love / Panama Rag / Loveless Love / The Second Line / Down In Honky Tonk Town / Disk 2: Billboard March / Entry Of The Gladiators (Thunder & Blazes March) / The Man On The Flying Trapeze / Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay / A Vision Of Salome / In A Persian Market / Washington Post March / Asleep In The Deep / Over The Waves / Swinging William / Merry Widow / Go Galop / Roll On Tulane / Rambling Wreck From Georgia Tech / Notre Dame Victory Song / Fight On, Ohio / On, Wisconsin / Hats Off To Illinois / Stein Song / The Whiffenpoof Song / Jamboree Jones / Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi / Varsity Drag / Buckle Down, Winsocki




ROCK & ROLL NEW RELEASE - 21/7/2014

Jo Ann Campbell

Girl From Wolverton Mountain

JASCD765 604988076523 CD2 JASMINE RECORDS £6.73 ROCK & ROLL Jo Ann Campbell is amongst the greatest US female rocker and roll artists, yet remains virtually forgotten today. Jasmine Records are now returning her to the forefront with this comprehensive 55 track compilation spanning 1956 to 1962 covering hits, misses, B-sides, obscurities and three albums including the album and hit song “I’m the Girl From Wolverton Mountain”. This is an essential collection for all fans of 50s and 60s rocking girls! Disc 1: I'm Coming Home Late Tonight / Wherever You Go / Forever Young / Funny Thing / Give Me Five Minutes More / Jim Dandy / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Come On Baby / Beg Your Pardon / Wait A Minute / It's True / I Really, Really Love You / Nobody's Baby / Mama (Can I Go Out Tonight) / Beachcomber / You're Driving Me Mad / I Ain't Got No Steady Date / Wassa Matter With You / Rock And Roll Love / You - Oo / Nervous / Tall Boy / Happy New Year Baby / A Kookie Little Paradise / But Maybe This Year / I Wasn't Right / Amateur Night Disc 2: Dance With Me Henry / Johnny B. Goode / Donnie / Mama Don't Want No Twistin' / Willie And The Hand Jive / Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye / Mr. Lee / Bobby, Bobby, Bobby / Eddie My Love / Crazy Daisy / Duane / Motorcycle Michael / Let Me Do My Twist / I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain / It Keeps Right On A Hurtin' / Things / Teenage Idol / Sheila / You Don't Know Me / Devil Woman / As Long As The Rose Is Red / Ahab The Arab / Little Miss In Between / I Remember You / Send Me The Pillow You Dream On / Sloppy Joe / Let Me Do It My Way / Mr. Fix It Man

Bobby Rydell The Original American Idol

JASCD774 604988077421 CD2 JASMINE RECORDS £6.73 ROCK & ROLL Bobby Rydell was one of the major teen idol talents that emerged in America between the first flush of rock and roll and the arrival of The Beatles and other British Invasion groups in 1963 and 1964. This collection is the most detailed and complete overview of Rydell’s early career ever issued. It includes two LPs and the A & B side of every single he released from 1958 until the end of 1962, many of which are making their first ever appearance on CD. It features all his hit singles with full chart history for the UK and US including: “We Got Love”, “Wild One”, “Good Time Baby” and many more! The booklet includes fully detailed liner notes and rare photos. Disc 1: Fatty Fatty / Happy Happy / Dream Age / Please Don't Be Mad / Makin' Time / All I Want Is You / For You For You / Kissin' Time / You'll Never Tame Me / We Got Love / I Dig Girls / Wild One / Little Bitty Girl / Swingin' School / Ding A Ling / Volare / Do It Again / Sway / Groovy Tonight / Good Time Baby / Cherie / That Old Black Magic / Don't Be Afraid (To Fall In Love) / The Fish / The Third House (In From The Right) / I Wanna Thank You / The Door To Paradise / Jingle Bell Rock / Jingle Bell Imitations Disc 2: I've Got Bonnie / Lose Her / Swingin' Together / Teach Me To Twist / I'll Never Dance Again / Gee It's Wonderful / The Cha Cha Cha / The Best Man Cried / Ain't That A Shame / You're The Greatest / Home In Your Arms / Teach Me Tonight / Like A Baby / Because Of You / Lovin' Doll / You Were Made For Me / That's My Desire / What'd I Say / Saints Go Marching In / Chemistry / Hey Good Looking / Stop Fooling Around / Toys / An Angel Is Missing / I Cried For You / Where Is My Love? / The Great Pretender / Please Don't Be Mad




ROCK & ROLL NEW RELEASE - 21/7/2014

Bobby Vee The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

JASCD766 604988076622 CD2 JASMINE RECORDS £6.73 ROCK & ROLL Following on from Jasmine Records previous volume of Bobby Vee’s original albums ‘Take Good Care Of My Baby - His First Four Albums and all the hits 1960-1961’ (JASCD187), this set includes four albums and a number of bonus singles. The first volume ended with his big hit “Take Good Care Of My Baby” and both sides of his follow-up “Run To Him”/”Walking With My Angel” and all three of these were included in his next long player which is where we kick off this time. ‘The Night Has a Thousand Eyes’ also features the album ‘Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets’, which climbed to No. 2 in the UK charts and was probably the biggest release of his career and one of the biggest pre-Beatles pop rock LPs. This superb collection ends with some bonus singles, many of which recorded at Abbey Road studios and were only released in the UK. Disc 1: Take Good Care Of My Baby / Will You Love Me Tomorrow / Remember Me Huh / He Will Break Your Heart / Who Am I / Run To Him / Walkin' With My Angel / Raining In My Heart / Go On / Little Flame / So You're In Love / Hark Is That A Cannon I Hear / Peggy Sue / Bo Diddley / Someday (When I'm Gone From You) / Well Alright / I Gotta Know / Lookin' For Love / Sweet Little Sixteen / When You're In Love / Lucille / The Girl Of My Best Friend / Little Queenie / The Girl Can't Help It Disc 2: What's Your Name / My Golden Chance / You Better Move On / Please Don't Ask About Barbara / Forget Me Not / Sharing You / In My Baby's Eyes / Tenderly Yours / I Can't Say Goodbye / Teardrops Fall Like Rain / Guess Who / A Forever Kind Of Love (Us Version) / Punish Her / Stayin' In / How Many Tears / One Last Kiss / A Not So Merry Christmas / Christmas Vacation / The Night Has A Thousand Eyes / Anonymous Phone Call / A Forever Kind Of Love (UK Release) / All You've Got To Do Is Touch Me / At A Time Like This




CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 21/7/2014

La Serenissima & Adrian Chandler

Per Monsieur Pisendel 2 - Vivaldi, Albinoni, Pisendel & Montanari

AV2308 822252230826 CD AVIE £8.49 CLASSICAL With ‘Per Monsier Pisendel 2’, Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima hark back to their debut album, performing violin sonatas by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Pisendel and Montanari with stunning virtuosity.

Adrian Chandler returns to where it all began. Per Monsieur Pisendel (AV0018) was the debut album by the Vivaldi enthusiast released on AVIE in 2003, launching a recording career that has earned international plaudits, awards, chart-topping albums and recognition as one of the world’s leading authorities on the music of Vivaldi and his Italian baroque contemporaries. Per Monsieur Pisendel 2 brings together works by the dazzling German violinist’s teachers Antonio Montanari and the Red Priest, the last “Pisendel” sonata by Albinoni, and two sonatas by the Saxon himself, including the fiendish unaccompanied sonata which inspired Bach to compose his six similarly-scored works. Shining through Adrian’s erudition is stellar music performed with laser beam precision. Personnel: La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin), Gareth Deats (cello), Thomas Dunford, theorbo), Robert Howarth (harpsichord) Critical acclaim for Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima: “These are musicians who quite simply love their Vivaldi.” - BBC Music Magazine, Recording of the Month (Vivaldi: A Tale of Two Seasons, AV2287) “One of the most scintillating discs of the year...another cracking collection of concertos, and the variety is gripping.” - TheClassicalReview.com, Best of 2011 (Vivaldi: The French Connection 2, AV2218) “A juxtaposition of energy and refinement...a surfeit of musical entertainments.” - Gramophone

Tracks: Antonio Vivaldi: Suonata à Solo facto per Monsieur Pisendel in A, RV 29 1. Andante 2. Allegro 3. Largo 4. Presto Johann Georg Pisendel: Sonata for violin & continuo in c 5. Adagio prolubite - Andante 6. Allegro 7. Largo 8. Allegro Antonio Montanari: Sonata for violin & continuo in d 9. Adagio 10. Allegro 11. Adagio 12. Giga senza basso Tomaso Albinoni: Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat 13. Allemanda: Larghetto 14. Corrente: Allegro 15. Gavotta: Allegro 16. Sarabanda: Allegro Johann Georg Pisendel: Sonata for violin in a 17. Grave 18. Allegro 19. Giga - Variazione Antonio Vivaldi: Suonata à Solo facto per Monsieur Pisendel in F, RV19 20. Andante 21. Giga 22. Largo 23. Allegro 24. Allegro con variazioni

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Ton Koopman & Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Buxtehude: Opera Omnia XIX - Vocal Works Volume 9

CC72258 608917225822 CD CHALLENGE CLASSICS £8.49 CLASSICAL This is the 19th and penultimate volume in a highly acclaimed survey of the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude by the renowned early music director Ton Koopman and the musicians and singers of Amsterdam Baroque. It is the ninth release devoted to the composer’s vocal works, and features compositions which are not linked to the liturgical service and are consequently extremely free and innovative in form and content. The annual series of “Abendmusiken” were evening concerts that followed the afternoon vespers service. They were presented at St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck on the five Sundays after St. Martin’s Day (November 11). The programmes of the Abendmusiken were not restricted to any liturgical requirements and could add a new dimension to the spiritual function of sacred music. Consequently Buxtehude chose a selection of arias, concertos, and cantatas with texts taken from a variety of origins including biblical texts, mediaeval lyrics, church hymns, and modern poetry in both German and Latin languages. Of particular prominence are devotional and mystic poetic texts that relate to the Pietist movement of the later 17th century. Ton Koopman is one of the world’s foremost early music specialists and directors. His recording of the complete Bach Cantatas on Challenge Classics received worldwide acclaim. In recent years he has undertaken the daunting task of recording all of the music of his compatriot, the early baroque composer Dieterich Buxtehude. As president of the International Dieterich Buxtehude Society Ton Koopman is considered to be one of the world’s leading authorities on his music. Personnel: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Ton Koopman (direction) Tracks: 1. Was frag' ich nach der Welt BuxWV 104 2. Salve Jesu BuxWV 94 3. Welt, packe dich BuxWV 106 4. Was mich auf dieser Welt betr?bt BuxWV 105 5. Pange lingua gloriosi BuxWV 91 6. Accedite gentes, accurrite populi BuxWV 1 7. Fürchtet euch nicht, siehe ich verkündige euch grosse Freude BuxWV 30 8. Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden BuxWV 46 9. Schaffe in mir Gott, ein rein Herz BuxWV 95 10. O dulcis Jesu, o amor cordis mei BuxWV 83





Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend

Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

CC72641 608917264128 Hybrid SACD CHALLENGE CLASSICS £9.99 CLASSICAL This is the second volume in a series of SACD releases by Jan Willem de Vriend and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra of the complete symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn. Volume 1 (CC72543) was released in January 2013 and featured the Symphony No. 2 ‘Lobgesang’, whilst this disc couples his first mature work in the genre, the opus 11 Symphony No. 1 in C minor, with one of his acknowledged masterpieces, the Symphony No. 3 in A minor known as the ‘Scottish’. Mendelssohn’s mature symphonies are numbered approximately in the order that they were published rather than the order in which they were composed, the order of actual composition being 1, 5, 4, 2, 3. The Symphony No. 1 in C minor was written in 1824, when Mendelssohn was aged 15. The composer conducted the work on his first visit to London in 1829 with the orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society. The ‘Scottish’ Symphony, No. 3 in A minor, was written and revised intermittently between 1829 (when Mendelssohn noted down the opening theme during a visit to Holyrood Palace) and 1842, when it was given its premiere in Leipzig. Jan Willem de Vriend has been the chief conductor and artistic director of The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra since 2006. Over the last eight years this musical collaboration has developed a formidable reputation on the Dutch and International music scene. It has become particularly notable for its use of period instruments in the brass section, and has consequently developed its own distinctive sound as regards the 18th and 19th century repertoire. Jan Willem de Vriend has also been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Personnel: Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor) Tracks: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, opus 11 1. Allegro di molto 2. Aandante 3. Menuetto: allegro molto 4. Allegro con fuoco Symphony No. 3 in A minor, opus 56 ‘Scottish’ 5. Introduction und allegro agitato 6. Scherzo assai vivace 7. Adagio cantabile 8. Allegro guerriero und Finale maestoso





Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & John Axelrod

Brahms Beloved – Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 3 / Clara Schumann: Lieder

TEL3465902 888072346598 CD2 TELARC £8.49 CLASSICAL John Axelrod returns to the podium and the piano to complete his much-admired cycle of Brahms symphonies and Clara Schumann songs – joined for this volume by celebrated soprano Dame Felicity Lott and distinguished Lieder specialist Wolfgang Holzmair. This is the second and final volume of Brahms Beloved, in which conductor John Axelrod pairs the Brahms Symphonies (in this set, the First and the Third) with songs by his muse, Clara Schumann. Volume 1 stimulated healthy debate among Brahmsians as to how deeply enmeshed the presence of Clara is in the songs of the man who always had a love for her, and this volume takes the discussion further with an insightful booklet essay by Jan Swafford, author of a standard-reference Brahms biography. Keeping with the idea of using different voice-types for each ‘set’ of Clara’s songs, the better to explore the notion of different sides of their composer’s character, this volume introduces the two final “Claras,” the great Lieder singers Dame Felicity Lott and Wolfgang Holzmair (for the more masculine side of Clara). The orchestra is again the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, of which John Axelrod is Principal Conductor, and Axelrod once more does double duty as conductor and pianist.

John Axelrod is Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, as well as Music Director of the Orchestre National des Pays et des Loire. A former pupil of Leonard Bernstein, he is one of today’s most in-demand conductors. Recent recordings have included a much-praised Berlioz and Ravel disc with Veronique Gens and the ONPL for Ondine Classics, the album American Serenade also with the ONPL and violinist Rachel Kolly d’Alba for Warner Classics, and Gorecki’s Third Symphony with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra for Sony Classical.

Personnel: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, John Axelrod (conductor), Wolfgang Holzmair (tenor), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano) Disc 1: BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, opus 68 1. I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro 2. II. Andante sostenuto 3. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso 4. IV. Adagio - Allegro non troppo ma con brio CLARA SCHUMANN: Lieder 5. Volkslied 6. Sie liebten sich beide 7. Warum willst du and’re fragen 8. Mein Stern 9. Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage

Disc 2: BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, opus 90 1. I. Allegro con brio 2. II. Andante 3. III. Poco allegretto 4. IV. Allegro CLARA SCHUMANN: Lieder 5. Das Veilchen 6. Sie liebten sich beide 7. Lorelei 8. Ich hab’ in deinem Auge 9. Beim Abschied

On 24 August John Axelrod conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Barber and Bernstein at the Edinburgh International Festival (Usher Hall).





Various Artists

The World’s Most Famous Voices in Opera & Song

600163 4053796001634 CD10 DOCUMENTS £8.49 CLASSICAL The recordings chosen for this 10-CD set feature performances by legendary singers of the last century such as Maria Callas, Jussi Bjorling and Joan Sutherland, and cover the years between 1939 and 1960. The conductors and accompanists are also among the greatest of the period including Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm, Tulio Serafin, Victor de Sabata and Gerald Moore. The artists in this collection are some of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Kathleen Ferrier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Björling, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fritz Wunderlich, Joan Sutherland, and Boris Christoff – each of these is an outstanding vocal personality and embodies a quite individual type of singer and voice. Operatic arias, song-cycles, oratiorio and lieder by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, Puccini, Richard Strauss, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Mussorgsky and many more feature amongst the famous role interpretations, benchmark recordings and other musical delights this exceptional box has to offer.

Various Artists

Hector Berlioz: The Great Classical Collection

600166 4053796001665 CD10 DOCUMENTS £8.49 CLASSICAL This 10-CD set presents a wide-ranging collection of the works of the 19th century French composer Hector Berlioz. Included here are his two great purely orchestral pieces, Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy, alongside music from the dramatic works Romeo and Juliet and The Damnation of Faust. Also featured are his monumental choral requiem Grande Messe des Morts, the song cycle Les Nuits d’Été, and a selection of some of his best known overtures. Some of the recordings in this set are considered to be amongst the best ever made, including an exceptional recording of the Grande Messe des Morts conducted by Hermann Scherchen and produced in 1958 in L’Église Saint-Louis des Invalides, where the piece had received its premiere in 1837. Another classic performance featured is that of the oratorio La damnation de Faust made in 1959 and directed by Igor Markevich, a conductor who became especially revered for his interpretations of Berlioz. The French conductor Charles Munch was also recognised as a Berlioz specialist, and a rarely-heard recording of him directing a performance of the sacred trilogy L’Enfance du Christ, one which originated in the U.S.A in 1957, is also included. Among the legendary vocal soloists featured are Gérard Souzay, Victoria de los Angeles and Cesare Valletti, In addition, many of the greatest orchestras in the world, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, and L’Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra can be heard in the collection conducted by the likes of Lorin Maazel, André Cluytens and Sir Charles Mackerras.





Yehudi Menuhin

Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

233547 885150335475 CD2 DOCUMENTS £4.75 CLASSICAL American-born violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin spent most of his career in the United Kingdom, becoming a British citizen in 1985. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest soloists of the 20th century, and his performances of the works of J.S. Bach are particularly revered. These classic recordings on this 2-CD set of the composer’s Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006, were made in 1957. Personnel: Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Disc 1: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 1. I. Adagio 2. II. Fugue 3. III. Siciliano 4. IV. Presto Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 5. I. Allemande 6. II. Double 7. III. Courante 8. IV. Double 9. V. Sarabande 10. VI. Double 11. VII. Bourée 12. VIII. Double Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 13. I. Grave 14. II. Fugue 15. III. Andante 16. IV. Allegro Disc 2 : Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 1. I. Allemande 2. II. Courante 3. III. Sarabande 4. IV. Gigue 5. V. Chaconne Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 6. I. Adagio 7. II. Fuga 8. III. Largo 9. IV. Allegro assai Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 10. I. Preludio 11. II. Louré 12. III. Gavotte en rondeau 13. IV. Menuets 1 & 2 14. V. Bourrée 15. VI. Gigue

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