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available September 18th, call-off September 7th harmonia mundi UK Classical new releases SEPTEMBER 2015 DISTRIBUTED LABELS: ACCENT RECORDS, ACTES SUD, AGOGIQUE, ALIA VOX, AMBRONAY, APARTE, ARTE VERUM, AUDITE, BEL AIR, BELVEDERE, THE CHOIR OF KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, CONVIVIUM, CHRISTOPHORUS, CSO RESOUND, DELPHIAN, DUCALE, EDITION CLASSICS, EVIDENCE, FLORA, FRA MUSICA, GLOSSA, harmonia mundi, HAT[NOW]ART, HERITAGE, KAMER, KML, LA DOLCE VOLTA, LA MUSICA, LES ARTS FLORISSANTS EDITIONS, LSO LIVE, MARIINSKY, MIRARE, MODE, MUSO, MYRIOS, MUSIQUES A LA CHABOTTERIE, NAÏVE, ONYX, OPELLA NOVA, ORFEO, PAN CLASSICS, PARADIZO, PARATY, PHIL.HARMONIE, PRAGA DIGITALS, RADIO FRANCE, RAM, REAL COMPAÑIA ÓPERA DE CÁMARA, RCO LIVE, SFZ MUSIC, SIGNUM, STRADIVARIUS, TREASURE ISLAND, UNITED ARCHIVES, WALHALL ETERNITY, WERGO, WIGMORE HALL LIVE, WINTER & WINTER, YSAYE

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available September 18th, call-off September 7th

harmonia mundi UK Classical new releases

SEPTEMBER 2015

DISTRIBUTED LABELS:

ACCENT RECORDS, ACTES SUD, AGOGIQUE,

ALIA VOX, AMBRONAY, APARTE, ARTE VERUM, AUDITE, BEL AIR, BELVEDERE,

THE CHOIR OF KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE,

CONVIVIUM, CHRISTOPHORUS, CSO RESOUND, DELPHIAN, DUCALE, EDITION CLASSICS, EVIDENCE,

FLORA, FRA MUSICA, GLOSSA, harmonia mundi, HAT[NOW]ART, HERITAGE, KAMER, KML,

LA DOLCE VOLTA, LA MUSICA,

LES ARTS FLORISSANTS EDITIONS, LSO LIVE, MARIINSKY, MIRARE, MODE, MUSO, MYRIOS, MUSIQUES A LA CHABOTTERIE, NAÏVE, ONYX,

OPELLA NOVA, ORFEO, PAN CLASSICS, PARADIZO, PARATY, PHIL.HARMONIE, PRAGA DIGITALS,

RADIO FRANCE, RAM,

REAL COMPAÑIA ÓPERA DE CÁMARA,

RCO LIVE, SFZ MUSIC, SIGNUM, STRADIVARIUS,

TREASURE ISLAND, UNITED ARCHIVES,

WALHALL ETERNITY, WERGO, WIGMORE HALL LIVE, WINTER & WINTER, YSAYE

August Issues out nowGRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICEBEL AIR CLASSIQUESBAC118 Thierry Escaich ClaudeVarious soloists; Orchestra of the Opera de Lyon; Jeremie Rhorer

EDITOR’S CHOICEDELPHIAN DCD34157Eddie McGuire Entangled FortunesRed Note Ensemble

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE CONCERTO CHOICEharmonia mundi HMU807573 Vaughan Williams & MacMillan Oboe ConcertosNicholas Daniel; Britten Sinfonia

OPERA CHOICEharmonia mundi HMC902212/13Rameau Castor et PolluxEnsemble Pygmalion/Raphael Pichon

CHORAL & SONG CHOICESignum SIGCD408 In the midst of life/Baldwin PartbooksContrapunctus/Owen Rees

INSTRUMENTAL CHOICE Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0076/2Mozart Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 12, 14 &16; Fantasia in C minor, K457Christian Blackshaw (piano)

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Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: HMC952223/24Barcode: 3149020222379MID PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: cd bookEnsemble CorrespondancesSébastien Daucé

Le Concert Royal de la Nuit Louis XIV 1715-2015 Celebration, Special EditionEnsemble CorrespondancesSébastien Daucé

Jean de CAMBEFORT Antoine BOESSET Louis CONSTANTINMichel LAMBERT Francesco CAVALLI Luigi ROSSI ANON

In late February 1653, just after the Fronde rebellion, the most influential spectacle of the early reign of Louis XIV wascreated at the Louvre: the Ballet Royal de la Nuit. Grandiose, and carefully elaborated at the highest levels of the state,the libretto by Bensérade called upon the finest artists of the time. Banishing the troubles of Night, Louis XIV danced inthe Sun King costume that would henceforth be for ever associated with him. An indispensable world premiere recording! A BBC documentary on Louis XIV featuring Sebastien Dauce and Ensemble Correspondances will air

on 13th September at 8pm on BBC 4 : video clips for promotional use by the end of August .

Samplers available to support this release

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2015

Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: HMC902217Barcode: 3149020221723NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackWerner Güra [tenor]Christoph Berner [fortepiano J. B. Streicher,1847]

BEETHOVEN: Lieder & Bagatelles Werner Güra Christoph Berner

An die Hoffnung op.32 - Christoph August TiedgeLied aus der Ferne WoO 137 - Christian Ludwig ReissigBagatelle op.126/2Zärtliche Liebe WoO 123 - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm HerroseeBagatelle op.126/1An die ferne Geliebte op.98 - Aloys JeittelesBagatelle op.126/3Adelaide op.46 - Friedrich MatthissonBagatelle op.126/5Der Kuss op.128 - Christian Felix WeißeBagatelle op.126/4Bagatelle op.126/6Wonne der Wehmut op.83/1 - Johann Wolfgang von GoetheResignation WoO 149 - Paul von HaugwitzAn die Hoffnung op.94 - Christoph August Tiedge

Beethoven the song composer. The giant of the symphony and the sonata has somewhat overshadowed Beethoven thecreator of songs. Yet his lieder are certainly not lacking in appeal or originality, as is shown by this selection that includesthe most famous, from 'Adelaide' to the first song cycle in history, 'An die ferne Geliebte'. Christoph Berner plays aStreicher fortepiano of 1847, perfectly suited to both the songs and the wonderful Bagatelles Op.126.

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Label: harmonia mundiFile Under: ClassicalCatalogue No: HMX2908717/26Barcode: 3149020872543SPECIAL PriceFormat: 10 CDPackaging: box setLimited Edition

Louis XIV - Les menus plaisirs de Louis XIV de Paris a VersaillesLouis XIV 1715-2015 Celebration, Special Edition

The Sun King’s musical library!The year 1715 marks the tercentenary of the death of the Sun King. As well as being the autocratic personality whoplunged his country into famine with his endless battles, Louis XIV was also an artistic system developed from beginningto end of his 60-year reign. At the moment when Versailles became the palace we know today, music played a crucialrole in his royal ascent, meticulously arranged around him, his court, his desires and his hunts. From the blossoming ofthe young Louis to the pomp of Versailles, by way of the musical accompaniment to the events of an ordinary day in thepalace, the artists of harmonia mundi lay the table out before us; the banquet will be truly royal.

RELEASE DATE118TH SEPTEMBER 2015

Label: CSO ResoundFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: CSOR9011501Barcode: 0810449010030MID PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: cristalGérard Depardieu [narrator]Mario Zeffiri [tenor]Kyle Ketelsen[bass-baritone] Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

BERLIOZ: Symphonie FantastiqueLélio, or the Return to Life:“The Fisherman,” Ballad by GoetheChorus of the Shades, Song of the Brigands, Song of Bliss—Hymn The AeolianHarp—MemoriesFantasy on Shakespeare’s The Tempest Chicago Symphony OrchestraRiccardo Muti

This recording features Berlioz's 'Symphonie fantastique' with its sequel 'Lelio' presented as Berlioz intended. ActorGerard Depardieu is the narrator in 'Lelio', and Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as part of their120th season, give vibrant and dynamic performances of both works.

Riccardo Muti introduces the work Berlioz viewed as his signature artistic statement: the evening-longpairing of his most famous composition, the 'Symphonie fantastique', long a staple of the Chicago orchestra’s repertoire,and its little-known sequel, Lélio, never before performed by the CSO.Berlioz wrote Lélio as the “conclusion and complement” of the earlier work’s tortured tale, a response to the symphony’scliff-hanger ending, and, above all, a testament to the healing power of music.Together, they formed the 'Episode in the Life of an Artist', a daring mix of autobiography and fantasy. Even during Berlioz’s lifetime, 'Lélio' was rarely performed with its companion, and, only once, in a performance stagedby fellow pioneer Franz Liszt in 1855, did Berlioz see his complete dramatic work presented as he envisioned it.This new recording, from live semi-staged performances, attempts to recreate the essence of Berlioz’s ownconcept—moving from the realm of instrumental drama in the first half, to theatre in the second, as an actor takes thestage to tell Berlioz’s tale, while a simple scrim separates reality and creative fantasy—and draws a temporary linebetween a modern-day Chicago audience and the daring sounds of Berlioz’s imaginary world.

"from the moment he cued the orchestra’s flutes and clarinets, in the opening of Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique,” atthe start of the Saturday evening performance, to his final downbeat.....at the end of the Sunday afternoon concert,worries about the state of American orchestras and those who lead them disappeared... Gérard Depardieu gave analternately manic and depressed reading of the narration, in French. Mario Zeffiri sang the tenor arias with a sweetfluidity, and the bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen gave a strong account of the “Song of the Brigands.” In the larger pieces,particularly the fantasy on Shakespeare’s “Tempest,” the orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus were solid andsupple." New York Times

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2015

Label: Onyx ClassicsFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: ONYX4142Barcode: 0880040414223NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackViktoria Mullova [violin]Tedi Papravami* [violin II]Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi [conductor]

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 Solo Violin Sonata, Duo Violin Sonata*Viktoria MullovaFrankfurt Radio Symphony OrchestraPaavo Jarvi

Viktoria Mullova’s new ONYX album is an all Prokofiev affair recorded live, with the lyrical 2nd violin concerto joined withthe solo violin sonata and the sonata for two violins. Robert Soetens premiered the Duo Sonata in Paris in December1932, partnered by Samuel Dushkin, for whom Stravinsky had recently composed a Violin Concerto. Knowing ofProkofiev’s rivalry with Stravinsky, Soetens persuaded Prokofiev to write him a concerto. Composed in 1935 just beforeProkofiev resettled in Soviet Russia, the Second Violin Concerto includes in its central movement one of his mostcelebrated long-arching melodies. The Solo Sonata was an official commission towards the end of Prokofiev’s life.Originally intended for an ensemble of talented child violinists, Prokofiev so wrote the work that it could equally be playedby a soloist. Paavo Jarvi and Viktoria Mullova have been close musical collaborators for many years

OTHER VIKTORIA MULLOVA RECORDINGS FROM ONYX:4114 Bach Violin Concertos4020 Bach Violin Sonatas4040 Bach Partitas & Sonatas for solo violin4006 Schubert Octet4015 Ravel Violin Sonata, Schubert Fantasie, Stravinsky Suite Italienne [wt Katia Labeque]4050 Beethoven Violin Sonatas 3&9 ‘Kreutzer’4070 The Peasant Girl4130 Stradivarius in Rio

RELEASE DATE28TH AUGUST 2015

Label: ApartéFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: AP109Barcode: 3149028060126MID PriceFormat: 3 CDPackaging: box setJulian Prégardien Sandrine PiauAimery Lefèvre Benoit Arnould Amel Brahim-Djelloul Hasnaa Bennani Zachary Wilder Choeur de chambre de Namur

RAMEAU: ZaïsBallet héroiqueLes Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset

In 1745, the king granted Jean-Philippe Rameau the position of Composer du cabinet du roy, which came with a pension.This new period would see productions in a lighter vein, in collaboration with the librettist Louis de Cahusac, and some ofthe Burgundian musician's most important masterpieces. 'Zaïs', performed in 1748 on the stage of the Académie Royale de Musique, is one of them. This ballet-héroïque gaveFrench music one of its finest works. The entire score is in the image of its famous overture: organising Chaos, surprisingin its theatrical timbres and the boldness of the harmony. Although the plot is quite flimsy – a lover (Zaïs) putting hisbeloved (Zélidie) to the test to cherish her all the more – it is the pretext for innumerable divertissements and dances,whose magic is a veritable enchantment to the ear.40 years after Gustav Leonhardt, it is the turn of Christophe Rousset to work on this score in a continuing series ofrecordings, concerts and writings that have made him one of Rameau's leading champions.

Limited Edition CD Book, 3 cds

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2015

Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: SIGCD402Barcode: 0635212040225NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalMatthew Brook [Anacréon] Anna Dennis [Chloé]Agustín Prunell-Friend [Batile]The Choir of the EnlightenmentOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentJonathan Williams [conductor]

RAMEAU: AnacreonOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentJonathan Williams

Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos.'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by someperformances in Paris after the composer’s death, and then fell into oblivion for almost 250 years. From fragmentedmanuscripts scattered through Paris’s libraries, Dr Jonathan Williams has reconstructed the work, had his editionpublished by Bärenreiter, and now leads this world première recording, joined by a leading cast of soloists and theOrchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment.

1 Ritournelle2 Scene 1: Air accompagné: “Mirthes fleuris, naissant feuillage”3 Scene 2: Récitatif: “Vous nous cachez l’objet”4 Scene 3: Air accompagné: “Tendre Amour!” (Chloé5 Scene 4: Récitatif: “Ciel, c’est Batile... Hélas!” – Ariette: “Des Zéphyrs, que Flore rappelle” – Récitatif: “Dieux! vouspleurez!”6 Air accompagné: “Mille fleurs parfument les airs” – Récitatif: “Dieux ! ces chants ne sont pas pour moi”7 Scene 5: Air accompagné avec chœur: “Régnez"8 Airs Vifs 1 & 2 pour les jeunes Théoniens et Théoniennes9 Air accompagné: “Des caprices du sort”10 Air pour les jeunes11 Récitatif: “C’est lorsque vous chantez”12 Ariette: “Qu’Anacréon dans ce séjour”13 Scene 6: Air pour les Bacchantes14 Gavottes 1 & 2 pour les Égipans et les Bacchantes15 Ariette: “Quand l’Amour enflamme nos cœurs”16 Pantomime pour Silène et deux Bacchantes17 Airs 1 & 2 pour Silène et deux Bacchantes18 Ariette: “L’Amour, riant et sans bandeau”19 Tambourins 1 & 220 Trio: “Chantons Bacchus”21 Chœur: “Chantons Bacchus”22 Contredanse

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Label: GlossaFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: GCD923505Barcode: 8424562235052NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackAnn Hallenberg [mezzo-soprano]Stile GalanteStefano Aresi [direction]

Arias for Luigi MarchesiThe great castrato of the Napoleonic eraAnn HallenbergStile GalanteStefano Aresi

Giuseppe SARTI: Vedo l’abisso orrendo (Armida e Rinaldo)Giuseppe SARTI: Rendi, oh cara, il prence amato (L’Olimpiade)Niccolò Antonio ZINGARELLI: Chi mi dà consiglio, aita (Pirro)Giuseppe SARTI: Lungi da te, ben mio (Armida e Rinaldo)Johann Simon MAYR: Oh qual contento (Lauso e Lidia)Luigi CHERUBINI: Quanto è fiero (Alessandro nelle Indie)Gaetano PUGNANI: Misero pargoletto (Demofoonte)Francesco BIANCHI: Sembianze amabili (Castore e Polluce)Domenico CIMAROSA: Superbo di me stesso (L’Olimpiade)Josef MYSLIVECEK: Se cerca, se dice (L’Olimpiade)Niccolò Antonio ZINGARELLI: Qual mi sorprende e agghiaccia (Pirro)Niccolò Antonio ZINGARELLI: Cara, negl’occhi tuoi (Pirro)Luigi CHERUBINI: Quanto è fiero (Alessandro nelle Indie) [bonus track with alternative ornaments]

Recapturing the impact made by the colourful figure of the castrato Luigi Marchesi at the turbulent and revolutionary endof the 18th century has been a project embracing an exhibition, symposia, the publication of scores associated with thedivo and this fabulous new recording performed by Ann Hallenberg, Stile Galante and conductor Stefano Aresi.It has been possible, through painstaking work, to identify not just the principal operatic arias composed with Marchesi inmind, but also his special and astonishing brand of ornamentation and worked-out cadenzas, developed in the course ofa career spanning five decades. Possessed of a vast vocal range – some three octaves – Marchesi, called the 'Apollo ofhis times', was courted all over Europe, from St Petersburg to Vienna, London to Milan, Munich, Naples and Warsaw. Heeven rebuffed Napoleon Bonaparte’s entreaties to hear him sing in 1796.The Swedish mezzo Ann Hallenberg ventures wholeheartedly into the musical mind of this extraordinary star of lateopera seria in a vivid recreation backed not just by meticulous attention to the original instrumentation and ensembleconfigurations that accompanied Marchesi, but by access to some 200 contemporary accounts of the singer’smusic-making.

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2015

Label: GlossaFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: GCD923404Barcode: 84245622340482 FOR 1.5Format: 2 CDPackaging: digipackVivica Genaux [Romeo]Valentina Farcas [Giulietta]Davide Giusti [Tebaldo]Fabrizio Beggi [Lorenzo]Ugo Guagliardo [Capellio]Belcanto Chorus

Vincenzo BELLINI: I Capuleti e i MontecchiEuropa GalanteFabio Biondi

For many years Fabio Biondi has been investing Italian scores with his own particular genius, and so it is no real surpriseto find him extending his reach into early Romanticism with this Glossa release of 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi'.Bellini’s masterpiece, first performed in 1830 – to Felice Romani’s story of love confronted by strugglesfor power – seamlessly incorporates large sections from a previously unsuccessful opera and, as didRossini before him, Bellini calls for a mezzo-soprano in the male lead role. Vivica Genaux is Romeo inBiondi’s production with Europa Galante (made in Rieti) and she is joined by Valentina Farcas asGiulietta and supported by Davide Giusti (Tebaldo), Fabrizio Beggi (Lorenzo) and Ugo Guagliardo(Capellio).Fabio Biondi clearly intends listeners to discover new details and perspectives on and around the musicalscore of this new 'Capuleti'. In his notes he talks about his careful attention to questions of the original acousticconditions for an opera like this; how modern-day orchestras are now much larger than in Bellini’s time; the particularimportance of score markings and tempi choices.

Recorded in Rieti (Teatro Flavio Vespasiano), Italy, in September 2014

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2015

Label: DelphianFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: DCD34156Barcode: 0801918341564NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalMr McFall’s Chamber

Solitudes: Baltic ReflectionsMr McFall’s Chamber

No one knows quite when tango was established in Finland, but the style has a long history there – still little known tooutsiders – and combines rhythmic interest and yearning melody with a distinctively Nordic melancholy. In thisingeniously curated programme, two Finnish tangos from the 1950s and a tango-based work by Finnish classicalcomposer Aulis Sallinen are woven into a bold tapestry of music from the Eastern Baltic seaboard. Longing, sadness,and a heightened sense of nature infuse all of these works, which also reveal intriguing stylistic connections: the rockingaccompaniment of Sibelius’ 'Einsames Lied' seems to prefigure the ‘Baltic minimalism’ of Vasks, Pärt and Zita Bružaité,while Olli Mustonen’s 'Toccata' alternates rhythmic verve with a rich vein of reflective memory. These originalcompositions are complemented by Robert McFall’s own sensitive arrangements, for a core McFall’s lineup of five stringsand piano, and the programme culminates in a truly unique version of Sibelius’s famous 'Finlandia' Hymn.Mr McFall’s Chamber has collaborated with a number of singer/songwriters, including Michael Marra and ValentinaMontoya Martínez (both of whom have recorded CDs for Delphian with the group). It is also dedicated to commissioningnew work from both well-known and unknown composers, and has premiered and toured pieces by James MacMillan,Gavin Bryars, Eddie McGuire, Kenneth Dempster, Cecilia MacDowall, Chick Lyall, Phil Bancroft, Fraser Fifield, TimGarland and many more. Two McFall’s commissions, Martin Suckling’s 'What shall I give?' and Martin Kershaw’s 'ClosingIn', were both shortlisted as finalists for the 2011 BASCA British Composer Awards.

1. Olli MUSTONEN Toccata 2. Zita BRUZAITE Bangos for solo piano 3. Aulis SALLINEN Introduction and Tango Overture4. Erkki-Sven TUUR Dedication for cello and piano 5. Kalevi AHO Lamento for two violas 6–11. Peteris VASKS Little Summer Music for violin and piano 12. Arvo PART Für Alina for solo piano 13. Toivo KARKI Täysikuu 14. Jean SIBELIUS Einsames Lied (Solitude) 15. Unto MONONEN Satumaa 16. Jean SIBELIUS Theme from Finlandia (tracks 13–16 arr. Robert McFall)

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2015

Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: SIGCD391Barcode: 0635212039120NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalVOCES8Les Inventions

Benedetto MARCELLO: PsalmsVOCES8Les Inventions

Estro poetico-armonico: Psalm 11: In the Lord My God Put I My Trust (Arr. Charles Avison)Estro poetico-armonico: Psalm 32: Blessed is He Whose Wickedness is Forgiven (Arr. Avison)Sonata No. 12, Op. 2: CiacconaEstro poetico-armonico: Psalm 50: The Lord Jehovah, Even The Most Mighty God, Hath Spoken (Arr. Avison)Estro poetico-armonico: Psalm 46: God is Our Refuge and Our Strength (Arr. Avison)Canon Triplex: In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum

VOCES8 and Les Inventions shine light on a hidden musical treasure in these world-premiere recordings of CharlesAvison’s 1757 adaptation of Benedetto Marcello’s 'Estro-poetico armonico'. A fresh and original collection, Marcello’sPsalm settings were composed in Venice and quickly found fame across Europe after their publication between 1724 and1726

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2015

Label: Signum ClassicsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: SIGCD432Barcode: 0635212043226NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalTamsin Waley-Cohen [violin]Huw Watkins [piano]

HAHN & SZYMANOWSKI: Works for Violin & Piano Tamsin Waley-Cohen Huw Watkins

Sonata in D Minor Op. 9, Romance in A Major, Sonata for Violin & Piano in C MajorNocturne in E-Flat Major, Nocturne and Tarantella Op. 28

Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins continue their duo partnership with a new recording of works by two trailblazingcomposers from France and Poland respectively - Reynaldo Hahn and Karol Szymanowski.This is a second release from Waley-Cohen and Watkins on Signum, following last year's '1917: Works for Violin & Piano'by Elgar, Debussy, Respighi & Sibelius (SIGCD376):

“Great playing from the very talented Tamsin Waley-Cohen. This really highlights the talent of the next generation ofvirtuosi.” David Mellor, Classic FM

“... a wonderfully subtle, introspective and touching performance.” The Guardian

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2015

Label: Wigmore Hall LiveFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: WHLIVE0078/2Barcode: 50650009247992 FOR 1 PriceFormat: 2 CDPackaging: cristalChristian Blackshaw

MOZART: Piano Sonatas Volume 4Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 5 January 2013Christian Blackshaw

Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major K309Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major K331Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major K533/494Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major K576

Mozart’s Piano Sonatas, important landmarks in any pianists’ repertoire, are seen as both wild improvisatory melodiesand challenging exercises for Mozart’s pupils. In this, the conclusion of Christian Blackshaw’s complete Mozart PianoSonatas, recorded live at Wigmore Hall, we hear four sonatas that extend from the composer’s early years until shortlybefore his death.

Each sonata is bought to life through Blackshaw’s luminous tone, compelling delicacy and virtuosity, as he explores theworks with fresh insight and superlative musicality. Volume Three is Gramophone Editor's Choice in the August issue.

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2015

Label: Accent RecordsFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: ACC26404Barcode: 4015023264045NORMAL PriceFormat: 3 CDPackaging: box setAgrippina: Ulrike Schneider [mezzo-soprano]Claudio: João Fernandes [bass]Ottone: Christopher Ainslie [countertenor]Nerone: Jake Arditti [countertenor]Poppea: Ida Falk Winland [soprano]Pallante: Ross Ramgobin [baritone]Narciso: Owen Willetts [countertenor]Lesbo: Ronaldo Steiner [baritone]

HANDEL: Agrippina HWV39Opera in three ActsFestspielorchester Göttingen / Laurence Cummings

This new 'Agrippina' from Accent Records was performed for the first time in a new critical edition from the Halle HandelEdition at the Göttingen Handel Festival in 2015. The performance was received enthusiastically by the press and publicalike. Will Agrippina emerge triumphant or will her adversaries manage to cut through the jungle of political conspiracy?Handel wrote this, one of his most impressive works, in Venice in 1709, achieving, with this tale about Rome’s greatfemale schemer, his first truly resounding success as an opera composer.

"Good though the singers are, they are almost eclipsed by the vivid, virtuosic Festival Orchestra. Laurence Cummingskeeps rollickingly on track, with unflagging energy and musicality." The Financial Times

Also available:ACC 26401 Handel ï SIROE“With Laurence Cummings at the helm, and the hand-picked FestspielOrchester Gottingen in stirring form, theperformance is energetic and committed” Lindsay Kemp – Gramophone, January 2015ACC 26402 Handel ï FARAMONDO"All the cast respond to Handel's music with technical skill and virtuosity, a testament to the quality of Handel singing inyoung singers today. But they manage to combine this with a strong feel for the drama, and it is clear that the recitativesare delivered with brilliant conviction and impulse...The CD sound is brilliant and full of detail. Cummings directs such asuperbly vivid recording that once you start listening you will be gripped. I certainly was.” Planet Hugill, 16th November 2014ACC 26403 Handel ï JOSHUA“As always, Cumming’s pacing of the music is so incredibly well judged that both narrative and music flow unimpeded. Areal joy both in terms of content and interpretation.” Early Music Review, June 2015

“The chorus are all-important in this work, and the NDR Chor do not disappoint, with very good English and flexiblesinging that responds fittingly to every situation. The occasional orchestra are also great, the trumpets and drumsrevelling in the full ceremonial moments of the battles, and the various instrumental solos sounding verygood...Cummings directs the whole thing with an unfailing ear for the drama but never losing sight of the music's beauty.”MusicWeb International, 16th June 2015

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2015

Label: Accent RecordsFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: ACC24299Barcode: 4015023242999NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackLa Petite BandeSigiswald Kuijken [direction]

SCHUTZ: Musikalische ExequienLa Petite BandeSigiswald Kuijken

Heinrich Schütz composed the Musikalische Exequien SWV 279-281 for the funeral of his patron Prince HeinrichPosthumus Reuß 1635/1636. Of the three parts, which were to be performed during three different sections of the funeralservice the first part, in the form of a sacred concerto for choir and soloists, is based on the numerous biblical passageswhich, in accordance with the instructions given by the deceased were to be recited at the coffin, which the deceasedhimself had designed during his lifetime. This part is followed by a motet for double choir based on the text of a sermon("Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe"), and at the conclusion of the hymn of praise to Simeon ("Herr, nun lässest du deinenDiener in Frieden fahren"), a choir apart from the main choir intones "Selig sind die Toten" from heaven, so to speak.With this composition, written as a commission, Schütz created one of the most artistic and heartfelt works of mourningever written in the history of music.For his recording, Sigiswald Kuijken decided on a soloistic rendering of the individual parts, thus attaining greatertransparency. In the middle parts, Kuijken uses high tenors – no altus or countertenors – who possess the specific abilityto sing the middle parts over the entire tessitura clearly and with good balance, contributing great richness to the overallsound.

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: Pan ClassicsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: PC10329Barcode: 76199901032902 FOR 1.5Format: 2 CDPackaging: digipackMusica AlchemicaLina Tur Bonet [baroque violin & direction]

BIBER: Mystery SonatasRosenkranzsonatenMusica AlchemicaLina Tur Bonet

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's 'Rosary Sonatas' (or Mystery Sonatas) were written about 1678 and dedicated to hisemployer the Archbishop of Salzburg. They are really unlike anything else in the violin literature. Scordatura, orunconventional tuning of an instrument's strings, was common enough during the Baroque era, but Biber's cycle of 15pieces for violin and continuo explores the technique exhaustively: each of the 15 sonatas uses a different tuning.The result is music of fearsome difficulty for the player and technical complexity generates spiritual intensity. Eachsonata represents one of the Mysteries of the Catholic Rosary, which are divided into five Joyful Mysteries (theAnnunciation …), five Sorrowful Mysteries (Christ's crucifixion …), and five Glorious Mysteries (centered on theResurrection and on Mary's Assumption). As the music reaches its spiritual climax in the "Resurrection" sonata, Biberspecifies that the violin be played with its two central strings crossed.Lina Tur Bonet is one of the most exciting violinists of the younger generation. She is accompanied by her ensembleMusica Alchemica, with which she recently made an enthralling Vivaldi CD (PC 10314).

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: Pan ClassicsFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: PC10345Barcode: 7619990103450SPECIAL PriceFormat: 4 CDPackaging: box setFrankfurt Radio SymphonyFrank Strobel [direction]

Gottfried HUPPERTZ: Die Nibelungen Frankfurt Radio SymphonyFrank Strobel

The film director Fritz Lang cast Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937) in several of his films before asking him to write theoriginal score for “Die Nibelungen” (1924), which he composed using the shooting script as a silent libretto. It wasHuppertz’s first major project and his mastery of orchestration is nothing short of remarkable.Huppertz wrote in a lush, late-Romantic idiom. With “Die Nibelungen”, he evokes Wagner's take on Teutonic mythologythrough a highly lyrical and orchestrally expansive score that resists being imitative. The music echoes Wagner withoutattempting to mimic it. At the same time, Huppertz’s musical language resembles Alexander von Zemlinsky, FranzSchreker, Walter Braunfels and Eugene D’Albert.As one of the first composers of serious music for the screen, Huppertz’s importance for elevating film music to the statusof art is hard to exaggerate. Though he died in 1937, after scoring seven subsequent films, including Lang’s 1927masterpiece 'Metropolis', his influence is clearly felt in the film scores work of Korngold, Waxman and Max Steiner.The present 4-CD-set offers Huppertz’s complete original score for Lang’s “Die Nibelungen”, in total four and a half hoursof music, performed by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony) under the baton of Frank Strobel,Germany’s leading film music conductor.

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: Pan ClassicsFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: PC10326Barcode: 7619990103269NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackJulia von Landsberg [soprano]Christine Maria Rembeck [soprano]Florian Götz [baritone]United Continuo Ensemble/Thor-HaraldJohnsen direction

SCHEIN: Musica boscarecciaWald-Liederlein auf Italian-Villanellische Invention (1621, 1626, 1628)United Continuo Ensemble

Concordia zu jeder Zeit, Der edle Schäfer Coridon, Als Filli zart einst etwas durstig ward, O Luft, du edles Element,Unverhofft kommet oft, Intrada, O Seidene Härelein, Courente, Mirtillo mein, dein Delia, Ach weh, bin ich Amor,Padouana, Wenn ich durch Ach mein Liebesqual, Gagliarda – Courente, Der Kühle Maien O Cordion, heut blüht dein Glück (instr.), O Scheiden/ O bitter Scheiden, Padouana, Frau Nachtigall, Juch holla, freut euch mit mir!

The villanella was originally a plain, three-part folk song from rural Italy, intentionally simple and usually with coarse texts.By the time Johann Hermann Schein published his 50 villanellas of the "Musica boscareccia" in the 1620s, the genre hadevolved into an 'art' form. These 'little forest songs' enjoyed immense popularity and their three volumes were reprintedno fewer than eight times by 1651.Schein's great success is due to the Italian novelty of chordal accompaniment of songs by lutes and keyboardinstruments which made these pieces particularly modern and popular.Their texts, by Schein himself, are full of strongly expressive imagery, charm and wit. An entire host of forest spirits,mythological figures and gods whirl and tumble here. Cupid plays his practical jokes, the beautiful Filli – the undisputedleading lady – hunts the shepherd Coridon through a sea of the joys and suffering of love, bringing even Cupid intoterrible difficulties, whilst Concordia watches over all these events with wisdom and composure...

Also available:PC10315 Christian Ludwig Boxberg – Sardanapalus

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: ChristophorusFile Under: Classical/SecularVocal musicCatalogue No: CHR77388Barcode: 4010072773883NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackFranz Vitzthum [countertenor]Julian Behr [lutes: Renaissancelaute in a, KlausJacobsen (London 1993)Renaissancelaute in d, Julian Behr (Wyhlen2014)]

Luther's Lute

As a child, Martin Luther already received intensive musical training at the schools in Magdeburg and Eisenach. He sangnot only in the school choirs during the church services, but also for wealthy citizens. During his studies in Erfurt, Lutherstudied the music theory of both the Middle Ages and antiquity and engaged in musical practice.Luther had an intimate relationship with the music of his time: he was an admirer of the works of Senfl, Finck and Josquinand wrote a number of melodies of his own. Luther’s pastoral and almost intimate text “Frau Musica singt” (Ms. MusicaSings) to the nigthingale, makes one thing clear: music also provided Luther with solace and a place of refuge. At hisown request, Martin Luther learnt to play the lute whilst suffering from an illness in 1503. He not only studied the lute, butalso the technique of intabulation, which is the arrangement of a polyphonic vocal piece for the plucked instrument.The present selection of pieces by Luther and composers from his immediate environment, performed here by thecountertenor Franz Vitzthum accompanied by the lute, could have been performed at an evening of domesticmusic-making at Martin Luther's house, although this cannot be proven by contemporary sources.

Martin Luther: Frau Musica singt, Raitis Grigalis (*1975) Non moriar, sed vivam Ludwig Senfl: Non moriar, sed vivam, Josquin de Prez: Mille regretz Hans Newsidler (1508/09 - 1563) Ein seer guter Organistischer Preambel (Laute solo) Anon. (Eisenacher Kantorenbuch): Surrexit Christus/Christ ist erstanden Anon. (Codex Apel, um1500) / Heinrich Finck? Nigra sum, sed formosa Hans Newsidler: Benedetur (Laute solo), Anonymus (Hamburg 1548): Nun treiben wir den Babst hinaus Hans Newsidler: Nunnentanz (Laute solo), Martin Luther: Sie ist mir lieb, die werte Magd Arnolt Schlick:Maria zart, Ludwig Senfl: Mein Fleiss und Müh (Laute solo) Claude Goudimel: Etans assis aux rives aquatiques (Ps. 137), Hans Newsiedler: Ic seg adiu (Laute solo) Thomas Ravenscroft: O sing ye now unto the Lord (Ps. 98) Ludwig Senfl: In pace inidipsum, Raitis Grigalis: In pace inidipsum Martin Luther: Ein neues Lied wir heben an, Raitis Grigalis: Aus tiefer Not (a cappella) Ludwig Senfl: Ecce quam bonum, Martin Luther: Das Patrem zu deutsch (a cappella)

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: Winter&WinterFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: 910226-2Barcode: 0025091022625NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackArditti String QuartetTeodoro Anzellotti [accordion]Uri Caine [composer, piano]Lorenzo Ghielmi [organ]Tamara Stefanovich [piano]Fumio Yasuda [composer, piano]L'Instant DonnéEuropean Art EnsembleKammerorchester BaselWDR Sinfonieorchester KölnRundfunk-Sinfonieorchester SaarbrückenBernd Ruf, Kazushi Ono, Mauricio Kagel,Jonathan Stockhammer [conductor]

The Rest is Silence - Music of our TimeJubilee Edition Winter&Winter: 30 years of music recordings by Stefan Winter

30 years ago Stefan Winter recorded his debut production for JMT (Jazz Music Today). The early works were exactly atthe transition point from analogue to digital recording techniques. Without digital technology the AudioFilms such as"Orient-Express", "Metropolis Shanghai" and "Wagner e Venezia" would have been unthinkable. Besides theseAudioFilms, Stefan Winter developed artist editions with Teodoro Anzellotti, Theo Bleckmann, Uri Caine, Mauricio Kagel,Paul Motian (1988-2011), Ernst Reijseger and Fumio Yasuda to name only few. Kagel and Motian, two artists fromentirely different worlds, inspired Winter again and again to dare new things. At the end of the 80s, Stefan Winter and Mariko Takahashi met in Japan. Under the direction of Mariko Takahashi thefestival Taboo-Lu was initiated in Ginza in Tokyo, a notable presentation with live concerts, an art exhibition andrecordings and with that the the idea of and for Winter&Winter was sown. Since the mid '90s Mariko and Stefan havemanaged and directed Winter&Winter together and Stefan continues to produce sound installations and 'sound artobjects'. 'The Rest is Silence' is one of 10 extraordinary editions for Winter+Winter's 30th Jubilee and is a collection of thecontemporary Classical composers the label has supported since day one and also the artists that are the mainstay of alltheir productions. For the future one can trust the unpredictability of Winter&Winter. Here's to them..."Ten years ago Mariko Takahashi and I recorded in the Mexican countryside, in between hens, pigs and cows thefolk-tunes of a simple, peasant family. To introduce ourselves we gave the farmer the recording »Tantz-Schul« ofMauricio Kagel. The next morning he talked enthusiastically about the music, sounds he had never heard before. He didnot sleep all night as he could not stop listening again and again." Music of our time is often said to be solely intellectual,inharmonious and inaudible ... Composers like Abrahamsen, Berio, Gervasoni, Kagel, Sciarrino, Pärt and Yasuda are asource of musical abundance. The album »The Rest is Silence« offers the opportunity to get acquainted with musicaround the turn of the millenium. Mauricio Kagel, famous for his visionary sounds, condenses the atmosphere of ourtimes in an enjoyable and sometimes satirical way. A form of Neo-Romanticism is the keyword for Fumio Yasuda's work,and Hans Abrahamsen is counted among the representatives of the New Simplicity. This album is not made forspecialists of new music, it is the invitation to overcome the fear of the unknown." Stefan WinterStefan Winter is available for interview and there are some riveting photographs on Winter+Winter's facebookpage including the young Steve Coleman, the very fresh-faced Stefan Winter and the crème of JMT's early years.

Death Sentiment I [Fumio Yasuda], Caprice 6 [Uri Caine], Tantz-Schul I [Mauricio Kagel],Rain Choral [Fumio Yasuda], Trivium [Arvo Pärt], Concerto For Piano And Orchestra [Hans Abrahamsen],Rrrrrrr... Ragtime Waltz [Mauricio Kagel], descdesesasf [Stefano Gervasoni],Accordion Concerto: Lament in Close Distance [Fumio Yasuda], Sequenza XIII [Luciano Berio],Storie di altre storie: Vivo L. 446 (K. 262) [Salvatore Sciarrino after Domenico Scarlatti/harpsichord sonata]

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/OrchestralCatalogue No: V5382Barcode: 0822186053829NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackNicholas Angelich [piano]Baptiste Trotignon [piano]*Orchestre National Bordeaux AquitainePaul Daniel

Baptiste TROTIGNON [b.1974]: Piano Concerto Different SpacesTrois pièces for two pianos*, Trois préludes for solo piano, World premiere recordingsNicholas AngelichBaptiste Trotignon Orchestre National Bordeaux AquitainePaul Daniel

Following the release of 12 jazz albums since the early 2000s, the love story between Naïve and Baptiste Trotignon isgiven a new impulse through an unexpected project that reflects the pianist’s deep involvement in all sorts of music.Baptiste Trotignon’s activity as a composer has been constant for 20 years, although it has reached a real maturityrecently, marked by the first performance of 'Different Spaces' in Bordeaux in 2012 and that of his trio 'Subterfuges' at theprestigious London Wigmore Hall, by Philippe Cassard, David Grimal and Anne Gastinel.Baptiste Trotignon’s long friendship with internationally renowned Classical pianist Nicholas Angelich resulted in theastonishing adventure of his 4-movement Piano Concerto, full of colours and structured around several sophisticatedmusical ideas and influences. Commissioned by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, it received an enthusiasticwelcome and Baptiste Trotignon was selected as one of the three finalists of the Composer of the Year category at the2014 Victoires de la Musique Classique.

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: PRD250315Barcode: 3149028072129NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalSamson FrançoisOrchestre de la Société des Concerts duConservatoire/André CluytensAndreï GavrilovRudolf SerkinPhiladelphia Orchestra/Eugene OrmandyGabor GabosJulius KatchenLondon Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Britten

Masterpieces for piano left hand, dedicated to Paul Wittgensteindedicated to Paul WittgensteinRAVEL, SCRIABIN, PROKOFIEV, BARTOK, BRITTEN

Paul Wittgenstein commissioned 17 scores which were all superbly remunerated. However, only one was considered anundisputed masterpiece… It remains an essential part of the literature, not only for permanently or temporarilyone-armed artists, but also for all those who want to exercise their mind as much as their fingers. Who today would darewrite for a single hand: after a century of practice, the left one is armed and ready to play!

RELEASE DATE18TH SEPTEMBER

2015

Label: Praga DigitalsFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: PRD250317Barcode: 3149028072327NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalGidon Kremer [violin]Oleg Maisenberg [piano]

Gidon Kremer in PragueSchubert, Franck, Ravel, Bartok, SchnittkeGidon Kremer

These pieces are remembrances of some Gidon Kremer’s passings through Prague, during Soviet times. Kremer wasthen at the dawn of his career, one of the most brilliant for a violinist in our time! As an ambassador for the Soviet Ministry for Culture in the 'brother countries', he owed his mentor, David Oistrakh, a sortof freedom, demonstrated here in this CD programme. His absolutely perfect touch and his freedom of expressiondelighted his patrons in the welcoming communist countries. The short piece by Alfred Schnittke, then still hand-writtenonly, was an example of his wish to play scores not of the classics from Bach to Stravinsky and to help other musiciansthrough chamber music sessions. This record allows us to hear the fabled G.B. Guadagnini inherited from hisgrandfather.