January 2013 - Allegro Music

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January 2013 

Release Date: January 8, 2013 

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Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra 

Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam 

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Live recordings by De Nederlandse Opera 

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GRAMOpHONE RECORD OF tHE YEAR 

The 2012 Gramophone Awards have been announced, and we’re delighted 

to report that an Allegro-distributed release won the coveted Record of the 

Year Award. Baroque ensemble Vox Luminis were named winners for their 

recording of Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien, released on the Ricercar label. 

Vox Luminis 

Musicalische exequien 

Cat # RCE 311 

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NICHOLAS pHAN IN BILLBOARD 

Nicholas Phan’s newest release for Avie, Still Falls The Rain, landed at #12 

on Billboard’s Traditional Classical Albums chart in its debut week! 

Nicholas phan 

still falls The rain 

Cat # AVR 2258 

Price Code: Q (SRP: 15.99) 



A LAtE QUARtEt NOVEMBER pREMIERE 

Just in time for the film’s premiere in November, the related aeon title has a 

new sticker! This release contains the music featured in the film A Late Quartet, 

inspired by and structured around Beethoven’s Opus 131 Quartet, starring 

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken. 

Brentano String Quartet 

late string Quartets, op. 127 

Cat # AEN 1110 




tOp 10 RECENt RELEASES 

1. Handel & Haydn Society Mozart: Coronation Mass (CRO 16104) 

2. Zimmermann & Gerstein Sonatas for Viola & Piano V2 (MYR SACD 8) 

3. Belcea Quartet Beethoven: Complete String Qrts Vol. 1 (ZIG 315) 

4. Ton Koopman Buxtehude: Complete Works 15: Chamber 3 (CHR 72254) 

5. The Sixteen Handel: Saul (CRO 16103) 

6. Philippe Herreweghe Bach: Ach susser Trost! Leipzig Cantatas (PHY 6) 

7. Christiane Karg Amoretti (BER 300389) 

8. Nicholas Phan Still Falls the Rain (AVR 2258) 

9. Diabolus in Musica Plorer, gemir, crier (AEN 1226) 

10. Halle Orchestra Wagner: Die Walkure (HLE 7531)

J.S. BACH 

The violin Concertos 

Cat # ANC 138 

Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) 


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release date: January 8, 2013 Ancalagon records 

Lara St. John, Scott St. John: violins 

Ariana Ghez: oboe 

New York Bach Ensemble 

The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela 

J.S. BACH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 • Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 • Double Violin Concerto in D 

minor, BWV 1043 • Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060 

“St. John’s approach to these demanding works is a combination of supple grace and power.” — Strings 

“She makes the most ordinary passages come to life.” — Gramophone 

Of Lara St. John’s 2001 recording of Bach’s two solo violin concertos and the double violin concerto with her brother Scott, American 

Record Guide said, “I can’t even think of a recording that I would name as second best to this one. This recording is in a class by itself.” 

With Ariana Ghez, the principal oboist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, 

the J.S. Bach concertos for violin are now complete with the inclusion of the oboe/violin concerto in C minor. 

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Ludwig van BEEtHOVEN 

Missa solemnis, op. 123 

Cat # PHY 7 





release date: January 8, 2013 

Collegium Vocale Gent 

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées 

Philippe Herreweghe: conductor 

BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 

This major work of the sacred repertoire, high on the list alongside Bach’s Mass in B minor and the Mozart Requiem, is Beethoven’s 

longest work and assuredly the one that demanded the most work. The composer even considered the Mass his finest work. Philippe 

Herreweghe shares this opinion, and judges the Missa solemnis to be one of the apogees in the history of classical music. With four 

superb soloists and a refined chorus and orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe invites us to a thoroughly transcendental experience. 


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Ach susser Trost! leipzig Cantatas 

Cat # PHY 6 



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officium defunctorum 

Cat # PHY 5 



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Sir Edward ELGAR 

The Apostles 

Cat # HLE 7534 

Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) 


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release date: January 8, 2013 Hallé 

Hallé Orchestra 

Sir Mark Elder: conductor 

Rebecca Evans: soprano 

Alice Coote: mezzo-soprano 

Paul Groves: tenor 

Halle Choir & Youth Choir 

ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49 

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This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a 

performance The Guardian described as “revelatory.” This retelling of Christ’s Passion from the viewpoint of His followers features 

extensive and effective use of leitmotivs and choral writing that is arguably an advance on that of Gerontius, with the work’s closing 

section — depicting Christ’s Ascension to heaven — thought to be one of the most poignant ever written. 

The performance benefits from extensive research by Mark Elder, including study of a proof copy of the vocal score that he matched 

with what Elgar himself conducted in 1921, reinstating the semichorus of nine male voices, sung here by an ensemble Elder specially 

selected from the Royal Northern College of Music. 

This recording is probably the first — since Elgar conducted The Apostles on September 7, 1921 at the Three Choirs Festival — to 

incorporate Elgar’s intentions at several points in the oratorio. Elgar included a part for a shofar, an ancient Hebrew instrument made 

of ram’s horn. In most performances modern instruments imitate this, but this recording features a genuine shofar player. 

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Challenge Classics 

George Frideric HANDEL 

Concerti grossi, op. 6 [Hybrid sACd] 

Cat # CHR SACD 72570 

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Vladimir GENIN 

seven Melodies for the dial 

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam 

Jan Willem de Vriend: violin, conductor 

HANDEL: Concerti grossi, Op. 6 

Over the past 30 years, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam has 

established a strong national and international reputation. The ensemble 

is famous for the high quality and energy of its performances, and 

conductor/violinist Jan Willem de Vriend’s name is known worldwide. 

The artistic director of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, since 

2006 De Vriend has been the chief conductor and artistic director of 

the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. He has been a guest conductor 

with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio 

Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Hague 

Philharmonic, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. 

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Olga Domnina: piano 

HANDEL 

Concerti grossi, op. 3 





GENIN: Seven Melodies for the Dial (premiere) 

A solo debut on Challenge Classics by a renowned Russian pianist! 

This is the world premiere recording of a piano cycle written in 2011 

by Vladimir Genin, dedicated to Olga Domnina. Since moving to 

London and entering the Royal Academy of Music in 2007, Olga 

Domnina has been dividing her time between England and Italy. 

She has collaborated with such internationally acclaimed artists as 

the violinists Julian Rachlin and Viktor Tretyakov, the violist Paul 

Silverthorne, and the cellist Thomas Carroll.

Richard StRAUSS 

elektra (live 2011) [Hybrid sACd] 


Price Code: 2U (SRP $39.99) 


Book + 2 CDs, Box Lot 10 


release date: January 8, 2013 Challenge Classics 

Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert Delamboye, Gerd Grochowski: vocal soloists 

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra 

Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam 

Marc Albrecht: conductor 

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The first CD release of De Nederlandse Opera on Challenge Classics! Due to its immense success this was the fourth time that this 

production, with director Willy Decker, was repeated. It features soloists Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert 

Delamboye, and Gerd Grochowski. De Nederlandse Opera’s new chief conductor, Marc Albrecht, is known for his interpretations 

of works by Wagner and Richard Strauss, and of contemporary music. DNO has grown into one of Europe’s most prominent and 

progressive opera companies under the leadership of artistic director Pierre Audi and managing director Truze Lodder. 

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Challenge Classics 

Giuseppe tARtINI 

sonatas for solo violin 

Cat # CHR 72561 





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John CORIGLIANO & Elliott CARtER 

American Clarinet Concertos 

Cat # AEN 1230 




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Luigi De Filippi: violin 

TARTINI: Sonata No. 17 in D major • Sonata No. 4 in C major • Sonata No. 10 

in B flat major • Sonata No. 15 in G major • Sonata No. 14 in G major • Sonata 

in A minor 

Giuseppe Tartini was a legend in his lifetime, and one of the most influential 

figures in the golden age of the baroque era. Through the performance of 

violinist Luigi De Filippi on this debut CD, we catch a glimpse of Tartini’s real 

expression: the intense and intelligent face of a man who, although not exactly 

oriented towards the future, all the same moved decidedly away from the 

baroque era. 

Eddy Vanoosthuyse: clarinet 

Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra 

Paul Meyer: conductor 

CORIGLIANO: Clarinet Concerto • CARTER: Clarinet Concerto 

A tribute to American music! This disc presents an opportunity to sample 

some of the most up-to-date American music, with two masterpieces in the 

concertante genre: the clarinet concertos of Elliott Carter and John Corigliano. 

Presented here by leading interpreters of this music, these two pieces are 

emblematic of the rich stylistic diversity of the American continent. John 

Corigliano’s Clarinet Concerto of 1977 showcases the soloist’s virtuosity. It is 

a highly sensitive work in which the clarinetist plays the role of a valiant hero 

weathering the storm: the tumultuous, tempestuous material of the orchestra. 

The purely melancholy power of the music sometimes recalls the most 

moving moments of his Violin Concerto, which served as material for François 

Girard’s film The Red Violin (Oscar® winner for Best Film Score, 1999). 

A different style and a different way of introducing the narrative is found 

in Elliott Carter’s Clarinet Concerto, composed 20 years later in 1997. This 

piece gives the impression of a veritable musical dramaturgy, in which each 

instrument is treated individually. The composer also treats the concerto 

itself in a new way, since he sets up an alternating dialogue between the 

soloist and each of the instrumental groups, which are independent of each 

other and laid out in a semicircle. The style of the work is characterized by 

both virtuosity and precision in the articulations and the accents. Elliott 

Carter, whose 104 th birthday is celebrated this year, is unquestionably one 

of the most inventive composers of his time.

Sir Edward ELGAR 

enigma variations 

Cat # REF 129 



Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 



release date: January 8, 2013 reference recordings 

Kansas City Symphony Orchestra 

Michael Stern: conductor 

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ELGAR: Enigma Variations • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps • Greensleeves 

This magnificent new symphonic recording with the Kansas City Symphony is also the premiere recording made in Helzberg Hall, in 

the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Grammy®-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson has captured this 

colorful, beloved English music in brilliant HDCD sound. The Kansas City Symphony garnered tremendous critical acclaim for their 

first project on Reference Recordings, incidental music for The Tempest by Sullivan and Sibelius. Their second release on RR, Britten’s 

Orchestra, received a Grammy® for Best Surround Sound for both the engineer and producer, as well as rave reviews everywhere, 

although the title is now unfortunately out of print. 

This release again features Michael Stern, the son of famed violinist Isaac Stern. He is also the founder of the Iris Chamber Orchestra in 

Memphis, TN and, in addition to RR, has recorded for Sony, Hyperion, Denon, Arabesque, and Naxos. Producer David Frost won Grammy® 

Awards in 2005, 2009, and 2011 for Classical Producer of the Year. He has produced a large roster of stars and Grammy®-winning titles. 

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editions Hortus 

Betsy JOLAS 

B for Betsy 

Cat # HOR 99 





Berlin Classics 

Robert SCHUMANN 

Mit Myrten und rosen 

Cat # BER 300430 






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Géraldine Dutroncy: piano 

Laurent Camatte: viola 

JOLAS: Quatre Duos (alto piano) • Pièce pour (piano) • Quoth the raven 

(version alto piano) • Pièce pour Saint-Germain (piano) • Ruht wohl 

(alto piano) • Épisode sixième (alto solo) • B for Sonata 

Betsy Jolas’ father, poet and journalist Eugene Jolas, founded and edited 

the magazine Transition, which featured the greatest names of literature, 

painting, and music — notably James Joyce, whose entire Finnegans Wake 

came out in serial form under the title “ work in progress.” Thanks to her 

family background, Betsy Jolas was initiated at an early age to words 

and the recitation of words, and it was through her enthusiasm for the 

human voice that she was later able to temper her participation in the 

post-Webernian adventure of the immediate after-war. Thus, although 

she followed the fortunes of Pierre Boulez’s Domaine Musical in the 

’60s, she was more a “fellow traveler” of serialism than an unconditional 

disciple. An avid contemporary music enthusiast, Géraldine Dutroncy’s 

encounter with Betsy Jolas in 2007 gave birth to a series of concerts 

devoted to her piano work. 

Isang Enders: cello 

Andreas Hering: piano 

SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 for horn and 

piano (version for cello and piano) • Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102 

for cello and piano • “Mit Myrten und Rosen” from the Liederkreis by 

Heinrich Heine, Op. 24, No. 9 • Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for clarinet and 

piano (version for cello and piano) • Andante Cantabile in A major from 

the Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 (version for cello and piano) • 

YUN: Espace I (1992) • Nore (1964) 

Robert Schumann and Isang Yun speak two very different musical 

languages that share a common love of vocal melody. This link has a 

special meaning for Isang Enders, and as a “singer on the cello,” this 

son of a German-Korean family of musicians has chosen to place his 

personal stamp on his debut CD by delving into his musical and personal 

background. A poetic album full of surprises!

Gustav MAHLER 

symphonies 9 & 10 

Cat # BER 300440 

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release date: January 8, 2013 Berlin Classics 

Berlin Symphony Orchestra 

Kurt Sanderling: conductor 

Peter Schreier: tenor 

Birgit Finnilä: alto 

MAHLER: The Song of the Earth • Symphony No. 9 in D major • Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major (performing version prepared by 

Deryck Cooke) 

To mark the 100 th birthday of Kurt Sanderling, this informatively presented edition brings together Mahler’s late symphonic works, 

which the great conductor studied and lived with throughout the course of his life. Only after many years of concert performance did he 

step before the microphone with his Berlin Symphony Orchestra to capture this moving music on disc. 


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symphonies 1 & 6 

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Complete symphonies 

Cat # BER 20592 

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opera d’oro 

Luciano pavarotti 

The essential performances 

Cat # OPD 6009 

Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) 






An introduction to pavarotti 







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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor 

Music from Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Di Capua, De Curtis and Leoncavallo 

This disc contains an overview of some of Pavarotti’s most famous and 

beloved recorded opera arias and songs, opening with a universal favorite, 

“La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto, followed by “Amici miei” from Donizetti’s 

comedy La figlia del reggimento. This aria brought down the house at 

Pavarotti’s Metropolitan Opera debut in 1972. Having delivered nine faultless 

high Cs in this one impossible aria, he received a record 17 curtain calls. 

“Che gelida manina” from Puccini’s La Bohème shows Pavarotti in one 

of his signature roles; it would remain a standard throughout his 40-year 

career. The disc also features selections by Donizetti, Verdi, and Leoncavallo, 

climaxing in “Nessun dorma” from Puccini’s Turandot, which he had sung 

at the World Cup in Italy in 1990. 


Music from Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis, Mozart, Massenet and Tosti 

Although famous for his starring roles in the most familiar operas of Verdi and 

Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti had a wide range of repertoire outside opera. This 

disc gives an introduction to the great tenor in a range of roles and genres. 

Verdi is featured with the lyrical aria from Luisa Miller, the opening ensemble 

from La traviata, his blending in the Kyrie Eleison from the Requiem, and the 

way in which he could bring down the house with an aria sung in recital to 

piano accompaniment (“Di quella pira”). His mastery of the “bel canto” style 

of Italian singing is showcased in Bellini’s operas I Capuleti e i Montecchi and 

I Puritani, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and La figlia del reggimento, and 

Rossini’s stirring Stabat Mater. 

The gorgeous Italian tradition of Neapolitan song is heard in Pavarotti’s 

interpretations of “Non ti scordar di me” (“Don’t Forget Me”) and Tosti’s 

“Aprile.” Pavarotti surprised the opera world by his successful forays into 

Mozart in the opera Idomeneo and Massenet’s French opera Manon. Finally, 

his moving way with religious music is shown in Bizet’s “Agnus Dei.”


Renata Scotto: soprano 

Mirella Freni: soprano 

Gundula Janowitz: soprano 

Montserrat Caballé: soprano 

Fiorenza Cossotto: mezzo-soprano 

Music from Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart and Bellini 

This disc presents Pavarotti in duets with several of the great ladies of opera. 

Renata Scotto was noted for the beauty of her voice, her intelligence, and total 

immersion in the Italian operatic idiom. Pavarotti had sung Rigoletto with her 

in Florence in 1966, as heard here, and a year later Lucia di Lammermoor in 

Turin, again represented on this disc. One of his great early triumphs onstage 

occurred opposite Scotto in Rome in 1969, and she would remain a frequent 

colleague throughout the years. 

Also on this disc, Mirella Freni is heard in characteristic selections from 

operas by Donizetti and Bellini. German soprano Gundula Janowitz is a 

perfect match in Mozart’s Idomeneo, and the disc is rounded out with duets 

with the legendary soprano Montserrat Caballé in Verdi’s Luisa Miller, and 

the great mezzo Fiorenza Cossotto in Donizetti’s La Favorita. 


Music from Beethoven, Bellini, Liszt, Mascagni, Donizetti,Tosta, Respighi, 

Verdi and Schubert. 

With one exception, all the numbers on this recording are from the non-operatic 

repertoire for which Pavarotti was famous on the recital stage, a venue far more 

intimate than the opera house. The earliest selection is Beethoven’s moving 

“In questa tomba oscura,” the lament of a forsaken lover. Sorrow also pervades 

a song by Bellini, and “Pace non trovo” by Franz Liszt. The mood then lightens 

with Mascagni’s “Serenata” and the rollicking “Il barcajuolo” of Donizetti. 

The Neapolitan style is further exemplified in selections by Tosti and Bixio. 

More songs by Bellini are followed by three of Ottorino Respighi, one of 

the few Italian composers more famous for his orchestral pieces than his 

vocal works. A famous aria from Verdi’s opera Il trovatore is surprisingly 

transformed into a recital song with piano accompaniment, and the program 

concludes with Schubert’s universally beloved “Ave Maria.” 

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The intimate pavarotti 







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soMM recordings 

Orchestra of the Swan 

Music by Copland, Barber & gershwin 

Cat # SMM 118 






John IRELAND 

The piano Music, vol. 4 

Cat # SMM 115 





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Orchestra of the Swan 

April Fredrick: soprano 

David Curtis: conductor 

COPLAND: Quiet City • Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson • BARBER: 

Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 • Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21 • 

GERSHWIN: Summertime 

This CD showcases the spectacular voice of American soprano April Fredrick. 

SOMM first heard her in concert singing the songs of Ivor Gurney, which she 

studied closely as part of her MMus in Vocal Performance at the Royal Academy 

of Music. The label unhesitatingly recommended April to David Curtis, 

conductor of the Orchestra of the Swan, who enthusiastically engaged her for 

several concerts. This recording, which took place during a concert at the Civic 

Hall in Stratford last year, was her debut with the Orchestra of the Swan. 

Orchestra of the Swan are becoming a favorite of classical radio stations 

across the US, and their performances are regularly heard on the nationally 

syndicated program Performance Today on over 260 stations nationwide. Their 

discs have been named “Disc of the Month” and “Best of the Year” at WFMT 

Chicago, “Disc of the Week” at WETA Washington DC, and they are perennial 

favorites on WQXR New York. The orchestra has received rave reviews and 

major features in the New York Times, Washington Post, American Record Guide, 

Fanfare, Indianapolis Star, and Dallas Morning Post, among others. 

Mark Bebbington: piano 

IRELAND: The Towing Path • Three Pastels • In Those Days • Leaves from 

a Child’s Sketchbook • Meine Seele • The Epic March (premiere) • Pastoral • 

Month’s Mind • On a Birthday Morning • Columbine • Equinox 

With the final volume of SOMM’s four-volume series of the complete piano 

music of John Ireland, we reach the end of our fabulous journey through the 

composer’s piano music. Like most of the repertoire on volumes 1–3, this 

music was recorded in the sumptuous acoustic of Birmingham’s Symphony 

Hall with Mark Bebbington, SOMM’s favorite artist. 

This year is the 50 th anniversary of John Ireland’s death, and he has been 

celebrated far and wide, both during the BBC Proms and extensively through 

the press and BBC Radio. Recording Ireland’s complete œuvre for the piano 

has been enormously rewarding, and also gave SOMM the chance to discover 

and add a few premieres along the way — on this CD, the instrumental 

version of “The Epic March.”

elease date: January 8, 2013 delphian records 

John RUttER 

The Tewkesbury Collection 

Cat # DPH 34107 






Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum 

Carleton Etherington: organ 

Benjamin Nicholas: director 

RUTTER: Lord, thou hast been our refuge • Dormi, Jesu • This is the day • Carol of the Magi • As the bridegroom to his chosen • 

The Lord is my shepherd • Ave Maria • The Lord bless you and keep you • A Prayer of Saint Patrick • Hymn to the Creator of Light • 

Wells Jubilate • God be in my head • The Gift of Charity • There is a flower • A Choral Amen 

For his final recording with the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas celebrates Britain’s best-loved living composer, 

John Rutter. This program explores the full range of the composer’s output, from “The Lord is my shepherd” and “Lord, thou hast 

been our refuge” to his most recent piece “This is the day,” written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Rutter’s rare 

communicative gifts are given a special glow by the refulgent acoustic of Tewkesbury Abbey and the choir’s luminous singing. 


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Coronation Mass in C 

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Luiza Borac: piano 

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 

Jaime Martin: conductor 

LIPATTI: Concertino in classical style, Op. 3 for piano and chamber orchestra 

(1936, dedicated to Florica Musicesco) • Sonatine for the left hand (1941) • Piano 

Sonata in D minor (1932) (premiere) • Motto: Musica este limbagiul zeilor – ‘Music 

is the Language of Gods’ (1932) • Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op. 6 (dedicated to 

Clara Haskil) • Nocturne in A minor on a Moldovan theme • Fantaisie, Op. 8 

(1940, dedicated to Madeleine Cantacuzène) (premiere) • ALBENIZ: Navarra, 

trans. Lipatti (premiere) • J.S. BACH: Pastorale in F, BWV 590 trans. Lipatti • 

Was mir behagt ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 by J.S. Bach, trans. Lipatti 

“A fabulously gifted young pianist.” — BBC Music Magazine 

Pianist Luiza Borac is the most dedicated champion of music from her native 

Romania, recognized with a BBC Music Magazine Award for her artistry and 

advocacy of the piano canon of Georges Enescu. She now turns to another 

compatriot, best known as one of the greatest pianists of the 20 th century: Dinu 

Lipatti. The rarities that Luiza has unearthed for this two-disc set feature a 

number of world premiere recordings including Lipatti’s first Piano Sonata, an 

arrangement of Albeniz’s “Navarra,” and the complex “Fantasie.” 

Print Advertising in Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Listen, International 

Piano, and Pianist. 

Features Expected in International Piano and Pianist. 

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E-blast to Avie mailing list (c. 5,000). 

The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio 

Monica Huggett: violin 

Tanya Tomkins: cello 

Eric Zivian: piano 

Adam LaMotte: viola 

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80 • Kinderszenen, Op. 15 • 

Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47 

“Great music will always transcend its own and any other period. That it does 

it so richly here is due in strong part to the fact that these are not only born 

but practiced conversationalists.” — BBC Music Magazine HHHHH 

The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio’s acclaimed accounts of Schumann’s First 

and Third Piano Trios opened the ears of chamber music devotees with the 

crystalline textures of its period instruments and the drawing-room intimacy 

of its interpretations. Anchored by the enterprising violinist Monica Huggett, 

who has produced numerous chart-topping recordings and a Grammy® 

nomination for Avie Records, the Trio completes Schumann’s canon for the 

genre, complimenting the Second Trio with the Piano Quartet and casting 

the spotlight on Eric Zivian and his mellifluous 1841 instrument with his 

rendition of Schumann’s beloved “Kinderszenen.” 

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Music Today. 

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Marianne Beate Kielland: mezzo-soprano 

Nils Anders Mortensen: piano 

BERG: Fraue, Du Süsse • Über Den Bergen • Tiefe Sehnsucht • Er Klagt, 

Daß Der Fruhling So Kortz Bluht • Augenblicke • Winter • Am Strande • 

Traurigkeit • Hoffnung • Spaziergang • Flötenspielerin • Erster Verlust • 

Leukon • SCHÖNBERG: Erwartung • Jesus Bettelt/Schenk Mir Deinen 

Goldenen Kamm • Erhebung • Waldsonne • WEBERN: Tief Von Fern • 

Aufblick • Blumengruss • Bild der Liebe • Sommerabend • Heiter • Der Tod • 

Heimgang in der Frühe 

Berg, Webern, and Schönberg all inhabited a borderland between tonality 

and atonality. This CD from LAWO Classics is entitled Früh because the 

works date from an early period in the career of each of the three composers, 

and they are extraordinarily beautiful. A break with tonality is imminent, but 

the music is still firmly anchored in the tonal tradition. The songs are seldom 

performed, and there are few recordings of the material. Thus, it is all the 

more satisfying to present Grammy® nominees Marianne Beate Kielland 

and Nils Anders Mortensen with this magnificent late Romantic repertoire 

(2011, Best Classical Vocal Solo). 

Kare Nordstoga: organ 

BACH: Concertos and Chorale Preludes 

Bach on the Silbermann cathedral organ in Arlesheim, Switzerland, 

performed by Oslo Cathedral organist Kåre Nordstoga! Andreas Silbermann, 

brother of the more famous organ builder Gottfried Silbermann, originally 

built this organ. The cathedral’s acoustics are superb, and although the organ 

has been rebuilt over the years, it still has the unique warmth and clarity 

of sound that was the hallmark of the baroque masters. On the first of the 

two CDs, we find all of Bach’s transcriptions for organ. Three are Bach’s 

arrangements of violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, and Prince Johann 

Ernst of Saxe-Weimar originally wrote two others. He died at age 21, and 

is perhaps best remembered by music historians because Bach — while he 

was organist at the ducal court in Weimar — transcribed the compositions 

for organ and cembalo. The second disc contains Bach’s famous Good 

Friday partita “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig,” as well as many of the chorale 

arrangements not belonging to collections published in Bach’s time. 

release date: January 8, 2013 lAwo Classics 

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Marianne Beate Kielland 

früh: Berg, schönberg & webern 

Cat # LAW 1033 





J.S. BACH 

Concertos and Chorale preludes 

Cat # LAW 1035 

Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) 




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Melodiya 

Rodion SHCHEDRIN 

shchedrin plays shchedrin 

Cat # MYD 1002018 

Price Code: 4R (SRP $71.99) 


Box Set, Box Lot 10 


Dmitri SHOStAKOVICH 

symphony no. 7 “leningrad” 

Cat # MYD 1002021 





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Rodion Shchedrin: piano, organ 

SHCHEDRIN: 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano Volume I (I–XII) “Sharp keys” • 

24 Preludes and Fugues Volume II (XIII–XXIV) “Flat keys” • The Polyphonic 

Book, 25 polyphonic preludes • Musical offering (for the 300 th anniversary of 

J.S. Bach’s birth) 

Rodion Shchedrin embarked on a composing career at the dawn of the 

second half of the 20 th century, and since then has been actively creative. 

Shchedrin is the happy owner of a gift that combines a topical music 

language with traditional elements of Russian music culture, which let him 

easily fit in with the global music space and, at the same time, remain an 

artist with strongly pronounced national attributes of style. While Shchedrin 

has created remarkable works in virtually all music genres, his relations 

with piano music are special. A student of the famous professor Yakov Flier, 

who was a brilliant soloist and teacher, Shchedrin continues the glorious 

traditions of the Russian school. His concert performances and recordings 

of his own works have always been bright events, and have attracted the 

attention of thousands of music lovers. 

The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra 

Gennady Rozhdestvensky: conductor 

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” 

Melodiya presents a recording of Dmitri Shostakovich’s famous opus, 

performed by one of the best interpreters of his music. Composed in 

the first months of the Great Patriotic War, Shostakovich’s Symphony 

No. 7 became a symbol of the struggle against fascism; its most 

memorable performances took place in Moscow, New York, London, 

and Buenos Aires, but its premiere in beleaguered Leningrad in 

Autumn 1942 was of the utmost importance. This bright and tragic 

music has not lost any of its emotional power and topicality; it sounds 

as a protest against totalitarianism, violence, and suppression of human 

personality and that was exactly how it sounded in the interpretation 

of outstanding conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky in 1986, when 

Shostakovich’s homeland was again on the threshold of great change.

Sviatoslav Richter: piano 

J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II 

Johann Sebastian Bach’s cycle of preludes and fugues, The Well-Tempered 

Clavier, holds a very special place in the world of music. It is not just one 

of the immortal masterpieces of the world music literature; it is literally 

an encyclopedia of polyphonic art and the desk book of every thinking 

musician. The work gives plenty of play to every different performer’s 

interpretations; none of the significant musical works have caused as 

many debates about the way they should be interpreted! In the words of 

pianist Sviatoslav Richter, “When I set to The Well-Tempered Clavier, I 

get always consumed with desire not to exclude any sides for the sake of 

one narrow and dogmatic position … I am convinced that Bach can be 

played differently, with different articulation and different dynamics. So 

long as the whole is preserved, so long as the strict contours of style are 

not distorted, so long as the performance is convincing enough.” 

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 

Evgeny Mravinsky: conductor 

TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini (Fantasy after Dante), Op. 32 • 

Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 • Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48 

Recorded from the 1940s to the 1970s, Melodiya offers a wonderful 

gift for all admirers of Russian music culture: Tchaikovsky’s symphonic 

works performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted 

by Evgeny Mravinsky. It is impossible to imagine the Orchestra — and 

perhaps the entire domestic music culture of the 20 th century — without 

Mravinsky. For more than half a century, he was at the head of the 

orchestra and turned it into one of the best symphony collectives 

in Europe, receiving worldwide recognition. The repertoire of 

Mravinsky and his orchestra was broad and diverse, but the maestro’s 

highest achievements were associated with music of Shostakovich 

and Tchaikovsky. Mravinsky performed and recorded Tchaikovsky’s 

last three symphonies, concertos, ballet suites, and other symphonic 

works for dozens of times, much to the delight of listeners in Moscow, 

Leningrad, Vienna, Prague, Milan, London, and other European cities. 

release date: January 8, 2013 Melodiya 

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J.S. BACH 

The well-Tempered Clavier, Book ii 

Cat # MYD 1002030 



Double Digipak, Box Lot 18 


pyotr Il’yich tCHAIKOVSKY 

symphonic works 

Cat # MYD 1002031 





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Melodiya 

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH 

Sonata for violin & Sonata for viola 

Oleg Kagan: violin/Yuri Bashmet: viola/Sviatoslav Richter: piano 

SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134 • Sonata 

for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 

This disc features two of Shostakovich’s chamber opuses 

performed by two of the best musicians of the 1980s: Oleg Kagan 

and Yuri Bashmet. Behind the piano is the great Sviatoslav Richter, 

who was involved in the premiere of the violin sonata in 1968 and 

performed the viola sonata with Bashmet more than 30 times. 

Modest MUSSORGSKY 

Symphonic Works 

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Cat # MYD 1002020 





Cat # MYD 1002034 





USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov: 

conductor 

MUSSORGSKY: Scherzo in B major • Intermezzo in modo 

classico • Night on Bald Mountain • Solemn March (The Capture 

of Kars) • Pictures at an Exhibition 

Today, Modest Mussorgsky — who was passed over for fame when 

he was alive, who perplexed even his distinguished peers and 

comrades — is one of the recognized geniuses of the 19 th century. 

Here, Mussorgsky’s compositions are performed by the USSR State 

Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov, a 

recognized master of interpretation of the Russian symphonic music. 


Ludwig van BEETHOVEN 

Complete Piano Sonatas 

Maria Grinberg: piano 

BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas 

Cat # MYD 1002025 



Box Set, Box Lot 10 


One of the greatest albums in Soviet recording history is now 

reborn on CD! Maria Grinberg was a remarkable pianist and the 

last student of the great Felix Blumenfeld. Unlike her classmate 

Vladimir Horowitz, she did not enjoy great fame, she was 

generally not allowed to go abroad, and the number of recordings 

she made was not large. However, contemporaries who were 

lucky enough to hear both pianists compared her manner with 

Horowitz and outstanding piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus 

noted the “earnestness” and “noble concentration of thoughts and 

feelings” in her playing. 

Cat # MYD 1001967 





Various Artists 

Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet 

Composers, Part 2 

Ekaterina Mechetina, Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Nikita Mndoyants: piano 

RODION SHCHEDRIN: Sonata No. 2 (1996) • ALEXANDER 

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sonata No. 2, Op. 85 (2006) • VLADIMIR RYABOV: 

Six Bagatelles, Op. 46 (1991) • NIKITA MNDOYANTS: Variations on 

a theme by Paganini (2007) 

Melodiya presents part two of the Anthology of Piano Music by Russian 

and Soviet Composers, which demonstrates the musical trends of the 

last decades. The featured authors are Rodion Shchedrin, Vladimir 

Ryabov, and Alexander Tchaikovsky. Despite all the differences 

between them, they have one thing in common: a synthesis of very 

different, at times contrary, musical traditions, styles, and directions.

Akiko Ebi: piano 

CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 • 4 Impromptus 

Alex Szilasi: piano 

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Nos. 9, 15, 27, 32, 37, 48, 62 

release date: January 8, 2013 fryderyk Chopin institute 

Japanese pianist Akiko Ebi, winner of the Grand Prix in the International 

Marguerite Long Competition and Fifth Prize in the Chopin Competition 

in Warsaw in 1980, is regarded as an outstanding interpreter of French 

music. In the series The Real Chopin, she was the first to choose the oldest 

Erard piano in the Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s collection of historical 

instruments, dating from 1838. This disc features the whole Opus 28 set 

of Preludes, as well as Chopin’s four Impromptus. Recorded at the Witold 

Lutosławski Concerto Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw, June 2011. 

A Hungarian pianist whose links with Chopin extend from preparing 

editions of his music to performing his works on historical instruments, 

Alex Szilasi’s awards include Best Soloist from Hungarian Radio (1991), 

the Ferenc Kölcsey Cultural Prize (2005), and Classical Musician of 

the Year from both the Hungarian Academy (2007) and the Hungarian 

classical and jazz magazine Gramofon (2008). This is the Fryderyk 

Chopin Institute’s first release of Szilasi’s recordings of Chopin nocturnes 

with the unique sound of a Pleyel upright piano from 1847. Recorded 

at the Witold Lutosławski Concerto Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw, 

February 2012. 

Frédéric CHOpIN 

24 preludes, op. 28 

Cat # FCS 28 





Frédéric CHOpIN 

nocturnes 

Cat # FCS 32 





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Querstand 

Cat # QUE 1217 





Cat # QUE 611 





Cat # QUE 607 





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Mechthild Winter 

Cembalo: Inspiration & Originality 

Mechthild Winter: harpsichord 

D’ANGLEBERT: Deuxième Suite in G • J.S. BACH: Französische Suite in C minor, BWV 813 • 

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 • Italian Concerto, BWV 971 • FROBERGER: 

Toccata No. 5 in D minor • VIVALDI: Concerto in D major • Transcription of BWV 973 by J.S. Bach 

The first solo CD from experienced Leipzig-based harpsichordist Mechthild Winter on the 

Querstand label is played on a harpsichord built after a famous old Ruckers instrument, which 

was enlarged in the early 18 th century and thus perfectly fits most of the repertoire here. 

Franz SCHMIDT 

Piano Concerto & Concertante Variations 

MDR Symphony Orchestra/Fabio Luisi: conductor/Carlo Grante: piano 

SCHMIDT: Concertante Variations on a Theme by Beethoven for Piano and Orchestra • Concerto 

in E flat for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra 

The sixth CD in the MDR Edition series, featuring works by Franz Schmidt, contains a unique 

repertoire: Schmidt’s piano concertos “for the left hand.” Both works are dedicated to famous pianist 

Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm during World War I and developed a unique style of 

playing with only his left hand. This disc features splendid musicianship by Fabio Luisi and the MDR 

Symphony Orchestra, with the solo part played by Carlo Grante, one of today‘s best Italian pianists. 

Gustav MAHLER 

Symphony No. 4 

MDR Symphony Orchestra/Fabio Luisi: conductor/Sandra Trattnigg: soprano 

MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major 

This new release, part of the MDR Edition series, presents the next portion of Querstand’s “series 

within a series” dedicated to the works of Gustav Mahler. Features splendid musicianship by the 

MDR Symphony Orchestra and its famous conductor Fabio Luisi, as well as promising Austrian 

soprano Sandra Trattnigg.

Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig 

Herbert Blomstedt: conductor 

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 

The ninth SACD in the Bruckner cycle with Herbert Blomstedt and the 

Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig marks the completion of this series, just 

in time to celebrate Blomstedt’s 85 th birthday in 2012! The Symphony 

is performed in the early version from 1872, which was just edited and 

published in 2005. The booklet contains detailed information about this 

early version, which has not been published in such a context before. 





Paul Schmitz: conductor 

Gustav Brecher: conductor 

BRUCKNER 

symphony no. 1 

Cat # QUE SACD 1115 

Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) 



BRUCKNER 

symphony no. 4 





A collection of works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart, Verdi and Beethoven 

release date: January 8, 2013 Querstand 

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This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra 

Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for the first time, 

including one of the earliest known recordings in the Large Hall of the Second Gewandhaus 

(the “Freischütz” Overture, recorded in 1929). The release also contains some extremely rare 

recordings in the New Theater Leipzig, which allow the listener to study the acoustics of 

this theater, which was destroyed in WWII. Special packaging features a beautiful hardcover 

book, slightly larger than the size of a DVD case, with texts in English and German. 

Anton BRUCKNER 

symphony no. 2 [Hybrid sACd] 







edition gewanshausorchester, vol. 2 

Cat # QUE 1110 



Special Packaging, Box Lot 15 


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Alpha 

Cat # APH 813 

Price Code: 2S (SRP $37.99) 


Box Set, Box Lot TBD 


Cat # APH 817 

Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) 




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Cat # RME 1202 





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Le Poème Harmonique 

Ostinato 

Jean-Marie LECLAIR 

Violin Concertos, Op. 7 



Schumann Project: Complete Piano Solo Music 

Eric Le Sage: piano 

SCHUMANN: Complete Solo Piano Works 

Winner of the Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros, this set brings together Robert Schumann’s complete 

works for solo piano. This great cycle benefited from having been recorded in the unique acoustics 

of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, by Jean-Marc Laisné. Sales of the 13 CDs comprising this set 

have exceeded 20,000 copies around the world. This complete recording is now acknowledged as a 

reference and, at the same time, an important step in the artistic life of pianist Eric Le Sage. 

Le Poème Harmonique/Vincent Dumestre: director 

BRICEÑO: Danza De La Hacha • FASOLO: Lamento Di Madama Lucia, Con La Riposta Di Cola • 

Bergamasca • La Barchetta Passagiera • Ciaccona: Acceso Mio Core • Serenata... Carnevale: Ballo 

Di Tré Zoppi • Tono Françes: Ay Amor Loco • JOHNSON: Sellengers • Wakefield on a green • 

ANONYMOUS: Uponla mi re • JACARA: Para Tener Noche buena • Gaitas • SEGUIDILLA: Dime 

Que Te Quejas • Pasacalle: Que Tenga Yo A Mi Mujer • MONTEVERDI: Lamento Della Ninfa II • 

ROBINSON: Twenty waies upon the bells • Españoleta 

The Ostinato literally went through ages … it’s a musical process founded on the repetition of a 

rhythmic, or melodic, or harmonic formula. It’s the “weft” of passacaglias, ciacconas, and of very 

popular works such as Ravel’s Boléro or Pachelbel’s Canon. The process also inspired a lot of pop 

musicians, and minimalist American composers. Now, Vincent Dumestre has chosen the theme of 

“Ostinato” to showcase some of the best Le Poème Harmonique recordings. 

Les Muffatti/Peter Van Heyghen: director/Luis Otavio Santos: violin 

LECLAIR: Violin Concertos, Op. 7 

Few French musicians of the 18 th century were as appreciated during their lifetime as the virtuoso 

violinist Jean-Marie Leclair. Three years after his tragic death — he was murdered in 1764 by a 

jealous nephew — Charles Henry de Blainville remembered him as “the Corelli of France.” In 

1754, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg placed Leclair on the level of Telemann, Handel, and members 

of the Bach family in terms of harmony and counterpoint; for Francesco Galeazzi in 1790, he was 

the sole Frenchman on the list of principal masters of the violin in 18 th -century Europe, alongside 

such major names as Corelli and Vivaldi. His Violin Concertos, Op. 7 are presented here by 

brilliant violinist Luis Otavio Santos (winner of a Diapason d’Or for his album of Leclair sonatas 

released by Ramée) and Les Muffatti, under the magic wand of Peter Van Heyghen.

Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart 

Arditti Quartet 

Hannah Weirich: viola 

Erik Borgir: cello 

Susanne Leitz-Lorey: soprano 

Andreas Fischer: bass 

RONCHETTI: Hombre de mucha gravedad • Pinocchio, una sotria 

parallela • Hamlet’s Mill • Anatra al sal 

Lucia Ronchetti is an Italian composer of contemporary music, whose 

work comprises both avant-garde virtuosity and a close relationship to 

tradition. The works on this release demonstrate her unique approach 

to musical theater and vocal music, performed by the superb a cappella 

group Neue Vocalsoloisten Stuttgart, who have long collaborated with 

the composer. 

Klangforum Wien 

Stefan Neubauer: clarinet 

Gertrude Rossbacher: viola 

Ensemble Kontrapunkte 

Peter Keuschnig: conductor 

Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich 

Andrés Orozco-Estrada: conductor 

Chorus sine nomine 

Johannes Hiemetsberger: choirmaster 

RESCH: Collection Serti • Figuren • Ein Garten • Pfade, die sich 

verzweigen • Cantus Firmus 

Gerald Resch, born in 1975 in Austria, developed his economical 

approach to composition during his studies with Beat Furrer in Graz. 

Expanding upon this, Resch commented, “Encounters, junctures, and 

abstract patterns are all able to inspire the beginning of a composition. 

I like superimpositions, unforeseen changes of perspective, and hidden 

symmetry. I also like to invent logical but surprising developments of 

simple material.” This release demonstrates his preoccupation with 

plastic forms in “Cantus Firmus,” with the perception of nature in “Ein 

Garten,” and with the omnipresence of a burdensome, loaded tradition. 

release date: January 8, 2013 KAiros 

Lucia RONCHEttI 

drammaturgie 

Cat # KRO 13232 






Gerald RESCH 

Collection serti 

Cat # KRO 13282 






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fuga libera 

Cat # FGL 596 





Cat # FGL 597 





summit records 

Cat # SMT 599 






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César FRANCK 

Symphony in D minor 

Yu-Chien Tseng 

French Violin Sonatas 

Yu-Chien Tseng: violin/Inga Dzektser: piano 

Mark Hetzler 

Three Views 


Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Christian Arming: conductor 

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor • Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne • Hulda, Ballet allégorique 

Fuga Libera is pleased to present Christian Arming, the new conductor and artistic director of the 

Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. For this recording project with Liège, the Austrian conductor 

gives his point of view on the musical spirit of the Franco-Belgian composer César Franck. 

Opening the disc is the great Symphony in D minor, followed by two rare works: the symphonic 

poem “Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne” and the ballet music from the opera Hulda. 

FRANCK: Sonata for violin and piano in A major, M. 8 • DEBUSSY: Sonata for violin and piano, 

L. 140 • Clair de lune • RAVEL: Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in G major 

Fuga Libera is happy to announce the beginning of a collaboration with young Taiwanese violinist 

Yu-Chien Tseng, Fifth Prize winner of the Reine Elisabeth Violin Competition. During that 

competition, Yu-Chien Tseng managed to convince both the jury and the audience (winning both 

audience prizes) with his personal, poetic interpretations of pieces such as the Brahms Concerto 

and Ravel’s Violin Sonata. For his first recording he has chosen a few of his favorite violin sonatas, 

recorded in the magnificent Flagey Concert Hall in Brussels. His “partner in crime” is Russian 

pianist Inga Dzekster, whom he met at the Tchaikovsky Competition. 

Mark Hetzler: trombone/Jessica Johnson: piano/Martha Fischer: piano/Anthony Di Sanza: percussion/ 

Todd Hammes: percussion/Sean Kleve: percussion 

RUSH: Rebellion • Inner Rebellion • VAYO: Climb • STEPHENSON: New England Scenes • LLINAS: 

Walking Dreams • HETZLER: Three Views of Infinity 

On this epic musical journey, Mark Hetzler and friends explore a diversity of styles and cultural 

influences with an exhilarating program for trombone, piano, and percussion. Marked by American 

Record Guide as one of the world’s greatest trombone players, Mark Hetzler is a veteran musician who 

was previously a member of the Empire Brass Quintet. He has performed in recital and as a soloist 

with symphony orchestras in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, Austria, Malaysia, 

Singapore, Bermuda, St. Bartholomew, and across the United States.

W.A. MOZART 

Pieces for two pianos 

Alexei Lubimov: piano/Yury Martynov: piano 

release date: January 8, 2013 Zig-Zag Territoires 

MOZART: Sonata in D major, KV 448 • Second Quartetto, arranged for two harpsichords by I. Pratsch 

Two Zig-Zag artists unite for a disc that includes an original Mozart work (the Sonata in D major) 

as well as transcriptions for two pianos. Recorded on two historic instruments from the collection 

of Edwin Beunk, this is an operatic and symphonic conversation. It is also an illustration of the 

highly fruitful collaboration of two singular pianists as well as a new recording featuring Yury 

Martynov, who earned a Choc de Classica for his Beethoven & Liszt disc. 

J.C. BACH 

Zanaida 

Opera Fuoco/David Stern: director 

J.C. BACH: Zanaida 

After a long war, Turkish emperor Soliman and Persian sophi Tamasse decide to seal the 

peace between their two countries and, to this end, exchange hostages. The preliminary treaty 

stipulates that, in order to make this alliance solid, Tamasse will wed Zanaida, Soliman’s daughter. 

Meanwhile, the sophi falls in love with Osira, a Persian hostage sent by the emperor. This is 

where the action of this opera begins, the plot skillfully mixing Tamasse’s infidelity, Zanaida’s 

magnanimity, and Osira’s ambition. It is a particularly appealing opera by the fourth and last of 

Johann Sebastian’s sons, whose life was atypical for a Bach, for he carried out his career not in 

Germany but in Italy and England. 

Ensemble 415 

Italian Baroque Sonatas & Concertos 

Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini: director/Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer: director 

A collection of sonatas and concertos by baroque composers 

This set brings together recordings of Italian music by Chiara Banchini and Amandine Beyer. 

It is symbolic of a filiation between the two artists, Amandine Beyer having succeeded Chiara 

Banchini as professor of Baroque violin at the Schola Cantorum in Basle, Switzerland. The release 

follows Amandine Beyer’s recording of Bach’s Sonatas for solo violin as well as Chiara Banchini’s 

recording of his Sonatas for violin and keyboard, both of which received a Diapason d’Or. The set 

includes the re-release of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Amandine Beyer. 

Cat # ZIG 306 





Cat # ZIG 312 



Digipak, Box Lot TBD 


Cat # ZIG 316 

Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) 


Digibox, Box Lot TBD 


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icercar 

Cat # RCE 330 




INCLUDES WORLD pREMIERE 


Cat # RCE 331 





red priest recordings 

Cat # RPR 10 






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François COUPERIN 

Complete Sonatas 

Adriaen WILLAERT 

Chansons, Madrigali, Villanelle 

Piers Adams 

Shine and Shade 

Piers Adams: recorder/Julian Rhodes: piano 


Les Dominos/Florence Malgoire: violin, director 

COUPERIN: La Convalescente (premiere) • La Pucelle • La Steinquerque • La Sultane (Sonate en 

quatuor) • L’Astrée • La Superbe • La Visionnaire 

After the success of a CD devoted to the sonatas of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Florence 

Malgoire’s ensemble Les Dominos explores the first French sonatas. All of these works date from the 

1680s, when the French had just discovered the Italian sonata style and had begun to use it, albeit in 

some secrecy. This recording contains the complete sonatas of François Couperin, four of which are 

the original versions of sonatas that Couperin would later make use of in Les Nations. It is the first 

recording to present the sonatas in their entirety, in particular because the sonata “La Convalescente” 

appears on record for the very first time. The sonata was discovered only recently in a manuscript 

copy in Germany. 

Romanesque/Philippe Malfeyt: lute, bass lute, chitarrone, percussions, director 

WILLAERT: Qual dolcezza giamai • Zoia zentil • Dessus le marché d’Arras • Allons, allons gay • Quante 

volte diss’io • Vecchie letrose • Chi la dira • E se per gelosia • Un giorno mi prego • Cingari simo • 

Joyssance vous donneray • Arousez vo violette • Ricercar X • Occhio non fu • ATTAIGANT: Dessus le 

marché d’Arras • TERZI: Canzon (Allez mi faut) di Adriano • VALENTE: Chi la dira dissminuita • 

CABEZON: Tiento IV sobre Qui la dira • BASSANO: A la fontana • WILLAERT-ABONDANTE: O 

quando a quando havea • BONIZI: Joyssance • WILLAERT-PISADOR: O bene mio famm’uno favore 

To celebrate Adriaen Willaert’s anniversary, this recording of the composer’s secular repertoire 

gives us a very different vision of his work compared to his religious music, previously illustrated by 

the Vespro della Beata Vergine recording (RCE 325). Recorded by Romanesque in 1994, this CD offers 

a lot of pleasure — and there is no competition in the market for this recording! 

FULTON: Scottish Suite • RUBBRA: Meditazione Sopra Coeurs Désolés • BOWEN: Sonata, Op. 121 • 

BERKELEY: Sonatina • GREGSON: Three Matisse Impressions • DODGSON: Shine and Shade • 

SWANN: Rhapsody from Within 

It is arguably only in the 20 th century that the recorder has found its true expressive voice. The music 

on this album is a testimony to the shining brilliance and soulful emotion that can be coaxed from a 

simple pipe, much of which would not exist without the pioneering work of the late Carl Dolmetsch, 

who commissioned over 50 new pieces for his annual Wigmore Hall recitals between 1939 and 1989. 

This program includes five of the best works from this important collection, together with two others 

of similar merit, to produce a disc that places the recorder firmly in the musical mainstream.

Frederick DELIUS & Edvard GRIEG 

The Complete Works for Cello & Piano 

Raphael Wallfisch: cello/John York: piano 


DELIUS: Romance • Chanson d’Automne • Sonata for cello and piano • Caprice • Elegy • GRIEG: 

Intermezzo • Allegretto • Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 

Friendships between major composers are often important and mutually beneficial, and they shed 

light on our perception and enjoyment of their music. Schumann and Brahms, Stravinsky and 

Debussy, Wagner and Liszt, Holst and Vaughan Williams — in each case one life was influenced, 

aided, inspired, and affected by the other in real and tangible ways. So it was, however unlikely it 

might seem, with Grieg and Delius. 

Franz SCHUBERT 

Di Sheyne Milnerin: Schubert’s cycle of love forlorn retold in Yiddish song 

Mark Glanville: bass-baritone/Alexander Knapp: piano 

WARSCHAWSKY: The miller’s tears, Op. 11, No. 12 • GEBIRTIG: Reyzele • TRILLING: You shine like 

the sun • CHEN: My beloved is mine • TRADITIONAL: The new dance • Are you angry with me? • 

Tumba • The thief’s genealogy • Two doves • Where is the little street? • The shutters are dozing • 

Klipp klapp!, Op. 14, No. 10 • A sheyn lid hob ikh gezungen, Op. 12, No. 15 • SCHUBERT: translation 

of AmFeirabend from Die schöne Müllerin, D.795: After work • RUMSHINSKY: Hear, O Israel • 

KNAPP: Anthem • WEINER: Six Yiddish Art Songs, No. 3 • OLSHANETSKY: I love you too much • 

SCHERMANN: Op. 1, No. 3 “Filled with misery” • YOMEN: The sun is setting 

A specially devised cycle of 20 songs from the Yiddish repertoire, and only the second time a collection 

of Yiddish songs has been forged into a narrative cycle with a coherent dramatic trajectory! A stark 

contrast to Mark Glanville’s Holocaust-focused program A Yiddish Winterreise, this record explores 

different aspects of the Yiddish tradition to tell a story of unrequited love. 

Barluath 

Source 

Barluath/Ainsley Hamill: vocals/Eilidh Firth: fiddle/Edward Seaman: bagpipes/Colin Greeves: 

bagpipes/Alistair Iain Paterson: piano, glockenspiel 

TRADITIONAL: The Fox Hunter • The Lambs on the Green Hills • Devil in the Kitchen • Crò Chinn 

t-Sàile (The Fold of Kintail) • PATERSON: The Pentland Incident • TRAD./HAMILL: Ora Turais 

(Prayer for Travelling) • BLAKE: Billy Gray • HAMILL: The Selkie • FIRTH/GREEVES: The Trooper 

and the Maid • MACDONALD: The Poshability 

On a cold night in January 2010, a group of four musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 

gathered to sound check for their first gig. Colin Greeves had recruited childhood friend Eddie 

Seaman, and they were joined by Ainsley Hamill and Alistair Iain Paterson to play Partick Folk Club’s 

annual Burns Supper. They invited Eilidh Firth to join the band for their first tour of Scotland in 

Summer 2011, and with this exciting combination of musicians they have wowed audiences from 

Portmahomack to Washington DC. 

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Cat # TCT 661603 

Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) 





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Price Code: 2T (SRP $29.99) 





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Giacomo Antonio PERTI 

Moses, Leader of the Jewish People 

Ensemble Les Nations/Maria Luisa Baldassari: harpsichord, director 

PERTI: Moses, Leader of the Jewish People 

The revival of the 1685 oratorio Moses, Leader of the Jewish People for five voices, trumpet, and strings 

celebrates the 350 th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Antonio Perti, a versatile Bolognese musician 

born in 1661. This miniature opera presents a series of characters that are skillfully outlined by Perti’s 

lively music. Perti’s arias require great virtuosity in the singers; this edition, recorded by the Ensemble 

Les Nations, features some of the best Italian specialists of baroque singing. The trumpet is an 

unusual presence, but this instrument was much appreciated in the Bolognese musical milieu of that 

period, and it lends a unique instrumental timbre to the composition. 

Girolamo CRESCENTINI 

Solo Voice Arias 

Marina Comparato: mezzo-soprano/Gianni Fabbrini: piano 

CRESCENTINI: 6 cantatas and 18 arias for voice and fortepiano composed in Paris in 1810, and a 

collection of 6 arias composed for the Queen of Holland 

The musician Girolamo Crescentini was a very well known figure in the greatest theatres, both in 

Italy and abroad, at the end of the 18 th century. He had started out as a castrato singer, but at the 

beginning of the 19 th century he had already become singing teacher to the imperial family and 

court composer in Paris. This recording contains a monographic collection of six cantatas and 18 

arias for voice and fortepiano composed in Paris in 1810, and a collection of six arias composed 

for the Queen of Holland. These pieces, which have a classical form and are based on texts by 

Metastasio, show musical characteristics that range from late Classicism to early Romanticism, 

with a certain influence of Mittel-European lied music, particularly in the piano part. 

Gino MARINUZZI JR. 

Piano Works 

Martina Colli: piano/Rossella Rubini: piano 

MARINUZZI: Partita (1941, for two pianos) • Divertimento on a popular theme (1945, for piano 

four hands) • Lagerlieder (1944, for piano four hands) 

Son of the famous conductor and composer Gino Marinuzzi, this composer was born in New 

York in April 1920, during one of his father’s U.S. tours. As a good piano player and a brilliant 

student, he started composing mainly piano music. From 1943 to 1944 he was imprisoned in 

Ludwigshafen Nazi camp, where he wrote the Lagerlieder for piano four hands, only discovered 

many years later. This CD contains the Partita for two pianos, the Divertimento for piano four 

hands, and the unedited Lagerlieder.

Soloists of the International Mahler Orchestra 

Yoel Gamzou: conductor 

LAMPSON: Vision of Johannes I • Vision of Johannes II • Rocks, air and 

light • Rock temple • In flowing light • Prayer • Vision of Johannes III • Sun 

Temple I • Fairytale Scene • Sun Temple II • Vision of Benedictus • Spirits of 

light and darkness • The guardian of the threshold • Ahriman’s Realm • Gnomes 

and Sylphs • The flames take flight • Temple Scene • In the spirits’ domain 

The Mysterienszenen were inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas. As 

Lampson’s grandparents had personally witnessed Steiner’s performances, he 

became acquainted with them as a young man. 

Johanna Gröbner: piano 

Veronika Trisko: piano 

Josef Gumpinger: percussion 

Gerhard Windbacher: percussion 

Anna Maria Pammer: voice 

Florian Müller: piano 

ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna 

Pascal Rophé: conductor 

Arturo Tamayo: conductor 

GADENSTÄTTER: Fluchten/Agorasonie 1 for two pianos, percussion and 

orchestra (2009) • Auf Takt for full orchestra (1997/99) • Ballade 1 for voice 

and piano (1997) 

A perfect “screen capture” of Gadenstätter’s oeuvre! 

release date: January 8, 2013 Col legno 

Elmar LAMpSON 

Mysterienszenen 

Cat # CNO 20407 





Clemens GADENStÄttER 

portrait 

Cat # CNO 20408 





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Meridian records 

Cat # MER 84616 





Cat # MER 84617 





winter & winter 

Cat # WTR 2012 





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Christopher RATHBONE 

Music by Christopher Rathbone 

Hanne Tofte JESPERSEN 

The Testimony of Melangell 

Music for the Mysteries: voices and instruments 

Various Artists 

Baroque Music in the 21 st Century 


Daniel’s Beard/Alastair Savage: violin/Fiona Stephen: violin/Sophie Lang: viola/Emma Peebles: 

viola/Tom Rathbone: cello/Sonia Cromarty: cello/Jo Nicholson: clarinet/Richard Blake: flute/Andy 

Saunders: horn/Lynda Cochrane: piano/Sam Hutchings: piano/Christopher Rathbone: organ 

RATHBONE: Daniel’s Razor, Op. 117 • Elegy, Op. 56 • Clarinet Quintet, Op. 61 • Tarn Hows, Op. 101 • 

Terzetto, Op. 55 • Organ Quartet, Op. 100 • Three Bagatelles, Op. 67 • Horn Quintet, Op. 120 

The quirkily-named Glasgow-based chamber group Daniel’s Beard takes Einstein’s description of 

chamber music as its motto: the music of friends. This ethos means that this second disc from the 

group is one that is very special indeed. It features music by organist and composer Christopher 

Rathbone, with some of the music written especially for them while other pieces date from earlier in 

Rathbone’s career. And the group’s connection with the composer has a further dimension — his son, 

cellist Tom, is one of the ensemble’s founding members. 

JESPERSEN: The Wild Woman • The Road Back • The Journey into the Land • So the Journey went on 

(4b) • The Sword of Destiny • The Ancient Man • Arianrhod • A Time before Fear • The Dreamtime 

before Time • The Thinker (9b) • The Mind of Light • The Dwelling • The Hunters and the Hare • The 

Prince of Brochwell • Remembrance Kantele Introduction based on The Water Kelpie (trad. Isle of 

Man) • The Dancing Stone 

Meridian Records is proud to announce the release of Hanne Tofte Jespersen’s music to the Celtic 

female saint and mystic Melangell’s magical tale, recorded by the composer’s Scandinavian ensemble 

Music for the Mysteries. Jespersen’s one-hour composition is scored for five singers, violin, double 

bass, piano, percussion, and with recital integrated in the music. Her creative work with the script, as 

well as the author’s account for it, is found in the illustrated booklet along with the text set to music. 

Teodoro Anzellotti: accordion/Paolo Beschi: cello/Uri Caine: piano/Lorenzo Ghielmi: cembalo/ 

Vittorio Ghielmi: viola da gamba/Die Freitagsakademie/Forma Antiqva/Windsbacher 

Knabenchor/Marianne Rônez: baroque violin/Aarón Zapico: harpsichord 

BACH: Contrapunctus 1 (The Art of Fugue) • Variation 18, Canon at the 6 th • Variation for cello solo • 

Variation I. a I Clav. • Variation 25 (The Goldberg Variations) • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: Allegro • 

Tönet, ihr Pauken! (Das Weihnachtsoratorium) • Prelude from Cello Suite IV • HANDEL: Aria from 

Mi palpita il cor (HWV 132) • FRESCOBALDI: Gagliarda Prima • FORQUERAY: La Couperin • 

PURCELL: Fantazia • ARIOSTI: Largo from Pur al fin gentil Viola • KAPSBERGER: Passacaglia from 

Libro IV d’intavolatura di chitarrone • VIVALDI: Allegro non molto, Largo from Winter (The Four 

Seasons) • SCARLATTI: Allegro from Sonata K. 248 • CASTELLO: Sonata seconda à sopran solo 

Stefan Winter celebrates the unconventional thinkers who confidently transform the Baroque 

tradition to make it their own, and sometimes even cross the boundaries into jazz.

Erik SATIE 

Le Fils des Étoiles 

Alexei Lubimov: piano 

SATIE: Le Fils des Étoiles 

release date: January 8, 2013 passacaille 

This impressively long work has never been recorded in its complete version on an instrument 

of Satie’s lifetime. It is in many ways a revolutionary piece, where Satie explores harmonic 

constellations that other composers would almost 30 years later. On this release, the music is 

played by pianist Alexi Lubimov, one of the most strikingly original musicians performing 

today. His vast repertoire, combined with his dedication to principle and musical morals, 

make him a notable exception in today’s music scene. 

Margret Köll 

Giants: Bach, Gesualdo, Monteverdi 

Margret Köll: triple harp/Luca Pianca: lute 

J.S. BACH: Partita in C major, BWV 997 • Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E flat major, BWV 

998 • GESUALDO: Beltà, poi che t’assenti • Gagliarda del Principe da Venosa • Canzon del 

Principe con le fioriture • Ahi, disperata vita • MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo intavolato 

Margret Köll, a rising star in the world of historical harps, joins Il Giardino Armonico founder 

Luca Pianca to present a musical experience conceived on the model of the old master 

instrumentalists and improvisers who were capable of adapting all kinds of music to the needs 

of the moment. The title Giants refers to the composers presented on this recording, who are 

truly musical giants. Monteverdi began the Baroque era, Bach brought it to an end 150 years 

later, and both have left us masterpieces of immense artistic value. This CD guarantees a fresh 

look into this music via the surprising sound combination of lute and harp. 

C.P.E. BACH 

Quartets for flute, viola, cello and pianoforte 

Jan De Winne: flute/Marten Boeken: viola/Roel Dieltiens: cello/Shalev Ad-El: piano 

C.P.E. BACH: Quartet for flute, viola, cello and pianoforte 

In a letter to Johann Friedrich Rochlitz, W.A. Mozart wrote of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: 

“He is the father, we are the children. Those of us who do something well have learnt it 

from him. Whoever refuses to admit this is not honest.” Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was also 

revered by Haydn and Beethoven, and his keyboard method was quoted as a work of reference 

until well into the 19 th century. The genius of Johann Sebastian’s second son was also well 

recognized during his lifetime, and his fame was greater than that of his father. 

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Audiomax 

Ludwig van BEEtHOVEN 

piano Trios op. 1/2 & op. 97 [Hybrid sACd] 

Cat # AMX SACD 9031764 





Doris Hochschied 

dutch Cello sonatas vol. 5 [Hybrid sACd] 

Cat # AMX SACD 9031771 





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Max Brod Trio 

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio, Op. 1/2 • “Archduke Trio” Op. 97 

Performing with youthful vigor, the Max Brod Trio brings together the 

late Archduke Trio and the early Trio Op. 1/2 to demonstrate the immense 

development, not only of Beethoven’s compositional oeuvre but also within 

the genre of the piano trio. A fascinating glimpse at the music history of the 

early 19 th century! 



Doris Hochschied: cello 

Frans van Ruth: piano 

BADINGS: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 • DRESDEN: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 

On the latest release in their prizewinning series featuring cello sonatas from 

the Netherlands, Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth bring together works 

by Henk Badings and Sem Dresden. For many older residents of Holland this 

program breaks a taboo, but despite their many musical differences these two 

composers were partners in fate. 


For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Bo Skohvus: baritone 

WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne 

Stefan Blunier: conductor 

SPOHR: 6 Lieder, Op. 154 • BEETHOVEN: Flohlied des Mephisto, 

Op. 75, No. 3 • SCHUBERT: 3 Lieder • WOLF: Selections from Spanish 

Songbook, Italian Songbook & Mörike-Lieder • SIBELIUS: 7 Lieder • 

R. STRAUSS: Traum durch die Dämmerung • Heimliche Aufforderung • 

Die Zueignung 

Baritone Bo Skovhus was born in Denmark and studied at the 

Academy of Music in Aarhus, the Royal Academy for Opera of 

Copenhagen, and in New York. In 1988 he launched his career at the 

Volksoper in Vienna, and this city is still the focus of his work. For 

more than 10 years he has been a regular guest performer at the State 

Opera. Time and again he has been engaged by the Musikverein as well 

as the Konzerthaus to perform at recitals and concerts. In 1997 he was 

awarded the Austrian honorary title Kammersänger. He is one of the 

most influential interpreters of his generation, and is regularly invited 

to major festivals around the globe. 

Tatjana Blome: piano 

Peter Bruns: cello 

Kammersymphonie Berlin 

Mendelssohn Kammerochester Leipzig 

Jürgen Bruns: conductor 

TOCH: Bunte Suite, Op. 48 • Variations on Mozart’s “Unser dummer 

Pöbel meint” K.455 • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 35 

Anyone who tries to find out more about the composer Ernst Toch will 

soon realize that it is not an easy task. No monograph is to be found 

on the shelves of leading bookstores, and even in the big libraries only 

a handful of scientific works can be consulted. However, almost all 

publications quote a sentence by Toch with which he characterized his 

late years: “I am the twentieth century’s most forgotten composer.” In 

his youth he experienced the Habsburg Empire’s metropolis in what 

was probably her most exciting time ever. However, his life and work 

was less influenced by Vienna than by the almost coeval Alban Berg 

and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, ten years his junior, who both soon 

formed part of the most influential coteries of Vienna’s musical life. 

release date: January 8, 2013 delta Classics 

Bo Skohvus 

nacht der Träume: orchestral songs 

Cat # DLT 90062 





Ernst tOCH 

Bunte suite, Mozart Transcriptions & Cello Concerto 

Cat # DLT 90071 





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flora 

William LAWES 

The passion of Musicke 

Cat # FLO 1206 





Marin MARAIS 

folies 

Cat # FLO 2511 





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Sophie Gent: violin 

Giovanna Pessi: triple harp 

Eduardo Egüez: theorbo 

Philippe Pierlot: viol 

LAWES: The Passion of Musicke 

On the death of William Lawes, King James I — who called him “The 

Father of Music” — observed several weeks of mourning. Lawes is set out 

from among the composers of the golden age of English music for the 

modernity, audacity, and depth of his writing. The works collected here 

use a very unique combination of two bowed string instruments, violin 

and bass viol, and two plucked instruments, the harp and the theorbo, 

for which Lawes wrote concertante parts. The result is music of extreme 

sophistication and contrapuntal complexity. 

Philippe Pierlot: bass viol 

Rainer Zipperling: bass viol 

François Guerrier: harpsichord 

Eduardo Egüez: theorbo 

MARAIS: Suite in D • Suite in A • Suite in E 

In the year 1700, Corelli published his Violin Sonatas Op. 5, without 

doubt the most important collection of instrumental music of the 

beginning of the century. One year later, though he admits that the 

publication was overdue, Marin Marais published his “Deuxième Livre 

de Pièces de Viole” where one finds, just as in Corelli’s Op. 5, several 

variations on the famous theme of “La Follia” or “Folies d’Espagne.” In 

addition to these famous “Folies,” this recording enables us to discover 

two suites in A major and E major, an unusual key for the viol.

Gordan Nikolić: violin 

Netherlands Chamber Choir 

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 

Risto Joost: conductor 

PÄRT: Wallfahrtslied • Orient & Occident • Nunc dimittis • Fratres • Te Deum 

A new release from the revered Netherlands Chamber Choir, featuring 

works by Arvo Pärt. This time the choir teams up with the Netherlands 

Chamber Orchestra in a mixed program of chamber orchestra, choral, 

and choral a cappella works. The main course on this CD is the rarely 

recorded and monumental “Te Deum.” Young Estonian conductor Risto 

Joost delivers a reading that is rich and inspired. 

Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam 

Camerata Trajectina 

SWEELINCK: Est-ce Mars / Had ick duysend ysere tongen • Engelsche 

fortuin / Lieffd’ int secreet • Silvia mijn Lief (melody: Malle Sijmen) • 

Malle Sijmen (variation) • Onder een linde groen (song) • Onder een 

linde groen (variations) • Onse Vader in hemelrijck (song) • Onse Vader 

in hemelrijck (variations) • Susanne un jour • Vanitas vanitatum • Mein 

junges Leben hat ein End • Ballo del granduca / O che nuovo miracolo • 

MANNEKE: Épitaphe-Double (2012) • DE VRIES: Le tombeau de 

Sweelinck (2011) 

This album celebrates Sweelinck’s 450 th birthday. All over the world 

Sweelinck is seen as one of the most important masters of polyphony and 

counterpoint. His mastery was not only academic, but first and foremost 

the result of a relentless joy in music! 

release date: January 8, 2013 globe records 

Arvo pÄRt 

Te deum 

Cat # GLE 5252 





Jan pieterszoon SWEELINCK 

sweelinck and the Art of variation 

Cat # GLE 5253 





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Musiepoca 

Cat # MUP 5 





phaedra 

Cat # PHA 92076 





paraty 

Cat # PTY 112110 





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Tomàs MILANS 

Church Music 

Lodewijk DE VOCHT 

Memorare: Sacred Music 


La Xantria: vocal ensemble/Pere Lluís Biosca: director 

MILANS I GODAYOL: Magnificat • Salve Regina • Litaniae Lauretanae • Reges Tharsis • Charitas 

Dei • Hala, zagalas • Suspende infelice 

The height of the Baroque period, at the beginning of 18 th century, was a time for wars and upheavals 

in Catalonia, but also for the establishment of a royal court in Barcelona after three centuries without 

one. Tomàs Milans (1672–1742) is one of the main composers of this period — a contemporary 

of Fux, Delalande, Caldara, Scarlatti, and Albinoni — although he composed only religious music 

for his work as a chapel master in Barcelona and Girona. This recording contains a varied selection, 

from the “Magnificat” for eight voices over an ostinato to the Spanish cantata “Suspende infelice” for 

soprano and continuo. 

Cappella Concinite/Luk Bastiaens: organ/Ludo Claesen: conductor 

DE VOCHT: XIV Cantica • Duo Cantus Mariani • Larghetto for organ • Missa in honorem Angelorum 

Lodewijk de Vocht is one of the most unforgettable personalities of the Antwerp Music scene in the 

first half of the 20 th century. He was a composer, as well as a conductor and a teacher. At the age of ten 

he became a chorister in the Antwerp Cathedral Choir, where he received a general music education 

from Emile Wambach and Karel Weymans. In 1899 he joined the orchestra class of the Antwerp Royal 

Flemish Conservatory. After his studies he returned to the conservatory as a teacher and, later, as its 

headmaster. In 1903 De Vocht was the youngest violinist of the orchestra of the New Concerts Society 

and had the opportunity to play under the greatest conductors of his time, including Gustav Mahler, 

Richard Strauss, Hans Richter, Bruno Walter, and Felix Weingartner. 

Frédéric CHOPIN 

Piano Pleyel 1843 & Pianino Pleyel 1834 

Knut Jacques: piano 

CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 • Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 • Sonata No. 2 

in B flat minor, Op. 35 • Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 • Nocturne in C sharp minor 

In 1830 Ignace Pleyel, music publisher and royal instrument maker, established his factory 

at the Hôtel Cromot du Bourg in the heart of Paris. This was one year after he founded the 

“Ignace Pleyel and Co. Society” with composer-pianist Frederic Kalkbrenner. In this 18 th -century 

mansion, the Pleyel family set up a concert hall in the salons of the first floor, where they hosted 

elite musicians and amateurs, and introduced them to new pianos from the factory floor. Chopin 

was genuinely partial towards Pleyel pianos, and owned two Pleyel instruments: a grand piano 

and a pianino, on which he gave lessons.

G.F. TELEMANN 

Concertos for Various Instruments 

Accademia Hermans/Fabio Ciofini: harpsichord, conductor 

TELEMANN: Concerto in F for two hunting horns, and strings • 

Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux, and strings • Concerto in 

G for violin and two violins • Concerto in F for recorder, bassoon, 

and strings • Concerto in E minor for flute, recorder and strings 

Telemann’s concertos were characterized by the variety of 

instruments chosen for solos and combinations; in this recording, 

instruments range from the traditional violin to the “twin” pairs 

of corni da caccia and chalumeaux. 

Alexis de CASTILLON & 

Camille SAINT-SAËNS 

String Quartets 

release date: January 8, 2013 la Bottega discantica 

Cat # BDI 194 





Cat # BNL 112965 





Quatuor de Chartres/Robert Arribaud: violin/Marc Antoine 

Chomet: viola/Philippe Pennanguer: cello 

CASTILLON: Quartet, Op. 3, No. 1 • SAINT-SAËNS: Quartet, 

Op. 112 

Composed in 1867, this first attempt for strings shows Alexis de 

Castillon’s gift for inventiveness. The work is juxtaposed with 

Saint-Saëns’ expressive Quartet, Op. 112, whose passionate gravity 

reminds one of Beethoven. 

W.A. MOZART 

Concertos for Piano and Orchestra 20 & 21 

Bart van Oort: piano/Accademia Hermans/Fabio Ciofini: conductor 

MOZART: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, 

K.466 • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C major, K.467 

After completing his modern piano degree at the Royal 

Conservatory at The Hague in 1983, Bart van Oort studied 

fortepiano with Stanley Hoogland, also at the Royal Conservatory. 

In 1986 he won the First Prize and the Special Audience Prize at 

the Mozart Fortepiano Competition in Belgium. 

Ekki MELARTIN 

Piano Music 

Jean Dubé: piano 

Cat # BDI 254 





Bnl 

Cat # BNL 112970 





MELARTIN: Danse des Gnomes • Prélude • Idyl • Der traurige 

Garten Elegie • Marcia Funebre • Pastorale • Piccola • Marcia • 

Salaperaïnen • Metsà Noïta • Danse du feu • Fantasia apocaliptica 

Finnish composer Ekki Melartin (1875–1937) was an exact 

contemporary of Maurice Ravel: they have the same dates of birth 

and death. He was also one of the most prolific Finnish composers: 

199 opus numbers as well as many other works. He wrote about 

250 pieces for the piano, usually with more or less evocative titles, 

most of them in post-romantic style that was current at his time. 

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