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NEWS & HIGHLIGHTSSTREET DATE: APRIL 14, 2015

Marc-André Hamelin is not just a wizard of the keyboard. Although the Montreal native made his mark with the virtuoso repertoire of the Romantic period, Hamelin has also proven his skills in the subtlest music of the Classical period, releasing three highly acclaimed volumes of sonatas by Haydn. Now he turns his attention to Mozart with a specially priced double disc of Mozart Piano Sonatas, offering further proof that he is one of the finest musicians of our time. But that is only one of two thrilling new additions to Hamelin’s discography. He has also teamed up with the world-famous Takács Quartet for an album of chamber music by Shostakovich, featuring the composer’s powerful Piano Quintet. Continuing in the chamber music vein, pianist Andreas Staier joins forces once again with clarinetist Lorenzo Coppola for a recording of sonatas by Brahms, cellist Ophélie Gaillard plays an album of Latin-inspired works, and tenor Mark Padmore teams up with fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout for a recording of songs by Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart. Anglophiles will rejoice over Nicholas Daniel’s album of English oboe concertos by Vaughan Williams and MacMillan and Stephen Layton’s new collection of choral music by Leighton with the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Non-classical releases this month are highlighted by the Jazz Village début of Push Up, a band that blurs the lines between jazz, funk and rock.

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“A spiritual travelogue.”—DOWNBEAT

“There simply isn’t a recording of comparable quality in this repertoire.”—GRAMOPHONE

“This is bold, intelligent, exciting Vivaldi.”—CLASSICS TODAY

GRAMMY© award winners Conspirare sing Joby TalbotCraig Hella Johnson leads Conspirare on a musical journey along Spain’s famous Camino de Compostela in this inspiring performance of Path of Miracles by British composer Joby Talbot. “An engaging, delicate piece ... lovely cinematic scope [with] gorgeous interplay between the voices ... almost breathtakingly beautiful.” – AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

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IMPORT Barthold Kuijken named this album Bach vs. Haydn because it aims to compare and contrast important works by two major composers that were written at almost the same time. C.P.E. Bach wrote his Quartets in 1788. They are considered to be among his very best creations; he was to die a year after they were composed. Haydn composed the Trios heard here in 1789, at the end of his period with the Eszterházys. The stylistic differences between the two are enormous. In Bach, we find Stürm und Drang (storm and stress) and Empfindsamkeit (sensitivity); in Haydn, alongside his typical wit and moving depth, we find elegance, charm and the cantabile quality of Viennese Classicism.

Bach vs. Haydn 1788/90C.P.E. BACH Quartets Wq 93-95HAYDN Trios Hob XV:15-17

Barthold Kuijken (flute), Wieland Kuijken (cello), Piet Kuijken (fortepiano), Ann Cnop (viola), Ewald Demeyere (harpsichord)Accent • ACC 24293

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“Fluency and impeccable taste... Barthold Kuijken’s tone is alluring and his ornamentation... faultlessly executed.”

—BBC MUSIC

Telemann: Concertos & SuitesAccent • ACC 24288 (4015023242883)“As one might expect from a group as experienced as La Petite Bande, the performance is uniformly excellent, with fine intonation, well-nuanced phrasing, and a wonderful sense of ensemble.”—FANFARE

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IMPORT Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) was a Hungarian guitarist and composer. He lived and worked in Vienna, which had been home to various prominent figures of the guitar, including Diabelli and Giuliani. Mertz’s compositions, unlike that of most of his

contemporaries, followed the pianistic models of Chopin, Schubert and Schumann. On this recording, Raphaëlla Smits performs the grand fantasias Harmonie du soir and Le Romantique, alongside several other works, including Mertz’s transcriptions of six Schubert Lieder. Smits plays two historic French instruments as well as an eight-stringed guitar by John Gilbert.

IMPORT Pianist François Chaplin was a prizewinner at the Senigallia International Competition, was awarded the Mozart Prize and Robert Casadesus Prize at the Cleveland International Competition, and graduated from the Conservatoire National

Supérieur de Musique in Paris with a Premier Prix. He is currently a professor at the Conservatoire de Rayonnement Régional in Versailles. On this recording, Chaplin plays Schubert’s beloved Impromptus. Each one of these eight works is, in its own way, a microcosm of the Schubertian world – an echo of the Vienna that was so dear to him. They give proof to the brilliance of Schubert’s genius in all its intricate and astonishing complexity.

MERTZ Le Romantique – Works for Guitar

Raphaëlla Smits (guitar)Accent • ACC 24303

SCHUBERT Impromptus D899 & D935SCHUBERT/LISZT Litanei No.1

François Chaplin (piano)Aparté • AP 101

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IMPORT On Alvorada, cellist Ophélie Gaillard offers a colorful and dynamic selection of Latin-flavored music from Spain and the Americas, including works by Villa-Lobos, Granados, Piazzolla and Jobim. The program features a mix of classical music and arrangements of music by popular composers. The album’s list of supporting artists includes Sabine Devieilhe, Toquinho, Sandra Rumolino, Juanjo Mosalini, Rudi Flores and Emmanuel Rossfelder.

AlvoradaMusic by Villa-Lobos, Granados & Piazzolla

Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Toquinho (vocals), Cyril Garac (violin), Romain Lecuyerr (double bass), Juanjo Mosalini (bandoneón), Luiz de Aquino (guitar), David Chupete (percussion)Aparté • AP 104

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“Ophélie Gaillard’s playing is consistently elegant and assured…”

—THE GUARDIAN

Schubert: Trout Quintet, SonatineEvidence • EVCD 003 (3149028060928)

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IMPORT George Onslow (1784–1853) was a French composer of English descent. His wealth, position and personal tastes allowed him to pursue a path unfamiliar to most of his French contemporaries – one that was closer to that of German romantic

composers. His principal output was chamber music and Onslow’s efforts expanded the audience for a genre that was not popular in Paris at the time. Amongst the many works he wrote, his String Quartets stand out for their unique spirit of invention. This recording by the Quatuor Ruggieri bring out both the intelligence and Parisian charm of these unjustly neglected works.

IMPORT This recording by keyboard virtuoso Olivier Baumont offers listeners a selection of some of the world’s best-loved compositions for harpsichord. The works chosen comprise essential repertoire for amateur and professional players alike. From Jean-

Philippe Rameau’s Tambourin to Handel’s Sarabande, this “greatest hits” collection includes works from a wide range of repertoire and styles, all performed by one of the most famous harpsichord players performing on period instruments today.

ONSLOW String Quartets

Quatuor RuggieriAparté • AP 105

Les plaisirs du clavecin

Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)Bayard • B 3084302

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IMPORT A truly multifaceted musician, pianist Jean-Pierre Armengaud has not only pursued a successful international concert career, he has also instructed at many fine institutions and universities, taught master classes and authored several musicological

articles about French and Russian music. This recording from Bayard Music is offered in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. It features a selection of the composer’s works inspired by “mystical” themes.

IMPORT Following Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s initial impetus in 1115, Cistercian abbeys sprang up in almost every corner of Europe and the order is still very much alive today. This recording presents a musical history of these communities through the

ages. It is a history that moves from Gregorian chant to songs performed in various living languages after the Second Vatican Council. These are either sung a capella or accompanied by an organ or zither.

SCRIABIN Oeuvres mystiques pour piano

Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano)Bayard • B 3084382

Les voix cisterciennes – 900 ans d’histoire

Choeur des Moines de l’Abbaye de Melleray; Choeur des Moines de l’Abbaye de Tamié; Choeur de l’Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur; and many moreBayard • D 3168

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDRosanne Philippens is considered one of the most promising violin talents in the Netherlands. Her open and communicative style of performance won her first prizes at competitions including the Dutch National Violin Competition in 2009 and the Freiburg International Violin Competition in 2014. This release from Channel Classics focuses on Polish and Russian works inspired by myths and legends. Philippens is joined by pianist Julien Quentin as well as the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest led by Xian Zhang in performances of Szymanowski’s Mythes and Violin Concerto and Stravinsky’s Chanson Russe and L’Oiseau de Feu.

MythSZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No.1, Chant de Roxane, MythesSTRAVINSKY Chanson Russe, L’Oiseau de Feu – Berceuse, Scherzo

Rosanne Philippens (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, Xian Zhang

Channel Classics • CCS SA 36715

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“A pungent program, played with terrific spirit.”—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORT Live Music Now – a charitable organization that promotes the work of young artists – was founded in 1977 by Yehudi Menuhin. Live Music Now Scotland débuted in 1984, and 2014 marked its 30th anniversary. The charity has kept Menuhin’s vision

alive in ensuring that all members of society have access to the enriching experience of live music. This disc features some of Scotland’s finest artists perfoming recent commissions by some of the country’s brightest composing voices – William Sweeney, Eddie McGuire, Alasdair Nicolson and John Maxwell Geddes.

IMPORT Better known to most listeners as a performer and conductor, Dominique Vellard is also a talented composer. As one might expect, Vellard’s compositions are highly influenced by his connection to both the content and the styles of

the sacred music he has performed over his long career. His writing is primarily contrapuntal, born of his familiarity with Medieval and Renaissance repertoire. On this recording, the men’s voices take the role of traditional chantres, or cantors, while the women’s voices expand the music’s rich sound palette.

LuminateLive Music Now Scotland Celebrates 30 Years

Emma Versteeg (soprano), Laura Margaret Smith (mezzo-soprano), Maryam Sherhan (piano), Geoffrey Tanti (piano), Wildings, Spencer-Strachan Duo, Astrid String QuartetDelphian • DCD 34153

VELLARD Cantica Sacra

Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique VellardEvidence • EVCD 009

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IMPORT The two Clarinet Sonatas, composed in 1894, were Brahms’s last chamber works. Knowing that he could count on the virtuosity of their dedicatee, the prodigious clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld (1856-1907), Brahms enthusiastically exploited all the expressive possibilities of the instrument. On this recording, clarinetist Lorenzo Coppola and pianist Andreas Staier find the perfect balance between the technical brilliance and the remarkable range of emotions present in these Autumnal works.

BRAHMS Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Klavierstücke Op.118

Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Andreas Staier (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902187

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“The pianist’s intelligent interpretations abound in nuance and expressive gestures... It’s ironic how it often takes an old instrument to give you a new perspective on familiar music,

especially when Andreas Staier’s in charge.”—CLASSICS TODAY

Mozart: The Last Concertosharmonia mundi • HMC 901980 (794881866724)

“Deserves a place on the shelf.”—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThis recording of evocative music from Britain features two major British oboe concertos featuring soloist Nicholas Daniel and the Britten Sinfonia. Composer James MacMillan conducts the world premiere recording of his own Oboe Concerto (dedicated to Nicholas Daniel), as well as his 2012 composition One and Benjamin Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes ‘A Time There Was.’ The oboist himself directs the Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto, a work with which Daniel won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition at the age of 18.

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe ConcertoMACMILLAN Oboe Concerto, OneBRITTEN Suite on English Folk Tunes ‘A Time There Was’

Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillanharmonia mundi • HMU 807573

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“Nicholas Daniel is an amazing artist...”—CLASSICS TODAY

Vaughan Williams: Blake Songsharmonia mundi • HMU 807566 (093046756666)

“The ten songs find Padmore in ideal territory.”—opera news

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IMPORT Following up on their acclaimed recording of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Liederkreis, tenor Mark Padmore and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout join forces once again for a varied and appealing lieder recital of songs by Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart. Works featured here include Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte, Mozart’s Masonic Cantata and selections from Haydn’s English Songs.

BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte, AdelaideHAYDN English SongsMOZART Masonic Cantata

Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)harmonia mundi • HMU 907611

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“Consistently absorbing tenor Padmore [is] eloquently partnered by Kristian Bezuidenhout.”

—TIME OUT NEW YORK

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Also availableSchumann: Dichterliebe, Liederkreisharmonia mundi • HMU 907521 (093046752125)

“As musically polished as one might expect...”—THE GUARDIAN

IMPORTIt is hard to envisage a more enticing prospect: Shostakovich’s densely woven String Quartet No.2 and his deceptively backward-looking Piano Quintet, performed by the stellar Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin, generously notated by David Fanning, and lovingly recorded by Hyperion’s Simon Eadon and Andrew Keener team. Seventy minutes of post-Revolutionary Russian ecstasy.

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet, String Quartet

Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Takács QuartetHyperion • CDA 67987

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“A no-brainer: Put together one of the world’s preeminent string quartets with a universally admired pianist...”

—SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

Schumann: Piano QuintetHyperion • CDA 67631 (034571176314)

“Hamelin provides the spark that ignites an exceptional performance...”—The ABSOLUTE SOUND

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IMPORT2 CDs for the Price of 1Eight of Mozart’s divinely inspired Piano Sonatas here receive performances of mercurial inspiration from consummate musician cum virtuoso-wizard Marc-André Hamelin. His four Haydn albums have enthralled — this new Mozart will not disappoint. Two Rondos, a Fantasia, and a decidedly quirky Gigue complete this delightful, specially-priced double album.

MOZART Piano Sonatas; Rondos; Gigue, Fantasia

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)Hyperion • CDA 68029

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Also availableHaydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.3Hyperion • CDA 67882 (034571178820)

“One performance after another of crystalline brilliance and musicianship.”—GRAMOPHONE

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“Is it possible for a pianist to be too good? If anyone faces jeopardy with that question, it’s Marc-André Hamelin.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES

IMPORTThe choral music of Kenneth Leighton is beloved of cathedral and collegiate choirs across Britain. Immersion in the Anglican tradition dates back to the composer’s earliest years as a boy chorister and combines with a unique adult musical language to create a world at once radical and traditional. And who better to perform it than the musicians of the next generation – Trinity College Choir Cambridge under their director Stephen Layton.

LEIGHTON Crucifixus

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen LaytonHyperion • CDA 68039

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Also availableEsenvalds: Northern LightsHyperion • CDA 68083 (034571280837)

“A colouristic vision … all beautifully sung.” —THE GUARDIAN

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“The choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is ideally pure and full in tone.”

—GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTVolume seven of Hyperion’s Complete Strauss Songs cycle focuses on the juvenilia. But the mysterious TrV references obfuscate compositions of a beauty hard to reconcile with the facts behind their genesis (Strauss was just six when he penned the first of

them – his mother had to write in the words for him). Three new singers – Ruby Hughes, Ben Johnson and Günter Haumer – join Roger Vignoles in this most unexpected of recitals to relish.

IMPORTUndervalued for a century and a half, the perfected joys of Mendelssohn’s music for solo piano are further unearthed in this third volume of Hyperion’s complete series featuring Howard Shelley. On this recording, fascinating early works sit happily

alongside book four of the Songs without words and the wonderful Caprices of opus 33.

STRAUSS The Complete Songs Vol.7

Ruby Hughes (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Günter Haumer (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)Hyperion • CDA 68074

MENDELSSOHN The Complete Solo Piano Music Vol.3

Howard Shelley (piano)Hyperion • CDA 68098

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IMPORTFor his second recording on La Dolce Volta, the great pianist Menahem Pressler turns to Mozart. The Piano Sonatas of Mozart may sound simple and charming, but they present technical and interpretive challenges that surpass some of those in the ‘virtuoso’ music of the great Romantic composers. This release features three of the composer’s most beloved works in the genre, and is the first volume in a projected complete sonata cycle.

MOZART Piano Sonatas K331, 570 & 576

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“Once again Pressler keeps us spellbound...” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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“His pianism remains remarkably supple, colorful, and refined, and his musicianship as insightful as ever.”

—CLASSICS TODAY

IMPORT Pianist Laurent Martin, a recognized expert in French Romantic repertoire, makes a welcome return to the music of Charles-Valentin Alkan. Martin has already released several acclaimed recordings of Alkan on the Ligia and Marco Polo

labels. This new album entitled Ressouvenir features a selection of nine works ranging from the Nocturne of Opus 22 to the Barcarolle and Duettino of Opus 70.

IMPORT On this release from Mirare, beloved choral conductor Michel Corboz leads the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne in a collection of French music written in honor of the Virgin Mary. Featured composers include Franck, Ladmirault, Alain,

Berthier and Ropartz.

ALKAN Ressouvenir

Laurent Martin (piano)Ligia Digital • LIDI 0103287

Chants a la Vierge – Schola AeternaWorks by Franck, Ladmirault, Alain, Berthier & Ropartz

Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel CorbozMirare • MIR 262

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IMPORTDuring his lifetime, Reinhard Keiser was a celebrated opera composer. What is less well-known is his influence on the nascent genre of the Passion Oratorio. Keiser’s St. Mark Passion of 1717 clearly shows the composer’s operatic background as well as his firm grasp of dramatic and melodic diversity. J.S. Bach so admired the work that he performed Keiser’s St. Mark Passion in both Weimar and Leipzig. This release featuring the combined forces of Gli incogniti and the Ensemble Jacques Moderne conducted by Joel Suhubiette offer a fresh look at this seminal work of the sacred repertoire.

KEISER Markuspassion

Jan Kobow (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Gli incogniti, Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Amandine Beyer, Joel SuhubietteMirare • MIR 254a

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Also availableCouperin: Apothéosesharmonia mundi • HMC 902193 (3149020219324)

“Very moving, very beautiful.”

—THE HUFFINGTON POST

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IMPORTTwenty-one years old when this recording was made, Rémi Geniet offers us a fascinating portrait of Bach on the piano. From the virtuosity of the early works like the Toccata to the supreme mastery of the dance suites (Partitas and English Suites), the drama and brio of Bach’s keyboard music can vie with that of operas or concertos.

J.S. BACH Partita No.4, Caprice, English Suite No.1, Toccata

Rémi Geniet (piano)Mirare • MIR 268

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Recently releasedBach: Musical OfferingMirare • MIR 237 (3760127222378)

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DOMESTICViolinist Tim Fain has long been an advocate of Glass’s music, both as a soloist in the composer’s concertos and in chamber music performances with the Philip Glass Ensemble. Glass composed his Partita for Solo Violin specifically for Fain, and it is heard here in its world-première recording. This disc also features solo violin music from Einstein on the Beach, the interludes from the Violin Concerto No.2, and the solo violin music from Book of Longing, the piece that launched Fain’s collaboration with Glass.

GLASS Partita for Solo Violin

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“Tim Fain and Wendy Sutter… rise to the occasion supplied by this haunting, compelling music.” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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“Tim Fain plays like a virtuosoand thinks like a cinematographer”

—VANITY FAIR

IMPORT SpiriTango Quartet’s first album, released in 2013 on the Polymnie label, was dedicated to the famous Astor Piazzolla. With this new recording, the quartet have chosen to draw attention to some of his lesser-known tangos, and to take their first

steps into the world of jazz, film and contemporary classical music. This album is also the occasion to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the group, whose energy is most evident in the track Chin Chin by Piazzolla.

IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDShostakovich’s Symphony No.8 was written in the summer of 1943, and first performed in November of that year by the USSR Symphony Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky, to whom the work is

dedicated. Many scholars have ranked it among the composer’s finest scores. Some also say Shostakovich intended the work as a “tragedy to triumph” symphony, in the tradition of Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler. This release in Praga’s Reminis-cences series of audiophile SACD remasterings features an historic live recording from 1961 featuring Mravinsky leading the Leningrad Philharmonic.

PIAZZOLLA Chin ChinSpiriTango QuartetParaty • 914130

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.8Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny MravinskyPraga • PRD 350120

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IMPORTOnce described as “one of the greatest living Bruckner conductors,” Georg Tintner studied conducting with Felix Weingartner at the Vienna State Academy. In 1938, Tintner left Austria and moved to New Zealand, where he became a citizen

in 1946. In 1954, he was named resident conductor of the National Opera of Australia, and he is credited with pioneering televised opera in Australia. This release from Testament features a previously unpublished BBC broadcast from June 1970 of Bruckner’s Symphony No.5. Surprisingly, this was his first performance of the work, and it was also the LSO’s first performance of its original unedited score.

IMPORTThis BBC recording of a concert from June 1963, never before released, is notable on several fronts. Not only is it a document of a magical evening of music-making, it marked a rare London meeting of superstar artists best known in America, (and who

were unable to make recordings together at the time due to contractual exclusivity). A capacity crowd at London’s Royal Festival Hall were treated to a program that included the legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein playing Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto, as well as Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony and Sibelius’s Symphony No.2 performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra led by Eugene Ormandy.

BRUCKNER Symphony No.5Broadcast June 1970, Previously Unpublished

London Symphony Orchestra, Georg TintnerTestament • SBT 1502

PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5SIBELIUS Symphony No.2

Artur Rubinstein (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Eugene OrmandyTestament • SBT2 1503

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IMPORTThe compositions of Isaac Albéniz were deeply inspired by popular music. On this recording, which transcribes Albéniz’s piano work Rumores de la Caleta, guitarists Pedro Soler and Philippe Mouratoglou reveal the essential relationship between the classical language of the composer and that of traditional flamenco. Soler provides the spirit of the golden age of flamenco while Mouratoglou brings the rigor and formalism of classical training. Together they reveal a ‘cante primitive’ that combines passion and poetry in equal measure.

ALBÉNIZ Rumores de la Caleta – Albéniz & le Flamenco

Pedro Soler (guitar), Philippe Mouratoglou (guitar)Vision Fugitive • VF 313007

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IMPORTFile in: JazzLed by Emmanuel Hussenot, the French jazz ensemble Orphéon Célesta has been expanding the vocabulary of the genre for nearly 30 years. On Cuisine au Jazz, the group offers their offbeat takes

on standards of many genres, blending poetry, New Orleans-style brass, kazoo and washboard in seventeen tracks of impeccable arrangements.

IMPORTFile in: JazzDjango Reinhardt gave the world a repertoire whose musical imprint found echoes on every continent. Every year in New York, the legendary Birdland jazz club in Manhattan hosts the Django Reinhardt

Festival, which has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “The best jazz show in town.” This special release was recorded live in New York by Jack Globenfelt, and features the genre’s finest ambassadors, including Dorado and Samson Schmitt, Ludovic Beier, Doudou Cuillerier, Francko Mehrstein and Pierre Blanchard.

Cuisine au Jazz

Orphéon CélestaFrémeaux • FA 8505

Live at Birdland & More

Django Festival AllstarsFrémeaux • FA 8512

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IMPORTFile in: JazzOriginally released in 2006 on Body & Soul, Look at Me Now was French singer Laïka Fatien’s first solo album. It was the work of an artist on the rise, and the record was hailed by the public and critics on both sides of the Atlantic. Produced by jazz specialist Gilles Pétard, the album features instrumentalists David El-Malek and Pierre de Bethmann providing wonderful accompaniment to sublimate the raw freshness of her singing. Fatien’s recent albums include 2010’s Nebula, produced by Me’Shell Ndegéocello, and 2012’s Come a Little Closer, arranged by Gil Goldstein and featuring trumpeter Roy Hargrove.

Look at me now!

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“What an overdue breathof fresh, imported air.”

—THE JAZZ TIMES

IMPORTFile in: JazzPush Up is a band that defies easy categorization. In their unique grooves, soul, funk, R & B, rock and jazz combine seamlessly in a hypnotic, colorful sound that simultaneously channels Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley and Funkadelic. Push Up exploded on the scene in 2010 with their Discograph album The Grand Day of Quincy Brown, a recording that told the story of the fictional character’s reflections on the meaning of life. The Day After takes up the story’s narrative, as Brown’s doubts, hopes and anger emerge. Push Up features the talents of jazz diva Sandra Nkaké, vocalist Karl Leury, slam poet Allonymous, Jean-Phi Dary on keyboards and Jî Drû on flute.

The Day After

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IMPORTFile in: JazzRecorded live in concert, Libres is the result of Karol Beffa’s and Raphaël Imbert’s mutual passion for freedom, both musical and intellectual. Pianist Beffa is one of the most gifted classical composers of his generation, a lecturer at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and winner of a Victoires de la Musique award in 2013. His works have been performed all over the world. Imbert is a self-taught jazz saxophonist, a talented improviser and researcher into music well beyond the sphere of jazz. On Libres, Imbert and Beffa become a single-minded duo where improvisation is a way of life, curiosity a philosophy and interaction an absolute necessity.

Libres

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IMPORTFile in: JazzIn 2012, three white musicians living in France contemplated how to reinterpret the music of legendary blues master Robert Johnson. Very few jazz musicians have ever made the attempt, even

though those songs are part of the music’s cultural heritage. On this release, guitarist Philippe Mouratoglou, clarinetist Jean-Marc Foltz and bass player Bruno Chevillon offer a take on Johnson’s music that is both deeply personal and highly respectful.

IMPORTFile in: JazzSunday Morning by jazz pianist Bill Carrothers is a recording that comes straight from the heart. It brings together music of the church (where Carrothers learned to play the piano) and the cotton

fields of the American south. The result is something not quite jazz, not quite gospel and not quite classical, but something totally unique and glorious. Carrothers is joined here by his wife Peg Carrothers on vocals, clarinetist Jean-Marc Foltz, cellist Matt Turner, bassist Nicolas Thys and a full gospel choir.

Steady Rollin’ ManEchoes of Robert Johnson

Philippe Mouratoglou, Jean-Marc Foltz, Bruno ChevillonVision Fugitive • VF 313003

Sunday Morning

Bill CarrothersVision Fugitive • VF 313006

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IMPORTFile in: World / Middle East / IranAlireza Ghorbani is one of today’s finest exponents of Persian music, able to deftly combine virtuosity, ornamentation, invention, and improvisation with impeccable taste and uncompromising

style. Ghorbani’s previous release, 2011’s Ivresses, paid tribute to Omar Khayam. Éperdument, a collection of Persian love songs composed by Saman Samimi, takes its inspiration from the great Persian poets Hafez, Sadi and Rumi.

IMPORTFile in: World / Middle East / IranOstad Elahi (1895–1974) was a renowned Persian musician, thinker and jurist whose transformative work in the art of tanbur – an ancient, long-necked lute – paralleled his innovative approach to the quest

for truth and self-knowledge. This disc is the latest re-release from Chant du Monde focusing on his recorded music legacy.

Éperdument – Lost in LovePersian Love Songs Composed by Saman Samimi

Alireza GhorbaniAccords Croisés • AC 160

Éveil – AwakeningThe art of oriental tanbūr lute

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IMPORT 180-gram Super Fidelity VinylFile in: Pop / RockReleased back in 1985 as a tribute to John Coltrane, Merci was the last studio effort by Magma, produced just before Christian Vander turned to his new project called Offering. Recorded from June 1982 to October 1984 at the Davout studios in Paris, Merci illustrates perfectly how Magma’s electric music moved unabashed towards a more acoustic and peaceful place. The album’s first four tracks introduce Magma’s early 80s rhythm ‘n’ blues beginnings, a swing machine of stunning melodic variety, drenched in soul, with ornate brass arrangements and a breathtaking choir. On the last two tracks, the music is stripped back to its essence, reaching inside the human soul looking for musical beauty in simplicity.

Merci

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DOMESTICFile in: SoundtrackOrange Mountain Music presents the premiere recording of Philip Glass’s 1991 score to Errol Morris’s film A Brief History of Time, which explored the life and work of scientist Stephen Hawking.

This film marked the second of three famous collaborations between composer Glass and director Morris; the first was A Thin Blue Line and the third was The Fog of War, which won an Academy Award for best documentary. This 56-minute score for orchestra captures the ethos of Hawking’s journeys into the furthest realms of scientific thought and Morris’s probing cinematic style.

IMPORTFile in: SoundtrackArmand Amar is an Israeli-born French composer who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Radu Mihaileanu’s Le Concert. Amar’s latest score is for

Mediterranean – A Sea for All by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot. The film seeks to remind us about the sea’s history and inspire us to preserve it. The cradle of human civilization, today the Mediterranean region is home to 427 million people and 24 countries. In this film, shot entirely from the air, the Mediterranean is seen only from the sky, exploring even its most inaccessible countries such as Libya, Lebanon, Egypt and Algeria.

A Brief History of TimeOriginal Score by Philip Glass

Philip GlassOrange Mountain • OMM 0100

MediterraneanA Sea for All – A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand & Michael Pitiot

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SUPPLEMENTAL NEW TITLESStreet Date April 7, 2015

Detailed information about these titles can be found in the Excel data file on our website.

Item Number Format Cost Barcode Description

CLASSICAL

Ad Vitam • AV 141215 CD A23 3760109130448 L'Echo du Silence. Moutran

Ad Vitam • AV 150215 CD A23 3760109130455 Works for the left hand Vol.5. Zecchini

Bayard • B 3084352 CD 2A15 3560530843524 BACH. Une Passion. Akademia, Lassere

Bayard • D 3170 CD A21 3133580131707 Chemin de Croix. Lonsdale, Espinasse

Flora • FLO 3615 CD A21 3149028062526 CESARE. Musicali Melodie. Les Sacqueboutiers

Ligia Digital • LIDI 0104288 CD A21 3487549902885 La Route des Orgues Vol.12. Vernet

Signature • SIG 11084 CD A21 3149028063028 L'apres de l'avant. Trio La Soustraction des Fleurs, Vrod

Signature • SIG 11088 CD A21 3149028065329 FOCH. Taarang. Foch, Delbecq, Gouband

Wergo • MV 08105 DVD-PAL A33 4010228081053 USTVOLSKAYA. Piano Sonatas. Various Artists (DVD-PAL)

JAZZ

Archie Ball • RAIN 1502 CD A21 3149028064124 Burning Bright. Tom McClung

jazz&people • JPCD 814001 CD A21 3149028055726 John Coltrane A Love Supreme. Belmondo Big Band, Dal Sasso

jazz&people • JPCD 815001 CD A21 3149028065626 Modern Times. Yonathan Avishai

jazz&people • JPLP 814001 LP A25 3149028002478 John Coltrane A Love Supreme. Belmondo Big Band, Dal Sasso (LP)

Mélisse • MEL 666015 CD A23 3770002527078 L'ineffable. Jean-Philippe Viret

Vision Fugitive • VF 313001 CD A21 3149028030426 Visions Fugitives. Jean-Marc Foltz, Stephan Oliva

Vision Fugitive • VF 313002 CD A21 3149028030525 Le long de la plage. Marc Copland, Michel Butor

Vision Fugitive • VF 313004 CD A21 3149028047028 Exercices d'Evasion. Philippe Mouratoglou

Vision Fugitive • VF 313005 CD A21 3149028047127 Viracochas. Foltz, Boisseau, Marguet, Mouratoglou

Vision Fugitive • VF 313008 CD A21 3149028057829 Eleanora Suite. Foltz, Huby, Solal

Vision Fugitive • VF 313009 CD A21 3149028057928 Edges of my Mind. Peg Carrothers

WORLD

Ocora • C 582003 CD A19 3149028060522 Burundi – Traditional Music. Various Artists

CHILDREN’S

Little Village • LVC 69020001 CD A18 3149029000022 Euraoundzeweurld. Merlot

Little Village • LVC 69020002 CD A13 3149029000121 Jazzoo. Oddjob

Little Village • LVC 69081004 CD A15 3149029000220 Le piano d'argent. Charles Berling

Little Village • LVC 69081005 CD A15 3149029000329 Le fou de flutes. Guillaume de Tonquedec

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Mar 19 New York NY Madison Avenue Presbyterian ChurchMar 20 Stanford CA Bing Concert HallJun 13 Boston MA Jordan HallJun 14 New York NY Baryshnikov Arts CenterJun 15 New York NY Lincoln Center

Mar 27-28 Old Lyme CT The Side DoorApr 1 Boston MA Regatta BarApr 3-5 New York NY Blue Note Jazz ClubApr 7-8 Boca Raton FL Jazziz NightlifeApr 9-12 Chicago IL Jazz ShowcaseApr 14 Burlington IA The Bus StopApr 15 Indianapolis IN The Jazz KitchenApr 17-18 Grosse Pointe MI Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe

Apr 10-11 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchApr 12 Arcata CA Van Duzer TheatreApr 17 New York NY Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaApr 18 New York NY Carnegie HallApr 19 Atlanta GA Emerson Concert HallApr 21 Birmingham AL Cathedral Church of the AdventApr 23 Little Rock AR Christ Episcopal ChurchApr 25 Dallas TX Highland Park Presbyterian ChurchApr 26 Houston TX Christ Church CathedralApr 25 Lubbock TX First United Methodist Church

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Apr 14 Austin TX Butler School of MusicApr 15 Houston TX Sheppard School of Music*Apr 16 Houston TX Dudley Recital HallApr 20-22 Indianapolis IN Christel DeHaan Fine Arts CenterApr 23 Indianapolis IN Indiana Landmarks Center

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Apr 9 Houston TX Stude Concert HallApr 12 Tulsa OK John H. Williams TheatreApr 14 New York NY Carnegie HallApr 17 Boston MA Harvard Musical Association HallApr 18 Briarcliff Manor NY Briarcliff Manor High SchoolApr 19 New York NY Town HallApr 20 Dallas TX Caruth Auditorium

Apr 3 Seattle WA Crocodile Aladdin TheaterApr 4 Portland OR AladdinApr 6 Los Angeles CA EchoplexApr 8 San Francisco CA Great American Music HallApr 10 Chicago IL Reggie’sApr 11 Boston MA Brighton Music HallApr 13 New York NY Poisson Rouge

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