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NEWS & HIGHLIGHTSSTREET DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2015

One of the world’s top harpsichord and fortepiano performers, Andreas Staier’s musical mastery has made an indelible mark on the interpretation of baroque, classical and romantic repertoire. This month, Staier is the featured soloist on a revelatory new recording from harmonia mundi of Harpsichord Concertos by J.S. Bach. Concertos by Henri Herz are the focus of the latest installment (volume 66!) of Hyperion’s unflaggingly popular Romantic Piano Concerto series. These delightful works are performed by Howard Shelley, who leads the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard. On his second recording for harmonia mundi, Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko plays Piano Concertos by Grieg and Saint-Saëns. Following up on his Delphian recording of solo works by Britten, cellist Philip Higham’s latest release features the six unaccompanied suites of J.S. Bach. Beethoven is on the program for both Angela Hewitt, who offers listeners volume five in her acclaimed series of Beethoven Piano Sonata recordings for Hyperion, and for the Jerusalem Quartet, who have recorded the String Quartets of Op.18 for harmonia mundi. The wonderfully pure voices of the Orlando Consort are heard in a new Hyperion recording of works by Renaissance composer Loyset Compère. Contemporary music lovers will appreciate harmonia mundi’s new release of works by Peruvian composer Jimmy Lopez and SFS Media’s recording of works by American composer John Adams. Non classical releases are headlined by a CD and DVD set featuring Ravi Shankar’s farewell concert, recorded live in Bangalore, India.

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Volume Two of HM’s Schumann TrilogyOn volume two in this series of complete recordings of Schumann’s concertos and trios, pianist Alexander Melnikov offers interpretations that respect the subtleties and transparency of the composer’s writing. Pablo Heras-Casado guides the Freiburger Barockorchester through a fresh approach to one of the finest concertos in the repertory and uncovers music as poetic as it is moving.

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IMPORT91 Minutes/ Region 0/ Dolby Digital 5.1/ 16:9 AspectThe 2011 Salzburg Festival hosted pianist Mitsuko Uchida, actress Barbara Sukowa and a hand-picked international ensemble, who performed Schönberg Pierrot Lunaire for its centennial with exemplary energy and finesse, acclaimed as a climactic moment by the audience and critiques alike. Along with the live concert recording, a documentary film was made during the rehearsals at Schloss Elmau an in Salzburg on the work’s historical, contextual and musical exegesis.

SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire

Barbara Sukowa (vocals), Marina Piccinini (flute), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Mark Steinberg (violin), Clemens Hagen (cello), Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

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Recently releasedWagner: Die FeenBelvedere • 10129 (4280000101297)

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IMPORT Brahms’s 1869 song cycle Die Schöne Magelone is based on a quasi-medieval novella by Ludwig Tieck about a Provençal knight- and his love for the beautiful maiden Magelone. As the songs alone leave much of the story untold, this

version employs a speaker to place each one in context. Originally recorded in September 1997, this set features the great tenor Peter Schreier, accompanied by pianist András Schiff. Speaker Gert Westphal expresses the innocence of the fairy tale and captures the flavor of Tieck’s archaic literary language perfectly.

IMPORT Gramophone Magazine wrote that David Wilde’s playing on Volume 2 “scorns all easy facility,” presenting Chopin not as the familiar salon dandy but as “an epic, gnarled and rugged genius shaking his fist at the universe with all

the defiance of King Lear.” Wilde’s extraordinary Chopin journey continues with Volume 3. On it, his Chopin playing is the radical expressive outcome of a lifetime’s involvement with this inexhaustible composer.

BRAHMS Die schöne Magelone Op.33

Peter Schreier (tenor), András Schiff (piano), Gert Westphal (speaker)Belvedere • 08001

CHOPIN Wilde Plays Chopin Vol.3David Wilde (piano)Delphian • DCD 34159

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IMPORTPhilip Higham’s début recording of Benjamin Britten’s three solo suites won acclaim across the board, including Disc of the Month accolades from both Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. For his recording of the Bach Suites, Higham returned to Anna Magdalena Bach’s manuscript copy of the works, recently the object of some controversy. For Higham, however, the manuscript is not a provocation to speculation over authorship but to return to interpretations that are broadly and deeply conceived. Not afraid to question received wisdom, Higham’s thoughtful yet daring approach also leads him to combine elements of period and modern style both in his playing and in his choice of instruments – a 1697 cello for the first five suites and a 2013 five-string instrument to bring out the extraordinary range of colors with which Bach invested the crowning Sixth.

BACH Suites for Solo Cello

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“Listening to Higham playing these suites is like looking through a clear pane of glass at the music...”—THE STRAD

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“His formidable mastery is lightly worn, and he exudes an invigorating sense of freedom.”

—BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

IMPORT “Only now have I learnt how to write quartets properly.” So wrote Beethoven in 1801, having just finished his first set of string quartets at the surprisingly advanced age of 30. The competition of Haydn and Mozart must have been intimidating for the young composer. Performed here by the Jerusalem Quartet, these six String Quartets Op.18 already display much boldness and originality, from the dramatic echoes of Romeo & Juliet in No.1, to the astonishing programmatic finale of No.6, “La Malinconia.”

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op.18

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“This group plays everything well.”—PS TRACKS

Janácek & Smetana: String Quartetsharmonia mundi • HMC 902178 (3149020217825)

“The Jerusalem Quartet has ample reserves of poison as well as poise… An imposing release.”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORT J.S. Bach’s seven fabulously inventive concertos for solo harpsichord and orchestra mark a key stage in the history of the concertante form. The set was compiled during Bach’s Leipzig years, when he directed the city’s Collegium Musicum, and requires unfailing virtuosity and imagination of its performers. In the interpretations of Andreas Staier and the Freiburger Barockorchester, these works come alive again in joyful readings that are sure to delight.

BACH Harpsichord Concertos

Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Freiburger Barockorchesterharmonia mundi • HMC 902181

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“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

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Also availableC.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Concertosharmonia mundi • HMC 902083 (794881984626)“The performances are deliciously crisp, stylish, and full of spirited dialogue...”—HERALD-TRIBUNE

IMPORT 2013 Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko is the featured soloist in this spectaular recording of the Grieg Concerto in A minor and the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2. Kholodenko is partnered with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

GRIEG Piano ConcertoSAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.2

Vadym Kholodenko (piano)Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoyaharmonia mundi • HMU 907629

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Also available14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Gold Medal harmonia mundi • HMU 907605 (093046760526)”It’s easy to hear how Vadym Kholodenko’s extrovert temperament and big technique earned him first prize.”—GRAMOPHONE

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“The guts of a true superartist.”—SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE

IMPORTAward-winning composer Jimmy López was recently hailed by The Chicago Sun-Times as, “one of the most interesting young composers working anywhere today.” On this exciting release from harmonia mundi, Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in América Salvaje, Synesthésie, Perú Negro and Lord of the Air — a 2012 cello concerto featuring Jesús Castro-Balbi. All four orchestral works included here are being commercially released for the first time.

LÓPEZ Perú Negro, Synesthésie, Lord of the Air, América Salvaje

Jesús Castro-Balbi (cello)Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoyaharmonia mundi • HMU 907628

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—THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

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BACH St. Matthew Passion

Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herrewegheharmonia mundi • HMY 2921155

DELALANDE Complete Symphonies

Simphonie du MaraisHugo Reyneharmonia mundi • HMY 2921337

CAVALLI La Calisto

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the hm Heritage series

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Cappella ColoniensisAndreas Speringharmonia mundi • HMY 2921826

HANDEL Saul

Concerto KölnRené Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMY 2921877

VISÉE Complete Works for Guitar

Rafael Andia (guitar)harmonia mundi • HMY 2928464

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the hm Heritage series

Heritage offers a new lease on life to a careful selection of recordings of major productions that have helped to establish the sterling reputation of the harmonia mundi label. Featuring major artists such as René Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe, Heritage releases include operas, oratorios and large-scale projects of every kind, presented in full. Available at exceptionally low prices, these elegantly packaged sets will have online-only access to sung texts and libretti.

IMPORTAngela Hewitt has been much praised in her earlier recordings of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and now turns her passion and scholarship to four more works spanning the composer’s career, the Piano Sonatas Ops.2, 10, 78 and 110. As ever, Angela’s accompanying notes provide fascinating insights into both the music and her performances.

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol.5Piano Sonatas Opp.2, 10, 78 & 110

Angela Hewitt (piano)Hyperion • CDA 68086

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Also availableBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.4Hyperion • CDA 67974 (034571179742)“Intelligent passion and decisive clarity.” —AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

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“Few greater ongoing ways exist to encounter Beethoven’s piano world than Hewitt’s series.”

—THE BUFFALO NEWS

IMPORTHenri Herz was a phenomenon in 1830s Paris and 1940s America, but today his music is mostly forgotten. He wrote eight piano concertos, one of which was lost. Concertos 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 appear across two previous volumes of the Romantic Piano Concertos series. Here, Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra put on their finest dancing shoes to complete the cycle with Piano Concerto No.2 (the one with which Herz conquered America in 1846) and three extended fantasies.

Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.66HERZ Piano Concerto No.2, Grande Fantaisie Militaire, Variations on the March from Rossini’s ‘Otello,’ Grande Polonaise Brillante

Howard Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony OrchestraHyperion • CDA 68100

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Previous release in the seriesRomantic Piano Concerto Vol.65Hyperion • CDA 67918 (034571179186)“Impeccably recorded, all the performances by Melani Mestre and the BBC Scottish Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins are of an unfaltering fluency and stylistic command. An irrepressible performance.”—GRAMOPHONE

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“A brilliant pianist and consummate musician...”—FANFARE

IMPORTThe Orlando Consort’s third recording for Hyperion turns to the music of Loyset Compère, a composer the group first investigated some twenty years ago. In the intervening decades musicological research has elevated this composer from also-ran outsider to something of a trailblazer. For example, the wonderfully complex Magnificat recorded here, is now thought to predate the masterworks of Josquin by some fifteen years. A gorgeous selection of motets and chansons further charts this period of radical musical experimentation.

COMPÈRE Magnificat, Motets & Chansons

Orlando ConsortHyperion • CDA 68069

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Also availableMachaut: The Dart of LoveHyperion Records • CDA 68008 (034571280691)

“One marvels at their trademark exquisite balance and their ability to reveal eventhe most complex of Machaut’s structures with enviable agreement and ensemble.”—EARLY MUSIC TODAY

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“The artistic merits of the Orlando Consort are legendary...” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

DOMESTIC Orange Mountain Music presents the world première recording of Philip Glass’s Symphony No.10 performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies. Following the grand sweep and large

canvas of Glass’s Symphony No.9, this work is set in five shorter movements, and is a compact tour-de-force. The composer’s 2012 Concert Overture was written as a celebratory piece to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The rousing overture is featured here in its world première recording.

DOMESTICThe Kitchen Improvises 1976-1983 (Kitchen Archives Vol.6) continues the Orange Mountain Music label’s series of archive recordings from The Kitchen. The disc features music by Earl Howard, Gerry Hemingway, Roscoe Mitchell,

Oliver Lake, George Lewis and more.

GLASS Symphony No.10, Concert Overture

Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell DaviesOrange Mountain • OMM 0101

The Kitchen Improvises 1976-1983The Kitchen Archives Vol.6

Various ArtistsOrange Mountain • OMM 0088

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IMPORT DVD PAL; 68 Minutes; Stereo; All zones; 16:9 AspectLudovico Einaudi’s album In A Time Lapse was composed over a period of two years and recorded in October 2012 in a monastery near Verona. Epic and emotional as his best-selling album Divenire, experimental and adventurous as Nightbook, In A Time Lapse goes further by incorporating baroque and Italian folk music, late romantic strings textures, and a wide variety of colors through percussion and electronics. This live DVD (available in PAL format only) is taken from Einaudi’s 2014 album tour. It returns both music and composer to Verona, where this glorious music was born.

EINAUDI Live In VeronaIn A Time Lapse Tour

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“It’s not hard to understand why Ludovico Einaudi is one of the world’s most

successful living composers.”—THE INDEPENDENT

Einaudi: In A Time LapsePonderosa • CD 105 (8030482001167)

“The Italian composer strikes gold once more with a haunting combination of dreamlike piano tunes and busy orchestral soundscapes.”—CLASSIC FM

IMPORT Pianist Emil Gilels, like his countryman Sviatoslav Richter, enjoyed visiting Mozart’s beloved city of Prague. Here they felt free to set aside their Slavic repertoire in order to pay him tribute. In this latest addition to Praga’s Genuine

Stereo Lab series, Gilels plays a Mozart sonata coupled with Brahms’s early Ballades and late Fantasias.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThis release in Praga’s Reminiscences series of SACD remasterings of classic recordings features the great Russian conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky leading the Leningrad Philharmonic in

recordings of two masterpieces of the Romantic repertoire. Brahms’s refined and intellectually complex Symphony No.4 is paired with the rich, heart-on-sleeve passion of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 – one of the composer’s best loved works.

Emil Gilels in PragueMOZART Piano Sonata K.533/494BRAHMS Ballades Op.10, Fantasias Op.11

Emil Gilels (piano)Praga • PRD 250309

BRAHMS Symphony No.4 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny MravinskyPraga • PRD 350111

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDMichael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony join forces with America’s most-performed living composer John Adams for an album featuring two works written for the San Francisco Symphony. In the world première recording of Absolute Jest, we hear Adams’s inspired and witty take on Beethoven’s spirited scherzos and in Grand Pianola Music, led here by John Adams, we revel in tongue-in-cheek allusions to Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto. Both works speak to the deeply personal and vital relationship of some of the top musicians of our time.

ADAMS Absolute Jest, Grand Pianola Music

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“Adams is one of those contemporary voices we all need to hear and keep hearing.”

—THE GUARDIAN

Adams: Harmonielehre, Short Ride in a Fast MachineSFS Media • SFS 0053 (821936005323)

“The performance finds Thomas and the orchestra at their most powerful and sure-footed...”—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

IMPORT On September 6th, 1963 the Proms presented a concert to mark the 150th anniversary of Wagner’s birth that included the entire third act of Götterdämmerung. Georg Solti led the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House for what was in effect

a dress rehearsal for a new production of the complete Götterdämmerung which was to be staged at the Royal Opera House a few days later. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, this performance of Act III featured Birgit Nilsson as Brunhilde and Wolfgang Windgassen as Siegfried.

IMPORT Pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch won the Anton Rubinstein Prize when he was just 9 years old. He captivated audiences with his elegance and virtuosity. This three disc set contains performances of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.21, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition,

Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and more. But the real gem here is the disc of previously unpublished interviews given during the 1950s including the audio from a televised interview on Words and Music with Jack Payne that includes a performance of Chopin’s Ballade No.3.

WAGNER Götterdämmerung Act III

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Piano Works by Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky & Rachmaninov

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IMPORT These three discs exemplify both the quality and the imagination of the contemporary music label Wergo. The first, featuring music by Swiss composer Michael Pelzel played by the Austrian ensemble Klangforum Wien, explores the composer’s unique and colorful sound world. The second release presents classical music by the legendary cabaret performer Georg Kreisler, better known for his unparalleled catalog of chansons. Completing the trio of releases is a selection of orchestral music by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks performed by the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Atvars Lakstigala.

PELZEL Sempiternal Lock-inKlangforum Wien, Johannes KalitzkeSylvian Cambreling, Peter HirschWergo • WER 6415

KREISLER Complete Works for PianoOlivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Andreas Reiner (violin), Sherri Jones (piano)Wergo • WER 7317

VASKS Sala, Musica appassionata, CredoLiepaja Symphony Orchestra,Atvars Lakstigala Wergo • WER 7323

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IMPORT File in: JazzHailed by critics as the successor to Toots Thielemans, Olivier Ker Ourio is not only a sought after soloist but also a brilliant composer and inspired leader. Expressive and warm,

his music emphasizes emotion and goes straight to the heart. Originally from Reunion island, Ker Ourio’s music blends local flavor with elements of traditional jazz. L’Orkès Péï explores the opulent multicultural traditions of the Indian Ocean, mixing instruments, melodies, rhythms and memories from Africa, Europe and the Americas.

IMPORT180 Gram Vinyl (10”)File in: JazzProviding a foretaste of his album Music Is My Home, Raphaël Imbert offers listeners Prologue, a 10’’ collector’s edition vinyl EP. Alongside

emblematic musicians (Big Ron Hunter, Alabama Slim, etc.) and young up-coming French stars (first and foremost Anne Paceo), the saxophonist takes on the role of a top-notch ethno-musicologist, escorting us along the roads of the American deep south. With an unparalleled knowledge of groove, he comes within touching distance of the roots of blues, jazz and soul.

L’Orkès Péï

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IMPORTFile in: JazzHaving already carved out a niche for himself on the French jazz scene (working with Sandra Nkaké, Henri Texier and others), pianist Armel Dupas has flung open the doors to his universe. His début album reads like a personal diary in which, swathed in subtle electro sounds, the pages are made up of pastel melodies, minimalist motifs and snatches of the soundtrack to imaginary films. Not just an inspired performer, Dupas is also a composer of rare talent, possessed with strong improvisational skills and a deep sense of emotion.

Upriver

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IMPORTFile in: JazzSaxophonist Dimitri Grechi Espinosa’s solo album Angel’s Blows is the fruit of many years of study on the relationship between sound and space, and on the spiritual significance of their connection. Espinosa recorded his “prayers in sound” live at the Baptistery of St. Giovanni, in one of the most spiritually significant piazzas in Christendom. The Baptistery is, in fact, the perfect acoustic architectural setting for bringing music back to its original function of “dialogue” with the sacred, without distinctions of creed or culture. Through his music Espinosa promotes awareness of oneself and others, in the presence of the unity that holds the cosmic order together.

Angel’s Blows

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DOMESTICFile in: World / IndiaOn February 7, 2012, two months before his 92nd birthday, Ravi Shankar performed with his daughter Anoushka at the sold-out Bangaluru Palace Grounds in Bangalore, India. They played for over three hours to the delight of an enthralled audience. Captured here on DVD and CD is the final and breathtaking Indian concert performance of the man who brought the cultural riches of the East to the West.

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar – Live In Bangalore Ravi Shankar, Anoushka ShankarEast Meets West • EMWM 1014

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IMPORTFile in: World / Cape VerdeIn celebration of the life of Ildo Lobo (1953-2004), the great voice of Cabo Verde, Lusafrica is proud to present his three most acclaimed albums – Nós Morna (1996), Intelectual (2001) and Inconditional (2004) – together in one boxed-set. Ildo Lobo was descended from a long line of musicians and vocalists. Born in Pedra de Lume on the island of Sal in 1953, Lobo passed away in 2004, at his home in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. He will be remembered as a giant of Cape Verdean music.

A Voz de Ouro

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BOXED set of 3 acclaimed albums

IMPORTFile in: World / CollectionsCelebrating the 40th Anniversary of Musiques Métisses Festival d’Angoulême, this three disc set presents a panorama of the Festival’s lineups both past and present. Exploring four decades of music history, this collection features

performances from Salif Keita, Orquesta Aragon, Omara Portuondo, Bonga, Rokia Traoré, Cesaria Evora, Tony Allen, Lo’Jo, Mahotella Queens, Boubacar Traoré and many more.

IMPORTFile in: World / SwedenThis collection of traditional wedding tunes features the Swedish polska alongside the Norwegian springar and hailing. Kjell-Erik Eriksson’s violin is partnered with the Norweigian hardingfele, a violin enhanced

with sympathetic strings, and the Swedish nyckelharpa, a bowed instrument with keys dating from the 14th century, in moving performances of these rich, ancient melodies.

Musiques Métisses – 40 ans de Festival d’Angoulême

Tony Allen, Bonga, Cesaria Evora, Salif Keita, Lo’Jo, Mahotella Queens, Orquesta Aragón, Omara Portuondo, Boubacar Traoré, Rokia TraoréLusafrica • 762292

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Kjell-Erik Eriksson (violin), Jon Holmén (violin), Leikny Aasen (hardinfele), Vidar Underseth (hardinfele), Magnus Holmström (nyckelharpa)Ocora • C 560260

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DOMESTICFile in: World / MexicoKukai Mari is a collection of fourteen songs by Daniel Medina de la Rosa, who hails from the region around Real de Catorce in the remote mountainous area of central Mexico. Medina de la Rosa last collaborated with Philip Glass on the recent album Concert of the Sixth Sun which was also released by Orange Mountain Music.

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“All three musicians play and chant from the depths of their souls...”-The world music report

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IMPORTFile in: World / FranceJohn Greaves, founder of the legendary British pop group Henry Cow (alongside Fred Frith and Robert Wyatt) has explored a variety of musical worlds through both collaborations and solo efforts. The singer and songwriter’s most recent project has been setting texts by the poet Paul Verlaine. This release features a song cycle inspired by Les derniers jours de Paul Verlaine by Gustave Le Rouge with lyrics by Emmanuel Tungny. With disarming ease, Verlaine Gisant combines dazzling compositional virtuosity with improvisational finesse and outstanding performances.

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John GreavesSignature • SIG 11096

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IMPORTFile in: Pop / RockThe power trio Lunatic Toys’s vocabulary is based on pop and rock and delivers improvisations inspired by jazz culture with themes that are poetic, funny and dark at once.

Their compositions leave an open space for a great freedom of expression for the three musicians; sound is the key to this trio committed to creating rich textures and contrasting acoustic climates. Lunatic Toys blends its frenetic keyboards, hypnotic sax and apocalyptic drums in an orgy of pulsating rock and trance jazz. They are a group that throws scores to the wind to serve us songs without words, touched with hazy melodies and shaken rhythms.

IMPORTFile in: Children’sAucassin et Nicolette is an anonymous medieval French chantefable, or combination of prose and verse. The story satirizes courtly love, turning it upside down. It tells of the impossible love of two

adolescents. Aucassin, thwarted by his father, decides to take Nicolette and flee by sea. After a storm, they find themselves on the Isle of Torelore, a magical land where everything is reversed: the king is pregnant and the queen has gone off to war. Fortunately, everything ends well. Combining tradition and modernity, the story (in French only) portrays essential truths about tolerance and acceptance of differences.

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Une histoire d’Aucassin et Nicolette [In FRENCH]

Zina Tamiatto, Marie-Emmanuelle Remires, François MorelLittle Village • LVC 69020007

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Jul 19 New York NY The Kaye PlayhouseJul 29 Albuquerque NM Simms AuditoriumJul 30 Santa Fe NM New Mexico Museum of ArtAug 2-3 Santa Fe NM New Mexico Museum of ArtAug 6-7 Boulder CO Colorado Music FestivalAug 22 Aspen CO Aspen Music Festival

Jul 26 Woodstock NY Maverick HallJul 30 Rockport ME Rockport Opera HouseJul 31 Rockport ME Union Hall

Jul 24-25 Teton Village WY Grand Teton Music FestivalAug 1 Cuyahoga Falls OH Blossom Music FestivalAug 14 Jacksonville OR Brit FestivalAug 19 Chicago IL Grant Park Music FestivalAug 30 Santa Fe NM Lensic Performing Arts Center

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Aug 6 New York NY Kaplan PenthouseAug 9 New York NY Alice Tully HallAug 11 Akron OH Bath ChurchAug 12 Cleveland OH Cleveland Institute of Music

Sep 11 New York NY The Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaSep 13 Pittsburgh PA St. Andrew’s Episcopal ChurchSep 14 Pittsburgh PA Calvary Episcopal ChurchSep 16 Nashville TN St. George’s Episcopal ChurchSep 18 Atlanta GA The Cathedral of St. PhilipSep 20 Dallas TX Church of the IncarnationSep 22 Lincoln NE First Plymouth Congregational Church

Ju 21-22 Seattle WA Jazz AlleyJul 23 Portland OR Jimmy Mak’sAug 5 Weehawken NJ Lincoln Harbor ParkAug 13-16 New York NY Jazz at Lincoln CenterAug 23 Truro MA Payomet Performing Arts CenterSep 19 Selbyville DE Bayside Arts & Jazz Festival

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Alina IbragimovaHyperion Records

Catherine RussellJazz Village

Stephen Layton Choir of Trinity CollegeHyperion Records

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