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Angela Hewitt’s recordings of Schumann’s solo piano works for Hyperion have been acclaimed by critics everywhere... Now she turns her attention to the works for piano and orchestra in a stunning release which includes the beloved Piano Concerto in A minor - one of the most treasured concertos in the repertoire - and two other works also written for Clara Schumann.

“Her awareness of counterpoint and her skill at putting it across suits Schumann’s colourfully woven textures to perfection.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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Angela Hewitt plays Schumann

Street Date: June 12, 2012

Concerto recordings dominate this month’s top classical releases, with offerings from Channel Classics, Hyperion and Praga. Violinist Rachel Podger returns to Vivaldi, joining forces with Holland Baroque on an SACD featuring the 12 concertos of La Cetra (p.6). The 57th volume in the always surprising Romantic Piano Concerto series looks northward with a recording of works by Swedish composer Adolf Wiklund played by pianist Martin Stürfalt (p.13). Praga launches a new series of SACD remasters of recordings by Sviatoslav Richter with a disc of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos recorded before the pianist began his international career (p.21). Helicon Records offers a very special release of a live recording of Mahler’s Symphony No.9 featuring the great Leonard Bernstein conducting the Israel Philharmonic (p.10). Other classical priorities include the third volume in Marc-André Hamelin’s stunning series of Haydn Piano Sonatas (p.11), a new recording of Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 and Leonore Overture No.3 with MTT and the San Francisco Symphony (p.25) and an SACD remaster of Jordi Savall’s classic recording of Bach’s Orchestral Suites on Alia Vox (p.4). On the non classical front, the legendary Cuarteto Cedrón offers a delightful new disc of tangos and other Argentinean music (p.32).

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IMPORTGoussan Aljanian, tenor soloist of Saint James Cathedral (Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem), is one of the world’s fi nest exponents of Armenian Church music. An expert in the musical and cultural aspects of the genre, Reverend Aljanian is able to bring out the unique mystical and spiritual fl avors of the Armenian musical art. On this new CD from Ad Vitam, Reverend Aljanian offers the listener a selection of traditional Armenian Easter hymns.

IMPORTEstablished in 2006, the period instrument ensemble La Petite Symphonie specializes in music of the eighteenth century. Led by artistic director and keyboard soloist Daniel Isoir, the ensemble offers their own unique perspective on the music of Haydn, Mozart, and other key composers from the period. Their interpretations focus on the spirit of chamber music that is present in most of the period’s repertoire. On this disc featuring three great piano concertos by Mozart, Isoir directs from the keyboard, in this case, a copy of a fortepiano by Johann Andreas Stein, the maker preferred by Mozart.

MOZARTPiano Concertos Nos.13, 14 & 27

Daniel Isoir (fortepiano), La Petite SymphonieAgogique • AGO 004

Paques Armeniennes — Armenian EasterGoussan Aljanian (tenor)

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Armenian Easter hymns

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDCalled Ouvertüren in Germany because they began with a large-scale overture à la française, Bach’s Orchestral Suites feature a unique synthesis of the French and the Italian styles. The Leipzig Cantor did not content himself with creating sets of amiable dances — he revived the genre in his own manner, accenting the contrasts, refi ning the orchestration and introducing the sorts of contrapuntal elements that made the composer famous. Two centuries later, these joyous works are considered an indispensable treasure of the Baroque. This SACD reissue from Alia Vox is a follow up to the label’s recently released set of the Brandenburg Concertos. The multi-channel remastering enables us to fully enjoy the hearty, colorful and cheerful performances of Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall.

Savall’s colorful Orchestral Suites

BACHOrchestral Suites Nos.1-4Le Concert des Nations, Jordi SavallAlia Vox • AVSA 9890

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“One of the truly great sets ofBrandenburg Concertos.”— CLASSICSTODAY.COM

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IMPORTThis is the fi rst-ever recording of Le Paradis perdu, a long-forgotten oratorio by Théodore Dubois (1837-1924), composed in the early 1870s. Winner of the Concours Musical initiated by the City of Paris in 1878, Le Paradis perdu is loosely based on episodes from Milton’s Paradise Lost. It is performed here by the choir Les Cris de Paris, accompanied by soloists of the ensemble Les Siècles, conducted by Geoffrey Jordain.

IMPORTOn this disc from Aparté, the acclaimed cellist Ophélie Gaillard pairs Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto with the complete music for cello and piano by Franz Liszt. The result is a fascinating juxtaposition of two very different worlds that combines passion with an expression of the mysteries of life. For the Schumann, Gaillard is accompanied by the National Radio Orchestra of Romania under the young conductor Tiberiu Soare. For the second half of the disc, Gaillard is joined by pianist Delphine Bardin (winner of the coveted Clara Haskil Prize).

SCHUMANNCello Concerto

LISZTPremière Élégie, Deuxième Élégie, Romance oubliée,

Die Zelle In Nonnenwerth, La lugubre gondoleOphélie Gaillard (cello), Delphine Bardin (piano),

Orchestre de la Radio Nationale Roumaine, Tiberiu Soare

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DUBOISParadise Lost

Chantal Santon (soprano), Jennifer Borghi (mezzo-soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alain Buet (bass),

Les Cris de Paris, Les Solistes des Siècles, Geoff roy Jourdain

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A rare romantic oratorio

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDSince the re l e a s e o f he r spectacular set of Vivaldi’s La Stravaganza concertos back in 2003, Rachel Podger’s recording

agenda has been focused on music by Mozart and Bach. This release of the La Cetra concertos marks her very welcome return to music by the Venetian maestro, a composer with whom the violinist has a clear affi nity. As with La Stravaganza, there are many jewels in this set, some of which place even higher technical demands on the soloist. Several of the concertos also include fascinating and exotic experimental effects. Podger is supported here by the young and energetic Holland Baroque Society, whose innovative performance style and keen scholarship makes them a perfect partner in this repertoire. Bringing together some of Vivaldi’s best music, played by some of the world’s fi nest performers, this Channel Classics disc offers listeners a joyful, energetic and inspiring musical experience.

Rachel Podger returns to Vivaldi

VIVALDILa CetraRachel Podger (violin), Holland Baroque SocietyChannel Classics • CCS SA 33412

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“What I like most of all is her evident relish of the virtuoso demands that the music makes.”

— GRAMOPHONE

“Podger has one of the sweetest tones of any

period-instrument violinist.”

— BBC Music Magazine

IMPORTAlthough much of the repertoire on this disc was originally conceived for large orchestra, the chamber versions offered here shed new light on familiar territory. In 1918, Arnold Schoenberg founded his Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performance), whose mission was to promote contemporary works. A great admirer of Mahler, Schoenberg created a chamber version of the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen for the Society, while his student Erwin Stein penned a reduction of Busoni’s Berceuse élégiaque. Reiner Riehn, who completed Schoenberg’s chamber version of Das Lied von der Erde, wrote this arrangement of Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder for chamber orchestra. The disc is completed by Mahler’s rarely heard Quartettsatz for piano and string quartet. Contralto Sara Mingardo is accompanied by Musica Aurei conducted by Luigi Piovano.

Romantic transcriptionsMAHLER

Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Quarte� satz

BUSONIBerceuse élégiaque

Sara Mingardo (contralto), Musici Aurei, Luigi Piovano

Eloquentia • EL 1233

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ADVANCE REVIEW“ Mingardo is a natural partner for this work with her extraordinarily rich contralto depths and interpretive capabilities. She delivers Mahler’s literally breathtakingly long lines with effortlessly poised legato control. Her vocal tone is another delight, its warm bloom creating a lovely counterfoil to the viscerality of her accompaniment... one of the most expertly compiled and emotively performed you’ll find around.” — BBC

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From the vaults of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKYSymphony No.6, Francesca da RiminiIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav RostropovichHelicon • 02.9650

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BEETHOVENSymphony No.9 (sung in Hebrew)Elsie Morison (soprano), Lauris Elms (contralto), Waldemar Kmen� (tenor), David Kelly (bass), Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael KubelíkHelicon • 02.9651

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HAYDNNelson MassMAHLERKindertotenliederLucia Popp (soprano), Ilse Gramatzki (alto), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Misha Raitzin (tenor), Takao Okamora (bass), Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, István KertészHelicon • 02.9652

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These three live recordings show the breadth of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s talent and experience. From an all Tchaikovsky program with the great Mstislav Rostropovich to a recording by István Kertész pairing Haydn’s majestic Nelson Mass with Mahler’s poignant Kindertotenlieder, these Helicon label releases offer rare gems never before heard on disc. Of special note here is a Beethoven ninth with soloists Elsie Morison, Lauris Elms, Waldemar Kmentt and David Kelly featuring a fi nale sung entirely in Hebrew.

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ELGARViolin ConcertoBACHViolin Concerto BWV1041Pinchas Zuckerman (violin), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin MehtaHelicon • 02.9655

SCHOENBERGA Survivor from WarsawBRUCKNERSymphony No.7Friedhelm Eberle (narrator), Israeli Opera Chorus, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt MasurHelicon • 02.9654

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Kurt Masur leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israeli Opera Chorus in a live recording from the orchestra’s extensive archive. Featured works are Schoenberg’s searing A Survivor from Warsaw, narrated by Friedhelm Eberle, and Bruckner’s seventh symphony, in the Hass edition. A fascinating pairing, recorded in 1995 (Bruckner) and 2006 (Schoenberg). Pinchas Zuckerman is the featured soloist on a disc of live recordings from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Zubin Mehta leads the orchestra in performances of violin concertos by Bach and Elgar, recorded in 1986 and 2006.

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IMPORTThis rare gem from the archives of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra features a live recording with the great conductor Leonard Bernstein. Mahler was one of the composers that Bernstein focused on with great intensity in the last years of his life. This performance of Mahler’s deeply emotional ninth symphony adds a new facet to our understanding of the special relationship between these two greats of musical history. The performance was recorded live at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv in August, 1985.

Bernstein conducts Mahler’s Ninth

MAHLERSymphony No.9Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard BernsteinHelicon • 02.9656

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CONCERT REVIEW“Bernstein, one of the great Mahler conductors, presents the 9th Symphony with penetrating insight into its musi-cal and emotional depth... the audience responded with

an outburst of ovations which lasted for some 20 minutes, calling Bernstein back on the stage time and again.”

— Israel Evening News

IMPORTHyperion presents a third double-volume release in Marc-André Hamel in’s much-pra i s ed s e r i e s o f Haydn’s keyboard sonatas. Haydn wrote around sixty keyboard sonatas and this selection of eleven focuses on those from the 1770s, including the great C minor sonata from the composer’s ‘Sturm und Drang’ period, with its dynamic contrasts and virtuoso demands. These are bookended by three from Haydn’s earliest output from the 1750s, most likely penned for his young female pupils to play, and the D major sonata written during the second of the mature composer’s triumphant London visits in 1794. In all these fascinating, idiosyncratic works, Hamelin wears his renowned virtuosity lightly, while playing with understated wit and the elegant, immaculate musicianship that has come to defi ne one of the greatest pianists of our time.

‘Marc-André Hamelin’s virtuosity is in a different league altogether.”— INTERNATIONAL PIANO

Hamelin’s elegant Haydn sonatas

HAYDNPiano Sonatas Vol.3

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67882

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Hyperion • CDA 67554 (034571175546)“These beautifully recorded performances

can’t be recommended too highly.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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Hyperion • CDA 67710 (034571177106)“One of the outstanding releases of the

Haydn celebratory year.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORTJean Mouton was a Renaissance French composer and choirmaster, much acknowledged but more rarely recorded, who wrote a body of music that is both technically inventive and immediately appealing. Here Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble perform a selection of Mouton’s eight-part music, two four-part motets, and his only fi ve-part Mass setting, the Missa Tu es Petrus. Sheer compositional skill aside, all these works demonstrate Mouton’s vivid and original imagination.

IMPORTAfter almost a decade, Hyperion is delighted to welcome back the world-famous St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir under its new director of music Andrew Carwood. Joined by the St. Paul’s Mozart Orchestra and a quartet of renowned soloists, Carwood leads sparkling performances of a selection of Mozart’s sacred music. Although they were commissioned to be sung at church services in Salzburg, all these compositions are suffused with Mozart’s typically unerring sense of dramatic pacing and a sensuous, operatic treatment of solo lines, as well as crisp and energetic choral writing.

MOZARTMissa solemnis, Vesperae solennes de Dominica K321, Regina caeli K108Lynda Russell (soprano), Lina Markeby (mezzo-soprano), James Oxley (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Simon Johnson (organ), Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Mozart Orchestra, Andrew CarwoodHyperion • CDA 67921

MOUTONMissa Tu es Petrus & other worksBrabant Ensemble, Stephen RiceHyperion • CDA 67933

Renaissance gems from The Brabant Ensemble

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The St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir sings Mozart

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IMPORTVolume 57 in Hyperion’s inexhaustible Romantic Piano Concerto series turns up another discovery — the music of Swedish composer Adolf Wiklund. These little-known but lusciously tuneful works are characterized by big-boned symphonic gestures reminiscent of Rachmaninov, all tempered with the Nordic clarity of Grieg. Wiklund’s two piano concertos are central to his output, and in fact they enjoyed considerable popularity in Sweden until as recently as fi fty years ago, when modernist sensibilities deemed them unfashionable. These glittering performances from Martin Sturfält and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, directed by brilliant violinist-turned-conductor Andrew Manze, are bound to bring this unfairly neglected music back into general currency.

Hyperion’s amazing Romantic Piano Concerto series

Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.57WIKLUND

Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Konsertstycke Op.1

Martin Sturfält (piano), Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Hyperion • CDA 67828

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Hyperion • CDA 67843 (034571178431)“Howard Shelley attacks it all with gleeful extravagance.

It’s great fun.”— THE GUARDIAN

“ A brilliant pianist with plenty of power.”— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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Italian arias for countertenorArias for GuadagniIestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo, Jonathan CohenHyperion • CDA 67924

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IMPORTBritish countertenor Iestyn Davies is one of the fastest rising stars on the concert and opera circuit. Following his highly acclaimed recording of Porpora cantatas, he returns for a second solo album with a selection of arias written for Gaetano Guadagni — the fi rst ‘modern’ castrato, famed all over Europe for the lyric purity of his voice and his powerful, naturalistic acting style. Not only did he enjoy a close artistic relationship with Handel, but Guadagni effectively created the role of Orpheus in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. For this recital, Davies is joined again by the renowned period-instrument band Arcangelo, directed by Jonathan Cohen.

Essential reissues

MUSSORGSKYPictures at an ExhibitionPROKOFIEVTen Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, ToccataNikolai Demidenko (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55306

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MENDELSSOHNString QuintetsRaphael EnsembleHyperion • CDH 55377

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La Dolce Volta presents two more essential reissues from the back catalog of the now defunct Calliope label. Originally released in the 1990s, the Talich Quartet’s highly-acclaimed set of Mozart’s complete String Quintets became an immediate staple of the catalog. Infrequently recorded or performed, these amazing works exemplify Mozart’s amazing command of texture, drama and emotional power in a chamber music setting. The Ensemble Philidor is featured in a collection of Mozart’s colorful music for wind instruments. From the early Divertimento K213 to the sheer perfection of the ‘Gran Partita’ Serenade, these works are integral to understanding Mozart’s genius.

MOZARTWorks for Wind InstrumentsEnsemble PhilidorLa Dolce Volta • LDV 112

MOZARTString Quintets Nos.1-6

Talich QuartetLa Dolce Volta • LDV 109

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Acclaimed Mozart at mid-price

French piano triosCHAMINADE

Piano Trio No.2DEBUSSYPiano Trio

LENORMANDPiano Trio

Trio ChaussonMirare • MIR 163

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In his Dictionnaire de musique of 1844, Léon Escudier described the trio as, “the most perfect of all compositions.” Here, alongside the Trio of Claude Debussy, Trio Chausson gives a new lease of life to two rare works of great interest by unjustly neglected French composers, René Lenormand and Cécile Chaminade, whom Georges Bizet called “mon petit Mozart.”

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IMPORTThe Modigliani Quartet presents a program of youthful works by three great musical prodigies when they were only seventeen-years-old. In his sixth quartet, Mozart’s prodigious maturity is expressed in pre-Romantic music that shifts from laughter to tears in the blink of an eye.

IMPORTSangam, a ground-breaking collaborative work by Michael Nyman, refl ects both the commonalities and differences between Eastern and Western musical traditions. Sangam — a Hindi word meaning ‘a coming together’ or ‘meeting point’ — is the culmination of a two year musical odyssey by Michael Nyman which began with a month-long visit to India at the end of 2000. Nyman and his collaborators, mandolinist U. Shrinivas and the vocal team of brothers Rajan Misra and Sajan Misra, create stunningly lovely music. This welcome reissue from MN Records was originally released in 2002.

NYMANSangamU. Shrinivas (mandolin), Rajan Misra (vocals), Sajan Misra (vocals), Michael Nyman Band, Michael NymanMN Records • MNRCD 119

IntuitionARRIAGAString Quartet No.3MOZARTString Quartet No.6SCHUBERTString Quartet No.4Modigliani QuartetMirare • MIR 168

Youthful works of three prodigies

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Schubert’s fourth quartet comes from a time in the composer’s career when he was just forming his own personal style. Arriaga, the ‘Spanish Mozart,’ died at age twenty, three years after the composition of his third quartet. In it, Romantic freshness mixes comfortably with Classical formality. To explain the inspiration for this album the group said, “The sincerest tribute we could pay these three marvelous composers would be to allow ourselves to be guided by the sublime intuition they possessed at this moment in their lives.”

IMPORTAfter a highly acclaimed series of Brahms chamber music releases for Onyx, Britain’s preeminent chamber group the Nash Ensemble turns their attention to 19th-century Russian repertoire. Glazunov’s superbly crafted String Quintet of 1891 is coupled with Arensky’s two-cello second String Quartet, and Borodin’s unfinished Sextet for strings, written, according to the composer, in Mendelssohnian style ‘to please the Germans’ while he was in Heidelberg.

IMPORTOne of Europe’s foremost pianists, Katya Apekisheva has been described by Gramophone magazine as, “a profoundly gifted artist.” A prize-winner at the Leeds Piano Competition and Scottish Piano Competition, Apekisheva has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, and her release of Grieg solo piano works was a 2008 Critic’s Choice in Gramophone. Here, Apekisheva makes her solo Onyx début with the work that brought the house down at her recent recital in London’s Wigmore Hall — Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. It is paired with nine selections from Shostakovich’s Preludes, Op.34.

MUSSORGSKYPictures at an Exhibition

SHOSTAKOVICHPreludes Op.34 (excerpts)

Katya Apekisheva (piano)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4085

BORODINString SextetGLAZUNOV

String QuintetARENSKY

String Quartet No.2Nash Ensemble

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The Nash Ensemble plays Russian chamber music

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IMPORTThe Onyx début of distinguished violinist and conductor Augustin Dumay focuses on the music of Camille Saint-Saëns. The composer’s popular fi rst Cello Concerto is coupled with his superb but neglected Symphony No.1 and the late and rare double concerto for cello and violin entitled La Muse et le Poète. Dumay, music director of Japan’s Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, is joined by cellist Pavel Gomziakov for this unusual and fascinating program.

IMPORTThe third opera by the twenty-seven-year-old Sicilian Vincenzo Bellini, Il pirata marked an important step forward in his career. His fi rst score written for La Scala, Milan, it also represented his fi rst collaboration with Felice Romani, the leading librettist of the day — who would become his regular artistic partner. Il pirata was also the fi rst of Bellini’s works to reach an international audience. Its comparative neglect in our day is inexplicable. David Parry conducts this exceptional example of early romantic opera at its most dramatically potent. The 3CD set, a studio recording, comes with a lavishly illustrated book including a complete libretto and a comprehensive article and synopsis by Dr. Benjamin Walton.

BELLINIIl PirataCarmen Gianna� asio (soprano), José Bros (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Brindley Sherra� (bass), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, David ParryOpera Rara • ORC 45

SAINT-SAËNSSymphony No.1, La Muse et le Poète, Cello Concerto No.1Pavel Gomziakov (cello), Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Augustin DumayOnyx Classics • ONYX 4091

Augustin Dumay plays and conducts

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BEETHOVENPiano Sonatas Op.106, Op.2 No.3Georg Friedrich Schenck (piano)Piano Classics • PCL 0027

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The Bartok AlbumBARTÓKSonata, Three Folk songs from the District Csík, Suite Op.14, For Children Book 2, Six Romanian Dances, Mikrokosmos Book 6 — Six Dances in Bulgarian RhythmKlára Würtz (piano)Piano Classics • PCL 0035

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ALKANGrande Sonate, Symphony for Solo PianoVincenzo Maltempo (piano)Piano Classics • PCL 0038

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CHOPINPiano Sonata No.2, Berceuse, Nocturne, VariationsKatia Skanavi (piano)Piano Classics • PCL 0039

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LISZTAnneés de pelèrinage - Books I & IIEnrico Pace (piano)Piano Classics • PCLD 0026

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SHOSTAKOVICHComplete Piano MusicBoris Petrushansky (piano)Piano Classics • PCLM 0028

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDIn celebration of their twentieth anniversary, this essential release from Praga focuses on the artistry of the great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter. In an all-Rachmaninov program, Richter is heard in the fi rst two Piano Concertos accompanied by the great conductor Kurt Sanderling in live performances recorded in the 50s — well before he began touring internationally. Praga’s hybrid SACD pairs remastered monophonic recordings of the concertos with four of Richter’s favorite Preludes recorded in stereo during his fi rst tour of North America in 1960. Praga has employed the best of today’s cutting-edge restoration techniques to present these important historical recordings in all their original glory.

“A pianist of transcendent abilities.”— ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Richter plays RachmaninovRACHMANINOV

Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2, PreludesSviatoslav Richter (piano), Leningrad

Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt SanderlingPraga • PRD 350056

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HAYDNThe Seven Last Words of Christ on the CrossPrazák QuartetPraga • PRD 250291

SCHOENBERGPierrot Lunaire Op.21, Suite Op.29Alda Caiello (soprano), Prazák Quartet, Jaromír Klepác (piano), Václav Kunt (fl ute), Milan Polák (clarinet, bass clarinet), Karel Dohnal (clarinet), Vit Spilka (bass clarinet), Pavel Hula (conductor)Praga • PRD 250276

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThis ambitious program by the Prazák Quartet and friends focuses on two key works by Arnold Schoenberg. The melodrama Pierrot Lunaire is a setting of poetry by Albert Giraud in which a singer/narrator delivers the poems in Sprechstimme style. It is paired with the Suite Op.29, one of the very fi rst twelve-tone pieces in classical sonata form. The work is one of Schoenberg’s lightest-textured and most attractive pieces. Haydn’s Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross was commissioned by the city of Cádiz in Andalusia for performance at a Good Friday service in 1786. Originally for string orchestra, the work was an immediate success and Haydn’s publisher soon issued a version for quartet and a piano reduction (the choral version dates from ten years later). Totally unprecedented in form, conception and content, the work is a marvel of western music and a prime example of Haydn’s genius.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThis hybrid multichannel SACD from Praga features a collection of ‘Rococo’ variations for cello and piano. In works that span several centuries, cellist Jeremy Findlay is featured in a program of works rich with virtuosity, humor and inventiveness. Two variations by Beethoven based on themes by Mozart are juxtaposed against works by modern composers Jirí Gemrot and Bohuslav

IMPORTClaude Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien is a fi ve-act musical mystery play that was produced in collaboration with poet and dramatist Gabriele d’Annunzio and designed as a vehicle for the great ballerina Ida Rubinstein. Unfortunately, in spite of Debussy’s transcendent score, the work’s fi rst production was not only unsuccessful, it was attended by scandal — the Archbishop of Paris requested Catholics not attend because the dancer playing St. Sebastian was a woman and a Jew. This new recording featuring the Orchestre National de France conducted by Daniele Gatti is a rare event.

DEBUSSYLe Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Isabelle Huppert (narrator), Sophie Marin-Degor (soprano), Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano), Christine Knorren (mezzo-soprano), Choeur de

Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Daniele Ga� i

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Twelve Variations Op.66GEMROT

Ludwigsgruß - Variations on a theme of Beethoven, Variations on a theme of Dvorák

MARTINUVariations on a Slovak folk song, Variations on a theme of Rossini

Jeremy Findlay (cello), Per Rundberg (piano)Praga • PRD 250293

Variations for cello

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San Francisco Symphony at 100COPLANDBilly The Kid Ballet SuiteMENDELSSOHNViolin ConcertoBRITTENYoung Person’s Guide to the OrchestraADAMSShort Ride in a Fast MachineItzhak Perlman (violin), Amy Tan (narrator), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson ThomasSFS Media • SFS 0052

Celebrating 100 years of musical excellence

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DOMESTICDVD, 146 Minutes; Widescreen HD, Dolby 5.1

I n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 1 , Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony launched the Orche s t r a’s m i l e s t one Centennial Season with a celebratory gala concert at

Davies Symphony Hall dubbed “Fanfare for a New Century.” The gala concert was broadcast nationally on PBS in March and April 2012 as part of their Great Performances series. The gala was hosted by Bay Area author Amy Tan and directed for television by Gary Halvorson and features one of the leading artists of our time, violinist Itzhak Perlman performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. The concert opens with Aaron Copland’s vivid portrayal of American prairie life, the Billy the Kid ballet suite and concludes with Britten’s orchestral showpiece The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Capping off the concert is an encore of Bay Area composer John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine featuring moving images of San Francisco projected throughout Davies Symphony Hall. San Francisco Symphony at 100 also includes historical documentary features narrated by Amy Tan highlighting the orchestra’s early beginnings, its rich history of touring and its commitment to young people and innovations in media.

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DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThis release from Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 coupled with the Leonore Overture No.3. One of his most stirring works and also one that he considered among his best, Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 was immensely popular from its first playing. Recently, its powerful second movement was used to great dramatic effect in the seminal moments of the Oscar-winning movie The King’s Speech. While Beethoven wrote only one opera, he wrote multiple overtures for it, and the third of the series fully captures the joyful outcome of the story. Both recordings were taken from live concerts held at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

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Symphony No.7, Leonore Overture No.3

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson ThomasSFS Media • SFS 0054

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“Charismatic musical evangelism... genuinely fresh ideas.”

— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

SFS Media • SFS 0037 (821936003725)“Full of passion, and marvellously

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SCHUMANN Piano ConcertoCHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1Clara Haskil (piano), Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael KubelíkTahra • TAH 736

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IMPORTIn 1951, Clara Haskil signed an exclusive contract with Philips, which led to a series of recordings that only rarely satisfi ed her and which, according to those who heard her on stage, only give a blurred image of her talent. By chance, a number of live recordings have greatly increased Haskil’s discography. This disc offers two such recordings, a Schumann concerto from 1955, and a Chopin concerto from 1960.

Contemporary music discoveriesRIHMWorks for OrganDominik Susteck (organ)Wergo • WER 6751

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IMPORTTo celebrate composer Wolfgang Rihm’s 60th birthday, Wergo presents this selection of his music for organ. In Rihm’s works, the organ holds a special position. The works heard here, performed by young organist Dominik Susteck, span his entire career, from the early Drei Fantasien to the more recent Bann, Nachtschwärmerei.

VASKSWorks for violin and string orchestraVox Amoris, Tala gaisma, Vientulais engeliAlina Pogostkina (violin), Sinfonie� a Riga, Juha KangasWergo • WER 6750

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IMPORTAccording to Vasks, the three works for violin and orchestra featured here represent the polarity between optimistic hope for a better future and an anxious concern for the modern world. All are performed by the exceptional violinist Alina Pogostkina, superbly accompanied by the Sinfonietta Riga under the direction of Juha Kangas.

IMPORTBrown explained his compositional process by saying, “mobility of the sound elements within the work and the graphic provocation of an intense collaboration throughout the composer-notation-performance process — were for me the most fascinating new possibility for ‘sound objects’ as they had been for sculpture and painting.” On this disc, Sabine Liebner performs important works for piano by Earle Brown. Of special note is the world première of the recently discovered Home Burial, written in 1949 and based on a poem by the poet Robert Frost.

IMPORTThe sixth and fi nal volume in Wergo’s acclaimed series of recordings, Earle Brown — A Life in Music completes the label’s reissue of the eighteen LPs of Earle Brown’s legendary Contemporary Sound Series, recorded between 1960 and 1973. The fi rst disc in the set contains works by Cage and Wolff from the early 1960s. Disc two presents violinist Paul Zukofsky accompanied by pianist Gilbert Kalish in works by Crumb, Yun, Wuorinen and Cage. The fi nal disc contains works by South American composers Gerardo Gandini, César Bolaños, Marlos Nobre, Oscar Bazán, Manuel Enríquez and Alcides Lanza, performed by the New Sound Composers-Performers Group under the direction of Alcides Lanza.

Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol.6

Various ArtistsWergo • WER 6943

BROWNAbstract Sound Objects

Home Burial, Folio, Twenty-fi ve Pages, Four Systems, Summer Suite ‘95

Sabine Liebner (piano)Wergo • WER 6745

The genius of Earle Brown

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The incomparable Ray Charles

Genius + Soul = JazzRay CharlesAPO • CAPP 2 SA

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Ray Charles & Be� y CarterRay Charles & Be� y CarterAPO • CAPP 385 SA

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Ray Charles Live in ConcertRay CharlesAPO • CAPP 500 SA

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These three audiophile SACD remasters from APO feature one of the great musical talents of our time — Ray Charles. Best known for his work in the idioms of R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and even successful forays into country, Charles also recorded infl uential jazz albums. 1961’s groundbreaking Genius + Soul = Jazz was produced by Creed Taylor and includes arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Ray Charles and Betty Carter, also released in 1961, features startling dynamics, with Marty Paich’s arrangements showcasing both punchy brass and lush strings. The showstopper, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” topped the R&B charts upon its release. In his live performances, one was likely to hear shades of blues, soul, R&B, jazz, gospel, country and more in a single evening, and sometimes in a single song. All of these subtle shades and styles are evident on Ray Charles Live In Concert.

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JoyfulFlavio Boltro 5et

Bonsaï • BON 120501

IMPORTFile In: JazzFor his new album Joyful, Flavio Boltro joined forces with the great Italian saxophonist Rosario Giuliani, a favorite sideman for many of the greatest bands, in addition to being an acclaimed solo performer. Boltro and Giuliani brought together an all-star quintet of jazz masters including drummer André Ceccarelli, pianist Pietro Lussu and Darryl Hall on bass. The album’s nine tracks feature Boltro originals and covers of standards by Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Harold Arlen and Sting.

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A star of the Italian jazz scene

The famed critic Leonard Feather wrote, “Oscar Alemán has more swing than any other guitarist on the continent.” The famed Argentinean guitarist played with the best jazz musicians of the 20s and 30s, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Django. He was hired by Josephine Baker to lead her band, the Baker Boys at the Cafe de Paris. The two albums here date from 1965 and 1975, and are among

¿Y Qué Pasó?Alvaro Bello GrupoFrémeaux • FA 566

Buenos Aires 1965-1975Oscar Alemán

Frémeaux • FA 5366

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his last recordings. Chilean guitarist Alvaro Bello’s mission is to create a bridge between jazz and Latin American music. Incorporating Chilean and South-American elements such as the trutruka (a traditional mapuche instrument), Indian Mapuch songs and rhythms such as the Lando and the Cueca, Bello’s style is unique and personal and clearly infl uenced by Pat Metheny and John Scofi eld.

IMPORTFile In: BluesBlues harmonica player Jean-Jacques Milteau has travelled many different roads in both the geographical and musical sense of the term. From China to South Africa, from Nashville to New Orleans, from Ireland to Mexico, he is a musician whose curiosity knows no bounds. He welcomes new acquaintances and is always ready for any musical experience that might cross his path. In 1973, Milteau released his fi rst recording for Le Chant du Monde, as part of the label’s “Special Instrumental” collection. The label also released Blues Harp in 1980 and Just Kiddin’ in 1983. This double album retraces those first recordings and explores how Milteau subsequently became a blues legend and a worldwide ambassador of the blues harmonica.

“An authentic Bluesman, and a passionate sensualist... his relationship with his harmonica verges on trance...”

— NOVA MAGAZINE

A Milteau retrospectiveBlowin’ in the PastJean-Jacques MilteauChant du Monde • 2742176

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Lusafrica • 662012

IMPORTFile In: World / AfricaAfrican Guitars is the fi rst release in a new series of anthologies from Lusafrica focusing on modern African music. Over 150 years, guitar has come to play an essential role in modern African music. From north to south, guitarists of this great continent have developed diverse, rich techniques and sounds exclusive to their parts of the world. This album includes selections from guitarists Tcheka, Boubacar Traoré, Wendo Kolosoy, Idrissa Soumaoro, Ali Farka Touré and many more.

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An African guitar sampler

File In: World / Europe / BulgariaKottarashky opened the door to hitherto undiscovered spaces of Balkan music with his fi rst album Opa Hey! in 2009. His tribal digital dance music went far beyond either the mash up culture of contemporary global producers or the art collages of modern sound architects. Kottarashky’s next mission was to somehow transform his tracks into live performances. Infl uenced by artists such as Tom Waits, Jimi Hendrix and Dr. John, Kottarashky formed The Rain Dogs — a weird band combining sampler tools and keyboard with traditional clarinet, guitar, bass and drum set. Demoni’s eleven fresh tracks take us into a whole new universe of advanced Balkan funk and blues.

DemoniKo� arashky & The Rain Dogs

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Psychedelic Balkan soul

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IMPORTFile In: World / South America / ArgentinaThe famed Cuarteto Cedrón, legends of Argentinean music and as synonymous with tango as the better-known Astor Piazzolla, offer an intriguing ‘double’ album, with each one focusing on a different poetic outlook. The fourteen tracks of the album’s first section, entitled Corazón de piel afuera, are dedicated to music set to eleven texts by Miguel Ángel Bustos. The second section, entitled Godino, consists of twelve new songs by Cuartero Cedrón on texts by Raúl González Tuñón, Luis Alposta, Evaristo Carriego, Francisco Urondo, the Spanish poet Pedro Atienza, Julio Huasi, David Álvarez Morgade and an anonymous poem, plus a fascinating cover of the bolero “Somos” by Mario Clavel.

“The present and the future of the tango”— LA NACION

Legends of the tangoCorazón de Piel Afuera / GodinoCuarteto CedrónChant du Monde • 2742182

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Ethnic explorations

Georgia: Sacred & Secular PolyphonyEnsemble BasianiOcora • C 560240

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IMPORTFile In: World / Asia / Georgia

Senegal: Tijâniyya & Murîdiyya — Sufi Brotherhood ChantVarious ArtistsOcora • C 560241

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Martinique: Bèlè, Tradition & CréationEdmond MondésirOcora • C 560249

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Abed Azrié chante/sings AdonisAbed Azrié

Doumtak • DOM 004

IMPORTFile In: World / Middle East / SyriaFrom the start of his career, Abed Azrié has been drawn to poetic language and text, which he considers to be an “aesthetic memory of mankind.” He works with the rich poetic sources that encapsulate this memory, and that have been transmitted to us through history. In poetry, Azrié searches for a world where passion combines with wonder, meditation, dream and mystery. On this album, Azrié lends his deep, tender and expressive voice to the verse of Adonis, one of the greatest contemporary Arab poets. The set includes a bonus DVD with a recital recorded in May 2011 at the Institut du Monde Arabe.

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Kristian Bezuidenhout harmonia mundi Jun 7-9 & 12 Chicago IL Symphony CenterAug 9 New York NY Alice Tully Hall

Jonathan Biss Onyx Jun 1-2 Baltimore MD Meyerhoff Symphony HallAug 1 Highland Park IL Martin Theatre

Yefi m Bronfman Helicon Aug 8 Highland Park IL PavilionDanny Driver Hyperion Jul 13-15 Minneapolis MN Orchestra Hall

Aug 17-19 Annandale-on- NY Bard Music FestivalEbène Quartet Mirare Aug 11 New York NY Stanley H. Kaplan PenthouseJames Ehnes Onyx Jun 9 San Diego CA Balboa Theatre

Jun 10 Rancho Santa Fe CA The Village ChurchJul 2-3 Sea� le WA Benaroya HallJul 6 Vail CO Gerald R. Ford AmphitheaterJul 13 Queens NY Cunningham ParkJul 16 Bronx NY Van Cortlandt ParkJul 17 New York NY Central Park Jul 18, 20, 22, 27 & 29 Sea� le WA Benaroya HallAug 10 Sun Valley ID Sun Valley PavilionAug 17 Jackson Hole WY Walk Festival HallAug 18 Jackson Hole WY Walk Festival Hall

Gerald Finley Hyperion Aug 2-3 Lenox MA Ozawa HallAug 9 Highland Park IL Martin Theatre

Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Oct 19 New York NY Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageAlban Gerhardt Hyperion Jun 13 Chicago IL Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Jul 13 Vail CO Gerald R. Ford AmphitheaterPhilip Glass Orange Mountain Jun 23 Highland Park IL Martin TheatreMa� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Jul 16 Highland Park IL Martin TheatreMarc-André Hamelin Hyperion Jun 7 Ojai CA Ojai Festival

Jun 9-10 Ojai CA Ojai FestivalJun 12-14 Ojai CA Ojai North!Jun 28 Aspen CO Harris Concert HallJul 11 Aspen CO Harris Concert HallJul 26 New York NY International Keyboard Festival

Angela Hewi� Hyperion Jul 12 Winona MN Page TheatreJul 14 Eugene OR Beall Concert Hall

Stephen Hough Hyperion Jun 10 Chicago IL Orchestra HallJun 14-17 Sea� le WA S. Mark Taper FoundationAug 21-22 New York NY Avery Fisher Hall

Alina Ibragimova Hyperion Sep 21-22 Salt Lake City UT Abravanel HallJerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi Oct 23 Pi� sburgh PA Carnegie Music Hall Mariusz Kwiecien harmonia mundi Jul 21, 25 Santa Fe NM Santa Fe Opera House

Aug 3, 9, 14 Santa Fe NM Santa Fe Opera HouseLondon Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev LSO Live Oct 22, 24 New York NY Lincoln CenterMariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Oct 31 New York NY Stern Auditorium/Perelman StageDenis Matsuev Mariinsky Jul 29 Highland Park IL Pavilion

Jul 30 Highland Park IL Martin TheatreSep 4 Los Angeles CA Hollywood Bowl

Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Jun 7-9 St. Paul MN Ordway CenterJon Nakamatsu harmonia mundi Jun 1-2 Austin TX Dell Concert Hall

Jun 7, 10 Colorado Springs CO Packard HallJun 12 Colorado Springs CO Richard F. Celeste TheaterJun 16 San Jose CA California Theater

Gianandrea Noseda LSO Live Aug 2 Highland Park IL Ravinia FestivalAug 4 Philadelphia PA Verizon Hall

Paul O'De� e harmonia mundi Jun 24, 27 Cleveland OH Harkness ChapelSteven Osborne Hyperion Jun 20-22 Chicago IL Jay Pritzker PavilionMarlis Petersen harmonia mundi Oct 26 New York NY Weill Recital HallJordi Savall Alia Vox Jun 8 Rockport MA Rockport Chamber Music Festival

Jun 9-10 Berkeley CA First Congregational Church Jun 12 New York NY Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Alexandre Tharaud harmonia mundi Oct 24 New York NY Weill Recital HallTokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Jun 23 Woodstock NY Maverick Hall

Jul 16 Norfolk CT Norfolk Chamber Music FestivalJul 24 Highland Park IL Martin TheatreJul 29 Woods Hole MA Lillie AuditoriumJul 30 Wellfl eet MA First Congregational ChurchAug 12 La Jolla CA MCASD Sherwood AuditoriumAug 15, 16, 20 Santa Fe NM Lensic Performing Arts CenterSep 16 Woodstock NY Maverick HallSep 20 Houston TX Stude Concert HallSep 22 Lafaye� e LA Acadiana Center for the ArtsSep 29 Syracuse NY Lincoln Middle School

Shai Wosner Onyx Jun 6 New York NY Alice Tully HallAug 10 New York NY Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Haochen Zhang harmonia mundi Jul 15, 16, 18 & 19 Santa Fe NM St. Francis Auditorium

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Artist Label Date City State Venue

C.J. Chenier World Village Jun 9 New Orleans LA The Old U.S. MintJun 15 Louisville CO Louisville Street FaireJun 16 Frisco CO Frisco BBQ ChallengeJun 29 Memphis TN Overton ParkJun 30 Edwardsville IL Wildey TheatreJul 1 Berwyn IL Fitzgerald'sJul 13 Augusta ME Pete Gagne Memorial ParkJul 15 Greenfi eld MA Greenfi eld Community CollegeJul 17 Ridgefi eld CT Ballard ParkJul 21 Reston VA Reston Community CenterAug 4 Big Bear Lake CA Swim Beach AmphitheaterAug 18 Grand Marais MN Arrowhead Center for the ArtsSep 02 Bedford TX Bedford BluesfestSep 15 Bethlehem PA ArtsQuest Blast Furnace Blues Festival

Huun Huur Tu World Village Sep 23 Los Angeles CA Hollywood BowlAhmad Jamal Jazz Village Jun 22 North Bethesda MD Music Center at Strathmore

Sep 15 Champaign-Urbana IL Krannert CenterNov 24 Costa Mesa CA Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Kayhan Kalhor World Village Aug 11 Santa Cruz CA Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumAug 20 Minneapolis MN The Cedar

Amjad Ali Khan World Village Jun 1 Stanford CA Dinkelspiel AuditoriumMoutin Réunion Quartet Plus Loin Jun 1-2 Chicago IL Green Mill

Jun 4 Ha� iesburg MS Thirsty HippoJun 5 New Orleans LA Snug HarborJun 6 New Orleans LA Café IstanbulJun 8 Detroit MI Cliff s BellsJun 9 Ann Arbor MI Kerrytown concert houseJun 11 New York NY Jazz at Lincoln center

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra World Village Dec 8 Minneapolis MN Minneapolis Convention CenterCatherine Russell World Village Jun 15 Warm Springs VA Garth Newel Music Center

Jun 24 Rochester NY Harro East BallroomJun 30 Saratoga Springs NY Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSep 9 Princeton NJ Palmer SquareSep 15 Bethlehem PA ArtsQuest Blast Furnace Blues FestivalSep 22 Monterey CA Monterey Jazz FestivalSep 23 Woodside CA Filoli EstateDec 31 Madison NJ Shanghai Jazz

Tinariwen World Village Jun 2 Ozark AR Wakarusa Music FestivalJun 10 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreJun 11 Portland OR Aladdin TheaterJun 12 Sea� le WA Showbox at The MarketJun 14 Washington DC The Howard TheatreJun 16 Croton-on-Hudson NY Croton Point Park

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