NAXOS TITLE OF THE MONTH | 8503194 | CD3 | 747313319435
Night Music - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming
Music by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Faure, Godard, Grieg, Haydn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Tchaikovsky, Torelli, Vivaldi and other favourite composers

Capella Istropolitana, Jeno Jando (piano), Mariko Honda (violin), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Keith Clark, Ondrej Lenard (conductors), Balazs Szokolay (piano), Kodaly Quartet, Peter Nagy (piano), Istvan Szekely (piano), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Gyula Nemeth (conductor), Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Anthony Bramall (conductors), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Stefan Vladar (piano), CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser (conductor), Jiri Valek (flute), Hana Mullerova (harp)

• 3-CD Treasury of entrancing classical favourites
• Superb performers from around the world
• Attractively packaged, great price
• Ideal gift for Mother’s Day

Mozart Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Beethoven Adagio sostenuto from 'Moonlight' Sonata, Bach Adagio from Brandenburg Concerto No 1, Mozart Andante from Symphony No 40 in G minor, Tchaikovsky Melodie from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Grieg To Spring, Godard Berceuse from Jocelyn, Pachelbel Canon, Haydn Andante from String Quartet in D minor 'Fifths', Debussy Clair de lune, Torelli Andante from Sonata in D, Chopin Larghetto from Piano Concerto No 2, Faure Sicilienne, Tchaikovsky Dance of the Swans from Swan Lake, Mozart Adagio from Piano Sonata No 12, Vivaldi Largo e pianissimo sempre from Spring, Haydn Andante from Symphony No 96 'The Miracle', Beethoven Andante con moto from Piano Concerto No 4, Rachmaninov Vocalise, Grieg Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt, Handel Adagio e staccato from Water Music Suite No 1, Debussy Andantino doucement expressif from String Quartet, Mozart Andantino from Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, Handel Largo e piano from Concerto Grosso in A minor, Schubert Moment musical in C sharp minor, Mendelssohn Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream and much more

BIS CD OF THE MONTH | BISSACD1539 | SACD | 7318599915395
Mozart Flute Concertos

Sharon Bezaly (flute), Julie Palloc (harp), Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas (conductor)

• Best-selling re-release with NEW RECORDING of Mozart’s Flute & Harp Concerto
• A welcome return to the catalogue
• Superb hybrid SACD stereo sound
• Stunning new instrumental cadenzas written especially for this recording

When this disc was first released, the response was electrifying. Sharon Bezaly was described as ‘God’s gift to the flute’ in The Times (UK), and BBC Music Magazine was highly complimentary: ‘Bezaly's exquisite, technically immaculate, compelling playing sets new standards in this repertoire, as do Kalevi Aho's stunning cadenzas, composed especially for this recording.’ The disc received top marks in Le Monde de la Musique, Crescendo, Musica and other magazines as well as on radio stations and web sites such as Classics Today. This staggeringly successful title – 145,000 copies sold worldwide! – is now again available with the important inclusion of a newly made recording of the Concerto for Flute and Harp. At a session in October 2007, we reunited the performers and recording crew of the 2005 disc in the original venue, with the addition of the eminent harpist Julie Palloc as co-soloist. Furthermore, Finnish composer Kalevi Aho again provided the cadenzas for the work. The result is not to be missed – a 24-carat, complete collection of all Mozart’s works for flute and orchestra, on a hybrid SACD with the extremely generous playing time of 81 minutes and 52 seconds!

CHANDOS CD OF THE MONTH | CHAN0750 | CD | 095115075029
Schubert Mass in E-flat D950

Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)

• Thrilling new recording from Richard Hickox, who is much loved by Australian music lovers
• Stellar cast of performers
• Schubert’s final Mass is a towering musical achievement
• Other Hickox recordings include his critically-acclaimed interpretation of Dvorak’s beloved opera Rusalka (CHAN10449) starring Cheryl Barker with Opera Australia

Hot on the heels of Richard Hickox's highly acclaimed classical masses of Haydn and Hummel and Beethoven, comes Schubert. The same award winning team has been assembled to give more world-class performances. Schubert’s final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. Richard Hickox has long wanted to record this powerful work. The recording follows the successful concert at the 2007 BBC Proms. The same stellar cast is brought together, including Susan Gritton, James Gilchrist and Mark Padmore, accompanied by Collegium Musicum 90. The Guardian commented on the Proms performance: ‘it was graciously sung and conducted…’ The Daily Telegraph wrote: ‘Wednesday night brought Schubert’s wonderful and rarely-performed late E flat Mass, performed by some fine soloists and the ‘early music’ orchestra and choir Collegium Musicum 90, conducted by Richard Hickox. It’s close to being Schubert’s last piece, and has an amazing harmonic daring mingled with a minatory severity – a very potent mix’.

EDEL CD OF THE MONTH | ERE0187382ERE | CD | 4029758873823
Tribute
Guitar favourites by Bach, Byrd, Barrios, Rodrigo, Granados and original compositions

Steve Hackett (guitar)

• The ultimate ‘cross-over’ album for guitar fans
• Famous as a member of the rock band Genesis, Steve Hackett is a consummate musician, very much at home among the classics
• Steve Hackett’s playing is highly accomplished and unaffected
• Tribute is available exclusively through Select Audio-Visual Distribution

Tribute is an exciting expression of Steve’s fascination with the classical guitar and a homage to the composers and performers who have inspired him, in particular Andres Segovia. 'What can be said about Andres Segovia that hasn’t been said already? Let’s just say on the nylon guitar his playing informs my every note! I wrote this as a tribute to his eternal influence,' Steve says. 13 guitar solos including works by Bach, Granados, and Barrios with three Hackett originals - 'The Fountain Suite', 'Cascada' and 'Sapphires'. Steve is perhaps unique amongst his rock contemporaries as a credible classical player and 'Tribute' represents his purest engagement with classical music to date.

HARMONIA MUNDI DVD OF THE MONTH | HMD990901314 | DVD | 794881868490
Mozart Don Giovanni

Johannes Weisser (Don Giovanni), Marcos Fink (Leporello), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Donna Elvira), Werner Gura (Don Ottavio), Malin Bystrom (Donna Anna), Sunhae Im (Zerlina), Nikolay Borchev (Masetto), Alessandro Guerzoni (Il commenatore), Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs (conductor)

• Critical acclaim for the CD: ‘This will take its place among the finest complete period recordings’ (Australian Hi-Fi), ‘This is a well-cast, sophisticated reading of Mozart’s masterwork’ (Sydney Morning Herald)
• Outstanding young cast, Freiberg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Rene Jacobs
• Bonus documentary: ‘Looking for Don Giovanni’

This is the DVD companion to the critically acclaimed CD (HMC90196466) and SACD (HMC801964466) recordings. Rene Jacobs offers new keys to the reinterpretation of one of Mozart's most famous operas, aiming to strip away the yellowed varnish to reveal a vibrant masterpiece in all its dazzling colours. Performed at the Innesbruck Festival in August 2006 and filed in Baden-Baden, this staging has been much praised by the musical press internationally. Directed by Vincent Boussard, with costumes by Christian Lacroix, and a cast of outstanding singers, this production is a 'must have' for opera lovers.

HYPERION CD OF THE MONTH | CDA67598 | CD | 034571175980
Stephen Hough - A Mozart Album
Mozart Fantasias in C minor K475, K396, Piano Sonata K333, Cramer Hommage a Mozart (Etude Op 103 No 6), Friedman Menuetto in D major, Hough Three Mozart Transformations (after Poulenc), Liszt, Busoni Fantasia on Themes from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

Stephen Hough (piano)

• Best-selling Stephen Hough is ‘the pianist’s pianist’, admired for his pure artistry
• Fascinating new album explores the music of Mozart and works by others that pay tribute to him
• Unusual selection of works makes this disc a real treat

We are delighted to present this eagerly awaited recital disc from Stephen Hough. This fascinating programme begins with some of Mozart’s most audacious and forward-looking piano works. Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor K475 is a wonderfully unfettered and uninhibited work, suffused with high drama and a sense of constantly shifting moods. The Piano Sonata in B flat major K333 is a similarly ground-breaking piece, developing in scale and drama from its lyrical, gentle opening. The second part of the disc features Mozart as seen by others, from the homage of a near-contemporary right up to the modern day, with Hough’s own irresistibly quirky Mozart imaginings, and from elegant miniatures to Liszt/Busoni’s virtuosic Figaro Fantasy. This disc is full of surprises, and demonstrates the full range of Hough’s extraordinary artistry. Stephen Hough has toured Australia to great acclaim for Musica Viva and has a firm following among music lovers of all ages.

NIMBUS CD OF THE MONTH | NI7720 | CD | 0710357772023
John Amis - Amiscellany
Poulenc Babar the Elephant, Ridout Ferdinand the Bull, Poems, Songs and Whistles by Edith Sitwell, McBroom, Poulenc, Haydn, Grainger, Elgar, Blitzstein, Race, Schubert, Thwaites, Arnold, Swann

Leslie Howard (piano), Levon Chilingirian (violin), Ian Wallace, Steve Race, Donald Swann, Jeffrey Tate, Nicole Tibbels, Thomas Hemsley, Penelope Thwaites, Lyn Garland

• John Amis visited Australia in March this year, appearing on Spics and Specs and other programs
• He is best known as a regular on the My Music radio program
• This disc is utterly unique – there’s absolutely nothing like it anywhere else!
• Witty and whimsical, ‘Amiscellany’ will be snapped up by older music lovers, and will delight the younger ones who have yet to discover Amis

The original idea behind the making of this record was to enwax some "party pieces" that I sing or whistle on ‘My Music’. When friends heard that I was hoping record out to coincide with my 70th birthday several artist/composers said they would their services, hence the happy gang that appears on this CD,' said legendary music personality John Amis.

ONDINE CD OF THE MONTH | ODE6982 | CD | 0761195069820
The Sounds of Ondine - Mozart Arias Soile Isokoski with 2008

Soile Isokoski (soprano), Marita Viitasalo (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Peter Schreier (conductor)

• Acclaimed CD with full colour booklet, containing Ondine's international catalogue and introductory text
• Soile Isokoski has an unbelievably fine voice and a sterling technique to match
• Excellent price for this acclaimed recording

Discover the wonderful world of music on the Finnish label Ondine. The catalogue accompanying this marvellous disc lists all the Ondine recordings which are available on CD, SACD and DVD. The CD presents the celebrated Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski performing seven famous opera and concert arias by Mozart. After its original release as ODE 10432 in 2004, this recording garnered awards (Pizzicato Supersonic Award) and rave reviews throughout the international press.'Is there a finer Mozart singer today than Soile Isokoski? Her sumptuous lyric soprano is in its absolute prime. And she deploys it with unfailing beauty and insight into character and situation.' (The Daily Telegraph, Classical CD of the Year)

ZIG ZAG TITLE OF THE MONTH | ZZT0804026 | CD6 | 3760009291683
Beethoven Symphonies and Overtures
Complete Symphonies, Overtures - Egmont, The Consecration of the House, Coriolanus, The Ruins of Athens, The Creatures of Prometheus

Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (conductor)

• Thrilling new recording of Beethoven Symphonies and Overtures by Anima Eterna conducted by Jos van Immerseel
• The musical equivalent of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling restored to its original unblemished condition
• Based on Baerenreiter’s recent critical edition and on original research
• Bound to become a classic set
• Great price for this 6-CD Box Set from Zig Zag

This amazing 6-CD Box Set establishes a new benchmark for the Beethoven symphonies and overtures, and will surely become an absolutely classic collection. Anima Eterna is a period-intrument orchestra boasting many of Europe's most famous players (including Midori Seiler (lead violin), Frank Theuns, Marc Hantai (flute), Antoine Torunczyk (oboe), Erich Hoeprich (clarinet), and many more) under the inspired direction of Jos van Immerseel. Winds, brass and strings are perfectly balanced and positively glow with the authentic sound of late 18th- and early 19th-century Vienna. Performing at the sparklingly high concert pitch of A=440, respecting Beethoven's own metronome marks and expressive instructions, and observing the surprisingly small size of a Viennese Classical orchestra (from 37 to 56 members), Anima Eterna achieves the seemingly impossible, revitalising the way we hear these masterpieces of classical music. The result is an unbelievable combination of crystal clarity and power, thrilling impetus and startling contrast, helping us to understand just how revolutionary these symphonies were (and still are). Using Baerenreiter's recent critical editions, augmented by original research, van Immerseel interprets Beethoven's music with such amazing flair that you'll think you're hearing them for the first time. And you'll want to listen again and again.

NAXOS | 8504040 | CD4 | 747313404032
Of Beauty & Light - The Music of Philip Glass
Symphonies Nos 2, 3, 4 'Heroes', The Light, Violin Concerto, Company, Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) Adele Anthony (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
Philip Glass is one of the most popular contemporary classical composers, with many top-selling albums to his credit. Naxos is proud to present in a stylish slipbox three of his symphonies, his acclaimed Violin Concerto and other orchestral works in stunning performances. Marina Alsop's recording with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra os the 'Heroes' Symphony, for instance, scored 10/10 from Classics Today. The fourth CD in this set, 'Sonic Rebellion', presents a fascinating introduction to contemporary classics with pieces by Penderecki, Nancarrow, Cage, Henze, Scelsi, Riley, Wuorinen, Varese, Crumb, Ligeti, Gubaidulina, Plaetner, Adams, Rautavaara and Part. These ear-opening excerpts showcase the astonishing range of modern music available on Naxos.

NAXOS | 8557335 | CD | 747313273355
Blancafort Piano Music Vol 4
Pastorel-la, American Souvenir, Sonatina antiga, Ermita i panorama, Cavatina i dialeg, Romanca, intermedi i marxa
Miguel Villalba (piano)
The Catalan composer Manuel Blancafort believed strongly in the importance of nationalism in music and was keen to follow in the footsteps of Albeniz, Granados and Falla, but always with a Catalan bias. Most of the works on this recording belong to a prolific period of creative activity towards the end of the 1920s. Depicting a transatlantic journey to the USA, with impressions of both the ocean and life on board ship, the American Souvenir suite also includes a vivid yet tender homage to Charlie Chaplin. Inspired by the classicism of Bach and Scarlatti, the Sonatina antiga surprises with its bold harmonic writing. The impressionistic Ermita i panorama conjures up, through the development of a folk tune, the silence of twilight within the Catalan hermitage of Puiggracios and the view of the landscape from the summit of the hill.

NAXOS | 8557526 | CD | 747313252626
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 2, Die glueckliche Hand, Wind Quintet
Mark Beesley (bass), Simon Joly Chorale, New York Woodwind Quintet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft (conductor)
The little-known Second Chamber Symphony ought to be the most popular of Schoenberg’s later masterpieces. Neither atonal nor twelve-tone, it contrasts a lush, melodious, dramatic first movement with a rapid and richly polyphonic second movement. Die glueckliche Hand is a pantomime for two silent actors and one solo singer, 'the man'. The music is very compressed, and its two middle scenes, apart from the lines by the Man, are purely orchestral. Realising that a work of 38 minutes in atonal idiom for five winds might be less audience-friendly than any of his music heretofore, Schoenberg imparted his Wind Quintet with a display of instrumental virtuosity that surpassed anything even he had ever attempted.

NAXOS | 8557832 | CD | 747313283224
Schubert Romantic Poets Vol 3
14 Lieder including The Shepherd on The Rock
Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano), Nikolaus Friedrich (clarinet)
The Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition: Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from 18th-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, and Heine. The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert’s Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to Baerenreiter’s Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), Tuebingen, which uses primary sources, the performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research of the editorial team. This disc is the third part of the Romantic Poets series. Vols 1 (8554797) and 2 (8557831) are also available.

NAXOS | 8559324 | CD | 636943932421
Toch Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata No 2, Burlesken
Spectrum Concerts Berlin: Daniel Blumenthal (piano), Annette von Hehn (violin), Julia-Maria Kretz (violin), Hartmut Rohde (viola), Frank Dodge (cello)
Since 1997 Spectrum Concerts Berlin has made an important contribution to the growing recognition and appreciation of Ernst Toch’s unique musical voice. One of the most neglected 20th-century composers, and a noted teacher and writer on musical composition, Toch was a self-taught modernist who learned music’s fundamentals from the Mozart string quartets. This rare recording of Toch’s solo and chamber music features the powerful and defiantly vivid Piano Quintet (1938), written in Hollywood following the composer’s escape to the USA, and the poignantly melancholy Violin Sonata No 2 (1928), a product of Toch’s Berlin years when his music was regularly performed to appreciative audiences.

NAXOS | 8559356 | CD | 636943935620
Anderson Orchestral Music Vol 2
Alistair Young (piano), David McCallum (trumpet), BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music as a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop charts, a meticulous arranger of music whose own melodies were crafted with inventive precision. While he laboured alone over each measure of each piece, the result sounded as if he had pulled one marvelous tune after another out of his hat almost at will. Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson’s orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the composer did not release, with some first recordings scattered among the familiar and not-so-familiar titles. Volume 2 contains most of the rarely-heard works from Anderson’s last decade. Vol 1 (8559313) was an ABC Classic FM CD of the Week in March this year.

NAXOS | 8559377 | CD | 636943937723
Wuorinen Ashberyana, Fenton Songs I and II
Lucy Shelton (soprano), Brentano String Quartet, Da Camera of Houston, Charles Wuorinen (conductor)
The music of distinguished American composer Charles Wuorinen is notable for its compositional wit, dynamic virtuosity and intellectual rigor. This CD features vocal chamber works from the late 1990s to 2007, a new piano work, and Wuorinen’s ‘remakings’ of music by Josquin des Pres. Ashberyana, a major new work commissioned by Da Camera of Houston, sets the dazzling poetry of John Ashbery for a tour-deforce ensemble led by the composer. Fenton Songs I and Fenton Songs II offer contrasting poems by James Fenton, ranging from lyrical confessions of love to the horrors of Tiananmen Square. Two personal solo piano pieces – one dedicated to conductor James Levine – and Josquiniana, composed for the Brentano Quartet, complete this compelling portrait of one of today’s most important musical voices.

NAXOS | 8559379 | CD | 636943937921
Heggie For a Look or a Touch, Schwarz In Memoriam, Laitman The Seed of Dream
Morgan Smith (baritone), Julian Patrick (actor), Julian Schwarz (cello), Erich Parce (baritone), Music of Remembrance, Mina Miller (artistic director, piano)
Based on the true story of two teenage lovers the Holocaust tore apart forever, the dramatic song cycle For a Look or a Touch casts long-awaited light on the fate of gay Germans in the Holocaust. By noted young American opera composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, the work juxtaposes the exuberant freedom of pre-World War II Berlin with the brutal Nazi horrors that followed, while making an eloquent, poignant plea for remembrance. Seattle Symphony’s Gerard Schwarz penned In Memoriam, a beautifully meditative, elegiac piece for cello and string quartet, in honor of cellist David Tonkonogui (1958–2003). From acclaimed American art song composer Lori Laitman comes The Seed of Dream, a powerful song cycle based on five poems written by Abraham Sutzkever during his imprisonment in the Vilna Ghetto. The lyrical intensity of these poems bears witness to the transcendent power of art in resistance to the forces of cruelty. These works were commissioned by Music of Remembrance, a Seattle-based non-profit organization dedicated to remembering Holocaust musicians through their art (www.musicofremembrance.org).

NAXOS | 8570397 | CD | 747313039777
Bottesini Grand Concerto in F sharp minor, Grand Duo
Thomas Martin (double bass), Jose-Luis Garcia (violin), Emma Johnson (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
Giovanni Bottesini was not only among the most famous double bass virtuosos of his time, but he was also a distinguished conductor and composer. Known to some as the Paganini of the double bass, he significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument. The Gran Concerto in F sharp minor is arguably Bottesini’s most accomplished and involved composition for the double bass in which the instrument’s resources are fully exploited with virtuoso passages and adventurous modulations. The popular Gran Duo Concertante, originally scored for two double basses, was reworked by Paganini’s only disciple, Camillo Sivori, who rewrote and greatly expanded one of the double bass parts for the violin.

NAXOS | 8570417 | CD | 747313041770
Finzi Dies Natalis, Farewell to Arms, Two Sonnets
James Gilchrist (tenor), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill (conductor)
Quintessentially Finzi, the tender yet radiant Dies natalis, a setting of texts by the 17th-century poet Thomas Traherne, depicts both the first sensations of a child as it enters the world, and life’s tarnishing experience of the innocence of childhood. In Farewell to Arms, a further example of Finzi’s enthusiasm for 17th-century poets, the steady but inevitable tramp of time, symbolised by the measured bass and the tenor’s sad, arching melody, becomes a poignant symbol for the brevity of life as expressed in lines such as ‘O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing’. Finzi knew all too well that ‘Beauty, strength, youth are flowers but fading seen’.

NAXOS | 8570420 | CD | 747313042074
Palomo Cantos del alma, Sinfonia a Granada
Maria Bayo (soprano), Jose Luis Estelles (clarinet), Vicente Coves (guitar), Luis Garcia Montero (narrator), City of Granada Orchestra, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)
Lorenzo Palomo is one of the most successful contemporary Spanish composers. His Cantos del alma (Songs of the Soul) are settings of four poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez, 'a composition in which voice, clarinet and orchestra ... establish a poetic dialogue, both intimate and idyllic'. Palomo’s Sinfonia a Granada (Granada Symphony) was written in response to a commission from the area’s regional government. The composer himself has written, 'I have been faithful to the most authentic Andalusian music, introducing a number of Arabic and Hebraic melismas as well as cadences characteristic of flamenco'.

NAXOS | 8570466 | CD | 747313046676
Beethoven Symphony No 9 (transcribed Liszt for 2 pianos)
Leon McCawley (piano 1), Ashley Wass (piano 2)
Liszt Complete Piano Music Vol 28 presents what must be one of the most audacious keyboard transcriptions of a vocal/choral/orchestral masterpiece in the history of music - Beethoven's mighty 9th Symphony. In 1851, he transcribed the Choral Symphony for two pianos, a version of the work that won the approval of Clara Schumann and Brahms, when they played it through on the occasion of the latter’s 22nd birthday in 1855. The transcription for two pianos, with its careful inclusion of original phrasing and occasional specification of the original instrumentation, avoids the obvious difficulties of a transcription for a single piano, partially solved there by the inclusion on extra staves of the choral parts of the last movement of the symphony.

NAXOS | 8570529 | CD | 747313052974
Roussel Symphony No 2, Pour une fete de printemps, Suite in F Major
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve (conductor)
A perennial outsider in French music, Albert Roussel was the tutor of a whole generation of composers, including such diverse figures as Eric Satie and Edgard Varese. The three works included here outline the transitional phase in which Roussel’s mature idiom took shape. Most important of these is his Second Symphony, with its densely intricate orchestration and its wide range of expression, while Pour une fete de printemps is a symphonic poem that could be thought of as preparation for the larger work. With the Suite in F, Roussel arrived at his mature style; the piece is taut and economical in design, with a distinctly ‘contemporary’ feel.

NAXOS | 8570530 | CD | 747313053070
WF Bach Keyboard Works Vol 2
Julia Brown (harpsichord)
The eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach was hailed as the greatest organist in his time. Living in a time of transition, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach forged his own highly original style, combining the traditional writing learned from his father with new elements of the 'expressive and sentimental' period. Among his most famous compositions, the Eight Fugues, Fk 31 are miniature jewels. His Fantasias are wonderful examples of the freedom of expression in the new style of Empfindsamkeit.

NAXOS | 8570540 | CD | 747313054077
Zemlinsky Cello Sonata, Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Othmar Mueller (cello), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Christopher Hinterhuber (piano)
The music of Alexander Zemlinsky has come to the attention of an increasingly wide public over the past quarter-century. As with many of his contemporaries, chamber music features prominently in Zemlinsky’s formative years. The three works on this recording, written during the 1890s, reveal a skilful and assured figure in the process of working free of influences, notably Brahms. The Cello Sonata is a substantial work, notable for a dark-hued slow movement and a warmly lilting finale. While indebted to Brahms in its scoring, the Clarinet Trio is nonetheless Zemlinsky in its formal and expressive approach, and today certainly ranks among his most performed works.

NAXOS | 8570551 | CD | 747313055173
Weiss Lute Music Vol 9
Robert Barto (baroque lute)
When Silvius Leopold Weiss died (in 1750, the year of Bach’s death), he was eulogised as Europe’s greatest lutenist and one of Germany’s most gifted musicians. This series devoted to his complete lute works continues with the large-scale Sonata No 52. Thought to be a late work of the composer’s full maturity, this Sonata is notable for its extended movements and wide use of adventurous chromaticism and modulation. The Sonata No 32 makes much use of the extra low notes characteristic of the enlarged thirteen-course lute introduced around 1717. In the Sonata No 94 Weiss seems consciously to be experimenting in a style more akin to that of the following generation.

NAXOS | 8570583 | CD | 747313058372
Frolov Music for Violin and Piano
Nicolas Koeckert (violin), Rudolf Joachim Koeckert (violin), Kristina Miller (piano)
The son of a violin teacher and an accompanist, Igor Alexandrovich Frolov grew up in a musically rich environment. As well as a composer, he is a violinist, a conductor, and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Although his roots are grounded in classical tradition, elements of jazz can be found in many of Frolov’s compositions, such as the witty and entertaining Divertissement and his arrangement of Jerome Kern’s Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. The Concert Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess contains various changes of mood and a multitude of virtuosic passages for the violin, before the brilliant coda concludes this challenging fantasy, popular with both performers and audiences.

NAXOS | 8570708 | CD | 747313070879
Original Music for Shakespeare's Theatres
England’s Helicon: Gerald Place (tenor), Dorothy Linell (lute), Rebecca Hickey (soprano)
Music played an important role in the Renaissance theatre and Shakespeare brought new subtlety to its use. In a theatre without lights and sets, it fell to music to underline mood, whether for magic, comedy, feasting or pathos. Here are thirty or so settings from Shakespeare’s lifetime by Morley, Johnson, Dowland, Byrd, Ferrabosco and others, including lyrics set to ballad tunes that would have been very familiar to the actors in his company.

NAXOS | 8570737 | CD | 747313073771
Nielsen Symphonies Nos 1, 6
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)
The most important Danish composer of the first part of the 20th century, Carl Nielsen was prolific in almost all genres. Dissociating himself strongly from Late Romanticism, Nielsen orientated himself increasingly towards the new currents in European music without at any time abandoning his very personal and idiosyncratic style. The Six Symphonies, which become increasingly adventurous as the cycle progresses, are essentially tonal, emotionally direct works, which alternate long lines of melody with passages of blazing energy. The exuberant Symphony No 1 is here coupled with the enigmatic Symphony No 6, which has been described as 'music of clear sunlight and sudden shadows'.

NAXOS | 8570746 | CD | 747313074679
Saygun Piano Music
Anadolu’dan (From Anatolia) Op 25, Aksak Tartilar Uzerine 12 Prelud (12 Preludes on Aksak Rhythms) Op 45, Inci’nin Kitabi (Inci’s Book) Op 10, Aksak Tartilar Uzerine 10 Taslak (10 Sketches on Aksak Rhythms) Op 58, Sonatina Op 15
Zeynep Ucbasaran (piano)
A colleague of Bela Bartok in the collection of Turkish folk-music, Adnan Saygun was among the most distinguished Turkish composers of the twentieth century, writing music that combined Western techniques with essential elements of his country's own musical traditions. His piano music includes works that explore characteristic ‘limping’ rhythm, Turkish dance-forms and, in Inci’s Book, children's pieces of charm and simplicity.

NAXOS | 8570833 | CD | 747313083374
Dohnanyi Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2
Michael Ludwig (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)
Best known for his Variations on a Nursery Theme for piano and orchestra, the Hungarian composer Erno von Dohnanyi also wrote two published Symphonies, two Piano Concertos and two Violin Concertos, all of which have been undeservedly neglected. The rarely heard Violin Concerto No 1, notable for its Brahmsian slow movement, combines virtuosity and lyricism. Written in the mould of the great Romantic violin concerto, and with an unmistakably Hungarian flavour, the superbly orchestrated and remarkably inventive Violin Concerto No 2 (1949-50) is worthy of being ranked alongside the Concertos by Barber and Korngold.

NAXOS | 8570968 | CD | 747313096879
American Tapestry
Star-Spangled Banner (arr. John Williams), Jenkins American Overture, Hanson Suite from the opera ‘Merry Mount’, Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Tucker Ceremonial Fanfare, Bryant Radiant Joy, Bennett Suite of Old American Dances, Sousa The Washington Post March
Richard Shuster (piano), Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon (conductor)
John Williams’ arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner sets the stage for this collection of American works for wind band spanning 100 years. Featuring traditional compositions from the likes of George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Robert Russell Bennett and John Philip Sousa, as well as contemporary works from the younger generation of American composers, this release will appeal to both the wind band enthusiast and the general music lover.

NAXOS | 857027778 | CD2 | 747313027774
Bach Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Profound in spirit and monumental in scope Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are arguably the most difficult original solo works ever written for the violin. Their formidable technical challenges, especially the persistent use of multiple stops, are not just virtuoso features but are the natural result of the complexity of Bach’s musical ideas and his understanding of the instrument. The crowning glory of the set is the immense Chaconne from the Partita in D minor, a set of variations on a theme which makes unprecedented demands on the performer’s expressive and technical abilities.

NAXOS | 857036667 | CD2 | 747313036677
Mayr David in spelunca Engaddi
Merit Ostermann (mezzo-soprano), Cornelia Horak (soprano), Ai Ichihara (soprano), Sibylla Duffe (soprano), Claudia Schneider (soprano), Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble, Franz Hauk (harpsichord, director)
Born near Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Simon Mayr spent the greater part of his career in Bergamo, a flourishing cultural and economic centre in the early nineteenth century. An important figure in the promotion of Viennese classicism in Italy, he combined, in his own style, the legacy of Vienna with the dramatic and melodic genius of Italy, and held a dominant position in Italian opera before the emergence of Rossini. His oratorio David in spelunca Engeddi (David in the Cave of Engedi), with a Latin text, was written in 1795 for the Ospedale dei Mendicanti in Venice, one of the four great charitable institutions there, known for the musical achievements of its members. The oratorio deals with the conflict between David and Saul, and the refusal of David to harm the Lord’s anointed, in spite of the opportunity offered him.

NAXOS | 857059091 | CD2 | 747313059072
Rossini Piano Music Vol 1 Peches de vieillesse, Album de Chaumiere
Alessandro Marangoni (piano)
When Rossini drew a line under his own hugely successful operatic career at the age of 37, he spent his final years in Paris where he wrote numerous short piano pieces arranged in 14 volumes, which he jokingly called Peches de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age): experimental trifles which blur the boundaries between the irreverent and the serious. Volume VII, ‘Album de chaumiere’ (The Cottage Album) includes gems such as the delightful Petite polka chinoise, the intimate and touching Petite valse de boudoir and the decidedly reassuring Prelude inoffensif. The recording is rounded off with four solo piano pieces from Volume IX of the Peches, whose titles, like those of the other works on this disc, are playfully deceptive. The Melodie candide may be ostentatiously demure, but deep-down it is shameless.

NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS | 486212 | CD4 | 9789626348628
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Vol 2
by Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Timson
Here are the last Sherlock Holmes stories from The Casebook; The Illustrious Client, The Three Gables, The Lion's Mane, The Blanched Soldier, The Retired Colourman, The Veiled Lodger and Shoscombe Old Place, written by Conan Doyle at the end of his life. As with all the Naxos Audiobooks Holmes recordings with David Timson, this set is propelled by well-chosen music and the remarkable variety of characters from the bottomless imagination of the author - a tour de force that is unlikely to be matched for decades. As a bonus, the set contains a Sherlock Holmes story written by Timson himself. Which one, do you you think?

NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS | 586312 | CD5 | 978962634635
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
read by Glenn McCready and Rachel Bavidge with Cast
Wiklie Collins is a master of suspense, but his transfer to audiobook requires a cast of readers to reflect faithfully the different characters who tell the story. Walter Hartwright, a drawing teacher to two sisters, wants to marry Laura though she is betrothed to another. But who is the mysterious woman in white whom he encounters? Naxos Audiobooks brings together a strong cast to enliven the gripping mystery of The Woman in White, which has been carefully abridged for this recording.

NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS | 685012 | CD6 | 9789626348505
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
read by Clare Wille
In the village of Cranford, decorum is maintained at all times. Despite their poverty, the ladies are never vulgar about money (or their lack of it!) and always follow the rules of propriety. But this discretion and gentility does not keep away tragedy; and when the worst happens, the Amazons of Cranford show the true strength of their honest affections. A masterpiece of social comedy, Cranford is as moving as it is funny, and as sharp as it it is tender. This Naxos AudioBook is the only unabridged recording of Gaskill's best-loved novel.

NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS | 686412 | CD6 | 9789626342
The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
read by Sean Barrett
It was Adam Smith (1723-900 who first established economics as a separate branch of knowledge, and amny would say that his work has never been surpassed. The Wealth of Nations, which appeared in 1776, is the definitive text for all who believe that economic decisions are best left to markets, not governments. At the heart of Smith's doctrine is an optimistic view of self-interest. Though each individual seeks only personal gain, the collective result is increased prosperity, which benefits society as a whole. This skilful abridgement presents his main ideas and is clearly read by Sean Barrett in the only version of this classic work available on CD.

NAXOS BOOKS | 9781843792345 | PUB | 9781843792345
Discover Music of the Baroque Era
by Clive Unger-Hamilton

Grandiose and glamorous, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the courts of Europe in Italy, France, England, the German-speaking countries and Spain. Its greatest composers, including Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, head a fascinating cast of musical magicians, such as Albinoni, Buxtehude, Charpentier, Corelli, Lully, Pachelbel, Purcell and Scarlatti and others. Their lives are as intriguing as their music. We find virtuoso performers who earned their livings in the cathedrals of Europe while keeping company with kings and queens, and setting opera houses across the continent ablaze with their fabulous new music. Discover Music of the Baroque Era is rich in musical detail of the time, set against some of the greatest events in history and illustrated by a website containing 2 1/2 hours of masterpieces - both favourites and rarities - that give a marvellous feeling for what treasures the Age of the Baroque has to offer. An ideal introduction for reader (and listeners) of all ages.

NAXOS BOOKS | 9781843792352 | PUB | 9781843792352
Discover Music of the Classical Era
by Stephen Johnson

In music, the period from the middle to the end of the 18th century is usually referred to as the Classical Era. This was a period in which the art, literature and architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome were being rediscivered and re-evaluated, strongly influencing the 'modern' art of the time. Many of the immortal names of classical music lived during this time: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven among them,and also Stamitz, JC & CPE Bach, Boccherini, Gluck, Gossec and countless others. But this was also an epoch of immense social and political unrest, with challenges to the old established order culminating in the American and French Revolutions, which paved the way for the modern world. Discover Music of the Classical Era shows how all this was reflected in the music composed during these turbulent but also intensely creative and innovative years - music that remains 'classic' to this very day. Includes access to a dedicated website with 2 1/2 hours of great music.

NAXOS EDUCATIONAL | 855818687 | CD2 | 636943818626
Stravinsky A Portrait
Includes music from The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, The Soldier's Tale, Pulcinella, Les Noces, Piano Sonata, Oedipus Rex, Symphony of Psalms, Violin Concerto, Dumbarton Oaks, The Rake's Progress, Requiem Canticles, and more
Various Performers
2 CDs with over 50 tracks of Stravinsky's music plus a detailed essay by David Nice with photographs to illustrate the text.From the Russian fairy-tale enchantment of The Firebird to the austere ritual at the end of his Requiem Canticles composed over half a century later, Stravinsky's extraordinary creativity embraces a range of styles and tributes to composers of the past. He started under the guidance of Rimsky-Korsakov in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg and ended his life in America having made a very special kind of peace with the rigorous (serial) techniques of Schoenberg and Webern. Yet his homages are always heartfelt, and he always remains himself: truly the most comprehensive and wide-ranging musical genius of the twentieth century.

NAXOS EDUCATIONAL | 855820405 | CD2 | 636943820421
Rodrigo A Portrait
Includes music from various concertos such as Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasia para un gentilhombre, as well as orchestral and choral works, guitar solos, and piano pieces, presenting a vivid selection of Rodrigo’s compositions from 1923 until 1982.
Various Performers
2 CDs with 22 tracks of the music of Joaquin Rodrigo spanning his entire career plus detailed biographical essay by Graham Wade, richly illustrated with photographs. Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999) was a prolific composer whose remarkable guitar concerto, the famous Concierto de Aranjuez, brought Spanish music to the attention of a wide international public. Yet Rodrigo deserves appreciation for many masterpieces among his output of nearly 200 compositions. These CDs encompass a representative selection of his music, illustrating the immense variety and quality of the orchestral, choral and instrumental pieces written over the course of a long artistic career. Combined with an essay by Graham Wade, author of the first Rodrigo biography in the English language, this provides an excellent portrait of one of the greatest twentieth-century Spanish composers.

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0184192BC | CD10 | 782124841928
JS Bach Great Sacred Works
JS Bach St Matthew Passion, Mass in B Minor, Christmas Oratorio, St John Passion
Soloists including Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Lucia Popp, Carolyn Watkinson, Agnes Gebel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christine Oelze, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Choir, New Bach Collegium Musicum and more
JS Bach’s four great sacred works represent not only highpoints in the accomplishments of the composer himself, but are also significant milestones in the history of music as a whole. Whether presenting biblical events in the Christmas Oratorio and the Passions or imaginatively interpreting the words of the Latin mass in his B Minor Mass, Bach always speaks to listeners in a way that is both timeless and universal. These important and much-loved works are now compactly collected in this new 10 CD box set, with classic recordings drawn from the vital Bach tradition.

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0184202BC | CD8 | 782124842024
JS Bach Most Beautiful Secular Cantatas, Mass in B Minor
Peter Schreier, Berliner Solisten, Chamber Orchestra of Berlin, Radio Choir of Leipzig, New Bach Collegium Musicum
In addition to his 200 or so sacred cantatas, JS Bach was also called upon to compose secular cantatas to celebrate important events at the courts and cities in which he was employed. This 8-CD Box Set presents a generous selection of these festive works alongside his monumental B Minor Mass. 'With exquisite choral and instrumental soloists, who in the 70s and 80s were among the best exponents of Bach to be found anywhere' (Fono Forum)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0184212BC | CD11 | 782124842123
JS Bach Most Beautiful Sacred Cantatas
Choir of St Thomas Leipzig, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
This 11-CD Box Set provides an invaluable selection of JS Bach's most ravishing sacred cantatas. With 'an unbroken performing tradition in the church of St Thomas, [Hans-Joachim] Rotzsch in Leipzig maintianed a Bach culture of timeless beauty' (Fono Forum) ''we hear an echo of the tradition descending from Bach himself and still influencing the performances of motets and cantatas in Leipzig's principal churches, St Thomas and St Nikolai, as nowhere else' (Freie Presse)

BIS | BISSACD1631 | SACD | 7318599916316
JS Bach Cantatas Vol 38
Falsche Welt dir trau ich nicht BWV52, Ich habe genung BWV82, Ich armer Mensch ich Sundenknecht BWV55, Bekennen will ich seinen Namen BWV58
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Gerd Turk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
The four cantatas on this recording come from 1726-1727, Bach’s fourth year in Leipzig. During this time Bach showed a preference for solo cantatas, entrusting the text to a single solo voice. Three of these cantatas are of this type, while the fourth (BWV58) is scored for two voices. The opening sinfonia of BWV52 is based on a preliminary version of the first Brandenburg Concerto. Ich habe genung is performed in the original bass version by Peter Kooij, while Carolyn Sampson interprets BWV52 and joins Kooij in the dialogue of the duet cantata BWV58. Gerd Turk performs the cantata for solo tenor. ‘In Suzuki's recordings the listener encounters a Bach full of elan and vitality...liveliness and impulsiveness, not to say spontaneity’ (klassik.com)

CHANDOS | CHAN10455 | CD | 095115145524
Grainger Transcriptions for Wind Band
Anonymous Angelus ad Virginem, Machaut Ballade No 17, Josquin des Prez La Bernardina, Cabezon Prelude in the Dorian Mode, Ferrabosco The Four Note Pavan, Jenkins Five-Part Fantasy No 15, CPE Bach March, JS Bach Seht, was die Liebe tut', JS Bach O Mensch,
Ivor Hovorum (piano), Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor)
Most of the works on this CD are taken from a series Grainger named 'Chosen Gems for Winds', which spans several centuries from the middle Ages to modern times. Performed by acknowledged leaders in the field, the Rotal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra under Clark Russell (who have previously recorded Grainger for wind orchestra on Chandos), this disc includes several world premiere recordings. Also available Grainger Works for Wind Orchestra Vol 1 (CHAN9549) and Vol 2 (CHAN 9630).

CHANDOS | CHAN3155 | CD | 095115315521
Great Opera Arias Vol 19
Verdi Ford's monologue (Falstaff), Weill September Song, arias from Dinorah, Macbeth, La Traviata, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute
Thomas Allen (baritone), Claire Rutter (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor), Philip Tebb (bass), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
Over a long and still flourishing career Sir Thomas Allen has given benchmark performances in many operatic roles. With two spicy exceptions, every item in this program comes from an opera by Mozart or Verdi. The works chosen for this disc provide a unique showcase of Sir Thomas Allen’s unique gifts and that of the baritone in general. 'Anyone who cherishes good singing will rejoice in this great baritone’s smooth legato, perfect diction, subtle characterisation and, of course, beautiful and unmistakable voice.' (The Sunday Telegraph) 'As always, Allen was a supremely intelligent recitalist, matching sound with sense, probing the meaning of a text without fracturing the vocal line.' (The Guardian) Also available Vol 1 (CHAN 3118)

CSO RESOUND | CSOR901804 | CD2 | 810449018043
Mahler Symphony No 6
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
According to the Chicago Tribune, Haitink's Mahler 6 'felt so right [with its] accumulation of massive physical power, the feverish buildup of heroic optimism and its crushing defeat with each fatalistic blow [ and] the magnificent intensity of the CSO's playing'. 'Big an assertive...Seldom has the voice of fate sounded so terrifying' (Chicago Tribune). The multi-Grammy Award-winning Chicago Symphony Orchestra is a musical force and CSORESOUND captures the intensity and immediacy of this world-renowned orchestra live in concert.

ETCETERA | KTC1358 | CD | 8711801101958
Avecillas Sonoras - Villancicos from 18th Century Latin America
Musica Temprana
The lively rhythms of the villancico spring to life with gusto in this delightful recording which recalls the highly popular music-making of, say, Christina Pluhar, The Harp Consort or Jordi Savall. Which is simply one way of characterising the irresistible artistry of Musica Temprana. This disc combines madrigal-like music with influences drawn from the Gascon, African and Latin American spheres to create a virtuoso and highly varied recital of songs from the cathedrals of the New World.

HARMONIA MUNDI | HMC90190911 | CD3 | 794881868322
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol 4
Paul Lewis (piano)
Pianist Paul Lewis has impressed audiences and critics the world over with his consummate musicianship, never so powerfully as in his refreshing Beethoven Piano Sonatas cycle. 'We know we're in safe hands. He's a tiger; he's a lamb; he's whatever Beethoven wants, projected with an honesty and clarity that's hard to beat' (The Times) 'The spaciousness, integrity and imagination in his playing make these performances truly distinguished' (New York Times). 'A benchmark of interpretation and performance for many years to come (Australian Hi-Fi) This fourth and final volume is the culmination of a remarkable achievement. Also available Vol 1 (HMC901902), Vol 2 (HMC9010305), Vol 3 (HMC90190608)

HYPERION | CDA67600 | CD | 034571176000
Fire Burning in Snow
Music from Latin America by Juan de Araujo and Diego Jose de Salazar
Ex Cathedra Consort and Baroque Ensemble, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
'For fire burning in snow is the effect of love' - the final line from Juan de Araujo's 'Dime amor' gives this remarkable disc its paradoxical title and conjures up the passion and dramatic contrasts that make it such a delight. Described as the greatest Latin American composer of the late 17th century, Araujo dominates the repertoitre on this CD although very little is known of his life. His 3-choir setting of Dixit Dominus is a dazzling display, Silencio is a ravishing 2-choir lullaby, while Fuego de amor calls for 4 choirs breathtakingly counterpoised. Ex Cathedra's performances are energetic and stylish. ALSO AVAILABLE ON SACD (SACDA67600 | 034571576008).

HYPERION | CDA67646 | CD | 034571176468
Boccherini Six Flute Quintets Op 19
Auser Musici
Auser Musici is an ensemble which takes its name from the river which runs through the plain of Pisa. This recording, their debut on the Hyperion label, presents Boccherini's highly expressive flute Quintets Op 19. The composer gives virtuoso parts to all the instruments and employs here all the skills which have made his symphonies so enduringly popular.

WORLD VILLAGE | WV468075 | CD | 713746807528
Sentimental Streak
Catherine Russell (vocalist)
Her father, Luis, was Louis Armstrong’s longtime musical director, her mother, Carline Ray, a Julliard-trained bassist, sat in with Mary Lou Williams and Wynton Marsalis. Catherine Russell herself not only sings but also plays percussion, mandolin, guitar and keyboards, and has performed with Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Jackson Browne and Boz Scaggs, to name only a few of her legendary colleagues. Her debut album Cat (World Village WV468063) was greeted with rave reviews. Now for her second great album, Sentimental Streak, Cat and her swinging band have channelled the good-time essence of southern American juke joints and honkytonks into 13 unforgettable tracks in arrangements inspired by Chick Webb, Hoagy Carmichael, Louis Armstrong, Harold Burrage and her own father that hark back to the big-hearted women of blues and jazz – Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Nellie Lutcher, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne.

DRG | DRGCD19113 | CD | 021471911329
Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific
Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, Gordon Macrae, Margaret Whiting, Studio Casts, Orchestras conducted by Paul Weston and Frank DeVol
Here, making its debut on CD and available once more for the first time in fifty years, are Capitol Records great artists performing songs from Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific with orchestras conducted by Paul Weston and Frank DeVol. (For other great DRG new releases, see the 'non-classical cd & sacd section of this newsletter.)

ARTHAUS DVD | K101457 | DVD | 807280145793
Concert for Pope Benedict XVI - Live from the Vatican 2007
Beethoven Symphony No 9
Krassimira Stoyanova, Lioba Braun, Michael Schade, Michael Volle, Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
With this DVD Arthaus Musik presents the live recording of an extraordinary concert: the Bavarian Radio Choir and Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons perform Palestrina’s motet Tu es Petrus and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 in a concert given in honour of Pope Benedict XVI in the great audience hall of the Vatican. The final chorus of Beethoven’s symphony, based on Friedrich Schiller’s Ode to Joy, is one of the most-loved classical pieces worldwide. This music is especially suitable for connecting people from different cultures crossing all material and immaterial borders. Enter this special concert atmosphere and enjoy the address given by the pope himself, which is available on this DVD. BONUS Address by Pope Benedict XVI, Documentary 'Freude schoner Gotterfunke', with interviews and backstage footage.

CHRISTOPHER NUPEN FILMS | A08CND | DVD | 814446010048
I Know I Played Every Note
Bach Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1006, BWV1004
Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pinchas Zukerman and others
Itzhak Perlman fell in love with the sounds of the violin at the age of three and a half but contracted polio a few months later and was soon to learn that it would be impossible, with his handicap, to pursue a high-level career as a violinist. Not only has he succeeded in doing what the world thought quite impossible but he has done it on a level that few have matched. 'A frank and intimate portrait of the great violinist and a classic of its kind. In sections two and three, 'The Trout Remembered' and 'Jacqueline du Pre Remembered', the present-day Perlman reminisces movingly and fondly about the much-missed cellist...a DVD to treasure and return to.' (Classic FM magazine)

HYPERION | DVDA68001 | DVD2 | 034571880013
Bach Performance on the Piano
DVD 1: Bach Performance on the Piano - Introduction, The Essentials, Interpretation, The Dance in Bach, Learning a Fugue, Ornamentation, Practical Advice, DVD 2: Angela Hewitt Live In Concert - Partita No 4 BWV828, Italian Concerto BWV971, Chromatic Fanta
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Featured performer at this year's Musica Viva Festival, and Gramophone Artist of the Year, Angela Hewitt shares the inspiration and experience behind her award-winning playing in an illustrated lecture that explains the technical and practical steps essential for performing Bach on the piano. Her eleven-year project to record all the major keyboard works of Bach has been hailed as 'one of the recording glories of our age' and has gained her a huge following. Her extensive and critically acclaimed Hyperion discography includes Bach's The Well-tempered Clavier (CDA673012), which she will perform at the Musica Viva Festival.

AEON | AE0859 | CD | 3760058368596
Brahms Piano Sonata No 1, Gavotte, Scherzo No 4, Handel Variations
Laura Mikkola (piano)

AEON | AE0860 | CD | 3760058368602
Dialogue, chemins, recit
Boulez, Berio, Webern
Vincent David (saxophone), Ensemble Quaerendo Invenietis

AMBROISIE | AM157 | CD | 822186001578
Medee furieuse
Various Composers Vocal and instrumental music on the theme of Medea's fury
Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano), Amarillis

APR | APR5650 | CD | 5024709156504
Stevenson Passacaglia on DSCH
Ronald Stevenson (composer, pianist)

APR | APR6006 | CD2 | 5024709160068
Paderewski - His Earliest Recordings
Works by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt and others
Jan Paderewski (piano)

BBC LEGENDS | BBCL42292 | CD | 684911422924
Locke Music for His Majesty's Sackbutts and Cornetts, Schumann Symphony No 1, Brahms Symphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz (conductor)

BBC LEGENDS | BBCL42302 | CD | 684911423020
Casals Prelude, Chopin Piano Sonata no 3, Bach arr Liszt Prelude and Fugue BWV543, Mozart Piano Sonata K332
Villa-Lobos A Mare, Enchu and Passa, Passa Gaviao, Chopin Mazurkas Op 24 No 4, Op 56 no 2, Mendelssohn Song Without Words Op 67 No 4 'The Bees' Wedding'
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)

BBC LEGENDS | BBCL42312 | CD | 684911423129
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor'. Gershwin Piano Concerto
Shura Cherkassky (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Zollman (conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

BBC LEGENDS | BBCL42322 | CD | 684911423228
Mahler Symphony No 9
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling (conductor)

BBC LEGENDS | BBCL42332 | CD | 684911423327
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture, Rachmaninov Symphony No 1, Prokofiev Ode to the End of the War
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0013982BC | CD | 782124139827
Telemann Tafelmusik excerpts
Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Guttler (conductor)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0013992BC | CD | 782124139926
Handel Ode for St Cecilia's Day
Monika Frimmer (soprano), Eberhard Buchner (tenor), choristers from Landtheaters Halle, Halleschen Chorsolisten, Collegium Vocale, Handel Festival Halle Orchestra, Christian Kluttig (conductor)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0014062BC | CD | 782124140625
Music for Horn and Organ from Dresden Cathedral
Krebs, Finger, Homilius, Viviani, Poulenc, Krol
Peter Damm (horn), Hansjurgen Scholze (organ)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0014072BC | CD | 782124140724
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5
Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegfried Kurz (conductor)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0016222BC | CD2 | 782124162221
Schweister Alceste
Simone Schneider (soprano), Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Christoph Genz (tenor), Joseph Wagner (bass), Concerto Koln, Michael Hofstetter (conductor)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0016302BC | CD | 782124163020
Joseph Haydn Revisited
Piano works including Sonatas, Variations on Gott erhalte, St Catherine's Day Minuets
Ragna Schirmer (piano)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0016312BC | CD | 782124163129
Haydn Seven Last Words
Klenke Quartet

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0184222BC | CD2 | 782124842222
Verdi Requiem
Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic (soprano), Margarita Lilova (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Ottolini (tenor), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Leipzig Radio Choir and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Patane (conductor)

BERLIN CLASSICS | BC0184232BC | CD | 782124842321
La Capella Sistina (The Sistine Chapel)
Choral Music by Palestrina, Dufay, Josquin, Festa
Various Performers

BIS | BISCD1440 | CD | 7318590014400
Villa-Lobos Choros Vol 1
Choros No 5 'Alma Brasileira', No 7 'Settimo', No 11
Cristina Ortiz (piano), Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling (conductor)

BIS | BISCD1578 | CD | 7318590015780
Pickard The Flight of Icarus, The Spindle of Necessity, Channel Firing
Christian Lindberg (trombone), Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

BIS | BISCD1655 | CD | 7318590016558
Debussy Piano Music Vol 4
Twelve Etudes, Etude retrouve, Intermede, Six Epigraphes Antiques, Les soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon
Noriko Ogawa (piano)

BIS | BISCD1658 | CD | 7318590016589
Christian Lindberg - A Composer's Portrait II
Lindberg Asa, Joe Jack Binglebandit, Akbank Bunka, Gypsy Kingdom, Of Blood So Red, Bombay Bay Baracuda
Christian Lindberg (trombone, conductor), Richard Tognetti (violin), Neal Peres da Costa (harpsichord), Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra

BIS | BISCD1757 | CD | 7318590017579
Grieg Songs Vol 7
Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

BIS | BISSACD1432 | SACD | 7318599914329
Tchaikovsky, Glazunov Violin Concertos
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

BIS | BISSACD1738 | SACD (NOT HYBRID) | 7318599917382
Mendelssohn Complete String Symphonies
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz (conductor)

BIS | BISSACD1766 | SACD (NOT HYBRID) | 7318599917665
Mendelssohn Complete Concertos
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Ronald Brautigam, Roland Pontinen, Love Derwinger (piano), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz (conductor)

BRASS CLASSICS | BC3008 | CD | 502358130083
One Clear Call - New Music with Tuba
Music by Dave Powell, Shostakovich, Ben Ellin, Mahler, Williams, Pastorius, Cacavas, May
Nick Etheridge (tuba), Big Band

CALLIOPE | CAL9385 | CD | 794881878925
Bach Guitar Suites BWV995 (1011), BWV997, BWV1012
Pascal Boels (10-string guitar)

CALLIOPE | CAL9388 | CD | 794881882427
Dukas Complete Piano Works
Olivier Chauzu (piano)

CALLIOPE | CAL9393 | CD | 794881879229
Saint-Saens Piano Concertos Nos 1, 2
Abdel Rahman El Bacha (piano), Orchestre de Picardie, Pascal Verrot (conductor)

CALLIOPE | CAL9402 | CD | 794881879526
Faure Requiem
Les Petits Chanteurs de Sainte-Croix, Les Soloistes de l'Opera de Paris

CHANDOS | CHAN10457X | CD | 095115145722
Bax Orchestral Works Vol 9
The Truth About The Russian Dancers, From Dusk Till Dawn
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson (conductor)

CHANDOS | CHAN10460 | CD | 095115146026
Bainton Orchestral Works
Concerto Fantasia, The Golden River Suite, Pavanne Idyll and Bacchanal, Three Pieces for Orchestra
Margaret Fingerhut (piano), BBC Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor)

CHANDOS | CHSA5061 | SACD2 | 095115506127
Schmidt Das Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln
Sandra Trattnigg (soprano), Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Chum (tenor), Robert Holl (bass-baritone), Manfred Hemm (bass), Robert Kovacs (organ), Vienna Singverein, Tonkunstler Orchester Niederosterreich, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)

CLARINET CLASSICS | CC0057 | CD | 502358100572
Reflections
Finzi Clarinet Concerto, Fitkin Agnostic, Carl Davis Concerto Hungarica
David Campbell (clarinet), Aurora Orchestra, Nick Collon (conductor)

CPO | CPO7771122 | CD | 761203711222
Wagenseil Symphonies Vol 2
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Goritzki (conductor)

CPO | CPO7771732 | SACD2 | 761203717323
Haydn String Quartets Op 20 'Sun'
Pellegrini Quartet

CPO | CPO7772372 | SACD | 761203723720
Hausegger Natursymphonie
WDR Radio Choir and Orchestra Cologne, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

CPO | CPO7773232 | CD | 76203732326
Dussek Piano Sonatas Op 77, Op 9 Nos 1-3
Markus Becker (piano)

CPO | CPO7773282 | CD | 761203732821
Romberg Der Messias
Veronika Winter, Markus Schaefer, Ekkehard Abele, Bernhard Scheffel, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)

CPO | CPO7773652 | CD2 | 761203736522
Naumann la Passione di Gesu Christo
Monica Bragadin, Makoto Sakurada, Raffaele Giordani, Alfredo Grandini, La Stagione Armonica Chorus, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Sergio Balestracci (conductor)

ELOQUENTIA | EL0813 | CD | 3760107400130
Lecointe Point Bak, Apres Masques, Nocturnes
Claviers de Lyon percussion ensemble

ETCETERA | KTC1313 | CD | 8711801101354
Haydn Music for Baryton Trio
Netherlands Baryton Trio

ETCETERA | KTC1326 | CD | 8711801101620
Wagenaar Orchestral Works
Janny Zomer (soprano), Ingrid Nissen (oboe), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eri Klas (conductor)

ETCETERA | KTC1343 | CD | 8711801101729
Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Egidius Kwartet, Gregoriana, Bas Ramselaar (bass)

ETCETERA | KTC4025 | CD | 8711801102085
Flemish Connection Vol VIII - Flor Alpaerts
Guido de Neve (violin), Flemish Radio Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik (conductor)

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD93213 | CD | 4010276020332
Mozart Essential Symphonies Vol 3
Symphonies Nos 8, 40, Symphony based on Posthorn Serenade K320
SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Roger Norrington (conductor)

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD98262 | CD | 4010276019121
Rinck Sacred Works
Collegium Vocale Siegen, Peter Scholl (organ), Ulrich Stotzel (conductor)

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD98281 | CD | 4010276019626
Mendelssohn String Symphonies Nos 7, 12, Italian Symphony
Heidelnerg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD98293 | CD | 4010276020257
The Most Beautiful Classical Melodies
Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi
Various performers, including Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling (conductor), Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD983192 | CD | 4010276019770
Bloch Concerto Symphonique, Concerto Grosso No 1, Scherzo Fantastique
Jenny Lin (piano), SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Kaiserslauten, Jiri Starek (conductor)

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD98509 | CD | 4010276020554
Haydn Theresienmesse, Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War)
Simona Saturova, Ruth Ziesak, Roxana Constantinescu, Corby Welch, Christoph Pregardien, York Felix Speer, Michel Brodard, Oregan Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra, Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Rilling

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD98517 | CD | 401027602820
Haydn Symphonies Nos 70, 73 'The Hunt', 75
Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Thomas Fey (conductor)

HELIOS | CDH55220 | CD | 034571152202
Howells Requiem, Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (conductor)

HELIOS | CDH55260 | CD | 034571152608
English Classical Violin Concertos
Brooks Violin Concerto No 1, Linley Jnr Violin Concerto in F major, Shaw Violin Concerto in G major, Wesley Violin Concerto No 2
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)

HELIOS | CDH55293 | CD | 034571152936
The Medieval Romantics - French Songs and Motets (1340-1440)
Works by Solange, De Porta, Machaut, Da Firenze, De Senleches, Dufay, Velut, De Lymburgia
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)

HYPERION | CDA67572 | CD | 034571175720
Dvorak Pianos Trios in B flat major Op 21 and in G minor, Suk Elegy
Florestan Trio

HYPERION | CDA675812 | CD2 | 034571175812
Reger Cello Sonatas, Cello Suites
Alban Gerhardt (cello), Markus Becker (piano)

HYPERION | CDA67612 | CD | 034571176123
Organ Fireworks Vol XII
Music by Buxtehude, Petr Eben, Gade, Rheinberger, Vierne, Dupre, Brahms, Karg-Elert
Christopher Herrick (organ of Haderslev Cathedral, Denmark)

HYPERION | CDA67619 | CD | 034571176192
Ernst Violin Music
Fantasie brillante sur le Marche et la Romance d'Otello de G Rossini, Six Etudes for solo violin, Elegie sur la mort d'un object cheri, Erlkonig Grand Caprice for violin
Ilya Gringolts (violin), Ashley Wass (piano)

HYPERION | CDA67622 | CD | 034571176222
Spohr Symphonies Nos 4, 5, Das befreite Deutschland Overture
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley (conductor)

HYPERION | CDA67623 | CD | 034571176239
Poulenc Gloria, Motets, Salve Regina, Exultate Deo
Susan Gritton (soprano), Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)

HYPERION | CDA67632 | CD2 | 034571176321
Clementi Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 1
Six Piano Sonatas Op 1, Op 2 Nos 2, 4, 6, Op 7 Nos 1, 2, 3, Op 8 Nos 1, 2, 3, WO13, WO14
Howard Shelly (piano)

HYPERION | CDA67644 | CD | 034571176444
Ives Romanza di Central Park and Other Songs
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)

HYPERION | CDA67668 | CD | 034571176680
Alpha and Omega
Pitts The Peace of Jerusalem, Sanctus and Benedictus, A Thousand Years, My Dove, The 'I AM' Sayings of Jesus
Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts (conductor)

HYPERION | CDA67672 | CD | 034571176727
Martinu Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol 2
Concerto da Camera, Violin Concerto, Czech Rhapsody
Bohuslav Matousek (violin), Karel Kosarek (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

LIGIA | LIG302184 | CD | 3487549901840
Schumann Violin Sonatas
Stephanie-Marie Degand (violin), Olivier Peyrebrune (piano)

LYRITA | SRCD233 | CD | 5020926023322
Bax Symphonies Nos 2, 5
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman, Raymond Leppard (conductors)

LYRITA | SRCD256 | CD | 5020926025623
Rawsthorne, Berkeley, Bush
Lennox Berkeley Violin Sonatina Op 17, Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet Op 47, Alan Bush Three Concert Studies Op 31, The Cruel Sea Captain Op 50, Galiard and Air from Suite Op 54, Corentyne Kew-Kwe Op 75, Rawsthorne Clarinet Quartet (1948)
The Music Group of London, Aeolian Quartet members

LYRITA | SRCD274 | CD | 5020926027429
Gerhard Symphony No 4 'New York', Violin Concerto
Yfrah Neaman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

LYRITA | SRCD293 | CD2 | 5020926029324
William Alwyn
CD 1: Mirages, Divertimento for Solo Flute, Naiades Fantasy-Sonata CD 2: Fantasy-Waltzes, Sonata Alla Toccata
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano), Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute), Marisa Robles (harp), Sheila Randell (piano)

MICHAEL NYMAN RECORDS | MNRCD113 | CD | 5060116570595
Nyman In Re Don Giovanni, Visiting The Don, Trysting Fields
Michael Nyman Band

NAIVE | V5091 | CD | 822186050910
Dvorak Stabat Mater Original Version 1876
Alexandra Coku (soprano), Renata Pokupic (alto), Pavol Breslik (tenor), Markus Butter (bass), Accentus, Brigitte Engerer (piano), Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

NIMBUS | NI5807 | CD | 0710357580727
Kaddish
Weill Berlin Requiem, Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw, Bernstein Symphony No 3 'Kaddish'
Samuel Pisar (narrator), Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, John Axelrod (conductor)

NIMBUS | NI5816 | CD | 0710357581625
Prokofiev Five Melodies Op 35, Concertino Op 132, Classical
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Southbank Sinfonia, Simon Over (musical director)

NIMBUS | NI7948 | CD | 0710357794827
Zinka Milanov in Recital (1906-89)
Arias and Songs by Giordano, Schumann, Brahms, Richard Strauss, Bersa, Pavese, Kunc, Hageman, Songs of Yugoslavia (Croatia)
Zinka Milanov (soprano)

ONDINE | ODE11072 | CD | 0761195110720
Roussel Symphony No 3, The Spider's Feast
Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

ONDINE | ODE11095 | SACD | 0761195110959
Shostakovich Symphony No 5, Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christopher Eschenbach (conductor), Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano), Juliette Kang (violin), Hai-Ye Ni (cello), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

ONDINE | ODE11112 | CD | 0761195111123
Oskar Merikanto Songs
Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Ilkka Paananen (piano)

ORFEO | ORFC756081 | CD | 4011790756127
Leoncavallo Pagliacci
Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Matteo Manuguerra, Heinz Zednik, Wolfgang Schoene, Vienna State Opera, Adam Fischer (conductor)

PENTATONE | PTC5186171 | SACD | 827949017162
Liszt 12 Etudes d'execution transcendente
Claudio Arrau (piano)

PENTATONE | PTC5186316 | SACD | 827949031663
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5, 8
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

PENTATONE | PTC5186326 | SACD | 827949032660
Schumann Symphonies No 1 'Spring', No 2
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (conductor)

PRAGA DIGITALS | PRDDSD250241 | SACD | 794881857722
Beethoven String Trios No 2 Op 8 'Serenade', Op 8 Nos 1, 2
Beethoven String Trio

PRAGA DIGITALS | PRDDSD250247 | SACD | 794881858323
Weber Piano Sonatas Nos 1, 2, Invitation to the Dance
Jean-Francois Heisser (piano)

PROPRIUS | PRCD2042 | CD | 822359020429
Ave Maria
Music for the Virgin Mary by Arcadelt, Bruckner, Britten, Poulenc, Durufle, Lauridsen and other composers
Korallerna, Cantores Cathedrales, Lund Cathedral Boys Choir, Eva Svanholm (conductor)

RCO LIVE | RCO08001 | SACD | 5425008376288
Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel
Debussy La Mer, Dutilleux L'arbre des Songes (Violin Concerto), Ravel La Valse
Dmitry Sitovestky (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)

SWEDISH SOCIETY | SSACD1131 | SACD | 822359311329
Linde Orchestral Works Vol 2
A Merry Overture Op 14, Musica Concertante Op 27, Suite Variee Op 21, Suite Boulogne Op 32
Gavle Symphony Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist (conductor)

TAHRA | TAH63637 | CD2 | 3504129063610
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4, Symphonies Nos 6, 8, Brahms Symphony No 1
Leon Fleischer (piano), Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)

TAHRA | TAH64748 | CD2 | 3504129064716
Boccherini, Haydn, Beethoven String Quartets
Boccherini String Quartet Op 39 No 3, Haydn String Quartets Op 76 Nos 2, 4, Op 3 No 5, Beethoven String Quartet No 10 Op 74
Quartetto Italiano

TESTAMENT | SBT1418 | CD | 749677141820
Sibelius Symphonies Nos 2, 5
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

TESTAMENT | SBT1419 | CD | 749677141929
Mendelssohn, Chopin, R Strauss Cello Sonatas
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Leonard Pennario, Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

TESTAMENT | SBT1421 | CD | 749677142124
Rafael Kubelik Conducts Dvorak, Martinu and Beethoven
Dvorak Symphonic Variations Op 78, Martinu Invocation (Piano Concerto No 4), Beethoven Symphony No 5
Rudolf Firkusny (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

TESTAMENT | SBT21413 | CD2 | 749677141325
Cesare Valletti The Art of Song
CD 1: The Art of Song Part 1, Town Hall Recital 16 October 1959 CD 2: The Art of Song Part 2, Town Hall Recital 28 October 1960
Cesare Valletti (tenor), Leo Taubman (piano)

ZIG ZAG | ZZT0803012 | CD2 | 3760009291652
Forqueray Harpsichord Pieces (transcribed from viola da gamba)
Blandine Rannou (harpsichord)

ARTHAUS DVD | K100353 | DVD | 807280035391
Monteverdi Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Zurich Opera 2002 Production

ARTHAUS DVD | K100367 | DVD | 807280036794
Paisiello Nina
Zurich Opera 2002 Production

ARTHAUS DVD | K101335 | DVD4 | 807280133592
The Bolshoi Ballet II
Glazunov Raymonda, Prokofiev The Stone Flower, Ivan the Terrible, Khachaturian Spartacus
Bolshoi Ballet

ARTHAUS DVD | K101443 | DVD | 807280144390
Fazil Say - Alla Turca
A film by Gosta Courkamp
Fazil Say (piano)

ARTHAUS DVD | K101455 | DVD | 807280145595
Opera Night 2007
Famous Arias by Rossini, Verdi, Massenet, Puccini, Bellini
Various Performers

ARTHAUS DVD | K101811 | DVD | 807280181197
Furtwangler's Love
A film by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Various Performers

ARTHAUS DVD | K101813 | DVD | 807280181395
Opera Fanatic
An opera road movie with the 'world's highest tenor' directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Stefan Zucker (tenor), with Anita Cerquetti, Iris Adami Corradetti, Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Marcella Pobbe, Giulietta Simionato, Magda Gavazzi, Gina Cigna, Gigiola Frazioni

BEL AIR | BAC033 | DVD | 3760115300330
Donizetti Don Pasquale
Patrizia Ciofi, Simone Alaimo, Norman Shankle, Marzio Giossi, Grand Theatre de Geneve Chorus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Evelino Pido (conductor)

BEL AIR | BAC209 | DVD | 3760115302099
Le Parc
Music by Mozart
Paris Opera Orchestra, Angelin Prejocaj (choreographer)

BIS | BISDVD1678 | DVD | 7318599916781
Christian Lindberg - The Total Musician
Sandstrom Motorbike Concerto, Berio Sequenza V, Kagel Atem, Documentary Films: To Follow Your Own Star, Across The Pond And Beyond; Music Videos: Bombay Bay Baracuda, Brassbones
Christian Lindberg (trombone), Charles Vernon (bass trombone), Ole Edvard Antonsen, Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor), Swedish Wind Ensemble, Nordic Chamber Orchestra

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1902 | DVD | 5023581190224
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 1
Brahms Cello Sonata Op 99
William Pleeth (cello)

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1903 | DVD | 5023581190323
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 2
Barber Cello Sonata
William Pleeth (cello)

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1904 | DVD | 5023581190422
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 3
Elgar Cello Concerto
William Pleeth (cello)

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1905 | DVD | 5023581190521
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 4
Beethoven Cello Sonata Op 102
William Pleeth (cello)

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1906 | DVD | 5023581190620
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 5
Haydn Cello Concerto in D major
William Pleeth (cello)

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1907 | DVD | 5023581190729
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 6
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
William Pleeth (cello)

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1908 | DVD | 5023581190828
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 7
Beethoven Cello Sonata Op 69
William Pleeth (cello)

CELLO CLASSICS | CC1909 | DVD | 5023581190927
William Pleeth - a Life in Music Vol 8
Dvorak Cello Concerto
William Pleeth (cello)

EUROART DVD | 2072188 | DVD | 880242721884
Karl Bohn in Rehearsal and Performance
Richard Strauss Don Juan
Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Bohm (conductor)

EUROART DVD | 2072328 | DVD2 | 880242723284
Mozart The 'Haydn' Quartets
String Quartets No 14 K387 'Spring', No 15 K421, No 16 K428, No 17 K458 'Hunt', No 18 K464, No 19 K465 'Dissonance'
Hagen Quartet

EUROART DVD | 2072408 | DVD | 880242724083
Beethoven Symphony No 9
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Rene Kollo, Jose van Dam, Deutschen Oper Berlin Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

EUROART DVD | 3077968 | DVD | 899132000473
Sergiu Celibidache Conducts Ravel and Debussy
Ravel Bolero, Alborada del Gracioso, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Debussy Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'une Faune, Iberia
Munich Philharmonic, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)

OPUS ARTE | OA0990D | DVD2 | 809478009900
Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro
Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson, Gerald Finlay, Dorothea Roschmann, Graciela Araya, Ana James, Rinat Shaham, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor)

OPUS ARTE | OABD7002D | BRDVD | 809478070023
Mozart Die Zauberflote
Will Hartmann, Dorothea Roschmann, Diana Damrau, Franz-Josef Selig, Simon Keenlyside, Ailish Tynan, Adrian Thompson, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Colin Davis (conductor)

OPUS ARTE | OAHD5007D | HDDVD | 809478050070
Puccini La Boheme
Inva Mula, Laura Giordano, Aquiles Machado, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Teatro Real Madrid, Jesus Lopez Cobos (conductor)

OPUS ARTE | OAR3101D | DVD | 809478031017
MacMillan Mayerling
Irek Mukhamedov, Viviana Durante, Darcey Bussell, Lesley Collier, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

DRG | DRGCD91506 | CD | 021471150629
Simply Styne
Julie Styne Funny Girl, Just In Time, Time After Time, It's Been A Long Long Time, I Fall In Love Too Easily, The Gypsy Suite, Long Before I Knew You, The Lies Medley, I Hadn't But You Did, 10,432 Sheep
Karen Akers, Don Rebic (trumpet), Dick Sarpola (bass)

HAENSSLER CLASSIC | CD93203 | CD2 | 4010276020424
Jazz Matinee - Let Freedom Swing
SWR Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi (composer, conductor)

HAT HUT | HATOLOGY649 | CD | 752156064923
In A Row
Paul Bley (piano), Hans Koch (clarinets, saxophones), Franz Koglmann (flugelhorn)

HAT HUT | HATOLOGY651 | CD | 752156065128
Line Up
Russ Lossing (piano), John Herbert (double bass)

HAT HUT | HATOLOGY659 | CD | 752156065920
The Pond
Manuel Mengis (trumpet), Achim Escher (alto saxophone), Roland von Flue (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Flo Stoffner (electric guitar), Marcel Stalder (electric bass), Lionel Friedli (drums)

HAT HUT | HATOLOGY660 | CD | 752156066026
Michael Adkins Quartet
Michael Adkins Quartet, russ Lossing (piano), John Herbert (double bass), Paul Motion (drums)

IRIS MUSIC | IR3001836 | CD | 3464630018366
Elegance
Romane, Stochelo Rosenberg (guitar)

IRIS MUSIC | IR3001983 | CD | 3464630019837
Os Afro Samba
Baden Powell (guitar)

LABEL BLEU | LB6699 | CD | 794881874224
Caroline Monaco
Sarah Murcia (double-bass), Olivier Py (tenor saxophone), Gilles Coronado (guitar), Franck Vaillant (drums)

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CM2741249 | CD | 794881726721
Come Into My Swing
Angelo Debarre, Ludovic Beier

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CM2741442 | CD | 794881827725
Da questa parte del mar
Gianmaria Testa

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CM2741579 | CD | 794881882724
Swing from Paris
Les Pommes de ma Douche

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CM2741592 | CD | 794881884322
Itrane
Music by Christophe Marguet
Quartet Resistance Poetique: Sebastien Texier (saxophone), Bruno Angelini (piano), Mauro Gargano (double bass), Christophe Marguet (drums)

DRG | DRGCD19103 | CD2 | 021471910322
Melina Mercouri in Illya Darling
Ralph Burns Studio Album of the show
Melina Mercouri, Original Broadway Cast

DRG | DRGCD19108 | CD | 021471910827
Ethel Merman in Happy Hunting
Ethel Merman, Fernando Lamas, Original Broadway Cast

ACCORDS CROISES | AC121 | CD | 794881871124
Batements au coeur de l'Orient (Heartbeats of the Orient)
Keyvan Chemirani (zarb), Anindo Chatterjee (tabla)

DAQUI | 332035 | CD | 794881872923
Sport et Couture
Amestoy Trio

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CM2741543 | CDDVD | 794881882526
Borboreo
Flamenco Guitar Music
Juan Carmona (guitar)

MARABI | MRB468242 | CDDVD | 794881875825
Brazza
Congolese Drumming Music
Les Tambours de Brazza (Ngoma drums, drum sets, bass, guitars)

IRIS MUSIC | IR3001847 | CD2 | 3464630018472
Anthologie du Cante Vol 1
Paco de Lucia (guitar), Fosforito (singer)

IRIS MUSIC | IR3001854 | CD | 3464630018540
Qalam Kar
Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Djamchid, Trio Chemirani, M Esmaili (guimbarde)

IRIS MUSIC | IR3001984 | CD | 3464630019844
Caminho Paro o Amazonas
Boa Fonte: Pascal Bournet (guitar, musical arrangements), Hector Gomez (percussion)

O+MUSIC | OP119 | CD | 3760106071195
Oye Afra
Alfredo Rodriguez (piano, vocal)

RADIO FRANCE | C581652 | CD | 794881882120
Tenderness and Mad Passion - Yiddish Songs
Moshe Leiser, Ami Flammer, Gerard Barreaux

WORLD VILLAGE | WV468074 | CD | 713746807429
Divine Inspiration
Aruna Sairam (vocalist)

ARTHAUS DVD | K102101 | DVD | 807280210194
Car Men
A film by Boris Paval Conen and Jiri Kylian