March New Releases

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NAXOS CD OF THE MONTH | 8557690 | CD | 747313269020
TCHAIKOVSKY
VIOLIN CONCERTO & SOUVENIR D'UN LIEU CHER
Ilya Kaler (violin), Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)

One of the most popular classical works ever written
Multi-competition-winning soloist with Gramophone Award-winning international orchestra and conductor
Includes several of Tchaikovsky’s most delightful shorter works

NEW RECORDING OF ORCHESTRAL EVERGREEN Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is among the among the most popular concertos in the orchestral repertoire. This much-loved masterpiece is coupled with lesser-known gems of the violin repertoire: Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op 42, Serenade melancolique Op 26 and Valse-Scherzo Op 34. Soloist Ilya Kaler has won gold medals at three of the world’s most prestigious competitions: the Tchaikovsky (Moscow, 1986), the Sibelius (Helsinki,1985), and the Paganini (Genoa, 1981), and is frequently compared to violinists such as Heifetz and Perlman. The Russian Philharmonic draws its musicians from the highest ranks of Russia’s most famous orchestras.

NAXOS NOSTALGIA | 8120830 | CD | 636943283028
ROGERS & HART
EASY TO REMEMBER - SONGS
Franklyn Baur, Milton Berle, Frank Black, Bob Borger, Al Bowlly, Bing Crosby, Frank Crumit, Ruth Etting, Fran Frey, Jack Fulton, Betty Garrett, Charles Gaylord, Leslie A Hutchinson, Al Jolson, Bob Lawrence, Jeanette MacDonald, Jessie Matthews, Helen Morgan, Lee Morse, Bob Rice, Jack Shilkret, Sophie Tucker, Mary Jane Walsh, Austin Young, 3 Shades of Blue, The Revelers, The Rhythmettes, Broadway Nitelites, Carroll Gibbons Orchestra, Georgie Stoll Orchestra, Harry Sosnik Orchestra, Lee Morse Bluegrass Boys, Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra, Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Ray Noble Orchestra, Victor Young Orchestra

19 Songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (1925-1946)
Legendary artists, including Milton Berle, Bing Crosby, Ruth Etting, Al Jolson, Jeanette MacDonald, Sophie Tucker and many more!
Features Mountain Greenery, I’ve Got Five Dollars, Isn’t It Romantic, The Lady Is A Tramp, I Didn’t Know What time It Was, Blue Moon and other great tracks

TUNEFUL AND TASTY, SCHMALTZY AND SMART; MUSIC BY RODGERS, LYRICS BY HART.' Irving Berlin’s famous rhyme sums up the enduring appeal of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. For more than twenty years they personified the savvy sentimental tunes that poured off the Broadway stage. The list of performers alone, many of them the original interpreters, guarrantees an unforgettable trip down memory lane!

NAXOS NOSTALGIA | 8120837 | CD | 636943283721
GEORGE FORMBY VOL 2
IT'S TURNED OUT NICE AGAIN
George & Beryl Formby, Jack Hylton Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, John Firman & Jack Hylton (conductors)

Comic communicator par excellence
Great Songs: The Old Kitchen Kettle, I Told My Baby With The Ukulele, If You Don't Want The Goods Don't Maul 'Em, Levi's Monkey Mike, With My Little Ukulele In My Hand, She's Never Been Seen Since Then, You Can't Keep A Growing Lad Down, Madame Moscovitch, Fanlight Fanny, The Isle Of Man, Oh Dear Mother, Keep Your Seats Please, The Lancashire Toreador, It's In The Air, It's Turned Out Nice Again, You Can't Go Wrong In These, The Barmaid At The Rose And Crown, They Laughed When I Started To Play, The Mad March Hare’ You Don't Need A License For That

20 ORIGINAL 1932–1946 RECORDINGS The 'charismatic fool with the ukulele', who brought music-hall slapstick to the picture-house and embodied Blackpool seaside levity during the Depression years and Wartime, George Hoy Booth was a top British Commonwealth box-office draw between 1935 and 1945. The unflagging devotion and strong showbiz instinct of his comic actress and champion clogdancer wife, Beryl, galvanised George's career.

NAXOS DVD | 2110514 | DVD | 747313551453
BRITTANY & NORMANDY: A MUSICAL JOURNEY
MUSIC BY DEBUSSY
Various Artists

New title in the highly popular A Musical Journey DVD series
Features beautiful scenery and music
Locally produced, so stock is readily available

ENCHANTING FRENCH SCENERY & MUSIC The landscape, tinged by the magic of history, offers an unforgettable panorama of the two regions. The music by Debussy used here includes the evocative Prélude à l’aprèsmidi d’un faune, later transformed into a ballet by Nijinsky, the three Nocturnes, orchestral pieces that again suggest the beauty and variety of the landscapes, and finally La mer, in all its changes from dawn to dusk.

NAXOS DVD | 2110516 | DVD | 747313551651
SOUTHERN FRANCE: A MUSICAL JOURNEY
MUSIC BY ARCADELT, BERLIOZ, BOULANGER, CHOPIN, DEBUSSY, DELIBES, FAURE, LASSUS, MASSENET, PUCCINI, RAVEL & SAINT-SAENS
Various Artists

New title in the highly popular A Musical Journey DVD series
Features beautiful scenery and music
Locally produced, so stock is readily available

FRENCH MUSICAL TRADITION Scenes of Provence, with its ancient Roman remains and ancestral traditions, mingle with the coast of the Côte d’Azur and the great nature reserve of Camargue. Puccini may seem an outsider but finds a place here with his transformation of Manon Lescaut into an immensely moving opera. Be swept away on a rapturous voyage that brings to life centuries of French culture.

NAXOS DVD | 2110518 | DVD | 747313551859
SICILY: A MUSICAL JOURNEY
MUSIC BY BACH, LEONCAVALLO, MENDELSSOHN, MOZART, PAGANINI, SALIERI, VERDI & VIVALDI
Various Artists

New title in the highly popular A Musical Journey DVD series
Features beautiful scenery and music
Locally produced, so stock is readily available

SICILY'S REMARKABLY VARIED CULTURE The historical changes that Sicily has undergone are reflected in its culture. The music chosen for this tour of Sicily is largely Italian, ranging from Salieri to Verdi and Leoncavallo. Other composers included are Mozart, Mendelssohn and Bach, the last represented by a characteristic Sicilian dance, and the Italian violinist and composer Paganini.

NAXOS DVD | 2110520 | DVD | 747313552054
TUSCANY: A MUSICAL JOURNEY
MUSIC BY CATALANI, DONIZETTI, DA MILANO, GLUCK, MOZART, PAGANINI, PUCCINI, VERDI & VIVALDI
Various Artists

New title in the highly popular A Musical Journey DVD series
Features beautiful scenery and music
Locally produced, so stock is readily available

VIVA ITALIA! The Tuscan region stretches from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea and includes, among its nine provinces, Pisa, Siena and Lucca. The music chosen for this tour of Tuscany is largely Italian, ranging from the 16th-century Milanese lutenist Francesco Canova da Milano to the Venetian Vivaldi, the Genoese-born violinist Paganini and the opera composers Donizetti, Verdi, Catalani and Puccini. There's also appropriate music by the Italian-trained Gluck and from Mozart’s Italian opera Don Giovanni.

NAXOS DVD | 2110522 | DVD | 747313552252
LOIRE CHATEAUX: A MUSICAL JOURNEY
MUSIC BY CHOPIN
Various Artists

New title in the highly popular A Musical Journey DVD series
Features beautiful scenery and music
Locally produced, so stock is readily available

DANCE THROUGH THE FAMOUS LOIRE REGION François I moved his court to the Valley of the Loire at a time when French Gothic architecture bloomed under the influence of the Italian Renaissance style resulting in many imposing Chateaux. The music accompanying this tour is all by Fryderyk Chopin, who settled in Paris and generally spent the summer months in the Black Valley, is taken from his many popular waltzes.

NAXOS DVD | 2110525 | DVD | 0747313552559
VIVALDI
THE FOUR SEASONS DVD
Takako Nishizaki (violin), Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser (conductor)

DVD companion to the top-selling, highly praised Naxos title (1 million units sold worldwide)
Special Australian re-release to celebrate Naxos 20th Anniversary
CD also available on Naxos 8570373

VIVALDI'S MOST FAMOUS MUSIC WITH BEAUTIFUL SCENERY 'The super-bargain Naxos version is given first-class sound, warm, fresh and well balanced. Takako Nishizaki plays beautifully, displaying an appropriate degree of bravura, and the accompaniment under Stephen Gunzenhauser is modest in scale and pleasingly finished.' (Penguin Guide)

NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS | 242212 | CD2 | 9789626344224 | ISBN97896263442
FAMOUS COMPOSERS VOL 2
HANDEL, HAYDN, MENDELSSOHN, CHOPIN, RACHMANINOV, JOHN WILLIAMS
Written by Darren Henley, Read by Marin Alsop

More than 60 musical excerpts
Conductor Marin Alsop is a superb guide to the life and music of six great composers
2nd volume in a prize-winning series from Naxos AudioBooks

A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC The first volume of Famous Composers won a prestigious Audie in the US. Volume 2 once again bring to life in an entertaining and informative way, with numerous musical selections, the works of six great composers. More than 21/2 hours of listening.

ASV CD OF THE MONTH | GLD4025 | CD | 743625402520
MENDELSSOHN
STRING QUARTETS OP 13 & OP 80, FOUR PIECES OP 81
Elias String Quartet

Debut album by The Elias String Quartet, one of the UK’s most vibrant young ensembles
The Quartet has a strong affinity with Mendelssohn’s passionate music

POWERFUL ROMANTIC CHAMBER MUSIC Drawn from Ensemble 360, resident at Music In The Round in Sheffield, The Elias Quartet has performed worldwide, and broadcast live on national radio in the UK, France and Sweden. It is also resident at Kettles Yard in Cambridge, and at York and Sheffield Universities with Ensemble 360. Critical praise for their live performances: ‘A heaven-storming performance…big things lie ahead of them.’ (The Strad) ‘The emotional chemistry here was manifestly unusual…pure magic.’ (The Sunday Telegraph)

BIS | BISSACD1551 | SACD | 7318599915517
BACH
CANTATAS VOL 34
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Turk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

Highly acclaimed Bach Cantata Series on BIS
Includes three contrasting works, by turns joyful, dramatic and contemplative
Hybrid SACDs will also play, with superior sound, on standard CD Players

GREAT MUSIC OF SPIRITUALITY The three cantatas on this disc come from Bach's early years in Leipzig. Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV1 is a joyful Annunciation cantata, Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort BWV126 calls for God's support against the enemies of humanity, and Herr Jesu Christ wahr' Mensch und Gott BWV127 pleas for the forgiveness of sins. Each is a splendid and emotionally rich spiritual journey brimming with exquisite music that has stood the test of time.

HARMONIA MUNDI CD OF THE MONTH | HMC901957 | CD | 794881834020
HANDEL
IL DUELLO AMOROSO & OTHER ITALIAN CANTATAS
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Helene Guilmette (soprano), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor)

One of the world’s best-loved countertenors returns to Harmonia Mundi!
Andreas Scholl and Ottavio Dantone have both toured Australia to great acclaim
Four delightful cantatas and a trio sonata by the youthful Handel

SPLENDID NEW RELEASE The young Handel's compositions astonished everyone with their charming freshness when he visited Italy in his early 20s and have become very popular in our own time. Joined by the young French-Canadian soprano Helene Guilmette, Andreas Scholl and the Accademia Bizantina bring to life four cantatas (Amarilli vezzosa, Nel dolce tempo, Vedendo Amor & Mi palpita il cor) which explore the triumphs and traumas of the lover's lot.

HARMONIA MUNDI | HMX2907262 | CD | 093046626228
GEMINIANI
CONCERTI GROSSI VII-XII
Andrew Manze (violin & director), David Watkin (cello), Academy of Ancient Music

Specially-priced CD with Harmonia Mundi 2007 Catalogue
Six orchestral concertos based on Corelli’s popular Violin Sonatas op 5
Multi-award-winning recording, including ‘10/10’ from Classics Today & ‘Excellent’ from Goldberg

BLISSFUL BAROQUE In these six concertos Francesco Geminiani explores and expands on the chamber music of his beloved teacher Arcangelo Corelli to create orchestral music of immense charm and sophistication. Manze leads the Academy of Ancient Music as only a true master can, allowing this melodious music to shine again for today's listeners. This recording is a bright gem among the many featured in the Harmonia Mundi catalogue.

HARMONIA MUNDI | HMX2901502 | CD | 794881833023
MENDELSSOHN
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM & HEBRIDES OVERTURE
Sandrine Piau, Delphine Collot (soprano), La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-elysees, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

Specially-priced CD with Harmonia Mundi 2007 Catalogue
Highly-praised recording of two best-loved works by Mendelssohn
Outstanding historically-informed interpretations by leading performers – pure magic!

MAGICAL, MYSTERIOUS MENDELSSOHN What better way to explore the new Harmonia Mundi catalogue than to the sounds of Mendelssohn's marvellous music? Inspired by Shakespeare's great play and a visit to the sea-tossed Fingal's Cave, the works on this stunning disc show how inventive and effective the young composer was at conjuring up other worlds in music. 'It seems only natural that we should rediscover - indeed reappraise - all that is neat, winsome and uncluttered in Mendelssohn's music' (Gramophone)

HARMONIA MUNDI | HMU907415 | CD | 093046741525
HANDEL
CONCERTI GROSSI OP 3
The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (director)

Premiere release of Academy of Ancient Music under Richard Eggar
Sparkling performances of Handel’s first set of Concerti Grossi
Available on both CD and hybrid SACD

HANDEL IN LONDON The six widely diverse Concerti Grossi Op 3, published in 1734, and the rarely heard Sonata in Five Parts, a miniature concerto for violin and keyboard, are performed with zest and style by the Academy of Ancient Music and its newly appointed music director Richard Egarr in their first recording together. This is volume I of a projected Handel series - an exciting prospect indeed given their sterling achievement on this debut release! Also available on hybrid SACD (HMU807415).

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMU807415 \| SACD \| 093046741563 HANDEL CONCERTI GROSSI OP 3 The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (director)
This is the hybrid SACD version of the CD HMU907415.

HARMONIA MUNDI | HMU807419 | SACD | 093046741921
ENGLISH MUSIC FOR COMPLINE
ENGLISH MUSIC FOR COMPLINE
Stile Antico

The group has performed with Sting on tour, Songs from the Labyrinth, singing songs by John Dowland.
Exciting young chamber choir which performs without a conductor
Sublimely beautiful music impeccibly sung
Multi-award-winning disc: Choc du Monde de la Musique, ‘10/10’ Classics Today, Diapason d’Or

AWARD-WINNING CHORAL MUSIC They performed the music of John Dowland with Sting, now vocal ensemble stile antico makes its harmonia mundi debut with a programme of 16th- and 17th-century polyphony written by some of England's greatest composers for the office of Compline, last of the daily hours and a form of night prayer.'Outstanding consort singing' (Early Music Review) Also available on CD (HMU907419).

HYPERION CD OF THE MONTH | CDA67583 | CD | 034571175836
ROMANTIC CELLO CONCERTOS VOL 2
MUSIC BY SCHUMANN, VOLKMANN, GERNSHEIM & DIETRICH
Alban Gerhardt (cello), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (conductor)

Conductor Hannu Lintu visits Australia during April 2007
Includes two premiere recordings – Dietrich’s & Gernsheim’s Concertos
Composers featured were all good friends and colleagues of Brahms, whose high opinion was hard to gain!

LUSCIOUS, RICH ROMANTICISM Praise for his 'passion and sensitivity' (BBC Music Magazine), Alban Gerhardt here interprets four cello concertos by German composers who achieved considerable success in their own lifetimes and whose music deserves renewed recognition today. Also available: The Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 1 (Dohnanyi, Enescu & D'Albert) CDA67544, which was BBC Music Magazine's Orchestral Choice. 'Gerhardt's playing, with its richly hued tone, gets right to the heart of this music' (The Daily Telegraph, London)

LABEL BLEU | LBLC2571 | CD | 0794881621927
MAHOTELLA QUEENS
SEBAI BAI
Mahotella Queens

Mahotella Queens perform at WOMADelaide in March 2007

UP TEMPO MUSIC OF HEARTFELT JOY Their music is Mbaqanga ('cooking-pot'), the rhythm of Soweto, electrified music with a rapid beat, a mixture of ancient Zulu refrains, traditional popular singing, black American soul music, and Marabi - the urban music of the townships, happy and irreverent, Africa’s best-loved music. These three exceptional women have returned - out to conquer the world again.

LIVING ERA | CDAJA5656 | CD | 743625565621
MY FAIR LADY & A DOZEN STANDARDS

Andre Previn (piano), Shelly Mann (drums), trio, quartet & strings

A superb CD spotlighting a youthful Andre Previn as brilliant jazz pianist, including the whole of his classic My Fair Lady LP with drummer Shelly Manne
20 original recordings (1946-56)

DAZZLING YOUTHFUL JAZZ PIANO Berlin-born American pianist, conductor and composer Andre Previn led the field in the world of Hollywood musicals and as a jazz pianist. Living Era’s survey has six late-40s tracks including Ellington specials (Take The ‘A’ Train), great standards (Hallelujah!) then six early 50s tracks with trio or quartet (September In The Rain, Honeysuckle Rose) and with strings (Who’s Sorry Now?). In 1956 Previn recorded an LP of jazz versions of songs from My Fair Lady. These scintillating interpretations sound as fresh now as when they were recorded.

	NAIVE CLASSIQUE \| OP30429 \| CD \| 709861304295 VIVALDI LUTE & MANDOLIN CONCERTOS Rolf Lislevand (mandolin & lute), Ensemble Kapsberger
VIVACIOUS VIVALDI Naïve's Vivaldi Edition has revolutionised the way we listen to the Red Priest's music with startlingly lively interpretations of his vocal and orchestral music. This new release, the only title dedicated to concertos for plucked-string isntruments, continues to refresh our appreciation of Vivaldi's incredible imagination and creativity. A 'must-have' album!

	NAIVE CLASSIQUE \| V5070 \| CD \| 0822186070505 HAYDN FIVE PIANO SONATAS Fazil Say (piano)
HEAR HAYDN WITH OPEN EARS Haydn's piano sonatas have been unjustly overshadowed by those of Beethoven and Mozart, yet they are delightful and challenging works in their own right. Fazil Say's performances of the Sonatas Hob XVI Nos 10, 31, 35, 37 & 43 prove that, in the pianist's words, Haydn actually 'has something to tell us'.

	SOLI DEO GLORIA \| SDG128 \| CD2 \| 843183012824 BACH CANTATAS VOL 22 Angharad Gruffydd Jones, Gillian Keith, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
BACH PILGRIMAGE Cantatas for Easter Sunday: Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV4, Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubliliert BWV 31; Cantatas for Easter Monday: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen BWV 66, Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden BWV 6; Cantatas for Easter Tuesday: Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiss BWV 134, Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen BWV 145.

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	NAXOS \| 866020304 \| CD2 \| 730099620321 ROSSINI CIRO IN BABILONIA Giovanni Bellavia, Riccardo Botta, Anna Rita Gemmabella, Wojtek Gierlach, Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade, Maria Soulis, Giorgio Trucco, ARS Brunensis Chamber Choir, Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonino Fogliani (conductor)
THE FALL OF BABYLON A story of love, marital fidelity, the defeat of tyrannical King Belshazzar and the triumph of good, Rossini’s Ciro in Babilonia is a bold work with brilliantly thrilling music. It includes all the time-honoured ingredients of grand opera: the trial of love, military scenes, a turncoat's help, disguise, prison scenes, a funeral march and - a happy ending!

	NAXOS \| 8570403 \| CD \| 747313040377 COLLAGE: PEABODY INSTITUTE 150TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BY BIRD, GLINKA, HOLSINGER, SCHOENBERG SOUSA & WOLFENDEN Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Harlan D Parker (conductor)
WONDERFUL WINDS Glinka’s ever-popular Ruslan and Lyudmilla overture begins this journey through the wind band repertoire that includes one of its cornerstones, Schoenberg's Theme and Variations. Arthur Bird's charming Suite in D for flute, Woolfenden's Suite for full wind band and Holsinger’s To Tame the Perilous Skies lead to one of Sousa's great marches.

NAXOS | 8570221 | CD | 747313022175
CHIN
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Felix Fan (cello), Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern (conductor)

CHINESE CLASSICS Formosa Seasons is based on a series of Haiku-like poems, and is dedicated to the celebrated Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin. It follows the format of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and has enjoyed many performances. The Double Concerto for Violin and Cello was also dedicated to Cho-Liang Lin, and to the Taiwanese-American cellist Felix Fan, who had studied with Yo-Yo Ma and Janos Starker.

	NAXOS \| 8570213 \| CD \| 747313021376 MENDELSSOHN SONGS WITHOUT WORDS Axel Strauss (violin), Cord Garben (piano)
EXPRESSIVE CHAMBER MINIATURES Mendelssohn's Songs without Words for piano served as a very personal musical diary, purely and simply expressing musical meaning without verbal connotation. In arranging some of them for violin and piano Friedrich Hermann created a beautiful addition to the chamber repertoire

	NAXOS \| 8570146 \| CD \| 747313014675 LHOYER DUOS CONCERTANTS Lorenzo Micheli, Matteo Mela (guitar)
THRILLING GUITAR DUOS Antoine de Lhoyer, one of the most eminent 19th-century composers for the guitar, was a teacher, professional musician and soldier. His concertante guitar duos feature dramatic, almost theatrical dialogue between the instruments, providing music of exceptional variety seldom equalled in the repertoire.

	NAXOS \| 857011314 \| CD2 \| 747313011377 HANDEL TOBIT Maya Boog, Alison Browner, Barbara Hannigan, Stephan MacLeod, Linda Perillo, Knut Schoch, Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini (conductor)
POPULAR POSTHUMOUS PASTICHE Compiled by John Christopher Smith from Handel’s operas, oratorios and other works, the oratorio Tobit is a winning synthesis of religion and entertainment. Having suffered in adversity, the steadfast Tobit is finally restored to health and prosperity, while his son Tobias is safely married.

	NAXOS \| 8570019 \| CD2 \| 747313001972 SIBELIUS SONGS VOL 1 Hannu Jurmu (tenor), Jouni Somero (piano)
SUBTLE SONGS FOR TENOR Sibelius wrote around a hundred songs, mostly setting Swedish texts, with eight settings of German verses and only a handful in Finnish. This double-CD set presents 52 of his songs, the earliest dating from 1888 and the latest from 1925, effectively spanning his creative career.

	NAXOS \| 8570010 \| CD \| 747313001071 D SCARLATTI KEYBOARD SONATAS VOL 8 Lee Soyeon (piano)
SCARLATTI'S STUNNING KEYBOARD LEGACY In response to a knighthood conferred on him by John V of Portugal, Domenico Scarlatti dedicated to the king a volume consisting of over five hundred pieces for the keyboard. Their never-failing invention and vitality is so remarkable that they remain favourites to this day.

NAXOS | 8559461 | CD | 636943946121
IN CELEBRATION OF ISRAEL
MUSIC BY JULIUS CHAJES, HERBERT FROMM,MAX HELFMAN, WALTER SCHARF, SHALEM SECUNDA & KURT WEIL
Margaret Bishop Kohler, Ana Maria Martinez, Benzion Miller, Martin Schebesta, Vienna Boys Choir, Eastman Players, Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra

22 TRACKS Kurt Weill: Hatikva, Julius Chajes: Old Jerusalem (Psalm 134), Herbert Fromm: Pioneers (Halutzim) - March on Israeli Motifs, Max Helfman: Israel Suite, Julius Chajes: Hebrew Suite, Walter Scharf: The Palestine Suite, Herbert Fromm: Yemenite Cycle, Shalem Secunda: Yom b'kibbutz (A Day on a Kibbutz)

	NAXOS \| 8559322 \| CD \| 636943933220 HUANG RUO CHAMBER CONCERTO CYCLE (2000-2002) International Contemporary Ensemble, Huang Ruo (conductor)
EAST MEETS WEST The composer Huang Ruo has written: ‘My concertos represent the different stages and styles of my writing, and are a journal of my travels in the Eastern and Western worlds, looking also towards the future. Chamber Concerto No 1 ‘Yueh Fei’, No 2 ‘The Lost Garden’, No 3 ‘Divergence’ & No 4 ‘Confluence’

	NAXOS \| 8559285 \| CD \| 636943928523 ADAMS COMPLETE PIANO MUSIC Ralph van Raat (piano)
CAREER-SPANNING PIANO COMPOSITIONS John Adams enjoys a wide audience. Phrygian Gates and China Gates could be regarded as his first 'minimal' works. Hallelujah Junction reflects his love of jazz and popular music. His most recent piano work, American Berserk, has been described as a fractured boogie-woogie.

	NAXOS \| 8559265 \| CD \| 636943926529 WOLPE THE MAN FROM MIDIAN & PIANO SONATA The Group for Contemporary Music
BIBLICAL BALLET & CHAMBER MUSIC 'COMING OF AGE' Stefan Wolpe's ballet The Man from Midian (1942) is an encounter between European cultural and historical ideas and Middle Eastern melodies and structures. Wolpe described his Sonata for Violin and Piano as ‘one of the first pieces which show my personal liberation’.

	NAXOS \| 8559132 \| CD \| 636943913222 SOUSA MUSIC FOR WIND BAND VOLUME 6 Royal Artillery Band, Keith Bryon (conductor)
QUNTESSENTIAL MARCHS John Philip Sousa, 'The March King', personified turn-of-the-century America and the new nation's brash energy. This sixth disc in the Naxos series includes The Golden Star, The Federal, The Gladiator and The Liberty Bell, (in)famous as the signature tune for Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

	NAXOS \| 8557918 \| CD \| 747313291823 MARTINU PIANO MUSIC VOL 2 Giorgio Koukl (piano)
IMAGINATIVE PIANO MUSIC Martinu’s solo piano works have long been overshadowed by his orchestral and chamber music. This disc features three sets of Puppets, his Film en miniature, The Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon, Les bouquinistes, and the two sets of Garden Cycles. Delicate, sentimental, personal and popular in style.

	NAXOS \| 8557829 \| CD \| 747313282920 VIVALDI BASSOON CONCERTOS VOL 4 Tamas Benkocs (bassoon), Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Bela Drahos (conductor)
VIRTUOSIC VIVALDI Thirty-nine of Vivaldi's nearly five hundred concertos are for bassoon with strings and continuo. The fast outer movements demand considerable virtuosity while the inner slow movements explore the lyrical, soulful potential of the bassoon. Vols 1, 2 and 3 are available on Naxos 8555937, 8555938 and 8557556.

	NAXOS \| 8557612 \| CD \| 747313261222 ALFVEN SYMPHONY NO 5 & ANDANTE RELIGIOSO Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen (conductor)
SYMPHONIC SWEDEN Hugo Alfven is regarded as one of Sweden's the most significant composers. The Fifth Symphony draws on themes from his ambitious ballet The Mountain King and is rarely heard. The Andante religioso is Alfven’s arrangement for harp, celesta and strings of an intermezzo from his Revelation Cantata Op 31.

NAXOS | 8557251 | CD | 747313225125
BUXTEHUDE
VOCAL MUSIC VOL 1
Emma Kirkby (soprano), John Holloway, Manfredo Kraemer (violin), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord & organ)

Dietrich Buxtehude left over 120 vocal works featuring an extremely wide range of texts, scorings, genres and compositional styles. This first volume of the Naxos re-issue edition of the complete vocal music recorded by Dacapo includes such masterpieces as the funeral music Fried– und freudenreiche Hinfahrt, music of the most profound grief expressed using the simplest of means, and the sacred concerto Singet dem Herrn, Buxtehude’s only vocal work scored with solo violin, in which the composer seems to be pointing to violin playing as one of the wonders of God.

	NAXOS \| 8557126 \| CD \| 747313212620 SCHUBERT STRING QUARTETS VOL 7 Gyozo Mathe (viola), Kodaly Quartet
SUBLIME SCHUBERT String Quartets in C minor D103 ‘Quartettsatz’ & No 5 in B flat major D68, String Trio in B flat major D471, 5 Minuets & 6 Trios D89, Overture in C minor D8. Writing for strings was as natural for Schubert as breathing and his melodic gifts are among the most notable qualities of his enormous output.

	NAXOS \| 8557076 \| CD \| 747313207626 SCHUMANN LIEDER VOL 3 Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Stefanie Iranyi (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Uta Hielscher (piano)
SCHUMANN'S YEAR OF SONG Album of Songs for the Young Op 79 & Lieder und Songs I Op 27. In 1840 Schumann poured out almost 140 of his finest Lieder. The songs on this disc were described by him as settings of ‘poems suitable for children and of course only from the best poets’. The themes of nature and love predominate.

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	AEON \| AECD0746 \| CD \| 3760058367469 MURAIL WINTER FRAGMENTS Erin Lesser (flute), Argento Chamber Ensemble, Michel Galante (conductor)
MOODS OF NATURE Amongst the so-called ‘spectral’ composers, no one more than Tristan Murail puts Nature forward as a source of inspiration, as is often conveyed by the titles themselves. Beautiful melodies and haunting moods characterise the four works on this disc: Winter Fragments, Unanswered Questions, Ethers, Feuilles a travers les cloches, and Le Lac.

	APR \| APR5528 \| CD \| 5024709155286 UNPUBLISHED RECORDINGS MUSIC BY JS BACH & BRAHMS Adolf Busch (violin), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Aubrey Brain (horn)
RARE PRE-WAR RECORDING TREASURES Here are three unpublished performances by the greatest violin-piano duo of the 20th Century - Bach's Violin Sonata no 5 BWV1018 (rec. 1939) , Brahms' Violin Sonata No 1 (rec. 1936) and Brahms' Trio in E flat for piano, violin and horn (rec. 1933) - joined for the latter masterpiece by legendary horn-player Aubrey Brain.

	APR \| APR5599 \| CD \| 5024709155996 PIANO MUSIC BY MOZART, SCHUBERT & SCHUMANN Valerie Tryon (piano)
ELEGANT PIANO RECITAL Mozart's Sonata in B flat K333, Schubert's in A major D664 and Schumann's Fantasy in C Op 17 provide ample scope for Valerie Tryon's poetic and skillful interpretations. An enthusiastically-received concert soloist and award-winning artist, Tryon has recently moved from the UK to North America, where her career continues to flourish.

	APR \| APR6004 \| CD2 \| 5024709160044 COMPLETE EUROPEAN SOLO RECORDINGS (1930-36) MUSIC BY CHOPIN, LISZT, SCARLATTI, HAYDN, BACH, BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, DEBUSSY, POULENC, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, RACHMANINOV & PROKOFIEV Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
2CDs FOR THE PRICE OF 1 The young Horowitz presents some of the most impressive piano playing ever committed to disc, as these sensational early recordings show. Classic CD praised APR's 'fuller, richer piano sound, where every nuance is crystal clear…in these magical recordings.' This 2-CD set is a must for everyone who loves great piano music.

	HALLE \| CDHLL7513 \| CD \| 743625751321 DEBUSSY LA MER Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
OCEANS OF SOUND Elder gives a dramatically fresh interpretation of Debussy’s well loved tone poem, coupled with world premiere recordings of Colin Matthew’s stunning orchestrations of Debussy's Preludes. When the Halle won the RPS Ensemble Award, the judges said 'The revival of the Halle under Mark Elder is one of the great success stories of British classical music.'

	BIS \| BISCD1427 \| CD \| 7318590014271 SCHNITTKE: EPILOGUE - MUSIC FOR CELLO & PIANO Torleif thedeen (cello), Roland Pontinen (piano)
ECLECTIC & ELEGIAC Alfred Schnittke's music for cello was inspired by greats such as Rostropocich, Ivashkin and Gutman, the first of whom praised the composer's 'all-embracing, all-encompassing genius'. The Cello Sonatas Nos 1 & 2, Epilogue, Improvisation and Musica Nostalgica show the many facets of his playful and complex poly-stylistic approach.

	BIS \| BISCD1525 \| CD \| 7318590015254 SIBELIUS THE ORIGIN OF FIRE & OTHER WORKS FOR MALE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA Tommi Hakala (baritone), tom Nyman (tenor), YL Male Voice Choir, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
Sibelius' The Origin of Fire, Sandels and Har do mod? Are given here is two alternative versions, showing the composer's development, while other works may here be heard in unusual versions. The performers are acknowledged experts in this rarely heard repertoire.

	BIS \| BISCD166566 \| CD3 \| 7318591665663 RACHMANINOV THE THREE SYMPHONIES Royal Scottish National orchestra, Owain Arwel hughes (conductor)
3 DISCS FOR THE PRICE OF 2 Alongside his three epic symphonies, here are Rachmaninov's seldom-heard 'Youth Symphony', Price Rostislav symphonic poem, and the popular Vocalise in the composer's own orchestral version. Repertoire has praised these recordings as 'The great modern Rachmaninov cycle.'

	BIS \| BISSACD1301 \| SACD \| 7318599913018 PROKOFIEV ROMEO & JULIET - THE THREE SUITES Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
COMPOSER'S CHOICE Lasting a little over half the length of his full-scale ballet, Prokofiev's three Suites contain his own favourite movements from the ever-popular ballet and preserve the outline of the star crossed lovers' tragic tale. This disc marks Andrew Litton's debut on the BIS label, while the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra's recent Grieg cycle has been a critical hit.

	BIS \| BISSACD1598 \| SACD \| 7318599915982 GOLDEN AGE OF THE CORNET MUSIC BY CLARKE, HOHNE, GRIEG, CODE, HOCH, HARTMANN, BORG, DINICU, SIMON, BULL & BELLSTEDT Ole Edvard Antonsen (cornet), Royal Norwegian Navy Band, Ingar Bergby (conductor)
'THE CORNET BELONGS TO THE ANGELS' said Herbert Lincoln Clarke, one of the greatest cornettists of all time. This celebratory and versatile program spans the globe, from Australian Percy Code to Prussian John Hartmann, American Frank Simon to Norway's Edvard Grieg, in a sparkling and virtuosic recital for cornet and 32-piece wind band.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL9392 \| CD \| 794881839520 WEILL: VIOLIN CONCERTO, BERNSTEIN: SERENADE Regis Pasquier (violin), Orchestre de Picardie, Edmon Colomer (conductor)
FASCINATING MAJOR WORKS Leonard Bernstein's Serenade (1954) is a violin concerto in all but name, while Weill's 1924 composition pits the solo instrument against the orchestral wind section to create scintillating sonorities. These are contrasting works by two of the greatest 'humanist' composers of the 20th Century, passionately played.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL9381 \| CD \| 794881839322 TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO 5 Orchestre National des Pays de Loire, Isaac Karabtchevsky (conductor)
TRAGIC DESTINY Tchaikovsky's Fifth is often held to evoke the tragedy of the composer's own destiny, though the extent to which it is autobiographical is debatable. Whatever the case, it is one of his most powerfully driven scores: heartfelt, introspective, bold and rich in emotional detail. This new recording glows with the Russian panache of its conductor.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL3630 \| CD \| 794881839629 VIVALDI: PICCOLO CONCERTOS TELEMANN: SEVEN FANTASIES Jean Louis Beaumadier (piccolo), Orchestre National de France, Jean Pierre Rampal (conductor)
WONDERFUL WIND CONCERTOS Vivaldi and Telemann were among the most cosmopolitan and popular composers of the early-to-mid 18th Century, revered for their inexhaustible imaginations and mastery of the concerto form. Virtuosity complements lyricism in these delightful performances given under the musical direction of one of the 20th Century's greatest flautists.

	CLARINET CLASSICS \| CC1017 \| CD \| 5023581101725 BRAHMS & WEBER QUINTETS WITH TWO CELLOS Divertimenti Ensemble
RICHLY-SCORED STRING QUINTETS Brahms’ Quintet in F Minor Op 34 was originally intended as a two-cello string quintet. The 1946 reconstruction by Sebastian Brown reveals this beloved work in a completely new light. Joseph Miroslav Weber's prizewinning Quintet in D Major owes much to his Bohemian roots. This is the Divertimenti Ensemble's first Cello Classics CD.

	CPO \| CPO7772632 \| CD \| 761203726325 DAVIDOFF CELLO CONCERTOS Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra,Terje Mikkelsen (conductor)
CONSUMMATE CELLO CONCERTOS Latvian-Russian composer Carl Davidoff's Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 fascinate listeners with their dizzying virtuosity and are interpreted with mastery on this disc, as is Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. Award-winning cellist Wen-Sinn Lang has performed in Europe and Asia with conductors such as Lorin Maazel and Sir Colin Davis.

	CPO \| CPO7772042 \| CD \| 761203720422 JF FASCH TRIOS & QUARTETS Epoca Barocca
BRIGHTLY COLOURED BAROQUE Following its successful discs of Heinichen (CPO7771152) and Schaffrath (CPO7771162), Epoca Barocca turns to Johann Friedrich Fasch, who took Telemann as his model for these chamber works featuring recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon and continuo. Epoca Barocca paints a baroque sound canvas with many nuanced shadings.

	CPO \| CPO7771712 \| CD \| 761203717125 HINDEMITH DANCE PIECES OP 19, IN EINER NACHT OP 15 & PIANO SONATA NO 3 Christian Seibert (piano)
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BUCHBINDER & KATSARIS Young pianist Christian Seibert's recent CD of Toch (CPO9999262) gained high praise: 'He combines flawless perfection of playing technique with an infallible and entirely uncommon musicianship - interpretively, a masterly performance.' (FonoForum) These three piano pieces by Paul Hindemith are simply fantastic!

	CPO \| CPO7771862 \| CD \| 761203718627 JS BACH ORGAN WORKS VOL 19 Gerhard Weinberger (Silbermann Organ, Hofkirche Dresden)
BY BACH OR NOT? Toccata et Fuga in D minor BWV 565; Fugue in C BWV Anh II 90; Partita 'Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn' BWV Anh II 77; Partita 'Wenn wir in hoechsten Noeten sein' BWV Anh II 78; Fantasia et Fuga in A minor BWV 561, Chorales. Whether or not these astonishing works are authentic, they deserve to be heard, especially when so well played on such a fine instument!

	CPO \| CPO7772432 \| CD \| 761203724321 HAYDN PIANO TRIOS VOL 7 Trio 1790
ENTERTAINING EARLY PIANO TRIOS Haydn's Piano Trios Hob XV:34, 35, 38, 40 & 41 were probably written while he was Music Director to Count Morizin, who must have enjoyed their light-hearted and entertaining character. Of this CPO series, klassik.com has written: 'Entertaining, exciting chamber performances on the highest level.'

	CPO \| CPO7771452 \| CD \| 761203714520 SCHEIDT GREAT SACRED CONCERTOS La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (director)
BAROQUE SPLENDOUR REVIVED Samuel Scheidt ranks with Schutz and Schein among the greatest 17th-century German composers. Hard-hit by the Thirty Years’ War, he had to reduce his compositions, originally conceived on a grand scale, to the barest essentials. We now hear their full musical splendor in Roland Wilson's reconstructions from original manuscripts.

	DA CAPO \| 8224708 \| CD \| 636943606124 KAYSER SYMPHONIES VOL 1 Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Aeschbacher (conductor0
RICH DANISH SYMPHONIES Leif Kayser (1919-2001), one of the young hopes of Danish musical life, broke off his musical career to become a Catholic priest. This disc features his 2nd and 3rd Symphonies, which typify the composer’s remarkable technical mastery and rich sonorous idiom, uniting Danish music with the most exciting elements of European music.

	DA CAPO \| 8226061 \| CD \| 636943606124 HARTMANN VOLVENS SPADOM Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
DANISH SYMPHONIC SPIRIT Volvens Spadom Op 71 (1870-72); Yrsa Op 78 (1881); Axel og Valborg Op 57 (1857); Hakon Karl Op 40 (1844); Corregio Op 59 (1832); Guldhornene Op 11 (1882) A pupil of Spohr and a central character in Danish musical life throughout the 19th century, Hartmann wrote some of the most important and independent works in Danish music.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC901941 \| CD \| 794881834129 MOZART PIANO SONATAS IN B FLAT K358 & D K381, VARIATIONS, PRELUDES & DANCES Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim (Stein vis-à-vis Harpsichord/Piano)
KEYBOARDS FACE-TO-FACE This incredible disc features a unique Andreas Stein instrument from 1777 which combines harpsichord and piano within a single frame! The extravagant sound possibilities it offers for the performance of Mozart's music for keyboard duet are explored as never before by Staier and Schornsheim. You'll want to hear this disc more than once!

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMI987071 \| CD \| 8427592000928 MOZART: GRAN PARTITA & ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO SOLER: DIVERTIMENTO ON THEMES FROM UNA COSA RARA Moonwinds, Joan Enric Lluna (director)
HARMONIOUS WIND MUSIC In 18th-century Vienna the 'hit tunes' from opera were popularised by windbands, which also perfomed at aristoctratic functions. Here are two such sets, from Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Wendt) and Martin y Soler's Una cosa rara, alongside the immortal Gran Partita, Mozart's masterpiece in this entertaining genre.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC901931 \| CD \| 794881834228 SCHUBERT SWANSONG & LIEDER Werner Gura (tenor), Christoph Berner (piano)
SCHUBERT'S POSTHUMOUS MASTERPIECES Published in the year after his tragic early death, the Swansong comprises 14 of Schubert's final Lieder including the anguished Der Doppelganger, together with six other Lieder to texts by Goethe. Gura and Berner are a remarkable team fully capable of bringing these wide-ranging songs vividly to life.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMI987073 \| CD \| 8427592000942 PAISAJES DEL RECUERDO BASQUE SONGS Carlos Mena (countertenor), Susana Garcia de Salazar (piano)
LANDSCAPES OF THE MEMORY Although this repertoire will most likely be unfamiliar, prepare for a delightful discovery! These 32 songs of love, wine, gardens and the countryside by modern Basque composers are as tender as Canteloube's famous Chansons d'Auvergne. Personally selected by Carlos Mena, these pieces create a unique portrait of the Basque region.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMI987072 \| CD \| 8427592001000 INFLUENCIAS STRING QUARTETS BY RAVEL, TURINA & TOLDRA Casals Quartet
SPANISH INFLUENCES Ravel's String Quartet of 1903 is deservedly one of his best-loved chamber works, but those of Turina and Toldra are much less well known. Turina's La oracion del torero (1925) explores in music the thoughts of a Toreador about to enter the bullring, while Toldra's Vista al mar (1921) was inspired by a poem about the Mediterranean Sea.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC90194748 \| CD2 \| 794881834327 DEBUSSY THREE UNPUBLISHED IMAGES, POUR LE PIANO, ESTAMPES, LE PETIT NEGRE, SIX EPIGRAPHES ANTIQUES, &C. Alain Planes (piano)
DAZZLING DEBUSSY In the final volume of his recordings of Debussy's complete solo piano music Alain Planes presents charming early pieces alongside acknowledged masterpieces such as Pour le Piano and Estampes. (Also available: alain planes plays Debussy - Etudes HMC901601; Preludes HMC901695; Children's Corner, Suite Bergamesque & Images HMC901893).

	HELIOS \| CDH55273 \| CD \| 034571152738 THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL MOTETS & SONGS FROM 13TH-CENTURY FRANCE Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)
MUSIC FROM THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES Medieval music featured a mutually-enriching exchange between the sacred and the secular, the church and courtly love, with French repertoire among the most sophisticated of the time. 'A wonderful collection. Lusciously sung sensuous music…remarkable addition to the distringuished series of records from Gothic Voices.' (Gramophone)

	HELIOS \| CDH55274 \| CD \| 034571152745 THE CASTLE OF FAIR WELCOME COURTLY SONGS OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)
THE PATH OF TRUE LOVE Great composers such as Binchois and Dufay knew that love songs last longer than flowers! Even Charles Duke of Burgundy penned immortal examples, as did a number of others, whose names have now been lost. 'The sound is beautifully carved out, and the ensemble includes some of Britain's finest singers.' (Gramophone)

	HELIOS \| CDH55281 \| CD \| 034571152813 THE SPIRITS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE MUSIC FOR COURT & CHURCH FROM THE LATER MIDDLE AGES Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)
SONGS FROM THE 12TH TO 15TH CENTURIES From Perotin to Machaut, with many anonymous composers as well, Medieval courts and churches were alive with music, as this selection spanning four centuries attests. 'Unalloyed pleasure…once again a superb recording that stimulates, that charms.' (Gramophone)

	HYPERION \| CDA67571 \| CD \| 034571175713 BLOCH & HAIM VIOLIN SUITES Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)
MIX BARTOK, DEBUSSY AND A DASH OF LISZTIAN BRAVADO and you'll get something very close to Bloch's folksong-inflected, post-Romantic sound-world. Intoxicating performances guaranteed to set the pulse racing.' (BBC Music Magazine) Bloch's Baal Shem Suite, Suite hebraique and Suites 1 & 2 for solo violin join Ben-Haim's Sonata Op 44, Berceuse sfaradite and Improvisation & Dance.

	HYPERION \| CDA67574 \| CD \| 034571175744 R STRAUSS METAMORPHOSEN, PIANO QUARTET IN C MINOR & PRELUDE TO CAPRICCIO The Nash Ensemble
RED-MEAT CHAMBER MUSIC Strauss's Piano Quartet and his Metamorphosen came from the beginning and end of his extraordinarily long career, during which Europe left behind the 19th Century and lurched half-way through the tumultuous 20th. Through all this, Strauss remained faithful to his Late Romantic belief in the redeeming value of musical art.

	HYPERION \| CDA67579 \| CD \| 034571175799 MUSIC FOR THE COURT OF MAXIMILIAN II BY JACOBUS VAET, ANTONIUS GALLI, PIETER MAESSENS & ORLANDUS LASSUS Cinquecento
DEBUT DISC FROM CINCEQUENTO This fascinating and very beautiful program revives the undeservedly forgotten music of three 16th-century masters of polyphony alonside Lassus's rarely-heard ode Pacis amans, written for the coronation of Maximilian II as King of Bohemia. The six-voice male ensemble Cinquecento is based in what was the Emperor's capital city, Vienna.

	HYPERION \| CDA67593 \| CD \| 034571175935 ELGAR GREAT IS THE LORD & OTHER SACRED CHORAL WORKS Westminster Abbey Choir, Robert Quinney (organ), James O'Donnell (conductor)
AUSTRALIAN TOUR IN 2007 The Westminster Choir expresses both the tenderness and grandiloquence of this marvellous music, which spans Elgar's immense career. Includes the Te Deum, Benedictus, Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode, Give Unto The Lord and 8 other varied works. This astounding new disc is the perfect guide to Elgar's rich choral output.

	MANDALA \| MAN5091 \| CD \| 794881758227 GUITAR IN THE USA MUSIC BY LOU HARRISON, STEPHEN JAFFE, TERRY RILEY, JOHN ANTHONY LENNON, ANDREW YORK & STEVE REICH Philippe Azoulay (guitar)
AMERICAN GUITAR ODYSSEY The 'American School' includes a number of composers whose music has a characteristic spirit of openness and appealing freedom. This disc, focussing on the guitar, omnipresent in the USA, brings together the major names who are either emblematic figures or the proven talents of the new generation.

	MIRARE \| MIR022 \| CD \| 3760127220220 SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE MUSIC BY TCHAIKOVSKY, MUSSORGSKY, LIADOV, RACHMANINOV, GLINKA, RUBINSTEIN, SKRIABIN, ALABIEV & SHOSTAKOVICH Brigitte Engerer (piano)
MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD Russian music is rich in youthful memories, from Tchaikovsky's Children's Album op 39 to Shostakovich's Dance, Puppet Waltz and Polka, with many more works by composers both well known and less familiar. Also includes Musorgsky's a Tear, Rachmaninov's Italian polka, Skryabin's Nocturne op 9 and Alabiev's The Nightingale.

	MIRARE \| MIR028 \| CD \| 37601272220282 FAURE: REQUIEM & MOTETS MESSAGER: MESSE DES PECHEURS DE VILLERVILLE Peter Harvey (baritone), Ana Quintans (soprano), Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michael Corboz (conductor)
FAMILIAR & UNFAMILIAR FAURE While his Requiem is justly famous for its gentle spirit which is only occasionally perturbed by stronger emotional outbursts, Faure also wrote other works for choir including the motets on this new disc and parts of a beautiful mass for Normandy fishermen, which he co-wrote with his pupil Andre Messager in 1881.

	NAIVE CLASSIQUE \| V5071 \| CD \| 822186050712 SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO 7 'LENINGRAD' Orchestre National de France, Kurt Masur (conductor)
SHOSTAKOVICH UNDER SIEGE His 'Leningrad' Symphony is one of Shostakovich's most popular with its powerful invocation of a nation under attack yet resilient against all odds. Masur and his forces give a commanding performance of this monumental work. This recording was made in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in May 2006.

	PROPRIUS \| PRSACD2039 \| CD \| 822359320390 BACH IN ALEM Ulf Samuelsson (organ), Olaus Petri Vocalis, Alems Kyrkokor, Johan Hammarstrom (director)
JS BACH SWEDISH-STYLE The church in Alem, eastern Sweden, boasts a remarkable and recently restored organ whose revitalised sound so captivated organist Ulf Samuelsson that he simply had to make this recording. Alongside the organ music, this beautiful disc features motets and chorales sung in German and Swedish.

	RESONANCE \| CDRSB407 \| 680125040725 HAYDN POPULAR STRING QUARTETS The Lindsays
TWELVE OF THE BEST Four-CD set of Haydn’s 12 most popular String Quartets - including 'The Fifths', 'The Lark', 'The Sun' & 'The Emperor' - recorded live at the Wigmore Hall by The Lindsays, who retired in 2005 after 40 years of superlative music-making. 'the Lindsays are admirably responsive to every nuance of this great music.' (BBC Music Magazine)

	SWEDISH SOCIETY \| SCD1138 \| CD \| 822659011387 FOR COMFORT, JOY & INSPIRATION CHOPIN: NOCTURNE OP 48, LISZT: SIX CONSOLATIONS, SCHUBERT: IMPROMPTU NO 1, DEBUSSY: THREE PRELUDES, STENHAMMAR: SENSOMMARNATTER OP 33 NO 5 Solveig Funseth (piano)
FROM KARLBERG CASTLE Acclaimed pianist Solveig Funseth writes of this gorgeous disc: 'On this CD I’ve collected some of the most beautiful and intimate piano pieces I know, pieces for consolation, pieces for joy and inspiration. And I dedicate them to my late husband, Ulf Hjelmquist, a constant source of support and encouragement.'

	WIGMORE HALL LIVE \| WHLIVE0013 \| CD \| 5065000924133 SONGS BY MAHLER, HANDEL & LIEBERSON Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
STUNNING 1998 SONG RECITAL Mahler's Five Ruckert Lieder, Handel's E Vivo Ancora/Scherza infida (Ariodante) & As With Rosy Steps (Theodora), two of Lieberson's Rilke Songs & Triraksha's Aria (Ashoka's Dream) comprise what has been praised as one of Lorraine Hunt's 'best concerts in the Hall' and are in turn a heartfelt tribute to this exquisite mezzo-soprano.

	WIGMORE HALL LIVE \| WHLIVE0014 \| CD \| 5065000924140 RAMEAU: GAVOTTE VARIEE, HAYDN: SONATA NO 3, HINDEMITH: SONATA NO 3, CHOPIN: BALLADE NO 3 & THREE MAZURKAS OPP 47, 48 & 67 NO 1, BERKELEY: PRELUDES NOS 5 & 6, POLKA OP 5, LISZT: HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO 2, TCHAIKOVSKY: CHANT D'AUTOMNE Shura Cherkassky (piano)
'MUST-HAVE' 1993 PIANO RECITAL Described as 'the last of the great Romantics', Cherkassky here ranges across masterpeices from 18th-20th centuries, demonstrating once again his prodigious talent in unfailingly thrilling performances. The subtlety of his idiosyncratic interpretations has rightly won him innumerable admirers around the globe.

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZT061105 \| CD \| 3760009291294 RACHMANINOV PIANO SUITES NOS 1 & 2, SIX MORCEAUX OP 11 Jos van Immerseel, Claire Chevalier (pianos)
PRODIGIOUS PIANO DUOS Rachmaninov was one of the few composers around 1900 to make full use of the piano's potential with almost orchestrally-conceived melodies, ever-shifting tone-colours, harmonies and harmonics. 'What makes this disc special is the sound of the two Erard pianos [from 1897 & 1905]...they bring a delicious piquancy to these attractive scores.' (The Independent)

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZT070201 \| CD \| 3760009291317 SCHUMANN: FANTAISIE OP 17, ABEGG VARIATIONS, SYMPHONIC ETUDES MENDSELSSOHN: PRELUDE & FUGUE OP 35 Edna Stern (piano)
PASSIONATE PIANIST Edna Stern has conceived this remarkable disc as a tribute to Robert Schumann whose music uniquely combines passion and precision. 'Her piano playing already bears the mark of the three great pianists who fashioned it... the panache of Martha Argerich, the musicality of Leon Fleisher and the impeccable finish of Krystian Zimerman.' (Diapason)

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	BBC LEGENDS \| BBCL42032 \| CD \| 684911420326 BACH: PARTITA NO 2 BWV826, MOZART: SONATA NO 17 K570, CHOPIN: NOCTURNES OP 27 & MAZURKA OP 24 NO 2, DEBUSSY: CHILDREN'S CORNER Miecyslaw Horszowski (piano)
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL RECORDINGS 1983-4 No lesser master than Radu Lupu praised Horszowski to the skies: 'Never in my life had I heard a quality of sound that would go round the hall and come back to me.' This historic recording has attracted equally stratospheric praise: 'BBC Legends has caught this occasion in all its glory.' (Gramophone)

	BBC LEGENDS \| BBCL42042 \| CD \| 684911420425 TCHAIKOVSKY: THE NUTCRACKER ACT 2, SHOSTAKOVICH: THE BOLT SUITE, STRAVINSKY: SCENES DE BALLET BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
MASTERFUL BALLET MUSIC The Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich works were recorded in the Royal Albert Hall in August 1987, the Stravinsky in the Royal Festival Hall in April 1981. Both showcase Rozhdestvensky's supreme mastery of this repertoire. Rozhdestvensky's BBC Legends recording of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty (BBCL41842) has been a consistent seller.

	BBC LEGENDS \| BBCL42052 \| CD \| 684911420524 BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO 4, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS, KLEMPERER: MERRY WALTZ, RAVEL: RHAPSODIE ESPAGNOL, NOVACEK: PERPETUUM MOBILE New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
REMASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES These stunning performances in the Albert Hall from 1964 (Novacek) & 1974 (other works) show Stokowski in fine form - 'electrifying', 'highly compelling' - and include several orchestral favourites, plus Klemperer's Merry Waltz as a tribute to that late great conductor. The 1974 concert marked Stokowski's last public appearance in England.

	BBC LEGENDS \| BBCL42062 \| CD \| 684911420623 MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS 22 & 27, ADAGIO AND FUGUE IN C MINOR K546 Sviatoslav Richter (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)
BRITTEN THE PERFORMER Using remastered original tapes from the Aldeburgh Festivals of 1965 & 1967, this disc has been issued owing to public demand. Richter has been praised as 'thrilling', 'awsome', 'staggering' and 'extraordinary' (Gramophone), and these performances will make you wish you'd been there for the concerts themselves under Britten's direction.

	BBC LEGENDS \| BBCL42072 \| CD2 \| 684911420722 WALTON: PARTITA FOR ORCHESTRA, DEBUSSY: LA MER, RACHMANINOV: SYMPHONY NO 3, HANDEL: ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC, BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO 8, DELIUS: PARIS, STRAUSS: DON JUAN Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, constantin Silvestri (conductor)
IMPORTANT RECORDING LEGACY 1965-67 Before his untimely death in 1969, Silvestri built the bournemouth Symphony Orchestra into a significant musical force. These recordings capture the excitement of his achievement in diverse repertoire. International Record Review praised a previous Silvestri/BSO 2-CD release (BBCL41822) as 'absorbing and welcome.'

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	DRG \| DRGCD91493 \| CD \| 021471149326 TRIBUTE Babara Cook, Wally Harper (piano)
HER FABULOUS 14TH SOLO ALBUM! With this all-new studio recording the living legend Barbara Cook pays homage to long-time accompanist Wally Harper and to New York cabaret star Bobby Short. With each new release it gets harder to describe her phenomenal prowess, her impressive artistry and her ever-growing status as a true diva who shines more brightly with every appearance.

	LIVING ERA \| CDAJS2020 \| CD2 \| 743625202021 THE ROCKIN' CHAIR LADY 50 GREAT JAZZ TRACKS Mildred Bailey
2-CD CENTENARY TRIBUTE Mildred Bailey was known as 'The Rockin’ Chair Lady' after her great success with Hoagy’s Carmichael’s classic. She outsold all the other jazz ladies except Billie Holiday. Here are her 50 finest recordings, from her first disc in 1929 (What Kind O’ Man Is You?) through her golden years of the 30s to her full 1947 version of one of her key songs, All Of Me.

	LIVING ERA \| CDAJA5602 \| CD \| 743625560220 RELAX & MAMBO 22 CLASSIC LATIN TRACKS Machito & his Afro-Cubans
MAMBO MAN Frank Raul Grillo (1912-1984), was born in Florida, raised in Cuba and as the maracas-playing 'Machito' helped create the mambo style. For four decades he, Perez Prado and Xavier Cugat were the top international names in Latin-American music. Relax & Mambo offers the very best of Machito and his Afro-Cubans in a vibrant extravaganza.

	LIVING ERA \| CDAJA5663 \| CD \| 743625566321 OVER MY SHOULDER 24 STAGE & SCREEN HITS Jessie Matthews
QUEEN OF ENGLISH MUSICAL COMEDY The perfect centenary tribute to 30s superstar Jessie Matthews, this disc follows her biggest successes on stage and screen, from the Rodgers & Hart classic, My Heart Stood Still, through Over My Shoulder, Dancing On The Ceiling and When You’ve Got A Little Springtime In Your Heart, to It’s Late Again and Look For The Silver Lining.

	PROPRIUS \| PRSACD7879 \| SACD3 \| 08223593778794 JAZZ AT PAWNSHOP 30TH ANNIVERSARY SET EXCLUSIVE 3-SACD LIMITED EDITION + PROPRIUS/PROPHONE/SWEDISH SOCIETY 2007 CATALOGUE Arne Domnerus (alto saxophone & clarinet), Bengt Hallberg (pian), Lars Erstrand (vibes), Georg Riedel (bass), Egil Johansen (drums)
FAMOUS AUDIOPHILE JAZZ RECORDINGS These sessions, recorded at the Pawnshop jazz club in Stockholm in 1976, have an extraordinary presence and a genuine 'live' feeling. Includes 20 minutes of previously unreleased music plus a DVD of vibraphone player Lars Erstrand and bass player Georg Riedel recalling these fantastic concerts.

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	ARTHAUS \| K101281 \| DVD \| 807280128192 MENOTTI HELP, HELP THE GLOBOLINKS! Edith Mathis, Arlene Saunders, Raymond Wolansky, William Workman, Kurt Marschner, Ursula Boese, Franz Grundheber, Noel Mangin, The Children's Choir of the NDR, The Ballet of the Hamburg State Opera, The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Matthias Kuntzsch (conductor)
THE GLOBOLINKS ARE HERE! Composed in 1968 and first performed in Hamburg, Menotti's children's opera is appealing, accessible and often very amusing. It has a message that should be heeded in every school: 'Unless we keep music in our soul, a hand of steel will clasp our hearts and we shall live by clocks and dials instead of air and sun and sea.'

	ARTHAUS \| K101421 \| DVD \| 807280142198 MAHLER SYMPHONY NO 2 'RESURRECTION' Karina Gauvin, Yvonne Naef, NDR Choir, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
MAHLER IN 3D 'Vision Mahler', the abstract visualisation of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premiered on 1 January 2006 in Cologne at a gala concert staged to celebrate the 50th anniversary of WDR, a western German public broadcasting company. Special projections allow 18 3D objects to mirror the emotions and feelings conjured up by this powerful music.

	ARTHAUS \| K101273 \| DVD2 \| 807280127393 WAGNER DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG Giorgio Tozzi, Ernst Wiemann, Hans-Otto Kloose, Toni Blankenheim, Richard Cassilly, Gerhard Unger, Arlene Saunders, Ursula Boese, Ballet and Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera, The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Leopold Ludwig (conductor)
HISTORICAL MONO RECORDING This 1970 film version is based on a staging by director Leopold Lindtberg, with sets by Herbert Kirchhoff and costumes by Rudolf Heinrich. The singers were all stars of international reputation. This production fascinates by its appealing classical staging and great camera shots, whichcould only be realised in a studio production like this.

ARTHAUS | K102093 | DVD | 807280209396
THREE BALLETS BY DV8
DEAD DREAMS OF MONOCHROME MEN (1989), STRANGE FISH (1992) & ENTER ACHILLES (1995)
DV8 Physical Theatre

LOVE, BLOKES & A SERIAL KILLER Strange Fish concerns our quest for someone to love and something to believe in. Enter Achilles is a funny, cruel exploration of the male psyche, where weakness is brutally exploited and violence covers up vulnerability. Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men explores the grisly world of the notorious serial killer Dennis Nilsen. 'For courage and mastery, DV8 is unmatched.' (The Independent on Sunday)

	BEL AIR DVD \| BAC210 \| DVD \| 3760115302105 MOZART DON GIOVANNI Peter Mattei, Gilles Cachemaille, Nathan Berg, Mark Padmore, Alexandra Deshorties, Mirielle Delunsch, Lisa Larsson, Gudjon Oskarsson, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)
PETER BROOK'S 2002 AIX-EN-PROVENCE PRODUCTION Mozart's darkly comic melodramatic fable about the cost of lust and the price of pride features an all-star cast in this stylish contemporary production. This DVD includes an interview with Peter Brook, English subtitles and a 32-page booklet

	CHRISTOPHER NUPEN \| A06CND \| DVD \| 5060134470013 NATHAN MILSTEIN IN PORTRAIT SOME MEMORIES OF A QUIET MUSICIAN BACH: CHACONNE, BEETHOVEN: 'KREUTZER' SONATA
MASTER MUSICIAN This DVD contains the only portrait film ever made with Nathan Milstein, one of the finest violinists of the twentieth century. It was shot in the autumn of the longest career in the history of solo violin playing, at Milstein's legendary last recital in 1986. 'Christopher Nupen: king of the music documentary.' (Gramophone)

	EUROARTS \| 2050588 \| DVD \| 880242505880 PUCCINI TOSCA Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Leo Nucci, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Alfredo Mariotti, Ernesto Gavazzi, Silvestro Sammaritano, Ernesto Panariello, Virginia Barchi, Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti (conductor)
AMAZING NEW TOSCA Recorded live in March 2000 with high-calibre stars - Maria Guleghina, one of the best dramatic sopranos of our time with a lush and wonderfully differentiated voice; Salvatore Licitra, a tenor 'worthy of the great Italian tradition'; and legendary baritone Leo Nucci. The lavish set was re-designed for DVD by Lorenza Cantini.

EUROARTS | 2051238 | DVD | 880242512383
DOMINGO CONDUCTS A SPANISH NIGHT
MUSIC BY VIVES, SARASTE, J STRAUSS II, TORROBA, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SERRANO, MONCAYO, LUNA, MASSENET & LINCKE
Sarah Chang (violin), Ana Maria Martinez (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic, Placido Domingo (conductor)

VIVA ESPANA! Features virtuosic show-pieces such as Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy and Gypsy Airs, and delightful zarzuela arias sung by Ana Maria Martinez, winner of the Placido Domingo Vocal Competition. 'Sarah Chang’s flawless technique and her boldly imaginative playing elicited thunderous applause...she received a standing ovation.' (Tagesspiegel) 'Ana Maria Martinez was irresistible' (Morgenpost)

	EUROARTS \| 2055898 \| DVD \| 880242558985 MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS NOS 22, 23 & 24 Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano & conductor)
DOUBLE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Rudolf Buchbinder's 60th birthday coincided with the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, in celebration of which he presented these Mozart Concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic at the 2006 Wiener Festwochen. His intelligent virtuosity, superb ear for colour, strokes of spontaneity and tasteful, imaginative ornamentation are all here.

	EUROARTS \| 2055918 \| DVD \| 880242559180 BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO 5 The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most (conductor)
BIG BRASSY BRUCKNER Franz Welser-Most, in his fifth season as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, conducts Bruckner’s gigantic Fifth, the cyclopean colossus among Bruckner's nine symphonies The trumpets and trombones blend into the orchestral sound with an unparalleled brilliance, while the strings bring out the melodies with tonal intensity.

	OPUS ARTE \| OA0968D \| DVD \| 809478009689 OFFENBACH THE TALES OF HOFFMANN Aquiles Machado, Milagros Poblador, María Bayo, Valentina Kutzarova, Konstantin Gorny, Katharine Goeldner, Chorus of Opera de Bilbao, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Alain Guingal (conductor)
SENSATIONAL SUCCESS Giancarlo Del Monaco's passionate and intelligent production of Jacques Offenbach's magnum opus creates a kaleidoscope of deep and convincing emotions. Conductor Alain Guingal inspires the superbly dramatic cast in an outstanding recording in High Definition video and surround sound. 'The greatest success of the season’ (El Mundo)

OPUS ARTE | OA0972BD | DVD7 | 809478009726
PIERRE AUDI MONTEVERDI SET
L'ORFEO, IL RITORNO D'ULISSE, L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA, IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA
L'Orfeo: John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, David Cordier, Stephen Stubbs (conductor); Ulisse: Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graciela Araya, Glen Wilson (conductor); Poppea: Cynthia Haymon, Brigitte Balleys, Michael Chance, Claron McFadden, Heidi Grant Murphy, Ning Liang, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor); Combattimento: Lorna Anderson, Maarten Koningberger, ASKO Ensemble, David Porcelijn (conductor)

MONTEVERDI'S MASTERPIECES Pierre Audi’s profound and refined productions of Monteverdi’s operas from the Amsterdam Muziektheater as a complete 9.5-hour box set explore the depths of human emotions in compelling music drama. Brilliant casts, beautifully styled, evocative productions, inspired musical direction. Il combattimento is previously unreleased.

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	NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS \| 244012 \| CD2 \| 9789626344408 \| ISBN97896263444 SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS ARISTOTLE, GALILEO, BOYLE, NEWTON, FARADAY, DARWIN, MENDEL, EINSTEIN, WATSON & CRICK by David Angus, Read by Benjamin Soames
NAXOS EDUCATIONAL SERIES This companion to Inventors & Their Inventions introduces the work of ten great scientists from Ancient times until the 20th Century. David Angus takes listeners on a fascinating journey from the birth of empirical science with Aristotle to the discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule from which our genes are made.

	NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS \| 845512 \| CD8 \| 9789626344552 \| ISBN97896263445 THE THIRD POLICEMAN THE THIRD POLICEMAN-OBRIEN by Flann O'Brien, read by Jim Norton
UNABRIDGED SURREALISTIC NOVEL Flann O'Brian's most popular novel concerns an imaginary, hellish village police force and a local murder. Weird, satirical and very funny, it has become even better known since being mentioned in the TV series Lost. One critic wrote of this book: 'James Joyce might have been envious'.

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