May New Releases

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NAXOS CD OF THE MONTH | 8557935 | CD | 747313293520
HANDEL
ANTHEMS FOR THE CHAPEL ROYAL
Chapel Royal Choir, Musicians Extra-ordinary, Andrew Gant (conductor)

Five fantastic Anthems by the composer of the ever-popular Messiah
Features soloists and the Choir of the Chapel Royal
Recorded in the Chapel Royal itself – a first for Naxos!

HANDEL RARITIES RESTORED This recording restores some of Handel’s finest but least-known music to the choir for which he wrote it and to the building where he performed it, the English Chapel Royal, a group of professional singers in a different tradition from the opera stars with whom he worked in the theatre. Forming one of the most impressive areas of Baroque music, Handel’s English church music spans his entire active career in London, from his first anthem composed soon after his arrival, to his last works nearly forty years later.

NAXOS | 8555024 | CD | 0747313502424
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
THE ENCHANTING MELODIES OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hayman (conductor)

The Sound of Music (Selection)
Do I Hear a Waltz?: Do I Hear a Waltz?
Carousel (Selection)
State Fair: Our State Fair
Oklahoma (Selection)
State Fair: It's a Grand Night for Singing
South Pacific (Selection)
State Fair: That's for Me
The King and I (Selection)
No Strings: The Sweetest Sounds

ORCHESTRAL TRIBUTE TO A LEGENDARY AMERICAN MUSICALS PARTNERSHIP The musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II redfined American musical theatre. This new release features melodies and medleys from some of their most famous shows, as well as music for the film State Fair, and for musicals which rodgers composed following the death of Oscar Hammerstein II. These include No Strings, for which Rodgers wrote both lyrics and music, and Do I Hear A Waltz? (written with Stephen Sondheim).

NAXOS | 8555025 | CD |
VINTAGE BROADWAY

Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hayman (conductor)

Cole Porter: Can-Can (selections)
Styne & Merrill: Funny Girl (selections)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Me and Juliet (selections)
Lane & Harburg: Finian's Rainbow (selections)
Cole Porter: Kiss Me, Kate (selections)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Flower Drum Song (selections)
Cole Porter: Silk Stockings (selections)

ORCHESTRAL BROADWAY SELECTIONS The Broadway musical has a tradition traceable to the New York premiere of John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera in 1751. During the 20th century more than 2,000 productions were staged on Broadway, although only a few were blockbusters. Kiss Me, Kate (1948) and Funny Girl (1964) were two megamusicals included here alongside several others less famous, but which nonetheless qualify as Broadway classics and, being now half a century or more old, have earned the tag ‘vintage’.

NAXOS | 8557399 | CD | 747313239924
MAXWELL DAVIES
STRING QUARTETS NOS 7 & 8
MAGINI QUARTET

New chamber works by one of today’s pre-eminent composers commissioned by Naxos
Fascinating annotations by the composer explain his insiprations
Deeply-felt and highly emotional music
The 8th Quartet is dedicated to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her 80th birthday

THE 'NAXOS' QUARTETS CONTINUE Peter Maxwell Davies is one of the foremost composers of our time, and is currently Master of the Queen’s Music. Plainchant, musical tradition and the haunting landscape of his adopted Orkney Islands all serve as inspiration to Maxwell Davies’ extraordinary imagination. This is the fourth release in a series of ten quartets commissioned by Naxos. Naxos Quartet No. 7 is a tribute to the Baroque architect Francesco Borromini. Its intense and brooding seven movements are contrasted by the bright and airy single-movement Quartet No. 8, based on John Dowland’s Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard, and dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her eightieth birthday.

NAXOS | 8557724 | CD | 747313272426
BEETHOVEN
PIANO TRIOS VOL 2
Xyrion Trio

Piano Trios Nos 1, 2 & 9 (Volume 2 of the Complete Piano Trios)
Xyrion Trio comprises acclaimed musicians Nina Tichman (piano), Ida Bieler (violin) and Maria Kliegel (cello)
The ensemble’s Naxos debut recording (Beethoven Piano Triosd Vol 1, 8557723) was named Editor’s Choice of the Month for Music Web and won the Supersonic Prize of Pizzicato Magazine

BRILLIANT BEETHOVEN This second of five CDs of the complete Beethoven String Trios features two of the composer’s first published works. With their great freedom, irresistible opening allegros and dashing presto finales, these genial and entertaining works show a marked advance on Haydn’s Trios. The Xyrion Trio’s performances of the two Op 70 Trios (Naxos 8557723), were described by Germany’s leading record magazine, Fono Forum, as ‘vibrant and glowing’, and a major addition to the catalogue.

NAXOS | 8557908 | CD | 747313290826
CHERUBINI
SYMPHONY IN D MAJOR & OPERA OVERTURES
Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, Piero Bellugi (conductor)

Revived interest in the cosmopolitan music of Luigi Cherubini
The Sanremo Symphony is one of only twelve orchestras recognised by the Italian nation
Conductor Piero Bellugi has perforned around the world to great acclaim

REDISCOVER BEETHOVEN'S FAVOURITE COMPOSER Cherubini, best remembered today for his Requiem (Naxos 8554749) and opera Medea, was held in the highest regard by his contemporaries, including Beethoven who considered him to be the greatest living composer of all. With its echoes of Schubert and Rossini, and a brilliant closing movement, Cherubini’s only Symphony is a highly inventive and beautifully proportioned work. The three opera overtures (to Medea, Faniska & Lodoiska) are dramatic works filled with suspense and intervening passages of tender lyricism.

NAXOS | 855791112 | CD2 | 747313291120
GINASTERA
COMPLETE PIANO & ORGAN MUSIC
Fernando Viani

Passionate, personal, path-breaking music
Fellow Argentine Fernando Viani decided to record this 2-CD album to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of Ginastera’s birth
Works: Danzas argentinas Op 2; 3 piezas Op 6; Malambo Op 7; 12 Preludios americanos Op 12; Suite de danzas criollas Op 15 (2nd version); Rondo sobre temas infantiles argentinos Op 19; Danzas argentinas para los ninos; Piezas infantiles I; Piezas infantiles II; Milonga; Pequena danza; Domenico Zipoli: Organ Toccata (arr. Ginastera for piano); Piano Sonata No 1 Op 22; Piano Sonata No 2 Op 53 ; Piano Sonata No 3 Op 54; Toccata, Villancico y Fuga Op.18; Variazioni e Toccata sopra Aurora lucis rutilat Op 52

COMPREHENSIVE KEYBOARD WORKS Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera is one of the most important and original South American composers of the 20th century. CD 1 of this 2-CD set focuses on early works, many of which use folk-based elements. The large-scale piano works featured on CD 2 include Sonata No 1 Op 22, one of the composer’s most popular works, and the Sonata No 3, Ginastera’s last work, described by the soloist on this recording as 'like a dance to try and escape from death’.

NAXOS | 8570260 | CD | 747313026074
DON QUIXOTE IN SPANISH MUSIC
MUSIC BY RODRIGO, ROMAN, BARBIERI, GUERRA & GOMBAU
Celia Alcedo, Victor Arriola, Fernando Cobo, Jose Antonio Lopez, Victoria Marchante, Lilian Moriani, Maria Jose Suarez, Madrid Community Chorus & Orchestra, Jose Ramon Encinar (conductor)

Celebration of a great Spanish character
Includes music recorded for the very first time
Informative annotations by the composers

DON QUIXOTE RIDES AGAIN These five works were all inspired by Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quijote de la Mancha. Barbieri’s incidental music was composed as part of the first official commemoration, in 1861, of the anniversary of Cervantes’ death. Rodrigo’s symphonic poem Dulcinea’s Absence is both heroic and romantic. The most recent work on this disc, a miniature suite from Jorge Fernandez Guerra’s soundtrack, Tres momentos de Don Quichotte, for Pabst’s 1933 silent movie, has been desribed by the composer as 'idealised cinematographic music…of great lyricism'.

NAXOS | 8570291 | CD | 747313029174
JS BACH
PIANO WORKS
Jeno Jando (piano)

Masterpieces both large and small
Works: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903, Aria variata in A minor BWV 989, Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 904, Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 894, Overture (Partita) in the French Style in B minor BWV 831

BACH'S ETERNAL KEYBOARD LEGACY A skilled harpsichordist and great organist, JS Bach wrote a large quantity of keyboard music of considerable variety and in every known form of his time. The program on this disc ranges widely from the masterful German contrapuntal writing of the Fantasias and Fugues, and the melodically inventive Variations in the Italian style, to the Partita in French Style BWV 831, an extended sequence of several different French dances.

NAXOS | 8570339 | CD | 747313033973
HOLST
DOUBLE CONCERTO, ST PAUL'S SUITE, BROOK GREEN SUITE
Sarah Ewins, Janice Graham (violins), Philip Harmer (oboe), Anna Pyne (flute), Andriy Viytovych (viola), English Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths (conductor)

Music by the composer of The Planets
Works: Brook Green Suite, A Song of the Night, Op 19 No 1, St Paul's Suite Op 29 No 2, Lyric Movement, A Fugal Concerto, Op 40 No 2, Concerto for 2 Violins Op 49

GUSTAVE HOLST THE TEACHER English composer Gustav Holst served for many years as director of music at St Paul’s Girls’ School in London, and it was for the pupils there that he wrote his St Paul’s Suite, his most famous work for amateurs and, shortly after, his Brook Green Suite, with its prevailing suggestion of English folk-song. The infrequently performed Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra begins with a ‘fugal’ scherzo, followed by a very beautiful duet for the two soloists.

NAXOS | 857051415 | CD2 | 0747313051472
THE ULTIMATE LULLABY COLLECTION
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Various Artists

30 soothing classical tracks; sheer musical delight
Features leading performers including Peter Nagy (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Judy Loman (harp), Nora Shulman (flute), and orchestras from around the world
Alongside favourites such as Faure’s Lullaby and Cradle Songs by Brahms and Grieg, there are many less familiar but equally beautiful works featured

MOTHERS DAY DOUBLE DISC Here's a delightful 2-CD Set featuring lullabies, nocturnes and soothing movements from classics by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Elgar, Faure, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Ravel, Schumann and more great composers. An ideal gift for mothers to enjoy some quality 'quiet time' and, indeed, a beautiful gift of music for everyone!

ASV GOLD CD OF THE MONTH | GLD4015 | CD | 743625401523
MOZART
PIANO QUARTETS IN G MINOR K478 & E-FLAT MAJOR K493
The Nash Ensemble

The Nash Ensemble has toured Australia to great acclaim
Previous recordings by this ensemble have received the highest critical praise
Mozart’s Piano Quartets set the standard for many decades after their composition and remain fascinating today

MOZART MASTERPIECES Mozart's two piano quartets are considered the first masterpieces of the genre. Exquisitely played by The Nash Ensemble, which is among the most respected chamber groups in the world, this disc is a very welcome addition to ASV Gold’s expanding catalogue of definitive performances of major works

HARMONIA MUNDI CD OF THE MONTH | HMU907422 | CD | 093046742225
HANDEL
AS STEALS THE MORN
Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), The English Concert, Andrew Manze (director)

Stunningly beautiful singing and playing
Includes favourite airs such as Where’er You Walk, Total Eclipse and Tune Your Harps
Title track, As Steals The Morn, features soprano Lucy Crowe

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE A dramatic collection of solo arias and scenes for tenor drawn from oratorio and opera, most of them sharing the moral that the dire consequences of pride, ambition or lust are amended by virtue and reason. Some of Handel's most lovely music, brilliantly performed by Mark Padmore and The English Concert, led by Andrew Manze. 'This is one of the most alluring recitals of its kind that has come my way for a very long time' (5 STARS BBC Music Magazine, May 2007)

HYPERION CD OF THE MONTH | CDA67555 | CD | 034571175553
ALNAES/SINDING
PIANO CONCERTOS
Piers Lane (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

Piers Lane tours Australian during April-May 2007
Hyperion Record of the Month
Latest volume in a revelatory series reviving great works from the Romantic repertoire

ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO VOL 42 While Sinding is at least a name to most people (if only for 'The Rustle of Spring'), Alnae is almost completely unknown outside his native land, yet it is perhaps this latter's concerto which makes the bigger impression. This is a glorious late romantic work in an idiom akin to Rachmaninov; indeed there are passages which seem to quote the Russian's fourth concerto - except that Alnaes was written first! The Sinding Concerto is a three-movement work based on one theme which undergoes many Lisztian transformations.

NAÏVE | E8908 | CD | 0822186089088
HOPKINSON SMITH - A PORTRAIT
MUSIC BY ATTAIGNANT, BACH, DOWLAND, GAULTIER, MOUTON, NARVAEZ, SANZ & MORE!
Hopkinson Smith (lute)

Hopkin Smith performs at the Ten Days On The Island Festival , which is being covered by ABC Classic FM’s Margaret Throsby program
This CD pays tribute to his remarkable artistry

A WINDOW INTO THE PERFROMER'S SOUL The lute, one of the most expressive plucked instruments, boasts a rich repertoire spanning several centuries by some of the most outstanding European composers from the Renaissance onwards. This Portrait CD presents jewels from the lute repertoire played by hopkinson Smith who has been acclaimed as 'without doubt the finest lute player in the world today' (San Francisco Chronicle).

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NAXOS | 8506013 | CD6 | 730099161343
NAXOS 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET

VARIOUS ARTISTS

NAXOS 20th ANNIVERSARY Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Essays for Orchestra Nos 2 & 3 (8559134); Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, On the Waterfront (8559177); Bliss: Colour Symphony (A), Adam Zero (8553460); Elgar-Payne: Symphony No 3 (8554719); Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Boris Godunov (Stokowski Transcriptions) (8557645); Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Sinfonia Concertante, Hindemith Variations (8553869)

NAXOS | 8557861 | CD | 747313286126
MARTINU
PIANO QUINTETS 1 & 2, SONATA FOR TWO VIOLINS & PIANO
Karel Kosarek (piano), Martinu Quartet

MASTERPIECES BY MUCH-TRAVELLED MARTINU Chamber music occupies a significant place in Bohuslav Martinu's output. His 1st Piano Quintet of 1933, a period during which Martinu renewed his interest in the folk-lore and traditional music of his native Bohemia, is a fine instance of neo-classicism. The larger-scale 2nd Piano Quintet of 1944, exhibits the restlessness and anxiety that Martinu felt during the war years. The Sonata for Two Violins and Piano is written in a style more Baroque than Classical.

NAXOS | 8557914 | CD | 747313291427
MARTINU
PIANO MUSIC VOL 1
Giorgio Koukl (piano)

CZECH PIANO MUSIC WITH A FRENCH SLANT 'Most of the short cycles featured on the first volume in Naxos' complete Martinu piano music survey represent the composer's early style, where French effervescence, the Czech speech patterns of Janácek, and American jazz idioms delightfully collide. They're also pianistically effective and deserve more serious attention among young pianists looking to build interesting programs' (Classics Today)

	NAXOS \| 8557981 \| CD \| 747313298129 SZYMANOWSKI VIOLIN CONCERTOS NOS 1 & 2, NOCTURNE AND TARANTELLA Ilya Kaler (violin), Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)
SIZZLING SZYMANOWSKI CONCERTOS The first of Szymanowski's two violin concertos was completed in 1916 and is therefore contemporaneous with the monumental Third Symphony, while the second was written in 1932 and 1933 and comes near the end of Szymanowski's creative life. The Nocturne and Tarantella of 1915 is here included in an orchestral version by Grzegorz Fitelberg.

NAXOS | 8559329 | CD | 636943932926
COOMAN
SYMPHONIES NOS 2 & 3, PIANO CONCERTO, PARTITA, VISION, SONGLINES SUN DREAMING, SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND ORGAN
Rachel Gough, Rupert Gough, Stephen Schultz, Nora Skuta, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Trevor Kirk (conductor)

NEW AMERICAN MUSIC An overview of young American composer Carson P. Cooman's music.The lyrical 2nd Symphony was inspired by a poem about love and the desire for rain, his 3rd is based on the plainchant Ave maris stella, Partita explores the baroque flute’s unique sonic properties, and the Piano Concerto is filled with allusions to classical symphonic form and style. Dedicated to Peter Sculthorpe, Songlines Sun Dreaming is rich in native Australian imagery.

	NAXOS \| 8570119 \| CD \| 747313011971 KRASA:BRUNDIBAR LAITMAN: I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY Soloists, Northwest Boychoir, Music of Remembrance, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)
MOPVING MUSIC LEST WE FORGET It has been estimated that over one million children were murdered under Nazi rule. Brundibar was performed 55 times at the Terezin concentration camp near Prague and nearly all of the children who performed in it were deported to Auschwitz. Laitman's work is based on the poetry of children who also perished in the holocaust.

	NAXOS \| 8570234 \| CD \| 747313023479 VANHAL FLUTE QUARTETS Uwe Grodd (flute), Janaki String Trio
JANAKI TRIO TOURS AUSTRALIA IN MAY! Composed around 1771, Vanhal’s Flute Quartets Op 7 are beautifully proportioned, unfailingly elegant and above all masterly examples of this most urbane of genres. Their contemporary popularity rested less on their technical accomplishment than on their melodic freshness and air of quiet sophistication.

	NAXOS \| 8570258 \| CD \| 747313025879 TINTNER CHAMBER MUSIC Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Helen Huang (piano)
"LOST" COMPOSER REDISCOVERED Austrian-born Georg Tintner achieved fame as a conductor he considered himself a ‘composer who conducts’. His early works are tonal and Romantically influenced, while later music – notably the Violin Sonata – is of great lyrical beauty. Although Tintner led a varied and successful career on four continents, his music remains to be rediscovered.

	NAXOS \| 866017982 \| CD4 \| 730099617925 WAGNER GOTTERDAMMERUNG Albert Bonnema, Roland Bracht, Sarah Castle, Janet Collins, Luana DeVol, Helga Ros Indridadottir, Hernan Iturralde, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Sue Patchell, Lani Poulson, Tichina Vaughn, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Stuttgart State Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Lothar
ACCLAIMED CONCLUSION TO RING CYCLE Gotterdammerung brings the betrayal and death of the young hero Siegfried and of his beloved Brunnhilde. The ring itself is restored to the Rhinemaidens, and the age of gods and heroes ends, as Valhalla burns. Stuttgart State Opera has been voted Opera Theatre of the Year six times by critics in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

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	AEON \| AE0747 \| CD \| 3760058367476 MOZART STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR K464, STRING QUINTET IN D MAJOR K593 Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), Brentano String Quartet
TWO MOZART MASTERPIECES This pairing of two of Mozart's neglected chamber works makes for a welcome new release. The Brentano String Quartet, which tours this year for Musica Viva Australia, has been praised for its 'selfless music-making' by The Times and for being 'rewarding in every way' by The Washington Post.

	AMBROISIE \| AM111 \| CD \| 822186001110 JS BACH: PARTITA NO 2 BWV 1004 LIGETI: VIOLA SONATA Antoine Tamestit (viola)
ADVERTUROUS DEBUT ALBUM In true Baroque style, this disc presents JS Bach's Partita No 2 for solo violin in a transcription for viola, and partners it with a modern masterpiece - Ligeti's Viola Sonata. The young violist Antoine Tamestit has astonished listeners with his vigorous and enthusiastic performances. This is his daring debut recording.

	BIS \| BISCD1354 \| CD \| 7318590013540 BLACK CASTLES BRITISH MUSIC FOR BRASS Brass Partout, Hermann Baumer
VIRTUOSO BRASS MUSIC Elgar: Severn Suite; Butterworth: Triton Suite; Bourgeois: Willim and Mary; Tavener: Trisgion; Pickard: Black Castles; Turnage: Set To. This is Brass Partout's third release on BIS, the previous two of which also have geographical themes (Playground for Angels - Nordic Music BISCD1054 & Nokturno - Russian Music BISCD1274).

	BIS \| BISCD1412 \| CD \| 7318590014127 SIBELIUS PIANO QUINTETS & MELODRAMAS Jaakko Kuusisto & Laura Vikman (violin), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Joel Laakso (cello), Folke Grasbeck (piano), Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Lasse Poysti (recitation)
ANOTHER SIDE TO SIBELIUS Apart from Voces intimae, his final string quartet, the chamber music of Jean Sibelius has been rather over-shadowed by his orchestral masterpieces. However, research into the composer’s manuscripts and a number of recordings on BIS have brought this music to a wider audience. The Quintet in G minor is one of his most impressive chamber works.

	BIS \| BISCD1495 \| CD \| 7318590014950 RAMEAU & CAMPRA FRENCH CANTATAS Peter Harvey (baritone), Philippa Hyde (soprano), London Baroque
FABULOUS FRECH BAROQUE Such delightful music as that of Rameau's Les Amants trahis, Aquilon et Orithie, Thetis and the Air a boire, and Campra's Les Femmes deserves a place in every CD collection for its charm, elegance, eloquence, force, flexibility, fire, intimacy and, most importantly, soul. This is Peter Harvey's debut on the BIS label.

BIS | BISCD1504 | CD | 7318590015049
ATTERBERG: CELLO CONCERTO
BRAHMS:STRING SEXTET NO 2 (arr. ATTERBERG)
Truls Mork (cello), The Symphony Orchestra of NorrlandsOperan, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)

ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC The music of Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) have been welcomed eagerly by reviewers as ‘heart-warming’, ‘life-affirming’, ‘luscious, tuneful, evocative’. On this disc his rarely heard cello concerto has found a congenial advocate in Truls Mork, one of today’s leading cellists. Atterberg's arrangement of the Brahms piece makes an excellent double-bill.

	BIS \| BISCD1597 \| CD \| 7318590015971 SCHOEK CELLO CONCERTO & SONATA, SIX SONG TRANSCRIPTIONS Christian Poltera (cello), Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Julius Drake (piano)
SINGING SWISS CELLO MUSIC His great talent has earned the young cellist Christian Poltera a place in the BBC New Generation Artist scheme, the Borletti-Buitoni Award and the ECHO Rising Star program. The music of fellow-Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) boasts singing melodies, as this Concerto and Sonata amply demonstrate.

	BIS \| BISSACD1638 \| SACD \| 7318599916385 DEDICATED TO CHRISTIAN LINDBERG MUSIC BY BERIO, XENAKIS & TURNAGE Christian Lindberg (trombone), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Rundel (conductor)
TERRIFIC TROMBONE This amazing disc brings together three of more than 80 concertos that have been dedicated to Christian Lindberg during his unparalleled career: Berio's SOLO, Xenakis's Toorkh and Turnage's Yet Another Set To. They range from extremely demanding (Xenakis) to jazz-inflected (Turnage) with much extrovert virtuosity required overall!

	CALLIOPE \| CAL5231 \| CD \| 794881842223 MOZART QUINTETS IN G MINOR K516 & C MAJOR K515 Karel Rehak (viola), Talich Quartet
HOMMAGE TO MOZART 'The performances by the Talich Quartet are immaculate in ensemble and the performances have a special kind of shared intimacy, which is yet immediately communicative.' (Penguin CD Guide). Violist Karel Rehak's other recordings have provoked ecstatic responses from listeners for their sensitivity and emotional richness.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL5232 \| CD \| 794881842322 MOZART STRING QUINTETS IN C MINOR K406, B-FLAT MAJOR K174 & CLARINET QUINTET K581 Karel Rehak (viola), Bohuslav Zahradnik (clarinet), Talich Quartet
HIGHLY PRAISED RECORDING 'Clarinetist Bohuslav Zahradnik's vivid phrasing and aromatic timbre achieves a blend with the darkly focused strings that might be akin to a splash of cilantro atop goose liver paté...A heavenly bargain, not to be passed up.' (Classic Today) The Talich Quartet and Karel Rehak are equally admirable.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL5233 \| CD \| 794881842421 MOZART QUINTETS IN D MAJOR K593 & E-FLAT MAJOR K614 Karel Rehak (viola), Talich Quartet
VOL 3 OF THE COMPLETE MOZART QUINTETS 'Of the various Mozart Quintet cycles crowding the catalogs, [this] 1995 set featuring the Talich Quartet and guest violist Karel Rehak... is all one could wish for...exquisite color and expressive economy, as well as the head-to-toe clarity of the inner parts.' (Classics Today)

	CALLIOPE \| CAL5302 \| CD \| 794881765027 MENDELSSOHN STRING QUARTETS OP 44 NOS 1-3 Talich Quartet
MAGICAL MENDELSSOHN VOL 1 The Talich Quartet, which has been considered for many years to be one of the world´s finest string quartets, represents Czech musical art over the whole Europe, the USA and Japan. 'The Talich Quartet offers terrific playing and outstanding sound. The interpretations are spontaneous enough to seem live.' (The Times)

	CALLIOPE \| CAL5311 \| CD \| 794881765126 MENDELSSOHN STRING QUARTETS OP 12 & OP 13 Talich Quartet
MAGICAL MENDELSSOHN VOL 2 'It's all organic, each building block arising from the preceding one. With vibrant, warm engineering that matches the performances, the Talich Quartet is now the best way to discover these pieces.' (Classics Today). Mendelssohn's first quartets remain refreshing in their inventiveness and sophistication.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL5633 \| CD \| 794881842629 BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS OP 18 NOS 1-3 Talich Quartet
BENCHMARK BEETHOVEN QUARTETS VOL 1 'The Talich Quartet have recorded extensively for Calliope...Their Beethoven cycle must be numbered among the finest currently available. These are eminently civilised performances with refinement, excellent ensemble and warmth of tone to commend them.' (Gramophone)

	CALLIOPE \| CAL5634 \| CD \| 794881842728 BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS OP 18 NOS 4-6 Talich Quartet
BENCHMARK BEETHOVEN QUARTETS VOL 2 Beethoven's first published collection of String Quartets broke new ground for chamber music and retain their ability to delight listeners today. The Talich Quartet are among the finest interpreters of this revolutionary music and their recordings have been highly praised.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL9366 \| CD \| 794881839421 ALFONSO EL SABIO MIRACLE: CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA Obsidienne, Emmanuel Bonnardot (conductor)
MYSTICAL MUSIC In the 13th-century the Portugese King Alfonso the Wise gathered four hundred songs in his Cantigas de Santa Maria. An engaging selection of these non-liturgical songs and dances, which tell celebratory tales of miracles, is presented in this lovely new release by the outstanding early music ensemble Obsidienne.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL9368 \| CD \| 794881843022 CHOPIN COMPLETE SCHERZOS & IMPROMPTUS Eugen Indjic (piano)
NOSTALGIA & EPIC GRANDEUR In his Scherzos and Impromptus Chopin invented a new, poetic musical language for his favoured instrument which reflects his love of and longing for his Polish homeland as well as his enchantment with the world of bel canto opera from the French capital during the first half of the 19th century.

	CLARINET CLASSICS \| CC0054 \| CD \| 5023581005429 LEFEVRE CLARINET SONATAS VOL 1 Colin Lawson (Period C clarinet), Claire Thirion (cello)
TRUE CLARINET CLASSICS Twelve progressive sonatas appear in modern editions for Bb clarinet with piano accompaniment. However, they were intended primarily for C clarinet with cello. This ground-breaking disc featuring Lefevre's Sonatas Nos 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11 restores the original colours and performance styles to these important Classical clarinet sonatas.

	CPO \| CPO7770912 \| SACD2 \| 761203709120 JS BACH/SCHUMANN ST MATTHEW PASSION Veronika Winter, Elisabeth Scholl, Gerhild Romberger, Jan Kobow, Ekkehard Abele, Clemens Heidrich Rheinische Kantorei Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)
BACH THROUGH THE EARS OF A ROMANTIC Mendelssohn’s famous performance of the St Matthew Passion in Berlin in 1829 was the first new presentation of this work in the 19th century. Like Mendelssohn, Schumann adapted Bach’s musical language to his own times. Hermann Max has now undertaken a reconstruction of this remarkable artistic assimilation.

	CPO \| CPO7770942 \| CD2 \| 761203709427 STOEZEL TWO SERENATAS Dorothee Mields, Elisabeth Graf, Knut Schoch, Ekkehard Abele, Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Ludger Remy (conductor)
SPLENDID BAROQUE SERENATAS Gottfried Heinrich Stoelzel, music director at the court of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg, made extraordinary contributions to sacred and secular music. Ludger Remy has here recorded exemplary interpretations of the allegorical serenata 'Alles, was sonst lieblich heisset' and the pastoral drama 'Seid willkommen, schone Stunden' for CPO

	CPO \| CPO7772152 \| CD2 \| 761203721528 MIDDLESCHULTE ORGAN WORKS 4 Juergen Sonnentheil (organ)
AN ORGANIST'S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS Regarded as 'the greatest contrapuntist since Bach', Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863-1943) arranged Bach’s Goldberg Variations for organ to remarkable effect. He wrote, 'The modern instrument enables the organist to reconstruct according to Bach’s intentions.' Juergen Sonnentheil plays the Gerald Woehl Organ, St Petrus Canisius, Friedrichshafen (Germany).

	CPO \| CPO7772262 \| CD \| 761203722624 ZEISL PIANO CONCERTO, PIERROT IN DER FLASCHE BALLET SUITE Gottlieb Wallisch (piano), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Wildner (conductor)
WANDERER BETWEEN TWO WORLDS Erich Zeisl was deprived of his home by the Nazi regime. Following a highly promising start in prewar Vienna, he rebuilt his career in the USA, helped by his immense talent. The magnificent suite from his 1929 ballet Pierrot in der Flasche and the Piano Concerto of 1952 reveal a vital composer, full of wit, imagination and a genuine artistry.

	CPO \| CPO7772572 \| CD2 \| 761203725724 PAISIELLO LA PASSIONE DI GESU Roberta Invernizzi, Alla Simoni, Luca Dordolo, Jose Fardilha, Choir of Radio Svizzera, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
A BEL CANTO PASSION The first performance of Giovanni Paisiello’s Passione di Gesu Cristo was held in St Petersburg in 1783 with Catherine the Great in attendance. She noted: 'He is capable of filling soul, mind, and heart, as he likes, with all the emotions. He is a master magician.' This is sacred music of grace, charm and irresistible melodiousness.

	CPO \| CPO7772922 \| CD6 \| 761203729227 JC BACH COMPLETE SYMPHONIE CONCERTANTI The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead (conductor)
CHARISMATIC CLASSICAL CONCERTOS 'First-class soloists and orchestral playing rich in color.' (klassik.com) From the CPO edition devoted to the complete symphonic and concertante music of Johann Christian Bach, the youngest of Bach’s sons, comes this boxed set of his complete sinfonie concertanti, previously released on six single CDs.

	CPO \| CPO9998262 \| CD \| 761203982622 DRAESEKE SONGS Ingeborg Danz (alto), Roman Trekel (baritone), Cord Garben (piano)
BETWEEN BRAHMS & BRUCH Felix Draeseke (1835-1913) enjoyed great esteem as a teacher but it is only today that his achievement as a very individual composer is being recognised. In his early ballads Liszt already detected 'marks of a highly talented composer full of vigor'. Danz,Trekel and Garben interpret his songs passionately and superbly on this new recording.

	DA CAPO \| 6220516 \| SACD \| 747313151660 LANGAARD SYMPHONIES NOS 2 & 3 Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), Per Salo (piano), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
YOUNG DANISH CLASSICS These two symphonies radiate youthful freshness, courage and the joy of music-making. The very young Langgaard was not afraid to refer directly to ideals like Beethoven, Wagner and Richard Strauss. Symphony No 2 with soprano solo is presented here for the first time in the long original version. Symphony No 3 is a true Classical-Romantic piano concerto.

	DA CAPO \| 6220520 \| SACD \| 747313152063 BUXTEHUDE ORGAN WORKS VOL 5 Bine Bryndorf (organ)
EARLY BAROQUE ORGAN MASTERPIECES The Danish-born Dietrich Buxtehude’s (c.1637-1707) music greatly influenced JS Bach with its clarity of line, its nobility and its often daring harmonic invention. This CD was recorded St Jacobi church in Hamburg, where Buxtehude cultivated important friendships through the musical and church life of the city.

	DA CAPO \| 6220521 \| SACD \| 747313152162 NIELSEN STRING QUARTETS VOL 1 Young Danish Quartet
DELIGHTFUL DANISH CHAMBER MUSIC Carl Nielsen led Danish music into the 20th century and his music has a prominent position in the international repertoire. This CD features two string quartets (in G minor and G major) and his only string quintet (in G major). The Young Danish String Quartet is one of the most promising young string quartets in Danish music.

	DA CAPO \| 6220531 \| SACD \| 747313153169 MOVEMENTS RECORDER CONCERTOS BY AMARGOS, STUCKY & BORTZ Michala Petri (recorder), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui (conductor)
NEW RECORDER CONCERTOS World famous recorder virtuoso Michala Petri ventures into new musical territory on this release featuring three very different contemporary recorder concertos. Each concerto explores the intense musical complexity and rhythmic strength of the recorder, as well as the strong dynamic interaction of soloist and orchestra.

	DA CAPO \| 8224706 \| SACD \| 747313690626 S NIELSEN BUTTERFLY VALLEY Ars Nova Copenhagen, Tamas Veto (conductor)
DANISH POETRY IN MUSIC Svend Nielsen (b.1937) has written an impressive body of work in the Romantic-Impressionist tradition, balancing the lyrical and the succinct. This CD features his most extensive vocal work, Butterfly Valley, based on a famous sonnet cycle by the Danish poet Inger Christensen. This poetic vocal chamber music unfolds as a grand, sensual tour de force.

	DA CAPO \| 8226040 \| CD \| 636943604021 KLENAU DIE WEISSE VON LIEBE UND TOD DES CORNETS CHRISTOPH RILKE Bo Boje Skovhus (baritone), Odense Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mann (conductor)
ROMANTIC REVIVAL Danish-born Paul von Klenau (1883-1946) left his homeland to study and work in Germany and Austria, where he held important conducting posts. This CD features von Klenau’s Late Romantic choral work Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, which has not been heard since its first performance in 1925.

	DA CAPO \| 8226522 \| CD \| 636943652220 NORDSTROM WORKS FOR SINFONIETTA Niels Ole Bo Johansen (trombone), Signe Madsen (violin), Arhus Sinfonietta, Giordano Bellincampi, Soren K Hansen & Kaisa Roose (conductors)
WIDE-RANGING DANISH ORCHESTRAL MUSIC Hans-Henrik Nordstrom (b.1947) is a versatile composer whose music is performed around the world. This CD shows the whole palette of Nordstrom’s expressive talents; with inspiration from the playful moods of nature, to the exceptional life of the Australian aboriginals, and James Joyce's captivating novel Finnegans Wake.

	DA CAPO \| 8226528 \| CD \| 636943652824 SAVERY CHAMBER MUSIC John Kruse (clarinet), Anne Mette Stæhr (piano), Svend Winslov (cello), Kontra Quartet, The Synergie Guitar Quartet
ECLECTIC CHAMBER WORKS Finn Savery is a versatile musician and composer, active as both jazz pianist and classical composer. This CD features his chamber music, which contains the most concentrated expression of his artistic personality, his suppleness and humour as well as his artistic ingenuity and lyrical sensitivity.

	DA CAPO \| 8226901 \| CD \| 636943690123 SPIRITS - EAST MEETS WEST MUSIC BY BACH, VIVALDI & TRADITIONAL WORKS FROM CHINA, DENMARK, ENGLAND, HUNGARY, JAPAN & SPAIN Lars Hannibal (guitar), Chen Yue (bamboo flute)
DELECTIBLE DIALOGUE Coming from different traditions, Chinese flautist Chen Yue and Danish guitarist Lars Hannibal share what they have experienced in their own lives and playing. The music includes works from ancient China, European Baroque music and popular and folk music from both Asia and Europe. A mellow album full of beautiful music from around the world.

	ETCETERA \| KTC1004 \| CD \| 8711801000497 GRIEG MUSIC FOR PIANO DUO Kjell Baekkelund, Robert Levin (piano)
FOUR-HANDS PIANO MUSIC Norwegian Dances Op 35, Old Norwegian Romance Op 51. Celebrate the Grieg 100th Anniversary Year with us! This is just one of the many great recordings on the highly respected Etcetera label, which is now available in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution.

	ETCETERA \| KTC1328 \| CD2 \| 8711801101644 HERZOGENBERG DIE PASSION Soloists, Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (conductor)
ROMANTIC PASSION SETTING Heinrich von Herzongenberg (1843-1900) took inspiration from both Bach and Brahms when composing his own setting of the Passion of Christ to a text by Friedrich Spitta. An historically important work, Die Passion is notable for the expressive power of Herzongenberg's inventive and appealing music. The performers have been internationally acclaimed.

	ETCETERA \| KTC1347 \| CD \| 8711801101842 WAGEMANS SYMPHONY NO 7 & THE CITY AND THE ANGEL Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Leender, Micha Hamel (conductors)
DUTCH MUSIC ON A GRAND SCALE Peter-Jan Wagemans's 7th Symphony is a milestone in post-war Dutch orchestral music, rich in grand gestures yet with a chamber music-like intimacy. The City and The Angel was inpired by Ensor's famous painting The Entry of Christ into Brussels and suggests a Medieval feast day.

	ETCETERA \| KTC5500 \| SACD2 \| 8711801101385 WAGNER DAS RHEINGOLD Netherlands Opera & Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
FIRST RING CYCLE RECORDED IN SACD SURROUND SOUND Produced in Amsterdam in 2005, this production used the New Wagner Edition and represents an innovative approach to the immense Ring Cycle of unparalleled intimacy. The illustrated booklet shows the spectacular stage settings of this remarkable live recording. First of the four operas.

	ETCETERA \| KTC5501 \| SACD4 \| 8711801101392 WAGNER DIE WALKURE Netherlands Opera & Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
FIRST RING CYCLE RECORDED IN SACD SURROUND SOUND Produced in Amsterdam in 2005, this production used the New Wagner Edition and represents an innovative approach to the immense Ring Cycle of unparalleled intimacy. The illustrated booklet shows the spectacular stage settings of this remarkable live recording. Second of the four operas.

	ETCETERA \| KTC5502 \| SACD3 \| 8711801101408 WAGNER SIEGFRIED Netherlands Opera & Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
FIRST RING CYCLE RECORDED IN SACD SURROUND SOUND Produced in Amsterdam in 2005, this production used the New Wagner Edition and represents an innovative approach to the immense Ring Cycle of unparalleled intimacy. The illustrated booklet shows the spectacular stage settings of this remarkable live recording. Third of the four operas.

	ETCETERA \| KTC5503 \| SACD4 \| 8711801101415 WAGNER GOTTERDAMMERUNG Netherlands Opera & Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
FIRST RING CYCLE RECORDED IN SACD SURROUND SOUND Produced in Amsterdam in 2005, this production used the New Wagner Edition and represents an innovative approach to the immense Ring Cycle of unparalleled intimacy. The illustrated booklet shows the spectacular stage settings of this remarkable live recording. Fourth of the four operas.

	GAUDEAMUS \| CDGAU359 \| CD \| 743625035926 JS BACH SOLO VIOLIN PARTITAS NOS 2 & 3, SONATA NO 3 Jacqueline Ross (violin)
BACH FROM THE ORIGINAL SCORES The second of two albums of Bach’s great sonatas and partitas for solo violin, performed with elegance and passion in authentic period style by Jacqueline Ross. She performs these works at Baroque pitch using an exceptional and rare violin dating from c.1570 with an 18th-century bow. She has also used Bach’s original manuscript.

	GLOBE \| GLO5013 \| CD \| 8711525501300 MENDELSSOHN STRING QUARTET NO 4 OP 44 NO 2, FOUR PIECES OP 81 Raphael Quartet
MATURE MENDELSSOHN The Raphael Quartet - Ronald Hoogeveen (violin), Rami Koch (violin), Zoltan Benyacs (viola) & Henk Lambooij (cello) - presents Mendelssohn's E minor quartet of 1837 alongside his Four Pieces of 1827/47. Select Audio-Visual now distributes Globe recordings in Australia: further titles will be announced in coming months.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98766 \| CD \| 4010276019053 ALEXANDER PALEY PLAYS BLUTHNER MUSIC BY LISZT, MENDELSSOHN, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, TCHAIKOVSKY, BACH, CZERNY & MOZART Alexander Paley (piano)
TRIUMPHANT GRAND PIANO Alexander Paley, widely regarded as one of the most exciting of today's young pianists, plays Rachmaninov's arrangements of music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky, alongside Chopin's Variations on Mozart's La ci darem and a colourful selection of encores on a superlative Bluthner grand piano.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93128 \| CD \| 4010276018056 ZENDER: SCHUMANN PHANTASIE & BARDO Heinrich Schiff (Cello), Baden-Baden & Freiburg Symphony Oerchestras, Sylvain Cambreling & Hans Zender (conductors)
CELEBRATING HANS ZENDER'S 70th BIRTHDAY Conductor, composer and philosopher Hans Zender has long been associated with the music of Robert Schumann, to whom he pays tribute in his own Schumann Fantasy. By contrast, Bardo was inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. This is rewarding modern music, inspirationally performed.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93140 \| CD20 + DVD \| 4010276014768 CARL SHURICHT COLLECTION WORKS BY BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, BRUCKNER, WAGNER, GRIEG, BRUCH, GOETZ, VOLKMANN, HAYDN, MAHLER, MOZART, VON REZNICEK, PFITZNER, REGER & MENDELSSOHN Various Artists, Carl Schuricht (conductor)
UNIQUE TRIBUTE TO A GREAT CONDUCTOR This is surely the definitive Carl Schuricht collection: 20 CDs plus a DVD with 'Portrait of a Life' and live performances of favourite works from the Classical and Romantic repertoire. It includes two previously unreleased CDs and is an invaluable set for all serious music lovers. DVD alone also available (DVD93902).

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93165 \| CD \| 4010276018452 MAHLER SYMPHONY NO 5 Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roger Norrington (conductor)
GREAT LIVE MAHLER PERFORMANCE Norrington's sensitive historically-informed approach reveals Mahler's music as the compsoer would have heard it. The size and seating of the orchestra, their style of playing, and Norrington's insightful interpretation combine to create a refreshing new impression that has gained critical acclaim.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93174 \| CD \| 4010276018469 KURTAG COMPLETE CHORAL WORKS Vokalansemble Stuttgart, Ensemble Modern, Marcus Creed (conductor)
ECSTATIC VOCAL CHAMBER MUSIC Gyorgy Kurtag's Homage to Luigi nono, Euight Choruses to Poems by Dezso Tandori and Songs of Despair and Sorrow are each captivating sonic landscapes that communicate emotionally rather than through the intellect. Surprising, passionate and multi-dimensional, they reward repeated listening.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93177 \| CD \| 4010276018490 BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO 3 & HAYDN VARIATIONS Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor)
HISTORICAL 1963 RECORDING Knappertsbusch was one of last century's leading conductors, delighting in the finest details of musical phrasing and conducting with extremely broad tempi while retaining complete control over the forces he directed. This recording brings together two of Brahms's best-loved symphonic works.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93181 \| CD \| 4010276019961 JANACEK PIANO WORKS Ewa Kupiec (piano)
MASTERFUL JANACEK Ewa Kupiec approaches Janacek's piano music with great understanding and mastery. In her hands the Sonata 1.x.1905, Three Moravian Dances, Theme and Variations, In The Mist and On An Overgrown Path come to life vividly, and show why she is one of Europe's most respected performers of modern music.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93184 \| CD \| 4010276018681 BARTOK WOODEN PRINCE SUITE & CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Michael Gielen (conductor)
BRILLIANT BARTOK The ballet The Wooden Price was one of Bartok's early successes, while the Concerto for Orchestra, one of his most popular works, dates from late in his career. Each shows a different aspect of this great 20th-century composer's art, which combined the energetic folkmusic of his native Hungary with neo-classical clarity, verve and wit.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93187 \| CD \| 4010276018988 RAILROAD RHYTHMS SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Kaiserslautern, Jiri Starek (conductor)
CLASSICAL MUSIC ABOUT TRAINS From Bernstein's Subway Ride and Imaginary Coney Island to works by Eduard Stauss, here is an album that captures the excitement of travel by rail. Includes Honeggar's famous Pacific 231 as well as works by Copland, D'Indy, Dvorak, Ibert, Villa-Lobos and others: in all, fourteen tracks from around the world.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93188 \| CD2 \| 4010276018995 SHOSTAKOVICH NEW BABYLON & A YEAR IS LIKE A LIFETIME Kai Adomeit (piano), SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Kaiserslautern, Frank Strobel (conductor)
SHOSTAKOVICH FILM MUSIC The lively and sardonic wit of Shostakovich's early score for the silent film New Babylon contrasts with the darkly-hued score for A Year Is Like A Lifetime, which was composed around the time of the massive choral Symphony no 13. Acclaimed conductor Frank Strobel performs in Australia this year.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD93193 \| CD \| 4010276019800 SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO 4 & SUITE FROM LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Andrey Boreyko (conductor)
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING Shostakovich's own Suite from his ill-fated opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk here receives its very first recording. His 4th Symphony, which he withdrew following the Lady Macbeth scandal, is scored for gigantic orchestra and draws inspiration from the immense scale of Mahler's symphonies. Both remain powerful works even today.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98243 \| CD \| 4010276018216 JS BACH ALTO ARIAS Ingeborg Danz, Julia Hamari, Hildegard Laurich, Carolyn Watkinson, Helen Watts, Gaechinger Kantorei, Bachh Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING BACH ACADEMY EDITION Some of Europe's finest vocalists contribute to a garland of arias for the alto voice by JS Bach. This lovely disc draws from many cantatas as well as the St John and St Matthew Passions and provides a great survey of the expressive scope of Bach's vocal writing.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98246 \| CD \| 4010276018506 CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR THRILLER EVENINGS Various Artists
UNCANNY CLASSICS FOR ALL AGES With music by Beethoven, JS Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Grieg, Liszt, Schubert, Sibelius, Vivaldi and Janacek, performed bya rtists including pianist Ivan Moravec, the Verdi Quartet, Academy of St Martin in the Fields under Neville Marriner, this is a chilling introduction to some of classical music's spookier moments!

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98247 \| CD \| 4010276018513 CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR ROMANTIC READING EVENINGS Various Artists
MUSIC FOR SPECIAL MOMENTS Iona Brown, The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Verdi Quartet, Isabelle Faust and many other leading artists perform gentle music by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Mozart, Puccini, Ravel, Schumann and Janacek that will make for a relaxing evening of music for nights when you simply want to 'cocoon', either with a good book or in good company.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98248 \| CD \| 4010276028520 CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR DINNER Various Artists
EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY Music can turn a meal into an unforgettable occasion. Why not invite the Verdi Quartet, Arad State Philharmonia and other leading European artists to perform works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Elgar, Rodrigo, Schubert, Saint-Saens, Dvorak, Regondi and Diabelli?

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98249 \| CD \| 4010276018537 CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR TOGETHERNESS Various Artists
CARING AND SHARING Here's a ravishing selection of gorgeous music by Beethoven, Bach, Bruch, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Pachelbel, Rodrigo, Schumann and Suk themed around the idea of 'togetherness' - from the overture to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro to Liszt's Dream of Love No 3, Suk's Elegy to Pachelbel's immortal Canon.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98250 \| CD2 \| 4010276018643 JS BACH COMPLETE SOLO VIOLIN SONATAS & PARTITAS Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
EXQUISITE MUSICAL JOURNEY The Hamburg-born violinist Christian Tetzlaff regularly performs around the world and has received a number of awards for his recordings, including the Diapason d’Or, Edison and ECHO Awards, and nominations for a Grammy. Musical America named him 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in 2005.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98251 \| CD \| 4010276018704 MOZART VIOLIN SONATAS Dmitry Sitovetsky (violin), Antonio Pappano (piano)
MOZART'S YOUTHFUL MASTERWORKS An accomplished string and keyboard player himself, Mozart composed a number of charming and sophisticated violin sonatas, including those in A major K305, E-flat major K380, E minor K304 and B-flat major K454 that feature on this disc. This is the first volume in a projected series.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98256 \| CD \| 4010276018766 MAHLER SONGS Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano)
INTIMATE UNIVERSE OF SONG Who better to interpret Lieder from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Ruckert-Lieder and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen then Pregardien and Gees? These pre-eminent performers give lyrical and beautifully balanced renditions of some of Mahler's best-loved and most important songs.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98258 \| CD \| 4010276019084 KOECHLIN: CHANSONS BRETONNES & CELLO SONATA DEBUSSY: CELLO SONATA Peter Bruns (cello), Roglit Ishay (piano)
FIRST RECORDINGS OF KOECHLIN SONGS Less well known than his older contemporary Dubussy, Charles Koechlin nonetheless wrote music of gentle and ethereal beauty as the 20 Breton Songs on this disc show. Inspired by folk poetry, their brevity and restraint complement his Cello Sonata, written only two years after that of Debussy.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98265 \| CD \| 4010276019152 HAYDN SYMPHONIES NOS 82, 88 & 95 Heidelberg Symphony, Thomas Fey (conductor)
HOORAY FOR HAYDN! Classics Today raved about this recording: 'This disc is simply stunning. Thomas Fey and his Heidelberg orchestra [offer] dazzling evidence of why in their day Haydn's symphonies came to be regarded as the ultimate examples of orchestral composition.' Symphonies No 82 'The Bear', No 88 and no 95 spring to life in this marvellous recording.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98268 \| CD \| 4010276019183 HAYDN SYMPHONIES NOS 69, 86 & 87 Heidelberg Symphony, Thomas Fey (conductor)
HAYDN SYMPHONIES VOL 7 'For my musicians and me, the playing of Haydn’s symphonies is both an extremely interesting task and a major challenge. However, this ambitious project offers a unique chance to experience at first hand the development of the classic symphony. I am very happy to have found, in Haenssler Classic, a partner for ”our Haydn”.' (Thomas Fey)

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98269 \| CD \| 4010276019190 OVERTURES BY SALIERI, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, ROSSINI & BRAHMS Heidelberg Symphony, Thomas Fey (conductor)
CURTAIN UP Favourite overtures such as those to The Marriage Of Figaro, The Abduction From The Seraglio, Egmont and the Academic Festival take their place beside less well known gems including Salieri's Tarare and Mozart's Symphony/Overture in the Italian Style K318, all expertly interpreted by the Heidelbergers under Thomas Fey.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98272 \| CD \| 4010276019268 LAURIDSEN O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM Chamber Choir of Europe, Jorg Halubek (organ), Morten Lauridsen (organ), Nicol Matt (conductor)
MYSTICAL CHORAL MUSIC Les Chansons Des Roses, Lux Aeterna, Madrigali and the title track O Magnum Mysterium are among American composer Morten Luaridsen's major vocal and choral works. The Chamber Choir of Europe won second prize in the Internationaler Chorwettbewerb Marktoberdorf 2000, one of Europe’s most prominent choral competitions.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98274 \| SACD2 \| 4010276019336 JS BACH MASS IN BMINOR Stella Doufexis, Marlies Petersen (soprano), Anke Vondung (alto), Lothar Odinius (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig, Christian Gerhaher (bass), Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gaechinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
FIRST TIME ON SACD World premiere recording of Bach’s mighty B Minor in SACD sound. As we have come to expect from Maestro RIlling, this performance reflects his ever-changing understanding of this kaleidoscopic masterpiece. Without a doubt, this is a a timeless celebration in sound of an enduring masterpiece of choral music.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98275 \| CD \| 4010276019367 MENDELSSOHN SYMPHONY NO 1, STRING SYMPHONIES NOS 8 & 13 Heidelberg Symphony, Thomas Fey (conductor)
HEAR MENDELSSOHN ANEW The String Symphony no 8, here heard in Mendelssohn's own alternative orchestration (with winds), receives a brilliant performance under Thomas Fey, a conductor who knows and loves Mendelssohn's music deeply. This is the first volume of a series that looks to set a new standard for recordings of symphonies by the early Romantic master.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98277 \| CD \| 4010276019398 CLASSICAL OBOE MUSIC BY MOZART, DITTERSDORF, HAYDN & VANHAL Lajos Lences (oboe), Auer Quartet, Budapest Strings, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
PRIZE-WINNING OBOIST 'Lajos Lencses is one of the greatest oboists of our time' wrote Diapason in 1990. On this disc he features in a selection of chamber and orchestral works by a number of outstanding composers from the Classical period, including Dittersdorf and Vanhal, whose compositions are enjoying renewed interest around the world.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98278 \| CD \| 4010276019565 SALUT D'AMOUR R STRAUSS: VIOLIN SONATA & FAVOURITE ENCORES BY DVORAK, ELGAR, GLUCK 7 OTHERS CHUANYU LI/ROBERT KOENIG
INTRODUCING A MJAOR YOUNG TALENT Hailed by the international media as 'a massive talent with astonishing dynamic and expressive range' Chuanyun Li is one of the foremost violinists of his generation. He won 1st Prize in the 5th Wieniawski International Youth Violin Competition aged 11. This is the first recording of this exciting young artist to be made available outside of China.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98491 \| CD \| 4010276017226 SHOSTAKOVICH, WEINBERG & WEPRIK PIANO TRIOS Dmitry Sitovetsky (violin), David Geringas (cello), Jascha Nemtsov (piano)
EMOTION AND ENJOYMENT Shostakovish's well known Piano Trio partners a major discovery - the Piano Trio by his friend Mieczyslaw Weinberg - and three unassuming miniatures by Alexander Weprik. The contrast between these three works makes this a fascinating and important new release for chamber music lovers. Highly praised by BBc Music Magazine.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98765 \| CD2 \| 4010276019046 JS BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONS ALEXANDER PALEY PIANO
EXHILARATING RECITAL Paley's performance brought glowing praise from the Washington Post: 'Once in a while, never often enough, a recital is so exhilarating that it reaches far into the intermission, which becomes a delicious interlude between the lingering vapors of superlative artistry already experienced and the enormous pleasure of knowing there is still more to come.'

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98767 \| CD2 \| 4010276019060 CHOPIN PIANO SONATA OP 58, BALLADES & SCHERZI Alexander Paley (piano)
SUBTLELY NUANCED CHOPIN Paley's approach to Chopin draws out the contemplative aspects of his much-loved music, allowing the subtle poetry of these popular pieces to glow rather than shatter in pyrotechnical display. The Bluthner concert grand piano is the ideal vehicle for such an inward-looking exploration.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| CD98768 \| CD \| 4010276019077 BACH, SCHUBERT/LISZT, RACHMANINOV, SCRIABIN & TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO WORKS Timur Sergeyenia (piano)
UNPRECEDENTED TECHNIQUE & FINESSE From Bach's Fantasy & Fugue in A minor to Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux Nos 1-6, here is a recital by 'a piano-tiger in the Russian tradition' (Main-post, Germany). He has been compared to Gilels and praised for his 'masterly combination of vivacious outburst and reserve, of greatness, expressiveness and moderation' (Nice Matin)

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| SACD93131 \| SAC2 \| 4010276017615 BERLIOZ REQUIEM Toby Spence (tenor), SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart, MDR Radio Choir Leipzig, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roger Norrington (conductor)
A REQUIEM CLOSE TO THE COMPOSER'S HEART Berlioz's Requiem is perhaps one of the least religious ever written. Yet among all his works, it apparently held a special place in Berlioz's heart. During the last few years of his life, he wrote to a friend: 'If I were threatened with the destruction of the whole of my works save one, I should crave mercy for the Requiem.'

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC90193536 \| CD2 \| 794881834525 MARTIN LE VIN HERBE Sandrine Piau (soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Jutta Bohnert (soprano), Hildegard Wiedemann (alto), Ulrike Bartsch (alto), Joachim Buhrmann (tenor), Roland Hartmann (bass), RIAS Chamber Choir, Scharoun Ensemble, Daniel Reuss (director)
FRENCH TRISTAN AND ISOLDE With this modern French adaptation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, Le Vin herbé enabled Frank Martin to achieve an international reputation. The Swiss composer, a subtle intermediary between French and German cultures, strove for an extraordinary freshness of invention, free of dogmatic systems, yet without renouncing serialism.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC90193940 \| CD2 \| 794881835225 JS BACH LUTHERAN MASSES BWV233-236 Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel (director)
BACH'S OTHER GREAT MASSES These four short masses, composed in Leipzig between 1735 and 1744, belong to the sphere of the Reformed liturgy, and therefore consist of the Kyrie and Gloria, with six exquisitely expressive numbers in each mass. This 2-CD set offers intimately-scaled performances by a leading Europen early music ensemble.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC901963 \| CD \| 794881835621 BARTOK STRING QUARTETS NOS 5 & 6 Arcanto Quartet
DEBUT RECORDING Acclaimed as 'Revelation of the year' (De Morgen), the Arcanto Quartet brings together Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec, Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queyras, four much-recorded soloists of international renown. For its debut disc, the Quartet tackles two cornerstone works of the 20th century - Bartok's 5th and 6th String Quartets.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMU807441 \| SACD \| 093046744168 GERSHWIN PIANO CONCERTO, RHAPSODY IN BLUE & CUBAN OVERTURE Jon Nakamatsu (piano), Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeff Tyzik (conductor)
AN AMERICAN MUSICAL LEGEND This all-Gershwin disc showcases the American composer's remarkable ability to combine concert-hall style with the sounds and rhythms of Tin Pan Alley, a fusion which accounts for his enduring popularity. The exuberant Cuban Overture adds a dash of Latin-inspired colour to this sparkling new recording.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMU907335 \| CD \| 093046733520 CHOREGRAPHIE MUSIC FOR LOUIS XIV'S DANCE MASTERS Andrew Lawrence-king (Baroque triple harp)
DANCE MUSIC FOR THE SUN KING Published in 1700, Raoul-auger Feullet's Choregraphie changed ballet history forever with its pioneering use of dance notation. Lawrence-King performs music by Lully and Campra in solo settings by d'Anglebert, chosen by Feullet to represent the noble style of French dance at the Sun King's splendid court.

	HAT HUT \| HATNOWART4144 \| CD2 \| 752156014423 FELDMAN STRING QUARTET II Ives Ensemble
A TIMELESS QUARTET Over four CDs with a total playing time of almost five hours, Morton Feldman's String Quartet II is a landmark of 20th-century chamber music, a haunting tapestry of sound 'assembled' rather then 'composed' in which time seems to stand still and the ever-changing musical texture weaves a sonic fabric that seems without beginning or end.

	HELIOS \| CDH55257 \| CD \| 034571152578 BLOW & DRAGHI ODES TO ST CECILIA Soloists, The Parley of Instruments, Playford Consort
BLESSED CECILIA John Blow's The Glorious Day Is Come and Giovanni Battista Draghi's From Harmony, From Heav’nly Harmony are excellent examples of works written to celebrate the patron saint of music. 'As ever, the disc is a revelation...Once heard this infectious music is not easily forgotten, which is a tribute to the enthusiasm and conviction of the performances' (Classic CD)

	HELIOS \| CDH55267 \| CD \| 034571152677 BARTOK 44 DUOS FOR TWO VIOLINS Andras Kiss, Ferenc Balogh (violins)
FOLKLORIC COMPENDIUM With titles such as Teasing Dance, Cradle Song, Sorrow, The Bagpipe, Arabian Song and Pizzicato, to name only a few, these duos conjure a whole world of folk music from Hungary and far beyond. Bartok’s 44 Duos ara a fascinating set whose cumulative effect is even greater than each movement’s individual attractions.

	HELIOS \| CDH55268 \| CD \| 034571152684 MENDELSSOHN CHORAL MUSIC Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)
MUST-HAVE MENDELSSOHN Ave Maria Op 23 no 2; Ehre sei Gott; Kyrie; Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op 23 no 3; Heilig ist Gott; Six Anthems Op 79; Three Psalms Op 78; Hear my prayer - 'This is one of the most wonderful choral discs I have ever heard. A must for anyone who values really wonderful music fantastically well performed' (Organists Review)

	HELIOS \| CDH55305 \| CD \| 034571153056 SCHUBERT STRING QUINTET & TRIO Raphael Ensemble
SUPER SCHUBERT 'Superlatives become ephemeral and critical criteria moulder into hollow pedantry when applied to an issue of this stature. The Raphel Ensemble's account of Schubert's String Quintet joins a small but illustrious pantheon of truly exceptional recordings of this masterwork...a triumph for Hyperion and the Raphaels' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

	HYPERION \| CDA674912 \| CD2 \| 034571174914 MEDTNER COMPLETE SKAZKI Hamish Milne (piano)
THE MAGIC OF MEDTNER 'The 38 Skazki are the most important piano miniatures that Nikolay Medtner composed…discursive and fantastical...vivid and superbly idiomatic…Hamish Milne is a wonderful guide to this world - his performances are both technically outstanding and musically penetrating' (The Guardian)

	HYPERION \| CDA67603 \| CD \| 034571176031 JONGEN & PEETERS MASSES The Choir of St John’s College Cambridge, Paul Provost (organ), London City Brass, David Hill (director of music)
CHORAL EXCELLENCE St John’s College Choir is experiencing another year of musical and vocal excellence. In this latest CD, its trademark sound, immaculate yet energetic and joyful, is employed in the service of Jongen’s Messe en l’honneur du Saint-Sacrement, a major large-scale work, harmonically vivid and original and Flor Peeters’ similarly vibrant and enjoyable Missa Festiva.

	HYPERION \| CDA67604 \| CD \| 034571176048 MANCHICOURT MISSA CUIDEZ VOUS The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (director)
SIXTEENTH CENTURY CHORAL MUSIC The Brabant Ensemble’s first recording for Hyperion surveyed the music of Thomas Crecquillon to great acclaim. This second recording turns to Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-64), a master whose music combines melodic invention and rhythmic ingenuity within a whole of refreshing accessibility.

	K617 \| K617198 \| CD \| 3383510001987 RIGEL THE FLIGHT FROM EGYPT, JEPHTHA & THE DESTRUCTION OF JERICHO Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli (conductor)
ROMANTIC FRENCH ORATORIOS Henri-Joseph Rigel belongs among the masters of French Baroque oratorio. The highly dramatic subjects of the three works featured on this disc lend themselves to sumptuous musical setting, with echoes of distant trumpets, evocations of stormy waters, double choruses and hymns for female voices alone.

	LIGIA \| LIG101177 \| CD \| 3487549901772 FRESCOBALDI THE FIRST BOOK OF CAPRICCIOS Jean Marc Aymes (harpsichord & organ), Stephan MacLeod (baritone)
RENAISSANCE CAPRICES Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) studied in Ferrara and was influenced by Gesualdo. He travelled widely through the Low Countries before eventually settling in Rome, where he was based for the rest of his career. This disc is Volume 2 of Frescobaldi's Complete Harpsichord and Organ Works.

	MANDALA \| MAN5117 \| CD \| 794881845521 PUEBLITO MI PUEBLO Irma Ametrano (piano)
LATIN AMERICAN PIANO The piano literature of Latin America is not well known to the rest of the world, although compsoers such as Villa-Lobos, Guarnieri and Ginestra are not completely unfamiliar to those who enjoy this rich and highly characterful music. Uruguayan painist Irma Ametrano helps to address this mystery.

	MARCO POLO \| 822532931 \| CD \| 636943532928 SIEGFRIED WAGNER THE GOBLIN Regina Mauel, Rebecca Broberg, Johannes Fottinger, Volker Horn, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Frank Strobel (conductor)
WITCHCRAFT & WAGNER Richard Wagner's son Siegfried composed seventeen operas, each in a late Romantic style indebted to Humperdinck. The Goblin (Der Kobold) premiered in 1904 and tells a story of magic and evil conflicts which are resolved only by the death of the heroine. Conductor Franck Strobel visits Australia this year.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1000037 \| CD \| 4600317000371 MOZART CONCERTOS FOR 2 & 3 PIANOS Tatiana Nikolaeva, Eliso Virsaladze, Nikolai Lugansky (pianos), Lithuanuan Chamber Orchestra, Saulius Sondezkis (conductor)
MOZART FOUR- AND SIX-HANDED CONCERTOS Recorded live at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Mozart's Double Piano Concerto in E flat major K365 and Triple Concerto in F major K242 are marvellous works, though seldom performed owing to the need for more than one excellent soloist!

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1000148 \| CD \| 4600317001484 ARENSKY SUITESNOS NOS 1 & 3 USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
RUSSIAN ROMANTIC ORCHESTRA Arensky's 1st Suite draws on Russian folksongs and was composed in 1885 under the influence of Rimsky-Korsakov. The 2nd Suite was originally concieved for two pianos but later orchestrated by the composer. This disc also features the Introduction to Arensky's opera Nal And Damajanti, composed in 1903.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1000169 \| CD \| 4600317001699 KALINNIKOV SUITE, CEDAR & PALM SYMPHONIC PICTURE & BYLINA OVERTURE USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
NATIONALISTIC RUSSIAN MUSIC Vasil Kalinnikov composed bright symphonic music based on Russian folksongs, such as the four-movement Suite, as well as works based on poetry, including Cedar and Plam which is based on Heine's verses, and operas, like the overture to Bylina, which is also folk-inspired.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1000170 \| CD \| 4600317001705 KALINNIKOV SYMPHONY NO 2, INTERMEZZI NOS 1 & 2, SERENADE FOR STRING ORCHESTRA & NYMPHS SYMPHONIC PICTURE USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
CLASSIC 1968 RECORDING Kalinnikov's Serenade is a student work dating from 1891, while the two Intermezzi come from later that decade and were composed fo the Maly Theatre. The main work, Symphony no 2, has an epic range and unmistakably Russian style, while Nymphs (1889) is based on Turgenev's peom of the same name.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD100018 \| CD \| 4600317001804 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV SCHERHERAZADE, SADKO, FANTASIA ON SERBIAN THEMESE & AT THE TOMB Heinrich Friedheim (violin), The USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
RUSSIAN MASTERPIECES Sheherazade, one of the best-loved Russian orchestral works, is presented alongside three less frequently heard pieces: Sadko (1867) tells an epic tale from Russian folklore, the Fantasia on Serbian Themes celebrates folk music from the south-west of the Russian sphere of influence, while At The Tomb is dedicated to the memory of the composer's friend Mitrofan Belyaev.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1001150 \| CD \| 4600317011506 CHOPIN SONATA NO 3, RONDOS OP 1 & OP 5, MAZURKA OP 6 NO 1, NOCTURNE OP 9 NO 1 & BARCAROLLE OP 60 Isaac Mikhnovsky (piano)
HISTORIC 1966 RECORDING Isaac Mikhnovsky was one of Moscow Conservatory's most outstanding graduates, enjoying an illustrious career which included numerous important premieres as well as fine interpretations of piano works central to the repertoire. His approach to Chopin is notable for its intimacy.

	NAÏVE \| E8909 \| CD \| 822186089095 ALLEGRI MISERERE A Sei Voci
BAROQUE VOICES COLLECTION This exceptional work, composed for the Sistine Chapel, was for a long time the exclusive property of the papacy. It was performed once a year, on the eve of Easter Sunday, in complete darkness. One day, after hearing it in Rome, Mozart wrote it out from memory, as did Mendelssohn some decades later.

	NAÏVE \| E8910 \| CD \| 822186089101 AMIOT JESUIT MASS IN PEKING XVIII-21, Musique des Lumieres, Jean-Christophe Frisch (director)
BAROQUE VOICE COLLECTION Though indeed a rarity, this is much more than a curiosity. The music composed by the Jesuit missionaries to accompany the celebrations of their early communities in China is fascinating. Accompaniment was provided by Chinese and European instruments.

	NAÏVE \| E8911 \| CD \| 822186089118 JS BACH CANTATAS VOL 2 Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Christoph Pregardien, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Christophe Coin (piccolo violoncello & director)
BAROQUE VOICES COLLECTION Here we have four masterpieces from JS Bach's vast output of cantatas – four works in which the violoncello piccolo plays an important part. The violoncello piccolo is played by Christophe Coin; it vies with the beauty, clarity and purity of the voices, including that of Andreas Scholl.

	NAÏVE \| E8912 \| CD \| 822186089125 CHARPENTIER MASS FOR PORT-ROYAL Michel Chapuis, Demoiselles de St Cyr, Emmanuel Mandrin
BAROQUE VOICES COLLECTION The convent of Port-Royal in Paris, which practised the Jansenist doctrine, commissioned some musical masterpieces, including this fine mass by Charpentier. Its apparent austerity is offset by writing that is full of feeling and finesse.

	NAÏVE \| E8913 \| CD \| 709861304417 DE LALANDE MOTETS Isabelle Desrochers (soprano), Artin Gester
BAROQUE VOICES COLLECTION The three very moving Lecons de Tenebresby Michel De Lalande, published in 1730, are sung by the soprano Isabelle Desrochers, and this recording also includes four ‘tombeaux’, instrumental pieces commemorating famous people. Two of them are by Marin Marais: Tombeau de Sainte-Colombe and Tombeau pour Monsieur de Lully.

	NAÏVE \| E8914 \| CD \| 822186089149 HANDEL OPERA ARIAS & CANTATAS Maria Bayo (soprano), Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe (director)
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION These vocal works by Handel are real jewels. Maria Bayo's delightful voice, sometimes tender, sometimes forceful, is perfectly accompanied by the strings of Capriccio Stravagante, directed by Skip Sempe.

	NAÏVE \| E8915 \| CD \| 822186089156 PURCELL O SOLITUDE Il Seminario Musicale, Gerard Lesne
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION O Solitude: this exquisite and profound piece by Henry Purcell opens this selection of songs by the great English Baroque composer, recorded here by the alto Gerard Lesne, whose voice proves to be in its element expressing the subtlety of these pieces.

	NAÏVE \| LC03 \| CD \| 3760162190007 HAYDN HURDY-GURDY MUSIC Mathias Loibner, Thierry Nouat (hurdy-gurdy), Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Quatuor mosaiques, Christophe Coin (string baryton & director)
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING While based at Esterhaza Palace, Haydn composed a number of works for unusual string instruments such as the hurdy-gurdy and baryton. Here are two Nocturnes, two Octets and a Concerto never previously recorded and performed by undisputed masters of Classical Music. A must for both classical and world music lovers.

	NAÏVE \| LC4 \| CD \| 3760162190014 JS BACH FLUTE SONATAS Maria Tecla Andreotti (flute), Jan-Willem Jansen (harpsichord), Christophe Coin (viola da gamba), Sergio Azzolini (bassoon)
THE SINGING BAROQUE FLUTE Bach's compositions for flute are among his most elegant and delightful. At the hands of these outstanding performers, the Flute Sonatas in E BWV 1035, in B minor BWV 1030, in E minor BWV 1034 and the Trio Sonata in C BWV 1039/1027 glow with affectionate ease and elegant high spirits.

	NAÏVE \| OP30426 \| CD \| 709861304264 VIVALDI CELLO CONCERTOS VOL 1 Christophe Coin (cello), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)
RAVE REVIEWS FOR NEW VIVALDI 'This ambitious Vivaldi series...just gets better and better' (International Record Review) 'Christophe Coin’s playing is limpid and relaxed; he phrases with considerable freedom, leaning or edging forwards as the musical mood dictates.' (Gramophone) This is the first volume of the Vivaldi Edition solely dedicated to cello concertos.

	NAÏVE \| OP30440 \| CD2 \| 709861304400 HANDEL IL TRIOFO DEL TEMPO Deborah York, Gemma Bertagnolli, Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION The Triumph of time and Truth, to give its English title, the first oratorio written by the young Handel in Rome, shows the marvellous virtuosity of his writing at that time, as well as his amazing assimilation of the Italian style. Dubbed 'the dear Saxon' by the adoring Italians, this disc shows why he made such a splash.

	NAÏVE \| OP30441 \| CD \| 709861304417 PERGOLESI & A SCARLATTI STABAT MATER Gemma Bertagnolli, Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION As classic of Baroque music, the Stabat Mater by Pergolesi (he wrote it when he was twenty-four and he died two years later) is a constant source of emotion. This superb recording brings out all the beauty and expression of this work. Alessandro Scarlatti's setting balances the program.

	NAÏVE \| OP30444 \| CD \| 709861304448 LEO & PERGOLESI SALVE REGINA Barbara Schlick, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION Pergolesi composed other works besides his famous Stabat Mater. This recording presents two sonatas and two lovely settings of the Salve Regina. It also includes a Salve Regina by his contemporary, the Neapolitan composer Leonardo Leo, whose works helped establish a new galant style.

	NAÏVE \| OP30445 \| CD \| 709861304455 MONTEVERD MADRIGALS BOOK 5 Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION With his Fifth Book of Madrigals Monteverdi broke through the compositional conventions of his time and created a style in which the music served the words and the expression of emotions in an entirely new way. Here is the birth of the Baroque style in secular music.

	NAÏVE \| OP30446 \| CD \| 709861304462 D SCARLATTI STABAT MATER FOR TEN VOICES Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION In writing this masterly composition, on a par with the other famous version by Pergolesi, Domenico Scarlatti brings to the old style of Palestrina a great modernity based on Monterverdi's innovations to create a moving expression of the emotions for ten-voice ensemble. This is a luminous and lively recording indeed!

	NAÏVE \| OP30447 \| CD \| 709861304479 VIVALDI CONCERTOS AND CANTATAS Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION Vivaldi composed for the violin, Vivaldi composed for the voice...always with a wealth of inspiration, as well as impressive virtuosity, constant joy and vitality. Niave's recordings of Vivaldi's instrumental and vocal music, not least the cantatas and operas, is revolutionising our view of the Red Priest.

	NAÏVE \| OP30448 \| CD \| 709861304486 VIVALDI GLORIA & MAGNIFICAT Deborah York, Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION Vivaldi's greatest sacred works are simply indispensable in any collection. Even in today's secular world, the listener is swept away on an almost theatrical tide of joy that is sustained throughout this recording, which is truly exemplary in every way.

	NAÏVE \| OP30449 \| CD \| 709861304493 CARESANA PER LA NASCITTA La Cappella de’Turchini, Antonio Florio
BAROQUE VOCAL COLLECTION In the Baroque era in Naples, Christmas was a time of sumptuous festivities and theatrical performances. These pieces for the Nativity by Cristofaro Caresana are perfect illustrations of the vivacity and liveliness of Neapolitan music at that time.

	ONDINE \| ODE11005 \| SACD \| 0761195110058 KARITA MATTILA HELSINKI RECITA SONGS BY DUPARC, DVORAK, RACHMANINOV & SAARIAHO Martin Katz (piano), Karita Mattila (soprano)
AWARD-WINNERS LIVE IN CONCERT This hybrid SACD contains a rare recital performance of star soprano Karita Mattila in her native Finland. In front of an electrified audience, the best-selling Finnish artist in classical music performed in sold-out concerts at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki in October 2006. 'What an evening, what a show!' (Helsingin Sanomat)

	ONDINE \| ODE8232 \| CD \| 07611951082324 SIBELIUS ORCHESTRAL SONGS Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
CANNES CLASSICAL AWARD 1996 For the Sibelius anniversary year Ondine releases a digitally remastered CD containing 18 orchestral songs. Apart from the more familiar songs like Did I Just Dream?, The Song Of The Cross-spider and Kaiutar, the CD contains also seldomly heard large-scale and impressive The Rapid-shooter’s Brides.

	OPERA RARA \| ORC34 \| CD2 \| 792938003429 ROSSINI LA DONNA DEL LAGO Carmen Giannattasio, Kenneth Tarver, Patricia Bardon, Gregory Kunde, Robert Gleadow, Francesca Sassu, Mark Wilde, Edinburgh Festival Chorus & Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maurizio Benini (conductor)
ROSSINI LIVE FROM THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL A milestone in the development of romanticism in Italian opera. ‘The entire enterprise was concert opera at its best...Carmen Giannattasio – a prima donna is born' (Andrew Clark of the Financial Times, reviewing the concert performance)

	ORFEO \| ORFC006061 \| CD \| 4011790006123 BLENDINGER: CLARINET CONCERTO OP 72, MEDIA IN VITA OP 72 Hans Schoneberger (clarinet), Munich Chamber Orchestra, Peter Gulke (conductor); Helen Donath (soprano), Hermann Becht (bass),Munich Lehrersangverein, Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
ACCESIBLE CONTEMPRARY MUSIC Born in 1936, Herbert Blendinger is noted for his command of orchestral effects, chamber music-like textures and lyrical qualities. Hans Schoneberger performs the solo clarinet part with relaxed serenity. Media in Vita is a synthesis of sacred oratorio and secular choral music which sets autumnal poems by Hesse and Lasker-Schuler.

	ORFEO \| ORFC639061 \| CD \| 4011790639123 CPE BACH SONATAS & FANTASIAS Anthony Spiri (piano)
CPE BACH MEETS GRAND PIANO Anthony Spiri presents CPE Bach's Sonatas in C major (1775) and C minor (1786), Fantasia in G minor (1766) and Solfeggio in C minor (1766) on a concert grand piano, illustrating their viability on this modern instrument. In the Fantasia, Bach quotes the family's musical motif B-A-C-H as had his father before him.

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186050 \| SACD \| 827949005060 SCHUBERT PIANO TRIOS NOS 1& 2 Storioni Trio Amsterdam
WORLD-CLASS YOUNG TRIO Wouter Vossen (violin), Marc Vossen (cello) and Bart van de Roer (piano) are young performers who have already achieved world-class ranking. Of the Trio's previous PentaTone release (Beethoven Trios PTC5186071) Fanfare wrote: 'This is a most impressive calling card for the Storioni Trio.' As always, PentaTone's surround sound is superb.

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186096 \| SACD \| 82794900966 SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONIES NOS 5 & 9 Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
STUNNING SHOSTAKOVICH SERIES Previous releases in this series of Shostakovich's Symphonies have received the highest critical acclaim: 'Up there with the big guns…a remarkable achievement' (Gramophone), 'the ebb and flow of paragraphs and climactic tension are organic and have a build-quality commensurate with the concert hall' (classicalsource.com)

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186167 \| SACD \| 827949016769 RAVEL DAPHNIS ET CHLOE SUITES NOS 1 & 2, MA MERE L'OYE & BOLERO Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) & Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)(Bolero)
SURROUND SOUND RAVEL Recorded in the beautiful acoustic of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Rotterdam's De Doelen, this hybrid mutil-channel dics combines the virtues of original analogue recordings with excellent digital remastering for SACD release. Ravel's subtle and luminous orchestral textures shimmer and shine as never before on this ravishing recording.

	PRAGA DIGITALS \| PRD250234 \| SACD \| 794881822324 SCHOENBERG STRING QUARTET NO 4 OP 37, TRANSFIGURED NIGHT OP 4 Vladimir Bukac (viola), Petr Prause (cello), Prazak Quartet
SCHOENBERG SHINES Transfigured Night, one of Schoenberg's early, pre-atonal works, is a sumptuous tone poem for string sextet based on a poem about love and forgiveness. His String Quartet No 4, on the other hand, is a powerful homage to Beethoven written in his twelvetone technique. The Prazak Quartet and friends bring passion and great beauty to this music.

	RESONANCE \| CDRSN205 \| CD2 \| 680125020529 THE BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC COLLECTION 1 MUSIC BY ARNOLD, ALWYN, BENNETT, BLEZARD, BUTTERWORTH, CRUFT, FENBY, JACOB, HEDGES, JOHNSTONE, LANE, LANGFORD, LANGLEY, LEWIS, LYON, PARKER, SARGENT & WARREN Royal Ballet sinfonia, Kenneth Alwyn, Gavin Sutherland
FIRST IN A 3-VOLUME SERIES British light music is enjoying renewed interest. This volume includes 18 works, from Jacob's The Barber Of Seville Goes To The Devil to Lewis's An English Overture, Fenby's Rossini On Ilkla Moor to Alwyn's Suite Of Scottish Dance and much more besides. Almost two-and-a-half hours of delightful listening.

	RESONANCE \| CDRSN3102 \| CD \| 743625310221 BEETHOVEN & TRIEBENSEE OBOE TRIOS Marylin Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (oboes), Elizabeth Starr (cor anglais)
RARE WOODWIND WORKS Very few works have been written for this combination of two oboes and cor anglais, despite its delightful lyrical possibilities. The performers on this album are American musicians, all active on the concert scene, appearing as principles with many major orchestras as well as being active chamber musicians.

	SOLI DEO GLORIA \| SDG131 \| CD2 \| 843183013128 BACH CANTATAS VOL 23 Katharine Fuge, Gillian Keith, Daniel Taylor, William Towers, Charles Daniels, Norbert Meyn, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
BACH PILGRIMAGE Cantatas for the First Sunday after Easter: BWV 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich; BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ; BWV 42 Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats; BWV 158 Der Friede sei mit dir. Cantatas for the Second Sunday after Easter: BWV 104 Du Hirte Israel, hore; BWV 85 Ich bin ein guter Hirt; BWV 112 Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt.

	SUPRAPHON \| SU3832 \| CD \| 099925383220 DVORAK SYMPHONIES NOS 6 & 7 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Talich (conductor)
TALICH EDITION VOL 12 - FIRST TIME ON CD 'These are classic performances... including a particularly powerful climax to the first movement of the Seventh Symphony, a really exciting finale, and of course the remarkable character of the Czech Philharmonic...the remastering has been sensitively done' (Classics Today)

	SUPRAPHON \| SU3833 \| CD \| 099925383329 DVORAK SYMPHONIES NOS 8 & 9 'FROM THE NEW WORLD' Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Talich (conductor)
TALICH EDITION VOL 13 This recording of Dvorak's most famous symphonies reveals Talich as a conductor who constantly discovered new depths in even the most familiar repertoire. The flexibility he demanded of his orchestra certainly allowed him to share his delight in this good natured music which is central to the orchestral repertoire.

	SUPRAPHON \| SU3834 \| CD \| 099925383428 HANDEL: OBOE CONCERTO IN G MINOR JS BACH: ORCHESTRAL SUITE IN D MINOR, KEYBOARD CONCERTO IN D MINOR Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Frantisek Hantak (oboe), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Vlaclav Talich (conductor)
TALICH EDITION VOL 14 Richter and Talich recorded the Bach Concerto in June 1954, shortly after the young pianist had shone like a new star at the Prague Spring Festival. Oboist Frantisek Hantak was one of the star players of the Czech Philharmonic. The Bach Orchestral Suite here makes its first appearance on CD.

	SUPRAPHON \| SU3855 \| CD \| 099925385521 SUK: STRING QUARTET NO 1 & MEDITATION ON THE OLD BOHEMIAN CHORALE 'SAINT WENCESLAV' RAVEL: STRING QUARTET Panocha Quartet
TRANS-EUROPEAN STRING QUARTETS The nearly 40 year career of the Panocha Quartet has honed their precision to perfection without dampening their musicality and enthusiasm. This new recording adds Suk’s Quartet in B flat major has been performed with each of its two different final movements. Ravel’s Quartet in F Major is a beautiful companion from the other side of Europe.

	SUPRAPHON \| SU3901 \| CD \| 099925390129 PLAYFUL CLARINET Ludmila Peterkova (clarinet), Irina Kondratenko 9piano0
THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL From The Girl From Ipanema to The Girl With The Flaxen Hair, Czardas to The Flight Of The Bumblebee, here is a fun-filled and impressive showcase of genre-spanning classics in stylish arrangements. This is an album of pure musical delight that will lighten the heart of every listener with its lyricism, virtuosity and sheer joy!

	SUPRAPHON \| SU3903 \| CD \| 099925390327 BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO 5 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic (conductor)
GOLDEN OLDIE A further Bruckner symphony has been released as part of Supraphon’s popular Archiv series. It was recorded IN 1970 by the Czech Philharmonic with the renowned Yugoslavian conductor Lovro von Matacic, one of the last 'body and soul Romantics'. Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5 ranks among his most famous works.

	SUPRAPHON \| SU3904 \| CD \| 099925390426 MALIPIERO & CASELLA VIOLIN CONCERTOS Andre Gertler (violin), Prague Symphony Orchestra, Vaclav Smetaeek (conductor)
FIRST TIME ON CD These violin concertos by two Italian composers, Malipiero and Casella, appear on CD for the first time. The outstanding Hungarian violinist and pedagogue Andre Gertler (1907–1998) was famous for his interpretation of 20th century music. Malipiero's Concerto dates from 1932, while that of Casella comes from afew year earlier, 1928.

	TAHRA \| TAH63233 \| CD2 \| 3504129063214 THE MICHAEL RABIN LEGACY UNISSUED RECORDINGS 1950-56 Michael Rabin (violin), The Bell Telephone Orchestra, Donald Vorhees (conductor)
RABIN REVEALED Michael Rabin was lauded as an extraordinary violinist with 'no weaknesses'. Hailed as a child prodigy and trained at the Juilliard, he debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1950 with the New York Philharmonic under Mitropoulos. However, his life off the concert platform was difficult and he died aged only 35. These recordings have never before been released.

	TESTAMENT \| SBT1381 \| CD \| 749677138127 MOZART: CLARINET CONCERTO BRAHMS:CLARINET QUINTET Bernard Walton (clarinet), Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Members of the Music Group of London
CLARINET CLASSICS Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Brahms's Clarinet Quintet make a beautiful pair of works for the mellow-toned solo instrument. The Mozart was recorded in 1957, the Brahms in 2007. Bernard Walton has been dubbed one of the 'outstanding players' of modern times (The Statesman).

	TESTAMENT \| SBT1405 \| CD \| 749677140526 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES NOS 1 & 8 Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
KLEMPERER'S BEETHOVEN Beethoven's 1st and 8th Symphonies are among his more overtly 'Classical' symphonies, yet each strongly carries the composer's personal imprint. While indebted to his teacher Haydn, the 1st Symphony opens unconventionally on the 'wrong' chord. Written at a diffiult period in his life, the 8th nonetheless brims with good cheer.

	TESTAMENT \| SBT1406 \| CD \| 749677140625 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES NOS 2 & 7 Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
KLEMPERER'S BEETHOVEN The 2nd Symphony was composed around 1802, the time Beethoven began to suffer from the deafness that would set him apart from his colleagues, while the mighty 7th, with its haunting Allegretto movement, was completed a decade later. Klemperer's interpretations remain central, perhaps because he understood the nature of human suffering on his own personal level.

	TESTAMENT \| SBT1407 \| CD \| 749677140724 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES NOS 4 & 5, EGMONT OVERTURE Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
KLEMPERER'S BEETHOVEN Beethoven's most famous symphony (the 5th) and one his least performed (the 4th) make a fascinating contrast. The high musical drama and extraordinarily tight musical structure of the 5th is offset by more gentle 4th, which Schumann described as a 'slender Greek maiden'.

	TESTAMENT \| SBT1408 \| CD \| 749677140823 BEETHOVEN MISSA SOLEMNIS Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
KLEMPERER'S BEETHOVEN If his 32 piano sonatas represent the 'New Testament' of keyboard music, then Beethoven's Missa Solemnis is certainly the crowning achievement of his vocal/choral output. Conceived on a truly symphonic scale, it presents an awesome vision of humanity's relationship with the divine, comparable with Bach's B Minor Mass.

	TESTAMENT \| SBT1409 \| CD \| 749677140922 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO 9 Wilma Lipp (soprano), Elisabeth Hongen (contralto), Murray Dickie (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Ellsabeth Brasseur Choir, Orchestre de la Societie des Concerts du Conservatoire, Carl Schuricht (conductor)
HISTORIC 1959 RECORDING Beethoven's immense 9th Symphony, with its famous vocal/choral finale, stands beside his 9th Symphony as a testament of faith - faith in the abilty of humanity to stand together as a united family, as celebrated in Schiller's Ode to Joy that provides the text of the finale movement.

	TESTAMENT \| SBT1410 \| CD \| 749677141028 STRAUSS: FOUR LASTSONGS WAGNER: OPERA EXCERPTS Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor)
LEGENDARY STRAUSS & WAGNER Kirsten Flagstad's clarity of voice and restrained nobility makes this a classic interpretation, not only of Strauss's famous four Last Songs but also of the Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde and of Starke Scheite from Gotterdammerung. Furtwangler's powerful interpretations are, of course, the stuff from which legends are made.

	WIGMORE HALL LIVE \| WHLIVE0015 \| CD \| 5065000924157 SCHUMANN, PFITZNER & BRAHMS SONGS Robert Hall (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
STANDING OVATION RECITAL Born in The Netherlands and based in austria, robert Holl is one of the most important liweder singers of our time. On this new release, he presents Schumann's Liederkries, Pfitzner's Four Songs Op 32 and Brahms Vier Ernste Gesange Op 121. At the end of this Wigmore Hall recital the audience 'rose and cheered' (The Telegraph, London)

	WIGMORE HALL LIVE \| WHLIVE0016 \| CD \| 5065000924164 A FLAMENCO GUITAR RECITAL Paco Pena (guitar)
SELL-OUT RECITAL 'Paco Pena is a genuine virtuoso, capable of dazzling an audience with technical abilities beyond the frets of mortal man.' (New York Times). Since his Wigmore Hall debut forty years ago, Paco Peno has filled the auditorium and delight audiences with his passionate and virtuosic artistry. This is flamenco at the highest level!

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZT061104 \| CD \| 3760009291287 PIECES FOR CHRISTMAS PEACE MUSIC BY IMBERT, FABIANO, DIFRAYA, RAMPAL The Sixteen Group
GREAT SINGING ALL YEAR ROUND For this, its first recording, The Sixtine Group presents American Christmas numbers in order to produce an original object brimming with vitality, humour, yet also reverence. This young generation of musicians directed by Guy Longnon was forged in the first European jazz class at the Conservatoire National de Region in Marseille

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZT070301 \| CD \| 370009291386 CPE BACH FLUTECONCERTOS & SONATAS Juliette Hurel (flute), Patrick Ayrton (harpsichord), Jean-Maire Trotereau (cello), Orchestre d'Auvergne, Arie van Beek (conductor)
INVENTIVE CONCERTOS Three of CPE Bach's harpsichord concertos have survived in versions for both flute and cello. Juliette Hurel has won several international competitions and is the flute soloist of the Rotterdam Symphonic Orchestra. The Orchestre d’Auvergne, conducted by Arie van Beek (a student of Nikolaus Harnoncourt), accompanies with precision and theatrality.

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZT070401 \| CD \| 3760009291409 DE LA HALLE CHANSONS Les Jardins de Courtoisie, Anne Delafosse-Quentin (conductor)
CLASSICS OF COURTLY LOVE The French medieval poet and musician Adam de la Halle, best known for his theatre piece Robin et Marion also composed a number of chansons, few of which are currently available in recordings. This disc of 15 of these songs offers 'a living creation by musicians for music-lovers of today’ of these delightful works.

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	ARTHAUS \| K101059 \| DVD \| 807280105995 BEETHOVEN: LEONORE OVERTURE NO 3 SMETANA: THE BARTERED BRIDE OVERTURE Vaclav Neumann in rehearsal and performance, Sundfunk-Sinfonieorchester
CHARISMATIC CONDUCTOR AT WORK Popular conductor Vaclav Neumann brings his genius to bear on famous overtures to achieve precise control of rhythm and sonority, resulting in magnificent performances. 'Vaclav Neumann conducts a strong, well-contrasted performance. He has a sure instinct...{and] a powerful hand' wrote Gramophone of a previous recording.

ARTHAUS | K101109 | DVD5 | 807280110999
GLYNDEBOURNE DIAMONDS
BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO; MONTEVERDI: IL RITURNO D'ULISSE IN PATRIA; STRAVINSKY: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS; VERDI: FALSTAFF & MACBETH
Dame Janet Baker, Dame Felicity lott, Leo Goeke, Richard Van Allan, Benjamin Luxon, Elizabeth Gale, Kostas Paskalis, Dame Joseqphine Barstow, James Morris, The Glyndebourne Chorus & Ballet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Pritchard, Bernard Haitink, R

FIVE GREAT GLYNDEBOURNE OPERAS Everything about these highly acclaimed opera proudctions from the 1970s is unique: the star-studded casts, stage directors and, of course, the special atmosphere of Glyndebourne itself. These jewels of operatic history are now available in a specially-boxed 5-DVD set. A must for opera fans!

	ARTHAUS \| K101123 \| DVD4 \| 807280112399 TCHAIKOVSKY: THE NUTCRACKER, SWAN LAKE & SLEEPING BEAUTY PROKOFIEV: ROMEO AND JULIET The Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Aleksandr Kopilov, Algis Zhuratis (conductors)
FOUR GREAT RUSSIAN BALLETS Each of these four masterpeices was choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich, chief choreographer and later artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet between 1964 and 1995. 'You can't go wrong…a stunning cast…the Bolshoi filmed at the Bolshoi in Moscow is a must for any collection.' (Dancing Times)

	ARTHAUS \| K102049 \| DVD \| 807280204995 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS VOL II FAVOURITE ARIAS EXPLAINED & PERFORMED Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Galina Gorchakova, Thomas Allen, Eva Jenis, Hanna Minutillo, Yvonne Kenny, Michael konig, Orla Boylan, Vladimir Gluschak, Anna netrebko, Vladimir Ognovenko, Larissa Diadkova
UNIQUE INSIGHTS INTO THE ART OF SINGING Thirteen of the world's greatest singers in excerpts from productions by leading opera houses conducted by illustrious names such as Mackerras, Bolton, Gergiev, Atherton, Hickox, and Rozhdestvensky. Includes interviews and performances produced especially for this DVD. Volume 1 is also available (K102047)

	ARTHAUS \| K102121 \| DVD \| 807280212198 TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO 1, FRANCESCA DA RIMINI, VARIATIONS ON A ROCOCO THEME Antonio Meneses (cello), The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
TCHAIKOVSKY CYCLE VOL 1 This exceptional concert series, recorded live in Frankfurt, opens with two Tchaikovsky favourites and his less well known 1st Symphony 'Winter Dreams'. 'I just love the luxuriant timbre of Antonio Meneses's 1730 cello by Alessandro Gagliano of Naples' (MusicWeb). Stay tuned for further titles!

	BEL AIR \| BAC020 \| DVD \| 3760115300200 SHOSTAKOVICH BOLT - NTSC FORMAT The Bolshoi Ballet & State Theatre Orchestra, Pavel Sorokin (conductor)
BOLT OUT OF THE BLUE Composed in 1931 as a joyful lampoon of proletarian drama, Shostakovich's ballet Bolt is here revived for the first time in 70 years. Opening with a ballet of giant robots and ending with a delerious blood-red grand parade, this caustic work blends popular tunes, serious music, waltzes, marches and tangos into an unforgettable spectacle.

	BEL AIR \| BAC205 \| DVD \| 3760115300057 VERDI LA TRAVIATA - NTSC FORMAT Mireille Delunsch, Matthew Polenzani, Zeljko Lucic, Damiana Pinti, Orchestre de Paris, Yutaka Sado (conductor)
POWERFUL PRODUCTION OF LA TRAVIATA The 2003 Aix en Provence Festival Production of one of Verdi's most popular operas in NTSC format (also available in PAL format as BAC005) was recommended by BBC Radio 3 as one of the titles in its 'Building a Library Recommendation'.

	EUROARTS \| 2051138 \| DVD \| 880242511386 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES NOS 3 & 9 Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Eike Wilm Schulte, Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir & Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
NEW BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES DVD SERIES In 2007 EuroArts will release a special edition of the nine Beethoven Symphonies starting with symphonies 3 and 9 played by the Berlin Philharmonic under former chief conductor Claudio Abbado. One hears and sees how the orchestra transforms Abbado’s musical intentions into sound in a shared artistic experience.

	EUROARTS \| 2052068 \| DVD \| 880242520685 WAGNER DAS RHEINGOLD Wolfgang Probst, Esa Ruuttunen, Roland Bracht, Bernhard Schneider, Esa Ruuttunen, Eberhard Francesco Lorenz, Phillip Ens, Robert Künzli, Catriona Smith, Maria Theresa Ullrich, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)
CONTEMPORARY RING CYCLE 'Four operas – four stage directors' was the artistic idea behind the 1999/2000 Ring cycle, starting with Das Rheingold. Without a winged helmet in sight, this unique production casts Wotan as a coolly calculating businessman, his wife a member of the board of directors. Directed by Joachim Schlomer; Stage and Costumes by Jens Kilian.

	EUROARTS \| 2052078 \| DVD2 \| 880242520784 WAGNER DIE WALKURE Robert Gambill, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Angela Denoke, Renate Behle, Tichina Vaughn, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)
CONTEMPORARY RING CYCLE Directed by the 'psychoanalyst' Christoph Nel, who reveals Wagner’s characters, their ambivalences and their conflicts, using contemporary settings, situations and gestures – excellently supported by the some of the best Wagner singer-actors of our time, including Angela Denoke in her role debut as Sieglinde. Stage and Costumes by Karl Kneidl.

	EUROARTS \| 2054418 \| DVD \| 880242544186 MAHLER SYMPHONY NO 2 Diana Damrau (soprano), Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin Chorus, Staatskapelle Berlin, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
RESURRECTION SYMPHONY 'RESURRECTED' Pierre Boulez’s Mahler readings have long fascinated critics and audiences alike. Boulez eschews a romanticised approach and instead reveals the joy and terror in Mahler’s music. Watching Boulez conducting on his 80th birthday is truly an experience, and his interpretation presents a new perspective on a much-loved symphony.

	EUROARTS \| 2055318 \| DVD \| 880242553188 SCHEREZADE-ORIENTAL NIGHT Janine Jansen (violin), Marita Solberg (soprano), Ingebjorg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano), Berlin Philharmonic, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
BLOCKBUSTER CONCERT FROM BERLIN With over 22,000 in attendance, the Berlin Philharmonic's summer concerts are some of the most popular in the world. On this recording, Jarvi takes the audience on a trip through an Oriental Night. The program of music by Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Nielsen, Saint Saens, Mozart and Massenet explores oriental images in music.

	EUROARTS \| 2055538 \| DVD \| 880242555380 LIVE FROM THE ALHAMBRA MUSIC BY BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS & BOTTESINI/BUNYA Nabil Shehata (double bass), Kyril Zlotnikov (cello), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
CULTURAL COLLABORATION The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra was founded by Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian writer and scholar Edward Said with young, highly talented Israeli and Arab musicians. The Alhambra (Red Castle) in Granada, Spain provides particularly appropriate surroundings for an orchestra that fosters understanding across the cultural and religious divide.

	EUROARTS \| 2055878 \| DVD \| 880242558787 ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 70TH ANNIVERSARY Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
70 YEARS YOUNG Recorded live in Tel Aviv in 2006, this DVD features the Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 and the Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 as well as Ravel’s Valse, popular and at the same time demanding repertoire – just perfect for a celebration of one of the world’s foremost orchestras! This celebratory concert encompassed artistry far beyond the usual scope of music performance.

	EUROARTS \| 2055888 \| DVD \| 880242558886 HUMPERDINCK HANSEL AND GRETEL Antigone Papoulkas, Anna Gabler, Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, Irmgard Vilsmaier, Iris Vermillon, Ladies and Children's Chorus of Sachsische Staatsoper, Staatskapelle Dresden, Michael Hofstetter (conductor)
FIRM OPERATIC FAVOURITE Humperdinck's debut opera Hansel and Gretel has remained a solid favourite since its 1893 premiere. Recorded live at the world-famous Dresden Semperoper in December 2006, the production is musically of the highest rank and was directed for stage by Katharina Thalbach, with stage design & costumes by Ezio Toffolutti.

	EUROARTS \| 2060368 \| DVD \| 880242603685 CELIBIDACHE IN REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE R STRAUSS: TILL EULENSPIEGEL; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: SHERHERAZADE SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)
RARE FOOTAGE OF A MUSICAL GIANT This DVD gives us a fascinating insight into rehearsing and performing, and reveals Sergiu Celibidache’s special techniques of motivating the orchestra to obtain the effects he desires. The films from 1965 and 1982 are among the very few visual records we have of the legendary rehearsal work of this highly charismatic Maestro.

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| DVD93902 \| DVD \| 4010276439028 CARL SCHURICHT - A PORTRAIT Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carl Schuricht (conductor)
TRIBUTE TO A GREAT CONDUCTOR A real rarity from the magnificent Schuricht archive. Black and white historical footage of Schuricht conducting the Firebird and the Haffner Symphony. Generous running time and a documentary by Rolf Unkel of Schuricht’ life is included. Continues Haenssler’s acclaimed series. Special 20-CD set also available (CD93140).

	HAENSSLER CLASSIC \| DVD93903 \| DVD \| 40102764390351 BRAHMS COMPLETE SYMPHONIES SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roger Norrington (conductor)
REDISCOVER BRAHMS THE SYMPHONIST This marvellous DVD features introductions to each work by Sir Roger Norrington (subtitles in English/Chinese/German/Japanese). 'For those wishing to re-engage with music they thought they knew backwards, Norrington is an unfailingly perceptive and at times revelatory guide.' (International Record Review).

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMD9909006 \| DVD \| 794881836895 BUXTEHUDE MEMBRA JESU NOSTRI Maria Cristina Kiehr, Rosa Dominguez (sopranos), Andreas Scholl (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor), Ulrich Messthaler (bass), Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Chiara Banchini, Rene Jacobs
IMAGINATIVE CANTATA CYCLE Buxtehude was the greatest German composer between Schutz and Bach. This unusual cycle of cantatas based on a medieval Latin hymn, Salve mundi salutare, contemplates the sufferings of Christ from feet to face. Now you can admire the same performers in a film dating from 2005, naturally still conducted by Rene Jacobs.

	OPUS ARTE \| OA0967D \| DVD \| 809478009672 ROSSINI IL VIAGGIO A REIMS Anastasia Belyaeva, Vladislav Ouspenski, Larissa Youdina, Daniil Shtoda, Anna Kiknadze, Alexei Safiouline, Irma Guigolachvili, Dmitri Voropaev, Olga Kitchenko, Edouard Tsanga, Nikolaï Kamenski, Elena Sommer, Alexeï Tannovistski, Andreï Iliouchnikov & Pave
RIP-ROARING ROSSINI ‘The depth of talent that the Mariinsky Academy and Gergiev have formed is impressive. Many major opera houses would hesitate before programming a Rossini opera that demands so many expert Rossinians. The Academy miraculously managed to double cast the work.’ (Opera News) Recorded live at Le Chatelet, Paris in December 2005.

	OPUS ARTE \| OA0976D \| DVD \| 809478009764 BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO 9 Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)
BIG, BIG BRUCKNER ‘Sergiu Celibidache's Bruckner is often monumental. It is also revelatory in a way no other Bruckner conductor equals...in every bar of Bruckner's scores he scales heights of pathos and emotion most other conductors simply do not see in Bruckner's writing.’ (Music-web International). Includes 32-page booklet.

	OPUS ARTE \| OAHD5001D \| DVD \| 809478050018 TCHAIKOVSKY SWAN LAKE - HI DEFINITION DVD Agnes Letestu, Jose Martinez, Karl Paquette, Muriel Halle, Paris Opera Ballet & Paris Opera Orchestra, Vello Pahn (conductor)
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 'their dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. …Letestu is outstanding as Odile, both in her technical prowess and artistic interpretation.’ (Culture Kiosque)

	OPUS ARTE \| R090405 \| DVD \| 809478904052 WEDDING OF PRINCE CHARLES & THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL Various Artists
EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL EDITION DVD The complete BBC recording of the historic service, which featured music by Albinoni, Bach, Grieg, Gretchaninov, Handel, Hoddinott, Maxwell Davies, Walton and other composers. Net proceeds from sales are being donated to The Princes Trust. Previously available only from the Royal shops at Buckingham Palace.

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	DRG \| DRGCD19102 \| CD \| 021471910223 THE LETTER Judy Garland (vocal), John Ireland (narrator), Ralph Brewster Singers
CLASSIC GARLAND DISC From Gordon Jenkins, one of America's favorite composers-arrangers-conductors, comes an exciting new showcase from the incomparable Miss Garland. She sang and acted the major role in The Letter, beautifully capturing each nuance of the handsome score and dramatically interpreting this story of romance and adventure in New York.

	DRG \| DRGCD5257 \| CD \| 021471525724 WARM BRANDY Dolores Gray
FRIST TIME ON CD In her long Broadway and Hollywood career, musical comedy star Dolores Gray recorded only one studio album. Here for the first time on CD is that exceptional 1957 album complete with four additional single titles, her entire output for Capitol. She performs such favorites as Don't Blame Me, You Go to My Head, and Speak Low.

	DRG \| DRGCD8503 \| CD \| 021471850321 NO RESERVATIONS THE CAPITOL YEARS Frances Faye
RHYTHM IN HER BODY & SOUL Frances Faye was a jazz legend for over 40 years and recorded for Decca, Bethlehem, Verve and Capitol. DRG has her Capitol recordings including all her singles plus an unrelased single that nobody nowhere has heard before: When Loves Comes Knocking. Nothing more be said. This is truly a jazz collectors dream!

	HAT HUT \| HATOLOGY620 \| CD \| 752156062028 QUARTET SEEKING John Carter (alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet & flute), Bobby Bradford (trumpet), Tom Williamson (double bass), Bruz Freeman (drums)
DEBUT DISC GOES DIGITAL The John Carter-bobby Bradford Quartet (AKA New Art Jazz ensemble) boasts marvellous cohesiveness, moral vibrabcy and quiet determination in equal measure. Their music is fresh and vital from the git-go. This 1969 recording has been digitally remastered for release on Hat Hut.

	HAT HUT \| HATOLOGY632 \| CD \| 752156063223 SOME TREES Daniel Levin Quartet
NOT AN ORDINARY JAZZ QUARTET The traditional jazz ensemble is a functional balance of soloists and rhythm section. But if the instruments that establish the rhythmic foundation are removed, then each remaining instrument is free to vary the timing, spacing, and emphasis within its own phrasing. There's an almost telepathic level of empathy between the quartet members.

	HAT HUT \| HATOLOGY634 \| CD \| 752156063421 3 SUITS & A VIOLIN Christian Weber (double bass), Hans Koch (bass clarinet, saxophones, electronics), Michael Moser (cello), Martin Siewert (guitar, lap steel, electronics), Christian Wolfarth (drums)
UNFORMULAIC APPROACH Christian Weber tempers his group sound in dense laminations of texture and sonic residue. The result is an arresting music which combines elements of group-improvised minimalism, electro-acoustic improvisation and avant-garde chamber music into a texturally rich exploration of detailed noise texture

	LABEL BLEU \| LB4025 \| CD \| 794881846528 TEARING SKY Piers Faccini, Ben Harper
LIMITED EDITION TITLE A geography of a thousand melodies, a musical graph from life from London to Paris, Naples to Los Angeles, from mississipi lametns to the trance Pizzica of Souther Italy, the Malian desert to the English folk tradition. BONUS VIDEO: documentary The Taste Of Tears directed by Jp Plunier.

	LABEL BLEU \| LBLC6691 \| CD \| 794881837328 BIG BAAGALOO Eric Legnini Trio
POPULAR JAZZ Contemporary, funky, with plenty of action from Eric Lenini's piano and energy from Franck Agulhon's drums and Mathias Allamane's double bass (Funky Dilla), offset by more down-tempo tracks (Nightfall, Where Is The Love, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes). Also features Rosario Bonaccorso (double bass), Stephane Belmonte (trumpet) and Julien Lourau (tenor sax).

	LABEL BLEU \| LB6698 \| CD \| 794881839223 ALERTE A LEAU WATER ALERT Sebastien Texier (clarinet, saxophone), Francois Corneloup (saxophone), Manu Codjia (guitar), Guerogui Kornazov (trombone), Christophe Marguet (drums), Henri Texier (double bass)
LONGSTANDING DOUBLE BASS MASTER Henri Texier is a pillar of European jazz whose dazzling career began in the 1960s and has progressed ever since. With his masterful double bass to sustain them, his fellow musicians of the Henri Texier Strada Sextet can really enjoy themselves. The accompanying booklet is in French.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741504 \| CD \| 794881838028 ECARLATE SCARLET Sebastien Texier (saxophone, clarinets), Olivier Bennoit (guitar), Bruno Chevillon (double bass), Christophe Marguet (drums)
SCARLET EMOTIONS 'I conceived this album round a long, unfettered urban suite full of energy, structured but free, where the main theme is bright red, sometimes burningly bright, sometimes almost invisible, obsessively present, vital,' writes Christophe Marguet. 'If this was a film, it would be about the south, the desert, light, colour, paintings...freedom in its many guises.'

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741510 \| CD \| 794881844326 LES NOCES DE DADA THE DADA WEDDING Struber Z'tett
LIVE ZAPPA TRIBUTE Californian guitarist Frank Zappa was a unique phenomenon: a fan of Stravinksy and Varese, a rocker and a musical philosopher - in other words, completely unclassifiable! Bernard Struber's group Struber Z'tett pays tribute to this late, great musical master in an album which is fitingly unclassifiable.

LIVING ERA | CDAJA5643 | CD | 743625564327
HAVE YOU HEARD JONI JAMES?
ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS 1952-5
Joni James

29 GREAT SONGS Joni James was one of the top female pop singers of the 50s. This CD contains all her biggest hits plus a great selection of fine standards, including Why Don’t You Believe Me?, Your Cheatin’ Heart, How Important Can It Be? and Have You Heard? A further seven chart hits are featured alongside evergreens such as When You Wish Upon A Star, Let There Be Love, Little Girl Blue and These Foolish Things.

	LIVING ERA \| CDAJA5645 \| CD \| 7436255645 COCKTAILS FOR TWO - THE SONGS OF SAM COSLOW 25 ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS 1928-47 Various Artists, including Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Connee Boswell, Carl Brisson, Dick Haymes, Hutch, Ethel Waters, Maurice Chevalier, Noel Coward, Sam Coslow and more
AMAZING ROSTER OF ARTISTS The 26th (!) release in Living Era’s important Songs Of series is a tribute to one of America’s finest songwriters, Sam Coslow. Tracks include Just One More Chance, Moon Song, My Old Flame, In The Middle Of A Kiss, Thanks, Learn To Croon, The Day You Came Along, Sing You Sinners, True Confession and A Little White Gardenia.

	LIVING ERA \| CDAJA5667 \| CD \| 743625566727 HOOTIES BLUES 27 ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS 1941-55 Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, Jimmy Witherspoon
TRIBUTE TO A JAZZ GIANT American jazz pianist and bandleader Jay McShann died last December aged 90 after a long career during which he carried the flame of Kansas City jazz at its Count Basie-inspired finest, as well as being acknowledged as a truly great blues artist. During the early 40s his band was the training ground for such stars as Charlie Parker.

	O+MUSIC \| OP126 \| CD \| 3760106071263 TOOTYA Toufic Farroukh
JAZZ FROM UNFAMILIAR ANGLES If Toufic Farroukh’s new album Tootya is anything it is this. A touch of oriental roots, a tinge of electronica combined with lots of intense flavoring, the accomplished Lebanese saxophonist’s journey continues with this powerful follow up to 2002’s groundbreaking DrabZeen.

	WORLD VILLAGE \| WV468063 \| CD \| 713746806323 CAT Catherine Russell
SMOOTH BLUESY JAZZ Traversing the rich, alluvial terrain between the poles of blues nad country swing, Catherine Russell charges and shimmys through barrelhouse and society cabaret alike, taking us to the rooms where jazz was born. Her late father, Luis Russell, was a Big Band leader in both the Jazz Age and the Swing Era; her mother is a bass player. Catherine has her own sound...

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZTJ020901 \| CD \| 3760009290242 ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREE Tchangondei
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING Benin-born pianter and jazz pianist Tchangondei (whose name means 'thunder and lightning') performs On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Greensleeves, To Be, Rues Plus Bas, Dardanella, Rue Du Soleil Levant, Sonate Africaine, Silence Des Amours, L’amour N’a Pas De Sentir, Cafe Comptoir Boogie.

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	DRG \| DRGCD19099 \| CD \| 021471909920 LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE Off Broadway Cast
UNEXPECTED OFF-BROADWAY HIT Little Mary Sunshine opened at the Orpheum Theatre on November 18, 1959, virtually unheralded. Yet the next morning, the critics were at a loss to express their joy and surprise. Audiences immediately began beating a path to the Orpheum, and Capitol Records chose Little Mary Sunshine as its first off-Broadway cast recording.

	DRG \| DRGCD19101 \| CD \| 021471910124 A JOLLY THEATRICAL SEASON Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly
SHOW ALBUM ESSENTIAL ITEM A Jolly Theatrical Season is a revue of some show-stopping comedy songs from on-and off-Broadway, hilariously performed by those award-winning wags of How to Succeed on Business Without Really Trying. Produced by Andy Wiswell, with orchestra arranged and conducted by Elliot Lawrence, and liner notes written by famed director Abe Burrows.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC101 \| CD \| 794881732326 LE CHANT DE LA TERRE ET DES ETOILES THE SONG OF THE EARTH & STARS Luzmila Carpio
HEAVEN IN A WILDFLOWER Luzmila Carpio, whose crystal voice combines the innocence of an infant with all the wisdom of the world, expresses her deep gratefulness for mother Earth, father Sun, the brooks that feed the earth, the animals that accompany the lives of human beings. She expresses the wonder we experience from a flower or a star.

ACCORDS CROISES | AC104 | CD | 794881749126
LE RYTHME DE LA PAROLE
THE RHYTHM OF SPEECH 1
Keyvan Chemirani and great voices of the world

A BANQUET OF SOUNDS Keyvan Chemirani gathers together a group of world musicians in an usual project; fresh, lively and talkative. Guest Artists include: Neba Solo (Mali), Sudha Ragunathan (songs of South India), Alireza Ghorbani (classical Persian song), Cherifa (Berber songs from Morocco), Delphine Aguilera (Provence), Erik Marchand (Briton), Francoise Atlan (Judeo-Arabic song), Kudsi Erguner, Halil Neciboglu (Turkey), Nahawa Doumbia, Didadi (Mali), Faiz Ali Faiz (Qawwali song from Pakistan).

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC105 \| CD \| 794881751525 MOLIENDO CAFE AUX PORTALES MOLIENDO CAFE AT LOS PORTALES Silva Graciana 'La Negra'
SOUND OF VERA CRUZ Dona Graciana is an emblematic figure of the musical life of the region of Veracruz which envelops and leads us into the well-drawn curve of the Gulf of Mexico. Graciana, whose given name is La Negra, perpetuates the 'jarocho sound'. The vigour of her African roots infuses Hispanic colors braided with a primarily Olmec Indian culture.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC106 \| CD \| 794881761920 L'AMOUR DE TOI ME FAIT DANSER YOUR LOVE MAKES ME DANCE Faiz Ali Faiz
DANCE OF THE SPIRIT To pay tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Faiz Ali Faiz reinterprets music composed by Nusrat or drawn from the tradition to which he belonged in order 'to carry spirituality to the dance floors'. This is a courageous enterprise, rooted in a great tradition while nonetheless reaching out towards new frontiers.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC107 \| CD \| 794881770021 CALLIGRAPHIES VOCALES VOCAL CALLIGRAPHY Ali Reza Ghorbani
SUNG FROM THE HEART Ali Reza Ghorbani, stands out as a singer of the highest order in spite of his young age and the incredible complexity of this form of vocal expression which is peculiar to the Persian tradition. He performs here in a small ensemble with Djamchid Chemirani and Daryoush Talai'i, who also assumes of the musical direction.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC108 \| CD \| 794881771622 SHAKTI Sudha Ragunathan
THE BREATH OF THE DIVINE 'Religious fervour is integral to carnatic music. I see myself as a means of conveying the meaning of the words to my audience,' says Sudha Ragunathan. The rigor and discipline acquired from her teachers enables her to handle ragas and melodies in a typical carnatic register, dedicated to joy and the mood of the dance.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC109 \| CD \| 794881778829 ISHQ - L'AMOUR ABSOLU ISHQ - ADSOLUTE LOVE Abida Parveen
SONGS TO THE DIVINE BELOVED Abida is often compared to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for her dazzling voice and musical imagination allied with a totally feminine, delicate statement to the Divine Beloved of what His love will make us endure. She is always transformed by energy, seemingly inspired by He whose praises she sings in ecstatic communion with her audience.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC110 \| CD \| 794881786725 !REPENTISTAS! Various Artists
WORD, MUSIC, SPIRITUALITY Thanks to an exceptionally high level of popular culture and absence of illiteracy, even in the remotest areas, Cuba has preserved a unique art-form blending language, poetry and celebration. Whether referred to as tonada (melody) or controversia (verbal joust), these improvisations ornament a precise metrical framework in a festive sense of play.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC111 \| CD \| 794881806621 IL ETAIT UN FOIS LA PALESTINE ONCE UPON A TIME IN PALESTINE Moneim Adwan
PALESTINIAN STORIES IN MUSIC Once Upon A Time In Palestine is a series of musical anecdotes in which the singer has become a story-teller. Moneim Adwan has engaged poets to produce for him a wide and rich range of texts which he has arranged and orchestrated with the help of Palestinian, Arab, Israeli and Egyptian musicians.

	ACCORDS CROISES \| AC119 \| CD \| 794881839025 MON HISTOIRE MY STORY Esma Redzepova
A self-proclaimed gypsy from Skopje, Esma Redzepova has travelled the world, broadening the audience for Macedonian music. She has recently celebrated 40 years of music-making and on this new release tells her own story as 'Queen of the Gypsies'. Another of her albums, Gypsy Carpet, is also available on Network Medien (WN495116).

	COBALT \| CO102 \| CD \| 794881813124 MGODRO GORI Mikidache
FROM THE COMORES ISLANDS Mikidache is a formidible guitarist and vocalist whose finesse and virtuosity never serve as ends in themselves. Mgodro Gori is his third and most personal album, which draws inspiration from the traditional village dance called mgodro. He is joined by several outstanding colleagues.

	COBALT \| CO103 \| CD \| 794881823925 GRIN N SYEL Danyel Waro
FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN Danyel Waro lives on the island of Reunion, where he makes traditional instruments. He is also a musician and a poet. 'I look for the cadences, images and rhythms in words,' he explains, and intreprets them in terms of the maloya tradition of his home. Le Figaro has praised him as 'a rare artist.'

	DAQUI \| 332030 \| CD \| 794881844524 PO CHERI Romano Drom
OLD GYPSY SONGS MADE NEW Romano Drom reflects both the tradition and the modernity of Olah gypsy music. The original songs have been arranged by Antal Kovacs. Characterised by their masculine energy and sincerity, Romano Drom play guitars, percussion, accordion violin and double bass with an irresitible groove.

	IRIS MUSIC \| IR3001887 \| CD \| 3464630018878 MARIA CREUZA CANTA VINCIUS DE MORAES Maria Creuza
LOVELY LATIN LOUNGE The melodies of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carlos Lyra and Francois Himes and the bossa nova sensibility of Roberto Menescal's arrangements are the perfect grounding for Maria Creuza's velvety voice to burst into bloom. This Brazillian singer cultivates an easy tuneful style that lovers of Latin lounge will enjoy.

	IRIS MUSIC \| IR3001963 \| CD \| 346430019639 LE VOYAGE EN ARMENIE THE VOYAGE THROUGH ARMENIA Film score by Arto Tuncboyaciyan
A STORY TOLD IN MUSIC Director Robert Guediguian chose Arto Tuncboyaciyan to write the music for this film because he combines age-old instruments from Anatolia with a keen interest in everything contemporary. The two worked closely together, with the script and the music each contributing equally to the story of the film.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741444 \| CD \| 794881838127 CAMINOS NUEVOS NEW PATHS Juan Carmona
NATURAL BORN GUITARIST Grammy Award nominee, Juan Carmona is one of the most creative guitarists of the new flamenco generation. As an innovator, he stands between the traditional styles of Andalusia and modern musical genres, creating an international career across Europe, the USA and North Africa.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741445 \| CD \| 79488183822 ORILLAS SHORES Juan Carmona, Rabat Philharmonia Orchestra, musicians of Marseilles Opera House
MEDITERRANEAN FLAMENCO FUSION Juan Carmona moves between the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea, taking the listener on a journey through contemporary flamenco and beyond into a realm of musical 'emotions without frontiers'. It is a meeting of musical traditions and styles, rather than their differences, which matters - a bridge connecting distant horizons.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741501 \| CD \| 794881837823 RHYTHMS & MELODIES Munir Bashir (oud) & ensemble
THE OUD ROCKS! Have you ever heard Johnny Guitar, Amado Mio or O Sole Mio perfomered on an oud? This is your opportunity hear an astonishing selection of songs performed by Iraq-born Munir Bashir on his six-string Arabic lute. It's an amazing cross-over experience, where East meets West. Recorded in Baghdad in 1987.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741505 \| CD \| 794881838622 L'OBSESSIONISTE HOMAGE TO LE PALAIS IDEAL OF POSTMAN CHEVAL Sebastien Texier (clarinet), Edouard Bineau (piano)
VISIONARY PALACE Born in 1836, the rural postman, self-taught builder and visionary sculptor Ferdinand Cheval built the disconcerting Ideal Palace between 1879 and 1912 where 'all the styles from all the countries and from all times meet and are mingled'. It is now a museum and cultural centre. This album is a charming musical tribute to that magical place and its founder.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM274887 \| CD \| 794881843725 VISSOTSKY:RUSSIE Vladimir Vissotsky, Marina Vlady
INTERNATIONAL FILM STAR Marina Vlady is a French actress who won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Conjugal Bed. She was married to Russian poet and song-writer Vladimir Vysotsky from 1970 until his death in 1980. this album presents twelve of his songs. Booklet in French

	MARABI \| MRB468182 \| CD \| 794881841325 MARABI AFRICA Various Artists, including Malouma, Johnny Clegg, Boubacar Traore, Djelimady Tounkara, Ba Cissoko, Bembey Jazz, The Mahotella Queens, Jaojoby, Wendy Kolosoy and more
HEART OF AFRICA Blues form the Sahel and the Indien Ocean, Congolese rumba, Zulu beat, flambuoyant Mandingo guitars, awesome groove and melancholy songs. Here are 17 tracks, modern yet permeated with tradition, that traverse Africa with its divas, troubadours, rockers and exceptional instrumentalists.

	RADIO FRANCE OCORA \| C560219 \| CD \| 794881841929 THE QUADRILLE TRADITION Negoce (accordion) & Signature ensemble
The Grande-Terre quadrille, an offshoot of 18th-century European dance blended with African sensibility, is more than a simple entertainment; today, it is a vital part of Guadeloupean life. This creole music with its melodic richness and powerful rhythms has found powerful exponents in these musicians.

	WORLD VILLAGE \| WV468066 \| CD \| 713746806620 DRAKE:SECOND GRACE Christopher O'Riley (piano)
INTROVERTED TROUBADOUR The songs of British singer-songwriter-guitarist Nick Drake (1948-1974) have influenced many. In Christopher O’Riley’s dazzlingly intuitive piano settings, Drake’s melodies, with their deceptively simple folklore-derived sing-alongs, uneven, jazz-inflected rhythms and swirling, iridescent gleanings from French Impressionism, shine as never before.

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	NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS \| 44212 \| CD28 \| 9789626344422 DICKENS:OUR MUTUAL FRIEND UNABRIDGED Read by David Timson
CLASSIC FICTION A mysterious boatman on the Thames, a drowned heir, a dustman and his wife and a host of other characters populate this novel of relationships between the classes, money, greed and love. This is the only unabridged recording of one of Dickens' finest novels and part of the ever-growing library of Complete Classics on Naxos Audiobooks.

	NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS \| 844312 \| CD8 \| 9789626344439 DICKENS:BLEAK HOUSE ABRIDGED Read by Sean Barrett and Teresa Gallagher
RAGS, RICHES & ROMANCE The long drawn-out case of the Jarndyce estate recently screened on ABC TV is now available on this 8-CD Naxos Audiobook, read movingly by Sean Barrett as the main narrator with Teresa Gallagher as the young Esther Summerson. This remains one of Dickens' most popular novels.

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