November New Releases

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NAXOS CD OF THE MONTH | 8570439 | CD | 747313043972
Vaughan Williams Hodie (Christmas Cantata), Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Janice Watson (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor), Stephen Gadd (baritone), Guildford Choral Society, St Catherine’s School Middle Chamber Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

Popular Christmas works for choirs to perform
The Fantasia draws on four English Carols: There is a fountain, The First Nowell , A Virgin Unspotted and The Wassail Bough
Hodie is a serene, very tuneful masterpiece of Vaughan Williams’ maturity
The performers are ideal for this seasonal repertoire

CHRISTMAS CLASSICS Vaughan Williams’s Christmas Cantata Hodie (This Day) is a brilliant mosaic of musical styles set to poetry by Milton, Hardy and George Herbert, bound together by a narration of the Gospel Nativity story sung in unison by a boys’ choir. With its gripping blend of mysticism, heavenly glory and human hope, Hodie flows with vitality and inventiveness. The Fantasia on Christmas Carols is notable for the obbligato cello part and for the varied treatment of the choir, which provide an atmospheric choral-orchestral texture.

NAXOS | 8570334 | CD | 747313033478
Kraus Violin Concerto, Azire, Olympie Incidental Music

Takako Nishizaki (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd (conductor)

World premiere of Violin Concerto, with soloist Takako Nishizaki whose recording of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s critically-acclaimed CDs have sold more than half a million copies worldwide
Increasing interest in music by contemporaries of Haydn and Mozart will make this a popular title: Kraus’s ballet The Fisherman (Naxos 8557498) was recently released

DELIGHTFUL ORCHESTRAL WORKS Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) was one of the most gifted and unusual composers of the 18th Century, whose talent for thematic development, colourful orchestration and theatrical flair caused Haydn to proclaim him one of only two geniuses he knew (Mozart was the other). His Violin Concerto in C major is a monumental virtuoso work. The incidental music for Kellgren’s tragedy Olympie consists of a powerful stormy overture, an off-stage march, four entr’actes and an epilogue. Also included are virtually the only portions that have survived from Kraus’s Swedish opera Azire.

NAXOS | 8570726 | CD | 747313072675
Symphonic Brass

Verdi Grand March from Aida, Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Bizet Deep Inside the Sacred Temple (The Pearl Fishers), Carmen Suite, Holst Jupiter (The Planets), Bizet Farandole (L’Arlesienne), Elgar Nimrod (Enigma Variations), Walton Spitfire Fugue, Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite, John Williams Hymn to the Fallen (Saving Private Ryan), Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs

The Black Dyke Band is the world’s most famous brass band, founded over 150 years ago and still going strong
Robert Childs was recently awarded an honorary doctorate for his international achievements
Popular favourites on this disc showcase the Band’s passion and sensitivity
A ‘must-have’ title for brass fans!

A COLLECTION OF POPULAR CLASSICS in a new guise, this recording includes perennial favourites such as the Grand March from Verdi’s Aida, Nimrod from Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, transcribed for brass band by prominent arranger/composers from the 1930s to the present day. Founded in 1855, the legendary Black Dyke Band has been awarded the title ‘Champion Band of Great Britain’ no less than twenty times. In their 150th year they also became European and British Open Champions 2005, and they retained the British Open title in 2006.

NAXOS | 8570793 | CD | 747313079377
Elms Festive Frolic - A Celebration of Christmas

Fanfare da Festa, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Gabriel’s Message, Rocking, Angels from the Realms of Glory, Sleepers Wake!, Cherry Tree Carol, Away in a Manger, The Boar’s Head, Coventry, Merry Gents, Wassailing in the Dark, Coventry Carol, Silent Night, In Dulci Jubilo, Sheep May Safely Graze, Festive Frolic, Sleep Sweet Babe, We Three Kings of Orient Are, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
Joyful Company of Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Bell (conductor)

Fun-filled Christmas title with lots of family favourites
The Joyful Company of Singers ‘are undoubtedly one of the great choirs of the world, with their virtuosity and intense spirit’, multi-award-winners and frequent guests at international festivals
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is ‘Britain's national orchestra’

RODERICK ELMS’ CHRISTMAS MUSIC ranges from charming and witty arrangements of well-loved traditional carols to new settings and festive orchestral pieces written for this very special season. The charm and immediate appeal of his music has been captivating audiences across the country for many years and this selection represents some of his most popular works, together with a few new ones such as the spectacular suite Wassail Down the Wind for organ and orchestra.

NAXOS EDUCATIONAL | 855808790 | CD4 | 636943819128
The A-Z of Conductors

Music by Beethoven, Berlioz, Bizet, Borodin, Brahms, Bruckner, Debussy, Delius, Dvorak, Elgar, Gounod, Grieg, Handel, d’Indy, Liszt, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Respighi, Rossini, Schumann, Scriabin, J Strauss II, Suk, Suppe, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Weber
Ansermet, Barbirolli, Beecham, van Beinum, Bernstein, Bohm, Boult, Busch, Cantelli, Celibidache, Cluytens, Coates, De Sabata, Desormiere, Dorati, Fricsay, Furtwangler, Horenstein, Jochum, von Karajan, Kempe, Kleiber, Klemperer, Knappertsbusch, Koussevitzky, Krauss, Krips, Mengelberg, Mitropoulos, Monteux, Mravinsky, Munch, Nikisch, Ormandy, Reiner, Rodzinski, Scherchen, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Schuricht, Solti, Steinberg, Stokowski, Strauss, Szell, Talich, Toscanini, Walter, Weingartner conducting various orchestras

Essential educational title for schools, universities and the home
48 great conductors, 28 great composers, 28 great orchestras!
Unique compilation on 4 CDs at an unbeatable price
Immortal interpretations of orchestral music spanning several decades

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE GREAT CONDUCTORS Here across 4 CDs are some of the greatest conductors ever recorded, performing music by the greatest classical composers with leading orchestras including Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, Austrian Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatskapelle, Boston Symphony Orchestra, British Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Paris Opera Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, RCA Victor Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

AMBROISIE CD OF THE MONTH | AM125 | CD | 822186001257
The Bach Dynasty

JS Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A Major, Symphony in C Major , WF Bach Flute Concerto in D Major
Atsushi Sakai (cello), Jocelyn Daubigney (flute), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (harpsichord, director)

Les Talens Lyriques is one of the world’s best Baroque orchestras, led by the charismatic Christophe Rousset
Their the best-selling film soundtrack to Farinelli (V5114) is also being re-released this month
Virtuoso Baroque and early Classical concertos have wide appeal

FAMILY AFFAIR The Bachs were the greatest musical dynasty of the 18th Century. This gorgeous disc presents a Harpsichord Concerto by Johann Sebastian reconstructed from cantata sinfonias alongside three equally elegant works by his sons: Carl Philipp Emanuel's Cello Concerto and C-major Symphony, and Wilhelm Friedemann's Flute Concerto. Les Talens Lyriques rank among the best interpreters of these Baroque and Classical masterpieces, performing with unequalled spirit and style. Rousset is a charismatic keyboardist and inspiring director.

CHANDOS CD OF THE MONTH | CHAN3147 | CD | 95115314722
Handel Acis and Galatea excerpts

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), David Galliver (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass), Thurston Dart (harpsichord), St Anthony Singers, Philomusica of London, Adrian Boult (conductor)

Joan Sutherland was nicknamed ‘La Stupenda’ in 1960, the year of this classic recording, for her crystal-clear voice and excellent diction
Rare collaboration between Sutherland and Peter Pears
This highlights CD is a real collectors’ title, released for the first time on Chandos, at an excellent price

JOAN SUTHERLAND CLASSIC RECORDING Originally issued in 1960, this version of Handel's popular masque was praised as being 'as close to definitive as one gets'. A real collector's item, it features Sutherland (the nymph Galatea) and Pears (the shepherd Acis) in a rare collaboration. Owen Brannigan (the giant Polyphemus) characterises the villain of the piece with bumptious humour and menace. This disc presents highlights and has been digitally remastered.

HARMONIA MUNDI CD OF THE MONTH | HMC90190608 | CD3 | 794881848027
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol 3

Paul Lewis (piano)

Pianist Paul Lewis is ‘one of the most popular pianists of his generation’ (The Age, Melbourne)
’ He is the musician as master storyteller, and he keeps our eager attention’ (The Washington Post)
Lewis reveals Beethoven’s playfulness, charm and wit, as well as revelling in the moments of high Romantic passion
His refreshing recordings of Beethoven Sonatas have sold hundreds of copies in Australia

MUCH-AWAITED RELEASE This 3rd volume of Paul Lewis's acclaimed cycle of Beethoven Piano Sonatas includes two of the most famous, the 'Moonlight' and 'Appassionata'. Lewis's recent concert performances for Musica Viva Australia left audiences in awe of his thrilling abilities. Vol 1 (HMC901902) gained Gramophone Editor's Choice. Vol 2 (HMC90190305) was released last year. Both have sold hundreds of copies in Australia. Vol 4 (HMC9010911) is scheduled for release in the near future. These are deeply-considered, compelling interpretations.

HARMONIA MUNDI BOX SET | HMX290825079 | CD29 | 794881851225
Harmonia Mundi 50th Anniversary Box Set

Ideal Christmas Gift – the ultimate ‘Music Box’ full of treasures
Limited-edition deluxe boxed set
The must-have CD release of the year
Great introduction to classical music for beginners
Excellent collection for connoisseurs
50 works on 29 CDs with over 36 hours of music (with CD-ROM of sung texts/translations)
148-page booklet

ONCE IN A LIFETIME BOX SET Harmonia Mundi, one of the world's leading labels celebrates half a century of pathbreaking releases. Named Record Label of the Year by Gramophone in 2003 and Midem in 2006, it led the revival in historically-informed performances of Baroque, Classical and, more recently, Romantic and Modern works, and helped bring William Christie, Alfred Deller, Philippe Herreweghe and countless other outstanding artists to the attention of music-lovers around the world. This limited edition box set is Harmonia Mundi's present to you! 'Harmonia Mundi is the most artistic classical label around' (The Wall Street Journal)

OPUS ARTE DVD | OA0986D | DVD | 809478009863
Delibes Sylvia

Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soares, Martin Harvey, Mara Galeazzi, The Royal Ballet, Graham Bond (conductor)

Sylvia is Delibes' best ballet
The Royal Ballet is Britain's most prestigious ballet company
Darcey Bussell was the company’s most famous working ballerina, at the height of her powers when she retired earlier this year
Stunning production, 117 minutes of ballet heaven!

FREDERICK ASHTON'S SPLENDID PRODUCTION Delibes' Sylvia was judged by Tchaikovsky as better than his own Swan Lake. Restored to its elegant three-act form for the 75th Anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet, this spectacular production revives Ashton's choreography to brilliant effect. Sylvia is a wonderful showcase for virtuosity, invention and classical beauty, the epitome of Ashton's style with costumes and stage settings of breathtaking beauty.

PENTATONE CD OF THE MONTH | PTC5186098 | SACD | 827949009860
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K364, Rondo in C Major K373, Concertone for Two Violins K190

Julia Fischer (violin), Gordan Nikolic (violin, viola), Hans Meyer (oboe), Herre Jan Steganga (cello), Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)

Julia Fischer is a genuine super-star
Hailed as ‘one of the great violinists of the 21st century’, and winner of last year’s BBC Music Magazine Best Newcomer Award
‘If there is a more exciting and yet thoughtful fiddler of her generation, we have yet to hear about them.’ (Gramophone)
Her 2007 Gramophone Award drew on listener votes from 15 classical radio networks in 13 countries, with a combined audience of almost 14 million people
All of her acclaimed PentaTone recordings are distributed in Australia by Select

GRAMOPHONE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2007 Young violinist Julia Fischer has enjoyed a rapid and well-deserved rise to fame, capped with this prestigious award. This disc is the third and final volume of her recordings of Mozart's complete music for violin and orchestra. Vol 1 (PTC5186064) and Vol 2 (PTC5186094) are also available, as are all Julia Fischer's outstanding PentaTone recordings: Russian Violin Concertos (PTC5186059), Brahms Violin Concerto, Double Concerto (PTC5186066), Bach Solo Violin Sonatas & Partitas (PTC5186072), Mendelssohn Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 (PTC5186085), Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (PTC5186095).

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NAXOS | 8555845 | CD | 747313584529
Rodrigo Songs and Madrigals for Soprano and Orchestra Vol 10

Cuatro madrigales amatorios (1948), Cantos de amor y de guerra (1968), Triptic de Mossen Cinto (1936), Romance del Comendador de Ocana (1947), Cuatre cancons en llengua catalana (1935), Rosaliana (Four songs on poems by Rosalia de Castro) (1965), Cantico de la esposa (1934)
Raquel Lojendio (soprano), Asturias Symphony Orchestra (OSPA), Maximiano Valdes (conductor)

SPANISH SONGS This recording presents some of the finest examples of Rodrigo’ s songs, illustrating the wide range of Spanish poetry he set. He considered Cantico de la esposa (Song of the Bride) his best vocal work. Triptic de Mossen Cinto (Triptych of Mossèn Cinto) displays his exquisite matching of words to music, swift but subtle changes of mood, and love of the emotive power of the voice.

	NAXOS \| 8557062 \| CD \| 747313206223 Rachmaninov Music for Two Pianos Symphonic Dances Op 45, Suites Nos 1 and 2 Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe (pianos)
ROMANTIC PIANO TIMES TWO Rachmaninov’s Suites for two pianos are among his most original works for the medium, as inspired and tuneful as his concertos. The Symphonic Dances, a virtual symphony in three movements and Rachmaninov’s last major work, is convincingly translated from the popular orchestral work on which he was working at the same time.

	NAXOS \| 8557711 \| CD \| 747313271122 Respighi Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Rossiniana Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)
RESPIGHI RARITIES Ottorino Respighi’s four symphonic impressions Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows) began life as Tre preludi sopra melodie gregoriane for piano (Naxos 8553704). Impressioni brasiliane (Brazilian Impressions) is a musical snapshot of the composer’s visit to Brazil in 1927. Rossiniana is one of his most brilliantly and colourfully scored works.

	NAXOS \| 8557831 \| CD \| 747313283125 Schubert Romantic Poets Vol 2 19 songs with texts by Korner, Schutz, Kind, Gerstenberg, Ruckert, Winkler and Schlegel Markus Schafer (tenor), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
SCHUBERT SONGS The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert’s Lieder grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to Barenreiter’s New Schubert Edition, which uses primary sources, the performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research. This is the second of four discs of Schubert’s settings of the Romantic poets.

	NAXOS \| 8557845 \| CD \| 747313284528 Hummel Oberon's Magic Horn Le retour de Londres – Grand Rondeau brillant Op 127, Variations and Finale in B-flat major Op 115, Oberons Zauberhorn Op 116, Variations in F major Op 97 Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Gavle Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd (conductor)
ROMANTIC IMAGINATION The four works on this recording illustrate the vitality of Hummel’s musical imagination at the height of his career. Oberons Zauberhorn is a strikingly original fantasy based loosely on Weber’s opera Oberon. Le retour de Londres opens with a slow introduction remarkable for its beauty and expressive power which leads into an inventive and brilliantly virtuosic Rondeau.

	NAXOS \| 8557966 \| CD \| 747313296620 WF Bach Keyboard Works Vol 1 12 Polonaises, Sonata in D Major, Fantasia Robert Hill (fortepiano)
CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK In their originality, concentration and breadth of expression, the Polonaises of JS Bach’s first-born son, Wilhelm Friedemann, establish him as a composer worthy of his father. The Sonata in D major, his first published work, has expressive aims and technical demands very rarely seen in 18th-century keyboard music.

	NAXOS \| 8559102 \| CD \| 636943910221 Copland Complete Works for Violin and Piano Violin Sonata, Two Pieces for Violin and Piano, Vitebsk (Study on a Jewish Theme for Piano, Violin and Cello), Preludes Nos 1 and 2, Duo for Violin and Piano, Rodeo: Hoe Down Ross Harbough, Paul Posnak, Peter Zazofsky
COPLAND'S CHAMBER MUSIC Aaron Copland was more than a creator of wistful American nostalgia; he was a deeply sophisticated musician, aware of aesthetic trends of his time. His diverse and eclectic output included a great deal of chamber music, much of which is included here. Whether tuneful, jazzy, intense or lyrical, his compositions are always enjoyable and rewarding.

	NAXOS \| 8559286 \| CD \| 636943928622 Duke Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto, Homage to Boston Scott Dunn (piano), Sam Magill (cello), Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS Vernon Duke's Piano Concerto was written for Arthur Rubinstein but never performed in his lifetime. American conductor/pianist Scott Dunn completed and premiered the work at Carnegie Hall to great acclaim. Duke's Cello Concerto is an overtly Romantic work, while his Homage to Boston suite portrays various people and places from that city.

	NAXOS \| 8570094 \| CD \| 747313009473 Bax Violin Sonatas Vol 2 Violin Sonata No 2 (1915), Ballad for Violin and Piano (1916), Legend for Violin and Piano (1915), Sonata in G minor (1901), Sonata in F major (1928) Lawrence Jackson (violin), Ashley Wass (piano)
MULTI-FACETED COMPOSER A far cry from the heart-on-sleeve Romanticism of his First Violin Sonata (Naxos 8557540), Bax’s Second reflects the composer’s concerns regarding the First World War. The Legend and Ballad were composed around the time of his finest symphonic poems and share their refined drama and lush exoticism. The unnumbered Sonata in F was not performed until 1983.

	NAXOS \| 8570137 \| CD \| 747313013777 Liszt Piano Music Vol 27 Donizetti Operatic Reminiscences and Transcriptions William Wolfram
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Valse de concert sur deux motifs de Lucia et Parisina, Reminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia (2nd Version), Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor, Spirto gentil de l’opera La favorite, and the Marche funebre de Dom Sebastien are the five works featured on this disc. Wolfram is able to summon torrents of sound for the grandest moments in the Romantic literature.

	NAXOS \| 8570192 \| CD \| 747313019274 Sarasate Music for Violin and Piano Vol 2 Homenaje a Rossini Op 2, Souvenir de Domont Op 8, Fantaisie de concert sur Martha Op 19, Gavota de Mignon Op 16, Melodie roumaine Op 47,Mosaique de Zampa Op 15, Moscovienne Op 12, Fantaisie de concert sur La forza del destino Op 1 Tianwa Yang (violin), Markus Hadulla (piano)
ONE OF THE GREATEST VIOLINISTS EVER, Pablo Sarasate inspired many concertos and other works for solo violin from the leading composers of his time, and himself contributed to violin repertoire, not least in his operatic fantasies, many of which have suffered neglect since his death. In 2004 the violinist Tianwa Yang was awarded the ‘Star of Tomorrow’ prize by Seiji Ozawa.

	NAXOS \| 8570251 \| CD \| 747313025176 Brouwer Guitar Music Vol 4 Brouwer La ciudad de las columnas (2004), Viaje a la semilla (2000), Nuevos estudios sencillos (2001), Hoja de album – La gota de agua (1996), Suite No 1 ‘Antigua’, Saumell arr. Brouwer 8 Contradanzas, Clerch Yemaya Graham Anthony Devine (guitar)
CUBAN GUITAR This fourth volume of Leo Brouwer’s guitar music presents works ranging from his earliest, the neo-classical Suite No 1, written at the age of sixteen, to his most recent compositions. La ciudad de las columnas (The City of Columns) is an evocative musical journey through the Cuban capital Havana. Vols 1–3 also available on Naxos 8553630, 8554195 and 8554553.

	NAXOS \| 8570312 \| CD \| 747313031276 Buxtehude Organ Music Vol 7 Praeludia, Chorale Fantasias, Chorale Preludes Julia Brown (organ)
BAROQUE ORGAN MASTERPIECES Buxtehude spent the greater part of his long career in Lubeck, where he was visited by the young Handel and Bach, eager to hear his legendary performances. This seventh volume of his organ music includes works that had a strong influence on organ composers, compositions based on chorale melodies and two sets of variations on dance melodies.

	NAXOS \| 8570434 \| CD \| 747313043477 Calace Mandolin Concertos Nos 1, 2, Rhapsodia Napoletana Alison Stephens (mandolin), Steven Devine (piano)
MAGIC MANDOLIN The son of a mandolin-maker, Raffaele Calace became a distinguished virtuoso. His Concertos for mandolin and piano are substantial three-movement works which contrast profound and striking first movements, reflective and emotionally charged slow movements, and skittishly virtuosic finales. Alison Stephens has toured Australia to critical acclaim.

	NAXOS \| 8660928 \| CD \| 730099692823 Bartok Bluebeard's Castle Andrea Melath (mezzo-soprano), Gustav Belacek (bass), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
WHAT LIES BEHIND THE LOCKED DOOR? This recording was made after the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s end-of-season concert, described by The Times as ‘a spectacular finale… A knockout dramatic punch; feverishly beautiful orchestral playing…Alsop inspired the Bournemouth players to excel’. A spine-tingling operatic masterpiece!

	NAXOS \| 857030002 \| CD2 \| 747313030071 Haydn Il ritorno di Tobia Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Sophie Karthauser (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (alto), Anders J Dahlin (tenor), Nikolay Borchev (bass), VokalEnsemble Koln, Capella Augustina, Andreas Spering (conductor)
HAYDN'S FIRST ORATORIO, Il ritorno di Tobia (The Return of Tobias), is among the better-kept secrets of music history having been overshadowed by The Creation (Naxos 8557380-81) and The Seasons (855760001). With its vivid portrayal of the protagonists’ emotional turmoil, it is a work of considerable beauty and dramatic impact worthy of revival.

	NAXOS \| 866021617 \| CD2 \| 730099621625 J Strauss II Jabuka (The Apple Festival) Thomas Tischler (tenor), Wolfgang Veith (tenor), Michael Schober (bass), Veronika Groiss (soprano), Elisabeth Wolfbauer (mezzo-soprano), Helmut Josef Ettl (baritone), Elisabeth Wolfbauer (mezzo-soprano), Franz Fodinger (tenor), Gaudeamus Choir Brno, European Johann Strauss Orchestra, Christian Pollack (conductor)
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING Jabuka is Johann Strauss the Younger’s 14th stage work. An annual Apple Festival in the Serbian town of Ravica is an opportunity for local young people to choose a partner. With its strikingly fresh and original melodies, great ensembles and some of the finest choruses Strauss ever wrote, Jabuka was a huge success at its premiere in 1894.

NAXOS EDUCATIONAL | 855820203 | CD2 | 636943820223
Prokofiev A Portrait

Dame Edna Everage (narrator – Peter and the Wolf), Bernd Glemser (piano), Kun Woo Paik (piano), Tedi Papavrami (violin), Alexander Rudin (cello), Aurora String Quartet, Stanislavsky Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar, John Lanchbery, Andrew Mogrelia, Antoni Wit, Dmitry Yablonsky (conductors)

STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP Sergey Prokofiev is an enigmatic figure in modern music, beloved for popular classics such as Peter and the Wolf as much as for his powerful symphonies, sumptuous ballets and spectacular operas, yet his life was troubled by political and emotional traumas and much of his music sadly remains little-known by the wider public.

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	AEON \| AE0753 \| CD2 \| 3760058367537 Ockeghem Missa Cuiuvis Toni Masses in church modes Re, Fa, Mi and Sol, Intemerata Dei Mater Ensemble Musica Nova
MIRACULOUS MASS Johannes Ockeghem's Mass 'in whatever tone' is a miracle of Renaissance composition, performable in all of the church modes. This disc presents all four possible versions, each of which has its own subtle colouration, together with his magnificent motet Intemerata Dei Mater. Musica Nova performs with warmth and great love of this sublime repertoire.

	AMBROISIE \| AM126 \| CD \| 822186001264 Boccherini Madrid Cello Concertos G483, G480, Aria - Se d'un amor tiranno, Fandango from Quintet G448 Ophelie Gaillard (cello), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Pulcinella
A CELEBRATED CELLIST, Luigi Boccherini wrote music of astonishing grace, elegance and melodic fluidity. Voted 'Solo Instrumental Discovery of the Year' in 2003, young Franco-Swiss cellist Ophelie Gaillard is a worthy interpreter of Boccherini's music and is ably supported by the ensemble Pulcinella. BONUS DVD Gaillard hosts films about Boccherini's eventful life.

	AMBROISIE \| V5078 \| CD \| 822186050781 Tanguy Cello Concertos Anne Gastinel (cello), Orchestre National de France, Alain Altinoglu (conductor)
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS Born in 1968, Eric Tanguy is one of France's most admired composers. This is Anne Gastinel's first recording of contemporary music, although her concert performances of these works have been highly acclaimed. She is beautifully supported by the orchestra under Alain Altinoglu.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL9361 \| CD \| 794881842926 Mozart Abduction from the Seraglio harmoniemusik Ensemble A Venti
18TH-CENTURY JUKE BOX 'Harmonie' is the German term for a band of wind instruments. During the Classical era wind ensembles would delight listeners with arrangements of music from all the 'hot ticket' operas of the day. This disc presents one such arrangement from the Donaueschigen Court Library of music from Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL9382 \| CD \| 794881860128 Shostakovich Suite on Verses by Michelangelo, Four Monologues on verses by Pushkin Robert Holl (bass), Elena Bashkirova (piano), Orchestre National des Pays de Loire, Isaac Karabtchevsky (conductor)
IRONY, SOLITUDE, STRIFE, DESPAIR These are the themes of poems by the immortal Renaissance artist Michelangelo, which naturally appealed to Shostakovich who set them to unforgettable music the year before he died. His settings of Puskin's poetry, written almost two decades earlier, provide a fascinating contrast.

	CALLIOPE \| CAL9747 \| CD \| 794881839827 JS and CPE Bach Works for Organ and Oboe Andre Isoir (organ), Michel Giboureau (oboe)
SPARKLING PROGRAM OF BAROQUE JEWELS United by the distinctive sonorities of the two 'wind' instruments, organ and oboe, the eleven works on this disc convey a wide range of emotions. Here are arias and sinfonias from church cantatas, sonatas, a fantasia and fugue, as well as dances and other shorter works, by Bach father-and-son.

	CHANDOS \| CHAN0517 \| CD \| 95115051726 Handel Dixit Dominus, Nisi Dominus, Silete Venti Lynne Dawson (soprano), Lynda Russell (soprano), Charles Brett (countertenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, Harry Christophers (conductor)
VINTAGE HANDEL MASTERPIECES Handel's famous setting of the psalm Dixit Dominus, written in 1707, is resplendent with vocal virtuosity and driving energy, and was clearly designed by the youthful Handel to demonstrate his ability to write in the Italian style. Nisi Dominus is, likewise, a product of Handel's Italian visit, while Sileti Venti dates from his first few years in England.

	CHANDOS \| CHAN0522 \| CD2 \| 95115052228 Handel Messiah Joan Rodgers (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Robson (countertenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)
HALLELUJAH! This account of one of the world's best-known oratorios is performed by some of Britain's most renowned artists. 'The choruses are fresh, resilient and fast without sounding breathless, and the set's special claim lies in the choice of soloists: the soprano, Joan Rogers, and the bass, Bryn Terfel, both give formidable performances.' (The Guardian)

	CHANDOS \| CHAN0599 \| CD \| 95115059920 Haydn Creation Mass, Mass in G Major 'rorate coeli desuper' Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)
HAYDN'S MASSES ARE DIVINE, a treasury of great music, and show his endless inventiveness, whether composing a magnificent, large-scale masterpiece such as the 'Creation' Mass or a miniature marvel such as the Mass in G Major. Hickox conducts 'dynamic and vital performances' (Gramophone). Soloists, chorus and orchestra are superb.

CHANDOS | CHAN0745 | CD3 | 95115074527
Handel Semele

Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Jilary Summers (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), Stephen Wallace (countertenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Gail Pearson (soprano), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (conductor)

THREE CDs FOR THE PRICE OF 2! This is the first complete recording on period instruments of Handel's Semele, which features the beautiful aria Where're You Walk, and many other delights besides. Conductor Christian Curnyn has been praised as Britain's 'finest young Handelian' (The Times), and the cast is equally excellent. Rosemary Joshua gained an Olivier Award nomination for her performance of the title role.

	CHANDOS \| CHAN10441 \| CD \| 95115144121 Kapp Orchestral Works Artur Kapp Don Carlos, Egen Kapp Suite from Kalevipoeg, Villem Kapp Symphony no 2 BBC Philharmonic, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
ESTONIAN PIONEERS Artur Kapp (1878-1952), his son Eugen (1908-96) and nephew Villem (1913-64) were important composers who helped establish and nurture classical music in Estonia. This is unique collection of their orchestral works is largely the result of conductor Neeme Jarvi's immense enthusiasm for the Kapp family's rewarding music.

	CHANDOS \| CHAN10442 \| CD \| 95115144220 Rachmaninov Francesca da Rimini Svetla Vassileva (soprano), Misha Didyk (tenor), Sergey Murzaev (baritone), Gennady Bezzubenkov (baritone), Evgeny Akimov (tenor), BBC Singers and Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
THRILLING NEW RECORDING Based on an episode from Dante's Inferno, with a libretto written by Tchaikovsky's brother Modest, Rachmaninov's one-act opera portrays Hell as happiness recalled in a time of chronic misery. 'Noseda conducts like a man possessed, conjuring hair-raising intensity from the BBC Philharmonic'. (The Daily Telegraph)

	CHANDOS \| CHAN10443 \| CD \| 95115144329 Debussy Complete Works for Piano Vol 2 Valse romantique, Ballade slav, Tarantelle styrienne, Images oubliees, Pour le piano, Estampes, d'un chaier d'esquisses, L'Isle joyeuse Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
DEFINITIVE DEBUSSY Praised as 'a peerless Debussyiste' by The Sunday Times, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 'commands all the shading, nuance and timbral sensitivity one expects in Debussy, together with virtuoso flair and characterful spontaneity' (Gramophone). Vol 1 (CHAN10421) is also available.

CHANDOS | CHAN6550 | CD | 95115655023
Vaughan Williams Hymns and Choral Music

Come Down O Love Divine, O Taste and See, We've been awhile, Te Deum, Wither's Rocking Hymn, For All The Saints, Valiant-For-Truth, Prayer To The Father Of Heaven, Three Choral Hymns, Sanctus from Communion Service in G Minor, Festival Te Deum
Choir of Westminster Abbey, Douglas Guest (conductor), Choir of Worcester Cathedral, Christopher Robinson (conductor)

SACRED MUSIC BY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Much of Vaughan Williams's choral music remains to be 'discovered' by audiences and performers in this country, despite the popularity of certain works such as the Mass in G Minor. This disc presents a marvellous selection of his lesser-known choral works, beautifully performed by leading British choirs.

CHANDOS | CHAN6604 | CD | 95115660423
Valley of Song

Ellis Ma Belle Marguerite, Stothart & Friml The Donkey Serenade, Traditional I Gave My Love a Cherry, Phil The Fluter's Ball, Down In The Valley, What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?, Swann The Hippopotamus Song, Traditional Muss I Denn, Rodgers & Hammerstein There is Nothing Like a Dame, Traditional I Will Give My Love an Apple, Sullivan The Ghost's High Noon, Lennon & McCartney Yesterday, Coward Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Dering Cease Thy Affections, Traditional The Keeper of the Eddystone Light, Blow the Wind Southerly, Stanford The Old Superb
Rossendale Male Voice Choir, Ernest Tomlinson (conductor)

THE TRACK LISTING SAYS IT ALL What a great selection of songs! From showstoppers such as There is Nothing Like A Dame and Mad Dogs and Englishmen to Victorian classics, popular ballads such as Yesterday, and a garland of traditional folksongs, many in original arrangement by Ernest Thomlinson, here's an unforgettable disc of male choral evergreens.

	CHANDOS \| CHAN6629 \| CD \| 95115662922 Liszt Weihnachtsbaum, Ballades Nos 1, 2 Rhondda Gillespie (piano)
THE CHRISTMAS TREE SUITE is one of Liszt's lesser-known works, Weihnachtsbaum is a truly beautiful suite of 12 carols that belongs somewhere between Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood and Debussy’s Children’s Corner. By contrast, the two Ballads are vintage virtuoso showpieces - dazzling, dramatic, yet with a subtle serenity at times.

CHANDOS | CHAN6632 | CD | 95115663226
Christmas Carols from York Minster

The First Nowell, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, Coventry Carol, Good King Wenceslas, The Holly and The Ivy, christians Awake!, Once In Royal David's City, O Come,All Ye Faithful, In Dulci Jubilo, We Three Kings of Orient Are, Silent Night, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, On Christmas Night, 'Sussex Carol', Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Brightest and Best, O Leave Your Sheep, Bethlehem of Noblest Cities, Behold the Great Creator, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Good Christian Men Rejoice
Choir of York Minster, Francis Jackson (conductor)

21 BEST-LOVED ENGLISH CHRISTMAS CAROLS recorded in the huge medieval building of York Minster; where Christmas has been celebrated for over 1500 years. The Minster Choir effortlessly performs ancient and traditional carols under the direction of Francis Jackson. 'Perfect for Christmas morning.' (Classic FM)

	CHANDOS \| CHAN8658 \| CD \| 5014682865821 Charpentier Messe de Minuit pour Noel, Poulenc Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel, Salve Regina, Quatre Motets pour un temps de penitence Choir of St John's College Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia, George Guest (conductor)
A FRENCH CHRISTMAS The music of these two French composers, the 18th-century Charpentier and the 20th-century Poulenc, work remarkably well side by side. Charpentier's lively Mass, based on Christmas carols, and Poulenc's intensely beautiful motets are very popular works, beautifully performed by St John's College Choir. A classic Christmas title.

	CHANDOS \| CHAN871920 \| CD2 \| 95115871928 Field Complete Nocturnes Miceal O'Rourke (piano)
CHOPIN'S INSPIRATION The Irish-born and widely-travelled John Field is best remembered today as the composer whose Nocturnes provided inspiration to Chopin, yet Field's own music retains its disarming freshness even today. Miceal O'Rourke has a great affinity for this delicate music, bringing out its unique charm and enduring worth.

	CHANDOS \| CHAN927982 \| CD4 \| 95115927922 Stanford Complete Symphonies Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
REDISCOVERING STANFORD SYMPHONIES While influenced by the Romanticism of Brahms and Schumann, the seven symphonies of Charles Stanford also reveal his Celtic roots and are currently enjoying renewed interest as outstanding examples of British orchestral music. Stanford's individual style transcends negative terms such as 'Victorian' or 'Edwardian' and offers much to today's listener.

	CHANDOS \| CHSA5057 \| SACD \| 95115505724 Elgar Symphony No 3, Pomp and Circumstance March No 6, So Many True Princesses Who Have Gone Adrian Partington Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
A NEW 'POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE' MARCH! Unfinished at his death, Elgar's Third Symphony was completed by Anthony Payne, who also brought the 6th Pomp & Circumstance March and the choral monument to Queen Alexandra (both recorded here for the first time) to fruition. Elgar's orchestral imagination remained undiminished to the very end of this life.

	CPO \| CPO7770762 \| CD \| 761203707621 Kiel Complete Piano Quartets Piano Quartets Nos 1-3 Ulrike-Anima Mathe (violin), Hariolf Schlichtig (viola), Xenia Jankovic (cello), Oliver Triendl (piano)
LEADING ROMANTIC COMPOSER Friedrich Kiel (1821-85) was one of the foremost composers between Schumann and Brahms. An enthusiastic pianist, he wrote no fewer than 27 chamber works calling for piano. These three Piano Quartets, written in 1867-8, are notable for their intimate character, ingenious counterpoint and expressive clarity.

	CPO \| CPO7771012 \| SACD \| 761203710126 Weingartner Symphonies Vol 5 Weingartner Aus Ernster Zeit Overture Op 56, Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 71 Basel Symphony Orchestra, Marko Letonja (conductor)
A MODERN ROMANTIC Volume 5 of CPO's series of Weingartner's complete symphonic works presents his massive 5th Symphony, which was highly acclaimed on its premiere in Edinburgh. The Overture 'From Serious Times', written shortly after the outbreak of World War I, features the national anthems of the great European powers.

	CPO \| CPO7772502 \| CD2 \| 761203725021 Enna Heise Liebe Wilhalm Henzen, Johanna Stojkovic, Lothar Odinius, Alfred Kim, Egbert Junghanns, NDR Chorus and Radiophilharmonie, Hermann Baeumer (conductor)
DANISH OPERA REDISCOVERED With his opera Young Love of 1901 August Enna (1859-1939) created a score saturated with lyrical melody. Only recently rediscovered, this work is a treasure from a composer whose music combines influences from Wagner and Italian verismo. Danish-born to a Sicilian family, Enna was a strong influence on Carl Nielsen.

	CPO \| CPO7772712 \| SACD \| 761203727124 North German Baroque Organ Works Vol 5 Martin Radeck, Arnold Matthias Brunckhorst, Johann Steffens, Daniel Erich, Christian Ritter, Johann Nicolaus Hanff Organ Works Friedhelm Flamme (organ)
IMAGINATIVE BAROQUE ORGAN MUSIC Volume 5 of CPO's SACD edition of North German Baroque Masters presents the complete organ works of six composers, consummately performed on the historic Christian-Vater organ of the church of St Cosmas & St Damian in Bockhorn.

	CPO \| CPO7772912 \| CD2 \| 761203729128 25 Years of Die Singphoniker Die Singphoniker
ACCLAIMED MALE VOCAL ENSEMBLE Hand-picked by the famous ensemble Die Singphoniker from more than 30 CDs, the 49 tracks on this double album showcase the talents and versatility of this award-winning Munich-based male vocal ensemble. From Orlando de Lasso's Bonjour Mon Coeur to Stevie Wonder's You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, with many other great songs besides!

	CPO \| CPO7773272 \| CD \| 761203732722 Praetorius Advent and Christmas Music Bremer Baroque Consort, Manfred Cordes (conductor)
JUBILANT CHRISTMAS VOCAL MUSIC Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) composed a vast amount of Christmas music, from two-voice compositions to works for two choirs, in both German and Latin. This gorgeous new release presents a seasonal selection, including In Dulci Jubilo. The Bremer Barock Consort is a highly respected ensemble.

	CSO RESOUND \| CSO901704 \| CD \| 810449017060 Bruckner Symphony No 7 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
BRUCKNER SHINES IN CHICAGO The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's May 2007 performance of Bruckner's 7th Symphony, described as 'glowing and eloquent' (Chicago Tribune), is now available! The remarkable chemistry between the Orchestra and conductor Bernard Haitink was characterised by the Chicago Sun-Times as 'an almost extrasensory connection'.

	CSO RESOUND \| CSO901706 \| SACD \| 810449017060 Bruckner Symphony No 7 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
BRUCKNER SHINES IN CHICAGO This is the SACD version of the CD. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's first release on its own 'live-in-concert' label, CSOResound, is also available (Mahler 3rd Symphony, CSO901701) and has gained high praise: 'With Haitink and the CSO, a great musical partnership has been born.' (Chicago Tribune)

DA CAPO | 6220541 | CD | 747313154166
Mozart Symphonies Vol 6

Mozart Symphonies Nos 19, 20, 21, 26
Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer (conductor )

MMMMM-MOZART This is the second SACD in the acclaimed new series of the complete Mozart symphonies. Vol 5, containing Symphonies Nos 15-18 also available (6220540). 'If Fischer and Dacapo can continue what is started we have some marvellous moments ahead.' (5 STARS from SA-CD Net) 'This is classy conducting, reminiscent of Harnoncourt and there's almost no praise higher than that.' (Qantas the Australian Way)

	DA CAPO \| 8226037 \| CD \| 636943603727 Secret Melodies Norgard Unendlicher Empfang (1997), Remembering (1989), Stadier (2002), Achilles and the Tortoise (1983), Violin Sonata 'The Secret Melody', for solo piano, Hind Das Unenthullte (2003) David Alberman (violin), Nicolas Hodges (piano)
GRAMOPHONE CRITIC'S CHOICE COMPOSER The works on this CD have exquisite poetic titles that could make anyone dream. At the same time, this is music which demands players equal to the challenge, with the major work Achilles and the Tortoise being one of the absolute pianistic trials of strength in contemporary music. A 'hot ticket' chamber music release.

	DA CAPO \| 8226044 \| CD \| 636943604427 String Against String Rasmussen String Quartets Nos 1, 2, Violin Concerto No 1, Echoes of the Past John Storgards (violin), The Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Joha Kangas (conductor)
MUSIC FROM A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND Listening to Sunleif Rasmussen’s music, it’s easy to hear the inspiration from his childhood on Sandy Island (in the Faroes) with the omnipresent Atlantic, the sand dunes, lyme-grass and bitter winds. Deep within his compositions old Faroese songs may be buried, but his music carries a universal significance.

	DA CAPO \| 8226535 \| CD \| 636943653524 Granito y arco iris Niels Rosing-Schow Granito y arco iris (Concertino for bandoneon and nine instruments), Orbis, Equinoxe, Black Virgin, Orichalk Guillaume Hodeau (bandoneon), Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Arhus Sinfonietta, Jean Thorel (conductor)
MUSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS Danish composer Niels Rosing-Schow is fascinated by the patterns of waves, the contrasts of light and dark and by the forces of growth, transition and decay. This collection of recent chamber and orchestral works beautifully displays his subtle sense of instrumental colourings and his organic approach to composing.

	DA CAPO \| 8226902 \| CD \| 636943690222 Journey Palle Mikkelborg Everything Matters, Herman D Koppel Duo for Violin and Guitar Op 116, Jorgen Jersild 10 Impromtus, Vagn Holmboe Duo Concertato Lars Hannibal (guitar), Kim Sjogren (violin)
DANISH WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS Palle Mikkelborg’s music for the ballet Journey features the composer on keyboards. This CD also presents three other world premieres of works written especially for Sjogren and Hannibal by Vagn Holmboe, Herman D. Koppel and Jorgen Jersild.

	ETCERERA \| KTC1351 \| CD \| 8711801101880 Shostakovich Viola Sonata Op 147, Nasr Winter Sonata Susanne van Els (viola), Reinbert de Leeuw (piano), Ramsey Nasr (voice)
MUSIC AND POETRY This fascinating disc pairs Shostakovich's sole and rarely heard Sonata for Viola and Piano - a soulful late work - with Wintersonate, a poem by Ramsey Nasr that 'attempts to imitate the state of the music'. Susanne van Els and Reinbert de Leeuw are well known through their involvement with the Schoenberg Ensemble.

	ETCERERA \| KTC4022 \| CD \| 8711801101613 De Sayve Sacred Music, Priuli and Gabrieli Canzonas and Sonata Oltremontano, Capilla Flamenca, Wim Becu (director)
RENAISSANCE GRANDEUR The music of Lambert de Sayve was highly regarded by Praetorius. His 16-part Missa Dominus regnavit, which requires four choirs and instruments, prefigures the massive poly-choral sacred music of the early Baroque master Biber. This large-scale Mass is complemented by other shorter works.

	GLOBE \| GLO5228 \| CD \| 8711525522800 The Domestication of the Animal World 16th and 17th-century Consort Music Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam
ELIZABETHAN CONSORT MUSIC This unusual new releases takes its name from a scene from The Lords' Masque written by Thomas Campion in 1613. Other music includes fantasias and dances by William Byrd, Christopher Tye, William Brade, Hugh Ashton and Elway Cevin. BONUS DVD Animations by Utrecht University students for The Lords Masque.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC901955 \| CD \| 794881835423 Beethoven and Hummel Piano Trios Beethoven Piano Trio Op 1 No 3, Piano Trio Op 70 No 1 'Ghost', Hummel Piano Trio No 4 Op 65 Daniel Sepec (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Andreas Staier (piano)
PATHBREAKING PIANO TRIOS The piano trios on this disc by Beethoven and his rival Hummel did much to establish the serious credentials of what had previously been regarded as light weight pieces for domestic music-making. In their hand the piano trio gained the stature it retains to this day as chamber music worthy of the finest performers.

	HARMONIA MUNDI \| HMC901977 \| CD \| 794881848720 Brahms Piano Concerto No 1, Haydn Variations Cedric Tiberghien (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
YOUNG PERFORMER PLAYS A YOUNG COMPOSER'S CONCERTO At his recent piano recital for Sydney Symphony, having performed the complete Ballads by Brahms and Chopin, young French pianist Cedric Tiberghien stunned audiences by playing Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit - as an encore! On this new release, he turns his immense talents to Brahms's monumental 1st Piano Concerto.

HARMONIA MUNDI | HMC905266 | CD | 794881848829
G Sammartini Recorder Sonatas

Maurice Steger (recorder, conductor), Sergio Ciomei (harpsichord, organ), Mauro Valli (cello), Christian Beuse (bassoon), Margaret Koell (harp), Eduardo Eguez (theorbo, guitar), Naoki Kitaya (organ)

VIRTUOSO RECORDER Like his father and brother, Giuseppe Sammartini (1693-1750) was a virtuoso oboist. The seven recorder sonatas on this exquisite disc, composed in England, require dazzling displays of virtuosity. Maurice Steger and his colleagues have been praised for their 'fresh, enthusiastic' performances (Fanfare). 'Maurice Steger plays the meanest recorder you will find anywhere' (Classics Today)

HARMONIA MUNDI | HMC90743637 | CD2 | 93046743628
Beethoven String Quartets Op 18 Nos 1-6

Tokyo String Quartet

BARNSTORMING BEETHOVEN 'Delightfully suave and graceful...a thought-provoking journey into Beethoven's mind.' (Gramophone), 'Truly glistening interpretations' (CNN), 'Extraordinary' (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - critics were unanimous in praise of the TSQ's first volume of Beethoven's String Quartets (HMU 907423 CD, HMU 807423 SACD). With Vol 2, the ensemble explores Beethoven's astonishing Op 18 set.

	HAT HUT \| HATNOWART167 \| CD \| 752156016724 Feldman String Quartet (1979) Ives Ensemble
FELDMAN IS FELDMAN The Village Voice wrote of the 1980 premiere of this work 'the sounds are fresh and arresting, and follow each other not with logic hut with a clear, intuitive purpose...Sometimes the piece made me think of microscopic or timeless processes, neurons clicking in the brain perhaps, patiently balancing heartbeats, wisps of thought, odd memories, and curiosity.'

	HELIOS \| CDD22061 \| CD2 \| 34571120614 Tartini The Devil's Trill 10 Violin Sonatas including 'Didone abbandonata' and 'Il trillo del Diavolo' The Locatelli Trio
DEVILISHLY GOOD MUSIC On its first release, this recording was named 'My CD of the year,' by BBC Music Magazine. 'Elizabeth Wallfisch's technical prowess makes all these sonatas sound easy - which they are not - and leaves room for innumerable expressive nuances…discs to treasure and enjoy through many a repeated listening.'

	HELIOS \| CDH55278 \| CD \| 34571152783 Telemann Musique de Table Suite in D Major from the Deuxieme Production, Suite in B-flat Major from the Troisieme Production The King's Consort, Robert King (director)
DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTEN PRIZE-WINNER Telemann's Musique de table, published in 1733, is divided into three 'productions'. Two of the amiable Suites feature on this outstanding disc. 'A first-rate issue…warmly recommended' (Gramophone). With 95 CDs to its credit, and more than one million CD sales, The King's Consort is one of the world's most-recorded historical instrument ensembles.

	HELIOS \| CDH55292 \| CD \| 34571152929 Music for the Lion-Hearted King Music to mark the 800th Anniversary of the Coronation of King Richard I of England Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE On 3 September 1189, Westminster Abbey witnessed the splendid coronation of Richard I the Lionheart. This disc presents vocal music by Brule, de Couci, de Nesle and a number of anonymous composers that commemorated the occasion. 'This is rather special - the best record I have ever reviewed.' (Gramophone)

	HELIOS \| CDH55304 \| CD \| 34571153049 Tchaikovsky and Scriabin Piano Concertos Nikolai Demidenko (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev (conductor)
BEST OF THE YEAR 'It is something of an achievement when one manages to hear afresh such an over-familiar work [as the Tchaikovsky 1st Piano Concerto]' (BBC Music Magazine), 'Demidenko's inspirational account of the [Scriabin] Concerto is in a class of its own' (Classic CD), 'Altogether, this is a splendid, most impressive disc.' (In Tune)

	HYPERION \| CDA674612 \| CD2 \| 3457174617 Tippett The Complete Music for Piano CD 1: Piano Concerto, Fantasia on a Theme of Handel, Piano Sonata No 1 CD 2: Piano Sonata Nos 2, 3, 4 Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
PIANO MUSIC OF VIVID IMAGINATION Each of Tippet's six piano works is substantial both in scale and in ambition. Abounding in rhythmic and contrapuntal vigour, this is full-blooded, dramatic, joyful music, whether with orchestra or exploring the sonorities of solo piano. Steven Osborne tours for Musica Viva Australia early in 2008. Martyn Brabbins is a frequent visitor to Australia.

HYPERION | CDA67528 | CD | 34571175287
Barber Songs

There's nae lark, The Beggar's Song, In the dark pinewood, Bessie Bobtail Op 2 No 3, Hermit Songs Op 29, Rain has fallen Op 10 No 1, Sleep now Op 10 No 2, I hear an army Op 10 No 3 Melodies passageres Op 27, The Daisies Op 2 No 1, With rue my heart is laden Op 2 No 2, Nocturne Op 13 No 4, Sure on this shining night Op 13 No 3, Dover Beach Op 3
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano), The Aronowitz Ensemble

PERFECT SYNTHESIS OF WORDS & MUSIC Recently described as 'the best living baritone currently at the peak of his powers' (The Globe and Mail), Gerald Finley interprets Samuel Barber's eloquent songs with 'glorious sound and great dramatic instinct', sensitively accompanied by Julius Drake. This disc spans Barber's output, including several favourites such as Dover Beach and Sure on this Shining Night.

HYPERION | CDA67551 | CD | 34571175515
Brahms String Quartet Op 51 No 2, Piano Quintet Op 34

Stephen Hough (piano), Takacs Quartet

BRAHMS BY THE BEST Hailed as the best string quartet in the world, the Takacs Quartet joins the pianists' pianist Steven Hough in this eagerly-awaited new release. Equally at home as an orchestral soloist (his acclaimed recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 2 & 3 is available on CDA67649) and a solo pianist (as his successful 2007 Musica Viva tour showed), Hough is also a chamber musician of the highest stature.

HYPERION | CDA67618 | CD | 34571176185
Schumann Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Humoreske

Angela Hewitt (piano)

TOUR DE FORCE Her best-selling recordings of Bach (including the recently-released complete Well-tempered Clavier, CDS442914), her status as Gramophone Artist of the Year 2006 and her forthcoming Australian visit in 2008 augur well for the success of Angela Hewitt's new recording of music by Robert Schumann. Her concert performances of his music have been praised for their urgency, jubilation and introspection, power and finesse.

	HYPERION \| CDA67638 \| CD \| 34571176383 Bloch Piano Quintets Piano Quintets Nos 1 and 2, Night, Two Pieces Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano)
GREAT AUSTRALIAN PERFORMERS The Goldner String Quartet and pianist Piers Lane combine to give performances of great vitality and sensitivity. Ernest Bloch's chamber music juxtaposes meditative serenity with passion, nobility with almost savage boldness, excitement with utmost tenderness. The Quartet tours for Musica Viva Australia early in 2008.

HYPERION | CDJ33110 | CD | 34571131108
Schumann Songs Vol 10

Liederkreis Op 39, Schon Hedwig Op 106, Two Ballads Op 122, Three Poems of Emanuel Geibel Op 29, Die Nonne Op 49 No 3 Was soll ich sagen? Op 27 no 3, Fruhlingsgrusse, Three Duets Op 43, Madchenlieder Op 103, Bei Schenkung eines Flugels WoO26 No 4
Kate Royal (soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Bantzer (reciter), Graham Johnson (piano)

SONGS FROM THE SOUL In this, the second-last volume of Graham Johnson's acclaimed Schumann Song Series, exciting young artists and seasoned performers explore the composer's intimate world of Lieder. Kate Royal is a name to note: 'imagination, intellect and vocal technique are inextricably fused in the single moment of a song' wrote The Times of her recent Wigmore Hall recital.

	LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA \| LPO0030 \| CD \| 854990001307 Bruckner Symphony No 7 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
EXPANSIVE, PASSIONATE BRUCKNER SYMPHONY His recording of Bruckner's 4th with the LPO (LPO0014) was acclaimed as 'one of the greatest accounts of the work that I have heard' by BBC Music Magazine. Now comes Tennstedt's only available recording of Bruckner's mighty 7th, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in 1984. This is bound to become another well-deserved classic.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1000141 \| CD \| 4600317001415 Rachmaninov Symphony No 1 USSR Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
FROM FAILURE TO FAME Rachmaninov's 1st Symphony was not a success when it premiered in 1897. In despair, he tore up the score. However, in 1944, the instrumental parts were discovered and it was reconstructed. Today it is considered one of Rachmaninov's best works: full of youthful enthusiasm and the soaring melodies for which he would become famous.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1000142 \| CD \| 4600317001422 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2, The Rock Fantasia USSR Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
MUSIC FROM THE HEART By the time he wrote his 2nd Symphony, during 1906-7, Rachmaninov was a renowned pianist, conductor and composer. Its Adagio contains one of his most hummable, and heartbreaking, melodies. His orchestral fantasy The Rock (1893) was Rachmaninov's first major composition and was inspired by a touching story of Chekhov.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1000543 \| CD \| 4600317005437 Svyatoslav Knushevitsky Reger Cello Sonata No 2 Op 131c, R Strauss Cello Sonata Op 6, JS Bach Aria from 3rd Orchestral Suite, Von Paradies Sicilienne, Chopin Etude in C-sharp Minor Op 25 No 7, Mendelssohn Song Without Words in E Major Op 53 No 2, Saint-Saens The Swan Svyatoslav Knushevitsky (cello)
GREAT RUSSIAN CELLIST For many decades Svyatoslav Knushevitsky's immense talent was hidden from the world at large behind the Iron Curtain. All that changed in 1960 at a music festival organized by Pablo Casals. Less than three years later, Knushevitsky died of a heart condition. This album is an extremely rare tribute to the nobility of his extraordinary talent.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1001026 \| CD \| 4600317010264 Eugene Argyshev Songs for Baritone and Countertenor Eugene Argyshev (baritone, countertenor), various accompanists (harpsichord, lute, guitar, organ, viola da gamba)
TWO VOICES, ONE SINGER Baritone and countertenor Eugene Argyshev (1933-92) was a subtle and versatile interpreter of Russian and European music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque and a pioneer of historically-informed performance in his homeland. This disc presents the legendary singer performing 20 songs in both his vocal registers.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1001253 \| CD \| 4600317012534 JS Bach Works for Organ Preludes and Fugues in E-flat Major BWV552, C Minor BWV549, E Minor BWV533, C Minor BWV546, Chorale Partita 'O Gott du frommer Gott' BWV767, Fugue in G minor BWV578 Leonid Roizman (organ)
REVELATORY RUSSIAN ORGANIST One cannot overestimate the impact of Leonid Roizman on organ performance in the former USSR. His recordings, rarely available in the West, are remarkable for their flawless taste, stylistic precision and 'living' quality. Aiming, as surely did Bach himself, for a balanced, noble and uplifting musical conversation with people, Roizman is worth discovering.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1001269 \| CD \| 4600317012695 Concerto Grosso XXI Century Rybnikov Concerto Grosso 'L'Oisseau Bleu', Concerto Grosso 'The Northern Sphinx' Various Artists
MULTI-MILLION SELLER A student of Khachaturian at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatoire, where he later taught, and a much-awarded composer himself, Alexey Rybnikov is not a household name in Australia, yet more than 10 million recordings of his music have been sold! Discover his unique approach to orchestral music on this new release.

	MELODYIA \| MELCD1001299 \| CD \| 4600317012992 Golovin Selected Symphonic Works Prelude on a Theme E-F-G Eight Poems, Canto d'attesa, Waltz from 'About Love' State Academic Orchestra, Andrei Golovin (conductor), Mlada Khudoley (soprano), Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rudin (conductor), Maxim Fedotov (violin), Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Mischa Damev (conductor)
HEIR TO THE GREAT RUSSIAN TRADITION Born in Moscow in 1950, Andrei Golovin is a prolific composer who occupies an important position in Russian music. In his compositions, the legacies of Rachmaninov, Medtner, GLAZUNOV and Boris Tchaikovsky are refracted through his own, unique musical style.

	NAIVE \| V5028 \| CD2 \| 822186050286 Stephan Die Erste Menschen Nancy Gustafson (soprano), Franz Hawlata (bass), Wolfgang Millgramm (tenor), Donnie Ray Albert (baritone), Orchestre National de France, Mikko Franck (conductor)
SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONIST OPERA Rudi Stephan's masterpiece, the opera 'The First People', tells the story of Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. Written in 1914, it was premiered in 1920, five years after the composer's tragic death aged only 28. This live recording was made in the Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris, in January 2004.

	NAIVE \| V5053 \| CD \| 822186050538 Shostakovich, Liszt, Prokofiev Piano Concertos No 1 Lise de la Salle (piano), Gabor Boldoczki (trumpet), Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (conductor)
DEBUT CONCERTO ALBUM Following the success of her first two albums (Piano music by Bach & Liszt V5006, Rachmaninov & Ravel V4936), rising star Lise de la Salle now releases her first concerto disc. 'She offers depth as well as virtuosity' (The New York Times) 'I have rarely heard a young pianist so in love with music' (Gramophone) 'Astonishingly mature' (The Guardian)

	NAIVE \| V5073 \| CD \| 822186050736 Prokofiev Pierre et le Loup (Peter and the Wolf) Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf narrated in French, Liadov Baba Yaga, Enchanted Lake, Kikimora Rimsky-Korsakov The Three Marvels, The Flight of the Bumblebee Valerie Lemercier (narrator), Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)
PETER AND THE WOLF IN FRENCH A native of Ossetia on the Caspian Sea, Tugan Sokhiev conducted the Sydney Symphony in August this year to critical acclaim ('Sokhiev's scrupulous control realised outstanding orchestral playing that was both spirited and stylish - The Australian). This album contains French narration only.

	NAIVE \| V5100 \| CD \| 822186051009 Albinoni Adagio and Other Baroque Italian Masterpieces Various Artists, including Fabio Biondi, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Pierre Hantai, Quatuor Mosaiques
DESERT ISLAND DISC From Albinoni and Boccherini to Pergolesi, Vivaldi and other favourite Baroque composers this CD is pure delight, especially given the outstanding artists involved!

	NAIVE \| V5101 \| CD \| 822186051016 Bach Toccata and Fugue and Other Masterpieces for Organ Michel Chapuis (organ)
IMMORTAL BACH Renowned in his lifetime as an flamboyant organist, yet also capable of the most subtle effects, JS Bach remains top of the list for many organ music lovers. Michel Chapuis is noted for his sensitive, masterful approach to the works without any histrionics.

	NAIVE \| V5102 \| CD \| 822186051023 Beethoven Claire de Lune - Moonlight Sonata and Other Romant Various Performers
ROMANCE OF THE PIANO Romantic composers sought a different path to that taken by their 18th-century predecessors, writing music that spoke of love, childhood, dreams, memories, and the natural world. This more introspective and personal approach can be traced to Beethoven and was perfected by his successors.

	NAIVE \| V5103 \| CD \| 822186051030 Bizet Carmen excerpts Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano), Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Alain Lombard (conductor)
LOVE IS A REBELLIOUS BIRD For a year after its 1875 premiere, Carmen was considered a failure, denounced by critics as 'immoral' and 'superficial'. Today, it is one of the most popular operas in the entire repertoire. Beatrice Uria-Monzon is an international star who has made the title role her own.

	NAIVE \| V5104 \| CD \| 822186051047 Brahms Danses Hongroises Marie-Josephe Jude, Jean-Francois Heisser (pianos)
RUN AWAY WITH THE GYPSIES 19th-century Vienna loved the vivacious, passionate dances of Hungary, and so did one of its greatest composers, Johannes Brahms. His Hungarian Dances remain as popular as the Rhapsodies of Liszt. Jude and Heisser are highly respected pianists.

	NAIVE \| V5105 \| CD \| 822186051054 Chopin Tristesse and Other Masterpieces for Piano Various Performers
SMILING THROUGH THE TEARS The French term 'tristesse' (literally sadness or melancholy) is, in fact impossible to translate, encompassing as it does a certain tender pleasure. What better word could describe the effect of Chopin's music? Bittersweet, virtuosic yet restrained, passionate and refined, romantic...

	NAIVE \| V5106 \| CD \| 822186051061 Handel La Grande Sarabande and Other Classical Masterpieces Wroclaw Leopoldinium Chamber Orchestra, Karol Teutsch (conductor)
POPULAR IN THE BEST SENSE OF THE WORD Handel's Great Sarabande, Pachelbel's Canon and Rossini's Barber of Seville overture are among the most popular instrumental/orchestral works ever written, so much so that they have even found their way from the concert hall into films and TV commercials.

	NAIVE \| V5107 \| CD \| 822186051078 Musique de Marriage - Mendelssohn Wedding March and Other We Various Performers
I DO ID DO I DO I DO I DO No, this isn't another compilation featuring the Swedish fab four's greatest hits, but a beautiful collection of classical music for weddings by Mendelssohn, Wagner, Handel, Schubert, as well as the popular gospel song s such as O Happy Day!. Will you enjoy it? You will, you will, you will, you will, you will.

	NAIVE \| V5108 \| CD \| 822186051085 Mozart Requiem Soloists, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering (conductor)
ETERNAL REQUIEM Mozart's Requiem is without doubt his most popular large-scale sacred work, even though he didn't live to complete it. Das Neue Orchester was founded in 1988 by Christoph Spering and performs both well known and wrongfully forgotten masterpieces of the 18th and 19th centuries on period instruments.

	NAIVE \| V5109 \| CD \| 822186051092 Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 9, 21 Patrick Cohen (fortepiano), Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Christoph Coin (conductor)
SHEER JOY Mozart's Piano Concertos No 9 'Jeunehomme' and No 21 are among his most popular. Patrick Cohen's talent and precocity astonished the great Wilhelm Kempf, and he now occupies a unique position among today's leading fortepianists.

	NAIVE \| V5110 \| CD \| 822186051108 Pergolesi, Vivaldi Stabat Mater Sara Mingardo, Gemma Bertagnolli, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
GORGEOUS GRIEF Pergolesi's setting of the hymn to the Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross is deservedly famous, while Vivaldi's is fast becoming virtually as well known. Gemma Bertagnolli's warm soprano voice and Sara Mingardo's full-throated alto work beautifully together. Concerto Italiano and Rinaldo Alessandrini are, as always, superb.

	NAIVE \| V5111 \| CD \| 822186051115 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Isabelle Moretti (harp), Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Edmon Colomer (conductor)
SPARKLE AND SENSUALITY Rodrigo's ideal instrument for his famous Concierto de Aranjuez was one that combined the guitar's sparkle of the guitar with the harp's sensuous tones. Isabelle Moretti has been acclaimed as probably the finest classical harpist alive today and is the youngest-ever full professor of harp at the Paris Conservatory.

	NAIVE \| V5112 \| CD \| 822186051122 Vivaldi The Four Seasons Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin, director)
FEARLESS FOUR SEASONS With more than 100 recordings of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons in the catalogue, there needs to be a good reason for the re-release of this version. There is: it's fantastic! Enough said. Fabio Biondi is a daring virtuoso, fearless in the face of Vivaldi's formidible technical and expressive demands.

	NAIVE \| V5113 \| CD \| 822186051139 Vivaldi Gloria and Magnificat Sara Mingardo, Patricia Biccire, Deborah York, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
EXUBERANT BAROQUE MASTERPIECES Among the most popular examples of Vivaldi's sacred music are his settings of the Gloria and the Magnificat. Each epitomises the splendour and almost operatic drama of the Baroque approach to church music. Excellent soloists, orchestra and director.

	NAIVE \| V5114 \| CD \| 822186051146 Farinelli La Musique du Film Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
BEST-SELLING SOUNDTRACK For the best-selling soundtrack of the 1994 film, Farinelli's singing voice was provided by soprano Ewa Malas-Godlewska and countertenor Derek Lee Ragin, who were recorded separately then digitally merged to recreate the sound of a castrato. Includes rarely-heard arias by Pergolesi, Hasse and Porpora.

	NIMBUS \| NI1725 \| CD6 \| 710357172526 Scarlatti The Complete Sonatas Vol 1 Essercizi per Gravicembalo (K1-30) Venice I & II (1752) (K49, K98, K99, K129, K148-201) Richard Lester (harpsichord)
A MUST FOR LOVERS OF KEYBOARD MUSIC Through his recordings of the Complete Scarlatti Sonatas, and his extensive writings for music magazines and other publications, Richard Lester has established an international reputation as a virtuoso harpsichordist and Scarlatti scholar. This is Volume 2 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

	NIMBUS \| NI1726 \| CD6 \| 710357172625 Scarlatti The Complete Sonatas Vol 2 Venice III - V (1753) (K206 - 295) Richard Lester (harpsichord)
This is Volume 2 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

	NIMBUS \| NI1727 \| CD6 \| 710357172724 Scarlatti The Complete Sonatas Vol 3 Venice VI - VIII (1753-4) (K296 - 355, K358 - 387) Richard Lester (harpsichord)
This is Volume 3 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

	NIMBUS \| NI1728 \| CD6 \| 710357172823 Scarlatti The Complete Sonatas Vol 4 Venice IX - XI (1754-6) (K388 - 451, K454 - 483) Richard Lester (harpsichord)
This is Volume 4 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

	NIMBUS \| NI1729 \| CD5 \| 710357172922 Scarlatti The Complete Sonatas Vol 5 Venice XII - XIII (1756-7) (K484 - 543) Continuo Sonatas K78, K81, K88 - 91) Richard Lester (harpsichord)
This is Volume 5 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

	NIMBUS \| NI1730 \| CD6 \| 710357173028 Scarlatti The Complete Sonatas Vol 6 Venice XIV (1742) (K3, 10-12, 17, 31, 36-38, 43-77, 79, 80, 82-87, 92, 93) Venice XV (1749) (K96, K98-138) Richard Lester (harpsichord)
This is Volume 6 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

	NIMBUS \| NI1731 \| CD3 \| 710357173127 Scarlatti The Complete Sonatas Vol 7 Appendices & Diversities 57 Sonatas Richard Lester (harpsichord)
This is Volume 7 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

NIMBUS | NI57512 | CD2 | 710357575129
Gal Piano Music

CD1: Sonatines Op 58 Nos 1, 2, Drei Skizzen Op 7, Suite fur Clavier Op 24, Sonata Op 28 CD 2: Drei Kleine Stucke Op 64, Three Preludes Op 65, 24 Preludes Op 83
Martin Jones (piano)

A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR Hans Gal was the complete musician in the very best sense of the word and his music is personable, shot through with humanity and wit. The piano was an essential part of Gal’s daily life, and his admiration for Bach and Chopin was reflected in his own 24 Piano Preludes. Martin Jones first came to international attention in 1968 when he received the Dame Myra Hess Award.

	NIMBUS \| NI5805 \| CD \| 710357580529 Mozart Opera for Flute and String Trio La Clemenza di Tito excerpts, Cosi fan tutte excerpts, Le nozze di Figaro excerpts Mozart Ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper
MOZART FOR MUSIC LOVERS This charming disc presents music from La Clemenza di Tito, Cosi fan tutte and La nozze di Figaro in arrangements for flute and string trio by Johann Went (1745 - 1801). In the age before recordings, music lovers would play such arrangements themselves at home for pure enjoyment.

	NIMBUS \| NI5806 \| CD \| 710357580628 Zemlinsky Cello Sonata Zemlinsky Three Pieces for Cello and Piano (1891), Cello Sonata in A Minor (1894), Goldmark Sonata Op 39, Korngold Tanzlied des Pierrot, Four Pieces from Viel Larmen um Nichts Op 11 Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano)
AUSTRIAN COMPOSERS The compositions on this disc were composed over six decades (1891 to 1946) by three composers whose music is enjoying renewed interest. Goldmark's chamber music, influenced by Schumann and Mendelssohn, is now rarely heard, while Korngold and Zemlinsky have fared only slightly better. In all, this is a welcome release with top performers.

NIMBUS | NI5811 | CD | 710357581120
Craig Ogden plays the Music of Paul Coles

Craig Ogden (guitar)

AUSTRALIAN GUITARIST Craig Ogden Paul Coles was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales and had his debut as a guitarist at The Festival Theatre, Malvern in 1978. Besides regularly performing in concert he taught guitar for Gloucestershire Education Authority. It wasn’t until he moved to Dorset in 1990 that he began to compose seriously. His music includes orchestral and ensemble pieces. In 2002, ‘Snowman’s Waltz’, selected from his Christmas Suite was premièred and broadcast by the BBC Concert Orchestra on BBC Radio 2. His most recent compositions include a Suite for cello and guitar entitled ‘Evocaciones de Espana’, a Concerto for violin and orchestra and a Concertino for flute and guitar entitled ‘La Fiesta de Pamplona’.

	NIMBUS \| NI581314 \| CD2 \| 710357581328 Engel Lund's Book of Folk Songs 49 folksongs from 14 countries, performed in their original languages Lieder Theatre London
CASKET OF MUSICAL GEMS Ferdinand Rauter's piano parts for these folksongs are crafted in a way that enhances the simplicity and national character of the originals - and they cover a wide range, from Lund's native Iceland to Austria, from Eastern Europe to Kentucky. All are performed with precision and aplomb by Norbert Meyn's team of young singers and pianists.

	LYRITA \| SRCD215 \| CD \| 5020926021526 Lambert Romeo and Juliet, Pomona, Music for Orchestra, Rondo burlesca (King Pest) English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar (conductor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Joly (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
BRITISH BALLETS Constant Lambert was a man of outstandingly wide cultural range, as well-informed about painting and literature as about music. He also enjoyed a distinguished career as a conductor in the concert hall. His output as a composer was comparatively small - just over twenty mature works - but of high calibre.

	LYRITA \| SRCD216 \| CD \| 5020926021625 Orchestrations by Sir Henry Wood JS Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Chopin Funeral March, Scharwenka Polish Dance Op 3 No 1, Granados Spanish Dance, Grieg Funeral March, Debussy The Engulfed Cathedral, Rachmaninov Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
POPULAR CLASSICS Best known as the founder of The Proms, Henry Wood had an enormous influence on musical life in Britain, raising the standard of orchestral playing and nurturing public taste by introducing them to a vast repertoire of music. These marvellous orchestrations are not the least aspect of his remarkable achievement.

LYRITA | SRCD2261 | CD3 | 5020926226129
John Ireland The Songs

CD 1: Songs of a Wayfarer, When Lights go rolling round the sky, Hope the Hornblower, Sea Fever, Marigold - Impression for voice & piano, Five Poems by Thomas Hardy, Three Songs, We’ll to the Woods no more CD 2: Two Songs, Songs Sacred & Profane, Five XVIth Century Songs, Blow out you Bugles, If there were Dreams to sell, I have twelve Oxen, Spring Sorrow, The Bells of San Marie, The Journey, The merry month of May, Vagabond, When I am dead my dearest, Santa Chiara - Palm Sunday, Naples, Great Things, If we must part, Tutto e sciolto CD 3: The Heart’s desire, The sacred flame, Remember, Hawthorne Time, The East Riding, Love is a sickness full of woes, The Land of Lost Content, Two Songs, The three Ravens, Bed in Summer, Mother & Child, Earth’s Call, A Sylvan Rhapsody, Three Arthur Symons Songs, What art thou thinking of?, Three Thomas Hardy Songs
Alfreda Hodgson, Benjamin Luxon, John Mitchinson, Alan Rowlands

A LIFE FULL OF SONG John Ireland devoted much of his long creative career to piano music and songs, which give the fullest picture of his multifarious musical personality and creative range. The piano was his instrument and the medium of his most self-revealing thought - we hear this also in his beautiful songs.

	LYRITA \| SRCD244 \| CD \| 5020926024428 Bridge Oration, Phantasm Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Peter Wallfisch (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
FRANK BRIDGE CONCERTOS Oration, Concerto elegiaco for Cello and Orchestra (1930) and Phantasm, Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (1931) were Frank Bridge’s most substantial orchestral works and his only concertos, written at the height of his creative powers. Phantasm was dedicated to the American Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.

	LYRITA \| SRCD257 \| CD \| 5020926025722 Divertimentos and Sinfoniettas Tippett Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra 'Sellinger's Round', Rawsthorne Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra, Britten Sinfonietta Op 1, Lennox Berkeley Sinfonietta Op 34, Arnold Sinfonietta No 1 Op 48 English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
BRITISH MUSIC FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA The growth of the virtuoso chamber orchestra in Britain is a comparatively recent occurrence. With the advent of the English Chamber Orchestra and other professional ensembles, works such as are here recorded receive the accomplished, polished performances which are their due.

	LYRITA \| SRCD280 \| CD \| 5020926028020 Williamson Organ Concerto, Piano Concerto No 3, Sonata for Two Pianos Malcolm Williamson (organ, piano), Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Leonard Dommett (conductors)
COMPOSER PLAYS OWN CONCERTOS Sir William Glock invited Williamson to write an organ concerto for the Proms and the ABC asked for the 3rd Piano Concerto. The Organ Concerto was a labour of love, written in honour of Sir Adrian Boult, who conducted the premiere. John Ogdon, to whom the Piano Concerto was dedicated, premiered it with the SSO under Joseph Post.

	LYRITA \| SRCD322 \| CD \| 5020926032225 Joubert Symphony No 1 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
PROLIFIC ENGLISH COMPOSER John Joubert's 1st Symphony was commissioned in 1955 by the Hull Philharmonic Society and first performed in the April of the following year. Joubert has composed over 160 works including two symphonies; violin, piano and bassoon concertos, seven operas and a vast amount of choral music.

	ONDINE \| ODE11122 \| CD \| 761195111222 Pictures from Finland Sibelius Valse Triste, Kuula Wedding March, Merikanto Valse lente and other Finnish music Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC 125th ANNIVERSARY ALBUM What better way to celebrate such an auspicious occasion than with a disc of 12 Finnish orchestral favourites? The full-colour booklet includes ravishing photographs of the Finnish countryside, illustrating the inspiration that nature provides to Finnish composers. It's like a holiday for the soul.

	OPERA RARA \| ORC35 \| SACD3 \| 792938003528 Pacini Alessandro nell'Indie Bruce Ford, Jennifer Larmore, Laura Claycomb, Dean Robinson, Mark Wilde, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
VOCAL FIREWORKS Pacini's opera Alessandro nell'Indie is a vehicle for gorgeously over-the-top bravura singing as the characters, confront, deceive, reproach and plead with each other, narrowly averting disaster with a display of idealistic magnanimity. Lavishly illustrated book with complete libretto and translation, and detailed notes on the opera. Hybrid SACD.

	OPERA RARA \| ORR242 \| CD \| 792938024226 Il Salotto Vol 11 - La Serenata Donizetti, Offenbach, Thomas, Mercadante, Pacini, Campana, Mariani, Elwart, Coppola and Beauplan Songs Bruce Ford, Diana Montague, Barry Banks, Majella Cullagh, Mark Stone, Elizabeth Vidal, Paul Austin Kelly, Sine Budgaard, Roland Wood, Susie Beer (cello), Richard Simpson (oboe), David Harper (piano)
VOLUME 11 OF THE ACCLAIMED 'LA SALOTTA' SERIES Vocal music for the Salon ('il salotto' in Italian) includes many sophisticated songs, duos, trios and ensembles written to entertain the wealthy, educated, fashionable and important guests who made salon life the social and artistic epicentre of 19th-century life. 'Exquisite' (American Record Guide)

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186083 \| SACD \| 827949008368 Prokofiev Symphony No 5, Ode to the End of the War Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
POWERFUL PROKOFIEV Vladimir Jurowski and the Russian National Orchestra present their third album on PentaTone with Prokofiev's most famous symphony and his rarely-heard Ode. Their previous recordings (Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 1 & 6, PTC5186068, and the Tchaikovsky/Stravinsky album, PTC5186061) both won awards and garnered critical acclaim.

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186184 \| SACD \| 827848018466 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
LEADER OF THE PACK Gramophone recently rated this classic 1974 recording (originally issued on Philips) as the best of 27 versions of the popular Symphonie fantastique currently available. Now remastered with true multi-channel surround sound, this hybrid SACD is poised to introduce Berlioz's masterpiece to a whole new generation.

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186318 \| CD \| 827949031861 Beethoven Symphony No 1, Brahms Symphony No 4 Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk (conductor)
HANS VONK LEGACY VOL 1 Recorded in 1999 (Beethoven) and 2000 (Brahms). According to the Orchestra's concertmaster David Halen 'This collection is without question some of Hans Vonk's finest collaborative work with the musicians of the Saint Louis Symphony.' This is a regular CD.

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186319 \| CD \| 827949031960 Debussy La Mer, Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales, La Valse, Roussel Bacchus et Ariane Suite No 2 Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk (conductor)
HANS VONK LEGACY VOL 2 Recorded in 2001 (Debussy), 2000 (Ravel Valses, Roussel) and 2001 (Ravel La Valse). The Orchestra's Concertmaster David Halen recalls that 'Hans listened extensively to all of our live recordings with this project in mind. The joy I saw in his face then, as he would listen to a favorite performance or a particular phrase, was immeasurable.' This is a regular CD.

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186320 \| CD \| 827949032066 Messiaen Turangalila-symphonie Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk (conductor)
HANS VONK LEGACY VOL 3 Recorded in 1999. Principal Trumpet, Susan Slaughter, said, 'Maestro Vonk's attention to detail was incredible. He was passionate about his respect for the composer and made every effort to honor what the composer intended.' This is a regular CD.

	PENTATONE \| PTC5186321 \| CD \| 827949032165 Bruckner Symphony No 4 'Romantic' Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk (conductor)
HANS VONK LEGACY VOL 4 Recorded in 2001. Vonk considered his tenure at the SLSO the most satisfying in his life artistically -- the culmination of his musical development. With his meticulous style of conducting, he brought both rhythmical clarity and a lush and warm sound to the strings as well as a nuanced lyricism of the German-Austrian tradition.

	PRIMA VOCE \| NI7942 \| CD \| 710357794223 Cesare Siepi Arias from I Vespri Siciliani, Don Carlo, Nabucco, Ernani, Don Giovanni, La Sonambula, L'Italiana in Algeria, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mefistofele and La Gioconda Cesare Siepi (bass)
SUPERB SINGER Cesare Siepi was one of the finest basses of the post-war period. His voice was characterised by a deep, warm timbre, and a ringing, vibrant upper register. On stage, his tall, striking presence and his great elegance of phrasing made him a natural Don Giovanni, among his many other roles. Siepi enjoyed a long career, and performed regularly until the early 1980s.

SOLI DEO GLORIA | SDG137 | CD |
JS Bach Cantatas Vol 16

Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225, Cantatas for Sunday after Christmas Day: Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn BWV152, Das neugeborne Kindelein BWV122, Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende BWV28, Cantata for New Year’s Day: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied! BWV190
Gillian Keith, Katharine Fuge, Joanne Lunn. Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

CHRISTMAS WITH BACH This album was recorded at the 59th and final concert in John Eliot Gardiner’s triumphant year-long adventure, in a packed St Bartholomew’s, New York. 'Gardiner’s 2000 Bach Pilgrimage volumes are very addictive. No studio renderings can match them for immediacy, and their revelations are many. ...the general eloquence is overwhelming... You feel you were there, and it’s thrilling.' (The Times)

	SWEDISH SOCIETY \| SCD1129 \| CD \| 822659011295 Frykof Complete Works for Organ Ralph Gustafsson (organ)
SWEDISH ORGANIST Among the composers that Harald Fryklof most admired were Max Reger and Carl Nielsen, the one for his striking harmonic imagination and the other for the purity of his classicism. Echoes of their music is found in his own organ works.

	SWEDISH SOCIETY \| SCD1136 \| CD \| 822659011363 Sandstrom From Darkness to Light Peter Mattei (baritone), Sven Wollter (recitation), Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist (conductor)
ILLUMINATING ORCHESTRAL SONGS Setting poems by Folke Isaksson, one of Sweden's foremost writers, Jan Sandstrom's From Darkness to Light is a rare musical experience of sonic richness and spiritual significance. This idealistic music is beautifully performed and carries an optimistic message on human destiny.

	SWEDISH SOCIETY \| SCD1139 \| CD \| 822659011394 In the Bleak Mid-Winter Adolf Fredrik's Boys Choir, Christoffer Holgersson (conductor)
CHRISTMAS SONGS FROM SWEDEN With special guest soloist Karl-Magnus Fredriksson from the Royal Swedish Opera, the Adolf Fredrik's Boys Choir presents as selection of Christmas songs that capture the magic of snowy nights, midwinter days and warm conviviality around the fireside.

	WIGMORE HALL LIVE \| WHLIVE0017 \| CD \| 5065000924171 Schubert Octet, The Shepherd on the Rock Michael Collins (clarinet) and Friends
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE Acclaimed clarinettist Michael Collins numbers among his friends such outstanding musicians as soprano Ailish Tynan, pianist Malcolm Martineau, violinist Isabelle van Keulen and cellist Daniel Muller-Schott. In such stellar company, expect extraordinary performances of favourite works by Schubert!

	WIGMORE HALL LIVE \| WHLIVE0018 \| CD \| 5065000924188 Imogen Cooper Piano Recital Beethoven Piano Sonata No 28 in A Major Op 101, Mozart Piano Sonata in A Minor K310, Ravel Mirroirs, Debussy La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Imogen Cooper (piano)
LYRICAL AND ENGAGING RECITAL Imogen Cooper dazzled audiences with the sensitivity, virtuosity and intelligence of her performances of these much-loved works. 'One senses a spontaneity that enables her to capture and intensify every passing poetic moment, every shade of meaning between the notes.' (The Independent)

	WIGMORE HALL LIVE \| WHLIVE0019 \| CD \| 5065000924195 Mozart, Smetana, Shostakovich String Quartets Mozart String Quartet No 21 K575 'Prussian', Shostakovich String Quartet No 8, Smetana String Quartet No 2 Skampa Quartet
SUPERB YOUNG CZECH QUARTET Recorded Live at Wigmore Hall in November 2006. ‘The quartet’s dynamic approach was breathtaking. The beauty of their playing stems from deep musical intelligence’ (The Independent)

WIGMORE HALL LIVE | WHLIVE0020 | CD | 5065000924201
Songs

Schubert Der Wanderer, Wandrers Nachtlied, Rastlose Liebe, Wandrers Nachtlied 2, Wolf Der Feuerreiter, Der Gartner, An die Geliebte, Fussreise, Der Rattenfanger, Debussy Romance, Les cloches, Mandoline, Duparc L'invitation au voyage, La vague et al cloche, Phidyle, Warlock The Fox, The Singer, Captain Stratton's Fancy, Flanders & Swann Misalliance
Christopher Maltman (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)

UNFORGETTABLE LIEDER RECITAL 'His voice is ear-catching, with a handsome, virile timbre and plenty of heft, and he communicates nuances with skill.' (Opera News) 'A tour de force of baleful intensity, in which Maltman was superbly aided by his pianist Julius Drake.' The Guardian

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZT071002 \| CD \| 3760009291560 Rameau and Clerambault Orfeo - French Cantatas Cyril Auvity (tenor), L'Yriade
A NEW FRENCH ORPHEUS Sweet-voiced Cyril Auvity is being hailed as THE rising young lyric tenor. In 2003, he founded his group L’Yriade with whom he prepared this recording of French cantatas related to the legendary figure of Orpheus discovered at the French National Library.

	ZIG ZAG \| ZZT071101 \| CD \| 3760009291584 Chopin Piano Sonata No 3, Liszt Piano Sonata Mu-Ye Wu (piano)
CONTRASTING ROMANTIC PIANO SONATAS At the age of twenty-one, this outstanding young Beijing-born pianist impresses with his surprising maturity and his magnificent playing, as generous as it is subtle. He places virtuosity at the service of an exceptional musical sensibility. This is his first recording for Zig Zag, a label noted for discovering new talent.

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	ARTHAUS DVD \| K101283 \| DVD2 \| 807280128390 Busoni Doktor Faust Thomas Hampson, Gregory Kunde, Sandra Trattnigg, Reinaldo Macias, Günther Groissboeck, Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Philippe Jordan
LIVE RECORDING FROM ZURICH OPERA HOUSE 2006 '[Thomas Hampson possesses] all the physical and vocal energy one could wish for...flourishes and ornaments leap out of his melodic lines...the gestures [are] also natural, his phrasing and pitch sure. Mr Hampson, as his career justifiably grows, has preserved an unmannered charm.' (The New York Times)

ARTHAUS DVD | K101425 | DVD7 | 807280142594
Classical Masterpieces Box Set

Vol 1 Mozart Symphony No 41 'Jupiter', Vol 2 Beethoven Symphony No 3 'Eroica', Vol 3 Schumann Symphony No 3 'Rhenish', Vol 4 Brahms Symphony No 4, Vol 5 Bruckner Symphony No 8, Vol 6 Strauss An Alpine Symphony, Vol 7 BONUS DVD Kent Nagano Portrait 'Seeking New Shores'
Deutsches Simphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)

SUPERB CONCERTS AND DOCUMENTARIES Now available as a complete set, Kent Nagano's fascinating and uplifting series of DVDs exploring some of the key symphonic masterpieces, from Mozart to Richard Strauss. Each features interviews with Nagano and the musicians combined with footage of the orchestra, animated sequences illustrating the lives of the composers and, of course, splendid concert performances. An ideal educational resource, this box set will also appeal to music lovers of all ages.

	ARTHAUS DVD \| K102087 \| DVD \| 807280208795 Tippett King Priam SPECIAL STUDIO RECORDING FROM 1985 Rodney Macann, Sarah Walker, Howard Haskin, Anne Mason, Janet Price, Neil Jenkins, Omar Ebrahim, Kent Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Roger Norrington (conductor)
ULTIMATE WAR Rodney Macann heads a strong cast in the title role of Nicholas Hytner’s innovative production, which creates a timeless arena of war. Tippett’s marvellously sparse music is played with fearless conviction and driving impetus. 'One of the company's most accomplished musical triumphs.' (Observer) 'a taut and tingling performance' (Financial Times)

	ARTHAUS DVD \| K102131 \| DVD \| 807280213195 The Tchaikovsky Cycle Vol VI Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 'Pathetique', Piano Concerto No 1, Serenade for Strings Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
TCHAIKOVSKY'S PASSION The 6th volume in this acclaimed series present two of Tchaikovsky's best-loved works. The Concerto is an ideal vehicle for Pletnev, one of the greatest pianists of our time. The Symphony's name actually means 'passionate' or 'emotional' rather than 'pathetic' or 'arousing pity' - a point worth bearing in mind!

	EUROARTS \| 2055788 \| DVD \| 880242557889 Legato - World of the Piano vol 2 Includes works by Haydn, Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
GREAT PIANIST ON NEW DVD SERIES Legato is a DVD series dedicated to presenting some of this new movement's most fascinating pianists - their development, their ideas and, of course, their music. Each DVD in this series presents an artist and explores an aspect of the world of piano music. This DVD portrays Marc-André Hamelin in concert and interview.

	EUROARTS \| 2056068 \| DVD \| 880242560681 Schumann Piano Concerto Martha Argerich (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
LIVE AT THE GEWANDHAUS, LEIPZIG 2006 Volume V of the 20-part DVD series 'Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music' features one of the world’s most fascinating pianists, highlighting piano repertoire from the Romantic period. Volume VI, featuring Brahms’ Violin Concerto, will be released shortly.

	EUROARTS \| 2056328 \| DVD \| 880242563286 Kurt Masur - A Life in Music Works by Nicolai, Moniuszko, Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, Gershwin, Dukas, Bizet, Jobim MDR Radio Choir, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (conductor)
GALA BIRTHDAY CONCERT To celebrate his 80th birthday, Kurt Masur led the Gewandhaus Orchestra in a special gala concert in June 2007. Abounding in energy, alert as ever, Masur has been untiringly lending new impulses to the entire orchestral repertoire. EuroArts joins the round of congratulations with this DVD in homage to a great artist.

EUROARTS | 2056768 | DVD5 | 880242567680
The Essential Bach

JS Bach Brandenburg Concertos, Mass in B Minor, The Well-tempered Clavier Book 1 and other works
Ruth Holton, Klaus Mertens and other singers, Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Georg Christoph Biller; Andrei Gavrilov, Joanna McGregor (piano), Ton Koopman (organ, harpsichord), Klaus Mertens (baritone), German Brass

THE BEST OF BACH Here is a representative selection of Bach’s most important works is performed by artists who are among the most eminent interpreters of his music. With an overall running time of more than 8 hours, this 5-DVD set provides informative, relaxing and entertaining viewing all year round, not just at Christmas!

	EUROARTS \| 2056778 \| DVD2 \| 880242567789 Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano, director), Staatskapelle Berlin
LIVE AT KLAVIER-FESTIVAL RUHR, MAY 2007 In time for his 65th birthday in November 2007, Daniel Barenboim completed a cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos. This DVD reflects both a very individual and special reading of Beethoven’s music and the artist’s life-long dedication to the composer.

	EUROARTS \| 2056788 \| DVD \| 880242567888 Gran Fanfaria Includes works by Mussorgsky, Bernstein, Mendoza, Abreu, Calderella Venezualan Brass Ensemble
A VERITABLE FIREWORKS DISPLAY of ambitious pieces for brass orchestra recently performed in Berlin’s prestigious Konzerthaus at the Gendarmenmarkt. The Venezuelan Brass Ensemble is a highly-acclaimed group with nearly 50 young brass and percussion players drawn from the extraordinary Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.

	JUXTAPOSITIONS DVD \| DVD5DS43 \| DVD \| 899132000435 The Art of the Sounds A film by Eric Darmon and Franck Mallet Pierre Henry
CULT COMPOSER Born in 1927, Pierre Henry is a French composer who pioneered the musique concrete genre of electronic music. Henry has also scored numerous additional films and ballets, and composed the theme song of the TV series Futurama (created by Matt Groening, who also created The Simpsons).

	JUXTAPOSITIONS DVD \| DVD5DS44 \| DVD \| 899132000442 The Crystal Liturgy A film by Olivier Mille Olivier Messiaen
A MODERN MUSICAL MYSTIC Messiaen's unique aesthetic universe is explored in this fascinating DVD with archival footage from 1964 to 1987. BONUS Musicians and composer discuss Messiaen's music in extracts from the film Des Canyons aux Etoiles.

	JUXTAPOSITIONS DVD \| DVD9DS32 \| DVD \| 899132000329 Tea, Broken Silence Tea: directed by Frank Scheffer, Broken Silence: directed by Eline Flipse Tan Dun
CHINESE COMPOSERS The first film on this exciting DVD concerns the opera Tea, and includes interviews with Tan Dun, Librettist Xu Ying and Director Pierre Audi, as well as performances. Broken Silence draws the portraits of five Chinese composers widely regarded as the founders of Chinese contemporary music: Tan Dun, Chen Qigang, Guo Wenjing, Mo Wuping and Qu Xiaosong.

	OPUS ARTE DVD \| OA0987D \| DVD2 \| 809478009870 Rossini La Pietra del Paragone Laura Brioli, Marie-Ange Todorovich, Raul Jimenez, Marco vino, Paolo Bordogna, Pietro Spagnoli, Teatro Real Madrid, Alberto Zedda (conductor)
AN ELEGANT COMEDY The renowned Rossini expert Alberto Zedda, inspired by the creative brilliance of Pier Luigi Pizzi’s production, leads a fizzing account of Rossini’s 1812 comic opera – the composer’s first La Scala commission. Filmed in 2007 with High Definition cameras and recorded in true surround sound.

	OPUS ARTE DVD \| OAHD5004 \| HDDVD \| 809478050049 J Strauss Die Fledermaus Par Lindskog, Lyubov Petrova, Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung, Hakan Hagegard, Artur Korn, Malena Ernman, Udo Samel, Renee Schuttengruber, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
HIGH DEFINITION DVD Glyndebourne’s pulsating production of the Waltz King’s much-loved comic operetta includes outstanding performances from a cast led by Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung and Hakan Hagegard with The Glyndebourne Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski.

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	PROPHONE \| PCD091 \| CD \| 822359000919 Code Red Tolvan Big Band
BIG BAND FROM SWEDEN Tolvan Big Band has become a powerhouse organisation with an international reputation as one of the most up-to-date and ambitious big bands anywhere in the world. 'The arrangements and compositions are done in a very imaginative way,' wrote Michael Bracker. 'A greater unified effort is not to be found anywhere' (Billy Cobham)

jazz characters

EXCITING NEW JAZZ SERIES 'There are several anthologies and compilations to do with jazz and those who are part of it, but we wanted to take a different approach and go one step further if possible. We’ll be following our selected artists into every corner of their life, their critical and popular successes, anything unusual or innovatory they introduced, all in their order of composition; another “extra” with us will be the sound which will be cleaned and restored. So here goes - jazz to listen to, accept, listen to again, appreciate, think about…For these are the high points of a musical story belonging to the 20th century that’s still relevant fifty years later.' Andre Francis, Le Chant du Monde

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274134142 | CD2 | 794881774425
Jazz Characters - Louis Armstrong 'Fireworks'

CD1: Chimes Blues, Copenhagen, Cake Walking Babies, St Louis Blues, Alone At Last, Heebie Jeebies, Cornet Chop Suey, Big Butter and Egg Man, Potato Head Blues, S.O.L. Blues, Hotter Than That, Fireworks, West End Blues, Weather Bird, St James Infirmary, Tight Like This, Mahogany Hall Stomp, When You're Smiling, Sweethearts On Parade, Shine, Dusky Stevedore, I'm In The Mood For Love, Thanks A Million, Ev'ntide, Darling Nelly Gray CD2: Jubilee, Shadrack, Cain And Abel, 2:19 Blues, Hey Lawdy Mama, Ain't Misbehavin, I Wonder, You Won't Be Satisfied, Blues For Yesterday, Where The Blues Were Born In New Orleans, Back O'Town Blues, Some Day, A Song Was Born, My Sweet Hunk O'Trash, New Orleans Function, You Rascal You, My Monday Date, Basin Street Blues, Ole Miss, St Louis Blues

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274134344 | CD2 | 794881774524
Jazz Characters - Count Basie 'Swinging the Blues'

CD1: Lafayette, Evenin', Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) One O'Clock Jump, John's Idea, Topsy, Don't You Miss Your Baby, Sent For You Yesterday, Every Tub, Swinging The Blues, Blue And Sentimental, Doggin' Around, How Long, How Long Blues, Panassie Stomp, The Dirty Dozens, Red Wagon, Jive At Five, Rock-A-Bye-Basie, Taxi War Dance, Miss Thing 1&2, Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie, Dickie's Dream, Lester Leaps In, Volcano, Tickle Toe CD2: The World Is Mas 1&2, Broadway, Rockin' The Blues, 9:20 Special, Fiesta In Blue, It's Sand Man, Avenue C, Taps Miller, Red Bank Boogie, The Mad Boogie, The King, Rambo, Bill's Mill, I Ain't Mad At You, House Rent Boogie, Seventh Avenue Express, Rat Race, Little White Lies, Why Not?, Blee Blop Blues, Paradise Squat, Softly With Feeling, She's Just My Size, Jumpin' At The Woodside

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274134546 | CD2 | 794881774623
Jazz Characters - Sidney Bechet 'Shake It and Break It'

CD1: Wild Cat Blues, Kansas City Man Blues, Mandy, Make Up Your Mind, Cake Walking Babies From Home, Sweetie Dear, Maple Leaf Rag, Shag, Dear Old Southland, Characteristic Blues, Blackstick, Viper Mad, Jungle Drums, Chant In The Night, Jada, Really The Blues, Blues For Tommy, Summertime, Ti Ralph, Limehouse Blues, Pop It, Indian Summer, Lonesome Blues, That's A-Plenty, Down In Honky Tonk Town, Shake It And Break It CD2: Blues In Thirds, Muskrat Ramble, Blues Of Bechet, Swing Parade, Georgia Cabin, Strange Fruit, The Mooche, 12th Street Rag, Bugle Call Rag / Ole Miss Blues, After You've Gone, Blue Horizon, Gone Away Blues, Old Stack O'Lee Blues, Dardanella, Bechet's Creole Blues, Les Oignons, Mon Homme, Margie, Apex Blues, Dans Les Rues D'Antibes, Petite Fleur, When You Wore A Tulip

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274134748 | CD2 | 794881774722
Jazz Characters - Miles Davis 'My Old Flame'

CD1: Now's The Time, Milestones, Sippin' At Bells, My Old Flame, Klactoveedsedstene, Another Hair Do, Steeplechase, Budo, Jeru, Venus De Milo, Rouge, Rifftide, Ray's Idea, Rocker, Morpheus, Hibeck, Odjenar, It's Only A Papermoon, Chance It, Donna, Dear Old Stockholm, Compulsion, Willie The Wailer CD2: Kelo, I Waited For You, Ray's Idea, Miles Ahead, Smooch, Weirdo, It Never Entered My Mind, Blue Haze, Love Me Or Leave Me, You Don't Know What Love Is, Blue 'N' Boogie, Airegin, Bemsha Swing, Bag's Groove

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274134950 | CD2 | 794881774821
Jazz Characters - Duke Ellington 'Black Beauty'

CD1: Choo Choo, Everything Is Hosty Totsy Now, The Creeper, Black And Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, Jubilee Stomp, East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, Black Beauty, The Mooche, Hot And Bothered, Doin' The Voom Voom, A Nite At The Cotton Club, Misty Mornin', Goin' To Town, Freeze And Melt, Double Check Stomp, Ring Dem Bells, Mood Indigo, Rockin' In Rhythm, Echoes Of The Jungle, It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing, Lots O' Fingers, Lightnin', Bundle Of Blues, Stompy Jones, Saddest Tale, Echoes Of Harlem CD2: In A Jam, Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue, Prelude To A Kiss, Battle Of Swing, Grievin', Sophisticated Lady, Ko-Ko, Cotton Tail, Dusk, Harlem Airshaft, In A Mellotone, Warm Valley, Pitter Panther Patter, Take The A Train, Solitude, Perdido, Johnny Came Lately, Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Frankie And Johnny, Dancers In Love, Blue Skies (Trumpet No End), Stop Look And Listen, Smada, Happy Go Lucky Local

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274135152 | CD2 | 794881774920
Jazz Characters - Ella Fitzgerald 'All My Life'

CD1: I'll Chase The Blues Away, All My Life, Mr Paganini You'll Have To Swing It, Organ Grinder's Swing, You Showed Me The Way, I Got A Guy, Hallelujah!, A Ticket A Tasket, I Found My Yellow Basket, Undecided, Stairway To The Stars, My Ma, You Don't Know What Love Is, Cow Cow Boogie, It's Only A Papermoon, Flying Home, Stone Cold Dead In The Market, You Won't Be Satisfied, The Frim Fram Sauce, I'm Just A Lucky So And So, Sentimental Journey, That's My Desire, Oh! Lady Be Good, Almost Like Being In Love, Lover Man CD2: My Baby Likes To Bebop, How High The Moon, Robbin's Nest, Black Coffee, Perdido, Basin Street Blues, I've Got The World On A String, Dream A Little Dream Of Me, Can Anyone Explain?, How Long Has This Been Going On, Someone To Watch Over, Smooth Sailing, I Don't Want To Make A Change, Rough Ridin', Air Mail Special, Angel Eyes, Early Autumn, Ella's Contribution To The Blues, Blue Lou, My Funny Valentine, How High The Moon, Makin' Whopee, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Lullaby Of Birdland

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274135354 | CD2 | 794881775026
Jazz Characters - Erroll Garner 'Cherchez la Femme'

CD1: Boogie Woogie Boogie, He Pulled A Fast One, Twistin' The Cat's Tail, Play Fiddle Play, Jumpin' At The Deuces, Indiana, Memories Of You, Trio, Pastel, Bird's Nest, Erroll's Bounce, Lover, Blue Lou, Frankie And Johnny Fantasy, Play Piano Play, Loose Nut, Cherchez La Femme, Lover Man, Early In Paris, Just You Just Me, Stompin' At The Savoy, Undecided CD2: Penthouse Serenade, I Cover The Waterfront, Cherokee, Moonglow, The Man I Love, Erroll's Peril, Perpetual Emotion (Garnerology), The Real Gone Tune, Laura, The Petite Waltz Bounce, How High The Moon, Penthouse Serenade, Dancing In The Dark, Caravan, Will You Still Be Mine, Misty, 7-11 Jump, In A Mellow Tone

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274135556 | CD2 | 794881775125
Jazz Characters - Dizzy Gillespie 'Diggin Dizz'

CD1: King Porter Stomp, Pickin' The Cabbage, Stardust, Little John Special, Woody'n You, Good Bait, Cherokee, A Night In Tunisia, Groovin' High, All The Things You Are, Salt Peanuts, Lover Man, Congo Blues, Dizzy Boogie, Diggin' Dizz, Dynamo A, The 52nd Street Theme, Ten Lessons With Timothy, One Bass Hit, Oop-Bop-Sh'bam, Our Delight, Things To Come, For Hecklers Only, Oop-Pop-A-Da, Two Bass Hit CD2: Groovin' High, Hot House, Algo Bueno (Woody'n You), Cubano Be Cubano Bop, Emanon, An Oscar For Treadwell, Swing Low Swing Chariot, Birk's Work, The Champ, Dizzy Song, Ooh-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee, Battle of Blues, Tin Tin Deo, Embraceable You, Wee, It Don't Mean A Thing, Manteca, Sometimes I'm Happy

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274135758 | CD2 | 794881775224
Jazz Characters - Benny Goodman 'Seven Come Eleven'

CD1: That's A-Plenty, Deep Harlem, Music Hall Rag, Who?, Whispering, He Ain't Got Rhythm, Rosetta, Runnin' Wild, St Louis Blues, Don't Be That Way, Sensation Rag, I'm Coming Virginia, Shine, Life Goes To A Party, Sing Sing Sing, Opus 1/2, Topsy, Rose Room, Honeysuckle Rose, Seven Come Eleven, I'm Confessin', Flying Home CD2: Till Tom Special, Good Enough To Keep, Gone With 'What' Wind, Benny's Bugle, Royal Garden Blues, Henderson Stomp, Breakfast Feud, Somebody Stole My Gal, Let The Door Knob Hitcha, I Found A New Baby, Solo Flight, Mission To Moscow, Dinah, All The Cats Join In, After You've Gone, Clarinade, Rattle And Roll, Put That Kiss Back Where You Found It, Sweet Lorraine, Lazy River, Cherokee, After Hours, Stealin' Apples, Bedlam, Blue Lou, South Of The Border

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274135960 | CD2 | 794881775323
Jazz Characters - Lionel Hampton 'Jivin The Vibes'

CD1: New Kinda Blues, Memories Of You, Moonglow, You Turned The Tables On Me, Jivin' The Vibes, Buzzin' Around With The Bee, Whoa Babe, Rhythm, Rhythm, China Stomp (Chinatown), Drum Stomp (Crazy Rhythm), Piano Stomp (Shine), Dizzy Spells, Ring Dem Bells, I'm In The Mood For Swing, Rock Hill Special, It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing, Shufflin' At The Hollywood, Wizzin' The Wizz, When Lights Are Low, Hot Mallets, The Munson Street Breakdown, Till Tom Special, Central Avenue Breakdown, Jack The Bellboy, Jivin' With Jarvis, Blue Because Of You CD2: Pig Foot Sonata, Smart Alec, Three-Quarter Boogie, Flying Home, In The Bag, Hamp's Boogie Woogie No 1, Loose Wig, Blow Top Blues, Rockin' In Rhythm, Stardust, Midnight Sun, Mingus Fingers, The Hucklebuck, Gladysee Bounce, Air Mail Special, Samson's Boogie, Kingfish, Gabby's Gabbin', Date With Oscar

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274136162 | CD2 | 794881775422
Jazz Characters - Coleman Hawkins 'Bouncing With Bean'

CD1: The Stampede, Miss Hannah, Hello Lola, Sugar Foot Stomp, Sweet Sorrow Blues, Queer Notions, Jamaica Shout, The Day You Came Along, Hocus Pocus, Lost In A Fog, Honeysuckle Rose, Meet Doctor Foo, Body And Soul, Bouncing With Bean, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, I Surrender Dear, Smack, Feedin' The 'Bean',My Ideal, Boff Boff, Voodte, Sweet Lorraine, Buh De Daht CD2: Yesterdays, Woody'n You, Disorder At The Border, Rainbow Mist, Pick Up Boys, Don't Blame Me, Out To Lunch, Flyin' Hawk, Hawk Variation Part II, April In Paris, Rifftide, Hollywood Stampede, It's The Talk Of The Town, Spotlite, I Got Rhythm, Indiana Winter, Indian Summer, Bean-A-Re-Bop, Phantomesque, Half Step Down Please, Picasso, Sophisticated Lady, Bean's Talking Again

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274136364 | CD2 | 794881775521
Jazz Characters - Billie Holiday 'Easy To Love'

CD1:Your Mother's Son In Law, Symphony In Black, What A Little Moonlight Can Do, Miss Brown To You, I'm Painting The Town Red, Twenty Four Hours A Day, These Foolish Things, I Cried For You, Billie's Blues, No Regrets, Easy To Love, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Why Was I Born, Mean To Me, He's Funny That Way, My Man, Now They Call It Swing, You Go To My Head, The Very Thought Of You, More Than You Know, Strange Fruit, Fine And Mellow, Yesterdays, Swing Brother Swing, The Man I Love, Body And Soul CD2: Laughing At Life, St Louis Blues, All Of Me, Am I Blue, God Bless The Child, Gloomy Sunday, Trav'lin' Light, Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me, My Old Flame, He's Funny That Way, Lover Come Back To Me, Lover Man, Don't Explain, Good Morning Heartache, All Of Me, The Blues Are Brewin', There Is No Greater Love, 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Them There Eyes, Gime A Pigfoot, You Can't Loose A Broken Heart, Yesterdays, Lover Come Back To Me, Fine And Mellow, I Cried For You

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274136566 | CD2 | 794881775620
Jazz Characters - Thelonius Monk 'Ask Me Now'

CD1: On The Bean, Thelonious, Humph, Ruby My Dear, Well You Needn't, April In Paris, Off Minor, In Walked Bud, Monk's Mood, Round About Midnight, All The Things You Are, Misterioso, Epistrophy, I Mean You, Bloomdido, Criss Cross, Straight No Chaser, Ask Me Now, Skippy, Carolina Moon, Let's Cool One, Monk's Dream, Little Rootie Tootie, Trinkle Tinkle, Bemsha Swing CD2: Think Of One, Friday The 13th, We See, Locomotive, Eronel, Round About Midnight, Nutty, Blue Monk, I Want To Be Happy, More Than You Know, Swing Spring

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274136768 | CD2 | 794881775729
Jazz Characters - Jelly Roll Morton 'Mr Jelly Lord'

CD1: New Orleans Joys, London Blues, The Pearls, Shreveport Stomp, Tin Roof Blues, Mr Jelly Lord, Tom Cat Blues, King Porter Stomp, Sweet Man, Black Bottom Stomp, Dead Man Blues, Steamboat Stomp, Grandpa's Spells, Original Jelly Roll Blues, Doctor Jazz, Cannon Ball Blues, Billy Goat Stomp, Wild Man Blues, Beale Street Blues, The Pearls, Wolverine Blues, Mr Jelly Lord, Georgia Swing, Kansas City Stomps CD2: Shoe Shiner's Drag, Shreveport, Frances, Burnin' The Iceberg, New Orleans Bump, Mississippi Mildred, Mint Julep, Smilin' The Blues Away, Turtle Twist, Little Lawrence, Ponchatrain, Crazy Chords, Low Gravy, Blue Blood Blues, Gambling Jack, Kansas City Stomps, Maple Leaf Rag, Maple Leaf Rag, Creepy Feeling, Imitation Of Tony Jackson's Ragtime Style, High Society, I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say, Winin' Boy Blues, Climax Rag, West End Blues, Ballin' The Jack, Mamie's Blues, Sweet Substitute

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274136970 | CD2 | 794881775828
Jazz Characters - Charlie Parker 'Bird of Paradise'

CD1: Dexter Blues, Tiny's Tempo, Billie's Bounce, Meandering, Koko, Slim's Jam, Shaw 'Nuff, Moose The Mooche, A Night In Tunisia, Cherokee, Lover Man, Cool Blues, Donna Lee, Cheryl, Half Nelson, Confirmation, Koko, Bird Of Paradise, Scrapple From The Apple, The Bird, Repetition, Barbados, Parker's Mood, Mango Mangue CD2: Salt Peanuts, Be-Bop, Visa, Summertime, Star Eyes, Leap Frog, Summertime, Ballade, Au Privave, K.C. Blues, Lover, Begin The Beguine, Night And Day, Funky Blues, The Serpent's Tooth, Hot House, Old Folks, My Heart Belongs To Daddy

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274137172 | CD2 | 794881775927
Jazz Characters - Bud Powell 'Dance of the Infidels'

CD1: West End Blues, Jay Jay, Bouncing With Bud, Epistrophy, Boppin' A Riff, Indiana, I Should Care, I'll Remember April, Off Minor, Chasin' The Bird, Tempus Fugit, Celia, Cherokee, Strictly Confidential, All God's Chillun Got Rhythm, Bouncing With Bud, Dance Of The Infidels, Ornithology, You Go To My Head, Sometimes I'm Happy, So Sorry Please, Yesterdays, Sweet Georgia Brown, Get Happy, Round About Midnight CD2: Tea For Two, Parisian Thoroughfare, Oblivion, Hallucinations, The Fruit, Just One Of Those Things, Blue 'N' Boogie, It Could Happen To You, Un Poco Loco, A Night In Tunisia, It Could Happen To You, How High The Moon, Tiny's Blues, Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas, Embraceable You, My Heart Stood Still, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, Spring Is Here, Buttercup, It Never Entered My Mind, A Foggy Day, That Old Black Magic

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274137374 | CD2 | 794881776023
Jazz Characters - Django Reinhardt 'Swing from Paris'

CD1: Presentation Stomp, Confessin', I Saw Stars, Dinah, Stardust, Clouds, Djangology, St Louis Blues, Limehouse Blues, Sweet Chorus, Mystery Pacific, Improvisation No 1, Parfum, Crazy Rhythm, Bouncin' Around, Eddie's Blues, Fiddle Blues, Minor Swing, Paramount Stomp, Bolero, Mabel, You, Rascal You, If I Had You, Swing From Paris, Appel Indirect, Improvisation No 2 CD2: Swing 39, Solid Old Man, Younger Generation, Echoes Of Spain, Naguine, H.C.Q. Strut, Tears, Daphne, Rythme Futur, Swing 41, Nuages, Festival Swing, Swing 42, Nympheas, Manoir De Mes Reves, Blues Clair, Improvisation No 3, Djangology, Echoes Of France, Ride Red Ride, Place De Broukere, Keep Cool, Fleche D'Or, D.R.Blues, Nuages, Deccaphonie

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274137576 | CD2 | 794881776122
Jazz Characters - Art Tatum 'Tea For Two'

CD1: Tiger Rag, This Time It's Love, Tea For Two, Moonglow, Cocktails For Two, Liza, Body And Soul, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Gone With The Wind, Tea For Two, Elegie, Humoresque, Get Happy, Begin The Beguine, Stompin' At The Savoy, Battery Bounce, Rock Me Mama, Sweet Georgia Brown, I Got Rhythm, After You've Gone, Liza, Sweet Lorraine, Dark Eyes, Soft Winds, Lover CD2: 9:20 Special, Over The Rainbow, Tatum Pole Boogie, The Kerry Dance, The Man I Love, Dardanella, Willow Weep For Me, Sweet Lorraine, Dancing In The Dark, Blue Skies, Jitterbug Waltz, Tea For Two/Honeysuckle Rose, Yesterdays, Just One Of Those Things, Would You Like To Take A Walk, Indiana, Louise, Love For Sale, Dixieland Band, Too Marvelous For Words, Tea For Two, Crazy Rhythm, My Blue Heaven

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274137778 | CD2 | 794881776221
Jazz Characters - Fats Waller 'The Panic is On'

CD1: Snake Hips, Clearing House Blues, Beale Street Blues, He's Gone Away, Willow Tree, Handful Of Keys, Valentine Stomp, I'm Crazy About My Baby, Yellow Dog Blues, Sweetie Pie, Clothesline Ballet, Baby Brown, I Ain't Got Nobody, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter, Twelfth Street Rag, Got A Bran' New Suit, Sweet Thing, The Panic Is On, Christopher Columbus, It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Nero, Spring Cleaning, Honeysuckle Rose, Blue Turning Grey Over You CD2: Tea For Two, Beat It Out, The Sheik Of Araby, Two Sleepy People, Yacht Club Swing (Indicatif), Hold My Hand, Pent Up In A Penthouse, Honeysuckle Rose, Yacht Club Swing, You Look Good To Me, Hallelujah, Undecided, Honey Hush, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister, Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues, Scram!, Shortnin' Bread, All That Meat And No Potatoes, Carolina Shout, I Understand, Chant Of The Groove, Bessie Bessie Bessie, The Jitterbug Waltz, Romance A La Mode, Ain't Misbehavin'

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274137980 | CD2 | 794881776320
Jazz Characters - Lester Young 'Tickle-Toe'

CD1: Oh! Lady Be Good, Honeysuckle Rose, I've Found A New Baby, Time Out, Georgiana, Don't Be That Way, Texas Shuffle, 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Them There Eyes, After You've Gone, China Boy, Louisiana, Tickle-Toe, Just Jivin' Around, Tea For Two, Body And Soul, Jumpin' At The Woodside, Linger Awhile, Just You Just Me, Afternoon Of A Basie-ite, Lester Leaps Again, Destination K.C. CD2: Three Little Words, Exercise In Swing, Jump Lester Jump, These Foolish Things, D.B. Blues, Riffin' Without Helen, Lester Leaps In, I Want To Be Happy, Sweet Georgia Brown, She's Funny That Way, Jumpin' With Symphony Sid, Easy Does It, I'm Confessin', East Of The Sun, How High The Moon, Up 'n' Adam, Neenah, September In The Rain, Ad Lib Blues, New D.B. Blues, Big Top Blues

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274145152 | CD2 | 794881827824
Jazz Characters - Chet Baker 'Sad Walk'

CD1: Bernie’s Tune, Line For Lyons, Walkin’ Shoes, Freeway, Cherry, Festive Minor, The Way You Look Tonight, The Lamp Is Low, Maid In Mexico, Imagination, Russ Job, Carson City Stage, Loaded, All The Things You Are, Happy Little Sunbeam, The Thrill Is Gone, Winter Wonderland, Bockhanal, Pro De Functus, Moonlight Becomes You, Love Walked In, A Little Duet CD2: But Not For Me, I Get Along Without You Very Well, Love, The Wind, My Funny Valentine, Dot’s Groovy, The Half Dozens, Little Man You’ve Had A Busy Day, Just Friends, Rondette, Sad Walk, Piece Caprice, There’s A Small Hotel, Tenderly, I’ll Remember April, Chet, Once In A While, Chekeetah

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274145354 | CD2 | 794881827923
Jazz Characters - Bix Beiderbecke 'Krazy Kat'

CD1: Fidgety Feet, The Jazz Me Blues, Oh! Baby, Copenhagen, Riverboat Shuffle, I Need Some Pettin’, Tiger Rag, Sensation, Big Boy, Toddlin’ Blues, Davenport Blues, Trumbology, Clarinet Marmalade, Singin’ The Blues, Ostrich Walk, Riverboat Shuffle, I’m Coming Virginia, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Blue River, In A Mist (Bixology), Clementine (From New Orleans), Wringin’ And Twistin’, Krazy Kat, Humpty Dumpty, The Baltimore CD2: Royal Garden Blues, At The Jazz Band Ball, Jazz Me Blues, Sorry, Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down, Goose Pimples, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Cryin’ All Day, Sugar, Three Blind Mice, Jubilee, Mississippi Mud, Borneo, Thou Swell, Rhythm King, Louisiana, Margie, The Love Nest, I Like That, China Boy, Rockin’ Chair, Barnacle Bill The Sailor, Loved One, Deep Harlem, Bessie Couldn’t Help It

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274145556 | CD2 | 794881828029
Jazz Characters - Clifford Brown 'Joy Spring'

CD1: I Come From Jamaica, Theme Of No Repeat, Easy Living, Stockholm Sweetnin’, Brown Skins, Blue And Brown, Wee Dot, Quicksilver, Tenderly, Sunset Eyes, Daahoud, Delilah, Parisian Thoroughfare, Sweet Clifford CD2: Stompin’ At The Savoy, Joy Spring, Midlama, Tiny Capers, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Jordu, I Can’t Get Started With You, Jim, Born To Be Blue, George’s Dilemna, The Blues Walk, Cherokee, Sandu, I Get A Kick Out Of You

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274145758 | CD2 | 794881828128
Jazz Characters - Ray Charles 'Black Jack'

CD1: Confession Blues, I Love you, I Love You, Alone In This City, Rockin’ Chair Blues, Let’s Have A Ball, Can Anyone Ask For More?, Blues Before Sunrise, Ain’t That Fine, A Sentimental Blues, How Long Blues, See See Rider, Sittin’ On Top Of The World, She’s On The Ball, Honey Honey, I’ve Had My Fun, What Have I Done?, Late In The Evening Blues, Someday, Th’ Ego Song, Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand, Lonely Boy, Baby Won’t You Please Come Home, The Snow Is Falling, Kissa Me Baby, Misery In My Heart CD2: I’m Wondering And Wondering, Let Me Hear You Call My Name, Back Home, Jumpin’ In The Morning, The Midnight Hour, Sinners’ Prayer, Heartbreaker, Mess Around, Losing Hand, Funny But I Still Love You, I Wonder Who, Feelin’ Sad, Ray’s Blues, Don’t You Know, Nobody Cares, Black Jack, I Got A Woman, Come Back Baby, A Bit Of Soul, Hard Times, A Fool For You, Hallelujah I Love Her So, Drown In My Own Tears, What Would I Do Without You

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274145960 | CD2 | 794881828227
Jazz Characters - Charlie Christian 'Blues in B'

CD1: Stardust, I Got Rhythm, Stardust, Tea For Two, Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland), Flying Home, Haven’t Named It Yet, Deep Sea Blues, Honeysuckle Rose, Seven Come Eleven (Roast Turkey Stomp), Flying Home, Pagin’ The Devil, Good Mornin’ Blues, Oh! Lady Be Good, All Star Strut, Till Tom Special, Gone With 'What' Wind, The Sheik Of Araby, I Surrender Dear, Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) CD2: Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me), Ad Lib Blues, Charlie’s Dream, Lester’s Dream, Wholly Cats, Royal Garden Blues, Benny’s Bugle, Breakfast Feud, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, I Found A New Baby, Profoundly Blue, Jammin’ In Four, Solo Flight, I Hadn’t Anyone Till You, Blues In B, A Smo-o-o-oth One (Waitin’ For Benny), Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special), Up On Teddy’s Hill (Honeysuckle Rose), Stompin’ At The Savoy, Swing To Bop (Charlie’s Choice) (Topsy)

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274146162 | CD2 | 794881828326
Jazz Characters - Nat King Cole 'Bed Time'

CD1: Stomping At The Panama, With Plenty Of Money And You, Don’t Blame Me, Caravan, Liza, Blue Lou, Two Against One, Moon Song, Rosetta, Black Spider Stomp, You’re My Life, Rib Town Shuffle, Jivin’ With The Notes, Blue Because Of You, Bed Time, French Toast, B Flat, Honeysuckle Rose, This Side Up, Sweet Lorraine, Fudge Wudge, Windy City Boogie Woogie, Early Morning Blues, Indiana, Jumpin’ At Capitol, Embraceable You, The Man I Love CD2: What Is This Thing Called Love, Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Easy Listening Blues, I Realize Now, Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me, Riffamarole, You Can Depend On Me, You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Sweet Georgia Brown, This Way Out, Airiness A La Nat, Get Your Kicks On Route, I Know That You Know, Just You Just Me, Peg O’My Heart, I’ll String Along With You, I’ll Never Be The Same, Blues In My Shower, Little Girl, If I Had You, Laugh! Cool Clown, Bop Kick, Somebody Loves Me

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274146364 | CD2 | 794881828425
Jazz Characters - Fletcher Henderson 'Sweet and Hot'

CD1: Dicty Blues, Copenhagen, Alabamy Bound, Money Blues, The Stampede, Jackass Blues, The Chant, The Henderson Stomp, Snag It, Stockholm Stomp, Fidgety Feet, St Louis Shuffle, Variety Stomp, I’m Coming Virginia, Whiteman Stomp, Goose Pimples, Hop Off, King Porter Stomp, Feeling Good, Easy Money, Freeze And Melt, Blazin’, The Wang-Wang Blues CD2: Chinatown, My Chinatown, Keep A Song In Your Soul, Sweet And Hot, Sugar Foot Stomp, Clarinet Marmalade, Hot And Anxious, Singin’ The Blues, New King Porter Stomp, Honeysuckle Rose, Queer Notions, Yeah Man!, Hocus Pocus, Big John’s Special, Shanghai Shuffle, Wrappin’ It Up, Rug Cutter’s Swing, Stealin’ Apples, Blue Lou, Christopher Columbus, Jangled Nerves, Rhythm Of The Tambourine, Sing Your Sinners, There’s Rain In My Eyes, Moten Stomp (Moten Swing)

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274146566 | CD2 | 794881828524
Jazz Characters - Earl Hines 'Deep Forest'

CD1: Weather Bird, Blues In Thirds (Caution Blues), Panther Rag, Stowaway, Chimes In Blues, A Monday Date, Caution Blues, Fifty-Seven Varieties, I Ain’t Got Nobody, Far Away Blues, I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate, Glad Rag Roll, Beau Koo Jack, Blue Nights, Grand Piano Blues, Deep Forest, Angry, Rhythm Sundae, Grand Terrace Shuffle, Piano Man, Rosetta, Number 19, Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues, Child Of A Disordered Brain, Tantalizing A Cuban, Blues In Thirds, Easy Rhythm CD2: Up Jump The Devil, My Melancholy Baby, On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Windy City Jive, The Earl, Second Balcony Jump, Stormy Monday Blues, Honeysuckle Rose, Dark Eyes, No Good Woman Blues, Bo Legged Mama, Spooky Boogie, Keyboards Kapers, Chicago, Tea For Two, Snappy Rhythm, Singin’ For My French Brothers, Fine And Dandy, Deed I Do, These Foolish Things, Rosetta, Diane, Honeysuckle Rose, Green’s Corner, The Darktown Strutter’s Ball

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274146768 | CD2 | 794881828623
Jazz Characters - King Oliver 'Canal Street Blues'

CD1: Canal Street Blues, Mandy Lee Blues, Just Gone, Chimes Blues, Froggie Moore, Dipper Mouth Blues, Weatherbird Rag, Snake Rag 1, Snake Rag 2, Sobbin’ Blues, High Society Rag, Where Did You Stay Last Night?, Jazzin’ Babies Blues, Riverside Blues, The Southern Stomps, Mabel’s Dream, Working Man Blues, Zulu’s Ball, Krooked Blues, Alligator Hop, Chattanooga Stomp, Camp Meeting Blues, London Cafe Blues, New Orleans Stomp CD2: Room Rent Blues, I Ain’t Gonna Tell Nobody, Buddy’s Habit, Sweet Baby Doll, Mabel’s Dream, Working Man Blues, Riverside Blues, King Porter Stomp, Snag It, Too Bad, Deep Henderson, Jackass Blues, Wa Wa Wa, Sugar Foot Stomp, Someday Sweetheart, Dead Man Blues, Showboat Shuffles, Farewell Blues, Tin Roof Blues, You’re Such A Cruel Papa To Me, Four Or Five Times, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Frisco Train Blues, In The Bottle Blues, West End Blues

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274146970 | CD2 | 794881828722
Jazz Characters - Bessie Smith 'Squeeze Me'

CD1: Down Hearted Blues, Gulf Coast Blues, Beale Street Mama, Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do, Keeps On A-Rainin’, Midnight Blues, Jail-House Blues, Graveyard Dream Blues, Far Away Blues, Any Woman’s Blues, Chicago Bound Blues, Easy Come Easy Go Blues, House Rent Blues, Salt Water Blues, Sing Sing Prison Blues, Love Me Daddy Blues, The St Louis Blues, Reckless Blues, Sobbin’ Hearted Blues, Cold In Hand Blues, You’ve Been A Good Ole Wagon, Cake-Walking Babies From Home, The Yellow Dog Blues, Soft Pedal Blues CD2: Nashville Women’s Blues, Careless Love Blues, Nobody’s Blues But Mine, I’ve Been Mistreated And I Don’t Like It, Squeeze Me, Money Blues, Young Woman’s Blues, Preachin’ The Blues, Back Water Blues, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan), Trombone Cholly, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Foolish Man Blues, Standin’ In The Rain Blues, Empty Bed Blues, Poor Man’s Blues, Me And My Gin, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out, Wasted Life Blues, Blue Spirit Blues, On Revival Day, Shipwreck Blues, Take Me For A Buggy Ride

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274152122 | CD2 | 794881860722
Jazz Characters - Benny Carter ' Lazy Afternoon'

CD 1: Charleston Is The Best Dance After All, Come On Baby, Six Or Seven Times, Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You?, I'd Love It, Keep A Song In Your Soul, Bugle Call Rag, Heebie Jeebies, Tell All Your Daydreams To Me, Jazz Cocktail, Swing It, Fanfare, Sweet Sue Just You, Symphony In Riffs, The Sheik Of Araby, Gin And Jive, Waltzing The Blues, Tiger Rag, I'n In The Mood For Swing, Honeysuckle Rose, Crazy Rhythm, Skip It, Lazy Afternoon, Pardon Me Pretty Baby CD 2: I'm Coming Virginia, Savoy Stampede, Okay For Baby, Cocktails For Two, All Of Me, Babalu, My Favourite Blues, Sunday, Back Bay Boogie, Poinciana, Love For Sale, I Can't Get Started With You, I Surrender Dear, Malibu, Jump Call, Diga Diga Doo, What'll It Be, Boulevarde Bounce, Isn't It Romantic, Round About Midnight, Laura, Under A Blanket Of Blue, Prisoner Of Love

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274152324 | CD2 | 794881860821
Jazz Characters - Stan Getz 'Crazy Chords'

CD 1: Opus De Bop, Summer Sequence, Pardon My Bop, Frosty, Michelle, Five Brothers, Battle Of The Saxes, Stan's Mood, Indian Summer, Crazy Chords, Always, Long Island Sound, What's New, I've Got You Under My Skin, There's A Small Hotel, No Figs, Woody'n You, The Lady In Red, Sweetie Pie, Tootsie Roll, Penny, Split Kick, Dear Old Stockholm, Yvette, Potter's Luck CD 2: Signal, Parker 51, Moonlight In Vermont, Jaguar, Stars Fell On Alabama, Body And Soul, Autumn Leaves, The Varsity Drag, It Don't Mean A Thing, Pernod, Easy Living, Louise, Shine, Dark Eyes

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274152526 | CD2 | 794881860920
Jazz Characters - Woody Herman 'Apple Honey'

CD 1: Muskrat Ramble, Weary Blues, Woodchopper's Ball, Down Under, Apple Honey, Caldonia, Goosey Gander, Northwest Passage, The Good Earth, Bijou, Your Father's Moustache, Wild Root, Bolwin' Up A Storm, Red Top, Lady McGovan's Dream, Summer Sequence, Back Talk, The Blues Are Brewing, The Goof And I, Four Brothers, Lemon Drop CD 2: Early Autumn, Keeper Of The Flame, More Moon, Not Really The Blues, Rhapsody In Wood, Stompin' At The Savoy, Cohn's Alley, Would He?, Why Not?, Autobahn Blues, Misty Morning, Moten Swing, Skinned Again, Cool Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Captain Ahab, Hi-Fi Drums, 9:20 Special, Bag's Other Groove, Junior, Basin Street Blues, Blues Groove

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274152728 | CD2 | 794881861026
Jazz Characters - Stan Kenton 'Opus In Pastels'

CD 1: Gambler Blues, Artistry In Rhythm, Eager Beaver, Travelin' Man, Just A Sittin' And A Rockin', Artistry Jumps, Artistry In Boogie, Capitol Punishment, Collaboration, Machito, Soothe Me, Metronome Riff, Trajectories, Incident In Jazz, Jolly Rogers, Blues In Riff, Art Pepper, Round Robin, Viva Prado, Dynaflow, Street Of Dreams, Coop's Solo, Opus In Pastels, Young Blood CD 2: 23 North 82 West, Lover Man, Crazy Rhythm, Bill Holman's Work, In Lighter Vein, Zoot, Concerto To End All Concertos, Cherokee, Kingfish, Sweets, Under A Blanket Of Blue, Stompin' At The Savoy, Black Coffee, Sunset tower, Fearless Finlay, The Peanut Vendor, Intermission Riff, Swing House, Royal Blue, Fearless Finlay

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274152930 | CD2 | 794881861125
Jazz Characters - Lee Konitz 'Two Not One'

CD 1: Anthropology, S'il Vous Plait, Chasin' The Bird, Subconscious-Lee, Progression, Retrospection, Move, Wow!, Crosscurrent, Israel, Marionette, Intuition, Marshmallow, Fishin' Around, Sound-Lee, No Figs, Moon Dreams, Ice Cream-Konitz, Palo Alto, Early Spring, Odjenar, Ezz-Thetic, Duet For Saxophone And Guitar, Lileth, Extrasensory Perception CD 2: Lennie's Pennies, Out Of Nowhere, Lover Man, I'll Remember April, Ablution, 317 East 32nd, Lennie-Bird, Confucious Blues, I Can't Get Started With You, Two Not One, I'll Remember You, Kary's Trance, Don't Blame Me

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274153132 | CD2 | 794881861224
Jazz Characters - Gerry Mulligan 'Funhouse'

CD 1: How High The Moon, Disc Jockey Jump, Sometimes I'm Happy, Jeru, Elevation, Venus De Milo, Rocker, Funhouse, Roundhouse, Godchild, Get Happy, dinah, Bernie's Tune, Line For Lyons, My Funny Valentine, Young Blood, Soft Shoe, Walkin' Shoes, Moonlight In Vermont, The Lady Is A Tramp, These Foolish Things, A Ballad, Westwood Walk, Sextet, Flash, Simbah CD 2: Ontet, I'll Remember April, Cherry, Motel, Jeru, Swinghouse, Five Brothers, Ide's Side, Bernie's Tune, Love Me Or Leave Me, Laura, Come Out Wherever You Are, Utter Chaos, Blues At The Roots, Sweet And Lovely, Demanton, Ain't It The Truth?, La Plus Que Lente, Elevation

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274153334 | CD2 | 794881861323
Jazz Characters - Oscar Peterson 'Nameless'

CD 1: Oscar's Boogie, Sweet Georgia Brown, Fine And Dandy, Three O'clock In The Morning, Debut, Oscar's Blues, Nameless, Get Happy, Robbin's Nest, Gai, Padovane, Carnegie Blues, Laura, Pennies From Heaven, Body And Soul, Hungarian Dance, Seven Come Eleven, You Go To My Head, The Astaire Blues, Oh! Lady Be Good CD 2: Cheek To Cheek, The C Jam Blues, Ad Lib Blues, Strike Up The Band, It Ain't Necessarily So, John Hardy's Wife, Just A Sittin' And A Rockin', Rockin' In Rhythm, Bounce Blues, Lollobrigida, Love for Sale, Exactly Like You, Angel Eyes, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Baby Baby All The Time, Topsy, How About You?

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274153536 | CD2 | 794881861422
Jazz Characters - Sonny Rollins 'Scoops'

CD 1: Hilo, Down, I Know, Conception, Time On My Hands, Mambo Bounce, Shadrack, Scoops, The Serpent's Tooth, In A Sentimental Mood, The Stopper, Let's Call This, Confab In Tempo, Airegin, Aleo, Doxy, Silk 'n' Satin, Movin' Out, More Than You know CD 2: Paradox, It's All Right With Me, Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing, In Your Own Sweet Way, Pent Up House, Valse Hot, Tenor Madness, St Thomas, Strode Rode, The House I Live In, Decision

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274153738 | CD2 | 794881861521
Jazz Characters - Horace Silver 'Quicksilver'

CD 1: Split Kick, Potter's Luck, Cheek To Cheek, Horace-Scope, Safari, Ecaroh, Knowledge Box, Prelude To A Kiss, Down Home, I Remember You, Opus De Funk, Day In Day Out, Buhaina, Quicksilver, Weirdo, The Leap, Four, Solar, Love Me Or Leave Me, But Not For Me CD 2: Doodlin', Creepin' In, The Preacher, To Whom It May Concern, Wonder Why, Moonray, Hear Me Talkin' To Ya, Lady Bird, Like Someone In Love, The End Of A Love Affair, For Heaven's Sake, Senor Blues

LE CHANT DU MONDE | CMJ274153940 | CD2 | 794881861620
Jazz Characters - Sarah Vaughan 'Street Of Dreams'

CD 1: Interlude (A Night In Tunisia), East Of The Sun, Lover Man, Mean To Me, What More Can A Woman Do? I'm Scared, If You Could See Me Now, You're Not The Kind, You're Blase, Body And Soul, I've Got A Crush On You, Penthouse Serenade, September Song, Time After Time, I Cover The Waterfront, I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance, Tenderly, Don't Blame Me, Sometimes I Feel, I Get A Kick Out Of You, The Man I love, What A Difference A Day Made, Black Coffee, Just Friends, I Cried For You, Summertime, Mean To Me CD 2: Ain't misbehavin', It Might As Well Be Spring, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Nice work If You Can Get It, East Of The Sun, After Hours, Pinky, Street Of Dreams, Embraceable You, Perdido, Shulie A Bop, You Hit The Spot, Saturday, September Song, Lullaby Of Birdland, Jim, April In Paris, Embraceable You, Over The Rainbow, Cherokee, How High The Moon, sometimes I'm Happy

	MELODYIA \| MELCD10000994 \| CD \| 4600317009947 Secret Love Fain Secret Love Carmichael The Nearness of You Kern All the Things You Are Parker My Little Suede Shoes, Frumkin Romantic Waltz, Jobim Wave, Troup Route 66 Marius Beets (bass), Boris Frumkin (piano)
RECORDED LIVE AT MONHEIM-ON-RHINE, this disc captures a virtually spontaneous session of music-making in the ancient watch tower of the medieval German town that now serves as a splendid concert venue.

soundscape

	RADIO FRANCE \| SIG11051 \| CDDVD \| 794881861828 Les Sonneurs de Rivets Catherine Verhelst and Herve Tougeron Sound fresco from Nantes Shipyards
SPECIAL DUALDISC (CD/DVD) Although the former shipyards of Nantes have now been demolished, this fascinating sound fresco imagined by Verhelst and Tougeron weaves diverse sounds collected when the facility was active into a singular musical composition, enhanced by images.

world

	IRIS MUSIC \| IR3001974 \| CD \| 3464630019745 The Silk Road Sukru Tunar (Turkey), Hussam Tashim (Turkey), Chemiranis (Iran), D Nurpeisova (Kazakhstan), Matlubeh (Uzbekistan), S Yarashev & Imamkhodzahaev (Uzbekistan), Jaipyr Kawa Brass Band (Rajastan), Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi, Nat Hommath & Upadhyaya (Northern India), Gamdarbha Kalakendra (Nepal), Yau Hok (China)
DIVERSE MUSICAL TRADITIONS For centuries The Silk Road was the main land route linking the West with the East. This disc surveys some of the many musical treasures along the way.

	IRIS MUSIC \| IR3001977 \| CD \| 3464630019776 Mediterranean Carmen, Amaya, La Compagnie Vocale, Roberto Murolo, Lili Labassi, Shoshana Damari, Oum Kalthoum, Alfio Antico, Marwan Abado, Sukru Tunar, Tsitanis, Alberto Balia & Enrico Frongia, Yelas
SEA OF MUSIC The Mediterranean Sea links southern Europe, northern Africa and western Asia whose musical currents together form a diverse 'sea of music'.

	IRIS MUSIC \| IR3001978 \| CD \| 3464630019783 Lautari from Bucarest Mihai Namol, Cornelia Catanga, Ionica Minune, Pansuleta Feraru, Dorel de la Criova, Fane Marinache, Jean de la Criova, Neluta Neagu
MUSIC FROM ROMANIA Traditional Roma music is usually played on classical instruments by a live band (taraf) of lutari. This album presents a selection of many of the leading exponents of this music.

	IRIS MUSIC \| IR3001979 \| CD \| 3464630019790 Samba do Brasil Bezerra da Silva, Conjunto Escrete do Samba, Conjunto Raul de Barros, Wilson das Neves, Azor Delegado, Dicro, Aparecida, Emilio Santiago, Martinho da Vila, Rubens da Mangueira, G.R.E.S. Unidos de Vila Isabel, Escola de Samba Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel
SAMBA SYNCOPATIONS Samba, one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil, is widely viewed as that country's national musical style and is interpreted in diverse ways by different performers, as this exciting disc, which brings together a number of its key exponents, amply shows.

	IRIS MUSIC \| IR3001980 \| CD \| 3464630019806 Salsa Cubana Adalberto Alvarez y su Son, Chucho Valdez & Irakere, Grupo Cimarron, Cheo Marquetti, Benny More, Compay Segundo, Septeto Nacional, Ibrahim Ferrer, Habana Caliente, Julio Beque
SPICY SAUCE Salsa is a flirtatious, sensuous dance (the word is Spanish for 'sauce', generally 'spicy') with a strong African influence. Cuba is a major centre for salsa music, and this album presents many leading names in the field.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741520 \| CD \| 794881864720 Seven Gypsy Nights Tchavolo Schmitt (guitar), Costel Nitescu (violin), Claudius Dupont (double bass), Mayo Hubert (guitar), Giani Linkan (cymbalom)
GIANT OF GYPSY SWING Tchavolo Schmitt is a key figure of gypsy swing, adored for his emotional intensity and virtuosity. He crystallises all that the music represents for the gypsies: his personal simplicity is reflected in the enjoyment which he expresses when he plays.

	LE CHANT DU MONDE \| CM2741542 \| CD \| 794881864829 Paroles de Swing Django Reinhardt Various Works Angelo Debarre (guitar), Ludovic Beier (accordion), Antonio Licusati (double bass), T Hassan (guitar), Marius Apostole (violin) with Sanseverino
THE LIVING LANGUAGE OF GYPSY SWING The gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt is music that Angelo Debarre knows inside out. For Debarre Reinhardt's music never loses the dynamism and richness of the past; it is everlasting, living music. The Angelo Debarre Quintet was founded in 1984 and has performed at many concerts and festivals.

	WORLD VILLAGE \| WV468072 \| CD \| 713746807221 Para Alem Da Saudade Ana Moura (vocal)
THE FORCE OF DESTINY The fado ('fate' or 'destiny') is undoubtedly Portugal's most famous musical form. Ana Moura is universally acknowledged as one of the finest fado signers of the present generation, able to mesmerise solely through her voice and presence. Having performed around the world, she has gathered a loyal following.

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