harmonia mundi usa • new releases October 2010

OCTOBER 12, 2010NEW RELEASESharmonia mundi usa

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CLASSICALharmonia mundi . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Alia Vox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8Channel Classics . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9Dutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10Eloquentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11Gimell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12Gloriae Dei Cantores . . . . . . . Page 13Hyperion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14LSO Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Onyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 26Orange Mountain . . . . . . . . . . Page 27Phil.harmonie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 28RCO Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31

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POPULARWorld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 32Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 37

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For his fi rst solo recital for harmonia mundi, countertenor Bejun Mehta sings arias by Handel from the repertoire of the famous castrato Senesino. Encompassing the gamut of emotion from shadow ("Ombra cara") to light ("Sento la gioia"), this album re-introduces Mehta's prodigious talents as a solo artist.

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" René Jacobs’s new recording of Die Zauberfl öte really is a revelation.… Jacobs’s theatrical fl air ensures a triumphant success…brings it to life like never before. Jacobs’s account is a game-changer." – BBC

World Village artists Fernando Otero and Sierra Maestra and Le Chant du Monde artist Juan Carmona have all been honored with nominations for LATIN GRAMMY® AWARDS. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on the Univision Network on Nov 11, from 8-11pm ET/PT (7pm Central).

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Bejun Mehta sings Handel

Street Date: October 12, 2010

One of this fall's guaranteed hits, harmonia mundi's star choral ensemble Stile Antico sing music for Advent & Christmas on their new CD Puer natus est (p.5). Also on harmonia mundi, the Freiburger Barockorchester delivers a glittering banquet of late Baroque chamber music with their recording of Telemann’s Complete Tafelmusik (p.4), and Bernarda Fink joins the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in a spectacular reading of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (p.7). On Alia Vox, Jordi Savall's Le Concert Spirituel (p.8) recreates public concerts that took place in Paris from 1725 to 1790. Channel Classics offers a new SACD of Bach's Violin Concertos (p.9) featuring Rachel Podger and her group Brecon Baroque, while on Gimell, The Tallis Scholars present the fi rst 4 disc set in a three volume series called Sacred Music in the Renaissance (p.12). On Hyperion, Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers release a second volume in their Ikon series (p.15) and Hagai Shaham is back for volume nine in the Romantic Violin Concerto series (p.17). LSO Live marks its tenth anniversary with Sir Colin Davis's eagerly anticipated recording of Verdi's Otello (p.25), and Onyx debuts BBC New Generation Artist Shai Wosner on a recording of piano music by Brahms and Schönberg (p.26). Another special highlight of October is Orange Mountain's première of the Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2 (p.27) featuring Robert McDuffi e. In non-classical releases, Le Chant du Monde’s Moussu T et lei Jovents return with Putan de Cançon (p.32), and World Village welcomes the debut of Tuvan throat-singers Huun Huur Tu (p.33). Other releases of note include East Meets West's DVD Raga (p.35), a 1971 documentary on Ravi Shankar and Plus Loin's Nina (p.37) featuring jazz vocalist Kellylee Evans.

Please note: promotional copies are available for priority titles ONLY

VitalFernando OteroWorld Village • 468094

El Sentido del AireJuan CarmonaChant du Monde • 2741748

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Fernando OteroWorld Village • 468094

With this new disc, pianist Cédric Tiberghien offers us a panorama of Chopin’s output. A selection of the composer’s charming Mazurkas are framed by three other seminal works. The Mazurkas, written between 1830 and 1849, are inspired by Polish folk music, but are polished and stylized in the Romantic tradition. This is Tiberghien’s second disc of Chopin for harmonia mundi, and it provides yet another fi ne example of his probing intellect and sparkling technique.

Tiberghien’s Chopin recital

CHOPINMazurkas

Polonaise-Fantaisie, Scherzo, NocturneCedric Tiberghien (piano)

harmonia mundi • HMC 902073

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Also availableChopin & Brahms: Balladesharmonia mundi • HMC 901943 (794881816828)

“These interpretations can easily seduce you…”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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“ Tiberghien leaps from the ruck of talented young pianists by making the music his own, taking you on to a plane where the interpreter’s craft is fully disposed to communicating the music’s fundamentals.”— WASHINGTON POST

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Tafelmusik (table music) is a term used since the mid-16th century for music played at feasts and banquets. Some of the most signifi cant composers of Tafelmusik included Johann Schein and Michael Praetorius, who wrote about the genre in his Syntagma musicum of 1619. Composed in 1733, Telemann’s Tafelmusik has been compared as a collection to the renowned Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach in clearly demonstrating the composer’s supreme skill in handling a diversity of musical genres and a variety of instruments. Played here by the Freiburger Barockorchester under the direction of their leader Gottfried von der Goltz, these Baroque gems shine as never before. Special pricing makes this set ideal for gift-giving.

Telemann’s colorful Tafelmusik

TELEMANNThe Complete TafelmusikFreiburger Barockorchester, Go� fried von der Goltzharmonia mundi • HMC 902042

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Recently releasedMozart: Symphonies Nos.39 & 40harmonia mundi • HMC 901959 (794881943722)“Jacobs really does raise the bar to new levels, in

technique, imagination, and expression.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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“The liveliest ensemble now on the international early-music scene.”

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Stile Antico sings Renaissance Christmas music

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Advent & ChristmasStile Antico

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDFor their fi fth album, young British choral stars Stile Antico turn to Thomas Tallis’ magnifi cent seven-part Christmas Mass, based on the plainchant Puer natus est (“A boy is born”). The mass is interspersed with seasonal Tudor music, including William Byrd’s exquisite Propers for the fourth Sunday of Advent (from the Gradualia of 1605), responsories by Taverner and Sheppard, Robert White’s exuberant setting of the Magnifi cat, and Tallis’ own sublime Videte miraculum. All of Stile Antico’s previous recordings for harmonia mundi have charted on Billboard and the group has twice earned the Diapason d’Or de l’année, the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and twice received GRAMMY® nominations. Their phenomenally successful 2009 release Song of Songs was the winner of a 2009 Gramophone award.

“Stile Antico continues to set new standards for Renaissance polyphonic

singing.”— THE PHILADELPHIA

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Also availableMusic for Complineharmonia mundi • HMU 807419 (093046741969)

Heavenly Harmoniesharmonia mundi • HMU 807463 (093046746360)

Song of Songsharmonia mundi • HMU 807489 (093046748968)

Sheppard: Media Vitaharmonia mundi • HMU 807509 (093046750961)

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe Tokyo String Quartet completes its acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the composer’s valedictory quartets of 1825-26. As he looked ahead to structures and soundworlds then unimagined, and glanced back to the bedrock counterpoint of Western music, Beethoven turned inwards to his well of experience, much of it harsh, from which he drew this music of transcendent power.

Previously Available as HMU 907381 (093046738129) & HMU 907393 (093046739324), Deleted July 2008, & HMU 907394 (093046739423) Deleted November 2009

Maestro Daniele Gatti leads the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in visionary, romantic readings of Tchaikovsky’s last three symphonies. This specially-priced reissue also includes the composer’s Capriccio Italien, the Romeo and Juliet overture and the much-loved Serenade for Strings.

TCHAIKOVSKYSymphonies Nos.4-6Serenade, Romeo & Juilet Overture, Capriccio ItalienRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Ga� iharmonia mundi • HMX 2907561

BEETHOVENThe ‘Late’ String QuartetsTokyo String Quartetharmonia mundi • HMU 807481

Tokyo Quartet Beethoven cycle now complete

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Ga� i’s magnifi cent Tchaikovsky

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The Stabat mater is a thirteenth-century Roman Catholic hymn variously attributed to Pope Innocent III and Friar Jacopone da Todi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line of verse, Stabat mater dolorosa (“The sorrowful mother stood”). One of the most powerful and immediate of extant medieval poems, the Stabat mater meditates on the suffering of Mary during Jesus’ crucifi xion and is traditionally sung at the liturgy on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. Pergolesi’s musical setting is one of the most beloved works in all of classical music. This new recording from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin features vocal solos by alto Bernarda Fink and soprano Anna Prohaska.

Pergolesi’s timeless masterpiece

PERGOLESIStabat mater, Salve Regina

VIVALDISinfonia “Al Santo Sepolcro”

LOCATELLIConcerto a 4 “Il Pianto d’Arianna”

Anna Prohaska (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlinharmonia mundi • HMC 902072

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“The best period orchestra in the world.”— EARLY MUSIC AMERICA

Vivaldi: Four Seasonsharmonia mundi • HMC 902061 (794881942725)

“This disc is a stunner.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe Concert spirituel was one of the first public concert series in existence. The concerts began in Paris in 1725 and ended in 1790. The series was founded to provide entertainment on religious holidays when the other spectacles (the Paris Opera, Comédie-Francaise and Comédie-Italienne) were closed. The programs featured a mixture of sacred choral works and virtuosic instrumental pieces, and for many years took place in a magnifi cently decorated Salle des Cent Suisses in the Tuileries Palace. They were primarily attended by well-to- do bourgeois, the lower aristocracy and foreign visitors. Jordi Savall brings these magnifi cent evenings back to life, thanks to an imaginary “concert spirituel” program featuring three major composers from three major European countries: Corelli, Telemann and Rameau. This album enables us to rediscover the quintessence of the musical life during the reign of Louis XV. As you have come to expect from Alia Vox, it features superlative soloists, magnifi cent artwork and state-of-the-art sound engineering.

Savall performs music from the time of Louis XV

Le Concert SpirituelMusic from the time of Louis XVLe Concert des Nations, Jordi SavallAlia Vox • AVSA 9877

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ADVANCE REVIEW“Jordi Savall, master of ingenious programming, recreates a

Concert Spirituel… Sumptuously produced with generous notes, this release is highly recommended.”

— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Recently releasedDinastia BorjaAlia Vox • AVSA 9874 (7619986398747)

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDBrecon Baroque was founded in 2007 by violinist Rachel Podger as resident ensemble at her annual Brecon Baroque Festival. The group’s international line-up consists of some of some of the leading lights in the period-instrument world, such as cellist Alison McGillivray, flautist Katie Bircher, oboist Alexandra Bellamy and violist Jane Rogers, as well as some of Rachel’s “star” former students who now occupy leading positions in many of Europe’s fi nest ensembles. For their debut recording, Brecon Baroque accompanies Podger in a selection of concertos by JS Bach. Future recording plans include Bach’s Art of Fugue and Telemann’s Tafelmusik.

Rachel Podger returns to Bach

BACHViolin Concertos

Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon BaroqueChannel Classics • CCS SA 30910

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Bach: Sonatas & PartitasChannel • CCS SA 2498 (723385249825)

“Podger’s infectious charm and unaffected musicianship are hard to resist.”

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In this tuneful and attractive program, pianist Daniel Tong and the London Bridge Ensemble present three major chamber works by Frank Bridge from his engaging pre-First World War period, including the recording of Paul Hindmarsh’s edition of the Violin Sonata. Commanding performances of the well-known Piano Quintet of 1912 and the comparatively little-known Phantasie for string quartet, with which Bridge won second prize in the Cobbett Competition in 1905, make a fi ne group. These chamber works are complemented by charming performances of three solo piano pieces - April, Rosemary and Valse Capricieuse.

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BRIDGEPiano Quintet, Three Sketches for Piano, Phantasie in F Minor, Pensiero, Allegro Appassionato, Violin Sonata, Spring Song London Bridge Ensemble, Daniel Tong (piano)Dutt on • CDLX 7254

Thanks to high quality originals, these unmissable mono composer-recordings are being reissued by Dutton in its Epoch series. Frederick Grinke plays Rubbra’s eloquent second Violin Sonata and two charming scores by Lennox Berkeley, while Max Rostal gives Reizenstein’s Prologue, Variations and Finale a tremendous authority. These are cornerstones of the British twentieth century chamber music repertoire, here in their defi nitive recordings with all the weight of their composers’ performances.

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RUBBRAViolin Sonata No.2BERKELEYSonatina, Theme & VariationsREIZENSTEINProlog, Variations & Finale, Three PiecesFrederick Grinke (violin), Edmund Rubbra (piano), Lennox Berkeley (piano), Max Rostal (violin), Franz Reizenstein (piano)Dutt on • CDLX 7232

New releases in Du� on’s Epoch series

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Handel’s Israel in Egypt was premiered at London’s King’s Theatre in the Haymarket on April 4, 1739. The fi fth of the composer’s nineteen oratorios, its libretto is based almost entirely upon the Biblical book of Exodus. It was not received well, and after several attempts revising his fi rst effort, in 1756 Handel gave up and rewrote the work from scratch. The new version was a hit and quickly assumed a place alongside Messiah as one of England’s favorite choral treasures. This recording from Eloquentia features the talented choristers of Arsys Bourgogne accompanied by Pierre Cao leading Concerto Köln.

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HANDELIsrael in Egypt

Arsys Bourgogne, Concerto Köln, Pierre Cao

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Handel’s choral treasure

In addition to his work as a soloist, Luigi Piovano is the principal cellist of the Symphony Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. He began his career touring the world with the Camerata Lysy under Yehudi Menuhin’s direction. A regular performer in the US, Piovano has appeared at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Music Festival. This new set of Bach Suites for Eloquentia enters a crowded fi eld, but Piovano’s wit, intelligence and prodigious skill will win over listeners. He plays a 1720 Goffriller on Suites 1-5 and 5 string cello from 1795 by William Foster on Suite No.6.

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BACHCello Suites

Luigi Piovano (cello)Eloquentia • EL 1021

Bach Suites with an Italian fl air

This set is the fi rst release in a new three volume series from Gimell featuring The Tallis Scholars’ finest recordings of sacred vocal music of the Renaissance. Grouped by decade of recording, each of these sets offers over fi ve hours of award-winning performances and documents the incredible consistency of the group, both in excellence of interpretation and uncanny unanimity of sound. These recordings have inspired countless vocalists and were crucial to the growth in popularity of this amazingly rich and colorful repertoire.

“There is no group recording today with such a reliably consistent catalog both in terms of performance excel-

lence and recorded sound.”— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

The Tallis Scholars’ fi nest recordings

Sacred Music in the Renaissance Vol.1The Tallis ScholarsGimell • GIMBX 301

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TRACK LISTAllegri: Miserere

Byrd: Mass for fi ve voices, Ave verum corpus

Victoria: Requiem, Versa est in luctum

Tallis: Spem in alium, Sancte Deus, Salvator mundi,salva nos I, Salvator mundi, salva nos II, Gaude gloriosa, Miserere nostri, Loquebantur variis linguis, If ye love me, Hear the voice and prayer, A new commandment, O Lord, give thy holy spirit, Purge me, O Lord, Verily, verily I say unto you, Remember not, O Lord God, Tunes for Archbishop, Parker’s Psalter, O Lord, in thee is all my trust,Christ rising again, Blessed are those that be undefi led

Josquin des Prez: Missa La sol fa re mi

Clemens non Papa: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis,Tribulationes civitatum, Ego fl os campi

Crecquillon: Pater peccavi

Sheppard: Media vita

Cornysh: Salve regina, Gaude virgo mater Christi

Plainchant: Assumpta est Maria

Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria, Missa Assumpta est Maria

Recently releasedVictoria: Lamentations of JeremiahGimell • CDGIM 043 (755138104327)

“As impeccable as you would expect.”

— GRAMOPHONE

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDCelebrating the 200th birth anniversary of Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Gloriae Dei Cantores presents a little-known, deeply spiritual side of this musical giant. Liszt composed his a cappella masterpiece Missa Choralis, featured on this recording, during an extended stay at a monastery in Rome. Faith of My Heart also highlights several smaller works of great beauty and spirit, including the Pater Noster and Ave Maris Stella. This SACD was recorded in surround sound in the stunning acoustics of the Church of the Transfi guration in Orleans, Massachusetts and features the majestic sounds of the church’s E.M. Skinner organ.

This recording by the Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola depicts the sacred mystery of Christmas in the ancient melodies of Gregorian chant. The fi rst of four masses, the quietly joyful Ad Missam in Vigilia, builds on the anticipation of the coming event. The second mass, the tender Ad Missam in Nocte, is sung at the hour traditionally observed as the time of Christ’s birth. The third mass, celebrated at dawn on Christmas Day, Ad Missam in Aurora, expresses the coming of the light into the world. The fourth mass, Ad Missam in Die, is a jubilant expression of religious salvation. Also included are a selection of antiphons honoring the Virgin Mary.

The Chants of ChristmasGloriae Dei Cantores Schola, Richard Pugsley

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LISZTFaith of My Heart

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Sacred music of Franz Liszt

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Solemn music for Christmas

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With this disc, the acclaimed British violist Lawrence Power launches a new series for Hyperion featuring the seminal twentieth-century works for the viola. Of the three Hungarian concertos on this latest release, the best-known is Bartok’s viola concerto, completed after the composer’s death by Tibor Serly. Serly was Bartók’s most constant and trusted Hungarian musician-friend in his last years. It was quickly recognized as one of the major contributions to the repertoire. Also featured are Serly’s own Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra, a skilful and elaborate work with a rollicking fi nale, and a darkly Romantic, and authentically Hungarian concerto by the fi lm composer Miklós Rósza.

Howard Shelley’s series of Clementi’s Piano Sonatas has received the highest critical acclaim and reawakened interest in this important body of piano music. Today, the composer has been overshadowed by his great rivals; but, as this unique series has shown, the best of his sonatas can equal Mozart and Haydn and were clearly a huge infl uence on the young Beethoven. This sixth and fi nal volume contains some of the most complex, virtuosic and large-scale works that Clementi wrote for the keyboard, written for performance in London concert halls, by the great pianists of the day, for a fashionable and discerning audience.

CLEMENTIThe Complete Piano Sonatas Vol.6Howard Shelley (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67819

RÓSZAViola ConcertoSERLYRhapsody for Viola and OrchestraBARTÓKViola ConcertoLawrence Power (viola), Bergen Philharmonic, Andrew Li� onHyperion • CDA 67687

20th-century viola concertos

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Shelley’s Clementi series now complete

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In 1997, The Holst Singers and Stephen Layton produced a disc that immediately became a cult classic and a best-seller. Ikon, a selection of great Russian choral music from the 19th century, dazzled with its grand, opulent beauty. Now the same forces return with Ikon II. Many of the works recorded here are by composers whose names will not be familiar – but the extraordinary quality of the music is unmistakable and immediately enthralling.

Dazzling Russian choral music

Ikon IIHolst Singers, Stephen Layton

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DISC CONTENTSBalakirev: Da molchit vsyakaya plotChesnokov: Spasenie sodelal, Da ispravitsya molitva moya, Dukh Tvoy blagiy, Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda, Raduytesya, pravednii, o Gospode,Ne imamï inïya pomoshchi, O Tebe raduetsyaCui: Pesn’ Presvyatïya BogoroditsïGolovanov: Otche nashGrechaninov: Vecheri Tvoeya taynïyaKalinnikov: Priidite, poklonimsya, Tebe poem, Bogoroditse Devo, Svete tikhiyRachmaninov: Bogoroditse DevoRimsky-Korsakov: Otche nashShvedov: Kheruvimskaya pesn, TrisviatoyeTchaikovsky: Priidite, poklonimsyaTolstiakov: Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda

Also availableIkonHyperion • CDA 66928 (034571169286)

“Sensitive readings of the utmost sensitivity and control…”

— GRAMOPHONE

“Under Stephen Layton’s direction, The Holst Singers have quickly solidified their position as one

of Great Britain’s leading amateur choirs.”

— THE CHORAL JOURNAL

American pianist Garrick Ohlsson, whose complete Chopin set was acclaimed as one of the most important anniversary releases of 2010, now turns to another signifi cant body of Romantic piano music - Brahms’ variations. The coruscatingly diffi cult Paganini Variations, is frequently featured in piano competitions, performed to demonstrate extraordinary technique. The Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel is one of the summits of his entire keyboard output, showing the composer at the height of his powers. This two-disc set also contains some little-known gems, including the wonderful Variations on an Original Theme.

This fourteenth volume of Christopher Herrick’s monumental Organ Fireworks series comes from the organ of Melbourne Town Hall. As ever, Herrick presents a cornucopia of virtuoso delights, opening with a bang with Lemare’s outrageous transcription of the Grand March from Aida, given a new sheen by Herrick himself. Other works include pieces by living composers Iain Farrington and Paul Spicer, and examples of the best of the English and French traditions of 19th and 20th century organ writing.

Organ Fireworks XIVChristopher Herrick (organ)Hyperion • CDA 67758

BRAHMSThe Complete Variations for solo pianoGarrick Ohlsson (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67777

Garrick Ohlsson plays Brahms

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More organ gems from Christopher Herrick

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Ferdinand David is principally known today as the dedicatee of Mendelssohn’s violin concerto. But in his time he was also celebrated as a composer. His output included two symphonies, five violin concertos, a string sextet, quartets, several sets of variations and volumes of studies for violin, choral works and some lieder. His works had considerable success in his lifetime, and their revival reveals highly attractive music of phenomenal accomplishment. Bearing in mind David’s close affi nity with Mendelssohn it is hardly surprising that some of his music has a fairly Mendelssohnian character. Hagai Shaham, a regular of this series and a master of the 19th century virtuoso idiom, performs these works with his usual panache, ably accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins.

Hagai Shaham plays DavidRomantic Violin Concerto Vol.9

DAVIDViolin Concertos Nos.4 & 5,

Andante and Scherzo capricciosoHagai Shaham (violin),

BBC Sco� ish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins


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“Shaham’s fiddle weeps with an

expressive rich, dark tone.”

— CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE

Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.8Hyperion • CDA 67798 (034571177984)“A brilliant collation of Vieuxtemps violin works, in which

every conceivable bravura device confronts the undaunted Ms. Hagner.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

BRAHMSString Quintets Nos.1 & 2Raphael EnsembleHyperion • CDH 55369

Previously Available as CDA 66804 (034571168043) Deleted May 2009

LOCATELLIL’Arte del Violino

Elizabeth Wallfi sch (violin), Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer

Hyperion • CDS 44391

Previously Available as CDA 66721 (034571167213) Deleted May 2009

My Soul Doth Magnify the LordChoir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, John Sco� Hyperion • CDH 55401

BEETHOVENThe Complete String Trios

Leopold String TrioHyperion • CDD 22069

Previously Available as CDA 66249 (034571162492) Deleted January 2010

Previously Available as CDA 67253 (034571172538) Deleted February 2009 and CDA 67254 (034571172545) Deleted April 2008

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Marc-André Hamelin

Emma Kirby

Stephen Layton

Angela Hewitt

Graham Johnson Ted Perry

Celebrating 30 years of excellence

October 1980 saw the foundation of a new classical record company that was to become one of the best loved in the world. A revolutionary release, A Feather on the breath of God, featuring the music of Hildegard of Bingen, soon put Hyperion Records fi rmly on the map. Since then it has become a global success, a byword for excellence in all aspects of the recording process and the winner of more awards than any other classical record label. Simon Perry, son of the label’s revered founder, the late Ted Perry, is leading Hyperion forward with the unfl agging vigor and tireless dedication to the high standards that have always been the label’s hallmark.

Hyperion takes its name from an altogether splendid fi gure from Greek mythology. Hyperion was one of the Titans and the father of the sun and the moon — and also of the Muses, so the label is fulfi lling his modern role by giving the art of music to the world. The repertoire available on Hyperion and its midpriced Helios series (Helios, the sun, was the son of Hyperion), ranges over the entire spectrum of music — sacred and secular, choral and solo vocal, orchestral, chamber and instrumental — and much of it is unique to Hyperion. The catalogue currently comprises nearly 1,400 CDs and approximately 80 new titles are issued each year.

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great music performed by some of the fi nest artists who have worked with the label over the last thirty years, including Steven Isserlis, Matthias Goerne, Angela Hewitt, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Takács Quartet, Stephen Hough, The Choir of Westminster Cathedral and many others. Many of the discs are Gramophone Award winners and Records of the Year and all have received the highest possible critical and public acclaim. These specially packaged releases will be available alongside their full-price counterparts until stocks are depleted.

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CHOPINPiano Sonatas Nos.2 & 3

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)Hyperion • CDA 30006

Remains Available as CDA 67529 (034571175294)

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BRAHMSCello Sonatas

Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano)Hyperion • CDA 30005


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BACHOrgan Toccatas & Fugues

Christopher Herrick (organ)Hyperion • CDA 30004


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BACHKeyboard ConcertosAngela Hewi� (piano), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Togne� iHyperion • CDA 30003

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BACHGoldberg VariationsAngela Hewi� (piano)Hyperion • CDA 30002


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BACHCello SuitesSteven Isserlis (cello)Hyperion • CDA 30001

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MOZARTExsultate jubilate

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), The King’s Consort, Robert King


HILDEGARD VON BINGENA Feather on the Breath of GodEmma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher PageHyperion • CDA 30009

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MOZARTPiano Quartets

Leopold String Trio, Paul Lewis (piano)


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FAURÉRequiemCorydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Ma� hew BestHyperion • CDA 30008

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MOZARTClarinet Concerto,

Clarinet QuintetThea King (clarinet),

Gabrieli Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra,

Jeff rey TateHyperion • CDA 30010

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FAURÉPiano Quartets Nos.1 & 2DomusHyperion • CDA 30007

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SAINT-SAËNSPiano Concertos Nos.2, 4 & 5

Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo



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RUTTERRequiem

Polyphony, Bournemouth Sinfonie� a, Stephen Layton



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RACHMANINOVVespers - All Night Vigil

Corydon Singers, Ma� hew BestHyperion • CDA 30016


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RACHMANINOVPreludesSteven Osborne (piano)Hyperion • CDA 30015


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RACHMANINOVComplete Piano ConcertosStephen Hough (piano), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Li� onHyperion • CDA 30014


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PÄRTTriodionPolyphony, Stephen LaytonHyperion • CDA 30013

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TALLISSpem in Alium

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill


SCHUBERTWinterreiseMa� hias Goerne (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)Hyperion • CDA 30021

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SHOSTAKOVICHPiano Concertos Nos.1 & 2.

Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No.2Marc-André Hamelin (piano),

BBC Sco� ish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Li� on


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SCHUBERTDie schöne MüllerinIan Bostridge (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)Hyperion • CDA 30020

30th Anniversary Series

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SCHUMANNPiano Trios Nos.1 & 2

Florestan TrioHyperion • CDA 30022

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SCHUBERTDeath & The MaidenTakács QuartetHyperion • CDA 30019


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New World SymphoniesBaroque Music from Latin America

Ex Cathedra, Jeff rey Skidmore


VIVALDILute & Mandolin ConcertosPaul O’De� e (lute), Parley of InstrumentsHyperion • CDA 30027

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Three French Piano TriosDEBUSSY Piano Trio in G Major

RAVEL Piano TrioFAURÉ Piano Trio in D minor

Florestan TrioHyperion • CDA 30029

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VICTORIARequiemChoir of Westminster Cathedral, David HillHyperion • CDA 30026

30th Anniversary Series

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WHITACRECloudburst

Polyphony, Stephen LaytonHyperion • CDA 30028

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMSSerenade to MusicCorydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Ma� hew BestHyperion • CDA 30025







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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDSir Colin Davis’ eagerly anticipated recording of Verdi’s Otello is released on the 10th anniversary of the LSO Live label. Opera has always formed an important part of the label’s output. Among Sir Colin Davis’ greatest triumphs on LSO Live have been his award-winning recordings of Berlioz and Verdi’s fi nal opera, Falstaff. Falstaff was released in 2004 and won a GRAMMY® Award for Best Opera. For the title role, Davis is joined by one of the world’s most exciting young tenors. New Zealander Simon O’Neill stepped in at short notice, making his debut in the role, delivering what can only be described as an astonishing performance. The villainous Iago is played by Gerald Finley and Otello’s wife Desdemona by Anne Schwanewilms. Otello, which was premiered in 1887, marked a signifi cant evolutionary development in Italian opera and is widely regarded as one of the great operatic masterpieces.

An electrifying new Otello

VERDIOtello

Simon O’Neill (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone),

Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra,

London Symphony Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

LSO Live • LSO 0700

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CONCERT REVIEW“ This was an electrifying account of a masterpiece, conducted with an explosive energy that belies Sir Colin’s eighty years and pushed the LSO to the top of its game. Simon O’Neill made a tremendous debut in the title-role, giving notice that he is the best heroic tenor to emerge over the last decade. Verdi’s great music drama shone in all its power and glory.” — THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Also available

Verdi: Falstaff LSO Live • LSO 0528 (822231102823)

“The most exhilarating account

of the opera…”— THE GUARDIAN GRAMMY® AWARD

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This is the début recording from pianist Shai Wosner, an artist who continues to attract international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity and creative insight. Wosner’s virtuosity and perceptiveness have increasingly made him a favorite among audiences

and critics alike. In 2005, Wosner won an Avery Fisher Career Grant. He also continues his extensive performing and recording activity as a BBC New Generation Artist. Wosner calls the Suite by Schonberg and the Handel Variations by Brahms ‘declarations of independence.’ The Schonberg was his fi rst purely 12-tone work, and the Brahms was his fi rst wholly successful solo piano work after the three early sonatas. Brahms the revolutionary is highlighted by Wosner on this CD by interweaving the late Fantasies with Schoenberg’s early Op.19 Piano Pieces. Only twelve years separate the two and the surprises from Wosner’s clever juxtaposition are many.

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BRAHMSFantasies, Op.116, Handel VariationsSCHÖNBERGSix Li� le Piano Pieces, Suite for PianoShai Wosner (piano)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4055

An auspicious début

Recently released on OnyxChopin: Piano Sonata No.3Onyx • ONYX 4049 (880040404927)

“If you view Chopin primarily as a revolutionary firebrand rather than an introverted dreamer, then this recital is

definitely for you... unquestionably thrilling.”— THE GUARDIAN

“A remarkable blend of the intellectual, physical and even devilish sides of performance that could lead to great accomplishment. Complexity clearly attracts him, but so does its translation into apparent ease in performing.

The ingredients that were in the young Rudolf Serkin are all here. Let’s hear him more.”— CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Orange Mountain Music presents Philip Glass’ second violin concerto, subtitled The American Four Seasons, performed by violinist Robert McDuffi e accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop. This live performance was captured on the occasion of the UK premiere of the work in the spring of 2010. The concerto is in four movements, with each movement preceded by a piece for solo violin comprised of a prologue and three songs. The strings-only orchestra is complemented by a synthesizer producing a sound palette that harkens back to the Philip Glass of the 1970s. The American Four Seasons was commissioned by McDuffi e to act as a companion piece to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons concertos, which are among the most performed and recorded works in the history of music.

A major Philip Glass première

GLASSViolin Concerto No.2 -

The American Four SeasonsRobert McDuffi e (violin), London

Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin AlsopOrange Mountain • OMM 0072

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“McDuffie’s a treasure. A musician of probing intelligence, a violinist of authority, and force of great vitality.”

— SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Recently releasedGlass :OrphéeOrange Mountain • OMM 0068 (801837006827)

“Simply beautiful: touching and lyrical... Glass’ sense of drama is at its best.”

— CLASSICS TODAY

A brilliant orchestrator, Ravel was responsible for what is perhaps the most famous orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition as well as for his own work Le Tombeau de Couperin. This CD from Phil.harmonie features chamber arrangements of these works by Wolfgang Renz. Ensemble Berlin, comprised of musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, was drawn together by the opportunity to make high-level music in a relaxed atmosphere together.

Arranging songs to be played on an instrument invariably raises the question of whether the music will still make sense when stripped of the words, especially in the case of a composer like Schumann. Listeners will fi nd their own answers to this question, based on each individual’s preference. However, as played here by Berlin Philharmonic violist Martin Stegner and his regular accompanist Tomoko Takahashi, these are transcriptions that prove Schumann’s music can stand on its own, able to express the intent and emotion of the words without any pretense or affectation.

SCHUMANNLieder ohne WorteMartin Stegner (viola), Tomoko Takahashi (piano)Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06002

RAVELLe Tombeau de CouperinMUSSORGSKYPictures at an ExhibitionEnsemble BerlinPhil.harmonie • PHIL 06001

Delightful chamber arrangements

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Led by violinist Rainer Kussmaul, the Berliner Barock Solisten are one of today’s most renowned early music groups. Their recordings have received many awards, including a GRAMMY® in 2005. This recording for Phil.harmonie features a selection of masterpieces by Antonio Vivaldi. It includes the famous Four Seasons with Kussmaul on the solo violin, the Cello Concerto in B-minor with Georg Faust, the Viola d’amore Concerto in A-minor with Wolfram Christ and the Concerto for Oboe & Violin with Jonathan Kelly as oboe soloist.

Erwin Schulhoff was undoubtedly one of the most versatile and imaginative composers of the last century. That his career, and his life, came to an abrupt end in a National Socialist internment camp in 1942 represents one of the great tragedies of Europe‘s barbaric recent past. Nevertheless, during his brief life, Schulhoff absorbed, transformed and expressed many of the most significant and progressive creative urges of his age. His catalogue of over 200 compositions includes some of the most fascinating, challenging, exciting, and moving music of the 20th-century. The three works on this disc were all written by Schulhoff in the 1920s, when his career was at its peak, and display the full range of the composer‘s colorful, expressive musical palette.

SCHULHOFFBrückenbauer in die Neue Zeit

Concertino for Flute, Viola and Contrabass, Sonata for Flute and Piano, String Sextet

András Adorján (fl ute), Walter Küssner (viola), Klaus Stoll (bass), Yumiko Urabe (piano),

Philharmonisches Streichsexte� Phil.harmonie • PHIL 06004

VIVALDIConcerti

Berliner Barock Solisten, Rainer KussmaulPhil.harmonie • PHIL 06003

Berliner Barock Solisten play Vivaldi

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SACD Hybrid / Stereo & Multi-channel / DSDWith this third release in the Horizon series, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again underlines the importance of contemporary music in its concert programming. The works featured on this disc represent a selection of recordings of works that the orchestra premiered in its 2008-09 season (some of which were commissioned by the orchestra) or of which few or no quality recordings are available. The orchestra was led by conductors Ed Spanjaard, Markus Stenz and David Robertson and mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn is featured soloist.

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Horizon 3Recordings from the 2008-2009 SeasonChristianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard, Markus Stenz, David RobertsonRCO Live • RCO 10003

A feast of contemporary music

When Igor Stravinsky read The Soldier’s Tale in 1916, he was inspired to transform the fairy tale into a theater work. In wartime Switzerland, where the composer was living in exile, all the theatres were closed. The piece was therefore created with purely practical considerations in mind – a mobile stage, a minimal seven-piece orchestra and a plot in which the scenes followed each other like a series of illustrations. The story is taken from a Russian folk tale, but there are parallels in other cultures, such as the puppet show version of Doctor Faustus. This version, in German, is narrated by Dominique Horwitz from an adaptation by Hans Reinhart.

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STRAVINSKYL’Histoire du SoldatKolja Blacher (violin), Dominique Horowitz (speaker), Solisten der Berliner PhilharmonikerPhil.harmonie • PHIL 06005

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The acclaimed German conductor Klaus Tennstedt is featured in this fascinating series of live recordings from the Philharmonie in Berlin. All are from the 1980s and previously unreleased, and each features a concerto played by a notable soloist of the period. The performances fi nd the Berlin Philharmonic in excellent form, playing concert programs that demonstrate the consistent level of musicianship for which this orchestra is justifi ably famous.

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.2BRUCKNER Symphony No.4

Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,

Klaus TennstedtTestament • SBT2 1448

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PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.2DVÓRAK Symphony No.9MUSSORGSKY A Night on the Bare MountainHoracio Gutierrez (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus TennstedtTestament • SBT2 1450

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BACH Violin Concerto No.2BRUCKNER Symphony No.8

Thomas Brandis (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,

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DVÓRAKViolin ConcertoSCHUBERTSymphony No.9Peter Zazofsky (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus TennstedtTestament • SBT2 1449

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MOZART Piano Concerto No.23DVÓRAK Symphony No.8

PFITZNERDas Käthchen von Heilbronn Overture

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File In: World / FranceBending the rules of Occitan tradition, Moussu T e lei jovents reinvent the songs of Marseilles to spread the message of Provence, a harbor turned towards the sea, cosmopolitan and proud of its history. Their music draws on popular sounds from Marseilles of the 1930s - a mixture of Provençal songs, Vincent Scotto’s operettas, blues, jazz, Caribbean and Brazilian music. With this cosmopolitan blend of musical styles, Moussu T brings together their latest collection of shanty songs that tell of the briny seas, abandoned shipyards and the calanques. Their repertoire is simultaneously traditional and modern, local and universal, nostalgic and above all, foot tapping.

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Joyful music from the south of France

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“Instantly accessible and unfailingly melodic.”

— THE SUNDAY TIMES

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File In: World / TuvaRedefi ning the folk traditions of their native Tuva, the four brilliant singers/multi-instrumentalists of Huun Huur Tu transform ancient and modern musical forms into a rich sonic tapestry. The band’s members come from the former Soviet Republic of Tuva, a sparsely settled region that lies at the center of Asia, north of Mongolia, and 2,500 miles east of Moscow. Since its formation 1992, the group has featured indigenous music played on rare instruments and has preserved and popularized khöömei (throat-singing) - arguably one of the world’s oldest forms of music making. Closely linked to traditional shamanistic practices, Tuvan folk music, with its combination of instrumental and throat-singing sounds, has been used for communication with spirits of the human, animal and natural worlds for centuries. Singled out for its incredible sound, Huun Huur Tu has performed in venues around the world. Their past collaborations include projects with Frank Zappa, Ry Cooder, The Kronos Quartet, and (most recently) electronica wiz and record producer Carmen Rizzo.

The incredible sound of Tuvan musicAncestors Call

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“The Tuvans will ride into your brain and leave hoofprints up and down your spine.”

— THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

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File In: World / SpainThe Catalan Rumba is a music style that emerged in the mid fi fties, chiefl y inspired by Cuban and Puerto Rican sounds and a pronounced Latin Salsa rhythm akin to the New York Hispano bands of the seventies. The ‘ventilador’ - the fan-like motion of striking the guitar strings - is another specifi c ingredient of this music style along with the vocals and the hand-clapping percussion found in fl amanco music known as ‘palmas.’ All three together make this Rumba style valuably diverse. The band Sabor de Gràcia is named after Gràcia, a section of the city of Barcelona that is home to a small community of Catalan Gypsies where this musical style has its roots. They are now one of its leading bands, always true to the grand Rumba tradition.

All Zones / 89 Minutes / Dolby Stereo 5.1 / Subtitles in English, Spanish & FrenchFile In: World / SpainOver the course of her professional career, which started in 1976, the Catalan vocalist Marina Rossell has released more than fourteen records. She has performed with such diverse artists as Montserrat Caballé, Carlos Cano, Pedro Guerra and the fl amenco guitarist Tomatito and has collaborated in movies by directors Ventura Pons and Antoni Ribas. Her unmistakable voice and the powerful emotion it carries have won her fans in countries around the world. This DVD documents a live performance of her classic repertoire of Catalan songs, sung to an adoring crowd at the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona.

Clàssics CatalansMarina RossellWorld Village • 498039

Sabor pa’ ratoSabor de GraciaWorld Village • 498037

Music of Catalunya

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All Zones / 97 Minutes / StereoFile In: World / IndiaOriginally released in 1971, Raga: A Film Journey to the Soul of India documents the life of sitar master Ravi Shankar in the late 1960s and early 1970s, following him on his return to India to revisit his guru, Bengali multi-instrumentalist and composer, Baba Ustad Allauddin Khan. It further explores Shankar’s life as a musician and teacher in the United States and Europe, initiating those in the West to the exceptional world that is Indian classical music and culture. Through rare and candid footage shot in both India and the United States, Raga sheds light on Shankar’s infl uences and collaborations, from Allauddin Khan to his famed dancer brother Uday Shankar, to his associations with Western musicians Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison. Fully narrated by Shankar himself, the fi lm reveals music as the soul of India and of Shankar’s life. The premiere DVD release of Raga was taken from a digitally re-mastered 35mm print optimized to modern color range resolution and standard and a fully re-mastered audio soundtrack.

“Ravi Shankar is the godfather of world music.”— GEORGE HARRISON

Also availableNine Decades – Vol.1East Meets West • EMWM 1000 (616892081562)“A testament to Shankar’s talent as a musician

and cultural bridge builder.”— THE WHOLE MUSIC EXPERIENCE

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File In: World / GermanyThe perfect setting for listening to the music of Sonia Brex is a sultry summer evening in a big city, when the day isn’t quite over but the night hasn’t quite begun. A knowing innocence runs through the songs on Brex’s new album Naif, an ease that remains even when the music slows to a more melancholy mood. It is an album glowing with unshakable optimism that features a wide array of sounds and infl uences. At times she whispers like Astrud Gilberto over a gentle bossa nova rhythm, then she playfully covers 1940s classic from the USA. Synthesizer drones and digital bass drums set the pace, and Brex takes full advantage of the benefi ts the electronica genre offers.

File In: World / FranceA world away from Paris’s tourist traps, Barbes is one of the city’s less visited but most fascinating corners. It is an Arab and African enclave that provides a unique and rich color to Paris’ cultural landscape. Both Chant du Monde artists Orchestre National de Barbes and the Toubab All Stars are based here, but their stylistic approaches could not be more different. Orchestre National de Barbes focuses on the music of North Africa for their source material, while the Toubab All Stars have blended the music of Jamaica and sub-Saharan Africa, brilliantly absorbing ska, dancehall and soukous styles in a thrilling, hard-to-resist formula.

Mekfoul DistrictToubab All StarsIris • 3002014

NaifSonia BrexPiranha • PIR 2442

A kaleidoscope of sound

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Parisian ska from the Toubab All Stars

File In: JazzWith her newest release, entitled Nina, jazz vocalist Kellylee Evans continues to evolve her distinctive sound. Her fi rst two albums, Fight or Flight and The Good Girl, seamlessly fuse jazz and her own unique style of “soul pop.” Nina is a beautiful tribute to one of jazz’s greatest vocalists and pianists, Nina Simone. Evans’ love and respect for the original recordings of the music constantly shines through, but, even in taking on some of Simone’s most iconic repertoire, the twelve tracks on the album showcase Evans’ own versatility, creativity and innate musicality. She is reunited with guitarist Marvin Sewell, who appeared on her fi rst album, and joined by bassist François Moutin and drummer André Ceccarelli. This marks the Canadian singer’s debut on the French label Plus Loin Music, who discovered her online through her MySpace site.

“Try to put singer/songwriter Kellylee Evans into any one musical category, and marvel as she effortlessly soars over, glides under, dances around, or bursts through it.

Her electric, eclectic, vibe is a heady brew of jazz, soul, blues, Caribbean, and more.”

— JAZZ REVIEW

A tribute to Nina Simone

NinaKellylee Evans

Plus Loin • PL 4528

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Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Oct 12 Claremont CA Claremont CollegeOct 15 Lodi CA St. John's Episcopal ChurchOct 16 Livermore CA Bankhead Theater

Arcanto Quartet harmonia mundi Oct 13 Washington DC Library of CongressOct 14 Boston MA The Harvard Musical AssociationOct 15 New York NY Weill Recital HallOct 19 Houston TX The Menil Collection

Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Oct 11, 14, 18, 23, 25 New York NY The Metropolitan OperaMatthias Goerne harmonia mundi Oct 31 New York NY Avery Fisher HallPhilippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale harmonia mundi Nov 2 New York NY Alice Tully HallJerusalem Quartet harmonia mundi Oct 15 Berkeley CA First Congregational Church

Oct 17 Eugene OR Beall Concert HallOct 19 Memphis TN Buckman Performing Arts CenterOct 21 Ann Arbor MI Rackham AuditoriumOct 22 Madison WI Wisconsin Union TheaterOct 26 Teaneck NJ Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolOct 29 Des Moines IA Des Moines Art CenterOct 30 Denver CO Mizel Arts and Cultural CenterNov 2 Beachwood OH Fairmount Temple

Paul Lewis harmonia mundi Oct 12 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Oct 10 Ann Arbor MI St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church

Oct 12 Chicago IL Orchestra HallOct 13-14 Chapel Hill NC Memorial HallOct 16 Newark NJ Prudential HallOct 17, 20-22, 24 New York NY Stern AuditoriumOct 19 Newark NJ The Kennedy Center Concert HallOct 23 Purchase NY The Performing Arts Center

Robert McDuffie Orange Mountain Oct 14 Urbana IL Foellinger Great HallOct 15 St. Louis MO E. Desmond Lee Concert HallOct 16 Overland Park KS Yardley HallOct 17 Manha� an KS McCain AuditoriumOct 19 Iowa City IA St. Mary's Catholic ChurchOct 21 Wausau WI Grand TheaterOct 22 Brookfi eld WI Kutt emperoor AuditoriumOct 23 West Lafayett e IN Loeb PlayhouseOct 24 Chicago IL Harris TheaterOct 27 Ann Arbor MI Hill AuditoriumOct 29 Santa Fe NM Lensic TheatreOct 30 Sco� sdale AZ Virginia G. Piper TheaterOct 31 Tucson AZ Centennial HallNov 2 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreNov 3 Davis CA Jackson HallNov 4 Costa Mesa CA Segerstrom Concert HallNov 5 Los Angeles CA Disney Concert Hall

Jon Nakamatsu harmonia mundi Oct 2-3 Greenwich CT Dickerman Hollister AuditoriumOct 15-16 San Mateo CA San Mateo Performing Arts CenterOct 26 Cleveland TN Squires Recital Hall

harmonia mundi Oct 28 Maryville TN Clayton Center for the ArtsPaul O'De� e Oct 17 New York NY Corpus Christi Church

Oct 27-28 Boston CA Jordan HallMark Padmore & Kristian Bezuidenhout harmonia mundi Oct 27 New York NY Zankel HallRachel Podger & The English Concert harmonia mundi Oct 13 New York NY Weill Recital Hall

Oct 14 Washington DC Library of CongressPrazák Quartet Praga Nov 2 Buff alo NY Kleinhas Hall

Nov 7 Corpus Christi TX Wolfe Recital HallJordi Savall Alia Vox Oct 2 Houston TX Cullen Theater

Oct 3 Austin TX Bates Recital HallStile Antico harmonia mundi Oct 7 Durham NC Duke Chapel

Oct 9 Pi� sburgh PA Calvary Episcopal ChurchOct 11 Cincinnati OH St. Peter in Chains CathedralOct 13 Durham NH Johnson TheatreOct 15 Cambridge MA St. Paul ChurchOct 16 New York NY Miller Theatre

Takács Quartet Hyperion Oct 9 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreOct 14 Ann Arbor MI Rackham AuditoriumOct 15 Philadelphia PA Perelman Theater

Tallis Scholars Gimell Nov 4 Ann Arbor MI St. Francis of Assisi Catholic ChurchNov 7 New York NY Alice Tully Hall

Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Oct 1 Chicago IL Mandel HallOct 2 Sleepy Hollow NY Sleepy Hollow High SchoolOct 3 Pitt sfi eld MA South Mountain Concert HallOct 17 Los Angeles CA The Colburn SchoolOct 24 St. Paul MN St. Anthony ParkOct 28 Danville KY Newlin HallOct 30 New York NY Kaufmann Concert Hall

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Alarm Will Sound Cantaloupe Mar 10 New York NY Zankel HallNatacha Atlas World Village Nov 2 Sea� le WA Triple Door

Nov 4 San Francisco CA SF Jazz Festival: Herbst TheatreBang on a Can Cantaloupe Oct 19 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Jan 26 Austin TX Bass Concert HallC.J. Chenier World Village Nov 20-21 Minneapolis MN Dakota Jazz Club

Jan 29 Mt. Pleasant MI Central Michigan University: Finch Field HouseOrnette Coleman Sound Grammar Nov 3 Los Angeles CA Royce Hall

Nov 18 Austin TX Bass Concert HallLila Downs World Village Oct 15 Chicago IL Orchestra Hall

Oct 30-31 Atlanta GA Rialto CenterNov 3 San Francisco CA SF Jazz Festival: Herbst TheatreNov 6 Sea� le WA Moore TheatreNov 10 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert HallNov 13 Dallas TX AT&T Performing Arts CenterOct 8 New York NY Angel Orensanz FoundationOct 11 Arvada CO Arvarda Center GalleryOct 12 Sea� le WA Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital HallOct 13 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreOct 14 Los Angeles CA Ford AmphitheatreOct 16 Milwaukee WI Vogel Hall

Kayhan Kalhor World Village Apr 21 Los Angeles CA Royce HallKlezmatics Piranha Oct 17 St. Paul MN Temple of Aaron Synagogue

Nov 30 Austin TX Bass Concert HallMar 26 Los Angeles CA Royce HallOct 7 Somerville MA Somerville TheatreOct 7 Austin TX Paramount TheatreOct 8 Houston TX Jones HallOct 9 Faye� eville AK Walton Arts CenterOct 10 New Orleans LA Carnaval LatinoOct 28 Austin TX Van Duzer Theatre Oct 29 Chico CA Cal State Chico: Laxson AuditoriumOct 30 San Francisco CA SF Jazz Festival: Herbst TheatreNov 1 Santa Barbara CA Lobero TheatreNov 3 Boulder CO Boulder TheatreNov 5 Chapel Hill NC University of North Carolina: Memorial HallNov 6 Washington DC Lisner AuditoriumNov 7 Pi� sburgh PA Pitt sburgh Cultural Trust: Byham Theater

Catherine Russell World Village Oct 1 San Francisco CA Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest: Golden Gate ParkOct 2 Las Vegas NV The JointOct 15 Durham NC Duke UniversityJun 17 Minneapolis MN Minnesota Orchestra Hall

Septeto Nacional World Village Mar 30 Tuscon AZ Centennial HallMar 31 Mesa AZ Mesa Arts Center: Piper Repertory TheaterApr 1 Saratoga CA Carriage House TheatreApr 6 Urbana IL Tyron Festival TheatreApr 7 Ann Arbor MI Hill AuditoriumApr 8 Cleveland OH Cleveland Museum of ArtApr 14 Philadelphia PA Temple UniversityApr 16 New York NY Zankel HallApr 17 Troy NY Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Ravi Shankar East Meets West Oct 20 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert HallOct 30 Chicago IL Orchestra Hall

Silk Road Ensemble World Village Mar 28 Austin TX Bass Concert HallApr 4 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Vieux Farka Touré World Village Oct 22 Los Angeles CA Royce Hall

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