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NEWS & HIGHLIGHTSSTREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Anyone familiar with the immortal 1967 EMI recording of Fauré’s Requiem by The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge knows the group has a longstanding affinity with this glorious work. The choir’s latest account of the Requiem features a reconstruction of the original performance (p.19). From The Imperial Court, a fascinating new release from the superb chamber choir Stile Antico, focuses on music written for the house of Hapsburg (p.9). Violinist James Ehnes is joined by members of the Seattle Chamber Music Society for an album of music by 20th century American composers (p.23). Two chamber groups make their harmonia mundi débuts this month. Camerata Pacifica performs music by American composer John Harbison (p.10) and the ensemble Gli incogniti plays French Baroque music by Couperin (p.8). Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras returns to the spotlight with a set of the complete sonatas of Beethoven (p.7). Stephen Osborne, one of Hyperion’s unbeatable lineup of star pianists, plays sonatas by Medtner and Rachmaninov (p.15). Cello and piano are also featured in two concerto recordings, with cellist Natalie Clein playing Saint-Saëns (p.16) and pianist Simon Trpceski playing Tchaikovsky (p.22). Valery Gergiev also completes his Brahms symphony cycle for LSO Live (p.20). On his third release for Jazz Village, the great Ahmad Jamal, joined by his old friend Yusef Lateef, is featured in a live double album and DVD (p.29). Brazilian Márcio Faraco’s Cajueiro marks his first release for World Village (p.33). Just in time for the film’s fall release, Howe Records presents the soundtrack to David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, featuring a score written by composer Howard Shore (p.27).

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“This Belisario is an impressive achievement.”—OPERA NEWS

“Mark Padmore is an interpreter who illuminates mainstream repertoire...”—OPERA NEWS

“Beautifully blended performances of rich sonority and smoothness.”—OPERA NEWS

Tony Allen’s Film of LifeFor his tenth album, Tony Allen, the prince of Afrobeat, has pulled out all the stops. At his side are French producers The Jazzbastards and fellow world-class musicians including Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, The Good the Bad & the Queen, Blur). With Film of Life, Allen has has produced an album that has the ring of a true self-portrait, offering an overview of his rich and exemplary career that brings together bebop, Afrobeat jazz and psychedelic pop.

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IMPORT Given the frequency of performances and recordings of his music today, it is hard to imagine that prior to 1970, Telemann’s music was not held in high esteem. It is thanks to the pioneering work of groups like La Petite Bande that listeners today

can enjoy the rich bounty of Telemann’s music. This recording of a varied selection of his concertos and suites with recorder features soloist Bart Coen.

IMPORTThe Rose Consort of Viols took their inspiration for Serenissima from viol-maker Richard Jones’s reconstruction of a Venetian instrument by Francesco Linarol. On it they trace a path from the viol’s northern Italian origins to England, where it

found a particularly welcome home at the turn of the 1600s. During this period, a work by one composer might become the subject of ingenious contrapuntal treatments and exciting new dance genres emerged.

TELEMANN Concertos & Suites

Bart Coen (recorder)La Petite Bande, Sigiswald KuijkenAccent • ACC 24288

SerenissimaMusic from Renaissance Europe on Venetian Viols

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IMPORTThe charming music of French composer Jean- Michel Damase has been unjustly neglected. Martin Yates’s exploration of his music for Dutton is a triumph, revealing an appealing composer in the vein of Poulenc and Honegger. Ashley Wass plays

the Piano Concerto No.2 and Concertino, and Anna Noakes plays the melodic and graceful Flute Concerto. Completing the disc is the Symphonie of 1952.

IMPORTArthur Sullivan’s cantata On Shore and Sea and the earlier masque Kenilworth are two scores all lovers of Gilbert & Sullivan will revel in. Already the master of the charming aria, catchy number and delightful chorus, we can share with Sullivan’s first audiences

the rare pleasure of early works by the future superstar of Victorian music. Under the authoritative direction of Richard Bonynge, Sullivan’s music is vibrantly restored.

DAMASE Symphonie, Piano Concerto No.2, Concertino, Flute Concerto

Ashley Wass (piano), Anna Noakes (flute) BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin YatesDutton • CDLX 7309

SULLIVAN On Shore and Sea, Kenilworth

Sally Silver (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Nico Darmanin (tenor), Donald Maxwell (bass-baritone), John Powell Singers, Victorian Opera Northwest, Richard BonyngeDutton • CDLX 7310

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IMPORTThe fourth volume of Dutton’s exploration of John Foulds’s light music led by conductor Ronald Corp contains many delightful discoveries. It features the surviving two movements of his second Cello Concerto, the première recording of the Prelude from

his Wagnerian epic The Vision of Dante, the atmospheric suite from George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan and the Prelude to Euripides’s tragedy Hippolytus.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ StereoDutton’s first recording with the Royal Northern Sinfonia features pianist Victor Sangiorgio in two Romantic concertos. However, there is a twist to both: one is Martin Yates’s realization of the

surviving fragments of Mendelssohn’s unfinished Piano Concerto in E and the other is Balakirev’s orchestration of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1. Not surprisingly, Balakirev brings a decidedly Russian flavor to Chopin’s sound-world.

Light Music Vol.4FOULDS The Vision of Dante Prelude, Saint Joan Suite, Lento e Scherzetto, Puppet Ballet Suite, Hippolytus Prelude, Carnival

BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald CorpDutton • CDLX 7311

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto in E (completed by Martin Yates)CHOPIN Grand Concerto (Piano Concerto No.1) Orchestrated by Balakirev

Victor Sangiorgio (piano), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Martin YatesDutton • CDLX 7312

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IMPORT Claude Bolling, best known in America for his crossover hits including the Billboard chart topping Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano, is also a major figure in European jazz and a man whose highly original film scores have left an indelible mark on the repertoire.

This retrospective features the composer at the piano, playing a selection of music from his scores to Borsalino, Lucky Luke, Le Magnifique and Les Brigades du Tigre.

IMPORTFor over forty years, the world-famous Tokyo String Quartet (1969-2013) was at the forefront of chamber music-making and set the standard for small-ensemble performance. With some forty landmark recordings to their name, the quartet’s discography culminated in this now legendary final

cycle of the complete Beethoven string quartets. This elegantly packaged set of Super Audio CDs is offered at a special low price.

BOLLING Cinéma Piano Solo21 Classiques de Claude Bolling

Claude Bolling (piano)Frémeaux • FA 8508

BEETHOVEN The Complete String Quartets

Tokyo String Quartetharmonia mundi • HMU 807641

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IMPORT This collection of the complete works for cello and piano by Beethoven featuring cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexander Melnikov includes works that offer a taste of each of the composer’s three stylistic periods. The first sonata and the delightful variations on themes by Handel and Mozart represent his ‘early’ period style, whereas the Op.69 sonata typifies the ‘middle’ period. The two sublime sonatas of Op.102 herald the unprecedented stylistic freedom of the composer’s final decade.

BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Violoncello & Piano

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902183

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“Queyras is a commandingly secure and articulate soloist.”—GRAMOPHONE

“Melnikov’s pianistic range is something else.”—HI-Fi News

Beethoven: Piano Trios Opp.70 & 97harmonia mundi • HMC902125 (3149020212523)“A captivating performance… ”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORT The ensemble Gli incogniti, led by Amandine Beyer, makes their harmonia mundi début with this album of chamber music by François Couperin. When he published his twin Apothéoses in memory of two great masters of music in 1724-25, Couperin was asserting his desire to promote a meeting of the French and Italian styles – from a very Gallic point of view, naturally. But, far from blindly imitating his idols, Couperin takes inspiration from these styles and arrives at a blend that takes the best from both.

COUPERIN Apothéoses

Gli incognitiAmandine Beyerharmonia mundi • HMC 902193

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a keen ear for the music’s broader harmonic direction.”—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDWhether they are performing at the BBC Proms or alongside rock icon Sting, the members of Stile Antico blend musical passion with a clarity and technical finesse that never disappoints. The Hapsburgs, who at their peak ruled much of Europe and established the first truly global empire, are the inspiration for the group’s latest release entitled From the Imperial Court. The story of this powerful dynasty is told through works by composers including Gombert, Lobo, Isaac and Morales.

From the Imperial CourtMusic for the House of Hapsburg

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ADVANCE REVIEW“A beautiful disc. Their voices are seamless.”

—THE BUFFALO NEWS

The Phoenix Risingharmonia mundi • HMU 807572 (093046757267)“A beautifully sung program of Tudor church music...”—THE NEW YORK TIMES

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IMPORT John Harbison is one of the most celebrated and wide-ranging American composers of our time. This collection from harmonia mundi, performed by the American chamber ensemble Camerata Pacifica, explores several facets of Harbison’s music. His abiding interest in jazz, folksong and hymns is exemplified by Songs America Loves to Sing. It is paired with the Four Songs of Solitude for solo violin and the world premiere recording of his String Trio, which was commissioned by Camerata Pacifica.

HARBISON String Trio, Four Songs of Solitude, Songs America Loves to Sing

Camerata Pacificaharmonia mundi • HMU 907619

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“Internationally sourced musicianship, smart programming, daring experimentation,and culled renewed inspiration from neglected canonical corners.”

—THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

IMPORT This specially-priced boxed set from harmonia mundi celebrates the great French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau on the 250th anniversary of his death. Rameau’s music continues to fascinate the musical scene the world over, as is witnessed by numerous recent productions of his operas. But Rameau also owes a good part of his current popularity to the passionate advocacy of William Christie. This deluxe boxed set includes all the Rameau recordings Christie made for harmonia mundi with his ensemble Les Arts Florissants in the 1980s and 1990s. Many are still benchmarks, and together they stand as a fitting monument to both composer and conductor.

RAMEAU Les Indes galantes, Castor & Pollux, Pièces de Clavecin, Nouvelles Suites de pièces de clavecin, Anacréon, Pygmalion, Nélée & Myrthis

Les Arts FlorissantsWilliam Christieharmonia mundi • HMX 2908700

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“Without Christie, it is unlikely that the perfume,the drama, the eloquence of French music of the

ancien régime would be appreciated on both sidesof the Atlantic in the way it is now.”

—THE FINANCIAL TIMES

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Concerto VocaleRené Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMY 2921282

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Chapelle Royale Philippe Herrewegheharmonia mundi • HMY 2921463

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Cantus CöllnKonrad Junghänelharmonia mundi • HMY 2921718

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Heritage... a new series from harmonia mundi

SEPTEMBER 2014

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GLUCK Orfeo ed Euridice

Freiburger BarockorchesterRené Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMY 2921742

HANDEL Rinaldo

Freiburger BarockorchesterRené Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMY 2921796

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Collegium Vocale GentPhilippe Herrewegheharmonia mundi • HMY 2921831

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the Heritage series

Heritage offers a new lease of life to a careful selection of recordings of major productions that have helpd to establish the sterling reputation of the harmonia mundi label. Featuring major artists such as René Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe, Heritage releases will include operas, oratorios and large-scale projects of every kind, presented in full. Available at a exceptionally low prices, these elegantly packaged sets will have online-only access to sung texts and libretti.

IMPORT Hyperion presents a vocal tour-de-force from one of today’s finest mezzo-sopranos, Alice Coote. Accompanied by The English Concert and Harry Bicket (in their Hyperion label début), Coote performs a selection of Handel’s greatest arias. She

employs an extraordinary range of vocal and dramatic color to produce triumphant and moving interpretations of these masterpieces. Handel’s Italian operas are represented by Alcina, Ariodante, Radamisto and Giulio Cesare. Coote’s performances of selections from the English oratorio Hercules are a special highlight.

IMPORTThis new recording from Martin Baker and the Westminster Cathedral Choir features the three masses of William Byrd, paired with the Latin hymn Ave verum corpus. The album celebrates Byrd’s Catholic liturgical music in two ways. Most

obviously, it addresses great and timeless works. But at the same time it reminds us that the revival of Byrd’s music in the late nineteenth century was pioneered by Roman Catholic church choirs. The recording celebrates a revival of Catholic choral traditions no less than it celebrates the works themselves.

HANDEL Arias

Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)The English Concert, Harry BicketHyperion • CDA 67979

BYRD The Three Masses, Ave verum corpus

The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin BakerHyperion • CDA 68038

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IMPORTSteven Osborne has become increasingly admired for his performances and recordings of Russian Romantic piano music. Here he presents an impressive selection from two masters who lived and worked contemporaneously. Medtner’s Sonata Romantica was the twelfth of his fourteen piano sonatas. It stands as a virtual manifesto for the composer’s art. The recording’s other major work, Rachmaninov’s Piano Sonata No.2, is a great Romantic showpiece. Osborne’s interpretation brings out all the work’s power and majesty.

MEDTNER Sonata Romantica, SkazkiRACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No.2, Variations on a Theme of Corelli

Steven Osborne (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67936

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Also availableMussorgsky: Pictures from an ExhibitionHyperion • CDA 67896 (034571178967)

“Osborne never takes a work into the studio until he truly has something to say about it – and that’s markedly the case here.”—GRAMOPHONE

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“Each new Steven Osborne release seems to guarantee world-class pianism, intelligent musicianship, and

interpretations that never take composers for granted.”—CLASSICS TODAY

IMPORTOn volume five of Hyperion’s impressive Romantic Cello Concerto series, Natalie Clein performs works for cello and orchestra by Camille Saint-Saëns. The first concerto has always been one of Saint-Saëns’s most popular pieces. It is a gloriously playful piece that carries the listener along on a melodic and emotional roller coaster. The second concerto is less familiar to most listeners. Extremely difficult for the soloist, Clein surmounts its challenges with the marvelous technique, musicianship and the passion for which she has become so well known.

The Romantic Cello Concerto Vol.5SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2, La muse et le poète, Allegro appassionato, Le cygne

Natalie Clein (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew ManzeHyperion • CDA 68002

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Previous release in the seriesThe Romantic Cello Concerto Vol.4Hyperion • CDA 67906 (034571179063)“Alban Gerhardt is an unfailingly charismatic soloist... and the orchestral support is first-rate.”—GRAMOPHONE

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“Natalie Clein is an exceptionally polished player and a highly sensitive, musically intelligent artist.”—FANFARE

IMPORTGraham Johnson is both accompanist and curator of this series that presents the entire piano-accompanied songs and vocal works of Johannes Brahms. Each recital disc represents a different journey through the repertoire (and thus through Brahms’s life). This fifth volume presents the songs of Op.33, the composer’s only true song cycle. A full exploration of this intriguing music is to be found in Graham Johnson’s erudite booklet notes. The vocal soloist is the winner of the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Christopher Maltman.

The Complete Songs Vol.5BRAHMS Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone Op.33

Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)Hyperion • CDJ 33125

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Previous release in the seriesBrahms: The Complete Songs Vol.4Hyperion • CDJ 33124 (034571131245)“Holl’s voice is rich, true and resonant. He uses it simply, without self-conscious artifice.”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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“He’s the possessor of one of the most gorgeous baritones around, and an interpreter of real sensitivity.”

—OPERA NEWS

IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 67090 (034571170909) Deleted July 2010This mid-priced Helios series reissue features pianist Marc-André Hamelin performing music by Russian composer Georgy Catoire. Catoire was one of a large number of composers who

flourished in pre-Revolutionary Russia at the turn of the twentieth century. Primarily a miniaturist, most of his pieces can be described as mood pictures, using sophisticated harmonic structures that give his style an especially cosmopolitan feel.

IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 66987 (034571169873) Deleted July 2013Prior to the making of this recording in 1997, no one had performed Wallace’s Creation Symphony for nearly a hundred years. In the history of the symphony in Britain, the work, which guides listeners through the

first few verses of the Book of Genesis, is unprecedented in its scope and daring. Wallace’s Pelléas and Mélisande Suite is a work of heart-on-sleeve passion, and yet both this suite and the equally rewarding Prelude to The Eumenides remain virtually unknown.

CATOIRE Piano Music

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55425

WALLACE Creation Symphony, Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Prelude to The Eumenides

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn BrabbinsHyperion • CDH 55465

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDUnder the direction of Stephen Cleobury, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment present the first recording of Marc Rigaudière’s reconstruction of the first complete liturgical performance of Fauré’s Requiem. Their performance faithfully recreates the 1889 premiere, even using the same organ stops as those available at the Cathedrale de Ste. Madeleine in Paris. Baritone Gerald Finley and treble Tom Pickard are the vocal soloists. Also included are the Cantique de Jean Racine, heard here in its original version for choir and organ, and the Messe Basse for high voices, sung by the sixteen choristers of the choir.

FAURÉ Requiem, Messe Basse, Cantique de Jean Racine

Tom Pickard (treble), Gerald Finley (baritone) The Choir of King’s College, CambridgeOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentStephen CleoburyKing’s College • KGS 0005

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDWith this release, Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their acclaimed Brahms cycle. Brahms is often associated with the idea of abstract music, free of programmatic content. However, the Symphony No.3 is in many ways his most personal symphony. Brahms was a fifty-year-old bachelor who declared himself to be Frei aber froh, “Free but Happy.” A motto comprising the notes F–A–F can be heard throughout the work. His Symphony No.4, composed at a mountain retreat in 1884, employs sophisticated Baroque contrapuntal and harmonic techniques and modal harmonies.

BRAHMS Symphonies Nos.3 & 4

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“Valery Gergiev strides on stage, throws down the gauntlet, and accomplishes a coup, declaring himself a major new

Brahms interpreter to be contended with.”—FANFARE

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IMPORT Grouped together in a number of collections, Scriabin’s Études mark out each stage of his life and display both his technical relationship to the keyboard and the evolution of his harmonic language, from the influence of Chopin to

atonalism. The seventh of his ten sonatas, entitled Messe blanche, is a high point of his entire output, looking far ahead into the sound world of the 20th century. On this recording, these fascinating works are offered in probing and virtuosic performances by Andrei Korobeinikov.

IMPORT After two recordings with Ambronay Editions (which received numerous awards), the baroque ensemble Les Ombres makes their début on the Mirare label with an album dedicated to Telemann’s Paris Quartets. The unusual instrumentation of flute, violin, viola da

gamba and basso continuo gives these quartets a unique sound unlike other works of the time. They feature and inventive combination of French dance rhythms and forms, memorable themes and extensive but subtle counterpoint.

SCRIABIN Complete Études, Piano Sonata No.7 ‘Messe blanche’

Andrei Korobeinikov (piano)Mirare • MIR 218

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IMPORTThis disc featuring piano concertos by Tchaikovsky marks the Onyx Classics début of Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski. In both his concert appearances and his recordings, Trpčeski has received enthusiastic responses from critics and the public alike. His solo début on EMI received both the Editor’s Choice and Debut Album awards from Gramophone magazine. Also making their first recordings for Onyx are the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vasily Petrenko, who will embark on an Elgar cycle for the label starting in early 2015.

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

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“There is nothing show-offy about Trpčeski... just a sense of complete command, understanding and enjoyment.”

—THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

IMPORTJames Ehnes and friends from the Seattle Chamber Music Society hit the road on a fascinating journey through chamber music by some of the giants of 20th- century American classical music. Aaron Copland’s masterful Violin Sonata, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful and vibrant Piano Trio, and Samuel Barber’s B minor String Quartet with its famous Adagio slow movement (known the world over as Barber’s Adagio) are joined by Elliott Carter’s haunting Elegy from early in his long career and the otherworldly Largo by that great maverick Charles Ives.

American Chamber Music BARBER String Quartet Op.11; BERNSTEIN Piano TrioCARTER Elegy; COPLAND Violin Sonata; IVES Largo

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“A remarkable, penetrating and communicative talent...”—GRAMOPHONE

DOMESTICPhilip Glass’s opera Spuren der Verirrten (The Lost) was first performed in April 2013 at the opening of the new Musiktheater am Volksgarten Linz. The opera is based on a play by the same title by Peter Handke. The production team included Artistic Director Rainer Mennicken, Maestro Dennis Russell Davies and the renowned Bruckner Orchester Linz. The New York Times described Glass’s score as, “a richly colorful, flowing tapestry of sound.”

GLASS Spuren der Verirrten (The Lost)

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThis exciting and varied program of chamber music by Janácek features the talents of the world renowned Prazák Quartet, who are joined by a quartet of their friends to perform the composer’s

beloved Concertino. The main works on the album are the two String Quartets, which not only incorporate the tonalities of Czech folk music, but also reflect the rhythms of speech in the Czech language. This super-audio recording from Praga allows all the nuances of the music to be heard with crystal clarity.

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Bi-channel Stereo/ DSDIn 1946, the great contralto Kathleen Ferrier made her stage debut at the Glyndebourne Festival in the première of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. A year later she made her first appearance as Orfeo in Gluck’s

Orfeo ed Euridice. As her reputation grew, Ferrier formed close working relationships with major musical figures, including Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Bruno Walter and the pianist Gerald Moore. This SACD from Praga offers a diverse sampling of her supreme artistry.

JANÁCEK String Quartets Nos.1 & 2, Concertino

Prazák QuartetMilan Polák (clarinet), Lukás Korínek (bassoon), Jan Voboril (french horn), Slávka Pechoková-Vernerová (piano)Praga • PRD 250301

BRAHMS Rhapsodie, Zwei Gesänge, Vier Ernste GesängeMAHLER KindertotenliederGLUCK “Che puro ciel!’ from Orfeo ed EuridiceKathleen Ferrier (contralto)Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno WalterPraga • PRD 350109

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IMPORTThis release featuring an historic 1961 live performance of Die Walküre at Covent Garden marks the first appearance of Georg Solti on Testament as an opera conductor. It documents the first new production at the Royal Opera House conducted by Solti following his appointment as Musical Director. The recording’s outstanding cast includes Anita Välkki as Brünnhilde, Hans Hotter as Wotan, Claire Watson as Sieglinde and Jon Vickers as Siegmund.

WAGNER Die Walküre

Claire Watson (soprano), Anita Välkki (soprano), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent GardenGeorg SoltiTestament • SBT4 1495

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“Solti was always a dynamic maestro, but it is good to be reminded how deft and flexible he could be.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES

DOMESTICFile in: SoundtrackThe 2014 film Maps to the Stars connects the savage beauty of writer Bruce Wagner’s Los Angeles with the riveting film making of director David Cronenberg and a stellar ensemble cast to take a tour into the darkly comic heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. The result is a modern Hollywood Gothic at once about the ravenous 21st Century need for fame and validation. Howard Shore’s breathtaking score emphasizes the yearning, loss and fragility that lurk in the shadows underneath.

Maps to the StarsOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack

Howard ShoreHowe Records • HWR 1014

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DOMESTICHybrid SACD/ Mono/ DSDFile in: JazzAlto saxophonist Phil Woods had recorded with Jimmy Raney and with his own quintet featuring trumpeter Jon Eardley but this was the first date

where he was carrying the load as the lone horn. On Woodlore, Woods is backed by pianist John Williams, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Nick Stabulas. The quartet offers four standards plus a pair of Woods’s originals - “Strollin’ with Pam” and “Woodlore.”

DOMESTICHybrid SACD/ Mono/ DSDFile in: JazzIn 1956, the Miles Davis Quintet played two now-legendary studio sessions that produced four classic albums - Cookin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin’

with The Miles Davis Quintet, Workin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet and Relaxin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet. The intent was to document the group’s vast live-performance catalog in a studio environment. This elegantly packaged audiophile SACD remaster from Analogue Productions offers listeners the best possible sound quality.

Woodlore

Phil Woods QuartetAnalogue Productions • CPRJ 7018 SA

Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet

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IMPORT 2 CDs + 1 DVD (104 minutes)File in: JazzThis set documents an historic concert that took place in Paris on June 27, 2012. The great Ahmad Jamal, enjoying a return to the jazz charts thanks to his recent releases on Jazz Village, began by playing selections from his album Blue Moon. Then the pianist was joined on stage by the equally legendary Yusef Lateef, who had played with Jamal in the glory days of the Atlantic label. These two artists channeled the past and reinvented the future as they worked their musical magic. The album features two audio discs and a DVD of the complete concert.

Live at the Olympia - June 27, 2012 The Music and The Film of the Complete Concert

Ahmad Jamal, Yusef LateefJazz Village • JV 570053

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Also availableSaturday MorningJazz Village • JV 570027 (3149027002325)“Personal, lyrical, interpretive and wonderfully original.”—JAZZ WEEKLY

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“Jamal’s not playing the way he did 60 years ago,now that he’s finished warming up.”

—NPR

DOMESTICFile in: JazzThe son of a Philadelphia preacher and organist, drummer Rodney Green was raised on gospel music. He soon discovered his calling was to play jazz, and has worked with such luminaries as Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis and Herbie Hancock. This release from Smalls Live features Seamus Blake on tenor sax, pianist Luis Perdomo and Joe Sanders on bass. Pianist David Berkman’s live set includes renditions of Johnny Green’s “Body and Soul” and John Lewis’s “Milestones” as well as three tracks penned by Berkman himself. He is backed here by Tom Harrell on trumpet, Ed Howard on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums. After performing countless Tuesday evenings at the club, Frank Lacy makes his long overdue début on Smalls Live. The legendary trombonist and composer is joined by Josh Evans on trumpet, Stacy Dillard on tenor sax, Theo Hill on piano, Rashaan Carter on bass and Kush Abadey on drums. The set includes three songs by Lacy as well as tunes from Freddie Hubbard, George Cables and Charles Fambrough.

Rodney Green QuartetLive at Smalls

Rodney Green QuartetSmallsLIVE • SL 0036

David BerkmanLive at Smalls

David BerkmanSmallsLIVE • SL 0037

Frank LacyLive at Smalls

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DOMESTICFile in: JazzSmalls Live presents the first solo album from Peter Bernstein, hailed by Downbeat as one of the 15 Best Jazz Guitarists in the World. Recorded over two nights in October, 2012, the album highlights Bernstein’s arrangements of Porter, Monk, Coltrane, Vernon Duke and more. Tenor Scott Hamilton hit the scene on the 70s, playing in the classic style of Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins. In 1977, he recorded his début album for Concord Records, with whom he would have a long recording career. Backed by Rossano Sportiello on piano, Hassan Shakur on bass and Chuck Riggs on drums, this set from Smalls Live is one of Hamilton’s best. Detroit-born pianist and vocalist Johnny O’Neal has owned the Sunday night slot at Smalls Jazz Club for years. This live set features Paul Sikivie on bass and Charles Goold on drums. It includes classics such as “The More I See You” and “Tea For Two.” O’Neal is a veteran of the New York scene, having worked with jazz greats ranging from Dizzy Gillespie to Nancy Wilson.

Peter Bernstein Solo GuitarLive at Smalls

Peter BernsteinSmallsLIVE • SL 0039

Scott HamiltonLive at Smalls

Scott HamiltonSmallsLIVE • SL 0040

Johnny O’NealLive at Smalls

Johnny O’NealSmallsLIVE • SL 0041

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JAZZ SEPTEMBER 2014

Masters of Flamenco Vol.23

Canalejas de Puerto RealChant du Monde • 2742360


Pepe PintoChant du Monde • 2742361


Porrina de BadajozChant du Monde • 2742358


La Paquera de JerezChant du Monde • 2742359

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IMPORTUnquestioned master of the cante gitano, Porrina de Badajoz (born José Salazar Molina) was a prophet only in his own country. He refused to perform anywhere other than in the land of his birth. Porrina had a particularly original approach to the cante, and his singing remains inimitable in its virtuosity, its fullness of tessitura and the range of its vocal palette.

IMPORTLa Paquera de Jerez possessed an agile, powerful voice with a special quality called laína, a falsetto style that is colorful, vibrant and typically Andalucían. As she sings her songs, she invites both new listeners and aficionados to enter an uncontrolled world, like a comet transmitting its energy. Through her songs she offers a fragment of her life story, and a whiff of Jerez, her native city.

IMPORTCanalejas de Puerto Real was a star of the Flamenco scene from his professional début in 1934 until his death in 1966. He played a considerable part in the growth and evolution of flamenco, notably in enhancing the cante por bulería. He follows in the footsteps of great cantaores such as Niño Medinas, Bernardo el de los Lobitos, Manuel Vallejo and La Niña de los Peines.

IMPORTWith a soft voice and superb vocal range, Pepe Pinto’s image is that of a popular singer. However, even if he is not the embodiment of a pure flamenco singer, he did help to introduce this music to a wide audience. There is an especially theatrical dimension to his performances, whether of flamenco classics, his own compositions or of sentimental songs.

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IMPORTFile in: World / South America / BrazilOn his album Cajueiro, French-Brazilian Márcio Faraco captures the spirit of the times in words and music - singing to us not only of the realities of the world, but also of his passions and his outlook on life in general. Accompanied by musicians from both France and Brazil, Faraco regales us with tales of his native Brazil, of his beloved Paris and of the ebb and flow of time. Illuminated by flashes of milonga, samba, jazz and xote, his melodies radiate with an air of timeless beauty.

Cajueiro

Márcio FaracoWorld Village • 479100

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Also availableO TempoChant du Monde • 274200 (794881990528)“His talents in crafting words and music are prodigious.”—JAZZ TIMES

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“Being able to improve on a long-standing tradition requires a lot of courage and artistry. Márcio Faraco seems to have

been born with that innate ability.”—JAZZ TIMES

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Sep 19 Denver CO St. John’s Episcopal CathedralSep 20 South Bend IN DeBartolo Performing Arts CenterSep 21 Ann Arbor MI St. Andrew’s Episcopal ChurchSep 27 Durham NC Baldwin AuditoriumNov 6 Decorah IA Center for Faith and LifeDec 5 Burlington VT University of VermontDec 9 Santa Fe NM Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis de AssisiDec 11 Washington DC Kennedy CenterDec 12 Philadelphia PA Church of the Holy TrinityDec 14 Kansas City MO Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Oct 10 College Park MD Dekelboum Concert HallOct 12 Boston MA Gardner MuseumOct 15 Philadelphia PA Perelman TheaterOct 18 Carmel IN The PalladiumOct 19 Goshen IN Sauder Concert HallOct 23 New York NY Carnegie HallOct 24 Colchester VT Elley Long Music CenterOct 25 Burlington VT Flynn Center for the Performing Arts

Sep 22 Atlanta GA All Saints Episcopal ChurchSep 23 Collegedale TN Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSep 24 Nashville TN Vanderbilt UniversitySep 25 Memphis TN Second Presbyterian ChurchSep 26 Conway AR Hendrix CollegeSep 27 Oklahoma City OK First Presbyterian ChurchSep 28 Plano TX St. Andrew United Methodist Church

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Sep 20 Cazenovia NY Jazz ‘n CazSep 28 Madison NJ Shanghai JazzOct 4 Falmouth MA Falmouth Jazz FestivalOct 5 Wellfleet MA Wellfleet Preservation HallOct 11 Helena AR King Biscuit FestivalNov 15 Summit NJ Summit JCCDec 13 Princeton NJ McCarter Theatre Center

Oct 14 Buffalo NY Kleinhans Music Hall Oct 15 Indianapolis IN Glick Indiana History CenterOct 18 Corpus Christi TX Wolfe Recital HallOct 19 San Antonio TX Temple Beth-ElOct 21 Houston TX Stude Concert HallOct 23, 25, & 29 New York NY 92nd Street YOct 26 Cincinnati OH University of Cincinnati

Sep 19 Princeton NJ Richardson HallSept 26 Boulder CO Grusin Music HallSep 29 Pittsburgh PA Carnegie Music HallOct 1 University Park PA Schwab AuditoriumOct 4 Durham NC Baldwin AuditoriumOct 6 Dallas TX Caruth AuditoriumOct 12 Berkeley CA Hertz HallOct 14 Storrs CT Jorgensen CenterOct 16 Chicago IL Orchestra HallNov 2-3 Boulder CO Grusin Music Hall

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