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SCHUBERTPiano Sonatas

PAUL LEWIS

NEW RELEASES NOVEMBER 8, 2011

“One of the most beautiful piano recordings of the year. Quiet, sparse and meditative. Calma should be heard start to finish, as a complete work.”

—DOWNBEAT EDITOR’S PICK

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Following the success of the album Istanbul, Jordi Savall crosses new boundaries between Orient and Occident. On La Sublime Porte, Voix d’Istanbul 1400-1800, the vocal traditions of the Ottoman Empire, Armenia and the Jewish Diaspora are masterfully resuscitated. In addition to Hespèrion XXI, this album features the elite of Turkish traditional musicians under the inspired direction of Jordi Savall.

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Bejun Mehta’s Down by the Salley Gardens on NPR

Omar Sosa’s Calma nominated for a Best Instrumental Latin GRAMMY®

Jordi Savall crosses new boundaries

Street Date: November 8, 2011

Key November releases from harmonia mundi include the Freiburger Barockorchester playing J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suites (p.3) while Fretwork offers less traditional Bach with their transcription of the Goldberg Variations (p.4) arranged for viol consort. Also this month from harmonia mundi, Paul Lewis returns to the music of Schubert with his Piano Sonatas (p.5), Lucy Crowe sings Handel arias accompanied by the English Concert and Harry Bicket (p.6) and cellist David Watkin joins the Tokyo String Quartet for Schubert’s haunting Quintet in C Major (p.7). On Gimell, the Tallis Scholars present the fi fth recording in their Josquin mass series (p.14), while on Hyperion, the Takács Quartet perform Haydn Quartets, Markus Becker plays Widor Concertos (p.19), and Stephen Hough’s plays Grieg and Liszt Concertos (p.21) with the Bergen Philharmonic. Rounding out our priority releases, Peter Wispelwey joins Paolo Giacometti in a program of Chopin and Mendelssohn (p.26) for Onyx, composer Howard Shore is featured on the score for Martin Scorsese’s fi lm Hugo, Marta Topferova offers her fi rst album in English for World Village (p.36) and Le Chant du Monde delivers Vitamia (p.37) — the latest release from Gianmaria Testa.

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“Gaga, move over — and you, too, Annie Lennox, Grace Jones and David Bowie... It’s a beautiful recording full of tender and poignant songs…And, as exciting as it is to hear Mehta pull off those endless strings of fiercely powered showpieces,

the countertenor does soft and wistful in equally beautiful fashion.”

—Anastasia Tsioulcas NPR.ORG

Please note: promotional copies are available for priority titles ONLY

Editor–in–Chief: Ma� hew OwenDesign: Scarle� Freund

IMPORTCalled “Ouvertüren” in Germany because they began with a large-scale overture à la française, Bach’s Orchestral Suites offer a unique synthesis of the French and Italian styles. The Leipzig Cantor did not content himself with a mere set of amiable dances for his “Collegium Musicum,” he revived the genre in his own manner — accenting the contrasts, refi ning the orchestration and spicing them up with counterpoint. On this new specially priced set, the Freiburger Barockorchester offers benchmark performances of these indispensable treasures of the Baroque.

Orchestral Bach

JS BACHOuvertüren — Complete Orchestral Suites

Freiburger Barockorchesterharmonia mundi • HMC 902113

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Also availableC.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Concertosharmonia mundi • HMC 902083 (794881984626)“The surprises come thick and

fast and the twists and turns are gripping.”— THE OBSERVER

“The finest German period-instrument orchestra.”— GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTThe Goldberg Variations for harpsichord are a pinnacle of Bach’s compositional output. Like many of Bach’s works, it has been transcribed for many different solo instruments and instrumental combinations. Fretwork’s version for viol consort is one of the most unusual, in that it looks backward in time instead of forward. Bach was essentially a conservative composer, well grounded in the styles and structures of the past. His fondness for the sound of the viola da gamba is well documented and it provides additional justifi cation for re-projecting this masterpiece of counterpoint through the sound-lens of ‘old fashioned’ instruments.

Chamber music Bach

JS BACHGoldberg Variations (arranged for viols)Fretworkharmonia mundi • HMU 907560

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on the planet.”— LONDON EVENING STANDARD

Bach: Alio modo — Keyboard Transcriptionsharmonia mundi • HMU 907395 (093046739522)“Fretwork set a formidable standard for technical acuity and stylistic integrity.”

— CLASSICS TODAY

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IMPORTFollowing on his hugely successful Beethoven recording project — which spanned the complete sonatas and concertos as well as the Diabelli Variations — pianist Paul Lewis returns to Franz Schubert — a key focus of both his concert career and discography. On this double album, three late sonatas are accompanied by the Impromptus and Klavierstücke — two sets of short pieces brimming with inventiveness.

ADVANCE REVIEW

Paul Lewis plays Schubert

SCHUBERTPiano Sonatas D.840, 850 & 894, Impromptus

D.894, Klavierstücke D.946Paul Lewis

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Also availableSchubert: Piano Sonatas D.959 & 960harmonia mundi • HMC 901800 (794881705924)

“This is a disc for which one can only roll out all the superlatives.”— THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“This is a disc for which one can only

“A collection of highly compelling interpretations of some of Schubert’s most fascinating compositions.”

— THE EXAMinER

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IMPORTYoung British soprano Lucy Crowe is poised to take the opera world by storm. Her powerful, expressive performances have been hailed on both sides of the Atlantic, and a Met debut is planned for the 2012-13 season. On this dazzling new album, Crowe joins The English Concert led by Harry Bicket in a program of Handel arias and cantatas dating from his 1706-10 sojourn in Italy, where he was affectionately dubbed Il Caro Sassone (the dear Saxon).

Handel Italian arias & cantatas

HANDELIl Caro Sassone — Handel in ItalyLucy Crowe (soprano), English Concert, Harry Bicketharmonia mundi • HMU 907559

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Also availableHandel: As steals the mornharmonia mundi • 907422 (093046742225)

“A performance with the fine Lucy Crowe at her most alluring.”

— GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC GUIDE

“Crowe nails every aria with a pure, peachy

soprano that inhabits every phrase to ineffably

touching effect. She also carries herself with

great, fragile grace and, in so doing, further

draws us to her side.”— THE CHICAGO READER

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channelFollowing their much-lauded Beethoven cycle, the members of the Tokyo String Quartet are joined by cellist David Watkin in a distinguished reading of Schubert’s Quintet in C Major. One of Schubert’s great masterpieces, the quintet is the last and perhaps the most haunting of all his chamber works, in which light and shadow, serenity and drama are presented in constant alternation. The disc also includes the Quartettsatz of 1820 with its lovely, fragmentary slow movement.

“Still one of the great string quartets in the world.”— THE BUFFALO NEWS

Schubert’s beloved String Quintet

SCHUBERTString Quintet, Quarte� satz

Tokyo String Quartet, David Watkin (cello)harmonia mundi • HMU 807427

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Also availableBeethoven: Late Quartetsharmonia mundi • 807481 (093046748166)“Tokyo Quartet has outdone itself. Some

of this music is almost beyond belief.”— ALL ABOUT JAZZ

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HANDEL MessiahKerstin Avemo (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor), Kobie van Rensburg (tenor), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMX 2921928

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Chant Mass for Christmas DayEnsemble Organum, Les Pages de la Chapelle, Marcel Pérèsharmonia mundi • HMX 2921480

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CHARPENTIERPastorale de Noël

Les Arts Florissants, William Christieharmonia mundi • HMX 2921082

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SCHÜTZWeihnachts-Historie

Concerto Vocale, René Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMX 2921310

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(794881817429) Deleted March 2008

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Remains Available as HMC 901928 (794881817726)

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Noël — Christmas Edition SamplerVarious Artists

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The specially priced, limited edition harmonia mundi Christmas Edition returns with new titles and old favorites. This disc offers a diverse selection of highlights from the ten discs that comprise the 2011 collection. The acclaimed artists of harmonia mundi present 21 tracks of evergreen Christmas ‘hits’ including works for vocal solo (Charpentier’s Pastorale), chorus (Stille Nacht), organ solo (Noël), and full orchestra (Corelli’s Christmas Concerto).

The harmonia mundi Christmas Edition returns

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On Yoolis NightAnonymous 4


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Wolcum YuleAnonymous 4


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A New Joy — Orthodox Music for Christmas

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier


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Medieval ChristmasOrlando Consortharmonia mundi • HMX 2927418

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Carols by CandlelightChoir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Bill Ivesharmonia mundi • HMX 2927495

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The harmonia mundi Christmas Edition returns


Noëls à l’OrgueRené Saorgin (organ)harmonia mundi • HMX 2928199

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Alia Vox ‘Heritage’ series reissues

SAINTE-COLOMBEConcerts a deux violes esgalesJordi Savall (viol), Wieland Kuijken (viol)Alia Vox • AVSA 9885

MONTEVERDIArie e Lamenti, Madrigali Guerrieri et AmorosiMontserrat Figueras (soprano), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Rolf Lislevand (lute), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi SavallAlia Vox • AVSA 9884

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe Arie e Lamenti and Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi, originally released separately in 1990 and 1994, fi rmly established Montserrat Figueras as one of the fi nest performers of the vocal music of Monteverdi. She forged a new path with her innovative style of interpretation, characterized by fi delity to the historical sources and an extraordinary creative and expressive power. The two Sainte-Colombe albums brought together in the second of these sets were recorded in 1976 and 1992 — the latter right after the tremendous success of the fi lm Tous les Matins du Monde (1991). Nevertheless, they are remarkably consistent in their interpretative style and enable the listener to explore ten of the sixty-seven Concerts for viola da gamba as played by Jordi Savall and Wieland Kuijken. These specially-priced sets, have been remastered for SACD and feature Alia Vox’s usual deluxe packaging and presentation.

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IMPORTFrom the mid 1970s until his death, Cuban born Jorge Bolet was considered one of the world’s truly great pianists and one of the last representatives of the great Romantic tradition of pianism. After winning the Naumburg competition in 1937, Bolet seemed set for a great career, but war intervened. His big break fi nally came in the 1970s, when he was signed to Decca and went on to make many award-winning discs. But what of the early years? Here, for the fi rst time on CD, are the four LPs he made in the 1950s. These almost unknown recordings are sure to fascinate and fi ll an important gap in the mystery of Bolet’s early career.

“Bolet was a supreme colorist. Young pianists can learn from the multi-leveled textural differentiation Bolet so gorgeously achieves…”

— CLASSICS TODAY

The young Jorge Bolet

Jorge Bolet — His Earliest RecordingsJorge Bolet (piano)

APR • APR 6009

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Recently releasedLiszt: Piano WorksPiano Classics • PCLD 0017 (5065001863363)

SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDEach of the recordings in pianist Dejan Lazic’s Liaisons series features two composers, exploring their musical worlds, sources of inspiration and degree of infl uence. At the same time, the recordings reveal their most conspicuous differences and their common denominators. Volume three brings together works for piano solo by Benjamin Britten with selections by C.P.E. Bach. Britten’s pieces, in all their minimalism, clarity and sometimes even emotionally restricted formality, contrast with the emerging Sturm und Drang atmosphere of Bach’s sonatas, with their freedom and variety of structural design, delicate expression and extreme unpredictability.

This beautiful collection of music for the Christmas season features selected tracks performed by Jos van Veldhoven and the Netherlands Bach Society, culled from their many acclaimed recordings for Channel Classics. The selections range from music by Bach and Sweelinck to traditional carols. Founded in 1921, the Netherlands Bach Society is the oldest early music ensemble in the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world.

Kerstmis — Noël — Christmas — WeihnachtenNetherlands Bach Society, Jos van VeldhovenChannel Classics • CCS SEL 6111

Liaisons Vol.3BACH, C.P.E.Sonatas, Fantasia, La BöhmerBRITTENWaltzes, Holiday Diary, Night-PieceDejan Lazić (piano)Channel Classics • CCS SA 28511

Lazić plays Bri� en & CPE Bach

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A Channel Classics holiday compilation

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Jaël Azzare� i, Sophie Daneman, Emmanuelle de Negri (sopranos),

Stephanie d’Oustrac (mezzo-soprano), Cyril Auvity (counter-tenor), Paul Agnew, Marc Mauillon, Bernard Richter (tenors),

Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

FRA Musica • FRA 006

Louis XIV’s favorite opera

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All zones/ 295 minutes/ Dolby Digital Stereo DTS

Lully’s Atys was so dear to Louis XIV that it became known as the “the King’s opera.” With its unprecedented dramatic intensity, Atys was the fi rst opera to feature a plot that revolved around love and the fi rst French tragedy to kill off its lead character on stage. The opera was revived in 1985 when the Opéra de Paris called on William Christie and the director Jean-Marie Villégier to stage a celebration of the tercentenary of Lully’s death. Resurrected from the ashes, Atys was a key factor in the revival of French baroque music. In 2011, the Opéra Comique once again presented Atys, and that production was fi lmed by FRA Musica for posterity. Featuring tenor Bernard Richter in the title role, supported by Christie and Les Arts Florissants and the amazing production created by Jean Marie Villégier, this fi lm is nothing short of a masterpiece and a milestone in recorded opera.

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Lully: ArmideFRA Musica • FRA 005 (3770002003077)“William Christie surpasses himself

in revivifying this score.”— BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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IMPORTThe Tallis Scholars have been performing the music of Josquin des Prez regularly in concert for nearly twenty-five years. Their 1986 recording of the Missa Pange lingua was the fi rst recording of Early Music to win the Gramophone magazine Record of the Year Award and their 2009 recording of the Missa Malheur me bat was nominated for a GRAMMY® award. This new release, featuring the Missa De beata virgine and Missa Ave maris stella, is the fi fth disc in The Tallis Scholars’ projected complete cycle of Josquin’s Masses.

Josquin Mass series continuesJOSQUINMasses — De beata virgine, Ave maris stellaTallis Scholars, Peter PhillipsGimell • CDGIM 044

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

performance excellence and recorded sound.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

Also availableVictoria: Lamentations of JeremiahGimell • CDGIM 043 (755138104327)

“A no-brainer for fans of the group.”

— FANFARE

IMPORTBenjamin Britten’s War Requiem was written for the 1962 re-consecration ceremony for Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II. The work was not only a public statement of Britten’s anti-war convictions, but also a warning to future generations of the senselessness of taking up arms against one’s fellow men. The libretto of the War Requiem intersperses the Latin Mass for the Dead with nine powerful and highly emotional poems written by Wilfred Owen, a World War I footsoldier who was killed a week before the Armistice. Here, Kurt Masur leads the Israel Philharmonic, vocal soloists and the Prague Philharmonic Choir in a live recording made in 1996.

Bri� en’s powerful War RequiemBRITTEN

War RequiemEdith Wiens (soprano), Nigel Robson

(tenor), Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Ankor Children’s Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur

Helicon • 02.9645

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Also availableBrahms: RequiemHelicon • 02.9629 (7293627962926)

“A disc necessary to the understanding of Brahms’s great choral work.”

— FANFARE

IMPORTLawrence Power has established himself as the most sought-after violist of his generation and has been favorably compared to the pioneering

British violist Lionel Tertis. Indeed, the three works on this disc were written for Tertis, who did so much to broaden the instrument’s musical repertoire. The two Vaughan Williams works display an unabashed romanticism and pastoral elegance. Flos Campi was completed in 1925 and despite the prominent solo viola and wordless chorus, it is neither a concerto nor a choral work. The seamless viola line moves in unity with the orchestra and the chorus appears as a body of instruments, creating an effect of mesmerizing beauty and calm. The little performed Suite for viola and small orchestra was written ten years later and contains some of the composer’s most lyrical themes. Sir John McEwen’s 1901 concerto is a neglected gem of the viola repertoire and Power’s performance is sure to set a new benchmark. Martyn Brabbins and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales provide expert backing throughout.

English music for viola and orchestra

VAUGHAN WILLIAMSFlos Campi, SuiteMCEWENViola ConcertoLawrence Power (viola), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn BrabbinsHyperion • CDA 67839

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Also availableWalton & Rubbra: Viola ConcertosHyperion • CDA 67587 (034571178578)“Power’s deeply expressive playing makes it the heart and soul of this remarkable programme.”

— THE TIMES

The Takács play Haydn

HAYDNString Quartets Op.71Takács QuartetHyperion • CDA 67793

HAYDNString Quartets Op.74

Takács QuartetHyperion • CDA 67781

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IMPORTIn 1793, when Haydn returned home to Vienna after a visit to London, he wrote a set of six string quartets for Count Anton Apponyi, a chamberlain at the Imperial Court. The set was broken up into two groups of three and sold to separate publishers, thus becoming the Op. 71 and Op. 74 quartets. The works possess an almost orchestral sonority, with frequent modulations, dynamic variations and increasingly virtuosic writing reminiscent of the “London” symphonies. Above all, they display the composer’s astonishing elegance, lyricism and immense skill in fusing the profound with the light-hearted. In these compelling interpretations, the Takács Quartet display an absolute unanimity of tone and style and cement their reputation as one of today’s greatest string ensembles.

“In a class of their own.”— THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD

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Also availableSchumann: Piano QuintetHyperion • CDA 67631 (034571176314)

“Outstanding musicianship and virtuosity abound on this stunning disc.”

— GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTFollowing the success of the Westminster Cathedral Lay Clerks and their glorious men-only recording of Victoria’s Missa Gaudeamus, the choir returns to full ranks for a further issue in their survey of the masses of this undisputed master of the Renaissance. This new recording opens with Victoria’s fi ve-part setting of the Marian antiphon Salve regina, followed by two of the composer’s masses — Missa De Beata Maria Virgine and Missa Surge propera, which is preceded by its Palestrina model. Released to mark the conclusion of a highly successful American tour, this album fi nds the Choir of Westminster Cathedral in superb voice and Hyperion’s top-notch sound is perfectly colored by the Westminster resonance.

Victoria masses from Westminster

VICTORIAMasses — De Beata Maria Virgine, Surge properaChoir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin BakerHyperion • CDA 67891

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Also availableVictoria: Missa GaudeamusHyperion • CDA 67748 (034571177489)

“Sung with rapt purity by the male voices of Westminster Cathedral choir.”

— THE GUARDIAN

IMPORTCharles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an assistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at La Madeleine in Paris at the age of twenty-four. Today, Widor’s compositions for organ have a prominent position in the instrument’s core repertoire, but it is often forgotten that the composer wrote many other signifi cant works, notably his two piano concertos. Surprisingly, these are the fi rst recordings of the concertos and are a much-awaited addition to the numerous world premiere recordings featured in Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series, now reaching its 55th volume and still unearthing little-known works to consistently dazzling effect. Following the success of his renditions of the Draeseke and Jadassohn concertos, pianist Markus Becker makes a welcome return to the series. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the remarkable Thierry Fischer more than do justice to Widor’s imaginative orchestrations.

Widor concertos, 1st time on CD

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.55WIDOR

Piano Concerto Nos.1 & 2, FantaisieMarkus Becker (piano),

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer

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Also available in the seriesSomervell: Piano ConcertoHyperion • CDA 67837 (034571178370)“Here is yet another success in a remarkable series; an

excellent CD which is warmly recommended.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

IMPORTFollowing the iconic series of the complete songs of Schubert and Schumann, Graham Johnson further demonstrates the phenomenal depth of his knowledge in the expert programming of this recital. Each disc in the series represents a different journey through the repertoire, and thus through Brahms’ life. Hyperion is thrilled to welcome the young German tenor Simon Bode to the label. At home in the opera house and the recital hall, Bode possesses a controlled voice of great beauty, and gives performances of immediacy and conviction. Johnson, as accompanist, is immaculate and his usual scholarly notes are of course included.

IMPORTFollowing the resounding success of Jonathan Plowright’s 2010 Hommage à Chopin, the acclaimed British pianist becomes the fi rst artist to record the album of works written and published in homage to one of the early twentieth century’s most fascinating fi gures — Polish pianist, composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Of the twenty-two works on this recording, from composers including Bartók, Martinu and Milhaud, sixteen were included in the memorial piano album Homage to Paderewski published by Boosey & Hawkes in New York in 1942. A further six pieces written for Paderewski also feature, including a Mazurka for two pianos by Britten originally intended for the volume (Britten misunderstood the commission, which specifi ed solo piano), for which Plowright is joined by Aaron Shorr. These diverse works are performed with fl air and dedication.

Homage to PaderewskiJonathan Plowright (piano), Aaron Schorr (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67903

BRAHMSThe Complete Songs Vol.3Simon Bode (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)Hyperion • CDJ 33123

Hyperion’s Brahms song cycle

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IMPORTFor this new recording, pianist Stephen Hough travel led to Bergen — Grieg’s home town — to join forces with Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of Grieg and Liszt that are set to become landmark recordings. Grieg’s Piano Concerto is one of the most popular of all Romantic works, while Liszt’s two concertos present unique challenges to both pianist and orchestra. These performances are exciting, magisterial and highly colored, with breathtaking virtuosity harnessed to poetic refi nement and fi nesse — hallmarks of Stephen’s playing that have already helped his concerto recordings to win two Gramophone magazine Record of the Year accolades. The Bergen players provide fresh and idiomatic support in the Grieg and revel in the sumptuous scoring of the Liszt. Released to coincide with the twin anniversaries of Liszt’s birth (200 years ago) and Stephen’s own 50th birthday (in November), this recording is an apt celebration of both.

“He can charm and beguile, and be bold in his contrasts, but he gets on with it, and it is the music he gives us, with true sentiments, and

not merely a take on received ideas.”— GRAMOPHONE

Hough plays Grieg and Liszt

GRIEGPiano Concerto in A minor

LISZTPiano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Stephen Hough (piano), Bergen Philharmonic, Andrew Li� on

Hyperion • CDA 67824

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Also availableRomantic Piano Concerto Vol.50Hyperion • CDA 67711 (034571177113)“With Hough at the keys, Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto becomes a freshly imagined mas-

terpiece bouncing with surprises.”— THE TIMES

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 66349 (034571163499) Deleted April 2008The last, and greatest, of Purcell’s four Odes to St Cecilia, Hail! bright Cecilia was composed to a text by Nicholas Brady in 1692 in honor of the feast day of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. It is a celebratory work comprising of masterful instrumental sections, majestic choruses, and varied solos, duets and trios. Written in 1695, Who can from joy refrain? was composed as an ode celebrating the Duke of Gloucester’s sixth birthday. Both these works reveal the unparalleled richness of the composer’s musical invention and explain why, more than three hundred years later, Henry Purcell is still regarded as one of Britain’s fi nest composers. The King’s Consort and a distinguished line-up of soloists perform this glorious music with a high measure of perfection and fl awless technique.

IMPORTPreviously Available as CDA 67279 (034571172798) Deleted August 2011Though he professed not to enjoy concert giving, Percy Grainger was one of the greatest pianists of the earlier twentieth century and had an intimate understanding of the capabilities of the piano and how best to write for it. He possessed a unique compositional voice and was part of the great composer-pianist tradition stretching from Liszt to Busoni for whom the concert transcription was an essential element of their art. This recording, featuring the superb pianism of Piers Lane, contains the majority of Grainger’s concert transcriptions. They range from the folk-inspired Irish Dances of Stanford to the hyper-romantic lushness of his Ramble on Love based on Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier.

GRAINGERRambles & Refl ectionsPiers Lane (piano)Hyperion • CDH 55454

PURCELLHail! Bright Cecilia, Who can from joy refrain?Choir of New College, Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert KingHyperion • CDH 55327

Helios series reissues

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IMPORTWhen the doors of an operatic career opened for Ferdinand Hérold in 1820, he took great care to hide away the piano concertos he had written ten years before to avoid accusations of ‘eclecticism.’ Left to languish in obscurity until our own time, these dazzling pieces are indispensable examples of spectacular virtuosity and Romantic sentiment in which the spirit of Beethoven and Schubert is clearly perceptible. This music is a fascinating ‘missing link’ between Mozart and Chopin. On this disc, pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger is partnered with the Sinfonia Varsovia led by Hervé Niquet.

IMPORTThéodore Dubois [1857-1924] is today recognized as a major figure of French Romanticism confronted with modernity. Both profound and sentimental, but always clear and immediately appealing, his ideas found expression in the most varied of genres. The concertante works on this recording evoke the spirit of the great artistic moments of Belle Époque Paris before the Great War. Featured soloists are cellist Marc Coppey and pianist Jean-François Heisser, backed by the Orchestre Poitou-Charentes.

DUBOISFantasie-Stück, Suite concertante,

Concerto capriccioso, In memoriam mortuorum,

Andante cantabileMarc Coppey (cello), Jean-François Heisser (piano), Orchestre Poitou-Charentes, Jean-François Heisser

Mirare • MIR 141

HÉROLDPiano Concertos Nos.2, 3 & 4

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, Hervé Niquet

Mirare • MIR 127

French Romantic concertos

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IMPORTFor the fi nal volume of his Debussy edition for Onyx, Pascal Rogé is joined by his wife Ami Rogé in a collection of works for piano four hands and for two pianos. Since the initial release of volume one in 2005, each of Rogé’s recordings of Debussy has been received with the highest critical acclaim. He is the quintessential interpreter for this repertoire. Featured works include the Masques, Petite Suite, Marche Ecossaise, Epigraphes Antiques and En Blanc et Noir.

Rogé’s Debussy cycle now complete

DEBUSSYPiano Music Vol.5 — Masques, Nocturne, Elegie, Petite Suite, Marche Ecossaise, Epigraphes Antiques, En Blanc et Noir, LindarajaPascal Rogé (piano), Ami Rogé (piano)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4059

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“Rogé’s are possibly the most beautiful... [with] remarkable phrasing and voicing... [and] a variety of articulation

that holds the interest in almost every bar.”— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

IMPORTFor her debut recording on Onyx, acclaimed Israeli soprano Chen Reiss has chosen a program of arias by Cimarosa, Haydn, Salieri and Mozart — all composers working in Vienna in the 1780s. Featured here are some of the ‘insertion’ arias by Haydn and Mozart, composed for use in operas by other composers such as Amfossi, Gugliemi and Martin — forgotten names today. So here, we have liaisons on stage — secret marriages and affairs, and liaisons between composers.

Chen Reiss debuts on Onyx

LiaisonsArias by Mozart, Haydn,

Cimarosa & SalieriChen Reiss (soprano),

L’arte del mondo, Werner EhrhardtOnyx Classics • ONYX 4068

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IMPORTPieter Wispelwey partners for a second time with Paolo Giacometti, this time in a program of Chopin and Mendelssohn. But there is a another great musical fi gure on this disc – the cellist and composer Karl Davidoff, who studied with Moscheles and Mendelssohn’s violinist and composer friend Ferdinand David. Davidoff ’s brilliant arrangements of the Chopin Waltzes of Op. 64 form a sparkling interlude between Mendelssohn’s brilliant second cello sonata, and Chopin’s late and great sonata for cello and piano.

Romantic music for cello

CHOPINWaltz Op.64, Cello Sonatas Op.65MENDELSSOHNCello Sonata No.2, Lied ohne WortePieter Wispelwey (cello), Paolo Giacome� i (piano)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4078

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“One of the world’s leading cellists.”— FANFARE

Also availableBri� en: Cello Symphony, Cello Suite No.1Onyx Classics • ONYX 4058 (880040405825)

“An aural feast for discerning ears.”— MIDWEST RECORD REVIEW

DOMESTICSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD; Previously Available as 60002 (821936000229) Deleted July 2009Extending the legacy of their award-winning and critically acclaimed Mahler cycle, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have begun reissuing the recordings, maintaining the Hybrid SACD format favored by so many classical consumers, yet streamlining the packaging to jewel cases thus providing excellent value. Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 was one of the most stunning debuts in symphonic music history. This powerful and passionate performance of the “Titan” was recorded in 2001 and captures the live-performance excitement of the Grammy-winning conductor-symphony partnership that the Los Angeles Times declared, “the most exciting Mahler combination anywhere right now.”

MTT’s Mahler 1 at a new low price

MAHLERSymphony No.1

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

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“Michael Tilson Thomas’s The Mahler Project is the essential Mahler cycle of the twenty-first century.”

— LISTEN

Blue & SentimentalIke QuebecAPO • CBNJ 84098 SA

Blowing in from ChicagoCliff Jordan, John Gilmore

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Dippin’Hank MobleyAPO • CBNJ 84209 SA

Movin’ & Groovin’Horace Parlan

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Salt and PepperSonny Sti� , Paul GonsalvesAPO • CIPJ 52 SA

Today and NowColeman Hawkins Quartet

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Dear John C.Elvin JonesAPO • CIPJ 88 SA

Nights of Ballads & BluesMcCoy Tyner

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IMPORTAll zones/ 83 Minutes/ French & English SubtitlesFile in: JazzA special DVD released in celebration of Archie Shepp’s 70th birthday in May 2007, Je suis jazz — c’est ma vie is a documentary by Frank Cassenti fi lmed in 1983. It features a Paris concert by Archie Shepp with Siegfried Kessler (piano), Wilbur Little (bass), Don Mumford, Clifford Jarvis (drums) and Cheikh Tidiane Fall (percussion). Also featured are special clips from the Porquerolles Jazz festival with Siegfried Kessler, Diego Imbert, Michel Benita, Aldo Romano, Mino Cinelu and Stéphane Guery, plus excerpts from the fi lm “Porquerolles, Island of Jazz” by Frank Cassenti. This digipak DVD also includes a superb 20-page booklet of Guy Le Querrec’s photographs of Shepp and commentary by the great man himself.

IMPORTFile in: Jazz or World / BrazilGood news for lovers of Brazilian jazz: the cult-album by the Trio Camara, fi rst released in 1968 on Pierre Barouh’s Saravah label, has fi nally been reissued. The music made by the trio of Fernando Martins, Edson Lobo and Nelson Serra is in the samba jazz style, an instrumental form that developed in parallel with the bossa nova. New listeners can now discover for themselves the kind of music that was played in the many clubs of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo between 1963 and 1967. Here you will fi nd masterful performances of standards like Baden Powell’s “Berimbau” or Edu Lobo’s “Upa neguinho” appear here alongside rarer themes such as Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Estrada do sol” and João Donato’s “Muito à vontade.” This is popular, accessible music made by musicians of skill and sophistication.

Le Trio CamaraLe Trio CamaraFrémeaux • FA 562

Je Suis Jazz — C’est Ma VieArchie SheppArchie Ball • ARCH 0702

Archie Shepp in focus

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Black Saint/Soul Note reissues

The Complete Remastered RecordingsGeorge RussellBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1005

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The Complete Remastered RecordingsLester BowieBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1006

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The Complete Remastered RecordingsCecil TaylorBlack Saint/Soul Note • BXS 1007

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Pianist George Russell was a composer and theorist. He is considered one of the fi rst jazz musicians to contribute to general music theory with a theory of harmony based on Jazz rather than European music. This specially priced set includes nine classic albums. Included are Electronic Sonata for Those Loved by Nature (I and II), Othello Ballet Suite, Vertical Form VI, Listen to the Silence, Trip to Prillarguri, New York Big Band, The Essence of George Russell and Live in an American Time Spiral. Trumpeter Lester Bowie was a composer and a co-founder of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Bowie took an adventurous and humorous approach to music, and criticized Wynton Marsalis for his conservative approach to jazz tradition. This specially priced set includes three classic albums. Included are The 5th Power, Out Here like This and Unforeseen Blessings. Cecil Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms. This specially-priced set includes fi ve classic albums. Included are Winged Serpent, Olu Iwa, For Olim and the two sets of Historic Concerts.

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Live at SmallsTim Ries QuintetSmallsLIVE • SL 0021

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Live at SmallsPeter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, Bill StewartSmallsLIVE • SL 0022

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In this exciting SmallsLIVE project, saxophonist Tim Ries explores an original terrain with fellow saxophonist Chris Potter. The group is rounded out by the powerhouse rhythm-section of John Patitucci on bass, Billy Drummond on drums and the fascinating Gypsy-born pianist Kalman Olah. Ries offers some poignant compositional work including the beautiful “New View” and an intricate take on the theme from Schubert’s string quartet in D minor called “Death And The Maiden.” Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart started their infl uential organ trio as music students back in the late 1980s and have all become celebrated musicians on their respective instruments. After recording for Warner Brothers, they toured frequently but the trio was never captured live. Here is an exciting three nights of music, expertly captured in beautiful high-quality audio. Joel Frahm has risen to the top of the ‘favorites’ list of fellow musicians. Generally known for his work as a sideman, Frahm here leads a stellar quartet through a compelling set of original music and a couple of standards. Joined by guitar phenom Kurt Rosenwinkel as well as long-time associate Joe Martin on bass and drummer Otis Brown III (of Joe Lovano’s group), Frahm gets into his typically creative fl ow of ideas and gorgeous feel to create a tapestry of expertly woven material. Rosenwinkel rises to the occasion with some astounding solo work.

DOMESTICFile in: World / Asia / IndiaReminiscence of North Vista, the second volume of the “Nine Decades” series, is a live recording from a private party at Ravi Shankar’s North Vista

home in Los Angeles on August 29, 1969. Shankar moved to the Hollywood house in 1968 and regularly had parties attended by luminaries such as George Harrison, John Lennon, Peter Sellers, Marlon Brando and many others. This recording perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the performances at these gatherings. Recorded just one week after his legendary Woodstock appearance, the set features the Maestro performing two evening ragas with Alla Rakha on tabla (as well as the sounds of crickets and partygoers). This is a unique performance by two artists at the height of their power, performing in an informal setting in front of family and friends.

Ravi Shankar at homeNine Decades — Vol.2Reminiscence of North VistaRavi ShankarEast Meets West • EMWM 1004

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“Shankar and Alla Rakha soar. Gangeshwari’s 48 minutes are why you

should listen to this release.”— FROOTS

DOMESTICFile in: World / Asia / IndiaOrchestral Experimentations, the third volume in the “Nine Decades” series, is a set of nine studio tracks featuring Ravi Shankar’s e a r l i e s t compositional experimentations with his National Orchestra recorded between 1950 and 1954. The orchestra consisted of many of the fi nest Indian musicians of the period, and in these recordings, one senses the excitement Shankar felt at having such resources at his disposal. Not only was he inspired by the players to experiment with orchestration, but he also enjoyed the freedom to explore both North and South Indian systems, as well as use some Western technique. Shankar also maintained his natural inclination for improvisation by recording usually within an hour or two of completing the composition.

Nine Decades — Vol.3Orchestral Experimentations

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“An honest, entertaining portrait of a maestro... Raga celebrates Ravi’s artistry and passion.”

— AUDIOPHILE AUDITON

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IMPORTFile in: World / Europe / ItalyGianmaria Testa is Italian — very Italian. He lives in the Langhe in P i e d m o n t a n d was a train station manager and a part-time musician until

the French discovered him and made him an international star. He has since produced seven discs and performed at over two-thousand concerts around the world. Vitamia, Testa’s latest release for Le Chant du Monde, was produced by Paola Farinetti and features eleven tracks on the theme of balancing the pressures of personal and professional life. The songs offer Testa’s personal refl ections on the past, the present, and even a subdued and secular prayer for the future. The album was recorded live in the studio and features guitarist Claudio Dadone and Giancarlo Bianchetti on guitars, Nicola Negrini on bass, Philippe Garcia on drums and Roberto Cipelli on piano. Other guests include cellist Mario Brunello, trombonist Gianluca Petrella, Luciano Biondini on accordion and Carlo De Martini on viola and violin.

The romantic voice of Gianmaria Testa

VitamiaGianmaria TestaChant du Monde • 2742077

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Solo dal vivoChant du Monde • CDM 2741731 (794881913527)

“Pour some red wine and savor it by candlelight.”

— CONCERTONET

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TrovaWorld Village • 468090 (713746809027)“Where many Latin albums shout, ‘Trova’ whispers,

but every note is worth straining to hear.”— BOSTON HERALD

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IMPORTFile in: World / LatinMarta Topferova’s musical journey is closely linked to her unique, cross-cultural roots. Growing up on both sides of the Atlantic, Topferova often traveled back and forth between her native Czech Republic and the Americas. Highly acclaimed for her previous albums of Latin-fl avored music in Spanish, The Other Shore is Topferova’s fi rst collection of original songs in English. As always, her writing is both lyrical and uplifting, and these new songs bring a new dimension to her artistry. The album features Ben Monder on electric guitar, Pete Rende on pump organ, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and Adam Cruz on drums.

Topferova chartsa new course

The Other ShoreMarta Topferova

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Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Nov 12 New York NY Symphony SpaceNov 13 New Britain CT South ChurchNov 18 San Francisco CA Grace CathedralDec 2 Riverside CA Culver Center of the ArtsDec 3 Santa Monica CA First Presbyterian Church of Santa MonicaDec 5 Santa Fe NM Cathedral BasilicaDec 6 Logan UT Wanlass Performance HallDec 8 Denver CO Gates Concert HallDec 9 Sco� sdale AZ Virginia G. Piper TheaterDec 15 New York NY Metropolitan MuseumDec 16 Philadelphia PA Holy Trinity ChurchDec 18 Chicago IL Fullerton Hall

Ian Bostridge Hyperion Nov 28 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageCuarteto Casals harmonia mundi Nov 1 Houston TX Stude Concert Hall

Nov 3 Corvallis OR LaSells Stewart Center Nov 6 Torrance CA Torrance Cultural Arts CenterNov 8 Sea� le WA Meany Hall

Gerald Finley Hyperion Dec 1-3 Boston MA Symphony HallAlban Gerhardt Hyperion Nov 18 Salem OR Smith Auditorium

Nov 19-21 Portland OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Gloriae Dei Cantores Gloriae Dei Cantores Nov 1 Faye� eville AR Walton Arts Center

Nov 4 St. Louis MO St. Louis CathedralNov 5 Overland Park KS Yardley HallNov 6 Joplin MS Taylor Performing Arts CenterNov 10 Winston-Salem NC Wait ChapelNov 13 Athens GA Hodgson HallNov 15-16 West Palm Beach FL Dreyfoos HallNov 17 Gainesville FL Phillips Performing Arts CenterNov 18 Orlando FL Northland ChurchNov 19 Daytona FL Peabody Auditorium

Ma� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Nov 3-5 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallMarc-André Hamelin Hyperion Nov 2 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreAngela Hewi� Hyperion Dec 2 Boston MA Jordan HallStephen Hough Hyperion Nov 1 Minneapolis MN Orchestra Hall

Nov 4-6 San Diego CA Orchestra HallSteven Isserlis Hyperion Dec 3 Detroit MI Seligman Performing Arts CenterAngelika Kirchschlager Hyperion Nov 12 New York NY Zankel HallKatia & Marielle Labèque KML Records Nov 11-13 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Nov 17, 19 Chicago IL Symphony CenterRobert McDuffi e Orange Mountain Dec 2-4 San Diego CA Copley Symphony HallNicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Nov 10-12 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallAlexander Melnikov harmonia mundi Nov 6 Minneapolis MN Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center

Nov 10 New York NY Kaufmann Concert HallNov 12 San Francisco CA San Francisco Conservatory of MusicNov 18 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Performing Arts

Davi� Moroney Hyperion Nov 13 Berkeley CA Hertz HallPaul O'De� e harmonia mundi Nov 3 New York NY Kaufmann Concert HallSteven Osborne Hyperion Nov 5, 7 Portland OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Nov 17 Atherton CA Center for Performing Arts

Nov 18 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreNov 19-20 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchDec 2 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreDec 3-4 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchDec 6 Palo Alto CA First United Methodist ChurchDec 10 Berkeley CA Zellerbach Hall

Stile Antico harmonia mundi Dec 3 Sea� le WA St. James CathedralDec 7 Ann Arbor MI St. Andrews Episcopal ChurchDec 10 Milwaukee WI Cathedral of St. John the EvangelistDec 13 Davidson NC Davidson United Methodist ChurchDec 14 Richmond VA Camp Concert HallDec 16 Durham NH Johnson TheaterDec 17 Cambridge MA St. Paul ChurchDec 18 New York NY Corpus Christi Church

Takács Quartet Hyperion Nov 6 Berkeley CA Hertz Hall Nov 10 New York NY Le Poisson RougeNov 11 Philadelphia PA Perelman TheaterNov 12 College Park MD Gildenhorn Recital Hall Nov 14 Richmond VA Camp Concert HallNov 15 Tyron NC Tyron Fine Arts CenterNov 17 Moorhead MN Gaede Stage

Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Nov 5 New York NY 92nd Street YNobuyuki Tsujii harmonia mundi Nov 5 Austin TX Wynne Chapel

Nov 10 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageHaochen Zhang harmonia mundi Nov 12 Yakima WA The Capitol Theatre


Anonymous 4 harmonia mundi Nov 12 New York NY Symphony SpaceNov 13 New Britain CT South ChurchNov 18 San Francisco CA Grace CathedralDec 2 Riverside CA Culver Center of the ArtsDec 3 Santa Monica CA First Presbyterian Church of Santa MonicaDec 5 Santa Fe NM Cathedral BasilicaDec 6 Logan UT Wanlass Performance HallDec 8 Denver CO Gates Concert HallDec 9 Sco� sdale AZ Virginia G. Piper TheaterDec 15 New York NY Metropolitan MuseumDec 16 Philadelphia PA Holy Trinity ChurchDec 18 Chicago IL Fullerton Hall

Ian Bostridge Hyperion Nov 28 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageCuarteto Casals harmonia mundi Nov 1 Houston TX Stude Concert Hall

Nov 3 Corvallis OR LaSells Stewart Center Nov 6 Torrance CA Torrance Cultural Arts CenterNov 8 Sea� le WA Meany Hall

Gerald Finley Hyperion Dec 1-3 Boston MA Symphony HallAlban Gerhardt Hyperion Nov 18 Salem OR Smith Auditorium

Nov 19-21 Portland OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Gloriae Dei Cantores Gloriae Dei Cantores Nov 1 Faye� eville AR Walton Arts Center

Nov 4 St. Louis MO St. Louis CathedralNov 5 Overland Park KS Yardley HallNov 6 Joplin MS Taylor Performing Arts CenterNov 10 Winston-Salem NC Wait ChapelNov 13 Athens GA Hodgson HallNov 15-16 West Palm Beach FL Dreyfoos HallNov 17 Gainesville FL Phillips Performing Arts CenterNov 18 Orlando FL Northland ChurchNov 19 Daytona FL Peabody Auditorium

Ma� hias Goerne harmonia mundi Nov 3-5 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallMarc-André Hamelin Hyperion Nov 2 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreAngela Hewi� Hyperion Dec 2 Boston MA Jordan HallStephen Hough Hyperion Nov 1 Minneapolis MN Orchestra Hall

Nov 4-6 San Diego CA Orchestra HallSteven Isserlis Hyperion Dec 3 Detroit MI Seligman Performing Arts CenterAngelika Kirchschlager Hyperion Nov 12 New York NY Zankel HallKatia & Marielle Labèque KML Records Nov 11-13 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Nov 17, 19 Chicago IL Symphony CenterRobert McDuffi e Orange Mountain Dec 2-4 San Diego CA Copley Symphony HallNicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Nov 10-12 Philadelphia PA Verizon HallAlexander Melnikov harmonia mundi Nov 6 Minneapolis MN Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center

Nov 10 New York NY Kaufmann Concert HallNov 12 San Francisco CA San Francisco Conservatory of MusicNov 18 Middlebury VT Mahaney Center for the Performing Arts

Davi� Moroney Hyperion Nov 13 Berkeley CA Hertz HallPaul O'De� e harmonia mundi Nov 3 New York NY Kaufmann Concert HallSteven Osborne Hyperion Nov 5, 7 Portland OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Nov 17 Atherton CA Center for Performing Arts

Nov 18 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreNov 19-20 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchDec 2 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreDec 3-4 Berkeley CA First Congregational ChurchDec 6 Palo Alto CA First United Methodist ChurchDec 10 Berkeley CA Zellerbach Hall

Stile Antico harmonia mundi Dec 3 Sea� le WA St. James CathedralDec 7 Ann Arbor MI St. Andrews Episcopal ChurchDec 10 Milwaukee WI Cathedral of St. John the EvangelistDec 13 Davidson NC Davidson United Methodist ChurchDec 14 Richmond VA Camp Concert HallDec 16 Durham NH Johnson TheaterDec 17 Cambridge MA St. Paul ChurchDec 18 New York NY Corpus Christi Church

Takács Quartet Hyperion Nov 6 Berkeley CA Hertz Hall Nov 10 New York NY Le Poisson RougeNov 11 Philadelphia PA Perelman TheaterNov 12 College Park MD Gildenhorn Recital Hall Nov 14 Richmond VA Camp Concert HallNov 15 Tyron NC Tyron Fine Arts CenterNov 17 Moorhead MN Gaede Stage

Tokyo String Quartet harmonia mundi Nov 5 New York NY 92nd Street YNobuyuki Tsujii harmonia mundi Nov 5 Austin TX Wynne Chapel

Nov 10 New York NY Stern Auditorium: Perelman StageHaochen Zhang harmonia mundi Nov 12 Yakima WA The Capitol Theatre

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C.J. Chenier World Village Nov 18-20 Minneapolis MN Dakota Jazz ClubZakir Hussain Network Mar 21 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert Hall

Mar 24 Berkeley CA Zellerbach HallKayhan Kalhor World Village Jan 28 New York NY Metropolitan Museum of Art

Feb 2 San Francisco CA Herbst TheatreKlezmatics Piranha Dec 11 Jackson Hole WY Center for the Arts

Dec 19 Los Angeles CA Walt Disney Concert HallFeb 25 Bloomington IN Bloomington Centre for the Performing Arts

Ana Moura World Village Feb 4 New Bedford MA Zeiterion TheatreFeb 5 Amherst MA University of Massachuse� sFeb 12 Santa Monica CA The Broad StageFeb 18 Berkeley CA Zellerbach Hall

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra World Village Dec 9 Miami FL Adrienne Arsht CenterFeb 4 Urbana IL Krannert Center:Mar 3 Berkeley CA Zellerbach Hall

So a Rei Koutsovitis World Village Nov 11 Miami Beach FL The Colony TheaterCatherine Russell World Village Dec 7 Okoboji IA Pearson Lake Arts Center

Dec 8 Iowa City IA The Mill Restaurant and ClubDec 9 Riverside IA Riverside CasinoMar 30-31 New York NY Jazz at The Lincoln CenterApr 13 New York NY Kennedy Center Jazz Club

Sierra Maestra World Village Mar 23 Madison WI Wisconsin Union TheaterMar 24 Chicago IL Old Town School of Folk MusicMar 29 West Lafaye� e IN Loeb PlayhouseApr 4 San Francisco CA SF Jazz Apr 5 Los Angeles CA Skirball CenterApr 13 Manchester NH Dana CenterApr 21 New York NY Town Hall

Omar Sosa Otá Nov 1-2 Sea� le WA Jazz AlleyNov 4-5 Oakland CA Yoshi's

Tinariwen World Village Nov 1 Pomona CA The Glass HouseNov 2 Tucson AZ Rialto TheatreNov 4 Dallas TX Granada TheaterNov 5 Austin TX Fun Fun Fun FestNov 6 Houston TX Fitzgerald'sNov 7 New Orleans LA House of BluesNov 9 Orlando FL The SocialNov 10 Miami FL Grand CentralNov 11 St. Petersburg FL State TheatreNov 12 Atlanta GA Variety PlayhouseNov 13 Chapel Hill NC Cat's CradleNov 15 Washington DC 9:30 ClubNov 16 Philadelphia PA The Trocadero

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