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JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 8/9/2014

Mark Turner Quartet Lathe of Heaven

3780663 602537806638 CD ECM £9.49 JAZZ

Mark Turner is one of the most admired saxophonists of his generation, renowned for his exploratory intellect and intimate expressivity on the full range of the tenor. Turner leads a quartet of kindred spirits here, often entwining in serpentine fashion with rising-star trumpeter Avishai Cohen. They play long, introspective lines of hypnotic grace; and with the lithe rhythm section of bassist Joe Martin and drummer Marcus Gilmore, there is subtle

volatility in the air. ‘Lathe of Heaven’, produced by Manfred Eicher at New York's Avatar Studio in June 2013, has a long-breathed essence characteristic of Turner's work, with melody taking primacy. There is mystery to the album, a quality of patient storytelling to the compositions. The music also echoes with allusions to literature and relationships key to Turner's personality as a musician. The album's title references Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 science fiction novel of the same name. There are also gestural allusions to Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter, as well as Stevie Wonder. One of the highlights is "Year of the Rabbit," a rangy counterpart to the title track of Fly's 2012 ECM release, Year of the Snake. And the closer on ‘Lathe of Heaven’, the melodically haunting "Brother Sister," is a new, more expansive version of a piece first heard on that Fly album. This is Mark Turner's ECM leader debut, following albums for the label in the cooperative trio Fly with Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard (beginning with ‘Sky & Country’), and

appearances on key recordings by Billy Hart (‘All Our Reasons’ & ‘One Is The Other’), Enrico Rava (‘New York Days’) and Stefano Bollani's simultaneously-released ‘Joy In Spite Of Everything’ (3784459). Personnel: Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums)

Tracks: 1. Lathe of Heaven 2. Year of the Rabbit 3. Ethan's Line 4. The Edenist 5. Sonnet for Stevie 6. Brother Sister 2

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Andy Milne & Dapp Theory

Forward In All Directions

WR4660 5052442005520 CD WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS £7.99 JAZZ

Produced by Yellowjackets founding member Jimmy Haslip and featuring guest performances from guitarist Ben Monder, and vocalists Jean Baylor and

Gretchen Parlato, ‘Forward In All Directions’ marks Dapp Theory’s 15th year blending contemporary funk, groove and hip hop into jazz. The title and the music reflect keyboardist/composer Andy Milne’s diverse artistic vision. He and his band mates share an understanding and sensitivity of musical palettes ranging from Appalachian folk, traditional Armenian, heavy metal, funk, hip-hop, jazz, pop and classical music. Milne has combined the many talents of poet John Moon, saxophonist Aaron Kruziki, bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Kenny Grohowski to help to re-draw and extend the boundaries of jazz. A seminal member of Steve Coleman’s groups in the 1990’s, Milne is considered by his peers as one of the most important and respected voices in jazz today. He is the recipient of numerous awards and commissions and has composed and produced seven original film scores for acclaimed actor/director William Shatner. Personnel: Andy Milne (piano, prepared piano, Fender Rhodes & synthesizers), Aaron Kruziki (soprano saxophone, clarinet, douduk, alto saxophone), John Moon (vocal poetics), Christopher Tordini – (bass), Kenny Grohowski - drums & percussion with Special Guests: Ben Monder (guitar), Jean Baylor (lead vocal - 5), Gretchen Parlato (additional vocals - 5) Tracks: Hopscotch / Photographs / In The Mirror, Darkly / Search Party / Katharsis / Nice To Meet You / The Trust / How And When Versus What / Fourteen Fingers / Headache In Residence




WORLD NEW RELEASE - 8/9/2014

London Klezmer Quartet

London Klezmer Quartet Calling

ETM11 700461160564 CD ETHNOMUSIC RECORDS £6.99 WORLD

The London Klezmer Quartet performs traditional and new material with “inventive arrangements, virtuosity, exciting original tunes and soulful

playing.” (Songlines). ‘Calling’ features the sultry and powerful voice of Indra Buraczewska singing songs of love, longing & potatoes. Klezmer is the celebratory and soulful folk music of Jewish Eastern Europe. The London Klezmer Quartet is an all-female group formed in 2009 and their performances have been said to move audiences from dancing to tears and back again in moments. Press quotes: "The most dexterous and interesting of contemporary klezmer ensembles." fRoots Magazine "Exuberant yet cultured playing... no shortage of dynamism here... The tradition is safe in the hands of the next generation." The Sunday Times

Tracks: Nifty’s Freylekhs / Moses Wandering in the Desert / Let My People Go / Moyshe Emes (Sweet Moses) / Melbourne March / Hora With Tomatoes / Bughici’s Sirba (A. Bugici) / Viking’s Eleven / Forn Forstu Fun Mir Avek (You’re leaving me) / Hora Mica / Concert Freylekhs / Moldovenskaya / Hei, melnais cigans (Hey, Black Gypsy) / Two Guitars / Mornington Crescent / Bulbes (Potatoes) / Lyric Hora / Shnirele Perele (String of Pearls) / Der Yidisher Soldot in Di Trentshes / Hora de la Tescani / Kilburn Kolomeyke




EASY LISTENING NEW RELEASE - 8/9/2014

Bobby Troup Do Re Mi / Here's To My Lady

SEPIA1266 5055122112662 CD SEPIA £4.48 EASY LISTENING

First time on CD are two classic Bobby Troup LPs - 'Do Re Mi' featuring Troup singing his own compositions such as "Route 66", "Daddy" and "Baby, Baby All The Time", and 'Here's to My Lady', an LP of standards including "That's All", "The Nearness of You" and "Julie is Her Name", a song Troup wrote for his wife Julie London.

The American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter was best known for composing standards such as “Route 66” and “Daddy”. He recorded for Liberty Records in the 1950s, many with noted musicians from the West Coast jazz scene.

Tracks: Do-Re-Mi / Baby, Baby All The Time / Heidi / Just The Way I Am / Snootie Little Cutie / Daddy / Route 66 / Lonely Boy / Johnny Jones / One October Morning / It Happened Once Before / You’re In Love / That’s All / They Didn’t Believe Me / I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face / Button Up Your Overcoat / The Nearness Of You / Now You Know / I Wonder Why / Crazy She Calls Me / Wait Till You See Her / You’re The Cream In My Coffee / Please Remember / Julie Is Her Name

Don Costa Voices & Orchestra The

Theme from The Unforgiven / Hollywood Premiere!


On this twofer and are two Don Costa LPs of orchestral and mainly theme music from movies of the 1950s and early 1960s including The Unforgiven, Return to Paradise, Lolita, My Geisha, Mutiny on the Bounty etc. They are appearing on CD for the first time.

The multi-talented and versatile Don Costa was music arranger to Frank Sinatra, composed for Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, A&R director of ABC Records (for Paul Anka) and United Artists Records, whilst at the same time leading his own orchestra and making records. The Theme from The Unforgiven was a Top 30 hit for Costa and the LP with the

same name makes its CD debut here along with the 1962 released Hollywood Premiere!, another LP of music from the movies. The lush orchestral music have been re-mastered and have never sounded better.

Tracks: Theme From The Unforgiven / An Affair To Remember / Invitation / The Song From Moulin Rouge / Laura / The Third Man Theme / Smile / Lonely Room / From Here To Eternity / Picnic / Stella By Starlight / Return To Paradise / Theme From “The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm” / Theme From “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” / Theme From “Lisa” / Theme From “The Miracle Worker / Baby Elephant Walk / Theme From “My Geisha” / Theme From “Mutiny On The Bounty” / Above The Stars / Theme From “Advise And Consent” / Theme From “All Fall Down” / My Romance / Love Theme From “Lolita”




EASY LISTENING NEW RELEASE - 8/9/2014

Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra

Last Date / Moon River


On this CD twofer are two best-selling Lawrence Welk LPs, ‘Last Date’ and ‘Moon River’ plus six bonus tracks. The former reached No. 4 in the U.S. albums chart in 1960 remaining in it for 29 weeks while the latter album also peaked at no. 4 in 1962 and was in the charts for a staggering 48 weeks! Apart from making best-selling albums of easy listening "champagne" music, bandleader Welk also hosted a popular TV show from 1955 until the 1970s. As a single the song "Last Date" was a Top 30 hit. Re-mastered in glorious stereo with 6 bonus tracks this 30 track CD of popular tunes from the early 1960s is a nostalgic musical trip down memory lane.

Tracks: Last Date / Sleep / To Each His Own / Theme From The Alamo / Temptation / Georgia On My Mind / Please Help Me, I’m Falling / Chances Are / Melodie D’amour / Night Theme / My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own / Misty / Moon River / Tonight / Exodus / Around The World / The Sound Of Music / Till There Was You / I Could Have Danced All Night / You Gave Me Wings / Some Enchanted Evening / Wish You Were Here / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing / You’ll Never Walk Alone / Bubbles In The Wine / Scatterbrain / Donna Lee / Mary Lou / Firefly Serenade / Josephine

Various Artists Movie Stars Sing!


Here we have 30 top movie stars on one CD each presenting one song most of which have never been on CD before. Starring Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Bette Davis, Mitzi Gaynor, Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, George Hamilton, Sandra Dee, Tuesday Weld, Mae West, Howard Keel, Rita Moreno, Troy Donahue and more.

The stars with a musical background naturally sing as expected but some of the others will surprise you with their ability to put across a song. This is a fun and camp compilation.

Tracks: Chihuahua Choo Choo - Ricardo Montalban / Strange Are The Ways Of Love - Debra Paget / I’ve Got A Crush On You - Howard Duff & Ida Lupino / Don’t Believe Everything You Read - Eve Arden / Leprechaun Lullaby - Pat O’Brien / River, River - Rita Moreno / Let’s Dance - Marge & Gower Champion / One For My Baby - Ida Lupino & Howard Duff / Ten Thousand Miles - Preston Foster / Pour Tout Ma Vie - Corinne Calvert / Hold My Hand - Dick Powell / Tom Pillibi - Julie Andrews / Love Wonderful Love - Howard Keel / Take It Or Leave It - Yvonne De Carlo / Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Bob Hope / The Big Circus - Rhonda Fleming / Two Ladies In The Shade Of The Banana Tree - Peter Lawford / Happy Anniversary - Mitzi Gaynor / Pillow Talk - Rock Hudson / He’s Good For Me - Mae West / The Notorious Landlady - Fred Astaire / Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? - Bette Davis & Debbie Burton / The Long And The Short And The Tall - Laurence Harvey / Dear Johnny - Sandra Dee / Little Betty Falling Star - George Hamilton / Are You

The Boy - Tuesday Weld / Live Young - Troy Donahue / Never On Sunday (In English) - Melina Mercouri / Does Goodnight Mean Goodbye - Vincent Edwards / Our Day Will Come - Dolores Gray




CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 8/9/2014

Anja Lechner & François Couturier

Moderato Cantabile - Komitas, Gurdjieff &

Mompou

4810992 028948109920 CD ECM NEW SERIES £9.49 CLASSICAL

After a decade of shared work in the Tarkovsky Quartet and an ongoing alliance in the Pergolesi Project, German cellist Anja Lechner and French pianist Francois Couturier unveil their new duo. The players approach the music from different vantage points: Lechner is a classical soloist with an uncommon interest in improvisation, Couturier a jazz musician travelling ever further from jazz. On ‘Moderato cantabile’ they present their own arrangements of works by three fascinating outsiders from the margins of music history - G.I. Gurdjieff, Komitas and Federico Mompou. To differing degrees their music reveals influences from the east, both in terms of relationship to folk traditions and religious music, and philosophically. A contemplative air pervades the session. The programme has connections to Anja Lechner's acclaimed account of Gurdjieff's music on the earlier Chants, Hymns and Dances (9819613, with Vassilis Tsabropoulos), but the new duo has its own identity, and time spent in Armenia has deepened Lechner's understanding of the contexts from which the music emerged: her cello assumes almost a singer's role in these pieces, exploring the strong melodies. François Couturier's compositions function as both contrasting and complementary elements. As a player, François has a long history of working with Mompou's music. He has been influenced, furthermore, by his association with Anouar Brahem, and the sonorities of the Middle East are part of his palette. ‘Moderato cantabile’, a striking and unusual album, was recorded in the rich acoustics of the Lugano studio in November 2013 and produced by Manfred Eicher. Personnel: Anja Lechner (cello), François Couturier (piano)

Tracks: 1. George I. Gurdjieff: Sayyid chant and dance No. 3 / Hymn No.7 2. François Couturier: Voyage 3. Komitas Vardapet: Chinar es 4. Federico Mompou: Canción y danza VI 5. Federico Mompou: Musica callada XXVIIIV / Impresiones intimas I 6. François Couturier: Soleil rouge 7. François Couturier: Papillons 8. George I. Gurdjieff / Federico Mompou: Hymn No. 8 / Night procession 9. George I. Gurdjieff: No.11 / Fêtes lointaines No. 3 10. Federico Mompou: Impresiones intimas VIII 'Secreto' Promotion includes advertising in Gramophone, Jazzwise. Email marketing includes ECM Newsletter & ECMPlayer Confirmed reviews in Observer, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, Gramophone, International Record Review, BBC Music Magazine, The Strad, Jazzwise, Hi-Fi +, Irish Times, Scotsman & various websites

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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Edo de Waart

Wagner: Symphony in C, Tristan und Isolde,

Siegfried Idyll

CC72649 608917264920 CD CHALLENGE CLASSICS £8.49 CLASSICAL

Conductor Edo de Waart is renowned for his interpretation of the works of Richard Wagner and this is the latest release from Challenge Classics to present him conducting Wagner’s music. On this disc he is heard directing the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in three pieces, the early Symphony in C, the Nachtgesang and the Liebestod from his opera Tristan und Isolde in an orchestral arrangement by the composer Henk de Vlieger and the Siegfried Idyll. Richard Wagner was just 19 when in the summer of 1832 he wrote his Symphony in C. The work itself clearly shows the influence of his compatriot and predecessor Ludwig van Beethoven. Nowhere in Wagner's compositions are dramatic elements so integrated into the music as in Tristan und Isolde, a work that is at the same time the most symphonic of his operas. It was written between 1857 and 1859, and is notable for Wagner's unprecedented use of chromaticism, tonality, and orchestral colour. The Siegfried Idyll was composed in 1870 and performed as a surprise birthday present for Wagner’s wife Cosima on Christmas day that year. Although the musical themes of the piece are largely borrowed from Wagner’s dramatic opera Siegfried, the third part of “The Ring”, the Siegfried Idyll is one of his most elegiac works, written as a public declaration of his love for the woman who a year and a half before had given birth to their son, also called Siegfried. Edo de Waart is Chief Conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Music Director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. As an opera conductor, de Waart has enjoyed major success in a large and varied repertoire in many of the world's greatest opera houses. The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1945 and since then has been led by many of the world’s most renowned conductors including Bernard Haitink, Jean Fournet, Willem van Otterloo, Hans Vonk, Sergiu Comissiona, Jaap van Zweden, and Edo de Waart. The current incumbent Markus Stenz was appointed chief conductor in 2012. Personnel: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor) Tracks: Symphony in C 1. I. Sostenuto e maestoso 2. II. Andante ma non troppo,un poco maestoso 3. III. Allegro assai 4. IV. Allegro molto e vivace Tristan und Isolde 5. I. Nachtgesang 6. II. Liebestod 7. Siegfried Idyll





1B1, Jan Bjøranger, Christian Ihle Hadland & Erlend Skomsvoll

Grieg: Holberg Variations

PSC1332 7033662013326 CD SIMAX £8.49 CLASSICAL

The highly-regarded Ensemble 1B1 have teamed up with jazz musician and composer Erlend Skomsvoll and Norway's exciting young pianist Christian Ihle Hadland to pay tribute to Edvard Grieg. The disc features three different arrangements of the composer's much-loved Holberg Suite, the original version for solo piano, Grieg's own adaptation for strings, and a performance of an improvisatory work by Skomsvoll based around the piece. Edvard Grieg's Holberg Suite subtitled "Suite in olden style" consists of five movements based on eighteenth century dance forms. It was written in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Danish-Norwegian humanist playwright Ludvig Holberg. The suite was originally composed for the piano, but a year later arranged by the composer for string orchestra. The disc opens with the well-known string version and continues with a performance of the original piano piece by Christian Ihle Hadland. Hadland's interpretation conjures up a multitude of rhythmic and timbral nuances, lifting the original Holberg Suite into the great European piano tradition. The album concludes with jazz musician and composer Erlend Skomsvoll's Holberg Variations. Skomsoll takes the iconic themes and musical phrases of the suite and leads the string orchestra in an improvisational game, where the motifs get transformed into pulsating passages with lingering textures. Personnel: 1B1, Jan Bjøranger (conductor), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Erlend Skomsvoll (piano)

Tracks: Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite - for string orchestra, Op. 40 1. I. Prelude 2. II. Sarabande 3. III. Gavotte. Musette 4. IV. Air 5. V. Rigaudon Holberg Suite - for piano, Op. 40 6. I. Prelude 7. II. Sarabande 8. III. Gavotte. Musette 9. IV. Air 10. V. Rigaudon Erlend Skomsvoll / Edvard Grieg: Skomsvoll's Holberg Variations - Recomprimprovariations 11. I. Praeluderies 12. II. Sarabond 13. III. Gavotterized 14. IV. Airsm 15. V. Rigandarchy





Ketil Haugsand

Rameau: The Complete Works for Harpsichord

PSC1345 7033662013456 CD2 SIMAX £12.89 CLASSICAL

This 2CD set features recordings of the complete works for harpsichord by the major 18th century French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau's performed by the renowned early keyboard specialist Ketil Haugsand. It is being released to mark the 250th anniversary of Rameau's death. Rameau published his Premier Livre de Pièces de clavecin in 1706. It is remarkable for its unerring sense of harmonic direction, and sophisticated rhythmic and textural designs. The Premier Livre consists essentially of a traditional suite of dance movements prefaced by an introductory prelude. Nearly twenty years elapsed before Rameau published his second book of harpsichord pieces. The Pièces de Clavecin of 1724 reflects a huge stylistic advance over the earlier collection as, since writing the first book, Rameau had composed several cantatas and had become increasingly interested in the theatre. His third book of harpsichord pieces, the Nouvelles suites de Pièces de clavecin, first appeared in 1729 or 1730, and he published his Pièces de Clavecin en concerts in 1741. The last of these was originally intended as a chamber work for harpsichord and two other instruments. Ketil Haugsand studied with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory where he was awarded the coveted "Prix d"Excellence" in 1975. Later he was laureate at international harpsichord competitions in Paris and Bruges. Alongside his solo work, Ketil Haugsand is also conductor of the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra and the Arte Real Ensemble. His recordings of works by, amongst others, Bach, Rameau, Marchand, and Forqueray, for Simax Classics, Virgin and Linn have won significant international acclaim. Personnel: Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord)

Disc 1: Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin 1-10. Prélude / 1ère Allemande / 2eme Allemande / Courante / Gigue / 1ère Sarabande / 2eme Sarabande / Vénitienne / Gavote / Menuet Pièces de Clavecin avec une Méthode pour la Mécanique des Doigts 11-34. Allemande 12. Courante / Gigue en rondeau / 2eme Gigue en rondeau / Le rappel des oiseaux / Rigaudon 1 / Rigaudon 2 / Double du Rigaudon / Musette en rondeau / Tambourin / La Villageoise / Menuet en rondeau / Les tendres plaintes / Les Niais de Sologne / 1er Double des Niais / 2eme Double des Niais / Les Soupirs / La Joyeuse / La Follette / L'Entretien des Muses / Les Tourbillons / Les Cyclopes / Le Lardon / La Boiteuse Disc 2: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin avec des remarques sur les différens genres de la Musique 1-22. Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Les 3 mains / Fanfarinette / La Triomphante / Gavotte / 1er double de la gavotte / 2eme double / 3eme double / 4eme double / 5eme double / 6eme double / Les Tricotets / L'Indifferante / Menuet 1 / Menuet 2 / La Poule / Les Triolets / Les Sauvages / L'Henharmonique / L'Egiptienne Pièces de clavecin en concert (version pour clavecin seul) 23-27. La Livri / L'Agaçante / La Timide / L'Indiscrette / La Dauphine





Trondheim Barokk, Ingeborg Dalheim, Marianne Beate Kielland & Njal Sparbo

Ostsee - Church Music by Bertouch, Theile & Vierdanck

PSC1330 7033662013302 CD SIMAX £8.49 CLASSICAL

The 17th and 18th century composers Johann Vierdanck, Johann Theile and Georg von Bertouch all received their musical training in Saxony, spending large parts of their professional lives based around the Baltic Sea. The music of these significant but rarely heard composers is performed on this CD by the specialist period instrument ensemble Trondheim Barokk.

Georg von Bertouch (1668-1743) was a contemporary of J.S. Bach and was well-established as a composer around that time. Bertouch's cantatas are the works of a young man and based on traditional form, whilst his sonatas on the other hand were composed towards the end of his life when new trends and developments had crystallised into what is usually called the late Baroque style. Johann Vierdanck (1605-46), began his career as a singer in the Hofkapelle of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden where the great German composer Heinrich Schütz encouraged his early attempts at writing music. Later he moved to Stralsund, spending the final ten years of his life as organist of the Marienkirche. Johann Theile (1646-1724) lived in Lübeck for much of his working life, counting among his friends the composers Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Adam Reincken. He became Kapellmeister to the court of Duke Christian Albrecht at Gottorf.

Under the guidance of major musical figures like Andrew Parrott and Sigiswald Kuijken Trondheim Barokk have developed into one of the most accomplished early music groups on the current international music scene. Soprano Ingeborg Dalheim is a member of Les Arts Florissans, whilst Marianne Beate Kielland performs regularly with conductors like Jordi Savall and Fabio Biondi. Bass Njål Sparbo has won several major awards including the Kirsten Flagstad Prize.

Personnel: Trondheim Barokk, Ingeborg Dalheim (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Njål Sparbo (bass) 1. JOHANN THEILE: Die Seele Christi heilige mich - Cantata for soprano, three viols and continuo JOHANN VIERDANCK: Suite for two violins and continuo 2. I. Pavan 3. II. La sua gagliarda 4. III. Ballo, prestissimo 5. IV. Correnta GEORG VON BERTOUCH: Mein Herz ist bereit - Cantata for alto and continuo 6. I. 7. II. Wache Auf 8. III. Herr, ich will 9. IV. Aria - Wach auff 10. V. Herr, Ich will (DC) 11. VI. Denn deine (recitativ) 12. VII. Alleluja Sonata 13 in C minor for two violins and continuo 13. I. Andante 14. II. Andante 15. III. Adagio 16. IV. Vivace 17. JOHANN THEILE: Ach, dass ich hören solte - Cantata for soprano, two violins, three viols & continuo GEORG VON BERTOUCH: Sonata 10 in A minor for two violins and continuo 18. I. Vivace 19. II. Allegro 20. III. Vivace Du Tochter Zion, freue Dich sehr - Cantata for bass, two violins, three viols & continuo 21. I. Du Tochter 22. II. Frisch auff (aria) 23. III. Und du Bethlehem 24. IV. Willkommen süsser 25. V. Du Tochter (DC) 26. VI. Alleluja





Houston Symphony Chamber Players & Christoph Eschenbach

Schoenberg, Berg, Webern

233863 885150338636 CD3 MEMBRAN £10.23 CLASSICAL

This 3CD set presents a reissue of critically-acclaimed recordings of chamber works by four major 20th century composers, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, and

Messiaen. The music is performed by the renowned conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach alongside members of the Houston Symphony Chamber Players, the group he founded when he was director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra between 1988 and 1999.

Highly-regarded German conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach won the Steinway Youth Piano Competition when he was only eleven years old and, at the age of 22, the International Music Competition of the ARD. Simultaneously he studied conducting and today he regularly conducts the major orchestras of Europe and North America. In 1993 Eschenbach was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit for his outstanding achievements as a pianist and conductor and since then he has gathered many more awards and prizes.

One of the highlights of Eschenbachs career was his time as music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra from 1988 until 1999. Within this period of time he founded the

Houston Symphony Chamber Players. This acclaimed ensemble initially comprised of Christoph Eschenbach himself as conductor and pianist and key members of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Three albums with recordings from the group, none of which have been available for a long time, are here being re-released on the Membran label. The featured works, by Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Olivier Messiaen, are universally considered to be 20th century classics.

Personnel: Houston Symphony Chamber Players, Christoph Eschenbach (piano/conductor)

Disc 1: WEBERN: Concerto, Op.24 1. Etwas lebhaft 2. Sehr langsam 3. Sehr rasch Three Short Pieces, Op.11 4. Mäßige 5. Sehr bewegt 6. Äußerst ruhig Four Pieces, Op.7 7. Sehr langsam 8. Rasch 9. Sehr langsam 10. Bewegt 11. BERG: Sonata for piano, Op.1 SCHOENBERG: Quintet for Wind Instruments, Op.26 12. Schwungvoll 13. Anmutig und heiter, scherzando 14. Etwas langsam 15. Rondo

Disc 2: MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time 1. Liturgie de cristal 2. Vocalise, pour l‘Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps 3. Abime des oiseaux 4. Intermède 5. Louange à l‘Eternité de Jésus 6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes 7. Fouillis d‘arcs-en-ciel, pour l‘Ange qui annonce le fin du Temps 8. Louange à l‘Immortalité de Jésus

Disc 3: SCHOENBERG: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16 1. I. Vorgefühle: Sehr rasch





Wilhelm Furtwängler Opera Live

600168 4053796001689 CD41 DOCUMENTS £34.99 CLASSICAL

This extensive 41CD set is devoted to live opera recordings by the legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler and includes several famous versions of some of Wagner's greatest works including the "Ring" from La Scala Milan, the first post-war Tristan and Isolde, made in Berlin in 1947, Tannhäuser from Vienna, and a performance of Die Meistersinger in Nuremberg, as well as complete full-length opera recordings from Salzburg.Salzburg. Wilhelm Furtwängler is regarded as the 20th century's foremost German conductor. The collection presented here attempts to document all the existing recordings of opera performances directed by Furtwängler either in complete editions or excerpts. At its centre are four evenings in March/April 1950 when La Scala Milan became the first opera house in

the world to stage Wagner's "Ring" after World War 2. These legendary performances are supplemented by his Wagner interpretations in London, Vienna, Nuremberg and Bayreuth, and especially by his October 1947 Tristan und Isolde recorded at the Admiralspalast in Berlin and directed by Frida Leider. Furtwangler's true home after 1948 became Salzburg. Sadly only fragments of a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio from that year have survived, but a painstaking restoration of this towering performance given in 1950 with Flagstad and Patzak has been possible. Also in 1950 his first recording of Mozart's Don Giovanni with Tito Gobbi was made, and then in the following year the same composer's Die Zauberflöte. Both are included here.

Disc 1-2: WAGNER: The Ring The Rhinegold. Recorded in Milan

Disc 3-5: WAGNER: The Ring The Valkyrie. Recorded in Milan

Disc 6: WAGNER: The Ring The Valkyrie (exc.). Recorded in London

Disc 7-10: WAGNER: The Ring Siegfried. Recorded in Milan

2. II. Vergangenes: Mässige Viertel 3. III. Farben (Sommermorgen am See): Mässige Viertel 4. IV. Peripetie: Sehr rasch 5. V. Das obligate Rezitativ: Bewegte Achtel Six Little Piano Pieces, Op.19 6. I. Leicht, zart 7. II. Langsam 8. III. Sehr langsame Viertel 9. IV. Rasch, aber leicht 10. V. Etwas rasch 11. VI. Sehr langsam BERG: Four Pieces for clarinet and piano, Op.5 12. I. Mässig 13. II. Sehr langsam 14. III. Sehr rasch 15. IV. Langsam 16. WEBERN: Cello Sonata Two Pieces (for cello and piano) 17. I. Langsam 18. II. Langsam 19. BERG: Adagio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano Variations, Op.27 (Arrangement by the composer of the 2ND movement of his Chamber Concerto) WEBERN: Variations, Op. 27 20. I. Sehr mässig 21. II. Sehr schnell 22. III. Ruhig fliessend





Disc 11-14: WAGNER: The Ring Götterdämmerung. Recorded in Milan Disc 15: WAGNER: The Ring Götterdämmerung. (exc.). Recorded in Milan Disc 16-17: WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde Acts two and three (exc.). Recorded in Berlin Disc 18-19: WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde Acts two and three (exc.). Recorded in Vienna Disc 20-23: WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete) Recorded in Bayreuth Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (exc.). Recorded in Nuremberg Disc 24: WAGNER Excerpts from Tannhäuser, Die Walküre, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Disc 25-26: BEETHOVEN: Fidelio. Recorded in Salzburg Disc 27-28: WEBER: Der Freischutz. Recorded in Salzburg Disc 29-31: MOZART: Die Zauberflote. Recorded in Salzburg Disc 32-34: MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro Recorded in Salzburg Disc 35-37:

MOZART: Don Giovanni. Recorded in Salzburg Disc 38-39: GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice. Recorded in Salzburg Disc 40-41: VERDI: Otello. Recorded in Salzburg





Paul Tortelier A Genius of the Cello

600176 4053796001764 CD10 DOCUMENTS £8.49 CLASSICAL

The great French cellist Paul Tortelier's stupendous technique, wealth of expression, and breadth of repertoire are all showcased in this compilation of recordings from 1947 to 1960. It features recordings of music by, amongst others, Richard Strauss, Haydn, Hindemith, Beethoven and Brahms, with Tortelier performing alongside artists including Isaac Stern, Pablo Caslas, Joseph Szigeti, Rudolf Kempe, and Karel Ancerl

Included in this 10CD set are benchmark recordings by Paul Tortelier of Elgar's Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Malcolm Sargent (1953), and one dating from 1958 of Don Quixote by Richard Strauss with the Berlin Philharmonic under Rudolf Kempe. There are also cello concertos by Hindemith, Honegger and Haydn, cello sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms, as well as delightful solo and duo pieces taken from all periods of musical history by the likes of Frescobaldi, Paganini, Schumann, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Sarasate. In addition, recordings of Bach's 2nd Brandenburg concerto directed by Pablo Casals and Schubert's string quintet op. 163, where Tortelier and Casals play the two cello parts, are included. Last but not least the compilation also features music by Tortelier himself. Alongside the artists already mentioned, other outstanding musicians featured here include Myra Hess, Joseph Szigeti, Isaac Stern, and Karel Ancerl. CD1: ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor, op. 85 1. I. Adagio. Moderato 2. II. Lento. Allegro molto 3. III. Adagio 4. IV. Allegro. Moderato. Allegro ma non troppo BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Malcolm Sargent. 1953 PAUL TORTELIER Duos for 2 cellos “Chameau-Loutres” 5. Médina. Bis de Basset. Bis de Loutre Maud Tortelier – cello. 1958 6. Toccata (Caprice Nr. 3) John Newmark - piano. 1958 CD2: RICHARD STRAUSS: Don Quixote, op. 35 1. I. Introduction 2. II. Theme. Don Quixote, der Ritter von der traurigen Gestalt 3. III. Maggiore: Sancho Pansa 4. IV. Variation I 5. V. Variation II 6. VI. Variation III. 7. VII. Variaiton IV 8. VIII. Variation V 9. IX. Variation VI 10. X. Variation VII 11. XI. Variation VIII 12. XII 13. XIII. Variation X 14. XIV Finale Berlin Philharmonic orchestra/ Rudolf Kempe. 1958 CD3: HINDEMITH: Cello Concerto 1. I. Mäßig schnell 2. II. Ruhig bewegt 3. III. Marsch: Lebhaft Tschechische Philharmonie/ Karel Ancerl. 1955 HONEGGER: Cello Concerto 4. I. Andante 5. II. Lento 6. III. Allegro marcato Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Georges Tzipine - conductor. 1957





CD4: BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, op. 5, No. 1 1. I. Adagio sostenuto. Allegro 2. II. Allegro vivace Cello Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, op. 5, No. 2 3. I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo 4. II. Allegro molto più tosto presto 5. III. Rondo: Allegro Karl Engel - piano. 1951 CD5: BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, op. 69 1. I. Allegro ma non tanto. 2. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 3. III. Adagio cantabile. Allegro vivace Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, op. 102 4. I. Andante. Allegro vivace 5. II. Adagio. Tempo andante. Allegro vivace 6. 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” (Zauberflöte) op. 66 Karl Engel - piano. 1950 (6) ; 1953 (1-5) CD6: BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Andante 3. III. Allegro assai Orchestre du Festival de Prades/ Pablo Casals. 1950 4. Prelude in es-Moll (Well- Tempered Klavier, Book 1) (arr. T. de Harte) Tasso Janopoulo - piano. 1946 HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob.VIIb/2 5. I. Allegro moderato 6. II. Adagio 7. III. Allegro Orchestre de l’Association Artistique des Concerts Colonne Jean Fournet - conductor. 1947 CD7: BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, op. 60 1. I. Allegro non troppo 2. II. Scherzo: Allegro 3. III. Andante 4. IV. Finale: Allegro comodo Dame Myra Hess - piano; Joseph Szigeti - violin, Milton Katims - viola. 1952 5. SCHUMANN: Rêverie op. 15, 10 (Kinderszenen) John Newmark, Klavier aufg.: 1958 CD8: BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, op. 38 1. I. Allegro non troppo 2. II. Allegretto quasi minuetto 3. III. Allegro Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, op. 99 4. I. Allegro vivace 5. II. Adagio affetuoso 6. III. Allegro appassionato 7. IV. Allegro molto Karl Engel - piano. 1953 CD9: SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D 956, op. 163 1. I. Allegro ma non troppo 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Scherzo: Presto 4. IV. Allegretto Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider - violin, Milton Katims - viola; Pablo Casals - cello. 1952 CD10: 1. RAVEL: Pièce en forme de habanera 2. CUI: Orientale (Kaléidoscope) 3. CHOPIN: Prélude op. 28, 4 (transcr. Tortelier) 4. F. COUPERIN: Concerto for 2 cellos (Air & Chaconne) (arr. P. Bazelaire)





5. PAGANINI: Mouvement perpétuel, (transcr. J. Klengel) 6. GIARDINI: Tamborino 7. FRESCOBALDI: Toccata, (arr. G. Cassado) 8. DVORAK: Rondo in G Minor, op. 94 9. PROKOFIEV: Marche op. 65 (arr. Tortelier; Transcr. G. Piatigorsky) 10. NIN: Granadina 11. SARASATE: Zapateado op. 23. (transkr. Tortelier) 12. POPPER: Gavotte op. 16 Maud Tortelier - cello (4,6,12); John Newmark - piano (1-3,5,7-8,10-11). 1958

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