Marc-André HAMELIN
APRIL 2015 | NEW RELEASES Marc-André HAMELIN Mozart & Shostakovich Page 27 ROCK Page 28 SOUNDTRACK Page 29 ALSO AVAILABLE Page 30 CONCERT CALENDAR Page 31 Accords-Croisés Actes Sud Ad Vitam Agogique Albion Ambronay Analogue Productions Aparté APR Archie Ball Armide Asphalt Tango Bayard Belvedere Black Saint Bonsaï Boundless Camera Lucida Channel Classics Chant du Monde Classic Records Contre-Jour Daqui Dawn of Freedom Delphian Discograph Dog My Cat Doumtak Ducale Dutton eaSonus East Meets West EDA Records Eloquentia Evidence Fedora First Hand Flora FRA Musica Gimell Gloriae Dei Cantores Gramercy Park harmonia mundi Helicon HighNote Howe Records Hyperion Institut du Monde Arabe Jazz Village Just Looking La Dolce Volta La Música Les Arts Florissants Les Dissonances Ligia Little Village Long Distance Loreley Lusafrica MCO Records Mélisande Mélisse Mirare Mi’ster Productions MN Records MusicMakers Nascor Ocora Onyx Classics Opella Nova Opera Rara Orange Mountain Otá Paradizo Paraty Penguin Cafe Philharmonia Baroque Plastinka Ponderosa Praga Radio France RCOC Retrospective Revival Savant SFS Media Signature SmallsLIVE Sound Grammar Spirit of America Tahra Tempéraments Testament Van Cliburn Vision Fugitive Vox Lucida Wahoo Wergo World Village Ysayë Zarathustra contacts Canada Wholesale & Retail Tel: (705) 930-5516 Email: [email protected] NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS Marc-André Hamelin is not just a wizard of the keyboard. Although the Montreal native made his mark with the virtuoso repertoire of the Romantic period, Hamelin has also proven his skills in the subtlest music of the Classical period, releasing three highly acclaimed volumes of sonatas by Haydn. Now he turns his attention to Mozart with a specially priced double disc of Mozart Piano Sonatas, offering further proof that he is one of the finest musicians of our time. But that is only one of two thrilling new additions to Hamelin’s discography. He has also teamed up with the world-famous Takács Quartet for an album of chamber music by Shostakovich, featuring the composer’s powerful Piano Quintet. Continuing in the chamber music vein, pianist Andreas Staier joins forces once again with clarinetist Lorenzo Coppola for a recording of sonatas by Brahms, cellist Ophélie Gaillard plays an album of Latin-inspired works, and tenor Mark Padmore teams up with fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout for a recording of songs by Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart. Anglophiles will rejoice over Nicholas Daniel’s album of English oboe concertos by Vaughan Williams and MacMillan and Stephen Layton’s new collection of choral music by Leighton with the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Non-classical releases this month are highlighted by the Jazz Village début of Push Up, a band that blurs the lines between jazz, funk and rock. IN THE PRESS 1865 - Songs of Hope & Home Anonymous 4, Bruce Molsky harmonia mundi • HMU 807549 WORLD STREET DATE: APRIL 14, 2015 Ilé Omar Sosa Otá • OTA 1027 Page 23 Medtner/Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas Steven Osborne Hyperion • CDA 67936 Page 3 “Osborne brings ease, clarity and intellect to these vast musical landscapes.” “A spiritual travelogue.” —DOWNBEAT “There simply isn’t a recording of comparable quality in this repertoire.” —GRAMOPHONE —CBC MUSIC COMING NEXT MONTH Talbot: Path of Miracles Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson harmonia mundi • HMU 807603 JAZZ labels contents CLASSICAL GRAMMY© award winners Conspirare sing Joby Talbot Craig Hella Johnson leads Conspirare on a musical journey along Spain’s famous Camino de Compostela in this inspiring performance of Path of Miracles by British composer Joby Talbot. “An engaging, delicate piece ... lovely cinematic scope [with] gorgeous interplay between the voices ... almost breathtakingly beautiful.” – AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Press & Radio Tel: (705) 772-5516 Email: [email protected] Editor-in-chief: Matthew Owen Design: Stephanie Jacobson CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 ONSLOW String Quartets IMPORT George Onslow (1784–1853) was a French composer of English descent. His wealth, position and personal tastes allowed him to pursue a path Price Code: CA22 unfamiliar to most of his French contemporaries (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) – one that was closer to that of German romantic composers. His principal output was chamber music and Onslow’s efforts expanded the audience for a genre that was not popular in Paris at the time. Amongst the many works he wrote, his String Quartets stand out for their unique spirit of invention. This recording by the Quatuor Ruggieri bring out both the intelligence and Parisian charm of these unjustly neglected works. D14opw8c)%(&@$s SCHUBERT Impromptus D899 & D935 SCHUBERT/LISZT Litanei No.1 François Chaplin (piano) Aparté • AP 101 IMPORT Pianist François Chaplin was a prizewinner at the Senigallia International Competition, was awarded the Mozart Prize and Robert Casadesus Price Code: CA22 Prize at the Cleveland International Competition, (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) and graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with a Premier Prix. He is currently a professor at the Conservatoire de Rayonnement Régional in Versailles. On this recording, Chaplin plays Schubert’s beloved Impromptus. Each one of these eight works is, in its own way, a microcosm of the Schubertian world – an echo of the Vienna that was so dear to him. They give proof to the brilliance of Schubert’s genius in all its intricate and astonishing complexity. D14opw8c)%(#@*s 3 aparté Quatuor Ruggieri Aparté • AP 105 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] Alvorada Music by Villa-Lobos, Granados & Piazzolla IMPORT On Alvorada, cellist Ophélie Gaillard offers a colorful and dynamic selection of Latin-flavored music from Spain and the Americas, including works by Villa-Lobos, Granados, Piazzolla and Jobim. The program features a mix of classical music and arrangements of music by popular composers. The album’s list of supporting artists includes Sabine Devieilhe, Toquinho, Sandra Rumolino, Juanjo Mosalini, Rudi Flores and Emmanuel Rossfelder. D14opw8c)%(^@%s Price Code: 2CA14 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $29.98) “Ophélie Gaillard’s playing is consistently elegant and assured…” —THE GUARDIAN Also available Schubert: Trout Quintet, Sonatine Evidence • EVCD 003 (3149028060928) 4 aparté Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Toquinho (vocals), Cyril Garac (violin), Romain Lecuyerr (double bass), Juanjo Mosalini (bandoneón), Luiz de Aquino (guitar), David Chupete (percussion) Aparté • AP 104 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 Les plaisirs du clavecin IMPORT This recording by keyboard virtuoso Olivier Baumont offers listeners a selection of some of the world’s best-loved compositions for harpsichord. The works chosen comprise essential repertoire for amateur and professional players alike. From Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Tambourin to Handel’s Sarabande, this “greatest hits” collection includes works from a wide range of repertoire and styles, all performed by one of the most famous harpsichord players performing on period instruments today. “The technique is sure; the ornamentation brilliant...” —THE NEW YORK TIMES D56pte0c*$#)@(s Price Code: CA22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) Also available Les Ombres Heureuses Tempéraments • TEM 316053 (3149028062724) “The repertoire is delightful… and is superbly executed by Olivier Baumont.” —ORGANISTS’ REVIEW 5 bayard Olivier Baumont (harpsichord) Bayard • B 3084302 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 SCRIABIN Oeuvres mystiques pour piano IMPORT A truly multifaceted musician, pianist Jean-Pierre Armengaud has not only pursued a successful international concert career, he has also instructed Price Code: CA22 at many fine institutions and universities, taught (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) master classes and authored several musicological articles about French and Russian music. This recording from Bayard Music is offered in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. It features a selection of the composer’s works inspired by “mystical” themes. D56pte0c*$#*@!s Les voix cisterciennes – 900 ans d’histoire Choeur des Moines de l’Abbaye de Melleray; Choeur des Moines de l’Abbaye de Tamié; Choeur de l’Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur; and many more Bayard • D 3168 IMPORT Following Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s initial impetus in 1115, Cistercian abbeys sprang up in almost every corner of Europe and the order is still Price Code: 3CA14 very much alive today. This recording presents a (3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $44.98) musical history of these communities through the ages. It is a history that moves from Gregorian chant to songs performed in various living languages after the Second Vatican Council. These are either sung a capella or accompanied by an organ or zither. D13eti0c!#!^*$s 6 bayard Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano) Bayard • B 3084382 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 Rosanne Philippens (violin), Julien Quentin (piano) Nationaal Jeugd Orkest, Xian Zhang Channel Classics • CCS SA 36715 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Rosanne Philippens is considered one of the most promising violin talents in the Netherlands. Her open and communicative style of performance won her first prizes at competitions including the Dutch National Violin Competition in 2009 and the Freiburg International Violin Competition in 2014. This release from Channel Classics focuses on Polish and Russian works inspired by myths and legends. Philippens is joined by pianist Julien Quentin as well as the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest led by Xian Zhang in performances of Szymanowski’s Mythes and Violin Concerto and Stravinsky’s Chanson Russe and L’Oiseau de Feu. Hk23 85c#^&!%YO Price Code: CA22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) Also available Bartok: Rhapsodies Nos.1-2 Channel • CCS SA 35013 (723385350132) “A pungent program, played with terrific spirit.” —GRAMOPHONE 7 channel classics Myth SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No.1, Chant de Roxane, Mythes STRAVINSKY Chanson Russe, L’Oiseau de Feu – Berceuse, Scherzo CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 Emma Versteeg (soprano), Laura Margaret Smith (mezzo-soprano), Maryam Sherhan (piano), Geoffrey Tanti (piano), Wildings, Spencer-Strachan Duo, Astrid String Quartet Delphian • DCD 34153 delphian Luminate Live Music Now Scotland Celebrates 30 Years IMPORT Live Music Now – a charitable organization that promotes the work of young artists – was founded in 1977 by Yehudi Menuhin. Live Music Now Price Code: CA20 Scotland débuted in 1984, and 2014 marked its 30th (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) anniversary. The charity has kept Menuhin’s vision alive in ensuring that all members of society have access to the enriching experience of live music. This disc features some of Scotland’s finest artists perfoming recent commissions by some of the country’s brightest composing voices – William Sweeney, Eddie McGuire, Alasdair Nicolson and John Maxwell Geddes. Il01918c#$!%#XN VELLARD Cantica Sacra IMPORT Better known to most listeners as a performer and conductor, Dominique Vellard is also a talented composer. As one might expect, Vellard’s Price Code: 2CA16 compositions are highly influenced by his (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $33.98) connection to both the content and the styles of the sacred music he has performed over his long career. His writing is primarily contrapuntal, born of his familiarity with Medieval and Renaissance repertoire. On this recording, the men’s voices take the role of traditional chantres, or cantors, while the women’s voices expand the music’s rich sound palette. D14opw8c)^*#@)s 8 evidence Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard Evidence • EVCD 009 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Andreas Staier (piano) harmonia mundi • HMC 902187 IMPORT The two Clarinet Sonatas, composed in 1894, were Brahms’s last chamber works. Knowing that he could count on the virtuosity of their dedicatee, the prodigious clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld (1856-1907), Brahms enthusiastically exploited all the expressive possibilities of the instrument. On this recording, clarinetist Lorenzo Coppola and pianist Andreas Staier find the perfect balance between the technical brilliance and the remarkable range of emotions present in these Autumnal works. D14opw0c@!*&@#s Price Code: CA20 (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) “The pianist’s intelligent interpretations abound in nuance and expressive gestures... It’s ironic how it often takes an old instrument to give you a new perspective on familiar music, especially when Andreas Staier’s in charge.” —CLASSICS TODAY Also available Mozart: The Last Concertos harmonia mundi • HMC 901980 (794881866724) “Deserves a place on the shelf.” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE 9 harmonia mundi BRAHMS Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Klavierstücke Op.118 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan harmonia mundi • HMU 807573 IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD This recording of evocative music from Britain features two major British oboe concertos featuring soloist Nicholas Daniel and the Britten Sinfonia. Composer James MacMillan conducts the world premiere recording of his own Oboe Concerto (dedicated to Nicholas Daniel), as well as his 2012 composition One and Benjamin Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes ‘A Time There Was.’ The oboist himself directs the Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto, a work with which Daniel won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition at the age of 18. “Nicholas Daniel is an amazing artist...” Aa93046c&%&#^[Q —CLASSICS TODAY Price Code: CA20 (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) Also available Vaughan Williams: Blake Songs harmonia mundi • HMU 807566 (093046756666) “The ten songs find Padmore in ideal territory.” —opera news 10 harmonia mundi VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe Concerto MACMILLAN Oboe Concerto, One BRITTEN Suite on English Folk Tunes ‘A Time There Was’ CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) harmonia mundi • HMU 907611 IMPORT Following up on their acclaimed recording of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Liederkreis, tenor Mark Padmore and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout join forces once again for a varied and appealing lieder recital of songs by Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart. Works featured here include Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte, Mozart’s Masonic Cantata and selections from Haydn’s English Songs. “Consistently absorbing tenor Padmore [is] eloquently partnered by Kristian Bezuidenhout.” —TIME OUT NEW YORK Aa93046c&^! @\R Price Code: CA20 (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) Also available Schumann: Dichterliebe, Liederkreis harmonia mundi • HMU 907521 (093046752125) “As musically polished as one might expect...” —THE GUARDIAN 11 harmonia mundi BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte, Adelaide HAYDN English Songs MOZART Masonic Cantata CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet, String Quartet IMPORT It is hard to envisage a more enticing prospect: Shostakovich’s densely woven String Quartet No.2 and his deceptively backward-looking Piano Quintet, performed by the stellar Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin, generously notated by David Fanning, and lovingly recorded by Hyperion’s Simon Eadon and Andrew Keener team. Seventy minutes of post-Revolutionary Russian ecstasy. “A no-brainer: Put together one of the world’s preeminent string quartets with a universally admired pianist...” —SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS Aa34571c!&(*&WM Price Code: CA20 (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) Also available Schumann: Piano Quintet Hyperion • CDA 67631 (034571176314) “Hamelin provides the spark that ignites an exceptional performance...” —The ABSOLUTE SOUND 12 hyperion Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Takács Quartet Hyperion • CDA 67987 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] MOZART Piano Sonatas; Rondos; Gigue, Fantasia IMPORT 2 CDs for the Price of 1 Eight of Mozart’s divinely inspired Piano Sonatas here receive performances of mercurial inspiration from consummate musician cum virtuoso-wizard Marc-André Hamelin. His four Haydn albums have enthralled — this new Mozart will not disappoint. Two Rondos, a Fantasia, and a decidedly quirky Gigue complete this delightful, specially-priced double album. “Is it possible for a pianist to be too good? If anyone faces jeopardy with that question, it’s Marc-André Hamelin.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES Aa34571c@*)@(ZP Price Code: CA20 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) Also available Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.3 Hyperion • CDA 67882 (034571178820) “One performance after another of crystalline brilliance and musicianship.” —GRAMOPHONE 13 hyperion Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68029 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] LEIGHTON Crucifixus IMPORT The choral music of Kenneth Leighton is beloved of cathedral and collegiate choirs across Britain. Immersion in the Anglican tradition dates back to the composer’s earliest years as a boy chorister and combines with a unique adult musical language to create a world at once radical and traditional. And who better to perform it than the musicians of the next generation – Trinity College Choir Cambridge under their director Stephen Layton. “The choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is ideally pure and full in tone.” —GRAMOPHONE Aa34571c@*)#(YO Price Code: CA20 (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) Also available Esenvalds: Northern Lights Hyperion • CDA 68083 (034571280837) “A colouristic vision … all beautifully sung.” —THE GUARDIAN 14 hyperion Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton Hyperion • CDA 68039 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 STRAUSS The Complete Songs Vol.7 IMPORT Volume seven of Hyperion’s Complete Strauss Songs cycle focuses on the juvenilia. But the mysterious TrV references obfuscate compositions of a beauty Price Code: CA20 hard to reconcile with the facts behind their genesis (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) (Strauss was just six when he penned the first of them – his mother had to write in the words for him). Three new singers – Ruby Hughes, Ben Johnson and Günter Haumer – join Roger Vignoles in this most unexpected of recitals to relish. Aa34571c@*)&$ZP MENDELSSOHN The Complete Solo Piano Music Vol.3 Howard Shelley (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68098 IMPORT Undervalued for a century and a half, the perfected joys of Mendelssohn’s music for solo piano are further unearthed in this third volume of Hyperion’s Price Code: CA20 complete series featuring Howard Shelley. On (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) this recording, fascinating early works sit happily alongside book four of the Songs without words and the wonderful Caprices of opus 33. Aa34571c@*)(*VL 15 hyperion Ruby Hughes (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Günter Haumer (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) Hyperion • CDA 68074 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 Menahem Pressler (piano) La Dolce Volta • LDV 19 IMPORT For his second recording on La Dolce Volta, the great pianist Menahem Pressler turns to Mozart. The Piano Sonatas of Mozart may sound simple and charming, but they present technical and interpretive challenges that surpass some of those in the ‘virtuoso’ music of the great Romantic composers. This release features three of the composer’s most beloved works in the genre, and is the first volume in a projected complete sonata cycle. D77p p1c()!#*!s Price Code: CA24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) “His pianism remains remarkably supple, colorful, and refined, and his musicianship as insightful as ever.” —CLASSICS TODAY Also available Piano Music of Schubert, Mozart & Beethoven La Dolce Volta • LDV 12 (3770001901312) “Once again Pressler keeps us spellbound...” —AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE 16 la dolce volta MOZART Piano Sonatas K331, 570 & 576 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 ALKAN Ressouvenir ligia Laurent Martin (piano) Ligia Digital • LIDI 0103287 IMPORT Pianist Laurent Martin, a recognized expert in French Romantic repertoire, makes a welcome return to the music of Charles-Valentin Alkan. Price Code: CA22 Martin has already released several acclaimed (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) recordings of Alkan on the Ligia and Marco Polo labels. This new album entitled Ressouvenir features a selection of nine works ranging from the Nocturne of Opus 22 to the Barcarolle and Duettino of Opus 70. D48utr9c()@*&*s Chants a la Vierge – Schola Aeterna Works by Franck, Ladmirault, Alain, Berthier & Ropartz D76pqw7c@ @^@)s Price Code: CA24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) 17 IMPORT On this release from Mirare, beloved choral conductor Michel Corboz leads the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne in a collection of French music written in honor of the Virgin Mary. Featured composers include Franck, Ladmirault, Alain, Berthier and Ropartz. mirare Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz Mirare • MIR 262 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 KEISER Markuspassion IMPORT During his lifetime, Reinhard Keiser was a celebrated opera composer. What is less well-known is his influence on the nascent genre of the Passion Oratorio. Keiser’s St. Mark Passion of 1717 clearly shows the composer’s operatic background as well as his firm grasp of dramatic and melodic diversity. J.S. Bach so admired the work that he performed Keiser’s St. Mark Passion in both Weimar and Leipzig. This release featuring the combined forces of Gli incogniti and the Ensemble Jacques Moderne conducted by Joel Suhubiette offer a fresh look at this seminal work of the sacred repertoire. D76pqw7c@ @%$%s Price Code: CA24 (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) Also available Couperin: Apothéoses harmonia mundi • HMC 902193 (3149020219324) “Very moving, very beautiful.” —THE HUFFINGTON POST 18 mirare Jan Kobow (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Gli incogniti, Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Amandine Beyer, Joel Suhubiette Mirare • MIR 254a CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 J.S. BACH Partita No.4, Caprice, English Suite No.1, Toccata mirare Rémi Geniet (piano) Mirare • MIR 268 IMPORT Twenty-one years old when this recording was made, Rémi Geniet offers us a fascinating portrait of Bach on the piano. From the virtuosity of the Price Code: CA24 early works like the Toccata to the supreme mastery (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) of the dance suites (Partitas and English Suites), the drama and brio of Bach’s keyboard music can vie with that of operas or concertos. D76pqw7c@ @^*@s Tim Fain (violin) Orange Mountain • OMM 0050 DOMESTIC Violinist Tim Fain has long been an advocate of Glass’s music, both as a soloist in the composer’s concertos and in chamber music performances with Price Code: CA20 the Philip Glass Ensemble. Glass composed his (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) Partita for Solo Violin specifically for Fain, and it is heard here in its world-première recording. This disc also features solo violin music from Einstein on the Beach, the interludes from the Violin Concerto No.2, and the solo violin music from Book of Longing, the piece that launched Fain’s collaboration with Glass. Il01837c) %)@]T 19 orange mountain GLASS Partita for Solo Violin CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 paraty PIAZZOLLA Chin Chin SpiriTango Quartet Paraty • 914130 IMPORT SpiriTango Quartet’s first album, released in 2013 on the Polymnie label, was dedicated to the famous Astor Piazzolla. With this new recording, Price Code: CA24 the quartet have chosen to draw attention to some (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) of his lesser-known tangos, and to take their first steps into the world of jazz, film and contemporary classical music. This album is also the occasion to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the group, whose energy is most evident in the track Chin Chin by Piazzolla. D76pwq3c^%)@ !s IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Shostakovich’s Symphony No.8 was written in the summer of 1943, and first performed in November Price Code: CA24 of that year by the USSR Symphony Orchestra (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) under Yevgeny Mravinsky, to whom the work is dedicated. Many scholars have ranked it among the composer’s finest scores. Some also say Shostakovich intended the work as a “tragedy to triumph” symphony, in the tradition of Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler. This release in Praga’s Reminiscences series of audiophile SACD remasterings features an historic live recording from 1961 featuring Mravinsky leading the Leningrad Philharmonic. D14opw8c)#(#@)s 20 praga SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.8 SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky Praga • PRD 350120 CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Tintner Testament • SBT 1502 IMPORT Once described as “one of the greatest living Bruckner conductors,” Georg Tintner studied conducting with Felix Weingartner at the Vienna Price Code: CA21 State Academy. In 1938, Tintner left Austria and (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) moved to New Zealand, where he became a citizen in 1946. In 1954, he was named resident conductor of the National Opera of Australia, and he is credited with pioneering televised opera in Australia. This release from Testament features a previously unpublished BBC broadcast from June 1970 of Bruckner’s Symphony No.5. Surprisingly, this was his first performance of the work, and it was also the LSO’s first performance of its original unedited score. Hk4967 c!%)@ ]T PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 SIBELIUS Symphony No.2 Artur Rubinstein (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy Testament • SBT2 1503 IMPORT This BBC recording of a concert from June 1963, never before released, is notable on several fronts. Not only is it a document of a magical evening of Price Code: 2CA16 music-making, it marked a rare London meeting of (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $33.98) superstar artists best known in America, (and who were unable to make recordings together at the time due to contractual exclusivity). A capacity crowd at London’s Royal Festival Hall were treated to a program that included the legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein playing Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto, as well as Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony and Sibelius’s Symphony No.2 performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra led by Eugene Ormandy. Hk4967 c!%)#@\R 21 testament BRUCKNER Symphony No.5 Broadcast June 1970, Previously Unpublished CLASSICAL APRIL 2015 Pedro Soler (guitar), Philippe Mouratoglou (guitar) Vision Fugitive • VF 313007 D14opw8c)%@(@#s Price Code: CA22 (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) 22 new label IMPORT The compositions of Isaac Albéniz were deeply inspired by popular music. On this recording, which transcribes Albéniz’s piano work Rumores de la Caleta, guitarists Pedro Soler and Philippe Mouratoglou reveal the essential relationship between the classical language of the composer and that of traditional flamenco. Soler provides the spirit of the golden age of flamenco while Mouratoglou brings the rigor and formalism of classical training. Together they reveal a ‘cante primitive’ that combines passion and poetry in equal measure. vision fugitive ALBÉNIZ Rumores de la Caleta – Albéniz & le Flamenco JAZZ APRIL 2015 Feelin’ Good IMPORT File in: Jazz Writing about Mary Stallings The New York Times declared that, “perhaps the best jazz singer singing Price Code: CA22 today is a woman almost everybody seems to have (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) missed.” Bay Area jazz lovers chuckled ruefully over yet another blast of East Coast parochialism, long recognizing Stallings as a singular jazz treasure. The likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Cal Tjader, Ben Webster and Wes Montgomery all went out of their way to showcase this supremely soulful singer. For her latest HighNote outing, Bruce Barth occupies the piano bench and handles the arranging duties with Peter Washington and Kenny Washington rounding out the rhythm section. Feelin’ Good also features the added tone color of Steve Nelson’s vibes, Freddie Hendrix’s trumpet and the Latin percussion of the irrepressible Ray Mantilla. Gj32375c&@&@ WM Nexus Pat Martino HighNote • HCD 7274 IMPORT File in: Jazz Recorded at the Tin Angel in the Old City section of Philly, Nexus represents a rare look at jazz guitar Price Code: CA22 master Pat Martino in the stripped down setting of (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) duos with one of his most empathetic partners to date, pianist Jim Ridl. Martino’s signature voice is instantly revealed in these intimate recordings with Ridl, a longtime member of the guitarist’s working quartet and a valued duet partner for ten years. This previously unissued material includes originals by Ridl and his interesting arrangement of Sonny Rollins’s “Oleo.” Also featured is Martino’s legendary “Country Road,” a tune well-known by guitarists from its famous transcription, but which is making its first appearance on a recording. Gj32375c&@&$@?K 23 highnote Mary Stallings HighNote • HCD 7272 JAZZ APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] The Day After jazz village Push Up Jazz Village • JV 570060 IMPORT File in: Jazz Push Up is a band that defies easy categorization. In their unique grooves, soul, funk, R & B, rock and jazz combine seamlessly in a hypnotic, colorful sound that simultaneously channels Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley and Funkadelic. Push Up exploded on the scene in 2010 with their Discograph album The Grand Day of Quincy Brown, a recording that told the story of the fictional character’s reflections on the meaning of life. The Day After takes up the story’s narrative, as Brown’s doubts, hopes and anger emerge. Push Up features the talents of jazz diva Sandra Nkaké, vocalist Karl Leury, slam poet Allonymous, Jean-Phi Dary on keyboards and Jî Drû on flute. D14opw7c) $%@&s Price Code: CA19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Also available on vinyl The Day After Push Up Jazz Village • JV 33570060 D14opw7c) $%@&s Price Code: 2CA20 (2 LP Set, Suggested Retail Price: $41.98) 24 JAZZ APRIL 2015 [PRIORITY RELEASE] Libres IMPORT File in: Jazz Recorded live in concert, Libres is the result of Karol Beffa’s and Raphaël Imbert’s mutual passion for freedom, both musical and intellectual. Pianist Beffa is one of the most gifted classical composers of his generation, a lecturer at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and winner of a Victoires de la Musique award in 2013. His works have been performed all over the world. Imbert is a self-taught jazz saxophonist, a talented improviser and researcher into music well beyond the sphere of jazz. On Libres, Imbert and Beffa become a single-minded duo where improvisation is a way of life, curiosity a philosophy and interaction an absolute necessity. “Raphaël Imbert is no imitator...” D14opw7c) %!@*s —THE TELEGRAPH Price Code: CA19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) Also available Heavens Jazz Village • JV 570011 (3149027001427) “This is a wonderful ride.” —OPUS ONE REVIEW 25 jazz village Raphaël Imbert, Karol Beffa Jazz Village • JV 570072 JAZZ APRIL 2015 Philippe Mouratoglou, Jean-Marc Foltz, Bruno Chevillon Vision Fugitive • VF 313003 IMPORT File in: Jazz In 2012, three white musicians living in France contemplated how to reinterpret the music of Price Code: CA22 legendary blues master Robert Johnson. Very few (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) jazz musicians have ever made the attempt, even though those songs are part of the music’s cultural heritage. On this release, guitarist Philippe Mouratoglou, clarinetist Jean-Marc Foltz and bass player Bruno Chevillon offer a take on Johnson’s music that is both deeply personal and highly respectful. vision fugitives Steady Rollin’ Man Echoes of Robert Johnson D14opw8c)#)^@$s Bill Carrothers Vision Fugitive • VF 313006 IMPORT File in: Jazz Sunday Morning by jazz pianist Bill Carrothers is a recording that comes straight from the heart. Price Code: CA22 It brings together music of the church (where (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) Carrothers learned to play the piano) and the cotton fields of the American south. The result is something not quite jazz, not quite gospel and not quite classical, but something totally unique and glorious. Carrothers is joined here by his wife Peg Carrothers on vocals, clarinetist Jean-Marc Foltz, cellist Matt Turner, bassist Nicolas Thys and a full gospel choir. D14opw8c)$&@ ^s 26 new label Sunday Morning WORLD APRIL 2015 Alireza Ghorbani Accords Croisés • AC 160 IMPORT File in: World / Middle East / Iran Alireza Ghorbani is one of today’s finest exponents of Persian music, able to deftly combine virtuosity, Price Code: CA24 ornamentation, invention, and improvisation (Suggested Retail Price: $24.98) with impeccable taste and uncompromising style. Ghorbani’s previous release, 2011’s Ivresses, paid tribute to Omar Khayam. Éperdument, a collection of Persian love songs composed by Saman Samimi, takes its inspiration from the great Persian poets Hafez, Sadi and Rumi. accords croisés Éperdument – Lost in Love Persian Love Songs Composed by Saman Samimi D14opw8c)^$%@)s Ostad Elahi Chant du Monde • 7742367 IMPORT File in: World / Middle East / Iran Ostad Elahi (1895–1974) was a renowned Persian musician, thinker and jurist whose transformative Price Code: CA16 work in the art of tanbur – an ancient, long-necked (Suggested Retail Price: $16.98) lute – paralleled his innovative approach to the quest for truth and self-knowledge. This disc is the latest re-release from Chant du Monde focusing on his recorded music legacy. D14opw4c@#^& *s 27 chant du monde Éveil – Awakening The art of oriental tanbūr lute ROCK APRIL 2015 Merci jazz village Magma Jazz Village • JV 33570066 IMPORT 180-gram Super Fidelity Vinyl File in: Pop / Rock Released back in 1985 as a tribute to John Coltrane, Merci was the last studio effort by Magma, produced just before Christian Vander turned to his new project called Offering. Recorded from June 1982 to October 1984 at the Davout studios in Paris, Merci illustrates perfectly how Magma’s electric music moved unabashed towards a more acoustic and peaceful place. The album’s first four tracks introduce Magma’s early 80s rhythm ‘n’ blues beginnings, a swing machine of stunning melodic variety, drenched in soul, with ornate brass arrangements and a breathtaking choir. On the last two tracks, the music is stripped back to its essence, reaching inside the human soul looking for musical beauty in simplicity. D14opw7c) @)&#s Price Code: CA22 “Newcomers: now is your time to jump onboard the train.” —PITCHFORK (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) ON TOUR See page 31 Also available on vinyl Slag Tanz Jazz Village • JV 33570051 (3149027001274) Félicité Thösz Jazz Village • JV 33570056 (3149027001977) 28 SOUNDTRACKS APRIL 2015 Philip Glass Orange Mountain • OMM 0100 DOMESTIC File in: Soundtrack Orange Mountain Music presents the premiere recording of Philip Glass’s 1991 score to Errol Price Code: CA20 Morris’s film A Brief History of Time, which explored (Suggested Retail Price: $20.98) the life and work of scientist Stephen Hawking. This film marked the second of three famous collaborations between composer Glass and director Morris; the first was A Thin Blue Line and the third was The Fog of War, which won an Academy Award for best documentary. This 56-minute score for orchestra captures the ethos of Hawking’s journeys into the furthest realms of scientific thought and Morris’s probing cinematic style. Il01837c)!) @WM Armand Amar Long Distance • 0790413 IMPORT File in: Soundtrack Armand Amar is an Israeli-born French composer who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Price Code: CA22 Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Radu (Suggested Retail Price: $22.98) Mihaileanu’s Le Concert. Amar’s latest score is for Mediterranean – A Sea for All by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot. The film seeks to remind us about the sea’s history and inspire us to preserve it. The cradle of human civilization, today the Mediterranean region is home to 427 million people and 24 countries. In this film, shot entirely from the air, the Mediterranean is seen only from the sky, exploring even its most inaccessible countries such as Libya, Lebanon, Egypt and Algeria. D14opw8c)^$#@ s 29 long distance Mediterranean A Sea for All – A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand & Michael Pitiot orange mountain A Brief History of Time Original Score by Philip Glass SUPPLEMENTAL NEW TITLES Street Date April 7, 2015 Detailed information about these titles can be found in the Excel data file on our website. Item Number Format Cost Barcode escription CLASSICAL Ad Vitam • AV 141215 CD CA24 3760109130448 L'Echo du Silence. Moutran Ad Vitam • AV 150215 CD CA24 3760109130455 Works for the left hand Vol.5. Zecchini Bayard • B 3084352 CD 2A16 3560530843524 BACH. Une Passion. Akademia, Lassere Bayard • D 3170 CD CA22 3133580131707 Chemin de Croix. Lonsdale, Espinasse Flora • FLO 3615 CD CA22 3149028062526 CESARE. Musicali Melodie. Les Sacqueboutiers Ligia Digital • LIDI 0104288 CD CA22 3487549902885 La Route des Orgues Vol.12. Vernet Signature • SIG 11084 CD CA22 3149028063028 L'apres de l'avant. Trio La Soustraction des Fleurs, Vrod Signature • SIG 11088 CD CA22 3149028065329 FOCH. Taarang. Foch, Delbecq, Gouband Wergo • MV 08105 DVD-PAL CA34 4010228081053 USTVOLSKAYA. Piano Sonatas. Various Artists (DVD-PAL) Archie Ball • RAIN 1502 CD CA22 3149028064124 Burning Bright. Tom McClung jazz&people • JPCD 814001 CD CA22 3149028055726 John Coltrane A Love Supreme. Belmondo Big Band, Dal Sasso jazz&people • JPCD 815001 CD CA22 3149028065626 Modern Times. Yonathan Avishai jazz&people • JPLP 814001 LP CA26 3149028002478 John Coltrane A Love Supreme. Belmondo Big Band, Dal Sasso (LP) Mélisse • MEL 666015 CD CA24 3770002527078 L'ineffable. Jean-Philippe Viret Vision Fugitive • VF 313001 CD CA22 3149028030426 Visions Fugitives. Jean-Marc Foltz, Stephan Oliva Vision Fugitive • VF 313002 CD CA22 3149028030525 Le long de la plage. Marc Copland, Michel Butor Vision Fugitive • VF 313004 CD CA22 3149028047028 Exercices d'Evasion. Philippe Mouratoglou Vision Fugitive • VF 313005 CD CA22 3149028047127 Viracochas. Foltz, Boisseau, Marguet, Mouratoglou Vision Fugitive • VF 313008 CD CA22 3149028057829 Eleanora Suite. Foltz, Huby, Solal Vision Fugitive • VF 313009 Vision Fuitive • VF 313009 CD CD CA22 A21 3149028057928 314957928 Edges of my Mind. Peg Carrothers CD CA20 3149028060522 Burundi – Traditional Music. Various Artists Little Village • LVC 69020001 CD CA19 3149029000022 Euraoundzeweurld. Merlot Little Village • LVC 69020002 CD CA14 3149029000121 Jazzoo. Oddjob Little Village • LVC 69081004 CD CA16 3149029000220 Le piano d'argent. Charles Berling JAZZ Edges of my Mind. 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