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JANUARY 2015 | NEW RELEASES
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Paul Lewis is one of the finest pianists of his generation. On his latest release, Lewis plays Mussorgsky’s
Pictures at an Exhibition in its original version for solo piano. The disc’s pairing is Schumann’s Fantaisie,
which also features a less well-known programmatic theme (p.10). 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of
the end of the American Civil War. One of the bloodiest conflicts in US history, it tore the country apart,
pitting family against family and neighbor against neighbor. For 1865, their final album, Anonymous
4 explore the songs of hope and home that bolstered the spirits of Civil War soldiers and their loved
ones. Joined by folk music superstar Bruce Molsky, 1865 completes the group’s trilogy of Americana
recordings (p.9). Violinist Philippe Graffin is the soloist in works by Joseph Jongen’s on the latest
volume of Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series (p.15). Mozart’s four Horn Concertos are among
the composer’s most popular works. English natural-horn virtuoso Pip Eastop offers superb readings
of these gems, paired with the equally cheery Horn Quintet (p.17). Other classical releases worthy of
note include a disc of Handel’s music for Queen Caroline with Les Arts Florissants (p.19) and a DVD of
Handel’s opera Rodelina with Nicolaus Harnoncourt (p.5). Discovered by Quincy Jones and featured in
an Oscar-worthy documentary on Clark Terry, young jazz pianist Justin Kauflin makes his solo début
this month on Jazz Village with Dedication. Playing with soul and emotion well beyond his years, Kauflin
offers a superb set of twelve originals (p.23).
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Monteverdi: Madrigals Vol.2
Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew
Les Arts Florissants • AF 003
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COMING NEXT MONTH
Cavalieri: Rappresentatione
AAM Berlin, René Jacobs
harmonia mundi • HMC 902200
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STREET DATE: JANUARY 13, 2015
Dvorák: Symphony No.6
Lucerne Symphony, James Gaffigan
harmonia mundi • HMC 902188
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American Chamber Music
James Ehnes, Seattle CMS
Onyx • ONYX 4129
JAZZ
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CLASSICAL
René Jacobs explores the roots of Baroque opera
Composed at a time when neither oratorio nor opera existed, Emilio de’
Cavalieri’s magisterial musical drama Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo
combines song, stage action, dance, and instrumental music in perfect
harmony. On this new recording, maestro René Jacobs illuminates this key
work, written at the dawn of the Baroque revolution.
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CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
Polyphonies oubliées
Faux-bourdons from the 16th-19th Centuries
IMPORT
From the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century, plainchant was sung
polyphonically all over Europe — in a great variety of ways. It is no
exaggeration to say that for centuries it epitomized the sound of church
music for congregations. Fauxbourdon was a means of solemnizing the
Divine Office by embellishing the plainchant melody. This double CD
featuring Dominique Vellard and the Ensemble Gilles Binchois
offers a selection of this music that reflects the variety and diversity of
four centuries of French polyphonic plainchant.
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Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Maîtrise de Toulouse, Dominique Vellard
Aparté • AP 097
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos No.1 & 2
IMPORT
Louis Schwizgebel has been described as ‘a pianist with a profound
gift’ (The Guardian, August 2013) and an ‘insightful musician’ (The New
York Times, May 2013). Born in 1987, he is already well-known on the
international scene. His third album for Aparté is devoted to two early
masterpieces by Beethoven. Schwizgebel was selected by BBC Radio 3 as
a BBC New Generation Artist. Here he plays with one of Britain’s finest
orchestras, the London Philharmonic, conducted by Thierry Fischer.
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“Schwizgebel combines controlled
power with a precision of attack, a
quality which sets him apart.”
—CRESCENDO MAGAZINE
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Louis Schwizgebel (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thierry Fischer
Aparté • AP 098
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
HANDEL Rodelinda
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All zones; 189 minutes; 16:9 Aspect; PCM2.0; In Italian with Subtitles
This DVD from Belvedere features Nikolaus Harnoncourt leading the
period-instrument Concentus Musicus Wien in a definitive, reference
quality production of Handel’s operatic masterpiece Rodelinda. Nicolaus’s
brother Philipp Harnoncourt’s staging translates the Baroque opera into
a modern context, which helps tell the timeless story in an impressing
and direct way. The production’s outstanding cast includes soprano
Danielle de Niese, countertenor Bejun Mehta and tenor Kurt Streit.
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(2 DVD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $45.98)
Recently released
Ravel: Concert for a Deaf Soul
Belvedere • 10150 (4280000101501)
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Danielle de Niese (soprano), Bejun Mehta, Matthias Rexroth
(countertenors), Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Streit
(tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass-baritone),
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Belvedere • 10144
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Channel Classics • CCS SA 33514
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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD
The Symphony No. 2 of Johannes Brahms was composed in the summer
of 1877. Its cheery and almost pastoral mood often invite comparisons
with Beethoven’s sixth symphony. On this SACD from Channel Classics
featuring Iván Fischer leading his Budapest Festival Orchestra,
Brahms’s ‘pastoral’ symphony is paired with two overtures. The Tragic
Overture offers a somber contrast to the sunny mood of the symphony,
while the Academic Festival Overture ends the program on a positive and
uplifting note.
“There’s something inspiring about a
Hungarian orchestra playing Brahms...”
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Also available
Brahms: Symphony No.1
Channel • CCS SA 28309 (723385283096)
10/10 “Even if you have a hundred recordings of this music, let this disc be your hundred and first.”
—CLASSICS TODAY
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BRAHMS Symphony No.2, Tragic Overture,
Academic Festival Overture
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
The Usher Hall Organ Vol.2
delphian
John Kitchen (organ)
Delphian • DCD 34132
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John Kitchen has established a hugely popular series of concerts at Usher Hall, and draws on its repertoire to follow up his 2004 recording of the then
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ther represents the vast variety of music that draws
in the Edinburgh crowds. Kitchen was a Senior Lecturer in Music at the University
of Edinburgh, where he continues as University Organist. Following the restoration
of the Usher Hall organ in 2003, he was appointed Edinburgh City Organist with
promotional and curatorial duties, a post he still holds.
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Rohan de Saram (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano)
First Hand • FHR 34
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Rohan de Saram, one of the world’s most
distinguished cellists, teams up with the equally
eminent pianist Benjamin Frith in a very
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interesting and distinctive selection of works for
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cello and piano that span eight decades. From the
sunny romanticism of Brahms to the melancholy of Sibelius to the modernity of
Ivor Keys, this release is a fascinating recital disc performed by two outstanding
British musicians.
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KEYS Cello Sonata
SIBELIUS Malinconia Op.20
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 (arr. Paul Klengel)
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Rudin (cello),
Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Teunis van der Zwart (althorn),
Gérard Costes (trombone), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
harmonia mundi • HMC 905271
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Hindemith composed more than thirty sonatas for an incredibly diverse
collection of instruments – all of which he was capable of playing
himself. This fascinating selection of works written between 1935
and 1948 is played by some of today’s finest soloists, with the guiding
spirit of Alexander Melnikov at the piano. Soloists include violinist
Isabelle Faust, cellist Alexander Rudin, trumpeter Jeroen Berwaerts,
trombonist Gérard Costes and Teunis van der Zwart playing the rarely
heard althorn.
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“Melnikov’s playing, on its own terms, is so virtuosic and
secure that you surrender to it immediately.”
—THE BAY AREA REPORTER
Also available
Bethoveen: Piano Trios Opp.70 & 97
harmonia mundi • HMC 902125 (3149020212523)
“A captivating performance...”
—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW
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HINDEMITH Sonatas for...
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
[PRIORITY RELEASE]
Anonymous 4
Bruce Molsky (fiddle, banjo, guitar & vocals)
harmonia mundi • HMU 807549
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SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD
Anonymous 4 and special guest Bruce Molsky commemorate the
150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War with songs that were in the
air in the year 1865. It includes ballads and choruses originally intended
for the stage and the parlor, as well as songs and instrumental tunes from
the hills and back roads of America. They portray the highly emotional,
personal stories of soldiers, widows and others who lived through one
of the bloodiest wars in American history.
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“Beauty, strength, and timelessness...”
—EARLY MUSIC AMERICA
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American Angels
Gloryland
“A stunning disc of old-time Americana...”
—BILLBOARD
“Exuberant and haunting.”
—GRAMOPHONE
harmonia mundi • HMU 907326 (093046732622)
harmonia mundi • HMU 907400 (093046740023)
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1865
Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil War
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
[PRIORITY RELEASE]
IMPORT
On this recording, Paul Lewis performs two major works of the
keyboard repertoire. Decidedly programmatic, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an
Exhibition is more commonly heard today in Ravel’s orchestral version.
However, the original for solo piano is both a technical tour-de-force
and a brilliant example of the composer’s coloristic gifts. The pairing
is Schumann’s Fantaisie Op.17, a work whose movements originally had
evocative titles (Ruin, Triumphal Arch, Constellation). The ‘program’
was removed before publication, but the ‘pictures’ Schumann intended
listeners to imagine remain.
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“Firmly in the company of great contemporary pianists...”
—THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Also available
Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas
harmonia mundi • HMC 902165 (3149020216521)
“A mandatory purchase...”
—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
SCHUMANN Fantasie Op.17
Paul Lewis (piano)
harmonia mundi • HMC 902096
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
IMPORT
Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout continues
his multi-disc survey of Mozart’s music for solo
keyboard with volume seven of the series. The first
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six have been met with universal critical acclaim
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from around the world. This program of this release
explores the elegance and drama that are ever-present in Mozart’s music. Most
notably, Bezuidenhout performs two works influenced by the composer’s 1778 stay
in Paris — the grandly proportioned Sonata in A minor, K.310 and the dazzling
Variations in C on “Lison dormait”, K.264.
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PIAZZOLLA Escualo, Histoire du Tango, Valísimo, Tango-Étude No.3,
Chiquilín de Bachin, Ángel Suite
Ann Hobson Pilot (harp), Lucia Lin (violin), Juan Pablo Jofre (bandoneón)
harmonia mundi • HMU 907627
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The name Astor Piazzolla is synonymous with the
word tango. A musical ambassador who carried the
signature sounds of Argentina’s cafes and nightclubs
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to concert halls around the world, his instantly
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recognizable compositions (attractively arranged
here for harp, violin and bandoneón) are infused with elements of jazz, fusion
and even classical baroque. Featured performers include former Boston Symphony
principal harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, violinist Lucia Lin and Juan Pablo Jofre on
bandoneón.
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MOZART Keyboard Music Vol.7
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
harmonia mundi • HMU 907531
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
harmonia mundi • HMX 2901754
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DVORÁK
Violin Concerto, Piano Trio Op.65
ROSSINI
Petite Messe solennelle
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Jirí Belohlávek
harmonia mundi • HMX 2901833
RIAS Kammerchor
Marcus Creed
harmonia mundi • HMX 2901724
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From HMC 901833 (794881752720, Available)
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ROTA
La Strada, Il gattopardo,
Concert-Soirée
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Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
Josep Pons
harmonia mundi • HMX 2901864
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Remains Available as HMC 901864 (794881767120)
J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variations
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
harmonia mundi • HMX 2902058
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Remains Available as HMC 902058 (794881950324)
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RAMEAU
Nouvelles suites
CLASSICAL
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Music for Compline
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Deleted December 2014
HANDEL
As steals the morn
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
harmonia mundi • HMX 2902061
Mark Padmore (tenor)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze
harmonia mundi • HMX 2907422
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Mr. Corelli In London
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Maurice Steger (recorder)
The English Concert
Laurence Cummings
harmonia mundi • HMX 2907523
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Remains Available as HMU 907523 (093046752323)
MOZART
Die Zauberflöte (Famous Scenes)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
René Jacobs
harmonia mundi • HMX 2908716
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Stile Antico
harmonia mundi • HMX 290741
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
IMPORT
On these recordings, Schoenberg is revealed as a
master of the art of lush orchestration, frequently
changing tone-colors and expressing powerful
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emotions. Maestro Zubin Mehta has succeeded in
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drawing the more conservative listener closer to this
composer, both by the selection of the works and by the compelling performance
of the orchestra.
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PROKOFIEV Romeo & Juliet (Excerpts)
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome, Trittico Botticelliano
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Helicon • 02.9666
IMPORT
This program of works by Prokofiev and Respighi
demonstrates the magic that comes from the baton
of Zubin Mehta. With Maestro Mehta on the
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podium, the orchestra responds immediately, and
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the conductor never hesitates to make the music as
appealing as possible to the audience.
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SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande, Variations for Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta
Helicon • 02.9665
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
[PRIORITY RELEASE]
Philippe Graffin (violin),
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion • CDA 68005
IMPORT
The Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches Belgium and the music of
Joseph Jongen, a composer more celebrated for his organ music now,
but who was equally admired in his day for his orchestral and chamber
works. On this new album, Philippe Graffin collaborates with the
Royal Flemish Philharmonic and Martyn Brabbins in Jongen’s Violin
Concerto, one of the composer’s first substantial works. Also included are
other works for violin and orchestra, and a Rapsodie by Italian Romantic
Sylvio Lazzari who was influenced — as was Jongen — by the music of
César Franck.
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“One of the most gifted players you’ll ever hear...”
—STRINGS
Also available
Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.17
Hyperion • CDA 68050 (034571280509)
“Jack Liebeck is in superb form in both works.”
—THE WHOLE NOTE
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Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.18
JONGEN Violin Concerto, Adagio symphonique, Fantasia
LAZZARI Rapsodie
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
TALLIS Ave, rosa sine spinis and other choral music
IMPORT
The Cardinall’s Musick and their inspirational director Andrew
Carwood present a further volume of their Gramophone award winning
series of Tallis’s sacred music. This new album contains some of the
most sublime works of the entire period, performed with The Cardinall’s
Musick’s familiar committed, full-blooded and beautiful singing.
By including both Tallis’s English and Latin settings, this program
demonstrates the composer’s mastery of the changing edicts imposed
on him from above in this turbulent time.
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“Carwood has achieved a standing second to none
among English vocal ensemble directors.”
—FANFARE
Also available
Tallis: Puer natus est nobis
Hyperion • CDA 68026 (034571280264)
“The Cardinall’s Musick is absolutely breathtaking, and as always, Tallis’s music is a revelation...”
—CD HOTLIST
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Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood
Hyperion • CDA 68076
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
[PRIORITY RELEASE]
MOZART Horn Concertos Nos.1-4, Horn Quintet
IMPORT
Mozart’s Horn Concertos are perhaps the most popular works ever written
for the instrument. This album presents all the works Mozart wrote for
his lifelong friend, horn player Joseph Leutgeb, who was one of the
foremost players of his day. In these five works Mozart captures the
public persona of an instrument most readily associated with all things
hunting, but he also brings it indoors: lyrical episodes, and especially
the slow movements, show the very soul of the instrument. Natural
horn player Pip Eastop’s technical ability and musical inventiveness are
palpable in these hugely enjoyable renditions. He is accompanied by the
Eroica Quartet and The Hanover Band led by Anthony Halstead
(who has also provided an ending for the unfinished K417, Horn Concerto
No 2 in E flat major).
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Pip Eastop (french horn)
Eroica Quartet
Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead
Hyperion • CDA 68097
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
hyperion
SCRIABIN Complete Études
Piers Lane (piano)
Hyperion • CDH 55242
SCRIABIN Complete Préludes Vol.1
Piers Lane (piano)
Hyperion • CDH 55450
SCRIABIN Complete Préludes Vol.2
Piers Lane (piano)
Hyperion • CDH 55451
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IMPORT
These three mid-priced reissues in Hyperion’s Helios series feature Piers Lane bringing his admired technical bravura and innate musicality
to the music of Scriabin. On his disc of the complete Études, one can hear the gradual but total transformation of Scriabin’s musical language.
He began with a richly romantic and strongly emotional style centered on Chopin. After 1900, the texture and rhythmic structure of the music
became increasingly intricate and fluid, while his sense of form grew ever more focused and concentrated. Lane’s two discs of the complete
Préludes are bold and compelling, matching technical bravura with a rich vein of poetry and color and communicating the composer’s vivid
and exceptional imagination.
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JANUARY 2015
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Les Arts Florissants • AF 004
IMPORT
Queen Caroline was an emblematic female figure of the 18th century:
the wife of King George II of England, a woman of great beauty, a
champion of science and the arts, Caroline d’Ansbach was also the
friend and patroness of Handel. The latter was entrusted with the
solemn music composed for the grand ceremonies that marked the reign.
This recording featuring William Christie and Les Arts Florissants
brings together, for the first time, three works underlining the strong link
between the monarch and her favorite composer.
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“William Christie and his orchestra are wonderful...”
—GRAMOPHONE
Also available
Handel: Belshazzar
Les Arts Florissants • AF 001 (3760138170972)
“The performance is a revelation, sung and played with remarkable theatrical finesse...”
—LOS ANGELES TIMES
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les arts florissants
Music for Queen Caroline
HANDEL Coronation Anthem, Te Deum, Funeral Anthem
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
HAYDN Piano Trios Hob. XV:1, 12 & 27
HUMMEL Piano Trio No.2
IMPORT
This recording pairs works by two composers who
were in regular contact at the court of Esterházy.
The piano trio occupies a significant place in the
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output of Joseph Haydn. Some forty years separate
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his Trio in G minor from the Piano Trio No.2 of
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a remarkable virtuoso whose melodic gift won him
the admiration of Mendelssohn. The Trio Chausson is featured on this recording,
which brings out both the connections and contrasts between these great composers.
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SCARLATTI 50 Sonatas for Harpsichord
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)
Mirare • MIR 273
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Domenico Scarlatti was born in 1685 — the same
year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric
Handel. Only a small fraction of his compositions
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were published during his lifetime; his 555 keyboard
(3 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $38.98)
Sonatas were published long after his death. These
virtuosic single movement works display remarkable harmonic originality and
contain influences from Iberian folk music. Pierre Hantaï’s three-disc Scarlatti
series dating from the early 2000s is now available in a boxed set at mid-price. Upon
release, each of the volumes was met with the highest critical acclaim.
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Trio Chausson
Mirare • MIR 271
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JANUARY 2015
mirare
TELEMANN Trios & Quartets
La Rêveuse
Mirare • MIR 267
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A major musical figure of the 18th-century, in his
time, Telemann was more popular than Bach. This
master of instrumental music was open to French
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and Italian influences and to the new galant style
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that flourished in Germany. Telemann wrote music
notable for its considerable panache. This is especially true of his chamber music,
a selection of which is offered here on this recording featuring the ensemble La
Rêveuse.
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Since winning two prizes at the ARD International
Music Competition in 2005, Serbian sisters Sanja
and Lidija Bizjak have achieved worldwide praise
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for their solo piano and piano duo performances
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alike. For their debut recording on Onyx, they have
created a superb program underpinned by two brilliant concertos for two pianos
and orchestra by Poulenc and Martinu. These major works frame equally challenging
compositions for two pianos alone by Stravinsky and Shostakovich.
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MARTINU Concerto for Two Pianos
POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos
SHOSTAKOVICH Concertino; STRAVINSKY Sonata
Bizjak Piano Duo
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Radoslaw Szulc
Onyx Classics • ONYX 4148
CLASSICAL
JANUARY 2015
IMPORT
China Meets Europe is the second in Wergo’s series
of ten recordings of the music of Enjott Schneider.
Schneider is a German composer, musicologist and
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music educator. He is known for his film work,
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having won the Bavarian Film Award in 1990, the
Filmband in Gold in 1991, and the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in 2007. China’s rich
culture has fascinated Schneider for a long time. This recording presents two works
which, though they owe their sound primarily to western symphonic ideas, also
incorporate spiritual and musical influences from the East.
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RIEHM Lenz in moskau, Im nachtigallental,
Ton für Ton (weiße straßen babylons), Au bord d’une source
Jeremias Schwarzer (recorder), Theo Nabicht (clarinet), Erik Borgir (cello),
Ensemble Ascolta, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Sian Edwards
Wergo • WER 7314
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Wolfgang Riehm is a prominent figure in the
European new music scene. Riehm’s early work,
combining contemporary techniques with the
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emotional volatility of Mahler and of Schoenberg’s
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early expressionist period, was regarded by many as
a revolt against the avant-garde generation of Boulez and Stockhausen (with whom
he studied). This disc offers a portrait of Riehm’s recent compositions, including
the fascinating recorder concerto Au bord d’une source, which is loosely based on
Franz Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage.
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China Meets Europe
SCHNEIDER Changes - Concerto for Sheng & Orchestra,
Chinese Seasons - Symphony No.3
Vesselina Kasarova (alto), Wu Wie (sheng),
Tonkünstler-Orchester, Xincao Li
Wergo • WER 5111
JAZZ
JANUARY 2015
[PRIORITY RELEASE]
Dedication
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Produced by Quincy Jones, Dedication is the Jazz Village debut by
piano prodigy Justin Kauflin. The album features twelve original
compositions by Kauflin. His style embodies — without being derivative
— the “quiet fire” lyricism of Bill Evans (whom Kauflin credits as his
“biggest influence at age 14”), the nimble and mercurial qualities of Bud
Powell, the genial melodiousness of Herbie Hancock and a bit of Dave
Brubeck’s gregarious percussiveness. Kauflin’s side men on the album
are Billy Williams on drums, Chris Smith on bass, Matt Stevens on
guitar and Etan Haziza on nylon guitar. Kauflin is also the subject of
the award-winning documentary Keep On Keepin’ On, which chronicles his
mentorship and friendship with the legendary musician and teacher Clark
Terry. The film won Best New Documentary Director and the Heineken
Audience Award at New York’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival and the
Audience Award at the Boulder Film Festival.
“Simply a beautiful cat...
you can feel it in every note he plays”
—QUINCY JONES
“He’s a monster on the piano!
And one of the greatest people I know”
—Clark Terry
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Justin Kauflin
Jazz Village • JV 579003
JAZZ
JANUARY 2015
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Faces (bonus tracks)
Nightflight (bonus tracks)
Gabor Szabó
Dutton • CDSML 8503
Gabor Szabó
Dutton • CDSML 8506
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Gábor Szabó was an influential jazz guitarist famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music. Szabó escaped Sovietdominated Hungary in 1956 and moved to the United States where he attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston. After a stint with
Chico Hamilton in the early 60s, Szabó recorded a well-received span of albums under his own name on the Impulse! label. His playing
strongly influenced Carlos Santana. Indeed, Santana’s 2012 instrumental album Shape Shifter includes a song called “Mr. Szabo,” played in
tribute in the style of Gábor Szabó. These two reissues from Dutton feature albums originally on the Mercury label. Faces was released in 1977
and Nightflight was released in 1976. Nightflight produced the biggest hit of Szabó’s career, a remake of producer Bunny Sigler’s song “Keep
Smilin’.” Both discs include bonus tracks.
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WORLD
JANUARY 2015
Dobet Gnahoré
Contre-Jour • CJ 031
contre jour
Na Drê
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GRAMMY® award winner and BBC Radio3 Music
Award
nominee Dobet Gnahoré is one of the
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freshest
talents in new African music. She sings in
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seven languages and embraces musical styles from
West African Mandinka melodies to Congolese rumba and from Ivory Coast’s
ziglibiti to Cameroonian bikoutsi. On her fourth album, Na drê, Gnahoré returns
with force. She is accompanied by guitarist Colin Laroche de Feline, bass player
Clive Govinden & drummer Boris Tchango. Lokua Kanza & Paco Sery also sit in
for two of the album’s tracks.
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Rua da Emenda
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With Rua da Emenda, António Zambujo continues
on his mission to revolutionize fado. On this album,
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he leaves the well-beaten track of traditional fado
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behind and turns it into his very own musical genre
— a new, elegant, vocal art that mixes saudade and ardent choruses. The appealing
ambience of Rua da Emenda, which blends Zambujo’s velvety voice with sparkling
guitar and melancholic clarinets, evokes the flavors of historic Lisbon.
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António Zambujo
World Village • 479106
EASY LISTENING
JANUARY 2015
Jalousie; Tenderly;
All the Things You Are
Fantasy and Improvisations;
Nero Goes Pops
Pops Goes the Trumpet;
The Pops Goes Latin;
Glenn Miller’s Biggest Hits
Peter Nero, Boston Pops, Arthur
Fiedler
Dutton • CDLK 4552
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Al Hirt, Boston Pops
Arthur Fiedler
Dutton • CDLK 4541
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Goodnight Sweetheart;
Love Walked In;
Beyond the Blue Horizon
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Morton Gould
Dutton • CDLK 4543
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You Light Up My Life;
Andre Kostelanetz Plays the
theme from Superman and other
pop hits of today!
Andre Kostelanetz
Dutton • CDLK 4551
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Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler
Dutton • CDLK 4545
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EASY LISTENING /COUNTRY
JANUARY 2015
Hollywood Award Winners!;
Lush and Lovely
Bouzouki Magic;
Bouzouki King
Skitch… Tonight!;
More Skitch Tonight!
Roberto Delgado
Dutton • CDLK 4537
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Skitch Henderson
Dutton • CDLK 4542
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Caterina Valente Singers;
Happy Caterina
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Caterina Valente
Dutton • CDLK 4555
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Dallas;
The Best of the West
Floyd Cramer
Dutton • CDLK 4548
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Skitch Henderson
Dutton • CDLK 4546
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ROCK
JANUARY 2015
Slag Tanz
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Jazz Village’s exciting new Magma series primarily focuses on classic
recordings, reissued in celebration of the band’s 45th anniversary.
However, Slag Tanz — a masterpiece of symphonic metal — has
previously only been heard in live performance. Not surprisingly, the
album radiates with all of Magma’s singular intensity. Powerful, hypnotic
and unclassifiable, there has been absolutely nothing to compare to them
in the last fifty years.
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Recently released
Rïah Sahïltaahk
Jazz Village • JV 570045
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Magma
Jazz Village • JV 570051
Concert Calendar
Full concert Details available at: harmoniamundi.ca
Angela Hewitt with Anne Sofie von Otter
2015-01-09 Toronto, ON --> Koerner Hall
Benedetto Lupo
2015-02-08 Montréal, QC --> Pollack Hall (LMMC)
Borodin Quartet
2015-05-03 Montréal, QC --> Pollack Hall (LMMC)
Cedric Tiberghien
2015-01-14 Kingston, ON --> Isabel Bader Centre
Christianne Stotijn
2015-04-12 Montréal, QC --> Pollack Hall (LMMC)
Christianne Stotijn & Julius Drake
2015-04-16 Toronto, ON --> Walter Hall
Dénés Várjon
2015-02-17 Toronto, ON --> St. Lawrence Centre
Dublin Guitar Quartet
2015-04-12 Toronto, ON --> Walter Hall
Elias Quartet
2015-03-19 Toronto, ON --> St. Lawrence Centre
Ian Bostridge recital
2015-04-15 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
Iestyn Davies, Barbara Hannigan, Chris Purves
2015-03-07 Toronto, ON --> Roy Thomson Hall
James Ehnes
2015-05-15 Toronto, ON --> Koerner Hall
2015-05-03 Winnipeg, MB --> Hotel Fort Garry
Jean-Guihen Queyras
2015-03-22 Montréal, QC --> Pollack Hall (LMMC)
Jean-Guihen Queyras & MCO
2015-03-17 Winnipeg, MB --> Westminster United Church
Jerusalem Quartet
2015-03-01 Montréal, QC --> Pollack Hall (LMMC)
Jonathan Biss and NACO
2015-02-11 Ottawa, ON --> NAC Southam Hall
2015-02-12 Ottawa, ON --> NAC Southam Hall
2015-02-15 Ottawa, ON --> National Gallery of Canada
Joseph Moog
2015-04-12 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
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Kayhan Kalhor
2015-03-13 West Vancouver, BC --> Kay Meek Centre
Kristian Bezuidenhout
2015-03-07 Victoria, BC --> Oak Bay United Church
2015-03-08 Vancouver, BC --> Chan Centre
Marc-André Hamelin
2015-03-01 Toronto, ON --> Koerner Hall
Marc-André Hamelin & Les Violons du Roy
2015-03-08 Kingston, ON --> Isabel Bader Centre
Menahem Pressler
2015-01-13 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
Paul Lewis
2015-03-27 Toronto, ON --> Koerner Hall
2015-05-03 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
Pavel Kolesnikov
2015-02-04 Toronto, ON --> Roy Thomson Hall
2015-02-05 Toronto, ON --> Roy Thomson Hall
2015-03-08 Edmonton, AB --> Winspear Centre
Prazak Quartet
2015-03-10 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
Stephen Hough
2015-01-23 Calgary, AB --> Jack Singer Concert Hall
2015-01-24 Calgary, AB --> Jack Singer Concert Hall
2015-05-29 Edmonton, AB --> Winspear Centre
2015-05-30 Edmonton, AB --> Winspear Centre
Steven Isserlis & Robert Levin Lecture
2015-03-14 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
Steven Isserlis & Robert Levin Recital
2015-03-13 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
2015-03-15 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse
Steven Osborne Piano Recital
2015-02-22 Vancouver, BC --> Chan Centre
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