c&j nr c10 - 19 release: september 21

C10-19 Pre-sell: August 16, 2010

Vente preliminaire: 16 aout 2010 Order due: September 2, 2010

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ARTIST: Jonas Kaufmann

TITLE: Verismo Arias CATALOGUE #: 4782258 B

GC: 11

BAR CODE:

0 289 47 82258 5

PRICE CODE: SP FILE: Classical

ORDER DUE: September 2, 2010 RELEASE DATE: September 21, 2010

JUST THE FACTS: • Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Italian veristic tradition to sing arias that define opera’s most passionate and vulnerable leading men

• Kaufmann’s international reputation is soaring as, going from strength to strength, he delivers consistently thrilling performances

• The onyx-dark beauty of his tone and the refinement and unexpected insights of his delivery mark Jonas Kaufmann a poet of tenors

• Timed for release when he makes his anticipated role debut as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur at Covent Garden opposite Angela Gheorghiu, this disc includes excerpts from the Cilea work that helped put Caruso on the map

• This album also entices with rarities from Zandonai’s dramatic Giulietta e Romeo and Puccini’s Le Villi

• Supporting Jonas Kaufmann is Italy’s leading symphonic orchestra, the Santa Cecilia, under its dynamic music director Antonio Pappano. Both maestro and orchestra are utterly at home in this repertoire

ARTISTS: • Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano

For additional artist information please contact Thom McKercher at 416-718-4056 or [email protected].

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ARTIST: Hilary Hahn

TITLE: Peter Tchaikovsky & Jennifer Higdon: Violin Concertos

CATALOGUE #: B001469802 B

GC: 11

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0 289 47 78777 8



JUST THE FACTS: • Acclaimed violinist Hilary Hahn (who won the 2008 Grammy for best instrumental solo with orchestra) releases a very personal and unique album devoted to a recently commissioned concerto and a staple of the violin repertoire. Hahn performs Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto which was written expressly for the violinist and recently awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Hahn and Higdon first met at the Curtis Institute where Hahn attended Higdon's class on 20th-century music history.

• Watch videos on Hahn's YouTube channel where Hahn interviews Higdon about the work • The Higdon, which was premiered on February 6, 2009 in Indianapolis, is here paired

with Tchaikovsky's concerto from 1878 (first performed in 1881). Initially thought to be unplayable and critically condemned, the work has emerged as one of the most popular and enduring works for violin and orchestra.

ARTISTS: • Hilary Hahn • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra /Vasily Petrenko


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ARTIST: Rolando Villazón

TITLE: Mexico! CATALOGUE #: 4778769 B

GC: 11

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0 289 47 78769 3



JUST THE FACTS: • In the tradition of such great tenors as Italy’s Giuseppe di Stefano and Sweden’s Jussi Björling – artists who took pride and pleasure in recording the traditional songs of their homelands – Rolando Villazón follows in their footsteps with an assortment of songs from the land of his birth

• Rolando Villazón sings these justly beloved Mexican classics with the same musical scrupulosity, cocoa-colored tone, and dash that have won him a secure place in our era’s firmament of opera stars

• Among the songs Rolando Villazón sings as they have not been sung before are Reloj, Pérfida, Cucurrucucu paloma, Granada, Cielito lindo, Noche de ronda, Júrame, and Bésame mucho

• For this project, Rolando Villazón is joined by the Bolívar Soloists and their founder and leader, Efrain Oscher

ARTISTS: • Bolívar Soloists


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ARTIST: Jane Monheit TITLE: Home


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6 0 25 27 4 73 15 4

PRICE CODE: SP FILE: Jazz


JUST THE FACTS: • Critically-Acclaimed Vocalist Jane Monheit Returns “Home” With Stunning New CD Of Jazz Standards

• New release is the first album to be produced by Jane in its entirety and features guest artists John Pizzarelli, Peter Eldridge, Frank Vignola, Joe Magnarelli, Mark O’Connor and Larry Goldings

TRACKLISTING: • A Shine On Your Shoes• There’s A Small Hotel • This Is Always • Tonight You Belong To Me • Look For The Silver Lining • I’ll Be Around • Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You • It’s Only Smoke • The Eagle and Me • I Didn’t Know About You/All Too Soon • Isn’t It A Lovely Day • While We’re Young

ARTISTS: • Michael Kanan, piano• Neal Miner, bass • Rick Montalbano, drums Also Including: • John Pizzarelli, vocals and guitar • Peter Eldridge, vocals • Frank Vignola, guitar • Joe Magnarelli, trumpet and flugelhorn • Mark O’Connor, violin • Larry Goldings, piano


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ARTIST: Ryuichi Sakamoto TITLE: Playing The Piano


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GC: 11

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6 025 27 46632 3

PRICE CODE: SPS FILE: Classical

ORDER DUE: SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

JUST THE FACTS: • Aware of it or not, you are more than likely to be familiar with the remarkable work of Ryuichi Sakamoto, thanks to his many award-winning soundtracks for such directors as Bertolucci, Oliver Stone, Pedro Almodovar and Brian De Palma. His score for The Last Emperor won an Oscar, while his well-known music for Merry Christmas, Mister Lawrence gained a BAFTA. But in fact the Japanese composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and producer has made a career of crossing musical and technological boundaries. He has experimented with, and excelled in, many different musical styles, making a name for himself in popular, orchestral and electronic, as well as film music. Never one to mark time, he continues to push the limits of his artistry, fusing genres, styles, and technologies to create new and exciting directions in musical expression.

• Since his first album more than three decades ago, Sakamoto has become an international sensation, both solo and with his Yellow Magic Orchestra, and his oriental-inspired music has brought a distinct Japanese sound to the Western world since the 1980s. His status has given rise to fruitful collaborations with many other stars, such as David Bowie, David Sylvian, David Byrne, Iggy Pop and Youssou N’dour. The brand new, 12-track album Playing The Piano is, however, simplicity itself. As the name suggests, it features Sakamoto as solo pianist. Captured live at concerts across Japan, he gives compelling interpretations of some of his best-known creations, including both The Last Emperor and Merry Christmas, Mister Lawrence. These evocative miniature tone-poems make for a relaxing yet musically stimulating delight; a highly accessible introduction to the artistry of one of the most extraordinary musicians of our time.

• Tour Dates: • October 22 – Outrement Theatre, Montreal • October 24 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto • November 1 –Vogue Theatre, Vancouver

TRACKLISTING: • Amore • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence • A Flower Is Not A Flower • The Sheltering Sky • Tamago 2004 • The Last Emperor • Tibetan Dance • Thousand Knives • Riot In Lagos • Reversing • Mizu No Naka No Bagatelle • Bolerish

• Hibari• Hwit • Still Life • In The Red • Tama • Nostalgia • Firewater • Disko • Ice • Glacier • To Stanford • Composition 0919




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ARTIST: Renée Fleming

TITLE: A Music Odyssey in St Petersburg– DVD CATALOGUE #: B001464709 B

GC: 11

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0 4 40 07 4 34 05 5

PRICE CODE: BJ FILE: Classical


ARTISTS: • Renée Fleming • Dmitri Hvorostovsky

• State Hermitage Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian

COMPOSER: Chopin

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TITLE: Twilight – Chopin For Dreaming – 2 CD Set CATALOGUE #: 4782368 B

GC: 11

BAR CODE:

0 2 89 47 82368 1



JUST THE FACTS: • A new 2 CD collection of Chopin's most haunting and atmospheric pieces including favourite nocturnes, waltzes, preludes, impromptus and the popular Barcarolle

• Masterly performances by the great Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau • Over 2 1/2 hours of the world's most serene and tranquil piano masterpieces

TRACKLISTING: CD 1 • Prelude No 15 in D flat major op.28 • Waltz No 7 in G sharp minor op.64 no.2 • Nocturne No 2 in E flat op.9 no.2 • Nocturne No 5 in F sharp major op.15 no.2 • Ballade No 3 in A flat major op.47 • Romance: Larghetto (Piano concerto No 1 in

E minor op.11) • Prelude No 13 in F sharp major op.28 • Impromptu No 3 in G flat major op.51 • Waltz No 2 in A flat major op.34 no.1 • Nocturne No 1 in B flat minor op.9 no.1 • Nocturne No 12 in G major op.37 no.2 • Barcarolle in F sharp major op.60

CD 2• Prelude No 17 in A flat major op.28 • Waltz No 3 in A minor op.34 no.2 • Waltz No 9 in A flat major op.69 no.1 • Nocturne No 9 in B major op.32 no.1 • Prelude No 25 in C sharp minor op.45 • Impromptu No 2 in F sharp minor op.36 • Larghetto (Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor

op.21) • Nocturne No 18 in E major op.62 no.2 • Prelude No 4 in E minor op.28 • Waltz No 8 in A flat major op.64 no.3 • Waltz No 10 in B minor op.69 no.2 • Ballade No 2 in F major op.38 • Nocturne No 19 in E minor op.72 no.1 • Impromptu No 4 in C sharp minor op.66

“Fantaisie-Impromptu

ARTISTS: • Claudio Arrau





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ARTIST: Nico Muhly TITLE: A Good Understanding

CATALOGUE #: 4782506 C

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GC: 11

BAR CODE:

0 289 47 82506 7


ORDER DUE: AUGUST 19, 2010 RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

JUST THE FACTS: • New York based Muhly, born in 1981 is “the planet’s hottest composer” (The Daily Telegraph). He has composed extensively for the concert hall as well as for films including The Reader, and for dance. His new opera Two Boys – commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, New York and English National Opera, will premiere in London in Spring 2011, transferring to New York in 2013.

• Paul Moseley, General Manager of Decca said, “For many years Decca has strived to capture on disc the very best in contemporary music. Nico Muhly is one of the most exciting and individual voices of today and we look forward to many collaborations with him.”

ARTISTS: • Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon


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COMPOSER: Brahms / Mozart

TITLE: Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano / Horn Quintet in E Flat

CATALOGUE #: ODR7384 C

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GC: 11

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7 761 43 73842 0



JUST THE FACTS: • Jeff Nelsen, virtuoso horn player of the Canadian Brass is joined by veteran violinist Ik-Hwan Bae and new piano sensation Naomi Kudo in an intimate reading of one of the most revered and best-loved chamber works in the classical canon.

• Along with the Brahms Horn Trio, the album also includes the world premiere recording of a new adaption of Mozart’s ingenious Horn Quintet. K.407


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ARTIST: Thomas Quasthoff TITLE: Tell It Like It is


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0 289 47 78614 6



JUST THE FACTS: Quasthoff Gets Down – Soul with Savoir-faire • Deutsche Grammophon’s best-selling release of bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff’s The

Voice astonished music lovers with tuneful proof of Quasthoff’s ability to sing jazz as superbly as they knew him to sing classical music

• With Tell It Like It Is, Thomas Quasthoff floors the music world again with this recording of American Soul with a jazz feeling. This world-class interpreter of Lieder brings the words to life with an immediacy that connects to the listener

• Thomas Quasthoff digs into his music with a super quartet: Frank Chastenier, keyboards, Wolfgang Haffner, drums, Dieter Ilg, bass, and Bruno Müller, guitar

• Tracks on this album, produced by the legendary Jay Newland, range from Bill Withers’s Kissing My Love to ballads such as Please Send Me Someone to Love and Tell It Like It Is


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ARTIST: Martha Argerich

TITLE: The Martha Argerich Collection 3 – Chamber Ensembles – 6 CD Set


GC: 11

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0 289 47 78847 8

PRICE CODE: X FILE: Classical


JUST THE FACTS: • The final box of her DG recordings, which brings together on 6 CDs all of her chamber ensemble recordings from 1983 to 2009. Yes, the Salzburg Recital with Nelson Freire is there! The set also includes her celebrated collaborations with Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky and Yuri Bashmet, the duo-piano partnerships with Nicolas Economou and Mikhail Pletnev, and the Bartók / Ravel CD with Nelson Freire and percussionist friends.

TRACKLISTING: CD 1 • Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances op. 45 • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite - Nicolas Economou, piano CD 2 • Bartok: Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion • Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Ma Mère l’Oye - Freire/Sadlo/Guggeis CD 3 • Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 2 • Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio op. 50 • Kiesewetter: Tango pathetique - Kremer, Maisky CD 4 • Brahms: Piano Quartet op. 25 • Schumann: Fantasiestücke op. 88 - Kremer, Bashmet, Maisky CD 5 • Prokofiev: Cinderella • Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye - Pletnev CD 6 • Live from Salzburg: Brahms: Haydn Variations • Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances op. 45 • Schubert: Rondo in A major D 951 • Ravel: La Valse - Nelson Freire





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ARTIST: Anat Fort Trio

TITLE: And If CATALOGUE #: B001460002 C

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GC: 24

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6 0 25 27 3 32 16 1



JUST THE FACTS: • “Anat Fort has a charming way of dispensing pastoralism and an insightful way of lining that pastoralism with depth”, wrote Jim Macnie, in the Village Voice, adding that “her trio has the kind of poise that lets her move from terra firma to the stratosphere".

• In the Jewish Week, George Robinson observed that Fort “writes music that is a skillful mix of the romantic and the cerebral, like watching a flower open, an enthralling combination of geometry and color...” The Israeli pianist made a lot of friends with her widely-praised ECM debut “A Long Story” (B000850502) in 2007, and the new disc, with her regular working band, will make some more.

• Tour Dates: • Edmonton – October 2 • Calgary – October 3 • Sample this album at: • player.ecmrecords.com/fort/imprint

TRACKLISTING: • Paul Motian (1) • Clouds Moving • En If • Some • Something 'Bout Camels • If • Lanesboro • Minnesota • Nu • Paul Motian (2)

ARTISTS: • Anat Fort – piano• Gary Wang – double-bass • Roland Schneider - drums


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ARTIST: Charles Lloyd Quartet TITLE: Mirror

CATALOGUE #: B001466502 C

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GC: 24

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6 0 25 27 4 04 99 8



JUST THE FACTS: • Mirror includes two new Lloyd works (Desolation Sound & Mirror), two Monk pieces (Monk’s Mood & Ruby, My Dear), a rendition of the classic Beach Boys track Caroline No (from Pet Sounds) – a connection that goes back to the Beach Boys album Surf’s Up – as well as a spoken word entry on Tagi.

TRACKLISTING: • I Fall in Love Too Easily• Go Down Moses • Desolation Sound • La Llorona • Caroline, No • Monk's Mood • Mirror • Ruby, My Dear • The Water Is Wide • Lift Every Voice And Sing • Being And Becoming, Road To Dakshineshwar With Sangeeta • Tagi

ARTISTS: • Charles Lloyd – tenor and alto saxophones, voice• Jason Moran – piano • Reuben Rogers – double-bass • Eric Harland – drums, voice


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ARTIST: Norma Winstone

TITLE: Stories Yet To Tell CATALOGUE #: B001460102 C

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GC: 24

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6 0 25 27 3 74 26 0



JUST THE FACTS: • Stories Yet To Tell” is the second ECM album from the trio that made the Grammy-nominated “Distances” (a recording which also won the Top Jazz Vocal CD prize of France’s Academie du Jazz and contributed to Norma Winstone’s winning of Germany’s Skoda Jazz Ahead Award for services to European Jazz). If the awards have emphasized the trio’s remarkable singer, this is nonetheless a real band with a unique ensemble identity.

• Jazz ballads, old and new, find their place alongside – for instance – adaptations of Friulian folk songs, and ‘chamber’ pieces influenced by classical or contemporary composition. Textures, colours and rhythms may be drawn from scattered, surprising sources: a thirteenth century Troubadour ballad, an Armenian cradle song and more.

• The musicians play songs from Mexico’s Armando Manzanero to Armenia’s Komitas, to Wayne Shorter. What they take they make their own, much of the material they compose themselves, and most of the words are Norma’s.

TRACKLISTING: • Just Sometimes • Sisyphus • Cradle Song (Hoy Nazan) • Like A Lover • Rush • The Titles • Carnera • Lipe Rosize • Among the Clouds • Ballo Furlano • Goddess • En mort d'En Joan de Cucanh

ARTISTS: • Norma Winstone – voice• Klaus Gesing – bass clarinet, soprano saxophone • Glauco Venier - piano


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ARTIST: Taylor Eigsti TITLE: Daylight At Midnight

CATALOGUE #: CJA32100 C

GC: 24

BAR CODE:

8 8 80 72 3 21 00 7



TRACKLISTING: • Daylight • The Investment • The Art Teacher • The Water • Pink Moon • Little Bird • Secreto • Chaos • Between the Bars • Speaking Song • Midnight After Noon


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