naxos: new releases - february 2014

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FEBRUARY 2014

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Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868)Complete Overtures, Volume 4Prague Sinfonia Orchestra • Christian Benda

Il barbiere di Siviglia • Il Turco in ItaliaSinfonia in E flat major • Ricciardo e ZoraideTorvaldo e Dorliska • Armida • Le Comte Ory • Bianca e Falliero

The enduring popularity of Rossini’s operas is a testament to their wit and inventiveness, every overture a superb portrait of each ensuing drama. There is none more popular than the farcical comedy of Il barbiere di Siviglia, but themes of flirtation and disguise can also be found in Il Turco in Italia, contrasting with the heroism and revenge of Armida and the cunning exploits of Le Comte Ory. This edition, of which this is the final instalment, has gained wide critical acclaim, with Volume 2 (8.570934) described as “an unalloyed winner” by ClassicsToday.com.

Sales Points • Released on both CD and Blu-ray Audio discs, this sparkling edition of Rossini’s Complete Overtures has become an instant market leader. Previous volumes in the series have been received with great critical acclaim, including a 10/10 review from ClassicsTodayFrance.com for Vol. 1, and ‘Bargain of the Month’ ratings from MusicWeb International on Vols. 1 and 2.

Christian Benda is descended from a long line of musicians. He is chief conductor and artistic director of the Prague Sinfonia Orchestra with which he has recorded numerous standard classical works, as well as the complete overtures of Schubert [Naxos 8.570328-29] and Rossini.

Complete Overtures, Volume 1La gazza ladra • Semiramide • Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra (Il barbiere di Siviglia) Otello • Le siège de Corinthe • Sinfonia in D ‘al Conventello’ • Ermione

La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) is perhaps one of the world’s most popular concert openers. The overture for Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra was used again a year later by Rossini for Il barbiere di Siviglia.

“an admirable start to what looks like being a very desirable series” – MusicWeb International

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Complete Overtures, Volume 2Guillaume Tell • Eduardo e Cristina • L’inganno felice • La scala di seta Demetrio e Polibio • Il Signor Bruschino • Sinfonia di Bologna • Sigismondo

Guillaume Tell, with its overture in four movements, includes a scene for five solo cellos. La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder), one of his most popular pieces, opens with an overture of charm and élan.

“delightful … amazing … strongly recommended” – ClassicsToday.com

Complete Overtures, Volume 3Maometto II • L’Italiana in Algeri • La Cenerentola • Grand’overtura ‘obbligataa contrabbasso’ • Matilde di Shabran • La cambiale di matrimonio • Tancredi

Such rarities as the lively student work, Grand’overtura ‘obbligata a contrabasso’, and Matilde of Shabran, set in medieval Spain, are placed alongside perennial hits such as The Italian Girl in Algiers and La Cenerentola (Cinderella), said to have been written in just three weeks.

“Absolutely sparkling” – Sunday Herald

Complete Overtures, Volume 1 (CD Volumes 1 and 2)La gazza ladra • Guillaume Tell La scala di seta

24-bit, 96 kHz Stereoand Surround recordings

Complete Overtures, Volume 2 (CD Volumes 3 and 4)Il barbiere di Siviglia La Cenerentola • L’Italiana in Algeri

24-bit, 96 kHz Stereoand Surround recordings

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The Complete Rossini Overtures by Christian Bendaand the Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

Rossini’s ceaseless wit and invention are best exemplified in his series of operas. His colourful orchestration and command of both comic and tragic elements can be savoured in Naxos’s complete series of symphonic overtures,

either in four standard CD volumes or the spectacular sonics of the two Blu-ray Audio discs.

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Peter BOYER (b. 1970)Symphony No. 1Silver Fanfare • FestivitiesThree Olympians • Celebration OvertureLondon Philharmonic Orchestra • Peter Boyer

Peter Boyer is one of the most frequently performed American orchestral composers of his generation, widely admired not least for his GRAMMY®-nominated Ellis Island: The Dream of America (Naxos 8.559246). The composer writes, “The five works included on this recording represent a cross-section of my orchestral music. Three Olympians reflects my interest in mythology and history. Often I have received invitations to compose music for celebratory concerts, and three of the works included here – Silver Fanfare, Festivities and Celebration Overture – were created for such occasions.” Symphony No. 1 is a lyrical and rhythmically charged work, dedicated to the memory of Leonard Bernstein.

Sales Points • The big work in Peter Boyer’s latest disc is the highly approachable Symphony No. 1, which will appeal to anyone who loves the American symphonic tradition as represented by composers such as Hanson and Bernstein – to whose memory, incidentally, the Symphony is dedicated. Some of the smaller pieces have been recorded before. The composer’s own Propulsive Music label has released Celebration and Three Olympians, in performances conducted by the composer back in 2007.

Peter Boyer has conducted recordings of his music with three of the world’s finest orchestras: the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. His music has received numerous national broadcasts in the U.S. and abroad, and he has garnered seven national awards for his work.

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Reinhold Moritsevich GLIÈRE (1875–1956)Symphony No. 3 ‘Il’ya Muromets’Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta

“The Glière Symphony No. 3 has always been a piece that shimmered on my horizon – a cult piece, in a way, renowned as the composer’s towering masterpiece but rarely played in concert. As long as a Mahler symphony and enormous in its instrumental requirements, it was a work that people spoke about reverently but almost never heard live. The recording was an adventure that changed our orchestra, strengthened us, and became an artistic benchmark for our musicians. We revelled in the gorgeous landscape of the Symphony – from mysterious bass murmurings to crushing walls of brass fortissimo to breathtaking impressionistic renderings of forests and birds. We performed and recorded this massive work uncut to preserve Glière’s extraordinary architecture. This work is a cathedral in sound that unfolds in breathtaking swashes of colour, poetry and monumental climaxes.” – JoAnn Falletta

Sales Points • Symphony No.3 ‘Il’ya Muromets’ is Glière’s most internationally successful orchestral work. In this vibrant work, Glière evokes his ancient subject (namely the national saga of Il’ya Muromets, one of Mother Russia’s heroes) through themes of gripping intensity, generating a sound world of true mythic splendour through a much expanded palette – including eight horns, two harps and celesta. The work has attracted a number of recordings over the years. The classic recordings, still in the catalogue, are generally older ones – Stokowski on a single disc or in a big EMI 10-CD box, Ormandy from 1971 on RCA, Faberman on Musical Concept in 1996 (but in a 2-CD set); Edward Downes’s 1992 Chandos recording was reissued in 2011 as part of a 5-CD set. Naxos has already released a recording of this symphony back in 1994 conducted by Johanos [8.550858].


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Kazuo YAMADA (1912–1991)Grand TreasureA Song of Young PeopleKiso (Old Japanese Melody)SpellbindingRussian Philharmonic Orchestra • Dmitry Yablonsky

Kazuo Yamada was one of Japan’s most influential composers and conductors who, in his own works, rejected the ‘facile exoticism’ of Japanese nationalism that became the vogue at the onset of the Sino-Japanese war in 1937. The little symphonic poem A Song of Young People is one such ‘protest’ work. Kiso (Old Japanese Melody) is an orchestral paraphrase of two folk songs, while the symphonic suite India is a reworking of the ballet score Spellbinding, which is based on Indian legend. The Mahlerian Grand Treasure is a threnody for the dead that movingly incorporates Japanese instruments related to shomyo (the chanting of Buddhist hymns) which, in Yamada’s own words, ‘can in a sense be thought of as the origin of Japanese music’.

Sales Points • There were at least two important Japanese composers called Yamada in successive generations. Kósçak Yamada was the pioneer of Western music in Japan and 8.557971 is devoted to his music, but the subject of this disc is Kazuo Yamada who was much younger. He is also far better known as a conductor, and a number of his Tokyo discs are still in the catalogue. His song music is known but he refused to allow his pre-war orchestral music to be published after 1945 and so it is unknown. His influences orchestrally speaking include Mahler and Strauss, but he also employed Japanese instruments, most prominently here in Grand Treasure which is a very expressive work conceived towards the end of the War. None of these works have been recorded before.

The Russian Philharmonic Orchestra is firmly rooted in Russia’s rich musical traditions, and has achieved an impressive and outstanding musical quality by drawing its musicians from the highest ranks of Russia’s most famous orchestras. Dmitry Yablonsky was appointed Music Advisor to the orchestra in 2003. In 2006 the orchestra won a Gramophone Prize for their recording of Shostakovich on Deutsche Grammophon.

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The All-Star OrchestraPrograms 1 & 2Program 1: Music For The Theatre

Program 2: What Makes A Masterpiece?

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The All-Star OrchestraPrograms 5 & 6Program 5: Relationships In Music

Program 6: The Living Art Form

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The All-Star OrchestraPrograms 7 & 8Program 7: Music‘s Emotional Impact

Program 8: Mahler: Love, Sorrow And Transcendence

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The All-Star OrchestraPrograms 3 & 4Program 3: The New World And It‘s Music

Program 4: Politics And Art

The All-Star Orchestra gives you a front row seat to the world’s greatest music, performed by top players chosen from over 30 great American orchestras, and conducted by Gerard Schwarz. The programs feature complete performances of popular masterpieces and world premieres of new works by leading American composers. Filmed in High-Definition with 19 cameras during a once-a-year ‘summit’ in New York’s historic Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center, the All-Star Orchestra celebrates the symphonic experience in the 21st century.

A separate dedicated sales sheet can be downloaded from this link: http://megaupload.naxos.com/www/index.php?action=d&step=2

Internationally recognized for his moving performances, innovative programming and extensive catalogue of recordings, American conductor Gerard Schwarz serves as Music Director of the All-Star Orchestra, Music Director of the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina and Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate of the Seattle Symphony. His considerable discography of nearly 350 releases showcases his collaborations with some of the world’s greatest orchestras including Philadelphia Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, London Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Tokyo Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony and Seattle Symphony among others.


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THE SEA IN MUSICComposers have been inspired by the sea for centuries. For some the stimulus is the sea’s volatility and power to destroy, whilst for others it’s the rhythmic and colouristic opportunities that allow them to paint pictures in sound. These composers take us on journeys both actual and metaphorical, discovering immensity and stillness, and hinting at mystery, and the unknowable chasms between the world of the human and the world of watery nature.

REPERTOIREBAX Tintagel • BLOCH At Sea • BRIDGE Seascape • BRITTEN Dawn / Storm • DEBUSSY Dialogue du vent et de la mer / En bateau / La cathédrale engloutie • ELGAR Sabbath Morning at Sea • IRELAND Sea Fever • MENDELSSOHN Fingal’s Cave / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage • RAVEL Une barque sur l’ocean • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Tsarina in a Barrel at Sea / The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship / Festival at Baghdad – The Sea • SIBELIUS The Oceanides • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony: Scherzo • VIVALDI La tempesta di mare: Allegro e presto • WAGNER The Flying Dutchman Overture • H. WOOD The Saucy Arethusa / Tom Bowling

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EARTHRISE: Music for Wind BandMTSU Wind Ensemble • Reed Thomas

Nigel CLARKE Earthrise • Heritage Suite • Their Finest HourKit TURNBULL Griot David Loucky, TromboneJesús SANTANDREU Sortes Diabolorum

This program presents exciting new works by three composers whose backgrounds range from military bands to rock and jazz music. Nigel Clarke’s Earthrise represents the drama of the entire NASA Apollo 8 flight. This contrasts with the Heritage Suite, a representation of the day-to-day life of the historic market town of West Malling in Kent, England. Celebrating the Battle of Britain in 1940, Their Finest Hour uses the actual alarm bell which called the RAF fighter pilots to their planes. In Kit Turnbull’s striking evocation the trombone assumes the rôle of the griot, a poet, storyteller and musician who chronicles West African tribal stories through words, mime and movement. Jesús Santandreu’s Sortes Diabolorum evokes the violence of the Inquisition and the ultimate triumph of common sense over superstition.

Sales Points • The popularity of our Wind Band Classics series makes each new release a guaranteed first choice for a wide audience hungry for exactly this kind of fresh new compositional work. All of these three composers are leading exponents in their craft, bringing out the best in all aspects of the wind band medium and relishing it as a sonic canvas for their most imaginative and durable scores.

The Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble’s reputation as one of the outstanding university ensembles in the U.S. is well established, and their album Angels in the Architecture (8.572732) showed the band to be “a highly accomplished group… Ensemble intonation, precision, and balance are excellent, and conductor Reed Thomas delivers convincing interpretations” (Fanfare).

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Paul Daniel / Oliver Dohnányi / Myer Fredman / Michael Halász / James Judd David Lloyd-Jones / Jun Märkl / Petri Sakari / Gerard Schwarz / Simon Wright

Bournemouth Symphony / Budapest Strings / English Northern Philharmonia Iceland Symphony / New Zealand Symphony / Orchestre National de Lyon Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Seattle Symphony / Slovak Philharmonic

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Goffredo PETRASSI (1904–2003)Piano Concerto • Flute ConcertoLa follia di Orlando – Ballet SuiteBruno Canino, piano • Mario Ancillotti, fluteOrchestra Sinfonica di Roma • Francesco La Vecchia

Petrassi’s long creative life was marked by ceaseless absorption of ideas and by constant invention. His Flute Concerto is notable for its boldness of design and the surprise of its unorthodox sound world, where instruments rotate in block form. The Piano Concerto is more overtly virtuosic, even showing some influence from Prokofiev. The orchestral suite drawn from the ballet La follia di Orlando (The Madness of Orlando) is often clothed in Petrassi’s experimental orchestral sonorities. ‘The rehabilitation of Italian twentieth-century music by the Naxos label continues unabated: the latest release is this remarkable collection... that any genuine Petrassian will rush to purchase’. (International Record Review on 8.572411)

Sales Points • Petrassi became, after the death of Dallapiccola, the leading representative of the Italian school of composition. He was a ceaselessly inventive composer and a formidably important teacher – his students were legion. His music embraced old Italian vocal and instrumental traditions, and neo-classicism and then more stringent even avant-garde elements. The music in this disc ranges from 1936 to 1960. The Piano Concerto and La follia di Orlando are coupled with the Partita – Naxos’s disc has the Flute Concerto – on a Stradivarius CD released in 2012; that is the only real competition, given the very few recordings these works have received.

Francesco La Vecchia was appointed Artistic Director and Resident Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma in 2002.

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Lyell CRESSWELL (b. 1944)Landscapes of the Soul • Piano Concerto *

Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet †

Stephen De Pledge, piano * • New Zealand String Quartet †

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra • Hamish McKeich

Lyell Cresswell, one of New Zealand’s most distinguished composers, is represented on this recording by three examples of his mastery of the orchestral sound world. His Piano Concerto is cast in seven movements, written in memory of his fellow composer Edward Harper, and suffused in expressive intensity, by turns grieving and unsettled. I Paesaggi dell’anima explores affinities between music and art through imaginary landscape patterns. The Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet is ingeniously constructed and pursues the idea of progression from solo voices, to quartet interplay and finally to a unanimous voice.

Sales Points • Lyell Cresswell, born in New Zealand, has lived in Scotland for many years and he’s one of New Zealand’s most internationally admired composers. He has written for a variety of forces, both large and small, but in this disc the focus is on orchestral music. His idiom is bracingly approachable and the Piano Concerto in particular has a rich vein of melancholy to it. His orchestral songs

have been recorded on Naxos [8.570824] and some works for chamber ensemble are on NMC; Cresswell’s work is sometimes bracketed with fellow Australasians such as Roger Dean, as it is on a Tall Poppies release, where he’s also coupled with Xenakis. This Naxos disc will appeal strongly to admirers of contemporary composers exploring traditional forms imaginatively.

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Vincent PERSICHETTI (1915–1987)Works for Violin and PianoViolin Sonata, Op. 15*† • Masques, Op. 99*†

Serenade No. 4, Op. 28*†

Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 10* • Piano Sonatinas Nos. 1-5†

Hasse Borup, violin* • Heather Conner, piano†

Vincent Persichetti was one of the most important twentieth-century American composers but, despite a prolific output of superbly crafted and highly approachable works, his name remains neglected. This program of world première recordings includes the Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 15 which was rediscovered by Hasse Borup after being lost for over 70 years. This, the Serenade No. 4 and the Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 10 derive from Persichetti’s exploratory formative years. The educational Piano Sonatinas range through styles from charmingly plaintive melodies to virtuoso toccatas, while Masques is a lovely set of miniatures written by a mature composer recognized for his talents.

Sales Points • This release is one of those rare and uniquely valuable recordings which presents a program consisting entirely of world première recordings of works by a highly respected and influential name in American 20th Century music. Not only this, but it also includes a piece lost for more than 70 years and given its première performance as recently as September 2012, all thanks to the scholarly dedication of violinist Hasse Borup. The fascinating variety of expression and styles on this CD yields great rewards for all who take this opportunity to become better acquainted with the music of a neglected American master.

Hasse Borup and Heather Conner’s recording of the complete sonatas of Niels W. Gade (8.570524) has been acclaimed for its “beautifully shaped performances” (Gramophone).

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897–1957)Piano Trio, Op. 1Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874–1951)Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (trans. Eduard Steuermann) Fidelio Trio(Darragh Morgan, violin • Robin Michael, cello • Mary Dullea, piano)

Korngold’s Piano Trio, Op. 1 was his first published work, completed before he had even reached thirteen years of age. Premièred by leading instrumental luminaries in Vienna, it announced a precocious and major talent in its handling of up-to-date harmonies and musical form. Composed a decade earlier, Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht was similarly innovative in its use of tonality. Originally scored for string sextet, it proved so popular that the composer authorised his former pupil, the pianist Eduard Steuermann, to make the present transcription for piano trio.

Sales Points • These two works make an interesting pairing. Both were breakthrough works for the composers; Verklärte Nacht is still Schoenberg’s most popular work, and Korngold’s Piano Trio was his first published composition and an amazingly sophisticated one for a boy not yet thirteen. There are a number of recordings of the Korngold but no one has paired it with Eduard Steuermann’s composer-sanctioned arrangement for piano trio of Verklärte Nacht. Back in 1992 Divox coupled the Schoenberg with Steuermann’s own Piano Trio whilst on BIS in 2005 it was coupled with music by Webern. The Korngold was recorded by the Beaux Arts; the Beethoven Trio Vienna has recorded it with Mahler’s Piano Quartet and the chamber version of Verklärte Nacht.

The Fidelio Trio broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3, RTÉ Lyric FM, WNYC, NPR and in 2010 were featured in a Sky Arts documentary.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)Symphonies Nos. 38 ‘Prague’, 39 and 40Arranged for flute, violin, cello and piano byJohann Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778–1837)Uwe Grodd, flute • Friedemann Eichhorn, violinMartin Rummel, cello • Roland Krüger, piano

Hummel stands as the last in the great Viennese line which embraced Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. He lived and studied with Mozart in his youth and, despite a career which saw him triumph as a conductor, composer and virtuoso pianist, Hummel never lost his reverence for his celebrated teacher. Intensified through changes in dynamics and the addition of extra accents, these stunningly effective arrangements preserve the integrity of Mozart’s masterpieces while demonstrating a heartfelt appreciation and understanding of the greatest symphonies of his “immortal master”.

Sales Points • Hummel’s superb chamber music arrangements of Mozart are little enough known on CD, and other than a few isolated examples these versions of some of the greatest classical symphonies ever written are almost entirely absent in the current market. This new edition uses original publications and retains the metronome markings, dynamics and accents of Hummel’s arrangements, making it both a scholarly reference and a refreshing view on Mozart’s ever popular ‘Grand Symphonies’.

Flautist and conductor Uwe Grodd has fronted some of our best recordings, and his “lovely tone colours” admired by MusicWeb International in his playing of Schubert (8.570754). Both cellist Martin Rummel and pianist Roland Krüger appear the music of Joseph Merk (8.572759), of which the American Record Guide spotted Rummel as “the latest candidate for most distinguished Viennese cellist of today.”

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Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936)Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Volume 1Emy Bernecoli, violin • Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi, piano

Sonata in D minor • Sei Pezzi • Cinque Pezzi • Giga • Allegretto vivace

Composed between 1897 and 1905, this collection of Respighi’s earliest music for violin and piano, some from his student days, is notable for its openness to influences as diverse as German Romanticism, Russian Nationalism and the French school, as if he were trying out different styles in the search for his own personal idiom. No less evident are Respighi’s technical mastery of instrumentation and form as well as his delight in vocally inflected melodic lines. This is the first of two volumes of Respighi’s complete works for violin and piano. Emy Bernecoli and Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi have been acclaimed for their “impassioned, technically polished and rhythmically rock-solid interpretations”. (Gramophone on 8.572828 / Ghedini)

Sales Points • “…let’s hope that Naxos has further plans for these gifted and fervently committed musicians” was the Gramophone response to the Emy Bernecoli/Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi duo’s recording of Ghedini’s Complete Works for Violin & Piano (8.572828), and here is our

response. This Italian duo has the music of Respighi as part of its musical DNA, and this new complete edition of his magnificent works for violin and piano enters a market for which there is only one full price alternative.

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Regino SÁINZ DE LA MAZA (1896–1981)Guitar MusicFranz Halász, guitar

Zapateado • El Vito • Seguidilla-SevillanaAlbada y Paisaje • Alegrías • Baile de Muñecas • Canciones CastellanasCantilena • Estudio en La Menor • Idilio • Meditación • Meditación-Estudio • MinuetoPetenera • Romancillo de María Belén • Rondeña • Sacrificio • Soleá • Recuerdo

Regino Sáinz de la Maza was a leading guitarist, composer and teacher who earned a place in history as the first soloist to perform Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. His compositions are deeply rooted in his Spanish identity, drawing heavily on Castilian and Andalusian folksong. Award-winning guitarist Franz Halász has selected the finest examples of Sáinz de la Maza’s creativity, including the admired Zapateado, atmospheric pieces from the film La Frontera de Dios (tracks 2, 8, 10 and 12), and the profoundly evocative Seguidilla-Sevillana.

Sales Points • Frequently found as gems amongst numerous guitar recitals, there are hardly any discs in the current catalogues which are dedicated entirely to the music of Regino Sáinz de la Maza. This extremely fine release seeks to compensate for this surprising gap, and we know that Regino’s highly accessible and always entertaining music will appeal to a wide audience.

Award winning guitarist Franz Halász’s recordings of Hans Werner Henze (8.557344 and 8.557345) have received wide critical acclaim: “[his] mastery of tone, dynamics, and technical brilliance are electrifying” (Minor7th.com).

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César FRANCK (1822–1890)Early Piano MusicJulia Severus, piano

Ballade, Op. 9 • Transcriptions of Four Schubert Songs, Op. 8*Fantasy on Two Polish Folk Songs, Op. 15Souvenirs of Aix-la-Chapelle, Op. 7** WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDINGS

The four works on this recording were written between 1843 and 1844 and chart the young César Franck’s concert tours when he appeared as a pianist and composer. Though written in his early twenties, they embody many of the characteristics that imbue the piano works written in his mature creative period from 1873: great colour, spiritual depth, organ imitation, wide dynamic ranges and powerful chordal writing. The Schubert transcriptions reveal Franck’s love of the composer’s songs, the Ballade, Op. 9, already shows his commanding sense of development, while Souvenirs of Aix-la-Chapelle, Op. 7, is deeply personal and spiritual, prophetic of the works to come.

Sales Points • Franck’s early piano works are very poorly represented on record. None of the four in this disc are represented in Archivmusic’s catalogue at all. Franck wrote them for his own use during his extended concert tours as a pianist-composer between the years 1843-44. They are extremely revealing of his musical interests in his early twenties and will make a two-fold appeal to buyers; firstly because they are largely ‘unknown’ and neglected examples of his early music – which however contain many examples of techniques and colors he would use in his later well-known piano compositions – and, second, because they are close in time to Liszt and Chopin, in particular, they will appeal to piano collectors of music of the 1840s.

Julia Severus’s recording of Bizet’s complete solo piano works (Naxos 8.570831-32) was awarded CD of the Week by RBB, Germany.

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Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890–1959)The Months – Songs, Volume 2Jana Wallingerová, mezzo-soprano • Giorgio Koukl, piano

Pastel, H.8 • The Sleeper, H.19 • Two Songs, H.21 • The Winter Night, H.26Keep On Kissing, Love, H.27 • Early Of A Morning I Am Out A-Weeding, H.49Long Ago, H.69 • The Fiery Man, H.71 • In The Garden At The Roost, H.77I Love Old Parks, H.79 • Three Songs for the ‘Red Seven’ Cabaret, H.129The Months, H.135 • Easter Carol, H.230

Songs with piano formed a fair proportion of Bohuslav Martinů’s output until 1930, and this collection focuses largely on those written during 1910-1912. With the notable exception of the Gothic gloom of Poe’s The Sleeper, Czech poets provided the younger Martinů with a wealth of texts on themes of life and love, expressed in songs both lively and luminous. Evocations of nature are also to be found, as well as a diversion into popular genres with the sophisticated ‘Red Seven’ Cabaret cycle. Volume 1 (8.572588) of this edition has been admired as “beautifully and often movingly sung … a most rewarding disc”. (Gramophone)

Sales Points • Volume 1 (8.572588) of this complete edition of songs by Bohuslav Martinů has already received much acclaim, especially “…[when] the songs are as beautifully and often movingly sung as they are here by Jana Wallingerová, and the piano accompaniments—a pleasure in themselves—are so felicitously and sensitively played by Giorgio Koukl”

(Gramophone). Giorgio Koukl’s much praised complete recordings of Martinů’s piano music brings its own substantial group of followers to this song edition, and Jana Wallingerová perfectly inhabits her fellow countryman’s miniature worlds with a “voice brimming with feeling [and] brilliant technique” (Hospodářské noviny).

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Ferenc ERKEL (1810–1893)King Stephen (István király)János Gurbán, baritone • Zoltán Nyári, tenorZsuzsanna Bazsinka, soprano • Kázmér Sárkány, baritoneTamás Daróczi, tenor • Ildikó Szakács, sopranoÁkos Ambrus, baritone • King Stephen Opera ChorusBudapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV • Valéria Csányi

Ferenc Erkel was the father of Hungarian grand opera, as well as an accomplished conductor, pianist and administrator. The last of his nine completed operas, István király, is a tale of passionate emotions, love, jealousy, power struggles and murder in which King Stephen, the founder of the Hungarian state and its first Christian ruler, is portrayed as a saint amidst the clash of pagan and Christian worlds. After 125 years of ruinous cuts and alterations to the music and the libretto, this recording is the first to restore the opera to the resoundingly successful form conceived by its composer.

Sales Points • Ferenc Erkel’s lyrical and passionate opera István király is a genuine rarity on recordings, with one highly dubious ‘rock-opera’ version from the Hungaraton label giving people completely the wrong idea of the work since 1988. Almost entirely unknown outside Hungary, Erkel’s final masterpiece is filled with excellent music, and we are sure

that interest in its restored original form and the lyrical and dramatic appeal of its content will see it reach appreciative and extensive audiences. This acclaimed live performance with its strong cast makes for a fine recording: “Valéria Csányi coaxed an exciting and deeply moving performance from soloists and chorus alike”, with soloists showing “breath-taking virtuosity and consummate dramatic skills” (musicalcriticism.com).

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8.660072-73

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Giorgio KouklJana Wallingerová

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SAINTS AND SINNERS: The Music of Medieval And Renaissance Europe[10 CD Boxed Set]Various Artists

In this collection of recordings, ‘early’ means what it says. This is a journey through the music world of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It ends with those composers and those pieces of music that, around 1600, were shaping the sound that we call ‘baroque’. Presented chronologically, this extensive collection of works covers sacred and secular music from Italy, France, Germany, Spain, England, Flanders, Portugal and The Netherlands, from a wide range of composers.

REPERTOIRE – Music from:Abelard • Agricola • Alfonso X • Anchieta • dall’Aquila • ArcadeltBanchieri • de Binchois • von Bingen • de Brito • Busnoys • ByrdCaccini • Campion • Cardoso • Cavalieri • CavazzoniClemens non Papa • Cornysh • da Crema • Dowland • DufayDunstable • del Encina • Farnaby • Finck • von Fulda • A. GabrieliG. Gabrieli • Gesualdo • Gibbons • Gombert • Goudimel • de la HalleHassler • Hofhaimer • Holborne • Hume • Isaac • Janequin • JohnsonKapsberger • Landini • de Lassus • Léonin • del Liuto • Lobode Machaut • de Magalhães • Merulo • de Milán • da MilanoMonteverdi • de Morales • Morley • Mouton • Mudarra • MundyNarváez • Neidhart • Obrecht • Ockeghem • Palestrina • ParsonsPeri • Pérotin • Philips • Praetorius • des Prez • Richard I • Rognonide Rore • de la Rue • Susato • Sweelinck • Tallis • TavernerTomkins • de la Torre • Tye • de Ventadorn • Victoriavon der Vogelweide • Weelkes • Wilbye • Willaert • Wylkynson

Ernesto CAVALLINI (1807–1874)30 Capriccios • Three Duos*Nicola Bulfone, clarinet • Marco Giani, clarinet*

* WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING

Renowned throughout Europe, Ernesto Cavallini became known as ‘the Paganini of the clarinet’ for his beautiful tone and dazzling performances. The Capriccios are unquestionably his most significant didactic works and are still used as mandatory exam pieces at Italian conservatoires. They push the performer to the technical limits of the time, ranging from Paganini-esque virtuosity to operatic cantabile writing. Recorded here for the first time, the Three Duos were also composed for teaching purposes, placing animated musical conversations and elegant Italian bel canto vocal style into classical sonata form.

Sales Points • Complete recordings of Ernesto Cavallini’s excellent 30 Capriccios for solo clarinet are rare indeed, but these stunning performances by the award winning Nicola Bulfone are both a musical tour de force and a new and durable reference for clarinetists worldwide. As if this wasn’t enough, Bulfone is joined in perfect synergy by his brilliant former student Marco Giani in world

première recordings of the Trois Duos. This attractive double-disc set easily leads the market in works still widely performed by both amateur and professional clarinetists, this recording putting the 30 Capriccios in their rightful place as a woodwind equivalent to Paganini’s violin Caprices.

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8.557232 8.5723998.557492 8.572731

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Gioachino Rossini, composer

8.570933 747313093373 ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1 [CD]



NBD0028 730099002868 ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1 [BD-Audio]

8.660284-85 730099028479 ROSSINI, G.: L'Italiana in Algeri

8.660037-38 730099603720 ROSSINI, G.: Tancredi

8.660149-51 730099614924 ROSSINI, G.: Maometto Secondo

8.660302 730099030274 ROSSINI, G.: La cambiale di matrimonio

8.570328 747313032877 SCHUBERT, F.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1

8.570329 747313032976 SCHUBERT, F.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 2

Peter Boyer, composer

8.559246 636943924624 BOYER, P.: Ellis Island: The Dream of America

JoAnn Falletta, conductor

8.557711 747313271122 RESPIGHI, O.: Vetrate di chiesa / Impressioni Brasiliane

8.572041 747313204175 STRAUSS, R.: Der Rosenkavalier Suite

8.572236 747313223671 TYBERG, M.: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Trio

8.572303 747313230372 DOHNANYI, E.: Variations on a Nursery Song

New Zealand Composers

8.557697 747313269723 LILBURN, D.: Orchestral Works

8.570824 747313082476 CRESSWELL, L.: The Voice Inside / Alas! How Swift

8.572574 747313257478 HARRIS, Ross: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

8.572671 747313267170 MCLEOD, J.: The Emperor and the Nightingale

Italian Orchestral Music

8.572411 747313241170 PETRASSI, G.: Partita / Divertimento / 4 inni sacri

8.572409 747313240975 MALIPIERO, G.F.: Impressioni dal vero

8.572410 747313241071 FERRARA, F.: Fantasia Tragica / Notte di Tempesta

8.573006 747313300679 GHEDINI, G.F..: Architetture / Contrappunti / Marinaresca e baccanale

Arnold Schoenberg & Erich Korngold, composers

8.554371 636943437124 SCHOENBERG, A.: Verklarte Nacht / Chamber Symphony No. 2

8.557534 747313253425 SCHOENBERG, A.: String Quartet No. 1 / Verklarte Nacht

8.570791 747313079179 KORNGOLD, E.W.: Violin Concerto / Schauspiel Overture

8.660060-61 730099606028 KORNGOLD, E.W.: Die Tote Stadt

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Italian Chamber Music

8.570875 747313087570 PIZZETTI, I.: Piano Trio / Violin Sonata

8.572753 747313275373 ALFANO, F.: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet

8.572828 747313282876 GHEDINI, G.F.: Violin and Piano Music (Complete)

8.572329 747313232970 GHEDINI, G.F.: Piano Music (Complete), Vol. 1

8.572330 747313233076 GHEDINI, G.F.: Piano Music (Complete), Vol. 2

Chamber Music

8.570234 747313023479 VANHAL, J.B.: Flute Quartets

8.572188 747313218875 SERVAIS, A.F. / GHYS, J. / LEONARD, H. / VIEUXTEMPS, H.: Grand Duos

8.572667 747313266777 HAYDN, J.: Flute Trios Nos. 15-17

8.572759 747313275977 MERK, J.: Fleurs d'Italie / Air suisse varie et Rondeau

Julia Severus, piano

8.557717 747313271726 TCHAIKOVSKY / BALAKIREV / GLAZUNOV: Arrangements for 2 Pianos 8 Hands

8.570418 747313041879 TCHAIKOVSKY: Ballet Suites (transcriptions for piano 4 hands)

8.570831-32 747313083176 BIZET, G.: Piano Music (Complete)

Guitar Music

8.557344 747313234424 HENZE, H.W.: Guitar Music, Vol. 1

8.557345 747313234523 HENZE, H.W.: Guitar Music, Vol. 2

8.570587 747313058778 CARULLI, F.: Guitar and Piano Music, Vol. 1

8.570588 747313058877 CARULLI, F.: Guitar and Piano Music, Vol. 2

Famous Operas

8.660072-73 730099607223 MASSENET, J.: Werther

8.660096-98 730099609623 VERDI, G.: Don Carlos

8.660116-17 730099611626 BERLIOZ, H.: La Damnation de Faust

8.660152-54 730099615228 WAGNER, R.: Tristan und Isolde

Bohuslav Martinu, composer

8.572025 747313202577 MARTINU, B.: Piano Music (Complete), Vol. 7

8.572373 747313237371 MARTINU, B.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

8.572485 747313248575 MARTINU, B.: La revue de cuisine / Harpsichord Concerto

8.572588 747313258871 MARTINU, B.: Songs, Vol. 1 - A Wreath of Carnations

Music for Woodwind Solo

8.557232 747313223220 THE ART OF THE CLARINET

8.557492 747313249220 DONIZETTI: Double Concerto / Clarinet Concertino

8.572399 747313239979 ITALIAN CLARINET SUITES

8.572731 747313273171 MERCADANTE, S.: Flute Concertos

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8.572735 747313273577 ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 4 [CD] (Prague Sinfonia, Benda)

NBD0035 730099003568 ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 2 [BD-Audio] (Prague Sinfonia, Benda)

8.559769 636943976920 BOYER, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Silver Fanfare / Festivities (London Philharmonic, Boyer)

8.573161 747313316175 GLIÈRE, R.: Symphony No. 3 (Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta)

8.570552 747313055272 YAMADA, K.: Grand Treasure / A Song of Young People (Russian Philharmonic, Yablonsky)

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8.578269-70 747313826971 THE SEA IN MUSIC (various artists)

8.573184 747313318476 EARTHRISE - Wind Band Music (MTSU Wind Ensemble, Thomas)

8.573199 747313319978 CRESSWELL, L.: Piano Concerto (De Pledge, New Zealand Symphony, McKeich)

8.573073 747313307371 PETRASSI, G.: Piano Concerto (Canino, Rome Symphony, La Vecchia)

8.572758 747313275878 KORNGOLD, E.W.: Piano Trio / SCHOENBERG, A.: Verklärte Nacht (Fidelio Trio)

8.559725 636943972526 PERSICHETTI, V.: Violin Sonata / Masques / Serenade No. 4 (Borup, Conner)

8.573129 747313312979 RESPIGHI, O.: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1 (Bernecoli, Bianchi)

8.572841 747313284177 MOZART, W.A.: Symphonies Nos. 38-40 (arr. Hummel) (Grodd, Eichhorn, Rummel, Krüger)

8.572901 747313290178 FRANCK, C.: Ballade / 4 Mélodies de François Schubert (Severus)

8.572977 747313297771 SAINZ DE LA MAZA, R.: Guitar Music (Complete) (Halasz)

8.660345-46 730099034579 ERKEL, F.: István király (King István) (Gurbán, Bokor, Nyári, Bazsinka, Sárkány, Csányi)

8.572310 747313231072 MARTINŮ, B.: Songs, Vol. 2 (Wallingerová, Koukl)

8.573133-34 747313313372 CAVALLINI, E.: 30 Capriccios / Duets Nos. 1-3 (Bulfone, Giani)

8.501067 730099106740 SAINTS AND SINNERS: Music of Medieval and Renaissance Europe [10 CD] (various artists)

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