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David Russell For David: Music Written for David Russell CD80707 CD £13.00
Scottish born classical guitarist David Russell is recognized around the world for his superb musicianship and inspired artistry. For David, contains some of the finest contemporary works written for, and dedicated to, this brilliant instrumentalist. The composers featured represent a range of cultures and styles: Sergio Assad (Brazil), Francis Kleynjans (France), Benjamin Verdery (United States), Steve Goss (UK) and Philip Rosheger (United States) each contribute compositions that showcase Russell’s stunning virtuosity. It’s a Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’ in July.
Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 2, 5, & 7 2CD80756 CD2 £8.60
This 2CD set is taken from a fine series of recordings that the conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi made with The Cleveland Orchestra of the complete symphonies of Beethoven, and includes Symphonies 1, 2, 5, and 7. It is being re-issued as part of the specially priced “Everybody’s Classics” series.
Cincinnati SO/Jarvi, LAPO/Previn Dvorak: Symphonies 8 & 9, Serenade etc. 2CD80757 CD2 £8.60
This specially priced 2CD re-issue is devoted to the music of Antonin Dvorak. The works featured are his two most popular Symphonies, No. 9 “New World”, perfomed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Jarvi, and No 8, which along with the Scherzo Capriccioso and Notturno for Strings is played by the Los Angles Philharmonic and Andre Previn. The Serenade for Strings is performed by the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra with the conductor Conrad van Alphen.
Orch. of St Lukes/Mackerras Haydn: Symphonies 100, 101, 103, & 104 2CD80758 CD2 £8.60
Sir Charles Mackerras is universally recognised as one of the leading interpreters of the music of Haydn and Mozart.
This 2CD set, being released as part of the specially priced “Everybody’s Classics” series, is a re-issue of recordings he made with The Orchestra of St Lukes of four of Haydn’s last group of symphonies, Nos. 100 “Military”, 101 “Clock”, 103 “Drumroll”, and 104 “London”.
Prague Chamber Orch./Mackerras Mozart: Symphonies 35, 36, 38, & 39 2CD80759 CD2 £8.45
Sir Charles Mackerras’s performances of Mozart’s Symphonies with the Prague Chamber Orchestra were considered to be benchmark recordings when they first appeared. This specially priced 2-CD set includes five of the late symphonies, Nos. 32, 35 “Haffner”, 36 “Linz”, 38 “Prague”, and 39.
Atlanta SO & Cleveland Orch./Yoel Levi Sibelius: Symphonies 1, 2, & 5, Finalndia etc. 2CD80760 CD2 £8.45
This re-issue of recordings of the orchestral music of Sibelius is a 2CD set that features conductor Yoel Levi in performances of three of his greatest works, Symphonies 1, 2 and 5. In the 1st and 5th and the haunting “Swan of Tuonela” the orchestra is the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The 2nd Symphony and Finlandia are performed by the Cleveland Orchestra.
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Yolanda Kondonassis Debussy & Takemitsu: Air CD80694 CD £13.00
One of the world’s foremost harpists, Yolanda Kondonassis has been hailed by The New York Times for her “powerful playing and musicianly energy.” She has appeared all over the world as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. On this new recording she is joined by flautist Joshua Smith, violist Cynthia Phelps, and the string orchestra, Oberlin 21, led by Bridget-Michaele Reischl in performances of works by Debussy and Takemitsu.
RUNNICLES / ATLANTA S.O. Gorecki: Symphony No.3 CD80699 CD £13.00
Henryk Gorecki’s third symphony, also known as the “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, became an unexpected crossover success in 1992 with a recording by soprano Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Zinman. The symphony marked a change in compositional style for Górecki, who was previously identified as a member of the modernist wing of European music, and is steeped in simple chant like melodies and rich consonant harmonies. This new recording by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Donald Runnicles, new chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony, features Grammy Award-winning American soprano Christine Brewer.
PAAVO JARVI / CINCINNATI SYMPH. Shostakovich: Symphony No.10
& Tormis: Overture No.2 CD80702 CD £13.00
According to its conductor Paavo Jarvi, the two works performed on this new CD by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony No. 10, which was premiered in 1953 shortly after the death of Stalin, and Estonian composer Veljo Tormis’s Overture No.2 from 1959 represent the reaction of two different and distinct voices to the era of the infamous Soviet dictator. They appear together as important compositions emerging from two countries linked under the soviet system at a common point in their history, and share the same urgency, conviction and strength. The Cincinnati Symphony and Paavo Jarvi featured the Shostakovich Tenth on a hugely successful tour of Europe in April of 2008 that included sold-out performances in Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris.
ZUILL BAILEY Russian Masterpieces for Cello CD80724 CD £13.00
Zuill Bailey, the dynamic and exhilarating American cellist, makes his Telarc debut with the release of Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra. The recording includes Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, Pezzo Capriccioso and Nocturne in D Minor Op. 19 No. 4, and Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107. He is accompanied by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under English conductor Martin West.
ZANDER / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Bruckner: Symphony No.5 2CD80706 2CD £13.00
ZANDER / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Bruckner: Symphony No.5 SACD60706 SACD2 £15.35
Benjamin Zander, best known for his outstanding series of recording of Mahler’s symphonies for Telarc, is back conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in a stunning new recording of Bruckner’s great Fifth Symphony. As with previous releases, the second disc in this 2-CD package features Benjamin Zander discussing the music of the symphony. The title is also being made available in the SACD format.
PEARLMAN / BOSTON BAROQUE Vivaldi: Four Seasons CD80698 CD £13.00
PEARLMAN / BOSTON BAROQUE Vivaldi: Four Seasons SACD60698 SACD £15.35
Martin Pearlman and his early music group Boston Baroque are recognised internationally as leaders in their field. They have enjoyed popular and critical success with recordings J S Bach (the Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites), Handel, Mozart, and Monteverdi. On this new CD of Vivaldi’s celebrated “Four Seasons”, which also includes performances of two of Geminiani’s Concerti Grossi (Nos. 4 and 12), they are joined by talented young Canadian baroque violinist Christina Day Martinson.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Classical SACD Sampler SACD60013 SACD £15.35
This is the sixth release from Telarc to showcase the amazing surround sound of the Super Audio CD format represented in many of the label’s Classical recordings. The selection of pieces featured includes excerpts from pieces that range from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” through to Brahms’ “German Requiem” and Vaughan Williams “Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis”. Amongst the artists involved in these recordings are internationally renowned conductors Paavo Jarvi, Donald Runnicles and Martin Pearlman, with the Cincinatti and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras and Boston Baroque.
MACKERRAS / SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro 3 x CD 3CD80725 £13.00
This stunning Mackerras interpretation of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” was recorded at the Edinburgh Festival with the
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus.
MACKERRAS / SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mozart: Don Giovanni 3 x CD 3CD80726 £13.00
Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival in 1995, Sir Charles Mackerras led the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Chorus and an outstanding cast, including Bo Skovhus, Alessandro Corbelli, Christine Brewer, Jerry Hadley and Felicity Lott, in an insightful and scholarly performance of Don Giovanni. “This seems to me, all round, an immensely enjoyable version of Don Giovanni.” Stanley Sadie, Gramophone
MACKERRAS / SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mozart: The Magic Flute 2 x CD 2CD80727 £13.00
Cast includes Barbara Hendricks, Thomas Allen, Jerry Hadley and Robert Lloyd. “In Mackerras's case, the precision of the articulation, the consistent attention to note lengths and values which gives his interpretation a wonderful buoyancy while allowing for the required moments of repose and/or passion. He gains trim, finely moulded playing from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and lovely singing from its associated Chorus.” Alan Blyth, Gramophone
MACKERRAS / SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mozart: Cosí Fan Tutte 3 x CD 3CD80728 £13.00
Cast includes Felicity Lott, Jerry Hadley, Marie McLaughlin and Alessandro Corbelli. “It captures the vitality and sense of fun that run through the work as well as any. The recorded quality is unusually clear and, carefully nurtured by Mackerras, the delights of Mozart's scoring can readily be heard.”
Stanley Sadie, Gramophone
MACKERRAS / PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mozart: The Symphonies 10 x CD CD80729 £34.45
The critically-acclaimed series of the Mozart symphonies featuring Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the Prague Chamber Orchestra has been repackaged in a specially priced 10 CD slim-line boxed set..
JOHN O'CONOR
Beethoven: Piano Concs. Nos. 1, 3 & 4 2CD80704 £13.00
The acclaimed Irish pianist John O’Conor together with conductor Andreas Delfs and the LSO completes his cycle of Beethoven piano concerti with this
specially priced 2 CD set.
CAMERON CARPENTER Revolutionary CD CD80711 £13.00
ditto ditto HSACD SACD60711 £15.35
Cameron Carpenter’s Revolutionary threatens to turn the organ world upside down. Among organists it’s generally accepted that he’s unmatched technically, but this debut CD reveals that his approach to the organ is unlike anything currently in the market. He performs works by Demessieux, Dupre,Bach as well as his own adaptations of works by Chopin, Liszt and Bizet.
SPANO / ATLANTA S.O. & CHORUS
Puccini: La Boheme 2CD 2CD80697 £13.00
Robert Spano conducts the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus with Norah Amsellem (Mimi) and Marcus Haddock (Rodolfo) in a performance recorded live in Atlanta. Complete opera with full libretto at a special price (2 for 1).
SHANNON LEE
Introducing Shannon Lee CD CD80695 £13.00
Canadian-born violinist Shannon Lee makes her Telarc debut with Introducing Shannon Lee, a recital packed with gems by a range of 19th and early 20th century composers, including Wieniawski, Kreisler, Debussy, Elgar, Scriabin and Brahms.
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN The Berlin Concert CD CD80715 £13.00
SImone Dinnerstein has gained a large international following because of the remarkable success of her recording of the Goldberg Variations, released by Telarc in 2007. Dinnerstein follows this up with a recital recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in November 2007 with performances of Bach’s French Suite No.5 in G Major, the world premiere recording of Philip Lasser’s Variations on a Bach Chorale, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.32 in C major and Bach’s Goldberg Variation No.13.
A stunning recital, engineered with tactile precision.” International Piano (July/August).
PAAVO JARVI / CINCINNATI SYMPHONY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, CD CD80705 £13.00
Night on Bald Mountain, Prelude to Khovanshchina
Paavo Järvi continues his series of Russian recordings with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with a disc entirely devoted to works by Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain and Prelude to Khovanshchina.
PAAVO JARVI / CINCINNATI SYMPHONY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, HSACD SACD60705 £15.35
Night on Bald Mountain, Prelude to Khovanshchina
GLORIA CHENG
Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, Lutoslawski - World Premieres CD CD80712 £13.00
Acclaimed pianist Gloria Cheng performs world premiere recordings of works by three leading contemporary composers, Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Steven Stucky. Gloria Cheng is widely recognized as one of today’s foremost interpreters of contemporary music, having garnered universal acclaim for her colorful performances and her unassuming virtuosity and musicality.
ROBERT SPANO/ATLANTA SYMPH. & CHORUS
Brahms: A German Requiem CD CD80701 £13.00
Ditto Ditto HSACD SACD60701 £15.35
Brahms’ great choral work performed by the legendary Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus conducted by Robert Spano
ERICH KUNZEL /CINCINNATI POPS
Ravel: Bolero CD CD80703 £13.00
ditto ditto SACD SACD60703 £15.50
Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops perform the ever-popular Bolero by Ravel, Suites No.1 and No.2 from Carmen by Georges Bizet plus the Féte-dieu à Séville from Iberia by Isaac Albeniz.
ERICH KUNZEL/CINCINNATI POPS Vintage Cinema CD CD80708 £13.00
ditto ditto HSACD SACD60708 £15.35
Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops chart the evolution of classic film scores from ‘King Kong’ (1933) to ‘El Cid’ (1961). Along the way he includes pieces from ‘On The Waterfront’, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ and many other classic scores.
SPANO / ATLANTA SYMPHONY
Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation CD CD80696 £13.00
ditto ditto HSACD SACD60696 £15.50
World premiere recording of Michael Gandolfi’s expanded version of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, an hour-long work inspired by architect Charles Jencks’ mystical garden in Scotland and Jencks’ book of the same name.
DAVID RUSSELL Air On A G String CD CD80693 £13.00
Air on a G String brings together works by Jacques de Saint-Luc and Silvius Leopold Weiss, two of the master lutenists of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, as well as the acclaimed classical guitarist David Russell’s own transcriptions for guitar of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach and François Couperin.
YING QUARTET Dim Sum CD CD80690 £13.00
The Ying Quartet perform bite-sized morsels of works by contemporary Chinese-American composers including Tan Dun and Bright Sheng. There are three world premiere recordings: Ge Gan-ru’s “Fu,” Vivian Fung’s “Pizzicato for String Quartet” and Lei Liang’s “Gobi Gloria.”
BOTSTEIN / BBC SYMPH. ORCH.
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleu 2CD CD80680 £17.00
Dukas, best known for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice only wrote one opera Ariane et Barbe-Bleu, which is considered a C20th French masterwork alongside Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. Leon Botstein has established a reputation for exploring the exotic and neglected rare operatic jewels of the French repertoire. In 2005 he recorded Chausson’s Le Roi Arthus for Telarc with the BBC SO, which was selected as a Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’.Soloists: Ariane Lori Phillips (soprano), La Nourrice Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Barbe-Bleue Peter Rose (bass), Sélysette Laura Vlasak Nolen (mezzo-soprano), Ygraine Ana James (soprano), Mélisande Daphne Touchais (soprano), Bellangère Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano).
KUNZEL / CINCINNATI POPS Masters & Commanders CD CD80682 £13.00
ditto ditto SACD SACD60682 £15.50
18 tracks of sensational swashbuckling seafaring fare performed bt Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Includes music from Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), Captain Blood (1936), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).
SPANO/ASO/ASO CHORUS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.5, / Fantasia, Serenade To Music
CD CD80676 £13.00
SACD (H) SACD60676 £15.50
A fine balance of choral and orchestral sound, this disc features two of the greatest writers of choral music. Thomas Tallis’ Psalm is an a cappella piece for small choir and is a minute of sheer grace. The Psalm is followed by Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, a work based on the preceding Tallis piece. Williams’ Serenade to Music features a vocal quartet (Jessica Rivera, Kelley O’Connor, Thomas Studebaker and Nmon Ford) with chorus and orchestra. Balancing out the programme is Williams’ orchestral work, Symphony No. 5, a surprisingly sunny and optimistic piece, given its origins in wartime London. After receiving three GRAMMYs for his Telarc recording of Vaughan Williams’ “Sea Symphony,” Robert Spano is sure to receive more critical acclaim for this new recording.
DAVID RUSSELL Art Of The Guitar CD CD80672 £13.00
ditto ditto SACD SACD60672 £15.50
GRAMMY Award winning classical guitarist David Russell performs selections from the traditional Spanish repertory, original works and arrangements of popular classics like Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, Debussy’s The girl with the flaxen hair, themes from La Traviata and much-loved favourite the ‘Cavatina’ from the Deerhunter.
TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET A Love Supreme CD CD80684 £13.00
The world-renowned classical string quartet, the Turtle Island Quartet perform unique string arrangements of some of Coltrane’s most cutting-edge works, including ‘A Love Supreme’, perhaps his most famous composition. Equally at home playing jazz or classical music, the Turtle Island Quartet also perform compositions by the likes of Thelonious Monk and John McLaughlin.
ERICH KUNZEL/CINCINNATI POPS The Big Picture SACD(H) SACD60437 £15.50
‘The Big Picture’ by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops features sonically-enhanced versions of themes and incidental music from a variety of blockbuster films including Mission Impossible, Apollo 13, Speed, Independence Day, Braveheart and more.
ERICH KUNZEL/CINCINNATI POPS ORCH.
Mega Movies SACD SACD60535 £15.50
The sound effect classic, “Mega Movies”, is now being released as a multi-channel SACD. It features music from 12 film and TV soundtracks combined with the sound effects that sound so realistic, from Godzilla’s ear-splitting roar to the excruciating sound the being split open by an iceberg.
MOZART etc.: The Philosopher's Stone
Martin Pearlman/Boston Baroque 2CD CD80508 £13.95
"The Schikaneder company were a very talented crew…Pearlman directs…with a firm hand, and does well to let us hear the orchestral detail…He draws sure singing from the choir…Mozartians will certainly want to hear this set, partly for the ‘new’ pieces, partly for the fascinating context it provides for Die Zauberflote." -- Gramophone
CHERUBINI: Requiem, Marce Funebre & BEETHOVEN: Elegian Songs
Martin Pearlman/Boston Baroque CD CD80658 £13.00
ditto ditto SACD SACD60658 £15.50
This new disc by the Martin Rearlman and the Boston Baroque couples the Cherubini: Requiem with the little-known Beethoven: Elegiac Song. “Martin Pearlman and the Boston Baroque forces tackle it with a will, most effective in the quieter movements… they handle the strange and highly original Pie Jesu very effectively.” Gramophone (Feb 07)
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