APRIL 8 2013 harmonia mundi UK Classical new release DISTRIBUTED LABELS: ACTES SUD, AGOGIQUE, ALIA VOX, AMBRONAY, APARTE, ARTE VERUM, AUDITE, BEL AIR CLASSIQUES, THE CHOIR OF KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, CHRISTOPHORUS, CSO RESOUND, DELPHIAN, FRAMUSICA, GLOSSA, harmonia mundi, HAT[NOW]ART, K617, KML, LA DOLCE VOLTA, LSO LIVE, MARIINSKY, MELISANDE FILMS, MIRARE, MODE, MUSO, NAIVE, ONYX, OPELLA NOVA, ORFEO, PAN CLASSICS, PARADIZO, PEARL, PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE, PHIL.HARMONIE, PRAGA DIGITALS, RADIO FRANCE, RAM, RCOC, RCO LIVE, SFZ MUSIC, SIGNUM CLASSICS, STRADIVARIUS, UNITED ARCHIVES, WAHOO, WALHALL ETERNITY, WERGO, WIGMORE HALL LIVE, WINTER & WINTER, YSAYE [NASCOR] available 8th April, call-off 29th March April GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE Delphian DCD34117 Parry ‘From a City Window’ Ailish Tynan, Susan Bickley, William Dazeley / Iain Burnside GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE Naive OP30539 Vivaldi Concerti per fagotte, Vol 3 Sergio Azzolini. L’Aura Soave Cremona GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE Reissue of the Month Alia Vox Heritage AVSA9893 F Couperin - Pièces de violes Jordi Savall. Ariane Maurette. Ton Koopman RELEASE DATE 8TH APRIL 2013 VIVALDI: Dixit Dominus RV807, In furore iustissimae irae RV626 HANDEL: Dixit Dominus HWV232 Lucy Crowe La Nuova Musica David Bates directs La Nuova Musica in a pair of contrasting settings of Psalm 109. Handel's masterful and ambitious HWV282 was penned in 1707 during a youthful visit to Italy. Vivaldi's vivid and economical RV807 (his third Dixit Dominus) was long mistakenly attributed to Baldassare Galuppi; it probably dates from the early 1730s. Rounding out the programme is Vivaldi's dazzling motet for solo voice, "In furore iustissimae irae", featuring soprano Lucy Crowe. Session report - Gramophone Featue and free track - Gramophone Feature - Early Music Today tbc Feature - Sinfini tbc Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Choral 8/10 recording – 7/10 music Catalogue No: HMU807587 "Their [La Nuova Musica] passion and understanding of the style of music which they are playing is clearly evident in Barcode: 093046758769 their phrasing and dynamic approach … a special mention should go to the countertenor Christopher Lowrey, who has an exceptional voice and whose upper range is extremely impressive." Pete Trewin, Hi-Fi + - March 2013 Normal Price Format: 1 hybrid SACD ALSO AVAILABLE: Packaging: slipcased HMU907585/86 Handel Il Pastor Fido Lucy Crowe [soprano] "La Nuova Musica, the most exciting of all young Baroque ensembles... Thanks to the inspired direction of David Bates, La Nuova Musica / David Bates [conductor] this was to be music-making of an undogmatic, long-pondered intelligence” Interviews with Lucy Crowe on Radio Norfolk Hilary Finch, The Times & first Classical spot on 'The Girls Are' ADVERTISED IN MAY GRAMOPHONE & APRIL IRR LNM are on In Tune, Radio 3 on 8th April to coincide with the launch of this album R3 Essential Classics airplay this week RELEASE DATE 8TH APRIL 2013 SCHUBERT: Licht und Liebe Lieder & Vocal Quartets Der Tanz D.826, Die Unterscheidung op.95/1, D.866, Die Geselligkeit (Lebenslust) D.609, Lieder der Delphine D.857/1, Der Sänger op.post.117, D.149, Der Hochzeitsbraten D.930, Licht und Liebe D.352, Des Tages Weihe D.763, Gott im Ungewitter D.985, Die Allmacht D.852, Hymne an den Unendlichen D.232, Begräbnislied D.168, Gebet D.815 Sometimes written in dialogue or in unison, sometimes close to opera, to a Singspiel scene or to choral music, Schubert's vocal duets, trios and quartets show the full variety of his creative impulses. These brief vocal ensembles composed for gatherings of friends, the famous ‘Schubertiads', display a skill and a taste for freedom that hold an immediate appeal for today's listener – for here one sings purely for pleasure. ALSO AVAILABLE: HMC902050 Schumann Spanisches Liederspiel and Liebeslieder Label: harmonia mundi "plangently sung here by Werner Güra, one of today’s outstanding lieder singers, who, with the diamantine soprano of File Under: Classical/Secular Marlis Petersen, gets the lion’s share of the solo songs and duets. The quartets are an especial delight, unjustly Vocal music neglected treats for the Schumann bicentenary." Hugh Canning, CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK, Sunday Times, 29 Catalogue No: HMC902130 August 2010 Barcode: 3149020213025 Normal Price “this new disc now becomes the prime recommendation for these delectable, and still undervalued, Liederspiele.” Format: 1 CD Richard Wigmore, Gramophone recommends, November 2010 Packaging: digipack HMC901945 Brahms Liebeslieder-Walzer; Neue Liebeslieder Marlis Petersen [soprano] Anke Vondung [mezzo-soprano] "Topped by Marlis Petersen's crystalline soprano, the beautifully balanced vocal quartet sings with charm, tenderness Werner Güra [tenor] and a piquant sense of drama. A word, too, for the guileful, spirited accompaniments from duetting pianists Berner and Konrad Jarnot [bass] Radicke." Christoph Berner fortepiano] Richard Wigmore, The Daily Telegraph, 6 October 2007 "A classy, sophisticated disc" Tim Ashley, The Guardian, Sept 14, 2007 RELEASE DATE 8TH APRIL 2013 Thea MUSGRAVE: Chamber works for oboe Nicholas Daniel Night Windows, Impromptus 1 & 2, Cantilena, Niobe, Trio, Take Two Oboes, Threnody Rich and powerful musical language and a strong sense of drama have made Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave (b.1928) one of the most respected and exciting contemporary voices. This CD features chamber works for oboe composed between 1960-2009, including her most recent works written specially for Nicholas Daniel, 'Cantilena', 'Night Windows', 'Take Two Oboes' and an arrangement of 'Threnody' for cor anglais. Nicholas Daniel’s long and distinguished career began when, at the age of 18, he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition and went on to win further competitions in Europe. At his debut at the BBC Proms in 1992 the Sunday Times described him as one of the greatest exponents of the oboe in the world. Today one of the UK's most distinguished soloists as well as a successful conductor, he has become an important ambassador for music and musicians in many different fields. He was awarded the The Queen’s Medal for Music in 2011. Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Chamber BBC Total Immersion, Barbican 15th February 2014 music The BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 85th birthday of this remarkable composer with a rich tapestry of her Catalogue No: HMU907568 engaging and expressive music. Barcode: 093046756826 "It was almost cosy. Both Nicholas Daniel and Dame Evelyn Glennie are prominent players of Thea Musgrave’s Normal Price concertos, and the composer has been a Proms regular for nearly half a century. Now here came another BBC Format: 1 CD commission, Two’s Company, a double concerto for oboe and percussion that she wrote specifically for these two Packaging: slipcased soloists. The whole work, scored with delicacy and grace, swept forward with a gathering momentum, and the total experience was captivating." The Independent 4th Sept 2007 Nicholas Daniel [oboe] James Turnbull [oboe] Emer McDonough [flute] Joy Farrall [Clarinet] Huw Watkins [piano] members of the Chilingirian Quartet: Levon Chilingirian [violin] Susie Mészáros [viola] Philip De Groote [cello] RELEASE DATE 8TH APRIL 2013 SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 Sonata for cello and piano Op.40 Emmanuelle Bertrand Pascal Amoyel Here are two masterpieces for cello by Shostakovich, written 25 years apart. The insolent Sonata Op.40 of 1934, contemporary with 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District':the opera soon to plunge its composer into disgrace with Stalin, was answered in 1959 by the bitter self-questioning of an artist who seemed to have sunk into depression. This Cello Concerto ends with a wicked caricature of true joy, adding the final touch to the extreme polymorphism of a traumatised humourist who had long since learned not to laugh . A passionate devotee of chamber music and member of the ensemble Les Violoncelles Français, Emmanuelle Bertrand has appeared in duo repertoire with the pianist Pascal Amoyel since 1999. Her harmonia mundi recordings as a soloist or in tandem with Amoyel have all received the most prestigious critical accolades in France and abroad, including the Cannes Classical Award, Diapason d’Or of the Year, 10 de Répertoire-Classica, Choc de Classica, and ffff de Télérama. Label: harmonia mundi In 2014 she will give the first performance of Thierry Escaïch’s Cello Concerto. File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: HMC902142 ALSO AVAILABLE: Barcode: 3149020214220 HMX2908452/53 Le violoncelle romantique Normal Price “Rich pickings! Alkan and R Strauss Sonatas are given suitably grandiose performances. Bertrand and Amoyel complement each other superbly.” Jan Smaczny, BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2011 Format CD Packaging: digipack HMC901986 Grieg Cello Sonata, Lyric Pieces Allegretto in E, Intermezzo “Emmanuelle Bertrand and pianist Pascal Amoyel have an exquisitely sensitive partnership…Their delicate rendition of Emmanuelle Bertrand [cello] Pascal Amoyel [piano] ‘Vöglein’ using pizzicato and barely-there string chords is pure enchantment.” BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Pascal Helen Wallace, BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 Rophé [conductor] HMC901962 Saint-Saëns Cello Sonata, Suite, Le Cygne "The finely attuned duo of Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel play both works with an ideal balance of ardour, finesse of colour and elegance." Richard Wigmore, The Daily Telegraph, 11 August 2007 ADVERRTISED IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE RELEASE DATE 8TH APRIL 2013 VERDI: Arias Piotr