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OCTOBER 2009 OCTOBER CLASSICAL new release harharmoniamonia mmundiundi UKUK available 19th October call off 9th October harmonia mundi, AEON, ALIA VOX, ALPHA, AMBRONAY, ARCANA, ARTE VERUM, AUDITE, BEL AIR CLASSIQUES, CALLIOPE, CSO RESOUND, DELPHIAN, FIRST HAND, FUGA LIBERA, GLOSSA, HAT[NOW]ART, K617, KML, LSO LIVE, MARIINSKY, MEDICI ARTS, MIRARE, MODE, NASCOR, OPAL, OPELLA NOVA, ORFEO, PARADIZO, PEARL, PRAGA DIGITALS, RADIO FRANCE, RAM, RCOC, RCO LIVE, RICERCAR, SFZ, SIGNUM CLASSICS, STRADIVARIUS, UNICORN KANCHANA, WALHALL, WERGO, WINTER & WINTER, YSAYE OCTOBER GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE HMU807447/48 Handel Organ Concertos Op. 7 Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr +IRR OUTSTANDING GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE SIGCD155 Liszt Abroad Rebecca Evans (sop), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE CHOICE LSO0685 Bartok Bluebeard’s Castle LSO / Valery Gergiev BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE DVD CHOICE Medici Arts 2055488 Mahler Symphony No. 4, Schoenberg Pelleas& Melisande Juliane Banse (soprano); Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra/ Claudio Abbado GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL HMU907502 PURCELL COMPLETE FANTAZIAS / Fretwork GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST EARLY HMU807489 SONG OF SONGS / Stile Antico “Sumptuously delivered by the peerless Stile Antico.” The Independent HMC992039/40 Barcode: 794881935628 special limited edition with DVD while stocks last HMC902039/40 Barcode: 794881 924523 2 CDs £11.30 until Jan 1st 2010 then £13.47 Josef HAYDN The Creation Julia Kleiter, soprano (Gabriel, Eva); Maximilian Schmitt, tenor (Uriel); Johannes Weisser, bass (Raphael,Adam); RIAS Kammerchor; Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor) It was on a visit to London in 1791 that Haydn heard several of Handel's oratorios at Westminster Abbey. Astonished by their size and power - "Handel is master of us all," he is said to have declared - he determined to write a similar work himself. Die Schöpfung was the result, though its exuberant hymning of the simple joys of life is pure Haydn. Five years after a much-acclaimed version of The Seasons, René Jacobs chooses this 'beginning' to make his major contribution on record to the celebration of the bicentenary of Haydn's death. CONCERT REVIEWS: "Julia Kleiter was the exemplary soprano, who made Jacobs's extra vocal embellishments sound completely natural, and Maximilian Schmitt gave notice of a well-schooled tenor voice to watch." Financial Times, January 2009 "In the medium-scale acoustic of the Barbican Hall, two German groups - the 40-strong RIAS Chamber Choir and the similarly sized Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, both under the skilled hands of conductor René Jacobs - proved near ideal. Many of Haydn's delightful touches of audio-visual detail - the sun and moon, the birds and beasts - came over with unusually vivid effect...Julia Kleiter's pristine vocalism moved around the soprano part with the same delicacy and skill as Maximilian Schmitt's around the tenor's." The Guardian ADVERTISED IN BBC MUSIC & GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINES harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009 HMU907467/68 Barcode: 093046746728 2CDS £13.47 George Frideric HANDEL Trio Sonatas Opp. 2 & 5 Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music conclude their award-winning Handel cycle with this dazzling traversal of the Trio Sonatas of opus two and opus five.These works, less frequently heard than much of Handel's output, are brilliantly crafted, exciting, and (above all) fun pieces of chamber music. The Italianate singing style of the melodic writing is both virtuosic and sonorous. Handel took Corelli's 'sonata da chiesa' model and with consummate ease, created sparklingly diverse and richly colourful works that are clearly stamped with his own unique stylistic signature. As a conductor, Richard Egarr has presented a wide range of repertoire - from Baroque opera and oratorio to works by 20th -century composers. He is Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, with whom he has recorded Bach Harpsichord Concertos and Brandenburg Concertos.Together they are currently releasing a series of Handel's Opp.1-7, of which the Solo Sonatas Op.1, the Concerti Grossi Op.3 and Organ Concertos Op.4 are already available. Handel with Richard Egarr: HMU907415 / HMU807415 SACD HMU807447/48 SACD Concerti grossi op.3, Sonata a 5 September release Academy of Ancient Music Handel Organ Concertos Op.7 / AAM Gramophone Award Winner Gramophone Editor's Choice "Under Egarr the orchestra sound as IRR Outstanding good as ever, perhaps even reinvigo- rated and a few degrees sparkier." HMU907259 Complete Violin Sonatas Gramophone Editor's Choice Catalogue CD HMX 2907259 Gramophone Editor's Choice HMU807446 Organ Concertos Op.4 Academy of Ancient Music HMU907465/66 12 Solo sonatas Op.1 "The Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Academy of Ancient Music Egarr surpass, in my mind, any performance of "Egarr's harpsichord accompaniment is free and these concertos hitherto recorded…Delightful, expressive. The soloists slide easily from austerity delicious, debonaire and wholly distracting from to opulence, and Brown's dewy-toned recorder is modern climes - perfect! More please! Star enchanting." Independent on Sunday Recording, The Organ HMU907228/29 Concerti grossi Op.6 Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze Gramophone Editor's Choice CONCERT: Wigmore Hall 22nd November with the Academy of Ancient Music harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009 HMC902033 Barcode: 794881 924820 NORMAL PRICE CD £8.98 Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK French Psalms & Canciones Sacrae Resveillez vous chacun fidele (Ps. 133), Qui en la garde du haut Dieu pour jamais se retire (Ps. 91), Du fonds de ma pensee (Ps.130), De profundis*, Magnificat*, Beati pauperes*,A Dieu ma voix j'ai haussee (Ps. 77), Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire (Ps. 42)., Sus mon ame qu'on benie le souverain (Ps. 146), Te Deum laudamus* *Continuo: David Jansen (organ); Ophira Zakaï (lute); Cappella Amsterdam / Daniel Reuss (conductor) Composer, organist, organ builder and teacher of international renown, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562- 1621) was known in his own time as the 'Orpheus of Amsterdam'.Among his significant contributions to Franco-Flemish polyphony, one finds both psalms in French which closely follow the dictates of the Reformation and sacred vocal works in Latin, among which the Magnificat is outstanding. ALSO AVAILABLE: HMC901985 Ligeti, Lux aeterna - Cappella Amsterdam et al "If the title track is the big draw here, the Dutch choir does not disappoint. The sopranos are tightrope walkers on the eternal, steady high note, staggering their breaths for a seamless sound. The held, unresolving clashes are thrilling, a torment one never wants to end. Ligeti's Viola Sonata, the Drei Phantasien, offers similar pleasures where the tenors push singing close to shouting in the mighty fortissimo." The Times "In this performance [of Lux aeterna] by the astoundingly good Capella Amsterdam it sounds more meditative and less apocalyptic than it did [in Kubrick's 2001], but no less haunting." Daily Telegraph harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009 HMC902052 Barcode: 7 94881 924721 NORMAL PRICE CD £8.98 CHOPIN CHEZ PLEYEL (PARIS, 1842) Andante spianato Op.22, Ballade No. 3 Op. 47, Nocturnes Op.48 Nos 1 & 2, Préludes Op. 28 Nos. 4, 9, 11, 13, Nocturne Op.9 No. 2, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2, Prélude Op.45, Prélude Op. 28 No. 15, Mazurka KK IIb No. 5 'à Émile Gaillard' , Mazurkas Op.41 Nos. 2 & 3, Impromptu Op.51, ' Grande Valse' Op. 42 Alain Planès (piano Pleyel 1837coll.Anthony Sidey) A journey into Chopin's world . On 21 February 1842, the Polish composer gave one of his very rare con- certs: he did not enjoy appearing in public, for his music was above all a chamber art.Alain Planès has striven to recreate the programme of this concert as closely as possible and recorded it on a Pleyel piano of 1836 that the composer might have played.The questions he throws up in the process are fascinating: how did Chopin play? Apart from his famous rubato, what was the role of ornamentation, and indeed improvisation? ALSO AVAILABLE: SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION HMX2908209/13 Debussy Complete Works for solo piano [5CDs] Debussy Suite Bergamasque / Arabesques (HMC901893) Pianist Recommended "The interpretation is a delight all the way through" Classic FM Magazine "this is Debussy playing of a very high order, and I urge admirers of this repertoire to give it a try." Pianist Recommended, Pianist, June-July 2006 Debussy Images (HMC901947/48) "played with consummate artistry…Throughout Planès is as dedicated and perceptive as could be wished for. The recording and presentation are excellent." International Piano, July/August 2007 "There's much to savour." Editor's Choice, Gramophone, September 2007 "a joy from start to finish" Classic FM Magazine, September 2007 harmonia mundi UK- released 19th October 2009 13TH INTERNATIONAL VAN CLIBURN COMPETITION GOLD MEDAL HMU907505 Barcode: 093046750527 NORMAL PRICE CD £8.98 Nobuyuki Tsujii Every four years, the Van Cliburn Competition offers the opportunity for a select group of outstanding young musicians to showcase their talent while challenging themselves to reach new standards of artistic excellence.This year's three winners raise the bar once again. 20-year-old Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii claimed the Gold Medal.Already known in his home country for his refined and effortless playing, a webcast of his spellbinding performances at the 2009 Cliburn brought Tsujii to the attention of hundreds of countless new fans through- out the world, while raising his status in Japan to superstar. Blind since birth,Tsujii states his firm belief that, "there are no barriers in the field of music." The youngest participant in the competition, 19-year-old joint-Gold Medalist Haochen Zhang gave his debut recital at the Shanghai Music Hall at the age of five. He moved to the United States at 15 to attend the Curtis Institute of Music where he is pursing a Bachelor of Music degree. 23-year-old Silver Medalist Yeol Eum Son is considered among the most important artists of her generation in South Korea.