October 2016 Catalogue Prices valid until Friday 25�� November 2016 unless stated otherwise 0115 982 7500 Cover art by Marzia Figliolia, detail taken from Sono
[email protected] Luminus DSL92206 ‘Bruno Bavota: Out of the Blue’ 1 Welcome! Dear Customer, With autumn being the time of year when record labels traditionally bring out the big guns, we’ve struggled to fit everything in this month! If information seems a little lacking in places, please don’t hesitate to give us a call and we will do our best to help you. Picking out our favourites was certainly a challenge. Our ‘Disc of the Month’ (below) is a real delight - sublime choral singing from The King’s Consort on a disc of works by eminent British composers, available at just £8.50 if you spend over £50. Other highlights include Liszt from Daniil Trifonov (Gramophone’s Artist of the Year 2016); Rossini arias from superb countertenor, Franco Fagioli; two new Mozart discs in the form of Piano Concertos from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (Chandos) and Violin Sonatas from Alina Ibragimova (Hyperion); a beautiful performance of Mendelssohn’s String Quartets 5 & 6 from the Escher Quartet (BIS); and we mustn’t forget the tenor of the moment, Jonas Kaufmann, who brings us a wonderful recital of Italian Songs (Sony). Pianists seem to be ruling the boxset re-issues this month, with collections of recordings from Pollini (DG), Perahia (Sony), Richter (Warner) and Gilels (Melodiya). Harnoncourt (Sony), Munch (Sony) and Kremer (DG) also feature in popular original-jacket-style anthologies. Congratulations go to pianist Igor Levit this month, winner of this year’s Gramophone Recording of the Year.