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...... page 2 AMERICAN CLASSICS Naxos of America to Distribute ...... page 3 Arthaus Musik Classical DVDs ...... Featured Titles page 4 FRANKLIN, TN – Naxos of America, along with parent company HNH subsidiaries and affiliates world-wide, will distribute the Arthaus Christmas & ...... page 5 Musik DVD catalogue of leading German home-video company, Kinowelt Home Entertainment. The catalogue offers and ballet Thanksgiving Titles performances, concerts and documentaries featuring some of the world’s leading artists (Abbado, Barenboim, Carreras, Alagna, Kasarova, and Terfel), orchestras (, Chicago Symphony Orchestra), opera houses (Berlin State Opera) and ballet companies...... pages 5-6 These titles will be distributed exclusively by Naxos of America starting this month to be sold in book and music retail stores throughout the country. From July, there will be about 5 releases world-wide. The suggested retail price of these items will be $24.99 for concerts and $29.99- $34.99 for ballets and ...... page 7 cpo The Arthaus Musik DVD’s will offer the following special features: • Sub-titles (opera libretti) in a variety of languages ...... page 8 • Option for wide-screen viewing • Background information on the work being performed dacapo ...... page 9 • Multi-angle camera positions and/or underscoring (score displayed on-screen with pictures) -OF-THE-ART SOUND • CONSUMER-FRIENDLY PRICE • VOTED “BEST CLASSICAL LABEL” AT 1997 CANNES CLASSICAL AWARDS. • 6-Channel Dolby Surround sound on selected titles ...... page 10 • Interviews and musicians’ portraits Commenting on the distribution deal with HNH, Dr. Jerry Payne of Kinowelt said: "We’re delighted to be teaming up with Klaus Heymann ...... page 11 and his international team of distributors. The success they have had with Naxos speaks for itself, and underlines the importance of a network of dedicated distribution companies with specialized classical marketing and PR know-how. These will be crucial for our aim to establish the Arthaus Musik catalogue as the world’s foremost provider of quality music and arts programming on DVD." CRITIC’S PICKS! ...... page 12 Klaus Heymann, Chairman of HNH International, summed up his company’s view of the future of the new medium: "DVD is the most excit- ing new format since the advent of CD and already has a penetration rate far greater than CD had at the same stage of its development. These Arthaus releases offer a compelling new experience for all classical music enthusiasts and those interested in quality programs not readily Order available on TV anymore. Our objective is to establish the format and the Arthaus label in the minds of retailers, reviewers and, of course, of The Naxos consumers as the premier source of classical-music and other quality programming." 2000 See Page 8 for this month’s Arthaus DVD releases. Catalog! Naxos AudioBooks’ The History of Opera Gramophone Honored with AFIM INDIE Award Naxos AudioBooks received top honors in the Spoken Word category for its audio-original, Order Today! The History of Opera by Richard Fawkes, at the AFIM (Association for Independent Music) INDIE Awards reception, recognizing artistic excellence among member labels and distributors. This award is just the latest accolade to be bestowed upon this critically acclaimed title. The History of Opera received a 1999 TALKIES award, sponsored by UK’s Spoken Word Publishers Association (SWPA), for Best Non-Fiction. The Audio Publishers Association (APA) also selected The History of Opera as a 2000 AUDIE Award finalist in both the Original Work and Non-Fiction categories. Winners will be announced on June 2nd in Chicago, Illinois. Narrated by Robert Powell, The History of Opera is the colorful story of sometimes-temperamental composers and even more tem- peramental singers working in an art form, which has produced some of man’s noblest artistic creations. Over 100 musical examples by Naxos artists, as well as some of the greatest singers of the 20th century, including , Fyodor Chaliapin, and a host of international stars, illustrates the absorbing history of opera and operetta. Not surprising, Naxos AudioBooks’ production of Fawkes’ first title, The History of Classical Music, won a TALKIES Award in 1997. The next title in the award-winning series, The History of Theatre, is shipping now! (SEE PAGE 11 FROM MORE INFORMATION) NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 AMERICAN CLASSICS

8.559072 – SRP: $6.99 Howard Hanson (1883-1953) Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 6 36943 90722 1 Symphony No. 1, “Nordic” Merry Mount Suite Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn Playing Time: N/A

Howard Hanson, the masterful conductor who championed American music, was also a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, an accomplished pianist and pedagogue who directed the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York for forty years. Today, Hanson is best known for his vividly orchestrated seven symphonies. Completed in 1922, during Hanson’s time in Rome, Symphony No. 1, with its powerfully evocative style, displays the influence of his teacher, Ottorino Respighi.

8559039 – SRP $6.99 Arthur Foote (1853 – 1937) Chamber Music, Vol. 3 6 36943 90392 6 Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 5 – Piano Trio No. 2 in B flat major – Melody for violin and piano, Op. 44 – Ballade for violin and piano, Op. 69 Arden Trio Playing Time: 66:01

Arthur Foote was the first important American composer of concert music wholly trained in the United States. From the early Piano Trio No. 1, Foote’s first large scale composition, to the Dvoˇrák inspired Ballade for Violin and Piano of 1910, Foote’s chamber works are distinguished by their exquisite writing for string instruments and imaginative piano textures. Though his music seldom departed from the models of Brahms and Wagner, he found his own confident voice, instilling in his works a reflective quality not to be found in the music of his European contemporaries.

8.559005 – SRP: $6.99 Morton Gould (1913-1996) American Ballads 6 36943 90052 9 American Ballads (1976) – Foster Gallery (1939) – American Salute (1947) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar Playing Time: 73:48

Morton Gould was a phenomenally talented composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and orchestrator. A child prodigy, he eventually became one of the most influential and prolific American composers, writing in a wide variety of musical forms, from ballet to Broadway and from classical orchestral works to film and television scores. Gould’s music uses American musical or visual themes; American Salute, based on the melody When Johnny Comes Marching Home, brought him world-wide popularity. Even in his ‘serious’ vein, Gould’s music is full of accessible melody, his orchestral colors vivid and atmospheric. Released Fall ’99 NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 HISTORICAL SERIES “A rousing welcome to Naxos’ new Historical label, which offers some of the greatest recordings ever made at bargain-basement prices.” –Jim Svejda, host of Public Radio’s nationally syndicated program “The Record Shelf” and author of THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO CLASSICAL RECORDINGS. 8110905 – SRP $6.99 Frederick Delius Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 6 36943 19052 4 The Walk to the Paradise Garden – Sea Drift – Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda – In a Summer Garden – Over the Hills and Far Away

John Brownlee, Baritone / London Select Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Playing Time: 62:42

Sir Thomas Beecham’s recordings of the works by Frederick Delius produced by are some of the most esteemed recordings in the entire classical catalogue. Naxos presents the second volume of Delius’ orchestral works by Beecham, the composer’s greatest champion. ClassicsToday.com calls the first volume of these recordings, also recorded from 1927-1936, “carefully and lovingly restored by engineer David Lennick...Delians and collectors of historical recordings will want this disc.”

8110910 – SRP $6.99 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 6 36943 19102 6 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica" Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Hans Pfitzner Playing Time: 69:40

Hans Pfitzner is perhaps most well-known for his work as a composer in the 20th century, but Pfitzner was also a pianist, a teacher and a conductor in Mainz, Strasbourg and later, for the Berlin Philharmonic. Often using his conductorial positions to champion his own compositions, Pfitzner was also a great lover of the German Romantic repertoire. Here, Pfitzner conducts the grandiose Eroica Symphony and the shorter, classically- inspired Symphony #8, both by Beethoven, recorded from 1929-1933 and restored by David Lennick.

8.110936 – $6.99 Great Violinists 6 36943 19362 4 Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 Jascha Heifetz, Violin / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Serge Koussevitzky Playing Time: 76:39

Jascha Heifetz (1899-1987) stands out as one of the greatest performers in history. His near perfect technique and brilliant artistry were evident from a very young age in this violinist who began taking lessons from his father at age three and started performing at age five. It was Heifetz’s Carnegie Hall debut in 1917 that thrust the then 18 year old into a spotlight that would not dim for the remainder of his performing career in 1974. Heifetz performed virtually everything in the violin repertoire of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods and held the music in highest regard, as is evident here in these powerful performances of the Brahms and Beethoven Concertos recorded from 1927-1936 and restored by Engineer David Lennick. FEATURED CLASSICAL TITLES

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8554664 – SRP $6.99 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 – 1828) Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25 D 795 6 36943 46642 1 Christian Elsner, Tenor / Ulrich Eisenlohr, Piano Playing Time: 63:35

The Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition–Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, and Heine. The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert’s Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), which uses primary sources, the performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research. For the first time, the listener and interested reader can hear worthwhile alternative settings, performable fragments and follow Schubert’s textual alterations in the booklet. The artistic directors of this project are the pianists Stefan Lauz and Ulrich Eisenlohr, who have chosen the elite of today’s young German Lieder singers.

8.553613 – SRP: $6.99 Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Complete Chamber Music, Vol.3 7 30099 46132 0 Capriccio d’après Le bal masqué for two pianos – Sonata for two pianos – Elégie for two pianos – L’embarquement pour Cythère – Sonata for piano duet – Sonata for two clar- inets – Sonata for clarient and bassoon – Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone Alexandre Tharaud, François Chaplin, Pianos / Ronald Van Spaendonck, André Moisan, Clarinets / Laurent Lefèvre, Bassoon – Hervé Joulain, Horn – Guy Touvron, Trumpet – Jacques Mauger, Trombone Playing Time: 62:24 Francis Poulenc, one of the most famous names in twentieth century French music , was an outstanding pianist who composed for the instrument throughout his long career. His scores for solo and piano duet include two attractive Sonatas, both characterized by bittersweet melodies-an essential ingredient of Poulenc’s most popular works. In the early part of his career, Poulenc experimented with unusual combinations of wind instruments. The three sonatas here reveal a highly attractive and little known part of the composer’s output. “Alexandre Tharaud, whose superb pianism enlivened Volume I of this ongoing series, plays this music with a freshness, seriousness, and bigness of gesture that reveals its greatness at every point. The recording is extremely vivid–ideal for this music. Bring on Volume Three!” –David Hurwitz ClassicsToday.com (on Volume 2 of this series-8.553612) 8.556689 – $6.99 Georg Telemann (1681-1767) The Best of Telemann 7 30099 66892 7 Recorder Suite in A minor - Viola Concerto in G major - Quartet in G major from Tafelmusik I Ouverture in C major, "Darmstadt" – Sonata No.5 for Two Flutes in B minor, Op.2 – Ouverture in D major, "Darmstadt" – Trumpet Concerto in D major – Suite La changeante – Conclusio in D major from Tafelmusik II Various Artists Playing Time: 71:07

Georg Phillipp Telemann was one of the leading composers of the German Baroque with a musical voice both reminiscent of J.S. Bach and forward looking to W.A. Mozart. His immensely prolific output included opera, cantatas, passion, oratorios, concertos and countless songs and table music published in forty-four books of music. This volume of some of Telemann's most notable compositions makes an excellent addition to Naxos' popular Best of... series. NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 NAXOS FAMILY CLASSICS: CHRISTMAS – THANKSGIVING 8.555291 8.555293 A Classic Christmas A Classical for Everyone Thanksgiving Various Artists Various Artists TAKING PRE-ORDERS

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NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 CLASSICAL 8550847 – SRP $6.99 Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) String Quartets, Vol. 1 7 30099 58472 2 String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 – String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 New Haydn Quartet, Badapest / Janos Horvath, Violin 1 / Peter Sarosi, Violin II / Gyorgy Porzsolt, Viola / Gabor Magyar, Cello • Playing Time: 66:35

Arguably the greatest 19th-century Russian composer, for whose music the public appears to have an insatiable appetite, Tchaikovsky had a natural gift for beautiful and deeply expressive melodies which, in his most successful works, was due to a hard-won and often original compositional technique. Although the Russian public regarded chamber music as trivial, Tchaikovsky produced three fine string quartets. Indeed his first quartet contains one of his most popular pieces, the Andante cantabile, which has become well-known both in its original form and in an orchestral arrangement. 8554705 – SRP $6.99 Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924) Manon Lescaut (Highlights) 6 36943 47052 7 Miriam Gauci – Vincent Sardinero – Klaudi Kaludov - BRT Philharmonic Chorus – Jaak Gregoor Choir – BRT Philharmonic Orchestra (Brussels) – Alexander Rahbari Playing Time: 68:27

Naxos has compiled highlights from the previously released full-length recording of Puccini's first widely successful opera about which CD Review raved "Naxos has distinguished itself over the past few years by a series of opera recordings of a consistently high quality at enticingly affordable prices. This time, though, Naxos has surpassed itself...At Naxos prices, why deny yourself the pleasure?" The Boston Globe praises the soprano, "Gauci recalls the youthful Ileana Cotrubas in the delicacy and immediacy of her response to text." Enjoy this account of Puccini's masterwork based on Abbé Prévost's famous story perfectly married with the compositional genius this master of Italian opera. 8.553928 – $6.99 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936) Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 7 30099 49282 9 Variations on a Russian Theme – Piano Concerto No.1, Op.92 – Piano Concerto No.2, Op.100 / Artsybushev (1853-1937): Variation 1 / Vitols (1863-1948): Variation II / Lyadov (1855-1914): Variation III / Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908): Variation IV / Sokolov (1859-1922): Variation V Oxana Yablonskaya, Piano / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky • Playing Time: 69:01

Alexander Glazunov was one of the most influential Russian composers and teachers of his time. Shunning modernism, he wrote in an attractive romantic idiom well into the twentieth century. His prodigious output includes the famous ballet The Seasons as well as nine symphonies. Glazunov’s two piano concertos are fine examples of a style familiar from Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Rachmaninov, demanding a high degree of virtuosity in an intensely lyrical context. The Variations on a Russian Theme are the work of a number of composers in honour of the conductor Nikolay Galkin. NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 CLASSICAL

8.554189 – $6.99 Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Complete Concertos 6 36943 41892 5 Violin Concerto, Op.33 – Clarinet Concerto, Op.57 – Flute Concerto (1926) Jonathan Carney, Violin / Kevin Banks, Clarinet / Gareth Davies, Flute / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kees Bakels Playing Time: 78:59 "Music, like life, is inextinguishable" declared Nielsen in characteristically upbeat mood. The leading Danish composer of his generation, whose stature in his native country was akin to that of Sibelius in Finland, Nielsen developed a personal style of composition, particularly evident in his six symphonies and two operas, that combined expansive lyricism with unbridled energy. The three Concertos occupied a special place in his affection; the violin was his own instrument and the Violin Concerto was written for his son-in-law Emil Telmányi, while the Flute and Clarinet Concertos were written for two of the players who gave the first performance of the Wind Quintet.

8.554446 – $6.99 Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c.1670-1746) Musical Parnassus, Vol.2 6 36943 44462 7 Musicalischer Parnassus (Suites 7-9) – Musicalisches Blumen-Büschlein, Op.2 Luc Beauséjour, Harpsichord • Playing Time: 60:19

Johann Fischer brought elements of the French style inherited from Lully to German keyboard music and is said to have influenced the work of his near contemporary, Johann Sebastian Bach. His set of nine suites known collectively as Musical Parnassus transfer French dances from the orchestra to the harpsichord. A major addition to late Baroque keyboard repertoire, they are simple, colorful works which mix fashionable dance forms of the time.

8554469 – SRP: $6.99 Edouard Lalo (1823 – 1892) Cello Concerto in D minor – Cello Sonatas – Chants russes 6 36943 44692 8 Maria Kliegel, Cello / Bernd Glemser, Piano / Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia / Michael Halász • Playing Time: 59:31

Edouard Lalo was already fifty-one when his Violin Concerto brought him the first taste of success as a composer. Over the next eighteen years a series of outstanding works, including the opera, Le roi d’Y’s, together with the Symphonies espagnole, Concerto russe and the fine Cello Concerto, established him as one of the major French composers in the late nineteenth century. Having studied the cello as a young man, Lalo had a deep understanding of the instrument, and produced a concerto that combines the yearning intensity of the central Intermezzo with brilliant virtuosity in the outer movements. The Cello Sonata, composed in 1856, is essentially a lyrical work. 8553917 – SRP $6.99 Georg Muffat (1653 – 1704) Organ Works, Vol. 1 7 30099 49172 3 Martin Haselbock / Organ of Klosterneuburg Abbey • Playing Time: 54:31

Georg Muffat is credited with the unification of the musical styles of Italy, France and Germany during the 17th century. In Paris the great Lully was among his distinguished mentors. In Vienna, Emperor Leopold I became his patron and in Italy he was greatly influenced by Corelli. Muffat’s orchestral suites, Florilegia, were considered among the finest works written in Germany in the second half of the 17th century. His Apparatus musico-organisticus was presented to its dedicatée Emperor Leopold in 1690. It contained an organ score of considerable importance, the main section comprising twelve large-scale Toccatas arranged in the order of church tones, each work constructed in several sections to display the brilliance and extremes of organ textures. 8.554145 – $6.99 Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Preludes, Vol.2 6 36943 41452 1 Four Preludes, Op.22 – Two Preludes, Op.27 – Four Preludes, Op.31 – Four Preludes, Op.33 – Three Preludes, Op.35 – Four Preludes, Op.37 – Four Preludes, Op.39 – Prelude in E flat major, Op.45, No.3 – Four Preludes, Op.48 – Prelude in F major, Op.49, No.2 – Prelude in A minor, Op.51, No.2 – Prelude in E flat minor, Op.56, No.1 – Prelude, Op.59, No.2 – Two Preludes, Op.67 – Five Preludes, Op.74 / Julian Scriabin (1908-1919): Four Preludes Evgeny Zarafiants, Piano • Playing Time: 65:01 Born to an aristocratic Moscow family in 1872, Alexander Scriabin became an outstanding concert pianist. He wrote a number of orchestral works, but most of his compositions involved the piano, including more than eighty Preludes written throughout his short life. The works on this disc come mainly from Scriabin’s middle and late periods, combining lyricism with increasing harmonic experimentation and mystical allusions. Many last less than a minute and are uncomplicated in form and content, while others make considerable technical demands on the soloist.

8.554628 – $6.99 Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Piano Music, Vol.3 6 36943 46282 9 Preludio en re mayor – Danza lenta – Escenas románticas – Barcarola – Capricho español – Libro de horas – Paisaje – Allegro appassionato – Allegro de concierto Douglas Riva, Piano • Playing Time: 67:02

Enrique Granados, one of Spain’s most important composers, was also a virtuoso pianist. He composed prolifically for the instrument and was frequently called the ‘Spanish Chopin’. This recording features two of his most famous pieces for piano, Escenas románticas and Allegro de concierto, alongside two world première recordings, the Preludio en re mayor and Allegro appassionato. NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 cpo CPO – CLASSICAL cpo

999676-2 – SRP $11.99 MID-PRICE RELEASE Carl Loewe (1796 – 1869) Lieder – Balladen Vol. 13 7 61203 96762 9 Treuroeschen op. 2,1; An die Geliebte op. 9, H.VIII,3; Das nussbraune Maedchen op. 43,3; Assad mit dem Selam op. 10, H. II,3; Der Drachenfels op. 121,2; Der Zauberlehrling op. 20,2; Vogelgesang op. 9, H. VI,3; Die Fernen op. 9, H. VI,3 and others Christian Elsner, Tenor / Cord Garben, Piano • Playing Time: 67:43

This 13th volume of our Edition of the Complete Songs and Ballads by Carl Loewe features the tenor Christian Elsner, a regular guest at international festivals and in all the major European concert halls and a singer with an incredibly broad repertoire at his command. Lied song continues to be his special predilection, and he proves it here once again. He always conveys the dramatic suspense and emotional expression of Loewe’s ballads and songs. The program selections again range from the earliest " sins of Loewe’s youth" through "the best years of his life" to his late works (Nebo). At the piano is the acclaimed pianist on this series as well as on the Brahms and Pfitzner series: Cord Garben.

999696-2 – SRP $16.99 FULL PRICE RELEASE (1906 – 1973) Benjamin Frankel 7 61203 96962 3 The Battle of the Bulge – First Recording of the Complete Film Music Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Werner Andreas Albert • Playing Time: 78:43

For its filming of The Battle of the Bulge, one of the all-time great war films, Warner Brothers hired a cast of international stars and the most renowned film composer of the times: Benjamin Frankel. Frankel’s music was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in Hollywood in 1966. The jury was right to single out this score, for it is indeed more than just a background soundtrack. It is a magnificent music-drama in its own right and a work of great symphonic intensity. This premiere recording of the complete score to the film is performed by cpo’s most experienced Frankel orchestra, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. 999717-2 – SRP $11.99 Domenico Gallo (18th century) MID-PRICE RELEASE 12 Trio Sonatas, Originally attributed to Pergolesi 7 61203 97172 5 Parnassi musici (on period instruments) Parnassi musici • Playing Time: 68:50 When Igor Stravinsky agreed to an impresario’s request that he set Massine’s ballet Pulcinella after compositions by Pergolesi, little did he suspect that only half of the pieces he selected for arrangement were actually by this Neapolitan composer. His sources included a printed edition of Twelve Trio Sonatas published under Pergolesi’s name in 1780. It was not until the 1950s that original manuscripts revealed the true identity of the composer behind the captivating Pulcinella sources: Domenico Gallo. The present trio sonatas were composed between 1750 and 1760. Stravinsky could not help being attracted to their vibrant rhythms and exuberant melodies–a genuine listening treat.

999665-2 – SRP $16.99 FULL PRICE Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889) Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in F sharp minor – Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in B minor 7 61203 96652 3 Gran Duo Passione Amorosa for Two Double Basses and Orchestra */Boguslaw Furtok, Double Bass Johannes Stäehle, Double Bass */Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt/Stephan Tetzlaff • Playing Time: 53:14 Giovanni Bottesini was regarded by his contemporaries as the "Paganini of the Double Bass." Mexico, St. Petersburg, New Orleans, and New York were only a few of the stations of this great musician’s exciting and turbulent life as a double bassist. Although Bottesini’s numerous operas unfortunately are forgotten today, his chamber and concertante compositions have maintained their place in the repertoire for the simple reason that they include some of the best compositions in which the double bass gets its chance to play the lead. These performances, by Boguslaw Furtok, show a breathtaking demonstration of the nimble virtuosity of which the heavyweight of the string section is capable in a master’s hands. 999524-2 – SRP $11.99 MID-PRICE RELEASE Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) Complete Works for Violin & Piano Vol. 2 7 61203 95242 7 Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 25 – Ballad for Violin and Piano op. 54 – Romanze for Violin and Piano – Six Piano Pieces op. 52 Ulf Wallin, Violin/Bruno Canino, Piano • Playing Time: 76:18 FonoForum wrote of Vol. 1: "The interpretation is outstanding. Ulf Wallin and Bruno Canino are masters in their field who lend this wrongly forgotten music overwhelming impetus." We are now proud to present this winning team in Vol. 2 in this series. This Brahms contemporary from Hungary was a trained violinist. The violin was very much his instrument, and he entrusted his most inspired compositional ideas to it as was the case in his Violin Sonata op. 25 of 1874, a mature, melodiously rich, and noble work. The Ballad and Romanze complete this disc along with Six Piano Pieces op. 52-a musically surprising late work looking into the future.

999741-2 – SRP $11.99 MID-PRICE RELEASE Dieter Klöcker Edition 7 61203 97412 2 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Notturni for 2 "Lyre organizate" Hob. II: 25, 26, 29-32 Consortium Classicum/Dieter Klöcker • Playing Time: 62:34 The multifaceted clarinetist Dieter Klocker is almost a one-man institution, and his countless recordings with his Consortium Classicum have brought him fame and success around the globe. His never-ending research quest for forgotten but spectacular musical material has also brought him a great deal of renown and led to the rediscovery of hidden treasures such as the clarinet quintets on Jewish themes recently released on cpo (cpo 999 630-2: "A gripping musical experience from the first note to the last!" — Stereoplay 11/99). NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 CLASSICAL 100 016 – SRP: $29.99 100 027 – SRP: $24.99 Pyotr ll’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Berlin Philharmonic Swan Lake New Year’s Gala ’97 Ballet in Two Acts and Six Scenes A Tribute to Steffi Scherzer, Oliver Matz Music by Bizet • Ravel • Ballet of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin Brahms • De Falla • Sarasate Staatskapelle Berlin Rachmaninov Playing Time: 150:00 Berlin Philharmonic Playing Time: 85:00

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100 017 – SRP: $39.99 100 033 – SRP: $24.99 (1756-1791) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Le nozze di Figaro Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor The Marriage of Figaro Chicago Symphony Orchestra Roman Trekel, Emily Magee, Dorothea Roschmann, René Pape, Patricia Risley, Daniel Barenboim Playing Time: 75:00 State Opera Choir Staatskapelle Berlin Playing Time: 191:00

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100 021 – SRP: $39.99 100 035 – SRP: $24.99 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Don Giovanni Violin Concerto , Ferrucio Furlanetto Manuel De Falla (1876-1946) Caroll Vaness, Andrea Rost, In the Gardens of Spain Matthias Hölle Maxim Vengerov Gürzenich Orchester Cologne Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim James Conlon Placido Domingo Playing Time: 191:00 Playing Time: 87:00

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100 025 – SRP: $24.99 100 037 – SRP: $24.99 Johann Strauss Sr. & Jr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Johann Strauss Gala An Evening of Polka, Waltz and Operetta (Live Concert) Memorial Concert from the Heldenplatz Vienna Aria for Soprano • Laudate Dominum Andrea Rost, José Carreras Karita Mattila, Sara Mingardo, Vienna Philharmonic Michael Schade, Swedish Radio Choir Playing Time: 90:00 Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado Playing Time: 62:00

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CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931) 7 30099 98562 8 SYMPHONIES Symphony No.4, FS 76, Op.29 "The Inextinguishable" – Symphony No.5, FS 97, Op.50 The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schønwandt • Playing Time: 75:56 Carl Nielsen was prolific in almost all genres. As the most important Danish composer of the first third of the 20th century, Nielsen exerted a crucial influence on the Danish composers of the next generation. da capo follows it's critically acclaimed and Danish GRAMMY award winning recording of Nielsen's Symphonies 2 & 3 with this promising performance of Symphonies 4 & 5 recorded with a Danish orchestra and Danish conductor. "It's a finely paced account with plenty of breath and nobility, and no lack of fire, which can hold its own with the best." Performance & Sound: ★★★★★ – BBC Music Magazine (on Nielsen: Symphonies 2 & 3 – 8.224126)

"Michael Schønwandt draws a weight of attack and a passionate eloquence from his strings such as I simply never heard from a Danish orchestra before now, while the dacapo recording has superior depth and impact." CRITICS' CHOICE – Gramophone 8.224130 – SRP: $15.99

DANISH ROMANTIC A CAPELLA 30099 98302 Christian Barnekow (1837-1913): Seks sange, Op.17 (Six Songs) / Frederik Rung (1854-1914): Seks sange, Op.39 (Six Songs) / 7 0 Jakob Fabricius (1840-1919): Fünf-und sechstimmige Lieder (Five- and Six-Part Songs) / Julius Bechgaard (1843-1917): Seks firstemmige sange (Six Four-Part Songs) / Otto Malling (1848-1915): Tre sange, Op.83 (Three Songs) Canzone Choir / Frans Rasmussen • Playing Time: 63:25

From the middle of the nineteenth century, choral songs for mixed voices became an established genre in Danish music. On this CD we hear five Danish composers’ contributions: the music is from the period between the 1850s and the 1890s and ranges from the simple Golden Age style to the more luxuriant Romantic pieces inspired by Renaissance polyphony.

8.224134 – SRP: $15.99 (1883-1946) PAUL VON KLENAU 7 30099 98342 6 SYMPHONIES Symphony No.1 in F minor (1908) – Symphony No.5 "Triptikon" (1939) – Paolo und Francesca Odense Symphony Orchestra / Jan Wagner • Playing Time: 69:08

Paul von Klenau (1883-1946) was Danish-born but as a young man left his native country to study and work in Germany and Austria. His first symphony was influenced by Bruckner, while later influences came from both French music and Schoenberg’s twelve-tone technique. Klenau never achieved real recognition as a composer in Denmark, but held important conducting posts, for example at the Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft, and belonged to Alban Berg’s circle of friends.

8.224151 – $15.99 MUSIC FOR WIND QUINTET 7 30099 98512 3 CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931) Wind Quintet Op.43 (1922) / Otto Mortensen (1907-1986): Quintette pour flute, hautbois (cor anglais), clarinette, cor et basson (1944) / Jørgen Jersild (b.1913): Serenade for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1947) / Henning Wellejus (b.1919): Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1966) Wind Quintet of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra • Playing Time: 71:44 The classic wind quintet of the 1800s was ousted by the large forms of Romanticism, but saw a well-deserved Renaissance in the twenti- eth century. In Denmark, it was not just Carl Nielsen’s ground-breaking work that stimulated the renewed interest. On this CD Nielsen’s quintet is featured alongside a number of fine works for the ensemble type. Otto Mortensen’s and Jørgen Jersild’s highly personal quin- tets both bear traces of the composers’ time in France, while Henning Wellejus’ entertaining work confirms the divertimento-like character of the genre. 8.224152 – SRP: $15.99 (B.1927) BERNARD LEWKOVITCH 7 30099 98522 2 APOLLO’S ART 3 Salmi, Op.9 - Anthems to the Blessed Virgin - Tre madrigali di Torquato Tasso, Op.13 – Via Stenonis – Apollo’s Art-Four English Madrigals – Three Passion Motets- ad honorem Tomàs Luis Da Victoria – Pater Noster The Jutland Chamber Choir / Members of the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra / Mogens Dahl • Playing Time: 60:17 Bernhard Lewkovitch is an unusual figure in Danish music, as the great bulk of his music is associated with the Catholic Church. Lewkovitch is the son of Polish and Russian immigrants, and made his appearance in the 1950s with works that were rather experimental and which also used the twelve-tone technique. After a break from composition, he has composed busily since the 1970s, in a more archaic style influenced by old Catholic sacred music. Another important inspiration is the serialist period of Stravinsky. Apart from a few early instrumental works, by far the greater part of Lewkovitch’s music is religious works for choir. NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 NAXOS JAZZ: REAL JAZZ. UNREAL PRICE. 86059-2 – SRP $6.99 Various Naxos Jazz artists MADE IN EUROPE 7 47313 60592 7 Playing Time: 72:38

“Naxos Jazz surprised its audience and recordings have been lauded by jazz critics.” –Jazz Times Made In Europe is a compilation showcasing incredible new music from the old continent. Culled from current Naxos Jazz titles (by artists such as the UMO Orchestra and the Florian Ross Brass Project) or soon to be released discs, this overview serves as an ideal introduction to the most exciting European jazz artists currently on the scene-and it comes from the label at the forefront of international jazz

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76002-2 – SRP $6.99 Yim Hok-Man Poems of Thunder 6 36943 76022 2 Playing Time: N/A On his powerful recording Poems Of Thunder, percussionist Yim Hok-Man aims to introduce the world to the organic percussion sounds integral to Chinese folk music.

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76003-2 – SRP $6.99 Diego Marulanda & Pacande La Verraquera! 6 36943 70032 7 Playing Time: 45:36 A wonderful and lively set of percolating Latin rhythms and melodies from Colombian Diego Marulanda, backed by his tight and versatile band. NEW RELEASES • JULY 2000 IVORY CLASSICS 70907 – SRP: $15.99 (Resolicitation) Earl Wild Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions 6 44057 09072 2 Earl Wild, Piano Playing Time: N/A

This exceptional recording is largely devoted to Earl Wild's own dazzling piano transcriptions. Award Winner at the 39th Grammy¨ Awards, Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions, is being re-released on Ivory Classics¨ in honor of Earl Wild's 84th birthday! Praised by critics and music lovers around the world as a "stunning document of musical sensitivity and virtuosity" and "a tribute to America's greatest pianistic treasure" –this CD is once again available in its original HDCD state-of-the-art audiophile sound.

70908 – SRP: $15.99 (Resolicitation) José Iturbi Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 6 44057 09082 1 Piano Concerto No. 20, K.466 – Two Piano Concerto, K. 365 – Piano Sonata No. 12, K. 332 José Iturbi, Piano • Playing Time: N/A

World famous Spanish-born concert pianist José Iturbi (1895-1980) was renowned for his brilliant interpretations of Mozart. Re-mastered and restored from the original recordings made between 1937 and 1940, the interpretations feature three beautiful Mozart masterpieces. José Iturbi is joined by his sister, Amparo Iturbi, in the extraordinary Two Piano Concerto. The clearness and fluency of interpretation and the crispness of execution, make these legendary performances a must for all serious collectors of great piano playing and, of course, of great Mozart playing. HISTORIC RECORDINGS MADE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1940. 71005 – SRP: $15.99 Earl Wild (85th Birthday Tribute) 20th & 21st Century Piano Sonatas 6 44057 10052 0 Barber: Sonata Op. 26 (1949) – Hindemith: Sonata No. 3 (1936) Stravinsky: Sonata (1924) – Wild: Sonata (2000) World Premiere Earl Wild, Piano Playing Time: N/A

Earl Wild, whose legendary career has spanned over 70 years, performs in this brand new recording, four 20th and 21st century piano sonatas. Mr. Wild states: "I have performed the Hindemith and Stravinsky sonatas in public many times since the 1940s. The Barber Sonata however is a first performance for me. I have the greatest admiration for this wonderful work. My own Sonata was completed in April of this year. A stylistically eclectic work, it incorporates Civil War tunes, echoes of popular music of the 1920s and, in the finale (entitled "Toccata a la Ricky Martin"), there is a distinctive Latin American flavor!"

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