June 2018 Catalogue Issue 26 Prices valid until Friday 27 July 2018 unless stated otherwise 0115 982 7500 The Temptation of St Anthony (detail from right hand panel) by Hieronymus Bosch (used as the cover for Stephen Hough’s Dream Album (Hyperion CDA68176). [email protected] Your Account Number: {MM:Account Number} {MM:Postcode} {MM:Address5} {MM:Address4} {MM:Address3} {MM:Address2} {MM:Address1} {MM:Name} 1 Welcome! Dear Customer, Welcome to another bumper catalogue! It never ceases to amaze us how quickly our monthly publications get filled, especially when classical music was supposed to be ‘dead’ many years ago. New releases continue to number in their hundreds every month, and it is certainly not difficult to find superb back-catalogues to promote and explore. Our ‘Disc of the Month’ is as good a place as any to start for our new release highlights: Stephen Hough’s recitals for Hyperion never fail to ignite a spark of interest, and his latest compendium features a delightful selection of both romantic and light piano repertoire, many arranged by Hough himself. We have been thoroughly enjoying it in recent days, making it a clear choice for our pick in June - please find more information below. Another pianist we think deserves some attention this month is Kevin Kenner, who has recorded a brand new album of Chopin’s late works for Warner Classics. Kenner has long been associated with Chopin and his interpretations have been compared in the past to the likes of Rubinstein, Michelangeli and Lipatti, so it is pleasing to see him now receiving some long-overdue exposure on a major label in the UK. Other highlights this month include: two new discs of British music on Chandos in the shape of Elgar from Edward Gardner (Symphony no.2, Serenade for Strings) and Vaughan Williams from Peter Oundjian (Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto and more); the latest Wagner (Das Rheingold) from Elder and the Halle, issued on their own label; and a particularly strong batch of releases from Harmonia Mundi to be found on p.6, including performances from Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Cuarteto Casals. Harmonia Mundi also re-issue a further ten titles in their mid-price ‘HM Gold’ series, all top-notch performances at excellent value. See inside for plenty more, including the usual selection of new boxsets (the Gounod Edition from Warner looks like it might be worth spending a bit of time with…). We have the complete catalogues of Alpha, Simax and Lyrita reduced this month, all labels very worthy of exploration. You will also see a list of titles we can currently obtain from the Unicorn back catalogue, temporarily at special prices. Other offers include bargain boxsets from Sony, DVDs and Blu-rays from Dynamic, the Historical series from Naxos, and a wide range of titles from DG & Decca, including DVDs and a wonderful range of single CDs available in a multibuy offer. With sincere appreciation for your ongoing custom, The Europadisc Team DISC OF THE MONTH Stephen Hough’s Dream Album £11.95 Piano works by Hough, Liszt, Dohnanyi, Chaminade, Ponce, or pay just Sibelius, Elgar, Dvorak, Mompou and others £9.95 Stephen Hough if your order value Hyperion CDA 68176 exceeds £50* From Stephen Hough’s performance note… * to qualify for the special price, Dreaming - isn’t this what we do when we listen to any kind of music? We suspend the your order value must exceed a total of £50 excluding this reality of our ordinary lives, we long for spells to be cast, for phantoms to be grasped, recording and before any to enter a state of ecstasy. applicable carriage charges. Offer available while stocks last. On this album, transcriptions (fourteen of them) transform, taking on new costumes and identities. The Austrian hero Radetzky turns his march into a waltz; that Australian legend Matilda exchanges her waltzing for a rhumba. For Liszt evenings have harmonies; for Sibelius a Finnish spruce tree inspires a melody of heartbreaking wistfulness. Then Mompou’s slender masterpiece which closes the recital (from his suite Scènes d’enfants) takes me back to my own childhood. The first record we bought when I started to learn the piano was a mixed album, much like this one, on which Clive Lythgoe played this little gem. Thus I knew Mompou before I knew Mozart, and this piece has been my companion as an encore for over forty years of concerts now. I’ve never found another which could surpass its gentle charm. It was one of the first pieces I learned with my infant fingers and I hope it will be the last piece I play when my own career (was it all a dream?) finally comes to a close. 2 PRIORITY NEW RELEASES DG and Decca The Golden Age Bach, JS Violin works and arrs by Violin Concertos 1 & 2, Bruch, Kreisler, Heifetz, Solo Partita no.2 Gershwin etc Lozakovich, Bavarian Radio Chen, LPO, Trevino Symphony Orchestra £11.50 £11.50 483 3852 479 9372 Kubelik Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon £119.95 479 9959 (64CD + 2DVD) The entirety of Rafael Kubelík's recordings for the Yellow Label, united for the first time in one edition. Includes his justly famed Beethoven cycle with nine different orchestras, and including pioneering cycles of Dvořák’s and Mahler’s symphonies, as well as standard-setting recordings of works by Janáček, Orff and Smetana. Features original cover art on sleeves and a new, 120-page booklet with new liner notes by Rob Cowan. SEE THE BACK PAGE FOR DETAILS OF A NEW DG BOXSET OF RECORDINGS FROM MARTHA ARGERICH The Royal Wedding Max Richter The Official Album from The Blue Notebooks the wedding of Prince (15th anniversary edition) Harry and Meghan Richter, Swinton Markle £14.95 £12.50 483 5017 (2CD) Double LP set also available. Super- 676 5519 deluxe edition due in July. Also available… 479 9923 Anatol Ugorski Complete Recordings on DG 13CD due 15/6 £38.95 483 5057 Piano Masters in Berlin Anda, Argerich, Barenboim, Foldes, Gilels, Pollini etc 8CD due 22/6 £26.95 479 3442 Beethoven Symphonies 1-9 (r.1963) 5CD + Blu-ray Audio BPO;Karajan £39.95 The Rotterdam Philharmonic Collection Yannick Nezet-Seguin £24.95 483 5345 (6CD) This collection of previously unreleased live recordings celebrates the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra’s centenary and the ten-year residency, from 2008 to 2018, of its principal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The recordings, which include electrifying performances of Mahler’s Tenth and Shostakovich’s Fourth symphonies, the world-premiere recording of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Piano Concerto with Marc- André Hamelin and a truly inspirational account of Haydn’s “Trauer” Symphony, were hand-picked by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 3 PRIORITY NEW RELEASES Warner Classics and Erato Kevin Kenner Late Chopin Works £10.95 9029 563520 In 1990, Kevin Kenner won the Chopin Competition and bronze medal in the Tchaikovsky Competition, which was the first time an American had won prizes in both. Known for his interpretations of Chopin, he studied with Polish pianist Krzysztof Brzuza, in Poland with Ludwik Stefanski, then with Leon Fleischer at the Peabody Institute. Legendary Polish- American conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski said Kenner's Chopin interpretations are the most sensitive and beautiful he remembered. Alongisde several Mazurkas and the Barcarolle, this recording features the great Piano Sonata No.3. Also available… 9029 565789 Nowowiejski Folk Paintings op.18 Polish Radio Choir;Sinfonia Varsovia;Perlowski £10.95 9029 565790 Nowowiejski King of the Winds op.37 2CD Polish Radio Choir;Sinfonia Varsovia;Perlowski £10.95 The Gounod Edition £34.95 9029 564887 (15CD) This 15CD boxset pays tribute to the great French composer Charles Gounod (1818- 1893), whose 200th anniversary of birth will be celebrated on 17 June 2018. Prominent in his time, and admired by such figures as Bizet, Fauré, Massenet, Ravel and Tchaikovsky, this is the most comprehensive boxset dedicated to Gounod ever released. It includes three operas: his masterpiece Faust in the historic version by Georges Prêtre and Plácido Domingo, a highlights version sung in German by Gedda, Moser and Moll, and Roméo et Juliette and Mireille by the French conductor Michel Plasson and Alfredo Kraus (1st) and Mirella Freni (2nd). They are partnered by other opera arias, a great selection of 26 songs, three sacred works including the well-known Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile and the only version available of Mors et Vita. Then, after a rarity, the Symphony for Wind Instruments, the box ends with Gounod’s symphonies. Hyperion at £11.95 each Stephen Hough’s Charpentier Dohnanyi Beethoven Dream Album Lecons de tenebres, String Quartet no.3, Sextet, Piano Sonatas opp.27/1, Works by Hough, Liszt, Litanies, Magnificat Serenade for String Trio, 31/2, 79 and 109 Mompou, Albeniz etc Arcangelo, Cohen Nash Ensemble Hewitt CDA 68176 CDA 68171 CDA 68215 CDA 68199 Disc of the Month - see p.2 for details Chandos at £11.95 each CHSA 5197 Elgar Symphony no.2, Serenade for Strings Hybrid SACD BBC SO;Gardner CHSA 5201 VWilliams Pno Conc, Oboe Conc, Ser to Music, Flos Campi Hybrid SACD Lortie;Toronto SO;Oundjian CHAN 10949 Ginastera Orch Wks vol.3 – Piano Conc no.1, Conc argentino, Vars concertantes Wang;BBC PO;Mena CHSA 0404(2) Handel Acis and Galatea 2 Hybrid SACDs Early Opera Company;Curnyn CHAN 10996 French Moments Piano Trios by Faure, Debussy and Roussel Neave Trio 4 PRIORITY NEW RELEASES Naxos at £7.95 each (except where stated) due 15/6 Harbison Castelnuovo-Tedesco Mayr Coates Symphony no.4 Cello Concertos, transcriptions Venetian Solo Motets Piano Quintet, Ruggles, Stucky for cello and piano I