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DEALER INFORMATION SERVICE: NO. 274 NOVEMBER 2014 • CUT-OFF DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ORDER: MONDAY 20TH OCTOBER • SHIP-OUT DATE: THURSDAY 30TH OCTOBER REPRESENTING TODAY’S • NATIONAL ‘ON SALE’ DATE: MONDAY 3RD NOVEMBER GREAT LABELS THIS MONTH'S HIGHLIGHTS Download this month's information here: http://www.selectmusic.co.uk/ USERNAME: dealer / PASSWORD: select Select Music and Video Distribution Limited 3 Wells Place, Redhill, Surrey RH1 3SL Tel: 01737 645600 Fax: 01737 644065 Johann Sebastian BACH Highlight of the month Mass in B minor Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Arcangelo and their inspirational director Jonathan Cohen, one of the brightest stars in the Early Music galaxy, present Bach’s great masterpiece in a glorious new recording made following a thrilling performance at the Tetbury festival. CDA68051/2 £18.00 (2 CDs) Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Pièces de clavecin Mahan Esfahani Gramophone Award-winning harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has recorded Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin in the historic CDA68071/2 setting of the Music Room at Hatchlands Park in Surrey. This is a masterclass for the instrument, confirming this young artist as a truly great player: in the words of International Record Review ‘his technique is beyond criticism and £18.00 (2 CDs) his inherent musicianship goes far deeper than mere surface understanding … it is difficult not to warm to such a musician’. Antoine BRUMEL Missa de beata virgine; Motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice CDA68065 The Brabant Ensemble continues its exploration of hidden gems of the Renaissance with an album of music by £9.00 Antoine Brumel, famous for his ‘Earthquake’ Mass but otherwise barely known today. Conductor Stephen Rice has assembled an intriguing collection of works including the Missa de beata virgine, a work suffused with plainsong but in which the voices are used almost percussively, making rhythm the driving force of the piece. The Christmas motet Nato canunt omnia is one of the most remarkable musical works of the period. Hymns to Saint Cecilia Dame Felicity Lott Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough CDA68047 A new choral compendium from the highly regarded Choir of Royal Holloway, comprising twentieth and £9.00 twenty-first-century works inspired by the adulation of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Robert SCHUMANN Novelletten, Op. 21; Nachtstücke, Op. 23 Danny Driver CDA67983 In this new album Danny Driver brings his impeccable pianism, consummate style and imagination to £9.00 Schumann’s Novelletten and Nachtstücke, less well-known sets from his extraordinary output for the piano. Claude DEBUSSY Images; Préludes II Marc-André Hamelin A new album from Marc-André Hamelin is always cause for celebration. Here in his first Debussy recording CDA67920 for Hyperion he presents the two books of Images: Debussy’s colouristic masterpiece, a bewitching £9.00 compendium of ‘scents, colours and sounds’. Also recorded here is the second book of Préludes, in a poetic and evocative performance. European Light Giovanni Pierluigi da CDH55477 CDH55367 Music Classics PALESTRINA £3.53 £3.53 New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp Missa Hodie Christus natus est & other music for Christmas Westminster Cathedral Choir, (from CDA66998) Martin Baker (from CDA67936) 2 All Prices Quoted are Dealer Prices NOVEMBER 2014 Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Highlight The Nutcracker of the month Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi This is the concluding recording in Neeme Järvi’s series with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra devoted to Tchaikovsky’s three great ballets. CHSA 5144 £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) Karol SZYMANOWSKI Symphony No. 1; Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 26; Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 Ben Johnson CHSA 5143 BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) In their third disc devoted to the composer, Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra return to the intoxicating orchestral music of Karol Szymanowski. Something’s Gotta Give Simon Keenlyside, Scarlett Strallen BBC Concert Orchestra, David Charles Abell CHAN 10838 £9.00 To this day, music from classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals continues to enjoy immense popularity with audiences and performers alike. Here Simon Keenlyside, one of the world’s most charismatic and sought-after operatic baritones, presents Something’s Gotta Give, an album devoted to songs from musicals. Messages Andrzej PANUFNIK: String Quartet No. 1: Prelude, Transformations, Postlude; String Quartet No. 2: Messages; String Quartet No. 3: Wycinanki; Song to the Virgin Mary for string sextet Roxanna PANUFNIK: Memories of my Father; (i) O Tu, Andrzej; Memories of my Father; (ii) Greek Photostory CHAN 10839 Robert Smissen, Richard May, Brodsky Quartet £9.00 2014 marks the centenary of Polish-British composer Andrzej Panufnik. Here the Brodsky Quartet joins in this year of reminiscence and celebration with Messages, a recording of works both by Andrzej and his daughter Roxanna Panufnik. French Violin Sonatas Gabriel FAURÉ: Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 Guillaume LEKEU: Sonata in G major Maurice RAVEL: Sonata movement in A minor CHAN 10812 Tasmin Little, Martin Roscoe £9.00 Exclusive Chandos artist Tasmin Little explores three great French violin sonatas, following a much revered recording of British violin sonatas in 2013. Johann Sebastian BACH Orchestral Suites BWV1066-69 Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr AAM003 £18.00 (2 CDs) This new recording was made at low pitch (A=392) along with a reduced orchestra. ‘Using one player per part creates a wonderful chamber music feel and allows the flexibility that is essential in Bach’s music’ - Richard Egarr. Available again J. S. BACH Bach Cantatas Recorded live during the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage (2000) The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner SDG186 £112.00 (56 CDs) SDG are pleased to re-present the stunning Bach cantatas with Sir John Eliot Gardiner. The complete live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, in an elegant box reflecting the quality of the original series packaging, has been re-pressed, making this magnificent limited edition box-set, available once more. NOVEMBER 2014 All Prices Quoted are Dealer Prices 3 Johannes BRAHMS Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2 Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2; Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21 No. 1; Three Intermezzi, Op. 117; Scherzo in E flat minor, Op. 4 BIS2117 Jonathan Plowright £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) The Second Piano Sonata is a hugely impressive work weighing-in with a playing time of almost 30 minutes and is accompanied here by a number of shorter works including the Three Intermezzi, one of the darkest and most beautiful of Brahms’ late piano works. A Venetian Christmas VIVALDI: Andante RV270a; Double Concerto in C major RV774; Violin Concerto in E major RV266; Salve Regina in F major RV617; HASSE: Alma Redemptoris mater; PEROTTI: Sonata in G major; TORELLI: Concerto grosso a 4 in G minor BIS2089 Ruby Hughes, Komale Akakpo, Ewa Golinska £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Requiem, K626; Vesperae solonnes de confessore, K339 Carolyn Sampson, Marrianne Beste Kielland, Makato Sakurada, Christian Immler Bach Collegium Japan, Masaki Suzuki BIS2091 A new performing edition by Masaki Suzuki, based on the autograph by Mozart and taking account £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) of earlier completions by Eybler and Sussmayr. He has composed a new 'Amen Fugue' to close the 'Sequentia', based on the sketch discovered in Berlin in 1960. Sing Thee Nowell New York Polyphony Music for Christmas with new works by Michael McGlynn, Andrew Smith and John Scott alongside medieval and renaissance carols and Richard Rodney Bennett’s Five Carols. BIS2099 £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) Claude DEBUSSY La Mer, Trois Esquisses symphoniques Images pour orchestra: Gigues; Iberia; Rondes de printemps; Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune BISCD1837 Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) Tangophoria Astor PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires; Juan Carlos COBIAN: Mi refugio; Anibal TROILO: La ultima curda; Sur; Lucio DEMARE: Malena; Carlos GARDEL: Volver; Christian LINDBERG: Midvinter BIS2108 Trio Tangophoria: Christian Lindberg, Jens Lundberg, Roland Pontinen £9.00 (Hybrid SACD) Giuseppe VERDI Messa da Requiem Krassimira Stoyanova, Marina Prudenskaja, Saimir Pirgu, Orlin Anastassov Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons 900126 With the Messa da Requiem chief conductor Mariss Jansons is now represented on the BR-KLASSIK label with £11.10 (2 CDs) Verdi’s choral-symphonic legacy. 4 All Prices Quoted are Dealer Prices NOVEMBER 2014 Alissa FIRSOVA; Tõnu KÕRVITS; Matthew MARTIN; Claudio CASCIOLINI; Domenico SCARLATTI Spirit, Strength and Sorrow: Five settings of the Stabat Mater COR16127 The Sixteen, Harry Christophers £9.00 Spirit, Strength & Sorrow is the staggering result of The Sixteen’s third collaboration with the Genesis Foundation and demonstrates their joint commitment to nurturing new artistic talent. This CD features three brand new settings of the Stabat Mater from emerging composers, Alissa Firsova, Tõnu Kõrvits and Matthew Martin alongside those by Claudio Casciolini and Domenico Scarlatti. Reinhard KEISER Pomona Melanie Hirsch, Doerthe Maria Sandmann, Olivia Vermeulen, Magdalene Harer, Julian Podger, Knut Schoch, Jan Kobow, Raimonds Spogis, Joerg Gottschick, Capella Orlandi Bremen, Thomas Ihlenfeld 777659-2 Reinhard Keiser is regarded as one of the most important German opera composers of the baroque era, and his entertaining £18.00 (2 CDS) and accessible Pomona forms the ideal introduction to the world and characters of German-language baroque opera. Johann Michael HAYDN Complete Wind Concertos, Vol. 2 Concertino for Horn in D major; Concerto for Flute in D major; Concertino for Trombone in F major; Concertino for Trumpet in C major; Concertino for Horn & Trombone in D major; Concertino for Bassoon in B major; Romance for Horn in A flat major Linde Brunmayr-Tutz, Johannes Hinterholzer, Franz Landlinger, Norbert Salvenmoser, Makiko Kurabayashi Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner 777538-2 The wealth offered by a whole varied range of solo instruments in the serenades and concertos attests to the joy of £9.00 experimentation typical of Michael Haydn.