June 2016 Catalogue Prices valid until Wednesday 27�� July 2016 unless stated otherwise 0115 982 7500
[email protected] 1 Welcome! Dear Customer, Still going strong at the age of 92, conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski has long been making his mark as an extremely insightful and convincing interpreter of core classical and romantic repertoire, perhaps especially with his recordings and performances of Bruckner. Many will already know his brilliant cycle of the Symphonies recorded for Oehms (complete label now on offer) and may also remember a wonderful live recording of Symphony no.3 he made with the LPO, released on their own label just over a year ago. June now sees a follow-up to this: a recording of Symphony no.5, recorded in concert in October 2015. We felt it was a very worthy contender for our new ‘Disc of the Month’ slot so is available at a very special price with any order over £50. See below for full details. With the weather being its usual unreliable self, at least we can tell that summer has arrived by the slight slowing- down of top classical recordings being released. Having said that, there are still a few titles to point out deserving special attention: Shostakovich and Nelsons have proved to be a winning combination in the past, so it is great to see DG now issuing his readings of Symphonies 5, 8 & 9; Harnoncourt’s final Beethoven recording was a big seller earlier this year and we now have another chance to hear him, this time in the Missa Solemnis, recorded at Salzburg in 2015; Albion (from the Vaughan Williams Society) offer us a fascinating selection of old Vaughan Williams and Holst recordings, remastered from 78s; Jordi Savall explores the world of Catlonian philospher, Ramon Llull (1232-1315), beautifully presented by Alia Vox; pianist Sarah Beth Briggs gives us the world premiere recording of Hans Gal’s Piano Concerto on Avie (highly recommended); and Opera Rara venture into the works of Leoncavallo with a revival of his 1900 work, Zaza (rev 1919).