DEALER INFORMATION SERVICE: NO. 259

AUGUST 2013 REPRESENTING TODAY’S GREAT LABELS THIS MONTH'S HIGHLIGHTS

Select Music and Video Distribution Limited 3 Wells Place, Redhill, Surrey RH1 3SL Tel: 01737 645600 Fax: 01737 644065 Complete Works for Violin and Piano

DISC 1 Violin Sonata in D major ‘Sonatina’ D384; Violin Sonata in A minor ‘Sonatina’ D385; Violin Sonata in G minor ‘Sonatina’ D408 DISC 2 Violin Sonata in A major ‘Duo’ D574; Rondo in B minor D895 Fantasy in C major D934; Sei mir gegrüsst! D741 Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien

The luminous partnership of Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien returns to Hyperion for this double album containing Schubert’s complete music for violin and piano. Their intelligence and technical prowess, Highlight their seamless and intimate connection as performers and their profound of the month understanding of the music combine in magical performances. CDA67911/2

Judith BINGHAM (b. 1952)

Choral Music

Jonathan Vaughn (Organ) Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens

This album features first recordings of a number of Bingham’s sacred choral works. The living relationship between the composer and the musicians is CDA67909 clear from the vivid, committed performances given by the children and gentlemen of the choir.

Cipriano de RORE (c1515/16- 1565)

Missa Doulce mémoire Missa a note negre

The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice

The Brabant Ensemble continue their investigation into unknown jewels of the Low Countries Renaissance, researched by their director Stephen Rice CDA67913 and recorded with equal amounts of passion and erudition by the young £9.00 singers of the group.

Sergei Time Stands Still RACHMANINOV Emma Kirkby (Soprano) Anthony Rooley () Piano Trios

The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio

CDH55431 CDH55462 The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio show great insight Lute songs on the theme of mutability and into the composer and their performances bring metamorphosis by John Downland and his depth to the works. contemporaries.

2 AUGUST 2013 Composers including: CHOPIN • SCHUMANN • BRAHMS • LISZT • DEBUSSY Moura Lympany (1916-2005)

The HMV recordings presented here emphasize her virtuoso credentials and feature APR6011 many of the piano’s most fearsome warhorses. This is repertoire she excelled in and her performances of, for example, Feux follets, or the toccatas of Ravel and Prokofiev, have rarely been equalled.

Kaija SAARIAHO (1952) Chamber Works for Strings

Meta4 (Finnish String Quartet) Anna Laakso (Piano) Marko Myöhänen (Electronics) Highlight of the month This is the first of two releases of Chamber Works for Strings by Kaija Saariaho. Kaija ODE 1222-2 Saariaho is renowned across the world for her vivid orchestration. Her chamber works highlight her ability to create unique sound worlds with only a few instruments. Here she also adds live electronics to create a unique colour.

Highlight of the month Nikolay MEDTNER 4 Fairy Tales Op.26; Tragic Sonata Sergei RACHMANINOV Variations on a theme of Corelli Op.42 Sergei PROKOFIEV Sonata No.6 Op.82 CHRCD064 Sofya Gulyak (Piano) This new release showcases Sofya Gulyak. Gulyak has appeared all over the world to great acclaim. BRAHMS Sonatas GADE Fantasy Pieces Maximiliano Martin (Clarinet), Julian Milford (Piano) CHRCD065 Maximiliano Martín, one of the most charismatic clarinet players of his generation, plays iconic late works by Brahms: the two clarinet Sonatas on his debut recording for Champs Hill.

Carl DAVIS The Lady of the Camellias – A Ballet in Two Acts

Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Carl Davis

The Lady of the Camellias has inspired plays, films, and ballets. Carl Davis’ new score, CDC023 based closely on Alexandre Dumas’ novel, was commissioned by the National Ballet of Croatia premiered in Zagreb in 2008 and subsequently performed for 2 successive sold out seasons. The tragic love story of Marguerite and Armand still rings out across the centuries.

AUGUST 2013 3 Poul SCHIERBECK (1888-1949) Fête Galante (1930) Bo Skovhus, Dénise Beck, Michael Weinius, Andrea Pellegrini, Gert Henning-Jensen, Palle Knudsen, Mathias Hedegaard Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Michael Shønwandt Dalliance, deceit and dastardly blackmail are all in the air at the rococo palace of Versailles, 6220637-38 where the Danish composer Poul Schierbeck’s only Feˆte Galante unfolds its colourful plot. The opera maintains an exquisite musical balance between the lyrical and the comic, and this recording brings new life to Schierbeck’s tuneful music.

George PERLE (1915 –2009) The String Quartets Vol. 1 Vol. 1; Molto Adagio (1938); String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 (1942); String Quartet No. 5 (1960); Windows of Order: String Quartet No. 8 (1988) BRIDGE 9398 Daedalus Quartet The recipient of a Pulitzer Price, George Perle occupied a commanding a position among American composers of our time. W. A. MOZART Piano Concertos (Chamber Version) Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414; Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415; Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 449 Anne-Marie McDermott (Piano), Calder Quartet BRIDGE 9403 The brilliant American pianist, Anne-Marie McDermott is joined by the Calder Quartet in rarely heard recordings of the chamber versions of three Mozart concertos.

The Great Poets: John Clare

Read by David Shaw-Parker NA0094 John Clare was the forgotten Romantic poet, until the late 20th century. Known by his contemporaries as the Peasant Poet, he recorded in his poems the natural landscape of rural England before the Industrial Revolution.

John Bunyan The Pilgrim’s Progress (unabridged) Read by David Shaw-Parker

For three hundred years The Pilgrim’s Progress has remained perhaps the best-loved NA0133 and most read of devotional fictions. In plain yet powerful and moving language, Bunyan tells the story of Christian’s struggle to attain salvation and the Gates of Heaven.

Samuel Richardson Pamela (unabridged)

Read by Clare Corbett and cast

Samuel Richardson’s epistolary novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, published in 1740, NA0138 tells the story of a young woman’s resistance to the desires of her predatory master.

4 AUGUST 2013 Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Symphony No. 6 in C major D589 Music from Rosamunde D797

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

Highlight of the month This is the second disc in an on-going cycle of Schubert’s symphonies with the SCO and Thomas Dausgaard, described by BBC Music Magazine described BIS1987 as ‘an excitingly combative, and ultimately very plausible new look at Schubert.’

Wilhelm STENHAMMAR (1871-1927) String Quartets Volume 1 String Quartet No. 4 in A minor Op. 25; Elegi and Intermezzo; String Quartet No. 3 in F major Op. 18 Stenhammar Quartet BIS1659 This is the Stenhammar Quartet’s debut recording for BIS, but they present the first disc in a trilogy which will include the six quartets published during the composer’s lifetime, as well as the F minor Quartet – for the first time on disc.

The Unknown Sibelius Finland Awakes, The Oceanides, Jag kisser dig [och ledsnar] ej; Tule, tule kultani; Tanken; Italian Folk SongArr.; Fridolins dårskap; Jone havsfärd; Serenata; Ödlan; Andantino in D maj; Impromptu in B minor; Adagio in E Maj; Adagio ‘Rakkaalle Ainolle’; Four Fragments; Processional Artists include: Lahti SO, Va¨nska¨, Anne Sofie von Otter, Monica Groop, Dominante Choir… BIS2065 The Unknown Sibelius presents a spectrum of the music that is the least wide-spread of the Finnish master’s production, either because the pieces included belong to genres not usually associated with ‘Sibelius the symphonist’, or because they appear in versions that differ from the ones that are performed frequently all over the world.

Piano Rhapsody Works by: Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Janácˇ ek, Albéniz, Debussy, Satie, Busoni, Granados, Stenhammar, Rachmaninov, Kreisler, Falla, Prokofiev, Ginastera and others… Roland Pöntinen Bamburg Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam BIS9044 A collection of pieces well-known and less familiar, miniatures and bravura works written from the eighteenth to the twentieth century including the Piano Concertos by Tchaikovsky and Grieg.

BRUCKNER

Symphony No. 7

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanisl/aw Skrowaczewski Highlight LPO-0071 of the month Stanisław Skrowaczewski is regarded as one of today’s greatest living Bruckner conductors. Now in his 90th year, he brings a lifetime’s accumulated wisdom to this work.

Gioseffo ZARLINO (1517-1590) Modulations sex vocum (1566) Singer Pur

Zarlino’s principle work Istitutioni harmoniche is based on the compositional OC873 technique of his teacher . Having recently recorded the motets by Willaert to great acclaim, Singer Pur now turn their attention to Zarlino and his skilled use of harmony-based keys, counter-point and fugue.

AUGUST 2013 5 Andrzej PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Symphonic Works Volume 6 Concertino for Timpani, Percussion & Strings; Sinfonia di Speranza (Symphony No. 9)

Konzerthausorchester Berlin, L/ukasz Borowicz 777685-2 The composition of a ninth symphony has represented a symbolic challenge within the tradition for almost every composer after Beethoven. Andrzej Panufnik met this challenge with his most ambitious and large-scale work and reflects his musical interpretation of hope.

Daniel-François-Esprit AUBER (1782-1871) La Muette de Portici Opera in 5 Acts Diego Torre, Oscar de la Torre, Angelina Ruzzafante, Wiard Witholt Opernchor des Anhaltischen Theatres, Anhaltische Philharmonie, Anthony Hermus 777694-2 Although La Muette de Portici had already celebrated its fifth-hundredth performance in 1880, today it has been almost entirely forgotten and is infrequently produced. The work premiered in the original French at the Anhalt Theater in Dessau, April 2010.

The Virtuoso Recorder II Concertos of the Italian Sammartini: F major for Soprano Recorder; Fiorenza: A minor for Alto Recorder; Mancini: G minor for Alto Recorder; Montanari: B flat major for Sopranino;Hasse : B flat major for Alto Recorder;Tartini : F major for Alto Recorder; Vinci: A minor for Recorder; Piani: E minor for Recorder Cappella Academica Frankfurt, Michael Schneider 777316-2 Following the collection of German baroque virtuosic recorder concertos two years ago, a release to be described as nothing other than sensational (777534-2), Michael Schneider now turns to baroque Italy.

Johann Christoph PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Complete Organ Works Volume I Das Kirchenjahr: Ostern bis Michaelis; Psalmlieder I; Katechismuslieder und andere I & II; Hexachordum Apollinis James David Christie, Christian Schmitt, Jürgen Essl, Michael Belotti 777556-2 This release marks the beginning of a new series of the complete organ works of Johann Pachelbel - one of the most important composers of the Southern German organ tradition.

Chamber Works for Winds & Strings Friedrich WITT (1770-1836) Septet in F major; Quartet in E flat major; Quartet in F major Carl Friedrich zu LÖWENSTEIN (1781-1852) Quintet in D major 777486-2 Consortium Classicum Witt was an elegant melodist, and he knew how to instrument with mastery. His chamber music for winds and strings interpreted by the renowned Consortium Classicum is highly atmospheric and exhibits romantic traits.

Georg SCHUMANN (1866-1952) Sechs Lieder Op. 56; Erinnerungen für Klavier Op. 36, No. 2; Drei Lieder Op. 15; Im Frühling für Klavier Op. 36, No. 5; Mädchenlieder Op. 35; Wie wogt es…für Klavier Op. 4, No. 2; Drei Lieder Op. 14; Am Abend für Klavier Op. 23, No. 2; Drei Lieder Op. 38 Silvia Weiss, Karola Theill Today, Schumann is being rediscovered as a late romanticist, while during his 777713-2 lifetime he was regarded as an exponent of neoromanticism. Along with his rich oeuvre for piano, it was above all his love for lied and choral song that formed the core of his artistic work.

6 AUGUST 2013 BACH

Goldberg Variations

Robert Costin(Organ)

Highlight of the month This release presents a wonderful new organ peformence of Bach’s Goldberg 5060192780291 Variations.

David MATTHEWS (b. 1973) TOCC 0152 Music for Solo Violin, Volume One

Three Studies, Op. 39 4–18; Fifteen Fugues, Op. 88 19; Winter Journey, Op. 32

Peter Sheppard Skærved

Gustavo LEONE (b. 1956) String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Una voz, un grito, un lamento; String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; TOCC 0168 Red Quintet; Scenes

Cuarteto Q-Arte, Beatriz Elena Martinez (Soprano) & Marta Liliana Bonilla (Harp)

Jeronimas KACˇINSKAS (1907-2005) Chamber & Instrumental Music

Nonet for woodwinds and strings; Reflections for piano; TOCC 0169 Chamber Fantasy for flute, string quartet and piano; String Quartet No. 3 Gabrielius Alekna (Piano), Daumantas Kirilauskas (Piano), Arnoldas Gurinavicˇius (Double-Bass), Giedrius Gelgotas (Flute), String Quartet & St Christopher Quintet.

Also Available from Select in August 2013 Label Product Code Description Barcode CLAUDIO RECORDS CB5572-2 BEETHOVEN: SONATAS VOL. 2 5016198557221 CANTALOUPE CA21090 LHAMO/BATAGOV: TAYATHA 713746309022 GPR GPR5B013 CLASSICAL JAZZ - NEW YORK ENSEMBLE 091037580115 GPR GPR5C013 THE CHRIS PARKER TRIO 091037580122 SOLO LUMINUS DSL-92171 ENTENDRE - DUO FOR VIOLIN 053479217127 RONDEAU RECORDINGS ROP6076/77 TARKMANN: DIDOS GEHIMNIS 4037408060769 TIMPANI 1C1204 BIZET: LE DOCTEUR MIRACLE 3377891312046 TIMPANI 1C1205 REBER: TRIOS NOS. 3/5/7 3377891312053 TACTUS TC 750001 ORGAN FOR FOUR HANDS 8007194104981 TACTUS TC 750701 GIORDANI: OFFERTORIOS 8007194105278 TACTUS TC 791302 MUSILLI: ORGAN WORKS 8007194105452 TACTUS TC 830601 FUMAGALLI: ORGAN WORKS 8007194105261 UNITED CLASSICS T2CD2013004 DONIZETTI: DON PASQUALE 8713545230048 UNITED CLASSICS T2CD2013005 ELIZABETHAN LUTE MUSIC 8713545230055 UNITED CLASSICS T2CD2013006 MOZART: REQUIEM 8713545230062 UNITED CLASSICS T2CD2013008 MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 8 8713545230086 UNITED CLASSICS T2CD2013009 MENDELSSOHN: SYMPHONY NO. 4 8713545230093

Full details of these releases can be found on the Select website (www.selectmusic.co.uk) AUGUST 2013 7 Richard WAGNER Claudio MONTEVERDI

Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg L’ incoronazione di Poppea Live from the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1995 Live Recording from the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, 1993 Eva Johansson, Wolfgang Brendel, Patricia Schuman, Richard Croft, Gösta Winbergh, Ivan Sardi Kathleen Kuhlmann, Harry Peeters, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Michael Hampe Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, Götz Friedrich, Brian Large Supported by the inventive original-sound ensemble Concerto Köln The production by and the famous singers Götz Friedrich for 102318 Patricia Schuman, 102304 the Deutsche Oper in Berlin (premiered on 1 May Richard Croft, Kathleen Kuhlmann and Harry Peeters this 1993) places the action among the post-war ruins of interpretation shows the very modern aspects of a piece Nuremberg in 1945, treating this difficult aspect of that was first performed in 1642. Meistersinger’s history of popularity in an impressive fashion.

W.A. MOZART Idomeneo Orpheus in der unterwelt Live Recording from the Glyndebourne Live Recording from Deutsche Oper Festival Opera, 1974 Berlin 1984 Donald Grobe, Julia Migenes Johnson, Richard Lewis, Leo Goeke, Bozena Betley, Hans Beirer, Astrid Varnay, Helmuth Lohner, Josephine Barstow George Shirley, Deutsche Oper Berlin The London Philharmonic Orchestra Jesús López Cobos, Götz Friedrich John Pritchard, John Cox

In this 1974 rarity from Glyndebourne John Pritchard In the early 1980s legendary director Götz Friedrich once again conducts the London Philharmonic created his own contemporary version of Offenbach’s Orchestra and gives the stage direction by John Cox 102313 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, in German, filled 101679 a perfect musical foundation. with allusions to the contemporary cultural scene and society in general. Worldwide available excluding North America

The Verdi Opera Selection: Friedrich Gulda and Friends Opera Edition Volume III Works by , , Friedrich Gulda, Cole Porter, Un ballo in Maschera Miles Davis and more Live from the Salzburger Festspiele, 1990 Friedrich Gulda, Herbie Hancock La forza del destino Live Recording from the Philharmonie Im Gasteig, Live from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Münchner Klaviersommer 1989 Florence, 2007 Improvisations for Three Pianos La traviata Friedrich Gulda, Chick Corea, Nicolas Economou Live from the Teatro alla Scala, , 2007 Live Recording from Münchner Klaviersommer, 1982 In these two 107533 programmes from 1982 101672 and 1989 Gulda performs together with the Jazz legends Worldwide available excluding Japan Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock as well as the gifted and internationally renowned Cypriote pianist Nicolas Economou.

Il Giardino Armonico No More Wunderkind: Music of the French Baroque Sergei Nakariakov , Luca Pianca, Enrico Onofri, , Ottavio Dantone A film by Jan Schmidt-Garre

The film presents the musician at his best but it Baroque virtuosi prove also shows the story of how exciting a soviet child prodigy. original instruments The mature Nakariakov’s 101681 can be by clearing 100395 breathtaking virtuosity out the intellectual is contrasted with footage of the child whose lips are and sensuous ballast that a work accumulates over sore from practicing. Is it true that Sergei was “never a the centuries to allow it to sparkle in its genuine wunderkind”, as he claims in the interview? colours. 8 AUGUST 2013 Highlight of the month Dionysos – An Opera Fantasy

Mojca Erdmann, , Virpi Raisänen, Julia Faylenbogen, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Matthias Klink, Uli Kirsch 2072608

Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Ingo Metzmacher, Jörn H. Andresen

2072604 The 2010 opened with a performance of Dionysos and featured outstanding soloists , Elin Rombo, Virpi Raisänen, Julia Faylenbogen, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Matthias Klink and Uli Kirsch.

Richard Strauss Don Juan Richard Wagner 2072628 Wesendonck-Lieder Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 2072624 Nina Stemme, Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

This concert programme dedicated to the second half of the 19th Century was one of the highlights of the 2012 Salzburg Festival.

The Magic Mountain: Verbier Festival Anniversary Edition Highlights from 20 Years Verbier Festival

Martha Argerich, Adam Laloum, Susan Graham, Martin Helmchen, Lars Vogt, Thomas Quasthoff, Hélène Grimaud and many more

For twenty years now, the unique atmosphere at the Verbier Festival has been 3079078 capturing the imagination of all who attend. This Anniversary Edition guides you through the diversity of music and artists at the Verbier Festival, with a selection of great performances from across the years 1995-2012.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 60th Anniversary Concert

Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Shlomo Mintz, Gil Shaham, Maxim Vengerov, Menahem Breuer, Ariel Shamai, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the best orchestras in the world, celebrated its 60th Anniversary with a Gala Con­cert in 1996 conducted by 2012744 Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim. The Gala, featuring world acclaimed soloists Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman and Shlomo Mintz, begins with a touching speech of Isaac Stern, who looks back on the early days of the orchestra.

AUGUST 2013 9 WAGNER

Highlight of the month Rienzi

Torsten Kerl, Marika Schönberg, Daniela Sindram, Richard Wiegold, Stefan Heidemann, Robert Bork, Marc Heller, Leonardo Neiva, Jennifer O’Loughlin

Orchestre national du Capitole Choeur du Capitole Choeur de l’Accademia Teatro alla Scala de Milan

Conductor Pinchas Steinberg OA1110D Director Jorge Lavelli

Recorded live at the Theâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, October 2012

Championing love and personal heroism in the face of ecclesiastical oppression and political chicanery, Wagner’s third OABD7125D opera explores characteristic themes with terrific energy which culminates in the eponymous Roman tribune’s famous prayer to the gods of his fatherland.

SHAKESPEARE Twelfth Night Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly, Ian Drysdale, Johnny Flynn, Stephen Fry, James Garnon, Peter Hamilton Dyer, Colin Hurley, Roger Lloyd Pack, Mark Rylance, Jethro Skinner, Ben Thompson Director Tim Carroll Music Claire Van Kampen Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, June 2012 Territory Exclusion: North America and Canada One of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, Twelfth Night was ‘blissfully reborn’ (Telegraph) for the OA1111D 2012/13 season at London’s Globe Theatre, under the direction of Tim Carroll. The hilarious tale of misdirection and deception is performed here by an all-male cast, among whom we find Mark Rylance as Olivia and Roger Lloyd-Pack as Sir Anthony Aguecheek.

PROKOFIEV Cinderella Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray, Nadia Yanowsky Remi Wörtmeye, Alexander Zhembrovskyy, Erica Horwood, Holland Symfonia Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon Conductor Ermanno Florio OA1114D Director Jeff Tudor Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, December 2012 Territory Exclusion: North America and Canada

OABD7126D Christopher Wheeldon’s acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a muchloved classic. Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Wheeldon gives the characters renewed depth and complexity, complementing Prokofiev’s celebrated and colourful score.

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration 713208 Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Emanuel Ax, Peter Serkin, James Taylor Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus John Williams, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, John Oliver, David Zinman

Located in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, Tanglewood is one of the 713304 Highlight of the month world’s most beloved music festivals and serves as the summer home for the famed Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). This 75th Anniversary Celebration concert includes performances by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, vocalist James Taylor, pianists Emanuel Ax and Peter Serkin, as well as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus with John Oliver.

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