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March 2017 Catalogue Issue 11 Prices valid until Wednesday 26 April 2017 unless stated otherwise 0115 982 7500 Cover photo taken from BIS BIS9048 ‘Sibelius: Kullervo’ (Minnesota Orchestra/Vanska), featuring ‘Kullervo [email protected] Goes To War’ by Axel Gallén (tempera, 1901) 1 Welcome! Dear Customer, Welcome to our bumper March catalogue! Along with a good crop of new releases, we have a particularly large selection of titles on special offer this month, including hundreds of new reductions from DG and Decca. Before we go into more detail, we need to get the bad news out of the way. As mentioned last month, we have unfortunately reached a point where we need to slightly increase our UK postage charges. We try to avoid doing this too often (the last time was January 2014), but with Royal Mail costs increasing significantly each year, it is impossible to absorb this indefinitely. As most people seem to appreciate the simplicity of a flat-fee charge, we are sticking with this approach, but increasing the amount to £2 and increasing the free-postage minimum to £50. Different companies structure their postage charges in a variety of ways, but we believe we remain competitive and hope to be able to hold it at this level for a number of years to come. New releases we would like to highlight for you include the latest issue in the Sokolov-DG partnership, this time featuring concertos by Rachmaninov and Mozart; a two-disc set entitled ‘Hommage a Boulez’ from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; piano concertos by Beach, Chaminade and Howell in the 70�� volume of Hyperion’s ‘Romantic Piano Concerto’ series (see ‘Disc of the Month’ below); piano works by Bartok, also on Hyperion, performed by Francois-Frederic Guy and friends; four discs from Chandos, all well-worth exploring and including a two-disc (priced as one) selection of songs from Sir Arthur Sullivan; more Sibelius from Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra on BIS; two new recordings of Bach’s St John Passion from Apollo’s Fire/Sorrell (Avie) and Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski (Erato); and finally, a selection of fascinating archive reissues from both Australian Eloquence and Dutton Epoch. The new DG and Decca special offers are split into two sections: over 600 titles from the core of their back-catalogue, mostly now just £6.50 each, plus a selection of nearly 300 ‘Duos and Trios’, most now priced at £7.50 each. We also have a selection of titles reduced from Warner/Erato, including the ‘Das Alte Werk’, ‘Veritas x2’ and ‘Original Jackets’ series, plus the complete catalogues of Avie, Sterling, NMC, The Barbirolli Society alongside a selection of opera recordings from Naxos and a small promotion celebrating the 70�� birthday of violinist, Gidon Kremer. Best regards from, The Europadisc Team DISC OF THE MONTH The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.70 £11.95 Works by Amy Beach, Cecile Chaminade and Dorothy Howell or pay just Danny Driver, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller £8.95 Hyperion CDA 68130 if your order value International Women’s Day falls on 8 March, celebrating the ‘social, economic, cultural exceeds £50* and political achievements of women’. Volume 70 in Hyperion's Romantic Piano * to qualify for the special price, Concerto series champions three female composers, and three works whose in-the- your order value must exceed a total of £50 excluding this face-of-it-all joie de vivre makes them irresistibly worthy of our attention. recording and before any applicable carriage charges. Amy Beach (1867-1944) was self-taught as a composer, but the quality and individuality Offer available while stocks last. of her work was quickly recognized. Work on the piano concerto began in 1897 and it was clearly intended not only as a major composition, but also as a way for Beach to return to the concert platform that she missed so acutely. The Concertstück by Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944) begins in stirring style: the kinship with Wagner’s Flying Dutchman is unmistakable, and throughout the work some influence of Wagner and Liszt is apparent. The end result is a piece of considerable individuality, combining zestful energy and a rich seam of lyrical melody, affirming the enduring value of Chaminade’s larger works. Dorothy Howell (1898-1982) studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was taught by Tobias Matthay and John Blackwood McEwen. Her musical voice is both distinctive and cosmopolitan, with influences including Richard Strauss. The concerto is written in a single span, comprising three sections, and its rediscovery in the twenty-first century is long overdue. 2 PRIORITY NEW RELEASES DG and Decca Rachmaninov Hommage a Boulez Piano Concerto no.3 Celebrating the Mozart association between Piano Concerto K488 Boulez and Barenboim Sokolov, Tortelier, West-Eastern Divan Pinnock Orchestra £13.95 inc bonus DVD £13.95 DG 479 7015 due 10/3 DG 479 7160 2CD due 10/3 For Seasons Chopin Vivaldi plus arrs by Works for Piano Max Richter, Aphex and Orchestra Twins, Nils Frahm etc Lisiecki, NDR Hope Elbphilharmonie £11.50 Orchester, Urbanski DG 479 6922 £11.50 DG 9479 6824 due 10/3 Decca 483 1531 Jubilate 500 Years of Cathedral Music St Paul's Cathedral Choir £11.50 Decca 483 1317 Beethoven Complete String Quartets 7CD + Blu-ray Audio + bonus DVD due 24/3 Takacs Qt £35.95 DG 479 7021 Karl Bohm Great Recordings 1953-1972 17CD available at £44.95 until 30/3 Bohm £49.95 Wiener Philharmoniker 175�� Anniversary Edition £119.95 DG 479 7090 (44CD + 1DVD) due 17/3 175 years ago, on 28 March 1842, Otto Nicolai raised the baton for the first ever concert of a new ensemble destined to become one of the world’s great orchestras. With its unmistakeable sound, the Wiener Philharmoniker has always been defined by its unswerving commitment to the great German tradition of orchestral playing. Deutsche Grammophon’s 175th Anniversary Edition offers a hand-picked selection of the best albums of the orchestra released on the label. It is both a glorious overview of the orchestra’s core repertoire, while exploring its deep collaborations with the most influential and distinguished conductors of the past 50 years: Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bruno Walter, Leonard Bernstein, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The set includes rare photographs from the archives of the Wiener Philharmoniker as well as two new sets of liner notes by Dr. Silvia Kargl, Head of the Historic Archive of the Vienna Philharmonic, and Richard Evidon. Major works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Mozart and Richard Strauss are conducted by the most distinguished orchestral leaders including Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Furtwängler, Gardiner, Giulini, Harnoncourt, Karajan, Knappertsbusch, Levine, Previn, Thielemann and more, with recordings spanning from 1951 to 2004. A bonus DVD features the famous 1989 New Year’s Concert conducted by Carlos Kleiber. 3 PRIORITY NEW RELEASES Dutton Epoch all Hybrid SACDs at £11.95 each CDLX 7333 Julian Bream plays concertos for lute and orchestra plus Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Gardiner etc CDLX 7334 Rheinberger Two Concertos for Organ and Orchestra Power Biggs;Columbia Symphony;Peress CDLX 7335 Vivaldi The Four Seasons and other concertos Zukerman;English Chamber Orchestra CDLX 7336 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no.2; Saint-Saens Piano Concerto no.2; de Falla Rubinstein;Ormandy CDLX 7337 Stokowski conducts Bach: The Great Transcriptions, plus Wagner: Brunnhilde's Immolation LSO Hyperion at £11.95 each Beach/Howell/Chaminade Beneath the Northern Star Bartok Borodin Piano Concertos The Rise of English Polyphony Sonata for 2 pianos & Piano Quintet, Driver, BBC Scottish SO 1270-1430 percussion, Piano Son etc String Quartet no.2 CDA 68130 The Orlando Consort Tiberghien, Guy, Currie etc Lane, Goldner Quartet See ‘Disc of the Month’ deal on p.2 CDA 68132 CDA 68153 CDA 68166 Avie complete catalogue now reduced, see p.19 for details Bach, JS The Italian Job St John Passion Works by Caldara, Corelli, Phan, Blumberg, Strauss, Albinoni, Tartini, Vivaldi and Forsythe, Wey, Immler, Torelli Apollo’s Fire, Sorrell La Serenissima, Chandler AV 2369 (2CD) AV 2371 £15.96 £10.00 This magnificent recording of J.S. Bach’s groundbreaking Gramophone Award-winning Adrian Chandler and his period- masterpiece is the result of Jeannette Sorrell’s visionary concept of instrument ensemble La Serenissima present The Italian Job, a a dramatic production which was presented in seven acclaimed collection of colourful concertos by composers from four cities with a performances in Cleveland and New York City in March 2016. The rich musical heritage: Venice (Albinoni, Caldara, Vivaldi), Bologna deluxe package includes an extensive and illuminating booklet that (Torelli), Padua (Tartini) and Rome (Corelli). A feast of instrumental features memorable action photos from the production. colour by some of the finest composers of the Italian baroque! Chandos at £11.95 each Sullivan British Tone Poems Ives Liszt/Wagner Songs Alwyn, Austin, Bantock, Orchestral Works vol.3: Pno wks inc excs from Annees Bevan, Johnson, Riches, Gardiner, Gurney & VWilliams Symphonies 2 & 4 etc de Pel (Italie), transc etc Owen Norris BBC NO of Wales, Gamba Melbourne SO, Davis Cooper CHAN 10935(2) 2CD CHAN 10939 CHSA 5174 Hybrid SACD CHAN 10938 4 PRIORITY NEW RELEASES Naxos available at £7.95 each (except where stated) due 10/3 SEE P.16 FOR DETAILS OF A NEW SPECIAL OFFER ON OPERA RECORDINGS FROM NAXOS Saint-Saens Wagner Donizetti Mayr Piano Concertos 1 & 2