New on Naxos | July 2016

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8.573531 Playing Time 71:20 7 47313 35317 0 Antonino Fogliani

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868) Supplementary Promotional Materials • eCard (1831/32 Original Version)1 Stabat mater • Facebook cover and post With sections by Giovanni Tadolini Orchestration by Antonino Fogliani Antonino Fogliani made his celebrated début at the Pesaro Giovanna d’Arco2 Rossini Opera Festival in 2001 with Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, Orchestration by Marco Taralli followed by various engagements in Pesaro and in leading opera houses, including La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro dell’Opera, Majella Cullagh, Soprano1 2 Rome, the San Carlo in Naples and the Opéra Comique in Paris, Marianna Pizzolato, Mezzo-soprano as well as the Bergamo Donizetti Festival. He made his début José Luis Sola, Tenor1 1 at Rossini in Wildbad in 2004, leading to a series of further Mirco Palazzi, Bass performances and recordings. He was appointed musical director Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań • Tomasz Potkowski, Chorus-master of Rossini in Wildbad in 2011. Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Antonino Fogliani

Rossini’s Stabat Mater is one of the staples of the sacred music repertoire but had a complicated history. He wrote it for performance in Madrid but, running short of time, enlisted the help of his friend Giovanni Tadolini. Rossini completed six pieces, Tadolini seven. Tadolini’s pieces now only exist as piano reductions but conductor Antonino Fogliani has orchestrated them to allow listeners to hear the original work for the first time since 1833. Marco Taralli’s 2009 orchestration of Giovanna d’Arco (Joan of Arc), a cantata for solo voice, is also heard on this first recording.

Key Features Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra • Part of the acclaimed Rossini in Wildbad series of discs on Naxos which have garnered much acclaim. • Two unique orchestrations of Rossini works, made by Companion Titles – Gioachino Rossini, Composer contemporary Italian musicians. Fogliani, who orchestrated the NEW Stabat Mater, also conducts the performance. • This is only the second performance of the Stabat Mater in its original form. The première was in Madrid in 1833. Subsequent performances have all been of the revised – very different – version in 10 parts. The original had 13 parts. • This earlier version is a rare example of a collaborative Rossini work. 8.660382-84 8.660363-66 8.660314-15 8.660340-42

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David Alan Miller © Gary Gold

(b. 1938) David Alan Miller has held the position of music director of the John CORIGLIANO Albany Symphony since 1992. Through exploration of unusual Symphony No. 1 repertoire, educational programming, community outreach and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s Michael TORKE (b. 1961) reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American Bright Blue Music symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. Accolades include Columbia University’s Ditson Conductor’s Award, the 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Aaron COPLAND (1900–1990) Programming, and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Appalachian Spring Suite Award for Outstanding Educational Programming. Miller is highly regarded as a champion and interpreter of American music, new National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic and old. His extensive discography includes a GRAMMY® Award- David Alan Miller winning recording of works by John Corigliano, as well as recent recordings of music by John Harbison, Kamran Ince, Aaron J. This is the first recording for Naxos by the National Orchestral Kernis, George Tsontakis and Michael Torke. Institute Philharmonic, which is composed of elite conservatory students from across the United States and abroad. The chosen works reflect the richness and variety of the American repertoire. A work of immense poignancy and power, John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 1 is a commemoration of friends of the composer who died during the 1980s and ’90s. Michael Torke’s Bright Blue Music evokes rich lyricism couched in the composer’s favorite key of D major. The suite from Copland’s Appalachian Spring is one of the great, quintessential American works.

Key Features • Torke’s Bright Blue Music is part of his Color series and the sole recording is by the high profile David Zinman on Decca which includes the whole Colors pieces (it was first on Ecstatic Records). Sheil © Geoff National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic • Appalachian Spring is heard in the full orchestral version here. Companion Titles – David Alan Miller, Conductor Supplementary Promotional Materials • Key Release Kit • Facebook cover and post

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Piotr Plawner © J. Wrzesinski

Polish Violin Concertos Supplementary Promotional Materials BACEWICZ: Violin Concerto No. 1 • Key Release Kit TANSMAN: Cinq pièces pour violon et petit orchestre • Facebook cover and post SPISAK: Andante and Allegro for Violin and String Orchestra PANUFNIK: Violin Concerto Piotr Plawner began studying the violin at the age of six. Just three Piotr Plawner, Violin years later, he made his stage début as a soloist with orchestra. He has Kammersymphonie Berlin won first prize in no fewer than five international violin competitions. Jürgen Bruns The most important of these were the International Festival of Young Talents in Bayreuth (1991), the International Wieniawski Competition The works on this recording were written by four roughly contemporary in Poznań (1991) and, in 1995, the prestigious International Music Polish composers who settled and pursued their careers in different Competition of the ARD in Munich. Plawner has performed as a parts of the world. Grażyna Bacewicz’s First Violin Concerto displays soloist all over Europe, in the Middle East and the United States, her own glittering virtuosity as a performer, while Alexandre Tansman playing at many famous venues, including Copenhagen (Tivoli), wrote his Baroque-infused Five Pieces for the great Josef Szigeti. Paris (Châtelet), Berlin (Schauspielhaus), Munich (Herkules Saal), Michał Spisak considered his neo-classical Andante and Allegro to be Stuttgart (Liederhalle), Barcelona (Palau de la Musica Catalana), ‘a little story for violin and orchestra’, while Andrzej Panufnik’s wide- Madrid (Teatro Monumental) and Amsterdam (Concertgebouw). He ranging Violin Concerto became a ‘pilgrimage into my past’ and is has made many recordings for radio and television, for Bayerische richly suffused with Polish atmosphere. Rundfunk, WDR SDR, SWR, ORF, DRS, TVE and Dutch television, among others. Key Features • This release brings together and gives focus to some fascinating aspects of Polish musical culture in often little-known but Companion Titles – Polish Music significant and outstanding examples of 20th century concerto- form works. • This recording is not only a showcase for fine Polish music, but also for violinist Piotr Plawner, a native of Lodz, Poland. He has won no fewer than five international violin competitions and was described by Sir Yehudi Menuhin as a performer with “phenomenal ability.” “This young man is truly a phenomenon, a 8.572211 8.573229 genius on the violin. His playing, into its last nuance, is fascinating. The interpretation of every phrase has been deliberated. Everything must be described in superlatives”, acclaimed the Stuttgarter Zeitung, and The Times wrote that “Plawner is clearly an outstanding prospect.” • Plawner’s track record as a recording artist is also highly

distinguished, with a “CD of the year” for his 1999 program of © Oliver Potratz Szymanowski chamber works, the 2005 Frédéric-Preis for Kammersymphonie Berlin 8.572402 8.570032 recordings of works by Chausson, and the 2007 “Strad Award” for his recording of violin concertos by Karlowicz and Szymanowski.

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The Carice Singers © Tom Herring 8.573584 Playing Time 77:48 7 47313 35847 2

John IRELAND (1879–1962) Key Features • These Ireland and Moeran partsongs have very rarely been Ernest John MOERAN (1892–1950) recorded and are conspicuous in their absence from the current Choral Music CD catalogues. • A Cradle Song • Sea Fever • Songs of Springtime This release joins our long-term commitment to the music of John David Owen Norris, Piano Ireland. Our recordings of his vocal music have included songs The Carice Singers (8.570467) in which “every word is tasted, pungently flavoured, George Parris and given vigorous new life” (BBC Music Magazine), and church music (8.573014) with “excellent performances… impeccable Renowned for his outstanding piano miniatures and solo songs, John blend and ensemble… A very enjoyable and rewarding disc, Ireland is little known these days as a composer of partsongs. His showcasing the fine quality of British cathedral music-making” deep understanding of choral forces brings a unique polish and artistry (Gramophone). April 2016 saw our release of music for string to the genre, his early style reflecting a deference to his masters orchestra by John Ireland (8.571372), and as part of our re- Parry and Stanford, and deeply moving post-war masterpieces such releases of recordings from the British Music Society label we as Twilight Night exploiting a more acerbic harmonic vocabulary. E.J. also published Moeran’s Folksong Arrangements (8.571359) in Moeran’s inclination towards introspective melancholy blends with his November 2015. knowledge of Elizabethan madrigal and renaissance dance, resulting • The Carice Singers is an ensemble noted for their “freshness in true gems on themes of love such as While she lies sleeping. of tone” and “careful musicality” by Gramophone. Their previous recording for Naxos of Warlock’s choral music (8.573227) is The Carice Singers are an ensemble comprised of some of the “sensitively performed by this technically confident group of United Kingdom’s best young professional singers, noted for their singers…a very valuable collection” (BBC Music Magazine). The “freshness of tone” and “careful musicality” (Gramophone). Named addition of David Owen Norris’s attractive musical personality after the daughter of Sir Edward Elgar, the choir aims to bring an is another draw to this release, his “sensitive accompaniments” imaginative approach to choral music of the Romantic period and (Allmusic.com) also to be heard in releases such as Britten’s beyond, frequently drawing upon the latest academic research to Complete Scottish Songs (8.572706). produce original and insightful programmes. Among The Carice Singers’ ongoing projects is a mini-series of recordings for Naxos featuring choral music by lesser-known British composers, including Warlock, E.J. Moeran and Bax.

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Franz Hauk © Kathrin Eberhardt

(1763–1845) Franz Hauk studied church and school music, with piano and organ, Johann Simon MAYR at the Munich Musikhochschule and in Salzburg. In 1988 he took his Overtures doctorate with a thesis on church music in Munich at the beginning Raùl de Créqui • Arianna a Nasso of the nineteenth century. He has given concerts in Europe and the Mennone e Zemira • Ercole in Lidia United States and made a number of recordings. Since October Bavarian Classical Players • Antonio Spiller, Concertmaster 2002 he has taught in the historical performance and church music Concerto de Bassus • Theona Gubba-Chkheidze, Concertmaster department of the Munich Music and Theatre Hochschule, while I Virtuosi Italiani • Alberto Martini, Concertmaster winning a reputation for his research and the performances he has Franz Hauk directed.

Simon Mayr was born in Bavaria but made his name in Italy. Although familiar with the Venetian two-part and Neapolitan three-part operatic overture traditions, he forged a style which at first mirrored the models of his Viennese contemporaries, then broadened out into large-scale and often virtuosic sinfonias filled with unexpected modulations and intervals and beautiful instrumental solos. Spanning a period of 25 years, the works on this recording include Raùl de Créqui with its striking fugal opening, the dramatic Ercole in Lidia with its solo part for harp and Gli Americani which recalls Mozart and Beethoven.

Key Features • Conductor Franz Hauk’s numerous recordings of Simon Mayr’s oratorios, cantatas and operas have done much to raise the profile of this 18th/19th century composer, a German export who found his fame and fortune in Italy. Most recent of these was the opera Saffo (8.660367-68) released in January 2016, and one can pick titles at random to find acclaim such as “first rate recording, I Virtuosi Italiani with excellent solo and choir singing” (Pizzicato on Il Sogno di Partenope, 8.573236), or “a sparkler… there’s a lilt to everyone’s Companion Titles – Johann Simon Mayr, Composer phrasing, courtesy of Herr Hauk. The period orchestra performs handsomely” (American Record Guide on David in spelunca Engaddi, 8.570366-67). An exploration of Mayr’s overtures or sinfonias is a logical step with regard to this extensive sequence of larger-scale productions, and is a handsome supplement to an already distinguished catalog of recordings. • Franz Hauk is an acknowledged expert on the music of Simon Mayr, and each recording is based on considerable research. 8.660367-68 8.573419-20 8.570927 8.573236

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Yaniv d’Or © Bernard Musil Watch Video Trailer

Latino Ladino Key Features • The remarkable counter-tenor Yaniv d’Or founded Ensemble Songs of Exile and Passion NAYA together with early music specialists Nora Roll and Anders from Spain and Latin America Ericson in 2008. This flexible ensemble has become renowned Yaniv d’Or, Countertenor for its mesmerizing dialogue between early western music and Barrocade • Ensemble NAYA musical traditions both ancient and modern from all over the Amit Tiefenbrunn, Director world. • Ensemble NAYA tours widely, and its debut album ‘Liquefacta The music and poetry of numerous persecuted and exiled minority est’ was released in 2013 to critical acclaim, Gramophone cultures flourished throughout the Mediterranean and South magazine selecting it as one of their top 10 recordings of the America during the 17th century, the sensitivities of these displaced year. In Latino Ladino Ensemble NAYA has joined forces with communities retaining powerful resonance today. These ancient Barrocade, a group of passionate young musicians led by narratives on beauty, love, joy and sorrow are expressed through viola da gamba player Amit Tiefenbrunn and one of the most Yaniv d’Or’s haunting voice against a ‘folk-Baroque’ instrumental outstanding ensembles on the Israeli musical scene. backdrop that reinvents enchanting and distinctive musical worlds. • This fascinating program builds both on scholarly research into Yaniv d’Or’s unique countertenor voice has made him one of early music and a vibrant continuation of traditions that are still the rising stars of the modern international music scene. British- very much alive in traditional music making in numerous regions Israeli d’Or studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, around the world today. This blend of the state-of-the-art in terms receiving the International Vocal Art Institution Prize and the of learned performance practice and the popular nature of these Gottesman Award. In concert he has performed at the Mariinsky songs gives this release great appeal, reflected in aGramophone Theatre, Barbican Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Dome des Invalides, review that admires its “touching and thoughtful programme” and Lincoln Centre, Oslo Opera House, Mann Theatre and Caesarea concluding that its “sound is incredibly attractive.” Amphitheatre. He has appeared in recital at Château de Versailles Companion Titles – Early Music Collection and regularly appears at Wigmore Hall. A prolific recording artist, Yaniv d’Or is the recipient of the Gottesman Award for his album Liquefacta Est… with Ensemble NAYA.

Supplementary Promotional Materials • Facebook cover and post • Video trailer 8.573346 8.570135 8.573312 8.572443 © Tatiana Druz © Tatiana © Nitzan Shorer Ensemble NAYA Barrocade 7 NEW ON NAXOS | JULY 2016

World Première Recordings

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Ross Harris © Gareth Watkins/Wallace Arts Trust/Lilburn Trust

(b. 1945) Key Features Ross HARRIS • 1 This is the third in a series of recordings of symphonies and Symphony No. 5 other orchestral works by New Zealand composer Ross Harris. 2 Violin Concerto The first in the edition was of the Second and Third Symphonies Sally-Anne Russell, Mezzo-Soprano1 (8.572574), considered “impressive” by American Record Guide, Ilya Gringolts, Violin2 the tragic power of the Second Symphony keenly observed by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conductor Marko Letonja, who “finely shapes the builds and falls Eckehard Stier1 • Garry Walker2 to and from the emotional jackpots... [getting] real clout at the summits.” This was followed by the 2014 release of the Fourth Ross Harris’s Fifth Symphony was inspired by the poems of Panni Symphony and Cello Concerto (8.573044) of which Gramophone Palasti, many of which reflect her experiences during the siege of wrote that “[the] performances are admirable. Garry Walker Budapest in World War II. Forming the emotional core of the work and and Brett Dean secure exemplary results from the Auckland set to gentle melodies against hushed, sophisticated orchestration, orchestra, and Li-Wei Qin lends hugely eloquent advocacy to the the three songs form a stark contrast with the violent and disturbing concerto. Most truthful sound and useful presentation, too. An imagery of the two Scherzos and the austere beauty of the opening enterprising pairing that can be welcomed with open arms.” and closing Adagios. The beautifully textured Violin Concerto hovers • Russian violin soloist Ilya Gringolts has already produced tantalisingly between tonality and atonality, with the soloist rarely out numerous critically praised recordings for the Deutsche of the limelight, decorating and rhapsodising on the material. Grammophon, BIS and Hyperion labels, and has been acclaimed as “one of the most inspirational violinists today” by The Financial Ross Harris was born in Amberley, New Zealand. He studied in Times. He champions contemporary and seldom-played works Christchurch and Wellington and taught at the Victoria University and has performed numerous premières, as well as touring the of Wellington Music Department for over thirty years. In 1985 he world with great orchestras and core violin repertoire. was awarded a QSM for his opera Waituhi (with libretto by Witi • Ihimaera) and in 1990 he received the CANZ citation for services to Conducting roles for this recording are shared between Eckehard New Zealand music. In 2004 he took early retirement from teaching Stier (Symphony), one of the most outstanding conductors and began working as a freelance composer. His residency with the working today and a distinguished performer of contemporary Auckland Philharmonia (2005–2006) led to the composition of masterworks, and Garry Walker (Concerto), winner of the three symphonies. He has been awarded the SOUNZ Contemporary 1999 Leeds Competition and closely associated with the BBC Award four times and been a finalist eight times in the thirteen-year orchestras and new music both in Scotland and worldwide. history of the award.

Companion Titles – Companion Titles – Ross Harris, Composer New Zealand Orchestral Music © Adrian Malloch 8.572574 8.573044 8.557697 8.573199 Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

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Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897) String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 New Zealand String Quartet – Helene Pohl, Violin I Douglas Beilman, Violin II Gillian Ansell, Viola Rolf Gjelsten, Cello

Brahms’s two String Quartets, Op. 51 were the first he published but, completed in his 40th year, are very much mature masterpieces. He was very conscious of the tradition that lay behind the quartet genre, and the spirits of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert ensured that he took the greatest of care when preparing his own quartets. Each perfectly proportioned movement of these works creates its own unique expressive narrative, exploring bitter-sweet tonalities and thematic treatment ranging from tender lyricism to dramatic intensity.

Key Feature The New Zealand String Quartet celebrates its 29th season in 2016, and its distinguished international reputation has been enhanced through acclaim for their recordings for Naxos. These include three volumes of Felix Mendelssohn’s quartets, the first 8.573433 Playing Time: volume (8.570001) of which was made 68:29 a Gramophone Recommends title. This © Robin White Quartet ScorpionMedia 7 47313 34337 9 multi-faceted quartet is equally at home Companion Titles – Companion Titles – with the intensity of Alban Berg’s quartets (8.557374) given a 10/10 score by New Zealand String Quartet Johannes Brahms, Composer ClassicsToday.com who marveled “at the individual players' virtuosity, but you also have to appreciate that the relatively warm yet pleasingly “edgy” quality to the sound and the oneness of spirit in the interpretations come from the highest-order functioning of the well-integrated collective parts of a mature, vital body – that is, a string quartet that's been together a long time, each member sharing life and breath in the music they make together.”

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Frédéric KUMMER (1797–1879) François SCHUBERT (1808–1878) Duos for Violin and Cello Friedemann Eichhorn, Violin Alexander Hülshoff, Cello

Frédéric Kummer, one of the founders of the Dresden School of cello-playing, and François Schubert, composer of the delightful L’Abeille (The Bee) and no relation to the more famous Viennese Franz Schubert, delighted audiences with their violin-cello duos. Superb instrumentalists and joint composers, they crafted virtuoso works full of brilliant effects based on popular operatic tunes of the day. These three sets of duets feature fast runs, double stops and chords, pizzicato and harmonics and require cast-iron ensemble.

Key Features

• Violinist Friedemann Eichhorn has recorded numerous discs for Naxos receiving high praise – of the first volume in his Rode Concerto series, for instance [8.570469]. Fanfare wrote of his “sweetness of phrasing…with the delicacy of © Guido werner a caress—while skirting the technical minefields as if they didn’t exist.”

• Cellist Alexander Hülshoff has collaborated with Eichhorn on disc for Naxos before; on 8.572188 they played French- Friedemann Eichhorn Playing Time: 8.573000 Belgian duos, a disc dubbed “pure fun” by Fanfare. 60:25 7 47313 30007 5 • Kummer and Schubert played in the same orchestra and string quartet and their pieces are the work of compositional equals. Companion Titles – Friedemann Eichhorn, Violin • They fit into the vogue for nineteenth-century opera-based bravura showpieces familiar from the work of other composers of the time and so appealing to lovers of Mauro Giuliani and many others.

• There are no competing versions of these works in the Arkivmusic catalog.

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Georgy L’vovich CATOIRE (1861–1926) Complete Works for Violin and Piano Violin Sonata No. 1 • Violin Sonata No. 2 ‘Poème’ • Elegy Laurence Kayaleh, Violin Stéphane Lemelin, Piano

Tchaikovsky encouraged Georgy L’vovich Catoire to pursue a musical career, remarking that he was ‘gifted with a powerful creative talent’. Catoire’s passion for Wagner was intense and this infused his music with rich chromatic harmonies and sweeping melodies. His works for violin and piano are some of his very finest. The Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor, Op. 15 is a substantial and compelling piece, full of grandeur and constantly evolving rhythms. Like its successor, the raptly beautiful, single-movement Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 20, subtitled Poème, it shows the influence of French Impressionism.

Key Features • Violinist Laurence Kayaleh has recorded the music of a Russian composer from the generation after Catoire – Medtner. The Violin Sonatas are http://cdn.classicsonline.com/images/ cds/hires/8.570299.jpg on two single Naxos discs, 8.570298 and 8.570299. © Michael Slobodian • Of 8.570298 American Record Guide wrote: “Laurence Kayaleh is a real virtuoso violinist. She doesn't trip over any of Medtner's runs or fast, bounced bowings; and she even manages to sound a lot like Heifetz in the 8.573345 Playing Time: Fairy Tale.” 52:31 • 7 47313 33457 5 Of 8.570299 the American Record Guide wrote: “Kayaleh and Stewart’s understanding, and very obvious passionate advocacy shines through every Companion Titles – Laurence Kayaleh, Violin bar of their performance… This is a super disk well worth getting hold of. Medtner’s art is very special and our lack of hearings of his works has robbed us all of something extraordinarily wonderful. With very good recording and fine notes this is a release to return to again and again.”

• It’s important to reference the violinist’s strong affinity with Russian music and the rarity of the repertoire as this disc, at 52 minutes, could be criticized 8.572192 8.570298 8.570299 for short timing.

William Henry SQUIRE (1871–1963) Miniatures for Cello and Piano Oliver Gledhill, Cello Tadashi Imai, Piano

William Henry Squire was Britain’s leading cellist from the late 1890s to the late 1920s and a prolific artist in the early recording era. He composed a series of exquisite miniatures for the instrument, the finest of which are collected here for the first time. They were written largely between the ages of 18 and 33, often with specific audiences in mind – whether Promenade Concerts, recital platform or grade examinations – and include his signature piece, Sérénade, Op. 15 and his enigmatic tribute to Dvořák, the Chansonnette, Op. 22. Five of the twenty have never before been recorded.

Key Features • Tribute to one of the first great cellists to have made gramophone discs.

• A quarter of the selection in this disc of miniatures has never before been recorded.

• Cellist on this disc Oliver Gledhill has recently (2013) completed a PhD at the Royal Academy of Music on WH Squire.

• To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of WH Squire, 8.571373 Playing Time: Gledhill and pianist on this disc Tadashi Imai gave a concert 66:43 “The best of WH Squire for cello” at Duke’s Hall, Royal 7 47313 13737 4 Academy of Music. Oliver Gledhill Companion Titles – British Music Society

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Antoine de LHOYER (1768–1852) Complete Works for Guitar Trio and Quartet Trio concertant • Trio No. 2 • Air varié et dialogue* Jørgen Skogmo, Jens Franke, Oskar Werninge, Tim Pells*, Guitars

A contemporary of Beethoven, Antoine de Lhoyer was a French royalist and professional soldier who was considered ‘the best guitar player in Europe’, and whose complicated life story took him from anti-Revolutionary campaigns to a high position at the court in St Petersburg. This collection brings together his elegant and virtuosic chamber works for three and four guitars, characterised by free dialogue between the instruments in music both dashingly brilliant and dreamily lyrical. The Air varié et dialogue can claim to be the earliest guitar quartet in the repertory. Lhoyer’s Duos Concertants can be heard on Naxos 8.570146.

Key Features • There are few enough recordings of music by Antoine de Lhoyer around and most of these are of his guitar duos, our Naxos recording of which (8.570146) was considered by MusicWeb International as superior to an alternative on the Simax label: “Naxos’s work will be the way most listeners have the opportunity to hear this composer. Haug and Stenstavold on Simax play original instruments. The notes on the Naxos release do not discuss what instruments [Matteo] Mela and [Lorenzo] Micheli play… but they sound like modern guitars. The sound of the latter, being brighter, fuller and a bit more percussive, serves the music better.” 8.573575 Playing Time: 62:38 • This release is the première complete recording of Lhoyer’s chamber works for guitar trio and quartet. This is repertoire which satisfies at every level, 7 4 47313 35757 with its bracingly democratic scoring and stylistic inclinations towards both Classical structure and Romantic expressiveness. These aspects of this fine music are reflected in excellent performances that respect all ofthe composer’s repeat markings and refer to the latest scholarly editions. Companion Titles – Guitar Classics • Our recording brings together an acclaimed team of award-winning musicians. Norwegian guitarist Jørgen Skogmo “is in uncanny harmony with his instrument” (Classical Guitar Magazine). From Germany, Jens Franke co-edited the first modern performing edition of Antoine de Lhoyer’s Second Guitar Trio used in this recording, and Swedish guitarist Oskar Werninge has performed in broadcasts both for BBC radio and ITV in the UK, appearing in venues such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Barbican 8.570146 8.573473 8.573336 8.573442 Centre in London. This trio is joined by distinguished member of the English Guitar Quartet Tim Pells in the Air varié et dialogue. Pells is also Head of Contemporary Strings at Colchester Institute and Head of Guitar at London Centre for Young Musicians.

Idil Biret Bach and Mozart Edition Idil Biret, Piano London Mozart Players Patrick Gallois • John Gibbons

“How Idil Biret combines the strict discipline of the Bach score with the capacity to build sovereign forms is exemplary.” – DRESDNER NEUSTE NACHRICHTEN

“Not for many years has a Manchester Hallé audience heard such perfectly balanced Mozart playing.” – DAILY TELEGRAPH

Companion Titles – Idil Biret Archive Boxed Sets NEW

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NEW RELEASES FROM NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS Histories By Herodotus Unabridged Read by David Timson 9 781843 799481

In this, the first prose history in European civilisation, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority and style. Perhaps most famously, the book tells the heroic tale of the Greeks’ resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia. Here are not only the great battles – Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis – but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of destiny at work.

Companion Titles – David Timson, Narrator

NA0225 • 22-CD set Playing Time: 27.5 Hours NA0161 NA0071 NA533412 NA0125

On the Origin of Species By Charles Darwin Unabridged Read by Peter Wickham 9 781843 799689

Perhaps the most influential science book ever written, On the Origin of Species has continued to fascinate readers for more than a century after its initial publication. Its controversial theory that populations evolve and adapt through a process known as natural selection led to heated scientific, philosophical and religious debate, revolutionising every discipline in its wake. With its clear, concise and surprisingly enjoyable prose, On the Origin of Species is both captivating and edifying.

Companion Titles – Non-Fiction Series

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Lady Audley’s Secret By Mary Elizabeth Braddon Unabridged Read by Kim Hicks 9 781843 799702

Lady Audley is universally adored: beautiful, kind and charming, she enamours all whom she meets. It is not until the strange disappearance of widower George Talboys that her behaviour takes an odd turn. George’s friend Robert Audley, Lady Audley’s nephew-in-law, is on the case; upper-class layabout-turned-detective, he is determined to get to the bottom of things. Mystery, mayhem, madness and despair: Lady Audley’s Secret is the gripping and suspenseful novel that has been branded ‘the most sensationally successful of all the sensation novels’.

Companion Titles – Female Authors

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The Empty House And other stories By Algernon Blackwood Unabridged 9 781843 799948 Read by Hugh Ross

An abandoned house whose horrific past is re-enacted for those who dare visit; a terrifying trip down the Danube river; a malevolent half-beast creature who abducts a member of a hunting party; and a tale of paranoia, mental deterioration and all-consuming feelings of doom: here are four feverish, spine-tingling tales that will chill the blood and make the flesh creep.

The collection includes: The Empty House, The Willows, The Listener and The Wendigo. Companion Titles – Hugh Ross, Narrator

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