tel 0115 982 7500 fax 0115 982 7020 NOVEMBER 2009 LIST See inside for valid dates Dear Customer In compiling this month’s list, we have borne in mind not only the usual cascade of Autumn new releases and re- issues but also the soon to be upon us Christmas season. You will find therefore a bumper selection of special offer label reductions and box set promotions designed to provide both for presents for lucky others (and oneself!) and also the lengthening nights when extended listening becomes more appealing. November’s highlights include the new much-heralded Bryn Terfel album on DG entitled ‘Bad Boys’, the Alfred Brendel Farewell Concerts on Decca, Joyce DiDonato singing Rossini and the Belcea Quartet performing sublime Schubert on EMI. As always, Hyperion bring variety to their recordings including Schumann with the Takacs Quartet, Stephen Layton’s well regarded Polyphony with Handel’s Messiah, the Stenhammer Piano Concertos with Seta Tanyel and the Bowen Piano Sonatas with Danny Driver - all at specially reduced prices. A real bonus is the re-release, in a bargain 10CD set, of English Polyphony to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Sixteen and Harry Christophers. We also have a further Bach release to savour on SDG with Gardiner, along with Imogen Cooper performing more Schubert on the Avie label. A feast indeed! On page 26 we have included a resume of all the offers we are currently running, and a long list it is too. The limited space available in our paper lists restricts the number of titles we can include in print, so for full details of every offer title, please refer to our website. Enjoy the list! Mark, Richard & Mike New NAXOS offer - pay as little as £4.00 per disc DON’T FORGET - UK Carriage is FREE over £30 See page 3 for details DVD New Releases (continued from page 30) Universal Classics DVD Decca 074 3337 Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet – Macmillan version (see also BLU-RAY section) Acosta;Rojo £17.50 DG 073 4526 Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor 2DVD Netrebko;Kwiecien;Beczala;Met;Armiliato £17.50 DG 073 4531 Dudamel The Inaugeral Concert 2009 (with the Los Angeles Philharmonic) £14.75 EMI DVD 268 1569 Handel Messiah 2DVD Tynan;Coote;Clayton;Rose;King’s College, Cambridge;AAM;Cleobury £14.75 Alia Vox DVD AVDVD 9868 Haydn The Seven last Words of Christ on the Cross Le Concert des Nations;Savall £11.75 BLU-RAY New releases BLU-RAY is a high definition video disc that requires a dedicated BLU-RAY machine (not compatible with standard DVD players). Universal BLU-RAY Decca 074 3336 Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet – Macmillan version Acosta;Rojo £17.50 Medici Arts BLU-RAY 205 3404 St Petersburg Gala Concert Tchaikovsky, S-Saens, Ravel, Verdi, Bruch etc Netrebko;Hvorostovsky;Temirkanov £28.50 307 3314 Glenn Gould – Hereafter A film by Bruno Mansaingeon £28.50 Arthaus BLU-RAY – SPECIAL OFFER ONGOING 101 322 Humperdinck Hansel und Gretel (rec 2007) Kuntschew;Petersamer;Noack;Marschall;Frank £23.50 101 470 The Vienna Boys’ Choir Silk Road – documentary film charting their history & present £23.50 TDK BLU-RAY – SPECIAL OFFER ONGOING DVBD-OPTRIT Puccini Il Trittico (rec 2007) Nizza;Mastromarino;Orch Arturo Toscanini;Reynolds £23.50 DVBD-BLGISP Adam Giselle (rec 2006) Pujol;Le Riche;Gillot;Romoli;Corps de Ballet Paris;Connelly £23.50 Axiom BLU-RAY AXM 606 Puccini La Boheme – film Netrebko;Villazon;Bavarian RSO;de Billy £23.50 1 email [email protected] tel 0115 982 7500 fax 0115 982 7020 NOVEMBER 2009 LIST Prices on this list are valid until 5 pm Friday 18th December, 2009 (orders received) unless stated otherwise. All titles and prices offered are subject to availability during the offer period. Universal Classics DG 477 8091 Terfel Bad Boys – songs & arias from ‘Bad Boy’ characters in opera & musicals Swedish RSO;Daniel £10.75 Decca 478 2116 Brendel The Farewell Concerts – Hanover & Vienna 2CD Mackerras £14.50 DG 477 6606 Concerto Italiano Violin Concs - Lolli, dall’Oglio, Stratico, Vivaldi Carmignola;Venice Baroque;Marcon £10.75 DG 477 7455 Puccini Ritrovato (rediscovered) – rare arias & orchestral music Domingo;Urmana;VPO;Veronesi £10.75 DG 477 8365 Ryba Czech Christmas Mass Kozena;Capella Regia Musicalis £10.75 Decca 476 3609 Sakamoto Playing the Piano – his best known works Sakamoto £10.75 Decca 478 2100 Joshua Bell The Best of...Mozart, Brahms, Faure, S-Saens, Shostakovich, Prokofiev etc 3CD £16.50 Decca 478 2104 Christmas with the Divas Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tabaldi (re-issues) 4CD £16.50 Decca 478 2093 Christmas Voices Carols with Pavarotti, Bartoli, Netrebko, Terfel, Fleming, Alagna, Villazon etc 2CD £10.75 EMI & Virgin Classics 694 5790 Rossini Colbran , the Muse – opera arias Joyce DiDonato;Orc Acc di Santa Cecilia;Muller £9.75 967 0252 Schubert String Quintet, Quartets 14 ‘Death & the Maiden’ & 15 Belcea Quartet;Erben £11.75 519 3132 Damrau Opera Arias Diana Damrau;Munchner Rundfunk;Ettinger £11.75 694 5730 Vivaldi ‘Pyrotechnics’ – opera arias Vivica Genaux;Europa Galante;Biondi £11.75 686 0822 A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols 2008 2CD King’s College Choir, Cambridge;Cleobury £11.75 688 6482 Jenkins, K Stella Natalis – a Christmas album Balsom;Royal;Halstead £11.75 966 3422 Ravel La Valse, Mother Goose, Daphnis & Chloe Suite 2 Rotterdam PO;Nezet-Seguin £11.75 EMI ‘American Classics’ 967 1352 Gershwin Pergy & Bess Sym Picture, Second Rhapsody, Concerto in F Ortiz;LSO;Previn £6.35 967 1322 American Counterpoint Adams Harmonielehre, Cage 3 Dances, Nancarrow 3 Canons Tilson-Thomas;Rattle £6.35 967 1382 Ride on, King Jesus Florence Quivar sings black music of America Boys’ Choir of Harlem £6.35 967 1332 American Clarinet Carter Clarinet Con, Reich NY Counterpoint, Sandroft, Adams Damiens;Ens InterContemp £6.35 967 1362 Bernstein Wonderful Town Criswell;McDonald;Hampson;Rattle £6.35 EMI ‘Ballet’ Edition – re-issues of famous ballet recordings 967 6842 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake 2CD Previn £8.75 967 6942 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker; Glazunov The Seasons 2CD Previn £8.75 967 6892 Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty 2CD Previn £8.75 967 7012 Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet 2CD Previn £8.75 967 7112 Stravinsky The Ballets – Rite, Petrushka, Firebird, Apollo 2CD Rattle £8.75 967 7162 Delibes Sylvia, La Source Act 2 2CD Mari;Mackerras £8.75 967 7232 Delibes Coppelia; Minkus Don Quixote - highlights 2CD Mari;Lanchbery £8.75 968 2052 Adam Giselle; Minkus La Bayadere – Act 4 2CD Kern;Lanchbery £8.75 967 7062 Prokofiev Cinderella; Glazunov Raymonda – highlights 2CD Previn;von Matacic £8.75 967 7342 Ravel Daphnis et Chloe, Bolero, La Valse, Ma Mere; Debussy Jeux, L’Apres Midi 2CD Martinon £8.75 967 0632 A Festival of Ballet Famous ballet music & works to which ballet is performed 50CD £67.95 Hyperion – SPECIAL OFFER ONGOING CDS 44401/10 Golden Age of English Polyphony Celebrating the 30th anniversary year of The Sixteen - remastered 10CD set Fayrfax, Taverner, Sheppard, Mundy 10CD The Sixteen;Christophers £32.95 CDA 67631 Schumann String Quartet op 41/3, Piano Quintet op 44 Takacs Quartet;Hamelin £9.50 CDA 67800 Handel Messiah 2CD for 1 Doyle;Davies;Clayton;Foster-Williams;Polyphony;Britten Sinfonia;Layton £9.50 CDA 67750 Stenhammer Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Romantic Piano Concerto vol 49 Seta Tanyel;Helsingborg SO;Manze £9.50 CDA 67751/2 Bowen The Piano Sonatas 2CD Danny Driver £19.00 CDA 67783 Bacewicz Music for string orchestra New London Orchestra;Corp £9.50 CDA 67799 Dubra Hail, Queen of Heaven – choral works Choir of Royal Holloway;Gough £9.50 Hyperion Dyad & Helios re-issues CDD 22073 Arne Artaxerxes – an English Opera 2CD Partridge;Bott;The Parley of Instruments;Goodman £9.50 CDH 55317 Masterpieces of Mexican Polyphony Watts;Lawrence-King;Choir of Westminster Cathedral;O’Donnell £4.50 th CDH 55328 Leonin Magister Leoninus - Sacred music from 12 century Paris Red Byrd;Cappella Amsterdam £4.50 SDG – SPECIAL OFFER ONGOING SDG 162 Bach Cantatas vol 13 – BWV 61, 62, 36, 70, 132, 147 2CD Monteverdi Choir;Gardiner £13.50 Linn – SPECIAL OFFER ONGOING CKD 346 Lehar Love was a Dream – Lehar melodies Hybrid SACD Alfie Boe;Orch Scottish Opera;Roeswell £10.50 2 NAXOS Special Offer (applies to the whole Classical, Historical, Musicals & Nostalgia catalogues, until 24 February, 2010) Single discs - normally £5.35, now £4.25 each or £4.00 each for 5 or more 2CD sets £6.75, 3CD sets £9.50, 4CD sets £12.50 See website for reduced prices on other multi CD sets Offer does not include Idil Biret Edition, Audiobooks, DVDs, SACDs, DVD-Audios or Books 857 2304 Vaughan Williams Piano Concerto, The Wasps, Eng Folk Song Suite, The Running Set Ashley Wass;RLPO;Judd 857 2102 In Terra Pax A Christmas Anthology – Holst, Howells, Rutter, Finzi, Warlock, Mathias etcCity of London Choir etc 857 2286 Rubbra String Quartet 2, Amoretti, Ave Maria, Piano Trio 1 Roscoe;Daniels;Maggini Quartet 857 0323 Roussel Symphony 1, Resurrection, Le marchband de sable qui passe RSNO;Deneve 857 2009 Franck String Quartet, Piano Quintet Fine Arts Quartet;Ortiz 855 9625 Schuman, W Symphony 6, Prayer in Time of War, New England Triptych Seattle SO;Schwarz 855 9258 Adamo Late Victorians, Regina Coeli, Conc for Harp & Orchestra etc Pulley;Levalier;Eclipse CO;Alimena 855 9641 Schoenfield Camp Songs, Ghetto Songs; Schwarz Rudolf & Jeanette Niederloh;Parce;Music of Remembrance 857 0764 Schubert Mass in C major, Mass in G major, Deutsche Messe Leipziger Kammerorchester;Schuldt-Jensen 857 2255 Sinding Music for Violin & Piano, vol 2 Henning Kraggerud;Christian Hadland 857 0150 Stamitz Flute Concertos Robert Aitken;St Christopher CO;Katkus 857 2006-07 Bach Concertos for solo Harpsichord (complete)