PENTATONE LIMITED CREATING TIMELESS CLASSICS Sit back and enjoy Creating timeless classics Around the start of the new suffering. But PENTATONE’s founders For all their diversity, the artists We don’t dabble in technology for millennium, three music enthusiasts were unwilling to compromise their featured on PENTATONE have one technology’s sake – we believe it’s came together to launch a new vision, so convinced were they of the thing in common. They all put their the only way to truly appreciate music label that promised to new technology that they launched heart and soul into the music, these great works of art. redefine the way people listen to their own label in 2001. drawing on every last drop of classical music. creativity, skill, and determination As we celebrate 13 years of After a somewhat rocky start, to perfect their compositions. PENTATONE and prepare for a Their vision was crystal clear: to the label quickly began adding changing of the guard, it is time to offer an unrivalled classical music talented artists to its roster. Now, PENTATONE exists to extract reflect on our achievements and experience through superior audio 13 years later, PENTATONE enjoys everything that went into creating look toward the future. technology. a reputation for excellence, its these timeless classics and put it catalogue comprising some of the before the listener with a resolution This release – the first to feature The introduction of 5-channel very best that classical music has to and crispness not found anywhere the label’s new visual identity – surround sound which made this offer. else. marks the start of a new chapter in experience possible came at a time PENTATONE’s history. when classical music sales were Robert Schumann Arcangelo Corelli Waldszenen, Op. 82 Concerto da chiesa in D, Op. 6 no 4 1. Eintritt 1.58 6. Allegro 3.13 2. Jäger auf der Lauer 1.32 The Chamber Orchestra of The New Dutch Academy 3. Einsame Blumen 2.11 Martin Helmchen, piano Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 7. Scherzo – Leggiero e vivace 3.32 Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Julia Fischer, violin 4. Scherzo – Pizzicato ostinato: Allegro 5.20 Jonathan Gilad, piano Russian National Orchestra Daniel Müller-Schott, cello Concert Master: Alexei Bruni Conducted by Mikhail Pletnev Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 Johann Sebastian Bach “Little Russian” Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060 For oboe, violin, strings and continuo 8. Andantino marziale, Quasi moderato 6.22 5. Adagio 5.43 Russian National Orchestra Vesko Eschkenazy, violin Conducted by Mikhail Pletnev Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op. 53 “Waldstein” Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 (Fantasy Pieces) 9. Rondo (Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo) 9.29 12. Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C-sharp minor 3.54 Mari Kodama, piano Nareh Arghamanyan, piano Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Schubert Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 Piano Quintet in A, Op. posth. 114 – D. 667 10. Finale – Allegro assai vivace 7.39 Forellenquintett – Trout Quintet Arabella Steinbacher, violin 13. Andante 6.52 Orquestra Gulbenkian Martin Helmchen, piano Conducted by Lawrence Foster Christian Tetzlaff, violin Antoine Tamestit, viola Howard Blake Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cello Clarinet Concerto, Op. 329a Alois Posch, double bass For Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra 11. Round Dance – Vivace (Intenso, molto ritmico) 6.14 Dmitri Shostakovich Andrew Marriner, clarinet Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 14. Allegro 5.12 Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner Russian National Orchestra Concert Master: Sergey Galaktionov Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski Camille Saint-Saëns Producers and Engineers Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 55 (1859) 15. Adagio 3.15 Executive Producers Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Maja Ellmenreich (Deutschlandfunk), Stefan Lang, Job Maarse, Conducted by Marek Janowski Rick Walker, Wolf Werth Compilation by Dirk van Dijk Recording Producers Total playing time: 72.53 Wilhelm Hellweg, Andrew Keener, Job Maarse, Everett Porter, Carl Schuurbiers, Sebastian Stein Balance Engineers Jean-Marie Geijsen, Erdo Groot, Everett Porter Recording Engineers Jean-Marie Geijsen, Ientje Mooij, Everett Porter, Roger de Schot, Sebastian Stein Editing Nora Brandenburg, Holger Busse, Jean-Marie Geijsen, Erdo Groot, Alfredo Lasheras Hakobian, Jonas Häger, Everett Porter, Roger de Schot, Carl Schuurbiers, Sebastian Stein The better the sound, the more you feel Music is powerful. 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And why we care so much about at work, or on the move – because sound. Because ultimately, sound our feelings tend to follow us, quality is what determines our whatever we do, wherever we go. Artist Impressions What was Arabella Steinbacher’s funniest experience on stage? How did Mari Kodama’s road to classical music begin? How does Nareh Arghamanyan prepare for her performances? To give you an impression of the three artists presented on this album, we asked them to share with us something about their life in music. “I had quite a funny experience in Vienna’s Musikverein when I performed the Korngold concerto. The stage of the Musikverein is not very big and while I was playing one of the wilder passages in the piece, I accidentally kicked the concertmaster’s music stand over, causing his part to fly all over the place. But we continued to play, despite a good bit of laughing.” Arabella Steinbacher Photography by freshu “My cradle was next to my mother’s piano, where she had students from the morning until the evening, so that playing the piano appeared to me as the most natural occupation one possibly could have. In fact, I thought everybody in the world played piano. My very first experience of a live concert was a recital by Bruno Leonardo Gelber, when he came to play in Osaka. It was amazing to see how a single person could transport his audience to a different world using just one instrument. It made a strong impression on me as a four-year-old and it was a moment that has stayed with me vividly to this day.” Mari Kodama Photography by Vincent Garnier “Every new performance is a new journey for me – a life journey in the composer’s footsteps. I not only have to follow these footsteps, but also must draw my listeners into the world created by the composer.” Nareh Arghamanyan Photography by Julia Wesely Korngold and Bruch - Violin Concertos Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Pieces The Barber of Neville Chausson - Poème for Violin and Nareh Arghamanyan - Piano Andrew Marriner - Clarinet Orchestra PTC 5186 399 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Arabella Steinbacher - Violin conducted by Sir Neville Marriner PTC 5186 503 PTC 5186 506 “What a joyful 68 minutes it is! […] It’s not so ridiculous to say that this “Admirers of this gifted “Arghamanyan’s own very entertaining music young artist will need no booklet notes discuss her can fill a place much like second bidding to acquire responses to the music in the divertimenti and “There is no doubting this latest recording of eloquent, articulate, and serenades of Mozart’s Steinbacher’s refulgent hers, for she plays all refreshingly non-indulgent time, and fill it very sound or the flair of her three works with love and prose. A terrific release in well. I was thoroughly delivery.” affection.” every way.” delighted.” BBC Music Magazine International Record Review Classics Today SA-CD.net Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 Franz Schubert ’s Trout Quintet Mendelssohn’s Piano trio Russian National Orchestra Martin Helmchen - Piano Julia Fischer – Violin conducted by Mikhail Pletnev PTC 5186 334 PTC 5186 085 PTC 5186 384 “Here’s a starry line-up who really know how “From the start to the to play chamber music. “This new recording is final tragic ending, this There is something awfully irresistible, with the three is a dramatic, lovingly exciting about seeing, players caught in a wholly crafted and insightful “This has got to be one of or rather hearing, three natural ambience. It’s performance by the most shapely, elegant, leading talents of the always a good sign when musicians who seem to and effortlessly flowing younger generation joining you don’t want to stop feel the music as well as versions ever committed forces [...] An urgent, playing a disc long enough understand it.” to disc. […] You’ll love it.” questing disc.” to write about it.” The Washington Post Classics Today Gramophone – Editor’s choice Gramophone www.pentatonemusic.com.