tel 0115 982 7500 fax 0115 982 7020 APRIL 2016 LIST See inside for valid dates Dear Customer, Where to start?! This is the question that always arises when we come to pick our priority new releases each month. Generally speaking, the more established labels feature the artists and repertoire that are most likely to be at the top of the agenda for us all, but sometimes other names will sneak in there, proving themselves worthy of some extra attention. Resonus Classics is a prime example of a label that has been gradually building a stong reputation in recent years. Initially offering only downloads, they have now ventured into the more costly exercise of producing CDs and we are very pleased to be in a position to offer all of these at a discount for a couple of months (back page). Their latest release can be found on p.3 - a wonderful performance from The Queen’s Six of music by the likes of Byrd, Morley and Weelkes - and don’t forget their multi-award winning recording of Bach’s Cello Suites from David Watkin. Production values are high and the company comes with our highest recommendation. Four renowned pianists issue new discs this month: Stephen Hough gives us concertos from Dvorak and Schumann (Hyperion); Ingrid Fliter also performs Schumann, but coupled with Mendelssohn (Linn); Paul Lewis is magnificent in Brahms (Harmonia Mundi) and Yevgeny Sudbin gives a technically stunning performance of sonatas by Scarlatti (BIS). Other new releases to highlight are the beginning of a Vaughan Williams cycle from Andrew Manze and the RLPO, the continuation of Neeme Jarvi’s exploration of French orchestral music on Chandos with a disc of music by Ibert, glorious Monteverdi from The Sixteen (Coro) and enthralling Schubert from the Quatuor Ebene (Erato). There are also two exciting large boxsets to note: the complete sacred cantatas of JS Bach from the Bach Collegium Japan (BIS) and a deluxe commemorative box of recordings from Yehudi Menuhin (Warner Classics) - both at special prices for a limited time. Finally, a brief mention of our special offers this month: three core labels reduced in the shape of Onyx, Delphian and Dacapo; a generous number DVDs and Blu-rays discounted from Opus Arte; the afore-mentioned Resonus Classics alongside another smaller outfit, Stone Records; plus titles from Helios, Heritage and selections from Yevgeny Sudbin and Les Arts Florissants. Plenty to get your teeth into! Best regards from, The Europadisc Team DON’T FORGET - UK Carriage is FREE over £35! Resonus Classics 20% off all titles - normally £13.95, now £11.16 each (except where stated) JS Bach - The Six Cello Suites 2CD - SPECIAL PRICE £12.95 RES 10147 multi-award winning! Renowned cellist and interpreter of baroque music David Watkin records the Cello Suites by JS Bach, rightly considered as the pinnacle of writing for solo cello. Juror of the Leipzig Bach Competition, former principal cellist of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & the English Baroque Soloists, as well as the cellist of the critically acclaimed Eroica Quartet, Watkin gives a captivating and truly individual account of the six suites, the result of decades of performing and studying these compelling and fascinating works. The six suites are recorded on gut strings and on two original historic instruments of note, including the unique five-string cello by Brothers Amati, dating from c. 1600, and a four-string by a likely pupil of Amati, Francesco Rugeri, dating from c. 1670. RES 10155 As our sweet Cords with Discords mixed be English Renaissance Consort Music Consortium5 RES 10163 Bach, JS French Suites BWV812-817 2CD - £14.80 Perkins (clavichord) RES 10152 Bach, JS Motets St Thomas Choir of Men and Boys;Scott RES 10151 Beethoven Symphonies 1 & 5 (arr. Czerny for piano duet) Yannoula;Lazaridis RES 10149 Berkeley, L Chamber Works - Sextet, String Trio, Sonatine for clarinet and piano, 3 Pieces for solo viola etc Berkeley Ensemble RES 10156 Bound to Nothing The German Stylus Fantasticus - Buxtehude, Erlebach, Krieger, Kuhnel and Walther Fantasticus RES 10139 Britten Journey to Aldeburgh: Young Britten Chamber Domaine;Kemp RES 10137 Bussey Through a Glass - songs by Martin Bussey Farnsworth;Kemp;Baillieu RES 10141 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Shakespeare Sonnets Riches;Abbate RES 10158 Dancing Day Music for Christmas by Britten, Hadley, Ledger, Martin, Mathias, Rutter and Scott St Thomas Choir of Men & Boys;Scott RES 10145 Divine Noise Theatrical Music for Two Harpsichords - Couperin, Rameau and Le Roux Brachetta;van Delft RES 10142 Et in Arcadia ego Italian Cantatas and Sonatas - Handel, Scarlatti, Lotti, Mancini Concentus VII RES 10157 Forgotten Vienna Orchestral works by Dittersdorf, Ordonez and Vanhal Amade Players;Newland RES 10153 Gallay Songs of Love, War and Melancholy: Operatic Fantasias by Gallay Scott;Devine;Crowe RES 10160 L'Orgue Symphonique French Organ Works from Windsor Castle - Vierne, Durufle and Ducasse Pinel RES 10161 Mendelssohn Piano Trios Fournier Trio RES 10150 Metamorphoses Works for string quartet by Haydn, Ligeti and Brahms Dudok Kwartet RES 10146 Music of the Realm Tudor Music for Men's Voices The Queen's Six RES 10159 Nova! Nova! Contemporary Carols from St Catherine's The Choirs of St Catherine's College, Cambridge;Wickham RES 10138 Nowell Sing We Christmas choral works by RR Bennett, Howells, Jackson, Pott, Rubbra etc Choir of Worcester College, Oxford;Farr RES 10148 Tartini/Veracini Violin Sonatas Kimura;Fantasticus RES 10154 Telemann The Saxon Alternative: Music for Wind Band Syrinx RES 10143 The Virtuoso Organist Tudor & Jacobean Masterworks on the Taylor & Boody organ of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Farr 1 email [email protected] tel 0115 982 7500 fax 0115 982 7020 APRIL 2016 LIST Prices on this list are valid until 5pm Friday 27th May 2016 (orders received) unless stated otherwise. All titles and prices offered are subject to availability during the offer period. E & OE. DG and Decca Classic FM CFMD 42 Aled Jones One Voice - duets with himself, man and boy Jones £11.50 Decca 478 9394 Amuse-Bouche French Choral Delicacies - Poulenc, Francaix, Satie, Milhaud etc I Fagiolini £11.50 Decca 478 9377 Virtuoso Violin works by Stravinsky, Sarasate, Wieniawski, Britten, Elgar, Dohnanyi etc Kavakos £11.50 Decca 478 8689 Gjelo Voices, Piano, Strings Gjelo;Tenebrae;Voces 8+;Gould etc £11.50 DG 479 5508 Wainwright Take All My Loves - 9 Shakespeare Sonnets due 22/4 Wainwright;Prohaska;Welch;Shatner etc £11.50 DG 479 5524 Ravel Complete Orchestral Works 4CD Wang;Chen;Tonhalle Orchester Zurich;Bringuier £26.95 Decca 478 3783 Andre Rieu Magic of the Waltz due 15/4 Rieu £6.95 DG 482 2967 Bach, JS The Most Beautiful Arias Kirkby;Kozena;von Otter;Quasthoff;Schafer;Scholl;Wunderlich £7.95 DG and Decca Boxsets DG Archiv 479 5555 The Golden Age of Archiv Production Analogue Stereo Recordings 50CD limited edition due 15/4 Various £84.95 DG 479 5805 Bamberg Symphony Orchestra The First 70 Years 17CD due 15/4 Lehmann;Leitner;Keilberth;Jochum;Kempe etc £34.95 DG Archiv 479 5384 Bach, JS Brandenburgs, Orchestral Suites, Chamber Works 13CD due 22/4 Musica Antiqua Koln £24.95 Hyperion CDA 68099 Dvorak/Schumann Piano Concertos Hough;CBSO;Nelson £11.95 CDA 68105 Howells Collegium Regale and other choral works Trinity College Choir, Cambridge;Layton £11.95 CDA 68120 Bruch Piano Quintet, String Quartet no.1, Swedish Dances op.63 Lane;Goldner String Quartet £11.95 CDA 68123 Bartok Mikrokosmos Book 6, Suite op.14, Out of Doors, 3 Burlesques, 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs Tiberghien £11.95 Onyx complete catalogue now reduced, see p.20 for details ONYX 4155 Vaughan Williams Symphonies vol.1 - nos.2 and 8 Royal Liverpool PO;Manze £9.07 BIS BIS 9055 Bach, JS Complete Sacred Cantatas 55 Hybrid SACDs - available at £189.95 until 27/4 Bach Collegium Japan;Suzuki £229.95 BIS 2138 Scarlatti 18 Keyboard Sonatas Hybrid SACD - available at £9.95 until 27/4 Sudbin £11.95 BIS 2084 Mozart Piano Concertos 5 & 6, Three Concs after JC Bach K107 Hybrid SACD Brautigam (f'piano);Die Kolner Akademie £11.95 BIS 2157 Dvorak Cello Concerto; Martinu Cello Concerto no.1 Hybrid SACD Poltera;DSO Berlin;Dausgaard £11.95 BIS 2181 Bach, JS Secular Cantatas vol.6 - BWV198, 53 & 1083 Hybrid SACD Bach Collegium Japan;Suzuki £11.95 BIS 2170 Leifs Complete Songs Bjarnason (tenor);Magnusson £11.95 BIS 2092 Cancons i danses catalanes Guitar works by Mompou, Llobet, Manen etc Hybrid SACD Halasz £11.95 Selected titles from Yevgeny Sudbin now reduced to £9.95 each (all in Hybrid SACD format) BIS 1978 Beethoven Piano Concerto no.3; Mozart Piano Concerto no.24 (Minnesota Orchestra/Vanska) BISSACD 1758 Beethoven Piano Concertos 4 & 5 (Minnesota Orchestra/Vanska) BISSACD 1838 Chopin Fantasie in F minor, Ballades, Mazurkas, Nocturnes BISSACD 1788 Haydn Piano Sonatas 47, 53 & 60, Fantasia in C, Andante with Variations in F minor etc BISSACD 1588 Medtner Piano Concerto no.1; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no.1 (Sao Paulo SO;/Neschling) BISSACD 1728 Medtner Piano Concerto no.2; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no.2 (North Carolina SO/Llewellyn) BIS 2088 Medtner Piano Concerto no.3; Scriabin Piano Concerto (Bergen PO/Litton) BIS 2012 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no.1, Symphony no.1 (Singapore SO/Shui) BISSACD 1518 Rachmaninov Piano Sonata no.2, Chopin Variations, Lilacs, Daisies; Kreisler Liebesfreud, Liebeslied (arr. Rachmaninov) BISSACD 1988 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony no.3 (Singapore SO/Shui) BIS 1828 Ravel Gaspard de la nuit; Liszt Sonnetti del Petrarci, 2 Transc Studies, Funerailles; S-Saens Danse macabre