WYASTONE ESTATE LIMITED DISTRIBUTED LABELS JULY 2015 NEW RELEASES NEW RELEASE NI 6298 TITLES AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM FRIDAY 3RD JULY 2015 TO PLACE AN ORDER CONTACT DISCOVERY RECORDS LTD TEL: 01380 728000 EMAIL: [email protected] DISCOVERY RECORDS LTD, NURSTEED ROAD, DEVIZES, SN10 3DY For further details visit our website: www.discovery-records.com /NimbusRecords @NimbusRecords /NimbusRecordsTV [details in this release book are correct at time of production] JULY 2015 NEW RELEASE To Order: Tel: 01380 728000 Email: [email protected] MASTERWORKS & MINIATURES This programme explores Italian keyboard music ORGAN & HARPSICHORD of the sixteenth century with works by Girolamo MUSIC FROM RENAISSANCE VENICE Diruta, Claudio Merulo, Andrea and Giovanni Gabreli, Gioseffo Guami, and Antonio Mortaro. As Richard RICHARD LESTER Lester explains in his extended liner note, his own ORGAN study of contemporary performance treatise, 1 Gioseffo Guami: Toccata in the IInd tone 2:08 particularly that of Diruta, for correct period fingering, 2 Andrea Gabrieli: Canzona francese detta Qui la Dira 3:50 ornamentation and registration for these works, 3 Giovanni Gabrieli: Ricercar in the VIIth and VIIIth tones 2:36 informs his performances of these pieces and expresses 4 Andrea Gabrieli: Canzona alla francese Petit Jacquet 2:03 their unique character. 5 Andrea Gabrieli: Ricercar Settimo tono 4:28 RICHARD LESTER 6 Claudio Merulo: Canzona à 4; La Leonora 2.48 His distinguished musical career has spanned almost 7 Andrea Gabrieli: Ricercar Arioso 3:10 five decades. His landmark recordings of the complete 8 Annibale Padovano: Toccata VIth tone 4:12 sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti were described in the HARPSICHORD Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music as ‘a really 9 Adrian Willaert: Ricercar à 3 4:08 exceptional issue on every count.’ Besides these 10 Gioseffo Guami: Canzona; La Guamina 1:51 recordings, his comprehensive discography includes 11 Giovanni Gabrieli: Ricercar mode X 3:48 works by Seixas, Soler, Haydn and Mozart, played on 12 Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzona; La Spiritata 2:25 original instruments and a five volume set of MASTERWORKS & MINIATURES 13 Jacques Buus: Ricercar Primo 4:05 Frescobaldi’s keyboard music. His solo concert schedule 14 Andrea Gabrieli: Canzona alla francese detta Je ne included broadcasts for BBC Radio and Television, ORGAN & HARPSICHORD diray moy bergiere 2:06 harpsichord recitals at the Royal Festival Hall South Bank Centre, Wigmore Hall, Bath International Festival, MUSIC FROM RENAISSANCE VENICE ORGAN Bruges Festival and master classes at Dartington 15 Claudio Merulo: Toccata Prima, Primo Tuono 1598 5:04 Summer School. On BBC Desert Island Discs in 1982, RICHARD LESTER 16 Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonazione mode I 0:41 Dame Janet Baker chose his recording of Scarlatti 17 Claudio Merulo: Toccata Ottava Quarto tuono 1598 6:40 Catalogue Number NI 5931 18 Andrea Gabrieli: Intonazione primo tuono 1:20 sonatas as her favourite and ‘something I’d like to wake up with every morning.’ Total Playing Time 77.53 19 Claudio Merulo: Toccata Settima Ottavo Tuono 1604 7.20 20 Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonazione Secondo Tono 0:45 A 90-page score has also been compiled and 21 Claudio Merulo: Toccata Undecimo detto Quinto edited by Richard Lester, NMP 1015, which includes Tuono 1604 6:16 this CD and a DVD video where Richard BUY NOW 22 Andrea Gabrieli: Ricercar Quinto tuono 5:14 demonstrates the techniques for accurate and correct 23 Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonazione Duodecima Tono 0:53 performance of these works. JULY 2015 NEW RELEASE To Order: Tel: 01380 728000 Email: [email protected] Compiled and edited by harpsichordist Richard Lester this 90 page volume of music contains 17 complete works by Girolamo Diruta, Claudio Merulo, Andrea and Giovanni Gabreli, Gioseffo Guami, and Antonio Mortaro. In an extended preface Richard examines the contemporary performance treatise and based on them suggests possibilities for correct period fingering, ornamentation and registration for these works. The publication includes a 48 minute DVD Video, ‘Venetian Reflections’ in which Richard demonstrates the practical considerations of period fingering and ornamentation and includes several complete performances on both harpsichord and organ. The publication also includes the Nimbus CD recording NI 5931 of works featured in the publication performed by Richard Lester at the organ and harpsichord. COMPOSERS FEATURED IN THE SCORE MASTERWORKS & MINIATURES Girolamo Diruta (c 1554-c 1610) ORGAN & HARPSICHORD MUSIC FROM RENAISSANCE VENICE Claudio Merulo (1533-1604) Andrea Gabrieli (1532/33-1585) PRINTED SCORE, CD & DVD VIDEO Gioseffo Guami (1542-1611) 90 PAGES, WIRE BOUND, A4 LANDSCAPE Antonio Mortaro (fl 1587-1610) Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1555-1612) Catalogue NMP 1015 Number COMPOSERS FEATURED ON THE CD Printed Score, Adrian Willaert (c 1490-1562) Includes CD & DVD Jacques Buus (c 1500-1565) Annibale Padovano (1527-1575) Andrea Gabrieli (1532/33-1585) Claudio Merulo (1533-1604) BUY NOW Gioseffo Guami (1542-1611) Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1555-1612) JULY 2015 NEW RELEASE To Order: Tel: 01380 728000 Email: [email protected] FRANZ SCHUBERT Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman is one of the PIANO SONATAS VOLUME 2 most versatile and constantly interesting musicians of VLADIMIR FELTSMAN our time. His vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to 20th-century composers. 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