®CRYSTAL RECORDS 2012 COMPACT DISC CATALOG 3DKD@RDRMDVSNSGHRB@S@KNF@QDRGNVMNMSGHRO@FD See inside for these and over 270 other fabulous CDs CD662, page 15 CD769, page 13 CD272, page 12 CD251, page 10 CD823, page 4 CD221, page 19 CD839, page 22 CD949, page 7 CD970, page 7 :D@QRNE3DBNQCHMF&WBDKKDMBD “Hats off to a label that chases the new, the exciting, the overlooked, and the orphaned.” – Music Web Flute pg. 2 Horn pg. 15 Accordion, Harp, Organ, Hovhaness pg. 24 Oboe pg. 3 Trombone pg. 17 Guitar, Percussion pg. 23 Verdehr Trio pg. 6 Clarinet pg. 5 Tuba pg. 17 Woodwind Quintets pg. 10 Reicha Quintets pg. 11 Bassoon pg.7 Violin pg. 20 Brass Quintets pg. 19 Genesis CDs pg. 26 Saxophone pg. 9 Viola pg. 21 Misc. Orchestra pg. 23 Order information, Trumpet pg. 13 Cello & Bass pg. 22 Sousa Band pg. 24 see pg. 27 FREE COMPACT DISC See coupon offer on page 27 Sound Samples and New Releases at www.crystalrecords.com email: [email protected] COMPACT DISCS – Titles shown in red are new to this catalog. CDs are $16.95 each. Orders may be placed by mail, phone, fax, email, or online at www.crystalrecords. com. Order information is on page 27. Phone: 360-834-7022, email: [email protected]. FLUTE and PICCOLO CDS — LEONE BUYSE, FLUTE. Buyse was solo flute with Boston Symphony; now at Rice Univ. “Solid playing, glistening recording” Fanfare. She has six CDs: CD317: The Sky’s the Limit. Barber, Canzone (flute, piano); Dahl, Variations on a Swedish Folk Tune (flute, alto flute); John Cage, Three Pieces for Flute Duet; Martin Amlin, Sonata(flute, piano); Antoniou, Lament for Michele (solo flute); Juli Nunlist, 12 Bagatelles (solo flute); Gregory Tucker, Idle Conversation (two flutes); Vivian Fine, The Flicker (solo flute), and Emily’s Images (flute, piano), with Martin Amlin, piano; Fenwick Smith, flute & alto flute. UPC 009414731722 CD319: RIVIER REVISITED. Chamber Music for Flute by Jean Rivier. Capriccio (woodwind quintet); Ballade (flute & piano); Oiseaux Tendres (solo flute); Affettuoso e Jocando for four flutes; Vocalise (voice & piano); Sonatine (flute & piano); Virevoltes (flute solo); Duo (flute & clarinet); Comme une tendre berceuse (flute & piano). “Ev- erything is loaded with charm.” Fanfare. UPC 009414731920 CD356: TOUR DE FRANCE. Webster Trio (Buyse with Michael Webster, clarinet, & Katherine Collier, piano). Fauré: Dolly Suite & Morceau de concours; Saint-Saëns, Tarantella; Debussy, Petite Pièce & Première Rhapsodie; Syrinx (solo flute); Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Bizet, Jeux d’enfants. “A charming entertainment. “ Fanfare. UPC 009414735621 CD357: WORLD WIDE WEBSTER. Webster Trio (Buyse with Michael Webster, clarinet, & Robert Moeling, Piano). Dvorak, Slavonic Dances; Debussy, Petite Suite; Brahms, Hungarian Dances; Gottschalk, Four Pieces. Superb exciting transcriptions from four-hand piano literature. UPC 009414735720 CD715: DEDICATED TO BARRÈRE. Music composed for the celebrated flutist Georges Barrère, who was principal flutist of the New York Symphony 1905-1928. Composers: Caplet, Woollett, Seitz, Lacroix, Lefort, Gaubert, & Damaré. Lyrical and exciting, these works have found their way into the repertoire of many flutists. with Martin Amlin, Piano. “outstanding and highly recommended” Instrumentalist. UPC 009414771520 CD716: DEDICATED TO BARRÈRE, VOL. 2. Varèse, Density 21.5; Griffes, Poem; Riegger, Suite for flute alone; Roussel, Andante and Scherzo; Gaubert, Sonatine quasi Fantasia, and Invocation; De Lorenzo, Sogno Futur- istico; Kriens, La Nymphe Bocagère; Jacquet, Nocturne for flute and harp; Bauer, Forgotten Modes; Goldman, Two Monochromes. Martin Amlin, piano; Paula Page, harp. “splendid sound” Fanfare. UPC 009414771629 CD314: LOVE LETTERS – David Shostac, Flute. Martin Scot Kosins, Love Letters & Winter Moods; Francois Borne, Fantaisie Brillante (on themes from Bizet’s Carmen); Claude Debussy, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair; Theobold Boehm, Variations Brillantes; Grigoras Dinicu, Hora Staccato. David Shostac is principal flute, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and is a prominent Hollywood film musician. He “has an outstandingly fluent technique and a pleasant well-focused tone.” BBC Music Magazine UPC 009414731425 CD316: MUSIC FOR KOTO AND FLUTE. Kazue Kudo, Koto; Kazue Frances Asawa, Flute. Beautiful Japanese music. Tadao Sawai: Hana; Hozan Yamamoto: Ichikotsu; Kozaburo Hirai: Sonata; Michio Miyagi: Izumi and Haru No Umi. “a fascinating program...the music is quite beautiful.” American Record Guide. UPC 009414731623 CD318: BROOKS DE WETTER-SMITH, FLUTE. The 20th Century Romantic Spirit. Philippe Gaubert, Sonata No. 1; Gabriel Pierné, Sonata, op. 36; Verne Reynolds, Sonata; Lukas Foss, 3 American Pieces. with Stephan Seebass, Piano. “significant repertoire performed with rare sympathy and expertise”, Fanfare. UPC 009414731821 CD710: Wind Effusions. Danilo Lozano, Flute; David Muller, Bassoon. Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras #6; Schröder, Music for Flute & Bassoon; Gabaye, Sonatine (flute, bassoon); Osborne, Rhapsody for Bassoon; Piazzolla, Etudes Tanguistiques (nos. 3 & 4); Jan Bach, Music for a Low-Budget Epic; Bozza, Sonatine (flute, bas- soon). Lozano, founding mbr. of Hollywood Bowl Orch. Muller, former principal of Mexico City Philharmonic and Westwood Wind Quintet. “Plenty here to enjoy...stylish and lively.” Fanfare. UPC 009414771025. CD711: IN SHADOW, LIGHT. Zart Dombourian-Eby, Piccolo. Martin Amlin, Sonatina Piccola; Ken Benshoof, Spindrift, & In Shadow, Light. With Martin Amlin, piano, Ken Benshoof, piano; Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi, violin; Timothy Hale, viola; Theresa Benshoof, cello. Dombourian-Eby is piccolo player with the Seattle Symphony. Her playing “is nothing short of amazing.” American Record Guide. UPC 009414771124 CD712: “GYPSY WHEEL” – Thomas Robertello, Flute. Borne, Fantaisie Brillante on themes of Bizet’s Carmen; Taffanel, Fantaisie on themes by Weber; Griffes, Poem; David Dzubay, Footprints; Mathew Van Brink, Dal Dosai (Sonata for Flute and Piano); Mischa Zupko, The Seven Deadly Sins. Robertello has played with Pittsburgh Sym., Cleveland Orch., & National Sym. Currently on faculty of Indiana Univ. School of Music. “Robertello is an impressive flutist.” American Record Guide. UPC 009414771223 2 3 CD713: TAKE WING. Lois Bliss Herbine, Piccolo. Persichetti, Parable for Solo Piccolo; Michael Daugherty, High and the Mighty; Daniel Dorff, Sonatine de Giverny; Allen Krantz, Song of Spring; Willard S. Elliot, Fantasy; David Loeb, Preludes for solo piccolo Vol. 4; Stephen Mager, Saltarello (The Falcon); Howard Buss, Night Flight. With Charles Abramovic, Piano; Allen Krantz, Guitar; Sophie Bruno, Harp; Allison Herz, Clarinet. “piccolo enthusiasts will not want to miss this recording.” Flute Talk. UPC 009414771322. CD714: FLUTE AGRÉABLE. April Clayton, Flute. With Philip Lasser, piano and j. Y. Song, piano. Philip Lasser: Sonata for flute and piano; Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine; Jean Francaix: Sonatine; Pierre Sancan: Sonatine; Eugene Bozza: Agrestide. “thoroughly ‘agréable’ listening...stylishness.” Musicweb. UPC 009414771421 CD757: THEODOR BLUMER Woodwind Chamber Music, vol. 3 (see also Woodwind Quintets: CD753 & CD755). John Bailey, flute; Mark Clinton, piano. Ten Waltzes, op. 56; From the Animal Kingdom, op. 57a; From the Plant World, op. 57b. Also Serenade and Theme & Variations op. 34, performed by Moran Woodwind Quin. Theodor Blumer (1881-1964) was director and principal conductor of Dresden Radio Orch and Middle German Radio Orch in Leipzig. “Fine flute playing; [Bailey’s] sound is robust, tech- nique second to none.” American Record Guide. UPC 009414775726. Flute CDs: also see CDs 801 and 809 (Hovhaness), CD321 (Oboe), & Woodwind Quintets. Dawn Weiss, see Weiss Family Woodwinds, CD354, in Woodwind Ensemble listing, pg. 12. OBOE and ENGLISH HORN CDS — JOHN MACK, OBOE. Mack was solo oboe with the Cleveland Orchestra for 36 years. “one of the world’s major virtuosos – sheer class in all depart- ments. Beauty of tone and security of playing are glorious.” San Francisco Chronicle. He has four solo CDs. See also CD870 in this section, page 5. CD323: Mozart, Quartet in F; Loeffler, Deux Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano; Paladilhe, Solo de Concert; Britten, Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. with the Cleveland Orchestra String Quartet and Eunice Podis, piano. “superb per- formances”, Fanfare. UPC 009414732323 CD324: Schumann, Three Romances; Oboe Sonatas by Saint-Saens, Hindemith, and Poulenc; also French contest pieces by Murgier, Berghmans, Planel, & Barraud. w/Eunice Podis, piano. “elegant playing & superb musicianship” Fanfare. UPC 009414732422 CD640: THE PLYMOUTH TRIO: Christina Price, Soprano; John Mack, Oboe; John Herr, Keyboard. Klaus George Roy: Miracles Are Not Ceased; Samuel Adler: The Rocking Horse Winner; J.S. Bach: arias from cantatas 89, 21, & 93; Handel: Three Arias; Mendelssohn: Meine Seele, from Psalm 42; Ferdinando Fortunati: Romance de Galatée, Romance de Bliombéris. “Crystal’s sound is clear and lifelike throughout.” Fanfare. UPC 009414764027 CD641: THE PLYMOUTH TRIO: John Mack, oboe; Christina Price, soprano; John Herr, keyboards w/Robert Perry, cello. J.S. Bach, arias from cantatas 32, 72, and 202; Telemann, arias from cantatas 11, 35, & 72; Wm. Boyce, Blessed is the Man; Adolphe Adam, Le Retour à la Montagne; Richard Cumming, Four Folk Songs; Lewis Jones, Serenade. “Few oboists play better than the Cleveland Orchestra’s John Mack.” Turok’s Choice. UPC 009414764126 MARK WEIGER, OBOE. “first-rate playing” New York Times. “luscious sound...gorgeous playing.” American Record Guide. Weiger was