tel 0115 982 7500 fax 0115 982 7020 JUNE 2014 LIST See inside for valid dates Dear Customer, 11th June sees the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss and we have already seen a good sprinkling of new releases and re-issues appear in celebration this year. Thielemann’s new Elektra for DG is probably the highest-profile release this month, featuring a magnificent cast that includes Rene Pape and Anne Schwanewilms. Sadly, we hadn’t yet managed to obtain a preview copy at the time of going to print, but it certainly looks very promising! DG are also issuing a deluxe LP-sized boxset of Karajan’s analogue Strauss recordings this month that will feature 11 CDs, plus the entire contents on a single Blu-ray Audio. As is the trend at the moment, it will be a limited edition set packed full of extra material including photos and original liner notes. See p.2 for more information. Continuing with the Strauss theme, you may also like to take a look at the listing we have compiled of recordings from various independent labels. This covers 3½ pages (pp.10-13) and features some truly great titles. A good opportunity to fill in gaps in the library! Away from Strauss, other things to point out are a further batch of Most Wanted Recitals from Decca, featuring wonderful discs from the likes of Siepi, Nilsson, Souzay, Carreras etc. Harmonia Mundi are issuing another 10 titles in their HM Gold series - top recordings moved from their full-price catalogue down to mid-price. You will also find a special offer the HM Gold back catalogue on p.13. Other new special offers include Hyperion Helios (from just £4.50 each!), Walhall for the historical opera lovers, Onyx and Newton catalogues both reduced by 30%, and finally a list of DVDs from Warner and Erato with up to 45% discount. Plenty to be going on with as we move into the summer months! We hope you all find something to take your fancy. Best regards from, The Europadisc Team DON’T FORGET - UK Carriage is FREE over £35! Boxsets from Documents all 10CD sets normally £13.95, now just £9.95 each 231 882 Bach, JS Soli Deo Gloria - Brandenburgs, Cello Suites 1-3, St Matthew Passion, Magnificat, Violin Concertos, keyboard works etc Reiner, Menuhin, Enescu, Busch, Landowska, Schweitzer, Casals, Leitner, Hotter, Ramin etc 231 887 Bach, JS Vocal Works (recordings from the 40s & 50s) - Christmas Oratorio, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor Richter, Ramin, Lehmann, Karajan etc 224 043 Barbirolli conducts Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruch, Chopin, Grieg, Mozart, Purcell, Respighi, Schumann, Sibelius etc Fischer, Casadesus, Kreisler, Rubinstein, Milstein, Heifetz, Backhaus, NYPO, Halle, LPO etc 224 042 Beecham The Maestro - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Beethoven, Weber, Wagner, Brahms, Dvorak, Smetana, Grieg, Offenbach etc Szigeti, Laskine, Rubinstein, Wallenstein, LPO, RPO, NY Philharmonic SO etc 231 060 Bohm conducts Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mascagni, Mozart, Pfitzner, Reger, Schubert, Verdi, Wagner, Weber etc Straub, Kolessa, Gieseking, Fischer, Backhaus, BPO, VPO, Staatskapelle Dresden etc 233 370 Canto Gregoriano Gregorian Chant from Absalon Six, Schola Gregoriana Monacensis, Calixtinus Ensemble etc Loreggian, de Gennaro, Bellinazzo, Manga, Goschl etc 231 061 Corpus Christi Choral works by Bach, Mahler, Mozart, Orff, Palestrina, Schutz and Telemann Kurz, Neuhold, Nemeth, Hinreiner, Preinfalk etc 223 010 Masters of the Strings Performances of Bach, Tartini, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Paganini, Beethoven, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky etc Menuhin, Hubermann, Szigeti, Milstein, Heifetz, Kreisler, Oistrakh, Stern & Enescu 231 755 Mitropoulos conducts Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Franck, Lalo, Chausson etc Stern, Szigeti, Rubinstein, Graudan, NBC SO, NYPO, Minneapolis SO etc 231 058 Ormandy conducts Barber, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak, Grieg, Mahler, Miaskovsky, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Sibelius etc Arrau, Casadesus, Piatigorsky, Levant, Heifetz, Feuermann, Rubinstein, Rachmaninov, Minneapolis SO, Philadelphia Orchestra etc 232 107 Puccini A Portrait - Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and La Fanciulla del West Zamboni, Merli, Gigli, Albanese, Poli, Caniglia, Borgioli, Steber, Tucker, Valdengo, Gavazzi, Savarese etc 233 588 Solti Charisma and Vitality - Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Gounod, Mahler, Offenbach, Rossini, Schubert, Suppe, Tchaikovsky etc Backhaus, Elman, Kulenkampff, VPO, ROH Orchestra, LPO, Israel PO etc 231 059 Stokowski conducts Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Sibelius, Berlioz etc Davis, Cathcart, Betts, Loewenthal, NY City SO, NBC SO, Philadelphia Orchestra etc 223 548 The Orchestra of the Royal Danish Theatre Inc early recs (1907+), wartime recs, perfs from Hoeberg, Tango, Frandsen, Klemperer etc Fischer, Telmanyi, Levysohn, Rewesen, Knudsen, Jensen, Hoeberg, Tango, Malko, Klemperer etc 223 009 Twentieth Century Maestros Performances of Bartok, Beethoven, Bruckner, Dvorak, Mahler, Mozart, Schumann, Shostakovich etc Furtwangler, Toscanini, Karajan, Bohm, Reiner, Mengelberg, Szell, Walter, Koussevitsky & Celibidache 220 722 Wagner Great Singers Leider, Baumer, Gadsky, Lehmann, Callas, de los Angeles, Melchior, Lorenz, Flagstad, Destinn, Muller, Schwarz, Traubel, Lubin, Volker etc 1 email [email protected] tel 0115 982 7500 fax 0115 982 7020 JUNE 2014 LIST Prices on this list are valid until 5pm Friday 25th July 2014 (orders received) unless stated otherwise. All titles and prices offered are subject to availability during the offer period. E & OE. Decca and DG DG 479 3387 Strauss, R Elektra 2CD Herlitzius;Schwanewilms;Meier;Pape;Staatskapelle Dresden;Thielemann £18.95 DG 479 2712 Verdi Giovanna d'Arco 2CD Netrebko;Domingo;Meli;Munich RFO;Carignani £18.95 Decca 478 6758 Gluck Opera Arias Behle;Armonia Atenea;Petrou £11.50 Decca 478 6755 Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus Armonia Atenea;Petrou £11.50 Archiv 479 2610 From Spain to Eternity The Sacred Polyphony of El Greco's Toledo Ensemble Plus Ultra £11.50 DG 479 2472 Behind the Lines Solo recital from Anna Prohaska inc Schumann, Liszt, Faure, Wolf, Eisler etc Prohaska;Schneider £11.50 Decca 478 6443 Rachmaninov The Piano Concertos - deluxe edition on 2CD plus all on one Blu-ray Audio Askenazy;Previn £22.95 DG 479 3036 Classic Karajan The Essential Collection 2CD Karajan £11.50 DG 479 3061 Richard Reed Parry Music for Heart and Breath Kronos Quartet;Muhly;Dessner etc £11.50 Decca 377 8860 Andre Rieu Magic of the Musicals Rieu £6.95 Classic FM CFMD 35 Summer Guitar New album from Craig Ogden including classical and popular works Ogden £11.50 New Boxsets from DG 479 2231 Berliner Philharmoniker Great Recordings 8CD Various (see below) £18.95 Strauss Alpine Symphony (Karajan), Beethoven Violin Concerto (Mutter/Karajan), Mahler Symphony no.9 (Abbado), Brahms Piano Concerto no.1 (Zimerman/Rattle), Schubert Symphonies 8 & 9 (Bohm), Beethoven Symphony no.9 (Giulini), Schumann Symphonies 2 & 4 (Kubelik), Wagner Overtures & Preludes (Furtwangler) 479 2686 Strauss, R Karajan: The Analogue Recordings - LP sized deluxe set 11CD + 1 Blu-ray Audio Karajan £78.95 Limited edition, 80pp LP-sized book inc photos and new essay from Richard Osborne, original liner notes, libretti, 11CDs and also all content on 1 Blu-ray Audio 479 2690 Pires The Maria Joao Pires Collection vol.1: Complete Solo Recordings 20CD Pires £56.95 479 3065 Max Richter Retrospective - The Blue Notebooks, Songs from Before, 24 Postcards in Full Colour, Infra 4CD £33.95 479 2936 David Garrett The Early Years - Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Paganini, Tchaikovsky etc 5CD Garrett;Abbado etc £24.95 Decca 'Most Wanted Recitals' a further 15 titles now available, currently £7.95 each 480 8168 Birgit Nilsson Great Scenes from Aida plus Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder Nilsson;Pritchard;Davis 480 8178 Cesare Siepi The Romantic Voice of Cesare Siepi: Songs of Italy Siepi;Erede;D di Stefano 480 8147 Fernando Corena In Orbit - Songs of Italy Corena;Pattacini;Nicelli 480 8180 Gerard Souzay Schumann Dichterliebe plus Sechs Gedicht und Requiem etc Souzay;Baldwin 480 8181 Gerard Souzay Schumann Liederkreis op.39 and other lieder Souzay;Bonneau 480 8170 Gianni Poggi Italian Songs plus tracks from Famous Italian Melodies Poggi;Nicelli 480 8184 Giuseppe Valdengo Italian Songs plus arias by Verdi, Gounod, Thomas & Leoncavallo Valdengo;Erede 480 8171 Hermann Prey Schubert Schwanengesang plus selected Goethe Lieder and Lieder by Strauss Prey;Klein;Engel 480 8157 Hilde Gueden My Secret Heart - the music of Ivor Novello and Noel Coward Gueden;Black;Adler 480 8144 Jose Carreras Granada plus bonus tracks from O sole mio Carreras;Muller;Benzi 480 8169 Julius Patzak Recital inc arias by Beethoven, Offenbach and J Strauss, plus Viennese 'Heurigen' Songs Patzak;Bohm;Dermota 480 8173 Mado Robin Arias from Mireille and Lucia di Lammermoor, plus Delibes, Mozart and Bellini Robin;Fistoulari;Blareau 480 8176 Paul Schoeffler Operatic Recital inc Mozart, Verdi, Wagner etc Schoeffler;Reining;Bohm;Hollresier;Knappertsbusch 480 8140 Renato Bruson Donizetti Arias plus tracks from the Requiem Bruson;Martinotti;Fackler 480 8187 Virginia Zeani Operatic Recital inc Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi & Puccini Zeani;Gavazzeni;Patane DG '3 Classic Albums' Series - all 3CD sets at £14.95 each 479 3078 Anne-Sophie Mutter Mozart Violin Concertos 3 & 5, Beethoven Violin Concerto, Mendelssohn/Bruch Violin Concertos Karajan 479 3082 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Mozart Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Horn and Flute Concertos Neidich;Jolley;Purvis;Wolfgang;Morelli etc