harmonia mundi UK FEBRUARY 17 Classical releases DISTRIBUTED LABELS: ACCENT RECORDS, ACTES SUD, ALIA VOX, APARTE, BELVEDERE, KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, CHRISTOPHORUS, CSO RESOUND, EDITION CLASSICS, EVIDENCE CLASSIQUES, FRA MUSICA, GLOSSA, harmonia mundi, LA DOLCE VOLTA, LES ARTS FLORISSANTS, LSO LIVE, MARIINSKY, MIRARE, MYRIOS, NAÏVE, ONYX, PAN CLASSICS, PRAGA DIGITALS, RUBICON CLASSICS SIGNUM CLASSICS, UNITED ARCHIVES, WIGMORE HALL LIVE available February 17th 2017 RELEASE DATE 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 The Routes of Slavery 1444-1888 Africa, Portugal, Spain & Latin America Kassé Mady Diabaté and Violet Diallo Hespèrion XXI - La Capella Reial de Catalunya Tembembe Ensamble Continuo Jordi Savall A homage to the memory of victims of the slave trade. This new multicultural project from Jordi Savall and his musicians on The Routes of Slavery (1444-1888) marks a world first in the history of music and of the three continents involved in the trade in African slaves and their exploitation in the New World, which are brought together through the early music of the colonial period, the musical traditions of Mali and the oral traditions of the descendants of slaves in Madagascar, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. This 'Musical Memoir' is accompanied with historical texts on slavery, beginning with the early chronicles of 1444 and concluding with texts written by the Nobel Peace Prize-winner Martin Luther King shortly before his assassination in 1968. Label: Alia Vox File Under: Classical/Secular Sponsored by UNESCO, this musical reconciliation is founded on equality, harmony and reciprocal inspiration, Vocal music constituting the commemoration of a tragic and shameful chapter in the history of mankind. A vast historical and musical Catalogue No: AVSA9920 fresco, which throws light on the West’s attitude towards Africans in Latin America, the United States and Europe, as well Barcode: 9788494631108 as its indifference towards that 'forgotten' continent of Africa. But it is also a joyful celebration of hearts and spirits united NORMAL Price through music and dance, offering us all a vital source of survival, a refuge of peace, consolation and hope. Format: 2 SACD+DVD Full tracklisting available on demand Packaging: cd book CONCERT: 11th March Barbican with the AAM, Lully, Marais, Handel, Water Music Suites, Rameau, Les Boréades: suite Kassé Mady Diabaté and Violet Diallo (Mali) Hespèrion XXI - La Capella Reial de Catalunya Tembembe Ensamble Continuo Jordi Savall [viola da gamba and Artistic director] 2 hybrid SACD + 1 DVD filmed live at the Fontfroide Abbey (France) PAL zone 0 Booklet : English, French, German, Italian, Castillian, Catalan weight: 911 grammes [small parcel] RELEASE DATE 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 MONTEVERDI: Madrigali Vol. 3 Venezia Recorded at the Cité de la Musique during the complete cycle of Monteverdi madrigals mounted in partnership with the Philharmonie de Paris and the Théâtre de Caen, the last volume in our trilogy probably contains the best-loved gems of a composer who had become maestro di cappella at St Mark’s in Venice, and finally entered the priesthood. Alongside the great operas that have survived from this period, the final madrigals methodically explore the multiple possibilities offered by the rapidly developing practice of basso continuo and by an unprecedented exploitation of solo voices. And, in that respect, the celebrated 'Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' forms a spectacular finale to our Monteverdian adventure! Libro settimo (1619) 1Tempro la cetra, SWV 117. Sinfonia 2Al lume de le stelle, SV138. Torquato Tasso 3Con che soavità, SV139. Battista Guarini Label: harmonia mundi 4Chiome d'oro, SV143. Anonimo 5Interrotte speranze, SV132. Battista Guarini File Under: Classical/Choral 6Lettera amorosa, SV141. Claudio Achillini Catalogue No: HAF8905278 7Ballo: Tirsi e Clori, SV145. Alessandro Striggio (figlio) Barcode: 3149020527801 Libro ottavo (1638) Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi NORMAL Price 8Altri canti d'Amor, SV146. Anonimo Format: 1 CD 9Dolcissimo usignolo, SV161. Battista Guarini Packaging: digipack 10Lamento de la ninfa, SV163. Ottavio Rinuccini 11Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV153 Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata (XII. 52-62, 64-68) Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew "Choosing an hour of music to represent these two massive collections is a challenge...Like all the music we have made during this extraordinary project, our aim was to convince the listener not only of the beauty of this repertoire but of its astonishing modernity. Monteverdi’s music attempts to marry text and harmony so closely that we are capable of seeing into the protagonists’ hearts, of feeling their state of emotion viscerally whilst hearing their words... I pay tribute to the wonderful singers and instrumentalist who have taken part in our five-year journey and thank them for all that they have taught me." PAUL AGNEW ALSO AVAILABLE: AF005 Monteverdi Volume 1 | Cremona (Libri I, II, III) "One is torn between regret that there is to be only one further volume, and anticipation at what it might bring.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, Gramophone Award Winner 2016, Baroque Vocal AF003 Monteverdi Volume 2 | Mantova (Libri IV, V, VI) RELEASE DATE 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 Queens - Opera arias by Handel premiered by Francesca Cuzzoni & Anna Maria Strada del Pò Roberta Invernizzi A disc of Handel opera arias from Roberta Invernizzi is remarkable because, surprisingly, it breaks new ground for the Milanese soprano. True, she has taken part in complete operas on disc as on stage, and has recorded arias by other composers of the time such as Vivaldi, Leo, Porpora, Feo or Mancini (Arias for Domenico Gizzi and I Viaggi di Faustina being two recent albums). Invernizzi’s majestic sweep of Handelian queens - Cleopatra, Berenice, Arianna and Alcina, among them - takes us through a chequered period in the composer’s career, when he led the two Royal Academies of Music in the 1720s and 1730s. At this time, he was writing for magnificent and tempestuous divas such as Francesca Cuzzoni and Anna Maria Strada del Pò – a selection of their roles is to be heard on this new Glossa recording. These are choppy waters through which Roberta Invernizzi sails with unquestionable skill: in complete control of her native language and dominance of Handel’s stylistic demands all allied to her lustrous vocal tones. Sympathetic accompaniment is from Fabio Ciofini and his Accademia Hermans, which works extensively in the Perugian Teatro Cucinelli in Solomeo. Label: Glossa File Under: Classical/Opera & 1 Lotario - Scherza in mar la navicella Vocal 2 Poro - Se mai turbo il tuo riposo 3 Berenice - No che servire altrui Catalogue No: GCD922904 4 Berenice - Traditore, traditore Barcode: 8424562229044 5 Giulio Cesare - Overture NORMAL Price 6 Giulio Cesare - Piangerò la sorte mia Format: 1 CD 7 Giulio Cesare - Tu la mia stella sei Packaging: digipack 8 Giolio Cesare - Da tempesta il legno infranto 9 Giulio Cesare - Che sento.../ Se pietà di me con senti Roberta Invernizzi [soprano] 10 Scipione - Sinfonia Act 3 Accademia Hermans 11 Scipione - Scoglio d'immota fronte Fabio Ciofini [harpsichord & direction] 12 Alcina - Ah mio cor, schernito sei! 13 Giustino - Quel torrente “Invernizzi has a fresh, bright soprano that supplies constant delight” Sunday Times RELEASE DATE 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 HANDEL: Catone [Pasticcio, London, 1732] Pasticcio, London, 1732 Sonia Prina, Riccardo Novaro, Roberta Invernizzi, Kristina Hammarstrom By bringing 'Catone' to disc Carlo Ipata celebrates the pasticcio, in particular those curated by George Frideric Handel, as is the case with this new Glossa release. In a co-production with the Fondazione Teatro di Pisa and the Händel Festspiele Halle, Ipata brings a further slant on Handel’s operatic career in London. Despite being busy with running the second Royal Academy of Music and writing his own operas, the composer was striving to present London audiences with selections from Italian operas by other composers, at the same time as giving his star singers the opportunity to show off early in the opera company’s season. One result was 'Catone' in 1732, with music by Leo, Hasse, Vivaldi, Vinci, Porpora as well as by Handel himself; company members included Senesino, Anna Maria Strada del Pò and Antonio Montagnana. For this Halle performance Carlo Ipata has brought together a modern-day starry cast: Sonia Prina, Roberta Invernizzi (see previous page for her own Handel opera arias release); Riccardo Novaro, Kristina Hammarstrom and Lucia Cirillo – Label: Glossa to sing the tale of the noble Roman Republican senator finding himself on the losing side of battles with Julius Caesar File Under: Classical/Opera & and with his daughter being in love with the conquering general. Angela Romagnoli provides a resounding defence of the Vocal Handelian pasticcio in her booklet essay. Catalogue No: GCD923511 The pasticcio’s plot functions admirably, the arias are stunning, both individually and collectively: the recording is a feast Barcode: 8424562235113 of sparkling, crowd-pleasing virtuosity. 2 FOR 1.5 Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Sonia Prina [Catone] Riccardo Novaro [Cesare] Roberta Invernizzi [Emilia] Kristina Hammarstrom [Arbace] Lucia Cirillo [Marzia] Auser Musici Carlo Ipata [conductor] RELEASE DATE 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 CORELLI: Violin Sonatas Op. 5 La Gioia Lina Tur Bonet Musica Alchemica All six of Corelli's published collections of instrumental music demonstrate his exceptional skill as a violinist and composer, but it was in his Violin Sonatas Op. 5 that