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LORRAINE HUNT LIEBERSON / CRAIG SMITH / ORCH. OF EMMANUEL MUSIC
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel CD AV2130
Avie Records is proud to announce a collection of works and recordings previously unreleased on record by the incomparable Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. This beautiful collection of Bach and Handel is a celebration of one of the most important artistic collaborations in music; that of Ms. Lieberson and Emmanuel Music Director Craig Smith, whose untimely passing was earlier this year. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson’s substantial fan base and music lovers in general will be eager to hear these stunning performances, spanning from 1992 – 1999. SEE MORE
Release date: 30 June AVIE (Hybrid SACD)
MARCUS GROH Brahms: The Late Piano Works HSACD AV2136
German pianist Markus Groh returns to AVIE after his very successful Liszt’s solo piano music recital (a Gramophone Editor’s Choice). Recorded once more utilizing in the superior quality of the SACD technology, Groh visits Brahms’ challenging four late compositions for piano solo, Opp 116, 117, 118,119, ranging from the most dramatic to the daring and wondering emotions towards this great composer’s late years.
Release date: 26 May AVIE
LA SERENISSIMA The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto - 3 CD AV2154
Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima present the third volume in the series that traces the development of the North Italian violin concerto between 1690 and 1740
CHRISTIAN HILZ/MARIANNE BEATE KIELLAND Schumann: Lieder CD AV2134
On their debut recording for Avie records, German baritone Christian Hilz and Marianne Beate Kielland, accompanied by Katia Bouscarrut, deliver exquisite performances of some of Schumann’s most loved Lieder as well as some of the rarest on record.
ANTONIO MENESES / MENAHEM PRESSLER
Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello & Piano CD AV2103
Beaux Arts Trio founder Menahem Pressler and fellow Beaux Arts cellist Antonio Meneses join forces on this special recording of Beethoven’s complete music for cello and piano. The 2-disc set is scheduled for release to coincide with the Beaux Arts Trio’s extensive farewell concert tour. Both artists are consummate chamber musicians and Mr. Meneses considers this recording collaboration to be a “dream come true.” Pressler and Meneses have been performing the complete cycle of sonatas around the world to the delight of audiences and critics alike.
CHARLES OWEN Gabriel Faure: The Complete Nocturnes CD AV2133
Gabriel Fauré's set of thirteen Nocturnes for solo piano are performed by Charles Owen whose previous recordings have been an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone as well as being awarded a Classical Brit.
RLPO / SCHWARZ / AASGAARD
From Jewish Life - music for cello & orch. by Bloch, Diamond, Schwarz & Bruch CD AV2149
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s series on AVIE marks its eighth release with this new recording of works derived from the Jewish tradition. The young principal cello of the orchestra, Jonathan Aasgaard gives fine performances of two seminal works from this genre – Bloch’s Hebraic Rhapsody Schelomo and Bruch’s Kol Nidrei. David Diamond’s Kaddish has been eagerly taken up by many cellists including Janos Starker. The CD is completed by two premiere recordings: Gerard Schwarz’ In Memoriam and Jonathan Aasgaard’s own arrangement for cello and strings of Bloch’s Prayer from the suite From Jewish Life.
JULIAN PERKINS Ingenious Jestings: The Complete Harpsichord Suite by James Nares CD AV2152
From performances for Trevor Pinnock at the Handel Halle Festival to a solo at the Paris Fashion Show for Alexander McQueen, Julian Perkins pursues a diverse and demanding career. Primarily a Baroque and early Classical music specialist, he performs with leading singers, ensembles and opera companies in the UK and abroad, and directs The British Camerata and Morley Baroque Consort. This is the first complete recording of James Nares’s eight brilliant harpsichord suites of 1747.
IMOGEN COOPER / NORTHERN SINFONIA Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25 CD AV2175
Imogen Cooper and the Northern Sinfonia follow up their successful first volume on AVIE of Mozart Piano Concertos (Nos. 9 & 23 – AV 2100) with this new recording of two of Mozart’s masterpieces – Concertos Nos. 24 & 25. The Fantasia for solo piano K397 completes the disc.
ANDREAS HAEFLIGER Perspectives 3 - Beethoven/Schubert Sonatas 2CD AV2148
Pianist Andreas Haefliger performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonata’s No.15 in D major and No. 23 in F minor together with Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major. This release was originally scheduled for November but was put back to March.
FIONNUALA HUNT / RTE Concert Orch. Tangos & Dances CD+DVD AV2083
Irish violinist Fionnuala Hunt charts the history of Argentina’s illustrious dance form on Tangos & Dances, a personal project featuring a dozen dances in Hunt’s own lush arrangements, performed by the RTE Concert Orchestra. This was previously available in PAL format (AV2079). AV 2079 has been deleted and the CD + DVD set is now only available
in NTSC format (AV2083).
EUROPEAN BRANDENBURG ENSEMBLE/ TREVOR PINNOCK
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 2CD AV2119
This new recording of the Brandenburg Concertos is a product of Trevor Pinnock’s deep fascination with Bach’s ground-breaking concertos and in the working process and interaction of musicians in ensemble. SEE MORE
MARKKU LUOLAJAN-MIKKOLA Couperin: Pieces de Violes CD AV2132
Francois Couperin’s Pieces de Violes are performed by Markku Luolajan-Mikkola who has earned distinction as a recital soloist and chamber musician. He is a founder member of the celebrated Phantasm viol quartet.
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCJESTRA / VASILY PETRENKO
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music CD AV2139
Perfectly timed to capitalise on Vasily Petrenko’s triumph at the recent Gramophone Awards where he became
‘Young Artist of the Year – 2007’, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s principal conductor follows up the success of his first
recording for AVIE of operas by Fleishman and Shostakovich, with more Russian Music - this time the ever-popular
Tchaikovsky ballets - Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.
ANDREAS HAEFLIGER Perspectives 3 2CD AV2148
Pianist Andreas Haefliger performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonata’s No.15 in D major and No. 23 in F minor together with Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major.
BYCHKOV / WDR SINFONIE ORKESTER Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 CD AV2137
To paraphrase The Gramophone, Semyon Bychkov “had big competition in the Shostakovich stakes” during the composer’s centenary year, but “he smashes past them brilliantly” (Editor’s Choice, Symphony No. 11, AV 2062). Further superlatives have poured forth for Bychkov’s ongoing Shostakovich series, and sales have followed. Nearly two decades in to his Music Directorship of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Semyon Bychkov has enjoyed an enormously fruitful relationship with the celebrated ensemble, including eight critically acclaimed and award-winning recordings for Avie.
JANE PARKER-SMITH At the Great Seifert Organ of St. Marien Basilika Kevalaer CD AV2144
The second recording on Avie by Jane Parker-Smith features romantic and virtuoso works for organ by Edmundson, Ireland,
Kromolicki, Ravanello, Ropartz, Vierne and Weitz. Jane Parker-Smith is one of the world’s leading concert organists, acclaimed by the critics and public alike for her musicianship, virtuosity and interpretative ability
STEFANO BOLLANI/FILARMONICA '900/ Poulenc: Les Animaux Modeles/Concert CD AV2135
JAN LATHAM-KOENIG Champetre/Improvisatoins Nos 13 & 15
The superb Filarmonica ‘900 del Teatro Regio di Torino is a new orchestral force in the
Italian orchestral scene. SEE MORE
ANTONIO MENESES / GERARD WYSS
Mendelssohn: Music For Cello & Piano CD AV2140
One of the world’s leading cellists, Antonio Meneses, teams up once more with pianist Gérard Wyss (repeating he successful combination that led to a Gramophone Disc of the Month). SEE MORE
NEW YORK POLYPHONY I Sing The Birth CD AV2141
New York Polyphony is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the finest classical vocal ensembles of a new generation.
The repertoire they perform on this disc is broad, from twelfth-century conductus to a 21st century carol, though the musical centre is firmly polyphonic and rooted in the late medieval world.
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR I Saw Three Ships CD AV2122
This beautiful collection of traditional and contemporary carols performed by the Gloucester Cathedral Choir features soloists Greg Skidmore, James Atherton, Ciaran Walshe, Sebastian Field, Lawrence Keeling and Russell Burton. Includes famous arrangements by Sir David Willcocks and Sir Philip Ledger, as well as a newly commissioned carol from Richard Rodney Bennett.
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS / SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied SACD(H) 82193600172
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas teams up with a first league of soloists on this beautifully packaged and remastered release as part of the San Francisco Symphony’ critically acclaimed and best-selling Mahler cycle and for the first time available in many markets.
BILL BARNEWITZ (French Horn) Long Road Home CD AV2126
Bill Barnewitz, principal horn of the Milwaukee Symphony, offers a beautiful and personal recital disc that represents a special collaboration and support of a worthy cause (Parkinson’s Research & Education). Works by J S Bach, Brahms, Kreutzer, Mozart, Schubert, R Strauss
PHILIPPE GRAFFIN / NOBUKO IMAI
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Duos for Violin and Viola 2CD AV2127
The enterprising Philippe Graffin proves a prominent Mozartian on a two disc-set, his second collaboration with violist Nobuko Imai, on which he acts as soloist, chamber musician, cadenza composer and director. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Duos for Violin and Viola, Violin Concerto No. 3, Rondo, Adagio
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR / STEPHEN DARLINGTON
Taverner: Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas / Christe Jesu / Mater Christi / Dum Transisset CD AV2123
John Taverner’s modern-day counterparts, Stephen Darlington and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral pay homage to their predecessor with a programme of liturgical works written during the composer’s time in Oxford.
LA SERENISSIMA / ADRIANCHANDLER / MHAIRI LAWSON
Vol.2: Rise of the North Italian Violin Conc. 1690-1740 CD AV2128
Antonio Vivaldi - Virtuoso Impresario
Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima’s fifth disc for Avie is the second in a series of three that dazzles with virtuostic violin concerti and vocal works by Vivaldi.
DAVID OWEN NORRIS / THE WORKS Elgar: Songs And Piano Music 2CD AV2129
David Owen Norris and The Works perform Elgar's songs and piano works on the composer’s own piano, including the original version of Sea Pictures, the theme that became the Cello Concerto, and the world-premiere of his unpublished final song XTC.
MAXIM RYSANOV / EVELYN CHANG
Works by Brahms, Bridge, Enescu, Franck Glinka, Tabakova CD AV2111
Maxim Rysanov, the leading violist of his generation, applies the Romantic touch to his solo debut recording with pianist Evelyn Chang. They perform works by Brahms, Bridge, Enescu, Franck, Glinka, Tabakova
PHANTASM John Jenkins: Five-Part Consorts CD AV2120
Gramophone Award-winning viol ensemble Phantasm continues exploring the rich sound world of renaissance England with the
lavish Five-Part Consorts by John Jenkins.
WAGNER / PROKOFIEV / BRITTEN ETC.
Susan Bullock / Malcolm Martineau CD AV2117
Leading dramatic soprano Susan Bullock offers an eclectic recital recording of songs by Wagner, Prokofiev, Britten, Strauss,
Quilter and Rorem with her consummate collaborator Malcolm Martineau.
ANTONIO MENESES Schumann & Schubert CD AV2112
“As so often with Avie, an almost entirely unhyped disc has emerged to knock everybody’s socks off.”
also available: ANTONIO MENESES J.S.Bach: The Six Cello Suites 2CD AV052
SCHUBERT: "Arpeggione" Sonata & SCHUMANN: Fantasie-Stucke etc. Antonio Meneses CD AV2112
Antonio Meneses’s consummate artistry revels in the romantic ardour and lyricism of Schubert and Schumann.
RESPIGHI/JANACEK/STRAUSS: Sonatas Frank Almond/William Wolfram CD AV2113
Leader of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Frank Almond, with his prize-winning accompanist William Wolfram, offers a robust recital recording of three 20th-century sonatas.
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.4 Bychkov/WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln CD AV2114
Semyon Bychkov’s hair-raising account of Shostakovich’s controversial Symphony No. 4 joins his critically acclaimed and award-winning series of recordings Avie.
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