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Release date: 30 June CHALLENGE CLASSICS
KOOPMAN/AMSTERDAM BAROQUE Buxtehude: Opera Omnia VII - Arias, 2CD CC72246
ORCHESTRA & CHOIR Concertos and Cantatas
In 2007 Ton Koopman completed a universally acclaimed set of recordings covering the complete cantatas of J. S. Bach, the last volume of which, (CC72222), recently received a BBC Music Magazine Award. With this latest release of Vocal Works, (Volume 3), he has now finished his series of recording of the works of Dieterich Buxtehude. As with the two previous volumes he directs the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir and several highly regarded soloists, amongst which are the soprano Johannette Zomer, the alto Bogna Bartosz, the tenor Jörg Dürmüller, and the bass Klaus Mertens. The 2CD set features arias, concertos and cantatas, including two substantial works, “Eins bitte ich vom Herrn“, BuxWV 24, and “Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr“, BuxWV 41.
Release date: 30 June SIMAX (Hybrid SACD)
HENNING KRAGGERUD Ysaye: Six sonatas for solo violin, op.27 HSACD PSC1293
On his first solo recording Henning Kraggerud, one of Scandinavia’s most sought after violinists, delivers a sensational reading of Ysaÿe six solo sonatas. These acknowledged masterpieces were dedicated to the greatest virtuosos of the composer’s day, and make great technical demands of the performer.
Release date: 30 June NAÏVE
BERTRAND CHAMAYOU Mendelssohn: Piano Music CD V5131
This delightful anthology of piano music by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by the brilliant young French pianist Bertrand Chamayou, interweaves many of the composer’s shorter pieces, (a Prelude, two Scherzos, and two of his lieder transcribed by Liszt), with more substantial works, including several of the “Songs without words”, the three Etudes opus 104b, two of his opus 33 Caprices, the Rondo Capriccioso, and the Variations Sérieuses.
Release date: 23 June ALBION
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS/LIVERPOOL PHIL. Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music 2CD ALBCD009
This release is a unique and rare recording of Vaughan Williams conducting his Serenade to Music from a performance in 1951 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The soloists, many of whom were in the first performance in 1938, include Isobel Baillie, Astra Desmond, Richard Lewis and Heddle Nash. The recording is a deeply expressive and romantic interpretation. Also on this 2CD set is the Pilgrim’s Journey, arranged by Roy Douglas and a bonus disc features Vaughan Williams talking about the teachings of Parry and Stanford as well as a short extract from the funeral service of Vaughan Williams.
Release date: available now ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC
PHILIP GLASS Cassandra's Dream (Woody Allen soundtrack) CD OMM0038
(Film released in UK on 23 May)
The original motion picture score by Philip Glass to Woody Allen’s latest movie – which is on general release in the UK from 23 May – Cassandra’s Dream is the third of the legendary New York director’s films to be shot in London and is an intense story of two Cockney brothers who fall out over money and a young actress and are lured into crime with tragic results. The stellar British/Irish cast is headed by Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell (who adorn the sleeve), with Tom Wilkinson and newcomer Hayley Atwell.
Release date: 26 May ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC
ERTER THEATRE/D. RUSSELL DAVIES
Philip Glass: Waiting for the Barbarians 2CD OMM0039
World premiere recording of Philip Glass’s recent highly-praised opera based on J M Coetzee’s powerful novel and set to a libretto by Christopher Hampton. This “genuinely moving” work, a harrowing allegory of the war between oppressors and the oppressed, receives its UK premiere at London’s Barbican on 12 June with the same cast, orchestra, chorus and conductor, Dennis Russell Davies, as on these two beautifully-packaged CDs.
BEETHOVEN ORCHESTER BONN / DAVIES
Philip Glass: Concerto Project Vol III CD OMM0042
The premiere recording of Glass’s Concerto Grosso is paired with one of his most performed works, the Concerto for Saxophone Quartet, on this third disc in a series documenting all eight concertos that Philip Glass has written to date. Both concertos are played by the musicians who premiered them: the Beethoven Orchester Bonn conducted by Dennis Russell Davies and the internationally renowned Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.
PHILIP GLASS (FEAT. SUZANNE VEGA)
Recording Archives Vol III: CD OMM0048 Jenipapo (film score)
Suzanne Vega sings the song ‘Ignorant Sky’ as the climax to the film score Philip Glass composed for Monique Gardenberg’s highly-charged political thriller Jenipapo, starring Canadian actor Henry Czerny, set against the backdrop of the Brazilian landscape and the tumult of political upheaval.
Release date: 26 May CHALLENGE CLASSICS
CHARLIE SEIM/ ANDREI KOROBEINIKOV
Elgar / Grieg: Sonatas for Violin & Piano CD CC72293
Two fine young musicians, the English violinist Charlie Seim and the Russian born pianist Andrei Korobeinikov, here give inspired performances of two sonatas by Grieg and Elgar, composers who despite many musical and biographical parallels rarely feature together on modern day recordings
ARS ANTIQUA AUSTRIA Von Radolt: Viennese Lute Concertos CD CC72291
This delightful collection of rarely heard Viennese lute concertos were first published in 1701 by Wenzel Ludwig Edler von Radolt. The music is here performed by a group that specializes in introducing audiences to the roots of Austrian baroque music played on period-instruments, Ars Antiqua Austria.
Release date: 28 April QUARTZ
KATYA APEKISHEVA Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite / Lyric Pieces CD QTZ2061
This recording is the solo debut disc from Katya Apekisheva for Quartz. Katya has recorded previously for Quartz with Jack Liebeck. Katya has also performed throughout Russia, Italy, Germany, Holland, Israel, Turkey, USA, South Korea, Phillipinnes and in the UK with the following orchestras, London Philharmonic, CBSO, Philharmonia, Halle, Moscow, Philharmonic, and with the following conductors, Alexander Lazarev, David Shallon, Alexander Rudin, and Sir Simon Rattle. Katya will also be playing recitals with Natalie Klein this summer.
Release date: 31 March CHALLENGE CLASSICS
AMSTERDAM BAR ORCH & CH / KOOPMAN J S Bach: Latin Church Music Vol. 1 2CD CC72188
With this extensive survey of Bach’s church music from his period as a cantor and music director in Leipzig, Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir provide us with an excellent supplement to their acclaimed recordings of the complete cantatas.
ENSEMBLE SYNTAGMA / DANILEVSKI Gautier d'Epinal: Remembrance CD CC72190
Opinions differ as to exactly who Gautier d’Épinal was. But whether this thirteenth century poet and musician was a cleric or a nobleman, the essence of the man is ully represented in this fascinating collection of short pieces performed by Ensemble Syntagma.
CHRISTOPH PREGARDIEN - TENOR Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin CD CC72292
In this new recording the great lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien gives an outstanding performance of Franz Schubert’s immortal song cycle “Die Schöne Müllerin” in a version that incorporates elements of the Diabelli edition of 1830.
Release date: 24 March KISSAN
CLAIRE JONES Touching Gold CD KISSANCD017
This is the debut Album by Claire Jones, who has been appointed the official Royal Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales. On it she performs a varied repertoire, from Ravel’s ‘Pavane’ and Handel’s ‘Prelude’ and ‘Toccata’ to the melody from Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and Fats Waller’s ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’, accompanied by an orchestra, jazz band and percussion.
Release date: 24 March ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC
PAUL BARNES (piano) The American Virtuoso: Glass, Barber, Tower CD OMM0036
American pianist Paul Barnes performs his own solo transcription of Philip Glass’s Piano Concerto No 2 in a virtuosic recital devoted to US composers. Besides this premiere, he plays the landmark 1950 Sonata for piano and the haunting Ballade and Nocturne by Samuel Barber, and two short colourful pieces from Joan Tower’s No Longer Very Clear.
WENDY SUTTER (cello) Philip Glass: Songs and Poems for Solo Cello CD OMM0037
Two world premiere recordings of pieces for cello by Philip Glass are paired on this debut solo recording by the American Wendy Sutter. The first, Songs and Poems for solo cello, composed for her last year, emphasises the singing quality of the instrument (here she plays on the renowned “ex Vatican Stradivarius”) while Tissues, written originally for Godfrey Reggio’s celebrated film Naqoyqatsi but not used in the final cut, also features percussionist David Cossin and Glass himself on piano.
Release date: 18 February ALBION RECORDS
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Twenty Early Songs - 'Kissing Her Hair' CD ALBCD002
This second release on Albion Records is a collection of early Vaughan Williams songs, featuring Iain Burnside (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Sarah Fox (soprano) and Andrew Staples (tenor). One of the somgs, Rondel, is previously unpublished and unrecorded. Serenely beautiful, it was written when the composer was only 22 and will change perceptions of the quality of music Vaughan Williams was composing at this early age. The album is being released in February 2008 to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer.
CHALLENGE CLASSICS
TON KOOPMAN Buxtehude: Opera Omnia Vl - Harpsichord 2 2CD CC72245
In this sixth and final volume of the Opera Omnia of Dieterich Buxtehude, Ton Koopman performs the remainder of the composer’s impressive but sadly neglected output of harpsichord works. As president of the International Dieterich Buxtehude Society, Koopman is considered to be the world’s leading authority on his music.
NED. RADIO CHAMBER ORCH/FISCHER Willem van Otterloo: Sinfonietta/Suite/Serenade CD CC72180
The award-winning “Original Recordings of 1950-1960” by the legendary conductor Willem van Otterloo, was issued by Challenge Classics in 2005 (CC 72142). Van Otterloo was also, however, a composer in his own right, and although he left only about a dozen compositions, this new CD which gathers together the best of his work proves without doubt that his music is well worth investigation.
ILIA KOROL/ NATALIA GRIGORIEVA Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3 CD CC72194
On this new CD Brahms’ violin sonatas are played on instruments that recreate the sound the composer would have heard in his own day. The recording features two important artists in the world of authentic performance, Ilia Korol and Natalia Grigorieva.
TON KOOPMAN/ AMSTERDAM BAROQUE Leopold/W.A Mozart: Kindersinfonie etc. CD CC72189
Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra are acclaimed worldwide for their recordings and performances of music from the baroque and early classical periods. This enterprising new CD brings together pieces written by the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including the Variations on “Twinkle, twinkle little star”, and his father Leopold, whose own Cassation in G featured on the disc is much-loved due to its incorporation of the sound of children’s toy instruments.
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