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"The recording is excellent, marked by sharply articulated playing and singing...The whole makes for exciting, immediate musicmaking."
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Art Nouveau Lieder & Mlodies by Ravel, Strauss, Zemlinsky & Respighi
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IMPORT Soprano Teodora Gheorghiu presents a song recital focusing on composers that evoke the spirit of the Art Nouveau period. Joined by pianist Jonathan Aner, Gheorghiu sings a resplendent selection of works by Ravel, Zemlinsky, Strauss and Respighi. The albums cleverly designed cover brings to mind the artwork of Alphonse Mucha, a noted Czech painter and decorative artist whose work is emblematic of the Art Nouveau style.
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IMPORT On this recording, 26-year-old soprano Julie Fuchs, recent winner of a Victoire de la Musique Classique for Lyrical Revelation of the Year and the Gabriel Dessurget prize at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival, sings a selection of early songs by Debussy and Mahler. Accompanied here by pianist Alphonse Semin, Fuchs has been celebrated in roles such as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Urgande in Amadis de Gaule and the title role in Acis et Galate. Over the coming decade, she will certainly be one to watch.
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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Capricho, part of Channel Classics ongoing series focusing on the rst chair players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, features Uruguayan bassoonist Gustavo Nez. Considered one of the nest bassoonists of his generation, Nez studied at the Musikhochschule Hannover and the Royal College of Music. While still a student in 1987, he was awarded the Prix Suisse at the International Competition in Geneva and the Carl Maria von Weber Prize in Munich. Nez has held the position of principal bassoonist of the Concertgebouw since 1995. Included here are works for bassoon and string orchestra by Villa-Lobos, Gubaidulina, Dutch composer Kees Olthuis and Uruguayan composer Jaurs Lamarque Pons.
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Rosanne Philippens (violin), Yuri van Nieuwkerk (piano) Channel Classics CCS SA 35013
IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Since they met at a summer music camp in Switzerland in 2001, violinist Rosanne Philippens and pianist Yuri van Nieuwkerk have been working together as a duo. They were awarded the Netherlands Programming Foundation Duo Prize at the National Violin Competition, as well as the Het Debuut at the latest Vriendenkrans/het Debuut. On this new recording, Philippens and van Nieuwkerk pay homage not just to Bartk and Ravel, but to what they call the unbounded world of music, and their eclectic inuences such as Radiohead, Brad Mehldau and Indonesian gamelan.
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The Chants of Mary
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IMPORT This special collection was created in celebration of an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels commissioned by musician and conductor William Christie and contemporary artist Michal Borremans. Watteau, la leon de musique, invites the listener to discover the music that is ever-present in the works of Antoine Watteau, an early eighteenth-century painter known for his ftes galantes paintings of the upper class in idealized natural settings, often playing or listening to music. Watteau was also friends with many musicians and was able to accurately capture their movements in his work. Featuring works by Lully, Vivaldi, Couperin and other contemporaries, this release invokes the unbreakable link between art and music. Performers include Ren Jacobs, William Christie, Bernarda Fink and Paul ODette.
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CAMPRA CHARPENTIER CLRAMBAULT CORELLI COUPERIN GEMINIANI LOCATELLI LULLY MARAIS MARTIN I COLL MONTCLAIR RAMEAU REBEL SCARLATTI STRADELLA VIVALDI Selections from Idomne Selections from Le Malade imaginaire La Muse de lopra ou Les Caractres lyriques Violin Sonata Op.5 No.5 Selections from the Deuxime Livre de Pices de clavecin Ground upon the Sarabanda theme of the 7th Sonata of Corelli Concerti Grossi Op.1 - Concerto IX a quattro in D major Selections from Les Noces de Village Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe; Suite Armoniosi Concerti - Chacona La Mort de Didon Selections from the Pices de clavecin en concerts Selections from Les lments Cain overo Il primo omicidio - Duet La fraterna amica pace Orfeo Fuor della Stigia sponda Sonata in B flat major, RV 77
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IMPORT This release presents the world premire recording of Wolfgang Rihms latest orchestral work, the symphony Nhe fern (Near Far), commissioned by and composed in close collaboration with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under its principal conductor, James Gafgan. The score is divided into four parts, designed to preface Brahmss four symphonies. True to the works title, each section is a homage profoundly linked with its model, yet at the same time constantly moving away from it. Nhe fern is coupled with Rihms setting of a Goethe poem that gave the work its title, Dmmrung senkte sich von oben. It contains the line, Dmmrung senkte sich von oben / Schon ist alle Nhe fern (Twilight has fallen from above, / Already all nearness is distant). Originally written for voice and piano, the song is heard here in a setting for baritone and orchestra featuring Hans Christoph Begemann.
Hans Christoph Begemann is about as fine a Lieder singer as we have any right to expect. His voice is smooth and even throughout its range he captivates with his story-telling ability and sense of drama.
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Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) IMPORT Francesco da Milano (dubbed Il Divino) was celebrated as the preeminent composer of lute music in Renaissance Italy. He was widely published in his lifetime and remained popular across Europe into the 17th century. In this generous selection of his favorite works by the master, Paul ODette has grouped these elegant and rened compositions into proto suites, each consisting of a ricercar, a fantasia, and one or more intabulations of vocal hits of the day.
His burnished tone and commonsense approach to period performance are a touchstone for Renaissance and baroque lute
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If you love music for the lute, or just Renaissance music in general, this is one not to be missed.
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Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD On their valedictory release, the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet presents a pair of the groups favorite chamber works that offer a glimpse into the private world of two Czech composers. Antonn Dvork and Bedrich Smetana although they were sometimes regarded as musical opposites in their homeland together came to represent the quintessential sound of 19th-century Czech music.
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Brahms: Quintets Op.34 & 115
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Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) IMPORT Hyperion presents a second volume of flute concertos from eighteenth-centur y Naples featuring utist Carlo Ipata and the period band Auser Musici. Their rst album of this repertoire was praised not only for its impeccably stylish playing but also for the discovery of the music itself, which despite its obscurity is delightfully appealing. The works are placed in their historical context in the booklet note by Stefano Aresi, who writes, To listen to the ute concertos of these composers is to be transported to the atmosphere of everyday musicmaking in Naples, that of the private concerts in the aristocratic palaces. They give a good idea of the extremely high average quality of the compositions habitually consumed by the cream of Neapolitan society, perfectly representing the taste of an era and the outstanding virtuosity of the performers who were regularly employed there.
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Ipatas playing is impeccable in both technique and style What a lovely disc
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IMPORT The piano works of American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes represent a remarkable musical achievement. Griffes was active as a composer for little more than twelve years. Nevertheless, he produced pieces of great maturity that are both concise and extraordinarily powerful, showing the contemporary European influences to which he was exposed but also demonstrating a highly individual compositional voice. Roman Sketches, his most famous work, includes The White Peacock an acknowledged Impressionist masterpiece while the final movement, Clouds, heralds the language of modernism. Almost all of Griffess piano music is present here, played by his compatriot Garrick Ohlsson, who here applies the full force of his interpretive and technical prowess.
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Granados: Goyescas
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A daunting and elusive challenge met by Garrick Ohlsson with formidable command.
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Price Code: 2A19 (2 CD Set, Suggested Retail Price: $39.98) IMPORT Young virtuoso Chlo Hanslip and York Bowen specialist Danny Driver join forces to present Bowens complete works for violin and piano. Many of these works have never been recorded or indeed published before, and have been excavated from the archives by Driver himself. This double album is therefore a valuable resource for admirers of a composer whom Hyperion has done so much to champion through recordings. This body of work includes juvenilia, miniatures (written with an eye to academic performance during Bowens years as a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, but all impressive enough in quality to be concert works), his two Violin Sonatas, a Suite and a number of single-movement works. All show a superb composer of chamber music, a genuine original with a performers ear.
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The ideal advocate for this glorious music, playing with razor-sharp articulation and a rich, organ-like sonority
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Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) IMPORT On this second release in the series, virtuoso pianist Angela Hewitt turns to two of Mozarts greatest and most popular concertos. Together with her frequent collaborators, the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and brilliant Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu, she presents these works in performances that are both elegantly stylish and profoundly felt. This release is completed by a personal reection on the music written by Hewitt herself, offered in the accompanying booklet.
Refined virtuosity, musical intelligence, and [a] thorough yet never rigid sense of style and good taste
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.6, 8 & 9
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IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 66945 (034571169453) Deleted April 2012 The oblivion which has overtaken Eugen dAlbert in the second half of the twentieth century would have surprised anyone who saw his prodigious rise to fame in the 1880s and 90s. He was known then as one of the worlds greatest pianists, had studied with Liszt, and knew Brahms. From his teens, there began to emerge a body of composition which showed a maturity well beyond his years and seemed to produce a fusion of the then-incompatible schools of the moderns (Liszt and Wagner) and the traditionalists (Brahms and his followers). DAlberts piano concertos have been recorded to much acclaim by Piers Lane, who is featured on this mid-priced Helios series reissue of the composers works for solo piano.
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IMPORT Previously Available as CDA 66364 (034571163642) Deleted July 2011 This mid-priced reissue features James ODonnell and the Westminster Cathedral Choir at the peak of their powers, performing key works of the Italian Renaissance. These two magnicent and contrasting mass settings perfectly demonstrate why Palestrina has been acknowledged as the master of this repertoire from his lifetime to the present day. Included are the Missa de Beata Virgine and the Missa Ave Maria.
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IMPORT On this live recording from the Chapelle Royale at the Chateau de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli and Les Pages & les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles illuminate Marc-Antoine Charpentiers admirable synthesis of Italian chiaroscuro and the radiant grace of the French Baroque. The disc presents two of the composers Histoires sacres Judith sive Bethulia liberata and Caedes Sanctorum Innocentium. Stimulated by his years of training in Rome, these works represent a kind of sacred theatre. They deploy unprecedented vocal and instrumental invention to portray major episodes from the Old and New Testaments, focusing on their emotional and psychological aspects.
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IMPORT LSO Lives The Panufnik Legacies offers a collection of new works by ten emerging young composers. These pieces were commissioned as part of the LSO Panufnik Scheme, which began in 2005 and each year offers six composers the opportunity to write a three minute piece for the London Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of renowned composer Colin Matthews. The scheme was devised by the orchestra in association with Lady Panufnik in memory of her late husband, the composer Sir Andrzej Panufnik. This recording showcases the works of selected composers from across the rst ve years of the scheme. Franois-Xavier Roth leads the orchestra in music by Andrew McCormack, Christian Mason, Charlie Piper Flotan, Eloise Gynn Sakura, Edward Nesbit, Jason Yarde, Martin Suckling, Christopher Mayo, Elizabeth Winters and Vlad Maistorovici.
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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD Sir Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in a concert performance of Webers eerily fantastical opera, Der Freischtz. Der Freischtz is heralded as one of the cornerstones of Romantic opera, drawing on traditional German folk tunes and elements of Romanticism for the rst time in the history of opera. The evocative and colorful orchestration is particularly impressive in the Wolf s Glen scene long considered the most gruesomely expressive rendering of evil ever found in a musical score. Many listeners may be familiar with this opera without even knowing it; several of the melodies have been adapted as hymn tunes and the overture is regularly performed as a stand-alone work in the concert hall.
Viewing Weber as one of Wagners major precursors, Davis presents the opera on the grandest of scales, with big orchestral forces, and a pair of established Wagnerian leads in Simon ONeills Max and Christine Brewers Agathe.
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Verdi: Otello
A spellbinding account
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Anna Markarova (soprano), Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor), Vladislav Sulimsky (baritone), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Mariinsky MAR 0534
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Price Code: A51 (Suggested Retail Price: $51.98) IMPORT All regions/ 140 Minutes/ 16:9/ 1080i HD/ 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
In c e l e b r a t i o n o f Ve rd is anniversary year, the Mariinsky label presents a high-definition video recording of Verdis Attila, led by maestro Valery Gergiev, produced by Arturo Gama and featuring acclaimed Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role. A two-time GRAMMY Award winner for his Verdi readings, Abdrazakov has quickly established himself as one of operas most sought-after basses. Since making his La Scala debut in 2001 at only 25, the Russian singer has become a mainstay at leading houses worldwide. Filmed in the Mariinsky Opera House, the video includes a stunning picture gallery of scenes from the performance. As is the case with many of Verdis operas, Attila is imbued with the spirit of Risorgimento, the national liberation movement of the Italian people against foreign rule and for the unication of Italy. Looking ahead, Attila is the rst of four opera videos that are planned for release on the Mariinsky label in 2013.
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Wagner: Die Walkre
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THE INDEPENDENT
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Essential listening no matter how many other Valkyries ride over your CD shelves
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IMPORT Via Crucis is one of Franz Liszts boldest and most original works. Its musical inspiration, which ranges from Gregorian chant to Lutheran chorales, is expressed in extremely modern harmonies that presage the coming atonal revolution. Diapason dOr winner Jean-Claude Pennetier joins the Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis on this program, which is completed by Liszt piano pieces on a religious theme and plainchant from the liturgy of Holy Week, one of the major sources of inspiration for Via Crucis.
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IMPORT Grave, agile, majestic and picturesque, the keyboard output of Francois Couperin, with its array of indispensable ornaments and piquant details, enables us to follow all the impulses of the soul of the most poetic of our harpsichord composers, as Debussy called him. Performed here on the piano, which brings them its own special color, these harpsichord pieces, in their various moods, retain all their inimitable charm in the hands of Israeli pianist Iddo Bar-Sha.
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Maria Keohane (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans-Jrg Mammel (tenor), Stephan McLeod (bass), Maude Gratton (organ), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot Mirare MIR 204
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Price Code: A21 (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) IMPORT Conjuratio , Mirares collection of music by German composer Matthias Weckmann, brings to light a body of work that deserves far greater attention than it has received to date. Weckmann was a student of Heinrich Schtz and rose through the ranks to become one of the leading musicians of Hamburg. He was the organist at two major churches and founded the citys Collegium Musicum. Much of the music heard here, admirably performed by the Ricercar Consort led by Philippe Pierlot, was inspired by Weckmanns experiences associated with a terrible epidemic of plague that decimated Hamburg in 1663. Among its victims were his wife and many friends and colleagues. These tragic events inspired him to write inspired works that evoke images of desolation and destruction, but also struggle and hope.
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Bach: St. John Passion
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This dark score gives us Glasss late style at its best. Weird melodic modes kink around sharp harmonic corners; the solo cello gets moments of unsettling loveliness and spectacular virtuosity.
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The constant ebb and flow of American composer Philip Glasss music is like a hand gently rocking a cradle, periodically giving the crib a good, swift shake, startling the baby, then going back to a lulling rhythm. Getting these mesmerizing repetitions and startling juxtapositions right is the hallmark of Anne Manson and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestras latest album.
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Chorus of the Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux Praga PRD 350073
IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD Conductor Pierre Monteux had one of the longest musical careers in recent times, exceeded only by Pablo Casals and Leopold Stokowski. A champion of new music, he led the premires of many works, among them Stravinskys Rite of Spring (which caused a notorious audience riot) and the work recorded here, Ravels glorious ballet Daphnis et Chlo. Monteux assumed the position of music director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1961 at age 86. The historic remastered recordings on this hybrid SACD date from this period and include the Rapsodie espagnole, Pavane pour une infante dfunte and the complete Daphnis et Chlo.
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SAINT-SANS Piano Concerto No.2, Cello Concerto No.1, Violin Concerto No.3, Introduction et rondo capriccioso Op.28
Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Isaac Stern (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Emil Gilels (piano), Concerts Lamoureux, Jean Fournet, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Orchestre de la Socit des Concerts du Conservatoire, Andr Cluytens Praga PRD 350077
IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSD On this release, part of Pragas Reminiscences series of remastered historic recordings, four legendary artists prove the timelessness of the music of Camille Saint-Sans. Pianist Emil Gilels, violinists Isaac Stern and Arthur Grumiaux and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich dazzle in solo concertos by this eclectic composer, written during a revival of the great classical forms in the late 1800s. Their partners in these works conductors Eugene Ormandy, Andr Cluytens, Jean Fournet and Sir Malcolm Sargent are legendary in their own right and make this SACD a must-have for any serious collector.
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The perfect music for this conductor and this orchestra This was fine Beethoven playing - damn fine.
DOMESTIC On this release from the orchestras own label, Music Director Nicholas McGegan and his period instrument Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra perform Beethovens fourth and seventh symphonies key works from the composers middle period. Recorded live at First Congregational Church in Berkeley, these performances offer a near perfect balance of wit and profundity. SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE
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IMPORT On October 28, 1949, former child prodigy Ginette Neveu boarded a plane in Paris with her pianist brother Jean-Paul to y to America for a four-month concert tour. Tragically, the plane never reached its destination. These recordings of her three nal concerts September 21st in Stuttgart with her brother, September 25th under Hans Rosbaud in Baden-Baden and October 20th at the Salle Pleyel with her brother are a musical testament to one of the greatest violinists of her era.
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IMPORT On this disc, Frdric Desenclos performs a rich anthology of the organ music of Louis Marchand, who settled in Paris at the end of Lullys life and died one year before the rst performance of Rameaus Hippolyte et Aricie. These works reveal the full dimensions of his output, where humor courts with seriousness, innovation mixes with mastery of form, and studied compositional procedures are balanced by sheer pleasure of timbre. Desenclos is the resident organist of the Chapelle Royale at the Chateau de Versailles, organ professor at the Orleans Conservatoire and musical director of the acclaimed Ensemble Pierre Robert.
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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD File in: Rock Innite, a deluxe, limited-edition, audiophile boxed set from Analogue Productions, contains all six legendary albums by The Doors the self-titled 1967 debut (one of rocks most important), Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel and the visceral L.A. Woman. Each album has been remastered in multichannel for hybrid SACD by Doug Sax and The Doors original engineer Bruce Botnick. The surround sound originates from 96K, 24-bit les that were mixed and mastered from the original one-inch, eight track, 15-ips analog master tapes by Bruce Botnick for Elektras 2006 DVD Audio release entitled Perception. For the SACDs, those les were then up-sampled without lters to DSD using the Weiss Saracon format converter and authored by Gus Skinas at the Super Audio Center. Innite is packaged in a unique, high-quality fold-over box that contains extensive notes on each album, nineteen photographs and a 2,700-word essay by The Doors biographer Ben Fong-Torres, esteemed rock journalist and former Rolling Stone editor.
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IMPORT File in: Latin The GRAMMY award winning band Irakere are probably the most creative, inuential performers from Cuba and pioneers of the modern Timba style of Cuban music. This album is the rst issue on CD of the bands legendary BBC recording at Ronnie Scotts in Birmingham, made at a pivotal point in the groups career. It features the great Chucho Valds another GRAMMY winner on piano in addition to the 12-piece ensemble with four vocalists. The live recording was transferred, edited and remastered in highdenition 24-bit sound at Abbey Road Studios.
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IMPORT File in: Latin For more than 20 years, Ernesto Tito Puentes has been conducting the most famous Afro-Cuban big band in France. Not only a gifted and virtuoso trumpet player, he is a well-known artist all around the world, who has played on more than 200 albums. The new album Gracias is a mix of Afro-Cuban music with a touch of jazz, featuring such excellent guests as Mario Canonge, Manu Dibango and Ibrahim Maalouf.
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IMPORT File in: Jazz Brilliant musical explorer Mdric Collignon likes to revisit the work of those who inspired him. After Ennio Morricone and Miles Davis, the cornetists unbridled imagination turns to the legendary progressive-rock band King Crimson. Originally conceived as a stage project, A la recherche du Roi Fripp is now available on CD. Collignon plunged himself into the integral work of the band, studying every version to nd the best and reinterpret them with his own energy. On the album he is joined by his group Jus de Bocse and a string octet, which adds a touch of the classical baroque. This is King Crimson as youve never imagined. As Collignon says, Stop wondering if it is rock or jazz. Wonder if youre ready to listen with your heart and your body.
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IMPORT File in: Jazz Brother Stoon is the rst album by up-and-coming 25-year-old saxophonist Baptiste Herbin, recorded in January 2011 at Studio de Meudon. Despite his youth, he has already displayed a striking and powerful technique and quality of tone. A student of Jean Jacques Rulhmann and Julien Lourau in his native Chartres and Jean Charles Richard in Paris, his music on this debut is an engaging tribute to the bop tradition. Each note will captivate listeners.
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IMPORT File in: Jazz Wallace Roneys most famous mentor was, of course, Miles Davis, and it cant be denied that Davis work and example still influence his music. However, Roney has latched on to the spiking, probing, darker side of Miles legacy, which seems better suited to his musical temperament than does the winsomely lyrical playing of his famous colleague. Roneys latest recording is hard bop at its nest and features the concentrated power coupled with devastating power and originality for which Roneys bands have become known. The bands set list on Understanding is as unique and through-provoking as its playing, offering tunes by Roy Brooks, Duke Pearson, McCoy Tyner as well as some originals by both band members and the leader.
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Prototype
May 2013
Roney has begun his journey into his own territory... One can feel the trumpet player breaking free from the shackles of contemporary jazz on this master work.
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May 2013
Allen and company make music thats searching, searing and personal. It may not be easy, breezy and catchy on first listen, but Allens music demands your full attention.
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Panamerican
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IMPORT File in: Jazz On Panamerican , Stphane Huchard paves his way from Paris to the Big Apple, sharing the ride with New Yorks nest. Joined by musicians from the heart of Brooklyn pianist Jim Beard, saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist Matt Penman and guitarist Nir Felder Huchard lays his cards out at with original compositions of subtle elegance. Several tracks step to the beat of that most Parisian of percussionists, the Argentinian Minino Garay, while pianist ric Legnini, who directed and mixed the album, puts the icing on the cake with his eminently groovy experience.
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Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) IMPORT File in: World / France Droit dans la Gueule du Loup (walking straight into the lions den) is an album overowing with anger, tears, splendors, sorrows, strength and wonders. It is anything but a safe collection of inoffensive songs. Armed with the words of songwriter Guillaume Favray, Melissmell wanders on through a world of verist melancholies and dark poetry. This new album features pianist Matu (Mano Solo, Indochine) and guitarist Daniel Jamet (Mano Negra, Mano Solo). Christine Ott also joins the three of them, playing Ondes Martenot on three songs.
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May 2013
New to the French scene, Melissmell is a name youll probably remember. In fact, you probably wont need to remember it, since its obvious that well hear it often. A masterful disk and one of the revelations of 2011.
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Price Code: A19 (Suggested Retail Price: $19.98) DOMESTIC File in: World / India In October 2011, at the seasoned age of 91, Ravi Shankar invited his longtime tabla accompanist, Tanmoy Bose, to his home in Encinitas, California for an informal recording session. Over four days, they worked in Shankars living room, recording seven different ragas. The resulting music is pure Shankar a pairing of deep musical experience and brilliant technique performed with the energy and passion he brings to his live concerts. The rst four of these sessions, released in 2011, won a GRAMMY award for Best World Music Album. The Living Room Sessions Part 2 is no less noteworthy, with three of the last session recordings made by Maestro Ravi Shankar before his death in December 2012. Shankars playing is characterized by such intensity, clarity, and delight that it reveals, once more, the maestros musical genius as something to reckon with, even in his tenth decade.
One of the great figures of 20th century music... his unique legacy and immense contribution to the history of Indian music is destined to outlast us all.
SONGLINES
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May 2013
Its absolutely stunning and may be the best of Ravi Shankars literally hundreds of recordings.
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Price Code: A21 (Suggested Retail Price: $21.98) IMPORT File in: World / Algeria On Renayate , Algerian Berber artist Houria Achi honors such great female Algerian singers as Meriem Fekka, Fadla Dziria, Remitti, Baggar Hadda and Cherifa. Moved by their struggles and courage, Aichi also includes a song of Sraoui, or traditional chant, to acknowledge the anonymous singers. The album features accompaniment by Mohamed Abdennour (mandolin), Ali Bensadoun (ney), Smal Benhouhou (piano) and Amar Chaoui (percussion).
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May 2013
Houria Aichi learned these songs from her grandmother, together with the vocal techniques needed to sing them, including a hurried half-yodel to denote the urgency of her desire. The conservatoire-trained band puts its expertise on traditional instruments to stirring use.
THE INDEPENDENT
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chant du monde
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Francisco Canaro Chant du Monde 2742303
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Pedro Laurenz Chant du Monde 2742314
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Osvaldo Fresedo Chant du Monde 2742309
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Price Code: A18 (Suggested Retail Price: $18.98) IMPORT File in: World / Turkey This release celebrates the Bektashi ceremony of the djem, which features semah sacred dancing and sung poetry accompanied on the saz lute. The djem is both a liturgy commemorating the founding myths of the Bektashi faith and a fraternal agape (ritual feast) uniting an entire community. Music, listened to with great intensity, is a link between all that permeates this entire ritual. In these recordings from the Turkish region of Antalya, two choirs are present: one, conducted by Mzaffer Grgl, recorded in 2004; the other, conducted by Sleyman Can, in the mother house (the house of the ancestral djem) in 2011.
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