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Martin Taylor page 5 Theo Bleckmann & Fumio Yasuda page 19 Los Angeles Chamber Singers Cappella page 21 Washington Men’s Camerata page 25 Jasper Wood Plays Bartók page 27

NEW LABELS: IPO Recordings page 3 Coro page 29–30 Basss Music page 50–51 Brothers of the Baladi page 53

Artists On Tour page 63

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JAZZ “ Dafnis Prieto plays supercharged, orchestral patterns involving his entire kit, making it all cohere with strong clave rhythms. For Absolute Quintet…he has written highly disciplined arrangements to lie over fast, physical music. Hearing the musicians navigate them without missteps, and improvising fluidly over the complicated broken rhythms, is a thrill.” — BEN RATLIFF, NEW YORK TIMES

Featured Artists Dafnis Prieto, drums, vocals, bells/Jason Lindner, Hammond organ, keyboards, vocals/Yosvany Terry, soprano, alto & tenor saxes, chekere/Christian Howes, violin, bass violin/Dana Leong, cello/Henry Threadgill, alto sax

Track Listing The Coolest • Sencasiones • The Stutterer • Afrotango • One Day Suite: Morning • One Day Suite: Afternoon • One Day Suite: Night • New Elephant • Renew the Elephant • Innocent Bird

Selling Points • On Absolute Quintet, celebrated young drummer, band leader and composer Dafnis Prieto presents his astonishingly virtuosic crew of Latin and avant-garde sidemen in a program of 10 genre-defying Prieto originals • Reflecting a wide range of musical influences, from nineteenth-century classical Cuban music and afro-Cuban dance forms to NYC downtown electric fusion, Absolute Quintet boldly steps forward with the unique musical vision of its creator • Aggressive grassroots marketing effort through Jazz Promo Services directed at national jazz and Latin jazz media • Radio campaign by Jazzzdog Promotions • Ads will run in Down Beat and Global Rhythm May 2006 (including one featured track on the free promo CD) • Key Markets: New York (Hometown). Also: Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC

Dafnis Prieto Absolute Quintet

CD: ZMR 200606 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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Also Available • ZMR 200502 (Q) About the Monks (880956050225) “Chris Byars…has crafted a baker’s dozen arrangements that can hold their own against the very best of Billy May or Don Costa.” — JAZZTIMES

Featured Artists Chris Byars, tenor sax/John Mosca, trombone/Gary Pribek, alto sax/Mark Lopeman, baritone sax/Richie Vitale, trumpet/Sacha Perry, piano/Neal Miner, bass/Andy Watson, drums

Track Listing Night Owls • Nancy • Manhattan Valley • Village Beauty • All Or Nothing At All • The Way You Look Tonight • Let’s Kiss and Make Up • Conception • In Da Funhouse • The Inevitable • Gnid • Blue Gardenia

Selling Points • An ambitious big band production by a prodigy composer/arranger/saxophonist with veteran players from the Grammy-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra • Chris Byars was featured every week at Smalls for nine years running, and is known by thousands of fans. This band was a regular feature at Smalls, and was very popular among all ages and types of listeners, who always seemed to leave with a smile • From the same sessions as the critically acclaimed CD The Darkling Thrush by Sasha Dobson & The Chris Byars Octet, ranked among the Ten Best Jazz CDs of 2004 in the NJ Star Ledger and featured on the Jazzweek radio chart for five weeks • Press & radio campaigns • Key Markets: New York (Hometown). Also: Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Washington DC, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland

The Chris Byars Octet Night Owls

CD: SRC 13 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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Also Available • SRC 5 (Q) The Darkling Thrush (616892609520)

Order Date: April 21, 2006

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IPO Recordings produces recordings by great jazz and classical musicians who have not always had the opportunity to record under circumstances that do full justice to the quality of their music – jazz pianist Sir Roland Hanna, Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomsic, Carrie Smith and many more!

The Eddie Daniels Quartet Mean What You Say

CD: IPO 1009 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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Eddie Daniels combines elegance and virtuosity in a way that makes me remember Arthur Rubenstein…he is a thoroughly well-bred demon. — LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Press Quotes

“It is a rare event in jazz when one man can all but reinvent an instrument, bringing it to a new stage of its evolution.” — LEONARD FEATHER, JAZZ CRITIC “Perfect synthesis between classical technique and jazz sensibility…blinding virtuosity.” — DOWN BEAT “Eddie’s debut album…will become the benchmark to judge all future recordings blending the world of classical music and jazz.” — QUINCY JONES

Featured Artists Eddie Daniels, clarinet, tenor sax/Hank Jones, piano/Richard Davis, bass/Kenny Washington, drums

Track Listing Mean What You Say • It Had To Be You • Passion Flower • Nagasaki • My One and Only Love • Why You… • Azure • The Touch of Your Lips • You and the Night and the Music • I’m Getting Sentimental Over You • My Little Suede Shoes • How Deep is the Ocean

Selling Points • Eddie Daniels is that rarest of rare musicians who is not only equally at home in both jazz and classical music but excels at both with breathtaking virtuosity • Daniels first came to the attention of jazz audiences as a tenor saxophonist with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1968, a single clarinet solo on that group’s Live at the Village Vanguard garnered sufficient attention for Daniels to win Down Beat’s International Critics New Star on Clarinet award • Daniels’ overriding ambition is to reach as many people as possible with his music, to enlarge the audience for both jazz & classical music and at the same time tear down the walls separating them. In his hands, the music of Mozart can be as engaging as that of Charlie Parker, and a concert featuring both can be a uniquely rewarding experience for the audience • His personal appearances reflect the diversity of his albums. He has performed at jazz festivals and jazz clubs with his quartet as well as with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony and the Boston Pops • In the classical field, he has performed with orchestras including the London Symphony, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Tokyo Symphony, as well as the Vermeer, Orlando, Suk and Composers String Quartets • GRP release Memos From Paradise was a Grammy Award winner

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JAZZ “Although he was born in the U.S., trombonist Jiggs Whigham’s name is far better known to jazz enthusiasts overseas, especially in Europe…he is one of the most respected players, composers, conductors and educators on the continent…the selections [here] show why Whigham is held in such high regard, his buttery tone complemented by superior technique and an enormous wellspring of cogent ideas.” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Featured Artists Jiggs Whigham, trombone/Wolfgang Köhler, piano

Track Listing Together Again • The Days of Wine and Roses • I Have Dreamed • Lulu’s Back in Town • Lament • In a Mist • It Had To Be You • I Concentrate on You • Come Rain or Come Shine

Selling Points

Jiggs Whigham & Wolfgang Köhler Two – Too

CD: SMT 452 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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• Accessible “easy listening” jazz from a trombone veteran! • Jiggs Whigham is an internationally acclaimed trombonist, bandleader and educator • This versatile performer first came to the attention of critics and fans as featured soloist and first trombonist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra directed by Ray McKinley. Two years later, he was first and solo trombonist with Stan Kenton’s Orchestra • Following a year of studio and Broadway musical engagements in New York, he became featured soloist with the Kurt Edelhagen Jazz Orchestra at the West German Broadcasting Company in Cologne. In 1966, he was awarded First Prize at the first modern jazz competition in Vienna • Whigham is currently conductor of the BBC Big Band and artistic director of the Berlin Jazz Orchestra • Wolfgang Köhler has established himself in the national and international jazz scene playing with Ronnie Stevenson, Ack van Rooyen, Billy Elgard, Herb Geller, Benny Bailey and many more. He has composed several musical shows and film scores, and is a professor of jazz piano at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin • Radio promotion to all JazzWeek reporting stations and more • Press promotion to over 100 press/internet/digital radio outlets • Ads will run in JazzTimes and Down Beat • Key Markets: Boston (Hometown). Also: New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles

“From New York, Scott Neumann and Osage County is a recording by a drummer long deserving of wider attention. A natural recording sound captures his quartet fluidly phrasing over snaky, mysterious bass riffs. Neumann’s authoritative drumming unfolds gradually, building compositional tension. Cool!” — MODERN DRUMMER

Featured Artists Scott Neumann, drums/David Berkman, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, organ/ Sam Newsome, soprano sax/Don Falzone, Fender electric bass/Memo Acevedo, percussion/Tony Scherr, guitar

Track Listing Mayor of Smoke • Mud • Upper Gilboa • Sexy Darling • Neumannotony • Ballon Help • Nasty Max • Meserole

Selling Points • Scott Neumann’s various musical experiences include work with Woody Herman, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Maria Schneider, Kenny Werner, Eddie Gomez and more • David Berkman is anticipating the release of his fourth recording as a leader for Palmetto Records, and his previous recordings have garnered high critical acclaim, placing in the JazzTimes and NY Times Top 5 Records of the Year • Radio promotion to all JazzWeek reporting stations and more • Press promotion to main outlets • Ads will run in JazzTimes • Key Markets: New York (Hometown). Also: Chicago

Order Date: April 21, 2006

Scott Neumann Scott Neumann and Osage County

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CD: SMT CCP 7002 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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JAZZ “Europe’s finest guitarist.” — JAZZTIMES

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Featured Artists Martin Taylor, guitar/Stephane Grappelli, violin/Kirk Whalum, sax/ Claire Martin, vocals

Track Listing DISC ONE: That’s the Way of the World • Kiss and Tell • Garden of Dreams • Chaff and Grain • Hymne a L’amour • Midnight at the Oasis • True • Years Apart • The Valley • Going Home Again • Kwame • Tennessee Waltz • La Questa • DISC TWO: Cotton Tail • The Odd Couple • Chez Fernand • The Kraken • I’m Old Fashioned • Undecided • Nuages • Musette for a Magpie • No Pedestrians • My Romance • I Got Rhythm • Change of Heart • Johnny and Mary

Selling Points • The definitive 26-track retrospective from the greatest jazz guitarist of his generation! • Includes tracks from Martin Taylor’s recordings on Sony Jazz as well as the highlights from his 10-year output on the Linn Records label • Also features tracks from the U.S. Jazz Charts Top 5 album Celebrating Grappelli • Taylor, one of Europe’s biggest jazz artists, has worked with musicians as diverse as Jamie Cullum, Bill Wyman, Dionne Warwick, Bryn Terfel, Jeff Beck and Chet Atkins • Service to U.S. press and radio • Online press campaign including a push to MartinTaylor.com subscribers • Key Markets: New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco

Martin Taylor The Best of Martin Taylor

2XCD: P3M 14 (2G) File Under: Jazz

Also Available • P3M 11 (Q) The Valley (827775000420) • P3M 5 (Q) Solo (5060029070052) • P3M 1 (Q) Sketches (5060029070014)

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“Along with fine playing and breadth, McCann has an underlying artistry, something that immediately places him a cut above players who tend to be one-trick ponies.” — JAZZTIMES

Featured Artists Pete McCann, electric & acoustic guitar/John O’Gallagher, alto & soprano saxes/John Hebert, bass/Mark Ferber, drums, percussion/Mike Holober, piano

Track Listing Most Folks • Jojo’s Waltz • Rack ‘Em Up • Las Tias • About Face • Yes, My Friend • Hunter Gatherer • JM • Third Wheel • Split Decision • Worth

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Pete McCann Most Folks

CD: OTI 15213 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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• This appealingly diverse and accessible CD encompasses a wide variety of musical styles and genres: straight-ahead jazz, post-bop, creative improvised music, Latin and jazz-rock fusion • Pete McCann performs internationally with his own quartet and the John McNeil Quartet, and is first-call sideman for the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Kenny Wheeler, Kenny Garrett and Peter Erskine, among many others • From gentle nylon acoustic sounds to sinewy, intricate jazz guitar runs and roots-of-grunge Jimi Hendrix hooting, Most Folks is eclectic and should appeal to…well, the title says it all! • Sidemen are in-demand performers who work with a wide range of ensembles and contribute those diverse styles to make this album an integrated listening experience • Press and select radio promotion by Braithwaite & Katz, with special emphasis on arts and non-jazz press and dailies • Radio promotion to CMJ and JazzWeek reporter stations, with special emphasis on NPR specialty programs • Key Markets: New York (Hometown). Also: Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Dallas 8% ALLEGRO RESTOCK DEAL [April 3, 2006 – April 28, 2006]

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JAZZ “ This debut CD by composer/pianist Ramona Borthwick is her first offering as a leader and, by the sounds of it, it certainly won’t be her last. Her sound and the compositions are unique and the playing is flawless. Her fellow musicians bring the music to a level that is rarely shown on a debut release.” — JAZZREVIEW

Featured Artists Ramona Borthwick, piano, vocals/Noel Borthwick, guitar/Phil Grenadier, trumpet/Fernando Huergo, bass/Ziv Ravitz, drums/Esperanza Spalding, vocals

Track Listing A New Leaf • Garbarero • Two’s Complement • Home • Latin Quarter • Dark Secrets of Three Blind Mice • Baarah Sur • Lifelines • Lotus Lake • Indian Summer • Ottawa Thaw

Selling Points • A New Leaf is pianist/composer Ramona Borthwick’s debut CD as a leader, and features 11 original compositions reflecting influences ranging from ECM jazz and Latin music to a hint of spice from her native India • Originally from Bombay, Borthwick trained as a classical pianist, earning performance degrees through the Trinity College and Royal Schools of Music. She began exploring jazz piano and vocal stylings soon after. Sound Matters, a critically acclaimed recording released in India in 1991, featured her playing mainstream and contemporary jazz • CD release concert on May 17; upcoming live performances • Promotion to jazz radio stations across the U.S. and Canada • Key Markets: Boston (Hometown). Also: New York, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver

Ramona Borthwick A New Leaf

CD: WCS 30 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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Featured Artists Marcus Monteiro, alto sax/Jim Robitaille, electric guitar/Andy McWain, keyboard/Jude Kingston, keyboard/Mike Jupin, electric bass/Sean Farias, electric bass/Pete Antunes, drums

Track Listing Resemblance • Anisometropia • Love Text • Digital Robber Barons • Lousy • The Monteiro Backhand • Paganini Caprice no. 18, op. 1 • Brute Force Algorithm • Esoteric

Selling Points • The debut of a local Massachusetts secret kept amongst those in the know! Marcus Monteiro has been composing, playing, and breaking musical traditions for some time • A combination of various modern styles, fusing electronic and drum ‘n’ bass sounds into a comprehensive electro-acoustic jazz ensemble • All of the artists are well versed in cross-genre music and have a deep respect for the music of Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Mu-ziq • Takes the grit of modern electronic music and combines it with the ease and fluidity of jazz giants such as Dave Holland, Brad Mehldau and Steve Coleman • Featured guitarist Jim Robitaille won First Place in the ninth annual Thelonious Monk Competition and the Great American Song Contest. He has recorded with Dave Liebman and continues to innovate with a no-fear attitude! • Key Markets: New Bedford, MA (Hometown). Also: Boston, Providence, Portland ME, Austin

The Marcus Monteiro Quartet Mm4

CD: WCS 32 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

Also Available • WCS 21 (Q) Jim Robitaille Group To Music (687606002128)

Order Date: April 21, 2006

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JAZZ “[John Stein] wrings more expression out of a melodic line than most other guitarists.” — JAZZTIMES

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Featured Artists John Stein, guitar/Frank Herzberg, bass/Zé Eduardo Nazario, drums/ Alexandre Zamith, piano/Bocato, trombone/Teco Cardoso, flute, bass flute/Pedro Ito, percussion

Track Listing Happy Hour • Lonely Street • The Night Has 1000 Eyes • It’s About Life • Marta • I’m a Fool to Want You • Blues in Maude’s Flat • Sometime Ago • Inutil Paisagem

Selling Points • John Stein’s sixth album, Concerto Internacional de Jazz, is a collaboration between the North American jazz guitarist and several Brazilian jazz musicians • Stein’s collaborators are superb instrumentalists, and perform with the highest level of musicianship • Flavored by the combined sensibilities of two distinct musical cultures, Concerto Internacional de Jazz features an unusual variety of musical textures, excellent originals and an interesting selection of standards performed with honesty, intensity and a creative flair • 10 weeks of national radio promotion • Key Markets: Boston (Hometown). Also: Kansas City, New Orleans, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco

John Stein Concerto Internacional de Jazz

CD: WCS 31 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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“One of the best big band records I’ve heard in a long time.” — TERRY GIBBS

Featured Artists Gerry Gibbs, drums, cuica drums/Adrian Ruiz, conductor, trumpet, tambourine/Andy Langham, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer, clavinet/Hamilton Price, acoustic bass/Rob Hardt, lead alto, soprano sax, alto flute, piccolo, bass clarinet/Justin Vasquez, alto & soprano saxes, flute, acoustic piano/Morgan King, tenor & alto saxes, clarinet, flute/Ricky Sweum, tenor & soprano saxes, flute/Eric Hargett, baritone & tenor saxes, bass clarinet/David Guide, tenor sax, flute/Freddie Mendoza, trombone/Gil Garza, trombone/Ron Wilkins, bass trombone, tuba/Rick Horn, trumpet/ Al Gomez, trumpet, flugelhorn/Jason Jones, trumpet, flugelhorn/Curtis Calderon, trumpet, flugelhorn/Pat Murray, trumpet, cymbals/Joan Carroll, vocals

Track Listing The Caribbean Song Revisited • The Blytheman • When I Dream • You’ve Changed • Some Skunk Funk • Maiden Voyage • Eleven Years Old (First Song I Ever Wrote) • Playing the Field • And That’s Why They Call It the Blues • Billy Childs

Gerry Gibbs

Selling Points

Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Big Band Live at Luna

• Eclectic, modern big band jazz with influences from the ‘60s and ‘70s, this is music in the writing style of Gil Evans, Thad Jones, McCoy Tyner or Jaco Pastorius • The Thrasher Big Band has backed up jazz legends Terry Gibbs, Clark Terry, James Moody and Jon Hendricks • With five great originals, this disc covers everything from bebop and straight-ahead jazz to avant-garde and world music • 10 weeks of national radio promotion • Key Markets: San Antonio/Austin (Hometowns). Also: Los Angeles, New York

CD: WCS 33 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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JAZZ Ted Weems The Essential Ted Weems 1923–1930 2XCD: CHR RTR 79034 (2 J) File Under: Jazz

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“In the 1920s, Ted Weems’ orchestra was the definitive dance band, performing everything with a strong jazz flavor and concise solos, yet always being melodic and accessible to a wider audience. This two-CD set expertly sums up Weems' prime jazz period, starting with his 1923 hit version of ‘Somebody Stole My Gal’ followed by nine songs from 1924–1925. The band really found its sound in 1926, and the second disc covers Weems’ peak period of 1928–1930. Along the way are such songs as ‘Big Boy,’ ‘Siberia,’ ‘She’s Got ‘It’,’ ‘Miss Annabelle Lee,’ ‘What a Day’ (a gem), the hit ‘Piccolo Pete’ [and more].” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

RETREIVAL TITLES REDESIGNED & RE-RELEASED!

Various Artists

Spike Hughes & His Negro Orchestra

Texas & Tennessee Territory Bands 2 1928 –1931

Spike Hughes & His Negro Orchestra – 1933

Jabbo Smith 1929–1938

CD: CHR RTR 79005 ( J )

CD: CHR RTR 79006 ( J)

CD: CHR RTR 79013 ( J )

File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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Original Memphis Five

Django Reinhardt

Bix Beiderbecke

Columbia 1923-1931: The Complete Set

Django Reinhardt 1933–1943

With Jean Goldkette’s Orchestra 1924–1927

CD: CHR RTR 79014 ( J )

CD: CHR RTR 79026 ( J )

CD: CHR RTR 79027 ( J )

CD: CHR RTR 79040 ( J)

File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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Ted Lewis The Jazzworthy 1929 –1933

Jabbo Smith & His Rhythm Aces

Order Date: April 21, 2006

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Swiss Radio Days Vol. 14/Lausanne 1950 CD: TCB 2142 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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As a jazz clarinetist, Goodman had no peer. His flawless solo improvisations set standards of excellence for jazz performance…his concerts brought a new audience and a new level of recognition to jazz. — NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF JAZZ, PBS.ORG

Featured Artists Benny Goodman, clarinet/Roy Eldridge, trumpet, vocals/Zoot Sims, tenor sax/Dick Hyman, piano/Jean “Toots” Thielemans, guitar, harmonica/Charlie Short, bass/Ed Shaughnessy, drums/Nancy Reed, vocals

Track Listing Stompin’ at the Savoy • After You’ve Gone • Body and Soul • Just One of Those Things • Lover • The World is Waiting for the Sunrise • Rocking Chair • I Would Do Anything For You • I Can’t Give You Anything But Love • Nancy’s Blues • Deed I Do • Airmail Special • That’s a Plenty • Stompin’ at the Savoy • Rose Room • Let Off Uptown • Stardust • All The Things You Are • Hi Ho Trailus Bop • Flying Home

Selling Points • Clarinet wizard Benny Goodman was born in 1909 in Chicago. He started his career in the band of Ben Pollack and later started his own famous orchestra to start the swing era in 1935. The band was extremely popular and earned its leader the title “King of Swing” • It is amazing how fresh and vigorous this group sounds, even though the musicians came from different musical environments. Roy Eldridge plays true to his ebullient swing beliefs, while Zoot Sims clearly shows his bebop influences – as does Toots Thielemans, at that time a true discovery both on guitar and harmonica • Ed Shaughnessy proved to be a solid drummer and, together with Charlie Short and Dick Hyman, formed the absolutely appropriate rhythm section to support the soloists • Goodman, true to himself, proved to be the brilliant clarinetist everyone expected him to be. He performed flawless runs & phrases and led sober but friendly through the entire show • This is not only a firm example of what jazz used to be 55 years ago; it is also an important document of a group featuring some of the innovators in jazz who have contributed their share to the development of this music and should not be forgotten • Benny Goodman’s music was recently featured on NPR’s list of the 100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century • Samples available – ask your Allegro account manager • Released here for the first time ever!

Also Available • TCB 2012 (Q) Quincy Jones Big Band Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 1 (723721925826) • TCB 2022 (Q) Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 2 (723722137327) • TCB 2032 (Q) Cannonball Adderly Sextet Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 3 (7237222201929) • TCB 2042 (Q) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 4 (723722335921)

Ask your Allegro account manager for a complete list of all 14 of these classic, one-of-a-kind recordings from the vaults of Swiss National Radio!

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CD: ARB 19324 (Q )

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Rossano Sportiello

Jeff Barnhart

Heart and Soul: Arbors Piano Series Vol. 14

In My Solitude: Arbors Piano Series Vol. 16

Track Listing

How Long Has This Been Going On?/I Got Rhythm • I Didn’t Know What Time It Was • Some Other Spring • If Dreams Come True • Tommy’s Ballad • Love Lies • I’ll See You In My Dreams • Laura • Who’s Sorry Now? • Heart and Soul • If I Should Lose You • You • You’ve Changed • Lover Come Back To Me/Lover • More Than You Know • The Pink and Grey Girl • Tea For Two

When I Grow Too Old To Dream • Can’t We Talk It Over • Forevermore • Petite Fleur • All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm • Oh, Lady Be Good • He Loves and She Loves • Liza • Isn’t This a Lovely Day? • Remembering Ralph • Solitude • An Ev’ning in Caroline • Blue Orchids • Arbors Joys • Sweet Lorraine • New Orleans Joys • ‘S Wonderful • Cry Me a River • In the Dark • Stealin’ Apples

Selling Points

Rossano Sportiello presents a passionate program of jazz favorites, a stunning solo piano CD beautifully recorded in the 1,000-yearold Old Church in Boswil, Switzerland. Sportiello is a true jazz enthusiast interested in all styles of jazz – a unique, dynamic performer who will leave the listener wanting more. Promotion copies will be sent to Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, over 125 jazz critics and over 175 jazz radio programs.

Jeff Barnhart is an internationally known pianist, arranger, composer and teacher who performs with mellow sensuality and swinging buoyancy, and this eclectic CD includes blues, tangos, waltzes, ballads and stomps. Promotion copies will be sent to Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, over 125 jazz critics and over 175 jazz radio programs.

CD: HEP 2005 (R)

CD: HEP 1083 (M)

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Charlie Barnet

Isham Jones & His Orchestra

Live at Basin Street East

Blue Room: 1933 –36

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Satin Doll • Introduction to an Ending • It Had to Be You • I Can’t Get Started • Cotton Tail • Early Autumn • UMMG • Basieville • Mumbles • Deed I Do • Jeeps Blues • Rabble Rouser • Barnetology (Medley) • Bali Bali Buck Dance

Blue Prelude • China Boy • Dallas Blues • Blue Lament • Blue Room • Georgia Jubilee • I’ve Found a New Baby • Sweet Sue • Tiger Rag • You’re OK • Dallas Blues • Four or Five Times • Jimtown Blues • Black Magic • Out of Space • Rock Your Blues Away • My Melancholy Baby • Stompin at The Savoy • I’ve Had The Blues So Long • Slappin the Bass • Nola • Take It Easy • Fan It

Selling Points This is a live recording of Charlie Barnet’s greatest big band, which performed at New York’s Basin Street East during December 1966. The soloists include Clark Terry, Willie Smith, Richie Kamuca, Jimmy Cleveland and Nat Pierce. Arrangements by Billy Byers and Bill Holman.

Order Date: April 21, 2006

Featured Artists The Isham Jones Orchestra, along with the Casa Lomans, was the leading hot dance band that prepared the way for the swing era. When Jones retired in 1936, the rest of the band voted a young Woody Herman to carry on as leader, and this edition became known as “The Band that Played the Blues.”

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Tempomat Featured Artists Christian Becker, vintage keys, synths, vibraphone, programming/Martin Becker, guitar/Ralf Eichenbauer, synths, percussion/Christoph Kloppenburg, guitar/ Peykan Razani, percussion/Ingrid Campbell, vocals

Track Listing Diggin’ • Organ King • Post It • Downhill • Tanzglätte • Lounge Lizard • Rappelkiste • Mipper • Jaguar • Kleine Träumerei • Latein • Entspanner

Selling Points • Jazz music mixed with electronic sounds, Tempomat features a sampling of famous tracks including Stanley Turrentine’s “Storm” and Wes Montgomery’s “Caravan” • Features excerpts of an interview with Pee Wee Ellis & Fred Wesley • Promotion copies will be sent to select radio stations

CD: BLF 88372 (M) File Under: Jazz/Electronica

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Also Available • BLF 88232 (M) Wroooooooooam (723724658226) “…Incredibly diverse and original songwriting…a stellar array of New Orleans’ finest.” — CD BABY

Featured Artists Slewfoot, vocals, guitar, harp/Cary B., vocals, guitar, bass/Carl Muller, harp/ John Husted, drums/Peter Nu, piano, steel drums

Track Listing A Song for James Durant • Carolina #6 • Rainin’ in New Orleans • New TB Blues • Darlin’ • The Blues Came Knockin’ • Albert’s Song • Bound and Determined • Cowboy Songs • Tears of Joy

Selling Points

Slewfoot & Cary B. Rainin’ in New Orleans

CD: MMB 55 (Q ) File Under: Blues

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• Beautiful songs about the streets of New Orleans, with wonderful harmonizing and captivating singing. These are real songs from the streets of New Orleans – a must-have! • Slewfoot and Cary B. met by chance one evening on the bank of the Mississippi River in Spring 2002. They eventually brought together Slewfoot’s guitar & harmonica and Cary B.’s guitar & fretless bass, combining them with soulful harmonies and a deep love and understanding of the blues • Slewfoot was born Mark McLaughlin in 1953. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and in 1980 he started his career as a New Orleans street musician • Cary Beckelheimer, born in 1968, graduated with a degree in Theater. She traveled with a children’s theater company for nine years before turning her full attention to music • This disc is meant as a way to honor, remember, and pay tribute to the New Orleans area and all those affected by Hurricane Katrina • Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc. receives all of its funding from private and corporate donations. Contributions to Music Maker directly support traditional musicians in their efforts to keep playing, performing and recording • Radio promotion and press service • Marketing with Music Maker donors • Key Markets: New Orleans (Hometown). Also: New York, Charlotte

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TITLES NOW AT A LOWER PRICE! Guitar Gabriel Deep in the South “ The late Mr. Gabriel has been given another chance with the release of an excellent dozen-song disc of original blues. It’s too late for him but not for us who are still breathing air. On this disc, the namesake of that earlier Gabriel can also tear down walls.” — NEW YORK POST

Track Listing Came So Far • Expressin’ the Blues • Ain’t Gonna Let No Woman • Betty and De Prit • Old Fashioned Love • Southland Blues • Down on the Farm • Miss You Like the Devil • Sweet Little Angel • I’m Mixed Up • Make the Best of Your Knowin’ • Juice Headed Woman

Selling Points CD: MMB 91001 (I) File Under: Blues

• Guitar Gabriel boogies and cries heartfelt country blues on Deep in the South, his first record in three decades! • Gabriel traveled with carnivals and medicine shows when he was younger, performing with an appealingly wizened voice and easygoing six-string style

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Cootie Stark Sugar Man “ Cootie Stark is one of the last authentic Piedmont blues guitarists/singers alive today… [with] a repertoire of 100’s of blues and gospel songs making him one of the last direct links to a South long gone.” — CD BABY

Track Listing Metal Bottoms • Someday Baby • Jigroo • Padlock Blues • Lonely Blues • Cut Down That Old Pine Tree • Howlin’ Wolf • Leaving Here, Sure Don’t Want To Go • Send You Back to Georgia • Sandyland • Blue Smokey Mountain • Were You There, When They Crucified My Lord?

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CD: MMB 91002 (I) File Under: Blues

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• The one and only Cootie Stark is a breathing music box library of the blues. A blind street singer, he learned his stuff from Uncle Chump and Pink Anderson in the ‘30s • At 70, he rediscovered his unplugged genius with a repertoire that runs from soul classics to Piedmont blues • On his first recording, Sugar Man, listeners receive the true oral tradition of the blues. Stark’s timeless versions of familiar and obscure songs show us that deep-rooted blues are still alive and vibrant

Neal Pattman Prison Blues “ Pattman’s harmonica playing and vocals have that classic sound that can only come from someone who has been steeped in the blues all his life. He plays joyous, animated harmonica that recalls the ‘whoopin’ sound of Sonny Terry and an equal amount of country thrown in for good measure.” — JEFF HARRIS, WITR FM

Track Listing Momma Whoopin’ Blues • Catfish Blues • Shortnin’ Bread • Talkin’ Bout You Baby • Market Blues • Neal’s Testimony • Prison Blues • Disco Twist • Goin’ Back to Georgia • Five Long Years • Bottle Up and Go • Oklahoma City Blues • I Want Jesus to Walk With Me

Selling Points CD: MMB 91003 (I) File Under: Blues

• Nobody made moonshine, worked a cakewalk, chopped wood or played harmonica like Neal Pattman (1926– 2005) • Losing an arm at age nine didn’t slow him down at all – his testimony can be heard in a sound and a style his daddy taught him as a child in the country outside of Athens, Georgia

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BLUES Magic Slim & The Teardrops Tin Pan Alley

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CD: WLF 120809 (R) File Under: Blues

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Nominated for 2006 Blues Music Awards for Album of the Year, BB. King Entertainer of the Year, Band of the Year, Traditional Album of the Year, and Blues Male Artist of the Year

Press Quotes “ Magic Slim is one of the great icons of the blues. Considered to be one of the greatest living practitioners of Chicago’s classic electrified Mississippi blues style, Magic Slim continues to blow blues audiences away with his powerful delivery of what many consider to be ‘real Chicago blues.’” — CRUZINBLUZ “Magic Slim is a large man. His voice is, if anything, even larger. The native Mississippian is a better-than-average guitarist as well…[on this] excellent disc showcasing Magic Slim’s aggressive, take-no-prisoners style, those two attributes are fully evident.” — METROACTIVE “ Magic is not slim…and he plays blues, just like he looks: formidably. Magic Slim is all Chicago blues. His musical world is small, but within it he is a master. He plays a Fender Jazzmaster through a tube amp that gives him a beautiful and soft, yet simultaneously tinny and full, sound. Combined with his booming and gruff voice, Magic can fill up any club with sound.” — POPMATTERS “ Magic Slim & The Teardrops proudly uphold the tradition of what a Chicago blues band should sound like. Their emphasis on ensemble playing and a humongous repertoire that allegedly ranges upwards of a few hundred songs give the towering guitarist’s live performances an endearing off-the-cuff quality: you never know what obscurity he’ll pull out of his oversized hat next.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Featured Artists Magic Slim, vocals, guitar

Track Listing Tell Me What You Got On Your Mind • Cold-Hearted Woman • Please Don’t Leave Me • Born in the Country • Baby Please Don’t Say Good Bye • She Was Walking Down Through the Park • Bad Luck • Texas Flood • Close To You • Goin’ to California • Tin Pan Alley • Cold Women with Warm Hearts

Selling Points • Blues singer and guitarist Magic Slim is one of the best-known representatives of the West Side Chicago blues. Tin Pan Alley includes brand-new studio recordings and great live recordings from this popular winner of SIX W.C. Handy Awards! • May-June 2006 U.S. tour dates in Memphis, San Jose, Chicago, Hughesville (PA), St. Paul and Granville (OH) • Radio service to select stations • Ads will run in Living Blues and Blues Revue • Tour dates on page 63

Key Markets Chicago (Hometown). Also: New York, Washington DC, Boston, Austin, Los Angeles

Also Available 44 Blues

Blues of the Magic Man

Alone & Unplugged

CD: WLF 120895 (R)

CD: WLF 120870 (R)

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FOLK/R&B “ The musical highlight of the evening was Josh White Jr.’ s set of sophisticated blues-based guitar playing and vocals. White has the harmonic finesse of a jazz performer, and his style is still one of the most recognizable and polished sounds in all of folk music.” — PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Track Listing Streets of London • Think • Betty and Dupree • Don’t Mean a Thing • Delicate Balance • Words from Unity • My Grandfather’s House • The Unicorn Song • Blue Balloon • A Love Like You • Cloud People

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Josh White, Jr. Delicate Balance

• The multi-faceted Josh White, Jr. is a folk/blues/pop/jazz vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor, teacher and social activist. Delicate Balance is his first studio album in many years • Josh White, Jr. became an overnight hit at the age of four after he performed with his legendary father Josh White at America’s first integrated nightclub, New York’s famed Café Society • The artist has received stellar press in Billboard, Philadelphia Inquirer, Montreal Gazette, Boston Herald and more • Frequent touring throughout the Midwest • Radio appearance coordinated with release on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, taped in Lexington and aired on 450 stations • Key Markets: Detroit, Columbus, Cleveland, New York, Boston, Dallas, Austin, Minneapolis

Also Available CD: SWC 1070 (Q ) File Under: Folk

• SWC 1015 (J) House of the Rising Son (787991101526) • SWC 1028 (J) Cortelia Clark (787991102820)

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“ Eric Shoutin’ Sheridan and his band vigorously revive lesser-known R&B numbers from the heyday of jump blues in the forties to the ripping fifties R&B of Ike Turner and James Brown…a spicy disc full of the ebullient Sheridan at his best.” — DC BLUES

Featured Artists Eric Sheridan, vocals/David Earl, guitar/Arthur Gerstein, piano/Russ Dunlap, bass/Charlie Crane, drums/John Wolf, horns/Don Lerman, horns/Jerry Queene, horns/Randy Small, horns

Track Listing Good Lovin’ • Crawfishin’ • Kept On Sittin On It • Mr. Watch Chain • Do Just What I Want • Goin Back to New Orleans • Aunt Rita • Sad as a Man Can Be • Reelin’ and Rockin’ • Wish I Had Never • Natural Ball • Open Up the Back Door • Boogie Woogie King • Don’t Blow Up

Selling Points • Eric Shoutin’ Sheridan & The Uptown Rhythm Kings are still jumping the blues, and those familiar with the band will know what to expect! • “Shoutin” certainly describes Sheridan’s vocals, suggestive of such Ike Turner vocalists as Eugene “Sly” Fox and Billy Gayles • Although personnel have changed, the group still walks the groove that will keep even the most jaded swing dancer’s feet well exercised • Live Show includes tunes by Albert King, Joe Liggins, Clarence Garlow, James Brown and more

Eric Shoutin’ Sheridan & the Uptown Rhythm Kings Live Show CD: SWC 1064 (O) File Under: R&B

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HIP-HOP “Affiliated throughout his career with DJ Mark ‘The 45 King,’ New Jersey’s Lakim Shabazz came up in the mid-‘80s as a member of the 45 King’s Flavor Unit, a crew that included Queen Latifah and Apache within its membership…[his work is] filled with Afrocentric and politically conscious rhymes that incorporated the Five Percent Nation’s doctrine. The former included ‘Black Is Back,’ one of the truly great underground rap classics of the late ‘80s.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

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Track Listing The Lost Tribe of Shabazz • Need Some Lovin’ • The Voice of Power • When You See a Devil Smash Him • Black and Proud • Black Is Black • No Justice No Peace • Notes of Def • Style Wars • Ladies • Brothers in Action • Adding on Rap

Selling Points • Lakim Shabazz was among the originators of a phenomenon that has become increasingly prevalent in black American society today – the awareness of past cultures and the adoption of the Nation of Islam’s ideals as a way of life • Contains a remix of the ‘80s underground classic “Black Is Back” from Lakim Shabazz’s original full-length release Pure Righteousness • Lakim Shabazz was an original member of the 45 King’s Flavor Unit alongside Queen Latifah and Apache • Shabazz is also known for his production skills, and lent his talents to Diamond D. & The Psychotic Neurotics’ Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop in the late ‘90s • Key Markets: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles

Lakim Shabazz The Lost Tribe of Shabazz

CD: TUF 571 (Q ) File Under: Hip-Hop

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“Without Warning can be viewed as a portrait of a man whose surroundings are so hopelessly blighted that the cultivation of a paranoid, overactive imagination proves to be liberating – even empowering. While [it] might sound and feel somewhat dated by now, especially in comparison to Poet’s recent work as a soloist and as a member of Screwball, it is essential listening for fans of the QB sub-genre/movement and stands out as a brutally honest, if eccentric, depiction of inner city strife.” — OHWORD.COM

Track Listing The Dark Side • Without Warning • Life on the Edge • Pandemonium • The Showdown • Set It Off • I’m Flippin’ • Tell It Like It Is • A Night to Remember • Do It Any Way You Wanna Do It • It’s Hot • Snakes in the Grass

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PHD Without Warning

CD: TUF 573 (Q ) File Under: Hip-Hop

• Poet takes his listeners on a comical yet convincing tour of a QB landscape that is cartoonishly violent, while producer Hot Day’s beats are hard, deeply funky, and swing just enough to sound strangely jubilant underneath Poet’s venomous verbiage • With the unsmiling, measured coldness of Parrish Smith and the colloquial clarity of rival KRS-One, Poet obliterates lesser emcees, corrupt cops and all of his detractors in concise verses devoid of mystical jargon or superscientifical abstraction • Contains “Tell It Like It Is,” Poet’s front-stoop political commentary that quickly assumes the shapelessness of wonderfully unapologetic drunken digression • Cuts like the murderous LP version of “I’m Flippin’” and the viciously apocalyptic “Pandemonium” build vividly on themes and concerns related to daily survival • Key Markets: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles

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SOUL/COUNTRY Track Listing Queen Size Woman • Let Me Love You • When You Move You Lose • Spread Your Love • A Fool for You • Drifting Blues • Sweet Sixteen • Night Time is the Right Time • The Glory of Love • Late in the Evening & Reprise

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Bobby Powell Louisiana Soul

CD: AIM 1509 (M) File Under: Soul

• Classic New Orleans R&B featuring the cream of New Orleans and Baton Rouge musicians, including Neal Brothers! • Born in 1941 in Baton Rouge, Bobby Powell – like many southern recording artists of his generation – began singing and playing gospel music. An accomplished pianist, he was influenced by Ray Charles, but soon developed his own highly individual sound • In 1946, Powell signed with producer Lionel Whitfield’s new Whit label out of Louisiana. This proved to be a fruitful relationship – by the early 1970s, Powell was a fixture on R&B radio and the southern “chitlin’ circuit” touring scene • Powell secured his biggest success in 1965 with “C.C. Rider” (#1 on the Cash Box R&B chart), a remake of a ‘20s blues standard. He obtained another hit with the funky “Do Something For Yourself ” (#21 R&B) from 1966, but his most impressive recording that year was “I’m Gonna Leave You” (#34 R&B), with its stinging blues guitar and a shouting gospel chorus • This is ‘70s Southern soul music at its finest – the first reissue of Bobby Powell’s material on the Hep Me label! • Great companion piece to the DVD reissue of the legendary The !!!! Beat TV shows • RIYL: Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, James Booker

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Track Listing Sunshine Lady • All Alone and Lonely • Blue Light Lady • Here’s to the Next Time • If Misery Loves Company • Come Jonny • Julie Ann • Dig a Little Deeper • Kiss and Goodbye • #1 Heartache • Lonely Woman • Lovin’ a Lie • Save Some Love • Lovin’ You Would Still Be On My Mind • Singing Truck Driving Man • Takes Two • No Reason Why • Nothin’ Left to Say • Afternoon Delight • Two Timing Woman

Selling Points • A little-known country singer with a big talent, this Alabama-based guitarist, songwriter and singer had six Top 10 hits during the ‘70s and ‘80s • Country Masterworks, a mixture of hits and obscure songs, includes all of his original Top 20 hits • When veteran Tennessee disc jockey Bill Malone heard Billy Larkin’s debut disc in 1975, he wrote in his liner notes that the singer was a genuine hometown talent…but it was deep in Franklin County, near the Alabama border, that Larkin’s music took root in the post-war years • Larkin’s prolific producer brother Nelson branched out from writing to producing major artists such as Earl Thomas Conley, Johnny Rodriguez, Alabama, Neal McCoy and superstar Toby Keith. Billy Larkin was thus able to work with a wide variety of artists, and wrote the songs “Leave It Up To Me” and “The Devil in Mrs. Jones” with Earl Thomas Conley • Larkin has recorded for Bryan Records, GRT Records, Sunbird, Casino Records Mercury Records and more

Billy Larkin Country Masterworks

CD: AIM 3013 (M) File Under: Country

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COUNTRY Johnny Paycheck

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Hero of the Working Man Track Listing Take This Job and Shove It • Mr. Lovemaker • (Don’t Take Her) She’s All I Got • Someone To Give My Love To • I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) • Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets • Me and the I.R.S. • Love is a Good Thing • Song and Dance Man • Something About You I Love

Selling Points • Johnny Paycheck is best known for his chart-topping workingman’s anthem “Take This Job and Shove It.” He possessed one of the truly great voices in country music and a had reputation for hell-raising • With a potent brew of fiercely phrased vocal agony and exquisitely constructed lyrics, he landed a whopping 60 irresistible chart hits that ranged from lovesick ballads to honky-tonk dance floor classics • Hero of the Working Man features ten Top 40 hits including the chart-topper “Take This Job and Shove It”

CD: ALE 192028 (K) File Under: Country

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Kitty Wells Queen of Country Music Track Listing It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels • Makin’ Believe • Heartbreak U.S.A. • I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You • Unloved Unwanted • Searching (For Someone Like You) • Password • Left To Right • Paying For That Back Street Affair • You Don’t Hear

Selling Points • Immortalized by her smash hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” Kitty Wells was the first woman to have a #1 country record • Her proto-feminist persona and songwriting paved the way for artists such as Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton • For 14 consecutive years, she was voted the nation’s #1 Country Female Artist, a feat no other female artist has ever topped! • Queen of Country Music features ten Top 10 hits, including the chart-toppers “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” and “Heartbreak U.S.A.”

CD: ALE 192029 (K) File Under: Country

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Faron Young Hillbilly Heartthrob Track Listing Hello Walls • Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young • Sweet Dreams • Alone With You • All Right • Country Girl • I Miss You Already (And You’re Not Even Gone) • If You Ain’t Lovin’ • It’s Four in the Morning • Wine Me Up

Selling Points • Faron Young had one of the most successful and longest-running careers in all of country music. Signature hits like “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)” and “Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young” marked him as a honky-tonk man, while other chart-topping singles like “Hello Walls” and “It’s Four in the Morning” showed off his versatility as a vocalist • Young shocked and saddened the world of country music when he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 64 • Hillbilly Heartthrob features ten Top 10 hits including five chart-toppers!

CD: ALE 192030 (K) File Under: Country

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JAZZ/POP Billie Holiday High Priestess of Jazz Track Listing The Man I Love • He’s Funny That Way • Carelessly • God Bless the Child • Travellin’ All Alone • Strange Fruit • Fine and Mellow • You Go To My Head • Gloomy Sunday • They Can’t Take That Away From Me

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CD: ALE 192025 (K) File Under: Jazz

• An iconic figure in the world of jazz, Billie Holiday is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists of all time • Her deeply personal style expressed an incredible depth of emotion. As an interpreter of popular songs, she practiced the subtle craft of telling a story with each lyric • Although her career was relatively short and often turbulent, she left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since • The High Priestess of Jazz features 10 classic Holiday tunes including the eternally popular “Strange Fruit” and “God Bless the Child”

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Lena Horne Lady of Song Track Listing Stormy Weather • Where Or When • The Man I Love • Just Squeeze Me (But Don’t Tease Me) • Ill Wind • At Long Last Love • Mad About the Boy • I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues • Blue Prelude • Frankie and Johnny

Selling Points

CD: ALE 192027 (K) File Under: Jazz

• The multitalented and beautiful Lena Horne kicked off her illustrious career in 1933 at age 16. She has recorded and performed with such legendary figures as Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw and Tony Bennett • The glamorous singer/actress was a sensation in Stormy Weather (1943); her rendition of the film’s title track was her biggest hit and remains her signature song • A three-time Grammy winner, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, Horne made Broadway history with her electrifying one-woman show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, and was honored with a special Tony Award

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The Andrews Sisters Three Jive Bombers Track Listing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy • Shoo Shoo Baby • Bei Mir Bist Du Schön • Near You • Rum and Coca-Cola • Straighten Up and Fly Right • Rumors Are Flying • Say “Si Si” • One Meatball • Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar

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CD: ALE 192026 (K)

• The lovely and talented Andrews Sisters – LaVern, Maxene and Patty – are the best-known and most successful female vocal group in the history of show business! • With their light-hearted, energetic style, they helped entertain troops and cheer a nation through the dark days of World War II. They are best remembered for their signature song, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” that defined the sound and spirit of the swing era • Features ten Top 20 hits including their all-time favorite “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and the chart-toppers “Shoo Shoo Baby” and “Rum and Coca-Cola”

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VOCALS/SOUNDTRACK Featured Artists

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Theo Bleckmann, vocals/Fumio Yasuda, orchestration, piano/Kammerorchester Basel/Bernd Ruf, conductor

Track Listing Las Vegas Rhapsody – Prologue • Out of My Dreams • The Night They Invented Champagne • Teacher’s Pet • True Love • You Make Me Feel So Young • Chim Chim Cheree • A Gal in Calico • You Go To My Head • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes • We Kiss in a Shadow • Button Up Your Overcoat • I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo • Luck Be a Lady • My Favorite Things • Las Vegas Rhapsody – Epilogue

Selling Points • One hundred years ago, Las Vegas – the glittering oasis of the Nevada desert – was born, and the famous Strip was created on a grand scale. Fantastic entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Wayne Newton and Liberace are irrevocably connected to this ultra-glamorous adult playground • To celebrate 100 years of Las Vegas entertainment, Japanese composer Fumio Yasuda adapted and orchestrated some of the greatest show tunes ever written, all with German-born singer Theo Bleckmann in mind • Bleckmann, who sings with a cultivated, pure and deeply personal voice, never emerges as the interpreter of the works; instead, he becomes each song, fusing his persona, the text and the melody into a united front. The close artistic understanding between Bleckmann and Yasuda is palpable in every stage of this production! • Theo Bleckmann has collaborated with Meredith Monk, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson. Also features the Kammerorchester Basel, which has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman and Uri Caine • Las Vegas Rhapsody Record Release Show featuring Theo Bleckmann and Fumio Yasuda (with a string quartet led by Todd Reynolds), June 2 at Joe’s Pub in New York • Press and radio service by Allegro Media

Theo Bleckmann & Fumio Yasuda Las Vegas Rhapsody

CD: WTR 116 (R) File Under: Vocals

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Also Available • WTR 81 (R) Schumann’s Bar Music (025091008124) “Genuine treasures are on display at the York Theatre Company! Lingoland is a collection of theatrical jewels – songs, poems and dialogues that have been cut and polished to multi-faceted brilliance so that they warm the heart and please the eye from every angle. This is the kind of soulful fare that is all too rarely seen these days – so it is all the sweeter to savor. With two or three new shows a year as good as this, the American musical theatre would be in mighty fine shape indeed.” — THEATRE 101

Featured Artists Kenward Elmslie/Jason Dula/Lauren Shealy/Jeanne Lehman/ Jane Bodle/Steve Routman

Track Listing

Original Off-Broadway Cast Lingoland

DISC ONE: Opening • Lingoland • Postcards Monologue • Them As Has Gits • Touches Salon • Roy Rodgers Take Me Away • Four Bar Scenes • Kaleidoscope • Memories • Barebones I • Love Song • Harvest Parlour Games • Tree Scene from The Grass Harp • Chain of Love • Original Parkway Bar ‘n’ Grill • Lifeshine Ark • Barebones II • Cool Cool Elbow/Sleep On Seven Flowers • Kaleidoscope 2 • Brazil • DISC TWO: A Telephone Conversation • Barebones III • Who’ll Prop Me Up in the Rain • Lifeshine Ark II • Floozie • One Night Stand • Top O’Silo • They • Yoofry/Air • Marry With Me • Kaleidoscope 3 • Dark Night Of My Soul • Barebones IV • Staring • Beauty Secrets • Love-Wise Anecdote • and more (50 total)

Selling Points 2XCD: JAY 1395 (2R) File Under: Sndtrk/Shows

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• New recording of the 2005 run at New York’s York Theater • Lingoland is a revue of 50 years of music and lyrics by lyricist, librettist, poet and songwriter Kenward Elmslie – narrated by the author • Extension of the acclaimed York Theater recording series • Key Markets: New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston

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VOCALS

SONGBIRDS ON SEPIA!

CD: SEP 1067 (M)

CD: SEP 1068 (M)

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The Andrews Sisters

Jo Stafford

Melody Time with The Andrews Sisters

Sincerely Yours

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Jolly Fella Tarrantella • Ca-Room’ Pa Pa (w/ Carmen Miranda) • Ching-Ara-Sa-Sa (w/ Danny Kaye) • All The World To Me • Gotta Find Somebody To Love • Goodbye Darling, Hello Friend • She’ll Never Know (w/ Red Foley) • Bury Me Beneath the Willow (w/ Red Foley) • Why Worry? • Linger Awhile • Adios • It’s Bigger Than Both of Us (w/ Jimmy Durante) • Where To, My Love? • and more (28 total)

Travelling Salesman (w/ Tex Williams) • Prisoner of Love’s Song (w/ Red Ingle) • Juanita (w/ Gordon MacRae) • Sweet and Low (w/ Gordon MacRae) • Mona Lisa (Frankie Laine) • Hey Ho, Anybody Home/ Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Norman Luboff Choir) • Swanee River (Liberace) • Camille (Dave Brubeck Quartet) • and more (31 total)

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Features 28 rare tracks from the most popular female vocal group of the entire pre-1955 period! ?Includes duets with Carmen Miranda, Danny Kaye, Red Foley and Jimmy Durante. In addition, the disc contains four of Patty Andrews’ solo efforts. All tracks on CD for the first time!

Jo Stafford was the biggest-selling female artist from the pre-1955 era, achieving 75 solo hits in the Top 30 from 1944 to 1954. This disc features duets with Gordon MacRae, Tex Williams, Red Ingle and more. Also includes “House Party,” a live recording made at the Hollywood home of Jo Stafford and her husband Paul Weston featuring guests such as Frankie Laine, Liberace and The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Many tracks on CD for the first time!

CD: SEP 1069 (M)

CD: SEP 1070 (M)

File Under: Vocals

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Betty Rhodes

Rosemary & Betty Clooney

Starring Betty Rhodes

Sisters

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I Don’t Want To Walk Without You • I Said “No” • This Is Always • Somewhere in the Night • I’d Be Lost Without You • What Has She Got That I Haven’t Got • What Is This Thing Called Love • I’ve Got You Under My Skin • Rumors Are Flying • How Could I? • Bless You • You’ll Always Be the One I Love • What a Fool I Have Been • They Can’t Convince Me • You’re Everywhere • and more (26 total)

Egbert the Easter Egg • You’re All I See • I Idolize You • Sin in Satin • A Great Big City Boy Like You • How Many Sweethearts Have I? • My Love is a Wanderer • Ko Ko Mo • So All Alone • Kiki • Just To Belong To You • I Love You a Mountain • Can’t Do Without You • Happy Birthday, My Darling • From This Moment On • Tenderly • It’s De-Lovely • Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me • This Ole House • and more (28 total)

Selling Points

Originally known as Betty Jane Rhodes, Betty Rhodes sang on radio before starring in many 1940s Hollywood musicals. She also had a successful recording career, and her three Top Ten hits are featured on this CD. This is the only Betty Rhodes CD available, and most of the 26 tracks here (comprised of songs introduced in her films) are making their first appearance on disc!

A tribute to the two Clooney sisters – and also to remember Betty, who was just as talented as older sister Rosemary but less successful. This 28-track compilation features 13 Betty Clooney songs before concluding with the two sisters singing their most well known number, “Sisters.” Rosemary’s contribution to this CD is a live performance recorded at the London Palladium in 1955 – previously only available on a very expensive box set!

Order Date: April 21, 2006

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MAY 2006

Juan Gutiérrez de PADILLA Sun of Justice

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING!

CD: RCM 12006 (R) File Under: Classical

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Los Angeles Chamber Singers’ Cappella/Peter Rutenberg, conductor

PADILLA: Ave Regina caelorum • Missa Ave Regina caelorum • Exsultate iusti in Domino (Psalm 33) • Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109) • Salve Regina • Domine Dominus noster (Psalm 8) • Pater peccavi • Sancta et immaculata • Felix namque

• Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Maestro de Capilla at Puebla Cathedral, presided over the most important center of music production in the New World during the mid-seventeenth century • His sacred works, almost all for double choir, show him to be a masterful composer, and were preserved by order of the church in the years leading up to Padilla’s death in 1664

• All the works on this disc are for double choir of eight voices and represent the height of musical pageantry as it was experienced at Puebla. They are recorded here for the first time! • Cappella has championed the music of Padilla for over a decade and gave the modern North American premieres of these works during their last two concert seasons. They also presented a yearlong residency on the music of Padilla at the University of California, Riverside • Cappella was founded in 1993 as Los Angeles Chamber Singers’ early music ensemble. Together, they form L.A.’s premier chamber choirs • The works recorded here complement Cappella’s effort to document this repertoire in historically-informed performances, begun with Music of the Mexican Baroque • The recording was made in the near-perfect acoustics of Mary Chapel on the Brentwood campus of Mount St. Mary’s College and was produced by the same team that brought you the best-selling Grammy-nominated Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna • Padilla’s own motet Ave Regina caelorum forms the basis for his parody mass • The psalm settings share the same virtuosic approach as the mass; the remaining two works are brief responds • The album’s subtitle, Sun of Justice, is drawn from Felix namque’s refrain and refers to themes of enlightenment and judgment carried in many of the texts • Service to all major national newspapers/trade papers and classical radio stations (broadcast, online and satellite). Follow-up calls soliciting reviews, interviews and airplay. Print ads in the Choral Journal (ACDA’s monthly) and Voice (Chorus America’s quarterly)

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CLASSICAL Sibylla Rubens, soprano/Annette Markert, contralto/Christoph Prégardien, tenor/Klaus Mertens, bass/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/ Ton Koopman, conductor J.S. BACH: Cantata No. 5, “Wo soll ich fliehen hin” • Cantata No. 7, “Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam” • Cantata No. 10, “Meine Seel erhebt den Herren” • Cantata No. 41, “Jesu, nun sei gepreiset” • Cantata No. 94, “Was frag ich nach der Welt” • Cantata No. 113, “Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut” • Cantata No. 115, “Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit” • Cantata No. 127, “Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Got” • Cantata No. 139, “Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott”

J.S. BACH Complete Cantatas, Vol. 11 (3 CDs)

CD: CHR 72211 (3M) File Under: Classical

• The latest volume in the acclaimed re-packaging of the complete Bach Cantata series on Challenge Classics • Ton Koopman and his choir and orchestra continue to uphold a standard of tremendous vividness and joy in their immaculate performances of Bach’s most impressive opus • The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, founded in 1979 by Ton Koopman, are a group of musicians from all over the world with a particular passion for the Baroque. Their recordings have won numerous awards • The Amsterdam Baroque Choir, founded in 1992, consists mainly of young Dutch professional singers • Ton Koopman’s extensive activities as a soloist and conductor have been recorded on a large number of LPs and CDs for labels including Erato, Teldec, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon • Begun in 1994, this series was called “the recording project of the nineties” by The Guardian and was awarded the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis “Echo Klassik” in 1997 • The series will continue to feature the scholarly contributions of Professor Christoph Wolff, one of the world’s leading experts on the music of Bach • Each set includes a thick, informative booklet

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Brahms & Bernstein Clarinet Quintet/West Side Story Jaap van Zweden & Johan Kracht, violins/George Pieterson, clarinet/ Ken Hakii, viola/Jean Decroos, cello/Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 • BERNSTEIN (arr. Huizinga): West Side Story (premiere)

• After a succesful 16-year career as leader of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, violinist Jaap van Zweden has already conducted two main Dutch orchestras and will be assigned to Edo de Waart’s job as artistic leader of both Dutch Radio Orchestras • Van Zweden knows George Pieterson very well, because the latter has been the solo clarinet player in the Concertgebouw Orchestra for many years • Both skillful musicians give their best in Brahms’s soulful clarinet quintet • The Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet assists Van Zweden in a special arrangement for violin and saxophone quartet of 22 selections from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein • Henk Huizinga’s brilliant arrangement of Bernstein’s music is recorded here for the first time • Two major works on on CD!

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Music for the Theatre, Vol. 2

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Basel Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Hogwood, conductor/Isabelle Schnöller, flute/Omar Zoboli, oboe/Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet, chamber version) • Music for the Theatre • BARBER: Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21

• In June 1942, Erick Hawkins, the first man to join Martha Graham’s dance company, approached Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the great Maecenas of contemporary chamber music, with the idea of commissioning a score from Aaron Copland for Graham • More than two years later, after many postponements, Appalachian Spring was first performed at the Library of Congress on October 30, 1944 • Copland was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his score the following year, and the Orchestral Suite from the Ballet has become one of the most popular classics of American music • Listeners familiar with the Suite will be surprised to hear the sonorities and additional music from the original 13-instrument version • Copland originally entitled his work Ballet for Martha. Graham found her title Appalachian Spring in a poem by Hart Crane • Copland wrote Music for the Theatre during the summer of 1925, the very first work commissioned by the newly founded League of Composers. Its score is permeated with the spirit of jazz • Samuel Barber’s Capricorn Concerto was premiered in New York on October 8, 1944. It is designed like a Baroque Concerto Grosso, with the same instrumentation as Bach’s second Brandenburg Concerto • The Kammerorchester Basel (KOB) is one of the leading chamber orchestras of Europe in international demand • The KOB is an orchestra without a permanent conductor. The musicians themselves create the unique artistic profile of the orchestra by participating in the selection of conductors, soloists and repertoire • Christopher Hogwood, pioneer of historical performance practice, is the KOB’s Principal Guest Conductor, and it was he who started this acclaimed recording project on Arte Nova a few years ago • Since founding The Academy of Ancient Music in 1973, Hogwood has gained international recognition for his performances of baroque and early classical repertoire with period instruments • For more than 40 years, he has also been performing music of the twentieth century, with a particular affinity for the neobaroque and neoclassical schools including many works by Stravinsky, Martinu˚ and others • Hogwood is Honorary Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music

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CLASSICAL “A group that sings as one voice, with Kopelman as a stunning lead singer… that the Kopelman Quartet can have it all – clarity of line and texture, plus richness of sound and a vast color palette – is not in doubt…the finale’s wild excitement [Prokofiev No. 2] came without sacrifice of direction or diction.” — ANN ARBOR NEWS

Kopelman String Quartet (Mikhail Kopelman & Boris Kuschnir, violins/ Igor Sulyga, viola/Mikhail Milman, cello) SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 • String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp, Op. 108 • PROKOFIEV: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92

Kopelman String Quartet Quartets of Shostakovich & Prokofiev

• All four members of the Kopelman String Quartet studied together and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the 1970s • Mikhail Kopelman was the renowned leader of the Borodin String Quartet and Tokyo String Quartet during his career • All four members of the quartet have worked personally with Shostakovich • Their tours of Europe and the U.S. have received rave reviews • This is the first release in a new relationship between the Kopelman Quartet and Nimbus Records • “The Kopelman String Quartet, which gave a thrilling concert on Tuesday night at Kilbourn Hall, is a kind of classical music all-star team – its players are all former members of some of the world’s most prestigious ensembles…needless to say, the group lived up to its lofty reputation. It even surpassed it.” — DEMOCRATIC AND CHRONICLE

CD: NIM 5762 (P) File Under: Classical

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Alessandro Bonci, tenor/various accompanists 35 selections, including arias from I puritani, La favorite, Don Pasquale, Lucrezia Borgia, Lucia di Lammermoor, L’elisir d’amore, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto, Aida, Luisa Miller, La traviata, La bohème, Fedora, Andrea Chenier, Mignon, L’Africaine, Martha, Faust & Werther • Songs by Giordani, Mozart, Ciampi, Parisotti, Leoncavallo & Clay

• Alessandro Bonci was one of a group of Italian tenors active at the end of the nineteenth and early in the twentieth centuries who exemplified the bel canto style of singing • Such was Bonci’s artistic importance in Europe that in 1906 he was invited by Oscar Hammerstein to appear in New York, in an attempt to attack the monopoly held in the Metropolitan Opera partly as a result of the sensational performances of Enrico Caruso • He became a firm favorite with operatic audiences worldwide, enjoying a truly international career • Contains the complete Fonotipia recordings from 1905–1907 • During a Covent Garden season at which Caruso and Bonci appeared, an eminent critic summed up certain artistic evaluations of the day in a way that will stand for all time: “There is no need in this place to make comparisons between the two great Italian tenors who are at the moment dividing the enthusiasm of opera goers; personal differences must always go for something in such matters and if Signor Caruso’s voice is rather more powerful, Signor Bonci’s is sweeter in quality.” — THE LONDON TIMES • Total playing time: 2 hours

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CD: NIM 7929 (2J) File Under: Classical

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“Their ensemble is tight, their sense of rhythm secure, and they harmonize together beautifully.” — BALTIMORE ALTERNATIVE

“The Washington Men excel in a close harmony, glee-club style of singing – smooth, warm, mostly mellow, and precisely balanced.” — AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE “ The Washington Men’s Camerata hails from the other Washington; it’s a highly regarded 18-year-old chorus led by Frank Albinder…[this is] a very fine disc…the choral blend is excellent and the music all well chosen.” — SEATTLE TIMES

Washington Men’s Camerata/Frank Albinder, director/Michael Patterson, piano GRIEG (arr. McKinney): Brothers, Sing On! • TRAD. (arr. Bartholomew, Jeffers, Smith, Parker, Shaw, Mead): Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes • De Animals a-Comin’ • Down by the Sally Gardens • Waitin’ for the Dawn of Peace • Ride the Chariot • Vive l’Amour • Down in the Valley • What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor? • Shenandoah • THOMPSON: The Pasture • BIEBL: Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) • TALLIS: If Ye Love Me • CHESNOKOV: Salvation Is Created • PERSICHETTI: Song of Peace • SULLIVAN: The Long Day Closes • STEFFE (arr. Wilhousky): Battle Hymn of the Republic

• An exploration of classic “glee club” repertoire for male vocal ensemble, including favorites such as “Down by the Sally Gardens,” Biebl’s “Ave Maria,” and “Vive L’ Amour” • The Washington Men’s Camerata is America’s leading male “large vocal” ensemble • The group is directed by Frank Albinder, formerly a member of Chanticleer • The CD booklet contains complete song texts and translations • This title is the newest in a list of best-selling titles by the Washington Men’s Camerata on Gothic, including the perennial favorite The Spirit of Freedom • The nationally renowned Camerata have been guests on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, Performance Today and Pipedreams • Engineered by the Grammy-winning team of Preston Smith and Steve Barnett • Will be promoted in a 6,000-name email list in May 2006, and featured on the back cover of the Gothic Catalog, April 2006 edition (mailed to approximately 12,000 addresses). Press releases and review copies will be sent to radio stations and paper media. Will be part of the Link Program at ClassicsToday.com

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W.A. MOZART

Michael GIELEN

Concertos & Arias (2 CDs)

Gielen Conducts Brahms

Friedrich Gulda & Maria Bergmann, pianists/Henryk Szeryng, violin/Suzanne Danco, soprano/Peter Pears, tenor/Dennis Brain, French horn/SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden/Hans Rosbaud, Ernest Bour & Paul Sacher, conductors

SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg/Michael Gielen, conductor

MOZART: Piano Concertos 14 & 23 • Violin Concertos 3 & 4 • Horn Concertos 2 & 3 • Recitativo & Rondo “Ch’io mi scordi di te,” K.505 • Rondo “Per pietà, non recercate,” K.420 • Aria “Si mostra la sorte,” K.209

In celebration of the Mozart Year, SWR Music has opened their historic archives to present a program of concertos and concert arias, featuring a roster of the greatest Mozart interpreters from the last century.

Collectors around the world have eagerly sought after Michael Gielen’s recordings for Hänssler Classic. His unique, disciplined approaches to the full spectrum of repertoire, from Beethoven to Boulez, are among the finest ever committed to disc. Gielen’s straightforward approach to the Romantic repertoire serves as a model for future generations, and this current Brahms cycle is certain to rank among the finest productions of a long and distinguished career.

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Meta Seinemeyer

Friedrich Schorr

Sings Puccini, Verdi, Giordano and Wagner

Friedrich Schorr Sings Richard Wagner

Meta Seinemeyer, soprano/with Helene Jung, Ivar Andresen, Tino Pattiera & Curt Taucher/Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera/Frieder Weissmann, conductor

Friedrich Schorr, baritone/Various orchestras, ensembles & conductors/with Lauritz Melchior, Elisabeth Schumann, Gladys Parr, Goeta Ljungberg & Ben Davis

13 selections from Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Don Carlo, La forza del destino, Otello, Andrea Chenier & Die Walküre

WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg—8 selections • Der fliegende Holländer—“Die Frist ist um” • Die Walküre—Farewell & Magic Fire Music

Original recordings 1926–1929 of a great German soprano, Meta Seinemeyer. Sadly ignored following her premature death, Seinemeyer was a stunning artist who was compared to both Lotte Lehmann and Rosa Ponselle. Famed record producer Walter Legge noted that she was unique in being a German singer with an Italian sound – even when, as here, singing in German!

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 • Variations on a Theme of Haydn for Orchestra, Op. 56a

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Friedrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment of a Wagner singer, highly sensitive and extremely subtle in his interpretations. These treasured historic recordings from 1927–1929 have been expertly remastered.

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Contrasts: Violin Works

CD: END 1015 (N) File Under: Classical

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“Encores there must be wherever Wood and Riley play: theirs is a beautiful collaboration…Wood is always a joy to hear…” — GRAMOPHONE

“ Jasper Wood plays with a firm, rich tone and he’s excellently balanced against David Riley’s sparkling piano accompaniments.” — DAVID HURWITZ, CLASSICSTODAY

Jasper Wood, violin/David Riley, piano/Ricardo Morales, clarinet (in Contrasts) BARTÓK: First Rhapsody • Second Rhapsody • Contrasts • Hungarian Folk Tunes • Sonatina • Romanian Folk Dances

• Violinist Jasper Wood has garnered international critical acclaim for his solo performances with orchestras and chamber music concerts. Known for his intimate and dazzling recitals, Wood is sought after as a musician with his own personal voice. He can be heard frequently on NPR in the United States, and on the CBC in Canada • Pianist David Riley gave more than 50 concerts this past season, including two at the National Art Gallery in Washington DC and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. He has been heard on dozens of radio broadcasts on WQXR and WNYC in New York, Canada’s CBC, and NPR’s Performance Today • Wolfgang Sawallisch appointed Ricardo Morales Principal Clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2002. Prior to this, he was Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; a position he assumed at the age of 21 under the direction of James Levine • Bartók’s two Rhapsodies were originally written with orchestral accompaniment in 1928. Contrasts was written at the suggestion of Benny Goodman and premiered in 1940. All three works were written for violinist Joseph Szigeti, who arranged several of Bartók’s piano pieces For Children into the Hungarian Folk Tunes. The Sonatina is based on Transylvanian folk tunes as arranged by Endre Gertler. Zoltán Székely did the arrangements for the Romanian Folk Dances

• Recorded in Toronto, 2005 • Endeavour Classics is named after Captain Cook’s great ship of discovery, the Endeavour. The concept of the label is to bring both rapidly rising young stars and established performers to classical audiences featuring new or under-explored repertoire • All Endeavour Classics are brand-new recordings, never before released

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CLASSICAL Joshua Whitehouse, cornet & trumpet/Gail Novak, piano BRANDT: Concertpiece No. 1, Op. 11 • Concertpiece No. 2, Op. 12 • GAUBERT: Cantabile et Scherzetto • HANSEN: Cornet Sonata, Op. 18 • ENESCO: Legend • SENÉE: Concertino • BALAY: Petite pièce concertante • HÖHNE: Slavische Fantasie • THOMÉ: Fantasie • ROPARTZ: Andante & Allegro

• A member of the Sonoran Brass Quintet, Joshua Whitehouse has studied at the Eastman School, the Tanglewood Institute, the Curtis Institute, the University of Maine and Arizona State University • Until recently, he was a professor of trumpet and music theory at the University of Maine, where he served as director of Maine Summer Youth Music

• Josh Whitehouse is well known as an outstanding performer and teacher throughout the Northeast • Over the years, the trumpet repertoire has tended to be limited to just a few well-known composers such as Haydn, Hummel and Arutiunian. Even the repertoire of the trumpet’s cousin, the cornet, has been restricted to the showy variations by Arban and Clarke

Joshua Whitehouse Cornet Fantasy

• Fortunately, there is a treasury of gems for the trumpet and cornet by lesser-known composers, wonderful solo pieces many of which are showcased on this album • Aggressive mailing to classical press including Gramophone and American Record Guide. Service to 100+ classical music stations. Focused mailing to individual instrument journals and internet sites. Ads in International Trumpet Guild magazine and ARG

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John Stevens, tuba/Martha Fischer, piano/Katie Stevens, euphonium BRIDGE: Berceuse • RACHMANINOV: Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1 • Andante from Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 • GLAZUNOV: Reverie • F. STRAUSS: Nocturne • DEBUSSY: Syrinx • CHOPIN: Largo from Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 • EWAZEN: Pastorale from Ballade, Pastorale and Dance • DONIZETTI: “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore • BIZET: “Au fond du temple saint” from Les pêcheurs de perles • KOETSIER: Andante sostenuto from Gran Trio • STEVENS: Elegy • SCHUMANN: “Mondnacht” from Liederkreis, Op. 39, No. 5 • TRAD. (arr. Stevens): Danny Boy

• John Stevens (b. 1951) is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to being a member of the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, a UW-Madison faculty ensemble-inresidence, he is also a member of the acclaimed tuba/euphonium ensemble Symphonia • The works on this recording include everything from pieces Stevens first performed 35 years ago to some that are quite new to him. Composers from nine countries are represented! • The only work on this recording originally written for the tuba is Stevens’s own Elegy, composed in 2004. Everything else has been arranged, transcribed or simply adapted for tuba and piano, tuba, euphonium and piano, or solo tuba • Aggressive mailing to classical press including Gramophone and American Record Guide. Service to 100+ classical music stations. Focused mailing to individual instrument journals and internet sites. Ads in International Trumpet Guild magazine and ARG

John Stevens Reverie

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Coro is the celebrated label of the renowned English choir The Sixteen, with support from the group’s own period-instrument orchestra The Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Its special reputation for performing early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, and a diversity of twentieth century music is drawn from the passions of conductor and founder Harry Christophers. With 37 releases and counting, the label features classic titles formerly available on the Collins Classics line alongside several new, critically acclaimed offerings per year. “All hail the über-choir…” — THE INDEPENDENT

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, director TALLIS: Mass “Puer natus est” • Motet “Suscipe quaeso” • SHEPPARD: Reges Tharsis • Libera nos • MANCHICOURT: Jubilate Deo • Reges terrae • GUERRERO: Ave virgo sanctissima • Ave Maria • Pastores loquebant ur

• After 27 years of worldwide performance, The Sixteen is recognized as one of the world’s greatest vocal ensembles, with a special reputation for clarity and beauty with precision and dramatic intensity • On Christmas Day 1554, the Spanish Armada was a long way off on the horizon. Mary Tudor had married Prince Philip of Spain, and in celebration of her pregnancy Tallis had composed the Mass Puer natus, which may well have been performed in St. Paul’s Cathedral on this special day • For this splendid ceremony the English Chapel Royal and choir of St. Paul’s were joined by Prince Philip of Spain’s Capilla Flamenca to sing music by great composers from both countries • This recording presents a number of works which were likely to have been performed by these choirs on this special occasion

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“ Outstanding recording presence…heavenly singing.” — CLASSIC CD

The Sixteen/The Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers, director SCHÜTZ: Musikalische Exequien • Deutsches Magnificat • “Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener” (Nunc dimittis) • “Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel” (The Lord’s Prayer)

Heinrich SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien CD: CRO 16036 (Q )

• To date The Sixteen and the Symphony of Harmony and Invention have made over 90 recordings, many award-winning, in a range of work spanning the music of 600 years, rediscovering and performing lost and little-known repertoire • From the devastation of Saxony in the Thirty Years War comes this very individual Requiem, first performed at the funeral of the aristocrat Heinrich Posthumus Reuß in 1636. The texts were engraved on his coffin in advance and the Prince, being a keen singer and not wishing to miss his own funeral music, took part in performances of the first part of it during his lifetime • Along with settings of the “Nunc dimittis” and “Lord’s Prayer” is the last work Schütz wrote, the celebrated and beautiful “Deutsches Magnificat” for double choir • Long neglected as a mere “precursor” of J.S. Bach, Heinrich Schütz has come to be seen as ever more important and interesting as more is learned about him, and his music more often performed

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G.F. HANDEL

Tomás Luis de VICTORIA

Heroes and Heroines

Requiem 1605

Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano/The Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

HANDEL: Selections from Solomon, Alcina, Ariodante & Hercules

This 2004 recording is a best seller, heavily promoted and advertised in BBC Music, Gramophone, IRR, and more. Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award, 11/2004 “Connolly seals her reputation as our best Handel mezzo in many years. The voice is richly colored, delicately used but incisively dramatic. She brings Handel to open-hearted expressive life, but never by tilting him towards Puccini; she knows the style through and through, and makes the maximum effort within it.” — FINANCIAL TIMES

VICTORIA: Requiem 1605 (Officium Defunctorum)

This recent (2005) SACD/CD hybrid surround sound recording features the celebrated Requiem of 1605, Victoria’s final composition, a work of beguiling beauty and sumptuous simplicity. It can be seen as the summation of both his art and the Spanish Renaissance tradition. The Requiem is preceded by Marian antiphons interspersed with three motets setting texts from the Song of Songs, accompanied by chamber organ and bajón, just as it may have been heard originally in the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales.

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G.F. HANDEL

The Sixteen

Delirio Amoroso: Handel’s Italian Secular Cantatas

Agnus Dei: An American Collection

“A dazzling revelation of Handel’s melodic freshness and inventive touch…Ann Murray sings superlatively…” — BBC MUSIC

“A dynamic and bold collection.” — FANFARE

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano/The Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers HANDEL: Clori, mia bella Clori • Armida Abbandonata • Delirio Amoroso

Handel’s Italian secular cantatas are some of the most wonderfully expressive operatic-style scenes that he composed. Written for the drawing rooms of Italian aristocrats, they explore the trials of the human heart in all its emotional states.

BARBER: Agnus Dei • Reincarnation • FINE: The Hour-Glass • REICH: Clapping Music • BERNSTEIN: Choruses from The Lark • COPLAND: Four Motets • DEL TREDICI: Acrostic Song

Some of the most important and beautiful a cappella works of well-known names such as Barber, Bernstein and Copland are set alongside those by two quite extraordinary but less well-known composers, Irving Fine and David Del Tredici. “The whole program is delivered with polish…” — GRAMOPHONE

“A very attractive disc, marvellous music, finely performed.” — GRAMOPHONE

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Mischa Elman

Efrem Zimbalist

Mischa Elman Collection, Vol. 1 (2 CDs)

Efrem Zimbalist Plays Brahms

Mischa Elman, violin/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/ Pierre Monteux, conductor/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Eugene WORLD Ormandy & Antal Dorati, conductors/Leopold Mittman, piano

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concert violinists. Born in Russia, he settled in the U.S. after playing with the Boston Symphony in 1911. His recordings with that orchestra are rare classics, and this one has never before been issued on CD. He retired as a violinist in 1949 but served as director of the S P E C Ito A L1968. His Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia from 1941 SUPER-BUDGET first wife was the great Metropolitan Opera soprano Alma Gluck. PRICE!

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Artur Schnabel

Lubka Kolessa

Artur Schnabel Plays Bach

The Lubka Kolessa Legacy (3 CDs)

Artur Schnabel, piano/Karl Ulrich Schnabel, piano/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Lubka Kolessa, piano/Saxon State Orchestra/Karl Böhm, conductor/ Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Max Fiedler, conductor

J.S. BACH: Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra in C, BWV 1061 • Italian Concerto • Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 • Toccata in D, BWV 912 • Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D, BWV 903 • Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 850, No. 5 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 • MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 • Gluck Variations • Romance in A-flat • CHOPIN: 3 Waltzes • 5 Mazurkas • 3 Etudes • HUMMEL: Rondo in E-flat • SCARLATTI: 2 Sonatas • LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 • SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes • Toccata, Op. 7 • BRAHMS: Handel Variations • 2 Intermezzos • J. STRAUSS, JR.: On the Beautiful Blue Danube

Historic recordings from the late 1930s to 1950, made in London by the legendary pianist Artur Schnabel, best known for his complete Beethoven recordings, which have remained among the handful of most classic performances ever preserved. These monumental recordings of Schnabel playing Bach have never before been released on CD.

Legendary HMS-Electrola and Ultraphon recordings and broadcasts 1929–1949 presented here for the first time on CD. Lubka Kolessa (1902–1997) was born in Russia and emigrated to Canada in 1940, where she became the nation’s foremost professor of piano. She also soloed with the world’s major orchestras under all the famous conductors.

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CLASSICAL Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra/John Pryce-Jones, conductor WARBECK: Peter Pan

• World premiere recording of the acclaimed new ballet score by Stephen Warbeck, composer of the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to Shakespeare in Love • A major new addition to the Northern Ballet Theatre’s repertoire, which will be featured in extensive tours and performances throughout the UK • Stephen Warbeck is Head of Music of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Originally an actor, he has recently established himself as Britain’s most sought-after film composer • In addition to Shakespeare in Love, he has written the scores for Billy Elliot, Quills, Mrs. Brown, My Son the Fanatic and other critically acclaimed films • Born in 1948, Warbeck began composing at age four and became a rocker in his teens. He is still a member of the anarchic pub band The Kippers, as well as a film and concert music composer • John Pryce-Jones has been music director of Northern Ballet Theatre since 1992 and is also director of the Halifax Choral Society • Supported by an extensive PR and publicity campaign focusing on music, film and ballet journals and broadcasters, as well as the Northern Ballet’s own marketing plans and promotion

Stephen WARBECK Peter Pan

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Tulehen Kauan • HUGH-JONES: 2 Songs • BROWNE: To Gratiana Dancing and Singing • COLES: A Benediction • GOLDSCHMIDT: Clouds • PAYNE: Adlestrop • IVES: Grantchester • Three Songs of War

• A moving program of vocal works inspired by the tragedies of World War I, some of them written by poet-composers who died in the conflict • The album title, In Flanders Fields, is taken from the most S P famous ECIA L of all SUPER-BUDGET World War I poems, by Lt. Col. John McCrae, a physician in the PRICE! Canadian Army • Some of the composers are less familiar names, but their music is uniformly beautiful and moving – a thoughtful selection of great impact • Fiona Kimm is one of the UK’s leading mezzo-sopranos and regularly appears in principal roles at major opera houses including the Royal Opera House, English National Opera and Glyndebourne • She also appears frequently on television in opera broadcasts and has taken part in several royal command performances • Supported by an extensive PR and publicity campaign targeting all of the major newspapers, broadcasters and music journals as well as a series of joint initiatives with the Royal Legion and war veteran remembrance organizations

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CLASSICAL Anna Leese, soprano/Louise Poole, mezzo-soprano/Andrew Staples, tenor/Colin Campbell, Robert Rice & Roderick Williams, baritones/ Canterbury Choral Society/Canterbury Cathedral Choristers/ Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Cooke, conductor

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ELGAR: The Apostles (complete oratorio)

• A rare and long-awaited new recording of one of Elgar’s greatest and most important choral works • The only version recorded in a cathedral, as Elgar intended, and the first in a series of releases of Elgar’s major choral works recorded at Canterbury Cathedral • The massed Canterbury choirs are accompanied by the legendary Philharmonia Orchestra together with a glittering array of critically acclaimed young British singers • As conductor of Canterbury Choral Society since 1984, Richard Cooke has included over 50 concerts in Canterbury Cathedral, including the final concert each year of the Canterbury Festival • Cooke is one of Britain’s foremost choral conductors. He has led the University of Essex Choir for more than 20 years and is also music director of the Royal Choral Society • Elgar wrote four oratorios. Although The Dream of Gerontius is the best known, many critics consider The Apostles to be his choral masterpiece • This is a major release and the first of this work in decades! • Targeted marketing and PR campaign aimed at all major newspapers, music journals and broadcasters, as appropriate

Sir Edward ELGAR The Apostles (2 CDs)

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Jamie Walton, cello/Daniel Grimwood, piano/Philharmonia Orchestra/Alex Briger, conductor SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 • Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119 • Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32 • Le Cygne (“The Swan”) from Le Carnaval des animaux

• Jamie Walton is one of the rising stars of the classical music world • His debut CD was selected by The Daily Telegraph as one of the Top 10 CDs of 2002 • This is Walton’s first major orchestral CD, and showcases his position as one of the foremost concerto soloists of his generation • The stunning debut of young British pianist Daniel Grimwood at London’s Wigmore Hall in 2002 has led him to be acclaimed as one of the finest keyboard artists of his generation • Once again the accompaniment is by the great Philharmonia Orchestra of London, heard on countless classic recordings • Alex Briger is a young British conductor much in demand and at the start of a most promising career • He has worked with both Sir Charles Mackerras and Pierre Boulez, and conducted operas at the Royal Opera House and elsewhere • Briger has conducted the London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and has been invited three times to lead the Philharmonia Orchestra

Camille SAINT-SAËNS Cello Works

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CLASSICAL “But who is Matthias Kirschnereit? On this evidence, he’s a Mozartian who can hold his own with anyone in the catalogue. Exemplary articulation, the subtlest melodic inflection, a wide but never self-indulgent tonal palette, a keen and elegant gift for characterization – all are present and correct here, beautifully matched by orchestra and conductor.” — BBC MUSIC

Matthias Kirschnereit, piano/The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Frank Beerman, conductor MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major, K.450 • Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488

W.A. MOZART The Piano Concertos, Vol. 9

• Today, Matthias Kirschnereit counts among the most interesting and sought-after German pianists of his generation. Born in Westphalia, Kirschnereit grew up in the Namibian desert and began his intense piano studies at the Detmold Music Academy with Professor Renate Kretschmar-Fischer • Kirschnereit’s great successes at the German Music Competition in Bonn, the International Concours Géza Anda in Zurich and the Australian International Piano Competition in Sydney marked the beginning of his international concert career, which has since taken him to all five continents • Matthias Kirschnereit’s successful cooperation with Arte Nova is documented by the complete recording of all the piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the Bamberger Symphony under Frank Beermann. The previous eight volumes will be released in North America over the next year

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Schumann: Piano Works

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“ The Rubins’ traversal of the [Shostakovich] Eighth is among the most gripping, fluid, dramatically perceptive, and technically thrilling I’ve heard, matching the Emerson’s hair-trigger ensemble values while dispatching the central Allegretto with more litheness. In sum, an excellently performed, engineered, and annotated sampling of 20th century quartet pillars – top line music making at a bargain basement price. Go for it.” — CLASSICSTODAY (9/10)

Rubin Quartet (Irmgard Zavelberg, violin/Tinta S. von Altenstadt, violin/Sylvie Altenburger, viola/Ulrike Zavelberg, cello) BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 4 • STRAVINSKY: Trois pièces pour quatuor à cordes • GUBAIDULINA: String Quartet No. 2 • SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110

• Four musicians founded the Rubin Quartet in 1992. They came from Cologne, Paris and Amsterdam, and each of them already had an established place in the international concert scene • The ensemble’s playing is characterized by expressive temperament and readiness to experiment; they interpret the classical as well as the contemporary repertoire for string quartet • Their repertoire includes works from the Classical, Romantic and Modern periods – music that entrances the audience with the extraordinary energy and perfection of their playing • “The Rubin Quartet’s playing is exceptionally clean and rhythmically lively, with exemplary unanimity of attack…” —BBC MUSIC (****)

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CLASSICAL “Frauke May plainly loves these songs. Her manner is warm, caressing – positively lavish in places…recordings are excellent.” — BBC MUSIC

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Frauke May, mezzo-soprano/Bernhard Renzikowski, piano REGER: 30 songs, including 8 never before recorded, plus the world premiere recordings of the piano arrangements for two songs

• Max Reger (1873–1916) was a Late Romantic composer best known today for his organ works and a couple of orchestral suites. Long dismissed as overly academic, Reger has been widely reevaluated in recent years and his music has become more and more popular • Shortly after completing her voice studies, mezzo-soprano Frauke May won the European Special Prize for best Wagner interpretation. After further study with Brigitte Fassbaender and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, she began singing in the leading German opera houses. More recently, she has toured the U.S. and Europe • She has a special affection for the songs of Wolf and Reger, and has recorded songs of both for Arte Nova • Pianist Bernhard Renzikowski made his debut in 1988 and since then has enjoyed an extensive concert career, appearing in Austria, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland • He has a particular interest in seldom-heard works like the songs of Max Reger and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, and for many years has worked in partnership with Frauke May

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“ The Henschel Quartet’s playing was as close to perfection as to be beyond reproach. Magical!” — THE STRAD

Henschel Quartet BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 18, No. 6 • String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 127

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• Beethoven’s early string quartets clearly take their inspiration from the work of Mozart and Haydn, but even in Op. 18 No. 1, Beethoven’s personal style is already in evidence. The last of the Op. 18 quartets, No. 6, is also the most mature and individual of the set • The Op. 127 quartet is from later in Beethoven’s career, when he was already deaf and hearing the music only in his head • The Henschel Quartet has received the highest praise for its concert appearances; the ensemble’s recordings have received reviews nothing short of euphoric and have been awarded a number of top prizes • They recently recorded the complete Mendelssohn string quartets, and other recordings by the Henschel Quartet on Arte Nova include the string quartets Op. 20 and Op. 26 by Alberto Ginastera and Schubert’s string quartets D.87 and D.810 • The quartet performs regularly in prestigious chamber music cycles worldwide and is a guest at numerous renowned music festivals • “Performances of character and individuality…an approach that uncovers essential features of [Mendelssohn’s] style and personality.” — GRAMOPHONE

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CLASSICAL Benjamin BRITTEN Orchestral Works Malcolm Allison, viola/London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople, conductor BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 • Lachrymae (“Reflections on a Song of Dowland”), Op. 48a • Simple Symphony, Op. 4

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Ross Pople was handpicked at age 23 by Yehudi Menuhin to be principal solo cellist of the Menuhin Festival Orchestra, where his ability was given free expression touring the world. At 26, Pople was invited by Sir Colin Davis and Pierre Boulez to be principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the youngest ever in the history of the orchestra. Pople’s numerous recordings for Hyperion and ASV have attracted positive reviews, and he has been seen and heard often on the BBC. Malcolm Allison studied the violin and viola at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Margaret Norris and at the Guildhall School of Music with David Takend, winning the Maurice Warshaw Prize and the Dorothy Adams String Quartet Prize in 1994. He records and performs with the Kreutzer Quartet.

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Heitor VILLA-LOBOS Orchestral Works Marco Antonio de Almeida, piano/Jena Philharmonic Orchestra/David Montgomery, conductor VILLA-LOBOS: Alvorada ne floresta tropical—Overture (“Dawn in a Tropical Rain Forest”) • Mômoprecoce (Fantasy for Piano & Orchestra on Children’s Carnival) • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2

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Villa-Lobos is the most famous classical composer from Brazil. His huge output of orchestral works is one of the most colorful from the last century. David Montgomery has made numerous appearances as conductor and pianist in Europe and the U.S. His film debut took place at Columbia Pictures as conductor in 1993 and – behind the scenes – as historical consultant for Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence. The Brazilian pianist Marco Antonio de Almeida has made recordings with virtually all of the radio stations in his chosen homeland Germany, and has performed Mozart at many important festivals.

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Nikolai MIASKOVSKY Works for Cello Kyrill Rodin, cello/Andredi Pisarev, piano/Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Konstantin Krimets, conductor MIASKOVSKY: Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 • Cello Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 12 • Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81

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Although known today mainly for his many symphonies, Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881–1950) was a great lover of the cello, and wrote many works for the instrument. His only cello concerto and his two cello sonatas make up this important recording. Winning First Prize and the Gold Medal at the 8th Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986 was young cellist Kyrill Rodin’s most spectacular success. His victory in Moscow confirmed his reputation as a profoundly musical virtuoso at the highest level, and immediately opened a career for him. Since then, Rodin has been the most sought-after soloist in Russia and the former Soviet states, as well as in many other European countries.

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Composer’s Collection: Gustav Holst North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor HOLST: First Suite in E-Flat • In the Bleak Midwinter • Bach’s Fugue à la Gigue • Hammersmith Op. 52 • A Moorside Suite • Marching Song • A Somerset Rhapsody • Second Suite in F

The GIA Composer’s Collection features some of the best works by the most esteemed wind band composers of all time. With stellar performances by the North Texas Wind Symphony under the direction of Eugene Migliaro Corporon, this series includes extensive liner notes about each composer’s life and his contributions to the wind band. The series is quickly establishing itself as the premier reference recordings for our greatest wind symphony composers. Program booklet includes a detailed biography of Holst along with program notes on each selection and information about conductor Eugene Migliaro Corporon and the North Texas Wind Symphony.

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North Texas Wind Symphony Composer’s Collection: Percy Aldridge Grainger (2 CDs) North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor GRAINGER: 24 selections including Shepherd’s Hey, Lincolnshire Posy, Molly on the Shore, Children’s March “Over the Hills and Far Away,” Handel in the Strand, Country Gardens, and more

Percy Grainger, beloved English composer of light works, has been the subject of countless arrangements, from piano solo to wind band, and his witty tunes seem to adapt to any sonic environment. Director of Wind Studies at the University of North Texas, Eugene Migliaro Corporon has made 50 recordings with various groups and on various labels, and is in demand as a guest conductor around the world. He was won countless awards and honors, and is a past President of the College Band Directors National Association. The Composer’s Collection series is produced by GIA Publications with project support from Klavier Music Productions and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

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North Texas Wind Symphony Composer’s Collection: Joseph Schwantner (2 CDs) North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor SCHWANTNER: From a Dark Millennium • In Evening’s Stillness • …And the Mountains Rising Nowhere • Percussion Concerto • Recoil

American composer Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943) won the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1979. He teaches at the Eastman School of Music. Internationally acknowledged as one of the premier ensembles of its kind, the North Texas Wind Symphony is comprised of members selected from among the most outstanding musicians attending the University of North Texas College of Music. The ensemble has been acclaimed for the elegance and polish of its performances, its terrific ensemble skills, and its evident sheer joy in making music. The University of North Texas College of Music is recognized worldwide as one of America’s foremost institutions for preparing professional musicians in all fields, and has been rated one of the Top 15 music schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

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Composer’s Collection: Vincent Persichetti

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CLASSICAL Alessandro ROLLA Flute Quartets Mario Carbotta, flute/Members of Quartetto Erasmus ROLLA: 6 Quartets for Flute & Strings

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Along with Cambini and Viotti, Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841) was one of the few Italian composers of his era who did not specialize in opera. He composed nearly 600 works, among them these “flute quartets” which formed a popular ensemble of the era. Rolla was an example of the most common type of musician of the time: a guest of aristocratic salons and thus dedicated to producing music for amateurs; a concert soloist, acclaimed in the great theaters; and a pedagogue, anxious to expand the repertoire of his own instrument or provide colleagues and students with the raw material at which to try their hand. He was an orchestral conductor at the Teatro alla Scala and a professor of viola at the Milan Conservatory from the year it was founded in 1808.

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Giovanni SGAMBATI Complete Piano Works, Vol. 4 Francesco Caramiello & Filippo Siano, pianos SGAMBATI: Due Studi da Concerto, Op. 10 • Introduction et Etude brillante “Reveil des Fées,” Op. 41 • Musica per concorso di pianoforte (premiere) • Trois Impromptus pour le Piano, Op. 29, series I & II • Rapsodia (premiere) • “Improvvisando” • Allegro vivace (premiere) • L’Emir de Bengador • Noël per pianoforte a 4 mani (premiere)

Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914) was another Italian composer who stuck to instrumental music. He was an admired pianist – a contemporary described him, “as well as impeccable technique, clear and confident even in the most complex and difficult of passages, he possessed WORLD a truly unique touch of exquisite sweetness, sovereign artistry in the use of the pedals and rare PREMIERE good taste in interpretation.” This CD continues the unique Tactus edition of his complete RECORDING! piano works. CD: TCT 841904 (L) File Under: Classical

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Dario Castello flourished in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Despite the excellence and importance of his music, almost nothing is known about him personally. Even in his choice of titles – Sonate concertate in stil moderno – Castello demonstrates his confidence in presenting compositions written in an advanced concertato style. In his second book, Castello demonstrates his ability to combine virtuosic writing for instruments with a variety of contrasts in sonority and compositional style. The formal ideas often point to a latent sonata form as well as to a formal balance conceived in genuinely musical ways. The importance of this collection and its dissemination among contemporaries, as witnessed by the reprints in Venice and Amsterdam in 1658, stand in almost inexplicable contrast to the scarcity of biographical information concerning its composer.

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CLASSICAL Sinfonietta Ventus/Jorge Mester, conductor

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BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture • GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess Suite • SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture • COPLAND: El Salon México • REVUELTAS: Homenaje a García Lorca • FALL: Three-Cornered Hat Suite • ANON.: No to Puedo Querer • MILLER: In the Mood

• Arrangements by Dudin, Toussaint and others of some of the sunniest light classics ever turned over to wind ensemble! • The Spanish title means “An Afternoon on the Boulevard,” and that’s just what you’ll be feeling like listening to these fresh, invigorating tunes, perfect for strolling on the street or in your imagination • As one of Mexico’s outstanding chamber music groups, Sinfonietta Ventus has repeatedly been praised for performances that combine virtuosity with flawless ensemble playing • Composed of wind players from the major orchestras in Mexico City, the group has a broad repertory which includes the classical Harmoniemusik of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, original octets from the twentieth century, and a large number of arrangements of classical and popular works • Sinfonietta Ventus has toured in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., including an appearance in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York • Director Jorge Mester was music director of the Aspen Music Festival for 21 years, the Pasadena Symphony since 1984, and the Naples Philharmonic since 2004. As conductor of the Louisville Symphony he made 72 classic recordings!

Sinfonietta Ventus Una tarde en la Alameda

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Lourdes Ambríz, soprano/James Bush, Baroque cello/Ensemble Kairós (Barbara Lorey, soprano/Claudine Gómez-Vuistaz, harpsichord/ Abel Maní, viola da gamba) STROZZI: Mercè di voi • Al battitor di bronzo • Cantata, Lagrime mie • MONTEVERDI: Exulta filia • FORQUERAY: La Leclair • La Angrave • La Couperin • La Montigni • La Portugaise • La Régente •

Ensemble Kairós Due alme innamorate

CD: URT 2020 (R) File Under: Classical

• “Two Souls in Love” is Baroque music for two sopranos mixed with instrumental music expressing the delights and sorrows of love, both human and divine • Ensembe Kairós was founded by German-born soprano Barbara Lorey Jokisch, who specializes in both Baroque and contemporary repertoires. She has performed with period instrument ensembles like Concerto Brandenburg and Music Ficta Köln, and has also premiered works of Arvo Pärt under the composer’s direction • Claudine Gómez-Vuistaz is a major advocate of harpsichord repertoire and of Baroque music in general on the Mexican music scene • Abel Maní originally studied cello but began specializing in viola da gamba and violone in 1990. He has toured Europe and South America • Guest soprano Lourdes Ambríz is well known at Mexico’s National Opera, where she has sung with Plácido Domingo. Since 1992 she has performed regularly with Ars Nova, an early music group • Born in New Zealand, James Bush began specializing in Baroque cello in 2000 and is a well-known soloist in his native land. He also performs abroad at the Tanglewood Festival, Casals Festival and more

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CLASSICAL Giorgio BATTISTELLI Experimentum Mundi Instrumental ensemble/Giorgio Battistelli, directo BATTISTELLI: Experimentum Mundi—Opera di musica immaginistica

CD: STV 33730 (R) File Under: Classical

The works of Giorgio Battistelli (b. 1953) are often linked to the theater, and even his instrumental works are highly dramatic, with various instruments and elements considered as ‘characters’ in a drama. In 1974 he was a founding member of a leading avant-garde group in Rome and soon made his name as one of the most interesting composers of his generation. For the past 20 years, Experimentum Mundi has been one of the most-performed works of musique concrète, i.e., music made with everyday objects instead of conventional instruments. In this work, 16 everyday tools are lined up on stage along with 16 workmen in aprons, and an actor in evening dress. The actor begins reading from the eighteenth-century Encyclopedia of Diderot and d’Alembert while the workmen make astonishing music with their tools and materials.

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Silvius Leopold WEISS L’Esprit Italienne Paul Beier, Baroque lute WEISS: Lute Suites in A, C minor, G and F-sharp minor • Fantasia & Fugue in D • Prelude & Capriccio in D • Prelude in A

CD: STV 33731 (R) File Under: Classical

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) was one of the greatest composers for the lute after Bach himself, who was his almost exact contemporary. Weiss, like Mozart, was first taught by his father, and was a child prodigy who played before the Emperor at the age of seven. Though he grew up in Germany, in his early 20s he journeyed to Rome and learned the Italian style, which is evident in the works assembled on this disc from his early career. Paul Beier, a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, is one of the most eminent lutenists working today. He has performed both as a soloist and in early music groups throughout Europe, Australia & North and South America, and is the founder and director of Galatea. Since 1981 he has taught lute, basso continuo and Renaissance ensemble at the Institute of Early Music in Milan.

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Georg Friedrich KAUFFMANN Harmonische Seelenlust Maurizio Croci, organ/Kerstin Kramp, oboe KAUFFMANN: 34 Chorale Preludes from Harmonische Seelenlust

CD: STV 33704 (R) File Under: Classical

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Poor Georg Friedrich Kauffmann! He might be a famous composer today were it not for one fateful incident in his life. In 1722, when Johann Kuhnau (Cantor of Leipzig’s St. Thomas Church) died, the city council held a competition for his successor to this very prestigious position. Although Kauffmann was among the finalists, the council decided instead on Johann Sebastian Bach! Indeed Kauffmann’s organ works are of the highest order and hardly inferior to those of Bach, yet today his name is known only to specialists. The collection published as Harmonische Seelenlust contains 98 chorale preludes altogether, some of them specifying use of an oboe “placed in order to give the impression that it is an organ’s stop.” Born in 1970, organist Maurizio Croci holds diplomas in organ, composition and harpsichord from various schools, and a degree in musicology form Fribourg University in Switzerland. He has concertized throughout Europe and in Japan, performed J.S. Bach’s complete organ works in Berne to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death, and recorded CDs for radio and television. On this CD he plays the Treutmann organ (1737) of St. Georg Church, Grauhof. 8% ALLEGRO RESTOCK DEAL [April 3, 2006 – April 28, 2006]

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Sinfonias & Concertos, Op. 2 Insieme Strumentale di Roma/Giorgio Sasso, conductor ALBINONI: Sinfonie e concerti a cinque, Op. 2

Although most widely known today as the composer of the celebrated “Adagio” (actually an arrangement by another composer), Albinoni published ten collections of instrumental music as well as symphonies, ballets, sonatas, concertos and other works. The Opus 2 collection was first published in 1700 in Venice and was highly successful. Further printings followed at home and abroad. The pieces are arranged alternately as sonatas (called “symphonies”) followed by concertos, and back again, although there is no obvious musical link between them. It just seems to be an arrangement Albinoni found in Torelli’s Op. 5, and liked. Albinoni came from a wealthy family and wrote music for relaxation; thus he has always been considered an “amateur”; and yet Quantz ranked him alongside Vivaldi as the father of the definitive concerto form after it was popularized by Torelli and Corelli.

CD: STV 11009 (L) File Under: Classical

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Giacomo CARISSIMI Cantatas & Mass “Sciolto havean dall’alte sponde” Cristina Miatello & Lavinia Bertotti, sopranos/Claudia Cavina, contralto/ Sandro Naglia, tenor/Furio Zanasi, baritone/Le Istituzione Harmoniche/ Marco Longhini, conductor

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The current taste for Carissimi’s secular cantatas has somewhat obscured his sacred music, and Maestro Longhini was struck by the very secular title of a Mass listed among Carissimi’s works. Upon investigation he found it was based on themes from the previously composed secular cantata, thus the correspondence of names, if not of intent and genre. Le Istitutioni Harmoniche is an Early SPECIAL Music ensemble named after the famous treatise The Art of Counterpoint published in 1558 by SUPER-BUDGET Gioseffo Zarlino.

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Maria Callas, soprano/with Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Franco Calabrese, Angelo Mercuriali, Melchiorre Luise, vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan/ Victor de Sabata, conductor/Orchestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes/Umberto Mugnai & Guido Picco, conductors PUCCINI: Tosca (exc.)

• The album features highlights from Tosca, one of the most famous roles of Maria Callas, as recorded 1950–1953 in various venues, including her very first documents of the part • The 1950 and 1952 recordings are live from Mexico City, then extensive highlights from the classic 1953 studio recording, still considered one of the greatest opera recordings ever made, co-starring Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi, with Victor de Sabata conducting • Remastered with the Cedar Sound System • The special feature of this release is the extensive booklet showing color photos of the traveling exhibition Maria Callas & Swarovski on Stage, a must for all Callas collectors • On August 2, 1947 (the date of her successful debut in Italy in La Gioconda at the Arena di Verona), Maria Callas wore for the first time a piece of jewelry made in the Atelier Marangoni using Swarovski crystals • This exhibition consists of a unique collection of ornate jewelry from the period 1947 to 1960. Every piece has a close, personal connection with Maria Callas • Callas relied almost exclusively on the craftsmanship of the Atelier Marangoni for her stage jewelry. On the basis of sketches by major directors such as Franco Zeffirelli and Luchino Visconti or famous costume designers such as Lila de Nobili, Marangoni created extraordinary works of art, which, despite having a sparkling life of their own, did not detract from the performances of the great opera singer. Marangoni used only Swarovski crystal gemstones in his jewelry on specific demand of the “Divina” • Swarovski acquired the Atelier Marangoni in 1999, and thus prevented the collection of Maria Callas’s stage jewelry from being dispersed all around the world

Maria Callas Maria Callas & Swarovski Jewels on Stage

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CD: FNO 10940 (R) File Under: Opera

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CLASSICAL/OPERA Legendary Treasures Monique de la Bruchollerie, Vol. 1 (2 CDs) Monique de la Bruchollerie, piano/Camerata Academica, Salzburg Mozarteum/Bernhardt Paumgartner, conductor/Budapest National Philharmonic Orchestra/János Ferencsik, conductor/Concerts Colonne Orchestra, Paris/Jonel Perlea, conductor MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 2o in D minor, K.466 • Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488 • BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103 • RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 • FRANCK: Symphonic Variations

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Live recordings 1956–1966 featuring a great pianist little remembered today, Monique de la Bruchollerie. Born in Paris to a family of musicians (including Boildieu and Messager among her ancestors), she graduated with the Premier Prix from the Paris Conservatory and a few years later became the first French winner of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She became a close friend of Emil Gilels and a protégé of Charles Munch, who launched her career after World War II. She played under the greatest conductors, such as Celibidache, Jochum and Karajan, but in 1966 a tragic car accident incapacitated her left hand. She died in another accident six years later. Because she did not like rigid ideas and favored the creativity of the moment, she was always reticent about making recordings, making these documents all the more precious.

Legendary Treasures Ricardo Odnoposoff, Vol. 1 (6 CDs) Ricardo Odnoposoff, violin/various orchestras ˇ ÁK: Violin Concerto • PAGANINI: Violin Concertos Nos. BRAHMS: Violin Concerto • DVOR 1& 2 • MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor • TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto • LALO: Symphonie espagnole • J.S. BACH: Violin Concerto No. 2 • Chaconne from Partita No. 2 • BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 • GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto • PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 • BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto • SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso • Havanaise • CHAUSSON: Poème • SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen • Malagueña • Habañera • VITALI: Chaconne in G minor

CD: DHR 7874 (6R) File Under: Classical DO

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Recordings mostly 1950–1955 by Ricardo Odnoposoff, an electrifying performer who belongs at the very top of the twentieth century violin legends! Born in Buenos Aires in 1914, he soloed with the Berlin Philharmonic at age 17 and soon won major competition prizes, coming in second to David Oistrakh at the Queen Elizabeth in 1937. He had a long and brilliant career touring five continents. In later years he was a violin professor in Vienna, Stuttgart and Zurich. His recording legacy demonstrates a great musicality, a brilliant technical command of the violin and an exciting, penetrating big sonority.

Mario Lanza Mario Lanza “ On these programs Lanza is warm, appealing, manly, charismatic and full of vitality. On some occasions his voice sounded coarse, thick and labored. But here it has a glow – the full voice rings, the mezza voce is sweet. When he sings you see that his tongue has a furrow down the middle, as advocated by many voice teachers.” — STEFAN ZUCKER

Mario Lanza, tenor, with Betty Grable & Harry James/Paul Baron, piano America’s most popular tenor in Pagliacci plus various other songs

1954, 52m min, B&W. This DVD has PCM audio rather than compressed formats such as Dolby Digital, which retain only a fraction of the original sound. Bel Canto Society DVDs, videos and CDs are advertised and reviewed in Gramophone, International Record Review, Classics Today, Classical CD Review, Classic Record Collector and Opera News. DVD: BCS DVD 129 (T) File Under: Opera

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OPERA “A viable masterpiece…with great musical and theatrical force…this performance is one of real commitment; no one holds back in an effort to recreate some of the excitement this music generated in its time…Tucker makes the most of this opportunity, bringing down the house with his ringing tone and emotional outpouring…Anton Guadagno leads a performance which is dramatically taut… the live recorded sound is excellent for the period.” — OPERA NEWS

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Richard Tucker, Yasuko Hayashi, David Gwynne, at al., vocal soloists/ Anton Guadagno, conductor HALÉVY: La Juive (complete opera)

• La Juive is a spectacular five-act grand opera with high drama, gigantic set pieces, and thrilling music – the Romantic era’s version of Cinemascope. Seldom mounted today due to cost, it can still be greatly enjoyed in the theater of the imagination • Live performance of an important modern revival in London, 1973 • This was one of the great tenor Richard Tucker’s last appearances in public, at age 60, not long before his death. And it is one of the most emotional stage appearances ever captured on disc: when he sings the opera’s most dramatic aria, “Rachel, quand du Seigneur,” the audience goes wild • Jacques Halévy (1799–1862) studied at the Paris Conservatory with Cherubini and at age 20 won the highest student honor, the Prix de Rome. He was immediately engaged as a professor, and taught harmony, counterpoint and composition for many years to students such as Gounod, Massé, Saint-Saëns, Lecocq, and also Bizet, who married one of his daughters after his death • Despite his heavy academic responsibility, Halévy composed 38 lyric works for the stage, a majority of them light operas, but ten in the French “grand opera” form

Jacques HALÉVY La Juive (2 CDs)

CD: OPD 7022 (2L) File Under: Opera

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“Macbeth has been well presented on discs, but this performance…should be held in the greatest esteem and surpasses the others in overall intensity and theatricality…Böhm’s orchestra catches the opera’s brooding dark tone ideally. Christa Ludwig is in radiant voice, singing with such charisma that she is practically visible…[Sherril Milnes’s] warm resonant voice, with its remarkable, secure upper extension is simply glorious, and he truly gets under the skin of this complex character…” — ROBERT LEVINE

Sherrill Milnes, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Cossutta, Karl Ridderbusch, et al., vocal soloists/Karl Böhm, conductor VERDI: Macbeth (complete opera)

Giuseppe VERDI Macbeth (2 CDs)

CD: OPD 7027 (2L) File Under: Classical

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• Another long-neglected masterpiece, Macbeth is today one of Verdi’s most popular operas following successful revivals in recent years like this dramatic 1970 performance. With a cast like this, and Böhm conducting, it couldn’t lose • Sherrill Milnes, the great American baritone of his era, is in glorious voice here and turns in a magnificent portrayal of the tormented hero • Soprano Christa Ludwig, known better for Lieder and German opera, is perhaps the biggest surprise here, in one of the most thrilling and dramatic portrayals of Lady Macbeth since Maria Callas • The conducting of Karl Böhm also comes in for special praise, as one of the tightest and most dramatic readings ever caught on record • Macbeth was Verdi’s favorite of all his early operas, as evidenced by the great care he took with it even many years after its premiere • The first performance took place on March 14, 1847 and was warmly applauded. Years later, however, Verdi heavily revised and even partly recomposed Macbeth, and this version, first given in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on April 19, 1865, is the one always heard today

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Ottorino RESPIGHI

W.A. MOZART

La fiamma (2 CDs)

Don Giovanni (3 CDs)

Maria Coleva, Anna Moffo, Giacinto Prandelli, Carlo Tagliabue, et al., vocal soloists/RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Milan/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor

Cesare Siepi, Mirella Freni, Leyla Gencer, Geraint Evans, Richard Lewis, Sena Jurinac, et al., vocal soloists/Covent Garden Chorus & Orchestra/Georg Solti, conductor

RESPIGHI: La fiamma (complete opera)

MOZART: Don Giovanni (complete opera)

Respighi composed several operas, of which La Fiamma is generally considered the most successful. Enchanted by the Byzantine-era mosaics in Ravenna churches, Respighi had long wanted to write an opera in such a setting but no libretto suggested itself. When the composer’s regular librettist, Claudio Guastalla, suggested an opera adapted from the stage play Anna Pedersdotter, the Witch, by Norwegian dramatist Hans Wiers Jenssen, Respighi felt it could be recast in early medieval Ravenna. The result was La fiamma, which had a well-received premiere at the Royal Opera House in Rome in January 23, 1934 with the composer conducting. Live performance, Milan, August 7, 1955.

This amazing all-star performance of “the greatest opera” is taken from a live performance in London in February 1962. Some of the most legendary singers of that era are featured, with England’s beloved character-baritone Geraint Evans as Leporello, and one of the greatest Italian baritones, Cesare Siepi, in the title role. No introduction, of course, is needed for the legendary conductor Sir Georg Solti, one of a handful of the top conductors of the twentieth century. First performed in Prague on October 29, 1787, Don Giovanni has come to be the opera most often nominated as “greatest of all time.”

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CD: OPD 1454 (2K)

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Giacomo PUCCINI

Richard WAGNER

La rondine (2 CDs)

Das Liebesverbot (2 CDs)

Jeannette Pilou, Aldo Bottion, Piero de Palma, et al., vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Comunale Bologna/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor

Hilde Zadek, Anton Dermota, Kurt Equiuz, et al., vocal soloists/Radio Austriaca Chorus & Orchestra/Robert Hager, conductor

PUCCINI: La rondine (complete opera)

WAGNER: Das Liebesverbot (complete opera)

Puccini first got the idea for this work during a performance of an operetta he was attending in Vienna. The directors of the theater approached him at intermission and offered a large fee if he would write something for their stage. Puccini agreed, but to a full-scale light opera rather than an operetta with spoken dialogue. It would be set to a German libretto, then translated into Italian by Giuseppe Adami. The Vienna premiere never took place, however, due to the First World War. The first performance was eventually arranged for Monte Carlo on March 27, 1917. This live performance from 1971 brings out all the best in it.

Wagner took Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure as a framework for the plot of his second opera. Despite uneven inspiration and uncertain focus, there are many memorable scenes in the opera and for the first time Wagner employs the leitmotif technique for which he would later be so famous. The premiere at Magdeburg on March 29, 1836 was a disaster, with most of the singers not knowing their parts thoroughly. A planned second performance, for which only three people showed up, was cancelled when a fistfight broke out between some of the cast backstage. Wagner later called Das Liebesverbot a “youthful indiscretion” and presented the score to his patron King Ludwig II of Bavaria with an apologetic poem.

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VOCALS Russ Lorenson

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A Little Travelin’ Music

CD: LML 196 (Q) File Under: Vocals

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“[Lorenson’s] relaxed, easy deliveries…seem natural and heartfelt.” — SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE “Irresistible!” — CORONADO JOURNAL “Outstanding…I think he could almost fly off the stage!” — TALKINBROADWAY.COM “I could listen to Russ sing and sing and sing and sing…such a lovely instrument and he does such great things with it!” — TERESE GENECCO

Featured Artists Kelly Park, piano/Reid Whatley, bass/Jack Dorsey, drums/Tony Malfatti, sax, clarinet, flute/Jeff Mcnish, guitar/Igor Abuladze, guitar

Guest Artists Shawn Ryan, vocals/Klea Blackhurst, vocals

Track Listing When in Rome • I Love Paris • Moonlight in Vermont • Why Do the Wrong People Travel? • The Air-Minded Executive • A Foggy Day (In London Town)/A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square • Come Fly With Me/Let’s Get Away From It All • (On a) Slow Boat to China • Rhode Island is Famous for You • Home To Stay • Katie Went To Haiti • Gay Paree • Christmas in San Francisco

Selling Points • Russ Lorenson’s sound and approach place him at the intersection of Broadway, jazz and pop – the very essence of the Great American Songbook • Equally at home singing Broadway or jazz standards, Russ Lorenson sparkles in every song on his debut CD • Inspiring comparisons to Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett, Chet Baker and Johnny Hartman, Lorenson has a voice that one savors and remembers • A Little Travelin’ Music is a cleverly conceived and beautifully balanced collection of jazz classics and Broadway gems that takes the listener on a musical journey via the great standards of the twentieth century • Features award-winning guest artists Shawn Ryan and Klea Blackhurst • Lorenson will embark on a 15-city U.S. tour in promotion of this CD, culminating in a weeklong engagement during the Edinburgh Festival in August 2006 • A 90-minute concert has been taped for public television, and will be broadcast in the San Francisco Bay Area to coincide with the launch of the CD. The program will also be shopped to other major TV markets for broadcast • Promotion to all print, radio, e-media and TV outlets

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VOCALS Jennifer Paz Awakening

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“After her big break in the title role of the Broadway pop musical Miss Saigon, Jennifer Paz is ready to show off her musical talent on her newly released debut solo album!” — ASIANWEEK.COM

Featured Artists Matthew Burgess, percussion/Dave Pascal, bass/John High, guitars/Alicia Reinhart, violins/Joseph Tancioco, backing vocals

Guest Artists Lea Salonga, vocals/Jose Llana, vocals/Dane Stokinger, vocals

Track Listing Speeding Time • Awakening • Christmas Lullaby • Letting You Go • In Whatever Time We Have • Make You Feel My Love • For Good • Who Are You Now • Infinite Joy • When Will We Know

Selling Points • Awakening includes an acoustic collection of music by today’s top contemporary musical theatre composers including Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Songs for a New World, Parade) and Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Wicked) as well as pop folk icons Bob Dylan and Carole King • Sung by Jennifer Paz – well-known for her work in acclaimed musicals such as Miss Saigon, Songs for a New World, Les Miserables and Flower Drum Song – Awakening offers a collection of favorite tunes in a relaxed, introspective set • Guest artists include Lea Salonga (Tony Award winner, Miss Saigon) and Broadway favorite Jose Llana (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). Also features the attractively husky-voiced Dane Stokinger! • Awakening, full of songs that touch the human spirit, is a CD for the times when your soul needs a great big musical hug • Marketing to general Broadway email lists and websites • Promotion to radio program managers • Press releases to Asian-American, Filipino and Filipino-American media services

Key Markets Los Angeles, San Diego & Seattle (Hometowns). Also: New York, Dallas, Miami, Nashville, San Francisco, Honolulu, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia

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ChillOut Grooves Track Listing DISC ONE: Smashed • Mojo • The Web • Scat! • Freedom Jazz dance • Hi I.Q. • D & G • Say What? • DISC TWO: Utopian Groove • Funk Ink • Chill Vamp • Latina Dreams • Step Up • Claverice • Envelope • Ripped Ya

Selling Points • A stellar mix of funky grooves expertly blended with fresh, melodic jazz- fusion playing, perfect for any party atmosphere • A variety of tasteful tunes make this a must-have album, including the Miles Davis classic “So What” and Eddie Harris’s “Freedom Jazz Dance,” all arranged in a hip new way while keeping the essence of those master musicians • Kick back and enjoy! 2XCD: NOQ 213007 (2K) File Under: Instrumental

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Various Artists Magical Bellydance Track Listing DISC ONE: Bellydance Nights • Ya Ebn El Halal • Cairo Magic • Takaseem • Ya Habibi • Zeina • Bellydance Routine • Ya Lalali • Desert Quenn • Wahda We Noss • DISC TWO: BellyDance • Ja Mustapha • Susu • Jamalem • Zurini • Manzura • Bent L Shalabijah • Ghuzajel • Ammer Jamuammer • Samer • Bahija • Layla • Jamal

Selling Points • Belly dancing, developed in the Middle East and other Arabic-influenced areas, features sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen • The profile of belly dancing has spiked in recent years due to its popularity as a great low-impact workout. This collection is ideal for an introduction to belly dance • Perfect for a belly dance workout, or for gentle relaxation 2XCD: NOQ 214003 (2K) File Under: Belly Dance

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Various Artists Tropical Steel Drums Track Listing DISC ONE: The Banana Boat Song (Day O) • Islande • Marianne • Hot, Hot, Hot • Island in the Sun • Jamaican Farewell • Brazil • Limbo • Peanut Vendor • Trinidad Home • Lambada • Kingston Town • DISC TWO: Red, Red Wine • Yellow Bird • Volare • Carnival • Aloha • Sounds of the Sun • Tocame • Rhythm • Pedro • Island Home • Volcano • Guantanamera

Selling Points • Escape to paradise with these steel drum rhythms as you dream about a tropical getaway and lose yourself in relaxation • With instrumental steel drum versions of your favorite tropical songs, you can transform your home into an island delight any time of year! • Perfect for island-themed gatherings or a quiet way to unwind after a busy day 2XCD: NOQ 214004 (2K) File Under: Steel Drums

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WORLD “Corou de Berra sing with great precision and their dense harmonies approach a cappella, with the largely string-based accompaniment being little more than decoration.” — fROOTS

Featured Artists Michel Blanco, vocals, hurdy gurdy/Marion Bouquinet, vocals/Pascal Feret, vocals/Marie Pierre Foessel, vocals/Primo Francoia, vocals/Francoise Marchetti, vocals/Paolo Pani, vocals/Massimo Rosadi, vocals/Luca Allievi, guitar/Clovis Dehennin, percussions/Quartetto NAXOS

Track Listing Dolcenera • Les passantes • La Guerra di Piero • Creuza de ma • Bella Caio/Mis amour • Canto del servo pastore • Ave Maria • Princesa • Bocca di rosa

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Corou de Berra Maschi Femmine & Cantanti CD: FHP 37 (Q ) File Under: Italy/Choral

• Corou de Berra are a mixed choral group. They normally perform a repertoire inspired by the Southern Alps, but Maschi Femmine & Cantanti is a bit of a departure as most of the material is written by celebrated singer/songwriter Fabrizio de Andre, who wrote songs inspired by a wide range of influences including Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan • Spent three consecutive months on the prestigious World Music Charts Europe • The track “La Guerra di Piero” was featured on the fRoots compilation that accompanied their January issue • Service to radio, television and magazines • Key Markets: Seattle, San Francisco, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Boston, Philadelphia New York, Providence, Newport, Burlington

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Various Artists Lullabies Around the World Track Listing ARGENTINA: Duerme Negrito • PHILIPPINES: Hindi Kita Malilimutan • FINLAND: Lapin Äi Din Kehtolaulu • MADAGASCAR: Iny Hono Izy • ITALY: Il Valzer De Moscerino • USA: Home Sweet Home (Cajun) • LEBANON: Yalla Tnam Rima • CHINA: Spring Bird • GREECE: O Menoussis • AUSTRALIA (Aboriginals): Yarrkul • VIETNAM: Saïgon Lullaby • SENEGAL: Baby Don’t Cry • NEPAL: Sutana Baba • FRANCE: Petit Bébé D’amour • JAPAN: Takeda No Komori Uta • TIBET: For My Baby • ARMENIA: Sweet Voice • JAVA: Garden Of Dreams • THAILAND: Nok • USA: Little Eagle (Native American)

Selling Points • This recording presents lullabies from around the world – tender songs that are traditionally part of a child’s bedtime routine • Each one was recorded in its country of origin, a task that took Denis Hekimian two years!

CD: PLS 66409 (L) File Under: World/Children

Also Available • PLS 66408 (L) Rituals and Celebrations of the World (3700089664083)

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Preludiu Chamber Choir Byzantine Chant Track Listing Evstatie Protopsaltul Aliluia • Necrarie Frimu Psalmul 102 • Evstatie Protopsaltul Aghios o Theos • Ivascu Vlahu Aghios o Theos • Anonimus Aghios o Theos • Evstatie Protopsaltul Aliluia • Anonimus Fos ilaron • and more (22 total)

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CD: PLS 66410 (L) File Under: Romania

The voices of Preludiu prove that perfection exists! This is the first recording of Byzantine chants by the famous Preludiu Chamber Choir of Romania. Formed in 1972 by conductor Voicu Enachescu, Preludiu is acclaimed by music lovers and has given more than a thousand concerts all over the world – in the Czech Republic, U.S., Germany, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Russia and France.

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CD: PLS 141127 (E)

CD: PLS 141128 (E)

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Peter Hedlund

Pachamama Ensemble

Sweden – Musical Traditions

Andes – Inca Flutes

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Nyingen • Linus pa linjen/sista polskan • Flickorna svensson • Hallnaspolketten • Hem til dalen • Femtioarspolskan • Hanna larssons schottis • Vals fran karlholm • Iva-polskan • Byss-calles-a-mollvals • Novemberpolska • Mungalaten • Algmarschen • Jonas polska • Ahkerschottis • Fan pa graso • Lyrical Song Beloved Girl

Sicuri triste • El condor pasa • Munahuanqui huayno • Tinku • Alto peru • Recuerdos de calahuayo • Laquitas • Dos palomitas • Alma, corazon y vida • Rio abierto • Ovejita negra • A mi palomita • Invencion • Impresiones del viaje • Recuerdo azul • Virgenes del sol

Selling Points Selling Points Peter Hedlund is considered Sweden’s leading traditional player of the nyckelharpa, a keyed fiddle that was already in existence over 700 years ago. Played with a bow like a violin, the nyckelharpa also has keys like a hurdy-gurdy. The instrument is now flourishing in Sweden as well as in the U.S. and Japan.

Features very well known Andean melodies – including “El condor pasa,” “Virgenes del sol,” “Dos palomitas” and “Laquitas” – beautifully performed by the Pachamama (“Mother Earth”) Ensemble. The group plays traditional instruments from the Andean regions: siku and zampoña (panpipes), kena (notched flute), charango (fretted lute) and bombo (drum).

CD: PLS 141129 (E)

CD: PLS 141130 (E)

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Air Mail Music Series

Ukrainian Folk Song Ensemble

South Africa – Soweto Calling

Ukraine – Voices from the Steppe

Track Listing

Lomhlabathi • Unomona• Sisheli Sami • Batho Ba Yafela • Anizwanga • Bonk’abonayo • Jes’ulithemba • Mathebathebane • Nginamazwi • Niyadlala • Bothata • Ngokukholwa • Ubusisizwe • Ihubo Lentokozo • Ntate Maleta • U Sebetsa • Selifikile

I Should Take My Bandura • Young Girl’s Song • Geese Flying • Unharness the Horses, Pals • Black Eyes, Brown Eyes • Come My Love • Nightingale Nights • In My Garden • Two Colours • Oh Come,Come • Droning and Moanin Wide Dnepr River • You Girl • High Mountain • The Song of an Ukrainian Boy • The High Oak Tree • A Severe Thought • Black Ivanka

Selling Points The name of this African township outside Johannesburg hit the headlines in 1976, with the famous Soweto Rebellion. But Soweto is also famed for its traditional music! On this recording traditional pieces are interspersed with modern African sounds, showing the connection between African rhythms and contemporary music.

Selling Points On these very fine recordings, the listener is treated to all the emotion, spontaneity and wonderful sound that one associates with Ukrainian choirs as the Ukrainian Folk Song Ensemble presents authentic traditional songs from the country’s rich musical heritage.

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WORLD ALLEGRO WELCOMES BASSS RECORDINGS TO ITS ROSTER! BASSS Music is a Kolkata-based company formed primarily to implement the latest technologies established in the international music industry so as to be able to help the Indian music industry provide Indian musical content on par with all international audio standards & formats currently available!

DTS discs are playable only in DVD and Surround Sound systems. Not for standard CD players!

DVD: BSS DTS 51003 (Q )

DVD: BSS DTS 51004 (Q )

File Under: India

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Jagari Chatterjee

Santanu Roychowdhury

Ek Muridh Ki Koshish

Sufiana Mijaz of Santanu Roychowdhury

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Kahi sher o nagma banke • Sahil ki taraf kashti le chal • Tum aeya tasalli dene • Dekha hai zindegi ko kuchh • Kahoon jo haal to kahete ho • Meri nakamiya jab mere dil ko • Silsila pyar ka aise hi chale

Piyare Piyare • Tuta tuta ik Parinda • Dard-e-daman • Gaar khuda mujse • Dama-dam Mast Kalander • Bichde abhi to hum

Selling Points Selling Points Jagari Chatterjee is adept at opening the hearts of her listeners with her sweet, melodic voice. This collection presents a number of popular ghazals in the Urdu language.

Santanu Roychowdhury is extremely proficient at touching the hearts of the listeners with the feelings expressed in his music. These heartfelt compositions, performed in the Urdu language, present popular Sufi Kalams to Western connoisseurs.

DVD: BSS DTS 51001 (Q )

DVD: BSS DTS 51002 (Q )

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Pratap Roy & Tapas Roy

Paul/Dey/Paul

A Glimpse of India

Rabindrasangeet Instrumental

Track Listing

Dhono Dhanne Pushpe • Sono kono ek din • Path harabo bole ebar • Muktiro mondiro • Sare jahan se • Duronto ghurni • O nadi re • Hoy dhoromete dhir • Path harabo bole • O-thogo bharatha lakhi • Bhoye ki morone

Pagla hawa • Akash bhora surja tara • Phoole phoole dhole dhole • Ae ki labanya purno pran • Kholo Kholo daar • Mone rabe ki na rabe • Megher kole rodh • Purano shai deener kotha • Din guli more sonar khancha • Ami path bhola ek pathik • Tumi rabe nirabe • Achey Dukho Achey Mrithyu

Selling Points A collection of popular nostalgic songs re-recorded as an instrumental album with accordion and string instruments. Perfect for all Asian/Indian music enthusiasts!

Order Date: April 21, 2006

Selling Points Three renowned musicians present a lovely collection of well-known Indian tunes with a combination of instruments (violin, sorolin, flute, keyboards) that truly enhances the compositions.

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CD: BSS 21002 (L)

CD: BSS 21004 (L)

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Ramkrishna Paul

Sipra Bose

Rabindrasangeet on Violin

Akhtaribai’s Ghazals

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Ae ki labanya purno pran • Ami keboli swapono • Mone rabe ki na rabe • Na chahile jare • Bhalobashi bhalobashi • Aemni kore • Pagla hawa • Purano shai deener kotha • Phoole phoole dhole dhole • Khelaghor

Akashe jaar orar nesha • Kichutai ghum ashena • Bhalowasha chokhe • Keno anthohin • Bolo kane kane • Korona bhromor gun gun • Keno mon holo udash • Tumi na aele jolshaghore • Baje shono basuri • Tomake bhalobeshe

Selling Points The renowned musician plucks the strings of nostalgia with very well known, popular numbers presented to near perfection! Using violin and sorolin, Ramkrishna Paul performs popular songs written by Nobel Laureate Sri Rabindranath Tagore.

Selling Points The “Thumri Queen of India,” Sipra Bose is an extremely talented artist and the only female vocalist from India to be nominated for a Grammy Award (2002). This disc features compositions that emphasize the beauty of Bengali language, one of the sweetest of the Indian languages.

CD: BSS 21001 (L)

CD: BSS 21003 (L)

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Pandit Debaprasad Chakraborty

Roychowdhury/Bhaskar/Chatterjee

Sitar Recital

Modern Bengali Songs

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Raga – Imni Bilabal • Raga – Patdeep • Raga – Yaman • Raga – Jaijaiwanti • Raga – Desh • Raga – Kirwani • Raga – Tilak Khamod • Raga – Basant • Raga – Bhairavi

Aej Swapner rong • Bashite bhangalo je ghum • Aek Sagar • Jhiri jhiri brishti aelo • Koto din gaylo je bashi • Gobhiro nishite keno • Chuti aeye chutir dine • Aeya mone gane gane • Meghala Akash

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Pandit Debaprasad Chakraborty is the only sitar player in the world who has the capability to render intricate compositions on a single string. These compositions emphasize the essence of the ragas, which were selected specifically to elevate the listener’s mood irrespective of age boundaries.

Well-known, popular artists from Bengal perform new compositions with fabulous improvisations! The songs are new and the entire performance whets the appetite for more of such fabulous numbers, as is always is the case with such lovely Bengali songs.

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WORLD Various Artists Jewish Weddings Hits Track Listing Wedding Hora Medley • Freilechs – Hanan Bar Sela • Modoveniaske – Di Goyim • Samchem Medley • Beigalach • Havu Ez La’taish • She’yivane Beit Hamikdash • Yevarechecha Hora Medley • Heysher Bulgar – Di Goyim • Sisu Vesimchu Hora Medley • Azoi Tantzen in Odessa • Chiribim, Chiribom Medley • Nashir Yachdav • Ani Ma’amin Hassidic Medley • Glass Breaking Medley

Selling Points • This compilation contains 15 tracks especially suitable for rejoicing celebrations like weddings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs and more! • Most of the tracks are instrumental, but a few feature vocal performances from the likes of Eitan Masuri, Duo Reim, Guiora Feidman, Ami Shavit and Shmuel Achiezer CD: HKT 9399 (P) File Under: Jewish/Traditional

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Eitan Masuri Mashiach: 27 Best Chassidic Songs Track Listing Mashiach (Messiah) • Israel Betach BaShem (Israel Trust in the Lord)/Od Yishama (It Will Be Heard)/Eli Chemdat Libi (Lord, Love of my Heart)/Israel Betach Ba’S hem (Israel, Trust in God)/Tzam’a Nafshi (My Soul Thirsts)/Hine Lo Yanum (He Shall Not Sleep)/Al Tira Israel (Israel, Do Not Fear) • Se’u She’arim (Lift Up Your Heads) • Ata Bakata (Thou didst Cleave) • Adon Olam (O Lord of All) • Rachem Al Tzion (Have Mercy on Zion) • Yevarechecha (Bless O’Lord) Medley/Yevarechecha (Bless O’Lord)/Ve’Havei Aleinu (Bring to Us)/Chemdat Yamim (Days of Beauty)/Ve’Haer Einenu (Illuminate our Eyes)/Yismechu Ha’Shamayim (The Skies will be Happy)/Am Israel Chai! (The People of Israel Live!) • Ki Ata Tevarech (You will Bless) • Kumi Uri (Arise, Shine) • Dor Va’dor (And to all Generations) • Va’izku Lirot Banim (And They’ll be Blessed to See Sons) • Ani Ma’amin (I Believe) Medley/U’bau Ha’ovdim (And those who were Perishing will Come/Zion Zion/Ani Ma’amin (I Believe)/Nigun Chassidi (A Chassidic Melody) • Esa Einai (I will Lift up my Eyes) • Ve’shuv Ha’Shem (When the Lord Returned the Captives) CD: HKT 9356 (P)

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File Under: Jewish/Traditional

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• The roots of Chassidic music lay in nineteenth century Eastern Europe. The Chassidim composed melodies for words from the scriptures in order to express their admiration for their Rabbi. These were usually performed in the courts of the Admur, in the presence of many Chassidim who, while singing, would dance and sway to the beat of the music • During the second half of the twentieth century, the popularity of Chassidic music rose among Jews, primarily in Israel and the United States

Various Artists Shalom Israel: Sea of Galilee Track Listing Jerusalem of Gold • David Melech Israel - Medley (David King of Israel) • Halleluyah • Adon Olam (O Lord of All) • Hava Nagila (Let us Rejoice) • Hevenu Shalom Alechem (We Have Brought Peace to You) • Hine Ma Tov (Behold How Good) • Ufduyei Adonai (And the Redeemed of the Lord Shall Return) • Esa Einai (I’ll Lift up My Eyes) • Sisu et Yerushalayim - Hora Medley • Ose Shalom (He Who Makes Peace) • Mashiach (Messiah) • Hine Lo Yanum (He Who Keeps Israel) • Israeli Hora Medley • Hatikvah (Israel’s National Anthem)

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CD: HKT 9333 (P) File Under: Jewish/Folk

• The CD that will carry you into the streets of Israel! Favorite Israeli folk songs in Hebrew and English include a booklet of lyrics. Here is an opportunity to rejoice with the chosen people – and understand what you’re singing at the same time! • Features the well-known voices of Jonatan Settel, Eitan Masuri, Monsart Franco and Hagevetron • The Hebrew/English lyric sheets will help you to get a better grasp of God’s work today in the Holy Land

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Brothers of the Baladi is a popular world music band that formed in 1982. Their label has released seven CDs of traditional and original music as well as an instructional video on Middle Eastern rhythms, a variety of soundtracks for film documentaries, and live theatre collections.

Brothers of the Baladi Presence of the Past

CD: BLD 10 (Q ) File Under: Middle East

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“A delightful oasis of sensual rhythms and superb musicianship that makes you dance. I always enjoy sharing the bill with these entertaining performers.” — MARIA MULDAUR “ They offer a bridge…in the wake of terrorism and stereotyping. Americans need to recognize our kinship with other cultures [and] here come the Brothers as if on cue: a group of Americans with a new CD of traditional Middle Eastern music.” — THE OREGONIAN

Featured Artists Michael Beach, producer, lead vocals, Arabic tabla, doumbeg, dolalla, riq, def, bongos, midjwiz, qaraqab, bendir, zils/J. Michael Kearsey, producer, bass guitar/Geoff George, keyboards/Daniel Eshoo, oud, baglama saz, bass guitar/Mark Burdon, drum kit/Ishmael, kanoon, baglama saz/Boujemaa Razgui, oud, nay, violin, bass guitar/Stephen Skaggs, oud, clarinet/Brenda Erickson, violin

Track Listing Ma Alley W’olt Loh • Miserlou • Bonjour • Raqs Leyla • Parmaklik Onunde • Nay de Maghreb • Ooskeh Gookas • Nebtitdy M’nain El Hakiah • Ararat Vibration • Yavash/Chabook • Wisemen • Salamet • Presence of the Past

Selling Points • A delicious mezza of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern favorites with a few original songs for aperitif! • Presence of the Past is a tasteful combination of songs performed on traditional acoustic Middle Eastern instruments alongside keyboards and bass guitar, sung in Arabic, Turkish and Armenian • This CD celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Brothers of the Baladi, five Americans who successfully “ bridge the gap” to bring Middle Eastern music to the world and are one of the largest sellers of belly dance music both nationally and internationally • Includes the 1938 Greek classic “Miserlou,” made famous by “King of the Surf Guitar” Dick Dale • Frequent in-store performances, especially when touring • Press releases, CDs, photos, reviews and publicity to all press and media (includes radio/TV interviews, live performances, CD/ticket giveaway and feature stories) • Targeted advertisements, interviews and reviews in all the top belly dance publications

Key Markets Portland (Hometown). Also: Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Fresno, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Eugene, Medford, Seattle, Bellingham. Olympia, New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Boise, Bozeman, Missoula, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Maui, Honolulu

Also Available • BLD 4 (Q) Further Journeys (619981091428) • BLD 5 (Q) Eye on the World (786426000526) • BLD 6 (Q) Heart of the Beast (786426000625) • BLD 7 (Q) A Time of Peace (786426000724) • BLD 8 (Q) Hope (619981078023) • BLD 9 (Q) Michael Beach Hands of a Thousand Dances (619981106023) 8% ALLEGRO RESTOCK DEAL [April 3, 2006 – April 28, 2006]

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WORLD Featured Artists Teshome Mitiku/Glen A. Douglas/Aster Bekele/Theodros Mitiku

Track Listing Ambati • Topia’s Deluge • Love Me As I Am • Song of Songs • Senseless War • Hallelujah • Song for Alem • Lies • Ballad of Amariah • Leaderless People • Far Away But Near • Why

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Teshome Mitiku Topia’s Deluge

CD: ALU 1049 (Q ) File Under: Ethiopia

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• Teshome Mitiku has had a legendary 40-year career at the heart of Ethiopian music, forming the massively popular Soul Ekos Band in Addis Ababa in the 1960s • The Soul Ekos Band was the first to combine traditional Ethiopian music with the sounds of electric soul and popular music from the West. They were absolute superstars, playing regularly in front of crowds of 60,000 in Ethiopia, Sudan & Kenya • Teshome Mitiku is featured on volumes 1, 4 and 10 of the celebrated Ethiopiques series from Buda Records, featuring thrilling discoveries from the vibrant Ethiopian music scene of the 1970s. His songs have also appeared on the popular Rough Guide series of world music compilations • In 2002, Boston’s popular Either/Orchestra released Afro-Cubism, a six-track album that contained Teshome Mitiku’s “Yezemed Yebaed” • Teshome Mitiku’s 1995 release Yegna Neger was voted the Best Ethiopian Album Recorded Since 1990 in a recent poll by Netsanet, Le Ethiopian Radio, of Ethiopians living worldwide • Now based in Washington DC, Mitiku formed the first Ethiopian Music Association in 1996. About forty artists from the association performed in front of 3,000 people at the Kennedy Center for a benefit concert that raised money for two orphanages in Addis Ababa and Debra Berhane • Topia’s Deluge, a brand new studio recording, is this legendary artist’s only full-length recording available in America!

Featured Artists Anthony Blea, violin/Jose (Papo) Boine, timbales, bongos, cancerro, tambora, drums/Jose Leonardo Freyre, trombone/Roberto Mier, vocals/ and more

Track Listing Imaginate • Golondrina • Cuidadito Compay Gallo • Fernanda 666 • En Que Quedamos • Una Mujer De La Vida • En Carne Viva • Amigo Mio

Selling Points • A legendary charanga band formed in the ‘70s in New York, Charanga 76 has traveled around the world spreading their sound, which came out of the work of renowned artists such as Hansel and Raul • Produced by award-winning producer and composer German Piferrer • Features special invited guests Eddie Drennon (violin), Andrea Brachfeld (flute), Felix Farrar (violin), Alfredo Triff (violin), Carlos Jimenez (piano), Reinaldo Jorge (trombone) and Luis Tejeda (guira) WORLD PREMIERE • First time on CD! RECORDING! • Key Markets: New York, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Antonio, I N C L U D E S WORLD Vancouver, Toronto PREMIERE RECORDINGS!

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Miriam Stockley

Divination

Second Nature

Ambient Dub Volume 1

“Another magnificent mix of styles that evoke Finnish nights, African plains, Peruvian Andes and all the joy of Enya, Sarah Brightman and Miriam Makeba rolled into one…‘Beautiful’ and ‘excitingly exotic’ is simply a good start to the flow of adjectives.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Track Listing One Dream · Massai Rain · Rainsong · Umoya · Finlandia (A Finnish Summer Night) · Spring · Sabancaya · Butterfly · Ifemeli · Tula (Hush)

Selling Points Miriam Stockley has worked with Tina Turner, Elton John, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Seal and Adiemus. One of the most distinctive voices in music, Stockley has sung on more hit records and had more success than most artists achieve in a lifetime!

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Track Listing Divination One • Seven Heavens • Errata • Delta • Tian Zhen • Agrippa • Godspeed • Ain Soph Aour

Selling Points Ambient Dub Volume 1, the first in a series of often radically different Divination projects, shows an impressive scope. Brilliant guitarists Buckethead and Nicky Skopelitis add arachnid-like webs of texture to Robert Musso’s dusky synths and Ben Bova’s ethereal electronics. Veers from weightlessly abstract ambience to quasi-dub rhythmic fluctuations and all-out ethno-techno-funk – an irresistible experiment in extreme ambient dub!

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Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook

Praxis

Psychonavigation

Metatron

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Psychic & UFO Revelations in the Last Days • Angel Tech • Black Dawn

Wake the Dead • Skull Crack • Meta-Matic • Cathedral Space • Turbine • Vacuum-Mass • Cannibal • Inferno/Heatseeker/Exploded Heart • Warm Time Machine/Low End Transmission/Over the Foaming Deep • Double Vision • Armed • Warcraft • Triad • Space After

Selling Points Psychonavigation, constructed by Pete Namlook (composer/creator of the Fax+49 label) and Bill Laswell (creator/producer of the groundbreaking Axiom label and producer of Herbie Hancock, Material, Brian Eno) is an exploration of ambient underground psych. Laswell and Namlook join forces to produce the soundtrack for a journey through a telepathic mind. Endless soundscapes from Laswell’s dubby bass, filled with drones and morphing fields, combines with Namlook’s spheres to make the listener feel at one with the universe.

Selling Points Beneath the darkly subsonic bass of producer Bill Laswell, the funk-laden beats of current Primus drummer Brain and the extreme guitar terror of mutant virtuoso Buckethead, Praxis represents an inspiring, mesmerizing and harrowing foray into the collective mind of a lethally futuristic live unit.

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NEW AGE Jonathan Goldman Reiki Chants

CD: JSG 2233 (Q ) File Under: New Age

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Reiki Chants is a beautiful musical composition that carries the listener on waves of healing energy to a realm of infinite potential. The light instrumentals, combined with soft vocals, blend with Reiki healing energy in a manner that has never before been experienced. — LAURELLE SHANTI GAIA, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR REIKI TRAINING

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Featured Artists Jonathan Goldman, vocals, harp, koto, violin, tambura/Andi Goldman/Sarah Benson

Track Listing Choku Rei • Sei He Ki • Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen • Dai Ko Myo

Selling Points • Jonathan Goldman is a world-renowned authority in the field of sound healing who presents lectures, workshops and weeklong intensive training sessions around the world • Goldman is a pioneer in the field of harmonics and a Gold-selling artist who has appeared on Grammy Award-winning recordings • He has published numerous books considered the best in their field including Healing Sounds (Inner Traditions) and Tantra of Sound (Hampton Roads) • New Age Retailer named Goldman one of the Top 5 Most Popular New Age Musicians of All Time • Reiki Chants is the first album to use Kotodama (an ancient oriental system of sound healing) to create the sounds that encode and manifest the power and energy of the Reiki symbols for accelerated healing • Reiki Chants is both powerful and eminently listenable – a therapeutic musical masterpiece for healing and vibratory acceleration. It continues Goldman’s cutting-edge work, integrating a totally new synthesis of ideas and sonics designed to explore sound as a transformational modality • The exotic sounds of these chants are beautiful to listen to and truly powerful to experience for healing and meditation or simply as gentle, relaxing music • Service to press and radio

Key Markets Boulder (Hometown). Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC

Order Date: April 21, 2006

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Return to Avalon

CD: EVM 2888 (Q ) File Under: New Age

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On Return to Avalon, Lino has created a sonic wonderland of guitar mastery that is an absolute winner…a totally awesome listening experience! — SMOOTHJAZZ.COM

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Press Quotes “Lino is a brilliant young guitarist...a remarkable new talent.” — JAZZREVIEW.COM “An artistic masterpiece!” — DJ FAZIO, JAZZNATION.COM “ Lino’s Return to Avalon is a fully realized and textured journey through the major influences of this show-stopping guitarist.” — THE JOHN SHELTON IVANY TOP 21 “Return to Avalon is solid, unfailingly inventive music from an up-and-coming artist. Both his acoustic and electric guitar work is eloquent and adventurous...a highly satisfying musical session.” — COSMIK DEBRIS

Featured Artists Lino, classical, acoustic, electric & bass guitars, keyboards, percussion/Richard Hardy, sax, flute/John Adorney, cello

Track Listing Wings • Salsa à la Mode • Return to Avalon • Moonlight • Divertimento No. 1 in D Major – Allegro • Intermission in a Minor • Sunset View • Alma De Caballo • Separate Peace • Bright Inside • You Belong To Me

Selling Points • A truly diverse, charismatic and unique artist, Lino delivers eclectic, energetic performances that blend influences of jazz, classical, world and Latin flavors to create a style all his own • Featuring intoxicating layers of guitars, sax, flute, cello, violin and piano, Return to Avalon is a must-have for all instrumental music lovers • The music is genre-defying, with strong influences of smooth jazz and a twist that sets Lino uniquely apart from the norm • The perfect music for dinner parties, get-togethers, travel and leisure, Return to Avalon is stimulating but non-intrusive • Nationwide radio promotion campaigns (NAR and NAC) • National publicity campaign (all major print publications, internet sites, interviews, reviews, TV, radio)

Key Markets Akron & Cleveland (Hometowns). Also: Portland, Seattle, Denver, Los Angeles

Also Available • EVM 3514 (Q) Satin Blue (802593351428)

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NEW AGE Featured Artists Capitanata, keyboards, synthesizer, organ, gong, grand piano/Alberto Grollo, guitars, synthesizer, computer programming, harmonies/Riccardo Zappa, 12-string guitar/Eneas “Animesh” Da Silva, percussion/Sheila Mahadevi, vocals/Hariprassad Shastry, flute

Track Listing Healing Incantation

Selling Points

Grollo-Capitanata Healing Incantation CD: ORM 62772 (Q )

• Healing Incantation is a combination of wonderful relaxing nature sounds, gentle music and a healing incantation, intended for use in all types of healing practices or sessions • The album is one continuous track, 54:47 in length, and features keyboards, organ, gong, piano, guitars, synthesizer and computer programming • Dr. Alberto Grollo has found that gentle music and nature sounds have healing benefits for his patients. Healing Incantation is specifically designed to touch & revitalize the listener’s core being • Capitanata is a composer, painter and multimedia artist whose music has been used by Air Europe & Alitalia • Reiki Heart, also by Grollo & Capitanata, is an Oreade bestseller • Service to major reviewers and trade, especially Reiki practitioners • Ads will run in New Age Retailer and Light of Consciousness

File Under: New Age

Also Available • ORM 62622 (Q) Reiki Heart (689973626228) QTY NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

“Journey Through the Chakras restores, refreshes, and provides an environment where a harmonic, vibrational adjustment can take place. It is not very often that a musician comes along to take you to the next level.” — BRUCE GOSEY, RHYTHM CULTURE

Featured Artists Iván Marín García, clarinet, flutes, percussion, synth, didgeridoo, crystal bowls/Kary Regragui, piano/Ben Noyes, cello

Track Listing Inner Survival – Root Chakra • Dance of Duality – Sacral Chakra · Calling the Fire Spirits – Solar Chakra • Journey Through the Heart – Heart Chakra • Freedom – Throat Chakra • Passage to Clarity – Brow Chakra • Divine Vibration – Crown Chakra • Joy

Selling Points • This journey through the energy centers of the body is primal and ethereal, culminating in a joyous celebration of spirit at the end. Iván Marín García plays clarinet, crystal bowls, flutes from all over the world, synth, percussion, didgeridoo and more • García’s interest in and love for therapeutic music has always been very strong. He believes that the power of sound will soon be recognized and incorporated as part of medicinal healing • After receiving his professor’s degree in 1989, García came to the United States to study with Yehuda Gilad at the University of Southern California. In 1996, he was appointed Assistant Principal Clarinetist with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also played with the Cincinnati & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras • Journey Through the Chakras is perfect music for visualization, meditation and relaxation • Service to trade and web reviewers as well as radio • Ads will run in New Age Retailer and Light of Consciousness

Order Date: April 21, 2006

Iván Marín García Journey Through the Chakras

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CD: ORM 62612 (Q ) File Under: New Age

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CHILDRENS ALLEGRO WELCOMES BOBO DISCOS TO ITS ROSTER!

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BoBo Discos was established in the early ‘80s in Mexico to bring quality children’s music to the world, and represents all the youthful wonder that children offer!

Various Artists 20 Canciones Juvenil Tradicionales Vol. 1 Track Listing Los Pollitos • Cumpleanos • La Cucaracha • Arroz Con Leche • El Ratoncito Miguel • Que Pequeno El Mundo Es • Don Pepito • A La Rueda Rueda • Pinocho • Matarilerileron • Aserrin Aserran • La Marcha De Las Letras • Popeye • Un Elefante Se Balanceaba • Tengo Una Muneca • Como Me Pica La Nariz • Que Llueva, Que Llueva • El Animal de 5 Patas • Los Cochinitos Estan En La cama • Oh Susana

Selling Points • Contains 20 classic children’s party songs – every child’s fiesta in Latin America, or any country that speaks Spanish, has included these wonderful tunes! • Includes traditional children’s songs like “La Cucaracha,” “Cumpleanos” (“Happy Birthday”), “Pinocho,” “Popeye” (“Popeye the Sailor man”), “Los Pollitos,” “Que Pequeno El Mundo Es” (“It’s a small world”) and many, many more • Recorded in a simple, lovely way so children of all ages can sing along to their favorite songs • Samples availble!

CD: PRD BBD 9000 (I) File Under: Children/Mexico

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John M. Feierabend & Jill Trinka

There’s a Hole in the Bucket

Had a Little Rooster

Old Joe Clark

CD: GIA 645 (Q )

CD: GIA 646 (Q )

CD: GIA 647 (Q )

File Under: Children

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Track Listing There’s a Hole in the Bucket • Do Your Ears Hang Low • The Old Woman and the Pig • Had a Little Rooster • No More Pie • Frog in the Meadow • Old Joe Clark • Kye Kye Kule • Hop Old Squirrel • My Hat It Has Three Corners • ‘Twas on a Monday Morning • The Frog and the Mouse • Cousin Peter • Mother Goonie Bird • Cowboy Joe • Lucy Rabbit • Long-Legged Sailor • Wake Up You Lazy Bones • Épo I Tai Tai E • The Sow Took the Measles • There Was An Old Woman • Our Gallant Ship • Rig-a-Jig Jig • Purple Light • Go ‘Round the Mountain • Pickin’ a Spot • Haul Away Joe • The Darby Ram • The Fox Went Out • When I Was One • My Ship Sailed from China • The Blue Cockatoo • Caney Mi Macaro • Riding in a Buggy • and more (102 total)

Selling Points • Famed music educator John Feierabend and popular folk singer Jill Trinka have joined together to create these recordings of delightful songs for children ages three and up • The great American folk songs and rhymes on these CDs have enthralled young people for generations. The enclosed illustrated booklets include complete lyrics and song directions • Children and their families are sure to enjoy these imaginative and engaging CDs, featuring treasured children’s folk songs and rhymes

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DVDs

–UP TO 4 HOURS OF THE GREATEST Irene Dunne Love Affair/Penny Serenade/Jane Eyre THE FIRST LADY OF HOLLYWOOD IN TWO ROMANTIC TEARJERKERS! Total Running Time: 4 hrs 34 min Love Affair (1939) 87 min. B&W Starring: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer; Director: Leo McCrey During an ocean voyage, a French playboy and a beautiful American fall in love. Problem is – each is already betrothed! They decide to test their passion by meeting six months later atop the Empire State Building, but tragedy will challenge their devotion. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Actress and Best Picture. Penny Serenade (1941) 120 min. B&W Starring: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant; Director: George Stevens A wife contemplating divorce reflects on the up and downs of marriage in a compelling story that flawlessly blends humor and heartbreak. Grant received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Jane Eyre (1934) 67 min. B&W Starring: Colin Clive, Virginia Bruce; Director: William Christy Cabanne

DVD: PFX 190010 (C) File Under: Romance

A young woman, orphaned and raised by a cruel aunt, is optimistic about her new employment as governess at a wealthy estate. But dark family secrets and a romance with the master of the house force the heroine to flee until a haunting and bizarre incident brings them together again.

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Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes: Woman in Green/Terror By Night/ Dressed to Kill SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE’S MASTER SLEUTH IN THREE THRILLING MYSTERIES! Total Running Time: 3 hrs 20 min The Woman in Green (1945) 68 min. B&W Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke; Director: Roy William Neill A series of beautiful women are found dead, each with her right forefinger chopped off! Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson aren’t pointing fingers yet, but a trail of evidence leads Holmes to his recurrent nemesis, Professor Moriarty, and the occult world of hypnosis. Terror By Night (1946) 60min. B&W Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce; Director: Roy William Neill Terror haunts a train ride from London to Edinburgh! Detective Holmes and Dr. Watson are on board, guarding the delivery of a precious diamond known as the “Star of Rhodesia.” When someone is murdered and the diamond is stolen, no passenger is considered innocent under Holmes’ critical eye. Dressed to Kill (1946) 72 min. B&W Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce; Director: Roy William Neill A number of harmless-looking music boxes are purchased at a London auction – but little do the owners know that the boxes hold the secret codes to a hidden booty! As each owner gets murdered, detective Holmes begins to piece together the motivation behind the heinous crimes.

Order Date: April 21, 2006

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DVD: PFX 190021 (C) File Under: Mystery

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DVDs

FILMS & THE BIGGEST STARS–ALL ON ONE DISC!

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Marlon Brando/Burt Lancaster One-Eyed Jacks/Vengeance Valley MARLON BRANDO’S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT! Total Running Time: 3 hrs 44 min One Eyed Jacks (1961) 141 min. COLOR Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer; Director: Marlon Brando After robbing a bank, Kid Rio (Marlon Brando) is double-crossed by his partner Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) and is jailed in a brutal Mexican prison. After five long years, Rio escapes and seeks revenge in Monterey, but complications arise when he finds that Longworth has become the town sheriff – and Rio falls in love with his ex-partner’s beautiful stepdaughter. Vengeance Valley (1951) 83 min. COLOR Starring: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, John Ireland; Director: Richard Thorpe In this gorgeously filmed western, the famous “Cain and Abel” theme gets a Wild West twist! A cattle baron raises an orphaned boy, causing resentment in his own son. As the boys grow into manhood, the animosity festers until the son discovers an opportunity to finally get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father’s empire all to himself. Stars Burt Lancaster in his first western role!

DVD: PFX 190022 (C) File Under: Western

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Janet Gaynor/David Niven A Star is Born/Eternally Yours TWO ROMANTIC CLASSICS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD! Total Running Time: 3 hrs 21 min A Star Is Born (1937) 111 min. COLOR Starring: Fredrick March, Janet Gaynor; Director: William A. Wellman A small town girl (Janet Gaynor) with dreams of Hollywood stardom falls for an aging matinee movie idol (Fredrick March). With his help, she skyrockets to fame, while his career hits the skids. Widely considered to be the best version, this film received seven Academy Award nominations and a win for Best Original Story. Eternally Yours (1939) 90 min. B&W Starring: David Niven, Loretta Young, Broderick Crawford, Billie Burke; Director: Tay Garnett In this magical romantic comedy, a dashing escape artist (David Niven) steals the heart of a beautiful bride-to-be (Loretta Young) while performing at her bridal shower. But when the magician refuses to give up the showbiz life, she performs a disappearing act of her own! Gloriously filmed using the 1939 World’s Fair as a backdrop, this film features an Academy Award-nominated score. DVD: PFX 190003 (C) File Under: Drama

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DVDs Bob Hope/Bing Crosby My Favorite Brunette/Road to Bali/Road to Hollywood BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY AT THEIR HILARIOUS BEST! Total Running Time: 3 hrs 49 min My Favorite Brunette (1947) 85 min. B&W Starring: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, Jr.; Director: Elliot Nugent

A frustrated baby photographer (Bob Hope) yearns to be a famous gumshoe. His fantasy goes awry when he is mistakenly hired by a beautiful brunette (Dorothy Lamour) to track down a missing baron, only to find himself framed for murder. Road to Bali (1952) 91 min. COLOR Starring: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour Two American vaudeville performers stranded in Australia sign on as deep-sea divers off the Indonesian island of Bali. They both fall for the same vivacious island princess while contending with all sorts of jungle dangers, including cannibalistic natives! Road to Hollywood (1946) 53 min. B&W Starring: Bing Crosby, Luis Alberni, Ann Christy; Director: Bud Pollard An entertaining and informative documentary on Bing Crosby’s rise to fame features clips of his musical comedies made at the Mack Sennet studios between 1931 and 1932.

DVD: PFX 190005 (C) File Under: Comedy

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Sabu/Charles Laughton/Three Stooges Jungle Book/Captain Kidd/Malice in the Palace/Sing a Song of Six Pants Total Running Time: 3 hrs 50 min Jungle Book (1942) 108 min. COLOR Starring: Sabu, Thomas Mitchell; Director: Zultan Korda

Rudyard Kipling’s classic adventure story comes to vivid life in this lavish Technicolor version. A young boy named Mowgli is raised by wolves in the jungles of India; his daring exploits take him from the fabulous bejeweled secret City of the Dead Kings to a final encounter with his mortal enemy, Shere-Khan the killer tiger! This film earned Academy Award nominations for Cinematography, Music Score, Art Direction and Special Effects. Captain Kidd (1945) 90 min. B&W Starring: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Briton; Director: Rowland V. Lee

In this high-seas swashbuckler, notorious seventeenth-century buccaneer Captain William Kidd (Charles Laughton) tricks the King of England into appointing him as the escort of a treasure-laden ship. Of course, Kidd and his crew of cutthroats plan to steal the valuable cargo for themselves. BONUS: Two Three Stooges shorts! In Malice in the Palace (1949, 16 min. B&W), the Stooges play bumbling waiters at the “Cafe Casbahbah” who attempt to recover a stolen diamond and collect a $50,000 reward. In Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947 16 min. B&W), the Stooges’ tailor shop is in danger of having its equipment repossessed unless they can raise some quick cash. When they learn that a bank robber is on the loose, they try to foil the thief and collect the reward!

Order Date: April 21, 2006

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5/11/06

Memphis, TN

W.C. Handy Awards

4/29/06

Chicago, IL

Old Town School of Folk Music

5/13/06

San Jose, CA

SJS Metro Fountain Blues Festival

4/30/06

Ann Arbor, MI

The Ark

6/9/06

Chicago, IL

Buddy Guy’s Blues Legends

5/20/06

East Lansing, MI

East Lansing Art Festival

6/10/06

Struthers, OH

The Cellar

6/3/06

Ann Arbor, MI

The Ark

6/11/06

Hughesville, PA

Billtown Blues Festival

7/12/06

Plymouth, MI

Concert in the Park

6/17/06

St. Paul, MN

Blues Festival

7/23-28/06

San Diego, CA

Camp Hope

Josh White Jr. Delicate Balance CD: SWC 1070 (Q ) UPC: 787991107023

CD: WLF 120809 (R) UPC: 799582080929

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4/21/06

Portland, OR

Portland Art Museum

4/1/06

Boston, MA

Regattabar

4/24/06

Port Angeles, WA

Peninsula College

4/25-30/06 New York, NY

Blue Note

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Brothers of the Baladi

Dafnis Prieto

Presence of the Past

Absolute Quintet

CD: BLD 10 (Q ) UPC: 619981170529

CD: ZMR 200606 (Q ) UPC: 880956060620

Theo Bleckmann

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Consolidated Works

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Seacrest Resort

5/4/06

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Rime

4/26/06

Santa Fe, NM

Science & Consciousness Conf.

5/24/06

New York, NY

Whitney Museum

7/15/23/06

Denver, CO

Sunrise Ranch

6/2/06

New York, NY

Joe’s Pub

11/14/06

Santa Fe, NM

Internatinal Sound Healing Conf.

6/10-11/06 Philadelphia, PA

Ryerss Museum

Jonathan Goldman

Las Vegas Rhapsody

Reiki Chants

CD: WTR 116 (R) UPC: 025091011629

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Capitol Steps Four More Years in the Bush Leagues

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Majestic Theater

4/5/06

Easton, PA

Williams Center for the Arts

4/1/06

Morgantown, WV

Metropolitan Theater

4/7/06

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Jazz Festival

4/9/06

St. Louis, MO

Sheraton Chalet

4/8/06

Morristown, NJ

Community Theater

4/14/06

Canton, MI

Village Theater

4/9/06

Philadelphia, PA

Annenberg Center for the Arts

4/15/06

Portland, ME

Merrill Auditorium

4/25/06

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

4/22/06

Santa Clarita, CA

Vital Express

5/6/06

Omaha, NE

Omaha Performing Arts Center

Arturo O’Farrill Live in Brooklyn

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CD: ZMR 200507 (Q ) UPC: 880956050720

CD: CTL 1025 (M) UPC: 095632102529

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4/13/06

Woonsocket, RI

Chan’s

4/28/06

Louisville, KY

Jazz Factory Jazz Kitchen

4/14/06

New London, CT

Bank Street

4/29/06

Indianapolis, IN

4/15/06

Piermont, NY

Turning Point

5/5/06

Kalamazoo, MI

Gilmore Festival

5/3/06

Grand Rapids, MI

Intersection

5/21/06

Tampa, FL

Gorilla Theatre

Savoy Brown

5/4/06

Milwaukee, WI

Shank Hall

Blues, Balls & Boogie

5/5/06

Shaumberg, IL

City Limits

Lynne Arriale Inspiration

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Bill Warfield Big Band A Faceless Place CD: MBO 737 (Q ) UPC: 764942073729

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New York, NY

Smith’s Bar

4/7/06

New York, NY

Harvard Club

4/15-16/06 Bethlehem, PA

Zoellner Arts Center

5/13/06

Newark, NJ

NJPAC Concert

4/29/06

New Haven, CT

Hall High School

5/29/06

New York, NY

Blue Note

4/30/06

Brightwaters, NY

Suffolk Community College

6/9/06

New York, NY

Jolly Hotel Madison Towers

Roseanna Vitro Live at the Kennedy Center CD: CHR 73252 (Q ) UPC: 608917325225

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