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Christopher Gibbons Motets, Anthems, Fantasias...

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Daniil Trifonov, winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, is probably the world’s most exciting young pianist. On his first Mariinsky recording, he joins Valery Gergiev for a scintillating performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1. Trifonov also presents a selection of recital repertoire including music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Liszt. This will surely be one of the top-selling releases of the holiday season.

With the world’s attention focused on London, music written over 400 years ago for Queen Elizabeth I is currently one of the world’s top-selling classical recordings. Thanks to the incorporation of Thomas Tallis’s motet Spem in alium in the controversial literary sensation Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James, The Tallis Scholars’ recording of the work reached Number 1 on the UK’s official Classical Singles Chart and was the highest-selling classical download in the North America and Australia.

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The Tallis Scholars hit #1 — thanks to Fifty Shades of Grey

Daniil Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky

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Conductor and keyboard virtuoso Richard Egarr returns to the spotlight this month with a new album for harmonia mundi of music by Christopher Gibbons - an unjustly obscure English composer from the Renaissance who just happens to be the son of the famous Orlando Gibbons (p.8). Also on harmonia mundi, Spain’s Cuarteto Casals plays Schubert on a new disc of quartets that demonstrates two very different facets of the composer’s output (p.6). Hyperion’s top releases this month focus on works for soloist and orchestra, ranging from Bloch’s evergreen Kol Nidrei with cellist Nathalie Klein (p.10) to Messiaen’s gargantuan Turangalîla for piano and ondes martenot with Stephen Osborne (p.9). LSO Live launches a new series in August dedicated to film music. The début release features conductor Richard Kaufman leading the orchestra in selections from classic scores by the great Dmitri Tiomkin (p.22). The HighNote group offers up three more strong new releases this month. Hammond organist extraordinaire Joey DeFrancesco’s Wonderful! Wonderful! shows that he still has what it takes (p.17). The anthology Woody Plays Woody proves beyond a doubt that trumpeter Woody Shaw deserves his legendary status (p.18). And on The Queen of the Party, Irene Reid delivers a varied set featuring her signature uptown blues (p.20). Trumpeter Raynald Colom is featured on two releases from Jazz Village. Colom is a rising star in Europe and his music’s blend of jazz and flamenco is uniquely satisfying (p.19). Rounding out the month, Italy’s Joe Barbieri offers his own mix of light jazz and romantic pop on Respiro, the artist’s debut release for Chant du Monde (p.16).

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IMPORTOn this fascinating album, Ensemble Chronochromie pays musical homage to one of the greatest poets of the 20th century — Federico Garcia Lorca. The disc’s program of works for choir, soloists and guitar includes the poet’s own compositions as well as those of his teacher Manuel de Falla in addition to works by Rodrigo, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Ferrer. The guitar, a staple of flamenco and the music of Andalusia in general, is featured in Rodrigo’s Invocación y danza, written in honor of de Falla. The featured soloist is Benjamin Valette.

IMPORTFounded in 1989 by Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante has built an enviable international reputation for their fiery interpretations of Baroque music on period instruments. The works on this recording illustrate Telemann’s keen ability to assimilate national styles, as well as his prodigious skills in the area of musical depiction. The major works on the disc are the suites Burlesque de Quixotte and La Changeante, which exemplify Spanish and French stylistic traits. Also included are a selection of Italianate concertos, ranging from an ambitious work for three violins from Tafelmusik to the ever-popular viola concerto.

TELEMANNBurlesque de Quixotte, La Changeante, Concerto for 3 Violins, Viola Concerto,

Concerto for 2 ViolinsEuropa Galante, Fabio Biondi

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El Ruiseñor AndaluzA musical homage to Federico Garcia Lorca

Benjamin Valette (guitar), Ensemble Chronochromie, Jean-Michel Hasler

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The poetic music of Spain

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IMPORTBlandine Verlet is one of the last living legends of the harpsichord. After a few years of absence from the recording studio, she makes her début here on the Aparté label with a program dedicated to the harpsichord music of Francois Couperin. Recorded on a sumptuous Hemsch instrument from 1751, the set includes a fascinating selection of Ordres (suites), some of which eschew the commonly used Baroque dances and substitute movements with programmatic titles such as “Les Amusements,” “Les Chinois,” “La Convalescente” and “La Visionnaire.” The cover of the disc features a highly evocative portrait of Verlet by the American painter H. Craig Hanna.

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COUPERINOrdres pour clavecin Nos.7, 8, 25-27Blandine Verlet (harpsichord)Aparté • AP 036

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IMPORTThis new recording from Vox Suavis is a collection of music from lost traditions. It revives the legacy of generations of anonymous musicians from the various regions of Spain, presenting a folkloric music that was once common to the rural population. The melodies and flavor of this tradition, active until the mid-twentieth century, were absorbed by composers such as Falla and Rodrigo and have become part of the national style of Spanish classical music. Also included are a much earlier example of Spanish ‘popular’ music, the Medieval Cantigas de amigo by Martin Codax. The juxtaposition of these two traditions, with their contrasts and connections, demonstrates the richness and variety of both styles.

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La Voz del Olvido — The Voice of OblivionSelections from the Cantigas de AmigoVox SuavisAparté • AP 034

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IMPORTThis historical release from First Hand features two major English orchestras and two acclaimed conductors in stereo recordings from the late 1950s, offered here for the first time on CD and for the first time ever in stereo. The recordings were transferred using original analogue session and master tapes from the EMI archive. The program includes American conductor Thomas Schippers leading the Philharmonia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4, and English conductor Sir Eugene Goossens leading the orchestra in Scriabin’s Rêverie in the first recording of a Scriabin work ever made by a British orchestra. To conclude the disc, Goossens leads the Pro Arte Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1.

IMPORTHelicon Records presents another gem from the archives of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which contain recordings predominantly taken from live performances in Tel Aviv’s Mann Auditorium. Many of the label’s releases are historic, and nearly all feature top rank soloists and conductors. This release, featuring the acclaimed Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli, couples Beethoven’s powerful Symphony No.3 with the elegant Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel, which are based on waltzes by Franz Schubert.

BEETHOVENSymphony No.3

RAVELValses nobles et sentimentales

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TCHAIKOVSKYSymphony No.4

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PROKOFIEVSymphony No.1

Philharmonia Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra, Thomas Schippers, Sir Eugene Goossens

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IMPORTFor their first recording of music by Franz Schubert, the members of the Cuarteto Casals perform works from two very different periods in the composer’s life. Wrongly dated upon its publication in 1830, the String Quartet No.10 in E flat Major is in fact the work of a 16-year-old musician who had just entered teachers college. It is coupled here with Schubert’s very last effort in the genre, the String Quartet No. 15 in G Major. Symphonic in organization and structure, in its scope and difficulty, it is typical of his later works. Although only thirteen years separate the two pieces, the differences in form and complexity offer the listener a fascinating example of Schubert’s rapid growth and stylistic changes.

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SCHUBERTString Quartets Nos.10 D.87 & 15 D.887Cuarteto Casalsharmonia mundi • HMC 902121

Cuarteto Casals plays Schubert

AdvAnce review

“Their account of the great G major is something out of

the ordinary — I don’t recall a performance of this work in which Schubert’s existential

angst is so relentlessly projected. The tragedy and

drama of this music have rarely been so harrowingly

delivered on disc.”— THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK)

Also availableBoccherini: La musica notturna di Madridharmonia mundi • HMC 902092 (3149020209226)“Cuarteto Casals has put together the perfect disc

of the composer’s ‘greatest hits.’”— CLASSICS TODAY

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IMPORTBorn in 1965 in Paris, Thierry Pécou began studying the piano at the age of nine and continued his studies at the Paris Conservatoire Supérieur, where he won first prizes in orchestration and composition. Regularly appointed to residencies around the world, Pécou has had a long-standing relationship with the Banff Center in Canada. An avid traveler, Pécou’s experiences abroad have been among the most fruitful sources of inspiration for his music. This is the third recording of music by Thierry Pécou on the harmonia mundi label. Latin America provides the thematic connection for the works here. Of special note is the Brazilian flavored ‘carnival concerto’ Tremendum, presented in a new transcription by Pécou for the Percussions Claviers de Lyon and the Ensemble Variances.

Pécou’s flavors of Latin America

PÉCOUTremendum, Soleil-Tigre, Manoa, L’Arbre aux

fleurs, Paseo de la Reforma, DanzónEnsemble Variances, Percussions Claviers de

Lyon, Thierry Pécouharmonia mundi • HMC 905269

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Also availablePécou: Symphonie du jaguarharmonia mundi • HMC 905267 (794881941223)“It’s dynamic, it’s visceral, it’s exotic…”

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDBorn into an English musical family, organist & composer Christopher Gibbons (1615-1676) probably received early training from his famous father Orlando Gibbons. The young Gibbons sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal and went on to a distinguished career at Westminster Abbey and in the court of Charles II. With this showcase program of motets, anthems, fantasias for strings and organ voluntaries (all of which are receiving their first recordings), Richard Egarr, leading the Academy of Ancient Music and its choir, aims to rescue this fascinating composer from unjust obscurity.

A welcome discovery from Richard Egarr

GIBBONSMotets, Anthems, Fantasias & VoluntariesAcademy of Ancient Music, Choir of the AAM, Richard Egarr (organ)harmonia mundi • HMU807551

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Also availableHandel: Trio Sonatas Opp.2 & 5harmonia mundi • HMU 907467 (093046746728)“The pleasure of these recordings is that Egarr’s

attitude is so successfully conveyed in the ensemble’s playing. An inside job, and

a top-rank one, to boot.”— THE IRISH TIMES

AdvAnce review“We owe Egarr our thanks for this sampler

– a selection of gently expressive choral anthems, organ works and instrumental

fantasias that establish him as a far-from-negligible precursor of Blow and Purcell.”

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IMPORT“The Mess iaen Monster,” ridiculed by crit ics at its premiere — in the best tradition of works of genius — is now, “established as one of the most astonishing classics of the twentieth century,” as Nigel Simeone writes in the booklet of this brilliant new release. The joyful generosity of the orchestral writing and kaleidoscopic nature of the musical invention make Turangalîla one of Messiaen’s most characteristic and appealing works, considered by many to be his masterpiece. As well as the distinctive sound of the ondes martenot, the other striking feature is the virtuoso piano part — it is in some ways a concerto, although the sheer scale of the orchestral contribution belies that specific title. Rarely has it been more explosively performed than here, with an acknowledged living master of Messiaen’s piano music, Steven Osborne, at the keyboard.

AdvAnce review“Playing and recording are dazzling… What a life-enhancing piece it all is!…

Buy, read and applaud.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Messiaen’s kaleidoscopic Turangalîla

MESSIAENTurangalîla-SymphonieSteven Osborne (piano),

Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Bergen Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena

Hyperion • CDA 67816

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Also availableMessiaen: Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant JesusHyperion • CDA 67351 (034571173511)“Steven Osborne’s performance is one of towering authority and technical achievement.”— GRAMOPHONE

Messiaen: Visions de l’AmenHyperion • CDA 67366 (034571173665)

“The performance is lucid in conception and illuminating

in its realization.”— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORTHyperion presents a dazzling orchestral disc of music from the Jewish tradition of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Bruch’s Kol Nidrei is one of the most well-loved works in the cello repertoire. The descending opening phrase of the cello line is instantly recognizable: a universal, extraordinarily expressive utterance. The main part of the disc comprises the works for cello and orchestra by Ernest Bloch, all part of his ‘Jewish cycle.’ The other large-scale work for cello and orchestra, Voice in the Wilderness, is of a darker hue. Both works reveal a composer whose works should be firmly in the canon of twentieth-century symphonic writing. The cellist here is Natalie Clein, a celebrated figure in British musical life since winning BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1995 and now a formidable artist.

BLOCHSchelomo, From Jewish Life, Voice in the WildernessBRUCHKol NidreiNatalie Clein (cello),BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan VolkovHyperion • CDA 67910

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Kodaly: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8Hyperion • CDA 67829 (034571178295)

“Natalie Clein plays this virtuosic Sonata with visceral beauty.”— LISTEN MAGAZINE

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“Natalie Clein gives an unexaggerated performance... the music takes wing to both beguile and thrill. It’s one of the most persuasive performances of this

work that I have heard.”

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IMPORTThis release presents music associated with the renaissance master Josquin Des Prez, a composer who towers above all others in the first part of the sixteenth century. Numerous works that were attributed to him have now been proven to be by his contemporaries and successors, including the central work on this recording, Jean Richafort’s expansive and beautiful Requiem. It is performed with affecting clarity by the all-male vocal group Cinquecento, whose many previous discs of Renaissance repertoire for Hyperion have garnered the highest critical praise. Booklet notes by Stephen Rice, an acknowledged authority on this repertoire, place the music in its historical context and decode the mysteries of its composition.

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RICHAFORTRequiem

JOSQUINNymphes, nappés / Circumdederunt me,

Faulte d’argent, Nymphes des bois, Requiem aeternam, Miserere mei Deus

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O mors inevitabilisCinquecento

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Richafort’s powerful Requiem

Also availableSchoendorff: The Complete WorksHyperion • CDA 67854 (034571178547)“The singing here is absolutely gorgeous... Like master weavers, they

handle the delicate interplay between contrapuntal parts and dovetailing with perfect ease.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

IMPORTPreviously available as CDA 66754 (034571167541) Deleted April 2010Constant Lambert is perhaps better known today for his strident views on his contemporaries, but he was also a talented composer of delightful, anarchic music, influenced particularly by Stravinsky and Ravel. On this mid-priced Helios series reissue, the Nash Ensemble presents a sampling of Lambert’s highly colorful works. This recording, a fascinating selection of pieces by one of the twentieth century’s most original and perplexing figures, is a must for anyone interested in twentieth-century music. Many of Lambert’s other works are also available on Hyperion.

IMPORTPreviously available as CDA 67467 (034571174679) Deleted April 2010Vivaldi’s highly attractive Violin Sonatas of Opus 2 were extremely popular in their day and much published and arranged for other combinations of instruments. The first six are performed here in their original form by one of the most celebrated early music violinists in the business, Elizabeth Wallfisch, stylishly supported by cellist Richard Tunnicliffe and harpsichordist Malcolm Proud.

VIVALDISix Violin Sonatas, Op.2Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Malcolm Proud (harpsichord)Hyperion • CDH 55404

LAMBERTPiano Concerto, Eight Poem of Li-Po, Sonata for Piano, Mr. Bear Squash-you-all-flatIan Brown (piano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Nash Ensemble, Lionel FriendHyperion • CDH 55397

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDThe latest in Praga’s series of historic remasterings is a tribute to three outstanding Russian artists — conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky, choirmaster Alexander Yurlov and the great bass Ivan Petrov. The repertoire is choral music of Dmitri Shostakovich written during the era of Josef Stalin. The oratorio The Song of the Forests was written in 1949 to celebrate the forestation of the Russian steppes following the end of World War II. The cantata The Sun Shines on Our Motherland, with texts by Soviet poet laureate Evgeni Dolmatovsky, was premiered in 1952 on the 35th anniversary of the October Revolution. Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets was Shostakovich’s first work for a cappella chorus.

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SHOSTAKOVICHSongs of the Forests Op.81; The Sun Shines Over

the Motherland Op.90, Ten Poems on Words of Revolutionary Poets Op.88

Vladimir Ivanovsky (tenor), Ivan Petrov (bass), Boy’s Choir of the Moscow State Chorus, USSR Academic

Russian Choir, Leningrad Radio & TV Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Yuri

Ulanov, Konstantin Ivanov, Grigori Sandler (conductors)Praga • PRD 350060

Historic recordings of Shostakovich

IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDAlthough Dvorák’s string quartets are among the finest ever written, other than the famous “American” quartet, they remain largely unfamiliar to most listeners. This is surprising, as most of the quartets are brilliant and accessible, full of distinctive melodies and passionate invention. This Hybrid SACD from Praga featuring the Zemlinsky Quartet presents two of the composer’s quartets, Nos.9 and 13. The ninth quartet, in the key of D minor, was completed in late 1877 and dedicated to Brahms. Technically brilliant, the work has a melancholy flavor that has been attributed to Dvorák’s memories of the death of his daughter. The G major thirteenth quartet, one of the composer’s last two efforts in the genre, was the first quartet he completed following his return from America.

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DVORÁKString Quartets Nos. 9 & 13, Opp.34 & 106

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IMPORTTahra’s series of historic remasterings of recordings by the great conductor Hermann Scherchen has won the label many accolades. Scherchen recorded an unusually wide range of repertoire, from the baroque to the contemporary. His Mahler recordings, made before Mahler became a part of the standard repertoire, were especially influential; so too were his recordings of Bach and Handel, which helped pave the way for the period performance-practice movement. This 1959 recording of Bach’s B-minor Mass features the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Wiener Akademie Kammerchor.

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BACHMass in B MinorPierrette Alarie (soprano), Nan Merriman (soprano), Léopold Simoneau (tenor), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Franz Holetscheck (harpsichord), Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann ScherchenTahra • TAH 737

Scherchen’s ground-breaking Bach

Also availableSt. Matthew PassionTahra • TAH 701 (3504129070113)“This is a comprehensively successful set... It’s a reading

of distilled violence, corresponding warmth, nobly elevated, but deeply human.”— MUSICWEB-INTERNATIONAL.COM

IMPORTFile in: JazzOwls Talk is a superb encounter between young French saxophonist Alexandra Grimal and three venerable jazz masters. The album was recorded in New York in 2009 and originally released in France on the Marge label, but now sees a proper international release from Aparté. Grimal composed or co-composed nine of the album’s fifteen tracks. She described the sessions as, “An incredible encounter. A moment suspended in time. A waking dream… or the awakening of a dream?” Lee Konitz, Gary Peacock and the late, great Paul Motian need no introduction, and not surprisingly, their work here is exemplary.

IMPORTFile in: JazzOn her début album Gotta Do It, singer and composer Cecilia Bertolini offers up a glowing album of jazz-folk-pop that is rich with emotion. Free of affectation, her voice and music reveal a sublime talent that is ripe for discovery. Bertolini is backed by a team of musicians that are among the most highly regarded on the French jazz scene. Pianist and arranger Armel Dupas is joined by guitarist Olivier Louvel, drummer Karl Jannuska, bassist Manuel Marches and trumpeter Sylvain Gontard.

Gotta do itCecilia Bertolini

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Owls TalkAlexandra Grimal, Lee Konitz,

Gary Peacock, Paul MotianAparté • AP 037

Young stars of the French jazz scene

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IMPORTFile in: World JazzPossessing an elegant and romantic sophistication reminiscent of Michael Bublé, the music of Italian vocalist Joe Barbieri should find a ready audience in the North American market. In recent years, Barbieri’s musical popularity has been rising fast in Italy, winning over a legion of fans. Barbieri’s new album Respiro was recorded in Naples in an apartment used by Vittorio de Sica for scenes from two of his most important films - Matrimonio all’italiana and L’Oro di Napoli. Given the cinematic quality of Barbieri’s songs, this detail is more than a mere anecdote. The album features selections from Barbieri’s two original studio albums and its musical flavors run the gamut from smooth jazz to bossa nova to Italian pop. Backed by a stellar team of side men, Respiro exemplifies the best of cocktail jazz (flavored with a dash of world music) and its gentle ebb and flow are nothing short of intoxicating.

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IMPORTFile in: JazzJoey DeFrancesco has come a long way from All of Me, his 1989 recording début released when be was fresh-faced 17-year-old. From the get-go, the Philadelphia native established his credentials with virtuoso technique and an innate soulfulness that he brought to bear on the Hammond B-3 organ. Throughout his early career, DeFrancesco was widely recognized as spearheading a renewed interested in the Hammond organ and building a bridge from the instrument’s golden period of the 1960s and early 70s to the modern vocabulary and usage that it enjoys today. On Wonderful! Wonderful!, joined by jazz guitar great Larry Coryell and legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb, DeFrancesco imbues the venerable genre with new life, vigor and a modern sensibility which is at once of the moment and, at the same time, respectful of its roots and soulful history.

Wonderful! Wonderful!Joey DeFrancesco

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IMPORTFile in: JazzWoody Shaw is revered around the globe and is widely recognized for revolutionizing modern jazz trumpet playing. Shaw’s innovations vastly extended the harmonic and technical vocabulary of the instrument and his achievements, both as a stylist and as a master craftsman, remain largely unparalleled in the world of jazz. Woody Shaw is also remembered as one of the great, modern jazz composers to have developed a distinct musical sound and identity through his original compositions. His work is currently studied all over the world and his instrumental breakthroughs are venerated by musicians of all levels, ages, styles and nationalities. Woody Plays Woody is a collection of Shaw performing a suite of his own compositions together with some of his favored sidemen. It provides ample proof that when the future jazz history books are written, Shaw will be remembered as a performing-composer of the highest level of excellence.

A legend of the jazz trumpet

Woody Plays WoodyWoody ShawHighNote • HCD 7243

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IMPORTFile in: JazzAs a young prodigy, French trumpeter Raynald Colom caught the attention of jazz greats Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove and Kenny Barron, who helped support Colom’s musical studies. In 2000 he moved to Barcelona where he started freelancing, working with musicians such as Randy Becker, Jesse Davis and Horacio Fumero. During this period, Colom also traveled throughout the US and Latin America as part of Manu Chao’s “Clandestino” tour. Currently, Colom is a star of the Spanish jazz scene, both in concert and in the studio. Rise, Colom’s new album for Jazz Village, is jazz at its most modern. It blends influences as disparate as Bartók, Coltrane, Bix Biederbecke, hip-hop and even French chanson into a rich and flavorful jazz stew that defies categorization. Colom is also considered the premier trumpet player of the Flamenco elite. His 2009 album Evocación blends jazz and Flamenco in a heady mix of improvisations. The album also features the talents of Flamenco legends Chicuelo and Rosario la Tremendita.

The Flamenco-tinged jazz of Raynald Colom

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IMPORTFile in: JazzFrom her days singing with the Count Basie band as a replacement for Joe Williams, to her Indian summer of renewed popularity, Irene Reid always lived up to her moniker, “The Queen of Uptown Blues.” Like Dinah Washington and Esther Phillips, Irene had a church background and never lost that divine intensity or power to convey the emotions in a lyric. Queen of the Party is a program featuring Irene, the Mighty Burner, Eric Alexander and the rest of the crew doing what they did best. With her all-star band, Reid’s wit, sassy delivery and love of life is evident in every track.

The uptown blues of Irene Reid

Queen of the PartyIrene ReidSavant • SCD 2125

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo/ DSDFile in: Pop / RockOriginally released by Lost Highway Records in 2008, Just A Little Lovin’ is Shelby Lynne’s stirring, emphatic tribute to the late British singer Dusty Springfield. In contrast to the thickly scored originals, Lynne’s recordings of many of the covers are presented in comparatively spare arrangements, favoring acoustic guitars and pianos. In addition to the Springfield tracks, Lynne also covers Tony Joe White’s “Willie and Laura Mae Jones.” PopMatters’ review proclaimed that the album, “manages to go to emotional places that remain unattainable to your run-of-the-mill pop vocalists.” Some of Dusty’s biggest hits are covered here including “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me,” “I Only Want To Be With You,” and “How Can I Be Sure.”

Shelby Lynne’s tribute to Dusty Springfield

Just a Little Lovin’Shelby Lynne

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDFile in: JazzFor the first release in a new series from LSO Live focusing on classic film music, LSO Live presents a selection of the greatest scores by the legendary Dimitri Tiomkin. The London Symphony Orchestra’s association with the film industry stretches all the way back to Arthur Bliss’s music for Things to Come, the first time an orchestra had recorded a movie soundtrack. More recently, the LSO has recorded music for major blockbusters including Star Wars and Harry Potter. Russian-born Tiomkin was one of Hollywood’s most highly regarded and versatile composers, who could create memorable scores for almost any story. Tiomkin received a staggering 22 Academy Award nominations, winning four awards. This new recording features veteran conductor Richard Kaufman leading the orchestra in selections from High Noon, The High and the Mighty, The Alamo, Hitchcock’s Dial ‘M’ for Murder and the theme song for Rawhide.

The LSO goes to HollywoodDmitri Tiomkin — The Greatest Film ScoresWhitney Claire Kaufman (vocals), Andrew Playfoot (vocals), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard KaufmanLSO Live • LSO 0720

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Kellylee Evans Plus Loin Aug 8 Hilton Beach ON Community Hall

Oct 13 Lévis QC L'Anglicane

Oct 14 Wakefield QC Black Sheep Inn

Nov 29 Aylmer QC Salle La Basoche

Nov 30 Longueuil QC Theatre de la Ville

Fanfare Ciocarlia Asphalt Tango Sept 19 Quebec City QC Le Cercle

Sept 20 Montréal QC Theatre Rialto

Sept 21 Toronto ON The Hoxton

James Ehnes Onyx Oct 24-25 Ottawa ON National Arts Centre

Gerald Finley Aug 6 Ottawa ON Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion Aug 11 Montréal QC Place des Arts

Sept 28 Quebec City QC Palais Montcalm

Sept 29 Montréal QC Maison Symphonique de Montréal

Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi Oct 18 Toronto ON Walter Hall

Oct 23 Vancouver BC Chan Centre

Nash Ensemble Aug 2-3 Toronto ON Koerner Hall

Paul O'Dette Harmonia Mundi Aug 9 Ottawa ON The Church of St. John the Evangelist

Tokyo String Quartet Harmonia Mundi Nov 1 Ottawa ON Dominion-Chalmers United Church

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