The Music Pages | August 2009


	Cat. No.: 476 3558 Barcode: 0028947635581 Label: DG/ABC Classics CD Release Date: August			Emma Matthews \| Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo ARTISTS Emma Matthews soprano Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Brad Cohen, conductor TRACK LISTING BERNSTEIN: Glitter and Be Gay Candide DELIBES: Où va la jeune Indoue (Bell Song) Lakmé FLOTOW: The Last Rose of Summer Martha DONIZETTI: Ancor non giunse…Regnava nel silenzio…Quando rapito in estasi Lucia di Lammermoor (with Catherine Carby mezzo-soprano) BELLINI: Eccomi in lieta vesta…Oh! quante volte I Capuleti e i Montecchi GOUNOD: Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veines…Amour, ranime mon courage Roméo et Juliette THOMAS: A vos jeux…Partagez-vous mes fleurs…Pâle et blonde…La sirène passe et vous entraîne Hamlet OFFENBACH: Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Doll Song) Les Contes d’Hoffmann PROCH: Deh! torna, mio bene (Theme and Variations) BOWMAN: Now Touch the Air Softly MILLS: The Nightingale’s Song The Love of the Nightingale Emma Matthews’ first solo album in a new contract with Universal Music Australia (Deutsche Grammophon) / ABC Classics “Emma Matthews is without doubt the hottest opera star in Australia” Opera Now “A dazzling artist” The Australian “A national treasure” Richard Mills Emma Matthews is one of the brightest stars in the antipodean operatic skies. Her voice is pure yet rich, capable of dazzling vocal fireworks but equally able to express the subtlest of moods. In this her debut release on Deutsche Grammophon/ABC Classics, she brings the thrilling beauty of her tone to jewels from French and Italian operatic repertoire, as well as music of the 20th and 21st centuries by Bernstein, and Australian composers Richard Mills and Calvin Bowman. Equally at home with opera and concert repertoire, Emma appears regularly with all the major Australian orchestras and opera companies, as well as at major festivals. She is the recipient of Green Room, Mo and Helpmann Awards. Her concert performance highlights include her appearance as Special Guest in two Gala Concerts with José Carreras. In 2010 Emma Matthews will make her debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in the title role of Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen to be conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras and her concert debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Later that year she will appear for the first time with Vladimir Ashkenazy, who conducts a performance of the Mahler with the Sydney Symphony. But Emma’s versatility including roles in Berg’s Lulu and Richard Mills’ Batavia and The Love of the Nightingale. The role of the Nightingale in the latter was conceived for Emma and closes this CD, her first in an exclusive solo signing to Universal Music Australia (Deutsche Grammophon) and ABC Classics. This will be the first time an Australian artist makes a solo record on the Deutsche Grammophon label, widely considered to be the world’s most prestigious classical record label. Recorded in September 2008 in Monte Carlo, the album highlights Romantic opera heroines for which Emma has received glowing praise. Included are key moments from some of these operas – the ‘Doll Song’ from Les Contes d’Hoffmann, the ‘Bell Song’ from Lakmé, great scenes from Lucia di Lammermoor and Hamlet, as well as fearless and thrilling coloratura moments in the Proch Theme and Variations and Bernstein’s ‘Glitter and be gay’. There are two world premieres on the disc – the Nightingale’s Song from the close of Richard Mills’ The Love of the Nightingale and Calvin Bowman’s song Now touch the air softly. Conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo is Australian-born, UK-based Brad Cohen, who graduated from St. John’s College, Oxford, before studying with Sergiu Celibidache and Leonard Bernstein. Emma takes to the stage in Bellini's The Capulets and the Montagues for Opera Australia from August 11 at the Sydney Opera House. This hard-hitting tragedy about Shakespeare's star-cross'd lovers will showcase Emma's vocal virtuosity when she sings the role of Giulietta for the first time. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3483 Barcode: 0028947634836 Label: DG/ABC Classics CD Release Date: August			Rosario La Spina \| Rosario ARTISTS Rosario La Spina, tenor Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Richard Mills, conductor TRACK LISTING 1. VERDI: La mia letizia infondere vorrei from I Lombardi alla prima crociata 2. DE CURTIS (arr. Hope): Torna a Surriento 3. PENNINO (arr. Mills): Pecchè 4. LARA: Granada 5. VERDI: Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida Aida 6. PUCCINI: Addio, fiorito asil Madama Butterfly 7. DE CURTIS (arr. Mills): Tu, ca nun chiagne! 8. PUCCINI: Nessun dorma Turandot 9. LEONCAVALLO: Recitar! mentre preso dal delirio…Vesti la giubba Pagliacci 10. D’ANNIBALE (arr. Mills): O paese d’ ‘o sole 11. CARDILLO (arr. Mills): Core ‘ngrato 12. VERDI: Ah sì, ben mio Il trovatore 13. VERDI: Questa o quella Rigoletto 14. DI CAPUA (arr. Mills): Maria Marì 15. ADAM: O Holy Night 16. LEHÁR: You Are My Heart’s Delight from The Land of Smiles Rosario La Spina’s first solo album in a new signing to Universal Music Australia (Decca) / ABC Classics “The Australian Pavarotti. A voice that melts your heart, a voice of gold; easy, warm and joyous... just makes you glow” Stuart Maunder (Opera Director) “[a] beautifully, fluid tenor” Theatre Australia “His voice is bright, powerful, and warmly lyrical, with thrilling, full top notes…” Crosscut “La Spina reaches great heights” Courier Mail “[a] rich tenor voice bursting with youthful ardour” The Opera Critic Widely considered the leading heroic tenor performing in Australia today, Brisbane-born Rosario La Spina is of Sicilian descent. He trained at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, continuing his studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester under Joseph Ward. During this period, he made guest appearances in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bern Stadttheater and as a soloist in operatic galas. Having gained first prize in the tenor competition held by L'Accademia della Scala in 2000, Rosario embarked on the two-year Young Singers’ Course at La Scala, Milan, where he studied with Luciana Serra and Leyla Gencer. This culminated in his La Scala debut in Samson and Delilah, where he appeared alongside Plácido Domingo and Olga Borodina. In 2002, Rosario won first prize in the Mario Del Monaco International Opera Competition and made his principal role debut at La Scala in Verdi’s Oberto, reprising the role in Genoa. 2003 saw his debut at the Verdi Festival at the Teatro Regio di Parma in I Lombardi. He also performed Alfredo (La Traviata) in Modena and Luigi (Il Tabarro) in Osaka, Japan and in 2007 he made his US debut as Rodolfo (La bohème) for Seattle Opera. Blessed with a voice of enormous power and beauty, he made his Opera Australia debut in 2005 as Cavaradossi (Tosca) and has since appeared in La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, Rusalka, Turandot and Les Contes d’Hoffmann. This self-titled album is his debut solo recording under a new exclusive contract with Universal Music Australia (Decca) and ABC Classics. Highlighting six of the great heroic roles of the tenor repertoire – Calaf (Turandot), the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Canio (Pagliacci), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Radamès (Aida) and Oronte (I Lombardi), the CD also weaves in a host of Neapolitan songs, as much the province of the great tenors as the operatic roles they sang. Many of the arrangements for these songs are by the conductor on this recording, Richard Mills. One of Australia’s most sought after musicians, Richard Mills has pursued a diverse career as composer, conductor and artistic director, which has seen him work with almost all of the nation’s music organisations. He has held the post of Artistic Director of the West Australian Opera since 1997 and was Musica Viva’s Featured Composer in 2008. His operas have been produced by opera companies and festivals across Australia and have also received some of Australia’s most prestigious awards. He has recorded extensively for ABC Classics and his unrivalled ear for sonority also marks him out as one of the country’s finest orchestrators. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 480 2782 Barcode: 0028948027828 Label: Decca 3CD Release Date: August			VARIOUS ARTISTS \| Piano for Booklovers ARTISTS Various Artists TRACK LISTING CD 1 1. CHOPIN: Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute Waltz’ Vladimir Ashkenazy 2. LISZT: Consolation No. 3 in D flat major, S.172 Rhondda Gillespie 3. J.S. BACH (arr. Myra Hess): Jesu, joy of man’s desiring Julius Katchen 4. MENDELSSOHN: Song without words in C major, Op. 67 No. 4 ‘Bee’s Wedding’ András Schiff 5. CHOPIN: Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 ‘Revolutionary’ Vladimir Ashkenazy 6. GOTTSCHALK: Souvenir de Porto Rico, marche des Gibaros, Op. 31 RO 250 Ivan Davis 7. DEBUSSY: Golliwogg’s Cakewalk (from Children’s Corner) Pascal Rogé 8. BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2 Julius Katchen 9. SCHUBERT (arr. Joseph Cooper): An die Musik, D547 Joseph Cooper 10. ALBÉNIZ: Tango, Op. 165 No. 2 Alicia de Larrocha 11. BEETHOVEN: Adagio cantabile (from Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’) Radu Lupu 12. DVORÁK: Humoresque in G flat, Op. 101 No. 7 Joseph Cooper 13. CHOPIN: Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 Vladimir Ashkenazy 14. SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals) Varda Nishry 15. ARENSKY: Waltz (from Suite No. 1 in F major, Op. 15) Bracha Eden & Alexander Tamir 16. GRIEG: Nocturne, Op. 54 No. 4 (from Lyric Pieces) Alicia de Larrocha 17. MOZART: Rondo alla turca (from Sonata in A major, KV 331) András Schiff 18. BADARZEEWSKA-BARANOWSKA (arr. Joseph Cooper): The Maiden’s Prayer Joseph Cooper 19. SCHUBERT / LISZT: Die Forelle (D.550), S.564 Varda Nishry 20. CHOPIN: Grande valse brillante, Op. 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy CD 2 1. CHOPIN: Prelude in D flat, Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’ Vladimir Ashkenazy 2. DAQUIN: Le Coucou Varda Nishry 3. ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla: Sevillanas (from Suite española, Op. 47 No. 3) Alicia de Larrocha 4. SINDING: Rustle of Spring Joseph Cooper 5. LISZT: Un sospiro, S.144 No. 3 Jorge Bolet 6. CHOPIN: Étude in G flat, Op. 10 No. 5 ‘Black Keys’ Vladimir Ashkenazy 7. SATIE: Gymnopédie No. 1 Pascal Rogé 8. BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor Julius Katchen 9. CHOPIN: Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy 10. MENDELSSOHN: Song without words in A major, Op. 62 No. 6 ‘Spring Song’ András Schiff 11. SCHUMANN: Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) Ilana Vered 12. J.S. BACH (arr. Harriet Cohen): Chorale Prelude ‘Beloved Jesu, we are here’ BWV 731 Alicia de Larrocha 13. RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 Vladimir Ashkenazy 14. CHOPIN: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy 15. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2 Julius Katchen 16. ALBÉNIZ: Puerta de tierra, bolero (from Recuerdos de viaje), Op. 71 No. 6 Alicia de Larrocha 17. SCHUBERT: Moment musical No. 3 in F minor, D780 Radu Lupu 18. DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l’eau (from Images – Book I) Pascal Rogé 19. CHOPIN: Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Vladimir Ashkenazy 20. DVORÁK: Slavonic dance in C, Op. 46 No. 1 Bracha Eden & Alexander Tamir CD 3 1. LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3 Jorge Bolet 2. SCHUMANN: Romance in F sharp major, Op. 28 No. 2 Alicia de Larrocha 3. CHOPIN: Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11 ‘Winter Wind’ Vladimir Ashkenazy 4. DEBUSSY: Arabesque No. 1 Pascal Rogé 5. RUBINSTEIN: Melody in F, Op. 3 No. 1 Shura Cherkassky 6. GRANADOS: The Maiden and the Nightingale (from Goyescas) Joseph Cooper 7. CHOPIN: Mazurka in D major, Op. 33 No. 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy 8. BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor Julius Katchen 9. DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes – Book I) Pascal Rogé 10. PADEREWSKI: Minuet in G, Op. 14 No. 1 Joseph Cooper 11. CHOPIN: Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Vladimir Ashkenazy 12. MOZART: Allegro (from Sonata No. 15 in C major, KV 545) Julius Katchen 13. MENDELSSOHN / LISZT: On Wings of Song Julius Katchen 14. MACDOWELL: To a Water-Lily, Op. 51 No. 6 Joseph Cooper 15. J.S. BACH (arr. Harriet Cohen): Chorale Prelude ‘Sanctify us by thy goodness’ BWV 219 Alicia de Larrocha 16. BRAHMS: Waltz in B minor, Op. 39 No. 11 Julius Katchen 17. GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Joseph Cooper 18. SCHUMANN / LISZT: Widmung, S.566 Joseph Cooper 19. MENDELSSOHN: Song without words, Op. 19 No. 3 ‘Hunting Song’ Jorge Bolet 20. CHOPIN: Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Vladimir Ashkenazy Some days we just don’t want to do much. Kicking back and relaxing seems to be the best choice. Peaceful thoughts take hold as the hours melt away, with the perfect book to keep you company. And that’s when blissful moments of piano music rippling away can only enhance your experience. This collection brings together 60 piano favourites performed by the crème de la crème of pianists from the Decca catalogue. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3436 Barcode: 0028947634362 Label: ABC Classics 2CD Release Date: August			Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 ARTISTS Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Paul Dyer, director TRACK LISTING HANDEL Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 Australia’s first and finest period-instrument orchestra, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra perform regularly to sell-out audiences around Australia and overseas. Their vibrant concerts combine historical integrity with electrifying virtuosity and a passion for beauty. On this magnificent new recording, they turn their remarkable talent to the music of Handel, whose concerti grossi – concertos for a small group of soloists, rather than a single player – provide the perfect vehicle for the brilliance and artistry of this unique ensemble. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3558 Barcode: 0028947635581 Label: ABC Classics Release Date: August			Various Artists \| Commuter Classics: Beautiful Music to Pass the Time ARTISTS Various TRACK LISTING CD1 - Wake Up! RESPIGHI Bergamasca from Ancient Airs and Dances GRIEG Rigaudon from Holberg Suite HANDEL Andante larghetto e staccato from Concerto Grosso in A major, Op. 6 No. 11 LYADOV Round Dance from Eight Russian Folk Songs VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Let Beauty Awake from Songs of Travel RAMEAU Overture from Naïs BURGON Theme from Brideshead Revisited Variations TRADITIONAL Morning Tide from Island Songs CHOPIN Prelude in G major, Op. 28 No. 3 TRADITIONAL Los Mamonales JS BACH Zion hears the watchmen singing from Cantata BWV140 JS BACH Preludio from Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 GRIEG Wedding Day at Troldhaugen MUSSORGSKY Dawn on the Moscow River SCARLATTI Andante e cantabile from Sonata K208 MATTEIS The Nightingale TRADITIONAL Bobby Shaftoe JS BACH Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 BEETHOVEN Allegretto from ‘Pastoral’ Symphony HANDEL Hornpipe from Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6 No. 7 CD2 - Unwind... JS BACH Prelude in C major, BWV846 VIVALDI Largo from Concerto in D major, RV93 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt) TRADITIONAL The Last Rose of Summer TRADITIONAL Shenandoah RAVEL Song of the pistachio harvesters MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana SCHUBERT Frühlingsglaube MOZART Adagio from Clarinet Concerto KOEHNE Nocturne (Prelude I) from Palm Court Suite ALBINONI Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9 No. 2 PURCELL A Dance for the Followers of Night from The Fairy Queen PUCCINI Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly BIZET Adagietto from L’Arlésienne MOZART Andante from Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major GRAINGER The Nightingale and the Two Sisters ELGAR Nimrod from ‘Enigma’ Variations PIAZZOLLA Oblivion KATS-CHERNIN Eliza Aria from Wild Swans DVORÁK Largo (excerpt) from from the ‘New World’ Symphony Commuter Classics offers a specially selected collection of classical music for those who face the daily grind of travel. CD1 ‘Wake Up!’ will put a spring in your step with power-charged classics to get you going. CD2 ‘Unwind’ will get you home refreshed and relaxed with beautiful, soothing classical favourites. A great idea for Fathers’ Day! RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3541 Barcode: 0028947635413 Label: ABC Classics 8CD Release Date: August			GOLDNER STRING QUARTET \| Complete Beethoven Quartets ARTISTS Goldner String Quartet TRACK LISTING All works by BEETHOVEN Volume I CD1 String Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 String Quartet in G major, Op. 18 No. 2 String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 CD2 String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 String Quartet in A major, Op. 18 No. 5 CD3 String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 Razumovsky CD4 String Quartet in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 Razumovsky String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 Quartetto serioso Volume II CD1 String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 Razumovsky String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74 Harp CD2 String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 CD3 String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, Op. 133 CD4 String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 No one has ever written string quartets to equal Beethoven’s. They are absolute masterpieces, expressing not only the composer’s unique artistry but also the emotional heights and depths of his extraordinary life. Only the greatest performers dare to tackle the complete cycle; ABC Classics is proud to welcome Australia’s Goldner String Quartet to the ranks of those able to do justice to this mighty music. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3552 Barcode: 0028947635529 Label: ABC Classics CD Release Date: August			VARIOUS ARTISTS \| Our Land in Harmony – Bushfire appeal ARTISTS Sydney Brass, Sydney Children’s Choir, Synergy Percussion, Mike Nock, Satsuki Odamura, Peter Coleman-Wright, Kate Golla, Cheryl Barker, Lt Matthew Klohs, RAN Band, David Ritchie, TriOz, Flinders Quartet, Genevieve Lacey, Vox Synergy, Mary Doumany, Choir of Trinity College Melbourne, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra TRACK LISTING SUSATO Susato Suite SCULTHORPE Anthem for Australia TWIST Rain Dream BOJESEN Eternity CONSTABLE Waves 09 NOCK Sunrise SAWAI Flying like a bird STRAUSS Zueignung HANDEL Arm, Arm Ye Brave COATES I Heard You Singing KLOHS Ships without a Name SHOSTAKOVICH Two movements from Piano Trio in E minor, Op.67 MOZART Rondo from Flute Quartet in D major DOUMANY Here and Now HARRIS Faire is the Heaven People all around Australia rallied to support the victims of the Victorian bushfires in February, volunteering their time, talent and money to help those who had lost everything. Now, six months on, as communities get down to the hard work of rebuilding their towns and their lives, ABC Classics in conjunction with ABC Classic FM is releasing this double CD of music donated by Australian artists in support of the bushfire appeal. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3556 Barcode: 0028947635567 Label: ABC Classics Release Date: August			DAME NELLIE MELBA \| The First Recordings ARTISTS Dame Nellie Melba TRACK LISTING 1 BEMBERG Nymphes et Sylvains 2 TRADITIONAL Comin’ thro’ the Rye 3 ARDITI Se saran rose 4 DONIZETTI Del ciel clemente un riso (Mad Scene) from Lucia di Lammermoor 5 HANDEL Sweet Bird that Shun’st the Noise of Folly from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato 6 TOSTI Good-bye 7 VERDI Caro nome from Rigoletto 8 VERDI Sempre libera from La traviata 9 D’HARDELOT Three Green Bonnets 10 MOZART Porgi, amor from The Marriage of Figaro 11 HAHN Si mes vers avaient des ailes 12 PUCCINI Donde lieta uscì (Mimì’s Farewell) from La bohème 13 THOMAS A vos jeux, mes amis from Hamlet 14 TOSTI La serenata 15 TOSTI Mattinata 16 VERDI Ah, fors’è lui…Follie!...Sempre libera from La traviata 17 TRADITIONAL arr. BURLEIGH Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Released for the first time on CD, these 1904 recordings reveal the Dame Nellie Melba magic that held audiences spellbound around the world. The freshness and glowing colour of her voice have to be heard to be believed! The album captures this magnificent singer in the prime of her career, her voice at its absolute peak. Meticulously researched liner notes accompany the album, offering a fascinating window into Melba’s personality and the world in which she lived. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 478 1511 Barcode: 0028947815112 Label: Decca CD Release Date: August			Danielle De Niese \| The Mozart Album ARTISTS Danielle de Niese, soprano Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras TRACK LISTING MOZART Exsultate, jubilate (K.165) Bella mia fiamma (Concert aria K.528) Giunse al fin il momento...Al desio di chi t’adora (Alternative Aria in Act 4 of ‘The Marriage of Figaro K.577) Una donna a quindici anni (from ‘Così fan tutte’ K.588) Quando avran fine o mai...Padre, germani, addio! (from ‘Idomeneo’ K.366) Ah Fuggi il Traditor (from ‘Don Giovanni’ K.527) Oh, temerario Arbace!...Per quel paterno amplesso (Concert aria K.79) L'amerò (from ‘Il re pastore’ K.208) La ci darem la mano (Duet with Bryn Terfel) (from ‘Don Giovanni’ K.527) 3.17 Laudate Dominum (from ‘Vesperae solennes de Confessore’ K.339) 4:28 After her critically acclaimed Handel album Danielle de Niese returns with a feast of Mozart’s most beautiful arias. “a voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals... there is nothing restrained about Ms. de Niese’s warmly voluptuous and passionate singing” New York Times RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 478 1090 Barcode: 0028947810902 Label: Decca CD Release Date: August			Vladimir ASHKENAZY. Vovka Ashkenazy Debussy, Ravel: Music for Two Pianos ARTISTS Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Vovka Ashkenazy, piano TRACK LISTING DEBUSSY: En Blanc et Noir DEBUSSY: Jeux (arranged for two pianos by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet) DEBUSSY: Lindaraja RAVEL: Entre Cloches from Sites auriculaires RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole RAVEL: La Valse One of Decca's best-selling artists, as well as one of the twentieth century's greatest pianists, returns to the piano with a disc of rarely recorded 'French Impressionist' duets with his son Vovka Ashkenazy. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 018 2806 Barcode: 9421901828066 Label: Universal CD Release Date: August			MARGARET KEYS \| Legato ARTISTS Margaret Keys TRACK LISTING 1. Tears in Heaven 2. I Knew I Loved You 3. I Could Have Danced All Night 4. In The Arms Of An Angel 5. He Was Beautiful (Cavatina) 6. You Raise Me Up 7. Night Of Stars (Barcarolle) 8. Pie Jesu 9. Mr Snow 10. Isle Of Innisfree Margaret Keys is a young soprano from Ireland. She received a First Class Honors Degree in Music Education and also graduated with a Masters in Concert Singing and Performance from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Margaret performs a variety of styles ranging from classical cross-over and light opera to musical theatre and Irish traditional. Margaret recently returned from New York as winner of the BBC Fame Academy and New York Artist Award, which was awarded in association with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Margaret has worked with the Broadway stars and directors and worked and studied with Opera New York. She has also worked as soprano soloist with the RTE Concert Orchestra performing at prestigious venues such as the National Concert Hall of Ireland, singing both classical and musical theatre. She has won numerous awards including the “International Artists Profile Award,” “The New York Artist Award”, “The BBC Fame Academy Bursary Award” and Finalist in the “RTE Young Diva of the Year” Margaret has performed on live broadcasts for the BBC and RTE and recently worked with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and as a support artist with Phil Coulter. In February 2009 she performed at the “Rotorua Lakeside Concert”, New Zealand in front of an audience of 35,000. This album gives you the chance to hear the incredible range of talent that Margaret Keys has. RETURN TO THE TOP