The Music Pages | August 2009


	Cat. No.: 477 8077 Barcode: 0028947780779 Label: DG CD Release Date: August			Claudio Abbado \| PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; Violin Concerto; Salve Regina ARTISTS Giuliano Carmignola, violin Rachel Harnisch Sara Mingardo Julia Kleiter Orchestra Mozart Claudio Abbado TRACK LISTING PERGOLESI Stabat Mater Violin Concerto Salve Regina Pergolesi Year 2010 celebrates the birth 300 years ago of a first rank composer whose death at 26 robbed music of a singular voice. This release, the first volume of a three album all-Pergolesi project, featuring Orchestra Mozart conducted by Claudio Abbado, whets the appetite for succeeding volumes while creating buzz for the commemoration year itself. 25 years after recording the Stabat Mater, Pergolesi’s most popular piece, Maestro Abbado unveils his new vision of this sublime score with a cast of splendid singers. Playing a priceless Guarneri, Giuliano Carmignola, winner of Germany’s Echo award and the French Diapason d’or, records Pergolesi’s Violin Concerto for the first time. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8125 Barcode: 0028947781257 Label: DG 8CD Release Date: August			Pierre Boulez \| Boulez conducts Bartók ARTISTS Pierre Boulez TRACK LISTING 4 Orchestral Pieces Sz 51 (op. 12) Concerto for Orchestra Sz 116 Chicago Symphony Orchestra CD 2 Dance Suite Sz 77 Two Pictures Sz 46 (op. 10) Hungarian Sketches Sz 97 Divertimento for Strings Sz 113 Chicago Symphony Orchestra CD 3 Piano Concerto no. 1 Sz 83 Krystian Zimerman Chicago Symphony Orchestra Piano Concerto no.2 Sz 95 Leif Ove Andsnes Berlner Philharmoniker Piano Concerto no. 3 Sz 119 Hélène Grimaud London Symphony Orchestra CD 4 Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra Sz 115 Tamara Stefanovich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Nigel Thomas, Neil Percy London Symphony Orchestra Violin Concerto no. 1 Sz 36 (op. posth.) Gidon Kremer Berliner Philharmoniker Viola Concerto op. posth. Yuri Bashmet Berliner Philharmoniker CD 5 Violin Concerto no. 2 Sz 112 Rhapsody for violin and orchestra no. 1 Sz 87 Rhapsody for violin and orchestra no. 2 Sz 90 Gil Shaham Chicago Symphony Orchestra CD 6 Bluebeard’s Castle Sz 48 (op. 11) Jessye Norman (Judith), Láslá Polgár (Bluebeard) Nicholas Simon (Prologue) Chicago Symphony Orchestra CD 7 Cantata profana Sz 94 The Wooden Prince Sz 60 (op. 13) John Aler, tenor John Tomlinson, baritone Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus CD 8 The Miraculous Mandarin Sz 73 (op. 19) Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106 Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus "As composer and conductor, Boulez has done more than any other person alive to define the idea of what modern music is, and how it should sound.” – The Guardian Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings (including two Grammys) for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartók’s major orchestral works (principally with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the complete concertos with leading international soloists and complete stage works. Here is the entire collection on eight CDs, gathered together in a single specially-priced box for the first time. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8124 Barcode: 0028947781240 Label: DG 7CD Release Date: August			Martha Argerich \| The Collection II - The Concerto Recordings ARTISTS Martha Argerich, piano Various conductors and orchestras TRACK LISTING ND 1 Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 in C major Op. 26 Ravel: Concerto in G major Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado CD 2 Chopin: Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11 Liszt: Concerto No. 1 in E flat major RAVEL: Concerto in G major London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado CD 3 Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra in D minor Gidon Kremer, violin Orpheus Chamber Orchestra CD 4 Schumann: Concerto in A minor Op. 54 Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 National Symphony Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich CD 5 Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15 Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 19 Philharmonia Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli CD 6 Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra Op. 35 Haydn: Concerto in D major Hob. XVIII:11 Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn Jörg Faerber Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado CD 7 Beethoven: Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 19 Mahler Chamber Orchestra Claudio Abbado Just 10 months ago, the first volume in the new Martha Argerich Collection (the solo recordings) was released. Over 10,000 boxes of the 8CD set have been sold since then. Here now is Volume 2 – the Concerto Recordings, on 7 CDs, comprising all of her concerto recordings with Deutsche Grammophon, from her scintillating début playing Prokofiev and Ravel under Claudio Abbado in 1967 to her most recent collaboration with the same conductor in 2004. In between come classic recordings of Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven with Charles Dutoit, Mstislav Rostropovich and Giuseppe Sinopoli, as well as a memorable collaboration with Gidon Kremer (in Mendelssohn) and dazzling virtuosity in Haydn and Shostakovich. The cover is still more alluring, the contents equally fascinating, and the packaging just as attractive – with original LP-cover artwork, new liner notes (by Jed Distler again) and rare photos. The recordings have been newly mastered for this release. This box will be followed up by one more to include Martha Argerich’s complete Chamber Ensemble recordings for Deutsche Grammophon (2010). RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 478 1776 Barcode: 0028947817765 Label: Decca 20CD Release Date: August			Various Artists \| HAYDN: The Operas ARTISTS Various Artists TRACK LISTING CD1 Armida – Act 1 Armida – Act 2 (part 1) CD 2 Armida – Act 2 (part 2) Armida – Act 3 CD 3 La fedeltà premiata – Act 1 (part 1) CD 4 La fedeltà premiata – Act 1 (part 2) La fedeltà premiata – Act 2 (part 1) CD 5 La fedeltà premiata – Act 2 (part 2) La fedeltà premiata – Act 3 (part 2) CD 6 Orlando paladino – Act 1 CD 7 Orlando paladino – Act 2 CD 8 Orlando paladino – Act 3 CD 9 La vera costanza – Act 1 CD 10 La vera costanza – Act 2 La vera costanza – Act 3 CD 11 L'incontro improvviso – Act 1 CD 12 L'incontro improvviso – Act 2 CD 13 L'incontro improvviso – Act 3 CD 14 L'infedeltà delusa – Act 1 CD 15 L'infedeltà delusa – Act 2 CD 16 L'isola disabitata - Part 1 CD 17 L'isola disabitata - Part 2 CD 18 Il mondo della luna – Act 1 CD 19 Il mondo della luna – Act 2 CD 20 Il mondo della luna – Act 3 RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3475 Barcode: 0028947634751 Label: DG CD Release Date: August			Daniel Barenboim, Wiener Philharmoniker Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn 2009 ARTISTS Daniel Barenboim Wiener Philharmoniker TRACK LISTING MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik FALLA: Nights in the gardens of Spain MUSSORGSKY: Night on a bare Mountain STRAUSS: 1001 Nights; Im Fluge; El Firulete; Wiene Blut On the 4th of June 2009 the Wiener Philharmoniker treated the Viennese public with a free open-air concert on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace. The impressive historical setting of Schönbrunn Palace and its beautiful baroque gardens, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site, form a unique backdrop for this Summer Night concert. 150,000 visitors were present in the audience, and Austrian Television (ORF) recorded and filmed this sensational concert, now set for broadcast in Australia on SBS-TV. RETURN TO THE TOP