ARTISTS
Andrea Bocelli, vocals

TRACKLISTING
Amapola
Besame Mucho
Les Feuilles Mortes
Mi Manchi
Somos Novios (It's Impossible)
Solamente Una Vez
Jurame
Pero Te Extraño
Canzoni Stonate
L'Appuntamento (Sentado a 'Beira do Caminho)
Cuando Me Enamoro (Quando M'Innamoro)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Live at Lake Las Vegas - Under the Desert Stars)
Because We Believe
Ama Credi E Vai (Because We Believe)

Romance. Passion. Emotion. These words are synonymous with Andrea Bocelli. Almost ten years ago he exploded onto the international music scene with Romanza and has since sold over 50 million albums worldwide.

Amore - released amongst the glamour of the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy (where he will perform at the closing ceremonies) and the romance of Valentine's Day - finds Andrea straying from the classical ground with which he is most familiar. The concept of the album came from acclaimed producer and long-time Bocelli fan David Foster, along with producer Humberto Gatica and co-producer Tony Renis.

While creating Bocelli's first-ever album of popular songs, Andrea and his producers searched the musical eras from the 1920's to the 1980's for romantic songs including "Les Feuilles Mortes" (Autumn Leaves), "Somos Novios" (It's Impossible), "Besame Mucho", "Estate" (featuring trumpeter Chris Botti) and "Because We Believe"--a new song written especially for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Guest appearances on the album by Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera.

Marketing Highlights
TV Marketing from February 4. National metro and regional campaign on Ch 7, 9 & 10 and SBS. Pay TV Schedule will include advertising on UKTV, Ovation, W and Arena.
Taxi back advertising in Sydney for 3 weeks from February 11.
Mobile billboard advertising in Melbourne for 2 weeks from February 11.
Press advertising in local Italian press & Limelight magazine.
Online advertising
Major competitions running.
Valentine's Day promotion running with Sofitel in Sydney.
Strong retail presence with header cards and poster displays from February 4.

Product Microsite: www.deutschegrammophon.com/newyearsconcert2006

ARTISTS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Mariss Jansons

TRACKS INCLUDE:
STRAUSS II : Auf's Korn! Bundesschützenmarsch Op. 478* · Frühlingsstimmen Walzer op. 410 · Diplomaten Polka française Op. 448
STRAUSS : Eingesendet Polka schnell Op. 240
STRAUSS II : Lob der Frauen Polka mazurka Op. 315 · Künstler-Leben Walzer Op. 316
STRAUSS : Ohne Sorgen! Polka schnell Op. 271
STRAUSS II : Der Zigeunerbaron, Einzugsmarsch
MOZART : Ouvertüre* (Le nozze di Figaro)
LANNER : Die Mozartisten Walzer Op. 196*
STRAUSS II : Liebesbotschaft Galopp o. Op.* · Neue Pizzicato-Polka Op. 449 ·   Künstler-Quadrille Op. 201 · Spanischer Marsch Op. 433 · Du und Du Walzer Op. 367 · Im Krapfenwald'l Polka française Op. 336 · Furioso-Polka Polka quasi Galopp Op. 260
E STRAUSS : Telephon Polka française Op. 165*
STRAUSS II : Lagunen-Walzer Op. 411 · Éljen á Magyar! Polka schnell Op. 332
Encores
STRAUSS II : Banditen-Galopp Op. 378
STRAUSS II : An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer Op. 314
The Blue Danube · Le Beau Danube bleu
STRAUSS I : Radetzky-Marsch Op. 228

Mariss Jansons makes his New Year's Concert debut in 2006

Broadcast on TV and radio to over 40 countries around the world, the annual New Year's Day Concert in Vienna has been an exalted tradition for more than six decades. For the fourth year in a row, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing this concert of all concerts, again on CD and DVD.

As their conductor this year, the Wiener Philharmoniker have invited a first-timer, Mariss Jansons. Currently the conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Jansons's appearances with the Wiener Philharmoniker date back to 1992 and include more than 65 successful concert performances. Though a newcomer to the New Year's Day Concert podium, Jansons has always had a passion for the music of Johann Strauss and family as well as for the event itself: 'It is something quite special: a wonderful opportunity to listen to this music and get to know it. This atmosphere, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Musikverein - all that adds up to a long and wonderful tradition resulting in fantastic, very specific music.'  

Once again, the program is a tasteful mixture of well-known classics and premieres, which include Johann Strauss II's Bundesschützenmarsch 'Auf's Korn!' and Liebesbotschaft-Galopp as well as Eduard Strauss's Telephon Polka française.

Two other premieres give a nod to Mozart Year 2006: the overture from Figaro and Lanner's waltz Die Mozartisten.

The DVD release will include performances by the Wiener Staatsopern Ballet, joined this year by one of the world's most revered choreographers, John Neumeier. Neumeier has been director and chief choreographer of The Hamburg Ballet for more than 20 years and is a towering presence in the world of dance.

MARKETING NOTES
TV
Advertised on SBS-TV from 29 January for six weeks
RADIO
CD of the Week on MBS network: 29 January

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Various conductors [as indicated below]

TRACKLISTING
CD 1 Total playing time: [74:52]

[1] Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67: 1. Allegro con brio
Carlos Kleiber

[2 ] Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77: 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto
Gidon Kremer / Leonard Bernstein

[3] Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor
Fritz Reiner

[4] Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor: 2. Scherzo. Bewegt, lebhaft - Trio. Schnell
Carlo Maria Giulini

[5] Chabrier: España - Rhapsody for Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner

[6] Dvorák: Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World: 1. Adagio - Allegro molto
Herbert von Karajan

[7] Haydn: Symphony in G, H.I No.94 - "Surprise": 4. Finale (Allegro di molto)
Leonard Bernstein

[8] Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor / Part 3: 4. Adagietto
Leonard Bernstein

[9] Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64: 2. Andante
Nathan Milstein, violin / Claudio Abbado

[10] Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467: 2. Andante
Friedrich Gulda, piano / Claudio Abbado


CD 2 Total playing time: [71'39]

[1] Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550: 4. Finale (Allegro assai)
Karl Böhm

[2] Mozart: Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K.207: Allegro moderato
Gidon Kremer, violin / Nikolaus Harnoncourt

[3] Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622: 2. Adagio
Alfred Prinz, clarinet / Karl Böhm

[4] Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453: 3. Allegretto
Leonard Bernstein (piano & conductor)

[5] Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op.20
Anne-Sophie Mutter / James Levine

[6] Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C, D.944 - "The Great":3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
Sir Georg Solti

[7] Smetana: The Moldau (from Má Vlast)
Herbert von Karajan

[8] Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5: 4. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace)
Valery Gergiev

The present two CDs - re-released to mark the occasion of the Vienna Philharmonic's first tour of Australia in September (Sydney only) - bring together a number of highlights from what is arguably the richest discography in the world. These are recordings, in short, that represent the best of a passionate working relationship that has lasted many decades - great moments that cannot be taken for granted even in the life of a first-rate body of players but in which everything simply seems to have turned out a success, and everything appears to have been said.

The story of one of the most exciting collections of classical recordings began as long ago as the 1920s. In the wake of World War II, technical revolutions in sound quality followed hard on each other's heels, encouraging the orchestra to record intensively and in that way to extend its reputation until it encompassed the whole of the world. Of not inconsiderable help in this development was the Philharmonic's unfailing ability to attract the leading conductors of their day.

Countless recordings were made in rapid succession, some of them achieving sales of over one million copies worldwide, while others have acquired the status of collectors' items, hard to find, known only to a handful of insiders and discussed with conspiratorial intensity in internet chatrooms, where they are compared with other recordings and commended to other collectors. And many recordings have been both these things.

MARKETING PLANS
Album tagged on all point of sale and in advertising
A tour album containing the tour repertoire will be released in May

ARTISTS
Geoffrey Payne - trumpet
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

TRACKLISTING
1 HUBAY arr. MÉNDEZ Hejre Kati
2 PUCCINI arr. MÉNDEZ Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme
3 VERDI arr. MÉNDEZ Caro nome from Rigoletto
4 SMETANA arr. MÉNDEZ Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride
5 DELIBES arr. MÉNDEZ Bell Song from Lakmé
6 BIZET arr. MÉNDEZ Habanera from Carmen
7 BIZET arr. MÉNDEZ Danse bohème from Carmen
8 ROSSINI arr. MÉNDEZ Una voce poco fa from Barber of Seville
9 MONTI arr. MÉNDEZ Czárdás
10 SARASATE arr. MÉNDEZ Zigeunerweisen
11 MÉNDEZ Canto moro
12 MÉNDEZ Intermezzo
13 MÉNDEZ Plegaria Taurina
14 MENDELSSOHN arr. MÉNDEZ / KOFF Violin Concerto
15 CALLEJA / BARRERA arr. MÉNDEZ / KOFF Farewell my Granada
16 MONTERDE arr. MÉNDEZ / KOFF La Virgen de la Macarena

OVERVIEW
The only trumpeter with a star on the "Walk of Fame" on Hollywood Boulevard, Rafael Méndez endures as a legend of the trumpet world. This CD by Geoffrey Payne is the first recording consisting entirely of music made famous by Méndez with orchestral accompaniment, provided by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

MARKETING PLANS
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

ARTISTS
Gareth Koch - guitar

TRACKLISTING
1-2 Fortune, Empress of the World
3-4 Spring
5-9 On the Green
10 In the Tavern
11-14 The Courth of Love
15 Fortune, Empress of the World
16-17 Songs of the Trouveres

OVERVIEW
Gareth Koch is one of Australia's most well respected musicians. His arrangement of Orff's seminal work Carmina Burana for solo guitar required the formulation of several new performance techniques. This ground breaking recording was recorded at the Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, which has one of the most beautiful resonant acoustics in Australia.

MARKETING PLANS
ABC TV Promo
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

ARTISTS
Gareth Koch guitar

TRACKLISTING
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ 1860-1909
1 Sevilla 'Sevillanas' from Suite Española
2 Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite Española

RICHARD CHARLTON b.1955
Afterthoughts
3 Cantilena (after Torroba)
4 Reverie (after Debussy)
5 Sarabande (after de Falla)
6 Rondeau (after Ponce)

ENRIQUE GRANADOS 1867-1916
7 Spanish Dance No 4 'Villanesca' from Danzas Españolas                                                                                                                                                

MANUEL DE FALLA 1897-1945
8 Dance of the Miller 'Farruca' from The Three Cornered Hat
9 Spanish Dance No. 1 from La Vida Breve

ISAAC ALBÉNIZ
10 Córdoba from Songs of Spain

ENRIQUE GRANADOS
11 Spanish Dance No. 5 from Danzas Españolas

JOAQUIN NIN 1883-1949
Seguida Española
12 The Old Castle
13 Murciana
14 Catalana
15 Andaluza

GASPAR SANZ 1640-?
Suite Español
16 Pasacalle
17 Paradetas
18 Canarios

JOAQUIN RODRIGO 1901-1999 arr. Gareth Koch
Concierto d'Aranjuez
19 Adagio

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS 1887-1959
20 Prelude No. 4

OVERVIEW
Featuring many of the great Spanish composers , Espana shows the differing moods of the guitar. From the fire of the flamenco to the stately sarabande, join Gareth on a musical journey around Spain. Works by Rodrigo, Sanz and Villa-Lobos.

MARKETING PLANS
ABC TV Promo
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

ARTISTS
Gareth Koch - guitar

TRACKLISTING
[Dances from Spain]
GARETH KOCH b.1962
1 Lavender and Gossip
2 Bargaining with the Goatherd
3 The Ferry's Wake

[Celtic Ballads]
TRADITIONAL, arr. Gareth Koch
4 The Curragh of Kildare
5 Johnny Comes Marching Home
6 She Moved Through the Fair

Australian Ballads
TRADITIONAL, arr. Gareth Koch
7 The Overlander
8 Farewell and Adieu (Brisbane Ladies)
9 O the Springtime it brings on the Shearing
10 Van Diemen's Land

GARETH KOCH
Van Diemen Suite
11 I. The Butcher of Winnaleah
12 II. Devils Kitchen
13 Ill. Walls of Jerusalem
14 IV. Cathedral Rock

[Dances from Spain]
GARETH KOCH
15 Sweet Pine and Cypress
16 Pain and Revelation
17 The Moon's Reply
18 Darkness and Love                                                                                                                                                

MANUEL DE FALLA 1897-1946, arr. Gareth Koch
19 Dance of the Miller

[Celtic Ballads]
TRADITIONAL, arr, Gareth Koch
19 Sally Gardens
20 Ballad
21 Skye - Boat Song

OVERVIEW
In its long history, the guitar has been always been used as an accompaniment for singing. This release from one of Australia's master guitarists, Gareth Koch, features folksongs and ballads from Spain, Ireland and Australia as composed and arranged by Gareth.

MARKETING PLANS
ABC TV Promo
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

ARTISTS
Gareth Koch, guitar

TRACKLISTING
1 The Lustful Abbot
2 Taste of the Fountain
3 Saladin's Dream
4 The Unveiled Queen
5 The Hags of Gloucester
6 The Fragrance of Paradise
7 The Joust
8 Song of Devotion to the Virgin
9 Journey to the Otherworld
10 The Knight of the Swan
11 The Wild Hunt
12 The Lost Grail
13 Simon, the Gregarious Hermit
14 Come with me, my Giselle
15 Merlin's Prophecy
16 Sigh of the Moor
17 Crusade Song

OVERVIEW
Medieval myths and legends set to music by Australia's foremost guitarist Gareth Koch. Based on songs and dances from the medieval period, this disc of original music evokes times gone by.

MARKETING PLANS
ABC TV Promo
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

ARTISTS
Angelina Arena - soprano

TRACKLISTING
MOZART Don Giovanni
Vedrai, carino
VERDI Un ballo in maschera
2 Saper vorreste
VERDI Falstaff
3 Sul fil d'un soffio etesio
DONIZETTI Linda di Chamounix
4 Ah! tardai troppo...O luce di quest'anima
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
5 Regnava nel silenzio
VERDI Rigoletto
6 Figlia! Mio padre!
7 Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome
BELLINI La sonnambula
8 Ah! non credea mirarti
VERDI La traviata
9 Sempre libera
PUCCINI Tosca
10 Vissi d'arte
CHARPENTIER Louise
11 Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée
MASCAGNI Lodoletta
12 Ah! il suo nome!...Flammen, perdonami
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
13 Una voce poco fa
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
14 Ardon gl'incensi

OVERVIEW
One of Australia's lesser-known stars of the international operatic stage, Angelina Arena performed more than 50 operas, had a successful career at La Scala, and sang in many of the major theatres in Europe, sharing the stage with some of the 20th century's most famous singers. This CD celebrates her career with the essential recordings from works by Mozart, Verdi, Bellini, and more, accompanied by orchestras such as the Queensland Symphony, the Turin Radio Symphony, and the Milan Symphony Orchestra. A must for any lover of outstanding singing.

MARKETING PLANS
ABC TV Promo
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

ARTISTS
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Lancaster - fortepiano
Sharon Prero - soprano
Elizabeth Campbell - mezzo-soprano
Keith Lewis - tenor
Bruce Martin - baritone
Opera Australia Chorus
David Porcelijn - conductor

TRACKLISTING
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

STOP PRESS! This popular box set, formerly at full price, is now released at super-budget price!

OVERVIEW
Beethoven's symphonies are generally regarded as the greatest single body of music for orchestra. This is the first complete recording of the symphonies made by an Australian orchestra. Re-released at the special low price of $39.95, this box set is the sure to become a collector's item. Featuring the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with Australian fortepiano specialist Geoffrey Lancaster, soloists Sharon Prero (soprano), Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo-soprano), Keith Lewis (tenor) and Bruce Martin (baritone) along with the acclaimed Opera Australia Chorus.

MARKETING PLANS
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

ARTISTS
Gondwana Voices
Lyn Williams and Mark O'Leary - conductors

TRACKLISTING
1 LYN WILLIAMS Festive Alleluia
2 ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Deep Sea Dreaming
3 DANIEL WALKER The Wanderer
4-6 PAUL STANHOPE Songs of Innocence and Joy
7 STEPHEN LEEK Ngana
8 NEIL FINN Little Fish
9 JOHN RUTTER What Sweeter Music
10 DAVID CHILDS Weep No More
11 LYN WILLIAMS Lilly Pilly Leonardo
12 BRETT DEAN To Look Yet Not Find
13 MICHAEL ATHERTON Shall We Dream
14 GIULIO CACCINI arr. DANIEL WALKER Ave Maria
15 JOHN RUTTER King Jesus Hath a Garden
16 DANIEL WALKER The Unicorn
17 CARL VINE arr. MARK O’LEARY Love Me Sweet
18-20 CHRISTOPHER WILLCOCK Southern Star (excerpts)
21 ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Butterflying

Gondwana Voices is made up of young singers aged 10 to 16 from every state and territory in Australia and is internationally acclaimed as one of the world's finest children's choirs. In their latest release through ABC Classics, the choir performs works by some of Australia's greatest works including Carl Vine, Paul Stanhope, and Elena Kats-Chernin.

MARKETING PLANS
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM