Cat. No.: 476 3673
Barcode: 0028947636731
Label: ABC Classics CD + DVD
Release Date: February

Diana Doherty | The Bach Album – Concertos for oboe and oboe d’amore

ARTISTS

Diana Doherty, oboe
Ironwood, period instrument ensemble

TRACK LISTING

JS BACH
Concerto in D minor for Oboe, BWV1059R
Concerto in D major for Oboe d’amore, BWV1053R
Concerto in A major for Oboe d’amore, BWV1055R
Sinfonia in F minor from Cantata BWV12, ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen’
Sinfonia in C minor from Cantata BWV21, ‘Ich hatte viel Bekummernis’
Sonata in G minor, BWV1030b

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote sublime music for the oboe; here it is performed by Australia’s own world-renowned Diana Doherty, one of our most charismatic performers (and one of ABC Classics’ best-selling artists!), and accompanied by Australia’s leading early music experts. This uplifting album is enhanced by a bonus DVD. Interspersed with footage of the recording sessions is an interview with Diana Doherty in which she talks about the music and her experience of playing and recording it.

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Cat. No.: 480 3451
Barcode: 0028948034512
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: February

Various artists | Tears on Toast – Opera’s Greatest Tragedies and Triumphs

ARTISTS

Various artists

TRACK LISTING

VERDI Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)
PUCCINI Un bel dì (Madama Butterfly)
DELIBES Flower Duet (Lakmé)
MOZART Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)
GOUNOD Jewel Song (Faust)
PUCCINI E anche tu…Le tue parole (Girl of the Golden West)
HANDEL Lascia, ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
VERDI Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)
VIVALDI Veni, veni me sequere fida (Juditha Triumphans)
DONIZETTI T'amo qual dama un angelo (Lucrezia Borgia)
PONCHIELLI Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
DVORAK Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
PUCCINI Non piangere, Liù…Ah! Per l'ultima volta (Turandot)
BERNSTEIN Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN Some Enchanted Evening

Emma Ayres, the popular presenter of ABC Classic FM’s Breakfast program, has selected some of her favourite ‘Tears on Toast’ moments! These are the great moments from opera and musical theatre – dramatic, desperate, weepy or playful. This is an album which, like Emma, doesn’t take itself too seriously, but makes a perfect introduction to the joy of singing!

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Cat. No.: 476 3769
Barcode: 0028947637691
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: February

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne | Angel Songs

ARTISTS

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
Michael Leighton Jones, director
Jonathan Bradley, organ, piano, harpsichord

TRACK LISTING

GUARDIAN ANGELS
BILLY JOEL arr. LAWSON Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
HUMPERDINCK Evening Prayer, from Hansel and Gretel
LE GALLIENNE Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
BRAHMS arr. LEIGHTON JONES Lullaby

NATIVITY ANGELS
TRAD. arr. CARTER Angelus ad virginem
TRAD. arr. TREPTE Les Anges dans nos campagnes (Angels We Have Heard on High)
WILLCOCKS Starry Night
BEECHEY The Linden Tree Carol
RUTTER Candlelight Carol
HOWELLS Come Sing and Dance
PALESTRINA Hodie Christus natus est

CONCERT ANGELS
PURCELL arr. LEIGHTON JONES Hark! The Echoing Air, from The Fairy Queen
HANDEL arr. LEIGHTON JONES Waft her, Angels, through the Skies from Jephtha
HAYDN The Lord is Great from The Creation
MENDELSSOHN Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (For he shall give his angels charge over thee), from Elijah
MENDELSSOHN Hebe deine Augen auf (Lift thine eyes) (Elijah)

SACRED ANGELS
FRANCK Panis angelicus
HARRIS Faire is the Heaven
MOZART Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers of a Confessor
DURUFLÉ In paradisum from Requiem

Be utterly charmed by this delightful disc celebrating various types of angel! One of Australia’s finest choirs presents an all-new recording of angelic music, from composers as diverse as Billy Joel and Handel. Performed with heavenly grace, it will appeal to all lovers of fine singing. It’s divine!

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Cat. No.: 531 6062
Barcode: 0600753160626
Label: ABC Classics 2CD
Release Date: February

Various Artists | From the Emerald Isle – The Haunting Music of Ireland

ARTISTS

Various artists including Tommy Fleming, Christy Moore, Noel McLoughlin, Stockton’s Wing, Annalisa Kerrigan, Andy Irvine and Arty McGlynn

TRACK LISTING

CD1
Carrickfergus
Brian Boru’s March
The Foggy Dew
The Minstrel Boy
As He Moved through the Fair
The Humours of Clonmult
Raglan Road
Erin Shore
A Stór Mo Chroí
The Beggarman
Carrigdhoun
Danny Boy
Mo Run Gael Dileas
She Moved thro’ the Fair
The Voyage
Fhir an Bhata
The Connacht Mother’s Slumber Song
West Coast of Clare
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

CD2
The Cliffs of Dooneen
Be Thou My Vision
The Wild Rover
Fear an Bháta
The Water is Wide
Three Jigs
Botany Bay
My Lagan Love
I’ll Tell Me Ma
Star of the County Down
Whiskey in the Jar
Primrose Lass Selection
Fields of Athenry
The Last Rose of Summer
Scarce o’ Tatties
Irish Tune from County Derry
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Galway Bay
Carrickfergus
The Isle of Innisfree
Sully’s No. 37 / Lucy’s Reel

The haunting sounds of Irish folk music speak to the human soul with a directness that is shared by no other national music. The very timbre of uilleann pipes and tin whistles can create a sense of longing and wistfulness that is born out of a nation that has endured more than its share of tragedy and suffering, but whose music appeals to people of all nationalities and ethnicities.

From the Emerald Isle captures the great folk music of Ireland in all its guises. Here are the legendary laments for lost loved ones, gone away to other lands as part of the national diaspora, in songs like Fields of Athenry, Botany Bay and of course, Danny Boy. But for all the personal suffering captured in those poignant, deeply affecting songs that burn themselves into the consciousness, there are many others that capture the Irish sense of humour – a love of laughter so resilient that it has come to be seen as a national characteristic.

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Cat. No.: 477 7557
Barcode: 0028947775577
Label: DG CD
Release Date: February

Martha Argerich | Argerich Plays Chopin

ARTISTS

Martha Argerich, piano

TRACK LISTING

CHOPIN
[1] Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23
[2] Etude in C sharp minor Op. 10 No. 4
[3] Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 41 No. 4
[4] Mazurka in E minor Op. 41 No. 1
[5] Mazurka in C major Op. 24 No. 2
[6] Mazurka in F minor Op. 63 No. 2
[7] Mazurka in D major Op. 33 No. 2
[8] Nocturne in F major Op. 15 No. 1
[9] Nocturne in E flat major Op. 55 No. 2
[10] Mazurka in A minor Op. 59 No. 1
[11] Mazurka in A flat major Op. 59 No. 2
[12] Mazurka in F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3
[13-16] Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58

“Not only one of the most talented virtuosi of her generation, she can do what at most only a dozen pianists in the world are capable of.”
- Joachim Kaiser, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1967

A sensational solo Chopin recital for Chopin Year 2010 – previously unreleased radio recordings from 1959/1967.

Includes works new to the Argerich discography (Ballade No.1, Four Mazurkas, C# minor Etude). Taken from radio recordings made in Berlin and Cologne in 1959 and (mainly) 1967, here is over an hour of newly-discovered Martha Argerich solo recordings of Chopin, all released for the first time and including works otherwise not recorded by her (Ballade No. 1, Mazurkas Opp. 24/2, 33 /2,41/1&2, C# minor Etude).

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Cat. No.: 478 1517
Barcode: 0028947815174
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: February

Albrecht Mayer | Voices of Bach

ARTISTS

Albrecht Mayer, oboe
The English Concert
Trinity Baroque

TRACK LISTING

BACH
[1] Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 75
[2-4] Concerto for Oboe d'amore from BWV 209
 [5] Jesu bleibet meine Freude from BWV 147
[6] Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren from BWV 167
[7] Dein Blut, der edle Saft from BWV 136
[8-10] Cor Anglais Concerto from BWV 54
[11] Ich bitte dich, Herr Jesu Christ from BWV 166
[12] Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme from BWV 140
[13] So fahr' ich hin zu Jesu Christ from BWV 31
[14-17] Oboe Concerto from BWV 105, 170 & 49
[18] Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan from BWV 12

Principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and a hugely successful recording artist in his native Germany, Albrecht Mayer is a world-renowned musician and winner of Germany's prestigious ECHO-Klassik as Instrumentalist of the Year.

His latest Decca solo album is a celebration of the music of JS Bach. The album includes works written specifically for wind instruments (both oboe and cor anglais) as well as great melodies from the choral works in new, authentic arrangements made for this recording by Andreas Tarkmann - arranger of Albrecht Mayer's previous CD successes Songs Without Words and the New Seasons.

Albrecht Mayer is joined by one of Europe's best-known baroque orchestras - The English Concert - who are among the World's finest chamber orchestras with a reputation for inspiring performances of Baroque music.

The album also features the award winning specialist baroque choir, Trinity Baroque.

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Cat. No.: 477 6633
Barcode: 0028947766339
Label: DG CD
Release Date: February

Placido Domingo; Lang Lang
LEONCAVALLO: "La Nuit de Mai" - Opera Arias and Songs

ARTISTS

Plácido Domingo, tenor
Lang Lang, piano
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Alberto Veronesi

TRACK LISTING

LEONCAVALLO
La nuit de mai
[1] Sostenuto assai - Poéte, prends ton luth et me donne, un baiser
[2] Largamente - Comme il fait noir dans la vallée!
[3] Vivo - Mouvement de Valse - Poète, prends ton luth; la nuit, sur la pelouse, Balance le zéphyr dans son voile odorant
[4] Assai agitato: Pourquoi mon cœur bat-il si vite?
[5] Sostenuto - Poète, prends ton luth; le vin de la jeunesse
[6] Largo tranquillo - Est-ce toi dont la voix m'appelle
[7] Allegro con fuoco - Poète, prends ton luth; c'est moi, ton immortelle... 
[8] Assai sostenuto - Quasi adagio: S'il ne te faut, ma sœur chérie
[9] Andante sostenuto assai - Crois-tu donc que je sois comme le vent d'automne
[10] Andante agitato assai - Lorsque le pélican, lassé d'un long voyage 
[11] Largamente quasi recitativo - Poète, c'est ainsi que font les grands poètes 
[12] Andante mosso e solenne - Ô Muse! spectre insatiable
[13] Aprile
[14] C'è nel tuo sguardo
[15] Hymne è la Lyre 
[16] La chanson des yeux 
[17] L'addio 
[18] Barcarola veneziana
[19] Valse mignonne

A beautiful project with Italian flavour and an all-star cast: Plácido Domingo performs a selection of to-date unknown Leoncavallo songs accompanied by Lang Lang. A dream recital pairing and Lang Lang’s first collaboration with a singer in the recording studio.

The album also presents Leoncavallo’s La nuit de mai, a symphonic poem for orchestra and tenor by a composer largely associated with opera. Domingo brings this wonderful rarity to life with conductor Alberto Veronesi and the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna.

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