The Music Pages | January 2010


	Cat. No.: 175 1931 Barcode: 0602517519312 Label: UCJ CD Release Date: January			The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards \| Tattoo ARTISTS The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards TRACK LISTING Amazing Grace Sailing Abide With Me Band of Brothers Pachelbel’s Canon Time To Say Goodbye Braveheart Auld Lang Syne Queen of my Heart Highland Cathedral Last of the Mohicans Scottish Medley Jurassic Park: theme Celtic Medley Journey to the Line My Heart will go On The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. The regiment has its own Pipes and Drums Band, who tour widely and perform in competitions, concerts and parades. The pipers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are all full time soldiers with operational commitments, so it seemed fitting to partly record some of the album from the British Army Central Operations Base at Basra airport in Iraq. The bagpipes, often associated with the hills and mountains of Scotland were not designed to be played in a tent at 55 degrees Celsius, they were as far from home as the men playing them. A longing for home, for families not seen in months, or fallen friends made this a very special recording and is sure to move all who hear it. You can watch a clip of the Basra recording sessions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zFReeDI6WY With sales of nearly 12,000 units of their album “Journey”, a fast-selling tour, and a televised broadcast of the 2010 Edinburgh Military Tattoo (4, 5, 6, 7 February) and with over 1500 performers from around the world playing to capacity audiences (a staggering 100,000), this promises to be one of the biggest events of 2010 and has a dedicated and loyal following. The inspirational, anthemic music on this album includes the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards’ biggest original hit – their 1972 version of “Amazing Grace” reached No. 1 in the Australian, Canadian and British pop charts. This compilation includes both, their hits as well as new tracks. Their previous album, Spirit of the Glen “Journey” won the 2009 Classical Brit Awards for Album of the Year. Most of all, they’ll be IN AUSTRALIA! A perfect opportunity to capitalize on a great promotional opportunity. EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO 4-7 February, Sydney Football Stadium Tickets from www.ticketek.com.au RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3767 Barcode: 0028947637677 Label: ABC Classics CD Release Date: January			Various Artists \| Cardio Classics 2 - Go for Baroque! ARTISTS Various, including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Genevieve Lacey, Guitar Trek, Cantillation, and more! TRACK LISTING STRETCH MARCELLO Adagio from Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings and continuo WALK VIVALDI Allegro from Violin Concerto in E major RV269 'Spring' TELEMANN arr. Ernest Paetzold March No. 2 'Grace' from Musique héroïque JS BACH Allegro (Excerpt) from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV1050 PACHELBEL arr. Timothy Kain Gigue JS BACH Presto from Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 HANDEL Battaglia from Rinaldo HWV7 RAMEAU ‘Que l'on chante, que l'on s'empresse’ from Dardanus HANDEL Air in B-flat major HWV470 HANDEL ‘Tornami a vagheggiar' from Alcina HANDEL Allegro from Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 1 HANDEL Tamburino from Alcina STRETCH SCARLATTI ‘Dormite, posate, pupille adorate’ from Orché di Febo ascosi RUN VIVALDI Presto from Concerto in G 'Alla rustica' HANDEL Allegro from Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 12 BOISMORTIER Allegro from Sonata for flute and violin in A major, Op. 51 No. 5 VIVALDI Allegro molto from Concerto in F for strings, RV141 HANDEL Allegro from Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 5 VIVALDI Allegro from Recorder Concerto in C, RV443 VIVALDI 'Fecit potentiam' from Magnificat VIVALDI 'Deposuit potentes' from Magnificat JS BACH Giga from Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat major BWV825 VIVALDI Allegro non molto from Recorder Concerto in C, RV444 HANDEL ‘Why do the nations' from Messiah JS BACH Fugue (excerpt) from Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 STRETCH GEMINIANI Lady Ann Bothwel's Lament Start your 2010 resolutions afresh with this great new CD of high-energy classics! Australia’s finest artists will inspire you to new feats of fitness and put a smile on your face. Following on from the success of Cardio Classics: Orchestral Workout (Vol. 1), up-tempo melodies from Baroque masters such as Vivaldi, Bach and Handel will keep you moving in style. The compilation includes tracks for warming up and cooling down, and two half-hour ‘sets’ carefully arranged by speed: ‘walk’ and ‘run’. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 478 2113 Barcode: 0028947821137 Label: Decca CD Release Date: January			Vienna Philharmonic \| New Year’s Concert 2010 ARTISTS Wiener Philharmoniker Georges Prêtre TRACK LISTING To follow, when announced by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The internationally-renowned French maestro Georges Prêtre returns to Vienna’s illustrious Musikverein to conduct the 2010 New Year’s Concert, presenting a compelling programme that combines perennial classics with a selection of intriguing Strauss premieres. The best-selling classical event year-after-year, seen by tens of millions the world over. Georges Prêtre returns, following his successful debut NYDC appearance in 2008. SBS-TV WILL BROADCAST THE CONCERT LIVE IN AUSTRALIA AT 9.15PM ON TUESDAY, 1ST JANUARY RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8727 Barcode: 0028947787273 Label: DG 2CD Release Date: January			Various Artists \| CHOPIN GOLD: Chopin 200th anniversary ARTISTS Featuring some of the world's finest pianists such as Argerich, Ashkenazy, Barenboim, Blechacz, Freire, Grimaud, Gulda, Horowitz, Lang Lang, Michelangeli, Ott, Pires, Pollini and many more. TRACK LISTING CHOPIN CD 1 1. Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53 “Heroic” (Maurizio Pollini) 2. Prelude in D flat major Op. 28/15 “Raindrop” (Martha Argerich) 3. Waltz in D flat major Op. 64/1 "Minute Waltz” (Maria Joao Pires) 4. Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64/2 (Alice Sara Ott) 5. Etude in E major Op. 10/3 (Nelson Freire) 6. Etude in C minor Op. 10/12 “Revolutionary” (Vladimir Ashkenazy) 7. Prelude in E minor, Op. 28/4 (Rafal Blechacz) 8. Prelude in A major, Op. 28/7 (Rafal Blechacz) 9. Berceuse Op.57 (Hélène Grimaud) 10. Polonaise in A major, Op. 40/1 “Military” (Emil Gilels) 11. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 (Maria Joao Pires) 12. Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9/2 (Daniel Barenboim) 13. Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op. 23 (Maurizio Pollini) 14. Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli) 15. Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Op. 18 (Zoltan Kocsis) 16. Etude in A minor, Op. 25/11 “Winter Wind”(Vladimir Ashkenazy) CD 2 1. Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27/2 (Lang Lang) 2. Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4 (Nelson Freire) 3. Prelude in G major, Op. 28/3 (Martha Argerich) 4. Prelude in B minor, Op. 28/6 (Martha Argerich) 5. Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17/4 (Vladimir Horowitz) 6. Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 (Ivo Pogorelich) 7. Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op. 35: Marche funèbre: Lento (Hélène Grimaud) 8. Prelude in B major, Op. 28/11 (Friedrich Gulda) 9. Prelude in C minor, Op. 28/20 (Friedrich Gulda) 10. 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72/3 (Mikhail Pletnev) 11. Etude in G flat major, Op. 25/9 “Butterfly”(Vladimir Ashkenazy) 12. Nocturne in A flat major, Op. 32/2 (Maria Joao Pires) 13. Impromptu No.1 in A flat major, Op. 29 (Mikhail Pletnev) 14. Barcarolle Op. 60 (Maurizio Pollini) 15. Mazurka in B minor, Op. 30/2(Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli) 16. Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 (Sviatoslav Richter) The essential collection of favourite solo works for Chopin Year 2010! Over 140 minutes of pure listening pleasure – 2CDs for the price of 1. “Chopin was the greatest of us all, for he discovered everything through the piano alone”. So wrote Debussy about the Polish master, the 200th anniversary of whose birth is celebrated in 2010. This collection – featuring the world’s greatest pianists – bears out this remark, ranging from the dreamy to the heroic, from the passionate to the playful, with all Chopin’s favourite titles included. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 179 0251 Barcode: 0602517902510 Label: UCJ CD Release Date: January			The Salvation Army \| Together ARTISTS The Salvation Army Band TRACK LISTING 1. “Largo” from the New World Symphony 2. Nessun Dorma 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 4. Nimrod 5. You Raise Me Up 6. O Waly Waly - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross 7. Let It Be 8. Nearer My God to Thee 9. Wind Beneath My Wings 10. Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (with Aled Jones) 11. O Christmas Tree 12. In The Bleak Midwinter 13. You’ll Never Walk Alone (with Lesley Garrett) 14. Going Home (with The Fron Male Voice Choir) Together is the first mainstream album by The International Staff Band of The Salvation Army, a beautiful collection of uplifting and spiritual songs including You Raise Me Up, Going Home, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Nimrod and many more. It features guest performances from Lesley Garrett, Aled Jones and The Fron Male Voice Choir. Music that is as good today as it’s always been. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8095 Barcode: 0028947780953 Label: DG CD Release Date: January			Alice Sara Ott \| CHOPIN: Complete Waltzes ARTISTS Alice Sara Ott, piano TRACK LISTING CHOPIN 1. Grande Valse brillante in E flat major Op. 18 2. Waltz Op. 34, No. 1 in A flat major 3. Waltz Op. 34, No. 2 in A minor 4. Waltz Op. 34, No. 3 in F major 5. Waltz in A flat major Op. 42 6. Waltz Op. 64, No. 1 in D flat major 7. Waltz Op. 64, No. 2 in C sharp minor 8. Waltz Op. 64, No. 3 in A flat major 9. Waltz Op. Posth. 69, No. 1 in A flat major 10. Waltz Op. Posth. 69, No. 2 in B minor 11. Waltz Op. Posth. 70, No. 1 in G flat major 12. Waltz Op. Posth. 70, No. 2 in F minor 13. Waltz Op. Posth. 70, No. 3 in D flat major 14. Waltz in A flat major KK IVa No. 13 15. Waltz in E flat major KK IVb No. 10 16. Waltz in E flat major KK IVa No. 14 17. Waltz in E major KK IVa No. 12 18. Waltz in E minor KK IVa No. 15 19. Waltz in A minor KK IVb No. 11 Already a star in Japan, piano-wonder (Hamburger Abendblatt) Alice Sara Ott will conquer the entire world of music with her International Deutsche Grammophon debut album – the complete Chopin Waltzes. This collection of immortal piano gems fits Ott’s talents like the proverbial glove. Her colorful, vital playing reveals the spectrum of her artistry and musicality. Ott’s triumphant recital at Munich’s Herkulessaal in January 2007, performing Beethoven and Liszt, occasioned the Süddeutsche Zeitung to rave that “Ott lends a personal, almost overwhelming poetic charm to this splendid music, transporting her listeners into ecstatic delight”. Her recent concerts in Germany this summer led to similar raving reviews, spear-headed by Hamburger Abendblatt which called her a pianist of devilish talent. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8092 Barcode: 0028947780922 Label: DG CD Release Date: January			Hilary Hahn \| BACH: Violin & Voice ARTISTS Hilary Hahn, violin Christine Schäfer, soprano Matthias Goerne, baritone Münchener Kammerorchester Alexander Liebreich TRACK LISTING J.S. BACH 1. Aria (bass): "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder" from St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 2. Duet (soprano, bass): "Wenn kömmst du, mein Heil?" from Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 3. Aria (soprano): "Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden" from Cantata Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204 4. Aria (bass): "Hier in meines Vaters Stätte" from Cantata Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32 5. Aria (soprano): "Angenehmer Zephyrus" (Pallas) from Cantata Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft, BWV 205 (Der zufriedengestellte Äolus, dramma per musica) 6. Aria (soprano): "Laudamus te" from Mass in B minor, BWV 232 7. Aria (bass): "Jaja, ich halte Jesum feste" from Cantata Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV 157 8. Aria (bass): "Die Welt mit allen Königreichen" from Cantata Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59 9. Aria (soprano): "Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Leiden" from Cantata Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58 10. Aria (soprano): "Wenn Trost und Hülf ermangeln muss" from Cantata Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117 11. Aria & Chorale (bass): "Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde" from Cantata Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158 12. Aria (soprano): "Erbarme dich" from St Matthew Passion (transposed for soprano by Felix Mendelssohn) To the vocal lines of arias and duets, Bach composed gorgeous violin obbligati. In this novel album, Hilary Hahn records these obbligati exclusively – an act of devotion no other virtuoso violinist has ever committed to disc. Sharing this album with Hahn are soprano Christine Schäfer and baritone Matthias Goerne, both also renowned Bach exponents. Numbers from such masterpieces as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor are rendered with an unearthly beauty and a reverence that add to this recording’s historical significance. In truth, this album features not two but three singers – Hahn elicits from her Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume tone as sung by a golden voice. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8610 Barcode: 0028947786108 Label: DG CD Release Date: January			Anne Sofie von Otter \| Ombre De Mon Amant: French Baroque Arias ARTISTS Anne Sofie Von Otter, mezzo-soprano Choeur et Orchestre Les Arts florissants William Christie TRACK LISTING CHARPENTIER 1. Ouverture from Medée 2. "Princesse c'est sur vous" from Medée LAMBERT 3. Ma bergère est tendre et fidelle 4. Ombre de mon Amant CHARPENTIER 5. Prelude fromConcert pour quatre parties de violes, H. 545 6. Quel prix de mon amour from Medée 7. "Croiras-tu mon malheur - Dieux témoins de la foy que l'ingrat m'a donnée" from Medée 8. "Prélude - C'en est fait, on m'y force" from Medée 9. "Avant que d'éclater - Malgré ta noire trahison" from Medée 10. "Prélude - Noires filles du Styx" from Medée 11. "Venez mêler à mes poison" from Medée 12. "Prélude - Je voy le Don fatal" from Medée 13. "Premier Air pour les Démons" from Medée 14. "Dieu du Cocyte et des Royaumes sombres" from Medée 15. "Entrée des Démons" from Medée 16. Prélude instrumental et chansonette auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour, H. 446 17. Gigue angloise from Concert pour quatre parties de violes, H. 545 18. Chanson à danser celle qui fait mon tourment, H. 450 19. Gigue francoise from Concert pour quatre parties de violes, H. 545 RAMEAU 20. Prélude.."Cruelle mère des amours" from Hippolyte et Aricie 21. Gigue Air gracieux pour Zéphyre et les Grâces, Prologue from Les fêtes d'Hébé 22. "Ariette de l'Amour Vole, Zéphyre!" from Les fêtes d'Hébé 23. Tambourins I et II, Première Entrée La Poésie from Les fêtes d'Hébé 24. "Air tender" from Les fêtes d'Hébé 25. "Pour le Génie de Mars" from Les fêtes d'Hébé 26. Rigaudons I et II from Les fêtes d'Hébé 27. Chaconne from Les fêtes d'Hébé 28]. "Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle?" from Hippolyte et Aricie LAMBERT 29. Vos mépris chaque jour Ombre de mon amant is Anne Sofie von Otter’s first recording of these French Baroque Arias - graceful, temperamental tunes which will delight her fans and thrill Baroque music cognoscenti. Otter’s mastery of diverse musical genres, crystalline diction and exquisite musicality empower her interpretations of French repertoire. Her celebrated Offenbach album and album of rarities of songs by Chaminade are cases in point. Anne Sofie von Otter, every bit a woman of the theatre as she is of song, embodies Charpentier's Médée and Phèdre in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie matchlessly, in the grand manner. The Guardian commented: “Her Médée […] was a thing of wonder. Keeping us to the right side of empathy, von Otter dragged us with her into utter monstrosity, unleashing hell with the most exquisite of pianissimos and suggesting vortices of emotion beneath the calm, controlled surface.” RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 271 2310 Barcode: 0602527123103 Label: UCJ CD Release Date: January			THE BAND OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS \| Heroes ARTISTS The Band of Coldstream Guards TRACK LISTING Where Eagles Dare The Great Escape 633 Squadron The Battle ["Gladiator" - Music from the Motion Picture] Holst: I Vow To Thee My Country Coates: The Dam Busters Colonel Bogey Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries Elgar: Nimrod Russell: Heroes Of The Sea Barry: Here's To The Heroes Walton: Crown Imperial Elgar: Land Of Hope And Glory Dykes: Eternal Father/Sunset Williams: Hymn To The Fallen One of the world’s most renowned military bands, The Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards, will release their new album entitled Heroes. The album features popular classics spanning the traditions and cultures of the military and the movies and includes tracks such as The Great Escape, Ride of the Valkyries, Nimrod, 633 Squadron and Where Eagles Dare. The band, the oldest of its kind in the world, was signed to Universal in June during the Changing of the Guard, a key ceremonial duty. Daniel Glatman – the man who masterminded boyband Blue’s rise to superstardom – is managing the Coldstream Guards’ Heroes album. The Band of the Coldstream Guards, best known for performing the theme tune to Dad’s Army, is the country’s oldest-serving military band with an impressive 224-year history as well as being the oldest continual surviving recording artists in the world. RETURN TO THE TOP