ARTISTS
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Trudeliese Schmidt, mezzo soprano
Gösta Windbergh, tenor
Ferrucio Furlanetto, bass
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina
Monsignor Domenico Bartulucci

TRACKLISTING
RITUS INITIALES
Antiphona ad introitum (Act 12, 11)
Formula salutationis et actus paenitentialis
MOZART: Kyrie
MOZART: Gloria
Oratio
LITURGIA VERBI
Lectio prima (Act 12, 1-11)
Responsum graduale
Lectio secunda (2 Tim 4, 6-8. 17-18)
Alleluia
Petrus apostolus et Paulus doctor gentium (D. Bartulucci)
Evangelium (Mt 16, 13-19)
MOZART: Credo
LITURGIA EUCHARISTICA
Oratio fidelium
Cantus ad offertorium (D. Bartolucci)
Praefatio
MOZART: Sanctus
MOZART: Benedictus
RITUS COMMUNIONIS
Oratio dominica
Ritus pacis
MOZART: Agnus Dei
MOZART: Ave Verum Motette KV 618
Oratio post communionem
RITUS CONCLUSIONIS
Adiutorium nostrum

To commemorate the death of Pope John Paul II, Deutsche Grammophon has reissued this from 1985, the European Year of Music. The celebration of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the Vatican Basilica was given a special musical dimension by Herbert von Karajan, who fulfilled a long-cherished wish to express his veneration of the Pope by conducting for him Mozart's 'Coronation' Mass. This was an exceptional event, a celebration of the liturgy closely combining prayer and art in an atmosphere of tranquil recollection.

The Proper of the Mass was performed by the choir of the Sistine Chapel under its choirmaster, Domenico Bartolucci, who had composed - as for every papal celebration - the pieces belonging to the liturgy of the day. Along with these newly composed pieces, which are responsorial in form, there were antiphonally sung Greorgian melodies intended for the whole congregation. The Gregorian chant for the Introit and the Alleluia was taken from the Graduale Romanum. The verse of the Offertory, 'O Roma felix', came from the Hymn of the First Vespers of the Apostles Peter and Paul. That year these Gregorian melodies were performed by students of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music directed by their vice-president, Fr. Bonifacio Baroffio

The five sections which constitute the Ordinary of the Mass - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei - as set by Mozart, were conducted by Karajan. The church resounded with Mozart's 'Coronation' Mass - then as on this occasion - not as a musical adornment of the service, but rather organically integrated into and serving the celebration of the Mass. The novelty of this event in 1985 was not a source of distraction from the true essence of the ceremony in St. Peter's. Thus it was possible for all partaking in the celebration of the Mass to hear in their hearts an echo of the words (Rev. 19:9): 'This is the Lamb of God... Happy are those who are called to his supper.'

ARTISTS
Bill Whelan

TRACKLISTING
Reel Around The Sun · The Heart's Cry · The Countess Cathleen/Women Of The Sidhe · Caoineadh Cu Chulainn (Lament) · Shivna · Firedance · Slip Into Spring / The Harvest · Riverdance · American Wake (The Nova Scotia Set) · Lift The Wings · Heal Their Hearts / Freedom* · Macedonian Morning · Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish · Andalucia · Riverdance Reprise

* New Track written for the 2005 tour and this album

Bill Whelan's Riverdance , the original Irish dance and music sensation, returns to celebrate its 10th Anniversary. To mark the occasion, Riverdance has revised its original best-selling recording with two new songs composed by Bill Whelan and stunning new arrangements of two songs from the album. Riverdance is an international company of 70 singers, dancers and musicians whose performances have touched the hearts of millions around the world.

ARTISTS
Giuliano Carmignola, violin
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon

TRACKLISTING
VIVALDI: Concerto for Violin, Strings ('in due cori') and two Harpsichords in B flat major, RV 583
VIVALDI: Concerto for Violin, Strings and Harpsichord in E minor, RV 278
LOCATELLI: Concerto for Violin in G major, Op. 3 no. 9
TARTINI: Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A major, D. 96

Finally - here it is! Giuliano Carmignola's eagerly-anticipated debut album on DG!

While there are some talented baroque violinists around, Carmignola is certainly the one who stands out. His performances have taken audiences in the US and all over Europe by storm, leading to ecstatic reviews hailing both his musical artistry and his impressive stage appearance.

For his Archiv debut, Carmignola has chosen a set of violin concertos by the three foremost Italian violin composers of the Baroque era, Vivaldi, Locatelli and Tartini.

All three were legendary virtuosos of their time and it is Giuliano Carmignola who brings back this golden age of Italian violin virtuosity with performances as emotionally inspired as they are technically dazzling. He is supported by long-term musical partners Andrea Marcon and his sensational Venice Baroque Orchestra.

Marketing Plans
CD of the week - ABC Classic FM 16-22 May

ARTISTS
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, reciter
Burkhard Kehring, piano

TRACKLISTING
SCHUMANN: Schön Hedwig Op. 106 · Zwei Balladen Op 122
R. STRAUSS: Enoch Arden
LISZT: Lenore S 246; Der traurige Mönch S 348
ULLMANN: Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke

The melodrama was a familiar genre in the mid- and late-19th centuries with composers setting dramatic poems to music, with the piano taking on the role of the musician and the 'singer' acting out the poetry. This newly-recorded collection in which the indefatigable Fischer-Dieskau dons the role of actor.

ARTISTS
Mikhail Pletnev, piano

TRACKLISTING
TCHAIKOVSKY: 18 Pieces for piano, Op. 72
Impromptu
Berceuse
Tendres reproches
Danse caractéristique
Méditation
Mazurque pour danser
Polacca de concert
Dialogue
Un poco di Schumann
Scherzo-fantaisie
Valse bluette
L'Espiègle
Echo rustique
Chant élégiaque
Un poco di Chopin
Valse à cinq temps
Passé lointain
Scène dansante (invitation au trépak)
CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth.

Mikhail Pletnev is known for his dedication to the Russian repertoire. Given the general lack of appreciation of Tchaikovsky piano music, the fact that a musician of Pletnev's stature takes it seriously is significant.

This CD is a live recording containing the rarely-played 18 pieces for solo piano op. 72 of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and as an encore Chopin's beautifully melancholic Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor.

Tchaikovsky wrote these 18 pieces - music of rich personality, charm and soul - in the last year of his life. Each piece carries a dedication, and each has more than a touch of Tchaikovsky's genius - a characteristic turn of phrase or modulation, and an expressive charge.

From the opening Impromptu to the Cossack dance of the final piece, Mikhail Pletnev revels in the beauty and brilliance of these pieces.

ARTISTS
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel

TRACKLISTING
TELEMANN: Flute Quartet in G minor, TWV 43 G4
Flute Quartet in G major, TWV 43 G6
Flute Quartet in D minor, TWV 43 D3  
Flute Quartet in G major, TWV 43 G11
Flute Quartet in A minor, TWV 43 A3
Flute Quartet in G major, TWV 43 G12
Flute Quartet in B flat major, TWV 43 B2
Flute Quartet in G major, TWV 43 G10

With this exceptionally attractive CD, Reinhard Goebel and his Musica Antiqua Köln continue their critically acclaimed series of Telemann recordings. Reinhard Goebel has established himself as one of the pioneers and foremost interpreters of Telemann's works. His commitment has been honoured with the internationally renowned Magdeburg Telemann Award.

Within Telemann's vast output, the Quartets for recorder and strings are especially highly regarded, representing his most original contribution to chamber music and belonging to the earliest surviving German flute repertoire. Joining forces with young Swiss recorder virtuoso Marcus Steger, Musica Antiqua Köln and Goebel show once again how vivid and sparkling Baroque music can sound if approached with stylistic flair and played with an irresistible joy.

ARTISTS
Cristóbal Repetto, vocals

TRACKLISTING
De tardecita · La que murio en Paris · Tabernero · Ay, de mi · Cantando · Acquaforte
Alla en el bajo · Por un cariño · Margarita · Los cosos de al lao · Nuestra cita · Organito · Pa Dumesnil · Se va la vida · Serenata del 900

'tango is the ultimate heavy metal' - Cristóbal Repetto

As you will surely agree after listening to his album for the first time, it is fact that you either like Cristóbal Repetto's voice or you don't. Repetto sings like Repetto, and nobody sounds like him. According to the Uruguayan press, 'Cristóbal Repetto swallowed a gramophone'. No tango début in recent years has been as intriguing and as magical as Cristóbal Repetto by Cristóbal Repetto.

His self-titled album consists of tangos composed and first recorded in the 1920s to the 1960s.

ARTISTS
Adriana Varela, vocals

TRACKLISTING
Asi se baila el Tango · Pompas de jabón · Corrientes y Esmeralda · Los cosos de al lao
· Fruta amarga · Mi noche triste · Las cuarenta · El milagro · Cristal · Yuyo verde ·   Absurdo · Siga el corso · Duelo criollo · Como dos extraños

'The passion made tango!' Hola (Spain), 2004

There's something of Marianne Faithful about her, something in the voice that evokes earlier singers . . . She dresses like Tina Turner, has the proud, liberated demeanour of Juliette Gréco, and the physical and vocal candour of Chrissie Hynde. . . She doesn't make her voice dance, she thrusts it horizontally like a spear.'
Le Figaro (Paris)

Adriana Varela has been the number one tango diva since she was discovered by tango legend Goyeneche in Buenos Aire's Café Homero. Her career has matured year by year through a constant search for the Argentinean cultural identity. She has performed in Buenos Aires with Jaime Roos before a crowd of 50,000 and as chosen by Quincy Jones to represent Argentina at the legendary Concerts of the Americas , where she shared the the stage with Liza Minelli, Paul Anka, Celia Cruz and Arturo Sandoval, under the direction of the God of Groove, Lalo Schifrin. She has also performed in London, Paris and Rome.

With her debut album (and first internationally distributed) on edge, Más Tango, Adriana is about to reach out to an international audience. She has a riveting stage presence and a voice that exudes drama and experience - as well as cigarettes and whisky. She sings the way she speaks: straight to the point, with equal doses of sweetness and firmness, her voice sounding like the streets, and her intellect and heart feeling every word, every melody, bringing the spirit of the Sur to everybody who listens to her music.

ARTISTS
BADI ASSAD, vocals, guitar, percussion, kalimba

TRACKLISTING
Chegei meu povo · Asa branca · Básica · Nao adianta · One · Voce nao entendeu nada · Viola meu bem (traditional) · O verde é maravilha · Feminina · Bachelorette · Seu delegado · Estrangeiro em mim · Bom dia tristeza · The being between · Valse d'Amelie · Implorando
Bonus track: In My Little White Top (English version of 'Básica')

It's clear from watching Badi perform that she has found a seamless style of expressing music and rhythm. On stage, she morphs into an inventive, multi-instrumental Shiva, alternating between the guitar and voice and percussion.
Classical Guitar Magazine (UK), 2005

With her first solo album in six years and her début on edge music, Badi is one of the most interesting and unusual of Brazilian guitarists, singers and songwriters of the new generation.

Most of you will still remember Badi Assad from her successful 1998 album Chameleon which was released on Lee Ritenour's (who was also executive producer) label i.e. Music through Verve. Its single 'Waves' spent a considerable number of weeks in the Spanish pop charts.

TRACKLISTING
CD1
CARL ORFF - Carmina Burana, arranged for solo guitar by Gareth Koch
Fortune, Empress of the World
Spring
On the Green
In the Tavern
The Court of Love
Fortune, Empress of the World
ANON. (13th century) Eve's Garden (Pastourelle)
ADAM DE LA HALLE Robin Loves Me

CD2
GARETH KOCH
The Lustful Abbot
Taste of the Fountain
Saladin's Dream
The Unveiled Queen
The Hags of Gloucester
The Fragrance of Paradise
The Joust
Song of Devotion to the Virgin
Journey to the Otherworld
The Knight of the Swan
The Wild Hunt
The Lost Grail
Simon, the Gregarious Hermit
Come with me, my Giselle
Merlin's Prophecy
Sigh of the Moor
Crusade Song

CD3
ALBÉNIZ Sevilla 'Sevillanas' from Suite Española
ALBÉNIZ Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite Española
CHARLTON Afterthoughts
GRANADOS Spanish Dance No 4 'Villanesca' from Danzas Españolas
DE FALLA Dance of the Miller 'Farruca' from The Three Cornered Hat
DE FALLA Spanish Dance No. 1 from La Vida Breve
ALBÉNIZ Córdoba from Songs of Spain
GRANADOS Spanish Dance No. 5 from Danzas Españolas
NIN Seguida Española
SANZ Suite Español
RODRIGO Adagio from Concierto d'Aranjuez
VILLA-LOBOS Prelude No. 4

CD4
Dances from Spain
Celtic Ballads
Australian Ballads
Van Diemen Suite

Gareth Koch, one of the members of award-winning guitar quartet Saffire, is one of Australia's most respected guitarists. With numerous CDs to his name, ABC Classics is proud to present for the first time a limited release box set of four of Gareth's best albums.

The first, Carmina Burana, features Gareth's arrangement of Carl Orff's much-loved work, as well as some medieval songs from the 13th centuy. The second CD features works by Gareth that are inspired by medieval myths and legends. The third disc is when the flamenco skirts go on and the dancing begins as Gareth performs a Spanish set of fiery brilliance. And the last album in this magnificent box is Celtic, Spanish and Australian music for guitar.

This box is essential for all lovers of guitar music.

Marketing Plans:
TV Promo on ABC TV 4 weeks from 1 May
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM

TRACKLISTING
CD 1
Symphony No. 1, Op. 58
Oboe Concerto, Op. 45
Tam O'Shanter, Op. 17a
Concert Piece, Op. 65

CD 2
Symphony No. 2, Op.
Concertino, Op. 47
Fantasy, Op. 36

The definitive recording of Eugene Goossens orchestral works. One of the most noted figures in Australian music in recent years, this re-release of the complete orchestral works features three of Australia's top orchestras - the Sydney Symphony, the Melbourne Symphony, and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Vernon Handley, a Goossens specialist, the recording tracks the development of Goossen's compositional style, which, until recently, was relatively unknown.

Marketing Plans:
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM