The Music Pages | May 2009


	Cat. No.: 477 7483 Barcode: 0028947774839 Label: DG 2CD Release Date: May			Maria Joao Pires \| Chopin ARTISTS Maria Joao Pires, piano Pavel Gomziakov, cello TRACK LISTING CHOPIN CD 1 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Deux Nocturnes Op. 62 Mazurka in A minor Op. 59 No. 1 Mazurka in A flat major Op. 59 No. 2 Mazurka in F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3 CD 2 Polonaise in A flat major "Fantasie" Op. 61 Mazurka in B major Op. 63 No. 1 Mazurka in F minor Op. 63 No. 2 Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 63 No. 3 Waltz in D flat major Op. 64 No. 1 Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2 Waltz in A flat major Op. 64 No. 3 Mazurka in G minor Op. 67 No. 2 Mazurka in A minor Op. 67 No. 4 Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 Mazurka in F minor Op. 68 No. 4 Maria Joao Pires’ album includes stellar Chopin pieces such as the Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, the Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, op. 61, the Fantaisie or the Étude in C sharp minor,Op. 25 No. 7. This album was pre-released in Portugal last year and entered the pop charts at number 6! On the Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 65 Maria João Pires is accompanied by the sensational young cellist Pavel Gomziakov. “What I wanted was not a systematic traversal of Chopin’s output but a sort of stroll through this late period”, Maria Joao Pires says on the repertoire in a conversation with Frédéric Sounac in her booklet interview. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8183 Barcode: 0028947781837 Label: DG 46CD Release Date: May			VARIOUS ARTISTS \| BRAHMS: Complete Edition (Limited Edition) ARTISTS Berliner Philharmoniker Wiener Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan, conductor Claudio Abbado, conductor Karl Böhm, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor Maurizio Pollini, piano Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Antonio Meneses, cello Daniel Barenboim, piano Pinchas Zukerman, violin Rudolf Serkin, piano Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Karl Leister, clarinet Jörg Demus, piano Tamás Vásáry, piano Ottomar Borwitzky, cello Thomas Brandis, violin Wolfram Christ, viola Lasalle Quartet Norbert Hauptmann, horn Quartetto Italiano Amadeus Quartet with Cecil Aronowitz, viola Anatol Ugorski, piano Wilhelm Kempff, piano Peter Planyavsky, organ Jessye Norman, soprano Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone Edith Mathis, soprano Brigitte Fassbaender, contralto Karl Engel, piano Peter Schreier, tenor Wolfgang Sawallisch, piano Ann Murray, alto TRACK LISTING BRAHMS Orchestral Works Concertos Chamber Music Piano and Organ Works Lieder Vocal Ensembles Choral Works Works for Chorus and Orchestra A brilliant super-budget priced Limited Edition boxed set bringing together classic recordings of Brahms’s works from the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue. Issued at premium price, this is now available in beautiful packaging at super-budget price. Please note – these are limited editions: once sold, they cannot be reordered. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8333 Barcode: 0028947783336 Label: DG CD Release Date: May			Diego el Cigala \| Dos lágrimas ARTISTS Diego el Cigala, vocalist TRACK LISTING Si Te Contara Dos Cruces Bravo Dos Gardenias Compromiso El Día Que Nací Yo Historia De Un Amor Caruso Campasión María De La Ó Te Extraño In 2002 Cigala, already a flamenco superstar, recorded a ground-breaking album, Lágrimas Negras, that fused flamenco and Cuban jazz. It went on to sell 1,6 Million up-to-date copies world wide! Now Cigala follows that with Dos Lágrimas, a sorcerer’s blend of Cuban boleros, Flamenco, tango, bossa nova, and hypnotic African rhythms. Check here the video trailer: http://www2.deutschegrammophon.com/html/promo-videos/Video_Cigala.html Collaborating on Dos Lágrimas are pianist Guillermo Rubalcaba and percussionists Tata Güines and Changuito. Their depth of knowledge and daring creativity galvanize Diego Cigala’s innovative flamenco, whose exciting fusion of Cuban and Spanish tunes he describes as “. . . sounds of the soul”. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 8122 Barcode: 0028947781226 Label: DG 9CD Release Date: May			Sviatoslav Richter \| Pianist of the Century ARTISTS Sviatoslav Richter, piano Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Wiener Symphoniker Herbert von Karajan Kurt Sanderling Witold Rowicki Stanislaw Wislocki TRACK LISTING CD 1 SCHUMANN March in G minor Op. 76 No. 2 Waldszenen Op. 82 Fantasiestücke Op. 12 (selection) CD 2 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K. 466 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major Op. 55 Warsaw (National) Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki CD 3 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki 6 Preludes: No. 4 in C major Op. 32 No. 1 No. 5 in B flat minor Op. 32 No. 2 No. 6 in B flat major Op. 23 No. 2 No. 7 in D major Op. 23 No. 4 No. 8 in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 No. 9 in C minor Op. 23 No. 7 CD 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Op. 92 Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra Witold Rowicki (Op. 54) / Stanislaw Wislocki (Op. 92) Novelette in F major Op. 21/1 Toccata in C major Op. 7 CD 5 HAYDN: Sonata in G minor Hob.XVI:44 CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major Op. 47 DEBUSSY: Preludes I (selection) - Voiles; Le vent dans la plaine; Les collines d’Anacapri PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 8 in B flat major Op. 84 CD 6 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Wiener Symphoniker / Herbert von Karajan CD 7 BEETHOVEN Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major WoO Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 Wiener Symphoniker / Kurt Sanderling CD 8 CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie No. 7 in A flat major Op. 61 Etude in C major Op. 10 No. 1 Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 “Revolutionary” Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op.52 DEBUSSY: Estampes - Pagodes; La Soirée dans Grenade; Jardins sous la Pluie SCRIABIN: Sonata No. 5 in F sharp major Op. 53 CD 9 BACH: 5 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-tempered Clavier No. 1 in C major BWV 846 No. 2 in C sharp minor BWV 849 No. 3 in D major BWV 850 No. 4 in D minor BWV 851 No. 5 in E flat minor BWV 853 SCHUBERT Allegretto in C minor D 915 Ländler in A major, D 366 (selection) SCHUMANN: “Abegg” Variations Op. 1 RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G sharp minor Op.32 No.12 PROKOFIEV: Visions fugitives Op.22 (selection) Sviatoslav Richter we are at the very summit of pianistic achievement: his incredible virtuosity and strength, his vision of structure and form, the range of emotion he was able to express on his instrument in concert and on disc – these have never been surpassed. Now, for the first time, all nine of the solo and concerto LP-recordings he made for Deutsche Grammophon have been gathered into a single box-set at budget price. All of these recordings have been in the DG catalogue since they were made. It started in 1956 with a Schumann recital and ended in 1962 with a recital recorded live on tour in Italy. In between there were five concerto LPs (including Rachmaninov’s Second, Tchaikovsy’s First with Karajan, the Schumann and Prokofiev’s Fifth) and two more mixed recitals. Here they are, faithfully reproduced in their original couplings (newly mastered) and with original artwork in mini-LP format. The CD booklet has masterly new liner notes by piano expert Jeremy Siepmann, who manages to capture the essence of Richter the man and musician, as well as furnishing precise annotations on each of the albums in turn. An essential box-set for all serious lovers of piano music. RETURN TO THE TOP