The Music Pages | September 2008


	Cat. No.: 477 7453 Barcode: 0028947774532 Label: DG CD Release Date: September			RAFAL BLECHACZ \| HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN: Sonatas ARTISTS Rafal Blechacz, piano TRACK LISTING HAYDN: Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:52 BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 2 A major Op. 2, No. 2 MOZART: Sonata D major K. 311 Rafal Blechacz’s debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, the complete Chopin Preludes, went platinum in Poland within a month of its release. He now follows up this success with a recital devoted to the “Viennese Classics”: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. A compelling overview of the piano sonatas of these three great masters, combining Haydn’s mature E flat major Sonata with Mozart’s lovely D major Sonata K. 311 and Beethoven’s early Sonata Op. 2, No. 2, which he dedicated to his teacher Haydn. Rafal has played these sonatas many times in concert and counts them among the works that have shaped his playing. By juxtaposing the different styles of these three great composers, Rafal displays his stylistic security and balance, both of which have been widely acclaimed in recent concert reviews. “He’s an architect in sonority. Every nuance, however tiny, seems to emerge just as Blechacz intended it…Judiciously measured and deeply felt music-making of mature pianistic insight.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 619 0782 Barcode: 0011661907829 Label: Decca CD Release Date: September			CHRISTOPHE BECK \| Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Score ARTISTS Christophe Beck TRACK LISTING 1 Massacre 2 Angel Waits 3 Remembering Jenny 4 Twice The Fool 5 Moment Of Happiness 6 Loneliness Of Six 7 Sugar High 8 Tai Chi 9 Kralik's House 10 Magic Snow Music 11 Slayer's Elegy 12 Faith's End 13 Drink Me 14 One Last Moment 15 Haunted 16 From The Grave 17 Demon Got Your Tongue 18 Golf Claps 19 The Princess Screams 20 Spellbound 21 Fyarl In The Morning 22 A Really Big Sandbox 23 Spaghetti 24 Body Paint 25 Xander's Nightmare 26 The Tower 27 Losing Battle 28 Apocalypse 29 Sacrifice Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the most critically acclaimed television shows of our time. Ranked #41 on the list of TV Guide's “50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time” and included in TIME Magazine's “100 Best TV Shows of All Time”, the series garnered a cult following which has only grown through syndication and DVD releases since stopping production in 2003. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Score contains 29 tracks, all drawn from seasons 2, 3, and 4, and all composed by Christophe Beck. Christophe Beck composed, mixed, and produced the score for most of the Buffy series, including the well-known Once More with Feeling musical episode. The Rounder soundtrack to that episode has sold over 200,000 copies in the U.S. alone. Christophe Beck won an Emmy for his score to the Buffy episode “Becoming” in 1997. The lead-off track on this soundtrack is from that episode. Beck has also scored many films, including Cheaper By The Dozen, Dickie Roberts, and The Pink Panther, in addition to his TV work, which includes the Buffy spin-off Angel. The Emmy winning score to the hit TV show, composed by Christophe Beck · Includes 29 tracks from Seasons 2, 3, and 4 · Buffy music sells! The 2002 soundtrack to the Buffy episode Once More with Feeling, composed by Christophe Beck, has sold over 200,000 copies in the U.S. alone. The 1999 soundtrack, featuring songs from artists such as Alison Krauss, Garbage, and The Sundays has sold over 235,000 copies. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 477 7958 Barcode: 0028947779582 Label: DG 8CD Release Date: September			WILHELM KEMPFF \| BEETHOVEN: The 32 Piano Sonatas ARTISTS Wilhelm Kempff, piano TRACK LISTING BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas 1-32 Reviewing the reissue of this authorative Beethoven sonatas cycle in 1997 – when it was newly remastered, with “noticeably improved sound” – Gramophone critic Edward Greenfield wrote: “Once again the magic of Kempff leaves me in wonder, his magnetism, his unfailing sense of spontaneity, his ability to clarify textures with astonishingly clean articulation and sharp dynamic contrasts, and not least his lyrical flow, with extreme speeds generally avoided”. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 478 0313 Barcode: 0028947803133 Label: Decca CD Release Date: September			ALBRECHT MAYER \| In Venice ARTISTS Albrecht Mayer, oboe TRACK LISTING VIVALDI: Oboe concerto in C major (rv447) MARCELLO: Oboe concerto in D minor LOTTI: Oboe d'amore concerto in A major PLATTI: Oboe concerto in G minor ALBINONI: Oboe concerto in D minor Albrecht Mayer, the pied piper of oboists, re-invents the much loved oboe sound and brings it to the general public. "the most famous oboist in the world...damn good" Rheinische Post "Mayer dazzles and beguiles with his creamy tone, breathtaking agility and alluring phrasing." The Daily Telegraph Following an unprecedented chart record for a woodwind player in his native Germany, Albrecht Mayer has now signed an exclusive contract with Decca. Albrecht Mayer is the principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and succeeds to impress critics and casual music listeners alike as did flautist James Galway in the 1990s. His first Decca record will be a Baroque album themed around Venice and will feature famous repertoire by Vivaldi, Albinoni and Marcello as well as some world premiere recordings of that era. Albrecht Mayer will be accompanied by a Baroque chamber ensemble featuring some of the finest period players of today. RETURN TO THE TOP