Cat. No.: 476 3628
Barcode: 0028947636281
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: September

Bryn Terfel; Rhys Meirion | Benedictus

ARTISTS

Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Rhys Meirion, tenor
Catrin Finch, harp
Annette Bryn Parri, piano
Celticana, string quartet
Rhys Wyn Parry, guitar
Ensemble Cymru, strings

TRACK LISTING

ARWYN: Benedictus
DAVIES: Y Darlun (The Picture)
PARRY: Y Ddau Forwr (The Two Sailors)
BRYN PARRI: Grist Bendigedig (Blessed Christ)
DENVER: Perhaps Love
JONES: Y Ddau Frython (The Two Brythons)
BRYN PARRI: Y Border Bach (The Little Brook) (tune Neander's Arnsberg)
JONES: Luned
JONES: Dal Ein Tir (Holding our ground)
DAVIES: Pan Fyddo’r Nos Yn Hir (When the Night is Long)
TROYTE: Sunset Poem (Eli Jenkins' Prayer)
PARRY: Y Ddau Wladgarwr (The Two Patriots)
GRIFFITHS: Anwylyn Mair (Mary's dearest one)
PARRY JONES: Psalm 23

Bryn Terfel and Rhys Meirion grew up in the same picturesque region of Snowdonia, Wales.

These two glorious, world-renowned voices are united here in an inspiring tribute to the music of their cultural background.

This collection of beautiful, uplifting melodies is accompanied by a who’s-who of Welsh music, from Prince Charles’ favourite harpist Catrin Finch through to the warm strings of Ensemble Cymru.

Benedictus is an album to cherish.

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Cat. No.: 476 3627
Barcode: 0028947636274
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: September

Karin Schaupp | Spain: Great Guitar Concertos

ARTISTS

Karin Schaupp, guitar
Cantillation
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey, Philip Chu, conductors

TRACK LISTING

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Romancero Gitano
BACARISSE: Concertino for guitar and orchestra in A minor, Op. 72

One of Australia’s leading guitarists, Karin Schaupp, brings her passionate playing style to these jewels of the concerto repertoire.

Her interpretation of the famous Rodrigo concerto will win all hearts, while the smouldering emotion of the Romancero Gitano commands attention.

Bacarisse’s little-known Concertino has a slow theme of outstanding beauty – everyone will want to hear it again and again!

This inspiring album confirms Karin’s status as a rare musical talent.

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Cat. No.: 480 2842
Barcode: 0028948028429
Label: ABC Classics 8CD
Release Date: September

Various Artists | Classic 100 Symphony

ARTISTS

Various symphony orchestras; includes international and Australian performers

TRACK LISTING

The top ten symphonies complete, plus highlights selected from Australia’s favourite symphonies as voted by listeners to ABC Classic FM.

WINNING TRACKS ANNOUNCED 19 SEPTEMBER - Music Pages subscribers will receive e-mail notification of the results immediately after the live broadcast.

ABC Classic FM listeners across Australia have placed their votes for their favourite symphonies of all time!

The final result will only be revealed during a concert and live broadcast by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Graham Abbott on 19 September.

ABC Classics is proud to support its broadcasting colleagues with the release of this 8CD box set, featuring the complete top ten symphonies, along with selected highlight movements from 19 other symphonies from the final 100.

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Cat. No.: 478 1463
Barcode: 0028947814634
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: September

Jonas Kaufmann | Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner

ARTISTS

Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Claudio Abbado

TRACK LISTING

WAGNER
1. "In fernem Land...bin Lohengrin genannt" from Lohengrin
2. "Mein lieber Schwan... Leb wohl!" from Lohengrin

MOZART

3. "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön...Ware sie dann mein" from Die Zauberflöte
4. "Die Weisheitslehre...führt mich der Ton zu ihr" from Die Zauberflöte

SCHUBERT
5. "Was quälst du mich...In tiefbewegter Brust" from Fierrabras
6. "Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tragen...und mein Herze will ihm nach" from Alfonso und Estrella

BEETHOVEN
7. "Gott, Welch Dunkel...In des lebens Frühlingstagen" from Fidelio

WAGNER
8. "Wintererstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" from Die Walküre
9. "Amfortas! Die Wunde!...Ewig von mir" from Parsifal
10. "Nur eine Waffe taugt" from Parsifal

Jonas Kaufmann is now established as the most successful and versatile tenor of his generation, attracting rave reviews for his live performances and recordings.

Following the international success of Romantic Arias, Jonas Kaufmann returns with this album of outstanding arias from German opera; music of his homeland which he grew up hearing.

It includes outstanding German tenor arias from the great operas of Wagner, as well as the challenging leading role of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, favourite arias by Mozart, and rarely heard opera arias by Schubert.

Jonas Kaufmann has already sung most of these roles on the world's great opera stages.

To boot, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Chor are conducted by the great opera conductor Claudio Abbado in his first ever vocal recital recording for Decca, and his first Decca recording for almost 40 years.

“The ideal tenor: he is sexy like Brad [Pitt], has curls like Antonio [Banderas], acts like George [Clooney] and sings like no other. When the Munich-born Jonas Kaufmann opens his mouth, the audience falls at his feet”
Der Stern

“The Munich-born tenor Jonas Kaufmann is supposed to revive the great tradition of German tenors of the 1950s. His CD of opera arias shows that he’s worth the hype.”
Der Spiegel

“…you can hear a powerful tenor that is coloured with baritone who continues the German tradition of Anders and Wunderlich…which he continues outstandingly" Die Welt

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Cat. No.: 478 1442
Barcode: 0028947814429
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: September

Marcelo Álvarez | The Verdi Tenor

ARTISTS

Marcelo Álvarez, tenor
Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra
Daniel Oren

TRACK LISTING

VERDI
1. "Se quel guerrier Io fossi...Celeste Aida" from Aida
2. "Di tu se fedele"  from Un ballo in maschera
3. "Forse la soglie attinse...Ma se me forza perderti" from Un ballo in maschera
4. "Fede negar" from (Luisa Miller)
5. "Quando le sere al placido" from Luisa Miller
6. "L'ara, o l'avello apprestami" from Luisa Miller
7. "La vita e un inferno all'infelice" from La forza del destino
8. "O tu che in seno" from La forza del destino
9. "Quale d'armi fragor poc'anzi intesi?" from Il Trovatore (featuring Annalisa Raspagliosi as Leonora)
10. "Ah! si, ben mio" from Il Trovatore
11. "L'onda de suoni mistici" from Il Trovatore (featuring Annalisa Raspagliosi as Leonora and Arturo Chacon Cruz as Ruiz)
12. "Di quella pira" from Il Trovatore (featuring Annalisa Raspagliosi as Leonora)
13. "La mia letizia" from I Lombardi
14. "Merce diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespite" from Ernani
15. "Dell'esilio nel dolore...O tu, che l'alma adora" from Ernani
16. "Io l'ho perduta...Io la vidi" from Don Carlos
17. "O figli, o figli miei...Ah, la paterna mano" from Macbeth
18. "Niun mi tema" from Otello

From one of the greatest Verdi singers on today's operatic stage, a disc of the most glorious music Verdi wrote for the tenor voice

"Alvarez performs with generosity and compassion, throwing himself into the high emotions demanded. He scales his high notes joyfully, boldly, never indulgently. This is familiar Pavarotti territory, but in Alvarez's hands a more tormented and impassioned experience."
Evening Standard, London (on Il Trovatore at Covent Garden)

Marcelo Álvarez showcases the voice that has made him THE Verdi tenor on today's operatic stage, in his first disc for Decca.

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Cat. No.: 271 8514
Barcode: 0602527185149
Label: Universal 5DVD
Release Date: September

Andre Rieu | Be My Love

ARTISTS

André Rieu

TRACK LISTING

DVD 1 - Songs From My Heart

DVD 2 - Romance

DVD 3 - Romantic Paradise

DVD 4 - Love Around the World

DVD 5 - Love Songs

Love makes the world go round, they say. This collection includes some of the most beautiful melodies ever written and performed from the heart by André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra. The concerts and showpieces are set in some of the most romantic cities in the world – Vienna, Venice, Paris, Tuscany and André’s own hometown of Maastricht.

We see the most moving moments from André’s musical career and witness how touched he is when he comes home after years of concert tours to find a rapturous welcome in his own country.

Here is music to cherish in solitude or to share with friends. Radiant sunset, soft breezes and dark, starlit skies – the perfect backdrop for an invitation to Be My Love.

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Cat. No.: 474 6812
Barcode: 0028947468127
Label: DG 2CD
Release Date: September

Mischa Maisky | Silent Woods: The Heart Of The Cello

ARTISTS

Mischa Maisky

TRACK LISTING

CD1

CD2

A rhapsodic journey through some of the cello’s warmest, most rapturous moments. CD1 features music for cello and orchestra and CD2 for cello and piano. Mischa Maisky is a key DG artist and this album, previously available, was a best-seller and is now made available again through popular demand.

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Cat. No.: 271 7150
Barcode: 0602527171500
Label: Universal DVD
Release Date: September

ANDRE RIEU | Live in Maastricht III

ARTISTS

André Rieu

TRACK LISTING

1. Seventy Six Trombones

2. Leichte Kavallerie

3. Cielito Lindo

4. Ob blond, ob braun

5. Non ti scordar di me

6. Alte Kameraden

7. Pini di Roma

8. Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside

9. Nearer My God To Thee

10. Parade Of The Charioteers

11. Panis Angelicus

12. Limburg Hymne

13. Slavko, spiel uns eins!

14. Happy Birthday

15. Lied von Olympia

16. Ben

17. Earth Song

18. Colonel Bogey

19. Con te partirò

20. An der schönen blauen Donau

21. Ode an die Freude

22. Radetzky Marsch

23. Strauß & Co.

24. Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier

25. So ein schöner Tag (Fliegerlied)

26. Sierra Madre

27. Rosamunde

28. Blau blüht der Enzian

29. Maastricht Hymne

30. Maastricht, Stadt der fröhlichen Sänger

31. Brasil Symphony

32. You'll Never Walk Alone

33. Live In Australia (Trailer)

34. Dancing Through The Skies (Trailer)

35. André Rieu On His Way To The Vrijthof (The Making of)

From 10-14 July in his hometown of Maastricht, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra got together in the beautifully bedecked town square for a very special concert in this his 60th year. Including several titles new to the Rieu discography, the concert was also important for including a tribute to Michael Jackson.

Also, from his best-selling new CD “You’ll Never Walk Alone” are live performances of “Time to say goodbye”, “Nearer my God to thee” and the title track of that album, “You’ll never walk alone”

The product also includes the “making of” this album and a trailer for the November 2009 release “André’s Australian Adventure”.

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