Handel Goes Wild; Martha Argerich, Angela Gheorghiu and more

Exciting new classical releases for September 2017Exciting new classical releases for September 2017

View in Browser New Releases Out Now L'Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar Händel Goes Wild L’Arpeggiata once again embark on some musical time travel, this time in the company of soprano Nuria Rial, countertenor Valer Sabadus and jazz clarinettist Gianluigi Trovesi. The album features sumptuously reimagined versions of some of Handel’s most celebrated operatic arias. “All baroque composers used strict forms,” explains Christina Pluhar, “but those forms would also allow the singers and musicians to improvise and add ornament freely...Händel must have been pretty wild himself!” Buy Now Fazıl Say Chopin: Nocturnes “I didn’t record Chopin for so many years and now, for the first time, I have made a Chopin album,” says Turkish pianist Fazıl Say, “because I wanted to have a very specific idea about me playing Chopin … The Nocturnes are especially beautiful, extremely poetic little night pieces that always convey a narrative. Of course, they are Chopin’s most famous works." Fifteen nocturnes in an intimate recital from one of today's most beloved and thoughtful pianists. Buy Now Martha Argerich & Friends Live from Lugano 2016 (3CD) For Argerich's final, historic Lugano festival, celebrating the legendary Argentinian's 75th birthday that month, her special guests included pianists Steven Kovacevich and Nicholas Angelich, violinist Renaud Capuçon and Argerich's daughter Lyda Chen (viola), alongside many of her young protégés, among them the pianist siblings Sergio Tiempo and Karin Lechner. This triple-album captures many brilliant performances from the festival's swansong, perhaps the most remarkable being a rare Argerich solo in Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit ​- which she has played live only twice in 33 years. Buy Now Ji Young Lim & Dong Hyek Lim Mozart & Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Violinist Ji Young Lim quickly came to the attention of the international scene when she took First Prize of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. It was at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2014 that she won the special prize for the performance of a Mozart sonata, and it is to those sonatas that she has turned for her debut recording. She is joined by her compatriot Dong Hyek Lim (no relation), who is well-established as one of the finest pianists of his generation, in this light-filled, high-energy recital of Mozart and Beethoven violin sonatas with two dynamic young players. Buy Now Coming Soon Angela Gheorghiu Eternamente Out 20 October. For her first studio recording in six years, soprano Angela Gheorghiu focuses on Italian composers of the generation that followed Verdi and predominantly on repertoire she has not sung before – including some fascinating rarities. Joining her for duets from Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Giordano’s Andrea Chénier is another star of today’s opera stage, tenor Joseph Calleja. Pre-order Vinyl Alexandre Tharaud Barbara Out 29 September. Pianist Alexandre Tharaud invites a spectacular array of guest performers to pay tribute to the great French singer-songwriter known simply as Barbara, who died 20 years ago. Among the friends he has gathered around the piano are Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Hindi Zahra, violinist Renaud Capuçon, and the Modigliani string quartet. Heartfelt homage to the queen of French chanson. Pre-order Noa Wildschut Mozart Out 22 September. Sixteen-year-old Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut has been described as “a miracle of musicality”, while Anne-Sophie Mutter has singled her out as “undoubtedly one of the musical hopes of her generation”. For her debut as a Warner Classics recording artist, Noa has chosen a programme of Mozart that combines concertante and chamber works. As she says: “I’m showing two sides of Mozart – and also two sides of myself.” Pre-order Quatuor Arod Mendelssohn: Music for String Quartet Out 29 September. The Arod Quartet, founded just four years ago in Paris and recently chosen for BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists program, releases a debut album tracing Mendelssohn's life through his works for string quartet. The members of the Arod have been mentored by both the Ebène and Artemis Quartet, and they collaborate here with mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa, in an arrangement of the Lied ‘Ist es wahr?’. Pre-order New Box Sets Simon Rattle Mahler: Complete Symphonies (12CD) "For Mahler," Sir Simon Rattle has said, "the symphony is where you can tell the most important truths." The composer's works have been crucial to his career - indeed, it was the epic Symphony No.2 that first inspired him to become a musician. Spanning two decades, these recordings of the complete symphonies, including Deryck Cooke's completion of No.10, were made with the two ensembles most closely identified with Rattle: the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Buy Now Stephen Kovacevich Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas (9CD) 'Nobody plays this music more authoritatively and eloquently,' wrote London’s Sunday Times of Stephen Kovacevich in Beethoven. 'He is in his element, responding wholeheartedly to the extreme physicality that Beethoven brought to music ... but the wit and delicacy of the playing are also remarkable.' Kovacevich himself has spoken of his love for the “fun and virtuosity” of the composer’s early sonatas, while in the often challenging later works he sees a “subtext of radiance and some sort of inherent faith in life.” Buy Now Now Streaming Maria Callas Live Casta Diva Bellini's ​Norma ​is an epic and multi-faceted role, ​​​often considered the ultimate vocal challenge for an operatic soprano. Callas sang it on stage 92 times, more often than any other heroine, and her achievement casts a long shadow: more than 50 years later, this recording of the iconic aria Casta Diva​​​​ from Covent Garden 1952 remains the absolute reference. Re-mastered as part of the Maria Callas Live edition commemorating 40 years since La Divina's untimely death. Listen Now This email was sent to: newsletter@newslettercollector.com You are receiving this email because you are a valued customer or subscribed to marketing messages in the past © Warner Music Group 1633 Broadway New York, NY, 10019 USA Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe