SHOSTAKOVICH FILM SERIES,VOL. 5
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH • MUSIC FROM THE FILMS
GOLDEN HILLS • THE SILLY LITTLE MOUSE
ADVENTURES OF KORZINKINA
THE TALE OF THE PRIEST AND HISWORKER BALDA

ARTIST: Byelorussian Radio and TV
Symphony Orchestra, State
Cinematographic Orchestra, Walter
Mnatsakanov, conductor
COMPOSERS: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Shostakovich Film Series, Vol. 5
LABEL: Delos www.delosmusic.com 
Catalog No.: DRD 2005
EAN/UPC: 013491200521
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 62:44

Among the interesting Delos events in 2010 were the four Shostakovich Film Series
re-releases pictured below. These albums were among the most successful of
Constantine Orbelian’s Russian Disc (RD) label, which offered many unique and highly
prized recordings of Russian repertoire.

Shostakovich Film Series, Vol. 5, originally produced by Orbelian and licensed to
Citadel when RD closed its doors, is newly available on Delos as part of the DRD
(Delos Russian Disc) series.

The symphonic suite from “Golden Hills,” Shostakovich’s first score for a sound
film, contains the famous Waltz (Track 2, also heard in the Delos Shostakovich
Waltzes CD program, DE 3257, conducted by Orbelian). Famous as well is the
innovative scoring for pipe organ and orchestra on Track 3, which drew high praise
when the film first appeared.

How often do we laugh out loud or even chuckle through an entire orchestral suite?
Certainly throughout the rest of this album! All three of the other works in this program
demonstrate Shostakovich’s genius for comedic writing. “The Tale of the Priest
and His Worker Balda,” composed for an animated film, is funny and satirical even
when we have nothing to look at. “Adventures of Korzinkina,” written for a film
comedy, is again highly amusing even without the visual context.

In “The Silly Little Mouse,” a short children’s opera, the singers ham it up to match
Shostakovich’s instrumental humor, so that it is comical even if you aren’t following
the enclosed text and translation.

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Delos Music-2011 New Release-DRD 2005,Shostakovich Film Series Vol.5, Track 9

TITLE: A FOOL FOR LOVE, Tenor Arias
ARTISTS: Michael Spyres, tenor; Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Moscow Chamber Orchestra
COMPOSERS: Donizetti; Rossini; Mozart; Massenet; Bizet; Verdi; Puccini; Cilea; Tchaikovsky; Strauss; Stravinsky 
LABEL: Delos www.delosmusic.com 
Catalog No.: DE 3414
EAN/UPC: 013491341422
TOTAL TIME: 63:04

TRACK LISTING:
Donizetti: La fille du Regiment: "Ah! mes amis...Pour mon ame" 
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress: "Here I stand" 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: "Cessa di più resistere" 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'Amore: "Una furtiva lagrima" 
Mozart: Don Giovanni: "Il mio tesoro" 
Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles: "Je crois entendre encore"  
Massenet: Werther: "Pourquoi me réveiller" 
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: "Di rigori armato il seno" 
Puccini: La Boheme: "Che gelida manina" 
Verdi: Rigoletto: "La donna è mobile"  
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: "Fra poco me ricovero"  
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: "Kuda, kuda..." 
Cilea: L'Arlesiana: "E la solita storia..."
Encore: Lehar: Das Land des Lächelns: "Dein ist mein ganzes herz"

“Michael Spyres has a lovely, liquid tenor, all honey for love duets and some metal for cries of outraged honor.” – John Yohalem, from Opera Today

You may well be hard-pressed to name a classic opera that lacks a love-story – or a tenor as the main romantic hero. Accordingly, emerging American tenor Michael Spyres has come up with a fresh and fascinating pretext for A Fool for Love: his new collection of tenor arias on Delos. 

Michael has carefully selected thirteen mostly well-known arias by composers ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky, encompassing a staggering array of love-related circumstances and emotions. He then sequenced them so as to tell the love-story of a single romantic protagonist. The album’s booklet contains a two-act “plot synopsis,” in which each segment of our hero’s story is indexed to the corresponding aria. 

Michael, a Missouri native, completed his studies at the Vienna Conservatory, and is already well-known to European audiences for his critically-acclaimed work in recital, oratorio, and opera. He has appeared at such distinguished houses as Milan’s La Scala and Deutsche Oper Berlin, and worked with conductors like Ricardo Muti and John Eliot Gardner. 

Blessed with a supremely versatile instrument, Michael has successfully performed the music of composers from Bach to Wagner, encompassing music of many periods and styles: Baroque, Classical, Bel Canto, and Verismo. He has recorded Rossini’s La Gazzetta, Otello, and Le Siège de Corinthe for Naxos. 

• Uniquely original collection theme: Use of varied arias to tell a story 
• Broad array of periods and styles
• Fresh, young tenor with a brilliant future: one of tomorrow’s likely vocal superstars

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Delos Music-2011 New Release-DE3414, Track 01 Ah! mes amis

TITLE: AMERICAN MYSTIC,  MUSIC OF ALAN HOVHANESS (1911-2000) ▪ CENTENNIAL COLLECTION
ARTISTS: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Charles Butler, trumpet; Michael York, narrator; Diane Schmidt, accordion; Shanghai Quartet; Ohio State University Concert Band ; Keith Brion, conductor
COMPOSER: Alan Hovhaness
LABEL: Delos www.delosmusic.com
Catalog No.: DE 3421
EAN/UPC: 013491342122
TOTAL TIME: 75:31
TRACK LISTING: 
Prayer of St.Gregory, Op.62b
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, Op.308
4 Bagatelles, Op.30 Nos.1-4
Symphony No.2, Op.132, Mysterious Mountain 
String Quartet No.2, Op.147, Gamelan in Sosi Style
String Quartet No.2, Op.147, Spirit Murmur
The Flowering Peach, Op.125
And God Created Great Whales, Op.229, No.1
“My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people; music which is beautiful and healing – to attempt what old Chinese painters called ‘spirit resonance’ in melody and sound.”  -- Alan Hovhaness
Heralded by a New York Times article appearing August 28, 2011 — honoring the centenary year of Hovhaness’ birth – Delos celebrates this wonderfully eclectic “American Mystic’s” glowing niche in the pantheon of American musical history from a new angle: Hovhaness as a composer of what we now call “world music” … though on a more exalted plane than most of that genre’s content. 
We call Hovhaness a “mystic” largely due to his insatiable curiosity about pan-global musical traditions: primarily exotic-sounding middle- and far-Eastern modes, scales and rhythms that – owing to their “alien” impact upon western ears – tend to convey mystically spiritual impressions. On top of his own Armenian musical roots, he compulsively explored the music of other Arabic regions – as well as the traditions of India, Japan, Korea and Indonesia – absorbing them all into his overall musical consciousness, to be tapped at need to suit his unique creative designs. 
Accordingly, Delos has combed through its many distinguished previous recordings of Hovhaness’ music to find the individual works that best support such a “world music” classification. And everything fits: Like that of many current world music artists, the music of Hovhaness blends disparate musical influences and impulses in musical “fusions” that are framed by western contexts of sound, form and instrumentation. 

▪ Special release heralded by New York Times article appearing August 28, 2011
▪ Hovhaness’ music re-examined from the fresh and unique perspective of “world music”
▪ Detailed overview of Hovhaness’ inspirational factors and foreign influences
▪ Selections drawn from Delos’ catalog of critically acclaimed and time-honored                    Hovhaness  reccordings 

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Delos Music-2011 New Release-DE 3421, Track 3, 4 Bagatellese, Op.30 No.1

TITLE: Tchaikovsky,  Complete Works for Violin & Piano
ARTISTS: Sasha Rozhdestvensky, violin; Josiane Marfurt, piano
COMPOSERS: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych
LABEL: Delos www.delosmusic.com 
Catalog No.: DE 3413
EAN/UPC: 013491341323
TOTAL TIME: 53:30

TRACK LISTING:
Sérénade Mélancolique, Op. 26
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34
Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op. 42 , Nos.1-3
Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2
Andante funebre e doloroso ma con moto, Op. 30
Oh! Chante Encore! Op.16, No. 4 (Recording Premiere: Original Tchaikovsky Arrangement)

“He (Sasha Rozhdestvensky) belongs to the great line of outstanding artists. His approach and relationship to music and the violin is intense, highly sensitive and intelligent.”  -- violinist Ivry Gitlis
With this release, distinguished Russian violinist Sasha Rozhdestvensky and acclaimed Swiss pianist Josiane Marfurt offer the only available collection of P. I. Tchaikovsky’s music for violin and piano that can be considered truly “complete.”
The original score to the composer’s transcription of his early song for these instruments – Oh! Chante Encore, Op. 16, No. 4 – was long believed lost, until Rozhdestvensky discovered it recently at the National Library of France in Paris. This delightful and engaging work is offered here in its world premiere recording.
Rozhdestvensky’s playing is noted for its rare technical wizardry, gorgeous tone, and plenty of Russian “soul.” Emerging young pianist Marfurt is rapidly building a glowing reputation as both a top-tier soloist and chamber artist. As regular chamber partners, they form an ideal Tchaikovsky “team” – able to realize the composer’s distinctive melodic-harmonic beauty, lush sound and searing sentiment to perfection.   

Highlights:
•The only truly “complete” recording of Tchaikovsky’s music for violin and piano
•World premiere recording of the composer’s arrangement of 
Oh! Chante Encore for these instruments
•Lush and emotionally engaging interpretations, with lots of idiomatically genuine Russian “soul.”

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Delos Music-2011 New Release-DE 3421, Track 4 Scherzo, Op.42, No.2

TITLE: CEREMONY of CAROLS
ARTISTS: Etherea Vocal Ensemble, Grace Cloutier (harp)
COMPOSERS: Britten; Gliere; Gounod; Rutter
LABEL: Delos www.delosmusic.com 
Catalog No.: DE 3422
EAN/UPC: 01349134221
TOTAL TIME: 68 min. 

PROGRAM: 
A Ceremony of Carols (Procession, Wolcom Yole!,  There is no Rose,  That youngë child, Balulalow , As dew in Aprille, This little Babe,  Interlude, In freezing winter night, Spring Carol, Deo Gracias, Recession)
Noel
Gabriel’s Message
Impromptu for Harp
In dulci jubilo
Good King Wenceslas
I Saw Three Ships
Dancing Day ( Prelude, Angelus ad Virginem, A virgin most pure, Personet hodie, Interlude, There is no rose, Coventry Carol, Tomorrow shall be my  dancing day)

“Trebles in Paradise”

And vocal paradise is just where the sublime singing of Etherea Vocal Ensemble will take their listeners with their new holiday album, Ceremony of Carols.  Etherea, founded in 2008, is a unique group consisting of seven distinguished women’s voices plus the alto-range singing of founder/director Derek Greten-Harrison – who happens to be a vocal switch-hitter, performing as both a countertenor and a baritone! Together, they achieve music of rare technical craftsmanship, vocal precision and exquisite nuance – plus stunning purity and sweetness of sound. Add the scintillating harp wizardry of Grace Cloutier and subtle organ support from Alan Murchie.  The end result is a sure-fire collection of seasonal classics that listeners won’t want to put away even after their family Christmas trees are taken down.  

Framing a central cluster of individual holiday favorites are two beloved carol cycles with harp: Benjamin Britten’s evergreen A Ceremony of Carols and John Rutter’s Dancing Day – both heard here in definitive and enchanting performances.  And we guarantee that nobody (except perhaps for those who have experienced Etherea in concert) has ever heard a performance of “Good King Wenceslas” (one of the central songs) like the one heard here, in which director Greten-Harrison sings both as a choral alto and solo baritone!

Highlights:
•	Etherea’s Debut Album
•	A personal note from Dancing Day composer John Rutter
•	Unprecedented alto/baritone vocal versatility from director Greten-Harrison
•	Definitive and highly appealing performances of the two great carol cycles with harp, along with other Christmas favorites 

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Delos Music-2011 Holiday Release-DE 3422, Track 11 Deo Gracias

The five piano concertos of Anton Rubinstein opened a new era in the history of Russian piano art, setting the stage for the great Russian concerto masterpieces to come – like those of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.  Several generations of Russian and foreign pianists were brought up on Rubinstein's concertos, especially the fourth. It was included in the repertoires of nearly all major pianists of the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. But modern recordings of it (and its companion concertos) remain few and far between. 
All the more reason to warmly welcome this Delos re-release of Russian Disk’s classic recording of Rubinstein’s second and fourth concertos, as performed by distinguished, Russian-trained artists. Brilliant Moldovian-American pianist Alexander Paley and conductor Igor Golovchin’s Russian State Symphony Orchestra (RSSO) have joined forces to produce glittering and idiomatically true accounts of both works. This is the third in Delos’ current series of Russian Disk re-releases of Rubinstein’s music; the other two are performances of Rubinstein’s “Ocean” (DRD 2010) and “Dramatic” (DRD 2012) symphonies, also by Golovchin and the RSSO.  

Listening Sample: Piano Concerto No.2 in F Major, Op.25, Mvmt 1. Allegro Vivace Assai
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Rubinstein Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4 (November 2012 New Release)

Music: Hymn to the Dawn, Choral Hyms from the Rig Veda H99, Op.26, No.3 by Gustav Holst
Artist: Etherea Vocal Ensemble; Derek Greten-Harrison (artistic director); Grace Cloutier (harp); Alan Murchie (organ and piano)
Album: Hymn To The Dawn
Label: Delos Productions
Released by: Delos Productions
Release/catalogue number: DE 3431
Release date: January 29, 2013 

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Critically Acclaimed Etherea Vocal Ensemble releases Hymn to the Dawn, their second album on Delos

Following the conspicuous success of Ceremony of Carols, Etherea Vocal Ensemble’s stunning debut album, we at Delos lost no time in producing their second effort: Hymn to the Dawn. Containing several world premiere performances, the CD is an enchanting mix of mostly uncommon works for female choir by Gustav Holst, Amy Beach, Josef Rheinberger, Felix Mendelssohn and Giaochino Rossini; the program includes a cappella pieces and others with harp, organ, or piano accompaniment. While all of these lovely works are standouts among the limited female choir repertoire, Holst’s third group of Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda and the Two Eastern Pictures are particularly rare, exotic, and ripe for rediscovery.

Hymn to the Dawn (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda H99, Op.26, No.3) by Gustav Holst

Title: Laugh With Classical Music
Artists: Various
Composers: Various
Catalog No.: DE 1627
UPC: 013491162720
Total Time: 33 minutes
Label: Delos | www.delosmusic.com 

“Say WHAAT? Laugh to classical music? Heaven forbid, not ME!”

That’s no doubt what far too many soberly dignified classical music fans might well say upon learning about this very different new compilation of humor in classical music from Delos. But, just stop and think: Weren’t your favorite classical “gods” also human beings? And isn’t a sense of humor an almost universal component of human nature? How many of you have found yourselves resisting the urge to smile, snicker, or “LOL” to certain passages of great music, simply because you took it (and its creators) entirely too seriously? 

The simple truth is, many of the greatest composers who ever lived had functional funnybones, and LOVED musical jokes and other classical chicanery. Realizing this, we at Delos have combed through our extensive back catalog to come up with prime examples of music that will get you to grinning, giggling or even guffawing to the art of top classical masters!  And we mean standouts like Vieuxtemps, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Francaix, Lang, and others. You can count on top-notch performances from artists like Maestro Constantine Orbelian and his Moscow Chamber Orchestra, tenor John Aler, the Italian Saxophone Quartet, and tenor Donald George (with pianist Lucy Mauro).

They say that laughter is the best medicine. So here’s a collection that you can file in your musical “medicine cabinet.“ Then – whenever life gets you down – let Delos help you feel better!      

Track Listing:

Souvenir d’Amerique On Yankee Doodle, Op.17

Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op.57: Flight of the Bumble Bee

The Green-Eyed Dragon

Ballet Suite No.1: VI. Galop

The Golden Age Suite, Op.22a: III. Polka

More Nonsense Rhymes And Pictures, Op.43
There Was An Old Man In A Tree

More Nonsense Rhymes And Pictures, Op. 43
There Was An Old Person of Cassel

Ballet Suite No. 3: III. Dance

More Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op.43
There Was An Old Man Of Dumbree

Ballet Suite No.1: V. Waltz, Joke (The Bolt)

More Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op.43
There was An Old Person Of Jodd

Masquerade Suite: V. Galop

Petit Quatuor: III. Serenade Comique

More Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op.43
There Was An Old Lady Of France

More Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op.43
The Young Lady Of Parma



Delos Music-2013 New Release-DE 1627, Track1 Souvenir d'Amerique, On Yankee Doodle, Op.17

LOVE IS EVERYWHERE
Songs of Margaret Ruthven Lang, Vol. 1
Donald George, tenor • Lucy Mauro, piano
DE 3407 (DDD) UPC: 013491340722
Price Code: A
Total Playing Time: 48:26
Package includes a companion data disc with printable song scores for Vols 1&amp;2
Songs of Love Gained and Lost: Love is Everywhere • Ojalá • A Poet Gazes on the Moon • Irish Love Song • Deserted • Betrayed Songs for Lovers of Children: Morning • The Sky Ship •
The Jade Flute • Ghosts • The Sandman • Evening Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Opp. 42 and 43, (Edward Lear): There was an old man with a beard • There was a young lady of Lucca • There once was a person of Skye • There was an old man with a gong • There was an old lady of France • There was an old man in a tree • There was an old person of Cassel
PartingWords and Songs: Snowflakes • A Song of the Spanish Gypsies • Summer Noon • My Lady Jacqueminot • A Song of the Lilac • Chimes 
CD &amp; Mp3 Downloads available from ClassicsOnline.com!
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Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972) was the first American woman composer to have works performed by major symphony orchestras in this country, beginning with the Boston Symphony under Nikisch. Her musical family associations included Liszt,Wagner, Dvorak and Paderewski. She studied in Munich with prominent teachers of the time, and in the U.S. with such figures as Chadwick, Paine and MacDowell. These delightful songs are mostly in the Late Romantic tradition. Donald George and Lucy Mauro are currently performing these songs internationally, and have already recorded Vol. 2, to be released in a few months. Donald says: “Hers is a music of remarkable freshness and originality.”
The companion data disc also contains printable song text for both volumes, and a list of the songs categorized by degree of difficulty. This will be a valuable resource for singers, teachers and students. Donald George has sung at the Paris Opera, La Scala , Royal Opera of Brussels, Kennedy Center, the State Operas of Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna, the Festivals of Salzburg, Buenos Aires, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Blossom USA. He has sung with Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Yehudi Menuhin, Jeffry Tate and recorded Elijah, Verdi
Requiem, Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira and Le Nozze di Teti e Peleo (the world premiere recording), Die Schöne Müllerin. Donald is in demand as a voice teacher in the US, Germany and China, and will be giving master classes on the songs of Margaret Lang in both the US and Germany.
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