C L ASSIC AL A UDI O AEVEA ERIK SATIE ATMA CLASSIQUE QUARTOM EARLY & ESOTERIC WORKS ACTE III AE16019 | 634065037185 3 CD | SRP US $27.99 CA $33.99 COMPOSER: Erik Satie • The latest release from Alessandro Simonetto collects the works of Erik Satie’s spiritual period. It includes the complete poem in three acts, Les Fils des Etoilès. • The collection also includes Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes and Sarabandes, some unfinished and rare works such as the Chanson Hongroise, Leit-motiv de ‘Panthée’ and Verset Laïque & Somptueux. • Simonetto wishes to underline the mystical and pictorial aspect, delicate and introverted, of Satie’s music. • For their first recording on ATMA Classique, the a cappella vocal quartet Quartom goes to the opera. • The Quartom vocal quartet was formed in April, 2008. With a wide range of experience and musical education - from conducting children’s choirs to a Master’s in music - it’s members perform a rich and varied repertoire on disc and in concert. ACD2 2735 | 722056273527 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $18.99 COMPOSER: Charles Gounod ARTIST: Alessandro Simonetto (piano) ARTIST: Quartom (Gaetan Sauvageau, tenor • Benoit Le Blanc, baritone • Julien Patenaude, baritone • Philippe Martel, bass-baritone) ARKHÉ MUSIC RELIGIOUS MUSIC BIS WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART ANGELS & MERMAIDS PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 1-4 2016001 | 5600180131416 1 CD | SRP US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: Frei Francisco de S. Boaventura • António da Silva Leite • Melchor López ARTIST: Rosana Orsini (soprano) • Marco Brescia (organ) BIS-2094 | 7318599920948 1 Hybrid SACD | SRP US $21.99 CA $26.99 COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • In this final volume of Mozart’s complete piano concertos, Ronald Brautigam and Die Kölner Akademie, listeners are treated to Mozart’s very earliest attempts in the genre. In these works, young Mozart expands his existing sonata movements into proper concertos, many believe this was a task given to him by his father, Leopold. • After a few years, Mozart adopted a more mature approach to the concertos but still used arrangements of sonatas as inspiration. • “An ideal mixture of clarity and stylish effervescene” - International Record Review • This release presents an intriguing range of repertoire written for soprano and organ composed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for the female occupants of the convents of Oporto and the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. • Most pieces on this album have never been release. • These works show astonishing coloratura passages in the vocal parts. Their chants sound like an irresistable song from a siren, attracting a great number of admirers who used to come to the religious festivities celebrated in the convents of Oporto. ARTIST: Die Kölner Akademie • Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) • Michael Alexander Willens (conductor) 17 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE