C L ASSIC AL A UDI O CENTAUR MUSIC OF STEVEN ROENS CENTAUR SPECIFIC GRAVITY FOLK SONGS SETTINGS & VARIATIONS BEETHOVEN ALLA BRITANNIA CRC3467 | 44747346724 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Steven Roens • Steve Roens holds many accolades and honors, he currently teaches at the University of Utah as a Composition Professor. • As a teacher of composition, while his background and practice are informed by the literature of atonal music, Roens attempts to help students find their own voices and originality in whatever direction their stylistic predilections evolve. • Astounding colleagues and friends join Roens on this album to bring his works to life including Jason Hardink and Cassie Olson. • Beethoven alla Brittannia features settings of British, Scottish, Welsh and Irish folk songs arranged by Beethoven. • The instrumental selections are in the beloved “theme and variation” form while vocal works are beautiful arrangements of folk tunes with piano that can only come from the great pen of Beethoven himself.• CRC3497 | 44747349725 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Ludwig Van Beethoven ARTIST: Utah Arts Festival Orchestra • Cheryl Hart (soprano) • Vedrano Subotic • Jason Hardink (piano) • Hasse Borup (violin) • Julie Edwards (viola) • Noriko Kishi • Cassie Olson (cello) • Andrew Rindfleisch (conductor) ARTIST: Linda Tsatsanis (soprano) • Ingrid Matthews (violin) • Nathan Whittaker (cello) • Byron Schenkman (piano) CENTAUR BEFORE 1700 CENTAUR MUSIC FOR TRUMPETS, STRINGS & ORGAN DOS ESTRELLAS LE SIGUEN CRC3492 | 44747349220 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Anton Thomas Albertini • Cesare Bendinelli • Giovanni Battista Ferrini • Jean Baptiste Lully • Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky • Giovanni Bonaventura Viviani • Christian Friederick Witt ARTIST: Kentucky Baroque Trumpets CRC3501 | 44747350127 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Juan Aranes • Juan Cabanilles • Martin y Coll • Antonio De Santa Cruz • Michel Farinel • Gaspar Fernandes • Juan Hidalgo • Manuel Machado • Jose Marin • Gaspar Sanz Francisco de Vidales ARTIST: Musica Ficta • Jairo Serrano • Carlos Serrano • Julian Navarro • Elisabeth Wright • The Kentucky Baroque Trumpets formed in 2004 after Don Johnson was inspired at the Historic Brass Society Festival. The band performs a wide-ranging repertoire on both baroque and modern trumpets, keeping it’s music accessible to a variety of audiences. • This release captures the essence of great music before 1700, including composers such as Jean Baptiste Lully and Giovanni Battista Ferrini.• • Musica Ficta is an early music ensemble, founded in 1988. The ensemble specializes in the performance of LatinAmerican and Spanish renaissance and baroque music. • The pieces selected for this album were 17th century xacaras and dances.• 30 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE