C L ASSIC AL A UDI O PHYSICAL ONLY LAWO FEDRENES FJELL LYRITA FRANCIS SHAW PIANO MUSIC PIANO CONCERTOS LWC1101 | 7090020181134 1 Hybrid SACD | SRP US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: David Monrad Johansen • Rune Alver’s new release Fedrenes Fjell features the Norwegian composer David Monrad Johansen’s complete works for piano, collected here for the first time ever. • Alver, who has played Johansen’s piano pieces since he was a child, has a close relationship with this music. He was a pupil of Jan Henrik Kayser, one of the most important Norwegian ianists of the twentieth century, who passed away recently. • Kayser, who knew Johansen personally, received invaluable insights into the music in his studies with the composer. • Francis Shaw has become one of the most versatile British composers of this day, having written a wide range of music, most notably for film and television. • As with many composers whose work has taken them into diverse musical fields, the range of his accomplishments has tended to draw attention away from what lies at the heart of his output his serious music, less extensive than that of his more commercial work, but which - is of a quality and achievement manifestly deserving of far greater recognition than it has received hitherto. SRCD356 | 5020926035622 1 CD | SRP US $14.99 CA $17.99 COMPOSER: Francis Shaw ARTIST: Rune Alver (piano) ARTIST: Martin Jones (piano) • Slovak National Symphony Orchestra • Francis Shaw (conductor) LPO RICHARD WAGNER LYRITA HUMPHREY SEARLE DIE WALKÜRE, ACT 1 SYMPHONIES NOS. 3 & 5 LPO-0092 | 854990001925 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Richard Wagner • Released from the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s archives for the first time, Wagner’s Die Walküre is one of the world’s most popular operas lead by Klaus Tennstedt. • Die Walküre is a rich concentration of human love, loyalty and blood ties, packed full of thrilling music, revealing Wagner’s assured grasp or orchestral coloring and musical opulence. • This tribute to Humphre Searle captures the essence of his creative output. It was given by his friend and fellow composer Peter Racine Fricker, who declared he had been “fortunate to have known a person with such wit, warmth and wisdom”. • “His music can be, and often is, dramatic and powerful but it can also be tender and warm and it can also show those elemtns of comedy and parody which he delighted in himself...” REAM1130 | 5020926113023 1 CD | SRP US $14.99 CA $17.99 COMPOSER: Humphrey Searle ARTIST: London Philharmonic Orchestra • Eva-Maria Bundschuh (soprano) • Rene Kollo (tenor) • John Tomlinson (bass) • Klaus Tennsted (conductor) ARTIST: BBC Symphony Orchestra • Hallé Orchestra • Orchestra Nova of London • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra • Louis Frémaux • John Pritchard • Lawrence Foster • Lawrence Leonard (conductor) 63 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE