C L ASSIC AL A UDI O PHYSICAL ONLY MELODIYA EMIL GILELS NAVONA MUSICA PACIFICA THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BAROQUE PASSIONS MELCD1002433 | 4600317024339 50 CD | SRP US $499.99 CA $599.99 COMPOSER: Isaac Albéniz • Alexander Alyabiev • Arno Babajanian • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach • Johann Sebastian Bach • Mily Balakirev • Felix Mendelssohn ARTIST: Emil Gilels • Yakov Zak (piano) • Elizaveta Gilels • Leonid Kogan • Dmitri Tsyganov (violin) • Rudolf Barshai (viola) • Mstislav Rostropovich • Daniil Shafran • Sergei Shirinsky (cello) • Rudolf Barshai • Karl Eliasberg • Konstantin Ivanov • Neeme Järvi • Kirill Kondrashin • Kurt Sanderling • Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) NV6056 | 896931003568 1 CD | SRP US $14.99 CA $17.99 COMPOSER: George Frederic Handel • Jean-Philippe Rameau • Giuseppe Sammartini • Agostino Stefani • Georg Philipp Telemann ARTIST: Musica Pacifica • Dominique Labelle (soprano) • For the 100th anniversary of Emil Gilels, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, this release presents an anthology of his pianistic legacy. • “Titan sof the piano like Gilels are born once in a hundred years,” wrote a Japanese correspondent in 1957 similar comments accompanied the musician’s performances throughout his performing career. • Mi Palpita Il Cor: Baroque Passions is a compelling journey into the rich corners of the mid and late-Baroque period. • Featuring an array of thrilling instrumental and vocal compositions, the album is driven by the performances of French-Canadian soprano Dominique Labelle and American early music ensemble Musica Pacifica, founded in 1990, based in San Francisco, and whose playing has been called “a small miracle of precision and musical electricity” by the Washington Post. METIER ELIZABETH HILLIARD NAVONA SEA TO THE WEST NEW WORKS FOR VOICES IN VERSE CADENCE MSV28551 | 809730855122 1 CD | SRP US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: David Bremner • Linda Buckley • Christopher Fox • Gráinne Mulvey ARTIST: Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano) • NV6061 | 896931003612 1 CD | SRP US $14.99 CA $17.99 COMPOSER: Joanne Carey • Christopher Hoh • David Kirtley • Timothy Kramer • Cadence, the new vocal music compilation from Navona Records, offers a set of inspired, emotive premiere recordings by composers Christopher J. Hoh, David Kirtley, Joanne D. Carey and Timothy Kramer in works juxtaposing the etheral and the earthy, the diaphanous and the muscular, and the serene and the agile. • This album of contemporary works for solo voice with occasional electronics is a snapshot of all that is best in the world of new vocal music. • The six works by four composers are all different in every possible way, except that they are written for the solo voice. In each of these pieces, the exquisite soprano Elizabeth Hilliard demonstrates amazing virtuosity, vocal dexterity and amazing control over techniques such as microtones and lengthy glissandi. ARTIST: Jennifer Bird (soprano) • Mutsumi Moteki (piano) • Vox Futura • Kühn Choir • The Stanbery Singers • Paul Stanbery • Marek Vorlícek • Andrew Shenton (conductor) 75 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE