C L ASSIC AL A UDI O PHYSICAL ONLY NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS DAVID SMOOKE OEHMS CLASSICS FROM VENICE TO ISTANBUL NUTSHELL STUDIES OF UNEXPLAINED DEATH BALLO TURCO OC 1860 | 4260330918604 1 Vinyl | SRP US $34.99 CA $41.99 FCR173 | 600116687326 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: David Smooke • Called “an impressive, eclectic composer” (Time Out New York) and possessing “some of the most uninhibited brain cells around” (Washington Post), composer David Smooke is a sonic tour guide, leading his listeners ona polystylistic and expressive journey. • Smooke employs a wide range of compositional techniques to paint his individually unreal soundworld, including microtonality, a deft timbral and orchestrational brush stroke, and extended performance techniques. • The Mediterranean Sea, the cradle of many great cultures and travel route between Orient and Occident, is the point of departure of this enthralling album by the Pera Ensemble. • On this release, the Pera Ensemble has dedicated itself to the Early Baroque - the period of transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque period itself. The program consists entirely of Italian music adapted together with Ottoman music. • This album contains numerous world premiere recordings. OC 1858 | 4260330918581 1 CD | SRP US $19.99 CA $23.99 COMPOSER: Nefiri Behram Aga • Fabritio Castaldi • Antonio Cesti • Andrea Falconieri • Marco da Gagliano • Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger • Biagio Marini • Dervish Frenk Mustafa • Michael Praetorius • Salomone Rossi • Luigi Rossi • Giovanni Felice Sances • Wojciech Bobowski ARTIST: Pera Ensemble • Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli • Mehmet Yesilcay The Peabody Wind Ensemble • Karl Larsen • John Wilson (piano) • loadbang • Jeffrey Gavett (baritone) • Carlos Cordeiro (bass clarinet) • Andrew Kozar (trumpet) • William Lang (trombone) • Lunar Ensemble • Lisa Perry (soprano) • Stephanie Ray (alto flute) • Gleb Kanasevich (clarinet) • Peter Kibbe (cello) • Michael Parker Harley (bassoon) • Harlan Parker • Gemma New (conductor) ARTIST: David Smooke (toy piano) • PHYSICAL ONLY PHYSICAL ONLY OEHMS CLASSICS SINGER PUR OEHMS CLASSICS ANTON BRUCKNER ADVENTS & WEIHNACHTSZEIT MIT SINGER PUR SAEMTLICHE SINFONIEN OC1855 | 4260330918550 2 CD | SRP US $29.99 CA $35.99 COMPOSER: Various • Singer Pur has been developing into one of the leading a cappella formations since it’s founding in 1991. The ensemble is composed of former members of the Regensburg Cathedral Boys’ Choir. • With their brilliant recordings, they have set new standards in their interpretations of traditional music and Christmas carols. • “Whoever wishes to build high towers must spend much time near the foundation” - this quote by Anton Bruckner is ideally suited to describe the decade of Simone Young’s tenure as Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera and General Music Director of the Hamburg Philharmonic. For she created both things: the foundation as well as towers. OC 026 | 4260034860261 12 CD | SRP US $43.99 CA $52.99 COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner ARTIST: Singer Pur ARTIST: Hamburg Philharmonic • Simone Young (conductor) 77 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE