Hyperion’s Recording of the Month - Now only £13.00   (Normally £15.65)

 

Friedrich Kalkbrenner - The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 56

Piano Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 85.  Piano Concerto No. 3 in A minor, Op. 107.  Adagio et Allegro di Bravura, Op. 102.

Howard Shelley (piano),   Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion - CDA 67843

Was £15.65 Now only £13.00

 

 

25% Off Hyperion New Releases in March!

In addition Forsyths are offering a 25% price reduction on all of Hyperion’s other new releases in March together with a similar price reduction on many other items from the Hyperion catalogue. Please feel free to get in touch with us, whether you would like to place an order or simply wish to make an enquiry.

 

 

Joseph Achron - Complete Suites for Violin and Piano

Haagai Shaham (violin),  Arnon Erez (piano)

Hyperion - CDA 67841          Was 15.65 Now £11.75

 

 

 

 

Bo Hansson - Endless Border

Som när handen ‘As when day dawns’;  Salve regina;  Then I heard the singing;  For as the reain;  The place amongst the trees;  Missa brevis;  Lighten mine eyes;  Endless border.

Royal Holloway Choir - Rupert Gough

Hyperion - CDA 67881           Was £15.65 Now £11.75

 

Nikolai Medtner - Arabesques, Dithyrambs, Elegies

Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1;  Trois Improvisations, Op. 2;  Quatre Morceaux, Op. 4;  Drei Arabesquen, Op. 7;  Drei Dithyramben, Op. 10;  Drei Novellen, Op. 17;  Vier Lyrische Fragmente, Op. 23;  Étude in C minor;  Trois Morceaux, Op. 31;  Drei Hymnen an die Arbeit, Op. 49;  Theme and variations in C sharp minor, Op. 55;  Zwei Elegien, Op.  59.

Hamish Milne (piano)

Hyperion - CDA 67851/2          Was £31.25 Now £23.45

Louis Spohr

Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Howard Shelley

Hyperion - CDA 67939          Was £15.65 Now £11.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of Hyperion’s Re-releases on the Helios label have also been reduced by 25%, from £6.35 to £4.80!

 

 

 

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Ecce ego Johannes

Laudate Pueri a 8;  Peccantem me quotidie;  Tribulationes civitum;  Missa Ecce ego Johannes;  Tu es Petrus a 7;  Magnificat quarti toni a 4;  Cantantibus organis.

Westminster Cathedral Choir - James O’Donnell

Helios - CDH 55407           Was £6.35 Now only £4.80

 

 

The Maiden’s Prayer and other gems from an old piano stool

Philip Martin (piano)

Helios - CDH 55410           Was £6.35 Now only £4.80

 

 

 

Ernó Dohnányi - Piano Quintets and Serenade

Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1;  Serenade for string trio in C major, Op. 10;  Piano Quintet No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26.

The Schubert Ensemble of London

Helios - CDH 55412          Was £6.35 Now only £4.80

 

 

Passiontide at St Paul’s

A sequence of music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter.  St Paul’s Cathedral Choir - John Scott

Helios - CDH 55436           Was £6.35 Now only £4.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 New Releases from Chandos

 

 

W.A. Mozart - Coronation Mass

Mass in C, KV 317  ‘Coronation’;  Missa Brevis, KV 192;  Exsultate jubilate, KV 165;  Ave verum corpus, KV 618;  Church Sonata in E flat, KV 67;  Church Sonata in F, KV 224.

Susan Gritton • Frances Bourne • Sam Furness • George Humphreys.  Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge • St John’s Sinfonia - Andrew Nethsingha

Chandos - CHAN 0786           £15.65

 

Frederic Chopin - Piano Works, Volume 2

Nocturnes Op. 9, No. 2;  Op. 15, Nos. 1-3;  Op. 48, No. 1;  Op. 55, No. 1;  Ballades Op. 23;  Op. 38; Op. 47;  Op. 52;  Berceuse Op. 57;  Barcarolle Op. 60.

Louis Lortie (piano)

Chandos - CHAN 10714             £15.65

 

 

Antonín Dvorák - Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra

Ernst von Dohnányi - Konzertstück in D major for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 12

Raphael Wallfisch (cello).  London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Charles Mackerras

Chandos - CHAN 10715 X          £7.40

 

 

British Clarinet Sonatas, Volume 1

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford - Sonata, Op. 129;  Sir Arthur Bliss - Pastoral;  Sir Arnold Bax - Sonata;  John Ireland - Fantasy-Sonata;  Herbert Howells - Sonata

Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano)

Chandos - CHAN 10704            £15.65

 

 

Richard Wagner - Orchestral Works Vol. 5

Symphony in C;  Symphony in E;  Huldigungsmarsch;  Kaisermarsch Overture to ‘Rienzi’;  Prelude to Act III of ‘Lohengrin’.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Neeme Järvi

Chandos - CHAN 5097           £16.20 (Hybrid SACD)

 

 

The Film Music of Benjamin and Lucas

Including: The Man Who Knew Too Much;  An Ideal Husband;  Ice Cold in Alex;  Stage Fright;  The Dam Busters

Abigail Sara • Catherine Roe-Williams • Rob Court.  Côr Caerdydd • BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Rumon Gamba

Chandos - CHAN 10713            £15.65

 

 

 

New Releases from Naxos

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Dove - The Passing of the Year

The Passing of the Year • In beauty may I walk • My love is mine • Who killed Cock Robin? • It sounded as if the streets were running • I am the day •Welcome, all Wonders in one sight! • The Three Kings

Christopher Cromar (piano), Convivium Singers - Neil Ferris

Naxos - 8.572733          £6.50

 

 

Giuseppe Verdi - Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

Ballet music from Otello • Macbeth • Jérusalem • Don Carlo • Aida • Il trovatore • I vespri siciliani

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - José Serebrier

Naxos - 8.572818-19          £13.10  (2 CDs)

 

 

Pablo Sarasate - Music for Violin and Piano, Vol. 3.

Boléro, Op. 30 • Zortzico d’Iparraguirre, Op. 39 • Sérénade andalouse, Op. 10 • Adiós montañas mias - Danse espagnole, Op. 37 • Le Sommeil, Op. 11 • Rêverie, Op. 4 • Introduction et fandango, Op. 40 • Fantaisie-Caprice • Prière et berceuse, Op. 17 • Confidences - Romance sans paroles, Op. 7 • Caprice sur Mireille de Gounod, Op. 6 • Airs écossais, Op. 34 • Los pájaros de Chile • Les Adieux, Op. 9

Tianwa Yang (violin) • Markus Hadulla (piano)

Naxos - 8.570893           £6.50

 

 

Peter Maxwell Davies

Symphony No. 1 • Mavis in Las Vegas

BBC Philharmonic - Peter Maxwell Davies

Naxos - 8.572348          £6.50

 

 

 

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov - The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh

Mikhail Kazakov • Vitaly Panfilov • Tatiana Monogarova • Mikhail Gubsky • Albert Schagidullin • Alexander Naumenko.   Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari - Alexander Vedernikov.

Naxos - 8.660288-90          £15.00  (3 CDs)

 

 

George Frideric Handel - Theodora, HWV 68 (Oratorio)

Christina Wieland (soprano) • Diana Schmid (mezzo-soprano) • Franz Vitzthum (countertenor) • Knut Schoch (tenor) • Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone).   Junge Kantorei • Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra - Joachim Carlos Martini

Naxos - 8.572700-02          £15.00 (3CDs)

 

 

 

William Alwyn - Film Music

The Crimson Pirate - Overture • The History of Mr Polly - Suite • The Way Ahead - March • State Secret - Suite • The Million Pound Note - Waltz • Swiss Family Robinson - Suite • The True Glory - March • Geordie - Suite • In Search of the Castaways - Suite • Desert Victory - Suite.  (All arrangements by Martin Ellerby)

Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra:  Clark Rundell • Mark Heron

Naxos - 8.572747          £6.50

 

 

Eugene Goossens - Complete Music for Violin and Piano

Violin Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 21 • Lyric Poem, Op. 35 • Old Chinese Folk-Song (from The Yang-tse-Kiang), Op. 4 No. 1 • Romance (from Act III of Don Juan de Mañara), Op. 57 • Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 50.

Robert Gibbs (violin), Gusztáv Fenyó (piano)

Naxos - 8.557188          £6.50

 

 

Déodat de Sévérac - Piano Music Volume 2

Baigneuses au soleil (Souvenir de Banuis-sur-mer) • Les naïades et le faune indiscret (Danse nocturne) • Sous le lauriers roses • En Vacances

Jordi Masó (piano)

Naxos - 8.572428           £6.50

 

 

Tadeáš Salva

Cello Concerto • Three Arias • Little Suite • Slovak Concerto Grosso No. 3 • Eight Preludes

Eugen Prohác (cello) • Ján Slávik (cello) • Nora Skuta (piano) • Juraj Ciizmarovic (violin) • Bernadetta Šunavská (organ).   Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - Marián Lejava

Naxos - 8.572509           £6.50

 

 

Ross Harris - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

Madeleine Pierard (soprano).   Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - Marko Letonja

Naxos - 8.572574           £6.50

 

 

 

 

Converging Cultures:  Music for Wind Band

Joaquín Turina - La Procession du Rocio (1912, transcr. Alfred Reed, 1962).  Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1961, transcr. Paul Lavender, 2007).  James Bonney - Chaos Theory (2000).  Roger Nixon - Fiesta del Pacifico (1960).  Chang Su Koh - Korean Dances (2002)

Fred Hamilton (electric guitar).  Lone Star Wind Orchestra - Eugene Migliaro Corporon

Naxos - 8.572837            £6.50

 

J.S. Bach - Orchestral Transcriptions by Respighi and Elgar

Orchestral transcirptions by Ottorino Respighi - Tre Corali (Three Choral Preludes) • Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023 • Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 532 • Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582.    Orchestral transcription by Edward Elgar - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537.

Ilkka Talvi (violin).   Seattle Symphony - Gerard Schwarz

Naxos - 8.572741              £6.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Violinists - Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (Recorded 1916-1919)

Bizet - L’Arlésienne: Adagietto.  Boccherini - String Quintet, Op. 11 No. 5: III, Minuet.  Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5.  Brandl - The Old Refrain.  Dvorak - Songs My Mother taught me.  Earl - Beautiful Ohio.  Foster - Old Folks at Home.  Granados - Andaluza, Op. 37 No. 5.  Hubbell - Poor Butterfly.  Krakauer - Paradise.  Kreisler - Aubade provençale (in the style of Couperin) • Berceuse romantique, Op. 9 • La Gitana • Liebesfreud •  Polcinelle and Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven.   Massenet - Thaïs: Meditation.  Paderewski - Minuet, Op. 14 No. 1.  Rameau - Les fêtes d’Hébé: Tambourin.  Schubert - Rosamunde D 797: Ballet music No. 2  • Moments Musicaux D 780: No. 3 in F minor.  Smetana - Andantino ‘Bohemian Fantasie’.  Spencer - Underneath the Stars.  Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1 , Op. 11: II Andante cantabile.  Valdez - Serenade du Tzigane.  Winternitz - Dream of Youth.

Naxos - 8.111384          £6.50

 

 

 

 

New Releases from Harmonia Mundi for March 2012

 

 

 

 

 

George Frideric Handel - Il Pastor Fido

Lucy Crowe • Anna Dennis • Katherine Manley • Madeleine Shaw • Clint Van der Linde • Lisandro Abadie.   La Nuova Musica - David Bates

Harmonia Mundi - HMU 907585           £20.35

 

 

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams

A London Symphony • Serenade to Music (Original version, 1939)

Juliana Athayde (violin) • Mercury Opera Rochester • Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra - Christopher Seaman

Harmonia Mundi - HMU 807567           £17.05

 

 

Frederick the Great • 1712-2012 • Music from the Berlin Court

Graun - Ouvertüre und Allegro • Concerto per il Viola da Gamba concertata.  Nichelmann - Concerto per il Cembalo Concertante.  Friedrich II - Sonata per il Flauto traverso solo e Basso.  C.P.E. Bach - Sinfonie No. 1

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Harmonia Mundi - HMC 902132             £17.05

 

 

Wolfgang Rihm - Astralis & other choral works

RIAS-Kammerchor - Hans Christophe Rademann

Harmonia Mundi - HMC 902129          £17.05

 

 

 

 

 

Other New Releases

 

Massenet - Don Quichotte

Ferrucio Furlanetto (Don Quichotte) • Anna Kiknadze (Dulcinée) • Andrei Serov (Sancho Pança) • Eleonora Vindau (Pedro) • Yulia Matochkina (Garcias) • Carlos D’Onofrio (Rodriguez) • Dmitry Koleushko (Juan) • Didier Jouanny (Ténébrun, Chef des bandits)

Soloists’ Ensemble of the Mariinsky • Academy of Young Singers • Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev

Mariinsky - MAR 0523         £24.25

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