April Sale Ends In Two Days!

April Sale Ends In Two Days!
We'd like to take this chance to remind you that our April sale will end in just two days. Come browse the offerings of these ten great labels and if you see something you'd like, grab it fast. This sale ends Wednesday at Midnight!

Don't Forget! Our sale on all Naxos and Chandos titles will end tonight at Midnight!

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Rolando Villazón's Solo DG Debut
Regularly $17.98 – Now only $11.98 On Sale!
"It's a pleasure to hear a recital devoted to rarities sung with such passion and conviction -- it's clear that Villazon is thrilled to have discovered these little known or virtually unknown arias and to offer them to modern audiences." -All Music Guide
More Recent Releases From DG
Ah! mio cor - Handel Arias - Kozená, Marcon
Haydn: The Creation / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Hilary Hahn - Schoenberg & Sibelius Concertos
Janacek: From The House of the Dead / Boulez

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Brahms & His Contemporaries
Brahms, Strauss & Heinrich Cello Sonatas
"Moser and Rivinius do a marvelous job of letting the music speak for itself... Not only an excellent choice as an introduction to the Brahms Sonata, this disc is also ideally suited for anyone interested in what other composers were up to at the same point in history." -All Music Guide
New Releases From Fey & Norrington
Salieri: Overtures & Ballet music / Fey
Mozart: Symphonies Vol 3 / Norrinton

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The Opera That Bach Never Wrote
"Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan comes closest to being the opera that Bach never wrote... The Oehms studio sound... is closely miked, generally subdued, and extremely detailed. [This disc is] a strong choice for those curious about this unique Bach cantata, which is both fun and intellectual at the same time." -All Music Guide
New Releases on Oehms Classics
Mozart: "Così fan Tutte" Messe / Raml
Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4 / Skrowaczewski
Songs by Great Conductors - Bülow, Walter, etc.

Naxos & Chandos Sale This Weekend

Naxos & Chandos on Sale
Following the huge success of its predecessor, Leroy Anderson's Orchestral Works Vol. 2 is the H&B Deal of the Weekend and it's only $4.99! In addition, we've got savings on all releases from Naxos and Chandos running through Monday at Midnight!

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Hickox Conducts Schubert
Schubert's final and most ambitious mass is increasingly acknowledged as a masterpiece. It is powerful and disquieting, more monumental than the fifth, but seeks to reconcile liturgical grandeur with Schubert's own subjective romantic feeling. Richard Hickox has long wanted to record this powerful work.
More New Releases from Chandos
Grainger: Transcriptions for Wind Orchestra / Rundell, Hovorun
d'Indy: Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Gamba
Bax: Tone Poems Vol 2 / Handley, BBC PO
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, etc / Mark Padmore, Schubert Ensemble

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The H&B Deal of the Weekend
Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol. 2 - Save 44%
In the first complete cycle of Anderson's orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the composer did not release. This volume has premier recordings scattered among the familiar and not so familiar titles.

$8.99 $4.99
More Additions to the American Classics Series
Wuorinen - Shelton, Rothenberg, Brentano Quartet
Music of Remembrance: Heggie, Schwarz, Laitman
Toch: Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata, Burlesken, Impromptus (3) for Cello / Spectrum Concerts Berlin

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Liszt's Take on Beethoven's Ninth
The Liszt Piano Edition continues this month with a remarkable performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, transcribed for solo piano by Liszt. Nineteenth century music lovers did not have the luxury of recorded sound, and the closest many could get to Beethoven's symphonies was through Liszt's piano transcriptions.
New Keyboard Albums on Naxos
W.F. Bach: Keyboard Works Vol 2 / Julia Brown
Blancafort: Complete Piano Music Vol 4 / Villalba
Saygun: Piano Music / Zeynep Üçbasaran

DVDs on Sale for April

DVDs From Our April Sale
Whether you are looking for opera, concerts or documentaries, H&B's April sale has got something for everyone! This newsletter focuses on DVDs, but you can see all of this month's sale offerings at our Sale Area.

Don't forget! Our weekend sale on all titles from Harmonia Mundi and Hyperion will end Tonight at Midnight!

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Karajan's Visionary Das Rheingold
This 1978 studio production of 'Das Rheingold' is the only segment of the famous Salzburg Festival/Metropolitan Opera productions that made it to film. Karajan's staging is in the epic style of another age, emphasizing the dignity of the gods rather than their all too human failings.
New Karajan DVDs From DG
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Berlin PO
Bruckner: Symphonies 8 & 9 / Vienna PO
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Berlin PO

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Natalie Dessay With Rolondo Villazón
"Natalie Dessay embodies the character of Manon remarkably... her love for Des Grieux sincere, her sadness in her "Adieu" absolutely believable, there seems to be no artifice. She turns coloratura into perfect peals of laughter absolutely organically in the first act; her Cours de la Reine scene is vocally properly dazzling." -Classics Today
New Opera DVDs on Sale
Janacek: From The House of the Dead / Boulez
Wagner: Lohengrin / Schneider/Bayreuth

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BIS' First-ever DVD
This DVD is dedicated to one of BIS' most charismatic and longest-standing artists: Christian Lindberg. It forms an extensive - 3h 40 minutes - portrayal of this multi-facetted musician who since his debut on disc in 1984 almost single-handedly has turned the trombone into a solo instrument.
Musical Documentaries On Sale This Month
Valeriy Sokolov (violin) Natural Born Fiddler / A Film By Bruno Mansaingeio
Mstislav Rostropovich "Life & Art"
A Portrait of Friedrich Gulda - Bach, Mozart
Leonard Bernstein / The Gift Of Music

Weekend Savings on Premium CDs

Hyperion & Harmonia Mundi On Sale
This weekend sale is lead by an incredible deal on Stile Antico's recent release Heavenly Harmonies. You can purchase this beautiful hybrid SACD for just $13.99! This sale on all releases from Harmonia Mundi and Hyperion will end Monday at Midnight!

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Martinu: Music For Violin & Orchestra
"This disc is superb in every aspect from performance to recording quality, and will really force the listener to re-evaluate Martinu’s place among composers. Very highly recommended." -AudiophileAudition(audaud.com)


More Orchestral Music on Sale This Weekend
Beethoven: Symphony no 3, etc / Manze
Spohr: Symphonies no 4 & 5, etc / Shelley
Mozart: The Last Concertos / Staier, Coppola

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Sound Clips At HBDirect.com
Now it's easier than ever to explore great music with H&B! We are pleased to announce that we have added sound samples to our website. When viewing an Album Details page, click on the little orange notes to play a sample.

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"Staggeringly Beautiful Singing"
The Deal of the Weekend – Save 37%
Heavenly Harmonies juxtaposes the highly expressive Latin motets of William Byrd with the austere, homophonic psalm tunes of Thomas Tallis in a performance notable for the ensemble Stile Antico's "staggeringly beautiful singing." (The Sunday Times) $22.49 $13.99
Choral CDs from Harmonia Mundi & Hyperion
O'Regan: Scattered Rhymes; et al / Hillier
Bach: Christus der ist mein Leben / Herreweghe
Poulenc: Gloria & Motets / Layton

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Stephen Hough's Mozart Album
"Hough can turn it loose, ramping up the muscle and juicing up the virtuosity until the music fairly combusts at the climax. And yet, such is Hough's innate sense of taste that his performance never oversteps into empty bombast... A Mozart Album demands to be heard by anyone who loves great piano playing." -All Music Guide
More Solo Keyboard Albums On Sale
Andreas Staier Plays J.S. Bach - Early Works
Chopin: Préludes / Alexandre Tharaud
Clementi: Piano Sonatas Vol 1 / Shelley

Great Finds From Our April Sale

Highlights From Our April Sale
With 10 labels on sale there are all kinds of great finds this month at H&B! We've highlighted some of them in this enewsletter, but you can click the logos below for each label's complete collection!

Don't Forget! Our weekend sale on DG, Decca and Philips ends tonight at Midnight!

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A Small Label, Great Performances
Prokofiev: Works for Violin and Piano / Shaham
"Spirited, highly insightful readings of these Prokofiev works by both artists... Together, they mesh as well as one could imagine... Highly recommended!" -Classical.net
More Releases From Canary Classics
Mozart in Paris - Six Sonatas / Shaham
The Butterfly Lovers - Tchaikovsky, Gang Chen / Shaham, Singapore SO

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A Series Starts: Villa-Lobos' Choros

"You'd have to be crazy not to buy this disc if you have even a shred of interest in Villa-Lobos... It's hugely fun and full of timbres and textures that you'll find nowhere else." -Classics Today (10/10)
Poltéra, Lindberg & Groop on BIS
Martin: Concerto for Cello, etc / Poltéra, Stott
Christian Lindberg - A Composer's Portrait 2
Grieg: Songs Vol 7 / Groop, Vignoles
Debussy: Piano Music Vol 4 / Noriko Ogawa

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Arrau's Legendary Liszt Etudes
"The original Philips recordings were breathtaking when issued in stereo on LP, but issued here in their original quadraphonic-plus-one channel sound... the sound is jaw dropping in its simulation of reality." -All Music Guide


New Releases from Pentatone - All on Sale!
Sibelius: Symphonies no 5 & 7, etc- Davis/BSO
Schumann: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Foster, Czech PO
Beethoven: Symphonies no 1 & 3 / Herreweghe, Royal Flemish PO

All Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and Philips on Sale Now Through Monday April 14th

Save on 3 Labels Through Monday
This weekend you're invited to a sale at H&B! Come and explore the vast offerings of Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Philips. You'll find sale pricing on all three labels' complete catalogs through Monday at Midnight!

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Pavarotti Sings Verdi From 1980
"Predating DG's release of the same tenor in a later production of the same opera by ten years, [this DVD] finds Pavarotti at the peak of his vocal talents and is worth every penny of the cover price just to hear him in such electrifying voice... I can't remember a more shatteringly intense account of the Amelia-Riccardo duet in a filmed performance." -MusicalCriticism.com
New Pavarotti DVDs From DG & Decca
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Rescigno/MET
An Evening With Pavarotti & Sutherland
The Italian Opera Collection / Il Tabarro; Pagliacci; L'Elisir d'Amore; La Boheme / MET
Pavarotti Sings Verdi - Unballo In Maschera; Il Trovatore; Ernani / Levine/MET

Janacek's Little Known Opera
"If opera DVDs come much better than this, then I shall be very surprised... This is one of those rare performances which feels special from its opening moments and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra play marvellously throughout. The singing is faultless with not a note out of place to my ear either from the soloists or the immaculately disciplined Arnold Schoenberg Choir." -MusicWeb-International
Opera & Recital DVDs on Sale This Weekend
Wagner: Das Rheingold / Karajan/Berlin PO
Pizzetti: Murder in the Cathedral / Raimondi, Marrocu, Zaramella
Jessye Norman: A Portrait

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From the Emerson String Quartet
"The Emerson Quartet's disc of fugues for four and five voices from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is simply superb. These twenty-one arrangements (all by either Emanuel Aloys Förster or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), present Bach's music with a surprising ease and naturalness." -All Music Guide
More Bach releases on DG & Decca
Bach: The Art of Fugue / Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos / Rousset, Hogwood

A Five Label Three Day Sale

On Sale Now Through Monday!
This weekend you are eligible for discounts on all titles from Nonesuch, Teldec, Warner Classics, Erato, and Denon. This sale ends Monday at midnight, so don't miss your chance!

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Kronos Explores Music of Riley

The Cusp of Magic was commissioned from Terry Riley by Kronos Quartet to celebrate the composer’s 70th birthday in 2004. Tirelessly pushing boundaries, the Kronos Quartet is here joined by Pipa virtuoso/vocalist Wu Man.
More from the Kronos Quartet on Nonesuch
Also on Nonesuch
Lieberson/Neruda Songs (2008 Grammy Winner)
More from Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson
Guitarists the Assad Brothers Play Jobim
More from the Assad Brothers

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Also On Sale this Month...
All month long, we are pleased to offer savings on all titles from these fine classical labels! Click on the logos below to browse their catalogs, or visit the sale page on our website.

A Barenboim & Liszt Pilgrimage
Live from La Scala
Recently awarded the title of Maestro Scaligero ("Maestro of La Scala"), Daniel Barenboim acknowleges this honour with a live recording on Warner Classics of Liszt's piano music, including several pieces from "Années de Pèlerinage". This is the first-ever instrumental recital recorded at La Scala.
Also from Warner Classics
Violinist Daniel Hope / Artist Portrait
Landi: Il Sant' Alessio / Les Arts Florissants
Baroque Journey / soprano Sumi Jo
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 6-CD colllection
Callas / Legendary Early Recordings

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Harnoncourt / Bach's B Minor Mass
Das Alte Werk
Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Vienna Concentus Musicus present one of J.S. Bach's crowning achievements, the B Minor Mass, on Teldec.
The latest from Teldec
Bach: Goldberg Variations / Leonhardt
Boccherini: Cello Concertos / Bylsma
Music at the Court of Mannheim / Harnoncourt
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Harnoncourt

April Classical Music Sale

We are pleased to announce that we have added sound samples to our website! Once you are viewing an album, scroll down to the "Album Works" area and click on the little orange notes to play a sample.

Paul McCreesh's new recording of Haydn's The Creation is one of many great finds in the H&B April Sale. You'll find discounts on the entire catalogs of all the labels listed below - click each label's logo for a complete listing!

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Paul McCreesh's Creation
Haydn: The Creation / McCreesh
"McCreesh has worked wonders with this popular but difficult score, and the Gabrieli Consort and Players produce a performance of considerable electricity... In short, a highly recommended release." -MusicalCriticism.com
New CDs from Deutsche Grammophon
Bach: The Art of Fugue / Aimard
Bach: Fugues / Emerson String Quartet
Schoenberg, Sibelius: Concertos / Hahn
New DG DVDs with Karajan
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 / Karajan/Vienna PO
Wagner: Das Rheingold / Karajan/Berlin PO
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Karajan/Berlin PO

Brahms Symphonies from Janowski
"Even Toscanini and Furtwängler made a mess of [Symphony No. 3] as often as not... [Marek Janowski is] at his best in this very symphony... This is great Brahms conducting - and playing - with the Pittsburgh Symphony audibly rising to the occasion." -Classics Today (10/10)
More New Releases from Pentatone
Bruckner: Symphony no 9 / Janowski, et al
Schumann: Symphonies no 1 & 2/Foster
Liszt: 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante/Arrau
Paganini: Violin Concertos no 1 & 4 / Szeryng

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The Final Volume in BIS' Grieg Songs
With this disc, Monica Groop brings a heroic enterprise to a close. Including the present program she has recorded all 172 of Grieg's songs, including ones that were never published during the composer's lifetime, and, in some cases, only recently discovered.
Click Here for BIS' Complete Grieg Song Series
More New Releases From BIS
Debussy: Piano Music Vol 4 / Noriko Ogawa
Martin: Concerto for Cello, etc / Poltéra, Stott
Villa-Lobos: Choros Vol 1 / Ortiz, Neschling
Glazunov, Tchaikovsky: Concertos / Gluzman