| We are New Zealand’s leading distributor of Classical music, and in our monthly release information you will find many award-winning artists and recordings from the catalogues of Hyperion, Chandos, Sanctuary Classics, Harmonia Mundi & Haenssler, to name a few. For a full list of labels (and links) see Distributed Labels. Our New Releases page has details of 10 outstanding classical recordings each month, including our disc of the month. Soon this will be expanded to include a listing of all our new releases. | |
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SCHUMANN; GRIEG: STRING QUARTETS Petersen Quartett CAP10476 Hot on the heels of their NZ tour, we bring this acclaimed recording of the Petersen Quartet in Schumann and Greig quartets. |
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SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOAT Music from the island of Taku CDMANU2042 |
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BARTOK: FOUR PIECES FOR ORCH & VIOLIN CONCERTO SWR Symphony, Michael Gielen 93127 This program features works documenting Bartók’s amazing artistic development – including the amazing “Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta.” Gielen brings these works to life. Recommended |
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J S BACH: ALIO MODO Fretwork HMU907395 "Fretwork is the finest viol consort on the planet" (Evening Standard) Fretwork revel in the contrapuntal intricacies of Bach's works for organ and harpsichord in these insightful performances |
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SANCTUARY Christian Forshaw QTZ2009 Sanctuary is fast becoming a top seller of 2005. The album spent the whole month of July at Number 1 on the NZ Classical Chart. Beautiful and lyrical, spacious and profound. |
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RUBENSTEIN/ SCHARWENKA - PIANO CONCERTOS Marc-Andre Hamelin & the BBC Scottish Symphony CDA67508 & SACDA67508 "Marc-Andre's startling virtuosity creates an adrenalin-fuelled excitement which is guaranteed to involve even the casual listener." (Hyperion Records) |
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STELLA MARIS Trio Mediaeval ECM1929 Trio Mediaeval are a vocal group of great beauty. Here they both juxtapose and seemlessly blend the old and the new with both present day tracks and works from the 13th and 14th Century. |
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MOZART - VIOLIN CONCERTOS 3 & 4 Julia Fischer PTC 5186 064 "Fischer’s rapport with Kreizberg and his stylish NCO is complete, and these performances are highly collectible for Mozartian traditionalists." The Sunday Times |
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MENDELSSOHN: SYMPHONIES 3 & 4 Roger Norrington, SWR Orchestra, Stuttgart 93133 Another superb German Radio orchestra recording... Norrington continues his eye-opening Mendelssohn cycle for Haenssler, with the Scottish & Italian Symphonies. |
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MENDELSSOHN SYMPHONIES 1 & 5 Roger Norington, SWR Orchestra Haenssler 93132 Norrington's stunning new cycle of Mendelssohn Symphonies is now underway. Includes Norrington's introduction to the Symphonies. Highly recommended. |
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NEIGHBOURHOOD Manu Katche ECM1896 'Neighbourhood' gathers Manu along with Jan Garbareck, Tomasz Stanko, Marcin Wasilewski & Slawomir Kurkiewicz and the fine results speak for themselves. This is THE jazz album of the year! |
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THE GROUND Tord Gustavsen Trio ECM1892 "Restful yet thoughtful, guaranteed to slow the pulse, or have dinner guests asking about it later." (Graham Reid, NZ Herald) |
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MARTA TOPFEROVA La Marea "The Tide" WV468040 Marta Topferova defies expectations... The 10 tracks are inspired by a range of Latino influences... Her voice is reflective and restrained, but in a deep and poetic way..." (Boston Globe) |
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SOLON KONO Djelemady Tounkara 46810.2 Djelimady Tounkara is back with "Solon Kôno" marking a new step in the career of this great african guitarist ...this album marks a new stage in the rich history of Malian music. |
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HENRY DU MONT Ensemble Pierre Robert ALPHA069 "Straight to the heart. Ravishing music beautifully sung by this ensemble." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
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