New CDs from Marston

A much anticipated and talked about release ...

The Dawn of Recording
The Julius Block cylinders. Major rarities, recorded as early as 1890. Includes Taneyev at the piano, Pabst, Arensky, Figner; even spoken word by Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky.
Marston 3cd set; Cat. no. MR 53011-2
Barcode: 6 38335 30112 9
RRP $90.00 (Price code PC057)

New DVDs from VAI

Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier
Books I & II, complete (live, Fort Lauderdale 2008)
Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
NTSC Colour, 265 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4488
Barcode: 0 89948 44889 1
RRP $69.00 (Price code PC045)

David Oistrakh vol.1
World premiere of Shostakovich Violin Concerto no.2 (1967); Moscow recital (1972)
David Oistrakh, violin, Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
NTSC B&W, 60 min., Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4473
Barcode: 0 89948 44739 9
RRP $60.00 (Price code PC039)

Verdi: Aida
Orianna Santunione, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, cond. De Fabritiis (Tokyo 1973)
NTSC Colour, 161 min., Subtitles Eng/Fr/Ger/Esp/It/Jap, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4483
Barcode: 0 89948 44839 6
RRP $69.00 (Price code PC045)

Carlo Bergonzi in Concert
Arias by Verdi, Mascagni, Rossini (Lugano 1981)
Carlo Bergonzi, tenor
NTSC Colour, 53 min., Subtitles Eng/Fr/Ger/Esp/It, Region code 0
VAI DVD; Cat. no: VAI 4486
Barcode: 0 89948 44869 3
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

New DVD from Medici Classics

Jerome Rose plays Beethoven
Four Sonatas opp. 101, 109, 100, 111 (live 2008)
Jerome Rose, piano
NTSC Colour, 86 min., Region code 0
Medici Classics DVD; Cat. no: M50029
Barcode: 8 02210 50029 1
RRP $48.00 (Price code PC030)

New DVDs from Dynamic

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Silvia Benetta, Raul Hernandez, Alex Esposito, cond. De Marchi (live, Bergamo 2007)
Optional subtitles (5 languages), 132 min., Region code 0 (all regions), NTSC colour
Dynamic 2DVD set; Cat. no: 33577 DVD
Barcode: 8 007144 335779
RRP: $66.00 AUD (Price code PC042)

Donizetti: Don Gregorio
Giorgio Valerio, Giorgio Trucco, Elizaveta Martirosyan, cond. Montanari (Bergamo 2007)
Optional subtitles (5 languages), 135 min., Region code 0 (all regions), NTSC colour
Dynamic 2DVD set; Cat. no: 33579 DVD
Barcode: 8 007144 335793
RRP: $66.00 AUD (Price code PC042)

Boito: Mefistofele
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Giuseppe Filianoti, Dimitra Theodossiou, cond. Ranzani (Palermo 2008)
Optional subtitles (5 languages), 144 min., Region code 0 (all regions), NTSC colour
Dynamic 2DVD set; Cat. no: 33581 DVD
Barcode: 8 007144 335816
RRP: $66.00 AUD (Price code PC042)

Renata Scotto: Tokyo Recital 1984
Arias and songs by Handel, Scarlatti, Rossini, Verdi, Liszt, Puccini, Mascagni, etc.
Renata Scotto, soprano
Japanese subtitles, 84 min., Region code 0 (all regions), NTSC colour
Dynamic 1DVD; Cat. no: 33607 DVD
Barcode: 8 007144 336073
RRP: $60.00 AUD (Price code PC038)

Lazar Berman: Tokyo Recital 1988
Works by Schumann, Liszt, Wagner-Liszt, Rachmaninov
Lazar Berman, piano
No subtitles, 100 min., Region code 0 (all regions), NTSC colour
Dynamic 1DVD; Cat. no: 33593 DVD
Barcode: 8 007144 335939
RRP: $60.00 AUD (Price code PC038)

New CDs from Dynamic

Domenico Sarro (1679-1744): Achille in Sciro
Complete opera. Martellacci, Nardis, Arizzi, cond. Sardelli (live, Martina Franca 2007)
Dynamic 3CD set; Cat. no: CDS 571
Barcode: 8 007144 605711
RRP: $60.00 AUD (Price code PC038)

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mariella Devia, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Carlo Colombara, cond. Korsten (live, Cagliari 2004)
Dynamic 2CD set; Cat. no: CDS 576
Barcode: 8 007144 605766
RRP: $60.00 AUD (Price code PC038)

Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concertos vol.15
8 Concertos by the maestro Tartini
L'Arte dell'Arco, Giovanni Guglielmo
Dynamic 2CD set; Cat. no: CDS 591
Barcode: 8 007144 605919
RRP: $60.00 AUD (Price code PC038)

Pietro Gaetano Boni
Sonatas for Cello and basso continuo (Rome 1717)
Andrea Fossa, cello, Anna Fontana, harpsichord, Francisco Gato, archlute, Andrea Carlo, viola da gamba
Dynamic 1CD; Cat. no: CDS 584
Barcode: 8 007144 605841
RRP: $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841)
Chamber Music with Flute
Mario Carbotta, flute, with various artists
Dynamic 1CD; Cat. no: CDS 594
Barcode: 8 007144 605940
RRP: $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Amarilli Nizza sings Puccini
Twenty favourite arias by Puccini
Amarilli Nizza, soprano
Dynamic 1CD; Cat. no: CDS 595
Barcode: 8 007144 605957
RRP: $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

Play Me My Songs
Chamber music by Eccles, Bononcini, Avison, Geminiani, Handel, Barsanti
Ensemble Il Falcone, Fabrizio Cipriani, violin and conductor
Dynamic 1CD; Cat. no: CDS 612
Barcode: 8 007144 606121
RRP: $30.00 AUD (Price code PC019)

New CDs from Ivory Classics

Earl Wild in Concert, vol.1
Works by Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Buxtehude and Mozart (live 1951-87)
Earl Wild, piano
Ivory Classics CD; Cat. no: IC 78001
Barcode: 6 44057 80012 3
RRP $30.00 (Price code PC019)

Earl Wild plays Rachmaninov
Chopin Variations, Corelli Variations, Sonata #2, Transcriptions & Preludes (rec. 1981-93)
Earl Wild, piano
Ivory Classics 2CD set; Cat. no: IC 78002
Barcode: 6 44057 80022 2
RRP $60.00 (Price code PC038)

New CDs from IDIS

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Leyla Gencer, Tito Gobbi, Mirto Picchi, cond. Mario Rossi (Naples 1958)
IDIS 2CD set; Cat. no. IDIS 6552/53
Barcode: 8 021945 001879
RRP $44.00 AUD (Price code: PC028)

Maria Callas and Friends
Callas in duets with Corelli, Del Monaco, Di Stefano, Valletti, Kraus, Raimondi, Vickers (rec. 1954-58)
Maria Callas, soprano
IDIS 1CD; Cat. no. IDIS 6558
Barcode: 8 021945 001923
RRP $22.00 AUD (Price code: PC014)

Leonard Bernstein conducts
Beethoven Symphony No.7 (rec. 1957); Gershwin An American in Paris (rec. 1947)
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
IDIS 1CD; Cat. no. IDIS 6556
Barcode: 8 021945 001909
RRP $22.00 AUD (Price code: PC014)

Leonid Kogan plays
Concertos by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky (rec. 1958, 1950)
Leonid Kogan, violin, Kempe, Nebolsin, conds.
IDIS 1CD; Cat. no. IDIS 6557
Barcode: 8 021945 001916
RRP $22.00 AUD (Price code: PC014)

Wilhelm Kempff plays Chopin
Ballade no.3, Grande Polonaise, Fantasias, etc. (rec. 1958)
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
IDIS 1CD; Cat. no. IDIS 6555
Barcode: 8 021945 001893
RRP $22.00 AUD (Price code: PC014)

Wilhelm Backhaus plays Chopin
Etudes opp. 10 & 25, Sonata no.2 (rec. 1928, 1950)
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
IDIS 1CD; Cat. no. IDIS 6559
Barcode: 8 021945 001930
RRP $22.00 AUD (Price code: PC014)