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SEPTEMBER 2011
A Musical Journey: GERMANY
A Musical Tour of Baroque Churches in Bavaria
Music by JS BACH
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The Places The tour visits four notable baroque churches in Bavaria, the Monastic Church of the Assumption at Rohr, the Benedictine Abbey Church of Ottobeuren, the Alte Kapelle in Regensburg and the Monastic Church of St George and St Martin at Weltenburg, near Kelheim.

The Music Music for the tour is by Johann Sebastian Bach and is taken from the works Bach wrote for the organ. He had been familiar with the instrument from childhood, and apart from a short period from 1717 to 1723 as Court Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, remained a respected performer on the instrument, a composer of organ music and an expert on the construction of the instrument.


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A Musical Journey: ITALY
A Musical Tour of the Southern Tyrol
Music by MOZART
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The Places The Southern Tyrol was in earlier times part of the Habsburg Empire, governed from Vienna, and ceded to Italy in 1919. The region remains largely German-speaking and enjoys a considerable degree of autonomy. Of particular interest are the rock-formations of the Dolomites and the many castles and fortified houses of the province. The tour shows two historic buildings, Schloss Velthurns and Schloss Runkelstein.

The Music Music for the tour is by Mozart, born in Salzburg in 1756. With his father, Leopold Mozart, Vice-Kapellmeister in Salzburg, he made three notable visits to Italy, and on various occasions broke his journey at Bozen (Bolzano) and visited Brixen (Bressanone). The music heard here is the Posthorn Serenade, written in Salzburg in 1779, and the Notturno, another serenade, written there in the winter of 1776-77.

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A Musical Journey: AUSTRIA • ITALY
A Musical Tour of the Lienz Dolomites
Music by SCHUBERT
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The Places In the peace treaty of 1919 the Tyrol was divided into three regions, Southern Tyrol being ceded to Italy. The Eastern Tyrol, Austrian territory, is bounded to the south by the Lienz Dolomites, with the town of Lienz the regional capital. The region is popular with summer visitors, its climate relatively mild, in spite of its height above sea level. There is also a glimpse of the Earth Pyramids at Ritten (Renon) in the Italian Southern Tyrol.

The Music Music for the tour is by Franz Schubert, the son of a schoolmaster who had settled in Vienna. Although his life was chiefly spent in Vienna, he was, nevertheless, able to enjoy the Austrian countryside, during country holidays spent with friends. The beauty of the landscape is reflected in his music and, in particular, in his songs. The tour of the Lienz Dolomites is accompanied by music by Schubert for piano trio, written towards the end of his short life.

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Pietari Inkinen
Pietari Inkinen, now working internationally at the highest level, was appointed Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 2008. He has won unanimous praise from audiences and critics both for his performances on tour in New Zealand and for his recordings with the orchestra on Naxos.

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Just Released! Gramophone Recommends ‘Naxos really seems to have
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Jordi Masó
Jordi Masó’s wide repertoire, covering all periods and styles, with special emphasis on music of the twentieth century, has brought first performances of many piano works written for him by the foremost Spanish composers. He has recorded over forty discs, acclaimed by the most important publications.

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Just Released! Diapason d’Or ‘Masó’s mastery of this repertoire
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We have four new September releases for you! Alexandre Dumas’s The Black Tulip is our first release. We have previously recorded Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, and we are delighted to add this historical novel to our library of classics. Roy McMillan reads the unabridged Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson’s unnerving classic.

Georgette Heyer fans: rejoice! After a huge number of emails from fans of our previous Heyer recordings, we are pleased to announce the release of The Grand Sophy. This Regency romance novel has all the fizz and wit of Heyer’s other romances and the adventurous Sophy makes an ideal heroine. Lastly, we have the final novel in Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast series, Titus Awakes. Based on a fragment by Mervyn Peake, Titus Awakes was written by Peake’s wife Maeve Gilmore, and its release has been hugely anticipated.





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