A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC

Independent labels are the soul and heart of the music industry, in many ways the pioneers, the original risk-takers. while big labels such as Warner Brothers and Atlantic are in the business of making hits (finding artists and musical styles that will appeal to the biggest audience), independent labels have quietly gone about the task of discovering and recording new talent and new musical genres. More often than not, the aim is quality-- the artistry and craftsmanship of marrying true musical talent with true recording and engineering talent. Never mind that most of these recordings are not big sellers. More than a few are, in fact, eventually recognized as leading-edge material, catapulting either the musicians or the genre of music into mainstream awareness. Major labels often clamor after these artists and sounds once they've proven themselves on the independents' cutting ground.

Sidney Stevens, High Performance Review Vol.8 No.

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CD-984(1) THE GODOWSKY EDITION, VOL. I. LEOPOLD GODOWSKY. Twelve Schubert Song Transcriptions and the Passacaglia (Theme from Schubert's Unfinished Symphony). Performed by Carlo Grante, piano. Total time: 57:23. (DDD) UPC # 0-17685-09842.

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CD-990(1) WILLIAM KAPELL IN PERFORMANCE: BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op.15 in d with Phillharmonic-Symphony Orchestra cond. Dimitri Mitropoullos (12 April 1953, New York). PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26, in C with Phillharmonic-Symphony Orchestra cond. Leopold Stokowski (5 March 1949, New York). Release authorized by the Kapell Estate. Total time: 72:08. AAD UPC# 0-17685-09902-1

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CD-1063(2) IN MEMORIAM HANS HOTTER (1909-2003). A selection of Lieder from the Raucheisen project of the German Radio System (RRG). Recorded between 1942 and 1945; includes 19 previously unissued recordings. CD 1: Haydn: Abschiedslied, Das Leben ist ein Traum; Beethoven: Des Kriegers Abschied, Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel; Weber: Klage; Schubert: Sei mir gegrüßt, Wanderers Nachtlied I (Der du von dem Himmel bist), Wanderers Nachtlied II (Über allen Gipfeln), Freiwilliges Versinken, Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen, Der Unglückliche, Ritter Toggenburg, Blondel zu Marien, Die Bürgschaft. CD 2:Schubert: Romanze des Richard Löwenherz, Lebenslied; Nicolai: Stürm, stürm, du Winterwind, Ein entmutigter Liebhaber, Wär' ich ein munt'res Vögelein, Der Liebestrunkene; Schumann: Die rote Hanne; Liszt: Wanderers Nachtlied I (Über allen Gipfeln); Loewe: Graf Eberstein, Urgroßvaters Gesellschaft; Brahms: Dämmrung senkte sich von oben, Todessehnen, Treue Liebe dauert lange; Wolf: Wie sollt' ich heiter bleiben, Wenn ich dein gedenke, Anakreons Grab; Pfitzner: Sehnsucht nach Vergessen. Complete song texts and translations included. Liner notes by Alan Blyth; technical reconstruction by Maggi Payne. A coproduction with Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv. AAD UPC# 0-17685-10632-3

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CD-1086(1) JOCHUM'S BRUCKNER 5th: THE 1938 TELEFUNKEN RECORDING. ANTON BRUCKNER'S Symphony #5 in B-flat. Hamburg State Philharmonic (Philharmonisches Staatsorchester), rec. 3/4 June 1938. From Telefunken 78 RPM set E 2672-2680. AAD. UPC# 0-17685-10862-4.

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CD-1087(2) BRAHMS AND FRIENDS: MUSIC FOR VIOLA AND PIANO. BRAHMS Sonatas for viola and piano: in F-minor, Op. 120 No. 1 and in Eb Major, Op. 120 No. 2. Joachim: Variations for viola and piano, Op.10. CD No. 2: Reinecke: Phantasiestücke for viola and piano, Op.43. Herzogenberg: Legenden for viola and piano, Op.62. Kiel: Drei Romanzen for viola and piano, Op.69. Fuchs: Sechs Phantasiestücke for viola and piano, Op.117. Sitt: Albumblätter for viola and piano, Op.39. Performed by the Zaslav Duo (Bernard Zaslav, viola and Naomi Zaslav, piano) (AAD/DDD) UPC# 0-17685-10872-3.