MSR Classics celebrates the arrival of 2012 with an array of attractive new CD releases. Headlining this month is "Music for Strings" featuring music of Barbara Harbach in performances by the London Philharmonic, Volume 7 in the ongoing MSR series. Saxophonist Joren Cain is heard in a tour-de-force of solo works entitled "Voices of Dissent", while violinist Merwin Siu and pianist Phoenix Park-Kim are heard in "Deep River", a program of accessible works by composers of African descent. Organist Florence Mustric puts her Rudolph von Beckerath through its paces in a program Spectacular and Sublime, while musicians of the Manchester Music Festival premiere chamber works by Vittorio Giannini. Also featuring solo piano is a beautifully played recital of works by Haydn, Kirchner, Liszt and Schumann by Korean-born Young-Ah Tak, and a program of music of the French Baroque by Les graces. On the vocal side, Canadian soprano Christine Howlett is heard in "Love Raise Your Voice", a collection of thoughtful contemporary songs for voice, violin and piano. Enjoy!

BELA BARTOK: 44 DUOS

Bela Bartók

DUO LANDON

[MS1401]

DEBUT
J.s. Bach, Bartók, Ravel and Schumann

Johann Sebastian Bach, Bela Bartok, Maurice Ravel, Robert Schumann

JOSEPH RACKERS

[MS1364]

QUICKSTEP
Brass Band Music of the Civil War

Sir Henry Bishop, Thomas Coates, Gaetano Donizetti, George H. Goodwin, A. Kurrick, Philip Phile, Ignaz Pleyel, B.f. Porter, William Tanzer

COATES BRASS BAND

World Premiere Recordings - Period Instruments

[MS1422]