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Natural Sound Recordings Magnificent Music.................................Superb Sound
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RECENT RELEASES
Welcome to the Meridian Records website. MERIDIAN RECORDS are the original experts in ‘natural sound recordings’. Thirty years ago, at a dinner party, our founders presented their vision for an independent classical label that would reproduce the concert-hall experience as closely as possible. Everyone said it would never work. Thirty two years on we hold a clutch of industry awards, including the honour of being the first independent label to win a GRAMOPHONE award,
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we continue to astound listeners and artists with our stylish and captivating recordings using our revered ‘natural sound’ technique.
CDE 84568 Poulenc - Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn Strauss* - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche op 28 The New Israel Woodwind Quintet Dudu Carmel - oboe; Yevgeny Yehudin - clarinet
“One of the remarkable phenomena that have emerged in music life in Israel...” - Hanoch Ron, music critic of Yediot Aharonot
The Quintet was founded in 1993. Its members have been performing as soloists with renowned orchestras in Israel and abroad, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. They have been scholarship recipients by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and were awarded many prizes in local and international music competitions. CLICK IMAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CDE 84538 Piano Colours - Piano Music by Jonathan FeBland. As the title suggests this is a disc full of colourful and delightfully honest music, which is a wonderful introduction into the charismatic and eclectic world of Jonathan FeBland. This album can almost be split into two halves: the first, including examples of FeBland's light Classical or educational style, is aimed to be playable by intermediate to advanced level students, as well as being entertaining for both performers and audiences alike. Whilst the second leans heavily towards the jazz side of things, encapsulating moments of personal reminiscence, which will definitely find a home on commercial classical radio, alongside instances of uplifting Boogie-Woogie with 8 and 12-bar Blues progressions CLICK IMAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CDE 84572 The Brazilian Cello Following Tânia Lisboa’s extensive Villa-Lobos collection, described in the Gramophone as “achieving a real and touching eloquence”, Meridian Records are delighted to announce her latest CD: The Brazilian Cello in which she is brilliantly partnered by the pianist Cristina Capparelli. This Meridian recording features a thoughtful collection of Brazilian cello music by some of the most outstanding and respected composers from Brazil, including Alberto Nepomuceno, Francisco Mignone, João Octaviano, Luiz Henrique Levy, Henrique Oswald, Sérgio de Vasconcellos-Corrêa and Camargo Guarnieri.
CLICK IMAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CDE 84570 Granville Bantock - Songs of the Isles One of London's liveliest and most adventurous choirs.
If the work of Granville Bantock is to be appreciated at its true value, it must not be forgotten that he was one of the earliest pioneers of contemporary British music. This release shows off the choir at its very best.
CLICK IMAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CDE 84564 The Russian Double Bass CDE 84565 “Northern Lights” has a story to tell - in particular through the discovery of Edgar Bainton‘s cello sonata - the story that emerged as to its conception through friendship in extraordinary circumstances. All the works are linked through their composer’s’ strong connection with Manchester, the hub of musical life in the NW at this period, and also through the life and career of Carl Fuchs, principal cellist of the Halle orchestra and of the Brodsky Quartet. The other Premiere is by Cyril Scott - a new name for cellists - his Ballade, which draws on his fascination for the “exotic “. The John Ireland and Rawsthorne sonatas are both important works from this period. CLICK IMAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CDE 84578/9-2 Joseph Haydn “What Julia Cload has in abundance is an ability to grasp the overall form of Haydn's by no means easy music. Also her sense of rubato is quite special”. Robbins Landon. This recording is the 4th in the series of her complete Haydn sonatas for Meridian Records, and will coincide with her series of Haydn recitals at St.James Piccadilly in October 2009 in this Haydn Centenary year. Of all the pianists considered here, however, the greatest 'find' ,for me is also the least known. Julia Cload is a musician-pianist who manages to shed new light on familiar works without recourse to idiosyncrasy or extremes
of any kind. Her very personal vision of Haydn
refreshes because it seems to have developed directly from inside the music, unaffected by received tradition. Alexander Letvin - Piano Magazine CDE 84571 Las Puertas Del Tiempo CLICK IMAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Meridian Records P.O. Box 317, Eltham, London. SE94SF phone +44 (0)208 857 3213 email: mail@meridian-records.co.uk
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CDE84568 
The New Israel Woodwind Quintet
Itamar Golan - piano
Ohad Ben-Ari - piano
Beethoven - Poulenc
Strauss - Ohad Ben-Ari