HBDirect.com Classical & Jazz CDs & DVDs November 2015 | Page 2

The HBDirect 2015 Holiday Issue Catalog Index Highlights from our new releases In this special holiday issue of our catalog, you’ll find a variety of features highlighting the finest recordings from the past several months and the year! It’s full of best-sellers, recommendations, new releases and gift ideas. Perhaps the most popular feature though is our extensive selection of Christmas music. Treat yourself to something fresh to hear this holiday season! We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your business during 2015. A very merry Christmas to you from all of us at HBDirect and, however you celebrate this special time of year, we extend our best wishes for peace, joy & happiness. 6 14 20 22 24 28 30 34 36 Music for Christmas New and Best Selling Boxed Sets New and Best Selling ‘White Box’ RCA ‘Classical Masters’ 3 for $20 Select Hyperion 3 for $30 Decca & Deutsche Grammophon 3 for $20 New and Best Selling DVD & Blu-ray 60% Off Select DVD & Blu-ray New, Classica & Holiday Jazz Holiday Bundle Deals! 3 for $20 Deal - 100+ more @ HBDirect.com! Select DG and Decca pages 28-29 3 for $30 Deal - 300+ more @ HBDirect.com! All single budget priced Hyperion Helios pages 24-27 3 for $20 Deal 100+ more @ HBDirect.com! Select single budget line RCA pages 22-23 Save 60% on Videos Look for two pages of DVDs and Blurays, now offered at 60% off list price while supply lasts. You’ll find both opera titles & concert selections here, but don’t delay. The most popular titles will go fast! See pages 34 & 35 Visit hbdirect.com for many more! Earn cash toward future purchases! Everyone who places an order earns Music Rewards! We’ll track your points and two times a year, you’ll see a credit on your order. It’s that simple. To learn more, visit our website and click on the Music Rewards logo. Get on the mailing list for our catalog. If you would like to receive our monthly catalog, please contact us. We’ll send a few copies, then after that, you remain on the mailing list by placing orders with us. Very rarely, a price might be incorrect in this catalog and can not be honored. New! Leave your wallet in your pocket. Introducing a new payment method on HBDirect. com! If you’ve placed an order in the previous three months by phone or on the web, you can select Card On File as your payment method. We’ll bill your last-used credit card and contact you if we have any questions. Are you getting the monthly catalog? Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies, Nos. 1-15 / Petrenko [11 CDs] Artists: Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool PO (11 CD) (Naxos (USA) 11 NXS 8501111 $91.49 On Sale Each release of Vasily Petrenko’s complete Shostakovich symphony cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic created a sensation between volume 1 in 2009 and the final installment in 2014. The individual recordings remain leading choices among collectors and critics. “Petrenko and the RLPO have achieved a triumph. The orchestral playing is ripe, detailed, lithe, concentrated and intense.” (The Telegraph on Symphony No. 10) “The final installment of Petrenko’s remarkable Liverpool Shostakovich cycle is a world-class achievement.” (The Sunday Times on Symphony No. 13) Songs from the Arc of Life / Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Works: Brahms: Lullaby; Dvorák: Songs My Mother Taught Me; Elgar: Salut d’amour; Gade: Tango Jalousie; Saint-Saëns: The Swan and works by Debussy, Delius, Fauré, Gershwin and many others (1 CD) (Sony) SNYC 88875103162 $13.99 On Sale Longtime friends cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott have created a unique classical music experience with ‘Songs from the Arc of Life’. The album includes pieces they have frequently performed but never recorded, as well as a handful of discoveries. The Robert Schumann Edition / Various Artists [45 CDs] Works: Schumann: orchestral music & concertos; chamber works; piano pieces; lieder; choral music (45 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 45 BLC 95020 $97.49 Robert Schumann wrote hundreds of compositions, from expansive orchestral works to tender Lieder and even a fully fledged opera. However, central to his oeuvre is his solo piano music, and 14 of the 45 recordings on this release are dedicated to that repertoire. ❦Lang Lang: The Vienna Album [2 CDs] Works: Haydn: Piano Sonatas (2); Mozart: Piano Sonata K.330; Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4; Schubert (2 CD) (DG) 2 DGG B002408902 $15.48 This brand new collection presents Lang Lang at his best, performing core Viennese repertoire by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. It displays his enormous talent in both solo and concerto recordings. This double-length set is the perfect souvenir of “the hottest artist o