After Debussy and Schumann, Nelson Goerner comes back to the composer who revealed him to the great audience of recorded music: Chopin. His first Chopin recordings won him high praise and countless distinctions (3 Diapasons d'Or!): 'Everything he touches seems 'right' wrote Gramophone in a recent issue. Nicknamed 'the great poet of the piano', he now attacks Chopin's 24 Pr�ludes, which he chose to record live, in a single go, in Poland where he is particularly appreciated and considered an essential pillar of the Chopin Institute. As a complement, Nelson Goerner opts for the Barcarolle Op. 60, the Polonaise Op. 44 and the Berceuse op. 57. 3760014192241 ALLP224.2 29291175 .00 20.99 .13 ALPHA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/29/2016 http://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/3/7/7/5/3045773.jpg 20 BOISMORTIER / LE CONCERT SPIRITUEL / NIQUET DON QUIXOTE AT THE DUCHESS The Niquet, Shirley & Dino trio was formed on the occasion of Purcell's King Arthur, a show that marked the lyric stage and the world of the DVD. Five years later, their complicity has been further reinforced, and they present a work close to Herv� Niquet's heart: Boismortier's Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse. This opera-ballet, written for Carnival and first performed in Paris in 1743, occupies a particular place in Herv� Niquet's career since it was the first work played by Le Concert Spirituel 27 years ago: 'In addition to being composed by a genius of the Enlightenment, this comic opera is a gem of music, wit and humour,' says he. The wit of the famous Benizio couple is felicitously expressed in this story of which they have rewritten the comedy scenes, which had disappeared: 'From this succession of episodes, one more incongruous than the next, from this incredible accumulation of remarkably constructed gags (Niquet as Don Quichotte, Corinne Benizio/Shirley in a hilarious cantadora number, accompanied by Herv� Niquet with castanets, Gilles/Dino singing - not too badly! - a courtly air with harpsichord whilst the hysterical Duchess bellows in the wings), ensues a perfectly mad show' (ResMusica). The whole thing with all the necessary strictness in reproducing the music... Worth noting: the performance of the singer-actors and the splendid costumes and sets. A total spectacle filmed at the Royal Opera of the Ch�teau de Versailles. Bonus: a 52-minute documentary on the behind-the-scenes preparation of the production. 'First of all, we must hail the remarkable writing and dramaturgical work that is marvellously faithful to the work's off-beat universe. In phase with the reading of Shirley and Dino, the prize goes to the orchestra and dynamic, lively and invigorating conducting. Decidedly, Niquet has no rivals for transmitting his boundless love for this Poulenc of the Enlightenment.' 3760014197116 ALLP711DVD 29291212 .00 34.99 .25 ALPHA DIGITAL VIDEO DISC CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/29/2016 http://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/8/2/6/7/3077628.jpg 51 SEVDALINKA / DIVANHANA / STOJANOSKI,BILJAN ZUKVA - SEVDAH FROM BOSNIA'S FINEST Divanhana perform traditional and urban music from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the entire Balkan region, with influences from the early Ottoman Empire, newly arranged and fused with jazz, pop and 20th-century classical music. ... Divanhana builds large swirling tones of mystery before turning slyly romantic and hurling the track down a rockier flight of stairs... Some tracks are bleary and boisterous with plenty of roots charm, others a beautiful lament full of heartache and defiant resignation..." - Irish Times