Volume 6, Number 2 Friday, January 17, 2003 IN THIS ISSUE: EXCLUSIVE LISTEN to Our GRAMMY Nominees in the VIP CLUB PRE-ORDER GODS & GENERALS NEW SONYCLASSICAL.COM Coming Soon!! NEW RELEASES MARK O'CONNOR's Hot Swing Trio: In Full Swing OPERABABES: Beyond Imagination CLASSICAL NEWS SALVATORE LICITRA's Carnegie Hall & "Today Show" Debut Midori Featured in NY Times on January 19 The NYTimes.com on Angelike Kirchschlager Perahia Tackles the Chopin Challenge CROSSOVER NEWS OperaBabes Take America by Storm on National Television!! Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio w/Wynton Marsalis & Jane Monheit at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on February 4 Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto Top WNYC Listener's Poll SOUNDTRACK NEWS BOB DYLAN & MARY FAHL Premiere on AOL "First Listen" Roman Polanski's THE PIANIST -- A Film of Greatness COMING SOON GODS and GENERALS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack -- February 4 -- Featuring BOB DYLAN's New Song "'CROSS THE GREEN MOUNTAIN" & MARY FAHL's "GOING HOME" Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen -- February 4 -- Featuring RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, SANDRA BERNHARD, DEBBIE HARRY, & DAVID JOHANSEN CONTEST MARIO FRANGOULIS/SONY DVD Player Giveaway!! EXCLUSIVE LISTEN to Our GRAMMY Nominees in the VIP CLUB Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording Glenn Gould: A State of Wonder Murray Perahia: Chopin Etudes Various: September Songs -- The Music of Kurt Weill -- featuring LOU REED, PJ HARVEY, ELVIS COSTELLO, NICK CAVE, and more!! EXCLUSIVE: Mary Fahl: "The Dawning of the Day" from The Guys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CONTEST: WIN TICKETS to See Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio w/Wynton Marsalis & Jane Monheit on February 4 at Alice Tully Hall!! JOIN NOW!! PRE-ORDER Gods & Generals!! Gods & Generals: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Featuring BOB DYLAN'S new song "'Cross the Green Mountain" plus MARY FAHL'S "Going Home." Pre-Order it now! NEW SONYCLASSICAL.COM Coming Soon!! Come back soon for the ALL NEW SonyClassical.com. Coming February 2003!! Top of page NEW RELEASES MARK O'CONNOR's Hot Swing Trio: In Full Swing -- with Wynton Marsalis & JANE MONHEIT Grammy Award-winning violinist Mark O'Connor pays tribute to jazz greats Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt with guest artists Jane Monheit and Wynton Marsalis. HotSwingTrio.com BUY it online! OPERABABES: Beyond Imagination U.K.'s hottest new duo -- a new twist on opera! Including "One Fine Day" ("Un bel di" from Madame Butterfly and The Official ITV World Cup 2002 Theme), "Ave Maria", title track "Beyond Imagination" (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) and the rousing "Vittoria", Beyond Imagination links classical opera pieces with contemporary sound and sublime vocal talent. Produced by Jim Steinman. OperaBabesMusic.com BUY it online! Top of page CLASSICAL NEWS SALVATORE LICITRA's Carnegie Hall & "Today Show" Debut Licitra sings VERDI La Forza del Destino with the Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall on January 23. Other soloists include Maria Guleghina, Marianne Cornetti, Paul Plishk. Robert Bass conducting. Tune-in to NBC's "The Today Show" on Wednesday, January 22, to see a live performance. VISIT Licitra's Official Website! LISTEN to Licitra's The Debut Now! Midori Featured in NY Times on January 19 We're upon Midori's 20th Anniversary season. Look for her in The New York Times next week. Also come back soon for the launch of her new website!! MidoriViolin.com The NYTimes.com on Angelike Kirchschlager "Ms. Kirchschlager sings these arias straightforwardly and with evident heart, and with a voice as ravishing as hers, nothing more is needed." -- David Mermelstein, NYTimes.com, Jan. 12, 2003 READ the full review of Angelike Kirschschlager in NYTimes.com. LISTEN to this ravishing rendition of the Bach Arias! Perahia Tackles the Chopin Challenge "The great pianist is at the top of his form... played with virtuosity that will take your breath away" -- Seattle Times,Dec. 1, 2002 "He brings an artfulness to these explosive miniatures that assures they are more than just virtuosic displays." -- The Denver Post, Dec. 29, 2002 LISTEN to the sound of virtuoso Murray Perahia as he masterfully performs the Grammy nominated Chopin Etudes! Top of page CROSSOVER NEWS OperaBabes Take America by Storm on National Television!! OperaBabes made appearances this week on the Fox News Channel, WB 11 Morning News, "Good Morning America," and are now set to appear on "Inside Edition" on January 17 & 18. Click here for local listings! Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio w/Wynton Marsalis & Jane Monheit at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on February 4 CLICK HERE for more tour dates! Sony Winners in the WNYC Listener's Poll The WNYC 17th annual New Sounds Listener Poll, spotlighting the best new music releases of 2002, has awarded Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet, Yo Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble, Naqoyqatsi, Philip Glass & Yo Yo Ma, and Casa Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto top honors, giving Casa the #1 spot. Congratulations! LISTEN to the entire radio awards broadcast here! Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto's Casa Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Naqoyqatsi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Top of page SOUNDTRACK NEWS BOB DYLAN & MARY FAHL PREMIERE on AOL "First Listen" On JANURAY 17, AOL "First Listen" will premiere Bob Dylan's New song "'Cross the Green Mountain," as well as Mary Fahl's "Going Home," across all of their networks. GodsAndGeneralsMusic.com Roman Polanski's THE PIANIST -- A Film of Greatness "A brave, epic work that re-establishes Roman Polanski as one of the screen's true masters. A ringing, unforgettable statement on the binding effect of great art. Directed with such artistry and skill that, as we watch, the barriers of the screen seem to melt away. Our vision is renewed, our emotions reawakened. A masterpiece, The Best Picture of the Year" -- The Chicago Tribune "The Pianist' achieves greatness" -- Los Angeles Times Winner 'BEST PICTURE' -- Cannes Film Festival 2002 -- National Society of Film Critics -- Boston Society of Film Critics -- San Francisco Society of Film Critics Winner 'BEST DIRECTOR' -- Roman Polanski -- Boston Society of Film Critics -- National Society of Film Critics Winner 'BEST ACTOR' -- Adrien Brody -- Boston Society of Film Critics -- National Society of Film Critics 2 Golden Globe Nominations -- 'BEST PICTURE' & 'BEST ACTOR,' Adrien Brody "One of the Best Films of the Year!" -- Newsweek, The New York Times, Time, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe "Two Thumbs Up!" -- Ebert & Roper LISTEN to THE PIANIST: Music from the Motion Picture! BUY it online! Top of page COMING SOON GODS and GENERALS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack -- February 4 GodsAndGenerals.com Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen -- February 4 -- Featuring RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, SANDRA BERNHARD, DEBBIE HARRY, & DAVID JOHANSEN Top of page CONTEST MARIO FRANGOULIS/SONY DVD Player Giveaway!! BUY the Sometimes I Dream: Live In Concert DVD/VHS and Automatically Be Entered to Win A SONY DVD Player!! 2 Grand Prizes -- Sony DVD Player (Model #DVP-NS415) 10 Second Prizes -- Sometimes I Dream CD & DVD First 500 Get A Special Gift with Purchase -- A World of Music (2002 Odyssey/Sony Classical Sampler: Featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Glenn Gould, Aselin Debison, Wynton Marsalis, Salvatore Licitra, and more!!) CLICK HERE to enter! Top of page Purchase Sony Classical recordings at these locations: U.S. Retailers SonyMusicStore.com Amazon.com Barnes & Noble TowerRecords.com International Retailers Sony International