To celebrate the silver anniversary of his ARIA award winning debut album, Outback Club (1992), Lee Kernaghan releases a very special 25th Anniversary album. Joined in the studio by Australian country greats including James Blundell, Kasey Chambers, John Williamson, Troy Cassar Daley, The Wolfe Brothers, Adam Brand and many more; the album features new material from the thirty six time Golden Guitar winner. The celebrations continue throughout 2017 with special events and a national tour!

After the death of Erik Satie, dozens of unsent love letters were found in his Paris apartment. Now composer Elena Kats-Chernin and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska send those letters off, in 26 meditative and passionate piano miniatures inspired by Satie’s extraordinary life and music.The album is a musical memoir from one composer to another, from the Uzbekistan-born Australian to the French composer whose eccentricities are legendary and music timeless. “Satie’s life was a fascinating, fervoursome affair,” says pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska, “from the first strike of love and then lifelong estrangement with artist and muse Suzanne Valadon, to the unexpected celebrity and conflict of his last ten years. After he died, friends gaining access to his apartment, for the first time in almost three decades, found conditions both perplexing and romantically fastidious in their own way: two grand pianos one atop the other, one chair, one table, seven velvet suits and the love letters – many, many unsent love letters.”The album reflects on idiosyncrasies and anecdotes from Satie’s life, with music that ranges from seductive orientalism to hypnotic melodies reminiscent of the ground-breaking, transcendent beauty of Satie’s own piano pieces: ‘imaginary building’ reflects on his sketches of imaginary buildings (which he even advertised in the newspaper for rent and purchase); ‘very shiny’, one of his characteristically opaque performance directions; ‘postcard to a critic’, after Satie’s explosive response to a negative review (leading to a spell in gaol). The buoyant rhythms and rhapsodic harmonic style that have brought Kats-Chernin a reputation as one of the best-loved composers of her generation provide the perfect lens to reflect on a musical great of the previous century.This world-premiere recording was made in the presence of the composer, with Kats-Chernin’s own choice of pianist, the ARIA-Award-winning Tamara-Anna Cislowska, who has been described as “Australian piano gold” by BBC Music Magazine and praised for her “profoundly affecting” musicianship by Gramophone.

Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu creates a strange yet beautiful world, of yearning, of submerged complexity, of perfectly weighted timbres, of magical spans, of clouded, sensuous sound.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTINGTŌRU TAKEMITSU 1930–19961 Dreamtime2 Nostalghia3 Vers, L’Arc-en-ciel, Palma4 Far Calls. Coming, Far!5 A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal GardenMelbourne Symphony OrchestraHiroyuki Iwaki conductor

Music from England’s Golden Age: sublime sacred music soaring above intrigues of church and state, and intimate lute songs full of love and longing.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTING1 LAWES Royal Consort – Sett No. 2: Aire2 BYRD O lux beata Trinitas3 BYRD Justorum animae4 TALLIS O nata lux de lumine5 TAVERNER Dum transisset Sabbatum6 SHEPPARD Libera nos7 BYRD Haec dies8-10 C. GIBBONS Fantasia-Suite No. 211 PHILIPS Tibi laus12 WHITE Christe qui lux es et dies13 DOWLAND Lachrimae14 FERRABOSCO II Fly from the World15 DOWLAND Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe16 DOWLAND Come Again17 MORLEY Will You Buy a Fine Dog?18 DOWLAND Can She Excuse My Wrongs?19 LUPO Fantasie in D minor20 R. JOHNSON Have You Seen but a White Lily Grow?21 DOWLAND In Darkness Let Me Dwell22 ANONYMOUS Greensleeves

A jobbing composer under pressure to produce a constant stream of music; an artist and visionary reaching the divine and speaking directly to the heart of the human experience: Bach’s sacred music is unrivalled in the history of art.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTING1 Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring) from Cantata No. 1472 Christe eleison from Mass in B minor3 Erbarme dich from St Matthew Passion4 Zion hört die Wächter singen from Cantata No. 1405 Chorale: Befiehl du deine Wege from St Matthew Passion6 Ich habe genug from Cantata No. 827 Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze) from Cantata No. 2088 Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten from Cantata No. 789 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen from Cantata No. 15110 Motet: Lobet den Herrn11 Mache dich, mein Herze, rein from St Matthew Passion12 Mein gläubiges Herze from Cantata No. 6813 Vergnügte Ruh’ from Cantata No. 17014 Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt from Cantata No. 415 Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen from Cantata No. 8216 Magnificat anima mea Dominum from Magnificat

Taking advantage of the new expressive possibilities opened up by improvements in the design of the clarinet, Mozart created a concerto of exquisite beauty – one of the last works he would ever write.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTINGWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756–1791 1-5 Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 in G major), KV5256-8 Clarinet Concerto in A major, KV6229-10 Adagio and Fugue in C minor, KV54611-13 Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, KV495

At the dawn of the Romantic era, Schumann’s rich musical imagination takes flight in enchanting works for solo piano.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTINGROBERT SCHUMANN 1810–1856Scenes from Childhood  1–13 Kinderscenen, Op. 1514–16 Fantasie, Op. 1717–28 Papillons, Op. 229 Novellette in D major, Op. 21 No. 2 Stephanie McCallum piano

‘I have grown accustomed to composing in our garden…Today or tomorrow I am going to dream there A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. From the pen of the 17-year-old Mendelssohn sprang into life Shakespeare’s magical world of fairies, misguided lovers, rustic actors and a royal wedding.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTINGFELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809–18471 A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Overture, Op. 21  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’ 2 I. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato3 II. Vivace non troppo4 III. Adagio5 IV. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai 6 The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) – Overture, Op. 26 7 Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ‘Italian’: IV. Saltarello (Presto)  Tasmanian Symphony OrchestraSebastian Lang-Lessing conductor 8 A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Incidental Music, Op. 61: Wedding MarchWest Australian Symphony OrchestraBenjamin Northey conductor

‘The flute of the faun brought new breath to the art of music’ (Pierre Boulez): Debussy’s masterpiece provoked a revolution in music – but one brought about by subtlety and intimacy, dwelling on the sheer beauty of musical timbre.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTINGString Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Australian String Quartet  Prélude à ‘L’Après-midi d'un faune’ (Prelude to ‘The Afternoon of a Faun’) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester conductor  La Mer (The Sea) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Gianluigi Gelmetti conductor LIVE RECORDING

Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegaic lament for an England lost forever.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.EDWARD ELGAR 1857–19341-4 Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Li-Wei Qin cello5-9 Sea Pictures, Op. 37Elizabeth Campbell mezzo-soprano10 The Kingdom, Op. 51: Prelude   Adelaide Symphony OrchestraNicholas Braithwaite conductor

Carl Orff brings the Middle Ages into the modern era with Carmina Burana, one of the best-loved choral works of the 20th century, and an exuberant celebration of the power of music’s simplest yet most versatile building blocks: beautiful melody, and raw rhythm.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.CARL ORFF 1895–1982Tracks 1 – 29. Carmina buranaEdition for voices, two pianos and percussionCantillationSara Macliver sopranoPaul McMahon tenorJonathan Summers baritoneSynergy PercussionAustralian Virtuosi (Michael Kieran Harvey & Bernadette Harvey)Sydney Children’s ChoirAntony Walker conductor

The passion of Flamenco blends with the elegance of courtly dances in the most popular guitar concerto of all time: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.TRACKLISTINGConcierto de AranjuezI. Allegro con spiritoII. AdagioIII. Allegro gentile Fantasía para un gentilhombreI. Villano y ricercare (Adagietto – Andante moderato)II. Españoleta – Fanfare de la caballería de Nápoles (Adagio – Allegretto – Tempo de españoleta)III. Danza de las hachas (Allegro con brio)IV. Canario (Allegro ma non troppo) Concierto madrigalI. Fanfarre (Allegro marziale)II. Madrigal (Andante nostalgico)III. Entrada (Allegro vivace)IV. ‘Pastorcico, tú que vienes, Pastorcico tú que vas’ (Allegro vivace)V. Girardilla (Presto)VI. Pastoral (Allegretto)VII. Fandango (Molto ritmico)VIII. Arietta (Andante nostalgico)IX. Zapateado (Allegro vivace)X. Caccia a la española (Allegro vivace – Andante nostalgico)