Haimovitz & O'Riley's SHUFFLE.PLAY.LISTEN. Gets Hi-Res Reissue on Pentatone

In 2011, pianist Christopher O'Riley and cellist Matt Haimovitz released their genre-blurring double-album SHUFFLE.PLAY.LISTEN. to wide acclaim. SHUFFLE.PLAY.LISTEN. juxtaposes works by Stravinsky, Martinu, Janácek, and Piazzolla with O'Riley's arrangements of Bernard Hermann, Radiohead, Cocteau Twins, Blonde Redhead, Arcade Fire and John McLaughlin.

The new reissue -- available in full surround-sound SACD (96 kHz, 24 bit PCM recording) for the first time -- is released internationally on the PENTATONE Oxingale series this month.

Last March, Matt and Chris visited NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert which included the 2nd movement of Janácek's Pohádka (Fairy Tale) from the album.

Haimovitz and O'Riley have performed the "Shuffle" program in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and dozens of other cities across North America.

For a complete tracklisting, see www.pentatonemusic.com/pentatone-oxingale-series-shuffle-play-listen-haimovitz-oriley.

Haimovitz and O'Riley's first release on the PENTATONE Oxingale Series was BEETHOVEN, Period., the complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations, in January 2015. Gramophone said "Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O'Riley play the living daylights out of these works" and included it among its list of Top Ten Beethoven Recordings. Released this fall, The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena is Haimovitz's profoundly transformed interpretation of the Bach Cello Suites, performed on baroque cello and cello piccolo. In 2015, Pentatone also released ORBIT, a new compilation of contemporary solo cello works.

Next, Haimovitz and O'Riley collaborate on an all-Russian album, featuring sonatas by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich, due for release in late 2016.

Empty Room by Arcade Fire*

Misery is a Butterfly by Blonde Redhead*

The Dance of Maya by John McLaughlin*

* - arrangements by Christopher O'Riley

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