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CATALOGUE NR: HSACD32509  (barcode: 5991813250926)
RECORD LABEL: Hungaroton
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.29
RELEASE DATE: 25-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TRACKS: Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Orchestra BB94b Sz87. Rhapsody No.2 for Violin and Orchestra BB96b Sz90. Violin Concerto No.2 BB117 Sz112. Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Orchestra : Allegro moderato - 2nd version. Violin Concerto No.2 : Allegro molto - 1st version. Rhapsody No.2 for Violin and Orchestra : Allegretto moderato - 1st version.
ORCHESTRA: Hungarian National Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Zoltan Kocsis
ARTISTS: Barnabas Kelemen      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Oct-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A great recording.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5084  (barcode: 0095115508428)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Maurice Ravel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in G major. Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Ravel). Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra (Debussy). Valse Folle. Papillons blancs. Papillons noirs. Eau courante. Eau dormante. Toccata (Massenet).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Yan Pascal Tortelier
ARTISTS: Jean Efflam Bavouzet      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jan-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. '….it is Debussy’s infrequently aired Fantaisie which is the disc’s trump card – a “voluptuous” and “tantalising foretaste of things to come” from the then young composer.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: TUDOR7170  (barcode: 0812973011705)
RECORD LABEL: Tudor
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 15-Jul-2011

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 in D minor.
ORCHESTRA: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jonathan Nott
ARTISTS: Mihoko Fujimura      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Hybrid Surround-Sound 5.1 - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Oct-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'One of the most absorbing recorded Mahler cycles of recent times.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6420220  (barcode: 5099964202204)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 22-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Robert Schumann
TITLE: Piano Works
TRACKS: Humoreske op.20. Studien fur den Pedalflugel op.56. Gesange der Fruhe op.133 : No.1 Im ruhigen Tempo / No.2 Belebt nicht zu rasch / No.3 Lebhaft / No.4 Bewegt / No.5 Im Anfange ruhiges im Verlauf bewegteres Tempo.
ARTISTS: Piotr Anderszewski      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jan-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Is it me or is Anderszewski, this most elusive of pianists, recording more regularly these days? Cause for celebration if so!'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC902076  (barcode: 0794881984527)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 31-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: String Quartets
TRACKS: String Quartet No.4 in C K157. String Quartet No.17 in B flat major K458 'The Hunt'. String Quartet No.22 in B flat major K589.
ARTISTS: Jerusalem Qt      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Apr-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA677312  (barcode: 0034571177311)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.00
RELEASE DATE: 28-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Maurice Ravel
TITLE: The complete solo piano music
TRACKS: Gaspard de la nuit : Ondine / Le gibet / Scarbo. Sonatine : Modere / Mouvement de menuet / Anime. Miroirs : Noctuelles / Oiseaux tristes / Une barque sur l'ocean / Alborada del gracioso / La vallee des cloches. La valse. Le tombeau de Couperin : Prelude / Fugue / Forlane / Rigaudon / Menuet / Toccata. Menuet in C sharp minor. Menuet antique. Serenade grotesque. Jeux d'eau. Prelude. Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn. A la maniere de Borodine. A la maniere de Chabrier. Pavane pour une infante defunte. Valses nobles et sentimentales br Modere : Tres franc / Assez lent / Modere / Assez anime / Presque lent / Vif / Moins vif / Epilogue Lent.
ARTISTS: Steven Osborne      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - May-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2011 IRR Outstanding Recording 'very highly recommended.'

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CATALOGUE NR: NW80693  (barcode: 0093228069324)
RECORD LABEL: New World
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.25
RELEASE DATE: 18-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Ben Johnston
TITLE: String Quartets
TRACKS: String Quartet No.5. String Quartet No.10. String Quartet No.1 'Nine Variations'.
ARTISTS: Kepler Qt      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - May-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4783206  (barcode: 0028947832065)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jul-2011

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Chopin Liszt Ravel
TRACKS: Scherzo No.1 In B Minor op.20 (Chopin). Nocturne No.5 in F sharp op.15 No.2 (Chopin). Scherzo No.4 in E op.54 (Chopin). Nocturne No.19 in E minor op.72 No.1 (Chopin). Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor op.39 (Chopin). Nocturne in C Sharp Minor op.posth (Chopin). Scherzo No.2 in B Flat Minor op.31 (Chopin). My Joys op.74 No.12 arranged Liszt as No.5 of Six Chants Polonais S480. The Maiden's Wish op.74 No.1 arranged Liszt as No.1 of Six Chants Polonais S480. En Reve Nocturne S207 (Liszt). Gaspard de la nuit : Ondine / Le gibet / Scarbo (Ravel).
ARTISTS: Benjamin Grosvenor      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Oct-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'These aren't just fine performances for a youngster. They are fine performances, full stop' - Sep-2011 IRR Outstanding Recording

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CATALOGUE NR: CKD374  (barcode: 0691062037426)
RECORD LABEL: Linn
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 19-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Henry Purcell
TITLE: Twelve Sonatas in Three Parts
TRACKS: Sonata I in G minor Z790. Sonata II in Bb Major Z791. Sonata III in D minor. Z792. Sonata IV in X Major Z793. Sonata V in A minor Z794. Sonata VI in C Major Z795. Sonata VII in E minor Z796. Sonata VIII in G Major Z797. Sonata IX in C minor Z798. Sonata X in A Major Z799. Sonata XI in F minor Z800. Sonata XII in D Major Z801.
ARTISTS: Retrospect Trio      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Dec-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'These performances of brief movements convey rhetorical suggestions of speaking intimately, unforced breathing, and listening attentively.' - Oct-2011 IRR Outstanding Recording 'all four musicians and their instruments combine to complete a survey of Purcell's sonatas which are not only authoritaive but unfailingly enjoyable.'

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CATALOGUE NR: SIGCD267  (barcode: 0635212026724)
RECORD LABEL: Signum Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Ralph Vaughan Williams  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Songs of Farewell
TRACKS: The Turtle Dove (Traditional arr. Vaughan Williams). The Long Day Closes (Arthur Sullivan arr. Philip Lawson). A Good-Night (Richard Rodney Bennett). Songs of Farewell : Never weather-beaten sail / There is an old belief / At the round earth's imagined corners / My soul there is a country / I know my soul hath power to know all things / Lord let me know mine end (Parry). Take Him Earth for Cherishing (Howells). Funeral Ikos (Tavener). The Evening-watch op.43 No.1 (Holst). Bring us O Lord God (Harris). They are at rest (Elgar). Rest (Vaughan Williams).
CONDUCTOR: Nigel Short
ARTISTS: Tenebrae      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4764390  (barcode: 0028947643906)
RECORD LABEL: Universal France
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.25
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jun-2011

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TITLE: Prima Donna
TRACKS: Juditha Triumphans RV644 : Agitata infido flatu. Orlando forioso RV728 : Ritornello - fragment d'un air for Ruggiero. Arsilda Regina di Ponto RV700 : Io sento in questo seno. Tieteberga RV737 : La gloria del mio sangue. Il Giustino : Sento in seno. L'Olimpiade RV725 : Con questo ferro indegno. L'Olimpiade RV725 : Gemo in un punto e fremo. Arsilda Regina di Ponto RV700 : Del goder la bella spene. Il Giustino : Sorte che m'invitasti. Il Giustino : Ho nel petto un cor si forte. Il Giustino : Ritornello - fragment d'un air for Anastasio. La costanza trionfante RV706 : Lascia almen che ti consegni. Il Teuzzone RV736 : Ritornello - fragment d'un air for Zidiana. Andromeda liberata : Sovvente il sole - Parte Seconda. L'Olimpiade : Sinfonia I - Allegro / Sinfonia II - Andante / Sinfonia III - Allegro moderato. L'Atenaide RV702 : Cor mio che prigion sei. Semiramide RV733 : Con la face di Megera. Semiramide RV733 : Vincera l'aspro mio fato. Juditha Triumphans RV644 : Transit aetas. Orlando forioso RV728 : Ritornello - fragment d'un air for Medoro. Tieteberga RV737 : L'innocenza sfortunata. Arsilda Regina di Ponto RV700 : Cara gioia.
CONDUCTOR: Nathalie Stutzmann
ARTISTS: Nathalie Stutzmann   Orfeo 55    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Sep-2010 L'Arsenal de Metz - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Nov-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4763848  (barcode: 0028947638483)
RECORD LABEL: ECM New Series
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 25-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Alban Berg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Lieder
TRACKS: Sieben fruhe Lieder : Nacht / Schilflied / Die Nachtigall / Traumgekront / Im Zimmer / Liebesode / Sommertage (Alban Berg). Jugendlieder / Die Naherin / Erster Verlust / Uber den Bergen / Winter / Regen / Traurigkeit / Hoffnung / Die Flotenspielerin / Mignon (Alban Berg). Zwei Lieder : Schliesse mir die Augen beide / Schliesse mir die Augen beide (Alban Berg). Lamento - Kantate nach Texten von Andreas Gryphius : Elend / An meine Mutter / Friede (Karl Amadeus Hartmann).
ARTISTS: Juliane Banse   Alexandar Madzar    

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jan-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782262  (barcode: 0028947822622)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95
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RELEASE DATE: 17-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Henry Purcell
TITLE: O Solitude
TRACKS: If music be the food of love - First setting: 1692. Come ye sons of art : Sound the Trumpet. Come ye sons of art away - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II : Strike the viol touch the lute. Chacony Z628. King Arthur or The British Worthy : Fairest Isle - Venus / What Power art thou - Genius. Chacony in G minor Z730. The Fairy Queen : One charming night. Pausanius the Betrayer of his Country : Sweeter than Roses. Dido and Aeneas : When I am laid in earth. The Gordian Knot Untied : Overture / Air / Rondeau / Air / Jig / Chaconne / Air / Minuet. Ode for St Cecilia's Day 'Welcome to all the pleasures' Z339 : Here the Deities approve. Oedipus : Music for a While. O dive custos Auriacae domus Z504. O Solitude Z406. Pavan No.5 in G minor a 4 Z752. An Evening Hymn Z193.
ORCHESTRA: Accademia Bizantina
CONDUCTOR: Stefano Montanari
ARTISTS: Andreas Scholl      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jan-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: SIGCD248  (barcode: 0635212024829)
RECORD LABEL: Signum Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Tomas Luis de Victoria  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Requiem
TRACKS: Requiem Mass 1605 (Tomás Luis de Victoria). Versa Est in Luctum. Lamentations Ieremiae Prophetae (Alonso Lobo).
CONDUCTOR: Nigel Short
ARTISTS: Tenebrae      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jun-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67866  (barcode: 0034571178660)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Carl Loewe
TITLE: Songs & Ballads
TRACKS: Edward op.1 No.1. Tom der Reimer op.135a. Erlkonig op.1 No.3. Herr Oluf op.2 No.2. Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' 'Wandrers Nachtlied' op.9 Book I No.3a. Der du von dem Himmel bist 'Wandrers Nachtlied' op.9 Book I No.3b. Graf Eberstein op.9 Book VI No.5. Lynceus der Thurmer auf Fausts Sternwarte singend op.9 Book VIII No.3. Susses Begräbnis op.62 Book I No.4. Hinkende Jamben op.62 Book I No.5. Die wandelnde Glocke op.20 No.3. Im Vorubergehen op.81 No.1 (arr. Fritz Schneider). Der Pilgrim vor St Just op.99 No.3. Odins Meeresritt oder Der Schmied auf Helgoland op.118. Die Uhr op.123 No.3. Der Wirthin Tochterlein op.1 No.2. Meeresleuchten op.145 No.1. Im Sturme op.145 No.3. Heimlichkeit op.145 No.4. Reiterlied op.145 No.5.
ARTISTS: Florian Boesch   Roger Vignoles    

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jul-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A song-writing contemporary of Schubert with a gift for melody.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ORC43  (barcode: 0792938004327)
RECORD LABEL: Opera Rara
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 35.75
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Linda di Chamounix - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONDUCTOR: Mark Elder
ARTISTS: Eglise Gutierrez   Ludovic Tezier   Marianna Pizzolato   Alessandro Corbelli

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at Covent Garden London 2009 - set comes with a lavishly illustrated book including a complete libretto with an English translation - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Aug-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5091  (barcode: 0095115509128)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 31-May-2011

COMPOSER: Steve Reich
TRACKS: Three Movements. The Desert Music.
ORCHESTRA: Tonkunstler Orchester Niederosterreich
CONDUCTOR: Kristjan Jarvi
ARTISTS: Chorus sine nomine      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Sep-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC95208890  (barcode: 3149020208878)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.50
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Agrippina - complete
TRACKS: Drama per musica in tre atti original version Dec-1709 - Libretto di Vincenzo Grimani. BONUS DVD. Meet all the participants in this film made by Nayo Titzin in 2005 at the time of the Berlin production. Director Vincent Boussard explains his theatrical conception of the opera while Rene Jacobs reveals all about this highly metaphysical work!
ORCHESTRA: Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Rene Jacobs
ARTISTS: Alexandrina Pendatchanska   Sunhae Im   Bejun Mehta   Marcos Fink

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes bonus DVD-Video - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Dec-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ACC20214  (barcode: 4260234830040)
RECORD LABEL: Accentus Music
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 31-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.9 in D. Bonus: Conductor Camera - Andante comodo.
ORCHESTRA: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo DTS 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 94 minutes / Recorded: live from Lucerne 2010 - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jul-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'strongly recommended.' - Apr-2011 IRR Outstanding Recording 'this is a mind -blowing experience.'

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CATALOGUE NR: OABD7086D  (barcode: 0809478070863)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video Blu-ray
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Billy Budd - complete
TRACKS: Extra features - Introducing Billy Budd / Designs on Billy Budd.
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Mark Elder
ARTISTS: John Mark Ainsley   Jacques Imbrailo   Matthew Rose   Phillip Ens

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: 1080i HD 16:9 - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo 2.0 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 200 minutes / Subtitles: English French German Spanish - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Jul-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 101559  (barcode: 0807280155990)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
TITLE: Elektra - complete
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniele Gatti
ARTISTS: Irene Theorin   Rene Pape   Waltraud Meier   Robert Gambill

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 109 minutes / Recorded: live from the Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg Festival 2010 / Subtitles: English German Spanish Italian Japanese French - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination - Oct-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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