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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 Award Winner - Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564676915  (barcode: 0825646769155)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 17.99
RELEASE DATE: 07-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Faust - complete
ORCHESTRA: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Rizzi
ARTISTS: Jerry Hadley   Cecilia Gasdia   Susanne Mentzer   Brigitte Fassbaender

- Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: AMY027  (barcode: 3760135180279)
RECORD LABEL: Ambronay
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 24-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Francesco Cavalli
TITLE: Ferveur & Extase
TRACKS: Concertos and arias by Cavalli / Scarlatti / Rossi / Faggioli / Falconieri / Strozzi / Marini / Monteverdi / Purcell.
CONDUCTOR: Violaine Cochard
ARTISTS: Stephanie d'Oustrac   Ensemble Amaryllis    

- Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ALBCD013  (barcode: 5060158190133)
RECORD LABEL: Albion Records
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Ralph Vaughan Williams
TITLE: On Christmas Day
TRACKS: Eight Traditional English Carols (collected and arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams) : And all in the morning / On Christmas Night / The Twelve Apostles / Down in yon forest / May Day Carol / The truth sent from above / The birth of the Saviour / Wassail Song. Six English Folk-Songs (arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams) : Robin Hood and the Pedlar / The Ploughman / One man two men / The Brewer / Rolling in the dew / King William. Twelve Traditional Carols from Herefordshire (collected edited and arranged by Ella Mary Leather and Ralph Vaughan Williams) : The Holy Well - first version / The Holy Well - second version / Christmas now is drawing near at hand / Joseph and Mary / The Angel Gabriel / God rest you merry Gentlemen / New Year's Carol / On Christmas Day / Dives and Lazarus / The Miraculous Harvest / The Saviour's Love / The Seven Virgins.
ARTISTS: Derek Welton   Iain Burnside    

- Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU807565  (barcode: 0093046756567)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 05-Sep-2011

TITLE: The Christmas Story
TRACKS: Rorate coeli desuper. Veni veni Emanuel. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen. Dum deambularet Dominus in. Paradisum. Adam lay y-bounden. In dulci iubilo. Missus est Gabriel. Puer natus est. O magnum mysterium. Voi ch'ai notturni rai. Dormi dormi o bel bambin. Liebe Hirten. Andachtsjodler. We three kings. Videntes stellam. Personent hodie. Herodes iratus. Vox in Rama. Uebers Gebirg. Maria wallt zum Heiligtum. The holly and the ivy. Barn Jesus i en krybbe la. We wish you a merry Christmas.
CONDUCTOR: Paul Hillier
ARTISTS: Theatre of Voices   Ars Nova Copenhagen    

- Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 0709272  (barcode: 5099907092725)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2011

TITLE: Tragediennes volume 3
TRACKS: Ariodant : Acte II Scene 6: Melodrame Recit et Air d'Ina: Quelle fureur barbare !… Mais que dis-je?… o des amants le plus fidele. Astyanax : Recit et Air d'Andromaque: Ah ces perfides grecs… Dieux a qui recourir. Les Danaides : Overture. Iphigenie en Tauride : Acte IV Scene 1: Recit & Air d'Iphigenie: Non cet affreux devoir… Je t'implore et je tremble. Thesee : Acte IV Scene 1: Recit et Air de Medee: Ah! faut-il me venger… Ma rivale triomphe. Le Prophete : Acte II Scene 6: Air de Fides : Ah mon fils. Roland a Roncevaux : Acte I - Recit et Air d'Alde: Prete a te fuir… Le soir pensive. Les Troyens : Acte III: Entree des constructeurs - Entree des matelots - Entree des laboureurs. Les Troyens : Acte V 2e tableau - Monologue et Air de Didon: Ah! Ah ! Je vais mourir… Adieu fiere cite. Henry VIII : Acte IV 2e tableau scenes 1-2: Air de Catherine d'Aragon: o cruel souvenir!. Herodiade : Acte I scene 3 - Recit et Air d'Herodiade: C'est Jean!… Ne me refuse pas. Don Carlos: Acte V scene 1 - Air d'elisabeth: Toi qui sus le neant des grandeurs de ce monde.
CONDUCTOR: Christophe Rousset
ARTISTS: Veronique Gens   Les Talens Lyriques    

- Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ORC100018  (barcode: 5060189560189)
RECORD LABEL: Orchid Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Winterreise D911
ARTISTS: James Gilchrist   Anna Tilbrook    

- Christmas-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CDGIM044  (barcode: 0755138104426)
RECORD LABEL: Gimell
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 75 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Josquin Des Prez
TRACKS: Missa De beata virgine : Kyrie / Gloria / Credo / Sanctus & Benedictus / Agnus Dei I II & III. Credo quarti toni - Cambrai Credo. Plainchant Ave maris stella verse 1. Missa Ave maris stella : Kyrie / Gloria / Credo / Sanctus & Benedictus / Agnus Dei I II & III.
CONDUCTOR: Peter Phillips
ARTISTS: Tallis Scholars      

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU907559  (barcode: 0093046755928)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2011

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Il caro sassone
TRACKS: Armida abbandonata HWV105 : Accompagnato: Dietro l'orme fugaci / Aria: Ah! crudele e pur ten vai / Recitativo: Per te mi struggo infido / Accompagnato: O voi dell'inconstante / Aria: Venti fermate si / Recitativo: Ma che parlo che dico? / Aria: In tanti affanni miei. Delirio Amoroso HWV99 : Sonata. Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno HWV46a : Aria: Lascia la spina. Salve Regina HWV241 : Salve Regina mater misericordiae / Ad te clamamus / Eia ergo avvocata nostra / O clemens o pia o dulcis. La Resurrezione HWV47 : Aria: Disserratevi o porte d'Averno. Tu fedel? tu costante? HWV171 : Sonata. Alpestre monte HWV81 : Accompagnato: Alpestre monte e solitaria selva / Aria: Io so ben ch'il vostro orrore / Recitativo: Quindi men vengo a voi / Aria: Almen dopo il fato mio. Sonata a 5 HWV288 : Andante. Clori Tirsi e Fileno HWV96 : Recitativo: Tirsi mio caro / Aria: Barbaro tu non credi. Aminta e Fillide HWV83 : Aria: Se vago rio.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Harry Bicket
ARTISTS: Lucy Crowe      

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: V5261  (barcode: 0822186052617)
RECORD LABEL: Naive
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 19-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Streams of Pleasure
TRACKS: Belshazzar HWV61 : Destructive war. Theodora HWV68 : To thee thou glorious son of worth. Alexander Balus HWV65 : Fury with red sparkling eyes. Susanna HWV66 : Crystal streams in murmurs flowings. Judas Maccabaeus HWV63 : From this dread scene. Theodora HWV68 : Streams of pleasure ever flowing. Ah! whither should we fly? - As with rosy steps the morn. Joseph And His Brethren HWV59 : Prophetic raptures swell my breast. Joshua HWV64 : Our limpid streams with freedom flow. Solomon HWV67 : Can I see my infant gor'd. Alexander Balus HWV65 : Fair virtue shall charm me. Solomon HWV67 : Welcome as the dawn of day. Hercules HWV60 : My father. Theodora HWV68 : Oh! that I on wings could rise. Belshazzar HWV61 : Great victor at your feet I bow.
CONDUCTOR: Alan Curtis
ARTISTS: Marie Nicole Lemieux   Karina Gauvin   Il Complesso Barocco  

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2011 IRR Outstanding Recording 'A disc of arias and duets from Handel's oratorios alone is not something which one comes across every year.'

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CATALOGUE NR: SDG715  (barcode: 0843183071524)
RECORD LABEL: Monteverdi Productions
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 30-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Johann Christoph Bach
TITLE: Welt gute Nacht
TRACKS: Herr wende dich und sei mir gnadig - Dialogus. Mit Weinen hebt sich's an - Aria. Wie bist du den o Gott - Lamento. Der Gerechte ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt - Motet. Ach dass ich Wassers g'nug hatte - Lamento. Furchte dich nicht - Motet. Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben - Aria. Meine Freundin du bist schon - Dialogus.
CONDUCTOR: John Eliot Gardiner
ARTISTS: English Baroque Soloists   Katherine Fuge   James Gilchrist   Clare Wilkinson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at Cadogan Hall London 2009 - Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564666952  (barcode: 0825646669523)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach
TITLE: La Perichole - complete
ORCHESTRA: Strasbourg Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Alain Lombard
ARTISTS: Regine Crespin   Jules Bastin   Alain Vanzo   Aime Besancon

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 6315092  (barcode: 5099963150926)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 07-Nov-2011

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Homage to Maria Callas - Deluxe Edition
TRACKS: La Boheme : Donde lieta usci (Puccini). Faust : Jewel Song: O Dieux! Que de bijoux (Gounod). Il Pirata : Col sorriso d'innocenza (Bellini). I Pagliacci : Qual fiamma… Stridono lassu (Leoncavallo). Samson Et Delilah : Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Saint-Saens). La Wally : Ebben? Ne andro lontana (Catalani). Carmen : Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Bizet). Andrea Chenier : La mamma morta (Giordano). Medea : Dei tuoi figli madre (Cherubini). Le Cid : De cet affreux... Pleurez mes yeux (Massenet). Adriana Lecouvreur : Poveri fiori (Cilea). La Traviata : E strano... Ah fors'e lui che l'anima (Verdi). La Traviata : Follie!... Sempre libera (Verdi).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Marco Armiliato
ARTISTS: Angela Gheorghiu   James Valenti    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Deluxe Edition features casebound deluxe 1CD with hardcover book with essays on Gheorghiu's musical passions and Callas as her inspiration, song texts, photos as well as access to an exclusive online area with exclusive never published before music video - Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 7775712  (barcode: 0761203757121)
RECORD LABEL: CPO
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Francesco Durante
TITLE: Neapolitan Music for Christmas volume 1
TRACKS: Ad presepe venite Pastorale o Mottetto per la nativitate Jesu Christe in G major. Magnificat a 4 in B flat major. Litanie della BMV in F minor. Magnificat a 4 in C minor. Kyrie-Gloria Mass in Pastorale in A major.
CONDUCTOR: Michael Alexander Willens
ARTISTS: Roberta Mameli   Ursula Eittinger   Andreas Post   Kolner Akademie

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5096  (barcode: 0095115509623)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: John Rutter  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Carols from St John's College Cambridge
TRACKS: What sweeter music (John Rutter). Noel nouvelet (Trad French arr. Jackson). Balulalow (James Burton). A babe is born (William Mathias). In the bleak mid-winter (Harold Darke). Ding! dong! merrily on high (Trad French arr. Wilberg). Jesus Christ the apple tree (Elizabeth Poston). I saw three ships (Trad English arr. Marshall). Out of your sleep (Richard Rodney Bennett). Benedicamus Domino (Peter Warlock). There is no rose (John Joubert). Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (Trad English arr. Willcocks). Adam lay ybounden (Matthew Martin). Riu riu chiu (Matheo Flecha the Elder). O little town of Bethlehem (Trad English arr. Vaughan Williams and Armstrong - descant in last verse). Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Trad German arr. Praetorius - verse 1 and Cashmore). Make we joy (Christopher Robinson). Hark! the herald angels sing (Felix Mendelssohn arr. Robinson - last verse). The Lamb (John Tavener). Telling (Michael Finnissy). Coventry Carol (Kenneth Leighton). On Christmas night - Sussex Carol (Trad English arr. Ledger). Silent night (Franz Xaver Gruber arr. Ledger). O come all ye faithful (John Francis Wade arr. Willcocks).
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Nethsingha
ARTISTS: Choir of St John's College Cambridge   John Challenger    

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: SIGCD268  (barcode: 0635212026823)
RECORD LABEL: Signum Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 24-Oct-2011

TITLE: Joy to the World
TRACKS: Rise up shepherd and follow. Gabriel's message. Noel nouvelet. What child is this?. The crown of roses. O little one sweet. Lullay my liking. Stille Nacht. The quiet heart. There is a flower. Joy to the world world. Serenade d'hiver. The twelve days of Christmas. Gaudete. God rest you merry gentlemen. The little drummer boy. Jingle bells. Deck the hall with boughs of holly.
ARTISTS: King's Singers      

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

CATALOGUE NR: 88697910062  (barcode: 0886979100626)
RECORD LABEL: Sony Metropolitan Opera Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.55
RELEASE DATE: 15-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Il Trovatore - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Fausto Cleva
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli   Leontyne Price   Irene Dalis   Mario Sereni

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live in mono Metropolitan Opera 4-Feb-1961 - Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2782129  (barcode: 0602527821290)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 28-Nov-2011

COMPOSER: John Rutter
TITLE: The Colours of Christmas
TRACKS: Ding Dong! Merrily on High. The Colours of Christmas. In Dulci Jubilo. What is this lovely fragrance?. Away in a Manger. Hodie Christus natus est. Riu riu chiu. I wonder as I wander. Star Carol. Once in Royal David's City. Silent Night. In the bleak midwinter. Gabriel's Message. Fanfare - O come all ye faithful. O holy night. A New Year Carol. Joy to the world. Sleigh Ride. Deck the Hall. The Christmas song. The Twelve Days of Christmas. Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Fanfare - Hark! The herald angels sing.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: John Rutter
ARTISTS: Bach Choir      

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697910042  (barcode: 0886979100428)
RECORD LABEL: Sony Metropolitan Opera Series
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.75
RELEASE DATE: 15-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Don Carlo - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kurt Adler
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli   Leonie Rysanek   Giorgio Tozzi   Hermann Uhde

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: mono recording live Metropolitan Opera 7-Mar-1964 - Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697910022  (barcode: 0886979100220)
RECORD LABEL: Sony Metropolitan Opera Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.55
RELEASE DATE: 15-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Un Ballo in Maschera - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Dmitri Mitropoulos
ARTISTS: Zinka Milanov   Roberta Peters   Marian Anderson   Robert Merrill

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live mono recording Metropolitan Opera 10-Dec-1955 - Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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