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CATALOGUE NR: BISSACD1857  (barcode: 7318599918570)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: String Trios opus 9 : Trio Number 1 in G major / Trio Number 2 in D major / Trio Number 3 in C minor.
ARTISTS: Trio Zimmermann   Frank Peter Zimmermann   Antoine Tamestit   Christian Poltera

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Chamber Music Winner - Beethoven’s dazzling string trios were as revealing of the young composer's talent as they are exposing for performers… here the ensemble is breathtaking, the rhythms bite and their blend of timbres compels, from densely textured to shimmering transparency.' - Feb-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186401  (barcode: 0827949040160)
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid 4 SACD Set  DURATION: 225 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 40.99
RELEASE DATE: 16-Mar-2012

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: Parsifal - complete
ORCHESTRA: Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Marek Janowski
ARTISTS: Evgeny Nikitin   Dimitry Ivashchenko   Franz Josef Selig   Christian Elsner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: complete libretto in German and English - live recording of the concert performance in the Berlin Philharmonie on 8-Apr-2011 - BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Award for technical excellence Winner' - Jun-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE11732  (barcode: 0761195117323)
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 30-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Kaijo Saariaho
TRACKS: D'Om Le Vrai Sens for solo clarinet and orchestra. Laterna Magica for large orchestra. Leino Songs for soprano and orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Sakari Oramo
ARTISTS: Kari Kriikku   Anu Komsi    

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Premiere Award Winner' - Jan-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Cast in interlinked movements, the concerto explores the five senses as depicted in the medieval tapestry series, The Lady and the Unicorn.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 9529692  (barcode: 5099995296920)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 82 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-May-2012

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony Number 9 - Four Movement Version.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Orchestral Winner - This scholarly reconstruction of the fourth movement, premiered here, is astonishingly convincing. The performance of the whole work, graced by fabulous Berlin Philharmonic brass, is exceptional.' - Sep-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Rattle's performance is consistently involving' - Jun-2012 IRR Outstanding Recording 'an 82-minute work complete with the final movement of sufficiently convincing Brucknerian symphonic argument, sound and scale. In short, a revelation.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN0788  (barcode: 0095115078822)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos Chaconne
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 30-Apr-2012

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Alceste - complete
CONDUCTOR: Christian Curnyn
ARTISTS: Lucy Crowe   Benjamin Hulett   Andrew Foster-Williams   Early Opera Company

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Opera Winner - This exquisite performance of the reconstructed Alceste is suave and sprightly, the trio of soloists first-rate and soprano Lucy Crowe's 'Gentle Morpheus' a magical highlight.' - Jul-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'phrasing alluringly in the slower numbers and keeping the rhythms lithe and springy'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67934  (barcode: 0034571179346)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 62 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jul-2012

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: The Complete Songs volume 2
TRACKS: Der du von dem Himmel bist S279 First version. Ihr Glocken von Marling S328. Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam S309 First setting first version. Vergiftet sind meine Lieder S289 Third version. Freudvoll und leidvoll S280 First setting second version. Die drei Zigeuner S320 First version. Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' S306 Third version. J'ai perdu ma force et ma vie S327. Jeanne d'Arc au bucher S293 Third version. Es war ein Konig in Thule S278 Second version. Muttergottes-Strausslein zum Mai-Monate S316 : Das Veilchen / Die Schlusselblumen. Und sprich S329. Ihr Auge S310 Second version. Im Rhein im schonen Strome S272 Second version. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein S314. La perla S326 Second version. Der du von dem Himmel bist S279 Third version.
ARTISTS: Angelika Kirchschlager   Julius Drake    

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Vocal Winner - Liszt was one of the great song-composers, and this wide-ranging programme contains some miracles of the Lieder repertory. Kirschlager brings intelligent musicianship and a stunning range of expressive options.' - Aug-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ACD22666  (barcode: 0722056266628)
RECORD LABEL: Atma Classique
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.85
RELEASE DATE: 11-May-2012

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Chopin Recital 2
TRACKS: Polonaise in E flat minor opus 26 Number 2. Waltz in E minor opus posth. Grande Valse Brillante in A minor opus 34 Number 2. Waltz in A flat major opus 64 Number 3. Ballade Number 2 in F major opus 38. Prelude in C sharp minor opus 28 Number 10. Prelude opus 28 Number 11. Prelude in F sharp major opus 28 Number 13. Fantasy in F minor opus 49. Nocturne in E flat major opus 55 Number 2. Mazurka in B flat major opus 7 Number 1. Mazurka Notre Temps in A minor. Mazurka in C sharp minor opus 50 Number 3. Scherzo Number 2 in B flat minor opus 31.
ARTISTS: Janina Fialkowska      

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Instrumental Winner - By some mysterious alchemy, Fialkowska only has to perform a note of Chopin and instantly it’s inimitable, indelible. The magic lies in her subtle, supple rhythm; an infinitesimal rubato that makes perfect sense of every dance without sacrificing its vital lilt.' - Aug-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'her performances blaze and challenge with a potent and highly individual sense of drama'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDHLD7534  (barcode: 5065001341380)
RECORD LABEL: Halle
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 114 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 03-Sep-2012

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TITLE: The Apostles
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mark Elder
ARTISTS: Rebecca Evans   Alice Coote   Paul Groves   Jacques Imbrailo

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Recording of the Year - Elder and co. reveal the imagination, originality and radiant beauty of this score. The cast is excellent, the choral contributions totally committed, the recording atmospheric, and the ram's horn shofar and Apostles' Chorus are interesting extras. A profoundly moving contribution to Elder's Hallé Elgar series.' - Nov-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Eldar's interpretation evinces an idiomatic pliancy, sure dramatic instinct and iron grip as well as scrupulous fidelity to both the letter and spirit of the score.' - Oct-2012 IRR Outstanding Recording

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CATALOGUE NR: BPH120011  (barcode: 4260306182114)
RECORD LABEL: Berliner Philharmoniker
FORMAT: 2 DVD Video Set  DURATION: 246 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 21.95

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: St Matthew Passion
TRACKS: Matthaus Passion BWV244. Bonus: extensive interview with Peter Sellars and Simon Halsey director of the Rundfunkchor Berlin.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Magdalena Kozena   Christian Gerhaher   Thomas Quasthoff   Mark Padmore

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 195 mins (concert) + 51 mins (bonus) / Recorded: live in Berlin 11-Apr-2010 - director Peter Sellars / Subtitles: English German French Spanish Japanese - BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards DVD Winner' - Jul-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The long rehearsal period, the expertise of everyone involved and the authority of the solo singers: all this quickly becomes evident.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ODRCD302  (barcode: 855317003028)
RECORD LABEL: Odradek Records
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 22-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Sofia Gubaidulina  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Musical Toys : Mechanical Accordion / Magic Roundabout / The Trumpeter in the Forest / The Magic Smith / April Day / Song of the Fisherman / The Little Tit / A Bear Playing the Double Bass and the Black Woman / The Woodpecker / The Elk Clearing / Sleigh with Little Bells / The Echo / The Drummer / Forest Musicians (Sofia Gubaidulina). Six Piano Etudes : In C / Sequenzen / Scherzo ad libitum / Scalen / Toccata / Grains (Unsuk Chin). Musica Ricercata (Gyorgy Ligeti).
ARTISTS: Mei Fi Foo      

- BBC Music Magazine 2013 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2013 Awards Newcomer Award Winner'

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