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The Universal Classics labels, Deutsche Grammophon and Decca support some of the world's most critically acclaimed artists. We have temporary price reductions on artists ranging from opera stars Magdalena Kozena, Juan Diego Florez and Dawn Upshaw to pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Krystian Zimerman to violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Hope.
These titles featuring Universal Classics artists are reduced in price until 10-Dec-2008
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CATALOGUE NR: 1712694
RECORD LABEL: EmArCy
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 9.99 including VAT, or £ 8.50 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 19-Feb-2007

TITLE: Dreaming Through The Noise
TRACKS: Blue Caravan. Whatever You Want. Love Turns 40. I Don't Feel So Well. City Hall. Nothing Without You. Transcontinental 1:30am. 1 BR / 1 BA. Now Three. Pontchartrain. Recessional.
ARTISTS: Vienna Teng      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4451762
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon 2021
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: £ 29.99 including VAT, or £ 25.52 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-1999

COMPOSER: Olivier Messiaen
TITLE: Saint Francois d'Assise - complete
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kent Nagano
ARTISTS: Dawn Upshaw   Jose van Dam   Arnold Schoenberg Choir  

- Dec-1999 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4690522
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 07-Aug-2000

COMPOSER: Olivier Messiaen
TITLE: Quartet for the end of time
TRACKS: Quatuor pour la fin du temps.
ARTISTS: Gil Shaham   Paul Meyer   Jian Wang   Myung-Whun Chung

- Penguin Guide 4 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4714802
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: £ 47.95 including VAT, or £ 40.81 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Olivier Messiaen
TITLE: Complete Organ Works
TRACKS: Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle. La Nativite du Seigneur: La Vierge et l'Enfant / Les Bergers / Desseins Eternels / La Verbe / Les Enfants de Dieu / Les Anges / Jesus accepte la Souffrance / Les mages / Dieu parmi nous. Le Banquet celeste. Offrande au Saint Sacrement. Diptyque. Essai sur la vie terrestre et l'eternite bienheureuse. Les Corps glorieux. Sept Visions breves de la Vie des Ressuscites pour orgue 1er Fascicule: Subtilite des Corps glorieux / Les Eaux de la Grace / L'Ange aux parfums. 2e Fascicule: Combat de la mort et de la vie. 3e Fascicule: Force et agilite des Corps glorieux / Joie et clarte des Corps glorieux / Le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite. Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite: Meditation I / Meditation II / Meditation III / Meditation IV / Meditation V / Meditation VI / Meditation VII / Meditation VIII / Meditation IX. Prelude pour orgue. Verset pour la fete de la dedicace. Monodie. L'Ascension. Quatre Meditations Symphoniques pour orgue: Majeste du Christ demandant sa glorie a son Pere / Alleluias sereins d'une ame qui desire le ciel / Transports de joie d'une ame devant la glorie du Christ qui est la sienne / Priere du Christ montant vers son Pere. Messe de la Pentecote: Entrée / Offertorie / Consecration / Communion / Sortie. Livre d'Orgue. Sept Pieces pour Orgue: Reprises par intervention / Piece en trio. Pour le Dimanche de la Sainte-Trinite. Les Mains de l'abime. Pour les Temps de Penitence. Chants d'oiseaux. Pour le Temps Pascal. Piece en trio. Pour le Dimanche de la Sainte-Trinite. Les Yeux dans les roues. Pour le Dimanche de la Pentecote. Soixante-Quatre durees. Livre du Saint Sacrement: Adoro te / La Source de vie / Le Dieu cache / Acte de Foi / Puer natus est nobis / La manne et le Pian de Vie / Les ressuscites et la lumiere de Vie / Institution de l'Eucharistie / Les tenebres / La Resurrection du Christ / L'Apparition du Christ ressuscite a Marie-Madeleine / La Transsubstantiation / Les deux / murailles d'eau / Priere avant la communion / La joie de la grace / Priere apres la communion / La Presence multiplee / Offrande et Alleluia final.
ARTISTS: Olivier Latry      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4716172
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 8.75 including VAT, or £ 7.45 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 20-Jan-2003

COMPOSER: Olivier Messiaen
TITLE: Des Canyons aux Etoiles
TRACKS: Part I: - Le désert. Les Orioles. Ce qui est écrit sur les Etoiles. Le Cossyphe d'Heuglin. Cedar Breaks et le Don de Crainte. Part II: - Appel insterstellaire. Bryce Canyon et les Rochers rouge-orange. Part III: - Les Ressuscités et le Chant de l'Etoile Aldébaran. Le Moqueur polyglotte. La Grive des bois. Omao eiothrix elepaio shama. Zion Park et la Cité céleste.
ORCHESTRA: Radio France Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Myung-Whun Chung

- Jan-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 4 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4758418
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 22-Jan-2007

TITLE: The Tenor
TRACKS: La donna e mobile. Avete torto! … Firenze e come un albero fiorito. Una furtiva lagrima. Ah! mes amis quel jour de fete!. Amapola. Granada. Che ascolto?…. Se di regnar sei vago. Vieni fra queste braccia…. J'ai perdu mon Euridice. La speranza piu soave. Pietoso al lungo pianto. Allegro io son. Qui Tollis in F major. Si di ritrovarla io giuro.
ARTISTS: Juan Diego Florez      

- Mar-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4758662
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 13-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Sonata for Piano No.28 in A op.101. Sonata for Piano No.29 in B flat op.106 'Hammerklavier'.
ARTISTS: Mitsuko Uchida      

- BBC Music Magazine 2008 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2008 Awards Nomination - the Jury says : Refinement, intelligence, eloquence and intensity: everything you’d expect from Uchida. The opening fanfare of the Hammerklavier commands your absolute attention, and you’ll be unable to drag your ears away even during the unusually slow Adagio, where the bass sings like a cello, and Beethoven becomes your entire world.' - Nov-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4775330
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 07-Feb-2005

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1 BB91 Sz83. Piano Concerto No.2 BB101 Sz95. Piano Concerto No.3 BB127 Sz119.
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Pierre Boulez
ARTISTS: Krystian Zimerman   Leif Ove Andsnes   Helene Grimaud  

- Apr-2005 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2005 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A senior maestro confronts three great pianists, with some inspiring results' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776547
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Arias
TRACKS: Alcina HWV34 : Ah mio cor. Hercules HWV60 : Where shall I fly? Agrippina HWV6 : Pensieri voi mi tormentate! Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV17 : No.12 Aria Cara speme questo core tu cominci. Joshua HWV64 : O Had I Jubal's Lyre. Ariodante HWV33 : Scherza infida in grembo al drudo. Theodora HWV68 : Sinfony - With darkness deep. Amadigi di Gaula HWV11 : Destero dall'empia dite. Orlando HWV31 : Ah Stigie larve! ... Vaghe pupille non piangete no. Ariodante HWV33 : Dopo notte atra e funesta. Rinaldo HWV7a : Lascia ch'io pianga.
ORCHESTRA: Venice Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andrea Marcon
ARTISTS: Magdalena Kozena      

- Nov-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776592
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Complete Preludes
TRACKS: 24 Preludes op.28 : Prelude No.1 in C major / Prelude No.2 in A minor / Prelude No.3 in G major / Prelude No.4 in E minor / Prelude No.5 in D major / Prelude No.6 in B minor / Prelude No.7 in A major / Prelude No.8 in F sharp minor / Prelude No.9 in E major / Prelude No.10 in C sharp minor / Prelude No.11 in B major / Prelude No.12 in G sharp minor / Prelude No.13 in F sharp major / Prelude No.14 in E flat minor / Prelude No.15 in D flat major / Prelude No.16 in B flat minor / Prelude No.17 in A flat major / Prelude No.18 in F minor / Prelude No.19 in E flat major / Prelude No.20 in C minor / Prelude No.21 in B flat major / Prelude No.22 in G minor / Prelude No.23 in F major / Prelude No.24 in D minor. Prelude in A flat major op.posth. Prelude in C sharp minor op.45. 2 Nocturnes op.62 : Nocturne No.17 in B major op.62/1 / Nocturne No.18 in E op.62/2.
ARTISTS: Rafal Blechacz      

- Dec-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776597
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in E flat 'Symphony of a Thousand'.
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Pierre Boulez

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776634
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 08-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op.64 - original 1844 version. Octet for Strings in E flat major op.20 - critically revised edition 1832. Hexenlied - Anderes Maienlied op.8 No.8. Suleika op.34 No.4. Auf Flugeln des Gesanges op.34 No.2.
ORCHESTRA: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Hengelbrock
ARTISTS: Daniel Hope   Sebastian Knauer    

- Oct-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777572
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: £ 18.99 including VAT, or £ 16.16 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 07-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Complete DG Recordings
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in B flat K207. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in D K211. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.3 in G K216. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.4 in D K218. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.5 in A K219 'Turkish' (Mozart). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D op.61 (Beethoven). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op.64 (Mendelssohn). Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C op.56 (Beethoven). Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra in A minor op.102 (Brahms). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D op.77 (Brahms). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in G minor op.26 (Bruch). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D op.35 (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Anne-Sophie Mutter   Mark Zeltser   Yo-Yo Ma  

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CATALOGUE NR: 7230630
RECORD LABEL: Concord Jazz
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 9.99 including VAT, or £ 8.50 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 25-Feb-2008

TITLE: The New Crystal Silence
TRACKS: Duende. Love Castle. Brasilia. Crystal Silence. La Fiesta. Bud Powell. Waltz for Debby. Alegria. No Mystery. Senor Mouse. Sweet & Lovely. I Love You Porgy. La Fiesta.
ARTISTS: Chick Corea   Gary Burton    

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