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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10298
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 10-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
TRACKS: Returning Waves op.9 - symphonic poem. A Sorrowful Tale - Preludes to Eternity. Episode at a Masquerade op.14 - symphonic poem.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Gianandrea Noseda
ARTISTS: Yuri Torchinsky      

- Dec-2005 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A mopping-up exercise, maybe, but plenty of luxurious music to wallow in'

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE10725
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 (Bartok). Memorial To Lidice (Martinu). Partita For Strings (Gideon Klein).
ORCHESTRA: Philadelphia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Christoph Eschenbach

- Jan-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A great orchestra sensitively conducted and a young orchestra's great playing'

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1388
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 28-Nov-2005

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 (Elgar). Suite No.1 in G for solo cello BWV1007. Suite No.2 in D minor for solo cello BWV1008 (JS Bach).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Jacqueline Du Pre      

- Mar-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Du Pre live - and in the Elgar: it doesn't get better than this'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4775719
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Robert Schumann  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Reflection
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in A minor op.54 (Robert Schumann). Ruckert's Liebesfruhling op.12 : Er ist gekommen op.12/2 / Liebst du um Schonheit op.12/4 / Warum willst du and re fragen op.12/11 (Clara Schumann). Sonata for cello and piano No.1 in E minor op.38. Rhapsody in B minor op.79 No.1. Rhapsody in G minor op.79 No.2 (Brahms).
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Dresden
CONDUCTOR: Esa Pekka Salonen
ARTISTS: Helene Grimaud   Truls Mork   Anne Sofie von Otter  

- Feb-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Grimaud and partners inspire each other to great things on their themed journey'

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CATALOGUE NR: ALPHA084
RECORD LABEL: Alpha
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Nov-2005

COMPOSER: Luigi Boccherini
TITLE: Cello Sonatas and Concertos
TRACKS: Sonata No.7 in B flat major. Sonata No.6 in A major. Concerto in G major. Concerto in A major. Sonata in C major.
ARTISTS: Les Basses Reunies   Bruno Cocset    

- Mar-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Earthy, impulsive and even zany performances of impetuous energy'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3393822
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Symphony No.9 in C D944.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Jun-2005 - Mar-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Rattle takes the broad view, reviving memories of the Berlin Phil's glory days' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 8557764
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TRACKS: Water Music. Music for the Royal Fireworks.
CONDUCTOR: Kevin Mallon
ARTISTS: Aradia Ensemble      

- Mar-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Exemplary Handel playing - just don't mention the rogue tambourine' - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC901876
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: Concertos
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052. Concerto for 2 harpsichords BWV1062. Concerto for 2 flutes & harpsichord BWV1057. Concerto for oboe & violin BWV1060.
ORCHESTRA: Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin
ARTISTS: Midori Seiler   Raphael Alpermann   Jorg Andreas Botticher   Christoph Huntgeburth

- Mar-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Rich colours and bright new light shone on these intriguing transcriptions'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4768069
RECORD LABEL: Accord
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-Nov-2005

COMPOSER: Cesar Franck  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony in D minor (Franck). Symphony in B flat op.20 (Chausson).
ORCHESTRA: Liege Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Louis Langree

- Apr-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The Belgian honour their greatest composer in a fine coupling' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3460532
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 06-Feb-2006

COMPOSER: Sergei Prokofiev  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in D op.19 (Prokofiev). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in A minor op.99 (Shostakovich).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Sarah Chang      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at the Philharmonie in Berlin - Apr-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The best playing Chang has yet given us with Rattle's Berliners on top form' - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 8557649
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: William Alwyn
TRACKS: Symphony No.4. Sinfonietta for String Orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: David Lloyd-Jones

- Mar-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The crowning final instalment in this symphonic odyssey' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4757655
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 31.95
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Sergei Prokofiev
TITLE: Complete Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in D op.25 'Classical'. Symphony No.4 in C op.112 - revised version. Symphony No.2 in D minor op.40. Symphony No.3 in C minor op.44. Symphony No.4 in C op.47 - original version. Symphony No.5 in B flat op.100. Symphony No.6 in E flat minor op.111. Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor op.131.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 2004 - Jul-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Hefty, raw orchestral playing and some of the finest Prokofiev on Disc' - Gramophone 2007 Award Winner - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67537
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 03-Apr-2006

COMPOSER: Henri Herz
TITLE: Romantic Piano Concerto - 40
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor op.87. Piano Concerto No.4 in E major op.131. Piano Concerto No.5 in F minor op.180.
ORCHESTRA: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Howard Shelley
ARTISTS: Howard Shelley      

- Jun-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Note-spinning to charm the birds from the trees and set the feet tapping'

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CATALOGUE NR: PH05048
RECORD LABEL: Profil
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.25
RELEASE DATE: 27-Feb-2006

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 in A minor op.56 'Scottish'. Symphony No.5 in D major op.107 'Reformation'.
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Dresden
CONDUCTOR: Colin Davis

- Jun-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Vivid reminders of Davis's sojourn with a great band' - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564629992
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2006

COMPOSER: John Foulds
TRACKS: April-England. Dynamic Triptych - Piano Concerto. Music-Pictures - Group III. Lament from A Celtic Suite op.29. Song of Ram Dass.
ORCHESTRA: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Sakari Oramo
ARTISTS: Peter Donohoe      

- Jun-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Brilliant music Stokowski would have loved and Oramo does proud' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 7771092
RECORD LABEL: CPO
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Feb-2006

COMPOSER: George Antheil
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1. Piano Concerto No.2. A Jazz Symphony. Can-Can. Sonatina. Death of Machines. Little Shimmy.
ORCHESTRA: NDR Radio Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Eiji Oue
ARTISTS: Markus Becker      

- Jun-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Bad-boy Antheil's Jolly, jazzy piano music is a real steal'

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CATALOGUE NR: CAP71081
RECORD LABEL: Capriccio
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2006

COMPOSER: Alexander von Zemlinsky
TRACKS: Lyric Symphony op.18.
ORCHESTRA: Paris Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Christoph Eschenbach
ARTISTS: Christine Schafer   Matthias Goerne    

- BBC Music Magazine 2007 Award Winner - Jul-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Eschenbach gives a vivid, dramatic reading of this symphonic music-drama'

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186068
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2006

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in F minor op.10. Symphony No. 6 in B minor op.54.
ORCHESTRA: Russian National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Jurowski

- Jul-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A remarkable disc from a Russian firebrand - up there with the big guns'

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CATALOGUE NR: SK94497
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Mar-2006

COMPOSER: Ferruccio Busoni
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in D major op.35a. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in E minor op.36a.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
CONDUCTOR: John Storgards
ARTISTS: Frank Peter Zimmermann   Enrico Pace    

- Jul-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The concerto you either love or hate but the violinist comes up trumps' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: ZZT060201
RECORD LABEL: Zig Zag
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2006

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TRACKS: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in E flat K365. Concerto for Flute Harp and Orchestra in C K299. Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No.3 in E flat K447.
ORCHESTRA: Anima Eterna
CONDUCTOR: Jos van Immerseel

- Aug-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Mozarted out? Let Immerseel convince you otherwise'

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CATALOGUE NR: LSO0082
RECORD LABEL: LSO Live
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in F op.68 'Pastoral'. Symphony No.2 in D op.36.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Bernard Haitink

- Aug-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Haitink and the LSO are on course for a great modern Beethoven cycle'

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL41792
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.50
RELEASE DATE: 03-Apr-2006

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.9 in D.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Bruno Maderna

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Royal Festival Hall London 4-Mar-1971 - Proms-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Modernist Maderna takes a singular and surprising approach to Mahler'

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CATALOGUE NR: AV2062
RECORD LABEL: Avie
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 24-Apr-2006

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony No.11 in G minor op.103 'The year 1905'.
ORCHESTRA: WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln
CONDUCTOR: Semyon Bychkov

- Jul-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Two big-name conductors fail but Bychkov wins Shostakovich plaudit'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776005
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin Strings and Harpsichord in G minor RV331. Concerto for Violin Strings and Harpsichord in C RV190. Concerto for Violin Strings and Harpsichord in G minor RV325. Concerto for Violin Strings and Harpsichord in D RV217. Concerto for Violin Strings and Harpsichord in G RV303.
ORCHESTRA: Venice Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andrea Marcon
ARTISTS: Giuliano Carmignola      

- Jul-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Rolls-Royce musicians roll out some luxury new models' - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: LSO0576
RECORD LABEL: LSO Live
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-May-2006

COMPOSER: Sir William Walton
TRACKS: Symphony No.1.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Colin Davis

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: high density DSD recording live at the Barbican Centre Sep/Dec-2005 - Aug-2006 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A scorching performace from Sir Colin casts new light on Walton' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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