CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4023
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Giya Kancheli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Styx - solo viola mixed choir and orchestra (Giya Kancheli). The Myrrh- Bearer - solo viola chorus and percussion (John Tavener).
ORCHESTRA: Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Maris Sirmais
ARTISTS: Maxim Rysanov   Rihards Zalupe   Men of the State Choir Latvija  

- Oct-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'the Latvians topple the mighty in music that transfixes, scalds, then consoles'

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697129362
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 24-Sep-2007

COMPOSER: Jean Sibelius  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor op.47 (Sibelius). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Lindberg).
ORCHESTRA: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Sakari Oramo
ARTISTS: Lisa Batiashvili      

- Nov-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'the new Lindberg is outstanding and 'civilised' Sibelius proves rewarding'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67569
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 11.99 including VAT, or £ 10.20 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Charles Alkan
TRACKS: Concerto for Solo Piano op.39 No.8 / No.9 / No.10 from Douze etudes dans tous les tons mineurs. Troisieme recueil de chants op.65.
ARTISTS: Marc-Andre Hamelin      

- Awards-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Hamelin revisits Alkan's Concerto and the result is jaw-dropping'

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CATALOGUE NR: TOCC0054
RECORD LABEL: Toccata Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 18-Jun-2007

COMPOSER: Ester Magi
TITLE: Orchestral Music
TRACKS: Symphony. Piano Concerto No.1. Variations for Piano Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra. Vesper. Bukoolika.
ORCHESTRA: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Arvo Volmer and Mihkel Kutson
ARTISTS: Ada Kuuseoks   Mati Mikalai   Tarmo Pajusaar  

- Awards-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A delightful survey of works by the 'first lady of Estonian Music''

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CATALOGUE NR: C722071B
RECORD LABEL: Orfeo
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Max Reger  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto op.114 (Reger). Sonata for Piano No.21 in B flat D960 (Schubert). 6 Intermezzos op.4 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln
CONDUCTOR: Hans Rosbaud
ARTISTS: Eduard Erdmann      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recordings 1950-1951 - Oct-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'thrills and poetry from a great pianist now happily rescued from the archives'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3942372
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.25 including VAT, or £ 12.13 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn
TRACKS: Symphony No.88 in G major. Symphony No.89 in F major. Symphony No.90 in C major. Symphony No.91 in C major. Symphony No.92 in G major 'Oxford'. Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe Bassoon Violin & Cello in B flat Major.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Jonathan Kelly   Stefan Schweigert   Toru Yasunaga   Georg Faust

- Aug-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'some nods to 'authenticity' but this is big-band Haydn and Rattle relishes it'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67547
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 11.99 including VAT, or £ 10.20 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Karl Amadeus Hartmann
TITLE: Concerto funebre
TRACKS: Concerto funebre for violin and string orchestra. Suite No.1 for solo violin. Suite No.2 for solo violin. Sonata No.1 for solo violin. Sonata No.2 for solo violin.
ARTISTS: Alina Ibragimova   Britten Sinfonia    

- Sep-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Hartmann's Concerto and complete solo violin music performed with panache'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3857852
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Erkki-Sven Tuur
TRACKS: Igavik - Eternity for male choir and orchestra. Symphony No.4 'Magma' for solo percussion and symphony orchestra. Inquietude du fini for chamber choir & orchestra. The Path and the Traces for strings.
ORCHESTRA: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Paavo Jarvi
ARTISTS: Evelyn Glennie   Estonian National Male Choir   Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir  

- Aug-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'music hewn from granite: the most rewarding Tuur collection to date?'

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CATALOGUE NR: TUDOR7144
RECORD LABEL: Tudor
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Apr-2007

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Symphony No.9 in C major 'The Great' D944.
ORCHESTRA: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jonathan Nott

- Aug-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a thoughtful but compelling account of Schubert's final symphony'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5049
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 12.95 including VAT, or £ 11.02 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 29-May-2007

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in A flat op.55. Organ Sonata op.28 (trans. Gordon Jacob).
ORCHESTRA: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
CONDUCTOR: Richard Hickox

- Jul-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Hickox and his players do Elgar proud on a spectacular disc'

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186066
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2007

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D op.77. Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra in A minor op.102.
ORCHESTRA: Netherlands Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Yakov Kreizberg
ARTISTS: Julia Fischer   Daniel Muller-Schott    

- Proms-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a winning Brahms double violinist and cellist playing with warmth'

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CATALOGUE NR: V5068
RECORD LABEL: Naive
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 30-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Modest Mussorgsky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky orch. Ravel). Symphony No.4 in F minor op.36 (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Tugan Sokhiev

- Jan-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Sokhiev shows the first sign of greaness in his symphonic debut'

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4012
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Wind Serenades
TRACKS: Serenade No.10 in B flat for 13 wind instruments K361 'Gran Partita'. Serenade No.12 in C minor K388.
CONDUCTOR: Michael Collins
ARTISTS: London Winds      

- Dec-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Vital, refined playing in a stand -out performance of Mozart's masterpiece'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3700652
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 08-Jan-2007

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TITLE: Overtures & Fantasies
TRACKS: Fantasy after Dante 'Francesca da Rimini' op.32. Overture-Fantasy 'Romeo and Juliet' - 1880 version. Waltz from 'Eugene Onegin' Act 2. Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin' Act 3. Overture Solonelle 1812 op.49.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra Dell' Accademia Di Santa Cecilia
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano

- Feb-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Not another Tchaikovsky collection? Well, yes, and it's among the finest'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8557430
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jan-2007

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 in F major op.90. Variations on a Theme by Haydn 'St Antoni Chorale' op.56a.
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Marin Alsop

- Mar-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Alsop's symphony is fine but it's the Variations that give this disc distinction'

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CATALOGUE NR: CAL9364
RECORD LABEL: Calliope
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Feb-2007

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Viola Concerto Sz120 (Bartok). Trauermusik (Hindemith). Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (Martinu).
ORCHESTRA: Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Valek
ARTISTS: Vladimir Bukac      

- Mar-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'the spotlight turns on the viola in a superbly chosen and played set'

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE10892
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Feb-2007

COMPOSER: Jouni Kaipainen
TRACKS: Symphony No.3. Bassoon Concerto.
ORCHESTRA: Tampere Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Hannu Lintu
ARTISTS: Otto Virtanen      

- Mar-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'top flight performances of bracing new scores from Finland'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776402
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 19-Feb-2007

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat S124 (Liszt). Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor op.11 (Chopin).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Davis
ARTISTS: Yundi Li      

- Apr-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a Chinese keyboard autocrat swashbuckles in these two great concertos'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776229
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 19-Feb-2007

COMPOSER: Xian Xinghi
TITLE: Dragon Songs
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra 'The Yellow River' : Prelude: The song of the Yellow River Boatmen / Ode to the Yellow River / The Yellow River in wrath / Defend the Yellow River (Xian Xinghai). Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake (Lu Wencheng). The Cowherd's Flute (He Luting). Dialogue in Song (Trad). Dance of Spring (Sun Yiqiang). Little Mermaid Suite : Straw Hat Dance (Du Mingxin arr. Wu Zuqiang). Spring Wind (Deng Yuxian). Happy Times (Zu Jianer). Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River (Trad). Dance from Qiuci (Zhao Jiping). A Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge (Wang Jianmin).
ORCHESTRA: China Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Long Yu
ARTISTS: Lang Lang      

- Apr-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'this time it's personal: Lang Lang and friends offer direct heartfelt music'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3783742
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TRACKS: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for Violin Viola and Orchestra K364. Violin Concerto No.4 in D K218. Violin Concerto No.2 in D K211.
ORCHESTRA: UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Maxim Vengerov
ARTISTS: Maxim Vengerov   Lawrence Power    

- May-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Romantic Mozart? And why not when these star players show such rapport'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU907415
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TRACKS: 6 Concerti grossi op.3 : Concerto No.1 in B flat HWV312. Concerto No.2 in B flat HWV313. Concerto No.3 in G HWV314. Concerto No.4 in F HWV315. Concerto No.5 in D minor HWV316. Concerto No.6 in D HWV317. Sonata a 5 in B flat HWV288.
ORCHESTRA: Academy of Ancient Music
CONDUCTOR: Richard Egarr

- Apr-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A revitalised Academy bring fresh attention to Handel's charming music' - Gramophone 2007 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD1470
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jan-2007

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens
TRACKS: Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor op.61. Caprice d'apres l'Etude en forme de Valse op.52 for Violin and Orchestra (arr. Ysaye). Caprice andalous for Violin and Orchestra op.122. Prelude from 'Le deluge' for String Orchestra op.45. Valse-Caprice for Piano and Orchestra op.76 - Wedding Cake. Allegro appassionato for Piano and Orchestra op.70.
ORCHESTRA: Tapiola Sinfonietta
CONDUCTOR: Kees Bakels and Jean-Jacques Kantorow
ARTISTS: Jean-Jacques Kantorow   Heini Karkkainen    

'BBC Music Magazine 2008 Awards Nomination - the Jury says : From the violin’s emphatic first entry in the concerto, over the orchestra’s shimmering hush, to the invigorating romp through the Allegro Appassionato, this is a disc of pure delight with stunning performances, especially from Jean-Jacques Kantorow, of a marvellous programme.' - Mar-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Sparkling Saint-Saens - and a Concerto performance that now leads the pack'

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CATALOGUE NR: ZZT060502
RECORD LABEL: Zig Zag
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 18-Sep-2006

COMPOSER: Francesco Venturini
TITLE: Concerti da Camera
CONDUCTOR: David Plantier
ARTISTS: La Cetra   David Plantier    

- Apr-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A style borrowing from the Italian and the French but with its distinctive voice'

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186095
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 15-Jan-2007

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in D op.35. Serenade melancolique for violin & orchestra op.26. Valse-Sherzo for violin & orchestra op.34. Souvenir d'un lieu cher for violin & piano op.42.
ORCHESTRA: Russian National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Yakov Kreizberg
ARTISTS: Julia Fischer      

- Mar-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Fischer … shows what a distinctive artist she is'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6220518
RECORD LABEL: dacapo
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 29-Jan-2007

COMPOSER: Carl Nielsen
TITLE: Orchestral Music
TRACKS: Masquerade. Hr Oluf Han Rider. Snefrid - Suite for Orchestra. Saul and David. Rhapsody Overture. Willemoes. Pan and Syrinx. Cupid and the Poet op.54. Helios Overture.
ORCHESTRA: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Dausgaard

- Apr-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'About as close to the Nielsen ideal as you ever hope to hear'

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