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CATALOGUE NR: ODE11302
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Kaijo Saariaho
TRACKS: Notes on Light. Orion. Mirage.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre de Paris
CONDUCTOR: Christoph Eschenbach
ARTISTS: Karita Mattila   Anssi Karttunen    

- Sep-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice '….it’s good to see such high-profile performers in new music.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2L50SABD
RECORD LABEL: 2L
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 17.50
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2008

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Divertimenti
TRACKS: Simple Symphony op.4 (Britten). Concerto for Strings (Bacewicz). Carmina (Terje Bjorklund). Divertomento for Strings Sz113 (Bartok).
ARTISTS: Trondheim Solistene      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CD1 - Blu-ray Exclusive High Definition Music : 2.0 LPCM 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 LPCM 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 Dolby True HD 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 Dolby Digital 48kHz - CD2 - Hybrid Super Audio-CD 5.1 Surround + Stereo produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) - This compact disc looks like a normal CD and plays on all standard players and computers : Ordinary CD 16 BIT / 44.1 kHz / 2.0 DSD 2.8224Mbit/s per channel / 5.1 DSD 2.8224Mbit/s per channel - Jul-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The sound is spectacular in whatever format you choose (a hybrid version is also included) but the jump to Blu-ray is, as in vision, a leap forward. None of which would matter were the performances not also uniformly excellent.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10491
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Sergey Taneyev  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Suite de concert for Violin and Orchestra (Taneyev). Fantasia on Two Russian Themes op.33 (Rimsky-Korsakov).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Neeme Jarvi
ARTISTS: Lydia Mordkovitch      

- Dec-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The overwhelming quality here is a rich, creamy tone - even luscious at times. She finds the drama in the Rimsky-Korsakov and Taneyev works but relishes the cushioning orchestrations.'

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CATALOGUE NR: RCO08006
RECORD LABEL: RCO Live
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
TRACKS: Don Juan op.20. Eine Alpensinfonie - An Alpine Symphony op.64.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mariss Jansons

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam 2007 & 2008 - Oct-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Right from the gritty, menacing brass at the start, these musicians play their parts with as much conviction as any actor.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777463
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
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RELEASE DATE: 13-Oct-2008
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COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TRACKS: Concerto for violin strings and basso continuo in D major RV234 'L'inquietudine'. Concerto for violin strings and basso continuo in E minor RV273. Sonata 'Tema con 19 variazioni' for two violins and basso continuo in D minor op.1 No.12 RV63 'La follia'. Concerto for violin strings and basso continuo in E flat major op.8 No.5 RV253 'La tempesta di mare'. Andromeda liberata : Aria 'Sovvente il sole'. Concerto for two violins violoncello strings and basso continuo in D minor op.3 No.11 RV565 from L'estro armonico.
ORCHESTRA: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
ARTISTS: Daniel Hope   Anne Sofie von Otter   Lorenza Borrani   William Conway

- Jan-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'One always feels with this artist that he has really thought in advance about what he is playing, that one is hearing the workings of an astute mind.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5142322
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jun-2008

COMPOSER: Domenico Scarlatti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Bella Napoli - Oboe Concertos
TRACKS: Concerto in D minor - compiled from keyboard sonata K5 / K9 / K208 (Domenico Scarlatti arr. Wolfgang Renz). Concerto in G (Johann Adolf Hasse). Concerto in B flat - compiled from piano sonata C79 / C90 (Domenico Cimarosa arr. Wolfgang Renz). Concerto in E flat (Vincenzo Bellini). Andante for oboe and strings (Gaetano Donizetti orch. Wolfgang Renz). Ricordo di Napoli for oboe and strings (Antonio Pasculli orch. Wolfgang Renz).
ARTISTS: Christoph Hartmann   Ensemble Berlin    

- Jan-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A most enjoyable programme wanders from Bellini to Hasse to Scarlatti - sumptuous stuff.'

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CATALOGUE NR: LPO0034
RECORD LABEL: LPO
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony No.10 in E minor op.93.
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Bernard Haitink

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall London on 28-Aug-1986 - May-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'His Shostakovich may not bite but it certainly lours, oppressive and thoughtful in equal measure. The cumulative effect is impressive indeed.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777598
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Mozart Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony No.35 in D major K385 'Haffner'. Symphony No.29 in A major K201. Symphony No.33 in B flat major K319. Symphony No.38 in D major K504 'Prague'. Symphony No.41 in C major K551 'Jupiter'.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra Mozart
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recordings - Awards-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'It all has the crispness of period performances but the muscularity of the moderns. I couldn’t get enough of it.'

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD1450
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jun-2008

COMPOSER: Heitor Villa Lobos
TITLE: Choros volume 2
TRACKS: Choros No.1 for guitar. Choros No.4 for 3 horns & trombone. Choros No.6 for orchestra. Choros No.8 for large orchestra & 2 pianos. Choros No.9 for orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Neschling
ARTISTS: Fabio Zanon   Dante Yenque   Linda Bustani   Ilan Rechtman

- Oct-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'John Neschling and his São Paulo players catch the scale, the pulse and the heat of these Chôros.'

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CATALOGUE NR: BRIDGE9252
RECORD LABEL: Bridge
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: George Gershwin
TITLE: Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra
TRACKS: Rhapsody in Blue. Second Rhapsody. I Got Rhythm Variations. Concerto in F.
ORCHESTRA: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Justin Brown
ARTISTS: Anne Marie McDermott      

- Oct-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Anne-Marie McDermott does precisely what Gershwin asks of her and then some, ever observant of the composer’s wishes and adding her own panache.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777450
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 22-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: In Tempus Praesens
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin Strings and Continuo in A minor BWV1041. Concerto for Violin Strings and Continuo in E major BWV1042 (JS Bach). In tempus praesens - Concerto for violin and orchestra dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter (Sofia Gubaidulina).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Anne-Sophie Mutter and Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Anne-Sophie Mutter   Trondheim Soloists    

- Oct-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Mutter is on excellent form…'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8559353
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 28-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Charles Ives
TITLE: The Three Orchestral Sets
TRACKS: Orchestral Set No.1: Three Places in New England Version 1 (edited by James B Sinclair). Orchestral Set No.2. Orchestral Set No.3 (edited by David Gray Porter realized by Nors Josephson).
ORCHESTRA: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: James Sinclair

- Oct-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...it is undoubtedly a fascinating achievement.'

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186302
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in D op.60 B112. Vodnik - The Water Goblin op.107 B195.
ORCHESTRA: Netherlands Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Yakov Kreizberg

- Oct-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...a wonderfully melodic Dvovák Sixth that still manages to pack a punch. Even with standard kit the sound is fantastic.'

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CATALOGUE NR: LSO0661
RECORD LABEL: LSO Live
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.25
RELEASE DATE: 31-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in A minor.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DSD recording live at the Barbican Nov-2007 - May-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'this is one of the most exciting accounts on disc - definitely one for the shelves'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10438
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
TITLE: Film Music of Korngold volume 2
TRACKS: The Sea Hawk (ed. Rumon Gamba).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Rumon Gamba

- Jan-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a swashbuckling tribute to mark the 50th anniversary of Korngold's death'

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4025
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in B minor op.61. Serenade for strings op.20.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Davis
ARTISTS: James Ehnes      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Queen Elizabeth Hall London May-2007 - Jan-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Ehnes and Davis form an exciting idiomatic team in an impressive Elgar Concerto' - Gramophone 2008 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 8557711
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Ottorino Respighi
TRACKS: Vetrate di chiesa - Church Windows. Impressioni brasiliane - Brazilian Impressions. Rossiniana. Suite for Orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Buffalo Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: JoAnn Falletta

- Mar-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...exploring the vivid Respighian worlds of church windows, Rossini tributes and images from Brazil.'

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CATALOGUE NR: AN29835
RECORD LABEL: Analekta
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TITLE: L'Estro Armonico op.3
TRACKS: Concerto op.3 No.6 in A minor RV356. Concerto op.3 No.1 in D RV549. Concerto op.3 No.2 in G minor RV578. Concerto op.3 No.3 in G RV310. Concerto op.3 No.11 in D minor RV565. Concerto op.3 No.5 in A RV519. Concerto op.3 No.8 in A minor RV522. Concerto op.3 No.12 in E RV265.
ORCHESTRA: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jean Lamon
ARTISTS: Elizabeth Wallfisch      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes bonus DVD featuring the award winning film 'The Four Seasons Mosaic' - Jan-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Tafelmusik Baroque and guest artist Elizabeth Wallfisch have all the energy one has come to expect in top-notch Vivaldi, but also real warmth to their playing.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3951472
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra in A minor op.102. Clarinet Quintet in B minor op.115.
ORCHESTRA: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
CONDUCTOR: Myung-Whun Chung
ARTISTS: Renaud Capucon   Gautier Capucon   Paul Meyer   Aki Sauliere

- Feb-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Here is a Double Concerto to listen to again and again.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8557845
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2007

COMPOSER: Johann Hummel
TRACKS: Le retour de Londres - Grand Rondeau brillant op.127. Variations and Finale in B flat major op.115. Oberons Zauberhorn op.116. Variations in F major op.97.
ORCHESTRA: Gavle Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Uwe Grodd
ARTISTS: Christopher Hinterhuber      

- Feb-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Christopher Hinterhuber is terrific in these works…'

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CATALOGUE NR: AV2119
RECORD LABEL: Avie
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.50
RELEASE DATE: 26-Nov-2007

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: The Brandenburg Concertos
TRACKS: Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F BWV1046. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F BWV1047. Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV1048. Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G BWV1049. Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D BWV1050. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat BWV1051.
CONDUCTOR: Trevor Pinnock
ARTISTS: European Brandenburg Ensemble      

- Feb-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The playing, with an ensemble that brings together some of the world’s leading Baroque specialists, is supreme.' - Gramophone 2008 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 5012282
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 03-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.9 in D.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle

- Mar-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'An awesome achievement.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8570554
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Benjamin Godard
TITLE: Violin Concertos
TRACKS: Concerto No.2 for Violin and Orchestra op.131. Concerto Romantique for Violin and Orchestra op.35. Scenes Poetiques for Orchestra op.46.
ORCHESTRA: Slovak State Philharmonic Kosice
CONDUCTOR: Kirk Trevor
ARTISTS: Chloe Hanslip      

- Apr-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Praise for Chloe Hanslip's confident excursion into unfamiliar territory'

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD1637
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Frank Martin
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Ballade for Cello and Piano. 8 Preludes for Piano.
ORCHESTRA: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
ARTISTS: Christian Poltera   Kathryn Stott    

- Apr-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A wonderful performance of a noble work advances the Martin cause.'

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CATALOGUE NR: V5053
RECORD LABEL: Naive
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto No.1 for piano trumpet and strings in C minor op.35 (Shostakovich). Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major S124 (Liszt). Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major op.10 (Prokofiev).
ORCHESTRA: Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Lawrence Foster
ARTISTS: Lise de la Salle   Gabor Baldocki    

- Apr-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Expectations fully met in the glittering playing of a remarkable young pianist.'

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